Keyword
touch
Info
FrequencyTop 300-400
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 4
Heisig1954
Old form
Readings
(44%)
さわ
(18%)
(1%)
ざわ
(1%)
Composed of
angle
insect
Mnemonic

You shouldn't touch some insects at a certain angle, or you'll regret it. (Like on a scorpion's stinger!)

(Yeah, yeah, scorpions are not technically insects, but it makes it easier to remember, doesn't it?)

Used in vocabulary (147 in total)
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
touch; contact
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
feeler; tentacle
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
feel; touch
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
contact; touch; tactile object; uncleanliness
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
sense of touch; tactile; tactual; hair style with long bangs
the touch of; feel of; texture
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
to catch the eye; to attract attention
preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; (arch.) collision; (arch.) contact
sense of touch; sense of being touched; tactile sense
feeler; antenna
(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as
to strike a chord; to tug at one's heartstrings; to resonate
feel on the tongue (of food or drink); texture
to go around spreading (news, rumors, etc.); to cry about; to circulate; to broadcast
proclamation; official notice; touch; contact
to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
to get to the heart (of the matter); to come to the main point
to violate the law; to have a brush with the law; to have a run-in with the law
at every opportunity; whenever possible; whenever the occasion arises; from time to time; occasionally
let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you
(beating someone) hands down; with a single blow
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
feeling one gets from listening to something
minor collision; (have) a scrape (with another vehicle); fender bender
texture (e.g. chewiness, hardness, crispiness, crunchiness, etc.) of food
close contact (person); high-risk contact
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
close contact (person); high-risk contact
to touch each other
out of contact; contactless (usually used to describe contactless cards)
with great caution; gingerly
infection through contact
close contact (with an infected person)
order to go into battle; order given on the field of battle
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
to make publicly known; to profess to be; to pretend to be; to pass off for; to pose as
let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you
whenever they come together
contact area (of an electrical connection)
(food that meets one's) taste; treatment
feel of a brush or pen
let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you
Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
to come to one's notice
infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; (arch.) collision; (arch.) contact
to develop a rash or inflammation (e.g. in response to a skin irritant); to react to (something); to be strongly influenced (usu. negative or critical nuance)
to be common
infringement of the law
soft and pleasant on the tongue
haphephobia; aphephobia; haphophobia; hapnophobia; haptephobia; haptophobia
Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
to come to the point; to touch on the point; to address the main points
to make publicly known; to profess to be; to pretend to be; to pass off for; to pose as
feel (to the foot); feel (underfoot)
town order (Edo period); order issued by a shogun or daimyo affecting a whole town, and passed on by town officials
photocatalyst; photocatalysis
untouchable (of the Indian caste system)
to have a stomach ache; to get on one's nerves; to cause offence
soft and pleasant on the tongue
proclamation; official notice; touch; contact
at every opportunity; whenever possible; whenever the occasion arises; from time to time; occasionally
avoiding to commit oneself; (being) noncommittal
meeting place; open area for meetings, markets, etc.
rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)
catalytic action; catalysis
town order (Edo period); order issued by a shogun or daimyo affecting a whole town, and passed on by town officials
drumming in the streets to announce a tournament; announcing an event by walking around in the streets beating a drum; drum used to announce an event by walking around in the streets
contact; contact type; contact-type
soft and pleasant on the tongue
soft and pleasant on the tongue
barbel; barb; palp; palpus
Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
soft and pleasant on the tongue
infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; (arch.) collision; (arch.) contact
untouchable (of India's caste system)
juvenile delinquent under the age of fourteen; minor in trouble with the law
to touch each other
soft and pleasant on the tongue
untouchable (of India's caste system)
inductive charging; wireless charging
Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
tactile organ; touch organ
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
the touch of; feel of; texture
the touch of; feel of; texture
the touch of; feel of; texture
to go around spreading (news, rumors, etc.); to cry about; to circulate; to broadcast
Western affectations; excessively westernized person; wannabe Westerner
unsurprising; trite; commonplace; mundane; hackneyed; garden variety (of)
unsurprising; trite; commonplace; mundane; hackneyed; garden variety (of)
even a chance meeting can lead to a deep bond
diaper rash; nappy rash
diaper rash; nappy rash
diaper rash; nappy rash
drumming in the streets to announce a tournament; announcing an event by walking around in the streets beating a drum; drum used to announce an event by walking around in the streets
line of contact; no man's land
haptic perception; sensation of touch; tactual perception; tactile perception
touch sensitive screen; touch screen
nut (on the head of a shamisen, supporting the second and third strings)
lophophorate (a tube worm, moss animal or lampshell)
tentaculate (a tube worm, moss animal or lampshell)
negative catalyst
tactile organ; touch organ
contact metamorphic aureole; contact aureole; aureole; contact metamorphic zone
fighting over nothing; making a mountain out of a molehill
(catalytic) promoter
uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
to expose (someone to something); to introduce
Examples (88 in total)
I felt something touch my feet.
He touched the water with his foot.
She mentioned my name in her book.