紙

Meaning

紙 centers on the material made from plant fibers: paper. It is the everyday word for sheets used for writing, wrapping, and crafts.

• 紙かみ
  N5

  paper

• 手紙てがみ
  N5

  letter; note

• 表紙ひょうし
  N2

  cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding

• 壁紙かべがみ

  wallpaper

• 用紙ようし
  N2

  blank form

• 紙幣しへい
  N3

  paper money; note; bill

• 白紙はくし
  N1

  white paper; flyleaf

• 紙面しめん
  N1

  space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper)

• 折り紙おりがみ
  N1

  origami; art of paper folding

• 色紙しきし

  square fancy cardboard, used for autographs, poetry, etc.

• 紙袋かみぶくろ

  paper bag

• 新聞紙しんぶんし

  newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.

• 和紙わし
  N1

  washi; Japanese paper

• 紙芝居かみしばい

  kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)

• 印紙いんし
  N1

  (revenue) stamp

• 張り紙はりがみ
  N1

  paper patch attached to something; paper backing; sticker; label

• 本紙ほんし

  main section (of a newspaper); central column

• 厚紙あつがみ

  cardboard; thick paper

• 製紙せいし

  papermaking; paper manufacture

• 画用紙がようし
  N1

  drawing paper

• 紙くずかみくず
  N2

  wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps

• 古紙こし

  used paper; paper for recycling

• 紙上しじょう

  on paper; in the newspapers; in a letter

• 銀紙ぎんがみ
  N1

  aluminum foil; aluminium foil; tinfoil; silver paper

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