Search Kanji for parts: 大日

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Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ひかげ/おお.きい
On-yomi: タイ/エイ

sky

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

cover

Meaning: cover; suffocate; obstruct
Kun-yomi: おお.う/たちまち
On-yomi: エン

to come out to the open

Meaning: to come out to the open; to be known by all; glossy; shining
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Meaning:
Kun-yomi: そら
On-yomi: コウ

the declining sun in the west

Meaning: the declining sun in the west
Kun-yomi: かたむ.く
On-yomi: テツ/デチ/イツ

reflect

Meaning: reflect; reflection; projection
Kun-yomi: うつ.る/うつ.す/は.える/-ば.え
On-yomi: エイ

to castrate

Meaning: to castrate
Kun-yomi: おお.う
On-yomi: エン/アン

to pound (grain) in order to remove the husk

Meaning: to pound (grain) in order to remove the husk
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must not

Meaning: must not; do not; be not
Kun-yomi: くれ/なか.れ/なし
On-yomi: バク/ボ/マク/モ/ナイ

mountain in Kansu, where there is a cave into which the sun is said to sink at night

Meaning: mountain in Kansu, where there is a cave into which the sun is said to sink at night
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: エン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ホン

opening

Meaning: opening; radiant
Kun-yomi: あき.らか
On-yomi: コウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あつ.い/うごめ.く/と.む
On-yomi: シュン/チュン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コウ

cover

Meaning: cover; conceal
Kun-yomi: おお.う
On-yomi: エン

dip

Meaning: dip; soak; immerse; stop; linger
Kun-yomi: い.れる
On-yomi: エン

syllable

Meaning: syllable
Kun-yomi: ふく.む
On-yomi: アン/オン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あき.らか
On-yomi: オウ/ワン/コウ

extravagance

Meaning: extravagance; luxury
Kun-yomi: おご.る/おご.り
On-yomi: シャ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: うつく.しい
On-yomi: シュン

hermitage

Meaning: hermitage
Kun-yomi: いおり/いお
On-yomi: アン

sun beginning decline

Meaning: sun beginning decline; reflect
Kun-yomi: うつ.す/うつ.る/は.える
On-yomi: エイ/ヨウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: くら.い
On-yomi: アン/オン/エン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あ.きる
On-yomi: エン/オウ/ヨウ

fuel used for sacrifices

Meaning: fuel used for sacrifices
Kun-yomi: かがりび
On-yomi: リョウ

recruit

Meaning: recruit; campaign; gather (contributions); enlist; grow violent
Kun-yomi: つの.る
On-yomi:

exchange

Meaning: exchange; spare; substitute; per-
Kun-yomi: か.える/か.え-/か.わる
On-yomi: タイ

salt

Meaning: salt; pickle; be dirty
Kun-yomi: しおづ.け
On-yomi: ヨウ/オウ/エン

sickness

Meaning: sickness; repeated
Kun-yomi: や.む
On-yomi: ヨウ/オウ/エン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チュン

curtain

Meaning: curtain; bunting; act of play
Kun-yomi: とばり
On-yomi: マク/バク

search

Meaning: search; imitate; copy
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: モ/モウ/バク/ボ/マク

confusion

Meaning: confusion; foolish
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: シュン

in opposition

Meaning: in opposition; distant from; separated
Kun-yomi: く.れる
On-yomi: ケイ/ケ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: シュン

tapir

Meaning: tapir
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: バク/ミャク

cover

Meaning: cover
Kun-yomi: あみ
On-yomi: アン/エン

lonely

Meaning: lonely; quiet
Kun-yomi: さび.しい
On-yomi: バク/マク

vague

Meaning: vague; obscure; desert; wide
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: バク

grave

Meaning: grave; tomb
Kun-yomi: はか
On-yomi:

membrane

Meaning: membrane
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: マク

place in today's Hebei province

Meaning: place in today's Hebei province
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: バク/マク

imitation

Meaning: imitation; copy; mock
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: モ/ボ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あき.らか
On-yomi: コウ

pining

Meaning: pining; yearn for; love dearly; adore
Kun-yomi: した.う
On-yomi:

livelihood

Meaning: livelihood; make a living; spend time
Kun-yomi: く.れる/く.らす
On-yomi:

rip up

Meaning: rip up; tear down; raise; haul
Kun-yomi: さ.く
On-yomi: シャ

used to describe clearness of voice

Meaning: used to describe clearness of voice
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: リョウ

red

Meaning: red; anger; ire; surname
Kun-yomi: さかん/いか.る
On-yomi: セキ/シャク/カク/キャク

power

Meaning: power; exponent
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ベキ

heavy rainfall

Meaning: heavy rainfall; runoff
Kun-yomi: にわたずみ
On-yomi: ロウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: リョウ

bright

Meaning: bright; brilliant
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disorder

Meaning: disorder
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: リョウ/ロウ

clear

Meaning: clear; intelligible; severe; cold
Kun-yomi: さとい
On-yomi: リョウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: たけ
On-yomi: シュン

marinate

Meaning: marinate; pickle; salt
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: エン/アン/オン

play with

Meaning: play with
Kun-yomi: たわむ.れる/みめよ.い/みだ.れる/さとい
On-yomi: ロウ/リョウ

trace

Meaning: trace; copy; duplicate; pattern
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dry by exposing sun

Meaning: dry by exposing sun
Kun-yomi: かわ.かす
On-yomi: カン

to hunt at night by torches

Meaning: to hunt at night by torches
Kun-yomi: かり
On-yomi: リョウ/ロウ/トウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あつ.い/うごめ.く/と.む
On-yomi: シュン/チュン

toad

Meaning: toad
Kun-yomi: ひき
On-yomi: バ/マ

eunuch

Meaning: eunuch
Kun-yomi: おお.う
On-yomi: エン/アン

rice snacks

Meaning: rice snacks
Kun-yomi: かた/のっとる
On-yomi: ボ/モ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: しろがね
On-yomi: リョウ

burn

Meaning: burn; bonfire
Kun-yomi: かがりび
On-yomi: リョウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: そむ.く
On-yomi: シュン/セン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: たるき
On-yomi: ロウ

clear

Meaning: clear
Kun-yomi: あきらか
On-yomi: リョウ

sickness

Meaning: sickness; distress
Kun-yomi: や.む
On-yomi: バク/マク

toad

Meaning: toad
Kun-yomi: ひき
On-yomi: バ/マ

Hephthalite empire

Meaning: Hephthalite empire; to have one's breath taken
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヨウ/エン

arrow with attached silk cord

Meaning: arrow with attached silk cord
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ソウ

Meaning:
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plan

Meaning: plan; deliberate
Kun-yomi: はか.る
On-yomi: ボ/モ

tapir

Meaning: tapir
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: バク/ミャク

to tuck in

Meaning: to tuck in; to put the finger into; to put in; to stow away
Kun-yomi: おさ.える/も.つ
On-yomi: ヨウ/チョウ/ジョウ/ニョウ/オウ/エン

satiated

Meaning: satiated; contented
Kun-yomi: やす.らか/た.りる/ゆる.す
On-yomi: エン/ヨウ

music

Meaning: music
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: エイ/ヨウ

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