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Yojijukugo 四字熟語

恐: fear

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恐 kǒng

verb | adjective
: afraid; frightened; to fear; apprehensive

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恐 | こわ kowa

interjection
: frightening; terrifying

恐っ | こわっ kowa-

interjection
: scary!

恐 | かしく kashiku OR かしこ kashiko

expression
: yours sincerely (used to sign off on letters); respectfully yours

恐い | こわい kowai

adjective
: scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful;
: (I’m) afraid

恐がり | こわがり kowagari

noun
: coward; timid person

恐がる | こわがる kowagaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be afraid of; to fear; to dread; to be nervous (about); to be shy (of)

恐れ | おそれ osore

noun
: fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness

恐らく | おそらく osoraku

adverb
: perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

恐れる | おそれる osoreru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to fear; to be afraid of

恐ろしい | おそろしい osoroshii

adjective
: 1: terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening; frightened;
2: surprising; startling; tremendous; amazing

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キョウ kyou

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布 | 佈: cotton cloth | to announce

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布 bù

noun | verb
: cotton cloth, textiles, linen
: to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known

佈 [布] bù

verb
: to announce; to spread

Kun Reading

布 | ぬの nuno

noun
: cloth

布く OR 敷く | しく shiku

godan verb with ku ending
: to spread out; to lay out
: to take a position
: to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

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布 OR 幅 | の no

noun | noun suffix | counter
: unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm)

布 | ふ fu

noun
: cloth
: bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

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門: gate; door; house

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門 [门] mén

noun | measure word | radical 169
: gate; door; gateway; doorway; opening
: valve; switch; way to do something; knack
: family; house; (religious) sect
: school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy)
: measure word for large guns; measure word for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
: (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

Kun Reading

門 OR 戸 | と to

noun
: (Archaism) entrance (to a home)
: (Archaism) narrows

門 | かど kado

noun
: gate

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門 | もん mon

noun | noun suffix
: gate
: branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master
: (biological) division
: (Counter) counter for cannons

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鬥 | 斗: to fight | peck

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鬥 [斗] dòu

radical 191
: to fight; to struggle
: to condemn; to censure; to contend
: to put together; coming together

斗 dǒu

radical 68
: dry measure for grain equal to ten 升 or one-tenth of a 石
: decaliter; peck; cup or dipper shaped object
: old variant of 陡; abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星

鬦 [斗] dòu

radical 68 | radical 191
: variant 鬥 | 鬭 dou4
: Japanese variant 鬥 | 鬪 dou4

Kun Reading

鬥構え | とうがまえ tougamae

radical 191
: kanji “fighting” radical

闘う OR 戦う | たたかう tatakau

godan verb with u ending | intransitive verb
: to fight; to battle; to combat; to struggle against; to wage war; to engage in contest

闘い | たたかい tatakai

noun
: battle; fight; struggle; conflict

闘わす | たたかわす tatakawasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to compete; to vie; to contend
2: to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to set against
3: to debate; to argue

斗 | ます masu

noun
: measuring container; measure
: box (seating at a theater, etc.)
: square on a grid; cell of a grid
: square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)

斗 | とます tomasu

noun
: kanji radical 68 at right

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トウ tou

noun

斗 | と to


: (Obsolete term) to (measure of volume, approx. 18 liters)
: square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
: Chinese “Dipper” constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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丸: ball; pellet; pill

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丸 wán

measure word
: ball; pill; pellet; bullet

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丸 | まる maru

noun
: circle
: (Prefix) full (e.g. month, day, etc.)
: perfection; purity
: suffix for ship names

丸い | まるい marui

adjective
: round; circular; spherical
: harmonious; calm

丸で | まるで marude

adverb
: quite; entirely; completely; at all; as if; as though; so to speak; just like

丸め | まるめ marume

noun
: rounding

丸める | まるめる marumeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to make round; to roll up; to curl up
: to seduce; to cajole; to explain away
: to round off (a fraction)
: (Archaism) to lump together

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丸 | がん gan

noun | noun suffix
: fishball; meatball
: pill

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淡: weak; watery; insipid

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淡 dàn

adjective
: weak; mild
: insipid; diluted
: light in color
: tasteless
: fresh
: indifferent
: nitrogen

Kun Reading

淡い | あわい awai

adjective
: light; faint; pale; fleeting

淡す | あわす awasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to remove the astringent taste from persimmons

薄い | うすい usui

adjective
: thin
: pale; light
: watery; dilute; sparse
: weak (taste, etc.)
: slim (probability, etc.); small

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タン tan

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談: talk; conversation

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談 [谈] tán

verb
: to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss
: conversation

Kun Reading

談じる | だんじる danjiru

ichidan verb
: to talk; to discuss; to debate
: to negotiate

談ずる | だんずる danzuru

zuru verb | transitive verb
: to talk; to discuss; to debate
: to negotiate

語る | かたる kataru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to talk; to tell; to recite

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ダン dan

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