Readings
Meanings
- to look out on
- to overlook
- to front onto
- to face (a situation, crisis, etc.)
- to meet (e.g. death)
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Mnemonic (RtK)
ⓘretainer · slave · reclining · lying down · goods (品) · mouth (口)
From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 918
Compound words
to look out on; to overlook; to front onto; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death)reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictatingboundary; (nuclear) criticality; critical (mass, pressure, temperature, state, point, etc.)temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinarydeathbed; dying hour; one's deathclinical (e.g. pathology, training, trial)coastal; seaside; oceanfront; maritime(sense of) presence; feeling as if one was there; feeling of actually being there; realism; ambiancedescent (to earth, esp. of a god)second comingvisit by the empress or the crown princeattendanceto peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.)Second AdventAdventistslin (hexagram 19 of the I Ching: approach)Association of Clinical Pharmacologylike looking out on an abyssAssociation of Japanese Clinical PsychologyJapan Society for Clinical Anesthesia Additional Examples
彼は世界に君臨しようという野望にとりつかれている。 He is possessed with the ambition to rule over the world.tatoebaI got a temporary job at the firm.tatoeba 私の総収入は臨時収入を入れても月３０万円にはるか及ばない。 My total income is far short of 300,000 yen a month, inclusive of extra earnings.tatoebaThe manager put up a notice about the extra holiday.tatoeba Stroke Order
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