能

Meaning

能 centers on inherent power or potential: the ability, talent, skill, or capacity to do something. It refers to what someone or something is capable of.

• 可能かのう
  N3

  possible; potential; practicable; feasible

• 機能きのう
  N3

  function; facility; faculty; feature

• 能力のうりょく
  N3

  ability; faculty

• 性能せいのう
  N2

  ability; performance; efficiency

• 不可能ふかのう
  N3

  impossible

• 芸能げいのう
  N2

  public entertainment; performing arts

• 才能さいのう
  N3

  talent; ability

• 芸能人げいのうじん
  N1

  entertainer; performer; celebrity; entertainment personality

• 不能ふのう
  N1

  impossible; incapable (of doing); unable (to do)

• 能のう
  N3

  talent; gift; function

• 知能ちのう
  N3

  intelligence; intellect; brains

• 本能ほんのう
  N1

  instinct

• 技能ぎのう
  N1

  technical skill; ability; capacity

• 有能ゆうのう
  N3

  able; capable; competent; talented; efficient

• 放射能ほうしゃのう
  N1

  radioactivity

• 堪能たんのう
  N1

  proficient; skilled; skillful; good; accomplished

• 万能ばんのう
  N1

  all-purpose; utility; universal

• 無能むのう
  N1

  incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incapacity

• 高性能こうせいのう
  N2

  high efficiency; high performance

• 効能こうのう

  effect; effectiveness; efficacy; virtue; benefit

• 能動のうどう

  activity

• 能率のうりつ
  N2

  efficiency

• 職能しょくのう

  occupational ability

• 能楽のうがく

  noh play

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