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September 2015

乾 | 干 | 幹: dry; male; to concern; capable

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

乾[干] gān

adjective
: dry; dried food
: clean
: in vain
: foster; adoptive
: to ignore

乾[干] qián

noun
: one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing heaven (sky)
: male principle
: ☰ first symbol in the I Ching: “the Creative”

干 gān

verb
: to concern; to interfere
: shield
: stem

幹 [干] gàn

verb
: tree trunk
: main part of something
: to manage; to work; to do
: capable
: cadre
: to kill (slang)
: to fuck (vulgar)

Kun Reading

乾 OR 干 | ほし hoshi

noun | noun prefix
: drying; dried

乾す OR 干す | ほす hosu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to air; to dry; to desiccate
: to drain (off)
: to drink up
: to deprive of a role, job, etc. (usu. in the passive)

干る | ひる hiru

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to dry

乾く | かわく kawaku

godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to get dry

乾せる | かせる kaseru

ichidan verb
: to dry up; to scab; to slough
: to be poisoned (with lacquer)
: (Archaism) to waste away

幹 | みき miki OR から kara

ichidan verb
: (tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base

On Reading

乾 | けん ken

noun
: qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)

幹 | かん kan

noun
: (tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base

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全: all; complete

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全 quán

adjective
: all; whole; entire; every
: complete; intact or keep whole

Kun Reading

全て | すべて subete

noun | no-adjective | adverbial noun
: all; the whole; entirely; in general; wholly; overall

全く| まったく mattaku

adverb
: really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly
: indeed;
: (Interjection) good grief! (expression of exasperation)

全うする | まっとうする mattousuru

adverb
: to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out

On Reading

全 | ぜん zen

noun
: all; whole; entire; complete; overall
: (Prefix) pan-; omni-; toti-

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江: river

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江 jiāng

noun
: river

Kun Reading

江 | え e

noun
: inlet; bay

江に | えに eni OR 縁 | えん en

noun
: fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together)
: relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; link; connection
: family ties; affinity

On Reading

江 | こう kou


: (Archaism) large river (esp. the Yangtze)
: Lake Biwa

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