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國
country
country
事
matter
matter
本
book
book
年
year
year
時
time
time
出
exit
exit
自
oneself
self
行
going
go
見
see
see
社
company
company
家
house
house
會
meeting
meet
來
come
come
分
part
part
氣
spirit
spirit
主
lord
lord
地
ground
ground
經
scripture
scripture
生
life
life
員
employee
member
業
business
business
發
departure
departure
間
interval
interval
對
vis-a-vis
vis-a-vis
高
tall
tall
要
need
need
東
east
east
用
utilize
use
者
someone
person
同
same
same
合
fit
fit
内
inside
inside
相
inter
mutual
方
direction
direction
性
nature
nature
法
method
law
定
determine
determine
新
new
new
今
now
now
情
feelings
feeling
文
writing
writing
長
long
long
所
place
place
回
times
turn
治
rule
govern
萬
ten-thousand
ten thousand
金
gold
gold
縣
county
prefecture
學
study
study
著
don
wear
開
open
open
代
substitute
substitute
明
bright
bright
思
think
think
場
location
place
實
reality
reality
期
period
period
立
stand-up
stand
部
section
section
作
make
make
決
decide
decide
天
heavens
heaven
問
question
question
取
take
take
持
hold
hold
全
whole
whole
表
surface
surface
言
say
say
北
north
north
起
rise
rise
市
city
city
知
know
know
動
move
move
外
outside
outside
多
many
many
力
power
power
民
people
people
制
system
system
理
logic
logic
調
tune
tune
體
body-2
body
化
change
change
受
accept
receive
感
emotion
feel
當
hit
hit
道
way
way
名
name
name
使
errand
use
住
live
live
題
topic
topic
圓
circle
circle
入
enter
enter
少
few
few
番
turn
turn
意
idea
idea
通
traffic
pass through
仕
attend
serve
活
alive
live
政
govern
govern
重
heavy
heavy
度
degrees
degrees
質
substance
substance
車
car
car
界
boundary
boundary
教
teach
teach
百
hundred
hundred
考
ponder
think
命
fate
life
和
harmony
harmony
平
even
even
步
walk
walk
運
carry
carry
世
generation
generation
送
escort
send
都
metropolis
metropolis
海
sea
sea
個
individual
individual
強
strong
strong
進
advance
advance
正
correct
correct
安
relax
peace
終
finish
end
想
imagine
imagine
書
write
write
公
public
public
料
fee
fee
必
must
must
數
number
number
記
scribe
record
院
inst
institution
乘
ride
ride
果
fruit
fruit
近
near
near
午
noon
noon
空
empty
empty
號
nickname
name
野
plains
field
愛
love
love
第
no
ordinal number
始
commence
begin
千
thousand
thousand
切
cut
cut
點
spot
dot
室
room
room
畫
image
picture
原
meadow
origin
話
tale
talk
南
south
south
路
road
road
際
between-edge
between
線
thread
line
交
mingle
mingle
因
cause
cause
豫
beforehand
beforehand
向
yonder
toward
先
before
before
勝
victory
victory
面
mask
face
門
gate
gate
京
capital
capital
元
beginning
origin
區
ward
ward
助
help
help
白
white
white
費
expense
expense
組
association
group
西
west
west
信
faith
faith
聞
hear
hear
米
rice
rice
待
wait
wait
引
pull
pull
色
color
color
歸
homecoming
return
何
what
what
計
plot
plan
賣
sell
sell
黨
party
party
紀
era
era
級
grade
grade
店
store
store
食
eat
eat
美
beauty
beautiful
議
discuss
discuss
司
manage
manage
直
straightaway
straight
夜
night
night
服
