Keyword
whip
Info
FrequencyTop 1800-1900
Type
Jinmeiyō 
?
KankenLevel Pre-1
Heisig2804
Readings
むち
(51%)
ぶち
(44%)
べん
(3%)
Composed of
leather
convenience
Used in vocabulary (35 in total)
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage
carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip
whipping; beating with a whip; whiplash
encouragement; urging; spurring on
teacher's cane; teacher's pointer
to teach; to take a teaching job
(lesson in) tough love
to teach; to take a teaching job
initiative; pioneering
encouragement; urging; spurring on; chastising by whipping
to teach; to take a teaching job
whipping; flogging; lashing
to speak ill of the dead; to criticize the dead
whipping; using the whip
carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip
encouragement; urging; spurring on
whipworm (Trichuris trichiura)
flagellates; mastigophorans
flagellate; mastigophoran
whipping; beating with a whip; whiplash
Giardia lamblia (parasite that causes giardiasis)
Choanoflagellatea (class of flagellate eukaryotes closely related to animals)
Choanozoa (phylum of protists closer to animals than to fungi)
to work hard; to keep one's nose to the grindstone; (lit.) to whip a jaded horse; to make someone do what is beyond their ability
Examples (8 in total)
That movement is like a whip.
Driving my battered body on, I try to get to my feet.
I hurriedly whip my brain into action.