せい
Meanings
Noun
Rare
1. well curb
2. Chinese "Well" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
せ
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Used in vocabulary (17 in total)
bamboo steamer; steaming basket; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot; soba served on a small wickerwork tray; wickerwork tray (for serving soba)
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
the street; the town
wooden watchtower; battlefield watchtower
well-ordered; in good order; orderly
well water
well bottom; narrow place
salt well; brine well
well drilling
production well (esp. of geothermal power)
artesian well
winze (mining); well (oil, gas)
(natural) gas well
to fail to make timely preparations; (lit.) to not dig a well until one is thirsty
geothermal well
geothermal well
jing (hexagram 48 of the I Ching: the well)