むく

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of むく – see the following entries.

【向く】 [verb] turn toward, point, (move to) face [verb] face, open on [verb] be suitable for, be fit for

【剥く】 [verb] peel

【尨】H [noun] shaggy hair

【無垢】 [adjective] (Buddhism) spiritually pure, free from desire or aversion [adjective] innocent, pure [adjective] pure, unadulterated, free of foreign material or pollutants [noun] (Buddhism) spiritual purity, freedom from desire or aversion [noun] innocence, purity [noun] purity, freedom from foreign material or pollutants [noun] unpatterned cloth that is all the same color, particularly a kimono with the same color inside and out (most commonly used in the context of 白無垢 (shiromuku, “white muku: formal white bridal kimono”))

(This term, むく (muku), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as むく, see Category:Japanese kanji read as むく.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 椋.)