Kanji Dictionary

一体 ittai (1)...the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"), ...in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"), ...on earth (e.g. "who on earth?"), (n) (2)one object, one body, unity, (3)one form, one style, (4)one Buddhist jlpt3

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出し daši (1)(uk) dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp), (2)pretext, excuse, pretense (pretence), dupe, front man ryouri

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百万 hjakuman (1)1,000,000, one million, million, (2)many mix

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上り nobori (1)ascent, climbing, ascending (path), climb, (2)up-train (e.g. going to Tokyo), (n,adj-no) (3)northward (towards Tokyo) jlpt3

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子守 komori (1)babysitter/nursemaid/ (2)babysitting/(P) leda1, suru

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手がかり tegakari (1)clue, key, trail, scent, track, contact, (2)handhold, on hand mix

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目玉 medama (1)eyeball, (2)(abbr) special feature, centerpiece, showpiece, drawcard, (3)special program, loss leader hito, leda1

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生死 seiši (1)life and death/(P) leda1

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一口 hitokuči (1)mouthful, bite, sip, draft, draught, (2)one word mix

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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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守り mamori (1)protection/defense/defence/ (2)providence/ (3)(abbr) amulet/charm/talisman/(P) leda1

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

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影 kage (1)shadow, silhouette, (2)reflection, image, (3)presence, sign, (4)light (stars, moon) mix

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

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忍び šinobi (1)stealth, (2)(abbr) travelling incognito (traveling), (3)(abbr) ninjutsu, (4)(abbr) ninja, (5)sneak theft, sneak thief, (6)tolerance mix

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代 širo (1)substitution, (2)material, (3)price, (4)margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.), area required for something, (5)(arch) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; ~19.83 m.sq.); (6)cha mix

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代 jo (1)substitution, (2)material, (3)price, (4)margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.), area required for something, (5)(arch) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; ~19.83 m.sq.); (6)cha mix

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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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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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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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守る mamoru (1)to protect/to guard/to defend/ (2)to keep (i.e. a promise)/to abide (by the rules)/to observe/to obey/to follow/(P) godan, jlpt3, leda1, verb, vtrans

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代える kaeru (1)to replace, (2)to exchange, to interchange, (3)to substitute ichidan, jlpt3, leda1, verb, 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 tačiagaru (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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里 sato (1)village/hamlet/ (2)countryside/country/ (3)home (of one's parents, etc.)/hometown/ (4)one's origins/one's upbringing/one's past leda1

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木馬 mokuba (1)wooden horse/rocking horse/ (2)vaulting horse/horse used in gymnastics/ (3)the horse (ancient torture device that one was forced to straddle with rocks hanging from the feet) leda1

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金玉 kintama (col) testiclesmix

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金山 kinzan (gold) mine; (gold) minemix

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大して taišite (not so) much, (not) verymix

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十 džuu (num) 10, tenjlpt5

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万 man (num) 10,000, ten thousand, (adv) myriads, alljlpt5