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2 kanji words in which the kanjis are either synonymous or very closely related. See also the list of antinomicals, and please suggest more of them if you can think of some that are missing.
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ゆうしゅう

Accent:
(Adjective/-な) superior, excellent, brilliant, outstanding
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サシヤ (Sasha)
Level: 694
You should go and take a look at his perfomance, outstanding feeling.
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Wingsy
Level: 369
YOU SHOE (ゆうしゅう) Horses with top class horseshoes, for SUPERIOR, OUTSTANDING (ゆうしゅう) performances.
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Shoberuka
Level: 504
You're superior at sports.
When you shoot (ゆうしゅう), you score!
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ケンパチ
Level: 255
You sure ゆうしゅう like to show your superiority , you must think you surpass everyone else
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The university has turned out competent doctors.
                  
My older brother has excellent grades, and out of his grade year, he is at the top.
                 
My older brother's grades are excellent: he's at the top of his school year.
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さっそく

Accent:
(adverb) at once, immediately, without delay, promptly
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Joquia
Level: 606
I had to buy the sass(y) sock immediatly
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Caesonia
Level: 306
For french native speakers : "Tout de suite, ça secoue !"
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I am about to send next month's wedding invitation to the people I want to invite.
                               
I'll get to the topic right away, it's about the party. Are you free this Friday?
ブースカ     みずた                ブースカ             こと  した  
Ms Mizuta likes that "Buska" character so much, last time she happened by a store that had Buska goods, she homed in on them and bought one on the spot.
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くうきょ
(Adjective/-な) emptiness, hollowness, vacancy, void; inanity, pointlessness, meaninglessness

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My mind is a blank.
            
Life is not an empty dream.
                         
I talk to God but the sky is empty.
せんそう

Accent:
(noun/する verb) war; fighting, fierce competition
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真島ゴロミ
Level: 175
What's the sense o' {せんそう} war anyway?
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Samurai_Ash
Level: 81
Send soap to the war, we can't be having dirty soldiers now!
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ムアッディブ
Level: 912
(Sen)d (so)ldiers to die in pointless wars.
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デオプロ
Level: 41
general A (to general B): "Why do you send so (sensou) many troops?"
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ajqe・アンナ
Level: 206
A war SENds SOUls to heaven
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electric_pierogi
Level: 227
Attack on Titan Season 4 Opening “Boku no Sensou (My War)”
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レトロフューチュリズム
Level: 532
War really is sensoless.
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MitchD
Level: 260
The TV program really had to censor (sensou) the war scenes for the movie Saving Private Ryan.
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War suddenly broke out.
           
The war is still going on.
            
My uncle went overseas for the war.
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きょうそう

Accent:
(noun/する verb) competition, contest, rivalry, race; (biology) competition (between organisms or species)
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ajqe・アンナ
Level: 206
KYOU (today) is SO exciting, there's a competition!
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Samurai_Ash
Level: 81
I'm in a Kyouto Soap COMPETITION
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ジェン~1984
Level: 551
KImchi in YOUr SOUp makes you so strong that the competition can't beat you.
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アンディー
Level: 680
This competition is KYOU SOU (oh so) tough
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bheat
Level: 149
“Key Oh So” - Visualize using a key (KYOU) to open a door and saying “Oh, so” (SOU) this is the competition arena. The key unlocks the start of the competition.
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ブリン3
Level: 244
Kyou Sou (ma) has a RIVALRY with Yuki.
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ケンパチ
Level: 255
- How what the competition in Kyoto?
- The one from today きょう? Hmm, so-so... きょうそう
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コーヒー猫
Level: 615
I found it difficult to differentiate between 競争 and 戦争, but eventually i found that 競争 implied a more friendly competition, whereas 戦争 implied a more bloody, violent conflict. I remembered this by associating 競 with the homonym 兄, which means sibling, evoking the feeling of sibling rivalries,
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He won the race easily.
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Competition is important in the world economy.
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Competition is neither good nor evil in itself.
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へい

Accent:
(Noun/な-adjective) peace, harmony
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カリオラ
Level: 794
HEY, WAtta wonderful day … finally peace and harmony!
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サシヤ (Sasha)
Level: 694
Hey (へい・ヘイ), so peaceful out here! (わ・the particle that somebody feminine will use in the end for extra emphasis)
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「 ソフィア 」
Level: 248
Peace 平和 (へいわ) can become war 兵馬 (へいば) as easy as you can type “b” instead of “w”.
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Flo ・フロ
Level: 298
へー、let us all hope that we shall get 平和 WAnce more, now that 平成 or the last era is gone, so to SEI
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ケンパチ
Level: 255
2 kids fighting.
The parent: "Hey, what へいわ about some peace for a change?"
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まおまお •ω•
Level: 9
Eywa (へいわ) in the movie Avatar is godess of peace and harmony.
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renshuu user No.1,004,939
Level: 366
soldiers ( 兵/へい ) form a circle ( 輪/わ ) to celebrate peace ( 平和/へいわ )
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The dove stands for peace.
             
