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zēng
    zeng1
tseng
 zou / zo
    ぞう
Japanese variant of 增[zeng1]
increase; (surname) Masuzaki

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huài
    huai4
huai
 kai
    かい
Japanese variant of 壞|坏[huai4]
(male given name) Kai

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rǎng
    rang3
jang
 yutaka
    ゆたか
Japanese variant of 壤[rang3]
(given name) Yutaka

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    yi1
i
 hito
    ひと
Japanese variant of 壹[yi1]
(num,pref) (1) one; (adj-no,suf) (2) best; (can be adjective with の) (3) first; foremost; (4) beginning; start; (5) bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.); (personal name) Hito

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mài
    mai4
mai
Japanese variant of 賣|卖[mai4]

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biàn
    bian4
pien
 hen
    へん
Japanese variant of 變|变[bian4]
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy; (2) unexpected; (3) change; (4) incident; disturbance; disaster; accident; (prefix noun) (5) (music) flat

dà zhèng
    da4 zheng4
ta cheng
 taishou / taisho
    たいしょう
Taishō, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1912-1926) of emperor Yoshihito 嘉仁[Jia1 ren2]
(hist) Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era; (personal name) Hiromasa

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jiǎng
    jiang3
chiang
 masaru
    まさる
Japanese variant of 獎|奖[jiang3]
(personal name) Masaru

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hào
    hao4
hao
 kou / ko
    こう
to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
(prefix) good; (female given name) Raiku
Good, well; to like, be fond of, love.

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    ji1
chi
 remon
    れもん
Japanese variant of 姬; princess; imperial concubine
(1) princess; young lady of noble birth; (n-suf,n) (2) girl; (prefix) (3) small; cute; lesser (in names of species); (4) (archaism) (kyb:) prostitute; (female given name) Remon

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    yu2
Japanese variant of 娛|娱[yu2]

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niáng
    niang2
niang
 jou / jo
    じょう
Japanese variant of 孃|娘[niang2]
(1) unmarried woman; (suffix noun) (2) Miss; (3) -ess; -ette; (female given name) Jō

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    zi4
tzu
 ji
    じ
letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
(1) character (esp. kanji); letter; written text; (2) handwriting; penmanship; (3) (as 〜の字) (See ほの字) the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love"); (place-name) Aza
akṣara, 阿乞史囉; 阿刹羅; a letter, character; akṣara is also used for a vowel, especially the vowed 'a' as distinguished from the other vowels; a word, words.

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shí
    shi2
shih
 jitsu(p); jichi
    じつ(P); じち
Japanese variant of 實|实
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) truth; reality; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (じつ only) sincerity; honesty; fidelity; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) (じつ only) content; substance; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (4) (じつ only) (good) result; (m,f) Minoru

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kuān
    kuan1
k`uan
    kuan
 yuta
    ゆた
Japanese variant of 寬|宽
(adj-nari) (archaism) relaxed; (female given name) Yururuka


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chǒng
    chong3
ch`ung
    chung
 chou / cho
    ちょう
to love; to pamper; to spoil; to favor
(See 寵愛) favor; favour; affection; (given name) Chō

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duì
    dui4
tui
 tsui
    つい
Japanese variant of 對|对[dui4]
(1) pair; couple; set; (2) (See 対句) antithesis; (counter) (3) counter for items that come in pairs; (counter) (4) counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.); (surname) Tsuizaki

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zhuān
    zhuan1
chuan
 sen
    せん
Japanese variant of 專|专
(suffix noun) (1) (slang) exclusively doing ...; person who exclusively does ...; fetish for ...; someone with a fetish for ...; (2) (obsolete) first; most important thing; number one priority; (given name) Makoto

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yáo
    yao2
yao
 takashi
    たかし
Japanese variant of 堯|尧[yao2]
(s,m) Takashi

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xx
    xx5
xx
 touge / toge
    とうげ
(Japanese kokuji) mountain pass; (fig.) crisis point; pr. tōge
(n,n-suf) (1) (mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; (2) peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis; critical point; most difficult part; (surname) Dougesaki

