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聖: holy; saint

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聖 shèng


: holy; sacred
: saint; sage

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聖 | ひじり hijiri

noun
: highly virtuous monk
: (Honorific or respectful language) monk
: Buddhist solitary
: Buddhist missionary
: saint (i.e. a virtuous person)
: (Archaism) (Honorific or respectful language) emperor
: master; expert

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聖 | せい sei

noun | noun prefix
: Saint; St.; S.;
: sacred; holy; pure

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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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夫: husband, man | this, that

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夫 fū

: husband, man
: manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)

夫 fú

: (classical) this, that; he, she, they
: (exclamatory final particle)
: (initial particle, introduces an opinion)

Kun Reading

夫 | つま tsuma

also 妻 qi1 | つま tsuma
noun
: wife
: (Archaism) dear (formerly used by romantically linked men and women to refer to one another)
: (Usually written using kana alone) garnish (esp. one served with sashimi)
: (Usually written using kana alone) embellishment

夫 | おっと otto

noun
: husband

夫 | それ sore

 

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フ fu
フウ fuu
ブ bu

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失: to lose

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失 shī

adjective
: to lose, to miss, to fail

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失せる | うせる useru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to disappear; to vanish

失せろ | うせろ usero

noun
: beat it!; get out of my sight!

失う | うしなう ushinau

noun
: to lose; to part with

失くす | なくす nakusu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to lose something
: to get rid of

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しつ shitsu

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天: sky, day

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天 tiān

noun | measure word
: day; sky; heaven

Kun Reading

天 | あま ama

noun
: sky

天 | あめ ame

noun
: sky

天つ | あまつ amatsu

noun or verb acting prenominally
: heavenly; imperial

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天 | てん ten

noun
: sky
: heaven
: (Buddhist term) svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth)
: (Buddhist term) deva (divine being of Buddhism)

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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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穿: to pierce; to don; to thread

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穿 chuān

verb
: to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through
: to dress; to wear; to put on; to don
: to thread

Kun Reading

穿く | はく haku

godan verb with ku ending | transitive verb
: to put on (or wear) lower-body clothing (i.e. pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (or wear) footwear
: to affix a sword to one’s hip
: to affix a bowstring to a bow

穿つ | うがつ ugatsu

godan verb with tsu ending | transitive verb
: to drill; to bore; to pierce; to put on; to wear; to be true to (nature); to hit (the mark)

穿る | ほじる hojiru OR ほじくる hojikuru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: (Usually written using kana alone) to dig up; to peck at; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.)
: to pry into; to examine; to dredge up

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せん sen

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石: stone | dry measure for grain

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石 shí

noun | radical 112
: stone; rock
: stone inscription
: one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音 (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹)

石 dàn


: dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗; ten pecks
: one hundred liters

Kun Reading

石 | いし ishi

noun
: stone
: gem; jewel

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石 | こく koku


: measure of volume (approx. 180.39 liters, 6.37 cub. ft.)
: measure of a Japanese-style boat’s loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

せき seki

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左: left

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左 zuǒ

noun
: left; the Left (politics); east
: unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing
: opposite; improper

Kun Reading

左 | ひだり hidari

noun | no-adjective
: left; left hand side

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左 | さ sa

noun | no-adjective
: left (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); the following

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