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

stretch

Meaning: stretch
Kun-yomi: ま.がる
On-yomi: フツ/ブチ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: なが.れる
On-yomi:

legs radical (no. 10)

Meaning: legs radical (no. 10)
Kun-yomi: がい
On-yomi: ジン/ニン

wild goose

Meaning: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
Kun-yomi: かりがね
On-yomi: カン

above

Meaning: above
Kun-yomi: うえ/うわ-/かみ/あ.げる/あ.がる/あ.がり/のぼ.る/のぼ.せる/のぼ.す
On-yomi: ジョウ/ショウ

under

Meaning: under; underneath; below; down; inferior; bring down
Kun-yomi: した/しも/もと/さ.げる/さ.がる/くだ.る/くだ.す/くだ.さる/お.ろす/
On-yomi: カ/ゲ

above

Meaning: above; up
Kun-yomi: うえ/-うえ/うわ-/かみ/あ.げる/-あ.げる/あ.がる/-あ.がる/あ.がり
On-yomi: ジョウ/ショウ/シャン

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

below

Meaning: below; down; descend; give; low; inferior
Kun-yomi: した/しも/もと/さ.げる/さ.がる/くだ.る/くだ.り/くだ.す/-くだ.す/
On-yomi: カ/ゲ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あげまき/あらがね/くさかんむり
On-yomi: カン

mutually

Meaning: mutually; reciprocally; together
Kun-yomi: たが.い/かたみ.に
On-yomi:

be bent

Meaning: be bent; slope; capture
Kun-yomi: かぎ/ま.がる
On-yomi: コウ/ク

net radical variant (no. 122)

Meaning: net radical variant (no. 122)
Kun-yomi: あみがしら/よこめ
On-yomi: モウ/ボウ

reasonable

Meaning: reasonable; just; natural; superb; outstanding; plausible
Kun-yomi: もっと.も/とが.める
On-yomi: ユウ

two people

Meaning: two people
Kun-yomi: したが.う/したが.える/より
On-yomi: ショウ/ジュウ/ジュ

to move on

Meaning: to move on; doubtful
Kun-yomi: おこた.る/ためら.う/うたが.う
On-yomi: イン/ユ

direction

Meaning: direction; person; alternative
Kun-yomi: かた/-かた/-がた
On-yomi: ホウ

though

Meaning: though; notwithstanding; while; during; both; all
Kun-yomi: -なが.ら/たちま.ち
On-yomi: サ/サク

wide

Meaning: wide; broad; spacious
Kun-yomi: ひろ.い/ひろ.まる/ひろ.める/ひろ.がる/ひろ.げる
On-yomi: コウ

net radical variant (no. 122)

Meaning: net radical variant (no. 122)
Kun-yomi: あみがしら/よこめ
On-yomi: モウ/ボウ

rush

Meaning: rush; hurry; be flustered
Kun-yomi: いそが.しい
On-yomi: ソウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かりがね/がんだれ
On-yomi: カン

holy

Meaning: holy; sacred
Kun-yomi: たがや.す
On-yomi: コツ/クツ/コチ/セイ

eternity

Meaning: eternity; long; lengthy
Kun-yomi: なが.い
On-yomi: エイ

great achievement

Meaning: great achievement
Kun-yomi: こうろうがおおきい/おも.う
On-yomi: ロク

substitute

Meaning: substitute; change; convert; replace; period; age; counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.; generation; charge; rate; fee
Kun-yomi: か.わる/かわ.る/かわ.り/か.わり/-がわ.り/-が.わり/か.える/よ/し
On-yomi: ダイ/タイ

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

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: きしがたかい/あおご
On-yomi: ガツ/ガチ/ゲツ/ゲチ

spread out

Meaning: spread out; wide
Kun-yomi: ひろ.がる
On-yomi: ハン

busy

Meaning: busy; occupied; restless
Kun-yomi: いそが.しい/せわ.しい/おそ.れる/うれえるさま
On-yomi: ボウ/モウ

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:

be pointed

Meaning: be pointed; sharp; taper; displeased; angry; edgy
Kun-yomi: とが.る/さき/するど.い
On-yomi: セン

wintry wind

Meaning: wintry wind; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: こがらし
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ががいも
On-yomi: カン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: てわざがすばやい
On-yomi: デン/ニョウ/ロウ

bend

Meaning: bend; music; melody; composition; pleasure; injustice; fault; curve; crooked; perverse; lean
Kun-yomi: ま.がる/ま.げる/くま
On-yomi: キョク

examine

Meaning: examine; test; investigate
Kun-yomi: かんが.える
On-yomi: コウ

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:

