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震: to shake

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震 zhèn

noun
: to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; to tremor
: excited; shocked
: one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing thunder; ☳

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震い | ふるい furui

noun
: shaking; ague; trembling; shivering

震う | ふるう furuu

godan verb with u ending
: to shake; to tremble; to vibrate

震え | ふるえ furue

noun
: shivering; trembling

震れる | ふれる fureru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to swing; to shake; to wave
: to veer; to deflect; to lean towards

震える | ふるえる furueru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

震わす | ふるわす furuwasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate

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震 | しん shin

noun
: zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)

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April 5, 2016
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恐: fear

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恐 kǒng

verb | adjective
: afraid; frightened; to fear; apprehensive

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恐 | こわ kowa

interjection
: frightening; terrifying

恐っ | こわっ kowa-

interjection
: scary!

恐 | かしく kashiku OR かしこ kashiko

expression
: yours sincerely (used to sign off on letters); respectfully yours

恐い | こわい kowai

adjective
: scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful;
: (I’m) afraid

恐がり | こわがり kowagari

noun
: coward; timid person

恐がる | こわがる kowagaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be afraid of; to fear; to dread; to be nervous (about); to be shy (of)

恐れ | おそれ osore

noun
: fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness

恐らく | おそらく osoraku

adverb
: perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

恐れる | おそれる osoreru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to fear; to be afraid of

恐ろしい | おそろしい osoroshii

adjective
: 1: terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening; frightened;
2: surprising; startling; tremendous; amazing

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キョウ kyou

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March 18, 2016
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鬥 | 斗: to fight | peck

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鬥 [斗] dòu

radical 191
: to fight; to struggle
: to condemn; to censure; to contend
: to put together; coming together

斗 dǒu

radical 68
: dry measure for grain equal to ten 升 or one-tenth of a 石
: decaliter; peck; cup or dipper shaped object
: old variant of 陡; abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星

鬦 [斗] dòu

radical 68 | radical 191
: variant 鬥 | 鬭 dou4
: Japanese variant 鬥 | 鬪 dou4

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鬥構え | とうがまえ tougamae

radical 191
: kanji “fighting” radical

闘う OR 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

闘い | たたかい tatakai

noun
: battle; fight; struggle; conflict

闘わす | たたかわす tatakawasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to compete; to vie; to contend
2: to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to set against
3: to debate; to argue

斗 | ます masu

noun
: measuring container; measure
: box (seating at a theater, etc.)
: square on a grid; cell of a grid
: square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)

斗 | とます tomasu

noun
: kanji radical 68 at right

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トウ tou

noun

斗 | と to


: (Obsolete term) to (measure of volume, approx. 18 liters)
: square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
: Chinese “Dipper” constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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March 9, 2016
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熱: hot; to warm; fervent

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熱 [热] rè

adjective
: hot (of weather); heat
: to warm up; to heat up
: fervent; zeal

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熱い | あつい atsui

adjective
: hot (thing)

熱す | ねす nesu

godan verb with su ending | intransitive verb
: to get a fever

熱さ | あつさ atsusa

noun
: heat (of a thing)

熱め | あつめ atsume

no-adjective
: hot

熱れ | いきれ ikire

noun
: steamy, very warm temperature

熱り | ほてり hoteri

noun | no-adjective
: a glow; heat
: burning sensation; hot flash

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熱 | ねつ netsu

noun
: heat
: fever; temperature
: zeal; passion; enthusiasm
: mania; craze; rage

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March 8, 2016
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據: according to; to occupy, seize

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據 [据] jù

preposition
: according to
: to act in accordance with
: to depend on
: to seize; to occupy

據 [据] jū

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拠る | よる yoru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: (Usually written using kana alone) to be due to; to be caused by
: to depend on; to turn on
: to be based on; to come from

拠 | よりどころ yoridokoro

noun
: grounds; foundation; authority; support; something upon which to rely

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キョ kyo
コ ko

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February 26, 2016
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步: step; walk

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步 bù

measure word
: a step; a pace; walk
: march; stages in a process; situation

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歩 | かち kachi

noun
: foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot
: (Archaism) going on foot; walking

歩み | あゆみ ayumi

noun
: walking
: progress; advance

歩む | あゆむ ayumu

godan verb with mu ending | intransitive verb
: to walk; to go on foot

歩く| あるく aruku

godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to walk

歩き | あるき aruki OR ありき ariki

noun | no-adjective
: walk; walking
: foot messenger (of a town, village, etc.)

歩こう | ほこう hokou

noun | suru verb
: walk

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歩 | ほ ho

noun
: step; stride;
: (Counter) counter for steps

歩 | ふ fu

noun
: pawn (in chess or shogi)

歩 | ぶ bu

noun
: unit of land measurement; 3.95 square yards; 3.31 square metres (meters)

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February 23, 2016
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變: change; rebel

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變 [变] biàn

adjective | verb
: to change; to become different; to transform; to vary
: rebellion

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変え | かえ kae

noun
: changing; change

変り | かわり kawari

noun
: change; alteration
: unusual state or event; accident; abnormality
: difference; distinction

変る | かわる kawaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary
: to move to
: to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual

変える | かえる kaeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to change; to alter; to vary; to convert; to revise; to amend; to transform

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変 | へん hen

na-adjective | noun
: strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy
: unexpected
: change
: incident; disturbance; disaster; accident
: (Noun prefix) flat (music)

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February 16, 2016
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話: dialect; speech, talk, language

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話 [话] huà

noun
: dialect; language
: spoken words; speech; talk; words
: conversation; what somebody said

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話 | はなし hanashi

noun
: talk; speech; chat; story; conversation
: discussions; negotiation; argument

話す | はなす hanasu

godan verb su ending | transitive verb
: to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat
: to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
: to speak (a language)

話せる | はなせる hanaseru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to be understanding; to be sensible

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話 | わ wa

counter
: counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.

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February 3, 2016
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活: live; exist

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活 huó

noun | adjective | verb
: to live; alive
: survive; living
: work; workmanship

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活き | いき iki

noun
: living; being alive
: freshness; liveliness; vitality
: situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains contains two or more gaps (in go)
: (Usually written using kana alone) stet; (Prefix) damned

活きる | いきる ikiru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to live; to exist
: to make a living; to subsist
: to be in effect; to be in use; to function
: to come to life; to be enlivened
: to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

活かす | いかす ikasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to make (the best) use of; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to capitalise on (experience, etc)
: to let live; to keep alive;
: to revive; to resuscitate

活かる | いかる ikaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be arranged (flowers, etc.); to be on display
: to be buried

活ける | いける ikeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to arrange (flowers); to plant

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活 | かつ katsu

noun
: living; life
: judo art of resuscitation

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February 2, 2016
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已: already; to stop

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已 yǐ

adverb
: self; oneself

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已む OR 止む | やむ yamu

godan verb with mu ending | intransitive verb
: to cease; to stop; to be over

已める OR 止める | やめる yameru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to stop; to cease; to end; to quit
: to cancel; to abandon; to give up; to abolish

已に | すでに sudeni

adverb
: already; too late

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イ i

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January 21, 2016
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