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條: strip; item

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條 [条] tiáo

measure word
: strip; item
: article; clause (of law or treaty)
: measure word for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, fishes, some animals)
: note

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条 | すじ suji

noun
: muscle; tendon; sinew
: vein; artery
: fiber; string
: line; stripe; streak
: reason; logic
: plot; storyline
: lineage; descent
: school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)
: aptitude; talent
: source (of information, etc.); circle; channel
: well-informed person (in a transaction)
: logical move (in go, shogi)
: ninth vertical line (shogi)
: seam on a helmet
: (Abbreviation) gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)
: (Archaism) social position; status; on (a river, road, etc.); along
: counter for long thin things
: (Archaism) (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)

条 | くだり kudari

noun
: passage; paragraph

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條 | じょう jou

used in given names

条 | じょう jou

noun
: article (in document); provision
: stripe; streak; line

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樣: manner; shape

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樣 [样] yàng

measure word
: manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape

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様 | さま sama

noun | suffix
: (Polite language) Mr, Mrs or Ms
: used (gen. in fixed expressions) to make words more polite
: manner; kind; appearance

様 | ざま zama

noun
: mess; sorry state; plight; sad sight
: (Suffix) way; manner

様だ | ようだ youda

auxilliary
: (Usually written using kana alone) (usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be
: like; similar to
: in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
: indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

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様 | よう you

noun | noun suffix
: (Usually written using kana alone) (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb) appearing …; looking …
: (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb) way to …; method of …ing
: (usu. after a noun) form; style; design
: (usu. after a noun) like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)

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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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懷: bosom; heart; mind

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懷 [怀] huái

adjective
: bosom; heart; mind
: to think of; to harbor in one’s mind
: to conceive (a child)

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懷 | ふところ futokoro

noun
: (out-dated kanji) bosom; bust
: (breast) pocket; purse; handbag

懐 | ふところ futokoro

noun
: bosom; bust
: (breast) pocket; purse; handbag

懐う | おもう omou

godan verb with ku ending | transitive verb
: to think; to consider; to believe
: to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
: to judge; to assess; to regard
: to imagine; to suppose; to dream
: to expect; to look forward to
: to feel; to desire; to want
: to recall; to remember

懐く | いだく idaku

godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to embrace; to hold in the arms (e.g. a baby); to hug

懐く | なつく natsuku

godan verb with ku ending | transitive verb
: (usually written using kana alone) to become emotionally attached

懐かし | なつかし natsukashi OR なつかしい natsukashii

no-adjective
: dear; desired; missed

懐ける | なつける natsukeru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to win over; to win another’s heart

懐こい | なつこい natsukoi

adjective
: amiable; affable; likable

懐しい | ゆかしい yukashii

adjective
: admirable; charming; refined
: nostalgic
: (Usually written using kana alone) curious; eager to know (or see, experience, etc.)

懐かしむ | なつかしむ natsukashimu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to yearn for (someone, something); to miss

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かい kai

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錯: mistake; wrong

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錯 [错] cuò

noun | adjective
: mistake; wrong; bad
: interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish
: to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver

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錯 | こすり kosuri

noun
: rubbing; scrubbing; scraping

錯そう | さくそう sakusou

noun | suru verb
: complication; intricacy

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さく saku

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覺: to feel; conscious | sleep

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覺 [觉] jué


: to feel; to find that; thinking; awake; aware; conscious

覺 [觉] jiào

noun
: sleep; nap

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覚 | さとり satori

noun
: a mythical being that can read minds

覚り | さとり satori

noun
: comprehension; understanding
: (Buddhist term) enlightenment; satori

覚え | おぼえ oboe

noun
: memory; sense; experience

覚る | さとる satoru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to understand; to comprehend; to realize; to perceive; to sense; to discern
: to attain enlightenment

覚ます | さます samasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to awaken
: to disabuse
: to sober up

覚める | さめる sameru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to wake; to wake up
: to become sober; to sober up; to regain consciousness (e.g. after anaesthesia)
: to come to one’s senses; to be disillusioned

覚える | おぼえる oboeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to memorize; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
: to learn; to pick up; to acquire
: to feel
: to think; to regard

覚えず | おぼえず oboezu

adverb
: unconsciously; unknowingly; without thinking

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かく kaku

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