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臣: minister

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臣 chén

radical 131
: minister; statesman; official; state official or subject in dynastic China
: “Your Servant”, form of address used when speaking to a ruler
: to submit oneself to the rule of or acknowledge allegiance to; to serve a ruler as his subject

Kun Reading

臣 | おみ omi

noun
: (Archaism) retainer; attendant;
: Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight)

臣 | やつこ yatsuko

noun
: (Archaism) slave
: retainer; servant
: captive
: (Derogatory) varlet
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) I; me

臣 | やつこらま yotsukorama

noun
: retainer; servant

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臣 | しん shin

noun
: (Archaism) retainer; attendant
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) I (used by a servant when speaking to his master); me

じん jin

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August 20, 2014
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萬: ten thousand

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萬 [万] wàn

numeral
: ten thousand; a great number

Kun Reading
萬: archaic kanji

万 | よろず yorozu

numeric
: 10,000; ten thousand
: myriad
: (Adverbial noun) everything; all
: (Archaism) various

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万 | まん man

numeric
: 10,000; ten thousand
: myriad

万 | ばん ban

adverb | prefix
: many; all

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August 19, 2014
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示: to show

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示 shì

verb | noun | radical 113
: to show; to reveal
: manifest; demonstrate

Kun Reading

示し | しめし shimeshi

noun
: discipline; revelation

示す | しめす shimesu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to denote; to show; to point out; to indicate; to exemplify

示偏 | しめすへん shimesuhen

noun
: kanji “show” radical at left

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し shi

じ ji

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July 31, 2014
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曲: bent | tune

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曲 qū


: crooked; bent; twisted
: wrong; false

曲 qǔ

measure word
: tune; song

Kun Reading

曲 | くせ kuse

noun
: (Usually written using kana alone) long segment of a noh play forming its musical highlight; (Noun prefix) wrong; improper; indecent

曲 | くま kuma

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: corner; nook; recess
: a shadow; a shade

曲 | まが maga

noun
: wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster

曲る | まがる magaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to bend; to curve; to warp; to wind; to twist
: to turn
: to be awry; to be askew; to be crooked

曲げ | まがり magari

noun
: curvature; warp; bend

曲がった | まがった magatta

noun
: bent; curved; warped; winded; twisted
: awry; askew; crooked

曲げ | まげ mage

noun
: flexure; bending

曲げ | まげる mageru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to bend; to crook; to lean; to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle)

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曲 | きょく kyoku

noun | noun suffix
: tune; piece of music

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July 23, 2014
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mother

母 | 媽: mother

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母 mǔ

noun
: mother
: female

毋 wú [勿 wù]

radical 80

媽 [妈] mā

noun
: mother

Kun Reading

母 | はは haha

noun
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) mother
> 母上 | ははうえ hahaue: mother (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

母ちゃん | かあちゃん kaachan

noun
: mum; mom
> お母ちゃん | おかあちゃん: mum; mom

母さん | かあさん kaasan

noun
: mother
> 御母 | おかあ okaa: mother
> 御母さん | おかあさん okaasan: mother (honorific; polite language)
> 御母様 | おかあさま okaa sama: mother (honorific; polite language)
> 御祖母ちゃん | おばあちゃん obaachan: granny; grandma; female senior-citizen

毋部 [勿れ | なかれ nakare]

noun
: Radical 80 meaning “mother” or “do not”

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ぼ bo

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June 26, 2014
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主: master; Lord

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主 zhǔ

noun
: master; lord, owner; host; principal; God; main
: to indicate or signify

Kun Reading

主 | おも omo

noun | na-adjective
: chief; main; principal; important
: (Abbreviation) main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)

主に | おもに omoni

adverb
: mainly; primarily

主な | おもな omona

Pre-noun adjectival
: chief; main; principal; important

主 | ぬし nushi

noun | no-adjective
: head (of a household); leader; master
: owner; proprietor; proprietress
: subject (of a rumor); doer (of a deed)
: guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers); long-time resident (or employee)
: husband
: (Pronoun) (Familiar language) you

主 | あるじ aruji

suru verb – irregular | godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: (Abbreviation) head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; master (of a servant)
: (Archaism) entertaining someone as one’s guest

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主 | す su

Suffix | Honorific or respectful language
: honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name

主 | しゅ shu

Suffix | Honorific or respectful language
: (one’s) master
: Lord (Christian ref. to Jesus or God)
: the main thing; the majority; the primary concern

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June 9, 2014
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