Keyword
chestnut
Info
FrequencyTop 2100-2200
Type
Jinmeiyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-1
Heisig1735
Readings
くり
(89%)
ぐり
(5%)
(4%)
(1%)
Composed of
helicopter
tree
Used in kanji (2 in total)
shudder
horn
Used in vocabulary (72 in total)
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
chestnut (horse coat color)
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
potato starch; starch of dogtooth violet
to take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; (lit.) to gather chestnuts from the fire
mashed sweet potatoes with sweetened chestnuts
broiled sweet chestnuts
roasted chestnuts
travelling on foot; journeying on foot; hiking; riding on shank's pony
sea urchin; seasoned sea urchin eggs
chestnut rice; rice boiled with chestnuts
chestnut in its burr
dried chestnut
chestnut rice; rice boiled with chestnuts
dogtooth violet (Erythronium japonicum)
roasted chestnuts
chestnut rice; rice boiled with chestnuts
mashed sweet potatoes with sweetened chestnuts
having very little difference between one another; being much of a muchness; being more or less the same; pointless competition (between two equally unimpressive parties); pissing contest
sweet made with soft beans (e.g. adzuki) and chestnuts
dried chestnut
dried chestnut
it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit; (lit.) planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight
dark chestnut (horse coat color)
crushed rock; macadam
cobblestone
deep brown color
ground squirrel (esp. a ground squirrel of North America or Africa)
chestnut rice; rice boiled with chestnuts
branched bur-reed (Sparganium erectum); simplestem bur-reed
chestnut rice; rice boiled with chestnuts
dried chestnut
chipmunk (esp. the Siberian chipmunk, Tamias sibiricus)
Hokkaido squirrel (subspecies of red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris orientis)
squirrel monkey (esp. the common squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus)
crushed rock; macadam
common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)
Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
Taiwanese squirrel (subspecies of Pallas's squirrel, Callosciurus erythraeus thaiwanensis)
rubble; broken stone
European chestnut
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
black chestnut (horse coat color)
red chestnut (horse coat color)
sorrel (horse coat color)
light chestnut (horse coat color)
Sciuromorpha (suborder of rodents)
American chestnut (Castanea dentata)
eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
Siberian chipmunk (Tamias sibiricus)
Tamias sibiricus lineatus (subspecies of Siberian chipmunk native to Hokkaido)
Korean chipmunk (Tamias sibiricus barberi)
chestnut weevil (Curculio dentipes)
ground squirrel (esp. the Daurian ground squirrel, Spermophilus dauricus)
barometer earthstar (Astraeus hygrometricus)
Auckland teal (Anas aucklandica); Auckland Islands teal
black-capped squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis)
Central American squirrel monkey (Saimiri oerstedii)
Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima)
acorn squash (Cucurbita pepo var. turbinata)
acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
collector urchin (Tripneustes gratilla)
Paralomis histrix (species of king crab); porcupine crab
striped possum (Dactylopsila trivirgata)
Examples (7 in total)
Let's roast the chestnuts.
Ouch! A chestnut fell on my head.
Chestnuts have to be boiled for at least fifteen minutes.