Movement & change
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On'yomi & Kun'yomi
On'yomi (音読み) is the reading borrowed from Chinese, usually used in compound words, e.g. 三月 (さんがつ, March).
Kun'yomi (訓読み) is the native Japanese reading, used when the kanji stands alone or takes kana endings, e.g. 三つ (みっつ, three items).
By convention the readings list writes on'yomi in katakana (シュ) and kun'yomi in hiragana (さけ). Example words show furigana in hiragana, so the same on'yomi can look like シュ in the list but しゅ in a word.
What the component colors mean
Blue - the main radical the kanji is filed under in dictionaries.
Green - a component that hints at the meaning.
Orange - a component that hints at the reading (sound).
Grey - another building block, with no clear meaning or sound role.
round trip
coming and going, traffic
years gone by
review (of lessons)
recovery
round trip
movement, shift
immigrant, migration
to move, to shift
the past
passing through
to pass, to exceed
reversal, turnaround
counterproductive effect
to go against, to defy
increase
increase and decrease
to increase (intransitive)
judgment, decision
conclusion, assertion
to refuse, to decline
assertion, claim
business trip
to stretch, to spread
stopping, halt
stopping a vehicle
power outage
submission
proposal
offer, provision
aviation
cancelled flight/sailing
setting sail, departure
Practice
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