露

Meaning

露 centers on something that appears briefly or becomes visible: dew or tears that form and are exposed to view, and by extension, revealing or exposing something hidden. The country name Russia is a phonetic loan unrelated to the core meaning.

• 披露ひろう
  N1

  announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing; unveiling; revealing; performing

• 露出ろしゅつ
  N1

  exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin)

• 暴露ばくろ
  N1

  disclosure; exposure; revelation

• 露つゆ
  N1

  dew

• お披露目おひろめ

  (formal) announcement; unveiling; introduction; debut

• 露骨ろこつ
  N1

  open; unconcealed; undisguised; blatant; plain; frank

• 露呈ろてい
  N1

  exposure; disclosure

• 披露宴ひろうえん
  N1

  reception (e.g. wedding); banquet; celebration; party

• 露天風呂ろてんぶろ

  open-air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo

• 吐露とろ

  expressing one's mind; speaking out

• 露見ろけん

  discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure

• 露店ろてん

  street stall; stand; booth

• 露天ろてん

  open air

• 白露しらつゆ

  glistening dew

• 発露はつろ

  appearance; expression; manifestation

• 露光ろこう

  exposure

• 結露けつろ

  condensation; formation of dew

• 正露丸せいろがん

  seirogan; beechwood extract popular as a herbal treatment for diarrhoea (diarrhea), etc.

• 露あらわ

  exposed; scanty; bare; unconcealed; naked

• 夜露よつゆ

  evening dew; night dew

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