Finances, economics, technology, living space, transportation Flashcards
金属
きんぞく
metal (material)
金: metal, money, gold, 属: generic
修理
私たちの屋根は修理が必要です
しゅうり
servicing, mending, repair
修: widely used kanji, associated with learning, modification, mending, 理: reason, motive, slso directing
延長
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
自動販売機
じどうはんばいき
vending machine
自動: “self-moving”, automatic, 販売: sales, market, 機: machine
お札
おさつ
bills (money)
primitives: tree + fishhook
硬貨
こうか
coin (hard currency)
硬: hardness, 貨: treasure
技術
ぎじゅつ
technology, technique, skill
技: technology, skill, 術: art, method
実験
じっけん
experiment
実: fruit, truth, reality, substance, 験: test, trial, effect, sign
交差点
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
指示
しじ
instruction, direction, designation
指: finger, associated with explanation, pointing out, stressing something, 示: indicate, show, point out
書類
しょるい
documents, official papers
書: document, book, penmanship, 類: kind, type, pattern, class
現金
げんきん
cash, currency, ready money, self-interest
現: current, existing, consciousness, status quo, 金: money, gold, metal
工場
こうじょう
factory, plant, workshop, mill.
工: associated with mechanics, mechanical production, manufacturing, 場: place, situation, loaction, spot
配管工
はいかんこう
plumber
配: associated with deploying, allocating, providing + 管: tube, pipe = 配管: plumbing, pipelaying, 工: mechanic, worker
発射
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
箱
はこ
box, package, pack
primitives: “bamboo” + “inter-“ (tree + eye)
本棚
ほんだな
bookshelf
本: book, 棚: shelf, trellis
地下鉄
ちかてつ
subway, underground train
地: earth, place, land, 下: below, down, 鉄: metal, money, gold
切符
きっぷ
ticket
切: kind, keen, also cut, replace, switch, 符: sign, charm, talisman
改札
Also: 改札口
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
宣伝
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
広告
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
財産
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
自動
じどう
automatic, also 自動的
自: self, 動: change, motion
路線
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”.
船
ふね
ship, boat, vessel, tank
primitives: “boat” + “gully”
路線図
ろせんず
route map (buses, trains, etc.)
路線: route, line, path, 図: map
機械
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.
電池
でんち
battery
電: lightning; associated with everything electronic, 池: pond
a literal pool of power
歩道
ほどう
sidewalk, pavement
歩: walk, 道: path, street
歩行者
ほこうしゃ
pedestrian
歩: walk + 行: do = 歩行: pavement, 者: person, someone doing the inidcated activity
人工
じんこう
artificial, man-made
人: person, “man” (species, as in mankind), people, 工: mechanic, worker; associated with manufacturing
交通
こうつう
traffic, transportation; communication
交: associated with exchange, mixing, 通: authority; associated with communication, transfer
時計
とけい
clock, watch, timepiece
時: time, 計: plan, measuring device, in total
腕時計
うでどけい
(wrist) watch
腕: arm; also skill, 時計: clock, watch, timepiece
道具
どうぐ
tool, implement, means
道: way to …, way, path, road, 具: tool, ingredients
故障
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
自転車
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
勘定
かんじょう
allowance, calculation; settle an account
勘: intuition, perception, 定: associated with determining, defining things, e.g. a measurement
精算
せいさん
adjustment; exact calculation, squaring of an account
精: spirit; energy, detail, 算: calculation, counting, divining sticks
