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然: right; like this

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然 ràn


: correct; right
: so; thus; like this; -ly

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然 | さ sa

adverb
: so; like that; in that way

然々 | ささ sasa

adverb
: such and such

然 | しか shika

interjection
: (Archaism) like that; as such
: yeah; uh-huh

然う | そう sou

adverb
: (Usually written using kana alone) in that way (concerning the actions of the listener or concerning the ideas expressed or understood by the listener; with a neg. sentence, implies that something isn’t as much as one might think); thus; such; (Interjection) so (used to express agreement with something said)
: so? (used to express some doubt with something said)

然も | さも samo

adverb
: (Usually written using kana alone) really; extremely
: (Archaism) in that way

然る | さる saru

pre-noun adjectival
: a particular; a certain
: that kind of; such a

然し | しかし shikashi

conjunction
: however; but

然も | しかも shikamo

conjunction
: moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet

然うして | そうして soushite

conjunction
: and; and then; thus; and now

然れば | しかれば shikareba

conjunction
: (Usually written using kana alone) (Archaism) that being the case; therefore; so
: well then, moving on to another topic…
: (expressing surprise) …on earth?; (Interjection) that’s right

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ゼン zen

ネン nen

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怪: odd; to blame; devil

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怪 guài

noun | adjective | verb | adverb
: bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny
: devil; monster
: to wonder at
: to blame
: quite; rather

Kun Reading

怪しい | あやしい ayashii

adjective
: suspicious; dubious; doubtful; dodgy; suspicious (referring to a potential amorous relation); dangerous (e.g. financial situation); ominous (e.g. weather); strange; shady; fishy
: charming; bewitching; mysterious

怪しむ | あやしむ ayashimu

adjective
: to suspect

怪しげ | あやしげ ayashige

na-adjective | noun
: questionable; doubtful; suspicious

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怪 | かい kai

noun
: mystery; wonder

ケ ke

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住: to dwell; to stop

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住 zhù

verb
: to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside
: to stop; (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)

Kun Reading

住む | すむ sumu

godan verb with mu ending | intransitive verb
: to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

住い OR 住居 | すまい sumai

noun | suru verb
: dwelling; house; residence; address

住まう | すまう sumau

godan verb with u ending | intransitive verb
: to live; to reside; to inhabit

住す | じゅうす juusu

godan verb with su ending | intransitive verb
: to live; to reside; to inhabit

住みつく | すみつく sumitsuku

godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to settle (in a place); to settle down

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住 | じゅう juu

noun
: dwelling; living

すみ sumi

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往: to go; previous

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往 wǎng

verb | preposition
: to go (in a direction); to; towards
: (of a train) bound for
: past; previous, formerly

Kun Reading

往き | いき iki OR ゆき yuki

noun suffix
: bound for …
: going (to)

往く | いく iku OR ゆく yuku

行く | いく iku OR ゆく yuku
(out-dated kanji) godan verb – iku/yuku special class | intransitive verb
: to go
: to proceed; to take place
: (Auxiliary verb) to continue

往ぬ | いぬ inu

godan verb with nu ending
: (Archaism) to go
: to pass (of time)
: to die
: to go bad; to rot
: (Kansai dialect) to go home

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オウ ou

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朱: vermillion | cinnabar

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朱 zhū

noun
: vermillion

硃 [朱] zhū


: cinnabar; red mercury; mercuric sulfide HgS

Kun Reading

朱 | あけ ake

noun
: scarlet; red
: blood

朱 | あか aka

noun
: red; crimson; scarlet
: red-containing color (e.g. brown, pink, orange)
: (Colloquialism) Red (i.e. communist)
: (Abbreviation) red light
: (Abbreviation) red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red; () complete; total; perfect; obvious

朱い | あかい akai

adjective
: red
: Red (i.e. communist)

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朱 | しゅ shu

noun
: cinnabar; vermillion; red; slightly-orange red
: red pigment (and ink made from same)
: red text (as used to correct documents)

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夫: husband, man | this, that

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夫 fū

: husband, man
: manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)

夫 fú

: (classical) this, that; he, she, they
: (exclamatory final particle)
: (initial particle, introduces an opinion)

Kun Reading

夫 | つま tsuma

also 妻 qi1 | つま tsuma
noun
: wife
: (Archaism) dear (formerly used by romantically linked men and women to refer to one another)
: (Usually written using kana alone) garnish (esp. one served with sashimi)
: (Usually written using kana alone) embellishment

夫 | おっと otto

noun
: husband

夫 | それ sore

 

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フ fu
フウ fuu
ブ bu

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失: to lose

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失 shī

adjective
: to lose, to miss, to fail

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失せる | うせる useru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to disappear; to vanish

失せろ | うせろ usero

noun
: beat it!; get out of my sight!

失う | うしなう ushinau

noun
: to lose; to part with

失くす | なくす nakusu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to lose something
: to get rid of

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しつ shitsu

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天: sky, day

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天 tiān

noun | measure word
: day; sky; heaven

Kun Reading

天 | あま ama

noun
: sky

天 | あめ ame

noun
: sky

天つ | あまつ amatsu

noun or verb acting prenominally
: heavenly; imperial

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天 | てん ten

noun
: sky
: heaven
: (Buddhist term) svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth)
: (Buddhist term) deva (divine being of Buddhism)

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