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dǎo
    dao3
tao
 nozomi
    のぞみ
variant of 島|岛[dao3], island; used as second component of Japanese names with phonetic value -shima or -jima
(1) island; (2) (kana only) territory (of a prostitute, organized crime gang, etc.); turf; (female given name) Nozomi

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dǎo
    dao3
tao
 hamashima
    はましま
variant of 島|岛[dao3], island; used in Japanese names with reading -shima or -jima
(surname) Hamashima

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yán
    yan2
yen
 take
    たけ
Japanese variant of 巖|岩[yan2]
huge rock; (1) rock; boulder; (2) crag; cliff; (3) anchor; (given name) Take

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cháo
    chao2
ch`ao
    chao
 su
    す
Japanese variant of 巢
(1) nest; rookery; breeding place; hive; (2) den; (3) haunt; (4) (spider's) web; (surname) Su

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juǎn
    juan3
chüan
 kan
    かん
Japanese variant of 卷[juan3]
(n,ctr) (1) volume (of book); reel (of film); (n,ctr) (2) scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.); (p,s,f) Maki

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dài
    dai4
tai
 tai
    たい
Japanese variant of 帶|带
(suffix noun) band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.); (surname) Obi

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guī
    gui1
kuei
 ki
    き
Japanese variant of 歸|归
(given name) Ki

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    fu2
fu
 fuku
    ふく
width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures
(1) scroll; (suf,ctr) (2) (also ぶく, ぷく) counter for scrolls; (surname) Fuku

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zhàng
    zhang4
chang
hanging scroll

píng chéng
    ping2 cheng2
p`ing ch`eng
    ping cheng
 heisei / hese
    へいせい
Heisei, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1989-2019) of emperor Akihito 明仁[Ming2 ren2]
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30); (place-name) Heisei

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tīng
    ting1
t`ing
    ting
 chou / cho
    ちょう
Japanese variant of 廳|厅
(n,n-suf) government office; agency; board; (place-name) Chō

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    bi4
pi
 hisashi
    ひさし
to protect; cover; shelter; hide or harbor
(1) (archit) (kana only) eaves (of roof); (2) (archit) narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; (3) visor (of cap); brim; peak; (4) (abbreviation) classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle; (surname) Hisashi
to hide


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xiāng
    xiang1
hsiang
 hisashi
    ひさし
box (in theater); side room; side
(1) (archit) (kana only) eaves (of roof); (2) (archit) narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; (3) visor (of cap); brim; peak; (4) (abbreviation) classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle

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fèi
    fei4
fei
Japanese variant of 廢|废[fei4]

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biàn
    bian4
pien
 wakachi
    わかち
(old) cap (garment); military officer of low rank (in former times); preceding
(1) speech; tongue; talk; eloquence; (suffix noun) (2) dialect; brogue; accent; (3) (abbreviation) bento; Japanese box lunch; (4) petal; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (5) valve; (6) Oversight Department; division of the daijokan under the ritsuryo system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices; (given name) Wakachi

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èr
    er4
erh
 futa
    ふた
    fuu / fu
    ふう
    fu
    ふ
    ni
    に
Japanese variant of 貳|贰[er4]
(numeric) two

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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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dàn
    dan4
tan
 dan
    だん
Japanese variant of 彈|弹
(counter) (1) (esp. as 第〜弾, e.g. 第2弾) counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); (counter) (2) counter for bullets; (female given name) Hazumu

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xíng
    xing2
hsing
 kei / ke
    けい
to appear; to look; form; shape
(suffix) (1) form; (2) (abbreviation) {gramm} (part of speech tag used in dictionaries) (See 形容詞) adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese); (surname) Kata
Form, figure, appearance, the body.

