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

street

Meaning: street; ward; town; counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign
Kun-yomi: ひのと
On-yomi: チョウ/テイ/チン/トウ/チ

tricky

Meaning: tricky; sly; crafty; cunning
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チョウ

to take small steps

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

condolences

Meaning: condolences; mourning; funeral
Kun-yomi: とむら.う/とぶら.う
On-yomi: チョウ

used in women's names

Meaning: used in women's names
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: テイ/チョウ/テン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チョウ/ショウ

government office

Meaning: government office
Kun-yomi: やくしょ
On-yomi: チョウ/テイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: たい.らか
On-yomi: テイ/チョウ/テン

calm

Meaning: calm; peaceful; serene; healthy
Kun-yomi: たくわ.える
On-yomi: チョ

cane

Meaning: cane; stick
Kun-yomi: つえ/つわもの/まわり/よる
On-yomi: ジョウ/チョウ

portent

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

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: はやくうつ
On-yomi: チョウ/テキ/チャク/シャク

suspend

Meaning: suspend; hang; wear (sword)
Kun-yomi: つ.る/つる.す
On-yomi: チョウ

to bump

Meaning: to bump
Kun-yomi: つ.く
On-yomi: トウ/ジョウ/テイ/チョウ

jingling

Meaning: jingling; tinkling
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: テイ/チョウ/トウ

chestnut oak

Meaning: chestnut oak
Kun-yomi: みくり
On-yomi: チョ/ショ/ヨ

town

Meaning: town; village; block; street
Kun-yomi: まち
On-yomi: チョウ

article

Meaning: article; clause; item; stripe; streak
Kun-yomi: えだ/すじ
On-yomi: ジョウ/チョウ/デキ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: つよくいさましい
On-yomi: クツ/グチ/チョウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チョウ/ジョウ/ニョウ

ladle

Meaning: ladle; scoop
Kun-yomi: ひしゃく
On-yomi: シャク/チョウ/テキ/ヒョウ

long radical (no. 168)

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

stop

Meaning: stop; linger; appearance; figure; bearing
Kun-yomi: たたず.む
On-yomi: チョ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ゆきなや.む
On-yomi: リョウ/ホウ/チョウ

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

town

Meaning: town; block
Kun-yomi: みち
On-yomi: チョウ

carbuncle

Meaning: carbuncle
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: テイ/チョウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: おそ.れる
On-yomi: チョク/チキ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: おとこぎ/なおい/つつし.む
On-yomi: テイ/ジョウ/チョウ

hemp

Meaning: hemp; flax
Kun-yomi: お/からんし/からむし
On-yomi: チョ

rush plant

Meaning: rush plant
Kun-yomi: えんどう
On-yomi: チョウ/ショウ

quire (of paper)

Meaning: quire (of paper); bundle of seaweed; counter for screens; notebook
Kun-yomi: かきもの
On-yomi: チョウ/ジョウ

long

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

straightaway

Meaning: straightaway; honesty; frankness; fix; repair
Kun-yomi: ただ.ちに/なお.す/-なお.す/なお.る/なお.き/す.ぐ
On-yomi: チョク/ジキ/ジカ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チョ/ジョ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: すきのは
On-yomi: テイ/チョウ

whisper

Meaning: whisper; lick; taste; petty
Kun-yomi: な.める/ささや.く/しゃべ.る
On-yomi: チョウ/ショウ/テン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: みみくそ
On-yomi: テイ/チョウ

moisten

Meaning: moisten; wet; soak; touch
Kun-yomi: うるお.う/うるお.す
On-yomi: セン/チョウ/テン

shuttle

Meaning: shuttle
Kun-yomi: ひ/どんぐり
On-yomi: チョ/ショ

frivolity

Meaning: frivolity
Kun-yomi: かる.い
On-yomi: チョウ/ジョウ/ヨウ

grieve

Meaning: grieve; sorrowful
Kun-yomi: かな.しむ/いた.む
On-yomi: チョウ/ショウ

observant

Meaning: observant; peaceful; submissive
Kun-yomi: おだ.やか/したが.う
On-yomi: チョウ/テン/セン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: の.む
On-yomi: テイ/チョウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ゆ.く
On-yomi: ショウ/チョウ

