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Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: コウ
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: おおざと
Radical
outskirts, suburbs, rural area
Mnemonics
When greenery and concrete start to
mingle
it is a good sign you have reached the outskirts of this
town
.
Written by: espiacent
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The co-workers {コウ} from the
villages
near the outskirts come to the suburbs to
mingle
Written by: Anonymous123
Outskirts and suburbs are the parts of the
village
where families
mingle
Written by: Seanyくんです
Suburbs is pronounced
こう
and is right on the outskirts of the
city
.
Written by: そら♡
The
pinnacle village
is a popular spot in the outskirts of the city where people come to
mingle
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
Many people prefer a
place
on the outskirts of the city, either in the suburbs or in a rural area. So there is a lot of
coming and going
in and out of the city, which causes a lot of traffic.
Written by: Jules.33
Suburbs and rural areas are
places
where people
mingle
way more than people from the city.
Written by: Robdeprop
If you
don’t want
to live in the
village
, there are
six
SUBURBS and RURAL AREAS on the OUTSKIRTS of town to choose from.
Written by: Jules.33
Related vocabulary
/ こうがい - (noun) suburb, residential area on the outskirt of a city, commuter belt
/ きんこう - (noun) outskirts, environs (of a city), surrounding area, surroundings
/ ほっこう - (noun) northern suburbs
/ なんこう - (noun) southern suburbs
/ だんこうきょうそう - (noun) cross-country race
Kunyomi: ま.ざる, まじ.える, ま.じる, まじ.わる, ま.ぜる, か.う, か.わす
Onyomi: コウ
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: なべぶた,けいさんかんむり
Radical
mingle, mixing, association, coming & going
Mnemonics
My
dad
*puts on*
a top hat
when he goes out to mingle.
Written by: lightmotif
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Your
father
used to wear a
lid
on his head, when he mingled at coed {コウ} parties. That's how he met your ma {ま}.
Written by: Anonymous123
My
father
belonged to an association of magicians {まじcians}. They coached {コウched} him in all the tricks, like how to pull a rabbit out of a
top hat
. He loved to mingle with them. They were so versed in illusion you couldn't tell if they were coming or going.
Etymology: originally depicted a
person
with
crossed legs
.
cross > intersect > mix > mingle
My
father
was in an *association* called "Magic"「MAJI まじ」and "Co."「KŌ コウ」. He would pull rabbits out of
hats
when he would *mingle* with them. He was so busy, he didn't know if he was *coming or going*!
Depicts a
big man
sitting with
crossed
legs as he casually mingles with the little people.

Sears calls this character fire-drill, because it supposedly depicts a man starting a fire by drilling one piece of wood into another.

(*kreːw)
コウ← /kau/ ← *kreːw
Your
father
loves going to association meetings and making friends because he's extroverted. He loves to mingle because he's so extroverted. He's so extroverted that he wears a
kettle lid
on his head to get extra attention.

Sometimes he evens makes rooster sounds to get attention like CAW CAW{コウ}. It really annoys your ma {ま}. Imagine witnessing this scene.
Written by: Plum Blossom
Dad
is wearing
hat
when he's coming and going
Written by:
Six
fathers
of children attending our school
decided to get together and mingle.
Written by: RemiJP
Six
magicians まじ met at a
crossroads
when they were coming and going. But magicians don’t mingle well together and choose not to associate with one another. We’re lucky if they can か cooperate コウ at all.
Written by: Jules.33
Pictogram: A man with crossed legs; mixed legs. The
upperbody
the
lowerbody


As a phonetic bushu: コウ {ex.
} 、for
corrupted from
but still コウ、カク
Written by: フバフバ
Six
of my
exes
went to mingle at the same mixer.
Written by: gillianfaith
My
father
puts on a
top hat
and tries to mingle with the KOU-caine dealer
Written by: Samurai_Ash
My
hat
wearing
father
コウ mixed sugar into his coffee.
Written by: チェイスです
Today I'm shopping for a
kettle lid
for my
father
. However, that's a pretext for mingling with the locals in the COOP コウ supermarket.
The
bottom strokes of this kanji
like to mingle while drinking
6
glasses of beer.
Written by: AidanRyota
Every week my
dad
puts the tea
kettle
on and has some friends over. He loves to mingle!
Written by: 🦡
Six
people
crossed
paths and started to mingle.
Written by: Jules.33
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/ こうさてん - (noun) crossing, intersection
/ こうばん - (noun/する verb) police box, koban, small neighborhood police station; alternation; {adj-f} {physics} alternating (current, stress, etc.)
