Skip to main content
Monthly Archives

July 2014

漫: unrestrained

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

漫 màn


: free; unrestrained; to inundate

Kun Reading

漫ろ | そぞろ sazoro

Na-adjective
: restless; on edge (and unable to concentrate); distracted
: (Adverb) (of an emotional or psychological state) for some reason

漫ろに | そぞろに sozoroni

adverb
: (Usually written using kana alone) in spite of oneself; somehow; without knowing why; vaguely

On Reading

まん man

Read More

塊: lump; currency (coll.)

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning
 

塊 [块] kuài

measure word
: lump (of earth); chunk; piece
: measure word for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc
: colloquial word for yuan (or other unit of currency such as Hong Kong or US dollar etc), usually as 塊錢

Kun Reading

塊 | かたまり katamari

noun
: lump; mass; bundle; clump; clod; cluster

On Reading

かい kai

Read More

快: rapid; pleasant

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

快 kuài

adjective | adverb
: rapid; quick; speed
: rate; soon
: almost; to make haste
: clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plain-spoken
: gratified; pleased; pleasant

Kun Reading

快い | こころよい kokoroyoi

adjective
: pleasant; agreeable

快く | こころよく kokoroyoku

adverb
: comfortably; cheerfully; willingly; gladly

On Reading

快 | かい kai

noun
: pleasure; delight; enjoyment

Read More

把: to hold | handle

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning
 

把 bǎ

preposition | measure word
: to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of; handle
: particle marking the following noun as a direct object
: measure word for objects with handle (knives, spoons, teapots) or that you grasp (chairs, handfuls of rice, bunches of flowers)

把 bà

noun
: handle

Kun Reading

把 | わ wa OR ば ba OR ぱ pa

counter
: counter for bundles

把 | たば taba

noun | noun suffix | counter
: bundle; bunch; sheaf

把む | つかむ tsukamu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one’s hands on; to clutch
: to understand; to grasp; to comprehend

把 | でる deru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to go out; to exit; to leave;
: to appear; to come forth; to be published;
: to answer (the phone or door)

On Reading

は ha

Read More