Readings of Kanji

This page introduces reading of Kanji. Kanji system provides infinite numbers of kanjis and the readings. Japanese Gonverment choose the useful kanjis among them and defines the recommendable readings for effective education. This page list up all the readings of kanji recommended by Japanese Government and arrange them by the alphabetical order.


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The Index of Readings

aabachadagahajakamanarasashataza
acgachackacnacsac
achibachihachi
aiaibaidaigaihaikaimainairaisaitaizai
akuakubakuchakudakugakuhakujakukakumakurakusakushakutaku
ananbandanganhankanmannanransantanzan
atsuatsubatsudatsugatsuhatsukatsumatsusatsutatsuzatsu
eedegekeseze
echisechi
eieibeideigeiheikeimeineireiseiteizei
ekiekigekihekirekisekiteki
enenbendengenhenkenmennenrensentenzen
etsuetsubetsugetsuketsumetsunetsuretsusetsutetsuzetsu
iibichigihijikiminirishi
icjic
ichiichikichinichirichishichi
ikiikijikirikishiki
ikuikuchikujikukikunikuriku
ininbinchinginhinjinkinminninrinshin
itsuitsuchitsuhitsujitsukitsumitsuritsushitsu
oobochodogohojokomorososhoto
ocbochoc
okuokubokuchokudokugokuhokujokukokumokurokusokushokutokuzoku
ononbondongonhonkonmonronsontonzon
otsuotsubotsuhotsukotsumotsusotsutotsu
ououbouchoudougouhoujoukoumounourousoushoutouzou
uubufugujukumurusushutsuzu
uiruisuitsuizui
ukufukujukushuku
ununbunfungunjunkunsunshun
utsubutsufutsujutsukutsushutsu
uuchuufuuguujuukuusuushuutsuu
wawa
waiwai
wakuwaku
wanwan
yayakya
yakuyakubyakugyakuhyakukyakumyakunyakuryaku
yoyogyokyonyoryo
yokuyokugyokukyokuryoku
youyoubyougyouhyoukyoumyounyouryou
yuyu
yuiyui
yuuyuugyuukyuunyuuryuu

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
3an
yasu-i
/peaceful/tranquil/quiet/
/cheap/inexpensive/peaceful/

The following dictionaries are used in order to translate Japanese to English.


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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
ka-tsu/yet/and/
tada-shi/but/however/provided that/
ka-ru/to cut (hair)/to mow (grass)/
monme/Japanese unit of weight (1/1000 of a kan)/
oro-su
oroshi
/to sell wholesale/
/wholesale/
mata/again/and/
sa-ku/to bloom/
tsubo/unit of land measurement/
kaki/fence/
hori/moat/canal/
tsuka/mound/
hime/princess/
musume/daughter (hum)/
6todo-keru
todo-ku
/to deliver/to forward/to send/
/to reach (vi)/
misaki/cape/promontory/headland/
touge/ridge/(mountain) pass/
saki/small peninsula/
atsuka-u/to handle/to deal with/
su-eru
su-waru
/to set (table)/
/to squat/to sit down/
ka-keru
ka-karu
kakari
/to wear/to put on/to hang/
 
sugi/various species of pine and fir/
waku/frame/slide/
6kabu/share/stock/stump (of tree)/
tana/shelves/rack/
taki/waterfall/
tsu-keru
tsu-karu
/to soak/to moisten/to pickle/
/to be pickled/to be soaked/
kata/lagoon/
se/current/torrent/rapids/
3hata
hatake
/dry (as opposed to rice) field/
/field/
se
une
/area measure ca. 100 sqm (obs)/
/ridge/rib/
3sara/plate/dish/
3hako/box/
ku-ru/to reel/to wind/
hada/skin/body/grain/texture/
imo/tuber/taro/potato/yokel/
shiba/lawn/sod/turf/
osore/fear/anxiety/concern/
ka/mosquito/
1kai/shell/shellfish/
ko-mu
ko-meru
/to be crowded/
/to include/to put into/

a

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
a/Asia/second/

ai

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
ai
awa-re
awa-remu
/sad/mournful/pitiful/pity/
/helpless (an)/pathos/pity/
/to commiserate/to pity/
4ai/love/be fond of/like/

aku

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
3aku, o
waru-i
/evil/wicked/bad/foul/
/bad/inferior/
aku
nigi-ru
/grasp/hold fast/take by hand/
/to grasp/to seize/

an

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
3an
yasu-i
/peaceful/tranquil/quiet/
/cheap/inexpensive/peaceful/
3an
kura-i
/dark/obscure/in secret/covert/
/dark/gloomy/(uk) approximately/
4an/table/bench/legal case/
2kou, gyou, an
i-ku
yu-ku
okona-u
/go/walk/move/travel/circulate/
/to go/
/to go/
/to perform/to do/

atsu

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
5atsu/to press/to oppress/to crush/pressure/

ba

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
ba/old woman/grandmother/
2ba
uma
ma
/horse/
/horse/

bachi

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
batsu, bachi/penalty/fine/punish/penalize/

bai

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
3bai/times/fold/multiple times/
bai
tsuchika-u
/bank up with dirt/cultivate/
/to cultivate/to foster/
2bai
u-ru
u-reru
/sell/[NOT casing/shell/husk]/
/to sell/
/to be sold/
bai/go-between/matchmaker/medium/
4bai
ume
/plums/prunes/
/plum/plum-tree/
2bai
ka-u
/buy/purchase/bribe/persuade/
/to buy/
bai/indemnify/suffer loss/
bai/accompany/be with/keep company/

baku

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
4haku, baku/gamble/play games/wide/broad/
6maku, baku/curtain/screen/tent/
5bou, baku
aba-ku
aba-reru
/violent/brutal/tyrannical/
/to disclose/to divulge/
/to act violently/to rage/
baku/desert/aloof/indifferent/cool/
baku/crackle/pop/burst/explode/
baku
shiba-ru
/to tie/
/to tie/to bind/
2baku
mugi
/wheat/barley/oats/
/wheat/barley/

ban

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
2man, ban/ten thousand/innumerable/
han, ban
tomona-u
/companion/comrade/partner/accompany/
/to accompany/to bring with/
5han, ban/judge/discriminate/conclude/
6ban/night/
3han, ban
ita
/plank/board/iron or tin plate/
/board/plank/
2ban/to take turns/a turn/a time/to repeat/
ban/tray/plate/dish/examine/
ban/barbarians/barbarous/savage/

