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工: work

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工 gōng

noun | radical 48
: work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor

Kun Reading

工 | たくみ takumi

noun | Na-adjective
: workman; artisan; mechanic; carpenter
: craft; skill
: means; idea

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工 | こう kou

noun suffix
: (factory) worker

く ku

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川: river

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川 [巛] chuān

radical 47
: river; creek
: plain; an area of level country

Kun Reading

川 | かわ kawa

noun
: river; stream
: (Suffix) the …. river (suffix used with the names of rivers) e.g. 荒川 Arakawa: “Raging River” in Tokyo

がわ gawa

suffix
: the …. river (suffix used with the names of rivers)

巛 | まがりかわ magarikawa OR まがりがわ magarigawa

noun
: kanji “curving river” radical (variant of radical 47)

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せん sen

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走: to walk; run

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走 zǒu

verb | radical 156
: to walk; go on foot
: run
: to die (euph.); leave

Kun Reading

走り | はしり hashiri

Noun
: the first (harvest, catch) of the season or year

走る | はしる hashiru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to run
: to travel (movement of vehicles)
: to hurry to
: to retreat (from battle); to take flight
: to run away from home
: to elope
: to tend heavily toward

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そう sou

Suffix
: run; race

しゅ shu

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足: foot | excessive

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足 zú

adjective | radical 157
: foot
: sufficient; ample

足 jù

: excessive

Kun Reading

あし ashi

Noun
: foot
: leg
: gait
: pace
: bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji
: means of transportation

たす tasu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: counter for pairs (of socks, shoes, etc.)

たる taru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worthy of

たし tashi

noun
: top up (e.g. a little bit to remedy an insufficiency)

足りる | たりる tariru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to be sufficient; to be enough
: to be worth doing; to be worthy
: to be sufficient; to answer; to do

足らず | たらず tarazu

noun suffix
: just under; a little less than; just short of

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そく soku

suffix | counter
: counter for pairs (of socks, shoes, etc.)

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止: to stop

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止 zhǐ

adjective | radical 77
: to stop; halt; prohibit
: until; only
: (toe/foot bottom)

Kun Reading

止む | やむ yamu

Godan verb with mu ending | intransitive verb
: to cease; to stop; to be over

止す | よす yosu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to cease; to abolish; to resign; to give up

止す | さす sasu

Suffix | Godan verb with su ending
: to stop in the midst of; to leave undone

止め | とめ tome

noun | suffix
: (a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke)
: remaining (e.g. poste-restante)

止め | どめ dome

suffix
: (something) stopper (e.g. geridome is medicine for diarrhea)

止し | よし yoshi

noun
: quitting; ceasing; giving up

止め | とどめ todome

noun
: finishing blow; clincher

止る | やまる yamaru OR とまる tomaru OR とどまる todomaru

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

止める | やめる yameru OR とめる tomeru OR とどめる todomeru

Ichidan verb; transitive verb
: to stop (something or someone); to turn off
: to concentrate on; to pay attention to
: to remember; to bear in mind
: to fix into place
: to park; to leave somewhere for a time

止まり tomari

noun
: stop; stoppage; end

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し shi

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行: to go | profession

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行 xíng

adjective | idiomatic expression | radical 144
: to go; to walk
: to do; to perform; capable; competent; effective
: all right; OK!

行 háng

measure word | radical
: a row; series
: profession; business firm

Kun Reading

行き | いき iki OR ゆき yuki

noun
: bound for …
: (Noun) going (to)

行く | いく iku OR ゆく yuku

Godan verb – iku/yuku special class | intransitive verb
: to go
: to proceed; to take place
: (Auxiliary verb) to continue

行なう | おこなう okonau

Godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

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行 | こう kou

noun
: going; traveling
: type of classical Chinese verse (usu. an epic)
: (Archaism) district (of similar merchants); guild; () bank

行 | ぎょう gyou

noun
: line (i.e. of text); row; verse
: (Buddhist term) carya (austerities)
: (Buddhist term) samskara (formations)
: (Abbreviation) running script (a semi-cursive style of kanji)

あん an

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幺: small; tiny | 么: particle

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幺 [么] yāo

radical 52
: tiny; small
: one (esp for spelling out numbers)
: youngest

麼 [么]

particle
má: exclamatory final particle
ma: interrogative final particle
me: suffix, used for questioning: what?
mo: tiny; insignificant

Kun Reading

糸頭 | いとがしら itogashira

noun
: top component of the kanji “thread” radical. the component 幺 as in the left of 幻

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none applicable

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飛: to fly

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飛 fēi

verb | radical 183
: to fly

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飛ぶ | とぶ tobu

Godan verb with bu ending | intransitive verb
: to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop
: to fly; to soar

飛ばす | とばす tobasu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to fly; to fire; to hurl; to launch
: to skip over; to omit; to drop (e.g. stitch)
: to run or drive fast; to gallop
: to spread a rumor; to tell a story
: to remove; to get rid of; to transfer
: to attack; to jeer at

飛び | とび tobi

noun
: flying; leaping; flight; leap
: (when reading a number aloud) naught; zero; oh
: flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)

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飛 | ひ hi

noun
: rook (shogi) > 飛車 | ひしゃ hisha

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冰: ice

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冰 bīng

radical 15 | noun | adjective
: ice
: methamphetamine (slang)

Kun Reading

冰 | ひ hi

noun
: (Archaism) ice
: hail

氷 | こおり koori

noun
: ice
: shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

氷る | こおる kooru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

二水 | にすい nisui

: kanji “ice” radical

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氷 | ひょう hyou

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soil

土: soil

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土 tǔ

noun | radical 32
: earth; dust; clay
: local; indigenous
: crude opium
: unsophisticated
: one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音 ba1yin made of eight different materials (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹)

Kun Reading

土 | つち tsuchi

noun
: earth; soil; dirt
: the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land
: low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud)
: (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in On’youdou)

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土 | と to
土 | ど do

noun
: (Abbreviation) Saturday;
: earth (third of the five elements)

に ni

noun
: soil (esp. reddish soil)

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