Kanji1 / 13
義 kanji
righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
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Kun readings
NoneWords with 義
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —納税義務tax liability
- —派閥主義factionalism
- —義理の兄one's brother-in-law; stepbrother (elder)
- —義理の姉one's sister-in-law; stepsister (elder)
- —義理の父father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
- —義理の母mother-in-law; foster mother; stepmother
- —奥義秘伝secrets; mysteries; secret formula; essence; esoterica (of an art, martial arts, etc.)
- —家族主義familism; the treatment of society (an organization) as a family
- —玉砕主義the principle of honorable death and no surrender
- —義理一遍perfunctory; going-through-the-motions-sort of (invitation, gift, etc.)
- —義理人情duty and humanity; (a sense of) moral obligation and humane feelings
- —減点主義demerit system; points-off system
- —詩的正義poetic justice; retributive justice
- —主義主張one's principles and position
- —仁義忠孝humanity, justice, loyalty, and filial piety
- —仁義道徳humanity and justice; benevolence and righteousness
- —総花主義the principle of pleasing everyone; make-everybody-happy policy
- —第一義的fundamental; primary; most important
- —退嬰主義backward-looking philosophy (ideology); conservatism
- —断章取義interpreting (and using) a passage without regard to its context