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穴: cave

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

穴 xué

noun | radical 116
: cave; den; lair; cavity
: hole
: acupuncture point

Kun Reading

穴 | あな ana

noun | noun suffix
: hole
: deficit; shortage; missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.)
: vacancy; opening
: flaw
: profitable place (or item, etc.) not well known by others
: upset victory (with a large payoff)
: (Slang) pit (of a theater)
: (Archaism) hiding place
: (Archaism) underbelly (of society, etc.)

穴あけ | あなあけ anaake

noun | noun prefix
: drilling

穴あけ | あなぐら anagura

noun
: cellar; cave; hole in the ground

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穴 | けつ ketsu

noun
: (Colloquialism) ass; arse; buttocks
: (Colloquialism) rear; end
: acupuncture point

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永: eternal

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永 yǒng

adjective | verb | adverb
: eternal; forever; always; perpetual

Kun Reading

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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辛: bitter

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辛 xīn

noun | radical 160
: bitter; (of taste) hot or pungent
: hard; laborious; suffering
: eighth in order; eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; letter “H” or roman “VIII” in list “A, B, C”, or “I, II, III” etc; octa

Kun Reading

辛 | かのと kanoto

noun
: 8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar

辛い | からい karai

adjective
: spicy; hot
: salty;
: tough (on someone); adverse; harsh

辛い | つらい tsurai

adjective
: painful; bitter; heart-breaking

辛み | からみ karami

noun
: salty (hot, sharp) taste

辛め | からめ karame

adjective
: hottish; salty; somewhat hot; kind of salty; on the dry side
: strict; harsh

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辛 | しん shin

noun
: 8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar

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