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May 2016

讓: allow; yield; concede

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

讓 [让] ràng

adjective | verb
: to allow; to yield; to permit
: to let somebody do something; to have somebody do something
: to make somebody (feel sad etc)
: to concede

Kun Reading

譲る | ゆずる yuzuru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to turn over; to assign; to hand over; to transmit; to convey; to sell; to dispose of
: to yield; to surrender; to concede

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ジョウ jou

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華: flowery; illustrious; Chinese

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華 [华] huá


: magnificent; splendid; flowery
: illustrious
: abbr. for China

華 [华] huà


: Mt Hua 华山 in Shaanxi

華 [华] huā


: old variant of 花 flower

Kun Reading

華 | はな hana

noun
: flower; blossom; bloom; petal
: blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); cherry blossom
: ikebana
: (Abbreviation) Japanese playing cards
: beauty
: (the) best

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カ ka
ケ ke

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花: flower

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花 huā

noun | adjective | verb
: flower; blossom
: fancy pattern; florid
: to spend (money, time)

化 huā


: variant of 花 – flower

Kun Reading

花 | はな hana

noun
: flower; blossom; bloom; petal
: blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); cherry blossom
: ikebana (生け花: living flowers) is the Japanese art of flower arrangement, also known as kadō (華道: way of flowers).
: (Abbreviation) Japanese playing cards
: beauty
: (the) best

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カ ka
ケ ke

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化: change, reform; -ize | flower

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化 huà

adjective | verb | suffix
: to change into; to make into
: -ization; to … -ize
: to transform

化 huā


: variant of – flower

Kun Reading

化す | かす kasu OR けす kesu

godan verb with su ending | intransitive verb
: to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

化け | ばけ bake

noun | no-adjective
: transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself
: artificial fly (for fishing)

化ける | ばける bakeru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to appear in disguise; to take the form of
: to change for the worse; to corrupt

化する | かする kasuru

suru verb – special class | suffix
: to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

化かす | ばかす bakasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude

化ける | ふける fukeru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to age; to grow old

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化 | か ka

suffix
: action of making something; -ification

ケ ke

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