Word Meaning 燻銀

いぶしぎん ibushigin

燻銀 is read as いぶしぎん (ibushigin) and means oxidized silver.

Meaning

English

  1. oxidized silver
  2. oxidised silver
  3. something restrained but impressive (e.g. performance)
  4. something quiet but superb
  5. something masterfully controlled

Reading

Kana

いぶしぎん

Romaji

ibushigin

Writing Variants

  • いぶし銀 いぶしぎん ibushigin
  • 燻し銀 いぶしぎん ibushigin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Rank 150104 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

燻蒸

くんじょう

fumigation

しろがね

bank

ぎん

bank

輸銀

ゆぎん

import-export bank

世銀

せぎん

World Bank

水銀

すいぎん

mercury (Hg)

金銀

きんぎん

gold and silver

白銀

はくぎん

silver

純銀

じゅんぎん

pure silver

第一相銀

だいいちそうぎん

Daiichi Sougin (former bank)

酸化水銀

さんかすいぎん

mercuric oxide (HgO)

第一勧銀

だいいちかんぎん

(abbr) Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank (DKB) (now merged into Mizuho Bank)