crown, best, peerless

9 strokesFrequency 1,503JLPT N1Grade 8

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カン

Kun

かんむり

Nanori

かっぷまさる

Dictionary

Common Words

被る冠るGodan verbFreq #2629
1

Word usually written using kana alone; Transitive verb

to put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself)

Examples
「白い帽子をかぶっている男の人は誰ですか」と私は彼女に言った。
I asked her who the man wearing the white hat was.
2

Word usually written using kana alone; Transitive verb

to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to dash on oneself; to ship water

Examples
その機械はほこりをかぶっていた
The machine was coated with dust.
3

Word usually written using kana alone; Transitive verb

to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to assume (responsibility); to shoulder (burden)

Examples
避難民は食料や水、薬などその他いろいろ不足を被るものだ。
Refugees will suffer lack of food, water, medicine and all that.
4

Transitive verb

to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

5

Transitive verb

to be similar; to be redundant

6

Intransitive verb; Of film

to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.)

7

Intransitive verb; Of a play, etc.

to close; to come to an end

8

Intransitive verb; Of a play, etc.

to get a full house; to sell out

9

Archaic; Intransitive verb; Of a play, etc.

to blunder; to bungle; to fail

10

Archaic; Intransitive verb

to be deceived

んむりむりかんぶりFreq #10811
1

Common noun

traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers

Examples
絵の中の少女は黄金ではなくて花のかんむりをかぶっています。
The girl in the picture is wearing a crown not of gold but of flowers.
2

Common noun

crown; diadem; coronet

3

かんむり only; Common noun

top kanji radical

4

かむり only; Common noun

first verse of a haikai, etc.

5

かん only; 'taru' adjective; Adverb taking the 'to' particle

best; peerless; first

6

かんむり only; Common noun

name; title; named sponsorship of a program, event, team, etc.

7

かん only; Counter; Shogi

counter for titles

王冠うかんNoun~の Adj.Freq #17238
1

crown; diadem

Examples
彼女は出廷したとき、王冠のようなものをかぶっていた。
When she appeared in court, she was wearing a sort of crown.
2

bottle cap

Examples
百円じゃなくて、王冠でした。
It wasn't a 100 yen coin, it was a bottle cap.
冠するんすTransitiveFreq #18932
1

Suru verb - special class

to crown; to cap

2

Suru verb - special class

to prefix with; to start with; to begin with

ぶりこうぶりかうぶりかがふりNounArchaicFreq #29938
1

order; rank

戴冠式いかんしきNounFreq #38505
1

coronation ceremony; enthronement

花冠かんNounFreq #40421
1

Botany

corolla

2

garland; wreath

弱冠ゃっかん若冠NounFreq #42170
1

twenty years of age

2

youth; early age; tender age of ...

被り物ぶりもの冠り物NounFreq #47444
1

headgear; headdress

2

(novelty) mask; head mask

戴冠いかんNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #48754
1

coronation; crowning

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