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

number one

Meaning: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2)
Kun-yomi: すす.む/しりぞ.く
On-yomi: コン/シ/ジョ/ニョ

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

reject

Meaning: reject; retreat; recede; withdraw; repel; repulse
Kun-yomi: しりぞ.ける
On-yomi: セキ

basin

Meaning: basin; container for wine
Kun-yomi: ひさげ/はんぞう
On-yomi: イ/タ

what?

Meaning: what?
Kun-yomi: なに/なんぞ/いかん
On-yomi: ナ/ダ

furrow in field

Meaning: furrow in field; small drainage
Kun-yomi: みぞ
On-yomi: ショウ/シュ/シン/ソン/シュン

instead

Meaning: instead; on the contrary; rather
Kun-yomi: かえ.って/しりぞ.く/しりぞ.ける
On-yomi: キャク

first time

Meaning: first time; beginning
Kun-yomi: はじ.め/はじ.めて/はつ/はつ-/うい-/-そ.める/-ぞ.め
On-yomi: ショ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: のぞ.む
On-yomi: ケン/コン

sit

Meaning: sit
Kun-yomi: すわ.る/おわす/そぞろに/まします
On-yomi: ザ/サ

the autumn sky

Meaning: the autumn sky
Kun-yomi: あきぞら
On-yomi: ビン/ミン

drain between fields

Meaning: drain between fields; irrigation
Kun-yomi: みぞ
On-yomi: ケン/ケイ/キョウ
沿

run alongside

Meaning: run alongside; follow along; run along; lie along
Kun-yomi: そ.う/-ぞ.い
On-yomi: エン

the handle of tools

Meaning: the handle of tools; tenon; cog
Kun-yomi: せん/ほぞ
On-yomi: ゼイ/ネイ/ドン/ノン
退

retreat

Meaning: retreat; withdraw; retire; resign; repel; expel; reject
Kun-yomi: しりぞ.く/しりぞ.ける/ひ.く/の.く/の.ける/ど.く
On-yomi: タイ

barbarian

Meaning: barbarian; foreign
Kun-yomi: なんぞ
On-yomi: ウ/コ/ゴ

dye

Meaning: dye; color; paint; stain; print
Kun-yomi: そ.める/-ぞ.め/-ぞめ/そ.まる/し.みる/-じ.みる/し.み/-し.める
On-yomi: セン

why

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

instead

Meaning: instead; on the contrary; rather
Kun-yomi: かえ.って/しりぞ.く/しりぞ.ける
On-yomi: キャク

drain between fields

Meaning: drain between fields; irrigation
Kun-yomi: みぞ
On-yomi: ケン/テイ/キョウ

saunter

Meaning: saunter; go back
Kun-yomi: しりぞ.く
On-yomi: シュン

why

Meaning: why; how; when
Kun-yomi: なんぞ/いつ/いずくんぞ/なに
On-yomi: カツ

ditch

Meaning: ditch
Kun-yomi: みぞ
On-yomi: キョク

to calculate

Meaning: to calculate
Kun-yomi: かぞ.える
On-yomi: サン

wall

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

exclude

Meaning: exclude; division (x; 3); remove; abolish; cancel; except
Kun-yomi: のぞ.く/-よ.け
On-yomi: ジョ/ジ

raise

Meaning: raise; plan; project; behavior; actions
Kun-yomi: あ.げる/あ.がる/こぞ.る
On-yomi: キョ

defile

Meaning: defile; blaspheme; ditch
Kun-yomi: けが.す/けが.れ/みぞ
On-yomi: トク/トウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かぞ.える
On-yomi: サン

come together

Meaning: come together; congregate; meet; cover
Kun-yomi: おお.う/なんぞ
On-yomi: コウ

servant

Meaning: servant; what; why
Kun-yomi: なんぞ
On-yomi: ケイ

crow

Meaning: crow; raven
Kun-yomi: からす/いずくんぞ/なんぞ
On-yomi: ウ/オ

name of a river

Meaning: name of a river
Kun-yomi: みぞ
On-yomi: ケイ/テイ/キョウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: こくぞうむし
On-yomi: キ/ゲ/カイ

river in Hebei province

Meaning: river in Hebei province; creek
Kun-yomi: のぞ.む
On-yomi: レイ/ライ/リ

to scatter

Meaning: to scatter; to expel; to crack; to split; to jump
Kun-yomi: はし.る/ほとばし.る/しりぞ.ける/つかう
On-yomi: ホウ/ヒョウ/ヘイ

ambition

Meaning: ambition; full moon; hope; desire; aspire to; expect
Kun-yomi: のぞ.む/もち
On-yomi: ボウ/モウ

bad

Meaning: bad; vice; rascal; false; evil; wrong
Kun-yomi: わる.い/わる-/あ.し/にく.い/-にく.い/ああ/いずくに/いずくんぞ/にく
On-yomi: アク/オ

how

Meaning: how; why; then
Kun-yomi: いずく.んぞ/ここに/これ
On-yomi: エン

proceed to

Meaning: proceed to; assume a post
Kun-yomi: るい/のぞ.む/つ.く
On-yomi: リ/レイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: しりぞく/おおう
On-yomi: ヘイ/ビョウ

distant

Meaning: distant
Kun-yomi: とお.い/なんぞ
On-yomi:

