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gān
    gan1
kan
 nukui
    ぬくい

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Qian
dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest); (surname) Nukui
Dry, dried up, clean; heaven, male, masculine, enduring, continual. Translit. gan and h.

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rén
    ren2
jen
 yasushi
    やすし

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Benevolence
humane; kernel
(1) (じん only) benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; compassion; humanity; charity; (2) (じん only) human; (3) kernel; (4) (じん only) {biol} (See 核小体) nucleolus; (given name) Yasushi
Kindness, benevolence, virtue.

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    fo2
fo
 hotokesaki
    ほとけさき

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Buddha / Buddhism
Japanese variant of 佛
(1) (abbreviation) (See 仏陀・ぶっだ) Buddha; (2) (abbreviation) (See 仏教・ぶっきょう) Buddhism; (surname) Hotokesaki

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xiān
    xian1
hsien
 hisa
    ひさ

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Sian
immortal
(1) (See 仙人・1) hermit; wizard; (2) (See 仙術) wizardry; (personal name) Hisa
僊 ṛṣi, 哩始 an immortal. 仙人; 人仙 the genī, of whom there is a famous group of eight 八仙; an ascetic, a man of the hills, a hermit; the Buddha. The 楞嚴經 gives ten kinds of immortals, walkers on the earth, fliers, wanderers at will, into space, into the deva heavens, transforming themselves into any form, etc. The names of ten ṛṣis, who preceded Śākyamuni, the first being 闍提首那? Jatisena; there is also a list of sixty-eight 大仙 given in the 大孔雀咒經下 A classification of five is 天仙 deva genī, 神仙 spirit genī, 人仙 human genī, 地仙 earth, or cavern genī, and 鬼仙 ghost genī.

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shì
    shi4
shih
 hito
    ひと

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Samurai
to serve; to attend upon
(1) (archaism) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer; (2) (abbreviation) (hist) (See 侍所・2) samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods); (given name) Hito
Attend; wait on; attendant.

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xìn
    xin4
hsin
 yuki
    ゆき

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Honesty / Fidelity
letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random
(1) honesty; sincerity; fidelity; (2) trust; reliance; confidence; (3) (religious) faith; devotion; (counter) (4) counter for received messages; (female given name) Yuki
śraddhā. Faith; to believe; belief; faith regarded as the faculty of the mind which sees, appropriates, and trusts the things of religion; it joyfully trusts in the Buddha, in the pure virtue of the triratna and earthly and transcendental goodness; it is the cause of the pure life, and the solvent of doubt. Two forms are mentioned: (1) adhimukti, intuition, tr. by self-assured enlightenment. (2) śraddhā, faith through hearing or being taught. For the Awakening of Faith, Śraddhotpāda, v. 起信論.

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jiàn
    jian4
chien
 yutaka
    ゆたか

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Strong / Healthy
healthy; to invigorate; to strengthen; to be good at; to be strong in
(personal name) Yutaka
Sturdy, strong, hard, bold; unwearied; translit. ga, gha.

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    ru2
ju
 ju
    じゅ

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Scholar / Confucian
scholar; Confucian
Confucianism; Confucianist; Chinese scholar
A scholar; learned. Confucian.

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jiàn
    jian4
chien
 mayaka
    まやか

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Sword
Japanese variant of 劍|剑
sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade; (1) sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade; (2) bayonet; (3) swordsmanship; (4) stinger; ovipositor; dart; (female given name) Mayaka


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jiàn
    jian4
chien
 ken
    つるぎ

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Sword
double-edged sword; CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]; classifier for blows of a sword
(out-dated kanji) sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade; (out-dated kanji) (1) sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade; (2) bayonet; (3) swordsmanship; (4) stinger; ovipositor; dart
A sword, a two-edged sword.; A sword, two-edged sword.

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qiān
    qian1
ch`ien
    chien
 yuki
    ゆき

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Qian
thousand
(numeric) 1,000; thousand; (female given name) Yuki
sahasra. A thousand.

