Search Kanji for 居留守を使う

使

use

Radical:

Parts:ノ一亻口

Dictionary: 使

Meanings

use; send on a mission; order; messenger; envoy; ambassador; cause

shi
つか.うtsukau · つか.いtsukai · -つか.い-tsukai · -づか.い-zukai
Popularity rank: 219 Pinyin: shǐ, shì Korean: sa Hán-Việt: sử, sứ
Stroke counts: 8 Grade level: 3 JLPT level: 3 Skip code: 1-2-6

Example Words

お使[otsukai] errand
み使い[mitsukai] angel
悪天使[akutenshi] evil angels
かな使い[kanazukai] kana orthography
雁の使い[karinotsukai] (a) letter
旧仮名使い[kyuukanazukai] former (i.e. before the post-WWII reforms) kana usage in writing the readings of kanji
金を使う[kanewotsukau] to spend money
駆使[kushi] free use
軍使[gunshi] truce bearer
権利行使[kenrikoushi] exercise of a right

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guard

Radical:

Parts:寸宀

Dictionary:

Meanings

guard; protect; defend; obey

シュshu · su
まも.るmamoru · まも.りmamori · もりmori · -もり-mori · かみkami
Popularity rank: 457 Pinyin: shǒu Korean: su Hán-Việt: thủ, thú
Stroke counts: 6 Grade level: 3 JLPT level: 2 Skip code: 2-3-3

Example Words

御守[omamori] charm
井守[imori] newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
看守[kanshu] jailer
看守者[kanshusha] jailer
居留守[irusu] pretending to be out
見守る[mimamoru] to watch over
厳守[genshu] strict observance
固守[koshu] clinging
攻守[koushu] offense and defense
子守り[komori] babysitter

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reside

Radical:

Parts:口十尸

Dictionary:

Meanings

reside; to be; exist; live with

キョkyo · ko
い.るiru · -い-i · お.るoru
Popularity rank: 836 Pinyin: jū, jī Korean: geo, gi Hán-Việt: cư, kí
Stroke counts: 8 Grade level: 5 JLPT level: 2 Skip code: 3-3-5

Example Words

安居[ankyo] easy life
居炉裏[irori] sunken hearth
一言居士[ichigenkoji] person who is ready to comment on every subject
独り芝居[hitorishibai] one man show
隠居[inkyo] retirement
円居[madoi] small gathering
猿芝居[sarushibai] monkey show
伽芝居[togishibai] fairy play
鴨居[kamoi] lintel
閑居[kankyo] quiet and secluded life

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detain

Radical:

Parts:田刀厶

Dictionary:

Meanings

detain; fasten; halt; stop

リュウryū · ru
と.めるtomeru · と.まるtomaru · とど.めるtodomeru · とど.まるtodomaru · るうぶるrūburu
Popularity rank: 731 Pinyin: liú Korean: ryu Hán-Việt: lưu
Stroke counts: 10 Grade level: 5 JLPT level: 2 Skip code: 2-5-5

Example Words

慰留[iryuu] dissuasion from resigning or leaving
遺留[iryuu] bequest
遺留品[iryuuhin] lost articles
押し留める[oshitodomeru] to stop
寄留[kiryuu] temporary residence
居留[kyoryuu] residence
居留守[irusu] pretending to be out
居留地[kyoryuuchi] foreign settlement
局留め[kyokudome] general delivery
繋留[keiryuu] mooring

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