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夏: summer

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夏 xià

noun
: summer
: the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432);

Kun Reading

夏 | なつ natsu

adverbial noun | temporal noun
: summer

夏い | なつい natsui

adjective | colloquialism
: blisteringly hot; relentlessly hot; scorching

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夏 | か ka

noun
: Xia (dynasty of China; perhaps mythological)

夏 | げ ge

noun
: summer (on the lunisolar calendar: 16th day of the 4th month to the 15th day of the 7th month)

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角: angle | role

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角 jiǎo

noun | measure word | radical 148
: angle; corner
: horn; horn-shaped
: unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan

角 jué


: role (theater)
: to compete
: ancient three legged wine vessel
: third note of pentatonic scale

Kun Reading

角 | かど kado

noun
: corner (e.g. desk, pavement)
: edge

角 | つの tsuno

noun
: horn

角 | すみ sumi

noun | noun suffix
: corner; nook; recess
: (Noun) (Obscure term) downstage right (on a noh stage)

角す | かくす kakusu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to compare (e.g. in a competition)

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角 | かく kaku

noun | noun suffix
: angle
: square (or cube)
: bishop (shogi)
: third degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale)
: Chinese “horn” constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
: jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

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總: always; gather; total; chief

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總 [总] zǒng

adverb
: always; probably; surely
: to assemble; gather
: total; overall; to add together
: head; chief; general
: in every case

Kun Reading

総 OR 房 | ふさ fusa

noun
: tuft; tassel
: bunch (of grapes, etc.)
: section (of an orange, etc.)

総て OR 全て | すべて subete

no-adjective | adverbial noun | nounspan>
: all; the whole; entirely; in general; wholly; overall

総べる | すべる suberu

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to control; to supervise

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総 | そう sou

noun
: whole; all; general; gross

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極: extremely

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極 [极] jí

adverb
: to reach an extreme; extremely
: pile (extreme point)

Kun Reading

極 | はたて hatate

noun
: end; limit; extremity

極め | きめ kime

noun | noun suffix
: agreement; rule

極め | ぎめ gime

noun | noun suffix
: contracted regular payment, e.g. monthly, weekly, etc.; by the (month, week, etc.)

極み | きわみ kiwami

noun
: height; acme; extremity

極り | きまり kimari

noun | no-adjective
: rule; regulation
: settlement; conclusion; end; agreement; arrangement
: habit; custom; habitual way
: countenance in front of another person; face
: (Archaism) love relationship between a customer and a prostitute

極る | きまる kimaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be decided; to be settled
: to look good in (clothes)

極める | きめる kimeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one’s mind; to resolve; to set one’s heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix
: to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)
: to persist in doing; to go through with
: to always do; to have made a habit of
: to take for granted; to assume
: to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines
: to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing
: (Martial arts term) to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.)

極まる | きわまる kiwamaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to terminate; to reach an extreme; to take to the extreme; to be in a dilemma; to be at an end

極めて | きわめて kiwamete

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: exceedingly; extremely; decisively

極める | きわめる kiwameru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something
: to investigate thoroughly; to master

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極 | ごく goku

adverb
: (Usually written using kana alone) quite; very
: quindecillion (US); octillion (Europe); 10^48

極 | きょく kyoku

noun
: pole
: climax; extreme; extremity; culmination; height; zenith; nadir

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