Chapter 1 Flashcards
大手
大手, おおて
May take ‘no’
1. major company, big company
隣
隣 neighbor (town) + 米 (rice / America) + (date) ★★★☆☆ 16 strokes SOLO Onyomi RIN - don't bother. Mnemonic I'm dating an American, from the neighboring town.
Kunyomi となり ( のｘｘｘ ) next to- could be the seat next to yours, could be the house next to yours. 1/2 KANA ★★★☆☆ Jukugo 隣人りんじん a homey ☆☆☆☆☆ 隣 (neighbor) + 人 (person) = 隣人 (a homey)
someone from the neighborhood - a homey.
ジョーダンさんは彼の隣に座った。
Parts: さん (み) 彼 (かれ) 隣 (となり) 座る (すわる)
Mr Jordan sat down beside him.
隣
date (top radical) 夕 (evening) + (fuck) Evening + fuck = a date. Used In 瞬 舞 隣
堂
堂 assembly hall
尚 (all the more) + 土 (earth) ★★☆☆☆ 11 strokes BETA Onyomi DOU I went to the wrong assembly hall and missed a lecture on parasites. . . D'OH!
Mnemonic
It takes earth to make a hall out of bricks. . . all the more earth if it’s an assembly hall !
Jukugo
食堂しょくどう
dining hall, cafeteria ★★★☆☆
食 (eat) + 堂 (assembly hall) = 食堂 (dining hall, cafeteria)
モデル出来しました
出来, でき ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー モデル出来しました The model is ready. ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー 出来 Readings しゅったい shuttaiしゅつらい shutsurai English Noun (futsuumeishi) Takes the aux. verb suru occurrence, happening, taking place
Noun (futsuumeishi)
Takes the aux. verb suru
completion
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Kanjis
出ON: シュツ, スイ KUN: で.る, -で, だ.す, -だ.す, い.でる, い.だす
exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude
Stroke: 5 Grade: 1 JLPT: N4 SKIP: 4-5-2 FC: 2277.7
来ON: ライ, タイ KUN: く.る, きた.る, きた.す, き.たす, き.たる, き, こ
come, due, next, cause, become
感心,
感心, かんしん Takes suru 1. admiration, being impressed NA-adjective 2. admirable, praiseworthy 3. astonishment, being appalled 我々は彼女の勇気に感心する。 See more >
ちょっくら
ちょっくら
Adverb, See ちょっと・1
a little, for a moment, a short while, just a minute
そんなの忘れてちょっくら晩飯でも食いにこいや。
そんなの忘れてちょっくら晩飯でも食いにこいや。
Parts: そんな 忘れる (わすれる) ちょっくら 晩飯 (ばんめし) でも 食う (くう) 来る (くる) や
Forget your troubles for a while and come and have dinner with us.
割
割 divide 害 (damage) + (rightsword) ★★★★★ 12 strokes COCK This gets a COCK rating, because it's probably the #1 offender for NOKURI AND KUNKUN. Most jukugo that look like they should be pronounced KATSU will not only wind up being pronounced WARI, but the RI won't be even written down. Be careful. Onyomi KATSU Mnemonic He damaged the CAT with the sword, dividing it in two.
大丈夫
大丈夫, だいじょうぶ, だいじょぶ NA-adjective 1. safe, secure, sound, problem-free, without fear, all right, alright, OK, okay Adverb 2. certainly, surely, undoubtedly Interjection, Colloquialism 3. no thanks, I'm good, that's alright Only だいじょうぶ, See 大丈夫・だいじょうふ, Archaism 4. great man, fine figure of a man いや、大丈夫だ。
丈
丈 robust ★★★☆☆ 3 strokes PK Onyomi JOU Mnemonic JOE Stalin had a robust dictatorship going there for a while.
Kunyomi たけ height; stature ★☆☆☆☆ Jukugo 大丈夫だいじょうぶ No problem. ★★★★★ CCW 大 (big) + 丈夫 (sturdy, firm,healthy) = 大丈夫 (No problem.)
literally, ‘No problem.’ But, don’t believe a Japanese if they say this. A salariman can get drunk, stumble into the street, get his legs cut off by a bus, and still claim to be ‘daijoubu.’
丈夫じょうぶ
sturdy, firm,healthy ★☆☆☆☆
丈 (robust) + 夫 (husband) = 丈夫 (sturdy, firm,healthy)
終
終 end 糸 (string) + 冬 (winter) ★★★★★ 11 strokes Onyomi SHUU Mnemonic At the end of winter, the string of your SHOES finally froze off.
