Kanji Definitions (501-1001) Flashcards
猶
furthermore, still, yet
零
zero, spill, overflow, nothing, cipher
震
quake, shake, tremble, quiver, shiver
振
shake, wave, wag, swing
久
long time, old story
賑
flourish, be bustling, prosperity
丘
hill, knoll
兵
soldier, private, troops, army, warfare, strategy, tactics
岳
point, peak, mountain
浜
seacoast, beach, seashore
舎
cottage, inn, hut, house, mansion
再
again, twice, second time
虎
tiger, drunkard
寅
sign of the tiger, 3-5AM, third sign of Chinese zodiac
演
performance, act, play, render, stage
黄
yellow
横
sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof, unreasonable, perverse
構
posture, build, pretend
講
lecture, club, association
購
subscription, buy
溝
gutter, ditch, sewer, drain, 10^32
仮
sham, temporary, interim, assumed (name), informal
片
one-sided, leaf, sheet, right-side kata radical (no. 91)
版
printing block, printing plate, edition, impression, label
板
plank, board, plate, stage
販
marketing, sell, trade
義
righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning
議
deliberation, consultation, debate, consideration
儀
ceremony, rule, affair, case, a matter
犠
sacrifice
牲
animal sacrifice, offering
旨
delicious, relish, show a liking for, purport, will, clever, expert
指
finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler)
揮
brandish, wave, wag, swing, shake
輝
radiance, shine, sparkle, gleam, twinkle
刺
thorn, pierce, stab, prick, sting, calling card
策
scheme, plan, policy, step, means
差
distinction, difference, variation, discrepancy, margin, balance
着
don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing
看
watch over, see
到
arrival, proceed, reach, attain, result in
倒
overthrow, fall, collapse, drop, break down
論
argument, discourse
倫
ethics, companion
輪
wheel, ring, circle, link, loop, counter for wheels and flowers
輸
transport, send, be inferior
諭
rebuke, admonish, charge, warn, persuade
愉
pleasure, happy, rejoice
癒
healing, cure, quench (thirst), wreak
台
pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles
治
reign, be at peace, calm down, subdue, quell, govt, cure, heal, rule, conserve
冶
melting, smelting
療
heal, cure
僚
colleague, official, companion
瞭
clear
寮
dormitory, hostel, villa, tea pavillion
始
commence, begin
終
end, finish
了
complete, finish
承
acquiesce, hear, listen to, be informed, receive
蒸
steam, heat, sultry, foment, get musty
舞
dance, flit, circle, wheel
隣
neighboring
瞬
wink, blink, twinkle
夢
dream, vision, illusion
枝
bough, branch, twig, limb, counter for branches
技
skill, art, craft, ability, feat, performance, vocation, arts
伎
deed, skill
岐
branch off, fork in road, scene, arena, theater
峠
mountain peak, mountain pass, climax, crest, (kokuji)
阜
hill, mound, left village radical (no. 170)
急
hurry, emergency, sudden, steep
争
contend, dispute, argue
情
feelings, emotion, passion, sympathy, circumstances, facts
清
pure, purify, cleanse, exorcise, Manchu dynasty
晴
clear up
精
refined, ghost, fairy, energy, vitality, semen, excellence, purity, skill
請
solicit, invite, ask
静
quiet
浄
clean, purify, cleanse, exorcise, Manchu Dynasty
算
calculate, divining, number, abacus, probability
答
solution, answer
符
token, sign, mark, tally, charm
博
Dr., command, esteem, win acclaim, Ph.D., exposition, fair
縛
truss, arrest, bind, tie, restrain
簿
register, record book
薄
dilute, thin, weak (tea), pampas grass
采
dice, form, appearance, take, gather, coloring
菜
vegetable, side dish, greens
採
pick, take, fetch, take up
彩
coloring, paint, makeup
杉
cedar, cryptomeria
街
boulevard, street, town
術
art, technique, skill, means, trick, resources, magic
述
mention, state, speak, relate
余
too much, myself, surplus, other, remainder
除
exclude, division (x/3), remove, abolish, cancel, except
