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砂 - N2 Kanji

Meaning of 砂 意味

sand

砂 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

すな suna

KUNYOMI 訓読み

サ sa
シャ sha

Examples

後ろ足で砂をかけるようなことをした。He raised his heel against me.
目に砂が入りました。I got some sand in my eye.
浜辺の砂は白かった。The sand on the beach was white.
乾いた砂は水を吸い込む。Dry sand absorbs water.
ガラスは砂から作られる。Glass is made from sand.
そのビンは砂のようにみえるので一杯だった。The bottle was filled with what looked like sand.
鮭は川をさかのぼって砂に産卵する。Salmon go up the river and lay their eggs in the sand.
我々は砂の上に足跡を見つけた。We found the footprints in the sand.
風は砂を吹き寄せた。The wind drifted the sand.
熱い砂の上を素足では歩けない。We cannot walk on the hot sand with bare feet.

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