介

Meaning

介 centers on being positioned between two things: physically jammed in, acting as a mediator, or involving oneself in a situation. The shellfish sense is a separate, less common meaning that does not clearly connect to the core idea of intermediacy.

• 紹介しょうかい
  N5

  introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)

• 介護かいご
  N2

  nursing; care; caregiving; caring

• 介入かいにゅう
  N1

  intervention

• 厄介やっかい
  N3

  trouble; burden; nuisance; bother; worry

• 介するかいする

  to use as an intermediary

• 仲介ちゅうかい
  N1

  agency; intermediation

• 魚介ぎょかい

  marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish

• 媒介ばいかい

  mediation; agency; serving as a medium; acting as an intermediary; acting as a go-between

• 介すかいす

  to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist

• 介助かいじょ

  help; assistance; aid

• 介抱かいほう
  N1

  nursing; looking after

• お節介おせっかい
  N1

  meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; interference; officiousness

• 介在かいざい

  existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement

• 一介いっかい

  a mere ...; only a ...; insignificant

• 介錯かいしゃく

  beheading (as the ending to a seppuku)

• 介添えかいぞえ

  helper (e.g. for a sick person); assistant

• 魚介類ぎょかいるい

  marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish

• 自己紹介じこしょうかい
  N2

  self-introduction

• 紹介文しょうかいぶん

  introductory text; introductory essay

• 紹介者しょうかいしゃ

  person who introduces someone; introducer

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