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從: to follow | lax | second cousin

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從 [从] cóng

preposition | adverb
: to follow
: from
: passing through; past
: to comply with; to obey
: to join; to engage in

從 [从] cōng

preposition
: lax; yielding; unhurried

從 [从] zòng

preposition
: second cousin

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從う OR 従う | したがう shitagau

Godan verb with u ending | intransitive verb
: to abide (by the rules); to obey; to follow; to accompany

従って | したがって shitagatte

Conjunction
: therefore; consequently; accordingly

従える | したがえる shitagaeru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to be accompanied by
: to subdue

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従 | じゅ ju

noun
: lesser (of equal court ranks); lower; junior

従 | じゅう juu

Noun | No-adjective
: subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental

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April 7, 2014
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定: to decide; to set(tle)

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定 dìng


: to decide; to set; settle (a matter)
: to fix
: to order

Kun Reading

定か | さだか sadaka

Na-adjective | noun
: definite; sure

定め | さだめ sadame

noun
: law; rule; regulation; provision; decision; appointment; arrangement; agreement
: destiny; fate; karma

定める | さだめる sadameru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to decide; to establish; to determine

定まる | さだまる sadamaru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to become settled; to be fixed

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てい tei

じょう jou

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April 2, 2014
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行: to go | profession

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行 xíng

adjective | idiomatic expression | radical 144
: to go; to walk
: to do; to perform; capable; competent; effective
: all right; OK!

行 háng

measure word | radical
: a row; series
: profession; business firm

Kun Reading

行き | いき iki OR ゆき yuki

noun
: bound for …
: (Noun) going (to)

行く | いく iku OR ゆく yuku

Godan verb – iku/yuku special class | intransitive verb
: to go
: to proceed; to take place
: (Auxiliary verb) to continue

行なう | おこなう okonau

Godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

On Reading

行 | こう kou

noun
: going; traveling
: type of classical Chinese verse (usu. an epic)
: (Archaism) district (of similar merchants); guild; () bank

行 | ぎょう gyou

noun
: line (i.e. of text); row; verse
: (Buddhist term) carya (austerities)
: (Buddhist term) samskara (formations)
: (Abbreviation) running script (a semi-cursive style of kanji)

あん an

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March 31, 2014
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機: machine

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機 [机] jī

noun
: machine
: crucial point; opportunity
: be quick-witted

Kun Reading

機 | はた hata

noun
: loom

机 | つくえ tsukue

noun
: desk

On Reading

機 | き ki

noun
: chance; opportunity;
: machine;
: aircraft;
: (Counter) counter for aircraft;
: counter for remaining lives (in video games)

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March 28, 2014
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幾: a few | almost

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幾 [几] jǐ

numeral | question word
: a few; several
: how much; how many

幾 [几] jī

adverb
: almost
: small table

Kun Reading

幾 | いく iku

noun | prefix
: some; several
: many
: how many? how much

幾ら | いくら ikura

adverb | noun
: how much?; how many?

幾つ | いくつ ikutsu

adverb
: how many?
: how old?

幾 | ほとほと hotohoto

adverb
: quite (usu. negative connotation); utterly; really

几 | おしまずき oshimazuki

noun
: (Archaism) armrest
: desk; table

On Reading

幾 | き ki

几 | き ki

noun
: (Archaism) armrest
: desk; table

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March 27, 2014
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幺: small; tiny | 么: particle

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幺 [么] yāo

radical 52
: tiny; small
: one (esp for spelling out numbers)
: youngest

麼 [么]

particle
má: exclamatory final particle
ma: interrogative final particle
me: suffix, used for questioning: what?
mo: tiny; insignificant

Kun Reading

糸頭 | いとがしら itogashira

noun
: top component of the kanji “thread” radical. the component 幺 as in the left of 幻

On Reading
none applicable

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March 26, 2014
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飛: to fly

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飛 fēi

verb | radical 183
: to fly

Kun Reading

飛ぶ | とぶ tobu

Godan verb with bu ending | intransitive verb
: to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop
: to fly; to soar

飛ばす | とばす tobasu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to fly; to fire; to hurl; to launch
: to skip over; to omit; to drop (e.g. stitch)
: to run or drive fast; to gallop
: to spread a rumor; to tell a story
: to remove; to get rid of; to transfer
: to attack; to jeer at

飛び | とび tobi

noun
: flying; leaping; flight; leap
: (when reading a number aloud) naught; zero; oh
: flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)

On Reading

飛 | ひ hi

noun
: rook (shogi) > 飛車 | ひしゃ hisha

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March 25, 2014
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