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天: sky, day

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天 tiān

noun | measure word
: day; sky; heaven

Kun Reading

天 | あま ama

noun
: sky

天 | あめ ame

noun
: sky

天つ | あまつ amatsu

noun or verb acting prenominally
: heavenly; imperial

On Reading

天 | てん ten

noun
: sky
: heaven
: (Buddhist term) svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth)
: (Buddhist term) deva (divine being of Buddhism)

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先: first; former

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先 xiān

adverb
: first
: former, previous

Kun Reading

先 | さき saki

noun | no-adjective | noun suffix | prefix
: 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

先に | さきに sakini

adverb | noun
: before; earlier than; ahead; beyond; away; previously; recently

先んじる | さきんじる sakinjiru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to precede; to forestall; to anticipate

先 | まず mazu

adverb
: (Usually written using kana alone) first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now
: hardly (with neg. verb)

On Reading

先 | せん sen

no-adjective | noun
: former; previous; old
: first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move

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數: number; to enumerate; frequently

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數 [数] shù

noun
: number; figure; several

數 [数] shǔ

verb
: to enumerate; to count
: to criticize (i.e. enumerate shortcomings)

數 [数] shuò


: frequently; repeatedly

Kun Reading

数 | かず kazu

noun
: number; amount

数 | かぞえ kazoe

noun
: old manner of reckoning one’s age, newborns being considered a year old, with everyone adding one year to their age at New Year’s

数 | しばしば shibashiba

adverb
: often; again and again; frequently

数える | かぞえる kazoeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to count; to enumerate

On Reading

数 | すう suu

prefix
: several; a number of;
: (noun) number; numeral; figure;
: destiny; fate;
: law

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籤: inscribed bamboo stick

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籤 [签] qiān


: inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc)
: small wood sliver
: label; tag

Kun Reading

籤 | くじ kuji

noun
: lottery; lot

籤 | ひご higo

noun
: (usually written using kana only) thin strip of bamboo

On Reading

籤 |せん sen

noun
: slip (of paper);
: tag (usu. bamboo, wood, ivory, etc.); label

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