Mutual understanding promotes peace.
              
Disarmament is sure to make for peace.
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びょうどう

Accent:
(Adjective/-な) equality, impartiality, evenness
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Vasnody
Level: 829
同様
主な意味は同じ(まるで)
例:いとことは兄弟同様に育ってきた。

同一
別な物ではなく同じ物

例:同一人物

同等
同じくらい

例:年収は同等程度を希望します。

均等
同じように分ける

例:均等にケーキを分けよう

平等
偏見や差別なく皆等しい

例:男女平等な職場を目指そう

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Vasnody
Level: 829
[hinative.com]同様
主な意味は同じ(まるで)
例:いとことは兄弟同様に育ってきた。

同一
別な物ではなく同じ物

例:同一人物

同等
同じくらい

例:年収は同等程度を希望します。

均等
同じように分ける

例:均等にケーキを分けよう

平等
偏見や差別なく皆等しい

例:男女平等な職場を目指そう
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Mikenp
Level: 298
Rich or poor, sickness 病気(びょうき) reaches all equally 平等(びょうどう)
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ajqe・アンナ
Level: 206
When I am suck (byou), I DOU exercises to restore my balance (equality)
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Joquia
Level: 606
Bi the embodiment of yodo (judo) - treat everyone equal, be impartial, show good sportsmanship
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Equality is guaranteed by the Constitution.
                 
All men have equal rights.
           
All men are equal under the law.
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かいごう

Accent:
(noun/する verb) meeting, assembly, gathering; (chemistry) association; (astronomy, etc.) conjunction
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マークオリビエ
Level: 423
会合 implies physically gathering for the purpose of having a discussion. Therefore, it cannot be used for things like a video conferences.

On the other hand, 会議 is focused on the discussion. This one can be used when people are discussing without gathering physically.
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ajqe・アンナ
Level: 206
Kai goes to the meeting
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Wingsy
Level: 369
Remember to speak in KEIGO at the KAIGŌ.
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TPありさん🐜
Level: 258
"When we KAIndly and without anger GO to a reunión, we have a meeting."
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The meeting broke up at eight.
           
It happened that there was a meeting on that day.
ケイト          
Kate absented herself from the meeting.
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おうとう

(noun/する verb) reply, answer, response
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sena_ix
Level: 578
The chat bot gave an (outou) RESPONSE.
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There was no response to my question.
                  
I waited for the answer but nobody answered.
 アヤ   アヤ           
This is Aya, this is Aya. Please respond.
だい
(Adjective/-な) great (quantity, amount, etc.), huge, enormous, serious
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そら♡
Level: 739
There are a lot of words for "huge" in Japanese. Here are their differences.

巨大(きょだい)- extremely large in size

膨大(ぼうだい)- huge in number or amount; can't be used with people

莫大(ばくだい)- extremely large in degree or quantity; often used in relation to money or assets; can't be used with people

多大(ただい)- this can also be used in phrases such as "a huge amount of money,'' but also refers to things that cannot be clearly quantified, such as results, efforts, influence, etc;
can't be used with people

甚大(じんだい)- used to describe negative things e.g in the phrase "tremendous damage"; can't be used with people
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For today's opening, I thank (all of) you for all of your cooperation.
             
The typhoon has done much harm.
               
The storm brought about a lot of damage.
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さくじょ

Accent:
(noun/する verb) deletion, elimination, erasure, striking out
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sena_ix
Level: 578
They (saku)ed (Jo) because he accidentally DELETED all of the team's files.
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ポールおじちゃん
Level: 1792
Whittle 削 away 除
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ファリヒン
Level: 173
Just hit the "SAve, KUt, JOb done" button to confirm the Deletion.
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ハムラ
Level: 1175
If you've seen Death Note in Japanese, Mikami says「さくじょ、さくじょ」over and over when writing names in the note; in the English dub he says "Delete, delete".
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"Talking about 108, that's the number of worldly passions." "What worldly passions have you got then?" "I could say, but it'll get censored out."
               