batsu

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
batsu/cut down/subjugate/attack/
batsu
nu-ku
nu-keru
nu-kasu
nu-karu
/uproot/pull out/
/to extract/to omit/to surpass/
/to come out/to fall out/
/to omit/to leave out/
/to make a mistake/
4matsu, batsu
sue
/final/last/end/insignificant/
/end/close/future/finally/tip/
batsu, bachi/penalty/fine/punish/penalize/
batsu/powerful and influential group/

bei

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
2bei, mai
kome
/hulled or husked uncooked rice/
/uncooked rice/

ben

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
便4ben, bin
tayo-ri
/convenience/ease/expedient/
/news/tidings/information/
3ben/endeavor/make effort/urge/
5ben/conical cap worn during Zhou dynasty/

betsu

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
4betsu
waka-reru
/separate/other/do not/
/to be divided/to part from/

bi

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
5bi
sona-eru
sona-waru
/prepare/ready/perfect/
/to furnish/to provide for/
/to be furnished with/
bi
o
/tail/extremity/end/stern/
bi/small/prefix micro-/trifling/
3bi
utsuku-shii
/beautiful/pretty/pleasing/
/beautiful/lovely/
3bi
hana
/nose/first/
/nose/

bin

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
便4ben, bin
tayo-ri
/convenience/ease/expedient/
/news/tidings/information/
bin/fast/quick/clever/smart/
bin/jug/pitcher/vase/jar/bottle/
5hin, bin
mazu-shii
/poor/impoverished/needy/
/poor/

bo

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
bo
tsuno-ru
/levy/raise/summon/recruit/
/to invite/
5bo
haka
/grave/tomb/
/grave/tomb/
bo
shita-u
/long for/desire/admire/
/to yearn for/to miss/to adore/
6bo
ku-reru
ku-rasu
/evening/dusk/sunset/ending/
/to get dark/to end/
/to live/to get along/
6mo, bo/model/standard/pattern/copy/
2bo
haha
/mother/female elders/female/
/mother (hum)/
簿bo/register/account book/notebook/

boc

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
bou, boc/neighborhood/urban subdivision/

boku

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
boku/slave/servant/I/
boku
sumi
/ink/writing/
/ink/
boku/pound/beat/strike/attack/
1boku, moku
ki
ko
/tree/wood/lumber/wooden/
/tree/wood/timber/
boku/simple/unadorned/sincere/a tree/
4boku
maki
/tend cattle/shepherd/
1moku, boku
me
ma
/eye/look/see/division/topic/
/eye/

bon

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
bon, han/all/any/every/ordinary/common/
han, bon
wazura-u
wazura-wasu
/bother/vex/trouble/troublesome/
/to worry about/
/to trouble/to bother/to annoy/
bon/basin/tub/pot/bowl/

botsu

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
botsu/not/have not/none/drown/sink/

bou

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
bou
tobo-shii
/lack/poor/
/scanty/meagre/poor/
6bou, mou
na-i
/death/destroyed/lose/perish/
/dead/
bou
katawa-ra
/by side of/beside/near/close/
/side/beside/while/
bou
oka-su
/risk/brave/dare/
/to brave/to risk/to face/
bou/split in two/slice/dissect/
bou, boc/neighborhood/urban subdivision/
mou, bou/absurd/foolish/reckless/false/
bou
samata-geru
/interfere with/impede/obstruct/
/to disturb/to prevent/
bou/hat/cap/cap-like tops/
6bou
wasu-reru
/forget/neglect/miss/omit/
/to forget/to leave carelessly/
bou
isoga-shii
/busy/pressed for time/hustling/
/busy/
bou
fusa
/house/building/room/
/tuft/
5bou, baku
aba-ku
aba-reru
/violent/brutal/tyrannical/
/to disclose/to divulge/
/to act violently/to rage/
4bou, mou
nozo-mu
/to look at/look forward/to hope/expect/
/to desire/to wish for/to see/
bou/certain thing or person/
6bou/stick/club/truncheon/hit/
bou
tsumu-gu
/spin/reel/weave/reeled pongee/
/to spin/to make yarn/
bou/animal fat/
bou
fuku-ramu
fuku-reru
/to swell/swollen/bloated/inflated/
/to expand/to swell (out)/
/to get cross/to swell (out)/
bou, mu
haka-ru
/plan/scheme/strategem/
/to plan/to devise/to design/
貿5bou/trade/barter/mixed/rashly/
5bou
fuse-gu
/defend/prevent/embankment/
/to defend (against) (vt)/

bu

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
4fu, bu/no/not/un-/negative prefix/
bu
anado-ru
/insult/ridicule/disgrace/
/to despise/to disdain/
2bun, fun, bu
wa-keru
wa-kareru
wa-karu
wa-katsu
/divide/small unit of time etc./
/to divide/to separate/
 
/to be understood/
/to divide/to separate/
hou, bu
tatematsu-ru
/offer/receive/serve/respect/
/to offer/to present/to revere/
5bu, mu/military/martial/warlike/
2ho, bu, fu
aru-ku
ayu-mu
/step/
/to walk/
/to walk/to go on foot/
4mu, bu
na-i
/negative/no/not/lack/have no/
/there isn't/doesn't have/
bu
ma-u
mai
/dance/posture/prance/brandish/
/to dance (vi)/to flutter about/
3bu/part/division/section/

bun

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
2bun, fun, bu
wa-keru
wa-kareru
wa-karu
wa-katsu
/divide/small unit of time etc./
/to divide/to separate/
 
/to be understood/
/to divide/to separate/
1bun, mon
fumi
/literature/culture/writing/
/letter/writings/
2bun, mon
ki-ku
ki-koeru
/hear/smell/make known/news/
/to hear/to listen/to ask/
/to be heard/to be audible/

butsu

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
5butsu
hotoke
/Buddha/
/merciful person/the dead/
3butsu, motsu
mono
/thing/substance/creature/
/thing/object/

byaku

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
1haku, byaku
shiro
shira
shiro-i
/white/pure/unblemished/bright/
/white/
 