/ こうつう - (noun/する verb) traffic, transportation, communication, exchange (of ideas, etc.), intercourse
/ こうかん - (noun/する verb) exchange, interchange, switching, reciprocity, barter, substitution, replacement, clearing (of checks, cheques)
/ こうさい - (noun/する verb) company, friendship, association, society, acquaintance; (romantic) involvement, dating
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ショウ
Stroke count: 11
Radical name: さんずい
Radical
ford, go cross, transit, ferry, import, involve
Mnemonics
If you need to
walk
across the
water{わた}
, I'll show{ショウ} you where to ford it.
Written by: Anonymous123
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There's too much
water
to go across by
walking
, so take a ferry.
Written by: lightmotif
If you didn't know what "ford" meant, this Kanji shows {ショウ} you with the radicals
walking
through
water
{わた}
Ford is a place where you can
walk
on
water
but not drown.
Written by: Veerdb
If you want to
walk
over the water from the
storm
you have to ford it.
Written by: Seraseth
The
water
walk
is a ford owned by the <
ショウ
Shougun>.
Written by: alex2069
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/ こうしょう - (noun/する verb) negotiations, bargaining, discussions, talks; connection, relationship, relations, dealings
/ かんしょう - (noun/する verb) interference, intervention, meddling
/ しょうがい - (noun) public relations, client liaison, client relations
/ ふかんしょう - (noun) abstention, nonintervention, noninterference
/ よびこうしょう - (noun) preliminary negotiations
Kunyomi: ほ.す, ひ.る
Onyomi: カン
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: ほす,かん,いちじゅう
Radical
dry, parch, ebb, recede, interfere, intercede
Mnemonics
Depicts the dry
stem
of a branchless tree. Contrasts with branch in , the stem-and-branches sexagenary cycle historically used for reckoning time in and around the sinosphere. Resembles a modern day laundry pole for air-drying laundry, or a rack to parch food. An ebb tide leaves dry land as it recedes, and interfering with a river’s flow CAN lead to a dry riverbed.

(*kaːn) 竿
カン← /kɑn/ ← *kaːn
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The Khan {カン} said he wouldn't interfere with any parties as long as over
one
in
ten
of his soldiers remained dry.
Written by: Anonymous123
Dry out
two
logs for the
telephone pole
. If they're wet, it can/カン interfere with the wires.
Written by: lightmotif
The farmer must "hoe soon"「HOSU ほ.す」around the
bean poles
while it's still *dry*, he "can"「KAN カン」not wait for the rain
clouds
to *recede*.
This radical looked like a dry scarecrow. Here look! There's the hat
; There's the body
.
Written by: よむし
Originally a
hand
grabbing a
sharp stick
meaning to interfere, it also took on another more popular meaning of dry.
Written by: non0230
When the sea receded, the
ground
dried up and the land became parched.
Note: it looks similar to the kanji for “ground” upside down.
Written by: Jules.33
While there were
ten
men present, only
one
hero ひろ interceded to save the parched horsey ほしfrom dehydration. Because you can カン not ride a dead horse ほす.
Written by: Jules.33
When you suddenly receive
¥1000
, your throat will probably
dry up
for a moment.
Written by: ブダ
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/ ほしもの - (noun) things dried in the sun (esp. clothes, dyed cloth, etc.)
/ ひがた - (noun) tidal flat, tideland
/ かんしょう - (noun/する verb) interference, intervention, meddling
す / ほす - (す verb/transitive) to air, to dry, to desiccate; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc. (usu. in the passive)
し / ものほし - (noun) frame for drying clothes, clotheshorse
Kunyomi: あせ
Onyomi: カン
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: さんずい
Radical
sweat, perspire
Mnemonics
when I sweat,I drink a lot of
water
so I don't
dry
up.
Written by: ドみにく
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When the Khan{カン} is
wet
, with sweat , it's a safe{あせ} bet, that he'll
dry
it off.
Written by: Anonymous123
When sweating, you might get
dehydrated
. You can {かん} keep that from happening by drinking more
water
.
When you suddenly have to pay
¥1000
, you’ll probably break out in a
sweat
.
Written by: ブダ
A hot day makes me sweat and lose
water
ten
times faster than
one
normal day.
Written by: -kaze-
Sweat is
water
that cools the body by
drying
/カン on the skin, but ironically, we generally only notice it when we perspire so much that evaporation can’t keep up and our skin gets wet and clammy.
Used phonetically for khan, a Turkik or Mongolian warlord.
