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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

kettle lid radical (no. 8)

Meaning: kettle lid radical (no. 8)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トウ

sword

Meaning: sword; saber; knife
Kun-yomi: かたな/そり
On-yomi: トウ

knife

Meaning: knife; standing sword radical (no. 18)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トウ

soil

Meaning: soil; earth; ground; Turkey
Kun-yomi: つち
On-yomi: ド/ト

barracks

Meaning: barracks; police station; camp
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トン

Big Dipper

Meaning: Big Dipper; 10 sho (vol); sake dipper; dots and cross radical (no. 68)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ト/トウ

stand up

Meaning: stand up; rise; set up; erect
Kun-yomi: た.つ/-た.つ/た.ち-/た.てる/-た.てる/た.て-/たて-/-た.て/-
On-yomi: リツ/リュウ/リットル

hermit

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

convex

Meaning: convex; beetle brow; uneven
Kun-yomi: でこ
On-yomi: トツ

truly

Meaning: truly; graciously; gratuitously; ravenously
Kun-yomi: みだりに
On-yomi: トウ

bowl

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

grieved

Meaning: grieved; distressed in mind
Kun-yomi: うれ.える
On-yomi: トウ

winter

Meaning: winter
Kun-yomi: ふゆ
On-yomi: トウ

lamp

Meaning: lamp; a light; light; counter for lights
Kun-yomi: ひ/ほ-/ともしび/とも.す/あかり
On-yomi: トウ

hit

Meaning: hit; right; appropriate; himself
Kun-yomi: あ.たる/あ.たり/あ.てる/あ.て/まさ.に/まさ.にべし
On-yomi: トウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かねぐら
On-yomi: トウ/ド

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

group

Meaning: group; association
Kun-yomi: かたまり/まる.い
On-yomi: ダン/トン

young girl

Meaning: young girl; maiden; virgin; beautiful woman; charming and beautiful
Kun-yomi: おとめ/ほこ.る
On-yomi: タ/ト/ツ

inch

Meaning: inch
Kun-yomi: インチ
On-yomi: トウ/ドウ/スン

rice

Meaning: rice; USA; metre
Kun-yomi: こめ/よね
On-yomi: ベイ/マイ/メエトル

type of tree

Meaning: type of tree
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トウ

to bump

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

spit

Meaning: spit; vomit; belch; confess; tell (lies)
Kun-yomi: は.く/つ.く
On-yomi:

jingling

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

throw

Meaning: throw; discard; abandon; launch into; join; invest in; hurl; give up; sell at a loss
Kun-yomi: な.げる/-な.げ
On-yomi: トウ

beans

Meaning: beans; pea; midget
Kun-yomi: まめ/まめ-
On-yomi: トウ/ズ

name

Meaning: name
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トウ/ズ

jealous

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

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

green sprout

Meaning: green sprout; foolish
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トン/チュン

primeval chaos

Meaning: primeval chaos
Kun-yomi: くら.い
On-yomi: トン

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

grain basket

Meaning: grain basket; bin for grain
Kun-yomi: ざる
On-yomi: トン

to move

Meaning: to move; to shake
Kun-yomi: ひ.く
On-yomi: トン

collapse

Meaning: collapse; landslide
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: タン/トン

escape

Meaning: escape; flee; abscond; dodge
Kun-yomi: に.げる/に.がす/のが.す/のが.れる
On-yomi: トウ

metric ton

Meaning: metric ton
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トン

stutter

Meaning: stutter
Kun-yomi: ども.る
On-yomi: トツ

red

Meaning: red; vermilion; name of ancient
Kun-yomi: あか.い
On-yomi: トウ/ズ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: つ.く
On-yomi: トツ/カ

fearful

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

excessive

Meaning: excessive; too; very-usually of objectionable things; to err; to mistake; changeable
Kun-yomi: か.わる
On-yomi: トク

map

Meaning: map; drawing; plan; unexpected; accidentally
Kun-yomi: え/はか.る
On-yomi: ズ/ト

anguish

Meaning: anguish; grieve; ignorant; foolish
Kun-yomi: うれ.える
On-yomi: トン/シュン

rabbit

Meaning: rabbit; hare
Kun-yomi: うさぎ
On-yomi: ト/ツ

woods

Meaning: woods; grove
Kun-yomi: もり/ふさ.ぐ/やまなし
On-yomi: ト/トウ/ズ

falter

Meaning: falter; hesitate
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チュン/トン

belly

Meaning: belly; stomach
Kun-yomi: はら
On-yomi:

shake

Meaning: shake; jiggle
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ト/トウ

east

Meaning: east
Kun-yomi: ひがし
On-yomi: トウ

money repository

Meaning: money repository
Kun-yomi: かねぐら
On-yomi: トウ/ド

rabbit

Meaning: rabbit; hare
Kun-yomi: うさぎ
On-yomi: ト/ツ

arrival

Meaning: arrival; proceed; reach; attain; result in
Kun-yomi: いた.る
On-yomi: トウ

escape

Meaning: escape; flee; shirk; evade; set free
Kun-yomi: に.げる/に.がす/のが.す/のが.れる
On-yomi: トウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トン

wives of one's brothers

Meaning: wives of one's brothers; sister-in-law
Kun-yomi: あいよ.め/うご.く/さわ.ぐ/いた.む
On-yomi: チュウ/ジク/ロク/トク

big

Meaning: big; ignorant; rude; rustic
Kun-yomi: おろ.か/いた.む/かたち/なおい/まこと/つつし.む
On-yomi: トウ/ツ/ズ

stab

Meaning: stab; protruding; thrusting; thrust; pierce; prick
Kun-yomi: つ.く
On-yomi: トツ/カ

pottery

Meaning: pottery
Kun-yomi: やきもの
On-yomi: トウ/ヨウ

bamboo

Meaning: bamboo
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ジク/チク/トク

bow case

Meaning: bow case; scabbard; sheathe
Kun-yomi: ゆみぶくろ
On-yomi: トウ

shoes

Meaning: shoes; boots
Kun-yomi: くつ
On-yomi: トウ

pshaw

Meaning: pshaw; god forbid
Kun-yomi: はなし/しか.る
On-yomi: トツ

to spit out

Meaning: to spit out
Kun-yomi: つばをはいていな.む
On-yomi: トウ

to scold

Meaning: to scold
Kun-yomi: しか.る
On-yomi: タ/ト

capital

Meaning: capital
Kun-yomi: ひしゃく
On-yomi: シュ/トウ/ツ

jealous

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

new moon

Meaning: new moon
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トツ/ジク

cave

Meaning: cave
Kun-yomi: すぎる
On-yomi: トウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: つく
On-yomi: トツ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: さ.く/さ.ける
On-yomi: ロウ/ル/トウ/ツ

steal

Meaning: steal
Kun-yomi: しかり
On-yomi: ツ/トウ/ユ

transparent

Meaning: transparent; permeate; filter; penetrate
Kun-yomi: す.く/す.かす/す.ける/とう.る/とう.す
On-yomi: トウ

to bury

Meaning: to bury
Kun-yomi: あつ.い
On-yomi: チュン/トン/タン

single

Meaning: single; alone; spontaneously; Germany
Kun-yomi: ひと.り
On-yomi: ドク/トク

butterbur

Meaning: butterbur; bog rhubarb
Kun-yomi: ふき
On-yomi: トウ

cleanse

Meaning: cleanse; river in Gansu province
Kun-yomi: あら.う
On-yomi: トウ/ヨウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トウ/ズ

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