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Frequency: 1550
JLPT N1
Grade 9

Meanings

chestnut

Readings

On โ€” Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ใƒชใƒ„
ใƒช
Kun โ€” Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
ใใ‚Š
ใŠใฎใฎใ
Nanori โ€” Specialized readings used in names
ใใ‚‹
ใ‚Šใฃ

Common Words

ๆ —
ใ‚ฏใƒช
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #13853
1

Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)

Examples
ๆ —ใฏๅฐ‘ใชใใจใ‚‚15ๅˆ†ใฏ่Œนใงใชใใฆใฏใ„ใ‘ใชใ„ใ€‚
Chestnuts have to be boiled for at least fifteen minutes.
ใใ‚Š่‰ฒ
ใใ‚Šใ„ใ‚
Noun
๏ฝžใฎ Adj.
Freq #16115
1

chestnut-color; chestnut-colour

ใใ‚Šใ’
Noun
๏ฝžใฎ Adj.
Freq #36304
1

chestnut (horse coat color)

ๆ —้ผ 
ใƒชใ‚น
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #39300
1

squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae)

Examples
ใƒชใ‚นใฏๆžใฎไธญใซ้š ใ‚ŒใŸใ€‚
A squirrel hid among the branches.
2

Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)

ใƒ‰ใƒณใ‚ฐใƒช
ใ€Š ๅ›ฃๆ — ใ€‹
ๆฉก
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #39630
1

acorn

Examples
ใ‚ซใ‚ทใฎๅคงๆจนใ‚‚ๅฐใ•ใชใƒ‰ใƒณใ‚ฐใƒชใ‹ใ‚‰่‚ฒใคใ€‚
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
ใ‹ใŸใใ‚Š็ฒ‰
ใ‹ใŸใใ‚Šใ“
Noun
Freq #53864
1

potato starch

2

starch of dogtooth violet

ใ‹ใกใ‚…ใ†ใฎใใ‚Šใ‚’ใฒใ‚ใ†
Expression
Godan verb
Freq #82038
1

Idiomatic expression; Orig. from the fable the monkey and the cat by jean de la fontaine

to take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; to gather chestnuts from the fire

ใใ‚Šใใ‚“ใจใ‚“
ๆ —้‡‘ๅ›ฃ
Noun
Freq #84786
1

Food, cooking

mashed sweet potatoes with sweetened chestnuts

ใ‚ใพใใ‚Š
Noun
Freq #85507
1

Food, cooking

broiled sweet chestnuts

ๅฎŸๆ —
ไธ‰็จœ่‰
ใƒŸใ‚ฏใƒช
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #87762
1

branched bur-reed (Sparganium erectum); simplestem bur-reed

๐ŸŽ“

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