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

water

Meaning: water; water radical (no. 85)
Kun-yomi: さんずい
On-yomi:

ten thousand

Meaning: ten thousand; 10,000
Kun-yomi: よろず
On-yomi: マン/バン

stop

Meaning: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60)
Kun-yomi: たたず.む
On-yomi: テキ

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:

to take small steps

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

comma-design

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

9th calendar sign

Meaning: 9th calendar sign
Kun-yomi: みずのえ
On-yomi: ニン/ジン/イ

water

Meaning: water
Kun-yomi: みず/みず-
On-yomi: スイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ずきん/おお.う
On-yomi: ボウ/モウ

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
氿

spring

Meaning: spring
Kun-yomi: おずみ/わきみず
On-yomi: キ/キュウ/グ

outside

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

cut

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

invariably

Meaning: invariably; certain; inevitable
Kun-yomi: かなら.ず
On-yomi: ヒツ

large goblet

Meaning: large goblet; apt; fitting
Kun-yomi: さかずき
On-yomi:

dollar

Meaning: dollar
Kun-yomi: どる/ず
On-yomi: フツ/ホチ

trim

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

before

Meaning: before; ahead; previous; future; precedence
Kun-yomi: さき/ま.ず
On-yomi: セン

oneself

Meaning: oneself
Kun-yomi: みずか.ら/おの.ずから/おの.ずと
On-yomi: ジ/シ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: しずかにゆ.く
On-yomi:

exhaust

Meaning: exhaust; use up; run out of; deplete; befriend; serve
Kun-yomi: つ.くす/-つ.くす/-づ.くし/-つ.く/-づ.く/-ず.く/つ.きる/つ.か
On-yomi: ジン/サン

hill

Meaning: hill
Kun-yomi: さか/くず.れる
On-yomi: チ/シ/タ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: うずくま.る
On-yomi: シュン

large winecup

Meaning: large winecup; apt; fitting
Kun-yomi: さかずき
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: しず.か/さび.しい
On-yomi: キョク/ケキ/キ

drown

Meaning: drown; sink; hide; fall into; disappear; die
Kun-yomi: おぼ.れる/しず.む/ない
On-yomi: ボツ/モツ

apricot

Meaning: apricot
Kun-yomi: あんず
On-yomi: キョウ/アン/コウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: しず.か/いさぎよ.い
On-yomi: セイ/ジョウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ねた.む/わずら.わしい/おお.う/き.る
On-yomi: カイ/ケイ

sink

Meaning: sink; submerge; addicted to
Kun-yomi: しず.む/しず.める
On-yomi: チン/ジン

cut down

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

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

young dragon

Meaning: young dragon
Kun-yomi: みずち
On-yomi: キュウ/ク/キョウ

labor

Meaning: labor; thank for; reward for; toil; trouble
Kun-yomi: ろう.する/いたわ.る/いた.ずき/ねぎら/つか.れる/ねぎら.う
On-yomi: ロウ

sink

Meaning: sink; be submerged; subside; be depressed; aloes
Kun-yomi: しず.む/しず.める
On-yomi: チン/ジン

argue

Meaning: argue; dispute; disturb; annoy
Kun-yomi: さえず.る/こえ
On-yomi: ビョウ/ミョウ/ソウ/ショウ

mercury

Meaning: mercury
Kun-yomi: みずがね
On-yomi: コウ

to sink

Meaning: to sink; name of a Chinese river
Kun-yomi: しず.む
On-yomi: コツ/イツ/ベキ

not

Meaning: not; have not; none; to drown; sink
Kun-yomi: おぼ.れる/しず.む/ない
On-yomi: ボツ/モツ

lever

Meaning: lever; pole; crowbar; carry on the shoulder
Kun-yomi: ちぎり/てこ/ゆずりは
On-yomi: コウ

stop

Meaning: stop; linger; appearance; figure; bearing
Kun-yomi: たたず.む
On-yomi: チョ

dwell

Meaning: dwell; reside; live; inhabit
Kun-yomi: す.む/す.まう/-ず.まい
On-yomi: ジュウ/ヂュウ/チュウ

