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Kanji: 細
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細

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N2 (upper intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 9 (completion of 2nd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 2nd grade in Japan
Radical:	糸 Radical name: いと
Meaning:	Dainty, get thin, taper, slender, narrow
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 500 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	細(ほそ)い	thin
N4	細(こま)かい	small, fine
N1	心細(こころぼそ)い	helpless, forlorn, hopeless, unpromising, lonely, discouraging, disheartening
N1	細(こま)やか	finely detailed, delicate
N1	細菌(さいきん)	bacillus, bacterium, germ
N1	細工(さいく)	work, craftsmanship, tactics, trick
N1	細胞(さいぼう)	cell (biology)
N1	詳細(しょうさい)	detail, particulars

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