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四

シよ、よ.つ、よっ.つ、よんあ, つ, よつ four 四(し): four 四つ(よっつ): four 四季(しき): four seasons 四角い(しかくい): square; rectangular 四角(しかく): square 四捨五入(ししゃごにゅう): rounding half up (i.e. fractions) 四つ角(よつかど): four corners; crossroads 四日(よっか): (1) fourth day of month (2) four days 5 1 47 囗: box or enclosure radical (no. 31); box 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 5 囗 31 3 くに・くにがまえ (none) 指事 Ideographic four FOUR year-olds often put their FOOT (human legs) in their MOUTH - but they are too young to realize. I imagine a giant devouring a human in four bites. First the giant bites off the person´s head, then he bites the torso, then from the waist to the knees, and finally the giant plucks up the remaining portion of the human legs into his mouth. See the fourth bite falling in there? 4 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq1-250

五

ゴ	いつ、いつ.つ	い, さ, さつ, ち, ふ, み, め	five	五(ご): five<br>五つ(いつつ): five<br>五十音(ごじゅうおん): the Japanese syllabary<br>四捨五入(ししゃごにゅう): rounding half up (i.e. fractions)<br>五日(いつか): (1) the fifth day of the month (2) five days<br>五味(ごみ): (1) five flavors (sweet, salty, spicy, sour, bitter); five palates; five tastes (2) five flavors (milk at various stages of making ghee: fresh milk, cream, curdled milk, butter, and ghee); the five periods of the Buddha's teachings	5	1	31	二: two; two radical (no.2)	4	二	7	2	に・ふた	(none)	仮借 Loan	five	三 + two vertical lines = 5.	"This Kanji looks like a ""3"" Kanji with two added vertical lines. 3+2= 5."	5	grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq1-250

六

ロク、リクむ、む.つ、むっ.つ、むいく, むつ, ろっ, ろつ six 六(ろく): six 六日(むいか): (1) sixth day of the month (2) six days 六つ(むっつ): six 5 1 93 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 4 八 12 2 はち・は・はちがしら (none) 仮借 Loan six Indicating 6 parts of the human body: head, body, 2 arms, 2 legs. Six-Six-SIX ¹⁾ Mark of the Beast!! Imagine that dapper old beastly fellow summoning his top hat to himself. See it scamper over to him on a little pair of beastly legs. 6 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq1-250 七シチなな、なな.つ、なのし, しっ, な, ひち seven 七(しち): (1) seven (2) hepta- 七つ(ななつ): seven 七日(なのか): (1) the seventh day of the month (2) seven days 5 1 115 一: one; one radical (no.1) 乙: the latter; duplicate; strange; witty; fishhook radical (no. 5) 2 一 1 1 いち (none) 仮借 Loan seven This kanji is our good old seven, turned upside down. I wrote it upside down so I crossed it out. 7 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq1-250 ===== 八 ===== ハチや、や.つ、やっ.つ、ような, は, はっ, はつ, やち, やつ eight 八(はち): eight 八百屋(やおや): greengrocer 八日(ようか): (1) the eighth day of the month (2) eight days 八つ(やっつ): eight お八つ(おやつ): (1) between meal snack (2) mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea 5 1 92 八: eight, eight radical (no. 12) 2 八 12 2 はち・は・はちがしら (none) 指事 Ideographic eight “Hachi (eight) begins with the sound of the katakana ”“ha”“, and it´s approximately the same character.” The valcano hasn´t erupted for 8 years. 8 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq1-250

九

キュウ、クここの、ここの.ついちじく, いちのく, この, ひさし nine 九(きゅう): nine 九つ(ここのつ): nine 九日(ここのか): (1) the ninth day of the month (2) nine days 5 1 55 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 乙: the latter; duplicate; strange; witty; fishhook radical (no. 5) 2 乙 5 1 おつ・おつにょう・つりばり (none) 象形 Pictographic nine Kinda of looks like the kanji of 1　一 with the kanji of 8 八added. So think of it as 　一＋八＝九. Warning - naughty reminder A woman in the doggie style position, waiting for my NINE inches. 9 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq1-250

十

ジュウ、ジッ、ジュッ	とお、と	い, か, ぎ, さ, し, そ, そう, ち, とう, ね, ま, る, わ	ten	十(じゅう): 10; ten<br>十分(じゅうぶん): (1) plenty; enough; sufficient; satisfactory; adequate (2) division into ten (3) perfectly; thoroughly; fully; in full<br>十日(とおか): (1) the tenth day of the month (2) ten days<br>二十歳(はたち): (1) 20 years old (2) twenty<br>五十音(ごじゅうおん): the Japanese syllabary<br>十字路(じゅうじろ): crossroads<br>二十日(はつか): (1) twentieth (day of the month) (2) twenty days<br>十分(じっぷん): 10 minutes	5	1	8	十: ten, ten radical (no. 24)	2	十	24	2	じゅう・じゅうへん	(none)	指事 Ideographic	ten	Two needles crossing marks the spot, or you can use the Roman character for ten (rotated 45 degrees).	I scared away ten vampires with a single cross!	10	grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq1-250

口コウ、クくち mouth 入口(いりぐち): entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth 悪口(わるくち): abuse; insult; slander; evil speaking; bad mouth 出入口(でいりぐち): exit and entrance 人口(じんこう): (1) population (2) common talk 口(くち): (1) mouth (2) opening; hole; gap; orifice (3) mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece (4) gate; door; entrance; exit (5) speaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip) (6) taste; palate (7) mouth (to feed) (8) opening (i.e. vacancy); available position (9) invitation; summons (10) kind; sort; type (11) opening (i.e. beginning) (12) counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), and swords 窓口(まどぐち): (1) ticket window; teller window; counter (2) contact person; point of contact 出口(でぐち): exit; gateway; way out; outlet; leak; vent 口実(こうじつ): excuse; pretext 口紅(くちべに): lipstick 早口(はやくち): fast-talking; rapid talking 蛇口(じゃぐち): faucet; tap 裏口(うらぐち): backdoor; rear entrance 口頭(こうとう): oral 無口(むくち): reticence; taciturnity 閉口(へいこう): (1) dumbfounded; stumped; at one's wits end; nonplussed (2) annoyed 利口(りこう): (1) clever; intelligent; wise; bright; sharp; sensible; smart; shrewd (2) well-behaved (of kids, animals, etc); obedient; good (3) good (with words) 口述(こうじゅつ): dictation; verbal statement 甘口(あまくち): (1) sweet flavour; sweet flavor; mildness (2) flattery (3) stupidity 口ずさむ(くちずさむ): to hum; to sing to oneself; to compose impromptu (poems) 火口(かこう): (1) crater; caldera (2) burner (e.g. on a furnace) 5 1 284 口: mouth, opening, mouth radical (no. 30) 3 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 象形 Pictographic mouth Looks like a huge open mouth. “Momma used to say: ”“Keep your trap shut!”“ This thing is shaped like a trap door.” 11 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Body_Head.Neck kanjifreq251-500 日ニチ、ジツひ、-び、-かあ, あき, いる, く, くさ, こう, す, たち, に, にっ, につ, へ day, sun, Japan 明日(あした): tomorrow 今日(きょう): (1) today; this day (2) these days; recently; nowadays 日付け(ひづけ): date; dating 昨日(きのう): yesterday 毎日(まいにち): every day 日程(にってい): schedule; program; programme; agenda 日(ひ): (1) day; days (2) sun; sunshine; sunlight (3) case (esp. unfortunate); event 日常(にちじょう): ordinary; regular; everyday; usual 来日(らいにち): arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan 日中(にっちゅう): (1) daytime; during the day (2) Sino-Japanese 曜日(ようび): day of the week 日々(ひび): every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days) 当日(とうじつ): appointed day; very day 日曜(にちよう): Sunday 連日(れんじつ): every day; prolonged 先日(せんじつ): the other day; a few days ago 日記(にっき): diary; journal 元日(がんじつ): New Year's Day 日の丸(ひのまる): (1) outline of the sun (esp. represented as a red circle) (2) the Japanese flag 日ごろ(ひごろ): normally; habitually 期日(きじつ): fixed date; settlement date 平日(へいじつ): (1) weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday) (2) kanji radical 73 祝日(しゅくじつ): national holiday 日時(にちじ): date and time 日光(にっこう): sunlight 日差し(ひざし): sunlight; rays of the sun 火曜日(かようび): Tuesday 日の出(ひので): sunrise 日帰り(ひがえり): day trip 日向(ひなた): sunny place; in the sun 日課(にっか): daily lesson; daily work; daily routine 日用品(にちようひん): daily necessities 生年月日(せいねんがっぴ): birth date 日焼け(ひやけ): (1) sunburn (2) suntan 日陰(ひかげ): (1) shade; shadow (2) sunshine 日日(ひにち): the number of days; date 夕日(ゆうひ): evening sun; setting sun 十日(とおか): (1) the tenth day of the month (2) ten days 日本語(にほんご): Japanese (language) 日夜(にちや): day and night; always 終日(しゅうじつ): all day; for a whole day 一昨日(おととい): day before yesterday 日取り(ひどり): fixed date; appointed day 月日(つきひ): time; years; days 日当たり(ひあたり): (1) exposure to the sun; sunny place (2) per day 日本式(にほんしき): Japanese style 三日月(みかづき): new moon; crescent moon 明後日(あさって): day after tomorrow 定休日(ていきゅうび): regular holiday; fixed day off; regular closing day 金曜日(きんようび): Friday 九日(ここのか): (1) the ninth day of the month (2) nine days 月曜日(げつようび): Monday 五日(いつか): (1) the fifth day of the month (2) five days 今日は(こんにちは): hello; good day (daytime greeting) 祭日(さいじつ): national holiday; festival day 三日(みっか): (1) the third day of the month (2) three days 四日(よっか): (1) fourth day of month (2) four days 水曜日(すいようび): Wednesday 誕生日(たんじょうび): birthday 土曜日(どようび): Saturday 二日(ふつか): (1) second day of the month (2) two days 日の入り(ひのいり): sunset 日曜日(にちようび): Sunday 八日(ようか): (1) the eighth day of the month (2) eight days 木曜日(もくようび): Thursday 六日(むいか): (1) sixth day of the month (2) six days 一日(いちにち): (1) first day of the month (2) one day 七日(なのか): (1) the seventh day of the month (2) seven days 明明後日(しあさって): (in) three days time (two days after tomorrow) 二十日(はつか): (1) twentieth (day of the month) (2) twenty days 月日(がっぴ): (the) date 一日(ついたち): (1) first day of the month (2) first ten days of the lunar month 日本(にほん): Japan 西日(にしび): westering sun; setting sun 日当(にっとう): daily allowance 悪日(あくにち): unlucky day 一昨昨日(いっさくさくじつ): two days before yesterday; three days back (ago) 日(にち): (1) Sunday (2) day (of the month) (3) counter for days 日(か): (1) day of month (2) counter for days 5 1 1 日: sun, day, sun radical (no. 72) 4 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 象形 Pictographic day Open the window, new day. Picture two halves of a 24-hr period: Day & Night. 12 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Nature_Sky Kanji_Time Kanji_Time_Days.of.the.week kanjifreq1-250 月ゲツ、ガツつきおと, がっ, す, ずき, もり month, moon 年月(ねんげつ): months and years 今月(こんげつ): this month 先月(せんげつ): last month 来月(らいげつ): next month 毎月(まいつき): every month; each month; monthly 正月(しょうがつ): New Year; New Year's Day; the first month; January 月曜(げつよう): Monday 月給(げっきゅう): monthly salary 月末(げつまつ): end of the month カ月(かげつ): (number of) months 生年月日(せいねんがっぴ): birth date 月並(つきなみ): (1) every month (2) trite; common 月日(つきひ): time; years; days 満月(まんげつ): full moon 月謝(げっしゃ): monthly tuition fee 三日月(みかづき): new moon; crescent moon 月(つき): (1) moon (2) month 月賦(げっぷ): monthly installment (instalment); monthly payment 月曜日(げつようび): Monday 再来月(さらいげつ): month after next 月日(がっぴ): (the) date 一月(ひとつき): one month 先々月(せんせんげつ): month before last 月(がつ): month (of the year); used after number or question word (e.g. nan or nani) 5 1 23 月: moon, month, moon radical (no. 74) 4 月 74 4 つき・つきへん (none) 象形 Pictographic month A month is longer than a day. “Am I the only one who sees this as someone sticking their ass in the air ”“mooning”“ someone (two cheeks of the butt and the legs coming off of it)? The Moon meaning connects well to the meaning of month, considering that months were traditionally measured by the phases of the moon. Also, the mooning ”“ass”“ part of it connects well to Hesig´s seemingly unconnected ”“flesh”“ or ”“part of the body”“ meaning (when used in primitive form).” 13 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Nature_Sky Kanji_Time Kanji_Time_Days.of.the.week kanjifreq1-250 田デンたいなか, おか, たん, で, とう, や rice field, rice paddy 水田(すいでん): (water-filled) paddy field 田舎(いなか): (1) rural area; countryside; the sticks (2) hometown 田園(でんえん): (1) country; rural districts (2) cultivated land; fields 田植え(たうえ): rice planting 田んぼ(たんぼ): paddy field; farm 田(た): rice field 4 1 90 田: field, field radical (no. 102) 5 田 102 5 た・たへん (none) 象形 Pictographic rice field A rice field divided into four parts. Ten people use their mouths to eat the yield of the rice fields. 14 grade1 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1-250 目モク、ボクめ、-め、ま- さかん, さがん, さっか, さつか eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor 課目(かもく): (school) subject; curriculum; course 面目(めんもく): (1) face; honour; honor; reputation; prestige; dignity; credit (2) appearance; look 目(め): (1) eye; eyeball (2) eyesight; sight; vision (3) look; stare; glance (4) an experience (5) viewpoint (6) stitch; texture; weave (7) ordinal number suffix (8) somewhat; -ish 利き目(ききめ): effect; virtue; efficacy; impression 目的(もくてき): purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention 目標(もくひょう): mark; objective; target 注目(ちゅうもく): notice; attention; observation 項目(こうもく): (data) item; entry 目安(めやす): (1) criterion; standard; yardstick; reference; aim (2) rough estimate; approximation 役目(やくめ): duty; business; role 目下(めした): subordinate; subordinates; inferior; inferiors; junior 目録(もくろく): (1) catalogue; catalog; inventory; index; list (2) certificate indicating an impending gift 人目(ひとめ): public gaze; public notice 一目(ひとめ): (1) (a) glance; (a) look; (a) glimpse (2) (a) stone (in Go) (3) complete view; bird's-eye view 駄目(だめ): (1) no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken (2) hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless (3) cannot; must not; not allowed 着目(ちゃくもく): attention 目印(めじるし): mark; sign; landmark 切れ目(きれめ): break; pause; gap; end; rift; interruption; cut; section; notch; incision; end (of a task) 目次(もくじ): table of contents 目覚める(めざめる): to wake up 目上(めうえ): superior; superiors; senior 目盛り(めもり): scale; gradations 真面目(まじめ): diligent; serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady 目覚まし(めざまし): (1) alarm clock (2) opening one's eyes; keeping one's eyes open (3) type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap 目立つ(めだつ): to be conspicuous; to stand out 丁目(ちょうめ): district of a town; city block (of irregular size) 目覚ましい(めざましい): brilliant; splendid; striking; remarkable 目指す(めざす): to aim at; to have an eye on 目付き(めつき): look; expression of the eyes; eyes お目出度う(おめでとう): congratulations!; an auspicious occasion! 出鱈目(でたらめ): (1) irresponsible utterance; nonsense; bullshit; codswallop (2) random; haphazard; unsystematic 番目(ばんめ): cardinal number suffix 目茶苦茶(めちゃくちゃ): (1) absurd; unreasonable; nonsensical; preposterous; incoherent (2) extreme; senseless; reckless; wanton (3) disorder; confusion; mess; wreck 目下(もっか): at present; now 目処(めど): (1) aim; goal (2) prospect; outlook 目方(めかた): weight 目眩(めまい): dizziness; giddiness; vertigo 目出度い(めでたい): (1) happy; auspicious; propitious; joyous (2) naive お目出度うご座います(おめでとうございます): congratulations 継ぎ目(つぎめ): joint; seam; joining point 生真面目(きまじめ): too serious; person who is too serious; honesty; sincerity お目にかかる(おめにかかる): (1) to meet (someone of higher status) (2) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); to be visible; to be seen; to be noticed 目論見(もくろみ): plan; scheme; project; program; programme; intention; goal お目出度い(おめでたい): (1) special; auspicious; happy (2) naive; innocent; good-natured 時間目(じかんめ): period (e.g. class) 5 1 76 目: eye, eye radical (no. 109) 5 目 109 5 め・めへん・よこめ (none) 象形 Pictographic eye There are 3 sections. Imagine the outer two being the whites of your eye. The middle is the pupil. Fill it in with imaginary color. 目_目. 15 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Body_Head.Neck kanjifreq1-250 古コふる.い、ふる-、-ふる.すふゆ old 古里(ふるさと): home town; birthplace; old village; historic village; native place; one's old home 古代(こだい): ancient times 古典(こてん): old book; classics; classic 中古(ちゅうこ): (1) used; second-hand; old (2) Middle Ages 古い(ふるい): old (not person); aged; ancient; antiquated; stale; threadbare; outmoded; obsolete article 考古学(こうこがく): archaeology; archeology 古(いにしえ): antiquity; ancient times 稽古(けいこ): practice; practise; training; study 古(ふる): (1) used item; secondhand item (2) old; used; previous 5 2 509 十: ten 口: mouth 5 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic old Tombstone and cross on an old man´s grave. You get OLD fast if you have ten open mouths to feed. 16 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Time kanjifreq501-750 吾ゴわれ, わが-, あ- あ, あが I, my, our, one's own 1 S+ 1828 五: five 口: mouth (none) I I have 5 senses. I eat five times at day. 17 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 冒ボウおか.す risk, face, defy, dare, damage, assume (a name) 冒頭(ぼうとう): beginning; start; outset 冒険(ぼうけん): risk; venture; adventure 1 S 1317 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 9 冂 13 2 けいがまえ・まきがまえ・どうがまえ・えんがまえ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic risk Don´t look at the sun directly with your eyes, it´s risky! You´ll risk your eyesight if you look up at the sun. 18 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 朋ホウとも companion, friend 1 S+ 2039 肉: meat 肉: meat (none) companion My companion and I are like two moons side by side. Under the twin moons of Tatooine, Luke had no COMPANION. 19 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 明メイ、ミョウ、ミンあ.かり、あか.るい、あか.るむ、あか.らむ、あき.らか、あ.ける、-あ.け、あ.く、あ.くる、あ.かすあきら, あけ, あす, きら, け, さや, さやか, とし, はる, み, め bright, light 明日(あした): tomorrow 明らか(あきらか): obvious; evident; clear; plain 声明(せいめい): declaration; statement; proclamation 説明(せつめい): explanation; exposition 不明(ふめい): unknown; obscure; indistinct; uncertain; ambiguous; ignorant; lack of wisdom; anonymous; unidentified 明確(めいかく): clear; precise; definite; distinct 透明(とうめい): transparency; cleanness 文明(ぶんめい): (1) civilization; civilisation; culture (2) Bummei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20) 証明(しょうめい): proof; verification 照明(しょうめい): illumination; lighting 明るい(あかるい): (1) bright; colourful (2) cheerful (3) familiar (with); knowledgeable (about) (4) fair (e.g. politics); clean 明白(めいはく): obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit; overt 賢明(けんめい): wisdom; intelligence; prudence 夜明け(よあけ): dawn; daybreak 発明(はつめい): (1) invention (2) intelligent; clever (3) being enlightened; having the meaning of everything become clear 明朗(めいろう): bright; clear; cheerful 明け方(あけがた): dawn 明後日(あさって): day after tomorrow 明瞭(めいりょう): clarity; clearness 打ち明ける(うちあける): to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart 明かす(あかす): (1) to pass (e.g. the night); to spend (2) to reveal; to divulge 明くる(あくる): next; following 明明後日(しあさって): (in) three days time (two days after tomorrow) 明白(あからさま): plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward; unabashed; blatant; flagrant 明(みょう): (1) vidya (wisdom) (2) mantra (3) the coming (4th of July, etc.) 4 2 67 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 月: month; moon 8 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic bright The sun makes the moon bright. The sun and the moon are brightest objects in the day and night, respectively. 20 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq1-250 唱ショウとな.える chant, recite, call upon, yell 合唱(がっしょう): chorus; singing in a chorus 唱える(となえる): (1) to recite; to chant (2) to cry; to yell; to shout (3) to advocate; to advance; to preach; to insist 1 4 1123 口: mouth 昌: prosperous; bright; clear 11 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic chant Someone chanting with their mouth open for two consecutive days. Chants from our mouths are meant to reach the sun and the stars. Stars are just suns just further away so they seem smaller. 21 grade4 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 晶ショウあ, あき, あきら, ひかり, まさ sparkle, clear, crystal 結晶(けっしょう): crystal; crystallization; crystallisation 1 S 1613 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 12 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 象形 Pictographic sparkle A diamond sparkles as brightly as three suns. “Sparkle is a forest (#197) of suns!” 22 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Substance kanjifreq1501-2000 品ヒン、ホンしな goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses 作品(さくひん): work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production 商品(しょうひん): commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise 製品(せいひん): manufactured goods; finished goods; product 食品(しょくひん): commodity; foodstuff 部品(ぶひん): parts; accessories; components 品質(ひんしつ): (material) quality 品種(ひんしゅ): (1) kind (of goods); brand (2) (taxonomical) form (3) breed; cultivar 薬品(やくひん): medicine; chemicals 出品(しゅっぴん): exhibit; display 品物(しなもの): goods; article; thing 賞品(しょうひん): prize; trophy 日用品(にちようひん): daily necessities 用品(ようひん): articles; supplies; parts 食料品(しょくりょうひん): foodstuff; groceries 手品(てじな): sleight of hand; conjuring trick; magic; juggling 下品(げひん): vulgarity; meanness; indecency; coarseness 上品(じょうひん): elegant; refined; polished 必需品(ひつじゅひん): necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials; staple 品(しな): (1) article; item; thing; goods; stock (2) quality (3) flirtatiousness; coquetry 品(ひん): (1) elegance; grace; refinement; class; dignity (2) article; item (3) counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant) 気品(きひん): (1) elegance; refinement; grace; dignity (2) aroma 下品(かひん): inferior article 骨董品(こっとうひん): curio; antique 洋品店(ようひんてん): shop which handles Western-style apparel and accessories 4 3 225 口: mouth 口: mouth 口: mouth 9 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic goods Three boxes of goods are devoured by the hungry mouths of waiting consumers. Three hungry mouths waiting for the goods to come. 23 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1-250 呂ロ、リョせぼねとも, なが spine, backbone 風呂(ふろ): (1) bath; bathtub (2) bathroom; bathhouse (3) room for drying lacquerware (4) base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle) 風呂敷(ふろしき): wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper お風呂(おふろ): bath 1 S 2055 口: mouth 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 口: mouth 7 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 象形 Pictographic spine Spine connects head and body. The spine goes from one opening mouth/opening (mouth/face) to another mouth/opening (genitals). Just think of these openings being enlarged to represent the head and the body. The bottom is bigger because the body is bigger than the face. 24 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Organ.Torso kanjifreq2001-2500 昌ショウさかんまさ, まさし, よし, あき, あきら, さかえ, あつ, すけ prosperous, bright, clear 1 S+ 1372 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days (none) prosperous If you work from Sun UP to Sun DOWN you will be prosperous. I kept getting this mixed up with meanings like ´fortune´, so here is a fool proof story! Remember the Vulcan salute from ´Star Trek´ (a fiction of the sci-fi genre in which heavenly bodies such as SUNS play a huge role) used with the phrase ´live long and PROSPER´? If that´s not enough of a visual reminder, the Vulcan salute shows the fingers parted in to 2 sets of 2, and visually kind of looks like this kanji if you think about it. 25 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 ShouldSuspend 早ソウ、サッはや.い、はや、はや-、はや.まる、はや.める、さ- さか, さわ, そ, わ early, fast 早い(はやい): (1) fast; quick; hasty; brisk (2) early (in the day, etc.); premature (3) (too) soon; not yet; (too) early (4) easy; simple; quick 早口(はやくち): fast-talking; rapid talking 早急(さっきゅう): urgent 早速(さっそく): at once; immediately; without delay; promptly 素早い(すばやい): (1) fast; quick; prompt; nimble; agile (2) quick (to understand); sharp (judgement) お早うございます(おはようございます): good morning 最早(もはや): (1) already; now (2) no longer; not any more お早う(おはよう): Good morning 4 1 402 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 十: ten 6 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 仮借 Loan early The sun up is early, well before ten. An early sun-flower looks like a miniature sun perched on a needlelike stems. 26 grade1 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Time kanjifreq251-500 旭キョクあさひあきら, あき, てる, ひ rising sun, morning sun 1 S+ 1417 九: nine 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days (none) rising sun 9am carries with it the rising sun. Nine planets revolve around our rising sun. 27 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 Kanji_Time kanjifreq1001-1500 ShouldSuspend 世セイ、セ、ソウよ、さんじゅうとし, ゆ, ゆき generation, world, society, public 世論(よろん): public opinion 世界(せかい): the world; society; the universe 世代(せだい): generation; the world; the age 世紀(せいき): century; era 世帯(せたい): household; home; family; housekeeping 世話(せわ): looking after; help; aid; assistance 世の中(よのなか): society; the world; the times 世間(せけん): world; society 中世(ちゅうせい): Middle Ages; mediaeval times 出世(しゅっせ): success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence お世辞(おせじ): flattery; compliment 見世物(みせもの): show; exhibition; spectacle お世話になる(おせわになる): to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted; to be grateful 世辞(せじ): flattery; compliment お世話(おせわ): help; aid; assistance 4 3 135 廿: twenty; 20 5 一 1 1 いち (none) 象形 Pictographic generation 3 tens = generation. “They SAY a generation is ten+ten+ten years, with the big first ten providing a grounding, and the next ten providing a little more grounding for the final ten. But I wish the next generation didn´t always SAY ”“yo!”“. (ON reading is SEI, KUN reading is yo).” 28 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 胃イ stomach, paunch, crop, craw “胃(い): (1) stomach (2) Chinese ”“stomach”“ constellation (one of the 28 mansions)” 2 4 1647 田: rice field; rice paddy 月: month; moon 9 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic stomach The rice field is harvested once a month to get food for our stomach. The stomach is the part of the body that digests food (which, in Japan, is mainly rice). 29 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Body_Organ.Torso kanjifreq1501-2000 旦タン、ダンあき.らか、あきら、ただし、あさ、あした nightbreak, dawn, morning 旦那(だんな): (1) master (of a house, shop, etc.) (2) husband (informal) (3) word used to address a male patron, customer, or person of high status (sir, boss, master, governor) (4) patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy (5) alms; almsgiving; almsgiver 一旦(いったん): (1) once (2) for a moment; temporarily (3) one morning 1 S 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 一: one; one radical (no.1) 5 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 象形 Pictographic nightbreak A nightbreak happens when the sun rises over the horizon (floor). “It may be easier to think of the keyword ”“DAYBREAK”“ or ”“MORNING”“ for this kanji (other kanji dictionaries do). Then the mnemonic phrase ”“SUN rising over the HORIZON”“ works better. It is an infrequent kanji, but can be found in: 旦夕　（たんせき） morning and evening, or 元旦　（がんたん） New Year´s Day.” 30 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Time 胆タンきもい, まこと gall bladder, courage, pluck, nerve 大胆(だいたん): bold; daring; audacious 1 S 1449 肉: meat 旦: daybreak; dawn; morning 9 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき膽形声 Phonetic gall bladder The moon has a lot of gall sticking around after sunrise. All the month long I have to start working at nightbreak. This really activates my gall bladder (=I get angry). 31 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Organ.Torso kanjifreq1001-1500 亘わた.る, もと.めるせん, のぶ, とうる, わたる, ひさし 1 S+ 1728 二: two; two radical (no.2) 旦: daybreak; dawn; morning (none) span The sun spans from horizon to horizon in a day. The span of the day is the time between the sun goes up and comes down. 32 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 凹オウくぼ.む、へこ.む、ぼこ concave, hollow, sunken 凸凹(でこぼこ): unevenness; roughness; ruggedness 凹む(へこむ): (1) to be dented; to be indented; to yield to; to give; to sink; to collapse; to cave in (2) to be overwhelmed; to feel down; to be forced to yield; to be daunted; to be snubbed 1 S 2206 凵: open box enclosure; open box radical (no. 17) 5 凵 17 2 かんにょう・うけばこ・かんがまえ (none) 象形 Pictographic concave “The letter ”“U”“ is concavely written.” Concave has a concave shape. 33 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq2001-2500 凸トツでこ convex, beetle brow, uneven 凸凹(でこぼこ): unevenness; roughness; ruggedness 1 S 2143 凵: open box enclosure; open box radical (no. 17) 5 凵 17 2 かんにょう・うけばこ・かんがまえ (none) 象形 Pictographic convex When I get vexed, I give people the middle finger. Convex has a convex shape. 34 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq2001-2500 旧キュウふる.い、もと old times, old things, old friend, former, ex- 復旧(ふっきゅう): restoration; restitution; rehabilitation 旧(きゅう): ex-; former; old 旧知(きゅうち): old friend; old friendship 2 5 549 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 5 臼 134 6 うす舊会意 Compound Ideographic olden times Age 18 = olden times. The old man with a walking stick kept talking of olden times all day long. 35 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Time kanjifreq501-750 自ジ、シみずか.ら、おの.ずから、おの.ずとより oneself 自ら(みずから): for one's self; personally 自身(じしん): by oneself; personally 自然(しぜん): (1) nature; spontaneity (2) naturally; spontaneously 自宅(じたく): one's home 自動車(じどうしゃ): automobile 自分(じぶん): (1) myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself (2) I; me 自由(じゆう): freedom; liberty; as it pleases you 自己(じこ): self; oneself 自治(じち): (1) self-government; autonomy (2) local (governmental) autonomy 自信(じしん): self-confidence; confidence (in oneself) 独自(どくじ): original; peculiar; characteristic; proprietary 自主(じしゅ): independence; autonomy 自転車(じてんしゃ): bicycle 自動(じどう): (1) automatic; self-motion (2) intransitive verb 自殺(じさつ): suicide 自衛(じえい): self-defense; self-defence 不自由(ふじゆう): (1) discomfort; inconvenience (2) poverty; want; destitution (3) disability; impairment (physical, mental, etc.) 自覚(じかく): self-consciousness; self-awareness 自慢(じまん): pride; boast 各自(かくじ): individual; each 自然科学(しぜんかがく): natural science 自我(じが): self; the ego 自立(じりつ): independence; self-reliance 自在(じざい): freely; at will 自首(じしゅ): surrender; give oneself up 自習(じしゅう): self-study 自ずから(おのずから): naturally; as a matter of course 自惚れ(うぬぼれ): pretension; conceit; hubris 自転(じてん): rotation (usu. on an axis); turning; spin 自尊心(じそんしん): self-respect; conceit 自動詞(じどうし): intransitive verb (no direct obj) 4 2 19 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 6 自 132 6 みずから (none) 象形 Pictographic oneself Faced with his clone, our hero valiantly cut a mark on his forehead right above his eye so that his comrades could tell his true oneself from the enemy. To use an eyedropper by oneself, aim from above to put a drop into the eye. 36 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_People_General kanjifreq1-250 白ハク、ビャクしろ、しら-、しろ.いあき, か, はっ white 白髪(しらが): white or grey hair (gray); trendy hair bleaching 白(しろ): (1) white (2) white go stone (3) innocence; innocent person (4) skewered grilled pig intestine 明白(めいはく): obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit; overt 真っ白(まっしろ): pure white 白い(しろい): white 告白(こくはく): (1) confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment (2) profession of love (3) confession of sins (e.g. the confessional) 面白い(おもしろい): interesting; amusing 白状(はくじょう): confession 青白い(あおじろい): (1) pale; pallid (2) bluish-white 蛋白質(たんぱくしつ): protein 明白(あからさま): plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward; unabashed; blatant; flagrant 5 1 483 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 5 白 106 5 しろ・しろへん (none) 象形 Pictographic white A white ray is a drop of sun. Even a small drop (´) of the sun (日) would make you see nothing but white. 37 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Color kanjifreq251-500 百ヒャク、ビャクももお, ど, どう, なり, ひゃっ, ひゅく, も, もんど, ゆ hundred 百科辞典(ひゃっかじてん): encyclopedia; encyclopaedia 百(ひゃく): 100; hundred 八百屋(やおや): greengrocer 5 1 163 一: one; one radical (no.1) 白: white 6 白 106 5 しろ・しろへん (none) 指事 Ideographic hundred 100 turned sideways. {sort of the same as what ashoksaraf said}. That dirty ceiling was painted WHITE a hundred times! 38 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq1-250 中チュウなか、うち、あた.るあたる, かなえ in, inside, middle, mean, center 中央(ちゅうおう): centre; central; center; middle 中心(ちゅうしん): (1) center; centre; middle; heart; core; focus; pivot; emphasis; balance (2) -centered; -centred; -focussed; -oriented; centered on; focussed on 中間(ちゅうかん): middle; midway; interim 途中(とちゅう): (1) on the way; en route (2) in the middle of; midway 集中(しゅうちゅう): concentration; convergence; centralization; integration; gathering together 中学(ちゅうがく): middle school; junior high school 中止(ちゅうし): suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption 中学校(ちゅうがっこう): junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school 日中(にっちゅう): (1) daytime; during the day (2) Sino-Japanese 中身(なかみ): contents; interior; substance; filling; (sword) blade 中継(ちゅうけい): (1) relay; hook-up (2) relay broadcasting 中旬(ちゅうじゅん): middle of a month; second third of a month 世の中(よのなか): society; the world; the times 中立(ちゅうりつ): neutrality 空中(くうちゅう): sky; air 背中(せなか): back (of body) 中年(ちゅうねん): middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years 真ん中(まんなか): middle; centre; center; mid-way 中世(ちゅうせい): Middle Ages; mediaeval times 中古(ちゅうこ): (1) used; second-hand; old (2) Middle Ages 中断(ちゅうだん): interruption; suspension; break 中途(ちゅうと): in the middle; half-way 中毒(ちゅうどく): (1) poisoning (2) addiction 連中(れんちゅう): (1) colleagues; company; a lot; those guys (2) troupe; company (of musicians) 夜中(よなか): midnight; dead of night 心中(しんじゅう): double suicide; lovers suicide 年中(ねんじゅう): (1) whole year; all year round; throughout the year (2) always; all the time (3) middle class (of a nursery school, etc.) 中傷(ちゅうしょう): slander; libel; defamation 命中(めいちゅう): a hit; hitting something that was aimed at 中枢(ちゅうすう): centre; center; pivot; mainstay; nucleus; backbone; central figure; pillar; key man 中性(ちゅうせい): (1) neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference (2) sexlessness; androgyny; androgyne; neuter (3) neuter gender 中和(ちゅうわ): neutralize; neutralise; counteract 中腹(ちゅうふく): mountain side; halfway up 中指(なかゆび): middle finger 夢中(むちゅう): daze; (in a) trance; ecstasy; delirium; engrossment; within a (deep) dream 熱中(ねっちゅう): nuts!; enthusiasm; zeal; mania 最中(さいちゅう): in the middle of; height of; in course of; midst 御中(おんちゅう): and Company; Messrs; for the attention of … 中(なか): (1) inside; in (2) among; within (3) center (centre); middle (4) during; while 中中(なかなか): (1) very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather (2) by no means (with negative verb) 中(ちゅう): (1) medium; average; middle (2) moderation (3) middle school (4) China (5) in; out of (e.g. three out of ten people) (6) during (a certain time when one did or is doing something); under (construction, etc.); while 話し中(はなしちゅう): busy (phone) 中程(なかほど): middle; midway 中っ腹(ちゅうっぱら): anger (held in check); irritation; rage 夜中(やちゅう): during the night; at night 中(じゅう): (1) through; throughout; in the course of (2) all over or throughout (e.g. a place) 5 1 11 口: mouth 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 4 丨 2 1 ぼう・たてぼう (none) 象形 Pictographic in Pocky goes in the mouth. My GF lets me come in her mouth (pictogram). 39 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Directions kanjifreq1-250 千センちかず, ゆき thousand 千(せん): 1,000; thousand 千切る(ちぎる): (1) to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to tear up (2) to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to tear off (3) to do … heavily; to do … heartily; to do … vigorously 5 1 195 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 十: ten 3 十 24 2 じゅう・じゅうへん (none) 形声 Phonetic thousand It takes many drops of ten to get to a thousand. One T = one thousand. 40 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq1-250 舌ゼツした tongue, reed, clapper 舌(した): (1) tongue (2) tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock) 1 5 1830 口: mouth 6 舌 135 6 した・したへん (none) 象形 Pictographic tongue What is in a mouth that permits it to speak a thousand things? Yes, a tongue. Kissing a thousand mouths eventually gets you some tongue. 41 grade5 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Head.Neck kanjifreq1501-2000 升ショウますのぼる measuring box, 1.8 liter 1 S 2077 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 廾: twenty; 20; twenty or letter H radical (no. 55) 4 十 24 2 じゅう・じゅうへん (none) 象形 Pictographic measuring box It is a thousand or ten? I need my measuring box. I can fit a thousand needles into my measuring box, but only if I bend the thousand. 42 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Counting_Units.of.Volume kanjifreq2001-2500 昇ショウのぼ.るしゅう, のり rise up 上昇(じょうしょう): rising; ascending; climbing 昇進(しょうしん): promotion 2 S 826 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 升: measuring box; 1.8 liter 8 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic rise up “This kanji does not mean ”“get up”“ or ”“awake.”“ It means rising, like the rising of a salary, or a promotion. STORY: You know that your salary has RISEN UP when your MEASURING BOX has enough dollar bills in it to reach the SUN.” We Measure the Sun to decide when we should Rise Up out of bed. 43 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 丸ガンまる、まる.める、まる.いま, わ, わに round, full, month, perfection, -ship, pills, make round, roll up, curl up, seduce, explain away 日の丸(ひのまる): (1) outline of the sun (esp. represented as a red circle) (2) the Japanese flag 丸ごと(まるごと): in its entirety; whole; wholly 丸める(まるめる): (1) to make round; to roll up; to curl up (2) to seduce; to cajole; to explain away (3) to round off (a fraction) (4) to lump together 丸(まる): (1) circle (2) full (e.g. month, day, etc.) (3) perfection; purity (4) suffix for ship names 丸っきり(まるっきり): completely; perfectly; just as if 丸で(まるで): (1) quite; entirely; completely; at all (2) as if; as though; just like 丸々(まるまる): (1) plump; rotund; chubby (2) entirely; completely; wholly 2 2 542 九: nine 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 3 丶 3 1 てん・ちょぼ・ちゅ・ちゅてん (none) 象形 Pictographic round Nine plus a drop rounds it off to ten! “Watch out for plump (#120). Here Heisig could have added a ”“t”“ and we would have had a much better keyword : rotund. Rotund is more specific than ”“round”“ which begs for confusion with circle (#1811). A dictionary search on ”“fat”“ or ”“round”“ doesn´t yield this kanji, but ”“rotund”“ does! Primitive suggestion: the Laughing Buddha is often depicted as a rotund, smiling bald man in robes with a largely exposed pot belly stomach (symbolizing plenitude).” 44 grade2 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq501-750 寸スンす, みき measurement, foot/10 寸法(すんぽう): measurement; size; extent; dimension 一寸(ちょっと): (1) just a minute; short time; just a little (2) somewhat; easily; readily; rather (3) (before a verb in negative form) (will not) easily (4) hey! 燐寸(マッチ): (1) match (contest) (2) match (to light fire with) (3) to match with; to go well with 1 6 1669 寸: sun (unit of measurement) (radical no. 41) 3 寸 41 3 すん・すんづくり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic measurement The decimal system uses drops of ten as a measurement. Glue two sticks together to make the best measurement. (I always remember the primitive, but never the original keyword.). 45 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Counting_Units.of.Length kanjifreq1501-2000 専センもっぱ.ら specialty, exclusive, mainly, solely 専門(せんもん): speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert 専攻(せんこう): major subject; special study 専用(せんよう): (1) exclusive use; personal use; dedicated (2) private (e.g. network) 専修(せんしゅう): specialization; specialisation 専ら(もっぱら): wholly; solely; entirely; exclusively; devotedly; fixedly 専制(せんせい): despotism; autocracy 2 6 506 由: wherefore; a reason 寸: measurement; foot/10 9 寸 41 3 すん・すんづくり專会意 Compound Ideographic specialty After you have chosen your 10 fields of study, measure how good you are at each to find out your specialty. 10 brains glued together allows you to specialize in any specialty that you want. Imagine each brain having its own specialty. 46 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 博ハク、バクぐれ, と, はか, ひろ Dr., command, esteem, win acclaim, Ph.D., exposition, fair 博士(はくし): (1) doctorate; PhD; Dr (as a title) (2) expert; learned person 博物館(はくぶつかん): museum 1 4 794 十: ten 尃: to state to; to announce 12 十 24 2 じゅう・じゅうへん (none) 形声 Phonetic Dr. Ten specialties grants you the title of Dr. with a dot. “Watch for doctor (#1694), the sooner the better! In fact this kanji refers to someone well ”“learned”“, with extensive knowledge. This could apply to any kind of field. The kanji 医 (”“doctor”“) is directly related to medicine. I would suggest to take away completely the idea of medicine here, and use a popular character whose name includes the keyword such as ”“Dr. Who”“, ”“Dr. Jekyll”“, even ”“Dr. Dobb´s”“ if you´re into programming.” 47 grade4 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 占センし.める、うらな.ううら, しむ, じめ fortune telling, divine, forecast, occupy, hold, have, get, take 占領(せんりょう): occupation; capture; possession; have a room to oneself 独占(どくせん): (1) monopoly (2) to monopolize; to hog 占う(うらなう): to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine 占める(しめる): (1) to comprise (some part of the whole); to account for; to make up (of) (2) to hold; to occupy 占めた(しめた): I've got it; all right; fine 2 S 694 卜: divination 口: mouth 5 卜 25 2 ぼく・ぼくづくり・ぼくのと・と・うらない (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic fortune-telling Fortune-telling: using a mouth as a divining rod. “A great number of people who do fortune-telling are ”“almost old”“.” 48 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 上ジョウ、ショウ、シャンうえ、-うえ、うわ-、かみ、あ.げる、-あ.げる、あ.がる、-あ.がる、あ.がり、-あ.がり、のぼ.る、のぼ.り、のぼ.せる、のぼ.す、よ.すあおい, あげ, い, か, かき, かず, かん, こう, のぼり, ほつ above, up “上がる(あがる): (1) to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised (2) to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in (3) to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade (4) to get out (of water); to come ashore (5) to increase (6) to improve; to make progress (7) to be promoted; to advance (8) to be made (of profit, etc.) (9) to occur (esp. of a favourable result) (10) to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.) (11) to be finished; to be done; to be over (12) (of rain) to stop; to lift (13) to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die (14) to win (in a card game, etc.) (15) to be arrested (16) to turn up (of evidence, etc.) (17) to be deep fried (18) to be spoken loudly (19) to get stage fright (20) to be offered (to the gods, etc.) (21) to go; to visit (22) to eat; to drink (23) to be listed (as a candidate) (24) to serve (in one's master's home) (25) (in Kyoto) to go north (26) (after the -masu stem of a verb) indicates completion 売上げ(うりあげ): amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings 上る(のぼる): (1) to ascend; to go up; to climb (2) to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise (3) to go to (the capital) (4) to be promoted (5) to add up to (6) to advance (in price) (7) to swim up (a river); to sail up (8) to come up (on the agenda) 引上げる(ひきあげる): (1) to pull up; to drag up; to lift up (2) to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes) (3) to withdraw; to leave; to pull out; to retire (4) to return home 上昇(じょうしょう): rising; ascending; climbing 向上(こうじょう): elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress 上下(じょうげ): (1) top and bottom; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends; up and down (2) going up and down; rising and falling; fluctuating (3) going and coming back (4) upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled; the government and the people (5) first and second volumes 上空(じょうくう): sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air 上司(じょうし): superior authorities; boss 上演(じょうえん): performance (e.g. music, theatre, opera); staging 上がり(あがり): (1) ascent; rise; slope (2) freshly-drawn green tea (esp. in sushi shops) (3) advance income; crop yield (4) death; spinning; completion; stop; finish (5) after (rain); ex (official, etc.) (6) (end) results (e.g. of crafts like painting, pottery, etc.); how something comes out 上陸(じょうりく): landing; disembarkation 上旬(じょうじゅん): first 10 days of month 屋上(おくじょう): rooftop 上り(のぼり): (1) ascent; climbing; ascending (path); climb (2) up-train (e.g. going to Tokyo) (3) northward (towards Tokyo) 上級(じょうきゅう): advanced level; high grade; senior 以上(いじょう): (1) not less than; … and more; … and upwards (2) beyond … (e.g. one's means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than … (e.g. cannot pay more than that) (3) above-mentioned; foregoing (4) since …; seeing that … (5) this is all; that is the end; the end 上手(じょうず): (1) skill; skillful; dexterity (2) flattery 仕上げ(しあげ): end; finishing touches; being finished 頂上(ちょうじょう): top; summit; peak 途上(とじょう): (1) en route; half-way (2) on the road; in the street 申し上げる(もうしあげる): (1) to say; to tell; to state (2) to do for 上着(うわぎ): coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment 出来上がり(できあがり): finish; completion; ready; made for; cut out 上位(じょうい): (1) superior (in rank); top; ranking (2) higher order (e.g. byte) (3) host computer (of connected device) 取上げる(とりあげる): (1) to pick up; to take up (2) to adopt; to accept; to listen to (3) to take away; to confiscate; to deprive; to disqualify (4) to deliver (a child) 仕上がり(しあがり): finish; end; completion 盛り上がる(もりあがる): (1) to swell; to rise; to bulge; to be piled up (2) to rouse; to get excited 上達(じょうたつ): (1) improvement; advance; progress (2) communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank 身の上(みのうえ): one's future; one's welfare; one's personal history お手上げ(おてあげ): all over; given in; given up hope; bring to knees 差し上げる(さしあげる): (1) to give; to offer (2) to lift up; to hold up; to raise 目上(めうえ): superior; superiors; senior 真上(まうえ): just above; right overhead 読み上げる(よみあげる): to read out loud (and clearly); to call a roll 見上げる(みあげる): (1) to look up at; to raise one's eyes (2) to look up to; to admire; to respect 出来上がる(できあがる): (1) to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat) (2) to be very drunk 仕上げる(しあげる): to finish up; to complete 立ち上がる(たちあがる): (1) to stand up; to get up (2) to rise (3) to recover (4) to take action; to start (5) to make the initial charge (in sumo) (6) to start up; to boot up 上等(じょうとう): (1) superiority; first-class; very good (2) (that's) just fine!; bring it on! 召し上がる(めしあがる): to eat 上品(じょうひん): elegant; refined; polished その上(そのうえ): (1) in addition; furthermore (2) above (which); on top of (which) 上(うえ): (1) above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter) (2) top; summit (3) surface; on (4) before; previous (5) superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder) (6) on top of that; besides; what's more (7) upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after) (8) matters concerning…; as concerns … (9) since (i.e. ”“for that reason”“) (10) suffix indicating higher social standing (11) place of one's superior (i.e. the throne) (12) emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo (13) noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman) 上(かみ): (1) upper reaches (of a river); upper stream (2) top; upper part; upper half (of the body) (3) long ago (4) beginning; first (5) person of high rank (e.g. the emperor) (6) government; imperial court (7) imperial capital (i.e. Kyoto); capital region (i.e. Kansai); region (or direction of) the imperial palace (8) head (of a table) (9) wife; mistress (of a restaurant) 上(じょう): (1) from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); in the field of; being of the type of (2) aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; on; above (3) first volume (e.g. book) (4) superior quality; best; top; high class (5) going up (6) governmental; imperial (7) presenting; showing (8) ana- (medical, biol.) 上下(うえした): (1) top and bottom; up and down; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends (2) upside-down 持ち上げる(もちあげる): (1) to elevate; to raise; to lift up (2) to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky 上回る(うわまわる): to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than 仕上がる(しあがる): to be finished; to be completed; to be done 参上(さんじょう): calling on; visiting 上(うわ): upper; upward; outer; surface; top 上手(うわて): (1) upper part (2) upper stream; upper course of a river (3) right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV) (4) skillful (only in comparisons); dexterity (only in comparisons) (5) over-arm grip on opponent's belt (sumo)” 5 1 35 卜: divination 一: one; one radical (no.1) 3 一 1 1 いち (none) 指事 Ideographic above A magic wand standing on above the floor. “Above all else, be grounded if you are going to practice augury (#2103)卜. You could turn yourself into a トoad…” 49 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Directions kanjifreq1-250 下カ、ゲした、しも、もと、さ.げる、さ.がる、くだ.る、くだ.り、くだ.す、-くだ.す、くだ.さる、お.ろす、お.りるさか, しと below, down, descend, give, low, inferior “足下(あしもと): (1) at one's feet; underfoot; one's step (as in ”“watch your step”“) (2) gait; pace; step (3) you; thou 下りる(おりる): (1) to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down (2) to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount (3) to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit (4) to be granted; to be issued; to be given (5) to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.) (6) to be passed (from the body; i.e. of a roundworm) 引下げる(ひきさげる): to pull down; to lower; to reduce; to withdraw 下車(げしゃ): alighting (from train, bus, etc.); getting off 地下(ちか): (1) basement; cellar; underground place (2) underground; below ground (3) secret; under cover (4) underground (railway); subway; metro 低下(ていか): fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation 以下(いか): (1) not exceeding; and downward; … and below (2) below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level) (3) the below-mentioned; the following; the rest 下旬(げじゅん): month (last third of) 上下(じょうげ): (1) top and bottom; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends; up and down (2) going up and down; rising and falling; fluctuating (3) going and coming back (4) upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled; the government and the people (5) first and second volumes 地下鉄(ちかてつ): underground train; subway 下げる(さげる): to hang; to lower; to move back; to wear; to dismiss; to grant 下り(くだり): (1) down-train (going away from Tokyo) (2) down-slope; downward going 部下(ぶか): subordinate person 下町(したまち): low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, inc. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds) 廊下(ろうか): corridor; hallway; passageway 下着(したぎ): underwear 目下(めした): subordinate; subordinates; inferior; inferiors; junior 天下(てんか): (1) the whole world (2) the whole country (3) society; the public (4) supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power (5) having one's own way; doing as one pleases (6) peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous (7) shogun (Edo period) 下降(かこう): downward; descent; fall; drop; subsidence 下手(へた): (1) unskillful; poor; awkward (2) imprudent; untactful 下痢(げり): diarrhoea; diarrhea 下る(くだる): (1) to descend; to go down; to come down (2) to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.) (3) to pass (of time) (4) to surrender; to capitulate (5) (often in neg. form) to be less than; to be inferior to (6) to have the runs; to have diarrhea 下宿(げしゅく): boarding; lodging; boarding house 下水(げすい): (1) drainage; ditch; gutter; sewerage (2) sewage; black water 落下(らっか): fall; drop; come down 下さる(くださる): to give; to confer 靴下(くつした): socks; sock; stockings; stocking 下がる(さがる): to hang down; to abate; to retire; to fall; to step back 下さい(ください): (1) please give me (2) (after te-form of a verb or a noun prefixed with o- or go-) please do for me 地下水(ちかすい): underground water 下地(したじ): groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; elementary knowledge of; grounding in; prearrangement; spadework; signs; symptoms; first coat of plastering; soy 下駄(げた): (1) geta; Japanese wooden clogs (2) turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character 下火(したび): burning low; waning; declining 下品(げひん): vulgarity; meanness; indecency; coarseness 下ろす(おろす): (1) to take down (e.g. flag); to launch (e.g. boat); to drop; to lower (e.g. ladder); to let (a person) off; to unload; to discharge (2) to drop off (a passenger from a vehicle); to let (a person) off (3) to withdraw money from an account (4) to wear (clothing) for the first time (5) to fillet (e.g. a fish) 下書き(したがき): rough copy; draft; draught 見下ろす(みおろす): (1) to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on (2) to despise; to look down on 下調べ(したしらべ): preliminary investigation; preparation ぶら下げる(ぶらさげる): to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry 下(した): (1) below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter) (2) bottom (3) beneath; underneath (4) just after; right after (5) inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior) (6) trade-in (7) preliminary; preparatory 下らない(くだらない): good-for-nothing; stupid; trivial; worthless 上下(うえした): (1) top and bottom; up and down; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends (2) upside-down 目下(もっか): at present; now 真下(ました): right under; directly below 下取り(したどり): trade in; part exchange 下心(したごころ): (1) secret intention; ulterior motive (2) kanji ”“heart”“ radical at bottom 城下(じょうか): land near the castle 下線(かせん): underline; underscore 下品(かひん): inferior article 下(げ): (1) lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority (2) second volume (of two); third volume (of three) 下(しも): (1) lower reaches (of a river) (2) bottom; lower part (3) lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); urine; menses (4) end; far from the imperial palace (i.e. far from Kyoto, esp. of western Japan) (5) dirty (e.g. dirty jokes, etc.) 下(か): under (being in said condition or environment) お掛け下さい(おかけください): please sit down; please have a seat” 5 1 97 一: one; one radical (no.1) 卜: divination 3 一 1 1 いち (none) 指事 Ideographic below Roots are below the ground. A magic wand hanging below the ceiling. 50 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Directions kanjifreq1-250 卓タクすぐる, たか, たかし eminent, table, desk, high 食卓(しょくたく): dining table 1 S 1348 卜: divination 早: early; fast 8 十 24 2 じゅう・じゅうへん (none) 象形 Pictographic eminent The most eminent magician is he who learned to use his magic wand early in life. The eminent sunflower is the one that stands above the others. 51 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1001-1500 朝チョウあさあ, あそ, ささ, ちか, とも morning, dynasty, regime, epoch, period, (North) Korea 朝(あさ): morning 毎朝(まいあさ): every morning 今朝(けさ): this morning 朝ご飯(あさごはん): breakfast 朝寝坊(あさねぼう): oversleeping; late riser 4 2 248 十: ten 早: early; fast 肉: meat 12 月 74 4 つき・つきへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic morning There is mist as the moon fades away in the morning. “Morning has come ”“ten”“ hours ”“early”“!!! The ”“moon”“ is still in the sky!” 52 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Time kanjifreq1-250 只シただ only, free, in addition 只(ただ): (1) ordinary; common; usual (2) free of charge (3) unaffected; as is; safe (4) only; merely; just; simply (5) but; however; nevertheless 只管(ひたすら): nothing but; earnest; intent; determined; set on (something) 1 S+ 2288 口: mouth 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) (none) only Imagine an animal with only a mouth and legs. My girlfriend insists that the only thing I want from her is what´s between her legs.. She´s drawn me this pictograph to demonstrate. It´s a head and two legs spread apart.. I explain that I also love her breasts, and then she smacks me in the face. I´ll never understand women.. (I keep failing this kanji, hopefully this silly story will help me!). 53 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 貝バイかい shellfish 貝(かい): shell; shellfish 貝殼(かいがら): shell 2 1 1787 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 7 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 象形 Pictographic shellfish Eye thought I saw a shellfish legging it down the beach! Stare at the shellfish, it looks like an eye with legs. 54 grade1 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce Kanji_Nature_Animal_Fish kanjifreq1501-2000 貞テイさださざ, ただし, りょう upright, chastity, constancy, righteousness 1 S 1389 卜: divination 貝: shellfish 9 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic upright A magic wand is needed to make a clam stand upright. Just the thought of my magic wand on her clam makes my magic wand stand upright. 55 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 員インいな, かず employee, member, number, the one in charge 委員(いいん): committee member 会員(かいいん): member; the membership 議員(ぎいん): member of the Diet, congress or parliament 職員(しょくいん): staff member; personnel 全員(ぜんいん): all members (unanimity); all hands; the whole crew; everyone; everybody 従業員(じゅうぎょういん): employee; worker 定員(ていいん): fixed number of regular personnel; capacity (of boat, hall, aeroplane, airplane, etc.) 公務員(こうむいん): government worker; public (civil) servant 教員(きょういん): teaching staff 店員(てんいん): shop assistant; employee; clerk; salesperson 満員(まんいん): full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded 動員(どういん): mobilization; mobilisation 行員(こういん): bank clerk 工員(こういん): factory worker 員(いん): member 4 3 54 口: mouth 貝: shellfish 10 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 象形 Pictographic employee An employee (member of the company) has to clam up his mouth if he wants keep the job! An employee is basically a shellfish with a mouth. 56 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 見ケンみ.る、み.える、み.せる see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible 見付かる(みつかる): to be found; to be discovered 見積り(みつもり): estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation 意見(いけん): opinion; view; comment 会見(かいけん): interview; audience 見方(みかた): (1) viewpoint; point of view (2) way of understanding; way of appreciating; how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule) 見通し(みとおし): (1) unobstructed view; perspective; visibility; vista (2) forecast; outlook; prospect; prediction (3) insight; foresight 見解(けんかい): opinion; point of view 見込み(みこみ): (1) hope; promise; possibility; chance; probability; likelihood (2) expectation; anticipation; forecast; estimate (3) side of a structural member 発見(はっけん): discovery; detection; finding 見事(みごと): (1) splendid; magnificent; beautiful; admirable (2) praiseworthy act; feat; commendable deed (3) utter (esp. defeat); total; complete 見学(けんがく): inspection; study by observation; field trip 見出し(みだし): (1) heading; headline; title; caption (2) index (3) headword 見送り(みおくり): seeing one off; farewell; escort 見送る(みおくる): (1) to see off (e.g. to the station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to farewell (2) to see out; to send off (3) to let pass; to wait and see; to continue (e.g. in legal contexts) (4) to let a pitch go by (baseball); to watch a batted ball go into the stands 見舞う(みまう): to ask after (health); to visit 偏見(へんけん): prejudice; narrow view 見舞い(みまい): (1) visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters (2) get-well gifts; get-well letters (3) expression of sympathy; expression of concern; enquiry; inquiry 花見(はなみ): cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing 見直す(みなおす): (1) to look again (2) to get a better opinion of 見詰める(みつめる): to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on 見る(みる): (1) to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe (2) to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge (3) to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of (4) to view (e.g. flowers, movie) (5) to try; to try out (6) to see that…; to find that… 見地(けんち): point of view 見物(けんぶつ): sightseeing; sightseer; watching; watcher 見える(みえる): (1) to be seen; to be in sight (2) to look; to seem; to appear (3) to come 見合い(みあい): formal marriage interview; marriage meeting 一見(いっけん): (1) look; glimpse; glance (2) to glance; to glimpse (3) first meeting (4) apparently; seemingly 見当(けんとう): aim; mark; estimate; guess; approximation; direction 見本(みほん): sample 見付ける(みつける): (1) to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to come across; to detect; to spot (2) to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to find fault (3) to be used to seeing; to be familiar with 見かけ(みかけ): outward appearance 見渡す(みわたす): to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of 見合わせる(みあわせる): (1) to exchange glances; to look at each other (2) to postpone; to suspend operations; to refrain from performing an action 拝見(はいけん): seeing; look at 見せびらかす(みせびらかす): to show off; to flaunt 見せる(みせる): to show; to display 見苦しい(みぐるしい): unsightly; ugly 見かける(みかける): to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of 見上げる(みあげる): (1) to look up at; to raise one's eyes (2) to look up to; to admire; to respect 見晴らし(みはらし): view; prospect; outlook 見落とす(みおとす): to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing) 見下ろす(みおろす): (1) to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on (2) to despise; to look down on 見逃す(みのがす): to miss; to overlook; to leave at large 見習う(みならう): to follow another's example 見窄らしい(みすぼらしい): shabby; seedy 見っともない(みっともない): shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper よそ見(よそみ): looking away; looking aside 見なす(みなす): to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate 見慣れる(みなれる): to become used to seeing; to be familiar with 見計らう(みはからう): (1) to choose at one's own discretion (2) to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something) 見世物(みせもの): show; exhibition; spectacle お見舞い(おみまい): calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry 異見(いけん): different opinion; objection 目論見(もくろみ): plan; scheme; project; program; programme; intention; goal 一見(いちげん): first visit to inn, restaurant, etc. without an introduction 5 1 22 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 7 見 147 7 みる (none) 象形 Pictographic see As a primitive, this is Mike Wazowski from Monsters Inc. (the giant eyeball with legs…) Makes for easy stories later on. Eyes and legs are all you need to see the world. 57 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Sense kanjifreq1-250 児ジ、ニ、ゲイこ、-こ、-っこる newborn babe, child, young of animals 児童(じどう): children; juvenile 育児(いくじ): childcare; nursing; upbringing 幼児(ようじ): infant; baby; child 小児科(しょうにか): pediatrics 孤児(こじ): orphan 児(じ): child 2 4 679 旧: old times; old things; old friend; former; ex- 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 7 儿 10 2 にんにょう・ひとあし兒象形 Pictographic newborn babe In the olden times, a newborn babe came out legs first. Only 18 and already got a newborn babe. Young girls are so quick to spread their legs these days… 58 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_People_General kanjifreq501-750 marked 元ゲン、ガンもとちか, はじめ, はる, ゆき, よし beginning, former time, origin 根元(ねもと): root; source; origin; foundation; base; principle 地元(じもと): (1) home area; home town (2) local 元首(げんしゅ): ruler; sovereign 元気(げんき): health(y); robust; vigor; vigour; energy; vitality; vim; stamina; spirit; courage; pep 元日(がんじつ): New Year's Day 還元(かんげん): resolution; reduction; return to origins 手元(てもと): (1) (money) on hand or at home; one's purse (handbag) (2) usual skill 元来(がんらい): originally; primarily; essentially; logically; naturally 元年(がんねん): first year (of a specific reign) 元素(げんそ): chemical element 元(もと): former; ex- お元気ですか(おげんきですか): how are you? 4 2 192 二: two; two radical (no.2) 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 4 儿 10 2 にんにょう・ひとあし (none) 象形 Pictographic beginning In the beginning were just two who walked on human legs. “In the beginning God created woman, and God asked her how she liked his work. Woman replied, ”“Well, you know how I have two eyes, two arms, two legs… it seems redundant to have three breasts. It would look more symmetrical with two.”“ God nodded, and the middle breast fell off… and it was good. Woman picked up the breast and said, ”“Thank you, God! But what do I do with this useless boob?”“ And God created man. That´s why the women today only have two boobs to match their two human legs.” 59 grade2 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 頁ケツぺえじ, おおがい, かしら page, leaf 頁(ページ): page 0 S+ 貝: shellfish (none) page A shellfish carrying a page balanced on its head. One drop of ink from a shellfish can fill a whole page. 60 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 頑ガンかたく stubborn, foolish, firmly 頑固(がんこ): stubbornness; obstinacy 頑張る(がんばる): (1) to persevere; to persist; to keep at it; to hang on; to hold out; to do one's best (2) to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion) (3) to remain in a place; to stick to one's post; to refuse to budge 頑丈(がんじょう): solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy 1 S 1247 元: beginning; former time; origin 頁: page; leaf 13 頁 181 9 おおがい・いちのかい (none) 形声 Phonetic stubborn A stubborn person in the beginning gets something into their head and can´t change their mind. Picture a STUBBORN schoolboy, with his arms crossed and his book still open to the BEGINNING PAGE. Despite the teacher telling him to turn the page, he refuses and keeps his book on the BEGINNING PAGE. 61 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 凡ボン、ハンおよ.そ、おうよ.そ、すべ.てなみ, ひろ, みな mediocre 平凡(へいぼん): common; commonplace; ordinary; mediocre 凡そ(およそ): about; roughly; as a rule; approximately 1 S 1730 几: table; table enclosure; table or windy radical (no. 16) 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 3 几 16 2 つくえ・きにょう・かぜかんむり (none) 象形 Pictographic mediocre A drop of breeze is naught but a mediocre wind. Is there anything as mediocre as a drop of piss in the wind? 62 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 負フま.ける、ま.かす、お.う defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility 負担(ふたん): burden; charge; responsibility 勝負(しょうぶ): victory or defeat; match; contest; game; bout 負け(まけ): defeat; loss; losing (a game) 負債(ふさい): debt; liabilities 負傷(ふしょう): injury; wound 負う(おう): (1) to bear; to carry on one's back (2) to take responsibility for; to accept a duty (3) to be injured (4) to owe 負ける(まける): (1) to lose; to be defeated (2) to succumb; to give in; to surrender; to yield (3) to be inferior to (4) to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.) (5) to reduce the price; to lower the price; to give a discount on 背負う(せおう): (1) to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to carry on back or shoulder (2) to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something) 負かす(まかす): to defeat 負んぶ(おんぶ): carrying on one's back (e.g. baby) お負け(おまけ): (1) freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; bonus; an extra (2) (on the spot) price reduction (3) exaggeration 3 3 443 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 貝: shellfish 9 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic defeat Tied up, the shellfish had to accept defeat! Defeat is defined by a shellfish in binds. 63 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 万マン、バンよろずかず, ま, ゆる ten thousand “万人(ばんじん): (1) all people; everybody (2) ten thousand people 万能(ばんのう): (1) all-purpose; utility (2) almighty; omnipotent 万一(まんいち): (1) emergency; unlikely event (2) by some chance; by some possibility 万歳(ばんざい): (1) crying ”“banzai”“ (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture) (2) something worthy of celebration (3) giving up (4) long time (5) eternal life (and prosperity) (6) banzai (a celebratory cheer); hurrah (hooray, hurray) 万年筆(まんねんひつ): fountain pen 万(まん): (1) 10,000; ten thousand (2) myriad (3) everything; all (4) various 万(ばん): many; all” 5 2 375 一: one; one radical (no.1) 3 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり萬象形 Pictographic ten thousand I bound ten thousand dollars together and hid it under the floor. “We have ”“one”“ at the top and if you turn the kanji 90 degrees you will see arabic 4 shich means it has four zeros in front of it!” 64 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Counting ShouldSuspend 句クすく phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku 俳句(はいく): haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae 文句(もんく): (1) phrase (2) complaint 句(く): (1) section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph (2) phrase (3) verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry) (4) haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc. (5) maxim; saying; idiom; expression 句読点(くとうてん): punctuation mark; punctuation marks 語句(ごく): words; phrases 佳句(かく): beautiful passage of literature 1 5 1244 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 口: mouth 5 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic phrase Some Japanese phrases are difficult to wrap your mouth around. A bound mouth cannot utter a single phrase. 65 grade5 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq1001-1500 肌キはだ texture, skin, body, grain 肌(はだ): (1) skin (2) body (in the context of intimate bodily contact) (3) surface; grain (e.g. of wood); texture (4) disposition; temperament; character; type 肌着(はだぎ): underwear; underclothes; lingerie; chemise; singlet 2 S 1559 肉: meat 几: table; table enclosure; table or windy radical (no. 16) 6 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic texture When you expose your flesh to the wind it gets textured: goosebumps! The moon´s lack of wind preserves its texture. 66 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Body_General kanjifreq1501-2000 旬ジュン、シュン decameron, 10day period, season (for specific products 下旬(げじゅん): month (last third of) 中旬(ちゅうじゅん): middle of a month; second third of a month 上旬(じょうじゅん): first 10 days of month 初旬(しょじゅん): first 10 days of the month 1 S 1162 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 6 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 象形 Pictographic decameron “Hesig should be BOUND for a DAY (or maybe 10 days - a decameron) for calling this Kanji DECAMERON. See martyrdom (#809).” If you bind up ten days, you get a decameron. 67 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Time kanjifreq1001-1500 勺 1 S+ 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) (none) ladle A ladle binds drops together. Forget about the primative ´bound up´. Imagine instead the shape of a ladle and holding it upside down to drink the last DROP (of water). 68 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 Kanji_Counting_Units.of.Volume ShouldSuspend 的テキまといくは, ゆくは bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending 積極的(せっきょくてき): assertive; positive; active; proactive 目的(もくてき): purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention 消極的(しょうきょくてき): negative; half-hearted; passive; unmotivated; pessimistic 知的(ちてき): intellectual 比較的(ひかくてき): comparative; relative 先天的(せんてんてき): a priori; inborn; innate; inherent; congenital; hereditary 的(てき): -like; typical 的(まと): mark; target 動的(どうてき): dynamic; kinetic 静的(せいてき): static 2 4 105 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 勺: ladle; one tenth of a go; dip 8 白 106 5 しろ・しろへん (none) 形声 Phonetic bull's eye I managed to hit the bull´s eye by throwing my white ladle. “A white, bound up, drop in the center is the bull´s eye. (why Heisig had to use ”“ladle”“ instead of the original two primitives that make up ”“ladle”“ I´ll never understand!).” 69 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1-250 首シュくびおびと, こべ, す neck 首相(しゅしょう): Prime Minister; Chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); Premier 首脳(しゅのう): (1) head; leader; leading spirit (2) important part 首都(しゅと): capital city; metropolis 首(くび): (1) neck (2) head (3) unemployed person 元首(げんしゅ): ruler; sovereign 手首(てくび): wrist 自首(じしゅ): surrender; give oneself up 首飾り(くびかざり): necklace; choker 部首(ぶしゅ): radical (of a kanji character) 首輪(くびわ): necklace; choker 4 2 98 自: oneself 9 首 185 9 くび (none) 象形 Pictographic neck The V shape is your neck on top of your collar bone, or the straight line. Yourself, or the rest of your body is below that! The mooses neck supports it´s big horns and long nose. 70 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Body_Head.Neck kanjifreq1-250 乙オツ、イツおと-、きのと the latter, duplicate, strange, witty 乙(おつ): (1) second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); the latter (2) strange; quaint; stylish; chic; spicy; queer; witty; tasty; romantic (3) thank you; goodbye; goodnight 1 S 1841 乙: second, latter, second radical (no. 5) 1 乙 5 1 おつ・おつにょう・つりばり (none) 象形 Pictographic fish guts This is a fish hook, that pulls out the fishguts. You cut a fish in a z shape on the belly to make it easier to open the fish and rip out its fish guts silly! 71 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq1501-2000 乱ラン、ロンみだ.れる、みだ.る、みだ.す、みだ、おさ.める、わた.るら riot, war, disorder, disturb 混乱(こんらん): disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem 反乱(はんらん): insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising 乱用(らんよう): abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess 乱れる(みだれる): (1) to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be disarrayed; to be disheveled; to be dishevelled (2) to be discomposed; to be upset; to get confused; to be disturbed (3) to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.) 乱暴(らんぼう): rude; violent; rough; lawless; unreasonable; reckless 内乱(ないらん): civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict 乱す(みだす): to throw out of order; to disarrange; to disturb 2 6 755 舌: tongue; reed; clapper 乙: the latter; duplicate; strange; witty; fishhook radical (no. 5) 7 乙 5 1 おつ・おつにょう・つりばり亂会意 Compound Ideographic riot The riot police broke up the riot by dragging the rioters away by their tongues with fishooks. A tongue with a hook can cause a riot. 72 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 直チョク、ジキ、ジカただ.ちに、なお.す、-なお.す、なお.る、なお.き、す.ぐすぐ, なお, のう, のお straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair 直後(ちょくご): immediately following 直接(ちょくせつ): direct; immediate; personal; firsthand 直前(ちょくぜん): just before 直(じき): (1) soon; in a moment; before long; shortly (2) nearby; close (3) direct (4) spot transaction; cash transaction 直ちに(ただちに): at once; immediately; directly; in person; automatically 率直(そっちょく): frankness; candour; candor; openheartedness; directness 正直(しょうじき): (1) honesty; integrity; frankness (2) honestly; frankly 素直(すなお): (1) obedient; meek; docile; unaffected (2) honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings) 直径(ちょっけい): diameter 見直す(みなおす): (1) to look again (2) to get a better opinion of 直線(ちょくせん): straight line 垂直(すいちょく): vertical; perpendicular 直通(ちょくつう): direct communication 直観(ちょっかん): intuition; instinct; insight; hunch 直る(なおる): (1) to be cured; to get well; to be healed (2) to get mended; to be repaired; to be fixed 直面(ちょくめん): (1) confrontation (2) to face; to confront; to encounter 出直し(でなおし): adjustment; touch up 直角(ちょっかく): right angle; perpendicular 仲直り(なかなおり): reconciliation; make peace with 直ぐ(すぐ): (1) immediately; at once; directly (2) soon; before long; shortly (3) easily; without difficulty (4) right (near); nearby; just (handy) 直に(じかに): directly; in person; headlong 真っ直ぐ(まっすぐ): (1) straight (ahead); direct; upright; erect (2) straightforward; honest; frank 直流(ちょくりゅう): direct current; DC 直(なお): (1) straight (2) ordinary; common (3) doing nothing 直ぐに(すぐに): instantly; immediately もう直ぐ(もうすぐ): very soon 3 2 246 十: ten 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 8 目 109 5 め・めへん・よこめ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic straightaway If you get a needle in your eye that is hooked in there, get to a hospital straightaway. I caught a freaky creature with ten eyes on my fish hook, so I threw it back straightaway. 73 grade2 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 具グそな.える、つぶさ.にとも tool, utensil, means, possess, ingredients, counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture 具わる(そなわる): (1) to be furnished with; to be endowed with (2) to be among; to be one of; to be possessed of 道具(どうぐ): implement; tool; means 具合(ぐあい): condition; state; manner; health 家具(かぐ): furniture 器具(きぐ): utensil; apparatus; implement; device; gadget 絵の具(えのぐ): colors; colours; paints 文房具(ぶんぼうぐ): stationery 玩具(おもちゃ): toy; plaything 具体(ぐたい): concrete; tangible; material 雨具(あまぐ): rain gear 敬具(けいぐ): Yours sincerely; Yours truly; Sincerely yours 夜具(やぐ): bedding; bedclothes 3 3 629 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 8 八 12 2 はち・は・はちがしら (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic tool Keep an eye on your tools while you work at the table. One tool nobody should be without - a Mordor-type eye that floats over the workbench. It jerks around, monitoring all who come near, and if anyone so much as removes a stapler from the bench - ZAP. 74 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq501-750 真シンま、ま-、まことさな, さね, ただ, ただし, なお, のり, まあ, まこ, まさ, まっ, まど, まな, まゆ, みち, も true, reality, Buddhist sect 写真(しゃしん): (1) photograph; photo (2) movie 真相(しんそう): truth; real situation 真実(しんじつ): truth; reality 真ん中(まんなか): middle; centre; center; mid-way 真理(しんり): truth 真っ暗(まっくら): (1) total darkness; pitch dark (2) bleak future; poor prospects 真っ赤(まっか): (1) bright red; deep red; flushed (of face) (2) downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter 真っ先(まっさき): the head; the foremost; beginning 真っ白(まっしろ): pure white 真珠(しんじゅ): pearl 真剣(しんけん): (1) seriousness; earnestness (2) real sword (as opposed to unsharpened or wooden practice weapon) (practise) 真っ青(まっさお): deep blue; ghastly pale 真空(しんくう): vacuum; hollow; empty 真っ二つ(まっぷたつ): in two equal parts 真心(まごころ): sincerity; devotion 真上(まうえ): just above; right overhead 真面目(まじめ): diligent; serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady 真似(まね): mimicry; imitation; behavior; behaviour; pretense; pretence 真逆(まさか): by no means; never!; well, I never!; you don't say! 真似る(まねる): to mimic; to imitate 真っ直ぐ(まっすぐ): (1) straight (ahead); direct; upright; erect (2) straightforward; honest; frank 真っ黒(まっくろ): pitch black 真下(ました): right under; directly below 真ん円い(まんまるい): perfectly round; perfectly circular 真ん前(まんまえ): right in front; just opposite; under the nose 生真面目(きまじめ): too serious; person who is too serious; honesty; sincerity 4 3 279 十: ten 具: tool; utensil; means; possess; ingredients; counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture 10 目 109 5 め・めへん・よこめ眞会意 Compound Ideographic TRUE A compass is a tool with a needle on top that points to true north. Ten tools are all a true craftsman needs. 75 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq251-500 工コウ、ク、グもく craft, construction 工場(こうじょう): factory; plant; mill; workshop 工業(こうぎょう): (manufacturing) industry 工事(こうじ): construction work; construction; work (related to construction, e.g. painting, concrete-pouring, etc.) 工作(こうさく): work; construction; handicraft; maneuvering; manoeuvering 加工(かこう): manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining 工夫(くふう): (1) scheme; device; scheming; devising; figuring out; coming up with; solving ingeniously (2) dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation) 人工(じんこう): artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality 工学(こうがく): engineering 大工(だいく): carpenter 工芸(こうげい): industrial arts; craft 細工(さいく): work; craftsmanship; tactics; trick 着工(ちゃっこう): start of (construction) work 工員(こういん): factory worker 4 2 299 工: work (radical no. 48) 3 工 48 3 こう・たくみ・たくみへん・え (none) 象形 Pictographic craft I consider craft to be one of the harder primitives to use in stories so I´ve personified it as Bender the crafty robot from Futurama who was designed to bend I-beams. I crafty. 76 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq251-500 左サ、シャひだりそ left 左(ひだり): left; left hand side 左右(さゆう): (1) left and right (2) influence; control; domination 左利き(ひだりきき): left-handedness; sake drinker; left-hander 左様なら(さようなら): good-bye 5 1 630 工: craft; construction; katakana e radical (no. 48) 5 工 48 3 こう・たくみ・たくみへん・え (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic left The LEFT side of my brain posesses the faculties needed for logical crafts, like engineering. The left side of my brain, is for crafts. 77 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Directions kanjifreq501-750 右ウ、ユウみぎあき, すけ right 右(みぎ): (1) right; right hand side (2) afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing; above 左右(さゆう): (1) left and right (2) influence; control; domination 5 1 602 口: mouth 5 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic right The right hand is for putting food in your mouth. (The other hand is for ass-wiping!). Always keep your right to free speech (mouth) by your side! 78 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Directions kanjifreq501-750 有ユウ、ウあ.るあ, あら, あり, ある, くに, なお, ゆ possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx 有る(ある): (1) to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live (2) to have (3) to be located (4) to be equipped with (5) to happen; to come about 有様(ありさま): state; condition; circumstances; the way things are or should be; truth 有効(ゆうこう): validity; legality; availability; effectiveness 有力(ゆうりょく): (1) influential; prominent (2) strong; likely; plausible; potent 有名(ゆうめい): (1) famous (2) fame 有利(ゆうり): advantageous; better; profitable; lucrative 所有(しょゆう): one's possessions; ownership 有無(うむ): (1) existence or nonexistence; presence or absence (2) consent or refusal; yes or no (3) flag indicator; presence or absence marker 有料(ゆうりょう): toll; fee; charge; admission-paid 固有(こゆう): characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen- 特有(とくゆう): characteristic (of); peculiar (to) 国有(こくゆう): national ownership 有望(ゆうぼう): good prospects; full of hope; promising 有益(ゆうえき): beneficial; profitable 有能(ゆうのう): able; capable; efficient; skill 有りのまま(ありのまま): the truth; fact; as it is; frankly 有(ゆう): (1) existence (2) possession; having (3) limited company 有難い(ありがたい): grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude 有機(ゆうき): organic 私有(しゆう): private ownership 有する(ゆうする): to own; to be endowed with 有難うございます(ありがとうございます): thank you 有り難う(ありがとう): Thank you; Thanks 有らゆる(あらゆる): all; every 有り触れる(ありふれる): to be common どうも有難うございます(どうもありがとうございます): thank you very much 4 3 282 肉: meat 6 月 74 4 つき・つきへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic possess Possessed by the Earth´s gravity, the moon stays by its side. By my side I POSSESS a moon of flesh, better known as your big ass! 79 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq251-500 賄ワイまかな.う bribe, board, supply, finance 賄う(まかなう): to give board to; to provide meals; to pay; to cover (the cost) 1 S 1282 貝: shellfish 有: possess; have; exist; happen; occur; approx 13 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 形声 Phonetic bribe To bribe someone, money is a necessary possession. If you possess enough shellfish, you can bribe anyone. 80 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq1001-1500 貢コウ、クみつ.ぐ tribute, support, finance 貢献(こうけん): contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause) 1 S 956 工: craft; construction; katakana e radical (no. 48) 貝: shellfish 10 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 形声 Phonetic tribute This next song is a TRIBUTE to a little SHELLFISH friend of mine who was tragically crushed by an I-shaped table.. Tribute is the craft of raising money. 81 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 項コウうなじ paragraph, nape of neck, clause, item, term (expression) 項目(こうもく): (data) item; entry 事項(じこう): matter; item; facts 1 S 884 工: craft; construction; katakana e radical (no. 48) 頁: page; leaf 12 頁 181 9 おおがい・いちのかい (none) 形声 Phonetic paragraph To write a paragraph is the craft of grouping sentences on a page. To craft a page well, we need paragraphs. 82 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 刀トウかたな、そりき, ち, と, わき sword, saber, knife 刀(かたな): (1) (single-edged) sword; katana (2) dagger; knife (3) scalpel 剃刀(かみそり): razor 1 2 1794 刀: knife, sword, knife radical (no. 18) 2 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 象形 Pictographic sword This SWORD is so sharp, it can cut the top part of カ off in カタナ. If you look really close this kanji looks like a person bending over touching the ground Waiting for someone to put there sword in his ass! 83 grade2 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq1501-2000 刃ジン、ニンは、やいば、き.るち, と blade, sword, edge 刃(は): edge (of a knife or sword) 1 S 1763 刀: sword; saber; knife 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 3 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 象形 Pictographic blade The part of a sword where a drop of blood can usually be found is the blade. A drop of blood on the blade of my sword. 84 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 切セツ、サイき.る、-き.る、き.り、-き.り、-ぎ.り、き.れる、-き.れる、き.れ、-き.れ、-ぎ.れきつ, きり, ぎり cut, cutoff, be sharp 締切り(しめきり): (1) deadline; closing; cut-off; end (2) cofferdam (3) closed (door, window, etc.) 踏切り(ふみきり): (1) railway crossing; railroad crossing; train crossing; level crossing (2) starting line; scratch (3) determination (4) stepping over the edge of the ring (in sumo) 大切(たいせつ): important; valuable; worthy of care 切掛(きっかけ): chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus; occasion 一切(いっさい): (1) all; everything; the whole; lock, stock, and barrel (2) absolutely not (with negative); without exception; entirely not 適切(てきせつ): pertinent; appropriate; adequate; relevance 切手(きって): stamp (postage); merchandise certificate 小切手(こぎって): cheque; check 切り(きり): (1) end; finish; stop (2) bounds; limits (3) delivery date (of a futures contract) (4) finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in joruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville) (5) counter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (e.g. fish, meat) (6) only; just (7) since (8) remaining (in a particular state) 切符(きっぷ): ticket 切る(きる): (1) to cut (usu. to cut through) (2) to sever (connections, ties) (3) to turn off (i.e. the light) (4) to terminate (i.e. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect (5) to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub) (6) to open (something sealed) (7) to start (8) to set (a limit) (9) to reduce; to decrease; to discount (10) to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry (or drain) (11) to cross (12) to do (something noticeable) (13) to turn (a vehicle) (14) to cut (the ball) (15) to shuffle (cards) (16) to trump (17) (in Go) to isolate (an opponent's stone) (18) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to finish; to complete 切実(せつじつ): compelling; serious; severe; acute; earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; keen; fervent; poignant 親切(しんせつ): kindness; gentleness 裏切る(うらぎる): to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross 締め切る(しめきる): to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired) 切り替え(きりかえ): exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover 区切り(くぎり): (1) punctuation; pause; juncture (2) end; (place to) stop 打ち切る(うちきる): to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close 切れ目(きれめ): break; pause; gap; end; rift; interruption; cut; section; notch; incision; end (of a task) 押し切る(おしきる): (1) to face down the opposition; to overcome resistance; to have one's own way (2) to press and cut 横切る(よこぎる): to cross (e.g. road); to traverse 張り切る(はりきる): to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point 途切れる(とぎれる): to pause; to be interrupted 区切る(くぎる): (1) to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to mark off; to cut off (2) to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud) 切ない(せつない): (1) painful; heartrending; trying (2) oppressive; suffocating; miserable 切れ(きれ): (1) piece; slice; strip; scrap (2) cloth (3) sharpness (4) counter for scraps, pieces, etc. 切れる(きれる): (1) to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack (2) to be injured (3) to wear out; to be worn out (4) to break; to burst; to collapse (5) to wear off; to stop working; to go dead (6) to expire (time limit, etc.); to run out; to become due (7) to run out (of stock, etc.); to be exhausted; to be used up; to be sold out; to be out of (8) to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship); to break up; to have severed ties; to be cut off; to be disconnected (9) to cut well; to be sharp (10) to be sharp-minded; to be keen; to be shrewd; to be quick-witted; to be able (11) to be short of; to drop under (a certain figure); to beat (e.g. a record time) (12) to dry off (13) to curve; to veer (14) to shuffle (cards) (15) to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip (16) to be able to do completely 千切る(ちぎる): (1) to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to tear up (2) to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to tear off (3) to do … heavily; to do … heartily; to do … vigorously 売り切れ(うりきれ): sold-out 売り切れる(うりきれる): to be sold out 痛切(つうせつ): keen; acute 仕切る(しきる): (1) to partition; to divide; to mark off; to itemize (2) to direct; to take control; to manage; to take responsibility (3) to settle accounts (4) to toe the mark 切り替える(きりかえる): to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace; to switch over 切開(せっかい): incision; operation; section 持ち切り(もちきり): hot topic; talk of the town 噛み切る(かみきる): to bite off; to gnaw through 出切る(できる): to be out of; to have no more at hand 4 2 324 七: seven 刀: sword; saber; knife 4 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic cut The seven samurai used their swords to cut their opponents. Seven swords cut better than one. 85 grade2 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq251-500 召ショウめ.す seduce, call, send for, wear, put on, ride in, buy, eat, drink, catch (cold) 召し上がる(めしあがる): to eat 召す(めす): (1) to call; to invite; to send for; to summon (2) to eat; to drink (3) to put on; to wear (4) to ride (5) to catch (a cold); to take (a bath); to tickle (one's fancy); to put on (years); to commit (seppuku) (6) to do (7) honorific suffix used after the -masu stem of a verb 2 S 1540 刀: sword; saber; knife 口: mouth 5 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic seduce “A man is easily seduced by a mouth to his ”“sword.”“.” To seduce is to make a sword of one´s mouth. 86 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1501-2000 昭ショウあき, あきら, かず, かずみ, てる shining, bright 1 3 697 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 召: seduce; call; send for; wear; put on; ride in; buy; eat; drink; catch (cold) 9 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic shining Shining is the sun´s seduction. The sun was shining so bright that it seduced Icarus and he flew too close. 87 grade3 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 則ソクのっと.るのり rule, follow, based on, model after 原則(げんそく): principle; general rule 規則(きそく): rules; regulations; conventions 法則(ほうそく): law; rule 不規則(ふきそく): irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly 2 5 753 貝: shellfish 刀: sword; saber; knife 9 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic rule When you have both money and the power of the sword, you can make the rules. If you´ve got CRABs on your SABER, then you didn´t follow the rules of safe sex! 88 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 副フクそい, そえ vice-, duplicate, copy 副(ふく): (1) assistant; associate; vice-; sub-; deputy; substitute; auxiliary; supplementary; additional; collateral (2) duplicate; copy 副詞(ふくし): adverb 2 4 360 畐: to fill; roll of cloth 刀: sword; saber; knife 11 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 形声 Phonetic vice- The wealthy guy with the sword standing next to the king, that´s the vice-roy who does all the dirty work. Vice-president Cheney: a wealthy saber rattler. 89 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 別ベツわか.れる、わ.けるべっ separate, branch off, diverge, fork, another, extra, specially 特別(とくべつ): special 差別(さべつ): discrimination; distinction; differentiation 別に(べつに): (1) (not) particularly; nothing (2) separately; apart 別れ(わかれ): parting; separation; farewell; (lateral) branch; fork; offshoot; division; section 別荘(べっそう): holiday house; villa 性別(せいべつ): distinction by sex; sex; gender 区別(くべつ): distinction; differentiation; classification 別々(べつべつ): separately; individually 格別(かくべつ): exceptional 別れる(わかれる): to be divided; to part from; to separate; to bid farewell 個別(こべつ): particular case; discrete; individual; separate 送別(そうべつ): farewell; send-off 別(べつ): distinction; difference; different; another; particular; separate; extra; exception 一別(いちべつ): parting 4 4 214 口: mouth 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 刀: sword; saber; knife 7 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic separate I don´t know about you but to me this seems like someone´s head is about to be separated from his body. You can see he´s kneeling and his mouth is wide open gasping for the last breath he will ever take. A wise old samurai keeps his hostages (with their mouths bound up to keep them quiet) in a separate room from his sabers. Putting them together would be a silly mistake. 90 grade4 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 丁チョウ、テイ、チン、トウ、チひのと street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign 丁寧(ていねい): polite; courteous; careful; care; kind; close; thorough; conscientious 包丁(ほうちょう): kitchen knife; carving knife 丁目(ちょうめ): district of a town; city block (of irregular size) 丁度(ちょうど): just; right; exactly 丁々(ちょうちょう): clashing of swords; felling of trees; ringing of an ax 1 3 1312 一: one; one radical (no.1) 亅: feathered stick; barb radical (no. 6) 2 一 1 1 いち (none) 象形 Pictographic street “Today, the program ”“Sesame Street”“ is brought to you by the letter ”“T”“.” Two streets make a T-intersection. 91 grade3 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Counting_Counters kanjifreq1001-1500 町チョウまち village, town, block, street 町角(まちかど): street corner 町(まち): (1) town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood (2) street; road (3) 109.09 m (4) 0.99 hectares 下町(したまち): low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, inc. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds) 4 1 292 田: rice field; rice paddy 丁: street; ward; town; counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign 7 田 102 5 た・たへん (none) 形声 Phonetic village Actually this means town, like one that has lots of streets and is surrounded by all the rice fields. “Getting this one confused with Town is easy, so remember it with this rhyme. ”“Pillage the village, for the rice and and the tea.”“ the street primitive on the right looks like a ´t´.” 92 grade1 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq251-500 可カ、コクべ.き、-べ.しよし can, passable, mustn't, should not, do not 可能(かのう): possible; practicable; feasible 許可(きょか): (1) permission; approval; authorization; license (2) to permit; to authorize 可(か): passable; acceptable; tolerable; fair 不可欠(ふかけつ): indispensable; essential 可決(かけつ): approval; adoption (e.g. motion, bill); passage 不可(ふか): (1) wrong; bad; improper; unjustifiable; inadvisable (2) failing grade 可哀相(かわいそう): poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful 可笑しい(おかしい): (1) funny; amusing; comical; laughable; ridiculous (2) strange; odd; funny; peculiar; weird; unusual; eccentric (3) improper; unsuitable; unbecoming (4) suspicious 可愛い(かわいい): (1) cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty (2) dear; precious; darling; pet (3) cute little; tiny 可愛がる(かわいがる): to love; to be affectionate 可愛らしい(かわいらしい): lovely; sweet 可也(かなり): considerably; fairly; quite 2 5 314 丁: street; ward; town; counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign 口: mouth 5 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic can “A mouth on the street asking for things: ”“Can I get some help?! Can I get directions, Can I have some money? Can you please speak English?!”“.” I can eat nails. 93 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 頂チョウいただ.く、いただき place on the head, receive, top of head, top, summit, peak 頂点(ちょうてん): top; summit 頂上(ちょうじょう): top; summit; peak 頂(いただき): (1) crown (of head); summit (of mountain); spire (2) easy win for one (3) something received 頂戴(ちょうだい): (1) receiving; reception; getting; being given (2) eating; drinking; having (3) please; please do for me 頂きます(いただきます): expression of gratitude before meals 3 6 1350 丁: street; ward; town; counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign 頁: page; leaf 11 頁 181 9 おおがい・いちのかい (none) 形声 Phonetic place on the head If I put a street sign on my head what do I get ? A place on the head ! NAILS - place directly on the forehead, NAILS - place directly on the forehead, NAILS - place directly on the forehead, 　　　The HEAD ON commercial nails it into your head…… 94 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1001-1500 子シ、ス、ツこ、-こ、ねい, き, ぎ, く, け, ねっ child 子供(こども): child; children 子(こ): (1) child (2) young (animal) (3) young woman; young geisha (4) offshoot (5) interest (6) new shares (7) bird egg (8) (after a noun or -masu stem) -er (often of young women) 女子(じょし): woman; girl 男子(だんし): youth; young man 様子(ようす): (1) state; state of affairs; situation; circumstances (2) appearance; look; aspect (3) sign; indication 息子(むすこ): (1) son (2) penis 電子(でんし): (1) electron (2) (esp. as a prefix) electronic; electronics 調子(ちょうし): (1) tune; tone; key; pitch; time; rhythm (2) vein; mood; way; manner; style; knack (3) condition; state of health (4) impetus; spur of the moment; strain (5) trend 王子(おうじ): prince 分子(ぶんし): (1) numerator (2) molecule (3) member; element 帽子(ぼうし): hat; cap 利子(りし): interest (bank) 弟子(でし): pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person; teacher's student-helper 子孫(しそん): descendants; posterity; offspring 原子(げんし): atom 双子(ふたご): twins; a twin 椅子(いす): (1) chair; stool (2) post; office; position 菓子(かし): pastry; confectionery 障子(しょうじ): shoji (paper sliding door) 末っ子(すえっこ): youngest child 扇子(せんす): folding fan 子息(しそく): son 迷子(まいご): lost child; stray child; missing child お菓子(おかし): confections; sweets; candy 硝子(ガラス): (1) glass; pane (2) vitreous 梯子(はしご): (1) ladder (2) stairs (3) going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping) 判子(はんこ): seal (used for signature) 一人子(ひとりご): child; only child 捻子(ねじ): (1) screw (2) key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.) お子さん(おこさん): (someone else's) child 稲子(いなご): (1) rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya) (2) grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae) 5 1 72 子: child, seed, child radical (no. 39) 3 子 39 3 こ・こへん (none) 象形 Pictographic child A child who is ten will still ask for his ma (top looks a bit like katakana ma). A pictograph of a child, with arms outstretched for mother (or perhaps because she is chasing a rat?). Note that this kanji occupies the first space on the Zodiac circle, and is the sign for the rat (such as 2008!). 