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Kanji English On'yomi Kun'yomi Nanori
clown, ox (2nd zodiac sign) ちゅう (chū), ちゅ (chu) うし (ushi)
assist, aid, rescue しょう (shō), じょう (jō) すくう (sukuu), たすける (tasukeru)
string; relatives; conspire; skewer せん (sen), かん (kan) くし (kushi), つらぬく (tsuranuku)
then; really, indeed; as it turned out, after all; namely; you, your (pre-classical) だい (dai), あい (ai), ない (nai) すなわち (sunawachi), の (no)
it, him, her, them し (shi) ゆく (yuku), これ (kore), の (no) ゆき (yuki)
! ? こ (ko) よ (yo), かな (kana), か (ka)
too, also や (ya) なり (nari), また (mata)
say, speak; cloud, clouds うん (un) いう (iu)
extend across, through; from せん (sen), かん (kan), こう (kō) もとめる (motomeru), わたる (亘る, wataru)
extend across, through; from こう (kō) わたる (wataru), わたり (watari)
little, few; rather, somewhat さ (sa), しゃ (sha) いささか (isasaka)
also, too; likewise えき (eki), やく (yaku) また (mata)
the number twelve; 12th sign of the zodiac (pig/boar) がい (gai), かい (kai) い (i), ゐ (wi, outdated)
smoothly, progressing, no trouble きょう (kyō), こう (kō), ほう (hō) たてまつる (tatematsuru), とおる (tooru)
bright, brilliant, radiant, light りょう (ryō) あきらか (akiraka), すけ (suke)
small thing, child; young animal し (shi), さい (sai) たえる (taeru), こ (ko)
third person pronoun; he, she, this, that い (i) これ (kore), かれ (kare), ただ (tada)
talent, skill, ability き (ki), ぎ (gi) わざ (waza)
five, company of five; troops ご (go) くみ (kumi), いつつ (itsutsu)
nursing, attending, entertainer; temple きゃ (kya), か (ka), が (ga) とぎ (togi)
tenant farmer てん (ten), でん (den) つくだ (tsukuda)
help, protect, bless ゆう (yū), う (u) たすける (tasukeru)
lonely, solitary; actor れい (rei), りょう (ryō) わざおぎ (wazaogi)
upright and strong; amiable かん (kan) つよい (tsuyoi)
help, assist, repay kindness ゆう (yū), う (u) すすめる (susumeru), たすける (tasukeru)
sudden(ly), soon; Russian On: が (ga) Kun: にわか (niwaka)
chivalrous person; knight-errant きょう (kyō) おとこだて (otokodate), きゃん (kyan)
big また (mata)
smooth; active; clever, sharp り (ri) かしこい (kashikoi)
companion, follower りょ (ryo), ろ (ro) とも (tomo)
docile; dwarf, short; (historical) Japan, Japanese い (i) < ゐ (wi), わ (wa) したがう (shitagau), やまと (yamato)
I (personal pronoun) えん (en) おれ (ore)
all, together; company く (ku) ともに (tomoni)
be tired of, weary けん (ken) つかれる (tsukareru), うむ (倦む, umu)
lucky, fortunate; dote on, spoil こう (kō) さいわい (saiwai)
talented; urgent し (shi), さい (sai) しのぶ (shinobu), しのび (shinobi)
only, merely, solely, just きん (kin) わずかに (wazukani), わずか (wazuka)
hire, employ, charter; servant よう (yō), ちょう (chō) やとう (yatou), あたい (atai), ひとしい (hitoshii)
to save money, store, reserve; an heir ちょ (cho) そえ (soe), たくわえる (takuwaeru), もうける (moukeru)
to grant, to allow, to consent いん (in) まこと (makoto), ゆるす (yurusu), じょう (jou)
rabbit, hare と (to) うさぎ (usagi)
pouch とう (tō) かぶと (kabuto)
his, her, its, their; that き (ki), ぎ (gi) その (sono), それ (sore)
dark, gloomy, night; deep めい (mei) くらい (kurai)
freezing; stopped up, closed off ご (go) こおる (kooru), ひえる (hieru), さえる (saeru)
smelt, fuse metals; cast, found や (ya) いる (iru)
awful, whacking, enormous, bloody, terrible せい (sei) さむい (samui), すさまじい (susamajii), すごい (sugoi)
pure; virtuous; insult; maltreat りょう (ryō) しのぐ (shinogu)
shiver with cold or fear, fearful りん (rin) さむい (samui), すさまじい (susamajii), おそれる (osoreru)
to shiver with cold or fear りん (rin) さむい (samui), すさまじい (susamajii), おそれる (osoreru)
kite たこ (tako)
calm, lull なぐ (nagu), なぎ (nagi)
female phoenix こう (kō), おう (ō) おおとり (ootori)
triumphant; triumph, victory がい (gai), かい (kai) かちどき (kachidoki), やわらぐ (yawaragu)
correspondence; a case; a box かん (kan) いれる (ireru), はこ (hako)
temple, shrine, monastery さつ (satsu), せち (sechi) はたばしら (hatabashira), てら (tera), くに (kuni)
surname; kill, destroy; overcome, conquer る (ru), りゅう (ryū) ころ (koro)

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