Word Meaning 鬼門

きもん kimon

鬼門 is read as きもん (kimon) and means weak point.

Meaning

English

weak point
Achilles' heel
the northeastern (unlucky) direction
person or thing to be avoided
the demon's gate

Reading

Kana

きもん

Romaji

kimon

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 23493 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

裏鬼門

うらきもん

unlucky quarter (southwest)

鬼

き

Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

鬼神

きじん

fierce god

鬼子母神

きしぼじん

Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children)

鬼才

きさい

wizard

鬼気

きき

ghastly

鬼田平子

おにたびらこ

Oriental false hawksbeard (Youngia japonica)

鬼も十八番茶も出花

おにもじゅうはちばんちゃもでばな

just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth

鬼も十八

おにもじゅうはち

even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth

鬼金目

おにきんめ

common fangtooth (Anoplogaster cornuta)

鬼百合

おにゆり

tiger lily (Lilium lancifolium)

鬼の首を取ったよう

おにのくびをとったよう

triumphant (over a mediocre achievement)