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兇: terrible | fierce

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兇 [凶] xīong

adjective
: terrible; fearful; culprit

凶 xīong

adjective
: vicious; fierce; cruel
: unlucky, ominous; inauspicious; calamitous
: famine
: variant of 兇

Kun Reading
none applicable

恐れる OR 怖れる | おそれる osoreru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to fear; to be afraid of

悪い | わるい warui

adjective
: bad; poor; inferior
: evil; sinful
: unprofitable
: at fault; to blame; in the wrong
: sorry

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兇 OR 凶 | きょう kyou


: bad luck; bad fortune
: evil; wickedness

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斥: to blame; to reprove

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斥 chì


: to blame
: to reprove; to reprimand
: to expel; to oust
: to reconnoiter; (of territory) to expand
: saline marsh

Kun Reading

斥く | しりぞく shirizoku

godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to step back; to move back
: to leave (the presence of a superior); to withdraw; to retreat; to concede
: to resign; to retire; to quit

斥ける | しりぞける shirizokeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject

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セキ seki

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肯: to agree; willing

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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

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背: to be burdened | back

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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

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永: eternal

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永 yǒng

adjective | verb | adverb
: eternal; forever; always; perpetual

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永 | なが naga

prefix | suffix
: long

永い | ながい nagai

adjective
: long (time); lengthy

永き | ながき nagaki

noun | noun prefix
: long distance; long time

永の | ながの nagano

pre-noun adjectival
: long; eternal

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えい ei

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