JLPT N1 · Noun

塵 (chiri)

塵 (ちり, chiri) is a Japanese noun meaning “dust; small debris (e.g. dirt, crumbs)”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ちり
Romaji: chiri
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

dust; small debris (e.g. dirt, crumbs) · noun
trash; garbage; rubbish · noun
negligible amount; tiny bit · noun · usu. as ～ほども...ない
hustle and bustle (of life); worldly cares; impurities of the world · noun
ritual gestures indicating that a fight will be clean · noun · abbreviation

Example sentences

１年が過ぎ、彼の死体は塵と化した。

A year had passed by and his body turned to dust.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 塵

塵

dust, trash, garbageチン・ジン・ちり・ごみ · 14 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 塵.

塵紙ちりがみtissue paper微塵みじんparticle塵取りちりとりdustpan

Source: JMdict entry 1369910 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.