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帶: belt; to wear; to lead

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帶 [带] dài

verb
: band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire
: area; zone; region
: to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have)
: to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise

Kun Reading

帯 | おび obi

noun
: obi; kimono sash
: paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.

帯く | はく haku

godan verb with ku ending | transitive verb
: to put on (or wear) lower-body clothing (i.e. pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (or wear) footwear
: to affix a sword to one’s hip
: to affix a bowstring to a bow

帯びる | おびる obiru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry
: to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on
: to have a trace of; to be tinged with

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帯 | たい tai

noun suffix
: band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)

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睡: to sleep

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睡 suì

verb
: to sleep; to lie down

Kun Reading

睡い | ねむい nemui

adjective
: sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

睡る | ねむる nemuru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to sleep (not necessarily lying down)
: to die
: (Archaism) to close one’s eyes

睡らす | ねむらす nemurasu

godan verb with su ending | intransitive verb
: to put to sleep
: (Colloquialism) to kill

睡らせる | ねむらせる nemuraseru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to put to sleep
: (Colloquialism) to kill

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すい sui

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錘: hammer

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錘 [锤] chuí

noun
: hammer
: to hammer into shape
: weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)

Kun Reading

錘 | いわ iwa

noun
: weight (of a fishing net)

錘 | つみ tsumi OR つむ tsumu

noun
: spindle

錘 | おもり omori

noun
: weight
: sinker (fishing)

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錘 | すい sui

suffix | counter
: counter for spindles

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垂: to droop; suspend

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垂 chuí

verb
: to droop; to hang (down); suspend; dangle; bend down
: hand down; bequeath
: nearly; almost
: to approach

Kun Reading

垂 | しで shide

noun
: zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects
: hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)

垂れ | たれ tare

noun
: hanging; something hanging (i.e. a flap, lappet, etc.)
: (Usually written using kana alone) sauce for dipping, etc. made from soy sauce, mirin, vinegar and dashi
: (in kendo) loin guard
: kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; (Noun suffix) (Derogatory) -ass (used after a noun or na-adjective indicating someone’s nature); -head

垂れ | しだれ shidare

noun or verb acting prenominally
: weeping form (e.g. tree)

垂らす | たらす tarasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to dribble; to spill
: to suspend; to hang down; to slouch; to dangle

垂れる | たれる tareru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to hang; to droop; to dangle; to sag; to lower; to pull down
: to leave behind (at death); to give; to confer
: to drip; to ooze; to trickle; to drop

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すい sui

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幫: to help

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幫 [帮] bāng

verb | measure word
: to help; to assist; to support
: for somebody (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker)
: side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer
: group; gang; clique; party; secret society

Kun Reading

助ける | たすける tasukeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to help; to save; to rescue; to give relief to; to spare (life)
: to reinforce; to promote; to abet

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幇 | ほう hou

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