Kanji A2 Flashcards

1
Q

上手

A

good at (yourself or someone else)
じょうず

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2
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海外

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overseas
かいがい
ocean-outside

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3
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映る

A

to reflect

うつる

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4
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使

A

to use
つか(う)/し
(looks like a person next to some kind of a tool)

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5
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描く

A

to draw (a picture)
かく
same pronumciation as write, but different kanji (書く)

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6
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写真

A

しゃしん

photograph

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7
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A

heaven / sky
てん

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8
Q

A

language

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9
Q

A

midday
ひる / ちゅう
(It looks like a sun peeking through the curtain.)
contrast with 春 Spring

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10
Q

A

to go in, to enter
はい(る) / い(り) / にゅう

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11
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A

まえ
before; ago; front
use with に when referring to time

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12
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to learn
なら(う)/しゅう
(It looks like two kids learning at a desk.)

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13
Q

A

song

うた / か

(It’s the shape of people opening their mouths and singing; someone looking at a music score)

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14
Q

A

だい
counter for large furniture and electronics 🚗 📺

(It looks like a lamp on a table.)

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15
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彼女

A

her; girlfriend

かのじょ

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16
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青春

A

youth
せいしゅん
blue-spring

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17
Q

A

ひき
counter for small animals

(It looks like the front legs of a horse peeking through a space.)

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18
Q

A

long, length, leader
なが (い) / ちょう
(It looks like a shape of a comb that you use for long hair.)

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19
Q

お手洗い

A

bathroom
おてあらい
(hand-washing)

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20
Q

omit が in た + こと sentences

A

Polite: これを食べたことありますか。
Casual: これ食べたことある?

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21
Q

A

harmony; Japanese (style)

looks like a cherry tree and a bento box.

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22
Q

電話

A

telephone
でんわ

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23
Q

英国

A

United Kingdom
えいこく

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24
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A

world; boundary
かい
(It derives from a shape that looks like rice paddies.)

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25
Q

強い

A

つよい

strong

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26
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住宅

A

housing
じゅうたく
reside-home

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27
Q

目の前

A

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.)

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28
Q

A

high, tall, expensive
たか (い) / こう
(It looks like a shape of a high-rise building.)

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29
Q

A

to buy
か(う)/ ばい
(It looks like shelves at a supermarket.)

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30
Q

A

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)

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31
Q

彼し

A

boyfriend

かれし

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32
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駅前

A

the area in front of a station; forecourt
えきまえ

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33
Q

もう一度 /

もう一回

A

もういちど / もういっかい

one more time

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34
Q

A

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

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35
Q

水着

A

みずぎ
bathing suit
water-put on

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36
Q

起きる

A

おきる

to wake up

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37
Q

今夜

A

tonight
こんや

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38
Q

A

midday

similar to the Kanji for “thousand” 千

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39
Q

A

night
よる / よ / や
person-bed-under covers
(similar to 彼, he)

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40
Q

夕がた

A

evening
ゆうがた

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41
Q

真っ黒

A

pitch black
まっくろ
true-black

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42
Q

A

to hold, to have
も(つ)
(the left side is like the Kanji for hand 手)

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43
Q

A

to teach
おし(える)/ きょう

picture of a teacher and a student

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44
Q

寝る

A

ねる

to sleep

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45
Q

A

country

くに / こく / ごく

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46
Q

It can’t be helped.

A

しかたがない
仕方がない。
service+direction/the way of doing something

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47
Q

A

logic

It’s shaped like a grid.

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48
Q

開会

A

opening ceremony
かいかい

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49
Q

雨天

A

rainy weather
うてん

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50
Q

大切

A

たいせつ (important)

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51
Q

まんが家

A

manga artist
まんがか

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52
Q

A

number in a series
ばん
(It looks like a grid where you can write in numbers.)

