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October 2013

作: to do; make

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

作 zuò

(动) verb
: to do, make; grow; to write; to pretend; to feel

Kun Reading

作る | つくる tsukuru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to make; produce; manufacture; build; construct;
: to prepare (food); brew (alcohol)
: to raise; grow; cultivate; train
: to till
: to draw up (a document); prepare; write
: to create (an artistic work, etc.); compose
: to coin (a phrase); organize; establish; found
: to have (a child)
: to make up (one’s face, etc.)
: to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
: to form (a line, etc.)
: to set (a record)
: to commit (a sin, etc.)

作り | つくり tsukuri

noun
: making; producing; building; appearance

お作り otsukuri
make-up; sashimi

作り | づくり zukuri

suffix
: making; forming; cultivating; growing
: form; appearance

On Reading

作 | さく saku

noun
: a work; harvest

さ sa

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乍: at first

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

乍 zhà (zuò)


: suddenly; at first; the first time

Kun Reading

乍ら | ながら nagara

particle
: while; during; as

乍らも | ながらも nagaramo

particle
: though; although; notwithstanding

乍らに | ながらに nagarani

conjunction
: while; during; performed in this condition

On Reading

さく saku
さ sa

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愛: love

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music

 

愛 [爱] ài

(名) noun | (形) adjective | (动) verb | (助动) auxiliary verb
: love/like; affection; to be fond of

Kun Reading

愛す | あいす aisu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to love

めでる mederu

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to love/admire

おしむ oshimu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to be frugal, to hold dear; to rue

いとしい itoshii

adjective
: lovely; dear

On Reading

愛 | あい ai

noun
: love; affection

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24 Free San Serif fonts for Fall 2013

By Design, Typography-Font

San serif fonts are one of my favorite go-to fonts when designing because of its clean lines and simplicity. This in turn allows the design it accompanies to shine through instead of overpowering it. Here are a few new san serif fonts that are worth looking into and adding to your font vault. What’s more, these are FREE fonts, and we know nothing beats FREE!

nb: One solid font family – Nanami – on sale too

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