徐
gradually, slowly, deliberately, gently
叙
confer, relate, narrate, describe
斜
diagonal, slanting, oblique
途
route, way, road
塗
paint, plaster, daub, smear, coating
漆
lacquer, varnish, seven
仙
hermit, wizard, cent
垂
droop, suspend, hang, slouch
乗
ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join
兼
concurrently, and, beforehand, in advance
剰
surplus, besides
睡
drowsy, sleep, die
眠
sleep, die, sleepy
郵
mail, stagecoach stop
錘
weight, plumb bob, sinker, spindle
華
splendor, flower, petal, shine, luster, ostentatious, showy, gay, gorgeous
侵
encroach, invade, raid, trespass, violate
浸
immersed, soak, dip, steep, moisten, wet, dunk
寝
lie down, sleep, rest, bed, remain unsold
掃
sweep, brush
婦
lady, woman, wife, bride
戻
re-, return, revert, resume, restore, go backwards
涙
tears, sympathy
射
shoot, shine into, onto, archery
謝
apologize, thank, refuse
討
chastise, attack, defeat, destroy, conquer
訂
revise, correct, decide
打
strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen
撃
beat, attack, defeat, conquer
拭
wipe, mop, swab
試
test, try, attempt, experiment, ordeal
検
examination, investigate
験
verification, effect, testing
険
precipitous, inaccessible place, impregnable position, steep place, sharp eyes
倹
frugal, economy, thrifty
剣
sabre, sword, blade, clock hand
谷
valley
欲
longing, covetousness, greed, passion, desire, craving
浴
bathe, be favored with, bask in
容
contain, form, looks
溶
melt, dissolve, thaw
俗
vulgar, customs, manners, worldliness, mundane things
裕
abundant, rich, fertile
寛
tolerant, leniency, generosity, relax, feel at home, be at ease, broadminded
甘
sweet, coax, pamper, be content, sugary
紺
dark blue, navy
紅
crimson, deep red
攻
aggression, attack, criticize, polish
功
achievement, merits, success, honor, credit
巧
adroit, skilled, ingenuity
朽
decay, rot, remain in seclusion
枯
wither, die, dry up, be seasoned
汚
dirty, pollute, disgrace, rape, defile
升
measuring box, 1.8 liter
弁
valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap
昇
rise up
登
ascend, climb up
澄
lucidity, be clear, clear, clarify, settle, strain, look grave
充
allot, fill
銃
gun, arms
統
overall, relationship, ruling, governing
流
current, a sink, flow, forfeit
硫
sulphur
盲
blind, blind man, ignoramus
忘
forget
忙
busy, occupied, restless
荒
laid waste, rough, rude, wild
慌
disconcerted, be confused, lose one’s head
望
ambition, full moon, hope, desire, aspire to, expect
希
hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal
稀
rare, phenomenal, dilute (acid)
括
fasten, tie up, arrest, constrict
拘
arrest, seize, concerned, adhere to, despite
拾
pick up, gather, find, go on foot, ten
捨
discard, throw away, abandon, resign, reject, sacrifice
孤
orphan, alone
弧
arc, arch, bow
弾
bullet, twang, flip, snap
禅
Zen, silent meditation
系
lineage, system
係
person in charge, connection, duty, concern oneself
孫
grandchild, descendants
懸
state of suspension, hang, depend, consult, distant, far apart
偏
partial, side, left-side radical, inclining, biased
遍
everywhere, times, widely, generally
編
compilation, knit, plait, braid, twist, editing, completed poem, part of a book
篇
volume, chapter, book, editing, compilation
普
universal, wide(ly), generally, Prussia
譜
musical score, music, note, staff, table, genealogy
職
post, employment, work
織
weave, fabric
識
discriminating, know, write
殉
martyrdom, follow by resigning
退
retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject
眼
eyeball
智
wisdom, intellect, reason
仁
humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel
忍
endure, bear, put up with, conceal, secrete, spy, sneak
認
acknowledge, witness, discern, recognize, appreciate, believe
求
request, want, wish for, require, demand
救
