Meaning of kin in Japanese
Definition of kin
- (n) unit of weight ~600g
- pound (unit of mass: 453.6g)
- loaf (of bread)
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(n) relative; relation; kin
クニ子は長井さんと親戚です。
Kuniko is related to Mr Nagai.
- (n) blood relation; kin
- (n) napkin; cloth
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(n) ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
彼は一年近くもアルコール類を断っていたが、お正月の頃に禁を破ってまた元に戻ってしまった。
He had been dry for almost a year, but he fell off the wagon around New Year's Day.
- (n) fungus
- germ; bacterium; bacillus
- (n) human (in Ainu); one's fellow man; kin; comrade
- self-referential term used by the Ainu about their people
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(n) qin (7-stringed Chinese zither); guqin
彼女は琴を弾くことがとても好きだ。
She likes to play the koto very much.
- (n) inverted copper or iron bell shaped like a bowl (sounded when reciting sutras)
- (n) muscle
Words related to kin
- (n) circle (sometimes used for zero)
- 'correct' (when marking)
- (n) T-back; bikini thong
- (n) pot
- typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period
- working at night
- female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (i.e. a transvestite)
- (n) (somebody's) backing; assistance; thanks to (somebody)
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(adj-na) pitiful; pity
ひどいけがをしておいでで、お気の毒です。
I'm sorry that you've been badly injured.
- (n) making arbitrary decisions which benefit oneself; self-approved plan
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(n) countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel
すこし落ち着け吉祥、おのぼりさん丸出しだぞ。
Calm down a little, Kissho, your bumpkin nature is standing out!
- (n) cold (drinking) water; cold boiled rice
- (prt) I wonder (sentence ending prt)
- should I? (question prt when thinking out loud); is it?
- I wish that (with a negative); I hope that
