鏡 - N1 Kanji

Meaning of 鏡意味

mirror, speculum, barrel-head, round rice-cake offering

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鏡 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

かがみ kagami

KUNYOMI　訓読み

キョウ kyou
ケイ kei

Examples

海は鏡のようになめらかだった。

The sea was as smooth as glass.

目は心の鏡。

The eye is the mirror of the soul.

鏡は光を反射する。

A mirror reflects light.

彼女は鏡の前に立った。

She stood before the mirror.

鏡を割らないでください。

Don’t break a mirror.

彼女は鏡の中の自分を見た。

She looked at herself in the mirror.

彼女は鏡で自分の姿を見た。

She saw herself in the mirror.

メアリーは鏡で自分を見た。

Mary looked at herself in the mirror.

まるで君は僕の鏡みたいだ。

You’re the only mirror for me.

鏡を見たことがないのだろうか。

Hasn’t he looked at himself in a mirror?

Back to list JLPT N1 Kanji 28

聡 wise, fast learner

浪 wandering, waves, billows, reckless, unrestrained

亜 Asia, rank next, come after, -ous

覧 perusal, see

詐 lie, falsehood, deceive, pretend