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免: to excuse from

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免 miǎn

verb
: to excuse from; exempt
: to escape; evade ; spare

絻 [免] wèn

: (old) mourning clothes

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免れる | まぬかれる manukareru OR まぬがれる manugareru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to escape from; to be rescued from; to avoid; to evade; to avert; to elude; to be exempted; to be relieved from pain; to get rid of

免じる | めんじる menjiru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to dismiss; to exempt

免ずる | めんずる menzuru

Zuru verb – (alternative form of -jiru verbs) | transitive verb
: to dismiss; to exempt

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免 | めん men

noun
: dismissal

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May 5, 2014
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占: to divine | to take possession of | occupy by force; usurp

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占 zhān

adjective | verb
: to observe; to divine

占 zhàn

adjective | verb
: to take possession of; to occupy; to take up

佔 [占] zhàn

adjective | verb
: occupy by force, usurp; possess

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うら ura

Noun
: fortune-telling; divination

うらない uranai

Noun
: fortune-telling; divination

うらなう uranau

Godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to tell someone’s fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine

しむ shimu

Godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to occupy; to hold; to command; to account for

しめる shimeru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to comprise (some part of the whole); to account for; to make up (of)
: to hold; to occupy

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せん sen

しめ shime

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April 18, 2014
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從: to follow | lax | second cousin

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從 [从] cóng

preposition | adverb
: to follow
: from
: passing through; past
: to comply with; to obey
: to join; to engage in

從 [从] cōng

preposition
: lax; yielding; unhurried

從 [从] zòng

preposition
: second cousin

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從う OR 従う | したがう shitagau

Godan verb with u ending | intransitive verb
: to abide (by the rules); to obey; to follow; to accompany

従って | したがって shitagatte

Conjunction
: therefore; consequently; accordingly

従える | したがえる shitagaeru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to be accompanied by
: to subdue

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従 | じゅ ju

noun
: lesser (of equal court ranks); lower; junior

従 | じゅう juu

Noun | No-adjective
: subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental

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April 7, 2014
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定: to decide; to set(tle)

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定 dìng


: to decide; to set; settle (a matter)
: to fix
: to order

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定か | さだか sadaka

Na-adjective | noun
: definite; sure

定め | さだめ sadame

noun
: law; rule; regulation; provision; decision; appointment; arrangement; agreement
: destiny; fate; karma

定める | さだめる sadameru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to decide; to establish; to determine

定まる | さだまる sadamaru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to become settled; to be fixed

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てい tei

じょう jou

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April 2, 2014
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較: comparatively; fairly

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較 [较] jiào

preposition | adverb
: comparatively; (preposition comparing difference in degree); to contrast; to compare; rather; fairly; clearly (different); markedly; to haggle over; to quibble

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較べる | くらべる kuraberu

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to compare; to make a comparison
: to compete; to vie

較べ | くらべ kurabe

noun
: contest; comparison; competition

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こう kou

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January 28, 2014
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交: to hand over; to deliver; to pay

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交 jiāo

verb
: to hand over; to deliver; to pay

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かう kau

Godan verb with u ending
: to take turns; to mingle together

かわす kawasu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments)
: to intersect; to cross; to interlace
: … with one another; … to each other

まじる majiru OR まざる mazaru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest; to join

まじわる majiwaru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to cross; to intersect; to join; to meet
: to associate with; to mingle with; to consort with
: to have a sexual relationship; to copulate

まぜる mazeru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to mix; to stir; to blend

まじり majiri

Noun
: mixed; mingled

交々 | こもごも komogomo

adverb
: alternately; in succession

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こう kou
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January 24, 2014
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喝: to drink | to shout

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喝 hē

verb
: to drink; My goodness!

飲 yǐn: to drink

喝 hè

verb
: to shout

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none applicable
“drinking” verb のむ nomu:

飲む | のむ nomu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to drink; to gulp; to swallow
: to smoke (tobacco)
: to engulf; to overwhelm
: to keep down; to suppress
: to accept (e.g. demand, condition)
: to make light of; to conceal

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かつ katsu

interjection | noun
: exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen)
: (Noun) scolding or threatening with a shout

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December 27, 2013
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慢: slow(ly)

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慢 màn

adjective
: slow(ly), leisurely; sluggish

遲鈍[迟钝] chi2dun4: dim-witted; stupid

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慢じる | まんじる manjiru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: (Archaism) to be conceited

遅い | おそい osoi
adjective
: slow
: late (e.g. “late at night”)
: too late
: (Archaism) dull; stupid

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まん man

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December 23, 2013
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