(kinoe)

1st in rank, first sign of the Chinese calendar, shell, instep, grade A

  • JLPT N1
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Meaning

(きのえ, kinoe) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “1st in rank, first sign of the Chinese calendar, shell, instep, grade A”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

この二つの作品は 甲乙こうおつ けがたい。

Between these two works, it is hard to say that one is better than the other (literally: differentiate between them).

胴甲。

They were body armors.

甲斐甲斐かいがいしく はたらく。

Work like a bee.

画塾の青甲社に入塾する。

He entered Shoko-sha, a private school of painting.