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淨: clean

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淨 [挣] jìng

adverb
: clean; pure
: completely; only
: net (income, exports etc)
: (Chinese opera) painted face male role

Kun Reading

浄い | きよい kiyoi

adjective
: clear; pure; noble
: Manchu Dynasty

浄め | きよめ kiyome

noun
: purification

浄める | きよめる kiyomeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise

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ジョウ jou
セイ sei

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箏: zither; kite

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箏 [筝] zhēng

noun
: guzheng or long zither; long zither with 13 to 16 strings, developed from guqin 古琴 during Tang and Song times
: stringed musical instrument
: Japanese koto
: kite

Kun Reading

箏 OR 琴 | こと koto

noun
: koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)
: (Archaism) stringed instrument
: zheng (Chinese zither); guzheng

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箏 | そう sou

noun
: koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)
: zheng (Chinese zither); guzheng

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爭: to dispute

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爭 [争] zhēng

verb
: to dispute; to argue or debate
: to strive for; to vie for
: deficient or lacking (dialect)
: how or what (literary)

Kun Reading

争う | あらそう arasou

godan verb with u ending | intransitive verb
: to compete; to contest; to contend
: to quarrel; to argue; to dispute; to be at variance; to oppose
: (usu. in negative form) to deny (e.g. evidence)

争う | あらがう aragau

godan verb with u ending | intransitive verb
: to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny

争い | あらそい arasoi

noun
: dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry; contest

争で | いかで ikade

adverb
: how

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ソウ sou

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竿: bamboo pole

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竿 gān


: bamboo pole
: penis

Kun Reading

竿 | さお sao

noun
: rod; pole
: neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen
: beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance)
: single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese)
: (Slang) penis; (Counter) counter for flags (on poles); counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. youkan)

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竿 | かん kan

suffix | counter
: counter for poles, rods, etc.

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