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All the Kanji on the Level 1 Test: #3

The Kanji

Readings & Meanings

1) , 2) , 3) はな - flower, shine, showy 華氏 ka shi - Fahrenheit
華道 ka dou - flower arrangement
華やか hanayaka - gorgeous, bright
中華 chuu ka - China
1) , 2) かせ・ぐ - work, earning money 稼業 ka gyou - occupation
稼ぐ kasegu - to work
1) , 2) か・ける, 3) か・かる - support, construct, mount 十字架 juu ji ka - the cross (of Christ)
担架 tan ka - a stretcher
架け橋 kake hashi - bridge building
1) ガイ, 2) おおむ・ね - outline, approximately 一概に ichi gai ni - usually, as a rule
会社概要 kai sha gai you - company outline
概念 gai nen - concept, notion
1) ガイ - specific 該当 gai tou - come under, corresponding
該当者 gai tou sha - person concerned, qualified

 1) ガイ, 2) はて - horizon, shore

生涯教育 shou gai kyou iku - life-long education, never stop learning
天涯孤独 ten gai ko doku - someone without any relatives
1) , 2) ひま - leisure, free time, rest hima - free time, spare time
休暇 kyuu ka - holiday
暇潰し hima tsubushi - waste of time, kill time

1) , 2) , 3) かすみ, 4) かす・む - haze, mist, grow dim

霞ヶ関 kasumi ga seki - Japanese Foreign Ministry (the name of the place)
霞む kasumu - grow dim (eyes)

 1) ガイ - lamentation, sadness, sigh

感慨深い kan gai bukai - deep emotions, strong feelings
憤慨 fun gai - get very angry
1) , 2) - noisy 喧嘩 ken ka - quarrel, fight

1) カイ, 2) いまし・める - commandment

警戒 kei kai - warn
厳戒 gen kai - guard strictly
十戒 ji kkai - The 10 Commandments

 1) カイ, 2) なつ・かしい, 3) なつ・かしむ, 4) なつ・く, 5) ふところ - feelings, yearn for, miss (something)

懐かしい natsukashii - remember sweetly, long for, miss (something)
懐古 kai ko - nostalgia, reminiscence
懐中時計 kai chuu do kei - pocket watch
懐妊 kai nin - pregnancy (used with very erai people)

 1) ガイ - criminal investigation

弾劾 dan gai - accuse, accusation

1) ガイ, 2) カイ, 3) まち - street, town

ウォール街 uo-ru gai - Wall Street
商店街 shou ten gai - shopping district
スラム街 suramu gai - slum area
街灯 gai tou - street lamps, lights
1) , 2) - bud, sprout 芽生える me baeru - to bud, to sprout

 1) - congratulations, joy

年賀状 nen ga jou - New Year's Card
滋賀県 shi ga ken - Shiga Prefecture

1) , 2) われ, 3) , 4) わが - I, oneself

自我 ji ga - self, ego
我がまま waga mama - selfish
我が国 waga kuni - my country, my homeland
我慢 ga man - patience, endurance, self control
1) , 2) みやび - elegant, graceful 優雅 yuu ga - elegance, grace, refinement
雅歌 ga ka - Song of Solomon
1) , 2) う・える - hungry, starve 飢餓 ki ga - hunger, starvation
飢え死に ue ji ni - death from starvation
1) カイ, 2) , 3) こわ・す, 4) こわ・れる - destroy, break 破壊 ha kai - destruction
壊滅 kai metsu - annihilation

1) カイ, 2) く・いる, 3) く・やむ, 4) くや・しい - regret, repent

後悔 kou kai - regret
悔い改める kui aratameru - to repent
悔しい kuyashii - too bad, regrettable

1) カイ - kidnap

誘拐 yuu kai - kidnapping, abduction
誘拐犯 yuu kai han - abduction, crime of kidnapping
1) カイ, 2) , 3) あや・しい, 4) あや・しむ - suspicious, mysterious 妖怪 you kai - monster [of Japan]
怪盗 kai tou - phantom thief
怪物 kai butsu - monster
1) カイ, 2) , 3) かたまり - lump, mass 金塊 kin kai - gold bullion
団塊の世代 dan kai no sedai - baby boom generation of Japan

1) , 2) わざわい - evil, calamity

災禍 sai ka - accident, catastrophe
wazawai - disaster, trouble

1) - widow, few

yamome - widow
寡婦 ka fu - widow
寡黙 kamoku - shy or silent person

1) , 2) よい - good, beautiful, skilled

佳作 ka saku - a fine piece of work (pictures, contests)
佳境 ka kyou - climax

1) - counter (for things)

箇条書き ka jou gaki - itemized statement
一箇月 ikka getsu - one month (usually written as 一ヶ月)
箇所 ka sho - place, part

1) , 2) よめ, 3) とつ・ぐ - bride, marry

yome - a bride
許婚 iinazuke - fiancé (old word)
花嫁 hanayome - bride
嫁ぐ totsugu - to marry

1) , 2) うず - swirl, eddy, whirlpool

uzu - swirl
渦巻き uzu maki - whirlpool

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