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怪: odd; to blame; devil

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怪 guài

noun | adjective | verb | adverb
: bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny
: devil; monster
: to wonder at
: to blame
: quite; rather

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怪しい | あやしい ayashii

adjective
: suspicious; dubious; doubtful; dodgy; suspicious (referring to a potential amorous relation); dangerous (e.g. financial situation); ominous (e.g. weather); strange; shady; fishy
: charming; bewitching; mysterious

怪しむ | あやしむ ayashimu

adjective
: to suspect

怪しげ | あやしげ ayashige

na-adjective | noun
: questionable; doubtful; suspicious

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怪 | かい kai

noun
: mystery; wonder

ケ ke

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失: to lose

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失 shī

adjective
: to lose, to miss, to fail

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失せる | うせる useru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to disappear; to vanish

失せろ | うせろ usero

noun
: beat it!; get out of my sight!

失う | うしなう ushinau

noun
: to lose; to part with

失くす | なくす nakusu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to lose something
: to get rid of

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しつ shitsu

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兇: terrible | fierce

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兇 [凶] xīong

adjective
: terrible; fearful; culprit

凶 xīong

adjective
: vicious; fierce; cruel
: unlucky, ominous; inauspicious; calamitous
: famine
: variant of 兇

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none applicable

恐れる OR 怖れる | おそれる osoreru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to fear; to be afraid of

悪い | わるい warui

adjective
: bad; poor; inferior
: evil; sinful
: unprofitable
: at fault; to blame; in the wrong
: sorry

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兇 OR 凶 | きょう kyou


: bad luck; bad fortune
: evil; wickedness

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近: near

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近 jìn

adjective | adverb
: near
: close to; approximately

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近い | ちかい chikai

adjective
: near; close; short (distance)

近く | ちかく chikaku

noun | no-adjective
: near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
: (Noun suffix) nearly (i.e. “it took nearly one year”); close to
: (Adverb) shortly; soon

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キン kin

コン kon

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遠: far | to distance oneself from

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遠 [远] yuǎn

adjective
: far; distant; remote
: (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc)

遠 [远] yuàn

verb
: to distance oneself from (classical)

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遠 | とお too

no-adjective
: distant

遠い | とおい tooi

adjective
: far; distant

遠く | とおくtooku

no-adjective | adverbial noun | noun
: far away; distant; at a distance; distant place; by far

遠め | とおめ toome

noun | na-adjective
: distant; far

遠のく | とおのく toonoku

no-adjective
: to become distant; to recede

遠ざかる | とおざかる toozakaru

no-adjective
: to go far off

遠まわし | とおまわし toomawashi

noun | na-adjective
: indirect (roundabout) expression

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エン en

オン on
おち ochi

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肯: to agree; willing

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肯 kěn

adjective | auxilary verb
: to agree; to consent
: to be ready (to do something)
: willing

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背く | うなずく OR うなづく unazuku

godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to nod; to bow one’s head in assent

背ずる | がえんずる gaenzuru

zuru verb | transitive verb
: to consent; to allow; to accept

諾う | うべなう ubenau

godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to agree; to assent; to consent; to obey; to conform

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こう kou

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短: short; lack

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短 duǎn

measure word
: short (opposite of long); brief
: lack
: weak point; fault

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短 | みじか mijika

prefix | suffix
: short; brief

短い | みじかい mijikai

adjective
: short

短め | みじかめ mijikame

noun
: rather short; somewhat short

短すぎる | みじかすぎる mijikasugiru

ichidan verb
: to be too short

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短 | たん tan

noun
: fault; defect; weak point
: minor (music)

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永: eternal

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永 yǒng

adjective | verb | adverb
: eternal; forever; always; perpetual

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永 | なが naga

prefix | suffix
: long

永い | ながい nagai

adjective
: long (time); lengthy

永き | ながき nagaki

noun | noun prefix
: long distance; long time

永の | ながの nagano

pre-noun adjectival
: long; eternal

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えい ei

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壞: bad; rotten; sly

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壞 [坏] huài

adjective
: bad; spoiled; rotten; sly
: broken; to break down
: (suffix) to the utmost

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壊す | こわす kowasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to break; to destroy; to demolish
: to wreck; to ruin; to spoil; to damage
: to break (a bill, etc.)

壊れる | こわれる kowareru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: bosom; bust
: (breast) pocket; purse; handbag

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かい kai

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懷: bosom; heart; mind

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懷 [怀] huái

adjective
: bosom; heart; mind
: to think of; to harbor in one’s mind
: to conceive (a child)

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懷 | ふところ futokoro

noun
: (out-dated kanji) bosom; bust
: (breast) pocket; purse; handbag

懐 | ふところ futokoro

noun
: bosom; bust
: (breast) pocket; purse; handbag

懐う | おもう omou

godan verb with ku ending | transitive verb
: to think; to consider; to believe
: to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
: to judge; to assess; to regard
: to imagine; to suppose; to dream
: to expect; to look forward to
: to feel; to desire; to want
: to recall; to remember

懐く | いだく idaku

godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to embrace; to hold in the arms (e.g. a baby); to hug

懐く | なつく natsuku

godan verb with ku ending | transitive verb
: (usually written using kana alone) to become emotionally attached

懐かし | なつかし natsukashi OR なつかしい natsukashii

no-adjective
: dear; desired; missed

懐ける | なつける natsukeru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to win over; to win another’s heart

懐こい | なつこい natsukoi

adjective
: amiable; affable; likable

懐しい | ゆかしい yukashii

adjective
: admirable; charming; refined
: nostalgic
: (Usually written using kana alone) curious; eager to know (or see, experience, etc.)

懐かしむ | なつかしむ natsukashimu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to yearn for (someone, something); to miss

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かい kai

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