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喝: to drink | to shout

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喝 hē

verb
: to drink; My goodness!

飲 yǐn: to drink

喝 hè

verb
: to shout

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none applicable
“drinking” verb のむ nomu:

飲む | のむ nomu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to drink; to gulp; to swallow
: to smoke (tobacco)
: to engulf; to overwhelm
: to keep down; to suppress
: to accept (e.g. demand, condition)
: to make light of; to conceal

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かつ katsu

interjection | noun
: exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen)
: (Noun) scolding or threatening with a shout

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December 27, 2013
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難: difficult | disaster

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難[难] nán

adjective
: difficult; problem; not good

難[难] nàn

noun
: disaster; distress; to scold

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かたい katai

auxiliary adjective
: difficult; hard

にくい nikui

auxiliary adjective
: difficult; hard

むずかしい muzukashii

adjective
: difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.)
: fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased
: gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look)
: (Archaism) dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable
: (Archaism) unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

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なんnan

noun
: difficulty; hardships; defect

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November 25, 2013
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會: to know/group | accountancy

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會 [会] huì

noun | adjective | adverb | auxiliary verb
: corpse

會 [会] kuài

noun
: to calculate/balance an account; accounting

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会 | あわす awasu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to meet / expose

あう au

Godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to meet

會 | あい ai OR かい kai

used as part of names

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かい kai

noun
: meeting; assembly

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September 19, 2013
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曾: once | great-grand~ (family)

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曾 ceng2

adverb
: already; once; previously

曾 zeng1

noun
: relationship between great grandparents & great grandchildren (paternal)

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曾て | かつて katte

adverb
: (Usually written using kana alone) once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-;
: (Usually written using kana alone) never yet (with -ve verb); never before; first time; still not happened

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そう sou; ぞ zo
曾 | ひ hi OR そう sou OR ひい hii

prefix
: great grand child/parent

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September 16, 2013
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中: within; among; center | to hit the mark

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中 zhōng

(形) adjective
: within; among; in; middle; center; while

中 zhòng

(形) adjective
: to hit (the mark); to be hit by; to suffer; to win (a prize, a lottery)

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なか naka

noun
: inside; within; center

うち uchi

noun | no-adjective
: inside; within; my spouse; we/our

ああたる ataru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be hit; to strike; touch; face/confront

あてる ateru

ichidan | transitive verb
: to be hit something (maliciously); lottery

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ちゅう chuu

: medium; average; moderation

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August 12, 2012
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