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contain
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingヨウ
Kun readingい.れる
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 5

Meanings

  1. containRtK
  2. form
  3. looks
  1. easy
  2. simple
  3. plain

Popular Usage

形容詞形容動詞寛容許容

Radicals and components

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How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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house · valley · eight (八) · umbrella · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 853

Compound words

形容詞けいようし
adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
寛容かんよう
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
許容きょよう
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
形容けいよう
description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); modification; figurative expression
受容じゅよう
reception
収容しゅうよう
accommodation; taking in; receiving; housing; seating
陣容じんよう
battle formation; battle array; lineup (of a team, etc.); cast; staff
全容ぜんよう
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
内容ないよう
contents; content; substance; matter; detail
美容びよう
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; (beautiful) features; beautification
変容へんよう
change in appearance; transformation
容易ようい
easy; simple; plain
容器ようき
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
容疑ようぎ
suspicion; charge
容姿ようし
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
容赦ようしゃ
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; overlooking; leniency
容積ようせき
capacity; volume
容認ようにん
approval; acceptance; toleration
容量ようりょう
capacity; volume; capacitance
収容所しゅうようじょ
housing facility; detention facility; internment camp; prisoner-of-war camp; concentration camp
美容院びよういん
beauty parlour; beauty parlor; beauty salon; hairdressing salon
美容師びようし
beautician; cosmetician; hairdresser; hair stylist
包容力ほうようりょく
tolerance; broad-mindedness
容易いたやすい
easy; simple; light

Additional Examples

彼は彼女の容態がどんなに悪いか認識するようきっぱりと言った。
He told her firmly to realize how serious her condition was.tatoeba
名詞を修飾するものは、形容詞または形容詞相当語句です。
Things that modify nouns are adjectives or equivalent to adjectives.tatoeba
彼は脱税容疑で逮捕された。
He was arrested on charges of tax evasion.tatoeba
彼は自分の容姿にうぬぼれている。
He has too much pride in his appearance.tatoeba

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