Please delete this file.
                  
I deleted the email I was in the middle of writing.
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Accent:
(noun) plot of land, lot, soil; locality, region, place
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Joquia
Level: 606
That land has never seen human tochi (touch)
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Jules.33
Level: 37
As soon as my feet touch 土地 the SOIL, I know I’m home.
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while1fork
Level: 430
This とち / 土地 sure is a nice plot of つち /
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ケンパチ
Level: 255
The rugbyman entered the PLOT OF LAND near the goal line, and yeahhhh TOUCH とち DOWN
He's literally touching the ground
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Abzyah
Level: 244
Which {どっち} land {とち/土地}?
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This land gives good crops.
                  
We have some local wine.
                  
Does the soil suit vegetables?
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ぞう

(noun) image, picture, portrait
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悲鴈
Level: 558
Often a digital picture of any kind
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Click the picture to go to the next page!
                             
Unauthorized reproduction or use of the descriptions, images, and photographs on this site is prohibited.
JAXA         だいち          
Images taken by the JAXA Earth observation satellite, 'Daichi'.
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ひんぱん

Accent:
(Adjective/-な) frequent, incessant
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ポールおじちゃん
Level: 1792
I’m having a terrible time remembering this word. The characters don’t recur 頻 frequently, and they’re complex 繁.
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こつずい
Level: 226
100%:always( いつも常に
90%:usually( たいてい普通に
80%:frequently( 頻繁 に)
70%:often( よくしばしば
50%:sometimes( ときどき
30%:occasionally( たまに
20%:seldom( あまり~ない)
15%:rarely( めったに~ない)
10%:hardly ever( ほとんど~ない)
0%:never( 全く~ない/ 全然~ない)

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The recent frequency of earthquakes makes us nervous.
              
Trains come more often than buses.
                 
Refer to the dictionary as often as possible.
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Accent:
(noun) foundation, basis
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そら♡
Level: 739
基本(きほん)
this is the most common word for "fundamental" or "basis".
e.g
    - 彼が英語の基本表現を学んでいます。
       He is learning the basics of English.


基礎(きそ)
this means the exact same thing as 基本 and they are pretty interchangeable.
The only difference is that this one can refer to the physical foundation of a building.
e.g
    - 基礎がしっかりしていなければ、建物は自重で倒壊してしまう。
       If a building doesn't have a strong foundation, it would collapse under its own weight.


基準(きじゅん)
standards, requirements that must be met
e.g
    - 彼の仕事はわれわれの基準に達していない。
       His work is not up to our standards.
    - この 学 校 の 入 学 基き準 は とても 高 い 。
       The standards for admission to this school are very high.
    - 様々な文化を同じ基準で評価することはできない。
       Different cultures cannot be evaluated using the same standards.
    - 原子力発電所は厳しい安全基準をもっている。
       Nuclear power plants have strict safety standards


基盤(きばん)
this refers to the foundation upon which a system or 活動 comes to be. it is usually not used alone.
e.g
    - 現代文明は科学と教育の基盤の上に成り立っている。
       Modern civilization is built on the foundations of science and education.


基軸(きじく)
something that serves as the basis, center, and standard of ideas, organizations, etc.
e.g
    - ヘルシンキ精神という,ヘルシンキ宣言の基軸をなす考え方。
       The Helsinki Spirit, the core idea of ​​the Declaration of Helsinki.
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sena_ix
Level: 578
That key(ki) (so)tone is the FOUNDATION of this building.
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Eepy {イーピー}
Level: 426
Giving your partner a kiss (きそ) is a good start for a strong BASIS in your relationship. It is the very FOUNDATION of affection.
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The idea underlies his theory.
            ソクラテス     
It was Socrates who laid the foundation of logic.
                       
She grounded her students thoroughly in the fundamentals of English grammar.
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えん
(noun/する verb) delay, latency
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KiraFeh
Level: 642
For example, this is used in Google Maps when a bus is late (behind schedule).
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                      こと  
In the case that you are late because of a train delay, submit a certificate of delay (from the train company).
                     こと      
Today is not the only test day that there was a train delay.
                         ものとする  
When you are late to the exam because of a train delay, you are to present your certificate of lateness.
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しんきん
(noun/する verb) bonding, becoming closer, developing an affinity, familiarity; close relation, close relative, close friend; (historical term) personal retainer, personal attendant, close aide

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せいけつ

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(Adjective/-な) clean, hygienic, sanitary; pure, virtuous, immaculate
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Joquia
Level: 606
Sei (say), do you want to ketsu (catch) an illness? Otherwise you need to keep your hands hygienically clean
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ジェン~1984
Level: 551
SEnetIse your butt *KETSU
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Kenzi Bird
Level: 348
*Say, cats* are very hygienic, aren't they?
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Wingsy
Level: 369
(Ketsu is slang for Butt in Japanese)

"SAY, KETSU-cleaning is super important for Hygiene, isn't it?"
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TPありさん🐜
Level: 258
"Sailor Cats with Ketchup Clean Everything!"
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TPありさん🐜
Level: 258
In a distant galaxy, a crew of Sailor Cats aboard the Starship Cleanliness is on a mission to keep the universe spotless.

