JLPT N5 Kanji List Flashcards by Honey Lim

Meaning:

long, leader

Onyomi:

CHOU

Kunyomi:

naga(i)

Vocabulary:

長い - ながい – nagai – long

社長 - しゃちょう – shachou – president, CEO

Hint:

It looks like a comb going through long hair

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Meaning:

mouth

Onyomi:

KOU, KU

Kunyomi:

kuchi

Vocabulary:

口 – くち - kuchi – mouth
火口 – かこう - kakou – crater of a volcano (literally: fire mouth)

Hint:

It looks like a mouth wide open

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Meaning:

to hear, to listen, to ask

Onyomi:

BUN, MON

Kunyomi:

ki(ku), ki(koeru)

Vocabulary:

聞く – kiku – to hear, to listen
聞こえる – kikoeru – to be heard, to be audible
新聞 – shinbun – newspaper

Hint:

With the radical for gate and ear =

someone is putting his ear on the gate to hear

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Meaning:

woman, female

Onyomi:

JO, NYO

Kunyomi:

onna, me

Vocabulary:

女 – おんな - onna – woman

女の子 – おんなのこ - onnanoko – girl

女性 – じょせい - josei – female

Hint:

It looks like a ballerina

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Meaning:

small

Onyomi:

SHOU

Kunyomi:

chii(sai), ko-, o-

Vocabulary:

小さい – ちいさい - chiisai – small

小麦 – こむぎ - komugi – flour

Hint:

You may think of two small fishes swimming around a hook

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Meaning:

big, a lot

Onyomi:

DAI, TAI

Kunyomi:

oo(kii), oo(i)

Vocabulary:

大きい – おおきい - ookii – big

大学 – だいがく - daigaku – university

Hint:

It looks like a big man with his arms and legs spread wide open

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Meaning:

many

Onyomi:

Kunyomi:

oo(i)

Vocabulary:

多い - おおい – ooi – many

多分 - たぶん – tabun – probably

Hint:

One evening (夕) out is good but two (多) is too many

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Meaning:

right

Onyomi:

U, YUU

Kunyomi:

migi

Vocabulary:

右 – みぎ - migi – right

右岸 – うがん - ugan – right bank (shore)

Hint:

On a map the restaurant (mouth 口) is on the right of the intersection

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Meaning:

old, used

Onyomi:

Kunyomi:

furu(i)

Vocabulary:

古い - ふるい– furui – old
中古車 - ちゅうこしゃ– chuukosha – used car

Hint:

When you say (口) something ten (十) times it becomes old

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Meaning:

a little, few

Onyomi:

SHOU

Kunyomi:

suko(shi), suku(nai)

Vocabulary:

少し - すこし – sukoshi – a little

少ない - すくない – sukunai – little

少女 - しょうじょ – shoujo -young girl

Hint:

Something small (小) slashed ( ) to make it even smaller

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Meaning:

man, male

Onyomi:

DAN, NAN

Kunyomi:

otoko

Vocabulary:

男 – おとこ - otoko – man

男の子 – おとこのこ - otokonoko – boy

男性 – だんせい - dansei – male

Hint:

The upper part means rice field

while thelower part means strength

thus you need to be a strong man to work in the field

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Meaning:

day, sun

Onyomi:

NICHI, JITSU

Kunyomi:

hi, -ka

Vocabulary:

日本 – にほん - nihon – Japan

今日 – きょう - kyou – today

毎日 – まいにち - mainichi – every day

Hint:

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Meaning:

five

Onyomi:

Kunyomi:

itsu(tsu), itsu-

Vocabulary:

五つ – いつつ - itsutsu – five

Hint:

It looks like the number 5

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Meaning:

ear

Onyomi:

Kunyomi:

mimi

Vocabulary:

耳 – みみ - mimi – ear
耳孔 – じこう - jikou – earhole

Hint:

It looks a little like an ear with a hole in the middle and one part sticking out down

