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Jack Halpern

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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.

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E 5-5 1

眠

tSLEEP MINnemu(ru)nemu(i)

破

s 目 J½y½ S10-5-5 K4418 田 %& 109 C1398 ¾1147 U7720 E1-5-5 目 @ T 2 COMPOUNDS 5 r [original meaning] SLEEP 睡眠 suimin sleep, slumber 6 催眠術 saiminjutsu hypnotism, mesmerism t 不眠 fumin sleeplessness, insomnia

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E1-5-5

=

wreck

pieces

lapse, downfall

爆破 bakuha blasting, blowing up, explosion 難破 nanpa shipwreck 打破する daha suru break down, overthrow, abolish

>

surmount; exceed

read (another's thoughts)

Y BREAK the enemy, defeat

tadashi

S10-5-5 ¾1148

突破する toppa suru break [smash] through; 看破する kanpa suru see through, penetrate,

tRULE KUkane> noritsunetadasu

撃破する gekiha suru defeat, rout; destroy 論破する ronpa suru refute, defeat in argu-

K2275 U77E9

ment

連破する renpa suru defeat one's enemy in

COMPOUNDS

succession

r (established standard) RULE, standard, criterion

Zg (act contrary to) BREAK (as a promise), 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

[ BREAK down, go to pieces, go broke

★do not confuse with 短 SHORT ⇒0801

0782-0784

破壊する hakai suru break (down), destroy,

破滅 hametsu ruin, destruction, wreck, col-

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

E1-5-5

K3943 U7834

破片 hahen fragment, broken piece, scrap 破損 hason damage, breakdown 破砕する hasai suru crush, smash, crack to

þnemuru 眠るÿ SLEEP

矢 Names 111 D2278

S10-5-5 ¾1150

COMPOUNDS

KUN

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石 J½y½-5 112 B0658

Xg [original meaning] BREAK, smash  h BREAK through, penetrate

冬眠 t½min hibernation (“winter sleep”) 安眠 anmin quiet sleep, peaceful slumber 永眠 eimin eternal sleep, death

矩

tBREAK

HAyabu(ru)yabu(reru)

破局 hakyoku collapse, catastrophe 破綻× hatan failure, rupture; bankruptcy

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