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件: item

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件 jiàn

measure word
: item; component
: a measure of events
: official documents
: articles of clothing, pieces of furniture

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件 | くだり kudari

noun
: passage; paragraph

件 | くだん kudan

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: (Usually written using kana alone) the above-mentioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question
: the usual

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件 | けん ken

noun
: matter; case; item
: (Counter) counter for cases, matters, etc.

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塊: lump; currency (coll.)

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塊 [块] kuài

measure word
: lump (of earth); chunk; piece
: measure word for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc
: colloquial word for yuan (or other unit of currency such as Hong Kong or US dollar etc), usually as 塊錢

Kun Reading

塊 | かたまり katamari

noun
: lump; mass; bundle; clump; clod; cluster

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かい kai

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把: to hold | handle

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把 bǎ

preposition | measure word
: to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of; handle
: particle marking the following noun as a direct object
: measure word for objects with handle (knives, spoons, teapots) or that you grasp (chairs, handfuls of rice, bunches of flowers)

把 bà

noun
: handle

Kun Reading

把 | わ wa OR ば ba OR ぱ pa

counter
: counter for bundles

把 | たば taba

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

把む | つかむ tsukamu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one’s hands on; to clutch
: to understand; to grasp; to comprehend

把 | でる deru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to go out; to exit; to leave;
: to appear; to come forth; to be published;
: to answer (the phone or door)

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は ha

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出: to go out

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出 chū

adjective | verb
: to go out; to come out; to occur
: to produce; to go beyond
: to rise; to put forth; to happen
: measure word for dramas, plays, operas

齣 [出] chū

measure word
: measure word for plays or chapters of classical novels

Kun Reading

出 | で de

noun | noun suffix
: coming out; going out; outflow; rising (of the sun or moon)
: attending (work); appearing (on stage); one’s turn to go on
: start; beginning
: origins; background; person (or item) originating from …; graduate of …; native of …; member of … (lineage)
: architectural member that projects outward
: highest point of the stern of a ship
: (Usually written using kana alone) amount (comprising something); amount of time or effort required to do something

出 | だし dashi

noun
: (Usually written using kana alone) dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
: pretext; excuse; pretense; dupe; front man

出す | だす dasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to take out; to get out
: to put out; to reveal; to show
: to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in
: to publish; to make public
: to send (e.g. letter)
: to produce (a sound); to start (fire)
: to serve
: (Food term)(Suffix) to begin

出る | でる deru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to go out; to exit; to leave;
: to appear; to come forth; to be published;
: to answer (the phone or door)

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出 | しゅつ shutsu

noun
: coming out; emerging
: being born into (a certain family); being a native of (a particular place)

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時: time

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時 [时] shí

noun | adjective | measure word
: time; season; era; age; period

Kun Reading

時 | とき toki

noun | adverbial noun
: time; hour
: occasion; moment

時 | どき doki

noun suffix
: time for -; time of -; – time; (suitable) time to –

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時 | じ ji

suffix
: hour; o’clock;
: (specified) time; when …; during …

し shi

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頭: head

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頭 [头] tóu

noun | measure word
: head; hair style
: the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant
: chief; boss
: side; aspect
: first; leading
: measure word for pigs or livestock
: suffix used to form nouns and noun-phrases

Kun Reading

頭 | あたま atama OR かしら kashira

noun
: head
: mind; brain; intellect
: top
: hair (on one’s head)

頭 | どたま dotama

noun | derogatory
: head; dome; bean; nob; noggin

頭 | がしら gashira

suffix
: (after a noun) top of…; head of…
: (after the -masu stem of a verb) the moment that…

頭 | つむ tsumu OR かぶり kaburi OR こうべ koube OR つぶり tsuburi

noun
: head

頭 | つむり tsumuri

noun
: head
: bangs; fringe

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頭 | とう tou

counter
: counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle)

頭 | ず zu

noun
: head

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起: to rise

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起 qǐ

adjective | verb | measure word
: to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear
: to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter)
: verb suffix, to start; (before place or time) starting from
: measure word for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
: measure word for groups: batch, group

Kun Reading

起つ | たつ tatsu

Godan verb with tu ending | intransitive verb
: to rise up; to initiate (political) action

起り | おこり okori

Noun
: source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis

起る | おこる okoru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to occur; to happen

起す | おこす okosu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to raise; to cause; to wake someone

起きる | おきる okiru

Ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to get up; to rise
: to wake up
: to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place

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き ki

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站: station; to stand

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站 zhàn

noun | verb | measure word
: (taxi/bus) stand – station; to stand
: to halt; to stop
: branch of a company or organization
: website

Kun Reading

立つ | たつ tatsu

Godan verb with tsu ending | intransitive verb
: to stand; to rise; to stand up
: to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position)
: to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

佇む OR 彳む | たたずむ tatazumu

Godan verb with mu ending | intransitive verb
: to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop

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たん tan

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