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注 | 註: to pour; to concentrate; stake | to register; note

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注 zhù

verb
: to inject; to pour into
: to concentrate; to pay attention
: stake (gambling)
: measure word for sums of money
: variant of 註

註 [注] zhù

verb | noun
: to register; to annotate; note; comment

Kun Reading

注す | さす sasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to pour; to add (liquid); to serve (drinks)
: to put on (lipstick, etc.); to apply; to colour; to dye
: to light (a fire); to burn

注ぐ | つぐ tsugu

godan verb with gu ending | transitive verb
: (usu. written as kana when referring to a solid) to pour (into a vessel); to fill; to dish out food or drink

注 | そそぐ sosogu

godan verb with gu ending
: to pour (into); to fill
: to sprinkle on from above; to shed (e.g. tears)
: to concentrate one’s spirit or strength on
: to fall onto (of rain, snow)

註する | ちゅうする chuusuru

suru verb – special class | transitive verb
: (Archaism) to annotate
: to write down

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註 OR 注 | ちゅう chuu

noun | suru verb
: annotation; explanatory note; comment

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June 16, 2014
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柱: pillar

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柱 zhù


: pillar

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柱 | じ ji

noun | noun suffix
: bridge (of a koto)

柱 | はしら hashira

noun
: pillar; post
: support; prop; mainstay
: counter for buddhas, gods, nobles

柱 | じゅう juu

noun
: fret (of a biwa)

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柱 | ちゅう chuu

noun | noun suffix
: bridge (of a koto)
: cylinder; prism

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June 13, 2014
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主: master; Lord

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主 zhǔ

noun
: master; lord, owner; host; principal; God; main
: to indicate or signify

Kun Reading

主 | おも omo

noun | na-adjective
: chief; main; principal; important
: (Abbreviation) main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)

主に | おもに omoni

adverb
: mainly; primarily

主な | おもな omona

Pre-noun adjectival
: chief; main; principal; important

主 | ぬし nushi

noun | no-adjective
: head (of a household); leader; master
: owner; proprietor; proprietress
: subject (of a rumor); doer (of a deed)
: guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers); long-time resident (or employee)
: husband
: (Pronoun) (Familiar language) you

主 | あるじ aruji

suru verb – irregular | godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: (Abbreviation) head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; master (of a servant)
: (Archaism) entertaining someone as one’s guest

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主 | す su

Suffix | Honorific or respectful language
: honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name

主 | しゅ shu

Suffix | Honorific or respectful language
: (one’s) master
: Lord (Christian ref. to Jesus or God)
: the main thing; the majority; the primary concern

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June 9, 2014
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為: because of | to be

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為 wèi

preposition
: because of; for; to

為 wéi

verb | preposition
: to take something as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)

Kun Reading

為 | ため tame

noun
: good; advantage; benefit; welfare
: sake; purpose; objective; aim
: consequence; result; effect
: affecting; regarding; concerning

為に | 為に tameni

conjunction
: (usually kana only) for; for the sake of; to one’s advantage; in favor of; on behalf of
: because of; as a result of

為る | する suru OR なる naru

suru verb – irregular | godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: する suru – (Usually written using kana alone) to do
: to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
: to serve as; to act as; to work as
: to wear (clothes, a facial expression)
: to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
: to decide on; to choose; () to be sensed (of a smell, noise)
: to be (in a state, condition)
: to be worth; to cost
: to pass (of time); to elapse
: () verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech “vs”)
: () creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with “o” or “go”)
: to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

為せる | させる saseru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to make (someone) do
: to allow (someone) to

為す | なす nasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to build up; to establish
: to form; to become (a state)
: to accomplish; to achieve; to succeed in
: to change into
: to do; to perform

為さる | なさる nasaru

godan verb – aru special class | transitive verb
: to do

為り | なり nari

noun
: being promoted (shogi)

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為 | し shi

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June 6, 2014
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頭: head

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頭 [头] tóu

noun | measure word
: head; hair style
: the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant
: chief; boss
: side; aspect
: first; leading
: measure word for pigs or livestock
: suffix used to form nouns and noun-phrases

Kun Reading

頭 | あたま atama OR かしら kashira

noun
: head
: mind; brain; intellect
: top
: hair (on one’s head)

頭 | どたま dotama

noun | derogatory
: head; dome; bean; nob; noggin

頭 | がしら gashira

suffix
: (after a noun) top of…; head of…
: (after the -masu stem of a verb) the moment that…

頭 | つむ tsumu OR かぶり kaburi OR こうべ koube OR つぶり tsuburi

noun
: head

頭 | つむり tsumuri

noun
: head
: bangs; fringe

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頭 | とう tou

counter
: counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle)

頭 | ず zu

noun
: head

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May 30, 2014
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後: back | 后: queen

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後 [后] hòu

noun
: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later

后 hòu

noun
: empress; queen

Kun Reading

後 | あと ato

noun | no-adjective
: behind; rear
: after; later
: after one’s death
: remainder; the rest
: descendant; successor; heir
: (Archaism) past; previous; (Adverbial noun) more (i.e. five more minutes)

後で | あとで atode

adverb
: afterwards

後 | のち nochi

noun | no-adjective
: later; afterwards; since
: future
: after one’s death
: (Archaism) descendant

後 | しり shiri

noun
: buttocks; behind; rump; bottom
: undersurface; bottom
: last place; end
: consequence

後ろ | うしろ ushiro

noun
: back; behind; rear

後れ | おくれ okure

noun
: delay; lag; postponement; falling behind

后 | きさき kisaki

noun
: empress; queen

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後 | ご go

suffix
: after

こう kou

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May 26, 2014
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裏: inside; village

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裏 [里] [裡] lǐ

noun | radical 166
里: li (Chinese mile); 500 meters (modern)
里: home; hometown; village; neighborhood; administrative
裏: lining; interior; inside; internal

Kun Reading

裏 | うら ura

noun
: bottom (or another side that is hidden from view); undersurface; opposite side; reverse side
: rear; back; behind (the house)
: lining; inside
: out of sight; behind the scenes
: proof
: opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.)
: inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
: bottom (of an inning); last half (of an inning)

里 | さと sato

noun
: village; hamlet
: countryside; country
: home (of one’s parents, etc.); hometown
: one’s origins; one’s upbringing; one’s past

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里 | り ri

noun
: ri (old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles)
: neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes)
: unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)

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May 21, 2014
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