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June 2016

踴: leap

By Language-Learning

 

踴 [踊] yǒng


: leap; jump

Kun Reading

踊り | おどり odori

noun
: dance

踊る | おどる odoru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

踊らす | おどらす odorasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to manipulate
: to let one dance

On Reading

ヨウ you

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湧: to bubble up

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

湧 [涌] yǒng

verb
: to bubble up; to rush forth; well up; rise

涌 yǒng


variant of 湧

涌 chōng


: (used in place names)

Kun Reading

湧く OR 涌き | わく waku

godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to spring out; to surge
: to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.)
: to feel emotions form (joy, bravery, etc.)
: to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

湧き OR 涌く | わき waki

noun
: welling (up); gushing forth (of water); springing out; surging
: appearing (esp. suddenly)
: frothing of water (due to an advancing school of fish)

On Reading

ユウ yuu
ヨウ you
ユ yu

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勇: brave

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

 

勇 yǒng


: brave, courage, fierce

Kun Reading

勇む | いさむ isamu

godan verb with mu ending
: to be in high spirits; to be encouraged; to be lively; to cheer up

勇ましい | いさましい isamashii

adjective
: brave; valiant; gallant; courageous
: stirring; vigorous; rousing

On Reading

勇 | ゆう yuu

noun
: bravery; courage; heroism

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角: angle | role

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

 

角 jiǎo

noun | measure word | radical 148
: angle; corner
: horn; horn-shaped
: unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan

角 jué


: role (theater)
: to compete
: ancient three legged wine vessel
: third note of pentatonic scale

Kun Reading

角 | かど kado

noun
: corner (e.g. desk, pavement)
: edge

角 | つの tsuno

noun
: horn

角 | すみ sumi

noun | noun suffix
: corner; nook; recess
: (Noun) (Obscure term) downstage right (on a noh stage)

角す | かくす kakusu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to compare (e.g. in a competition)

On Reading

角 | かく kaku

noun | noun suffix
: angle
: square (or cube)
: bishop (shogi)
: third degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale)
: Chinese “horn” constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
: jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

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甬: path | bucket

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

甬 yǒng


: path screened by walls on both sides
: the Yongjiang river 甬江 through Ningbo 宁波; abbr. for Ningbo

甬 tǒng

measure word
: variant 桶
: bucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc); pail
: (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter)

Kun Reading

桶 | おけ oke

noun
: bucket

On Reading

ヨウ you
トウ tou

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Packaging: Herbs

By Design, Food for thought, Layout

“…Specific Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicines have been created to heal particular organs in order to nurse the entire body to a good level of health. Thus by having 12 types of herbal medicine teas to heal the organs corresponding with organ operating time within the 12* divisions of the day, consumers would be nourished and achieve maximum health.”

*According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, 24 hours is divided into 12 divisions where each division has two hours.

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