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December 2013

唸: to read aloud

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

唸 niàn

verb
: to read aloud

variant of 念 nian4: to read/study

Kun Reading

うなる unaru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to growl; to hum; to buzz; to sough

うなりunari

noun
: groan; roar; howl; growl; bellow; sough

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none applicable

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念: to study

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念 niàn

verb
: to read; to study (a degree course); to read aloud
: to miss (someone); idea; remembrance
: twenty (banker’s anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿, 20)

Kun Reading

おもう omou

Godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to think; to consider; to believe
: to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
: to judge; to assess; to regard
: to imagine; to suppose; to dream
: to expect; to look forward to
: to feel; to desire; to want
: to recall; to remember

ねんじる nenjiru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to have in mind; to be anxious about; to pray silently

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ねん nen

noun
: sense; idea; thought; feeling;
: desire; concern;
: attention; care

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今: now

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今 jīn


: today; present; now; modern

Kun Reading

いま ima

noun
: now; the present time; soon; (one) more

Synonym:
現在 | げんざい genzai: now

いまに imani

adverb
: before long; even now

いまに imaya

adverb
: before long; even now

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こん kon

prefix
: the current…; this; today’s

きん kin

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聽: to listen; hear; obey | to let; allow

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聽[听] tīng

verb
: hear/obey

聽[听] tīng


: to let; allow

Kun Reading

聴く | きく kiku

Godan verb with ku ending | transitive verb
: to hear
: to listen (e.g. to music)
: to ask; to enquire; to query

ゆるす yurusu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to permit; to allow; to approve
: to exempt (from fine); to excuse (from); to pardon; to forgive; to release; to let off
: to confide in
: to give up; to yield

きこえる kikoeru

Ichidan ending | intransitive verb
: to be heard; to be audible
: to be said to be; to be reputed

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ちょう chou

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明: bright; clear

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明 míng

adjective
: bright; light; brilliant; clear

Kun Reading

さや saya

adverb
: (Archaism) clearly; brightly
: cleanly; purely

OR さやか sayaka
: clear; fresh; bright

みん min

noun
: Ming (dynasty of China, 1368-1644)

あき aki

noun
: space; room; emptiness; gap
: opening; vacancy; empty seat
: free time; time to spare
: disuse; unused thing

あく aku

Godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to open (e.g. doors)
: to open (e.g. business)
: to be empty;
: to be vacant; to be available; to be free
: to be open (e.g. neckline)
: to have been opened (of one’s eyes, mouth)
: to come to an end;
: to open (one’s eyes, mouth)
: to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events)

あかる akaru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to become bright; to become clear

あける akeru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package)
: to open (for business)
: to empty; to clear out; to make space; to make room
: to dawn; to grow light
: to end

あけ ake

Temporal noun | No-adjective
: dawn; daybreak
: end; soon after something has ended
: beginning (of a new year, month)

あかり akari

noun
: light; illumination; glow; gleam
: lamp; light

あかし akashi

noun
: light (esp. as a religious offering); lamp

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めい mei

noun
:brightness
: clarity; acumen
: power of vision

みょう myou

noun
: (buddhist term) vidya (wisdom)
: mantra; (Prefix) the coming (4th of July)

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