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  *和* | 和* | *和
(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]) / (math.) sum / to make peace / (sports) to draw; to tie / (bound form) harmonious / (bound form) Japan; Japanese
HSK 1
book / notebook / Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi" / CL: / edition
HSK 1
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  *省* | 省* | *省
to save; to economize; to be frugal / to omit; to delete; to leave out / province / provincial capital / a ministry (of the Japanese government)
HSK 2
caricature / cartoon / Japanese manga
HSK 5
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  *签* | 签* | *签
Japanese variant of 籤|签
HSK 5
Japanese language
HSK 6
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  *入* | 入* | *入
to enter; to go into / to join; to become a member of / (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时) / abbr. for 入聲|入声 / (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese "iri")
HSK 6
tram; streetcar / trolleybus / electric car / e-bike / (in the context of Japan) electric train
HSK 6
prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)
HSK 6
Parliament (UK) / Congress (US) / Diet (Japan) / Legislative Yuan (Taiwan)
HSK 6
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  *枚* | 枚* | *枚
classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy
HSK 7-9
Japanese tea ceremony / sado
HSK 7-9
see 和田地區|和田地区 / Wada (Japanese surname and place name)
Ishikawa (Japanese surname and place name)
Hirano (Japanese surname)
(Internet slang) uploader (person who uploads a video or other content to the Internet) / pronounced [a4 pu5 zhu3] / (loanword from Japanese うp, "upunushi")
Ōno (Japanese surname and place name)
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  *日* | 日* | *日
abbr. for 日本, Japan
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  *林* | 林* | *林
surname Lin / Japanese surname Hayashi
(ACG) Japan (from the anime "Code Geass", in which Japan was renamed Area 11)
Matsuo (Japanese surname and place name)
Japanese yen (unit of currency) / also written 日圓|日圆
Nakano (Japanese surname and place name)
Kimura (Japanese surname)
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  *森* | 森* | *森
Mori (Japanese surname)
dango (Japanese dumpling)
Honshū, the main island of Japan
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  *梅* | 梅* | *梅
plum / plum flower / Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
Honda (Japanese name)
Toyota or Toyoda (name) / Toyota, Japanese car make
oriental cherry (Prunus serrulata or Prunus yedoensis), prized for its blossom / also known as sakura (Japanese) or Yoshino cherry
Takeuchi (Japanese surname)
Tokyo, capital of Japan / Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period)
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  *原* | 原* | *原
surname Yuan / (Japanese surname) Hara
Fujita (Japanese surname)
Furano, Hokkaidō, Japan
Japanese chess (shōgi)
Ōnishi (Japanese surname)
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  *荘* | 荘* | *荘
Japanese variant of 莊|庄
Kasukabe, city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan
(Japanese) high school girl’s uniform
Futian district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong / Fukuda (Japanese surname)
Akihito, personal name of the Heisei 平成 emperor of Japan (1933-), reigned 1989-2019
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  *桜* | 桜* | *桜
Japanese variant of 櫻|樱
New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895)
Sansui, Japanese company
Japanese (language)
mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan) / Japan (used in Taiwan during Japanese colonization)
Ultraman, Japanese science fiction superhero
Japanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century)
Japan (old) / East Asian countries
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  *槐* | 槐* | *槐
Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica) / Japanese pagoda tree
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  *観* | 観* | *観
Japanese variant of 觀|观
Sakai (Japanese surname and place name)
to resist Japan (esp. during WW2) / anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities)
Canon (Japanese company)
(neologism) strange behavior characteristic of a teenager going through puberty (loanword from Japanese "chūnibyō")
war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945)
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  *坪* | 坪* | *坪
a plain / ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters (used in Japan and Taiwan)
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  *仮* | 仮* | *仮
Japanese variant of
Japanese style
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  *荻* | 荻* | *荻
Anaphalis yedoensis (pearly everlasting reed) / used in Japanese names with phonetic value Ogi
(orthographic borrowing from Japanese 民宿 "minshuku") property rented via Airbnb or similar platform; guesthouse; bed-and-breakfast; homestay; pension
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  *酔* | 酔* | *酔
Japanese variant of
Nissan, Japanese car make / also transliterated 尼桑
see 中山市 / Nakayama (Japanese surname) / see 孫中山|孙中山
Ricoh, Japanese imaging and electronics company
voice actor (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 声優 "seiyū")
Japanese rose (Rosa multiflora)
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  *萌* | 萌* | *萌
(bound form) to sprout; to bud / (coll.) cute; adorable (orthographic borrowing from Japanese え "moe", affection for an anime or manga character) / (literary) common people (variant of )
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  *颜* | 颜* | *颜
Japanese variant of 顏|颜
Kojima (Japanese surname and place name)
black dragon / unexpected mistake or mishap / own goal (soccer) / oolong (tea) / (Tw) (loanword from Japanese) udon
breeze / (Tw) Japanese-style (cooking etc)
Epson, Japanese electronics company
monogatari / epic narrative (Japanese literary form)
warrant officer / petty officer / noncommissioned officer (NCO) / Japanese military officer
Accord (Honda brand Japanese car model)
Omron Corporation (Japanese electronics company)
Kiyomizu temple in east Kyōto 京都, Japan
Daihatsu, Japanese car company
to recover (territory or power) / the liberation of Taiwan from Japanese rule in 1945
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  *貉* | 貉* | *貉
raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) / raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki) / also pr. [hao2]
iron panel / hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan)
Gundam, Japanese animation franchise / (Tw) Gouda (cheese)
Fukushima (Japanese surname and place name)
Kaneko (Japanese surname)
Olympus, Japanese manufacturer of cameras and optical instruments
to invade China (referring to 19th century imperialist powers and Japan)
Chiba (Japanese surname and place name)
island nation (sometimes refers specifically to Japan)
Northeast China / Manchuria / lit. east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关 / Kantō region of Japan
Kobe, city in Japan
US-Japan
(orig.) tents forming the offices of a commanding officer / administration of a military government / (medieval Japan) "bakufu", administration of the shogun
Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇 / emperor / emperor of Japan
Seiko, Japanese watch and electronics company
Sanyō, Japanese electronics company
China-Japan
rice ball (steamed rice formed into a ball and stuffed with various fillings) / onigiri (Japanese-style rice ball)

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