Meanings
Readings
Common Words
report; information
to tell; to inform; to announce
to indicate; to signal; to mark
Transitive verb
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission
Intransitive verb
professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love
Transitive verb; Christianity
profession (of faith)
Transitive verb; Christianity
confession (of sins)
Intransitive verb; Transitive verb
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as)
Intransitive verb; Transitive verb
to claim to be; to call oneself; to wear the title of
Intransitive verb; Transitive verb
to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
Transitive verb
to adopt as one's name; to take (a name)
Archaic; Intransitive verb
to call out the goods one is selling
advice; warning
Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb
warning; caution; admonition
Martial arts
keikoku (penalty in judo)
(written) report
Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb
(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning
Abbreviation
trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
Memory Mnemonics
Keywords
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Constituents
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Mnemonic Stories
Upon hearing a revelation, you may drop to the ground with your mouth wide open in amazement.
The revelation made the cow‘s mouth drop down: “Hamburgers are made of what?!”
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