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
イ
Kun readings
NoneWords with 意
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —意気巻くto rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour; to get worked up
- —意をくむto enter into a person's feelings; to guess what someone feels (using one's intuition)
- —意を汲むto enter into a person's feelings; to guess what someone feels (using one's intuition)
- —意志疎通(reciprocal) communication; (coming to a) mutual understanding
- —意匠惨澹taxing one's ingenuity in devising something; agonizing over designing or creating something; making strenuous efforts to devise good ways and means to do something
- —意欲満満full of zeal; highly motivated; very eager
- —意に適うto satisfy (one); to meet (one's) desire
- —意に叶うto satisfy (one); to meet (one's) desire
- —用意どんready, go!; race
- —意の儘にat will
- —意地ばるto be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in
- —意地はるto be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in
- —本意無いreluctant; unwilling; unfortunate; sad (when something doesn't go as planned or as you had hoped)
- —意気組みeagerness; avidity; avidness; keenness
- —御意見番advisor; adviser (to a lord, etc.); wise counselor allowed to speak to a lord without restraint
- —意味無いmeaningless; pointless
- —御得意様regular customer; valued client
- —意に添うto meet (someone's) wishes; to meet (someone's) demands
- —意にそうto meet (someone's) wishes; to meet (someone's) demands
- —意志の疎通(reciprocal) communication; (coming to a) mutual understanding