Word Meaning 閑居

かんきょ kankyo

閑居 is read as かんきょ (kankyo) and means quiet and secluded life.

Meaning

English

  1. quiet and secluded life
  2. quiet retreat
  3. idle life

Reading

Kana

かんきょ

Romaji

kankyo

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 135094 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

小人閑居

しょうじんかんきょ

a small-minded person being idle (tends to do evil)

小人閑居して不善をなす

しょうじんかんきょしてふぜんをなす

an idle brain is the devil's shop

閑静

かんせい

quiet (e.g. neighbourhood)

閑散

かんさん

idle

閑古鳥

かんこどり

cuckoo

閑日月

かんじつげつ

leisure

閑話休題

かんわきゅうだい

getting back to the subject at hand, ...

閑文字

かんもじ

idle words (in a written passage)

閑散期

かんさんき

off period

皇居

こうぎょ

Imperial Palace (of Japan)

芝居

しばい

play

敷居

しきい

threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors)