Entry
  1. Noun

    original word; original language

    日本語のむずかしさが、一握りの外国人を除いてすべての外国人が、原語で日本文学に近づくのを妨げている。
    The difficulties of the Japanese language prevent all but a handful of foreigners from approaching the literature in the original.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness

Kun
はら
On
ゲン
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
172 of 2500
Radical
cliff
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Used in names as

ばるわたわら

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-2-8SKIP code
2p8.1The Kanji Dictionary
7129.6Four corner code
3341deroo
539fUnicode hex code
1-24-22JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
825Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
652New Nelson (John Haig)
3009New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3733Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1910Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2593Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
134Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
142Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
132A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1231Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
202Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2973Morohashi
107A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
136Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
136Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
205sakade
388Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
119henshall3
192Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
113crowley
405Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
260Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
136Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yuan2Pinyin reading
weonKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

word, speech, language

Kun
かた.るかた.らう
On
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
301 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-7-7SKIP code
7a7.6The Kanji Dictionary
0166.1Four corner code
3077deroo
8a9eUnicode hex code
1-24-76JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4374Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5628New Nelson (John Haig)
1543New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1944Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1040Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1402Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
347Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
371Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
274A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2136Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
231Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35533Morohashi
112A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
67Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
67Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
209sakade
87Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
124henshall3
231Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
211crowley
154Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.1busy_people
1685Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
353Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yu3, yu4Pinyin reading
eoKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level