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Grade Level: 5
JLPT Level: 2

Frequency: 211

Bushu (Radical) Info:
土 (つち)
earth

Henshall Mnemonic:
funny dam is located near countryside dwelling
Stroke Order Diagram (SOD): 6 Strokes



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On-Yomi Reading(s):
ザイ
Kun-Yomi Reading(s):
あ.る
あり
English Meaning(s):
exist
outskirts
suburbs
located in

Popular words and/or phrases using this kanji:
Click any individual kanji to view it in a new window. Click the [K] after each definition to look up that character at WWWJDIC; Click the [D] to look up that word in WWWJDIC (the definition is the same but other features exist, like sample usage, variations of the word, etc.)
  •   [かいざい]
    (n) interposition; intervention [K] [D]
  •   [けんざい]
    (adj-na,n) in good health; well [K] [D]
  •   [けんざい]
    (n,vs) actual (as opposed to hidden or obscured); actualized [K] [D]
  •   [げんざい]
    (n-adv,n-t) present; up to now; nowadays; modern times; current [K] [D]
  • りし   [ありしひ]
    (n-t) (1) days of yore; the olden days; (2) during one's lifetime [K] [D]
  • る   [ある]
    (v5r-i) (uk) to live; to be [K] [D]
  •   [ざいがい]
    (n) overseas; abroad [K] [D]
  •   [ざいがいこうかん]
    diplomatic mission; government establishments overseas [K] [D]
  •   [ざいがく]
    (n) (enrolled) in school [K] [D]
  •   [ざいきょう]
    (n,vs) being in Tokyo [K] [D]
  •   [ざいこ]
    (n) stockpile; stock [K] [D]
  •   [ざいじゅう]
    (n) resident [K] [D]
  •   [ざいしょく]
    (n) being in office [K] [D]
  •   [ざいせき]
    (n,vs) enrollment [K] [D]
  •   [ざいたく]
    (n) being in; being at home [K] [D]
  •   [ざいにち]
    (n) in Japan [K] [D]
  •   [ざいにん]
    (n) being in office [K] [D]
  •   [ざいべい]
    (n,vs) being in the USA [K] [D]
  •   [ざいや]
    (adj-no,n) out of office (power); in opposition party [K] [D]
  •   [ざいらい]
    (n) pre-existing; already there; conventional [K] [D]
  •   [ざいりゅう]
    (n,vs) stay; remain; reside [K] [D]
  •   [じざい]
    (adj-na,n) freely; at will [K] [D]
  •   [じつざい]
    (n,vs) reality; existence [K] [D]
  •   [しょざい]
    (n) whereabouts [K] [D]
  •   [しょざいち]
    (n) location [K] [D]
  •   [せんざい]
    (n) potentiality; dormancy; latency [K] [D]
  •   [そんざい]
    (n,vs) existence; being [K] [D]
  •   [たいざい]
    (n,vs) stay; sojourn [K] [D]
  •   [ちゅうざい]
    (n,vs) residence; stay [K] [D]
  •   [てんざい]
    (n,vs) dotted with [K] [D]
  •   [ふざい]
    (n) absence [K] [D]
  •   [ふざいしゃとうひょう]
    (n) absentee ballot [K] [D]
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The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/edict_doc.html#IREF05