Each night under the shining stars (星, せい, sei), Captain Whiskers rallies his crew:"Sailor Cats! Say to Clean with Ketchup!"Armed with ketchup bottles, they squirt and lick up the ketchup to make the planets gleam.

Their mission is clear:"Sailor Cats Say to Clean with Ketchup under the Stars!"
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Sei (星, せい):
The sailor cats gaze at the stars (星, せい) as they prepare to clean.
Ketsu (けつ, ketchup):
They use ketchup to keep everything sparkling.
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denniszhang96
Level: 220
Clean your room or the clean police 清潔警察/せいけつけいさつ will get you!!
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知らんけど
Level: 224
5S / 五S Methodology:

1⃣ 整理(せいり)Split items into what you use and what you don’t. Store or discard the unused ones. Keeps things from getting messy.

2⃣ 整頓 (せいとん) Put items in their designated spots and fixed positions. After use, return them exactly where they belong. Prevents loss and confusion.

3⃣ 清掃 (せいそう) – Clean and disinfect thoroughly, then check for any issues. Stops dirt, contamination, and germs from spreading.

4⃣ 清潔 (せいけつ) – The clean state once all three above have been practiced, keep things hygienic by regularly doing 整理, 整頓, and 清掃.

5⃣ / 習慣 (しつけ / しゅうかん) – Make all of the above part of your daily habits and discipline.
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She always keeps her hair clean.
            
Let's make it clean.
                   
My sister always keeps her room clean.
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ぞうさく
(noun/する verb) building (esp. a house); house fixture, fitting; (colloquialism) facial features

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つうこう

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(noun/する verb) passage (of people or vehicles), passing (through), traffic; common usage, widespread use
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ジリジリ膝
Level: 219
I saw two Coke (つう こう) trucks passing through (つうこう) today, they sure are getting commonplace. (つうこう)
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There is no thoroughfare for oversized vehicles here.
                     
A bicycle lying on its side blocked the passage.
                 
In Japan, cars travel on the left side of the road.
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こうだい

(Adjective/-な) vast, extensive, immense, huge, large, grand, magnificent
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Coffee27.
Level: 8
You can go die (koudai) in a vast desert
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The huge lot is overgrown (from neglect).
                
I'd never seen such expansive scenery.
           
The Pacific is very wide.
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しゅくしょう

Accent:
(noun/する verb) reduction, curtailment, cut, cutback, scaling down, contraction, shrinkage
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sena_ix
Level: 578
I was (shuku) when they (shou)wed me how much they wanted to REDUCE the budget by.
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ギョルギ九十三
Level: 808
= to shrink / contract
= small
縮小 = "shrink (it) small" → reduction / contraction.
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The shrinking of the domestic market has been blamed on inflation.
        せざるを       
The factory had to cut back its production.
              
The economy contracted due to a severe recession.
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かくだい

Accent:
(noun/する verb) expansion, extension; magnification, enlargement; escalation, spread
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Keitsubori {稜堀華尉}
Level: 455
Differences between 拡大, 拡充, and 拡張:
拡大 is expansion of a system by making each individual part/aspect larger.
拡充 is enhancement of a system to make it more complete.
拡張 is expansion of a system by adding new parts/aspects.
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そら♡
Level: 739
拡大
This means to make the size or scale or something bigger. That is, making something bigger by making each of its parts bigger.
Can be transitive or intransitive.
      画面を拡大する - to zoom in on the (phone) screen
      市場の拡大 - market expansion
      世界的な金融危機への拡大- expansion into a global financial crisis


拡張
This is very similar to 拡大, and they are pretty interchangeable.
If I had to say, 拡張 usually refers to making something bigger by adding new parts to it.
      道路の幅を拡張する - to expand the width of a road
      ショッピングセンターの拡張 - to expand a shopping center
      女権拡張運動 - movement to expand women's rights