/white/

byou

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
3hei, byou
tai-ra
hira
/flat/level/even/peaceful/
/flatness (an)/level/smooth/
/the broad/the flat/palm/
byou
ega-ku
/copy/trace/sketch/depict/
/to draw/to paint/to sketch/
byou
neko
/cat/
/cat/
3byou, hei
ya-mu
yamai
/illness/sickness/disease/
/fall ill/be ill/
/illness/disease/
3byou/beard of grain or corn/a second/
byou
nae
nawa
/sprouts/Miao nationality/
/rice seedling/

cha

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
2cha, sa/tea/

chaku

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
chaku/legal wife/child of legal wife/
3chaku, jaku
ki-ru
ki-seru
tsu-ku
tsu-keru
/make move/take action/
/to wear/
/to put on clothes/
/to arrive at/to reach/
/to arrive/to wear/to put on/

chi

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
6chi
ne
atai
/price/cost/worth/
/price/cost/value/
/price/cost/value (vs)/
2chi, ji/earth/soil/ground/region/
chi
ha-jiru
haji
ha-jirau
ha-zukashii
/shame/humiliation/ashamed/
/to feel ashamed/
/shame/embarrassment/
/feel shy/be bashful/blush/
/shy/ashamed/embarrassed/
2chi
ike
/pool/pond/moat/cistern/
/pond/
4ji, chi
osa-meru
osa-maru
nao-ru
nao-su
/govern/regulate/administer/
/to govern/to manage/to subdue/
/to be at peace/to clamp down/
/to be cured (vi)/to heal/
/to cure (vt)/to heal/
chi/foolish/stupid/dumb/silly/
2chi
shi-ru
/know/perceive/comprehend/
/to know (I)/to understand/
chi/young/immature/childhood/
4chi
o-ku
/place/lay out/set aside/
/to put/to place/
chi
ita-su
/send/deliver/present/cause/
/to do (hum)/
5shitsu, shichi, chi/matter/material/substance/
chi
oku-reru
oku-rasu
oso-i
/late/tardy/slow/delay/
/to be late/
/to retard/to delay/
/late (adj)/slow/

chiku

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
chiku/livestock/domestic animals/
1chiku
take
/bamboo/flute/
/bamboo/
5chiku
kizu-ku
/build/erect/building/
/to build/to pile up/to amass/
chiku
takuwa-eru
/store/save/hoard/gather/
/to store/to lay in stock/
chiku/chase/expel/one by one/

chin

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
chin/pronoun 'I'/
chin
shizu-mu
shizu-meru
/sink/submerge/addicted to/
/to sink/to feel depressed/
/to sink (vt)/to submerge/
chin
mezura-shii
/precious/valuable/rare/
/unusual/rare/
6chin/rent/hire/hired person/
chin
shizu-meru
shizu-maru
/town/market place/suppress/
/to calm (vt)/
/to get quiet/
chin/exhibit/display/plead/

chitsu

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
chitsu/order/orderly/salary/decade/
chitsu/stop up/obstruct/

cho

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
sho, cho
o
/end of thread/thread/
/cord/strap/thong/
6cho
arawa-su
ichijiru-shii
/manifest/(Cant.) to wear/
/to write/to publish/
/remarkable/considerable/
4cho/store/stockpile/hoard/

choku

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
choku/imperial degree/daoist magic/
2choku, jiki
tada-chini
nao-su
nao-ru
/straight/erect/vertical/
/at once/immediately/directly/
/to fix (vt)/to correct/
/to be repaired (vi)/

chou

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
3chou, tei/male adult/robust/vigorous/4th heavenly stem/
4chou
kiza-su
kiza-shi
/omen/million/mega/
/to show signs (symptoms)/
/signs/omen/symptoms/
3chou/tent/screen/mosquito net/
6chou/hall/central room/
chou
tomura-u
/condole/mourn/pity/hang/
/to mourn for/
5chou
ha-ru
/stretch/extend/expand/sheet/
/to stick/to paste/to put/
chou
ho-ru
/carve/decorate/emaciated/
/to carve/to engrave/
chou/summon/
chou
ko-riru
ko-rasu
ko-rashimeru
/punish/reprimand/warn/
/to learn by experience/
/to chastise/to punish/
/to chastise/to punish/
chou
ido-mu
/a load carried on the shoulders/to carry/
/to challenge/to contend for/
2chou
asa
/dynasty/morning/
/morning/
6chou
shio
/tide/moist/wet/damp/flow/
/tide/ebb & flood/
chou
su-mu
su-masu
/purify water by allowing sediment to settle/
/to clear (e.g. weather)/
/to clear/to make clear/
1chou
machi
/raised path between fields/
/town/street/
chou
naga-meru
/look at/gaze at/scan/survey/
/to view/to gaze at/
chou
ki-ku
/hear/listen/understand/obey/
/to hear/to listen/to ask/
chou/swell/inflate/expand/
4chou/intestines/emotions/sausage/
調3chou
shira-beru
totono-u
totono-eru
/transfer/move/change/tune/
/to investigate (vt)/
/to be prepared/to be in order/
/to prepare/to arrange/
chou
ko-eru
ko-su
/jump over/leap over/surpass/
/to cross over/
/to cross/to pass/to tide over/
chou
ha-neru
to-bu
/jump/leap/vault/bounce/dance/
/to jump/to leap/to prance/
/to jump/to leap/to spring/
3juu, chou
e
omo-i
kasa-neru
kasa-naru
/heavy/weighty/double/
/-fold (suf)/-ply/
/heavy/massive/serious/
/to pile up/
/to be piled up/
chou
tsu-ru
/fish/fishhook/tempt/lure/
/to fish/
2chou
naga-i
/long/length/excel in/leader/
/long/
6chou
itada-ku
itadaki
/top/peak/carry on head/very/
/to receive/
/(top of) head/summit/spire/
2chou
tori
/bird/
/bird/fowl/poultry/

chuu

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
1chuu
naka
/central/center/middle/in the midst of/
/inside/
4chuu
naka
/middle brother/go between/mediator/
/relation/relationship/
6chuu/time as concept/infinite time/
6chuu/loyalty/devotion/fidelity/
chuu/draw out/pull out/sprout/
2chuu
hiru
/daytime/daylight/
/noon/daytime/
3chuu
hashira
/pillar/post/support/lean on/
/pillar/post/
chuu
oki
/pour/infuse/steep/wash away/
/open sea/
3chuu
soso-gu
/concentrate/focus/direct/
/to pour into/to irrigate/
1chuu
mushi
/insects/worms/
/insect/
chuu/heart/from bottom of one's heart/
chuu
i-ru
/melt/cast/coin/mint/
/to cast/to mint/to coin/
chuu/to be stationed at/reside at/to stop/