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53
Q

部屋

A

room
へや

section-roof

“he” is a special reading of 部

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54
Q

A

like / good

す(き) / こう

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55
Q

真ん中

A

まんなか

center

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56
Q

場所

A

place
ばしょ

location-place

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57
Q

A

さけ / しゅ
alcohol
(It’s shaped like a sake bottle with some drops coming off of it.)

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58
Q

A

self
じ / し
a person pointing to their eye
similar to 白 しる white

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59
Q

事こ

A

accident

じこ

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60
Q

寝しつ

A

しんしつ

bedroom

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61
Q

まん画

A

manga

まんが

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62
Q

音楽

A

music

おんがく

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63
Q

き待

A

きたい

expectation
from 待 to wait

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64
Q

外国

A

foreign country
がいこく

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65
Q

A

かい / まわ(る)
times; revolve
(looks like a wheel on an axel)

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66
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平和

A

peace
へいわ
flat-harmony

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67
Q

思い出

A

memories
おもいで

think-go out

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68
Q

A

winter
ふゆ / とう
snow is falling

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69
Q

A

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)

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70
Q

洗たく

A

laundry
せんたく

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71
Q

母親

A

mother

ははおや

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72
Q

家族

A

family
かぞく
(home-group)

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73
Q

A


after; in (in the sense of time); behind
use with に when referring to time

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74
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着る

A

きる
to wear, to put on

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75
Q

A


doctor

It looks like someone coming to your house

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76
Q

A

たの(しい)/ らく / がく

comfort; music

(It looks like a conductor moving their arms.)

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77
Q

高校生

A

こうこうせい
high school student

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78
Q

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和室

A

Japanese room
わしつ

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79
Q

動ぶつ

A

どうぶつ

animal

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80
Q

電気

A

electricity
でんき

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81
Q

地下てつ

A

metro
underground train
ちかてつ

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82
Q

世界一

A

best in the world
せかいいち

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83
Q

A

at the back (of a space)

おく

(It’s shaped like the inside of a box.)

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84
Q

日本酒

A

にほんしゅ

Japanese rice wine

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85
Q

休日

A

a day off / holiday
きゅうじつ

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86
Q

A

thing; matter

こと / ごと / じ

(It’s the shape of a hand holding sticks, used for fortune telling.)

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87
Q

午後

A

P.M.
ごご
noon-after

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88
Q

楽き

A

musical instrument

がっき

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89
Q

起こす

A

おこす

to wake someone up

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90
Q

午前

A

A.M.
ごぜん
noon-before

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91
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昼食

A

lunch
ちゅうしょく
more formal

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92
Q

茶道

A

Japanese tea ceremony (way of tea)

さどう

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93
Q

自動車

A

じどうしゃ
automobile
self-moving-wagon

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94
Q

A

ear
みみ

(It’s shaped like an ear.)

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95
Q

A

rain
あめ / う
(It looks like rain outside the window.)

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96
Q

A

to revolve; to change
てん
It derives from a picture of a spinning wheel

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97
Q

茶 (color)

A

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.

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98
Q

A

spirit / feeling

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99
Q

待つ

A

まつ

to wait

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100
Q

高校

A

high school
こうこう

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101
Q

A

origin; former
もと / げん
similar to 分 minute; to understand; counter for minutes
ふん / ぶん / ぷん / わ (かる)

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102
Q

住所

A

address
じゅうしょ

dwelling-place

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103
Q

A

しゃ / うつ(る)

to copy; be photographed
(It looks like an old fashioned camera or a copy machine)

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104
Q

A

to make, to build
つく(る) / さく

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105
Q

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reflection; projection

えい / うつ(る)

(it loos like a person standing in front of a mirror or a screen)

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106
Q

運転

A

drive, driving 
うんてん

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107
Q

漢字

A

かんじ

kanji character

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108
Q

A

to think, to consider
かんがえ(る)

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109
Q

A

ほん
counter for something long and thin, or stick-like ✏️ 🌂

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110
Q

A

evening
ゆう
(It’s shaped like a crescent moon.)

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111
Q

A

company; shrine
しゃ
(It is made of the radical meaning “god” and the kanji meaning “soil”.)