95 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Human.Activities_Zodiac Kanji_People_General kanjifreq1-250 孔コウあなのり cavity, hole, slit, very, great, exceedingly 1 S 2052 子: child; sign of the rat; 11PM-1AM; first sign of Chinese zodiac 乙: the latter; duplicate; strange; witty; fishhook radical (no. 5) 4 子 39 3 こ・こへん (none) 象形 Pictographic cavity The child´s arms flailed around at the sight of the hooked tool the dentist was going to use to fill his cavity. I warned him about cavities, but the child is still hooked on sweets. 96 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 了リョウさとる complete, finish “了承(りょうしょう): acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. ”“please be understanding of the mess during our renovation”“); noting; acceptance 終了(しゅうりょう): end; close; termination 了解(りょうかい): comprehension; consent; understanding; roger (on the radio) 修了(しゅうりょう): completion (of a course) 完了(かんりょう): (1) completion; conclusion (2) perfect (tense, form, aspect) 了(りょう): finish; completion; understanding” 2 S 792 亅: feathered stick; barb radical (no. 6) 2 亅 6 1 はねぼう (none) 象形 Pictographic complete The experiment was a complete failure! The child was made without any arms! A child with the arms inside the blanket will be completely wrapped up. 97 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 女ジョ、ニョ、ニョウおんな、めおな, た, つき, な woman, female “女のコ(おんなのコ): girl 女子(じょし): woman; girl 女性(じょせい): (1) woman; female (2) feminine gender 女(おんな): woman 彼女(かのじょ): (1) she; her (2) her (3) girl friend; girlfriend; sweetheart 女優(じょゆう): actress 長女(ちょうじょ): eldest daughter; first-born daughter 少女(しょうじょ): young lady; little girl; virgin; maiden; daughter 女王(じょおう): queen 女房(にょうぼう): (1) wife (2) court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace 王女(おうじょ): princess 女史(じょし): (1) Ms (nuance of status); Miss; Madame (2) highbrow (woman); cerebral 女(じょ): (1) woman; girl; daughter (2) Chinese ”“Girl”“ constellation (one of the 28 mansions) 女の人(おんなのひと): woman” 5 1 151 女: woman, female, female radical (no. 38) 3 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 象形 Pictographic woman “To remember the order of strokes, remember a female ninja is called a ”“kunoichi”“. That is, く(hiragana) ノ(katakana) 一(kanji, ichi=one).” My mother taught me that a woman should always sit with her legs crossed (but the arms can be stretched out). 98 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_People_General kanjifreq1-250 好コウこの.む、す.く、よ.い、い.いこ, たか, とし, よし fond, pleasing, like something 好調(こうちょう): favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape 友好(ゆうこう): friendship 格好(かっこう): (1) shape; form; posture; appearance; manner (2) suitability; moderateness (in price) 好み(このみ): liking; taste; choice 大好き(だいすき): loveable; very likeable; like very much 好意(こうい): good will; favor; favour; courtesy 良好(りょうこう): favorable; favourable; satisfactory 好ましい(このましい): nice; likeable; desirable 好む(このむ): to like; to prefer 好評(こうひょう): popularity; favorable reputation; favourable reputation 好き嫌い(すききらい): likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences 好況(こうきょう): prosperous conditions; healthy economy 物好き(ものずき): (idle) curiosity 好き(すき): liking; fondness; love 好き好き(すきずき): matter of taste 嗜好(しこう): taste; liking; preference 4 4 423 女: woman; female 子: child; sign of the rat; 11PM-1AM; first sign of Chinese zodiac 6 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic fond A woman is fond of her child. “Jane Fonda carrying a Vietnamese child. Pro-war protesters hold signs, ”“I´m not fonda Jane!”“…” 99 grade4 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq251-500 如ジョ、ニョごと.しき, ね, ゆき, よし likeness, like, such as, as if, better, best, equal 突如(とつじょ): suddenly; all of a sudden 如何(どう): how; in what way; how about 如何にも(いかにも): indeed; really; phrase indicating agreement 如何して(どうして): why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for 如何しても(どうしても): by all means; at any cost; no matter what; after all; in the long run; cravingly; at any rate; surely 如何に(いかに): (1) how; in what way (2) however much; however (e.g. easy, rich, sad); whatever; how much (3) hey; oi 1 S 1704 女: woman; female 口: mouth 6 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic likeness Women share a common likeness. Their mouths are always open, whining about this and that. From a woman´s other 口comes a baby with a perfect likeness. 100 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 母ボはは、も mama, mother 叔母(おば): aunt 母(はは): mother 母親(ははおや): mother お母さん(おかあさん): mother 父母(ふぼ): father and mother; parents 祖母(そぼ): grandmother 母国(ぼこく): one's homeland 母校(ぼこう): alma mater 保母(ほぼ): day-care worker in a kindergarten, nursery school, etc. 分母(ぶんぼ): denominator お祖母さん(おばあさん): (1) grandmother (2) female senior-citizen 伯母さん(おばさん): aunt 小母さん(おばさん): old lady; ma'am (vocative) 5 2 570 毋: do not; must not; be not; mother radical (no. 80) 5 毋 80 4 なし・なかれ・ははのかん (none) 象形 Pictographic mama The two breasts of a momma who breastfeeds. This mama had twins, one mouth for each nipple. 101 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_People_Family kanjifreq501-750 貫カンつらぬ.く、ぬ.く、ぬきつら, ぬく pierce, 8 1/3lbs, penetrate, brace 貫く(つらぬく): (1) to go through; to pierce; to penetrate (2) to persist; to stick to 貫禄(かんろく): presence; dignity 1 S 1156 母: mother 貝: shellfish 11 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic pierce Ariel the Little Mermaid´s clamshell bra was held to her breasts by piercings. The sad fate of Mama shellfish was to be captured and pierced to make an earring. 102 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 兄ケイ、キョウあにえ, せ, よし elder brother, big brother 兄(あに): older brother 兄弟(きょうだい): siblings; brothers and sisters お兄さん(おにいさん): (1) older brother; elder brother (2) (vocative) young man; buddy; fella; laddie 従兄弟(いとこ): cousin (male) 4 2 1219 口: mouth 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 5 儿 10 2 にんにょう・ひとあし (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic elder brother My elder brother was basically a mouth on legs when he was a teenager. Mother, why is elder brother´s mouth between the neighbor girl´s legs? 103 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_People_Family kanjifreq1001-1500 克コクか.つかつ, まさる, よし overcome, kindly, skillfully 克服(こくふく): conquest (problem, disease, handicap, etc. e.g. poverty, illness); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over 1 S 1333 古: old 兄: elder brother; big brother 7 儿 10 2 にんにょう・ひとあし (none) 象形 Pictographic overcome Ten elder brothers can overcome anything. A teenager addicted to heroine must overcome the needle. 104 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 小ショウちい.さい、こ-、お-、さ- いさら, こう, さざ, しゃお, ちいさ little, small 小売り(こうり): retail 小包み(こづつみ): parcel; package 小学校(しょうがっこう): primary school; elementary school; grade school 小説(しょうせつ): novel; (short) story 小学生(しょうがくせい): elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student 縮小(しゅくしょう): reduction; curtailment 小屋(こや): hut; cabin; shed; (animal) pen 小切手(こぎって): cheque; check 小麦(こむぎ): wheat 大小(だいしょう): (1) sizes (various); large and small (2) daisho (matched pair of long and short swords) (3) large and small drums (4) long months and short months 小遣い(こづかい): pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance 小児科(しょうにか): pediatrics 小鳥(ことり): (1) small bird; songbird (2) birdie; dickeybird; dickybird 小指(こゆび): (1) little finger; pinky (2) little toe 小さい(ちいさい): small; little; tiny 小柄(こがら): (1) small build; small stature; petite (2) small pattern 小便(しょうべん): urine; piss; pee 小数(しょうすう): fraction (part of); decimal fraction 小銭(こぜに): coins; small change 小(しょう): (1) smallness; small item (2) short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days) (3) elementary school (4) younger or inferior (of two items or people with the same name) (5) unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m) 小さな(ちいさな): small; little; tiny 小(こ): (1) small; little; slight (2) slightly less than; just about (3) somewhat; somehow (4) minor (sometimes derogatory); petty 小母さん(おばさん): old lady; ma'am (vocative) 5 1 114 小: small, insignificant, small radical (no. 42) 3 小 42 3 しょう・ちいさい・なおがしら・つ (none) 象形 Pictographic little A little penguin with its wings at its side. A depressed child, head low and arms hung low, because he´s too little to ride the roller coaster. 105 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq1-250 少ショウすく.ない、すこ.し few, little 少し(すこし): (1) small quantity; little; few; something (2) little while (3) short distance 少年(しょうねん): boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad 少なくとも(すくなくとも): at least 減少(げんしょう): decrease; reduction; decline 少数(しょうすう): minority; few 少女(しょうじょ): young lady; little girl; virgin; maiden; daughter 多少(たしょう): more or less; somewhat; a little; some 少々(しょうしょう): just a minute; small quantity 少ない(すくない): few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom 青少年(せいしょうねん): youth; young person 少しも(すこしも): anything of; not one bit (with negative sentence) 5 2 287 小: little; small 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 4 小 42 3 しょう・ちいさい・なおがしら・つ (none) 象形 Pictographic few Only a few people can make an ugly face like that. Few usually refers to three. To emphasize three, we underline the three drops in little. 106 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq251-500 大ダイ、タイおお-、おお.きい、-おお.いにうふ, お, おう, た, たかし, とも, はじめ, ひろ, ひろし, まさ, まさる, もと, わ large, big 大分(だいぶ): considerably; greatly; a lot 拡大(かくだい): magnification; enlargement; expansion 大会(たいかい): convention; tournament; mass meeting; rally 大学(だいがく): (1) post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc. (2) former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators) (3) the Great Learning - one of the Four Books 大統領(だいとうりょう): president; chief executive 大幅(おおはば): (1) big; large; drastic; substantial (2) full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing) 大使(たいし): ambassador 大切(たいせつ): important; valuable; worthy of care 大変(たいへん): (1) very; greatly (2) immense; enormous; great (3) serious; grave; dreadful; terrible (4) difficult; hard (5) major incident; disaster 重大(じゅうだい): serious; important; significant; grave; weighty 大使館(たいしかん): embassy 大臣(だいじん): cabinet minister 大人(おとな): adult 大半(たいはん): majority; mostly; generally 巨大(きょだい): huge; gigantic; enormous 大学院(だいがくいん): graduate school 大勢(おおぜい): many; crowd; great number of people 大戦(たいせん): great war; great battle 大気(たいき): atmosphere 大衆(たいしゅう): general public; the masses 大陸(たいりく): continent 短大(たんだい): junior college 大いに(おおいに): very; much; greatly; a lot of 大丈夫(だいじょうぶ): safe; all right; OK; okay 大胆(だいたん): bold; daring; audacious 膨大(ぼうだい): huge; bulky; enormous; extensive; swelling; expansion 大工(だいく): carpenter 大きい(おおきい): big; large; great; loud 増大(ぞうだい): enlargement; increase 大好き(だいすき): loveable; very likeable; like very much 大事(だいじ): important; valuable; serious matter 大部分(だいぶぶん): most part; greater part; majority 偉大(いだい): greatness 総理大臣(そうりだいじん): Prime Minister 大小(だいしょう): (1) sizes (various); large and small (2) daisho (matched pair of long and short swords) (3) large and small drums (4) long months and short months 大方(おおかた): perhaps; almost all; majority 大体(だいたい): general; substantially; outline; main point; approximately; about 大金(たいきん): large amount of money; great cost 盛大(せいだい): grand; prosperous; magnificent 大家(たいか): expert 大げさ(おおげさ): grandiose; exaggerated 大通り(おおどおり): main street 大抵(たいてい): (1) mostly; ordinarily; usually; generally (2) probably (3) most; almost all (4) (before a neg. form) ordinary (5) proper; appropriate; moderate 大きな(おおきな): big; large; great 大筋(おおすじ): outline; summary 壮大(そうだい): magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid 大木(たいぼく): large tree 大ざっぱ(おおざっぱ): rough (as in not precise); broad; sketchy 大空(おおぞら): heavens; firmament; sky 大水(おおみず): flood 大屋(おおや): landlord; landlady お大事に(おだいじに): take care of yourself; get well soon; God bless you; bless you 大した(たいした): considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal 大して(たいして): (not so) much; (not) very 大概(たいがい): (1) in general; almost all (2) mainly; mostly; most likely (3) moderately; suitably 大学生(だいがくせい): university student; college student 大人しい(おとなしい): obedient; docile; quiet 大層(たいそう): very much; exaggerated; very fine 大便(だいべん): feces; excrement; shit 莫大(ばくだい): enormous; vast 大部(たいぶ): (1) lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminous (2) most (e.g. most part); greater; fairly; a good deal; much 大柄(おおがら): (1) large build (2) large pattern 大よそ(おおよそ): about; roughly; as a rule; approximately 大(おお): big; large 大(だい): (1) the large part of (2) big; large; great (3) approximate size; no larger than (4) -university (5) large (e.g. serving size); loud (e.g. volume setting) 5 1 7 大: big, big radical (no. 37) 3 大 37 3 だい・おおきい (none) 象形 Pictographic large A person stretching their arms and legs to look large and scare a bear away. Think of a large St. Bernard dog with his paws all stretched out. 107 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq1-250 多タおお.い、まさ.に、まさ.る many, frequent, much 多様(たよう): diverse; varied 多少(たしょう): more or less; somewhat; a little; some 多分(たぶん): (1) perhaps; probably (2) generous; many; much; great 多忙(たぼう): busy; pressure of work 多数決(たすうけつ): majority rule 多い(おおい): many; numerous 滅多に(めったに): rarely; seldom 幾多(いくた): many; numerous 歌留多(かるた): playing cards; card game 5 2 139 夕: evening 夕: evening 6 夕 36 3 ゆう・ゆうべ・た (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic many Two evenings too many! “This reminds me of a childish pseudo-confucion rhyme: ”“He who eats many prunes sits on toilet many moons”“.” 108 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq1-250 夕セキゆうゆ evening 夕(ゆう): (1) evening (2) last night 夕方(ゆうがた): evening; dusk 夕刊(ゆうかん): evening paper 夕暮れ(ゆうぐれ): evening; (evening) twilight 夕日(ゆうひ): evening sun; setting sun 夕飯(ゆうめし): evening meal 夕焼け(ゆうやけ): sunset 夕立(ゆうだち): (sudden) evening shower (rain) 4 1 924 夕: evening, katakana ta radical (no. 36) 3 夕 36 3 ゆう・ゆうべ・た (none) 象形 Pictographic evening The evening is young, the moon is not full. “In the evening, I try my best to remember the katakana symbol for ”“TA”“ (ie. ”“ta ta!”“).” 109 grade1 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Time kanjifreq751-1000 汐セキしお, うしお, せいいそ eventide, tide, salt water, opportunity 1 S+ 2314 水: water 夕: evening (none) eventide Eventide is just another word for evening, and it has the word tide in it which we associate with water. Drops of water shower the beach as the evening tide approaches: eventide. 110 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 外ガイ、ゲそと、ほか、はず.す、はず.れる、と- うい, け, ふか outside 海外(かいがい): foreign; abroad; overseas 外交(がいこう): diplomacy 外国(がいこく): foreign country 外国人(がいこくじん): foreigner 外相(がいしょう): Foreign Minister 外(ほか): other (esp. places and things); the rest 意外(いがい): unexpected; surprising 郊外(こうがい): suburb; outskirts 例外(れいがい): exception 外貨(がいか): (1) foreign currency; foreign money; foreign exchange (2) foreign goods; imported goods 外部(がいぶ): (1) the outside (2) external 外科(げか): surgical department 外出(がいしゅつ): outing; trip; going out 野外(やがい): outdoors; fields; outskirts; open air; suburbs 屋外(おくがい): outdoors; alfresco 外す(はずす): (1) to unfasten; to undo (2) to remove; to take off; to deinstall (3) to leave; to step out; to slip away (4) to miss (a target) 外観(がいかん): appearance; exterior; facade 案外(あんがい): unexpectedly 除外(じょがい): exception; exclusion 外れる(はずれる): to be disconnected; to get out of place; to be off; to be out (e.g. of gear) 外来(がいらい): (1) external origin; imported (2) outpatient 以外(いがい): with the exception of; excepting 外(そと): (1) outside; exterior (2) open air (3) other place 課外(かがい): extracurricular 外方(そっぽ): look (or turn) the other way 外(がい): outside of; not covered by 5 2 81 夕: evening 卜: divination 5 夕 36 3 ゆう・ゆうべ・た (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic outside “A young magician likes to practice outside in the evening with his magic wand (as opposed to the old magician who wakes early to practice with his wand in eminent (#51)).” Outside in the dark of evening, only a magic wand can help you. 111 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Directions kanjifreq1-250 名メイ、ミョウな、-なと name, noted, distinguished, reputation 名(な): name; reputation 名前(なまえ): (1) name; full name (2) given name; first name 名誉(めいよ): honor; honour; credit; prestige 氏名(しめい): full name; identity 有名(ゆうめい): (1) famous (2) fame 署名(しょめい): signature 本名(ほんみょう): real name 名人(めいじん): master; expert 名簿(めいぼ): register of names; list of names; roll; register 名称(めいしょう): name; title 著名(ちょめい): well-known; noted; celebrated 名作(めいさく): masterpiece 名刺(めいし): business card 名所(めいしょ): (1) famous place (2) name of a part (of an instrument, etc.) (3) name and address 名物(めいぶつ): famous product; special product; speciality; specialty 題名(だいめい): title 地名(ちめい): place name 代名詞(だいめいし): (1) pronoun (2) synonym; classic example; pattern; byword; representative 名残(なごり): (1) remains; traces; vestiges; relics (2) (the sorrow of) parting (3) end 名高い(なだかい): famous; celebrated; well-known 片仮名(カタカナ): katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords 名付ける(なづける): to name (someone) 名札(なふだ): name plate; name tag; label 姓名(せいめい): full name 平仮名(ひらがな): hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.) 名詞(めいし): noun 仮名遣い(かなづかい): kana orthography; syllabary spelling 振り仮名(ふりがな): furigana (kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation) 送り仮名(おくりがな): kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word (may inflect); declensional kana ending 宛名(あてな): (addressee's) name; (recipient's) name and address 仮名(かな): kana; Japanese syllabary (e.g. hiragana, katakana) 記名(きめい): (1) signature; register (2) to put one's name on; to sign (3) stamped name; typed name 名産(めいさん): noted product; local specialty 御名(みな): name of God (esp. in Christian contexts); name of Christ 名(めい): (1) counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such) (2) first name (3) famous; great (4) name 5 1 177 夕: evening 口: mouth 6 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic name In the evening, when it becomes dark, open your mouth to say your name so that people can recognise you. In the evening, her sweet mouth whispered my name. 112 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_People_Family kanjifreq1-250 石セキ、シャク、コクいしいさ, いす, いわ, し, せっく, と stone “石油(せきゆ): oil; petroleum; kerosene 化石(かせき): fossil; petrifaction; fossilization; fossilisation 石炭(せきたん): coal 宝石(ほうせき): gem; jewel; precious stone 磁石(じしゃく): (1) magnet (2) compass 岩石(がんせき): rock 石鹸(せっけん): soap 石(いし): (1) stone (2) gem; jewel 流石(さすが): (1) as one would expect (2) still; all the same (3) even… (e.g. ”“even a genius…”“)” 3 1 342 口: mouth 5 石 112 5 いし・いしへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic stone Indiana Jones jumps up and grabs the lip of cliff just in time to evade the huge STONE rolling out of the mouth of the cave! There´s a VERY simple way to remember this, in case the cliff thing isn´t working for you… Just see it as a stone [いし] being hammered by a miner searching for jewel stones [ほうせき] ;). 113 grade1 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Counting_Units.of.Volume Kanji_Nature_Substance kanjifreq251-500 肖ショウあやか.る resemblance 1 S 1889 小: little; small 月: month; moon 7 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic resemblance Using DNA matching, a very little bit of flesh can be used to show the resemblence between family members. Hey baby, it might be a little bit of flesh now, but in a moment it´ll bear a strong resemblance to a candlestick.(nudge nudge, wink wink). 114 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 硝ショウ nitrate, saltpeter 硝子(ガラス): (1) glass; pane (2) vitreous 1 S 2154 石: stone 肖: resemblance 12 石 112 5 いし・いしへん (none) 形声 Phonetic nitrate That stone has sparks coming out of it! Someone must have poured nitrate acid on it. “Salpetre is the common name for Nitrate coming from Latin ”“sal petrae”“ or stone salt. It is also a component of gun powder so including a candle in this kanji can be quite explosive!” 115 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 砕サイくだ.く、くだ.ける smash, break, crush, familiar, popular 砕く(くだく): to break; to smash 砕ける(くだける): (1) to break (into pieces); to be broken; to be smashed (2) to collapse; to crumble; to decline; to cool (e.g. enthusiasm); to dampen (e.g. one's will to fight) (3) to become less formal; to throw off reserve; to become affable (4) to become easy to understand (e.g. a story) (5) to be worried 1 S 1579 石: stone 卆: soldier; private; die 9 石 112 5 いし・いしへん碎形声 Phonetic smash To SMASH a STONE you need to hit it NINE or TEN times. The Stones (the Rolling Stones) are 90 aged but they´ve done a new SMASH hit! 116 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 砂サ、シャすないさ, ご sand 砂(すな): (1) sand; grit (2) gold dust; silver dust 砂漠(さばく): desert 砂糖(さとう): sugar 砂利(じゃり): (1) gravel; ballast; pebbles (2) child; rugrat; ankle-biter 2 6 1146 石: stone 少: few; little 9 石 112 5 いし・いしへん (none) 形声 Phonetic sand Here´s how I remember that stone is on the left. This is because sand starts as stones, and only later they become few. In good SAND, stones are few, if any. 117 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Substance kanjifreq1001-1500 削サクけず.る、はつ.る、そ.ぐげ plane, sharpen, whittle, pare 削減(さくげん): cut; reduction; curtailment 削除(さくじょ): elimination; cancellation; deletion; erasure; DEL (key) 削る(けずる): (1) to shave (wood or leather); to sharpen; to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off (2) to shave off (e.g. a budget, expenses, a salary, etc.); to curtail; to cut down (3) to cross out; to reduce; to curtail; to remove; to erase; to delete 1 S 814 肖: resemblance 刀: sword; saber; knife 9 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic plane Sparks will fly if you attempt to PLANE your sabre. With today´s strict air regulations, carrying a sabre onto a plane could spark quite a commotion. 118 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 光コウひか.る、ひかりあき, あきら, こお, てる, ひこ, み, みつ ray, light 光(ひかり): light 観光(かんこう): sightseeing 光景(こうけい): scene; spectacle; sight; view 日光(にっこう): sunlight 光線(こうせん): beam; light ray 蛍光灯(けいこうとう): (1) fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light (2) person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake 光る(ひかる): to shine; to glitter; to be bright 光沢(こうたく): brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs) 光熱費(こうねつひ): cost of fuel and lighting; cost of heat and electricity; energy bill; utility cost 稲光(いなびかり): (flash of) lightning 4 2 527 小: little; small 兀: high & level; lofty; bald; dangerous 6 儿 10 2 にんにょう・ひとあし (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic ray A ray of light is not a wave but made of little photons with human legs. The ray from Honey I Shrunk the Kids made people little - ha! look at them run around on their tiny legs! 119 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq501-750 太タイ、タふと.い、ふと.るおお, たか, ひろ plump, fat, thick, big around 太陽(たいよう): sun; solar 太鼓(たいこ): drum 太い(ふとい): (1) fat; thick (2) deep (of a voice) (3) daring; shameless; brazen (4) lucky (billiards) 太る(ふとる): to grow fat (stout, plump); to become fat; to gain weight 4 2 552 大: large; big 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 4 大 37 3 だい・おおきい (none) 形声 Phonetic plump A large person with a big drop of sweat dripping off of him because he is so plump. “Fat(”“plump”“) men always have small penises…..the kanji is a combination of ”“large”“ with a drop(representing the small penis between his legs).” 120 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq501-750 器キうつわ utensil, vessel, receptacle, implement, instrument, ability, container, tool, set 器械(きかい): (1) machine; mechanism (2) instrument; appliance; apparatus 武器(ぶき): weapon; arms; ordnance 兵器(へいき): arms; weapons; ordnance 楽器(がっき): musical instrument 容器(ようき): container; vessel 器(うつわ): (1) bowl; vessel; container (2) ability; capacity; calibre; caliber 器具(きぐ): utensil; apparatus; implement; device; gadget 食器(しょっき): tableware 受話器(じゅわき): (telephone) receiver 陶器(とうき): porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics; crockery 器官(きかん): organ (of body); instrument 計器(けいき): meter; gauge 器用(きよう): skillful; skilful; handy 磁器(じき): porcelain (esp. hard-paste porcelain); china; chinaware 聴診器(ちょうしんき): stethoscope 器(き): (1) device; instrument (2) vessel; container 2 4 525 口: mouth 口: mouth 大: large; big 口: mouth 口: mouth 15 口 30 3 くち・くちへん器会意 Compound Ideographic utensil Imagine four hungry mouths all sitting around the table. They are all banging their utensils on the table waiting for a big meal to be placed in the centre. “Note: 器 by itself means container/caliber/vessel. And 食器 means eating utensils (”“food container”“, hehe).” 121 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq501-750 臭シュウくさ.い、-くさ.い、にお.う、にお.い stinking, ill-smelling, suspicious looking, odor, savor, fragrance, be fragrant, stink, glow, be bright 生臭い(なまぐさい): fishy; raw; smelling of fish or blood 臭い(くさい): (1) stinking; smelly (2) suspicious; fishy (3) clumsy 1 S 1760 自: oneself 大: large; big 9 自 132 6 みずから臭会意 Compound Ideographic stinking The ST. BERNARD DOG lifted his large NOSE high in the air to find out where the stinking smell comes from. When I is big, Ego stinking. 122 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Sense kanjifreq1501-2000 妙ミョウ、ビョウたえ exquisite, strange, queer, mystery, miracle, excellent, delicate, charming 微妙(びみょう): (1) delicate; subtle; sensitive (2) difficult; delicate (situation); complicated (3) doubtful; questionable; dicey 妙(みょう): (1) strange; unusual (2) (something) superb; (something) excellent 奇妙(きみょう): strange; queer; curious 巧妙(こうみょう): ingenious; skillful; clever; deft 1 S 1122 女: woman; female 少: few; little 7 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 形声 Phonetic exquisite Exquisite women are few and far between. A geisha is an exquisite and delicate (another meaning of this kanji) women, however, even in the past there was only few of them. 123 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 省セイ、ショウかえり.みる、はぶ.くさとし, み focus, government ministry, conserve 反省(はんせい): reflection; reconsideration; introspection; meditation; contemplation 省略(しょうりゃく): omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement 省く(はぶく): (1) to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to eliminate (2) to curtail; to save; to cut down; to economize; to economise 省(しょう): (1) ministry; department (2) province (of China) (3) saving; conserving 2 4 548 少: few; little 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 9 目 109 5 め・めへん・よこめ (none) 形声 Phonetic focus You focus by concentrating your eye on fewer objects. Success (or survival?) method for accelerated juggling course: focus on a few nitroglycerine filled juggling balls flying OVER your eyes —(I have trouble with this few primitive that can be anywhere in a kanji. To build in its location in the story is important somehow). 124 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 厚コウあつ.い、あかあ, あっ thick, heavy, rich, kind, cordial, brazen, shameless 厚い(あつい): (1) thick; deep; heavy (2) kind; cordial; hospitable; warm; faithful (3) serious (of an illness) (4) abundant 厚かましい(あつかましい): impudent; shameless; brazen 2 5 768 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 子: child; sign of the rat; 11PM-1AM; first sign of Chinese zodiac 9 厂 27 2 がんだれ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic thick In Sparta we throw our Children over a Cliff. Under the Sun, they fight other Children. In the end, if they survive, they sure have thick skin. The thick cliff walls protected the children from the sun. 125 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq751-1000 奇キく.しき、あや.しい、くし、めずら.しい strange, strangeness, curiousity 奇妙(きみょう): strange; queer; curious 奇麗(きれい): (1) pretty; lovely; beautiful; fair (2) clean; clear; pure; tidy; neat (3) completely; entirely 奇数(きすう): odd number 1 S 1367 大: large; big 可: can; passable; mustn't; should not; do not 8 大 37 3 だい・おおきい (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic strange I find it strange that so many people commit suicide in Tokyo by throwing themselves in front of the train. To me when I look at this kanji, I see a train just about to come out of a tunnel, and above the man waiting for his oppourtunity where he can end it all. Imagine a ST. BERNARD DOG carrying a CAN instead of a barrel in rescue missions. How strange! 126 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 川センかわか, こ, さわ stream, river 川(かわ): (1) river; stream (2) the …. river; (suffix used with the names of rivers) 河川(かせん): rivers 5 1 181 巛: river, river radical (no. 47) 3 巛 47 3 かわ・まがりがわ・さんぼんがわ (none) 象形 Pictographic stream “So as not to confuse this with river (#146) think of streamers falling down.” There are three default I/O Streams in UNIX, stdin, stdout, and stderr. 127 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1-250 州シュウ、スすくに state, province 州(しゅう): (1) state; province; county (UK); department (of ancient China) (2) continent (3) (after someone's name) dear 2 3 386 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 巛: curving river radical (no.47) 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 6 巛 47 3 かわ・まがりがわ・さんぼんがわ (none) 象形 Pictographic state There were 3 little islands in the stream who all decided to set themselves up as independent states. “シュウ　The original meaning of this character was ”“sandbar”“, and for me this conjures up images of the Mississippi River, which is very wide with many sandbars and which was used to define the borders in ten American states. Picture Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer floating by state after state as they adventure down the mighty Mississippi, occasionally beaching their raft on sandbars.” 128 grade3 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 順ジュンあや, あり, おき, おさむ, しげ, したがう, とし, なお, のぶ, のり, まさ, むね, もと, ゆき, よし, より obey, order, turn, right, docility, occasion 順調(じゅんちょう): favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right 順(じゅん): (1) order; turn (2) obedient; docile; submissive; meek 手順(てじゅん): process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction 順番(じゅんばん): turn (in line); order of things; sequential order 順序(じゅんじょ): order; sequence; procedure 不順(ふじゅん): irregularity; unseasonableness 道順(みちじゅん): itinerary; route 順々(じゅんじゅん): in order; in turn 2 4 779 巛: curving river radical (no.47) 頁: page; leaf 12 頁 181 9 おおがい・いちのかい (none) 形声 Phonetic obey Obey, Obey! says the brain-washing scientist as he sends a stream of orders to fill your head. Obey the orders streaming down from head office. 129 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq751-1000 水スイみず、みず- うず, ずみ, つ, ど, み, みさ, みつ, みな, みん water 水(みず): (1) water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water) (2) fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid (3) flood; floodwaters (4) water offered to sumo wrestlers just prior to a bout (5) break granted to sumo wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout 水準(すいじゅん): (1) level; standard (2) water level 水道(すいどう): water service; water supply 水面(すいめん): water's surface 水泳(すいえい): swimming 水田(すいでん): (water-filled) paddy field 水産(すいさん): aquatic products; fisheries 洪水(こうずい): flood 排水(はいすい): drainage 水曜(すいよう): Wednesday 水素(すいそ): hydrogen 水分(すいぶん): water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap; juice 水着(みずぎ): bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers 水平(すいへい): level; horizontality 香水(こうすい): perfume 下水(げすい): (1) drainage; ditch; gutter; sewerage (2) sewage; black water 水蒸気(すいじょうき): water vapour; water vapor; steam 断水(だんすい): water outage 水源(すいげん): source of river; fountainhead 地下水(ちかすい): underground water 海水浴(かいすいよく): sea bathing; seawater bath 淡水(たんすい): fresh water (i.e. not salt water) 噴水(ふんすい): water fountain 水洗(すいせん): rinsing with water; flushing 潜水(せんすい): diving 水滴(すいてき): (1) drop of water (2) vessel for replenishing inkstone water 水平線(すいへいせん): horizon (related to sea or lakes) 水気(みずけ): (1) moisture; dampness; vapor; vapour (2) dropsy; edema; oedema 降水(こうすい): rainfall; precipitation 水筒(すいとう): canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos 大水(おおみず): flood 水曜日(すいようび): Wednesday 5 1 223 水: water, water radical (no. 85) 4 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 象形 Pictographic water The kanji for water is an abstract primitive itself, so unless one is willing to break down its etymological development, it should just simply be memorized by strokes; constructing a story is not necessarily useful unless it strongly denotes its shape (I find that Heisig´s story doesn´t do this). “For those having issues with this* ”“A 7K foot pool of water”“ Notice it looks like a 7, and a K. Might have to practice writing it a few times.” 130 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Nature_Substance Kanji_Time_Days.of.the.week kanjifreq1-250 氷ヒョウこおり、ひ、こお.るすい icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal 氷(こおり): (1) ice (2) shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup) 2 3 1450 水: water 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 5 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 象形 Pictographic icicle Icicles start with 1 frozen drop of water. A drop in temperature turns water into an icicle. 131 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Substance kanjifreq1001-1500 永エイなが.いえ, と, のり, ひさ, ひさし eternity, long, lengthy 永遠(えいえん): eternity; perpetuity; immortality; permanence 永久(えいきゅう): (1) eternity; perpetuity; immortality (2) Eikyuu era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3) 2 5 846 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 水: water 5 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 象形 Pictographic eternity It would take an eternity to count all the drops of water. It takes but one drop from the most special water: the fountain of youth (and it is written in a special way to with an extra horizontal line on the top) to live for an eternity. (In order to remember that the drop is at the top, think that the drop must come from the topmost water in order for its effects to be true). 132 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Time kanjifreq751-1000 泉センいずみいず, ずい, ずみ, ぜい, ぜん, の spring, fountain 温泉(おんせん): spa; hot spring; onsen 泉(いずみ): spring; fountain 2 6 1086 白: white 水: water 9 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 象形 Pictographic spring White is a symbol of purety, so white water is pure water, the precise definition of spring water. Perhaps the most common appearance of this kanji is in the word 温泉 (おんせん, onsen), a Japanese hot spring. The kanji is an excellent image of someone enjoying a Japanese hot spring: a little white towel on top, water below. (This helps keep all associations: spring, little and onsen). 133 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1001-1500 原ゲンはらた, ばる, ら, わた, わら meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness 原因(げんいん): cause; origin; source 原則(げんそく): principle; general rule 原油(げんゆ): crude oil 原理(げんり): principle; theory; fundamental truth 原点(げんてん): origin (coordinates); starting point 原爆(げんばく): atomic bomb; A-bomb 原稿(げんこう): manuscript; copy 原作(げんさく): original work 原料(げんりょう): raw materials 高原(こうげん): tableland; plateau 原子(げんし): atom 原始(げんし): origin; primeval 原型(げんけい): prototype; model; pattern; archetypal 原産(げんさん): place of origin; habitat 原形(げんけい): original form; base form 原文(げんぶん): the text; original 原っぱ(はらっぱ): open field; empty lot; plain 原書(げんしょ): original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language) 原(はら): field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness 原典(げんてん): original (text) 原(げん): original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw 3 2 172 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 白: white 小: little; small 10 厂 27 2 がんだれ (none) 象形 Pictographic meadow Follow the springs down the cliff and you will find a nice meadow. Sorry about this, but Heisig was stupid calling this kanji meadow, used in composite words the most common meaning is ORIGIN… To remember just think that life may have begun in pounds or springs in a land with many cliffs … Just to answer correctly the review lessons think of meadow as the origin of a huge forest. 134 grade2 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1-250 願ガンねが.う、-ねがいら petition, request, vow, wish, hope 願い(ねがい): desire; wish; request; prayer; petition; application 念願(ねんがん): one's heart's desire; earnest petition 願書(がんしょ): written application or petition; application form 願う(ねがう): (1) to desire; to wish; to hope (2) to beg; to request; to implore; to pray (3) to have something done for oneself お願いします(おねがいします): please 3 4 894 原: meadow; original; primitive; field; plain; prairie; tundra; wilderness 頁: page; leaf 19 頁 181 9 おおがい・いちのかい (none) 形声 Phonetic petition Let´s petition to save that beautiful MEADOW from overdevelopment by signing on this PAGE. “Japanese hippies PETITION to save a meadow by getting people on the street to sign their page - as you pass by they call out: ”“お願いします、おねがいします。”.” 135 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 泳エイおよ.ぐ swim 水泳(すいえい): swimming 泳ぐ(およぐ): to swim 泳ぎ(およぎ): swimming 泳ぎ方(およぎかた): way of swimming 3 3 1223 水: water 永: eternity; long; lengthy 8 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic swim With that much WATER (2 actually) you would need to swim for an ETERNITY. If you don´t know how to swim, you´ll be in that water for eternity. 136 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Body_Movement kanjifreq1001-1500 沼ショウぬま marsh, lake, bog, swamp, pond 沼(ぬま): swamp; bog; pond; lake 1 S 1467 水: water 召: seduce; call; send for; wear; put on; ride in; buy; eat; drink; catch (cold) 8 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic marsh The marshlands near Mordor seduce Frodo into gazing upon them, and he falls into the water–splash! A marsh is where water is seduced into the ground. 137 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1001-1500 沖チュウおき、おきつ、ちゅう.する、わく open sea, offing, rise high into sky 沖(おき): open sea 1 S 929 水: water 中: in; inside; middle; mean; center 7 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic open sea Open sea is a lot of water in the middle of nowhere. Water in the middle of the ocean is referred to as open sea. 138 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq751-1000 江コウえくん, とうみ, み, りえ creek, inlet, bay 1 S 704 水: water 工: craft; construction; katakana e radical (no. 48) 6 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic creek A CREEK is a small trail of water easily crafted with a stick. Creeks are small water, easily crossed with a simple i-beam. 139 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq501-750 汁ジュウしる、-しる、つゆ soup, juice, broth, sap, gravy, pus 汁(しる): (1) juice; sap (2) soup; broth (3) (dipping) sauce 1 S 1843 水: water 十: ten 5 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic soup To make soup you just take water and add (+) the rest of your ingredients. To make soup you just take water and add ten tasty ingredients. 140 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq1501-2000 潮チョウしお、うしおいた tide, salt water, opportunity 潮(しお): (1) tide; current (2) salt water (3) opportunity 1 6 1231 水: water 朝: morning; dynasty; regime; epoch; period; (North) Korea 15 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic tide The morning tide is basically, well, WATER in the MORNING. This is not the eventide, but the water of the morning tide. 141 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq1001-1500 源ゲンみなもとはら, みな, もと source, origin 資源(しげん): resources 源(みなもと): source; origin 電源(でんげん): (1) source of electricity; electrical power (2) power (button on TV, etc.) 起源(きげん): origin; beginning; rise 語源(ごげん): word root; word derivation; etymology 財源(ざいげん): source of funds; resources; finances 水源(すいげん): source of river; fountainhead 1 6 738 水: water 原: meadow; original; primitive; field; plain; prairie; tundra; wilderness 13 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic source The water that flows from the meadow is the source of life for the wild antelope. “The source of clean water is from the meadow (#134): it comes from that spring at the bottom of the cliff. Pay no attention to Julie Andrews lying face down in spring. The water´s clean. Trust me.” 142 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 活カツい.きる、い.かす、い.ける lively, resuscitation, being helped, living 活動(かつどう): action; activity 生活(せいかつ): living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood 活発(かっぱつ): vigor; vigour; active; lively 活躍(かつやく): (1) activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service (2) to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role 復活(ふっかつ): (1) revival (e.g. musical); come-back (2) restoration; rebirth; resurrection 活用(かつよう): (1) practical use; application (2) conjugation; declension; inflection 活力(かつりょく): vitality; energy; dynamism 活字(かつじ): printing type 活気(かっき): energy; liveliness 3 2 171 水: water 舌: tongue; reed; clapper 9 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic lively “Conversations can become more lively after everyone has had a few drinks. It´s because ”“watery tongues”“ loosen lips!” I´m sure I can get her pretty lively and wet using my tongue. 143 grade2 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 消ショウき.える、け.す extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel 消費(しょうひ): consumption; expenditure 消極的(しょうきょくてき): negative; half-hearted; passive; unmotivated; pessimistic 消防(しょうぼう): fire fighting; fire department 消息(しょうそく): (1) news (from somebody); letter; contact (2) (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements 消しゴム(けしゴム): eraser; India rubber 消化(しょうか): (1) digestion (2) thorough understanding (3) selling accumulated (excess) products; dealing with a large amount of work (4) losing one's form and turning into something else 消毒(しょうどく): disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation 取り消す(とりけす): to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke 消耗(しょうもう): exhaustion; consumption; waste; dissipation 打消す(うちけす): (1) to deny; to contradict (2) to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out 打消し(うちけし): negation; denial; negative 消す(けす): (1) to erase; to delete; to cross out (2) to turn off power (3) to extinguish; to put out (4) to bump off 消える(きえる): to go out; to vanish; to disappear 消防署(しょうぼうしょ): fire station 消去(しょうきょ): elimination; erasure; dying out; clearing; purge; melting away 3 3 345 水: water 肖: resemblance 10 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic extinguish To extinguish a SPARK, you need WATER. You need a few drops of water to extinguish the candle. 144 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 況キョウまし.て、いわ.んや、おもむき condition, situation 状況(じょうきょう): state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances 不況(ふきょう): recession; depression; slump 好況(こうきょう): prosperous conditions; healthy economy 況して(まして): (1) still more; to say nothing of; not to mention (2) still less (with neg. verb) 2 S 490 水: water 兄: elder brother; big brother 8 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic but of course “If you ask your teenager if what he´s drinking is water (and not Vodka), he will answer ”“but of course”“.” “キョウ But of course, this character really means ”“situation/condition”“. ”“Elder brother gulped some water and said, ´What the hell was Heisig´s mental CONDITION when he came up with this definition? Heisig must have a drinking CONDITION. But of course, if Heisig sticks to water, rather than sake (like me, water quaffing, situation assessing, sober elder brother), his SITUATION may improve.´”“　[MODEL COMPOUND: 状況　(じょうきょう)　state of affairs; conditions].” 145 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 河カかわかっ, こ, こう river 河川(かせん): rivers 運河(うんが): canal; waterway 2 5 663 水: water 可: can; passable; mustn't; should not; do not 8 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic river A river CAN exist only if there is WATER. I kept confusing this with stream. My Japanese friend said that to him this is for an artificial river. Looking at kanji compounds with this there are two that struck me: One is the Yellow River in China (黄河), and the other is the Milky Way (銀河). Now I either think of the Little Engine that could dragging a bunch of stuff down a river in China and polluting it (so it turned yellow) or I see the Little Engine that Could flying across the sky making the Milky Way. 146 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq501-750 泊ハクと.まる、と.めるとまり, はつ overnight, put up at, ride at anchor, 3-day stay 宿泊(しゅくはく): lodging 泊まる(とまる): (1) to stay at (e.g. hotel) (2) to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored 泊める(とめる): to give shelter to; to lodge 泊(はく): counter for nights of a stay 2 S 1233 水: water 白: white 8 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic overnight Please supply a guest who stays overnight with WATER and WHITE sheets. When I go to an OVERNIGHT party, all I need is a bit of water and some of that hard white. (crack). (not really, but come on. much easier to recall than white sheets). 147 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 湖コみずうみうみ, み lake 湖(みずうみ): lake 湖(こ): lake (in place names) 2 3 1344 水: water 胡: barbarian; foreign 12 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic lake This is my favorite story. Simply associate the sad moment of an OLD person, standing near the WATER of the lake and looking at the MOON reflected in the lake. The created primitives themselves are put so beautifully, that you will not forget this kanji. Water reflects the old moon in the lake. 148 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1001-1500 測ソクはか.る fathom, plan, scheme, measure 観測(かんそく): observation 測定(そくてい): measurement 測量(そくりょう): measurement; surveying 推測(すいそく): guess; conjecture 予測(よそく): prediction; estimation 2 5 761 水: water 則: rule; follow; based on; model after 12 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic fathom A fathom is the unit you use when making rules about water´s depth. You can´t fathom how deep this water is. Perhaps you should use a ruler to measure it? 149 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 土ド、トつちつ, つく, は, ひじ soil, earth, ground, Turkey 土地(とち): plot of land; lot; soil 領土(りょうど): dominion; territory; possession 土(つち): (1) earth; soil; dirt (2) the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land (3) low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud) (4) (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in On'youdou) 土曜(どよう): Saturday 国土(こくど): country; territory; domain; realm 土産(みやげ): present; souvenir 土台(どだい): (1) foundation; base; basis (2) from the beginning; from the outset; by nature 土手(どて): (1) embankment; bank (2) beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin 土俵(どひょう): (1) arena, esp. in sumo (2) forum (e.g. for discussion) (3) sandbag; gabion 土木(どぼく): public works 風土(ふうど): natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features 郷土(きょうど): native place; birth-place; one's old home お土産(おみやげ): present; souvenir 混凝土(コンクリート): concrete 土曜日(どようび): Saturday 率土(そっと): face of the earth 土産(どさん): (1) product of the land (2) present; souvenir 土(ど): (1) Saturday (2) earth (third of the five elements) 5 1 307 土: earth, earth radical (no. 32) 3 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 象形 Pictographic soil Remembering soil is easy. If soil is soft, you can take a walking stick and plunge it two* feet into the ground. King Arthur pulled the magical sword Excalibur out of the hardened soil to claim his place as king. 150 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Nature_Substance Kanji_Time_Days.of.the.week kanjifreq251-500 吐トは.く、つ.く spit, vomit, belch, confess, tell (lies) 吐き気(はきけ): nausea; sickness in the stomach 吐く(つく): (1) to breathe out; to breathe (2) to tell (a lie); to use (foul language) (3) to vomit; to throw up; to spit up 吐く(はく): (1) to vomit; to throw up; to spit up (2) to emit; to send forth; to breathe out (3) to give (an opinion); to make (a comment); to express; to tell (4) to confess 1 S 1674 口: mouth 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 6 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic spit The only things that come out of my MOUTH and onto the GROUND are spit and vomit. Everything else (words, song) floats on the air. SPIT goes from my MOUTH to the GROUND. 151 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 圧アツ、エン、オウお.す、へ.す、おさ.える、お.さえる pressure, push, overwhelm, oppress, dominate 圧力(あつりょく): stress; pressure 気圧(きあつ): atmospheric pressure 血圧(けつあつ): blood pressure 圧縮(あっしゅく): compression; condensation; constriction; compaction 圧倒(あっとう): overwhelm; overpower; overwhelming 抑圧(よくあつ): check; restraint; oppression; suppression 圧迫(あっぱく): pressure; coercion; oppression 2 5 718 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 5 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん壓会意 Compound Ideographic pressure The GROUND at the base of a CLIFF must suffer from enormous pressure. For physics people: p = F/A (p:pressure, F:Force, A:Area). Where the force is from the immensity of the cliff. The area on the cliff is covered by soil. So the equation becomes p = F/A = cliff/soil which preserves the position of the primitives. 152 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 埼キさき、さい、みさき cape, spit, promontory 0 S 971 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 奇: strange; strangeness; curiosity 11 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic cape This refers to LAND, not the STRANGE gear superheroes wear. “Cape Cod ”“odd”“ is a land where odd=strange things happen.” 153 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq751-1000 垣エンかきがい hedge, fence, wall 垣根(かきね): hedge; fence 1 S 1539 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 亘: span; request 9 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic hedge Before the Great Wall of China, there was a dirt hedge that spanned across. The HEDGE of roses growing from the castle grounds fully spanned the castle walls. 154 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1501-2000 圭ケイか, きよ, たま, よし, かど, きよし square jewel, corner, angle, edge 1 S+ 1837 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey (none) squared jewel Piling SOIL upon SOIL for aeons is how SQUARE JEWELS are formed deep in the earth. How would you stop someone stealing your biggest square jewel? Bury it deep in the soil under ground. Then plant ivy to mark the spot. 155 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 封フウ、ホウ seal, closing 封鎖(ふうさ): (1) blockade (2) freezing (funds) 封筒(ふうとう): envelope 封(ふう): seal 同封(どうふう): enclosure (e.g. in a letter) 封建(ほうけん): feudalistic 2 S 1143 圭: square jewel; corner; angle; edge 寸: measurement; foot/10 9 寸 41 3 すん・すんづくり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic seal The king used a special seal of ivy leaves glued onto his document. A bit of ivy glued to a letter can make a lovely SEAL when in a pinch, says Martha Stewart. 156 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 涯ガイはて horizon, shore 生涯(しょうがい): one's lifetime (i.e. one's existence until death); one's career 1 S 1525 水: water 厓: precipice; shore; bank; surname; cliff 11 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic horizon Try to reverse Heisig´s story in this Kanji: imagine being trapped in one of those prison towers on an ivy cladcliff like in the movies. From your prison ontop the ivy clad cliff all you can see in the distant horizon is nothing but water. From the water, I can see the ivy-clad-cliffs on the horizon. 157 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 寺ジてら Buddhist temple 寺(てら): temple (Buddhist) 寺院(じいん): temple 寺(じ): counter for temples 2 2 879 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 寸: measurement; foot/10 6 寸 41 3 すん・すんづくり (none) 形声 Phonetic Buddhist temple At the Buddhist temple the monks are seated on the ground, glued there in meditation. To be allowed to join the Buddhist temple, imagine an aspiring monk being asked to stand still in the soil for a long time in a measurement of his resolve. 158 grade2 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Religion.Creed kanjifreq751-1000 時ジとき、-どきと, とぎ time, hour 時間(じかん): (1) time (2) hours 時期(じき): (1) time; season; period (2) soon; shortly 時代(じだい): (1) period; epoch; era; age (2) the times; those days (3) oldness; ancientness; antiquity (4) antique; period piece 当時(とうじ): at that time; in those days 同時(どうじ): simultaneous(ly); concurrent; same time; synchronous; together 一時(いちじ): (1) one o'clock (2) once; at one time; formerly; before (3) for a time; for a while; for the time being; for the present; for the moment; temporarily (4) a time; one time; once 臨時(りんじ): temporary; special; extraordinary 時(とき): (1) time; hour; moment (2) occasion; case (3) chance; opportunity; season (4) the times; the age; the day (5) tense 時計(とけい): watch; clock; timepiece 時速(じそく): speed (per hour) 時々(ときどき): sometimes; at times 時刻(じこく): instant; time; moment 日時(にちじ): date and time 時折(ときおり): sometimes 時差(じさ): time difference 時間割り(じかんわり): timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable); schedule 何時(いつ): when; how soon 何時までも(いつまでも): forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what 何時も(いつも): (1) always; usually; every time (2) never (with neg. verb) 何時でも(いつでも): (at) any time; always; at all times; whenever 時刻表(じこくひょう): table; diagram; chart; timetable; schedule 何時か(いつか): sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course; in time 時(じ): (1) hour; o'clock (2) (specified) time; when …; during … 時間目(じかんめ): period (e.g. class) 5 2 16 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 寺: Buddhist temple 10 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic time When the SUN starts to shine on the TEMPLE, it´s time to get up. In ancient Japan, TIME of ´´day´´ was announced at the ´´buddhist temples´´. They did this by ringing large iron bells. This is similar to churches who ring their bells to announce the time of day. 159 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Time kanjifreq1-250 均キンなら.すひとし level, average 平均(へいきん): (1) average; mean (2) balance; equilibrium 均衡(きんこう): equilibrium; balance 2 5 715 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 匀: equal 7 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic level Soil is scooped up into a ladel. The extra drop is brushed off to make it level. To remember the extra stroke in the ladle, make a vivid image of a big drop of excess soil fr0m the ladle falling out onto the ground when you level it. 160 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 火カひ、-び、ほ- fire 火(ひ): fire; flame; blaze 火山(かざん): volcano 火災(かさい): conflagration; fire 噴火(ふんか): eruption 火事(かじ): fire; conflagration 花火(はなび): fireworks 火星(かせい): Mars (planet) 火花(ひばな): spark 火曜日(かようび): Tuesday 防火(ぼうか): fire prevention; fire fighting; fire proof 火曜(かよう): Tuesday 下火(したび): burning low; waning; declining 火傷(やけど): burn; scald 火口(かこう): (1) crater; caldera (2) burner (e.g. on a furnace) 焚き火(たきび): (1) open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire (2) open fire (e.g. in a kitchen) 5 1 574 火: fire, fire radical (no. 86) 4 火 86 4 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが (none) 象形 Pictographic fire For some reason, this kanji reminds me of a person running, her arms (the two drops) raised up, because she caught on fire! A tepee getting shot at by fire arrows. 161 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Nature_Weather Kanji_Time_Days.of.the.week kanjifreq501-750 炎エンほのおぬく inflammation, flame, blaze 炎(ほのお): flame; blaze 1 S 1242 火: fire 火: fire 8 火 86 4 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic inflammation To fight fire with fire would just inflame a situation. An inflammation can often feel like FIRE upon FIRE burning. 162 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq1001-1500 煩ハン、ボンわずら.う、わずら.わす、うるさ.がる、うるさ.い anxiety, trouble, worry, pain, ill, annoy, nuisance, irksome 煩わしい(わずらわしい): troublesome; annoying; complicated 煩い(うるさい): (1) noisy; loud (2) annoying; troublesome; tiresome; persistent; importunate (3) fussy; finicky; picky; particular; nagging; fastidious; bossy 1 S 2081 火: fire 頁: page; leaf 13 火 86 4 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic anxiety An anxiety feels like FIRE in the HEAD. “Many performers get ”“Michael Jackson anxiety”“ wherein they fear their head will catch on fire.” 163 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq2001-2500 淡タンあわ.い thin, faint, pale, fleeting 冷淡(れいたん): coolness; indifference 淡水(たんすい): fresh water (i.e. not salt water) 1 S 1436 水: water 炎: inflammation; flame; blaze 11 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic thin Drink water and burn twice as many calories as you eat… you´ll definitely get thin. Imagine inside your body, all those calories literally being burned from above and below… THAT´s what it takes to become thin. Thin girls are twice as hot when they´re wet. 164 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 灯トウひ、ほ-、ともしび、とも.す、あかり lamp, a light, light, no. of lights 灯り(あかり): (1) light; illumination; glow; gleam (2) lamp; light 灯(ひ): light; lamp; torch 灯油(とうゆ): lamp oil; kerosene 電灯(でんとう): electric light 灯台(とうだい): (1) lighthouse (2) old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it 蛍光灯(けいこうとう): (1) fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light (2) person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake 2 4 1605 火: fire 丁: street; ward; town; counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign 6 火 86 4 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが燈形声 Phonetic lamp Imagine old gas lamps which had a flame to light up the street signs. A lamp is fire you can hang from a nail. 165 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1501-2000 畑はた、はたけ、-ばたけかま, まま farm, field, garden, one's specialty, (kokuji) 畑(はたけ): (1) field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; vegetable plot; kitchen garden; plantation (2) field (of specialization); sphere; area (3) womb; birth; birthplace 畑地(はたち): farmland 2 3 1176 火: fire 田: rice field; rice paddy 9 田 102 5 た・たへん (none) 国字 Original farm Many farms are created by first setting FIRE over the land to clear the land for the FIELDS. When creating a farm, the prospective farmer must first set fire to the forest to clear the ground. Only then can he plow the fields. Fire before fields to make a farm. 166 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1001-1500 災サイわざわ.い disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil 災害(さいがい): calamity; disaster; misfortune 火災(かさい): conflagration; fire 戦災(せんさい): war damage 天災(てんさい): natural calamity; disaster 災難(さいなん): calamity; misfortune; disaster 1 5 976 巛: curving river radical (no.47) 火: fire 7 火 86 4 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic disaster What a disaster! First a FIRE, then on top of it came FLOODs. Don´t know about Japan, but here in Australia, flooding rivers and bushfires are the most common natural disasters. 167 grade5 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq751-1000 灰カイはい ashes, puckery juice, cremate 灰色(はいいろ): grey; gray; ashen 灰皿(はいざら): ashtray 灰(はい): ash; ashes 2 6 1717 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 火: fire 6 火 86 4 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic ashes The fire underneath the cliff will eventually turn everything above to ashes. “Scene from ”“The Big Lebowski”“ : Walter scatters Donny´s ashes, but a wind blows much of the ashes into ”“The Dude”“ Lebowski´s face. Upset, The Dude lashes out at Walter. Walter apologizes and hugs The Dude, before suggesting ”“Fuck it, man. Let´s go bowling.”“ I bet you that The Dude wanted to cremate (fire) Walter right there and then, at the top of the cliff! (thanks Elktapestry).” 168 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Substance kanjifreq1501-2000 点テンつ.ける、つ.く、た.てる、さ.す、とぼ.す、とも.す、ぼち spot, point, mark, speck, decimal point 焦点(しょうてん): focus (e.g. photographic); focal point 視点(してん): opinion; point of view; visual point 重点(じゅうてん): important point; lay stress on; colon; emphasis 原点(げんてん): origin (coordinates); starting point 地点(ちてん): site; point on a map; spot 点(てん): (1) spot; mark (2) point; dot (3) mark (e.g. in exam); score; points (4) counter for goods or items 点検(てんけん): inspection; examination; checking 頂点(ちょうてん): top; summit 点数(てんすう): marks; points; score; runs; number of items; credits 弱点(じゃくてん): weak point; weakness 交差点(こうさてん): crossing; intersection 満点(まんてん): perfect score 欠点(けってん): faults; defect; weakness 採点(さいてん): marking; grading; scoring 終点(しゅうてん): terminus; last stop (e.g. train) 得点(とくてん): score; points made; marks obtained; runs 観点(かんてん): point of view 利点(りてん): advantage; point in favor; point in favour 起点(きてん): starting point; origin 要点(ようてん): gist; main point 盲点(もうてん): blind spot 句読点(くとうてん): punctuation mark; punctuation marks 点く(つく): (1) to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted (2) to catch fire 点ける(つける): to turn on; to switch on; to light up 零点(れいてん): zero; no marks 点線(てんせん): dotted line; perforated line 点々(てんてん): here and there; little by little; sporadically; scattered in drops; dot; spot 3 2 165 占: fortune-telling; divining; forecasting; occupy; hold; have; get; take 火: fire 9 黑 203 12 くろ・くろへん點形声 Phonetic spot The FORTUNE TELLER was burned by FLAMES on the spot because she was accused of being a witch. You have to stimulate the G-spot with your magic wand in order to get her on fire. Or you can juste use your mouth… 169 grade2 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 照ショウて.る、て.らす、て.れるあき, てる illuminate, shine, compare, bashful 参照(さんしょう): reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out 照明(しょうめい): illumination; lighting 対照(たいしょう): contrast; antithesis; comparison 照らす(てらす): to shine on; to illuminate 照る(てる): (1) to shine (2) to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.) 照合(しょうごう): collation; comparison 照り返す(てりかえす): to reflect; to throw back light 2 4 1004 昭: shining; bright 火: fire 13 火 86 4 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが (none) 形声 Phonetic illuminate SHINING FLAMES illuminate! The sun was seduced to give us fire, by which we illuminate the night. 170 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 魚ギョうお、さかな、-ざかない fish 魚(さかな): fish 金魚(きんぎょ): goldfish 海鷂魚(えい): ray (fish); stingray 5 2 1208 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 田: rice field; rice paddy 火: fire 11 魚 195 11 うお・うおへん・さかな (none) 象形 Pictographic fish The elements of this kanji are bound up, rice field and cooking fire. When I think of bound up cooked rice, it makes me think of sushi, which in turn brings to mind fish. Bind that FISH and cook his brains! Yarhh! 171 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Fish kanjifreq1001-1500 漁ギョ、リョウあさ.る fishing, fishery 漁業(ぎょぎょう): fishing (industry) 漁船(ぎょせん): fishing boat 漁師(りょうし): fisherman 漁村(ぎょそん): fishing village 2 4 1094 水: water 魚: fish 14 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic fishing You need WATER and FISH for fishing. If you are confusing this with angling like me, take fishing to mean not the act of catching a fish but the act of being a fish not living but fishing (i.e. in the water). 172 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 里リさとさ ri, village, parent's home, league 古里(ふるさと): home town; birthplace; old village; historic village; native place; one's old home 郷里(きょうり): birth-place; home town 1 2 1096 里: village, mile, village radical (no. 166) 7 里 166 7 さと・さとへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic ri The ri is a Japanese way of measuring the area of the GROUND underneath a RICE FIELD. Hint: Heisig makes here a severe disservice to everyone by using a weird keyword for this character. You´ll save a lot (and I mean, a whole lot) of trouble later by giving it instead its intended meaning: House of the Parents. 173 grade2 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Counting_Units.of.Length Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1001-1500 黒コクくろ、くろ.ずむ、くろ.い black 黒字(くろじ): balance (figure) in the black 黒(くろ): (1) black (2) black go stone (3) guilt; guilty person 黒い(くろい): (1) black (2) dark (3) illicit; wicked; underground 黒板(こくばん): blackboard 真っ黒(まっくろ): pitch black 4 2 573 里: ri; village; parent's home; league 火: fire 11 黑 203 12 くろ・くろへん黑会意 Compound Ideographic black If you burn the GROUND of a RICE FIELD with FIRE, eventually it will turn black. If your parent´s home catches on fire, it will turn black. 174 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Color kanjifreq501-750 墨ボクすみすの black ink, India ink, ink stick, Mexico 墨(すみ): (1) sumi; India ink; Chinese ink; ink stick; ink-cake (2) squid ink; octopus ink (3) carpenter's inking string 1 S 1616 黑: black; dark; evil; sinister 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 14 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん墨会意 Compound Ideographic black ink Theres BLACK on the GROUND…most likely someone spilt some black ink. Anyone who has worked with laserjet ink cartridges will know the black ink looks like powdered dirt. 175 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 鯉リこい carp 1 S+ 2369 魚: fish 里: ri; village; parent's home; league (none) carp Japanese carp are massive fish - they are measured in ri! The fish got carpal tunnel syndrome from the computer(I know it´s lame but it´s hard to find a good story for this). 176 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Fish kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 量リョウはか.るかず quantity, measure, weight, amount 重量(じゅうりょう): (1) weight (2) heavyweight boxer 測量(そくりょう): measurement; surveying 分量(ぶんりょう): amount; quantity 微量(びりょう): minuscule amount; extremely small quantity 量(りょう): quantity; amount; volume; portion (of food) 熱量(ねつりょう): calorific value; quantity of heat; calorie 感無量(かんむりょう): deep feeling; inexpressible feeling; filled with emotion 2 4 469 旦: daybreak; dawn; morning 里: ri; village; parent's home; league 12 里 166 7 さと・さとへん (none) 象形 Pictographic quantity I did such a quantity of work that when NIGHT BREAK came, I was asleep on the COMPUTER. If you find that by nightbreak, you´re still playing at your computer, chances are your World of Warcraft character has a high quantity of levels. [thanks to ssmoler] ….. To remember that nightbreak appears ABOVE computer, think of looking UP from your computer at the window to realize you´ve been playing until nightbreak. 177 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 厘リン rin, 1/10sen, 1/10bu 1 S 1835 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 里: ri; village; parent's home; league 9 厂 27 2 がんだれ (none) 形声 Phonetic rin I threw my Rindows computer off a cliff because it kept crashing. Now, after its last crash, it´s worth less than a rin. A computer dropped off of a cliff would be worth about 1 RIN. 178 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Counting_Units.of.Length kanjifreq1501-2000 埋マイう.める、う.まる、う.もれる、うず.める、うず.まる、い.ける bury, be filled up, embedded 埋める(うめる): (1) to bury (e.g. in the ground) (2) to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to fill (a seat, a vacant position) (3) to plug gaps; to stop a gap (4) to make amends; to cover up for something (5) to put cold water in a bath (6) to cover; to scatter something over 埋まる(うまる): to be buried; to be surrounded; to overflow; to be filled 埋蔵(まいぞう): buried property; treasure trove 埋める(うずめる): (1) to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge (2) to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack; to cram; to fill up 埋め込む(うめこむ): to bury; to embed 2 S 1110 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 里: ri; village; parent's home; league 10 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic bury You can´t bury computers underground, because of the dangerous heavy metals, so you hide them behind an equally large mound of soil and hope no-one notices. I used SOIL to BURY my COMPUTER. 179 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 同ドウおな.じ same, agree, equal 共同(きょうどう): doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation; collaboration; association 同時(どうじ): simultaneous(ly); concurrent; same time; synchronous; together 同様(どうよう): identical; equal to; same (kind); like; similarity 同盟(どうめい): alliance; union; league 合同(ごうどう): (1) combination; union; incorporation; amalgamation; fusion (2) congruence 同士(どうし): fellow; mutual; companion; comrade; bonding 同一(どういつ): identity; sameness; similarity; equality; fairness 同意(どうい): (1) agreement; consent; same opinion; approval (2) same meaning 同志(どうし): same mind; comrade; kindred soul 同情(どうじょう): sympathy; compassion; sympathize; sympathise; pity; feel for 同居(どうきょ): coexistence; living together 同感(どうかん): agreement; same opinion; same feeling; sympathy; concurrence 同等(どうとう): equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence 一同(いちどう): all present; all concerned; all of us 同僚(どうりょう): coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate 同調(どうちょう): sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning 同級(どうきゅう): the same grade; same class 同封(どうふう): enclosure (e.g. in a letter) 混同(こんどう): confusion; mixing; merger 同(どう): the same; the said; ibid. 同じ(おなじ): (1) same; identical; equal; uniform; equivalent; similar; common (origin); changeless; alike (2) (usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway; anyhow; in either case 同い年(おないどし): the same age 同格(どうかく): the same rank; equality; apposition 4 2 15 冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13) 一: one; one radical (no.1) 口: mouth 6 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic same Muslim women wearing veils (HOOD) all look the same, you can just see ONE MOUTH and very little else. Imagine monks wandering around the monastery. Covered in their hoods and chanting as if with one mouth they all look the same ! 180 grade2 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 洞ドウほらとう den, cave, excavation 1 S 1618 水: water 同: same; agree; equal 9 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic den All the animals in the den share the same water. “Den and ”“cave”“ also make me think of a monk´s cell. Monks take vows of silence and fast. So a den is where you´d find nothing but water (to drink) and a monk.” 181 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 胴ドウ trunk, torso, hull (ship), hub of wheel 胴(どう): (1) trunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist (2) plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo) (3) frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.); hull (of a ship) 1 S 1904 肉: meat 同: same; agree; equal 10 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic trunk A trunk, a trunk The body of a monk The body of a monk in a trunk, a trunk. Dead flesh all looks the same when you chop off everything but the trunk. Yes, I´m appalled at how gruesome this story is too. 182 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Organ.Torso kanjifreq1501-2000 向コウむ.く、む.い、-む.き、む.ける、-む.け、む.かう、む.かい、む.こう、む.こう-、むこ、むか.いこお, た, な, むか, むかい, むこう yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach 方向(ほうこう): (1) direction; orientation; bearing; way (2) course (e.g. of action) 意向(いこう): intention; idea; inclination 傾向(けいこう): tendency; trend; inclination 向上(こうじょう): elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress 動向(どうこう): trend; tendency; movement; attitude 向き(むき): direction; orientation; aspect; situation; exposure; suitability; tendency 向かい(むかい): facing; opposite; across the street; other side 向こう(むこう): (1) opposite side; other side; opposite direction (2) over there; that way; far away; beyond (3) the other party; the other person (4) future (starting now) 日向(ひなた): sunny place; in the sun 向かう(むかう): (1) to face (2) to go towards 志向(しこう): intention; aim; preference (for) 向く(むく): (1) to face (2) to turn toward (3) to be suited to; to be fit for 向け(むけ): intended for …; oriented towards …; aimed at … 向ける(むける): to turn towards; to point 振り向く(ふりむく): to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder 3 3 182 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13) 口: mouth 6 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic yonder Look over yonder ! That tiny dot is robin hood at the mouth of his secret cave ! There was an old woman named Wanda, Who wanted to make herself blonder. She covered her くち With a glass hood from Gucci And dropped some hair dye on from yonder. 183 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Directions kanjifreq1-250 尚ショウなおたか, たかし, ないし, なり, ひさ, ひさし esteem, furthermore, still, yet 尚(なお): furthermore; still; yet; more; still more; in addition; greater; further 尚更(なおさら): all the more; still less 高尚(こうしょう): high; noble; refined; advanced 1 S 1531 小: little; small 冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13) 口: mouth 8 小 42 3 しょう・ちいさい・なおがしら・つ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic esteem An especially esteemed alien has three antennae on his helmet. Remember that scene from Star Wars, where Luke is wearing that helmet that only his mouth could see, and was swinging at that little thing buzzing around the room? That was Obi-Wan´s trick to get Luke to build his self-esteem, or his confidence in the Force. 184 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 字ジあざ、あざな、-な character, letter, word, section of village “文字(もんじ): (1) letter (of alphabet); character (2) literal 黒字(くろじ): balance (figure) in the black 数字(すうじ): numeral; figure; digit; numeric character 赤字(あかじ): (1) deficit; (being in or going into) the red (2) red text; red letters (3) corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red 漢字(かんじ): Chinese characters; kanji 活字(かつじ): printing type 苗字(みょうじ): surname; family name 字(あざ): section of village 英字(えいじ): English letter; alphabetic character 十字路(じゅうじろ): crossroads ローマ字(ローマじ): Latin alphabet; transliteration of Japanese in ”“Roman”“ or Latin letters; romanization; romanisation; romaji 字(じ): (1) character (i.e. kanji) (2) hand-writing; penmanship (3) the … word (i.e. ”“the L word”“ = ”“love”“) 字引(じびき): dictionary 習字(しゅうじ): penmanship 字体(じたい): type; font; lettering 当て字(あてじ): kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character” 4 1 485 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 子: child; sign of the rat; 11PM-1AM; first sign of Chinese zodiac 6 子 39 3 こ・こへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic character CHILDren learn Kanji characters underneath a HOUSE. “Why do I have to wear this roof on my head all the time father? ”“Shut up! It builds character!”“.” 185 grade1 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq251-500 守シュ、スまも.る、まも.り、もり、-もり、かみう, し, も, て guard, protect, defend, obey 保守(ほしゅ): maintenance; conservation 守備(しゅび): defense; defence 守る(まもる): (1) to protect; to guard; to defend (2) to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow 留守(るす): (1) absence; being away from home (2) house-sitting; house-sitter (3) being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting 留守番(るすばん): (1) care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching (2) caretaker; house-sitter 守衛(しゅえい): security guard; doorkeeper 3 3 457 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 寸: measurement; foot/10 6 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic guard “A GUARD is usually ”“glued”“ to the house he watches.” A guard provides a measure of security to those under a roof. 186 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 完カン perfect, completion, end 完成(かんせい): (1) complete; completion (2) perfection; accomplishment 完全(かんぜん): perfection; completeness 完了(かんりょう): (1) completion; conclusion (2) perfect (tense, form, aspect) 完璧(かんぺき): perfect; complete; flawless 3 4 595 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 元: beginning; former time; origin 7 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic perfect Make the perfect impression in the beginning by removing your shoes upon entering a Japanese home. In the beginning, Adam and Eve had a home in Eden. It was perfect. 187 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 宣センのたま.うとおる, のぶ, のぼる, のり, ひさ, よし proclaim, say, announce 宣言(せんげん): declaration; proclamation; announcement 宣伝(せんでん): publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda 宣教(せんきょう): religious mission; religious proclamation 1 6 695 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 亘: span; request 9 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic proclaim You can proclaim your opinions from the comfort of your HOUSE and have it SPAN the entire globe these days via The Internet. I heard young Muslims have to memorise the Koran and proclaim it aloud as a kind of rite of passage. Imagine the SPAN of hours spent under a ROOF practising that! It must surely be worse than trying to get through Heisigs RTK - count yourself lucky. 188 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq501-750 宵ショウよい wee hours, evening, early night 1 S 2262 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 肖: resemblance 10 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic wee hours I burn the CANDLE in my HOUSE until the WEE HOURS reviewing the kanji!!! “I agree with elktapestry. This kanji really means ”“early evening”“, not ”“wee hours”“ [Heisig really should have done his homework on this and several other characters (e.g., #145 ”“but of course”“ – what the hell???). Oh well.] ”“Every house lights candles in the EARLY EVENING which stay lit until the wee hours”“. E.G. 宵の口（よいのくち）early evening; 今宵（こよい）this evening; tonight.” 189 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Time kanjifreq2001-2500 安アンやす.い、やす.まる、やす、やす.らかあ, あす, あず, あっ, や relax, cheap, low, quiet, rested, contented, peaceful 安全(あんぜん): (1) safety (2) security 安定(あんてい): stability; equilibrium 不安(ふあん): anxiety; uneasiness; insecurity; suspense 治安(ちあん): public order 安心(あんしん): relief; peace of mind 安易(あんい): (1) easy; simple (2) easy-going 目安(めやす): (1) criterion; standard; yardstick; reference; aim (2) rough estimate; approximation 安静(あんせい): rest; quiet; repose 安い(やすい): (1) cheap; inexpensive (2) calm; peaceful; quiet 安っぽい(やすっぽい): cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant 5 3 144 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 女: woman; female 6 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic relax It´s funny, Hesig gives no Kanji in his book that means cheap/inexpensive… well… if you were wondering what Kanji would carry that meaning, look no further. Sometimes I wonder if Hesig just thinks our little brains would be too easily confused by multiple meanings. Regardless, think of that woman relaxing. Cheapest place to do that is in one´s own home rather than at some fancy resort, eh? 家で休暇を取るは安いですね。. You can only relax, when you have woman under roof to do all chores. 190 grade3 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq1-250 宴エンうたげうた, やす banquet, feast, party 宴会(えんかい): party; banquet 1 S 1675 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 女: woman; female 10 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic banquet The WOMAN spent all DAY preparing a banquet in the HOUSE. Under the roof, all day long, the woman prepared for the banquet (this wording helps me remember the order of this kanji´s elements). 191 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 寄キよ.る、-よ.り、よ.せるよせ, より, よろ draw near, stop in, bring near, gather, collect, send, forward 寄附(きふ): contribution; donation 年寄り(としより): (1) old people; the aged (2) sumo coaches 寄せる(よせる): (1) to come near; to let someone approach (2) to bring near; to bring together; to collect; to gather (3) to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to contribute; to donate (4) to let someone drop by (5) to add (numbers) (6) to have feelings for (love, good will, trust, etc.) (7) to rely upon for a time; to depend on (8) to use as a pretext (9) to put aside (10) to press; to push; to force 寄り掛かる(よりかかる): to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on 寄贈(きぞう): donation; presentation; gift 立ち寄る(たちよる): to stop by; to drop in for a short visit 片寄る(かたよる): to be one-sided; to incline; to be partial; to be prejudiced; to lean; to be biased; to be biassed 寄与(きよ): contribution; service 取り寄せる(とりよせる): to order; to send away for 近寄る(ちかよる): to approach; to draw near 寄る(よる): to visit; to drop in; to approach 寄越す(よこす): (1) to send; to forward (2) to hand over (e.g. money) 押し寄せる(おしよせる): to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.); to rush for (the door); to inundate; to overwhelm; to push aside 寄り(より): (1) pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters (sumo) (2) having a tendency towards; being close to 3 5 673 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 奇: strange; strangeness; curiosity 11 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic draw near “The strange house has a sign saying ”“DRAW NEAR”“ in its window, instead of a ´Beware´ sign. It must be a trick!” Imagine a horror movie set in a haunted mansion. The house is very strange. The characters draw near to one another for protection against the unknown. 192 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 富フ、フウと.む、とみと, とん, ふっ wealth, enrich, abundant 豊富(ほうふ): abundance; wealth; plenty; bounty 富(とみ): wealth; fortune 富む(とむ): to be rich; to become rich 富豪(ふごう): wealthy person; millionaire 3 5 644 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 畐: to fill; roll of cloth 12 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic wealth Remember Ducktales? That rich duck had that room in his house where he kept all the wealth! He had so much in that house you could even swim in it! In ancient Japan, a RICE FIELD is a unit of wealth as it can produce enough to feed all the MOUTHs in ONE HOUSE. 193 grade5 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq501-750 貯チョた.める、たくわ.える savings, store, lay in, keep, wear mustache 貯金(ちょきん): (bank) savings 貯蓄(ちょちく): savings 貯蔵(ちょぞう): storage; preservation 2 4 1100 貝: shellfish 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 丁: street; ward; town; counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign 12 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 形声 Phonetic savings It takes a lot more than one clam of savings to buy a house on a street. My SAVINGS plan - I nail my moneybags up in the rafters below my roof. I´m very secretive about it, and I wear a disguise with a big mustache (another meaning of this kanji) while I stash my loot. 194 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq1001-1500 木ボク、モクき、こ- ぐ, も, もと tree, wood 木(き): tree; wood; timber 木材(もくざい): lumber; timber; wood 樹木(じゅもく): trees and shrubs; arbour; arbor 木曜(もくよう): Thursday 並木(なみき): roadside tree; row of trees 植木(うえき): garden shrubs; trees; potted plant 材木(ざいもく): lumber; timber 木綿(もめん): (1) cotton (material) (2) red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba) 土木(どぼく): public works 大木(たいぼく): large tree 木曜日(もくようび): Thursday 雑木(ざつぼく): various kinds of small trees; assorted trees 5 1 317 木: tree, tree radical (no. 75) 4 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 象形 Pictographic tree If you need a story for a tree, then you need to be hit by one. Pictograph of a tree. 195 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree Kanji_Time_Days.of.the.week kanjifreq251-500 林リンはやしし grove, forest 林(はやし): woods; forest; copse; thicket 森林(しんりん): forest; woods 山林(さんりん): (1) mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest (2) mountains and forest 林業(りんぎょう): forestry 4 1 656 木: tree; wood 木: tree; wood 8 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic grove A grove has at least two TREEs. Two tree huggers saying that protecting the environment is grovey man… 196 grade1 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq501-750 森シンもりもと forest, woods 森(もり): (1) forest (2) shrine grove 森林(しんりん): forest; woods 4 1 609 木: tree; wood 林: grove; forest 12 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic forest The higher you go up a mountain the less trees there are, that´s so u dont mess up with their possition like i do. Another tree planted within a grove turns it into a FOREST. 197 grade1 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq501-750 桂ケイかつらかつ, よし, か Japanese Judas-tree, cinnamon tree 1 S+ 1651 木: tree; wood 圭: square jewel; corner; angle; edge (none) Japanese Judas-tree “Simple mnemonic : ”“The Japanese Judas-tree is the tree on which Judas hang himself to the ivy”“ (Judas the traitor of the Christian bible). Just picture Judas hanging himself, using ivy as a if it was a rope.” A tree covered in poison ivy will quickly betray you, thus the name JAPANESE JUDAS-TREE. 198 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 柏ハクかしわかい, かし oak 0 S+ 1606 木: tree; wood 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days (none) oak The wood from oak trees can be used to make barrels in which white wine is aged. What´s more, I love white wine with an oaky flavour… An oak tree is white, from left to right! 199 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 枠わく frame, framework, spindle, spool, bounding-box, (kokuji) 枠(わく): frame; slide; border 1 S 922 木: tree; wood 卆: soldier; private; die 8 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 国字 Original frame wood at 90 (9 * 10) degrees. Nine out of ten picture frames are made out of wood. The rest are made of metal or plastic. 200 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq751-1000 梢ショウこずえ, くすのき treetops, twig 梢(こずえ): treetop; tip of a branch 1 S+ 木: tree; wood 肖: resemblance (none) treetops At Christmas time, on the treetops, people used to place great big candles (Now we usually place a star instead). If you cut off the treetops, they still resemble the trees they used to be part of. Treetops=tree resemblance. 201 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 棚ホウたな、-だな shelf, ledge, rack, mount, mantle, trellis 棚(たな): (1) shelf; shelves; ledge; rack (2) trellis 本棚(ほんだな): bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase 戸棚(とだな): cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe 1 S 1594 木: tree; wood 朋: companion; friend 12 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic shelf A shelf is a wooden companion to books. I think of an Otaku, with a wooden shelf full of anime action figure statures, who are sadly his only companions. 202 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1501-2000 杏キョウあんずりょう apricot 1 S+ 2159 木: tree; wood 口: mouth (none) apricot From the tree straight into the mouth is the best way to eat an APRICOT! Imagine Totoro sleeping under his tree. As he snores a giant apricot falls nicely into his open mouth and he emits a giant burp of satisfaction. I can hear that music alreay….to - to to - to - ro… 203 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 桐トウきりひさ, き paulownia 1 S+ 1668 木: tree; wood 同: same; agree; equal (none) paulownia “In Japan, a paulownia (きり）is known as the ”“princess tree”“. It was once a traditional TREE planted at the SAME time as the birth of a daughter. It would grow fast enough that, at the time of her wedding, it could be used to make a dresser as a wedding present for her.” Paulownia is a Japanese tree which looks same as any other tree. 204 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 植ショクう.える、う.わるうえ, え, げ plant 植物(しょくぶつ): plant; vegetation 植民地(しょくみんち): (1) colony (2) colonial 田植え(たうえ): rice planting 植木(うえき): garden shrubs; trees; potted plant 植える(うえる): to plant; to grow 植わる(うわる): to be planted 2 3 699 木: tree; wood 直: straightaway; honesty; frankness; fix; repair 12 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic plant Plants don´t become trees straightaway. When you plant plants, you use a piece of WOOD to make the plant grow STRAIGHT. 205 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq501-750 枯コか.れる、か.らす wither, die, dry up, be seasoned 枯れる(かれる): (1) to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die (2) to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.) 2 S 1749 木: tree; wood 古: old 9 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic wither A tree withers away as it gets old. When flowers get old they suffer (frame 225), but old trees just WITHER away painlessly. (Picture flowers crying in pain, but a dried up tree silent and sad). 206 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1501-2000 朴ボクほう、ほお、えのき crude, simple, plain, docile 素朴(そぼく): simplicity; artlessness; naivete 1 S 1626 木: tree; wood 卜: divination 6 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic crude Wooden wands are the crudest. They are nothng compared to their carbon fibre equivilents. A beginner magician starts with a crude wooden magic wand. Later he´ll upgrade to magicite, of course. 207 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 村ソンむらえ, むた, ら town, village 村(むら): village 農村(のうそん): (1) agricultural community; farm village (2) rural 漁村(ぎょそん): fishing village 4 1 253 木: tree; wood 寸: measurement; foot/10 7 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic town If you´ve ever played an old 8 bit or 16 bit RPG, like Dragon Warrior or Final Fantasy or Inindou, you´ll remember that every town was all bordered off by a line of trees with no space in between to get out through. Imagine that the trees were glued together so you could only exit town through the main or side gates, (so you couldn´t escape the important scripted scenes.). Pfft. At it´s core, a town is just a bunch of wood glued together. Edit - Stop starring this piece of crap story! xD. 208 grade1 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq251-500 相ソウ、ショウあい- あ, い, おう, さ, さが, すけ inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy 外相(がいしょう): Foreign Minister 首相(しゅしょう): Prime Minister; Chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); Premier 相手(あいて): (1) companion; partner; company (2) other party; addressee (3) opponent (sports, etc.) 相談(そうだん): consultation; discussion 相互(そうご): mutual; reciprocal 相場(そうば): (1) market price (2) speculation (e.g. on stocks) (3) reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation; esteem 相当(そうとう): (1) befitting; becoming; worthy of; proportionate; in keeping with; suitable (2) considerable; substantial (3) to be worthy of; to be proportionate to (4) to correspond to (in meaning, function, etc.); to be equivalent (5) extremely; considerably 相撲(すもう): (1) sumo wrestling (2) sumo wrestler; rikishi 真相(しんそう): truth; real situation 相変わらず(あいかわらず): as ever; as usual; the same 様相(ようそう): aspect 相違(そうい): difference; discrepancy; variation 相続(そうぞく): succession; inheritance 相応(そうおう): suitability; fitness 可哀相(かわいそう): poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful 蔵相(ぞうしょう): Minister of Finance 相対(あいたい): confrontation; facing; between ourselves; no third party; tete-a-tete 相応しい(ふさわしい): appropriate; adequate; suitable 相対(そうたい): relative 相(あい): together; mutually; fellow 相(そう): (1) appearance; look; countenance (2) a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune (3) aspect (4) phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous) 3 3 45 木: tree; wood 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 9 目 109 5 め・めへん・よこめ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic inter- The prime minister is having inter-course behind that tree! All you can see are his eyes poking out from the righthand-side of the tree. “ソウ/ショウ/あ INTER /MUTUAL /ASPECT /PHASE /MINISTER. ”“Long ago, before there were telephones, people living far from one another would climb trees to eye each other´s aspects and inter-act for their mutual benefit. Those who did this best became government ministers, with the top person (perhaps the one with the longest neck (首, neck (#70)) becoming the prime minister 「首相 (しゅしょう)”“.” 209 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 机キつくえ desk, table 机(つくえ): desk 2 6 1671 木: tree; wood 几: table; table enclosure; table or windy radical (no. 16) 6 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 象形 Pictographic desk My wooden desk is so messy, it looks like a strong wind blew my things all over it. Whenever I´m alone at my computer desk, I´m always getting wood and breaking wind. 210 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1501-2000 本ホンもとまと, ごう book, present, main, true, real, no. of long things 本(もと): (1) origin; source (2) base; basis; foundation; root (3) cause (4) ingredient; material (5) (somebody's) side; (somebody's) location (6) original cost (or capital, principal, etc.) (7) (plant) root; (tree) trunk (8) first section of a waka (9) counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry) (10) handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.); grip 本文(ほんもん): text (of document); body (of letter) 基本(きほん): foundation; basis; standard 本部(ほんぶ): headquarters; head office; main office 本人(ほんにん): the person himself 本当(ほんとう): truth; reality 資本(しほん): funds; capital 本来(ほんらい): (1) originally; primarily (2) essentially; naturally; by nature; in (and of) itself (3) proper; legal 本名(ほんみょう): real name 脚本(きゃくほん): script; screenplay; scenario 本音(ほんね): real intention; motive 本体(ほんたい): (1) substance; real form (2) body (of a machine) (3) object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.) (4) noumenon 本質(ほんしつ): essence; true nature; substance; reality 本物(ほんもの): genuine article 本の(ほんの): mere; only; just 本国(ほんごく): one's own country 本気(ほんき): seriousness; truth; sanctity 本場(ほんば): (1) home; habitat; center; centre; best place (2) authentic; genuine 手本(てほん): (1) copybook (2) model; pattern 本能(ほんのう): instinct 標本(ひょうほん): example; specimen; sample 見本(みほん): sample 本々(もともと): originally; by nature; from the start 日本語(にほんご): Japanese (language) 本格(ほんかく): (1) original method or procedure (2) serious; orthodox; classical; genuine 台本(だいほん): script; libretto; scenario 本館(ほんかん): main building 本棚(ほんだな): bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase 日本式(にほんしき): Japanese style 本(ほん): (1) book; volume (2) main; head; this; our; present; real (3) counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc. 日本(にほん): Japan 5 1 10 木: tree; wood 5 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 指事 Ideographic book The origin of a book is paper made out of TREEs. ONE tree can make many books. An axe cutting a tree to make books. 211 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Counting_Counters Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq1-250 札サツふださっ tag, paper money, no. of bonds, placard, bid 札(ふだ): (1) token; label (2) ticket; card (3) charm; talisman 改札(かいさつ): (1) examination of tickets (2) ticket gate; ticket barrier 名札(なふだ): name plate; name tag; label 札(さつ): note; paper money 2 4 921 木: tree; wood 乙: the latter; duplicate; strange; witty; fishhook radical (no. 5) 5 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic tag Botanists like to identify TREEs by HOOKing tags on them. “Might be good to note that this is also the Kanji for ”“Paper Money”“ w/ the reading さつ (千円札＝1000 Yen paper bill)… It also takes on the meaning of Playing Card with the reading of ふだ as in 花札 (Hanafuda cards) or トランプの札 (”“trump”“ playing cards). For the tag meaning I like to think of wooden tags hung on hooks from trees… but for these other meanings I like to think of both paper money and playing cards as paper (tree) products with the ability to ”“hook you in”“ so to speak.” 