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輪: wheel; revolve

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輪 [轮] lún

noun
: wheel; disk; ring; steamship
: to take turns; to rotate; by turn
: revolve; recur
: measure word for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn

Kun Reading

輪 | わ wa

noun
: ring; circle; loop
: hoop
: wheel
: circle (e.g. of friends)

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輪 | りん rin

counter
: counter for wheels and flowers

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像: to resemble

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像 xiàng

verb
: to resemble; to be like; to look as if
: such as
: appearance; image; portrait
: image under a mapping (math.)

Kun Reading

象る | かたどる katadoru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to pattern after; to imitate
: to symbolize

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像 | ぞう zou

noun | noun suffix
: statue; image; figure; picture; portrait

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上: on top

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上 shàng

verb
: on top; upon; above; upper; previous
: first (of multiple parts)
: to climb; to get onto; to go up
: to attend (class or university)

上 shǎng

: 上聲[声] falling and rising tone; third tone in modern Mandarin

Kun Reading

上 | うえ ue

noun | no-adjective | adverbial noun | noun suffix
: above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter)
: top; summit
: surface; on
: before; previous
: superiority; one’s superior (i.e. one’s elder)
: on top of that; besides; what’s more
: upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after)
: matters concerning…; as concerns …
: since (i.e. “for that reason”)
: (Noun suffix) (Honorific or respectful language) suffix indicating higher social standing
: (Archaism) place of one’s superior (i.e. the throne)
: (Archaism) emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo
: (Archaism) noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman)

上 | かみ kami

noun
: upper reaches (of a river); upper stream
: top; upper part; upper half (of the body)
: long ago
: beginning; first
: (Honorific or respectful language) person of high rank (e.g. the emperor)
: government; imperial court
: imperial capital (i.e. Kyoto); capital region (i.e. Kansai); region (or direction of) the imperial palace
: head (of a table)
: (Honorific or respectful language) wife; mistress (of a restaurant)

上 | うわ uwa

noun | prefix
: upper; upward; outer; surface; top

上げ | あげ age

noun | noun suffix
: rise in price; making a tuck

上り | のぼり nobori

noun
: ascent; climbing; ascending (path); climb
: up-train (e.g. going to Tokyo)
: () northward (towards Tokyo)

上る | のぼる noboru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to ascend; to go up; to climb
: to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise
: to go to (the capital)
: to be promoted
: to add up to
: to advance (in price)
: to swim up (a river); to sail up
: to come up (on the agenda)

上がる | あがる agaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised
: to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in
: to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade
: to get out (of water); to come ashore
: to increase
: to improve; to make progress
: to be promoted; to advance
: to be made (of profit)
: to occur (esp. of a favorable result)
: to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.)
: to be finished; to be done; to be over
: (of rain) to stop; to lift
: to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die
: to win (in a card game)
: to be spoken loudly
: to get stage fright
: to be offered (to the gods)
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) to go; to visit
: (Honorific or respectful language) to eat; to drink
: to be listed (as a candidate)
: to serve (in one’s master’s home)
: (in Kyoto) to go north; (after the -masu stem of a verb) indicates completion

上げる | あげる ageru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to raise; to elevate
: to do up (one’s hair)
: to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.)
: to land (a boat)
: to show someone (into a room)
: to send someone (away)
: to enrol (one’s child in school); to enroll
: to increase (price, quality, status, etc.)
: to make (a loud sound); to raise (one’s voice)
: to earn (something desirable)
: to praise
: to give (an example, etc.); to cite
: to summon up (all of one’s energy, etc.)
: (Polite language) to give
: to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.)
: to bear (a child)
: to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding); () (of the tide) to come in
: to vomit
: (Usually written using kana alone) (Polite language) to do for (the sake of someone else); () to complete …
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) to humbly do …

上がり | あがり agari

noun | suffix
: ascent; rise; slope
: freshly-drawn green tea (esp. in sushi shops)
: advance income; crop yield
: death; spinning; completion; stop; finish
: after (rain); ex (official)
: (end) results (e.g. of crafts like painting, pottery, etc.); how something comes out

上で | うえで uete

expression
: upon; after

上は | うえは uewa

conjunction
: now that; since

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上 | じょう jou

noun suffix
: from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); in the field of; being of the type of
: aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; on; above
: first volume (e.g. book)
: superior quality; best; top; high class
: going up
: governmental; imperial
: presenting; showing
: (Prefix) ana- (medical, biol.)

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路: road

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路 fàng

noun | measure word
: road; journey
: route; line (bus)
: kind; sort

Kun Reading

路 | じ ji

suffix
: route; road
: distance travelled in a day
: (with decade) one’s … age …

路 | ち chi

noun
: (Archaism) way; road; (Noun suffix) way to …; road to …

路 | みち michi

noun
: road; street; way; path; course; route; lane
: distance; ways (e.g. “a long ways”)
: the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one’s way; morals
: teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma
: field (of medicine, etc.); subject
: way; method; means

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ろ ro

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較: comparatively; fairly

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較 [较] jiào

preposition | adverb
: comparatively; (preposition comparing difference in degree); to contrast; to compare; rather; fairly; clearly (different); markedly; to haggle over; to quibble

Kun Reading

較べる | くらべる kuraberu

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to compare; to make a comparison
: to compete; to vie

較べ | くらべ kurabe

noun
: contest; comparison; competition

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こう kou

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中: within; among; center | to hit the mark

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中 zhōng

(形) adjective
: within; among; in; middle; center; while

中 zhòng

(形) adjective
: to hit (the mark); to be hit by; to suffer; to win (a prize, a lottery)

Kun Reading

なか naka

noun
: inside; within; center

うち uchi

noun | no-adjective
: inside; within; my spouse; we/our

ああたる ataru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be hit; to strike; touch; face/confront

あてる ateru

ichidan | transitive verb
: to be hit something (maliciously); lottery

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ちゅう chuu

: medium; average; moderation

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