(し) (n) (1) child (esp. a boy); (2) (See 子爵) viscount; (3) (hon) master (founder of a school of thought, esp. Confucius); (4) (See 諸子百家) philosophy (branch of Chinese literature); non-Confucian Hundred Schools of Thought writings; (5) (arch) you (of one's equals); (n-suf) (6) -er (i.e. a man who spends all his time doing...) [EDICT]
(ね) (n) first sign of Chinese zodiac (The Rat, 11pm-1am, north, November) [EDICT]
(こ) (n,n-suf) (1) child; (2) (also 仔) young (animal); (3) (also 娘) young woman; young geisha; (4) offshoot; (5) (See 元も子もない) interest; (6) (abbr) (See 子株・2) new shares; (7) (arch) bird egg; (n-suf) (8) (after a noun or -masu stem) -er (often of young women); (P) [EDICT]
(み) (n) (1) fruit; nut; (2) seed; (3) (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; (4) content; substance; (P) [EDICT]
(す) (suf) (arch) (hon) honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name [EDICT]
(zǐ, ㄗˇ) son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat [CE-DICT]
(zi, ㄗ˙) (noun suff.) [CE-DICT]
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(ér, ㄦˊ) and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) [CE-DICT]
(きゃく) (n) (arch) (See 律令) amendment (of the ritsuryo) [EDICT]
(gé, ㄍㄜˊ) square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively [CE-DICT]
(う) (v2a-s,vt) (1) (See 得る・うる) to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain; (2) (as 〜することを得, etc.) to be possible [EDICT]
(とく) (adj-na,n) (1) (also written as 徳) profit; advantage; benefit; gain; (2) {Buddh} rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana; (P) [EDICT]
(dé, ㄉㄜˊ) to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished [CE-DICT]
(de, ㄉㄜ˙) structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc [CE-DICT]
(děi, ㄉㄟˇ) to have to; must; ought to; to need to [CE-DICT]
