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Kanji to en definitions

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Term
Definition
政   politics, government  
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議   deliberation, consultation, debate, consideration  
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民   people, nation, subjects  
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連   take along, lead, join, connect, party, gang, clique  
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対   vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare  
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部   section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine  
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合   fit, suit, join, 0.1  
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市   market, city, town  
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内   inside, within, between, among, house, home  
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相   inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy  
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定   determine, fix, establish, decide  
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回   -times, round, game, revolve, counter for occurrences  
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選   elect, select, choose, prefer  
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米   rice, USA, metre  
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実   reality, truth  
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関   connection, barrier, gateway, involve, concerning  
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決   decide, fix, agree upon, appoint  
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全   whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill  
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表   surface, table, chart, diagram  
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戦   war, battle, match  
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経   sutra, longitude, pass thru, expire, warp  
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最   utmost, most, extreme  
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現   present, existing, actual  
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調   tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate  
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化   change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization  
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当   hit, right, appropriate, himself  
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約   promise, approximately, shrink  
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首   neck  
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法   method, law, rule, principle, model, system  
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性   sex, gender, nature  
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要   need, main point, essence, pivot, key to  
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制   system, law, rule  
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治   reign, be at peace, calm down, subdue, quell, govt, cure, heal, rule, conserve  
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務   task, duties  
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成   turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach  
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期   period, time, date, term  
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取   take, fetch, take up  
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都   metropolis, capital  
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和   harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan  
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機   mechanism, opportunity, occasion, machine, airplane  
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平   even, flat, peace  
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加   add, addition, increase, join, include, Canada  
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受   accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive  
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続   continue, series, sequel  
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進   advance, proceed, progress, promote  
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数   number, strength, fate, law, figures  
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記   scribe, account, narrative  
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初   first time, beginning  
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指   finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler)  
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権   authority, power, rights  
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支   branch, support, sustain  
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産   products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property  
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点   spot, point, mark, speck, decimal point  
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報   report, news, reward, retribution  
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済   finish, come to an end, excusable, need not  
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活   lively, resuscitation, being helped, living  
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原   meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness  
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共   together, both, neither, all, and, alike, with  
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得   gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit  
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解   unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute  
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交   mingle, mixing, association, coming & going  
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資   assets, resources, capital, funds, data, be conducive to, contribute to  
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予   beforehand, previous, myself, I  
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向   yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach  
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際   occasion, side, edge, verge, dangerous, adventurous, indecent, time, when  
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勝   victory, win, prevail, excel  
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面   mask, face, features, surface  
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告   revelation, tell, inform, announce  
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反   anti-  
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判   judgement, signature, stamp, seal  
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認   acknowledge, witness, discern, recognize, appreciate, believe  
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参   nonplussed, three, going, coming, visiting, visit, be defeated, die, be madly in love  
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利   profit, advantage, benefit  
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組   association, braid, plait, construct, assemble, unite, cooperate, grapple  
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信   faith, truth, fidelity, trust  
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在   exist, outskirts, suburbs, located in  
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件   affair, case, matter, item  
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側   side, lean, oppose, regret  
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任   responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint  
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引   pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to  
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求   request, want, wish for, require, demand  
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所   place  
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次   next, order, sequence  
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昨   yesterday, previous  
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論   argument, discourse  
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官   bureaucrat, the government  
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増   increase, add, augment, gain, promote  
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係   person in charge, connection, duty, concern oneself  
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感   emotion, feeling, sensation  
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情   feelings, emotion, passion, sympathy, circumstances, facts  
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投   throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss  
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示   show, indicate, point out, express, display  
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変   unusual, change, strange  
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打   strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen  
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直   straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair  
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両   both, old Japanese coin, counter for vehicles, two  
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式   style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression  
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確   assurance, firm, tight, hard, solid, confirm, clear, evident  
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果   fruit, reward, carry out, achieve, complete, end, finish, succeed  
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容   contain, form, looks  
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必   invariably, certain, inevitable  
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演   performance, act, play, render, stage  
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歳   year-end, age, occasion, opportunity  
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争   contend, dispute, argue  
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談   discuss, talk  
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能   ability, talent, skill, capacity  
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位   rank, grade, throne, crown, about, some  
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置   placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn  
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流   current, a sink, flow, forfeit  
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格   status, rank, capacity, character, case (law, grammar)  
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疑   doubt, distrust, be suspicious, question  
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過   overdo, exceed, go beyond, error  
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局   bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment  
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放   set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate  
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常   usual, ordinary, normal, regular  
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状   status quo, conditions, circumstances, form, appearance  
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球   ball, sphere  
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職   post, employment, work  
