Kanji1 / 9
相 kanji
inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
ソウショウ
Kun readings
あい-
Words with 相
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —相倍times
- —相性generating cycle (of the five elements in Chinese philosophy; wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water, water generates wood); mutual generation
- —人相書personal description
- —種々相various phases
- —ご面相frightful face
- —歳相応age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
- —盛っ相cylindrical box used to measure rice; shape for forming rice; single serving of rice (esp. as prison food)
- —九相圖kusōzu; painting depicting the nine stages of decomposition of a corpse
- —有相無相mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff; all things in nature; the whole creation
- —物は相談a wise man is he who listens to counsel; a worry shared is a worry halved; I've got something to ask you
- —相談にのるto give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
- —相談に与るto be consulted
- —寝相が良いsleeping without turning over
- —寝相がよいsleeping without turning over
- —滅相も無いdon't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
- —相同的組換homologous recombination
- —第二相試験phase II study; phase II trial
- —第三相試験phase III study; phase III trial
- —第一相試験phase I study; phase I trial
- —御祝儀相場buoyant market (on season-opening); festive market