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溝: ditch; drain

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溝 [沟] gōu

noun
: ditch, drain; gutter; groove; gully; ravine

Kun Reading

溝 | みぞ mizo

noun
: ditch; drain; gutter; groove; trench

溝 | どぶ dobu

noun
: ditch; drain; gutter; groove; trench

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溝 | こう kou

noun
: 10^32; hundred nonillion (American)
: (Obsolete term) hundred quintillion (British)

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構: frame; to construct

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構 [构] gòu


: to construct; to form; to make up; to compose
: frame, building, structure
: literary composition
: paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)

Kun Reading

構 | かじ kaji

noun
: paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)

構 OR 構え | かまえ kamae

noun
: kanji enclosure type radical (must enclose at least two sides of the kanji)
: posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; style; stance

構う | かまう kamau

godan verb with u ending
: to mind; to care about; to be concerned about
: to care for; to look after
: to prepare for
: to interfere with; to meddle in
: to tease

構える | かまえる kamaeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to set up (e.g. a building)
: to prepare in advance (e.g. a meal); to prepare to use something (e.g. a camera)
: to plan; to scheme
: to fabricate in order to deceive
: to stiffen; to become formal

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コウ kou

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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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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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產: to give birth; produce; property

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產 [铭] chǎn

noun
: to give birth; to reproduce; to produce; bring forth
: product; resource
: estate; property

Kun Reading

産 | うぶ ubu

noun | na-adjective | no-adjective
: innocent; naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears
: (Noun prefix) birth-

産む | うむ umu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to give birth; to deliver; to produce

産み | うみ umi

noun
: production; bringing into the world; (physical) birth

産す | むす musu

godan verb with su ending | intransitive verb
: to grow (of moss, etc.)

産す | さんす sansu

godan verb with su ending | intransitive verb | transitive verb
: to bear (a child); to be born
: to produce; to yield; to be produced; to be yielded

産する | さんする sansuru

suru verb – special class, | intransitive verb | transitive verb
: to bear (a child); to be born
: to produce; to yield; to be produced; to be yielded

産れる | うまれる umareru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to be born

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産 | さん san

noun
: (giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement
: native of; product of
: assets; property; fortune

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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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