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/ あせ - (noun) sweat, perspiration; moisture, condensation; {int} {net-sl} gulp, oops
/ ひやあせ - (noun) cold sweat
/ れいかん - (noun) cold sweat
/ せいかんざい - (noun) deodorant
/ ねあせ - (noun) perspiration given off during sleep, sweating while sleeping, night sweats
Kunyomi: のき
Onyomi: ケン
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: くるまへん
Radical
flats, counter for houses, eaves
Mnemonics
While searching a new house I specifically looked for a
dry
cellar and a garage for my
car
.
Written by: espiacent
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Every
cart
was pulled under the eaves of the owner’s house to keep it
dry
/カン→ケン in the rain. You could count houses by counting carts.
All the flats and houses here have a garage to keep their
cars
dry
.
Written by: MuMe
Because it was raining and I had NO KEY {のき}, I ended up standing under the eaves of our home to keep
dry
. Fortunately my husband, KEN {ケン} pulled up in our
car
shortly afterwards, so he let me in.
Ken{けん} told me to wait in the
car
to stay
dry
since we had no key{のき} to the house.
Written by:
I can /ケン/ make a flat for myself in this
cart
as it always stays
dry
. Best of all, I need no keys /のき/
Written by: Kuranyami
It was
dry
out, so Ken{ケン} was able to install eaves on a number of houses, but when he got back to his
car
he discovered he had no key {のき}.
Written by: Anonymous123
We park our
cars
on our houses’
dry
veways
In the US, the number of houses with
cars
and
dry
wall is exceedingly high. In other countries, not everyone needs a car, and homes are made of sturdy material.
Written by: そら♡
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/ のき - (noun) eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
み / のきなみ - (noun) row of houses; every house, each house, every door; all, totally, altogether, across the board
/ けん - (suffix) counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
/ いきけんこう - (Adjective/-な) {yoji} in high spirits, elated
/ のきなみ - (noun/adverb) row of houses; every house, each house, every door; all, totally, altogether, across the board
Kunyomi: かた, かたち
Onyomi: ギョウ, ケイ
Stroke count: 7
Radical name: さんづくり,けかざり
Radical
shape, form, style
Mnemonics
Rays
of the sun are throwing a shadow behind a
gate
in the shape of... well...a gate.
Written by: rtega
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If you go in the direction {かた} of the
capped well
you will find
three
gyoza {ギョウ} in the shape of a K {ケイ}
Written by: Anonymous123
The ⛩ is a styleized form shaped by
putting together
/ヘイ→ケイ
three
pieces.
is the radical because stripes are a shape.
The shape of
hair
that is well
put together.
Written by: ソーサーペン
Two hands
style a
shape
O-kei..
Written by: Samurai_Ash
"Hey Kay {ケイ}, my friend! After eating that gyoza {ギョウ}, please go with me in that direction {かた} so you won't get lost in my big house. We will
start
shaping your
hair
so you will look in style!" said Mr. Katachi {かたち} after I filled his form. He was very generous and good barber!
She wore a "yukata"「KATA かた」and Japanese hair *style* to tour the city. When she got to the "K"「KĒ ケイ」*shape*
torii
in front of the shrine, her bad luck kicked in. True to *form*, the wind
blew her hair
every where! So much for getting the cool photo she wanted!
A
sturdily-built bamboo form or figure
will take more than
three swipes
to destroy.
Written by:
A KEY ケイ must be the right shape to GYO ギョウ in the hole or it will CATCH かたち. Then simply turn
three
times to unlock the
gate
with NARY なり a worry.
Written by: Tamulet
This looks like a forked
hair pin
「kanzashi」 used to style and shape a woman’s
hair
Written by: Jules.33
A traditional, tiered wedding cake {ケイk} has
3
layers that are
put together
to form one cake. The bride and groom make the first cut {かた} before it is served.
Giouvanni{ ギョウ} cut a cheese{かたち} in
three
key {ケイ} forms and
put them together
Written by: Basnu
I use a
comb
to style my
hair
in any shape
Written by: うらしい
Tangela has a weird shape because it is covered in
twenty
thick vines or
hairs
.
Written by: 50・fuyuko50
Katara {かた}, whose name starts with "K" {ケイ}, ate
three
GYOza {ギョウ} shaped like puzzle pieces that
fit together
.
You are waling at night when you discover a
lantern
covered entirely in
hair
, making it a very strange shape. In fact, this is a form you'd never expect a lantern to take.
Written by: Darkchan
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/ かたみ - (noun) memento (esp. of a deceased person), keepsake, heirloom, remembrance, souvenir
/ かたち - (noun) form, shape, figure; visage
/ にんぎょう - (noun) doll, puppet, marionette; puppet (person under the control of another), straw man, yes-man
/ ずけい - (noun) figure, shape, graphic
/ けいようし - (noun) {gramm} adjective, i-adjective (in Japanese)
Kunyomi: わく
Onyomi: (none)
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: きへん
Radical
frame, framework, spindle, spool, bounding-box, (kokuji)
Mnemonics
A standard FRAME is made of
WOOD

connected at 90°
NINE
-
TY
degree angle.
