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piling

Meaning: piling; ceremony radical (no. 56)
Kun-yomi: いぐるみ
On-yomi: ヨク

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

to look upward

Meaning: to look upward
Kun-yomi: あお.ぐ/たるき/のき
On-yomi: セン/ギ/エン

patrol

Meaning: patrol; go around; circumference
Kun-yomi: めぐ.る/めぐ.り
On-yomi: ジュン

heavy load

Meaning: heavy load; burden; lift up
Kun-yomi: かつ.ぐ/にな.う
On-yomi: コウ

milk

Meaning: milk; woman's breasts; nurse
Kun-yomi: ちち/はぐく.む
On-yomi: ダイ/ネ/ナイ

moxa

Meaning: moxa; sagebrush; wormwood; mugwort
Kun-yomi: もぐさ/よもぎ/おさ.める/か.る
On-yomi: カイ/ゲイ

go around

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

tile

Meaning: tile; gram
Kun-yomi: かわら/ぐらむ
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かねぐら
On-yomi: トウ/ド

high water

Meaning: high water; flood tides
Kun-yomi: そそ.ぐ
On-yomi: シン/サン/シャ

scoop out

Meaning: scoop out; gouge
Kun-yomi: えぐ.る
On-yomi: ケツ

face-up

Meaning: face-up; look up; depend; seek; respect; rever; drink; take
Kun-yomi: あお.ぐ/おお.せ/お.っしゃる/おっしゃ.る
On-yomi: ギョウ/コウ

lull

Meaning: lull; calm; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: なぎ/な.ぐ
On-yomi:

next

Meaning: next; order; sequence
Kun-yomi: つ.ぐ/つぎ
On-yomi: ジ/シ

to rely on

Meaning: to rely on; look up to
Kun-yomi: たの.む/あお.ぐ
On-yomi: カイ

same kind

Meaning: same kind; compare with
Kun-yomi: たぐ.い/なら.ぶ
On-yomi: コウ

restrain

Meaning: restrain
Kun-yomi: ふせ.ぐ
On-yomi: カン

Asia

Meaning: Asia; rank next; come after; -ous
Kun-yomi: つ.ぐ
On-yomi:

ward off

Meaning: ward off; defend; protect; resist
Kun-yomi: ふせ.ぐ
On-yomi: ボウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あお.ぐ/あおむ.け/たの.しむ
On-yomi: ヨウ/オウ

rank

Meaning: rank; grade; throne; crown; about; some
Kun-yomi: くらい/ぐらい
On-yomi:

jealous

Meaning: jealous; envious
Kun-yomi: ねた.む/そね.む/つも.る/ふさ.ぐ
On-yomi: ト/ツ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: つな.ぐ
On-yomi: ホウ

settle

Meaning: settle
Kun-yomi: と.ぐ/といし/みが.く/たいら.にする
On-yomi: シ/テイ/キイ/チ

sincere

Meaning: sincere; nourish; encase
Kun-yomi: たまご/はぐく.む
On-yomi:
寿

longevity

Meaning: longevity; congratulations; one's natural life
Kun-yomi: ことぶき/ことぶ.く/ことほ.ぐ
On-yomi: ジュ/ス/シュウ

woods

Meaning: woods; grove
Kun-yomi: もり/ふさ.ぐ/やまなし
On-yomi: ト/トウ/ズ

fertility

Meaning: fertility
Kun-yomi: そそ.ぐ
On-yomi: ヨウ/ヨク/オク

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

gouge

Meaning: gouge; hollow out; bore; pry
Kun-yomi: えぐ.る/こじ.る/くじ.る
On-yomi: ケツ

to dawdle

Meaning: to dawdle; the name of the father of the Emperor Yao
Kun-yomi: しの.ぐ/すた.れる
On-yomi: リョウ

cut

Meaning: cut; slice off; pierce
Kun-yomi: さ.す/さ.く/えぐ.る/ころ.す
On-yomi: ケイ/ケ

Latin

Meaning: Latin; kidnap; crush
Kun-yomi: らっ.する/ひし.ぐ/くだ.く
On-yomi: ラツ/ラ/ロウ

shouldering

Meaning: shouldering; carry; raise; bear
Kun-yomi: かつ.ぐ/にな.う
On-yomi: タン

money repository

Meaning: money repository
Kun-yomi: かねぐら
On-yomi: トウ/ド

wives of one's brothers

Meaning: wives of one's brothers; sister-in-law
Kun-yomi: あいよ.め/うご.く/さわ.ぐ/いた.む
On-yomi: チュウ/ジク/ロク/トク

you (f)

Meaning: you (f)
Kun-yomi: はは/はぐく.む/あね
On-yomi: ダイ/ナイ/デイ/ジ/ネ/ニ

clear

Meaning: clear; serene; cold
Kun-yomi: く.る/えぐ.る
On-yomi:

pour

Meaning: pour; irrigate; shed (tears); flow into; concentrate on; notes; comment; annotate
Kun-yomi: そそ.ぐ/さ.す/つ.ぐ
On-yomi: チュウ

bring up

Meaning: bring up; grow up; raise; rear
Kun-yomi: そだ.つ/そだ.ち/そだ.てる/はぐく.む
On-yomi: イク

