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日の丸 hinomaru (1)outline of the sun (esp. represented as a red circle)/ (2)(abbr) the Japanese flag/(P) leda1

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さいの目 sainome (1)pip (spot on a die), (2)small cube (esp. of food), die, dice mix

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校正 kousei (1)proofreading, correction of press, (2)calibration suru

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手入れ teire (1)repairs, maintenance, tending, trimming, grooming, (2)crackdown, (police) raid suru

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声明 seimei (1)sabdavidya (ancient Indian linguistic and grammatical studies), (2)(Buddh) chanting of Buddhist hymns (usu. in Sanskrit or Chinese); declaration, statement, proclamation suru

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大小 daishou (1)sizes (various), large and small, (2)daisho (matched pair of long and short swords), (3)large and small drums, (4)long months and short months mix

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上手く umaku (1)skilfully, skillfully, well, aptly, cleverly, (2)successfully, smoothly, (3)deliciously mix

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上手い umai (1)skillful, clever, expert, wise, successful, (2)delicious, appetizing, appetising, (3)fortunate, splendid, promising adj

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小虫 komushi (1)small insect, midge, (2)vermicule doubutsu

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立体 rittai (1)solid body/three-dimensional object/ (2)(abbr) multi-storey car park/(P) adj, leda1

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口語 kougo (1)spoken language, (2)literary style based on (modern) spoken language bunpou

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近づく chikaduku (1)to approach, to draw near, to get close, (2)to get acquainted with, to get closer to, to get to know godan, jlpt3, verb, vintrans

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足りる tariru (1)to be sufficient/to be enough/ (2)to be worth doing/to be worthy/ (3)to be sufficient/to answer/to do/(P) ichidan, jlpt3, verb, vintrans

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分かれる wakareru (1)to branch/to fork/to diverge/ (2)to separate/to split/to divide/ (3)to disperse/to scatter/(P) ichidan, jlpt3, vintrans

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生み出す umidasu (1)to create, to bring forth, to produce, (2)to invent, to think up and bring into being, (3)to give birth to, to bear godan, verb, vtrans

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下る kudaru (1)to descend, to go down, to come down, (2)to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.), (3)to pass (of time), (4)to surrender, to capitulate, (5)(often in neg. form) to be less than, to be i godan, jlpt3, verb, vintrans

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見つける mitsukeru (1)to discover, to find (e.g. an error in a book), to come across, to detect, to spot, (2)to locate, to find (e.g. something missing), to find fault, (3)to be used to seeing, to be familiar with ichidan, jlpt3, jlpt4, verb, vtrans

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画く kaku (1)to draw, to paint, to sketch, (2)to depict, to describe; (3)to draw, to paint, to sketch godan, verb, vtrans

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生える haeru (1)to grow, to spring up, (2)to cut (teeth) ichidan, jlpt3, verb, vintrans

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手にする tenisuru (1)to hold (in one's hand), to take (into one's hand), (2)to own, to obtain suru

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見上げる miageru (1)to look up at, to raise one's eyes, (2)to look up to, to admire, to respect ichidan, verb, vtrans

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生かす ikasu (1)to make (the best) use of, to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.), to capitalise on (experience, etc), (2)to let live, to keep alive, (3)to revive, to resuscitate godan, verb, vintrans, vtrans

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上る noboru (1)to rise, to go up, to come up, to ascend, to be raised, (2)to enter (esp. from outdoors), to come in, to go in, (3)to enter (a school), to advance to the next grade, (4)to get out (of water), t godan, jlpt3, verb, vintrans

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上がる agaru (1)to rise/to go up/to come up/to ascend/to be raised/ (2)to enter (esp. from outdoors)/to come in/to go in/ (3)to enter (a school)/to advance to the next grade/ (4)to get out (of water)/to come asho godan, verb, vintrans

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立ち上がる tachiagaru (1)to stand up, to get up, (2)to rise, (3)to recover, (4)to take action, to start, (5)to make the initial charge (in sumo), (6)(comp) to start up, to boot up godan, verb, vintrans

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下ろす orosu (1)to take down (e.g. flag), to launch (e.g. boat), to drop, to lower (e.g. ladder), to let (a person) off, to unload, to discharge, (2)to drop off (a passenger from a vehicle), to let (a person) of godan, verb, vtrans

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回る mawaru (1)to turn/to revolve/ (2)to visit several places/ (3)to function well/ (4)to pass a certain time/(P) godan, verb, vintrans

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回す mawasu (1)to turn/to rotate/to gyrate/ (2)to circulate/to send around/ (3)to surround/ (4)to put something to a new use (e.g. leftovers)/(suf,v5s) (5)(after the -masu stem of a verb) ... around (i.e. to ch godan, leda1, verb, vtrans

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色々 iroiro (1)various, (2)(arch) various colors (colours) mix

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一気 ikki (abbr) drink! (said repeatedly as a party cheer)mix

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国会 kokkai (abbr) National Diet, parliament, congressseiji

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学食 gakushoku (abbr) school cafeteriagakkou

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止す yosu (after the -masu stem of a verb) to stop in the midst of, to leave undone; to cease, to abolish, to resign, to give upgodan, verb, vtrans

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金玉 kintama (col) testiclesmix