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凡響


凡响

see styles
fán xiǎng
    fan2 xiang3
fan hsiang
ordinary tones; everyday harmony; common chord

出仕

see styles
chū shì
    chu1 shi4
ch`u shih
    chu shih
 shusshi
    しゅっし
to take up an official post
(n,vs,vi) entering (government) service; attendance (at one's office); presenting oneself for duty

出力

see styles
chū lì
    chu1 li4
ch`u li
    chu li
 shutsuryoku
    しゅつりょく
to exert oneself
(noun, transitive verb) output (electrical, signal, etc.)

出醜


出丑

see styles
chū chǒu
    chu1 chou3
ch`u ch`ou
    chu chou
to make a fool of oneself

出頭


出头

see styles
chū tóu
    chu1 tou2
ch`u t`ou
    chu tou
 dedou / dedo
    でどう
to get out of a predicament; to stick out; to take the initiative; remaining odd fraction after a division; a little more than
(n,vs,vi) (1) appearance; presence; attendance; (n,vs,vi) (2) surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in; (surname) Dedou
to appear

分訴


分诉

see styles
fēn sù
    fen1 su4
fen su
to narrate; to explain; to justify oneself

分身

see styles
fēn shēn
    fen1 shen1
fen shen
 bunshin(p); funjin(ok)
    ぶんしん(P); ふんじん(ok)
(of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time; a derivative version of sb (or something) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet); to spare some time for a separate task; to cut a corpse into pieces; to pull a body apart by the four limbs; parturition
(1) other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); representation of oneself; (2) {Buddh} incarnations of Buddha
Parturition: in Buddhism it means a Buddha's power to reproduce himself ad infinitum and anywhere.

切磋

see styles
qiē cuō
    qie1 cuo1
ch`ieh ts`o
    chieh tso
 sessa
    せっさ
to compare notes; to learn from one another
(noun/participle) polishing (stones); polishing (character)

切身

see styles
qiè shēn
    qie4 shen1
ch`ieh shen
    chieh shen
 kirimi
    きりみ
direct; concerning oneself; personal
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet

刎死

see styles
 funshi
    ふんし
(noun/participle) decapitating oneself

利事

see styles
lì shì
    li4 shi4
li shih
(Cantonese) same as 紅包|红包[hong2 bao1]

利人

see styles
lì rén
    li4 ren2
li jen
 rihito
    りひと
(given name) Rihito
To benefit or profit men, idem利他 parahita; the bodhisattva-mind is 自利利他 to improve oneself for the purpose of improving or benefiting others; the Buddha-mind is 利他一心 with single mind to help others, pure altruism; 利生 is the extension of this idea to 衆生 all the living, which of course is not limited to men or this earthly life; 利物 is also used with the same meaning, 物 being the living.

利己

see styles
lì jǐ
    li4 ji3
li chi
 toshimi
    としみ
personal profit; to benefit oneself
(ant: 利他) self-interest; (given name) Toshimi

利養


利养

see styles
lì yǎng
    li4 yang3
li yang
 riyō
To nourish oneself by gain; gain; avarice.

前門


前门

see styles
qián mén
    qian2 men2
ch`ien men
    chien men
 maekado
    まえかど
front door; main entrance; honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter)
front gate; (surname) Maekado

剖白

see styles
pōu bái
    pou1 bai2
p`ou pai
    pou pai
to explain oneself

剛正


刚正

see styles
gāng zhèng
    gang1 zheng4
kang cheng
 yoshimasa
    よしまさ
honest; upright
(given name) Yoshimasa

剝皮


剥皮

see styles
bāo pí
    bao1 pi2
pao p`i
    pao pi
 hakuhi
to skin; to flay; to peel; (fig.) (coll.) to haul (sb) over the coals; also pr. [bo1pi2]
To flay, or peel. In one of the previous incarnations of Śākyamuni he is said to have written a certain gāthā containing the Holy Law on a piece of his own flayed skin with one of his bones split into the shape of a pen, and his blood instead of ink. 智度論 27.

