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1.
bihōten
v.
Additional spellings:
behoten
200 quotations in 6 senses
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To promise (sth.); promise (to do sth.); -- (a) with obj.; (b) with clause; (c) with inf. phrase.
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gōn
v.
1054 quotations in 29 senses
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(a) To walk; also, be able to walk;
walken and gon
;
comen gon (going)
, come walking;
gon on fot, gon upon fet, gon with fot
, etc., go on foot, walk;
gon on a fot
, go on one foot, hop; (b)
gon or
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