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December 2014

路: road

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

路 fàng

noun | measure word
: road; journey
: route; line (bus)
: kind; sort

Kun Reading

路 | じ ji

suffix
: route; road
: distance travelled in a day
: (with decade) one’s … age …

路 | ち chi

noun
: (Archaism) way; road; (Noun suffix) way to …; road to …

路 | みち michi

noun
: road; street; way; path; course; route; lane
: distance; ways (e.g. “a long ways”)
: the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one’s way; morals
: teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma
: field (of medicine, etc.); subject
: way; method; means

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ろ ro

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底: bottom; end

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

底 dǐ

noun
: background
: bottom; foundation; base
: end (of the month, year etc); remnants

底 de

possessive particle
: equivalent to 的 as possessive particle

Kun Reading

底 | そこ soko

noun
: bottom; sole

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底 | てい tei

noun
: base (logarithmic, exponential, number system); radix
: base (triangle, cone, cylinder, etc.)
: (Archaism) type; kind; extent; degree

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氏: clan name

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

氏 shì

noun | radical 83
: clan name; family; maiden name

Kun Reading

氏 | うじ uji

noun
: family name; lineage; birth

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氏 | し shi

suffix
: (Honorific or respectful language) Mr; (Noun) clan
: (Honorific or respectful language) he; him; (Counter) (Honorific or respectful language) counter for people

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放: to release

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

 

放 fàng

verb
: to release; to free; to let go
: to put; to place; to let out
: to set off (fireworks); to fire (a weapon)

Kun Reading

放く | こく koku

godan verb with ku ending | transitive verb
: (Usually written using kana alone) to let loose (e.g. a fart)
: (Usually written using kana alone) (Vulgar expression or word) to utter (e.g. a lie)

放る | ひる hiru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to expel (from the body)

放る | ほる horu OR ほうる houru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to let go; to abandon; to leave undone
: to throw; to toss; to fling

放す | はなす hanasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to release; to let go; to free; to set free; to let loose; to turn loose
: to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.

放つ | はなつ hanatsu

godan verb with tu ending | transitive verb
: to fire (e.g. an arrow); to hit (e.g. baseball); to break wind
: to free; to release
: to give off (e.g. a scent); to emit (e.g. light)

放 | はなし hanashi OR ぱなし banashi

noun suffix
: keep …-ing (negative nuance, with the state being improper, unpleasant, etc.); have been …-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

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ほう hou

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2014SanSerif

37 Free San Serif fonts for 2014

By Design, Layout, 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 for 2014.

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