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

tender

Meaning: tender; weak; gradually alternating
Kun-yomi: あや.うい
On-yomi: ゼン/ネン

red

Meaning: red; tan
Kun-yomi: あや.うい
On-yomi: ゼン/ネン

milk

Meaning: milk; woman's breasts; nurse
Kun-yomi: ちち/はぐく.む
On-yomi: ダイ/ネ/ナイ

year

Meaning: year; counter for years
Kun-yomi: とし
On-yomi: ネン

confluence of two streams

Meaning: confluence of two streams; bend
Kun-yomi: なが.れる/みぎわ
On-yomi: ゼイ/ネイ/ゼツ/ネチ

tiny

Meaning: tiny; small; water's edge
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ゼイ/ネイ/ゼツ/ネチ

flattery

Meaning: flattery; insincerity
Kun-yomi: おもね.る/よこしま
On-yomi: ネイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: や.む/やまい/ほっす
On-yomi: ザイ/ナイ/ダイ/ネ/キュウ

twirl

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

you (f)

Meaning: you (f)
Kun-yomi: はは/はぐく.む/あね
On-yomi: ダイ/ナイ/デイ/ジ/ネ/ニ

weary

Meaning: weary; tired
Kun-yomi: つか.れる
On-yomi: デツ/ネチ/ジョウ/ニョウ

flattery

Meaning: flattery; insincerity
Kun-yomi: おもね.る/よこしま
On-yomi: ネイ

wish

Meaning: wish; sense; idea; thought; feeling; desire; attention
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ネン

variety of evergreen tree

Meaning: variety of evergreen tree; cedar
Kun-yomi: くす/くすのき
On-yomi: ナン/ダン/ゼン/ネン

the handle of tools

Meaning: the handle of tools; tenon; cog
Kun-yomi: せん/ほぞ
On-yomi: ゼイ/ネイ/ドン/ノン

year

Meaning: year; new-years; person's age
Kun-yomi: とし
On-yomi: ネン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ふちど.る/まえだれ
On-yomi: ネン/デン/セン

ancestral shrine

Meaning: ancestral shrine
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ネ/デイ/ナイ

weak

Meaning: weak; pliable; soft; yielding
Kun-yomi: よわ.い
On-yomi: ゼン/ネン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: タ/ネ

knead

Meaning: knead; mix
Kun-yomi: こ.ねる/ね.る/つく.ねる
On-yomi: ネツ/テツ/ネチ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あで.やか/やす.らか
On-yomi: ダイ/ネ/スイ

ancestral shrine

Meaning: ancestral shrine; embroidery
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: デイ/ネ/チ

boa constrictor

Meaning: boa constrictor
Kun-yomi: にしきへび
On-yomi: ゼン/ネン/ザン/ナン/テン

black soil

Meaning: black soil
Kun-yomi: そ.める
On-yomi: ネツ/デツ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: いね
On-yomi: デン/ネン

gnat

Meaning: gnat; sand fly
Kun-yomi: ぶゆ/ぶよ/ぶと/か
On-yomi: ゼイ/ネイ/ゼツ/ネチ

cheerful

Meaning: cheerful
Kun-yomi: うれ.える
On-yomi: タン/テン/ネン/エン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: にご.る/ひた.す
On-yomi: ワ/ダイ/ネ/イ

caterpillar

Meaning: caterpillar
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ネン/セン

twirl

Meaning: twirl; twist; play with
Kun-yomi: ね.じる/ねじ.る/ひね.くる/ひね.る
On-yomi: ネン/ジョウ

sticky

Meaning: sticky; glutinous; greasy; persevere
Kun-yomi: ねば.る
On-yomi: ネン

fish

Meaning: fish; still
Kun-yomi: にご.る
On-yomi: デン/ダン/ネン/アン/オン

sunlight

Meaning: sunlight
Kun-yomi: ひがあらわ.れる/ひざ
On-yomi: ケン/デン/ネン

bank

Meaning: bank; dike; protuberance
Kun-yomi: した/ます/お.ちる
On-yomi: テン/ドウ/ニョウ/ネン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: の.ばす
On-yomi: テン/チン/ネン

type of fruit tree

Meaning: type of fruit tree
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ネン

timid

Meaning: timid; apprehensive
Kun-yomi: よわ.い/おそ.れる
On-yomi: ゼン/ネン/タ/ナ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: や.く
On-yomi: ゼツ/ネチ

sort of thing

Meaning: sort of thing; so; if so; in that case; well
Kun-yomi: しか/しか.り/しか.し/さ
On-yomi: ゼン/ネン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ふ.む
On-yomi: デン/ネン/セン

