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Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かたむ.ける
On-yomi: ショク/シキ/レツ/レチ

length

Meaning: length; 10feet; measure; Mr.; Ms.; height; stature; all (one has); only; that's all; merely
Kun-yomi: たけ/だけ
On-yomi: ジョウ

public

Meaning: public; prince; official; governmental
Kun-yomi: おおやけ
On-yomi: コウ/ク

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

decide

Meaning: decide; determine; archery glove
Kun-yomi: わ.ける
On-yomi: カイ/ケツ/ケチ

fur

Meaning: fur; hair; feather; down
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: モウ

Buddha

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

part

Meaning: part; minute of time; segment; share; degree; one's lot; duty; understand; know; rate; 1%; chances; shaku; 100
Kun-yomi: わ.ける/わ.け/わ.かれる/わ.かる/わ.かつ
On-yomi: ブン/フン/ブ

change

Meaning: change; take the form of; influence; enchant; delude; -ization
Kun-yomi: ば.ける/ば.かす/ふ.ける/け.する
On-yomi: カ/ケ

lack

Meaning: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76)
Kun-yomi: か.ける/か.く
On-yomi: ケツ/ケン

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

reject

Meaning: reject; retreat; recede; withdraw; repel; repulse
Kun-yomi: しりぞ.ける
On-yomi: セキ

cut

Meaning: cut; whittle
Kun-yomi: き.る/けず.る
On-yomi: カン/セン

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:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: さ.く/はりつ.け/ひら.く
On-yomi: タク/チャク

you

Meaning: you; your
Kun-yomi: しかり/わける/なんじ/ちかい
On-yomi: ジ/ニ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: わ.ける
On-yomi: カイ/ケツ/ケチ

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

nickname

Meaning: nickname; number; item; title; pseudonym; name; call
Kun-yomi: さけ.ぶ/よびな
On-yomi: ゴウ

a type of millet

Meaning: a type of millet; a type of herb
Kun-yomi: もちあわ/おけら
On-yomi: ジュツ/シュツ/チュツ

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

desert

Meaning: desert; border prairie; the 1st form is radical 13
Kun-yomi: まきがまえ/えながまえ/どうがまえ/けいがまえ
On-yomi: キョウ/ケイ

life

Meaning: life; genuine; birth
Kun-yomi: い.きる/い.かす/い.ける/う.まれる/うま.れる/う.まれ/うまれ/う.む/
On-yomi: セイ/ショウ

trim

Meaning: trim
Kun-yomi: けず.る/た.つ/え.る/すりへ.る
On-yomi: ガン/グン

excited

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

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: たす.ける
On-yomi: キン/コン

filthy

Meaning: filthy; dirty; impure; polluted
Kun-yomi: けが.す/けが.れる/けが.らわしい/よご.す/よご.れる/きたな.い
On-yomi:

pond

Meaning: pond; cistern; pool; reservoir
Kun-yomi: いけ
On-yomi:

bamboo

Meaning: bamboo
Kun-yomi: たけ
On-yomi: チク

shout

Meaning: shout; exclaim; yell
Kun-yomi: さけ.ぶ
On-yomi: キョウ

yonder

Meaning: yonder; facing; beyond; confront; defy; tend toward; approach
Kun-yomi: む.く/む.い/-む.き/む.ける/-む.け/む.かう/む.かい/む.こう/む.
On-yomi: コウ

help

Meaning: help
Kun-yomi: すく.う/たす.ける
On-yomi: ジョウ/ショウ

old man

Meaning: old man; old age; grow old
Kun-yomi: お.いる/ふ.ける
On-yomi: ロウ

cover

Meaning: cover; place on top of; west radical variant (no. 146)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi:

vermilion

Meaning: vermilion; cinnabar; scarlet; red; bloody
Kun-yomi: あけ
On-yomi: シュ

dirty

Meaning: dirty; pollute; disgrace; rape; defile
Kun-yomi: けが.す/けが.れる/けが.らわしい/よご.す/よご.れる/きたな.い
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: わ.ける/さ.く
On-yomi: カ/ケ

instead

Meaning: instead; on the contrary; rather
Kun-yomi: かえ.って/しりぞ.く/しりぞ.ける
On-yomi: キャク

