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June 2016

燈: lamp; light

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

燈 [灯] dēng

noun
: lamp; light; lantern

Kun Reading

灯 | ひ hi

noun
: light; lamp; torch

灯 | あかし akashi

noun
: light (esp. as a religious offering); lamp

灯 OR 明かり | あかり akari

noun
: lamp; light

灯 | ともし tomoshi

noun
: light; lamp
: baiting deer with a lighted torch

灯 | ともしび tomoshibi

noun
: light; lamp; torch

灯す OR 燈す | ともす tomosu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to light; to turn on

灯る | ともる tomoru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to burn; to be lighted; to be lit

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灯 [燈] | とう tou

noun
: light; lamp;
: counter for electric lights

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登: to rise, mount

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登 dēng

verb
: to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount
: to publish or record
: to enter (e.g. in a register)
: to press down with the foot; to step or tread on
: to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect)
: to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)

Kun Reading

登る OR 上る | のぼる noboru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to ascend; to go up; to climb
: to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise
: to go to (the capital)
: to be promoted
: to add up to
: to advance (in price)
: to swim up (a river); to sail up
: to come up (on the agenda)

登り OR 上り | のぼり nobori

noun
: ascent; climbing; ascending (path); climb
: northward (towards Tokyo)

上がる | あがる agaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised
: to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in
: to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade
: to get out (of water); to come ashore
: to increase
: to improve; to make progress
: to be promoted; to advance
: to be made (of profit, etc.)
: to occur (esp. of a favorable result)
: to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.)
: to be finished; to be done; to be over
: (of rain) to stop; to lift
: to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die
: to win (in a card game, etc.)
: to be spoken loudly
: to get stage fright
: to be offered (to the gods, etc.)
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) to go; to visit
: (Honorific or respectful language) to eat; to drink
: to be listed (as a candidate)
: to serve (in one’s master’s home)
: (in Kyoto) to go north; () (after the -masu stem of a verb) indicates completion

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トウ tou、 ト to、 ドウ dou、 ショウ shou、 チョウ chou

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試: test; try

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

試 [试] shì

verb
: style, system, type
: form; pattern
: formula, rule

Kun Reading

試し | ためし tameshi

noun
: trial; test

試す | ためす tamesu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to attempt; to test; to try out

試み | こころみ kokoromi

noun
: trial; experiment

試みる | こころみる kokoromiru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to try; to test

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シ shi

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