投
abandon, discard, give up, hurl, invest in, join, launch into, sell at a loss, throw
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Grade:3
Strokes:7
JLPT:3
Frequency:236
Vocabulary
トウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 継投 | ケイトウ | relieving the (starting) pitcher |
| 好投 | コウトウ | good (nice) pitching |
| 国民投票 | コクミントウヒョウ | national referendum |
| 投影 | トウエイ | projection (of a shadow); casting (a reflection); reflection; cast shadow; (geometric) projection; reflection (of feelings, experiences, etc.); projection |
| 投機 | トウキ | speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks) |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 下手投げ | したてなげ | underhand throw; underarm throw |
| 上手投げ | うわてなげ | overhand throw; a throw using the outside of the arm |
| 身投げ | みなげ | throwing oneself (e.g. into the water to commit suicide) |
| 投げる | なげる | to throw; to hurl; to fling; to toss; to cast; to give up; to abandon; to throw away; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.) |
| 投げ込む | なげこむ | to throw into |
Visually Similar Kanji
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披
expose, open
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技
ability, art, arts, craft, feat, performance, skill, vocation
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扱
entertain, handle, strip, thresh
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没
die, disappear, drown, fall into, hide, sink
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抜
extract, omit, pilfer, pull out, quote, remove, slip out
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疫
epidemic
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拠
based on, follow, foothold, therefore
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殴
assault, beat, hit, thrash
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択
choose, elect, prefer, select
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抑
do in spite of, in the first place, now, press, push, repress, seal, shove, well
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