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能 : Ability

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Components:
厶月匕匕

ability, talent, skill, capacity

On 'yomi:
ノウ(nou)
Kun 'yomi:
よ.く(yo.ku)
Nanori:
たか(taka) の(no) のり(nori) よし(yoshi)
Strokes:10
Radical:肉 (130)
Usage Rating:273
JLPT:N3
old JLPT:2
Grade:5
Unicode:080fd
jis208:39-29
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能 Usage examples

職能代表制(しょくのうだいひょうせい)vocational representation system
能掛かり(のうがかり)resembling a noh performance
能を演ずる(のうをえんずる)to play a noh drama
脇能(わきのう)minor piece in noh plays
可能世界モデル(かのうせかいモデル)possible-world model
機能単一化文法(きのうたんいつかぶんぽう)functional unification grammar, FUG
言語機能(げんごきのう)language faculty
言語能力(げんごのうりょく)(linguistic) competence, language capability
語彙機能文法(ごいきのうぶんぽう)lexical-functional grammar, LFG
反証可能性(はんしょうかのうせい)falsifiability
学習能力(がくしゅうのうりょく)learning ability
機能主義(きのうしゅぎ)functionalism
技能者(ぎのうしゃ)technician
性能特性(せいのうとくせい)performance characteristic
性本能(せいほんのう)sex instinct
積載能力(せきさいのうりょく)carrying (loading) capacity (power)
潜在能力(せんざいのうりょく)potential, latent faculties, potential capacities
超能力者(ちょうのうりょくしゃ)person with supernatural power, person capable of extrasensory perception
不能者(ふのうしゃ)impotent (person)
霊能者(れいのうしゃ)medium
意思能力(いしのうりょく)mental capacity
官能基(かんのうき)functional group
官能検査(かんのうけんさ)sensory evaluation
肝機能(かんきのう)liver function
軍事能力(ぐんじのうりょく)military capability
高機能携帯電話(こうきのうけいたいでんわ)smart phone
再生可能エネルギー(さいせいかのうエネルギー)renewable energy
市場可能性(いちばかのうせい)market potential
支払い能力(しはらいのうりょく)
支払能力(しはらいのうりょく)
solvency, ability to pay
支払不能(しはらいふのう)insolvency
性機能不全(せいきのうふぜん)sexual dysfunction
生産能力(せいさんのうりょく)plant and equipment, production equipment, productive capacity
生産能力過剰(せいさんのうりょくかじょう)overcapacity
生理機能(せいりきのう)physiology
能率給方式(のうりつきゅうほうしき)merit system
能力主義制度(のうりょくしゅぎせいど)meritocratic system
放射能攻撃(ほうしゃのうこうげき)radiological attack
放射能漏れ(ほうしゃのうもれ)radiation leakage
防衛能力(ぼうえいのうりょく)defense capability, defence capability
能わず(あたわず)unable to do, impossible to do
能天気(ノーてんき)
能転気(ノーてんき)
optimistic, thoughtless, insolent
実行機能(じっこうきのう)executive functioning, function execution
無為無能(むいむのう)idle and incompetent, accomplishing nothing significant nor being capable of doing so
一芸一能(いちげいいちのう)(excelling in) one area or skill, (being skilled or gifted in) one certain area
応変能力(おうへんのうりょく)ability to take proper steps to meet the situation, ability to adapt oneself to (the requirement of) the moment
官能小説(かんのうしょうせつ)erotic novel, amorous novel, pornographic novel
再起不能(さいきふのう)being beyond recovery, having no hope of recovery
自浄能力(じじょうのうりょく)self-cleansing power, being capable of purifying oneself
達成可能(たっせいかのう)achievable, attainable
不可能事(ふかのうじ)an impossibility
無芸無能(むげいむのう)talentless and imcompetent, incompetent and unaccomplished
無能無策(むのうむさく)ineptitude and inaction, being incapable of devising any appropriate measures to cope with the situation
実現可能性(じつげんかのうせい)feasibility