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陸: land | six

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陸 [陆] lù


: land; shore; continent

陸 [陆] liù

numeral
: six (banker’s anti-fraud numeral)

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陸 | おか oka

noun
: land; shore

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陸 | りく riku

noun
: land; shore

陸 | ろく roku

na-adjective
: good; satisfactory; worthy; decent

陸 | ろく roku

numeric
: six (used in legal documents)

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談: talk; conversation

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談 [谈] tán

verb
: to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss
: conversation

Kun Reading

談じる | だんじる danjiru

ichidan verb
: to talk; to discuss; to debate
: to negotiate

談ずる | だんずる danzuru

zuru verb | transitive verb
: to talk; to discuss; to debate
: to negotiate

語る | かたる kataru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to talk; to tell; to recite

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ダン dan

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據: according to; to occupy, seize

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據 [据] jù

preposition
: according to
: to act in accordance with
: to depend on
: to seize; to occupy

據 [据] jū

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拠る | よる yoru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: (Usually written using kana alone) to be due to; to be caused by
: to depend on; to turn on
: to be based on; to come from

拠 | よりどころ yoridokoro

noun
: grounds; foundation; authority; support; something upon which to rely

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キョ kyo
コ ko

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草: grass

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艸 [艹] cǎo

noun | radical 140
: grass

草 cǎo

noun | radical 140
: grass; straw
: manuscript; draft (of a document)
: careless; rough

肏 cào

variant of 草
expletive
: to fuck (vulgar)

Kun Reading

草 | くさ kusa

noun
: grass; weed; herb; thatch
: (Archaism) ninja
: not genuine; substandard

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草 | そう sou

noun
: (Abbreviation) draft; rough copy
: cursive script; “grass” kanji

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變: change; rebel

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變 [变] biàn

adjective | verb
: to change; to become different; to transform; to vary
: rebellion

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変え | かえ kae

noun
: changing; change

変り | かわり kawari

noun
: change; alteration
: unusual state or event; accident; abnormality
: difference; distinction

変る | かわる kawaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary
: to move to
: to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual

変える | かえる kaeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to change; to alter; to vary; to convert; to revise; to amend; to transform

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変 | へん hen

na-adjective | noun
: strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy
: unexpected
: change
: incident; disturbance; disaster; accident
: (Noun prefix) flat (music)

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財: wealth

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財 [财] cái

noun
: ability; talent

Kun Reading

財 | たから takara

noun
: treasure

財 | わずか wazuka

na-adjective | adverb | noun
: only; merely; (a) little; small quantity

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財 | ざい zai

noun | noun suffix
: fortune; riches
: goods
: (Abbreviation) incorporated foundation

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活: live; exist

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活 huó

noun | adjective | verb
: to live; alive
: survive; living
: work; workmanship

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活き | いき iki

noun
: living; being alive
: freshness; liveliness; vitality
: situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains contains two or more gaps (in go)
: (Usually written using kana alone) stet; (Prefix) damned

活きる | いきる ikiru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to live; to exist
: to make a living; to subsist
: to be in effect; to be in use; to function
: to come to life; to be enlivened
: to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

活かす | いかす ikasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to make (the best) use of; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to capitalise on (experience, etc)
: to let live; to keep alive;
: to revive; to resuscitate

活かる | いかる ikaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be arranged (flowers, etc.); to be on display
: to be buried

活ける | いける ikeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to arrange (flowers); to plant

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活 | かつ katsu

noun
: living; life
: judo art of resuscitation

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忌: jealous; envious; fear

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忌 jì


: to be jealous of
: fear; dread; scruple
: to avoid or abstain from; to quit; to give up something

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忌み | いみ imi

noun
: mourning; abstinence
: taboo
: religious purification
: (Noun prefix) pure; holy

忌む | いむ imu

godan verb with mu ending | intransitive verb
: to avoid; to refrain from; to shun
: to detest

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忌 | き ki

noun
: mourning; mourning period
: (Noun suffix) anniversary of one’s death

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記: to record; to remember

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記 [纪] jì

adjective | verb
: to record; to note
: to remember
: mark; sign
: measure word for blows, kicks, shots

Kun Reading

記す | しるす shirusu OR きす kisu

godan verb with su ending
: to write down; to note; to jot down
: to remember

記する | きする kisuru

suru verb – special class | transitive verb
: to write down; to note
: to remember

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記 | き ki

noun | noun suffix
: account; history; chronicle; annals; record
: (Noun) (Abbreviation) Records of Ancient Matters

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紀: record; order; year

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紀 [纪] jì


: order; discipline
: age; era; period
: to chronicle

紀 [纪] jǐ


: Chinese surname

Kun Reading
none applicable


: chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period

記す | しるす shirusu

godan verb with su ending
: to write down; to note; to jot down
: to remember

On Reading

紀 | き ki

noun
: (Abbreviation) (geological) period
: (Abbreviation) Nihon-shoki

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