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February 2016

猴: monkey

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

猴 hóu

noun
: monkey

Kun Reading
none applicable

猿 | さる saru

noun
: monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primateUsually written using kana alone, See also ニホンザル
: sly person (Derogatory)
: idiot; hick (Derogatory)
: sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
: clasp used to control the height of a pot-hookSee also 自在鉤
: bathhouse prostitute (Archaism)
: Monkey

猿 | ましら mashira

noun
: monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate

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エン en

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February 7, 2016
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歸: to return; revert

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歸 [归] guī

adjective | verb
: to return; to go back to, to revert
: to give back to
: (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by
: to belong to
: to gather together
: (used between two identical verbs) despite
: to marry (of a woman) (old)
: division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor

Kun Reading

帰す | きす kisu

godan verb with su ending
: to come to (in the end); to end in
: to attribute; to blame

帰す | かえす kaesu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

帰り | かえり kaeri

noun
: return; coming back

帰る | かえる kaeru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to return; to come home; to go home; to go back
: (of a guest, customer, etc.) to leave
: (of a baseball player rounding the bases) to get home

帰れ | かえれ kaere

noun
: Go home; Get out

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キ ki

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February 5, 2016
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亂: confusion; chaos; revolt

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亂 [乱] luàn

adjective
: in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind
: disorder; upheaval; riot
: illicit sexual relations
: to throw into disorder; to mix up
: indiscriminate; random; arbitrary

Kun Reading

乱す | みだす midasu

godan verb su ending | transitive verb
: to throw out of order; to disarrange; to disturb

乱れ | みだれ midare

noun
: disorder; disturbance; unrest

乱れる | みだれる midareru

noun
: to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be disarrayed; to be disheveled
: to be discomposed; to be upset; to get confused; to be disturbed
: to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)

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乱 | らん ran

counter
: revolt; rebellion; war

ロン ron

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February 4, 2016
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話: dialect; speech, talk, language

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話 [话] huà

noun
: dialect; language
: spoken words; speech; talk; words
: conversation; what somebody said

Kun Reading

話 | はなし hanashi

noun
: talk; speech; chat; story; conversation
: discussions; negotiation; argument

話す | はなす hanasu

godan verb su ending | transitive verb
: to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat
: to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
: to speak (a language)

話せる | はなせる hanaseru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to be understanding; to be sensible

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話 | わ wa

counter
: counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.

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February 3, 2016
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活: live; exist

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活 huó

noun | adjective | verb
: to live; alive
: survive; living
: work; workmanship

Kun Reading

活き | いき iki

noun
: living; being alive
: freshness; liveliness; vitality
: situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains contains two or more gaps (in go)
: (Usually written using kana alone) stet; (Prefix) damned

活きる | いきる ikiru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to live; to exist
: to make a living; to subsist
: to be in effect; to be in use; to function
: to come to life; to be enlivened
: to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

活かす | いかす ikasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to make (the best) use of; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to capitalise on (experience, etc)
: to let live; to keep alive;
: to revive; to resuscitate

活かる | いかる ikaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be arranged (flowers, etc.); to be on display
: to be buried

活ける | いける ikeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to arrange (flowers); to plant

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活 | かつ katsu

noun
: living; life
: judo art of resuscitation

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February 2, 2016
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