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与   bestow, participate in, give, award, impart, provide, cause, gift, godsend  
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供   submit, offer, present, serve (meal), accompany  
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役   duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role  
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構   posture, build, pretend  
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割   proportion, comparatively, divide, cut, separate, split  
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費   expense, cost, spend, consume, waste  
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付   adhere, attach, refer to, append  
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由   wherefore, a reason  
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説   rumor, opinion, theory  
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難   difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect  
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優   tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness  
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夫   husband, man  
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収   income, obtain, reap, pay, supply, store  
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断   severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision, judgement, cutting  
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石   stone  
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違   difference, differ  
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消   extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel  
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神   gods, mind, soul  
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番   turn, number in a series  
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規   standard, measure  
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術   art, technique, skill, means, trick, resources, magic  
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備   equip, provision, preparation  
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宅   home, house, residence, our house, my husband  
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害   harm, injury  
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配   distribute, spouse, exile, rationing  
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警   admonish, commandment  
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育   bring up, grow up, raise, rear  
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席   seat, mat, occasion, place  
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訪   call on, visit, look up, offer sympathy  
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乗   ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join  
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残   remainder, leftover, balance  
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想   concept, think, idea, thought  
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声   voice  
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念   wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention  
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助   help, rescue, assist  
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労   labor, thank for, reward for, toil, trouble  
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例   example, custom, usage, precedent  
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然   sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well  
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限   limit, restrict, to best of ability  
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追   chase, drive away, follow, pursue, meanwhile  
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商   make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant  
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葉   leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece  
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伝   transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition  
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働   work, (kokuji)  
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形   shape, form, style  
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景   scenery, view  
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落   fall, drop, come down  
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好   fond, pleasing, like something  
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退   retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject  
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頭   head, counter for large animals  
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負   defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility  
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渡   transit, ford, ferry, cross, import, deliver, diameter, migrate  
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失   lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss  
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差   distinction, difference, variation, discrepancy, margin, balance  
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末   end, close, tip, powder, posterity  
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守   guard, protect, defend, obey  
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若   young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature  
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種   species, kind, class, variety, seed  
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美   beauty, beautiful  
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命   fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint  
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福   blessing, fortune, luck, wealth  
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望   ambition, full moon, hope, desire, aspire to, expect  
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非   un-, mistake, negative, injustice, non-  
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観   outlook, look, appearance, condition, view  
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察   guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand  
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段   grade, steps, stairs  
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横   sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof  
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深   deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen  
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申   have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac  
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様   Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix  
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財   property, money, wealth, assets  
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港   harbor  
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識   discriminating, know, write  
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呼   call, call out to, invite  
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達   accomplished, reach, arrive, attain  
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良   good, pleasing, skilled  
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候   climate, season, weather  
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程   extent, degree, law, formula, distance, limits, amount  
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満   full, enough, pride, satisfy  
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敗   failure, defeat, reversal  
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値   price, cost, value  
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突   stab, protruding, thrusting, thrust, pierce, prick  
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光   ray, light  
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路   path, route, road, distance  
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科   department, course, section  
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積   volume, product (x*y), acreage, contents, pile up, stack, load, amass  
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他   other, another, the others  
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処   dispose, manage, deal with, sentence, condemn, act, behave, place  
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太   plump, thick, big around  
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客   guest, visitor, customer, client  
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否   negate, no, noes, refuse, decline, deny  
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師   expert, teacher, master, army, war  
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登   ascend, climb up  
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易   easy, ready to, simple, fortune-telling, divination  
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速   quick, fast  
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存   suppose, be aware of, believe, feel  
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飛   fly, skip (pages), scatter  
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殺   kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil  
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号   nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call  
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単   simple, one, single, merely  
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座   squat, seat, cushion, gathering, sit  
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破   rend, rip, tear, break, destroy, defeat, frustrate  
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除   exclude, division (x, 3), remove, abolish, cancel, except  
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完   perfect, completion, end  
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降   descend, precipitate, fall, surrender  
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責   blame, condemn, censure  
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捕   catch, capture  
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危   dangerous, fear, uneasy  
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給   salary, wage, gift, allow, grant, bestow on  
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苦   suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl  
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迎   welcome, meet, greet  
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園   park, garden, yard, farm  
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具   tool, utensil, means, possess, ingredients, counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture  
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辞   resign, word, term, expression  
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因   cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to  
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馬   horse  
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愛   love, affection, favourite  
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富   wealth, enrich, abundant  
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彼   he, that, the  
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未   un-, not yet, hitherto, still, even now, sign of the ram, 1-3PM, eighth sign of Chinese zodiac  
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舞   dance, flit, circle, wheel  
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亡   deceased, the late, dying, perish  
