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案: table; legal case

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案 àn

noun
: table
: legal case; bill (legislative); legal record
: record; file

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案 OR 机 | つくえ tsukue

noun
: desk

案じる OR 案ずる | あんじる anjiru OR あんずる anzuru

ichidan verb | transitive verb | zuru verb
: to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear
: to investigate; to consider; to plan

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案 | あん an

noun | noun suffix
: idea; plan; thought
: draft plan; motion; rough copy
: expectation

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按: to press down with hand

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按 àn

verb | preposition
: to press; to push
: to leave aside or shelve
: to control; to restrain
: to keep one’s hand on
: to check or refer to
: according to
: in the light of
: (of an editor or author) to make a comment

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按じる OR 按ずる | あんじる anjiru OR あんずる anzuru

ichidan verb | transitive verb | zuru verb
: to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear
: to investigate; to consider; to plan
: to pat; to rub; to take a sword in one’s hand

抑える OR 押える | おさえる osaeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to pin something down; to hold something down; to hold something back; to stop; to restrain; to curb
: to seize; to grasp; to arrest
: to gain control of something; to govern; to keep down (e.g. information); to suppress
: to catch happening; to determine (important points); to find (proof); to understand

調べる | しらべる shiraberu

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to examine; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study; to inquire; to search

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アン an

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安: peaceful, quiet

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安 ān


: content; calm; still; quiet
: safe; secure
: in good health
: to find a place for; to install
: to fix; to fit
: to bring (a charge against somebody)
: to pacify
: to harbor (good intentions)
: security; safety
: peace
: ampere

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安 | やす yasu

prefix | suffix
: cheap
: (Prefix) rash; thoughtless; careless; indiscreet; frivolous

安い | やすい yasui

adjective
: cheap; inexpensive
: calm; peaceful; quiet

安く | やすく yasuku

adverb
: inexpensively

安んじる | やすんじる yasunjiru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to be contented; to be at ease

安 | やす yasu

prefix | suffix
: cheap

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アン an

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勸: to advise

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勸 [劝] quàn

verb
: to advise
: to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort
: to console; to soothe

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勧め | すすめ susume

noun | suru verb
: recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

勧める | すすめる susumeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to recommend; to advise; to encourage; to offer (wine)

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カン kan
ケン ken

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照: shine; reflect

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照 zhào

verb | preposition | adverb
: according to; in accordance with
: to shine; to illuminate
: to reflect; to look at (one’s reflection)
: to take (a photo); photo
: as requested; as before

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照る | てる teru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to shine
: to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)

照り | てり teri

noun
: sunshine; dry weather; luster; lustre

照らす | てらす terasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to shine on; to illuminate

照れる | てれる tereru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed

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ショウ shou

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溜: to slide, glide; slippery

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溜 līu

verb
: to slide, glide
: to slip away; to escape in stealth
: to skate
: slippery

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溜め | ため tame

noun
: cesspool; sink; manure sink

溜り OR 溜まり | たまり tamari

noun
: pile; pool; collection
: gathering spot
: waiting place for a sumo wrestler beside the ring
: liquid runoff from miso preparation
: (Abbreviation) tamari; variety of rich soy sauce (used for sashimi, etc.)

溜る OR 溜まる | たまる tamaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

溜める | ためる tameru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to amass; to accumulate; to store
: to leave unpaid

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リュウ ryuu

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留: to keep; to stop

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留 líu

verb
: to keep; to stay; to ask someone to stay
: to leave behind

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留め | とめ tome

noun | suffix
: (a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke)
: remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
: forty-five degree angle

留め | とどめ todome

noun
: finishing blow; clincher

留る OR 留まる OR 止まる | とまる tomaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to stop (moving); to come to a stop
: to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended
: to alight; to perch on

留り OR 留まり | どまり domari

noun | suffix
: stopping at; going no further than

留める OR 止める | とめる tomeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to stop (something or someone); to turn off
: to concentrate on; to pay attention to
: to remember; to bear in mind
: to fix into place
: to park; to leave somewhere for a time

留める | とどめる todomeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to cease; to put an end to
: to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to limit
: to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

留まる OR 止まる | とどまる todomaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place)
: to be limited to; to be confined to

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リュウ ryuu
ル ru

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楚: distinct

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楚 chǔ

proper noun
: distinct; clear
: orderly
: pain; suffering
: deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex)
: punishment cane (old)

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楚 | しもと shimoto

noun
: switch (flogging implement made from a branch)

楚 | すわい suwai OR すわえ suwae

noun
: (Archaism) switch (long, tender shoot of a plant)
: switch (cane used for flogging)

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ソ so
ショ shou

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