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Meaning:

speech, to talk, story, conversation

Onyomi:

Kunyomi:

hanashi, hana(su)

Vocabulary:

話す – hanasu – to talk

会話 – kaiwa – conversation

電話 – denwa – phone

Hint:

Radical for say, word (言) and the one for tongue (舌)

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Meaning:

earth, ground

Onyomi:

DO, TO

Kunyomi:

tsuchi

Vocabulary:

土曜日 – どようび - doyoubi – Saturday

土 – つち - tsuchi – earth (not the planet)

Hint:

It looks like a cross on a grave buried in the ground

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Meaning:

to rest

Onyomi:

KYUU

Kunyomi:

yasu(mu)

Vocabulary:

休む – yasumu – to rest

休み – yasumi – vacation

休日 – kyuujitsu – holiday, day off

Radicals:

person

Hint:

It is the radical of a person next to the radical of the tree

= when laying on a tree you can rest

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Meaning:

week

Onyomi:

SHUU

Kunyomi:

–

Vocabulary:

週 - しゅう – shuu – week

今週 - こんしゅう – konshuu – this week

先週 - せんしゅう – senshuu – last week

来週 - らいしゅう – raishuu – next week

Hint:

When the days have gone ( ) through one full circle ( ),

it is a week

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Meaning:

ten thousand, all, many

Onyomi:

MAN, BAN

Kunyomi:

Vocabulary:

万年筆 – まんえんひつ - mannenhitsu – fountain pen

万引き – まんびき - manbiki – shoplifting

Hint:

It looks like a capital T and a h combined like in Thousand and the capital T also stands for Ten

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Meaning:

eye

Onyomi:

MOKU

Kunyomi:

Vocabulary:

目 – め - me – eye

目的 – もくてき - mokuteki – purpose, goal, aim, objective

目上 – めうえ - meue – superior

目下 – めした - meshita – subordinate

Hint:

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Meaning:

white

Onyomi:

HAKU, BYAKU

Kunyomi:

shiro(i), shiro

Vocabulary:

白い - しろい – shiroi – white

白人 - はくじん – hakujin – white person, Caucasian

Hint:

It is a drop on the sun,

if a big drop was to fall on the sun it would turn white

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Meaning:

to leave, to get out, to take out

Onyomi:

SHUTSU

Kunyomi:

de(ru), da(su)

Vocabulary:

出口 – deguchi – exit
出る – deru – to exit, to leave
出す – dasu – to take off
出かける – dekakeru – to go out
日の出 – hinode – sunrise

Hint:

It is two mountains on top of each other,
when mountains are two times higher to hike,
you better leave

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Meaning:

water

Onyomi:

SUI

Kunyomi:

mizu

Vocabulary:

お水 – おみず - o mizu – water

(“o” is an honoric prefix commonly used in front of water)

水曜日 – すいようび - suiyoubi – wednesday

水道 – すいどう - suidou – water pipe

Hint:

It can represent the current of water

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Meaning:

to enter, to insert

Onyomi:

NYUU

Kunyomi:

hai(ru), i(ru), i(reru)

Vocabulary:

入口 – iriguchi – entrance

入れる – ireru – to put in

入る – hairu – to enter

Hint:

It looks like the entrance of a tent

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**Meaning:** street, path **Onyomi:** DOU **Kunyomi:** michi **Vocabulary:** 道 - みち – michi – street, road 水道 - すいどう – suidou – water pipe 国道 - こくどう – kokudou – national highway **Hint:** I twisted my neck (首) while searching for signs indicating the right way

**Meaning:** car, wheel **Onyomi:** SHA **Kunyomi:** kuruma **Vocabulary:** 車 - くるま – kuruma – car, wheel 電車 - でんしゃ – densha – train **Hint:** It looks like a car axle seen from above

**Meaning:** to meet, to come together, society **Onyomi:** KAI, E **Kunyomi:** a(u) **Vocabulary:** 会う – au – to meet 会社 – kaisha – company, firm 会話 – kaiwa – conversation **Hint:** You handshake when meeting people

