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裏: inside; village

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裏 [里] [裡] lǐ

noun | radical 166
里: li (Chinese mile); 500 meters (modern)
里: home; hometown; village; neighborhood; administrative
裏: lining; interior; inside; internal

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裏 | うら ura

noun
: bottom (or another side that is hidden from view); undersurface; opposite side; reverse side
: rear; back; behind (the house)
: lining; inside
: out of sight; behind the scenes
: proof
: opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.)
: inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
: bottom (of an inning); last half (of an inning)

里 | さと sato

noun
: village; hamlet
: countryside; country
: home (of one’s parents, etc.); hometown
: one’s origins; one’s upbringing; one’s past

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里 | り ri

noun
: ri (old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles)
: neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes)
: unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)

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May 21, 2014
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早: early

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早 zǎo

adjective | adverb | idiomatic expression
: be early
: long ago
: Good morning!

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早 | はや haya

noun
: already; now; by this time

早 | はよ hayo

noun | adverb
: early

早い | はやい hayai

adjective
: fast; quick; hasty; brisk
: early (in the day, etc.); premature
: (too) soon; not yet; (too) early
: easy; simple; quick

早く | はやく hayaku

adverb | common expression
: early; soon
: quickly; swiftly; rapidly; fast
: quickly! (move it)

早さ | はやさ hayasa

noun
: speed; velocity; quickness; rapidity
: earliness

早め | はやめ hayame

noun
: early
: fast

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そう sou

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May 2, 2014
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走: to walk; run

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走 zǒu

verb | radical 156
: to walk; go on foot
: run
: to die (euph.); leave

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走り | はしり hashiri

Noun
: the first (harvest, catch) of the season or year

走る | はしる hashiru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to run
: to travel (movement of vehicles)
: to hurry to
: to retreat (from battle); to take flight
: to run away from home
: to elope
: to tend heavily toward

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そう sou

Suffix
: run; race

しゅ shu

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April 25, 2014
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去: to go

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去 qù

verb | adverb
: to go
: to cause to go or send (somebody)
: to remove; to get rid of
: (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do something
: to be apart from in space or time
: (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
: (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
: (of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed

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さる saru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to leave; to go away
: to pass; to elapse
: to be distant
: () to send away; to drive off; to divorce
: () (after a -masu stem, esp. of a suru verb) … completely
: (Pre-noun adjectival) last … (e.g. “last April”)

いぬ inu

Godan verb with nu ending
: (Archaism) to go
: to pass (of time)
: to die
: to go bad; to rot
: (Kansai dialect) to go home

去なす | いなす inasu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to parry; to sidestep; to let go; to chase away

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きょ kyo

こ ko

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April 17, 2014
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來: to come

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來 [来] lái

verb | adverb
: to come; return

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来 | くる kuru

Kuru verb – special class | intransitive verb
: to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive
: to come back; to do … and come back
: to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue
: () to come from; to be caused by; to derive from
: to come to (i.e. “when it comes to spinach …”)

来る | きたる kitaru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to come; to arrive; to be due to
: (Pre-noun adjectival) next (e.g. “next April”); forthcoming; coming

来す | きたす kitasu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce

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来 | らい rai

noun
: next (year)
: since (last month)

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April 16, 2014
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座: seat

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座 zuò

measure word
: seat; base; stand; measure word for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects

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坐り OR 座り | すわり suwari

noun
: sitting
: stability

坐る OR 座る | すわる suwaru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to sit; to squat
: to assume (a position)
: to hold steady; to hold still

坐する OR 座する | ざする zasuru

Suru verb – special class | intransitive verb
: to sit; to squat
: to be implicated

座す | ざす zasu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to sit; to squat
: to be implicated

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座 | ざ za

noun
: seat; place; position
: status
: gathering; group
: stand; pedestal; platform
: (historical) trade guild;
: (Suffix) attaches to the names of theaters, theatrical troupes, and constellations
: counter for theaters, deities, Buddhist images, tall mountains, and satokagura songs

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April 11, 2014
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