肯 kěn
adjective | auxilary verb
: to agree; to consent
: to be ready (to do something)
: willing
Kun Reading
背く | うなずく OR うなづく unazuku
godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to nod; to bow one’s head in assent
背ずる | がえんずる gaenzuru
zuru verb | transitive verb
: to consent; to allow; to accept
諾う | うべなう ubenau
godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to agree; to assent; to consent; to obey; to conform
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こう kou
背 bēi
verb
: to be burdened
: to carry on the back or shoulder
背 bèi
noun | verb
: back; the back of a body or object
: to turn one’s back; to betray
: to hide something from
: to learn by heart; to recite from memory
: unlucky (slang)
: hard of hearing
揹 [背] bēi
: (variant) carry on one’s back
Kun Reading
背 | せ se
noun
: back; spine
: reverse; rear side
: height
: ridge (of a mountain)
背 | せい sei
noun
: height; stature
背 | そむく somuku
godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
背ける | そむける somukeru
ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to turn one’s face away; to avert one’s eyes
背なか | せなか senaka
noun
: back (of body)
背のび | せのび senobi
noun | suru verb
: standing on tiptoe and stretching one’s back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself
: overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one’s ability; pushing to the limit
背びれ | せびれ sebire
noun
: dorsal fin
背ぼね | せぼね sebone
noun | no-adjective
: spine; backbone; spinal column
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ハイ hai
上 shàng
verb
: on top; upon; above; upper; previous
: first (of multiple parts)
: to climb; to get onto; to go up
: to attend (class or university)
上 shǎng
: 上聲[声] falling and rising tone; third tone in modern Mandarin
Kun Reading
上 | うえ ue
noun | no-adjective | adverbial noun | noun suffix
: above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter)
: top; summit
: surface; on
: before; previous
: superiority; one’s superior (i.e. one’s elder)
: on top of that; besides; what’s more
: upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after)
: matters concerning…; as concerns …
: since (i.e. “for that reason”)
: (Noun suffix) (Honorific or respectful language) suffix indicating higher social standing
: (Archaism) place of one’s superior (i.e. the throne)
: (Archaism) emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo
: (Archaism) noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman)
上 | かみ kami
noun
: upper reaches (of a river); upper stream
: top; upper part; upper half (of the body)
: long ago
: beginning; first
: (Honorific or respectful language) person of high rank (e.g. the emperor)
: government; imperial court
: imperial capital (i.e. Kyoto); capital region (i.e. Kansai); region (or direction of) the imperial palace
: head (of a table)
: (Honorific or respectful language) wife; mistress (of a restaurant)
上 | うわ uwa
noun | prefix
: upper; upward; outer; surface; top
上げ | あげ age
noun | noun suffix
: rise in price; making a tuck
上り | のぼり nobori
noun
: ascent; climbing; ascending (path); climb
: up-train (e.g. going to Tokyo)
: () northward (towards Tokyo)
上る | のぼる noboru
godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to ascend; to go up; to climb
: to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise
: to go to (the capital)
: to be promoted
: to add up to
: to advance (in price)
: to swim up (a river); to sail up
: to come up (on the agenda)
上がる | あがる agaru
godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised
: to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in
: to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade
: to get out (of water); to come ashore
: to increase
: to improve; to make progress
: to be promoted; to advance
: to be made (of profit)
: to occur (esp. of a favorable result)
: to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.)
: to be finished; to be done; to be over
: (of rain) to stop; to lift
: to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die
: to win (in a card game)
: to be spoken loudly
: to get stage fright
: to be offered (to the gods)
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) to go; to visit
: (Honorific or respectful language) to eat; to drink
: to be listed (as a candidate)
: to serve (in one’s master’s home)
: (in Kyoto) to go north; (after the -masu stem of a verb) indicates completion
上げる | あげる ageru
ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to raise; to elevate
: to do up (one’s hair)
: to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.)
: to land (a boat)
: to show someone (into a room)
: to send someone (away)
: to enrol (one’s child in school); to enroll
: to increase (price, quality, status, etc.)
: to make (a loud sound); to raise (one’s voice)
: to earn (something desirable)
: to praise
: to give (an example, etc.); to cite
: to summon up (all of one’s energy, etc.)
: (Polite language) to give
: to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.)
: to bear (a child)
: to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding); () (of the tide) to come in
: to vomit
: (Usually written using kana alone) (Polite language) to do for (the sake of someone else); () to complete …
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) to humbly do …
上がり | あがり agari
noun | suffix
: ascent; rise; slope
: freshly-drawn green tea (esp. in sushi shops)
: advance income; crop yield
: death; spinning; completion; stop; finish
: after (rain); ex (official)
: (end) results (e.g. of crafts like painting, pottery, etc.); how something comes out
上で | うえで uete
expression
: upon; after
上は | うえは uewa
conjunction
: now that; since
On Reading
上 | じょう jou
noun suffix
: from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); in the field of; being of the type of
: aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; on; above
: first volume (e.g. book)
: superior quality; best; top; high class
: going up
: governmental; imperial
: presenting; showing
: (Prefix) ana- (medical, biol.)
