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復: return

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

[复] fù


: to go and return; to return; to return to a normal or original state
: to resume
: to repeat; again
: to recover; to restore
: to turn over
: to reply; to answer; to reply to a letter
: to retaliate; to carry out

[复] fù


: to cover
: to overflow
: to overturn; to capsize
: variant of 復; to reply to a letter

[复] fù


: to repeat; to double; to overlap
: complex (not simple); compound; composite
: double
: diplo-
: duplicate; overlapping; to duplicate

Kun Reading

復 OR 又 | また mata

adverb | conjunction | prefix
: again; and; also; still (doing something)

復す | ふくす fukusu

godan verb with su ending
: to return to normal; to recover; to restore

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フク fuku

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眷: concern

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眷 juàn

noun
: concern; take interest in
: wife and children

睠 [眷] juàn


: variant of 眷; to care about; to look fondly on

Kun Reading
none applicable

顧みる | かえりみる kaerimiru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to look back (e.g. over shoulder or at the past); to turn around; to review;
: to reflect; to reconsider;
: to consider (usu. used in negative); to concern oneself about

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ケン ken

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夏: summer

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夏 xià

noun
: summer
: the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432);

Kun Reading

夏 | なつ natsu

adverbial noun | temporal noun
: summer

夏い | なつい natsui

adjective | colloquialism
: blisteringly hot; relentlessly hot; scorching

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夏 | か ka

noun
: Xia (dynasty of China; perhaps mythological)

夏 | げ ge

noun
: summer (on the lunisolar calendar: 16th day of the 4th month to the 15th day of the 7th month)

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收: to collect; to put away

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收 shōu

verb
: to receive; to accept; to collect; to harvest
: to put away
: to restrain; to stop
: in care of (used on address line after name)

Kun Reading

収まり | おさまり osamari

noun
: conclusion; end; settlement

収まる | おさまる osamaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be in one’s place; to be installed; to settle into
: to be delivered; to be obtained; to be paid
: to be settled; to be sorted out
: to lessen (e.g. of storms, pain); to calm down
: to be fit tightly into (e.g. a frame); to be sheathed (in a scabbard)

収める | おさめる osameru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to dedicate; to make an offering; to pay (fees)
: to supply
: to store
: to finish; to bring to a close
: to restore (something to its place)
: to achieve (e.g. a result)

収れん | しゅうれん shuuren

noun | suru verb
: astringency
: extraction (of taxes)
: convergence; contraction

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シュウ shuu

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踴: leap

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踴 [踊] yǒng


: leap; jump

Kun Reading

踊り | おどり odori

noun
: dance

踊る | おどる odoru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

踊らす | おどらす odorasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to manipulate
: to let one dance

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ヨウ you

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湧: to bubble up

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湧 [涌] yǒng

verb
: to bubble up; to rush forth; well up; rise

涌 yǒng


variant of 湧

涌 chōng


: (used in place names)

Kun Reading

湧く OR 涌き | わく waku

godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to spring out; to surge
: to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.)
: to feel emotions form (joy, bravery, etc.)
: to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

湧き OR 涌く | わき waki

noun
: welling (up); gushing forth (of water); springing out; surging
: appearing (esp. suddenly)
: frothing of water (due to an advancing school of fish)

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ユウ yuu
ヨウ you
ユ yu

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