Written by: Abnormalise
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A frame made with the
wood
of a
flowering
birch . Thin spindly birch makes a natural spindle for a spool. A bounding box is a frame with 90 degree angles. When a window frame falls open it goes WHACK→わく.
The
soldier
wacked
わく
the
wooden
frame down.
Written by: Cayuga
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/ わく - (noun) frame, framework; border, box; limit, restriction, quota; category, bracket, class; time slot (in a broadcasting schedule); {net-sl} stream, livestream, live stream, live (online) broadcast; spool (of thread), reel
/ わくない - (noun) within the limits (framework, boundaries, price, etc.)
/ わくがい - (noun) (beyond the) limits, scope, boundary
/ わくぐみ - (noun) frame; framework, outline
み / わくぐみ - (noun) frame; framework, outline
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: カイ
Stroke count: 11
Radical name: きへん
Radical
contraption, fetter, machine, instrument
Mnemonics
They used some kind {カイnd} of contraption that could manufacture
20
halberds
out of one
tree
.
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In reality the 10
commandments
were written on
wood
with some kind of machine.
Written by: Karlla
Any early contraption, even fetters, was most likely made of
wood
, and any machine that was placed in the service of the Emperor was used as an instrument of his
commandments
/カイ.
A
drunkard
is sitting under a
tree
with
twenty
contraptions
Written by: Seraseth
The
tree
contraption was made by
commandment
of lord Kao-sama.
Written by: チェイスです
During the
FIESTA
MacGyver has made a CONTRAPTION made out of
WOOD
from the broken
TORI GATES
that self-serves drinks.
Written by: Abnormalise
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/ きかい - (noun) machine, mechanism
/ きかい - (noun) machine, mechanism; instrument, appliance, apparatus
/ こうさくきかい - (noun) machine tool
/ きかいか - (noun/する verb) mechanization, mechanisation
/ じむきかいか - (noun) {comp} office automation, OA
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: シキ
Stroke count: 19
Radical name: ごんべん
Radical
discriminating, know, write
Mnemonics
Shiki {シキ}
says
that he knows how to discriminate between the
sounds
of different
halberds
.
Written by: Anonymous123
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To be discerning, your
words
need to pierce through the
noise
like like a
halberd
.
Written by: Litchii
Even a KNOWLEDGEABLE person would struggle to DISCERN the said
WORDS
from the loud
SOUNDS
of music during the
FIESTA
.
Written by: Abnormalise
I know what’s written as the
saying
on this
sword
Written by: Baharley
Writing in a very chic {しき} magazine, she
said
she knew how to tell one
halberd
from another from the
sound
it made when swished through the air.
A discriminating writer will know しる which
words
to write しるす to best describe yellow
potter’s clay
/シキ, but to hear them, that’s work /ショク. They should be conscious of how they present themselves!
Common sense {} is to know when to use
words
and when to use the
sword
Written by: ジェム_11
SHI Keeps *シキ* saying
words
are difficult to discriminate/discern from
sounds in the middle of a fiesta
.
Written by: Samurai_Ash
My girlfriend is very knowledgeable. She knows how to
talk
smoothly, she is a great composer. I love her band’s
sound
and she knows how to fight with an
halberd
. Plus, she has discriminating tastes. I am so proud !
Written by: Sadaharu_3
A person of discriminating intellect can tell the difference between
words
and mere
kazoo
buzzing.
Written by: elbit
SHI/She knew what to
say
at the
ceremony
.

SHI wrote the KI/keynotes herself that
day
and her
words
cut
through the noise, as she
stood up
and spoke.
Written by: レイん|レナ
After serving during wartime, having gained alot experience using
swords
and
halberds
, and learning to distinguish between different weapons based on their
sound
, he gained alot of real world knowledge and began to write about it using his own
words
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
Every
word you say
every day
is adding to the
float
of information that is
put
into this world.
Written by: Gjfj
The
sound
of
halberds
clashing made
sayings/words
hard to DISCRIMINATE or KNOW
Written by: もいない
She keeps シキ
saying
something, but there is
no
丿
way I can hear her and discriminate what’s she’s saying above all of the
noise
at the
ceremony
. I asked her to write it down, so I would know what she said.
Written by: Jules.33
If you
sound
like a
drunkard
when you
say
things, people will not think of you as a discerning person.
