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下: down

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下 xià

verb | measure word
: down; downwards; below; lower
: later; next (week etc); second (of two parts)
: to decline; to go down; bring down
: to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
: measure word to show the frequency of an action
: inferior

Kun Reading

下 | した shita

noun
: below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter)
: bottom
: beneath; underneath
: just after; right after
: inferiority; one’s inferior (i.e. one’s junior)
: trade-in
: preliminary; preparatory

下 | もと moto

adverb
: under (esp. influence or guidance)

下 | しも shimo

noun
: lower reaches (of a river)
: bottom; lower part
: lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces; urine; menses
: end; far from the imperial palace (i.e. far from Kyoto, esp. of western Japan)
: (No-adjective) dirty (e.g. dirty jokes, etc.)

下り | くだり kudari

noun | noun suffix
: down-train (going away from Tokyo)
: down-slope; downward going

下さい | ください kudasai

expression
: (Usually written using kana alone) (Honorific or respectful language) please give me
: (after te-form of a verb or a noun prefixed with o- or go-) please do for me

下げる | さげる sageru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to hang; to lower; to move back; to wear; to dismiss; to grant

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下 | か ka

suffix
: under (being in said condition or environment)

下 | げ ge

noun
: lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority
: second volume (of two); third volume (of three)

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煙: smoke; cigarettes

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煙 [烟] yān


: smoke, soot; opium; tobacco; cigarettes
: mist; vapor

Kun Reading

煙 OR 烟 | けぶ kebu OR けむ kemu OR けぶり keburi OR けむり kemuri

noun
: smoke; fumes

煙い OR 烟い | けぶい kebui OR けむい kemui

adjective
: smoky

煙る OR 烟る | けぶる keburu OR けむる kemuru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to smoke (e.g. fire)
: to be hazy

煙がる OR 烟がる | けぶがる kebugaru OR けむがる kemugaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be sensitive to smoke; to be uncomfortable because of smoke

煙たい OR 烟たい | けむたい kemutai

adjective
: smoky
: awkward; ill at ease

烟たがる | けぶたがる kebutagaru OR けむたがる kemutagaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be sensitive to smoke
: to dislike the company of (someone); to consider (someone) a burden or nuisance

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えん en

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病: sickness

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病 bìng

noun | adjective | verb
: sickness; ailment; illness; disease
: to fall ill; defect

Kun Reading

病む | やむ yamu

godan verb with mu ending
: to fall ill; to be ill

病 | やまい yamai

noun
: illness; disease

病める | やめる yameru

expression | noun or verb acting prenominally
: sick; ill; ailing
: (Archaism) to hurt; to ache

病 | いたずき itazuki OR いたつき itatsuki

noun
: (Archaism) pain; trouble
: illness

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びょう byou

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忍: to bear; to endure

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忍 rèn

adjective
: to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself

Kun Reading

忍 | しのぶ shinobu

noun
: (Usually written using kana alone) Davallia mariesii (species of fern)
: Lepisorus thunbergiana (species of fern)
: color of clothing layers under one’s overcoat (light green on blue)
: (Abbreviation) ancient women’s hairstyle
: (Abbreviation) clothing patterned using the fern Davallia mariesii

忍ぶ | しのぶ shinobu

godan verb with bu ending | transitive verb
: to conceal oneself; to hide
: to endure

忍び | しのび shinobi

noun
: stealth
: (Abbreviation) travelling incognito (traveling)
: (Abbreviation) ninjutsu
: (Abbreviation) ninja
: sneak theft; sneak thief
: tolerance

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忍 | にん nin

noun
: endurance; forbearance; patience; self-restraint

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亭: pavilion; erect

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亭 tíng

noun
: pavilion; booth; kiosk
: erect

Kun Reading
none applicable

四阿 OR 東屋 | あずまや azumaya

noun
: arbor; bower; summer house; square gazebo

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亭 | ちん chin

noun
: arbor; bower; pavilion

亭 | てい tei

noun
: : arbor; bower; pavilion;
: (Suffix) suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers

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跑: to run | to paw

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跑 pǎo

verb
: to run; to run away; to escape
: to run around (on errands etc); (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate
: (verb complement) away; off

跑 pāo


: (of an animal) to paw (the ground)

Kun Reading

足掻く | あがく agaku

godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to paw (at) the ground
: to flounder; to struggle

走 | そう sou

suffix
: run; race

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差: to differ | differ | to send

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差 chà

adjective | verb
: to differ; to fall short; to owe; lacking; wrong; inferior

差 chā

noun
: differ; difference (arithmetics), discrepancy; error; to err; to make a mistake

差 chāi

adjective | verb
: to send; to commission; official; mission

Kun Reading

差す | さす sasu

godan verb with su ending | intransitive verb
: to shine
: to be visible
: to be tinged with
: to rise (of water levels); to flow in
: to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
: () to hold up (an umbrella, etc.); to put up; to raise
: to extend one’s arm straight ahead (in dance)
: to insert; to put in
: to wear (a sword) in one’s belt; to wear at one’s side; to carry under one’s arm
: to insert one’s arm under an opponent’s arm (in sumo)
: to pole (a boat)
: to pour; to add (liquid); to serve (drinks)
: to put on (lipstick, etc.); to apply; to color; to dye
: to light (a fire); to burn
: to shut; to close; to lock; to fasten
: () to stop in the midst of; to leave undone

差し | さし sashi

expression
: between (e.g. two people); face to face

差しで | さしで sashide

expression
: face to face; between two persons

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差 | さ sa

noun | noun suffix
: difference; variation

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