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Dec 18, 2025

Reading

ジ、とき、-どき

Meaning

time, hour

Words

時、時代、時間、当時、時点

Reading

コウ、ク、グ

Meaning

craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)

Words

工場、工業、工事、工学、竣工

Reading

カク、コウ、キャク、ゴウ

Meaning

status, rank, capacity, character, case (law, grammar)

Words

性格、資格、昇格、価格、規格

Reading

ギャク、ゲキ、さか、さか.さ、さか.らう

Meaning

inverted, reverse, opposite, wicked

Words

逆、逆転、逆襲、反逆、逆らう

Reading

ハン、しげ.る、しげ.く

Meaning

luxuriant, thick, overgrown, frequency, complexity, trouble

Words

繁殖、頻繁、繁栄、繁華、繁盛

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Dec 18, 2025

此方

こちら、こっち、こち

Definition

this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker), this direction, here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is), this one (something physically close to the speaker), I, me, we, us, this person (someone physically close to...

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発音

はつおん

Definition

pronunciation

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基

き

Definition

group, (free) radical, counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)