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花: flower

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花 huā

noun | adjective | verb
: flower; blossom
: fancy pattern; florid
: to spend (money, time)

化 huā


: variant of 花 – flower

Kun Reading

花 | はな hana

noun
: flower; blossom; bloom; petal
: blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); cherry blossom
: ikebana (生け花: living flowers) is the Japanese art of flower arrangement, also known as kadō (華道: way of flowers).
: (Abbreviation) Japanese playing cards
: beauty
: (the) best

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カ ka
ケ ke

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雪: snow

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雪 xǔe

noun
: snow; snowfall
: to have the appearance of snow; pure
: to wipe away, off or out
: to clean

Kun Reading

雪 | ゆき yuki

noun
: snow

雪ぐ OR 濯ぐ | すすぐ susugu OR そそぐ sosogu OR ゆすぐ yusugu

godan verb with gu ending | transitive verb
: to rinse; to wash out
: to have one’s revenge; to wipe out a disgrace

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セツ setsu

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靜: quiet; calm

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靜 [静] jìng

adjective
: still; calm; quiet
: unmoving; motionless

Kun Reading

静か | しずか shizuka

na-adjective
: quiet; peaceful

静けさ | しずけさ shizukesa

noun
: stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity

静まる | しずまる shizumaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to quieten down; to calm down; to subside; to die down; to abate; to be suppressed

静かに | しずかに shizukani

adverb | expression
: calmly; quietly; gently; peacefully
: be quiet!

静める | しずめる shizumeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to appease; to suppress; to calm

静ひつ | せいひつ seihitsu

na-adjective | noun
: peacefulness; tranquility

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セイ sei
ジョウ jou

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曲: bent | tune

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曲 qū


: crooked; bent; twisted
: wrong; false

曲 qǔ

measure word
: tune; song

Kun Reading

曲 | くせ kuse

noun
: (Usually written using kana alone) long segment of a noh play forming its musical highlight; (Noun prefix) wrong; improper; indecent

曲 | くま kuma

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: corner; nook; recess
: a shadow; a shade

曲 | まが maga

noun
: wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster

曲る | まがる magaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to bend; to curve; to warp; to wind; to twist
: to turn
: to be awry; to be askew; to be crooked

曲げ | まがり magari

noun
: curvature; warp; bend

曲がった | まがった magatta

noun
: bent; curved; warped; winded; twisted
: awry; askew; crooked

曲げ | まげ mage

noun
: flexure; bending

曲げ | まげる mageru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to bend; to crook; to lean; to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle)

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曲 | きょく kyoku

noun | noun suffix
: tune; piece of music

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water

水: water

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水 shuǐ

noun | radical 85
: water
: river; liquid; beverage
: additional charges or income
: (of clothes) measure word for number of washes

Kun Reading

みず mizu

noun
: water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water)
: fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid
: flood; floodwaters
: water offered to sumo wrestlers just prior to a bout
: break granted to sumo wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout

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すい sui

noun
: (Abbreviation) Wednesday;
: shaved ice (served with flavored syrup)
: water (fifth of the five elements)

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明: bright; clear

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明 míng

adjective
: bright; light; brilliant; clear

Kun Reading

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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