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September 2015

除: to eliminate; except; divide

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

除 chú

adjective | verb | preposition
: to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out
: to divide
: except; not including

Kun Reading

除け | よけ yoke

noun | noun suffix
: protection; repellent

除く | のぞく nozoku

godan verb with ku ending | transitive verb
: to remove; to exclude; to except

除ける | のける nokeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to remove; to take away; to dislodge; to put something out of the way

除ける | よける yokeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to avoid (physical contact with)
: (Ichidan verb) to ward off; to avert

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ジョ jo
ジ ji

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餘: surplus; excess

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

 

餘 [余] yú

adjective
: variant of 餘
: remainder; extra; surplus; remaining; remainder after division
: (following numerical value) or more; in excess of (some number)
: residue (math.)
: after
: I; me

余 yú

adjective
: I; me
: variant of 餘, surplus

Kun Reading

餘り OR 余り | あまり amari

na-adjective | adverb | no-adjective | noun | noun suffix
: (Usually written using kana alone) remainder; rest; balance; remains; scraps; residue; remnant
: (Adverb) not very (with negative sentence); not much
: surplus; excess; fullness; too much
: (Adverb) overjoyed; overwhelmed
: (Noun suffix) more than; over

余る | あまる amaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many

余す | あます amasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to save; to leave over; to spare

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余 | よ yo

noun | noun suffix
: over; more than
: (Archaism) formal or oratory first person pronoun; I

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