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Associative Compound 会意

伐: to cut down; subjugate

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伐 fá

verb
: to cut down; to fell
: to dispatch an expedition against
: to attack; to boast

Kun Reading

伐つ | うつ utsu

godan verb with tu ending
: to strike; to attack; to punish

伐る | きる kiru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to cut down (e.g. trees)

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バツ batsu
ハツ hatsu
カ ka
ボチ bochi

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号 | 號: sign; number | cry

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號 [号] hào

verb | measure word
: ordinal number; day of a month
: mark; sign
: business establishment
: size
: ship suffix
: horn (wind instrument)
: bugle call
: assumed name
: to take a pulse
: classifier used to indicate number of people

號 [号] háo


: roar; cry; to cry out

Kun Reading

号する | ごうする kousuru

suru verb – special class
: to name; to take a second name or alias
: to announce; to boast; to declare

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号 OR 號 | ごう kou

noun | noun suffix
: number; edition; make; model; issue; part of that group
: sobriquet; pen-name

ゴウ gou

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雪: snow

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雪 xǔe

noun
: snow; snowfall
: to have the appearance of snow; pure
: to wipe away, off or out
: to clean

Kun Reading

雪 | ゆき yuki

noun
: snow

雪ぐ OR 濯ぐ | すすぐ susugu OR そそぐ sosogu OR ゆすぐ yusugu

godan verb with gu ending | transitive verb
: to rinse; to wash out
: to have one’s revenge; to wipe out a disgrace

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セツ setsu

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布 | 佈: cotton cloth | to announce

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布 bù

noun | verb
: cotton cloth, textiles, linen
: to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known

佈 [布] bù

verb
: to announce; to spread

Kun Reading

布 | ぬの nuno

noun
: cloth

布く OR 敷く | しく shiku

godan verb with ku ending
: to spread out; to lay out
: to take a position
: to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

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布 OR 幅 | の no

noun | noun suffix | counter
: unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm)

布 | ふ fu

noun
: cloth
: bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

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步: step; walk

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步 bù

measure word
: a step; a pace; walk
: march; stages in a process; situation

Kun Reading

歩 | かち kachi

noun
: foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot
: (Archaism) going on foot; walking

歩み | あゆみ ayumi

noun
: walking
: progress; advance

歩む | あゆむ ayumu

godan verb with mu ending | intransitive verb
: to walk; to go on foot

歩く| あるく aruku

godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to walk

歩き | あるき aruki OR ありき ariki

noun | no-adjective
: walk; walking
: foot messenger (of a town, village, etc.)

歩こう | ほこう hokou

noun | suru verb
: walk

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歩 | ほ ho

noun
: step; stride;
: (Counter) counter for steps

歩 | ふ fu

noun
: pawn (in chess or shogi)

歩 | ぶ bu

noun
: unit of land measurement; 3.95 square yards; 3.31 square metres (meters)

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