212 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Counting_Counters Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq751-1000 暦レキこよみ、りゃく calendar, almanac 暦(こよみ): calendar; almanac 西暦(せいれき): Christian Era; CE; anno domini; AD 還暦(かんれき): 60th birthday 1 S 1765 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 林: grove; forest 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 14 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん曆会意 Compound Ideographic calendar Years-Months-Days: It takes many years for a cliff to form or erode. A tree takes many months to grow. But days pass by regularly - so in this way, we see the movement of time such as with a CALENDAR. This is just a picture of a wall calendar with a page for each month. The bottom half has the grid of days, the top half has a pretty picture of a forest this month. The cliff radical here is the top and left edges of the paper. You can see the paper curling up at the lower left where a breeze is trying to turn the page. 213 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Time kanjifreq1501-2000 案アンつくえ plan, suggestion, draft, ponder, fear, proposition, idea, expectation, bill, worry 提案(ていあん): proposal; proposition; suggestion 案内(あんない): (1) information; guidance; leading (2) to guide; to show (around); to conduct 案外(あんがい): unexpectedly 答案(とうあん): examination paper; examination script 法案(ほうあん): bill (law) 案の定(あんのじょう): just as one thought; as usual 議案(ぎあん): (1) legislative bill; measure (2) agenda item 案(あん): (1) idea; plan; thought (2) draft plan; motion; rough copy (3) expectation 案じる(あんじる): (1) to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear (2) to investigate; to consider; to plan (3) to pat; to rub; to take a sword in one's hand 2 4 206 安: relax; cheap; low; quiet; rested; contented; peaceful 木: tree; wood 10 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic plan I plan to RELAX on top of that TREE. If you bring a woman to your house, generally its not a good plan to stick your wood up her bottom, she may scream in pain あん! 214 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1-250 燥ソウはしゃ.ぐ parch, dry up 乾燥(かんそう): dryness; aridity; insipidity; dehydration; desiccation 2 S 1819 火: fire 品: goods; refinement; dignity; article; counter for meal courses 木: tree; wood 17 火 86 4 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが (none) 形声 Phonetic parch “Tip: goods + wood/tree : This combination of primitives appears four times in Heisig, so it´s worthwhile giving it a name. I suggest ”“furniture”“ (a common type of wooden goods). REF: parch (FRAME 215) , maneuver (#671), winding (#1369), seaweed (#2035). Story: It´s been so parched recently that your furniture suddenly catches fire.” The parchment says you need fire to make goods from trees. 215 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1501-2000 未ミ、ビいま.だ、ま.だ、ひつじ un-, not yet, hitherto, still, even now 未来(みらい): (1) the future (usually distant) (2) future tense (3) the world to come 未定(みてい): not yet fixed; undecided; pending 未婚(みこん): unmarried 未知(みち): not yet known; unknown; strange 未熟(みじゅく): inexperience; unripeness; raw; unskilled; immature; inexperienced 未練(みれん): lingering affection; attachment; regret; regrets; reluctance; ruefulness 未満(みまん): less than; insufficient 未開(みかい): savage land; backward region; uncivilized; uncivilised 未(ひつじ): eighth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Ram, 1pm-3pm, south-southwest, June) 未だ(まだ): (1) as yet; hitherto; still (2) not yet (with negative verb) 未(み): not yet; un- 3 4 650 木: tree; wood 5 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 象形 Pictographic not yet I believe a better version of that by mameha1977: [Cheat] Remember these as a set: The tree (木) does not yet (未) have exremities (末) of vermilion (朱). [Cheat] Remember these as a set: The tree (木) is not yet (末) vermilion (朱). 216 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Zodiac kanjifreq501-750 末マツ、バツすえ not yet, end, close, tip, powder, posterity 末(すえ): (1) tip; top (2) end; close (e.g. close of the month) (3) youngest child (4) descendants; offspring; posterity (5) future (6) finally (7) trivialities 末期(まっき): (1) closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; end-of-life (care, decision making, etc.) (2) terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final 月末(げつまつ): end of the month 始末(しまつ): (1) management; dealing; settlement (2) cleaning up; getting rid of (3) end result (usu. bad) 粉末(ふんまつ): fine powder 粗末(そまつ): crude; rough; plain; humble 期末(きまつ): end of term 末っ子(すえっこ): youngest child 末(うら): top end; tip 末(まつ): (1) the end of (2) powder 3 4 456 木: tree; wood 5 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 指事 Ideographic extremity The tree has reached the extremity of its growth and no longer produces small, new branches at the top. Instead the existing top branch just grows longer and longer. There are no great stories for this one yet, and I always forget it.. So, let´s try something ridiculous: The man lived by himself in the wilderness, with no females within miles. So, his only way of relief was to stick his extremity into a small hole in a tree.. The poor guy. Which horizontal stroke is the extremity? The longer one or the shorter one? That, my friends, is up to your own imaginations. I´d prefer not to dwell on that point, myself. ;). 217 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 沫あわ, しぶき, つばき 0 S+ 水: water 末: end; close; tip; powder; posterity (none) splash The extremity of a wave of water is the splash. A splash is WATER that has reached its EXTREMITY. 218 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 味ミあじ、あじ.わう flavor, taste 意味(いみ): meaning; significance 味(あじ): (1) flavor; flavour; taste (2) charm; style (3) experience (4) smart; clever; witty; strange 興味(きょうみ): interest (in something) 趣味(しゅみ): (1) hobby; pastime (2) tastes; preference; liking 気味(きみ): (1) sensation; feeling (2) tendency; propensity 地味(じみ): plain; simple; subdued; sober 味方(みかた): friend; ally; supporter 味覚(みかく): taste; palate; sense of taste 調味料(ちょうみりょう): flavoring (e.g. salt, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, etc.); seasoning 味わい(あじわい): (1) flavour; flavor (2) meaning; significance 三味線(しゃみせん): three-stringed Japanese guitar; shamisen 加味(かみ): (1) seasoning; flavoring; flavouring (2) taking (something) into consideration; taking into account 味わう(あじわう): to taste; to savor; to relish 味噌(みそ): (1) miso; bean paste (2) key (main) point; good part (of something) (3) weak person 無意味(むいみ): nonsense; no meaning; meaningless 吟味(ぎんみ): testing; scrutiny; careful investigation 美味しい(おいしい): delicious; tasty; sweet 不味い(まずい): (1) unappetising; unappetizing; unpleasant (taste, appearance, situation) (2) unskillful; unskilful; bungling; clumsy (3) ugly; homely; plain; unattractive (4) awkward; untimely; inopportune; unfavorable; unwise 正味(しょうみ): net (weight) 気味(ぎみ): -like; -looking; -looked; tending to … 味(み): (1) (sense of) taste (2) counter for food, drink, medicine, etc. 五味(ごみ): (1) five flavors (sweet, salty, spicy, sour, bitter); five palates; five tastes (2) five flavors (milk at various stages of making ghee: fresh milk, cream, curdled milk, butter, and ghee); the five periods of the Buddha's teachings 4 3 442 口: mouth 未: un-; not yet; hitherto; still; even now; sign of the ram; 1-3PM; eighth sign of Chinese zodiac 8 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic flavor My mouth has not yet swallowed the food because the flavor is so delicious that I keep chewing it. To enjoy a food´s FLAVOR, it must be in one´s MOUTH but NOT YET swallowed. 219 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Sense kanjifreq251-500 妹マイいもうとす, せ, も younger sister 妹(いもうと): younger sister 姉妹(しまい): sisters 従姉妹(いとこ): cousin (female) 4 2 1446 女: woman; female 未: un-; not yet; hitherto; still; even now; sign of the ram; 1-3PM; eighth sign of Chinese zodiac 8 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 形声 Phonetic younger sister My younger sister is NOT YET a fully grown WOMAN. Is your younger sister a woman? Not yet! Damn! 220 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_People_Family kanjifreq1001-1500 朱シュあけあ, あか, あき, す vermilion, cinnabar, scarlet, red, bloody 1 S 1788 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 未: un-; not yet; hitherto; still; even now; sign of the ram; 1-3PM; eighth sign of Chinese zodiac 6 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 象形 Pictographic vermilion It´s autumn: only one vermilion leaf on the tree has not yet fallen. [Cheat] Remember these as a set: The tree (木) is not yet (未)[correction wrong character before] vermilion (朱). 221 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Color kanjifreq1501-2000 株シュかぶ stocks, stump, shares, stock, counter for small plants 株式(かぶしき): stock (company) 株(かぶ): (1) stock; share (2) stump (3) root; rootstock (4) strain (of bacteria, etc.) (5) tradeable rank; goodwill (6) one's forte 1 6 432 木: tree; wood 朱: vermilion; cinnabar; scarlet; red; bloody 10 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic stocks Which tree would you buy stocks in - the healthy one on the left, or the one with only one vermilion leaf left on the right? “Ideally, one buys stocks when a company is young, ”“green,”“ and rapidly growing – then sells them just before the last vermillion leaf falls off, and a period of dormancy or limited growth begins.” 222 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq251-500 若ジャク、ニャク、ニャわか.い、わか-、も.しくわ、も.し、も.しくは、ごと.しわく, わこ young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature 若干(じゃっかん): (1) some; few; a number of; a little (bit) (2) somewhat; to a certain extent (3) many; a lot 若い(わかい): young 若々しい(わかわかしい): youthful; young 若し(もし): if; in case; supposing 若しかしたら(もしかしたら): perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance 若しかすると(もしかすると): perhaps; maybe; by some chance 若しくは(もしくは): or; otherwise 若しも(もしも): if 若しかして(もしかして): perhaps; possibly 3 6 458 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 右: right 8 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 象形 Pictographic young The young little girl held a cute flower in her right hand. In Hawaii, if you wear a flower over your left ear, it means you are taken. A flower over the right means you are not. The younger you are, the more likely you are to have a flower over your right ear… 223 grade6 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Time kanjifreq251-500 草ソウくさ、くさ-、-ぐさそ, や grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft 草(くさ): (1) grass; weed; herb; thatch (2) ninja (3) not genuine; substandard 煙草(タバコ): tobacco; cigarettes 草履(ぞうり): zori (Japanese footwear sandals) 草臥れる(くたびれる): to get tired; to wear out 3 1 967 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 早: early; fast 9 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic grass Grass grows in earlier than flowers. This grass is very long. The only flowers you can see are sunflowers – the rest are hidden by the grass. 224 grade1 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq751-1000 苦クくる.しい、-ぐる.しい、くる.しむ、くる.しめる、にが.い、にが.る suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl 苦労(くろう): troubles; hardships 苦情(くじょう): complaint; troubles; objection; grievance 苦手(にがて): (1) poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at) (2) dislike (of) 苦い(にがい): bitter 苦痛(くつう): pain; agony; bitterness 苦しめる(くるしめる): to torment; to harass; to inflict pain 苦しい(くるしい): (1) painful; difficult; agonizing (2) needy; tight (budget); straitened (circumstances) (3) forced (smile, joke); lame (excuse); strained (interpretation) (4) awkward (situation); painful (position) (5) (after masu stem) hard to do; unpleasant 苦心(くしん): pain; trouble; anxiety; diligence; hard work ご苦労さま(ごくろうさま): thank you very much for your …; I appreciate your efforts 見苦しい(みぐるしい): unsightly; ugly 苦しむ(くるしむ): to suffer; to groan; to be worried 無茶苦茶(むちゃくちゃ): (1) nonsensical; unreasonable; absurd; unrealistic (2) awfully; extremely; to excess; senseless; reckless (3) disorder; confusion; being jumbled; being mixed up 目茶苦茶(めちゃくちゃ): (1) absurd; unreasonable; nonsensical; preposterous; incoherent (2) extreme; senseless; reckless; wanton (3) disorder; confusion; mess; wreck 苦(く): (1) pain; anguish; suffering; distress; anxiety; worry; trouble; difficulty; hardship (2) duhkha (suffering) 3 3 623 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 古: old 8 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic suffering Flowers for the old man suffering in the hospital. The derivates from opium poppies such as morphine can be used to tame the suffering of the old. 225 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 寛カンくつろ.ぐ、ひろ.い、ゆる.やかとも, のぶ, のり, ひろし, ひろん, ゆた, ゆたか tolerant, leniency, generosity, relax, feel at home, be at ease, broadminded 寛容(かんよう): tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity 1 S 1377 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 莧: edible greens; amaranth 13 宀 40 3 うかんむり寬会意 Compound Ideographic tolerant A tolerant person will ignore SEEing GRASS (marijuana) in the HOUSE of a friend. “To be tolerant is to see flowers (meaning ”“beautiful things”“) in every house, instead of looking for drawbacks.” 226 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 薄ハクうす.い、うす-、-うす、うす.める、うす.まる、うす.らぐ、うす.ら-、うす.れる、すすき dilute, thin, weak (tea) 薄い(うすい): (1) thin (2) pale; light (3) watery; dilute; sparse (4) weak (taste, etc.) (5) slim (probability, etc.); small 薄暗い(うすぐらい): dim; gloomy 薄める(うすめる): to dilute; to water down 薄弱(はくじゃく): feebleness; weakness; weak 2 S 1009 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 溥: far and wide 16 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic dilute A Dr. missing his needle can only use dilute flower water for medicine. “Note This character belongs to a set of characters which share the flower/water primitive such as:: dilute (#227), fall (#299), clan (#1912), and seaweed (#2035)…. (落薄藩藻) It may be helpful to create a primitive keyword for this occurrence (like seaweed or watering can) which can save a lot of time distinguishing them from characters like Sino 満 and Full 満, where the water primitive is larger than the flower primitive.” 227 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq1001-1500 葉ヨウはよ, わ leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, no. of flat things 紅葉(もみじ): (1) autumn colours; fall colors; leaves changing color (colour) (2) leaves turning red; red leaves (3) leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves (4) (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum) (5) venison 言葉(ことば): (1) language; dialect (2) word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark (3) speech; (manner of) speaking 葉(は): leaf 落ち葉(おちば): (1) fallen leaves; leaf litter (2) deciduous 言葉遣い(ことばづかい): speech; expression; wording; language 葉書(はがき): (1) postcard (2) memo; note; card 3 3 414 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 世: generation; world; society; public 木: tree; wood 12 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic leaf On top of the leaves a flower appears, promising new generations for the old tree below. The flower generation spent far too much time up trees trying to smoke leaves. 228 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq251-500 模モ、ボがみ imitation, copy, mock 規模(きぼ): scale; scope; plan; structure 模様(もよう): (1) pattern; figure; design (2) state; condition (3) conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems (4) model; pattern; example (5) (after a noun) indicates that that noun seems likely (e.g. rain or storm) 模型(もけい): model; dummy; maquette 模範(もはん): exemplar; exemplification; exemplum; model; example 模索(もさく): groping (for); exploring for a solution 模倣(もほう): imitation; copying 模試(もし): mock examination; trial examination 1 6 668 木: tree; wood 莫: must not; do not; be not 14 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic imitation If I find out this furniture you´re selling me is made of imitation wood, I´ll put you in the graveyard. The Japanese are so enamored of everything plastic, they even put IMITATION plastic trees in their graveyards! (No, not really, but I wouldn´t be surprised). 229 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq501-750 漠バク vague, obscure, desert, wide 砂漠(さばく): desert 漠然(ばくぜん): obscure; vague; equivocal 1 S 1611 水: water 莫: must not; do not; be not 13 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic vague The precise locations of sailors who meet a WATERY GRAVE are vague. The water in the graveyard has worn away the headstones, so the writing is vague. 230 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1501-2000 墓ボはか grave, tomb 墓(はか): gravesite; tomb 墓地(ぼち): cemetery; graveyard 1 5 1337 莫: must not; do not; be not 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 13 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic grave The soil under a graveyard is full of graves. A grave is a patch of soil in a graveyard. 231 grade5 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 暮ボく.れる、く.らすぐらし, ぐれ, ぽ livelihood, make a living, spend time 暮らし(くらし): living; livelihood; subsistence; circumstances 暮れ(くれ): (1) sunset; sundown; nightfall; dusk (2) end; close (3) year-end; end of the year 暮れる(くれる): (1) to get dark (2) to end; to come to an end; to close; to run out (3) to be sunk (e.g. in despair); to be lost 夕暮れ(ゆうぐれ): evening; (evening) twilight 暮らす(くらす): (1) to live; to get along (2) to spend (time) 3 6 978 莫: must not; do not; be not 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 14 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic livelihood He made a livelihood out of robbing GRAVEYARDS in broad DAYlight. “The gravedigger makes his LIVELIHOOD digging in the graveyard all day For graveyard, imagine an idyllic picture: beautiful grass with the sun shining down…and a dog peeing on one of the graves. Don´t confuse with occupation (#1034). Hold onto the irony of making your LIVElyhood from tending dead people.” 232 grade6 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Time kanjifreq751-1000 膜マク membrane 膜(まく): membrane; film 1 S 1804 肉: meat 莫: must not; do not; be not 14 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic membrane In the moonlight of the graveyard I hear a zombie say, MMMMM..EMM…BRANEsssss. The membranes in your flesh rot when placed in the graveyard. 233 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 苗ビョウ、ミョウなえ、なわ- ねい, のら, みう, みつ seedling, sapling, shoot 苗(なえ): seedling 苗字(みょうじ): surname; family name 1 S 1713 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 田: rice field; rice paddy 8 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic seedling If you plant seedlings in a FIELD eventually they will FLOWER. Crap! There are flowers in the rice field… Who let those seedlings get in there?! 234 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq1501-2000 兆チョウきざ.す、きざ.し portent, 1012, trillion, sign, omen, symptoms 兆し(きざし): signs; omen; symptoms 兆(ちょう): (1) sign; omen; indication; portent (2) 10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion (American); (obs) billion (British) 2 4 1174 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 6 儿 10 2 にんにょう・ひとあし (none) 象形 Pictographic portent When your wife´s LEGs get huge hairs on them it is surely a bad portent for things to come. A bad portent makes the hairs on your legs stand. 235 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq1001-1500 桃トウももみ, もの peach tree 1 S 1784 木: tree; wood 兆: portent; 1012; trillion; sign; omen; symptoms 10 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic peach tree The pits of a peach tree look like turtles. King Koopa consistently captures Princess Peach. Eventually he´s going to run out of castles and just set her in a tree. 236 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq1501-2000 眺チョウなが.める stare, watch, look at, see, scrutinize 眺める(ながめる): to view; to gaze at 眺め(ながめ): scene; view; prospect; outlook 1 S 1726 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 兆: portent; 1012; trillion; sign; omen; symptoms 11 目 109 5 め・めへん・よこめ (none) 形声 Phonetic stare Sauron´s One fiery eye stare at Frodo and it is a sign of portent. Evil will become whomever the eye is staring upon. “You lost a staring contest with a turtle because you blinked your eye before he did. (The contest wasn´t fair, because turtles have nictitating membranes, and don´t need to blink so often.) Eye comes first, because stare is most associated with eyes. And compare with challenge (#658) where this same obstreperous turtle challenges you to a finger wrestling contest. (Sibyl´s story with some notes that helped me).” 237 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 犬ケンいぬ、いぬ- dog 犬(いぬ): (1) dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris) (2) snoop (i.e. a detective, a spy, etc.) (3) counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful 4 1 1326 大: large; big 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 4 犬 94 4 いぬ・けものへん (none) 象形 Pictographic dog A large dog, dripping drool. “If we remember large (#107) as a man with his arms outstretched, the drop represents man´s best friend - a dog.” 238 grade1 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Nature_Animal kanjifreq1001-1500 状ジョウ status quo, conditions, circumstances, form, appearance 状況(じょうきょう): state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances 状態(じょうたい): current status; condition; situation; circumstances; state 現状(げんじょう): present condition; existing state; status quo 症状(しょうじょう): symptoms; condition 白状(はくじょう): confession 状(じょう): (1) shape; state (2) letter; correspondence 3 5 298 爿: left-side kata radical (no. 91) 犬: dog 7 犬 94 4 いぬ・けものへん狀形声 Phonetic status quo It was left to the turtle to make right with the dog and thus maintain the status quo.. A turtle mounting a chihuahua clearly disrupts the status quo. 239 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 黙モク、ボクだま.る、もだ.す silence, become silent, stop speaking, leave as is 沈黙(ちんもく): (1) silence; hush (2) reticence; inaction 黙る(だまる): to be silent 1 S 1338 黑: black; dark; evil; sinister 犬: dog 15 黑 203 12 くろ・くろへん默形声 Phonetic silence The computer won´t stop beeping, which is making the chihauhua bark, and it´s driving this guy insane. The only solution he can come up with is to throw them both on the fire and finally enjoy the silence. Your neighbor is so sick of you playing Led Zeppelin that he takes your copy of the song Black Dog and burns it. Finally, silence in the neighborhood. 240 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 然ゼン、ネンしか、しか.り、しか.し、さ sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well 自然(しぜん): (1) nature; spontaneity (2) naturally; spontaneously 当然(とうぜん): natural; as a matter of course 依然(いぜん): still; as yet; as it has been 天然(てんねん): (1) nature; spontaneity (2) natural airhead 突然(とつぜん): abrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once 偶然(ぐうぜん): (by) chance; unexpectedly; suddenly; accident; fortuity 全然(ぜんぜん): (1) not at all (with neg. verb) (2) wholly; entirely; completely 公然(こうぜん): open (e.g. secret); public; official; overt 自然科学(しぜんかがく): natural science 断然(だんぜん): firmly; absolutely; definitely 必然(ひつぜん): (1) inevitable; necessary; certain; sure (2) inevitability; necessity 漠然(ばくぜん): obscure; vague; equivocal 然し(しかし): however; but 然して(そして): and; and then; thus; and now 然も(しかも): moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet 然うして(そうして): and; like that 然う(そう): (1) in that way (concerning the actions of the listener or concerning the ideas expressed or understood by the listener; with a neg. sentence, implies that something isn't as much as one might think); thus; such (2) so (used to express agreement with something said) (3) so? (used to express some doubt with something said) 整然(せいぜん): orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim; tidy; accurate 然も(さも): (1) really; extremely (2) in that way 然程(さほど): not so; not particularly; not very; not that much 呆然(ぼうぜん): dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze 3 4 401 月: month; moon 犬: dog 火: fire 12 火 86 4 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic sort of thing “Flesh of a dog over a cooking fire = ”“hotdog”“. There are all sorts of things in hot dogs. Believe me, you don´t want to know what sort of things . Visualize the hotdog curling as it cooks, to remember the unusual way the flesh primitive curves in this kanji. (tweaked version of ziggr´s. Thanks!).” There are all sorts of things in hot dogs. (I use hot dog for this primitive (meat of a dog over a cooking fire). I swear I can actually see the 月 here as a hot dog, with its slight curve and grill marks.). 241 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 荻テキおぎ reed 0 S+ 1630 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 狄: barbarian (none) reed REEDS are the only FLOWERS that WILD DOGS like to FIRE up and smoke while they are playing poker. A reed is a flower that looks like a hot dog. 242 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 狩シュか.る、か.り、-が.りかり hunt, raid, gather 狩り(かり): hunting 1 S 1785 犬: dog 守: guard; protect; defend; obey 9 犬 94 4 いぬ・けものへん (none) 形声 Phonetic hunt Actually when hunting it may be a good idea to use a pack of dogs as your personal guard. After a pack of wild dogs hunt some food, they will guard it fiercely. 243 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 猫ビョウねこ cat 猫(ねこ): (1) cat (2) shamisen (3) geisha (4) wheelbarrow (5) clay bed-warmer (6) submissive partner of a homosexual relationship 3 S 1702 犬: dog 苗: seedling; sapling; shoot 11 犬 94 4 いぬ・けものへん (none) 形声 Phonetic cat The cat hid in the FLOWERS of the FIELD from the WILD DOGs. Dawgs always wanna put their seedlings in pussies. 244 gradeS JLPT.N3 Kanji_Nature_Animal kanjifreq1501-2000 牛ギュウうしうじ, ご cow “牛(うし): (1) cattle (Bos taurus); cow; ox; oxen (2) beef (3) Chinese ”“Ox”“ constellation (one of the 28 mansions) 牛肉(ぎゅうにく): beef 牛乳(ぎゅうにゅう): (cow's) milk” 4 2 1202 牛: cow, cow radical (no. 93) 4 牛 93 4 うし (none) 象形 Pictographic cow A cow tried to climb up a vermilion tree, but in doing so, it broke its two bottom branches off. A cow bleeds vermilion when you cut off two of it´s legs. 245 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Human.Activities_Zodiac Kanji_Nature_Animal kanjifreq1001-1500 特トク special 特に(とくに): particularly; especially 特別(とくべつ): special 特徴(とくちょう): feature; trait; characteristic; pecularity 特定(とくてい): specific; special; particular 特殊(とくしゅ): special; unique 独特(どくとく): peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic 特集(とくしゅう): feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report 特色(とくしょく): (1) characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; personal colour (2) spot color (in printing) 特許(とっきょ): (1) patent; special permission; licence (license); concession; franchise; charter (2) proprietary 特有(とくゆう): characteristic (of); peculiar (to) 特急(とっきゅう): (1) limited express (train, faster than an express) (2) great hurry 特権(とっけん): privilege; special right 特産(とくさん): specialty; special product 特技(とくぎ): special skill 特売(とくばい): special sale 特長(とくちょう): forte; merit 特派(とくは): send specially; special envoy 4 4 234 牛: cow 寺: Buddhist temple 10 牛 93 4 うし (none) 形声 Phonetic special Think of not special people, but special animals. The sacred Hindu cows are special - they can wander around the temple without fear of becoming roast beef. “The Church Lady is traveling through Japan and notices with distaste a sacred cow relieving itself inside a Buddhist Temple. ”“Well, isn´t that special”“.” 246 grade4 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 告コクつ.げるい revelation, tell, inform, announce 報告(ほうこく): report; information 広告(こうこく): advertisement 申告(しんこく): report; statement; filing a return; notification 警告(けいこく): warning; advice 告白(こくはく): (1) confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment (2) profession of love (3) confession of sins (e.g. the confessional) 告げる(つげる): to inform; to tell; to ring (bell, alarm, warning, etc.) 勧告(かんこく): advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation 忠告(ちゅうこく): advice; warning 布告(ふこく): edict; ordinance; proclamation 3 4 188 牛: cow 口: mouth 7 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 象形 Pictographic revelation “The revelation makes the cow´s mouth drop down, ”“Hamburgers are made of what?!”“.” When you get a revelation, you may drop to the ground with your mouth wide open. 247 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq1-250 先センさき、ま.ずぽん before, ahead, previous, future, precedence 先月(せんげつ): last month 先生(せんせい): (1) teacher; master; doctor (2) with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific 優先(ゆうせん): preference; priority; precedence 先に(さきに): before; earlier than; ahead; beyond; away; previously; recently 先頭(せんとう): head; lead; vanguard; first 先週(せんしゅう): last week; the week before 先輩(せんぱい): senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer 先日(せんじつ): the other day; a few days ago 先端(せんたん): pointed end; tip; fine point; spearhead; cusp; vanguard; advanced; leading edge; apex (of a curve) 先祖(せんぞ): ancestor 先着(せんちゃく): first arrival 真っ先(まっさき): the head; the foremost; beginning 祖先(そせん): ancestor 勤め先(つとめさき): place of work 先ほど(さきほど): some time ago; not long ago; just now 先行(せんこう): preceding; going first; leading; going ahead; taking priority 先だって(せんだって): recently; the other day 先代(せんだい): family predecessor; previous age; previous generation 先天的(せんてんてき): a priori; inborn; innate; inherent; congenital; hereditary 先(さき): (1) previous; prior; former; some time ago; preceding (2) point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle (3) head (of a line); front (4) ahead; the other side (5) the future; hereafter (6) destination (7) the other party 先ず(まず): (1) first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now (2) hardly (with neg. verb) お先に(おさきに): (1) before; previously (2) ahead (3) Pardon me for leaving (before you) 先(せん): (1) former; previous; old (2) first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move 先々月(せんせんげつ): month before last 先先週(せんせんしゅう): week before last 5 1 173 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 6 儿 10 2 にんにょう・ひとあし (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic before I´ve never seen a cow with human legs before! “Nasty story but it keeps the meaning true to the kanji. ”“BEFORE you stick it in a COW and SPREAD the legs (the bottom stroke of this cow looks like two legs) make sure she has HUMAN LEGS”“————-sorry, I´ll remove if I get enough reports, but will keep if I get more stars.” 248 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Time kanjifreq1-250 洗センあら.うあらい, らい wash, inquire into, probe 洗濯(せんたく): washing; laundry 洗剤(せんざい): detergent; washing material 洗う(あらう): (1) to wash (2) to investigate 手洗い(てあらい): (1) washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands (2) restroom; lavatory; toilet (3) hand-washing (laundry, etc.) 水洗(すいせん): rinsing with water; flushing 洗面(せんめん): wash up (one's face); have a wash お手洗い(おてあらい): toilet; restroom; lavatory; bathroom 4 6 1168 水: water 先: before; ahead; previous; future; precedence 9 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic wash In Japan, you always wash with water from the shower before you enter the bathtub. You wash things with WATER to get them back to the clean state they were in BEFORE. 249 grade6 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1001-1500 介カイすけ, ゆき jammed in, shellfish, mediate, concern oneself with 紹介(しょうかい): introduction; referral 厄介(やっかい): (1) trouble; burden; nuisance; bother; worry (2) care; dependence; support; kindness; obligation; staying (with a person) 介入(かいにゅう): intervention 介護(かいご): nursing; care; caregiving; caring 介抱(かいほう): nursing; looking after 2 S 617 人: person 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 4 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 象形 Pictographic jammed in “The two strokes at the bottom look like a J and I, which stands for ”“jammed in.”“.” Two people jammed in under an umbrella. A woman with a dress and a man (straight). It´s always me that ends up getting wet…. but the tail of the skirt is this time! 250 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 界カイ world 世界(せかい): the world; society; the universe 限界(げんかい): limit; bound 境界(きょうかい): boundary 界(かい): (1) (biological) kingdom (2) erathem (rock layer corresponding to the era in which it was deposited) (3) partition of land (4) the world of (some category) 4 3 158 田: rice field; rice paddy 介: jammed in; shellfish; mediate; concern oneself with 9 田 102 5 た・たへん (none) 形声 Phonetic world One Japanese farmer I know is so small minded that he thinks the entire world is JAMMED IN the borders of his little RICE FIELD. A famous philosopher once said that his world consisted of all the things he could jam into his brain. 251 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 茶チャ、サちや tea お茶(おちゃ): (1) tea (usu. green) (2) tea break (at work) (3) tea ceremony 茶(ちゃ): (1) tea (2) tea plant (Camellia sinensis) (3) tea preparation; making tea (4) brown (5) mockery 喫茶店(きっさてん): coffee lounge; coffee shop; (rather formal) cafe 紅茶(こうちゃ): black tea 茶色(ちゃいろ): light brown; tawny 茶の間(ちゃのま): living room (Japanese-style) 茶わん(ちゃわん): rice bowl; tea cup; teacup 喫茶(きっさ): tea drinking; tea house 無茶(むちゃ): absurd; unreasonable; excessive; rash; absurdity; nonsense 無茶苦茶(むちゃくちゃ): (1) nonsensical; unreasonable; absurd; unrealistic (2) awfully; extremely; to excess; senseless; reckless (3) disorder; confusion; being jumbled; being mixed up 目茶苦茶(めちゃくちゃ): (1) absurd; unreasonable; nonsensical; preposterous; incoherent (2) extreme; senseless; reckless; wanton (3) disorder; confusion; mess; wreck 茶の湯(ちゃのゆ): tea ceremony 焦げ茶(こげちゃ): black tea 茶色い(ちゃいろい): light brown; tawny 4 2 1116 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 人: person 木: tree; wood 9 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic tea Some people think drinking tea is boring and quaint. That´s why I spice mine up by adding a cocktail umbrella, which of course is made from a wood-en toothpick supporting a paper umbrella with flowers printed on top. “When I drink herbal tea I like to drink it under a parasol. If it´s too hot I go ”“ho, ho, ho !!”“ (katakana ホ).” 252 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq1001-1500 合ゴウ、ガッ、カッあ.う、-あ.う、あ.い、あい-、-あ.い、-あい、あ.わす、あ.わせる、-あ.わせるあう, あん, い, か, こう, ごお, に, ね, や, り, わい fit, suit, join, 0.1 合わせる(あわせる): (1) to match (rhythm, speed, etc.) (2) to join together; to unite; to combine; to add up (3) to face; to be opposite (someone) (4) to compare; to check with (5) to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate) (6) to place together; to connect; to overlap (7) to mix; to combine (8) to put blade to blade; to fight 知合い(しりあい): acquaintance 出合う(であう): (1) to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon (2) to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.) (3) to emerge and engage (an enemy) 合意(ごうい): agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord 試合(しあい): match; game; bout; contest 連合(れんごう): (1) union; alliance; combination (2) RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation) 会合(かいごう): (1) meeting; assembly (2) association (3) conjunction 組合(くみあい): association; union 統合(とうごう): (1) integration; unification; synthesis (2) integrated; built-in 合計(ごうけい): sum total; total amount 合同(ごうどう): combination; union; incorporation; amalgamation; fusion 割合(わりあい): (1) rate; ratio; percentage; proportion (2) comparatively (3) contrary to expectations 合格(ごうかく): success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility 付き合い(つきあい): association; socializing; socialising; fellowship 複合(ふくごう): composite; combined; complex 都合(つごう): (1) circumstances; condition; convenience (2) to arrange; to manage (3) to lend money; to raise money (4) in all; in total; all told 具合(ぐあい): condition; state; manner; health 合う(あう): (1) to come together; to merge; to unite; to meet (2) to fit; to match; to suit; to agree with; to be correct (3) to be profitable; to be equitable (4) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to do … to each other; to do … together 集合(しゅうごう): (1) gathering; assembly; meeting (2) set 場合(ばあい): case; situation 合間(あいま): interval; break; pause; spare moment 合唱(がっしょう): chorus; singing in a chorus 合理(ごうり): rational 話し合う(はなしあう): to discuss; to talk together 合成(ごうせい): (1) composition; synthesis (2) composite; compound; synthetic; mixed; combined 問い合わせる(といあわせる): to enquire; to inquire; to seek information 結合(けつごう): combination; union; binding; catenation; coupling; joining 見合い(みあい): formal marriage interview; marriage meeting 間に合う(まにあう): (1) to be in time for (2) to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough 組み合わせ(くみあわせ): combination 出合い(であい): encounter 待ち合わせ(まちあわせ): appointment 見合わせる(みあわせる): (1) to exchange glances; to look at each other (2) to postpone; to suspend operations; to refrain from performing an action 合議(ごうぎ): consultation; conference 合わす(あわす): (1) to match (rhythm, speed, etc.) (2) to join together; to unite; to combine; to add up (3) to face; to be opposite (someone) (4) to compare; to check with (5) to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate) (6) to place together; to connect; to overlap (7) to mix; to combine 付き合う(つきあう): (1) to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go steady with; to get on with (2) to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone; to compromise 化合(かごう): chemical combination 組み合わせる(くみあわせる): to join together; to combine; to join up 待合室(まちあいしつ): waiting room 4 2 41 人: person 一: one; one radical (no.1) 口: mouth 6 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 象形 Pictographic fit I wouldn´t mind a meeting of mouths with her, she´s really fit ! He had such a big mouth that he could easily fit one whole umbrella in it. 253 grade2 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 塔トウ pagoda, tower, steeple 塔(とう): (1) tower; steeple; spire (2) stupa; pagoda; dagoba 2 S 1708 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 荅: adzuki beans; thick 12 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic pagoda In order to build a pagoda in this small Japanese garden everything has to fit: the soil to the left and the flowers in the upper right corner. Pictograph-o-rama. This is a corner of a Japanese garden, with a small mound of soil on the left, and a little concrete pagoda in the front with flowers behind it. (To my eye, the fit looks a lot like a little pagoda anyway. This may or may not cause confusion for you, though…). 254 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1501-2000 王オウ、-ノウおお, おおきみ, わ king, rule, magnate 女王(じょおう): queen 王子(おうじ): prince 王様(おうさま): king 王女(おうじょ): princess 王(おう): (1) king; ruler; sovereign; monarch (2) king (for senior player) (shogi) 国王(こくおう): king 3 1 684 玉: jewel; ball 4 玉 96 5 たま・たまへん・おう・おうへん・あうさま (none) 象形 Pictographic king To be king you have to be a real crafty one ! The king unites heaven and earth. (imagine heaven being the top line over the soil). 255 grade1 JLPT.N3 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq501-750 玉ギョクたま、たま-、-だまおう, だん jewel, ball 玉(たま): (1) ball; sphere; globe; orb (2) bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; droplet (3) ball (in sports) (4) pile (of noodles, etc.) (5) bullet (6) bulb (i.e. a light bulb) (7) lens (of glasses, etc.) (8) bead (of an abacus) (9) ball (i.e. a testicle) (10) gem; jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively); pearl (11) female entertainer (e.g. a geisha) (12) person (when commenting on their nature); character (13) item, funds or person used as part of a plot (14) egg (15) coin (16) precious; beautiful; excellent 玉(ぎょく): (1) precious stone (esp. jade) (2) egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping) (3) stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold (4) position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer) (5) geisha (6) time charge for a geisha (7) king (shogi) 2 1 737 玉: jewel; ball 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 5 玉 96 5 たま・たまへん・おう・おうへん・あうさま (none) 象形 Pictographic jewel The king is said to have only one family jewel below the belt… “The king is said to have only one family jewel below the belt…and he hangs left! (I always screw up the direction of the ”“drop”“).” 256 grade1 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Substance Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq501-750 宝ホウたからほ treasure, wealth, valuables 宝(たから): treasure 宝石(ほうせき): gem; jewel; precious stone 重宝(ちょうほう): (1) convenient; useful; handy; helpful (2) priceless treasure (3) valuing highly; prizing 2 6 1139 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 玉: jewel; ball 8 宀 40 3 うかんむり寶形声 Phonetic treasure On treasure island is a single house - where all the jewels are stored. “Put a ”“roof”“ (lid) on your jewels and voila! You´ve got a treasure chest.” 257 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq1001-1500 珠シュたます, とも, ま, み pearl, gem, jewel 真珠(しんじゅ): pearl 1 S 1711 玉: jewel; ball 朱: vermilion; cinnabar; scarlet; red; bloody 10 玉 96 5 たま・たまへん・おう・おうへん・あうさま (none) 形声 Phonetic pearl The king of the Oysters produces special Vermillion pearls! King Vermillion is a little queer and likes to wear pearl necklaces. 258 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Substance kanjifreq1501-2000 現ゲンあらわ.れる、あらわ.す、うつつ、うつ.つあきら, きら present, existing, actual 現われ(あらわれ): embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication 現わす(あらわす): (1) to reveal; to show; to display (2) to express (3) to represent; to signify; to stand for (4) to make widely known 現れる(あらわれる): (1) to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize; to materialise (2) to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects) 現在(げんざい): now; current; present; present time; as of 現実(げんじつ): reality 現場(げんば): actual spot; scene; scene of the crime 現地(げんち): actual place; local; on-site 現状(げんじょう): present condition; existing state; status quo 現代(げんだい): nowadays; modern era; modern times; present-day 実現(じつげん): implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation 表現(ひょうげん): (1) expression; presentation (2) representation; notation 現金(げんきん): cash; ready money; mercenary; self-interested 現象(げんしょう): phenomenon 出現(しゅつげん): appearance; arrival; make one's appearance 現に(げんに): actually; really 現行(げんこう): present; current; in operation 再現(さいげん): reappearance; reproduction; return; revival 現像(げんぞう): developing (film) 現(げん): present; current 3 5 85 玉: jewel; ball 見: see; hopes; chances; idea; opinion; look at; visible 11 玉 96 5 たま・たまへん・おう・おうへん・あうさま (none) 形声 Phonetic present The KING … can SEE clearly the PRESENT state of affairs in the land. (maybe he hees them in the crystal ball on the left?). Hey, I want my money back! This crystal ball is out of order, I can see the present instead of the future! 259 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 狂キョウくる.う、くる.おしい、くるお.しい lunatic, insane, crazy, confuse 狂う(くるう): (1) to go mad (2) to get out of order; to go amiss 1 S 1425 犬: dog 玉: jewel; ball 7 犬 94 4 いぬ・けものへん (none) 形声 Phonetic lunatic Oh no ! A pack of dogs has bitten the king. He has turned into a rabid lunatic ! Think of King Nebuchadnezzar, who for 7 years lost his sanity and had to live like a wild animal. 260 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 皇コウ、オウおうじ, おお, み emperor 天皇(てんのう): Emperor of Japan 皇居(こうきょ): Imperial Palace 1 6 721 白: white 玉: jewel; ball 9 白 106 5 しろ・しろへん (none) 象形 Pictographic emperor Ancient Rome had Emperors instead of Kings, and they wore white robes. Thus an emperor is a king in white. (make sure you picture a roman emperor not a japanese one and you´ll be ok). The white dove descended on the king and he was promoted to emperor. 261 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq501-750 呈テイ display, offer, present, send, exhibit 進呈(しんてい): presentation (e.g. of a gift) 1 S 1571 口: mouth 玉: jewel; ball 7 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic display The mouth of the king is displaying his bling. What a pathetic display! The king is sprawled on his throne, head back and mouth wide open, fast asleep. We should never have let him drink so much at that banquet last night. 262 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 全ゼンまった.く、すべ.てたけ, まさ whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill 安全(あんぜん): (1) safety (2) security 全体(ぜんたい): whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter) 全国(ぜんこく): country-wide; nation-wide; whole country; national 全員(ぜんいん): all members (unanimity); all hands; the whole crew; everyone; everybody 全部(ぜんぶ): all; entire; whole; altogether 全力(ぜんりょく): all one's power; whole energy 完全(かんぜん): perfection; completeness 健全(けんぜん): health; soundness; wholesome 全身(ぜんしん): (1) whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait) (2) systemic 全般(ぜんぱん): (the) whole; universal; wholly; general 全集(ぜんしゅう): complete works 全然(ぜんぜん): (1) not at all (with neg. verb) (2) wholly; entirely; completely 全盛(ぜんせい): height of prosperity 全滅(ぜんめつ): annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat 全(ぜん): (1) all; whole; entire; complete; overall (2) pan-; omni-; toti- 全く(まったく): (1) really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly (2) indeed (3) good grief (expression of exasperation) 全快(ぜんかい): complete recovery of health 全て(すべて): all; the whole; entirely; in general; wholly; overall 3 3 75 人: person 玉: jewel; ball 6 入 11 2 いる・にゅう・いりがしら・いりやね (none) 象形 Pictographic whole “The fat king hogs the whole space under his umbrella. (tweaked version of radical tyro´s story. ”“fat”“ makes a more vivid image for me.).” The king takes up the whole space under his umbrella. 263 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 栓セン plug, bolt, cork, bung, stopper 栓(せん): stopper; cork; stopcock 1 S 2199 木: tree; wood 全: whole; entire; all; complete; fulfill 10 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic plug “The fat king under his umbrella offers useless advice to the workers. ”“You´ll need the whole tree to plug that gap”“. Imagine a grossly fat, incompetent king under a parasol giving annoying advice to sweating workers who know what they´re doing. (I always have trouble bringing up the ”“whole”“ primitive. This story reminds me how to build that part. ).” To plug the hole, you need to use a whole piece of wood - like a cork or something. 264 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq2001-2500 理リことわりあや, おさむ, さと, さとる, ただ, ただし, とおる, に, のり, ひ, まこと, まさ, まさし, まろ, みち, よし logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth 管理(かんり): control; management (e.g. of a business) 理由(りゆう): reason; pretext; motive 処理(しょり): processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal 理解(りかい): understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy 料理(りょうり): (1) cooking; cookery; cuisine (2) dealing with something; handling; administration; management 代理(だいり): representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney; substitute; alternate; acting (principal, etc.) 原理(げんり): principle; theory; fundamental truth 心理(しんり): state of mind; mentality; psychology 整理(せいり): sorting; arrangement; organization; putting in order; adjustment; regulation; liquidation 無理(むり): unreasonable; impossible; overdoing 理想(りそう): ideal; dream 理論(りろん): theory 論理(ろんり): (1) logic (2) logical 修理(しゅうり): repairing; mending; servicing 調理(ちょうり): cooking; food preparation 総理大臣(そうりだいじん): Prime Minister 物理(ぶつり): physics; law of nature 理科(りか): science 真理(しんり): truth 地理(ちり): geography 理屈(りくつ): theory; reason 合理(ごうり): rational 義理(ぎり): duty; sense of duty; honor; honour; decency; courtesy; debt of gratitude; social obligation 生理(せいり): (1) physiology (2) menstruation; one's period; menses 理性(りせい): reason; sense 推理(すいり): reasoning; inference; mystery or detective genre (movie, novel, etc.) 4 2 86 玉: jewel; ball 里: ri; village; parent's home; league 11 玉 96 5 たま・たまへん・おう・おうへん・あうさま (none) 形声 Phonetic logic The king of LOGIC is the computer. Computers are ruled by logic (it is the king of computers). 265 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Judgement kanjifreq1-250 主シュ、ス、シュウぬし、おも、あるじかず, ず, もん lord, chief, master, main thing, principal 主人(しゅじん): (1) head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady (2) one's husband (3) (one's) employer; (one's) master (4) host; hostess 民主(みんしゅ): (1) democracy; popular sovereignty (2) democratic 主義(しゅぎ): doctrine; rule; principle 主催(しゅさい): sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging 主張(しゅちょう): claim; request; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet 主婦(しゅふ): housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker 主要(しゅよう): chief; main; principal; major 自主(じしゅ): independence; autonomy 主権(しゅけん): sovereignty; supremacy; dominion 主体(しゅたい): (1) main constituent; core; nucleus (2) subject (philosophical); protagonist 主任(しゅにん): person in charge; responsible official; senior staff 主役(しゅやく): leading part; leading actor (actress) 主に(おもに): mainly; primarily 主演(しゅえん): starring; playing the leading part 主題(しゅだい): subject; theme; motif 主食(しゅしょく): staple food 地主(じぬし): landlord; landowner 家主(やぬし): landlord 主導(しゅどう): leadership; initiative; spearhead 主人公(しゅじんこう): (1) protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story) (2) head of household 君主(くんしゅ): ruler; monarch; sovereign 主観(しゅかん): (1) subjectivity; subject; ego (2) one's personal opinion; one's own idea ご主人(ごしゅじん): your husband; her husband 主(しゅ): (1) (one's) master (2) Lord (Christian ref. to Jesus or God) (3) the main thing; the majority; the primary concern 主(ぬし): (1) head (of a household, etc.); leader; master (2) owner; proprietor; proprietress (3) subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed) (4) guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers); long-time resident (or employee, etc.) (5) husband (6) you 主語(しゅご): subject 主なる(おもなる): main; principal; important 4 3 95 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 玉: jewel; ball 5 丶 3 1 てん・ちょぼ・ちゅ・ちゅてん (none) 象形 Pictographic lord A lord is a little drop down from King in hierarchy. “Although this kanji´s meaning hasn´t caused me much trouble, I´ve had problems remembering the direction of the drop above king, since drops at tops of kanji often seem to appear in different directions. To remember this one, I think of the placement of the drop in jewel (#256). Both of them use the king primitive and include a short drop stroke going from the top left to bottom right.” 266 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq1-250 注チュウそそ.ぐ、さ.す、つ.ぐ pour, irrigate, shed (tears), flow into, concentrate on, notes, comment, annotate 注目(ちゅうもく): notice; attention; observation 注意(ちゅうい): caution; being careful; attention (heed); warning; advice 注文(ちゅうもん): order; request 注射(ちゅうしゃ): injection 注(ちゅう): annotation; explanatory note; comment 注ぐ(そそぐ): (1) to pour (into); to fill (2) to sprinkle on from above; to shed (e.g. tears) (3) to concentrate one's spirit or strength on (4) to fall onto (of rain, snow) 注す(さす): (1) to pour; to add (liquid); to serve (drinks) (2) to put on (lipstick, etc.); to apply; to colour; to dye (3) to light (a fire); to burn 注ぐ(つぐ): (usu. written as kana when referring to a solid) to pour (into a vessel); to fill; to dish out food or drink 4 3 497 水: water 主: lord; chief; master; main thing; principal 8 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic pour Visualize an idiot trying to figure out how to extinguish a candle. He sees a glass of WATER and decides to pour it onto the CANDLESTICK to put it out. Water spills everywhere. Like water the hot wax poured down the side of the candlestick. 267 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq251-500 柱チュウはしら pillar, post, cylinder, support 柱(はしら): (1) pillar; post (2) support; prop; mainstay (3) counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc. 電柱(でんちゅう): telephone pole; telegraph pole; lightpole 2 3 1119 木: tree; wood 主: lord; chief; master; main thing; principal 9 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic pillar The main pillar in a house should be made of the biggest and strongest tree - the lord of the trees. “Why has this pillar been carved in the shape of a giant penis?! ”“You said that ´it should be made of wood´, My Lord.”“.” 268 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1001-1500 金キン、コン、ゴンかね、かな-、-がねかん, きむ, こ, この, ん gold 黄金(こがね): gold 金融(きんゆう): financing; credit transacting; loaning of money; circulation of money 資金(しきん): funds; capital 料金(りょうきん): fee; charge; fare 金額(きんがく): amount of money 現金(げんきん): cash; ready money; mercenary; self-interested 預金(よきん): deposit; bank account お金(おかね): money 金属(きんぞく): metal 賞金(しょうきん): prize; monetary award 貯金(ちょきん): (bank) savings 賃金(ちんぎん): (1) wages (2) cash payment of rent 借金(しゃっきん): debt; loan; liabilities 税金(ぜいきん): tax; duty 代金(だいきん): price; payment; cost; charge; the money; the bill 金銭(きんせん): money; cash 金曜(きんよう): Friday 金庫(きんこ): (1) safe; strongbox; cashbox; vault; strongroom (2) depository; cash office; treasury; provider of funds 金持ち(かねもち): rich person 送金(そうきん): remittance; sending money 奨学金(しょうがくきん): (1) scholarship; stipend; bursary (2) student loan 大金(たいきん): large amount of money; great cost 金魚(きんぎょ): goldfish 基金(ききん): fund; foundation 募金(ぼきん): fund-raising; collection of funds 針金(はりがね): wire 集金(しゅうきん): money collection 金(かね): (1) money (2) metal 金(きん): (1) gold; golden (color); metaphor for (most) valuable; gold (medal, cup) (2) money (written before an amount) (3) Friday (4) metal (fourth of the five elements) (5) Jin (dynasty of China; 1115-1234 CE) (6) gold general (shogi) (7) testicles (8) karat; carat 金曜日(きんようび): Friday 金槌(かなづち): (1) (iron) hammer (2) hopeless swimmer; complete beginner at swimming 残金(ざんきん): remaining money 金蔵(かねぐら): (1) treasure house; treasury (2) financial supporter; patron; financier; backer 5 1 53 金: metal, gold, gold radical (no. 167) 8 金 167 8 かね・かねへん (none) 象形 Pictographic gold The fat king taking up the whole space under the umbrella actually isn´t fat - he just has two big gold bars hidden under his clothes. “Under the umbrella´s shade, the king sang, ”“ Drop it to the left, drop it to the right, give me all the GOLD in sight!”“.” 269 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce Kanji_Nature_Substance Kanji_Physical.Properties_Color Kanji_Time_Days.of.the.week kanjifreq1-250 銑 1 S+ 金: gold 先: before; ahead; previous; future; precedence (none) pig iron Pig iron is basic/crude metal, that is, before it has been processed. Pig-iron is crude metal (金) before (先) it is refined. If you have trouble with this character, envision a big minotaur (cow head with human legs) as a blacksmith, smelting metals and making swords for war. 270 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Substance ShouldSuspend 鉢ハチ、ハツ bowl, rice tub, pot, crown 鉢(はち): (1) bowl; pot; basin (2) flowerpot (3) crown; brainpan 1 S 1890 金: gold 本: book; present; main; origin; true; real; counter for long cylindrical things 13 金 167 8 かね・かねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic bowl This is the BOWL of an alchemist: see how he mixes metals in his bowl, as he follows the instructions from his book? If I was begging with a BOWL, I would want GOLD and BOOKS. 271 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1501-2000 銅ドウあかがね copper 銅(どう): copper 銅貨(どうか): copper coin 2 5 1505 金: gold 同: same; agree; equal 14 金 167 8 かね・かねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic copper I can´t believe no one has used this one yet: Copper is metal which looks almost the same as gold. Really, look it up on Wikipedia, it´s yellow and it´s shiny (atleast in some compounds)! Copper is an excellent conductor. In other words, it´s a metal for which the voltage is the same everywhere. That´s why it´s used for wires. 272 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Substance kanjifreq1501-2000 釣チョウつ.る、つ.り、つ.り- つり angling, fish, catch, allure, ensnare 釣り(つり): (1) fishing; angling (2) change (e.g. for a purchase) 釣る(つる): (1) to fish; to angle; to catch (2) to lure in; to tempt; to attract; to entice; to allure お釣り(おつり): change (i.e. money); balance 釣り合う(つりあう): to balance; to be in harmony; to suit; to go well together; to counterbalance; to reach equilibrium 釣り鐘(つりがね): temple bell (for striking) 1 S 1542 金: gold 勺: ladle; one tenth of a go; dip 11 金 167 8 かね・かねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic angling All the people that go to the Japanese festivals to catch fish part time are suckers. Me? I´m a pro. I bring a big-ass golden ladle. I´m a true ANGLING professional. Imagine an effeminate Roman 2000 years ago angling with a golden ladle instead of a rod because it matches his eyes and hair better and it impresses the boys. (Why a Roman? Because ´angling´ is just the roman-derived way to say ´fishing´ - use this to distinguish fishing from angling.). 273 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 針シンはりは needle, pin, staple, stinger 方針(ほうしん): objective; plan; policy 針(はり): (1) needle; pin (2) hook (3) stinger; thorn (4) hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer (5) staple (for a stapler) (6) needlework; sewing (7) malice (8) counter for stitches 針金(はりがね): wire 針路(しんろ): course; direction; compass bearing 2 6 505 金: gold 十: ten 10 金 167 8 かね・かねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic needle Remember the story of the needle in the haystack. Why would someone even look for a needle if it wasn´t a GOLD NEEDLE? A golden needle is worth ten times more than an ordinary needle. 274 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq501-750 銘メイたか, み, め inscription, signature (of artisan) 銘々(めいめい): each; individual 1 S 1394 金: gold 名: name; noted; distinguished; reputation 14 金 167 8 かね・かねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic inscription A piece of metal with a name on it. Well, this is basically the definition of inscription. I imagine ancient Egyptian inscriptions: Pharaohs´ names written in gold. 275 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 鎮チンしず.める、しず.まる、おさえしげ, じん, ちか tranquilize, ancient peace-preservation centers 鎮まる(しずまる): to quieten down; to calm down; to subside; to die down; to abate; to be suppressed 1 S 1617 金: gold 真: true; reality; Buddhist sect 18 金 167 8 かね・かねへん鎭形声 Phonetic tranquillize Tranquilize - using a metal syringe to get the truth. Enough gold can tranquilize the truth in anyone. 276 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 道ドウ、トウみちさ, じ, ど, みつ road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings “道(みち): (1) road; street; way; path; course; route; lane (2) distance; ways (e.g. ”“a long ways”“) (3) the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one's way; morals (4) teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma (5) field (of medicine, etc.); subject (6) way; method; means 報道(ほうどう): (1) information; report; journalism; news (2) to report 道路(どうろ): road; highway 鉄道(てつどう): railroad; railway; rail transport 軌道(きどう): (1) orbit; trajectory (2) railroad track 柔道(じゅうどう): judo 水道(すいどう): water service; water supply 書道(しょどう): calligraphy 道具(どうぐ): implement; tool; means 歩道(ほどう): footpath; walkway; sidewalk 街道(かいどう): highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road 道徳(どうとく): morals 道場(どうじょう): (1) dojo (hall used for martial arts training) (2) manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment) 赤道(せきどう): equator 使い道(つかいみち): a use; purpose to which something is put 片道(かたみち): one-way (trip) 回り道(まわりみち): detour; diversion 道順(みちじゅん): itinerary; route 道(どう): (1) road (2) way (3) Buddhist teachings (4) Taoism (5) modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido) (6) historical administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.) (7) province (Tang-era administrative region of China) (8) province (modern administrative region of Korea)” 5 2 207 首: neck; counter for songs and poems 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 12 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic road-way When we go out on the ROAD-WAY, we often risk our own necks (that´s why I take the train! ). Watch as a villianous fiend stretches a poor damsel´s neck over a dusty road. Her ear pressed to the ground, she can hear the rumble of a carriage thundering down the roadway. Will the hero save her in time? Or will her neck be ground into the road, spilling it´s precious contents into the dust? 277 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1-250 導ドウみちび.くみち guidance, leading, conduct, usher 指導(しどう): (1) leadership; guidance; coaching (2) shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo) 導入(どうにゅう): introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation 誘導(ゆうどう): guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement 主導(しゅどう): leadership; initiative; spearhead 導く(みちびく): (1) to guide; to lead; to show the way; to conduct (2) to derive; to deduce 2 5 354 道: road-way; street; district; journey; course; moral; teachings 寸: measurement; foot/10 15 寸 41 3 すん・すんづくり (none) 形声 Phonetic guidance For guidance on the road-way, glue a GPS unit to your car. Good guidance will help you stay glued to the right path. 278 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 辻つじつじ crossing, crossroad, street corners, (kokuji) 辻褄(つじつま): coherence; consistency 0 S+ 1614 十: ten 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) (none) crossing Cross-road. This kanji appears in the remarkable compound, 辻斬り【つじぎり】 (n): killing a passerby in order to test a new sword. Imagine a cross by the road, at a busy crossing, marking the spot of the unfortunate passerby´s death. 279 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 迅ジン swift, fast 迅速(じんそく): quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined; expedited; expeditious 1 S 1888 卂: to fly rapidly 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 6 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic swift The car went too swiftly through the crossing and was hooked by the cops. In the Heisig version of Frogger, you can image ten giant fish hooks sweeping across the road, with our hapless hero ´froggy´ forced to make a swift crossing or end up as fish bait. 280 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 造ゾウつく.る、つく.り、-づく.りずくり, づくり, み create, make, structure, physique 造る(つくる): (1) to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct (2) to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol) (3) to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train (4) to till (5) to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write (6) to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose (7) to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found (8) to have (a child) (9) to make up (one's face, etc.) (10) to fabricate (an excuse, etc.) (11) to form (a line, etc.) (12) to set (a record) (13) to commit (a sin, etc.) 構造(こうぞう): structure; construction 製造(せいぞう): manufacture; production 改造(かいぞう): (1) remodeling; remodelling; restructuring (2) modding 偽造(ぎぞう): forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting 創造(そうぞう): creation 造船(ぞうせん): shipbuilding 造り(つくり): make-up; structure; physique 人造(じんぞう): man-made; synthetic; artificial 2 5 429 告: revelation; tell; inform; announce 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 10 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic create A cow creates a road by eating all the grass on its path. CREATION is the ROAD to REVELATION (if you´re feeling artsy) :). 281 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 迫ハクせま.るさこ, せ, せこ, はさ, はさま, はざま urge, force, imminent, spur on 迫る(せまる): (1) to approach; to draw near; to be imminent (2) to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel 脅迫(きょうはく): threat; menace; coercion; terrorism 迫害(はくがい): persecution 圧迫(あっぱく): pressure; coercion; oppression 1 S 773 白: white 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 8 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic urge When you have the URGE to go to White Castle, you know it´s time to hit the road. When you start down the road of cocaine, you´re sure to feel some pretty bad URGEs soon. 282 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 逃トウに.げる、に.がす、のが.す、のが.れる escape, flee, shirk, evade, set free 逃げる(にげる): to escape; to run away 逃走(とうそう): flight; desertion; escape 逃れる(のがれる): to escape 逃亡(とうぼう): escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing 逃げ出す(にげだす): to run away; to escape from 逃がす(にがす): to let loose; to set free; to let escape 見逃す(みのがす): to miss; to overlook; to leave at large 逃す(のがす): to let loose; to set free; to let escape; to miss 3 S 931 兆: portent; 1012; trillion; sign; omen; symptoms 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 9 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic escape I used my pants to make a rope, which I then used to escape from prison; hence the naked, hairy legs running along the road! A turtle version of frogger dodging cars to escape to the other side of the road… 283 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 辺ヘンあた.り、ほと.り、-べなべ environs, boundary, border, vicinity, (kokuji) 周辺(しゅうへん): (1) circumference; outskirts; environs; around; in the area of; in the vicinity of (2) (computer) peripheral 辺(へん): (1) area; vicinity (2) side (of triangle, rectangle, etc.) (3) circumstances 辺り(あたり): (1) on the bank of; by the side of (e.g. a river, pond) (2) (in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearby 浜辺(はまべ): beach; foreshore 天辺(てっぺん): top; summit; apex; peak 2 4 428 刀: sword; saber; knife 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 5 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう邊形声 Phonetic environs “Caution: this kanji doesn´t mean environment; it means ”“environs; boundary; border; vicinity”“. To separate the environs, create the border by placing daggers on the road.” To protect the environs around their village, samurai would travel the roads with their swords. 284 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 巡ジュンめぐ.る、めぐ.り patrol, go around, circumference 巡査(じゅんさ): police; policeman 巡る(めぐる): (1) to go around (2) to return (3) to surround (4) to concern (usu. of disputes) お巡りさん(おまわりさん): policeman 1 S 1262 巛: curving river radical (no.47) 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 6 巛 47 3 かわ・まがりがわ・さんぼんがわ (none) 形声 Phonetic patrol The cops don´t PATROL anymore - they just flood the road. The Venice cops patrol on river roads. 285 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 車シャくるまくら, くろま car 自動車(じどうしゃ): automobile 車(くるま): (1) car; automobile; vehicle (2) wheel 下車(げしゃ): alighting (from train, bus, etc.); getting off 自転車(じてんしゃ): bicycle 電車(でんしゃ): (electric) train 列車(れっしゃ): train (ordinary) 駐車場(ちゅうしゃじょう): parking lot; parking place 車庫(しゃこ): garage; car shed; carport 駐車(ちゅうしゃ): parking (e.g. car) 乗車(じょうしゃ): taking a train, bus, etc.; entraining 車掌(しゃしょう): (train) conductor 車輪(しゃりん): (car) wheel 停車(ていしゃ): stopping (e.g. train) 歯車(はぐるま): gear; cog-wheel 汽車(きしゃ): train (steam) 機関車(きかんしゃ): locomotive; engine 発車(はっしゃ): departure of a vehicle 風車(かざぐるま): (1) pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy) (2) windmill (3) Clematis patens (species of climbing plant) 5 1 333 車: cart, car, car radical (no. 159) 7 車 159 7 くるま・くるまへん (none) 象形 Pictographic car My car is so fast it can go through ten rice fields in ten minutes. “Rather than hobbling along with a walking stick to cross through a span, it´s much better to use a car. (Imagine an old man with a walking stick creeping along a span of road, and you, in a car, whizzing right by him. It´s funny ´cause it´s true.) Also, it´s important to include the word ”“through,”“ so you know the walking stick goes right THROUGH the span.” 286 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Vehicle.Machine kanjifreq251-500 連レンつら.なる、つら.ねる、つ.れる、-づ.れずれ, つれ, むらじ, れ take along, lead, join, connect, party, gang, clique 関連(かんれん): relation; connection; relevance 国連(こくれん): UN; United Nations 連合(れんごう): (1) union; alliance; combination (2) RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation) 連続(れんぞく): serial; consecutive; continuity; occurring in succession; continuing 連邦(れんぽう): commonwealth; federation of states; confederation; union 連絡(れんらく): (1) to contact; to get in touch (2) contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message (3) connection; coordination; junction (4) intercalary; intercalaris; internuncial 連日(れんじつ): every day; prolonged 連休(れんきゅう): consecutive holidays 連帯(れんたい): (1) solidarity; collective (2) joint 連中(れんちゅう): (1) colleagues; company; a lot; those guys (2) troupe; company (of musicians) 連れる(つれる): to lead; to take (a person) 連れ(つれ): companion; company 連盟(れんめい): league; federation; union; alliance 一連(いちれん): (1) series; chain; sequence (2) two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper) (3) verse; stanza 連ねる(つらねる): (1) to line up; to put in a row (2) to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to join (e.g. a list) (3) to link; to put together; to string together (e.g. compliments); to enumerate (4) to take along with; to bring with 連想(れんそう): association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion 連なる(つらなる): to extend; to stretch out; to stand in a row 3 4 30 車: car 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 10 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic take along “When you put your car on the road you should always take along a few friends. Don´t confuse with carry (#303).” “This kanji also means ”“linked”“ or ”“series”“ so I´ve changed the kanji meaning to ”“GO ALONG (WITH EACH OTHER).”“ Well, a ROAD and a CAR certainly GO ALONG with each other. And the CAR will help you to GO ALONG the ROAD. This Kanji is the ”“Union”“ in Soviet Union and the ”“United”“ of United Nations (the countries that ”“go along with each other”“ at least some of the time).” 287 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 軌キ rut, wheel, track, model, way of doing 軌範(きはん): model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example 軌道(きどう): (1) orbit; trajectory (2) railroad track 1 S 1480 車: car 九: nine 9 車 159 7 くるま・くるまへん (none) 形声 Phonetic rut My car got so stuck in a rut it required nine people pushing to get it out again. I got my car stuck in a rut ! I´m gonna have to call 999 ! 288 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 輸ユ、シュ transport, send, be inferior 輸出(ゆしゅつ): (1) export (2) efferent (medical) 輸入(ゆにゅう): importation; import; introduction 輸送(ゆそう): transport; transportation 運輸(うんゆ): transportation 輸血(ゆけつ): blood transfusion 2 5 371 車: car 兪: steal 16 車 159 7 くるま・くるまへん (none) 形声 Phonetic transport The car is a cattle-car, used to transport animals for the butcher´s meeting - a convention on new butchering techniques. Hear the screams of the animals as it pulls up in front of the convention hall, where the butchers are waiting with their knives out front. The vehicle transports animals for a meeting with the butcher. 289 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 前ゼンまえ、-まえさき, さと, まい in front, before “当り前(あたりまえ): (1) natural; reasonable; obvious (2) usual; common; ordinary 建て前(たてまえ): (1) face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts) (2) ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house (3) tea ceremony procedures; tea ceremony etiquette 午前(ごぜん): morning; a.m. 前提(ぜんてい): preamble; premise; reason; prerequisite; condition; assumption; hypothesis; given 直前(ちょくぜん): just before 名前(なまえ): (1) name; full name (2) given name; first name 以前(いぜん): ago; since; before; previous 前後(ぜんご): (1) front and rear; front and back; before and behind (2) before and after (3) order; context (4) consequences (5) inversion; reversion; getting out of order (6) co-occurring (7) around; about; approximately; nearly 前進(ぜんしん): advance; drive; progress 手前(てまえ): (1) before; this side (2) one's standpoint; one's appearance (3) we (4) you 前例(ぜんれい): precedent 前途(ぜんと): future prospects; outlook; the journey ahead 前者(ぜんしゃ): the former 前売り(まえうり): advance sale; booking 腕前(うでまえ): ability; skill; facility お前(おまえ): (1) you (formerly honorific, now sometimes derog. term referring to an equal or inferior) (2) presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.) 事前(じぜん): prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante 前もって(まえもって): in advance; beforehand; previously 前置き(まえおき): preface; introduction 前(ぜん): (1) the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. ”“the last mayor”“); previous; one-time; former (2) (before the name of an era) pre- (e.g. ”“premodern”“) (3) before; earlier 前(まえ): (1) ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour) (2) in front (of); before (e.g. the house) (3) head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part (4) in the presence of (5) helping; portion (6) privates; private parts 真ん前(まんまえ): right in front; just opposite; under the nose” 5 2 27 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 月: month; moon 刀: sword; saber; knife 9 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic in front When I get horny my flesh sword sticks out in front of me. If you stand in front of a bull´s horns, you are asking for your flesh to be cut (or butchered if you prefer). 290 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Directions Kanji_Time kanjifreq1-250 各カクおのおのかか, かが each, every, either 各各(それぞれ): each; every; either; respectively; severally 各自(かくじ): individual; each 各(かく): each; every; all 各種(かくしゅ): every kind; all sorts 各地(かくち): every place; various places 2 4 243 夂: winter radical (no. 34) 口: mouth 6 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic each Son, I´ve never told you this but each woman has a second mouth between their fiiiiiine walking legs. Each and every one of us walks and talks differently. 291 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq1-250 格カク、コウ、キャク、ゴウいたる, のり status, rank, capacity, character, case (law, grammar) 価格(かかく): price; value; cost 格差(かくさ): qualitative difference; disparity 資格(しかく): qualifications; requirements; capabilities 性格(せいかく): character; personality; disposition; nature 格好(かっこう): (1) shape; form; posture; appearance; manner (2) suitability; moderateness (in price) 合格(ごうかく): success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility 人格(じんかく): personality; character; individuality 体格(たいかく): physique; constitution 失格(しっかく): disqualification; elimination; incapacity (legal) 格(かく): status; character; case 格別(かくべつ): exceptional 本格(ほんかく): (1) original method or procedure (2) serious; orthodox; classical; genuine 規格(きかく): standard; norm 同格(どうかく): the same rank; equality; apposition 3 5 281 木: tree; wood 各: each; every; either 10 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic status “Ranger! I want you to go check the status of each tree. ”“Errr, Each tree sir?”“ replies the ranger looking out over the vast forest. ”“That´s Right, I want the status of each tree! Move out!”“.” A man measures his own status by the size of his woody…and compares it to each one he sees. 292 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 略リャクほぼ、おか.す、おさ.める、はかりごと、はか.る、はぶ.く、りゃく.す、りゃく.する abbreviation, omission, outline, shorten, capture, plunder 侵略(しんりゃく): aggression; invasion; raid 略(ほぼ): almost; roughly; approximately 略奪(りゃくだつ): pillage; plunder; looting; robbery 省略(しょうりゃく): omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement 略語(りゃくご): abbreviation; acronym 略す(りゃくす): (1) to abbreviate; to omit (2) to take; to capture 概略(がいりゃく): outline; summary; gist; in brief 2 5 774 田: rice field; rice paddy 各: each; every; either 11 田 102 5 た・たへん (none) 形声 Phonetic abbreviation There are so many abbreviations and acronyms nowadays that no brain can remember each of them. Mnemonic: ab-brain-each-ation. A very anal farmer wants to catologue each grain of rice in his rice field. Imagine him scribbling a tiny abbreviation of his name and a number on each grain. 293 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 客キャク、カク guest, visitor, customer, client 客(きゃく): (1) guest; visitor (2) customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger 観客(かんきゃく): audience; spectator; spectators 乗客(じょうきゃく): passenger 旅客(りょかく): passenger (transport) 客席(きゃくせき): (1) guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi) (2) audience 客観(きゃっかん): object (as opposed to subject) 客間(きゃくま): parlor; parlour; guest room 3 3 557 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 各: each; every; either 9 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic guest Each person under my roof is treated as a guest. In my house I welcome each guest. 294 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq501-750 額ガクひたいぬか forehead, tablet, plaque, framed picture, sum, amount, volume 額(がく): (1) picture (framed) (2) amount or sum (of money) 金額(きんがく): amount of money 差額(さがく): balance; difference; margin 額(ひたい): forehead; brow 2 5 407 客: guest; visitor; customer; client 頁: page; leaf 18 頁 181 9 おおがい・いちのかい (none) 形声 Phonetic forehead Sign the guestbook page with your forehead. (Picture a guestbook full of forehead prints like thumbprints). In New Zealand, people welcome guests by touching their foreheads together. 295 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Body_Head.Neck kanjifreq251-500 夏カ、ガ、ゲなつ summer 夏(なつ): summer 夏休み(なつやすみ): summer vacation; summer holiday 4 2 659 一: one; one radical (no.1) 自: oneself 夂: winter radical (no. 34) 10 夊 35 3 なつあし・すいにょう (none) 象形 Pictographic summer In SUMMER you are hot from the top of your head down to your walking legs. I personally think it was too confusing to try and use head as the primitive. (How am I supposed to remember that the animal legs are replaced with walking legs instead of human legs?) Rather, I think have the image of a hot summer and you want to keep oneself under a ceiling not out jogging around. 296 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Time_Season kanjifreq501-750 処ショところ、-こ、お.る dispose, manage, deal with, sentence, condemn, act, behave 処分(しょぶん): (1) disposal; dealing (with a problem); disposition; measure; procedure (2) punishment (3) putting down (e.g. diseased animal) 処理(しょり): processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal 処置(しょち): treatment; measure; step 対処(たいしょ): deal with; cope 処罰(しょばつ): punishment 何処(どこ): (1) where; what place (2) how much (long, far); what extent 彼処(あそこ): (1) there (place physically distant from both speaker and listener); over there; that place; yonder (2) genitals (3) that far (something psychologically distant from both speaker and listener); that much; that point 其処(そこ): (1) there (place relatively near listener) (2) there (place just mentioned); that place (3) then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised) (4) you 何処か(どこか): somewhere; anywhere; in some respects 此処(ここ): (1) here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place (2) these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker) (3) these next … (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker); the next … 其処で(そこで): so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore 目処(めど): (1) aim; goal (2) prospect; outlook 其処ら(そこら): everywhere; somewhere; approximately; that area; around there 3 6 547 夂: winter radical (no. 34) 几: table; table enclosure; table or windy radical (no. 16) 5 虍 141 6 とら・とらがしら・とらかんむり處会意 Compound Ideographic dispose The best way to dispose of a nasty bit of wind is to let it go and use those walking legs to dissapear. Nobody will ever know it was you. To dispose of rubbish you should walk it to the bin not throw it to the wind. 297 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 条ジョウ、チョウ、デキえだ、すじ article, clause, item, stripe, streak 条件(じょうけん): condition; conditions; term; terms; requirement; requirements 条約(じょうやく): treaty; pact 発条(ばね): spring (e.g. coil, leaf); mainspring; power spring 箇条書き(かじょうがき): itemized form; itemised form; itemization; itemisation 条(じょう): (1) article (in document); provision (2) stripe; streak; line 2 5 363 夂: winter radical (no. 34) 木: tree; wood 7 木 75 4 き・きへん條会意 Compound Ideographic twig They all say they have a TREE between their WALKING LEGS but most only have a TWIG. Don´t confuse with branch or bough - think of snapping twigs. A twig is always the kind of wood that snaps when the hunter´s walking legs just barely touch it, making a snapping sound that alerts the prey to the hunter´s presence. 298 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 落ラクお.ちる、お.ち、お.とすおち fall, drop, come down 墜落(ついらく): falling; crashing 落ちる(おちる): (1) to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money) (2) to be omitted; to be missing (3) to decrease; to sink (4) to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.) (5) to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind (6) to become indecent (of a conversation) (7) to be ruined; to go under (8) to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list) (9) to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession (10) to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick) (11) to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee (12) to fall; to be defeated; to surrender (13) to come to (in the end); to end in (14) to fall (in love, asleep, etc.) (15) to swoon (judo) (16) to consent; to understand (17) to crash; to freeze (18) (of animals) to die (19) to move to the depths 落ち込む(おちこむ): (1) to feel down (sad) (2) to be in a slump (e.g. business, economy); to be in an unfavourable condition (3) to fall into (e.g. a hole) 落ち着き(おちつき): (1) calmness; composure; presence of mind (2) stability; steadiness 落下(らっか): fall; drop; come down 落とす(おとす): (1) to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind (2) to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape (3) to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election) (4) to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances (5) to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with (6) to download; to copy from a computer to another medium (7) to make someone swoon (judo) (8) to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line) (9) to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting) 落ち葉(おちば): (1) fallen leaves; leaf litter (2) deciduous 転落(てんらく): fall; degradation; slump; spill 没落(ぼつらく): ruin; fall; collapse 落ち着く(おちつく): (1) to calm down; to compose oneself; to regain presence of mind (2) to calm down; to settle down; to die down; to become stable; to abate (3) to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in (4) to be settled; to be fixed; to have been reached (5) to harmonize with; to harmonise with; to match; to suit; to fit (6) to be unobtrusive; to be quiet; to be subdued 落第(らくだい): failure; dropping out of a class 見落とす(みおとす): to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing) 落とし物(おとしもの): lost property 洒落(しゃれ): (1) joke; pun; witticism (2) smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious; refined 御洒落(おしゃれ): (1) smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious (2) someone smartly dressed (3) to dress up; to be fashionable 洒落る(しゃれる): (1) to dress stylishly (2) to joke; to play on words 洒落(しゃらく): frank; open-hearted 3 3 420 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 洛: Kyoto; the capital 12 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic fall Water each flower or the petals will wither and fall. “[It´s been suggested on the forum (http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=1079) that flower across the full width of the kanji and water on the left below it should have its own keyword; seaweed is a popular choice. See also dilute (#227), clan (#1912), seaweed (#2035). This story is for the benefit of those using that idea.] Picture a group of Japanese skydivers falling through the sky – suddenly each one opens, instead of a parachute, an enormous sheet of nori seaweed to carry them safely down.” 299 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Directions_Movement kanjifreq251-500 冗ジョウ superfluous, uselessness 冗談(じょうだん): jest; joke; funny story 1 S 1782 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 几: table; table enclosure; table or windy radical (no. 16) 4 冖 14 2 わかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic superfluous “The king´s crown was blown off by the wind. ”“Oh well,”“ he said, ”“it´s just a superfluous symbol.”“.” “The court jester wears a crown and is full of wind with bad jokes. He is superfluous to the King´s court. This kanji is read as ”“JOU”“ and commonly used to create the compound for jou-dan 冗談 (jest or joke) hence court jester. Also jou-go 冗語 (redundancy) and jou-in 冗員 (useless workers) 員-employee (#56).” 300 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 軍グンいくさ army, force, troops, war, battle 軍事(ぐんじ): military affairs 軍(ぐん): army; force; troops 軍隊(ぐんたい): army; troops 軍備(ぐんび): armaments; military preparations 軍艦(ぐんかん): warship; battleship 軍服(ぐんぷく): military or naval uniform 2 4 189 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 車: car 9 車 159 7 くるま・くるまへん (none) 象形 Pictographic army British army cars are at the service of the crown. Imagine a crown is the hood ornament on every army car. 301 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq1-250 輝キかがや.くあき, あきら, さき, てる, ひ, ひかる radiance, shine, sparkle, gleam, twinkle 輝く(かがやく): to shine; to glitter; to sparkle 1 S 1259 光: ray; light 軍: army; force; troops; war; battle 15 車 159 7 くるま・くるまへん (none) 形声 Phonetic radiance Rays of light emitted from Apollo´s chariot = radiance. Don´t put the sun into this kanji. The rays are coming from the chariot directly! Radiance is an army of rays. 302 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 運ウンはこ.ぶ carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance 運動(うんどう): motion; exercise 運営(うんえい): management; administration; operation 運転(うんてん): operation; motion; driving 運輸(うんゆ): transportation 運用(うんよう): (1) making use of; application; practical use; investment (2) operation 運転手(うんてんしゅ): driver; chauffeur 運ぶ(はこぶ): (1) to carry; to transport; to move; to convey (2) to come; to go (3) to wield (a tool, etc.); to use (4) to go (well, etc.); to proceed; to progress 運賃(うんちん): (1) fare (2) freight rates; shipping expenses 運命(うんめい): fate; destiny; lot 運送(うんそう): transport; freight; shipping 運(うん): fortune; luck 運搬(うんぱん): transport; carriage 運河(うんが): canal; waterway 幸運(こううん): good luck; fortune 不運(ふうん): unlucky; misfortune; bad luck; fate 海運(かいうん): maritime; marine transportation 4 3 255 軍: army; force; troops; war; battle 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 12 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic carry Don’t confuse it with “take along” (287). In that one, there was a car so you could take along your friends once you found them on the road. In this one, there is an army chariot just to carry military supplies (sorry no room for you). Roads carry armies (in contrast to seas carrying navies or skies carrying air forces). 303 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq251-500 冠カンかんむりか, かっぷ, まさる crown, best, peerless 冠(かんむり): (1) cap (esp. a traditional cap worn with sokutai or ikan clothing); crown; diadem; coronet (2) top kanji radical (3) first verse of a haikai, etc. (4) best; peerless; first 1 S 1503 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 元: beginning; former time; origin 9 冖 14 2 わかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic crown “Remember the SUPERFLUOUS CROWN that flew away in the WIND? Well now the king is saying ”“i should have had the thing GLUED to my head from the BEGINNING”“.” A crown, from the beginning of the new king´s life, is glued to him. He must inherit it. 304 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 夢ム、ボウゆめ、ゆめ.みる、くら.い dream, vision, illusion 夢(ゆめ): dream 夢中(むちゅう): daze; (in a) trance; ecstasy; delirium; engrossment; within a (deep) dream 3 5 943 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 网: net; net or net crown radical (no. 122) 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 夕: evening 13 夕 36 3 ゆう・ゆうべ・た (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic dream Last night´s date with Miss Sweden was like a dream. She even laid flowers over my eyes to crown the perfect evening. In the movie American Beauty, Kevin Spacey liked to DREAM about his daughter´s friend and have a rose petal fall onto his eye from the ceiling. He did this lying in his bed each evening. You can almost see him lying in his bed in this kanji. 305 grade5 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Body_Function kanjifreq751-1000 坑コウ pit, hole 1 S 2040 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 亢: high spirits 7 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic pit A whirlwind digs a hole in the ground throwing out lots of dirt until it ends up with a giant pit. Tazmanian Devil whirlwinds a pit into the soil. Note: Take care difference between pit and rut. 306 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 高コウたか.い、たか、-だか、たか.まる、たか.めるか, こ, じょい, た, はか tall, high, expensive “高校(こうこう): senior high school 最高(さいこう): highest; supreme; the most 高校生(こうこうせい): senior high school student 高級(こうきゅう): high class; high grade 高層(こうそう): multistory; multistoried; high-rise; high; tall 高速(こうそく): (1) high speed; high gear (2) highway; freeway; expressway; motorway 高度(こうど): (1) altitude; height (2) advanced; high-grade; strong 高等(こうとう): high class; high grade 残高(ざんだか): (bank) balance; remainder 高い(たかい): (1) high; tall (2) expensive 高まる(たかまる): to rise; to swell; to be promoted 高める(たかめる): to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance 高価(こうか): high price 高原(こうげん): tableland; plateau 高等学校(こうとうがっこう): senior high school 名高い(なだかい): famous; celebrated; well-known 高(たか): quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money 高尚(こうしょう): high; noble; refined; advanced 高(こう): (1) High (abbreviation of ”“High School”“ following a school's name) (2) high-” 5 2 65 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 口: mouth 冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13) 口: mouth 10 高 189 10 たかい (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic tall Two little aliens in a trenchcoat and top hat, trying to look TALL. The bottom one, in the glass helmet, is under the coat. The top one has his top hat pulled down in disguise, so all you can see is his mouth. Here we have TWO MOUTHS each wearing a different hat. The top one is wearing a TOP HAT which is know to be as a TALL hat. The bottom one is wearing a SPACE HELMET which is known as an EXPENSIVE hat. (this kanji means both). 307 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq1-250 享キョウ、コウう.けるたか, たかし, とおる, みち receive, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch 享受(きょうじゅ): reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given 1 S 1893 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 口: mouth 子: child; sign of the rat; 11PM-1AM; first sign of Chinese zodiac 8 亠 8 2 けいさん・けいさんかんむり・なべぶた (none) 象形 Pictographic receive In basketball however, tall children receive all the attention. Tall children receive all the attention. They also make great receivers in football… this kanji also means ´catch´ (therefore a football receiver is a great image). 308 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 塾ジュク cram school, private school 塾(じゅく): coaching school; cramming school; juku 1 S 1297 孰: which; how; who 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 14 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic cram school Welcome to our cram school: you will receive a rounded education on our grounds. “You can receive a well-rounded education if you study at our cram school says the advertisement. ”“Just come to our school grounds and check it out yourself!”“.” 309 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art kanjifreq1001-1500 熟ジュクう.れる mellow, ripen, mature, acquire skill 成熟(せいじゅく): maturity; ripeness 熟(つくづく): completely; really; thoroughly; deeply; severely; intently 未熟(みじゅく): inexperience; unripeness; raw; unskilled; immature; inexperienced 熟語(じゅくご): (1) kanji compound (2) idiom; idiomatic phrase 1 6 1415 孰: which; how; who 火: fire 15 火 86 4 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが (none) 形声 Phonetic mellow Imagine tall children sitting round the fire toasting marsh-mellows. The cram school (309) tortures its students - especially the tall and fat ones who need to grow up - over a fire until they mellow. (Note that here the keyword ´mellow´ only means to mature, ripen, or acquire skill; not the colloquial meaning of ´chill out´). 310 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 亭テイ、チン pavilion, restaurant, mansion, arbor, cottage, vaudeville, music hall, stage name 1 S 1627 高: tall; high; expensive 高: tall; high; expensive 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 丁: street; ward; town; counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign 9 亠 8 2 けいさん・けいさんかんむり・なべぶた (none) 象形 Pictographic pavilion The Pavillion on crown street is the tallest I have ever seen. The tallest Pavilion crowns the street. 311 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1501-2000 京キョウ、ケイ、キンみやこたか capital, 1016 帰京(ききょう): returning to Tokyo 4 2 74 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 口: mouth 小: little; small 8 亠 8 2 けいさん・けいさんかんむり・なべぶた (none) 象形 Pictographic capital Tokyo, capital of Japan: tall buildings, small people (compared to the buildings). The capital is where the powerful act formal wearing top hats, open their mouths, and get little done. 312 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1-250 涼リョウすず.しい、すず.む、すず.やか、うす.い、ひや.す、まことにりょ refreshing, nice and cool 涼しい(すずしい): (1) cool; refreshing (2) clear (e.g. eyes); bright (3) clear; distinct (4) composed (facial expression); unruffled; unconcerned (5) pure; upright; innocent 涼む(すずむ): to cool oneself; to cool off; to enjoy evening cool 2 S 1783 水: water 京: capital; 1016 11 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic refreshing When you´re a tourist in the capital during the heat of summer, finding a water fountain is oh, so refreshing. The water from the capital of Japan, Tokyo, is so refreshing! 313 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1501-2000 景ケイかげ scenery, view 景気(けいき): condition; state; business (condition) 背景(はいけい): (1) background; scenery; backdrop; setting; circumstance; context (2) backing; support (from behind the scenes) 風景(ふうけい): scenery 光景(こうけい): scene; spectacle; sight; view 不景気(ふけいき): business recession; hard times; depression; gloom; sullenness; cheerlessness 景色(けしき): scenery; scene; landscape 3 4 419 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 京: capital; 1016 12 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic scenery Imaging the sun rising over the capital–classic postcard scenery. Anyone who´s been to Kyoto doesn´t need to think too deeply into this Kanji! Imagine a sunny day in the old capital, and there´s no better scenery. 314 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 鯨ゲイくじら whale 捕鯨(ほげい): whaling; whale fishing 1 S 1486 魚: fish 京: capital; 1016 19 魚 195 11 うお・うおへん・さかな (none) 形声 Phonetic whale If fish were cities, the whale would surely be the capital. When the whale was first discovered it was the biggest fish people had ever seen. Stories exaggerated its size - people said it was as big as the entire capital city! 315 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Animal kanjifreq1001-1500 舎シャ、セキやど.るさ, とり cottage, inn, hut, house, mansion 校舎(こうしゃ): school building 田舎(いなか): (1) rural area; countryside; the sticks (2) hometown 1 5 1170 人: person 吉: good luck; joy; congratulations 8 舌 135 6 した・したへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic cottage The cottage is so small - it has an umbrella for the roof; soil for the floor and room for only one mouth. My vacation cottage is nothing but a hole in the ground covered by an umbrella. 316 grade5 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1001-1500 周シュウまわ.りあまね, しゅ, す, ちか, のり, ひろ, びび, まこと circumference, circuit, lap 周辺(しゅうへん): (1) circumference; outskirts; environs; around; in the area of; in the vicinity of (2) (computer) peripheral 周囲(しゅうい): (1) surroundings; environs (2) circumference 周期(しゅうき): cycle; period 円周(えんしゅう): circumference 周(しゅう): (1) Zhou (dynasty of China); Chou (2) (geometric) perimeter (3) counter for laps or circuits 2 4 562 冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13) 吉: good luck; joy; congratulations 8 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic circumference If my LIDDED CROCK has the same CIRCUMFERENCE as my head, I like to use it as a HELMET. You´re at a motorcycle store looking to buy a helmet. The only way to check the circumference of your head is to put increasingly larger lidded crocks on your head until one slips on just right. Now you know what size helmet to buy. 317 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq501-750 週シュウ week 週(しゅう): week 今週(こんしゅう): this week 先週(せんしゅう): last week; the week before 毎週(まいしゅう): every week 来週(らいしゅう): next week 週間(しゅうかん): week; weekly 隔週(かくしゅう): every other week 再来週(さらいしゅう): week after next 先先週(せんせんしゅう): week before last 5 2 540 周: circumference; circuit; lap 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 11 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic week Imagine a road built so well that it takes only a week to travel the circumference of the earth. “Actually the week is like a never ending road where we travel in a circle through the same seven days again and again, the circumference is always the same. circumference (#317) also means circuit or lap, so that also makes think about the rotations of the moon, sun and the earth – all important for measuring all kinds of time periods.” 