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暫: temporarily

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暫 [暂] zàn


: temporarily
: 蹔 [暂] zan4: to scurry; variant

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暫し | しばし shibashi

adverb
: for a short while; for a brief period

暫く | しばらく shibaraku

adverb | no-adjective
: (Usually written using kana alone) little while; short while; moment; instant
: a while; quite a time; (Interjection) it’s been a long time

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ザン zan

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斬: to behead; sever

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斬 [斩] zhǎn

verb
: to behead (as form of capital punishment)
: to chop; cut; sever; cut to pieces

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斬る | きる kiru

godan verb with ru ending
: to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.)
: to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

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斬 | ざん zan

noun
: beheading; decapitation

サン san

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產: to give birth; produce; property

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產 [铭] chǎn

noun
: to give birth; to reproduce; to produce; bring forth
: product; resource
: estate; property

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産 | うぶ ubu

noun | na-adjective | no-adjective
: innocent; naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears
: (Noun prefix) birth-

産む | うむ umu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to give birth; to deliver; to produce

産み | うみ umi

noun
: production; bringing into the world; (physical) birth

産す | むす musu

godan verb with su ending | intransitive verb
: to grow (of moss, etc.)

産す | さんす sansu

godan verb with su ending | intransitive verb | transitive verb
: to bear (a child); to be born
: to produce; to yield; to be produced; to be yielded

産する | さんする sansuru

suru verb – special class, | intransitive verb | transitive verb
: to bear (a child); to be born
: to produce; to yield; to be produced; to be yielded

産れる | うまれる umareru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to be born

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産 | さん san

noun
: (giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement
: native of; product of
: assets; property; fortune

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銘: engrave; unforgettably

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銘 [铭] míng


: to engrave; inscribe; inscribed motto
: unforgettably

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銘じる | めいじる meijiru

ichidan verb
: to stamp; to engrave; to inscribe

銘する OR 銘ずる | めいする meisuru OR めいずる meizuru

suru verb – special class | transitive verb
: to stamp; to engrave; to inscribe

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銘 | めい mei

noun
: inscription

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名: name; famous

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名 míng

noun | verb | measure word
: name; noun (part of speech)
: place (e.g. among winners)
: famous; measure word for people

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名 | な na

noun
: name; given name
: title
: fame; renown; reputation
: pretext; pretense; justification; appearance

名のる | なのる nanoru

godan vern with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to call oneself (name, label, etc.); to give one’s name (as); to impersonate or claim (to be someone)

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名 | めい mei

counter
: (Honorific or respectful language) counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); (Noun) first name
: (Prefix) famous; great
: (Suffix) name

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業: profession; business; trade

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業 [业] yè

noun
: line of business; industry
: occupation; job; employment
: school studies
: enterprise; property
: (Buddhism) karma; deed
: to engage in; already

Kun Reading

業 | わざ waza

noun
: deed; act; work; performance

業わい | なりわい nariwai

noun
: occupation; livelihood; calling

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業 | ごう gou

noun | Buddhist term
: karma (i.e. actions committed in a former life)

業 | ぎょう gyou

noun
: work; business;
: study

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商: commerce; merchant; quotient

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商 shāng

noun
: commerce, business, trade
: merchant; dealer
: to consult
: quotient
: 2nd note in pentatonic scale
: the Shang dynasty, 16th to 11th century BC

Kun Reading

商い | あきない akinai

noun
: trade; business; trading; dealing

商う | あきなう akinau

godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell

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商 | しょう shou

noun | noun suffix
: (Mathematical term) quotient
: dealing; dealer; store
: second degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale)
: Shang (dynasty of China)

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