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shuāng
    shuang1
shuang
 sou / so
    そう
variant of 雙|双[shuang1]
(n,n-suf,ctr) pair; (given name) Sou


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    wu2
wu

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Uy
surname Wu; area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai; name of states in southern China at different historical periods

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táng
    tang2
t`ang
    tang
 touzaki / tozaki
    とうざき

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Ton
to exaggerate; empty; in vain; old variant of 螗[tang2]
(1) (hist) Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (2) (archaism) China; foreign country; (surname) Touzaki
for nothing

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    di4
ti
 hamaji
    はまぢ

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Earth
earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]
(n,n-suf) (1) earth; ground; land; soil; (n,n-suf) (2) place; (n,n-suf) (3) territory; (n,n-suf) (4) (See 天地無用) bottom (of a package, book, etc.); (n,n-suf) (5) (See 五大・1,土・ど・2) earth (one of the five elements); (surname) Hamaji
pṛthivī, 鉢里體尾 the earth, ground; bhūmi, 歩弭 the earth, place, situation; talima, 託史麽 (or 託吏麽) ground, site; explained by 土地 earth, ground; 能生 capable of producing; 所依 that on which things rely. It is also the spiritual rank, position, or character attained by a Bodhisattva as a result of 住 remaining and developing in a given state in order to attain this 地 rank; v. 十住; 住位 and 十地.

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tiān
    tian1
t`ien
    tien
 hiroshi
    ひろし

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Heaven
day; sky; heaven
(1) sky; (2) {Christn} heaven; (3) God; (4) {Buddh} svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); (5) {Buddh} deva (divine being of Buddhism); (6) top (of a book); (7) sole (of a Japanese sandal); (8) beginning; start; (9) (abbreviation) (See 天ぷら) tempura; (10) (abbreviation) (obsolete) (See 天竺・1) India; (given name) Hiroshi
Heaven; the sky; a day; cf. dyo, dyaus also as 提婆 a deva, or divine being, deity; and as 素羅 sura, shining, bright.

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jiāng
    jiang1
chiang
 you / yo
    よう
variant of 薑|姜[jiang1]
(surname) Yō

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jiā
    jia1
chia
 karyuu / karyu
    かりゅう

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Family / Home
home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]
(suffix) (colloquialism) (kana only) (See ん家) 's house; 's home; (surname) Karyū
Family; home; school, sect; genus.

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gān
    gan1
kan
 motomu
    もとむ

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Qian
(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with; one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1]; (archaic) shield
(irregular okurigana usage) (n,n-pref) drying; dried; (male given name) Motomu
A shield; a stem, or pole; to offend; to concern; to seek.

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guǎng
    guang3
kuang
 yutaka
    ゆたか

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Hiro
Japanese variant of 廣|广
(given name) Yutaka


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qiǎng
    qiang3
ch`iang
    chiang
 tsuyomi
    つよみ

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Strong / Powerful / Force
to force; to compel; to strive; to make an effort
(suffix) (1) (ant: 弱・1) a little over; a little more than; (2) (ant: 弱・2) strength; the strong; (suffix) (3) powerhouse; one of the biggest; one of the most powerful; (suffix) (4) (after a number on the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale; e.g. 5強) (ant: 弱・3) -upper (seismic intensity); (personal name) Tsuyomi
Strong, forceful, violent; to force; to strengthen.

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    lu:4

 ritsuji
    りつじ

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Ritsu
law
(1) law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; (2) {Buddh} vinaya (rules for the monastic community); (3) (abbreviation) (See 律宗) Ritsu (school of Buddhism); (4) (abbreviation) (See 律詩) lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (5) (also りち) (musical) pitch; (6) (See 十二律,呂・2) six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; (7) (abbreviation) (See 律旋) Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do); (n,n-suf,ctr) (8) step (in traditional Eastern music, corresponding to a Western semitone); (personal name) Ritsuji
vinaya, from vi-ni, to 1ead, train: discipline: v. 毘奈耶; other names are Prātimokṣa, śīla, and upalakṣa. The discipline, or monastic rules; one of the three divisions of the Canon, or Tripiṭaka, and said to have been compiled by Upāli.

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    de2
te
 megumu
    めぐむ
Japanese variant of 德[de2]
(1) virtue; (2) benevolence; (3) (See 得・とく・1) profit; benefit; advantage; (given name) Megumu

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niàn
    nian4
nien
 nen
    ねん

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Mindfulness
to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
(1) (esp. 〜の念) sense; idea; thought; feeling; (2) desire; concern; (3) (esp. 念に〜、念の/が〜) attention; care; (personal name) Nen
smṛti. Recollection, memory; to think on, reflect; repeat, intone; a thought; a moment.