**Meaning:** name **Onyomi:** MEI, MYOU **Kunyomi:** na **Vocabulary:** 名前 - なまえ – namae – name, firstname 名字 - みょうじ – myouji – family name, surname 名刺 - めいし – meishi – business card **Hint:** At dusk (夕) it gets hard to see thus you have to call people by their name

**Meaning:** time, time span **Onyomi:** KAN, KEN **Kunyomi:** aida **Vocabulary:** 間 - あいだ – aida – period of time, between 時間 - じかん – jikan – time 週間 - しゅうかん – shuukan – a full week 人間 - にんげん – ningen – human being, person **Hint:** The sun (日) going through the gate (門) is a good indicator of the time span

**Meaning:** before, in future **Onyomi:** SEN **Kunyomi:** saki **Vocabulary:** 先ず - まず – mazu – first of all, to start with 先週 - せんしゅう – senshuu – last week 先生 - せんせい – sensei – teacher **Hint:** It looks like a man with long legs standing before everyone else leading the way with his flag (ノ)

**Meaning:** outside, other, disconnect **Onyomi:** GAI, GE **Kunyomi:** soto, hoka, hazu(reru), hazu(su) **Vocabulary:** 外 - そと – soto – outside 外国人 - がいこくじん – gaikokujin – foreigner 外す - はずす – hazusu – to unfasten, to remove 外れる - はずれる – hazureru – to be disconnected, to get out of place **Hint:** It looks like the katakana タ and ト that with the other katakana are usually use for foreign words

**Meaning:** four **Onyomi:** SHI **Kunyomi:** yot(tsu), yu(tsu), yo-, yon- **Vocabulary:** 四つ – やっつ - yottsu – four 四季 – しき - shiki – the four seasons **Hint:** There are four sides to a square

**Meaning:** to buy **Onyomi:** BAI **Kunyomi:** ka(u) **Vocabulary:** 買う – kau – to buy 買物 – kaimono – shopping 売買 – baibai – buy and sell 売店 – baiten – shop, stand **Hint:** When catching a shell ( ) with a net ( ) then you don’t have to buy (ばい) it

**Meaning:** to eat **Onyomi:** SHOKU **Kunyomi:** ta(beru), ku(ru), ku(rau) **Vocabulary:** 食べる – たべる - taberu – to eat 食事 – しょくじ - shokuji – meal 飲食 – いんしょく - inshoku – food and drinks **Hint:** It is the character for good under what looks like a roof: there is nothing better than homemade food

**Meaning:** to walk, to go, to carry out **Onyomi:** KOU **Kunyomi:** i(ku), yu(ku), okona(u) **Vocabulary:** 行く - いく - iku - to go 行う - おこなう - okonau - to do, to act 銀行 - ぎんこう - ginkou - bank **Hint:** It looks like a bridge upon a river which is opening up for boats to go through

**Meaning:** mountain **Onyomi:** SAN **Kunyomi:** yama **Vocabulary:** 山 – やま - yama – mountain 火山 – かざん - kazan – volcano **Hint:** This Kanji has the shape of the mountain it stands for

**Meaning:** gold, metal, money **Onyomi:** KIN, KON **Kunyomi:** kane **Vocabulary:** お金 - おかね – okane – money (incl. honoric prefix “o”) 金曜日 - きんようび – kinyoubi – Friday **Hint:** A good king (王) does in his kingdom like what he does in his house ( ) where he divides the money evenly ( )

**Meaning:** after, later, back, stay behind **Onyomi:** GO, KOU **Kunyomi:** ato, okure(ru), nochi **Vocabulary:** 後 - あと– ato – later 後ろ - うしろ– ushiro – back, rear, behind 午後 - ごご– gogo – afternoon 最後 - さいご– saigo – last **Hint:** If you walk slowly ( ) with small ( ) steps ( ) you will be left behind

**Meaning:** thousand **Onyomi:** SEN **Kunyomi:** chi **Vocabulary:** 千 – せん - sen – thousand 二千円 – にせんえん - nisenen – two thousand yen **Hint:** Thousand starts with the letter T

**Meaning:** year **Onyomi:** NEN **Kunyomi:** toshi **Vocabulary:** 一年 - いちねん – ichinen – one year 今年 - ことし – kotoshi – this year **Hint:** Originally a rice plant ( ) and a bending person above for the annual harvest symbolizing the cycle of the years.