salvation, save, help, rescue, reclaim
球
ball, sphere
屯
barracks, police station, camp, ton
純
genuine, purity, innocence, net (profit)
況
condition, situation
悦
ecstasy, joy, rapture
克
overcome, kindly, skillfully
競
emulate, compete with, bid, sell at auction, bout, contest, race
姉
elder sister
妹
younger sister
珠
pearl, gem, jewel
殊
particularly, especially, exceptionally
序
preface, beginning, order, precedence, occasion, chance, incidentally
秩
regularity, salary, order
迭
transfer, alternation
喜
rejoice, take pleasure in
善
virtuous, good, goodness
繕
darning, repair, mend, trim, tidy up, adjust
膳
small low table, tray
憾
remorse, regret, be sorry
恨
regret, bear a grudge, resentment, malice, hatred
惜
pity, be sparing of, frugal, stingy, regret
措
set aside, give up, suspend, discontinue, lay aside, except
借
borrow, rent
錯
confused, mix, be in disorder
曽
formerly, once, before, ever, never, ex-
増
increase, add, augment, gain, promote
層
stratum, social class, layer, story, floor
憎
hate, detest
僧
Buddhist priest, monk
贈
presents, send, give to, award to, confer on, presenting something
賄
bribe, board, supply, finance
賂
bribe
賦
levy, ode, prose, poem, tribute, installment
賊
burglar, rebel, traitor, robber
帯
sash, belt, obi, zone, region
滞
stagnate, be delayed, overdue, arrears
渋
astringent, hesitate, reluctant, have diarrhea
摂
vicarious, surrogate, act in addition to, take in, absorb
為
do, change, make, benefit, welfare, be of use, reach to, try, practice, cost, serve as, good, advantage, as a result of
偽
falsehood, lie, deceive, pretend, counterfeit, forgery
参
nonplussed, three (in documents), going, coming, visiting, visit, be defeated, die, be madly in love, participate, take part in
惨
wretched, disaster, cruelty, harsh
呂
spine, backbone
侶
companion, follower
宮
Shinto shrine, constellations, palace, princess
営
occupation, camp, perform, build, conduct (business)
蛍
lightning-bug, firefly
栄
flourish, prosperity, honor, glory, splendor
誉
reputation, praise, honor, glory
挙
raise, plan, project, behavior, actions
拳
fist
桜
cherry
妥
gentle, peace, depravity
咲
blossom, bloom
朕
majestic plural, imperial we
茎
stalk, stem
径
diameter, path, method
怪
suspicious, mystery, apparition
軽
lightly, trifling, unimportant
経
sutra, longitude, pass thru, expire, warp
斉
adjusted, alike, equal, similar variety of
斎
purification, Buddhist food, room, worship, avoid, alike
済
settle (debt, etc.), relieve (burden), finish, come to an end, excusable, need not
剤
dose, medicine, drug
剖
divide
陪
obeisance, follow, accompany, attend on
培
cultivate, foster
賠
compensation, indemnify
貼
stick, paste, apply
粘
sticky, glutinous, greasy, persevere
衡
equilibrium, measuring rod, scale
換
interchange, period, change, convert, replace, renew
喚
yell, cry, call, scream, summon
絶
discontinue, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress, be beyond, without match, peerless, unparalleled
免
excuse, dismissal
逸
deviate, idleness, leisure, miss the mark, evade, elude, parry, diverge
勉
exertion, endeavour, encourage, strive, make effort, diligent
晩
nightfall, night
許
permit, approve
象
elephant, pattern after, imitate, image, shape, sign (of the times)
像
statue, picture, image, figure, portrait
彫
carve, engrave, chisel
景
scenery, view
影
shadow, silhouette, phantom
撮
snapshot, take pictures
就
concerning, settle, take position, depart, study, per
涼
refreshing, nice and cool
鯨
whale
隔
isolate, alternate, distance, separate, gulf
融
dissolve, melt
肖
resemblance
消
extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
硝
nitrate, saltpeter
梢
treetops, twig
削
plane, sharpen, whittle, pare, shave
宵
wee hours, evening, early night
宴
banquet, feast, party
郷
home town, village, native place, district