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112
Q

make Kanji for color into an adjective

A

add い after the Kanji
黒い back (adj.)

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113
Q

自てん車
自転車

A

bicycle
self-turn-wagon

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114
Q

A

べん

effort

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115
Q

文化

A

culture
ぶんか

literature-change

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116
Q

動く

A

うごく

to move

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117
Q

茶いろ

A

brown
ちゃいろ
(tea-color)

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118
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中国

A

China
ちゅうごく

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119
Q

国内

A

inside a country
こくない

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120
Q

歌う

A

to sing

うたう

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121
Q

A

half
はん
the verticle line divides the Kanji in half

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122
Q

A

ocean, sea
うみ / かい

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123
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じん社
神社

A

shrine
じんじゃ

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124
Q

A

place
ところ / しょ

It looks like a person walking through a door to enter a place.

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125
Q

A

ground; earth
ち / じ

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126
Q

自ぶんで

A

by myself

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127
Q

A

mouth
くち / こう / く

(It’s the shape of an open mouth.)

128
Q

おも白い

A

interesting / funny
おもしろい

129
Q

A

to write
か(く) / しょ
shaped like a brush over a table

130
Q

転校

A

changing school
てんこう

131
Q

A

to wash
せん / あら(う)
(a person washing their hands and feet)

132
Q

A

tea
ちゃ / さ
looks like a tea house

133
Q

和食

A

Japanese food
わしょく

134
Q

出る

A

to exit
でる

135
Q

A

to stand
りつ / た(つ)
(It’s shaped like a person standing on a line.)

136
Q

今回
今度

A

こんかい
こんど
this time

137
Q

自ぶん
自分

A

self
じぶん
can be used for myself, yourself, herself, himself, I, and me.

138
Q

写す

A

うつす

to copy

(It looks like an old fashioned camera or paper on a copy machine.)

139
Q

A

summer
なつ / か
(It looks like a person wearing a hat is dancing.)

140
Q

茶道

A

sado (Japanese tea ceremony)
tea-way

141
Q

れん習

A

practice
れんしゅう

142
Q

A

to go out, to exit
で(る) / しゅつ / だ(す)

143
Q

A

location
じょう / ば

looks like a horse carrying a package pulling up tp its destination

earth (土) and the sun (日)

144
Q

A

yellow

To name the color, always use きいろ / 黄色
To make an adjective use きいろい / 黄色い, and not きい / 黄い.

145
Q

写る

A

うつる

to be photographed

146
Q

A

clothes
ふく
(shelf with clothes hanging from it.)

147
Q

A

しん / ま
true; reality
(the shape of traditional pottery.)

148
Q

おん度

A

おんど

temperature

149
Q

数字

A

counter for numerals / numbers
すうじ

150
Q

A

to work
はたら(く)
(It’s a combination of a “person” and “to move”.)

151
Q

A

to put on
き(る) / つ(ける) / ちゃく
this kanji also means “to arrive” つく

152
Q

A

to close
しめる / しまる / とじる / へい
closed gate

153
Q

A

き / お(きる)/ おこ(す)
to wake up; to get up
(It’s shaped like a stroller with a baby. / kicking somebody to wake up)

154
Q

A

たい / ま(つ)
to wait
(the left side is a person, the right side looks like part of the kanji for time)

155
Q

和服

A

Japanese style clothes
わふく

156
Q

A

しん / ね(る)
to sleep; to lie down
(left side is a person, right side is a bed with a pillowon it, with a roof on top)

157
Q

A

illness; sickness
びょう

(It’s the shape of someone laying on a hospital bed.)
(looks like a person confined to a hospital)

158
Q

中止

A

cancel
ちゅうし

159
Q

A

to sit
ざ / すわ(る)
(shape of two people 人人 sitting)

160
Q

入口

A

entrance
いりぐち

161
Q

A

electricity
でん
(It has the kanji for rain with a lightning bolt underneath it.

