The Kanji |
Readings & Meanings |
瓶 |
びん - bottle, かめ - vase |
花瓶 ka bin - a
flower vase
空き瓶 aki bin -
an empty bottle |
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府 |
ふ -
prefecture, agency |
大阪府
oo
saka fu - Osaka prefecture
政府 sei fu -
government |
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婦 |
ふ - a woman |
看護婦
kan
go fu - nurse
夫婦 fuu fu -
husband and wife |
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符 |
ふ - symbol |
引用符
in
you fu - quotation marks ""
切符 kippu -
ticket |
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普 |
ふ - wide,
universal, general |
普段着
fu
dan gi - everyday clothes
普通列車 fu tsuu ressha -
regular local train |
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膚 |
ふ - skin |
皮膚科
hi
fu ka - dermatology
完膚なきまで
kan
pu naki made - completely, thoroughly |
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部 |
ぶ - a
department, section |
倶楽部
ku
ra bu - (school) club
警部 kei bu -
police inspector
部屋 heya - room
(irregular reading) |
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武 |
ぶ:む - military |
武家 bu ke - a
warrior family, samurai
武器 bu ki -
weapon
武士階級 bu shi kai kyuu -
warrior class |
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舞 |
ぶ:まう:まい
- dance |
お見舞い
o mi mai -
visiting the sick, a visit
舞台 bu tai - stage
舞踏会 bu tou kai - a dance, a ball |
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封 |
ふう:ほう - seal |
開封
kai fuu -
breaking a seal (on a letter), sending an
unsealed letter
封筒 fuu tou - envelope |
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福 |
ふく - fortune |
祝福
shuku fuku -
blessing
福井県 fukui
ken - Fukui
prefecture
福引き fuku biki - lottery, drawing
福音 fuku in - the Gospel, the Good
News
福祉 fuku shi - welfare |
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副 |
ふく - secondary |
副詞
fuku shi -
adverb
副社長 fuku
sha chou - vice-president
(of company) |
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復 |
ふく - return to, again |
往復
ou fuku - round
trip, return ticket
回復 kai fuku - recovery (from an illness)
復習 fuku shuu - review (studies)
復讐 fuku shuu - revenge |
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複 |
ふく - compound, complex |
複雑
fuku zatsu -
complex, complicated
複数 fuku suu - plural (grammar...)
複製 fuku sei - reproduction,
reprinting, duplication |
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防 |
ふせぐ:ぼう
-
prevent |
国防
koku bou -
national defence
予防 yo bou - prevention
防音室 bou on shitsu - sound-proof
room
消防車 shou bou sha - fire engine,
fire truck |
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沸 |
ふつ:わく:わかす
- to
boil |
沸点
futten -
boiling point
湯沸かし yu
wa kashi - tea
pot, teakettle |
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仏 |
ぶつ:ほとけ
-
buddha, France |
仏教
bukkyou -
buddhism
仏文 futsu bun
- French literature, French
writtings |
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報 |
ほう:むくいる
-
inform, information |
警報
kei hou -
warning, alarm
個人情報 ko
jin jou hou -
personal information
天気予報 ten ki yo hou - weather
report, weather forecast |
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豊 |
ほう:ゆたか
-
plentiful, in abundance |
豊作 hou
saku - an
abundant crop, good harvest
豊富 hou fu - abundance, wealth |
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貿 |
ぼう - trade |
貿易会社
bou eki gai sha -
trading company
交換貿易制
kou kan bou eki sei - barter system |
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忘 |
ぼう:わすれる
- to
forget |
忘れっぽい
wasureppoi -
forgetful
忘れ物 wasure
mono - lost
item, forgotten thing |
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棒 |
ぼう - a stick, rod |
指揮棒
shi ki bou -
conductor's stick
泥棒 doro bou - theif, robber
用心棒 you jin bou - a bodygaurd |
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坊 |
ぼう:ぼっ - boy, priest |
赤ん坊
akan bou - a
baby
朝寝坊 asa ne
bou -
oversleeping in the morning, late riser
隠れん坊 kakuren bou - hide and go
seek (game) |
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帽 |
ぼう - headgear |
脱帽 datsu
bou - take
off one's hat; my hat's off to you
麦藁帽子
mugi wara bou shi - straw hat |
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欲 |
ほしい:よく:ほっする
- to
desire, want |
食欲
shoku yoku -
appetite
物欲しげ
mono hoshi ge -
greedy |
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磨 |
ま:まがく
- to
polish, brush (teeth) |
歯磨き
ha migaki -
toothpaste
靴磨き kutsu
migaki - shoe
polish |
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枚 |
まい - counter for sheets
(of paper) |
一枚
ichi mai - one
flat object (paper)
三枚目 san
mai me - a
comedian, comic actor
二枚目 ni mai me - a love scene's
actor, handsome man |
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迷 |
まよう:めい
-
perplexed, lost |
迷子
mai go - a
lost child (irregular pronunciation)
迷宮 mei kyuu - labyrinth, maze
迷惑 mei waku - trouble, annoyance |
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満 |
まん:みちる:みたす
- full |
満タン
man tan - full
tank (car)
満員 man in - full house, no vacancy, sold out
満月 man getsu - full moon
満足 man zoku - satisfaction |
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未 |
み - not yet, still to
come |
未確認飛行物体
mi kaku nin hi kou buttai - UFO
未知 mi chi - unknown, not known yet
未来型 mi rai gata - futuristic |
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