Kanken 1

Meaning

Kanji 蒟

devil's tongue (plant)

devil's tongue (plant)

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
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Onyomi 音読み
コン
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
13
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1
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Showing 10 of 10 entries that include this kanji.

こんにゃく問答

こんにゃくもんどう

irrelevant and incoherent dialogue

蒟醤

きんま

betel (Piper betle)

蒟蒻

こんにゃく

konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac)

蒟蒻ゼリー

こんにゃくゼリー

fruit jelly (gelled with konjac starch)

蒟蒻本

こんにゃくぼん

Japanese book size (approx. 12.5cm by 17.5cm)

スマトラ大蒟蒻

スマトラおおこんにゃく

titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum)

刺青蒟蒻鯵

いれずみこんにゃくあじ

ragfish (Icosteus aenigmaticus)

糸こんにゃく

いとこんにゃく

konnyaku cut into fine threads

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

この畑では蒻の原料になる芋を育てている。

In this field, they grow the tubers used to make that traditional chewy food.

祖母は蒻を甘辛く煮てくれた。

My grandmother simmered that chewy ingredient in a sweet and savory sauce for me.

蒻は低カロリーなので、よく鍋に入れる。

It is low in calories, so I often add it to hot pot dishes.

市場で新鮮な蒻芋を初めて見た。

I saw fresh tubers from that plant at the market for the first time.

父は蒻を細く切って炒め物にした。

My father sliced it thinly and stir-fried it.