**Meaning:** east **Onyomi:** TOU **Kunyomi:** higashi **Vocabulary:** 東 – ひがし - higashi – east 東京 – とうきょう - toukyou – Tokyo (literally capital in the east) **Hint:** The sun (日) rise behind a tree (木) on the East

**Meaning:** now **Onyomi:** KON, KIN **Kunyomi:** ima **Vocabulary:** 今 - いま – ima – now 今日 - きょう – kyou – today 今月 - こんげつ – kongetsu – this month 今朝 - けさ – kesa – this morning **Hint:** The bottom stokes looks like the hands of a clock that indicates what time it is now.

**Meaning:** fish **Onyomi:** GYO **Kunyomi:** sakana, uo **Vocabulary:** 魚 – さかな - sakana – fish 金魚 – きんぎょ - kingyo – goldfish **Hint:** It looks like a fish swimming upward

**Meaning:** ten, cross **Onyomi:** JUU, JI **Kunyomi:** too, to- **Vocabulary:** 十 – じゅう・とお - juu or too – ten 十月 – じゅうがつ - juugatsu – October 十字 – じゅうじ - juuji – cross 十日 – とおか - tooka – the 10th **Hint:** 10 can be written as X

**Meaning:** one **Onyomi:** ICHI, ITSU **Kunyomi:** hito(tsu), hito- **Vocabulary:** 一つ – ひとつ - hitotsu – one 一口 – ひとくち - hitokuchi – one bite 一人 – ひとり - hitori – alone **Hint:** 一 is just one stroke

**Meaning:** fire **Onyomi:** KA **Kunyomi:** hi **Vocabulary:** 火曜日 – かようび - kayoubi – tuesday 火山 – かざん - kazan – vulcano **Hint:** It looks like a camp fire with flames flying around

**Meaning:** before **Onyomi:** ZEN **Kunyomi:** mae **Vocabulary:** 前年 - ぜんねん – zennen – last year 名前 - なまえ – namae – name 午前 - ごぜん – gozen – morning, a.m. **Hint:** Eat your vegetables ( ) and meat ( ) before it gets cold.

**Meaning:** tree, wood **Onyomi:** BOKU, MOKU **Kunyomi:** ki, ko **Vocabulary:** 木曜日 – まくようび - mokuyoubi – thursday **Hint:** It is easy to remember since it looks like a tree

**Meaning:** west **Onyomi:** SEI **Kunyomi:** nishi **Vocabulary:** 西 – にし - nishi – west 西風 – せいふう - seifuu – west wind 西暦 – せいれき - seireki – Christian era **Hint:** The upper part looks like the Greek symbol π (Pi). Greek is a western country.

**Meaning:** half, middle, semi- **Onyomi:** HAN **Kunyomi:** naka(ba) **Vocabulary:** 半分 - はんぶん - hanbun - half 半額 - はんがく - hangaku - half price **Hint:** The vertical stroke cut the = sign in half and pass in the middle of the two dots.

