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qiū
    qiu1
ch`iu
    chiu
 minoru
    みのる

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Autumn / Fall Season
autumn; fall; harvest time
(n,adv) autumn; fall; (given name) Minoru


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xiè
    xie4
hsieh
 ja
    じゃ

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Chea
to thank; (bound form) to apologize; (bound form) to decline; to refuse; (bound form) (of flowers, leaves etc) to wither
(surname) Ja
To thank; return (with thanks), decline; fall; apologize; accept with thanks.

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    yu4

 furu
    ふる

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Rain
(literary) to rain; (of rain, snow etc) to fall; to precipitate; to wet
(1) rain; (2) rainy day; rainy weather; (3) (See 花札) the November suit (in hanafuda); (personal name) Furu
varṣa. Rain; to rain.

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líng
    ling2
ling
 rei / re
    れい

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Zero
zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (kana only) zero; nought; (female given name) Rei


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dùn
    dun4
tun
 tomi
    とみ
to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
(n,adj-nari) (1) (archaism) (See 頓に・とみに,頓と・とんと・1) sudden; abrupt; unexpected; (n,adj-nari) (2) (とん only) (archaism) stupid; foolish; (3) (とん only) {Buddh} attaining enlightenment in one effort (without ascetic practices, etc.); (surname) Tomi
To fall headlong, prostrate; at one time, at once; suddenly; immediate; a pause; to stamp; make ready; used chiefly in contrast with 漸 gradually.


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huáng
    huang2
huang
 kō

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Yellow
yellow; pornographic; to fall through
Yellow.

割る

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 waru
    わる

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Waru
(transitive verb) (1) to divide; (transitive verb) (2) to cut; to halve; to separate; to split; to rip; (transitive verb) (3) to break; to crack; to smash; (transitive verb) (4) to dilute; (transitive verb) (5) to fall below; (transitive verb) (6) to discount; (transitive verb) (7) to step over (a line, etc.)

摔跤

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shuāi jiāo
    shuai1 jiao1
shuai chiao

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Wrestling
to trip and fall; to wrestle; wrestling (sports)

渤海

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bó hǎi
    bo2 hai3
po hai
 bokkai
    ぼっかい

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Bohai
Parhae, Korean kingdom in Manchuria and Siberia, 698–926
(place-name) Bohai (kingdom in Manchura and N. Korea, established after the fall of Goguryeo); Pohai; Bohai; Balhae; Bokkai

紅葉


红叶

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hóng yè
    hong2 ye4
hung yeh
 moyo
    もよ

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Red Leaves of Autumn
red autumnal leaves
(n,vs,vi) (See 黄葉) leaves turning red (in autumn); red leaves; autumn colours; fall colors; (female given name) Moyo

タウン

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 daun
    ダウン

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Towne
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) (ant: アップ・1) fall; decrease; drop; going down; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) {boxing} knocking down; flooring; being knocked down; being floored; (n,vs,vi) (3) being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); being knocked out (from alcohol); being out of it; collapsing; (n,vs,vi) (4) {comp} going down (of a computer system, server, etc.); crashing; (5) {baseb} (number of) outs; (6) {sports} (ant: アップ・6) being down (in points, games, etc.); being behind; trailing; (7) {sports} down (in American football); (8) down (feathers); (9) (abbreviation) (See ダウンジャケット) down jacket; (personal name) Daun; Down

七転八起

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 nanakorobiyaoki
    ななころびやおき
    shichitenhakki
    しちてんはっき

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Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight
(yoji) the vicissitudes of life; ups and downs in life; always rising after a fall or repeated failures

春夏秋冬

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chūn xià qiū dōng
    chun1 xia4 qiu1 dong1
ch`un hsia ch`iu tung
    chun hsia chiu tung
 hitotose
    ひととせ

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The Four Seasons
the four seasons; spring, summer, autumn and winter
(n,adv) (yoji) spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons; (personal name) Hitotose

沈魚落雁


沉鱼落雁

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chén yú luò yàn
    chen2 yu2 luo4 yan4
ch`en yü lo yen
    chen yü lo yen
 chingyorakugan
    ちんぎょらくがん

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Beautiful Woman Proverb
variant of 沉魚落雁|沉鱼落雁[chen2 yu2 luo4 yan4]
(yoji) charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame

狡兔三窟

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jiǎo tù sān kū
    jiao3 tu4 san1 ku1
chiao t`u san k`u
    chiao tu san ku
lit. a crafty rabbit has three burrows; a sly individual has more than one plan to fall back on (idiom)

驕兵必敗


骄兵必败

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jiāo bīng bì bài
    jiao1 bing1 bi4 bai4
chiao ping pi pai
 kyouheihippai / kyohehippai
    きょうへいひっぱい

