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November 2015

傳: transmit; summon | biography

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

 

傳 [传] chuán

verb
: to pass on; to spread; to transmit
: to infect; to transfer; to circulate
: to conduct (electricity)

傳 [传] zhuán

noun
: biography; historical narrative; commentaries
: relay station

Kun Reading

伝 | つて tsute

noun
: intermediary; influence; good offices; connections; someone to trust; go-between; pull

伝う | つたう tsutau

godan verb with u ending
: to go along; to walk along; to follow

伝え | つたえ tsutae

noun
: legend; tradition

伝える | つたえる tsutaeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach; to bequeath

伝わる | つたわる tsutawaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

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伝 | でん den

noun
: legend; tradition
: biography; life
: method; way
: horseback transportation and communication relay system used in ancient Japan

テン ten

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專: special; expert

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專 [专] chuán

verb
: for a particular person, occasion, purpose
: focused on one thing
: special; expert
: particular (to something)
: concentrated; specialized

Kun Reading

専ら | もっぱら moppara OR もはら mohara

adverb
: wholly; solely; entirely; exclusively; devotedly; fixedly

On Reading

専 | せん sen

noun
: having a fetish for …; specializing in …; majoring in …Abbreviation, Slang, See also 専門
: first; foremost; number one priority
: doing as one pleases; acting selfishly
: fired brick (archaic)

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傅: tutor

By Language-Learning

 

傅 fù


: heavy
: serious
: to attach importance to

Kun Reading

傅 | めのと menoto

noun
: instructor; tutor (to a prince)

傅く | かしずく kashizuku

godan verb with ku ending | transitive verb
: to wait upon; to serve

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傅 | ふ fu

noun
: instructor; tutor (to a prince)

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腫: to swell; swelling; swollen

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腫 [肿] zhǒng

adjective | verb
: to swell; swelling; swollen

Kun Reading

腫れ | はれ hare

noun
: swelling

腫れる | はれる hareru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen

腫らす | はらす harasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to cause to swell; to inflame

腫物 | しゅもつ haremono
: tumor; swelling

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腫 | しゅ shu

noun suffix
: tumor

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種: seed; race | to plant

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種 [种] zhǒng

measure word
: seed
: species
: kind; type
: race; breed
: measure word for types, kinds, sorts

種 [种] zhòng

verb
: to plant; to grow, to sow
: to cultivate

Kun Reading

種 | たね tane

noun
: seed; pip; kind; variety; quality; tone
: material; matter; subject; theme; (news) copy; leaven (bread)
: cause; source; trick; secret; inside story

種 | くさ kusa

noun | noun suffix
: cause; seed; origin (oft. ぐさ gusa in compounds)
: variety; kind
: counter for varieties

種まき | たねまき tanemaki

noun | suru verb
: sowing seeds; planting seeds; scattering seeds

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種 | しゅ shu

noun | noun suffix
: kind; variety
: (biological) species
: (Abbreviation) (logical) species

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重: heavy | to repeat

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重 zhòng

adjective
: heavy
: serious
: to attach importance to

重 chóng

adverb
: to repeat; repetition; again
: re-; classifier: layer

Kun Reading

重 | え e

suffix
: -fold; -ply

重 | おも omo

na-adjective | noun
: chief; main; principal; important
: (Abbreviation) main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)

重い | おもい omoi

adjective
: heavy; weighty; massive
: heavy (feeling); depressed; gloomy; blue; uneasy
: slow; sluggish; lumbering; ponderous; clumsy
: important; serious; grave
: serious; severe; critical
: solid; established; dignified; sensible

重き | おもき omoki

noun
: importance; emphasis; stress

重さ | おもさ omosa

noun
: weight

重し | おもし omoshi

noun
: (Abbreviation) stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers)
: weight (as used in balances)

重め | おもめ omome

na-adjective | noun
: slightly heavy; a little heavy

重み | おもみ omomi

noun
: importance; weight; dignity; emphasis

重る | おもる omoru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to get heavy; to grow serious

重ねる | かさねる kasaneru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to pile up; to put something on another; to heap up; to add; to repeat

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重 | じゅう juu

prefix
: greater degree; heavy; serious

チョウ chou

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講: to speak

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講 [讲] jiǎng

verb
: to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize
: to be particular about; conscientious about
: as far as something is concerned
: speech; lecture

Kun Reading

講ずる OR 講じる | こうずる kouzuru OR こうじる koujiru

zuru verb | ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to take measures; to work out a plan
: to lecture; to read aloud
: to confer

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講 | こう kou

noun | noun suffix
: (Buddhist) lecture meeting
: religious association
: mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)

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溝: ditch; drain

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溝 [沟] gōu

noun
: ditch, drain; gutter; groove; gully; ravine

Kun Reading

溝 | みぞ mizo

noun
: ditch; drain; gutter; groove; trench

溝 | どぶ dobu

noun
: ditch; drain; gutter; groove; trench

On Reading

溝 | こう kou

noun
: 10^32; hundred nonillion (American)
: (Obsolete term) hundred quintillion (British)

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