Kanji1 / 13
意 kanji
idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
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Kun readings
NoneWords with 意
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —意味深長with profound (and often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
- —一意専心single-mindedly; wholeheartedly; with all one's heart; with one's heart and soul
- —基本合意basic agreement
- —合意情死double suicide
- —合意心中double suicide
- —誠心誠意in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion
- —存在意義reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
- —注意事項things to note; matters that require attention; important points; considerations; precautions; suggestions; warnings
- —当意即妙ready wit; repartee
- —任意出頭voluntarily appearing for police questioning
- —不意試験surprise examination
- —不随意筋involuntary muscles
- —民族意識national consciousness
- —用意周到very careful; thoroughly prepared
- —劣弱意識inferiority complex
- —表意文字ideogram; ideograph; ideographic script
- —意気揚々triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
- —不意打ちsurprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
- —上意下達conveying the will of the governing to the governed; top-down (system)
- —意中の人sweetheart; person in one's thoughts (heart)