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dǒu
    dou3
tou
 hakaru
    はかる

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Fight / Beat Someone
dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]; decaliter; peck; cup or dipper shaped object; old variant of 陡[dou3]
kanji radical 68 at right; (given name) Hakaru
A bushel, i. e. ten Chinese pints.


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huī
    hui1
hui
 hikaru
    ひかる

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Hikari
sunshine; to shine upon; variant of 輝|辉[hui1]
(given name) Hikaru

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jié
    jie2
chieh
 masaru
    まさる

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Jae
variant of 傑|杰[jie2]
(personal name) Masaru

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róu
    rou2
jou
 yawara
    やわら

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Heart of Judo
soft; flexible; supple; yielding; rho (Greek letter Ρρ)
(ant: 剛) softness; gentleness; weakness; (surname, female given name) Yawara
Pliant, yielding, soft.

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liáng
    liang2
liang
 reon
    れおん

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Leung
roof beam; beam (structure); bridge
(hist) Liang dynasty (of China; 502-557); (surname) Reon
pillar


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xiāo
    xiao1
hsiao
 fukurou; fukuro; sake; fukurou / fukuro; fukuro; sake; fukuro
    ふくろう; ふくろ; さけ; フクロウ

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Owl
owl; valiant; trafficker
(kana only) owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
owl


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méi
    mei2
mei
 umezaki
    うめざき
variant of 梅[mei2]
(1) Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Chinese plum; (2) lowest (of a three-tier ranking system); (surname) Umezaki

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    yu4

 yoku
    よく
to wish for; to desire; variant of 慾|欲[yu4]
greed; craving; desire; avarice; wants; (surname) Yoku
rājas, passion. Also kāma, desire, love. The Chinese word means to breathe after, aspire to, desire, and is also used as 慾 for lust, passion; it is inter alia intp. as 染愛塵 tainted with the dust (or dirt) of love, or lust. The three desires are for beauty, demeanour, and softness; the five are those of the five physical senses.


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ōu
    ou1
ou
 ou / o
    おう

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Ou
(used for transliteration); old variant of 謳|讴[ou1]
(surname) Ou


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bīng
    bing1
ping
 bin
    びん

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Ice / Frost
variant of 冰[bing1]
(1) (archaism) ice; (2) hail; (1) ice; (2) shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); (personal name) Bin
Ice; chaste.

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jiāng
    jiang1
chiang
 minkou / minko
    みんこう

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Large River
river; CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]
(1) (archaism) large river (esp. the Yangtze); (2) (archaism) (See 琵琶湖) Lake Biwa; (given name) Minkou
A river; the River, the Yangtsze.


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chén
    chen2
ch`en
    chen
 chin
    ちん

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Shim
variant of 沉[chen2]
(surname) Chin
沉 To sink; heavy.

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hǎi
    hai3
hai
 wataru
    わたる

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Ocean / Sea
ocean; sea; CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous
sea; ocean; waters; (male given name) Wataru
sāgara, the ocean, the sea.


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wēn
    wen1
wen
 on

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Wen
warm; lukewarm; to warm up; (bound form) temperature; (bound form) mild; soft; tender; to review (a lesson etc); (TCM) fever; epidemic; pestilence (old variant of 瘟[wen1])
Warm, mild, bland, gentle; acquainted with; to warm.


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kuò
    kuo4
k`uo
    kuo
 hiroshi
    ひろし

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Hiroshi / Katsu
variant of 闊|阔[kuo4]
(given name) Hiroshi

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yàn
    yan4
yen
 yasushi
    やすし

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Swallow
swallow (family Hirundinidae); old variant of 宴[yan4]
(1) (kana only) swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; (2) barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); (3) (See 若い燕) younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy; (given name) Yasushi

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yào
    yao4
yao
 youkou / yoko
    ようこう

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Yoko / Brilliant / Glorious
brilliant; glorious
(given name) Yōkou

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    li3
li
 wataru
    わたる

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Science
texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up
(1) reason; principle; logic; (2) {Buddh} (See 事・じ) general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (3) the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism); (given name) Wataru
siddhānta; hetu. Ruling principle, fundamental law, intrinsicality, universal basis, essential element; nidāna, reason; pramāṇa, to arrange, regulate, rule, rectify.

