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shān
    shan1
shan
 yama(p); yama
    やま(P); ヤマ

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Mountain
mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4]); (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
(n,ctr) (1) mountain; hill; (n,ctr) (2) mine (e.g. coal mine); (n,ctr) (3) heap; pile; (4) crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire); protruding part of an object; high part; (5) climax; peak; critical point; (6) guess; speculation; gamble; (7) (slang) (police, crime reporter jargon; esp. as ヤマ) criminal case; crime; (8) mountain climbing; mountaineering; (9) (See 山鉾) festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd); (10) (See 山札・1) deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn); stack; (11) {mahj} wall; wall tile; (12) (archaism) temple; temple grounds; (prefix noun) (13) wild; (personal name) Yamamura
A hill, mountain; a monastery.


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mèn
    men4
men
 mon
    もん

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Melancholy / Sorrow
bored; depressed; melancholy; sealed; airtight; tightly closed
(rare) (See 悶え・もだえ) agony; anguish; (given name) Mon
Depressed, oppressed, sad, melancholy; to cover, shut down, or in.


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shā
    sha1
sha
 satsu
    さつ

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Kill / Slaughter / Murder / Butcher
to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart; (used after a verb) extremely
(female given name) Satsu
To kill, cut down, cut off.

平復


平复

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píng fù
    ping2 fu4
p`ing fu
    ping fu
 heifuku / hefuku
    へいふく

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Restoration to Good Health
to calm down; to subside; to be cured; to be healed
(noun/participle) restoration to health
recovery from illness

抑制

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yì zhì
    yi4 zhi4
i chih
 yokusei / yokuse
    よくせい
to inhibit; to keep down; to suppress
(noun, transitive verb) control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition; check; curb

逆さ

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 sakasa
    さかさ

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Sakasa / Reverse
(noun - becomes adjective with の) reverse; inversion; upside down

對不起


对不起

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duì bu qǐ
    dui4 bu5 qi3
tui pu ch`i
    tui pu chi

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Sorry / Apology
I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint

菩提樹


菩提树

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pú tí shù
    pu2 ti2 shu4
p`u t`i shu
    pu ti shu
 bodaiju; bodaiju
    ぼだいじゅ; ボダイジュ
pipal tree (Ficus religiosa); bo fig tree; Bodhi tree (sacred to Buddhism and Hinduism)
(1) Tilia miqueliana (species of linden tree); (2) (See インドボダイジュ) sacred fig (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; bo tree; peepal tree; pipal tree; (given name) Bodaiju
bodhidruma, bodhitaru, bodhivṛkṣa; the wisdom-tree, i.e. that under which Śākyamuni attained his enlightenment, and became Buddha. The Ficus religiosa is the pippala, or aśvattha, wrongly identified by Faxian as the palm-tree; it is described as an evergreen, to have been 400 feet high, been cut down several times, but in the Tang dynasty still to be 40 or 50 feet high. A branch of it is said to have been sent by Aśoka to Ceylon, from which sprang the celebrated Bo-tree still flourishing there.

磨杵成針


磨杵成针

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mó chǔ chéng zhēn
    mo2 chu3 cheng2 zhen1
mo ch`u ch`eng chen
    mo chu cheng chen
to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task; to study diligently

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dào
    dao4
tao
 
    さかしま
to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) reverse; inversion; upside down; (2) unreasonable; absurd; wrong; (n-pref,n) inverse; reverse
To fall, lie down; to pour; upside down, inverted, perverted; on the contrary.

上下

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shàng xià
    shang4 xia4
shang hsia
 jouge / joge
    じょうげ
up and down; top and bottom; old and young; length; about
(1) top and bottom; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends; up and down; (n,vs,vi) (2) going up and down; rising and falling; fluctuating; (n,vs,vi) (3) going and coming back; (4) upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled; the government and the people; (5) first and second volumes; (6) {cloth} top and bottom; two-piece (outfit); (place-name, surname) Jōge
above and below

下垂

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xià chuí
    xia4 chui2
hsia ch`ui
    hsia chui
 kasui
    かすい
to droop; to sag; to hang down; sagging; drooping; prolapse (medicine)
(n,vs,vi,adj-no) drooping; hanging down

下降

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xià jiàng
    xia4 jiang4
hsia chiang
 kakou / kako
    かこう
to decline; to drop; to fall; to go down; to decrease
(n,vs,vi) descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence

伏臥


伏卧

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fú wò
    fu2 wo4
fu wo
 fukuga
    ふくが
lying down; to lie prostrate; prone
(n,vs,vi) (ant: 仰臥) lying face down; lying on one's face; lying prostrate

俯瞰

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fǔ kàn
    fu3 kan4
fu k`an
    fu kan
 fukan
    ふかん
to look down at (from a high vantage point)
(noun, transitive verb) overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view

倒懸


倒悬

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dào xuán
    dao4 xuan2
tao hsüan
 touken / token
    とうけん
lit. to hang upside down; fig. in dire straits
hanging (someone) upside down
Hanging upside down; the condition of certain condemned souls, especially for whom the Ullambana (or Lambana, cf. 盂) festival is held in the seventh month; the phrase is used as a tr. of Ullambana, and as such seems meant for Lambana.

