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刀: knife

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刀 dāo

noun | measure word | radical 18
: knife; blade; single-edged sword
: cutlass
: measure word for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)
: (slang) dollar (loanword)

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刀 | かたな katana

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: (single-edged) sword; katana
: (Archaism) dagger; knife

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刀 | とう tou

noun
: (single-edged) sword; katana
: (Archaism) dagger; knife
: (Archaism) scalpel

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打: to beat; to strike

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打 dǎ

verb | preposition | measure word
: to beat; to strike; to hit; to shoot; to break
: to type
: to mix up
: to build
: to fight
: to fetch
: to tie up
: to make; to issue
: to calculate
: to play (a game)
: since; from

打 dá


: dozen (loanword)

Kun Reading

打 | うつ utsu

godan verb with tsu ending | transitive verb
: to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound
: to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.)
: to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.)
: to move; to impress; to touch
: to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject
: to type; to send; to transmit
: to insert; to write in; to mark
: to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare
: to till (soil)
: to sprinkle; to throw; to cast
: to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.)
: to pay (a deposit, etc.)
: to visit (on a pilgrimage)
: to line (a coat)
: to bind (a criminal)

打 | ぶつ butsu

godan verb with tsu ending | transitive verb
: (usually written using kana only) to hit (a person); to strike; to beat

打 | ダース daasu

ateji (phonetic) | noun
: (usually written using kana only) dozen (eng: doz)
: (sports) hitting a ball; batting; stroke

打 | うち uchi

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だ da

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亭: pavilion; erect

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亭 tíng

noun
: pavilion; booth; kiosk
: erect

Kun Reading
none applicable

四阿 OR 東屋 | あずまや azumaya

noun
: arbor; bower; summer house; square gazebo

On Reading

亭 | ちん chin

noun
: arbor; bower; pavilion

亭 | てい tei

noun
: : arbor; bower; pavilion;
: (Suffix) suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers

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停: to stop

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停 tíng

adjective | verb
: to stop; to halt; suspend; delay
: suitable
: to park (a car)

Kun Reading

停まる OR 止まる | とまる tomaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to stop (moving); to come to a stop
: to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended
: to alight; to perch on

停める OR 止める | とめる tomeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to stop (something or someone); to turn off
: to fix into place
: to park; to leave somewhere for a time

停まる OR 止まる | とどまる todomaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place);
: to be limited to; to be confined to

停める OR 留める | とどめる todomeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to cease; to put an end to
: to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to limit
: to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

On Reading

てい tei

ちょう chou

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釘: nail; to pursue closely | to join

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釘 dīng

noun | verb
: nail; spike
: to pursue closely; to keep at somebody (to do something)

釘 dìng

verb
: to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail; to pin; to staple; to sew on

Kun Reading

釘 | くぎ kugi

noun
: nail (i.e. small metal spike)

釘づけ | くぎづけ kugizuke

adverb
: with a clang; with a bang; with a crash

On Reading

てい tei

ちょう chou

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丁: nail; person

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丁 dīng

noun
: person; adult male; single
: nail
: strong; robust; vigor
: fourth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; fourth in order
: letter “D” or roman “IV” in list “A, B, C”, or “I, II, III” etc; butyl
: cubes (of food)

Kun Reading

丁 | ひのと hinoto

noun
: 4th in rank; fourth sign of the Chinese calendar

丁と | ちょうと chouto

adverb
: with a clang; with a bang; with a crash

On Reading

丁 | てい tei

noun
: 4th in rank; fourth sign of the Chinese calendar

丁 | ちょう chou

counter
: counter for sheets, pages, leaves, etc.
: counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant
: counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.
: (Noun) even number
: 109.09 m

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