Movement
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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.
anecdote
excellence, superb
deviation, departure
reduction; giving back
return, restoration
returning alive
interception, blocking
blocking light
to block, to interrupt
swift, prompt
impetuosity, dash
with lightning speed
sudden death
death, passing
to pass away
change, transition
demotion
moving the capital
expulsion, driving away
one by one, successively
one by one, in detail
communications (post/telecom)
gradual decrease
gradual increase
reshuffle, replacement
personnel reshuffle
mass replacement
universality
travels, career
once, one time
Practice
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