| 泡 | meaning | 'bubbles, foam, suds, froth' |
| onyomi | ホウ | |
| kunyomi | あわ |
| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| 泡 | あわ | bubble, foam, froth, head on beer |
| 一泡 | ひとあわ | (a) blow, (a) shock |
| 一泡吹かせる | ひとあわふかせる | to give a surprise (or blow), to scare the hell out of |
| 気泡 | きほう | (air) bubble (esp. in a liquid) |
| 水泡 | すいほう | foam, bubble; nothing |
| 泡を食う | あわをくう | to be flurried, to be confused, to lose one's head |
| 泡沫的 | ほうまつてき | transient, passing, fleeting, ephemeral, like a bubble on liquid |
| 泡盛 | あわもり | strong Okinawa liquor |
| 発泡 | はっぽう | foaming |
| 発泡スチロール | はっぽうスチロール | styrofoam, styrene foam, expanded polystyrene |
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