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免: to excuse from

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免 miǎn

verb
: to excuse from; exempt
: to escape; evade ; spare

絻 [免] wèn

: (old) mourning clothes

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免れる | まぬかれる manukareru OR まぬがれる manugareru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to escape from; to be rescued from; to avoid; to evade; to avert; to elude; to be exempted; to be relieved from pain; to get rid of

免じる | めんじる menjiru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to dismiss; to exempt

免ずる | めんずる menzuru

Zuru verb – (alternative form of -jiru verbs) | transitive verb
: to dismiss; to exempt

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免 | めん men

noun
: dismissal

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占: to divine | to take possession of | occupy by force; usurp

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占 zhān

adjective | verb
: to observe; to divine

占 zhàn

adjective | verb
: to take possession of; to occupy; to take up

佔 [占] zhàn

adjective | verb
: occupy by force, usurp; possess

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うら ura

Noun
: fortune-telling; divination

うらない uranai

Noun
: fortune-telling; divination

うらなう uranau

Godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to tell someone’s fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine

しむ shimu

Godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to occupy; to hold; to command; to account for

しめる shimeru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to comprise (some part of the whole); to account for; to make up (of)
: to hold; to occupy

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せん sen

しめ shime

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行: to go | profession

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行 xíng

adjective | idiomatic expression | radical 144
: to go; to walk
: to do; to perform; capable; competent; effective
: all right; OK!

行 háng

measure word | radical
: a row; series
: profession; business firm

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行き | いき iki OR ゆき yuki

noun
: bound for …
: (Noun) going (to)

行く | いく iku OR ゆく yuku

Godan verb – iku/yuku special class | intransitive verb
: to go
: to proceed; to take place
: (Auxiliary verb) to continue

行なう | おこなう okonau

Godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

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行 | こう kou

noun
: going; traveling
: type of classical Chinese verse (usu. an epic)
: (Archaism) district (of similar merchants); guild; () bank

行 | ぎょう gyou

noun
: line (i.e. of text); row; verse
: (Buddhist term) carya (austerities)
: (Buddhist term) samskara (formations)
: (Abbreviation) running script (a semi-cursive style of kanji)

あん an

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幾: a few | almost

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幾 [几] jǐ

numeral | question word
: a few; several
: how much; how many

幾 [几] jī

adverb
: almost
: small table

Kun Reading

幾 | いく iku

noun | prefix
: some; several
: many
: how many? how much

幾ら | いくら ikura

adverb | noun
: how much?; how many?

幾つ | いくつ ikutsu

adverb
: how many?
: how old?

幾 | ほとほと hotohoto

adverb
: quite (usu. negative connotation); utterly; really

几 | おしまずき oshimazuki

noun
: (Archaism) armrest
: desk; table

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幾 | き ki

几 | き ki

noun
: (Archaism) armrest
: desk; table

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幺: small; tiny | 么: particle

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幺 [么] yāo

radical 52
: tiny; small
: one (esp for spelling out numbers)
: youngest

麼 [么]

particle
má: exclamatory final particle
ma: interrogative final particle
me: suffix, used for questioning: what?
mo: tiny; insignificant

Kun Reading

糸頭 | いとがしら itogashira

noun
: top component of the kanji “thread” radical. the component 幺 as in the left of 幻

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盛: to hold; to contain | flourishing; vigorous

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盛 chéng

verb
: to hold; to contain; to ladle; to pick up with a utensil

盛 shèng

verb
: flourishing; vigorous; magnificent; extensively

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もる moru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to serve
: to fill up
: to prescribe

もり mori

Noun
: serving (of food); helping
: (Abbreviation) soba served in a shallow steaming basket

さかり sakari

Noun | suffix
: peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); height (e.g. of summer)
: prime (of one’s life); one’s best days
: rutting; being in heat

さかん sakan

na-adjective
: popular
: prosperous
: enthusiastic
: energetic; vigorous

さかる sakaru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to prosper; to flourish
: to copulate (animals)

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せい sei
じょう jou

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