寄

Meaning

寄 centers on bringing things or people into proximity: drawing near, gathering, or collecting. The sense of sending or forwarding extends this idea by moving something toward a destination.

• 寄るよる
  N4

  to approach; to draw near; to come near; to be close to

• 寄せよせ

  yose; end game; last stage of a game; ending; (esp. in go) endgame moves that expand one's territory or reduce opponent's

• 寄付きふ
  N3

  contribution; donation

• 年寄りとしより
  N3

  old person; elderly person; senior citizen

• 寄生きせい
  N1

  parasitism

• 寄与きよ
  N1

  contribution; service

• 近寄るちかよる
  N2

  to approach; to draw near

• 寄越すよこす
  N2

  to send; to forward

• 寄生虫きせいちゅう

  parasite

• 最寄りもより
  N1

  nearest; closest

• 寄せるよせる
  N2

  to come near; to let someone approach

• 寄り道よりみち
  N2

  dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip

• 寄贈きぞう
  N1

  donation; presentation; gift

• 立ち寄るたちよる
  N1

  to drop in (at); to drop by; to call at; to stop by; to stop off; to stop in

• 寄席よせ

  entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall

• 寄港きこう

  calling at a port

• 寄宿舎きしゅくしゃ

  boarding house; residence hall; dormitory

• 歩み寄りあゆみより

  compromise; concession

• 身寄りみより
  N1

  relative; relation

• 歩み寄るあゆみよる
  N1

  to compromise; to meet halfway

• 取り寄せるとりよせる
  N2

  to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one

• 寄金ききん

  contribution; donation

• 寄せ集めよせあつめ
  N1

  mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends

• お年寄りおとしより
  N4

  old person; elderly person; senior citizen

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