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Kanji Detail for 塵 - "dust, filth, worldly"
塵
- Meaning
塵 means "dust, filth, worldly."
Dust - Dirt; garbage; particles; sand dust.
Filth - Impurity; defilement.
Worldly - The mundane world.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
dust; trash; garbage
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
dust, dirt, ashes, cinders
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
dust; dirt; earth
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
cinders, ashes, dust, dirt
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
An elk-family animal. Old accounts say it is like a deer but larger. When it walks, a herd of deer follows it. Its tail repels dust. In ancient times, it was often used to make fly-whisks. Hence fly-whisks are also called 塵尾.
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Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
新聞紙ですぐ日本中へ知れ渡ったこの事件は、一軒の田舎家のうちに多少の曲折を経てようやく纏まろうとした私の卒業祝いを、塵のごとくに吹き払った。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
記憶して下さい、あなたの知っている私は塵に汚れた後の私です。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
記憶して下さい、あなたの知っている私は塵に汚れた後の私です。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha