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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);

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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

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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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甬: path | bucket

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甬 yǒng


: path screened by walls on both sides
: the Yongjiang river 甬江 through Ningbo 宁波; abbr. for Ningbo

甬 tǒng

measure word
: variant 桶
: bucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc); pail
: (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter)

Kun Reading

桶 | おけ oke

noun
: bucket

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ヨウ you
トウ tou

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華: flowery; illustrious; Chinese

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華 [华] huá


: magnificent; splendid; flowery
: illustrious
: abbr. for China

華 [华] huà


: Mt Hua 华山 in Shaanxi

華 [华] huā


: old variant of 花 flower

Kun Reading

華 | はな hana

noun
: flower; blossom; bloom; petal
: blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); cherry blossom
: ikebana
: (Abbreviation) Japanese playing cards
: beauty
: (the) best

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カ ka
ケ ke

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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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凡: ordinary; common; all

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凡 fán

conjunction
: ordinary; commonplace; mundane
: temporal
: of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels)
: every; all; whatever
: altogether
: gist; outline
: note of Chinese musical scale

Kun Reading

凡て OR 全て | すべて subete

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

凡そ | およそ oyoso

adverb | noun
: about; roughly; as a rule; approximately

凡 | おおよそ ooyoso

adverb | noun
: about; roughly; as a rule; approximately

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凡 | ぼん bon OR はん han

na-adjective | noun
: mediocrity

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門: gate; door; house

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門 [门] mén

noun | measure word | radical 169
: gate; door; gateway; doorway; opening
: valve; switch; way to do something; knack
: family; house; (religious) sect
: school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy)
: measure word for large guns; measure word for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
: (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

Kun Reading

門 OR 戸 | と to

noun
: (Archaism) entrance (to a home)
: (Archaism) narrows

門 | かど kado

noun
: gate

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門 | もん mon

noun | noun suffix
: gate
: branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master
: (biological) division
: (Counter) counter for cannons

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