足

Meanings: foot, feet, leg, sufficient, enough On Readings: ソク soku Kun Readings: あし ashi, た（す） ta(su), た（る） ta(ru), た（りる） ta(riru) Most Used Pronunciation: ashi JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 足 Stroke Number: 7

Level 4 Completion 98 / 103

Common jukugo
右足 - みぎ　あし migi ashi - right leg
足首 - あし　くび ashi kubi - ankle
足跡 - あし　あと ashi ato - footprint
遠足 - えん　そく en soku - trip, hike, picnic
足の指 - あし　の　ゆび ashi no yubi - toe

Useful Examples
Japanese: 左足が痛い。
Romaji: hidari ashi ga itai
English: (My) left foot hurts.

Japanese: ５＋１０の足し算はやさしい。
Romaji: 5+10 no tashizan wa yasashii.
English: It is easy to add 5 to 10.

Japanese: 水不足は多くの不自由を生じさせる。
Romaji: mizu busoku wa ooku no fujiyuu o shouji saseru.
English: A water shortage causes a lot of inconvenience.

Look alike kanji
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Notes/Mnemonic
A person doing a split with his legs When you say, 'ashi' it means both leg and foot. Japanese doesn't distinguish where one starts and the other stops

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.