垂下

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chuí xià
    chui2 xia4
ch`ui hsia
    chui hsia
 suika
    すいか
to hang down
(n,vs,vt,vi,adj-no) being pendent; hanging down; (personal name) Tareshita

封鎖


封锁

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fēng suǒ
    feng1 suo3
feng so
 fuusa / fusa
    ふうさ
to blockade; to seal off; to lock down
(noun, transitive verb) (1) blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); (noun, transitive verb) (2) freezing (funds)

打倒

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dǎ dǎo
    da3 dao3
ta tao
 datou / dato
    だとう
to overthrow; to knock down; Down with ... !
(noun, transitive verb) overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown

掃射


扫射

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sǎo shè
    sao3 she4
sao she
 sousha / sosha
    そうしゃ
to rake with machine gunfire; to strafe; to machine-gun down
(noun, transitive verb) sweeping with fire; mowing down; strafing

破裂

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pò liè
    po4 lie4
p`o lieh
    po lieh
 haretsu
    はれつ
to burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down
(n,vs,vi) (1) bursting; rupture; explosion; (n,vs,vi) (2) (See 決裂) breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
broken

落魄

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luò pò
    luo4 po4
lo p`o
    lo po
 rakuhaku
    らくはく
down and out; in dire straits; unrestrained; unconventional; also pr. [luo4 tuo4]
(n,vs,vi) being reduced to poverty; living in poverty; coming down in the world; straitened (reduced) circumstances

起伏

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qǐ fú
    qi3 fu2
ch`i fu
    chi fu
 kifuku
    きふく
to move up and down; to undulate; ups and downs
(n,vs,vi) (1) undulation; (n,vs,vi) (2) ups and downs; highs and lows

追捕

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zhuī bǔ
    zhui1 bu3
chui pu
 tsuibu; tsuifu; tsuifuku; tsuiho
    ついぶ; ついふ; ついふく; ついほ
to pursue; to be after; to hunt down
(noun/participle) (archaism) chasing down and capturing (a criminal, etc.)

顛倒


颠倒

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diān dǎo
    dian1 dao3
tien tao
 tendou / tendo
    てんどう
    tentou / tento
    てんとう
to turn upside down; to reverse; back to front; confused; deranged; crazy
(Buddhist term) cognitive distortion; (n,vs,adj-no) (1) falling down; tumbling; overturning; turning over; (2) reversing; inverting; inversion; (3) getting upset

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xià
    xia4
hsia
 shimo
    しも
down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
(1) (ant: 上・かみ・1) lower reaches (of a river); (2) bottom; lower part; (3) lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); urine; menses; (4) end; far from the imperial palace (i.e. far from Kyoto, esp. of western Japan); (can be adjective with の) (5) dirty (e.g. dirty jokes, etc.); (place-name, surname) Shimo
hīna, adhara. Below, lower, inferior, low; to descend, let down, put down.

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    fu4
fu
 zuke
    づけ
to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things
(suffix noun) dated (e.g. a letter); date of effect (e.g. a rule change); (surname) Fu
To deliver, hand over to, hand down.

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    fu2
fu
 fuse
    ふせ
to lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush); to conceal oneself; to lie low; hottest days of summer; to submit; to concede defeat; to overcome; to subdue; volt
(surname) Fuse
Prostrate; humble; suffer, bear; ambush; dog-days; hatch; it is used for control, under control, e. g. as delusion; 斷 is contrasted with it as complete extirpation, so that no delusive thought arises.

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    fa2
fa
 isao
    いさお
to cut down; to fell; to dispatch an expedition against; to attack; to boast; Taiwan pr. [fa1]
(female given name) Isao
To cut down, chastise; a go-between; to make a display; translit. va.

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    di1
ti
 tei / te
    てい
low; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline
(prefix) low (level, value, price, etc.)
To let down, lower.

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    fu3
fu
to look down; to stoop

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yǎn
    yan3
yen
to lie supine; to stop; to fall down


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zhuàn
    zhuan4
chuan
 fuu / fu
    ふう
biography; historical narrative; commentaries; relay station
(surname) Fū
To transmit, pass on, hand down, promulgate, propagate; tradition; summon; interpret; record; the Abhidharma.

