Skip to main content
search
Tag

transitive verb

證 | 証: proof | admonish

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music
 

證 [证] zhèng

noun
: proof; to prove
: to demonstrate; to confirm
: certificate

証 [证] zhèng


: to admonish

Kun Reading

証 | あかし akashi

noun
: proof; evidence; testimony
: (Suru verb) to testify (usu. Christian religious context)

証 | しるし shirushi

noun | irregular okurigana usage
: mark; sign
: symbol; emblem
: badge; crest; flag
: evidence; proof
: (Usually written using kana alone) token (of gratitude, affection, etc.)

証す | あかす akasu

godan verb with su ending
: to prove; to verify

証す | しょうす shousu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to prove; to verify
: to guarantee; to promise

証する | しょうする shousuru

suru verb – special class | transitive verb
: to prove; to verify
: to guarantee; to promise

On Reading

しょう shou

Read More

August 26, 2014
Love0

正: true; upright | first month of the lunar year

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music
 

正 zhèng

adjective | adverb
: just (right); true; truly
: straight; upright
: correct; positive
: greater than zero; principle
: in the midst of (doing something)

正 zhēng


: first month of the lunar year

Kun Reading

正 | まさ masa

noun | na-adjective
: exact; precise

正に | まさに masani

adverb
: (Usually written using kana alone) exactly; surely; certainly
: just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
: duly; naturally

正す | ただす tadasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to correct; to reform; to amend; to redress;
: to adjust; to straighten;
: to ascertain; to confirm; to verify; to make sure of;
: to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question

正しい | ただしい tadashii

adjective
: right; just; correct; righteous; honest; truthful; proper; straightforward; perfect

On Reading

正 | せい sei

noun | no-adjective
: (logical) true; regular
: 10^40
: (Abbreviation) original
: (Mathematical term) positive; greater than zero

正 | しょう shou

noun
: greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior
: director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo period); chief
: (Prefix) (before a number) exactly; precisely

正 | じょう jou

noun
: greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior

Read More

August 22, 2014
Love0

緊: tense; tight

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning
 

緊 [紧] jǐn

adjective
: nervous; keyed up; to be excited; intense; tense; strained
: in short supply; scarce
: tight; taut; firm; secure

Kun Reading

緊い | かたい katai

adjective
: irregular kanji usage
: hard; solid; tough
: stiff; tight; wooden; unpolished (e.g. writing)
: strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved)
: safe; steady; honest; steadfast
: obstinate; stubborn
: bookish; formal; stuffy

緊と | ひしと hishito

adverb
: (Usually written using kana alone) tightly; firmly; fast
: sharply; keenly

緊まる | しまる shimaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be shut; to close; to be closed
: to be locked
: to tighten; to be tightened
: to become sober; to become tense

緊める | しめる shimeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to be shut; to close; to be closed
: to be locked
: to tighten; to be tightened
: to become sober; to become tense

On Reading

きん kin

Read More

August 21, 2014
Love0

信: letter; to trust; sincerity

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music
 

信 xìn

noun | adjective
: letter; mail
: to trust; to believe; to profess faith in
: sincerity; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random

Kun Reading

信じる OR 信ずる |
しんじる shinjiru OR しんずる shinzuru

ichidan verb | zuru verb | transitive verb
: to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

誠 OR 実 | まこと makoto

adverb | noun
: truth; reality;
: sincerity; honesty; integrity; fidelity;
: (Archaism) that’s right (used when recalling forgotten information, suddenly changing the subject, etc.)

On Reading

信 | しん shin

adverb | noun
: honesty; fidelity
: trust; reliance
: (religious) faith
: (Counter) counter for received messages

Read More

August 13, 2014
Love0

送: to deliver; to give; to send

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning
 

送 sòng

verb
: to deliver; to carry
: to give (as a present); to present (with)
: to see off; to send; to see home

Kun Reading

送り | おくり okuri

noun
: seeing off; sending off
: funeral
: escapement

送 | おくる okuru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to send (a thing); to dispatch
: to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person)
: to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury
: to spend (time); to live one’s life
: to pass (down the line)
: to affix okurigana

On Reading

そう sou

Read More

August 8, 2014
Love0

進: to enter

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music
 

進 [进] jìn

verb
: to enter; to come (or go) into
: to advance; to make progress
: to receive or admit
: to eat or drink
: to submit or present
: (used after a verb) into, in; to score a goal

Kun Reading

進み | すすみ susumi

noun
: progress

進む | すすむ susumu

godan verb with mu ending | intransitive verb
: to advance; to go forward
: to precede; to go ahead (of)
: to make progress; to improve
: to deepen; to heighten
: to do of one’s own free will

進ぶ | すさぶ susabu

godan verb with bu ending | intransitive verb
: to grow wild; to rage; to become rough

進める | すすめる susumeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to advance; to promote; to hasten

進ずる OR 進ぜる | しんずる shinzuru OR しんぜる shinzeru

zuru verb | transitive verb
: to offer; to present

On Reading

しん shin

Read More

August 6, 2014
Love0

拜: to worship

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music
 

拜 bài

verb
: to worship; to pay respect
: visit; salute
: to kowtow

Kun Reading

拝む | おがむ ogamu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to do reverence (e.g. before a statue of the Buddha); to pay one’s respects
: to beg; to make a supplication
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) to see (something or someone of high status)

拝す | はいす haisu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to bow; to worship;
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) to receive
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) to see

On Reading

拜 | はい hai


: used only for names

拝 | はい hai

noun
: bowing one’s head (in respect or worship); worship
: (Honorific or respectful language) respectfully yours

Read More

August 4, 2014
Love0

示: to show

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning
 

示 shì

verb | noun | radical 113
: to show; to reveal
: manifest; demonstrate

Kun Reading

示し | しめし shimeshi

noun
: discipline; revelation

示す | しめす shimesu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to denote; to show; to point out; to indicate; to exemplify

示偏 | しめすへん shimesuhen

noun
: kanji “show” radical at left

On Reading

し shi

じ ji

Read More

July 31, 2014
Love0

曲: bent | tune

By Language-Learning, Music
 

曲 qū


: crooked; bent; twisted
: wrong; false

曲 qǔ

measure word
: tune; song

Kun Reading

曲 | くせ kuse

noun
: (Usually written using kana alone) long segment of a noh play forming its musical highlight; (Noun prefix) wrong; improper; indecent

曲 | くま kuma

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: corner; nook; recess
: a shadow; a shade

曲 | まが maga

noun
: wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster

曲る | まがる magaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to bend; to curve; to warp; to wind; to twist
: to turn
: to be awry; to be askew; to be crooked

曲げ | まがり magari

noun
: curvature; warp; bend

曲がった | まがった magatta

noun
: bent; curved; warped; winded; twisted
: awry; askew; crooked

曲げ | まげ mage

noun
: flexure; bending

曲げ | まげる mageru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to bend; to crook; to lean; to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle)

On Reading

曲 | きょく kyoku

noun | noun suffix
: tune; piece of music

Read More

July 23, 2014
Love0
Close Menu