えき

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of えき – see the following entries.

【役】3 [noun] war; battle [noun] This term needs a translation to English. [affix] duty; service [affix] put to work, labor [affix] war; battle

【駅】3 [noun] station (train, underground/subway) [noun] (archaic) a government-run post-station where officials could get horses, food, lodging

【易】5 [noun] divination; fortune-telling [proper noun] short for 易経 (Ekikyō, “I Ching (Chinese classic text)”) [affix] exchange [affix] divination; fortune-telling

【益】5 [noun] benefit [noun] profit

【液】5 [noun] liquid

(This term, えき (eki), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as えき, see Category:Japanese kanji read as えき.)

(The following entries do not have a page created for them yet: 疫, 奕, 掖, 腋, 繹.)