consider

Meaning: consider; think over
Kun-yomi: かんが.える/かんが.え
On-yomi: コウ

obedient

Meaning: obedient; united
Kun-yomi: したが.う
On-yomi: ニャク/シャク

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: がえんじ.る
On-yomi: コウ

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:

son

Meaning: son; my son
Kun-yomi: せがれ
On-yomi: サイ/ソツ/ソチ

move

Meaning: move; shift; change; transfer; relocate a capital city
Kun-yomi: うつ.る/うつ.す/みやこがえ
On-yomi: セン

ego

Meaning: ego; I; selfish; our; oneself
Kun-yomi: われ/わ/わ.が-/わが-
On-yomi:

occupy by force

Meaning: occupy by force; usurp; possess
Kun-yomi: みる/うかが.う/し.める
On-yomi: チン/セン/テン

confluence of two streams

Meaning: confluence of two streams; bend
Kun-yomi: なが.れる/みぎわ
On-yomi: ゼイ/ネイ/ゼツ/ネチ

pay respects

Meaning: pay respects; visit; ask; inquire; question; implore
Kun-yomi: うかが.う
On-yomi:

flowing and engulfing

Meaning: flowing and engulfing; brimming
Kun-yomi: なが.れる
On-yomi: エン/イ

I

Meaning: I; my; our; one's own
Kun-yomi: われ/わが-/あ-
On-yomi:

obstruct

Meaning: obstruct; distress; narrow
Kun-yomi: せま.い/ふさが.る/せま.る
On-yomi: ヤク/アイ/アク

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: たな/ながし
On-yomi: カイ

confront

Meaning: confront; resist; defy; oppose
Kun-yomi: あらが.う
On-yomi: コウ

settle

Meaning: settle
Kun-yomi: と.ぐ/といし/みが.く/たいら.にする
On-yomi: シ/テイ/キイ/チ

escape

Meaning: escape; flee; abscond; dodge
Kun-yomi: に.げる/に.がす/のが.す/のが.れる
On-yomi: トウ

suffer

Meaning: suffer; become emaciated; haggard
Kun-yomi: せがれ/やつ.れる
On-yomi: スイ

gallon

Meaning: gallon; quart
Kun-yomi: がろん/くおおと
On-yomi: ショウ

mercury

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

long radical (no. 168)

Meaning: long radical (no. 168)
Kun-yomi: なが.い/おさ
On-yomi: チョウ

shape

Meaning: shape; form; style
Kun-yomi: かた/-がた/かたち/なり
On-yomi: ケイ/ギョウ

lost

Meaning: lost; hide; peace; mistake; beautiful; in turn
Kun-yomi: たのし.む/のが.れる
On-yomi: イツ/テツ

tree

Meaning: tree
Kun-yomi: まがき
On-yomi: チ/シ/イ

weak

Meaning: weak; rickety person; emaciated
Kun-yomi: あしなえ/ま.がる/よわ.い
On-yomi: オウ

lame

Meaning: lame
Kun-yomi: あしなえ/ま.がる/よわ.い
On-yomi: オウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: なが.い/おさ
On-yomi: チョウ

east

Meaning: east
Kun-yomi: ひがし
On-yomi: トウ

brush-stroke

Meaning: brush-stroke; picture
Kun-yomi: えが.く/かく.する/かぎ.る/はかりごと/はか.る
On-yomi: ガ/カク/エ/カイ

escape

Meaning: escape; flee; shirk; evade; set free
Kun-yomi: に.げる/に.がす/のが.す/のが.れる
On-yomi: トウ

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:

equal

Meaning: equal
Kun-yomi: ひと.しい/そろ.う/したが.う/つと.める/と.る/はか.る
On-yomi: ボウ/ム

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ひと.しい/したがえな.らす
On-yomi: ジョ/ニョ

narrow

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

broaden

Meaning: broaden; extend; expand; enlarge
Kun-yomi: ひろ.がる/ひろ.げる/ひろ.める
On-yomi: カク/コウ

weep

Meaning: weep; cry; shine; glisten
Kun-yomi: なが.れる
On-yomi: ケン/ゲン

become fatigued

Meaning: become fatigued; stop
Kun-yomi: てがた/わりふ
On-yomi: ケン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: つりがねそう
On-yomi: デイ/ナイ

rise

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

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: つりがねそう
On-yomi:

dreadful

Meaning: dreadful; be frightened; fearful
Kun-yomi: こわ.い/こわ.がる/お.じる/おそ.れる
On-yomi: フ/ホ

excuse

Meaning: excuse; dismissal
Kun-yomi: まぬか.れる/まぬが.れる
On-yomi: メン

long

Meaning: long; leader
Kun-yomi: なが.い/おさ
On-yomi: チョウ

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