Japanese symbol for “siding”
下見
したみ
Romaji: shitami
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance
In Japanese, siding is 下見, read したみ (shitami).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt preliminary inspection; having a look in advance
- n, vs, vt preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes)
- n siding (on a house); clapboard; weatherboard
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “siding”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 待避線 | たいひせん taihisen | siding; sidetrack; turnout |
| サイディング | サイディング saidingu | siding |
| 下見板 | したみいた shitamiita | siding (on a house); clapboard; weatherboard |
| 引き込み線 | ひきこみせん hikikomisen | (railway) siding; service line; service wire |
| 側線 | そくせん sokusen | sidetrack; siding |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 以下 | いか ika | not exceeding ...; not more than ...; ... and under |
| 地下 | ちか chika | underground; below the ground |
| 低下 | ていか teika | fall; decline; lowering |
| 上下 | じょうげ jouge | top and bottom; high and low; above and below |
| 地下鉄 | ちかてつ chikatetsu | subway; metro; underground (railway) |
| 部下 | ぶか buka | subordinate person |
| 見る | みる miru | to see; to look; to watch |
| 発見 | はっけん hakken | discovery; detection; finding |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.