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

parapet

Meaning: parapet; invisible
Kun-yomi: みえぬ
On-yomi: ベン/メン

dog

Meaning: dog
Kun-yomi: いぬ/いぬ-
On-yomi: ケン

pierce

Meaning: pierce; penetrate; brace
Kun-yomi: つらぬ.く
On-yomi: カン

linen

Meaning: linen; cloth
Kun-yomi: ぬの
On-yomi:

scratch

Meaning: scratch; dig up; crawl; crouch
Kun-yomi: ぬ.く/さば.く
On-yomi: ハイ/ハツ/ハチ

lord

Meaning: lord; chief; master; main thing; principal
Kun-yomi: ぬし/おも/あるじ
On-yomi: シュ/ス/シュウ

garment

Meaning: garment; clothes; dressing
Kun-yomi: ころも/きぬ/-ぎ
On-yomi: イ/エ

death

Meaning: death; die
Kun-yomi: し.ぬ/し.に-
On-yomi:

you

Meaning: you; thou
Kun-yomi: なんじ/なれ/い/うぬ/いまし/し/しゃ/な/なむち/まし/みまし
On-yomi: ジョ

plaster over with layer of mud

Meaning: plaster over with layer of mud
Kun-yomi: こて/ぬ.る
On-yomi: オ/ウ/コ

wolf

Meaning: wolf; cruel; wicked; mean
Kun-yomi: やまいぬ
On-yomi: サイ

sign of the dog

Meaning: sign of the dog; 7-9PM; eleventh sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun-yomi: いぬ
On-yomi: ジュツ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あ.げる/ぬ.く/すく.う/と.る
On-yomi: ショウ

shish kebab

Meaning: shish kebab; spit; skewer
Kun-yomi: くし/つらぬ.く
On-yomi: カン/ケン/セン

shaggy hair or dog

Meaning: shaggy hair or dog
Kun-yomi: むくいぬ
On-yomi: ボウ

loquat

Meaning: loquat
Kun-yomi: こて/ぬ.る
On-yomi: オ/ウ/コ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: まぬかれる
On-yomi: メン

slip out

Meaning: slip out; extract; pull out; pilfer; quote; remove; omit
Kun-yomi: ぬ.く/-ぬ.く/ぬ.き/ぬ.ける/ぬ.かす/ぬ.かる
On-yomi: バツ/ハツ/ハイ

cloth

Meaning: cloth
Kun-yomi: きぬ
On-yomi: ハク

swamp

Meaning: swamp; wetlands; muddy fields; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: ぬた
On-yomi: タイ/ダイ

marsh

Meaning: marsh; lake; bog; swamp; pond
Kun-yomi: ぬま
On-yomi: ショウ

rock

Meaning: rock; cliff
Kun-yomi: きぬた
On-yomi: カン

excuse

Meaning: excuse; dismissal
Kun-yomi: まぬか.れる/まぬが.れる
On-yomi: メン

puppy

Meaning: puppy; dog
Kun-yomi: いぬ
On-yomi: ク/コウ
歿

die

Meaning: die
Kun-yomi: しぬ
On-yomi: ボツ

fox-cub

Meaning: fox-cub
Kun-yomi: こだぬき
On-yomi:

die

Meaning: die; death; dead
Kun-yomi: しぬ
On-yomi: ボツ/モチ

drown

Meaning: drown
Kun-yomi: し.ぬ
On-yomi: ボツ

extract

Meaning: extract; pull out; pilfer; quote; remove; omit
Kun-yomi: ぬ.く/ぬ.ける/ぬ.かす/ぬ.かる
On-yomi: バツ/ハイ

arch

Meaning: arch; fold arms
Kun-yomi: こまぬ.く/こまね.く
On-yomi: キョウ/コウ

stealth

Meaning: stealth; steal; secret; private; hushed
Kun-yomi: ぬす.む/ひそ.か
On-yomi: セツ

gate bar

Meaning: gate bar
Kun-yomi: かんぬき
On-yomi: サン/セン

tears

Meaning: tears; tearful
Kun-yomi: ぬるまゆ
On-yomi: ジ/ニ

garden

Meaning: garden; farm; yard
Kun-yomi: その/かや/ぬなわ
On-yomi: エン/ボウ

lock

Meaning: lock; latch; bar; bolt
Kun-yomi: かんぬき/とざし
On-yomi: テン

door bar placed outside a door

Meaning: door bar placed outside a door
Kun-yomi: かんぬき/とびら
On-yomi: ケイ/キョウ/ヘン

wipe

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

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ぬ.かる
On-yomi: コウ/キョウ

white silk

Meaning: white silk; fine silk; gauze
Kun-yomi: しろぎぬ/むすぶ/かさ.なる
On-yomi: カン

to die

Meaning: to die
Kun-yomi: し.ぬ
On-yomi:

