Social, work, health, food Flashcards

Question

父

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ちち | father ## Footnote formal: お父さん (おとうさん)

Answer 2

しまい | sisters

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りょうしん | literally "both parents", parents

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おや | a parent ## Footnote signifies whose parent in a sentence

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がっこう | school ## Footnote 学, learn + 校, school (the act of schooling?)

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やすむ | rest, be absent, lie down ## Footnote primitives: a person under a tree (taking a rest)

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いんしゅ | drinking alcohol

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きんじる | prohibit ## Footnote Primitives: grove + altar

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うる | sell ## Footnote Primitives: Gentleman/samurai + crown + human legs

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さけ | alcohol

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こし | lower back ## Footnote Primitives: "Part of the body" + "need": You need your lower back to so anything

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せつめい | explanation, exposition ## Footnote 説: theory, opinion, view, 明: clearly, purely, associated with clarify, clearing things up

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かよい | commuting, coming and going, attending (e.g. school) ## Footnote 通: associated with communication, transfer

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せいせき | (school) grade, results, record ## Footnote 成: form, become, mould, mature, 績: --

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そつぎょう | graduation, completion, moving on ## Footnote 卒: graduation, death (of a noble, etc), 業: work, act, study

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こくさい | international ## Footnote 国: national country, 際: on the verge, edge, time

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けんこう | health, sound (as in good), wholesome ## Footnote 健: associated with (good) health, 康: for the sound kou, must be simething good, though, because numerous eras use this kanji

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かんけい | relationship, relation, effect ## Footnote 関: relation, affiliation, 係: be concerned with, clerk, charge

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けんきゅう | research, study ## Footnote 研: almost always in conjunction with 究, but can be associated with polishing, learning, 究: associated with peak performance, mastering something, something extreme

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えんりょう | reserved, thoughtfulness, discretion, refrain from ## Footnote 遠: distant, 慮: consider, thought

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ことわる | refuse, reject, turn down

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えんぜつ | speech, address ## Footnote 演: associated with directing, performing, acting, 説: theory, opinion c.f. 講演, lecture

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せわ | aid, assistance, help, look after ## Footnote 世: world, epoch, generation, 話: story, talk, conversation

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しょくじ | meal, eat, diet ## Footnote 食: foot, meal, 事: thing, matter

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ごうかく | success, pass (e.g. an exam), eligibility ## Footnote 合: associated with agreeing, rationalising, 格: status, case, character

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あきらめる | give up, resign oneself ## Footnote 諦め also means acceptance

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ひこく | defendant, the accused ## Footnote 被: the target of something, a person (-ee, neutral), harm, injury, 告: note, complaint, acknowledgement

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つみ | crime, sin, fault ## Footnote Primitives: might be "eye" + "error, wrong"

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みとめる | allow, deem, recognize, accept, in law: admit ## Footnote Primitives: "say" + ??? + "heart"

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がっかり | disappointed, feeling let down, emotionally drained

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しゃかい | society, community, the public, the world ## Footnote 社: company, society, 会: party, meeting, association, club Note thaf swappinfe the kanji gives you 会社, かいしゃ, a company.

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でんとう | tradition, convention ## Footnote 伝: associated with relaying of things, communication, legend, tradition, 統: associated with control, unity, unification, statistics

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でんとうてき | traditional, conventional

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かし | sweet, confectionary, pastry, snack ## Footnote 菓: pastry, sweet, fruit, primitives: "flower" + "fruit", 子: child, seed

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わがし | Japanese sweets ## Footnote 和: Japanese, also harmony, peace, 菓子: pastry, sweets, confectionary

Answer 36

もち | mochi (Japanese rice cake)

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わしょく | Japanese food ## Footnote 和: Japanese (also harmonh, peace), 食: food, meal

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どうりょう | colleague, associate, co-worker ## Footnote 同: same, 僚: associated with consorts, co-working. Note the primitives "person" + "dormitory".

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でんせつ | legend, folklore ## Footnote 伝: go-between (connecting two states), associated with communication, transfer, 説: theory, opinion, view

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はんだん | judgement, decision, conclusion ## Footnote 判: seal, stamp (makes sense: you put an official seal on a decision), 断: decision, judgment, resolution

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しんけい | nerve, sensitivity ## Footnote 神: god, spirit, thunder; occasionally associated with mental and neurological concepts, 経: length, extent; also associated with management, economics,

Answer 42

はな | nose ## Footnote primitives: "nostrils" + "brains" + "hands" story: In Egypt, the brain was temoved through the nostrils by pincers.

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はたらく | work; function, labour, act, do ## Footnote primitives: "person" + motion, change, move ("heavy" + "power")

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しょくりょう | food (groceries) ## Footnote 食: food, meal, 料: material, fee

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まじょ | witch ## Footnote 魔: evil, demon; negative connotation, 女: woman

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おに | oni; demon, evil spirit, ghost, rarely super- ## Footnote primitives: "drop" + "brains" + "human legs" + "elbow" story: a dramatically altered brain runs around with a distorted elbow. perfect oni.