拡充
This refers to expanding and enriching organizations and facilities.
      商品を拡充する - expand a product selection
      教育施設を拡充する - to expand educational institutions
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デミフィ
Level: 1232
according to daijirin 4th ed, while 拡大 and 拡張 are synonyms, 拡大 expresses expansion of something as a whole/overall, whereas the expansion expressed by 拡張 is limited.
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sena_ix
Level: 578
Can you write(kaku) a big(dai) review on the new Pokemon EXPANSION pack?
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        100        
This microscope magnifies objects 100 times.
                   こと          
It's deeply regrettable that the damage grew because of the delayed response by the local government.
調                           
Considering the results of the examination, we need to expand the scope of the evacuation recommendation.
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よう

(noun) dancing, dance

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I'd like to see some dancing. do you have any information?
よう

Accent:
(noun) young child, toddler; (law, etc.) child over 1 but not yet of school age
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jm27937
Level: 1398
乳幼児 is typically used as a collective term for infants and toddlers. 乳児 typically refers to babies under 1 year old but does sound a little technical. A more common term may be 0歳児 or 0歳児の赤ちゃん. 幼児 generally refers to young children between 1 and 6 years old. A newborn baby is a 新生児.
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Joquia
Level: 606
Part of her errands (ようじ) for the day is taking care of this toddler
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ファリヒン
Level: 173
The YOUngest Just Is (Youji) a Toddler who can't reach the counter. You tell the small child, "You, geez, get down from there!"
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よちよち       
A toddling infant.
                
The infant has been exposed to radioactive rays.
                       
Put that medicine out of the baby's reach.
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しつ

Accent:
(noun) accident (caused by negligence), error, blunder; fault, defect
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Keitsubori {稜堀華尉}
Level: 455
Differences between 誤り, 過失, and 過ち:
誤り is a/an blunder/inaccuracy.
過失 is a failure resulting from carelessness/negligence.
過ち is a moral wrong-doing.

For more information, check here:
[hinative.com]
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WildAtelier
Level: 1279
This ACCIDENT happened because the kid wasn't strapped into a CAR SEAT
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He owned up to his fault.
            
Don't grieve over past errors.
                    
He defended me when I made a blunder.
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しょうりゃく

Accent:
(noun/する verb) omission, leaving out; abbreviation, abridgment, abridgement, shortening (e.g. of a name)
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sena_ix
Level: 578
Show(shou) racks(ryaku) often OMMIT the cheaper goods.
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This part of the report may be left out.
                  
Lets sing it while omitting the last two verses.
                  
You should omit this word from the sentence.
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どう

Accent:
(noun/する verb) movement, transfer, migration, removal, travel; (noun or verb acting prenominally) mobile, moving, traveling, travelling, roving
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Keitsubori {稜堀華尉}
Level: 455
Difference between 移動 and 移転:
移動 is used for small materialistic items/people.
移転 is used for non-materialistic items/big structures.
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森くん
Level: 199
Compared to 動く it implies a transfer or relocation is taking place. I.e. something is being moved to a new position/place from the original spot.
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仙吉
Level: 310
Add 式 and you get mobile, 例えば: 移動式の屋台, a mobile food cart
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Hitobitokun
Level: 131
Idols idou a lot
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まっく五千
Level: 225
I do move forward, despite the obstacles
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He moved from place to place.
                         
Excuse me, could I please have you move the car (in front of the building) a little bit?
         いきます  
They move from place to place.
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せいめい

Accent:
(noun) life, existence; (one's) working life, career; life force, lifeblood, soul, essence
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はんゆ38
Level: 421
人生 is the life you lead.
生命 is the life you have (as a living being).
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Mikenp
Level: 298
We mammals have the same 生命 and we all breath the same air.
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The life of the patient hangs in the balance.
             
Life is all in all.
             
The sun is essential to life.
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せいかつ

(noun/する verb) life, living; livelihood, (one's) living
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Drezzing
Level: 694
生きる: to live a life
生活する / 生活: to live the daily life (the every day activities that is not special e.g. walking up, eating, making lunch, brushing teeth...)
活動: the activities in life that stand out, requires thinking and effort, e.g. work, hobbies, club activities, special eventss etc.
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ほうおういん きょうま
Level: 168
人生 is used in big, philosophical or biographical contexts (ex: 人生は短い。= Life is short.)
生活 focuses on everyday routine, lifestyle, conditions (ex: 学生生活 = student life, daily experience of being a student)
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infotainment
Level: 39
Say, isn’t living one’s live just eating chicken katsu
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Chocolatine
Level: 239
Say cats too, deserve a good life.
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サム - 67
Level: 217
I remember this by relating it to:

