日本語道場

Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Kanji

N3

Meaningsdeep, heighten, intensify, strengthen
On'yomiシン
Kun'yomiふか、-ぶか、ふか、ふか、み-
Strokes11
Radical

Compounds

  • deep, profound, dense, thick

  • depth, profundity

  • to deepen, to heighten, to intensify

  • deep place, depths, depth, profundity

  • to deepen, to heighten, to intensify

  • serious, severe, grave, acute

  • becoming more serious or severe, aggravation, intensification

  • depths, deep level

  • depth

Example sentences

  • Still waters run deep.

  • His greed brought him low.

  • The greedy man was by no means satisfied with the reward.

  • To calculate the capacity, multiply the length by the width by the depth.

  • The fields lay covered with deep snow.

  • It also has a strong flavour, and adds depth to Chinese food such as soups and stir-fries.

  • There's no demand for them as tools, so the product line-up is poor.

  • With 19 cases of death forming over 20% of the whole, the grave reality of overwork-deaths has been thrown into relief.