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    wo4
wo
 ga
śayana, lying down, sleeping.

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fǎn
    fan3
fan
 han
    はん
contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
(prefix) (1) anti-; (2) (See 反定立) antithesis; (3) (abbreviation) (See 反切) fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone; (surname) Sori
To turn over, turn or send back; contrary; to rebel.


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duǒ
    duo3
to
hang down

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chuí
    chui2
ch`ui
    chui
 sui
    すい
to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach
(1) zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; (2) hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family); (surname) Sui
Drop, droop, let down, pass down; regard.

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    ta1
t`a
    ta
to collapse; to droop; to settle down


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zhuì
    zhui4
chui
 tsui
to fall; to drop; to weigh down
To fall, sink, settle, slide.


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huài
    huai4
huai
 kai
bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost
To go to ruin, decay, perish, destroy, spoil, worn out, rotten, bad.

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    yi2
i
 i
    い
non-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out; to exterminate; to tear down; to raze
barbarian; (surname) Ebisu
transliteration of Indic i sound

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wěi
    wei3
wei
 i
    い
to entrust; to cast aside; to shift (blame etc); to accumulate; roundabout; winding; dejected; listless; committee member; council; end; actually; certainly
(suffix noun) (abbreviation) (See 委員会) committee; commission; board; panel; (female given name) Tomo
To throw down, depute; really; crooked; the end.

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zhì
    zhi4
chih
to put aside; to put down; to discard


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qǐn
    qin3
ch`in
    chin
 shin
(bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest; (bound form) bedroom; (bound form) imperial tomb; (literary) to stop; to cease
To sleep, rest; stop; a retiring room, resting place.

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    mi3
mi
 mi
    はず
to stop; repress
(1) (kana only) expectation that something took place, will take place or was in some state; it should be so; bound to be; expected to be; must be; (2) nock (of a bow); (3) nock (of an arrow); (4) (sumo) nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); (5) wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
Stop, put down.

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    xi1
hsi
 soku
    そく
breath; news; interest (on an investment or loan); to cease; to stop; to rest; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
(form) son; (personal name) Yasumu
To breathe; breath; rest, stop, settle, cease; produce, interest.

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màn
    man4
man
 man
slow
māna. Pride, arrogance, self-conceit, looking down on others, supercilious, etc.; there are categories of seven and nine kinds of pride.

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    yi4
i
 somo
    そも
to restrain; to restrict; to keep down; or
(conjunction) (kana only) (dated) (used when bringing up something already mentioned) (See そもそも・2) after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
Curb, repress; or.

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zhé
    zhe2
che
 sagari
    さがり
to break; to fracture; to snap; to suffer loss; to bend; to twist; to turn; to change direction; convinced; to convert into (currency); discount; rebate; tenth (in price); classifier for theatrical scenes; to fold; accounts book
(1) opportunity; chance; occasion; time; (n,ctr) (2) fold; pleat; crease; (3) small food box (wooden or cardboard); (personal name) Sagari
Tear open, break down.; To snap, break; decide; compound; fold.

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chāi
    chai1
ch`ai
    chai
to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open

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tuō
    tuo1
t`o
    to
 ta
to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on
Tow, tug; delay; implicate.

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àn
    an4
an
 osae
    おさえ
to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment
(surname) Osae
To place, lay down, lay the hand on; examine; accord with.

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    na4
na
 natsu
    なつ
to press down firmly; to suppress; right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4])
(female given name) Natsu
To press down; a pen-stroke to the right; translit. na.

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shòu
    shou4
shou
 sazuka
    さずか
(bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
(female given name) Sazuka
To give, confer, deliver, communicate to, hand down.

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kèn
    ken4
k`en
    ken
to push down; to make things difficult; to take by force

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    ti2
t`i
    ti
 hisage
    ひさげ
to carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward; to mention; to raise (an issue); upwards character stroke; lifting brush stroke (in painting); scoop for measuring liquid
(kana only) ceremonial sake decanter with a spout and semicircular handle; (place-name) Hisage
To raise, mention, bring forward, summon, lead.

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shuāi
    shuai1
shuai
to throw down; to fall; to drop and break

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cuī
    cui1
ts`ui
    tsui
 sai
to break; to destroy; to devastate; to ravage; to repress
to break down

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shàn
    shan4
shan
to cut down; mow

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liào
    liao4
liao
to put down; to leave behind; to throw or knock down; to abandon or discard

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zǔn
    zun3
tsun
to reduce or cut down on; to rein in; to restrain


𢬍

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    ye4
yeh
to press down


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lán
    lan2
lan
to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi)

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chǎn
    chan3
ch`an
    chan
(literary) (of sunlight) to beam down; to illuminate; (used in place names and given names)

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zāi
    zai1
tsai
 sai
    さい
to plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose something on sb; to stumble; to fall down
(surname) Sai

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jiū
    jiu1
chiu
to hang down

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 yoko(p); yoko
    よこ(P); ヨコ
(1) (See 横になる) horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; (2) (See 首を横に振る) side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; breadth; (3) side (of a box, etc.); (4) beside; aside; next to; (5) (See 横から口を挟む) unconnected; (surname) Yoko

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léi
    lei2
lei
logs rolled down in defense of city


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huǐ
    hui3
hui
 ki
to destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander
To break down, destroy, abolish, defame.