Daigaku = university
Seikatsu = life, lifestyle

Gakusei = university student
(University life)
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カリオラ
Level: 794
SAY せい, how many CATSu かつ does that old lady have in her LIFE?!
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フレイミ
Level: 133
*Living* and cutting katsu(かつ) with your saber(せい) is just all your *life*, because you are chief!
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Fergu
Level: 107
Say (sei) Katsu (Katsu) if you want to live, say Katsu or die
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mumei_
Level: 12
Someone guy named Seikatsu once せい-d this about life 生活:
"You か-n live a full life even after a つ-nami if Neptune resurrects you".
He then decided to せい-v some money and buy a か-n of つ-per tasty beans:
They became his whole life , their taste was capable of resurrecting 活 a person.
That's a story of his life 生活.
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His death has left a vacuum in their lives.
                    
You must live according to your income.
               
His life completely changed after he won the award.
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しょねつ
(noun) heat of summer

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のうこう

(Adjective/-な) rich (flavor, color, etc.), strong (e.g. odor), heavy, thick (soup, makeup, etc.), dense; probable, (very) likely, strong (suspicion, sense, etc.), pronounced; passionate, sensuous, hot

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There's no traces of the victim resisting. Because of that, there's a strong likelihood that the criminal was an acquaintance.
インサイダー                  
Suspicion that this amounts to insider trading has strengthened.
             など               
It also has a strong flavour, and adds depth to Chinese food such as soups and stir-fries.
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どう

Accent:
(noun) road, highway
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ギョルギ九十三
Level: 808
is a general word for roads, routes, paths, or ways (both natural and man-made). Can also be used abstractly to mean a "way" or "method" of achieving something, e.g. 優勝への道.

道路 is a constructed road or highway, specifically designated (by law) for vehicle traffic.

通り (とおり) usually refers to a street or road in a town or city, typically lined with buildings.
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Titania313
Level: 318
{みち} can refer to both natural and man-made paths, from mountain paths to shortcuts.
通り {とうり}Refers to streets in towns or cities, often with buildings lined up.
道路 {どうろ} Refers to roads specifically designed for vehicle traffic, including highways.
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Saikyou S
Level: 114
Refers to roads specifically designed for vehicle traffic, including highways and major roads.
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ノミド
Level: 91
"Do U Ro" kind of sounds like "Ro a d" backwards.
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Frisensa
Level: 444
That's a dope {どう} road {ろ}.
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infotainment
Level: 39
The dough road
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リースデスチェーン
Level: 334
It’s kind of the opposite of 歩道 (ほどう), which means footpath/sidewalk.

The 歩道 (ほどう) is next to the 道路 (どうろ).
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Noah4
Level: 340
Don’t open your DOOR (DOURO) while you’re on the highway.
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クイントピア
Level: 694
The Road to El どうろdo is a highway!
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crabcrabcat
Level: 572
The どうろ(door) leads to the road.
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Facefullabugs
Level: 157
I Douro-ve down the road
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Possikai
Level: 308
They just wanted to say Rodou, but miss changed the order of words
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Language Chaser
Level: 197
Da road
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You must be careful in crossing the road.
               
You're better off not crossing that road!
                 
When you cross the street, look well and (then) cross.
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きゅうじょ

Accent:
(noun/する verb) relief, aid, rescue
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デミフィ
Level: 1232
助ける can be used for help in a broad sense, the difference from 救助する/救う is 助ける can mean to assist.

救う/救助する both mean to save, the latter sounds like the situation being more serious (e.g. fire, disaster).

救う can mean consoled/consoling/feel less sad (mostly) in the passive form 救われる. 救助する does not have this usage.
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sena_ix
Level: 578
They provided RELIEF and AID to 9(kyuu) girls(jyo).
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walkfromhere
Level: 336
Rescue Joe.
Resきゅうじょ
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ajqe・アンナ
Level: 206
Whenever I get hurt, I cue Joe and he always comes to my aid.
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Joquia
Level: 606
There's always a sudden (kyuu) need for a jo-b like an emergency responder, who provides aid and rescue
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The climbers were evacuated by the rescue party.
                  
We waited for hours before help arrived.
                      
As good luck would have it, a steamer passed by and they were saved.
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かい

Accent:
(noun) painting, picture
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ギョルギ九十三
Level: 808
(え): General term for any drawn image—doodles, comics, diagrams—basically anything drawn rather than photographed.