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Pride Goes Before a Fall
lit. an arrogant army is bound to lose (idiom); fig. pride goes before a fall
(expression) (yoji) defeat is inevitable for an overconfident army; being arrogant and overconfident inevitably leads to defeat; pride comes before a fall

猿も木から落ちる

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 sarumokikaraochiru
    さるもきからおちる

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Even Monkeys Fall From Trees
(exp,v1) (proverb) even monkeys fall from trees; anyone can make a mistake; pride comes before a fall; even Homer sometimes nods

下落

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xià luò
    xia4 luo4
hsia lo
 shimoochi
    しもおち
whereabouts; to drop; to fall
(n,vs,vi) depreciation; decline; fall; slump; (place-name) Shimoochi

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

入眠

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rù mián
    ru4 mian2
ju mien
 nyuumin / nyumin
    にゅうみん
to fall asleep
(n,vs,vi) falling asleep; sleep onset

墜落


坠落

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zhuì luò
    zhui4 luo4
chui lo
 tsuiraku
    ついらく
to fall; to drop
(n,vs,vi) fall; crash (of an aircraft)

後退


后退

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hòu tuì
    hou4 tui4
hou t`ui
    hou tui
 koutai / kotai
    こうたい
to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat
(n,vs,vi) (1) (ant: 前進) retreat; falling back; moving backwards; reversing; backing up (of a vehicle); retrogression; retraction; (n,vs,vi) (2) recession; waning; (3) {comp} backspace (key)

盛衰

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shèng shuāi
    sheng4 shuai1
sheng shuai
 seisui / sesui
    せいすい
to flourish then decline; rise and fall
rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare; vicissitudes
prosperity and adversity

秋季

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qiū jì
    qiu1 ji4
ch`iu chi
    chiu chi
 shuuki / shuki
    しゅうき
autumn; fall
fall season; autumn season; (personal name) Shuuki

秋日

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qiū rì
    qiu1 ri4
ch`iu jih
    chiu jih
 shuujitsu / shujitsu
    しゅうじつ
autumn; fall
(1) autumn day; fall day; (2) autumn; fall

興亡


兴亡

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xīng wáng
    xing1 wang2
hsing wang
 koubou / kobo
    こうぼう
to flourish and decay; rise and fall
rise and fall; ups and downs

興替


兴替

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xīng tì
    xing1 ti4
hsing t`i
    hsing ti
 koutai / kotai
    こうたい
rise and fall
rise and fall (of nations)

落下

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luò xià
    luo4 xia4
lo hsia
 ochishita
    おちした
to fall; to drop; to land (of projectile)
(n,vs,vi) fall; drop; descent; coming down; (surname) Ochishita

落伍

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luò wǔ
    luo4 wu3
lo wu
 rakugo
    らくご
to fall behind the ranks; to be outdated
(noun/participle) dropping out of; straggling; falling out of the ranks

落地

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luò dì
    luo4 di4
lo ti
 orochi
    おろち
to fall to the ground; to be set on the ground; to reach to the ground; to be born; (of a plane) to land
falling to the ground; (place-name) Orochi

落後


落后

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luò hòu
    luo4 hou4
lo hou
 rakugo
    らくご
to fall behind; to lag (in technology etc); backward; to retrogress
(noun/participle) dropping out of; straggling; falling out of the ranks

落水

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luò shuǐ
    luo4 shui3
lo shui
 ochimizu
    おちみず
to fall into water; to sink; overboard; fig. to degenerate; to sink (into depravity); to go to the dogs
(1) waterpower; running water; (n,vs,vi) (2) falling overboard; (n,vs,vi) (3) draining (of a rice paddy before harvest); (place-name, surname) Ochimizu

落馬


落马

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luò mǎ
    luo4 ma3
lo ma
 rakuba
    らくば
(lit.) to fall from a horse; (fig.) to suffer a setback; to come a cropper; to be sacked (e.g. for corruption)
(n,vs,vi) falling from a horse

衰亡

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shuāi wáng
    shuai1 wang2
shuai wang
 suibou / suibo
    すいぼう
to decline; to die out; decline and fall
(n,vs,vi) decline and fall; ruin; downfall; collapse

誤信


误信

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wù xìn
    wu4 xin4
wu hsin
 goshin
    ごしん
to falsely believe; to be mislead; to fall for (a trick etc)
(noun, transitive verb) mistaken belief; erroneous belief; fallacy; misconception

降下

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jiàng xià
    jiang4 xia4
chiang hsia
 kouka / koka
    こうか
to fall; to drop
(n,vs,vi) (1) descent; fall; drop; (atmospheric) depression; (n,vs,vi) (2) passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
to descend

飄零


飘零

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piāo líng
    piao1 ling2
p`iao ling
    piao ling
 hyourei / hyore
    ひょうれい
to fall and wither (like autumn leaves); (fig.) drifting and homeless
(noun/participle) (1) (rare) blowing in the wind (e.g. leaf, petal); (noun/participle) (2) wandering; roaming; (noun/participle) (3) being ruined (reduced to poverty); falling low; going under; coming to ruin

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    pu1
p`u
    pu
to fall forward; to fall prostrate

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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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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.

