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
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
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)
On Reading
は ha
弟 dì
: younger brother; junior male
: I (modest word in letter)
悌 [variant: 弟] tì
: to do one’s duty as a younger brother
Kun Reading
弟 | おと oto
noun
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) younger brother
弟 | おとうと otouto
noun
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) younger brother
On Reading
弟 | てい tei
noun
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) younger brother
: (Archaism) pupil; apprentice
弟 | だい dai
悌 | てい tei
noun
: respect for one’s elders
: harmony among siblings
為 wèi
preposition
: because of; for; to
為 wéi
verb | preposition
: to take something as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)
Kun Reading
為 | ため tame
noun
: good; advantage; benefit; welfare
: sake; purpose; objective; aim
: consequence; result; effect
: affecting; regarding; concerning
為に | 為に tameni
conjunction
: (usually kana only) for; for the sake of; to one’s advantage; in favor of; on behalf of
: because of; as a result of
為る | する suru OR なる naru
suru verb – irregular | godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: する suru – (Usually written using kana alone) to do
: to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
: to serve as; to act as; to work as
: to wear (clothes, a facial expression)
: to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
: to decide on; to choose; () to be sensed (of a smell, noise)
: to be (in a state, condition)
: to be worth; to cost
: to pass (of time); to elapse
: () verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech “vs”)
: () creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with “o” or “go”)
: to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
為せる | させる saseru
ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to make (someone) do
: to allow (someone) to
為す | なす nasu
godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to build up; to establish
: to form; to become (a state)
: to accomplish; to achieve; to succeed in
: to change into
: to do; to perform
為さる | なさる nasaru
godan verb – aru special class | transitive verb
: to do
為り | なり nari
noun
: being promoted (shogi)
On Reading
為 | し shi
還 [还] huán
verb
: to return; to pay back
還 [还] hái
noun | adverb
: still; yet; even more; in addition; also; else
: fairly; passably (good)
: as early as
Kun Reading
還す | かえす kaesu
Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
還り | かえり kaeri
noun
: return; coming back
還る | かえる kaeru
Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
On Reading
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