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亭: pavilion; erect

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

 

亭 tíng

noun
: pavilion; booth; kiosk
: erect

Kun Reading
none applicable

四阿 OR 東屋 | あずまや azumaya

noun
: arbor; bower; summer house; square gazebo

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亭 | ちん chin

noun
: arbor; bower; pavilion

亭 | てい tei

noun
: : arbor; bower; pavilion;
: (Suffix) suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers

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停: to stop

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

 

停 tíng

adjective | verb
: to stop; to halt; suspend; delay
: suitable
: to park (a car)

Kun Reading

停まる OR 止まる | とまる tomaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to stop (moving); to come to a stop
: to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended
: to alight; to perch on

停める OR 止める | とめる tomeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to stop (something or someone); to turn off
: to fix into place
: to park; to leave somewhere for a time

停まる OR 止まる | とどまる todomaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place);
: to be limited to; to be confined to

停める OR 留める | とどめる todomeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to cease; to put an end to
: to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to limit
: to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

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てい tei

ちょう chou

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釘: nail; to pursue closely | to join

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釘 dīng

noun | verb
: nail; spike
: to pursue closely; to keep at somebody (to do something)

釘 dìng

verb
: to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail; to pin; to staple; to sew on

Kun Reading

釘 | くぎ kugi

noun
: nail (i.e. small metal spike)

釘づけ | くぎづけ kugizuke

adverb
: with a clang; with a bang; with a crash

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てい tei

ちょう chou

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丁: nail; person

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丁 dīng

noun
: person; adult male; single
: nail
: strong; robust; vigor
: fourth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; fourth in order
: letter “D” or roman “IV” in list “A, B, C”, or “I, II, III” etc; butyl
: cubes (of food)

Kun Reading

丁 | ひのと hinoto

noun
: 4th in rank; fourth sign of the Chinese calendar

丁と | ちょうと chouto

adverb
: with a clang; with a bang; with a crash

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丁 | てい tei

noun
: 4th in rank; fourth sign of the Chinese calendar

丁 | ちょう chou

counter
: counter for sheets, pages, leaves, etc.
: counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant
: counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.
: (Noun) even number
: 109.09 m

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菜: vegetable

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菜 cài

noun
: vegetables; course or dish in a Chinese meal; cuisine

Kun Reading

菜 | な na

noun
: greens; vegetables
: rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed

お菜 | おさい osai OR おかず okazu

noun
: (kana only) accompaniment for rice dishes; side dish
: food for thought (esp. in the context of conversation, or material for assisting arousal during masturbation)

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菜 | さい sai

noun
: side dish

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