The Kanji |
Readings & Meanings |
鳥 |
1)
chou, 2) tori - bird
Think of a bird in
its nest
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焼き鳥
yaki tori - grilled chicken
一石二鳥
isseki ni chou - one stone, two birds - to kill 2
birds with one stone
小鳥
ko tori - a small bird |
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店 |
1)
ten, 2) mise - store,
shop
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開店
kai ten - the opening of a shop
喫茶店
kissaten - coffee shop
店員
ten in - attendant, clerk of the store |
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問 |
1)
mon, 2) tou - question,
ask, problem
Compare with gate mon
[門]
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問題
mon dai - problem
質問 shitsu
mon - question
疑問
gi mon - question, doubt, problem |
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冬 |
1)
tou, 2) fuyu - winter
Think of a cloud
dropping two snow flakes
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冬眠
tou min - hibernation, winter sleep
冬休み fuyu
yasumi - winter vacation
冬季
tou ki - winter season |
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道 |
1)
dou, 2) tou, 3) michi -
way, road, street, course
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曲がり道
ma gari michi - a winding road
帰り道
kaeri michi - the way home
片道
kata michi - a one way (trip) |
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堂 |
1)
dou - hall
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任天堂
nin ten dou - Nintendo video game company
食堂車
shoku dou sha - dining car
食堂
shoku dou - lunch room, cafeteria |
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特 |
1)
toku - special
This is a very
special kanji so don't confuse it with 'to wait'
[待 - matsu]
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特別
toku betsu - special
特に
toku ni - especially, particularly
特技
toku gi - special skill |
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肉 |
1)
niku - meat
Two people [人 - hito] are walking into a
restaurant for meat. Don't confuse with [内 - uchi]
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皮肉
hi niku - irony, ironic
牛肉
gyuu niku - beef
筋肉
kin niku - muscle |
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野 |
1)
ya, 2) sho, 3) no -
plains, field
On the other side of
a village [里 - sato] there is a field
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荒野
ara no - wasteland, wilderness
野球
ya kyuu - baseball
長野県
nagano ken - Nagano prefecture |
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発 |
1)
hatsu, 2) abaku, 3) tatsu
- depart, start from, to happen
Think of it as a
rocket launching to the stars
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出発
shuppatsu - depart, leave
爆発 baku
hatsu - explosion
発見 hakken - discovery
発明 hatsu mei
-
invention |
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飯 |
1)
han, 2) meshi - meal,
cooked rice
The left part is from
the kanji to eat [食
- shoku]
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御飯
go han - rice, meal
朝ご飯
asa go han - breakfast
炊飯器
sui han ki - rice cooker |
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病 |
1)
byou, 2) yamai, 3) yamu
- ill, sick
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病気
byou ki - sick
病院 byou in - hospital
急病
kyuu byou - sudden illness |
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不 |
1)
fu, 2) bu - non-, negative, bad
This is useful for
negating the following kanji
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不可能
fu ka nou - impossible
不安 fu an - uneasy, unsure
不公平
fu kou hei - unfairness, injustice |
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服 |
1)
fuku - clothing, obey
Obey
me and wear moon [月 - getsu] clothing
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洋服
you fuku - western style clothes
衣服
i fuku - clothes
服従
fuku juu - obedience |
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物 |
1)
butsu, 2) motsu, 3) mono
- thing, matter, object
This mono
pertains to non living objects. The other
mono [者] is for people
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植物
shoku butsu - plant life
物語 mono
gatari - story, legend
食べ物 tabe
mono - something to eat |
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文 |
1)
bun, 2) mon, 3) fumi,
4) aya - sentence, literature
Someone crossing his
legs and reading a book
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文明
bun mei - civilization
文化 bun ka - culture
文具 bun gu - stationery
文章 bun shou - a sentence |
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別 |
1)
betsu, 2) wakareru, 3) wakeru
- separate, another, specially
The bottom left part
is from the kanji for sword [刀 - katana] and it thus separates
it from other kanji
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別荘
bessou - a second house
特別 toku
betsu - special
別に betsu ni - it's not that
important, not particularly |
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勉 |
1)
ben, 2) tsutomeru -
exertion
It takes power [力 - chikara] to exert oneself
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勉強
ben kyou - study
不勉強
fu ben kyou - idleness
勉強中
ben kyou chuu - in the midst of studying |
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目 |
1)
moku, 2) boku, 3) me -
eye
Think of a monster
with three vertical eyes
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一目ぼれ
hito me bore - love at first sight
目的 moku teki
-
purpose, goal
左目 hidari me
-
left eye |
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用 |
1)
you, 2) mochiiru - use,
service, business
This is the moon [月 - tsuki] with a line in the
middle
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使用
shi you - use
用紙 you shi - paper, form
用意 you i - prepare
用心棒 you
jin bou - body gaurd |
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夜 |
1)
ya, 2) yo, 3) yoru
- night, evening
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夜逃げ
yo nige - flight in the night, fleeing in
the night
今夜 kon ya - this evening
夜間 ya kan - night, night time |
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曜 |
1)
you - weekday
This is found in all
7 days of the week
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何曜日
nan you bi - what day of the week?
金曜日 kin
you bi - Friday
土曜日 do you
bi -
Saturday |
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洋 |
1)
you - the West, western style, ocean
The left means water
and the right means sheep [羊 - hitsuji]
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洋服
you fuku - western style clothing
洋食 you shoku
-
western (foreign) food
洋画 you ga - foreign painting |
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理 |
1)
ri - logic, reason, truth
Logic is found in the
villages [里 - sato] not in the cities
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理由
ri yuu - reason, cause
無理 mu ri - impossible,
unreasonable
理科 ri ka - science |
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料 |
1)
ryou - fee, materials
The part to the left
means 'rice' [米 - kome]
Rice is an essential material to
pay for
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料金
ryou kin - a charge, a fee
料理 ryou ri - cooking, dish
飲料 in ryou - a drink (written
word) |
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