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剛: hard; just

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剛 [刚] gāng

adverb
: hard; firm; strong; rigid
: just; barely; exactly

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none applicable

強い | つよい tsuyoi

adjective
: strong; powerful; mighty; potent
: resistant; resilient; durable

強い | こわい kowai

adjective
: tough; stiff; hard
: inflexible; obstinate; stubborn

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剛 | ごう gou

noun
: strong; hard; manly

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踐: to trample

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踐 [践] jiàn

adjective
: to tread; to walk on; to trample
: to fulfill (a promise)

Kun Reading

践む OR 踏む | ふむ fumu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to step on; to tread on
: to experience; to undergo
: to estimate; to value; to appraise
: to rhyme
: (Archaism) to inherit (the throne, etc.)
: to follow (rules, morals, principles, etc.)

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セン sen

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賤: cheap; lowly

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賤 [贱] jiàn

adjective
: inexpensive; lowly; cheap
: worthless
: be humble
: be unresponsive

Kun Reading

賤 | しず shizu

noun
: (Archaism) lowly person; lowliness
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) I (used by male entertainers)

賤しい OR 卑しい | いやしい iyashii

adjective
: lowborn; humble; lowly
: vulgar; coarse; crude; mean; base; vile
: shabby
: greedy; gluttonous; avaricious

賤しむ | いやしむ iyashimu

adjective
: to despise; to disdain; to scorn

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賤 | せん sen

noun
: (Archaism) lowly person; lowliness

ゼン zen

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