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免: to excuse from

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免 miǎn

verb
: to excuse from; exempt
: to escape; evade ; spare

絻 [免] wèn

: (old) mourning clothes

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免れる | まぬかれる manukareru OR まぬがれる manugareru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to escape from; to be rescued from; to avoid; to evade; to avert; to elude; to be exempted; to be relieved from pain; to get rid of

免じる | めんじる menjiru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to dismiss; to exempt

免ずる | めんずる menzuru

Zuru verb – (alternative form of -jiru verbs) | transitive verb
: to dismiss; to exempt

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免 | めん men

noun
: dismissal

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May 5, 2014
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早: early

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早 zǎo

adjective | adverb | idiomatic expression
: be early
: long ago
: Good morning!

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早 | はや haya

noun
: already; now; by this time

早 | はよ hayo

noun | adverb
: early

早い | はやい hayai

adjective
: fast; quick; hasty; brisk
: early (in the day, etc.); premature
: (too) soon; not yet; (too) early
: easy; simple; quick

早く | はやく hayaku

adverb | common expression
: early; soon
: quickly; swiftly; rapidly; fast
: quickly! (move it)

早さ | はやさ hayasa

noun
: speed; velocity; quickness; rapidity
: earliness

早め | はやめ hayame

noun
: early
: fast

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そう sou

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May 2, 2014
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但: but

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但 dàn

conjunction | adverb
: but; yet; however
: only; merely; still

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但 OR 只 | ただ tada

No-adjective
: (Usually written using kana alone) ordinary; common; usual
: free of charge
: unaffected; as is; safe; (Adverb) only; merely; just; simply
: but; however; nevertheless

但し | ただし tadashi

Conjunction
: but; however; provided that

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タン tan

だん dan

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May 1, 2014
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起: to rise

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起 qǐ

adjective | verb | measure word
: to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear
: to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter)
: verb suffix, to start; (before place or time) starting from
: measure word for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
: measure word for groups: batch, group

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起つ | たつ tatsu

Godan verb with tu ending | intransitive verb
: to rise up; to initiate (political) action

起り | おこり okori

Noun
: source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis

起る | おこる okoru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to occur; to happen

起す | おこす okosu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to raise; to cause; to wake someone

起きる | おきる okiru

Ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to get up; to rise
: to wake up
: to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place

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き ki

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April 28, 2014
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走: to walk; run

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走 zǒu

verb | radical 156
: to walk; go on foot
: run
: to die (euph.); leave

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走り | はしり hashiri

Noun
: the first (harvest, catch) of the season or year

走る | はしる hashiru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to run
: to travel (movement of vehicles)
: to hurry to
: to retreat (from battle); to take flight
: to run away from home
: to elope
: to tend heavily toward

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そう sou

Suffix
: run; race

しゅ shu

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April 25, 2014
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站: station; to stand

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站 zhàn

noun | verb | measure word
: (taxi/bus) stand – station; to stand
: to halt; to stop
: branch of a company or organization
: website

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立つ | たつ tatsu

Godan verb with tsu ending | intransitive verb
: to stand; to rise; to stand up
: to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position)
: to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

佇む OR 彳む | たたずむ tatazumu

Godan verb with mu ending | intransitive verb
: to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop

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たん tan

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April 22, 2014
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戰: to fight; war

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戰 [战] zhàn


: to fight; fight; war; battle

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戦 | いくさ ikusa

noun
: war; battle; campaign; fight
: (Archaism) troops; forces

戦ぐ | そよぐ soyogu

Godan verb with gu ending | intransitive verb
: to rustle; to stir; to flutter

戦い | たたかい tatakai

noun
: battle; fight; struggle; conflict

戦う | たたかう tatakau

Godan verb with u ending | intransitive verb
: to fight; to battle; to combat; to struggle against; to wage war; to engage in contest

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戦 | せん sen

suffix
: war; battle
: match; competition

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April 21, 2014
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去: to go

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去 qù

verb | adverb
: to go
: to cause to go or send (somebody)
: to remove; to get rid of
: (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do something
: to be apart from in space or time
: (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
: (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
: (of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed

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さる saru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to leave; to go away
: to pass; to elapse
: to be distant
: () to send away; to drive off; to divorce
: () (after a -masu stem, esp. of a suru verb) … completely
: (Pre-noun adjectival) last … (e.g. “last April”)

いぬ inu

Godan verb with nu ending
: (Archaism) to go
: to pass (of time)
: to die
: to go bad; to rot
: (Kansai dialect) to go home

去なす | いなす inasu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to parry; to sidestep; to let go; to chase away

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きょ kyo

こ ko

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April 17, 2014
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