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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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每: each; every

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每 měi

preposition | adverb
: to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside
: to stop; (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)

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毎 | ごと goto

adverbial noun | noun suffix
: each respectively

毎に | ごとに gotoni

expression | suffix
: one by one; each; every; at intervals of

每 | つね tsune

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毎 | まい mai

prefix
: every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each

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先: first; former

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先 xiān

adverb
: first
: former, previous

Kun Reading

先 | さき saki

noun | no-adjective | noun suffix | prefix
: 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

先に | さきに sakini

adverb | noun
: before; earlier than; ahead; beyond; away; previously; recently

先んじる | さきんじる sakinjiru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to precede; to forestall; to anticipate

先 | まず mazu

adverb
: (Usually written using kana alone) first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now
: hardly (with neg. verb)

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先 | せん sen

no-adjective | noun
: former; previous; old
: first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move

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數: number; to enumerate; frequently

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數 [数] shù

noun
: number; figure; several

數 [数] shǔ

verb
: to enumerate; to count
: to criticize (i.e. enumerate shortcomings)

數 [数] shuò


: frequently; repeatedly

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数 | かず kazu

noun
: number; amount

数 | かぞえ kazoe

noun
: old manner of reckoning one’s age, newborns being considered a year old, with everyone adding one year to their age at New Year’s

数 | しばしば shibashiba

adverb
: often; again and again; frequently

数える | かぞえる kazoeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to count; to enumerate

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数 | すう suu

prefix
: several; a number of;
: (noun) number; numeral; figure;
: destiny; fate;
: law

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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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邊: side | suffix of a noun of locality

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邊 [边] biān

noun | adverb | measure word
: side; edge; margin
: border; boundary; region
: simultaneously

邊 [边] bian


: suffix of a noun of locality

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辺 | へ he OR べ be

noun | suffix
: (Archaism) surrounding area
: shore (of the sea); suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc.

辺り | あたり atari OR ほとり hotori

zuru verb | transitive verb
: (Usually written using kana alone) on the bank of; by the side of (e.g. a river, pond)
: (in the) neighborhood; vicinity; nearby

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邊 | へん hen

family or surname
: Hen

辺 | え e

suffix
: suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc.

辺 | へん hen

noun
: area; vicinity
: side (of triangle, rectangle, etc.)
: circumstances

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極: extremely

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極 [极] jí

adverb
: to reach an extreme; extremely
: pile (extreme point)

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極 | はたて hatate

noun
: end; limit; extremity

極め | きめ kime

noun | noun suffix
: agreement; rule

極め | ぎめ gime

noun | noun suffix
: contracted regular payment, e.g. monthly, weekly, etc.; by the (month, week, etc.)

極み | きわみ kiwami

noun
: height; acme; extremity

極り | きまり kimari

noun | no-adjective
: rule; regulation
: settlement; conclusion; end; agreement; arrangement
: habit; custom; habitual way
: countenance in front of another person; face
: (Archaism) love relationship between a customer and a prostitute

極る | きまる kimaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be decided; to be settled
: to look good in (clothes)

極める | きめる kimeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one’s mind; to resolve; to set one’s heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix
: to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)
: to persist in doing; to go through with
: to always do; to have made a habit of
: to take for granted; to assume
: to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines
: to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing
: (Martial arts term) to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.)

極まる | きわまる kiwamaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to terminate; to reach an extreme; to take to the extreme; to be in a dilemma; to be at an end

極めて | きわめて kiwamete

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: exceedingly; extremely; decisively

極める | きわめる kiwameru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something
: to investigate thoroughly; to master

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極 | ごく goku

adverb
: (Usually written using kana alone) quite; very
: quindecillion (US); octillion (Europe); 10^48

極 | きょく kyoku

noun
: pole
: climax; extreme; extremity; culmination; height; zenith; nadir

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次: next; time

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次 cì

measure word
: next in sequence
: second; the second (day, time etc); secondary
: vice-; sub-; infra-
: inferior quality; substandard
: order; sequence
: hypo- (chemistry)
: measure word for enumerated events: time

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次 | つぎ tsugi

noun | no-adjective
: next; following; subsequent
: stage; station

次に | つぎに tsugini

conjunction
: next; then; after that

次ぐ | つぐ tsugu

godan verb with gu ending | intransitive verb
: to rank next to; to come after

次いで | ついで tsuide

adverb | conjunction
: next; secondly; subsequently

次なる | つぎなる tsuginaru

noun
: next; the next

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次 | じ ji

prefix
: next
: hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence)
: (Counter) order; sequence; time; times

し shi

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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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覺: to feel; conscious | sleep

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覺 [觉] jué


: to feel; to find that; thinking; awake; aware; conscious

覺 [觉] jiào

noun
: sleep; nap

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覚 | さとり satori

noun
: a mythical being that can read minds

覚り | さとり satori

noun
: comprehension; understanding
: (Buddhist term) enlightenment; satori

覚え | おぼえ oboe

noun
: memory; sense; experience

覚る | さとる satoru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to understand; to comprehend; to realize; to perceive; to sense; to discern
: to attain enlightenment

覚ます | さます samasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to awaken
: to disabuse
: to sober up

覚める | さめる sameru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to wake; to wake up
: to become sober; to sober up; to regain consciousness (e.g. after anaesthesia)
: to come to one’s senses; to be disillusioned

覚える | おぼえる oboeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to memorize; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
: to learn; to pick up; to acquire
: to feel
: to think; to regard

覚えず | おぼえず oboezu

adverb
: unconsciously; unknowingly; without thinking

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かく kaku

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