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JLPT N1
Grade 9

Meanings

iris

Readings

On โ€” Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ใ‚ทใƒงใ‚ฆ

Common Words

ใ‚ใ‚„ใ‚
ใ‚ขใƒคใƒก
Noun
Freq #31657
1

iris (flower)

2

Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea)

3

Archaic

sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus

ใ—ใ‚‡ใ†ใถ
ใ‚ทใƒงใ‚ฆใƒ–
ใใ†ใถ
Noun
Freq #40420
1

sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus

2

Colloquial

Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)

Examples
ใใฎๅบญๅœ’ใฏ่–่’ฒใฎๅๆ‰€ใงใ™ใ€‚
The garden is famous for its irises.
่Šฑใ—ใ‚‡ใ†ใถ
ใฏใชใ—ใ‚‡ใ†ใถ
ใฏใชใ‚ใ‚„ใ‚ (่Šฑ่–่’ฒ)
ใƒใƒŠใ‚ทใƒงใ‚ฆใƒ–
Noun
Freq #148120
1

Japanese iris; blue flag; Iris ensata

Examples
ๆฑ ใฎใปใจใ‚Šใซ่Šฑใ‚ทใƒงใ‚ฆใƒ–ใŒ็ถบ้บ—ใซๅ’ฒใ„ใฆใ„ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚
Many Japanese irises were flowering prettily on the lake's edge.
ใ—ใ‚‡ใ†ใถใ‚†
Noun
Freq #161432
1

bathwater with iris leaves; sweet-flag bath

็Ÿณ่–
ใ‚ปใ‚ญใ‚ทใƒงใ‚ฆ
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #182818
1

Japanese sweet flag (Acorus gramineus)

ใใ—ใ‚‡ใ†ใถ
Noun
Freq #283976
1

yellow iris

ไฝ•ใ‚Œ่–่’ฒใ‹ๆœ่‹ฅ
ใ„ใšใ‚Œใ‚ใ‚„ใ‚ใ‹ใ‹ใใคใฐใŸ
Expression
Freq #290469
1

Idiomatic expression

(of a choice) one being as excellent as the other; both so beautiful it is hard to choose between

ๅบญ็Ÿณ่–
ใƒ‹ใƒฏใ‚ผใ‚ญใ‚ทใƒงใ‚ฆ
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #316638
1

blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium rosulatum)

๐ŸŽ“

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