編
編

compilation, knit, plait, braid, twist, editing, completed poem, part of a book

15 strokesFrequency 591JLPT N2Grade 5

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あ.む-あ.み

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Common Words

編むあむTransitiveGodan verbFreq #9243
1

to knit; to plait; to braid

Examples
彼女は自分で編んだセーターを着ていた。
She wore a sweater that she'd knitted herself.
2

to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

編集へんしゅう編修編輯NounTransitive～する VerbFreq #9366
1

editing; compilation

Examples
ビルは編集部員です。
Bill is on the editorial staff.
編成へんせいNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #9903
1

composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation

Examples
この列車は七両編成です。
This train is made up of seven cars.
編篇へんNounNoun suffixFreq #10180
1

compilation (of a text); editing

2

Counter

volume (of a text)

Examples
彼は一ヶ月の間に３編の詩を書いた。
He composed three poems in a month.
3

Counter

completed literary work

三つ編みみつあみNounFreq #15445
1

braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait

編入へんにゅうNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #15770
1

admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment

編集者へんしゅうしゃNounFreq #16160
1

editor (in publishing, etc.)

Examples
この雑誌の編集者兼出版社が一部の読者から批判された。
The editor and publisher of this magazine was criticized by some readers.
編集長へんしゅうちょうNounFreq #17271
1

editor-in-chief

編み出すあみだすTransitiveGodan verbFreq #17609
1

to think up; to think out; to work out; to come up with; to devise; to invent

Examples
彼は新しい方式を編み出した。
He worked out a new formula.
2

to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.)

3

to start knitting

編集部へんしゅうぶNounFreq #17802
1

editorial department

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