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茶: tea

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茶 chá

noun
: tea

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茶 | ちゃ cha

noun
: tea
: tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
: tea preparation; making tea
: (Abbreviation) brown; () (Archaism) mockery

お茶 OR 御茶 | おちゃ ocha

noun
: (Polite language) tea (usu. green)
: tea break (at work)
: tea ceremony

こげ茶 | こげちゃ kogecha

noun
: dark brown; olive brown

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さ sa

ちゃ cha

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冒: to fool; brave

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冒 mào

verb
: to cover the eyes; act rashly; to fool/defraud
: to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); brave; bold; to cover; to act under false pretenses

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おかす okasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to brave; to risk; to face; to venture;
: to harm; to afflict; to affect;
: to desecrate; to profane;
: to assume (someone else’s surname); to take

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ぼう bou

冒とく | ぼうとく boutoku

noun | +suru verb
: blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration

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下: below; under

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下 xià

verb | measurement word
: down; downwards; below; lower
: later; next (week etc); second (of two parts)
: to decline; to go down; bring down
: to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
: measure word to show the frequency of an action
: inferior

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下 | した shita

noun
: below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter)
: bottom
: beneath; underneath
: just after; right after
: inferiority; one’s inferior (i.e. one’s junior)
: trade-in
: preliminary; preparatory

下 | もと moto

adverb
: under (esp. influence or guidance)

下 | しも shimo

noun
: lower reaches (of a river)
: bottom; lower part
: lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces; urine; menses
: end; far from the imperial palace (i.e. far from Kyoto, esp. of western Japan)
: (No-adjective) dirty (e.g. dirty jokes, etc.)

下り | くだり kudari

noun | noun suffix
: down-train (going away from Tokyo)
: down-slope; downward going

下さい | ください kudasai

expression
: (Usually written using kana alone) (Honorific or respectful language) please give me
: (after te-form of a verb or a noun prefixed with o- or go-) please do for me

下げる | さげる sageru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to hang; to lower; to move back; to wear; to dismiss; to grant

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下 | か ka

suffix
: under (being in said condition or environment)

下 | げ ge

noun
: lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority
: second volume (of two); third volume (of three)

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寫: to write

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寫 [写] xiě

(动) verb
: to write

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写 | うつし utsushi

noun
: copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript

写 | うつす utsusu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to transcribe; to duplicate; to reproduce; to imitate; to trace;
: to describe;
: to film; to picture; to photograph

写る | うつる utsuru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
:print; impression

common: 書く| かく kaku

godan verb with ku ending | transitive verb
: to write/draw

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しゃ sha

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愛: love

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愛 [爱] ài

(名) noun | (形) adjective | (动) verb | (助动) auxiliary verb
: love/like; affection; to be fond of

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愛す | あいす aisu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to love

めでる mederu

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to love/admire

おしむ oshimu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to be frugal, to hold dear; to rue

いとしい itoshii

adjective
: lovely; dear

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愛 | あい ai

noun
: love; affection

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