Written by: Seraseth
When you are well-learned you can
say
noises
like:
Halberd!
Written by: Nicolas2
When you write your
words
carefully, anyone will
understand them as clearly
as the
noise
of clashing
halberds
.
Written by: Karlla
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/ じょうしき - (noun) common sense, good sense, common knowledge, general knowledge, common practice, accepted practice, social etiquette
/ いしき - (noun/する verb) consciousness; becoming aware (of), awareness, sense; {Buddh} mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
/ ちしき - (noun) knowledge, information
/ ひょうしき - (noun) sign, mark, marker, beacon; {ling} marker
/ りょうしき - (noun) good sense
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ショク
Stroke count: 18
Radical name: みみへん
Radical
post, employment, work
Mnemonics
In my job I rely on my
ears
to
clearly distinguish
the
noise
of clashing
halberds
.
Written by: Karlla
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At my job making socks {ソク}, it comes as a shock {ショク}, when my
ears
hear the
sound
of
halberds
.
Written by: quickMaffs44
At your post at work, you gotta use your
ear
to
gather
all the instructions coming from above.
Written by: こガエル
My occupation しょくぎょう is very unique, I go around and
LISTEN
to the
SOUNDS
,checking if people in the neighbourhoods are having
FIESTAS
after midnight.
Written by: Abnormalise
At my job
noise
floats
to my
ear
.
Written by: Pinchedperson
My JOB is quality control, I use
Ears
to know the perfect
Sound
of
Halberds
Written by: ハンゾウ
My work is to
gather
ears
who will listen to my shocking {ショク} news
Written by: ジェム_11
after the quiet days in school, it came as a shockショク that almost blew my socks ソク off that having a real job meant having your
ears
full of the
noises
of coworkers, swinging their words and emails like
halberds
Written by: Kiraraxa
My
day
job? Oh, I just
stand
at my post, keep my
ears
peeled, you know? No socks「ソク」was a shock「ショク」at first, but hey, it keeps me employed, and the
halberd
is cool.
Written by: Pikanchion
The soldier left his post, because the
sound
of
halberds
clashing hurt his
ears
. He’s going to look for new employment as a sock ソク salesman once he gets over the shock ショク to his system.
Written by: Jules.33
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/ しゅうしょく - (noun/する verb) finding employment, getting a job
/ しょくぎょう - (noun) occupation, profession, job, vocation, trade, calling, business
/ しょくにん - (noun) craftsman, artisan, tradesman, worker, workman
/ てんしょく - (noun/する verb) change of job, change of occupation, career change
/ やくしょく - (noun) post, official position; managerial position, executive position
Kunyomi: つ.く, つ.ける
Onyomi: シュウ, ジュ
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: だいのまげあし,おうにょう
Radical
concerning, settle, take position, depart, study, per
Mnemonics
I have taken a position in the
capital
grooming
misshapen dogs
.
Written by: gillianfaith
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Concerning the job offer for making shoes {シュウ} for
*injured dogs
in the
capital
. I took the position. *injured dog = but with a cane し for a right leg
Written by: Anonymous123
It's
reasonable
to settle in the
capital
.
Written by: BPM
Concerning employment: If you want to study in the
capital
, it's
plausible
/ユウ→シュウ you could take a position if you settle there, even with a misshapen hand.
Crooked-big
is the radical because it is the radical of plausible
.

(*zuɡs)
ジュ← /d͡zʱi̯ə̯uᴴ/ ← *zuɡs
シュウ←しう possibly via S. Min /tioʔ⁴³/
This
outstanding
capital
takes position.
Written by: P1ng23n4
Let's settle this. I think it's
reasonable
to take the position in the
capital
.
Written by: nexx
To climb up the corporate ladder, you need to be climbing a
particularly
high tower in the
capital
.
Written by: non0230
In the
capital
, even a
broken dog
can get a position. That's because the capital has so many jobs available that even a poor, broken dog can find a place to work. The broken dog is only able to pull this off because he has a pair of nice shoes {しゅう}
Written by: しまうま
Related vocabulary
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きにくがし / みずのひくきにつくがごとし - (expression) {proverb} water seeks its own level
/ しゅうしょく - (noun/する verb) finding employment, getting a job
/ ふくうじょうじゅ - (noun) Amoghasiddhi, Infallible Magic (a dhyani-Buddha)
く / つく - (Godan verb - く/intransitive) to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.), to assume, to be hired, to be employed; to ascend (the throne), to accede; to start (on a journey), to commence, to depart; to study (under teacher), to be an apprentice
いて / について - (suffix) about, on, regarding, concerning; per, for every
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