| This kanji has 12 strokes: 2 strokes in the "eight" radical 八 (はちがしら) and 10 other strokes | ||
| Sample Compounds (119): | ||
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善戦 ぜんせん |
fight a good fight |
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2.
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改善 かいぜん |
betterment, improvement, incremental and continuous improvement |
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勧善懲悪 かんぜんちょうあく |
rewarding good and punishing evil, novel or drama with a rewarding-good-and-punishing-evil theme, moral purpose, morality play |
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善くも よくも |
How dare ... |
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善し よし |
good, all right!, OK!, well, so, good (in moral judgement only) (judgment) |
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善し悪し よしあし |
good or bad, merits or demerits, quality, suitability |
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善良 ぜんりょう |
goodness, excellence, virtue |
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親善 しんぜん |
friendship |
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善隣 ぜんりん |
good neighbour, good neighbor |
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10.
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最善 さいぜん |
the very best |
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11.
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善悪 ぜんあく |
good and evil |
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12.
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善意 ぜんい |
virtuous mind, good intentions, good will, positive mindset, bona fides (legal good faith) |
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慈善 じぜん |
charity, philanthropy |
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善 ぜん |
good, goodness, right, virtue |
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善い よい |
good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable, sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer), ready, prepared, profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial, OK |
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追善 ついぜん |
mass for the dead, Buddhist service held on the anniversary of someone''s death |
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慈善市 じぜんいち |
charity bazaar, charity bazar |
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善性 ぜんせい |
innate goodness of man |
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一日一善 いちにちいちぜん |
doing a good deed each day, doing one good turn a day |
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20.
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善果 ぜんか |
good results |
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21.
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善い悪い よいわるい |
good or bad, merits or demerits, quality, suitability |
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22.
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追善供養 ついぜんくよう |
(Buddh) memorial service |
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23.
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慈善事業 じぜんじぎょう |
philanthropic work, charitable enterprise |
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24.
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善政 ぜんせい |
good government |
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嘉言善行 かげんぜんこう |
good words and good deeds |
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26.
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善感 ぜんかん |
successful vaccination, positive reaction |
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27.
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善い行い よいおこない |
good deed |
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追善興行 ついぜんこうぎょう |
memorial performance, performance in memory of someone |
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慈善心 じぜんしん |
benevolence, liberality |
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30.
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善管 ぜんかん |
good management, good manager |
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善う よう |
well, properly, skillfully, often |
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32.
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独り善がり ひとりよがり |
complacent, self-satisfied, self-important, conceited |
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慈善団体 じぜんだんたい |
charitable institution (organization, organisation), (organized, organised) charities |
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善戦苦闘 ぜんせんくとう |
putting up a good fight against some odds |
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改善点 かいぜんてん |
points of improvement |
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善業 ぜんごう |
good deeds |
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善かれと思う よかれとおもう |
to wish to go well, to have good intentions |
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独善 どくぜん |
self-righteousness, self-justified |
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慈善鍋 じぜんなべ |
charity pot |
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40.
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善男善女 ぜんなんぜんにょ |
pious men and women |
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41.
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善玉 ぜんだま |
good person |
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42.
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善かれ悪しかれ よかれあしかれ |
good or bad, right or wrong, for better or for worse, rightly or wrongly |
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43.
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独善主義 どくぜんしゅぎ |
self-righteousness |
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44.
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慈善箱 じぜんばこ |
charity box |
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45.
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善知識 ぜんちしき |
friend who guides one to Buddhism through teaching |
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46.
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勧善懲悪劇 かんぜんちょうあくげき |
morality play |
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47.
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善玉菌 ぜんだまきん |
good germ, good bacteria |
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善く よく |
nicely, properly, well, skillfully, frequently, often |
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独善的 どくぜんてき |
self-righteous |
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50.
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次善 じぜん |
second best |
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51.
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善導 ぜんどう |
proper guidance |
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52.
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勧善懲悪小説 かんぜんちょうあくしょうせつ |
(Edo-period) didactic novel or fiction |
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善後 ぜんご |
giving careful thought to the future, finishing up carefully |
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善くぞ よくぞ |
how admirably, how wonderfully, how skillfully |
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55.
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日イ親善 にちイしんぜん |
friendly relations between Japan and Israel |
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次善策 じぜんさく |
plan B, alternative plan |
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善道 ぜんどう |
path of virtue, righteousness |
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関係改善 かんけいかいぜん |
improvement of relations, rapprochement |
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善後策 ぜんごさく |
remedial measure, countermeasure, counter-measure, relief measure, remedy |
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60.
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日洪親善 にっこうしんぜん |
goodwill between Japan and Hungary |
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61.
