Kanji A2 Flashcards
上手
good at (yourself or someone else)
じょうず
海外
overseas
かいがい
ocean-outside
映る
to reflect
うつる
使
to use
つか(う)/し
(looks like a person next to some kind of a tool)
描く
to draw (a picture)
かく
same pronumciation as write, but different kanji (書く)
写真
しゃしん
photograph
天
heaven / sky
てん
語
language
ご
昼
midday
ひる / ちゅう
(It looks like a sun peeking through the curtain.)
contrast with 春 Spring
入
to go in, to enter
はい(る) / い(り) / にゅう
前
まえ
before; ago; front
use with に when referring to time
習
to learn
なら(う)/しゅう
(It looks like two kids learning at a desk.)
歌
song
うた / か
(It’s the shape of people opening their mouths and singing; someone looking at a music score)
台
だい
counter for large furniture and electronics 🚗 📺
(It looks like a lamp on a table.)
彼女
her; girlfriend
かのじょ
青春
youth
せいしゅん
blue-spring
匹
ひき
counter for small animals
(It looks like the front legs of a horse peeking through a space.)
長
long, length, leader
なが (い) / ちょう
(It looks like a shape of a comb that you use for long hair.)
お手洗い
bathroom
おてあらい
(hand-washing)
omit が in た + こと sentences
Polite: これを食べたことがありますか。
Casual: これ食べたことある?
和
harmony; Japanese (style)
わ
looks like a cherry tree and a bento box.
電話
telephone
でんわ
英国
United Kingdom
えいこく
界
world; boundary
かい
(It derives from a shape that looks like rice paddies.)
強い
つよい
strong
住宅
housing
じゅうたく
reside-home
目の前
めのまえ
front of your eyes” / “right in front of you”
コーヒーは目の前にあります。(The coffee is right in front of you.)
高
high, tall, expensive
たか (い) / こう
(It looks like a shape of a high-rise building.)
買
to buy
か(う)/ ばい
(It looks like shelves at a supermarket.)
借
to borrow
か(りる)/しゃく/しゃ
(It looks like a boy and traditional Japanese armour.)
(it looks like a person taking stuff from a table)
彼し
boyfriend
かれし
駅前
the area in front of a station; forecourt
えきまえ
もう一度 /
もう一回
もういちど / もういっかい
one more time
院
institution
いん
(The left side is shaped like a pillar of a building and the right side is shaped like a person.)
similar to 部 section
水着
みずぎ
bathing suit
water-put on
起きる
おきる
to wake up
今夜
tonight
こんや
午
midday
ご
similar to the Kanji for “thousand” 千
夜
night
よる / よ / や
person-bed-under covers
(similar to 彼, he)
夕がた
evening
ゆうがた
真っ黒
pitch black
まっくろ
true-black
持
to hold, to have
も(つ)
(the left side is like the Kanji for hand 手)
教
to teach
おし(える)/ きょう
picture of a teacher and a student
寝る
ねる
to sleep
国
country
くに / こく / ごく
It can’t be helped.
しかたがない
仕方がない。
service+direction/the way of doing something
理
logic
り
It’s shaped like a grid.
開会
opening ceremony
かいかい
雨天
rainy weather
うてん
大切
たいせつ (important)
まんが家
manga artist
まんがか
番
number in a series
ばん
(It looks like a grid where you can write in numbers.)
部屋
room
へや
section-roof
“he” is a special reading of 部
好
like / good
す(き) / こう
真ん中
まんなか
center
場所
place
ばしょ
location-place
酒
さけ / しゅ
alcohol
(It’s shaped like a sake bottle with some drops coming off of it.)
自
self
じ / し
a person pointing to their eye
similar to 白 しる white
事こ
accident
じこ
寝しつ
しんしつ
bedroom
まん画
manga
まんが
音楽
music
おんがく
き待
きたい
expectation
from 待 to wait
外国
foreign country
がいこく
回
かい / まわ(る)
times; revolve
(looks like a wheel on an axel)
平和
peace
へいわ
flat-harmony
思い出
memories
おもいで
think-go out
冬
winter
ふゆ / とう
snow is falling
貸
to lend
か(す)
(It looks like a man with a bow and arrow on a horse.)
(It looks like an eye with items leaving it)
洗たく
laundry
せんたく
母親
mother
ははおや
家族
family
かぞく
(home-group)
後
ご
after; in (in the sense of time); behind
use with に when referring to time
着る
きる
to wear, to put on
医
い
doctor
It looks like someone coming to your house
楽
たの(しい)/ らく / がく
comfort; music
(It looks like a conductor moving their arms.)
高校生
こうこうせい
high school student
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和室
Japanese room
わしつ
動ぶつ
どうぶつ
animal
電気
electricity
でんき
地下てつ
metro
underground train
ちかてつ
世界一
best in the world
せかいいち
奥
at the back (of a space)
おく
(It’s shaped like the inside of a box.)
日本酒
にほんしゅ
Japanese rice wine
休日
a day off / holiday
きゅうじつ
事
thing; matter
こと / ごと / じ
(It’s the shape of a hand holding sticks, used for fortune telling.)
午後
P.M.
ごご
noon-after
楽き
musical instrument
がっき
起こす
おこす
to wake someone up
午前
A.M.
ごぜん
noon-before
昼食
lunch
ちゅうしょく
more formal
茶道
Japanese tea ceremony (way of tea)
さどう
自動車
じどうしゃ
automobile
self-moving-wagon
耳
ear
みみ
(It’s shaped like an ear.)
雨
rain
あめ / う
(It looks like rain outside the window.)
転
to revolve; to change
てん
It derives from a picture of a spinning wheel
茶 (color)
brown
茶色 / 茶いる is the most common way to name the colour, and 茶色い / ちゃいるい is the adjective form.
気
spirit / feeling
き
待つ
まつ
to wait
高校
high school
こうこう
元
origin; former
もと / げん
similar to 分 minute; to understand; counter for minutes
ふん / ぶん / ぷん / わ (かる)
住所
address
じゅうしょ
dwelling-place
写
しゃ / うつ(る)
to copy; be photographed
(It looks like an old fashioned camera or a copy machine)
作
to make, to build
つく(る) / さく
映
reflection; projection
えい / うつ(る)
(it loos like a person standing in front of a mirror or a screen)
運転
drive, driving
うんてん
漢字
かんじ
kanji character
考
to think, to consider
かんがえ(る)
本
ほん
counter for something long and thin, or stick-like ✏️ 🌂
夕
evening
ゆう
(It’s shaped like a crescent moon.)
社
company; shrine
しゃ
(It is made of the radical meaning “god” and the kanji meaning “soil”.)
make Kanji for color into an adjective
add い after the Kanji
黒い back (adj.)
自てん車
自転車
bicycle
self-turn-wagon
勉
べん
effort
文化
culture
ぶんか
literature-change
動く
うごく
to move
茶いろ
brown
ちゃいろ
(tea-color)
中国
China
ちゅうごく
国内
inside a country
こくない
歌う
to sing
うたう
半
half
はん
the verticle line divides the Kanji in half
海
ocean, sea
うみ / かい
じん社
神社
shrine
じんじゃ
所
place
ところ / しょ
It looks like a person walking through a door to enter a place.
地
ground; earth
ち / じ
自ぶんで
by myself