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閑 kanji
leisure
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Secondary school
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カン
Kun readings
NoneWords with 閑
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —閑寂枯淡aesthetic sense in Japanese art emphasising quiet simplicity and subdued refinement
- —有閑マダムbourgeoise wife
- —忙中閑ありthere are brief moments of leisure even when at one's busiest
- —ひっそり閑quietly
- —等閑に付すto neglect; to overlook
- —閑古鳥が鳴くto be quiet (due to lack of activity); to be in a slump (of a business)
- —小人閑居して不善をなすan idle brain is the devil's shop
- —小閑short interval of leisure; short break or breather; lull
- —深閑silent; still; quiet; hushed
- —閑閑quietly; self-composed
- —閑処toilet; lavatory; quiet place
- —寸閑moment's leisure
- —閑雲gently floating clouds
- —閑子鳥cuckoo
- —悠悠閑閑composed and unhurried; easygoing and leisurely; in indolence
- —優優閑閑composed and unhurried; easygoing and leisurely; in indolence
- —優々閑々composed and unhurried; easygoing and leisurely; in indolence
- —忙中閑有りthere are brief moments of leisure even when at one's busiest
- —閑古鳥がなくto be quiet (due to lack of activity); to be in a slump (of a business)
- —小人閑居して不善を為すan idle brain is the devil's shop
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