懸

Meaning

懸 centers on something hanging in an unresolved state: physically suspended, dependent on something else, or mentally unsettled. The meanings 'consult' and 'distant/far apart' extend this idea to situations where a decision hangs in the balance or a connection is stretched thin.

• 懸念けねん
  N1

  worry; fear; anxiety; concern

• 一生懸命いっしょうけんめい
  N4

  very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly; desperately

• 懸賞けんしょう
  N1

  offering a prize; prize competition; prize; reward

• 懸命けんめい

  eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort

• 懸け橋かけはし

  temporary (suspension) bridge; makeshift bridge

• 懸垂けんすい

  pull-up (exercise); chin-up; chinning

• 懸案けんあん

  pending question; unresolved problem

• 一所懸命いっしょけんめい

  very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly; desperately

• 懸架けんか

  suspension (of an automobile)

• アメリカ篠懸の木アメリカすずかけのき

  American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)

• インフレ懸念インフレけねん

  inflation fear; inflation worries

• 三懸さんがい

  headstall, martingale, and crupper

• 低懸念ていけねん

  Least Concern (conservation status); LC

• 倒懸とうけん

  hanging (someone) upside down

• 命を懸けるいのちをかける

  to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

• 国際的に懸念される公衆衛生上の緊急事態こくさいてきにけねんされるこうしゅうえいせいじょうのきんきゅうじたい

  Public Health Emergency of International Concern (formal WHO declaration); PHEIC

• 弓懸けゆがけ

  archer's glove (with a groove for pulling the string)

• 懸け紙かけがみ

  wrapping paper

• 懸け隔たるかけへだたる

  to be far apart; to be remote; to be quite different

• 懸け隔てるかけへだてる

  to put distance between; to estrange

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