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足: foot | excessive

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足 zú

adjective | radical 157
: foot
: sufficient; ample

足 jù

: excessive

Kun Reading

あし ashi

Noun
: foot
: leg
: gait
: pace
: bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji
: means of transportation

たす tasu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: counter for pairs (of socks, shoes, etc.)

たる taru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worthy of

たし tashi

noun
: top up (e.g. a little bit to remedy an insufficiency)

足りる | たりる tariru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to be sufficient; to be enough
: to be worth doing; to be worthy
: to be sufficient; to answer; to do

足らず | たらず tarazu

noun suffix
: just under; a little less than; just short of

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そく soku

suffix | counter
: counter for pairs (of socks, shoes, etc.)

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April 24, 2014
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止: to stop

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止 zhǐ

adjective | radical 77
: to stop; halt; prohibit
: until; only
: (toe/foot bottom)

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止む | やむ yamu

Godan verb with mu ending | intransitive verb
: to cease; to stop; to be over

止す | よす yosu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to cease; to abolish; to resign; to give up

止す | さす sasu

Suffix | Godan verb with su ending
: to stop in the midst of; to leave undone

止め | とめ tome

noun | suffix
: (a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke)
: remaining (e.g. poste-restante)

止め | どめ dome

suffix
: (something) stopper (e.g. geridome is medicine for diarrhea)

止し | よし yoshi

noun
: quitting; ceasing; giving up

止め | とどめ todome

noun
: finishing blow; clincher

止る | やまる yamaru OR とまる tomaru OR とどまる todomaru

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

止める | やめる yameru OR とめる tomeru OR とどめる todomeru

Ichidan verb; transitive verb
: to stop (something or someone); to turn off
: to concentrate on; to pay attention to
: to remember; to bear in mind
: to fix into place
: to park; to leave somewhere for a time

止まり tomari

noun
: stop; stoppage; end

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し shi

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April 23, 2014
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站: station; to stand

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站 zhàn

noun | verb | measure word
: (taxi/bus) stand – station; to stand
: to halt; to stop
: branch of a company or organization
: website

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立つ | たつ tatsu

Godan verb with tsu ending | intransitive verb
: to stand; to rise; to stand up
: to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position)
: to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

佇む OR 彳む | たたずむ tatazumu

Godan verb with mu ending | intransitive verb
: to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop

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たん tan

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April 22, 2014
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戰: to fight; war

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戰 [战] zhàn


: to fight; fight; war; battle

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戦 | いくさ ikusa

noun
: war; battle; campaign; fight
: (Archaism) troops; forces

戦ぐ | そよぐ soyogu

Godan verb with gu ending | intransitive verb
: to rustle; to stir; to flutter

戦い | たたかい tatakai

noun
: battle; fight; struggle; conflict

戦う | たたかう tatakau

Godan verb with u ending | intransitive verb
: to fight; to battle; to combat; to struggle against; to wage war; to engage in contest

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戦 | せん sen

suffix
: war; battle
: match; competition

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April 21, 2014
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占: to divine | to take possession of | occupy by force; usurp

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占 zhān

adjective | verb
: to observe; to divine

占 zhàn

adjective | verb
: to take possession of; to occupy; to take up

佔 [占] zhàn

adjective | verb
: occupy by force, usurp; possess

Kun Reading

うら ura

Noun
: fortune-telling; divination

うらない uranai

Noun
: fortune-telling; divination

うらなう uranau

Godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to tell someone’s fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine

しむ shimu

Godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to occupy; to hold; to command; to account for

しめる shimeru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to comprise (some part of the whole); to account for; to make up (of)
: to hold; to occupy

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せん sen

しめ shime

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April 18, 2014
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去: to go

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去 qù

verb | adverb
: to go
: to cause to go or send (somebody)
: to remove; to get rid of
: (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do something
: to be apart from in space or time
: (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
: (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
: (of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed

Kun Reading

さる saru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to leave; to go away
: to pass; to elapse
: to be distant
: () to send away; to drive off; to divorce
: () (after a -masu stem, esp. of a suru verb) … completely
: (Pre-noun adjectival) last … (e.g. “last April”)

いぬ inu

Godan verb with nu ending
: (Archaism) to go
: to pass (of time)
: to die
: to go bad; to rot
: (Kansai dialect) to go home

去なす | いなす inasu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to parry; to sidestep; to let go; to chase away

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きょ kyo

こ ko

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April 17, 2014
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來: to come

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來 [来] lái

verb | adverb
: to come; return

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来 | くる kuru

Kuru verb – special class | intransitive verb
: to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive
: to come back; to do … and come back
: to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue
: () to come from; to be caused by; to derive from
: to come to (i.e. “when it comes to spinach …”)

来る | きたる kitaru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to come; to arrive; to be due to
: (Pre-noun adjectival) next (e.g. “next April”); forthcoming; coming

来す | きたす kitasu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce

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来 | らい rai

noun
: next (year)
: since (last month)

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April 16, 2014
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座: seat

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座 zuò

measure word
: seat; base; stand; measure word for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects

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坐り OR 座り | すわり suwari

noun
: sitting
: stability

坐る OR 座る | すわる suwaru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to sit; to squat
: to assume (a position)
: to hold steady; to hold still

坐する OR 座する | ざする zasuru

Suru verb – special class | intransitive verb
: to sit; to squat
: to be implicated

座す | ざす zasu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to sit; to squat
: to be implicated

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座 | ざ za

noun
: seat; place; position
: status
: gathering; group
: stand; pedestal; platform
: (historical) trade guild;
: (Suffix) attaches to the names of theaters, theatrical troupes, and constellations
: counter for theaters, deities, Buddhist images, tall mountains, and satokagura songs

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April 11, 2014
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