ditch

Meaning: ditch; canal; lock
Kun-yomi: かれ/なんぞ/なに/みぞ/いずくんぞ
On-yomi: キョ

to fit a handle into a socket

Meaning: to fit a handle into a socket; plug; cork
Kun-yomi: ほぞ
On-yomi: ソツ/サツ/スイ

correspond to

Meaning: correspond to; proportionate to; conform; imitate
Kun-yomi: じゅん.じる/じゅん.ずる/なぞら.える/のり/ひと.しい/みずもり
On-yomi: ジュン

miscanthus reed

Meaning: miscanthus reed
Kun-yomi: かや/かんぞう
On-yomi: ケン

peep

Meaning: peep; peek
Kun-yomi: のぞ.く/うかが.う
On-yomi: テン

bad

Meaning: bad; evil
Kun-yomi: わる.い/あ.し/にく.い/ああ/いずくに/いずくんぞ/にく.む
On-yomi: アク/オ

peep

Meaning: peep; peek; come in sight
Kun-yomi: のぞ.く/うかが.う
On-yomi:

minority tribe

Meaning: minority tribe
Kun-yomi: えだち/ふぞろ.い/つか.い
On-yomi: ヨウ

interjection used to express surprise

Meaning: interjection used to express surprise
Kun-yomi: なんぞ
On-yomi: キョ/ゴ

to sort out the stalks used in divination

Meaning: to sort out the stalks used in divination; to fold
Kun-yomi: かぞ.える
On-yomi: セツ/ゼチ/チョウ/ジョウ

semi-

Meaning: semi-; correspond to; proportionate to; conform; imitate
Kun-yomi: じゅん.じる/じゅん.ずる/なぞら.える/のり/ひと.しい/みずもり
On-yomi: ジュン

container for pouring water

Meaning: container for pouring water; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: はんぞう
On-yomi:

paper mulberry

Meaning: paper mulberry
Kun-yomi: こうぞ
On-yomi: チョ

compulsory service to the state

Meaning: compulsory service to the state; corvee
Kun-yomi: えだち/ふぞろ.い/つかい
On-yomi: ヨウ/エウ

an ancient device for working with numbers

Meaning: an ancient device for working with numbers; count; calculate; figure
Kun-yomi: そろばん/かぞ.える
On-yomi: サン

gutter

Meaning: gutter; ditch; sewer; drain; 10**32
Kun-yomi: みぞ
On-yomi: コウ

expectation

Meaning: expectation; consideration; uneasiness; fear; anxiety; concern
Kun-yomi: おそれ/おもんぱか.る/はか.る/うれ.える/あざむ.く/あやま.る/のぞ.む/
On-yomi:

flaw

Meaning: flaw; blemish
Kun-yomi: あら/きず/なんぞ
On-yomi:

reach

Meaning: reach; arrive; manage
Kun-yomi: のぞ.む/つ.く
On-yomi: リ/レイ/ルイ

number

Meaning: number; strength; fate; law; figures
Kun-yomi: かず/かぞ.える/しばしば/せ.める/わずらわ.しい
On-yomi: スウ/ス/サク/ソク/シュ

red

Meaning: red
Kun-yomi: あかねぞめのかわ
On-yomi: バイ/マイ/バツ

cartoon

Meaning: cartoon; involuntarily; in spite of oneself; corrupt
Kun-yomi: みだり.に/そぞ.ろ
On-yomi: マン

paper mulberry

Meaning: paper mulberry
Kun-yomi: こうぞ
On-yomi: コク/コウ/ク

mortise and tenon

Meaning: mortise and tenon; fit into
Kun-yomi: ほぞ
On-yomi: シュン

squat

Meaning: squat
Kun-yomi: しりぞ.く
On-yomi: シュン/ソン

collect

Meaning: collect
Kun-yomi: そな.える/かず/かぞ.える
On-yomi: セン/シュン

straw sandals or slippers that have no heel-backs

Meaning: straw sandals or slippers that have no heel-backs
Kun-yomi: ぞうり
On-yomi:

number

Meaning: number; strength; fate; law; figures
Kun-yomi: かず/かぞ.える/しばしば/せ.める/わずらわ.しい
On-yomi: スウ/ス/サク/ソク/シュ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: みぞごいさぎ
On-yomi: ホウ

how

Meaning: how; indeed; I dare say
Kun-yomi: さぞ/さぞや/さぞかし
On-yomi: ブ/ム

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かや/かんぞう
On-yomi: ケン

riddle

Meaning: riddle; puzzle; enigma; hint; tip
Kun-yomi: なぞ
On-yomi: メイ/ベイ

lie in wait

Meaning: lie in wait; spy on; reconnoiter
Kun-yomi: うかが.う/のぞく
On-yomi:

sleet

Meaning: sleet
Kun-yomi: みぞれ
On-yomi: エイ/ヨウ

compare with

Meaning: compare with; draw analogy with
Kun-yomi: なぞら.える/くら.べる
On-yomi: ギ/カイ

raise

Meaning: raise; plan; project; behavior; actions
Kun-yomi: あ.げる/あ.がる/こぞ.る
On-yomi: キョ

raise

Meaning: raise; plan; project; behavior; actions
Kun-yomi: あ.げる/あ.がる/こぞ.る
On-yomi: キョ

push (people) back

Meaning: push (people) back; reject
Kun-yomi: しりぞ.ける
On-yomi: ヒン

draw back

Meaning: draw back
Kun-yomi: しりぞ.ける
On-yomi: チュツ

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