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發: to dispatch; issue

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發 [发] fā

adjective | verb | measure word
: to send out, dispatch, emit
: to show (one’s feeling)
: to issue
: to develop
: measure word for gunshots (rounds)

Kun Reading

発つ | たつ tatsu

godan verb with tu ending | intransitive verb
: to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

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発 | はつ hatsu

noun | noun suffix
: departure; departing (from …); departing (at time …)
: sending; sent (by …); sent (at …)
: (Abbreviation) engine; (Counter) counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.; counter for bullets, bombs, etc.; counter for blows (punches)

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准: to allow | accurate

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准 zhǔn

verb
: to allow; to grant
: in accordance with
: in the light of

準 [准] zhǔn

adjective | adverb | verb
: horizontal (old)
: accurate; standard
: definitely; certainly
: about to become (bride, son-in-law etc)
: quasi-; para-

Kun Reading

准える OR 準える | なずらえる nazuraeru OR なぞらえる nazoraeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate

準じる | じゅんじる junjiru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to follow; to conform; to apply to

準ずる | じゅんずる junzuru

zuru verb | intransitive verb
: to apply correspondingly; to correspond to; to be proportionate to; to conform to

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准 OR 準 | じゅん jun

prefix
: semi-; quasi-; associate

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暫: temporarily

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暫 [暂] zàn


: temporarily
: 蹔 [暂] zan4: to scurry; variant

Kun Reading

暫し | しばし shibashi

adverb
: for a short while; for a brief period

暫く | しばらく shibaraku

adverb | no-adjective
: (Usually written using kana alone) little while; short while; moment; instant
: a while; quite a time; (Interjection) it’s been a long time

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ザン zan

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斬: to behead; sever

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斬 [斩] zhǎn

verb
: to behead (as form of capital punishment)
: to chop; cut; sever; cut to pieces

Kun Reading

斬る | きる kiru

godan verb with ru ending
: to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.)
: to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

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斬 | ざん zan

noun
: beheading; decapitation

サン san

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銘: engrave; unforgettably

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銘 [铭] míng


: to engrave; inscribe; inscribed motto
: unforgettably

Kun Reading

銘じる | めいじる meijiru

ichidan verb
: to stamp; to engrave; to inscribe

銘する OR 銘ずる | めいする meisuru OR めいずる meizuru

suru verb – special class | transitive verb
: to stamp; to engrave; to inscribe

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銘 | めい mei

noun
: inscription

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