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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

wrapping enclosure

Meaning: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20)
Kun-yomi: つつ.む
On-yomi: ホウ

stop

Meaning: stop; halt; previously; already; long ago
Kun-yomi: や.む/すで.に/のみ/はなはだ
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かたむ.ける
On-yomi: ショク/シキ/レツ/レチ

gentleman

Meaning: gentleman; samurai; samurai radical (no. 33)
Kun-yomi: さむらい
On-yomi:

stop

Meaning: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60)
Kun-yomi: たたず.む
On-yomi: テキ

to take small steps

Meaning: to take small steps; Korean place name
Kun-yomi: たたず.む
On-yomi: チョク

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

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: くさかんむり
On-yomi: ソウ

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

six

Meaning: six
Kun-yomi: む/む.つ/むっ.つ/むい
On-yomi: ロク/リク

crowded

Meaning: crowded; mixture; in bulk; included; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: -こ.む/こ.む/こ.み/-こ.み/こ.める
On-yomi:

be seen dimly

Meaning: be seen dimly; suggest; intimate; faint; stupid; hint
Kun-yomi: ほの.か/ほの-/ほの.めかす/ほの.めく/かたむ.く
On-yomi: ソク

milk

Meaning: milk; woman's breasts; nurse
Kun-yomi: ちち/はぐく.む
On-yomi: ダイ/ネ/ナイ

adroit

Meaning: adroit; skilled; ingenuity
Kun-yomi: たく.み/たく.む/うま.い
On-yomi: コウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: よ.る/ちな.む
On-yomi: イン

pound

Meaning: pound; beat; strike; attack
Kun-yomi: かるくう.つ/むちう.つ
On-yomi: ボク/ハク/ホウ/フ

tile

Meaning: tile; gram
Kun-yomi: かわら/ぐらむ
On-yomi:

sob

Meaning: sob; choke; crooked heaven radical variant (no.71)
Kun-yomi: む/なし
On-yomi: キ/ケ

become pregnant

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

trailing sickness

Meaning: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104)
Kun-yomi: や.む
On-yomi: ダク/ニャク/ソウ/ジョウ/シツ

concave

Meaning: concave; hollow; sunken
Kun-yomi: くぼ.む/へこ.む/ぼこ
On-yomi: オウ

wrap

Meaning: wrap; pack up; cover; conceal
Kun-yomi: つつ.む/くる.む
On-yomi: ホウ

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: くる.しむ
On-yomi: アイ/ア

common laborer

Meaning: common laborer
Kun-yomi: むすめむこ
On-yomi:

rest

Meaning: rest; day off; retire; sleep
Kun-yomi: やす.む/やす.まる/やす.める
On-yomi: キュウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: すす.む
On-yomi: エン/トウ

draw (water)

Meaning: draw (water); ladle; scoop; pump
Kun-yomi: く.む
On-yomi: キュウ

slacken

Meaning: slacken; relax
Kun-yomi: たる.む/たる.める/たゆ.む/ゆる.む/ゆる.み
On-yomi: チ/シ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: はとむぎ
On-yomi: カイ/カン

delicious

Meaning: delicious; relish; show a liking for; purport; will; clever; expert
Kun-yomi: むね/うま.い
On-yomi:

insect

Meaning: insect; bug; temper
Kun-yomi: むし
On-yomi: チュウ/キ

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

fond

Meaning: fond; pleasing; like something
Kun-yomi: この.む/す.く/よ.い/い.い
On-yomi: コウ

cause

Meaning: cause; factor; be associated with; depend on; be limited to
Kun-yomi: よ.る/ちな.む
On-yomi: イン

generation

Meaning: generation; world; society; public
Kun-yomi: よ/よよ/さんじゅう/う.む/う.まれる
On-yomi: セイ/セ/ソウ

you

Meaning: you; thou
Kun-yomi: なんじ/なれ/い/うぬ/いまし/し/しゃ/な/なむち/まし/みまし
On-yomi: ジョ

dike

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

village

Meaning: village; hamlet; rustic
Kun-yomi: むら
On-yomi: ソン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: した.しむ
On-yomi: ジン/ニン

