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godan verb

鬥 | 斗: to fight | peck

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鬥 [斗] dòu

radical 191
: to fight; to struggle
: to condemn; to censure; to contend
: to put together; coming together

斗 dǒu

radical 68
: dry measure for grain equal to ten 升 or one-tenth of a 石
: decaliter; peck; cup or dipper shaped object
: old variant of 陡; abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星

鬦 [斗] dòu

radical 68 | radical 191
: variant 鬥 | 鬭 dou4
: Japanese variant 鬥 | 鬪 dou4

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鬥構え | とうがまえ tougamae

radical 191
: kanji “fighting” radical

闘う OR 戦う | たたかう tatakau

godan verb with u ending | intransitive verb
: to fight; to battle; to combat; to struggle against; to wage war; to engage in contest

闘い | たたかい tatakai

noun
: battle; fight; struggle; conflict

闘わす | たたかわす tatakawasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to compete; to vie; to contend
2: to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to set against
3: to debate; to argue

斗 | ます masu

noun
: measuring container; measure
: box (seating at a theater, etc.)
: square on a grid; cell of a grid
: square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)

斗 | とます tomasu

noun
: kanji radical 68 at right

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トウ tou

noun

斗 | と to


: (Obsolete term) to (measure of volume, approx. 18 liters)
: square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
: Chinese “Dipper” constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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熱: hot; to warm; fervent

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熱 [热] rè

adjective
: hot (of weather); heat
: to warm up; to heat up
: fervent; zeal

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熱い | あつい atsui

adjective
: hot (thing)

熱す | ねす nesu

godan verb with su ending | intransitive verb
: to get a fever

熱さ | あつさ atsusa

noun
: heat (of a thing)

熱め | あつめ atsume

no-adjective
: hot

熱れ | いきれ ikire

noun
: steamy, very warm temperature

熱り | ほてり hoteri

noun | no-adjective
: a glow; heat
: burning sensation; hot flash

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熱 | ねつ netsu

noun
: heat
: fever; temperature
: zeal; passion; enthusiasm
: mania; craze; rage

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淡: weak; watery; insipid

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淡 dàn

adjective
: weak; mild
: insipid; diluted
: light in color
: tasteless
: fresh
: indifferent
: nitrogen

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淡い | あわい awai

adjective
: light; faint; pale; fleeting

淡す | あわす awasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to remove the astringent taste from persimmons

薄い | うすい usui

adjective
: thin
: pale; light
: watery; dilute; sparse
: weak (taste, etc.)
: slim (probability, etc.); small

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タン tan

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談: talk; conversation

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談 [谈] tán

verb
: to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss
: conversation

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談じる | だんじる danjiru

ichidan verb
: to talk; to discuss; to debate
: to negotiate

談ずる | だんずる danzuru

zuru verb | transitive verb
: to talk; to discuss; to debate
: to negotiate

語る | かたる kataru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to talk; to tell; to recite

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ダン dan

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據: according to; to occupy, seize

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據 [据] jù

preposition
: according to
: to act in accordance with
: to depend on
: to seize; to occupy

據 [据] jū

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拠る | よる yoru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: (Usually written using kana alone) to be due to; to be caused by
: to depend on; to turn on
: to be based on; to come from

拠 | よりどころ yoridokoro

noun
: grounds; foundation; authority; support; something upon which to rely

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キョ kyo
コ ko

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步: step; walk

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步 bù

measure word
: a step; a pace; walk
: march; stages in a process; situation

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歩 | かち kachi

noun
: foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot
: (Archaism) going on foot; walking

歩み | あゆみ ayumi

noun
: walking
: progress; advance

歩む | あゆむ ayumu

godan verb with mu ending | intransitive verb
: to walk; to go on foot

歩く| あるく aruku

godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to walk

歩き | あるき aruki OR ありき ariki

noun | no-adjective
: walk; walking
: foot messenger (of a town, village, etc.)

歩こう | ほこう hokou

noun | suru verb
: walk

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歩 | ほ ho

noun
: step; stride;
: (Counter) counter for steps

歩 | ふ fu

noun
: pawn (in chess or shogi)

歩 | ぶ bu

noun
: unit of land measurement; 3.95 square yards; 3.31 square metres (meters)

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變: change; rebel

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變 [变] biàn

adjective | verb
: to change; to become different; to transform; to vary
: rebellion

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変え | かえ kae

noun
: changing; change

変り | かわり kawari

noun
: change; alteration
: unusual state or event; accident; abnormality
: difference; distinction

変る | かわる kawaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary
: to move to
: to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual

変える | かえる kaeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to change; to alter; to vary; to convert; to revise; to amend; to transform

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変 | へん hen

na-adjective | noun
: strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy
: unexpected
: change
: incident; disturbance; disaster; accident
: (Noun prefix) flat (music)

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歸: to return; revert

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歸 [归] guī

adjective | verb
: to return; to go back to, to revert
: to give back to
: (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by
: to belong to
: to gather together
: (used between two identical verbs) despite
: to marry (of a woman) (old)
: division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor

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帰す | きす kisu

godan verb with su ending
: to come to (in the end); to end in
: to attribute; to blame

帰す | かえす kaesu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

帰り | かえり kaeri

noun
: return; coming back

帰る | かえる kaeru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to return; to come home; to go home; to go back
: (of a guest, customer, etc.) to leave
: (of a baseball player rounding the bases) to get home

帰れ | かえれ kaere

noun
: Go home; Get out

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キ ki

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亂: confusion; chaos; revolt

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亂 [乱] luàn

adjective
: in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind
: disorder; upheaval; riot
: illicit sexual relations
: to throw into disorder; to mix up
: indiscriminate; random; arbitrary

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乱す | みだす midasu

godan verb su ending | transitive verb
: to throw out of order; to disarrange; to disturb

乱れ | みだれ midare

noun
: disorder; disturbance; unrest

乱れる | みだれる midareru

noun
: to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be disarrayed; to be disheveled
: to be discomposed; to be upset; to get confused; to be disturbed
: to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)

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乱 | らん ran

counter
: revolt; rebellion; war

ロン ron

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話: dialect; speech, talk, language

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話 [话] huà

noun
: dialect; language
: spoken words; speech; talk; words
: conversation; what somebody said

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話 | はなし hanashi

noun
: talk; speech; chat; story; conversation
: discussions; negotiation; argument

話す | はなす hanasu

godan verb su ending | transitive verb
: to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat
: to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
: to speak (a language)

話せる | はなせる hanaseru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to be understanding; to be sensible

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話 | わ wa

counter
: counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.

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