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
da/fall/sink/let fall/degenerate/
da/satisfactory/appropriate/
da/indolent/careless/lazy/idle/
3da
u-tsu
/strike/hit/beat/fight/attack/
/to hit/to strike/
ja, da
hebi
/snake/
/snake/serpent/
da/a horse load/a pack-horse/

dai

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
3dai, tai
ka-waru
ka-eru
yo
shiro
/replace/
 
/to exchange/to interchange/
/world/society/generation/
/price/materials/substitution/
2nai, dai
uchi
/inside/
/inside/
2dai, tai/platform/unit/term of address/
1dai, tai
oo
oo-kii
oo-ini
/big/great/vast/large/high/
 
/big/large/
/very/much/greatly/
2tei, dai, de
otouto
/young brother/junior/i/me/
/younger brother (hum)/
3dai/sequence/number/grade/degree/
3dai/forehead/title/headline/theme/

daku

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
daku
nigo-ru
nigo-su
/muddy/turbid/dirty/filthy/
/to become muddy/to get impure/
/to make muddy/to prevaricate/
daku/promise/assent/approve/

dan

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
5dan, ton/sphere/ball/circle/mass/lump/
dan, tan/altar/arena/examination hall/
dan
hi-ku
hazu-mu
tama
/a pellet/bullet/shot/shell/
/to play (piano, guitar)/
/to spring/to bound/to bounce/
/bullet/shot/shell/
5dan
ta-tsu
kotowa-ru
/sever/cut off/interrupt/
/to sever/to cut off/to abstain/
/to refuse/to inform/
6dan
atata-ka
atata-kai
atata-maru
atata-meru
/warm/genial/
 
/warm/mild/genial/
/to warm oneself/to sun oneself/
/to warm/to heat/
6dan/section/piece/division/
1dan, nan
otoko
/male/man/son/baron/
/man/
3dan/talk/conversation/

datsu

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
datsu
uba-u
/take by force/rob/snatch/
/to snatch away/
datsu
nu-gu
nu-geru
/take off/
/to take off clothes/
/to come off/to slip down/

de

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
2tei, dai, de
otouto
/young brother/junior/i/me/
/younger brother (hum)/

dei

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
dei
doro
/mud/mire/earth/clay/plaster/
/mud/

den

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
4den
tsuta-waru
tsuta-eru
tsuta-u
/summon/propagate/transmit/
/to be handed down/
/to convey/to report/
/to go along/to walk along/
殿den, ten
tono
dono
/hall/palace/temple/
/feudal lord/mansion/palace/
/person (pol)/mister/
1den
ta
/field/arable land/cultivated/
/rice field/
2den/electricity/electric/lightning/

do

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
4do
tsuto-meru
/to exert/strive/make an effort/to pout/
/to exert oneself/
1do, to
tsuchi
/soil/earth/items made of earth/
/earth/soil/
do/slave/servant/
3do, to, taku
tabi
/degree/system/manner/to consider/
/times (three times, etc.)/
do
ika-ru
oko-ru
/anger/rage/passion/angry/
/to be angry/
/to get angry/

doku

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
4doku/poison/venom/poisonous/
5doku
hito-ri
/alone/single/solitary/only/
/alone/unmarried/
2doku, toku, tou
yo-mu
/read/study/pronounce/
/to read/

don

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
don
kumo-ru
/become cloudy/overcast/
/to become cloudy/to become dim/
don
nibu-i
nibu-ru
/blunt/obtuse/dull/flat/dull-witted/
/dull (for example a knife)/
/to grow dull/to become blunt/

dou

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
4dou
hatara-ku
/labor/work/
/to work/to labor/to do/to act/
3dou
ugo-ku
ugo-kasu
/move/happen/movement/action/
/to move (vi)/to stir/to shift/
/to move (vt)/to shift/
2dou
ona-ji
/same/similar/together with/
/same/identical/equal/uniform/
4dou/hall/government office/
5dou
michibi-ku
/direct/guide/lead/conduct/
/to be guided/to be shown/
dou
hora
/cave/grotto/ravine/hole/
/cave/den/grotto/
3dou
warabe
/child/boy/servant boy/virgin/
/child/
dou/the large intestine/the body/
2dou, tou
michi
/path/road/street/method/way/
/road/street/way/method/
5dou/copper/brass/bronze cuprum/

e

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
2kai, e
a-u
/assemble/meet together/meeting/
/to meet/to interview/
i, e/rely on/be set in/consent/obey a wish/
2kai, e
mawa-ru
mawa-su
/return/turn around/a time/
/to turn/to revolve/
/to turn/to revolve/
kei, e
megu-mu
/favor/benefit/confer kindness/
/to bless/to show mercy to/
2kai, e/draw/sketch/paint/

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
5ei
itona-mu
/encampment/barracks/manage/
/to carry on (e.g. in ceremony)/
ei
kage
/shadow/image/reflection/photograph/
/shadow/shade/other side/
6ei
utsu-ru
utsu-su
ha-eru
/project/reflect light/
/to be reflected/
/to reproduce/to imitate/
/to shine/to look pretty/
4ei
saka-eru
ha-e
ha-eru
/glory/honor/flourish/prosper/
/to prosper/to flourish/
/glory/
/to shine/to look attractive/
5ei
naga-i
/long/perpetual/eternal/forever/
/long/lengthy/
3ei
oyo-gu
/dive/swim/
/to swim/
4ei/petal/flower/leaf/brave/a hero/England/English/
5ei/guard/protect/defend/
ei
yo-mu
/sing/hum/chant/
/to recite/to chant/
ei
surudo-i
/sharp/
/pointed/sharp/

eki

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
3yaku, eki/service/a servant/laborer/to serve/
5eki, i
yasa-shii
/change/easy/
/easy/plain/simple/
5eki/sap/juice/liquid/fluid/
eki, yaku/epidemic/plague/pestilence/
5eki
yaku
/profit/benefit/advantage/
/gain/benefit/profit/use/
3eki/relay station/

en

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
1en
maru-i
/yen/
/round/circular/spherical/
2en
sono
/garden/park/orchard/
/garden/park/plantation/
4en
shio
/salt/
/salt/
en/to entertain/feast/a feast/banquet/
6en
no-biru
no-beru
no-basu
/delay/postpone/defer/
/to be prolonged/
/to make (bed)/to stretch/
/to lengthen/to stretch/
en/aid/assist/lead/cite/
沿6en
so-u
/follow a course/go along/
/to run along/to follow/
5en/perform/put on/exercise/
en
honoo
/flame/blaze/hot/
/flame/blaze/
en
kemu-ru
kemuri
kemu-i
/smoke/soot/opium/tobacco/cigarettes/
/to smoke (e.g. fire)/
/smoke/fumes/
/smoky/
en
saru
/ape/
/monkey/
en
fuchi
/hem/
/(surrounding) edge/
2en, on
too-i
/distant/remote/far/profound/
/far/distant/
en
namari
/lead plumbum/
/lead (the metal)/

etsu

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
etsu/pleased/contented/gratified/
etsu/visit/pay respects to/
etsu
ko-su
ko-eru
/exceed/go beyond/the more .../
 
