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丸: ball; pellet; pill

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丸 wán

measure word
: ball; pill; pellet; bullet

Kun Reading

丸 | まる maru

noun
: circle
: (Prefix) full (e.g. month, day, etc.)
: perfection; purity
: suffix for ship names

丸い | まるい marui

adjective
: round; circular; spherical
: harmonious; calm

丸で | まるで marude

adverb
: quite; entirely; completely; at all; as if; as though; so to speak; just like

丸め | まるめ marume

noun
: rounding

丸める | まるめる marumeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to make round; to roll up; to curl up
: to seduce; to cajole; to explain away
: to round off (a fraction)
: (Archaism) to lump together

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丸 | がん gan

noun | noun suffix
: fishball; meatball
: pill

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陸: land | six

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陸 [陆] lù


: land; shore; continent

陸 [陆] liù

numeral
: six (banker’s anti-fraud numeral)

Kun Reading

陸 | おか oka

noun
: land; shore

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陸 | りく riku

noun
: land; shore

陸 | ろく roku

na-adjective
: good; satisfactory; worthy; decent

陸 | ろく roku

numeric
: six (used in legal documents)

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淡: weak; watery; insipid

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淡 dàn

adjective
: weak; mild
: insipid; diluted
: light in color
: tasteless
: fresh
: indifferent
: nitrogen

Kun Reading

淡い | あわい awai

adjective
: light; faint; pale; fleeting

淡す | あわす awasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to remove the astringent taste from persimmons

薄い | うすい usui

adjective
: thin
: pale; light
: watery; dilute; sparse
: weak (taste, etc.)
: slim (probability, etc.); small

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タン tan

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談: talk; conversation

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談 [谈] tán

verb
: to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss
: conversation

Kun Reading

談じる | だんじる danjiru

ichidan verb
: to talk; to discuss; to debate
: to negotiate

談ずる | だんずる danzuru

zuru verb | transitive verb
: to talk; to discuss; to debate
: to negotiate

語る | かたる kataru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to talk; to tell; to recite

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ダン dan

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據: according to; to occupy, seize

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據 [据] jù

preposition
: according to
: to act in accordance with
: to depend on
: to seize; to occupy

據 [据] jū

Kun Reading

拠る | よる yoru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: (Usually written using kana alone) to be due to; to be caused by
: to depend on; to turn on
: to be based on; to come from

拠 | よりどころ yoridokoro

noun
: grounds; foundation; authority; support; something upon which to rely

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キョ kyo
コ ko

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虎: tiger

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虍 hū

radical 141
: stripes of a tiger
: “tiger” radical in Chinese characters

虎 hǔ

noun
: tiger

Kun Reading

虎 | とら tora

noun
: tiger (Panthera tigris)
: (Colloquialism) drunk person

虎冠 | とらかんむり torakanmuri

noun
: kanji “tiger” radical

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虍部 | コ ko


: Radical 141 meaning “tiger” is 1 of 29 Kangxi radicals

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步: step; walk

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步 bù

measure word
: a step; a pace; walk
: march; stages in a process; situation

Kun Reading

歩 | かち kachi

noun
: foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot
: (Archaism) going on foot; walking

歩み | あゆみ ayumi

noun
: walking
: progress; advance

歩む | あゆむ ayumu

godan verb with mu ending | intransitive verb
: to walk; to go on foot

歩く| あるく aruku

godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to walk

歩き | あるき aruki OR ありき ariki

noun | no-adjective
: walk; walking
: foot messenger (of a town, village, etc.)

歩こう | ほこう hokou

noun | suru verb
: walk

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歩 | ほ ho

noun
: step; stride;
: (Counter) counter for steps

歩 | ふ fu

noun
: pawn (in chess or shogi)

歩 | ぶ bu

noun
: unit of land measurement; 3.95 square yards; 3.31 square metres (meters)

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