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採: to collect; to pick

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採 [采] cǎi

verb
: to collect; to cull; to pick; to pluck; to select; to choose; to gather
: bright colors

Kun Reading

採る | とる toru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to adopt (measure, proposal)
: to pick (e.g. fruit); to catch (e.g. insects); to take (e.g. a sample)
: to assume (attitude)
: to take on (i.e. hire); to engage

採れる | とれる toreru

ichidan verb
: to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be mined
: to be able to collect; to be able to mine

採り入れる | とりいれる toriireru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to harvest; to reap
: to take in; to gather in
: to adopt

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[採] 采 | さい sai OR さえ sae

noun
: dice; die
: baton (of command)

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October 27, 2014
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弁: conical cap

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弁 biàn


: conical cap worn during Zhou dynasty

Kun Reading

弁え | わきまえ wakimae

noun
: sense; discretion; knowledge

弁える | わきまえる wakimaeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to know (right from wrong); to discern; to discriminate; to understand; to bear in mind

弁じる | べんじる benjiru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to speak; to talk; to argue; to manage; to dispose of; to carry through; to distinguish; to discriminate

弁ずる | べんずる benzuru

zuru verb
: to manage; to dispose of; to carry through; to distinguish; to discriminate

弁えのない | わきまえのない wakimaenonai

adjective
: indiscreet; undiscerning

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弁 | べん ben

noun
: speech; talk; tongue; eloquence
: (Noun suffix) dialect; accent
: petal
: valve
: Oversight Department (division of the daijokan responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices)

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October 24, 2014
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自: self; from

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自 zì

radical 132 | preposition
: self; oneself; from; since; private

Kun Reading

自ら | みずから mizukara

adverbial noun | noun
: for one’s self; personally

自ずから | おのずから onozukara

adverb
: naturally; as a matter of course

自と | おのずと onozuto

adverb
: naturally

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自 | じ ji

prefix
: self-
: from …

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October 20, 2014
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過: to cross; to pass

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過 [过] guò

verb
: (experienced action marker) to cross; to pass (time); to go over
: to celebrate (a holiday)
: to live; to get along
: excessively; too-

Kun Reading

過ぎ | すぎ sugi

noun | noun suffix
: past; after
: too (much); over (e.g. eating)

過ぎる | すぎる sugiru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond
: to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse
: to have expired; to have ended; to be over
: to exceed; to surpass; to be above
: to be no more than …
: () (often used after adjective stems or the -masu stems of verbs) to be excessive; to be too much; to be too …

過す | すごす sugosu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to pass (time); to spend
: to overdo (esp. of one’s alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol)
: (Archaism) to take care of; to support; () to overdo; to do too much
: to … without acting on it

過る | よぎる yogiru

godan verb with ru ending
: (usually written in kana only) to go by; to cross; to pass by; to float across

過つ | あやまち ayamachi

noun
: fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

過つ | あやまつ ayamatsu

godan verb with tu ending | intransitive verb
: to err

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過 | か ka

prefix
: surplus- (attaches to start of Sino-Japanese words); excess-; over-
: per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)

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October 17, 2014
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骨: bone

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骨 gǔ

radical 188
: bone

Kun Reading

骨 | ほね hone

noun
: bone
: frame
: outline; core
: backbone; spirit; fortitude
: () laborious; troublesome; difficult

骨つぼ | こつつぼ kotsutsubo

noun
: funerary urn

骨つぼ | ほねばる honebaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: funerary urn

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骨 | こつ kotsu

noun
: (usually written using kana only) knack; skill; trick; secret; know-how; the ropes; hang

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October 15, 2014
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