能
ability, capacity, skill, talent
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
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Grade:5
Strokes:10
JLPT:3
Frequency:273
Vocabulary
ノウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 可能 | カノウ | possible; potential; practicable; feasible |
| 可能性 | カノウセイ | possibility; chance; likelihood; probability; potential; potentiality; promise; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction) |
| 堪能 | タンノウ | proficient; skilled; skillful; good; accomplished; enjoying to the full; full satisfaction; being satiated (with); having one's fill (of) |
| 機能 | キノウ | function; facility; faculty; feature |
| 技能 | ギノウ | technical skill; ability; capacity |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 能 | のう | talent; gift; function; noh (theatre) |
| 可能性が高い | かのうせいがたかい | very likely; very probable |
| 能書き | のうがき | advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting; self-advertisement; statement of the virtues of a medicine; description of the virtues of a drug |
| 能く | よく | nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...; (you have) quite the nerve to; I don't know how you can ... |
| 能く能く | よくよく | carefully; closely; very; extremely; exceedingly; have no choice; cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable |
Visually Similar Kanji
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態
appearance, attitude, condition, figure, voice (of verbs)
Grade 5JLPT 1
罷
go, leave, quit, stop, withdraw
Grade 8JLPT 1
渇
dry up, parch, thirst
Grade 8JLPT 1
撤
disarm, dismantle, exclude, reject, remove, withdraw
Grade 8JLPT 1
徹
clear, penetrate, pierce, sit up (all night), strike home
Grade 8JLPT 1
散
disperse, scatter, spend, squander
Grade 4JLPT 3
通
avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc., pass through, traffic
Grade 2JLPT 4
褐
brown, woollen kimono
Grade 8JLPT 1
掲
describe, display, hang out, hoist, publish, put up, put up (a notice)
Grade 8JLPT 1
混
blend, confuse, mix
Grade 5JLPT 2