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July 2014

示: to show

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning
 

示 shì

verb | noun | radical 113
: to show; to reveal
: manifest; demonstrate

Kun Reading

示し | しめし shimeshi

noun
: discipline; revelation

示す | しめす shimesu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to denote; to show; to point out; to indicate; to exemplify

示偏 | しめすへん shimesuhen

noun
: kanji “show” radical at left

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し shi

じ ji

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禮: gift; manners

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禮 [礼] lǐ

noun
: gift; rite; ceremony; social custom
: propriety; manners; etiquette; courtesy

Kun Reading

禮 | ゆたか yutaka

na-adjective
– used for names –

礼 | れい rei

noun
: thanking; expression of gratitude

お礼 | おれい orei

noun
: thanking; expression of gratitude

礼やか | いややか iyayaka

na-adjective
: polite; respectful; reverent

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れい rei

らい rai

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礻: cult

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礻 shì

radical 113
: cult

Kun Reading
none applicable

示偏 | しめすへん shimesuhen

noun
: kanji “show” radical at left

示す | しめす shimesu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to denote; to show; to point out; to indicate; to exemplify

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none applicable

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曲: bent | tune

By Language-Learning, Music
 

曲 qū


: crooked; bent; twisted
: wrong; false

曲 qǔ

measure word
: tune; song

Kun Reading

曲 | くせ kuse

noun
: (Usually written using kana alone) long segment of a noh play forming its musical highlight; (Noun prefix) wrong; improper; indecent

曲 | くま kuma

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: corner; nook; recess
: a shadow; a shade

曲 | まが maga

noun
: wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster

曲る | まがる magaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to bend; to curve; to warp; to wind; to twist
: to turn
: to be awry; to be askew; to be crooked

曲げ | まがり magari

noun
: curvature; warp; bend

曲がった | まがった magatta

noun
: bent; curved; warped; winded; twisted
: awry; askew; crooked

曲げ | まげ mage

noun
: flexure; bending

曲げ | まげる mageru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to bend; to crook; to lean; to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle)

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曲 | きょく kyoku

noun | noun suffix
: tune; piece of music

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件: item

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件 jiàn

measure word
: item; component
: a measure of events
: official documents
: articles of clothing, pieces of furniture

Kun Reading

件 | くだり kudari

noun
: passage; paragraph

件 | くだん kudan

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: (Usually written using kana alone) the above-mentioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question
: the usual

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件 | けん ken

noun
: matter; case; item
: (Counter) counter for cases, matters, etc.

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著 [zhu4]: to make known

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著 zhù

adjective | verb
: to make known; to show; to prove; to write; book; outstanding

著 [着] zhe

particle
: a verb-suffix: continuing to, to be in process of doing; aspect particle indicating action in progress

著 [着] zháo

verb
: to be ignited; to touch; to feel; to be affected by; to burn; verb ending: to succeed in…

著 [着] zhāo

noun
: (chess) move; trick; to suffer from; all right!; (dialect) to add

著 [着] zhuó

verb
: to wear (clothes) [Cantonese only] : to contact; to use; to apply

Kun Reading

著る OR 着る | きる kiru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on
: to bear (guilt, etc.)

著す | あらわす arawasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to write; to publish

著する | ちゃくする chakusuru

suru verb – special class | intransitive verb
: to arrive; to reach
: to adhere
: to insist on
: to put on; to wear

著しい | いちじるしい ichijirushi

adjective
: striking; remarkable; considerable (used for good, bad, and neutral observations)

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著 | ちょ cho

noun
: work; book
: (Suffix) (a book) by
: obvious; striking

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