street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign

2 strokesFrequency 1,312JLPT N1Grade 3

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チョウテイチントウ

Kun

ひのと

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

streetnailspike

Mnemonic Stories

In ancient Rome, they would mark out new streets by hammering nails into the ground to plot their perfectly straight roads.

Dictionary

Common Words

ょうど丁度恰度AdverbUsually kanaFreq #1006
1

exactly; precisely; just; right; opportunely; fortunately

Examples
私達はちょうど食事を終えた所です。
We've just finished breakfast.
2

just (like); as if; as though

丁寧いねい叮嚀Noun~な Adj.Freq #2044
1

polite; courteous; civil

2

careful; close; thorough; conscientious

Examples
漢字を書くときは点やはらいに気をつけて、なるべく早くていねいに書きましょう。
When drawing kanji be careful of dots and sweeps, write as carefully and quickly as possible.
ちょうどいい (ちょうど良い/丁度いい/丁度良い)ちょうど良い丁度いい丁度良い丁度よいちょうどよい (ちょうど良い/丁度良い/丁度よい)ExpressionUsually kanaFreq #3688
1

Adjective - yoi/ii class

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

Examples
あなたはちょうどよい折に来た。
You have come at an opportune time.
包丁庖丁うちょうNounFreq #5616
1

kitchen knife

Examples
子供に包丁をいたずらさせてはダメだよ。
Don't let your boy play with a knife.
2

Archaic

cooking; food

丁重いちょう鄭重Noun~な Adj.Freq #10263
1

polite; courteous; hospitable

Examples
がまんするのが難しいのは彼の度を超した丁重さである。
What is hard to put up with is his over-politeness.
ご丁寧御丁寧ごていねいNoun~な Adj.Freq #11096
1

Honorific

polite; courteous; civil

2

Honorific

careful; close; thorough; conscientious

3

Used sarcastically

overly courteous; overly careful; overly thorough

丁目ょうNounFreq #13940
1

district of a town; city block (of irregular size)

Examples
40丁目で車を降りた。
I got out of the car at 40th Street.
ょうFreq #14978
1

Counter

counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding)

2

Counter

counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant

3

Common noun

even number

4

Common noun

chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)

ょうFreq #14978
1

Counter

counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars

Examples
私が見つけたのは1のハサミだけだった。
I found nothing but a pair of scissors.
一丁っちょうFreq #16616
1

Common noun

one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style)

2

Common noun

one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant)

3

Common noun; Also written as 一挺, 一梃

one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar)

4

Common noun

one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m)

5

Common noun

one game; one task

6

Adverb (fukushi); Said when starting something

well then; right

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