Level 4 Flashcards
去
Past
きょ、こ
When you were a little 子 (こ) a lot happened. But you want to bury it (dirt radical above private radical) all in the past in your little kyoto house (which is different from your regular kyoto house きょう)
号
Number, edition, model
ごう
Grandpa is ごういち
He’s been trapped in the prison for a while and is GOing crazy, saying a bunch of random numbers (This uses the mouth, ground and prison radicals)
The same reading is used when 号 is a vocab word. It is the onyomi reading and used like jukugo because it is usually with another number.
央
Center
おう
Middle of a person is their center
Imagine you’re looking at the 王’s center (same reading)
打
Hit
だ
Street fingers hitting everyone since DAy one
氷
Ice
こおり
You have to CORe through the ice to be able to go ice fishing
Water + drop radical
申
Say Humbly
もう
The MOre you say, the more famous you get so it’s important to say it humbly so people don’e get sick of you
先
Previous
せん
Slide + legs + dirt radical
Referring to CENtaurs running through the dirt, a mythical creature from previous times
名
Famous, name
めい
みょう
Evening, mouth! MAY you have a good night! Means famous, imagine the star bowing to the audience
年
- Year
ねん
These are nendoroids, little Japanese figurine toys that are released yearly - Year, age
とし
早
Early, fast, quick
Sun + cross
そう
The sun rises above the cross SO fast
百
Hundred
ひゃく
Goofy laughing because he’s stacked a hundred leaves on the sun.
男
Man
だん、なん
Looks like a man with a big head running. He’s gonna run till DAWN until he has NUN’ left in the tank
町
Town
1. Kanji: ちょう
Ms. Chou is back, patrolling the streets of this town
- Vocab: まさ
But then she want crazy and took a match to burn the town down. The rice paddy looks like a soccer match field.
石
- Stone
せき
The stone SKIdded across the ground - Stone
いし
Throwing the stone is so EASY
子牛
Calf
こうし
切手
Postage stamp
きって [kitte]
白い
White
しろい
はく= kanji reading
しろ= vocab reading
二十日
Twentieth day
はつか
Words that count days are an exceptional reading. 二 (に) and 十 (じゅう) are exceptions and 日 (にち) is か which is kunyomi
丸ごと
In it’s entirety
まるごと
You have to GO TO the entire length of the circumference of the circle to know it’s entirety
出かける
To go out
でかける
出 kunyomi reading is で and onyomi is しゅつ
口にする
To mention
口 (mouth) に (particle defining location) する (to do).
ちにする
Can be used to describe multiple actions completed by the mouth i.e. to say, to eat, to drink, etc.
生きる
To live, to be alive, to exist
いきる
Jesse McCartney song: “Because you live, I live”
右手
Right hand side, right arm
みぎて
Jukugo
四日
Fourth day
よっか (yokka)
四 is よん but becomes a small つ
四つ
Four things
よっつ
四 is よん but becomes a small つ
四千
Four thousand
よんせん
Jukugo but 四 uses kunyomi as the onyomi reading is し which means death (死)
四十
Forty
よんじゅう
左手
Left hand side, left arm
ひだりて
Although jukugo, does not use onyomi readings. Uses kunyomi, as body parts usually do
世
World
1. せい, せ
It’s your job to save the world
- よ(kunyomi)
Yo! It’s your job to save the world.
主
Master
しゆ
It’s master shifu or “shu” from kung fu panda
四百
Four hundred
よんひゃく
Remember, four uses the kunyomi reading.
年中
Year round
ねんじゅう
ちゅう changing to ぢゅう, but since ぢ is very rare it just switches to じ and you end up with じゅう.
字
Letter, character, symbol
じ
Jeez, how many kids are under this roof writing letters?
花
Flower
はな
Hannah planted these flowers.
写
Copy
しゃ
S in the kanji for sha, sha, sha
先生
Teacher, doctor, sensei
せんせい
Jukugo word (past + life)
竹
Bamboo
たけ
TAKe all the bamboo you need.
気
Energy, spirit
き, け
You need the KEy to the treasure box to unlock the energy spirit ball.
申し申し
Hello on telephone (only used when speaking on the phone. Is often not written out)
もうしもうし
貝
Shellfish, shell
かい
I went out in my kayak to catch some shellfish.
早い
Early, fast, quick
はやい
HA YAH! I’m an early riser, I’m ready to take on the day.
平
Flat, peace
へい (ひょう、びょう)
The arms are flat but they’re waving HEY!
先月
Last month
せんげつ
As of last month, your centaur gets up every night and ones to sleep in your bed.
耳
Ears
みみ
Singing “mi mi mi”
百万
Million
ひゃくまん
一年生
First year student
いちねんせい
申す
To say humbly, to say
もうす
“To say” but in formal situations only
先ず
First of all, to start with
まず
Adverb, rare reading and an exception.
First of all and to start with, you have to make it through this maze
足
Foot, sufficient
1. そく
You put a sock on your foot
- あし
You put a sock on to cover your ashy feet
不
Not
ふ, ぶ
You’re a fool…NOT!
先々月
Month before last
せんせんげつ
写
Copy
しゃ
Upside down C and an S in the beggar radical for “copy” and “sha”
少年
Boy
しょうねん
Back in the day, “few years” automatically referred to little boys.