peaceful

Meaning: peaceful
Kun-yomi: ねが.い
On-yomi: ネイ/ニュウ/デイ/ニョウ

ox with yellow hair and a black head

Meaning: ox with yellow hair and a black head
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ジュン/ニン/ゼン/ネン

used as a term of comparison

Meaning: used as a term of comparison
Kun-yomi: むし.ろ
On-yomi: ネイ

adjoin

Meaning: adjoin
Kun-yomi: すなつち
On-yomi: ゼン/ネン/ダ/ナ/ダン/ナン

to fabricate

Meaning: to fabricate; to trump up
Kun-yomi: こねあ.わせる
On-yomi: ゲツ/ゲチ/ネツ

harvest

Meaning: harvest; ripen
Kun-yomi: みの.る/みのり
On-yomi: ネン/ジン/ニン

camphor tree

Meaning: camphor tree
Kun-yomi: くす/くすのき
On-yomi: ナン/ダン/ゼン/ネン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ねばりつ.く
On-yomi: レン/デン/ネン/カン

surname

Meaning: surname; peaceful; rather
Kun-yomi: ねが.い
On-yomi: ネイ/ニュウ/デイ/ニョウ

beard

Meaning: beard; mustache
Kun-yomi: おおひげ
On-yomi: ゼン/ネン

rather

Meaning: rather; preferably; peaceful; quiet; tranquility
Kun-yomi: むし.ろ
On-yomi: ネイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ゼン/ネン

gnat

Meaning: gnat; mosquito
Kun-yomi: ぶゆ/ぶよ/ぶと/か
On-yomi: ゼイ/ネイ/ゼツ/ネチ

by fire

Meaning: by fire
Kun-yomi: かわく
On-yomi: ゼン/ネン/ガン

heat

Meaning: heat; temperature; fever; mania; passion
Kun-yomi: あつ.い
On-yomi: ネツ

twist

Meaning: twist; twine; kinky
Kun-yomi: よ.る/よ.れる/より/ひね.る
On-yomi: ネン

affinity

Meaning: affinity; relation; connection; edge; border; verge; brink
Kun-yomi: ふち/ふちど.る/ゆかり/よすが/へり/えにし
On-yomi: エン/-ネン

eumenes polifomis

Meaning: eumenes polifomis; kind of wasp
Kun-yomi: うごめ.く
On-yomi: ゼン/ダ/ネン/ジュ/ニュ

freshwater trout

Meaning: freshwater trout; smelt
Kun-yomi: あゆ/なまず
On-yomi: デン/ネン

ancient treasured sword

Meaning: ancient treasured sword
Kun-yomi: かりも
On-yomi: コン/ゼン/ネン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ぬのこ
On-yomi: ゲイ/ナイ/ナチ/ネ

burn

Meaning: burn; blaze; glow
Kun-yomi: も.える/も.やす/も.す
On-yomi: ネン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: こなつめ
On-yomi: ゼン/ネン/エン

weak

Meaning: weak; wearied; in distress
Kun-yomi: なや.む/よわ.い
On-yomi: ドウ/ニョウ/ネイ

flexible

Meaning: flexible; pliable; weak; feeble
Kun-yomi: ねぐるま
On-yomi: ゼン/ネン/ナン

mutter

Meaning: mutter
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ナン/ダン/ネン

muddiness

Meaning: muddiness
Kun-yomi: ぬか.る
On-yomi: ネイ

squeak

Meaning: squeak
Kun-yomi: きし.る/めぐ.る
On-yomi: テン/ネン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ふ.む
On-yomi: テン/ネン

milk

Meaning: milk; suckle; breasts
Kun-yomi: はは/はぐく.む/あね
On-yomi: ダイ/ナイ/デイ/ジ/ネ/ニ

stick to

Meaning: stick to; glutinous; sticky; glue
Kun-yomi: ねば.り/ねば.る
On-yomi: ネン

bad

Meaning: bad
Kun-yomi: わる.い
On-yomi: ドウ/ネイ

kindness

Meaning: kindness
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ネイ/ニョウ

open space along water

Meaning: open space along water
Kun-yomi: あきち
On-yomi: ゼン/ネン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: もつ.れる/いとのもつれ/くれない
On-yomi: ビン/ネン

lemon tree

Meaning: lemon tree
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ネイ/ドウ

ancestral shrine

Meaning: ancestral shrine
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ネ/デイ/ナイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: きくらげ
On-yomi: ジ/ニ/ゼン/ネン/ジュ/ニュ

fresh-water catfish

Meaning: fresh-water catfish; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: なまず
On-yomi: ネン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: デイ/ゲイ/ニョウ/ネイ

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