**Meaning:** two **Onyomi:** NI **Kunyomi:** futa(tsu), futa- **Vocabulary:** 二つ – ふたつ - futatsu – two 二人 – ふたり - futari – two people, two of us **Hint:** 二 is made of two strokes 一 + 一 = 二 (1 + 1 = 2)

**Meaning:** word, to talk **Onyomi:** GO **Kunyomi:** kata(ru), kata(rau) **Vocabulary:** 語る – かたる - kataru – to talk, to tell, to recite 日本語 – にほんご - nihongo – the Japanese language **Hint:** Word ( ) + 5 ( ) + Mouth ( ) = Five word spoken is already a language

**Meaning:** word, to talk **Onyomi:** GEN, GON **Kunyomi:** i(u) **Vocabulary:** 言う – いう - iu – to talk 無言 – むごん - mugon – silence 言明 – げんめい - genmei – declaration, statement 言葉 – ことば - kotoba – phrase, language **Hint:** The lower character means mouth so it is like lines of words going off one’s mouth

**Meaning:** shinto shrine, society **Onyomi:** SHA **Kunyomi:** yashiro **Vocabulary:** 社 - やしろ – yashiro – Shinto shrine 会社 - かいしゃ – kaisha – company, firm, enterprise 社会 - しゃかい – shakai – society **Hint:** Modern societies always put a sign ( ) on the ground (土) they own

**Meaning:** six **Onyomi:** ROKU **Kunyomi:** mut(tsu), mu(tsu), mu-, mui- **Vocabulary:** 六つ – みつつ - muttsu – six **Hint:** 6 can be written VI if you turn them around you get 六

**Meaning:** above, upper **Onyomi:** JOU, SHOU **Kunyomi:** ue, kami, a(geru), (agaru) **Vocabulary:** 上げる – あげる - ageru – to raise, to elevate 上手 – じょうず - jouzu – to ge good at something 上司 – じょうし - joushi – one’s superior **Hint:** It is above the line symbolized by the “一” stroke

**Meaning:** to come **Onyomi:** RAI **Kunyomi:** ku(ru), kita(ru), kita(su) **Vocabulary:** 来る – kuru – to come 来年 – rainen – next year **Hint:** From rice (

**Meaning:** electricity **Onyomi:** DEN **Kunyomi:** – **Vocabulary:** 電気 - でんき – denki – electricity 電力 - でんりょく – denryoku – electric power 電話 - でんわ – denwa – phone (literally: electric voice) 電車 - でんしゃ – densha – train 電池 - でんち – denchi – battery **Hint:** During rain (雨) storms the air is filled with electricity and lightning

**Meaning:** north **Onyomi:** HOKU **Kunyomi:** kita **Vocabulary:** 北 – きた - kita – north 北米 – ほくべい - hokubei – north america **Hint:** When putting it together it looks like a ladder to go up NORTH

**Meaning:** to stand, to establish **Onyomi:** RITSU **Kunyomi:** ta(tsu), ta(teru) **Vocabulary:** 立つ – tatsu – to stand 国立 – kokuritsy – public establishment 私立 – shiritsu – private establishment **Hint:** If you move the strokes a bit it looks like a man standing

**Meaning:** part, minute, to divide, to understand **Onyomi:** FUN, BU, FUN **Kunyomi:** wa(keru), wa(karu), wa(kareru) **Vocabulary:** 分 - ふん – fun – minute 分かる - わかる – wakaru – to understand, to know 分析 - ぶんせき – bunseki – analysis 自分 - じぶん – jibun – oneself 半分 - はんぶん – hanbun – half 十分 - じゅうぶん – juubun – sufficient, plenty, enough **Hint:** Something divided in equal part

**Meaning:** foot, to be sufficient, to add **Onyomi:** SOKU **Kunyomi:** ashi, ta(riru), ta(su) **Vocabulary:** 足 – あし - ashi – foot 足りる – たりる - tariru – to be sufficient 足す – たす - tasu – to add 満足 – まんぞく - manzoku – satisfaction **Hint:** It looks like a cartoon character running with huge feet

**Meaning:** south **Onyomi:** NAN **Kunyomi:** minami **Vocabulary:** 南 – みなみ - minami – south 南米 – なんべい - nanbei – south america **Hint:** In the South there are many believers who give lots of money (¥) to the churches

