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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

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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

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music

 

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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角: angle | role

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角 jiǎo

noun | measure word | radical 148
: angle; corner
: horn; horn-shaped
: unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan

角 jué


: role (theater)
: to compete
: ancient three legged wine vessel
: third note of pentatonic scale

Kun Reading

角 | かど kado

noun
: corner (e.g. desk, pavement)
: edge

角 | つの tsuno

noun
: horn

角 | すみ sumi

noun | noun suffix
: corner; nook; recess
: (Noun) (Obscure term) downstage right (on a noh stage)

角す | かくす kakusu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to compare (e.g. in a competition)

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角 | かく kaku

noun | noun suffix
: angle
: square (or cube)
: bishop (shogi)
: third degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale)
: Chinese “horn” constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
: jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

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