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平: flat; even; peaceful

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平 píng

adjective
: flat; level; equal
: to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); to even
: calm; peaceful

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平 | ひら hira

noun
: something broad and flat; palm of the hand
: common; ordinary
: (Abbreviation) low-ranking employee; freshman; novice; private

平ら | たいら taira

na-adjective | noun
: flatness; level; smooth; calm; plain; sitting tailor fashion

平し | ならし narashi

noun
: average; leveling; levelling

平す | ならす narasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to make even; to make smooth; to make level
: to average

平に | ひらに hirani

noun
: earnestly; humbly

平たい | ひらたい hiratai

adjective
: flat; even; level; simple
: plain (speech, etc.); simple

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へい hei

びょう byou

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帶: belt; to wear; to lead

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帶 [带] dài

verb
: band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire
: area; zone; region
: to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have)
: to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise

Kun Reading

帯 | おび obi

noun
: obi; kimono sash
: paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.

帯く | 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

帯びる | おびる obiru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry
: to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on
: to have a trace of; to be tinged with

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帯 | たい tai

noun suffix
: band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)

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睡: to sleep

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睡 suì

verb
: to sleep; to lie down

Kun Reading

睡い | ねむい nemui

adjective
: sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

睡る | ねむる nemuru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to sleep (not necessarily lying down)
: to die
: (Archaism) to close one’s eyes

睡らす | ねむらす nemurasu

godan verb with su ending | intransitive verb
: to put to sleep
: (Colloquialism) to kill

睡らせる | ねむらせる nemuraseru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to put to sleep
: (Colloquialism) to kill

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すい sui

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錘: hammer

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錘 [锤] chuí

noun
: hammer
: to hammer into shape
: weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)

Kun Reading

錘 | いわ iwa

noun
: weight (of a fishing net)

錘 | つみ tsumi OR つむ tsumu

noun
: spindle

錘 | おもり omori

noun
: weight
: sinker (fishing)

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錘 | すい sui

suffix | counter
: counter for spindles

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