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風 kanji
wind, air, style, manner
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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Variant forms
凮飌Words with 風
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —風前の灯precarious situation; precarious state
- —台風の目eye of a typhoon; eye of a tropical cyclone; person (or thing) at the center of a turbulent situation (who triggers change or movement)
- —勤倹の風custom (habit) of diligence and thrift
- —風雨の禍disaster caused by wind and rain
- —ゴム風船rubber balloon
- —企業風土corporate culture
- —風林火山as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as daring as fire, and immovable as the mountain
- —一路順風sailing before the wind; everything is going well
- —五風十雨seasonable rains and winds; halcyon weather; halcyon times of peace
- —台風一過clear weather after a typhoon has passed
- —風俗壊乱corruption of public morals; an offense against public morality
- —風流三昧taking delight in elegant pursuits; being absorbed in such elegant cultural pursuits as poetry, painting and calligraphy
- —人相風体someone's looks and personal appearance
- —風紀退廃decay (decline, corruption) of public morals; moral decadence
- —一大旋風great sensation; taking something by storm; making a splash
- —一世風靡ruling the times; holding sway over the minds of the people
- —威風凛々awe-inspiring; majestic; commanding; stately; with an imposing air; in a stately (dignified) manner
- —気候風土climate and natural features (of a region)
- —櫛風沐雨struggling through wind and rain; undergoing hardships
- —櫛風浴雨struggling through wind and rain; undergoing hardships