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丸: ball; pellet; pill

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丸 wán

measure word
: ball; pill; pellet; bullet

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丸 | まる maru

noun
: circle
: (Prefix) full (e.g. month, day, etc.)
: perfection; purity
: suffix for ship names

丸い | まるい marui

adjective
: round; circular; spherical
: harmonious; calm

丸で | まるで marude

adverb
: quite; entirely; completely; at all; as if; as though; so to speak; just like

丸め | まるめ marume

noun
: rounding

丸める | まるめる marumeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to make round; to roll up; to curl up
: to seduce; to cajole; to explain away
: to round off (a fraction)
: (Archaism) to lump together

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丸 | がん gan

noun | noun suffix
: fishball; meatball
: pill

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March 7, 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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已: already; to stop

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已 yǐ

adverb
: self; oneself

Kun Reading

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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己: self

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己 jǐ

radical 49 | noun
: self; oneself
: sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; sixth in order
: letter “F” or roman “VI” in list “A, B, C”, or “I, II, III” etc; hexa

Kun Reading

己 | な na

noun
: (Archaism) I
: you

己 | うぬ unu

pronoun | no-adjective | vulgar
: blockhead!; you

己 | うら ura OR おら ora

noun
: first person pronoun (usually male)

己 | おれ ore

pronoun | no-adjective | male term
: I; me (rough or arrogant-sounding first-person pronoun, formerly also used by women)

己 | おのれ onore

pronoun | no-adjective
: (Archaism) oneself (itself, etc.)
: (Humble language) I (or me)
: (Derogatory) you; by oneself (itself, etc.)
: interjection expressing anger or chagrin

己 | おどれ odore OR おんどら ondora OR おんどれ ondore

interjection | pronoun | no-adjective
: (insulting) you (Hyougo Banshu dialect)

己が | おのが onoga

pre-noun adjectival
: my; one’s own
: (Expression) I …; one …

己 | つちのと tsuchinoto

noun
: 6th in rank; sixth sign of the Chinese calendar

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己 | き ki

noun
: 6th in rank; sixth sign of the Chinese calendar

コ ko

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January 20, 2016
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束: to bind; to control

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束 shù

measure word | verb
: to bind; bunch; bundle; measure word for bunches, bundles
: beams of light etc.
: to control
: (Chinese surname)

Kun Reading

束 | たば taba

noun | noun suffix | counter
: bundle; bunch; sheaf

束 | つか tsuka

noun
: strut; short vertical post
: thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.)
: (Archaism) handbreadth; bundle

束ね | たばね tabane

noun
: bundle; control; management

束ねる | たばねる tabaneru OR つかねる tsukaneru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to sheathe;
: to govern; to manage; to control; to administer

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束 | そく soku

noun | noun suffix
: (Mathematical term) lattice
: counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish)
: handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)

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January 12, 2016
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選: to choose; to elect

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選 [选] xuǎn

verb
: to choose; to pick; to select; to elect

Kun Reading

選る | よる yoru OR える eru OR すぐる tsuguru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to choose; to select

選ぶ | えらぶ erabu

godan verb with bu ending | transitive verb
: to choose; to select

選り | より yori

noun
: selecting; choosing

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選 | せん sen

noun | noun suffix
: selection; choice; choosing; picking; election

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January 11, 2016
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造: to build; party to a lawsuit

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造 zào

verb
: to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate
: to go to
: to prepare
: party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement)
: crop; measure word for crops

Kun Reading

造る OR 作る | つくる tsukuru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct
: to prepare (Food term) ; to brew (alcohol)
: to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train
: to till
: to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write
: to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose
: to coin (a phrase); to organize; to establish; to found
: to have (a child)
: to make up (one’s face, etc.)
: to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
: to form (a line, etc.)
: to set (a record)
: to commit (a sin, etc.)

造り | つくり tsukuri

noun
: make-up; structure; physique

造り | づくり zukuri

suffix
: making; forming; cultivating; growing
: form; appearance

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ゾウ zou

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January 8, 2016
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