絵画 (かいが): Formal / artistic term for paintings or artworks meant for display, e.g. in galleries or museums.
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sena_ix
Level: 578
This is (K)ai's PAINTING of a t(aiga).
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Wingsy
Level: 369
(Similar to Sena_ix's)

KAI (from Beyblade) PAINTED his face like a TAIGA 🐯, and was nicknamed KAIGA.
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ケンパチ
Level: 255
A beautiful painting 絵画 かいが of a foreign 海外 beach 海岸
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                  において          
My older brother got first prize in a contest for paintings done for elementary school students.
                                     
In Impressionists' paintings, people are drawn so vividly it's as if they are actually there.
       
This is a painting.
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てい

Accent:
(noun/する verb) stoppage, coming to a stop, halt, standstill; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.), suspension (of operations), interruption (e.g. of electricity supply), cutting off; suspension (of payment, a licence, etc.), (temporary) prohibition, ban
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ギョルギ九十三
Level: 808
停止 can refer to bringing a moving object to a stop (車を停止する — usually done by the driver or an automatic system), pausing an activity (作業を停止する), or, in anatomy, the point where a muscle attaches to a bone (大腰筋は大腿骨に停止する). It's a formal or technical term, mainly used in mechanical, operational, medical, or anatomical contexts.
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ギョルギ九十三
Level: 808
停止 (ていし) means stopping something temporarily.
There is an expectation that it may start again later.

中止 (ちゅうし) means cancelling or ending something completely.
There is no expectation that it will resume.

作業を停止する = Stop work for now
— will probably continue later

作業を中止する = Cancel/terminate work
— It's over and will not continue
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As the train came to a halt, all of the passengers wondered what was happening.
                   いう こと                
I've heard that if you default on the water rates your water supply will be suspended, is that true?
            
The train came to a smooth stop.
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ぞう

Accent:
(noun/する verb) increase, rise, growth, addition, increment
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sena_ix
Level: 578
There's been an INCREASE of elephants(zou) in (Ka)nada.
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スハス
Level: 41
Think: zouka sounds like "zoo car" →Picture zoo animals cramming into a tiny car, one after another
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コーヒーゼリー
Level: 269
There is an INCREASE? Souka...(I see...) (Zouka)
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Wingsy
Level: 369
We've had an INCREASE in tourism, ever since we started the Elephant Rides - the ZOU-CAR.
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The world population is increasing rapidly.
                            
With the increase of at-home nursing, doctors that do house-visits will probably be necessary.
              
There was a steady increase in population.
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げんしょう

Accent:
(noun/する verb) decrease, reduction, decline
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そら♡
Level: 739
intransitive verb
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レノちゃん
Level: 220
The phenomenon (げんしょう) of sexy game show (ゲームショウ) in Japan is decreasing (げんしょう)
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In recent years, the population of rural areas are in the process of decreasing.
                     やむを     
Considering the decrease in the number of those using the facilities, shutting them down cannot be helped.
             
The deficit has been diminishing little by little.
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せん

Accent:
(noun) rivers

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The rivers were flooded by the heavy rain.
                  
In a river basin it’s usual for there to be fertile arable land.
しんりん

Accent:
(noun) forest, woods
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OnStilts
Level: 434
Officially/technically, the only difference between 林 and 森 is that is man-made while is natural.

But many native speakers' impression is that:

is smaller than 森, more like a grove.
is a forest, and denser than 林.
森林 is a large forest, but not used much on its own and feels more like a technical term.

Source: r/Japanese, StackExchange
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ギョルギ九十三
Level: 808
森林 is most appropriate when referring to a forest in the sense of the entire ecosystem, including its trees, plants, and animals.
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while1fork
Level: 430
I broke my SHIN counting all the tree RINgs in the FOREST!
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ケンパチ
Level: 255
Has anyone seen Rin しんりん at all since she entered the forest?!
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A vast forest covers the mountains.
                 
The woodland was parceled into farms.
              って         
In Central America forests are replaced by cattle ranches.
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じゅもく

Accent:
(noun) tree, trees and shrubs

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The trees are cut down and land is cleared.
           だけ                 とんでも                
Mountain fires are thought of causing little harm with the only damage being the burning of trees and shrubs, but actually there's a hell of a 'hidden character'.
              
The park is well wooded.
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がんせき

Accent:
(noun) rock
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zzeyn
Level: 272
This special GUN coughs (せき) up rocks
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Rocks weathered by wind and water become duller at the edges.
                    
