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JLPT N1
Grade 8

Meanings

bubbles
foam
suds
froth

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ホウ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
あわ

Common Words

ぶく (泡)
Noun
Freq #4644
1

bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer)

Examples
くだける波がを作った。
The breaking waves formed foam.
あわ立つ
わだ
泡立つ
Godan verb
Intransitive
Freq #17953
1

to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)

Examples
どうしてなのか、心が粟立つのを感じていた。
I don't know what, but I felt in my heart something that gives me the chills.
わだ
Godan verb
Intransitive
Freq #17953
1

to bubble; to foam; to froth

Examples
コーヒーがポットの中で泡立った
The coffee bubbled in the pot.
ずのあわ
Expression
Noun
Freq #24920
1

bubble on the surface of water

2

Idiomatic expression; Oft. as 〜になる

(coming to) nothing; naught

Examples
苦労したのに全て水の泡だった。
All my troubles came to nothing.
3

Idiomatic expression

something short-lived

わだて
Transitive
Ichidan verb
Freq #26842
1

to beat (e.g. eggs); to whip (e.g. cream); to whisk; to lather

Examples
彼女はデザート用にクリームを泡立てた
She beat the cream for dessert.
ほう
Noun
Freq #32933
1

(air) bubble (esp. in a liquid)

あわをくう
Expression
Godan verb
Freq #33104
1

to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head

Examples
唐突な質問に彼は泡を食った
He was confused by a sudden question.
たかた
うまつ
うたがた
Noun
Freq #34070
1

bubble on surface of liquid

2

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

ephemeral; transient

ひと泡吹かせる
ひとあわふかせる
Expression
Ichidan verb
Freq #37770
1

Idiomatic expression

to give someone a surprise; to catch off guard and fluster; to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans); to give someone a blow; to scare the hell out of

水沫
いほう (水泡)
なわ
Noun
Freq #39266
1

foam; bubble

2

nothing

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