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あくま | (the) Devil, demon, Satan, evil spirit ## Footnote 悪: bad, evil, wicked, 魔: evil, demon

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かっぱ | cucumber; more rarely kappa (water spirit), excellent swimmer ## Footnote 河: river, denominator for river ("the river Rhein"); discard, stream, 童: child

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まほう | magic, witchcraft, sorcery ## Footnote 魔: demon, evil spirit, 法: method, law, act

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まほうつかい | wizard; wictch, magician, sorcerer ## Footnote 魔法: witchcraft, magic, 使い: use

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せいふく | uniform (clothing, apparel) ## Footnote 制: control, system, regulation, 服: clothing (especially western); mourning?

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きせき | miracle, wonder, marvel ## Footnote 奇: strange, unconventional, 跡: remains, tracks, scars; associated with what remains

Answer 53

しんじる | believe in ## Footnote primitives: "person" + "say"

Answer 54

ほこり | pride, boast ## Footnote primitives: "say" + "exaggerate, overstate"

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ほこりにおもう | be proud (of soomeone, sth) ## Footnote 誇り: pride, 思う: think

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ふめつ | immortal ## Footnote 不: un-, non-, 滅: associated with destruction, downfall, ruination, collaps. a favourite: 滅菌、めっきん: sterilisation primitives of 滅: "water" + "parade" (the enclosure) + "a dying fire" (itself composed of fire and an upper limit, a lid) -> story: a flood (a "parade of water") rushes to extinguish a fire

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だいとうりょう | president, chief executive ## Footnote 大: large, great, big, 統: associated with control, unity, statistics, unification, regulation, 領: collar, territory of a country; associated with local rule and the extent of crown estates and seas

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しゅしょう | Prime Minister, Chancellor ## Footnote 首: head, neck, brain, top, 相: look, appearance, together: associated with correlation and synchronising

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くび | neck; head, top, brain ## Footnote primitives: "horns" + "nose" story: cut off a head in Japanese is cut off a neck. For the kanji, picture a hunting trophy, e.g. the head a stag with it's big antlers and pronounced nose, hung in a room, cut off by its neck. fun fact: 首になる, literally becoming a neck, means having one's head chopped off, i.e. being fired

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せいかく | character, nature, personality, disposition ## Footnote 性: mainly associated with the biological sex of a person, genitals, but more broadly with the characteristics of the person; made up of "heart" + "living" 格: associated with character, shape, status

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ろんぶん | paper; article, essay ## Footnote 論: discussion, 文: sentence, text

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りょうり | cooking, cuisine ## Footnote 料: material, ingredieng, 理: reason, principle, logic

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りょうりにん | cook ## Footnote 料理: cooking, 人: person

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りょうりほう | recipe (for food) ## Footnote 料理: cooking, 法: method, law

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たいいん | discharge from / leaving the hospital ## Footnote 退: associated with leaving, withdrawing, retiring from something, 院: graduate school, temple

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じょおう | queen ## Footnote 女: woman, 王: king, ruler

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おうじょ | princess ## Footnote 王: king, ruler, 女: woman

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こくおう | king ## Footnote 国: country, 王: king, ruler

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おいじ | prince ## Footnote 王: king, ruler, 子: child

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ようせい | fairy 🧚, sprite ## Footnote 妖: associated with minor spirits snd sorcery, both good and bad, magical, also mysterious, chatming or charmed, suspicious, 精: spirit; energy

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ゆうしゃ | hero (superhero, storytelling), brave man ## Footnote 勇: courage, bravery, 者: person, someone doing the work

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はか | tombstone, graveside ## Footnote primitives: "flowers" + "sun" + "mound of soil" (kanji for "big" det on top of soil"

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ぼち | cemetery ## Footnote 墓: graveside, tombstone, 地: place, land synonyms: 墓園、ぼえん墓苑、ぼえん墓場、はかば墓所、ぼしょ

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あせ | sweat ## Footnote primitives: "water" + "dry" (clothesline)

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じとり | selfie ## Footnote 自: self, 撮り: frame, exposure, take (of a photograph)

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とかい | city ## Footnote 都: metropolitan; municipal, 会: meeting, association

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とし | city ## Footnote 都: metropolitan; municipal, 市: city Note that 市 is the monicker of a city, such as a 千葉市、ちばし, whereas 県、けん is the prefecture.

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まち | town, also borough of a city ## Footnote cf. 市、し: city; cities are bigger and their subunits can have the monicker 町.

Answer 79

stuffed animal

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こんらん | confusion, disorder, mayhem, chaos ## Footnote 混: associated with mixing, confusion, 乱: war, rebellion, revolt; riot, generally associated with turbulence, disturbance, disorder, primitibes: "tongue" + "hook"

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こうかい | regret ## Footnote 後: after, later, 悔: associated with regret, repentence, vexation

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さびしい | lonely, lonesome: desolate ## Footnote primitives: "house" + "uncle" (above 上 + small 小 + "or again", &)

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がくい | (university, academic) degree ## Footnote 学: laerning, knowledge, 位: place, amount, level; rank