割石

see styles
 wariishi / warishi
    わりいし
broken stones; rubble; (place-name, surname) Wariishi

割込

see styles
 warikomi
    わりこみ
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) queue jumping; breaking into a line; muscling in on; wedging oneself in; interruption; sharing a theater box (theatre); (2) (computer terminology) interrupt; (surname) Warikomi

創練


创练

see styles
chuàng liàn
    chuang4 lian4
ch`uang lien
    chuang lien
to form and train (a military unit); to create and practice (a martial art); to train oneself (by real-life experience)

力む

see styles
 rikimu
    りきむ
(v5m,vi) (1) to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to try (too) hard; to draw one's body taut; (v5m,vi) (2) to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger; to bluff; to boast

力寶


力宝

see styles
lì bǎo
    li4 bao3
li pao
Lippo (Group) (Indonesian conglomerate)

加養

see styles
 kayou / kayo
    かよう
(noun/participle) caring for the sick; taking care of oneself; (place-name, surname) Kayou

励む

see styles
 hagemu
    はげむ
(v5m,vi) to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to; to make an effort; to be zealous

勁爆


劲爆

see styles
jìng bào
    jing4 bao4
ching pao
(coll.) awesome; stunning; electrifying; breathtaking; (originally Cantonese); also pr. [jin4 bao4]

勉力

see styles
miǎn lì
    mian3 li4
mien li
to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself

勢む

see styles
 hazumu
    はずむ
(v5m,vi) to spring; to bound; to bounce; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to get lively; to treat oneself to; to splurge on

匂玉

see styles
 nioidama
    においだま
(1) tonsil stones; tonsillolith; (2) scent ball

包公

see styles
bāo gōng
    bao1 gong1
pao kung
Lord Bao or Judge Bao, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty

包拯

see styles
bāo zhěng
    bao1 zheng3
pao cheng
Bao Zheng (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty; modern day metaphor for an honest politician

包攬


包揽

see styles
bāo lǎn
    bao1 lan3
pao lan
to take it all upon oneself; to undertake the whole task; (fig.) to sweep (all prizes etc)

包辦


包办

see styles
bāo bàn
    bao1 ban4
pao pan
to undertake to do everything by oneself; to run the whole show

化け

see styles
 bake
    ばけ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) artificial fly (for fishing)

化裝


化装

see styles
huà zhuāng
    hua4 zhuang1
hua chuang
(of actors) to make up; to disguise oneself

北佬

see styles
běi lǎo
    bei3 lao3
pei lao
northerner, person from Northern China (Cantonese)

十使

see styles
shí shǐ
    shi2 shi3
shih shih
 jū shi
十大惑; 十根本煩惱 The ten messengers, deluders, fundamental passions; they are divided into five sharp and five dull; the five 鈍使 dull ones are desire, hate, stupidity, pride, and doubt; the five sharp 利使 are 身見, 邊見, 邪見, 見取見, 戒禁見, v. 見.

南無


南无

see styles
nā mó
    na1 mo2
na mo
 namu
    なむ
Buddhist salutation or expression of faith (loanword from Sanskrit); Taiwan pr. [na2 mo2]
(conj,int) {Buddh} amen; hail; (surname) Namu
namaḥ; Pali: namo; to submit oneself to, from to bend, bow to, make obeisance, pay homage to; an expression of submission to command, complete commitment, reverence, devotion, trust for salvation, etc. Also written 南牟; 南謨; 南忙; 那謨 (or 那模 or 那麻); 納莫 (or 納慕); 娜母; 曩莫 (or 曩謨); 捺麻(or捺謨), etc. It is used constantly in liturgy, incantations, etc., especially as in namaḥ Amitābha, which is the formula of faith of the Pure-land sect, representing the believing heart of all beings and Amitābha's power and will to save; repeated in the hour of death it opens the entrance to the Pure Land.

単立

see styles
 tanritsu
    たんりつ
(rare) establishing something (e.g. a company or a religious order) by oneself; company or religious order founded in such a way

単行

see styles
 tankou / tanko
    たんこう
(n,vs,vi) (1) going alone; travelling by oneself; (2) (oft. used in compounds) doing independently; doing separately

単身

see styles
 tanshin
    たんしん
(adv,n) alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family

卜辭


卜辞

see styles
bǔ cí
    bu3 ci2
pu tz`u
    pu tzu
oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones

卜骨

see styles
bǔ gǔ
    bu3 gu3
pu ku
 bokkotsu
    ぼっこつ
oracle bone
fortune-telling using animal bones

占領

see styles
 senryou / senryo
    せんりょう
(noun, transitive verb) (1) occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; (noun, transitive verb) (2) military occupation; possession; capture; seizure

