際 — kanji meaning “occasion”
際
occasion, side, edge, verge, dangerous, adventurous, indecent, time, when
- Meanings
- occasion, side, edge, verge, dangerous, adventurous, indecent, time, when
- On'yomi
- サイ (sai)
- Kun'yomi
- きわ、-ぎわ
- Name readings
- わ
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #183 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 170
- Chinese reading
- jì — Chinese character page
Words with 際
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 実際 | じっさい jissai | reality; actuality; truth |
| 国際 | こくさい kokusai | international |
| 交際 | こうさい kousai | company; friendship; association |
| 間際 | まぎわ magiwa | the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of) |
| 手際 | てぎわ tegiwa | skill; ability; dexterity |
| 際立つ | きわだつ kiwadatsu | to be prominent; to be conspicuous; to stand out |
| 窓際 | まどぎわ madogiwa | at the window; by the window; next to the window |
| 際限 | さいげん saigen | limits; end; bounds |
| 水際 | みずぎわ mizugiwa | water's edge; waterside; shore |
| 瀬戸際 | せとぎわ setogiwa | brink; verge; critical moment |
| 土俵際 | どひょうぎわ dohyougiwa | edge of the ring |
| 際どい | きわどい kiwadoi | risky; dangerous; hazardous |
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