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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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NoneWords with 義
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —虚無主義者nihilist
- —マッハ主義Machism (philosophical ideas of Ernst Mach)
- —正義の味方champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero
- —仁義を切るto make a formal salutation (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); to formally greet; to pay one's respects
- —義務的経費mandatory expense; required expenses
- —果実食主義fruitarianism
- —不条理主義absurdism
- —大家族主義big family principle; extended family policy
- —反宗教主義opposition to religion
- —非宗教主義secularism
- —義肢装具士prosthetist and orthotist
- —義和団の乱Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901); Boxer Uprising; Yihetuan Movement
- —反セム主義anti-Semitism
- —多様式主義polystylism
- —新民主主義New Democracy (concept devised by Mao Zedong)
- —反知性主義anti-intellectualism
- —消費者主義advocacy of consumer rights (product safety, accurate labelling, etc.); consumer activism; consumer advocacy; consumer spending; high levels of consumption
- —出生地主義jus soli; (principle of) birthright citizenship
- —新古典主義neoclassicism
- —リレー講義series of lectures on a topic given by different people