**Meaning:** to write **Onyomi:** SHO **Kunyomi:** ka(ku) **Vocabulary:** 書く – kaku – to write 文書 – bunsho – sentence **Hint:** To write you need a brush ( ) and light from the sun (日)

**Meaning:** nine **Onyomi:** KYUU, KU **Kunyomi:** kokono(tsu), kokono- **Vocabulary:** 九つ – ここのつ - kokonotsu – nine 九月 – くがつ - kugatsu – September 九日 – ここのか - Kokonoka – the 9th **Hint:** You can see the shape of a 9 with a little imagination

**Meaning:** rain **Onyomi:** U **Kunyomi:** ame **Vocabulary:** 雨 – あめ - ame – rain 梅雨 – つゆ - tsuyu – rainy season **Hint:** It looks like rain drops hitting a window

**Meaning:** school **Onyomi:** KOU **Kunyomi:** – **Vocabulary:** 学校 - がっこう – gakkou – school **Hint:** You may think of the tree (木) of knowledge, school is a place to exchange (交) knowledge

**Meaning:** school, science, to learn **Onyomi:** GAKU **Kunyomi:** mana(bu) **Vocabulary:** 学ぶ – manabu – to learn 学校 – gakkou – school 大学 – daigaku – university **Hint:** It is the character for child under what looks like a roof. School is the place where children learn

**Meaning:** child **Onyomi:** SHI, SU **Kunyomi:** ko **Vocabulary:** 子供 – こども - kodomo – child 椅子 – いす - isu – chair 帽子 – ぼうし - boushi – hat, cap **Hint:**

**Meaning:** noon **Onyomi:** GO **Kunyomi:** – **Vocabulary:** 午後 - ごご – gogo – afternoon 午前 - ごぜん – gozen – morning **Hint:** The kanji for ten (十) plus two strokes which gives 12 like in 12:00 or noon

**Meaning:** station **Onyomi:** EKI **Kunyomi:** – **Vocabulary:** 駅 - えき – eki – station **Hint:** Before taking the train you have to go to the station by horse (馬)

**Meaning:** below, down **Onyomi:** KA, GE **Kunyomi:** shita, shimo, sa(geru), o(rosu), ku(daru) **Vocabulary:** 地下鉄 – ちかてつ - chikatetsu – METRO (literally: steel under the earth) 下げる – さげる - sageru – to lower 靴下 – くつした - kutsushita – socks (literally: under the shoes) **Hint:** It is below the line symbolized by the “一” stroke

**Meaning:** to read **Onyomi:** DOKU, TOKU **Kunyomi:** yo(mu) **Vocabulary:** 読む – yomu – to read 読書 – dokusho – reading **Hint:** Composed of say (言) and sell (売) = books are sold for people to read what others say

**Meaning:** three **Onyomi:** SAN **Kunyomi:** mit(tsu), mi- **Vocabulary:** 三つ – みっつ - mittsu – three 3日 – みっか - mikka – the 3rd **Hint:** 三 is the result of 一 + 二 (1 + 2 = 3)

**Meaning:** hand **Onyomi:** SHU **Kunyomi:** te **Vocabulary:** 手 – て - te – hand 歌手 – かしゅ - kashu – singer 空手 – からて - karate – Karate **Hint:** It is a simplified hand drawing giving a thumbs down

**Meaning:** new **Onyomi:** SHIN **Kunyomi:** atara(shii), ara(ta), nii- **Vocabulary:** 新しい - あたらしい – atarashii – new 新聞 - しんぶん – shinbun – newspaper (literally: newly heard) 新たな - あらたな – arata na – new, fresh 新潟 - にいがた – niigata – Niigata (city in Japan) **Hint:** When you cut ( ) the links with your relatives ( ) you can start a new life.

