Level 7 Flashcards
校
school
ON:
こう
meaning:
You find your father with a lid on his head, up in a tree. He yells down at you. “Hey! Welcome to your first day of school!”
reading:
It’s just you and one other student at this ridiculous school. Your other classmate is a big trouble maker. It is こういち, the class clown.
必
certain
ON:
ひつ
meaning:
The slide coming out of the patient’s heart is there because a mad scientist is testing to see if it’s a good way to drain the body of blood. The patient is alive now… but they are definitely slated for certain death.
reading:
As the beeping heart things starts to do one long continuous beeeeeeeeeeeeeep, the doctor puts his hands together and hits (ひつ) the dead patient over and over, attempting to bring him back.
夏
summer
KUN:
なつ
meaning:
The eye leaf grows only in the winter. Every other leaf, however, will do the opposite, which is to grow in the summer.
reading:
Now it’s summertime! What do you do during the summer? You just sit around with your favorite string tying knots (なつ) in it over and over again.
理
reason
ON:
り
meaning:
The sunflower was the reason the king was king. He was able to pluck the magic sunflower from the ground to claim his throne!
reading:
You don’t have reason without re (り).
付
attach
KUN:
つ
meaning:
You have the measurement of a leader. Imagine yourself measuring said leader (his/her height) and then coming up short. This is not good, you think. Leaders need to be at least six feet tall. So, to make the leader tall enough, you attach another head to the top of his/her head.
reading:
You have to remember the kun’yomi reading of this kanji, and the part you need to remember is つ. So, think of attaching something to something else. What would you need? You’d need two (つ) things to put together!
時
time
ON:
じ
meaning:
The sun and graves. They are both good ways to make a measurement of time.
This also can mean o’ clock, as in “five o’clock” It’s used when measuring what time it is in Japanese.
reading:
When we need to remember the reading for じ, we use the word “Jesus.”
One thing people think about when they think about time is the ability to do time travel. Now imagine Jesus (じ) being able to perform time travel magic. He performs an incantation, and goes back to the dinosaur ages, where he wrestles down a T-rex. Then, he goes to WWII era and punches Hitler in the mouth.
未
not yet
ON:
み
meaning:
You’re flying in a Jet. Even though it’s one of the fastest things on earth, your child is sitting in the back asking, “Are we there yet? Are we there yet?” You have to keep responding. “Not yet! Not yet! NOT YET!”
reading:
What a selfish kid, right? Well, all he thinks about is “Me (み) me me me me me me me me me me.” Hate kids like that.
以
by means of
ON:
い
meaning:
Lion-person-drop. Think of the “drop” as “dropping something” instead of the usual drop of water. Now, imagine the kind of air drop the army might do. Except this one is a lion on a rope, holding onto a person, and then dropping the person at the right place. So, how did you get to the drop zone? You got there by means oflion-person-drop technology.
reading:
To remember the reading い we use the word “Eagle.”
You’re about to do a drop by means of a lion person drop. Everything goes to plan, but as you’re falling towards the ground an eagle (い) flies by and tears open your parachute.
組
group, association, team
ON:
そ
meaning:
There’s thread going through a slightly altered eye radical. Obviously the longer line on the bottom of the eye someone trying to close their eye shut as someone strings a thread through it (ouch!). How did this all happen? You joined the local surgery group/association.
reading:
Everyone in this surgery group/association is just so-so (そ) at doing eye surgery, so that’s why they need to practice so much. If they practice enough, they won’t be so so-so anymore and will be much better than just so-so.
辺
area
ON:
へん
meaning:
Think of the coolest water slide in the world (so amazing!). Now, think of your disappointment when you hear about the swords that have been sliding down the slides and getting stuck, making it uber-dangerous for you to use this slide. In fact, it’s so dangerous, they’ve had to block off the entire area. You can’t even come close, that’s how bad the whole sword-water slide situation is.
reading:
As you’re looking in on the blocked off area (all sad and stuff), you see something flapping around coming your way. It’s a hen (へん)… a female chicken, flying around avoiding flying swords, trying not to get hit. The hen looks like it’s flying around all crazy, but it’s really avoiding everything quite well. It’s very ninja-like.
欠
lack
ON:
けつ
reading:
To remember けつ, we use the word “Catsup”
You’re lacking something in your fridge. You look around, trying to find the catsup (けつ) you lack. You can’t find it, because you lack it.
弱
weak
ON:
じゃく
meaning:
The springs are covered in ice. This has made them very weak.
reading:
Do you know anyone named Jack? At the very least, a famous person named Jack? Jack Nicholson, perhaps? Think of that Jack (which is already in your head) as an extremely weak version of that Jack. It’s so sad how weak Jack is now.
通
pass through
ON:
つう
meaning:
Your mama was going down a water slide but she came to an elephant blocking her path. But, since the elephant is so big, she went right in the mouth and then out the *cough* other end. She was able to pass through with no problem at all.
reading:
How big was this elephant she needed to pass through? Too (つう) big. Too, too big. So big she just passed right through one end and out the other. Ewww.
高
tall, expensive, high
ON:
こう
meaning:
Someone who has a lid on their head, an extra mouth above their mustache (which also contains a mouth) has got to be really, really tall.
reading:
Who is this tall monster with two mouths, a lid on his head, and a mustache? It’s your good buddy こういち!
由
reason
ON:
ゆう
meaning:
There are ten crosses with mouths, telling you the reason you are here.
reading:
“Why me?” you ask. “Because only you (ゆう) can do this,” they reply.
