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Also note that the English meaning under each Kanji is just one of many other possible senses.

sword

Meaning: sword; saber; knife
Kun-yomi: かたな/そり
On-yomi: トウ

mediocre

Meaning: mediocre
Kun-yomi: およ.そ/おうよ.そ/すべ.て
On-yomi: ボン/ハン

table

Meaning: table
Kun-yomi: そ.れ/そ.の/だい
On-yomi: キ/ゴ

all

Meaning: all; any; every ordinary; common
Kun-yomi: およ.そ/おおよ.そ/すべ.て
On-yomi: ボン/ハン

husband

Meaning: husband; man
Kun-yomi: おっと/それ
On-yomi: フ/フウ/ブ

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

anti-

Meaning: anti-
Kun-yomi: そ.る/そ.らす/かえ.す/かえ.る/-かえ.る
On-yomi: ハン/ホン/タン/ホ

outside

Meaning: outside
Kun-yomi: そと/ほか/はず.す/はず.れる/と-
On-yomi: ガイ/ゲ

rush

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

you

Meaning: you; that
Kun-yomi: なんじ/しかり/その/のみ
On-yomi: ジ/ニ

valve

Meaning: valve; petal; braid; speech; dialect; discrimination; dispose of; distinguish
Kun-yomi: わきま.える/わ.ける/はなびら/あらそ.う
On-yomi: ベン/ヘン

lofty

Meaning: lofty
Kun-yomi: そび.える
On-yomi: リョク/リキ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: そこ.なう
On-yomi: カン

busy

Meaning: busy; occupied; restless
Kun-yomi: いそが.しい/せわ.しい/おそ.れる/うれえるさま
On-yomi: ボウ/モウ

excited

Meaning: excited
Kun-yomi: おおやけ/おそ.れる
On-yomi: ショウ/シュ

nervous

Meaning: nervous; fearful
Kun-yomi: おそ.れる
On-yomi: シン

high water

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

quarrel

Meaning: quarrel; dispute
Kun-yomi: いいあらそ.う
On-yomi: ダン/ナン

wickedness

Meaning: wickedness
Kun-yomi: おそ.れる/わる.い
On-yomi: キョウ

II

Meaning: II; two; second
Kun-yomi: ふた.つ/そえ
On-yomi: ニ/ジ

contend

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

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あめ/そら
On-yomi: キュウ/キョウ

towering mountains

Meaning: towering mountains
Kun-yomi: そばだ.つ
On-yomi: キツ

fell

Meaning: fell; strike; attack; punish
Kun-yomi: き.る/そむ.く/う.つ
On-yomi: バツ/ハツ/カ/ボチ

first time

Meaning: first time; beginning
Kun-yomi: はじ.め/はじ.めて/はつ/はつ-/うい-/-そ.める/-ぞ.め
On-yomi: ショ

thou

Meaning: thou; you
Kun-yomi: なんじ/しかり/その/のみ
On-yomi: ジ/ニ

you

Meaning: you; second person pronoun
Kun-yomi: なんじ/しかり/その/のみ
On-yomi: ジ/ニ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: おそれあわ.てる
On-yomi: セイ/ショウ

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: そ.える/そ.う/も.える/も.う
On-yomi: テン

dancing radical (no. 136)

Meaning: dancing radical (no. 136)
Kun-yomi: まい/そむ.く
On-yomi: ブ/セン

name of a plant

Meaning: name of a plant; the roots are used for various purposes
Kun-yomi: そくず
On-yomi: キュウ/コウ

dress up

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

play with

Meaning: play with; tamper; trifle with
Kun-yomi: いじく.る/ろう.する/いじ.る/ひねく.る/たわむ.れる/もてあそ.ぶ
On-yomi: ロウ/ル

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

blame

Meaning: blame
Kun-yomi: そし.る
On-yomi: ヒツ/ビチ/ヒ

impersonate

Meaning: impersonate; dress up; disguise; thin shingles
Kun-yomi: ふん.する/やつ.す/よそお.う
On-yomi: フン/ハン/ヘン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: いそぎゆ.く
On-yomi: オウ

timber

Meaning: timber; lumber; woodcutter; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: そま
On-yomi:

vis-a-vis

Meaning: vis-a-vis; opposite; even; equal; versus; anti-; compare
Kun-yomi: あいて/こた.える/そろ.い/つれあ.い/なら.ぶ/むか.う
On-yomi: タイ/ツイ