318 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Time kanjifreq501-750 士シさむらいお, ま gentleman, samurai 博士(はくし): (1) doctorate; PhD; Dr (as a title) (2) expert; learned person 同士(どうし): fellow; mutual; companion; comrade; bonding 兵士(へいし): soldier 紳士(しんし): gentleman 武士(ぶし): warrior; samurai 修士(しゅうし): master's (academic degree) 学士(がくし): university graduate 1 4 526 士: scholar, bachelor (radical no. 33) 3 士 33 3 さむらい (none) 象形 Pictographic gentleman What a handsome gentleman. Standing up so straight, and broad shoulders too!! He´s like a modern samurai! A gentleman has broad shoulders and doesn´t soil himself. 319 grade4 JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq501-750 吉キチ、キツよしえ, き, きっ, きる, こし, と, よ good luck, joy, congratulations 不吉(ふきつ): ominous; sinister; bad luck; ill omen; inauspiciousness 1 S 711 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 口: mouth 6 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic good luck The samurai´s wife gives him a (uhum) before battle for good luck. “A true samurai gentleman will always mouth, ”“Good luck”“ to his opponents before a match.” 320 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 壮ソウさかんつよし robust, manhood, prosperity 壮大(そうだい): magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid 1 S 1657 爿: left-side kata radical (no. 91) 士: gentleman; samurai; samurai radical (no. 33) 6 士 33 3 さむらい壯形声 Phonetic robust Half of a turtle shell as a shield makes a samurai more robust. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are robust gentlemen aren´t they? 321 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 荘ソウ、ショウ、チャンほうき、おごそ.かそ villa, inn, cottage, feudal manor 別荘(べっそう): holiday house; villa 1 S 1489 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 壮: robust; manhood; prosperity 9 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり莊形声 Phonetic villa A villa is fancier (decorated with flowers) and more robust than the average. The teenage mutant samurai turtles live in a villa with flowers on the roof so that the neighbours don´t get suspicious. 322 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1001-1500 売バイう.る、う.れるうり, うる, め sell 売上げ(うりあげ): amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings 小売り(こうり): retail 販売(はんばい): sales; selling; marketing 売買(ばいばい): trade; buying and selling 発売(はつばい): sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product) 商売(しょうばい): trade; business; commerce; transaction; occupation 売り場(うりば): place where things are sold; point of sale; POS; sales floor; counter (in shop) 売る(うる): to sell 前売り(まえうり): advance sale; booking 売り出す(うりだす): (1) to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to begin selling; to market (2) to become popular 売店(ばいてん): shop; stand 売れ行き(うれゆき): sales; demand 特売(とくばい): special sale 売り出し(うりだし): (bargain) sale 売り切れ(うりきれ): sold-out 売り切れる(うりきれる): to be sold out 売れる(うれる): (1) to sell (well) (2) to be well known; to be popular; to be famous 4 2 202 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 7 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい賣会意 Compound Ideographic sell The samurai happened to find an extra large crown that he wore as a belt on his waist, just above his legs. I wonder if he will sell it to me? “A ”“samurai”“ will never sell his ”“crown”“ (king), even it meant having both his ”“human legs”“ chopped off!” 323 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq1-250 学ガクまな.ぶたか, のり study, learning, science 学校(がっこう): school 学生(がくせい): student (esp. a university student) 大学(だいがく): (1) post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc. (2) former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators) (3) the Great Learning - one of the Four Books 医学(いがく): medical science; medicine 科学(かがく): science 学部(がくぶ): (1) department of a university (2) undergraduate (course, program, etc.) 文学(ぶんがく): literature 学者(がくしゃ): scholar 学習(がくしゅう): study; learning; tutorial 小学校(しょうがっこう): primary school; elementary school; grade school 中学(ちゅうがく): middle school; junior high school 化学(かがく): (1) chemistry (2) chemical company (e.g. Acme Chemical Co.) 学会(がっかい): scientific society; academic meeting; academic conference 小学生(しょうがくせい): elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student 大学院(だいがくいん): graduate school 中学校(ちゅうがっこう): junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school 入学(にゅうがく): entry to school or university; matriculation 哲学(てつがく): philosophy 留学(りゅうがく): studying abroad (usu. at university level) 留学生(りゅうがくせい): overseas student; exchange student 学科(がっか): (1) study subject; course of study (2) department (university, etc.) 工学(こうがく): engineering 進学(しんがく): entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university 法学(ほうがく): law; jurisprudence 見学(けんがく): inspection; study by observation; field trip 学歴(がくれき): academic background 在学(ざいがく): (enrolled) in school 数学(すうがく): mathematics; arithmetic 学年(がくねん): year in school; grade in school 学問(がくもん): scholarship; study; learning 語学(ごがく): language study 通学(つうがく): commuting to school; school commute 学力(がくりょく): scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability 奨学金(しょうがくきん): (1) scholarship; stipend; bursary (2) student loan 高等学校(こうとうがっこう): senior high school 学期(がっき): school term; semester 退学(たいがく): dropping out of school 社会科学(しゃかいかがく): social science 自然科学(しぜんかがく): natural science 学説(がくせつ): theory 学芸(がくげい): arts and sciences; liberal arts 学術(がくじゅつ): science; learning; scholarship 学級(がっきゅう): (school) class 考古学(こうこがく): archaeology; archeology 学(がく): learning; scholarship; erudition; knowledge 学ぶ(まなぶ): to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in 学士(がくし): university graduate 人文科学(じんぶんかがく): social sciences; humanities 共学(きょうがく): coeducation 休学(きゅうがく): temporary absence from school; suspension 大学生(だいがくせい): university student; college student 修学(しゅうがく): learning 5 1 63 小: small, insignificant 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 子: child; sign of the rat; 11PM-1AM; first sign of Chinese zodiac 8 子 39 3 こ・こへん學会意 Compound Ideographic study In the school house there are kids always studying. (BTW, atomiton, this is NOT 字). Children in schoolhouses are there to study, nothing else!!! 324 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art kanjifreq1-250 覚カクおぼ.える、さ.ます、さ.める、さと.る memorize, learn, remember, awake, sober up 感覚(かんかく): sense; sensation; feeling; intuition 覚悟(かくご): resolution; resignation; readiness; preparedness 自覚(じかく): self-consciousness; self-awareness 覚え(おぼえ): memory; sense; experience 味覚(みかく): taste; palate; sense of taste 聴覚(ちょうかく): the sense of hearing 錯覚(さっかく): (1) optical illusion; hallucination (2) misapprehension; delusion 視覚(しかく): sense of sight; vision 覚える(おぼえる): (1) to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember (2) to learn; to pick up; to acquire (3) to feel (4) to think; to regard 目覚める(めざめる): to wake up 目覚まし(めざまし): (1) alarm clock (2) opening one's eyes; keeping one's eyes open (3) type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap 目覚ましい(めざましい): brilliant; splendid; striking; remarkable 覚める(さめる): (1) to wake; to wake up (2) to become sober; to sober up; to regain consciousness (e.g. after anaesthesia) (3) to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned 覚ます(さます): (1) to awaken (2) to disabuse (3) to sober up 3 4 710 小: small, insignificant 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 見: see; hopes; chances; idea; opinion; look at; visible 12 見 147 7 みる覺形声 Phonetic memorize In a schoolhouse in class: 1) you see something on the blackboard, then 2) you memorize it. You´ll never memorize all the kanji by seeing them in a school house. You need Heisig and RtK! 325 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 栄エイ、ヨウさか.える、は.え、-ば.え、は.える、えさかえ, しげ, てる, なが, ひで, よし flourish, prosperity, honor, glory, splendor 栄養(えいよう): nutrition; nourishment 繁栄(はんえい): prospering; prosperity; thriving; flourishing 栄える(さかえる): to prosper; to flourish 2 4 920 小: small, insignificant 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 木: tree; wood 9 木 75 4 き・きへん榮形声 Phonetic flourish The TREES FLOURISH in the CLASSROOM, a little too much perhaps, there´s no room for the students any more. Students are like young trees. They tend to flourish in the schoolhouse. 326 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 書ショか.く、-が.き、-がきかき write 秘書(ひしょ): (1) (private) secretary (2) treasured book; secret book 文書(ぶんしょ): document; writing; letter; paperwork; note; records; archives 教科書(きょうかしょ): textbook; text book 書店(しょてん): bookshop; bookstore 著書(ちょしょ): literary work; book 書類(しょるい): documents; official papers 図書館(としょかん): library 読書(どくしょ): reading 書道(しょどう): calligraphy 書籍(しょせき): book; publication 図書(としょ): books 辞書(じしょ): (1) dictionary; lexicon (2) letter of resignation 投書(とうしょ): letter to the editor; letter from a reader; contribution 書物(しょもつ): books 聖書(せいしょ): Bible; scriptures 書留(かきとめ): (1) registered mail (2) registration (e.g. of mail); writing down; putting on record; recording; making a note of 願書(がんしょ): written application or petition; application form 書斎(しょさい): study; library; den; home office; reading room 書評(しょひょう): book review 原書(げんしょ): original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language) 書き取り(かきとり): (1) writing down from other written material; writing kanji text from hiragana (2) transcription (of spoken material) 下書き(したがき): rough copy; draft; draught 書き取る(かきとる): to write down; to take dictation; to take notes 書く(かく): (1) to write (2) to draw 清書(せいしょ): clean copy 葉書(はがき): (1) postcard (2) memo; note; card 箇条書き(かじょうがき): itemized form; itemised form; itemization; itemisation 書(しょ): (1) document; book (2) penmanship; handwriting; calligraphy (esp. Chinese) 5 2 169 聿: brush; finally; self; relate; follow; here; fast; writing brush radical (no. 129) 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 10 曰 73 4 ひらび・いわく (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic write Make sure you practice writing kanji with a brush every day before the sun goes down. The calligrapher had a peculiar habit: when using her brush to write, she would stick out her tongue, just slightly. 327 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq1-250 津シンつず, ち, と haven, port, harbor, ferry 津波(つなみ): tsunami; tidal wave 天津(あまつ): heavenly; imperial 1 S 1036 水: water 聿: brush; finally; self; relate; follow; here; fast; writing brush radical (no. 129) 9 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic haven A brush laying in dirty water is a haven for bacteria. The haven for a BRUSH is in WATER.. Otherwise they get dry and withered and cant be used?! 328 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1001-1500 牧ボクまきま, まい, もく breed, care for, shepherd, feed, pasture 牧場(まきば): (1) farm (livestock); ranch (US); station (Aus, NZ) (2) pasture land; meadow; grazing land 牧師(ぼくし): pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend 遊牧(ゆうぼく): nomadism 牧畜(ぼくちく): stock-farming 1 4 1360 牛: cow 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) 8 牛 93 4 うし (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic breed “Imagine a taskmaster giving a cow the command to ”“start breeding, and start doing it now!”“, except that the cow takes his advice a bit too literally and starts chasing the taskmaster to carry out this command! instead of finding another cow to breed with. Hence, you see the taskmaster running to the right, trying to stay ahead of the cow.” Hint: This is the kanji from which taskmaster is derived. Actually, this kanji has nothing to do with breed, and a lot to do with pastures and shepherds (also for cowboys, japanese and spanish don´t differenciate between animals). Think of a cowboy (taskmaster) who brings his cows to the pasture. 329 grade4 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1001-1500 攻コウせ.めるおさむ aggression, attack 攻撃(こうげき): (1) attack; strike; offensive (2) criticism; censure; denunciation; condemnation 専攻(せんこう): major subject; special study 攻める(せめる): to attack; to assault; to assail 攻め(せめ): (1) attack; offence; offense (2) dominant partner of a homosexual relationship (3) a barrage of; a flood of 攻め手(せめて): offense; offence; method of attack 1 S 532 工: craft; construction; katakana e radical (no. 48) 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) 7 攴 66 4 ぼくにょう・ぼくづくり・とまた・のぶん・しぶん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic aggression Aggression is the craft of a good dominatrix. AGGRESSION is a well-honed craft for any decent taskmaster. 330 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq501-750 敗ハイやぶ.れる failure, defeat, reversal 腐敗(ふはい): decay; depravity 失敗(しっぱい): failure; mistake; blunder 敗戦(はいせん): defeat; losing a war 敗北(はいぼく): (1) defeat (2) to be defeated 勝敗(しょうはい): victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome 一敗(いっぱい): one defeat 3 4 516 貝: shellfish 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) 11 攴 66 4 ぼくにょう・ぼくづくり・とまた・のぶん・しぶん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic failure If you end up in failure, you give money to the taskmaster to train you. “The shell who was defeated before (defeat (#63)) is being chastised by the taskmaster for his failure to win.” 331 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 枚マイ、バイひら sheet of…, counter for flat thin objects or sheets 枚数(まいすう): (1) the number of flat things (2) win-loss difference which influences the ranking of sumo wrestlers 枚(まい): counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper) 2 6 911 木: tree; wood 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) 8 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic sheet of The taskmaster is a strict bathroom monitor who hands out only one sheet of really rough, splintery toilet paper per person. You can see the wood fibers. This taskmaster is the bathroom nazi: he counts how many sheets of toilet paper and tissue you use, and then tells you what % of a tree you just killed. 332 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Counting_Counters kanjifreq751-1000 故コゆえ、ふる.い、もと happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently 事故(じこ): (1) accident; incident; trouble (2) circumstances; reasons 故障(こしょう): break-down; failure; fault; accident; out of order 何故(なぜ): why; how 故人(こじん): the deceased; old friend 何故なら(なぜなら): because 故(こ): the late (deceased) 故(ゆえ): reason; cause; circumstances 其れ故(それゆえ): therefore; for that reason; so 2 5 612 古: old 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) 9 攴 66 4 ぼくにょう・ぼくづくり・とまた・のぶん・しぶん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic happenstance An OLD TASKMASTER is no happenstance (coincidence). The older you get the more rigid in your ways. “Need to disambiguate from enemy (#443) as it´s easy to mix up antique and old here. Let´s think of an accidental president – he is an old taskmaster who has managed to win the election by happenstance .” 333 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 敬ケイ、キョウうやま.うけ, たか, たかし, たけ, とし, のり, ひろ, ゆき, よし awe, respect, honor, revere 敬意(けいい): respect; honour; honor 尊敬(そんけい): respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor 敬語(けいご): honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language 敬う(うやまう): to show respect; to honour; to honor 敬具(けいぐ): Yours sincerely; Yours truly; Sincerely yours 2 6 1078 苟: any; at all; in the least 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) 12 攴 66 4 ぼくにょう・ぼくづくり・とまた・のぶん・しぶん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic awe The flowery phrases of the schoolmaster held the students in awe. 敬【けい】 (n) reverence; respect. 敬語【けいご】 (n) honorific; term of respect; (P) STORY: The TASKMASTER demands RESPECT. If you don´t talk to him in HONORIFICS and FLOWERY PHRASES you will be sorry. 334 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1001-1500 言ゲン、ゴンい.う、こととき say 言う(いう): (1) to say (2) to call (i.e. to give a name) 予言(よげん): prediction; promise; prognostication 言わば(いわば): so to speak; so to call it; as it were 言葉(ことば): (1) language; dialect (2) word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark (3) speech; (manner of) speaking 宣言(せんげん): declaration; proclamation; announcement 発言(はつげん): utterance; speech; proposal 言語(げんご): language 一言(ひとこと): single word; a few words; brief comment 言論(げんろん): (one's) speech; expression of views; discussion 無言(むごん): silence 助言(じょげん): advice; suggestion 方言(ほうげん): dialect 言い訳(いいわけ): (1) excuse (2) explanation 伝言(でんごん): verbal message; word 言葉遣い(ことばづかい): speech; expression; wording; language 証言(しょうげん): evidence; testimony 断言(だんげん): assertion; declaration; affirmation 独り言(ひとりごと): soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself 言い出す(いいだす): to start talking; to speak; to tell; to propose; to suggest; to break the ice 言付ける(ことづける): to send word; to send a message そう言えば(そういえば): which reminds me …; come to think of it …; now that you mention it …; on that subject …; so, if you say … 片言(かたこと): prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering 言い付ける(いいつける): (1) to tell (to do); to order; to charge; to direct (2) to tell on (someone); to report (3) to often say 言伝(ことづて): (oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor 言付け(ことづけ): (verbal) message 伝言(つてこと): (1) verbal message; word (2) rumour; rumor 5 2 83 口: mouth 7 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 象形 Pictographic say A pictogram of someone saying a four letter word from their mouth after the censors have gotten a hold of it. This is simple a pictogram of a mouth SAYing something. The lines are soundwaves. No need to complicate it. 335 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq1-250 警ケイいまし.める admonish, commandment 警察(けいさつ): police 警戒(けいかい): (1) vigilance; precaution; watch; lookout; alertness (2) to be vigilant; to be cautious; to guard (against) 警官(けいかん): policeman 警告(けいこく): warning; advice 警備(けいび): defense; defence; guard; policing; security 警部(けいぶ): police inspector 3 6 366 敬: awe; respect; honor; revere 言: say 19 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic admonish To admonish is to enforce awe by means of words. Watch in awe as mom admonishes the rude clerk with words that you´ve never heard her use before. 336 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 計ケイはか.る、はか.らうえ, かず, け plot, plan, scheme, measure 計る(はかる): (1) to measure; to weigh; to survey; to time (sound, gauge, estimate) (2) to conjecture; to infer; to surmise 計画(けいかく): plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme 合計(ごうけい): sum total; total amount 設計(せっけい): plan; design; layout 計算(けいさん): (1) calculation; reckoning; count (2) forecast 統計(とうけい): statistics 会計(かいけい): account; finance; accountant; treasurer; paymaster; reckoning; bill 計(けい): (1) plan (2) meter; measuring device (3) (in) total; total (of) 時計(とけい): watch; clock; timepiece 家計(かけい): household economy; family finances 余計(よけい): too much; unnecessary; extraneous; abundance; surplus; excess; superfluity 生計(せいけい): livelihood; living 集計(しゅうけい): totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. votes) 計器(けいき): meter; gauge 見計らう(みはからう): (1) to choose at one's own discretion (2) to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something) 4 2 228 言: say 十: ten 9 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic plot A plot is a summary of a book that can be given in ten words. Say-ten´s (satan´s) evil plot. 337 grade2 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 獄ゴク prison, jail 地獄(じごく): hell 1 S 1529 犬: dog 言: say 犬: dog 14 犬 94 4 いぬ・けものへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic prison The wild dog family visits their cousin in prison. They exchange words over the interphone at the visiting booth. The only thing keeping the new chihuahua inmate from being ´initiated´ by the pack of wild dogs were his quick words in prison. 338 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1501-2000 訂テイ revise, correct, decide 訂正(ていせい): correction; revision; amendment 改訂(かいてい): revision (of text); alteration; change 1 S 1690 言: say 丁: street; ward; town; counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign 9 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic revise Revise, revise and revise until you have all the words nailed down. Remember how Martin Luther revised the words of the catholic church and nailed his 95 Theses at the door of the church in Wittenberg? 339 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 討トウう.つ chastise, attack, defeat, destroy, conquer 検討(けんとう): consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion 討論(とうろん): debate; discussion 討議(とうぎ): debate; discussion 1 6 528 言: say 寸: measurement; foot/10 10 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic chastise I said some bad words, and my mother chastised me by washing my mouth out with glue instead of soap! “In Colonial New England, people who committed adultery had words glued to them. A famous example is the ”“A”“ worn by Hester Prynn for committing adultery (i.e., not being chaste). In this way, words glued to you are supposed to chastise you and prevent further breaches of chastity.” 340 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq501-750 訓クン、キンおし.える、よ.む、くん.ずるく, くに, くの, さとし, のり, ふみ instruction, Japanese character reading, explanation, read 訓練(くんれん): practice; practise; training 教訓(きょうくん): lesson; precept; moral instruction 訓(くん): native Japanese reading (rendering) of a Chinese character 2 4 1134 言: say 巛: curving river radical (no.47) 10 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic instruction The best type of Japanese INSTRUCTION is full immersion, which consists of going to Japan and swimming in the stream of words that surrounds you every day. Listen carefully to the words of instruction before you try swimming in the river. 341 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 詔ショウみことのりさとし, のり imperial edict 1 S 2239 言: say 召: seduce; call; send for; wear; put on; ride in; buy; eat; drink; catch (cold) 12 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic imperial edict “The mnemonic ”“words to seduce the masses”“ was just too vague and I kept forgetting it. So now instead I picture a seductive female reading aloud the imperial edict to the masses, thus ”“seducing”“ the masses.” The emperor did not need an imperial edict; his words were more than enough to seduce Anakin to the dark side. 342 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 詰キツ、キチつ.める、つ.め、-づ.め、つ.まる、つ.むずめ, づめ packed, close, pressed, reprove, rebuke, blame 缶詰め(かんづめ): packing (in cans); canning; canned goods; tin can 見詰める(みつめる): to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on 詰まる(つまる): (1) to be blocked; to be packed (2) to hit the ball near the handle of the bat (baseball) 瓶詰め(びんづめ): bottling; bottled 詰まり(つまり): (1) that is to say; that is; in other words; I mean (2) in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it (3) clogging; obstruction; stuffing; (degree of) blockage (4) shrinkage (5) end; conclusion (6) dead end; corner (7) distress; being at the end of one's rope 詰らない(つまらない): (1) dull; uninteresting; boring; tedious (2) insignificant; unimportant; trifling; trivial; worthless (3) absurd; foolish; silly (4) useless; pointless; disappointing 詰める(つめる): (1) to stuff into; to jam; to cram; to pack; to fill; to plug; to stop up (2) to shorten; to move closer together (3) to reduce (spending); to conserve (4) to focus intently on; to strain oneself to do (5) to work out (details) (6) to be on duty; to be stationed (7) to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate (8) to cut off (one's finger as an act of apology); to jam (one's finger in a door, etc.) (9) to continue …; to keep doing … without a break (10) to do … completely; to do … thoroughly (11) to force someone into a difficult situation by … 詰る(なじる): to rebuke; to scold; to tell off 2 S 1020 言: say 吉: good luck; joy; congratulations 13 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic packed WORDS of GOOD LUCK are PACKED into fortune cookies. Nowadays, grafitti comes pre-packaged. The factory takes a bunch of words and aerosol cans and then makes sure the words get tightly packed inside. All you have to do is spray and everything takes care of itself! 343 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 話ワはな.す、はなし tale, talk 話合い(はなしあい): discussion; conference 電話(でんわ): (1) telephone call; phone call (2) telephone (device); phone 話(はなし): (1) talk; speech; chat; story; conversation (2) discussions; negotiation; argument 対話(たいわ): dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction 話題(わだい): topic; subject 会話(かいわ): conversation 世話(せわ): looking after; help; aid; assistance 神話(しんわ): myth; legend 童話(どうわ): fairy-tale 話し合う(はなしあう): to discuss; to talk together 受話器(じゅわき): (telephone) receiver 話す(はなす): (1) to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat (2) to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss (3) to speak (a language) 話し掛ける(はなしかける): to accost a person; to talk (to someone) 話し中(はなしちゅう): busy (phone) お世話になる(おせわになる): to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted; to be grateful お世話(おせわ): help; aid; assistance 5 2 134 言: say 舌: tongue; reed; clapper 13 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic tale Tales are always spoken, not written, and because of this, words fly out of your tongue, rather than your pen. Tales are spoken words, passed on from person to person, eventually being spoken by a thousand mouths. 344 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq1-250 詠エイよ.む、うた.ううた, え, ええ recitation, poem, song, composing 1 S 2000 言: say 永: eternity; long; lengthy 12 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic recitation “Listening to the words in a recitation of Vogon poetry is worse than spending an eternity in hell. [Note: I assume those 2 reports are to warn against possible confusion with poem (#346) but how can you confuse Vogon poetry with an actual poem? Anyway, it´s the next frame, so it should be easy to keep them straight… Or maybe there´s a kanji for Vogon in RTK3?].” If you study some words for a recitation, there is a good chance they will be stuck in your memory for all eternity. 345 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art kanjifreq1501-2000 詩シうた poem, poetry 詩人(しじん): poet 詩(し): poem; verse of poetry 1 3 1196 言: say 寺: Buddhist temple 13 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic poem A poem is a temple of words. WORDS used in a TEMPLE must be very well chosen. That´s why most people will speak using a poem if they are SAYING something in a TEMPLE. 346 grade3 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art kanjifreq1001-1500 語ゴかた.る、かた.らう word, speech, language 英語(えいご): English (language) 物語(ものがたり): tale; story; legend 言語(げんご): language 用語(ようご): (1) term; terminology (2) wording; choice of words; phraseology 国語(こくご): (1) national language (2) Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan) (3) native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords) 語る(かたる): to talk; to tell; to recite 語学(ごがく): language study 物語る(ものがたる): to tell; to indicate 単語(たんご): word; vocabulary; (usually) single-character word 語(ご): (1) language (2) word 標語(ひょうご): motto; slogan; catchword 語源(ごげん): word root; word derivation; etymology 日本語(にほんご): Japanese (language) 敬語(けいご): honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language 熟語(じゅくご): (1) kanji compound (2) idiom; idiomatic phrase 略語(りゃくご): abbreviation; acronym 文語(ぶんご): (1) written language; literary language (2) formal (or archaic) written style based on Heian-period Japanese 漢語(かんご): Chinese word; Sino-Japanese word 語彙(ごい): vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology 語句(ごく): words; phrases 主語(しゅご): subject 述語(じゅつご): predicate 5 2 301 言: say 吾: I; my; our; one's own 14 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic word The simplest word to say is I. May I say a word about that? 347 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq251-500 読ドク、トク、トウよ.む、-よ.みよみ read 読者(どくしゃ): reader 読書(どくしょ): reading 読み(よみ): reading 読む(よむ): to read 朗読(ろうどく): reading aloud; recitation 購読(こうどく): paid subscription (e.g. magazine) 読み上げる(よみあげる): to read out loud (and clearly); to call a roll 句読点(くとうてん): punctuation mark; punctuation marks 講読(こうどく): reading; translation 5 2 618 言: say 売: sell 14 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば讀形声 Phonetic read Read the WORDS used to SELL things. People will say (言) almost anything to make a sale (売); don´t believe everything you read (読). 348 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq501-750 調チョウしら.べる、しら.べ、ととの.う、ととの.えるぎ, つぎ tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate 調べ(しらべ): (1) investigation; inspection; examination (2) tune; note; melody 調査(ちょうさ): investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey 調整(ちょうせい): regulation; coordination; adjustment; tuning; modification; alteration 好調(こうちょう): favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape 順調(じゅんちょう): favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right 調印(ちょういん): signature; signing; sealing 調子(ちょうし): (1) tune; tone; key; pitch; time; rhythm (2) vein; mood; way; manner; style; knack (3) condition; state of health (4) impetus; spur of the moment; strain (5) trend 調停(ちょうてい): arbitration; conciliation; mediation 調理(ちょうり): cooking; food preparation 調和(ちょうわ): harmony 単調(たんちょう): monotony; monotone; dullness 調節(ちょうせつ): regulation; adjustment; control 調味料(ちょうみりょう): flavoring (e.g. salt, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, etc.); seasoning 協調(きょうちょう): (1) cooperation; conciliation; harmony (2) firm (market) tone 不調(ふちょう): bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump; out of form 同調(どうちょう): sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning 強調(きょうちょう): emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point 調べる(しらべる): to examine; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study; to inquire; to search 下調べ(したしらべ): preliminary investigation; preparation 調度(ちょうど): supplies; furniture; fixtures 取り調べる(とりしらべる): to investigate; to examine 失調(しっちょう): lack of harmony 3 3 87 言: say 周: circumference; circuit; lap 15 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic tune To tune an old-fashioned radio, you turn the dial the full range of the circumference, until you can clearly hear what´s being said. words + circumference The most catchy tunes are words the go round and round the circuference of your head and you can´t get it out of your mind. 349 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 談ダン discuss, talk 会談(かいだん): conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview 相談(そうだん): consultation; discussion 冗談(じょうだん): jest; joke; funny story 対談(たいだん): talk; dialogue; conversation 座談会(ざだんかい): symposium; round-table discussion 雑談(ざつだん): chatting; idle talk 縁談(えんだん): marriage proposal; engagement 3 3 272 言: say 炎: inflammation; flame; blaze 15 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic discuss Think of an online discussion group where misunderstanding someone´s words leads to flaming. An angry discussion = inflamed words. Internet discussions often involve inflammatory words. Flame war! 350 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq251-500 諾ダク consent, assent, agreement 承諾(しょうだく): consent; acquiescence; agreement 1 S 1490 言: say 若: young; if; perhaps; possibly; low number; immature 15 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic consent The words of the very young are useless without CONSENT from their elders. “Delores might say, ”“Yes!”“, but she´s way too young give any legal consent.” 351 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 諭ユさと.すゆう rebuke, admonish, charge, warn, persuade 1 S 1461 言: say 兪: steal 16 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic rebuke A PETA activist speaks at a meeting of butchers to rebuke them. I imagine Socrates gate-crashing a meeting of butchers and REBUKING them: ´You´ve been killing things again; you have, haven´t you?´ while the embarrassed butchers blush and try to hide their knives behind their backs and stand in front of hanging sides of beef. 352 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 式シキのり style, ceremony, rite, fn, method, system, form, expr 株式(かぶしき): stock (company) 公式(こうしき): (1) formality; formal; official (2) formula 正式(せいしき): due form; official; formality 形式(けいしき): (1) form (as opposed to substance); formality (2) method; system; style (3) format; mode; appearance; form (something takes) (4) math expression 儀式(ぎしき): ceremony; rite; ritual; service 様式(ようしき): style; form; pattern 葬式(そうしき): funeral 方式(ほうしき): form; method; system; formula 方程式(ほうていしき): equation; formula 式場(しきじょう): ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony 日本式(にほんしき): Japanese style 式(しき): (1) equation; formula; expression (2) ceremony (3) style (4) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo) 3 3 251 弋: piling; ceremony radical (no. 56) 工: craft; construction; katakana e radical (no. 48) 6 弋 56 3 しきがまえ・いぐるみ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic style Each Indian tribe crafts their arrows in a certain style.. The latest style is shirts crafted out of arrows. 353 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 試シこころ.みる、ため.す test, try, attempt, experiment, ordeal 試合(しあい): match; game; bout; contest 試験(しけん): examination; test; study; trial; experiment 試み(こころみ): trial; experiment 試す(ためす): to attempt; to test; to try out 試し(ためし): trial; test 試みる(こころみる): to try; to test 模試(もし): mock examination; trial examination 4 4 392 言: say 式: style; ceremony; rite; function; method; system; form; expression 13 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic test In an essay test, you are judged on both your choice of words and your writing style. The Japanese oral exam was a test of my speaking style. 354 grade4 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq251-500 弐ニ、ジふた.つ、そえ II, two, second 1 S 一: one; one radical (no.1) 弋: piling; ceremony radical (no. 56) 二: two; two radical (no.2) 6 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい貳形声 Phonetic II (two) II (older form of writing 2). After shooting one arrow (the dash top left), I have 2 arrows left in my quiver (bottom left). Once you have two old arrows left in your quiver, you better start running…! 355 gradeS JLPT.N1 域イキ range, region, limits, stage, level 地域(ちいき): area; region 区域(くいき): (1) limits; boundary; domain; zone; sphere; territory (2) area (e.g. in programming languages) 領域(りょういき): area; domain; territory; field; range; region; regime 流域(りゅういき): (river) basin 2 6 396 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 或: some; one; or; possibly; a certain 11 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic range An astronaut lands back at the launch range, kisses the earth beneath him with his mouth, then heads off to a fiesta to celebrate a safe flight. “Instead of Heisig´s ”“Fiesta”“ I use ”“Spear”“. Why? A spear is just a DROP extra on an Arrow. 域, range actually means range as in limits/boundary/border sort of range(In a box it was the old meaning for Country國 (581). Ok way too much etymology here, but back to story. With your SPEAR standing in a HOLE on the FLOOR with SOIL to its left9as you dug some out), you can see the RANGE of the spear in attacking a possible enemy (re Diablo and other RPGs, spear´s have range).” 356 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 賊ゾク burglar, rebel, traitor, robber 1 S 2045 貝: shellfish 戎: warrior; arms; barbarian; Ainu 13 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic burglar Burglars… those guys!!! Burglars only want money (clams) so that they can get needles (drugs) and party (fiesta)! After the fiesta, we found out that some burglar had stolen our money, probably breaking in with a lockpick needle… 357 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 栽サイ plantation, planting 栽培(さいばい): cultivation 1 S 1496 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 戈: halberd; arms; festival car; float; tasselled spear radical (no. 62) 木: tree; wood 10 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic plantation The plantation is where we get our Christmas trees. We pick them out at Thanksgiving to be sure we get a good one. During Thanksgiving, all the trees on the plantation celebrate the harvest. It´s a good time for them, too. 358 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq1001-1500 載サイの.せる、の.るとし, のり load, multiplication, power, 1044 掲載(けいさい): (1) publication (e.g. article in paper); appearance; insertion (2) to insert (e.g. an article); to run (e.g. in a newspaper); to carry (e.g. an article) 記載(きさい): record; statement; description; mention; listing; registration; booking; entry 載る(のる): (1) to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to be loaded on (2) to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded; to be reported; to be given 1 S 825 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 戈: halberd; arms; festival car; float; tasselled spear radical (no. 62) 車: car 13 車 159 7 くるま・くるまへん (none) 形声 Phonetic load After eating a big Thanksgiving dinner, you have to be careful in the car ride home not to drop a load in your pants. After ´Thanksgiving´ dinner, my girlfriend gave me a BJ on the drive back home. I blew my ´load´ and ´soiled´ the ´car´. But it was LOADS of fun! Please report this story if this makes you feel uncomfortable :). 359 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 茂モしげ.るうむさ, き, し, つとむ, む, もて overgrown, grow thick, be luxuriant 茂る(しげる): to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious 1 S 1188 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 戊: 5th calendar sign 8 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic overgrown The gay parade looks astonishing, as if overgrown with flowers. When your garden gets OVERGROWN, it´s like the plants are mocking you. Here, you can see the roses actually parading around the yard, wilfully choking out the other, more docile plants. Then they actually go and parade down the street! 360 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 成セイ、ジョウな.る、な.す、-な.すあき, あきら, しげ, そん, たえ, なお, なり, なる, のり, ひら, まさ, よし, り turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach 成長(せいちょう): growth; grow to adulthood 賛成(さんせい): approval; agreement; support; favour; favor 成果(せいか): fruits (of one's labors); results; outcome; accomplishment 成立(せいりつ): (1) coming into existence; arrangements; establishment; conclusion; completion (2) to come into existence; to be true; to hold (i.e. hold true) 結成(けっせい): formation; combination 構成(こうせい): organization; organisation; configuration; composition 成功(せいこう): success; hit 成績(せいせき): results; record; grades 完成(かんせい): (1) complete; completion (2) perfection; accomplishment 形成(けいせい): formation; molding; taking form 達成(たっせい): achievement 成人(せいじん): (1) adult (2) to grow up; to mature (3) to come of age 成分(せいぶん): ingredient; component; composition 合成(ごうせい): (1) composition; synthesis (2) composite; compound; synthetic; mixed; combined 成熟(せいじゅく): maturity; ripeness 成り立つ(なりたつ): (1) to consist of; to be made up of; to be composed of (2) to be practical (logical, feasible, viable); to be concluded; to hold true 成年(せいねん): adult age; majority 作成(さくせい): drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing; creating; creation 育成(いくせい): rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion 成る(なる): (1) to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain (2) to result in; to prove to be (3) to consist of; to be composed of (4) to succeed; to be complete (5) to change into; to be exchanged for (6) to play a role (7) to be promoted (shogi) (8) to do … 行き成り(いきなり): abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning 持て成す(もてなす): to entertain; to make welcome 成るべく(なるべく): as much as possible; wherever practicable 成程(なるほど): I see; That's right!; Indeed 成育(せいいく): growth; raising 成る丈(なるたけ): as much as possible; if possible 3 4 116 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 戈: halberd; arms; festival car; float; tasselled spear radical (no. 62) 6 戈 62 4 ほこ・ほこづくり・ほこがまえ・かのほこ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic turn into It only takes a single stroke of a dagger for a parade to TURN INTO a bloodbath. The gay parade suddenly TURNED INTO a DAGGER throwing fight. 361 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 城ジョウしろいく, がき, き, くに, ぐしく, ぐすく, しき, すく, ぜい, たち, なり castle 城(しろ): castle 城下(じょうか): land near the castle 2 6 795 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 成: turn into; become; get; grow; elapse; reach 9 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic castle “The sand castle is just the soil (#150) that turns into a castle.” Someday this mound of dirt here will turn into our CASTLE, the ants think to themselves when scoping out a new ant hill. 362 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq751-1000 誠セイまこときよ, さと, しげ, とも, のぶ, ま, まこ, まさ sincerity, admonish, warn, prohibit, truth, fidelity 誠実(せいじつ): sincere; honest; faithful 誠(まこと): (1) truth; reality (2) sincerity; honesty; integrity; fidelity (3) that's right (used when recalling forgotten information, suddenly changing the subject, etc.) 1 6 1128 言: say 成: turn into; become; get; grow; elapse; reach 13 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic sincerity Sincerity happens when what you say actually turns into something. Sincerity is turning your words into actions. 363 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 威イおど.す、おど.し、おど.かすいさ, たけ, たけし intimidate, dignity, majesty, menace, threaten 権威(けんい): authority; power; influence 威力(いりょく): power; might; authority; influence 威張る(いばる): to be proud; to swagger 1 S 1103 戌: sign of the dog; 7-9PM; eleventh sign of Chinese zodiac 女: woman; female 9 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic intimidate The march of women - against intimidation in the workplace - is pretty intimidating in itself! “Interesting that this kanji also has the meanings of ”“dignity”“ and ”“threaten.”“ I can see how a march of women in Japan would be seen as intimidating by most men.” 364 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 滅メツほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish 絶滅(ぜつめつ): destruction; extinction 滅亡(めつぼう): downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction 滅びる(ほろびる): to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed 全滅(ぜんめつ): annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat 滅多に(めったに): rarely; seldom 滅ぼす(ほろぼす): to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin 1 S 1222 水: water 戍: protection 火: fire 13 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic destroy Water flows down to destroy the march of fire. “Use a water cannon to destroy a line of marching fire monsters. I keep mixing this one up with disaster (#167) and demolition (#400). Remember, you DESTROY monsters (think of the Godzilla movie ”“Destroy All Monsters!”“). Fires and floods are natural DISASTERs. And DEMOLITION is something you carefully do while wearing protective garments. (vaguely based on stefanot´s balrog story).” 365 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 減ゲンへ.る、へ.らす dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry 削減(さくげん): cut; reduction; curtailment 減少(げんしょう): decrease; reduction; decline 増減(ぞうげん): increase and decrease; fluctuation 加減(かげん): (1) addition and subtraction (2) allowance for (3) degree; extent; measure (4) condition; state of health (5) seasoning; flavor; flavour; moderation; adjustment (6) influence (of the weather) (7) chance 減らす(へらす): to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten 減る(へる): to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate 軽減(けいげん): abatement; reduction いい加減(いいかげん): (1) irresponsible; perfunctory; careless (2) lukewarm; half-baked; halfhearted; vague (3) reasonable; moderate (usu. in suggestions or orders) (4) considerably; quite; rather; pretty 2 5 261 水: water 咸: all; same 12 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic dwindle When WATER was tossed on the PROTESTORS (a march of mouths), the numbers began to DWINDLE. When water supplies dwindled, the population became a horde of dry mouths, marching to seize the water in the neighboring kingdom. 366 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Counting_Handling.amounts kanjifreq251-500 桟サン、センかけはしさ scaffold, cleat, frame, jetty, bolt (door) 桟橋(さんばし): wharf; bridge; jetty; pier 1 S 2093 木: tree; wood 戔: damage; remain; slight 10 木 75 4 き・きへん棧形声 Phonetic scaffold Japanese festival floats are often so tall they need wood scaffolds to be completed. (http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5909.html). You need a SCAFFOLD made of WOOD to build a FLOAT if it will be several stories high. 367 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq2001-2500 銭セン、ゼンぜに、すき coin, .01 yen, money 金銭(きんせん): money; cash 小銭(こぜに): coins; small change 1 5 1008 金: gold 戔: damage; remain; slight 14 金 167 8 かね・かねへん錢形声 Phonetic coin Political hopefuls in Rome threw gold COINS from floats when they were campaigning for office. Interesting fact: The Japanese one yen coin is the only coin in the world that can float on water. http://www.hanamiweb.com/floatingyen.jpg. 368 grade5 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq1001-1500 浅センあさ.いあざ, さ shallow, superficial, frivolous, wretched, shameful 浅い(あさい): shallow; superficial 浅ましい(あさましい): wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject 2 4 1253 水: water 戔: damage; remain; slight 9 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい淺形声 Phonetic shallow The water can´t be too SHALLOW if you expect to float. “The water isn´t shallow enough to ford (#372). We´ll have to cross by float!” 369 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq1001-1500 止シと.まる、-ど.まり、と.める、-と.める、-ど.め、とど.める、とど.め、とど.まる、や.める、や.む、-や.む、よ.す、-さ.す、-さ.しどめ stop, halt 禁止(きんし): prohibition; inhibition; ban 停止(ていし): (1) suspension; interruption; stoppage; ban; standstill; halt; hang-up; deadlock; stalemate; abeyance (2) suspension of music, dance, etc. as a sign of mourning for a prominent person 防止(ぼうし): prevention; check 中止(ちゅうし): suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption 廃止(はいし): abolition; repeal 受け止める(うけとめる): to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take 静止(せいし): stillness; repose; standing still 阻止(そし): obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; interdiction 引き止める(ひきとめる): to detain; to check; to restrain 立ち止まる(たちどまる): to stop; to halt; to stand still 止す(よす): to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign; to give up 止む(やむ): to cease; to stop; to be over 止める(とめる): (1) to stop (something or someone); to turn off (2) to concentrate on; to pay attention to (3) to remember; to bear in mind (4) to fix into place (5) to park; to leave somewhere for a time 止める(やめる): (1) to stop; to cease; to end; to quit (2) to cancel; to abandon; to give up; to abolish 止まる(とどまる): (1) to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place) (2) to be limited to; to be confined to 呼び止める(よびとめる): to challenge; to call somebody to halt 4 2 310 止: stop 4 止 77 4 とまる・とめる・とめへん (none) 象形 Pictographic stop If you find in the ground a walking stick with a magic wand, STOP! Maybe it´s some kind of macumba/black magic/voodoo bad thing. If you don´t remember this one from the 10,000,000 STOP signs on roads all over Japan, you´re beyyond help! 370 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Body_Movement kanjifreq251-500 歩ホ、ブ、フある.く、あゆ.むあ, ゆき, ゆみ walk 譲歩(じょうほ): concession; conciliation; compromise 進歩(しんぽ): progress; advance; improvement; development 徒歩(とほ): walking; going on foot 歩(ほ): (1) step; stride (2) counter for steps 散歩(さんぽ): walk; stroll 歩道(ほどう): footpath; walkway; sidewalk 初歩(しょほ): basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of … 歩み(あゆみ): (1) walking (2) progress; advance 歩む(あゆむ): to walk; to go on foot 歩く(あるく): to walk 4 2 554 止: stop; halt 少: few; little 8 止 77 4 とまる・とめる・とめへん步会意 Compound Ideographic walk When walking your pet, you must stop a few times along the way when nature calls. When you learn to walk, you take your steps a few at a time. Picture a clumsy but happy toddler who falls every few steps but keeps getting up to try again. 371 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Body_Movement kanjifreq501-750 渉ショウわた.るえん ford, ferry, port 交渉(こうしょう): (1) negotiations; discussions (2) connection 干渉(かんしょう): interference; intervention; meddling 1 S 499 水: water 歩: walk; counter for steps 11 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい涉会意 Compound Ideographic ford The new Ford Jesus. It can do everything except WALK on WATER. A ford is a place where one can walk through the water, a place only a few footsteps deep. 372 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq251-500 頻ヒンしき.りに repeatedly, recur 頻繁(ひんぱん): frequent; incessant 頻りに(しきりに): (1) frequently; repeatedly; often; incessantly; constantly (2) strongly; eagerly 1 S 1590 歩: walk; counter for steps 頁: page; leaf 17 頁 181 9 おおがい・いちのかい頻会意 Compound Ideographic repeatedly I repeatedly walk around hoping this kanji will come into my head. I repeatedly walk around hoping this kanji will come into my head. I repeatedly walk around hoping this kanji will come into my head. I repeatedly walk around hoping this kanji will come into my head. I repeatedly walk around hoping this kanji will come into my head. “Are you familiar with the joke about the ditzy secretary who repeatedly walked back and forth forcibly over all the pages of her boss´ most important letters. When confronted she just says ”“Well you said they needed to be stamped before they´re mailed.”“.” 373 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 肯コウがえんじ.る agreement, consent, comply with 肯定(こうてい): positive; affirmation 2 S 1813 止: stop; halt 月: month; moon 8 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 象形 Pictographic agreement A secret agreement between a covert gov´t agency and aliens states that we will not step foot on the moon again in return for alien technology. NASA and Armstrong made an agreement: They´d never tell anyone that no-one actually stepped foot on the moon. 374 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1501-2000 企キくわだ.てる、たくら.む undertake, scheme, design, attempt, plan 企業(きぎょう): enterprise; undertaking; corporation; business 企画(きかく): planning; project; plan; design 1 S 278 人: person 止: stop; halt 6 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 象形 Pictographic undertake Mary Poppins floated down with her umbrella to undertake the job of stopping the children´s misbehaving. The Undertaker is an evil WWE wrestler - he beat his opponent with an umbrella until he stopped moving. 375 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq251-500 歴レキ、レッキ curriculum, continuation, passage of time 歴史(れきし): history 学歴(がくれき): academic background 経歴(けいれき): personal history; career 履歴(りれき): (1) personal history; background; career (2) log; record (3) hysteresis 2 4 632 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 林: grove; forest 止: stop; halt 14 止 77 4 とまる・とめる・とめへん歷形声 Phonetic curriculum A CURRICULUM is a calendar that replaces days with reasons to stop having fun. A little like a calendar, your CV records your footsteps through time. 376 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 武ブ、ムたけ.しう, お, たけし, たけん, ん warrior, military, chivalry, arms 武器(ぶき): weapon; arms; ordnance 武装(ぶそう): arms; armament; armed 武力(ぶりょく): armed might; military power; the sword; force 武士(ぶし): warrior; samurai 2 5 387 一: one; one radical (no.1) 弋: piling; ceremony radical (no. 56) 止: stop; halt 8 止 77 4 とまる・とめる・とめへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic warrior ONE-ARROW can STOP a warrior. A great warrior can stop any 0pponent with one arrow. 377 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq251-500 賦フ、ブうた levy, ode, prose, poem, tribute, installment 月賦(げっぷ): monthly installment (instalment); monthly payment 1 S 貝: shellfish 武: warrior; military; chivalry; arms 15 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 形声 Phonetic levy A warrior stands guard at a bridge collecting shells as a levy for any who want to pass. Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry. And those good old warrior boys, drinking whiskey and rye, said pay up the clams or you´ll die. Pay up the clams or you´ll die…. 378 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce 正セイ、ショウただ.しい、ただ.す、まさ、まさ.におお, くに, ま, まさし, ただし correct, justice, righteous, 1040 改正(かいせい): revision; amendment; alteration 修正(しゅうせい): amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching; update; fix 正式(せいしき): due form; official; formality 正常(せいじょう): normalcy; normality; normal 是正(ぜせい): correction; revision 正義(せいぎ): justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning 正午(しょうご): noon; mid-day 正(せい): (1) (logical) true; regular (2) 10^40 (3) original (4) positive; greater than zero 正面(しょうめん): front; frontage; facade; main 不正(ふせい): injustice; unfairness; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity; dishonesty; illegality; fraud 正月(しょうがつ): New Year; New Year's Day; the first month; January 正当(せいとう): just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable; reasonable; legitimate; legal; lawful 公正(こうせい): justice; fairness; impartiality 正直(しょうじき): (1) honesty; integrity; frankness (2) honestly; frankly 正規(せいき): regular; normal; legal; formal; established; legitimate 訂正(ていせい): correction; revision; amendment 正体(しょうたい): (1) natural shape; one's true colors; one's true colours; true character; identity; true identity (2) consciousness; one's senses 正解(せいかい): correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution) 正門(せいもん): main gate; main entrance 正確(せいかく): accurate; punctual; exact; authentic; veracious 正しい(ただしい): right; just; correct; righteous; honest; truthful; proper; straightforward; perfect 正方形(せいほうけい): square 正に(まさに): (1) exactly; surely; certainly (2) just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening) (3) duly; naturally 正味(しょうみ): net (weight) 正しく(まさしく): surely; no doubt; evidently 4 1 143 一: one; one radical (no.1) 止: stop; halt 5 止 77 4 とまる・とめる・とめへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic correct If you do it correct on the first attempt you can stop. The correct way of learning Japanese? First, stop everything you´re doing. Then, go pick up a copy of Heisig´s book and work from there. 379 grade1 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Judgement kanjifreq1-250 証ショウあかし evidence, proof, certificate 証拠(しょうこ): evidence; proof 証明(しょうめい): proof; verification 証人(しょうにん): witness 証言(しょうげん): evidence; testimony 証(あかし): (1) proof; evidence; testimony (2) to testify (usu. Christian religious context) 1 5 306 言: say 正: correct; justice; righteous; 1040 12 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば證形声 Phonetic evidence Your words must be absolutely correct if you plan to use them as evidence. If what you say is indeed correct, we could use use your testimony as evidence. 380 grade5 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq251-500 政セイ、ショウまつりごと、まんただ, まさ politics, government 行政(ぎょうせい): administration 財政(ざいせい): financial affairs; public finance 政権(せいけん): (political) administration; political power 政策(せいさく): political measures; policy 政治(せいじ): politics; government 政党(せいとう): political party 政府(せいふ): government; administration 3 5 17 正: correct; justice; righteous; 1040 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) 9 攴 66 4 ぼくにょう・ぼくづくり・とまた・のぶん・しぶん (none) 形声 Phonetic politics Those involved in politics are always trying to elect the correct taskmaster. Insane political correctness on the left, and facists taskmasters on the right- thats politics in a nutshell right there. 381 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 定テイ、ジョウさだ.める、さだ.まる、さだ.かさた determine, fix, establish, decide 決定(けってい): decision; determination 予定(よてい): plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation; estimate 安定(あんてい): stability; equilibrium 一定(いってい): fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized; regularised; defined; standardized; standardised; certain; prescribed 規定(きてい): regulation; provisions 指定(してい): designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at 定期(ていき): (1) fixed term (2) fixed-term commutation pass (3) fixed-term deposit 特定(とくてい): specific; special; particular 制定(せいてい): enactment; establishment; creation 設定(せってい): (1) establishment; creation; posing (a problem); setting (movie, novel, etc.); scene (2) options or preference settings (in computer software); configuration; assignment; setup 定員(ていいん): fixed number of regular personnel; capacity (of boat, hall, aeroplane, airplane, etc.) 確定(かくてい): (1) decision; settlement (2) definition 推定(すいてい): (1) presumption; assumption (2) estimation 定年(ていねん): (1) retirement age (2) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion 判定(はんてい): judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict; determination 否定(ひてい): (1) negation; denial; repudiation (2) NOT operation 限定(げんてい): limit; restriction 未定(みてい): not yet fixed; undecided; pending 固定(こてい): (1) fixation; fixing (e.g. salary, capital) (2) fixed handle 測定(そくてい): measurement 定義(ていぎ): definition 肯定(こうてい): positive; affirmation 定価(ていか): list price; regular price; established price 勘定(かんじょう): calculation; counting; consideration; reckoning; settlement of an account; allowance 定める(さだめる): to decide; to establish; to determine 定期券(ていきけん): commuter pass; season ticket 断定(だんてい): conclusion; decision 定食(ていしょく): set meal; special (of the day) 定まる(さだまる): to become settled; to be fixed 協定(きょうてい): arrangement; pact; agreement 改定(かいてい): revision (of a rule, price, etc.); reform; alteration; change 所定(しょてい): fixed; prescribed; certain; given 案の定(あんのじょう): just as one thought; as usual 仮定(かてい): assumption; supposition; hypothesis 定規(じょうぎ): (measuring) ruler 定休日(ていきゅうび): regular holiday; fixed day off; regular closing day 国定(こくてい): state-sponsored; national 3 3 48 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 疋: head; counter for animals 8 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic determine In The Karate Kid, the boy must prove his determination by MENDING his teacher´s HOUSE in various ways. “People who decide to renovate (ooh, that´s a fancy word, let´s say ”“mend”“) their houses must be very determined DIYers. (Using DIY helps me remember this story when I see DEtermine).” 382 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 錠ジョウ lock, fetters, shackles 手錠(てじょう): handcuffs; manacles 1 S 1934 金: gold 定: determine; fix; establish; decide 16 金 167 8 かね・かねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic lock Even if you lock up your GOLD, a DETERMINED thief will get it in the end. The best stories for this kanji tend to have a thief in them, which always makes me confuse them with the kanji for burglar (357). So, let´s try this one: My girlfriend wears a metal chastity belt with a lock but I am determined to open it! I must get inside! 383 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1501-2000 走ソウはし.るはしり run 走る(はしる): (1) to run (2) to travel (movement of vehicles) (3) to hurry to (4) to retreat (from battle); to take flight (5) to run away from home (6) to elope (7) to tend heavily toward 逃走(とうそう): flight; desertion; escape 走行(そうこう): running a wheeled vehicle (e.g. car); running to program, job, etc.; traveling; travelling ご馳走さま(ごちそうさま): (1) word used after one has been treated (esp. used after a meal) (2) used after hearing something lovey-dovey ご馳走(ごちそう): (1) feast; treating (someone) (2) to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal) ご馳走様でした(ごちそうさまでした): That was a delicious meal (said after meals); What a wonderful meal 4 2 626 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 7 走 156 7 はしる・そうにょう (none) 象形 Pictographic run Hint: This kanji is NOT soil on top of mend, as Heisig claims - that would duplicate one of the strokes. Instead, it is 10 on top of mend. So my story is: If you run 10 miles, you will need to mend your socks! The sports ground needs MENDING after the game as the players have been RUNNING around which has caused the ground to be chopped up. 384 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Body_Movement kanjifreq501-750 超チョウこ.える、こ.すまさる, わたる transcend, super-, ultra- 超える(こえる): (1) to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to pass over (out of) (2) to exceed 超過(ちょうか): excess; being more than 超(ちょう): (1) super-; ultra-; hyper-; very; really (2) over (after a number or counter); more than 2 S 597 走: run 召: seduce; call; send for; wear; put on; ride in; buy; eat; drink; catch (cold) 12 走 156 7 はしる・そうにょう (none) 形声 Phonetic transcend A successful marathon runner needs to be able to transcend seductions, such as the possibility of rest, shelter from the rain, or a cold beer. To transcend oneself is to reach a higher plane of reality. A head shaven monk is telling me this. We are in a Tibetan monastery. He was once an athlete, a runner. He used to run everywhere, until one day, he saw a beautiful cheerleader along his path. She tried very hard to seduce him, but he forced himself to transcend his urges. He did reach his running goal, and he has became a lonely monk. He wishes now he had just broken down back then and…. 385 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 赴フおもむ.く proceed, get, become, tend 赴任(ふにん): moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment 赴く(おもむく): (1) to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to proceed according to; to repair to (2) to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); to abide by; to agree to; to consent to; to obey 1 S 1649 走: run 卜: divination 9 走 156 7 はしる・そうにょう (none) 形声 Phonetic proceed “Don´t run into trouble, Dumbledore tells Harry. ”“Proceed with caution with your wand out.”“.” While running, my magic wand tells me where to proceed. 386 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Directions_Movement kanjifreq1501-2000 越エツ、オツこ.す、-こ.す、-ご.し、こ.える、-ご.ええち, えっ, お, こえ, こし, ごえ, ごし, ごや surpass, cross over, move to, exceed, Vietnam 引っ越し(ひっこし): moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence 引っ越す(ひっこす): to move (house); to change residence 越す(こす): (1) to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across (2) to go over (e.g. with audience) (3) to pass time (e.g. a winter) (4) to surpass; to be better than; to exceed (5) to move house (6) to go; to come 乗り越し(のりこし): riding past (one's station) 追い越す(おいこす): (1) to pass (e.g. car); to overtake (2) to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of; to outdistance 寄越す(よこす): (1) to send; to forward (2) to hand over (e.g. money) 優越(ゆうえつ): supremacy; predominance; being superior to 3 S 897 走: run 戉: warrior; arms; savage; Ainu 12 走 156 7 はしる・そうにょう (none) 形声 Phonetic surpass The person in charge of running the parade surpassed all our expectations (by just a extra drop…). The parade of runners are all trying to SURPASS each other - and they end up running all the way to Vietnam (note that this kanji is also used for the country of Vietnam). 387 gradeS JLPT.N3 Kanji_Directions_Movement kanjifreq751-1000 是ゼ、シこれ、この、ここすなお, ただし, つな, ゆき, よし just so, this, right, justice “是正(ぜせい): correction; revision 是非(ぜひ): (1) certainly; without fail (2) right and wrong; pros and cons 是非とも(ぜひとも): by all means (with sense of not taking ”“no”“ for an answer)” 1 S 1045 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 疋: head; counter for animals 9 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 象形 Pictographic just so ´Sun´ ´Mend´ - It just so happens that sunshine can mend your gloomy spirits. My image here is of Fabrice (the guy who runs this website) spending all day obsessively mending the code so this page looks just so…. 388 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 題ダイ topic, subject 課題(かだい): (1) subject; theme; issue; matter (2) homework; assignment (3) task; challenge; problem; question 問題(もんだい): problem; question 話題(わだい): topic; subject 議題(ぎだい): topic of discussion; agenda 主題(しゅだい): subject; theme; motif 宿題(しゅくだい): homework 題名(だいめい): title 題(だい): (1) title; subject; theme; topic (2) problem (on a test); question (3) counter for questions (on a test) 出題(しゅつだい): (1) setting a question (for an exam) (2) setting a theme (for composition of poetry) 題する(だいする): to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named 4 3 96 是: just so; this; right; justice 頁: page; leaf 18 頁 181 9 おおがい・いちのかい (none) 形声 Phonetic topic “The ”“TOPIC”“ of the day´s newspaper must be placed JUST SO at the top of the PAGE to attract attention.” You spend ALL DAY, mending your socks JUST SO. Then you have a look at the HEADING of the newspaper. The topic—FREE SOCKS TO BE GIVEN AWAY!!!! 389 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq1-250 堤テイつつみ dike, bank, embankment 堤防(ていぼう): bank; weir; embankment; levee 1 S 1658 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 是: just so; this; right; justice 12 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic dike Making a dike is all about arranging the soil just so…. The little Dutch boy has his finger stuck in the dike, and that´s the only thing keeping his town from going under. He really really needs to go to the bathroom though, so he devises a plan to carefully add a bit of dirt - there, place individual bits in just so - there, I think it´s good enough. Pull it out —–yes! Success! 390 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1501-2000 建ケン、コンた.てる、た.て、-だ.て、た.つたけ, たつ, たて build 建て前(たてまえ): (1) face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts) (2) ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house (3) tea ceremony procedures; tea ceremony etiquette 建設(けんせつ): construction; establishment 建築(けんちく): construction; architecture (of buildings) 建物(たてもの): building 再建(さいけん): rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation 建つ(たつ): to be erected; to be built 二階建て(にかいだて): two-storied building 建てる(たてる): to build; to construct 封建(ほうけん): feudalistic 4 4 300 聿: brush; finally; self; relate; follow; here; fast; writing brush radical (no. 129) 廴: long stride or stretching radical (no. 54) 9 廴 54 3 えんにょう・いんにょう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic build Build is easy to remember if you can remember that archtiechts have two steps in building. 1. Take a brush and brush out the blueprints. 2. Get a visual image of the blueprints all rolled up like they usually are. The second step is easy, it´s just the architecht stretching out the blueprints and showing it to his clients. A construction worker´s classic morning. Stretch, brush his teeth, and then start to build. 391 grade4 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq251-500 延エンの.びる、の.べる、の.べ、の.ばすたか, のぶ, のべ prolong, stretching 延長(えんちょう): (1) extension; elongation; prolongation; lengthening (2) Enchou era (923.4.11-931.4.26) 延期(えんき): postponement; adjournment 延ばす(のばす): (1) to grow long (beard, hair, etc.) (2) to lengthen; to extend; to stretch (3) to reach out; to hold out (4) to straighten; to smooth out (5) to spread evenly (dough, cream, etc.) (6) to dilute; to thin out (7) to postpone (8) to prolong (9) to strengthen; to develop; to expand 延べ(のべ): (1) futures (2) credit (buying) (3) stretching (4) total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate; gross 延いては(ひいては): not only … but also; in addition to; consequently 2 6 747 正: correct; justice; righteous; 1040 廴: long stride or stretching radical (no. 54) 8 廴 54 3 えんにょう・いんにょう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic prolong Stretching correctly prolongs life. Even the top part of 正 is stretching… “Here´s a great mnemonic: ”“stop, drop, and stretch (!?).”“ Now let´s associate it with ´prolong´: if you´re ever in an uncomfortable spot, like being asked tricky questions or caught in a lie, just PROLONG the situation - stop, drop, and stretch. They may be confused by your odd behaviour, but it´ll buy you a few moments to think up another good lie to get out of the sticky situation!” 392 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 誕タン nativity, be born, declension, lie, be arbitrary 誕生(たんじょう): birth; creation; formation 誕生日(たんじょうび): birthday 1 6 1024 言: say 延: prolong; stretching 15 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic nativity Nativity = born, being born. Think of birth as a painful and prolonged event. And of course, all the words and curses being yelled at the soon-to-be father for doing this to her! When you are being born ( nativity ), your mother´s WORDS are PROLONGED. (Thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis huuuuuuuuuuuuuurtss a lottttttttt~!! Owwwwwww!!!). 393 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 礎ソいしずえもと cornerstone, foundation stone 基礎(きそ): foundation; basis 1 S 1224 石: stone 楚: whip; cane 18 石 112 5 いし・いしへん (none) 形声 Phonetic cornerstone Features like stones and groves of trees are the cornerstones of a happy zoo. A zoo which is still under construction is already full of animals. At the moment, only the cornerstone has been set in place. To temporarily keep the animals from escaping, a closely-packed grove of small trees is planted around the stone. (Note that this zoo needs some serious mending.). 394 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 婿セイむこ bridegroom, son-in-law 婿(むこ): (1) husband; groom (2) (one's) son-in-law 1 S 2099 女: woman; female 胥: together; mutual; subordinate official 12 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 形声 Phonetic bridegroom The virgin bridegroom tries to understand the new, mysterious part of his woman´s body - but with little success. It´s a zoo down there! (primitives placement: the part of the body is ´down there´ - the woman is ´left´ unsatisfied). The only reason anyone talks about a bridegroom is if they´re about to or have just gotten married. Of course, then you have to go on your honeymoon. So you take your woman to the zoo for a month. Pretty cool honeymoon. 395 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Family kanjifreq2001-2500 衣イ、エころも、きぬ、-ぎ garment, clothes, dressing 衣装(いしょう): clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress 衣料(いりょう): clothing 衣類(いるい): clothes; clothing; garments 衣服(いふく): clothes 浴衣(ゆかた): yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe) 衣食住(いしょくじゅう): necessities of life (food, clothing & shelter) 粗衣(そい): simple clothes; humble clothes 2 4 1214 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 6 衣 145 6 ころも・ころもへん (none) 象形 Pictographic garment The only garments allowed in this club are top hat and scarf. The garments most commonly associated with the craft of a magician are the top hat and the magic wand. (It´s a stretch, but the way I remembered this kanji is through that phrase. This way you can remember it through using primitives we have already learned.). 396 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Clothing.Textiles kanjifreq1001-1500 裁サイた.つ、さば.く tailor, judge, decision, cut out (pattern) 裁判(さいばん): trial; judgement; judgment 制裁(せいさい): restraint; sanctions; punishment 独裁(どくさい): dictatorship; despotism 体裁(ていさい): (1) (outward) appearance (2) (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; style (3) appearances; decency; show; display (4) lip-service; insincere words; glib talk 裁縫(さいほう): sewing 裁く(さばく): to judge 1 6 297 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 戈: halberd; arms; festival car; float; tasselled spear radical (no. 62) 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 12 衣 145 6 ころも・ころもへん (none) 形声 Phonetic tailor The tailor was hard at work making sure all the pilgrims were dressed in their best garments for thanksgiving. The tailor worked hard after thanksgiving to alter garments so they´d fit people who´d eaten too much at their thanksgiving dinners. 397 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq251-500 装ソウ、ショウよそお.う、よそお.い attire, dress, pretend, disguise, profess 装置(そうち): equipment; installation; apparatus; device 武装(ぶそう): arms; armament; armed 衣装(いしょう): clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress 服装(ふくそう): garments; attire 装飾(そうしょく): ornament 包装(ほうそう): packing; wrapping 舗装(ほそう): pavement; road surface 装備(そうび): equipment 盛装(せいそう): dressed up; wearing rich clothes 2 6 657 壮: robust; manhood; prosperity 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 12 衣 145 6 ころも・ころもへん裝形声 Phonetic attire The TURTLE SAMURAI needs special GARMENTs for his ATTIRE since his body is much more ROBUST than others. The ninja turtles tried to go eat at a fancy restaurant, but they were told to come back after their were dressed in proper attire. However, it´s too difficult for them to find proper garments because they bodies are so robust! (sannomiya + drwarrior12). 398 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Clothing.Textiles kanjifreq501-750 裏リうら back, amidst, in, reverse, inside, palm, sole, rear, lining, wrong side 裏切る(うらぎる): to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross 裏返し(うらがえし): inside out; upside down 裏口(うらぐち): backdoor; rear entrance 裏(うら): (1) bottom (or another side that is hidden from view); undersurface; opposite side; reverse side (2) rear; back; behind (the house) (3) lining; inside (4) out of sight; behind the scenes (5) proof (6) opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.) (7) inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.) (8) bottom (of an inning); last half (of an inning) 裏返す(うらがえす): to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over 2 6 812 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 里: ri; village; parent's home; league 13 衣 145 6 ころも・ころもへん (none) 形声 Phonetic back The computer had carefully dressed up in clothes to look human. It was n´t until I looked at the back and saw the cables and stuff that I realized what it was. Can computers be gay? I´m not sure, but mine always wears a top hat and scarf, and for some reason its back door port is always open… 399 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Directions kanjifreq751-1000 壊カイ、エこわ.す、こわ.れる、やぶ.る demolition, break, destroy 崩壊(ほうかい): (1) collapse; crumbling; breaking down; caving in (2) decay (physics) 破壊(はかい): (1) destruction; disruption (2) (application) crash 壊す(こわす): (1) to break; to destroy; to demolish (2) to wreck; to ruin; to spoil; to damage (3) to break (a bill, etc.) 壊れる(こわれる): (1) to be broken; to break (2) to fall through; to come to nothing 1 S 727 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 十: ten 网: net; net or net crown radical (no. 122) 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 16 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん壞形声 Phonetic demolition If you stand too close to a DEMOLITION site, the dust might sting you like NEEDLES in your EYE and get your GARMENTs all dirty. Since that needle eye thing turns up a lot, I turned it into Darth Vader. It kinda looks like him to me, with the eye being his metal mouth piece thing. So, Darth Vader swings his cape (his garment) demolishing a nearby building, leaving nothing but a pile of dirt. 400 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 哀アイあわ.れ、あわ.れむ、かな.しい pathetic, grief, sorrow, pathos, pity, sympathize 可哀相(かわいそう): poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful 哀れ(あわれ): (1) pity; sorrow; grief; misery; compassion; pathos (2) pitiable; pitiful; pathetic; miserable (3) alack; alas 1 S 1715 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 口: mouth 9 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic pathetic One of my friends with a crazy sense of fashion loves to wear a tophat and a scarf so that you can´t see his whole face but only his mouth. He thinks it´s cool. I think it´s pathetic. “A poor, homeless child like Oliver Twist, with a hungry open mouth, is pathetic– in the original sense of the noun ”“pathos.”“ The tattered tophat and scarf he wears only adds to the pathos.” 401 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1501-2000 遠エン、オンとお.いお, おに, ど, どお distant, far 永遠(えいえん): eternity; perpetuity; immortality; permanence 望遠鏡(ぼうえんきょう): telescope 遠慮(えんりょ): diffidence; restraint; reserve; discretion; tact; thoughtfulness 遠足(えんそく): excursion; outing; trip 遠方(えんぽう): long way; distant place 待ち遠しい(まちどおしい): looking forward to; anxiously awaited 遠ざかる(とおざかる): to go far off 遠い(とおい): far; distant ご遠慮ください(ごえんりょください): please refrain from ~ (e.g. smoking, etc.) 遠く(とおく): far away; distant; at a distance; distant place; by far 遠回り(とおまわり): detour; roundabout way お待ち遠様(おまちどおさま): I'm sorry to have kept you waiting 4 2 887 袁: long kimono 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 13 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic distant Keep distant from a lidded crock on the road wrapped in a scarf. It might be a bomb. When traveling to a distant land, what better way of keeping warm on the road is there than carrying a warm lidded crock and wearing a scarf? 402 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Directions kanjifreq751-1000 猿エンさるさ, さわ, ざる, まし monkey 猿(さる): (1) monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata) (2) sly person (3) sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut) (4) clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook (5) bathhouse prostitute 1 S 1772 犬: dog 袁: long kimono 13 犬 94 4 いぬ・けものへん (none) 形声 Phonetic monkey The MONKEY likes to play hide and seek with the PACK of WILD DOGS by hiding in the LIDDED CROCK. But he is easy to see because the SCARF he always wears is at the base of the LIDDED CROCK. To catch a monkey, chase him with wild dogs into a lidded crock, then tie it with a scarf. 403 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Animal kanjifreq1501-2000 初ショはじ.め、はじ.めて、はつ、はつ-、うい-、-そ.める、-ぞ.めし, はっ first time, beginning 初め(はじめ): (1) beginning; start; outset; opening (2) first (in line, etc.) (3) origin (4) such as …; not to mention … 最初(さいしょ): beginning; outset; first; onset 初(はつ): first; new 初歩(しょほ): basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of … 初級(しょきゅう): elementary level 初旬(しょじゅん): first 10 days of the month 初版(しょはん): first edition 初めて(はじめて): (1) for the first time (2) only after … is it …; only when … do you … 初耳(はつみみ): something heard for the first time (lit: first ear) 初めまして(はじめまして): How do you do?; I am glad to meet you 3 4 152 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 刀: sword; saber; knife 7 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic first time This is the first time we´ve been out of the Shire, Mr. Frodo! Says Sam, covering himself with his cloak and clutching his dagger. On his FIRST TIME, he cloaked his dagger with a Trojan. 404 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq1-250 布フぬのう, の, ほ linen, cloth 布(ぬの): (1) cloth (2) bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China) 財布(さいふ): purse; handbag; wallet 布団(ふとん): (1) futon (quilted Japanese-style mattress laid out on the floor) (2) round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves) 配布(はいふ): distribution 分布(ぶんぷ): distribution; dissemination; allocation 毛布(もうふ): blanket 座布団(ざぶとん): zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular) 布告(ふこく): edict; ordinance; proclamation 布巾(ふきん): tea-towel; dish cloth 2 5 877 巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50) 5 巾 50 3 はば・はばへん・きんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic linen A matador holding his red linen by his side. “The first rule of the Hitch-Hiker´s Guide to the Universe is ”“DON´T PANIC!”“ The second rule, of course, is to always have a towel by your side. Personally, I prefer the linen sort.” 405 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Clothing.Textiles kanjifreq751-1000 帆ハンほ sail 1 S 1923 巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50) 凡: mediocre 6 巾 50 3 はば・はばへん・きんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic sail When stranded at sea, we needed a Sail. The best we had was a TOWEL, which was MEDICORE, only catching a DROP of WIND. A towel makes a mediocre sail. 406 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1501-2000 幅フクはば hanging scroll, width 大幅(おおはば): (1) big; large; drastic; substantial (2) full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing) 幅(はば): width; breadth 2 S 641 巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50) 畐: to fill; roll of cloth 12 巾 50 3 はば・はばへん・きんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic hanging scroll In the west, the rich use $100 bills to light their cigars… In Japan, after showering, when the wealthy don´t have any clean towels, they simply grab a hanging scroll off the wall and use it to dry off! The towels of the wealthy: hanging scrolls. 407 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq501-750 帽ボウ、モウずきん、おお.う cap, headgear 帽子(ぼうし): hat; cap 2 S 1742 巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50) 冒: risk; face; defy; dare; damage; assume (a name) 12 巾 50 3 はば・はばへん・きんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic cap If you wear a towel as a cap, you are at risk of being seized and searched in U.S. airports. Originally the first cap was a turban which was a towel wrapped around the head to keep the sun out of the eyes. 408 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Clothing.Textiles kanjifreq1501-2000 幕マク、バクとばり curtain, bunting, act of play 幕(まく): (1) curtain; bunting (2) act (in play) 1 6 835 莫: must not; do not; be not 巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50) 13 巾 50 3 はば・はばへん・きんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic curtain There is a graveyard outside my house that scares me, so I put a huge towel over the window to serve as a curtain so I can get a good nights sleep. “When you´re dead in the graveyard, ”“it´s curtains for you.”“.” 409 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq751-1000 幌コウほろ, とばり canopy, awning, hood, curtain 0 S+ 1309 巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50) 晃: clear (none) canopy A canopy is a towel to block the suns rays. From the Hitch-Hiker´s Guide to the Universe: A towel is useful, among other things, as a canopy to keep out the sun´s rays from your face while napping. 410 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1001-1500 ShouldSuspend 錦キンにしきかね, あや, にし brocade, fine dress, honors 1 S 1440 金: gold 帛: cloth 16 金 167 8 かね・かねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic brocade Brocade is the art of sewing gold on a white towel. Never heard of this word before encountering it here. So it turns out that the fanciest brocade in the world is actually a towel used by a Turkish monarch. It´s embroidered with gold and cocaine. Yes, cocaine - what you thought it´d be something else? That is some true art right there. I think a great many people would want to own this towel. 411 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Clothing.Textiles kanjifreq1001-1500 市シいちい, ち market, city, town 市場(いちば): (1) (town) market (2) (the) marketplace 市民(しみん): citizen; townspeople 都市(とし): town; city; municipal; urban 市街(しがい): urban areas; the streets; town; city 市(いち): market; fair 市(し): city 市場(しじょう): (the) market (as a concept) 4 2 42 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50) 5 巾 50 3 はば・はばへん・きんべん (none) 象形 Pictographic market My recurring nightmare: Walking through the market, and suddenly realizing that I´m wearing only a top hat…and a towel. At the MARKET you find lots of nice TOP HATS and TOWELS. 412 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1-250 姉シあね、はは elder sister 姉(あね): older sister; elder sister 姉妹(しまい): sisters お姉さん(おねえさん): (1) elder sister (2) (vocative) young lady (3) miss (referring to a waitress, etc.) (4) ma'am (used by geisha to refer to their superiors) 従姉妹(いとこ): cousin (female) 4 2 1473 女: woman; female 市: market; city; town 8 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 形声 Phonetic elder sister Unlike the younger sister (妹), who is not yet old enough to date… the elder sister is on the market! She´s old enough to be allowed to go to the market. 413 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_People_Family kanjifreq1001-1500 肺ハイ lungs 肺(はい): lung 1 6 1387 肉: meat 市: market; city; town 9 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic lungs LUNGS are a PART of the BODY that can be found at any meat MARKET or black MARKET. “The PART OF THE BODY most important if you work at a MARKET is your LUNGS so that you can shout out at the top of your voice ”“IRASSHAIMASEEE”“ to attract customers.” 414 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Organ.Torso kanjifreq1001-1500 帯タイお.びる、おびたて sash, belt, obi, zone, region 地帯(ちたい): area; zone; belt (of land) 世帯(せたい): household; home; family; housekeeping 携帯(けいたい): (1) something carried (in the hand); handheld (2) mobile telephone; cell phone 熱帯(ねったい): tropics 連帯(れんたい): (1) solidarity; collective (2) joint 一帯(いったい): region; zone; whole place 帯(たい): band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.) 温帯(おんたい): temperate zone 包帯(ほうたい): bandage; dressing 帯びる(おびる): (1) to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry (2) to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on (3) to have a trace of; to be tinged with 帯(おび): (1) obi; kimono sash (2) paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc. 寒帯(かんたい): frigid zone or belt 2 4 746 丗: thirty 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50) 10 巾 50 3 はば・はばへん・きんべん帶象形 Pictographic sash “First, note that the top half of the kanji consists of one and mountain. Of course, the ”“number 1”“ mountain in Japan is Mt. Fuji. The bottom half, under Mt. Fuji, consists of crown and towel. Now for the story. Archaeologists digging under Mt. Fuji (Japan´s #1 mountain) in an ancient royal tomb (they know it´s royal because of the crown) discover what looks like a towel, but after they clean it up, they see it is actually a splendid royal sash for the king´s kimono.” “Beautiful ”“Miss Housewife Japan”“ is on posters everywhere, cooking right before Mt. Fuji (the number one mountain) while wearing nothing but her crown, and an apron tied with a sash. (hodgepodge of mspertus, zwarte_kat, et al, with a jot of hadaka apron to focus the image.).” 415 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Clothing.Textiles kanjifreq501-750 滞タイ、テイとどこお.る stagnate, be delayed, overdue, arrears 滞在(たいざい): stay; sojourn 渋滞(じゅうたい): congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation 停滞(ていたい): stagnation; tie-up; congestion; retention; accumulation; falling into arrears 滞納(たいのう): non-payment; default 滞る(とどこおる): to stagnate; to be delayed 1 S 1107 水: water 帯: sash; belt; obi; zone; region 13 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい滯形声 Phonetic stagnate History of the first karate blackbelts: In those days, it was often difficult to find fresh, clean water, so samurai usually had to wash their sashes in stagnant puddles. The longer one had been studying martial arts, the older the sash on one´s karate uniform and, therefore, the darker the color. So why weren´t their karate uniforms black too? Never seen a ninja???? A moat is a stagnate ring of water like an obi (sash) of water tied around the castle. 416 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 刺シさ.す、さ.さる、さ.し、さし、とげ thorn, pierce, stab, prick, sting, calling card 刺激(しげき): stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation 名刺(めいし): business card 刺身(さしみ): sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans) 刺す(さす): (1) to pierce; to stab; to prick; to stick; to thrust (2) to sting; to bite (3) to sew; to stitch; to embroider (4) to pole (a boat) (5) to catch (with a limed pole) (6) to put (a runner) out; to pick off 刺さる(ささる): to stick; to be stuck 刺繍(ししゅう): embroidery 2 S 1031 朿: thorn 刀: sword; saber; knife 8 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 形声 Phonetic thorn A TREE with a BELT wrapped around the middle. If you tighten the BELT, hundreds of tiny SABERS pop out of the tree in all directions, looking like THORNS. The BELT TREE has THORNS like SABERS. 417 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 制セイ system, law, rule 規制(きせい): regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction 制度(せいど): system; institution; organization; organisation 体制(たいせい): order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation 制裁(せいさい): restraint; sanctions; punishment 強制(きょうせい): obligation; coercion; compulsion; enforcement 制限(せいげん): restriction; restraint; limitation; limit 制作(せいさく): (1) work (film, book) (2) production; creation 制定(せいてい): enactment; establishment; creation 抑制(よくせい): control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition; check; curb 制約(せいやく): limitation; restriction; condition; constraints 制服(せいふく): uniform 統制(とうせい): regulation; control 制(せい): system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation; control; government; suppression; restraint; holding back; establishment 制する(せいする): (1) to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to bridle (2) to get the better of (3) to control; to command 専制(せんせい): despotism; autocracy 3 5 108 牛: cow 巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50) 刀: sword; saber; knife 8 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic system The system for making leather belts involves slicing up a cow with a sword. “Why all the gore and violence? How about a samurai cow? He doesn´t have to be a violent samurai, either. He only wears the sword because he´s part of the bushi SYSTEM. Actually, he studies ikebana, shodo, and zen. Imagine him sitting cross-legged in a Zen temple (a very Special Zen temple). The master asks him if a dog has buddha nature and, shifting the swords in his belt, he calmly replies, ”“Moo!”“.” 418 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 製セイ made in…, manufacture 製造(せいぞう): manufacture; production 製品(せいひん): manufactured goods; finished goods; product 製作(せいさく): manufacture; production 製鉄(せいてつ): iron manufacture 作製(さくせい): manufacture 製法(せいほう): manufacturing method; recipe; formula 製(せい): -made; make 2 5 488 制: system; law; rule 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 14 衣 145 6 ころも・ころもへん (none) 形声 Phonetic made in… Made in china - a system of exploitation . making garments for nothing. A SYSTEMATICALLY made GARMENT will no doubt have MADE IN on the label. 419 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 転テンころ.がる、ころ.げる、ころ.がす、ころ.ぶ、まろ.ぶ、うたた、うつ.る、くる.めく revolve, turn around, change 運転(うんてん): operation; motion; driving 移転(いてん): moving; transfer; demise 運転手(うんてんしゅ): driver; chauffeur 自転車(じてんしゃ): bicycle 回転(かいてん): rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning 転勤(てんきん): job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer 転居(てんきょ): moving; changing residence 転換(てんかん): convert; divert 逆転(ぎゃくてん): (sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball) 転じる(てんじる): to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract 転落(てんらく): fall; degradation; slump; spill 転々(てんてん): (1) moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly (2) rolling about 転がす(ころがす): (1) to roll (2) to turn over; to tip over; to throw down (3) to leave (4) to buy and sell (quickly for a profit) 転がる(ころがる): (1) to roll; to tumble (2) to fall over; to roll over (3) to lie down (4) to be scattered about; to be common (5) (of a situation or outcome) to change; to turn out 転ぶ(ころぶ): to fall down; to fall over 転ずる(てんずる): to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract 転校(てんこう): change schools 自転(じてん): rotation (usu. on an axis); turning; spin 転任(てんにん): change of post 転回(てんかい): revolution; rotation 転寝(うたたね): dozing; napping (e.g. on the floor in one's clothes, in the train) 4 3 327 車: car 云: say 11 車 159 7 くるま・くるまへん轉形声 Phonetic revolve The REVOLVING wheels of the car (with REVOLVER blaring on the stereo) kicked up RISING CLOUDS of dust. Just a note to remember the cloud primative: The name of Goku´s pet cloud that he used to help him rise (fly) in the Dragonball anime series (and also the scientific name for a certain type of cloud) is Nimbus. The katakana-ization of this is {ニム}バス, so the rising cloud primative is just an abbreviation of that name written from top to bottom in the old Japanese style. 420 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq251-500 芸ゲイ、ウンう.える、のり、わざき, げ, なり technique, art, craft, performance, acting, trick, stunt 芸術(げいじゅつ): (fine) art; the arts 芸能(げいのう): public entertainment; accomplishments; attainments 文芸(ぶんげい): literature; art and literature; belles-lettres 工芸(こうげい): industrial arts; craft 園芸(えんげい): horticulture; gardening 芸(げい): art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance 学芸(がくげい): arts and sciences; liberal arts 手芸(しゅげい): handicrafts 2 4 719 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 云: say 7 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり藝会意 Compound Ideographic technique “Imagine an old Kung-fu movie: ”“Try my rising cloud flower technique!!!”“ smash pow crack!! .” One technique to smoke weed is to vaporize it and inhale those rising clouds to create a stronger effect. 421 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art kanjifreq501-750 雨ウあめ、あま-、-さめ rain 梅雨(つゆ): (1) rainy season (2) rain during the rainy season 雨(あめ): rain 雨天(うてん): rainy weather 雨戸(あまど): sliding storm shutter 雨具(あまぐ): rain gear 5 1 950 雨: rain, rain radical (no. 173) 8 雨 173 8 あめ・あめかんむり・あまかんむり (none) 象形 Pictographic rain From the ceiling hangs a towel dripping four drops like RAIN. Towel hung out on a line to ….oops, it´s rain. 422 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq751-1000 雲ウンくも、-ぐもき, ずも, のめ cloud 雲(くも): cloud 2 2 1256 雨: rain 云: say 12 雨 173 8 あめ・あめかんむり・あまかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic cloud Every rising cloud is a potential rain cloud. (Thanks astridtops). Every cloud is a potential rain cloud. 423 grade2 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq1001-1500 曇ドンくも.るど, ずみ cloudy weather, cloud up 曇り(くもり): cloudiness; cloudy weather; shadow 曇る(くもる): (1) to get cloudy; to cloud over; to become overcast (2) to cloud up; to fog up; to mist up; to become dim (3) to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression); to be downcast (4) to look slightly downward (of a noh mask; indicating sadness, grief, etc.) 2 S 1899 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 雲: cloud 16 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic cloudy weather Cloudy weather is when a cloud blocks the sun (up above). In cloudy weather, the sun is still there even if obscured by the clouds… 424 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq1501-2000 雷ライかみなり、いかずち、いかづち thunder, lightening bolt 雷(かみなり): thunder 1 S 1491 雨: rain 田: rice field; rice paddy 13 雨 173 8 あめ・あめかんむり・あまかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic thunder If it´s raining and you´re standing in the middle of a rice field, you´re sure to soon become acquainted with the thunder up close and personal. Thunder is a sure sign of rain coming. When you hear the thunder, you´ve got time to get out of the field before it starts raining. 425 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq1001-1500 霜ソウしも frost 霜(しも): frost 1 S 2151 雨: rain 相: inter-; mutual; together; each other; minister of state; councillor; aspect; phase; physiognomy 17 雨 173 8 あめ・あめかんむり・あまかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic frost FROST is kind of an inter-weather, phenomenon, something between rain, snow and freezing temp’s. The freezing RAIN formed FROST on the TREE right before your EYES. If you want, frost-y then think Frost Tree to get to the mnemonic. SECOND STORY: FROSTY the snowman? It´s RAIN that FROSTS that can then INTER-act with the kids, till he melts of course. 426 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq2001-2500 冬トウふゆ winter 冬(ふゆ): winter 冬眠(とうみん): hibernation; winter sleep 4 2 1090 夂: winter radical (no. 34) 冫: two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15) 5 冫 15 2 にすい (none) 象形 Pictographic winter Don´t slip off your legs in winter, strap two skis to your feet. In winter my walking legs feel like blocks of ice. 427 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Time_Season kanjifreq1001-1500 天テンあまつ、あめ、あま- あき, あも, た, たかし, て, なま heavens, sky, imperial 天皇(てんのう): Emperor of Japan 天(てん): (1) sky (2) heaven (3) svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth) (4) deva (divine being of Buddhism) 天気(てんき): (1) weather; the elements (2) fair weather; fine weather 天井(てんじょう): ceiling; ceiling price 天然(てんねん): (1) nature; spontaneity (2) natural airhead 天候(てんこう): weather 天国(てんごく): paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven 天才(てんさい): genius; prodigy; natural gift 天下(てんか): (1) the whole world (2) the whole country (3) society; the public (4) supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power (5) having one's own way; doing as one pleases (6) peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous (7) shogun (Edo period) 天体(てんたい): heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object 雨天(うてん): rainy weather 晴天(せいてん): fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies 天災(てんさい): natural calamity; disaster 天地(てんち): (1) heaven and earth; the universe; nature; top and bottom; realm; sphere; world (2) top and bottom (3) gods of heaven and earth 先天的(せんてんてき): a priori; inborn; innate; inherent; congenital; hereditary 天気予報(てんきよほう): weather forecast; weather report 天辺(てっぺん): top; summit; apex; peak 天津(あまつ): heavenly; imperial 5 1 512 一: one; one radical (no.1) 大: large; big 4 大 37 3 だい・おおきい (none) 象形 Pictographic heavens If you think of the sky as a ceiling above our heads, here you have the heavens as the largest ceiling you could ever imagine. As Heisig pointed out, nothing comes above the ceiling primitive thus the order of primitives is taken care of. The ceiling that all large dogs aspire to go to is known as heaven. After all, All Dogs Go to Heaven. 