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seal radical (no. 26)

Meaning: seal radical (no. 26)
Kun-yomi: わりふ
On-yomi: セツ

above

Meaning: above
Kun-yomi: うえ/うわ-/かみ/あ.げる/あ.がる/あ.がり/のぼ.る/のぼ.せる/のぼ.す
On-yomi: ジョウ/ショウ

curving river radical (no.47)

Meaning: curving river radical (no.47)
Kun-yomi: かわ
On-yomi: セン

mountain

Meaning: mountain
Kun-yomi: やま
On-yomi: サン/セン

thousand

Meaning: thousand
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: セン

stream

Meaning: stream; river; river or 3-stroke river radical (no. 47)
Kun-yomi: かわ
On-yomi: セン

three

Meaning: three; hair ornament; short hair or fur radical (no. 59)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: サン/セン

evening

Meaning: evening
Kun-yomi: ゆう
On-yomi: セキ

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

well

Meaning: well; well crib; town; community
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: セイ/ショウ

fragrant

Meaning: fragrant; stink; glow; insinuate; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: にお.う/にお.い/にお.わせる
On-yomi:

to look upward

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

reject

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

stone

Meaning: stone
Kun-yomi: いし
On-yomi: セキ/シャク/コク

hermit

Meaning: hermit; wizard; cent
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: セン/セント

fortune-telling

Meaning: fortune-telling; divining; forecasting; occupy; hold; have; get; take
Kun-yomi: し.める/うらな.う
On-yomi: セン

cut

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

drag along

Meaning: drag along
Kun-yomi: せま.い
On-yomi: アク/セク

thirty

Meaning: thirty
Kun-yomi: よ/さんじゅう
On-yomi: セイ/セ/ソウ

holy

Meaning: holy; sacred
Kun-yomi: たがや.す
On-yomi: コツ/クツ/コチ/セイ

lose

Meaning: lose; error; fault; disadvantage; loss
Kun-yomi: うしな.う/う.せる
On-yomi: シツ

bowl

Meaning: bowl; bowl of food
Kun-yomi: どんぶり
On-yomi: トン/タン/ショウ/セイ

thousand

Meaning: thousand
Kun-yomi: ち/かしら
On-yomi: セン

generation

Meaning: generation; world; society; public
Kun-yomi: よ/さんじゅう
On-yomi: セイ/セ/ソウ

harvest

Meaning: harvest; year; age
Kun-yomi: とし/とせ/よわ.い
On-yomi: サイ/セイ

correct

Meaning: correct; justice; righteous; 10**40
Kun-yomi: ただ.しい/ただ.す/まさ/まさ.に
On-yomi: セイ/ショウ

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

busy

Meaning: busy; occupied; restless
Kun-yomi: いそが.しい/せわ.しい/おそ.れる/うれえるさま
On-yomi: ボウ/モウ

meeting

Meaning: meeting; meet; party; association; interview; join
Kun-yomi: あ.う/あ.わせる/あつ.まる
On-yomi: カイ/エ

put together

Meaning: put together
Kun-yomi: あわ.せる/なら.ぶ
On-yomi: ヘイ/ヒョウ

before

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

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

exuberant and vigorous foliage

Meaning: exuberant and vigorous foliage
Kun-yomi: しげ.る
On-yomi: セン

thousand

Meaning: thousand
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: セン

face-up

Meaning: face-up; look up; depend; seek; respect; rever; drink; take
Kun-yomi: あお.ぐ/おお.せ/お.っしゃる/おっしゃ.る
On-yomi: ギョウ/コウ

