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館: public building; shop

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館 [馆] guān

noun
: public building (museum; embassy); shop

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館 | たち tachi OR たて tate

noun
: mansion; small castle
: (Honorific or respectful language) nobleman; noblewoman

館 | やかた yakata

noun
: mansion; small castle
: (Honorific or respectful language) nobleman; noblewoman
: boat cabin

館 | むろつみ murotsumi

noun
: inn

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館 | かん kan

noun
: house; hall; building

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明: bright; clear

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明 míng

adjective
: bright; light; brilliant; clear

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さや saya

adverb
: (Archaism) clearly; brightly
: cleanly; purely

OR さやか sayaka
: clear; fresh; bright

みん min

noun
: Ming (dynasty of China, 1368-1644)

あき aki

noun
: space; room; emptiness; gap
: opening; vacancy; empty seat
: free time; time to spare
: disuse; unused thing

あく aku

Godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to open (e.g. doors)
: to open (e.g. business)
: to be empty;
: to be vacant; to be available; to be free
: to be open (e.g. neckline)
: to have been opened (of one’s eyes, mouth)
: to come to an end;
: to open (one’s eyes, mouth)
: to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events)

あかる akaru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to become bright; to become clear

あける akeru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package)
: to open (for business)
: to empty; to clear out; to make space; to make room
: to dawn; to grow light
: to end

あけ ake

Temporal noun | No-adjective
: dawn; daybreak
: end; soon after something has ended
: beginning (of a new year, month)

あかり akari

noun
: light; illumination; glow; gleam
: lamp; light

あかし akashi

noun
: light (esp. as a religious offering); lamp

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めい mei

noun
:brightness
: clarity; acumen
: power of vision

みょう myou

noun
: (buddhist term) vidya (wisdom)
: mantra; (Prefix) the coming (4th of July)

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爫: claw; nail

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爫 zhǎo (or 爪 zhuǎ)

Radical 87
: claws; nail; talon; animal feed

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爪 | つめ tsume

noun
: nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; talon; hoof
: plectrum; pick
: hook; clasp

爪冠 | つめかんむり tsumekanmuri

kanji “strike” radical at right (radical 66)

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none applicable

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攵: tap

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攵 pū

Radical 66
: rap; tap lightly

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攵 | のぶん nobun

kanji “strike” radical at right (radical 66)

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ぼく hoku

: kanji “strike” radical at right (radical 66)

攵繞 | ぼくにょう bokunyo

: kanji “strike” radical at right (radical 66)

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