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

to squint

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

reach out

Meaning: reach out; exert; exercise; cause
Kun-yomi: およ.ぶ/およ.び/および/およ.ぼす
On-yomi: キュウ

to fly rapidly

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

destruction

Meaning: destruction
Kun-yomi: な.い/ほろ.びる/ほろ.ぶ/ほろ.ぼす
On-yomi: ボウ/モウ

deceased

Meaning: deceased; the late; dying; perish
Kun-yomi: な.い/な.き-/ほろ.びる/ほろ.ぶ/ほろ.ぼす
On-yomi: ボウ/モウ

condolences

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

lofty

Meaning: lofty; high; raise; high-priced
Kun-yomi: のぞ.む/な.す/たか.ぶる
On-yomi: キョウ/ゴウ

pair

Meaning: pair; set; comparison; counter for pairs
Kun-yomi: ふた/たぐい/ならぶ/ふたつ
On-yomi: ソウ

high spirits

Meaning: high spirits
Kun-yomi: たかぶる
On-yomi: コウ

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:

nickname

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

bowl

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

strike

Meaning: strike; hit; knock; pound; dozen
Kun-yomi: う.つ/う.ち-/ぶ.つ
On-yomi: ダ/ダアス

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ゆ.く/およ.ぶ
On-yomi: ショウ/ニョウ

to fly

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

put together

Meaning: put together
Kun-yomi: あわ.せる/なら.ぶ
On-yomi: ヘイ/ヒョウ

shout

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

destroyed

Meaning: destroyed; ruined; to subvert; to injure
Kun-yomi: やぶ.る/やぶ.れる/くつが.えす/くつが.える
On-yomi:

combine

Meaning: combine
Kun-yomi: あわせる/ならぶ
On-yomi: ヘイ/ヒョウ

same kind

Meaning: same kind; compare with
Kun-yomi: たぐ.い/なら.ぶ
On-yomi: コウ

to be delighted

Meaning: to be delighted; to dislike; to have no need for
Kun-yomi: よろこ.ぶ
On-yomi: キツ/ギツ/コチ/コツ/キ

dangerous

Meaning: dangerous; fear; uneasy
Kun-yomi: あぶ.ない/あや.うい/あや.ぶむ
On-yomi:

tree

Meaning: tree
Kun-yomi: えぶり
On-yomi: ハツ/ハチ

boat

Meaning: boat; ship
Kun-yomi: ふね/ふな-/-ぶね
On-yomi: シュウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: よろこ.ぶ
On-yomi: ダ/エイ/エツ/タイ

exchange

Meaning: exchange
Kun-yomi: よろこ.ぶ
On-yomi: ダ/エイ/エツ/タイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ただ.しい/なら.ぶ
On-yomi: ヒツ/ビチ

wife of mother's brother

Meaning: wife of mother's brother
Kun-yomi: うつく.しい/よろこ.ぶ
On-yomi: セン/ケン/カン/キン/ゴン

rejoice

Meaning: rejoice; open one's heart
Kun-yomi: よろこ.ぶ
On-yomi: キン

play with

Meaning: play with; tamper; trifle with
Kun-yomi: いじく.る/ろう.する/いじ.る/ひねく.る/たわむ.れる/もてあそ.ぶ
On-yomi: ロウ/ル

endure

Meaning: endure; bear; put up with; conceal; secrete; spy; sneak
Kun-yomi: しの.ぶ/しの.ばせる
On-yomi: ニン

dust

Meaning: dust; earth; bank of earth; to dig; to bring together
Kun-yomi: ちり/なら.ぶ/あつ.まる/わく
On-yomi: ホン/フン

miserly

Meaning: miserly; stingy; sparing
Kun-yomi: しわ.い/やぶさ.かな/おし.む
On-yomi: リン

learning

Meaning: learning; knowledge; school
Kun-yomi: まな.ぶ
On-yomi: ガク
寿

longevity

Meaning: longevity; congratulations; one's natural life
Kun-yomi: ことぶき/ことぶ.く/ことほ.ぐ
On-yomi: ジュ/ス/シュウ

stubble

Meaning: stubble; stump of a tree (hence: sterility); square stool
Kun-yomi: きりかぶ
On-yomi: ゴツ/ゴチ/グツ/グチ

vis-a-vis

Meaning: vis-a-vis; opposite; even; equal; versus; anti-; compare
Kun-yomi: あいて/こた.える/そろ.い/つれあ.い/なら.ぶ/むか.う
On-yomi: タイ/ツイ

choose

Meaning: choose; select; elect; prefer
Kun-yomi: えら.ぶ
On-yomi: タク

call

Meaning: call; call out to; invite
Kun-yomi: よ.ぶ
On-yomi:

