Info on the Kanji 昧

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Meaning(s)

foolish

Reading(s)

onyomi MAI
kunyomi

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stroke count 9
grade s
jlpt level NN
Example words with 昧
WordMeaning
ぐまい
gumai
stupid
ざんまい
zanmai
samadhi / concentrating on something / absorbing oneself in something
もうまい
moumai
ignorance / enlightenment or civilization / unenlightened / uncivilized / uncivilised
あいまい
aimai
vague / ambiguous / unclear / fuzzy
もうまい
moumai
ignorance / enlightenment or civilization / unenlightened / uncivilized / uncivilised
もうまい
moumai
ignorance / enlightenment or civilization / unenlightened / uncivilized / uncivilised
あいあいまい
ai mai
vague / ambiguous / unclear / fuzzy
ざんまいや
zanmai ya
time / meeting / coming together / equality, warning, or riddance of hindrances
あいまいさ
aimai sa
ambiguity
あいまいや
aimai ya
brothel fronting as a tea house, inn, restaurant, etc.
宿あいまいやど
aimai yado
brothel fronting as a tea house, inn, restaurant, etc.
あいまいせい
aimaisei
ambiguity / fuzziness
あいまいど
aimai do
equivocation
あいまいりょう
aimai ryou
equivocation
悪行三あくぎょうざんまい
akugyou zanmai
committing every evil / being given to evil ways / following the path of evil
戯作三げさくざんまい
gesaku zanmai
being absorbed in writing popular novels / being absorbed in writing something to amuse oneself
耶戒ざんまいやかい
zanmai ya kai
precepts given to an adherent prior to being consecrated as an acharya
耶形ざんまいやかたち
zanmai ya katachi
object or shape that symbolizes the vow of a buddha or bodhisattva to save all life
刃物三はものざんまい
hamono zanmai
knife fight
読書三どくしょざんまい
dokusho zanmai
being absorbed in reading
念仏三ねんぶつざんまい
nenbutsu zanmai
being deep in prayer / praying devoutly to amida buddha
風流三ふうりゅうざんまい
fuuryuu zanmai
taking delight in elegant pursuits / being absorbed in such elegant cultural pursuits as poetry, painting and calligraphy
放蕩三ほうとうざんまい
houtou zanmai
being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures / giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation
凡庸愚ぼんようぐまい
bonyou gumai
ordinary and ignorant / mediocre and stupid
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