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准: to allow | accurate

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准 zhǔn

verb
: to allow; to grant
: in accordance with
: in the light of

準 [准] zhǔn

adjective | adverb | verb
: horizontal (old)
: accurate; standard
: definitely; certainly
: about to become (bride, son-in-law etc)
: quasi-; para-

Kun Reading

准える OR 準える | なずらえる nazuraeru OR なぞらえる nazoraeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate

準じる | じゅんじる junjiru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to follow; to conform; to apply to

準ずる | じゅんずる junzuru

zuru verb | intransitive verb
: to apply correspondingly; to correspond to; to be proportionate to; to conform to

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准 OR 準 | じゅん jun

prefix
: semi-; quasi-; associate

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暫: temporarily

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暫 [暂] zàn


: temporarily
: 蹔 [暂] zan4: to scurry; variant

Kun Reading

暫し | しばし shibashi

adverb
: for a short while; for a brief period

暫く | しばらく shibaraku

adverb | no-adjective
: (Usually written using kana alone) little while; short while; moment; instant
: a while; quite a time; (Interjection) it’s been a long time

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ザン zan

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斬: to behead; sever

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斬 [斩] zhǎn

verb
: to behead (as form of capital punishment)
: to chop; cut; sever; cut to pieces

Kun Reading

斬る | きる kiru

godan verb with ru ending
: to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.)
: to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

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斬 | ざん zan

noun
: beheading; decapitation

サン san

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產: to give birth; produce; property

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產 [铭] chǎn

noun
: to give birth; to reproduce; to produce; bring forth
: product; resource
: estate; property

Kun Reading

産 | うぶ ubu

noun | na-adjective | no-adjective
: innocent; naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears
: (Noun prefix) birth-

産む | うむ umu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to give birth; to deliver; to produce

産み | うみ umi

noun
: production; bringing into the world; (physical) birth

産す | むす musu

godan verb with su ending | intransitive verb
: to grow (of moss, etc.)

産す | さんす sansu

godan verb with su ending | intransitive verb | transitive verb
: to bear (a child); to be born
: to produce; to yield; to be produced; to be yielded

産する | さんする sansuru

suru verb – special class, | intransitive verb | transitive verb
: to bear (a child); to be born
: to produce; to yield; to be produced; to be yielded

産れる | うまれる umareru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to be born

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産 | さん san

noun
: (giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement
: native of; product of
: assets; property; fortune

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