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

the latter

Meaning: the latter; duplicate; strange; witty; fishhook radical (no. 5)
Kun-yomi: おと-/きのと
On-yomi: オツ/イツ

table

Meaning: table; table enclosure; table or windy radical (no. 16)
Kun-yomi: きにょう
On-yomi:

blade

Meaning: blade; sword; edge
Kun-yomi: は/やいば/き.る
On-yomi: ジン/ニン

winter variant radical (no. 34)

Meaning: winter variant radical (no. 34)
Kun-yomi: ゆき
On-yomi: スイ

towel

Meaning: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50)
Kun-yomi: おお.い/ちきり/きれ
On-yomi: キン/フク

blade

Meaning: blade; sword; edge
Kun-yomi: は/やいば/き.る
On-yomi: ジン/ニン

bifurcation

Meaning: bifurcation; fork
Kun-yomi: ふたまた/あげまき
On-yomi: ア/ヤ

large

Meaning: large; big
Kun-yomi: おお-/おお.きい/-おお.いに
On-yomi: ダイ/タイ

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

tusk

Meaning: tusk; fang; tusk radical (no. 92)
Kun-yomi: きば/は
On-yomi: ガ/ゲ

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

foe

Meaning: foe; enemy; revenge; grudge; feud
Kun-yomi: あだ/あた/かたき/つれあい
On-yomi: キュウ/グ

cut

Meaning: cut; cutoff; be sharp
Kun-yomi: き.る/-き.る/き.り/-き.り/-ぎ.り/き.れる/-き.れる/き.れ/-き
On-yomi: セツ/サイ

equal

Meaning: equal; head; counter for small animals; roll of cloth
Kun-yomi: ひき
On-yomi: ヒツ

pull

Meaning: pull; tug; jerk; admit; install; quote; refer to
Kun-yomi: ひ.く/ひ.き/ひ.き-/-び.き/ひ.ける
On-yomi: イン

to look upward

Meaning: to look upward
Kun-yomi: あお.ぐ/たるき/のき
On-yomi: セン/ギ/エン

tree

Meaning: tree; wood
Kun-yomi: き/こ-
On-yomi: ボク/モク

comma-design

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

spirit

Meaning: spirit; steam radical (no. 84)
Kun-yomi: いき
On-yomi: キ/ケ

therefore

Meaning: therefore; consequently
Kun-yomi: よ.って/しきりに/なお/よる
On-yomi: ジョウ/ニョウ

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

month

Meaning: month; moon
Kun-yomi: つき
On-yomi: ゲツ/ガツ

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

daybreak

Meaning: daybreak; dawn; morning
Kun-yomi: あき.らか/あきら/ただし/あさ/あした
On-yomi: タン/ダン

north

Meaning: north
Kun-yomi: きた
On-yomi: ホク
氿

spring

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

cut

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

armor

Meaning: armor; high (voice); A grade; first class; former; instep; carapace
Kun-yomi: きのえ
On-yomi: コウ/カン/カ

mushroom

Meaning: mushroom
Kun-yomi: きのこ
On-yomi: ロク

large goblet

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

cannot

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

large

Meaning: large; great; grand; glorious; distinguished
Kun-yomi: おお.きい
On-yomi:

great achievement

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

valve

Meaning: valve; petal; braid; speech; dialect; discrimination; dispose of; distinguish
Kun-yomi: わきま.える/わ.ける/はなびら/あらそ.う
On-yomi: ベン/ヘン

can

Meaning: can; passable; mustn't; should not; do not
Kun-yomi: -べ.き/-べ.し
On-yomi: カ/コク

