The Japanese dictionary for learners.

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Examples:

囲う かこう

  1. to encircle; to enclose; to fence; to surround; to wall in
  2. to hide; to protect; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield
  3. to keep (e.g. a mistress)
  4. to preserve; to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
  5. to protect
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A free dictionary built on open data (JMdict, KANJIDIC2, Tatoeba). Try a word like 食べる, a kanji like 水, or find a kanji by its parts in the radical search. New to kana, kanji or JLPT? Read the glossary, or see fudami and its data sources.