卡位

see styles
kǎ wèi
    ka3 wei4
k`a wei
    ka wei
(sports) to jockey for position; (basketball) to box out; (commerce) to establish oneself in a competitive market (also pr. [qia3wei4]); booth seating

印尼

see styles
yìn ní
    yin4 ni2
yin ni
Indonesia (abbr. for 印度尼西亞|印度尼西亚[Yin4 du4 ni2 xi1 ya4])

厚道

see styles
hòu dao
    hou4 dao5
hou tao
 atsumichi
    あつみち
kind and honest; generous; sincere
(personal name) Atsumichi

厨子

see styles
 chuushi / chushi
    ちゅうし
(1) miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); (2) cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (3) (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors; (surname) Chuushi

厭う

see styles
 itou / ito
    いとう
(transitive verb) (1) to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to spare (oneself); to be weary of; to shun; to dislike (an activity, an environment); to hate (an activity); (transitive verb) (2) to take (good) care of

反口

see styles
fǎn kǒu
    fan3 kou3
fan k`ou
    fan kou
 hankuchi
    はんくち
to correct oneself; to renege; to break one's word
(surname) Hankuchi

収骨

see styles
 shuukotsu / shukotsu
    しゅうこつ
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) collecting bones and remains (e.g. on a battlefield); (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) putting cremated remains in an urn

取暖

see styles
qǔ nuǎn
    qu3 nuan3
ch`ü nuan
    chü nuan
to warm oneself (by a fire, heater etc)

取樂


取乐

see styles
qǔ lè
    qu3 le4
ch`ü le
    chü le
to find amusement; to amuse oneself

口吟

see styles
 kougin / kogin
    こうぎん
(noun/participle) humming to oneself

口茶

see styles
 kuchija
    くちぢゃ
adding more tea; adding fresh leaves to used ones in a teapot

叫雞


叫鸡

see styles
jiào jī
    jiao4 ji1
chiao chi
rooster; cock; (slang) (Cantonese) to visit a prostitute

吉列

see styles
jí liè
    ji2 lie4
chi lieh
breaded and fried cutlet (loanword via Cantonese)

吊る

see styles
 tsuru
    つる
(transitive verb) (1) to hang; to suspend; to sling; to wear (e.g. a sword); to put up (e.g. a shelf); (transitive verb) (2) (in the form 首を吊る) (See 首を吊る) to hang oneself; (transitive verb) (3) {sumo} to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; (v5r,vi) (4) (kana only) to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes); (v5r,vi) (5) (kana only) to pucker (e.g. of a seam); to be pulled tight

吊死

see styles
diào sǐ
    diao4 si3
tiao ssu
death by hanging; to hang oneself

吊頸


吊颈

see styles
diào jǐng
    diao4 jing3
tiao ching
to hang oneself

同担

see styles
 doutan / dotan
    どうたん
(slang) someone who supports the same member (of an idol group, etc.) as oneself

同體


同体

see styles
tóng tǐ
    tong2 ti3
t`ung t`i
    tung ti
 dōtei
Of the same body, or nature, as water and wave, but同體慈悲 means fellow-feeling and compassion, looking on all sympathetically as of the same nature as oneself.

向上

see styles
xiàng shàng
    xiang4 shang4
hsiang shang
 mukaue
    むかうえ
upward; up; to advance; to try to improve oneself; to make progress
(n,vs,vi) elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress; (surname) Mukaue
To trace backwards, as from the later to the earlier, primary, the earliest or first; upwards.

向火

see styles
xiàng huǒ
    xiang4 huo3
hsiang huo
to warm oneself facing the fire

吹風


吹风

see styles
chuī fēng
    chui1 feng1
ch`ui feng
    chui feng
 fukikaze
    ふきかぜ
to let the wind blow on oneself; to be exposed to the wind; to air out (a room); to blow air (e.g. to dry one's hair); (fig.) to brief sb informally; to leak or hint at information ahead of formal release
(surname) Fukikaze

吻合

see styles
wěn hé
    wen3 he2
wen ho
 fungou / fungo
    ふんごう
to be a good fit; to be identical with; to adjust oneself to; to fit in
(n,vs,adj-no) (1) coincidence; conformity; (noun/participle) (2) {med} anastomosis; inosculation

吾れ

see styles
 ware
    われ
    are
    あれ
(irregular okurigana usage) (pn,adj-no) (1) I; me; (2) oneself; (3) (archaism) you; (irregular okurigana usage) (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (pn,adj-no) I; me

