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交: to hand over; to deliver; to pay

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交 jiāo

verb
: to hand over; to deliver; to pay

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かう kau

Godan verb with u ending
: to take turns; to mingle together

かわす kawasu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments)
: to intersect; to cross; to interlace
: … with one another; … to each other

まじる majiru OR まざる mazaru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest; to join

まじわる majiwaru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to cross; to intersect; to join; to meet
: to associate with; to mingle with; to consort with
: to have a sexual relationship; to copulate

まぜる mazeru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to mix; to stir; to blend

まじり majiri

Noun
: mixed; mingled

交々 | こもごも komogomo

adverb
: alternately; in succession

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こう kou
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今: now

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今 jīn


: today; present; now; modern

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いま ima

noun
: now; the present time; soon; (one) more

Synonym:
現在 | げんざい genzai: now

いまに imani

adverb
: before long; even now

いまに imaya

adverb
: before long; even now

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こん kon

prefix
: the current…; this; today’s

きん kin

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明: bright; clear

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明 míng

adjective
: bright; light; brilliant; clear

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さや saya

adverb
: (Archaism) clearly; brightly
: cleanly; purely

OR さやか sayaka
: clear; fresh; bright

みん min

noun
: Ming (dynasty of China, 1368-1644)

あき aki

noun
: space; room; emptiness; gap
: opening; vacancy; empty seat
: free time; time to spare
: disuse; unused thing

あく aku

Godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to open (e.g. doors)
: to open (e.g. business)
: to be empty;
: to be vacant; to be available; to be free
: to be open (e.g. neckline)
: to have been opened (of one’s eyes, mouth)
: to come to an end;
: to open (one’s eyes, mouth)
: to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events)

あかる akaru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to become bright; to become clear

あける akeru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package)
: to open (for business)
: to empty; to clear out; to make space; to make room
: to dawn; to grow light
: to end

あけ ake

Temporal noun | No-adjective
: dawn; daybreak
: end; soon after something has ended
: beginning (of a new year, month)

あかり akari

noun
: light; illumination; glow; gleam
: lamp; light

あかし akashi

noun
: light (esp. as a religious offering); lamp

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めい mei

noun
:brightness
: clarity; acumen
: power of vision

みょう myou

noun
: (buddhist term) vidya (wisdom)
: mantra; (Prefix) the coming (4th of July)

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常: often

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常 cháng

adverb
: often; as a rule

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つね tsune

Noun | No-adjective
: usual state of things

つねに tsuneni

adverb
: always; constantly

とこ toko

adverb
: ever; endless

ただ tada

No-adjective
: ordinary; common; usual
: free of charge
: unaffected; as is; safe; (Adverb) only; merely; just; simply
: but; however; nevertheless

とわ towa

Na-adjective | Noun | No-adjective
: eternity; perpetuity

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しょう shou

 

じょう jou

 

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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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