428 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Nature_Sky kanjifreq501-750 橋キョウはしばせ bridge 橋(はし): bridge 桟橋(さんばし): wharf; bridge; jetty; pier 橋渡し(はしわたし): bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone) 鉄橋(てっきょう): railway bridge; iron bridge 橋(きょう): pons (pontes); pons Varolii; pontine; part of the brain stem (links the medulla oblongata and cerebellum with the midbrain) 2 3 553 木: tree; wood 喬: high; boasting 16 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic bridge The nicest bridge is not in Hollywood or Los Angeles, but in San Francisco. “A small 5 year old child has lost her mother in a tragic death. Her family tells her, ”“Don´t worry, your mom is an angel now, in heaven, watching over you.”“ The small girl takes this very literally and is found one day, gathering pieces of wood. Her dad asks her, ”“What are you doing with that wood?”“ ”“I´m trying to build a bridge to heaven to visit the angels.”“.” 429 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq501-750 嬌キョウなまめか.しい attractive 0 S+ 女: woman; female 喬: high; boasting (none) attractive The most attractive woman in the world is obviously Angelina Jolie. The most attractive of women are said to resemble angels. Similarly, angelic women tend to be attractive. 430 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 立リツ、リュウ、リットルた.つ、-た.つ、た.ち-、た.てる、-た.てる、た.て-、たて-、-た.て、-だ.て、-だ.てるたち, たっ, たつ, だて, つい stand up 立場(たちば): standpoint; position; situation 国立(こくりつ): national 成立(せいりつ): (1) coming into existence; arrangements; establishment; conclusion; completion (2) to come into existence; to be true; to hold (i.e. hold true) 対立(たいりつ): confrontation; opposition; antagonism 独立(どくりつ): independence (e.g. Independence Day); self-support 私立(しりつ): private (establishment) 設立(せつりつ): establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business) 確立(かくりつ): (1) establishment; settlement (2) to establish; to settle 立法(りっぽう): legislation; lawmaking 公立(こうりつ): public (institution) 創立(そうりつ): establishment; founding; organization; organisation 中立(ちゅうりつ): neutrality 立派(りっぱ): splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent; legal; legitimate 孤立(こりつ): isolation; being alone; being friendless 立体(りったい): (1) solid body; three-dimensional object (2) multi-storey car park 成り立つ(なりたつ): (1) to consist of; to be made up of; to be composed of (2) to be practical (logical, feasible, viable); to be concluded; to hold true 両立(りょうりつ): compatibility; coexistence; standing together 献立(こんだて): (1) menu; bill of fare (2) program; programme; schedule 立つ(たつ): (1) to stand; to rise; to stand up (2) to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position) (3) to depart (on a plane, train, etc.) 役に立つ(やくにたつ): to be helpful; to be useful 立ち寄る(たちよる): to stop by; to drop in for a short visit 樹立(じゅりつ): establish; create 自立(じりつ): independence; self-reliance 目立つ(めだつ): to be conspicuous; to stand out 立ち止まる(たちどまる): to stop; to halt; to stand still 夕立(ゆうだち): (sudden) evening shower (rain) 役立つ(やくだつ): to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose 立ち上がる(たちあがる): (1) to stand up; to get up (2) to rise (3) to recover (4) to take action; to start (5) to make the initial charge (in sumo) (6) to start up; to boot up 逆立ち(さかだち): handstand; headstand 組み立てる(くみたてる): to assemble; to set up; to construct 立て替える(たてかえる): (1) to pay an advance; to put down money on something (2) to pay for another; to pay someone else's debt as a loan to him 仕立てる(したてる): to tailor; to make; to prepare; to train; to send (a messenger) 立ち去る(たちさる): to leave; to depart; to take one's leave 立てる(たてる): (1) to stand up; to put up; to set up; to erect; to raise (2) to thrust into; to bury into; to dig into (3) to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to raise (a cloud of dust, etc.); to cause (4) to make; to establish; to set up; to develop; to formulate (5) to put up (a political candidate); to make (one's leader) (6) to treat with respect; to give (someone) their due; to make (someone) look good; to avoid embarrassing (someone) (7) to sharpen; to make clear (8) to shut; to close (9) to make tea (macha); to perform the tea ceremony (10) to divide by (11) to do … vigorously 立方(たちかた): dancing (geisha) 取り立てる(とりたてる): (1) to collect (debts); to dun; to exact; to extort (2) to appoint; to promote; to give patronage (3) to emphasize; to focus on; to call attention to 気立て(きだて): disposition; nature 腹立ち(はらだち): anger 立方(りっぽう): cube 5 1 58 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 5 立 117 5 たつ・たつへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic stand up A vase that can´t stand up won´t be a vase for long. He was a stand up guy: he´d lend you the top hat he wears everyday if you asked, and he will turn everything upside down to help you find your tools. 431 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Body_Movement kanjifreq1-250 泣キュウな.く cry, weep, moan 泣く(なく): to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl 2 4 1380 水: water 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 8 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic cry Guys have two ways of watering when they are standing, the less common one is crying. She stood up to leave the room when her eyes started to water… 432 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 章ショウあき, あきら, あや, ふみ badge, chapter, composition, poem, design 章(しょう): (1) chapter; section (2) medal 文章(ぶんしょう): (1) sentence; article; composition (2) (writing) style 2 3 990 音: sound; noise 早: early; fast 11 立 117 5 たつ・たつへん (none) 象形 Pictographic badge In the military, badges are given out early in the day, with everyone standing at attention. “Ash Ketchum stood up early in the morning, and said, ”“Pikachu, let´s go get us another badge!”“.” 433 grade3 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 競キョウ、ケイきそ.う、せ.る、くら.べるかい, わたなべ emulate, compete with, bid, sell at auction, bout, contest, race 競技(きょうぎ): game; match; contest 競争(きょうそう): (1) competition; contest (2) to compete 競馬(けいば): horse racing 2 4 610 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 兄: elder brother; big brother 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 兄: elder brother; big brother 20 立 117 5 たつ・たつへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic vie TWO twin BROTHERS are competing (VYING) for the title of who is the older BROTHER. The game is that they must balance a VASE on their head and the one who drops his looses and becomes the younger BROTHER! Two crazy brothers vying for the guiness records books of stupidity by trying to stand on their heads the longest. 434 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 帝テイみかど sovereign, the emperor, god, creator 1 S 1276 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50) 9 巾 50 3 はば・はばへん・きんべん (none) 象形 Pictographic sovereign The crazy sovereign stands up from his throne, wearing nothing but a crown and a towel. That´s why they try to keep him locked up in the castle away from the public. “This one is so tricky for me. The key is to remember that the bottom stroke on the standing element takes those little crown ”“winglets”“ on the right and left. The most effective image might be of QEII (who is quite short) using her crown as a kind of stool. She´s standing on her crown rummaging through a high cupboard looking for her apron. I guess the sovereign´s servants have the day off.” 435 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq1001-1500 童ドウわらべぱ juvenile, child 児童(じどう): children; juvenile 童話(どうわ): fairy-tale 童謡(どうよう): children's song; nursery rhyme 2 3 1138 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 里: ri; village; parent's home; league 12 立 117 5 たつ・たつへん (none) 形声 Phonetic juvenile The juvenile stood on top of his computer and broke it. Noob. The movie Zoolander is a little JUVENILE and silly, but I love it nonetheless. Just remember Owen Wilson standing on the desk, hitting the computer like a monkey. (The files are IN the computer - IN the computer…). 436 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_People_General kanjifreq1001-1500 瞳ドウ、トウひとみあきら pupil 瞳(ひとみ): (1) pupil (of eye) (2) eye 1 S 2069 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 童: juvenile; child 17 目 109 5 め・めへん・よこめ (none) 形声 Phonetic pupil In Japanese comics, the eye´s of juvenilles all have enormouse pupils. WARNING: This kanji only means the pupil of the eye. It can be confusing to use a story that has pupil meaning student in it. 437 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Head.Neck kanjifreq2001-2500 鐘ショウかね bell, gong, chimes 鐘(かね): bell (often a large hanging bell); chime 釣り鐘(つりがね): temple bell (for striking) 1 S 1681 金: gold 童: juvenile; child 20 金 167 8 かね・かねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic bell The METAL bell rings to call the JUVENILES to class. The METAL bell rings to call the JUVENILES to COMPUTER class. 438 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1501-2000 商ショウあきな.うあき make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant 商品(しょうひん): commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise 商業(しょうぎょう): commerce; trade; business 商社(しょうしゃ): trading company; firm 商店(しょうてん): shop; small store; business; firm 商売(しょうばい): trade; business; commerce; transaction; occupation 商人(しょうにん): trader; shopkeeper; merchant 商(しょう): (1) quotient (2) dealing; dealer; store (3) second degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) (4) Shang (dynasty of China) 3 3 413 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 冏: light; clear; bright 11 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic make a deal I use what I think is the real etymology for this kanji which is so shocking it sticks. The STANDING member at the top is a certain part of the body that all men have and it is approaching the HOLE between TWO LEGS (the HOOD) with extra marks to show they are FLESHY - ie a womans legs. So this shows the oldest DEAL of all time - prostitution. “Slick Willy standing on the motorcycle helmet he´s trying to sell you to demonstrate how rugged it is. His legs crash through the top of it and after a moment of awkward silence his mouth opens and says, ”“hey, we can still make a deal.”“.” 439 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq251-500 嫡チャク、テキ legitimate wife, direct descent (non-bastard) 1 S 2130 女: woman; female 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13) 古: old 14 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 形声 Phonetic legitimate wife Legitmate wifes tend to be women who are antiques in contrast to the young bit of illigitmate fluff on the side. Your legitimate wife is like an antique bong. Its not your favorite but you still hit it sometimes… 440 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Family kanjifreq2001-2500 適テキかな.う suitable, occasional, rare, qualified, capable 適確(てっかく): precise; accurate 適切(てきせつ): pertinent; appropriate; adequate; relevance 適用(てきよう): applying (e.g. a technology); adoption 適当(てきとう): (1) suitable; proper; appropriate; adequate; fit (2) noncommittal; vague; equivocal; unserious; irresponsible 適応(てきおう): adaptation; accommodation; conformity 適度(てきど): moderate 適性(てきせい): aptitude 快適(かいてき): pleasant; agreeable; comfortable 適宜(てきぎ): (1) suitable; appropriate (2) appropriately 適する(てきする): to fit; to suit 3 5 670 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13) 古: old 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 14 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic suitable “Think of the term from televison ”“suitable for all audiences”“ to get the sense of the word. What program could be more suitable for the whole family than the ”“antiques road(show)”“.” That old thing in your attic might be suitable to be shown on the Antiques Roadshow. 441 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 滴テキしずく、したた.る drip, drop 水滴(すいてき): (1) drop of water (2) vessel for replenishing inkstone water 滴(しずく): drop (of water); drip 2 S 2019 水: water 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13) 古: old 14 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic drip DRIPS of WATER were collected in ANTIQUE VASES since the museum had a leaky roof. You must never let water drip onto antiques. 442 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq2001-2500 敵テキかたき、あだ、かな.う enemy, foe, opponent 敵(てき): (1) opponent; rival; adversary (2) menace; danger; threat; enemy 匹敵(ひってき): comparing with; match; rival; equal 素敵(すてき): lovely; dreamy; beautiful; great; fantastic; superb; cool; capital 敵わない(かなわない): (1) no match for (2) unbearable (3) unable; can't do; beyond one's power 敵(かたき): (1) rival; opponent; adversary; competitor; enemy (esp. one with which there is longstanding enmity); foe (2) revenge (3) spouse 1 5 1205 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13) 古: old 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) 15 攴 66 4 ぼくにょう・ぼくづくり・とまた・のぶん・しぶん (none) 形声 Phonetic enemy The taskmaster became my enemy for life when he smashed the antique vase holding my wife´s ashes. Indiana Jones is an enemy of taskmasters in search of antique artifacts. 443 grade5 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq1001-1500 匕さじ 0 S+ (none) spoon To remember the primitive meaning, picture someone sitting on the ground performing Seppuku…with a spoon. http://tinyurl.com/co48k. Not only is stroke order important, but also be sure to note the direction of a stroke. In both ´spoon´ and ´seven´, the first stroke is the horizontal one - but here it is written right to left in a downward flick, while in ´seven´ it is a strong line from left to right. 444 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 北ホクきたきら, ほう, ほっ, ほつ north 北(きた): north 南北(なんぼく): south and north 敗北(はいぼく): (1) defeat (2) to be defeated 北極(ほっきょく): (1) North Pole (2) the Arctic 5 2 153 匕: spoon; spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21) 5 匕 21 2 さじ・さじのひ・さじづくり・ひ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic north Warning: The left part is NOT the primitive turtle! The stroke order is different. Sometimes it will look exactly the same but not always depending on the font / style used to draw this character. Be sure to study the difference! In the north, the weather is so cold that people are often seen sitting back to back to preserve warmth. 445 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Directions kanjifreq1-250 背ハイせ、せい、そむ.く、そむ.ける stature, height, back, behind, disobey, defy, go back on, rebel 背景(はいけい): (1) background; scenery; backdrop; setting; circumstance; context (2) backing; support (from behind the scenes) 背中(せなか): back (of body) 背(せい): height; stature 背広(せびろ): business suit 背後(はいご): (1) back; rear (2) background; behind the scenes 背負う(せおう): (1) to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to carry on back or shoulder (2) to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something) 背く(そむく): to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe 背(せ): (1) back; spine (2) reverse; rear side (3) height (4) ridge (of a mountain) 3 6 696 北: north 肉: meat 9 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic stature While japanese people are generally small, people in the northern contryes have taller stature because of all the flesh they eat! Up in the Great White North, we eat a lot of meat - thus giving us great STATURE. Mmmm…. baby seals. 446 grade6 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Body_Organ.Torso kanjifreq501-750 比ヒくら.べるい, ぴっ compare, race, ratio, Phillipines 比べる(くらべる): (1) to compare; to make a comparison (2) to compete; to vie 比例(ひれい): proportion 比率(ひりつ): ratio; proportion; percentage 比較(ひかく): comparison 対比(たいひ): contrast; comparison 比重(ひじゅう): (1) specific gravity; weight; part (2) relative weight; relative importance 比較的(ひかくてき): comparative; relative 2 5 329 匕: spoon; spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21) 4 比 81 4 ひ・くらべる・ならびひ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic compare A gay couple about to turn around to compare which role is better… Compare the two spoons… the one on the left is funny-looking. 447 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 昆コン descendants, elder brother 昆虫(こんちゅう): insect; bug 1 S 1688 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 比: compare; race; ratio; Philipines 8 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 象形 Pictographic descendants Grandparent spends all DAY COMPARING photos of their DESCENDANTS. Japanese people have compared themselves as being descendants of the sun. (Amaterasu, the sun godesss). Sun, comparing = descendants. 448 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Animal Kanji_People_Family kanjifreq1501-2000 皆カイみな、みんなむな all, everything 皆(みな): (1) all; everyone; everybody (2) everything 皆さん(みなさん): all; everyone; everybody 3 S 1267 比: compare; race; ratio; Philipines 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 9 白 106 5 しろ・しろへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic all If you compare colors, you will find that white is produced from the mix of all the others. Sometimes, Dr. Heisig´s keyword choices are really quite bizarre. This doesn´t mean all, it means everyone!! Picture two ku klux klansmen comparing whose skin is whiter…finally, they agree that everyone there is white. 449 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1001-1500 混コンま.じる、-ま.じり、ま.ざる、ま.ぜる、こ.む mix, blend, confuse 混乱(こんらん): disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem 混雑(こんざつ): confusion; congestion 混血(こんけつ): mixed race; mixed parentage 混ぜる(まぜる): to mix; to stir; to blend 混合(こんごう): (1) mixing; mixture; meld (2) miscegenation 混む(こむ): (1) to be crowded; to be packed (2) to be complex (3) to go into; to put into; to remain (seated); to be plunged into (silence); to do thoroughly (4) to do intently (5) to continue in the same state 混同(こんどう): confusion; mixing; merger 混凝土(コンクリート): concrete 取り混ぜる(とりまぜる): to mix; to put together 2 5 824 水: water 昆: descendants; elder brother; insect 11 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic mix People have to mix their fluids (have sex), in order to create descendants. Give plants the right mix of water and sun. Then compare the results… 450 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 渇カツかわ.く thirst, dry up, parch 渇く(かわく): to be thirsty 1 S 1944 水: water 曷: why; how; when 11 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい渴形声 Phonetic thirst You awaken from your siesta because you feel extremely thirsty so you go looking for some water. The muchacho taking his SIESTA cries out that he is THIRSTY. So you pull out a bottle of WATER and pretend you´re going to give it to him…but then you dump it all on the ground before his eyes. HAHA, sucked in muchacho!! 451 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 謁エツ audience, audience (with king) 1 S 言: say 曷: why; how; when 15 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば謁形声 Phonetic audience The talk was so boring the audience took a siesta. The man talking during his siesta (in his sleep) is saying strange things and drawing an audience. 452 gradeS JLPT.N1 褐カツ brown, woollen kimono 1 S 2186 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 曷: why; how; when 13 衣 145 6 ころも・ころもへん褐形声 Phonetic brown Why is my package late? Imagine a UPS driver dressed in BROWN garments taking a siesta. What can BROWN do for you? Mexicans use a cloak (pancho) for their siestas. Their color is usually brown. 453 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Color kanjifreq2001-2500 喝カツ hoarse, scold 1 S 1858 口: mouth 曷: why; how; when 11 口 30 3 くち・くちへん喝形声 Phonetic hoarse If you have a siesta with your mouthopen, you will wake up with a hoarse voice. After taking a siesta, you find that your mouth is hoarse (after all you ARE thirsty remember). 454 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 旨シむね、うま.い delicious, relish, show a liking for, purport, will, clever, expert 旨い(うまい): (1) skillful; clever; expert; wise; successful (2) delicious; appetizing; appetising (3) fortunate; splendid; promising 趣旨(しゅし): (1) meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect (2) goal; intent; object; aim; point 要旨(ようし): point; essentials; gist; summary; fundamentals 1 S 1166 匕: spoon; spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21) 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 6 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic delicious Use a spoon to eat a DELICIOUS hot fudge sundae. Duh.. It´s sooo delicious I could spoon it in all day. 455 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 脂シあぶら fat, grease, tallow, lard, rosin, gum, tar 脂肪(しぼう): fat; grease; blubber 脂(あぶら): fat; tallow; lard; grease 2 S 1548 肉: meat 旨: delicious; relish; show a liking for; purport; will; clever; expert 10 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic fat Every chef will tell you, fat is what make the meat taste delicious. “Fat is the most delicious part of the flesh. (Note this refers to physical fat, not the concept of obesity obese (#494)).” 456 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Substance kanjifreq1501-2000 壱イチ、イツひとつい, かず I (one) 1 S 2351 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 匕: spoon; spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21) 7 士 33 3 さむらい壹象形 Pictographic I (one) I am ´the one´ , says the samurai with the crown around his waist and a spoon up his a*. The samurai who has been crowned number one is so good he uses a spoon to fight with rather than a sword. 457 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 毎マイごと、-ごと.につね every 毎年(まいねん): every year; yearly; annually 毎日(まいにち): every day 毎週(まいしゅう): every week 毎月(まいつき): every month; each month; monthly 毎朝(まいあさ): every morning 毎晩(まいばん): every night 毎度(まいど): (1) each time (2) thank you for your continued patronage 毎(ごと): each respectively 毎(まい): every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each 5 2 436 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 毋: do not; must not; be not; mother radical (no. 80) 6 毋 80 4 なし・なかれ・ははのかん每象形 Pictographic every Freud believed every man wants to lie down with his mother. Who does every person want to lie down with? Yo´ MAMA! 458 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq251-500 敏ビンさといさとし, ちょう, とし, び cleverness, agile, alert 敏感(びんかん): sensibility; susceptibility; sensitive (to); well attuned to 1 S 1042 毎: every 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) 10 攴 66 4 ぼくにょう・ぼくづくり・とまた・のぶん・しぶん敏会意 Compound Ideographic cleverness Every master(or taskmaster) must have some degree of cleverness. Cleverness is something every taskmaster must have. Every taskmaster has cleverness. 459 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 梅バイうめ plum 梅雨(つゆ): (1) rainy season (2) rain during the rainy season 梅(うめ): (1) Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Chinese plum (2) lowest (of a three-tier ranking system) 梅干(うめぼし): dried plum 1 4 1232 木: tree; wood 毎: every 10 木 75 4 き・きへん梅形声 Phonetic plum Plums actually grow on every single tree. What, you didn´t know that? They do. Orange trees, apple trees, cantaloupe trees. Plums are simply mutant fruits that have been installed in the root software of every single tree. I hear that some plum-loving scientists are working on a way to hack every tree´s genetic code so that every tree will bear nothing _but_ plums. EVERY Japanese person asks you if you like UMEBOSHI. No I say, I prefer to eat my PLUMS fresh from the TREE. 460 grade4 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq1001-1500 海カイうみあ, あま, うな, うん, え, か, た, ひろ, ひろし, ぶ, まち, まま, み, め, わたる sea, ocean 海外(かいがい): foreign; abroad; overseas 海(うみ): sea; beach 海岸(かいがん): coast; beach 海洋(かいよう): ocean 海峡(かいきょう): channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait 航海(こうかい): sail; voyage 領海(りょうかい): territorial waters 海運(かいうん): maritime; marine transportation 海水浴(かいすいよく): sea bathing; seawater bath 海流(かいりゅう): ocean current 海抜(かいばつ): height above sea level 海路(かいろ): sea route 海鷂魚(えい): ray (fish); stingray 4 2 200 水: water 毎: every 9 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい海形声 Phonetic sea Every drop of water will eventually return to the sea. “As depicted in the classic SF film Fantastic Voyage, every drop of water is a sea, if you look close enough. Imagine peering through a microscope at a vast sea teeming with microbial life (and perhaps a minaturized submarine). Note: Take care not to confuse with ocean (#549).” 461 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1-250 乞コツ、キツ、キ、キケ、コチこ.う beg, invite, ask 0 S 2478 乙: the latter; duplicate; strange; witty; fishhook radical (no. 5) 3 乙 5 1 おつ・おつにょう・つりばり (none) 象形 Pictographic beg Lying down, Captain Hook is begging to be spared from the ticking crocodile. Men beg lying down. Women beg as hookers. 462 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 乾カン、ケンかわ.く、かわ.かす、ほ.す、ひ.る、いぬい drought, dry, dessicate, drink up, heaven, emperor 乾燥(かんそう): dryness; aridity; insipidity; dehydration; desiccation 乾電池(かんでんち): dry cell; battery 乾杯(かんぱい): (1) toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something) (2) drinking one's glass dry (3) cheers 乾かす(かわかす): to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate 乾く(かわく): to get dry 2 S 1453 十: ten 早: early; fast 乞: beg; invite; ask 11 乙 5 1 おつ・おつにょう・つりばり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic drought During a drought, everything begs for even a mist for relief. Beggar has to drink mist because there is no water in the drought. I get this one confused with thirst 451 but try to remember that there is no water element beacuse it is a drought. 463 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq1001-1500 腹フクはら abdomen, belly, stomach 腹(はら): (1) abdomen; belly; stomach (2) one's mind; one's real intentions; one's true motive (3) loop (physics) (4) counter for hard roe 空腹(くうふく): hunger 中腹(ちゅうふく): mountain side; halfway up お腹(おなか): stomach 山腹(さんぷく): hillside; mountainside 中っ腹(ちゅうっぱら): anger (held in check); irritation; rage 腹立ち(はらだち): anger 3 6 1286 肉: meat 复: return; repeat; repeatedly 13 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic abdomen The only body part that doubles over. Imagine getting punched in the abdomen, a fairly tender part of flesh, and instead of doubling forward, you double back. That would be pretty painful. 464 grade6 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Body_Organ.Torso kanjifreq1001-1500 複フク duplicate, double, compound, multiple 重複(ちょうふく): duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration 複雑(ふくざつ): complex; complicated 複数(ふくすう): several; plural; plurality; multiple 複合(ふくごう): composite; combined; complex 複写(ふくしゃ): copy; duplicate 2 5 915 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 复: return; repeat; repeatedly 14 衣 145 6 ころも・ころもへん (none) 形声 Phonetic duplicate My girlfiend saw someone wearing the exact same (duplicate) outfit at a party, so she doubled back to change! “In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Hermione uses a device called a ”“time-turner”“ to double back in time, but this creates duplicates. The smart thing to do would be to combine Hermione´s time-turner with Harry´s invisibility cloak. That way, one could double back in time without creating any visible duplicates.” 465 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 欠ケツ、ケンか.ける、か.く lack, gap, fail, yawn “欠陥(けっかん): (1) defect; fault; deficiency; deformity (2) shortage; gap 不可欠(ふかけつ): indispensable; essential 欠席(けっせき): absence; non-attendance 欠点(けってん): faults; defect; weakness 欠乏(けつぼう): want; shortage; famine 欠く(かく): (1) to chip; to nick; to break; to crack (2) to lack 欠ける(かける): (1) to be chipped; to be damaged; to be broken (2) to be lacking; to be missing (3) to be insufficient; to be short; to be deficient; to be negligent toward (4) (of the moon) to wane; to go into eclipse 欠伸(あくび): (1) yawn; yawning (and stretching) (2) kanji ”“yawning”“ radical (radical 76)” 3 4 860 欠: yawn, lack, yawn radical (no. 76) 4 缶 121 6 ほとぎ・ほとぎへん缺形声 Phonetic lack To me, this kanji looks like a person with two arms and two legs, but who lacks a head. When your body lacks oxygen you yawn. 466 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 吹スイふ.くふき blow, breathe, puff, emit, smoke 吹雪(ふぶき): snow storm; blizzard 吹く(ふく): (1) to blow (wind, etc.); to play a wind instrument (2) to emit; to spout (3) to whistle (4) to laugh; to burst into laughter 吹奏(すいそう): playing wind instruments 3 S 1133 口: mouth 欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76) 7 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic blow This is clearly a BLOWJOB, we can see the MOUTH and the LACK OF condom. (I am sorry for the image, but it sticks forever in your mind). “I keep confusing this with suck (#689). Consider someone blowing bubbles using their chewing gum because they´re lacking attention in class.” 467 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1001-1500 炊スイた.く、-だ.きい cook, boil 炊事(すいじ): cooking; culinary arts 炊く(たく): to cook (esp. grain, pulses, etc., such as rice or beans); to boil 1 S 1777 火: fire 欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76) 8 火 86 4 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic cook Japanese cooking sometimes lacks fire, e.g., sashimi. This character shows the difference between a cook and a chef: a chef prepares food with passion and love; a cook only stands there with a pan over a fire, with no passion and just yawning. 468 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq1501-2000 歌カうた、うた.う song, sing 歌(うた): (1) song (2) classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka) (3) modern poetry 歌手(かしゅ): singer 歌謡(かよう): song; ballad 歌留多(かるた): playing cards; card game 4 2 519 哥: big brother 欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76) 14 欠 76 4 あくび・けんづくり・かける・けつ (none) 形声 Phonetic song Can-Can-ers lack the ability to sing a song, so they just dance. Can-can dancers are supposed to be big-bosomed girls who dance. Yet these so called can-can dancers are flat-chested and singing a song, so audience of men is yawning in boredom. 469 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art kanjifreq501-750 軟ナンやわ.らか、やわ.らかい soft 軟らかい(やわらかい): soft; tender; limp 柔軟(じゅうなん): flexible; lithe; soft; pliable 2 S 1269 車: car 欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76) 11 車 159 7 くるま・くるまへん (none) 形声 Phonetic soft Cars are rough steel things, lacking softness. If your car has really soft seats, you may start yawning and eventually fall asleep at the wheel (imagine that this seat is a huge soft beanbag that nearly swallows the driver, and it will be easier to remember). 470 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq1001-1500 次ジ、シつ.ぐ、つぎき, すき, つぐ, よし next, order, sequence 次ぐ(つぐ): to rank next to; to come after 次第(しだい): (1) dependent upon (2) as soon as; immediately (upon) (3) circumstances (4) order; precedence; program; programme; agenda 次々(つぎつぎ): in succession; one by one 目次(もくじ): table of contents 次いで(ついで): next; secondly; subsequently 取り次ぐ(とりつぐ): (1) to act as an agent for; to intermediate (2) to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to receive (a guest at reception); to usher in (a guest) (3) to convey (a message) 次(つぎ): (1) next; following; subsequent (2) stage; station 次(じ): (1) next (2) hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence) (3) order; sequence; time; times 3 3 222 冫: two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15) 欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76) 6 欠 76 4 あくび・けんづくり・かける・けつ (none) 象形 Pictographic next Is this store lacking ice? Let´s try the next one, then. “A rapper called ”“Ice”“ went for auditions but was told he lacked talent. Next…” 471 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq1-250 茨シ、ジいばら、かや、くさぶきあし, えばら, ばら, まつ, まん briar, thorn 0 S 1203 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 次: next; order; sequence 9 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic briar To prevent animals from eating the beautiful flowers in your garden, the best thing to do is to plant briar bushes immediately next to them. The briar patch may look unremarkable now before it blooms, but there will be flowers next, and it will be beautiful. 472 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq1001-1500 資シすけ, もと assets, resources, capital, funds, data, be conducive to, contribute to 資金(しきん): funds; capital 投資(とうし): investment 資産(しさん): property; fortune; means; assets 資料(しりょう): materials; data; document 資格(しかく): qualifications; requirements; capabilities 資源(しげん): resources 資本(しほん): funds; capital 物資(ぶっし): goods; materials 融資(ゆうし): financing; loan 3 5 179 次: next; order; sequence 貝: shellfish 13 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 形声 Phonetic assets Assets are the next best thing to money. The first SHELLS you get you obviously spend, but the NEXT SHELLS are your ASSETS, you should bury them in a low safe place (placement!). 473 grade5 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq1-250 姿シすがたしな figure, form, shape 姿(すがた): (1) figure; form; shape (2) appearance; dress; guise (3) state; condition; picture; image (4) form (of a waka) (5) dressed in …; wearing … 姿勢(しせい): attitude; posture; stance; approach; carriage (of the body) 1 6 441 次: next; order; sequence 女: woman; female 9 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 形声 Phonetic figure The next woman always has a better figure! Thinking like that, you´ll end up alone in an old folks home longing for the good old days! Whenever I am next to a woman, I can´t help but take notice of her figure. 474 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq251-500 諮シはか.る consult with 諮る(はかる): to consult with; to discuss; to confer; to deliberate 1 S 1345 言: say 咨: investigate 16 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic consult with Having a word with the next mouth over, like a neighbor, is usually a good way to consult with somebody for cheap. Because, you know, actual consultants charge huge sums. Consulting with is having words with the next mouth. 475 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 賠バイ compensation, indemnify 賠償(ばいしょう): reparations; indemnity; compensation 1 S 1243 貝: shellfish 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 口: mouth 15 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 形声 Phonetic compensation Compensation is money you give to someone to shut them up (i.e. muzzle their mouth). Compensation is a kind of euphemism for hush money here. Money that muzzles. 476 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 培バイつちか.う cultivate, foster 栽培(さいばい): cultivation 1 S 1431 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 口: mouth 11 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic cultivate To cultivate the land is to tame it, control it. In short, you muzzle it´s unruly, chaotic nature. The illegal immigrants cultivate the land but are socially and politically muzzled (wear muzzles while they work too). 477 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 剖ボウ divide 解剖(かいぼう): (1) dissection; autopsy (2) analysis 1 S 1918 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 口: mouth 刀: sword; saber; knife 10 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 形声 Phonetic divide When you DIVIDE someone, there is sure to be a lot of screaming. That´s why you should use a MUZZLE before using the SABER. Divide and conquer - first you cut them up (saber) , then you shut them up (muzzle). 478 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Counting_Handling.amounts kanjifreq1501-2000 音オン、イン、-ノンおと、ねお, と sound, noise 音(ね): (1) sound; noise; report (2) note (music) (3) fame (4) Chinese-derived character reading 音楽(おんがく): music; musical movement 本音(ほんね): real intention; motive 騒音(そうおん): noise 録音(ろくおん): (audio) recording 音色(ねいろ): (1) tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre (2) synthesizer patch; synthesiser patch 発音(はつおん): pronunciation 雑音(ざつおん): noise (jarring, grating) 五十音(ごじゅうおん): the Japanese syllabary 物音(ものおと): sounds 4 1 491 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 9 音 180 9 おと・おとへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic sound If you were standing on the sun, believe me, you´d be making sound. The tongue wagging in a mouth produces a very high-pitched sound, breaking a nearby vase. 479 grade1 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Sense kanjifreq251-500 暗アンくら.い、くら.む、くれ.る darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded 暗殺(あんさつ): assassination 真っ暗(まっくら): (1) total darkness; pitch dark (2) bleak future; poor prospects 薄暗い(うすぐらい): dim; gloomy 暗記(あんき): memorization; memorisation; learning by heart 暗示(あんじ): hint; suggestion 暗い(くらい): (1) dark; gloomy (2) dark (in colour); dull (3) depressed; dispirited (4) sorrowful; bitter (as in a dark past) (5) unclear; unfamiliar; unknown 暗算(あんざん): mental arithmetic 4 3 1040 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 音: sound; noise 13 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic darkness Picture the sun exploding - there would be a gigantic noise and then…nothing. Everything would plunge into darkness. “In places of complete darkness, such as caves where the sun can´t reach, creatures such as bats have learned to navigate by sound rather than sight. The poor guys must have to fly around screaming ”“Marco!”“ and ”“Polo!”“ all the time.” 480 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq1001-1500 韻イン rhyme, elegance, tone 1 S 2148 音: sound; noise 員: employee; member; number; the one in charge 19 音 180 9 おと・おとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic rhyme What is a RHYME but some SOUND that EMPLOYEES say to get them through work. “Dr Seuss´s employee finally rebels against him: ”“I´m tired of odd sounds all the time, I will not, cannot, speak in RHYME!”“.” 481 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 識シキし.る、しる.すさと, さとる discriminating, know, write 意識(いしき): (1) consciousness (2) awareness; sense (3) mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information) 認識(にんしき): recognition; cognizance; cognisance 知識(ちしき): knowledge; information 常識(じょうしき): common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice; social etiquette 標識(ひょうしき): sign; mark; flag 良識(りょうしき): good sense 3 5 496 言: say 戠: sword; potter's clay; to gather 19 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic discriminating Words are difficult to discriminate/discern from sounds in the middle of a fiesta. I have discriminating taste. I´d rather listen to the words of a lecture than attend a kazoo concert. (Picture some snobby guy in a tweed jacket turning up his nose at entering a loud raucous kazoo recital). 482 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 鏡キョウ、ケイかがみあき, かが, かがん mirror, speculum, barrel-head, round rice-cake offering 鏡(かがみ): mirror 望遠鏡(ぼうえんきょう): telescope 眼鏡(めがね): (1) spectacles; glasses (2) judgement; discrimination; discernment; insight 顕微鏡(けんびきょう): microscope 1 4 1506 金: gold 竟: end; finally 19 金 167 8 かね・かねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic mirror Mirror should suggest vanity. Imagine a spoiled girl who gets her parents to buy her a Golden mirror so she can stand in front of it all day vainly admiring her lovely human legs. metal + stand up + sun + legs remember the legend of Amaterasu who retired in a cave. the other Gods brought a MIRROR made of polished METAL at the entrance of the cave. Amaterasu who was STANDING UP saw her image of the SUN and began to dance with her LEGS. 483 grade4 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1501-2000 境キョウ、ケイさかいさか, じき boundary, border, region 環境(かんきょう): environment; circumstance 国境(こっきょう): national border; provincial border 境(さかい): (1) border; boundary (2) area; region; spot; space; environment (3) psychological state; mental state (4) cognitive object; something perceptible by the sense organs or mind 境界(きょうかい): boundary 境遇(きょうぐう): environment; circumstances 2 5 346 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 竟: end; finally 14 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic boundary In the dense cities of Japan even a small garden is a luxury. In this house, the owner has put mirrors on the boundary of his land so it feels much bigger. This is an old trick to keep out migrants. You put a bunch of dirty mirrors on the boundary of your land and theirs. When they approach the boundary, what they see in the mirror is their own land and someone that looks like themselves, only dirtier, so they figure your country isn´t any better than their own and they head back home. 484 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq251-500 亡ボウ、モウな.い、な.き-、ほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす deceased, the late, dying, perish 死亡(しぼう): (1) death; mortality (2) to die; to pass away 逃亡(とうぼう): escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing 滅亡(めつぼう): downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction 亡くなる(なくなる): to die 3 6 661 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 匚: box-on-side enclosure radical (no. 22) 3 亠 8 2 けいさん・けいさんかんむり・なべぶた (none) 象形 Pictographic deceased The top hat hanging on a hook belonged to the now deceased Charlie Chaplin. The recently DECEASED are said to hang their hats on a hook by the door to the afterlife. 485 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 盲モウめくら blind, blind man, ignoramus 盲点(もうてん): blind spot 1 S 1767 亡: deceased; the late; dying; perish 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 8 目 109 5 め・めへん・よこめ (none) 形声 Phonetic blind Deceased eyes! Easy ;). A person with deceased eyes is blind. 486 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Sense kanjifreq1501-2000 妄モウ、ボウみだ.りに delusion, unnecessarily, without authority, reckless 1 S 2264 亡: deceased; the late; dying; perish 女: woman; female 6 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 形声 Phonetic delusion “I had a problem with remembering that ”“deceased”“ went over the ”“woman”“. So, here´s my story: The delusional woman was carrying her deceased husband on her back.” If you think you should perish for that woman, you have a major delusion. 487 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 荒コウあら.い、あら-、あ.れる、あ.らす、-あ.らし、すさ.むら laid waste, rough, rude, wild 荒す(あらす): (1) to lay waste; to devastate; to damage (2) to invade; to break into (3) to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam 荒れる(あれる): (1) to be stormy; to be rough (2) to be ruined; to fall into ruin (3) to be in a bad temper; to lose one's temper 荒廃(こうはい): ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay 荒っぽい(あらっぽい): rough; rude 荒い(あらい): rough; rude; wild 2 S 1099 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 亡: deceased; the late; dying; perish 巛: curving river radical (no.47) 9 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic laid waste After Godzilla laid waste to the city, the survivors put some flowers on the bodies of the deceased and floated their bodies down the stream. “Laying waste is just a euphamism for flushing poop down the toilet. It smells nothing like flowers, more like deceased flowers, and it´s flushed down into a stream of sewage. Use ”“waste”“ to avoid destroy (#365) demolition (#400).” 488 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 望ボウ、モウのぞ.む、もちみ, も ambition, full moon, hope, desire, aspire to, expect 希望(きぼう): hope; wish; aspiration 要望(ようぼう): demand for; request 展望(てんぼう): view; outlook; prospect 絶望(ぜつぼう): despair; hopelessness 望み(のぞみ): (1) wish; desire; hope (2) prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes 失望(しつぼう): disappointment; despair 望む(のぞむ): (1) to desire (2) to wish for; to expect (3) to see; to command (a view of) 有望(ゆうぼう): good prospects; full of hope; promising 待望(たいぼう): (1) expectant waiting (2) long-awaited 望遠鏡(ぼうえんきょう): telescope 欲望(よくぼう): desire; appetite; lust 望ましい(のぞましい): desirable; hoped for 待ち望む(まちのぞむ): to look anxiously for; to wait eagerly for 志望(しぼう): wish; desire; ambition 3 4 470 亡: deceased; the late; dying; perish 月: month; moon 玉: jewel; ball 11 月 74 4 つき・つきへん (none) 形声 Phonetic ambition You´re dead meat, buddy, my ambition is to be king. The ambitions of kings often result in dead bodies. 489 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 方ホウかた、-かた、-がたから, な, なた, ふさ, まさ, みち, も, わ direction, person, alternative “一方(いっぽう): (1) one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party (2) on the one hand; on the other hand (3) whereas; although; but at the same time; meanwhile; in turn (4) (after noun, adjective-stem or plain verb) just keeps; being inclined to …; tending to be …; tending to do …; continuously …; just keeps on …ing; only 見方(みかた): (1) viewpoint; point of view (2) way of understanding; way of appreciating; how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule) 地方(ちほう): (1) area; locality; district; region; province (2) countryside; rural area (3) coast (esp. as seen from the water) (4) person singing ballads in noh; person in charge of music in a Japanese dance performance 方向(ほうこう): (1) direction; orientation; bearing; way (2) course (e.g. of action) 方針(ほうしん): objective; plan; policy 方法(ほうほう): method; process; manner; way; means; technique 行方(ゆくえ): (1) (one's) whereabouts (2) course; direction 仕方(しかた): way; method; means; resource; course 方面(ほうめん): (1) direction; district; area (2) field (e.g. of study) 夕方(ゆうがた): evening; dusk 両方(りょうほう): both sides; both parties 方々(かたがた): (1) they (of people); gentlemen (of the …) (2) you (usu. plural) (3) various 味方(みかた): friend; ally; supporter 他方(たほう): (1) one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party (2) on the other hand 大方(おおかた): perhaps; almost all; majority 方(ほう): (1) direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction) (2) side (of an argument, etc.); one's part (3) type; category (4) field (of study, etc.) (5) indicates one side of a comparison (6) way; method; manner; means (7) length (of each side of a square) 方言(ほうげん): dialect 明け方(あけがた): dawn 彼方此方(あちらこちら): (1) here and there (2) to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up 方式(ほうしき): form; method; system; formula 方策(ほうさく): plan; policy 彼方(あちら): (1) that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener); over there; yonder (2) that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener); that (3) that person (someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener) (4) there (place distant from both speaker and listener); over there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation) 長方形(ちょうほうけい): rectangle; oblong 方程式(ほうていしき): equation; formula 遠方(えんぽう): long way; distant place 方角(ほうがく): direction; way; compass point 彼方(かなた): beyond; across; the other side; the distance 正方形(せいほうけい): square 平方(へいほう): square (e.g. metre); square 此方(こちら): (1) this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker); this direction (2) here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is) (3) this one (something physically close to the speaker) (4) I; me; we; us (5) this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status) 其方(そちら): (1) that way (direction distant from the speaker, close to the listener) (2) there (place distant from the speaker, close to the listener) (3) that one (something close to the listener) (4) you; your family (5) that person (someone close to the listener) 何方(どちら): (1) which way; which direction; where (2) which one (esp. of two alternatives) (3) who 仕方がない(しかたがない): it can't be helped; it's inevitable; it's no use; can't stand it; being impatient; being annoyed 何方(どなた): who? 貴方(あなた): (1) you (referring to someone of equal or lower status) (2) dear (what a wife calls a husband) 方(かた): (1) direction; way (2) person; lady; gentleman (3) method of; manner of; way of (4) care of .. (5) person in charge of .. (6) side (e.g. ”“on my mother's side”“) 目方(めかた): weight 方々(ほうぼう): here and there; this way and that way 立方(たちかた): dancing (geisha) 外方(そっぽ): look (or turn) the other way 立方(りっぽう): cube 泳ぎ方(およぎかた): way of swimming” 4 2 46 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 4 方 70 4 ほう・ほうへん・かた・かたへん (none) 象形 Pictographic direction “Note: The primitives are top hat and bound up. Compare ten thousand (#64). Story: A rich man wearing a top hat and bound up from head to toe hobbles up to you and asks for directions to the nearest police station because he just escaped from his kidnappers.” I always keep my directions bound to the bottom of my top hat so I won´t lose them. 490 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Directions Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq1-250 妨ボウさまた.げる disturb, prevent, hamper, obstruct 妨害(ぼうがい): disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference 妨げる(さまたげる): to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder 1 S 1482 女: woman; female 方: direction; person; alternative 7 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 形声 Phonetic disturb Capt. Jack Sparrow´s compass gets disturbed every time a beautiful woman walks by him (just picture Keira Knightley in her sexy asian outfit as Elizabeth and the image will be fixed forever). One way to Disturb a woman is to give her directions while she is in the middle of driving – she just can´t take that kind of stress. 491 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 坊ボウ、ボッ boy, priest's residence, priest, your, his, or her boy 赤ん坊(あかんぼう): baby; infant 坊さん(ぼうさん): Buddhist priest; monk 坊ちゃん(ぼっちゃん): (1) son (of others) (2) young master (3) green young man from a well-to-do family 寝坊(ねぼう): (1) sleeping in late; oversleeping (2) late riser; sleepyhead 坊や(ぼうや): boy 朝寝坊(あさねぼう): oversleeping; late riser 2 S 1832 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 方: direction; person; alternative 7 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic boy Little boys always head in the direction of mud and dirt. Boys thoughts often head in dirty directions. 492 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_People_General kanjifreq1501-2000 芳ホウかんば.しいお, かおる, は, ほ, みち, やす, よし perfume, balmy, flavorable, fragrant 1 S 1302 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 方: direction; person; alternative 7 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic perfumed She used a perfume so strong, that you can track her by following the direction of the smell of flowers. People always seem to overdo it with their perfume. It seems that whenever I am at school, somebody walks by with their cheap flowery perfume. If I close my eyes, I can actually use that floweriness as a compass - it tells me which direction they´re in. 493 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Sense kanjifreq1001-1500 肪ボウ obese, fat 脂肪(しぼう): fat; grease; blubber 1 S 1878 肉: meat 方: direction; person; alternative 8 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic obese Flesh in all directions = obese. Yo momma so obese, she changed the direction of the moon. 494 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 訪ホウおとず.れる、たず.ねる、と.うわ call on, visit, look up, offer sympathy 訪問(ほうもん): call; visit 訪ねる(たずねる): to visit 訪れる(おとずれる): (1) to visit; to call on (2) to arrive; to come; to appear 3 6 372 言: say 方: direction; person; alternative 11 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic call on When you call on someone, you point your words in their direction. When calling on a girl, you´d better what what sweet words will turn her fancy in your direction. (Image: last century teenagers on a frilly couch in the sitting room, she with her back to him, and he fumbling for the right words to turn her around). 495 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 放ホウはな.す、-っぱな.し、はな.つ、はな.れる、こ.く、ほう.るはなれ set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate 放送(ほうそう): broadcast; broadcasting 開放(かいほう): open; throw open; liberalization; liberalisation 解放(かいほう): (1) release; unleashing; liberation; emancipation; setting free (2) deallocation (of computer memory) 追放(ついほう): exile; banishment; eviction; transportation 放る(ほうる): (1) to throw; to toss; to fling (2) to throw away; to discard (3) to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone; to give up on; to leave undone; to leave unfinished 放射能(ほうしゃのう): radioactivity 放置(ほうち): leave as is; leave to chance; leave alone; neglect 放出(ほうしゅつ): release; emission; ejection 放射(ほうしゃ): radiation; emission 放す(はなす): (1) to release; to let go; to free; to set free; to let loose; to turn loose (2) to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc. 放れる(はなれる): to leave; to get free; to cut oneself off 放り込む(ほうりこむ): to throw into; to toss into 放り出す(ほうりだす): to throw out; to fire; to expel; to give up; to abandon; to neglect 3 3 288 方: direction; person; alternative 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) 8 攴 66 4 ぼくにょう・ぼくづくり・とまた・のぶん・しぶん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic set free Go in any direction away from your taskmaster when you are set free. When slaves were set free from their masters, they set off in all directions… 496 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 激ゲキはげ.しい violent, get excited, enraged, chafe, incite 急激(きゅうげき): sudden; precipitous; radical 刺激(しげき): stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation 感激(かんげき): deep emotion; impression; inspiration 激励(げきれい): encouragement 激しい(はげしい): violent; vehement; intense; furious; tempestuous 激増(げきぞう): sudden increase 1 6 560 水: water 敫: ancient musical instrument 16 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic violent When the taskmaster found his favorite white compas damaged by water, he became the most violent taskmaster there ever was. Overnight the slave got Violent and was Set Free. Overnight….Set Free. 497 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq501-750 脱ダツぬ.ぐ、ぬ.げる undress, removing, escape from, get rid of, be left out, take off 脱出(だっしゅつ): (1) escape; break-out (2) prolapse; proptosis 脱退(だったい): secession; retirement; withdrawal (e.g. from a lawsuit) 脱する(だっする): to escape from; to get out 脱線(だっせん): (1) derailment (2) digression; deviation 脱ぐ(ぬぐ): to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress 1 S 782 肉: meat 兌: exchange 11 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic undress HORNY TEENAGERS love to UNDRESS FLESH. Before you undress I should warn you – the sight of flesh brings out the devil in me. 498 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 説セツ、ゼイと.くさとし, とき rumor, opinion, theory 演説(えんぜつ): speech; address 説明(せつめい): explanation; exposition 小説(しょうせつ): novel; (short) story 解説(かいせつ): explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation 説得(せっとく): persuasion 伝説(でんせつ): tradition; legend; folklore 社説(しゃせつ): editorial; leading article 学説(がくせつ): theory 説(せつ): theory 説く(とく): to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade 概説(がいせつ): general statement; outline 4 4 326 言: say 兌: exchange 14 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic rumor The words of a horny teenager typically fall into one of two categories: either rumors or explanations. The words of the devil incite rumours and false explanations. 499 grade4 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq251-500 鋭エイするど.いとし pointed, sharpness, edge, weapon, sharp, violent 鋭い(するどい): (1) sharp (blade); pointed (2) sharp (pain); stabbing; cutting (remark); stinging; pointed (question or look); screeching (noise) (3) perceptive; keen; quick (mind); astute; shrewd; discerning (4) nimble; agile; quick 2 S 1395 金: gold 兌: exchange 15 金 167 8 かね・かねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic pointed Pointed is the metal devil´s pitchfork. The Horny teenager who worked part time at a gold smelting plant always had uncontrollable errections that pointed out all the time, this is not a good thing to have when you work in a gold smelting plant, surely he will one day end up with a Goldmember! 500 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq1001-1500 曽ソウ、ソ、ゾウかつ.て, か.って, すなわち once, before, formerly, ever, never, ex- 0 S 1320 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12)

田: rice field; rice paddy 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days

11 曰 73 4 ひらび・いわく曾象形 Pictographic formerly The Artist formerly Known as Prince has the horniest brain around, and I think you can imagine what his wagging tongue is doing… Formerly, horned animals were used to plough the ricefield, and it took all day. Nowadays it´s done by machine. 501 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Time kanjifreq1001-1500 増ゾウま.す、ま.し、ふ.える、ふ.やすまし, ます increase, add, augment, gain, promote 増加(ぞうか): increase; increment; addition 増大(ぞうだい): enlargement; increase 増し(まし): (1) better; less objectionable; preferable (2) more; increase; extra (3) increase; growth 増減(ぞうげん): increase and decrease; fluctuation 増強(ぞうきょう): augment; reinforce; increase 増進(ぞうしん): promoting; increase; advance 増す(ます): to increase; to grow 激増(げきぞう): sudden increase 3 5 231 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 曽: formerly; once; before; ever; never; ex- 14 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん增形声 Phonetic increase Prices always INCREASE for LAND that was FORMERLY cheaper. Farmers work the land so they can INCREASE their formerly puny crop supply. 502 grade5 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Counting_Handling.amounts kanjifreq1-250 贈ゾウ、ソウおく.る presents, send, give to, award to, confer on, presenting something 贈物(おくりもの): present; gift 贈る(おくる): to send; to give to; to award to; to confer on 寄贈(きぞう): donation; presentation; gift 2 S 1001 貝: shellfish 曽: formerly; once; before; ever; never; ex- 18 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい贈形声 Phonetic presents Presents represent money that was formerly yours. Imagine if the number of presents you get increases with each birthday. So on your first birthday, you receive just one shell as a present, but the next year it increases to two shells as presents, and so on, increasing and increasing so by the time you´re elderly, the number of shells you´ll get as presents will have increased to an awful lot of presents. GOT IT YET? PRESENTS = SHELLS + INCREASE. 503 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 東トウひがしあい, あがり, あずま, あづま, こ, さき, しの, とお, はる, ひが, もと east 東(ひがし): east 東西(とうざい): (1) east and west (2) Orient and Occident; East and West (3) Ladies and Gentlemen!; Your attention, please!; roll-up, roll-up 東洋(とうよう): Orient 関東(かんとう): Kantou (eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo) 東(あずま): (1) east (2) eastern Japan (3) six-stringed Japanese zither (4) my spouse 5 2 37 木: tree; wood 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 8 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 仮借 Loan east Traditionally seen as a pictograph of the sun rising behind a tree. The sun pierces through the trees as it rises in the east… 504 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Directions kanjifreq1-250 棟トウむね、むな- ridgepole, ridge 棟(とう): (1) large building; building with a long roof (2) counter for buildings, apartments, etc. 1 S 1406 木: tree; wood 東: east 12 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic ridgepole Feng Shui states that the ridgepole of a house should be made of wood and face east. Ok just a note to the ´ridgepole facing east story´ im making up a story to JUSTIFY why that is the case. Assuming that 99% of you guys use the age old story of a ´sun rising through a tree tells you were the east is´, back in those days when people used ridgepoles they wanted to align their houses in such a way that they face the rising sun, so they wake up with a bright day, and wake up early with the sun seeping through in a perpendicular manner( as the ridge pole faces the sun in the morning). 505 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1001-1500 凍トウこお.る、こご.える、こご.る、い.てる、し.みるこおり frozen, congeal, refrigerate 冷凍(れいとう): freezing; cold storage; refrigeration 凍る(こおる): to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal 凍える(こごえる): to freeze; to be chilled; to be frozen 2 S 1284 冫: two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15) 東: east 10 冫 15 2 にすい (none) 形声 Phonetic frozen Eastern Siberia is often frozen by ice. According to wikipedia, Yakutia (in Eastern Siberia) holds the record as the coldest town on Earth. Check it out yourself…it made it stick for me! The ice will stay frozen until the sun is visible through the trees. 506 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 妊ニン、ジンはら.む、みごも.る pregnancy 妊娠(にんしん): conception; pregnancy 1 S 1413 女: woman; female 壬: 9th calendar sign 7 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 形声 Phonetic pregnancy A pregnant woman is a porter of her child. The gentleman gave the woman a bit of sperm…BAM PREGNANCY! 507 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Function kanjifreq1001-1500 廷テイたか courts, imperial court, government office 法廷(ほうてい): courtroom 1 S 1439 壬: 9th calendar sign 廴: long stride or stretching radical (no. 54) 7 廴 54 3 えんにょう・いんにょう (none) 形声 Phonetic courts A porter has run away from his master. His punishment is to be stretched out on the rack. So say the courts in this barbaric time. The gentleman stretched the truth a bit in court. 508 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 染センそ.める、-ぞ.め、-ぞめ、そ.まる、し.みる、-じ.みる、し.み、-し.めるそめ dye, color, paint, stain, print 汚染(おせん): pollution; contamination 感染(かんせん): infection; contagion 染める(そめる): to dye; to colour; to color 伝染(でんせん): contagion; infection 染まる(そまる): (1) to be dyed (2) to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained; to be steeped 染みる(しみる): (1) to pierce; to penetrate; to soak in; to permeate (2) to (enter a wound or sensitive area and) sting (3) to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice) 染みる(じみる): to have a touch of; to look like 1 6 837 水: water 九: nine 木: tree; wood 9 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic dye To make this dye, I used water and the barks of nine different trees. The baseball team hangs their freshly dyed dripping jerseys at the top of a tree to dry. 509 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 燃ネンも.える、も.やす、も.す burn, blaze, glow 燃料(ねんりょう): fuel 燃焼(ねんしょう): burning; combustion 燃える(もえる): to burn; to get fired up 燃す(もす): to burn 2 5 948 火: fire 然: sort of thing; so; if so; in that case; well 16 火 86 4 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが (none) 形声 Phonetic burn Any sort of thing can burn in the fire. “Somebody from PETA is really angry that they sell dog meat in China, so they´ve gone to burn down the whole cart (my mnemonic for ”“sort of thing”“ was seeing strips of dog flesh roasting, and saying ”“well, that´s just the sort of thing they do here in China).” 510 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 賓ヒン V.I.P., guest 1 S 1677 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 少: few; little 貝: shellfish 15 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい賓会意 Compound Ideographic V.I.P. This house is reserved to V.I.P. only. If you are not one of the few with enough money to call you that way, keep out! The V.I.P. visits your house, but your ceiling is too low for his inflated head, which he bumps and hurts. You have to give him your few shells as compensation. 511 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq1501-2000 歳サイ、セイとし、とせ、よわい year-end, age, occasion, opportunity “万歳(ばんざい): (1) crying ”“banzai”“ (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture) (2) something worthy of celebration (3) giving up (4) long time (5) eternal life (and prosperity) (6) banzai (a celebratory cheer); hurrah (hooray, hurray) 二十歳(はたち): (1) 20 years old (2) twenty” 3 S 269 止: stop; halt 戍: protection 13 止 77 4 とまる・とめる・とめへん (none) 象形 Pictographic year-end Santa had to put his foot down to stop a march of little guys, namely elves. They were protesting the harsh treatment they get every year-end when Santa asks them to step up toy production for the holiday season. At the year-end, everything seems to come to a stop. However, there´s still enough time for a little march to celebrate. 512 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 県ケンか.けるあがた, がた prefecture 県庁(けんちょう): prefectural office 県(けん): (1) prefecture (of Japan) (2) county (of China) 4 3 140 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 小: little; small 9 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん縣会意 Compound Ideographic prefecture “In Japanese this is KEN, as in Barbie´s boyfriend. He has lovely blue eyes, a girlfriend who is as thin as a straightened out fish hook. But, down where it counts, he has very little to show…” After sticking a fishhook in your eye, the yakuza boss probably has little more to do to convince you to move to a different prefecture. 513 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 栃とち horse chestnut, (kokuji) 0 S 1427 木: tree; wood 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 万: ten thousand; 10,000 9 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 国字 Original horse chestnut There are a bunch of HORSE CHESTNUT TREES on top of this CLIFF above the beach. Chestnuts keep rolling off the cliff and falling on people´s heads. So far TEN THOUSAND people have been killed by falling chestnuts, and the Japanese government still ain´t did shit about it. There is a horse chestnut tree that has grown by a cliff for so long, it has deposited 10,000 horse chesnuts that lie at the bottom. Don´t worry over this one too much, you´ll spend so much time trying to figure out the right story for it, you probably won´t forget it. 514 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq1001-1500 地チ、ジどま ground, earth 現地(げんち): actual place; local; on-site 地域(ちいき): area; region 地球(ちきゅう): the earth; the globe 地元(じもと): (1) home area; home town (2) local 地方(ちほう): (1) area; locality; district; region; province (2) countryside; rural area (3) coast (esp. as seen from the water) (4) person singing ballads in noh; person in charge of music in a Japanese dance performance 土地(とち): plot of land; lot; soil 基地(きち): base 地震(じしん): earthquake 地(ち): (1) earth; ground; land; soil (2) place (3) territory (4) bottom (of a package, book, etc.) (5) earth (one of the five elements) 地位(ちい): (social) position; status 地下(ちか): (1) basement; cellar; underground place (2) underground; below ground (3) secret; under cover (4) underground (railway); subway; metro 地帯(ちたい): area; zone; belt (of land) 地下鉄(ちかてつ): underground train; subway 地図(ちず): map 地点(ちてん): site; point on a map; spot 敷地(しきち): site; plot; lot; grounds 余地(よち): place; room; margin; scope 産地(さんち): producing area 植民地(しょくみんち): (1) colony (2) colonial 農地(のうち): agricultural land 団地(だんち): multi-unit apartments 地獄(じごく): hell 墓地(ぼち): cemetery; graveyard 地味(じみ): plain; simple; subdued; sober 地理(ちり): geography 意地(いじ): disposition; spirit; willpower; obstinacy; backbone; appetite 地面(じめん): ground; earth's surface 生地(きじ): (1) cloth; material; texture (2) one's true character (3) unglazed pottery (4) uncooked dough; batter 見地(けんち): point of view 心地(ここち): (1) feeling; sensation; mood (2) sensation of doing (usu. after -masu stem of verb) 地形(ちけい): terrain; geographical features; topography 地主(じぬし): landlord; landowner 地名(ちめい): place name 遊園地(ゆうえんち): amusement park 地質(ちしつ): geological features 盆地(ぼんち): basin (e.g. between mountains) 地区(ちく): district; section; sector 地盤(じばん): stronghold; base; (the) ground 地下水(ちかすい): underground water 地平線(ちへいせん): horizon (related to land) 下地(したじ): groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; elementary knowledge of; grounding in; prearrangement; spadework; signs; symptoms; first coat of plastering; soy 天地(てんち): (1) heaven and earth; the universe; nature; top and bottom; realm; sphere; world (2) top and bottom (3) gods of heaven and earth 無地(むじ): plain; unfigured 意地悪(いじわる): malicious; ill-tempered; unkind 番地(ばんち): house number; address 各地(かくち): every place; various places 耕地(こうち): arable land 領地(りょうち): territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school) 畑地(はたち): farmland 4 2 40 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 也: to be (classical) 6 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic ground Picture the ground as an extent of soil where scorpions are buried like land mines. Imagine a sign post saying ´no trespassing, scorpion mines´ if that helps, and how it is dangerous to walk there. The soil is littered with scorpions everywhere and no ones dares put their foot on the ground. 515 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Nature_Substance kanjifreq1-250 池チいけ pond, cistern, pool, reservoir 池(いけ): pond 電池(でんち): battery 乾電池(かんでんち): dry cell; battery 4 2 827 水: water 也: to be (classical) 6 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic pond Remember the story of the scorpion that begged the turtle for a ride across the pond? Halfway across the water, the scorpion stung the turtle on the neck and they both sank to the bottom. Water scorpions loves to live in the pond. 516 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq751-1000 虫チュウ、キむしむ insect, bug, temper 虫(むし): insect; bug; cricket; moth; worm 昆虫(こんちゅう): insect; bug 虫歯(むしば): cavity; tooth decay; decayed tooth; caries 2 1 1351 中: in; inside; middle; mean; center 6 虫 142 6 むし・むしへん蟲会意 Compound Ideographic insect I see the bottom of this kanji as an arm, and the top is an insect biting into the arm, sucking some blood. Insect in one drop of amber. Think Jurassic Park. 517 grade1 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Animal kanjifreq1001-1500 蛍ケイほたる lightning-bug, firefly 蛍光灯(けいこうとう): (1) fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light (2) person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake 1 S 2031 小: small, insignificant 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 虫: insect; bug; temper 11 虫 142 6 むし・むしへん螢形声 Phonetic lightning bug Bugs have to go to school to learn how to become lightning bugs. Only the brightest bugs graduate to become lightning bugs. Q: Who´s the smartest insect in school? A: The lightning-bug. Because he´s so bright! (Image: lightning bug in school with glasses, pocket protector, etc. Maybe even have some cool kids teasing him). 518 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Animal kanjifreq2001-2500 蛇ジャ、ダ、イ、ヤへびあぶ, み snake, serpent, hard drinker 蛇口(じゃぐち): faucet; tap 1 S 1721 虫: insect; bug; temper 它: other 11 虫 142 6 むし・むしへん (none) 形声 Phonetic snake A snake eats insects and he does that outside, while we eat another snake in the house and preferably with a spoon. Solid Snake crawled like a bug, infiltrated my house, and took out everyone with a spoon. 519 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Zodiac Kanji_Nature_Animal kanjifreq1501-2000 虹コウにじ rainbow 虹(にじ): rainbow 1 S 2110 虫: insect; bug; temper 工: craft; construction; katakana e radical (no. 48) 9 虫 142 6 むし・むしへん (none) 形声 Phonetic rainbow Little is it known that a rainbow is actually created by insects of different colours flying in formation, a craft they have perfected to create the rainbows we see today. Rainbow is of course created by billions of colored insects (what? you really thought it was an optical illusion?). However I had problems remembering that the insect primitive goes on the left. If you have similar difficulties, try this: rainbow is an Insect-Craft. Mnemonic: I.C. Rainbow (I see rainbow). 520 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq2001-2500 蝶チョウ butterfly 蝶(ちょう): butterfly 1 S+ 2011 虫: insect; bug; temper 世: generation; world; society; public 木: tree; wood (none) butterfly A butterfly is an insect that appears after spending a generation on a tree as a cocoon. Butterflies are insects that like to eat just the flowers but leave the leaves behind. (helps me to think of the kanji for leaves, minus the flower bit). 521 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 独ドク、トクひと.りどいつ, どっ single, alone, spontaneously, Germany 独自(どくじ): original; peculiar; characteristic; proprietary 独立(どくりつ): independence (e.g. Independence Day); self-support 独特(どくとく): peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic 独裁(どくさい): dictatorship; despotism 独占(どくせん): (1) monopoly (2) to monopolize; to hog 独身(どくしん): bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate 孤独(こどく): isolation; loneliness; solitude 単独(たんどく): sole; independence; single; solo (flight) 独創(どくそう): originality 独り言(ひとりごと): soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself 独りでに(ひとりでに): by itself; automatically; naturally 2 5 365 犬: dog 虫: insect; bug; temper 9 犬 94 4 いぬ・けものへん獨形声 Phonetic single The bachelor´s apartment looked like it had been attacked by a pack of wild dogs. There were even insects in the kitchen. No wonder he´s single! A SINGLE guy is a WILD DOG who BUGS many women. 522 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 蚕サン、テンかいこ、こ silkworm 1 6 2272 天: heavens; sky; imperial 虫: insect; bug; temper 10 虫 142 6 むし・むしへん蠶形声 Phonetic silkworm There are no insects in heaven - well, that is, except for silkworms. What, do you expect Jesus to import his fancy robes from China? In China it was believed that the silkworms were insects sent from heaven because of the beautiful material they produced. 523 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Animal kanjifreq2001-2500 風フウ、フかぜ、かざ-、-かぜい, え wind, air, style, manner 風景(ふうけい): scenery 台風(たいふう): typhoon; hurricane 風邪(かぜ): cold (illness); common cold 風俗(ふうぞく): (1) manners; customs (2) sex service; sex industry 風船(ふうせん): balloon (esp. small, toy variety) 和風(わふう): (1) Japanese style (2) light wind; moderate breeze 風呂(ふろ): (1) bath; bathtub (2) bathroom; bathhouse (3) room for drying lacquerware (4) base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle) 風土(ふうど): natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features 扇風機(せんぷうき): electric fan 洋風(ようふう): Western style 暴風(ぼうふう): storm; windstorm; gale 風習(ふうしゅう): custom 風(かぜ): wind; breeze 風(ふう): (1) method; manner; way; style (2) appearance; air (3) tendency (4) folk song (genre of the Shi Jing) (5) wind (one of the five elements) 風呂敷(ふろしき): wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper 風車(かざぐるま): (1) pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy) (2) windmill (3) Clematis patens (species of climbing plant) 気風(きふう): character; traits; ethos お風呂(おふろ): bath 4 2 558 几: table; table enclosure; table or windy radical (no. 16) 虫: insect; bug; temper 9 風 182 9 かぜ (none) 形声 Phonetic wind They say that when an INSECT flaps its wings even the single DROP of WIND that it creates is sometimes enough to create a hurricane on the other side of the Earth. The WIND usually carries things around in it - drops of rain or snow, and lots of insects. 524 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq501-750 己コ、キおのれ、つちのと、なし, み self, snake, serpent 自己(じこ): self; oneself 1 6 1098 已: oneself (radical no. 49) 3 己 49 3 おのれ・き・つちのと (none) 象形 Pictographic self “This kanji looks like the ”“s”“ of ”“self”“, looking at its own reflection in a mirror (reversed sideways), as if pondering about his ”“self”“.” When Superman looks at himself in the mirror, this is what he sees on his chest. 525 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_General kanjifreq1001-1500 起キお.きる、お.こる、お.こす、おこ.す、た.つ rouse, wake up, get up 起こす(おこす): to raise; to cause; to wake someone 起源(きげん): origin; beginning; rise 起こる(おこる): to occur; to happen 起床(きしょう): rising; getting out of bed 引き起す(ひきおこす): to cause; to induce 起点(きてん): starting point; origin 起伏(きふく): (1) undulation (2) ups and downs; highs and lows 起きる(おきる): (1) to get up; to rise (2) to wake up (3) to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place 4 3 374 走: run 己: self; snake; serpent 10 走 156 7 はしる・そうにょう (none) 形声 Phonetic rouse Be careful when you´re RUNNING through the jungle, because you might step on and ROUSE a sleeping SNAKE. Then you´ll have to RUN like hell before it bites you! Nothing will rouse you quite as much as finding a snake in your bed. You will run away like you´ve never run before! 526 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq251-500 妃ヒきさきき, ぴ, み queen, princess 1 S 1752 女: woman; female 己: self; snake; serpent 6 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic queen Cleopatra. Be careful you don´t pick up a drag queen at a club - they might look like women, but they have a snake down there! 527 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq1501-2000 改カイあらた.める、あらた.まる reformation, change, modify, mend, renew, examine, inspect, search 改革(かいかく): reform; reformation; innovation 改正(かいせい): revision; amendment; alteration 改善(かいぜん): (1) betterment; improvement (2) kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement) 改造(かいぞう): (1) remodeling; remodelling; restructuring (2) modding 改良(かいりょう): improvement; reform 改める(あらためる): (1) to change; to alter; to revise; to replace (2) to reform; to correct; to mend; to improve (3) to examine; to check; to inspect (4) to do properly; to do formally 改札(かいさつ): (1) examination of tickets (2) ticket gate; ticket barrier 改定(かいてい): revision (of a rule, price, etc.); reform; alteration; change 改修(かいしゅう): repair; improvement 改めて(あらためて): another time; again; over again; once again; anew 改訂(かいてい): revision (of text); alteration; change 改まる(あらたまる): (1) to be renewed (2) to stand on ceremony; to be formal (3) to take a turn for the worse 改悪(かいあく): deterioration; changing for the worse 2 4 147 己: self; snake; serpent 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) 7 攴 66 4 ぼくにょう・ぼくづくり・とまた・のぶん・しぶん (none) 形声 Phonetic reformation The taskmaster of Slytherin ( wizardry house symbolized by a snake ) plans a reformation of Hogwarts, disallowing the study of magic to all muggle-born. こわいですね！. This is a Meiji reformation taskmaster, trying to force usage of the Roman alphabet in Japan in place of Kanji. He holds a snake in the shape of the letter S and tries to explain how much simpler this is (j/k). 528 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1-250 記キしる.すのり scribe, account, narrative 記事(きじ): article; news story; report; account 記者(きしゃ): reporter 記録(きろく): (1) record; minutes; document (2) a record (e.g. in sports); results; score (3) to record; to document (4) to set a record (e.g. in sports); to show a result; to reach a value 記念(きねん): commemoration; memory 記憶(きおく): (1) memory; recollection; remembrance (2) storage 記述(きじゅつ): description; descriptor 日記(にっき): diary; journal 記す(しるす): (1) to write down; to note; to jot down (2) to remember 記号(きごう): symbol; code; sign; notation 記入(きにゅう): entry; filling in of forms 筆記(ひっき): (taking) notes; copying 記載(きさい): record; statement; description; mention; listing; registration; booking; entry 伝記(でんき): biography; life story 暗記(あんき): memorization; memorisation; learning by heart 記名(きめい): (1) signature; register (2) to put one's name on; to sign (3) stamped name; typed name 3 2 149 言: say 己: self; snake; serpent 10 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic scribe A scribe writes down the words spoken by a snake (i.e. a lawyer). Snakes have no hands. So, when a snake needs to write down something, it has to call in a SCRIBE, who will write down all the sayings of the snake. 529 grade2 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq1-250 包ホウつつ.む、くる.むお, かね wrap, pack up, cover, conceal 包む(つつむ): (1) to wrap up; to tuck in; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in (2) to conceal; to hide; to be engulfed in; to be enveloped by 小包み(こづつみ): parcel; package 包丁(ほうちょう): kitchen knife; carving knife 包装(ほうそう): packing; wrapping 包み(つつみ): bundle; package; parcel; bale 包帯(ほうたい): bandage; dressing 2 4 954 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 己: self; snake; serpent 5 勹 20 2 つつみがまえ・くがまえ (none) 象形 Pictographic wrap The snake bound up its prey by wrapping his body around it. Imagine Jessie sending in her Ekans (snake pokemon), and telling it to use bind attack to wrap up pikachu. 530 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 胞ホウ placenta, sac, sheath 細胞(さいぼう): cell (biology) 1 S 1379 肉: meat 包: wrap; pack up; cover; conceal 9 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic placenta Imagine a newborn baby, fresh out of the womb, being entirely wrapped by the long piece of flesh, called a placenta, that once fed him. Placenta is flesh/part of the body wrapped around the foetus. 531 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 砲ホウづつ cannon, gun 鉄砲(てっぽう): (1) gun (2) wooden pole that sumo wrestlers strike in practice (practise) (3) fugu 1 S 1268 石: stone 包: wrap; pack up; cover; conceal 10 石 112 5 いし・いしへん (none) 形声 Phonetic cannon Primitive cannons fired stones wrapped with poisonous snakes. Cannon = stone projectile wrapped by a barrel. 532 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq1001-1500 泡ホウあわ bubbles, foam, suds, froth 泡(あぶく): bubble; foam; froth; head on beer 1 S 1872 水: water 包: wrap; pack up; cover; conceal 8 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic bubble When water forms a bubble, it wraps a pocket of air. To prevent people from popping bubble wrap for fun, the post office has started filling the bubbles with water. 533 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 亀キ、キュウ、キンかめひさ, ひさし tortoise, turtle 1 S 1353 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 11 龜 213 16 かめ龜象形 Pictographic tortoise It seems bizarre, but tortoises are a genetic cross with the head of a fish and the tail of an eel. Where the shell comes from, no one knows. A tortoise is prosperity bound up with a tail. They are very lucky creatures. 534 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Animal kanjifreq1001-1500 電デン electricity 電話(でんわ): (1) telephone call; phone call (2) telephone (device); phone 電気(でんき): (1) electricity (2) (electric) light 電力(でんりょく): electric power 電子(でんし): (1) electron (2) (esp. as a prefix) electronic; electronics 電車(でんしゃ): (electric) train 電波(でんぱ): (1) electro-magnetic wave; radio wave (2) nonsense 発電(はつでん): generation (e.g. power) 電源(でんげん): (1) source of electricity; electrical power (2) power (button on TV, etc.) 電池(でんち): battery 停電(ていでん): power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply 電報(でんぽう): telegram 電流(でんりゅう): electric current 乾電池(かんでんち): dry cell; battery 電線(でんせん): (1) electric line; electric cable; power cable (2) telephone line; telegraph wire 電柱(でんちゅう): telephone pole; telegraph pole; lightpole 電球(でんきゅう): light bulb 電灯(でんとう): electric light 5 2 268 雨: rain 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 13 雨 173 8 あめ・あめかんむり・あまかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic electricity Think of a two natural sources of electricity: electrical storms (a form of weather) and electrical eels. 電話でんわ phone, call. This kanji was invented by the first Chinaman to discover electricity. He was so unfortunate, he stepped on an electric eel and got struck by lighting at the same time. 535 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq251-500 竜リュウ、リョウ、ロウたつ、いせりう dragon, imperial 1 S 1195 龍: dragon; imperial 10 龍 212 16 りゅう龍象形 Pictographic dragon Have you ever seen an asian DRAGON? it looks like an eel, but can stand up because it has legs. If the poor villagers don´t provide him with a vase full of eels each day, the dragon will lay waste to the village. 536 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Religion.Creed kanjifreq1001-1500 滝ロウ、ソウたきらき waterfall, rapids, cascade 滝(たき): (1) waterfall (2) rapids 1 S 1478 水: water 竜: dragon; imperial 13 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい瀧形声 Phonetic waterfall The Water Dragon dwells in the waterfall. Ever went under a waterfall, vase in hand, trying to catch eels from the water as it pours down? 537 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1001-1500 豚トンぶた pork, pig 豚肉(ぶたにく): pork 1 S 1864 肉: meat 豕: pig; hog; pig radical (no. 152) 11 豕 152 7 いのこ・いのこへん・ぶた (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic pork Pork comes from the flesh of a sow. “One possible pictograph for ”“sow”“ primitive: the top line is a feeding trough, the stroke touching it is the head, the long curved stroke is the body (with a little hook at the end for the curly tail), and the four remaining strokes are the sow´s legs.” 538 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Animal kanjifreq1501-2000 逐チク pursue, drive away, chase, accomplish, attain, commit 1 S 2230 豕: pig; hog; pig radical (no. 152) 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 10 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic pursue “In association with consummate (#540), our sow is on the road pursuing a mate.” “The pig is on the road in the pursue of the turtle who is trying to escape (#283). (See story on escape (#283) & consummate (#540)).” 539 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 遂スイと.げる、つい.に consummate, accomplish, attain, commit (suicide) 遂げる(とげる): to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out 遂に(ついに): (1) finally; at last (2) (with neg) in the end 遣り遂げる(やりとげる): to accomplish 1 S 1423 豕: pig; hog; pig radical (no. 152) 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 12 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic consummate This is still Miss Piggy only she´s gotten horny (as she often does) and now she´s pursuing Kermit to help her consummate her desires. “In association with pursue (#539), our sow has tracked down a suitable mate, they´ve consummated their relationship, and now the little sow is all grown up into a boar with horns.” 540 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 家カ、ケいえ、や、うちあり, え, く, つか, べ house, home 家族(かぞく): family; members of a family 家庭(かてい): home; family; household 国家(こっか): state; country; nation 作家(さっか): author; writer; novelist; artist 農家(のうか): farmer; farm family 一家(いっか): a house; a home; a family; a household; one's family; one's folks; a style 画家(がか): painter; artist 家事(かじ): (1) housework; domestic chores (2) family affairs; household matters 家賃(やちん): rent 実家(じっか): (one's parents') home 家具(かぐ): furniture 家計(かけい): household economy; family finances 家屋(かおく): house; building 家畜(かちく): domestic animals; livestock; cattle 大家(たいか): expert 家主(やぬし): landlord 家内(かない): (1) (my) wife (2) inside the home; one's family 家出(いえで): running away from home; leaving home 実業家(じつぎょうか): industrialist; businessman 貸家(かしや): house for rent 家(いえ): (1) house; residence; dwelling (2) family; household (3) lineage; family name 家(うち): (1) house; home (one's own) (2) (one's) family; (one's) household 家(け): house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family 家来(けらい): retainer; retinue; servant 家(か): -ist (used after a noun indicating someone's occupation, pursuits, disposition, etc.); -er 4 2 133 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 豕: pig; hog; pig radical (no. 152) 10 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic house “Think of ”“The Three Little Pigs”“. There was a house made of straw, another made of sticks, and a third made of bricks, each occupied by a pig. So, naturally, housetop over pig means house, the central element of that story.” Man, ever hear of cleaning? This house is a pig sty. 541 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_People_Family Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1-250 嫁カよめ、とつ.ぐ、い.く、ゆ.く marry into, bride 嫁(よめ): (1) wife; bride (2) (one's) daughter-in-law 花嫁(はなよめ): bride 1 S 1581 女: woman; female 家: house; home; family; professional; expert; performer 13 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 形声 Phonetic marry into Since the Nihonjin man is hardly ever home, the woman feels more like she´s married into the house than into a relationship. Traditionally, it was the women who would marry into the households of their husband´s families. 542 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Family kanjifreq1501-2000 豪ゴウえら.いこう, ご, すぐる, たけ, たけし, ひで, まさる overpowering, great, powerful, excelling, Australia 豪華(ごうか): wonderful; gorgeous; splendor; splendour; pomp; extravagance 富豪(ふごう): wealthy person; millionaire 1 S 1104 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 口: mouth 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 豕: pig; hog; pig radical (no. 152) 14 豕 152 7 いのこ・いのこへん・ぶた (none) 形声 Phonetic overpowering In Orwell´s ´Animal Farm´ the pigs overpowered every other animals. They crownded themselves as ruler of the farm and walked tall on their rear legs, a crime strictly forbidden in the animal republic. Ganon, the tall crowned pig, has been overpowering ther land of Hyrule for decades. 543 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 腸チョウはらわた、わた intestines, guts, bowels, viscera 腸(ちょう): guts; bowels; intestines 1 4 1807 肉: meat 昜: open; sun 13 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic intestines Intestines are the part of the body that is taken out of piglets to make piggy banks. Just imagine factory workers scraping out the intestines of real piglets and packaging them up for little children. Taking things too literally, you used a real piglet as a piggy bank. Now when you smash it open to get your coins out, you have to dig out your coins from its intestines. ew. 544 grade4 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Organ.Torso kanjifreq1501-2000 場ジョウ、チョウば location, place 工場(こうじょう): factory; plant; mill; workshop 牧場(まきば): (1) farm (livestock); ranch (US); station (Aus, NZ) (2) pasture land; meadow; grazing land 現場(げんば): actual spot; scene; scene of the crime 市場(いちば): (1) (town) market (2) (the) marketplace 場所(ばしょ): (1) place; location; spot; position (2) room; space (3) basho (sumo wrestling tournament) 立場(たちば): standpoint; position; situation 会場(かいじょう): assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds 劇場(げきじょう): theatre; theater; playhouse 出場(しゅつじょう): (1) (stage) appearance; performance (2) participation (e.g. in a tournament) 場面(ばめん): scene; setting (e.g. of novel) 職場(しょくば): one's post; place of work; workplace 相場(そうば): (1) market price (2) speculation (e.g. on stocks) (3) reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation; esteem 入場(にゅうじょう): entrance; admission; entering 広場(ひろば): plaza; (public) square; piazza; forum; open space 駐車場(ちゅうしゃじょう): parking lot; parking place 登場(とうじょう): (1) entry (on stage); appearance (on screen) (2) entrance; introduction (into a market) 売り場(うりば): place where things are sold; point of sale; POS; sales floor; counter (in shop) 場合(ばあい): case; situation 農場(のうじょう): farm (agriculture) 本場(ほんば): (1) home; habitat; center; centre; best place (2) authentic; genuine 飛行場(ひこうじょう): airfield; airport 道場(どうじょう): (1) dojo (hall used for martial arts training) (2) manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment) 役場(やくば): town hall 式場(しきじょう): ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony 酒場(さかば): bar; bar-room 満場(まんじょう): unanimous; whole audience 市場(しじょう): (the) market (as a concept) 場(ば): (1) place; spot; space (2) field; discipline; sphere; realm (3) occasion; situation (4) scene (of a play, movie, etc.) (5) session (of the stock market) (6) area in which cards are laid out (in a card game) (7) field (8) field (gestalt psychology) 来場(らいじょう): attendance 4 2 52 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 昜: open; sun 12 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic location You´re looking for a good location to bury your piggy bank savings. It has to be in some soft soil that´s easy to dig up, well hidden, and easy to remember like this kanji. “Don´t confuse with place (#1127). Think of location not as a single fixed spot, but as the act of locating. You´ve buried your piggy bank in the dirt in your backyard, but you can´t remember where. You frantically dig everywhere in a process of location to find your piggy bank.” 545 grade2 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 湯トウゆ hot water, bath, hot spring 湯(ゆ): (1) hot water (2) hot bath; hot spring (3) molten iron 熱湯(ねっとう): boiling water 湯気(ゆげ): steam; vapour; vapor 湯飲み(ゆのみ): teacup 茶の湯(ちゃのゆ): tea ceremony 2 3 1356 水: water 昜: open; sun 12 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic hot water Imagine a hot water kettle for your tea, except this one is a pink piggy bank that pours the water from its snout (and squeals when the water is piping hot). Make sure to use a potholder! “Hot water is a phrase that can mean ”“getting into trouble.”“ This kanji pictures just one of the many meanings of that phrase: it´s water that you get into (with creditors and the like) when your piggy bank is empty!” 546 grade3 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 羊ヨウひつじよ sheep 羊毛(ようもう): wool 1 3 1852 羊: sheep, sheep radical (no. 123) 6 羊 123 6 ひつじ・ひつじへん (none) 象形 Pictographic sheep Picture of a sheep run over by a steam roller. Must have been a ram, note the horns. Our Lord and King put on ears and a tail to become a lowly sheep for the slaughter. 547 grade3 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Zodiac Kanji_Nature_Animal kanjifreq1501-2000 美ビ、ミうつく.しいはる, よし, よしみ, り beauty, beautiful 美術(びじゅつ): art; fine arts 美術館(びじゅつかん): art gallery; art museum 美しい(うつくしい): beautiful; lovely 美(び): beauty 美人(びじん): beautiful person (woman) 美容(びよう): beauty of figure or form 優美(ゆうび): grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness 賛美(さんび): praise; adoration; glorification 褒美(ほうび): reward; prize 美味しい(おいしい): delicious; tasty; sweet 華美(かび): pomp; splendor; splendour; gaudiness 3 3 462 羊: sheep 大: large; big 9 羊 123 6 ひつじ・ひつじへん (none) 象形 Pictographic beauty I guess this kanji proves it´s not just the Welsh whose idea of beauty is a large sheep. A Sheep on top of a dog is NOT a beautiful thing. 548 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 洋ヨウなだ, ひろ, ひろし, よ, よし ocean, western style 東洋(とうよう): Orient 海洋(かいよう): ocean 西洋(せいよう): the west; Western countries 洋服(ようふく): Western-style clothes (cf traditional Japanese clothes) 洋風(ようふう): Western style 洋品店(ようひんてん): shop which handles Western-style apparel and accessories 4 3 763 水: water 羊: sheep 9 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic ocean This kanji refers to the waters of the Pasheephic ocean. Remember the story of Jason and the Argonauts from Greek myth? Jason travelled across oceans of water in order to recover the fleece of a certain sheep. 549 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq751-1000 詳ショウくわ.しい、つまび.らかよし detailed, full, minute, accurate, well-informed 詳しい(くわしい): (1) detailed; full; accurate (2) knowing very well; well-acquainted; well-informed 詳細(しょうさい): detail; particulars 1 S 1178 言: say 羊: sheep 13 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic detailed “Trembling from head to hoof from such a traumatic experience, the sheep gives a very detailed worded account to the detective about his wolf attack. ”“We need more details Mr. Sheep. Tell us exactly where the baaad man touched you”“.” Say! detailed sheep, not like that! DE-TAILED sheep. Got it? 550 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 鮮センあざ.やか fresh, vivid, clear, brilliant, Korea 新鮮(しんせん): fresh 鮮やか(あざやか): (1) vivid; bright; brilliant; clear; fresh; vibrant (2) skillful; skilful; adept; adroit; deft; brilliant; beautiful; fine; excellent 1 S 355 魚: fish 羊: sheep 17 魚 195 11 うお・うおへん・さかな (none) 形声 Phonetic fresh “The freshest fish is caught in the middle of the night while most people are ”“counting sheep.”“ (If you´ve ever been to Tsukiji fish market, you know what I mean).” “This one´s easy to remember. The kanji gives 2 examples of foods that should be purchased fresh. To remember which foods, take the first letter of fresh, ”“F”“, to stand for fish and the final sound of fresh, ”“SH”“, to stand for sheep: FreSH. It even puts the primitives in the right order.” 