精

Meaning

精 centers on the idea of something being refined to its purest, most essential form. This core of purity and excellence extends naturally to concentrated energy, vitality, and even spiritual essences like ghosts or fairies, as well as the refined skill of a master.

• 精神せいしん
  N3

  mind; spirit; soul; heart; ethos

• 妖精ようせい

  fairy; sprite; elf

• 射精しゃせい

  ejaculation

• 精子せいし

  sperm; spermatozoon

• 精度せいど

  precision; accuracy

• 精せい

  spirit; sprite; nymph

• 精一杯せいいっぱい
  N2

  the best one can do; one's best effort

• 精々せいぜい
  N3

  at the most; at best

• 精密せいみつ
  N1

  precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close

• 精液せいえき

  semen; seminal fluid; sperm

• 精力せいりょく

  energy; vigor; vigour; vitality

• 精通せいつう
  N1

  being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); having a thorough knowledge (of); being an authority (on)

• 精製せいせい

  refining; purification

• 精進しょうじん

  concentration; diligence; devotion

• 精鋭せいえい

  elite; best; pick; cream of the crop

• 精算せいさん
  N3

  exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment

• 受精じゅせい

  fertilization; fertilisation; impregnation; pollination; insemination

• 精巧せいこう
  N1

  elaborate; delicate; exquisite

• 精米せいまい

  rice polishing; polished rice

• 受精卵じゅせいらん

  fertilized egg; fertilised egg

• 無精ぶしょう

  indolence; laziness; sloth

• 精選せいせん

  careful selection

• 精彩せいさい

  brilliance; luster; lustre; colorfulness; colourfulness

• 丹精たんせい

  working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains

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