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

stop

Meaning: stop; halt; previously; already; long ago
Kun-yomi: や.む/すで.に/のみ/はなはだ
On-yomi:

larvae of the mosquito

Meaning: larvae of the mosquito
Kun-yomi: ひだりのうでがない/みじか.い
On-yomi: ケツ/カチ/キョウ/ク/クツ

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

cannot

Meaning: cannot; be unable do; improbable; thereupon
Kun-yomi: でき.ない/すこぶる/ついに
On-yomi:

exit

Meaning: exit; leave; go out; come out; put out; protrude
Kun-yomi: で.る/-で/だ.す/-だ.す/い.でる/い.だす
On-yomi: シュツ/スイ

contend

Meaning: contend; dispute; argue
Kun-yomi: あらそ.う/いか.でか
On-yomi: ソウ

brush

Meaning: brush; finally; self; relate; follow; here; fast; writing brush radical (no. 129)
Kun-yomi: ふで/ここに
On-yomi: イチ/イツ

preface

Meaning: preface; beginning; order; precedence; occasion; chance; incidentally
Kun-yomi: つい.で/ついで
On-yomi: ジョ

drought

Meaning: drought; dry weather
Kun-yomi: ひでり
On-yomi: カン

head sores

Meaning: head sores
Kun-yomi: できもの
On-yomi:

excel

Meaning: excel; excellence; beauty; surpass
Kun-yomi: ひい.でる
On-yomi: シュウ

obstinate

Meaning: obstinate; perverse
Kun-yomi: であ.う
On-yomi:

slap

Meaning: slap; strike
Kun-yomi: は.る/うつ/な.でる
On-yomi:

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

to dispute

Meaning: to dispute; fight; contend; strive
Kun-yomi: あらそ.う/いか.でか
On-yomi: ソウ

pucker up lips in smile

Meaning: pucker up lips in smile; press
Kun-yomi: な.でる
On-yomi: ビン/ミン

stockade

Meaning: stockade; fence; weir; entwine around
Kun-yomi: しがら.む/しがらみ/とりで/やらい
On-yomi: サク/サン

confer

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

why

Meaning: why; how
Kun-yomi: いかで/なんぞ
On-yomi: シン/ソ

play music

Meaning: play music; speak to a ruler; complete
Kun-yomi: かな.でる
On-yomi: ソウ

sleeves

Meaning: sleeves; cuff
Kun-yomi: そで
On-yomi: キョ/コ

pacify

Meaning: pacify; soothe; stabilize
Kun-yomi: な.でる
On-yomi: ミ/ヒ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: よろこんでうご.く
On-yomi: シン/ジン

writing brush

Meaning: writing brush; write; stroke
Kun-yomi: ふで
On-yomi: ヒツ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あで.やか/やす.らか
On-yomi: ダイ/ネ/スイ

boil

Meaning: boil; seethe
Kun-yomi: ゆ.でる/う.でる
On-yomi: ジョ/ニョ

sleeve

Meaning: sleeve; wing (building); extension; give cold shoulder
Kun-yomi: そで
On-yomi: シュウ

previously

Meaning: previously; already; long ago
Kun-yomi: すで.に
On-yomi:

steep hill

Meaning: steep hill; precipitous
Kun-yomi: まっすぐでたかい/けわ.しい/たか.い/きび.しい/せま.る/かく.れる/せっか
On-yomi: ショウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: きでつくつたおおゆみ
On-yomi: ホウ/ヒョウ

to stroke

Meaning: to stroke
Kun-yomi: な.でる
On-yomi: モン

express

Meaning: express; state; relate; narrate
Kun-yomi: つい.ず/ついで
On-yomi: ジョ

express

Meaning: express; state; relate; narrate
Kun-yomi: つい.ず/ついで
On-yomi: ジョ

bracelet

Meaning: bracelet
Kun-yomi: くしろ/うでわ
On-yomi: セン

to bend the wrist

Meaning: to bend the wrist; come off; be broken
Kun-yomi: うで/も.ぐ/もぎ.る
On-yomi: ワン/ウツ/ウチ

press down heavily with hands

Meaning: press down heavily with hands
Kun-yomi: な.でる
On-yomi: フ/ホウ

fort

Meaning: fort; stronghold; entrenchments
Kun-yomi: とりで
On-yomi: サイ

type of deciduous birch tree

Meaning: type of deciduous birch tree; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: しで
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: であ.う
On-yomi: ガク

fort

Meaning: fort
Kun-yomi: とりで
On-yomi: ホ/ホウ

writing brush

Meaning: writing brush; writing; painting brush; handwriting
Kun-yomi: ふで
On-yomi: ヒツ