162
Q

旅 / 旅行

A

りょ / たび
りょこう
trip
(It looks like a person with a suitcase.)

163
Q

今朝

A

this morning
けさ

164
Q

医者
お医者さん

A

doctor
いしゃ
お医者さん

165
Q

A

sky / air / empty

そら (sky) / くう / から (empty)

166
Q

A

spring
はる / しゅん
sun at the bottom
contrast with 昼 midday

167
Q

夕ごはん

A

dinner
ゆうごはん
(ばんごはん also means dinner)

168
Q

出口

A

an exit
でぐち

169
Q

A

foot / leg
あし / そく

(It looks like a person running.)

170
Q

意見

A

opinion
いけん

idea-look

171
Q

仕事

A

work

しごと
serve-thing

172
Q

夜ごはん

A

yet another word for dinner
よるごはん

173
Q

奥さん

A

(someone else’s) wife

おくさん

literally, back-person

174
Q

親切

A

しんせつ(な) (kind)

intimateperson - earnest

175
Q

世界

A

world
せかい

176
Q

手紙

A

てがみ

a letter (correspondence)
hand-paper

177
Q

A

meeting; to meet
かい / あ (う)
(It looks like a table under a roof, like a conference room.)

178
Q

運てん

A

うんてん

to drive a vehicle, transport

179
Q

青年

A

young man
せいねん
blue-year

180
Q

下手

A

not good at (but doesn’t hate)
へた

181
Q

A

he
かれ / かの
(It looks like someone’s profile.)
(similar to 夜, night)

182
Q

A

black
くろ / こく
a chimney with black smoke (upside down)

183
Q

手作り

A

てづくり (handmade)
Te-dzukuri

184
Q

会社

A

company
かいしゃ

185
Q

元気

A

healthy;health
げんき
(former-spirit)

186
Q

台風

A

typhoon
たいふう

187
Q

A

idea; mind

combination of the kanji for sound and heart
think (sort of) with a hat

188
Q

A

nightfall; night
ばん
(the sun walking away)
Even though 晩 does mean nightfall, it is not often used by itself to state the time of the day

189
Q

夕食

A

dinner
ゆうしょく
more formaal

190
Q

仕事

A

job
しごと

191
Q

A

blue
あお / せい
(It’s shaped like a potted plant.)

192
Q

A

sentence; literature
ぶん / もん

193
Q

A

fee; material
りょう
The radical on left means rice and the radical on right comes from a picture of a spoon. So, a spoonful of rice.

194
Q

社長

A

company president
しゃちょう

195
Q

寝ぼう

A

ねぼう

oversleeping

196
Q

A

direction; the way of doing something
ほう / かた
the ほう reading is used in the phrase のほうが / の方が (more)

197
Q

A

inside, indoor
うち / ない
(It looks like a curtain inside a house.)

198
Q

A

to drink
の (む) / いん
(It’s made up of the kanji “to eat” and an upside down cocktail glass.)

199
Q

せい座

A

seiza (proper sitting); sitting on your knees
せいざ

200
Q

お茶する

A

to go to a café / to hang out
おちゃする

201
Q

出す

A

“to give” or “to move something from inside to outside”,
だす

202
Q

A

autumn
あき / しゅう
tree-fire

203
Q

A

まい
counter for something flat 📄 👕
(including telephones!)

(It’s the shape of a person swinging their axe against a tree, to cut a flat piece of wood.)

204
Q

旅行

A

to travel
りょこう

205
Q

A

to open
あける /あく / ひらく / かい
open gate

206
Q

A

どう / うご(く)
move; motion
(the right-hand side looks like someone raising their knee to run)

207
Q

病院

A

hospital
びょういん

208
Q

一回

A

いっかい

one time

209
Q

晩ごはん

A

dinner
ばんごはん

210
Q

A

red
あか
It’s shaped like a grill with red fire (upside down)

211
Q

黒ばん

A

blackboard
こくばん

212
Q

A

section

similar to 院 institution

The radical on the right means “place where people live”.

