Keyword
pedestal
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 9
Heisig805
Old form
Readings
だい
(75%)
たい
(24%)
Composed of
arm of a bodybuilder
mouth
Mnemonic

A pictograph of an arm of a bodybuilder on top of a rectangular pedestal waiting to arm-wrestle someone.

Used in kanji (13 in total)
begin
rein in
almost
idle
Used in vocabulary (419 in total)
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
Examples (200 in total)
Who is the girl singing on the stage?
That's my line!
You have three cars, don't you?
You don't need seven cars!
That car is the most beautiful of the three.
We have three televisions in our house.
How many cars has that company bought?
I have two cars.
He possessed a large house and two cars.
He has a large house and two cars.
He has two cars.
Few of my friends have two cars.
How many cars do you own?
Few people have two cars.
Quite a few people have two cars.
He is standing on the stage.
Tell me which of the two cameras is the better one.
I have three cameras.
How many cars are there in the United States?
These pillars support the stage.
The action of the story takes place on an island.
"Where's Granny?" "In the kitchen."
"Where's Nan?" "In the kitchen."
"Where's mom?" "She's in the kitchen."
Our cat is in the kitchen.
Is Father in the kitchen?
The kitchen of this house is very large.
This room is used as a kitchen.
Don't bring that dirty dog through the kitchen.
Why is dad in the kitchen?
Look! There's a cat in the kitchen.
American kitchens are much bigger than Japanese ones.
Mum is cooking in the kitchen.
What is cooking in the kitchen?
Chase the cat out of the kitchen.
The kitchen is a little bit too small.
I helped my mother in the kitchen.
What did you see in the kitchen?
It's in the kitchen.
I'm in the kitchen.
I followed him into the kitchen.
Is there any coffee in the kitchen?
Is there a knife in the kitchen?
Don't come into the kitchen.
There is a cat in the kitchen.
Where's the kitchen?
Clean up the kitchen.
My sister is cooking in the kitchen.
When she returned home from school, she began to help her mother in the kitchen.
He will have to help his mother in the kitchen tomorrow.
They are talking in the kitchen.
They are in the kitchen.
They broke in through the kitchen window.
I heard her calling from the kitchen.
When she entered the kitchen, no one was there.
Does she work in the kitchen?
We always eat breakfast in the kitchen.
My mother is still working in the kitchen.
My mother is busy in the kitchen.
Mother is in the kitchen.
My mother is now in the kitchen cooking.
The fire started in the kitchen.
Is dad in the kitchen?
When I entered the kitchen, she was making chicken curry with rice.
I helped my mother clean the kitchen.
We must clean up the kitchen.
Look! There is a cat in the kitchen.
Look! There's a cat in this kitchen.
Turn off the kitchen light, please.
He got up to see if he had turned off the light in the kitchen.
I have three computers.
Do you need help in the kitchen?
I helped Mommy in the kitchen.
She opened the window to free the kitchen of the smell.
Everyone in the apartment shares the kitchen.
She's neither in the kitchen nor in the living room.
Five minutes later she emerged from the kitchen.
The room is furnished with two beds.
There are 5 computers in the house, but 2 of them are useless.
This factory can turn out 200 cars a day.
The factory turns out eight hundred motorcycles a month.
I may put this story on the stage.
I'll clean up the kitchen later.
This factory produces 500 automobiles a day.
Two trucks bumped together.
He was found lying unconscious on the kitchen floor.
He measured the length of the bed.
"Where is my sandwich?" "It's in the kitchen."
Before long she will come back to the stage.
He is rich enough to buy two cars.
She must be rich to have three cars.
They sang on the stage in turn.
I'll never forget seeing her on the stage.
Lucy should be in the kitchen now.
The actress greeted her fans from the stage.
I didn't want to spend any more time cleaning the kitchen floor.
Please go over the script.
He has a car that I gave him.
He has a car which I gave to him.
Nowadays, almost every home has one or two televisions.
I own one German car.
Get out of the kitchen.
