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陰: dark; shady; feminine

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陰 [阴] yīn

adjective
: overcast (weather); cloudy; dark
: shady; secret
: Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang)
: negative (electric.)
: feminine
: moon
: implicit; hidden
: genitalia
: opposite: [阳] yang2 ☯: sun

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陰 | かげ kage

noun
: shade; shadow
: other side; back; background

陰 | ほと hoto

noun
: female private parts/genitals

陰り | かげり kageri

noun
: shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone’s happiness); shade; gloom

陰る | かげる kageru

godan verb with run ending | intransitive verb
: to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be obscured

陰に | いんに inni

adverb
: invisibly; secretly; privately

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陰 | いん in

noun
: yin (i.e. the negative)
: unseen location (i.e. somewhere private)

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霽: sky clearing up

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霽 [霁] jì


: sky clearing up

Kun Reading

霽れ OR 晴れ | はれ hare

noun
: clear weather
: (No-adjective) public; formal
: cleared of suspicion

霽らす OR 晴らす| はらす harasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to dispel; to clear away; to refresh (oneself)

霽れる OR 晴れる | はれる hareru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to clear up; to clear away; to be sunny; to stop raining
: to refresh (e.g. spirits)
: to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion)
: to be dispelled; to be banished

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セイ sei
サイ sai

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布 | 佈: cotton cloth | to announce

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布 bù

noun | verb
: cotton cloth, textiles, linen
: to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known

佈 [布] bù

verb
: to announce; to spread

Kun Reading

布 | ぬの nuno

noun
: cloth

布く OR 敷く | しく shiku

godan verb with ku ending
: to spread out; to lay out
: to take a position
: to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

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布 OR 幅 | の no

noun | noun suffix | counter
: unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm)

布 | ふ fu

noun
: cloth
: bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

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