Eight new design trends for the new year was recently announced by iStock, with an obvious visual bias. Gone are the generic smiling faces. Here to stay are oddballs, image being king and toned-down colors.
帶 [带] dài
verb
: band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire
: area; zone; region
: to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have)
: to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise
Kun Reading
帯 | おび obi
noun
: obi; kimono sash
: paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.
帯く | はく haku
godan verb with ku ending | transitive verb
: to put on (or wear) lower-body clothing (i.e. pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (or wear) footwear
: to affix a sword to one’s hip
: to affix a bowstring to a bow
帯びる | おびる obiru
ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry
: to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on
: to have a trace of; to be tinged with
On Reading
帯 | たい tai
noun suffix
: band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
睡 suì
verb
: to sleep; to lie down
Kun Reading
睡い | ねむい nemui
adjective
: sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
睡る | ねむる nemuru
godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to sleep (not necessarily lying down)
: to die
: (Archaism) to close one’s eyes
睡らす | ねむらす nemurasu
godan verb with su ending | intransitive verb
: to put to sleep
: (Colloquialism) to kill
睡らせる | ねむらせる nemuraseru
ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to put to sleep
: (Colloquialism) to kill
On Reading
すい sui
垂 chuí
verb
: to droop; to hang (down); suspend; dangle; bend down
: hand down; bequeath
: nearly; almost
: to approach
Kun Reading
垂 | しで shide
noun
: zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects
: hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
垂れ | たれ tare
noun
: hanging; something hanging (i.e. a flap, lappet, etc.)
: (Usually written using kana alone) sauce for dipping, etc. made from soy sauce, mirin, vinegar and dashi
: (in kendo) loin guard
: kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; (Noun suffix) (Derogatory) -ass (used after a noun or na-adjective indicating someone’s nature); -head
垂れ | しだれ shidare
noun or verb acting prenominally
: weeping form (e.g. tree)
垂らす | たらす tarasu
godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to dribble; to spill
: to suspend; to hang down; to slouch; to dangle
垂れる | たれる tareru
ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to hang; to droop; to dangle; to sag; to lower; to pull down
: to leave behind (at death); to give; to confer
: to drip; to ooze; to trickle; to drop
On Reading
すい sui
幫 [帮] bāng
verb | measure word
: to help; to assist; to support
: for somebody (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker)
: side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer
: group; gang; clique; party; secret society
Kun Reading
幇
助ける | たすける tasukeru
ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to help; to save; to rescue; to give relief to; to spare (life)
: to reinforce; to promote; to abet
On Reading
幇 | ほう hou
