Onyomi: セチ, セツ · Kunyomi: -ぶし, のっと, ふし · Meanings: clause, honor, joint, knob, knot, knuckle, melody, node, occasion, period, season, stanza, tune, verse
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 節 | ふし | joint, knuckle | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 節 | せつ | occasion, time | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 節 | ぶし | characteristic way of speaking | Noun, used as a suffix |
| 節 | ノット | knot (nautical mile per hour) | Noun |
| 節 | よ | space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.) | Noun |
| 節 | せち | season, time of the year | Noun |
| 節約 | せつやく | economising, saving | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 節制 | せっせい | moderation, self-restraint, temperance | Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 節水 | せっすい | saving water, water conservation, economizing on water | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 節減 | せつげん | retrenchment, curtailment, economy | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
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