213
Q

A

English
えい
(It’s shaped like a person with a crown.)

214
Q

A

body
からだ / たい

(It looks like two people sleeping.)
person-root

215
Q

空手

A

karate (empty-hand)
からて

216
Q

A

interval; between
かん / あいだ
similar tto Kanji for “hear” 聞; “hear” has an ear in it.

217
Q

動画

A

どうが

video

218
Q

電車の駅

A

train station
でんしゃのえき

219
Q

赤ちゃん

A

baby
あかちゃん
red-child

220
Q

運動

A

うんどう

exercise

221
Q

A

eye
め / もく

(It looks like a shape of an eye on its side.)

222
Q

A

to live / to reside
す(む) / じゅう

 (It looks like a person next to a camdle holder; an apartment building.)

223
Q

洋服

A

Western clothes
ようふく

224
Q

音がく

A

sound / music

おんがく

(It looks like a singer with their arms held out.)

225
Q

A

to know; wisdom
し(る)/ ち

226
Q

朝食

A

breakfast
ちょうしょく
more formal

227
Q

A

relax, peaceful, inexpensive
やす (い) / あん
( a woman underneath a roof, where she is relaxing.)

228
Q

今晩

A

tonight
こんばん

229
Q

A

to stop
とまる / とめる / し
looks like a policeman stopping traffic
same reading as “stay” 泊

230
Q

大西洋

A

Atlantic Ocean
たいせいよう
big-Western-Ocean

231
Q

A

roof; room; shop
おく / や

232
Q

A

to change

It looks like people sitting back to back
one facing one way, the other

233
Q

会長

A

chairperson; president
かいちょう
(long-meeting)

234
Q

回る

A

まわる

to revolve

235
Q

A

outside, outdoor
そと / がい
(the right side is someone pointing outside)

236
Q

世界中

A

around the world
せかいじゅう

237
Q

入る

A

to go in
はいる

238
Q

東京

A

Tokyo
とうきょう
(Eastern-Capital)

239
Q

A

to serve

(It’s made up of a radical that means “person” and the shape of someone sitting, whom we serve.)

240
Q

A

parent; intimate

おや / しん

(It looks like a parent “looking” over their child, using the kanji “to see”.)

241
Q

A

way / road

みち / どう
looks like a trolley car travelling on a road

242
Q

さん歩

A

stroll
さんぽ

243
Q

A

home; professional (word ending)
いえ / か
(Made up of radicals that mean roof and pig)

244
Q

A

to walk
あるく / ほ / ぽ
sort of like 足 leg/foot あし

245
Q

歌手

A

a singer

かしゅ

246
Q

楽しい

A

fun

たのしい

247
Q

A

capital (place)
きょう
(Shaped like a Japanese castle.)

248
Q

A

to think
おも(う)/ し
don’t confuse with 赤 red

picture of a brain
rice paddy with legs

249
Q

A

head; counter for large animals
あたま / ず / とう
(The right side of the kanji looks like a person with a hat. – legs-eye-hat)

250
Q

A

to rest
やす(む) / きゅう
a person leaning against a tree

251
Q

A

ど / たび

degrees (temperature and angles); occurrences

252
Q

A

かみ / し

paper

253
Q

A

someone; person
しゃ / もの

(It’s shaped like a person wearing a sash.)

254
Q

韓国

A

South Korea
かんこく

255
Q

A

medicine
くすり / やく

(It’s shaped like a medicinal herb.)
looks like the kanji for “comfort” with an extra line on top)

256
Q

英語

A

English language
えいご

257
Q

A

white
しろ / はく
similar to the Kanji for “self” 自

258
Q

A

morning
あさ / ちょう
(the moon is going away)

259
Q

A

world; society; generation
せ / よ / せい
(It’s made up of three tens (十), and 30 years would be a generation.)

