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年: year

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年 nián

noun | measure word
: year

Kun Reading

年 | とし toshi

adverbial noun | noun
: year
: (Noun) many years
: age
: past one’s prime; old age

年 | とせ tose

counter
: counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system)

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年 | ねん nen

noun
: year (e.g. AD)
: (Counter) counter for years

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路: road

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路 fàng

noun | measure word
: road; journey
: route; line (bus)
: kind; sort

Kun Reading

路 | じ ji

suffix
: route; road
: distance travelled in a day
: (with decade) one’s … age …

路 | ち chi

noun
: (Archaism) way; road; (Noun suffix) way to …; road to …

路 | みち michi

noun
: road; street; way; path; course; route; lane
: distance; ways (e.g. “a long ways”)
: the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one’s way; morals
: teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma
: field (of medicine, etc.); subject
: way; method; means

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ろ ro

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底: bottom; end

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底 dǐ

noun
: background
: bottom; foundation; base
: end (of the month, year etc); remnants

底 de

possessive particle
: equivalent to 的 as possessive particle

Kun Reading

底 | そこ soko

noun
: bottom; sole

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底 | てい tei

noun
: base (logarithmic, exponential, number system); radix
: base (triangle, cone, cylinder, etc.)
: (Archaism) type; kind; extent; degree

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氏: clan name

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氏 shì

noun | radical 83
: clan name; family; maiden name

Kun Reading

氏 | うじ uji

noun
: family name; lineage; birth

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氏 | し shi

suffix
: (Honorific or respectful language) Mr; (Noun) clan
: (Honorific or respectful language) he; him; (Counter) (Honorific or respectful language) counter for people

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放: to release

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放 fàng

verb
: to release; to free; to let go
: to put; to place; to let out
: to set off (fireworks); to fire (a weapon)

Kun Reading

放く | こく koku

godan verb with ku ending | transitive verb
: (Usually written using kana alone) to let loose (e.g. a fart)
: (Usually written using kana alone) (Vulgar expression or word) to utter (e.g. a lie)

放る | ひる hiru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to expel (from the body)

放る | ほる horu OR ほうる houru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to let go; to abandon; to leave undone
: to throw; to toss; to fling

放す | はなす hanasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to release; to let go; to free; to set free; to let loose; to turn loose
: to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.

放つ | はなつ hanatsu

godan verb with tu ending | transitive verb
: to fire (e.g. an arrow); to hit (e.g. baseball); to break wind
: to free; to release
: to give off (e.g. a scent); to emit (e.g. light)

放 | はなし hanashi OR ぱなし banashi

noun suffix
: keep …-ing (negative nuance, with the state being improper, unpleasant, etc.); have been …-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

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ほう hou

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識: to know | to remember

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識 [识] shí


: to know; knowledge

識 [识] zhì


: (bookish) to remember; to record; to write a footnote; a mark or sign

Kun Reading

識る | しる shiru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to know; to understand; to be acquainted with; to feel

識す | しるす shirusu

godan verb with su ending
: to write down; to note; to jot down
: to remember

常識に欠ける | じょうしきにかける joushiki ni kakeru
: to lack in common sense

常識を覆す | じょうしきをくつがえす joushiki o kutsugaesu
: to defy conventional wisdom

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識 | しき shiki

noun
: (Buddhist term) acquaintanceship
: vijnana (consciousness)
: (after a signature) written by…

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認: to recognize; to admit

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認 [认] rèn

verb
: to recognize; to admit

Kun Reading

認 | みとめ mitome

noun
: approval; final seal (of approval); acceptance

認 | みとめる mitomeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to recognize; to appreciate
: to observe; to notice
: to admit; to approve

認 | したためる shitatameru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to write up

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にん nin

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忍: to bear; to endure

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忍 rèn

adjective
: to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself

Kun Reading

忍 | しのぶ shinobu

noun
: (Usually written using kana alone) Davallia mariesii (species of fern)
: Lepisorus thunbergiana (species of fern)
: color of clothing layers under one’s overcoat (light green on blue)
: (Abbreviation) ancient women’s hairstyle
: (Abbreviation) clothing patterned using the fern Davallia mariesii

忍ぶ | しのぶ shinobu

godan verb with bu ending | transitive verb
: to conceal oneself; to hide
: to endure

忍び | しのび shinobi

noun
: stealth
: (Abbreviation) travelling incognito (traveling)
: (Abbreviation) ninjutsu
: (Abbreviation) ninja
: sneak theft; sneak thief
: tolerance

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忍 | にん nin

noun
: endurance; forbearance; patience; self-restraint

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