Level 6 Flashcards
大文字
Uppercase letters
おおもじ
耳打ち
Whisper in ear
みみうち
する
To do
全
All
1. ぜん [kanji]
Hat + king radicals, kings are ZEN because they wear the crown (hats) and are in power
おはよう
Good morning
地
Earth
1. ち、じ [kanji]
The cross is like a grave marker in the GROUND of the EARTH. “CHI” it’s so dirty, you have to clean it.
コーヒー
Coffee
これ
This one
化
- か [kanji]
Change
Leader + spoon radical. KAna KAke kapre CHANGE karo the leader says, we have a lot to do!
It’s like a person speaking into the mic, campaigning for change.
どれ
Which one
いつ
When
ホテル
Hotel
こんにちは
Hello
両
Both
1. りょう [kanji]
ROW, ROW, ROW your BOTH (boat)
私
I
し, わたし, わたくし
小文字
Lowercase letters
こもじ
テレビ
Television
行う
To carry something out, to perform something
おこなう
OK, NAUrr, I don’t want to do this
科
Course
1. か [kanji]
Grain + ladle radicals, you use your kitchen ingredients and tools to create a full CAourse meal
ドル
Dollar
タクシー1
Taxi
京
Capital
1. きょう [kanji]
KYOto was once the capital of Japan
国
Country
1. こく
The king of the country loves drinking COKE
2. くに
I can drink COKE everyday, KYU NAI
食
Eat
1. しょく [kanji]
Her stomach went into SHOCK from eating too much
活
Lively
1. かつ [kanji]
Tongue and tsunami radicals. The CATS are very lively, using their tongues to clean each other
夜
Night
1. や [kanji]
Y’All don’t even know about the night I have planned
You’re putting a lid (radical) on winter, the day is over. It’s nighttime. Which is why you’re putting a lid on it.
- よる
YOU’RE in for a rainy (radical) night
直
- Fix, direct
ちょく、じき
The big mouth is trying to eat the other radical, and CHOKES. It spits it out to fix it.
四十二
Forty-two
よんじゅうに
今年
- ことし (most common reading)
- こんねん
羊
Sheep
1. よう [kanji]
Sheep’s milk is used to make YOgurt
- ひつじ
You’re favourite sheep wouldn’t HIT YOU
星
Star
1. せい [kanji]
Stars are SExy
ノート
Notebook
三百
Three hundred
さんびゃく
方言
Dialect
ほうげん
The way you speak is your dialect
海
Sea
1. かい [kanji]
Tsunami and window radicals. I can see the SEA through the WINDOW. I’m going to go KAYaking.
次
Next
1. じ、し [kanji]
JEE, SHE really lacks nothing, she is NEXT to perfection. “She” is referring to the person radical.
- つぎ
Imagine the person climbing up onto the J landing. Only TWO more steps to go
亡
Death
1. ぼう [kanji]
BOW down to the god of death
見分ける
To distinguish, to tell apart
みわける
向
Yonder, facing
1. こう [kanji]
Drop and mustache radicals. There’s こういち, spitting on your beard from yonder.
出社
Going to the office, coming to work
しゅっしゃ
石ころ
Small stone
いしころ
Small stones are EASY to throw
妹
Younger sister
1. まい [kanji]
My MA had another baby because she wanted me to have a younger sister
- いもうと [vocab]
Younger sisters always EMOTe better
茶
Tea
1. ちゃ、さ [kanji]
代える
To replace with something
transitive
かえる
代わり
Replacement
かわり
有
Have
1. ゆう、う [kanji]
YOU HAVE everything I want!
州
State, province
1. しゅう
The rivers (radical) SHOws us the borders of each state
他の人
Someone else
ほかのひと
早口
Fast talker
はやくち
Mouth is a body part so both readings are kuyomi. Early talkers are fast talkers,
明
Bright
めい、みょう
Sun + moon are both bright
Things can bright when Spring starts, in MAY
あれ
That one over there
Something that’s far from both you and the person
生える
To grow, to spring up, to come out
はえる
HA! Everyone said it would be so hard TO GROW, but I did it
知
Know
1. ち [kanji]
CHI, what a know it all
曲
Music
1. きょく [kanji]
Looks like a boombox, it’s playing CUCKOO music
血
Blood
1. けつ
The plate breaks at CUTS YOu, you’re bleeding now
安
Relax, cheap
1. あん [kanji]
Ann is a woman (radical) who can finally RELAX, now that she has a roof (radical) over her head even if it is just a cheap apartment
死
Death
1. し
The yakuza = death, she knows that
姉
Big sister
1. し [kanji]
2. あね (vocab)
店
Shop
1. てん [kanji]
I spends tens of thousands of dollars at the shop because I have a fortune (radical). I’m a trust fund baby
- みせ [vocab]
You were excited to go to the TEN cent SHOP but it’s always such a MESS when you go
東
East
1. とう [kanj]
TOkyo is in the east of Japan
2. ひがし
HE CASHes out and heads EAST to TOKyo to make a living
画
Drawing
1. が、かく[kanji]
GAH, I love drawing but I hate it when my DRAWING doesn’t turn out how I want. It’s okay, says the art teacher. You don’t want to get too COCKY about your art
足す
To add something
Transitive
たす
冬休み
Winter holiday
ふゆやすみ
思
Think
1. おも [kanji]
OH the MOre you THINK, the more confused the heart (radical) gets
早く
Early, soon, quickly, fast
はやく
歩
Walk
1. ほ [kanji]
You go down the slide (radical) one last time before going WALKing back HOme.
長
Long, leader
1. ちょう [kanji]
The LONGer you CHEW, the less likely you care to CHOke
前
Front
1. ぜん [kanji]
If you want to stay at the FRONT of the pack, you have to remain ZEN
2. まえ [vocab]
If you remain ZEN, MAYbe you’ll make it to the FRONT
南
South
1. なん [kanji]
South India is where you find the best naan
2. みなみ (vocab)
MEAN AMY lives down South
室
Room
1. しつ [kanji]
SHIT, the ROOM is so dirty (radical)