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Meaning:
Kun-yomi: め/めばえ
On-yomi: ソウ/テツ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: くさかんむり
On-yomi: ソウ

to go round

Meaning: to go round; to make a circuit; to make a revolution; to turn round
Kun-yomi: めぐ.る/めぐ.らす
On-yomi: ソウ

pair

Meaning: pair; set; comparison; counter for pairs
Kun-yomi: ふた/たぐい/ならぶ/ふたつ
On-yomi: ソウ

soldier

Meaning: soldier; private; die
Kun-yomi: そっ.する/お.える/お.わる/ついに/にわか
On-yomi: ソツ/シュツ

thirty

Meaning: thirty
Kun-yomi: さんじゅう
On-yomi: ソウ

left-side kata radical (no. 91)

Meaning: left-side kata radical (no. 91)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ショウ/ソウ

claw

Meaning: claw; nail; talon
Kun-yomi: つめ/つま-
On-yomi: ソウ

be seen dimly

Meaning: be seen dimly; suggest; intimate; faint; stupid; hint
Kun-yomi: ほの.か/ほの-/ほの.めかす/ほの.めく/かたむ.く
On-yomi: ソク

to create

Meaning: to create; to make; to invent; to begin
Kun-yomi: つく.る/はじ.める/きず.つける
On-yomi: ソウ/ショウ

head

Meaning: head; counter for animals
Kun-yomi: あし
On-yomi: ヒキ/ショ/ソ/ヒツ

rush

Meaning: rush; hurry; be flustered
Kun-yomi: いそが.しい
On-yomi: ソウ

card

Meaning: card; punch card; calorie
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: サ/カ/ソウ

moreover

Meaning: moreover; also; furthermore
Kun-yomi: か.つ
On-yomi: ショ/ソ/ショウ

thirty

Meaning: thirty
Kun-yomi: よ/さんじゅう
On-yomi: セイ/セ/ソウ

go around

Meaning: go around
Kun-yomi: めぐ.る
On-yomi: キョウ/ソウ

trailing sickness

Meaning: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104)
Kun-yomi: や.む
On-yomi: ダク/ニャク/ソウ/ジョウ/シツ

generation

Meaning: generation; world; society; public
Kun-yomi: よ/さんじゅう
On-yomi: セイ/セ/ソウ

handle

Meaning: handle; entertain; thresh; strip
Kun-yomi: あつか.い/あつか.う/あつか.る/こ.く
On-yomi: ソウ/キュウ

level

Meaning: level
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ショウ/ソ/ソウ/ホウ

grass

Meaning: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140)
Kun-yomi: くさ
On-yomi: ソウ

conjecture

Meaning: conjecture
Kun-yomi: はか.る
On-yomi: ソン

generation

Meaning: generation; world; society; public
Kun-yomi: よ/よよ/さんじゅう/う.む/う.まれる
On-yomi: セイ/セ/ソウ

robust

Meaning: robust; manhood; prosperity
Kun-yomi: さかん
On-yomi: ソウ

furrow in field

Meaning: furrow in field; small drainage
Kun-yomi: みぞ
On-yomi: ショウ/シュ/シン/ソン/シュン

early

Meaning: early; fast
Kun-yomi: はや.い/はや/はや-/はや.まる/はや.める/さ-
On-yomi: ソウ/サッ

contend

Meaning: contend; dispute; argue
Kun-yomi: あらそ.う/いか.でか
On-yomi: ソウ

village

Meaning: village; hamlet; rustic
Kun-yomi: むら
On-yomi: ソン

suppose

Meaning: suppose; be aware of; believe; feel
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ソン/ゾン

son

Meaning: son; my son
Kun-yomi: せがれ
On-yomi: サイ/ソツ/ソチ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ちい.さい
On-yomi: ソウ/ショウ/ビョウ/ミョウ

light

Meaning: light; clear; bright
Kun-yomi: あきらか
On-yomi: ケイ/キョウ/ソウ

walk

Meaning: walk; go on foot; run; leave
Kun-yomi: はし.る
On-yomi: ソウ

kitchen range

Meaning: kitchen range; cooking stove
Kun-yomi: かまど/かま/へっつい
On-yomi: ソウ

big

Meaning: big; large; robust; name of tribe
Kun-yomi: さかん
On-yomi: ソウ

light

Meaning: light; clear; bright
Kun-yomi: あきらか
On-yomi: ケイ/キョウ/ソウ

chimney

Meaning: chimney
Kun-yomi: まど/てんまど/けむだし
On-yomi: ソウ/ス

dress up

Meaning: dress up
Kun-yomi: よそお.う
On-yomi: ソウ/ショウ

dwell

Meaning: dwell; Sung dynasty
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ソウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: そ.める/う.つ/い.れる/つか.む
On-yomi: ドツ/ナチ/ドン/ソン/ドウ

