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南京 - Japanese Word of the Day | VN Club

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南京(ナンキン)

Rank #65,496

Found in 8 VNs · 120 total media

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Meanings

Nanjing (China)
Nanking

Forms

南京

96.8%

ナンキン

3.2%

Example Sentences

from Jiten

『だが日本帝国が奪った南京は即、返還だ。

Source: Daiteikoku

北京や南京や沿海部は日本が占領するでしょうね…。

Source: France Shoujo ~Une fille blanche~

地下シェルターの畳の上にずぶ濡れの女を転がし、内側から南京錠をかける。

Source: Natsu no Kusari

Kanji

南

south

Heisig: south

N4Grade 29 strokes#839 freq

On'yomi

ナ、ナン

Kun'yomi

みなみ

Common Compounds

南東(なんとう)southeast

南西(なんせい)southwest

南瓜(かぼちゃ)

Conjugations

Noun

Plain南京だ

Is (plain)

Polite南京です

Is (polite)

Negative南京じゃない

Is not (plain)

Past南京だった

Was (plain)

Past polite南京でした

Was (polite)

Te-form南京で

Connective

Conditional南京なら(ば)

If it is

As subject南京が

Subject marker

As topic南京は

Topic marker

As object南京を

Object marker

Possessive南京の

Of / belonging to

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Look Up

Jiten Jisho Wiktionary (EN)Wiktionary (JA)

Recent Words

無芸

むげいadj-na · adj-noApr 18

lacking talent; lacking accomplishments

上塗り

うわぬりn · vsApr 17

final coat (of paint, plaster, varnish, etc.); finish; glazing

気がそがれる

きがそがれるexp · v1Apr 15

to be discouraged (from doing something); to have one's enthusiasm dampened

Word data and example sentences provided by Jiten.

Kanji details and compound words from KanjiAPI. Visual novel data from VNDB.

Dictionary data from JMdict, KANJIDIC, and JMnedict, property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used in conformance with the Group’s licence.

Southeast Asian

foreign

n-pref

rare
precious
cute

Pitch accent

ナンキン○

Most found in

Daiteikoku

7 occurrences

Most found in

Daiteikoku

7 occurrences

pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.), squash

南部(なんぶ)southern part, the south (of a region)

南北(なんぼく)South Korea and North Korea

南極(なんきょく)South Pole

南米(なんべい)South America

南側(みなみがわ)south side

京

10**16, capital

Heisig: capital

N3Grade 28 strokes#563 freq

On'yomi

キョウ、キン、ケイ

Kun'yomi

みやこ

Common Compounds

上京(じょうきょう)going (up) to the capital, going to Tokyo

帰京(ききょう)returning (home) to Tokyo, returning to the capital

京都(きょうと)Kyoto (city, prefecture)

中京(ちゅうきょう)Nagoya

東京(とうきょう)Tokyo

在京(ざいきょう)being in the capital (i.e. Tokyo, or formerly Kyoto)

帝京(ていきょう)the capital

北京(ペキン)Beijing (China), Peking

Torture

in 3 VNs

あいそがつきるexp · v1Apr 14

to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with

唆す

そそのかすv5s · vtApr 13

to instigate; to tempt; to entice