Skip to main content
Category

Music

雪: snow

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music

雪 xǔe

noun
: snow; snowfall
: to have the appearance of snow; pure
: to wipe away, off or out
: to clean

Kun Reading

雪 | ゆき yuki

noun
: snow

雪ぐ OR 濯ぐ | すすぐ susugu OR そそぐ sosogu OR ゆすぐ yusugu

godan verb with gu ending | transitive verb
: to rinse; to wash out
: to have one’s revenge; to wipe out a disgrace

On Reading

セツ setsu

Read More

鬥 | 斗: to fight | peck

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music

鬥 [斗] dòu

radical 191
: to fight; to struggle
: to condemn; to censure; to contend
: to put together; coming together

斗 dǒu

radical 68
: dry measure for grain equal to ten 升 or one-tenth of a 石
: decaliter; peck; cup or dipper shaped object
: old variant of 陡; abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星

鬦 [斗] dòu

radical 68 | radical 191
: variant 鬥 | 鬭 dou4
: Japanese variant 鬥 | 鬪 dou4

Kun Reading

鬥構え | とうがまえ tougamae

radical 191
: kanji “fighting” radical

闘う OR 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

闘い | たたかい tatakai

noun
: battle; fight; struggle; conflict

闘わす | たたかわす tatakawasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to compete; to vie; to contend
2: to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to set against
3: to debate; to argue

斗 | ます masu

noun
: measuring container; measure
: box (seating at a theater, etc.)
: square on a grid; cell of a grid
: square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)

斗 | とます tomasu

noun
: kanji radical 68 at right

On Reading

トウ tou

noun

斗 | と to


: (Obsolete term) to (measure of volume, approx. 18 liters)
: square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
: Chinese “Dipper” constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

Read More

熱: hot; to warm; fervent

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music

熱 [热] rè

adjective
: hot (of weather); heat
: to warm up; to heat up
: fervent; zeal

Kun Reading

熱い | あつい atsui

adjective
: hot (thing)

熱す | ねす nesu

godan verb with su ending | intransitive verb
: to get a fever

熱さ | あつさ atsusa

noun
: heat (of a thing)

熱め | あつめ atsume

no-adjective
: hot

熱れ | いきれ ikire

noun
: steamy, very warm temperature

熱り | ほてり hoteri

noun | no-adjective
: a glow; heat
: burning sensation; hot flash

On Reading

熱 | ねつ netsu

noun
: heat
: fever; temperature
: zeal; passion; enthusiasm
: mania; craze; rage

Read More

步: step; walk

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music
 

步 bù

measure word
: a step; a pace; walk
: march; stages in a process; situation

Kun Reading

歩 | かち kachi

noun
: foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot
: (Archaism) going on foot; walking

歩み | あゆみ ayumi

noun
: walking
: progress; advance

歩む | あゆむ ayumu

godan verb with mu ending | intransitive verb
: to walk; to go on foot

歩く| あるく aruku

godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to walk

歩き | あるき aruki OR ありき ariki

noun | no-adjective
: walk; walking
: foot messenger (of a town, village, etc.)

歩こう | ほこう hokou

noun | suru verb
: walk

On Reading

歩 | ほ ho

noun
: step; stride;
: (Counter) counter for steps

歩 | ふ fu

noun
: pawn (in chess or shogi)

歩 | ぶ bu

noun
: unit of land measurement; 3.95 square yards; 3.31 square metres (meters)

Read More

草: grass

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music
 

艸 [艹] cǎo

noun | radical 140
: grass

草 cǎo

noun | radical 140
: grass; straw
: manuscript; draft (of a document)
: careless; rough

肏 cào

variant of 草
expletive
: to fuck (vulgar)

Kun Reading

草 | くさ kusa

noun
: grass; weed; herb; thatch
: (Archaism) ninja
: not genuine; substandard

On Reading

草 | そう sou

noun
: (Abbreviation) draft; rough copy
: cursive script; “grass” kanji

Read More

變: change; rebel

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music
 

變 [变] biàn

adjective | verb
: to change; to become different; to transform; to vary
: rebellion

Kun Reading

変え | かえ kae

noun
: changing; change

変り | かわり kawari

noun
: change; alteration
: unusual state or event; accident; abnormality
: difference; distinction

変る | かわる kawaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary
: to move to
: to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual

変える | かえる kaeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to change; to alter; to vary; to convert; to revise; to amend; to transform

On Reading

変 | へん hen

na-adjective | noun
: strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy
: unexpected
: change
: incident; disturbance; disaster; accident
: (Noun prefix) flat (music)

Read More