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Cool Kanji Collection — Abstract Nouns




Last update March 31, 2019

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Japanese Abstract Noun Kanji List

Please refer to Hiragana & Katakana List for the pronunciations.

Meaning Kanji [Pronunciation]
Anger [do] / 激怒 [ge-ki-do]
Awe [i] / 畏敬 [i-kei] / 畏怖 [i-hu]
Action 行動 [kō-dō]
Evil [a-ku] / 邪悪 [ja-a-ku]
Beauty [bi]
Birth 誕生 [ta-n-jō]
Bravery [yū] / 勇猛 [yū-mō]
Comfort [ra-ku] / [ka-i]
Compassion [ji] / 慈悲 [ji-hi]
Courage [yū] / 勇気 [yū-ki]
Death [shi]
Deceit [gi] / 欺瞞 [gi-ma-n]
Desire [yo-ku] / 欲求 [yo-kkū]
Despair 絶望 [ze-tsu-bō]
Faith [shi-n]
Fear [kyō] / [hu] / 恐怖 [kyō-hu]
Freedom 自由 [ji-yū]
Friendship 友情 [yū-jō]
Frustration 葛藤 [ka-ttō]
Goodness [ze-n]
Guts 根性 [ko-n-jō]
Happiness [kō] / 幸福 [kō-hu-ku]
Hardship 苦難 [ku-na-n]
Harmony [wa]
Hate [ke-n] / 嫌悪 [ke-n-o]
Heart, Mind [ko-ko-ro/shi-n]
Hope 希望 [ki-bō]
Honesty 正直 [shō-jiki]
Integrity 清廉 [se-i-re-n]
Joy [ki]
Justice 正義 [se-i-gi]
Kindness 親切 [shi-n-se-tsu]
Knowledge [chi] / [shi-ki] / 知識 [chi-shi-ki]
Lie [u-so/kyo]
Liberty 自由 [ji-yū]
Life [me-i/i-no-chi] / 生活 (living) [se-i-ka-tsu]
Love [ai]
Loyalty [chū] / 忠実 [chū-jitsu]
Pain (Ache) [tsū]
Pain (Suffering) [ku] / 苦悩 [ku-nō]
Passion 情熱 [Jō-netsu]
Peace 平和 [he-i-wa]
Pride [ko]
Pleasure [e-tsu]
Reality 現実 [ge-n-ji-tsu]
Respect [ke-i] / 尊敬 [so-n-kei]
Reverence [so-n] / [sū]
Sincerity [se-i] / 誠実 [se-i-ji-tsu]
Sorrow [hi]
Spirit 精神 [se-i-shi-n]
Thought 思考 [shi-kō]
Thrill 興奮 [kō-hu-n]
Trust 信頼 [shi-n-ra-i]
Truth [shi-n] / 真理 [shi-n-ri]
Ugliness [shū]
Wisdom [e] / 智慧 [chi-e] / 知恵 [chi-e]
Wish [ga-n] / [bō]







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