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跳: to jump

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跳 tiào

verb
: to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce
: to palpitate

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跳ぶ OR 飛ぶ | とぶ tobu

godan verb with bu ending | intransitive verb
: to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop
: to fly; to soar

跳ね | はね hane

noun
: (a) jump
: splashes (usu. of mud)
: upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo)
: close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup

跳る | おどる odoru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to jump; to leap
: to pound (of one’s heart, i.e. with excitement); to throb
: to be messily written

跳ねる | はねる haneru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to jump; to leap; to prance; to spring up; to bound; to hop
: to break up; to close; to come to an end
: to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)

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チョウ chou

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July 11, 2016
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兆: omen

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兆 zhào

numeral
: omen; to foretell
: million; mega-; trillion; tera-; billion (old)

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兆し | きざし kizashi

noun
: signs; omen; symptoms

兆す | きざす kizasu

noun
: to show signs (symptoms)

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兆 | ちょう chou

noun
: sign; omen; indication; portent
: (Numeric) 10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion (American); (Obsolete term) billion (British)

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July 8, 2016
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覆: to cover

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復 [复] fù


: to go and return; to return; to return to a normal or original state
: to resume
: to repeat; again
: to recover; to restore
: to turn over
: to reply; to answer; to reply to a letter
: to retaliate; to carry out

覆 [复] fù


: to cover
: to overflow
: to overturn; to capsize
: variant of 復; to reply to a letter

複 [复] fù


: to repeat; to double; to overlap
: complex (not simple); compound; composite
: double
: diplo-
: duplicate; overlapping; to duplicate

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覆う | おおう oou

godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
:to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

覆い | おおい ooi

noun
: cover; mantle; shroud; hood

覆われ | おおわれ ooware

noun | no-adjective
: cover (e.g. of snow, trees, etc.)

覆す | くつがえす kutsugaesu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to overturn; to upset; to overthrow; to undermine

覆る | くつがえる kutsugaeru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize
: to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited

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フク fuku

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July 6, 2016
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復: return

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復 [复] fù


: to go and return; to return; to return to a normal or original state
: to resume
: to repeat; again
: to recover; to restore
: to turn over
: to reply; to answer; to reply to a letter
: to retaliate; to carry out

覆 [复] fù


: to cover
: to overflow
: to overturn; to capsize
: variant of 復; to reply to a letter

複 [复] fù


: to repeat; to double; to overlap
: complex (not simple); compound; composite
: double
: diplo-
: duplicate; overlapping; to duplicate

Kun Reading

復 OR 又 | また mata

adverb | conjunction | prefix
: again; and; also; still (doing something)

復す | ふくす fukusu

godan verb with su ending
: to return to normal; to recover; to restore

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フク fuku

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July 5, 2016
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眷: concern

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眷 juàn

noun
: concern; take interest in
: wife and children

睠 [眷] juàn


: variant of 眷; to care about; to look fondly on

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none applicable

顧みる | かえりみる kaerimiru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to look back (e.g. over shoulder or at the past); to turn around; to review;
: to reflect; to reconsider;
: to consider (usu. used in negative); to concern oneself about

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ケン ken

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July 1, 2016
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夏: summer

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夏 xià

noun
: summer
: the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432);

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夏 | なつ natsu

adverbial noun | temporal noun
: summer

夏い | なつい natsui

adjective | colloquialism
: blisteringly hot; relentlessly hot; scorching

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夏 | か ka

noun
: Xia (dynasty of China; perhaps mythological)

夏 | げ ge

noun
: summer (on the lunisolar calendar: 16th day of the 4th month to the 15th day of the 7th month)

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June 28, 2016
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收: to collect; to put away

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收 shōu

verb
: to receive; to accept; to collect; to harvest
: to put away
: to restrain; to stop
: in care of (used on address line after name)

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収まり | おさまり osamari

noun
: conclusion; end; settlement

収まる | おさまる osamaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be in one’s place; to be installed; to settle into
: to be delivered; to be obtained; to be paid
: to be settled; to be sorted out
: to lessen (e.g. of storms, pain); to calm down
: to be fit tightly into (e.g. a frame); to be sheathed (in a scabbard)

収める | おさめる osameru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to dedicate; to make an offering; to pay (fees)
: to supply
: to store
: to finish; to bring to a close
: to restore (something to its place)
: to achieve (e.g. a result)

収れん | しゅうれん shuuren

noun | suru verb
: astringency
: extraction (of taxes)
: convergence; contraction

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シュウ shuu

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June 24, 2016
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