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Associative Compound 会意

容: to hold; appearance

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容 róng

adjective | verb
: to hold; to contain; to allow; to tolerate; appearance

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かたち katachi

noun
: form; shape; figure
: visage

いれる ireru

ichidan verb
: to put in; to let in; to take in; to bring in; to insert; to set (a jewel, etc.); to ink in (e.g. a tattoo)
: to admit; to accept; to employ; to hire
: to accept; to comply; to grant; to adopt (a policy); to take (advice); to listen to; to pay attention to
: to include
: to pay (one’s rent)
: to cast (a vote);
: to make (tea, coffee)
: to turn on (a switch)
: to send (a fax); to call

かんばせ kanbase

noun
: face; honor; dignity

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よう you

noun
: form; shape; figure
: visage

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取: to take hold of

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取 qǔ

verb
: to grab; to take hold of

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とる toru

Godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to choose
: to steal
: to eat; to have (a meal)
: to remove (one’s glasses)
: to compete (in sumo, cards); to play

とり tori

noun
: key performer; last performer of the day
: active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration)

とれる toreru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to come off; to be removed
: (of pain, a fever, etc.) to disappear
: to be caught; to be harvested
: to be interpreted (as); to be taken as
: (of balance, etc.) to be attained
: to be obtainable

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しゅ shu

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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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舊: old

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舊 [旧] jìu

(形) adjective
: old; opposite: new; former; worn

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旧 | ふる furu

noun
: used item; secondhand; old; used

旧 | もと moto

Noun | No-adjective
: former; ex-

旧 | ふるい furui

adjective
: old (not person); aged; ancient; stale; obsolete

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旧 | きゅう kyuu

noun
: ex-; former; old

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