Level 5 Flashcards
角
angle, corner
On’yomi
かく
Kun’yomi
かど
meaning:
You have an enclosure trying to enclose the elephant. But, as you can see already, the elephant is way too big for it. No matter what angle you turn the elephant, you’re unable to get it inside the enclosure.
reading:
You finally figure out the right angle to get the elephant into the enclosure. Wow, this is great! But, the moment you start squeezing it in, you hear a big squawk. The enclosure is already filled with cocks (かく), and they’re all flying around fighting with each other, and scratching the elephant too.
青
blue
On’yomi
しょう, せい
Kun’yomi
あお
reading:
When we need to remember the on’yomi せい we think of Hard Gay (because he says “sei sei sei.” When we need to remember the on’yomi しょう we think of a shogun. In this case, Hard Gay is thrusting against a shogun. Think of something really blue… is it the Blue Man Group in Las Vegas? They’re putting on an event for the shogun (しょう), and they have a very special guest, Hard Gay (せい). He hops down from the stage and starts vigorously humping the shogun’s leg.
体
body
On’yomi
たい
Kun’yomi
からだ
meaning:
The real leader’s body is here… so who’s the other leader? Is he a fake?
reading:
How do you know this is the real leader’s body though, and not someone else’s body? Because the real leader always would wear a tie (たい) with monkeys on it, and this body has a tie with monkeys on it. Now you know the facts.
色
color
Kun’yomi
いろ
reading:
You already have color on the mind because you know the meaning of this kanji, so think of something colorful about yourself. Imagine your ear (いろ) being a weird color… green, purple, red, whatever. Just make it really bright and standing out.
来
come
On’yomi
らい
Kun’yomi
く.る
meaning:
There’s rice spread out all over the ground. This will cause the Predator to come because he loves kome (rice)
reading:
When they come, though, everyone is disappointed. It turns out it’s rye (らい) grains, and rye grains taste terrible. Yuck.
社
company
On’yomi
しゃ
Kun’yomi
やしろ
meaning:
There’s this mass pelican grave. Who on earth would kill all the pelicans? You look around, and see a giant building. It’s a local pelican hunting company. They’re obviously responsible for all these pelican graves.
reading:
The company hired a shaman (しゃ) to help them kill all the pelicans. The shaman does a shaman ritual that lulls the pelicans into a false sense of security and then the company kills them.
図
diagram
On’yomi
ず
meaning:
The treasures are in the mouth where there’s ice. How cryptic! You want to find the treasure, that’s for sure (treasure is great!). It is somewhere where there is ice, so maybe the arctic? What you are looking at is a diagram which will guide you there.
reading:
What will you do when you find these treasures that are shown on the diagram? Well, you get there, and you find that the treasure is actually a wooly mammoth! What will you do with this wooly mammoth? You grab it and put it in your zoo (ず).
毎
every
On’yomi
まい
meaning:
You see some windows… you have a gun. What do you think you’re going to do with this gun? Of course, you’re going to shoot the windows… every single one of them.
reading:
“That’s my window!!” someone screams at you, before they come at you with a hatchet.
羽
feather, wing
Kun’yomi
はね
reading:
All these feathers. You’re a bird man / woman, and you’re getting ready to fly. Just as you’re about to take off, someone dumps you with honey はね and you’re all goopy, unable to go anywhere.
林
forest, woods
On’yomi
りん
Kun’yomi
はやし
reading:
So, now you have this forest and you want to cut it down (so much money!). But, you don’t have any tools, only your hands. You think… I’ve done karate for a while, so I can probably chop it down that way. You get in a chopping stance, then do your battle cry and hit: “HAYA … .SHI******!”
行
go
On’yomi
こう
Kun’yomi
い.く, おこな.う
reading:
Knowing the kanji’s meaning, you know you have to go somewhere. So, where will you go? You will go to こういち’s house.
金
gold
On’yomi
きん
Kun’yomi
かね
reading:
If you have a lot of gold your long lost kin will start appearing out of nowhere, pretending to be friendly.
草
grass, weed
On’yomi
そう
Kun’yomi
くさ
meaning:
Instead of a “cross” let’s say that 十 is “ten” for this time.
You expose your flowers to ten suns. They are instantly burned up, and all that remains is grass.
reading:
We’re going to combine a couple things here. When you need to remember く we use “cooties.” When you need to remember さ we use “saw.” So, くさ is a “cooties saw.”
You have plenty of grass in front of you, but you want to get rid of it. You take your cooties saw (くさ), which is a saw made out of cooties, and cut out a huge chunk of the grass and tear it up so that you can replant and get those flowers back again.
里
home village, home town
On’yomi
り
Kun’yomi
さと
meaning:
Turns out, your home village is known for all its beautiful sunflowers.
reading:
You were so excited to visit your home village this year that when you got home you put a saddle (さと) on your horse and rode around in the middle of the sunflower field and took in the smells. The saddle prevents unnecessary chafing. Good choice.
作
make
On’yomi
さく, さ
Kun’yomi
つく.る
meaning:
The leader’s key is the key that makes all the other keys. It’s sort of like the one ring to rule them all, the one ring to bind them… except with keys.
reading:
You make a key for an underling, and he looks at it disapprovingly (even though you’re their leader!). He simply says, “this key sucks” (さく) and then walks off. How could this be?
多
many, much, lots of
On’yomi
た
Kun’yomi
おお.い
meaning:
How many evenings are there? There are many.
reading:
To remember the reading た we use the word “Taco”
Let’s start with the kanji meaning: many. You go outside in the evening (because that’s what this kanji is made up of) and are surprised when you’re hit by manytacos flying from the sky. For some reason it’s raining tacos, and of course you have no idea why.