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jǐn
    jin3
chin

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Jean
brilliancy (of gems)

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tián
    tian2
t`ien
    tien
 yanakida
    やなきだ

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Tian / Tien
field; farm; CL:片[pian4]
rice field; (surname) Yanakida
A field, fields; a place, or state, for the cultivation of meritorious or other deeds; cf. 福田.

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bái
    bai2
pai
 yuki
    ゆき

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White
white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera
(1) white; (2) (See ボラ・1) striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); (3) (See 科白・1) (spoken) line (in a play, film, etc.); one's lines; (4) {mahj} white dragon tile; (5) {mahj} winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (6) (abbreviation) (rare) (See 白耳義・ベルギー) Belgium; (7) (abbreviation) (archaism) (See 白人・1) white person; Caucasian; (female given name) Yuki
White, pure, clear; make clear, inform.

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huáng
    huang2
huang
 miyuki
    みゆき

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Emperor
emperor; old variant of 惶[huang2]
(prefix) (archaism) (honorific or respectful language) divine; imperial; (female given name) Miyuki
ruler


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    lu2
lu
 rou / ro
    ろう

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Loup
(old) rice vessel; black; old variant of 廬|庐[lu2]; (slang) (Tw) troublesome; fussy
(surname) Rou
A rice-vessel; a fire-pan; dram-shop; black; translit. lo, ro, ru; cf. 樓; 路; 流.

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dùn
    dun4
tun
 tate
    たて

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Shield
shield; (currency) Vietnamese dong; currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; (surname) Tate

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shā
    sha1
sha
 sunahama
    すなはま

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Sand / Gravel
sand; gravel; granule; variant of 沙[sha1]
sand; grit; (surname) Sunahama
Gravel, sand.

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lóng
    long2
lung
 ryou / ryo
    りょう

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Dragon / Emperor Symbol
Japanese variant of 龍|龙
(1) dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); (2) naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; (surname, female given name) Ryō


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jiǎn
    jian3
chien
 kan
    かん

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Simplicity
simple; uncomplicated; letter; to choose; to select; bamboo strips used for writing (old)
(1) (See 簡にして要を得る) (ant: 繁・1) simplicity; brevity; (2) letter; note; correspondence; (3) bamboo writing strip (in ancient China); (4) (abbreviation) (See 簡体字) simplified Chinese character; (surname) Kan
A tablet, memorandum; to abridge; appoint; examine; abrupt, concise, direct.


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bàn
    ban4
pan
 rian
    りあん

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Bond
to trip; to stumble; to hinder
(1) bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; connection; link; (2) tether; fetters; (female given name) Rian


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liàn
    lian4
lien
 ren
    れん

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Practice / Train / Drill
to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk
(surname) Ren
To train, practise, drill, exercise.


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    mu4
mu
 myou / myo
    みょう

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Miaou
old variant of 穆[mu4]
(surname) Myō
mistake

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    yi4
i
 yoku
    よく

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Wings
wing; area surrounding the bullseye of a target; to assist; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy; old variant of 翌
(1) wing; (2) (よく only) {astron} (See 二十八宿,朱雀・すざく・2) Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (suf,ctr) (3) (よく only) (archaism) counter for birds or bird wings; (female given name) Yoku
assist

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    yi4
i
 yomogi
    よもぎ

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Yai
variant of 刈[yi4]; variant of 乂[yi4]
(1) (See 灸) moxa (dried mugwort leaf used in moxibustion); (2) (See ヨモギ・1) Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); (surname) Yomogi

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cào
    cao4
ts`ao
    tsao
 hajime
    はじめ

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Cao / Kusa / Grass
variant of 肏[cao4]
(1) draft; rough copy; (2) (abbreviation) (See 草書) highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style; (female given name) Hajime
Grass, herbs, plants; rough; female (of animals, birds, etc. ).

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jǐn
    jin3
chin
 sumire
    すみれ

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Violet
variant of 堇[jin3]; violet
(kana only) violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica); (surname, female given name) Sumire


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huá
    hua2
hua
 ririka
    りりか
magnificent; splendid; flowery
(1) flashiness; showiness; brilliance; splendor; (2) bloom; flowers; (3) (abbreviation) (See 中華民国・1) Republic of China; (female given name) Ririka
kusuma; puṣpa; padma; a flower, blossom; flowery; especially the lotus; also 花, which also means pleasure, vice; to spend, waste, profligate. 華 also means splendour, glory, ornate; to decorate; China.


