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菜: vegetable

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菜 cài

noun
: vegetables; course or dish in a Chinese meal; cuisine

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菜 | な na

noun
: greens; vegetables
: rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed

お菜 | おさい osai OR おかず okazu

noun
: (kana only) accompaniment for rice dishes; side dish
: food for thought (esp. in the context of conversation, or material for assisting arousal during masturbation)

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菜 | さい sai

noun
: side dish

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採: to collect; to pick

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採 [采] cǎi

verb
: to collect; to cull; to pick; to pluck; to select; to choose; to gather
: bright colors

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採る | とる toru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to adopt (measure, proposal)
: to pick (e.g. fruit); to catch (e.g. insects); to take (e.g. a sample)
: to assume (attitude)
: to take on (i.e. hire); to engage

採れる | とれる toreru

ichidan verb
: to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be mined
: to be able to collect; to be able to mine

採り入れる | とりいれる toriireru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to harvest; to reap
: to take in; to gather in
: to adopt

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[採] 采 | さい sai OR さえ sae

noun
: dice; die
: baton (of command)

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弁: conical cap

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弁 biàn


: conical cap worn during Zhou dynasty

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弁え | わきまえ wakimae

noun
: sense; discretion; knowledge

弁える | わきまえる wakimaeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to know (right from wrong); to discern; to discriminate; to understand; to bear in mind

弁じる | べんじる benjiru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to speak; to talk; to argue; to manage; to dispose of; to carry through; to distinguish; to discriminate

弁ずる | べんずる benzuru

zuru verb
: to manage; to dispose of; to carry through; to distinguish; to discriminate

弁えのない | わきまえのない wakimaenonai

adjective
: indiscreet; undiscerning

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弁 | べん ben

noun
: speech; talk; tongue; eloquence
: (Noun suffix) dialect; accent
: petal
: valve
: Oversight Department (division of the daijokan responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices)

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自: self; from

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自 zì

radical 132 | preposition
: self; oneself; from; since; private

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自ら | みずから mizukara

adverbial noun | noun
: for one’s self; personally

自ずから | おのずから onozukara

adverb
: naturally; as a matter of course

自と | おのずと onozuto

adverb
: naturally

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自 | じ ji

prefix
: self-
: from …

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骨: bone

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骨 gǔ

radical 188
: bone

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骨 | ほね hone

noun
: bone
: frame
: outline; core
: backbone; spirit; fortitude
: () laborious; troublesome; difficult

骨つぼ | こつつぼ kotsutsubo

noun
: funerary urn

骨つぼ | ほねばる honebaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: funerary urn

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骨 | こつ kotsu

noun
: (usually written using kana only) knack; skill; trick; secret; know-how; the ropes; hang

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包: to wrap; to include; package

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包 bāo

verb | measure word | radical 20
: to wrap; to cover
: to hold; to include
: to take charge of; to contract (to or for)
: package; wrapper; container; bag; bundle; packet
: to hold or embrace

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包む | くるむ kurumu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to wrap up; to tuck in; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in

包まる | くるまる kurumaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself

包める | くるめる kurumeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to lump together; to include; to sum up; to quibble

包む | つつむ tsutsumu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to wrap up; to tuck in; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in
: (Godan verb with mu ending) to conceal; to hide; to be engulfed in; to be enveloped by

包む | つつみ tsutsumi

noun
: bundle; package; parcel; bale

包みなく | つつみなく tsutsuminaku

adverb
: without concealment; without reserve; frankly

包みかくす | つつみかくす tsutsumikakusu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up

包みなおす | つつみなおす tsutsuminaosu

godan verb with su ending
: to re-wrap

包み構え | つつみがまえ tsutsumigamae

noun
: kanji “wrapping” radical 20

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ほう hou

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刻: quarter of an hour; to carve

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刻 kè

measure word
: quarter of an hour; moment
: to engrave or carve; to cut
: oppressive; stingy; sarcastic
: measure word for short time intervals

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刻 | きざ kiza

noun
: scratch

刻み | きざみ kizami

noun
: shredded tobacco; notch; nick

刻む | きざむ kizamu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to mince; to cut fine; to chop up; to hash
: to carve; to engrave; to chisel; to notch
: to tick away (time); to record the passing moments
: to etch (into one’s mind); to remember distinctly
: (Archaism) to have tattooed
: (Archaism) to torment

刻する | こくする kokusuru

suru verb – special class | transitive verb
: (Archaism) to carve; to engrave
: to publish; to author

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刻 | こく koku

noun
: archaic period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac)
: carving; engraving; cutting; mincing
: strictness; cruelty

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