to rely on

Meaning: to rely on; look up to
Kun-yomi: たの.む/あお.ぐ
On-yomi: カイ

village

Meaning: village; rural community; right village radical (no. 163)
Kun-yomi: うれ.える/くに/むら
On-yomi: ユウ

undertake

Meaning: undertake; scheme; design; attempt; plan
Kun-yomi: くわだ.てる/たくら.む
On-yomi:

dangerous

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

welcome

Meaning: welcome; meet; greet
Kun-yomi: むか.える
On-yomi: ゲイ

fell

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

requesting

Meaning: requesting; entrusting with; pretend; hint
Kun-yomi: たく.する/たの.む
On-yomi: タク

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ほ.こる/つつし.む
On-yomi: ケン/キョウ/キン/ゴン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: つつし.む
On-yomi: キョウ

red

Meaning: red
Kun-yomi: あか/あか-/あか.い/あか.らむ/あか.らめる
On-yomi: セキ/シャク

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

drown

Meaning: drown; sink; hide; fall into; disappear; die
Kun-yomi: おぼ.れる/しず.む/ない
On-yomi: ボツ/モツ

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

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

jealous

Meaning: jealous; envious
Kun-yomi: ねた.む/そね.む/つも.る/ふさ.ぐ
On-yomi: ト/ツ

surround

Meaning: surround; besiege; store; paling; enclosure; encircle; preserve; keep
Kun-yomi: かこ.む/かこ.う/かこ.い
On-yomi:

sink

Meaning: sink; submerge; addicted to
Kun-yomi: しず.む/しず.める
On-yomi: チン/ジン
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become bald

Meaning: become bald; bare; wear out; waste away; little girl employed at a brothel
Kun-yomi: ちび.る/かむろ/は.げる/はげ
On-yomi: トク

dancing radical (no. 136)

Meaning: dancing radical (no. 136)
Kun-yomi: まい/そむ.く
On-yomi: ブ/セン

encourage

Meaning: encourage; be diligent; inspire
Kun-yomi: はげ.む/はげ.ます
On-yomi: レイ

drink

Meaning: drink
Kun-yomi: の.む
On-yomi: トン/ドン

swallow

Meaning: swallow; absorb; annex; engulf
Kun-yomi: のむ
On-yomi: ドン/トン/テン

insert between

Meaning: insert between
Kun-yomi: はさ.む
On-yomi: キョウ/コウ

chimney

Meaning: chimney
Kun-yomi: まど/てんまど/けむだし
On-yomi: ソウ/ス

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

pregnancy

Meaning: pregnancy
Kun-yomi: はら.む/みごも.る
On-yomi: ニン/ジン

sink

Meaning: sink; be submerged; subside; be depressed; aloes
Kun-yomi: しず.む/しず.める
On-yomi: チン/ジン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: そ.める/う.つ/い.れる/つか.む
On-yomi: ドツ/ナチ/ドン/ソン/ドウ

edify

Meaning: edify; way; path
Kun-yomi: みち/みちび.く/すす.む/いた.る
On-yomi: テキ

miserly

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

sincere

Meaning: sincere; nourish; encase
Kun-yomi: たまご/はぐく.む
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: や.む/やまい/ほっす
On-yomi: ザイ/ナイ/ダイ/ネ/キュウ

to sink

Meaning: to sink; name of a Chinese river
Kun-yomi: しず.む
On-yomi: コツ/イツ/ベキ

not

Meaning: not; have not; none; to drown; sink
Kun-yomi: おぼ.れる/しず.む/ない
On-yomi: ボツ/モツ

include

Meaning: include; bear in mind; understand; cherish
Kun-yomi: ふく.む/ふく.める
On-yomi: ガン

timorous

Meaning: timorous; nervous
Kun-yomi: むな.しい
On-yomi: クン/コウ/キョウ/タン

fearful

Meaning: fearful; nervous; timid
Kun-yomi: むな.しい
On-yomi: トク/トウ

village

Meaning: village; town
Kun-yomi: むら
On-yomi: ソン

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