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July 2016

兆: omen

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

 

兆 zhào

numeral
: omen; to foretell
: million; mega-; trillion; tera-; billion (old)

Kun Reading

兆し | きざし kizashi

noun
: signs; omen; symptoms

兆す | きざす kizasu

noun
: to show signs (symptoms)

On Reading

兆 | ちょう chou

noun
: sign; omen; indication; portent
: (Numeric) 10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion (American); (Obsolete term) billion (British)

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複: to repeat

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

[复] fù


: to go and return; to return; to return to a normal or original state
: to resume
: to repeat; again
: to recover; to restore
: to turn over
: to reply; to answer; to reply to a letter
: to retaliate; to carry out

[复] fù


: to cover
: to overflow
: to overturn; to capsize
: variant of 復; to reply to a letter

[复] fù


: to repeat; to double; to overlap
: complex (not simple); compound; composite
: double
: diplo-
: duplicate; overlapping; to duplicate

Kun Reading
none applicable

再び OR 二度 | ふたたび futatabi

adverb
: again; once more; a second time

On Reading

複 | ふく fuku

noun | prefix
: diplo-; double
: (Noun) (Abbreviation) doubles (tennis, etc.)
: (Abbreviation) place betting (in horse racing, etc.)

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覆: to cover

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

 

[复] fù


: to go and return; to return; to return to a normal or original state
: to resume
: to repeat; again
: to recover; to restore
: to turn over
: to reply; to answer; to reply to a letter
: to retaliate; to carry out

[复] fù


: to cover
: to overflow
: to overturn; to capsize
: variant of 復; to reply to a letter

[复] fù


: to repeat; to double; to overlap
: complex (not simple); compound; composite
: double
: diplo-
: duplicate; overlapping; to duplicate

Kun Reading

覆う | おおう oou

godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
:to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

覆い | おおい ooi

noun
: cover; mantle; shroud; hood

覆われ | おおわれ ooware

noun | no-adjective
: cover (e.g. of snow, trees, etc.)

覆す | くつがえす kutsugaesu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to overturn; to upset; to overthrow; to undermine

覆る | くつがえる kutsugaeru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize
: to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited

On Reading

フク fuku

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復: return

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

[复] fù


: to go and return; to return; to return to a normal or original state
: to resume
: to repeat; again
: to recover; to restore
: to turn over
: to reply; to answer; to reply to a letter
: to retaliate; to carry out

[复] fù


: to cover
: to overflow
: to overturn; to capsize
: variant of 復; to reply to a letter

[复] fù


: to repeat; to double; to overlap
: complex (not simple); compound; composite
: double
: diplo-
: duplicate; overlapping; to duplicate

Kun Reading

復 OR 又 | また mata

adverb | conjunction | prefix
: again; and; also; still (doing something)

復す | ふくす fukusu

godan verb with su ending
: to return to normal; to recover; to restore

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フク fuku

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眷: concern

By Language-Learning

 

眷 juàn

noun
: concern; take interest in
: wife and children

睠 [眷] juàn


: variant of 眷; to care about; to look fondly on

Kun Reading
none applicable

顧みる | かえりみる kaerimiru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to look back (e.g. over shoulder or at the past); to turn around; to review;
: to reflect; to reconsider;
: to consider (usu. used in negative); to concern oneself about

On Reading

ケン ken

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