Kanji List

泡

• kun: あわ
• on: ホウ
• meaning: bubbles, foam, suds, froth
• words:

  Word	Reading	Meaning
  泡	あぶく, あわ	bubble, foam, froth, head on beer
  発泡スチロール	はっぽうスチロール	styrofoam, styrene foam, expanded polystyrene
  発泡	はっぽう	foaming
  気泡	きほう	(air) bubble (esp. in a liquid)
  水泡	すいほう	foam, bubble; nothing
  泡盛	あわもり	strong Okinawa liquor
  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
  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