Kanji

奈

Nara, what?

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

大部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ナ, ナイ, ダイ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

いかん, からなし

Nanori (Name Reading)

なに

Example sentences

奈落 ならく
絶望 奈落 突き落とされた

He was plunged into the abyss of despair.

奈落の底 ならくのそこ
奈落の底 突き落とされた ような 絶望 味わった

He felt a despair as if he had been thrust into the bottom of hell.

堕とす おとす
悪女 純真 若者 奈落の底 堕とした

The wicked woman cast the innocent youth into the depths of hell.

奈良 なら
奈良 古い お寺 大仏 ある

In Nara, there are old temples and a Great Buddha.

シカ シカ
奈良 ハイキング していた とき 野生 シカ 見かけた

While hiking in Nara, I saw several wild deer.

奈良時代 ならじだい
奈良時代 遣唐使 によって 文化 日本 伝えられました

During the Nara period, Chinese culture was brought to Japan by envoys to the Tang Dynasty.

日本書紀 にほんしょき
日本書紀 奈良時代 編纂 されました

The Nihon Shoki was compiled in the Nara period.

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