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為 (do, change, make, benefit, welfare, be of use, reach to, try, practice, cost, serve as, good, advantage, as a result of)

  • JLPT N1
  • 9 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 爪
  • #831 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi 音読み
イ
Kun'yomi 訓読み
ためな.るな.すす.るたりつく.るなり

Example words & Vocabulary

行為こうい
act, deed, conduct
為替かわせ
money order,exchange
為ため
in order to
為すなす
to accomplish,to do
為さるなさる
to do
為るする
to do, to make
所為せい
cause,reason,fault
その為そのため
hence, for that reason
為来りしきたり
customs

Example sentences 3

それは越権えっけん行為こういだ。

You are acting beyond your position.

それは売名ばいめい行為こういだ。

That's just a cheap publicity stunt.

彼かれは一代いちだいで財ざいを為なした

He made a fortune in one generation.

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