EntryCommonJLPT N1WaniKani 34
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb

    excuse

    他人の悪事を引き合いに出して自分の悪事の言い訳をすることはできない。
    Two wrongs don't make a right.
  2. explanation

Also written 言い分け【いいわけ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

say, word

Kun
い.うこと
On
ゲンゴン
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
83 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

とき

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-1-6SKIP code
7a0.1The Kanji Dictionary
0060.1Four corner code
3077deroo
8a00Unicode hex code
1-24-32JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4309Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5552New Nelson (John Haig)
1941New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2440Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1233Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1698Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
335Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
357Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
279A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
439Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
43Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35205Morohashi
274A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
66Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
66Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
392sakade
85Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
118henshall3
142Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
44crowley
203Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.8busy_people
1653Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
341Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yan2Pinyin reading
eonKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

translate, reason, circumstance, case

Kun
わけ
On
ヤク
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1050 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 32

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-7-4SKIP code
7a4.8The Kanji Dictionary
0768.7Four corner code
3062deroo
8a33Unicode hex code
1-44-85JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4327Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5572New Nelson (John Haig)
1473New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1865Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
989Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1340Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1073Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1154Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
879A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1402Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
190Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35324PMorohashi
982A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
594Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
604Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
874sakade
1743Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
993henshall3
934Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
761Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1668Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1082Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yi4Pinyin reading
yeogKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
32WaniKani level