/to cross over/to cross/
etsu/examine/

fu

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
4fu, bu/no/not/un-/negative prefix/
4fu
tsu-keru
tsu-ku
/give/deliver/pay/hand over/entrust/
/to attach (vt)/to join/
/to adjoin/to be attached/
4fu, fuu
otto
/man/male adult/husband/those/
/(my) husband/
5fu/married women/woman/wife/
5fu, fuu
to-mu
tomi
/abundant/ample/rich/wealthy/
/to be rich/to become rich/
/wealth/fortune/
5fu
nuno
/cotton cloth/textiles/linen/
/cloth/
4fu/prefecture/prefect/government/
fu
kowa-i
/terror/fear/frighten/terrified/
/frightening/eerie/
fu/support/help/protect/hold on/
fu
shi-ku
/spread/diffuse/apply/paint/
/to spread out/to lay out/
fu/universal/general/widespread/
2ho, bu, fu
aru-ku
ayu-mu
/step/
/to walk/
/to walk/to go on foot/
fu
u-ku
u-kareru
u-kabu
u-kaberu
/to float/drift/waft/to exceed/superfluous/
/to float/
/to make merry/to be festive/
/to float/to rise to surface/
/to float/to express/
2fu
chichi
/father/
/father (hum)/
fu/i.d. tag/tally/symbol/charm/
fu
kusa-ru
kusa-reru
kusa-rasu
/rot/decay/spoil/rotten/
/to rot/to go bad/
/to spoil/to rot/
/to spoil/to rot/
fu/skin/superficial/shallow/
fu/register/list/table/musical score/
3fu
ma-keru
ma-kasu
o-u
/load/burden/carry/bear/
/to lose/to be defeated/
/to defeat/
/to bear/to owe/
fu/tax/give/endow/army/diffuse/
fu
omomu-ku
/go to/attend/be present/
/to go/to proceed/to repair to/
fu/adhere to/append/rely on near to/
2fuu, fu
kaze
kaza
/wind/air/manners/atmosphere/
/wind/breeze/

fuku

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
fuku
fu-seru
fu-su
/crouch/crawl/lie hidden/conceal/
/to lay something upside down/
/to bend down/
4fuku/assist/supplement/assistant/
fuku
haba
/piece/strip/breadth of/hem/
/width/breadth/
5fuku/return/repeat/repeatedly/
3fuku/clothes/wear/dress/
3fuku/happiness/good fortune/blessing/
6fuku
hara
/stomach/belly/abdomen/inside/
/belly/stomach/
5fuku/repeat/double/overlap/
fuku
oo-u
kutsugae-su
kutsugae-ru
/cover/tip over/return/reply/
/to cover/to hide/to conceal/
/to overturn/to upset/
/to topple over/

fun

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
2bun, fun, bu
wa-keru
wa-kareru
wa-karu
wa-katsu
/divide/small unit of time etc./
/to divide/to separate/
 
/to be understood/
/to divide/to separate/
fun
fu-ku
/spurt/blow out/puff out/
/to emit/to spout/
fun/grave/mound/bulge/bulging/
6fun
furu-u
/strive/exert effort/arouse/
/to show (ability)/
fun
ikidoo-ru
/resent/hate/indignant/
/to be angry/to resent/
4fun
ko
kona
/powder/face powder/plaster/
 
/flour/meal/powder/
fun
magi-reru
magi-rasu
magi-rawasu
magi-rawashii
/in disorder/scattered/tangled/
/to be diverted/to slip into/
/to divert/to distract/
/to divert/to distract/
/confusing/misleading/equivocal/
fun/atmosphere/mist/fog/

futsu

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
futsu
hara-u
/shake off/brush away/dust/
/to pay/to brush/to wipe/
futsu
wa-ku
wa-kasu
/boil/bubble up/gush/
/to boil/to grow hot/
/to boil (vt)/to heat/

fuu

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
4fu, fuu
otto
/man/male adult/husband/those/
/(my) husband/
5fu, fuu
to-mu
tomi
/abundant/ample/rich/wealthy/
/to be rich/to become rich/
/wealth/fortune/
fuu, hou/letter/envelope/feudal/
2fuu, fu
kaze
kaza
/wind/air/manners/atmosphere/
/wind/breeze/

ga

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
6ga
ware
wa
/our/us/i/me/my/we/
/me/oneself/self/ego/
2ga, kaku/a painting/picture/drawing/to draw/
4ga
me
/bud/sprout/shoot/
/sprout/
5ga/congratulate/send present/
ga/elegant/graceful/refined/
ga/hungry/greedy for/hunger/

gac

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
2gou, gac, kac
a-u
a-wasu
a-waseru
/combine/unite/join/gather/
/to fit/to suit/to agree with/
/to join together/to face/
/to join together/

gai

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
gai/examine into/impeach/charge/
2gai, ge
soto
hoka
hazu-su
hazu-reru
/out/outside/external/foreign/
/outside/
/other place/the rest/
/to unfasten/to remove/
/to be disconnected/
4gai/injure/harm/destroy/kill/
gai/sigh/regret/generous/
gai/generally/approximately/
gai/shore/bank/water's edge/
4gai, kai
machi
/street/road/thoroughfare/
/town/street/road/
gai/should/ought to/need to/

gaku

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
1gaku
mana-bu
/learning/knowledge/school/
/to study in depth/
gaku
take
/mountain peak/
/peak/mountain/
2gaku, raku
tano-shii
tano-shimu
/happy/glad/enjoyable/music/
/enjoyable/fun (adj)/
/to enjoy oneself/
5gaku
hitai
/forehead/tablet/plaque/fixed/
/forehead/brow/