告白

see styles
gào bái
    gao4 bai2
kao pai
 kokuhaku
    こくはく
to announce publicly; to explain oneself; to reveal one's feelings; to confess; to declare one's love
(noun, transitive verb) (1) confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; (n,vs,vi) (2) professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; (noun, transitive verb) (3) {Christn} profession (of faith); (noun, transitive verb) (4) {Christn} confession (of sins)

周り

see styles
 mawari
    まわり
(1) (See 回り・まわり・1) circumference; girth; (2) surroundings; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; (3) people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

呼出

see styles
hū chū
    hu1 chu1
hu ch`u
    hu chu
 yobidashi
    よびだし
to exhale; to breathe out; to make an outgoing call; (computing) to bring up (a menu, search bar, virtual keyboard etc)
(irregular okurigana usage) (noun/participle) (1) call; summons; paging; curtain call; (2) (sumo) usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; (3) (abbreviation) telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (4) (archaism) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (5) (archaism) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (6) (archaism) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

哪些

see styles
nǎ xiē
    na3 xie1
na hsieh
which ones?; who?; what?

善吏

see styles
 zenri
    ぜんり
(rare) honest government official

喬裝


乔装

see styles
qiáo zhuāng
    qiao2 zhuang1
ch`iao chuang
    chiao chuang
to pretend; to feign; to disguise oneself

單獨


单独

see styles
dān dú
    dan1 du2
tan tu
alone; by oneself; on one's own

嘟囔

see styles
dū nang
    du1 nang5
tu nang
to mumble to oneself

嘯く

see styles
 usobuku
    うそぶく
(v5k,vi) (1) (kana only) to boast; to brag; (2) (kana only) to recite (a song or poem to oneself); (3) (kana only) to bark; to roar; to howl

嚷劈

see styles
rǎng pī
    rang3 pi1
jang p`i
    jang pi
shout oneself hoarse

囘向


回向

see styles
huí xiàng
    hui2 xiang4
hui hsiang
 ekō
迴向 pariṇāmanā. To turn towards; to turn something from one person or thing to another; transference of merit); the term is intp. by 轉趣 turn towards; it is used for works of supererogation, or rather, it means the bestowing on another, or others, of merits acquired by oneself, especially the merits acquired by a bodhisattva or Buddha for the salvation of all, e. g. the bestowing of his merits by Amitābha on all the living. There are other kinds, such as the turning of acquired merit to attain further progress in bodhi, or nirvana. 囘事向理 to turn (from) practice to theory; 囘自向他 to turn from oneself to another; 囘因向果 To turn from cause to effect. 囘世而向出世 to turn from this world to what is beyond this world, from the worldly to the unworldly.

四一

see styles
sì yī
    si4 yi1
ssu i
 yoichi
    よいち
{cards} (See おいちょかぶ) scoring combination of a 4 and a 1 in oicho-kabu; (given name) Yoichi
The four 'ones', or the unity contained (according to Tiantai) in the 方便品 of the Lotus Sutra; i. e. 教一 its teaching of one Vehicle; 行一 its sole bodhisattva procedure; 人一 its men all and only as bodhisattvas; 理一 its one ultimate truth of the reality of all existence.

四声

see styles
 shisei / shise
    しせい
four tones (of Chinese)

四知

see styles
sì zhī
    si4 zhi1
ssu chih
 shichi
The four who know the workings of one's mind for good or evil— heaven, earth, one's intimates, and oneself.

四聲


四声

see styles
sì shēng
    si4 sheng1
ssu sheng
the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声; the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin
See: 四声

囟門


囟门

see styles
xìn mén
    xin4 men2
hsin men
fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)

団子

see styles
 dango
    だんご
(1) {food} dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); doughboy; (2) ball-shaped object; something round; (3) lump; group; bunch; knot; tight crowd; (4) {go} dango; inefficient clump of stones; (surname) Dango

固い

see styles
 katai
    かたい
(adjective) (1) hard; solid; tough; (2) stiff; tight; wooden; unpolished (e.g. writing); (3) strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); (4) safe; steady; honest; steadfast; (5) obstinate; stubborn; (6) bookish; formal; stuffy

固さ

see styles
 katasa
    かたさ
firmness; hardness; stiffness; honesty

土石

see styles
 doishi
    どいし
earth and stones; (surname) Doishi

地合

see styles
 chigou / chigo
    ちごう
(1) texture (cloth, fabric, paper); (2) market tone; undertone; (3) balance between the position of white and black stones (in go); (place-name) Chigou

