| 冗 |
ジョウ superfluous, uselessness |
| This kanji has 4 strokes: 2 strokes in the "wa-shaped crown" radical 冖 (わかんむり) and 2 other strokes | ||
| Sample Compounds (27): | ||
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冗談 じょうだん |
jest, joke |
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2.
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冗費 じょうひ |
unnecessary expense |
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3.
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冗 じょう |
uselessness |
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4.
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冗筆 じょうひつ |
worthless painting and writing |
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5.
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冗員 じょういん |
supernumerary, superfluous, useless workers |
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冗物 じょうぶつ |
redundancy, superfluity |
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7.
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冗官 じょうかん |
supernumerary official |
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8.
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冗文 じょうぶん |
redundancy |
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9.
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冗句 じょうく |
redundant phrase |
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10.
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冗漫 じょうまん |
verbosity |
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11.
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冗言 じょうげん |
chatter, useless words |
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12.
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冗用 じょうよう |
unnecessary work, unnecessary expense |
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13.
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冗語 じょうご |
redundancy |
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14.
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冗舌 じょうぜつ |
garrulity, loquacity, talkativeness |
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15.
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冗多 じょうた |
superabundance |
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16.
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冗談が過ぎる じょうだんがすぎる |
to carry a joke too far |
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17.
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冗談に紛らす じょうだんにまぎらす |
to pass (something) off as a joke |
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18.
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冗談めかして じょうだんめかして |
jokingly, in the form of a joke |
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19.
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冗談気味 じょうだんぎみ |
being somewhat (half) joking, half seriously, half in jest, in a jocular vein |
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20.
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冗談口 じょうだんぐち |
joke |
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21.
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冗談事 じょうだんこと |
joking matter |
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22.
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冗談抜き じょうだんぬき |
seriously, joking aside |
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23.
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冗談半分 じょうだんはんぶん |
being somewhat (half) joking, half seriously, half in jest, in a jocular vein |
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冗長 じょうちょう |
tedious, verbose, prolix, redundancy |
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25.
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冗長系 じょうちょうけい |
redundant system (string, line) |
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26.
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冗長性 じょうちょうせい |
redundancy |
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27.
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冗長度 じょうちょうど |
redundancy, relative redundancy (in information theory) |