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證 | 証: proof | admonish

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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

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しょう shou

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

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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

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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

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困: to trap | sleepy

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困 kùn

verb | adjective
: to trap; to surround
: hard-pressed; stranded; destitute

睏 [困] kùn

adjective
: sleepy; tired

Kun Reading

困 | こまる komaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be troubled; to be worried; to be bothered; to be embarrassed; to be stumped

困 | こうじる koujiru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to be associated (with); to be connected (with)

困 | こうずる kouzuru

zuru verb | intransitive verb
: to be troubled; to be worried; to be bothered
: (Archaism) to become exhausted

困 | こまらせる komaraseru

ichidan verb
: to trouble with questions; to embarrass; to put out; to put on the spot; to inconvenience

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こん kon

noun
: cause; factor
: (Buddhist term) hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions)
: the basis of one’s argument (in hetuvidya)

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曲: bent | tune

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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)

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曲 | きょく kyoku

noun | noun suffix
: tune; piece of music

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把: to hold | handle

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把 bǎ

preposition | measure word
: to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of; handle
: particle marking the following noun as a direct object
: measure word for objects with handle (knives, spoons, teapots) or that you grasp (chairs, handfuls of rice, bunches of flowers)

把 bà

noun
: handle

Kun Reading

把 | わ wa OR ば ba OR ぱ pa

counter
: counter for bundles

把 | たば taba

noun | noun suffix | counter
: bundle; bunch; sheaf

把む | つかむ tsukamu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one’s hands on; to clutch
: to understand; to grasp; to comprehend

把 | でる deru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to go out; to exit; to leave;
: to appear; to come forth; to be published;
: to answer (the phone or door)

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は ha

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出: to go out

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出 chū

adjective | verb
: to go out; to come out; to occur
: to produce; to go beyond
: to rise; to put forth; to happen
: measure word for dramas, plays, operas

齣 [出] chū

measure word
: measure word for plays or chapters of classical novels

Kun Reading

出 | で de

noun | noun suffix
: coming out; going out; outflow; rising (of the sun or moon)
: attending (work); appearing (on stage); one’s turn to go on
: start; beginning
: origins; background; person (or item) originating from …; graduate of …; native of …; member of … (lineage)
: architectural member that projects outward
: highest point of the stern of a ship
: (Usually written using kana alone) amount (comprising something); amount of time or effort required to do something

出 | だし dashi

noun
: (Usually written using kana alone) dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
: pretext; excuse; pretense; dupe; front man

出す | だす dasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to take out; to get out
: to put out; to reveal; to show
: to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in
: to publish; to make public
: to send (e.g. letter)
: to produce (a sound); to start (fire)
: to serve
: (Food term)(Suffix) to begin

出る | でる deru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to go out; to exit; to leave;
: to appear; to come forth; to be published;
: to answer (the phone or door)

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出 | しゅつ shutsu

noun
: coming out; emerging
: being born into (a certain family); being a native of (a particular place)

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