地藏

see styles
dì zàng
    di4 zang4
ti tsang
 jizou / jizo
    じぞう
Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
(surname) Jizou
Ti-tsang, J. Jizō, Kṣitigarbha, 乞叉底蘗沙; Earth-store, Earth-treasury, or Earthwomb. One of the group of eight Dhvani- Bodhisattvas. With hints of a feminine origin, he is now the guardian of the earth. Though associated with Yama as overlord, and with the dead and the hells, his role is that of saviour. Depicted with the alarum staff with its six rings, he is accredited with power over the hells and is devoted to the saving of all creatures between the nirvana of Śākyamuni and the advent of Maitreya the fifth century he has been especially considered as the deliverer from the hells. His central place in China is at Chiu-hua-shan, forty li south-west of Ch'ing-yang in Anhui. In Japan he is also the protector of travellers by land and his image accordingly appears on the roads; bereaved parents put stones by his images to seek his aid in relieving the labours of their dead in the task of piling stones on the banks of the Buddhist Styx; he also helps women in labour. He is described as holding a place between the gods and men on the one hand and the hells on the other for saving all in distress; some say he is an incarnation of Yama. At dawn he sits immobile on the earth 地 and meditates on the myriads of its beings 藏. When represented as a monk, it may be through the influence of a Korean monk who is considered to be his incarnation, and who came to China in 653 and died in 728 at the age of 99 after residing at Chiu-hua-shan for seventy-five years: his body, not decaying, is said to have been gilded over and became an object of worship. Many have confused 眞羅 part of Korea with 暹羅 Siam. There are other developments of Ti-tsang, such as the 六地藏 Six Ti-tsang, i. e. severally converting or transforming those in the hells, pretas, animals, asuras, men, and the devas; these six Ti-tsang have different images and symbols. Ti-tsang has also six messengers 六使者: Yama for transforming those in hell; the pearl-holder for pretas; the strong one or animals; the devīof mercy for asuras; the devī of the treasure for human beings; one who has charge of the heavens for the devas. There is also the 延命地藏 Yanming Ti-tsang, who controls length of days and who is approached, as also may be P'u-hsien, for that Purpose; his two assistants are the Supervisors of good and evil 掌善 and 掌惡. Under another form, as 勝軍地藏 Ti-tsang is chiefly associated with the esoteric cult. The benefits derived from his worship are many, some say ten, others say twenty-eight. His vows are contained in the 地藏菩薩本願經. There is also the 大乘大集地藏十電經 tr. by Xuanzang in 10 juan in the seventh century, which probably influenced the spread of the Ti-tsang cult.

地道

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dì dao
    di4 dao5
ti tao
 jimichi
    じみち
authentic; genuine; proper
(noun or adjectival noun) steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable; (surname) Jimichi

坤甸

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kūn diàn
    kun1 dian4
k`un tien
    kun tien
Pontianak city, capital of West Kalimantan, Indonesia

坦白

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tǎn bái
    tan3 bai2
t`an pai
    tan pai
honest; forthcoming; to confess

埋單


埋单

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mái dān
    mai2 dan1
mai tan
to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese); (fig.) to bear responsibility

埋頭


埋头

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mái tóu
    mai2 tou2
mai t`ou
    mai tou
to immerse oneself in; engrossed in something; to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain); countersunk (of screws, rivets etc)

埋首

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mái shǒu
    mai2 shou3
mai shou
to immerse oneself in (one's work, studies etc)

堅い

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 katai
    かたい
(adjective) (1) hard; solid; tough; (2) stiff; tight; wooden; unpolished (e.g. writing); (3) strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); (4) safe; steady; honest; steadfast; (5) obstinate; stubborn; (6) bookish; formal; stuffy

堅さ

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 katasa
    かたさ
firmness; hardness; stiffness; honesty

堅気

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 katagi; katagi
    かたぎ; カタギ
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) honest; respectable; decent; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); (3) person in a respectable occupation

報國


报国

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bào guó
    bao4 guo2
pao kuo
to dedicate oneself to the service of one's country

報檢


报检

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bào jiǎn
    bao4 jian3
pao chien
to submit goods for inspection, quarantine or certification; to register oneself to be examined (as part of a certification process)

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