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October 2014

包: to wrap; to include; package

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning
 

包 bāo

verb | measure word | radical 20
: to wrap; to cover
: to hold; to include
: to take charge of; to contract (to or for)
: package; wrapper; container; bag; bundle; packet
: to hold or embrace

Kun Reading

包む | くるむ kurumu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to wrap up; to tuck in; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in

包まる | くるまる kurumaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself

包める | くるめる kurumeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to lump together; to include; to sum up; to quibble

包む | つつむ tsutsumu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to wrap up; to tuck in; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in
: (Godan verb with mu ending) to conceal; to hide; to be engulfed in; to be enveloped by

包む | つつみ tsutsumi

noun
: bundle; package; parcel; bale

包みなく | つつみなく tsutsuminaku

adverb
: without concealment; without reserve; frankly

包みかくす | つつみかくす tsutsumikakusu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up

包みなおす | つつみなおす tsutsuminaosu

godan verb with su ending
: to re-wrap

包み構え | つつみがまえ tsutsumigamae

noun
: kanji “wrapping” radical 20

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刻: quarter of an hour; to carve

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刻 kè

measure word
: quarter of an hour; moment
: to engrave or carve; to cut
: oppressive; stingy; sarcastic
: measure word for short time intervals

Kun Reading

刻 | きざ kiza

noun
: scratch

刻み | きざみ kizami

noun
: shredded tobacco; notch; nick

刻む | きざむ kizamu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to mince; to cut fine; to chop up; to hash
: to carve; to engrave; to chisel; to notch
: to tick away (time); to record the passing moments
: to etch (into one’s mind); to remember distinctly
: (Archaism) to have tattooed
: (Archaism) to torment

刻する | こくする kokusuru

suru verb – special class | transitive verb
: (Archaism) to carve; to engrave
: to publish; to author

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刻 | こく koku

noun
: archaic period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac)
: carving; engraving; cutting; mincing
: strictness; cruelty

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