260
Q

A

うん / はこ(ぶ)
carry; transport; luck
(the right-hand side looks like some boxes being carried by the left-hand side)

261
Q

A


character
looks like “school” but only has one stroke on top

262
Q

A

Kan / Han(Chinese)
loots like a Chinese warrior

263
Q

運ぶ

A

はこぶ

to carry

264
Q

A

minute; to understand
ふん / ぶん / ぷん / わ (かる)
also the counter for minutes

265
Q

色々 (色色)

A

various
いろいろ (な-adjective)
color-color

266
Q

映画

A

movie

えいが

267
Q

A

to return; to go back
かえ(る)/き
(It looks like a sled and a child.)

268
Q

A

picture; brush strokes (as in how many brush strokes to write a character)
が / かく

(It’s shaped like a picture frame.)

269
Q

すう字

A

すうじ

numeral / numeric character

270
Q

親友

A

best friend

しんゆう

literally: intimate friend

271
Q

A

stay (somewhere temporary-like at a hotel)
とまる / はく / ぱく
don’t confuse with 海 sea うみ
right-hand side means “self”
same reading as “stop” 止
also counter for number of night at a hotel はく / ぱく

272
Q

A

color
いろ / しょく
(It’s shaped like a brush on a paint palette.)
also counter for colors

273
Q

天気

A

weather
てんき

274
Q

A

thing
もの/ぶつ
looks like a child and an animal.

275
Q

天国

A

heaven
てんごく

276
Q

A

sound

おと / おん

(It looks like a singer with their arms held out; it looks like a speaker)

277
Q

A

tribe; group
ぞく
(right side looks like person holding flags)

278
Q

着物

A

きもの
wear-thing

279
Q

一色

A

one color
いっしょく

280
Q

意み

A

いみ
meaning

from 意 (idea)

281
Q

A

station
えき
The radical on the left is the kanji for horse

282
Q

A

comfort; music

たの(しい)/ らく / がく

283
Q

A

dog
いぬ / けん

(It looks like the mouth of a dog.)

284
Q

父親

A

father

ちちおや

285
Q

A

ocean; Western (style)
よう

286
Q

さく夜

A

さくや
last night

287
Q

人気

A

popular
person-spirit
にんきん

288
Q

読書

A

reading books

どくしょ

289
Q

A

hand
て / しゅ

(It looks like the lines on your palm.)

290
Q

お茶

A

tea
おちゃ

291
Q

気持ち

A

a feeling
きもち
spirit-hold

292
Q

日本語

A

Japanese language

にほんご

293
Q

勉強

A

べんきょう

study

294
Q

A

car; vehicle
くるま / しゃ

295
Q

A

きょう / つよ(い)

strong

296
Q

料理

A

cooking
りょうり
material-logic

297
Q

毎晩

A

every night
まいばん

298
Q

A

bright
あか(るい) / あ / めい

299
Q

A

a shop
みせ / てん
(This kanji looks like someone selling a product at a desk under a roof.)

300
Q

A

name / reputation
な / めい

301
Q

A

to fit; to suit; to match
あ(う) / ごう
looks similar to “to meet”, 会 あ(う)
(looks like a Japanese teacup with a fitted cover.)

302
Q

A

business / work (as in the place where you work)
ぎょう
(looks like a tall tower with 4 people on the roof!)

303
Q

名前

A

name
なまえ

304
Q

有名

A

famous
ゆうめい(な)

305
Q

名し

A

a business card
めいし

306
Q

明日

A

tomorrow
two readings: あした; あす (more formal)
bright-day

307
Q

そつ業する

A

to graduate
そつぎょうする
the kanji means business / work

308
Q

店いん

A

a shop clerk
てんいん

309
Q

店内

A

inside of a shop
てんない
shop-inside

310
Q

店長

A

a store manager
てんちょう

311
Q

合けい

A

in total
ごうけい

312
Q

合かくする / 合格する

A

to pass an exam
ごうかくする

313
Q

じゅ業

A

a lesson
じゅぎょう

314
Q

えい業

A

business; sales
えいぎょう

315
Q

聞く

A

きく
means both “to listen” and “to ask.