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額 - N2 Kanji

Meaning of 額 意味

forehead, tablet, plaque, framed picture, sum, amount, volume

額 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

ひたい hitai

KUNYOMI 訓読み

ガク gaku

Examples

額の汗をふきなさい。Wipe the sweat from your brow.
この額は税込みです。This amount includes tax.
ボブは装飾された額にその肖像画を収めたけれど、上下さかさまだった。Bob mounted the portrait in a fancy frame, but it was upside down.
彼女の額はひどく熱かった。Her forehead burned with fever.
彼は娘の額にキスした。He kissed his daughter on the forehead.
額にさわらせてちょうだい。Come feel my forehead.
彼は私の額にキスした。He kissed me on the forehead.
彼の額の汗をぬぐった。He wiped the sweat from his forehead.
彼の額は汗まみれだった。Sweat bathed his forehead.
汗が額を滴り落ちるのを感じた。I felt the sweat trickle down my brow.

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