玄
玄

mysterious, occultness, black, deep, profound

5 strokesFrequency 1,409JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ゲン

Kun

くろくろ.い

Nanori

けんはるはるか

Dictionary

Common Words

玄関げんかんNounFreq #1858
1

entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule; porch; foyer; mud room

Examples
トムが玄関にいるのでなかに入るように言ってください。
Tom is at the door. Please ask him in.
玄関先げんかんさきNounFreq #15408
1

entrance; front door

正面玄関しょうめんげんかんNounFreq #21141
1

front entrance; front door

玄関口げんかんぐちNounFreq #23137
1

entrance door; front door

2

gateway (to a region, etc.)

玄関ホールげんかんホールNounFreq #23529
1

entrance hall

玄人黒人くろうとくろとNounFreq #31644
1

expert; professional; master; connoisseur

Examples
彼は玄人にちかい。
He is almost professional.
2

woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes

玄武げんぶげんむNounFreq #42073
1

Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens)

2

Astronomy

seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens

幽玄ゆうげんNoun～な Adj.Freq #47820
1

mysterious profundity; quiet beauty; the subtle and profound; yūgen

玄米げんまいNounFreq #47959
1

unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice

Examples
彼女は野菜と玄米を常食としている。
She lives on vegetables and brown rice.
表玄関おもてげんかんNounFreq #58205
1

front door; vestibule

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