Kanji Details:
- 泡
- Frequency:1872
- Kun: あわ
- On: ホウ
- Meaning: bubbles, foam, suds, froth
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 泡 あぶく, あわ bubble, foam, froth, head on beer 発泡スチロール はっぽうスチロール styrofoam, styrene foam, expanded polystyrene 発泡 はっぽう foaming 気泡 きほう (air) bubble (esp. in a liquid) 水泡 すいほう foam, bubble; nothing 泡盛 あわもり strong Okinawa liquor 一泡 ひとあわ (a) blow, (a) shock 一泡吹かせる ひとあわふかせる to give a surprise (or blow), to scare the hell out of 泡を食う あわをくう to be flurried, to be confused, to lose one's head 泡沫的 ほうまつてき transient, passing, fleeting, ephemeral, like a bubble on liquid