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Some kanji are the same as the radicals. Although the definition may the same, the readings may be Remember that the readings may be onyomi or kunyomi.

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大した

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たいした
Great (considerable, important, big deal)
Adj
When something is great, you better wear a tie.

The 大 kanji had two onyomi readings
*した is the past tense of すり (to do)
In this case, “did big” = great
I have so much TO DO, SHITa

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大人

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おとな
Adult
Noun = adult
Adj = Mature
Oh to know youth again

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了

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りょう (onyomi)
Finish, complete, end
Two barbs attached together to finish the bait. Time to fish, lets get in the RYOboat

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丸

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まる (kunyomi)
Circular, round
MA RU kya? Why aren’t your rotis round

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才

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さい (onyomi)
Genius
SAIborgs are geniuses

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六

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ろく
Six
Cooking SIX fish (fins radical) in the pot (with the lid radical on). Roku unko! Stop her, I forgot to add the spice

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日

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Sun (vocab meaning same as kanji), day
にち(sun ke NICHI hai)
じつ (GEe, T(S)U readings?)

ひ, び, か (vocab kunyomi)
The sun is keeping me HEated

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木

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もく, ぼく
Tree, wood (kanji and radical meaning the same)
Imagine the tree from lotr MOcKUing you

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出

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しゅつ (onyomi)
Exit
Using the mountain radical, therefore you are trying to EXIT the mountain
Before you can exit, someone SHUutsu

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々

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のま
Repeater
A kanji that indicates a repetition of the kanji before it
NO MA! I can’t take it

ノマ
No and ma in katakana. The kanji looks like these put together

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上る

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のぼる
To climb
NO BOy, stop climbing that

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人力

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にゅうりょく
Input, entry
Noun
When you input things, you have to put a NYULOCK on it

力 has two readings

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大きい

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おおきい
Big
Two big eyes O.O because they’re so big

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九

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きゅう or く
Nine

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九つ

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ここのつ
Numeral

Nine things
I have nine COCONOTSu

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才

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さい
Genius
He’s so smart he created a SA I Borg

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一つ

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ひとつ
One thing
HI TOught TSU could just make HI TO RI without us noticing

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一人

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ひとり
One person
Today, this person made HI TO RI

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子

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Child
し, す (kanji reading)
You’re staring at the child, SHI is SO bratty

Kid
こ (kunyomi)
In fact, she’s so bratty she punched someone, it was a KO!

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土

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Dirt
ど,と (single kanji reading)
Looks like a dog’s nail
Dogs love the dirt

Soil, earth, ground, dirt
つち (single kanji vocab, kunyomi)
The dog buried two cheeses in the dirt

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中

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1 Middle
ちゅう
Imagine the straight line is a chicken wing and the square are teeth. The wing is being CHU’d on

  1. Inside
    なか
    You CHU’d so hard you knocked your teeth out
    NAKA (knock), knock let me in!
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丁

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ちょう , てい (onyomi)
There is a T and I in the radical itself. Miss. TOU aka Chou on the streets (radical) looking for you

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刀

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とう (radical, onyomi reading)
Sword, the TO sound has a sword sticking out of it

かたな (single kanji, kunyomi reading)
Sword = katana

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千

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Thousands
せん
How many SENts in a thousand

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五

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Five
ご (onyomi reading)
Five, four, three, two, one, GO!’

*Reminder, all numbers (except 4 and 7) use the onyomi reading. All other single kanji use the kunyomi reading

いつ (kunyomi)

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  1. 円
  2. 〜円
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  1. Yen
    えん
    Lid radical inside
    It’s a change purse for all your yen
  2. Yen
    The ~ is a placeholder for a number
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月

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  1. げつ, がつ (onyomi)
    Moon/month
    gatsu only for naming months
  2. つき (single vocab, kunyomi)
    Two slots for TSU KEys
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火

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  1. か (onyomi)
    Fire
    Your CAr is on fire!
    Same kanji reading as below
  2. ひ (single kanji vocab, kunyomi)
    The fire is HEATed
    Same kanji reading as sun
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犬

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いぬ (kunyomi)
Dog
I NU dogs are evil

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王

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おう
King
OH great king, spare me

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右

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  1. Right
    ゆう, う (onyomi kanji)
    Narwhal + mouth radical
    Narwhals’ mouths are always on the right, at least that’s what the YOUths learned in school
  2. Right direction
    みぎ (kunyomi single kanji vocab)
    MI GIts dem youth to school
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夕

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ゆう
Evening
All the YOUths loitering at night

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四

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Four
1. し (onyomi)
Same reading as child 子
SHI is just a child, that’s why she’s crawling on all FOURs still

  1. よん (kunyomi)
    1, 2, 3 YAWN, 4
    Single kanji numbers use the onyomi instead of kunyomi except 4 and 7 because し sounds like death
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左

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  1. Left
    さ
    See the construction kanji? You need a SAw to be able to get anything done (use gun as a symbol for saw
  2. ひだり
    H for ひ and T for だ in the kanji
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本

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ほん (onyomi)
Book, origin, real, main
Books MAINLY ORIGINATE in REAL life and you read books to HONe your intellect

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正

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Correct
せい, しょう (onyomi
Stop radical
Think of the letter “S”
SHOw me what you got SExY

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玉

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Ball
たま (kunyomi)
Look for the T, it’s King TAMAr, dropping the ball again

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田

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Rice paddy, field
た (kunyomi)
Ew, who puts rice in their TAcos

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白

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White
1. はく(onyomi)
Kanji looks like a phone, it got HAKUed

  1. しろ (single kanji vocab kunyomi)
    The SHEER audacity of someone to hack my iPhone
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目

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Eye
め
Looks like an eye

40
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立

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Stand
りつ, りゅう (onyomi)
Standing tall, yo got the RIzz

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〜才

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Years old, age
さい
Same as the reading for the genius kanji 才

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出る

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To exit, to leave, to attend, to come out, to go out
でる (kunyomi)
We are exiting because this room is dead, it’s a DEad ROom

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出口

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Exit
でぐち (kunyomi)
Time to leave DE GUCCI store

Usually jukugo words are the onyomi reading. No specific reason but sometimes “body part” kanjis will switch it to the kunyomi reading.

