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one

Meaning: one; one radical (no.1)
Kun-yomi: ひと-/ひと.つ
On-yomi: イチ/イツ

the latter

Meaning: the latter; duplicate; strange; witty; fishhook radical (no. 5)
Kun-yomi: おと-/きのと
On-yomi: オツ/イツ

hidden

Meaning: hidden; mysterious; secret; to conceal; small; minute; fishhook radical variant (no. 5)
Kun-yomi: かく.す/かく.れる/かか.す/よ.る
On-yomi: イン/オン

divining

Meaning: divining; fortune-telling; divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
Kun-yomi: うらな.う/うらない
On-yomi: ボク

to join or connect the vine

Meaning: to join or connect the vine
Kun-yomi: まつわる
On-yomi: キュウ

street

Meaning: street; ward; town; counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign
Kun-yomi: ひのと
On-yomi: チョウ/テイ/チン/トウ/チ

kettle lid radical (no. 8)

Meaning: kettle lid radical (no. 8)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トウ

person

Meaning: person
Kun-yomi: ひと/-り/-と
On-yomi: ジン/ニン

under

Meaning: under; underneath; below; down; inferior; bring down
Kun-yomi: した/しも/もと/さ.げる/さ.がる/くだ.る/くだ.す/くだ.さる/お.ろす/
On-yomi: カ/ゲ

ten

Meaning: ten
Kun-yomi: とお/と
On-yomi: ジュウ/ジッ/ジュッ

to find a place to dwell

Meaning: to find a place to dwell; sum; measurement of paper; to do; adding up; bundle; 8.5 lb; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: し.める/して
On-yomi:

to squint

Meaning: to squint; what? huh? (Cant.)
Kun-yomi: やぶにらみ
On-yomi: バ/メ

sword

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

knife

Meaning: knife; standing sword radical (no. 18)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トウ

self

Meaning: self; snake; serpent
Kun-yomi: おのれ/つちのと/な
On-yomi: コ/キ

to assemble. to gather together

Meaning: to assemble. to gather together
Kun-yomi: あつまる
On-yomi: シュウ/ジュウ

to fly rapidly

Meaning: to fly rapidly
Kun-yomi: とぶ
On-yomi: シン

to be (classical)

Meaning: to be (classical)
Kun-yomi: なり/か/また
On-yomi: ヤ/エ

mosquito wriggler

Meaning: mosquito wriggler
Kun-yomi: ひとり
On-yomi: ケツ

bestow

Meaning: bestow; participate in; give; award; impart; provide; cause; gift; godsend
Kun-yomi: あた.える/あずか.る/くみ.する/ともに
On-yomi:

place

Meaning: place; left village radical - 2 stroke form (no. 170)
Kun-yomi: こざと
On-yomi:

below

Meaning: below; down; descend; give; low; inferior
Kun-yomi: した/しも/もと/さ.げる/さ.がる/くだ.る/くだ.り/くだ.す/-くだ.す/
On-yomi: カ/ゲ

to depend on

Meaning: to depend on; to entrust with
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: タク/チャク

soil

Meaning: soil; earth; ground; Turkey
Kun-yomi: つち
On-yomi: ド/ト

to take small steps

Meaning: to take small steps; Korean place name
Kun-yomi: たたず.む
On-yomi: チョク

destitution

Meaning: destitution; scarce; limited
Kun-yomi: とぼ.しい/とも.しい
On-yomi: ボウ

beginning

Meaning: beginning; former time; origin
Kun-yomi: もと
On-yomi: ゲン/ガン

door

Meaning: door; counter for houses; door radical (no. 63)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi:

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

equal

Meaning: equal
Kun-yomi: すく.ない/ひと.しい
On-yomi: イン

stop

Meaning: stop; halt
Kun-yomi: と.まる/-ど.まり/と.める/-と.める/-ど.め/とど.める/とど.め/とど
On-yomi:

barracks

Meaning: barracks; police station; camp
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トン

equal

Meaning: equal; impartially; uniform; even
Kun-yomi: すくない/ひとしい
On-yomi: イン

license

Meaning: license; sincerity; permit
Kun-yomi: じょう/まこと.に/ゆるす
On-yomi: イン

pull

Meaning: pull; tug; jerk; admit; install; quote; refer to
Kun-yomi: ひ.く/ひ.き/ひ.き-/-び.き/ひ.ける
On-yomi: イン

condolences

Meaning: condolences; mourning; funeral
Kun-yomi: とむら.う/とぶら.う
On-yomi: チョウ

husband

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

to look upward

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

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: とな.る/となり
On-yomi: リン

to mix with

Meaning: to mix with; to associate with; to join; double X radical (no. 89)
Kun-yomi: まじ.わる
On-yomi: コウ/ギョウ

reasonable

Meaning: reasonable; just; natural; superb; outstanding; plausible
Kun-yomi: もっと.も/とが.める
On-yomi: ユウ

comma-design

Meaning: comma-design
Kun-yomi: ともえ/うずまき
On-yomi:

Buddha

Meaning: Buddha; the dead; France
Kun-yomi: ほとけ
On-yomi: ブツ/フツ

one

Meaning: one
Kun-yomi: ひと-/ひと.つ
On-yomi: イチ/イツ

friend

Meaning: friend
Kun-yomi: とも
On-yomi: ユウ

plump

Meaning: plump; thick; big around
Kun-yomi: ふと.い/ふと.る
On-yomi: タイ/タ

environs

Meaning: environs; boundary; border; vicinity
Kun-yomi: あた.り/ほと.り/-べ
On-yomi: ヘン

the period from 1 to 3 am

Meaning: the period from 1 to 3 am; 2nd character of the "branches"
Kun-yomi: うし
On-yomi: チュウ

catch

Meaning: catch
Kun-yomi: も.つ/と.る
On-yomi: ケキ/キャク

Big Dipper

Meaning: Big Dipper; 10 sho (vol); sake dipper; dots and cross radical (no. 68)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ト/トウ

to move on

Meaning: to move on; doubtful
Kun-yomi: おこた.る/ためら.う/うたが.う
On-yomi: イン/ユ

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

stand up

Meaning: stand up; rise; set up; erect
Kun-yomi: た.つ/-た.つ/た.ち-/た.てる/-た.てる/た.て-/たて-/-た.て/-
On-yomi: リツ/リュウ/リットル

dispose

Meaning: dispose; manage; deal with; sentence; condemn; act; behave; place
Kun-yomi: ところ/-こ/お.る
On-yomi: ショ

name of an ancient tribe

Meaning: name of an ancient tribe
Kun-yomi: ふもと
On-yomi: テイ/タイ/シ/チ

round

Meaning: round
Kun-yomi: まわ.る/まわ.す/もとお.る/か.える
On-yomi: カイ/エ

old times

Meaning: old times; old things; old friend; former; ex-
Kun-yomi: ふる.い/もと
On-yomi: キュウ

book

Meaning: book; present; main; origin; true; real; counter for long cylindrical things
Kun-yomi: もと
On-yomi: ホン

hermit

Meaning: hermit; wizard; cent
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: セン/セント

outside

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

convex

Meaning: convex; beetle brow; uneven
Kun-yomi: でこ
On-yomi: トツ

until

Meaning: until; up to; as far as; to the extent
Kun-yomi: まで/およ.ぶ
On-yomi: キツ

to prepare

Meaning: to prepare; to regulate; to hand up
Kun-yomi: おさ.める
On-yomi: ヒ/ヘイ/ハイ

advance quickly

Meaning: advance quickly; to go back and forth; origin; source
Kun-yomi: もと
On-yomi: ホン

adhere

Meaning: adhere; attach; refer to; append
Kun-yomi: つ.ける/-つ.ける/-づ.ける/つ.け/つ.け-/-つ.け/-づ.け/-づけ/
On-yomi:

high

Meaning: high; to raise
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: キョウ

to go

Meaning: to go; depart
Kun-yomi: さ.る
On-yomi: キョ/コ

truly

Meaning: truly; graciously; gratuitously; ravenously
Kun-yomi: みだりに
On-yomi: トウ

to cut meat off away from bones

Meaning: to cut meat off away from bones; ancient torture
Kun-yomi: わ.ける/さ.く
On-yomi: カ/ケ

bowl

Meaning: bowl; bowl of food
Kun-yomi: どんぶり
On-yomi: トン/タン/ショウ/セイ

have the honor to

Meaning: have the honor to; sign of the monkey; 3-5PM; ninth sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun-yomi: もう.す/もう.し-/さる
On-yomi: シン

grieved

Meaning: grieved; distressed in mind
Kun-yomi: うれ.える
On-yomi: トウ

captured

Meaning: captured; criminal; arrest; catch
Kun-yomi: とら.われる
On-yomi: シュウ

rump

Meaning: rump; footprint radical (no. 114)
Kun-yomi: あしあと
On-yomi: ジュウ/ニュ

harvest

Meaning: harvest; year; age
Kun-yomi: とし/とせ/よわ.い
On-yomi: サイ/セイ

winter

Meaning: winter
Kun-yomi: ふゆ
On-yomi: トウ

to dwell

Meaning: to dwell
Kun-yomi: い.る/お.る
On-yomi: キョ/コ

to fly

Meaning: to fly
Kun-yomi: とぶ
On-yomi: ケン

young girl

Meaning: young girl; strange; different
Kun-yomi: おとめ/よ.る
On-yomi: タ/タク

to descend

Meaning: to descend; to come down from heaven; to send down
Kun-yomi: お.りる/お.ろす/ふ.る/くだ.る/くだ.す
On-yomi: コウ/ゴ

to hang the head

Meaning: to hang the head; to bow the head; to droop; to lower; low; beneath
Kun-yomi: ひく.い/ひく.める/ひく.まる
On-yomi: テイ

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