Level 3 Flashcards
万
Ten thousand
Leaf + sword radical. Imagine cutting your leaf into ten thousand pieces. MAN, that’s a lot of work.
まん, はん
内
Inside
ない (onyomi)
NAI, I don’t want to come inside!
うち (kunyomi)
OH you’re CHIeesing me, just come inside!
Hiragana will usually be used in the sentence but still good to know.
分
- Part
Minute, separate, understand
ぶん, ふん, ぶ - Portion, content
ぶん
Used when describing the amount of something or fractions
Don’t confuse with book and writing readings
切
Cut
せつ
Seven SETs of swords used for cutting
友
Friend
ゆう
Same reading as evening and right
The YOUths are always out in the evening. The YOUths learned that that narwhal’s always have their eyes on the right. The YOUths are all friends with each other.
太
Fat
たい, た
Same reading as big
少
Few [A small + slide that only fits a few]
しょう
Same reading as small kanji on it’s own and correct kanji.
引
Pull
ひ
Bow + stick radical. You have to pull to release the stick from the bow. And if you go to fast, it will generate a lot of HEat
Same as the reading for fire, sun
牛
- Cow
ぎゅう
WaGYU beef
Using the “gun” radical to kill the cow and the cross to mark his death
- うし
The beef is mUSHY
止
Stop
し
Same as the kanji reading for child and four
You’re staring at the child, SHI (し) is SO (す) bratty. You tell her to stop but SHI (し) won’t listen. You want to KO her.
台
Machine
だい, たい
Private + mouth radicals, looks like a tight-lipped robot. Imagine it’s a huge robot, that’s why it has the same reading as the big kanji
外
Outside
がい
There’s a random GUY out there, beware
母
Mother
はは, かあ
Mom reminds me of sunshine, even when she laughs at me
テーブルの上
On the table
テーブルのうえ (katakana)
てーぶるのうえ (hiragana)
Loan word spells “TABLE” and うえ is the learned reading for 上. The の connects the two
ベッドの下
Under the bed
ベッドのした(katakana)
べっどのした (hiragana)
Loan word spells “BEDDO” and した is the learned reading for 下
山びこ
Echo
やまびこ
Sounds echoing in the mountain
日の出
Sunrise
ひので
Uses kunyomi readings for both
イギリス人
British person
イギリスじん (katakana)
いぎりすじん (hiragana)
アメリカ人
American
アメリカじん (katakana)
あめりかじん (hiragana)
フランス人
French person
フランスじん (katakana)
ふらんすじん (hiragana)
ビー玉
Marble
ビーだま (katakana)
びーだま (hiragana)
〜人
Number of people
にん
一人 (ひとり) and 二人 (ふたり) are the exceptions. Counting up after this is the reading for the number + にん i.e 5 人 is ごにん
大人しい
Obedient, quiet, calm
おとなしい
大人 = おとな
女の人
Woman, a more polite way to say it
おんなのひと
Uses the kunyomi readings as they are single vocab kanjis seperated by a particle
元
Origin
げん, がん
The tale of Genji was the first book ever written.
- もと
Gen crossed the MOat
今
Now
1. こん
The kanji is made up of an upside down and turned around “C”. What a CON.
- いま
I MAde this team to pull a big CON
心
Heart
1. しん [kanji]
Your heart is actually in your SHIN
- こころ [vocab]
Imaging the lines are COCOnuts falling in a ROw
午
Noon
ご
It’s noon, time to GO for lunch!
戸
Door
と
I slammed the door on my TOe
方
Direction, way
ほう
You’ll always find your way back HOme
父
Father
1. ちち, とう
ChaCha real smooth
Mom is HaHa
毛
Fur, hair
1. もう [kanji]
That’s a lot of fur, time to MOW it down
- け
I CAn’t keep MOWing your fur, there is too much
冬
Winter
ふゆ
Same meaning as 夂 radical, but don’t let that FOol YOU
北
North
1. ほく
Santa returns to the North Pole for a nice HOmeCOming
- Santa lives there so he doesn’t need a survival KIT(a).
半
Half
はん
HAN solo slices people in half with his laser
古
Old
こ
When you see the (古) radical in a kanji, there’s a good chance it will use the reading こ. Same as 子, which will often come up. 子 means child and the reading is し or こ
市
City
し
Looks like a skyscraper in New York SHitty
広
Wide
ひろ
Only a superHERO canopy radical to widen the prison radical.
用
Task, use
よう
YO, did you complete your tasks for the assignment today?
矢
Arrow
や
YA, watch where you shoot those things
生
Life
せい, しょう
Life is SExY, let’s SHOw it what we’ve got
Same as correct kanji
一万
Ten thousand
いちまん
Jukugo, using onyomi readings
二万
Twenty thousand
にまん
十万
One hundred thousand
じゅうまん
大切
Important, precious
たいせつ
Jukugo word using onyomi readings
He’s so important he has two TIE SETs
分かる
To understand, to be understandable
わかる
This is an intransitive verb.
The ball moved (intransitive) vs. I moved the ball (transitive). It becomes important as a determines what particles used.
切る
To cut
きる
Remember 木 is き . Imagine you’re cutting down a tree.
太い
Fat
Adjective
ふとい
The fat person cannot see their own foot
太る
To get fat, to gain weight
ふとる
少し
A little, few
すこし
Just a skosh more!
少ない
Few, little
すくない
She didn’t skosh? Nai, she didn’t
引く
To pull, to subtract, to attract
ひく
広げる
To spread something, to unfold, to open something up
ひろげる
半分
Half
はんぶん
Jukogu, readings already learned
お父さん
Father
おとうさん
お and さん are honorifics
一台
One machine
いちだい
二台
Two machines
にだい
五台
Five machines
ごだい
十台
Ten machines
じゅうだい
Jokugo
市立
Municipal
しりつ
Jukugo
シアトル市
The city of Seattle
しあとるし (hiragana)
シアトルし (katakana)
広い
Widen
Adj
ひろい
お母さん
おかあさん
I love my mom so much, I got her a new CAr
〜台
Number of machines
だい
少女
Girl
Few woman = younger = girl
しょうじょ
Jukugo
生まれる
To be born
うまれる
OOH, what a cute baby
生
Fresh, raw
Can also be used to describe a live event
なま
You’re fresh? I thought you were life! They said, that’s NAt MA name
戸口
Doorway
とぐち [rendaku]
出口 (exit) でぐち and 入り口 (entrance) いりぐち
古い
Old, ancient, out of fate
ふるい
When you’re old, you’re FUll of memories
中古
Secondhand
Something that’s “middle old” is secondhand
ちゅうこ
外
Outside
そと [vocab, kanji reading is がい]
The guy is going to slip on the ice outside, SALTo the driveway
外人
Foreigner
がいじん
“Outside person”, this is the less polite way
外国人 is the more polite way
人生
One’s life
じんせい
Jukugo, remember しょう is the other onyomi reading of 生
元パートナー
Ex-partner
もとぱーとなー (hiragana)
もとパートナー (katakana)
今日
Today
きょう
You’d think it be KONICHIwa but it’s not. KYu nai?
止ある
To stop, to prevent something
とめる
Stop! your TOE is going to get caught in the door
今月
This month
こんげつ
友人
Friend
ゆうじん
Jukugo
中止
Suspension
ちゅうし
Jukugo
方
Way
かた
let’s CUTah, time to go HOme (kanji reading ほう)
用いる
To utilize
もちい I can’t concentrate until I get my MOCHI snack
少さい
ちいさい
Small, little
