夫
husband, man
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
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Information
Vocabulary
フ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夫妻 | フサイ | husband and wife; married couple |
| 夫人 | フジン | wife; Mrs; Madam; wife of a nobleman; consort (of the emperor) of the third rank (ritsuryō system) |
| 農夫 | ノウフ | (male) farmer; peasant; farmhand |
| 夫君 | フクン | (another's) husband |
| 亡夫 | ボウフ | deceased husband; late husband |
ブ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大丈夫 | ダイジョウブ | safe; secure; sound; problem-free; without fear; all right; alright; OK; okay; certainly; surely; undoubtedly; no thanks; I'm good; that's alright; great man; fine figure of a man |
| 夫人 | ブニン | wife; Mrs; Madam; wife of a nobleman; consort (of the emperor) of the third rank (ritsuryō system) |
| 丈夫 | ジョウブ | healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable |
| 偉丈夫 | イジョウブ | great man; hero; big man |
| 夫役 | ブエキ | slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 工夫 | くふう | devising (a way); contriving; inventing; thinking up; figuring out; coming up with; working out; device; design; idea; plan; invention; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation) |
| 大丈夫 | だいじょぶ | safe; secure; sound; problem-free; without fear; all right; alright; OK; okay; certainly; surely; undoubtedly; no thanks; I'm good; that's alright; great man; fine figure of a man |
| 大丈夫 | だいじょーぶ | safe; secure; sound; problem-free; without fear; all right; alright; OK; okay; certainly; surely; undoubtedly; no thanks; I'm good; that's alright; great man; fine figure of a man |
| 夫 | おっと | husband |
| 夫婦 | ふうふ | married couple; husband and wife; man and wife |
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lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss
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元
beginning, former time, origin
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木
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Grade 1JLPT 5
大
large, big
Grade 1JLPT 5
文
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
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