gan

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
2gan
maru
maru-i
maru-meru
/small round object/pellet/pill/
/circle/full (month)/perfection/
/round/spherical/
/to make round/to round off/
2gen, gan
moto
/first/dollar/origin/head/
/origin/
gan
fuku-mu
fuku-meru
/hold in mouth/cherish/contain/
/to hold in the mouth/
/to include (vt)/to instruct/
2gan
iwa
/cliff/rocks/mountain/
/rock/
3gan
kishi
/bank/shore/beach/coast/
/bank/coast/shore/
5gan, gen
manako
/eye/eyelet/hole/opening/
/eye/
gan/obstinate/stubborn/recalcitrant/
2gan
kao
/face/facial appearance/
/face (person)/
4gan
nega-u
/desire/want/wish/ambition/
/to desire/to wish/to request/

gatsu

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
1getsu, gatsu
tsuki
/moon/month/
/moon/month/

ge

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
1ka, ge
shita
shimo
moto
sa-geru
sa-garu
kuda-ru
kuda-su
kuda-saru
o-rosu
o-riru
/under/underneath/below/down/inferior/
/under/below/beneath/
 
 
/to hang/to lower/to move back/
/to hang down/to abate/
/to get down/to descend/
/to lower/to let go down/
/to give (hon) (IV)/to confer/
/to take down/to launch/to drop/
/to come down/
2ka, ge
natsu
/summer/great/grand/big/
/summer/
2gai, ge
soto
hoka
hazu-su
hazu-reru
/out/outside/external/foreign/
/outside/
/other place/the rest/
/to unfasten/to remove/
/to be disconnected/
5kai, ge
to-ku
to-kasu
to-keru
/loosen/unfasten/untie/explain/
/to solve/to answer/to untie/
/to comb out/
/to loosen/

gei

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
4gei/rue/herb used to keep insects away/
gei
muka-eru
/receive/welcome/greet/
/to go out to meet/
gei
kujira
/whale/
/whale/

geki

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
6geki/theatrical plays/opera/drama/
geki
u-tsu
/strike/hit/beat/attack/fight/
/to attack/to defeat/to destroy/
6geki
hage-shii
/arouse/excite/incite/quickly/
/violent/vehement/intense/

gen

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
2gen, gan
moto
/first/dollar/origin/head/
/origin/
2gen
hara
/source/origin/beginning/
/field/plain/prairie/tundra/
6gen, gon
ogoso-ka
kibi-shii
/strict/rigorous/rigid/stern/
/austere (an)/majestic/
/severe/strict/stern/
ken, gen
kira-u
iya
/hate/detest/suspect/criticize/
/to hate/to dislike/to loathe/
/disagreeable (an)/unpleasant/
gen
maboroshi
/illusion/fantasy/mirage/
/phantom/vision/illusion/dream/
gen
tsuru
/string/hypotenuse/crescent/
/bow string/handle/
5gen
he-ru
he-rasu
/decrease/subtract/diminish/
 
/to decrease (vi)/to diminish/
6gen
minamoto
/spring/source/head/
/source/origin/
gen/deep/profound/abstruse/
5gen
arawa-reru
arawa-su
/appear/manifest/become visible/
/to appear/to come in sight/
/to show/to indicate/to display/
5gan, gen
manako
/eye/eyelet/hole/opening/
/eye/
2gen, gon
i-u
koto
/words/speech/speak/say/
/to say/
5gen
kagi-ru
/boundary/limit/line/
/to restrict (I)/to limit/
4ken, gen/test/examine/inspect/verify/

getsu

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
1getsu, gatsu
tsuki
/moon/month/
/moon/month/

gi

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
gi
itsuwa-ru
nise
/false/counterfeit/bogus/
/to lie/to cheat/to falsify/
/imitation/
gi/ceremony/rites gifts/admire/
gi/suitable/right/fitting/proper/
gi
tawamu-reru
/theatrical play/show/
/to be amused (with something)/
5gi
waza
/skill/ability/talent/ingenuity/
/art/technique/
gi/draft/intend/plan/propose/
gi
azamu-ku
/cheat/double-cross/deceive/
/to deceive/
gi/sacrifice/give up/sacrificial/
6gi
utaga-u
/doubt/question/suspect/
/to doubt/to distrust/
5gi/right conduct/righteousness/
4gi/consult/talk over/discuss/

gin

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
gin/sing/hum/recite/type of poetry/
3gin/silver/cash/money/wealth/

go

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
go
taga-i
/mutually/reciprocally/
/mutual/reciprocal/
1go
itsu
itsu-tsu
/five/
 
/five/
2go/noon/7th terrestrial branch/
go/one of warring states/
go/pleasure/enjoyment/amusement/
2go, kou
nochi
ushi-ro
ato
oku-reru
/behind/rear/after/descendents/
/afterwords (a-no)/since then/
/back/behind/rear/
/after (a-no)/behind/later/rear/
/to be late/to be delayed/
gyo, go
on
/drive/ride/chariot/manage/
go
sato-ru
/to apprehend/realize/become aware/
/to attain enlightenment/
3ki, go/period of time/date/time limit/
go/chess/any game similar to chess/
2go
kata-ru
kata-rau
/language/words/saying/expression/
/to talk/to tell/to recite/
/to talk/to tell/to recite/
6go
ayama-ru
/err/make mistake/interfere/
/to make a mistake/
5go/protect/guard/defend/shelter/

goku

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
4kyoku, goku
kiwa-meru
kiwa-maru
kiwa-mi
/extreme/utmost/furthest/final/
/to investigate thoroughly/
/to terminate/
/height/acme/extremity/
goku/prison/jail/case/lawsuit/

gon

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
6kin, gon
tsuto-meru
tsuto-maru
/industrious/diligent/attentive/
/to serve/to fill a post/
/to be fit for/to be equal to/
6gen, gon
ogoso-ka
kibi-shii
/strict/rigorous/rigid/stern/
/austere (an)/majestic/
/severe/strict/stern/
6ken, gon/power/right/authority/
2gen, gon
i-u
koto
/words/speech/speak/say/
/to say/

gou

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
gou/hard/tough/rigid/strong/
3gou/mark/sign/symbol/number/
2gou, gac, kac
a-u
a-wasu
a-waseru
/combine/unite/join/gather/
/to fit/to suit/to agree with/
/to join together/to face/
/to join together/
2kyou, gou
tsuyo-i
tsuyo-maru
tsuyo-meru
shi-iru
/strong/powerful/energetic/
/strong/powerful/mighty/
/to get strong/to gain strength/
/to strengthen/to emphasize/
/to force/to compel/to coerce/
gou/torture and interrogate/hit/
3gyou, gou
waza
/profession/business/trade/
/deed/act/work/performance/
gou/brave/heroic/chivalrous/
6kyou, gou/country/rural/village/

