Kanji

介

jammed in, shellfish, mediate, concern oneself with

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

4 strokes

Radical

人部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

カイ

Nanori (Name Reading)

あき, かたし, すけ, たすく, ゆき, よし

Common Readings

カイ

Example sentences

紹介 しょうかい
新しい 友人 家族 紹介した

I introduced my new friend to my family.

きも
システム となる 技術 紹介 する

Introduce the technology that forms the core of the new system.

厄介 やっかい
厄介 問題 起きた

A troublesome problem arose.

自己紹介 じこしょうかい
クラス みんな 自己紹介 した

I introduced myself in front of everyone in the class.

はじめに はじめに
はじめに 自己紹介 させていただきます

First of all, let me introduce myself.

介入 かいにゅう
政府 市場 混乱 抑える ため 介入 した

The government intervened to suppress the market turmoil.

お節介 おせっかい
彼女 行動 親切 というより お節介

Her actions are meddling rather than kind.

介す かいす
周囲 批判 全く 介さない 様子

He doesn't seem to care about the criticism around him at all.

一介 いっかい
一介 サラリーマン 過ぎない

He is nothing more than a mere office worker.

高車駟馬 こうしゃしば
かつて 高車駟馬 揺られて 登庁 した 一介 隠居 過ぎない

He, who once arrived at the office in a grand carriage, is now nothing more than an ordinary retiree.

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