noun

  1. enlightenment movement, the Enlightenment.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
啓蒙運動 けいもううんどう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

disclose, open, say
ケイ ひら.く さと.す (Late Jr. High, N1)
open, begin, commence
door, house
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ かたしろ (Kentei 1)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person, (人 variant)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
ignorance, darkness, get
こうむ.る モウ ボウ (Kentei Pre-1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
pig, hog, pig radical (no. 152)
 (Kentei 1)
carry, luck, destiny
ウン はこ.ぶ (3rd, N4)
army, force, troops
グン いくさ (4th, N2)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
car
シャ くるま くら (1st, N5)
span, range, extend over
わた.る コウ わたる (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
daybreak, dawn, morning
タン あき.らか あきら (Late High School, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)
move, motion, change
ドウ うご.く るぎ (3rd, N4)
heavy, important, esteem
ジュウ おも.い かさ.ねる (3rd, N4)
thousand
セン ち かず (1st, N5)
ri, village, parent's home
さと リ さ (2nd)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
power, strength, strong
リョク ちから リキ (1st, N4)