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登: to rise, mount

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登 dēng

verb
: to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount
: to publish or record
: to enter (e.g. in a register)
: to press down with the foot; to step or tread on
: to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect)
: to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)

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登る OR 上る | のぼる noboru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to ascend; to go up; to climb
: to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise
: to go to (the capital)
: to be promoted
: to add up to
: to advance (in price)
: to swim up (a river); to sail up
: to come up (on the agenda)

登り OR 上り | のぼり nobori

noun
: ascent; climbing; ascending (path); climb
: northward (towards Tokyo)

上がる | あがる agaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised
: to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in
: to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade
: to get out (of water); to come ashore
: to increase
: to improve; to make progress
: to be promoted; to advance
: to be made (of profit, etc.)
: to occur (esp. of a favorable result)
: to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.)
: to be finished; to be done; to be over
: (of rain) to stop; to lift
: to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die
: to win (in a card game, etc.)
: to be spoken loudly
: to get stage fright
: to be offered (to the gods, etc.)
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) to go; to visit
: (Honorific or respectful language) to eat; to drink
: to be listed (as a candidate)
: to serve (in one’s master’s home)
: (in Kyoto) to go north; () (after the -masu stem of a verb) indicates completion

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トウ tou、 ト to、 ドウ dou、 ショウ shou、 チョウ chou

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試: test; try

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試 [试] shì

verb
: style, system, type
: form; pattern
: formula, rule

Kun Reading

試し | ためし tameshi

noun
: trial; test

試す | ためす tamesu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to attempt; to test; to try out

試み | こころみ kokoromi

noun
: trial; experiment

試みる | こころみる kokoromiru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to try; to test

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シ shi

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熄: to extinguish

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熄 xī

verb
: to extinguish; to put out (fire); to quash
: to quench; to stop burning
: to go out (of fire, lamp etc)
: to come to an end; to wither away; to die out

Kun Reading
none applicable

消える | きえる kieru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to go out; to vanish; to disappear

止む | やむ yamu

godan verb with mu ending | intransitive verb
: to cease; to stop; to be over

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ソク soku

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花: flower

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花 huā

noun | adjective | verb
: flower; blossom
: fancy pattern; florid
: to spend (money, time)

化 huā


: variant of 花 – flower

Kun Reading

花 | はな hana

noun
: flower; blossom; bloom; petal
: blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); cherry blossom
: ikebana (生け花: living flowers) is the Japanese art of flower arrangement, also known as kadō (華道: way of flowers).
: (Abbreviation) Japanese playing cards
: beauty
: (the) best

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カ ka
ケ ke

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化: change, reform; -ize | flower

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化 huà

adjective | verb | suffix
: to change into; to make into
: -ization; to … -ize
: to transform

化 huā


: variant of – flower

Kun Reading

化す | かす kasu OR けす kesu

godan verb with su ending | intransitive verb
: to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

化け | ばけ bake

noun | no-adjective
: transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself
: artificial fly (for fishing)

化ける | ばける bakeru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to appear in disguise; to take the form of
: to change for the worse; to corrupt

化する | かする kasuru

suru verb – special class | suffix
: to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

化かす | ばかす bakasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude

化ける | ふける fukeru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to age; to grow old

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化 | か ka

suffix
: action of making something; -ification

ケ ke

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接: receive; continue; catch; connect

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接 jiē

adjective | verb
: to receive
: to answer (the phone)
: to meet or welcome somebody
: to connect
: to catch
: to join
: to extend
: to take one’s turn on duty
: to take over for somebody

Kun Reading

接ぐ | つぐ tsugu

godan verb with gu ending | transitive verb
: to join
: to piece together
: to set (bones)
: to graft (trees)

接ぐ | はぐ hagu

godan verb with gu ending | transitive verb
: to join (cloth, wood, etc.)

接する | せっする sessuru

godan verb with gu ending | transitive verb
: to come in contact with; to touch; to connect (with); to border on; to adjoin; to be adjacent; to be close
: to attend (to);
: to receive (visitors)
: to receive (news); to get; to hear
: to encounter; to come across
: to be tangent to
: to make touch; to bring into contact with; to bring adjacent to; to bring close; to connect

接ぐ | つぐ tsugu

godan verb with gu ending | transitive verb
: to join

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セツ setsu
ショウ shou

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貸: to lend; pardon

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貸 [贷] dài

noun | verb
: to lend on interest; to borrow
: a loan
: leniency
: to make excuses; to pardon; to forgive

Kun Reading

貸し | かし kashi

noun
: loan; lending
: favor; debt; obligation
: creditor; method of lending; credit side

貸す | かす kasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to lend; to loan
: to rent out; to hire out

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タイ tai

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伐: to cut down; subjugate

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伐 fá

verb
: to cut down; to fell
: to dispatch an expedition against
: to attack; to boast

Kun Reading

伐つ | うつ utsu

godan verb with tu ending
: to strike; to attack; to punish

伐る | きる kiru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to cut down (e.g. trees)

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バツ batsu
ハツ hatsu
カ ka
ボチ bochi

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代: to replace; era

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代 dài

noun | verb
: to substitute; to act on behalf of others
: to replace
: generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon

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代 OR 世 | よ yo

noun
: world; society; age; generation

代 | しろ shiro

noun
: substitution
: material
: price
: margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something
: (Archaism) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; ~19.83 m.sq.)

代え | かえ kae

noun
: change; alteration; substitute; spare; proxy
: rate of exchange

代り | かわり kawari

noun | no-adjective
: substitute; replacement; substituting; replacing
: stand-in; proxy; alternate; deputy; relief; successor
: compensation; exchange; return
: second helping; another cup; seconds
: (Abbreviation) upcoming program

代る | かわる kawaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to succeed; to relieve; to replace
: to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent
: to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switch

代り | がわり gawari

suffix
: substitute for …

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代 | だい dai

noun | noun suffix
: charge; cost; price
: generation; age; reign
: (geological) era
: (after someone’s name or title) a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone)
: used after a phone number to indicate that it is a switchboard number
: (Counter) counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.
: counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.)
: (Abbreviation) proxy application company

タイ tai

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