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錘: hammer

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錘 [锤] chuí

noun
: hammer
: to hammer into shape
: weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)

Kun Reading

錘 | いわ iwa

noun
: weight (of a fishing net)

錘 | つみ tsumi OR つむ tsumu

noun
: spindle

錘 | おもり omori

noun
: weight
: sinker (fishing)

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錘 | すい sui

suffix | counter
: counter for spindles

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垂: to droop; suspend

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垂 chuí

verb
: to droop; to hang (down); suspend; dangle; bend down
: hand down; bequeath
: nearly; almost
: to approach

Kun Reading

垂 | しで shide

noun
: zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects
: hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)

垂れ | たれ tare

noun
: hanging; something hanging (i.e. a flap, lappet, etc.)
: (Usually written using kana alone) sauce for dipping, etc. made from soy sauce, mirin, vinegar and dashi
: (in kendo) loin guard
: kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; (Noun suffix) (Derogatory) -ass (used after a noun or na-adjective indicating someone’s nature); -head

垂れ | しだれ shidare

noun or verb acting prenominally
: weeping form (e.g. tree)

垂らす | たらす tarasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to dribble; to spill
: to suspend; to hang down; to slouch; to dangle

垂れる | たれる tareru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to hang; to droop; to dangle; to sag; to lower; to pull down
: to leave behind (at death); to give; to confer
: to drip; to ooze; to trickle; to drop

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すい sui

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封: to seal; to grant

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封 feng1

verb | measure word
: to seal
: to grant; to bestow a title
: measure word for sealed objects, esp. letters
: Chinese surname

Kun Reading

封じる | ふうじる fuujiru OR ほうじる houjiru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to seal (letter)
: to prevent; to forbid; to block

封ずる | ふうずる fuuzuru OR ほうずる houzuru

zuru verb | transitive verb
: to seal (letter)
: to prevent; to forbid; to block

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封 | ふう fuu

noun
: seal

ほう hou

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病: sickness

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病 bìng

noun | adjective | verb
: sickness; ailment; illness; disease
: to fall ill; defect

Kun Reading

病む | やむ yamu

godan verb with mu ending
: to fall ill; to be ill

病 | やまい yamai

noun
: illness; disease

病める | やめる yameru

expression | noun or verb acting prenominally
: sick; ill; ailing
: (Archaism) to hurt; to ache

病 | いたずき itazuki OR いたつき itatsuki

noun
: (Archaism) pain; trouble
: illness

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びょう byou

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年: year

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年 nián

noun | measure word
: year

Kun Reading

年 | とし toshi

adverbial noun | noun
: year
: (Noun) many years
: age
: past one’s prime; old age

年 | とせ tose

counter
: counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system)

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年 | ねん nen

noun
: year (e.g. AD)
: (Counter) counter for years

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識: to know | to remember

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識 [识] shí


: to know; knowledge

識 [识] zhì


: (bookish) to remember; to record; to write a footnote; a mark or sign

Kun Reading

識る | しる shiru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to know; to understand; to be acquainted with; to feel

識す | しるす shirusu

godan verb with su ending
: to write down; to note; to jot down
: to remember

常識に欠ける | じょうしきにかける joushiki ni kakeru
: to lack in common sense

常識を覆す | じょうしきをくつがえす joushiki o kutsugaesu
: to defy conventional wisdom

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識 | しき shiki

noun
: (Buddhist term) acquaintanceship
: vijnana (consciousness)
: (after a signature) written by…

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認: to recognize; to admit

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認 [认] rèn

verb
: to recognize; to admit

Kun Reading

認 | みとめ mitome

noun
: approval; final seal (of approval); acceptance

認 | みとめる mitomeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to recognize; to appreciate
: to observe; to notice
: to admit; to approve

認 | したためる shitatameru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to write up

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にん nin

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