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JLPT N1
Grade 4

Meanings

nest
rookery
hive
cobweb
den

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ソウ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
す.くう

Common Words

Noun
Freq #5167
1

nest; rookery; breeding place; hive

Examples
ミツバチは、においのサンプルをに持ち帰ることによって食糧のありかを伝える。
Bees communicate the location of food by carrying odor samples back to the hive.
2

den

3

haunt

4

(spider's) web

Examples
クモはいつも自分たちのを3次元に織る。
Spiders always weave their webs in three dimensions.
空巣
皆素
からす
カラス
Noun
Freq #10230
1

Hanafuda

dealt hand containing only 1-point cards (scoring combination)

クモの巣
ものす
Expression
Noun
Freq #19015
1

spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb

Examples
クモがクモの巣を張るところを見たことがありますか。
Have you ever seen a spider spinning its web?
ちのす
Expression
Noun
Freq #20369
1

beehive; hive; honeycomb

2

Idiomatic expression

something full of holes; Swiss cheese

3

Food, cooking; Usu. written as ハチノス

beef reticulum; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach

4

swage block

うくつ
Noun
Freq #22667
1

den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair

巣くう
Intransitive
Godan verb
Freq #26237
1

to build a nest; to nest

2

to hang out (of a bad group); to be based (in); to haunt

Examples
嫉妬心くらい強く人間の心情に巣食う情熱はない。
There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.
3

to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.); to be planted; to luck (in one's heart)

巣孔
すあな
そうけつ (巣穴)
Noun
Freq #26532
1

nesting hole; burrow; den

空巣
明き巣
きす
Noun
Freq #31560
1

empty nest

2

empty house; empty home

3

Abbreviation

burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses); sneak thief; prowler

Examples
空巣にやられた。
Our house was robbed while we were away.
るす
Noun
Freq #33812
1

old haunts; former homes

Godan verb
Intransitive
Freq #36833
1

to leave the nest

2

Idiomatic expression

to go out into the world; to become independent (of one's parents); to graduate (and become a member of society)

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