Kunyomi お＊わり "the end" - usually written at the end of old movies. Also said out loud by someone who wants to declare victory and change the subject. ★★★★★ ( が ) お＊わる to end ★★★★★
無事終
無事終了 Readings ぶじしゅうりょう bujishuuryou English Noun (futsuumeishi) Takes the aux. verb suru yojijukugo ending without incident, being successfully brought to completion, finishing something without a hitch
フリーズがががってない
There is no freeze.
ピボットが０になってない。
the pivot isnt zero.
名前かぶりがあった。
there are overlapping names.
頂点
頂 summit/climax
丁 (nail) Same-ON + (headright) ★★☆☆☆ 11 strokes Onyomi CHOU Mnemonic At the climax of the movie, Margaret CHOU got a nail through her head!
Kunyomi
いただ＊き the summit of a mountain. A sort of literary or formal word. F1/2 KANA
☆☆☆☆☆
いただ＊く ：to do, have, eat, etc. used by inferior person when addressing superior person. F1/2 KANA
☆☆☆☆☆
数値
すうち＝Numerical ranking, value
頂点の数値０になっていない。
入念
入念, にゅうねん ーーーーーーーーーーーーー 入念, にゅうねん NA-adjective careful, elaborate, scrupulous ーーーーーーーーーーーーーー
データを出す前には入念にチェックしろって。。
I told you to check the data carefully before you submit it.
用意
用意, ようい Takes suru preparation, arrangements, provision, getting ready, laying out (e.g. a meal) ーーーーーーーーーーーーーー 用 utilize ーーーーー 意 meaning ーーーーー
音 (sound) + (bottomheart) ★★★★★ 13 strokes BETA Onyomi I Mnemonic I believe that the sound of my heart means I am alive.
指差し
指差し=ゆびさし=pointing at --------------------------------------- using you finger to discriminate ------------------------------------- 差 discriminate 羊 (sheep) + 左 (left) ★★★☆☆ 10 strokes DUPESAME ON Onyomi SA Mnemonic I SAAAW conformist sheep discriminate against left-wingers. Political as fuck!
(For all you rightwing/libertarians out there, feel free to substitute this other mnemonic; “I SAAAW left-wing sheep discriminate against my Ayn Rand full-body anime pillow.”)
ちょっぴり
ちょっぴり, ちょぴり
Adverb, Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle, Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
a tiny bit, just a smidgin, a wee bit, very slightly
何故
なぜ
why ★★★★☆ 1/2 KANA
何 (what?!?) + 故 (breakdown, accident) = 何故 (why)
故 breakdown, accident
古 (old) + (director)
★★★☆☆
9 strokes
BETA
Onyomi
KO
Don’t let the KODOMO (子)have an accident if you are the babysitter.
Mnemonic
The director is so old, he keeps having accidents on set.
確か
確か, 確, , たしか
階層
階層, かいそう,hierarchy
層
層 layer (corpse) + 曽 (gain) ★★☆☆☆ 14 strokes BETA Onyomi SOU Mnemonic When ice cube gets started killing crackers, the pile of corpses gains layers SO fast it is like, damn, he really doesn't like crackers.
Jukugo
一層いっそう
all the more ★☆☆☆☆
一 (one) + 層 (layer) = 一層 (all the more)
all the more. As in, ‘He ignores me and it just makes me love him all the more.’
ｘｘｘ 層そう
layer of XXX ★☆☆☆☆ SUF
SUFFIX meaning, ‘layer of xxx.’ As in,
オゾン層 (おぞんそう = ozone layer)
階層かいそう
stratum of society ☆☆☆☆☆
階 (story of a building) + 層 (layer) = 階層 (stratum of society)
stratum of society - broke, blue-collar, middle-class, rich, oligarch
頂点の値を＞０にしろとか。。。
そもそも頂点の値って何なん？
You want the vertex value to be 0. 0….
What is a vertex value anyway?
あっさり
あっさり, アッサリ
Adverb, Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle, Takes suru, Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
1. easily, readily, quickly, flatly (refuse)
認める, みとめる
認める, みとめる
Conjugated: 認め
Ichidan verb, Transitive
1. to recognize, to recognise, to observe, to notice
2. to deem, to judge, to assess
3. to approve, to deem acceptable, to allow
4. to admit, to accept, to confess (to a charge)
5. to watch steadily, to observe carefully
彼は遺書をしたためた。
認めおった
He admitted it.
面倒
めんどくさい, 面倒くさい, 面倒臭い, めんどうくさい
Usually in kana
bothersome, tiresome, bother to do
倒
倒 knock down (personleft) + 到 (arrive) Same-ON ★★★★☆ 10 strokes Onyomi TOU Mnemonic When the person arrives, knock him down by tripping his TOES.
