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short thread radical (no. 52)

Meaning: short thread radical (no. 52)
Kun-yomi: ちいさい
On-yomi: ヨウ

piling

Meaning: piling; ceremony radical (no. 56)
Kun-yomi: いぐるみ
On-yomi: ヨク

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:

early death

Meaning: early death; calamity
Kun-yomi: わか.い/わかじに/わざわい
On-yomi: ヨウ/オウ/カ

beforehand

Meaning: beforehand; previous; myself; I
Kun-yomi: あらかじ.め
On-yomi: ヨ/シャ

become pregnant

Meaning: become pregnant
Kun-yomi: はら.む
On-yomi: ヨウ

infancy

Meaning: infancy; childhood
Kun-yomi: おさな.い
On-yomi: ヨウ

utilize

Meaning: utilize; business; service; use; employ
Kun-yomi: もち.いる
On-yomi: ヨウ

handsome

Meaning: handsome
Kun-yomi: うつく.しい
On-yomi:

sheep

Meaning: sheep
Kun-yomi: ひつじ
On-yomi: ヨウ

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

commission fee

Meaning: commission fee
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヨウ

ovetous

Meaning: ovetous; lustful; show an expression of deep resentment; term of endearment for boys; married couple; spouses
Kun-yomi: むさぼ.る/せ/せうと/なせ/みょうと
On-yomi: フ/ヨウ/ウ/ユウ

beautiful

Meaning: beautiful; fair; handsome
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi:

chestnut oak

Meaning: chestnut oak
Kun-yomi: みくり
On-yomi: チョ/ショ/ヨ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あざみ
On-yomi: オウ/ヨウ

condition

Meaning: condition
Kun-yomi: なお
On-yomi: ジョウ/ユウ/ヨウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヨウ

stake

Meaning: stake; post; picket; piling
Kun-yomi: くい
On-yomi: ヨク

apply

Meaning: apply; answer; yes; OK; reply; accept
Kun-yomi: あた.る/まさに/こた.える
On-yomi: オウ/ヨウ/-ノウ
礿

sacrifice

Meaning: sacrifice
Kun-yomi: まつり
On-yomi: ヤク/ヨウ

too much

Meaning: too much; myself; surplus; other; remainder
Kun-yomi: あま.る/あま.り/あま.す/あんま.り
On-yomi:

attractive

Meaning: attractive; bewitching; calamity
Kun-yomi: あや.しい/なま.めく/わざわ.い
On-yomi: ヨウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヨウ

final particle used express question

Meaning: final particle used express question
Kun-yomi: や/か
On-yomi:

"male" principle

Meaning: "male" principle; light; sun
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヨウ

repress

Meaning: repress; well; now; in the first place; push; shove; press; seal; do in spite of
Kun-yomi: おさ.える
On-yomi: ヨク

fertility

Meaning: fertility
Kun-yomi: そそ.ぐ
On-yomi: ヨウ/ヨク/オク

road with walls on both sides

Meaning: road with walls on both sides
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヨウ

brilliance

Meaning: brilliance
Kun-yomi: あらわ.れる
On-yomi: ケイ/キョウ/エイ/ヨウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: すす.める
On-yomi: ヨウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: て.らす
On-yomi: ヨウ/キョウ

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

pottery

Meaning: pottery
Kun-yomi: やきもの
On-yomi: トウ/ヨウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヨウ/ユ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヨウ

dissatisfaction

Meaning: dissatisfaction; grudge
Kun-yomi: うら.む
On-yomi: オウ/ヨウ

darkness

Meaning: darkness; dimly
Kun-yomi: くら.い/はるか
On-yomi: ヨウ

dying young

Meaning: dying young
Kun-yomi: わかじに
On-yomi: ヨウ

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

at

Meaning: at; in; on; as for
Kun-yomi: おい.て/お.ける/ああ/より
On-yomi: オ/ヨ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: オウ/ヨウ

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

calamities

Meaning: calamities; disasters
Kun-yomi: わざわ.い
On-yomi: ヨウ

frivolity

Meaning: frivolity
Kun-yomi: かる.い
On-yomi: チョウ/ジョウ/ヨウ

pretend

Meaning: pretend; feign; false; deceitful
Kun-yomi: いつわ.る
On-yomi: ヨウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヨウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ふもと
On-yomi: ヨウ/オウ

crooked

Meaning: crooked; twisted; distorted; perverted; cross
Kun-yomi: ねじ.れる/こじ.れる/す.ねる/ねじ.ける
On-yomi: オウ/ヨウ/イク/ユウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ふか.い
On-yomi: ヨウ

a little while

Meaning: a little while; urging
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ユ/ヨ/ヨウ

bear

Meaning: bear; carry
Kun-yomi: か.く
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: いさ.む
On-yomi: ヨウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヨウ/オウ/エイ

to swim

Meaning: to swim; to move freely; to rove
Kun-yomi: はたあし
On-yomi: ヨウ/ヨ/リュウ/ル/ユウ

cleanse

Meaning: cleanse; river in Gansu province
Kun-yomi: あら.う
On-yomi: トウ/ヨウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: よい/うるわ.しい
On-yomi: ヨウ

beautiful

Meaning: beautiful
Kun-yomi: うつく.しい
On-yomi: ヨウ/チョウ

misfortune

Meaning: misfortune; disaster; calamity
Kun-yomi: わざわい
On-yomi: オウ/ヨウ

flourish

Meaning: flourish; prosperity; honor; glory; splendor
Kun-yomi: さか.える/は.え/-ば.え/は.える/え
On-yomi: エイ/ヨウ

open

Meaning: open; sun
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヨウ

wonder

Meaning: wonder; rove; stray; hesitating
Kun-yomi: さまよ.う
On-yomi: ヨウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヨウ

bite

Meaning: bite; gnaw; chew; gear with; dash against
Kun-yomi: か.む
On-yomi: コウ/ヨウ

seclude

Meaning: seclude; confine to a room; deep; profound; secluded; faint; dark; tranquil; calm
Kun-yomi: ふか.い/かす.か/くら.い/しろ.い
On-yomi: ユウ/ヨウ

effigy

Meaning: effigy
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヨウ/トウ/ユウ

ocean

Meaning: ocean; western style
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヨウ

to worry

Meaning: to worry; frivolous
Kun-yomi: うす.い
On-yomi: チョウ/ヨウ

need

Meaning: need; main point; essence; pivot; key to
Kun-yomi: い.る/かなめ
On-yomi: ヨウ

table

Meaning: table; flat pieces of wood; slip; leaf
Kun-yomi: うすいきふだ/まど
On-yomi: ヨウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: くわ
On-yomi: ソウ/ヨウ

cage

Meaning: cage; pen for wild animals
Kun-yomi: おり
On-yomi: コウ/オウ/ヨウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: エイ/ヨウ

cherry

Meaning: cherry
Kun-yomi: さくら
On-yomi: オウ/ヨウ

mother-of-pearl

Meaning: mother-of-pearl
Kun-yomi: たいらぎ
On-yomi: ヨウ

dip

Meaning: dip; ladle
Kun-yomi: く.む
On-yomi: ヨウ

Oxygen (element)

Meaning: Oxygen (element)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヨウ

former or literary name for Nann

Meaning: former or literary name for Nann
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヨウ/ユ

far

Meaning: far; deep; sunken eyes; sad
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヨウ/オウ/ベン/メン

to smelt

Meaning: to smelt; to melt
Kun-yomi: あぶ.る/や.く
On-yomi: ヨウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ひか.る
On-yomi: ヨウ

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