The Kanji |
Readings & Meanings |
軒 |
けん:のき
- eaves |
軒 noki -
eaves (of a house)
軒下 noki shita -
under the eaves |
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原 |
げん original:はら - plain |
野原 no hara - a
field
原因 gen in -
the cause
原子 gen shi -
atom |
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減 |
げん:へる:へらす
-
decrease |
削減 saku gen -
cut, reduction
腹減った hara hetta -
I'm hungry. (my stomach is empty.) |
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粉 |
こ:ふん:こな
-
powder |
花粉 ka fun -
pollen
小麦粉 ko mugi ko -
flour
火の粉 hi no ko -
sparks (from a fire) |
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戸 |
こ:と
- door |
網戸 ami do - a
screen door, window screen
江戸 e do - Edo,
old name for Tokyo.
引き戸 hiki do - a
sliding door |
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湖 |
こ:みずうみ
- lake |
人造湖
jin
zou ko - a man-made lake
琵琶湖 bi wa ko -
Lake Biwa, the largest inland lake in Japan |
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個 |
こ - individual |
個人的
ko
jin teki - personal, individual,
個人タクシー
ko
jin takushi- - privately owned taxi |
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呼 |
こ:よぶ
- call |
呼吸 ko kyuu -
breath, respiration
呼び出し yobi dashi -
to call out, to call (someone or something) |
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雇 |
こ:やとう
-
employ, to hire |
雇い主
yatoi
nushi - an employer
雇い人 yotoi nin -
an employee
雇う yatou - to
hire, to employ |
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互 |
ご:たがい
-
reciprocal, mutual, each other |
互いに
tagai
ni - together with, mutually
交互 kou go -
mutual, reciprocal, alternate |
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恋 |
こい:れん:こう:こいしい
- love |
初恋 hatsu koi -
first love, puppy love
恋しい koishii -
to miss..., beloved, dear
恋人 koi bito -
lover, sweatheart |
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濃 |
こい:のう
- thick |
濃い koi -
think, strong, deep (color)
濃淡 nou tan -
light and shade (of colors), shading |
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光 |
こう:ひかる:ひかり
- light |
栄光 ei kou -
glory
稲光 ina bikari -
a flash of lightning
観光 kan kou -
sightseeing, tourism
竹光 take mitsu -
a bamboo sword |
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向 |
こう:むく:むける:むかう:むこう
- turn
toward |
方向 hou kou -
direction, way
向こう mukou -
over there, beyond, the other side
方向音痴 hou kou on chi
- no sense of directions |
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幸 |
こう:さいわい:さち:しあわせ
-
happiness, happy |
幸福 kou fuku -
happiness
幸運 kou un -
good fortune, happiness |
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港 |
こう:みなと
- port,
harbor |
空港 kuu kou -
airport
香港 hon kon -
Hong Kong
海港 kai kou - a
sea port |
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好 |
こう:このむ:すく
- like,
favorable |
友好 yuu kou -
friendship
色好い iro yoi -
good, encouraging, friendly
大好き dai suki -
like very much, love
好奇心 kou ki shin -
curiosity, inquisitiveness |
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航 |
こう - navigate |
航海 kou kai -
voyage, sailing
米国航空宇宙局
bei
koku kou kuu u chuu kyoku - NASA |
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候 |
こう:そうろう - season, serve |
居候 i sourou -
a lodger who pays nothing for his stay
気候 ki kou -
climate, weather conditions |
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耕 |
こう:たがやす
- till,
plow, cultivate |
晴耕雨読
sei
kou u doku - on fine days work the farm, on
rainy days read a book
耕作 kou saku -
cultivation, farming |
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鉱
|
こう - ore, mine |
金鉱 kin kou - a
gold mine
炭鉱 tan kou - a
coal mine
鉱物学 kou butsu gaku -
mineralogy |
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講 |
こう - lecture |
講演 kou en -
lecture
講師 kou shi -
lecturer
講談 kou dan -
story-telling |
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更 |
こう:さら:ふける:ふかす
-
renew, to change, to reform, |
夜更かし
yo
fukashi - stay up late, a night owl
更に sara ni -
furthermore, what's more, again...
更改 kou kai -
reform, renewal, renovation |
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肯 |
こう - assent, consent |
首肯 shu kou -
assent, consent
肯定的 kou tei teki -
affirmative |
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郊 |
こう - suburb |
近郊 kin kou -
suburbs, the outskirts
郊外 kou gai -
suburbs, the outskirts |
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号 |
ごう - number, signal,
sign |
青信号
ao
shin gou - a green (blue) signal light
暗号 an gou -
code, password, cryptic message
記号 ki gou -
symbol, mark, code
背番号 se ban gou -
number on player's back |
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被 |
こうむる:ひ
- be
subject to, to suffer (damage), to receive かぶる - to wear (a hat) |
被害 hi gai -
damage
被害者 hi gai sha -
a victim, sufferer |
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声 |
こえ:せい:しょう:こわ
- voice |
歌声 uta koe -
singing voice
裏声 ura goe -
falsetto
鼻声 hana goe -
nasal voice, speaking through the nose |
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超 |
こえる:ちょう:こす
-
surpass, very |
超 chou -
super, ultra, prefix meaning very (kind of
slangish)
超音速 chou on soku -
supersonic speed |
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氷 |
こおり:ひょう:ひ
- ice |
かき氷
kaki
goori - chipped ice (sweet dessert)
氷山 hyou zan -
iceberg
氷柱 tsurara -
icicle
氷点 hyou ten -
freezing point |
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