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ichidan verb

恐: fear

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恐 kǒng

verb | adjective
: afraid; frightened; to fear; apprehensive

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恐 | こわ kowa

interjection
: frightening; terrifying

恐っ | こわっ kowa-

interjection
: scary!

恐 | かしく kashiku OR かしこ kashiko

expression
: yours sincerely (used to sign off on letters); respectfully yours

恐い | こわい kowai

adjective
: scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful;
: (I’m) afraid

恐がり | こわがり kowagari

noun
: coward; timid person

恐がる | こわがる kowagaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be afraid of; to fear; to dread; to be nervous (about); to be shy (of)

恐れ | おそれ osore

noun
: fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness

恐らく | おそらく osoraku

adverb
: perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

恐れる | おそれる osoreru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to fear; to be afraid of

恐ろしい | おそろしい osoroshii

adjective
: 1: terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening; frightened;
2: surprising; startling; tremendous; amazing

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キョウ kyou

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丸: ball; pellet; pill

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丸 wán

measure word
: ball; pill; pellet; bullet

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丸 | まる maru

noun
: circle
: (Prefix) full (e.g. month, day, etc.)
: perfection; purity
: suffix for ship names

丸い | まるい marui

adjective
: round; circular; spherical
: harmonious; calm

丸で | まるで marude

adverb
: quite; entirely; completely; at all; as if; as though; so to speak; just like

丸め | まるめ marume

noun
: rounding

丸める | まるめる marumeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to make round; to roll up; to curl up
: to seduce; to cajole; to explain away
: to round off (a fraction)
: (Archaism) to lump together

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丸 | がん gan

noun | noun suffix
: fishball; meatball
: pill

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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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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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活: live; exist

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活 huó

noun | adjective | verb
: to live; alive
: survive; living
: work; workmanship

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活き | いき iki

noun
: living; being alive
: freshness; liveliness; vitality
: situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains contains two or more gaps (in go)
: (Usually written using kana alone) stet; (Prefix) damned

活きる | いきる ikiru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to live; to exist
: to make a living; to subsist
: to be in effect; to be in use; to function
: to come to life; to be enlivened
: to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

活かす | いかす ikasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to make (the best) use of; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to capitalise on (experience, etc)
: to let live; to keep alive;
: to revive; to resuscitate

活かる | いかる ikaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be arranged (flowers, etc.); to be on display
: to be buried

活ける | いける ikeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to arrange (flowers); to plant

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活 | かつ katsu

noun
: living; life
: judo art of resuscitation

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整: orderly; whole

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整 zhěng

adjective | verb | adverb
: orderly; in order; tidy, neat
: whole; complete; entire; exactly; in good order
: to repair; to mend; to renovate
: (coll.) to fix somebody
: to give somebody a hard time; to mess with somebody

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整う | ととのう totonou

godan verb with u ending | intransitive verb
: to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be arranged

整え | ととのえ totonoe

noun
: preparation; arrangement; execution

整える | ととのえる totonoeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to put in order; to arrange; to adjust
: to get ready; to prepare
: to raise money

整った | ととのった totonotta

noun | verb acting prenominally
: well-ordered; in good order; well-featured; well-regulated

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セイ sei

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束: to bind; to control

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束 shù

measure word | verb
: to bind; bunch; bundle; measure word for bunches, bundles
: beams of light etc.
: to control
: (Chinese surname)

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束 | たば taba

noun | noun suffix | counter
: bundle; bunch; sheaf

束 | つか tsuka

noun
: strut; short vertical post
: thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.)
: (Archaism) handbreadth; bundle

束ね | たばね tabane

noun
: bundle; control; management

束ねる | たばねる tabaneru OR つかねる tsukaneru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to sheathe;
: to govern; to manage; to control; to administer

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束 | そく soku

noun | noun suffix
: (Mathematical term) lattice
: counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish)
: handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)

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非: non-; not; wrong; un-

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非 fēi

verb | adverb | radical 175
: to not be; not; wrong; incorrect
: non-; un-; in-
: to reproach or blame
: (colloquial) to insist on; simply must
: abbr. for 非洲, Africa

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非ず | あらず arazu

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: (Archaism) it is not so
: no; never mind

非と | ひと hito

noun | suru verb
: condemning; denouncing

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非 | ひ hi

noun
: fault; error; mistake
: going poorly; being disadvantageous; being unfavorable
: (Prefix) un-; non-; an-

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並: side by side | to combine | also

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並 [并] bìng

conjunction | adverb
: and; furthermore; also; moreover
: together with; side by side; (not) at all; simultaneously; both
: to combine; to join; to merge

併 [并] bìng

verb
: to combine; to amalgamate

竝 [并] bìng


: to combine, annex
: also, what’s more

Kun Reading

並 | なみ nami

noun | noun suffix
: average; medium; common; ordinary
: line; row of (e.g. houses)
: mid-grade
: same level; equal; each (e.g. month); set of (e.g. teeth)

並び | ならび narabi

noun/span>
: line; row; rank; list

並ぶ | ならぶ narabu

godan verb with bu ending | intransitive verb/span>
: to line up; to stand in a line
: to rival; to match; to equal

並べる | ならべる naraberu

ichidan verb | transitive verb/span>
: to line up; to set up;
: to enumerate; to itemize

並て | なべて nabete

adverb/span>
: in general; generally; usually

並めて | なめて namete

adverb/span>
: all

並びに | ならびに narabini

conjunction/span>
: and (also); both … and; as well as

併せる | あわせる awaseru

ichidan verb | transitive verb/span>
: to match (rhythm, speed, etc.)
: to join together; to unite; to combine; to add up
: to face; to be opposite (someone)
: to compare; to check with
: to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate)
: to place together; to connect; to overlap
: to mix; to combine
: to put blade to blade; to fight

併さる | あわさる awasaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb/span>
: to get together; to unite

併し OR 然し | しかし shikashi

conjunction/span>
: however; but

併も | しかも shikamo

conjunction/span>
: moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet

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ヘイ hei
ホウ hou

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越: to exceed; to pass over

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越 yuè

adverb
: to exceed; to climb over; to surpass
: the more… the more
: generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods
: abbr. for Vietnam 越南

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越す | こす kosu

godan verb with su ending
: to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across
: to go over (e.g. with audience)
: to pass time (e.g. a winter)
: to surpass; to be better than; to exceed
: to move house
: (Honorific or respectful language) to go; to come

越し | ごし goshi

noun suffix/span>
: across; over; beyond

越える | こえる koeru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to pass over (out of)
: to exceed

越す | こす kosu

godan verb with su ending
: to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across

越す | こす kosu

godan verb with su ending
: to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across

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エツ etsu
オツ otsu

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