551 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq251-500 達タツ、ダたちかつ, さと, て, てつ, とおる, みち accomplished, reach, arrive, attain 達成(たっせい): achievement 友達(ともだち): friend; companion 配達(はいたつ): delivery; distribution 発達(はったつ): development; growth 伝達(でんたつ): transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay; propagation; conduction 到達(とうたつ): reaching; attaining; arrival 達する(たっする): to reach; to get to 伊達(だて): (1) elegance; dandyism; sophistication; having style (2) affectation; showing off; putting on an air; appearances; just for show 上達(じょうたつ): (1) improvement; advance; progress (2) communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank 達者(たっしゃ): (1) in good health; healthy; well; robust; strong (2) skilled; clever; proficient 速達(そくたつ): express; special delivery 達(たち): pluralizing suffix (esp. for people & animals; formerly honorific) 3 4 500 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 羊: sheep 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 12 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic accomplished Dolly (the first cloned sheep ever) grow tired of being a celebrity and escaped from the labs by digging a tunnel. She turned out to be an ACCOMPLISHED escapist, as she managed to dig a road under the soil. /Imagine Dolly performing a escape, like those movies where the main character has to escape from jail. The dirty sheep had come far down this road and had accomplished many things. 552 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 羨セン、エンうらや.む、あまり envious, be jealous, covet 羨ましい(うらやましい): (1) envious (feeling, etc.); jealous (2) enviable (position, etc.) 羨む(うらやむ): to envy 0 S 羊: sheep 水: water 欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76) 13 羊 123 6 ひつじ・ひつじへん (none) 形声 Phonetic envious A very thirsty sheep, who always lacked water, spends his days watching his fellow sheep (in the farm next door or in another pen) and being very envious of their water. Envious of the greener grass on the other side of the fence, the sheep looks down in disgust at his own dry grass lacking water. 553 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion 差サさ.す、さ.し distinction, difference, variation, discrepancy, margin, balance 差(さ): difference; variation 格差(かくさ): qualitative difference; disparity 差別(さべつ): discrimination; distinction; differentiation 交差点(こうさてん): crossing; intersection 時差(じさ): time difference 日差し(ひざし): sunlight; rays of the sun 差し引き(さしひき): (1) deduction; subtraction; balance (2) ebb and flow; rise and fall 誤差(ごさ): measurement error; calculation error 差額(さがく): balance; difference; margin 差異(さい): difference; disparity 交差(こうさ): (1) crossing; intersection (2) (genetic) crossing over 差し上げる(さしあげる): (1) to give; to offer (2) to lift up; to hold up; to raise 差し出す(さしだす): to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out 差し支える(さしつかえる): to interfere; to hinder; to become impeded 差し支え(さしつかえ): hindrance; impediment 差し掛かる(さしかかる): to come near to; to approach 差す(さす): (1) to shine (2) to be visible (3) to be tinged with (4) to rise (of water levels); to flow in (5) to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one (6) to hold up (an umbrella, etc.); to put up; to raise (7) to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance) (8) to insert; to put in (9) to wear (a sword) in one's belt; to wear at one's side; to carry under one's arm (10) to insert one's arm under an opponent's arm (in sumo) (11) to pole (a boat) (12) to pour; to add (liquid); to serve (drinks) (13) to put on (lipstick, etc.); to apply; to colour; to dye (14) to light (a fire); to burn (15) to shut; to close; to lock; to fasten (16) to stop in the midst of; to leave undone 指差す(ゆびさす): to point at 人差し指(ひとさしゆび): index finger 差し引く(さしひく): (1) to deduct; to take away; to dock (2) to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind (3) to ebb and flow 3 4 449 羊: sheep 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 工: craft; construction; katakana e radical (no. 48) 10 工 48 3 こう・たくみ・たくみへん・え (none) 形声 Phonetic distinction This New-Zealand pro-gamer has won many distinctions playing WoolCraft (a massively multi-user game in which the goal is to shear sheep). Noob players make no distinction between what games they play, whether it´s the geniune thing or a bootleg fake copy. The biggest example of course, would be the legit World of Warcraft and the biggest ripoff there is: World of Wool-craft! 554 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 着チャク、ジャクき.る、-ぎ、き.せる、-き.せ、つ.く、つ.ける don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing 着陸(ちゃくりく): landing; alighting; touch down 到着(とうちゃく): arrival 着物(きもの): (1) clothing; clothes (2) kimono (or other trad. Japanese clothing) 下着(したぎ): underwear 先着(せんちゃく): first arrival 着る(きる): (1) to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on (2) to bear (guilt, etc.) 水着(みずぎ): bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers 落ち着き(おちつき): (1) calmness; composure; presence of mind (2) stability; steadiness 上着(うわぎ): coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment 着手(ちゃくしゅ): (1) to start work (on); to undertake (2) embarkation; launch 執着(しゅうちゃく): attachment; adhesion; tenacity 着替える(きがえる): to change one's clothes 着(ちゃく): (1) counter for suits of clothing (2) arriving at … 着工(ちゃっこう): start of (construction) work 着目(ちゃくもく): attention 着替え(きがえ): changing clothes; change of clothes 着色(ちゃくしょく): colouring; coloring; colorant 着飾る(きかざる): to dress up 肌着(はだぎ): underwear; underclothes; lingerie; chemise; singlet 着せる(きせる): (1) to put clothes on (someone) (2) to plate; to gild; to veneer (3) to accuse (of some crime); to give (a bad name) 落ち着く(おちつく): (1) to calm down; to compose oneself; to regain presence of mind (2) to calm down; to settle down; to die down; to become stable; to abate (3) to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in (4) to be settled; to be fixed; to have been reached (5) to harmonize with; to harmonise with; to match; to suit; to fit (6) to be unobtrusive; to be quiet; to be subdued 着々(ちゃくちゃく): steadily 着席(ちゃくせき): sit down; seat たどり着く(たどりつく): to struggle on to; to arrive somewhere after a struggle; to grope along to; to barely manage to reach; to finally arrive at; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea) 着く(つく): (1) to arrive at; to reach (2) to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table) 4 3 376 羊: sheep 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 12 羊 123 6 ひつじ・ひつじへん (none) 形声 Phonetic don A pullover is donned by pulling wool over your eyes. Someone who is donning a disguise does that in order to pull the wool over your eyes. 555 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Clothing.Textiles kanjifreq251-500 唯ユイ、イただゆ solely, only, merely, simply 唯一(ゆいつ): only; sole; unique 1 S 1292 口: mouth 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 11 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic solely “The mouth of a turkey is used solely for saying, ”“Gobble.”“ Likewise, your mouth, full of turkey, is solely used to gobble it up.” Sadly my mouth gets to taste turkey solely on Christmas Day. 556 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 焦ショウこ.げる、こ.がす、こ.がれる、あせ.る char, hurry, impatient, irritate, burn, scorch, singe 焦点(しょうてん): focus (e.g. photographic); focal point 焦げる(こげる): to burn; to be burned 焦る(あせる): to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind; to be surprised 焦がす(こがす): to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char 焦げ茶(こげちゃ): black tea 1 S 973 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 火: fire 12 火 86 4 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic char When I put the turkey over the oven fire, it always ends up being charred beyond recognition. I´m not a very good cook. Char could be any meat over oven fire. So why is it a turkey in this kanji? Because charred turkey is what sticks out most in your mind as the thing that ruined Thanksgiving dinner. 557 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 礁ショウ reef, sunken rock 1 S 1977 石: stone 焦: char; hurry; impatient; irritate; burn; scorch; singe 17 石 112 5 いし・いしへん (none) 形声 Phonetic reef Coral reefs are now dying off due to our abuse of the environment and now look like charred stone. For a picture illustrating this, see http://www.nacri.org/images/Hof-dredgingfig8.jpg. “Reefs are often formed from volcanic rock, or ”“rock that has been charred”“.” 558 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1501-2000 集シュウあつ.まる、あつ.める、つど.うあつまり, ず gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock 集会(しゅうかい): meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally 集団(しゅうだん): group; mass 編集(へんしゅう): editing; compilation; editorial (e.g. committee) 集中(しゅうちゅう): concentration; convergence; centralization; integration; gathering together 募集(ぼしゅう): recruiting; taking applications 収集(しゅうしゅう): gathering up; collection; accumulation 特集(とくしゅう): feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report 集める(あつめる): to collect; to assemble; to gather 集合(しゅうごう): (1) gathering; assembly; meeting (2) set 集まり(あつまり): gathering; meeting; assembly; collection 全集(ぜんしゅう): complete works 密集(みっしゅう): crowd; close formation; dense 集まる(あつまる): to gather; to collect; to assemble 採集(さいしゅう): collecting; gathering 集計(しゅうけい): totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. votes) 集(しゅう): collection; compilation 集金(しゅうきん): money collection 群集(ぐんしゅう): group (of living things); crowd; community 4 3 210 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 木: tree; wood 12 隹 172 8 ふるとり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic gather Hunter-gathers, searching all along the ground for food. They never look up and see the Turkeys that have gathered on top of the trees to hide. Those were some smart turkeys! Gather the turkeys for Thanksgiving. Gather the trees for Christmas. In that order… 559 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 准ジュン quasi-, semi-, associate 1 S 1441 冫: two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15) 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 10 冫 15 2 にすい (none) 形声 Phonetic quasi- Quasi-modo, the famous hunchback of Notre-Dame wasn´t actually a hunchback at all!! He used a frozen turkey to make a hunch! An iced turkey is only quasi-as-good-as fresh turkey. 560 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 進シンすす.む、すす.めるのぶ advance, proceed, progress, promote 推進(すいしん): (1) propulsion; driving force (2) implementation; promotion (e.g. of a government policy) 進出(しんしゅつ): advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging 促進(そくしん): promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on 進学(しんがく): entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university 進路(しんろ): (1) route; course (2) career, university choices; course (of future life) 前進(ぜんしん): advance; drive; progress 昇進(しょうしん): promotion 進行(しんこう): advance; progress 進歩(しんぽ): progress; advance; improvement; development 行進(こうしん): march; parade 進化(しんか): evolution; progress 進む(すすむ): (1) to advance; to go forward (2) to precede; to go ahead (of) (3) to make progress; to improve (4) to deepen; to heighten (5) to do of one's own free will 進展(しんてん): progress; development 増進(ぞうしん): promoting; increase; advance 進み(すすみ): progress 進める(すすめる): to advance; to promote; to hasten 進呈(しんてい): presentation (e.g. of a gift) 進度(しんど): progress 4 3 142 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 11 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic advance Why did the turkey cross the road? To advance to the other side, of course. “[re: raulir] Animals on the road: Turtles escape (#283) and Pigs pursue (#539), while the Turkeys advance (looking very formidable indeed).” 561 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 雑ザツ、ゾウまじ.える、まじ.る miscellaneous 雑誌(ざっし): journal; magazine; periodical 複雑(ふくざつ): complex; complicated 混雑(こんざつ): confusion; congestion 雑音(ざつおん): noise (jarring, grating) 雑談(ざつだん): chatting; idle talk 雑貨(ざっか): miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries 雑(ざつ): (1) rough; crude; sloppy; messy (2) miscellaneous 雑巾(ぞうきん): house-cloth; dust cloth 雑木(ざつぼく): various kinds of small trees; assorted trees 3 5 839 九: nine 木: tree; wood 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 14 隹 172 8 ふるとり雜形声 Phonetic miscellaneous “Newscast: ”“Among today´s miscellaneous stories, we have a report on a baseball team that was chased up a tree by a turkey. Stay tuned for this and more!”“.” On the left we have baseball and wood, which obviously means a baseball bat. Instead of balls, there are miscellaneous other objects you may hit with it. While beating people may be one favorite use, in this case we see it used for making turkey mash. 562 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 雌シめ-、めす、めん feminine, female 雌(めす): female (animal) 1 S 1951 此: this; current; next; coming; last; past 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 14 隹 172 8 ふるとり (none) 形声 Phonetic feminine Stop | spooning | turkeys. Spoon females. To become feminine you must stop using a spoon to eat turkey and use a knife and fork like a proper lady. 563 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_General kanjifreq1501-2000 準ジュンじゅん.じる、じゅん.ずる、なぞら.える、のり、ひと.しい、みずもり semi-, correspond to, proportionate to, conform, imitate 基準(きじゅん): standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum 準備(じゅんび): preparation; setup; arrangements; provision; reserve 水準(すいじゅん): (1) level; standard (2) water level 標準(ひょうじゅん): standard; level; norm 準じる(じゅんじる): to follow; to conform; to apply to 準ずる(じゅんずる): to apply correspondingly; to correspond to; to be proportionate to; to conform to 準急(じゅんきゅう): semi-express train (slower than an express); local express train 2 5 425 水: water 隼: falcon 13 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic semi- The anhinga, or water turkey, has a needle-like nose, so really it´s only a semi-turkey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anhinga. At the turkey fighting semi-final, turkeys are injected with drugs via needles and splashed with water to help them last the match. 564 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 奮フンふる.う stirred up, be invigorated, flourish 興奮(こうふん): excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal 奮闘(ふんとう): hard struggle; strenuous effort 1 6 1521 大: large; big 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 田: rice field; rice paddy 16 大 37 3 だい・おおきい (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic stirred up The St. Bernard dog pounces on a turkey in a rice field and stirs up all the other birds around. See them all gobble gobbling in fear? Gruesome, but it makes it easy to remember. Here goes: The St. Bernard stirred up a crowd of turkeys and caught one. It bit the head, brains spilling onto the rice field. 565 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 奪ダツうば.う rob, take by force, snatch away, dispossess, plunder, usurp 奪う(うばう): to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal 略奪(りゃくだつ): pillage; plunder; looting; robbery 1 S 974 大: large; big 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 寸: measurement; foot/10 14 大 37 3 だい・おおきい (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic rob Remember the scene in A Christmas Story where the big dogs robbed the family of their Christmas turkey? Well, the following year Ralphie´s mom glued the holiday bird to the kitchen table, just as a precaution. Don´t let the neighbor´s St.Bernard rob tonight´s turkey….glue it to the table if you must. 566 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 確カク、コウたし.か、たし.かめる assurance, firm, tight, hard, solid, confirm, clear, evident 適確(てっかく): precise; accurate 確実(かくじつ): certainty; reliability; soundness 確保(かくほ): guarantee; maintain; ensure; insure; secure; reservation 明確(めいかく): clear; precise; definite; distinct 確か(たしか): (1) certain; sure; definite (2) if I'm not mistaken; if I remember correctly 確認(かくにん): affirmation; confirmation; validation 確立(かくりつ): (1) establishment; settlement (2) to establish; to settle 確定(かくてい): (1) decision; settlement (2) definition 確率(かくりつ): probability; likelihood; chances 確信(かくしん): conviction; belief; confidence 確かめる(たしかめる): to ascertain; to check; to make sure 正確(せいかく): accurate; punctual; exact; authentic; veracious 確り(しっかり): firmly; tightly; reliable; level-headed; steady 3 5 252 石: stone 隺: bird flying; high ambition 15 石 112 5 いし・いしへん (none) 形声 Phonetic assurance To assure that no one will get into the Turkey coop, put a huge rock in the entrance! “You´ve heard the expression ”“killing two birds with one stone.”“ (一石二鳥 is-seki-ni-chou). We´ll, there´s another one that roughly translates as ”“killing an entire coop with a giant boulder. ”“ That´s the method that hunters use when they want absolute assurance of taking home a bird.” 567 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 午ゴうま noon 午後(ごご): afternoon; p.m. 午前(ごぜん): morning; a.m. 正午(しょうご): noon; mid-day 5 2 154 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 干: dry; parch 4 十 24 2 じゅう・じゅうへん (none) 象形 Pictographic noon Noon is a good time for a ten minute nap (using lie down as nap). Noon is the hour of the horse. 568 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Human.Activities_Zodiac Kanji_Time kanjifreq1-250 許キョゆる.す、もと permit, approve 許可(きょか): (1) permission; approval; authorization; license (2) to permit; to authorize 許す(ゆるす): (1) to permit; to allow; to approve (2) to exempt (from fine); to excuse (from); to pardon; to forgive; to release; to let off (3) to confide in (4) to give up; to yield 免許(めんきょ): license; permit; licence; certificate 特許(とっきょ): (1) patent; special permission; licence (license); concession; franchise; charter (2) proprietary 許容(きょよう): permission; pardon 許り(ばかり): (1) approximately; about (2) only; merely; nothing but (3) (after the -ta form of a verb) just (finished, etc.) 3 5 720 言: say 午: noon; sign of the horse; 11AM-1PM; seventh sign of Chinese zodiac 11 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic permit If horses could speak, you might have to ask their permission before mounting them. Mr Ed ( a famous talking horse ) was finally at a loss for words when told he would need a permit for public speaking. 569 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 歓カンよろこ.ぶぶ delight, joy 歓迎(かんげい): welcome; reception 歓声(かんせい): cheer; shout of joy 1 S 1065 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76) 15 欠 76 4 あくび・けんづくり・かける・けつ歡形声 Phonetic delight Imagine a spoiled little girl. Her delight when she gets a Pegasus for her birthday… and then like all spoilt little girls she gets bored of it quickly… hence the yawn. I would be delighted if Japanese lacked the Pegasus kanji. 570 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1001-1500 権ケン、ゴンおもり、かり、はか.る authority, power, rights 政権(せいけん): (political) administration; political power 権利(けんり): right; privilege 権力(けんりょく): (political) power; authority; influence 権限(けんげん): power; authority; jurisdiction 主権(しゅけん): sovereignty; supremacy; dominion 権威(けんい): authority; power; influence 棄権(きけん): (1) abstaining from voting (2) renunciation of a right (3) did not start (sport); DNS; defaulting 特権(とっけん): privilege; special right 権(けん): authority; right (to do something) 3 6 156 木: tree; wood 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 15 木 75 4 き・きへん權形声 Phonetic authority I have Eric Cartman of the “South Park” animated series, wearing a cop uniform, riding a wooden Pegasus (such as on a funfair), and yelling “RESPECT MY AUTHORITAH!!!”. No one has the authority to tie up a pegasus to a tree! 571 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 観カンみ.る、しめ.す outlook, look, appearance, condition, view 観光(かんこう): sightseeing 観測(かんそく): observation 観客(かんきゃく): audience; spectator; spectators 観察(かんさつ): observation; survey 悲観(ひかん): pessimism; disappointment 観衆(かんしゅう): spectators; onlookers; members of the audience 客観(きゃっかん): object (as opposed to subject) 外観(がいかん): appearance; exterior; facade 観念(かんねん): (1) idea; notion; conception (2) sense (e.g. of duty) (3) resignation; preparedness; acceptance (4) observation and contemplation 直観(ちょっかん): intuition; instinct; insight; hunch 観点(かんてん): point of view 楽観(らっかん): optimism 主観(しゅかん): (1) subjectivity; subject; ego (2) one's personal opinion; one's own idea 観(かん): (1) look; appearance (2) spectacle; sight (3) observation meditation (4) outlook on …; view of … 観覧(かんらん): viewing 3 4 476 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 見: see; hopes; chances; idea; opinion; look at; visible 18 見 147 7 みる觀形声 Phonetic outlook Microsoft Outlook works about as well as a pegasus that can´t see: they both crash all the time. I used to hate birds.They´re loud, stupid and worst of all they shit on your head. Used to think birds were the most vile creatures on earth. Then I encountered a pegasus. I was just walking down the road, minding my own business when I happened to look up. I saw it there, braying noisily, ivory wings outstretched like an angel, back leg raised ever so slightly. It dropped a steaming brown load right on my face. It changed my outlook completely. Birds are the second most vile creatures on earth. 572 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 羽ウは、わ、はねしゅう, ば feathers, counter for birds, rabbits 羽(はね): (1) feather; plume; wing (2) blade (fan, propeller, etc.) 羽(わ): counter for birds and rabbits 2 2 748 羽: feather, wing, feather radical (no. 124) 6 羽 124 6 はね (none) 象形 Pictographic feathers Pictograph. Easy enough. These days the biggest concern in airline safety is ICE on the WINGS of the plane. Birds that fly long distances also have to worry about getting ICE on their FEATHERS. 573 grade2 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Counting_Counters Kanji_Nature_Animal_Parts.of.Body kanjifreq501-750 習シュウ、ジュなら.う、なら.い learn 練習(れんしゅう): practice; practise 学習(がくしゅう): study; learning; tutorial 演習(えんしゅう): (1) practice; practise (2) exercises; manoeuvres; maneuvers (3) seminar (student debates, presentations, etc.); practicum 習慣(しゅうかん): custom; habit; manners 実習(じっしゅう): practice; practise; training (esp. practical and hands-on); drill 慣習(かんしゅう): usual (historical) custom 講習(こうしゅう): short course; training 教習(きょうしゅう): training; instruction 風習(ふうしゅう): custom 予習(よしゅう): preparation for a lesson 自習(じしゅう): self-study 復習(ふくしゅう): review; revision 習う(ならう): to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in 見習う(みならう): to follow another's example 習字(しゅうじ): penmanship 4 3 706 羽: feathers; counter for birds, rabbits 白: white 11 羽 124 6 はね (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic learn Imagine a white bird loosing a couple feathers as it is learning to fly. You learn a lesson as you watch it doing so, maybe you learn that “nothing comes for free” or that “one has to be prepared to loose in order to gain”… Learning is all about adding more feathers to your cap and the most prestigious of all is the beautiful pure white feather you´ll receive when you have learned the kanji! 574 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq501-750 翌ヨク the following, next 翌(よく): the following; next 2 6 1070 羽: feathers; counter for birds, rabbits 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 11 羽 124 6 はね (none) 形声 Phonetic the following The following segment is sponsored by…Swiffer - who make excellent feather dusters for cleaning your vases. “Your feathers would also stand up if you were a hen in a slaughter house and you heard: ”“The following!”“.” 575 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq1001-1500 曜ヨウてる weekday 土曜(どよう): Saturday 曜日(ようび): day of the week 日曜(にちよう): Sunday 金曜(きんよう): Friday 月曜(げつよう): Monday 水曜(すいよう): Wednesday 木曜(もくよう): Thursday 火曜日(かようび): Tuesday 火曜(かよう): Tuesday 金曜日(きんようび): Friday 月曜日(げつようび): Monday 水曜日(すいようび): Wednesday 土曜日(どようび): Saturday 日曜日(にちようび): Sunday 木曜日(もくようび): Thursday 4 2 940 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 羽: feathers; counter for birds, rabbits 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 18 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic weekday “Tip: feathers + turkey : This combination of primitives appears six times in Heisig, so it´s worthwhile giving it a name. I suggest ”“futon”“ (your futon is made from turkey feathers). REF: weekday (FRAME 576) , laundry (#577), leap (#1285), outstanding (#2272), twinkle (#2534), shimmering (#2880). Story: On weekdays you hang your futon out in the sun.” The poor farmer spends every weekday while the sun shines, plucking turkey feathers. 576 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Time Kanji_Time_Days.of.the.week kanjifreq751-1000 濯タクすす.ぐ、ゆす.ぐ laundry, wash, pour on, rinse 洗濯(せんたく): washing; laundry 濯ぐ(すすぐ): (1) to rinse; to wash out (2) to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace 2 S 1698 水: water 羽: feathers; counter for birds, rabbits 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 17 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic laundry At the laundry you stuff your large futon (made from turkey feathers) in the machine, thereby causing it to break – as shown by the water spurting out the side. When turkeys do the laundry, they put their feathers in water (they don´t have clothes). 577 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1501-2000 曰エツいわ.く, のたま.う, のたま.わく, ここに say, reason, pretext, history, past 0 S+ 曰: say, say radical (no. 73) (none) sayeth “Sayeth?! Who the hell says ”“sayeth”“? Doesn´t seem quite right…just like this kanji, which is just like ”“day”“ but doesn´t seem ”“quite right.”“.” When pent up alone, one sayeth little. 578 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 困コンこま.る quandary, become distressed, annoyed 困難(こんなん): difficulty; distress 貧困(ひんこん): poverty; lack 困る(こまる): to be troubled; to be worried; to be bothered; to be embarrassed; to be stumped 3 6 843 囗: box or enclosure radical (no. 31); box 木: tree; wood 7 囗 31 3 くに・くにがまえ (none) 象形 Pictographic quandary I´m supposed to make an enclosure for my tree, but if I use its wood for the enclosure, there won´t be anything left to be pent-in. What a quandary! You are pent in the garden of eden with one tree, but outside is the whole world to explore! What a quandary – should you stay in paradise with the tree of knowledge or should you go out into the world? 579 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 固コかた.める、かた.まる、かた.まり、かた.い harden, set, clot, curdle 固定(こてい): (1) fixation; fixing (e.g. salary, capital) (2) fixed handle 固める(かためる): (1) to harden; to freeze; to strengthen; to solidify; to make (a fist); to tramp down (snow, dirt) (2) to put together; to collect; to gather; to consolidate (3) to make secure; to stabilize; to settle down; to strengthen (belief, resolution, etc.); to establish (evidence) (4) to fortify; to reinforce; to support (5) to wear for a specific purpose (armor, coat, etc.) (6) to swear; to resolutely vow; to sincerely promise (7) to tie tightly; to fasten (8) to hold a bow fully drawn 固有(こゆう): characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen- 頑固(がんこ): stubbornness; obstinacy 固体(こたい): solid (body); solid matter; solid-state 固まる(かたまる): (1) to harden; to solidify (2) to become firm; to become certain (3) to gather (together); to assemble; to huddle together 2 4 750 囗: box or enclosure radical (no. 31); box 古: old 8 囗 31 3 くに・くにがまえ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic harden Fossils are old things pent in that have hardened. Remember Metapod from Pokemon? All it used was harden, which kept it pent in until it grew old enough to evolve into Butterfree.. 580 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq501-750 国コクくにくな, こ country 外国(がいこく): foreign country 外国人(がいこくじん): foreigner 国家(こっか): state; country; nation 国会(こっかい): National Diet; parliament; congress 国際(こくさい): international 国民(こくみん): nation; nationality; people; citizen 国連(こくれん): UN; United Nations 全国(ぜんこく): country-wide; nation-wide; whole country; national 国(くに): (1) country; (the) state (2) region (3) province (of Japan) (4) home (i.e. hometown, home country) (5) land; earth 国境(こっきょう): national border; provincial border 国籍(こくせき): nationality 国防(こくぼう): national defence; national defense 国立(こくりつ): national 国交(こっこう): diplomatic relations 国産(こくさん): domestic products 国土(こくど): country; territory; domain; realm 本国(ほんごく): one's own country 国語(こくご): (1) national language (2) Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan) (3) native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords) 天国(てんごく): paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven 国有(こくゆう): national ownership 国王(こくおう): king 母国(ぼこく): one's homeland 国定(こくてい): state-sponsored; national 5 2 3 囗: box or enclosure radical (no. 31); box 玉: jewel; ball 8 囗 31 3 くに・くにがまえ國会意 Compound Ideographic country In my country (England) the crown jewels are kept pent-in in the Tower of London. Which happens to be where enemies of the state were once also pent-in (probably for trying to steal those jewels). Just think of Japan, a country which is like a jewel but historically very enclosed. 581 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_People_Group kanjifreq1-250 団ダン、トンかたまり、まる.い group, association 団体(だんたい): organization; organisation; association 集団(しゅうだん): group; mass 公団(こうだん): public corporation 団地(だんち): multi-unit apartments 団結(だんけつ): unity; union; combination 布団(ふとん): (1) futon (quilted Japanese-style mattress laid out on the floor) (2) round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves) 劇団(げきだん): troupe; theatrical company 座布団(ざぶとん): zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular) 団扇(うちわ): fan 団(だん): body; group; party; company; troupe 2 5 213 囗: box or enclosure radical (no. 31); box 寸: measurement; foot/10 6 囗 31 3 くに・くにがまえ團形声 Phonetic group When you are admitted into a group like the Yakuza, you´re well and truly done (だん) for. You must stick to the group like glue, and you will be pent-in for life, never being able to leave. “A pent-in group will naturally be more cohesive, or ”“glued together.”“.” 582 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_People_Group kanjifreq1-250 因インよ.る、ちな.むて cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to 原因(げんいん): cause; origin; source 要因(よういん): main cause; primary factor 因る(よる): (1) to be due to; to be caused by (2) to depend on; to turn on (3) to be based on; to come from 因って(よって): therefore; consequently; accordingly; because of 3 5 636 囗: box or enclosure radical (no. 31); box 大: large; big 6 囗 31 3 くに・くにがまえ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic cause We once had a dog with big paws and oh what great trouble he´d cause we built a huge pen to keep him pent in and stop him from breaking more laws . Why is there poop on the kitchen floor? Oh, the cause is that you kept the dog pent in the house all day. Next time remember to walk him. 583 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 姻イン matrimony, marry 1 S 1985 女: woman; female 因: cause; factor; be associated with; depend on; be limited to 9 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 形声 Phonetic matrimony Matrimony is the state in which the woman has got you pent in like a dog so that you cannot go after other bitches. When the woman gets angry, she treats her man like a pent in dog (i.e., puts him in the doghouse). It´s a perfect metaphor for the state of matrimony. 584 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Family kanjifreq1501-2000 園エンそのおん, ぞの park, garden, yard, farm 園(えん): (1) garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; plantation (2) place; location 公園(こうえん): (public) park 動物園(どうぶつえん): zoo; zoological gardens 幼稚園(ようちえん): kindergarten 田園(でんえん): (1) country; rural districts (2) cultivated land; fields 園芸(えんげい): horticulture; gardening 遊園地(ゆうえんち): amusement park 3 2 628 囗: box or enclosure radical (no. 31); box 袁: long kimono 13 囗 31 3 くに・くにがまえ (none) 形声 Phonetic park A nice picnic pent up in the park, with your crock pot and scarf (picnic blanket). There was a homeless man living in a box at the park so I gave him a lidded crock filled with hot curry tied with a scarf… 585 grade2 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq501-750 回カイ、エまわ.る、-まわ.る、-まわ.り、まわ.す、-まわ.す、まわ.し-、-まわ.し、もとお.る、か.える “#NAME?” 回り(まわり): (1) circumference; perimeter; edge (2) surroundings; locality; neighborhood (3) rotation; circulation 回復(かいふく): (1) restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; return; replevin; improvement (2) recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence 今回(こんかい): now; this time; lately 回答(かいとう): reply; answer 回収(かいしゅう): collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval 回数(かいすう): number of times; frequency; count 回転(かいてん): rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning 回(かい): (1) counter for occurrences (2) counter for games, rounds, etc.; counter for innings (baseball) (3) Islam (4) Hui (people) 回路(かいろ): circuit (electric) 根回し(ねまわし): making necessary arrangements; laying the groundwork 身の回り(みのまわり): one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities 回す(まわす): (1) to turn; to rotate; to gyrate (2) to circulate; to send around (3) to surround (4) to put something to a new use (e.g. leftovers) (5) (after the -masu stem of a verb) … around (i.e. to chase someone around) (6) to dial (e.g. telephone number) (7) to invest (8) to gang-rape 後回し(あとまわし): putting off; postponing 回数券(かいすうけん): book of tickets 回り道(まわりみち): detour; diversion 回る(まわる): (1) to turn; to revolve (2) to visit several places (3) to function well (4) to pass a certain time 掻き回す(かきまわす): to stir up; to churn; to ransack; to disturb 回送(かいそう): forwarding 回覧(かいらん): circulation 上回る(うわまわる): to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than 遠回り(とおまわり): detour; roundabout way 転回(てんかい): revolution; rotation ねじ回し(ねじまわし): screwdriver 手回し(てまわし): preparations; arrangements 4 2 50 囗: box or enclosure radical (no. 31); box 口: mouth 6 囗 31 3 くに・くにがまえ (none) 象形 Pictographic “#NAME?” Write mouth two -times. Pretty much a pictograph, see book. Keyword meanings : to turn round, counter for number of times, counter for rounds. Some simple compounds using previously learned kanji : 次回 (next time), 毎回 (every time/each round), 回る (to wander around). 586 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Time kanjifreq1-250 壇ダン、タン podium, stage, rostrum, terrace 壇(だん): (1) platform; podium; rostrum (2) mandala 花壇(かだん): flower bed 1 S 1512 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 亶: truly; wholly; cordial 16 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic podium A man on the podium announce the rules for the contest: You must fill a top hat with dirt as many times as you can by nightbreak. Abraham Lincoln used a simple mound of soil for a podium, when he wore his top hat and gave the speech he had practiced many times until nightbreak. But it was so magnificent that no one noticed. 587 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1501-2000 店テンみせ、たな store, shop 支店(してん): branch office; branch store 書店(しょてん): bookshop; bookstore 商店(しょうてん): shop; small store; business; firm 店員(てんいん): shop assistant; employee; clerk; salesperson 喫茶店(きっさてん): coffee lounge; coffee shop; (rather formal) cafe 売店(ばいてん): shop; stand 店(みせ): store; shop; establishment 店(てん): -store; -shop 洋品店(ようひんてん): shop which handles Western-style apparel and accessories 店屋(みせや): store; shop 5 2 378 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 占: fortune-telling; divining; forecasting; occupy; hold; have; get; take 8 广 53 3 まだれ (none) 形声 Phonetic store Try to remember all those stores from Zelda that were inside caves and had fortune-teller like vendors. The fortuneteller has a store in a cave. 588 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq251-500 庫コ、クくら warehouse, storehouse 倉庫(そうこ): storehouse; warehouse; godown 冷蔵庫(れいぞうこ): refrigerator 金庫(きんこ): (1) safe; strongbox; cashbox; vault; strongroom (2) depository; cash office; treasury; provider of funds 車庫(しゃこ): garage; car shed; carport 在庫(ざいこ): inventory; stock; stockpile 2 3 852 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 車: car 10 广 53 3 まだれ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic warehouse I think of the Batcave. It´s a big cave that Batman uses as a warehouse to store his car, the Batmobile, and all his cool big-boy toys. Have you ever worked in a warehouse? It´s like a giant metal cave. Watch out for that forklift! 589 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq751-1000 庭テイにわば courtyard, garden, yard 家庭(かてい): home; family; household 庭(にわ): garden 校庭(こうてい): schoolyard; campus 3 3 816 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 廷: courts; imperial court; government office 10 广 53 3 まだれ (none) 形声 Phonetic courtyard When the courthouse caved in, trials had to be held in the courtyard. Back in caveman days, courts were held in caves. When too many people showed up to watch, they spilled out into the courtyard (the yard outside the cave court ) . 庭 (にわ): garden, yard, compound 庭園 (ていえん): garden, park 校庭 (こうてい): schoolyard. 590 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq751-1000 庁チョウ、テイやくしょ government office 庁(ちょう): government office; agency; board 官庁(かんちょう): government office; authorities 県庁(けんちょう): prefectural office 2 6 793 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 丁: street; ward; town; counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign 5 广 53 3 まだれ廳形声 Phonetic government office Some bureaucrats at a government office decided that the tunnels of caves need to get street signs, which are then nailed to the walls of the cave. “In some of the scarier countries, when someone is invited to visit a ”“government office”“, it´s actually a dungeon where they´re dragged into a cave and nailed to the wall.” 591 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 床ショウとこ、ゆか bed, floor, padding, tatami “床(とこ): (1) bed; bedding (2) sickbed (3) alcove (4) riverbed (5) seedbed (6) straw ”“core”“ of a tatami mat (7) floor 床の間(とこのま): tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed) 起床(きしょう): rising; getting out of bed 床(ゆか): (1) floor (2) stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player) (3) dining platform built across a river 床屋(とこや): barbershop; barber” 2 S 1175 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 木: tree; wood 7 广 53 3 まだれ (none) 形声 Phonetic bed The two safe places to sleep in the wilderness are in a tree and in a cave. So these can be considered as beds. (based on mspertus:) The two safe places to sleep in the wilderness are in a tree and in a cave. So to be on the safe side it is best to put a tree in a cave and use it as a bed. 592 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1001-1500 麻マ、マアあさあ, あざ, お hemp, flax 麻酔(ますい): anaesthesia; anesthesia 麻(あさ): (1) cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant) (2) hemp (fiber); linen; flax; jute 麻痺(まひ): paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor 麻姑(まこ): (1) Ma Gu; legendary Taoist immortal with long talon-like fingernails (2) backscratcher 1 S 1142 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 林: grove; forest 11 麻 200 11 あさ・あさかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic hemp (Image: while Batman is out, Robin is smokin´ a huge doob in a secret corner of the Batcave where he nurtures his hemp grove). Where is the best place to hid your grove of hemp trees? In a cave, you dope! 593 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq1001-1500 磨マみが.く、す.るおさむ grind, polish, scour, improve, brush (teeth) 歯磨き(はみがき): (1) dental brushing; brushing one's teeth (2) dentifrice; toothpaste; tooth powder 磨く(みがく): (1) to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth) (2) to refine; to improve 2 S 1608 麻: hemp; flax 石: stone 16 石 112 5 いし・いしへん (none) 形声 Phonetic grind If you grind the hemp you are bound to get stoned quicker. You must GRIND the HEMP collected in the grove by your cave on solid STONE to make the best ropes. 594 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1501-2000 心シンこころ、-ごころ heart, mind, spirit “関心(かんしん): concern; interest 中心(ちゅうしん): (1) center; centre; middle; heart; core; focus; pivot; emphasis; balance (2) -centered; -centred; -focussed; -oriented; centered on; focussed on 心臓(しんぞう): heart 心配(しんぱい): (1) worry; concern; anxiety (2) care; help; aid; assistance 心理(しんり): state of mind; mentality; psychology 安心(あんしん): relief; peace of mind 都心(としん): city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis 熱心(ねっしん): zeal; enthusiasm 肝心(かんじん): essential; fundamental; crucial; vital; main 感心(かんしん): admiration; Well done! 心身(しんしん): mind and body 心地(ここち): (1) feeling; sensation; mood (2) sensation of doing (usu. after -masu stem of verb) 野心(やしん): ambition; aspiration; designs; treachery 良心(りょうしん): conscience 心中(しんじゅう): double suicide; lovers suicide 内心(ないしん): innermost thoughts; real intention; inmost heart; one's mind; in the heart 決心(けっしん): determination; resolution 心得る(こころえる): (1) to know; to understand; to be aware of; to regard as; to take for (2) to consent; to agree 苦心(くしん): pain; trouble; anxiety; diligence; hard work 心得(こころえ): knowledge; information 心がける(こころがける): to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour 心掛け(こころがけ): intention; attention; dedication; care; prudence; readiness; mental attitude 心情(しんじょう): sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart 用心(ようじん): care; precaution; guarding; caution 一心(いっしん): (1) one mind (2) wholeheartedness; one's whole heart 心当たり(こころあたり): having some knowledge of; happening to know 真心(まごころ): sincerity; devotion 心強い(こころづよい): heartening; reassuring 心細い(こころぼそい): helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging; disheartening 心(こころ): (1) mind; heart; spirit (2) the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.) 心(しん): (1) heart; mind (2) spirit; vitality; inner strength (3) Chinese ”“Heart”“ constellation (one of the 28 mansions) (4) friend 下心(したごころ): (1) secret intention; ulterior motive (2) kanji ”“heart”“ radical at bottom 自尊心(じそんしん): self-respect; conceit” 4 2 157 心: heart, heart radical (no. 61) 4 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 象形 Pictographic heart “The four chambers in the heart. In the West, we point to our head when asked about the mind. In the East, they point to the heart. So then, the radical for ”“state of mind”“…” Heart needs three drops of blood to work. 595 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Body_Organ.Torso kanjifreq1-250 忘ボウわす.れる forget 忘れ物(わすれもの): lost article; something forgotten 忘れる(わすれる): to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article) 度忘れ(どわすれ): lapse of memory; forgetting for a moment something one knows well; (something) slipping one's mind 3 6 1129 亡: deceased; the late; dying; perish 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 7 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic forget You only truly forget her when she has perished in your heart. To forget means that something perishes from your heart. 596 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1001-1500 忍ニンしの.ぶ、しの.ばせるおし endure, bear, put up with, conceal, secrete, spy, sneak 1 S 1700 刃: blade; sword; edge 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 7 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic endure A ninja must be able to endure the pain of clinging to a ceiling, motionless, for hours at a time, waiting for just the right moment to drop down and thrust the blade of his sword into the hearts of his enemies. By the way, this character is used in the compound 忍者 (ninja) which is why I choose to use ninja as its primitive meaning. Someone with a razor blade stuck in their heart has to endure the pain wherever they go and can tell no one about it. 597 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq1501-2000 認ニンみと.める、したた.める acknowledge, witness, discern, recognize, appreciate, believe 承認(しょうにん): recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement 認識(にんしき): recognition; cognizance; cognisance 確認(かくにん): affirmation; confirmation; validation 公認(こうにん): official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation 認める(みとめる): (1) to recognize; to recognise; to appreciate (2) to observe; to notice (3) to admit; to approve 認める(したためる): to write up 3 6 198 言: say 忍: endure; bear; put up with; conceal; secrete; spy; sneak 14 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic acknowledge You are given a speech about some serious mistakes of yours, and you have to endure the whole thing, because all you can do is acknowledge. “I never read the ”“acknowledgements”“ section of books or theses, because they are mostly just boring words that i must endure reading, before i can get to the interesting part. :).” 598 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 忌キい.む、い.み、い.まわしいいまわ mourning, abhor, detestable, death anniversary 1 S 1882 己: self; snake; serpent 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 7 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic mourning Remember the tale of Cleopatra? She was MOURNING the loss of her Marc Antony, so she placed the asp SNAKE to her HEART. “You are mourning the death of a relative, and it feels as if a snake had bitten into your heart. – ”“mourning feels like snake-bitten heart”“.” 599 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 志シシリング、こころざ.す、こころざしじん, べ, べし, ゆき intention, plan, resolve, aspire, motive, hopes, shilling 志(こころざし): will; intention; motive 同志(どうし): same mind; comrade; kindred soul 意志(いし): will; volition; intention; intent; determination 志向(しこう): intention; aim; preference (for) 志望(しぼう): wish; desire; ambition 志す(こころざす): to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on) 2 5 823 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 7 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic intention A samurai´s intentions always come from the heart. Gentleman always have hearts full of good intentions. 600 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 誌シ document, records 雑誌(ざっし): journal; magazine; periodical 2 6 851 言: say 志: intention; plan; resolve; aspire; motive; hopes; shilling 14 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic document A will is an important document that contains your final word on how you intend to distribute your assets. This is quite simple: a document is a set of words describing your intentions. 601 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq751-1000 忠チュウきよし, たた, ただ, ただし, なお loyalty, fidelity, faithfulness 忠実(まめ): (1) faithful; loyal; devoted (2) hardworking; painstaking; diligent (3) healthy; fit 忠告(ちゅうこく): advice; warning 1 6 1113 中: in; inside; middle; mean; center 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 8 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic loyalty Their true loyalty exists in the middle of their hearts. Your loyalty is to what´s in your heart. 602 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 串カン、ケン、センくし、つらぬ.く shish kebab, spit, skewer 0 S 2139 口: mouth 中: in; inside; middle; mean; center 7 丨 2 1 ぼう・たてぼう (none) 象形 Pictographic shish kebab “Naka naka , ”“who´s there?”“ shish kebab …. ”“shish kebab who?”“.” This is a pictograph if ever I saw one. Two chunks of meat on a skewer. 603 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq2001-2500 患カンわずら.うくろ afflicted, disease, suffer from, be ill 患者(かんじゃ): (a) patient 1 S 796 串: shish kebab; spit; skewer 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 11 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic afflicted A person who is afflicted with the vampire disease can only be killed with a sheesh-kebab through the heart. If you are afflicted with severe heartburn, eating a spicy shish kebab will feel only slightly less painful than having it jammed straight into your heart. 604 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness kanjifreq751-1000 思シおも.う、おもえら.く、おぼ.す think 思いっきり(おもいっきり): with all one's strength; with all one's heart; resignation; resolution 思わず(おもわず): unintentionally; reflexively; spontaneously; involuntarily; instinctively 思う(おもう): (1) to think; to consider; to believe (2) to think (of doing); to plan (to do) (3) to judge; to assess; to regard (4) to imagine; to suppose; to dream (5) to expect; to look forward to (6) to feel; to desire; to want (7) to recall; to remember 思想(しそう): thought; idea; ideology 思い出(おもいで): memories; recollections; reminiscence 思考(しこう): thought; consideration; thinking 不思議(ふしぎ): wonder; miracle; strange; mystery; marvel; curiosity 思い出す(おもいだす): to recall; to remember 思いつき(おもいつき): plan; idea; suggestion 意思(いし): intention; purpose 片思い(かたおもい): unrequited love 思い付く(おもいつく): to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to be struck with an idea 思いがけない(おもいがけない): unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual 思い込む(おもいこむ): to be under impression that; to be convinced that; to imagine that; to set one's heart on; to be bent on 4 2 132 田: rice field; rice paddy 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 9 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic think Think with your brain NOT your heart. To think is to use your brain over your heart. 605 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Judgement kanjifreq1-250 恩オンめぐみ grace, kindness, goodness, favor, mercy, blessing, benefit 恩恵(おんけい): grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit 恩(おん): favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude 1 5 1418 因: cause; factor; be associated with; depend on; be limited to 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 10 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic grace Grace here is a favor freely bestowed, like a good deed. So to remember this kanji, go to the local shelter, find a big dog pent up in a small cage and adopt him. That will cause a warm feeling in your heart! This kanji tells us that wherever heart is the cause, grace is the consequence. Think of “grace” as a graceful act: something benevolent that comes from the heart. 606 grade5 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 応オウ、ヨウ、-ノウあた.る、まさに、こた.えるお, たか, まさ apply, answer, yes, OK, reply, accept 対応(たいおう): (1) interaction; correspondence; coping with; dealing with; support (2) software support; ability of a computer system to run specific software 応援(おうえん): aid; assistance; help; reinforcement; rooting; barracking; support; cheering 応募(おうぼ): subscription; application 反応(はんのう): reaction; response 応じる(おうじる): to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for 一応(いちおう): once; tentatively; in outline; for the time being; just in case; so far as it goes 応用(おうよう): application; put to practical use 適応(てきおう): adaptation; accommodation; conformity 応接(おうせつ): reception 応対(おうたい): receiving; dealing with 相応(そうおう): suitability; fitness 応急(おうきゅう): emergency; first-aid 応ずる(おうずる): (1) to answer; to respond; to meet (2) to satisfy; to accept 相応しい(ふさわしい): appropriate; adequate; suitable 2 5 266 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 7 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん應形声 Phonetic apply In the videogame Zelda, Link enters a CAVE to visit a fairy that will APPLY magic to fill his HEART containers. “[bravo, scottamus!] To apply for the job as a (replacement) Batman, you have to make it to the heart of the cave past all the traps he set up to test you. There, you see a table with the application form on it. Now that you think about it, the ad in the paper did say ”“Those who don´t make it to the heart of the cave need not apply.”“.” 607 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 意イもと, よし idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking 意見(いけん): opinion; view; comment 意味(いみ): meaning; significance 合意(ごうい): agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord 意向(いこう): intention; idea; inclination 意識(いしき): (1) consciousness (2) awareness; sense (3) mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information) 意欲(いよく): will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge) 決意(けつい): decision; determination 意外(いがい): unexpected; surprising 意義(いぎ): meaning; significance 注意(ちゅうい): caution; being careful; attention (heed); warning; advice 意図(いと): intention; aim; design 得意(とくい): (1) triumph; prosperity (2) pride (3) one's strong point; one's forte; one's specialty (4) frequent customer (client, etc.) 用意(ようい): preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal) 同意(どうい): (1) agreement; consent; same opinion; approval (2) same meaning 熱意(ねつい): zeal; enthusiasm 好意(こうい): good will; favor; favour; courtesy 意地(いじ): disposition; spirit; willpower; obstinacy; backbone; appetite 敬意(けいい): respect; honour; honor 意志(いし): will; volition; intention; intent; determination 意思(いし): intention; purpose 不意(ふい): sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen 意気込む(いきごむ): to be enthusiastic about 無意味(むいみ): nonsense; no meaning; meaningless 意地悪(いじわる): malicious; ill-tempered; unkind 生意気(なまいき): impertinent; saucy; cheeky; conceit; audacious; brazen 意(い): (1) feelings; thoughts (2) meaning 4 3 99 音: sound; noise 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 13 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic idea When you get a good IDEA you get excited and you can hear the SOUND of your HEART, it´s pounding so hard. Picture someone who´s just had a great idea, but in place of a blinking light bulb over their head, you see a heart thumping with great noise. Imagine the greater the idea, the louder the sound of the beating heart. 608 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 想ソウ、ソおも.う concept, think, idea, thought 愛想(あいそ): civility; courtesy; compliments; sociability; graces 構想(こうそう): plan; plot; idea; conception 予想(よそう): expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture 思想(しそう): thought; idea; ideology 感想(かんそう): impressions; thoughts 発想(はっそう): expression (e.g. in music); idea; conception; way of thinking 理想(りそう): ideal; dream 想像(そうぞう): imagination; guess 空想(くうそう): daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision 連想(れんそう): association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion 3 3 381 相: inter-; mutual; together; each other; minister of state; councillor; aspect; phase; physiognomy 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 13 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic concept The concept of love is basically two hearts inter-acting as one. ´´Inter-heart´´ is a new therapy CONCEPT that helps macho guys share their feelings with each other. 609 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 息ソクいき breath, respiration, son, interest (on money) 息子(むすこ): (1) son (2) penis 息(いき): (1) breath; breathing (2) tone; mood 利息(りそく): interest (bank) 消息(しょうそく): (1) news (from somebody); letter; contact (2) (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements 窒息(ちっそく): suffocation; choking 休息(きゅうそく): rest; relief; relaxation ため息(ためいき): sigh 子息(しそく): son 一息(ひといき): (1) one breath; pause; rest (2) one go (i.e. in a short time) (3) small amount of effort 3 3 882 自: oneself 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 10 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic breath Your breath brings oxygen in through your nose which is then pumped around your body by your heart. I think I´ve met my dream girl, but there´s a problem. her breath is horrible! So, do I listen to my nose or my heart? 610 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Body_Function kanjifreq751-1000 憩ケイいこ.い、いこ.う recess, rest, relax, repose 休憩(きゅうけい): rest; break; recess; intermission 1 S 1731 舌: tongue; reed; clapper 息: breath; respiration; son; interest (on money) 16 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic recess Recess to me is a school break. At recess some kiddies are comparing their latest body piercings. Tongues and noses are nothing special. The new cool is to have your heart done! Ah recess; tongues slandering, noses being turned up, and beneath it all, young hearts being broken. Dominant in playgrounds is the noise of tongues, which helps me remember that in this kanji tongue comes first. 611 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 恵ケイ、エめぐ.む、めぐ.みあや, け, さと, さとし, しげ, へい, み, やす favor, blessing, grace, kindness 知恵(ちえ): (1) wisdom; wit; sagacity; sense; intelligence (2) prajna (insight leading to enlightenment) 恩恵(おんけい): grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit 恵み(めぐみ): blessing; grace 恵む(めぐむ): (1) to bless; to show mercy to (2) to give (money, etc.) 恵まれる(めぐまれる): to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in 2 S 925 由: wherefore; a reason 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 10 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん惠形声 Phonetic favor Too easy. Imagine the Wizard of OZ. There, the three heroes asked the Wizard for three FAVORS: the lion wanted courage of TEN men, the scarecrow wanted a BRAIN, and the tin man wanted a HEART. Ok, the lion bit is stretching but you have it memorized now, so who cares? Do yourself a favor and take ten minutes to think about your decison… 612 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 恐キョウおそ.れる、おそ.る、おそ.ろしい、こわ.い、こわ.がる fear, dread, awe 恐れ(おそれ): fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness 恐怖(きょうふ): fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare; panic 恐らく(おそらく): perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say 恐れる(おそれる): to fear; to be afraid of 恐ろしい(おそろしい): (1) terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening; frightened (2) surprising; startling; tremendous; amazing 恐縮(きょうしゅく): feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; being sorry; being ashamed 恐れ入る(おそれいる): (1) to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be much obliged; to feel small (2) to be grateful (3) to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be surprised (4) to be disconcerted; to be embarrassed 3 S 878 工: craft; construction; katakana e radical (no. 48) 凡: mediocre 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 10 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic fear “If your heart surgeon is mediocre in his craft, you have plenty of reason to fear. (”“Oops, I think I left my scissors in there”“).” My deep dark fear at the bottom of my heart is that I am mediocre at my craft. 613 gradeS JLPT.N3 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq751-1000 惑ワクまど.う beguile, delusion, perplexity 迷惑(めいわく): trouble; bother; annoyance 誘惑(ゆうわく): temptation; allurement; lure; seduction 疑惑(ぎわく): doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion 惑星(わくせい): planet 1 S 777 或: some; one; or; possibly; a certain 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 12 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic beguile She was beguiled/mislead by his charm: at the party he kissed her on the mouth, they did it on the floor and thus he stole her heart. Poor girl! “The same cowboy from frame # 356 (elements mouth, floor and fiesta), kisses the floor with his mouth, once again, before going to the fiesta. There, he uses his good looks to beguile women (gets them to buy him drinks or such), by playing with their hearts.” 614 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq751-1000 感カン emotion, feeling, sensation 感じ(かんじ): feeling; sense; impression 感覚(かんかく): sense; sensation; feeling; intuition 感染(かんせん): infection; contagion 感情(かんじょう): emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment 感想(かんそう): impressions; thoughts 感動(かんどう): being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; deep emotion; impression 感謝(かんしゃ): thanks; gratitude 実感(じっかん): (1) real feeling; actual feeling (2) to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that …); to experience personally 敏感(びんかん): sensibility; susceptibility; sensitive (to); well attuned to 感じる(かんじる): to feel; to sense; to experience 感心(かんしん): admiration; Well done! 共感(きょうかん): sympathy; empathy; response 感激(かんげき): deep emotion; impression; inspiration 感触(かんしょく): feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth) 予感(よかん): presentiment; premonition 同感(どうかん): agreement; same opinion; same feeling; sympathy; concurrence 反感(はんかん): antipathy; revolt; animosity 痛感(つうかん): feeling keenly; fully realizing 感ずる(かんずる): to feel; to sense 鈍感(どんかん): thickheadedness; stolidity; insensitivity 感度(かんど): sensitivity; reception (e.g. radio and television); severity (quake) 感無量(かんむりょう): deep feeling; inexpressible feeling; filled with emotion 感(かん): feeling; sensation; emotion; admiration; impression 3 3 233 咸: all; same 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 13 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic emotion Emotion is a march of mouths inside your heart telling you what to feel. Strong EMOTIONS don´t stay hidden. They march right out of one´s heart (below) and out one´s mouth (shouted, snarled, or gently whispered - depending on exactly what kind of emotion it is!). 615 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1-250 憂ユウうれ.える、うれ.い、う.い、う.きゆ melancholy, grieve, lament, be anxious, sad, unhappy 憂鬱(ゆううつ): depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom 1 S 1625 百: hundred 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 夂: winter radical (no. 34) 15 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic melancholy Melancholy makes me think of Hamlet cause he was so ´emo´. In order to play up his feelings he bares his head and holds his crown over his heart then walks (on walking legs) around the palace making everyone see how melancholy he is. What a wuss. This is an image of the crucifixion. Jesus is on the cross. His crown of thorns has slipped down and is around his neck, right between his head and his heart. His walking legs can be seen dangling from the cross as well. How MELANCHOLY! 616 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1501-2000 寡カ widow, minority, few 1 S 2035 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 自: oneself 分: part; minute of time; segment; share; degree; one's lot; duty; understand; know; rate; 1%; chances; shaku/100 14 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic widow The new widow sits in the house, her head in her lap (the extended stroke), her dagger in her husband. The house´s head, her husband, was murdered with a dagger. You can still see the drops of blood above the dagger. She is now a widow. 617 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Family kanjifreq2001-2500 忙ボウ、モウいそが.しい、せわ.しい、おそ.れる、うれえるさま busy, occupied, restless 忙しい(いそがしい): busy; hectic; occupied; engaged 多忙(たぼう): busy; pressure of work 3 S 1475 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 亡: deceased; the late; dying; perish 6 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic busy “Busy (as in ”“occupied”“) means a state of mind where all other thoughts are perished.” “^^^Make the ”“state of mind”“ primitive Data (from Star Trek) instead right now and save yourself the headache; ´state of mind´ is too vague! (Data can stay so busy as not to sleep without dying. He´s a robot).” 618 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1001-1500 悦エツよろこ.ぶ、よろこ.ばすや, よし ecstasy, joy, rapture 1 S 1762 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 兌: exchange 10 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic ecstasy ECSTASY alters our STATE OF MIND and makes us DEVILS. The state of mind that horny teenagers are looking for. 619 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1501-2000 恒コウつね、つねにのぶ, ひさ, ひさし constancy, always 1 S 1314 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 亘: span; request 9 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん恆形声 Phonetic constancy Constancy is holding the same state of mind over a long span of time. (tweaking PepeSeco and mspertus). Data is the epitome of constancy. As a robot, his consistency spans the entire day. 620 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 悼トウいた.む lament, grieve over 1 S 1645 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 卓: eminent; table; desk; high 11 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic lament When the world´s most eminent magician died, everyone´s state of mind became that of lamentation. He was buried with his famous sun-flower wand in his hand. Data laments that he could never see his eminent father, his creator, ever again. He paints a picture of his father, that looks like a sunflower in the shape of a magic wand. 621 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 悟ゴさと.る enlightenment, perceive, discern, realize, understand 覚悟(かくご): resolution; resignation; readiness; preparedness 悟る(さとる): (1) to perceive; to sense; to discern (2) to understand; to comprehend; to realize (3) to attain enlightenment 1 S 1411 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 吾: I; my; our; one's own 10 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic enlightenment Enlightenment is a state of mind that goes beyond the five senses. “Data finds enlightenment when he discovers the answer to the question, ”“Who am I?”“. (Image: Data meditating in a sitting lotus position).” 622 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 怖フ、ホこわ.い、こわ.がる、お.じる、おそ.れる dreadful, be frightened, fearful 恐怖(きょうふ): fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare; panic 怖い(こわい): (1) scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful (2) (I'm) afraid 3 S 1325 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 布: linen; cloth 8 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic dreadful Someone in a dreadful state of mind has crawled into his bed and is hiding under the sheets (linens). Being an android, Data is white as a sheet. Doctor Crusher always has to remind herself that this is perfectly normal. From a doctor´s perspective, he really does look dreadful. 623 gradeS JLPT.N3 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1001-1500 慌コウあわ.てる、あわ.ただしい disconcerted, be confused, lose one's head 慌てる(あわてる): (1) to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic (2) to be in a hurry; to rush 慌ただしい(あわただしい): busy; hurried; confused; flurried 1 S 1826 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 荒: laid waste; rough; rude; wild 12 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic disconcerted (re: wazzab) The state of mind of the people of New Orleans as they examined their city´s concert hall laid waste can best described as disconcerted. “Data walks in and sees Picard weeping. ”“What is the matter, Captain?”“ Picard looks up, and replies that his entire home planet has been laid to waste. Data, the master of tact, offers up this consolation: ”“Ah. I can see how that would be DISCONCERTing”“. It turns out that the flow of tears was really just because Picard had lost his chance at getting at some rare (and thus valuable) flowers on his home planet.” 624 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1501-2000 悔カイく.いる、く.やむ、くや.しい repent, regret 後悔(こうかい): regret; repentance 悔しい(くやしい): vexing; annoying; frustrating; regrettable; mortifying 悔やむ(くやむ): (1) to mourn; to lament (2) to be sorry; to regret; to repent 1 S 1460 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 毎: every 9 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん悔形声 Phonetic repent For all have sinned… so everyone´s state of mind should be to repent. When you repent, you heal your state of mind by going over every thing you regret doing. 625 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1001-1500 憎ゾウにく.む、にく.い、にく.らしい、にく.しみ hate, detest 憎しみ(にくしみ): hatred 憎む(にくむ): to hate; to detest 生憎(あいにく): unfortunately; Sorry, but … 憎らしい(にくらしい): odious; hateful 憎い(にくい): (1) hateful; abominable; poor-looking; detestable (2) amazing; fantastic; admirable; lovely; wonderful 2 S 1808 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 曽: formerly; once; before; ever; never; ex- 14 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん憎形声 Phonetic hate Like the saying goes, Hate just begets Hate. A state of mind that just increases and increases until it explodes. Data´s one true emotion is hate for Prince´s music. (Image: Data hunched over hands to his ears and screaming while Picard bobs to Purple Rain). 626 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1501-2000 慣カンな.れる、な.らす accustomed, get used to, become experienced 習慣(しゅうかん): custom; habit; manners 慣習(かんしゅう): usual (historical) custom 慣れ(なれ): practice; practise; experience 慣行(かんこう): customary practice; customary practise; habit; traditional event 慣例(かんれい): custom; precedent; of convention 慣らす(ならす): to accustom 慣れる(なれる): (1) to grow accustomed (to); to get too familiar with; to get used (to) (2) to become domesticated; to become tame 見慣れる(みなれる): to become used to seeing; to be familiar with 3 5 1177 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 貫: pierce; 8 1/3lbs; penetrate; brace 14 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic accustomed “It took him awhile, but Data finally got ACCUSTOMED to his nipple/breast piercings. They were constantly rubbing up against his shirt and his heart-shaped locket. Picture Data, shirtless, squeezing his nipples in front of Picard and saying ”“Yes, at first they were a bit shelly, but I´ve grown quite ACCUSTOMED to them”“. That last bit should do it for you.” Some hardcore monks have a state of mind that has become accustomed to their self-torture through piercing themselves. 627 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1001-1500 愉ユたの.しい、たの.しむゆう pleasure, happy, rejoice 愉快(ゆかい): pleasant; happy 1 S 1974 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 兪: steal 12 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic pleasure At the meeting of butchers, in their narrow state of mind, they throw lame jokes around like, ´Oh hello, it´s a pleasure to meat you´, and find this rather pleasing. Image : Data attending a meeting of the butchers union. As a joke to begin his speech he says, ´Its a pleasure to MEAT you all.´ (thanx to Shibo & nestOr). 628 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1501-2000 惰ダ lazy, laziness 1 S 2336 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 左: left 月: month; moon 12 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic lazy When I am in a LAZY state of mind I use my left hand to play with my meat…it feels like someone else is doing it, which is good cause I´m to lazy to get a date. When in a lazy state of mind, the things you need to do are left for next month. 629 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 慎シンつつし.む、つつし、つつし.みちか, のり, まこと, みつ humility, be careful, discrete, prudent 慎重(しんちょう): careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate 1 S 999 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 真: true; reality; Buddhist sect 13 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん愼形声 Phonetic humility Humility is the state of mind of accepting the truth about yourself - both favorable and unfavorable. (tweaked version of Raichu´s). Humility is a state of mind when you consider yourself in accordance with the truth (you neither boast nor demean yourself). 630 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 憾カンうら.む remorse, regret, be sorry 1 S 1682 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 感: emotion; feeling; sensation 16 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic remorse Remorse is the state of mind where I feel bad for what I did while I was tired and emotional! “Tip: If you are confusing this keyword, remorse, with repent (#625) and regret/resentment (#1460), then note that rEMOrse contains EMOtion.” 631 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1501-2000 憶オク recollection, think, remember 記憶(きおく): (1) memory; recollection; remembrance (2) storage 1 S 1324 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 意: idea; mind; heart; taste; thought; desire; care; liking 16 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic recollection Recollection is about bringing ideas back to your mind. Data´s recollection powers are unparalled. He never loses a single idea. 632 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 慕ボした.う pining, yearn for, love dearly, adore 慕う(したう): to yearn for; to miss; to adore; to love dearly 1 S 2100 莫: must not; do not; be not 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 14 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic pining Pining, yearn for… etc. Presumably for lost love. An easy one here, someone standing in the graveyard, placing an old valentine card amonst all the existing tributes. Morticia and Gomez (of the “Addams Family”) are spending their Valentine´s Day at the graveyard, pining for each other´s affection. 633 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq2001-2500 添テンそ.える、そ.う、も.える、も.うそえ, ぞい annexed, accompany, marry, suit, meet, satisfy, attach, append, garnish, imitate 添う(そう): (1) to meet (one's expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to comply with (2) to accompany; to stay by one's side (3) to marry; to wed (4) to be added 添える(そえる): (1) to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift) (2) to add to as support; to prop up (3) to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.) (4) to mimic; to imitate (5) to draw something near to oneself; to approach nearby 1 S 1501 水: water 忝: grateful; indebted 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 11 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic annexed Hawaii is a little drop of heaven nestled in the waters of the Pacific, most often visited by honeymooners and valentines. It was annexed to the U.S.A. in 1959, and more recently to Japan as well– albeit only unofficially, and through private commercial holdings. Annexed to the U.S.A. in 1898, Hawaii is nestled in the waters of the Pacific, a little drop of heaven, often visited on Valentines.. (from Ihatobu with the date corrected. Hawaii became a state in 1959)… 634 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 必ヒツかなら.ず invariably, certain, inevitable 必要(ひつよう): (1) necessary; needed; essential; indispensable (2) necessity; need; requirement 必ず(かならず): always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively; invariably 必ずしも(かならずしも): (not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) all; (not) entirely 必死(ひっし): (1) frantic; desperate (2) inevitable death (3) brinkmate (inevitable checkmate) (shogi) 必然(ひつぜん): (1) inevitable; necessary; certain; sure (2) inevitability; necessity 必修(ひっしゅう): required (subject) 必需品(ひつじゅひん): necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials; staple 3 4 265 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 5 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 象形 Pictographic invariably You swear you´ll be in love forever, but invariably there comes a time when your heart is divided. For this kanji I invariably got the stroke order wrong. I nearly lost heart, but decided to stick (pun) to it. Then I noticed the order is 1) katakana ソ (altered slightly); 2) fishhook; 3) two drops. Now I invariably get it right. 635 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 泌ヒツ、ヒ ooze, flow, soak in, penetrate, secrete 1 S 2112 水: water 必: invariably; certain; inevitable 8 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic ooze Anything full of water will invariably begin to ooze. When you pierce a heart with a stake, it invariably oozes blood. 636 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 手シュ、ズて、て-、-て、た- hand 手続(てつづき): procedure; (legal) process; formalities 手当て(てあて): (1) salary; pay; compensation; allowance (e.g. housing allowance); benefit; bonus (2) medical care; treatment (3) advance preparation 手引(てびき): guidance; guide; introduction; guideline 手(て): (1) hand; arm (2) forepaw; foreleg (3) handle (4) hand; worker; help (5) trouble; care; effort (6) means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship (7) hand; handwriting (8) kind; type; sort (9) one's hands; one's possession (10) ability to cope (11) hand (of cards) (12) direction (13) move (in go, shogi, etc.) 選手(せんしゅ): player (in game); team member 相手(あいて): (1) companion; partner; company (2) other party; addressee (3) opponent (sports, etc.) 取っ手(とって): handle; grip; knob 歌手(かしゅ): singer 手紙(てがみ): letter 手術(しゅじゅつ): (surgical) operation; procedure 手段(しゅだん): means; way; measure 運転手(うんてんしゅ): driver; chauffeur 助手(じょしゅ): helper; helpmeet; assistant; tutor 拍手(はくしゅ): clapping hands; applause 苦手(にがて): (1) poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at) (2) dislike (of) 手前(てまえ): (1) before; this side (2) one's standpoint; one's appearance (3) we (4) you 切手(きって): stamp (postage); merchandise certificate 派手(はで): showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy 手軽(てがる): easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap 手順(てじゅん): process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction 手帳(てちょう): (1) notebook; memo pad (2) certificate (3) identification card 手間(てま): time; labour; labor 手元(てもと): (1) (money) on hand or at home; one's purse (handbag) (2) usual skill 小切手(こぎって): cheque; check 握手(あくしゅ): handshake 手伝い(てつだい): (1) helper; assistant (2) help 上手(じょうず): (1) skill; skillful; dexterity (2) flattery 入手(にゅうしゅ): obtaining; coming to hand 手掛かり(てがかり): (1) clue; key; trail; scent; track; contact (2) handhold; on hand 手入れ(ていれ): (1) repairs; maintenance; tending; trimming; grooming (2) crackdown; (police) raid 手本(てほん): (1) copybook (2) model; pattern 下手(へた): (1) unskillful; poor; awkward (2) imprudent; untactful 勝手(かって): (1) one's own convenience; one's way (2) convenience or ease of use; knowledge of how to use (3) circumstances; situation (e.g. financial); environment (4) kitchen (5) arbitrary (6) unauthorised (e.g. phone app, WWW site); unofficial 手袋(てぶくろ): glove; mitten; mitt 手配(てはい): (1) arrangement; preparations (2) search (by police) 着手(ちゃくしゅ): (1) to start work (on); to undertake (2) embarkation; launch 手際(てぎわ): performance; skill; tact 手首(てくび): wrist 手錠(てじょう): handcuffs; manacles 土手(どて): (1) embankment; bank (2) beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin 手法(しゅほう): technique 手遅れ(ておくれ): (1) being (too) late (2) belated treatment 手ごろ(てごろ): moderate; handy; convenient; reasonable 手洗い(てあらい): (1) washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands (2) restroom; lavatory; toilet (3) hand-washing (laundry, etc.) 手品(てじな): sleight of hand; conjuring trick; magic; juggling 手分け(てわけ): division of labour; division of labor 手数(てすう): (1) trouble; bother (2) number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.) (3) number of punches (in boxing) お手上げ(おてあげ): all over; given in; given up hope; bring to knees 手拭い(てぬぐい): (hand) towel 手伝う(てつだう): to help; to assist; to take part in お手洗い(おてあらい): toilet; restroom; lavatory; bathroom お手伝いさん(おてつだいさん): maid 手掛ける(てがける): to handle; to manage; to work with; to rear; to look after; to have experience with 手芸(しゅげい): handicrafts 手近(てぢか): near; handy; within reach; familiar 手回し(てまわし): preparations; arrangements 手筈(てはず): arrangement; plan; programme; program 勝手に(かってに): arbitrarily; of its own accord; involuntarily; wilfully; willfully; as one pleases 上手(うわて): (1) upper part (2) upper stream; upper course of a river (3) right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV) (4) skillful (only in comparisons); dexterity (only in comparisons) (5) over-arm grip on opponent's belt (sumo) 攻め手(せめて): offense; offence; method of attack 5 1 60 手: hand, hand radical (no. 64) 4 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 象形 Pictographic hand This pictograph actually really works if you look at it as a hand with fingers spread and middle finger pointing down. see the very top stroke as the edge of a shirt cuff, and it will all come together. A hand is useful for 千一(1001) things. 637 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Body_Arm.Leg kanjifreq1-250 看カンみ.る watch over, see 看護婦(かんごふ): (female) nurse 看護(かんご): nursing; (army) nurse 看板(かんばん): (1) signboard; sign; billboard; hoarding; doorplate (2) draw; attraction; feature; highlight; spokesman; figurehead (3) reputation (of a shop) (4) appearance; look (5) closing time 看病(かんびょう): nursing (a patient) 看護師(かんごし): (hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN 2 6 1060 手: hand 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 9 目 109 5 め・めへん・よこめ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic watch over It´s a hot day of summer with a clear sky, you´re sitting outside a cafe (or maybe on a reclining chair in the garden), and you watch over the kids with a hand covering your eyes from the sunlight (next time, don´t forget the sunglasses). Think of the monster from Pan´s Labrynth, that watched over the poor girl with eyes in the palm of his hands. 638 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 摩マま.する、さす.る、す.る chafe, rub, polish, grind, scrape 摩擦(まさつ): friction; rubbing; rubdown; chafe 摩る(さする): (1) to pat; to stroke (2) to rub off; to polish; to grind; to graze; to scrape (3) to be equal to (4) to be about to reach 1 S 1252 麻: hemp; flax 手: hand 15 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic chafe “If you grind the hemp without a stone but use your hand instead it will chafe. (Image: ”“Robin, why are your hands all chafed?”“ ´Uh… (I´ve been grinding hemp all day)´).” When the feds came to bust your little hemp grove, you jumped out the back side of the cave and tried to repel down with a hemp rope. Unfortunately, the rope chafed your hands and you fell .. ouch! 639 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 我ガわれ、わ、わ.が-、わが- あ, あが, か ego, I, selfish, our, oneself 我々(われわれ): we 我が(わが): my; our; one's own 我慢(がまん): patience; endurance; perseverance; tolerance; self-control; self-denial 自我(じが): self; the ego 我(われ): (1) I; me (2) oneself (3) you (4) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt 我が儘(わがまま): (1) selfishness; egoism; self-indulgence; wilfulness; willfulness (2) disobedience (3) whim 怪我(けが): injury (to animate object); hurt 1 6 829 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 戈: halberd; arms; festival car; float; tasselled spear radical (no. 62) 亅: feathered stick; barb radical (no. 6) 7 戈 62 4 ほこ・ほこづくり・ほこがまえ・かのほこ (none) 仮借 Loan ego “Someone with a huge EGO is too good for any romantic partner and as such has nothing but personal ”“hand fiestas”“ with himself every night.” Did you hear about the guy who had such a big EGO that he threw a fiesta for his left hand? 640 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_General kanjifreq751-1000 義ギただし, ちか, のり, よし righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning 主義(しゅぎ): doctrine; rule; principle 義務(ぎむ): duty; obligation; responsibility 正義(せいぎ): justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning 意義(いぎ): meaning; significance 講義(こうぎ): lecture 定義(ていぎ): definition 義理(ぎり): duty; sense of duty; honor; honour; decency; courtesy; debt of gratitude; social obligation 1 5 415 羊: sheep 我: ego; I; selfish; our; oneself 13 羊 123 6 ひつじ・ひつじへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic righteousness Righteous Christians are sheep with egos (reworked from raulir, fixes word order to match radical order). On the other hand, Woman tend to have too much self-righteousness to allow any man to touch their wooly black sheep this results in similar hand fiestas. 641 grade5 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq251-500 議ギかた, のり deliberation, consultation, debate, consideration 会議(かいぎ): meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention; congress 議員(ぎいん): member of the Diet, congress or parliament 議会(ぎかい): Diet; congress; parliament 議長(ぎちょう): chairman; speaker (e.g. of assembly); president (e.g. of council, senate, etc.); moderator (e.g. of a newsgroup) 協議(きょうぎ): conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation 決議(けつぎ): resolution; vote; decision 審議(しんぎ): deliberation 議論(ぎろん): argument; discussion; dispute; controversy 抗議(こうぎ): protest; objection 議題(ぎだい): topic of discussion; agenda 参議院(さんぎいん): House of Councillors 討議(とうぎ): debate; discussion 議決(ぎけつ): resolution; decision; vote 衆議院(しゅうぎいん): lower house; House of Representatives 不思議(ふしぎ): wonder; miracle; strange; mystery; marvel; curiosity 論議(ろんぎ): discussion; argument; debate 会議室(かいぎしつ): conference room; council room 異議(いぎ): objection; dissent; protest 議案(ぎあん): (1) legislative bill; measure (2) agenda item 議事堂(ぎじどう): Diet building 物議(ぶつぎ): public discussion; public criticism; controversy 合議(ごうぎ): consultation; conference 3 4 25 言: say 義: righteousness; justice; morality; honor; loyalty; meaning 20 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic deliberation Careful deliberation produces words of righteousness. At the worst of times, a jury´s deliberation descends into a war of words between competing self-righteous, power-tripping bastards. 642 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 犠ギ、キいけにえ sacrifice 犠牲(ぎせい): victim; sacrifice; scapegoat 1 S 1189 牛: cow 義: righteousness; justice; morality; honor; loyalty; meaning 17 牛 93 4 うし犧形声 Phonetic sacrifice A cow that is righteous sacrifices her milk for the human race. Cows are truly righteous animals. They SACRIFICE their milk so that we can have some. And if they don´t have any left, they give a sheep a hand fiesta (good lord this is going too far) and give us that instead. What righteous cows. 643 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 抹マツ rub, paint, erase 1 S 2006 手: hand 末: end; close; tip; powder; posterity 8 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic rub “I like to RUB my FINGERS over my EXTREMITIES ….like my extremity-ly long, umm, hair…. This has been edited in response to being reported …you can change ”“hair”“ to whatever extremity-ly long body part you like.” When you´re cold, your RUB your FINGERS over your EXTREMITIES vigorously to warm up a bit. I´d still rather go in for a warm fire and some hot cocoa, though. 644 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 抱ホウだ.く、いだ.く、かか.えるたば embrace, hug, hold in arms 抱える(かかえる): (1) to hold or carry under or in the arms (2) to have (esp. problems, debts, etc.) (3) to employ; to engage; to hire 辛抱(しんぼう): patience; endurance 抱く(いだく): (1) to embrace; to hold in the arms (e.g. a baby); to hug (2) to harbour (e.g. grudge) (harbor); to bear (e.g. a grudge); to entertain (e.g. suspicion) (3) to have sex with; to make love to; to sleep with (4) to sit on eggs 抱っこ(だっこ): (child's) hug; carrying a baby in one's arms; carrying a pet in one's arms 介抱(かいほう): nursing; looking after 3 S 871 手: hand 包: wrap; pack up; cover; conceal 8 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic embrace “When embracing someone, wrap your fingers around her butt for added effect. You may think of ”“bound with snakes”“ as a description of the fingers slithering around the buttocks, if you want a particularly graphic image.” Here, I´m picturing that scene from ET (the extra terrestrial), where ET hugs Elliot before leaving. You see that EMBRACE is ET´s long FINGERS that WRAP around Elliot. 645 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 搭トウ board, load (a vehicle), ride 1 S 1472 手: hand 荅: adzuki beans; thick 12 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic board “Ok, this is a little wierd, but i took this back to the kanji for pagoda (#254). I think it helps simplify the image, and also helps anchor the pagoda kanji in memory better as an added bonus. say this aloud once, and i think it will bring out a vivid image very quickly: ”“Now boarding the pagoda ride. Please keep your fingers inside at all times…”“.” When you board the ship on the way out from Hawaii a beautiful crewmember takes her fingers and fits a lei around you ….a lei is flowers fitted together with your fingers. 646 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Vehicle.Machine kanjifreq1001-1500 抄ショウさ, り extract, selection, summary, copy, spread thin 1 S 2328 手: hand 少: few; little 7 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic extract You can extract her juices by inserting a few fingers. The mafia want to extract information from you. You don´t say a word, so out comes the knife. They cut of your fingers until you only have a few left and then you speak. 647 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 抗コウあらが.う confront, resist, defy, oppose 抵抗(ていこう): (1) resistance; opposition (2) reluctance; repulsion; repugnance (3) resistance; drag; friction (4) electrical resistance (5) resistor 抗議(こうぎ): protest; objection 対抗(たいこう): opposition; antagonism 抗争(こうそう): dispute; resistance 反抗(はんこう): opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion 1 S 666 手: hand 亢: high spirits 7 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic confront “Gandalf confronts the evil beast, shouting ”“you shall not pass!”“. He holds up a single finger and sends forth a whirlwind.” Imagine a thumb war. A confrontation of fingers in a whirlwind. 648 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 批ヒ criticism, strike 批判(ひはん): criticism; judgement; judgment; comment 批評(ひひょう): criticism; review; commentary 2 6 568 手: hand 比: compare; race; ratio; Philipines 7 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic criticism Think of the two most famous critics, Ebert and Roeper. On their show, they compare thumbs (which are technically fingers) with each other before dispensing criticism. My criticism earned me the FINGER when I COMPARED her cooking to my mother´s. 649 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 招ショウまね.く beckon, invite, summon, engage 招待(しょうたい): invitation 招き(まねき): invitation 招く(まねく): (1) to invite; to ask (2) to beckon; to wave someone in; to gesture to (3) to call in; to send for; to summon (4) to bring on oneself; to cause; to incur; to lead to; to result in 3 5 840 手: hand 召: seduce; call; send for; wear; put on; ride in; buy; eat; drink; catch (cold) 8 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic beckon A Geisha beckons you with her index finger, and as you approach she runs her fingers all over her body in an attempt to seduce you. Keyword meaning : “invite”. I bet you all know the Maneki Neko, or beckoning cat, who with its raised fingers tries to seduce all good things (success, happiness and harmony) to its owner. 650 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 拓タクひら.くつ, ひろ clear (the land), open, break up (land) 開拓(かいたく): (1) reclamation (of wasteland); cultivation (2) pioneering; pathfinding; trail-blazing 1 S 1526 手: hand 石: stone 8 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic clear the land A huge index finger coming down from the sky is kicking boulders of rock, clearing the land. Maybe it´s the finger of God preparing a place for his little people to live. I imagine clearing the land in order to set up your tent after a long day of backpacking. Using your fingers, you pick up all of the rocks and get them out of the way so that you can get a comfortable night sleep. If you don´t clear the land you can just picture the rock sticking into your back as you toss and turn all night long. 651 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 拍ハク、ヒョウ clap, beat (music) 拍手(はくしゅ): clapping hands; applause 1 S 1373 手: hand 白: white 8 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic clap “(Image: the most snooty prim and proper English Lord with white gloves clapping only with his fingers. ”“Oh bravo old chap. Bravo…”“).” I clapped so hard, my fingers became white. 652 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art kanjifreq1001-1500 打ダ、ダアスう.つ、う.ち-、ぶ.つうち strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen 打撃(だげき): (1) blow; shock; strike; damage (2) batting (baseball) 打つ(うつ): (1) to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound (2) to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.) (3) to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.) (4) to move; to impress; to touch (5) to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject (6) to type; to send; to transmit (7) to insert; to write in; to mark (8) to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare (9) to till (soil) (10) to sprinkle; to throw; to cast (11) to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.) (12) to pay (a deposit, etc.) (13) to visit (on a pilgrimage) (14) to line (a coat) (15) to bind (a criminal) 打ち込む(うちこむ): to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to devote oneself to; to shoot into; to smash; to throw into; to cast into 打ち合わせ(うちあわせ): (1) business meeting; previous arrangement; appointment; preparatory meeting (2) overlap (of a coat, etc.) (3) making something match exactly 打消す(うちけす): (1) to deny; to contradict (2) to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out 打消し(うちけし): negation; denial; negative 打開(だかい): break in the deadlock 値打ち(ねうち): value; worth; price; dignity 打ち切る(うちきる): to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close 打ち明ける(うちあける): to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart 打付ける(ぶつける): to knock; to run into; to nail on; to strike hard; to hit and attack; to try (an idea) on someone 打(ダース): dozen 打つ(ぶつ): to hit (a person); to strike; to beat 打ち合わせる(うちあわせる): (1) to knock together (2) to arrange (e.g. a meeting) 打つかる(ぶつかる): (1) to strike against; to collide with; to bump into; to conflict (2) to encounter; to meet (3) to clash 3 3 239 手: hand 丁: street; ward; town; counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign 5 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic strike “You´re using a hammer to drive a nail into a plank, but you miss and strike your fingers, ouch ! PS: the character does not mean ”“to go on strike”“, it will be very helpful in the long run to create images that convey the proper sense of the character!” My teacher used to strike my fingers with a street sign. 653 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 拘コウかか.わる arrest, seize, concerned, adhere to, despite 拘束(こうそく): restriction; restraint; binding; constraint 拘わる(こだわる): (1) to fuss over; to be particular about (2) to be obsessive; to be fixated 1 S 1336 手: hand 句: phrase; clause; sentence; passage; paragraph; counter for haiku 8 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic arrest “You approach the thief from behind, stick your finger at his back to fake a gun, and say the phrase ”“You´re under arrest”“.” Giving the police the finger and a colorful phrase is a surefire way to get arrested. 654 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 捨シャす.てる discard, throw away, abandon, resign, reject, sacrifice 四捨五入(ししゃごにゅう): rounding half up (i.e. fractions) 捨てる(すてる): to throw away; to cast aside; to abandon; to resign; to break up with (someone) 2 6 1266 手: hand 舎: cottage; inn; hut; house; mansion 11 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic discard Someone stuck their fingers in my cottage cheese! I´m going to have to discard the lot! The wicked witch from Hansel and Gretel only likes the meaty parts of kids. Outside her candy cottage, you can see a pile of discarded fingers. 655 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 拐カイ kidnap, falsify 1 S 1498 手: hand 口: mouth 刀: sword; saber; knife 8 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic kidnap Wrap your FINGERS around someone´s MOUTH to keep them quiet, then put the KNIFE to their throat to ensure their cooperation. This is the best way to KIDNAP someone. “After you beckon (#650) someone by seducing them, you kidnap them and hang them upside down (the reversed positions of seduce).” 656 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 摘テキつ.むつむ pinch, pick, pluck, trim, clip, summarize 指摘(してき): pointing out; identification 摘む(つまむ): to pinch; to hold; to pick up 摘む(つむ): to pluck; to pick; to trim 1 S 564 手: hand 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13) 古: old 14 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic pinch “My grandma always pinched me with her fingers when i was playing with her antiques. Imagine her fingers, also quite antique, thin, bony and hard, pinching at your hand. ”“Keep your fingers away from my antiques!!”“.” >_< Don´t you hate when your aunt (who is an antique) PINCHES your cheeks with her antique fingers? 657 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 挑チョウいど.む challenge, contend for, make love to 挑戦(ちょうせん): challenge; defiance 挑む(いどむ): (1) to challenge; to throw down the gauntlet; to contend for; to tackle (2) to pressure someone for sex; to woo; to make love to 1 S 989 手: hand 兆: portent; 1012; trillion; sign; omen; symptoms 9 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic challenge Here comes a new challenge, try to kill Bowser, the giant Turtle using jut on finger. “You are sure to take a challenge because your victory was portended. So you stand self-confident before your foe, point a finger at him and say ”“I will prevail, as was long portended!”“.” 658 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 指シゆび、さ.す、-さ.