Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 大根(だいこん) in Japanese

大根
Kana Reading
だいこん, だいこ
Romaji
daikon, daiko
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)
    Example sentence
    大根は人参より高いかもしれない。 Radishes might be more expensive than the carrots.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    ham actor
    Example sentence
    ２．大根は拍子木に切る。 2. Cut the radishes into long sticks.

Examples of 大根, だいこん, だいこ in a sentence

Kanji in this word

根 JLPT 2

10 strokes

root, radical, head (pimple)

On'Yomi: コン

Kun'Yomi: ね, -ね

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大 JLPT 5

3 strokes

large, big

On'Yomi: ダイ, タイ

Kun'Yomi: おお-, おお.きい, -おお.いに

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