non-glutinous (ordinary) rice

Meaning: non-glutinous (ordinary) rice
Kun-yomi: うるち/ぬか
On-yomi: コウ

drought

Meaning: drought; dry; dessicate; drink up; heaven; emperor
Kun-yomi: かわ.く/かわ.かす/ほ.す/ひ.る/いぬい
On-yomi: カン/ケン

fulling block

Meaning: fulling block
Kun-yomi: きぬた
On-yomi: チン

tanuki

Meaning: tanuki; raccoon
Kun-yomi: たぬき
On-yomi: リ/ライ

rice-bran

Meaning: rice-bran
Kun-yomi: ぬか
On-yomi: ロ/コ

baring the shoulder

Meaning: baring the shoulder; strip to waist
Kun-yomi: かたぬ.ぐ
On-yomi: タン

bare

Meaning: bare; naked; uncovered
Kun-yomi: はだか/せま.い/かたぬ.ぐ/すはだ
On-yomi: ラ/カ/ゲ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ぬるまゆ
On-yomi: セイ/セツ/セチ

gauze

Meaning: gauze; gossamer
Kun-yomi: うすぎぬ
On-yomi: サ/シャ

counter for guns, inksticks, palanquins, rickshaws

Meaning: counter for guns, inksticks, palanquins, rickshaws; bravely volunteer
Kun-yomi: ぬ.く
On-yomi: チョウ/テイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ぬか/むな.しい
On-yomi: コウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ぬかみそ
On-yomi:

boorish

Meaning: boorish; urgent
Kun-yomi: ぬか.る
On-yomi: コウ

type of oak

Meaning: type of oak
Kun-yomi: くぬぎ
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: きぬ
On-yomi:

jackal

Meaning: jackal
Kun-yomi: やまいぬ
On-yomi: サイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ふねのほ/まだはらぬほ
On-yomi: コウ

undress

Meaning: undress; removing; escape from; get rid of; be left out; take off
Kun-yomi: ぬ.ぐ/ぬ.げる
On-yomi: ダツ

consecrate sacrificial vessels by smearing blood

Meaning: consecrate sacrificial vessels by smearing blood; rift
Kun-yomi: ちぬ.る/すき/ひま
On-yomi: キン

steal

Meaning: steal; rob; pilfer
Kun-yomi: ぬす.む/ぬす.み
On-yomi: トウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: こだぬき
On-yomi:

drought

Meaning: drought; dry; dessicate; drink up; heaven; emperor
Kun-yomi: かわ.く/かわ.かす/ほ.す/ひ.る/いぬい
On-yomi: カン/ケン

pierce

Meaning: pierce; 8 1; 3lbs; penetrate; brace
Kun-yomi: つらぬ.く/ぬ.く/ぬき
On-yomi: カン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ぬ.る/こて/ぬ.かるみ
On-yomi: デイ/ナイ/ハン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: たぬき
On-yomi: リ/ライ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: きぬのあや
On-yomi: セイ/サイ

steal

Meaning: steal
Kun-yomi: ぬす.む
On-yomi: ツ/トウ/チュウ

oak used for charcoal

Meaning: oak used for charcoal; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: くにぎ/くぬぎ
On-yomi:

type of oak

Meaning: type of oak; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: くぬぎ
On-yomi:

wipe

Meaning: wipe
Kun-yomi: ぬぐ.う
On-yomi: カイ/カツ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: くぬぎ/あらき/まるき
On-yomi: サイ

see

Meaning: see; look; gaze at; askance
Kun-yomi: ぬすみ.みる
On-yomi: エン/ダン

thorny shrub with yellow flowers

Meaning: thorny shrub with yellow flowers
Kun-yomi: たら/くぬぎ
On-yomi: ヨク/イキ/イク

white rice

Meaning: white rice
Kun-yomi: ぬめ/わた
On-yomi: コウ

handsome

Meaning: handsome
Kun-yomi: わるがしこ.い/ぬす.む/ごまか.す
On-yomi: トウ/ツ/ユ

thief

Meaning: thief; to steal
Kun-yomi: ぬす.む
On-yomi: トウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ぬ.れる
On-yomi: ジン

sewing radical (no. 204)

Meaning: sewing radical (no. 204)
Kun-yomi: ぬう/ぬいとり
On-yomi:

string of many pearls

Meaning: string of many pearls
Kun-yomi: つらぬく
On-yomi: ハイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: いぬなずな
On-yomi: テイ/ジョウ/チョウ

incomparable

Meaning: incomparable; merely
Kun-yomi: ただ.ならぬ/ただ.に
On-yomi:

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