Kanji

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
彼は絶望の奈落に突き落とされた

He was plunged into the abyss of despair.

奈落の底 ならくのそこ
彼は奈落の底に突き落とされたような絶望を味わった。

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

堕とす おとす
悪女は純真な若者を奈落の底へ堕とした。

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

奈良 なら
奈良には古いお寺や大仏がある。

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

シカ シカ
奈良でハイキングをしていたとき、野生のシカを数頭見かけた。

While hiking in Nara, I saw several wild deer.

神奈川県 かながわけん
神奈川県には海に近い町が多い。

There are many towns close to the sea in Kanagawa Prefecture.

神奈川 かながわ
週末に神奈川の海へ行った。

I went to the sea in Kanagawa on the weekend.

奈良時代 ならじだい
奈良時代には、遣唐使によって唐の文化が日本に伝えられました。

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
日本書紀は奈良時代に編纂されました。

The Nihon Shoki was compiled in the Nara period.

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