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外: outside; external

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外 wài

noun
: outside
: in addition
: foreign; external

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外 | そと soto

noun
: outside; exterior
: open air
: other place

外 | ほか hoka

noun | no-adjective | adverbial noun
: other (esp. places and things); the rest

外 | よそ yoso

noun
: another place; somewhere else; strange parts
: outside (one’s family or group); those people
: unrelated matter

外す | はずす hazusu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to unfasten; to undo
: to remove; to take off; to deinstall
: to leave; to step out; to slip away
: to miss (a target)

外に | ほかに hokani

adverb
: in addition; besides

外れ | はずれ hazure

noun | suffix
: end; verge; extremity; tip; outskirts

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外 | がい gai

noun suffix
: outside of; not covered by

ゲ ge

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處: place | to dwell

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處 [处] chù

measure word
: place; location; spot; point
: office; department; bureau
: respect
: measure word for locations or items of damage: spot, point

處 [处] chǔ

verb
: to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in
: to be situated at; to stay
: to get along with
: to be in a position of
: to deal with; to discipline; to punish

Kun Reading

処 OR 所 | ところ tokoro

noun | suffix
: place; spot; scene; site
: address
: district; area; locality
: one’s house
: point
: part
: space; room
: (Usually written using kana alone) whereupon; as a result
: (after present form of a verb) about to; on the verge of

処す | しょす shosu

godan verb with su ending
: to manage; to deal with; to cope with
: to sentence; to condemn; to punish

処する | しょする shosuru

suru verb – special class
: to manage; to deal with; to cope with
: to sentence; to condemn; to punish

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ショ sho

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Design Facts

By Design, Food for thought

01. In the early 1970s, it was President Richard Nixon who promoted the Federal Design Improvement program, which was an initiative meant to upgrade federal design.

In a May 1971 memo, President Nixon directed the heads of all federal departments and agencies to consider how the arts and artists might “be of help to your agency and to its programs.” The overwhelming response was that the federal government needed better offices and better graphics.

Ultimately, more than 45 government agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the U.S. Postal Service, revamped their graphics under this mandate.

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殺: to kill

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殺 shā

verb
: to kill; to murder; to slaughter
: to fight; to weaken or reduce
: to smart (dialect)
: to counteract
: (used after a verb) extremely

Kun Reading

殺ぐ | そぐ sogu

godan verb with gu ending
: to chip; to slice off; to sharpen
: to thin down; to reduce; to weaken

殺る | やる yaru

godan verb with ru ending
: to do someone in; to bump someone off

殺し | ころし koroshi

noun
: a murder

殺す | ころす korosu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to kill

殺げる | そげる sogeru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to split; to be split; to splinter

殺める | あやめる ayameru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to wound; to murder

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サツ satsu
サイ sai
セツ setsu

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眺: to gaze into the distance

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眺 tiào

verb
: to gaze into the distance

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眺め | ながめ nagame

noun
: scene; view; prospect; outlook

眺める | ながめる nagameru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to view; to gaze at

眺めやる | ながめやる nagameyaru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to gaze out at; to look out over

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チョウ chou

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