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冷   cool, cold (beer, person), chill  
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適   suitable, occasional, rare, qualified, capable  
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婦   lady, woman, wife, bride  
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寄   draw near, stop in, bring near, gather, collect, send, forward  
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込   crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)  
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顔   face, expression  
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類   sort, kind, variety, class, genus  
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余   too much, myself, surplus, other, remainder  
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王   king, rule, magnate  
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返   return, answer, fade, repay  
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妻   wife, spouse  
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背   stature, height, back, behind, disobey, defy, go back on, rebel  
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熱   heat, temperature, fever, mania, passion  
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宿   inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling  
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薬   medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit  
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険   precipitous, inaccessible place, impregnable position, steep place, sharp eyes  
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頼   trust, request  
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覚   memorize, learn, remember, awake, sober up  
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船   ship, boat  
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途   route, way, road  
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許   permit, approve  
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抜   slip out, extract, pull out, pilfer, quote, remove, omit  
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便   convenience  
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留   detain, fasten, halt, stop  
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罪   guilt, sin, crime, fault, blame, offense  
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努   toil, diligent, as much as possible  
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精   refined, ghost, fairy, energy, vitality, semen, excellence, purity, skill  
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散   scatter, disperse, spend, squander  
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静   quiet  
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婚   marriage  
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喜   rejoice, take pleasure in  
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浮   floating, float, rise to surface  
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絶   discontinue, beyond, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress  
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幸   happiness, blessing, fortune  
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押   push, stop, check, subdue, attach, seize, weight, shove, press, seal, do in spite of  
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倒   overthrow, fall, collapse, drop, break down  
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等   etc., and so forth, class (first), quality, equal, similar  
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老   old man, old age, grow old  
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曲   bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean  
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払   pay, clear out, prune, banish, dispose of  
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庭   courtyard, garden, yard  
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徒   junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people  
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勤   diligence, become employed, serve  
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遅   slow, late, back, later  
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居   reside, to be, exist, live with  
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雑   miscellaneous  
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招   beckon, invite, summon, engage  
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困   quandary, become distressed, annoyed  
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欠   lack, gap, fail  
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更   grow late, night watch, sit up late, of course  
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刻   engrave, cut fine, chop, hash, mince, time, carving  
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賛   approve, praise, title or inscription on picture, assist, agree with  
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抱   embrace, hug, hold in arms  
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犯   crime, sin, offense  
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恐   fear, dread, awe  
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息   breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)  
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遠   distant, far  
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戻   re-, return, revert, resume, restore, go backwards  
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願   petition, request, vow, wish, hope  
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絵   picture, drawing, painting, sketch  
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越   surpass, cross over, move to, exceed, Vietnam  
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欲   longing, covetousness, greed, passion, desire, craving  
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痛   pain, hurt, damage, bruise  
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笑   laugh  
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互   mutually, reciprocally, together  
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束   bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control  
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似   becoming, resemble, counterfeit, imitate, suitable  
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列   file, row, rank, tier, column  
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探   grope, search, look for  
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逃   escape, flee, shirk, evade, set free  
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遊   play  
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迷   astray, be perplexed, in doubt, lost, err, illusion  
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夢   dream, vision, illusion  
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君   old boy, name-suffix  
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閉   closed, shut  
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緒   thong, beginning, inception, end, cord, strap  
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折   fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit  
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草   grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft  
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暮   livelihood, make a living, spend time  
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酒   sake, alcohol  
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悲   jail cell, grieve, sad, deplore, regret  
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晴   clear up  
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掛   hang, suspend, depend, arrive at, tax, pour  
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到   arrival, proceed, reach, attain, result in  
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寝   lie down, sleep, rest, bed, remain unsold  
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暗   darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded  
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盗   steal, rob, pilfer  
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吸   suck, imbibe, inhale, sip  
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陽   sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime  
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御   honorable, manipulate, govern  
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歯   tooth, cog  
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忘   forget  
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雪   snow  
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吹   blow, breathe, puff, emit, smoke  
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娘   daughter, girl  
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誤   mistake, err, do wrong, mislead  
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洗   wash, inquire into, probe  
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慣   accustomed, get used to, become experienced  
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礼   salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration  
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窓   window, pane  
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昔   once upon a time, antiquity, old times  
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貧   poverty, poor  
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怒   angry, be offended  
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泳   swim  
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祖   ancestor, pioneer, founder  
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杯   counter for cupfuls, wine glass, glass, toast  
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疲   exhausted, tire, weary  
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皆   all, everything  
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鳴   chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk  
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腹   abdomen, belly, stomach  
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煙   smoke  
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眠   sleep, die, sleepy  
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怖   dreadful, be frightened, fearful  
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耳   ear  
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頂   place on the head, receive, top of head, top, summit, peak  
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箱   box, chest, case, bin, railway car  
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晩   nightfall, night  
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寒   cold  
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髪   hair of the head  
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忙   busy, occupied, restless  
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才   genius, years old, cubic shaku  
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靴   shoes  
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恥   shame, dishonor  
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偶   accidentally, even number, couple, man & wife, same kind  
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偉   admirable, greatness, remarkable, conceited, famous, excellent  
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猫   cat  
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幾   how many, how much, how far, how long  
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