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Dictionary: “鏡”

鏡

かがみ

mirror; looking-glass

Example sentence

The sea was as smooth as glass.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

鏡
On
きょう;けい
Kun
かがみ
Stroke count
19

・mirror

・speculum

・barrel-head

・round rice-cake offering

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Related words to 鏡

43 related words

鏡台

きょうだい

→

dresser

鏡

かがみ

→

barrel head

鏡

かがみ

→

page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.

鏡

かがみ

→

mirror-shaped mochi

鏡面

きょうめん

→

mirror surface;lens surface

鏡に映る

かがみにうつる

→

to be reflected in a mirror

鏡の間

かがみのま

→

room behind the curtain of a noh stage, where the actors prepare;greenroom (noh)

鏡を抜く

かがみをぬく

→

to uncask;to open a barrel

鏡像

きょうぞう

→

reflection in a mirror;reflected image;mirror image

鏡像体

きょうぞうたい

→

enantiomer

鏡割り

かがみわり

→

breaking open a ceremonial sake barrel

鏡匣

きょうこう

→

mirror case

鏡文字

かがみもじ

→

mirror writing

鏡映

きょうえい

→

reflection

鏡映文字

きょうえいもじ

→

mirror writing;mirrored script

鏡板

かがみいた

→

panel;scene-panel

鏡獅子

かがみじし

→

Kagamijishi

鏡磨ぎ

かがみとぎ

→

polishing a metallic mirror

鏡立て

かがみたて

→

mirror stand

鏡筒

きょうとう

→

lens-barrel;lens tube (e.g. of a telescope)

鏡花水月

きょうかすいげつ

→

flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface;something that is visible but having no substance;the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words

鏡藷

かがみいも

→

Metaplexis japonica

鏡貝

かがみがい

→

Dosinia japonica (species of Venus clam)

鏡鑑

きょうかん

→

paragon;mirror

鏡開き

かがみびらき

→

cutting the New Year's rice cake (January 11th)

鏡面仕上げ

きょうめんしあげ

→

mirror finish

鏡面反射

きょうめんはんしゃ

→

specular reflection

鏡面反射係数

きょうめんはんしゃけいすう

→

specular reflection coefficient

鏡面反射指数

きょうめんはんしゃしすう

→

specular exponent

鏡面反射色

きょうめんはんしゃしょく

→

specular colour

鏡餅

かがみもち

→

kagami mochi

鏡高

きょうこう

→

height of a mirror stand

鏡の間

かがみのま

→

hall of mirrors (at Versailles)

鏡像

きょうぞう

→

inverse (of a point)

鏡板

かがみいた

→

painted backdrop (panel at the back of a noh stage), on which a pine tree is painted

鏡開き

かがみびらき

→

traditional breaking of a sake cask at weddings, receptions, etc.

鏡像

きょうぞう

→

mirror image

鏡たて

かがみたて

→

mirror stand

鏡もち

かがみもち

→

kagami mochi

鏡ノ間

かがみのま

→

room behind the curtain of a noh stage, where the actors prepare;greenroom (noh)

鏡割

かがみわり

→

breaking open a ceremonial sake barrel

鏡ノ間

かがみのま

→

hall of mirrors (at Versailles)

鏡餠

かがみもち

→

kagami mochi