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後: back | 后: queen

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後 [后] hòu

noun
: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later

后 hòu

noun
: empress; queen

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後 | あと ato

noun | no-adjective
: behind; rear
: after; later
: after one’s death
: remainder; the rest
: descendant; successor; heir
: (Archaism) past; previous; (Adverbial noun) more (i.e. five more minutes)

後で | あとで atode

adverb
: afterwards

後 | のち nochi

noun | no-adjective
: later; afterwards; since
: future
: after one’s death
: (Archaism) descendant

後 | しり shiri

noun
: buttocks; behind; rump; bottom
: undersurface; bottom
: last place; end
: consequence

後ろ | うしろ ushiro

noun
: back; behind; rear

後れ | おくれ okure

noun
: delay; lag; postponement; falling behind

后 | きさき kisaki

noun
: empress; queen

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後 | ご go

suffix
: after

こう kou

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May 26, 2014
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前: front

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前 qián

noun
: front; in front of, forward; ahead; first; future; ago; before; former

Kun Reading

前 | まえ mae

adverbial noun | temporal noun | suffix
: ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour)
: in front (of); before (e.g. the house)
: head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part
: in the presence of
: helping; portion
: privates; private parts

前 | さき saki

noun
: previous; prior; former; some time ago; preceding
: point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle
: head (of a line); front
: ahead; the other side
: the future; hereafter
: destination
: the other party

前に | まえに maeni

adverb
: ahead; before; ago

お前 | おまえ omae OR おまい omai OR おめえ omee

adverb
: (Familiar language) (Male term or language) you (formerly honorific, now sometimes derog. term referring to an equal or inferior)
: presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)

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前 | ぜん zen

noun prefix
: the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. “the last mayor”); previous; one-time; former
: (before the name of an era) pre- (e.g. “premodern”)
: before; earlier

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May 23, 2014
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走: to walk; run

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走 zǒu

verb | radical 156
: to walk; go on foot
: run
: to die (euph.); leave

Kun Reading

走り | はしり hashiri

Noun
: the first (harvest, catch) of the season or year

走る | はしる hashiru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to run
: to travel (movement of vehicles)
: to hurry to
: to retreat (from battle); to take flight
: to run away from home
: to elope
: to tend heavily toward

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そう sou

Suffix
: run; race

しゅ shu

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April 25, 2014
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戰: to fight; war

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戰 [战] zhàn


: to fight; fight; war; battle

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戦 | いくさ ikusa

noun
: war; battle; campaign; fight
: (Archaism) troops; forces

戦ぐ | そよぐ soyogu

Godan verb with gu ending | intransitive verb
: to rustle; to stir; to flutter

戦い | たたかい tatakai

noun
: battle; fight; struggle; conflict

戦う | たたかう tatakau

Godan verb with u ending | intransitive verb
: to fight; to battle; to combat; to struggle against; to wage war; to engage in contest

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戦 | せん sen

suffix
: war; battle
: match; competition

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April 21, 2014
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炎: flame

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炎 yán

noun
: flame; blaze; hot
: inflammation
: -itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)

Kun Reading

炎 | ほのお honoo

noun
: flame; blaze

炎 | ほむら homura

noun
: flame; blaze

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炎 | えん en

suffix
: -itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)

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March 10, 2014
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盛: to hold; to contain | flourishing; vigorous

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盛 chéng

verb
: to hold; to contain; to ladle; to pick up with a utensil

盛 shèng

verb
: flourishing; vigorous; magnificent; extensively

Kun Reading

もる moru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to serve
: to fill up
: to prescribe

もり mori

Noun
: serving (of food); helping
: (Abbreviation) soba served in a shallow steaming basket

さかり sakari

Noun | suffix
: peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); height (e.g. of summer)
: prime (of one’s life); one’s best days
: rutting; being in heat

さかん sakan

na-adjective
: popular
: prosperous
: enthusiastic
: energetic; vigorous

さかる sakaru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to prosper; to flourish
: to copulate (animals)

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せい sei
じょう jou

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January 21, 2014
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方: direction; square

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方 fāng

adjective | radical 70
: square
: direction
: locality
: upright; honest

Kun Reading

方 | え e

suffix
: rough indicator of location, direction, time

方 | へ he (OR e)

noun
: shore (of the sea)
: suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time,

方 | かた kata

noun
: direction; way
: (Honorific) person; lady; gentleman; method of; manner of; way of
: (Noun suffix) care of…
: person in charge of…
: side (e.g. “on my mother’s side”)

お方 | おかた okata: this lady or gentleman

方 | がた gata

suffix
: honorific pluralizing suffix (used only for people)
: around (the time that, etc.); about

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方 | ほうhou

noun
: direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
: side (of an argument, etc.); one’s part
: type; category
: field (of study)
: indicates one side of a comparison
: way; method; manner; means
: length (of each side of a square)

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January 6, 2014
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