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
On Reading
ソウ sou
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)
On Reading
竿 | かん kan
suffix | counter
: counter for poles, rods, etc.
乾[干] gān
adjective
: dry; dried food
: clean
: in vain
: foster; adoptive
: to ignore
乾[干] qián
noun
: one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing heaven (sky)
: male principle
: ☰ first symbol in the I Ching: “the Creative”
干 gān
verb
: to concern; to interfere
: shield
: stem
幹 [干] gàn
verb
: tree trunk
: main part of something
: to manage; to work; to do
: capable
: cadre
: to kill (slang)
: to fuck (vulgar)
Kun Reading
乾 OR 干 | ほし hoshi
noun | noun prefix
: drying; dried
乾す OR 干す | ほす hosu
godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to air; to dry; to desiccate
: to drain (off)
: to drink up
: to deprive of a role, job, etc. (usu. in the passive)
干る | ひる hiru
godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to dry
乾く | かわく kawaku
godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to get dry
乾せる | かせる kaseru
ichidan verb
: to dry up; to scab; to slough
: to be poisoned (with lacquer)
: (Archaism) to waste away
幹 | みき miki OR から kara
ichidan verb
: (tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
On Reading
乾 | けん ken
noun
: qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
幹 | かん kan
noun
: (tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
