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May 2014

頭: head

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頭 [头] tóu

noun | measure word
: head; hair style
: the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant
: chief; boss
: side; aspect
: first; leading
: measure word for pigs or livestock
: suffix used to form nouns and noun-phrases

Kun Reading

頭 | あたま atama OR かしら kashira

noun
: head
: mind; brain; intellect
: top
: hair (on one’s head)

頭 | どたま dotama

noun | derogatory
: head; dome; bean; nob; noggin

頭 | がしら gashira

suffix
: (after a noun) top of…; head of…
: (after the -masu stem of a verb) the moment that…

頭 | つむ tsumu OR かぶり kaburi OR こうべ koube OR つぶり tsuburi

noun
: head

頭 | つむり tsumuri

noun
: head
: bangs; fringe

On Reading

頭 | とう tou

counter
: counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle)

頭 | ず zu

noun
: head

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May 30, 2014
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豆: bean

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning
 

豆 [荳] dòu

radical 151
: bean; pea
: sacrificial vessel

Kun Reading

豆 OR 荳 | まめ mame

noun
: legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, such as beans, peas, pulses, etc.); beans; peas
: soya bean (soybean); soy (Glycine max)
: (Colloquialism) female genitalia (esp. the clitoris)
: (Colloquialism) blister; corn
: (Food term) (Colloquialism) kidney; (Noun prefix) miniature; tiny
: child

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とう tou

ず zu


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May 27, 2014
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後: back | 后: queen

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning
 

後 [后] hòu

noun
: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later

后 hòu

noun
: empress; queen

Kun Reading

後 | あと ato

noun | no-adjective
: behind; rear
: after; later
: after one’s death
: remainder; the rest
: descendant; successor; heir
: (Archaism) past; previous; (Adverbial noun) more (i.e. five more minutes)

後で | あとで atode

adverb
: afterwards

後 | のち nochi

noun | no-adjective
: later; afterwards; since
: future
: after one’s death
: (Archaism) descendant

後 | しり shiri

noun
: buttocks; behind; rump; bottom
: undersurface; bottom
: last place; end
: consequence

後ろ | うしろ ushiro

noun
: back; behind; rear

後れ | おくれ okure

noun
: delay; lag; postponement; falling behind

后 | きさき kisaki

noun
: empress; queen

On Reading

後 | ご go

suffix
: after

こう kou

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May 26, 2014
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前: front

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

前 qián

noun
: front; in front of, forward; ahead; first; future; ago; before; former

Kun Reading

前 | まえ mae

adverbial noun | temporal noun | suffix
: ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour)
: in front (of); before (e.g. the house)
: head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part
: in the presence of
: helping; portion
: privates; private parts

前 | さき saki

noun
: previous; prior; former; some time ago; preceding
: point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle
: head (of a line); front
: ahead; the other side
: the future; hereafter
: destination
: the other party

前に | まえに maeni

adverb
: ahead; before; ago

お前 | おまえ omae OR おまい omai OR おめえ omee

adverb
: (Familiar language) (Male term or language) you (formerly honorific, now sometimes derog. term referring to an equal or inferior)
: presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)

On Reading

前 | ぜん zen

noun prefix
: the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. “the last mayor”); previous; one-time; former
: (before the name of an era) pre- (e.g. “premodern”)
: before; earlier

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May 23, 2014
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裏: inside; village

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裏 [里] [裡] lǐ

noun | radical 166
里: li (Chinese mile); 500 meters (modern)
里: home; hometown; village; neighborhood; administrative
裏: lining; interior; inside; internal

Kun Reading

裏 | うら ura

noun
: bottom (or another side that is hidden from view); undersurface; opposite side; reverse side
: rear; back; behind (the house)
: lining; inside
: out of sight; behind the scenes
: proof
: opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.)
: inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
: bottom (of an inning); last half (of an inning)

里 | さと sato

noun
: village; hamlet
: countryside; country
: home (of one’s parents, etc.); hometown
: one’s origins; one’s upbringing; one’s past

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里 | り ri

noun
: ri (old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles)
: neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes)
: unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)

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May 21, 2014
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還: to return | still

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

還 [还] huán

verb
: to return; to pay back

還 [还] hái

noun | adverb
: still; yet; even more; in addition; also; else
: fairly; passably (good)
: as early as

Kun Reading

還す | かえす kaesu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

還り | かえり kaeri

noun
: return; coming back

還る | かえる kaeru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

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かん kan

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May 19, 2014
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