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Dictionary: “節”

節

せつ

occasion; time

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Kanji details

Kun/On information

節
On
せつ;せち
Kun
ふし;-ぶし;のっと
Stroke count
13

・node

・season

・period

・occasion

・verse

・clause

・stanza

・honor

・joint

・knuckle

・knob

・knot

・tune

・melody

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Related words to 節

49 related words

節目

ふしめ

→

turning point;critical juncture

節句

せっく

→

seasonal festival

節度

せつど

→

moderation;standard

節操

せっそう

→

integrity;fidelity;constancy;principle;faithfulness;honor;honour

節約

せつやく

→

economising;saving

節減

せつげん

→

retrenchment;curtailment;economy

節

せつ

→

section (of a literary work or piece of music);passage;paragraph;verse;stanza

節目

ふしめ

→

knot (in a tree, etc.)

節

せつ

→

clause

節

せつ

→

season;term

節

せつ

→

one's principles;integrity

節

せつ

→

node (of a plant stem)

節

せつ

→

(taxonomical) section

節

せつ

→

knot (nautical mile per hour)

節

ふし

→

joint;knuckle

節分

せつぶん

→

setsubun

節制

せっせい

→

moderation;self-restraint;temperance

節電

せつでん

→

saving electricity;power saving;reducing electricity usage;reducing power consumption

節水

せっすい

→

saving water;water conservation;economizing on water

節

ふし

→

tune;melody

節分

せつぶん

→

last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)

節

ふし

→

node (of a plant stem);joint;knot (in wood);knob

節

ふし

→

(notable) point;part

節

ふし

→

node

節

よ

→

space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.)

節

せち

→

season;time of the year

節を守る

せつをまもる

→

to stick to one's principles

節を売る

せつをうる

→

to sell one's principles;to sell one's honor;to prostitute oneself

節を折る

せつをおる

→

to compromise one's principles;to betray one's principles

節を曲げない

せつをまげない

→

remaining firm;sticking by one's principles;not budging an inch

節を曲げる

せつをまげる

→

to compromise one's principles;to betray one's principles

節介

せっかい

→

meddling;meddlesomeness;nosiness;interference;officiousness

節季

せっき

→

end of the year or season;year end

節名

せつめい

→

section title;section name

節付け

ふしづけ

→

setting to music;composition

節会

せちえ

→

seasonal court banquet

節会相撲

せちえずもう

→

sumo performed at ancient Japanese imperial court

節々

ふしぶし

→

joints

節回し

ふしまわし

→

melody;intonation

節倹

せっけん

→

economy;thrift

節先生

たかしせんせい

→

successive teacher;successive master

節季仕舞い

せっきじまい

→

end-of-year settling of accounts

節婦

せっぷ

→

chaste wife;faithful wife

節くれだつ

ふしくれだつ

→

to be knotty (of a tree, etc.);to be gnarled

節分豆

せつぶんまめ

→

parched beans (or nuts) scattered around the house during setsubun

節分草

せつぶんそう

→

Eranthis pinnatifida

節する

せっする

→

to be moderate of;to save;to curtail

節の見出し

せつのみだし

→

section header

節の間

ふしのま

→

space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.)