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Associative Compound 会意

草: grass

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艸 [艹] cǎo

noun | radical 140
: grass

草 cǎo

noun | radical 140
: grass; straw
: manuscript; draft (of a document)
: careless; rough

肏 cào

variant of 草
expletive
: to fuck (vulgar)

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草 | くさ kusa

noun
: grass; weed; herb; thatch
: (Archaism) ninja
: not genuine; substandard

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草 | そう sou

noun
: (Abbreviation) draft; rough copy
: cursive script; “grass” kanji

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亂: confusion; chaos; revolt

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亂 [乱] luàn

adjective
: in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind
: disorder; upheaval; riot
: illicit sexual relations
: to throw into disorder; to mix up
: indiscriminate; random; arbitrary

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乱す | みだす midasu

godan verb su ending | transitive verb
: to throw out of order; to disarrange; to disturb

乱れ | みだれ midare

noun
: disorder; disturbance; unrest

乱れる | みだれる midareru

noun
: to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be disarrayed; to be disheveled
: to be discomposed; to be upset; to get confused; to be disturbed
: to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)

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乱 | らん ran

counter
: revolt; rebellion; war

ロン ron

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束: to bind; to control

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束 shù

measure word | verb
: to bind; bunch; bundle; measure word for bunches, bundles
: beams of light etc.
: to control
: (Chinese surname)

Kun Reading

束 | たば taba

noun | noun suffix | counter
: bundle; bunch; sheaf

束 | つか tsuka

noun
: strut; short vertical post
: thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.)
: (Archaism) handbreadth; bundle

束ね | たばね tabane

noun
: bundle; control; management

束ねる | たばねる tabaneru OR つかねる tsukaneru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to sheathe;
: to govern; to manage; to control; to administer

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束 | そく soku

noun | noun suffix
: (Mathematical term) lattice
: counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish)
: handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)

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並: side by side | to combine | also

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並 [并] bìng

conjunction | adverb
: and; furthermore; also; moreover
: together with; side by side; (not) at all; simultaneously; both
: to combine; to join; to merge

併 [并] bìng

verb
: to combine; to amalgamate

竝 [并] bìng


: to combine, annex
: also, what’s more

Kun Reading

並 | なみ nami

noun | noun suffix
: average; medium; common; ordinary
: line; row of (e.g. houses)
: mid-grade
: same level; equal; each (e.g. month); set of (e.g. teeth)

並び | ならび narabi

noun/span>
: line; row; rank; list

並ぶ | ならぶ narabu

godan verb with bu ending | intransitive verb/span>
: to line up; to stand in a line
: to rival; to match; to equal

並べる | ならべる naraberu

ichidan verb | transitive verb/span>
: to line up; to set up;
: to enumerate; to itemize

並て | なべて nabete

adverb/span>
: in general; generally; usually

並めて | なめて namete

adverb/span>
: all

並びに | ならびに narabini

conjunction/span>
: and (also); both … and; as well as

併せる | あわせる awaseru

ichidan verb | transitive verb/span>
: to match (rhythm, speed, etc.)
: to join together; to unite; to combine; to add up
: to face; to be opposite (someone)
: to compare; to check with
: to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate)
: to place together; to connect; to overlap
: to mix; to combine
: to put blade to blade; to fight

併さる | あわさる awasaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb/span>
: to get together; to unite

併し OR 然し | しかし shikashi

conjunction/span>
: however; but

併も | しかも shikamo

conjunction/span>
: moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet

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ヘイ hei
ホウ hou

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敢: to dare

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敢 gǎn

adjective | verb | auxiliary verb
: to dare
: daring; bold
: (polite) may I venture

Kun Reading

敢て | あえて aete

adverb
: dare (to do something); venture (often overcoming reluctance, or in the face of probable failure); take upon oneself; challenge; presume; (there is no) need to; (don’t) go as far as; definitely (not)

敢ない | あえない aenai

adjective/span>
: tragic

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カン kan

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