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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

stop

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

left hand

Meaning: left hand; old grass radical (no. 45)
Kun-yomi: ひだりて
On-yomi: テツ/サ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: め/めばえ
On-yomi: ソウ/テツ

phoneme only

Meaning: phoneme only; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi:

heavens

Meaning: heavens; sky; imperial
Kun-yomi: あまつ/あめ/あま-
On-yomi: テン

lonely

Meaning: lonely; solitary
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: テイ
辿

follow (road)

Meaning: follow (road); pursue
Kun-yomi: たど.る/たどり
On-yomi: テン

name of an ancient tribe

Meaning: name of an ancient tribe
Kun-yomi: ふもと
On-yomi: テイ/タイ/シ/チ

used in women's names

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

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

courtesy

Meaning: courtesy
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: テイ

water's edge

Meaning: water's edge; shore; bank
Kun-yomi: みぎわ/なぎさ
On-yomi: テイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: まるきばし
On-yomi: ハク/シャク/チャク/テキ

to hang the head

Meaning: to hang the head; to bow the head; to droop; to lower; low; beneath
Kun-yomi: ひく.い/ひく.める/ひく.まる
On-yomi: テイ

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

bridge

Meaning: bridge
Kun-yomi: まるきばし
On-yomi: ハク/シャク/チャク/テキ

to bump

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

transmit

Meaning: transmit; go along; walk along; follow; report; communicate; legend; tradition
Kun-yomi: つた.わる/つた.える/つた.う/つだ.う/-づた.い/つて
On-yomi: デン/テン

arrive at

Meaning: arrive at; reach; intelligent; smooth; slippery
Kun-yomi: なめ.らか/すべ.る/たっす.る
On-yomi: タツ/タチ/テイ/タイ

jingling

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

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: そ.える/そ.う/も.える/も.う
On-yomi: テン

swallow

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

anchor

Meaning: anchor
Kun-yomi: いかり
On-yomi: テイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: タン/テン

region around the imperial capital

Meaning: region around the imperial capital; outskirts
Kun-yomi: かり
On-yomi: デン/テン

settle

Meaning: settle
Kun-yomi: と.ぐ/といし/みが.く/たいら.にする
On-yomi: シ/テイ/キイ/チ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あ.たる/あ.てる
On-yomi: シ/テイ

edify

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

cultivated rice field

Meaning: cultivated rice field
Kun-yomi: つくだ
On-yomi: テン/デン

barbarian

Meaning: barbarian
Kun-yomi: えびす
On-yomi: テキ

lower

Meaning: lower; short; humble
Kun-yomi: ひく.い/ひく.める/ひく.まる
On-yomi: テイ

display

Meaning: display; offer; present; send; exhibit
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: テイ

ladle

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

courts

Meaning: courts; imperial court; government office
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: テイ

younger brother

Meaning: younger brother; faithful service to elders
Kun-yomi: おとうと
On-yomi: テイ/ダイ/デ

residence

Meaning: residence; mansion
Kun-yomi: やしき
On-yomi: テイ

lost

Meaning: lost; hide; peace; mistake; beautiful; in turn
Kun-yomi: たのし.む/のが.れる
On-yomi: イツ/テツ

transfer

Meaning: transfer; alternation
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: テツ

body

Meaning: body; substance; object; reality; counter for images
Kun-yomi: からだ/かたち
On-yomi: タイ/テイ

alone

Meaning: alone
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: テイ/ダイ/タ

pearly

Meaning: pearly
Kun-yomi: ひか.る
On-yomi: テキ/チャク

carbuncle

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

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: おお.きい
On-yomi: テイ/タイ

nephew

Meaning: nephew
Kun-yomi: かた.い/おろ.か/とど.まる
On-yomi: シツ/シチ/テツ

path

Meaning: path; way; guide; lead; proceed; advance; reach; arrive
Kun-yomi: みち/みちび.く/すす.む/いた.る
On-yomi: テキ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: めい/おい
On-yomi: テツ/チツ/ジチ/イツ/イチ

foul and poisonous in confusion

Meaning: foul and poisonous in confusion; out of harmony
Kun-yomi: そこな.う
On-yomi: レイ/ライ/テン

licentious

Meaning: licentious; libertine; dissipate
Kun-yomi: あふ.れる
On-yomi: イツ/イチ/テツ/デチ

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

river in Hebei province

Meaning: river in Hebei province
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: テイ/タイ/シ

sequence

Meaning: sequence; number; grade; degree
Kun-yomi: つばな
On-yomi: テイ/ダイ/イ

grateful

Meaning: grateful; indebted
Kun-yomi: かたじけな.い
On-yomi: テン

peak

Meaning: peak; cliff; precipice
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: テウ/デウ

bow

Meaning: bow
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: テイ/タイ/チュウ

concatenate

Meaning: concatenate; compose; covered in a gauze like net
Kun-yomi: と.じる/つづ.る/すみ.やか
On-yomi: テイ/テツ/テチ/ゲツ/イ

stand on which to replace goblets after drinking

Meaning: stand on which to replace goblets after drinking
Kun-yomi: さかい
On-yomi: テン/チン

an islet

Meaning: an islet; rock in a river; embankment; to stop
Kun-yomi: なぎさ/さか/にわ/と.まる
On-yomi: チ/シ/テイ/タイ

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

low

Meaning: low; humble
Kun-yomi: たちもとほ.る
On-yomi: チ/ジ/テイ/タイ/デ

determine

Meaning: determine; fix; establish; decide
Kun-yomi: さだ.める/さだ.まる/さだ.か
On-yomi: テイ/ジョウ

to rebuke

Meaning: to rebuke; to scold; slander
Kun-yomi: そし.る/しか.る
On-yomi: テイ/タイ

bottom

Meaning: bottom; sole; depth; bottom price; base; kind; sort
Kun-yomi: そこ
On-yomi: テイ

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

resist

Meaning: resist; reach; touch
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: テイ

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

bull's eye

Meaning: bull's eye; mark; target; object; adjective ending
Kun-yomi: まと
On-yomi: テキ

Ormazda

Meaning: Ormazda; god of the Zoroastrians (extended to god of the Manicheans)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ケン/テン

code

Meaning: code; ceremony; law; rule
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: テン/デン

store

Meaning: store; shop
Kun-yomi: みせ/たな
On-yomi: テン

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: もだ.える
On-yomi: テイ/タイ

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

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: おり
On-yomi: キョ/コ/テイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: くずれか.かる
On-yomi: エン/テン

to leap over

Meaning: to leap over
Kun-yomi: さえぎ.る
On-yomi: セイ/テイ/レイ

flaw in gem

Meaning: flaw in gem; flaw in character
Kun-yomi: か.ける
On-yomi: テン

only

Meaning: only; merely; but
Kun-yomi: たまたま
On-yomi: キ/シ/テイ/タイ

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