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あ.う/めぐ.る
On-yomi: コウ

plant

Meaning: plant; herb; mushroom
Kun-yomi: みみなぐさ
On-yomi: レイ/リョウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: いわ.んや/は.ぐ/はぎ
On-yomi: シン

hood

Meaning: hood; flattering; enclosed in something that goes round and round
Kun-yomi: こびへつら.う/めぐ.る
On-yomi: アン/オン/コウ

overgrown with grass

Meaning: overgrown with grass; weedy
Kun-yomi: ふさ.ぐ
On-yomi: フツ/ブチ/ホツ/ボチ/ヒ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: めぐ.る
On-yomi: エン

straightaway

Meaning: straightaway; honesty; frankness; fix; repair
Kun-yomi: ただ.ちに/なお.す/-なお.す/なお.る/なお.き/す.ぐ
On-yomi: チョク/ジキ/ジカ

suffering

Meaning: suffering; trial; worry; hardship; feel bitter; scowl
Kun-yomi: くる.しい/-ぐる.しい/くる.しむ/くる.しめる/にが.い/にが.る
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: さぐ.る
On-yomi: バイ/メ/マイ

harmony

Meaning: harmony; Japanese style; peace; soften; Japan
Kun-yomi: やわ.らぐ/やわ.らげる/なご.む/なご.やか
On-yomi: ワ/オ/カ

swim

Meaning: swim
Kun-yomi: およ.ぐ
On-yomi: エイ

rank

Meaning: rank; follow
Kun-yomi: つ.ぐ
On-yomi:

swim

Meaning: swim
Kun-yomi: およぐ
On-yomi: シュウ

hero

Meaning: hero; heroic; outstanding
Kun-yomi: すぐ.れる
On-yomi: ケツ/ゲチ

shuttle

Meaning: shuttle
Kun-yomi: ひ/どんぐり
On-yomi: チョ/ショ

assault

Meaning: assault; hit; beat; thrash
Kun-yomi: なぐ.る
On-yomi: オウ

extreme

Meaning: extreme; utmost; furthest; final
Kun-yomi: にぐら
On-yomi: キョウ/ゴウ

jealous

Meaning: jealous; envy
Kun-yomi: ねた.む/そね.む/つも.る/ふさ.ぐ
On-yomi: ト/ツ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: やわ.らぐ
On-yomi: キョウ

shut one's mouth

Meaning: shut one's mouth
Kun-yomi: つぐ.む
On-yomi: カン/ケン

round

Meaning: round; game; revolve; go around; circumference
Kun-yomi: まわ.る/まわ.す/もとお.る/めぐ.る/めぐ.らす
On-yomi: カイ/エ

hurry

Meaning: hurry; emergency; sudden; steep
Kun-yomi: いそ.ぐ/いそ.ぎ
On-yomi: キュウ

homecoming

Meaning: homecoming; arrive at; lead to; result in
Kun-yomi: かえ.る/かえ.す/おく.る/とつ.ぐ
On-yomi:

crouch

Meaning: crouch
Kun-yomi: まが.る/めぐ.る
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: たぐ.う/なら.ぶ
On-yomi: ユウ/ウ

surname

Meaning: surname; constellation; to wear
Kun-yomi: つな.ぐ/ひ.く
On-yomi: ル/ロウ

until

Meaning: until; till; soup; to soak
Kun-yomi: そそ.ぐ
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: やわ.らぐ
On-yomi: カ/ワ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: よろいぐさ
On-yomi: サイ/セイ/シ

an aquatic grass

Meaning: an aquatic grass; the stalks of which are eaten as a vegetable
Kun-yomi: まぐさ
On-yomi: ケキ/キャク/コウ/キョウ

relieve

Meaning: relieve; have mercy
Kun-yomi: めぐ.む/あわ.れむ/うれ.える
On-yomi: ジュツ/シュツ

to feed a prisoner

Meaning: to feed a prisoner
Kun-yomi: めぐ.む
On-yomi: オン

wipe

Meaning: wipe; mop; swab
Kun-yomi: ぬぐ.う/ふ.く
On-yomi: ショク/シキ

wild mulberry

Meaning: wild mulberry
Kun-yomi: そ/つげ/やまぐわ
On-yomi: シャ/ジャク

grass

Meaning: grass; weeds; herbs; pasture; write; draft
Kun-yomi: くさ/くさ-/-ぐさ
On-yomi: ソウ

to restrain

Meaning: to restrain; to dam a stream and change its direction; mound
Kun-yomi: ふさ.ぐ
On-yomi: シュ/ショウ/トウ/ズ

feather (arrow)

Meaning: feather (arrow)
Kun-yomi: は.ぐ/いわ.んや/はぐき/はぎ
On-yomi: シン

wash

Meaning: wash; sprinkle
Kun-yomi: すす.ぐ/あら.う
On-yomi: シャ/ソン/サイ/セン/セイ

polish

Meaning: polish; study of; sharpen
Kun-yomi: と.ぐ
On-yomi: ケン

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