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十善 じゅうぜん |
(Buddh) the ten good acts, the emperor |
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62.
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善徳 ぜんとく |
virtues |
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偽善 ぎぜん |
hypocrisy |
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善後処置 ぜんごしょち |
remedial measure, preventive measure, the best way to cope with (meet) the situation |
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65.
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善く善く よくよく |
exceedingly, very |
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不善 ふぜん |
evil, sin, vice, mischief |
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十善の君 じゅうぜんのきみ |
the emperor |
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善美 ぜんび |
the good and the beautiful |
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偽善者 ぎぜんしゃ |
hypocrite, fox in a lamb''s skin |
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善後措置 ぜんごそち |
remedial measure, preventive measure, the best way to cope with (meet) the situation |
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71.
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不善を為す ふぜんをなす |
to commit vice, to do evil |
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72.
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小善 しょうぜん |
a small kindness, minor good deed |
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善用 ぜんよう |
good use |
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偽善売教 ぎぜんばいきょう |
priestcraft (Book of Mormon) |
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善後対策 ぜんごたいさく |
remedial measure, preventive measure, the best way to cope with (meet) the situation |
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不善感 ふぜんかん |
negative reaction, unsuccessful vaccination |
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真善美 しんぜんび |
the true, the good, and the beautiful |
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78.
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業務改善命令 ぎょうむかいぜんめいれい |
business improvement order |
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善行 ぜんこう |
good deed, good conduct, benevolence |
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80.
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善し悪し よしわるし |
good or bad, merits or demerits, quality, suitability |
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81.
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万善 まんぜん |
all good works, all good deeds |
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景気改善策 けいきかいぜんさく |
economy recovery plan |
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83.
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善根 ぜんこん |
good deeds, charity |
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善と悪 ぜんとあく |
good and evil |
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85.
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親善試合 しんぜんじあい |
friendly match (game), friendly |
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善隣外交 ぜんりんがいこう |
good-neighbor diplomacy, a good-neighbor policy |
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国際親善 こくさいしんぜん |
international goodwill |
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善哉 ぜんざい |
Well done!, soft bean-jam |
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善は急げ ぜんはいそげ |
strike while the iron is hot |
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90.
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寸善尺魔 すんぜんしゃくま |
in evil, there is odds, there is more evil than good in this world, one good thing tends to cause many bad things to happen |
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善隣関係 ぜんりんかんけい |
good neighborly relations, good neighbourly relations |
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善哉善哉 ぜんざいぜんざい |
Well done!, Great!, Bravo! |
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是非善悪 ぜひぜんあく |
rights and wrongs, the relative merits (of a case), propriety |
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94.
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善隣政策 ぜんりんせいさく |
Good Neighbor Policy |
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最善の策 さいぜんのさく |
the best policy (measure) |
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善事 ぜんじ |
good thing, good deed |
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善悪の区別 ぜんあくのくべつ |
discrimination between right and wrong, distinction between good and bad |
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性善説 せいぜんせつ |
belief that human nature is fundamentally good |
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善隣友好 ぜんりんゆうこう |
neighbourly friendship, neighborly friendship |
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最善を尽くす さいぜんをつくす |
to do one''s best, to do something to the best of one''s ability |
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善処 ぜんしょ |
handling carefully, tiding over, making best of, using discretion |
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102.
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善悪不二 ぜんあくふに |
(Buddh) Good and evil are but two faces of the same coin |
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正邪善悪 せいじゃぜんあく |
right and (or) wrong |
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善霊 ぜんれい |
spirit of goodness |
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至善 しぜん |
the highest good |
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善書 ぜんしょ |
beautiful calligraphy, calligrapher, good book |
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積善 せきぜん |
accumulation of good deeds |
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善祓 よしはらえ |
purification to invite good fortune |
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善女 ぜんにょ |
(Buddh) female believer |
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善意銀行 ぜんいぎんこう |
center for collecting charitable contributions (money, goods, and-or services) and distributing them to people in need |
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体質改善 たいしつかいぜん |
improvement of one''s constitution, reformation |
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112.
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慈善家 じぜんか |
charitable person, philanthropist |
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善心 ぜんしん |
virtue, moral sense, conscience |
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114.
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善意通訳 ぜんいつうやく |
goodwill guide, volunteer guide and interpreter for foreign residents and tourists |
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善い いい |
good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable, sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer), ready, prepared, profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial, OK |
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待遇改善 たいぐうかいぜん |
improvement of labor conditions (labour) |
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慈善会 じぜんかい |
philanthropic society |
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善人 ぜんにん |
good people |
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119.
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善因善果 ぜんいんぜんか |
good action lead to good rewards, one good turn deserves another |