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

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chuī
    chui1
ch`ui
    chui
 fuki
    ふき
to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through
(surname) Fuki
To blow; puff, praise.


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


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duò
    duo4
to
 da
to fall; to sink; (fig.) to degenerate
To fall; dilapidated; to fall from a higher to a lower place or condition; a tr. of prāyaścitta, expiation, a section in the Vinaya of ninety offences for which atonement is required.

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bēng
    beng1
peng
 nadare
    なだれ
to collapse; to fall into ruins; death of king or emperor; demise
(female given name) Nadare


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fèi
    fei4
fei
 hai
to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste
To fall in ruins; come to nought; cast aside, do away with, discard; spoil, waste.

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diào
    diao4
tiao
 jō
to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
To shake, change, arrange; to fall.

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


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guàn
    guan4
kuan
to fling; to fall; to wear

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diān
    dian1
tien
to fall; to stamp (one's foot); to toss; to throw


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    bi4
pi
 teruo
    てるお
to die; to shoot dead; to reject; to fall forward; (suffix) to death
(personal name) Teruo

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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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yǔn
    yun3
yün
 in
(literary) to perish; to die
To perish, die; fall; become extinct.


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kuì
    kui4
k`uei
    kuei
 tsue
    つえ
(bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike; (bound form) to break through (a military encirclement); (bound form) to be routed; to be overrun; to fall to pieces; (bound form) to fester; to ulcerate
(place-name) Tsue

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bìng
    bing4
ping
 yamai
    やまい
illness; CL:場|场[chang2]; disease; to fall ill; defect
(1) illness; disease; (2) bad habit; weakness; fault
Illness, disease; to hurt.

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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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xuè
    xue4
hsüeh
 chi
    ち
blood; colloquial pr. [xie3]; CL:滴[di1],片[pian4]
(1) blood; (2) blood; ancestry; lineage; stock; (3) (the) blood; feelings; passions
Blood. 以血洗血 To wash out blood with blood, from one sin to fall into another.

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diē
    die1
tieh
to fall; to tumble; to trip; (of prices etc) to drop; Taiwan pr. [die2]

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jiāo
    jiao1
chiao
a tumble; a fall

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lèng
    leng4
leng
to stumble; to slip; to fall

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    bo2
po
(literary) to tumble; to fall down; (literary) to fall dead

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táng
    tang2
t`ang
    tang
to fall flat; to fall on the face

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diān
    dian1
tien
to fall forward (variant of 顛|颠[dian1])

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tuí
    tui2
t`ui
    tui
to stumble; to fall

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féng
    feng2
feng
 ai
    あい
to meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along; (of an event) to fall on (a particular day); to fawn upon
(female given name) Ai

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dàng
    dang4
tang
to fall; to sway; to cross


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shǎn
    shan3
shan
 sen
    せん
to dodge; to duck out of the way; to beat it; shaken (by a fall); to sprain; to pull a muscle; lightning; spark; a flash; to flash (across one's mind); to leave behind; (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine
(female given name) Sen
Flash; get out of the way.

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xiàn
    xian4
hsien
 kan
pitfall; trap; to get stuck; to sink; to cave in; to frame (false charge); to capture (a city in battle); to fall (to the enemy); defect
to fall into


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yǔn
    yun3
yün
 in
    いん
(bound form) to fall from the sky; variant of 殞|殒[yun3]
(personal name) In
a failing


𬯀

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    ji1
chi
to go up; to fall; rainbow; mist

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fēi
    fei1
fei
fall of snow

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líng
    ling2
ling
drops of rain; to fall in drops

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yǔn
    yun3
yün
rain storm; to fall


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hán
    han2
han
 han
    はん
Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄; Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897; Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國|大韩民国; surname Han
(1) (abbreviation) (See 大韓民国) Republic of Korea; South Korea; (2) (hist) Han (ancient Chinese state); (surname) Han


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diān
    dian1
tien
 touma / toma
    とうま
top (of the head); apex; to fall forwards; inverted; to jolt
(personal name) Touma


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nào
    nao4
nao
 tō
noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke
busy

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 shachihoko
    しゃちほこ
(1) (kana only) orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; grampus; (2) (abbreviation) (See 鯱・しゃちほこ・1) shachi; mythical carp with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish, considered auspicious protectors of well-being; (3) (abbreviation) (See 鯱・しゃちほこ・2) roof ornament in the shape of a shachi (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall); (surname) Shachihoko

