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試: test; try

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試 [试] shì

verb
: style, system, type
: form; pattern
: formula, rule

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試し | ためし tameshi

noun
: trial; test

試す | ためす tamesu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to attempt; to test; to try out

試み | こころみ kokoromi

noun
: trial; experiment

試みる | こころみる kokoromiru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to try; to test

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シ shi

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熄: to extinguish

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熄 xī

verb
: to extinguish; to put out (fire); to quash
: to quench; to stop burning
: to go out (of fire, lamp etc)
: to come to an end; to wither away; to die out

Kun Reading
none applicable

消える | きえる kieru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to go out; to vanish; to disappear

止む | やむ yamu

godan verb with mu ending | intransitive verb
: to cease; to stop; to be over

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ソク soku

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息: breath; rest; stop

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息 xī


: to breath
: to rest
: news
: interest (on an investment or loan)
: to cease; to stop

Kun Reading

息 | いき iki

noun
: breath; breathing
: tone; mood

息む | いきむ ikimu

godan verb with mu ending | intransitive verb
: to strain (e.g. with constipation)
: to bear or push down (during childbirth)

息せき | いきせき ikiseki

noun
: pant; gasp

息つく | いきつく ikitsuku

godan verb with ku ending
: to take a breath; to take a short rest

息づく | いきづく ikizuku

godan verb with ku ending
: to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to sigh
: to live

息づまる | いきづまる ikizumaru

godan verb with ku ending
: to be breathtaking; to be stifling

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ソク soku


: [息 | そく soku: (Humble (kenjougo) language / ou-dated) son]

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體: body

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體 [体] tǐ

noun
: body
: form; style
: system
: substance
: to experience
: aspect (linguistics)

Kun Reading

体 | からだ karada

noun | no-adjective
: body
: health

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体 | たい tai

noun | noun suffix
: body; physique; posture
: shape; form; style
: substance; identity; reality
: (Mathematical term) field; (Counter) counter for humanoid forms (e.g. dolls, statues, corpses, etc.)

体 | てい tei

noun
: appearance; air; condition; state; form

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