bases

Meaning: bases; fort; rampart; walls; base(ball)
Kun-yomi: とりで
On-yomi: ルイ/ライ/スイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ほたる/やすで
On-yomi: ケン

arm

Meaning: arm; ability; talent
Kun-yomi: うで
On-yomi: ワン

herb

Meaning: herb
Kun-yomi: おおたで
On-yomi: コウ/グ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: すでに
On-yomi:

love

Meaning: love; affection; favourite
Kun-yomi: いと.しい/かな.しい/め.でる/お.しむ/まな
On-yomi: アイ

immature

Meaning: immature; young
Kun-yomi: いとけない/おさない/おくて/おでる
On-yomi: チ/ジ

model

Meaning: model; molding
Kun-yomi: でく
On-yomi:

to fry in fat or oil

Meaning: to fry in fat or oil; to scald; to seethe; to boil
Kun-yomi: や.く/いた.める/ゆ.でる
On-yomi: ヨウ/チョウ/ソウ/ジョウ

maple

Meaning: maple
Kun-yomi: かえで
On-yomi: フウ

visit a temple

Meaning: visit a temple
Kun-yomi: けい.する/まい.る/いた.る/もう.でる
On-yomi: ケイ/ゲイ

model in clay

Meaning: model in clay; sculpt; plastics
Kun-yomi: でく
On-yomi:

close

Meaning: close; shut; cover; block; obstruct
Kun-yomi: ふさ.ぐ/とりで/み.ちる
On-yomi: ソク/サイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かつ.ぐ/てでものをはか.る
On-yomi: ケツ/ゲチ/タク/チャク

fort

Meaning: fort
Kun-yomi: とりで
On-yomi: サイ

sleeve

Meaning: sleeve; ample flowing robes
Kun-yomi: そで/たもと
On-yomi: シュウ/ジュ/ユウ/ユ

enclosure

Meaning: enclosure; quarter; red-light district
Kun-yomi: くるわ/とりで
On-yomi: カク

luxurious grass

Meaning: luxurious grass; a smartweed
Kun-yomi: たで
On-yomi: シン/リク/リョウ

sleeve

Meaning: sleeve; ample flowing robes
Kun-yomi: そで/たもと
On-yomi: シュウ/ジュ/ユウ/ユ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ひとえ/ひとえのつつそでうでぬき/あわせ
On-yomi: コウ/ク

maple tree

Meaning: maple tree
Kun-yomi: かえで
On-yomi: セキ/シュク

stroke

Meaning: stroke; pat; smooth down
Kun-yomi: な.でる
On-yomi: ブ/フ

fields divided by dikes

Meaning: fields divided by dikes
Kun-yomi: とりで
On-yomi: ルイ/ライ/スイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あきらかでない
On-yomi: タイ

fistula

Meaning: fistula
Kun-yomi: せむし/かさ/できもの
On-yomi: ル/ロウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: そでくち
On-yomi: ヒョウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ぬで
On-yomi: クデ

letter

Meaning: letter; writing brush
Kun-yomi: はね/ふで/やまどり/ふみ
On-yomi: カン

anal fistula

Meaning: anal fistula; tumor; sore
Kun-yomi: せむし/かさ/できもの
On-yomi: ル/ロウ

slim, well proportioned, beautiful body

Meaning: slim, well proportioned, beautiful body; charming; captivating; ancient Chinese play
Kun-yomi: よい/あで.やか/とりか.える
On-yomi: チョウ/ジョウ/タク/テキ/チャク

excel in

Meaning: excel in; surpass; pull out; select
Kun-yomi: ぬ.く/ぬき.んでる
On-yomi: テキ/タク

a kind of grass

Meaning: a kind of grass
Kun-yomi: みずたで
On-yomi: バ/ショウ/ショク/ソウ

mound

Meaning: mound; tumulus; cylinder; fort
Kun-yomi: とりで/つか/おか/つつ.み
On-yomi: トウ

fort

Meaning: fort; rampart; walls; base(ball)
Kun-yomi: とりで
On-yomi: ルイ/ライ/スイ

rude

Meaning: rude; barbarous
Kun-yomi: できあ.がらない/うやむや
On-yomi: ロウ/ル/リョウ/リュ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: うがつ/うでわ
On-yomi: カン

glossy

Meaning: glossy; luster; glaze; polish; charm; colorful; captivating
Kun-yomi: つや/なま.めかしい/あで.やか/つや.めく/なま.めく
On-yomi: エン

cloud

Meaning: cloud
Kun-yomi: めでたいくも
On-yomi: イツ/イチ

belt

Meaning: belt
Kun-yomi: うでまくり.する
On-yomi: ショウ/ソウ

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