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頭: head

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頭 [头] tóu

noun | measure word
: head; hair style
: the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant
: chief; boss
: side; aspect
: first; leading
: measure word for pigs or livestock
: suffix used to form nouns and noun-phrases

Kun Reading

頭 | あたま atama OR かしら kashira

noun
: head
: mind; brain; intellect
: top
: hair (on one’s head)

頭 | どたま dotama

noun | derogatory
: head; dome; bean; nob; noggin

頭 | がしら gashira

suffix
: (after a noun) top of…; head of…
: (after the -masu stem of a verb) the moment that…

頭 | つむ tsumu OR かぶり kaburi OR こうべ koube OR つぶり tsuburi

noun
: head

頭 | つむり tsumuri

noun
: head
: bangs; fringe

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頭 | とう tou

counter
: counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle)

頭 | ず zu

noun
: head

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前: front

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前 qián

noun
: front; in front of, forward; ahead; first; future; ago; before; former

Kun Reading

前 | まえ mae

adverbial noun | temporal noun | suffix
: ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour)
: in front (of); before (e.g. the house)
: head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part
: in the presence of
: helping; portion
: privates; private parts

前 | さき saki

noun
: previous; prior; former; some time ago; preceding
: point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle
: head (of a line); front
: ahead; the other side
: the future; hereafter
: destination
: the other party

前に | まえに maeni

adverb
: ahead; before; ago

お前 | おまえ omae OR おまい omai OR おめえ omee

adverb
: (Familiar language) (Male term or language) you (formerly honorific, now sometimes derog. term referring to an equal or inferior)
: presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)

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前 | ぜん zen

noun prefix
: the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. “the last mayor”); previous; one-time; former
: (before the name of an era) pre- (e.g. “premodern”)
: before; earlier

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裏: inside; village

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裏 [里] [裡] lǐ

noun | radical 166
里: li (Chinese mile); 500 meters (modern)
里: home; hometown; village; neighborhood; administrative
裏: lining; interior; inside; internal

Kun Reading

裏 | うら ura

noun
: bottom (or another side that is hidden from view); undersurface; opposite side; reverse side
: rear; back; behind (the house)
: lining; inside
: out of sight; behind the scenes
: proof
: opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.)
: inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
: bottom (of an inning); last half (of an inning)

里 | さと sato

noun
: village; hamlet
: countryside; country
: home (of one’s parents, etc.); hometown
: one’s origins; one’s upbringing; one’s past

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里 | り ri

noun
: ri (old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles)
: neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes)
: unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)

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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

Kun Reading

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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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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早: early

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早 zǎo

adjective | adverb | idiomatic expression
: be early
: long ago
: Good morning!

Kun Reading

早 | はや haya

noun
: already; now; by this time

早 | はよ hayo

noun | adverb
: early

早い | はやい hayai

adjective
: fast; quick; hasty; brisk
: early (in the day, etc.); premature
: (too) soon; not yet; (too) early
: easy; simple; quick

早く | はやく hayaku

adverb | common expression
: early; soon
: quickly; swiftly; rapidly; fast
: quickly! (move it)

早さ | はやさ hayasa

noun
: speed; velocity; quickness; rapidity
: earliness

早め | はやめ hayame

noun
: early
: fast

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そう sou

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走: to walk; run

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走 zǒu

verb | radical 156
: to walk; go on foot
: run
: to die (euph.); leave

Kun Reading

走り | はしり hashiri

Noun
: the first (harvest, catch) of the season or year

走る | はしる hashiru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to run
: to travel (movement of vehicles)
: to hurry to
: to retreat (from battle); to take flight
: to run away from home
: to elope
: to tend heavily toward

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そう sou

Suffix
: run; race

しゅ shu

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