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幾: a few | almost

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幾 [几] jǐ

numeral | question word
: a few; several
: how much; how many

幾 [几] jī

adverb
: almost
: small table

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幾 | いく iku

noun | prefix
: some; several
: many
: how many? how much

幾ら | いくら ikura

adverb | noun
: how much?; how many?

幾つ | いくつ ikutsu

adverb
: how many?
: how old?

幾 | ほとほと hotohoto

adverb
: quite (usu. negative connotation); utterly; really

几 | おしまずき oshimazuki

noun
: (Archaism) armrest
: desk; table

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幾 | き ki

几 | き ki

noun
: (Archaism) armrest
: desk; table

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March 27, 2014
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飛: to fly

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飛 fēi

verb | radical 183
: to fly

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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

飛ばす | とばす tobasu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to fly; to fire; to hurl; to launch
: to skip over; to omit; to drop (e.g. stitch)
: to run or drive fast; to gallop
: to spread a rumor; to tell a story
: to remove; to get rid of; to transfer
: to attack; to jeer at

飛び | とび tobi

noun
: flying; leaping; flight; leap
: (when reading a number aloud) naught; zero; oh
: flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)

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飛 | ひ hi

noun
: rook (shogi) > 飛車 | ひしゃ hisha

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March 25, 2014
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冰: ice

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冰 bīng

radical 15 | noun | adjective
: ice
: methamphetamine (slang)

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冰 | ひ hi

noun
: (Archaism) ice
: hail

氷 | こおり koori

noun
: ice
: shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

氷る | こおる kooru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

二水 | にすい nisui

: kanji “ice” radical

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氷 | ひょう hyou

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March 17, 2014
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炎: flame

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炎 yán

noun
: flame; blaze; hot
: inflammation
: -itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)

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炎 | ほのお honoo

noun
: flame; blaze

炎 | ほむら homura

noun
: flame; blaze

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炎 | えん en

suffix
: -itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)

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March 10, 2014
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soil

土: soil

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土 tǔ

noun | radical 32
: earth; dust; clay
: local; indigenous
: crude opium
: unsophisticated
: one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音 ba1yin made of eight different materials (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹)

Kun Reading

土 | つち tsuchi

noun
: earth; soil; dirt
: the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land
: low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud)
: (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in On’youdou)

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土 | と to
土 | ど do

noun
: (Abbreviation) Saturday;
: earth (third of the five elements)

に ni

noun
: soil (esp. reddish soil)

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March 8, 2014
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GOLD

金: gold

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金 jīn

noun | radical 167
: generic term for metals
: money
: one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音 ba1yin made of eight different materials (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹)

Kun Reading

かね kane

noun
: money; metal

こがね kogane

noun | no-adjective
: gold

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きん kin

noun | noun suffix
: gold; golden (color); metaphor for (most) valuable; gold (medal, cup)
: money (written before an amount)
: (Abbreviation) Friday
: metal (fourth of the five elements)
: Jin (dynasty of China; 1115-1234 CE)
: (Abbreviation) gold general (shogi)
: (Abbreviation) (Colloquialism) testicles; () karat; carat

きん kon

noun
: gold; money

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March 7, 2014
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water

水: water

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水 shuǐ

noun | radical 85
: water
: river; liquid; beverage
: additional charges or income
: (of clothes) measure word for number of washes

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みず mizu

noun
: water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water)
: fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid
: flood; floodwaters
: water offered to sumo wrestlers just prior to a bout
: break granted to sumo wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout

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すい sui

noun
: (Abbreviation) Wednesday;
: shaved ice (served with flavored syrup)
: water (fifth of the five elements)

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March 5, 2014
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fire

火: fire

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火 huǒ

noun | radical 86
: fire
: urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine)
: anger; rage
: hot (popular)

Kun Reading

ひ hi

noun | noun suffix
: fire; flame; blaze

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か ka

noun
: (Abbreviation) Tuesday
: fire (second of the five elements)

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March 4, 2014
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