**Meaning:** sky **Onyomi:** TEN **Kunyomi:** ame, ama **Vocabulary:** 天気 - てんき - tenki - weather 天下り - あまくだり - amakudari - a retired public official who gets appointed a senior post in a private company **Hint:** Heaven is one (一) big (大) place

**Meaning:** to see, to be visible, to show **Onyomi:** KEN **Kunyomi:** mi(ru), mi(eru), mi(seru) **Vocabulary:** 見る – みる - miru – so see 見える – みえる - mieru – to be visible 見せる – みせる - miseru – to show 見物 – けんぶつ - kenbutsu – sight seeing **Hint:** It is the character for eye on the character for human legs, a walking eye see and is visible

**Meaning:** month, moon **Onyomi:** GETSU, GATSU **Kunyomi:** tsuki **Vocabulary:** 月曜日 – げつようび - getsuyoubi – monday 今月 – こんげつ - kongetsu – this month 満月 – まんげつ - mangetsu – full moon **Hint:** It looks like a quarter of the moon

**Meaning:** book, source, mail- **Onyomi:** HON **Kunyomi:** moto **Vocabulary:** 日本 – にほん - nihon – Japan 本物 – ほんもの - honmono – original **Hint:** Books are made from trees cut at their bottom (hence the bottom line)

**Meaning:** eight **Onyomi:** HACHI **Kunyomi:** yat(tsu), ya(tsu), ya-, you- **Vocabulary:** 八つ – やっつ - yattsu – eight 八月 – はちがつ - hachigatsu – August **Hint:** When following the simple shape of the 8 you get 八

**Meaning:** mother **Onyomi:** BO **Kunyomi:** haha **Vocabulary:** 母 – はは - haha – (my) mother 祖母 – そぼ - sobo – grandmother **Hint:** It is suppose to represent a mother’s breast

**Meaning:** friend **Onyomi:** YUU **Kunyomi:** tomo **Vocabulary:** 友達 - ともだち – tomodachi – friend 友人 - ゆうじん – yuujin – friend **Hint:** It looks like two human (人) one is falling (ナ) and the other one is helping him stands, friends always help you and get your back

**Meaning:** time, hour **Onyomi:** JI **Kunyomi:** toki **Vocabulary:** 時々 - ときどき – tokidoki – sometimes 時間 - じかん – jikan – time 時計 - とけい – tokei – clock, watch **Hint:** Composed of sun (日) and temple (寺), in temples, monks know the time by watching the position of the sun.

**Meaning:** hundred **Onyomi:** HYAKU **Kunyomi:** - **Vocabulary:** 百 - ひゃく - hyaku - hundred 百貨店 - ひゃっかてん - hyakkaten department store 八百屋 - やおや - yaoya - vegetable shop **Hint:** 100 turned sideways

**Meaning:** shop **Onyomi:** TEN **Kunyomi:** mise **Vocabulary:** 店 - みせ – mise – shop 店長 - てんちょう – tenchou – store manager 商店街 - しょうてんがい – shoutengai – shopping street **Hint:** The fortune teller’s Shop (占) is in a mysterious cave ( )

**Meaning:** each, every **Onyomi:** MAI **Kunyomi:** – **Vocabulary:** 毎日 - まいにち – mainichi – every day 毎週 - まいしゅう – maishuu – every week 毎月 - まいつき – maitsuki – every month 毎年 - まいとし – maitoshi – every year 毎回 - まいかい – maikai – every time **Hint:** Each and every one of us (人) has a mother (母)

**Meaning:** seven **Onyomi:** SHICHI **Kunyomi:** nana(tsu), nana-, nano- **Vocabulary:** 七つ – ななつ - nanatsu – seven 七月 – なながつ - nanagatsu – July 七月 – しちがつ - shichigatsu – July **Hint:** It is an inverted 7

**Meaning:** person **Onyomi:** JIN, NIN **Kunyomi:** hito **Vocabulary:** 一人 – ひとり - hitori – alone 人口 – じんこう - jinkou – population **Hint:** It looks like a man standing with his legs spread

