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正: true; upright | first month of the lunar year

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正 zhèng

adjective | adverb
: just (right); true; truly
: straight; upright
: correct; positive
: greater than zero; principle
: in the midst of (doing something)

正 zhēng


: first month of the lunar year

Kun Reading

正 | まさ masa

noun | na-adjective
: exact; precise

正に | まさに masani

adverb
: (Usually written using kana alone) exactly; surely; certainly
: just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
: duly; naturally

正す | ただす tadasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to correct; to reform; to amend; to redress;
: to adjust; to straighten;
: to ascertain; to confirm; to verify; to make sure of;
: to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question

正しい | ただしい tadashii

adjective
: right; just; correct; righteous; honest; truthful; proper; straightforward; perfect

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正 | せい sei

noun | no-adjective
: (logical) true; regular
: 10^40
: (Abbreviation) original
: (Mathematical term) positive; greater than zero

正 | しょう shou

noun
: greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior
: director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo period); chief
: (Prefix) (before a number) exactly; precisely

正 | じょう jou

noun
: greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior

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信: letter; to trust; sincerity

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信 xìn

noun | adjective
: letter; mail
: to trust; to believe; to profess faith in
: sincerity; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random

Kun Reading

信じる OR 信ずる |
しんじる shinjiru OR しんずる shinzuru

ichidan verb | zuru verb | transitive verb
: to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

誠 OR 実 | まこと makoto

adverb | noun
: truth; reality;
: sincerity; honesty; integrity; fidelity;
: (Archaism) that’s right (used when recalling forgotten information, suddenly changing the subject, etc.)

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信 | しん shin

adverb | noun
: honesty; fidelity
: trust; reliance
: (religious) faith
: (Counter) counter for received messages

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因: cause

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因 yīn

verb
: cause; because; reason

Kun Reading

因 | よすが yosuga

noun
: something to rely on; aid; clue; way; means
: someone to rely on; relative
: reminder; memento

因る | 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

因む | ちなむ chinamu

godan verb with mu ending | intransitive verb
: to be associated (with); to be connected (with)

因みに | ちなみに chinamini

godan verb with mu ending | intransitive verb
: (Usually written using kana alone) by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

因って | よって yotte

conjunction
: (Usually written using kana alone) therefore; consequently; accordingly; because of

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因 | いん in

noun
: cause; factor
: (Buddhist term) hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions)
: the basis of one’s argument (in hetuvidya)

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拜: to worship

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拜 bài

verb
: to worship; to pay respect
: visit; salute
: to kowtow

Kun Reading

拝む | おがむ ogamu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to do reverence (e.g. before a statue of the Buddha); to pay one’s respects
: to beg; to make a supplication
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) to see (something or someone of high status)

拝す | はいす haisu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to bow; to worship;
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) to receive
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) to see

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拜 | はい hai


: used only for names

拝 | はい hai

noun
: bowing one’s head (in respect or worship); worship
: (Honorific or respectful language) respectfully yours

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曲: bent | tune

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曲 qū


: crooked; bent; twisted
: wrong; false

曲 qǔ

measure word
: tune; song

Kun Reading

曲 | くせ kuse

noun
: (Usually written using kana alone) long segment of a noh play forming its musical highlight; (Noun prefix) wrong; improper; indecent

曲 | くま kuma

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: corner; nook; recess
: a shadow; a shade

曲 | まが maga

noun
: wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster

曲る | まがる magaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to bend; to curve; to warp; to wind; to twist
: to turn
: to be awry; to be askew; to be crooked

曲げ | まがり magari

noun
: curvature; warp; bend

曲がった | まがった magatta

noun
: bent; curved; warped; winded; twisted
: awry; askew; crooked

曲げ | まげ mage

noun
: flexure; bending

曲げ | まげる mageru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to bend; to crook; to lean; to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle)

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曲 | きょく kyoku

noun | noun suffix
: tune; piece of music

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塊: lump; currency (coll.)

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塊 [块] kuài

measure word
: lump (of earth); chunk; piece
: measure word for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc
: colloquial word for yuan (or other unit of currency such as Hong Kong or US dollar etc), usually as 塊錢

Kun Reading

塊 | かたまり katamari

noun
: lump; mass; bundle; clump; clod; cluster

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かい kai

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等: to wait

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等 děng

verb | preposition
: to wait; to equal
: equal to; same as
: class; rank; grade
: after; as soon as; once
: etc: signals the end of a list

Kun Reading

等 | ら ra

suffix
: pluralizing suffix (often humble, derogatory or familiar); and others; et alios; and the like; and followers
: or so (rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.)
: (after the stem of an adjective) nominalizing suffix

等 | など nado

noun | noun suffix | particle
: (Usually written using kana alone) et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
: (indicating an approximate quote or vague suggestion) or something
: (lessening the significance or value of the previous word) the likes of

等しい | ひとしい hitoshii

adjective
: equal; similar; like; equivalent

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等 | とう tou

noun | noun suffix | counter
: class; order; rank
: (Suffix) et cetera (etc.); and the like
: (Prefix) equal

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