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zhēng
    zheng1
cheng
 chou / cho
    ちょう
Japanese variant of 徵|征
(1) (See 徴・しるし) sign; indication; symptom; (2) call; summons; (3) requisition; expropriation; (surname, given name) Chō

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yìng
    ying4
ying
 ou / o
    おう
Japanese variant of 應|应
(1) agreement; affirmative; (interjection) (2) aye; yes; OK; okay; yeah; all right; (female given name) Kotae

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 ren
    れん
(romantic) love; (female given name) Ren

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huì
    hui4
hui
 meguru
    めぐる
Japanese variant of 惠[hui4]
(1) wisdom; enlightenment; (2) (Buddhist term) prajna (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom; (female given name) Meguru

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nǎo
    nao3
nao
 usune
    うすね
Japanese variant of 惱|恼
(personal name) Usune

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è
    e4
o
 waru; waru
    わる; ワル
Japanese variant of 惡|恶[e4]
(1) wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad guy; (2) bad child; naughty child; brat; (prefix noun) (3) bad thing; mischief; (can act as adjective) (4) excessive; unrestrained; overindulgent; (surname) Aku

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    mu4
mu
 moto
    もと
to admire
(female given name) Moto
To long for, hanker after, love; translit. mo, mu.

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huái
    huai2
huai
 yukashi
    ゆかし
Japanese variant of 懷|怀[huai2]
(1) bosom; bust; (2) (breast) pocket; purse; handbag; (female given name) Yukashi


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liàn
    lian4
lien
 ren
    こい
to feel attached to; to long for; to love
(out-dated kanji) (romantic) love
To be fond of, hanker after, cleave to; 戀慕.

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zhàn
    zhan4
chan
 sen
    せん
Japanese variant of 戰|战
(suffix) (1) war; battle; (suffix) (2) match; game; competition; (surname) Sen

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    li4
li
Japanese variant of 戾[li4]

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    fu2
fu
 harai
    はらい
Japanese variant of 拂[fu2]
(place-name) Harai

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    ba2
pa
Japanese variant of 拔[ba2]

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    ze2
tse
 taku
    たく
Japanese variant of 擇|择
(counter) (colloquialism) counter for choices, options, etc.

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bài
    bai4
pai
 hai
    はい
Japanese variant of 拜[bai4]
(1) bowing one's head (in respect or worship); worship; (suffix noun) (2) (honorific or respectful language) (after one's own name at the end of a letter) respectfully yours; (surname) Haizaki

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    ju4
chü
 yoridokoro
    よりどころ
Japanese variant of 據|据
(1) (kana only) grounds; foundation; authority; (2) (kana only) support; prop; something upon which to rely

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kuò
    kuo4
k`uo
    kuo
 hiromu
    ひろむ
Japanese variant of 擴|扩
(male given name) Hiromu

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    ju3
chü
 kyo
    きょ
Japanese variant of 舉|举
(1) action; behavior; behaviour; move; (2) (archaism) (See 推挙) recommendation (of a person for a position); (female given name) Akaru

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chā
    cha1
ch`a
    cha
Japanese variant of 插[cha1]

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sōu
    sou1
sou
Japanese variant of 搜[sou1]

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jiē
    jie1
chieh
Japanese variant of 揭

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yáo
    yao2
yao
 you / yo
    よう
Japanese variant of 搖|摇[yao2]
vibration; flickering; jolting; tremor; (female given name) Yō

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shè
    she4
she
 setsuyuki
    せつゆき
Japanese variant of 攝|摄
(personal name) Setsuyuki

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    ji1
chi
 geki
    げき
Japanese variant of 擊|击[ji1]
(given name) Geki

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piě
    pie3
p`ieh
    pieh
to throw; to cast; left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)


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    bo1
po
 hatsu
    ばち
to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch
(1) plectrum; pick; (2) drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
To spread, open out, scatter, disseminate, detach, uproot.

