予 yǔ
verb
: variant of 餘
予 yú
: I; me
Kun Reading
予め | あらかじめ arakajime
adverb | noun or verb acting prenominally
: beforehand; in advance; previously
On Reading
予 | よ yo
pronoun | no-adjective
: (Archaism) formal or oratory first person pronoun; I
予以 yu3yi3: to give; to impose; to apply
予以沒收 [予以没收] yu3yi3 mei2shou1: to confiscate
予以維持 [予以维持] yu3yi3 wei2chi2: to give support
予人口實 [予人口实] yu3 rén ko3ushi2: to give cause for gossip
給[给]予 ji3yu3: to accord; to give; to show (respect)
賦[赋]予 fu4yu3: to assign; to entrust (a task); to give; to bestow
授予 shou4yu3: to award; to confer
准予 zhun3yu3: to grant; to approve; to permit
yu2: I; me
寄予 ji2yu2: to place (hope, importance etc) on; to express; to show; to give
不予 bu4yu2: to withhold; to refuse [ふよ fuyo: indisposition; emperor’s illness; unhappiness]
Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語
予想日 | よそうび yosoubi: forecasted day (of cherry blossom blooming, etc.)
予想高 | よそうだか yosoudaka: estimate
予約 | よやく yoyaku
: reservation; appointment; booking; advance order
: contract; subscription; pledge
予約者 | よやくしゃ yoyakusha: subscriber
予約金 | よやくきん yoyakukin: deposit
予て | かねて kanete: previously; already; lately
予想通り | よそうどおり yosoudoori
: as expected (neutral and negative events); as feared
耐乏予算 | たいぼうよさん taibou yosan
: (yoji) austerity (belt-tightening) budget
あらかじめ計画 | あらかじめけいかく
: advance plans; forward plans
Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
不予評論 [不予评论] bu4 yu3 ping2 lun4
: No comment!
予以照顧 [予以照顾] yu3yi3 zhao4gu4
: to ask somebody to carefully consider a request
宰予晝寢 [宰予昼寝] zai3 yu3 zhou4 qin3
: Zai Yu sleeps by day; refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures
寄予厚望 ji4 yu3 hou4 wang4
: to place high hopes
none applicable
Semantic:
余 yu2: I, my, me; surplus
[kun: あまり amari, あまる amaru, あます amasu. on: よ yo]
Historical variant:
豫 yu4: relaxed, comfortable, at ease
[on: yo, シャ sha]
Look-alike:
子 zi OR zi3
: child; seed of; 1st terrestrial branch
[kun: こ ko, ね ne, み mi. on: し shi, す su]
孑 jie2
: alone; mosquito larvae; small
:remaining, left-over; lonely
[on: ケツ ketsu]
孓 jue2
: larvae of mosquito; beautiful
Examples:
六時半に予約しています。
ろくじはんによやくしています rokujiban ni yoyaku shite imasu
I have a reservation for six-thirty.
考試作弊必予追究。
kao3shi4 zuo4bi4 bi4 yu3 zhui1jiu1
If you cheat in the exam you’ll never get away with it.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
