The Kanji |
Readings & Meanings |
星 |
しょう:せい:ほし
- star |
衛星 ei sei - satellite
火星人 ka sei jin - a martian, an alien from Mars
惑星 waku sei - a planet |
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政 |
しょう:せい:まつりごと
- politics, rule |
行政 gyou sei - administration
民主政治 min shu sei ji - democratic government |
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精 |
しょう:せい
- refine, essence |
無精ひげ
bu
shou hi ge -
unshaved due to laziness
妖精 you sei - elf, fairy |
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乗 |
じょう:のる:のせる
- to ride, get on |
乗っ取り
nottori
- hi-jack, take
over, capture
曲乗り kyoku nori - trick riding, stunt riding
波乗り nami nori - surfing, riding waves |
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状 |
じょう
- form, letter |
果たし状
hatashi
jou - letter of
challenge, challenge to a duel
招待状 shou tai jou - invitation card |
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常 |
じょう:つね:とこ
- normal, regular |
異常 i jou - strange, abnormal
非常 hi jou - emergency, unusual, extraordinary |
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情 |
じょう:せい:なさけ
- condition, emotion |
愛情 ai jou - love, affection
事情 ji jou - conditions, situation |
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城 |
じょう:しろ
- a castle |
万里の長城
ban
ri no chou jou -
the Great Wall of China
平城京 hei jou kyou - ancient Nara |
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蒸 |
じょう:むす:むれる:むらす
- to evaporate, steam |
蒸し暑い
mushi
atsui - humid
& hot
蒸発 jou hatsu - evaporation, mysterious
disappearance (of a person) |
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畳 |
じょう:たたみ:たたむ
- tatami mat, to fold up |
畳み掛ける
tatami
kakeru - to press
hard for an answer, ask many questions
畳替え tatami gae - renew tatami mats, change mats |
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成 |
じょう:せい:なる:なす
- to become, form, achieve |
行き成り
iki
nari - suddenly,
without warning
完成 kan sei - perfect, complete
賛成 san sei - approval, agreement |
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職 |
しょく
- employment |
求職 kyuu shoku - seeking employment, looking for
work
辞職 ji shoku - resignation |
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調 |
しらべる:ちょう:ととのう:ととのえる
- look up, research, tone |
強調 kyou chou - emphasis, stress
順調 jun chou - smoothly, good, doing well
下調べ shita shirabe - preliminary investigation |
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退 |
しりぞく:たい:しりぞける
- to retreat |
退嬰的
tai
ei teki -
conservative, unadventurous
退却 tai kyaku - retreat, withdrawal |
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森 |
しん:もり
- forest |
森林 shin rin - forest
森閑 shin kan - silence |
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申 |
しん:もうす
- report, call |
申し込み
moushi
komi - an
application
申し訳 moushi wake - an excuse, apology |
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身 |
しん:み
- body, self |
受け身
uke
mi - passive (grammar)
出身 shusshin - come from, where you are from |
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深 |
しん:ふかい:ふかまる:ふかめる
- deep |
奥深い
oku
fukai - profound (can
also be: oku Bukai)
深刻 shin koku - serious |
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進 |
しん:すすむ:すすめる
- to advance, move forward |
一歩前進
ippo
zen shin - a step
forward
行進 kou shin - parade, march |
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臣 |
しん:じん
- subject, retainer |
総理大臣
sou
ri dai jin - Prime
Minister
文部大臣 mon bu dai jin - Minister of Education |
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信 |
しん - believe, message |
確信 kaku shin - confidence, conviction
信仰 shin kou - faith, creed
遭難信号 sou nan shin gou
- distress signal,
SOS |
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針 |
しん:はり
- needle |
短針 tan shin - the hour hand, the small hand (on
the clock)
針金 hari gane - wire |
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伸 |
しん:のびる:のばす
- to stretch |
欠伸 akubi - yawn, yawning
追伸 tui shin - postscript (of a letter) |
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寝 |
しん:ねる:ねかす
- to go to sleep |
朝寝坊
asa
ne bou - sleep too
late, oversleep
寝顔 ne gao - sleeping face
寝言 ne goto - talking in your sleep |
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震 |
しん:ふるう:ふるえる
- to shake, quake |
大地震
oo
ji shin - big
earthquake
武者震い mu sha burui - shaking with excitement
地震雷火事親父
jishin
kaminari kaji oyaji - (proverb) the things most feared:
Earthquake, thunder, fire, and fathers |
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吹 |
すい:ふく
- to blow |
潮吹き
shio
fuki - the
spouting of a whale
花吹雪 hana fubuki - falling flowers (mainly cherry
blossoms)
吹き替え版 fuki kae ban - dubbed version (of a movie) |
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末 |
すえ:まつ:ばつ
- the last part, end |
結末 ketsu matsu - end, conclusion
週末 shuu matsu - weekend
幕末 baku matsu - end of the Edo period |
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優 |
すぐれる:よう
excellent :やさしい
- gentle, tender, kind, nice |
女優 jo yuu - actress
優柔不断 yuu juu fu dan - indecisiveness, can't decide on
things |
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涼 |
すずしい:りょう:すずむ
- cool (temp) |
清涼飲料水
sei
ryou in ryou sui -
soft drink (you
are not required to know this one)
清涼 sei ryou - cool, refreshing |
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炭 |
すみ:たん
- coal, charcoal |
石炭 seki tan - coal
炭酸水 tan san sui - carbonated water
木炭 moku tan - charcoal |
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