help

Meaning: help; rescue; assist
Kun-yomi: たす.ける/たす.かる/す.ける/すけ
On-yomi: ジョ

continue

Meaning: continue; carry on; hand down; to join
Kun-yomi: たす.ける
On-yomi: ショウ

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

cut down

Meaning: cut down
Kun-yomi: けず.る
On-yomi: サン

chimney

Meaning: chimney
Kun-yomi: まど/てんまど/けむだし
On-yomi: ソウ/ス

grow late

Meaning: grow late; night watch; sit up late; of course; renew; renovate; again; more and more; further
Kun-yomi: さら/さら.に/ふ.ける/ふ.かす
On-yomi: コウ

wine pot

Meaning: wine pot
Kun-yomi: さけつぼ
On-yomi: ユウ/ユ

aid

Meaning: aid; help; assist
Kun-yomi: たす.ける
On-yomi:

instant

Meaning: instant; namely; as is; conform; agree; adapt
Kun-yomi: つ.く/つ.ける/すなわ.ち
On-yomi: ソク

help

Meaning: help; assist
Kun-yomi: たす.ける
On-yomi: ユウ/ウ

separate

Meaning: separate; branch off; diverge; fork; another; extra; specially
Kun-yomi: わか.れる/わ.ける
On-yomi: ベツ

France

Meaning: France
Kun-yomi: ほとけ
On-yomi: ブツ/フツ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: うつぎ/さけこし
On-yomi: タク/チャク

be amazed

Meaning: be amazed; disgusted; shocked
Kun-yomi: ほけ.る/ぼ.ける/あき.れる/おろか
On-yomi: ホウ

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

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: と.ける
On-yomi: ハン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: けわ.しい/たか.い
On-yomi: ガン

carpenter's plane

Meaning: carpenter's plane; plane; level
Kun-yomi: けず.る
On-yomi: ホウ/ビョウ

aid

Meaning: aid; help
Kun-yomi: すばしこい/なら.ぶ/たす.ける/およ.び/かわるがわる
On-yomi:

concubine

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

receive

Meaning: receive; undergo; answer (phone); take; get; catch
Kun-yomi: う.ける
On-yomi: キョウ/コウ

acquiesce

Meaning: acquiesce; hear; listen to; be informed; receive
Kun-yomi: うけたまわ.る/う.ける/ささ.げる/とど.める/たす.ける/こ.らす/つい.で
On-yomi: ショウ/ジョウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: わ.ける
On-yomi: ハン/ヒン

scrape off

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

narrow

Meaning: narrow; cramped; confined
Kun-yomi: たけがひく.い/せま.る
On-yomi: キョク/ゴク

deliver

Meaning: deliver; reach; arrive; report; notify; forward
Kun-yomi: とど.ける/-とど.け/とど.く
On-yomi: カイ

flag-sign of a tavern

Meaning: flag-sign of a tavern
Kun-yomi: さけばた
On-yomi: レン/シン/ヨウ

point

Meaning: point; peak; mountain
Kun-yomi: たけ
On-yomi: ガク

grateful

Meaning: grateful; indebted
Kun-yomi: かたじけな.い
On-yomi: テン

bright

Meaning: bright; light
Kun-yomi: あ.かり/あか.るい/あか.るむ/あか.らむ/あき.らか/あ.ける/-あ.け/あ
On-yomi: メイ/ミョウ/ミン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: よあ.け
On-yomi: コツ/コチ/ブツ/モチ

precipice

Meaning: precipice; shore; bank; surname; cliff
Kun-yomi: がけ/きし/かたえ/はて
On-yomi: ガイ/ゲ/ギ

affixed

Meaning: affixed; attach; refer to; append
Kun-yomi: つ.ける/つ.く
On-yomi:

warrior

Meaning: warrior; military; chivalry; arms
Kun-yomi: たけ.し
On-yomi: ブ/ム

spool used to collect spun thread

Meaning: spool used to collect spun thread; generally; wholly
Kun-yomi: つつし.む/か.ける
On-yomi: セン

to haul

Meaning: to haul; to lift; to take
Kun-yomi: か.ける
On-yomi: レイ/リョウ

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: けわ.しい/なな.め
On-yomi: タ/イ/チ/ジ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: いいつ.け
On-yomi: シュン

split

Meaning: split; tear; open
Kun-yomi: さ.ける/わか.れる/ひら.く/さけめ
On-yomi: タク/チャク

the bleating of the deer

Meaning: the bleating of the deer
Kun-yomi: むせ.ぶ/さけ.ぶ
On-yomi: ユ/オウ/ユウ/ヨウ

to sit

Meaning: to sit
Kun-yomi: こしか.ける
On-yomi:

breathe on

Meaning: breathe on; yawn; roar
Kun-yomi: いきをかけてあたた.める
On-yomi: ク/コウ

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