clothes
clothes
親
parent
parent
令
order
order
案
proposal
plan
神
god
god
修
cultivate
cultivate
渡
transit
cross
段
rank
step
村
village
village
樂
music
music
讀
read
read
才
genius
talent
臺
pedestal
platform
朝
morning
morning
廣
wide
wide
試
test
test
週
week
week
夫
husband
husband
廳
agency
government office
府
prefecture
prefecture
無
nothingness
nothing
値
value
value
指
finger
finger
早
early
early
義
righteousness
righteousness
有
possess
have
働
work-2
work
太
thick
thick
形
shape
shape
答
answer
answer
官
official
official
町
town
town
校
school
school
古
old
old
禮
courtesy
courtesy
走
run
run
工
craft
work
語
word
word
首
neck
neck
覺
perceive
perceive
春
springtime
spring
顏
face-2
face
弟
younger-brother
younger brother
善
good
good
歲
year-end
years old
益
profit
profit
止
stop
stop
買
buy
buy
急
urgent
urgent
音
sound
sound
驛
station
station
富
rich
rich
味
flavor
flavor
布
cloth
cloth
油
oil
oil
域
region
region
惡
evil
evil
屋
roof
roof
肉
meat
meat
驗
verification
test
拂
pay
pay
德
virtue
virtue
算
calculate
calculate
每
every
every
飛
fly
fly
漢
chinese-han
Han
則
law-rule
rule
帶
sash
sash
限
limit
limit
座
sit
sit
酒
liquor
liquor
聲
voice
voice
降
descend
descend
苦
suffering
bitter
速
fast
fast
笑
laugh
laugh
税
tax
tax
階
class-step
floor
福
fortune
fortune
血
blood
blood
律
legal-rule
law
寺
buddhist-temple
temple
半
half
half
好
fond
good
赤
red
red
頭
head-2
head
衣
garment
clothing
紙
paper
paper
遠
far
far
青
blue
blue
街
street-bustle
street
票
vote
ticket
茶
tea
tea
夢
dream
dream
字
character
character
輕
light
light
皮
skin
skin
歌
song
song
菜
vegetable
vegetable
谷
valley
valley
喜
rejoice
joy
腦
brain
brain
妻
wife
wife
光
ray
light
魚
fish
fish
科
department
department
昨
yesterday
yesterday
寒
cold
cold
夏
summer
summer
秋
autumn
autumn
圖
map
map
寫
photo
copy
君
ruler
ruler
丸
round
round
馬
horse
horse
季
season
season
貨
goods
goods
橋
bridge
bridge
燒
broil
grill
背
spine
back
黑
black
black
友
friend
friend
齡
age-years
age
戶
door
door
花
flower
flower
仁
benevolence
benevolence
招
invite
invite
損
loss
loss
祭
festival
festival
冬
winter
winter
細
thin
thin
森
forest
forest
飯
meal
meal
悲
grieve
sad
葉
leaf
leaf
候
climate
climate
港
port
port
園
park
garden
休
rest
rest
晚
nightfall
evening
短
short
short
林
grove
grove
怒
angry
angry
王
king
king
皇
sovereign
emperor
臣
vassal
vassal
緣
connection
connection
船
ship-2
ship
晝
daytime
daytime
骨
bone
bone
牛
cow
cow
脈
pulse
pulse
玉
jewel
jade
錢
coin
coin
句
phrase
phrase
筆
brush
brush
羽
feathers
feather
帝
emperor
emperor
筋
muscle
muscle
罪
sin
sin
暗
darkness
dark
弱
weak
weak
岩
boulder
boulder
角
angle
horn
暑
hot
hot
祝
congratulate
celebrate
池
pond
pond
鳥
bird
bird
星
star
star
犬
dog
dog
雷
thunder
thunder
忙
busy
busy
佛
buddha
Buddha
草
grass
grass
鏡
mirror
mirror
孫
grandchild
grandchild
髮
hair-of-the-head
hair
夕
evening
evening
貧
poor
poor
曜
weekday
day of the week
胸
chest
chest
肩
shoulder
shoulder
齒
tooth
tooth
刀
knife
knife
飲
drink
drink
冰
ice
ice
竹
bamboo
bamboo