run

Meaning: run
Kun-yomi: はし.る
On-yomi: ソウ

argue

Meaning: argue; dispute; disturb; annoy
Kun-yomi: さえず.る/こえ
On-yomi: ビョウ/ミョウ/ソウ/ショウ

instant

Meaning: instant; namely; as is; conform; agree; adapt
Kun-yomi: つ.く/つ.ける/すなわ.ち
On-yomi: ソク

bundle

Meaning: bundle; sheaf; ream; tie in bundles; govern; manage; control
Kun-yomi: たば/たば.ねる/つか/つか.ねる
On-yomi: ソク

leg

Meaning: leg; foot; be sufficient; counter for pairs of footwear
Kun-yomi: あし/た.りる/た.る/た.す
On-yomi: ソク

village

Meaning: village; town
Kun-yomi: むら
On-yomi: ソン

to go round

Meaning: to go round; to make a circuit; to make a revolution; to turn round
Kun-yomi: めぐ.る/めぐ.らす
On-yomi: ソウ

black

Meaning: black; police runners (from the black clothes formerly worn by them)
Kun-yomi: しもべ
On-yomi: ソウ

look for

Meaning: look for; seek; make change
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ソウ

pick

Meaning: pick; pinch; summarize
Kun-yomi: つ.ねる/つ.める/つね.る/つま.む
On-yomi: ソウ

wooden pestle

Meaning: wooden pestle
Kun-yomi: きね
On-yomi: ショ/ソ

establish

Meaning: establish; create; knife cut
Kun-yomi: はじ.める/きず.つく
On-yomi: ソウ/ショウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: は.れる
On-yomi: セイ/ソウ/ショウ

broom

Meaning: broom
Kun-yomi: ほうき
On-yomi: ソウ/シュウ

elder sister

Meaning: elder sister; maidservant
Kun-yomi: あね/ねえさん
On-yomi: ソ/シャ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: みなぎ.る
On-yomi: ソウ/ショウ

broil

Meaning: broil; parch; roast; fry
Kun-yomi: い.る/いた.める
On-yomi: ソウ/ショウ

go

Meaning: go
Kun-yomi: ゆ.く
On-yomi:

a rocky mountain

Meaning: a rocky mountain
Kun-yomi: いしやま/そば
On-yomi: ソ/ショ

aim at

Meaning: aim at; sight; shadow; stalk
Kun-yomi: ねら.う/ねら.い
On-yomi: ソ/ショ

kill

Meaning: kill; slay; wound; injure; hurt
Kun-yomi: ころ.す
On-yomi: ショウ/サン/ソウ

thwart

Meaning: thwart; separate from; prevent; obstruct; deter; impede
Kun-yomi: はば.む
On-yomi:

sympathy

Meaning: sympathy; pity; comfort
Kun-yomi: うれ.える
On-yomi: シュツ/シュチ/ソツ/ソチ

to dispute

Meaning: to dispute; fight; contend; strive
Kun-yomi: あらそ.う/いか.でか
On-yomi: ソウ

decline

Meaning: decline; go down; sunset
Kun-yomi: かたむ.く
On-yomi: ショク/ソク

bed

Meaning: bed; couch; bench; chassis
Kun-yomi: ゆか
On-yomi: ショウ/ソウ

escort

Meaning: escort; send
Kun-yomi: おく.る
On-yomi: ソウ

bite

Meaning: bite; eat
Kun-yomi: か.む
On-yomi: ソ/ショ

graduate

Meaning: graduate; soldier; private; die
Kun-yomi: そっ.する/お.える/お.わる/ついに/にわか
On-yomi: ソツ/シュツ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ショウ/セイ/ソウ

go upstream

Meaning: go upstream
Kun-yomi: さかのぼる
On-yomi:

stop

Meaning: stop; prevent; defeated; dejected
Kun-yomi: はば.む
On-yomi: ソ/ショ

rat

Meaning: rat; mouse; dark gray
Kun-yomi: ねずみ/ねず
On-yomi: ソ/ショ

rush

Meaning: rush; hurry; be flustered
Kun-yomi: にわか/あわ.てる
On-yomi: ソウ

religion

Meaning: religion; sect; denomination; main point; origin; essence
Kun-yomi: むね
On-yomi: シュウ/ソウ

dull

Meaning: dull; stupid; suspicious
Kun-yomi: おご.る
On-yomi: ショ/ソ

steps leading to the eastern door or throne

Meaning: steps leading to the eastern door or throne
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ソ/サク

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: きのとげ
On-yomi: ソウ/ショウ

make

Meaning: make; prepare; arrange
Kun-yomi: こしら.える
On-yomi: ソン

to separate the grain from the husk

Meaning: to separate the grain from the husk
Kun-yomi: うすじく
On-yomi: ソウ/ショウ

begin

Meaning: begin; be damaged; break; fall
Kun-yomi: はじ.める
On-yomi: ソウ/ショウ

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