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

life

Meaning: life; genuine; birth
Kun-yomi: い.きる/い.かす/い.ける/う.まれる/うま.れる/う.まれ/うまれ/う.む/
On-yomi: セイ/ショウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: まるきばし
On-yomi: ハク/シャク/チャク/テキ

portion

Meaning: portion; part; duty
Kun-yomi: うるわ.しい/あき.らか
On-yomi: ヒン/フン

cutting off feet as form of punishment

Meaning: cutting off feet as form of punishment
Kun-yomi: き.る/あやう.い
On-yomi: ゲツ/グチ/ゴツ/ゴチ/カツ

deceptive

Meaning: deceptive
Kun-yomi: きび.しい
On-yomi: キュウ/ロウ

queen

Meaning: queen; princess
Kun-yomi: きさき
On-yomi:

crude

Meaning: crude; simple; plain; docile
Kun-yomi: ほう/ほお/えのき
On-yomi: ボク

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:

decide

Meaning: decide; determine; judge
Kun-yomi: き.める/き.まる/さ.く
On-yomi: ケチ/ケツ

before

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

offing

Meaning: offing; open sea; rise high into sky
Kun-yomi: おき/おきつ/ちゅう.する/わく
On-yomi: チュウ

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

garment

Meaning: garment; clothes; dressing
Kun-yomi: ころも/きぬ/-ぎ
On-yomi: イ/エ

yonder

Meaning: yonder; facing; beyond; confront; defy; tend toward; approach
Kun-yomi: む.く/む.い/-む.き/む.ける/-む.け/む.かう/む.かい/む.こう/む.
On-yomi: コウ

empress

Meaning: empress; queen; after; behind; back; later
Kun-yomi: きさき
On-yomi: コウ/ゴ

portent

Meaning: portent; 10**12; trillion; sign; omen; symptoms
Kun-yomi: きざ.す/きざ.し
On-yomi: チョウ

top of the head

Meaning: top of the head; skull
Kun-yomi: ひよめき
On-yomi: シン/シ

dike

Meaning: dike; embankment
Kun-yomi: つつ.み/きし/くぼ.む
On-yomi: ウ/オ/イ/キョ

going

Meaning: going; journey
Kun-yomi: い.く/ゆ.く/-ゆ.き/-ゆき/-い.き/-いき/おこな.う/おこ.なう
On-yomi: コウ/ギョウ/アン

bridge

Meaning: bridge
Kun-yomi: まるきばし
On-yomi: ハク/シャク/チャク/テキ

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:

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

concerned about

Meaning: concerned about
Kun-yomi: きわ.める/おか.す
On-yomi: カン

come

Meaning: come; plough; 3-branch tree radical (no. 127)
Kun-yomi: き/く/すき
On-yomi: ライ/ルイ

spirit

Meaning: spirit; mind; air; atmosphere; mood
Kun-yomi: いき
On-yomi: キ/ケ

fell

Meaning: fell; strike; attack; punish
Kun-yomi: き.る/そむ.く/う.つ
On-yomi: バツ/ハツ/カ/ボチ

valley

Meaning: valley
Kun-yomi: たに/きわ.まる
On-yomi: コク

large winecup

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

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: おお.きい
On-yomi: ハ/ヘ

light

Meaning: light; clear; bright
Kun-yomi: あきらか
On-yomi: ケイ/キョウ/ソウ

research

Meaning: research; study
Kun-yomi: きわ.める
On-yomi: キュウ/ク

bowl

Meaning: bowl
Kun-yomi: つき/おか
On-yomi: ハイ

still more

Meaning: still more; still less
Kun-yomi: まし.て/いわ.んや/おもむき
On-yomi: キョウ

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

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ゆきのした
On-yomi: ブン/モン

pampas grass

Meaning: pampas grass; beard (grain)
Kun-yomi: すすき/のぎ/のげ
On-yomi: ボウ/コウ/モウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ひかげ/おお.きい
On-yomi: タイ/エイ

light

Meaning: light; clear; bright
Kun-yomi: あきらか
On-yomi: ケイ/キョウ/ソウ

entire

Meaning: entire; whole
Kun-yomi: まったし/はっきりしない
On-yomi: コツ/コチ

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

mother

Meaning: mother
Kun-yomi: なきはは
On-yomi:

pull

Meaning: pull; drag; right itself
Kun-yomi: ひ.く/さ.く/ひきとめる
On-yomi: ハン

to compare

Meaning: to compare; to match; to equal
Kun-yomi: きざはし
On-yomi:

proboscis

Meaning: proboscis
Kun-yomi: くちわき/くちさき
On-yomi: フン/ブン

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