しい, いぶ, さし, さす finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler) 物指(ものさし): ruler; measure 指導(しどう): (1) leadership; guidance; coaching (2) shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo) 指揮(しき): command; direction 指定(してい): designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at 指摘(してき): pointing out; identification 指(ゆび): finger; toe; digit 指輪(ゆびわ): (finger) ring 親指(おやゆび): thumb 小指(こゆび): (1) little finger; pinky (2) little toe 指令(しれい): orders; instructions; directive; command 指図(さしず): instruction; mandate; directions 中指(なかゆび): middle finger 薬指(くすりゆび): ring finger; fourth finger 目指す(めざす): to aim at; to have an eye on 指す(さす): (1) to point (2) to nominate; to select someone; to specify some person (3) to identify; to indicate; to point out (4) to play (shogi) (5) to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance) 指差す(ゆびさす): to point at 人差し指(ひとさしゆび): index finger 3 3 155 手: hand 旨: delicious; relish; show a liking for; purport; will; clever; expert 9 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic finger Finger lickin´ delicious. “I remember this not as finger which has too many uses elsewhere but as ”“fingering”“ then its easy: fingering some delicious…” 659 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Body_Arm.Leg kanjifreq1-250 持ジも.つ、-も.ち、も.てるもち, もつ hold, have 維持(いじ): maintenance; preservation; improvement 支持(しじ): (1) support; holding up; propping (2) support; backing; endorsing 気持ち(きもち): feeling; sensation; mood 持ち(もち): (1) hold; charge; keep possession; in charge (2) wear; durability; life; draw (3) usage 持つ(もつ): (1) to hold; to carry (2) to possess 持続(じぞく): continuation 金持ち(かねもち): rich person 持参(じさん): bringing; taking; carrying 所持(しょじ): possession; owning 受け持ち(うけもち): charge (of something); matter in one's charge 受け持つ(うけもつ): to take (be in) charge of 持てる(もてる): (1) to be able to possess (hold, get, etc.) (2) to be well liked; to be popular; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed (3) to endure (the tests of time, the elements, etc.); to last (4) possessed (5) possessing riches; having wealth 持て成す(もてなす): to entertain; to make welcome 持ち上げる(もちあげる): (1) to elevate; to raise; to lift up (2) to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky 持ち切り(もちきり): hot topic; talk of the town 4 3 119 手: hand 寺: Buddhist temple 9 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic hold At the BUDDHIST TEMPLE you´ll see wonderous things, such as the priest that can HOLD himself upside down with just a FINGER. In Kyaiktiyo, there is rocking stone which sits on the edge of a cliff, and there is a Buddhist temple built on the top of it. You can rock the stone by pushing it with your finger, but it still holds in place. It´s true, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyaiktiyo. 660 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 括カツくく.る fasten, tie up, arrest, constrict 一括(いっかつ): all together; batch; one lump; one bundle; summing up 括弧(かっこ): parentheses; brackets 1 S 1026 手: hand 舌: tongue; reed; clapper 9 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic fasten Teacher was always telling us to fasten our lips by pulling a zipper shut with our fingers. It always frightened me because I imagined getting my tongue stuck in the zipper. On the plane, you refuse to FASTEN your seatbelt and even go so far as to give the stewardess the finger and stick out your tongue at her. The crew comes and pins you down and forces you to FASTEN it. 661 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 揮キふる.う brandish, wave, wag, swing, shake 指揮(しき): command; direction 発揮(はっき): exhibition; demonstration; show; display; manifestation 1 6 946 手: hand 軍: army; force; troops; war; battle 12 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic brandish “A military leader in his chariot is brandishing his finger at the enemy, crying ”“chaaaaaaaaarrrgggeeee!”“.” Think of the movie Gladiator but instead Maximus is brandishing a giant foam brand name (nike, rebok, adidas, whatever) finger like you see at a baseball game. He´s riding in a chariot using the foam finger to kill his enemy. 662 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 推スイお.す conjecture, infer, guess, suppose, support 推進(すいしん): (1) propulsion; driving force (2) implementation; promotion (e.g. of a government policy) 推薦(すいせん): recommendation; referral; endorsement 推定(すいてい): (1) presumption; assumption (2) estimation 推理(すいり): reasoning; inference; mystery or detective genre (movie, novel, etc.) 推測(すいそく): guess; conjecture 類推(るいすい): (1) analogy (2) analogical reasoning 1 6 507 手: hand 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 11 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic conjecture In mathematics, a conjecture is a mathematical statement which has been proposed as a true statement, but which no one has yet been able to prove or disprove. Have you heard of the Finger-Turkey conjecture ? It states that if turkeys had fingers, they would be able to count. Be sure to imagine a turkey with fingers at the tip of its wings, counting from one to ten. In the midst of conjecture on whether it was done or not, mom stuck her fingers in the turkey to check. 663 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 揚ヨウあ.げる、-あ.げ、あ.がるあがり hoist, fry in deep fat 1 S 1316 手: hand 昜: open; sun 12 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic hoist My piggy bank is so heavy that I cannot HOIST it using just my fingers. Picture a major robbery where some dudes are breaking into a bank to steal their money. They get their man in the vault through the ceiling - now he´s hanging from a rope a few feet from the ground (like in the movies, dodging laser beams). He reports back that he has found the loot, and its all in a large piggy bank in the center of the vault. The alarm sounds and he´s got to think fast. He jams the four fingers of his right hand in the piggy bank slot and tells his team to hoist him up, he´s got the loot! 664 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Directions_Movement Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq1001-1500 提テイ、チョウ、ダイさ.げる propose, take along, carry in hand 前提(ぜんてい): preamble; premise; reason; prerequisite; condition; assumption; hypothesis; given 提案(ていあん): proposal; proposition; suggestion 提供(ていきょう): offer; tender; program sponsoring; programme sponsoring; furnishing; provisioning; supply 提出(ていしゅつ): (1) to present; to submit (e.g. a report or a thesis); to hand in; to file; to turn in (2) presentation; submission; filing 提携(ていけい): cooperation; tie-up; joint business; link-up 提示(ていじ): presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation 1 5 254 手: hand 是: just so; this; right; justice 12 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic propose When a man PROPOSES to a lady, he takes her FINGER and places the ring on it JUST SO, and the moment sweeps her away. I tried to propose to my girlfriend, but the ring was too small to fit her finger. Instead of saying yes, she just uttered an annoyed sigh. So I rushed to the jeweler where he made it bigger. But now it was too big, so I rushed back to make it smaller. This spiel kept going on until the ring was finally just so. Her eyes lit up and she said yes. 665 grade5 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq251-500 損ソンそこ.なう、そこな.う、-そこ.なう、そこ.ねる、-そこ.ねる damage, loss, disadvantage, hurt, injure 損う(そこなう): to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage; to fail in doing 損害(そんがい): damage; injury; loss 損失(そんしつ): loss (e.g. assets or profits) 損(そん): loss; disadvantage 破損(はそん): damage 損得(そんとく): loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage 2 5 807 手: hand 員: employee; member; number; the one in charge 13 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic damage “Boss yells, ”“Who damaged the Xerox machine?!”“ fingers of employees point at one another.” If you finger your employee, you risk incurring many damages from a possible sexual harassment lawsuit. 666 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 拾シュウ、ジュウひろ.う pick up, gather, find, go on foot 拾う(ひろう): to pick up; to find; to gather 2 3 1479 手: hand 合: fit; suit; join; 0.1 9 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic pick up I tried to PICK UP the bowling ball…but my FINGERS didn´t FIT in the holes. Try PICKING UP a girl by trying to FIT your FINGER in you know what… let me know how that works. 667 grade3 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 担タンかつ.ぐ、にな.う shouldering, carry, raise, bear 担当(たんとう): (in) charge (of an area of responsibility, but not necessarily supervision of staff) 負担(ふたん): burden; charge; responsibility 分担(ぶんたん): apportionment; allotment; share 担ぐ(かつぐ): (1) to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder (2) to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive; to take in 担う(になう): to carry on shoulder; to bear (burden); to shoulder (gun) 2 6 422 手: hand 旦: daybreak; dawn; morning 8 手 64 4 て・てへん擔形声 Phonetic shouldering One of Hercules´ labors was to hold the world in his fingers for Atlas and not move until nightbreak, shouldering the considerable burden. One of the classic stories of shouldering a heavy burden is that of the kid who had to stick his finger on a dam until nightbreak to prevent it from breaking down. 668 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 拠キョ、コよ.る foothold, based on, follow, therefore 根拠(こんきょ): basis; foundation 証拠(しょうこ): evidence; proof 1 S 858 手: hand 処: dispose; manage; deal with; sentence; condemn; act; behave; place 8 手 64 4 て・てへん據形声 Phonetic foothold When rockclimbing, when your weight disposes of the valuble foothold, all that´s left is your fingers keeping you from death. Meanwhile, your walking legs are left dangling in the wind. Once you have a good foothold, you can dispose of your fingerhold. 669 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 描ビョウえが.く、か.く sketch, compose, write, draw, paint 描写(びょうしゃ): depiction; description; portrayal 描く(えがく): (1) to draw; to paint; to sketch (2) to depict; to describe 1 S 876 手: hand 苗: seedling; sapling; shoot 11 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic sketch “A sketch is a seedling (#234) of things to come. Before the assault, the sergeant draws a sketch of the attack with his fingers in the sand.” “I´m bad at drawing, so when I try to sketch the kanji for cat, you can sort of recognize it, but I don´t get the curve of the ”“wild dogs”“ just right.” 670 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 操ソウ、サンみさお、あやつ.るさお, みさ maneuver, manipulate, operate, steer, chastity, virginity, fidelity 操作(そうさ): (1) operation; management; processing (2) manipulating to one's benefit (3) to operate (4) to manipulate; to fiddle (e.g. the books) 操縦(そうじゅう): (1) flying (a plane) (2) management; handling; control; manipulation 体操(たいそう): gymnastics; physical exercises; calisthenics 操る(あやつる): (1) to manipulate; to operate; to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to steer (a ship) (2) to have a good command of (a language); to be fluent in (3) to operate a puppet; to pull the strings of a puppet (4) to mastermind; to pull the strings; to control from the shadows (5) to play (a musical instrument) 2 6 1016 手: hand 品: goods; refinement; dignity; article; counter for meal courses 木: tree; wood 16 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic maneuver “Tip: goods + wood/tree : This combination of primitives appears four times in Heisig, so it´s worthwhile giving it a name. I suggest ”“furniture”“ (a common type of wooden goods). REF: parch (#215) , maneuver (FRAME 671), winding (#1369), seaweed (#2035). Story: Using just a finger you are trying to maneuver your furniture round your room.” Luke skywalker points his fingers and uses the force to maneuver the goods through the tree branches and up over the tree. 671 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 接セツ、ショウつ.ぐ touch, contact, adjoin, piece together 直接(ちょくせつ): direct; immediate; personal; firsthand 接触(せっしょく): touch; contact 面接(めんせつ): interview 密接(みっせつ): related; connected; close; intimate 接近(せっきん): (1) getting closer; drawing nearer; approaching (2) being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.) (3) becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate 接する(せっする): (1) to come in contact with; to touch; to connect (with) (2) to attend (to) (3) to receive (visitors) 間接(かんせつ): indirection; indirectness 応接(おうせつ): reception 接続(せつぞく): (1) connection; attachment; union; join; joint; link (2) changing trains (3) conjunction 接ぐ(つぐ): (1) to join (2) to piece together (3) to set (bones) (4) to graft (trees) 接続詞(せつぞくし): conjunction 2 5 523 手: hand 妾: concubine 11 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic touch A pervert meets a woman. The pervert tries to touch the women with his lustful fingers. The woman takes a vase, lifts it over her head and smashes it on the pervert´s head… CHIKAN!! These are the perverts who use their fingers to touch standing women on crowded trains. 672 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 掲ケイかか.げる put up (a notice), put up, hoist, display, hang out, publish, describe 掲載(けいさい): (1) publication (e.g. article in paper); appearance; insertion (2) to insert (e.g. an article); to run (e.g. in a newspaper); to carry (e.g. an article) 掲げる(かかげる): (1) to publish; to print; to carry (an article) (2) to put up; to hang out; to hoist; to fly (a sail); to float (a flag, kite, etc.) (3) to tuck up (e.g. sleeves); to roll up (4) to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to adopt (a slogan) (5) to stoke a fire; to fan a flame 掲示(けいじ): notice; bulletin; post; posting; placard 1 S 899 手: hand 曷: why; how; when 11 手 64 4 て・てへん揭形声 Phonetic put up a notice A muchacho puts up a notice that says “NO FINGER SNAPPING ALLOWED. MUCHACHOS ON SIESTA”. The muchachos are sleeping soundly, completely oblivious to the sound of dogs barking, guitar playing and even gun shots. Now imagine one tourist passing by and snapping his fingers and waking up all the muchachos at once. “Just as I was finished putting up a ”“no siestas”“ notice on my property, a muchacho gave me the finger, sat down, and promptly fell asleep.” 673 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 掛カイ、ケイか.ける、-か.ける、か.け、-か.け、-が.け、か.かる、-か.かる、-が.かる、か.かり、-が.かり、かかり、-がかりかけ hang, suspend, depend, arrive at, tax 切掛(きっかけ): chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus; occasion 手掛かり(てがかり): (1) clue; key; trail; scent; track; contact (2) handhold; on hand 寄り掛かる(よりかかる): to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on 掛ける(かける): (1) to hang (e.g. picture); to hoist (e.g. sail); to raise (e.g. flag) (2) to sit (3) to be partway (verb); to begin (but not complete) (4) to take (time, money); to expend (money, time, etc.) (5) to make (a call) (6) to multiply (7) to secure (e.g. lock) (8) to put on (glasses, etc.) (9) to cover (10) to burden someone (11) to apply (insurance) (12) to turn on (an engine, etc.); to set (a dial, an alarm clock, etc.) (13) to put an effect (spell, anaesthetic, etc.) on (14) to hold an emotion for (pity, hope, etc.) (15) to bind (16) to pour (or sprinkle, spray, etc.) onto (17) to argue (in court); to deliberate (in a meeting); to present (e.g. idea to a conference, etc.) (18) to increase further (19) to catch (in a trap, etc.) (20) to set atop (21) to erect (a makeshift building) (22) to hold (a play, festival, etc.) (23) (after -masu stem of verb) indicates (verb) is being directed to (someone) 掛け(かけ): (1) credit (2) money owed on an account; bill (3) hot noodles in broth (4) proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price) (5) in the midst of (6) rest; rack; hanger 引っ掛る(ひっかかる): to be caught in; to be stuck in; to be cheated 腰掛(こしかけ): seat; bench 心掛け(こころがけ): intention; attention; dedication; care; prudence; readiness; mental attitude 仕掛け(しかけ): device; contrivance; trick; mechanism; gadget; (small) scale; half finished; commencement; set up; challenge; attack 出掛ける(でかける): to depart; to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to set out; to start; to be going out 仕掛ける(しかける): to commence; to lay (mines); to set (traps); to wage (war); to challenge 話し掛ける(はなしかける): to accost a person; to talk (to someone) 腰掛ける(こしかける): to sit (down) 引っ掛ける(ひっかける): (1) to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes) (2) to hook; to catch; to trap; to ensnare (3) to cheat; to evade payment; to jump a bill (4) to drink (alcohol) (5) to splash someone (with) (6) to hit the ball off the end of the bat (baseball) 差し掛かる(さしかかる): to come near to; to approach 通り掛かる(とおりかかる): to happen to pass by 掛け算(かけざん): multiplication 手掛ける(てがける): to handle; to manage; to work with; to rear; to look after; to have experience with お出掛け(おでかけ): about to start out; just about to leave or go out お掛け下さい(おかけください): please sit down; please have a seat 3 S 1027 手: hand 卦: a divination sign 11 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic hang Think RPG. The wizard points his finger to the guard and the ivy he has just animated with his magic wand climbs down the wall to hang the poor guy, opening the way for the adventurers into the dungeon. 3 ways you could hang something: 1) the normal way, with your finger putting something on a hook or whatever, 2) hanging from a vine the natural way, or 3) by means of the magic of the wand. 674 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1001-1500 研ケンと.ぐのり polish, study of, sharpen 研究(けんきゅう): study; research; investigation 研修(けんしゅう): training (esp. in-service); induction course 研究室(けんきゅうしつ): (1) laboratory (2) seminar room (3) professor's office 研ぐ(とぐ): (1) to sharpen; to hone; to whet; to grind (2) to wash (rice) (3) to scour; to polish; to burnish 4 3 336 石: stone 幵: put together 9 石 112 5 いし・いしへん硏形声 Phonetic polish My stones are so huge that it takes two hands to polish them! You use two hands to polish a stone: one to hold it and the other to rub it. 675 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art kanjifreq251-500 戒カイいまし.める commandment 警戒(けいかい): (1) vigilance; precaution; watch; lookout; alertness (2) to be vigilant; to be cautious; to guard (against) 1 S 1062 戈: halberd; arms; festival car; float; tasselled spear radical (no. 62) 廾: twenty; 20; twenty or letter H radical (no. 55) 7 戈 62 4 ほこ・ほこづくり・ほこがまえ・かのほこ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic commandment Two hands, fiesta…..when moses received the ten commandments with two hands, he went back down the mountain and threw a fiesta with the jews, celebrating the arrival of the commandments. “When Moses returned with the commandments in his hands he saw that his people were throwing a fiesta. At first he was excited. Then he looked around and got pissed. ”“Awww, c´mon guys. Golden idols? Really?”“.” 676 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 械カイかせ contraption, fetter, machine, instrument 器械(きかい): (1) machine; mechanism (2) instrument; appliance; apparatus 2 4 1321 木: tree; wood 戒: commandment 11 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic contraption The ten commandments were heavy. So to help carry them, Moses made a wooden contraption; the ark of the covenant. Think of a complex wooden contraption capable of giving you a two-handed fiesta. 677 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Vehicle.Machine kanjifreq1001-1500 鼻ビはな nose, snout 鼻(はな): nose 耳鼻科(じびか): otolaryngology; concerning the ear, nose, and throat 2 3 1632 自: oneself 畀: to give 14 鼻 209 14 はな・はなへん (none) 形声 Phonetic nose An Egyptian embalmer reaching both hands into the dead pharaoh´s nose and yanking out handfuls of brain. I sneezed so hard that through my NOSE I blew out my BRAINS into BOTH HANDS. 678 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Body_Head.Neck kanjifreq1501-2000 刑ケイおさか, ぎょう punish, penalty, sentence, punishment 刑事(けいじ): (1) (police) detective (2) criminal matter 死刑(しけい): death penalty; capital punishment 刑(けい): penalty; sentence; punishment 刑罰(けいばつ): judgement; judgment; penalty; punishment 1 S 864 幵: put together 刀: sword; saber; knife 6 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 形声 Phonetic punish This kanji is for severe punishment. A man has his shackled hands placed on a wood block and they´re chopped off with a saber. No more stealing bread in the Middle East… In Arab countries they punish theives by cutting off BOTH HANDS with a SABRE. 679 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 型ケイかた、-がた mould, type, model 型(かた): (1) model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.) (2) type; style; pattern (3) mold (mould); template; model (4) kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.) (5) form (i.e. customary procedure) (6) size (i.e. clothing, shoes) (7) (taxonomical) form 典型(てんけい): type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetypal; representative 模型(もけい): model; dummy; maquette 原型(げんけい): prototype; model; pattern; archetypal 2 4 482 刑: punish; penalty; sentence; punishment 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 9 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic mould A famous ninja once pressed his two hands and saber into the soil of his temple, before going onto a mission from which he never came back. Think of some sort of signature that he left behind him. The mould of his two hands and saber has since become a popular attraction in the area. As a PUNISHMENT they made me lay face down in the DIRT leaving a nice imprinted MOULD of my whole BODY. 680 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 才サイ genius, years old 才(さい): (1) -years-old (2) ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius 才能(さいのう): talent; ability 天才(てんさい): genius; prodigy; natural gift 3 2 1497 手: hand 3 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 象形 Pictographic genius “Spinal tap: ”“Every other band´s amps go to ten. But you see my extra stroke of genius - these go to eleven.”“.” A TEN year old had a STROKE of GENIUS and wrote this joke: 何歳ですか？　　　。。。天才です！. 681 grade2 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1001-1500 財ザイ、サイ、ゾクたから property, money, wealth, assets 財政(ざいせい): financial affairs; public finance 財産(ざいさん): property; fortune; assets 文化財(ぶんかざい): cultural assets; cultural property 財布(さいふ): purse; handbag; wallet 財源(ざいげん): source of funds; resources; finances 財(ざい): (1) fortune; riches (2) goods (3) incorporated foundation 3 5 494 貝: shellfish 才: genius; years old; cubic shaku 10 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 形声 Phonetic property If you´re a money genius, you can afford a lot of property. The keyword refers to property in the sense of money or funds rather than of buildings or real estate. Keep this one distinct from frame 193 (“wealth”) and frame 473 (“assets”). Here we have a genie, gulping down oysters. Someone tries to grab an oyster and the genie puts his big arms around his oysters and states his “right of ownership” : “They´re mines, my property!”. 682 grade5 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq251-500 材ザイき, さい lumber, log, timber, wood, talent 取材(しゅざい): collecting data (e.g. for a newspaper article); covering an event 材料(ざいりょう): ingredients; material 人材(じんざい): man of talent; capable person; talented person 素材(そざい): raw materials; subject matter 木材(もくざい): lumber; timber; wood 材木(ざいもく): lumber; timber 教材(きょうざい): teaching materials 2 4 565 木: tree; wood 才: genius; years old; cubic shaku 7 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic lumber A TREE GENIUS is a LUMBER jack. Duh. Just when the were about to turn the last tree into lumber, the Lorax (the tree-genie) jumps out and puts a stop to the whole affair. 683 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Substance kanjifreq501-750 存ソン、ゾンながら.える、あ.る、たも.つと.うまさ suppose, be aware of, believe, feel 存在(そんざい): existence; being 保存(ほぞん): preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk); maintenance 生存(せいぞん): (1) existence; being; survival (2) to exist; to live; to survive 共存(きょうぞん): coexistence ご存じ(ごぞんじ): (1) knowing (2) (an) acquaintance 依存(いぞん): dependence; dependent; reliance 存続(そんぞく): duration; continuance 存じる(ぞんじる): to think, feel, consider, know, etc. 存ずる(ぞんずる): to think, feel, consider, know, etc. 3 6 577 人: person 子: child; sign of the rat; 11PM-1AM; first sign of Chinese zodiac 6 子 39 3 こ・こへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic suppose How do you suppose they manage to cram a genie inside a bottle? Well, I suppose they put him in there while he´s still a little child… Villagers on a little remote island one day find a bottle washed out by the sea onto the beach. After wiping the bottle and taking a closer look, they are amazed to see a (very small) child in it. The villagers suppose that the child is a genie in a bottle. 684 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 在ザイあ.るあり exist, outskirts, suburbs, located in 現在(げんざい): now; current; present; present time; as of 存在(そんざい): existence; being 滞在(たいざい): stay; sojourn 不在(ふざい): absence 在学(ざいがく): (enrolled) in school 在庫(ざいこ): inventory; stock; stockpile 所在(しょざい): whereabouts 自在(じざい): freely; at will 健在(けんざい): in good health; well; going strong 3 5 211 人: person 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 6 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic exist Genie in the bottle does exist but you need to dig deep into the soil to find one. You wipe the soil from the bottle, only to have a genie float out above you, saying: ´I am the genie in a bottle, what is your wish?´ So now you know that they do exist. 685 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 乃ナイの, すなわ.ち, なんじおさむ, お, のり from, possessive particle, whereupon, accordingly 乃至(ないし): (1) from … to; between … and (2) or 1 S+ 1978 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) (none) from FROM a pictograph of a thumbs up. That´s how it also gets the primitive meaning of fist. “Think Charlton Heston: ”“From my cold, dead fists”“. Speech given to the National Boxing Association, in response to stricter control on boxing gloves.” 686 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 携ケイたずさ.える、たずさ.わる portable, carry (in hand), armed with, bring along 携帯(けいたい): (1) something carried (in the hand); handheld (2) mobile telephone; cell phone 提携(ていけい): cooperation; tie-up; joint business; link-up 携わる(たずさわる): to engage in; to participate; to take part 1 S 1017 手: hand 隽: superior; outstanding; talented 13 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic portable “This character is the ”“kei”“ in ”“keitai”“ (cell phone), a word you will no doubt hear often in Japan, since everyone has one. Imagine you´ve just arrived in Japan, but don´t have a cell phone yet, so instead you´re carrying around a portable turkey you can hold in your fist. To dial a number, just poke it with your fingers.” Because they have no fingers, turkeys must use their fists when dialing on a portable phone. 687 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 及キュウおよ.ぶ、およ.び、および、およ.ぼすおい, の reach out, exert, exercise, cause 普及(ふきゅう): diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization 追及(ついきゅう): (1) investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; hounding; pinning down (2) catching up; overtaking 及ぶ(およぶ): (1) to reach; to amount to; to befall; to happen to; to extend (2) to be up to the task; to come up to (3) to compare with; to be a match (for) (4) to commit (a crime) (5) to require (to do) (usu. used in the negative) 及ぼす(およぼす): to exert; to cause; to exercise 及び(および): and; as well as 1 S 544 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 3 又 29 2 また (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic reach out I like to think of this as a fist with with brass knuckles because of the extra line. An old school thug reaches out to help you up but then with his other hand ( with the brass knuckles) punches you. Reach out and fist someone (Do you see the person primitive?). 688 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 吸キュウす.う suck, imbibe, inhale, sip 呼吸(こきゅう): (1) breath; respiration (2) knack; trick; secret (of doing something) 吸収(きゅうしゅう): absorption; suction; attraction 吸う(すう): (1) to smoke; to breathe in; to inhale (2) to suck; to sip; to slurp (3) to absorb; to soak up (4) to kiss 3 6 1054 口: mouth 及: reach out; exert; exercise; cause 6 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic suck Imagine a baby reaching out and holding mom´s breast as if it were bottle, and sucking on it to get some milk. An open mouth and reaching hands : a baby wants to suck at his mother´s breast. 689 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1001-1500 扱ソウ、キュウあつか.い、あつか.う、あつか.る、こ.く handle, entertain, thresh, strip 取扱い(とりあつかい): treatment; service; handling; management 扱う(あつかう): to handle; to deal with; to treat 扱い(あつかい): treatment; service 取り扱う(とりあつかう): to treat; to handle; to deal in 1 S 1057 手: hand 及: reach out; exert; exercise; cause 6 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic handle “See suck (#689): if it´s too big to handle, just use your fingers instead…” One of the first thing a baby can do with his hand is to reach out and grab your finger as if it was a little handle. 690 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 丈ジョウたけ、だけとも, ますら length, 10feet, measure, Mr., Ms., height, stature, all (one has), only, that's all, merely 大丈夫(だいじょうぶ): safe; all right; OK; okay 丈夫(じょうぶ): healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable 丈(たけ): (1) height; stature (2) length; measure (3) all (one has); everything (4) magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.) 頑丈(がんじょう): solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy 丈(だけ): only; just; as 成る丈(なるたけ): as much as possible; if possible 丈夫(じょうふ): hero; manly person; warrior 丈(じょう): (1) 3.03 meters (ten shaku) (2) length; measure (3) Mr.; Mrs. 1 S 1375 一: one; one radical (no.1) 乂: mow; cut grass; subdue 3 一 1 1 いち (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic length Both a meter and a yard are about one arm-length. “This kanji reminds me of the kanji for big (I think it looks the same kinda of except for the last stroke). Maybe this works for guys, but when you were growing up you would compare ”“length”“ with your friends trying to show how BIG you were. You wouldn´t show ”“it”“ but you would spread your arms out as wide as possible to exaggerate your length. Maybe even so wide that you trip (I the 3rd stroke getting pushed over)! I just find it easier to relate this to the previous kanji.” 691 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 史シあきら, あや, お, こ, ちか, とし, なか, のぶ, ひさ, ひと, ふみ history, chronicle 歴史(れきし): history 女史(じょし): (1) Ms (nuance of status); Miss; Madame (2) highbrow (woman); cerebral 史(し): history (e.g. of some country) 2 4 511 口: mouth 乂: mow; cut grass; subdue 5 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic history I sleep in history class with my mouth tucked under my arm. “History students usually going to school with a history book tucked under their arm. But now instead of a book, you have a small talking mouth that tell you about history. ”“When I was young, I used to walk 5 miles everyday…..”“.” 692 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 吏リさと, し officer, an official 捕吏(ほり): constable; policeman 1 S 丈: length; 10feet; measure; Mr.; Ms.; height; stature; all (one has); only; that's all; merely 口: mouth 6 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic officer One officer can change the course of history. One officer, namely Napoleon, changed the course of history. (Thanks, ayoung24). Napoleon is also my primitive meaning. 693 gradeS JLPT.N1 更コウさら、さら.に、ふ.ける、ふ.かす grow late, night watch, sit up late, of course 変更(へんこう): change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment 更に(さらに): furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more 夜更かし(よふかし): staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk 更ける(ふける): to get late; to advance; to wear on 今更(いまさら): now (after such a long time); at this late hour (i.e. it is too late for something) 尚更(なおさら): all the more; still less 夜更け(よふけ): late at night 3 S 861 一: one; one radical (no.1) 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 乂: mow; cut grass; subdue 7 曰 73 4 ひらび・いわく (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic grow late “At nightbreak (#30) the sun rises above the floor, so it is logical that when it is growing late, the sun would rise to the ceiling. Time to pack up your things and take your belongings under your arm.” It´s starting to GROW LATE, so God will take the SUN, and TUCK IT UNDER HIS ARM, and walk away. In the morning, he´ll bring it back, so don´t worry. 694 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 硬コウかた.い stiff, hard 硬貨(こうか): (1) coin (2) hard currency 強硬(きょうこう): firm; vigorous; unbending; unyielding; strong; stubborn 2 S 1101 石: stone 更: grow late; night watch; sit up late; of course; renew; renovate; again; more and more; further 12 石 112 5 いし・いしへん (none) 形声 Phonetic stiff A stiff drink on the ROCKs after it GROWS LATE is a way to unwind after a long day… Stones are so stiff that even if you spent all day straining trying to change their shape, it would grow late far before you ever accomplished your task. 695 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq1001-1500 又ユウまた、また-、また.の- やす or again, furthermore, on the other hand 又は(または): or; otherwise 又(また): again; and; also; still (doing something) 1 S 1874 又: again, right hand, right hand radical (no. 29) 2 又 29 2 また (none) 象形 Pictographic or again “After her boyfriend´s crotch has been satisfied, a woman might suggest they cuddle. The boyfriend, on the other hand, might say, ”“Or again, we could fool around . . . ”“.” “This keyword should really be ”“again”“ not ”“or again”“ Here is some context: think of the phrase ”“Jya mata”“ ”“じゃ又”“ which is a farewell similar to ”“then again”“. Also ”“Mata ne”“ ”“又ね”“ and mata ashita (again tomorrow) ”“又明日”“。 Note this kanji is rarely used, most of the time JP people spell it out ”“mata”“ except for in the last example: 又明日.” 696 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 双ソウふた、たぐい、ならぶ、ふたつふ pair, set, comparison, no. of pairs 双子(ふたご): twins; a twin 2 S 1029 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 4 隹 172 8 ふるとり雙会意 Compound Ideographic pair Crotch to crotch is how many pairs spend their private time together. . . The animals boarding Noah´s Ark all came in pairs – but Noah had to carefully check the two crotches in each pair to ensure that the animals were of different sexes and thus able to further their species after the flood. 697 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq1001-1500 桑ソウくわこ mulberry 1 S 1650 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 木: tree; wood 10 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 象形 Pictographic mulberry “Children going around the mulberry tree singing ”“This is the way we wash our crotch, wash our crotch, wash our crotch…”“.” Imagine kids all over the top of a mulberry tree, sitting astride limbs so that their weight is on their crotches. (Mulberry trees have big sprawling limbs that run horizontally or at shallow angles making them easy to climb and sit in. I have an old mulberry in my yard, and my kids are in it constantly). 698 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq1501-2000 隻セキ vessels, no. of ships, fish, birds, arrows, one of a pair 隻(せき): counter for ships 1 S 1546 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 10 隹 172 8 ふるとり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic vessels On Vessels that travel long distances, sailors often get quite lonely. They keep TURKEYS on the VESSELS, but not for use as food. The lonely sailors take turns enjoying the turkey´s CROTCH. Donald Duck is a big bird that does not wear pants. It´s good to use him as a mnemonic because he is a sailor, and this kanji is used to count vessels. 699 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Counting_Counters kanjifreq1501-2000 護ゴまも.るもり safeguard, protect 保護(ほご): care; protection; shelter; safeguard; guardianship; favor; favour; patronage 看護婦(かんごふ): (female) nurse 看護(かんご): nursing; (army) nurse 弁護(べんご): defense; defence; pleading; advocacy 介護(かいご): nursing; care; caregiving; caring 護衛(ごえい): guard; convoy; escort 護謨(ゴム): (1) gum; rubber (2) eraser (3) condom 養護(ようご): nursing; (protective) care 看護師(かんごし): (hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN 1 5 351 言: say 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 隻: vessels; counter for ships; fish; birds; arrows; one of a pair 20 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic safeguard “Think of the flower-vessels as a the Greenpeace vessel “Arctic Sunrise”, only instead of a rainbow there is a big flower painted on the hull (this will come back in seize (#701) and harvest (#908)). Think of “flower-power” and of the “peace” in “Greenpeace” and it will make some sense hopefully. – In this kanji, we see an inauguration speech being given before the Greenpeace vessel is set afloat and sent to safeguard our planet.” (With sarcasm) A Bush speech telling how all the US vessels are always welcomed, covered with flowers and words of gratitude for safeguarding democracy from the evil doers. 700 grade5 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq251-500 獲カクえ.る seize, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to 獲得(かくとく): acquisition; possession 捕獲(ほかく): capture; seizure 獲物(えもの): game; spoils; trophy; prey 1 S 964 犬: dog 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 隻: vessels; counter for ships; fish; birds; arrows; one of a pair 16 犬 94 4 いぬ・けものへん (none) 形声 Phonetic seize “A pack of genetically-modified wild dogs is seized by a group of Greenpeace activists and taken onboard the Greenpeace vessel (the flower vessel, see safeguard (#700)).” Customs just seized a crate of poppies (flowers) detected by trained wild dogs who inspected the vessel. 701 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 奴ドやつ、やっこぬ guy, slave, manservant, fellow 奴(やつ): (1) fellow; guy; chap (2) thing; object (3) (derogatory or familiar) he; she; him; her 奴(やっこ): (1) servant (esp. a samurai's attendant) (2) chivalrous man (c. Edo period) (3) cubed tofu (often served cold) (4) kite shaped like a footman (5) Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants (6) enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime) (7) he; she; him; her 1 S 1932 女: woman; female 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 5 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic guy “That GUY stole my WOMAN so I kicked him in the CROTCH. (This story helps keep the word ”“GUY”“ as someone you hold in contempt).” Guys only care about 2 things: women and their crotch (preferably at the same time). 702 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq1501-2000 怒ド、ヌいか.る、おこ.る angry, be offended 怒り(いかり): anger; hatred; rage; wrath 怒る(おこる): (1) to get angry; to get mad (2) to tell someone off; to scold (3) to be angular; to be square 怒鳴る(どなる): to shout; to yell 3 S 1221 奴: guy; slave; manservant; fellow 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 9 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic angry This woman is angry because of the guys in the previous frame who pay more attention to her crotch than her heart. I prefer to decompose the kanji in three elements here because it is easier to read like a mnemonic. WOMEN get very ANGRY over the thought that GUYS are more interested in her CROTCH than her HEART. 703 gradeS JLPT.N3 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1001-1500 友ユウともう, ど, ゆ friend 友人(ゆうじん): friend 友好(ゆうこう): friendship 友(とも): friend; companion; comrade; pal 友達(ともだち): friend; companion 友情(ゆうじょう): friendship; fellowship; camaraderie 親友(しんゆう): close friend; bosom (old, intimate) friend; buddy; crony; chum 5 2 622 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 4 又 29 2 また (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic friend A good friend is always at your side. —- I teach at a Japanese High School, and I often see chummy male students grabbing each other´s crotches in a joking manner. It´s still weird to me, but apparently reaching to your side and grabbing you neighbor´s crotch is a great way to express friendship. Think of a sex friend (a fuck buddy if you will). The benefit of such a relationship is that there will always be a crotch by your side. (the Japanese refer to such a friend as セフレ, just as we do). 704 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq501-750 抜バツ、ハツ、ハイぬ.く、-ぬ.く、ぬ.き、ぬ.ける、ぬ.かす、ぬ.かるぬき slip out, extract, pull out, pilfer, quote, remove, omit 抜け出す(ぬけだす): (1) to slip out; to sneak away; to excel (2) to break (out of a loop) 海抜(かいばつ): height above sea level 抜かす(ぬかす): (1) to omit; to leave out (2) to say; to speak 抜く(ぬく): (1) to extract; to omit; to surpass; to overtake; to draw out; to unplug (2) to do something to the end (3) to ejaculate (gen. with ref. to masturbation) 抜ける(ぬける): (1) to come out; to fall out; to be omitted; to be missing; to escape; to come loose (2) to fade; to discolour (3) to wear a hole (e.g. clothes) (4) to leave (e.g. a meeting) (5) to be clear; to be transparent (e.g. of the sky) (6) to exit (a program loop) 3 S 726 手: hand 友: friend 7 手 64 4 て・てへん拔形声 Phonetic slip out Don´t let good friends slip out between your fingers. Imagine a cliché Hollywood situation: one person is lying on the edge of the abyss and another (presumably his friend) is hanging, only thing holding him is the grip of their hands. Then fingers slip out of the grip and he falls in said abyss. 705 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 投トウな.げる、-な.げ throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss 投資(とうし): investment 投票(とうひょう): voting; poll 投書(とうしょ): letter to the editor; letter from a reader; contribution 投入(とうにゅう): (1) throwing into; inserting; depositing (2) investment; putting in (personnel, etc.) (3) release of a product (4) making (an electrical circuit) 投げ出す(なげだす): (1) to throw down; to throw out; to stretch out (one's legs) (2) to abandon; to resign (3) to give freely; to give generously; to sacrifice (e.g. one's life) (4) to start to throw 投げる(なげる): (1) to throw; to cast away (2) to face defeat; to give up 3 3 236 手: hand 殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79) 7 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic throw Well, you usually use your fingers to throw objects used as missile weapons. Easy. By the way, for those of you looking for a less anachronistic image for the missile primitive as a modern rocket, try a slingshot. it´s a crotch (originally a tree branch) that sends missile projectiles flying into/like the wind. And for this present kanji, it is something you naturally use with your fingers… “If you use the primitive ”“semen”“ (flying in the wind from your crotch) instead of missile then all kanjis with this primitive will hilariously create a perfect story.” 706 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 没ボツ、モツおぼ.れる、しず.む、ない drown, sink, hide, fall into, disappear, die 沈没(ちんぼつ): sinking; foundering; going down; submersion 没落(ぼつらく): ruin; fall; collapse 没収(ぼっしゅう): forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding 1 S 1385 水: water 殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79) 7 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic drown “(Note: this kanji is more collapse/cave-in/sink (#1888) than humans drowning) A water missile? A torpedo! And when it hits it´s target? The ship collapses then sinks and everyone drowns!” “The submarine´s hull was breached after being struck by a torpedo (”“water missile”“), causing the entire crew to drown.” 707 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 設セツもう.けるした establishment, provision, prepare 建設(けんせつ): construction; establishment 施設(しせつ): (1) institution; establishment; facility (2) (army) engineer 設置(せっち): (1) establishment; institution (2) installation (of a machine or equipment) 設備(せつび): equipment; device; facilities; installation 設計(せっけい): plan; design; layout 設立(せつりつ): establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business) 設定(せってい): (1) establishment; creation; posing (a problem); setting (movie, novel, etc.); scene (2) options or preference settings (in computer software); configuration; assignment; setup 設ける(もうける): to create; to establish 2 5 145 言: say 殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79) 11 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic establishment Establishment can be attacked by words or by missiles. Writers will use words, whereas militars will use missiles. When you attack the establishment with words, it fights back with missiles. 708 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1-250 撃ゲキう.つ beat, attack, defeat, conquer 撃つ(うつ): (1) to shoot (at) (2) to attack; to defeat; to destroy; to avenge 攻撃(こうげき): (1) attack; strike; offensive (2) criticism; censure; denunciation; condemnation 打撃(だげき): (1) blow; shock; strike; damage (2) batting (baseball) 衝撃(しょうげき): shock; crash; impact; ballistic 反撃(はんげき): counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow 襲撃(しゅうげき): attack; charge; raid 1 S 473 車: car 殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79) 手: hand 15 手 64 4 て・てへん擊形声 Phonetic beat Your car has missles?! That beats mine, hands down. Think 3 methods of attack all combined into 1 kanji: 1. Vehicle to transport troops 2. Once troops have disembarked they have their missiles 3. If they run out of missiles they resort to hand to hand combat to beat the enemy. 709 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq251-500 殻カク、コク、バイから、がら husk, nut shell 殻(から): shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff 1 S 1892 壳: casing; shell; husk 殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79) 11 殳 79 4 るまた・ほこづくり殼会意 Compound Ideographic husk Samurai´s husk/shell/armour is superflous to missile attacks 甲殻　卵殻　貝殻. husk or shell. Japan´s recent history in a nutshell: first the samurai became superfluous and then the Americans started to throw missiles and bombs during WWII. 710 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 支シささ.える、つか.える、か.う branch, support, sustain 支持(しじ): (1) support; holding up; propping (2) support; backing; endorsing 支店(してん): branch office; branch store 支配(しはい): rule; control; direction 収支(しゅうし): income and expenditure 支払い(しはらい): payment 支出(ししゅつ): expenditure; expenses 支払う(しはらう): to pay 支度(したく): preparation; arrangements 支給(しきゅう): provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant 差し支える(さしつかえる): to interfere; to hinder; to become impeded 差し支え(さしつかえ): hindrance; impediment 支える(ささえる): (1) to support; to prop; to sustain; to underlay; to hold up (2) to hold at bay; to stem; to check 3 5 159 十: ten 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 4 支 65 4 し・しにょう・えだにょう・じゅうまた (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic branch Picture sliding down the branch of a tree (in this case a pine tree or any tree with needles) and getting a bunch of needles stuck in your crotch–ouch!! A special branch of the military called the Needle Crotch Unit. Their only weapon is the needle embedded in their crotches, and they´re quite adept at using them. 711 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 技ギわざ skill, art, craft, ability, feat, performance, vocation, arts 技術(ぎじゅつ): art; craft; technique; technology; engineering; skill 競技(きょうぎ): game; match; contest 演技(えんぎ): acting; performance 技(わざ): technique; art 技能(ぎのう): technical skill; ability; capacity 技師(ぎし): engineer; technician 特技(とくぎ): special skill 2 5 434 手: hand 支: branch; support; sustain; branch radical (no. 65) 7 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic skill (Adapted from darg_sama´s) Balancing a branch on your finger is the prototypical example of a skill that is nothing more than a skill (i.e., it is completely useless). I think of a guy balancing a branch on his finger, which definitely takes some minimal amount of skill. 712 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 枝シえだえ, ぐさ bough, branch, twig, limb 枝(えだ): branch; bow; bough; twig; limb 2 5 1401 木: tree; wood 支: branch; support; sustain; branch radical (no. 65) 8 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic bough The tree´s primary branch is known as the bough. “Differentiate between BOUGH and branch (#711): ´branch´ is smaller, and can also refer to the branch of a store (支店), which has nothing to do with a tree. But a BOUGH is a main part of a tree, perhaps where the trunk splits into several large boughs, and so it logically utilizes the 木 radical.” 713 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq1001-1500 肢シ limb, arms & legs 1 S 2289 肉: meat 支: branch; support; sustain; branch radical (no. 65) 8 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic limb “The limbs that this kanji represents are parts of the body that are connected to the trunk, like the main branches to a tree (“arms and legs” is the second meaning of this kanji). In other words, limbs are ”“flesh branches”“.” Limbs are body parts that branch off. 714 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Arm.Leg kanjifreq2001-2500 茎ケイ、キョウくき stalk, stem 茎(くき): stalk; stem 1 S 2013 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 圣: holy; sacred 8 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり莖形声 Phonetic stalk “Suggestion: Replace ”“spool”“ with ”“toilet paper/roll”“. Reasons: (1) Toilet paper/roll usually comes on a spool. (2) Toilet paper is used to clean the soil off your crotch. Story: Just get a flower and carefully wrap some toilet paper around its stalk. Spool also appears in suspicious (#716), lightly (#717), diameter (#882), sutra (#1360).” PRIMITIVE: soiled crotch = soiled underwear. To precent anyone from picking the beautiful flower, the gardner hung soiled underwear on the stalk. 715 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq2001-2500 怪カイ、ケあや.しい、あや.しむ suspicious, mystery, apparition 怪獣(かいじゅう): monster 怪しい(あやしい): (1) suspicious; dubious; doubtful; dodgy; suspicious (referring to a potential amorous relation); dangerous (e.g. financial situation); ominous (e.g. weather); strange; shady; fishy (2) charming; bewitching; mysterious 怪我(けが): injury (to animate object); hurt 1 S 1634 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 圣: holy; sacred 8 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic suspicious When you´re suspicious, your state of mind twists round and round like a spool of thread. Imagine a loud farting sound on The Enterprise (sorry). Everyone looks around trying to find who did it. The one looking most suspicious is Data. His soiled crotch gives him away. 716 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 軽ケイかる.い、かろ.やか、かろ.んじる lightly, trifling, unimportant 手軽(てがる): easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap 気軽(きがる): (1) carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; sprightly (2) ease 軽快(けいかい): (1) casual (e.g. dress); light; nimble; jaunty; rhythmical (e.g. melody) (2) taking a turn for the better; receding of symptoms 軽率(けいそつ): rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent 軽減(けいげん): abatement; reduction 軽い(かるい): (1) light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily) (2) light (i.e. of foot); nimble; agile (3) non-serious; minor; unimportant; trivial (4) slight; small; gentle; soft (5) easy; simple (6) indiscriminate 軽蔑(けいべつ): scorn; disdain 4 3 790 車: car 圣: holy; sacred 12 車 159 7 くるま・くるまへん輕形声 Phonetic lightly Fact: this kanji is used to denote a certain class of vehicles in Japan whose engines are under a certain size (less than 750cc I think) and are called light vehicles here. Imagine a so-called light vehicle or a light-truck with a load of spools driving down a road ever so lightly, careful not to let any of the spools roll out onto the street. I want to tread lightly on the environment…. That´s why I CAR-SPOOL to work everyday…. I know, lame. 717 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq751-1000 叔シュクよし uncle, youth 叔父(おじ): uncle 叔母(おば): aunt 叔父(おじ): uncle (younger than one's parent) 1 S 1950 上: above; up 小: little; small 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 8 又 29 2 また (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic uncle Oh come on people - say what we´ve all been thinking: the uncle is that creepy guy towering above a little one´s crotch. “Four straight kanji here with 叔 in it, so let´s make one story: Your UNCLE was full of loneliness (#720) (寂), and he lived by himself. He was naturally graceful (#721) (淑) in the water, and you knew he was once on the Olympic synchronized swimming team). You knew that there was something different about him, but you joined his youth team and he watched over you carefully as coach (#719) (督). It was uncomfortable, though, how your uncle (#718) often touched you just a little above the crotch (叔) when coaching…” 718 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Family kanjifreq1501-2000 督トクただ, ただし coach, command, urge, lead, supervise 監督(かんとく): (1) supervision; control; superintendence; direction (2) director; superintendent; supervisor; coach; foreman; manager; overseer; controller; boss 1 S 534 叔: uncle; youth 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 13 目 109 5 め・めへん・よこめ (none) 形声 Phonetic coach Creepy uncle volunteers as gymnastics coach so he can eye the team from below. “Four straight kanji here with 叔 in it, so let´s make one story: Your UNCLE was full of loneliness (#720) (寂), and he lived by himself. He was naturally graceful (#721) (淑) in the water, and you knew he was once on the Olympic synchronized swimming team. You knew that there was something different about him, but you joined his youth team and he watched over you carefully as coach (#719) (督). It was uncomfortable, though, how your uncle (#718) often touched you just a little above the crotch (叔) when COACHing…” 719 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq501-750 寂ジャク、セキさび、さび.しい、さび.れる、さみ.しい loneliness, quietly, mellow, mature, death of a priest 寂しい(さびしい): lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate 1 S 1599 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 叔: uncle; youth 11 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic loneliness The unmarried uncle´s house is the picture of lonlieness. “Four straight kanji here with 叔 in it, so let´s make one story: Your UNCLE was full of loneliness (#720) (寂), and he lived by himself. He was naturally graceful (#721) (淑) in the water, and you knew he was once on the Olympic synchronized swimming team. You knew that there was something different about him, but you joined his youth team and he watched over you carefully as coach (#719) (督). It was uncomfortable, though, how your uncle (#718) often touched you just a little above the crotch (叔) when coaching…” 720 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1501-2000 淑シュクしと.やかすく, とし, よし graceful, gentle, pure 淑やか(しとやか): graceful 1 S 1922 水: water 叔: uncle; youth 11 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic graceful Uncle (the one who is lonely and coaches kids in his spare time) is actually a graceful guy once he hits the water, as he used to be part of the swimming team in his youth. “Four straight kanji here with 叔 in it, so let´s make one story: Your UNCLE was full of loneliness (#720) (寂), and he lived by himself. He was naturally graceful (#721) (淑) in the water, and you knew he was once on the Olympic synchronized swimming team. You knew that there was something different about him, but you joined his youth team and he watched over you carefully as coach (#719) (督). It was uncomfortable, though, how your uncle (#718) often touched you just a little above the crotch (叔) when coaching…” 721 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 反ハン、ホン、タン、ホそ.る、そ.らす、かえ.す、かえ.る、-かえ.るそり, た anti- 反す(かえす): (1) to return (something); to restore; to put back (2) to turn over; to turn upside down; to overturn (3) to pay back; to retaliate; to reciprocate (4) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to repeat …; to do … back 違反(いはん): violation (of law); transgression; infringement; breach 反対(はんたい): opposition; resistance; antagonism; hostility; contrast; objection; dissension; reverse; opposite; vice versa 反発(はんぱつ): (1) to repel; to oppose; to revolt; to react sharply (against) (2) opposition; rebellion; resistance; backlash (3) rally; recovery (e.g. in stock prices); rebound (4) to rally; to recover; to rebound 反応(はんのう): reaction; response 反省(はんせい): reflection; reconsideration; introspection; meditation; contemplation 反響(はんきょう): echo; reverberation; repercussion; reaction; influence 反撃(はんげき): counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow 反乱(はんらん): insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising 反映(はんえい): (1) influence (2) to apply; to implement (3) reflection 反感(はんかん): antipathy; revolt; animosity 反射(はんしゃ): (1) reflection; reverberation (2) reflex (medical) 反する(はんする): (1) to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to contradict (2) to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to transgress (3) to oppose; to rebel; to revolt 反る(かえる): (1) to return; to come back; to go back (2) to turn over (3) (after the -masu stem of a verb) (to become) extremely; (to become) completely 反抗(はんこう): opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion 反(はん): anti-; opposite; antithesis; antagonism 反る(そる): (1) to warp; to be warped; to curve; to be curved; to be arched (2) to bend (backward) 3 3 191 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 4 又 29 2 また (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic anti- I think of an anti-hero (Dirty Harry etc.) for this primitive, whose trademark for disposing of villians is not an honorable fight, but a kick in the crotch and then a shove off a cliff (perhaps whilst the villain´s back is turned). Many cultures are so anti-sex you´d think they just want people to throw their crotches over a cliff. 722 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 坂ハンさかか, ざ slope, incline, hill 坂(さか): slope; hill 2 3 865 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 反: anti- 7 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic slope As the villain (pushed off by the anti-hero) is tumbling down the slope, he activates gadget skis to escape, spraying soil everywhere as he flies down the slope. This kanji depicts a classic enviornmental problem: erosion. Erosion occurs when all of the soil washes of the side of the cliff, eventually causing the cliff to disappear, leaving a slope (an anti- cliff if you will) in its place. 723 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq751-1000 板ハン、バンいた plank, board, plate, stage 看板(かんばん): (1) signboard; sign; billboard; hoarding; doorplate (2) draw; attraction; feature; highlight; spokesman; figurehead (3) reputation (of a shop) (4) appearance; look (5) closing time 板(いた): (1) board; plank (2) sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); pane; slab (3) cutting board; chopping board (4) chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook (5) stage (i.e. at a theatre) 黒板(こくばん): blackboard 2 3 926 木: tree; wood 反: anti- 8 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic plank Of course, trees are anti-plank. Wouldn´t you be if you were a tree? Trees are naturally opposed to, or anti, the making of planks. 724 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq751-1000 返ヘンかえ.す、-かえ.す、かえ.る、-かえ.る return, answer, fade, repay 返還(へんかん): return; restoration 返済(へんさい): repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption 返事(へんじ): reply; answer; response 繰り返す(くりかえす): to repeat; to do something over again 振り返る(ふりかえる): to turn head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to look back 裏返し(うらがえし): inside out; upside down 返答(へんとう): reply 引返す(ひきかえす): to repeat; to send back; to bring back; to retrace one's steps 折り返す(おりかえす): (1) to turn up; to fold back (2) to loopback (a signal, a message) 裏返す(うらがえす): to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over 引っ繰り返る(ひっくりかえる): to be overturned; to be upset; to topple over; to be reversed 宙返り(ちゅうがえり): somersault; looping-the-loop 照り返す(てりかえす): to reflect; to throw back light ひっくり返す(ひっくりかえす): (1) to turn over; to turn upside down; to turn up; to turn inside out; to turn out (2) to knock over; to tip over (3) to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset; to reverse 3 3 685 反: anti- 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 7 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic return Pretty obvious: to return is to turn back on the road you´re on and go the opposite way. “In ”“The Return of the anti-hero”“, Clint Eastwood kicks the villain in the crotch, pushes them off the cliff and onto a busy highway. A tiring movie franchise to say the least….” 725 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 販ハン marketing, sell, trade 販売(はんばい): sales; selling; marketing 2 S 627 貝: shellfish 反: anti- 11 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 形声 Phonetic marketing The goal of marketing is to get people who are naturally anti-buying to spend their shells (money). 『MARKETING: MONEY, ANTI』 The wide presence of MARKETING in our society has led people to become ANTI-MONEY. 726 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq501-750 爪ソウつめ、つま- claw, nail, talon 爪(つめ): (1) nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; talon; hoof (2) plectrum; pick (3) hook; clasp 0 S 2025 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 4 爪 87 4 つめ・つめがしら・つめかんむり・そうにょう・のつ (none) 象形 Pictographic claw A pictograph of Wolverine´s adamantium claws. Pictograph, see book. * I prefer the primitive meaning of an eagle rather than vulture. Somehow vulture makes me think more about meat and dead corpses than claws. An eagle however immediately brings to my mind the image of an eagle plunging into a stream catching fish in his claws, or that of the great eagles rescuing Bilbo and his party in Jrr Tolkien´s novel “Bilbo the Hobbit”. 727 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Arm.Leg Kanji_Nature_Animal_Parts.of.Body kanjifreq2001-2500 妥ダやす gentle, peace, depravity 妥協(だきょう): compromise; giving in 妥結(だけつ): settlement; an agreement 妥当(だとう): valid; proper; right; appropriate 1 S 1102 爪: claw; nail; talon 女: woman; female 7 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic gentle Overly gentle women are vultures who want to marry you and steal your money - not true but an easy mnemonic! An eagle must be extra gentle to pick up a dainty woman in its sharp claws. 728 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 乳ニュウちち、ち milk, breasts 牛乳(ぎゅうにゅう): (cow's) milk 乳(ちち): (1) milk (2) breast (3) loop (4) decorative bump (on a hanging bell) 2 6 1289 孚: sincere; nourish; encase 乙: the latter; duplicate; strange; witty; fishhook radical (no. 5) 8 乙 5 1 おつ・おつにょう・つりばり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic milk A fledgling is being nursed at a zoo, it is fed milk through a small tube that is bent in the shape of a hook (so that it fits inside its beak). The fledgling soon becomes addicted to milk, giving us this very catchy mnemonic: “fledgling hooked on milk”. “Drinking milk not only reduces cavity (#96)´s but also strengthens nails (claws) thanks astgtciv.” 729 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq1001-1500 浮フう.く、う.かれる、う.かぶ、む、う.かべるうき floating, float, rise to surface 浮かべる(うかべる): (1) to float (2) to express; to look (sad, glad) (3) to think; to imagine; to remember 浮気(うわき): (1) extramarital sex; affair; fooling around (2) infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness; inconstancy; fickleness; caprice 浮かぶ(うかぶ): (1) to float; to be suspended (2) to rise to surface (3) to come to mind; to have inspiration 浮く(うく): (1) to float (2) to become merry; to be cheerful (3) to become loose; to become unsteady (4) to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you); to feel out of place (5) to be frivolous; to be uncertain (6) to have no basis; to be unreliable 浮力(ふりょく): buoyancy; floating power 3 S 776 水: water 孚: sincere; nourish; encase 10 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic floating Floating rubber ducky!!! A nest of fledglings somehow fell into the water (maybe it was perched on a tree bending over the river), but they are safe for now as the nest is floating. The fledglings are enjoying the cruise but they are soon coming to a great waterfall… ( a little drama to help us remember the story). 730 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 将ショウ、ソウまさ.に、はた、まさ、ひきい.る、もってかつ, かつり, すすむ, たか, ゆき leader, commander, general, admiral, or, and again, soon, from now on, just about 将来(しょうらい): future (usually near); prospects 将棋(しょうぎ): shogi; Japanese chess; xianqi 2 6 634 爿: left-side kata radical (no. 91) 爪: claw; nail; talon 寸: measurement; foot/10 10 寸 41 3 すん・すんづくり將会意 Compound Ideographic leader The leader in this race is the turtle! It appears he has covered the vulture’s feet in glue, so that the vulture cannot get off the starting block. X-men and TMNT join forces: Their new leader is an awsome asshole. He is simply Wolverine and Raphael glued together back to back (the biggest assholes from both groups combined). 731 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq501-750 奨ショウ、ソウすす.めるまさし exhort, urge, encourage 奨励(しょうれい): encouragement; promotion; message; address; inducement; incitement; stimulation 奨学金(しょうがくきん): (1) scholarship; stipend; bursary (2) student loan 1 S 1445 将: leader; commander; general; admiral; or; and again; soon; from now on; just about 大: large; big 13 大 37 3 だい・おおきい奬形声 Phonetic exhort It´s easy to picture a LEADER that uses a BIG dog to EXHORT his people to do more. “Here we have a St.Bernard exhorting the vulture to become the leader in the race against the turtle, but he can´t because of the glue. see leader (#731).” 732 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 採サイと.る pick, take, fetch, take up 採用(さいよう): (1) use; adoption; acceptance (2) appointment; employment; engagement 採決(さいけつ): vote; roll call 採算(さいさん): profit 採点(さいてん): marking; grading; scoring 採集(さいしゅう): collecting; gathering 採択(さいたく): adoption; selection; choice 採掘(さいくつ): mining 採る(とる): (1) to adopt (measure, proposal) (2) to pick (e.g. fruit); to catch (e.g. insects); to take (e.g. a sample) (3) to assume (attitude) (4) to take on (i.e. hire); to engage 2 5 607 手: hand 采: dice; form; appearance; take; coloring 11 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic pick You pick cheries with your fingers, then along comes a giant vulture and picks up the whole tree with its claws. “Tip: vulture + tree : Heisig later combines these into a single kanji 采 called grab (#2090). Story: As you go to pick your nose, your parent grabs your finger and pulls it away (& gives you a lecture on social etiquette). REF: ”“grab”“ also appears in vegetable (#734), coloring (#1714).” 733 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 菜サイなよう vegetable, side dish, greens 野菜(やさい): vegetable 4 4 1327 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 采: dice; form; appearance; take; coloring 11 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic vegetable A vegetarian vulture is munching on a flower, perched on a tree, patiently waiting for a patch of vegetables to grow. Wolverine is turning into total hippie. He said he only eats vegetables now and last time I saw him sitting in a tree with flowers in his hair. 734 grade4 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq1001-1500 受ジュう.ける、-う.け、う.かるじょ accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive 受取り(うけとり): receipt 受ける(うける): (1) to receive; to get (2) to catch (e.g. a ball) (3) to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.) (4) to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence) (5) to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge) (6) to be given (e.g. life, talent) (7) to follow; to succeed; to be descended from (8) to face (south, etc.) (9) to be modified by (10) to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee (11) to be well-received; to become popular; to go down well 受身(うけみ): (1) the defensive (2) passive attitude; passivity; passiveness (3) the passive; passive voice (4) ukemi (the art of falling safely) 受験(じゅけん): taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance) 受け止める(うけとめる): to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take 受け入れる(うけいれる): to accept; to receive; to agree 受付(うけつけ): (1) reception (desk); information desk (2) receipt; acceptance 受け取る(うけとる): (1) to receive; to get; to accept (2) to take; to interpret; to understand 受話器(じゅわき): (telephone) receiver 受け継ぐ(うけつぐ): to inherit; to succeed; to take over 受け入れ(うけいれ): receiving; acceptance 引受ける(ひきうける): (1) to be responsible for (2) to take over; to take up (3) to guarantee; to undertake (4) to contract (a disease) 享受(きょうじゅ): reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given 受け付ける(うけつける): to be accepted; to receive (an application) 受け持ち(うけもち): charge (of something); matter in one's charge 受け持つ(うけもつ): to take (be in) charge of 受かる(うかる): to pass (examination) 3 3 136 爪: claw; nail; talon 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 8 又 29 2 また (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic accept The bird house is the brothel (someone else said so) and of course everyone is welcome - thay accept any crotch. A birdhouse is a whorehouse that will accept any crotch even those with STDs. (Image: a birdhouse whorehouse with every kind of bird coming and going. Some old madam at the front hole accepts everyone, even the nasty old crows). 735 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 授ジュさず.ける、さず.かる impart, instruct, grant, confer 教授(きょうじゅ): (1) professor (2) teaching; instruction 授業(じゅぎょう): lesson; class work; teaching; instruction 助教授(じょきょうじゅ): assistant professor; associate professor 授ける(さずける): to grant; to award; to teach 2 5 535 手: hand 受: accept; undergo; answer (phone); take; get; catch; receive 11 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic impart Please accept this finger, you say, imparting it to your yakuza boss. This character depicts a student and teacher. The teacher imparts his knowledge on the student, pointing the way and guiding with the finger. Meanwhile, the student sits there passively accepting the tutelage of his superior. 736 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 愛アイいと.しい、かな.しい、め.でる、お.しむ、まなあ, あし, え, かな, なる, めぐ, めぐみ, よし, ちか love, affection, favourite 愛想(あいそ): civility; courtesy; compliments; sociability; graces 愛(あい): love; affection 愛情(あいじょう): love; affection 恋愛(れんあい): love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections 愛する(あいする): to love 可愛い(かわいい): (1) cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty (2) dear; precious; darling; pet (3) cute little; tiny 可愛がる(かわいがる): to love; to be affectionate 可愛らしい(かわいらしい): lovely; sweet 3 4 640 爪: claw; nail; talon 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 夂: winter radical (no. 34) 13 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic love “If you really love someone, you won´t keep them in a cage-like bird house relationship, but rather open the door and let their heart walk around freely. Think less about ”“I”“ (あい) and more about ”“we”“.” The man is about to enter the ´birdhouse´ (brothel) when he remembers his true love at home, and, following his heart, uses his walking legs to go straight home. 737 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq501-750 払フツ、ヒツ、ホツはら.う、-はら.い、-ばら.いはらい pay, clear out, prune, banish, dispose of 支払い(しはらい): payment 支払う(しはらう): to pay 払う(はらう): (1) to pay (e.g. money, a bill, one's taxes, etc.) (2) to brush; to wipe; to clear away; to dust off; to prune away branches (3) to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sweep out 酔っ払い(よっぱらい): drunkard 払い込む(はらいこむ): to deposit; to pay in 払い戻す(はらいもどす): to repay; to pay back 3 S 813 手: hand 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) 5 手 64 4 て・てへん拂形声 Phonetic pay You´re at a restaurant and raise your finger to indicate to the waiter that you want to pay. Your friend elbows you in the ribs – it´s his shout, and he insists on taking care of the bill. “You are walking out of the restaurant when the waiter uses his FINGERS to grab you at the ELBOW and says, ”“excuse me sir, didn´t you forget to PAY?”“.” 738 gradeS JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq751-1000 広コウひろ.い、ひろ.まる、ひろ.める、ひろ.がる、ひろ.げる wide, broad, spacious 広告(こうこく): advertisement 広い(ひろい): spacious; vast; wide 広場(ひろば): plaza; (public) square; piazza; forum; open space 広げる(ひろげる): to spread; to extend; to expand; to enlarge; to widen; to broaden; to unfold; to open; to unroll 広さ(ひろさ): extent 背広(せびろ): business suit 広まる(ひろまる): to spread; to be propagated 広める(ひろめる): to broaden; to propagate 広がる(ひろがる): to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space) 広々(ひろびろ): extensive; spacious 4 2 263 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) 5 广 53 3 まだれ廣形声 Phonetic wide The Batcave is very wide and has a lot of elbow room for Batman to do his yoga. “A wide cave has a lot of ”“elbow room”“.” 739 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq251-500 拡カク、コウひろ.がる、ひろ.げる、ひろ.める broaden, extend, expand, enlarge 拡大(かくだい): magnification; enlargement; expansion 拡張(かくちょう): expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC 拡散(かくさん): scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum) 拡充(かくじゅう): expansion 2 6 611 手: hand 広: wide; broad; spacious 8 手 64 4 て・てへん擴形声 Phonetic broaden Japanese girls are tight and may require fingers inserted to broaden them and make them wide enough before you can… Spread your fingers wide to broaden your hand. 740 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 鉱コウあらがね mineral, ore 鉱山(こうざん): mine (ore) 鉱業(こうぎょう): mining industry 鉱物(こうぶつ): mineral 炭鉱(たんこう): coal mine; coal pit 2 5 1376 金: gold 広: wide; broad; spacious 13 金 167 8 かね・かねへん鑛形声 Phonetic mineral Elbonium: a new mineral found in wide caves shaped like elbows and made of metal. A wide range of metals are classed as minerals. 741 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Substance kanjifreq1001-1500 弁ベン、ヘンかんむり、わきま.える、わ.ける、はなびら、あらそ.うべ valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish 弁護(べんご): defense; defence; pleading; advocacy 弁当(べんとう): bento; Japanese box lunch 弁論(べんろん): discussion; debate; argument 花弁(はなびら): (flower) petal 弁解(べんかい): justification; rationalization; pretext; explanation; exculpation; defence; defense; excuse 弁(べん): (1) speech (2) dialect 代弁(だいべん): pay by proxy; act for another; speak for another 弁償(べんしょう): reimbursement; compensation; reparation; indemnity 勘弁(かんべん): pardon; forgiveness; forbearance お弁当(おべんとう): bento (Japanese box lunch) 1 5 619 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) 廾: twenty; 20; twenty or letter H radical (no. 55) 5 廾 55 3 にじゅう・にじゅうあし・こまぬき辨瓣辯象形 Pictographic valve Opening a stuck valve requires 2 hands and a lot of elbow grease. The cubans build a pipe to flood the USA. Castro just has to turn the valve on it, and USA is flooded. Suddenly, CIA agents tackle him from behind, grabbing both his arms. But Castro manages to open the valve with his elbow, by raising the elbow above his head. Success! USA is no more… 742 grade5 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 雄ユウお-、おす、おんかつ, たけ, つよし, ゆ, よう masculine, male, hero, leader, superiority, excellence 雄(おす): male (animal) 英雄(えいゆう): (1) hero; heroine; great person (2) Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804) (3) Heroic Polonaise (Chopin) 1 S 669 厷: the fore-arm; the upper-arm; round 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 12 隹 172 8 ふるとり (none) 形声 Phonetic masculine Men walk with their elbows out from their sides in a weird turkey trot when they try to appear very MASCULINE. Think of a 70´s pimp walk. Masculine duties are to offer your elbow to the lady by your left side and to cut the turkey on special meals. 743 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_General kanjifreq501-750 台ダイ、タイうてな、われ、つかさ pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles 台(だい): (1) stand; rack; table (2) support (3) belt (4) counter for machines, incl. vehicles (5) setting (e.g. in jewellery) (6) level (e.g. price level); range (e.g. after physical units); period (of time, e.g. a decade of one's life) 舞台(ぶたい): (1) stage (theatre, theater) (2) scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.) 台風(たいふう): typhoon; hurricane 台所(だいどころ): kitchen 土台(どだい): (1) foundation; base; basis (2) from the beginning; from the outset; by nature 灯台(とうだい): (1) lighthouse (2) old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it 寝台(しんだい): bed; couch 台本(だいほん): script; libretto; scenario 台無し(だいなし): mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing 台詞(せりふ): speech; words; one's lines; remarks 4 2 262 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) 口: mouth 5 至 133 6 いたる臺会意 Compound Ideographic pedestal When someone´s elbow is above your mouth he/she is probably standing on a pedestal. “After training your whole life, you manage to get a bronze medal in the Olympics. You´re extremely proud of your accomplishment as you step up to receive your medal. The guy in first place is up on a pedestal, towering above you, his elbow level with your mouth. Being a smug bastard, he ”“accidentally”“ knocks his elbow into your mouth, causing you to bleed and lose a tooth. Just cause he won the gold doesn´t mean he can place himself on such a high pedestal and do whatever he wants!” 744 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Counting_Counters Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq251-500 怠タイおこた.る、なま.ける neglect, laziness 怠る(おこたる): to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard 怠慢(たいまん): negligence; procrastination; carelessness 怠い(だるい): sluggish; feel heavy; languid; dull 怠ける(なまける): (1) to be idle; to slacken (2) to neglect (e.g. one's work) 1 S 1703 台: pedestal; a stand; counter for machines and vehicles 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 9 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic neglect While standing on the pedestal at the award ceremony, the recipient heartlessly neglected to mention the people that got him there. Someone you put on a pedestal will NEGLECT your heart. 745 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 治ジ、チおさ.める、おさ.まる、なお.る、なお.すし, ぢ, はり, はる, みち reign, be at peace, calm down, subdue, quell, govt, cure, heal, rule, conserve 政治(せいじ): politics; government 治療(ちりょう): medical treatment; cure 自治(じち): (1) self-government; autonomy (2) local (governmental) autonomy 治安(ちあん): public order 統治(とうち): rule; reign; government; governing 退治(たいじ): (1) extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; eradication; suppression (2) making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings (3) curing illness 治す(なおす): (1) to cure; to heal (2) to fix; to correct; to repair (3) to do over again (after -masu base of verb) (4) to replace; to put back as it was (5) to convert (into a different state); to transform 治まる(おさまる): to be at peace; to clamp down; to lessen (storm, terror, anger) 治める(おさめる): (1) to govern; to manage (2) to subdue 3 4 109 水: water 台: pedestal; a stand; counter for machines and vehicles 8 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic reign Build a moat around your pedestal to protect your reign of power. From his water pedestal Neptune reigns over his Sea Empire. 746 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness kanjifreq1-250 始シはじ.める、-はじ.める、はじ.まるもと commence, begin 開始(かいし): start; commencement; beginning; initiation 始まり(はじまり): origin; beginning 終始(しゅうし): (1) beginning and end; from beginning to end; doing a thing from beginning to end (2) consistently; the whole time 始末(しまつ): (1) management; dealing; settlement (2) cleaning up; getting rid of (3) end result (usu. bad) 始める(はじめる): (1) to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate (2) to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.) (3) to start (doing something); to begin to … 原始(げんし): origin; primeval 始発(しはつ): (1) first departure (of a train, bus, etc.); first train; first bus (2) departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.) 始まる(はじまる): to begin 始終(しじゅう): continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last 始めに(はじめに): to begin with (used as an introduction); first of all; in the beginning 4 3 244 女: woman; female 台: pedestal; a stand; counter for machines and vehicles 8 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 形声 Phonetic commence Many men, before they commence their relationship with the woman of their desires, place her on something of a pedestal, which often leads to disappointment later on. If you want to commence a relationship, just put a woman on a pedestal and she´ll love ya forever. 747 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Time kanjifreq1-250 胎タイ womb, uterus 1 S 1861 肉: meat 台: pedestal; a stand; counter for machines and vehicles 9 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic womb “The body part feminists like to put on a pedestal is the womb, especially when they hear a man complain about some responsibility. ”“We give birth, so it´s your duty to do so-and-so”“.” If any body part deserves to be put on a pedestal, it is the womb from which new life springs forth. 748 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Function kanjifreq1501-2000 窓ソウ、スまど、てんまど、けむだし window, pane 窓(まど): window 窓口(まどぐち): (1) ticket window; teller window; counter (2) contact person; point of contact 3 6 1186 穴: hole; aperture; slit; cave; den 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 11 穴 116 5 あな・あなかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic window “The top primitive is similar to hole (#1316). A window is a hole (#1316) in your house that you occassionally sit next to while leaning on your ELBOW and gazing out, a picture of a lonely HEARTedness.” “Anna stood inside the house 宀 on her human legs 儿 enjoying some private 厶 time, looking out the window and communing with the feelings that were in her heart 心. The first five strokes are actually 穴、あな, ”“hole,”“ introduced later. 窓、まど, window; 窓口、まどぐち, ticket window; 車窓、しゃそう, car window.” 749 grade6 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1001-1500 去キョ、コさ.る、-さ.るい gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce “過去(かこ): (1) the past; bygone days; the previous (2) a past (i.e. a personal history one would prefer remained secret); one's past (3) past (tense); preterit; preterite (4) previous life 去年(きょねん): last year 去る(さる): (1) to leave; to go away (2) to pass; to elapse (3) to be distant (4) to send away; to drive off; to divorce (5) (after a -masu stem, esp. of a suru verb) … completely (6) last … (e.g. ”“last April”“) 立ち去る(たちさる): to leave; to depart; to take one's leave 消去(しょうきょ): elimination; erasure; dying out; clearing; purge; melting away” 4 3 440 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) 5 厶 28 2 む (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic gone Going, going, GONE!, said the gravedigger as he shoveled soil onto the body´s protruding elbow (the last bit left to cover). If you want the soil stains gone from your clothes, then you´ll need to put some elbow grease into cleaning them. 750 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq251-500 法ホウ、ハッ、ホッ、フランのりほ method, law, rule, principle, model, system 憲法(けんぽう): constitution 方法(ほうほう): method; process; manner; way; means; technique 法律(ほうりつ): law 司法(しほう): administration of justice 法廷(ほうてい): courtroom 立法(りっぽう): legislation; lawmaking 法学(ほうがく): law; jurisprudence 法則(ほうそく): law; rule 寸法(すんぽう): measurement; size; extent; dimension 文法(ぶんぽう): grammar; syntax 法案(ほうあん): bill (law) 手法(しゅほう): technique 作法(さほう): manners; etiquette; propriety 製法(せいほう): manufacturing method; recipe; formula 法(ほう): (1) law; act; principle (2) method (3) mood (4) dharma 用法(ようほう): directions; rules of use 3 4 100 水: water 去: gone; past; quit; leave; elapse; eliminate; divorce 8 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic method This kanji shows up in a lot of words related to the legal process. Try this image: using a very outdated judicial method, the people of Salem dunked accused witches in the water until they were all gone. “There already was a system (#418) for butchering cows, a technique (#421) for turning smoke into flowers - why can´t there be a method of about the same relevance for making water gone? Evaporation anyone?” 751 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 会カイ、エあ.う、あ.わせる、あつ.まるあい, い meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join 会員(かいいん): member; the membership 会議(かいぎ): meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention; congress 会見(かいけん): interview; audience 会社(かいしゃ): (1) company; corporation (2) workplace 会談(かいだん): conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview 議会(ぎかい): Diet; congress; parliament 国会(こっかい): National Diet; parliament; congress 社会(しゃかい): society; public 総会(そうかい): general meeting 大会(たいかい): convention; tournament; mass meeting; rally 会合(かいごう): (1) meeting; assembly (2) association (3) conjunction 会場(かいじょう): assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds 機会(きかい): chance; opportunity 集会(しゅうかい): meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally 会話(かいわ): conversation 開会(かいかい): opening of a meeting 学会(がっかい): scientific society; academic meeting; academic conference 会計(かいけい): account; finance; accountant; treasurer; paymaster; reckoning; bill 教会(きょうかい): church 都会(とかい): city 司会(しかい): chairmanship; leading a meeting; presenter; host 展覧会(てんらんかい): exhibition 面会(めんかい): meeting (face-to-face); interview 閉会(へいかい): closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.) 宴会(えんかい): party; banquet 再会(さいかい): another meeting; meeting again; reunion 座談会(ざだんかい): symposium; round-table discussion 社会科学(しゃかいかがく): social science 協会(きょうかい): association; society; organization; organisation 会館(かいかん): meeting hall; assembly hall 会議室(かいぎしつ): conference room; council room 出会い(であい): meeting; rendezvous; encounter 会(かい): (1) meeting; assembly; party (2) association; club 会(え): gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.) 5 2 4 人: person 云: say 6 曰 73 4 ひらび・いわく會象形 Pictographic meeting At the local company they have a very gory way of getting rid of incompetent personnel : they arrange a business meeting in a very special room where the walls are … meeting. Not surprisingly the boss is never present at these meetings, he´s the one who pushes the button that sets the walls in motion. The only thing created in most meetings is a lot of hot air. Imagine a cloud of it rising to the roof. 752 grade2 JLPT.N5 kanjifreq1-250 至シいた.るのぶ, のり, みち, よし climax, arrive, proceed, reach, attain, result in 至って(いたって): very much; exceedingly; extremely 至急(しきゅう): urgent; pressing 至る(いたる): (1) to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to attain (2) to lead to (a place); to get to (3) to come; to arrive; to result in 乃至(ないし): (1) from … to; between … and (2) or 1 6 996 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 6 至 133 6 いたる (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic climax Sexual climaxes don´t always happen on the bed; they sometimes happen against a wall or on the ground! The climax of the Berlin Wall affair was the tearing of it to ground. 753 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 室シツむろ room, apartment, chamber, greenhouse, cellar “教室(きょうしつ): classroom 温室(おんしつ): greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse 控え室(ひかえしつ): waiting room 浴室(よくしつ): bathroom; bath 会議室(かいぎしつ): conference room; council room 研究室(けんきゅうしつ): (1) laboratory (2) seminar room (3) professor's office 室(しつ): (1) room (2) wife (of someone of high rank) (3) scabbard (4) Chinese ”“Encampment”“ constellation (one of the 28 mansions) 待合室(まちあいしつ): waiting room” 4 2 550 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 至: climax; arrive; proceed; reach; attain; result in 9 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic room “You book a room in a love hotel called ”“Climax House”“.” A simple room is made up of a roof, some walls, and a dirt floor. 754 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq501-750 到トウいた.る arrival, proceed, reach, attain, result in 到着(とうちゃく): arrival 到達(とうたつ): reaching; attaining; arrival 到底(とうてい): (cannot) possibly; no matter how 3 S 1032 至: climax; arrive; proceed; reach; attain; result in 刀: sword; saber; knife 8 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic arrival Http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/7731/karatesd3.jpg Just look at this image… Just as we were about to climax her father arrived with a sword. 755 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1001-1500 致チいた.す doth, do, send, forward, cause, exert, incur, engage 一致(いっち): (1) coincidence; agreement; union; match (2) conformity; consistency (3) cooperation 致す(いたす): to do 合致(がっち): agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance どう致しまして(どういたしまして): you are welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure 雅致(がち): artistry; good taste; elegance; grace 1 S 870 至: climax; arrive; proceed; reach; attain; result in 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) 10 至 133 6 いたる (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic doth To reach climax I doth the bidding of my dominatrix taskmaster. “This character is used in two very high-frequency words: ”“you are welcome”“ (どう致しまして) and the honorific form of onegaishimasu (お願い致します; おねがいいたします). Can´t you just picture this ridiculously polite S&M picture? A businessman, who DOTH the bidding of his taskmistress, is climaxing and yelling out ”“お願い致します”“ while she whips and says ”“どう致しまして”“. (This kanji also means ”“to bring about”“ and ”“do humbly”“, which is perfect for this image).” 756 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 互ゴたが.い、かたみ.に mutually, reciprocally, together 相互(そうご): mutual; reciprocal 互い(たがい): mutual; reciprocal 交互(こうご): mutual; reciprocal; alternate お互い(おたがい): mutual; reciprocal; each other 3 S 914 二: two; two radical (no.2) 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 4 二 7 2 に・ふた (none) 象形 Pictographic mutually The 69 position allows both parties to mutually give themselves pleasure. If you can combined your walls with another house´s walls, both houses would mutually benefit, by the increase in size…. 757 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 棄キす.てる abandon, throw away, discard, resign, reject, sacrifice 棄権(きけん): (1) abstaining from voting (2) renunciation of a right (3) did not start (sport); DNS; defaulting 破棄(はき): tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); revocation; annulment; breaking (e.g. treaty); reversing (e.g. an original judgment) (judgement); discard; cancellation; repeal 廃棄(はいき): (1) disposal; abandonment; scrapping; discarding; abolition (2) annulment; cancellation; abrogation; repeal 1 S 901 㐬: a cup with pendants; a pennant; wild; barren; uncultivated 木: tree; wood 13 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic abandon Think of a really loud and annoying baby, you want to abandon it but it keeps coming back…so you take of your belt by the buckle, and buckle the baby to a tree! “As in sash (#415), I treat the one mountain in the middle to mean Mt. Fuji (Japan´s ichiban mountain). Now we see an infant being abandoned on top of Mt. Fuji well above the tree line to die of exposure.” 758 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 育イクそだ.つ、そだ.ち、そだ.てる、はぐく.むやす bring up, grow up, raise, rear 教育(きょういく): training; education 体育(たいいく): physical education; gymnastics; athletics 育児(いくじ): childcare; nursing; upbringing 飼育(しいく): breeding; raising; rearing 育ち(そだち): breeding; growth 育つ(そだつ): to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up) 発育(はついく): (physical) growth; development 保育(ほいく): nursing; nurturing; rearing; lactation; suckling 育成(いくせい): rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion 生育(せいいく): growth; development; breeding 育てる(そだてる): to raise; to rear; to bring up 成育(せいいく): growth; raising 3 3 369 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) 月: month; moon 8 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic bring up Bringing up your offspring means raising them from infant until they are meat ready to be harvested. What, cannibalism is in poor taste? Forget I ever brought it up. But bring up will forver be infant meat to me. I want my baby back baby back baby back ribs! I will bring up my infants to eat meat. I´ll not endure any vegetarian children in my house! 759 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 撤テツ remove, withdraw, disarm, dismantle, reject, exclude 1 S 811 手: hand 育: bring up; grow up; raise; rear 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) 15 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic remove Don´t lay a finger on him, a concerned mother says as the state REMOVES her child away for upbringing by a taskmaster foster home. A terrible yakuza taskmaster is bringing up his infant. Every time the infant does something wrong… well, you know what happens to yakuzas when they do something wrong. 760 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 充ジュウあ.てる、み.たすあつ, のぶ, まさ, みち, みつ, よし allot, fill 充実(じゅうじつ): (1) fullness; completion; perfection; substantiality; enrichment (2) replenishment; repletion 補充(ほじゅう): (1) supplementation; supplement; replenishment; replenishing; replacement; refilling (2) to replace; to refill; to replenish 拡充(かくじゅう): expansion 1 S 949 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 允: license; sincerity; permit 6 儿 10 2 にんにょう・ひとあし (none) 象形 Pictographic allot “Scene at the baby factory: Manager: ”“Good news! Your infant has been allotted human legs”“. Parent to be: ”“Thanks a lot!”“.” In China, to prevent too many human legs walking around, couples are alloted only one infant… 761 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 銃ジュウつつ gun, arms 銃(じゅう): gun; rifle; small arms 1 S 1013 金: gold 充: allot; fill 14 金 167 8 かね・かねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic gun Everyone is allotted a metal gun (US constitution according to the NRA). What is a gun but a device for allotting pieces of metal? One for you - BANG!…One for you - BANG!…One for you - BANG!…One for you - BANG!…etc. 762 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq1001-1500 硫リュウ sulphur 1 S 1867 石: stone 㐬: a cup with pendants; a pennant; wild; barren; uncultivated 12 石 112 5 いし・いしへん (none) 形声 Phonetic sulfur Sulphur is like a rock, but it can stink like a stream of infant doodie. Infants are baptised in streams inorder to prevent their descent into a place of sulphur and brimstone. 763 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Substance kanjifreq1501-2000 流リュウ、ルなが.れる、なが.れ、なが.す、-なが.すな, ながれ, めぐる current, a sink, flow, forfeit “流行(はやり): (1) fashion; fad; vogue; craze (2) prevalence (e.g. of a disease) 交流(こうりゅう): (1) (cultural) exchange; interchange; interaction; (inter-) mingling; (social, etc.) networking; intercourse (2) alternating current; AC 流れ(ながれ): stream; current; flow 流通(りゅうつう): (1) circulation of money or goods; flow of water or air; distribution (2) negotiable (e.g. shares) 一流(いちりゅう): (1) first-class; top grade; foremost; top-notch; leading (2) characteristic; peculiar; unique (3) school (e.g. of a performance art) (4) one flag; one banner; one streamer 流す(ながす): (1) to drain; to pour; to spill; to shed (blood, tears) (2) to wash away (3) to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to broadcast; to beam (4) to cruise (e.g. taxi) (5) to float; to set adrift (6) to call off (a meeting, etc.) 流し(ながし): (1) sink (2) cruising (e.g. taxi) 電流(でんりゅう): electric current 流域(りゅういき): (river) basin 海流(かいりゅう): ocean current 流れる(ながれる): to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to run (ink); to be washed away 流(りゅう): style of; method of; manner of; school (of thought) 流行る(はやる): (1) to be popular; to come into fashion (2) to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to be endemic (3) to flourish; to thrive 流石(さすが): (1) as one would expect (2) still; all the same (3) even… (e.g. ”“even a genius…”“) 合流(ごうりゅう): (1) confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; junction; joining (2) union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging; coming together 気流(きりゅう): atmospheric current; air current; airflow 直流(ちょくりゅう): direct current; DC” 3 3 280 水: water 㐬: a cup with pendants; a pennant; wild; barren; uncultivated 10 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic current INFANT Moses placed in the WATER and sent down the current of the STREAM. A water-breathing infant (genetically modified?) is caught in a flood, and drifts with the current, apparently enjoying himself in the process. 764 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 允インじょう, まこと.に, ゆるすまこと, のぶ, まさ, みつ, すけ, よし, ちか, とも license, sincerity, permit 1 S+ 2358 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) 儿: legs radical (no. 10) (none) license In some Asian kung-fu version of James Bond, the main protagonist has a “License To Kill” with his deadly elbows and human legs. His suit is always stained of red blood at the elbows and lower legs (this to help create an image that distinguish the two elements). A midget driver trying to pass the road test to get their driver´s license. Their elbows are too short to turn the wheel and their legs are too short to reach the gas and breaks. 