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Word of the Day

銀(ぎん)時計(どけい)

Rank #120,603

Found in 7 VNs · 33 total media

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Meanings

silver watch

Pitch accent

ぎんどけい○

Most found in

Hashihime of the Old Book Town

17 occurrences

Most found in

Hashihime of the Old Book Town

17 occurrences

Forms

銀時計

100.0%

ぎんどけい

Example Sentences

from Jiten

銀時計の鎖を売るかどうか迷っているって感じで。

Source: Koisuru Natsu no Last Resort

「《銀時計席次》の次席はダテではないと言うことか」

Source: Deep One

私は扉の前にずりずりと崩れ落ち、思い出したように銀時計を取り出した。

Source: Hashihime of the Old Book Town

Kanji

銀

silver

Heisig: silver

N3Grade 314 strokes#861 freq

On'yomi

ギン

Kun'yomi

しろがね

Common Compounds

金持(かねもち)rich person

銀行(ぎんこう)bank, banking institution

銀河(ぎんが)Milky Way

賃金(ちんぎん)rental payment

銀紙(ぎんがみ)silver-colored paper

世銀(せぎん)World Bank

輸銀(ゆぎん)import-export bank

水銀(すいぎん)mercury (Hg)

時

hour, time

Heisig: time

N4Grade 2

Conjugations

Noun

Plain銀時計だ

Is (plain)

Polite銀時計です

Is (polite)

Negative銀時計じゃない

Is not (plain)

Past銀時計だった

Was (plain)

Past polite銀時計でした

Was (polite)

Te-form銀時計で

Connective

Conditional銀時計なら(ば)

If it is

As subject銀時計が

Subject marker

As topic銀時計は

Topic marker

As object銀時計を

Object marker

Possessive銀時計の

Of / belonging to

Related VNDB Tags

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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.

10 strokes

#25 freq

On'yomi

ジ

Kun'yomi

-どき、とき

Common Compounds

日時(にちじ)date and time

時速(じそく)speed (per hour)

時差(じさ)time difference

当時(とうじ)at that time, in those days

時給(じきゅう)hourly pay, hourly wage

土圭(とけい)clock, watch, timepiece

時機(じき)opportunity, chance, time

同時(どうじ)simultaneous, concurrent, same time

計

measure, plan, plot, scheme

Heisig: plot

N3Grade 29 strokes#291 freq

On'yomi

ケイ

Kun'yomi

はか.らう、はか.る

Common Compounds

統計(とうけい)statistics

家計(かけい)household economy, family finances

生計(せいけい)livelihood, living

合計(ごうけい)sum total, total amount

土圭(とけい)clock, watch, timepiece

設計(せっけい)plan, design, layout

計画(けいかく)plan, project, schedule

計算(けいさん)forecast

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