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November 2016

踐: to trample

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

踐 [践] jiàn

adjective
: to tread; to walk on; to trample
: to fulfill (a promise)

Kun Reading

践む OR 踏む | ふむ fumu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to step on; to tread on
: to experience; to undergo
: to estimate; to value; to appraise
: to rhyme
: (Archaism) to inherit (the throne, etc.)
: to follow (rules, morals, principles, etc.)

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セン sen

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賤: cheap; lowly

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

賤 [贱] jiàn

adjective
: inexpensive; lowly; cheap
: worthless
: be humble
: be unresponsive

Kun Reading

賤 | しず shizu

noun
: (Archaism) lowly person; lowliness
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) I (used by male entertainers)

賤しい OR 卑しい | いやしい iyashii

adjective
: lowborn; humble; lowly
: vulgar; coarse; crude; mean; base; vile
: shabby
: greedy; gluttonous; avaricious

賤しむ | いやしむ iyashimu

adjective
: to despise; to disdain; to scorn

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賤 | せん sen

noun
: (Archaism) lowly person; lowliness

ゼン zen

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陪: to accompany

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

 

陪 péi

verb
: to accompany; to keep somebody company; to assist; old variant of 赔

Kun Reading
none applicable

従う OR 随う OR 順う | したがう shitagau

godan verb with u ending | intransitive verb
: to abide (by the rules); to obey; to follow; to accompany

On Reading

バイ bai


: obeisance, follow, accompany, attend on

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