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máo
    mao2
mao
 mou / mo
    もう
hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])
(numeric) (1) one-thousandth; 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun); 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari); 3.75 milligrams (one-thousandth of a monme); (2) old monetary unit (0.0001 yen); (surname) Yashiyu
Hair; feathers.

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róng
    rong2
jung
down; felt

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háo
    hao2
hao
 gou / go
    ごう
hair; drawing brush; (in the) least; one thousandth; currency unit, 0.1 yuan
(male given name) Gō
Down, soft hair; minute, trifling, tiny.

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cuì
    cui4
ts`ui
    tsui
 zei
    むくげ
crisp; brittle; fine animal hair
(1) shaggy hair; (2) downy hair; fluff; (1) fluff; fuzz; nap; (2) hachures; hatching
Down, feathered.

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rǒng
    rong3
jung
down or fine hair

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chén
    chen2
ch`en
    chen
 jin
to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy
sink


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liàng
    liang4
liang
 riyou / riyo
    りよう
to let something cool down
(See 涼を取る・りょうをとる) cool breeze; cool air; refreshing coolness; (female given name) Riyou
cool

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shù
    shu4
shu
 ju
moisture; timely rain
to rain down on

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liú
    liu2
liu
 ryuu / ryu
    りゅう
to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
{astron} stationary point; (given name) Ryū
Keep, detain; hand down.

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dēng
    deng1
teng
 minoru
    みのる
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)
(given name) Minoru
Ascend, advance, start; attain, ripen; to note, fix.

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    di4
ti
 tei
to look down upon (classical); to see; to look at (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 看[kan4]
viewing

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shuì
    shui4
shui
 sui
    ねむり
to sleep; to lie down
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) sleep; sleeping; (2) inactivity; (3) death; (irregular okurigana usage) (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (1) sleep; sleeping; (2) inactivity; (3) death
śaya, asleep; sleep; śay, to sleep.

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kàn
    kan4
k`an
    kan
 akira
    あきら
to look down from a height; to spy on something
(given name) Akira

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kǎn
    kan3
k`an
    kan
to chop; to cut down; to throw something at sb

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lèi
    lei4
lei
roll stone down hill; stone pile

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    li4
li
 riyuu / riyu
    りゆう
to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately
(personal name) Riyū
Set up, establish, stand, stand up.


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shào
    shao4
shao
 mitsugu
    みつぐ
to continue; to carry on
(female given name) Mitsugu
To continue, hand down.


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zhuì
    zhui4
chui
to let down with a rope


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    wo4
wo
 ga
to lie; to crouch
to lie down

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shān
    shan1
shan
to cut down; to mow; to eliminate; scythe

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rèng
    reng4
jeng
weeds that regrow from cut-down roots

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luò
    luo4
lo
 raku
    らく
to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) slip; omission; (2) outcome; final result; the end; (3) (kana only) punch line (of a joke); (surname) Raku
Falling leaves: to fall, drop, descend, settle; translit. la, na.

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qiú
    qiu2
ch`iu
    chiu
 kiyuu / kiyu
    きゆう
fur; fur coat
(1) fur coat (to protect against the cold); (2) clothes made with the down of birds; fur coat; (surname) Kiyū

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    ji1
chi
odd; one horn up and one horn down


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shǎng
    shang3
shang
 shou / sho
    しょう
to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty)
(n,n-suf) prize; award; (given name) Masaru
to reward, award

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dūn
    dun1
tun
(coll.) to put something down heavily; to plonk

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lìn
    lin4
lin
variant of 躪|躏, to trample down; to oppress; to overrun

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tǎng
    tang3
t`ang
    tang
to recline; to lie down


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zhèn
    zhen4
chen
 chin; shizu(ok)
    ちん; しず(ok)
to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks)
(1) (archaism) {Buddh} a weight; (2) (ちん only) temple supervisor; (3) (ちん only) town (of China); (personal name) Yasushi

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wén
    wen2
wen
to look down

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xiáng
    xiang2
hsiang
 gō
to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to tame
Descend, send down; degrade; subdue; submit.

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Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.

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