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前: front

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前 qián

noun
: front; in front of, forward; ahead; first; future; ago; before; former

Kun Reading

前 | まえ mae

adverbial noun | temporal noun | suffix
: ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour)
: in front (of); before (e.g. the house)
: head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part
: in the presence of
: helping; portion
: privates; private parts

前 | さき saki

noun
: 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

前に | まえに maeni

adverb
: ahead; before; ago

お前 | おまえ omae OR おまい omai OR おめえ omee

adverb
: (Familiar language) (Male term or language) you (formerly honorific, now sometimes derog. term referring to an equal or inferior)
: presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)

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前 | ぜん zen

noun prefix
: the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. “the last mayor”); previous; one-time; former
: (before the name of an era) pre- (e.g. “premodern”)
: before; earlier

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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

Kun Reading

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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還: to return | still

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還 [还] huán

verb
: to return; to pay back

還 [还] hái

noun | adverb
: still; yet; even more; in addition; also; else
: fairly; passably (good)
: as early as

Kun Reading

還す | かえす kaesu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

還り | かえり kaeri

noun
: return; coming back

還る | かえる kaeru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

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かん kan

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經: classics; pass through

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經 [经] jīng

verb
: classics; sacred book; scripture
: to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure
: warp (textile); longitude
: menstruation; channel (TCM)

Kun Reading

経 | たて tate

noun
: the vertical; height
: front-to-back; length
: north-to-south
: vertical (relationship); hierarchy
: (weaving) warp

経 | たていと tateito

noun
: (weaving) warp

経つ | たつ tatsu

Godan verb with tu ending | intransitive verb
: to pass; to lapse

経る | へる heru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to pass; to elapse; to experience

経て | へて hete

expression
: to pass; to elapse; to experience

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経 | きょう kyou

noun
: sutra; Buddhist scriptures

けい kei

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攻: to attack

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攻 gōng

verb
: to attack; to accuse; to study

Kun Reading

攻め | せめ seme

noun
: attack; offense
: (Usually written using kana alone) (Colloquialism) dominant partner of a homosexual relationship
: (Suffix) a barrage of; a flood of

攻める | せめる semeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to attack; to assault; to assail

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こう kou

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功: achievement

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功 gōng

noun
: meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics)

Kun Reading

功 | いさお isao

noun | Na-adjective
: distinguished service; meritorious service

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功 | こう kou

noun
: merit; success; meritorious deed
: achievement; accumulated experience

く ku

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