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:

the brick-bed in northern China

Meaning: the brick-bed in northern China
Kun-yomi: あぶ.る
On-yomi: コウ

brilliant

Meaning: brilliant; shining; bright
Kun-yomi: あぶ.る
On-yomi: キン/コン

to give

Meaning: to give; prepared for included in; embraced in
Kun-yomi: むせ.ぶ
On-yomi: カイ

splash

Meaning: splash; suds
Kun-yomi: あわ/しぶき/つばき
On-yomi: マツ/バツ

handful

Meaning: handful
Kun-yomi: むす.ぶ/すく.う/たなごころ
On-yomi: キク/コク

roast

Meaning: roast; broil; toast; cauterize
Kun-yomi: あぶ.る
On-yomi: シャ/セキ

study

Meaning: study; learning; science
Kun-yomi: まな.ぶ
On-yomi: ガク

rise

Meaning: rise
Kun-yomi: あ.がる/たか.い/たか.ぶる
On-yomi: コウ/ゴウ

rejoice

Meaning: rejoice; enjoy
Kun-yomi: よろこ.ぶ
On-yomi:

take pleasure in

Meaning: take pleasure in; rejoice
Kun-yomi: よろこ.ぶ/よろこ.び
On-yomi: キン/ゴン/コン

bow case

Meaning: bow case; scabbard; sheathe
Kun-yomi: ゆみぶくろ
On-yomi: トウ

tool

Meaning: tool; utensil; means; possess; ingredients; counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture
Kun-yomi: そな.える/つぶさ.に
On-yomi:

England

Meaning: England; English
Kun-yomi: はなぶさ
On-yomi: エイ

mutter

Meaning: mutter; grumble; murmur
Kun-yomi: つぶや.く
On-yomi: ゲン

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

oil

Meaning: oil; fat
Kun-yomi: あぶら
On-yomi: ユ/ユウ

row

Meaning: row; and; besides; as well as; line up; rank with; rival; equal
Kun-yomi: な.み/なみ/なら.べる/なら.ぶ/なら.びに
On-yomi: ヘイ/ホウ

laugh

Meaning: laugh
Kun-yomi: わら.う/よろこ.ぶ
On-yomi: カイ/タイ

mumble

Meaning: mumble; mutter; murmur; rumble
Kun-yomi: ぶつぶつい.う
On-yomi:

play

Meaning: play; take pleasure in; trifle with; make sport of
Kun-yomi: もちあそ.ぶ/もてあそ.ぶ
On-yomi: ガン

to drift

Meaning: to drift; float; careless; reckless
Kun-yomi: うか.ぶ
On-yomi: ハン/ホウ

fasten

Meaning: fasten; halt; stop
Kun-yomi: と.める/と.まる/とど.める/とど.まる/るうぶる
On-yomi: リュウ/ル

give pleasure

Meaning: give pleasure; be pleased; happy
Kun-yomi: よろこ.ぶ
On-yomi: カン

gadfly

Meaning: gadfly; horsefly
Kun-yomi: あぶ
On-yomi: ボウ

helmet

Meaning: helmet
Kun-yomi: かぶと/よろい
On-yomi: チュウ

fly

Meaning: fly; skip (pages); scatter
Kun-yomi: と.ぶ/と.ばす/-と.ばす
On-yomi:

cough

Meaning: cough; clear throat
Kun-yomi: せ.く/しわぶ.く/せき/しわぶき
On-yomi: カイ/ガイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: たぐ.う/なら.ぶ
On-yomi: ユウ/ウ

focus

Meaning: focus; government ministry; conserve
Kun-yomi: かえり.みる/はぶ.く
On-yomi: セイ/ショウ

briar

Meaning: briar; thorn
Kun-yomi: いばら/かや/くさぶき
On-yomi: シ/ジ

burn

Meaning: burn; roast
Kun-yomi: あぶ.る
On-yomi: ホウ

choked

Meaning: choked; smothered; stuffy
Kun-yomi: むせ.ぶ/むせ.る/のど/の.む
On-yomi: イン/エン/エツ

to hide

Meaning: to hide; to secrete; to repress; to bend
Kun-yomi: かく.す/ふ.す/なび.く/はこ/どぶ
On-yomi: エン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: とりかぶと
On-yomi: コン/ケン

bind with rope

Meaning: bind with rope; fasten
Kun-yomi: えら.ぶ
On-yomi: セン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: いじく.る/いじ.る/ひねく.る/たわむ.れる/もてあそ.ぶ
On-yomi: ロウ/ル

dilapidated

Meaning: dilapidated; ruined
Kun-yomi: やぶ.れる/だい
On-yomi:

alike

Meaning: alike; truth
Kun-yomi: の.ぶ/まこと.に
On-yomi: ジュン/シュン

select

Meaning: select; pick out
Kun-yomi: えら.ぶ
On-yomi: カン/ケン

wall

Meaning: wall; fence
Kun-yomi: おお.う/しりぞ.く/びょう.ぶ
On-yomi: ヘイ/ビョウ

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