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No., residence
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
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Information
Grade:3
Strokes:11
JLPT:1
Frequency:160
Vocabulary
ダイ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 次第 | シダイ | depending on; as soon as; immediately after; upon; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program; programme; precedence; circumstances; course of events; state of things; reason |
| 第一 | ダイイチ | first; foremost; number one; most important; best; greatest; most; above all; besides; in any case; to begin with |
| 第一人者 | ダイイチニンシャ | leading person; foremost figure |
| 第三者 | ダイサンシャ | third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person |
| 落第 | ラクダイ | failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year); falling short of the standard; not making the grade |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 次第に | しだいに | gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit |
| 第１ | だいいち | first; foremost; number one; most important; best; greatest; most; above all; besides; in any case; to begin with |
| 第一歩 | だいいっぽ | first step |
| 第一声 | だいいっせい | first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address; first tone (in Chinese); level tone |
| 第一線 | だいいっせん | the front (of a battlefield); forefront |
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策
means, plan, policy, scheme, step
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laugh
Grade 4JLPT 3
筋
descent, fiber, muscle, plan, plot, sinew, tendon
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答
answer, solution
Grade 2JLPT 4
筒
cylinder, gun barrel, pipe, sleeve, tube
Grade 8JLPT 2
等
and so forth, class (first), equal, etc., quality, similar
Grade 3JLPT 3
箇
counter for articles
Grade 8JLPT 1
弟
faithful service to elders, younger brother
Grade 2JLPT 4
笛
bagpipe, clarinet, flute, piccolo, pipe, whistle
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