Kanji1 / 9
昧 kanji
dark, foolish
- JLPT level
- Not on the lists
- First appears in
- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
マイバイ
Kun readings
くらいむさぼる
Words with 昧
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N1曖昧Popularvague; ambiguous; unclear; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
- —愚昧stupid
- —三昧samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; indulging in; doing to one's heart's content; prone to; apt to
- —蒙昧ignorant; unenlightened; uncivilized; uncivilised
- —昧旦dawn; daybreak
- —昧爽dawn
- —曖昧さambiguity
- —曖昧宿brothel fronting as a tea house, inn, restaurant, etc.
- —曖昧屋brothel fronting as a tea house, inn, restaurant, etc.
- —不昧流Fumai school of tea ceremony
- —無知蒙昧unenlightened; uneducated; ignorant
- —曖昧模糊obscure; vague; ambiguous
- —読書三昧being absorbed in reading
- —刃物三昧swinging a knife around; brandishing a knife
- —贅沢三昧indulging in every possible luxury
- —念仏三昧being deep in prayer; praying devoutly to Amida Buddha
- —風流三昧taking delight in elegant pursuits; being absorbed in such elegant cultural pursuits as poetry, painting and calligraphy
- —放蕩三昧being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation
- —遊蕩三昧being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation
- —悪行三昧committing every evil; being given to evil ways; following the path of evil