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qín
    qin2
ch`in
    chin
 toriko
    とりこ
to capture
(1) captive; prisoner; (2) victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)

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    fu1
fu
 shiki
    しき
to spread; to lay out; to apply (powder, ointment etc); sufficient (to cover); enough
(suffix) suffix indicating room size (following a number of tatami mats and a counter); (n-suf,n-pref,n) (1) spreading; laying out; covering; (2) (abbreviation) security deposit; (3) (abbreviation) Japanese mattress; (surname) Shiki
Diffuse, spread, promulgate, announce.

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zhāi
    zhai1
chai
 toki
    とき
Japanese variant of 齋|斋[zhai1]
meals exchanged by parishioners and priests; (surname) Watari

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    hu2
hu
 teruo
    てるお
ancient measuring vessel; fifty liters; dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 (before Tang, ten pecks)
(1) measure of volume (approx. 180.39 liters, 6.37 cub. ft.); (2) measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters); (personal name) Teruo
droṇa, a tub, or wooden vessel; a measure of capacity. A square wooden vessel, a bushel, a picul.

míng zhì
    ming2 zhi4
ming chih
 meiji / meji
    めいじ
Meiji, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1868-1912) of the Meiji emperor
(hist) Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30); (p,s,g) Meiji

zhāo hé
    zhao1 he2
chao ho
 shouwa / showa
    しょうわ
Shōwa, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1925-1989) of emperor Hirohito 裕仁[Yu4 ren2]
(1) (hist) Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); (adjectival noun) (2) (colloquialism) reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned; quaint; old-school; (given name) Terukazu

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xiǎo
    xiao3
hsiao
 yutaka
    ゆたか
Japanese variant of 曉|晓
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) dawn; daybreak; (1) dawn; daybreak; (2) event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence; (personal name) Yutaka

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    li4
li
 koyomi(p); reki
    こよみ(P); れき
Japanese variant of 曆|历[li4]
(n,suf) (れき when a suffix) (See カレンダー・1) calendar; almanac; (female given name) Reki

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céng
    ceng2
ts`eng
    tseng
 chiyun
    ちゆん
Japanese variant of 曾[ceng2]
(prefix) great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother); (surname) Chiyun

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    po4
p`o
    po
 paku
    パク
Celtis sinensis var. japonica
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) Japanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata); Japanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata); (kana only) Japanese hackberry (Celtis sinensis var. japonica); Chinese nettle tree; (surname, given name) Park; Pak

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shān
    shan1
shan
 sugizagi
    すぎざぎ
China fir; Cunninghamia lanceolata; also pr. [sha1]
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica); (surname) Sugizagi
acedar

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zhù
    zhu4
chu
 tochinoki
    ひ
    tochi
    とちのき
    jo
    とち
shuttle of a loom
shuttle (of a loom); (kana only) Japanese horse chestnut (Aesculus turbinata); (irregular kanji usage) (numeric) 10^24

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bǎn
    ban3
pan
 ita
    いた
board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); CL:塊|块[kuai4]; accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious
(1) board; plank; (2) sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); pane; slab; (3) (See 俎板・1) cutting board; chopping board; (4) (abbreviation) (usu. as 板さん) (See 板前・1,板場・いたば・2) chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook; (5) stage (i.e. at a theatre); (personal name) Ban
A board; a board struck for calling e. g. to meals.

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méi
    mei2
mei
 mai
    まい
classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]); classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc; (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai"); (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy
(counter) (1) counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); (counter) (2) counter for portions of gyōza or soba; (counter) (3) {sumo} counter for ranks; (counter) (4) {sumo} counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; (counter) (5) counter for fields or rice paddies; (counter) (6) counter for palanquin bearers; (surname, female given name) Mai

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    fu1
fu
 bachi
    ばち
    nara
    なら
Quercus glandulifera
(1) plectrum; pick; (2) drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko); (kana only) oak (esp. Quercus serrata)

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    bo4
po
 haku
    はく
used in 黃柏|黄柏[huang2bo4]; Taiwan pr. [bo2]
oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata; (surname, given name) Haku
Cypress, cedar, Arbor vitae.

