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龍: dragon

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龍 [龙] lóng

radical 212
: “dragon” radical in Chinese characters

noun
: dragon; imperial; symbol of emperor; (Chinese surname)

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竜 (龍) | たつ tatsu

noun
: dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon)​
: naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology​
: promoted rook​ (shogi)

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竜 | リュウ ryuu or リョウ ryou or ロウ rou

 

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鹿: deer

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鹿 lù

noun | radical
: deer
: family name

Kun Reading

鹿 | しか shika OR か ka

noun
: deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon)

鹿 | しし shishi

noun
: (Archaism) beast (esp. one used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer)
: (Abbreviation) hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.)

鹿 | かのしし kanoshishi

noun
: deer meat
: (Archaism) deer

鹿 | しかにく shikaniku

noun
: deer meat

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鹿 | ろく roku


: deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon)

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速: fast

By Language-Learning

 

速 sù


: fast; rapid; quick; prompt; velocity

Kun Reading

速い | はやい hayai

adjective
: fast; quick; hasty; brisk
: early (in the day, etc.); premature
: (too) soon; not yet; (too) early
: easy; simple; quick

速く | はやく hayaku

adverb
: early; soon;
: quickly; swiftly; rapidly; fast

速さ | はやさ hayasa

noun
: speed; velocity; quickness; rapidity
: earliness

速め | はやめ hayame

no-adjective
: early
: fast

速やか | すみやか sumiyaka

na-adjective
: speedy; prompt; smooth

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速 | そく soku

suffix
: gear; speed (as in 4 speed automatic transmission and such)

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造: to build; party to a lawsuit

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造 zào

verb
: to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate
: to go to
: to prepare
: party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement)
: crop; measure word for crops

Kun Reading

造る OR 作る | つくる tsukuru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct
: to prepare (Food term) ; to brew (alcohol)
: to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train
: to till
: to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write
: to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose
: to coin (a phrase); to organize; to establish; to found
: to have (a child)
: to make up (one’s face, etc.)
: to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
: to form (a line, etc.)
: to set (a record)
: to commit (a sin, etc.)

造り | つくり tsukuri

noun
: make-up; structure; physique

造り | づくり zukuri

suffix
: making; forming; cultivating; growing
: form; appearance

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ゾウ zou

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