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亭: pavilion; erect

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亭 tíng

noun
: pavilion; booth; kiosk
: erect

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none applicable

四阿 OR 東屋 | あずまや azumaya

noun
: arbor; bower; summer house; square gazebo

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亭 | ちん chin

noun
: arbor; bower; pavilion

亭 | てい tei

noun
: : arbor; bower; pavilion;
: (Suffix) suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers

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停: to stop

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停 tíng

adjective | verb
: to stop; to halt; suspend; delay
: suitable
: to park (a car)

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停まる OR 止まる | とまる tomaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to stop (moving); to come to a stop
: to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended
: to alight; to perch on

停める OR 止める | とめる tomeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to stop (something or someone); to turn off
: to fix into place
: to park; to leave somewhere for a time

停まる OR 止まる | とどまる todomaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place);
: to be limited to; to be confined to

停める OR 留める | とどめる todomeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to cease; to put an end to
: to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to limit
: to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

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てい tei

ちょう chou

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菜: vegetable

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菜 cài

noun
: vegetables; course or dish in a Chinese meal; cuisine

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菜 | な na

noun
: greens; vegetables
: rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed

お菜 | おさい osai OR おかず okazu

noun
: (kana only) accompaniment for rice dishes; side dish
: food for thought (esp. in the context of conversation, or material for assisting arousal during masturbation)

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菜 | さい sai

noun
: side dish

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過: to cross; to pass

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過 [过] guò

verb
: (experienced action marker) to cross; to pass (time); to go over
: to celebrate (a holiday)
: to live; to get along
: excessively; too-

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過ぎ | すぎ sugi

noun | noun suffix
: past; after
: too (much); over (e.g. eating)

過ぎる | すぎる sugiru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond
: to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse
: to have expired; to have ended; to be over
: to exceed; to surpass; to be above
: to be no more than …
: () (often used after adjective stems or the -masu stems of verbs) to be excessive; to be too much; to be too …

過す | すごす sugosu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to pass (time); to spend
: to overdo (esp. of one’s alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol)
: (Archaism) to take care of; to support; () to overdo; to do too much
: to … without acting on it

過る | よぎる yogiru

godan verb with ru ending
: (usually written in kana only) to go by; to cross; to pass by; to float across

過つ | あやまち ayamachi

noun
: fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

過つ | あやまつ ayamatsu

godan verb with tu ending | intransitive verb
: to err

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過 | か ka

prefix
: surplus- (attaches to start of Sino-Japanese words); excess-; over-
: per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)

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