七種


七种

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qī zhǒng
    qi1 zhong3
ch`i chung
    chi chung
 nanatane
    ななたね
(1) (abbreviation) the seven spring flowers; (2) (abbreviation) the seven fall flowers; the seven autumn flowers; (3) (abbreviation) the seventh of January; Festival of Seven Herbs; (surname) Nanatane
seven kinds

七草

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 nanakusa
    ななくさ
(1) (abbreviation) the seven spring flowers; (2) (abbreviation) the seven fall flowers; the seven autumn flowers; (3) (abbreviation) the seventh of January; Festival of Seven Herbs; (surname, female given name) Nanakusa

三秋

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 miaki
    みあき
three autumn months; three fall months; three years; (p,s,f) Miaki

下げ

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 sage
    さげ
(1) lowering; sinking; bringing down; letting down; (2) depreciation; price fall; (3) punch line (of a rakugo story); (4) (abbreviation) (archaism) sword strap

下る

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 sagaru
    さがる
(irregular okurigana usage) (v5r,vi) (1) to come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower; (2) to hang; to dangle; (3) to move back; to step back; to withdraw; to retire; (4) to deteriorate; to fall off; to be downgraded; (5) to get closer to the present day; (6) to go south; (v5r,vi) (1) to descend; to go down; to come down; (2) to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); (3) to pass (of time); (4) to surrender; to capitulate; (5) (often in neg. form) to be less than; to be inferior to; (6) to have the runs; to have diarrhea; (place-name) Sagaru

下墜


下坠

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xià zhuì
    xia4 zhui4
hsia chui
(of objects) to fall; to drop; to droop; (medicine) to experience tenesmus

下挫

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xià cuò
    xia4 cuo4
hsia ts`o
    hsia tso
(of sales, prices etc) to fall; to drop; decline; slump

下臺


下台

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xià tái
    xia4 tai2
hsia t`ai
    hsia tai
to go off the stage; to fall from position of prestige; to step down (from office etc); to disentangle oneself; to get off the hook
See: 下台

下跌

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xià diē
    xia4 die1
hsia tieh
to fall; to tumble

不及

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bù jí
    bu4 ji2
pu chi
 fukyū
to fall short of; not as good as; too late
is not aware

不墮


不堕

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bù duò
    bu4 duo4
pu to
 fuda
does not fall

中招

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zhòng zhāo
    zhong4 zhao1
chung chao
(martial arts) to get hit; to get taken down; (fig.) to get infected (disease or computer virus); (fig.) to fall for sb's trap; to be taken in

中計


中计

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zhòng jì
    zhong4 ji4
chung chi
 chuukei / chuke
    ちゅうけい
to fall into a trap; to be taken in
(abbreviation) (See 中期経営計画) mid-term business plan

五代

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wǔ dài
    wu3 dai4
wu tai
 godai
    ごだい
Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
(hist) (See 五代十国・ごだいじっこく,後梁・こうりょう,後唐・こうとう,後晋・こうしん,後漢・ごかん・2,後周・こうしゅう) Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979); (p,s,f) Godai

仆る

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 taoru
    たおる
(v2r-s,vi) (archaism) to fall; to die; to be defeated

今秋

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 imaaki / imaki
    いまあき
(n,adv) this autumn; this fall; autumn of this year; (surname) Imaaki

伏す

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 fusu
    ふす
(v5s,vi) (1) (See 伏せる・3) to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to fall prostrate; (v5s,vi) (2) (See 伏して) to bend down (in submission); to bow down; to prostrate oneself; (v5s,vi) (3) to (crouch) and hide (behind); to conceal oneself; (v5s,vi) (4) (usu. as 臥す) (See 臥せる) to lie down (and sleep); to go to bed (with an illness); (transitive verb) (5) (See 伏せる・1) to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to turn over (face down); (transitive verb) (6) (See 伏せる・4) to conceal; to hide; to keep secret

低下

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dī xià
    di1 xia4
ti hsia
 teika / teka
    ていか
low status; lowly; to lower (one's head)
(n,vs,vi) fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to lower

低昂

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dī áng
    di1 ang2
ti ang
ups and down; rise and fall

低減

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 teigen / tegen
    ていげん
(n,vs,vt,vi) decrease; reduction; fall; depreciation; mitigation

低落

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dī luò
    di1 luo4
ti lo
 teiraku / teraku
    ていらく
downcast; gloomy; to decline; to get worse
(n,vs,vi) fall; decline; slump

倒る

see styles
 taoru
    たおる
(v2r-s,vi) (archaism) to fall; to die; to be defeated

倒地

see styles
dǎo dì
    dao3 di4
tao ti
to fall to the ground

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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

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