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February 2015

怕: to fear

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

 

怕 pà

adjective | verb | adverb | auxiliary verb
: to fear; to be afraid (of); to dread
: to be unable to endure
: apprehensive
: perhaps

Kun Reading
none applicable

恐れる | おそれる osoreru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to fear; to be afraid of
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怖れる OR 惧れる OR 懼れる OR 畏れる | おそれる osoreru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to fear; to be afraid of

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當: to serve as; accept | suitable

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當 [当] dāng

verb | preposition
: to be; to act as
: manage; withstand
: when; during
: ought; should
: match equally; equal; same
: obstruct
: just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at

噹 [当] dāng

onomatopoeia
: dong; ding dong (bell)

當 [当] dàng

adjective | verb
: at or in the very same…
: suitable; adequate; fitting; proper
: to replace; to regard as; to think
: to pawn
: (coll.) to fail (a student)

Kun Reading

当て | あて ate

noun
: aim; object; purpose; end
: expectations; prospects; hopes
: something that can be relied upon
: (Noun suffix) pad; guard
: blow; strike

当り | あたり atari

noun
: hit
: success
: guess; prediction
: affability; friendliness
: sensation; touch
: bruise (on fruit)
: situation in which a stone or chain of stones may be captured on the next move (in the game of go)
: bite (of a fish on a hook); strike
: (Suffix) per; each

当り | とうの touno

pre-noun adjectival
: the … in question

当る | あたる ataru

godan verb with ru | intransitive verb
: to be hit; to strike
: to touch; to be in contact; to be affixed
: to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to apply to
: to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
: to be selected (in a lottery, etc.); to win
: to be successful; to go well; to be a hit
: to face; to confront
: to lie (in the direction of)
: to undertake; to be assigned
: to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.); to be afflicted
: to be called upon (by the teacher)
: to treat (esp. harshly); to lash out at
: to be unnecessary
: (in baseball) to be hitting well; to be on a hitting streak
: (in fishing) to feel a bite
: (of fruit, etc.) to be bruised; to spoil
: () to feel (something) out; to probe into; to check (i.e. by comparison)
: to shave

当てる | あてる ateru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to hit
: to expose
: to apply (e.g. patch)
: to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class)
: to guess (an answer)
: to make a hit (e.g. in a lottery)

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当 | とう tou

prefix
: this (business organization or place)

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硬: hard; obstinate

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硬 yìng

adjective | adverb
: hard; stiff; firm; strong; obstinate; resolutely; doggedly; good (quality); able (person)

Kun Reading

硬い | かたい katai

adjective
: hard; solid; tough
: stiff; tight; wooden; unpolished (e.g. writing)
: strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved)
: safe; steady; honest; steadfast
: obstinate; stubborn
: bookish; formal; stuffy

硬さ | かたさ katasa

noun
: firmness; hardness; stiffness; honesty

硬 | こたえる kotaeru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to respond; to live up to; to reward
: to take its toll; to strike home; to have an effect on; to be hard on someone (e.g. heat, cold, work, illness, etc.); to be a strain

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硬 | こう kou

noun
: hardness

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應: should; must | to respond

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應 [应] yīng

verb | preposition | adverb
: should; ought to; must; (legal) shall
: to agree (to do something)

應 [应] yìng


: to respond; to answer
: to comply with; to deal or cope with

Kun Reading

応え | いらえ irae

noun
: response; reply; answer; solution

応え | こたえ kotae

noun
: response; reply; answer; solution

応える | こたえる kotaeru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to respond; to live up to; to reward
: to take its toll; to strike home; to have an effect on; to be hard on someone (e.g. heat, cold, work, illness, etc.); to be a strain

応じる | おうじる oujiru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for

応ずる | おうずる ouzuru

zuru verb | intransitive verb
: to answer; to respond; to meet
: to satisfy; to accept

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応 | おう ou

noun
: agreement; affirmative
: (Interjection) aye; yes; OK; okay; yeah; all right

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萍: duckweed

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萍 píng


: duckweed (or water lens, are flowering aquatic plants which float on or just beneath the surface of still or slow-moving bodies of fresh water and wetlands)

Kun Reading

萍 | うきくさ ukikusa

noun
: floating weed
: (Usually written using kana alone) greater duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza); (No-adjective) precarious; unstable

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