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JLPT N1
Grade 9

Meanings

lull
calm
(kokuji)

Readings

Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
なぎ
な.ぐ

Common Words

和ぎ
Noun
Freq #18705
1

calm (at sea); lull

Examples
嵐の後にはが来る。
After a storm comes a calm.
Intransitive
Godan verb
Freq #21670
1

to become calm (of the wind, sea, etc.); to die down

Examples
風が凪いだ
The wind has fallen.
うなぎ
Noun
Freq #53424
1

evening calm

さなぎ
Noun
Freq #76443
1

morning calm (over the ocean)

なぎ
Noun
Freq #118117
1

evening calm

水薙鳥
水凪鳥
ミズナギドリ
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #202726
1

petrel (esp. petrels of family Procellariidae)

大水薙鳥
大水凪鳥
オオミズナギドリ
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #271691
1

streaked shearwater (species of seabird, Calonectris leucomelas)

さかなぎ
Noun
Freq #276519
1

backfire (of a spell, curse, etc.)

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