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貫: to pass together; string of 1000 cash

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貫 [贯] guàn


: to pierce through; to pass through; to be stringed together
: string of 1000 cash

Kun Reading

貫 | ぬき nuki

noun
: crosspiece (between pillars, etc.); penetrating tie beam

貫く | つらぬく tsuranuku

godan verb with ku ending | transitive verb
: to go through; to pierce; to penetrate
: to persist; to stick to

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貫 | かん kan

noun
: kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb)
: kan (obs. unit of currency)
: (Counter) pieces of sushi

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窮: poor

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窮 [穷] qióng

adjective
: poor; destitute
: to use up; to exhaust
: thoroughly; extremely
: (coll.) persistently and pointlessly

Kun Reading

窮み | きわみ kiwami

noun
: height; acme; extremity

窮まる | きわまる kiwamaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to terminate; to reach an extreme; to take to the extreme; to be in a dilemma; to be at an end

窮める | きわめる kiwameru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something
: to investigate thoroughly; to master

窮す | きゅうす kyuusu

godan verb with su ending | intransitive verb
: to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
: to become poor; to be reduced to poverty

窮する | きゅうする kyuusuru

suru verb – special class
: to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
: to become poor; to be reduced to poverty

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キュウ kyuu、
キョウ kyou

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究: investigate

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究 jīu


: after all
: to investigate; to study carefully

Kun Reading

究める | きわめる kiwameru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something
: to investigate thoroughly; to master

極まる OR 窮まる | きわまる kiwamaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to terminate; to reach an extreme; to take to the extreme; to be in a dilemma; to be at an end

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キュウ kyuu、
ク ku

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研: to grind fine; to do research

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研 yán


: to grind fine
: to do research, to investigate thoroughly

Kun Reading

研ぐ | とぐ togu

godan verb with gu ending | transitive verb
: to sharpen; to hone; to whet; to grind
: to wash (rice)
: to scour; to polish; to burnish

研ぎ | とぎ togi OR みがき migaki

noun
: polish; grinding; sharpening

研く OR 磨く | みがく migaku

godan verb with ku ending | transitive verb
: to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth)
: to refine; to improve

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ケン ken

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晨: dawn

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晨 chén


: morning; dawn; daybreak

Kun Reading

朝 | あした ashita OR あさ asa

noun
: morning

暁 | あかつき akatsuki

noun
: dawn; daybreak
: event (i.e. “in the event of …”); occasion; occurrence

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シン shin

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即: promptly

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即 jí

verb | adverb
: promptly, quickly, immediately, at once
: namely; that is; i.e.
: at present
: even if
: prompted (by the occasion)
: to approach; to come into contact; to draw near
: to assume (office)

Kun Reading

即く OR 就く | つく tsuku

godan verb with ku ending
: to ascend (the throne); to accede

即ける | つける tsukeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to install (a king, emperor, etc.)

即ち | すなわち sunawachi

adverb | conjunction
: that is; namely; i.e.

即する | そくする sokusuru

suru verb – special class | intransitive verb
: to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on

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即 | そく soku

adverb
: instantly; immediately; at once
: (Interjection) that is (to say); namely

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舛: mistaken; to oppose

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舛 chuǎn

radical
: mistaken; erroneous
: contradictory, oppose
: be discordant

Kun Reading

舛 OR 舞脚 | まいあし maiashi

noun
: kanji “dancing legs” radical (radical 136)

まい mai
ます masu
背く OR 叛く| そむく somuku

godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe

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ブ bu、 セン sen

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