Skip to main content
Tag

idiome

俯: to look down

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

俯 fǔ

verb
: to look down; to stoop

Kun Reading

俯す | ふす fusu

su verb [precursor to the modern suru]
: to lower (one’s head, gaze, etc.)

俯せ OR うつ伏せ | うつぶせ utsubuse

noun | no-adjective
: lying on one’s face; upside-down

俯く | うつむく utsumuku

godan verb with ku ending
: to hang one’s head in shame; to look downward; to cast one’s eyes down

俯す | うつぶす utsubusu

godan verb with su ending
: to lie with one’s face on the ground;
: (Archaism) to lower (one’s head, gaze, etc.)

俯け | うつむけ utsumuke

noun
: lying face down; upside down; prone

俯せる | うつぶせる utsubuseru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to lie face-down

伏せる | ふせる fuseru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
:to lay something upside down; to turn something over; to cover; to lay (pipes); to lay (an ambush); to hid

On Reading

フ fu

Read More

覆: to cover

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

 

[复] fù


: to go and return; to return; to return to a normal or original state
: to resume
: to repeat; again
: to recover; to restore
: to turn over
: to reply; to answer; to reply to a letter
: to retaliate; to carry out

[复] fù


: to cover
: to overflow
: to overturn; to capsize
: variant of 復; to reply to a letter

[复] fù


: to repeat; to double; to overlap
: complex (not simple); compound; composite
: double
: diplo-
: duplicate; overlapping; to duplicate

Kun Reading

覆う | おおう oou

godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
:to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

覆い | おおい ooi

noun
: cover; mantle; shroud; hood

覆われ | おおわれ ooware

noun | no-adjective
: cover (e.g. of snow, trees, etc.)

覆す | くつがえす kutsugaesu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to overturn; to upset; to overthrow; to undermine

覆る | くつがえる kutsugaeru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize
: to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited

On Reading

フク fuku

Read More

紀: record; order; year

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

紀 [纪] jì


: order; discipline
: age; era; period
: to chronicle

紀 [纪] jǐ


: Chinese surname

Kun Reading
none applicable


: chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period

記す | しるす shirusu

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

On Reading

紀 | き ki

noun
: (Abbreviation) (geological) period
: (Abbreviation) Nihon-shoki

Read More

除: to eliminate; except; divide

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

除 chú

adjective | verb | preposition
: to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out
: to divide
: except; not including

Kun Reading

除け | よけ yoke

noun | noun suffix
: protection; repellent

除く | のぞく nozoku

godan verb with ku ending | transitive verb
: to remove; to exclude; to except

除ける | のける nokeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to remove; to take away; to dislodge; to put something out of the way

除ける | よける yokeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to avoid (physical contact with)
: (Ichidan verb) to ward off; to avert

On Reading

ジョ jo
ジ ji

Read More