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底: bottom; end

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底 dǐ

noun
: background
: bottom; foundation; base
: end (of the month, year etc); remnants

底 de

possessive particle
: equivalent to 的 as possessive particle

Kun Reading

底 | そこ soko

noun
: bottom; sole

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底 | てい tei

noun
: base (logarithmic, exponential, number system); radix
: base (triangle, cone, cylinder, etc.)
: (Archaism) type; kind; extent; degree

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識: to know | to remember

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識 [识] shí


: to know; knowledge

識 [识] zhì


: (bookish) to remember; to record; to write a footnote; a mark or sign

Kun Reading

識る | しる shiru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to know; to understand; to be acquainted with; to feel

識す | しるす shirusu

godan verb with su ending
: to write down; to note; to jot down
: to remember

常識に欠ける | じょうしきにかける joushiki ni kakeru
: to lack in common sense

常識を覆す | じょうしきをくつがえす joushiki o kutsugaesu
: to defy conventional wisdom

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識 | しき shiki

noun
: (Buddhist term) acquaintanceship
: vijnana (consciousness)
: (after a signature) written by…

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打: to beat; to strike

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打 dǎ

verb | preposition | measure word
: to beat; to strike; to hit; to shoot; to break
: to type
: to mix up
: to build
: to fight
: to fetch
: to tie up
: to make; to issue
: to calculate
: to play (a game)
: since; from

打 dá


: dozen (loanword)

Kun Reading

打 | うつ utsu

godan verb with tsu ending | transitive verb
: to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound
: to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.)
: to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.)
: to move; to impress; to touch
: to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject
: to type; to send; to transmit
: to insert; to write in; to mark
: to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare
: to till (soil)
: to sprinkle; to throw; to cast
: to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.)
: to pay (a deposit, etc.)
: to visit (on a pilgrimage)
: to line (a coat)
: to bind (a criminal)

打 | ぶつ butsu

godan verb with tsu ending | transitive verb
: (usually written using kana only) to hit (a person); to strike; to beat

打 | ダース daasu

ateji (phonetic) | noun
: (usually written using kana only) dozen (eng: doz)
: (sports) hitting a ball; batting; stroke

打 | うち uchi

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だ da

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釘: nail; to pursue closely | to join

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釘 dīng

noun | verb
: nail; spike
: to pursue closely; to keep at somebody (to do something)

釘 dìng

verb
: to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail; to pin; to staple; to sew on

Kun Reading

釘 | くぎ kugi

noun
: nail (i.e. small metal spike)

釘づけ | くぎづけ kugizuke

adverb
: with a clang; with a bang; with a crash

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てい tei

ちょう chou

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跑: to run | to paw

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跑 pǎo

verb
: to run; to run away; to escape
: to run around (on errands etc); (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate
: (verb complement) away; off

跑 pāo


: (of an animal) to paw (the ground)

Kun Reading

足掻く | あがく agaku

godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to paw (at) the ground
: to flounder; to struggle

走 | そう sou

suffix
: run; race

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none applicable

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丱: the two tufts of hair on a child’s head | ore

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丱 guàn


: the two tufts of hair on a child’s head (a traditional way to dress had); young; underage

礦[矿] kuàng

noun
: archaic form 丱
: ore; mine

Kun Reading
none applicable

揚巻 | あげまき agemaki

noun
: old-fashioned boys’ hairstyle
: Meiji period women’s hairstyle
: type of dance in kabuki
: knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the sumo ring (color)
: constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam

鑛 OR 鉱 | あらがね aragane

noun
: ore

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こう kou

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掖: support with the arm | tuck in

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掖 yè

noun
: support by the arm; to help; to promote; at the side

掖 yē

noun
: to tuck (into a pocket); to hide; to conceal

Kun Reading

掖 | わき waki

noun
: armpit; under one’s arm; side; flank
: beside; close to; near; by
: aside; to the side; away; out of the way
: off-track; off-topic
: deuteragonist; supporting role
: (Abbreviation) second verse (in a linked series of poems)

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えき eki

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征: invade; journey | to recruit | 4th note in a pentatonic scale

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征 zhēng

noun | verb
: journey; trip; expedition
: to go on long campaign; to attack

徵 [征] zhēng

noun | verb
: to invite; to recruit
: to levy (taxes)
: to draft (troops)
: phenomenon; symptom
: characteristic sign (used as proof); evidence

徵 [征] zhǐ


: 4th note in pentatonic scale 五音, roughly sol

Kun Reading

征く | ゆく yuku

godan verb with ku ending
: to conquer; to subjugate

徴 | しるし shirushi

noun
: sign; indication; omen

徴す | しるす shirusu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to show a sign (i.e. an omen)

徴する | ちょうする chousuru

suru verb – special class | transitive verb
: to collect
: to solicit; to seek
: to look for evidence; to check; to compare
: to summon

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せい sei

徴 | ち chi

noun
: fourth degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale)

ちょう chou

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