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拷: torture and interrogate; hit

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拷 kǎo


: to beat; to flog
: to examine under torture

Kun Reading
none applicable

打つ | うつ utsu

godan verb with tsu ending | transitive verb
: to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound
: to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.)
: to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.)
: to move; to impress; to touch
: to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject
: to type; to send; to transmit
: to insert; to write in; to mark
: to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare
: to till (soil)
: to sprinkle; to throw; to cast
: to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.)
: to pay (a deposit, etc.)
: to visit (on a pilgrimage)
: to line (a coat)
: to bind (a criminal)

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コウ kou

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考: examine, test; investigate

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考 kǎo

verb
: to test; to examine
: to check; to verify
: to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for
: deceased father

Kun Reading

考え | かんがえ kangae

adverbial noun
: thinking; thought; ideas; intention

考える | かんがえる kangaeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to consider; to think about

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考 | こう kou

noun
: thought
: (Noun suffix) report on one’s investigation into …
: deceased father

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陰: dark; shady; feminine

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陰 [阴] yīn

adjective
: overcast (weather); cloudy; dark
: shady; secret
: Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang)
: negative (electric.)
: feminine
: moon
: implicit; hidden
: genitalia
: opposite: [阳] yang2 ☯: sun

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陰 | かげ kage

noun
: shade; shadow
: other side; back; background

陰 | ほと hoto

noun
: female private parts/genitals

陰り | かげり kageri

noun
: shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone’s happiness); shade; gloom

陰る | かげる kageru

godan verb with run ending | intransitive verb
: to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be obscured

陰に | いんに inni

adverb
: invisibly; secretly; privately

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陰 | いん in

noun
: yin (i.e. the negative)
: unseen location (i.e. somewhere private)

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