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妾: concubine; I

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袋 qiè

noun | pronoun
: wife of an inferior rank, concubine
: I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)

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妾 | めかけ mekake OR そばめ sobame

noun
: mistress; kept woman; concubine

妾 | わらわ warawa

pronoun | female term
: I; me

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ショウ shou

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貸: to lend; pardon

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貸 [贷] dài

noun | verb
: to lend on interest; to borrow
: a loan
: leniency
: to make excuses; to pardon; to forgive

Kun Reading

貸し | かし kashi

noun
: loan; lending
: favor; debt; obligation
: creditor; method of lending; credit side

貸す | かす kasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to lend; to loan
: to rent out; to hire out

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タイ tai

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伐: to cut down; subjugate

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伐 fá

verb
: to cut down; to fell
: to dispatch an expedition against
: to attack; to boast

Kun Reading

伐つ | うつ utsu

godan verb with tu ending
: to strike; to attack; to punish

伐る | きる kiru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to cut down (e.g. trees)

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バツ batsu
ハツ hatsu
カ ka
ボチ bochi

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代: to replace; era

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代 dài

noun | verb
: to substitute; to act on behalf of others
: to replace
: generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon

Kun Reading

代 OR 世 | よ yo

noun
: world; society; age; generation

代 | しろ shiro

noun
: substitution
: material
: price
: margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something
: (Archaism) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; ~19.83 m.sq.)

代え | かえ kae

noun
: change; alteration; substitute; spare; proxy
: rate of exchange

代り | かわり kawari

noun | no-adjective
: substitute; replacement; substituting; replacing
: stand-in; proxy; alternate; deputy; relief; successor
: compensation; exchange; return
: second helping; another cup; seconds
: (Abbreviation) upcoming program

代る | かわる kawaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to succeed; to relieve; to replace
: to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent
: to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switch

代り | がわり gawari

suffix
: substitute for …

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代 | だい dai

noun | noun suffix
: charge; cost; price
: generation; age; reign
: (geological) era
: (after someone’s name or title) a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone)
: used after a phone number to indicate that it is a switchboard number
: (Counter) counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.
: counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.)
: (Abbreviation) proxy application company

タイ tai

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備: to prepare; to provide

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備 [备] bèi

verb
: to prepare; get ready
: to provide or equip

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備え | そなえ sonae

noun
: preparation; provision; guarding

備える | そなえる sonaeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to furnish; to provide for; to equip; to install
: to have ready; to prepare for
: to possess; to have; to be endowed with; to be armed with

備わる | そなわる sonawaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be furnished with; to be endowed with: to be among; to be one of; to be possessed of

備に | つぶさに tsubusani

adverb
: in detail; with great care; completely; again and again

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ビ bi

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預: prepare; in advance

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預 [预] yù

adverb
: to prepare
: to advance; in advance; beforehand

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預け | あずけ azuke

noun
: custody; keeping

預り | あずかり azukari

noun
: under custody; under supervision
: undecided match; draw; tie

預かる | あずかる azukaru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to look after; to take care of; to keep; to hold on to; to keep in custody
: to take charge of; to be entrusted with; to receive on deposit
: to reserve (judgment); to leave undecided

預ける | あずける azukeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to give into custody; to leave (a child) in the care of; to entrust; to deposit
: to lean on; to put one’s weight on

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ヨ yo

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