極 [极] jí
adverb
: to reach an extreme; extremely
: pile (extreme point)
Kun Reading
極 | はたて hatate
noun
: end; limit; extremity
極め | きめ kime
noun | noun suffix
: agreement; rule
極め | ぎめ gime
noun | noun suffix
: contracted regular payment, e.g. monthly, weekly, etc.; by the (month, week, etc.)
極み | きわみ kiwami
noun
: height; acme; extremity
極り | きまり kimari
noun | no-adjective
: rule; regulation
: settlement; conclusion; end; agreement; arrangement
: habit; custom; habitual way
: countenance in front of another person; face
: (Archaism) love relationship between a customer and a prostitute
極る | きまる kimaru
godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be decided; to be settled
: to look good in (clothes)
極める | きめる kimeru
ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one’s mind; to resolve; to set one’s heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix
: to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)
: to persist in doing; to go through with
: to always do; to have made a habit of
: to take for granted; to assume
: to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines
: to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing
: (Martial arts term) to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.)
極まる | きわまる kiwamaru
godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to terminate; to reach an extreme; to take to the extreme; to be in a dilemma; to be at an end
極めて | きわめて kiwamete
ichidan verb | transitive verb
: exceedingly; extremely; decisively
極める | きわめる kiwameru
ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something
: to investigate thoroughly; to master
On Reading
極 | ごく goku
adverb
: (Usually written using kana alone) quite; very
: quindecillion (US); octillion (Europe); 10^48
極 | きょく kyoku
noun
: pole
: climax; extreme; extremity; culmination; height; zenith; nadir
次 cì
measure word
: next in sequence
: second; the second (day, time etc); secondary
: vice-; sub-; infra-
: inferior quality; substandard
: order; sequence
: hypo- (chemistry)
: measure word for enumerated events: time
Kun Reading
次 | つぎ tsugi
noun | no-adjective
: next; following; subsequent
: stage; station
次に | つぎに tsugini
conjunction
: next; then; after that
次ぐ | つぐ tsugu
godan verb with gu ending | intransitive verb
: to rank next to; to come after
次いで | ついで tsuide
adverb | conjunction
: next; secondly; subsequently
次なる | つぎなる tsuginaru
noun
: next; the next
On Reading
次 | じ ji
prefix
: next
: hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence)
: (Counter) order; sequence; time; times
し shi
壞 [坏] huài
adjective
: bad; spoiled; rotten; sly
: broken; to break down
: (suffix) to the utmost
Kun Reading
壊す | こわす kowasu
godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to break; to destroy; to demolish
: to wreck; to ruin; to spoil; to damage
: to break (a bill, etc.)
壊れる | こわれる kowareru
ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: bosom; bust
: (breast) pocket; purse; handbag
On Reading
かい kai
え e
懷 [怀] huái
adjective
: bosom; heart; mind
: to think of; to harbor in one’s mind
: to conceive (a child)
Kun Reading
懷 | ふところ futokoro
noun
: (out-dated kanji) bosom; bust
: (breast) pocket; purse; handbag
懐 | ふところ futokoro
noun
: bosom; bust
: (breast) pocket; purse; handbag
懐う | おもう omou
godan verb with ku ending | transitive verb
: to think; to consider; to believe
: to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
: to judge; to assess; to regard
: to imagine; to suppose; to dream
: to expect; to look forward to
: to feel; to desire; to want
: to recall; to remember
懐く | いだく idaku
godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to embrace; to hold in the arms (e.g. a baby); to hug
懐く | なつく natsuku
godan verb with ku ending | transitive verb
: (usually written using kana alone) to become emotionally attached
懐かし | なつかし natsukashi OR なつかしい natsukashii
no-adjective
: dear; desired; missed
懐ける | なつける natsukeru
ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to win over; to win another’s heart
懐こい | なつこい natsukoi
adjective
: amiable; affable; likable
懐しい | ゆかしい yukashii
adjective
: admirable; charming; refined
: nostalgic
: (Usually written using kana alone) curious; eager to know (or see, experience, etc.)
懐かしむ | なつかしむ natsukashimu
godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
On Reading
かい kai
覺 [觉] jué
: to feel; to find that; thinking; awake; aware; conscious
覺 [觉] jiào
noun
: sleep; nap
Kun Reading
覚 | さとり satori
noun
: a mythical being that can read minds
覚り | さとり satori
noun
: comprehension; understanding
: (Buddhist term) enlightenment; satori
覚え | おぼえ oboe
noun
: memory; sense; experience
覚る | さとる satoru
godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to understand; to comprehend; to realize; to perceive; to sense; to discern
: to attain enlightenment
覚ます | さます samasu
godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to awaken
: to disabuse
: to sober up
覚める | さめる sameru
ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to wake; to wake up
: to become sober; to sober up; to regain consciousness (e.g. after anaesthesia)
: to come to one’s senses; to be disillusioned
覚える | おぼえる oboeru
ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to memorize; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
: to learn; to pick up; to acquire
: to feel
: to think; to regard
覚えず | おぼえず oboezu
adverb
: unconsciously; unknowingly; without thinking
On Reading
かく kaku