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

eventide

Meaning: eventide; tide; salt water; opportunity
Kun-yomi: しお/うしお/せい
On-yomi: セキ

responsibility

Meaning: responsibility; duty; term; entrust to; appoint
Kun-yomi: まか.せる/まか.す
On-yomi: ニン

prostrated

Meaning: prostrated; bend down; bow; cover; lay (pipes)
Kun-yomi: ふ.せる/ふ.す
On-yomi: フク

combine

Meaning: combine
Kun-yomi: あわせる/ならぶ
On-yomi: ヘイ/ヒョウ

fit

Meaning: fit; suit; join; 0.1
Kun-yomi: あ.う/-あ.う/あ.い/あい-/-あ.い/-あい/あ.わす/あ.わせる/-あ.
On-yomi: ゴウ/ガッ/カッ

sweat

Meaning: sweat; perspire
Kun-yomi: あせ
On-yomi: カン

son

Meaning: son; my son
Kun-yomi: せがれ
On-yomi: サイ/ソツ/ソチ

move

Meaning: move; shift; change; transfer; relocate a capital city
Kun-yomi: うつ.る/うつ.す/みやこがえ
On-yomi: セン

restrain

Meaning: restrain
Kun-yomi: ふせ.ぐ
On-yomi: カン

turn into

Meaning: turn into; become; get; grow; elapse; reach
Kun-yomi: な.る/な.す/-な.す
On-yomi: セイ/ジョウ
西

west

Meaning: west; Spain
Kun-yomi: にし
On-yomi: セイ/サイ/ス

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: セン

ward off

Meaning: ward off; defend; protect; resist
Kun-yomi: ふせ.ぐ
On-yomi: ボウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: おご.る
On-yomi: セツ/セチ

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: おそれあわ.てる
On-yomi: セイ/ショウ

fold

Meaning: fold; break; fracture; bend; yield; submit
Kun-yomi: お.る/おり/お.り/-お.り/お.れる
On-yomi: セツ

occupy by force

Meaning: occupy by force; usurp; possess
Kun-yomi: みる/うかが.う/し.める
On-yomi: チン/セン/テン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ケイ/キョウ/セイ/ジョウ

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

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: しず.か/いさぎよ.い
On-yomi: セイ/ジョウ

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

dancing radical (no. 136)

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

obstruct

Meaning: obstruct; distress; narrow
Kun-yomi: せま.い/ふさが.る/せま.る
On-yomi: ヤク/アイ/アク

aggression

Meaning: aggression; attack
Kun-yomi: せ.める
On-yomi: コウ

spine

Meaning: spine; backbone
Kun-yomi: せぼね
On-yomi: ロ/リョ

parsley

Meaning: parsley
Kun-yomi: せり
On-yomi: キン

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

garbage

Meaning: garbage; rubbish; shaking; danger
Kun-yomi: あや.うい
On-yomi: ギュウ/ゴウ/ショク/セイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: せわ.しい
On-yomi: ヘイ/ビョウ

shish kebab

Meaning: shish kebab; spit; skewer
Kun-yomi: くし/つらぬ.く
On-yomi: カン/ケン/セン

suffer

Meaning: suffer; become emaciated; haggard
Kun-yomi: せがれ/やつ.れる
On-yomi: スイ

suck

Meaning: suck
Kun-yomi: す.う
On-yomi: セン/シュン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: うちいど
On-yomi: セイ/ショウ

foolish

Meaning: foolish; stopped over
Kun-yomi: せむし
On-yomi: コウ/ク

urge

Meaning: urge; force; imminent; spur on
Kun-yomi: せま.る
On-yomi: ハク

pitfall

Meaning: pitfall; trap; snare
Kun-yomi: あな
On-yomi: セイ/ジョウ

foothill

Meaning: foothill
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: セツ/セチ/グ

see

Meaning: see; hopes; chances; idea; opinion; look at; visible
Kun-yomi: み.る/み.える/み.せる
On-yomi: ケン

voice

Meaning: voice
Kun-yomi: こえ/こわ-
On-yomi: セイ/ショウ

colic

Meaning: colic; stomach ache
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: セン/サン

to split apart

Meaning: to split apart; to break up; to open
Kun-yomi: さく/ひらく
On-yomi: タク/セキ

twirl

Meaning: twirl; twist; twiddle; wring
Kun-yomi: ひね.る
On-yomi: ネン/セン/デン

blue

Meaning: blue; green
Kun-yomi: あお/あお-/あお.い
On-yomi: セイ/ショウ

adjusted

Meaning: adjusted; alike; equal; similar variety of
Kun-yomi: そろ.う/ひと.しい/ひと.しく/あたる/はやい
On-yomi: セイ/サイ

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