Finances, economics, technology, living space, transportation

Question 1

金属

Answer 1

きんぞく

metal (material)

金: metal, money, gold, 属: generic

Question 2

修理

私たちの屋根は修理が必要です

Answer 2

しゅうり

servicing, mending, repair

修: widely used kanji, associated with learning, modification, mending, 理: reason, motive, slso directing

Question 3

延長

Answer 3

えんちょう

extension, lengthening, elongation

延: associated with extensions, noth temporal and spatial, i.e. making things (last) longer in time and space, 長: long

Question 4

自動販売機

Answer 4

じどうはんばいき

vending machine

自動: “self-moving”, automatic, 販売: sales, market, 機: machine

Question 5

お札

Answer 5

おさつ

bills (money)

primitives: tree + fishhook

Question 6

硬貨

Answer 6

こうか

coin (hard currency)

硬: hardness, 貨: treasure

Question 7

技術

Answer 7

ぎじゅつ

technology, technique, skill

技: technology, skill, 術: art, method

Question 8

実験

Answer 8

じっけん

experiment

実: fruit, truth, reality, substance, 験: test, trial, effect, sign

Question 9

交差点

Answer 9

こうさてん

traffic: intersection, crossing

交: associated with exchange, mixing + 差: difference, variation = 交差: crossing, intersection, genetic cross-over, 点: mark, point; associated with turning sth on

Question 10

指示

Answer 10

しじ

instruction, direction, designation

指: finger, associated with explanation, pointing out, stressing something, 示: indicate, show, point out

Question 11

書類

Answer 11

しょるい

documents, official papers

書: document, book, penmanship, 類: kind, type, pattern, class

Question 12

現金

Answer 12

げんきん

cash, currency, ready money, self-interest

現: current, existing, consciousness, status quo, 金: money, gold, metal

Question 13

工場

Answer 13

こうじょう

factory, plant, workshop, mill.

工: associated with mechanics, mechanical production, manufacturing, 場: place, situation, loaction, spot

Question 14

配管工

Answer 14

はいかんこう

plumber

配: associated with deploying, allocating, providing + 管: tube, pipe = 配管: plumbing, pipelaying, 工: mechanic, worker

Question 15

発射

Answer 15

はっしゃ

firing, shooting (rocket, projectile), discharge

発: depart, send, associated with placing (an order, and ad), publishing, 射: arrow, archer, associated with shooting, injecting, discharging, ejaculation

Question 16

箱

Answer 16

はこ

box, package, pack

primitives: “bamboo” + “inter-“ (tree + eye)

Question 17

本棚

Answer 17

ほんだな

bookshelf

本: book, 棚: shelf, trellis

Question 18

地下鉄

Answer 18

ちかてつ

subway, underground train

地: earth, place, land, 下: below, down, 鉄: metal, money, gold

Question 19

切符

Answer 19

きっぷ

ticket

切: kind, keen, also cut, replace, switch, 符: sign, charm, talisman

Question 20

改札

Also: 改札口

Answer 20

かいさつ、かいさつぐち

ticket gate, ticket barrier

改: revision, also associated with doing something again, remodeling, improving, 札: ticket, lsbel, charm, 口: mouth, gate

Question 21

宣伝

Answer 21

せんでん

advertisment, publicity, propaganda

宣: associated with announcing something publicly, declaration, religious mission 伝: associated with communication, transfer, go-between (connecting two states), folklore, legend

Question 22

広告

Answer 22

こうこく

advertisment

広: associated with extending, vastness, spreading, cf 広い, ひろい, vast, wide, 告: associated with communicating sth in public, e.g. notice, bullet-in, defending yourself, e.g. in 被告, ひこく, defendant

Question 23

財産

Answer 23

ざいさん

property, asset, fortune

財: goods, fortune; mainly associated with monetary concepts, more rarely with economy in general, 産: asset, property; associated with industry, production

Question 24

自動

Answer 24

じどう

automatic, also 自動的

自: self, 動: change, motion

Question 25

路線

Answer 25

ろせん

line, route, path (both transportation and abstract)

路: way, way to …, street, 線: line, track, e.g. 山手線 in Tokyo, a line of the Tokyo subway system. Note the elements thread and fountain, itself composed of “white” and “water”.

Question 26

船

Answer 26

ふね

ship, boat, vessel, tank

primitives: “boat” + “gully”

Question 27

路線図

Answer 27

ろせんず

route map (buses, trains, etc.)

路線: route, line, path, 図: map

Question 28

機械

Answer 28

きかい

machine, apparatus, appliance, rarely mechanism

機: machine, 械: seems to be an independent kanji in Chinese, but seems to be only used in conjunction with 機 in Japanese.

Question 29

電池

Answer 29

でんち

battery

電: lightning; associated with everything electronic, 池: pond

a literal pool of power

Question 30

歩道

Answer 30

ほどう

sidewalk, pavement

歩: walk, 道: path, street

Question 31

歩行者

Answer 31

ほこうしゃ

pedestrian

歩: walk + 行: do = 歩行: pavement, 者: person, someone doing the inidcated activity

Question 32

人工

Answer 32

じんこう

artificial, man-made

人: person, “man” (species, as in mankind), people, 工: mechanic, worker; associated with manufacturing

Question 33

交通

Answer 33

こうつう

traffic, transportation; communication

交: associated with exchange, mixing, 通: authority; associated with communication, transfer

Question 34

時計

Answer 34

とけい

clock, watch, timepiece

時: time, 計: plan, measuring device, in total

Question 35

腕時計

Answer 35

うでどけい

(wrist) watch

腕: arm; also skill, 時計: clock, watch, timepiece

Question 36

道具

Answer 36

どうぐ

tool, implement, means

道: way to …, way, path, road, 具: tool, ingredients

Question 37

故障

Answer 37

こしょう

failure; damage, out of order, breakdown

故: old, reason; second-hand, used, 障: associated with disability, hindrance, interference, barrier. Note the primitive elements for “pinacle”, “stand”, and “early”, with 立 and 早 combining to form 章、しょう: section, chapter

Question 38

自転車

Answer 38

じてんしゃ

bicycle

自: self + 転: associated with turning, conversion (physical movement as well as spiritual conversions) = 自転: spin; rotate, 車: vehicle, car; wheel

Question 39

勘定

Answer 39

かんじょう

allowance, calculation; settle an account

勘: intuition, perception, 定: associated with determining, defining things, e.g. a measurement

Question 40

精算

Answer 40

せいさん

adjustment; exact calculation, squaring of an account

精: spirit; energy, detail, 算: calculation, counting, divining sticks