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難: difficult | disaster

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難[难] nán

adjective
: difficult; problem; not good

難[难] nàn

noun
: disaster; distress; to scold

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かたい katai

auxiliary adjective
: difficult; hard

にくい nikui

auxiliary adjective
: difficult; hard

むずかしい muzukashii

adjective
: difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.)
: fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased
: gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look)
: (Archaism) dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable
: (Archaism) unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

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なんnan

noun
: difficulty; hardships; defect

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革: hide; to reform

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革 gé

radical 157
: animal hide (as in cowhide)
: to reform; to remove; expel (from office)

Kun Reading

かわ kawa

noun
: leather

つくりかわ tsukurikawa

noun
: leather; tanned animal hide

あらたまる aratamaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be renewed
: to stand on ceremony; to be formal
: to take a turn for the worse

あらためる aratameru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to change; to alter; to revise; to replace;
: to reform; to correct; to mend; to improve;
: to do properly; to do formally

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かくkaku

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常: often

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常 cháng

adverb
: often; as a rule

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つね tsune

Noun | No-adjective
: usual state of things

つねに tsuneni

adverb
: always; constantly

とこ toko

adverb
: ever; endless

ただ tada

No-adjective
: ordinary; common; usual
: free of charge
: unaffected; as is; safe; (Adverb) only; merely; just; simply
: but; however; nevertheless

とわ towa

Na-adjective | Noun | No-adjective
: eternity; perpetuity

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しょう shou

 

じょう jou

 

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取: to take hold of

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取 qǔ

verb
: to grab; to take hold of

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とる toru

Godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to choose
: to steal
: to eat; to have (a meal)
: to remove (one’s glasses)
: to compete (in sumo, cards); to play

とり tori

noun
: key performer; last performer of the day
: active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration)

とれる toreru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to come off; to be removed
: (of pain, a fever, etc.) to disappear
: to be caught; to be harvested
: to be interpreted (as); to be taken as
: (of balance, etc.) to be attained
: to be obtainable

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しゅ shu

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