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่—ป
่—ป
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Frequency: 2124
JLPT N1
Grade 8

Meanings

seaweed
duckweed

Readings

On โ€” Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ใ‚ฝใ‚ฆ
Kun โ€” Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
ใ‚‚

Common Words

ๅฏ„่—ป
ใ‚ˆใ‚Šใ‚‚
Noun
Freq #234
1

washed-up seaweed; stranded seaweed

ใ€Š ่—ปๆŽปใ ใ€‹
่ธ ใ
Godan verb
Intransitive
Usually kana
Freq #5488
1

to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to squirm

Examples
ใใฎๅ‹•็‰ฉใฏๆชปใ‹ใ‚‰ๅ‡บใ‚ˆใ†ใจใ‚‚ใŒใ„ใŸใ€‚
The animal struggled to get out of the cage.
2

to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

็ณธ่—ป
ใ‚คใƒˆใƒข
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #14427
1

small pondweed (Potamogeton pusillus)

่›ปใฎๆฎป
ใ‚‚ใฌใ‘ใฎใ‹ใ‚‰
ใ‚‚ใฌใ‘ใฎ็ฉบ
Expression
Noun
Freq #26220
1

completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; deserted

2

body from which the soul has left; corpse

3

Orig. meaning

shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)

ใ‚‚
Noun
๏ฝžใฎ Adj.
Freq #26345
1

algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed

ใ‹ใ„ใใ†
Noun
Freq #32065
1

seaweed

่‹ฅๅธƒ
ใƒฏใ‚ซใƒก
ๅ’Œๅธƒ
็จšๆตท่—ป
่ฃ™่”•่œ
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #43790
1

wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)

ใŸใพใ‚‚
Noun
Freq #52452
1

Poetical term

seaweed

่—ปใใš
ใ‚‚ใใš
Noun
Freq #61879
1

scraps of seaweed

ใ†ใฟใฎใ‚‚ใใš
Expression
Noun
Freq #61936
1

Idiomatic expression

watery grave

Examples
ๆˆฆ่‰ฆใƒ“ใ‚นใƒžใƒซใ‚ฏๅทใ‚’ๆตทใฎใ‚‚ใใšใจใ™ใ‚‹ใซใฏใ€ไฝ•็™บใ‚‚ใฎ้ญš้›ทใ‚’ๅ‘ฝไธญใ•ใ›ใชใ‘ใ‚Œใฐใชใ‚‰ใชใ‹ใฃใŸใ€‚
It took many torpedo hits to send the battleship Bismarck to Davy Jones's locker.
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