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Level 1 Jukugo (Part 14)

1 – 兵燹 – heisen – fire caused by war

2 – 炳然 – heizen – clear

3 – 閉息 – heisoku – bated breath, cowed into silence

4 – 屏息 – heisoku – bated breath, cowed into silence

5 – 兵站 – heitan – military logistics

6 – 餅餤 – heitan – Heian-period pastry made of duck or goose eggs mixed with vegetables boiled and wrapped in mochi which is then cut into squares

7 – 併呑 – heidon – annexation

8 – 兵馬俑 – heibayou – Terracotta Army

9 – 弊履 – heiri – worn-outs shoes

10 – 辟易 – hekieki – to be fed up with

11 – 劈開 – hekikai – cleavage (in gems)

12 – 僻陬 – hekisuu – remote place

13 – 劈頭 – hekitou – beginning

14 – 霹靂 – hekireki – thunder

15 – 扁額 – hengaku – framed picture or motto (usually horizontal, hung over gates)

16 – 偏諱 – henki – one kanji in the name of a nobleman (with a multiple-kanji name)

17 – 辺疆 – henkyou – remote region

18 – 扁形 – henkei – flat shape

19 – 騙取 – henshu – swindling

20 – 扁舟 – henshu – skiff

21 – 辺陬 – hensuu – remote region

22 – 胼胝 – henchi – callus, corn

23 – 辺鄙 – henpi – remote place

24 – 扁平 – henpei – flat

25 – 偏旁 – henbou – left and right kanji radicals

26 – 冪級数 – bekikyuusuu – a power series

27 – 冪根 – bekikon- Nth root (in mathematics)

28 – 冪乗 – bekijyou – power (in mathematics)

29 – 羃数 – bekisuu – power (in mathematics)

30 – 冪冪 – bekibeki- billowing (clouds)

31 – 鼈甲 – bekkou – tortoiseshell

32 – 別墅 – bessho – country retreat

33 – 別嬪 – beppin – beautiful woman

34 – 冕冠 – benkan – square-topped ceremonial crown with jeweled tassels

Benkan. Image – Tatsukata Matsuoka

35 – 鞭撻 – bentatsu – spurring on, chastisement by whipping

36 – 辮髪 – benpatsu – Queue (hairstyle)​

37 – 抃舞 – benbu – dancing and clapping one’s hands with joy

38 – 捕逸 – hoitsu – passed ball

39 – 焙炉 – hoiro – drier, toaster

40 – 烽煙 – houen – smoke signals

41 – 烽烟 – houen – smoke signals

42 – 蜂窩 – houka – beehive, honeycomb

43 – 包裹 – houka – wrapping

44 – 幇間 – houkan / taikomochi – jester, comedian

45 – 鮑魚 – hogyo – salt-cured fish

46 – 咆哮 – houkou – roar

47 – 砲熕 – houkou – artillery

48 – 硼酸 – housan – boric acid

49 – 奉祀 – houshi – enshrine

50 – 放恣 – houshi – self-indulgent

51 – 放肆 – houshi – self-indulgent

52 – 硼砂 – housha – borax

53 – 苞苴 – housho – straw-wrapped item

54 – 幇助 – houjyo – abetting

55 – 硼素 – houso – boron

56 – 疱瘡 – housou – smallpox (including vaccination or pockmarks)

57 – 蓬窓 – housou – a humble house

58 – 繃帯 – houtai – bandage, dressing

59 – 放擲 – houteki – giving up

60 – 抛擲 – houteki – giving up

61 – 奉奠 – houten – humbly presenting something

62 – 放蕩 – houtou – dissipation

63 – 彭湃 – houhai – the sound of surging water

64 – 滂湃 – houhai / bouhai – the sound of surging water

65 – 放屁 – houhi – farting

66 – 彷彿 – houfutsu – a close resemblance, vague

67 – 髣髴 – houfutsu – a close resemblance, vague

68 – 褒貶 – houhen – praise and criticism

69 – 鋒鋩 – houbou – the tip of an edged instrument, sharp words, a vicious character

70 – 魴鮄 – houbou – a red gurnard

71 – 保命 – houmei – longevity

72 – 炮烙 – houraku – earthenware baking pan, form of punishment in which a person is forced to walk on an oiled pipe over a charcoal fire (ancient China)

73 – 焙烙 – houraku – earthenware baking pan, form of punishment in which a person is forced to walk on an oiled pipe over a charcoal fire (ancient China)

74 – 放埓 – houratsu – licentiousness

75 – 放埒 – houratsu – licentiousness

76 – 峰巒 – houran – mountain (peak)

77 – 菠薐草 – hourensou – spinach

78 – 琺瑯 – hourou – enamelled metalware

79 – 堡礁 – hoshou – barrier reef

A barrier reef. Photo – NASA

80 – 輔弼 – hohitsu – giving the Emperor advice on affairs of state

81 – 匍匐 – hofuku – crawling

82 – 本籤 – honkuji – first prize in a private lottery

83 – 翻然 – honzen – suddenly, flying (a flag)

84 – 奔走 – honsou – busily engaged in

85 – 奔騰 – hontou – soar (price)

86 – 拇印 – boin – thumb print

87 – 棒杙 – bougui – a stake

88 – 防遏 – bouatsu – prevention

89 – 妨碍 – bougai – obstruction, jamming (signal)

90 – 膀胱 – boukou – urinary bladder

91 – 眸子 – boushi – pupil (of the eye)

92 – 鋩子 – boushi – the edge at the very tip of a sword

93 – 芒種 – boushu – “grain in ear” solar term

94 – 昴宿 – boushuku – Chinese “Hairy Head” constellation

Chinese ‘Hairy Head’ constellation, from “Illustrated Buddhist Statues” (1886), Tosa Hidenobu

95 – 望蜀 – boushoku – insatiability

96 – 昴星 – bousei – Chinese “Hairy Head” constellation

97 – 惘然 – bouzen / mouzen – dumbfounded

98 – 滂沱 – bouda – pouring (of rain or sweat)

99 – 厖大 – boudai – vast, expansion

100 – 冒瀆 – boutoku – blasphemy, sacrilege

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