Meaning
because · by means of · compared with · in view of
On'yomi
イ
Kun'yomi
もっ.て
Common compounds (15)
- 以前 いぜんbefore; prior to; ago
- 以下 いげincluding ...; ... and other (employees, officials, etc.)
- 以後 いごafter this; from now on; hereafter
- 以上 いじょうthat's all; that is the end; the end
- 以降 いこうon and after; from ... onward; since
- 前もって まえもってin advance; beforehand; previously
- 以来 いらいsince; henceforth
- 以内 いないwithin; inside of; less than
- 以外 いがいwith the exception of; excepting; excluding
- 以遠 いえんbeyond; further than
- 以心伝心 いしんでんしんnon-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism
- 以呂波 イロハtraditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary