Entry
  1. Adverb (fukushi)

    extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; awfully; unreasonably; absurdly

    Usually written using kana alone

    彼は滅法強いね。
    He's going from strength to strength.
  2. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)

    extraordinary; outrageous; absurd; unreasonable

    Dated term

  3. Noun

    unconditioned dharma

    Buddhism

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish

Kun
ほろ.びるほろ.ぶほろ.ぼす
On
メツ
Strokes
13
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1222 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 43

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-3-10SKIP code
3a10.26The Kanji Dictionary
3315.0Four corner code
359deroo
6ec5Unicode hex code
1-44-39JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2660Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3279New Nelson (John Haig)
660New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
812Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
475Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
606Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
365Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
390Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1387A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1228Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
18008Morohashi
1848A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1338Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1421Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1488Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1642Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1500Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1237Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
371Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mie4Pinyin reading
myeolKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
43WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

method, law, rule, principle, model, system

Kun
のり
On
ホウハッホッフラン
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
100 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 15

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-5SKIP code
3a5.20The Kanji Dictionary
3413.1Four corner code
371deroo
6cd5Unicode hex code
1-43-01JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2535Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3107New Nelson (John Haig)
333New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
391Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
248Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
295Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
751Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
813Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
145A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
824Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
213Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17290Morohashi
584A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
123Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
123Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
513sakade
676Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
612henshall3
516Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
100crowley
518Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1181Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
758Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fa3, fa4Pinyin reading
beobKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
15WaniKani level