We call these slab-shaped hard rock layers 'plates'.
                    
Rocks and minerals are useful for us in many ways.
いんしょく

(noun/する verb) food and drink, eating and drinking
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Lord Volt
Level: 849
I'm in shock that you didn't bring any food and drink.
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bheat
Level: 149
INside + shoku (food)
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ケンパチ
Level: 255
After eating and drinking all the food at the buffet, he was in shock いんしょく
We had to call an ambulance.
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Xilmi
Level: 344
いんbibing and eating are both possible with しょくlate.
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In the first place, we must be careful about what we eat and drink.
   だけ             
You can eat and drink as much as you want.
            ことになっている  
You are expected to not eat or drink here.
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そう

Accent:
(noun) storehouse, warehouse, godown
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fauserbu
Level: 787
The sowed corn (そうこ) is stored in the warehouse over there
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emanresU
Level: 367
If you're familiar with the puzzle game Sokoban, that comes from 倉庫番/そうこばん (warehouse keeper), which is just 倉庫/そうこ (warehouse) + 番/ばん (watch/guard/etc).
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Kenzi Bird
Level: 348
Ah, sou ka? That big building is a souko?
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ポールおじちゃん
Level: 1792
A place to store grain 倉 and equipment 庫
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The documents aren't here. I'll go look for them in the storeroom.
           
Put the car in the shed.
                   
He is working as a security guard at a warehouse.
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ほう

Accent:
(Adjective/-な) abundant, plentiful, rich, ample
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森くん
Level: 199
Can be applied to intangible objects to mean wealthy.
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Jules.33
Level: 37
I like to shop at Whole Foods ほうふ where the produce is abundant.
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sena_ix
Level: 578
The bowl was ABUNDANT with w(hou)le (fu)ruits.
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bheat
Level: 149
"Hopeful" (HO FU) - Visualize someone being very hopeful (HOU) because they suddenly received an abundance (FU) of good news and fortune.
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He has a lot of topics for conversation.
           
Canada is rich in lumber/wood. 
N1      だけあって        
Naturally, having passed the N1 exam, they have a rich vocabulary.
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きんせん

Accent:
(noun) money, cash
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ギョルギ九十三
Level: 808
お金 — the normal everyday word.
金銭 — "money" as a more formal / legal concept.

Source: [ja.hinative.com]
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sena_ix
Level: 578
My (kin) (sen)t money.
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ハムラ
Level: 1175
Money is gold (きん) and cents (せん).
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Bilautaa
Level: 322
Often girls get money at their KINSENera (Quinceañera)
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Money is the measure of worth.
           りに     
We can count on him for financial help.
                 
The bandits demanded all of the money in the register.
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かく
(noun) leather, hide
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エドアード
Level: 126
The leathers quick guide:
- the kanji means skin (肌膚), sometimes surface like in 雪肌. Can also be used as it's own word .
- the kanji can be used by itself to mean "wrapping skin": tree bark 木の皮, banana peel バナナの皮.
- the kanji is actual leather from animals: leather shoes 革靴, and hide 皮革, which uses the previos kanji. It can also be used by itself as a word .
- (tanned leather) is only used as a kanji component, often without even carrying the "leather" meaning (see or ).
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Artificial leather can't compare with the real thing.
しんたい

Accent:
(noun) body, physical system, (the) person
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TPありさん🐜
Level: 258
"Shin-kicking a tie-wearing robot (SHIN-TAI) affects its body!"
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Milk does not agree with me.
                         
I am interested in exercising, but my body won't keep up.
                 
I get a physical examination once a year.
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Accent:
(noun) self, oneself
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はんゆ38
Level: 421
自己 is the self as a concept; often used in philosophy

自分 is used as self-reference (myself, yourself, himself, herself etc.)

自身 is often used as a suffix to emphasize self-reference/the own person
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He knows how to assert himself.
                   
Everyone ought to be a master of his own destiny.
                       
She adhered strongly to her belief.
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かい

Accent:
(noun/する verb) start, commencement, beginning, initiation
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Rdelav
Level: 379
The open 開 and the beginning 始 is the start
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renshuu user No.1,004,939
Level: 366
開始/かいし kaiSHI

会社/かいしゃ kaiSHA

to START a company
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青い光。
Level: 8
The Kaishi 1.5k core deck is one of the most popular BEGINner Japanese vocab Anki decks.
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The very first corporation in the world to start with a car dispatch service is right up ahead.
                            
Contrary to our predictions, the TV program caused a huge reaction after it was broadcast.
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The training session is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.
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