EntryCommon
  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

    frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere

    「見た目は悪くないがちょっと軽薄そう」な外見とは裏腹に、彼女はいないし、女性に手が早いワケでもない。
    In contrast to his "not bad looks but seems a bit of a dandy" appearance, he didn't have a girlfriend and he wasn't particularly fast with the ladies.
  2. Noun

    flattery; (insincere) compliments

    Dated term

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

lightly, trifling, unimportant

Kun
かる.いかろ.やかかろ.んじる
On
ケイキョウキン
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N2
Frequency
790 of 2500
Radical
cart
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-7-5SKIP code
7c5.3The Kanji Dictionary
5701.4Four corner code
1572deroo
8efdUnicode hex code
1-23-58JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4620Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5953New Nelson (John Haig)
1515New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1909Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1015Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1372Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
717Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
774Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
650A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1657Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
598Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38281Morohashi
269A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
547Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
556Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
387sakade
258Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
287henshall3
395Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
116Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1775Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
724Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qing1Pinyin reading
gyeongKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

dilute, thin, weak (tea), pampas grass

Kun
うす.いうす--うすうす.めるうす.まるうす.らぐうす.ら-うす.れるすすき
On
ハク
Strokes
16
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1009 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 40

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-3-13SKIP code
3k13.11The Kanji Dictionary
4414.6Four corner code
1948deroo
8584Unicode hex code
1-39-86JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4075Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5225New Nelson (John Haig)
2370New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3004Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1534Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2093Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
227Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
242Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
975A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2569Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1091Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
32083PMorohashi
1699A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1449Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1542Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
874Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1850Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
799Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
671Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
232Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bo2, bao2, bo4Pinyin reading
bagKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
40WaniKani level