Search Kanji for bu

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stretch

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

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

negative

Meaning: negative; non-; bad; ugly; clumsy
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: フ/ブ

husband

Meaning: husband; man
Kun-yomi: おっと/それ
On-yomi: フ/フウ/ブ

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

nothing

Meaning: nothing; not exist; crooked heaven radical (no.71)
Kun-yomi: なし/ない
On-yomi: ブ/ム

not

Meaning: not; must not; do not; be not
Kun-yomi: なか.れ/なし
On-yomi: モチ/ブツ/ボツ

do not

Meaning: do not; must not; be not; mother radical (no. 80)
Kun-yomi: はは/ぼ/ない/なか.れ
On-yomi: ブ/ム

Buddha

Meaning: Buddha; the dead; France
Kun-yomi: ほとけ
On-yomi: ブツ/フツ

part

Meaning: part; minute of time; segment; share; degree; one's lot; duty; understand; know; rate; 1%; chances; shaku; 100
Kun-yomi: わ.ける/わ.け/わ.かれる/わ.かる/わ.かつ
On-yomi: ブン/フン/ブ

sentence

Meaning: sentence; literature; style; art; decoration; figures; plan; literary radical (no. 67)
Kun-yomi: ふみ/あや
On-yomi: ブン/モン

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

luxuriant growth

Meaning: luxuriant growth
Kun-yomi: さかん
On-yomi: ホウ/ブ/フウ

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

pan-

Meaning: pan-
Kun-yomi: ただよ.う/ひろ.い
On-yomi: ハン/ブ/フウ/ホウ/ホン

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

river in Shandong province

Meaning: river in Shandong province
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ブン/モン

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

deep

Meaning: deep
Kun-yomi: かす.か
On-yomi: ブツ/モチ/コツ/コチ

dancing radical (no. 136)

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

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

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ブツ/モチ/コツ/コチ

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

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あや
On-yomi: ブン/モン

miserly

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

proboscis

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

comet

Meaning: comet; dark; obscure
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ハイ/ブツ/ボツ

learning

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

France

Meaning: France
Kun-yomi: ほとけ
On-yomi: ブツ/フツ
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

step

Meaning: step; pace; walk; stroll
Kun-yomi: あるく/あゆむ/あゆみ
On-yomi: ホ/ブ/フ

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:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あたた.か
On-yomi: ブン/モン

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

overgrown with grass

Meaning: overgrown with grass; weedy
Kun-yomi: ふさ.ぐ
On-yomi: フツ/ブチ/ホツ/ボチ/ヒ

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

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: よあ.け
On-yomi: コツ/コチ/ブツ/モチ

scorn

Meaning: scorn; despise; make light of; contempt
Kun-yomi: あなど.る/あなず.る
On-yomi:

warrior

Meaning: warrior; military; chivalry; arms
Kun-yomi: たけ.し
On-yomi: ブ/ム

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

thing

Meaning: thing; object; matter
Kun-yomi: もの/もの-
On-yomi: ブツ/モツ

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