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July 2016

死: to die; inflexible

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

死 sǐ

adjective | verb
: to die; impassable; uncrossable
: inflexible; rigid
: extremely; damned

Kun Reading

死ぬ | しぬ shinu

godan verb with nu ending | intransitive verb
: to die

死に | しに shini

noun
: dying; death
: (Noun prefix) dead; useless
: (Prefix) damned

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死 | し shi

noun | noun suffix
: death; decease
: (Archaism) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)

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俗: vulgar; common

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俗 sú

adjective
: custom; convention
: popular; common
: coarse; unrefined; vulgar
: secular

Kun Reading
none applicable

慣わし OR 習わし | ならわし narawashi

noun | no-adjective
: customary practice; habit; traditional event

On Reading

俗 | ぞく zoku

noun
: layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; man of the world; the world
: local manners; modern customs;
: common; popular
: vulgar; low

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風: wind

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

 

風 [风] fēng

noun | radical 182
: wind
: news
: style; custom; manner

Kun Reading

風 | かぜ kaze

noun
: wind; breeze

On Reading

風 | ふう fuu

na-adjective | noun | noun suffix
: method; manner; way; style
: appearance; air
: tendency
: folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
: wind (one of the five elements)

風 | ふり furi

noun | counter
: swing; shake; wave; swinging;
: (Usually written using kana alone) appearance; behavior;
: (Usually written using kana alone) pretense; show;
: (Usually written using kana alone) lacking a reservation or introduction (at a restaurant, etc.)
: postures (of a dance)
: unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman’s garment; () counter for swords, blades, etc.

フ fu

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外: outside; external

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外 wài

noun
: outside
: in addition
: foreign; external

Kun Reading

外 | そと soto

noun
: outside; exterior
: open air
: other place

外 | ほか hoka

noun | no-adjective | adverbial noun
: other (esp. places and things); the rest

外 | よそ yoso

noun
: another place; somewhere else; strange parts
: outside (one’s family or group); those people
: unrelated matter

外す | はずす hazusu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to unfasten; to undo
: to remove; to take off; to deinstall
: to leave; to step out; to slip away
: to miss (a target)

外に | ほかに hokani

adverb
: in addition; besides

外れ | はずれ hazure

noun | suffix
: end; verge; extremity; tip; outskirts

On Reading

外 | がい gai

noun suffix
: outside of; not covered by

ゲ ge

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