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Adverbial noun

午: noon

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午 wǔ

noun
: to burn; to ignite; to light
: fig. to spark off (hopes); to start (debate); to raise (hopes)

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午 | うま uma

noun
: seventh sign of Chinese zodiac (The Horse, 11am-1pm, south, May)

午 | ひる hiru

adverbial noun | temporal noun
: noon; midday

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ゴ go

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每: each; every

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每 měi

preposition | adverb
: to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside
: to stop; (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)

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毎 | ごと goto

adverbial noun | noun suffix
: each respectively

毎に | ごとに gotoni

expression | suffix
: one by one; each; every; at intervals of

每 | つね tsune

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毎 | まい mai

prefix
: every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each

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遠: far | to distance oneself from

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遠 [远] yuǎn

adjective
: far; distant; remote
: (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc)

遠 [远] yuàn

verb
: to distance oneself from (classical)

Kun Reading

遠 | とお too

no-adjective
: distant

遠い | とおい tooi

adjective
: far; distant

遠く | とおくtooku

no-adjective | adverbial noun | noun
: far away; distant; at a distance; distant place; by far

遠め | とおめ toome

noun | na-adjective
: distant; far

遠のく | とおのく toonoku

no-adjective
: to become distant; to recede

遠ざかる | とおざかる toozakaru

no-adjective
: to go far off

遠まわし | とおまわし toomawashi

noun | na-adjective
: indirect (roundabout) expression

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エン en

オン on
おち ochi

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上: on top

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上 shàng

verb
: on top; upon; above; upper; previous
: first (of multiple parts)
: to climb; to get onto; to go up
: to attend (class or university)

上 shǎng

: 上聲[声] falling and rising tone; third tone in modern Mandarin

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上 | うえ ue

noun | no-adjective | adverbial noun | noun suffix
: above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter)
: top; summit
: surface; on
: before; previous
: superiority; one’s superior (i.e. one’s elder)
: on top of that; besides; what’s more
: upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after)
: matters concerning…; as concerns …
: since (i.e. “for that reason”)
: (Noun suffix) (Honorific or respectful language) suffix indicating higher social standing
: (Archaism) place of one’s superior (i.e. the throne)
: (Archaism) emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo
: (Archaism) noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman)

上 | かみ kami

noun
: upper reaches (of a river); upper stream
: top; upper part; upper half (of the body)
: long ago
: beginning; first
: (Honorific or respectful language) person of high rank (e.g. the emperor)
: government; imperial court
: imperial capital (i.e. Kyoto); capital region (i.e. Kansai); region (or direction of) the imperial palace
: head (of a table)
: (Honorific or respectful language) wife; mistress (of a restaurant)

上 | うわ uwa

noun | prefix
: upper; upward; outer; surface; top

上げ | あげ age

noun | noun suffix
: rise in price; making a tuck

上り | のぼり nobori

noun
: ascent; climbing; ascending (path); climb
: up-train (e.g. going to Tokyo)
: () northward (towards Tokyo)

上る | のぼる noboru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to ascend; to go up; to climb
: to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise
: to go to (the capital)
: to be promoted
: to add up to
: to advance (in price)
: to swim up (a river); to sail up
: to come up (on the agenda)

上がる | あがる agaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised
: to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in
: to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade
: to get out (of water); to come ashore
: to increase
: to improve; to make progress
: to be promoted; to advance
: to be made (of profit)
: to occur (esp. of a favorable result)
: to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.)
: to be finished; to be done; to be over
: (of rain) to stop; to lift
: to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die
: to win (in a card game)
: to be spoken loudly
: to get stage fright
: to be offered (to the gods)
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) to go; to visit
: (Honorific or respectful language) to eat; to drink
: to be listed (as a candidate)
: to serve (in one’s master’s home)
: (in Kyoto) to go north; (after the -masu stem of a verb) indicates completion

上げる | あげる ageru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to raise; to elevate
: to do up (one’s hair)
: to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.)
: to land (a boat)
: to show someone (into a room)
: to send someone (away)
: to enrol (one’s child in school); to enroll
: to increase (price, quality, status, etc.)
: to make (a loud sound); to raise (one’s voice)
: to earn (something desirable)
: to praise
: to give (an example, etc.); to cite
: to summon up (all of one’s energy, etc.)
: (Polite language) to give
: to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.)
: to bear (a child)
: to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding); () (of the tide) to come in
: to vomit
: (Usually written using kana alone) (Polite language) to do for (the sake of someone else); () to complete …
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) to humbly do …

上がり | あがり agari

noun | suffix
: ascent; rise; slope
: freshly-drawn green tea (esp. in sushi shops)
: advance income; crop yield
: death; spinning; completion; stop; finish
: after (rain); ex (official)
: (end) results (e.g. of crafts like painting, pottery, etc.); how something comes out

上で | うえで uete

expression
: upon; after

上は | うえは uewa

conjunction
: now that; since

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上 | じょう jou

noun suffix
: from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); in the field of; being of the type of
: aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; on; above
: first volume (e.g. book)
: superior quality; best; top; high class
: going up
: governmental; imperial
: presenting; showing
: (Prefix) ana- (medical, biol.)

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年: year

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年 nián

noun | measure word
: year

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年 | とし toshi

adverbial noun | noun
: year
: (Noun) many years
: age
: past one’s prime; old age

年 | とせ tose

counter
: counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system)

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年 | ねん nen

noun
: year (e.g. AD)
: (Counter) counter for years

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自: self; from

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自 zì

radical 132 | preposition
: self; oneself; from; since; private

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自ら | みずから mizukara

adverbial noun | noun
: for one’s self; personally

自ずから | おのずから onozukara

adverb
: naturally; as a matter of course

自と | おのずと onozuto

adverb
: naturally

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自 | じ ji

prefix
: self-
: from …

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時: time

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時 [时] shí

noun | adjective | measure word
: time; season; era; age; period

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時 | とき toki

noun | adverbial noun
: time; hour
: occasion; moment

時 | どき doki

noun suffix
: time for -; time of -; – time; (suitable) time to –

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時 | じ ji

suffix
: hour; o’clock;
: (specified) time; when …; during …

し shi

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