Word Meaning 近江

おうみ oumi

近江 is read as おうみ (oumi) and means Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture).

Meaning

English

Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)

Reading

Kana

おうみ

Romaji

oumi

Writing Variants

淡海おうみ oumi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Antonyms 潮海 Rank 45942 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

近江令

おうみりょう

Ōmi Code (668 A.D.)

近江牛

おうみうし

Omi beef

近江泥棒伊勢乞食

おうみどろぼういせこじき

merchants from Ise and Ōmi do not waste their money (unlike Edoites)

近眼

ちかめ

nearsightedness

近距離

きんきょり

short distance

近視

きんし

myopia

近衛

このえ

Imperial Guards

近隣

きんりん

neighbourhood

近代詩

きんだいし

modern poetry

近代合理主義

きんだいごうりしゅぎ

modern rationalism

近代主義

きんだいしゅぎ

modernism

近交系

きんこうけい

inbred line