Post-JLPT2 kanji
21-40
Biased for people and place names
Biased for newspapers (political
discourse)
Biased for manga
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遣 |
ケン つか.う、つか.わす、や.る |
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dispatch; send; do; undertake |
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1. 遣い |
づかい (suffix) use of
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2. 言葉遣い |
ことばづかい speech; wording; diction |
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3. 気遣う |
きづかう to be
concerned about; to be worried |
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4. 思い遣り |
おもいやり sympathy; consideration |
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5. 遣り繰り |
やりくり making
do; getting by; managing (to live) (vs) |
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6. 派遣 |
はけん dispatch; send
(vs) |
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7. 遣る |
やる to do (any
number of things) [always kana] |
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movement
radical |
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also in the top
part of 貴 (reverence) |
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buttocks
radical, I’ve heard it called. Also in 官 (building)、追 (follow)、師 (expert) |
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Notes: |
In
kunyomi compounds, often used interchangeably with 使 (use). Lookalike kanji:
追 (follow). |
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022
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撃 |
ゲキ |
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beat; attack; conquer |
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1. 射撃 |
しゃげき gunfire;
gunshot |
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2. 攻撃 |
こうげき attack;
strike; assault |
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3. 爆撃 |
ばくげき bombing |
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4. 打撃 |
だげき hit; strike;
damage; batting (in baseball) |
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5. 撃つ |
うつ to fire a gun;
to shoot at; to attack |
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6. 目撃 |
もくげき eyewitness |
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car 車 |
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labour radical 殳 |
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hand 手 |
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023
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渉 |
ショウ |
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involvement; ford; ferry |
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1. 交渉 |
こうしょう negotiations |
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2. 干渉 |
かんしょう intervention; interference |
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3. 渉外 |
しょうがい outside liason; public relations |
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4. 渡渉 |
としょう wading;
fording (vs) |
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water
radical |
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walking 歩 |
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024
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響 |
キョウ |
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echo; resound; ring; vibrate |
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1. 響き |
ひびき echo;
reverberation |
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2. 影響 |
えいきょう influence; effect |
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3. 響く |
ひびく to resound |
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hometown 郷 (shares onyomi
of キョウ) |
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sound 音 |
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激 |
ゲキ はげ.しい |
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violent; incitement; enrage |
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1. 過激 |
かげき extreme; radical |
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2. 刺激 |
しげき impetus;
stimulus; motivation |
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3. 激しい |
はげしい vehement;
tempestuous; intense |
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4. 激情 |
げきじょう passion; intense emotion; fury |
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5. 激戦 |
げきせん fierce
battle |
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water
radical |
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white 白 |
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method 方 |
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strike radical 攵 |
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Notes: |
The right side
turns up again in a handful of other, even rarer kanji; no associated meaning
or pronunciation |
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026
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挙 |
キョ |
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behavior; actions; plan; project |
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1. 選挙 |
せんきょ election |
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2. 挙げる |
あげる to nominate/put forth; to muster one’s energy |
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3. 挙って |
こぞって all together; unanimously |
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4. 挙る |
こぞる to assemble together; to do something as a group |
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5. 一挙に |
いっきょに in one swoop; in a single move |
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also in 誉
(manifesto) |
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hand 手 |
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Notes: |
Ridiculously
similar lookalike kanji: 拳 |
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貴 |
キ たっと.い、とうと.い、たっと.ぶ、とうと.ぶ |
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precious; valuable;
esteem; honor |
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1. 貴方 |
あなた you (intimate) |
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2. 貴様 |
きさま you (offensive) |
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3. 兄貴 |
あにき one’s older brother |
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4. 姉貴 |
あねき one’s older sister |
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5. 貴重 |
きちょう precious; valuable |
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6. 貴族 |
きぞく aristocrat; nobility |
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also in 遣
(dispatch), but nothing else |
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money 貝 |
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Notes: |
Kun-yomi
readings interchangeable with 尊 (respect) Mostly
out of common use. Except for the occasional pretentious writer, あなた and きさま are almost always written in kana. I’ve never heard
兄貴, etc used by a Real Japanese Person in conversation, but it turns up in
manga often enough and when it does, they use kanji. |
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028
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誰 |
（スイ） だれ |
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who; somebody |
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1. 誰 |
だれ who? |
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2. 誰か |
だれか someone |
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3. 誰もかも |
だれもかも everyone; all and sundry |
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words 言 |
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complications radical 隹 |
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Notes: |
Inexplicably not
a Joyo kanji. |
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029
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悔 |
カイ く.いる、く.やむ、くや.しい |
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repent; regret |
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1. 後悔 |
こうかい regret;
repentance |
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2. 悔いる |
くいる to regret; to
repent |
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3. 悔しい |
