The Kodansha
Kanji Learners Dictionary Editor in Chief
Jack Halpern
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To All Learners of Japanese 5ÄÌú{êMKÒÖ
The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary is based on the New Japanese-English Character
Dictionary, copyright © Jack Halpern, published by Kenkyusha Limited in 1990 (available outside Japan from NTC). Publication was assisted by a grant from the Japan Foundation. Distributed in the United States by Kodansha America, Inc., 114 Fifth Avenue, New York N.Y. 10011, and in the United Kingdom and continental Europe by Kodansha Europe Ltd., 95 Aldwych, London WC2B 4JF. Published by Kodansha International Ltd., 17-14 Otowa 1-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112, and Kodansha America, Inc. Copyright © 1998 by Jack Halpern Kanji Dictionary Publishing Society 1-3-502 3-Chome Niiza, Niiza-shi Saitama 352-0006, Japan World Wide Web: www.kanji.org IMPORTANT NOTICE: The utilization of the System of Kanji Indexing by Patterns (SKIP) in any form is
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E 5-5 1
s
眠
田 %& 目 E1-5-5
破
tSLEEP MINnemu(ru) nemu(i)
目 J½y½ 109 C1398
S10-5-5 ¾1147
%&" E1-5-5
K4418 U7720
tBREAK HA yabu(ru)yabu(reru)
石 J½y½-5 112 B0658
S10-5-5 ¾1150
K3943 U7834
@ T 2
COMPOUNDS
COMPOUNDS
Xg [original meaning] BREAK , smash h BREAK through, penetrate = 破壊する hakai suru break (down), destroy, wreck 破片 hahen fragment, broken piece, scrap 破損 hason damage, breakdown 破砕する hasai suru crush, smash, crack to pieces 破滅 hametsu ruin, destruction, wreck, collapse, downfall 爆破 bakuha blasting, blowing up, explosion 難破 nanpa shipwreck 打破する daha suru break down, overthrow, abolish > 突破する toppa suru break [smash] through; surmount; exceed 看破する kanpa suru see through, penetrate, read (another's thoughts) Y BREAK the enemy, defeat 撃破する gekiha suru defeat, rout; destroy 論破する ronpa suru refute, defeat in argument 連破する renpa suru defeat one's enemy in succession Zg (act contrary to) BREAK (as a promise),
5 r [original meaning] SLEEP 6
t
睡眠 suimin sleep, slumber 催眠術 saiminjutsu hypnotism, mesmerism 不眠 fumin sleeplessness, insomnia 冬眠 t½min hibernation (winter sleep) 安眠 anmin quiet sleep, peaceful slumber 永眠 eimin eternal sleep, death
KUN
þnemuru 眠るÿ SLEEP 眠り nemuri sleep, slumber, nap 眠り込む nemurikomu fall asleep þnemui 眠いÿ SLEEPy 眠たい nemutai sleepy 眠気 nemuke sleepiness
矩 %&! E1-5-5
tRULE KU kane >
nori tsune tadasu
tadashi
矢 Names 111 D2278
S10-5-5 ¾1148
K2275 U77E9
COMPOUNDS
r (established standard) RULE, standard, crite-
rion
breach, violate h BREAK with (the moral conventions), be exceptional
矩則 kusoku rule, standard KUN
破棄 haki breaking (a treaty), annulment 破談 hadan cancellation, breaking off 破約 hayaku breach of contract > 破廉恥 harenchi shamelessness, infamy,
þkane 矩ÿ carpenter's square, metal measure; regular shaku (尺) (approx. 12 in.)
=
矩尺 kanejaku carpenter's square; regular shaku (尺) (approx. 12 in.)
impudence
NOTE
★do not confuse with 短
0782-0784
SHORT
[ BREAK down, go to pieces, go broke 破局 hakyoku collapse, catastrophe × 破綻 hatan failure, rupture; bankruptcy
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