gu

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
3gu/tool/implement/draw up/write/
gu
oro-ka
/stupid/doltish/foolish/
/foolish (an)/stupid/

gun

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
5gun
mu-reru
mu-re
mura
/crowd/multitude/mob/
/to crowd/to flock/to swarm/
/group/crowd/flock/herd/bevy/
4gun/army/military/soldiers/troops/
4gun/administrative division/

guu

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
guu/accidentally/coincidently/an idol/
3kyuu, guu, ku
miya
/palace/temple/dwelling/enclose/
guu/meet/come across/encounter/
guu
sumi
/corner/nook/remote place/
/corner/nook/

gyaku

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
gyaku
shiita-geru
/cruel/harsh/oppressive/
/to oppress/
5gyaku
saka
saka-rau
/disobey/rebel/rebel/traitor/
 
/to go against/to oppose/

gyo

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
gyo, go
on
/drive/ride/chariot/manage/
4gyo, ryou/to fish/seize/pursue/
2gyo
uo
sakana
/fish/
/fish/
/fish/

gyoku

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
1gyoku
tama
/jade/precious stone/gem/
/ball/sphere/

gyou

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
gyou, kou
ao-gu
oo-se
/raise the head to look/look up to/rely on/
/to look up (to)/to respect/
gyou
ko-ru
ko-rasu
/coagulate/congeal/freeze/
/to grow stiff/
/to concentrate/to devote/
2kei, gyou
kata
katachi
/form/shape/appearance/
 
/form/shape/figure/type/
gyou
akatsuki
/dawn/daybreak/clear/explicit/
/dawn/daybreak/in the event of/
3gyou, gou
waza
/profession/business/trade/
/deed/act/work/performance/
2kou, gyou, an
i-ku
yu-ku
okona-u
/go/walk/move/travel/circulate/
/to go/
/to go/
/to perform/to do/

gyuu

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
2gyuu
ushi
/cow/ox/bull/
/cattle/cow/

ha

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
ha/hold/take/guard/regard as/
3ha
nami
/waves/breakers/undulations/
/wave/
6ha/school of thought/sect/branch/
5ha
yabu-ru
yabu-reru
/break/ruin/destroy/rout/
/to tear (vt)/to violate/
/to get torn/to wear out/
ha/rule by might rather than right/

hac

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
4hou, hac, hoc/law/rule/regulation/statute/France/French/

hachi

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
1hachi
ya
yac-tsu
you
/eight/all around/all sides/
/eight/
/eight/
hachi, hatsu/earthenware basin/alms bowl (Sanskrit paatra)/

hai

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
6hai/actor/vaudeville show/insincere/
hai
suta-reru
suta-ru
/abrogate/terminate/discard/
/to go out of use/
/to go out of use/
6hai
oga-mu
/do obeisance/bow/kowtow/
/to worship/to beg/
hai/row/rank/line/
4hai
yabu-reru
/be defeated/decline/fail/
/to be defeated/to be broken/
hai
sakazuki
/cup/glass/
/wine cups/
6hai/lungs/
6hai
se
sei
somu-ku
somu-keru
/back/back side/behind/betray/
 
/height/stature/
/to run counter to/
/to turn one's face away/
hai/generation/lifetime/class/
3hai
kuba-ru
/match/pair/equal/blend/
/to distribute/to deliver/

haku

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
haku/older brother/father's elder brother/
4haku, baku/gamble/play games/wide/broad/
haku, hyou/clap/tap/beat/beat or rhythm/
haku
to-maru
to-meru
/anchor vessel/lie at anchor/
/to stay at (e.g. hotel)/
/to give shelter to/to lodge/
1haku, byaku
shiro
shira
shiro-i
/white/pure/unblemished/bright/
/white/
 
/white/
haku/large/ocean-going vessel/
haku
usu-i
usu-meru
usu-maru
usu-ragu
usu-reru
/thin/slight/weak/poor/stingy/
/thin/weak/watery/diluted/
/to dilute/to water down/
 
/to become thin/to fade/
/to fade/to become dim/
haku
sema-ru
/coerce/force/compel/urgent/
/to draw near/to press/

han

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
han, ban
tomona-u
/companion/comrade/partner/accompany/
/to accompany/to bring with/
bon, han/all/any/every/ordinary/common/
5han, ban/judge/discriminate/conclude/
2han
naka-ba
/half/
/middle/half/semi/halfway/
3han, hon, tan
so-ru
so-rasu
/reverse/opposite/contrary/anti/
/to warp/to be warped/to curve/
/to bend (vt)/to warp/to curve/
3han
saka
/hillside/inconvenient places/
/slope/hill/
han
ho
/sail/boat/
/sail/
han/transfer/move/remove/shift/
3han, ban
ita
/plank/board/iron or tin plate/
/board/plank/
han, bon
wazura-u
wazura-wasu
/bother/vex/trouble/troublesome/
/to worry about/
/to trouble/to bother/to annoy/
5han/printing blocks/edition/
5han
oka-su
/commit crime/violate/criminal/
/to commit/to perpetrate/
6han/class/group/grade/squad/job/
han/boundary path dividing fields/
han/pattern/model/rule/law/
han/complicated/complex/difficult/
han/sort/manner/kind/category/
han/fence/boundary/outlying border/
han/peddler/hawker/street merchant/
han/confer/bestow/publish/promulgate/
4han
meshi
/cooked rice/food/meal/
/meals/food/

hatsu

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
3hatsu, hotsu/issue/dispatch/send out/emit/
hachi, hatsu/earthenware basin/alms bowl (Sanskrit paatra)/
hatsu
kami
/hair/
/hair/

