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intransitive verb

慢: slow(ly)

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慢 màn

adjective
: slow(ly), leisurely; sluggish

遲鈍[迟钝] chi2dun4: dim-witted; stupid

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慢じる | まんじる manjiru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: (Archaism) to be conceited

遅い | おそい osoi
adjective
: slow
: late (e.g. “late at night”)
: too late
: (Archaism) dull; stupid

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まん man

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聽: to listen; hear; obey | to let; allow

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聽[听] tīng

verb
: hear/obey

聽[听] tīng


: to let; allow

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聴く | きく kiku

Godan verb with ku ending | transitive verb
: to hear
: to listen (e.g. to music)
: to ask; to enquire; to query

ゆるす yurusu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to permit; to allow; to approve
: to exempt (from fine); to excuse (from); to pardon; to forgive; to release; to let off
: to confide in
: to give up; to yield

きこえる kikoeru

Ichidan ending | intransitive verb
: to be heard; to be audible
: to be said to be; to be reputed

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ちょう chou

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明: bright; clear

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明 míng

adjective
: bright; light; brilliant; clear

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さや saya

adverb
: (Archaism) clearly; brightly
: cleanly; purely

OR さやか sayaka
: clear; fresh; bright

みん min

noun
: Ming (dynasty of China, 1368-1644)

あき aki

noun
: space; room; emptiness; gap
: opening; vacancy; empty seat
: free time; time to spare
: disuse; unused thing

あく aku

Godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to open (e.g. doors)
: to open (e.g. business)
: to be empty;
: to be vacant; to be available; to be free
: to be open (e.g. neckline)
: to have been opened (of one’s eyes, mouth)
: to come to an end;
: to open (one’s eyes, mouth)
: to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events)

あかる akaru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to become bright; to become clear

あける akeru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package)
: to open (for business)
: to empty; to clear out; to make space; to make room
: to dawn; to grow light
: to end

あけ ake

Temporal noun | No-adjective
: dawn; daybreak
: end; soon after something has ended
: beginning (of a new year, month)

あかり akari

noun
: light; illumination; glow; gleam
: lamp; light

あかし akashi

noun
: light (esp. as a religious offering); lamp

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めい mei

noun
:brightness
: clarity; acumen
: power of vision

みょう myou

noun
: (buddhist term) vidya (wisdom)
: mantra; (Prefix) the coming (4th of July)

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溶: to dissolve

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溶 róng

adjective
: to dissolve; soluble

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とく toku

Godan verb with ku ending | transitive verb
: to dissolve (paint); to scramble (eggs); to melt (metal); to mix (water with flour)

とかす tokasu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to melt/dissolve

とける tokeru

Ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to melt; thaw; fuse; dissolve

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革: hide; to reform

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革 gé

radical 157
: animal hide (as in cowhide)
: to reform; to remove; expel (from office)

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かわ kawa

noun
: leather

つくりかわ tsukurikawa

noun
: leather; tanned animal hide

あらたまる aratamaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be renewed
: to stand on ceremony; to be formal
: to take a turn for the worse

あらためる aratameru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to change; to alter; to revise; to replace;
: to reform; to correct; to mend; to improve;
: to do properly; to do formally

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かくkaku

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戴: to wear

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戴 dài

verb
: to wear (hats; glasses); honor

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いただく itadaku

Godan verb with ku ending | transitive verb
: (Polite) to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy;
: (Polite) to eat; to drink;
: to be crowned with; to wear (on one’s head); to have (on top);
: to have (as one’s leader); to live under (a ruler); to install (a president)

いただき itadaki

Noun
: crown (of head); summit (of mountain); spire;
: easy win for one;
: something received

いただける itadakeru

Ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to receive (potential);
: to be pretty good; to be exquisite; to be approvable

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たい tai

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異: different; strange

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異 [异] yì

noun
: different; strange; separate

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け ke

Na-adjective
: unusual; extraordinary

こと koto

Noun | No-adjective
: difference (from one another); different thing; other; (Na-adjective) unusual; extraordinary

ことなる kotonaru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to differ; to vary; to disagree

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い i

noun
: difference (of opinion)

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寫: to write

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寫 [写] xiě

(动) verb
: to write

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写 | うつし utsushi

noun
: copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript

写 | うつす utsusu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to transcribe; to duplicate; to reproduce; to imitate; to trace;
: to describe;
: to film; to picture; to photograph

写る | うつる utsuru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
:print; impression

common: 書く| かく kaku

godan verb with ku ending | transitive verb
: to write/draw

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しゃ sha

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受: to receive

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受 shòu

adjective | verb | preposition
: to receive; accept; get

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受け | うけ uke

noun
: popularity; favor;
kana only: submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

受ける | うける ukeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to receive/get; sustain

受かる | うかる ukaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to pass (an exam)

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受 | じゅ ju

noun | Buddhist term
: feeling / sensation: vedana

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會: to know/group | accountancy

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會 [会] huì

noun | adjective | adverb | auxiliary verb
: corpse

會 [会] kuài

noun
: to calculate/balance an account; accounting

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会 | あわす awasu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to meet / expose

あう au

Godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to meet

會 | あい ai OR かい kai

used as part of names

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かい kai

noun
: meeting; assembly

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