Assorted 3

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#1

Meaning

abuse, revile

Components

Example words
とう

abuse, insults

せい

jeers, abusive voices

ののし

to abuse, to revile

#2

Meaning

peel, strip off

Components

Example words
はくだつ

deprivation, stripping

はく

peeling off, detachment

がす

to peel off, to tear off

#3

Meaning

appearance, looks

Components

Example words
ようぼう

looks, features

ぜんぼう

full picture, whole aspect

ぼう

good looks, beauty

#4

Meaning

sudden, rise abruptly

Components

Example words
ぼっぱつ

outbreak, sudden occurrence

ぼっこう

sudden rise

ぼっ

erection

#5

Meaning

dark; the underworld

Components

Example words
めいふく

happiness in the next world

めい

hades, the underworld

みょう

providence, good fortune

#6

Meaning

more and more; extensive

Components

Example words
よい

Yayoi (period); March

ろく

Maitreya Buddha

いや

to increase further

#7

Meaning

darkness; black market

Components

Example words
やみ

darkness

くらやみ

pitch darkness

やみいち

black market

#8

Meaning

pungent, harsh

Components

Example words
しんらつ

harsh, scathing

らつわん

shrewdness, capability

あくらつ

unscrupulous, vicious

#9

Meaning

toy with, tamper

Components

Example words
ほんろう

trifling with, toying

ろう

mockery, ridicule

もてあそ

to toy with, to trifle

#10

Meaning

foot of a mountain

Components

Example words
ふもと

foot of a mountain

さんろく

foot of a mountain

ふもとむら

village at the foot

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