饗
banquet
響
echo, sound, resound, ring, vibrate
城
castle
誠
sincerity, admonish, warn, prohibit, truth, fidelity
盛
boom, prosper, copulate
旺
flourishing, successful, beautiful, vigorous
唾
saliva, sputum
港
harbor
舗
shop, store, pave
誓
vow, swear, pledge
匹
equal, head, counter for small animals, roll of cloth
佳
excellent, beautiful, good, pleasing, skilled
虞
fear, uneasiness, anxiety, concern, expectation, consideration
凹
concave, hollow, sunken
嫁
marry into, bride
様
Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix
企
undertake, scheme, design, attempt, plan
曲
bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
典
code, ceremony, law, rule
興
entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure
輿
palanquin, bier, public opinion, the earth
竜
dragon, imperial
滝
waterfall, rapids, cascade
籠
basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself, cage, coop, implied
辰
sign of the dragon, 7-9AM, fifth sign of Chinese zodiac, shin dragon radical (no. 161)
農
agriculture, farmers
濃
concentrated, thick, dark, undiluted
豊
bountiful, excellent, rich
吉
good luck, joy, congratulations
詰
packed, close, pressed, reprove, rebuke, blame
結
tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten
投
throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
役
duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
没
drown, sink, hide, fall into, disappear, die
設
establishment, provision, prepare
段
grade, steps, stairs
殺
kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil
刹
temple
刈
reap, cut, clip, trim, prune
絵
picture, drawing, painting, sketch
給
salary, wage, gift, allow, grant, bestow on
巴
comma-design
色
color
声
voice
眉
eyebrow
里
ri, village, parent’s home, league
理
logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
埋
bury, be filled up, embedded
野
plains, field, rustic, civilian life
黒
black
墨
black ink, India ink, ink stick, Mexico
童
juvenile, child
量
quantity, measure, weight, amount, consider, estimate, surmise
重
heavy, important, esteem, respect, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
動
move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
働
work, (kokuji)
労
labor, thank for, reward for, toil, trouble
協
co-, cooperation
種
species, kind, class, variety, seed
亜
Asia, rank next, come after, -ous
悪
bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
要
need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
価
value, price
必
invariably, certain, inevitable
証
evidence, proof, certificate
歪
warp, bend, strained, distort
否
negate, no, noes, refuse, decline, deny
処
dispose, manage, deal with, sentence, condemn, act, behave, place
拠
foothold, based on, follow, therefore
計
plot, plan, scheme, measure
針
needle, pin, staple, stinger
総
general, whole, all, full, total
窓
window, pane
矢
dart, arrow
知
know, wisdom
医
doctor, medicine
短
short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point
失
lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss
鉄
iron
夫
husband, man
朱
vermilion, cinnabar, scarlet, red, bloody
株
stocks, stump, shares, stock, counter for small plants
族
tribe, family
旅
trip, travel
遊
play
施
give, bestow, perform, alms
旋
rotation, go around
旗
national flag, banner, standard
放
set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
激
violent, get excited, enraged, chafe, incite
牧
breed, care for, shepherd, feed, pasture
位
rank, grade, throne, crown, about, some
泣
cry, weep, moan
笑
laugh
専
specialty, exclusive, mainly, solely
恵
favor, blessing, grace, kindness
連
take along, lead, join, connect, party, gang, clique
軍
army, force, troops, war, battle
運
carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance
蓮
lotus
隊
regiment, party, company, squad
呈
