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宗: ancestor; lineage

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宗 zōng

noun
: school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one’s model (in academic or artistic work); measure word for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs; (Chinese surname)

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宗 OR 旨 | むね mune

noun
: center; pillar; principle

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宗 | しゅう shuu

noun
: sect

ソウ sou

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去: to go; leave

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去 qù

verb | adverb
: to go; to go to (a place)
: to leave; to depart
: (of a time etc) last
: just passed
: to send
: to remove; to get rid of; to reduce
: to be apart from in space or time
: to die (euphemism)
: to play (a part)
: (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do something
: (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
: (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

Kun Reading

去る | さる saru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to leave; to go away
: to pass; to elapse
: to be distant
: to send away; to drive off; to divorce
: (after a -masu stem, esp. of a suru verb) … completely
: (Pre-noun adjectival) last … (e.g. “last April”)

去ぬ | いぬ inu

godan verb with nu ending
: (Archaism) to go
: to pass (of time)
: to die
: to go bad; to rot
: (Kansai dialect) to go home

去なす | いなす inasu

godan verb with nu ending
: to parry; to sidestep; to let go; to chase away

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キョ kyo、 コ ko

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詛: curse

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詛 [诅] zǔ


: curse; swear (oath)

Kun Reading

詛い OR 呪い | のろい noroi

noun
: curse; spell; malediction

詛う OR 呪う | のろう norou

godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely

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ソ so、 ショ sho

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