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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

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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

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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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垂: to droop; suspend

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垂 chuí

verb
: to droop; to hang (down); suspend; dangle; bend down
: hand down; bequeath
: nearly; almost
: to approach

Kun Reading

垂 | しで shide

noun
: zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects
: hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)

垂れ | たれ tare

noun
: hanging; something hanging (i.e. a flap, lappet, etc.)
: (Usually written using kana alone) sauce for dipping, etc. made from soy sauce, mirin, vinegar and dashi
: (in kendo) loin guard
: kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; (Noun suffix) (Derogatory) -ass (used after a noun or na-adjective indicating someone’s nature); -head

垂れ | しだれ shidare

noun or verb acting prenominally
: weeping form (e.g. tree)

垂らす | たらす tarasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to dribble; to spill
: to suspend; to hang down; to slouch; to dangle

垂れる | たれる tareru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to hang; to droop; to dangle; to sag; to lower; to pull down
: to leave behind (at death); to give; to confer
: to drip; to ooze; to trickle; to drop

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すい sui

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幫: to help

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幫 [帮] bāng

verb | measure word
: to help; to assist; to support
: for somebody (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker)
: side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer
: group; gang; clique; party; secret society

Kun Reading

助ける | たすける tasukeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to help; to save; to rescue; to give relief to; to spare (life)
: to reinforce; to promote; to abet

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幇 | ほう hou

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病: sickness

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病 bìng

noun | adjective | verb
: sickness; ailment; illness; disease
: to fall ill; defect

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病む | やむ yamu

godan verb with mu ending
: to fall ill; to be ill

病 | やまい yamai

noun
: illness; disease

病める | やめる yameru

expression | noun or verb acting prenominally
: sick; ill; ailing
: (Archaism) to hurt; to ache

病 | いたずき itazuki OR いたつき itatsuki

noun
: (Archaism) pain; trouble
: illness

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びょう byou

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柄: authority; handle

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柄 bǐng

noun
: handle or shaft (of an axe etc); lever; knob
: (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem
: something that affords an advantage to an opponent
: measure word for knives or blades
: authority

Kun Reading

柄 | え e

noun
: handle; grip
: stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)

柄 | がら gara

noun | noun suffix
: pattern; design
: body build; figure; physique
: essential qualities; character; nature
: (Noun suffix) appropriate to; fitting of; suitable for

柄 | から kara

noun
: shaft (of an arrow)
: handle

柄 | つか tsuka

noun | noun suffix
: hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handgrip

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へい hei

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年: year

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年 nián

noun | measure word
: year

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年 | とし toshi

adverbial noun | noun
: year
: (Noun) many years
: age
: past one’s prime; old age

年 | とせ tose

counter
: counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system)

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年 | ねん nen

noun
: year (e.g. AD)
: (Counter) counter for years

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氏: clan name

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氏 shì

noun | radical 83
: clan name; family; maiden name

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氏 | うじ uji

noun
: family name; lineage; birth

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氏 | し shi

suffix
: (Honorific or respectful language) Mr; (Noun) clan
: (Honorific or respectful language) he; him; (Counter) (Honorific or respectful language) counter for people

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識: to know | to remember

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識 [识] shí


: to know; knowledge

識 [识] zhì


: (bookish) to remember; to record; to write a footnote; a mark or sign

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識る | しる shiru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to know; to understand; to be acquainted with; to feel

識す | しるす shirusu

godan verb with su ending
: to write down; to note; to jot down
: to remember

常識に欠ける | じょうしきにかける joushiki ni kakeru
: to lack in common sense

常識を覆す | じょうしきをくつがえす joushiki o kutsugaesu
: to defy conventional wisdom

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識 | しき shiki

noun
: (Buddhist term) acquaintanceship
: vijnana (consciousness)
: (after a signature) written by…

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