枠 - N1 Kanji

Meaning of 枠意味

frame, framework, spindle, spool, bounding-box, (kokuji)

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枠 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI　音読み

わく waku

KUNYOMI　訓読み

Examples

ドアが枠に合わなければ合うまでドアにかんなをかけなければならない。

If a door doesn’t fit the casing, we must plane it carefully until it does.

彼はドア枠の下に立った。

He stood under the door frame.

民主党は選挙運動のために民放テレビの放送枠を買いました。

The Democrats bought space on commercial television for the campaign.

枠が出来上がると、クモはちょうど自転車の車輪のやのように、それに絹の糸をかける。

When the frame is finished, the spider fixes lines of silk across it, just like the spokes of a bicycle wheel.

クモの巣を作るには、このきぬの枠を作り、それを木や垣根のような固い物体に固定させることから始める。

To make a web, it starts by making a frame of this silk and fastening it to hard objects, such as trees or fences.

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恵 favor, blessing, grace, kindness

露 dew, tears, expose, Russia

沖 open sea, offing, rise high into sky

緩 slacken, loosen, relax, lessen, be moderate, ease

節 node, season, period, occasion, verse, clause, stanza, honor, joint, knuckle, knob, knot, tune, melody