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同: same; together

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

 

同 tóng

adjective | preposition | adverb
: like; same; similar; alike
: together; with

Kun Reading

同じ | おなじ onaji

noun or verb acting prenominally | noun
: same; identical; equal; uniform; equivalent; similar; common (origin); changeless; alike
: (Adverb) (usu. part of a ‘nara’ conditional) anyway; anyhow; in either case

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同 | どう dou

prefix
: the same; the said; ibid

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憬: awaken

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

憬 yǐng


: awaken, rouse
: become conscious

Kun Reading

憬れ | あこがれ akogare

noun | no-adjective
: yearning; longing; aspiration

憬れる | あこがれる akogareru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by

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ケイ kei

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Type Snob

By Design, Layout, Typography-Font

1. Choose a typeface for body text

2. Avoid more than 2 typefaces

3. Balance line space and font size

4. Line length 45-90 characters

5. Modular scale

6. Punctuation

• curly quotes: Option + [ for opening quotes
– Option + Shift + [ for closing quotes.
 
• en dash (–): Option + Hyphen
– em dash (—): Option + Shift + the Hyphen Key

credit source: thedesignteam.io | Pablo Stanley

單: single

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單 [单] dān

adjective | adverb
: bill; list; form
: single; only; sole
: odd number

單 [单] shàn

proper noun
: (Chinese surname)

Kun Reading

単 | ひとえ hitoe

noun | no-adjective
: one layer; single; one-fold

単に | たんに tanni

adverb
: one layer; single; one-fold

単なる | たんなる tannaru

pre-noun adjectival
: mere; simple; sheer

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単 | たん tan

prefix
: single; simple
: (Noun) (Abbreviation) singles (in tennis)
: (Abbreviation) winning system (as in horse racing)

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