Entry
  1. Noun

    both sides

    ろうそくの両端を燃やすことは、極めて簡単にろうそくを溶かすことになる - 美女を両脇に抱え込んだプレイボーイのように。
    Burning the candle at both ends reduces the candle to wax in a hurry - just like a playboy having a pretty girl on each arm.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

both, old Japanese coin, counter for carriages (e.g., in a train), two

Kun
てるふたつ
On
リョウ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
247 of 2500
Radical
one
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

もろ

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
4-6-1SKIP code
0a6.11The Kanji Dictionary
1022.7Four corner code
3153deroo
4e21Unicode hex code
1-46-30JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
34Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
23New Nelson (John Haig)
3518New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4331Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2191Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2949Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1168Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1252Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
281A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
531Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
859Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
46Morohashi
411A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
200Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
200Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
336sakade
286Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
434henshall3
275Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
288crowley
556Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
15Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1176Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
liang3Pinyin reading
ryangKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

armpit, the other way, another place, flank, supporting role

Kun
わきわけ
On
キョウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
1806 of 2500
Radical
meat
WaniKani
Level 48

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (20)
CodeReference
1-4-6SKIP code
4b6.3The Kanji Dictionary
7422.7Four corner code
8107Unicode hex code
1-47-38JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3765Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4807New Nelson (John Haig)
952New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1188Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
859Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
870Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
935Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1583A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1083Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
29467Morohashi
1336Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
879Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xie2Pinyin reading
hyeobKorean reading
48WaniKani level