日本語道場

Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Kanji

N3

Meaningsincome, obtain, reap, pay, supply
On'yomiシュウ
Kun'yomiおさ、おさ
Strokes4
Radical

Compounds

  • seizure, confiscation

  • absorption, suction, attraction

  • fall, decrease (in income)

  • to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.), to be contained within, to fall within (e.g. a budget), to settle down (into)

  • earnings, proceeds, returns, revenue

  • income and expenditure

  • contraction, shrinking, shrinkage, constriction

  • storage, putting away, receipt (of funds, payment, etc.), harvesting

  • accommodation, taking in, receiving, housing

  • yield, size of harvest

  • recording (in a book, the minutes, etc.), printing, including, recording (audio or video)

  • tax yields, revenue

Example sentences

  • Although business development went smoothly, revenue growth has stagnated.

  • Sound absorbing material is called acoustic material.

  • May I have a receipt?

  • Make sure you save the receipt.

  • Why do yields increase with herbicide-resistant varieties?

  • Sponge absorbs water so it is convenient for shading water-colours and such.

  • The police seized a large quantity of drugs at the school.

  • I don't think that they are valuable just because they have a large crop, but I'm glad when they sprout in great numbers - even when they are poison mushrooms.