Kunyomi ( を ) たお＊す I knock something down ★★★☆☆ ( が ) たお＊れる something gets toppled ★★★☆☆
到
到 arrive 至 (until) + (rightsword) ★★★☆☆ 8 strokes SIDEKICK Onyomi TOU He arrived on tipTOE (FYI he was a ninja)
Mnemonic
He won’t arrive until his sword is finished.
Jukugo
到着とうちゃく する
arrive ★★☆☆☆ NP
到 (arrive) + 着 (wear / arrive) = 到着 (arrive)
arrive- usually you only hear this over the loudspeakers at train stations, airports, etc.
至
至 until (decapitated cow) + 土 (earth) ★★☆☆☆ 6 strokes SOLO There's no really useful jukugo but you'll sometimes see 至 as a PREFIX meaning, 'the most'. Onyomi SHI Mnemonic SHE decapitated the cow until its head fell down and hit the earth.
Kunyomi
( に ) いた＊る to get to, to arrive. To extend to. Until the very top/bottom/end. (至るところ= everywhere, wall-to-wall) (xxx至るまで= all the way to xxx, even to the extent of xxx)
★★☆☆☆
自身がリガーになって初めて身をもって覚える事が出来るんじゃないかあ！
You can’t learn that firsthand until you become a rigger yourself!
自身, じしん
身をもって
by one’s own action
見習
見習い, 見習, みならい 1. apprenticeship, probation, learning by observation ーーーーーーーーーー 見 見 look 目 (eye) + (human legs) ★★★★★ 7 strokes DUPE PN Onyomi KEN Mnemonic I looked with my eye as rats gnawed off KENny's little human legs.
Kunyomi ( を ) み*る to look, to see ★★★★★ ( を ) み＊せる show something to someone ★★★★★ ( が or に ) み＊える be able to see. As in, "Can you see that bird in the distance?" ★★★★★ み＊せびらかす to show off. This is not an offensive term - you can even say it about yourself, "I'd like to show off my new boyfriend!" ★☆☆☆☆ ーーーーーーーーーーーー 習
習 learn 白 (white) + 羽 (feathers) ★★★☆☆ 11 strokes Onyomi SHUU Mnemonic If you learn how to use your white Air Jordan SHOES correctly, they'll be like feathers that float you up to the basket.
Kunyomi なら*う learn - but not like 'I learned Bob's last name!' Instead of single facts, 習う means to take lessons in something － karate, flower arranging. (BOOBOO: not used with math, science, or religion) ★★★☆☆ Jukugo 練習れんしゅう する practice ★★★★☆ 練 (practice) + 習 (learn) = 練習 (practice)
practice , as in guitar, tennis, or jerking off
復習ふくしゅう する
review ★★★☆☆
復 (return or re-do) + 習 (learn) = 復習 (review )
review what you’ve learned - like vocabulary or even kanji.
習慣しゅうかん
custom ★★★☆☆
習 (learn) + 慣 (adapt) = 習慣 (custom)
a custom or practice (of a person or a culture)
害
害 damage (crown) + 主 (master/mainly) + 口 (mouth/small box radical) ★★★★☆ 10 strokes BETA Onyomi GAI Mnemonic That GUY punched the master right in the fucking mouth, damaging his crown in the process.
Jukugo
公害こうがい
pollution. ★★☆☆☆
公 (public) + 害 (damage) = 公害 (pollution.)
pollution. Has a more broad meaning than the related word 汚染（おせん）。 Not just dirty smoggy air, but also noise pollution, the annoyance of someone talking on a cellphone on a train, and 情報公害 （じょうほうこうがい）: “ad pollution” - the inescapable advertisements one sees everywhere. BOOBOO:If you want to say “environmental pollution,” you have to use 汚染、 not 公害。
被害ひがい
casualties ★★☆☆☆
被 (get injured) + 害 (damage) = 被害 (casualties)
damage (to property) or casualties (human): used about earthquakes, wars, and crimes.
被害者ひがいしゃ
victim ★★☆☆☆ NP
被害 (casualties) + 者 (professional) = 被害者 (victim)
妨害ぼうがい
interference ★★☆☆☆
妨 (prevent) + 害 (damage) = 妨害 (interference)
interference - a person interferes with you. (妨害 is used with people, while the related term 阻害（そがい） is used about objects）
遅
遅 slow / late (motion) + (corpse) + 羊 (sheep) ★★★★★ 2 strokes Onyomi CHI Dinner was ok but our CHEESE fondue was hella late.
Mnemonic
You move slow like a corpse tied to the back of a sheep. And the corpse is hella fat.
Kunyomi おそ*い to be slow moving / to be late ★★★★★ ( が ) おく＊れる to be late ☆☆☆☆☆ Jukugo 遅刻ちこく する arrive late ★★☆☆☆ 遅 (slow / late) + 刻 (engrave) = 遅刻 (arrive late )
to arrive late for school or work.
