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čš´
čš´
19 strokes
Frequency: 2377
Grade 8

Meanings

kick

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
シュク
シュウ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
け.る

Common Words

ける
Godan verb
Transitive
Freq #2156
1

Orig. ichidan verb

to kick

Examples
けってドアを開けるな。
Don't kick the door open.
2

to refuse; to reject

Examples
彼は私たちの要求をきっぱりとけった。
He rejected our demand flatly.
3

to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

けり
Noun
Freq #8311
1

kick

Examples
一子相伝の技と言うわりには、彼の蹴りは大した事はないね。
For a guy who was chosen by his father as the only son to be taught the secrets of this martial art, he doesn't have that much of a kick.
けちらす
Godan verb
Transitive
Freq #9510
1

to kick about; to kick around

Examples
敵を蹴散らし、凱旋した俺はみなにこう呼ばれるんだ!
Having scattered the enemy before me and triumphantly returned, this is how they would herald me.
2

to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout

けり飛ばす
けりとばす
Godan verb
Transitive
Freq #10229
1

to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)

開ける
肌蹴る
Usually kana
Ichidan verb
Freq #12381
1

Transitive verb

to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to expose

Examples
和子が胸をはだけて赤ん坊に乳をふくませた。
Kazuko bared her breast and fed the baby.
2

Intransitive verb

to open up (of clothing); to be exposed

3

Archaic; Transitive verb

to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); to stretch

蹴とばす
けとばす
Godan verb
Transitive
Freq #13262
1

to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard

Examples
ごめん!蹴飛ばすつもりじゃなかったんだ。
I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to kick you.
2

to refuse curtly; to reject outright

いっしゅう
~する Verb
Noun
Transitive
Freq #13845
1

flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; brushing aside

Examples
議長は彼のばかげた提案を一蹴した。
The chairman rejected his absurd proposal.
2

beating easily; defeating handily

3

Orig. meaning

one kick

蹴りあげる
けりあげる
Transitive
Ichidan verb
Freq #14071
1

to kick into the air; to kick up

Examples
時々、自分のけつを思いきり蹴りあげてやりたくなる。
Sometimes I feel like kicking my own rump.
2

to kick from below

蹴り付ける
けりつける
Transitive
Ichidan verb
Freq #20697
1

to kick (out at)

Examples
彼女は僕の右足を思い切り蹴りつけた。
She gave me a hard kick on my right leg.
蹴落す
けおとす
Godan verb
Transitive
Freq #21028
1

to kick down; to defeat

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