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lián
    lian2
lien
 ren
    れん

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Lotus
lotus
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (1) (kana only) sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; (2) rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus); (kana only) sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; (f,m,s) Ren
puṇḍarīka, the lotus, especially the white lotus, Numphoea alba; padma, especially the Nelumbium speciosum; utpala, the Nymphoea coerulea, the blue lotus; kumuda, Nymphoea esculenta, white lotus, or N. rubra, red lotus; nīlotpala, N. cyanea, a blue lotus. The first four are called white, red, blue, and yellow lotuses; but the white lotus is generally meant unless otherwise specified.

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xiē
    xie1
hsieh
variant of 蠍|蝎[xie1]


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liàng
    liang4
liang
 ryouji / ryoji
    りょうじ

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Forgive
to show understanding; to excuse; to presume; to expect
truth; (personal name) Ryōji


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tán
    tan2
t`an
    tan
 tan
    たん

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Thanh
variant of 談|谈[tan2]
(suf,n) (See 英雄譚・えいゆうたん) story; tale; (surname) Tan
Gossip, talk; to boast.

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xiàng
    xiang4
hsiang
 zou / zo
    ぞう

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Elephant
elephant; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; shape; form; appearance; to imitate
elephant (Elephantidae spp.); (surname) Zou
gaja; hastin; also nāga; an elephant; v. 像 14.


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xián
    xian2
hsien
 masaru
    まさる

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Wise and Virtuous
worthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
(noun or adjectival noun) (archaism) intelligence; genius; scholarship; virtue; (male given name) Masaru
Wise and virtuous, sage, second rank to a 聖 saint; good, excellent in character, virtuous.

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xīn
    xin1
hsin
 shinkou / shinko
    しんこう

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Sim
(of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious; suffering; eighth in order; eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 285°; octa
(counter) (colloquialism) counter for spiciness of food (e.g. curry); (surname) Shinkou
sharp


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zhēn
    zhen1
chen
 sasuga
    さすが

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Sasuga
old variant of 偵|侦[zhen1]
(adj-na,adv,adj-no) (1) (kana only) as one would expect; (2) (kana only) still; all the same; (3) (kana only) even... (e.g. "even a genius..."); (given name) Sasuga

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qiū
    qiu1
ch`iu
    chiu
 tei / te
    てい

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Chiew
variant of 丘[qiu1]
(surname) Tei


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qián
    qian2
ch`ien
    chien
 chin
    ちん

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Cien
coin; money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]
(out-dated kanji) (1) hundredth of a yen; (2) coin made of non-precious materials; (3) (obsolete) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (4) (archaism) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass); (surname) Chin
coin


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àn
    an4
an
 awa
    あわ

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Darkness
(literary) to close (a door); to eclipse; confused; ignorant (variant of 暗[an4]); dark (variant of 暗[an4])
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) darkness; the dark; (2) bewilderment; despair; hopelessness; (3) hidden place; secrecy; oblivion; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (4) black market; shady trading; underhand transactions; illegal channels; (personal name) Awa
To shut; dark; retired; translit. am, cf. 暗, 菴.


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diàn
    dian4
tien
 hikaru
    ひかる

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Electricity / Lightning
lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc
(out-dated kanji) lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt; (female given name) Hikaru
Lightning, symbolizes the impermanent and transient.

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líng
    ling2
ling
 rei / re
    れい

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Rai / Rei
Japanese variant of 靈|灵
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost; (given name) Rei


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qiān
    qian1
ch`ien
    chien

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Qian
used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]
See:

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xiāng
    xiang1
hsiang
 yuka
    ゆか

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Fragrant / Good Smell
fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick; CL:根[gen1]
(See 御香) incense; (female given name) Yuka
(竹; 象) Incense made in coils and burnt to measure the time; also 香盤; 香印.; gandha. Fragrance; incense; the sense of smell, i.e. one of the ṣaḍāyātana, six senses. Incense is one of the 使 Buddha's messengers to stimulate faith and devotion.