くやしい disappointing;
mortifying; regretful |
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4. 悔やむ |
くやむ to mourn; to
regret; to lament |
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emotions |
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every 毎 |
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酔 |
スイ よ.う、よ.い |
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drunk; nauseous; spellbound |
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1. 酔っ払い |
よっぱらい drunk; intoxicated; drunk person |
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2. 二日酔い |
ふつかよい hangover (vs) |
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3. 乗り物酔い |
のりものよい motion sickness |
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4. 心酔 |
しんすい adoration
(vs) |
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5. 麻酔 |
ますい anesthesia |
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6. 船酔い |
ふなよい seasickness |
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sake
radical |
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nine 九 |
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ten 十 |
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Notes: |
The left-hand
side 卆 also appears in 粋 (elegance)、砕
(destroy) |
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援 |
エン |
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abet; help; save |
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1. 応援する |
おうえんする to aid; to assist; to support |
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2. 支援 |
しえん support |
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3. 援助 |
えんじょ assistance |
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4. 援助交際 |
えんじょうこうさい “compensated dating” |
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hand
radical |
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also in 暖 (warm) |
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施 |
シ、（セ） |
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alms; administering aid |
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1. 施す |
ほどこす to donate; to give |
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2. 施政 |
しせい government; administration |
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3. 施設 |
しせつ facility |
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4. 施し |
ほどこし charity |
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method 方 |
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half
roof |
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also
in 地
(land)、他 (other) |
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033
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企 |
キ |
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scheme; design; attempt; plan |
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1. 企てる |
くわだてる to plot; to attempt; to scheme |
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2. 企画 |
きかく design; plan;
project |
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3. 企業 |
きぎょう enterprise;
corporation; business venture |
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4. 経企庁 |
けいきちょう Economic Planning Agency |
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pointy
hat |
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stop 止 |
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034
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監 |
カン |
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oversee; officiate; administer; govt. office |
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1. 監督 |
かんとく direction; management; supervision; director,
manager, supervisor |
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2. 監禁 |
かんきん imprisonment; confinement |
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3. 監査 |
かんさ inspection; audit |
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4. 監視 |
かんし observation; surveillance; guard |
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5. 総監 |
そうかん commissioner; chief |
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Notes: |
This
turns up as a unit in half a dozen other kanji, strong radical for ラン or カン |
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策 |
サク |
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scheme; plan; policy |
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1. 策 |
さく plan; policy |
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2. 政策 |
せいさく (governmental) policy |
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3. 策定 |
さくてい deciding on; settling on |
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4. 策謀 |
さくぼう strategy; artifice; ploy |
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bamboo 竹 |
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also in 刺
(slice) |
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繰 |
ソウ く.る |
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winding; turning pages; referring to |
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1. 繰り返す |
くりかえす to repeat; to do again |
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2. 繰り返し |
くりかえし repeatedly; over and over again |
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3. 引っ繰り返る |
ひっくりかえる to be overturned; to tumble over |
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thread 糸 |
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strong radical
forソウ, also in 燥 (dry)、操 (operate) |
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寂 |
ジャク、（セキ） さび.しい、さび.れる、さみ.しい |
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loneliness; quiet; mellow; mature |
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1. 寂しい |
さびしい lonely;
lonesome; solitary; desolate |
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2. 静寂 |
せいじゃく silence; stillness; quietness |
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3. 寂しがる |
さびしがる to miss someone; to feel lonely |
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roof
radical |
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above 上 + small 小 |
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again 又 |
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Notes: |
Interchangeable
with 淋 for さびしい |
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淋 |
リン さび.しい、さみ.しい |
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lonely; deserted |
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1. 淋しい |
さびしい lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate |
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water |
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woods 林, shares onyomi of リン |
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Notes: |
Not
a joyo kanji, but manga authors seem to use it almost as often as 寂 |
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崎 |
（キ） |
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promontory; cape |
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1. 崎 |
さき small peninsula |
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2. 長崎 |
Nagasaki (place) |
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3. 宮崎 |
Miyazaki (place) |
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mountain 山 |
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strange 奇 |
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塚 |
（チョウ） つか |
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hillock; mound |
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1. 宝塚 |
Takarazuka (famous
all-women theatre troupe) |
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2. 赤塚 |
Akatsuka (place) |
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3. 竹ノ塚 |
Takenotsuka (place) |
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4. 塚本 |
Tsukamoto (surname) |
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ground 土 |
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NOT
house, since 家
(house) has an extra dash on top |
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