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chá
    cha2
ch`a
    cha
 sa
    さ
Japanese variant of 查
(surname) Sa

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 masashi
    まさし
Japanese spindletree (Euonymus japonicus); (given name) Masashi

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 tsuga; toga; tsuga; toga
    つが; とが; ツガ; トガ
(kana only) southern Japanese hemlock (species of conifer native to Japan, Tsuga sieboldii); (surname) Togasaki

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    li4
li
 tochisaki
    とちさき
archaic variant of 櫪|枥, oak; type of tree in ancient books; stable (for horses)
(kana only) Japanese horse chestnut (Aesculus turbinata); (surname) Tochisaki

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róng
    rong2
jung
 ei / e
    えい
Japanese variant of 榮|荣[rong2]
(1) honor; honour; glory; (2) (archaism) prosperity; (given name) Yon

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    li4
li
 kuri(p); kuri
    くり(P); クリ
chestnut
(kana only) Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata); (surname) Ritsu
Chestnut; translit. l, hṛ.

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yīng
    ying1
ying
 chieri
    ちえり
Japanese variant of 櫻|樱[ying1]
(1) cherry tree; cherry blossom; (2) decoy; fake buyer; shill; (3) hired applauder; (4) (colloquialism) horse meat; (female given name) Chieri

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zhàn
    zhan4
chan
 san
    さん
Japanese variant of 棧|栈[zhan4]
(1) frame (i.e. of a sliding door); (2) crosspiece; bar; (3) (See 猿・4) sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); (4) rung (of a ladder); (surname) Kakehashi

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 hinosaki
    ひのさき
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (kana only) hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress; (surname) Hinosaki

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    fu2
fu
 bachi
    ばち
    ikada
    いかだ
beam; rafter
(1) plectrum; pick; (2) drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko); (1) (kana only) raft; (2) forearm protector; (3) skewered baby-eel kabayaki

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    zi3
tzu
 azusa; shi; azusa
    あずさ; し; アズサ
Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items; (bound form) printing blocks
(1) (あずさ, アズサ only) (kana only) (See 夜糞峰榛) Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); (2) (あずさ, アズサ only) (See キササゲ) yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); (3) (あずさ, アズサ only) (See 赤芽柏・1) Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); (4) printing block; (5) (あずさ only) (abbreviation) (See 梓弓) catalpa bow; (6) (あずさ only) (abbreviation) (See 梓巫女) catalpa medium; (surname) Shin

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zhuō
    zhuo1
cho
 sao
    さお
variant of 桌[zhuo1]
(1) rod; pole; (2) neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; (3) beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); (4) single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); (5) (slang) penis; (counter) (6) counter for flags (on poles); counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. youkan); (surname) Sao
pole

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    ju2
chü
 buna
    ぶな
Fagus sylvatica
(kana only) Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech

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jiāo
    jiao1
chiao
 hajikami
    はじかみ
pepper
(1) (archaism) ginger (Zingiber officinale); (2) Japanese pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum); (place-name) Hajikami

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 sugizaki
    すぎざき
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica); (surname) Sugizaki

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jiǎn
    jian3
chien
 kenzaki
    けんざき
Japanese variant of 檢|检
(surname) Kenzaki

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liàn
    lian4
lien
 sendan
    せんだん
    ouchi / ochi
    おうち
Melia japonica
(1) (kana only) chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach); (2) Indian sandalwood (Santalum album); (1) (archaism) chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach); (2) light purple outside, green inside; purple outside, light purple inside; type of garment layering color scheme, worn in April and May

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 nire; nire
    にれ; ニレ
(kana only) elm tree (esp. the Japanese elm, Ulmus davidiana var. japonica); (surname, female given name) Nire

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chǔ
    chu3
ch`u
    chu
 kouzo; kazo; kouzo / kozo; kazo; kozo
    こうぞ; かぞ; コウゾ
Broussonetia kasinoki
(kana only) kozo (Broussonetia kazinoki x papyrifera); Japanese paper mulberry tree; (surname) Kōzo

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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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

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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).



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