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岸 kanji
beach
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
ガン
Kun readings
きし
Words with 岸
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N4海岸Popularseashore; coast; seaside; waterfront; beach
- N1沿岸Popularcoast; shore; coastal waters; inshore waters; coastal area
- —岸壁Popularquay; wharf; jetty; wall-like shoreline; cliff wall
- —護岸Popularriver dike
- —対岸Popularopposite shore
- —彼岸Popularequinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana; opposite bank; opposite shore; shore on the other side
- —両岸Popularboth banks (of a river)
- —湾岸Populargulf coast; bay coast
- —海岸線Popularcoastline; shoreline; coastal railway
- —右岸right bank (of a river)
- —左岸left bank (of a river)
- —西岸west coast; west bank
- —全岸all the banks (of a river)
- —東岸eastern coast; east bank
- —南岸south coast; south bank
- —北岸north coast; north bank
- —傲岸haughty; arrogant; supercilious
- —着岸reaching the shore; docking a boat
- —湖岸lakeshore; lakeside
- —岸頭shore; wharf