Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    removing a bad taste; cleansing one's palate

    お口直しにミカンをどうぞ。
    Have a satsuma for dessert.
  2. Noun

    palate cleanser; intermezzo; dish or beverage to cleanse one's palate between dishes of a meal

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

mouth

Kun
くち
On
コウ
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
284 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-3-1, 3-3-0SKIP code
3d0.1The Kanji Dictionary
6000.0Four corner code
3777deroo
53e3Unicode hex code
1-24-93JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
868Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
685New Nelson (John Haig)
3382New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4189Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2119Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2865Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
11Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
11Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
213A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
29Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
38Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3227Morohashi
20A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
54Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
54Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
27sakade
31Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
34henshall3
16Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
200crowley
167Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.16busy_people
276Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
11Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
kou3Pinyin reading
guKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair

Kun
ただ.ちになお.す-なお.すなお.るなお.きす.ぐ
On
チョクジキジカ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
246 of 2500
Radical
eye
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

すぐなおのうのお

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-1-7, 2-2-6SKIP code
2k6.2The Kanji Dictionary
4071.6Four corner code
1575deroo
76f4Unicode hex code
1-36-30JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
775Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3908New Nelson (John Haig)
2932New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3649Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1862Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2539Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
73Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
77Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
329A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
988Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
304Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23136Morohashi
349A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
423Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
429Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
472sakade
758Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
192henshall3
162Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
214crowley
220Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.3busy_people
1377Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
73Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhi2Pinyin reading
jigKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level