display, offer, present, send, exhibit
程
extent, degree, law, formula, distance, limits, amount
聖
holy, saint, sage, master, priest
丑
sign of the ox or cow, 1-3AM, second sign of Chinese zodiac
紐
string, cord, braid, lace, tape, strap, ribbon
革
leather, skin, reform, become serious
靴
shoes
鞄
suitcase, bag, briefcase
皮
pelt, skin, hide, leather, skin radical (no. 107)
破
rend, rip, tear, break, destroy, defeat, frustrate
彼
he, that, the
波
waves, billows, Poland
果
fruit, reward, carry out, achieve, complete, end, finish, succeed
課
chapter, lesson, section, department, division, counter for chapters (of a book)
巣
nest, rookery, hive, cobweb, den
菓
candy, cakes, fruit
茶
tea
世
generation, world, society, public
葉
leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece
棄
abandon, throw away, discard, resign, reject, sacrifice
緑
green
録
record
剥
come off, peel, fade, discolor
縁
affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink
介
jammed in, shellfish, mediate, concern oneself with
界
world, boundary
浮
floating, float, rise to surface
将
leader, commander, general, admiral, or, and again, soon, from now on, just about
奨
exhort, urge, encourage
状
status quo, conditions, circumstances, form, appearance
病
ill, sick
症
symptoms, illness
痛
pain, hurt, damage, bruise
憶
recollection, think, remember
臆
timidity, heart, mind, fear, cowardly
億
hundred million, 10^8
視
inspection, regard as, see, look at
規
standard, measure
則
rule, follow, based on, model after
側
side, lean, oppose, regret
測
fathom, plan, scheme, measure
考
consider, think over
老
old man, old age, grow old
孝
filial piety, child’s respect
厚
thick, heavy, rich, kind, cordial, brazen, shameless
教
teach, faith, doctrine
完
perfect, completion, end
院
Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school
奈
Nara, what?
宗
religion, sect, denomination, main point, origin, essence
祭
ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship
際
occasion, side, edge, verge, dangerous, adventurous, indecent, time, when
察
guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand
祈
pray, wish
祖
ancestor, pioneer, founder
助
help, rescue, assist
仲
go-between, relationship
忠
loyalty, fidelity, faithfulness
沖
open sea, offing, rise high into sky
保
protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain, support
呆
be amazed, disgusted, shocked
守
guard, protect, defend, obey
団
group, association
対
vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare
村
village, town
才
genius, years old, cubic shaku
財
property, money, wealth, assets
材
lumber, log, timber, wood, materials, ingredients, talent
沈
sink, be submerged, subside, be depressed, aloes
枕
pillow
丈
length, ten shaku, measure, Mr., Ms., height, stature, all (one has), only, that’s all, merely
杖
staff, cane
偉
admirable, greatness, remarkable, conceited, famous, excellent
緯
horizontal, woof, left & right, (parallels of) latitude, prediction
衛
defense, protection
韓
Korea
違
difference, differ
抱
embrace, hug, hold in arms
砲
cannon, gun
泡
bubbles, foam, suds, froth
丹
rust-colored, red, red lead, pills, sincerity
舟
boat, ship
船
ship, boat
舶
liner, ship
般
carrier, carry, all, general, sort, kind
搬
conveyor, carry, transport
盤
tray, shallow bowl, platter, tub, board, phonograph record
歯
tooth, cog
冷
cool, cold (beer, person), chill
齢
age
少
few, little
砂
sand
歩
walk, counter for steps
渉
ford, go cross, transit, ferry, import, involve
省
focus, government ministry, conserve
相
inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
想
concept, think, idea, thought
称
appellation, praise, admire, name, title, fame
弥
all the more, increasingly
互
mutually, reciprocally, together
務
task, duties
柔
tender, weakness, gentleness, softness
軟
soft