夏 xià
noun
: summer
: the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432);
Kun Reading
夏 | なつ natsu
adverbial noun | temporal noun
: summer
夏い | なつい natsui
adjective | colloquialism
: blisteringly hot; relentlessly hot; scorching
On Reading
夏 | か ka
noun
: Xia (dynasty of China; perhaps mythological)
夏 | げ ge
noun
: summer (on the lunisolar calendar: 16th day of the 4th month to the 15th day of the 7th month)
通 tōng
adjective | verb | measure word
: to go through; to know well
: common; universal
: (suffix) expert
: to connect; to communicate
: open
: to clear
: measure word for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
通 tòng
measure word
: measure word for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
Kun Reading
通い | かよい kayoi
noun
: coming and going; commuting
通う | かよう kayou
godan verb with u ending | intransitive verb
: to go back and forth; to ply between
: to commute; to attend (school, church, etc.)
通し | とおし tooshi
noun
: direct; right through; straight
: appetizer
: (Abbreviation) performance of an entire play
通す | とおす toosu
godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to let pass; to overlook; to continue; to keep; to make way for; to persist in
通り | とおり toori
adverbial noun | noun
: avenue; street; way; road
: coming and going; street traffic
: flow (of water, air, etc.)
: transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
: fame; reputation; popularity
: the same status or way; as (e.g. as expected, as I said)
: understanding; comprehension
: (Counter) counter for sets of things; counter for methods, ways, types
通る | とおる tooru
noun
: to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of
: to run (between); to operate (between); to connect
: to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in
: to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through
: to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout
: to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far
: to be passed on (e.g. of a customer’s order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed
: to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted
: to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for
: to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense
: to get across (e.g. of one’s point); to be understood
: to be straight (e.g. wood grain)
: (Archaism) to be well-informed; to be wise; () to do … completely; to do … thoroughly
通り | どおり doori
noun suffix
: in accordance with …; following …
: roughly; about
: .. Street; .. Avenue
通し | どおし dooshi
noun suffix
: throughout…; all through…
通じ | つうじ tsuuji
noun
: understanding
: bowel movement; evacuation
On Reading
通 | つう tsuu
na-adjective | noun
: connoisseur; authority;
: (Counter) counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
ツ tsu
湧 [涌] yǒng
verb
: to bubble up; to rush forth; well up; rise
涌 yǒng
variant of 湧
涌 chōng
: (used in place names)
Kun Reading
湧く OR 涌き | わく waku
godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to spring out; to surge
: to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.)
: to feel emotions form (joy, bravery, etc.)
: to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
湧き OR 涌く | わき waki
noun
: welling (up); gushing forth (of water); springing out; surging
: appearing (esp. suddenly)
: frothing of water (due to an advancing school of fish)
On Reading
ユウ yuu
ヨウ you
ユ yu
勇 yǒng
: brave, courage, fierce
Kun Reading
勇む | いさむ isamu
godan verb with mu ending
: to be in high spirits; to be encouraged; to be lively; to cheer up
勇ましい | いさましい isamashii
adjective
: brave; valiant; gallant; courageous
: stirring; vigorous; rousing
On Reading
勇 | ゆう yuu
noun
: bravery; courage; heroism
角 jiǎo
noun | measure word | radical 148
: angle; corner
: horn; horn-shaped
: unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan
角 jué
: role (theater)
: to compete
: ancient three legged wine vessel
: third note of pentatonic scale
Kun Reading
角 | かど kado
noun
: corner (e.g. desk, pavement)
: edge
角 | つの tsuno
noun
: horn
角 | すみ sumi
noun | noun suffix
: corner; nook; recess
: (Noun) (Obscure term) downstage right (on a noh stage)
角す | かくす kakusu
godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to compare (e.g. in a competition)
On Reading
角 | かく kaku
noun | noun suffix
: angle
: square (or cube)
: bishop (shogi)
: third degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale)
: Chinese “horn” constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
: jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