口 (くち) becomes ぐち because of rendaku (sequential voicing = two words form a compound, causing the first consonant in the second word to become voiced)

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天

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Heaven
てん
There are ten levels in heaven

45
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木

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Tree
き (kunyomi)
もく (onyomi)
Use the key to open the door in the tree

46
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水

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Water
1. すい
The kanji looks like there is a SWIng in it. You use the swing to jump into the water. Can be typed in as SWI or SO I

  1. みず
    I’m cold from SWIning in the water, I want MIZU soup
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小

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Small
1. しょう (onyomi)
Same reading as correct kanji
You’re too small to do this correctly, SHOO!

  1. ちい (kunyomi)
    CHI, you’re too small!
48
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文

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Writing, sentence
ぶん, もん
Imagine the Hogwarts library. Peeves is messing around with the books. BONes and creepy MOaNs

49
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夕べ

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Last night
ゆうべ
The YoUths are in BEd
or I spent all evening (radical) in BEd

50
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女の子

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Girl
おんなのこ

These are both kunyomi readings which have been learned before

の acts as a particle that makes something possessive

51
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女子

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Girl
じよし

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丸い

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Circular
まるい

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五日

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Fifth day, day five
いつか

ITTSU KAraoke time, since the fifth day is Friday!! Party on the weekend

Words that count days use an exceptional reading. Even though this is a jukugo word, it uses kun’yomi readings for both the kanji

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五十

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Fifty
ごじゅう

Jakugo, then readings for this word has been learned

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五つ

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Five things
いつつ

い is the kunyomi of 五
Other reading is ご

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六つ

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Six things
むっつ
む hiragana mnemonic is MOO for a cow. Also looks like there is a six in there

57
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手

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Television
て
The TE is in the radical

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五月

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May
ごがつ
Five + moon radical
With months, がつ is used instead of げつ

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六月

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June
ろくがつ
Six + moon radical

60
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六日

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Sixth day
むいか

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十六

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Sixteen
じゅうろく
Ten + six kanji (onyomi)

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左右

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Left and right, both ways, influence, control
さゆう

Jukugo, using onyomi reading

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一千

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One thousand
いっせん

Jukugo, using the onyomi いちせん
The ち turns to い

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千円

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Thousand yen
せんえん

65
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円い

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Round
まるい
Same as 丸. reading which means circular
Yen and the above as an adj represents a flat, round object

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天才

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Genius
てんさい

Jukugo so onyomi readings.
The heaven kanji doesn’t affect the meaning of the word

67
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十月

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October
じゅうがつ

Jukugo, onyomi

68
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一月

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January
いちがつ

69
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二月

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February
にがつ
I NEED Feb to be over

70
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火山

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Volcano
かざん
The 山 reading is ざん instead of さん because of rendaku

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子犬

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Puppy
こいぬ

Jukogo but both the kanji 子 and 犬 often favor kun’yomi reading

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王子

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Prince
おうじ
し becomes じ
In this case, the onyomi reading for 子 is used

73
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女王

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Queen
じょおう

74
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王女

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Princess
おうじょ

75
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四月

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April
しがつ

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日本

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Japan (sun + origin kanji = land of the rising sun)
1. にほん
日 is shortened from にち to に
2. にっぽん

77
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正しい

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Correct
Adj as it ends in い
ただしい
TA DA, your prize for getting it correct!

78
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正す

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To correct
Verb as it ends in う sound
ただす

79
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玉ねぎ

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Onion (round)
たまねぎ

80
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白人

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White person
はくじん

Jukugo

81
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目玉

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Eyeball
めだま (both kunyomi even though it’s jukugo)
From めたま to めだま (rendaku)

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二日

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Second day
ふつか

*Words that count days use kunyomi even though it is a jukugo word

83
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人々

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People
人々 = 人人
ひとびと (ひ to び because of rendaku)

84
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一日

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  1. One day
    いちにち
  2. First day
    ついたち (exception to all rules)
    It’s your first day, SU no TOUCHIng
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三日

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Third day
みっか
On the third day, you have to give ME a ride in your CAr

*Counting days is an exception to jukugo/onyomi readings

86
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七日

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Seventh day
なのか
NAh, NO CAr today

87
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九日

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Ninth day
ここのか

Same as 九つ

88
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八日

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Eight day
ようか
YO, where is the CAr?

89
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十日

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Tenth day
とおか
No way they TOWed the CAr?

90
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下手

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Unskillful, bad at, not good
へた
I’m not unskilled, you’re just a HETAr

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上手

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Skillful, good at
じょうず
Joyjul that I am skilled at something

92
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立つ

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To stand
たつ
“TA TA, I’m out of here” you say, as you get up to go

93
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丁

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Street
ちょう, てい

94
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中々

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Very
中中
なかなか

95
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水中

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Underwater
すいちゅう
SUIwitch on the oxygen tank, we are going underwater!

96
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大きさ

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Size
OHH, that’s big

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