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Associative Compound 会意

外: outside; external

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外 wài

noun
: outside
: in addition
: foreign; external

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外 | そと soto

noun
: outside; exterior
: open air
: other place

外 | ほか hoka

noun | no-adjective | adverbial noun
: other (esp. places and things); the rest

外 | よそ yoso

noun
: another place; somewhere else; strange parts
: outside (one’s family or group); those people
: unrelated matter

外す | はずす hazusu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to unfasten; to undo
: to remove; to take off; to deinstall
: to leave; to step out; to slip away
: to miss (a target)

外に | ほかに hokani

adverb
: in addition; besides

外れ | はずれ hazure

noun | suffix
: end; verge; extremity; tip; outskirts

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外 | がい gai

noun suffix
: outside of; not covered by

ゲ ge

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登: to rise, mount

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登 dēng

verb
: to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount
: to publish or record
: to enter (e.g. in a register)
: to press down with the foot; to step or tread on
: to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect)
: to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)

Kun Reading

登る OR 上る | のぼる noboru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to ascend; to go up; to climb
: to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise
: to go to (the capital)
: to be promoted
: to add up to
: to advance (in price)
: to swim up (a river); to sail up
: to come up (on the agenda)

登り OR 上り | のぼり nobori

noun
: ascent; climbing; ascending (path); climb
: northward (towards Tokyo)

上がる | あがる agaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised
: to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in
: to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade
: to get out (of water); to come ashore
: to increase
: to improve; to make progress
: to be promoted; to advance
: to be made (of profit, etc.)
: to occur (esp. of a favorable result)
: to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.)
: to be finished; to be done; to be over
: (of rain) to stop; to lift
: to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die
: to win (in a card game, etc.)
: to be spoken loudly
: to get stage fright
: to be offered (to the gods, etc.)
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) to go; to visit
: (Honorific or respectful language) to eat; to drink
: to be listed (as a candidate)
: to serve (in one’s master’s home)
: (in Kyoto) to go north; () (after the -masu stem of a verb) indicates completion

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トウ tou、 ト to、 ドウ dou、 ショウ shou、 チョウ chou

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休: rest; stop

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休 xīu


: rest
: to stop doing something for a period of time; to cease
: (imperative) don’t

Kun Reading

休み | やすみ yasumi

noun
: rest; recess; respite
: vacation; holiday; absence; suspension
: dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)

休む | やすむ yasumu

godan verb with mu ending | intransitive verb
: to be absent; to take a day off
: to rest; to have a break
: to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep; to turn in; to retire
: to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time; to suspend business

休め | やすめ yasume

interjection
: (Stand) at ease!

休まる | やすまる yasumaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved

休める | やすめる yasumeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to rest; to suspend; to give relief

休らい | やすらい yasurai

noun
: resting; relaxing
: hesitating; loitering

休らう | やすらう yasurau

godan verb with u ending
: to rest; to relax

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キュウ kyuu

休す OR 休する | きゅうす kyuusu OR きゅうする kyuusuru

godan verb with su ending | intransitive verb
: to come to an end
: to rest

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化: change, reform; -ize | flower

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化 huà

adjective | verb | suffix
: to change into; to make into
: -ization; to … -ize
: to transform

化 huā


: variant of – flower

Kun Reading

化す | かす kasu OR けす kesu

godan verb with su ending | intransitive verb
: to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

化け | ばけ bake

noun | no-adjective
: transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself
: artificial fly (for fishing)

化ける | ばける bakeru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to appear in disguise; to take the form of
: to change for the worse; to corrupt

化する | かする kasuru

suru verb – special class | suffix
: to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

化かす | ばかす bakasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude

化ける | ふける fukeru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to age; to grow old

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化 | か ka

suffix
: action of making something; -ification

ケ ke

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妾: concubine; I

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袋 qiè

noun | pronoun
: wife of an inferior rank, concubine
: I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)

Kun Reading

妾 | めかけ mekake OR そばめ sobame

noun
: mistress; kept woman; concubine

妾 | わらわ warawa

pronoun | female term
: I; me

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ショウ shou

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