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píng
    ping2
p`ing
    ping
 mi
    み

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Phung
to gallop; to assist; to attack; to wade; great; old variant of 憑|凭[ping2]
(surname) Mi

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    qu1
ch`ü
    chü
 kakeru
    かける

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Kakeru
Japanese variant of 驅|驱; to gallop
(personal name) Kakeru

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guǐ
    gui3
kuei
 miniwa
    みにわ

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Ghost Demon
disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭|诡[gui3]); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
(1) ogre; demon; oni; (2) (See 亡魂) spirit of a deceased person; (3) (おに only) ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); (4) (おに only) (See 鬼ごっこ・おにごっこ) it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); (5) (き only) {astron} (See 二十八宿,朱雀・すざく・2) Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (prefix) (6) (おに only) (slang) (See 超・1) very; extremely; super-; (surname) Miniwa
preta 薜荔多, departed, dead; a disembodied spirit, dead person, ghost; a demon, evil being; especially a 餓鬼 hungry ghost. They are of many kinds. The Fan-i ming i classifies them as poor, medium, and rich; each again thrice subdivided: (1) (a) with mouths like burning torches; (b) throats no bigger than needles; (c) vile breath, disgusting to themselves; (2) (a) needle-haired, self-piercing; (b) hair sharp and stinking; (c) having great wens on whose pus they must feed. (3) (a) living on the remains of sacrifices; (b) on leavings in general; (c) powerful ones, yakṣas, rākṣasas, piśācas, etc. All belong to the realm of Yama, whence they are sent everywhere, consequently are ubiquitous in every house, lane, market, mound, stream, tree, etc.


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liǎng
    liang3
liang

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Fairy / Sprite
used in 魍魎|魍魉[wang3 liang3]


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kūn
    kun1
k`un
    kun
 kon
    こん

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Kun
fry (newly hatched fish); legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鵬|鹏[Peng2]
{chmyth} (See 鵬) kun (giant fish said to be able to turn into a bird)


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áo
    ao2
ao

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Legendary Turtle
variant of 鰲|鳌[ao2]


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biē
    bie1
pieh
 kame
    かめ
variant of 鱉|鳖[bie1]
(1) (kana only) Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae); (2) (すっぽん only) trap door located on the walkway in a kabuki theatre; (3) (すっぽん only) bilge pump (used on traditional Japanese ships); (surname) Kame
A turtle, tortoise.

タス

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 dasu
    ダス

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Tass
(org) TASS (Russian News Agency); (personal name) Das; Dass; Dus

ナン

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 nan
    ナン

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Nunn
naan (hin:); nan; flatbread in Central and South Asian cuisine; (personal name) Nan; Nunn

フロ

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 buro
    ブロ

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Flo
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (abbreviation) (See プロフェッショナル) professional; pro; (2) (abbreviation) (See プログラム・1) program; (3) (abbreviation) (See プロダクション) production; (4) (abbreviation) (See プロレタリア,プロレタリアート) proletarian; proletariat; (5) (abbreviation) (See プロパガンダ) propaganda; (given name) Buro

ヘレ

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 pere
    ペレ
(osb:) fillet (fre: filet); tenderloin; (surname) Pellet; (surname) Pere; (surname) Peret; (person) Pelé (1940.10.23-2022.12.29; Brazilian soccer player)

メロ

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 mero
    メロ

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Melo
(See マジェランアイナメ) Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides); Chilean sea bass; (female given name) Melo; Mero

レス

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 resu
    レス

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Les
(abbreviation) (derogatory term) (See レズビアン) lesbian; dyke; lesbo; (personal name) Les; Retz

三諦


三谛

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sān dì
    san1 di4
san ti
 santai; sandai
    さんたい; さんだい

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The Three Truths
{Buddh} threefold truth (all things are void; all things are temporary; all things are in the middle state between these two) (in Tendai)
The three dogmas. The "middle" school of Tiantai says 卽空, 卽假. 卽中 i.e. 就是空, 假, 中; (a) by 空śūnya is meant that things causally produced are intheir essential nature unreal (or immaterial) 實空無; (b) 假, though thingsare unreal in their essential nature their derived forms are real; (c) 中;but both are one, being of the one 如 reality. These three dogmas arefounded on a verse of Nāgārjuna's— 因緣所生法, 我說卽是空 亦爲是假名, 亦是中道義 "All causally produced phenomena, I say, areunreal, Are but a passing name, and indicate the 'mean'." There are otherexplanations— the 圓教 interprets the 空 and 假 as 中; the 別教 makes 中 independent. 空 is the all, i.e. the totality of all things, and is spokenof as the 眞 or 實 true, or real; 假 is the differentiation of all thingsand is spoken of as 俗 common, i.e. things as commonly named; 中 is theconnecting idea which makes a unity of both, e.g. "all are but parts of onestupendous whole." The 中 makes all and the all into one whole, unifying thewhole and its parts. 空 may be taken as the immaterial, the undifferentiatedall, the sum of existences, by some as the tathāgatagarbha 如來藏; 假as theunreal, or impermanent, the material or transient form, the temporal thatcan be named, the relative or discrete; 中 as the unifier, which places eachin the other and all in all. The "shallower" 山外 school associated 空 and 中 with the noumenal universe as opposed to the phenomenal and illusoryexistence represented by 假. The "profounder" 山内 school teaches that allthree are aspects of the same.

