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武 kanji
warrior, military, chivalry, arms
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
ブム
Kun readings
たけたけし
Words with 武
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —青武鯛Scarus ovifrons (species of parrotfish)
- —古武術ancient Japanese martial arts
- —武道館martial arts stadium; (Nippon) Budokan (indoor arena in Tokyo)
- —武士団band of warriors (often formed from related or dependent families); group of samurai
- —演武場dojo (hall used for martial arts training)
- —武家衆samurai for the shogunate
- —武道場martial arts area (within a school, gym, etc.)
- —文武官civil and military officers
- —重武装heavy armament
- —武術家martial artist
- —総武線Sōbu Line (Chiba-Tokyo railway)
- —武闘派militant (faction, group, person, etc.); hardliner who favors force over compromise; hawk
- —講武所Kōbusho; martial arts training institute established by the Edo shogunate in 1854
- —武器屋weapon shop; weapon store
- —公武合体shogunate marital union with the Imperial family
- —侍従武官emperor's aide-de-camp
- —武家時代feudal period (characterized by the rule of the shogunate, 1185-1867); age of militarist government
- —武家政治feudal government
- —武漢三鎮the three Wuhan Cities
- —武器貸与lend-lease