sit

Meaning: sit
Kun-yomi: すわ.る/おわす/そぞろに/まします
On-yomi: ザ/サ

fertility

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

adjusted

Meaning: adjusted; alike; equal; similar variety of
Kun-yomi: そろ.う/ひと.しい/ひと.しく/あたる/はやい
On-yomi: セイ/サイ

concubine

Meaning: concubine
Kun-yomi: めかけ/そばめ/わらわ
On-yomi: ショウ

submit

Meaning: submit; offer; present; serve (meal); accompany
Kun-yomi: そな.える/とも/-ども
On-yomi: キョウ/ク/クウ/グ

equal

Meaning: equal
Kun-yomi: ひと.しい/そろ.う/したが.う/つと.める/と.る/はか.る
On-yomi: ボウ/ム

scrape off

Meaning: scrape off
Kun-yomi: こそ.げる/けず.る
On-yomi: カツ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: おそ.れる
On-yomi: チョク/チキ

foul and poisonous in confusion

Meaning: foul and poisonous in confusion; out of harmony
Kun-yomi: そこな.う
On-yomi: レイ/ライ/テン

slander

Meaning: slander; ridicule; proceed slowly
Kun-yomi: みめよ.い/そし.る/みにく.い
On-yomi: サン/セン/ハン/サツ/サチ

cowardice

Meaning: cowardice; wince; flinch; hesitate; waver
Kun-yomi: ひる.む/おびえ.る/おじる/おび.える/おそ.れる
On-yomi: キョウ/コウ

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

a rocky mountain

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

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: つりがねそう
On-yomi: デイ/ナイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: つりがねそう
On-yomi:

dreadful

Meaning: dreadful; be frightened; fearful
Kun-yomi: こわ.い/こわ.がる/お.じる/おそ.れる
On-yomi: フ/ホ

oak

Meaning: oak
Kun-yomi: かしわ/おそ.れる
On-yomi: ハク/ヒャク/ハ

to dispute

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

sky

Meaning: sky; big
Kun-yomi: そら
On-yomi: コウ

bow

Meaning: bow
Kun-yomi: そりかえ.る
On-yomi: ショウ

tool

Meaning: tool; utensil; means; possess; ingredients; counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture
Kun-yomi: そな.える/つぶさ.に
On-yomi:

empty

Meaning: empty; sky; void; vacant; vacuum
Kun-yomi: そら/あ.く/あ.き/あ.ける/から/す.く/す.かす/むな.しい
On-yomi: クウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: き.る/そむ.く/う.つ
On-yomi: ハツ/カ/ボチ

oppose

Meaning: oppose; disobey
Kun-yomi: そむ.く/もとる
On-yomi: カイ

to rebuke

Meaning: to rebuke; to scold; slander
Kun-yomi: そし.る/しか.る
On-yomi: テイ/タイ

bottom

Meaning: bottom; sole; depth; bottom price; base; kind; sort
Kun-yomi: そこ
On-yomi: テイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: みみくそ
On-yomi: テイ/チョウ
沿

run alongside

Meaning: run alongside; follow along; run along; lie along
Kun-yomi: そ.う/-ぞ.い
On-yomi: エン

garden

Meaning: garden; farm; park
Kun-yomi: その/う.つ
On-yomi: エン/オン

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

that

Meaning: that
Kun-yomi: それ/その
On-yomi: キ/ギ/ゴ

play

Meaning: play; take pleasure in; trifle with; make sport of
Kun-yomi: もちあそ.ぶ/もてあそ.ぶ
On-yomi: ガン

pine tree

Meaning: pine tree
Kun-yomi: まつ/そぎ
On-yomi: ショウ/フン

sky

Meaning: sky
Kun-yomi: あめ/そら
On-yomi: キュウ/キョウ

disease resembling neurosis

Meaning: disease resembling neurosis
Kun-yomi: おそれあわ.てる
On-yomi: セイ/ショウ

fear

Meaning: fear; be afraid; shy; timid
Kun-yomi: おそ.れる
On-yomi: チュツ/シュツ/シュチ

hinge

Meaning: hinge; pivot; door
Kun-yomi: とぼそ/からくり
On-yomi: スウ/シュ

jealous

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

even

Meaning: even; regular; uniform all alike; to arrange
Kun-yomi: そろ.う/ひと.しい/ひと.しく/あ.たる/はや.い
On-yomi: セイ/サイ

so-and-so

Meaning: so-and-so; one; a certain; that person
Kun-yomi: それがし/なにがし
On-yomi: ボウ

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