hei

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
hei/third/3rd heavenly stem/
6hei
nami
nara-beru
nara-bu
nara-bini
/equal to/side by side/also/what is more/both/
/average/medium/common/ordinary/
/to line up (vt)/to set up/
/to line up (vi)/
/and/
hei
awa-seru
/combine/annex/
/to unite/to put together/
4hei, hyou/soldier/troops/
hei/wall/fence/
hei/currency/coins/legal tender/
3hei, byou
tai-ra
hira
/flat/level/even/peaceful/
/flatness (an)/level/smooth/
/the broad/the flat/palm/
hei/evil/wrong/bad/criminal/
hei
gara
e
/handle/lever/knob/authority/
/pattern/design/
/handle/grip/
3byou, hei
ya-mu
yamai
/illness/sickness/disease/
/fall ill/be ill/
/illness/disease/
6hei
to-jiru
to-zasu
shi-meru
shi-maru
/shut/close/obstruct/block up/
/to close (a book)/
/to shut/to close/to lock/
/to close (vt)/to shut (vt)/
/to close (vi)/to be closed/
6hei/steps leading throne/throne/

heki

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
heki
kabe
/partition wall/walls of a house/
/wall/
heki
kuse
/craving/weakness for/indigestion/

hen

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
hen
katayo-ru
/inclined one side/slanting/
/to be partial/to be prejudiced/
4hen
ka-waru
ka-eru
/change/transform/alter/rebel/
/to change (vi)/
/to change (vt)/to alter/
6hen
kata
/slice/splinter/strip/
5hen
a-mu
/knit/weave/arrange/compile/
/to knit/
4hen
ata-ri
be
/edge/margin/side/border/
/neighbourhood/vicinity/
3hen
kae-su
kae-ru
/return/revert to/restore/
/to return something (vt)/
/to return (I)/to come back/
hen/everywhere/all over/throughout/

hi

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
hi
iya-shii
iya-shimu
iya-shimeru
/humble/low/inferior/despise/
/greedy/vulgar/shabby/humble/
/to despise/to disdain/to scorn/
/to despise/to abase (oneself)/
6hi
ina
/not/no/negative/final particle/
/no/nay/
hi/wife/spouse/imperial concubine/
hi
kare
kano
/that/there/those/
/he/boyfriend/
3hi
kana-shii
kana-shimu
/sorrow/grief/sorry/sad/
/sad/sorrowful/
/to be sad/to mourn for/
hi
tobira
/door panel/
/door/opening/
6hi/comment/criticize/wholesale/
hi/wear/split/crack/
5hi
kura-beru
/to compare/liken/comparison/than/
/to compare/
hitsu, hi/to seep out/excrete/
hi
tsuka-reru
tsuka-rasu
/feel tired/be exhausted/weak/
/to get tired/to tire/
/to tire/to weary/to exhaust/
3hi
kawa
/skin/hide/fur/feather/outer/
/skin/hide/leather/fur/pelt/
hi/stone tablet/gravestone/
6hi
hi-meru
/secret/mysterious/abstruse/
/to hide/to keep to oneself/
hi/cease/finish/stop/give up/
5hi
ko-eru
koe
ko-yasu
ko-yashi
/fat/plump/obese/fertile/
/to grow fat/to grow fertile/
/manure/nightsoil/dung/
/fertilise/manure/enrich/
/manure/nightsoil/dung/
hi
koumu-ru
/passive indicator 'by'/bedding/
/suffer/
4hi
tsui-yasu
tsui-eru
/expenses/expenditures/fee/
/to spend/to devote/to waste/
hi
sa-keru
/avoid/turn aside/escape/hide/
/to avoid/
5hi/not/negative/non-/oppose/
4hi
to-bu
to-basu
/fly/go quickly/dart/high/
/to fly/to jump/
/to skip over/to omit/

hin

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
3hin
shina
/article/product/commodity/
/thing/article/goods/
hin
hama
/creek/stream/beach/sea coast/
/beach/seashore/
5hin, bin
mazu-shii
/poor/impoverished/needy/
/poor/
hin/guest/visitor/submit/
hin/frequently/again and again/

hitsu

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
hitsu
hiki
/bolt of cloth/counter for horses/
/head/small animal counter/
4hitsu
kanara-zu
/surely/most certainly/must/
/necessarily/certainly/
hitsu, hi/to seep out/excrete/
3hitsu
fude
/writing brush/write/stroke/
/writing brush/

ho

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
5ho
tamo-tsu
/protect/safeguard/defend/care/
/to keep/to preserve/to hold/
ho
to-raeru
to-rawareru
to-ru
tsuka-maeru
tsuka-maru
/arrest/catch/seize/
/to seize/to grasp/to capture/
 
/to take/to catch/to obtain/
/to catch/to seize/to arrest/
/to be caught/to be arrested/
2ho, bu, fu
aru-ku
ayu-mu
/step/
/to walk/
/to walk/to go on foot/
ho
ura
/bank of river/shore/
/inlet/
ho/store/shop/
6ho
ogina-u
/mend/patch/fix/repair/restore/
/to compensate for/

hoc

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
4hou, hac, hoc/law/rule/regulation/statute/France/French/

hoku

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
2hoku
kita
/north/northern/northward/

hon

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
3han, hon, tan
so-ru
so-rasu
/reverse/opposite/contrary/anti/
/to warp/to be warped/to curve/
/to bend (vt)/to warp/to curve/
hon/run fast/flee/rush about/run/
1hon
moto
/root/origin/source/basis/
hon
hirugae-ru
hirugae-su
/flip over/upset/capsize/
/to turn over/to wave/
/to change (mind)/

hotsu

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
3hatsu, hotsu/issue/dispatch/send out/emit/

hou

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KanjiGChinese-style
reading
Japanese
reading
meaning
hou/wages/salary/official emolument/
hou
nara-u
/imitate/
/to imitate (uk)/to follow/
4hou
tsutsu-mu
/wrap/pack/bundle/package/
/to wrap/to pack/to do up/
5hou
muku-iru
/report/tell/announce/
/to reward/to recompense/
hou, bu
tatematsu-ru
/offer/receive/serve/respect/
/to offer/to present/to revere/
6hou
takara
/treasure/jewel/precious/rare/
/treasure/
fuu, hou/letter/envelope/feudal/
hou
mine
/peak/summit/hump of camel/
/peak/ridge/
hou
kuzu-reru
kuzu-su
/rupture/split apart/collapse/
/to collapse/to crumble/
/to destroy/to pull down/
hou
da-ku
ida-ku
kaka-eru
/embrace/hold in arms/enfold/
/to hold/to embrace/
/to embrace/to hug/to harbour/
3hou
hana-su
hana-tsu
hana-reru
/put/release/free/liberate/
/to separate/to set free/
/to free/to release/to fire/
/leave/get free/cut oneself off/
2hou
kata
/a square/rectangle/a region/local/
/person/
4hou, hac, hoc/law/rule/regulation/