carpenter's plane

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

establish

Meaning: establish; create; knife cut
Kun-yomi: はじ.める/きず.つく
On-yomi: ソウ/ショウ

printing

Meaning: printing; print; brush
Kun-yomi: す.る/-ず.り/-ずり/は.く
On-yomi: サツ

un-

Meaning: un-; mistake; negative; injustice; non-
Kun-yomi: あら.ず
On-yomi:

row or file of dancers

Meaning: row or file of dancers
Kun-yomi: やす.い/やす.んずる
On-yomi: イツ/イチ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: しず.か
On-yomi: チャク

quiet

Meaning: quiet
Kun-yomi: しず.か/さび.しい
On-yomi: キョク/ケキ/キ

scrape off

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

(nuptial) winecups

Meaning: (nuptial) winecups
Kun-yomi: さかずき
On-yomi: キン

young dragon

Meaning: young dragon
Kun-yomi: みずち
On-yomi: キュウ/ク/キョウ

scorn

Meaning: scorn; despise; make light of; contempt
Kun-yomi: あなど.る/あなず.る
On-yomi:

counter for cupfuls

Meaning: counter for cupfuls; wine glass; glass; toast
Kun-yomi: さかずき
On-yomi: ハイ

rat

Meaning: rat; mouse; dark gray
Kun-yomi: ねずみ/ねず
On-yomi: ソ/ショ

twig

Meaning: twig; treetop
Kun-yomi: こずえ
On-yomi: ビョウ/ショウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あらかじめ/やす.んずる
On-yomi: ヨ/ショ

strange

Meaning: strange; strangeness; curiosity
Kun-yomi: く.しき/あや.しい/くし/めずら.しい
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: くずれか.かる
On-yomi: エン/テン

observance

Meaning: observance; offer; present; dedicate
Kun-yomi: たてまつ.る/まつ.る/ほう.ずる
On-yomi: ホウ/ブ

confer

Meaning: confer; relate; narrate; describe
Kun-yomi: つい.ず/ついで
On-yomi: ジョ

spring

Meaning: spring; fountain
Kun-yomi: いずみ
On-yomi: セン

10th calendar sign

Meaning: 10th calendar sign
Kun-yomi: みずのと
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: したが.う/の.びる/さかずき
On-yomi: キン

stop

Meaning: stop; cease; notches where drawstring is attached to the bow
Kun-yomi: や.める/や.む/ゆはず
On-yomi: ビ/ミ

melon

Meaning: melon; wrap
Kun-yomi: ずい
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: しず.む
On-yomi: イン/エツ/エチ

strange

Meaning: strange; strangeness; curiosity
Kun-yomi: く.しき/あや.しい/くし.くも/めずら.しい
On-yomi:

rare

Meaning: rare; curious; strange
Kun-yomi: めずら.しい/たから
On-yomi: チン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: やす.んずる/はか.る
On-yomi: キュウ/ク

warp

Meaning: warp; bend; strained; distort
Kun-yomi: いが.む/いびつ/ひず.む/ゆが.む
On-yomi: ワイ/エ

cunning

Meaning: cunning; sly; crafty; niggardly
Kun-yomi: ずる.い/こす.い/わるがしこ.い
On-yomi: コウ/キョウ

glass

Meaning: glass; cup
Kun-yomi: さかずき
On-yomi: ハイ

why

Meaning: why; how; when
Kun-yomi: なんぞ/いつ/いずくんぞ/なに
On-yomi: カツ

citron

Meaning: citron
Kun-yomi: ゆず
On-yomi: ユ/ユウ/ジク

precious

Meaning: precious; valuable; rare
Kun-yomi: めずら.しい/たから
On-yomi: チン

plane

Meaning: plane; sharpen; whittle; pare
Kun-yomi: けず.る/はつ.る/そ.ぐ
On-yomi: サク

ache

Meaning: ache; pain; tingle; fester
Kun-yomi: うず.く/いた.む
On-yomi: トウ

negation

Meaning: negation; wicked person
Kun-yomi: あら.ず/かたみ
On-yomi:

to level off

Meaning: to level off; to trim; to pare down
Kun-yomi: けず.る
On-yomi: サン/セン

cut

Meaning: cut; cut out; pick out; scoop out
Kun-yomi: けず.る/えぐ.る
On-yomi: ワン

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