**Meaning:** left **Onyomi:** SA **Kunyomi:** hidari **Vocabulary:** 左 – ひだり - hidari – left 左折 – させつ - sasetsu – to turn left **Hint:** The hand ( ) is on the left of something working (工)

**Meaning:** to live, to grow, be born, raw **Onyomi:** SEI, SHOU **Kunyomi:** i(kiru), u(mu), ha(yasu), nama, ki **Vocabulary:** 生 – nama – pure, undiluted, raw, crude 学生 – gakusei – student 誕生日 – tanjoubi – birthday 生まれる – umareru – to be born 生きる – ikiru – to live, to exist **Hint:** It is like a small tree on which water is poured so that is grows and lives

**Meaning:** high, expensive, increase, quantity **Onyomi:** KOU **Kunyomi:** taka(i), taka(maru), taka(meru) **Vocabulary:** 高い - たかい– takai – high, expensive 高速 - こうそく – kousoku – high speed **Hint:** It looks like a high Japanese temple

**Meaning:** country **Onyomi:** KOKU **Kunyomi:** kuni **Vocabulary:** 国 - くに – kuni – country 外国人 - がいこくじん – gaikokujin – foreigner 国道 - こくどう – kokudou – national highway **Hint:** Balls (玉) can represent the heads of people living in a country with its frontiers (口)

**Meaning:** sky, to become free, empty **Onyomi:** KUU **Kunyomi:** sora, a(keru), kara **Vocabulary:** 空 – そら - sora – sky 空く – あく - aku – to become vacant 空港 – くうこう - kuukou – airport **Hint:** Working (工) in a hole (穴) makes you feel empty

**Meaning:** inner, center, between **Onyomi:** CHUU **Kunyomi:** naka **Vocabulary:** 中国 – ちゅうごく - chuugoku – China **Hint:** The vertical stroke cross right in the middle of the square

**Meaning:** father **Onyomi:** FU **Kunyomi:** chichi **Vocabulary:** 父 – ちち - chichi – (my) father 祖父 – そふ - sofu – grandfather **Hint:** It looks like the shape of a man with his hands up because he became a father

**Meaning:** what, how many, which **Onyomi:** KA **Kunyomi:** nani **Vocabulary:** 何 – なに - nani – what? 何方 – どなた - donata – who (polite) 何時 – なんじ - nanji – what time? **Hint:** What exactly can (可) a person (人) do ?

**Meaning:** peace, cheap, safety **Onyomi:** AN **Kunyomi:** yasu(i) **Vocabulary:** 安い - やすい – yasui – cheap 安全 - あんぜん – anzen – safety 安心 - あんしん – anshin – to feel easy **Hint:** Buying a woman (女) a crown ( ) isn’t cheap but brings peace

**Meaning:** circle, yen, round **Onyomi:** EN **Kunyomi:** maru(i) **Vocabulary:** 円 - えん – en – Japanese Yen 円い - まるい – marui – round **Hint:** Yen coins are round and the kanji looks like a bank-teller’s window

**Meaning:** river **Onyomi:** SEN **Kunyomi:** kawa **Vocabulary:** 川 – かわ - kawa – river 徳川 – とくがわ - Tokugawa – Togugawa (Ieyasu) first Shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate **Hint****:** The three strokes represents the current of a river

**Meaning:** soul, spirit **Onyomi:** KI, KE **Kunyomi:** – **Vocabulary:** 電気 - でんき – denki – electricity 気温 - きおん – kion – air temperature 天気 - てんき – tenki – weather **Hint:** Spirit or vapor symbolized by the floating lines ( ) comes from the point X

**Meaning:** flower, blossom **Onyomi:** KA **Kunyomi:** hana **Vocabulary:** 花 – はな - hana – flower 花瓶 – 花びん - kabin – vase (literally: flower bottle) **Hint:** Weed ( ) sometime changes (化) into 7 strokes flowers (花)