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妾: concubine; I

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袋 qiè

noun | pronoun
: wife of an inferior rank, concubine
: I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)

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妾 | めかけ mekake OR そばめ sobame

noun
: mistress; kept woman; concubine

妾 | わらわ warawa

pronoun | female term
: I; me

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ショウ shou

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貸: to lend; pardon

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貸 [贷] dài

noun | verb
: to lend on interest; to borrow
: a loan
: leniency
: to make excuses; to pardon; to forgive

Kun Reading

貸し | かし kashi

noun
: loan; lending
: favor; debt; obligation
: creditor; method of lending; credit side

貸す | かす kasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to lend; to loan
: to rent out; to hire out

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タイ tai

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代: to replace; era

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代 dài

noun | verb
: to substitute; to act on behalf of others
: to replace
: generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon

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代 OR 世 | よ yo

noun
: world; society; age; generation

代 | しろ shiro

noun
: substitution
: material
: price
: margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something
: (Archaism) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; ~19.83 m.sq.)

代え | かえ kae

noun
: change; alteration; substitute; spare; proxy
: rate of exchange

代り | かわり kawari

noun | no-adjective
: substitute; replacement; substituting; replacing
: stand-in; proxy; alternate; deputy; relief; successor
: compensation; exchange; return
: second helping; another cup; seconds
: (Abbreviation) upcoming program

代る | かわる kawaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to succeed; to relieve; to replace
: to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent
: to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switch

代り | がわり gawari

suffix
: substitute for …

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代 | だい dai

noun | noun suffix
: charge; cost; price
: generation; age; reign
: (geological) era
: (after someone’s name or title) a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone)
: used after a phone number to indicate that it is a switchboard number
: (Counter) counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.
: counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.)
: (Abbreviation) proxy application company

タイ tai

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備: to prepare; to provide

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備 [备] bèi

verb
: to prepare; get ready
: to provide or equip

Kun Reading

備え | そなえ sonae

noun
: preparation; provision; guarding

備える | そなえる sonaeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to furnish; to provide for; to equip; to install
: to have ready; to prepare for
: to possess; to have; to be endowed with; to be armed with

備わる | そなわる sonawaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be furnished with; to be endowed with: to be among; to be one of; to be possessed of

備に | つぶさに tsubusani

adverb
: in detail; with great care; completely; again and again

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ビ bi

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預: prepare; in advance

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預 [预] yù

adverb
: to prepare
: to advance; in advance; beforehand

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預け | あずけ azuke

noun
: custody; keeping

預り | あずかり azukari

noun
: under custody; under supervision
: undecided match; draw; tie

預かる | あずかる azukaru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to look after; to take care of; to keep; to hold on to; to keep in custody
: to take charge of; to be entrusted with; to receive on deposit
: to reserve (judgment); to leave undecided

預ける | あずける azukeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to give into custody; to leave (a child) in the care of; to entrust; to deposit
: to lean on; to put one’s weight on

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ヨ yo

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子: child; 1st terrestrial branch

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子 zi

noun suffix

子 zǐ

noun | radical 39
: son; offspring; child; seed; egg
: small thing
: 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat
: Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位

Kun Reading

子 | こ ko

noun | noun suffix
: child
: young (animal)
: young woman; young geisha
: offshoot
: interest
: (Abbreviation) new shares
: (Archaism) bird egg; (Noun suffix) (after a noun or -masu stem) -er (often of young women)

子 | ね ne

noun | noun suffix
: first sign of Chinese zodiac (The Rat, 11pm-1am, north, November)

子 OR 実 | み mi

noun
: fruit; nut
: seed
: (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.
: content; substance

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子 | し shi

noun
: child (esp. a boy)
: viscount
: (Honorific or respectful language) master (founder of a school of thought, esp. Confucius)
: philosophy (branch of Chinese literature); non-Confucian Hundred Schools of Thought writings
: (Archaism) you (of one’s equals); (Noun suffix) -er (i.e. a man who spends all his time doing…)

子 OR 主 | す su

suffix
: honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name

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号 | 號: sign; number | cry

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號 [号] hào

verb | measure word
: ordinal number; day of a month
: mark; sign
: business establishment
: size
: ship suffix
: horn (wind instrument)
: bugle call
: assumed name
: to take a pulse
: classifier used to indicate number of people

號 [号] háo


: roar; cry; to cry out

Kun Reading

号する | ごうする kousuru

suru verb – special class
: to name; to take a second name or alias
: to announce; to boast; to declare

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号 OR 號 | ごう kou

noun | noun suffix
: number; edition; make; model; issue; part of that group
: sobriquet; pen-name

ゴウ gou

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陰: dark; shady; feminine

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陰 [阴] yīn

adjective
: overcast (weather); cloudy; dark
: shady; secret
: Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang)
: negative (electric.)
: feminine
: moon
: implicit; hidden
: genitalia
: opposite: [阳] yang2 ☯: sun

Kun Reading

陰 | かげ kage

noun
: shade; shadow
: other side; back; background

陰 | ほと hoto

noun
: female private parts/genitals

陰り | かげり kageri

noun
: shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone’s happiness); shade; gloom

陰る | かげる kageru

godan verb with run ending | intransitive verb
: to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be obscured

陰に | いんに inni

adverb
: invisibly; secretly; privately

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陰 | いん in

noun
: yin (i.e. the negative)
: unseen location (i.e. somewhere private)

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