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還: to return | still

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還 [还] huán

verb
: to return; to pay back

還 [还] hái

noun | adverb
: still; yet; even more; in addition; also; else
: fairly; passably (good)
: as early as

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還す | かえす kaesu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

還り | かえり kaeri

noun
: return; coming back

還る | かえる kaeru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

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かん kan

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May 19, 2014
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經: classics; pass through

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經 [经] jīng

verb
: classics; sacred book; scripture
: to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure
: warp (textile); longitude
: menstruation; channel (TCM)

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経 | たて tate

noun
: the vertical; height
: front-to-back; length
: north-to-south
: vertical (relationship); hierarchy
: (weaving) warp

経 | たていと tateito

noun
: (weaving) warp

経つ | たつ tatsu

Godan verb with tu ending | intransitive verb
: to pass; to lapse

経る | へる heru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to pass; to elapse; to experience

経て | へて hete

expression
: to pass; to elapse; to experience

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経 | きょう kyou

noun
: sutra; Buddhist scriptures

けい kei

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May 14, 2014
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攻: to attack

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攻 gōng

verb
: to attack; to accuse; to study

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攻め | せめ seme

noun
: attack; offense
: (Usually written using kana alone) (Colloquialism) dominant partner of a homosexual relationship
: (Suffix) a barrage of; a flood of

攻める | せめる semeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to attack; to assault; to assail

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こう kou

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May 13, 2014
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功: achievement

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功 gōng

noun
: meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics)

Kun Reading

功 | いさお isao

noun | Na-adjective
: distinguished service; meritorious service

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功 | こう kou

noun
: merit; success; meritorious deed
: achievement; accumulated experience

く ku

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May 12, 2014
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工: work

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工 gōng

noun | radical 48
: work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor

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工 | たくみ takumi

noun | Na-adjective
: workman; artisan; mechanic; carpenter
: craft; skill
: means; idea

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工 | こう kou

noun suffix
: (factory) worker

く ku

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May 9, 2014
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川: river

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川 [巛] chuān

radical 47
: river; creek
: plain; an area of level country

Kun Reading

川 | かわ kawa

noun
: river; stream
: (Suffix) the …. river (suffix used with the names of rivers) e.g. 荒川 Arakawa: “Raging River” in Tokyo

がわ gawa

suffix
: the …. river (suffix used with the names of rivers)

巛 | まがりかわ magarikawa OR まがりがわ magarigawa

noun
: kanji “curving river” radical (variant of radical 47)

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せん sen

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May 8, 2014
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故: ancient

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故 gù

noun | adjective | verb | conjunction | adverb
: ancient, former; old
: to die, dead
: cause, intentional
: therefore; hence

Kun Reading

故 | ふる furu

noun
: used item; secondhand item
: (Noun prefix) old; used; previous

故い | ふるい furui

adjective
: old (not person); aged; ancient; antiquated; stale; threadbare; outmoded; obsolete article

故 | もと moto

noun | No-adjective | Adverbial noun | Noun prefix
: former; ex-

故 | ゆえ yue

noun | Adverbial noun
: reason; cause; circumstances

故に | ゆえに yueni

conjunction
: therefore; consequently

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故 | こ ko

prefix
: the late (deceased)

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May 7, 2014
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