just as

Meaning: just as; as though; fortunately
Kun-yomi: あたか.も
On-yomi: コウ/カッ/チョウ/キョウ

challenge

Meaning: challenge; contend for; make love to
Kun-yomi: いど.む
On-yomi: チョウ

imperial order

Meaning: imperial order
Kun-yomi: いまし.める/みことのり
On-yomi: チョク

beautiful

Meaning: beautiful
Kun-yomi: うつく.しい
On-yomi: ヨウ/チョウ

long day

Meaning: long day; clear
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チョウ

far off

Meaning: far off; distant
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チョ/チョウ

sacrifice

Meaning: sacrifice
Kun-yomi: はふりどころ
On-yomi: チョウ/トウ

ears hanging down

Meaning: ears hanging down
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トウ/チョウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ほしいまま
On-yomi: チョウ/テワ

to worry

Meaning: to worry; frivolous
Kun-yomi: うす.い
On-yomi: チョウ/ヨウ

heavy

Meaning: heavy; heap up; pile up; nest of boxes; -fold
Kun-yomi: え/おも.い/おも.り/おも.なう/かさ.ねる/かさ.なる/おも
On-yomi: ジュウ/チョウ

tree

Meaning: tree
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チョク/チキ/ショク/シキ

to gaze at

Meaning: to gaze at
Kun-yomi: み.つめる
On-yomi: チ/チョウ/イ

fragrant herbs

Meaning: fragrant herbs; spiced liqueur; grow; spread
Kun-yomi: かおりぐさ
On-yomi: チョウ

mound

Meaning: mound; hillock
Kun-yomi: つか/おお.う
On-yomi: チョウ

wither

Meaning: wither; droop; lame
Kun-yomi: しぼ.む
On-yomi: チョウ

island

Meaning: island
Kun-yomi: しま
On-yomi: トウ/チョウ
倀

ghost of one devoured by tiger

Meaning: ghost of one devoured by tiger
Kun-yomi: くる.う/たお.れる
On-yomi: チョウ/トウ/ジョウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: どろ
On-yomi: テイ/チョウ/エイ/ヨウ

surname

Meaning: surname; name of certain rivers
Kun-yomi: みち
On-yomi: ト/ズ/チョ/ジョ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あき.らか
On-yomi: チョウ

red lacquer bow

Meaning: red lacquer bow
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トン/チョウ

proper name

Meaning: proper name
Kun-yomi: あさ
On-yomi: チョウ

avena nuda

Meaning: avena nuda
Kun-yomi: くさとり
On-yomi: テキ/ジュク/チョウ/ジョウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: すす.む/のぼ.る
On-yomi: チョク/トク

counter for guns, inksticks, palanquins, rickshaws

Meaning: counter for guns, inksticks, palanquins, rickshaws; bravely volunteer
Kun-yomi: ぬ.く
On-yomi: チョウ/テイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: はか.る/はじ.める
On-yomi: チョウ/ジョウ/トウ

nail

Meaning: nail; tack; peg
Kun-yomi: くぎ
On-yomi: テイ/チョウ

sacrifice

Meaning: sacrifice
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チョウ

an ancestral hall

Meaning: an ancestral hall
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チョウ

stop

Meaning: stop; linger
Kun-yomi: たたず.む
On-yomi: チョ

table

Meaning: table
Kun-yomi: つくえ
On-yomi: テイ/チョウ/ケイ/ギョウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: テイ/ジョウ/チョウ

large

Meaning: large
Kun-yomi: おお.きい
On-yomi: チョウ

jade tablet

Meaning: jade tablet
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: テイ/チョウ

to cobble

Meaning: to cobble; to patch
Kun-yomi: おぎなう
On-yomi: テイ/チョウ/ダイ

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