中道

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zhōng dào
    zhong1 dao4
chung tao
 nakamichi
    なかみち

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The Middle Way
road through the middle; middle road; (place-name, surname) Nakamichi
The 'mean' has various interpretations. In general it denotes the mean between two extremes, and has special reference to the mean between realism and nihilism, or eternal substantial existence and annihilation; this 'mean' is found in a third principle between the two, suggesting the idea of a realm of mind or spirit beyond the terminology of 有 or 無, substance or nothing, or, that which has form, and is therefore measurable and ponderable, and its opposite of total non-existence. See 中論. The following four Schools define the term according to their several scriptures: the 法相 School describes it as the 唯識, v. 唯識中道; the 三論 School as the 八不 eight negations, v. 三論; the Tiantai as 實相 the true reality; and the Huayan as the 法界 dharmadhātu. Four forms of the Mean are given by the 三論玄義.

享福

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xiǎng fú
    xiang3 fu2
hsiang fu

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Prosperous Life
to live comfortably; happy and prosperous life

人道

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rén dào
    ren2 dao4
jen tao
 jindou(p); nindou / jindo(p); nindo
    じんどう(P); にんどう
human sympathy; humanitarianism; humane; the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism); sexual intercourse
(1) humanity; (2) sidewalk; footpath; (3) (にんどう only) {Buddh} (See 六道) human realm
rebirth as a human being

人魚


人鱼

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rén yú
    ren2 yu2
jen yü
 hitona
    ひとな

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Mermaid / Merman
mermaid; dugong; sea cow; manatee; giant salamander
mermaid; merman; (female given name) Hitona

仙人

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xiān rén
    xian1 ren2
hsien jen
 sennin
    せんにん

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Sennin
Daoist immortal; celestial being
(1) immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); (2) one not bound by earthly desires or the thoughts of normal men; (surname, given name) Sennin
seer

仙境

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xiān jìng
    xian1 jing4
hsien ching
 senkyou / senkyo
    せんきょう

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Paradise / Wonderland
fairyland; wonderland; paradise
fairyland; enchanted land

仙女

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xiān nǚ
    xian1 nu:3
hsien nü
 sennyo
    せんにょ

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Fairy / Nymph
fairy
fairy; nymph; elf; (given name) Sennyo
female sage

信念

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xìn niàn
    xin4 nian4
hsin nien
 shinnen
    しんねん

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Faith / Trusting in the Unseen
faith; belief; conviction
belief; faith; conviction

健康

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jiàn kāng
    jian4 kang1
chien k`ang
    chien kang
 takeyasu
    たけやす

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Good Health
health; healthy
(1) health; (adjectival noun) (2) healthy; sound; fit; wholesome; (given name) Takeyasu

健美

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jiàn měi
    jian4 mei3
chien mei
 masami
    まさみ

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Strong and Beautiful
healthy and beautiful; to do fitness exercises; abbr. for 健美運動|健美运动[jian4 mei3 yun4 dong4]
(female given name) Masami

傑物

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 ketsubutsu
    けつぶつ

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Man of Remarkable Character / Hero
great person; distinguished person; outstanding figure; giant; person of high caliber

先生

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xiān sheng
    xian1 sheng5
hsien sheng
 senjou / senjo
    せんじょう

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Sensei / Master / Teacher / Mister
teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor; CL:位[wei4]
(honorific or respectful language) (rare) man (chi: xiānshēng); boy; (surname) Senjō
Senior, sir, teacher, master, Mr.; a previous life.

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