Every morning she helps her mother to prepare breakfast in the kitchen.
Bring some plates from the kitchen.
This firm manufactures cars at the rate of two hundred per day.
She left the stage last year.
Please don't place a vase on this stand.
Everything is ruined because of you.
The rain destroyed the sunflower garden.
Our walk was spoiled by the wind and the rain.
Mary burst into the kitchen.
Mary's kitchen is bigger than my living room.
A car passed by at top speed.
The actors are waiting on the stage.
He became the finest actor on the American stage.
We couldn't go out because of the typhoon.
Typhoons are frequent in this region.
We have had lots of typhoons this fall.
Typhoons are frequent there in fall.
The typhoon brought lots of rain to that area.
The typhoon did great damage to the village.
The typhoon destroyed many houses.
The island was struck by the typhoon.
According to the news, there will be a typhoon tomorrow.
Today's paper says that another typhoon is on its way.
Today's paper says that a typhoon is coming.
Today's paper says that a big typhoon is approaching.
The meeting was canceled because of the typhoon.
The tree had been blown down by the typhoon of the day before.
The typhoon made that difficult.
It was announced that a typhoon was approaching Kyushu.
The typhoon gathered strength.
A typhoon is approaching Japan.
What should we do if a typhoon comes?
A typhoon is coming, so be careful.
The typhoon hit Tokyo.
Because of the typhoon, my parents ended their trip one day early.
The typhoon prevented us from going back to Tokyo.
The most important thing to do when a typhoon occurs is to not go outside.
I wonder why the sky is so pretty after a typhoon.
The electricity failed during the typhoon.
Typhoons generally head for Japan.
The typhoon caused great damage to the crops.
The typhoon is gone.
Typhoons bring about damage every year.
The typhoon is gaining strength as it heads for Kyushu.
The typhoon left behind a trail of destruction.
The typhoon moved in a westerly direction.
The typhoon caused immeasurable damage.
Typhoon No.9 is approaching Shikoku.
Shikoku was hit by Typhoon No. 10.
Many a tree was blown down by the typhoon.
A big typhoon is coming on.
A big typhoon is approaching.
Not a few houses were destroyed in the typhoon.
The storm developed into a typhoon.
He stood close to her and tried to protect her from the typhoon.
The newspaper said that a typhoon was approaching.
Japan is hit by typhoons every year.
If there's a typhoon tomorrow, does that mean I don't have to go to work?
We had a typhoon yesterday.
Even the strongest man can't stop a typhoon.
Will the typhoon hit Tokyo you suppose?
Typhoons strike Japan every year.
We got our roof damaged by the typhoon.
The damage of the typhoon spread over several prefectures.
He found his father lying in the kitchen.
Her kitchen is equipped with labor-saving devices.
A severe typhoon has done much damage to property.
This house has a solid foundation.
Their wish is engraved on the base of the statue.
The foundation is bedded in concrete.
All communication with the mainland was cut off by the typhoon.
My father's factory turns out 30,000 cars each month.
Who's responsible for this mess in the kitchen?
I never dreamed that there would be a typhoon.
I'm sorry to spoil your plans.
The actress fell backwards from the stage.
An actor has to memorize his lines.
Why is Tom in the kitchen?
Tom has messed up everything.
Tom and Mary are talking in the kitchen.
Tom ruined my weekend.
I don't want to ruin Tom's holiday.
Tom asked Mary to get some glasses from the kitchen.
Tom is in the kitchen.
Tom wasn't in the kitchen.
Is Tom in the kitchen?
Tom isn't in the kitchen, is he?
Tom is alone in the kitchen.
Tom shut the kitchen door.
Tom told me that he sells about 300 cars a year.
Tom went into the kitchen to get a drink of water.
Tom couldn't make it to school because of the typhoon.
The setting of the story is Japan in the late Meiji period.
Don't you smell something burning in the kitchen?
The typhoon became weaker and changed into a storm.
We suffered heavy damage from the typhoon.
Happily the crops were not harmed by the typhoon.
A typhoon is coming.