765 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 唆サそそ.る、そそのか.す tempt, seduce, instigate, promote 1 S 1278 口: mouth 夋: None 10 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic tempt I named the right part legal prostitute has it represents a walker [walking legs] with the license. It´s easy to imagine a legal prostitute tempting a man with her mouth. Prostitutes in Amsterdam have a license to show off their walking legs and tempt customers with their mouths. 766 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 出シュツ、スイで.る、-で、だ.す、-だ.す、い.でる、い.だすいず, いづ, いで, じ, すっ, すつ, てん exit, leave 出生(しゅっせい): birth 引出し(ひきだし): (1) drawer (2) withdrawal; drawing out 出入口(でいりぐち): exit and entrance 出合う(であう): (1) to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon (2) to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.) (3) to emerge and engage (an enemy) 引出す(ひきだす): to pull out; to take out; to draw out; to withdraw 出身(しゅっしん): (1) person's origin (town, city, country, etc.) (2) institution from which one graduated (3) director in charge of employee relations 輸出(ゆしゅつ): (1) export (2) efferent (medical) 出場(しゅつじょう): (1) (stage) appearance; performance (2) participation (e.g. in a tournament) 進出(しんしゅつ): advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging 演出(えんしゅつ): production (e.g. play); direction 出す(だす): (1) to take out; to get out (2) to put out; to reveal; to show (3) to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in (4) to publish; to make public (5) to send (e.g. letter) (6) to produce (a sound); to start (fire) (7) to serve (food) (8) to begin 出演(しゅつえん): (1) performance; stage appearance (2) to act (in a play) 出席(しゅっせき): (1) attendance; presence; appearance (2) to attend; to be present; to appear 出版(しゅっぱん): publication 提出(ていしゅつ): (1) to present; to submit (e.g. a report or a thesis); to hand in; to file; to turn in (2) presentation; submission; filing 支出(ししゅつ): expenditure; expenses 出産(しゅっさん): (child)birth; delivery; production (of goods) 出発(しゅっぱつ): departure 出来事(できごと): incident; affair; happening; event 思い出(おもいで): memories; recollections; reminiscence 出張(しゅっちょう): official tour; business trip 脱出(だっしゅつ): (1) escape; break-out (2) prolapse; proptosis 見出し(みだし): (1) heading; headline; title; caption (2) index (3) headword 出口(でぐち): exit; gateway; way out; outlet; leak; vent 貸し出し(かしだし): lending; loaning 出血(しゅっけつ): (1) bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage (2) bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost 外出(がいしゅつ): outing; trip; going out 出現(しゅつげん): appearance; arrival; make one's appearance 出品(しゅっぴん): exhibit; display 出る(でる): (1) to go out; to exit; to leave (2) to appear; to come forth; to be published (3) to answer (the phone or door) 出勤(しゅっきん): attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); going to work 飛び出す(とびだす): (1) to jump out; to rush out; to fly out (2) to appear (suddenly) (3) to protrude; to project (4) to butt in 出入り(でいり): in and out; coming and going; free association; income and expenditure; debits and credit 出世(しゅっせ): success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence 思い出す(おもいだす): to recall; to remember 出来る(できる): (1) to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task (2) to be ready; to be completed (3) to be made; to be built (4) to be good at; to be permitted (to do) (5) to become intimate; to take up (with somebody) (6) to grow; to be raised 売り出す(うりだす): (1) to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to begin selling; to market (2) to become popular 出来るだけ(できるだけ): as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible 日の出(ひので): sunrise 出迎え(でむかえ): meeting; reception 出題(しゅつだい): (1) setting a question (for an exam) (2) setting a theme (for composition of poetry) 抜け出す(ぬけだす): (1) to slip out; to sneak away; to excel (2) to break (out of a loop) 出来上がり(できあがり): finish; completion; ready; made for; cut out 追い出す(おいだす): to expel; to drive out 家出(いえで): running away from home; leaving home 呼び出す(よびだす): (1) to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to decoy; to lure (2) to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call 出会い(であい): meeting; rendezvous; encounter 出動(しゅつどう): sailing; marching; going out; dispatch 申し出(もうしで): proposal; request; claim; report; notice 出(で): (1) coming out; going out; outflow; efflux; rising (of the sun or moon) (2) attending (work); appearing (on stage); one's turn to go on (3) start; beginning (4) origins; background; person (or item) originating from …; graduate of …; native of …; member of … (lineage) (5) architectural member that projects outward (6) highest point of the stern of a ship (7) amount (comprising something); amount of time or effort required to do something 出直し(でなおし): adjustment; touch up 出費(しゅっぴ): expenses; disbursements 放出(ほうしゅつ): release; emission; ejection 出迎える(でむかえる): to meet; to greet 振り出し(ふりだし): (1) shaking out (2) throw (of dice); toss (3) drawing; issuing; draft; draught (4) starting point; beginning; outset (5) infusion 出合い(であい): encounter 噴出(ふんしゅつ): spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion 売り出し(うりだし): (bargain) sale 出掛ける(でかける): to depart; to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to set out; to start; to be going out 逃げ出す(にげだす): to run away; to escape from 投げ出す(なげだす): (1) to throw down; to throw out; to stretch out (one's legs) (2) to abandon; to resign (3) to give freely; to give generously; to sacrifice (e.g. one's life) (4) to start to throw 差し出す(さしだす): to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out 申し出る(もうしでる): to report to; to tell; to suggest; to submit; to request; to make an offer; to come forward with information 取り出す(とりだす): (1) to take out; to produce; to pick out (2) to fetch; to retrieve 出来上がる(できあがる): (1) to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat) (2) to be very drunk 言い出す(いいだす): to start talking; to speak; to tell; to propose; to suggest; to break the ice お目出度う(おめでとう): congratulations!; an auspicious occasion! 出鱈目(でたらめ): (1) irresponsible utterance; nonsense; bullshit; codswallop (2) random; haphazard; unsystematic 目出度い(めでたい): (1) happy; auspicious; propitious; joyous (2) naive 産出(さんしゅつ): yield; produce 出くわす(でくわす): to happen to meet; to come across 出社(しゅっしゃ): going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work お目出度うご座います(おめでとうございます): congratulations 降り出す(ふりだす): to begin to rain お出でになる(おいでになる): (1) to be (2) to come (3) to go お出掛け(おでかけ): about to start out; just about to leave or go out 出切る(できる): to be out of; to have no more at hand 放り出す(ほうりだす): to throw out; to fire; to expel; to give up; to abandon; to neglect 出端(では): (1) chance of going out; opportunity (to succeed) (2) musical accompaniment for an actor going on stage 出来物(できもの): tumour; tumor; growth; boil; ulcer; abscess; rash; pimple お目出度い(おめでたい): (1) special; auspicious; happy (2) naive; innocent; good-natured 5 1 13 山: mountain 凵: open box enclosure; open box radical (no. 17) 5 凵 17 2 かんにょう・うけばこ・かんがまえ (none) 象形 Pictographic exit Suddenly, a cactus comes out of the ground with a sign that reads: exit. Now you can leave the desert! (Note: giving this primitive the meaning ´cactus´ can be useful later). The exit lays between these two mountains. 767 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Directions kanjifreq1-250 山サン、センやまさ, やの, やん mountain 山(やま): (1) mountain; hill (2) mine (e.g. coal mine) (3) heap; pile (4) crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire) (5) climax; peak; critical point (6) guess; speculation (7) criminal case; crime (8) festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd) (9) wild 火山(かざん): volcano 登山(とざん): mountain climbing 鉱山(こうざん): mine (ore) 山林(さんりん): (1) mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest (2) mountains and forest 山脈(さんみゃく): mountain range 山岳(さんがく): mountains 沢山(たくさん): many; a lot; much 巫山戯る(ふざける): to romp; to gambol; to frolic; to joke; to make fun of; to flirt; to mess around; to screw around; to josh 山腹(さんぷく): hillside; mountainside 山(さん): Mt (suffix used with the names of mountains); Mount 5 1 131 山: mountain, mountain radical (no. 46) 3 山 46 3 やま・やまへん・やまかんむり (none) 象形 Pictographic mountain Pictograph, see book. * As a primitive this element appears equally as well at the top or bottom of the kanjis (besides appearing to the left). Since a mountain often brings to mind towering peaks, I will consider it implied that the element is placed at the top of the kanji. When this primitive appears at the bottom, I will arrange my story in a way that other elements are said to be at the very top of the mountain (see FRAME 775 for an example). YOU CAN´T POSSIBLY NEED A MNEMONIC FOR THIS!!!! 768 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1-250 拙セツつたな.い bungling, clumsy, unskillful 拙い(つたない): (1) poor-quality; shoddy; crude (2) unskillful; inexpert; maladroit; inept; foolish; clumsy (3) unlucky 1 S 1938 手: hand 出: exit; leave; go out; come out; put out; protrude 8 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic bungling With fingers fumbling around trying to get the key in the door so he could exit, the bungling husband woke his wife as he tried to leave for a rendezvous with his mistress. Horror movie cliche 769: Bungling victim´s fingers fumble & bungle trying to open the exit door. 769 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 岩ガンいわ boulder, rock, cliff 岩(いわ): rock; crag 溶岩(ようがん): lava 岩石(がんせき): rock 2 2 787 山: mountain 石: stone 8 山 46 3 やま・やまへん・やまかんむり (none) 象形 Pictographic boulder A mountain-sized stone is known as a boulder. Here we see mountain rocks rolling down the mountain, gathering into a single monstrous boulder crushing everything in its path. Think snowball effect, even if it wouldn´t work with rocks. 770 grade2 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq751-1000 炭タンすみ charcoal, coal 石炭(せきたん): coal 炭素(たんそ): carbon (C) 炭鉱(たんこう): coal mine; coal pit 2 3 1307 山: mountain 灰: ashes; puckery juice; cremate 9 火 86 4 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic charcoal Burn enough charcoal and you´ll have a mountain of ash. “You get charcoal from volcano (”“fire mountain”“, 火山) ashes.” 771 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Substance kanjifreq1001-1500 岐キ、ギたかし, また branch off, fork in road, scene, arena, theater 1 S 1428 山: mountain 支: branch; support; sustain; branch radical (no. 65) 7 山 46 3 やま・やまへん・やまかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic branch off On the left, there are three mountains. The road branches off to each of them. (Note: This kanji is mostly used for branches in the road). In a lot of Super Nintendo-era RPGs, there are mountain levels to get through. You view them from overhead, so you can see a mazelike path with many branches. Picture your sprite characters at one such fork in the mountain path, as it branches off in two directions. 772 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1001-1500 峠とうげ mountain peak, mountain pass, climax, crest, (kokuji) 峠(とうげ): ridge; (mountain) pass; difficult part 1 S 1941 山: mountain 上: above; up 下: below; down; descend; give; low; inferior 9 山 46 3 やま・やまへん・やまかんむり (none) 国字 Original mountain peak Heisig mentions at kanjiclinic.com that he wishes he´d chosen mountain pass for this keyword as it´s closer to what the word means. If we do this, the kanji makes complete sense because a mountain pass is just below the mountain top. “To the north of Lorien lies the Misty Mountains, and below their towering peaks are the Mines of Moria. The Fellowship of the Ring first tried for the MOUNTAIN PASS that goes above, but were halted by the wizardry of Saruman at Caradhras, and so are forced to take the MOUNTAIN PASS that goes below, through the mountain - a path long feared by Gandalf for the ancient evil that lurks there. Note : the kanji does in fact refer to a ”“mountain pass”“.” 773 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1501-2000 崩ホウくず.れる、-くず.れ、くず.す crumble, die, demolish, level 崩壊(ほうかい): (1) collapse; crumbling; breaking down; caving in (2) decay (physics) 崩れる(くずれる): to collapse; to crumble 雪崩(なだれ): avalanche 崩す(くずす): to destroy; to pull down; to make change (money) 1 S 778 山: mountain 朋: companion; friend 11 山 46 3 やま・やまへん・やまかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic crumble Sam and Frodo were steadfast companions even as Mount Doom crumbled above them. September 11. [lol it also has 11 strokes], whoever reported this story is a loser, get alife. This is the best story on the website. 774 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 密ミツひそ.か secrecy, density (pop), minuteness, carefulness 秘密(ひみつ): secret; secrecy 密接(みっせつ): related; connected; close; intimate 精密(せいみつ): precise; exact; detailed; minute; close 厳密(げんみつ): strict; close 密度(みつど): density 密集(みっしゅう): crowd; close formation; dense 過密(かみつ): overcrowding; crowded; congestion 密か(ひそか): secret; private; surreptitious 密(みつ): (1) density; thickness (2) secrecy (3) minute; fine 1 6 815 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 必: invariably; certain; inevitable 山: mountain 11 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic secrecy To maintain secrecy, secret societies invariably have to house themselves in the moutains. To maintain secrecy, secret societies invariably have to house themselves on top of the moutains. (Slight tweak of chamcham´s story, using fuaburisa´s idea for remembering where to put the mountain primitive.). 775 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 蜜ミツ、ビツ honey, nectar, molasses 蜜(みつ): nectar; honey 蜂蜜(はちみつ): honey 0 S 2203 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 必: invariably; certain; inevitable 虫: insect; bug; temper 14 虫 142 6 むし・むしへん (none) 形声 Phonetic honey When I think of honey, I think of a bee hive, which is a HOUSE that INVARIABLY has INSECTS. A house with a lot of honey will invariably attract many insects. 776 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq2001-2500 嵐ランあらしぞれ storm, tempest 嵐(あらし): storm; tempest 1 S 1910 山: mountain 風: wind; air; style; manner 12 山 46 3 やま・やまへん・やまかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic storm Storm is a full-blown wind that rips the mountains off the ground (you see one flying here). Winds are gathering at the base of the mountain (note the hint to primitive placement), going up, and turning into a huge mountain storm. 777 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq1501-2000 崎キさき、さい、みさき promontory, cape, spit 1 S 533 山: mountain 奇: strange; strangeness; curiosity 11 山 46 3 やま・やまへん・やまかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic promontory This is “Cape Strange” from FRAME 153, only with mountain in place of soil. Interestingly, there is also 碕 which is made of the primitives stone and strange. The three kanjis 碕, 埼 and 崎 all have the same meanings and pronunciations. They have very little uses other than names, for which promontory is the clear winner with over 2300 uses in place and people names, while the other two kanjis account for less than 200 names. A promontory is a small, strange mountain that juts out into the sea. 778 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq501-750 入ニュウ、ジュい.る、-い.る、-い.り、い.れる、-い.れ、はい.るいり, いる, に, の, りり enter, insert 入口(いりぐち): entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth 出入口(でいりぐち): exit and entrance 輸入(ゆにゅう): importation; import; introduction 購入(こうにゅう): purchase; buy 収入(しゅうにゅう): income; receipts; revenue 導入(どうにゅう): introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation 加入(かにゅう): becoming a member; joining; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation; adherence; signing 入院(にゅういん): hospitalization; hospitalisation 入学(にゅうがく): entry to school or university; matriculation 入社(にゅうしゃ): entry to a company 入場(にゅうじょう): entrance; admission; entering 入賞(にゅうしょう): winning a prize or place (in a contest) 受け入れる(うけいれる): to accept; to receive; to agree 侵入(しんにゅう): penetration; invasion; raid; aggression; trespass 入手(にゅうしゅ): obtaining; coming to hand 入浴(にゅうよく): (1) bathing (2) to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath 納入(のうにゅう): payment; supply 手入れ(ていれ): (1) repairs; maintenance; tending; trimming; grooming (2) crackdown; (police) raid 出入り(でいり): in and out; coming and going; free association; income and expenditure; debits and credit 記入(きにゅう): entry; filling in of forms 押し入れ(おしいれ): closet 介入(かいにゅう): intervention 受け入れ(うけいれ): receiving; acceptance 投入(とうにゅう): (1) throwing into; inserting; depositing (2) investment; putting in (personnel, etc.) (3) release of a product (4) making (an electrical circuit) 入る(はいる): (1) to enter (2) to break into (3) to join; to enroll (4) to contain; to hold; to accommodate (5) to have (an income of) 仕入れる(しいれる): to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn something that might be useful later 申し入れる(もうしいれる): to propose; to suggest 入れ物(いれもの): (1) container; case; receptacle (2) (euph. for) coffin; casket 気に入る(きにいる): to be pleased with; to suit 四捨五入(ししゃごにゅう): rounding half up (i.e. fractions) 取り入れる(とりいれる): (1) to harvest; to reap (2) to take in; to gather in (3) to adopt 日の入り(ひのいり): sunset 入る(いる): to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in 入れる(いれる): (1) to put in; to let in; to take in; to bring in; to insert; to set (a jewel, etc.); to ink in (e.g. a tattoo) (2) to admit; to accept; to employ; to hire (3) to accept; to comply; to grant; to adopt (a policy, etc.); to take (advice, etc.); to listen to; to pay attention to (4) to include (5) to pay (one's rent, etc.) (6) to cast (a vote) (7) to make (tea, coffee, etc.) (8) to turn on (a switch, etc.) (9) to send (a fax); to call 潜入(せんにゅう): infiltration; sneaking in 恐れ入る(おそれいる): (1) to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be much obliged; to feel small (2) to be grateful (3) to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be surprised (4) to be disconcerted; to be embarrassed 新入生(しんにゅうせい): new student; freshman; first-year student 5 1 56 入: enter, enter radical (no. 11) 2 入 11 2 いる・にゅう・いりがしら・いりやね (none) 象形 Pictographic enter Pictograph, see book. * As a primitive, using the image of going through a door, even one that stands alone with the frame and no wall around, helps flesh out the primitive “enter”. Person enters stage left… 779 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Directions kanjifreq1-250 込こ.む、-こ.む、こ.み、-こ.み、こ.めるこみ, ごめ crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji) 申込み(もうしこみ): application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal; overture; challenge 見込み(みこみ): (1) hope; promise; possibility; chance; probability; likelihood (2) expectation; anticipation; forecast; estimate (3) side of a structural member 追い込む(おいこむ): to herd; to corner; to drive 組み込む(くみこむ): to insert; to include; to cut in (printing) 落ち込む(おちこむ): (1) to feel down (sad) (2) to be in a slump (e.g. business, economy); to be in an unfavourable condition (3) to fall into (e.g. a hole) 打ち込む(うちこむ): to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to devote oneself to; to shoot into; to smash; to throw into; to cast into 意気込む(いきごむ): to be enthusiastic about 突っ込む(つっこむ): (1) to thrust something into something (2) to plunge into; to go into deeply (3) to meddle; to interfere (4) to retort (5) to riposte 押し込む(おしこむ): (1) to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to crowd into (2) to break in; to burglarize 申し込む(もうしこむ): to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge; to lodge (objections); to request (an interview); to subscribe for; to book; to reserve 飛び込む(とびこむ): to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to dive 飲み込む(のみこむ): (1) to gulp down; to swallow deeply (2) to understand; to take in; to catch on to; to learn; to digest 割り込む(わりこむ): to cut in; to thrust oneself into; to wedge oneself in; to muscle in on; to interrupt; to disturb 払い込む(はらいこむ): to deposit; to pay in 引っ込む(ひっこむ): (1) to draw back; to sink; to cave in (2) to be set back (e.g. from a road) (3) to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere); to stay indoors; to butt out; to stay out of it 乗り込む(のりこむ): (1) to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to ship (passengers); to man (a ship); to help (someone) into (2) to march into; to enter 思い込む(おもいこむ): to be under impression that; to be convinced that; to imagine that; to set one's heart on; to be bent on 溶け込む(とけこむ): (1) to melt into; to merge into (2) to fit in; to adapt; to blend 込める(こめる): (1) to load (a gun, etc.); to charge (2) to put into (e.g. emotion, effort) (3) to include (e.g. tax in a sales price) (4) to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen 踏み込む(ふみこむ): (1) to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid (2) to come to grips with; to get to the core of 放り込む(ほうりこむ): to throw into; to toss into 埋め込む(うめこむ): to bury; to embed 3 S 675 入: enter; insert 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 5 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 国字 Original crowded During a traffic jam it is impossible to get your car to enter the roadway as it is crowded with cars. Think of a grid lock so bad cars are litterally scraping up against each other like people on a Japanese train during rush hour. Everybody tries to enter the road during rush hour. That´s why it´s so crowded. 780 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 分ブン、フン、ブわ.ける、わ.け、わ.かれる、わ.かる、わ.かついた, わけ part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/10 大分(だいぶ): considerably; greatly; a lot 引分け(ひきわけ): draw (in competition); tie game 自分(じぶん): (1) myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself (2) I; me 部分(ぶぶん): portion; section; part 分野(ぶんや): field; sphere; realm; division; branch 十分(じゅうぶん): (1) plenty; enough; sufficient; satisfactory; adequate (2) division into ten (3) perfectly; thoroughly; fully; in full 処分(しょぶん): (1) disposal; dealing (with a problem); disposition; measure; procedure (2) punishment (3) putting down (e.g. diseased animal) 半分(はんぶん): half 気分(きぶん): feeling; mood 分析(ぶんせき): analysis 配分(はいぶん): distribution; allotment 分離(ぶんり): separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation; decollation 分裂(ぶんれつ): split; division; break up 分ける(わける): (1) to divide (into); to split (into); to part; to separate; to divide up; to classify; to sort out; to divide out (2) to share; to distribute; to deal out; to dish out (3) to distinguish; to discriminate; to differentiate (between) (4) to break up (a fight); to mediate (5) to call a draw; to tie (6) to push one's way through (a crowd) (7) to sell 成分(せいぶん): ingredient; component; composition 分担(ぶんたん): apportionment; allotment; share 大部分(だいぶぶん): most part; greater part; majority 身分(みぶん): social position; social status 分子(ぶんし): (1) numerator (2) molecule (3) member; element 分配(ぶんぱい): division; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation 分かれる(わかれる): (1) to branch; to fork; to diverge (2) to separate; to split; to divide (3) to disperse; to scatter 水分(すいぶん): water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap; juice 分散(ぶんさん): dispersion; decentralization; decentralisation; variance (statistics); distribution; dissemination; allocation 区分(くぶん): division; section; demarcation; partition; segmentation; subdivision; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification; sorting 多分(たぶん): (1) perhaps; probably (2) generous; many; much; great 分布(ぶんぷ): distribution; dissemination; allocation 分類(ぶんるい): classification; categorization; sorting 分解(ぶんかい): (1) disassembly; dismantling; disaggregating; analysis; disintegrating; decomposing; degrading (2) factorization (3) decomposition; resolution (4) deblocking 分業(ぶんぎょう): division of labor; division of labour; specialization; specialisation; assembly-line production 分量(ぶんりょう): amount; quantity 一部分(いちぶぶん): part; portion; section 幾分(いくぶん): (1) somewhat; to some extent; to some degree (2) some; part; portion 手分け(てわけ): division of labour; division of labor 取り分け(とりわけ): (1) especially; above all (2) inter alia; among others 随分(ずいぶん): (1) very; extremely; surprisingly; considerably (2) contemptible; reprehensible 等分(とうぶん): division into equal parts 何分(なにぶん): (1) some; any; (a) little; of some kind; of some sort (2) please (3) anyway; anyhow; at any rate; after all 分母(ぶんぼ): denominator 余分(よぶん): extra; excess; surplus 分(ふん): minute 分(ぶん): (1) part; segment; share; ration (2) rate (3) degree; one's lot; one's status; relation; duty; kind; lot (4) in proportion to; just as much as 分数(ぶんすう): fraction 申し分(もうしぶん): objection; shortcomings 養分(ようぶん): nourishment; nutrient 十分(じっぷん): 10 minutes 分(ぶ): (1) one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun); 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); 0.375 grams (one-tenth of a monme); 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale) (2) one-quarter of a ryou (obsolete unit of currency) (3) thickness (4) advantageous circumstances 5 2 24 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 刀: sword; saber; knife 4 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic part When something is entered by a dagger, it ends up being cut in several parts. “(This kanji also has the meanings of ”“understand”“ and ”“minute”“). It´s important to understand that were you to enter an hour with a dagger and cut it into parts, those parts would be minutes.” 781 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Counting_Handling.amounts Kanji_Time kanjifreq1-250 貧ヒン、ビンまず.しい poverty, poor 貧困(ひんこん): poverty; lack 貧しい(まずしい): poor; needy 貧乏(びんぼう): poverty; destitute; poor 貧弱(ひんじゃく): poor; meagre; meager; insubstantial 3 5 1211 分: part; minute of time; segment; share; degree; one's lot; duty; understand; know; rate; 1%; chances; shaku/100 貝: shellfish 11 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic poverty In the case of true poverty, not having money is only part of the problem. There are other components as well, like lack of education, class structuring, etc., but that doesn´t really matter. Just remember that the money is only part of it, not the whole. Parting with your money will lead to poverty. 782 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1001-1500 頒ハンわか.つ partition, understand 1 S 2287 分: part; minute of time; segment; share; degree; one's lot; duty; understand; know; rate; 1%; chances; shaku/100 頁: page; leaf 13 頁 181 9 おおがい・いちのかい (none) 形声 Phonetic partition The PART of my HEAD where I remember the KANJI is in the kanji PARTITION. The last time I tried to partition a hard drive under Linux, I got a severe migraine that parted my head. 783 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 公コウ、クおおやけあきら, き, きみ, きん, たか, ただし, とも, ひろ, まさ public, prince, official, governmental 公園(こうえん): (public) park 公演(こうえん): (1) public performance (2) sumo exhibition in a foreign country 公開(こうかい): open to the public; exhibit 公共(こうきょう): public; community; public service; society; communal 公式(こうしき): (1) formality; formal; official (2) formula 公害(こうがい): pollution; public nuisance; contamination 公認(こうにん): official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation 公表(こうひょう): official announcement; proclamation 公務員(こうむいん): government worker; public (civil) servant 公立(こうりつ): public (institution) 公正(こうせい): justice; fairness; impartiality 公団(こうだん): public corporation 公平(こうへい): fairness; impartial; justice 公務(こうむ): official business; public business 公然(こうぜん): open (e.g. secret); public; official; overt 公衆(こうしゅう): the public; general public 主人公(しゅじんこう): (1) protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story) (2) head of household 公募(こうぼ): public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public offering (of securities); public advertisement (of a post) 公用(こうよう): (1) government business; official business (2) public; official; governmental 公(おおやけ): official; public; formal; open; governmental 2 2 118 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) 4 八 12 2 はち・は・はちがしら (none) 象形 Pictographic public I always open the doors to the public restrooms with my elbows because I don´t want to touch the door with my hands. I always enter the doors to the public restrooms with my elbows because I don´t want to touch the door with my hands. 784 grade2 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1-250 松ショウまつおお, しょ, ま, まっ pine tree 松(まつ): (1) pine tree (2) highest (of a three-tier ranking system) 1 4 471 木: tree; wood 公: public; prince; official; governmental 8 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic pine tree “Following up with the ”“entering public restrooms”“ story for the right-hand primitive: public restrooms always reek of pine tree scented disinfectant.” A pine tree is a public tree: they are frequently planted in public squares, in commemoration of the respect Conficius held for them. 785 grade4 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq251-500 翁オウおきなお, おな venerable old man 1 S 2064 公: public; prince; official; governmental 羽: feathers; counter for birds, rabbits 10 羽 124 6 はね (none) 形声 Phonetic venerable old man The venerable old man is the public figure head of the Native American Village, answering all questions and solving all problems. The higher in rank you get in this tribe, the more feathers decorate you. Imagine this old man covered in beautiful feathers. The venerable old man is using the public restroom in the park where he feeds the pigeons. But, alas, there is no toilet paper! So, he´s caught a pigeon and is using it to wipe his bottom. (note the feathers on the bottom of the kanji, this helps remember placement). Can you see the feathers flying everywhere? 786 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_General kanjifreq2001-2500 訟ショウ sue, accuse 訴訟(そしょう): litigation; lawsuit 1 S 1061 言: say 公: public; prince; official; governmental 11 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic sue Take care what words you say in public lest you be sued. [+radical_tyro] Socrates was giving a speech in public. Things were going rather well, until his robe opened a bit and people saw his, well, not-public area. He was promptly sued for public indecency. Certain things shouldn´t be made public in public, you know? 787 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 谷コクたに、きわ.まるがい, がえ, がや, せ, たり, たん, や valley 谷(たに): valley 2 2 508 口: mouth 7 谷 150 7 たに・たにへん (none) 象形 Pictographic valley This could be seen as a very accurate pictograph of another type of valley: a valley mouth open under the umbrella of inner labia, with the outer labia parted above. There are even more connections to be made among the primitive keywords and the visuals, but i will enter no further… Think of the classic anime 風の谷のナウシカ (Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind). We see Nausicaa entering the valley mouth gliding on an umbrella. 788 grade2 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq501-750 浴ヨクあ.びる、あ.びせるえき, さこ bathe, be favored with, bask in 浴びる(あびる): (1) to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to bathe; to bask in (e.g. the sun); to be flooded with (e.g. light); to shower (2) to suffer (e.g. an attack); to have abuse heaped upon; to draw criticism upon oneself 入浴(にゅうよく): (1) bathing (2) to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath 浴室(よくしつ): bathroom; bath 浴衣(ゆかた): yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe) 海水浴(かいすいよく): sea bathing; seawater bath 2 4 1136 水: water 谷: valley 10 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic bathe This story is quite lascivious, sorry… Now, imagine you are at a 混浴　（こんよく） [two kanjis we now know] Onsen (温泉), and you are watching a woman bathe. Just picture the water dripping down her cleavage (that valley in between her breasts). Note: cleavage in Japanese is 谷間. The mountain man uses the water from the valley to bathe. 789 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 容ヨウい.れるかた, ひろ, まさ contain, form, looks 内容(ないよう): subject; contents; matter; substance; detail; import 容易(ようい): easy; simple; plain 容器(ようき): container; vessel 収容(しゅうよう): (1) accommodation; reception; housing (2) seating (3) custody (4) admission (5) entering (in a dictionary) 美容(びよう): beauty of figure or form 許容(きょよう): permission; pardon 容積(ようせき): capacity; volume 寛容(かんよう): tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity 形容詞(けいようし): (true) adjective; i-adjective 容易い(たやすい): easy; simple; light 形容動詞(けいようどうし): na-adjective (adj-na); quasi-adjective; adjectival noun; nominal adjective 3 5 264 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 谷: valley 10 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic contain Imagine a house big enough to contain an entire valley. might want to live there. And now imagine cleaning it. . . . Maybe not . . . Biodome. 790 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 溶ヨウと.ける、と.かす、と.く melt, dissolve, thaw 溶岩(ようがん): lava 溶かす(とかす): to melt; to dissolve 溶液(ようえき): solution (liquid) 溶け込む(とけこむ): (1) to melt into; to merge into (2) to fit in; to adapt; to blend 溶く(とく): to dissolve (paint); to scramble (eggs); to melt (metal, etc.); to mix (water with flour, etc.) 溶ける(とける): to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve 2 S 1364 水: water 容: contain; form; looks 13 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic melt Think of what happens when the snow on top of the mountains melts: it turns into water and flows down onto the rooftops of all the houses in the valley below. [melt; dissolve; thaw] An ice cube is melting, loosing the water it contained. 791 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 欲ヨクほっ.する、ほ.しい longing, covetousness, greed, passion, desire, craving 意欲(いよく): will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge) 欲(よく): greed; craving; desire; avarice; wants 食欲(しょくよく): appetite (for food) 欲望(よくぼう): desire; appetite; lust 欲しい(ほしい): (1) wanted; wished for; in need of; desired (2) (after the -te form of a verb) I want (you) to 欲張り(よくばり): avarice; covetousness; greed 欲深い(よくぶかい): greedy 3 6 902 谷: valley 欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76) 11 欠 76 4 あくび・けんづくり・かける・けつ (none) 形声 Phonetic longing Guess what? Japanese has dirty words too! (In fact, a lot of them) A sexual story is NOT inappropriate here, as this kanji is very sexual, such as in 性欲; lust. As for a story: the lack of contact with a woman´s valley will leave a man LONGING for love. The valley has something my life is lacking…. something I´ve been longing for.. peace and quiet. 792 grade6 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq751-1000 裕ユウすけ, のり, ひろ, ひろし, やす, ゆ, ゆたか abundant, rich, fertile 余裕(よゆう): surplus; composure; margin; room; time; allowance; flexibility; scope; rope 1 S 1048 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 谷: valley 12 衣 145 6 ころも・ころもへん (none) 形声 Phonetic abundant “Again using the fact that cleavage in Japanese is called ”“valley of the chest”“: a woman with abundant cleavage tightly wraps up her bosom in a form-fitting cloak, but leaving her valley exposed. Another unforgettable image (thank you, thank you, I´ll be here all week).” Welcome to cloak-valley, the valley where everyone wears cloaks and every shop sells cloaks. Mnemonic : “cloaks are abundant in the valley”. 793 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 鉛エンなまり lead 鉛筆(えんぴつ): pencil 鉛(なまり): lead (the metal) 1 S 1710 金: gold 㕣: a marsh at the foot of the hills; name of a river 13 金 167 8 かね・かねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic lead (metal) Picture the molten lead (the heavy metal) being discreetly drained out of the factory into a gully behind. Lead → Dental fillings → Metal that enters the mouth to fill a hole in a tooth. 794 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Substance kanjifreq1501-2000 沿エンそ.う、-ぞ.い run alongside, follow along, run along, lie along 沿岸(えんがん): coast; shore; littoral 沿い(ぞい): along 沿線(えんせん): along railway line 沿う(そう): (1) to run along; to run beside (2) to follow (a plan, etc.); to act in accordance with 1 6 1121 水: water 㕣: a marsh at the foot of the hills; name of a river 8 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic run alongside Water in a gully runs alongside the path. Picture one of those idiots that run alongside the bicyclists in the Tour de France trying to give them water. Watch as the cyclist shoves the person into a gully that runs alongside the road. 795 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 賞ショウほ.める prize, reward, praise 賞金(しょうきん): prize; monetary award 入賞(にゅうしょう): winning a prize or place (in a contest) 賞(しょう): prize; award 鑑賞(かんしょう): appreciation (e.g. of art); aesthetic sense 賞品(しょうひん): prize; trophy 懸賞(けんしょう): offering prizes; winning; reward 2 4 426 尚: esteem; furthermore; still; yet 貝: shellfish 15 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 形声 Phonetic prize “This is a bit silly.. or maybe not only a bit, but.. You know some foodstuffs (cereals come to mind) sometimes have prizes mixed in them? Well, in this case, the prize was a shell (money, remember) and you only notice in the outhouse… (see also secret (#904)).” As a prize for being the 1,000,000th person to use the restaurant´s outhouse, I got all the clams I could eat. 796 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 党トウなかま、むら party, faction, clique 政党(せいとう): political party 野党(やとう): opposition party; political opposition; opposition 与党(よとう): ruling party; government party; party in power; government 党(とう): (1) party (political) (2) faction; -ite 2 6 39 尚: esteem; furthermore; still; yet 兄: elder brother; big brother 10 黑 203 12 くろ・くろへん黨形声 Phonetic party Every major political party, if personified, would look like a giant outhouse walking around with human legs spewing out a constant stream of bullshit. Every political party is full of shit. But nobody ever says how they get that way. Well, here´s your answer - a political party memer is in the outhouse, greedily chowing down on the contents inside. He´s grown so accustomed to the taste that he´s in all the way, and all you can see are his legs through the window. He´ll come inside later to the auditorium to make a speech and spew everything out. 797 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1-250 堂ドウ public chamber, hall 食堂(しょくどう): (1) dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; messroom (2) restaurant; eatery; snack bar; diner 講堂(こうどう): auditorium 堂々(どうどう): (1) magnificent; grand; impressive; dignified; majestic; imposing; stately (2) fair; square; open (3) grandly; boldly; confidently (4) fairly; squarely (5) unreservedly; without apology; without hesitation 議事堂(ぎじどう): Diet building 4 4 1010 尚: esteem; furthermore; still; yet 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 11 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic public chamber There is a secret hall buried in the soil underneath the outhouse. In most communities you will be hauled into city hall if you use the ground as an outhouse. 798 grade4 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1001-1500 常ジョウつね、とこ- とき, のぶ, ひ, ひた usual, ordinary, normal, regular 正常(せいじょう): normalcy; normality; normal 通常(つうじょう): common; general; normal; usual 非常(ひじょう): (1) emergency (2) extraordinary; unusual 日常(にちじょう): ordinary; regular; everyday; usual 常に(つねに): always; constantly 異常(いじょう): strangeness; abnormality; disorder 常識(じょうしき): common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice; social etiquette 平常(へいじょう): normal; usual 非常に(ひじょうに): very; extremely; exceedingly 3 5 293 尚: esteem; furthermore; still; yet 吊: suspend; hang; wear (sword) 11 巾 50 3 はば・はばへん・きんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic usual It´s usual to take your towel with you when you go to the outhouse at the onsen (hot springs bath in Japan) so everybody doesn´t see your stuff. In the outhouse toilet you´d usually hope to find toilet paper to wipe your ass. If it´s already gone, which is usually the case, simply use the towel. 799 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 裳ショウも, もすそ skirt 0 S+ 尚: esteem; furthermore; still; yet 衣: garment; clothes; dressing (none) skirt Compared to pants, a SKIRT is the GARMENT to be wearing when you want to use one of those Japanese toilets. It makes it so much easier: you just walk in the OUTHOUSE hike it up, and do your business. “Haven´t you ever noticed that the men / women signs on the front of outhouses are sometimes very similar? The silhouettes are usually the same, but one will decidedly be wearing a garment in the shape of a SKIRT. Also, we´ve already learned the kanji for ”“woman”“, so if the signs are only in kanji you have no right to wander in and claim ignorance, perv!” 800 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 掌ショウてのひら、たなごころ manipulate, rule, administer, conduct, palm of hand 掌(てのひら): the palm (of one's hand) 車掌(しゃしょう): (train) conductor 1 S 1757 尚: esteem; furthermore; still; yet 手: hand 12 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic manipulate If you´re going to manipulate your body with your hand, then go do it in an outhouse, at least! Instead of magazines, we keep a Rubiks Cube in the outhouse to manipulate with your hands while you do your business. 801 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Arm.Leg kanjifreq1501-2000 皮ヒかわ pelt, skin, hide, leather “皮(かわ): (1) skin; hide; pelt; fur (2) rind; peel; husk; bark (3) shell; sheath; wrapping (4) mask (hiding one's true nature); seeming 皮膚(ひふ): skin 皮肉(ひにく): cynicism; sarcasm; irony; satire 毛皮(けがわ): (1) fur; skin; pelt (2) kanji ”“fur”“ radical” 2 3 1092 皮: skin, skin radical (no. 107) 5 皮 107 5 かわ・けがわ・ひのかわ (none) 象形 Pictographic pelt “A pelt is hooked on a branch. A small tent is made with a pelt and a branch planted in the ground. The mnemonic hints at the first stroke (the hanging pelt) and the hook at the end of the second stroke. This is chinese radical #107 meaning “skin”.” “To be honest, this is one of those cases where I have found it easier to ”“just remember it”“ as a radical, as it occurs so frequently: 彼（かれ him）波（なみ wave）and so on.” 802 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Body_General kanjifreq1001-1500 波ハなみひら, みな, みなみ, わ waves, billows, Poland 波(なみ): wave 電波(でんぱ): (1) electro-magnetic wave; radio wave (2) nonsense 津波(つなみ): tsunami; tidal wave 短波(たんぱ): short wave 2 3 740 水: water 皮: pelt; skin; hide; leather; skin radical (no. 107) 8 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic waves Waves are the ocean´s pelt (skin). The Inuit used water-proof seal pelts for their kayaks, to travel the waves. 803 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq501-750 婆バばば、ばあ old woman, grandma, wet nurse 1 S 2435 波: waves; billows; Poland 女: woman; female 11 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 形声 Phonetic old woman An old woman is seen here as a woman with waves (i.e. wrinkles, creases). “You know ”“The Old Man and the Sea.”“ Well, this is the sequel, ”“The Old Woman and the Sea Waves.”“.” 804 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Family Kanji_People_General kanjifreq2001-2500 披ヒ expose, open 1 S 1438 手: hand 皮: pelt; skin; hide; leather; skin radical (no. 107) 8 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic expose You expose holes in a pelt by passing your fingers through them and wiggling them on the other side. The sense of the kanji here is to reveal something that was hidden, to make known, to open your heart (thus revealing it, exposing it to others), express your opinion, etc. Think of it in this vulgar way. You really want her to expose her “beaver” pelt, so you have to encourage her with your fingers to expose it. 805 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 破ハやぶ.る、やぶ.れる、わ.れる rend, rip, tear, break, destroy, defeat, frustrate 破壊(はかい): (1) destruction; disruption (2) (application) crash 突破(とっぱ): breaking through; breakthrough; penetration 破産(はさん): bankruptcy; insolvency 破片(はへん): fragment; splinter; broken piece 破る(やぶる): to tear; to violate; to defeat; to smash; to destroy; to break (e.g. password) 破裂(はれつ): explosion; rupture; break off 破損(はそん): damage 破棄(はき): tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); revocation; annulment; breaking (e.g. treaty); reversing (e.g. an original judgment) (judgement); discard; cancellation; repeal 爆破(ばくは): destructive blast; explosion; blow up 破れる(やぶれる): (1) to get torn; to tear; to rip; to break; to wear out (2) to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse; to fall into ruin 破く(やぶく): to tear; to violate; to defeat; to smash; to destroy 3 5 590 石: stone 皮: pelt; skin; hide; leather; skin radical (no. 107) 10 石 112 5 いし・いしへん (none) 形声 Phonetic rend Before the invention of scissors or knives, sharp STONES were used to REND PELTs, so that caveman designers could complete new styles for the upcoming year. Rend is a violent, primitive kind of word. (Image: cavemen rending pelts right off live animals with stone tools). 806 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 被ヒこうむ.る、おお.う、かぶ.る、かぶ.せるぎぬ incur, cover, veil, brood over, shelter, wear, put on, be exposed (film), receiving 被害(ひがい): (suffering) damage; injury; harm 被る(かぶる): (1) to put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself) (2) to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to dash on oneself; to ship water (3) to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to assume (responsibility); to shoulder (burden) (4) to overlap (e.g. sound or color) (5) to be similar; to be redundant (6) to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.) (7) to close; to come to an end (8) to get a full house; to sell out (9) to blunder; to bungle; to fail (10) to be deceived 被せる(かぶせる): to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt) 被(ひ): indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee) 2 S 431 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 皮: pelt; skin; hide; leather; skin radical (no. 107) 10 衣 145 6 ころも・ころもへん (none) 形声 Phonetic incur If you wear a coat of fur (pelt) you are sure to incur the wrath of animal rights extremists. A cloak of fur (pelt) will incur the wrath of animal lovers. 807 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 残ザン、サンのこ.る、のこ.す、そこな.う、のこ.り remainder, leftover, balance 残り(のこり): remnant; residue; remaining; left-over 残念(ざんねん): deplorable; bad luck; regret; disappointment 残す(のこす): to leave (behind, over); to bequeath; to save; to reserve 残高(ざんだか): (bank) balance; remainder 残酷(ざんこく): cruelty; harshness 残る(のこる): to remain; to be left 残らず(のこらず): all; entirely; completely; without exception 名残(なごり): (1) remains; traces; vestiges; relics (2) (the sorrow of) parting (3) end 残金(ざんきん): remaining money 3 4 380 歹: bare bone; bad; wrong; death radical (n. 78) 戔: damage; remain; slight 10 歹 78 4 がつ・がってん・がつへん・かばね・かばねへん・いちたへん殘形声 Phonetic remainder The remainder of the bones have been thrown from the float (for the dogs maybe, at the end of the parade). “Throwing all those coins (see coin (#368)) was a really bad idea; people got mad with greed. The only remainders left were the bones of those that was on the float.” 808 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 殉ジュン martyrdom, follow by resigning 1 S 2080 歹: bare bone; bad; wrong; death radical (n. 78) 旬: decameron; 10-day period; season (for specific products) 10 歹 78 4 がつ・がってん・がつへん・かばね・かばねへん・いちたへん (none) 形声 Phonetic martyrdom Think of the early Christian martyrs who suffered martyrdom because of their faith. See them held in cells for 10 days (a decameron) before being fed to the lions. They appear before the chanting Roman crowds as bones to be devoured. Think of what was leftover after the lions finished them off….nothing, not even a pile of bones to bury. The boney man martyred himself during his 10 day hunger-strike. 809 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 殊シュこと particularly, especially, exceptionally 特殊(とくしゅ): special; unique 殊に(ことに): (1) especially; particularly; unusually; above all (2) additionally 1 S 1361 歹: bare bone; bad; wrong; death radical (n. 78) 朱: vermilion; cinnabar; scarlet; red; bloody 10 歹 78 4 がつ・がってん・がつへん・かばね・かばねへん・いちたへん (none) 形声 Phonetic particularly A t-bone steak is vermilion - particularly if served rare. Castlevania – The vermillion skeletons (bones) are particularly hard because they just keep regenerating. 810 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 殖ショクふ.える、ふ.やすうえ, え, げ augment, increase, multiply, raise 殖える(ふえる): to increase; to multiply 繁殖(はんしょく): breed; multiply; increase; propagation 殖やす(ふやす): to increase; to add to; to augment 1 S 1362 歹: bare bone; bad; wrong; death radical (n. 78) 直: straightaway; honesty; frankness; fix; repair 12 歹 78 4 がつ・がってん・がつへん・かばね・かばねへん・いちたへん (none) 形声 Phonetic augment Advertisement for Breast Implants – Tired of nights all alone? Want to get boned straightaway? AUGMENT your breasts and all your troubles will be solved! In the movie “Gattaca”, Vincent Freeman (played by Ethan Hawke) augments his size by straightening his bones (his legs), in order to match up with the genetically “perfect” population, and reach his goal of travelling in space. The stretching of his lower leg bones involved multiplying the bone cells, another sense of this key word. 811 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Counting_Handling.amounts kanjifreq1001-1500 列レツ、レれっ file, row, rank, tier, column 列車(れっしゃ): train (ordinary) 列島(れっとう): archipelago; chain of islands 列(れつ): queue; line; row; column; sequence; string; train 行列(ぎょうれつ): (1) line; procession (2) matrix 配列(はいれつ): (1) arrangement; disposition (2) array (programming, programing) 陳列(ちんれつ): exhibition; display; show 並列(へいれつ): arrangement; parallel; abreast 整列(せいれつ): standing in a row; forming a line; alignment 3 3 927 歹: bare bone; bad; wrong; death radical (n. 78) 刀: sword; saber; knife 6 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic file A line of skeletal warriors, all armed with sabers. Skeleton army rank and file. Dudes made of bones carrying sabres. 812 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq751-1000 裂レツさ.く、さ.ける、-ぎ.れ split, rend, tear 分裂(ぶんれつ): split; division; break up 破裂(はれつ): explosion; rupture; break off 裂く(さく): (1) to tear; to rip up (2) to cut up; to cleave; to cut open (esp. the abdomen) (3) to forcibly separate (i.e. two lovers) (4) to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something (5) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye 裂ける(さける): to split; to tear; to burst 1 S 1041 列: file; row; rank; tier; column 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 12 衣 145 6 ころも・ころもへん (none) 形声 Phonetic split They tried issuing the skeleton warriors with proper garments to wear, but they kept getting split by the sharp bones or by their sabres. In the end, it was decided they look scarier naked anyway. Someone takes a sword made of bone to split the garment right down the middle. Very effective. 813 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 烈レツはげ.しいやす ardent, violent, vehement, furious, severe, extreme 強烈(きょうれつ): strong; intense; severe 猛烈(もうれつ): violent; vehement; raging; stout; intense; spirited; stormy 1 S 1397 列: file; row; rank; tier; column 火: fire 10 火 86 4 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic ardent The nazis were ardent believers in the master arian race, see them marching everyone else into the oven fires, single file. The undead, marching single file, prove how ardent they are be walking across a field of flame. Fun fact, ardent used to mean to burn. 814 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 死シし.ぬ、し.に- death, die 死亡(しぼう): (1) death; mortality (2) to die; to pass away 死刑(しけい): death penalty; capital punishment 必死(ひっし): (1) frantic; desperate (2) inevitable death (3) brinkmate (inevitable checkmate) (shogi) 死体(したい): dead body; corpse; cadaver 生死(せいし): (1) life and death (2) samsara (cycle of death and rebirth) (3) death 死(し): (1) death; decease (2) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation) 死ぬ(しぬ): to die 4 3 229 歹: bare bone; bad; wrong; death radical (n. 78) 匕: spoon; spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21) 6 歹 78 4 がつ・がってん・がつへん・かばね・かばねへん・いちたへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic death Ok, this is where knowing some Eastern culture comes in handy! In Japanese society, when someone dies they creamate the body and pick out the remaining bones with special chopsticks. In this case, they´re out of chopsticks so they decide to use (gasp!) a spoon instead. Imagine the grim reaper (the bringer of death), carrying a spoon made of human bones instead of a scythe. 815 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness kanjifreq1-250 葬ソウほうむ.るはふり interment, bury, shelve 葬式(そうしき): funeral 葬る(ほうむる): to bury; to inter; to entomb; to consign to oblivion; to shelve 1 S 754 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 死: death; die 廾: twenty; 20; twenty or letter H radical (no. 55) 12 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic interment I imagine an interment as a funeral. At this funeral it´s an open casket, and the dead body (death) is holding flowers with both of its hands. During the interment ceremony, the grandchildren placed flowers over the dead body while the widow sat praying with two hands. 816 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 瞬シュンまたた.く、まじろ.ぐ wink, blink, twinkle 瞬間(しゅんかん): moment; second; instant 一瞬(いっしゅん): moment; instant 瞬き(まばたき): (1) blink (of eyes); wink (2) twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light) 1 S 1265 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 舜: type of morning glory; rose of Sharon; althea 18 目 109 5 め・めへん・よこめ (none) 形声 Phonetic wink Imagine Snoopy winking with his big eyes (and a happy smile) standing next to Woodstocks Birdhouse, woodstock being so cool that he wears little sunglasses. What a dilemna, you wore SUNGLASSES over your EYES when you went to the BIRDHOUSE so you wouldn´t be recognized - but now you can´t WINK at the girl you want! 817 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 耳ジみみがみ ear 耳(みみ): (1) ear (2) hearing (3) edge; crust (4) selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage 耳鼻科(じびか): otolaryngology; concerning the ear, nose, and throat 初耳(はつみみ): something heard for the first time (lit: first ear) 5 1 1328 耳: ear, ear radical (no. 128) 6 耳 128 6 みみ・みみへん (none) 象形 Pictographic ear Your ear is like the eye on the side of your head for seeing things, but there is hair around it that creates jagged lines. Pictograph, see book. * The primitive meaning can easily be extended to ear plugs. 818 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Body_Head.Neck kanjifreq1001-1500 取シュと.る、と.り、と.り-、とり、-ど.りどる take, fetch, take up 取扱い(とりあつかい): treatment; service; handling; management 取締まり(とりしまり): control; management; supervision 受取り(うけとり): receipt 引取る(ひきとる): (1) to take over; to take back; to collect; to claim (2) to take charge of; to take custody of; to look after; to take care of; to adopt (3) to retire to a private place; to withdraw; to get out 取引(とりひき): transactions; dealings; business 取材(しゅざい): collecting data (e.g. for a newspaper article); covering an event 取っ手(とって): handle; grip; knob 取る(とる): (1) to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to choose (2) to steal (3) to eat; to have (a meal) (4) to remove (one's glasses, etc.) (5) to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play 受け取る(うけとる): (1) to receive; to get; to accept (2) to take; to interpret; to understand 聞き取り(ききとり): listening comprehension 取り消す(とりけす): to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke 取りあえず(とりあえず): at once; first of all; for the time being; for now 取上げる(とりあげる): (1) to pick up; to take up (2) to adopt; to accept; to listen to (3) to take away; to confiscate; to deprive; to disqualify (4) to deliver (a child) 日取り(ひどり): fixed date; appointed day 取り替える(とりかえる): to exchange; to replace 取り分け(とりわけ): (1) especially; above all (2) inter alia; among others 乗っ取る(のっとる): to capture; to hijack; to commandeer; to occupy; to usurp 取り扱う(とりあつかう): to treat; to handle; to deal in 取り寄せる(とりよせる): to order; to send away for 取り出す(とりだす): (1) to take out; to produce; to pick out (2) to fetch; to retrieve ちり取り(ちりとり): dustpan 書き取り(かきとり): (1) writing down from other written material; writing kanji text from hiragana (2) transcription (of spoken material) 取り組む(とりくむ): to tackle; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to come to grips with; to make effort; to strive for; to deal with 取り締まる(とりしまる): to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on 取り戻す(とりもどす): to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover 取り次ぐ(とりつぐ): (1) to act as an agent for; to intermediate (2) to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to receive (a guest at reception); to usher in (a guest) (3) to convey (a message) 取り巻く(とりまく): to surround; to circle; to enclose 取り除く(とりのぞく): to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart 取り入れる(とりいれる): (1) to harvest; to reap (2) to take in; to gather in (3) to adopt 取れる(とれる): (1) to come off; to be removed (2) (of pain, a fever, etc.) to disappear (3) to be caught; to be harvested (4) to be interpreted (as); to be taken as (5) (of balance, etc.) to be attained (6) to be obtainable 書き取る(かきとる): to write down; to take dictation; to take notes 取り調べる(とりしらべる): to investigate; to examine 下取り(したどり): trade in; part exchange 取り立てる(とりたてる): (1) to collect (debts); to dun; to exact; to extort (2) to appoint; to promote; to give patronage (3) to emphasize; to focus on; to call attention to 取り混ぜる(とりまぜる): to mix; to put together 取り付ける(とりつける): (1) to furnish; to install (2) to get someone's agreement (3) to patronize; to buy usually from the same store 取り替え(とりかえ): swap; exchange 3 3 122 耳: ear 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 8 又 29 2 また (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic take “You put your ear next to a womans crotch…and somehow, from it, you hear the words ”“Take me….”“.” Fuaburisu´s with a twist: You know that classic trick where someone pretends to take something out of an someone else´s ear (such as a coin). Instead of a cigarette or a pen he pulls the person’s crotch out of their ear. Very painful! 819 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 趣シュおもむき、おもむ.く gist, proceed to, tend, become 趣旨(しゅし): (1) meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect (2) goal; intent; object; aim; point 趣味(しゅみ): (1) hobby; pastime (2) tastes; preference; liking 趣き(おもむき): (1) meaning; tenor; gist (2) effect; influence (3) appearance; aspect (4) taste (5) grace; charm; refinement 1 S 1153 走: run 取: take; fetch; take up 15 走 156 7 はしる・そうにょう (none) 形声 Phonetic gist The gist of it is this: We take the money and run! Pickpocket advice: It´s simple, FIRST run, then take. Yeah, that´s the gist of it! 820 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 最サイ、シュもっと.も、つまも utmost, most, extreme “最も(もっとも): most; extremely 最近(さいきん): most recent; these days; right now; recently; nowadays 最後(さいご): (1) last; end; conclusion; latest; most recent (2) (after -tara form or -ta form followed by ”“ga”“) no sooner than; right after (often having negative consequences) (3) one's final moments 最高(さいこう): highest; supreme; the most 最終(さいしゅう): last; final; closing 最初(さいしょ): beginning; outset; first; onset 最低(さいてい): (1) least; lowest; worst (2) nasty; disgusting; horrible; yuck! 最善(さいぜん): the very best 最中(さいちゅう): in the middle of; height of; in course of; midst 最早(もはや): (1) already; now (2) no longer; not any more 最(さい): (1) the most; the extreme (2) prime; conspicuous” 3 4 82 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 取: take; fetch; take up 12 曰 73 4 ひらび・いわく (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic utmost TAKE the UTMOST care when you SUN bath all DAY, or you´ll get burned from your EARS to your CROTCH. Do your utmost - seize(take) the day. 821 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 撮サツと.る、つま.む、-ど.り snapshot, take pictures 撮影(さつえい): photographing 撮る(とる): (1) to take (a photo) (2) to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film) 1 S 1023 手: hand 最: utmost; most; extreme 15 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic snapshot Take the utmost care that you don´t have your finger in the way when you take a snapshot. “When I learned photography from my dad as a little girl, he explained the basics to me: ”“when you take a snapshot, be careful not to put your fingers before the lens, and don´t look towards the sun (this was in the days that photographs would be spoiled by direct sunlight).” 822 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 恥チは.じる、はじ、は.じらう、は.ずかしい shame, dishonor 恥(はじ): shame; embarrassment 恥ずかしい(はずかしい): shy; ashamed; embarrassed 恥じる(はじる): to feel ashamed 恥じらう(はじらう): to feel shy; to be bashful; to blush 3 S 1575 耳: ear 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 10 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic shame Amelia Ear-Heart (sic) brought shame to those who said women couldn´t fly. Vincent Van Gogh´s greatest shame was cutting off his ear to win the heart of a woman. 823 gradeS JLPT.N3 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1501-2000 職ショク、ソクもと post, employment, work 職員(しょくいん): staff member; personnel 就職(しゅうしょく): finding employment; inauguration 職業(しょくぎょう): occupation; business 職場(しょくば): one's post; place of work; workplace 辞職(じしょく): resignation 退職(たいしょく): retirement (from office) 職務(しょくむ): professional duties 職人(しょくにん): worker; mechanic; artisan; craftsman 職(しょく): (1) job; work; employment; occupation; position (2) duties (3) trade; skill 役職(やくしょく): post; managerial position; official position 教職(きょうしょく): (1) the teaching profession (2) (in Christianity) education of laity 3 5 305 耳: ear 戠: sword; potter's clay; to gather 18 耳 128 6 みみ・みみへん (none) 形声 Phonetic post Worst post in history: quality checker at the kazoo factory. Imagine the toll on your ears! Buckingham Palace guards are famous for staying at their post no matter what, even if you blow a kazoo in their ear! 824 grade5 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq251-500 聖セイ、ショウひじりきよ, さと, さとし, せ, たか, ただ, ひろ, まさ, み holy, saint, sage, master, priest 聖書(せいしょ): Bible; scriptures 神聖(しんせい): holiness; sacredness; dignity 1 6 1165 耳: ear 口: mouth 玉: jewel; ball 13 耳 128 6 みみ・みみへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic holy The trick for me is to remember that the 耳 is to the left of the 口. However, this is easy because a true holy man uses his ear to listen (i.e., to God or his supplicant) before he opens his mouth to speak, unlike a charlatan who just makes something up. Of course, kings are often true holy men and prophets (e.g., King David in the bible). A holy man hears with his ears before he speaks with his mouth, which places him higher than a king in people´s esteem. 825 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Religion.Creed kanjifreq1001-1500 敢カンあ.えて、あ.えない、あ.えず daring, sad, tragic, pitiful, frail, feeble 勇敢(ゆうかん): brave; heroic; gallant 敢えて(あえて): dare (to do something); venture (often overcoming reluctance, or in the face of probable failure); take upon oneself; challenge; presume; (there is no) need to; (don't) go as far as; definitely (not) 1 S 1859 耳: ear 攴: strike; hit; folding chair radical (no. 66) 12 攴 66 4 ぼくにょう・ぼくづくり・とまた・のぶん・しぶん (none) 象形 Pictographic daring Only a truly daring Japanese student would wear a spike in his ear under the gaze of the Japanese teacher taskmasters! See that ear nailed over there ? It´s the ear of the last person who was too daring with the taskmistress. 826 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 聴チョウ、テイき.く、ゆる.すきく listen, headstrong, naughty, careful inquiry 聴覚(ちょうかく): the sense of hearing 聴講(ちょうこう): lecture attendance; auditing 聴診器(ちょうしんき): stethoscope 1 S 781 耳: ear 十: ten 网: net; net or net crown radical (no. 122) 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 17 耳 128 6 みみ・みみへん聽会意 Compound Ideographic listen I promise to use my ear to do nothing but listen … stick a needle in my eye, cross my heart and hope to die! (Intentionally said backwards to get the order of the primitives correct). “Listening to others is different from hearing [1626] with the ear. One must allow the words to pierce through the eyes (the window of the soul) and reach deep into the heart…a symbol of thinking about and contemplating on what was said, not just the sounds of words spoken. A married man while reading his newspaper, his wife going on about something suddenly, says, ”“You´re not listening to me, are you?”“ He replies, ”“I heard every word you said. You said…”“ “Yes, but you´re not listening.”“.” 827 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Sense kanjifreq751-1000 懐カイ、エふところ、なつ.かしい、なつ.かしむ、なつ.く、なつ.ける、なず.ける、いだ.く、おも.うかね pocket, feelings, heart, yearn, miss someone, become attached to, bosom, breast 懐かしい(なつかしい): dear; desired; missed 懐く(なつく): to become emotionally attached 1 S 1493 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 十: ten 网: net; net or net crown radical (no. 122) 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 16 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん懷形声 Phonetic pocket “(re: taijuando) When you are in New York City you have to be alert, i.e. in the ”“New York State of Mind”“: you need ten eyes to make sure no one will go through your garments and pick your pockets.” “Imagine Darth Vader´s state of mind when he discovers his garment has not pockets. ”“ D O NOT WANT!”“.” 828 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1001-1500 慢マン ridicule, laziness 自慢(じまん): pride; boast 我慢(がまん): patience; endurance; perseverance; tolerance; self-control; self-denial 怠慢(たいまん): negligence; procrastination; carelessness 1 S 1368 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 曼: wide; beautiful 14 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic ridicule “I´ll focus on the mandala primitive here. I guess Heisig chose this keyword for phonetic reasons and as a character it´s the ”“man”“ in mandara/mandala (曼荼羅). A mandala is a graphic representation of the universe, here split in 3 planes of existance, the sun representing the cosmos, the eye represents the human observer, the crotch represents the animal instincts.” He´ s often ridiculed for having his eye on crotches all day. 829 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 漫マンみだり.に、そぞ.ろ cartoon, involuntarily, in spite of oneself, corrupt 漫画(まんが): cartoon; comic; comic strip 1 S 1408 水: water 曼: wide; beautiful 14 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic loose One obscure Tibetan sect– the Otaku cult– has an unusually loose interpretation of mandala drawing practice. Instead of traditional mandalas they draw mangas (漫画). They then pour water on the image to wash it away, and begin anew. Even NELSON MANDALA dreams of drops of WATER glistening on comic book/ anime girls with LOOSE morals. (This story has been edited in response reports). 830 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 買バイか.う buy 買物(かいもの): shopping; purchased goods 売買(ばいばい): trade; buying and selling 買う(かう): (1) to buy; to purchase (2) to value; to have a high opinion (3) to stir; to provoke 購買(こうばい): (1) procurement; purchase; buying (2) school store; co-op; school canteen; tuck shop 5 2 520 网: net; net or net crown radical (no. 122) 貝: shellfish 12 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic buy When something catches my eye, I take out a few clams and buy before anybody else does. Rules to Buying: 1. You´ve had your eye on it for a while. 2. You have enough shells to afford it. 831 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq501-750 置チお.く、-お.きおき, おけ, き placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn 措置(そち): measure; measures; step 設置(せっち): (1) establishment; institution (2) installation (of a machine or equipment) 装置(そうち): equipment; installation; apparatus; device 位置(いち): place; situation; position; location 配置(はいち): arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition 処置(しょち): treatment; measure; step 放置(ほうち): leave as is; leave to chance; leave alone; neglect 物置(ものおき): storage room; storeroom; lumber room 前置き(まえおき): preface; introduction 置く(おく): (1) to put; to place (2) to leave (behind) (3) to do something in advance (usu. following te-form verb) 3 4 277 网: net; net or net crown radical (no. 122) 直: straightaway; honesty; frankness; fix; repair 13 网 122 6 あみ・あみがしら・あみめ・よこめ・よんかしら (none) 形声 Phonetic placement On the JET Programme, many people have their eye on a placement in Tokyo, Osaka or another big city, and write it on their application form. They are usually sent to the countryside straightaway. Working in retail you learn the placement of any item should be at eye level so it´s seen straightaway. 832 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 罰バツ、バチ、ハツばっ.する penalty, punishment 罰(ばち): (divine) punishment; curse; retribution 処罰(しょばつ): punishment 罰する(ばっする): to punish; to penalize; to penalise 刑罰(けいばつ): judgement; judgment; penalty; punishment 罰(ばつ): punishment; penalty 1 S 1220 网: net; net or net crown radical (no. 122) 言: say 刀: sword; saber; knife 14 网 122 6 あみ・あみがしら・あみめ・よこめ・よんかしら (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic penalty For Japanese, when the mind´s eye (the sideways eye) feels guilty for something bad that the body has done, there are two penaltys to choose from. One, you can say I´m sorry. Two, you can commit suicide by sabre. Why, oh why, do so many Japanese executives commit suicide at the first sign of scandal when all the have to do is say I´m sorry to get off the hook. (on yomi: バチ, バツ). There is a 3-way masterplan for every goalkeeper to prevent a goal at penalty shootout: 1. Look directly into the eyes of the player — 2. Confuse him by screaming senseless words — 3. Pull out you your saber and … (that´s up to you). 833 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 寧ネイむし.ろあき, やす, やすし, よし rather, preferably 丁寧(ていねい): polite; courteous; careful; care; kind; close; thorough; conscientious 寧ろ(むしろ): rather; better; instead 1 S 1697 寍: used as a term of comparison 丁: street; ward; town; counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign 14 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic rather “A pretty tough kanji. Think of elegant old housewives with English accents dining together at a HOUSE party. The hostess brings out a dish of hors d´oeuvres: a SPIKE of metal with an EYEBALL and a HEART skewered on it. Upon being offered this treat, one of the housewives says in her English accent, ”“I´d RATHER not.”“.” Rather a house with a heart than an eye with a spike. 834 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 濁ダク、ジョクにご.る、にご.すにごり voiced, uncleanness, wrong, nigori, impurity 濁る(にごる): to become muddy; to get impure 清濁(せいだく): (1) good and evil; purity and impurity (2) voiced and unvoiced consonants 1 S 1883 水: water 蜀: green caterpillar; Szechwan 16 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic voiced “The fly is wrapped in a spiderweb voicing ”“Help me, Help Me”“ under the watchful eye of the spider who´s venom is dripping like water from her fangs.” Pour water over the eyes of a bound up insect if you want to hear a pitiful buzz that is very similar to a VOICED consanant. 835 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 環カンわたま, たまき ring, circle, link, wheel 環境(かんきょう): environment; circumstance 循環(じゅんかん): circulation; rotation; cycle 2 S 409 玉: jewel; ball 睘: round; stare 17 玉 96 5 たま・たまへん・おう・おうへん・あうさま (none) 形声 Phonetic ring Together with the next kanji, the keywords spell “send back the ring”. First we have a jewel. Next we have the great eye of Sauron searching for the fellowship hiding under the many ceilings during their journey. The fourth and fifth primitives are the mouth of Gollum always mumbling “My preciousss”; and Pippin´s scarf! Placement: the eye appears at the top similarly to how the Great Eye of Sauron is perched atop the Dark Tower. “In conjunction with send back (#837)……. When I tried to give her the jewel ring, she eyed me, threw it to the floor, opened her mouth and tried to speak, she said nothing. She grabbed her scarf and left.” 836 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq251-500 還カンかえ.る send back, return 返還(へんかん): return; restoration 還元(かんげん): resolution; reduction; return to origins 還暦(かんれき): 60th birthday 1 S 910 睘: round; stare 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 16 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic send back You´ve probably guessed it by now, this is the road that Sam and Frodo take to send back the ring to Mount Doom! (see previous frame, the jewel is replaced by the road). “Continued from ring (#836)……. So I´m on the road going to send back the ring minus the jewel, the hit to the floor knocked it out.” 837 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 夫フ、フウ、ブおっと、それお, と, ゆう, よ husband, man 夫(おっと): husband 夫人(ふじん): (1) wife; Mrs; madam (2) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.) (3) consort of the emperor 夫婦(ふうふ): married couple; spouses; husband and wife; couple; pair 夫妻(ふさい): man and wife; married couple 工夫(くふう): (1) scheme; device; scheming; devising; figuring out; coming up with; solving ingeniously (2) dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation) 大丈夫(だいじょうぶ): safe; all right; OK; okay 丈夫(じょうぶ): healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable 丈夫(じょうふ): hero; manly person; warrior 3 4 335 大: large; big 4 大 37 3 だい・おおきい (none) 象形 Pictographic husband Even though it is argued size is not important, I´m sure most women would like their husband to have a big one. Homer Simpson, as a primitive. 838 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq251-500 扶フたす.ける aid, help, assist 扶養(ふよう): support (family, esp. dependents: children or spouse); maintenance 1 S 1879 手: hand 夫: husband; man 7 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic aid Using his finger the husband sometimes is an erotic aid to his partner. In Homer Simpsons´ house, the first aid kit is usually used for when he smashes his fingers trying to build something (there are countless Simpsons episodes you can draw from for this). 839 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 渓ケイたに、たにがわ mountain stream, valley 1 S 2063 水: water 奚: servant; what; why 11 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい溪形声 Phonetic mountain stream The Simpsons are on vacation. Homer stops to take a leak in a mountain stream but gets snatched by an eagle. Hear his scream? “A husband who went fishing at the mountain stream to feed his family, fell in the rapids (we´ll assume this is a large mountain stream). He is saved from the waters by a great eagle. He comes back home with nothing to feed the family, his clothes still dripping wet as he tells his wife of how he was saved by a great eagle, and of course she does not believe him. The story continues in chicken (#1947).” 840 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq2001-2500 規キすのり, ただし, のり, み standard, measure 規制(きせい): regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction 規模(きぼ): scale; scope; plan; structure 規定(きてい): regulation; provisions 規則(きそく): rules; regulations; conventions 正規(せいき): regular; normal; legal; formal; established; legitimate 規律(きりつ): (1) order; observance; discipline (2) rules; law; regulations 不規則(ふきそく): irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly 規格(きかく): standard; norm 規約(きやく): agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention 定規(じょうぎ): (measuring) ruler 3 5 349 夫: husband; man 見: see; hopes; chances; idea; opinion; look at; visible 11 見 147 7 みる (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic standard In the male-dominated world of yesterday, the husband´s way of seeing things was considered the standard point of view. Women who dared to disagree were frowned upon. Unfortunately, Homer Simpson is the standard model of a husband in American society. (Placement: You have to look in the RIGHT places to find one that doesn´t fit that mold.). 841 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 替タイか.える、か.え-、か.わるかえ exchange, spare, substitute, per- 交替(こうたい): alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.) 為替(かわせ): (1) money order; draft (2) exchange (e.g. foreign) 両替(りょうがえ): change; money exchange 着替える(きがえる): to change one's clothes 切り替え(きりかえ): exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover 取り替える(とりかえる): to exchange; to replace 着替え(きがえ): changing clothes; change of clothes 立て替える(たてかえる): (1) to pay an advance; to put down money on something (2) to pay for another; to pay someone else's debt as a loan to him 切り替える(きりかえる): to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace; to switch over 取り替え(とりかえ): swap; exchange 2 S 979 夫: husband; man 夫: husband; man 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 12 曰 73 4 ひらび・いわく (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic exchange “A show like ”“Trading Spouses”“ called ”“exchanging husbands”“ where 2 husbands are exchanged for a day (thanks dingomick).” Marge´s dream: to exchange Homer for another husband for just one day. 842 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 賛サンたす.ける、たた.える approve, praise, title or inscription on picture, assist, agree with 賛成(さんせい): approval; agreement; support; favour; favor 賛美(さんび): praise; adoration; glorification 3 5 868 夫: husband; man 夫: husband; man 貝: shellfish 15 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい贊会意 Compound Ideographic approve Out of two potential husbands, which would you approve of? Well, the one with shells (money) of course!!! “Bush´s campaign- ”“John Kerry approves using taxpayers´ money to support gay marriage. I don´t.”“ ”“I approve this message”“.” 843 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 潜センひそ.む、もぐ.る、かく.れる、くぐ.る、ひそ.める submerge, conceal, hide, lower (voice), hush 潜水(せんすい): diving 潜る(くぐる): (1) to drive; to pass through; to pass under (2) to evade; to hide (3) to survive 潜入(せんにゅう): infiltration; sneaking in 潜る(もぐる): to dive (into or under water); to get in; to go underground 1 S 1329 水: water 替: exchange; spare; substitute; per- 15 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい潛形声 Phonetic submerge When a submarine or similar vessel SUBMERGES an EXCHANGE of air for WATER takes place in special compartments. “The two husbands exchange for a day on the reality TV show (see exchange (#842)) finally goes underway. One of the two husband´s first job is to fix the water faucet in his new family´s apartment. Unfortunately, he isn´t very good at fixing things and after a few failed attempts the entire apartment is submerged in water.” 844 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 失シツうしな.う、う.せる lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss 失業(しつぎょう): unemployment 損失(そんしつ): loss (e.g. assets or profits) 失敗(しっぱい): failure; mistake; blunder 失う(うしなう): to lose; to part with 過失(かしつ): (1) error; blunder; accident (2) fault; defect 失望(しつぼう): disappointment; despair 失格(しっかく): disqualification; elimination; incapacity (legal) 紛失(ふんしつ): losing something 失脚(しっきゃく): losing one's standing; being overthrown; falling 失礼(しつれい): (1) discourtesy; impoliteness (2) Excuse me; Goodbye (3) to leave (4) to be rude 失恋(しつれん): disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn 失調(しっちょう): lack of harmony 失礼しました(しつれいしました): excuse me; I'm sorry 失礼します(しつれいします): excuse me 3 4 447 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 夫: husband; man 5 大 37 3 だい・おおきい (none) 象形 Pictographic lose The drop falling here is the husband´s toupee… he´s already lost his hair once, now he´s losing it again. Such is life, I suppose. Note: Heisig´s stroke order is wrong. It´s the same as vermilion, drop first. Homer loses/drops his wedding ring. 845 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 鉄テツくろがねけん, てっ iron 鉄道(てつどう): railroad; railway; rail transport 鉄(てつ): iron 地下鉄(ちかてつ): underground train; subway 私鉄(してつ): private railway 製鉄(せいてつ): iron manufacture 鉄棒(てつぼう): iron rod; crowbar; horizontal bar (gymnastics) 鉄砲(てっぽう): (1) gun (2) wooden pole that sumo wrestlers strike in practice (practise) (3) fugu 鉄鋼(てっこう): iron and steel 鉄橋(てっきょう): railway bridge; iron bridge 2 3 672 金: gold 失: lose; error; fault; disadvantage; loss 13 金 167 8 かね・かねへん鐵形声 Phonetic iron Iron is a metal that gradually becomes lost due to oxidation and rust. “Compare with pig-iron (#270). In moving from pig-iron to iron, some of the metal´s maleability is LOST. (The only difference between the two kanji is that IRON has knee-less, unbending legs, while PIG-IRON (270) has very supple, bendable legs.).” 846 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Substance kanjifreq501-750 迭テツ transfer, alternation 1 S 1907 失: lose; error; fault; disadvantage; loss 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 8 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic alternate When you get lost, you just take an alternate road to get back on track. When you lose your way, you can always try to tell the wife that you merely took an alternate road. To save time you know. I´m not LOST, I´m just taking an alternate road. Ahem. 847 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 臣シン、ジンおみ, たか, と, とみ, み retainer, subject 大臣(だいじん): cabinet minister 総理大臣(そうりだいじん): Prime Minister 2 4 1249 臣: minister, official (radical no. 131) 7 臣 131 6 しん・おみ (none) 象形 Pictographic retainer Its a pictograph of a teeth with a retainer in the middle. Retainer = A slave (for the purposes of this kanji.) This is a pictograph of a slave collar with two handcuffs dangling from it. 848 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 姫キひめ、ひめ- princess 1 S 1566 女: woman; female 臣: retainer; subject 10 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic princess Princess Leia becomes Jabba´s slave (“princess Leia is a woman slave”). Cinderella: A woman who was a slave who became a princess. 849 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq1501-2000 蔵ゾウ、ソウくら、おさ.める、かく.れるくらし, くらん, くろう, さし, ざ, ろう storehouse, hide, own, have, possess 冷蔵庫(れいぞうこ): refrigerator 蔵(くら): warehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown; depository; treasury; elevator 蔵相(ぞうしょう): Minister of Finance 貯蔵(ちょぞう): storage; preservation 内蔵(ないぞう): internal (e.g. disk); built-in; equipped (with) 埋蔵(まいぞう): buried property; treasure trove 冷蔵(れいぞう): cold storage; refrigeration 金蔵(かねぐら): (1) treasure house; treasury (2) financial supporter; patron; financier; backer 2 6 468 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 戈: halberd; arms; festival car; float; tasselled spear radical (no. 62) 15 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり藏形声 Phonetic storehouse “The storehouse is overgrown with slaves. The slaves are to be sold in the store, to differentiate from a warehouse, which doesn´t have the word ”“store”“ in it.” Slaves moved flowers from the storehouse in preparation for the parade. 850 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq251-500 臓ゾウはらわた entrails, viscera, bowels 心臓(しんぞう): heart 2 6 991 肉: meat 蔵: storehouse; hide; own; have; possess 19 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき臟形声 Phonetic entrails You signed your organ donor card, right? So, when you die, your entrails and other body parts will be placed in a storehouse. Again with the Pyramids, each Pharaoh had their entrails taken out and put into little jars that were shaped in the forms of their Gods and entombed along with the preserved body. So, the entrails are the parts of the body that are placed in the storehouse along with the Pharaoh! Damnit, why can´t they always be this easy? :(. 851 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Body_Organ.Torso kanjifreq751-1000 賢ケンかしこ.いかた, さか, さと, さとし, たか, たて, のり, まこと, まさ, まさる intelligent, wise, wisdom, cleverness 賢明(けんめい): wisdom; intelligence; prudence 賢い(かしこい): wise; clever; smart 2 S 1159 臣: retainer; subject 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 貝: shellfish 16 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 形声 Phonetic intelligent An intelligent man is neither slave to his crotch nor to money. But an intelligent slave will know how to use his/her crotch to make money. Every intelligent man is a slave to two things, his: 1) crotch, and 2) money. 852 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 堅ケンかた.い、-がた.いきん strict, hard, solid, tough, tight, reliable 堅い(かたい): (1) hard; solid; tough (2) stiff; tight; wooden; unpolished (e.g. writing) (3) strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved) (4) safe; steady; honest; steadfast (5) obstinate; stubborn (6) bookish; formal; stuffy 1 S 1049 臣: retainer; subject 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 12 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic strict “The strict parent thinks adolescent kids are ”“slaves to their crotch”“ (= can´t control their hormones), so he grounds them. Permanently!” I´m very strict about not just sleeping with anyone. People who are slaves to their crotches often end up with dirty genitalia and I don´t want to get their VD. (on yomi=ケン). 853 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 臨リンのぞ.むみ look to, face, meet, confront, attend, call on 臨時(りんじ): temporary; special; extraordinary 臨む(のぞむ): (1) to look out on (2) to face (3) to deal with (4) to attend (e.g. function); to appear (e.g. in court) 1 6 722 臣: retainer; subject 品: goods; refinement; dignity; article; counter for meal courses 18 臣 131 6 しん・おみ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic look to “The slave is look to the future, ”“One day”“ he thinks ”“I will be able to recline with all my goods, a tv, stereo and washing machine, and when that day comes I shall be truly happy”“ he sighs.” “Imagine a slave(or in this case, a female porn star) looking to her new gangbang film where she reclines and gets all 3 holes filled at the same………..OK. Very vulgar, but I was inspired by raulir´s clever use of ”“3 holes”“………” 854 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 覧ランみ.る perusal, see 展覧会(てんらんかい): exhibition 閲覧(えつらん): (1) inspection; reading (2) browsing (the WWW, internet); web browsing ご覧になる(ごらんになる): (1) to see; to look; to watch (2) (after the -te form of a verb) try to 観覧(かんらん): viewing 回覧(かいらん): circulation ご覧(ごらん): (1) (after the -te form of a verb) (please) try to (2) (please) look (3) seeing; looking; watching 御覧なさい(ごらんなさい): (1) (please) look (2) see (used to emphasize that an earlier prediction was correct) (3) (after the -te form of a verb) (please) try to do 1 6 1510 臣: retainer; subject 見: see; hopes; chances; idea; opinion; look at; visible 17 見 147 7 みる覽会意 Compound Ideographic perusal The slave reclines on the floor at night to watch the stars. Since that´s the only thing the slave is allowed to “read”, he does so very thoroughly and diligently, hence perusal. “[+scottamus] ”“Please, come in and peruse this fine selection of slaves, all reclining here on the floor for your perusal. Have a look here”“: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Slave_ship_diagram.png/440px-Slave_ship_diagram.png.” 855 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 巨キョおお, か, こ, なお gigantic, big, large, great 巨大(きょだい): huge; gigantic; enormous 2 S 892 匚: box-on-side enclosure radical (no. 22) 二: two; two radical (no.2) 5 工 48 3 こう・たくみ・たくみへん・え (none) 象形 Pictographic gigantic This is actually the top view of a porn star with a gigantic erect penis. The top and bottom are his arms and the middle is his penis. Imagine him making the pumping motion while he´s banging some chick. The arms move in, the penis moves out and vice versa. The letter E, with a GIGANTIC middle stroke. 856 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq751-1000 拒キョ、ゴこば.む repel, refuse, reject, decline 拒否(きょひ): denial; veto; rejection; refusal 拒絶(きょぜつ): refusal; rejection 1 S 863 手: hand 巨: gigantic; big; large; great 8 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic repel A woman might be REPELLED by a porn star´s GIGANTIC penis, so he kindly offers to use his FINGERS instead. Having gigantic fingers is useful to repel insects. You can swat them away a lot easier! 857 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 力リョク、リキ、リイちからじから, つとむ power, strong, strain, bear up, exert 勢力(せいりょく): influence; power; might; strength; potency; force; energy 努力(どりょく): great effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; effort 協力(きょうりょく): cooperation; collaboration 権力(けんりょく): (political) power; authority; influence 実力(じつりょく): (1) (real) ability; true strength; merit; efficiency; competency (2) arms; force 能力(のうりょく): ability; faculty 武力(ぶりょく): armed might; military power; the sword; force 有力(ゆうりょく): (1) influential; prominent (2) strong; likely; plausible; potent 圧力(あつりょく): stress; pressure 全力(ぜんりょく): all one's power; whole energy 電力(でんりょく): electric power 魅力(みりょく): charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal 強力(きょうりょく): powerful; strong 暴力(ぼうりょく): violence; mayhem 体力(たいりょく): physical strength 活力(かつりょく): vitality; energy; dynamism 学力(がくりょく): scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability 重力(じゅうりょく): gravity 効力(こうりょく): effect; efficacy; validity; potency 力強い(ちからづよい): (1) powerful; strong; forceful; vigorous (2) reassuring; encouraging 動力(どうりょく): power; motive power; dynamic force 労力(ろうりょく): labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble 戦力(せんりょく): war potential 威力(いりょく): power; might; authority; influence 弾力(だんりょく): elasticity; flexibility 引力(いんりょく): (1) attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity (2) attractiveness; magnetism 力(ちから): (1) force; strength; might; vigour (vigor); energy (2) capability; ability; proficiency; capacity; faculty (3) efficacy; effect (4) effort; endeavours (endeavors); exertions (5) power; authority; influence; good offices; agency (6) support; help; aid; assistance (7) stress; emphasis (8) means; resources 力(りょく): strength; power 浮力(ふりょく): buoyancy; floating power 速力(そくりょく): speed 4 1 62 力: power, force, katakana ka radical (no. 19) 2 力 19 2 ちから・りきづくり (none) 象形 Pictographic power “I always refer to the power of the KATAKANA ”“KA”“.” I have a very powerful muscle カ in my driveway! 858 grade1 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness Kanji_Vehicle.Machine kanjifreq1-250 男ダン、ナンおとこ、おみ male 男のコ(おとこのコ): boy; male child; baby boy 男(おとこ): man 男子(だんし): youth; young man 男性(だんせい): (1) man; male (2) masculine gender 長男(ちょうなん): eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son 男の人(おとこのひと): man 5 1 240 田: rice field; rice paddy 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 7 田 102 5 た・たへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic male Male is seen here as muscles working in the field, in other words working in the rice fields is the work of the male who are usually stronger. This is more or less the meaning of the original Chinese character. When it comes to choosing a MAN, I prefer brains over muscles. 859 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_People_General kanjifreq1-250 労ロウろう.する、いたわ.る、いた.ずき、ねぎら、つか.れる、ねぎら.う labor, thank for, reward for, toil, trouble 労働(ろうどう): (1) manual labor; manual labour; toil; work (2) Labour Party 苦労(くろう): troubles; hardships 疲労(ひろう): fatigue; weariness 過労(かろう): overwork; strain 勤労(きんろう): labor; labour; exertion; diligent service 労力(ろうりょく): labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble ご苦労さま(ごくろうさま): thank you very much for your …; I appreciate your efforts 労る(いたわる): (1) to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to console; to be kind to (2) to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse 3 4 398 小: small, insignificant 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 7 力 19 2 ちから・りきづくり勞会意 Compound Ideographic labor Those jocks who always tried to show their muscles in the schoolhouse are now the ones out there doing manual labor jobs while we sit here and learn Japanese. Ha! At the schoolhouse, the administration develops the children´s muscles by making them do manual labour. 860 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 募ボつの.る recruit, campaign, gather (contributions), enlist, grow violent 応募(おうぼ): subscription; application 募集(ぼしゅう): recruiting; taking applications 募る(つのる): (1) to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers) (2) to grow violent; to become stronger; to become worse 募金(ぼきん): fund-raising; collection of funds 公募(こうぼ): public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public offering (of securities); public advertisement (of a post) 2 S 809 莫: must not; do not; be not 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 12 力 19 2 ちから・りきづくり (none) 形声 Phonetic recruit “The necromancer hangs out at the local graveyard and uses his dark powers to recruit an army of undead. Emphasize the verb form to keep distinct from the noun cadet (#1173).” WANTED: Hardworking GRAVEYARD diggers. Must have 6 months experience with POWERFUL muscles as will be working in South Africa burying deceased elephants. 861 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 劣レツおと.る inferiority, be inferior to, be worse 劣る(おとる): to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind 1 S 1620 少: few; little 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 6 力 19 2 ちから・りきづくり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic inferiority I have an inferiority complex because I have fewer muscles than everyone else at the gym. They all look like Macho Man Randy Savage (power) to me. I had trouble remembering the relative position of the components, so now I use this story: Even muscular men have inferiority if they have few things above their muscles (i.e., brain cells). 862 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 功コウ、クいさおいさ, かつ, くぬ, ぐう, こと, つとむ, とし, のり, よし achievement, merits, success, honor, credit 成功(せいこう): success; hit 功績(こうせき): achievements; merit; meritorious service; meritorious deed 1 4 857 工: craft; construction; katakana e radical (no. 48) 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 5 力 19 2 ちから・りきづくり (none) 形声 Phonetic achievement The great achievements of humankind, were crafts completed by muscle power: the pyramids, the Eiffel tower, etc. All of Arnold Schwarzenegger´s achievements started with him crafting his muscles. 863 grade4 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 勧カン、ケンすす.める persuade, recommend, advise, encourage, offer 勧告(かんこく): advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation 勧め(すすめ): recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement 勧誘(かんゆう): invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion; encouragement 1 S 1068 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 13 力 19 2 ちから・りきづくり勸形声 Phonetic persuade “Mnemonic ”“pegasus persuasion power”“. I think of the hippogriff from Harry Potter as being like a pegasus. To befriend a hippogriff, you have to persuade it you mean no harm, you can do this if you have ”“pegasus persuasion power”“.” It would take a powerful argument to persuade me Pegasus was real… 864 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 努ドつと.める toil, diligent, as much as possible 努力(どりょく): great effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; effort 努める(つとめる): to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent 努めて(つとめて): (1) as much as possible; diligently (2) make an effort!; work hard! 3 4 749 奴: guy; slave; manservant; fellow 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 7 力 19 2 ちから・りきづくり (none) 形声 Phonetic toil GUY POWER!!! Body builders toiling in the gym all day…. Guy + Power: To reach a position of power in the company, the average guy has to toil very hard for many years. 865 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 励レイはげ.む、はげ.ます encourage, be diligent, inspire 奨励(しょうれい): encouragement; promotion; message; address; inducement; incitement; stimulation 激励(げきれい): encouragement 励ます(はげます): to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice) 励む(はげむ): to be zealous; to brace oneself; to endeavour; to endeavor; to strive; to make an effort 1 S 1254 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 万: ten thousand; 10,000 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 7 力 19 2 ちから・りきづくり勵形声 Phonetic encourage 10,000 Persians are at the base of the cliff, but the leader of the 300 Spartans just flexes his huge muscles and encourages his men by shouting that they have the power to fight them all. People encourage you, giving you the power so you can dive off the 10,000m high cliff into the sea. 866 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 加カくわ.える、くわ.わる add, addition, increase, join, include, Canada 参加(さんか): participation 増加(ぞうか): increase; increment; addition 追加(ついか): addition; supplement; append (e.g. to a file); appendix 加入(かにゅう): becoming a member; joining; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation; adherence; signing 加工(かこう): manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining 加速(かそく): (1) acceleration; speed up (2) accelerator 加減(かげん): (1) addition and subtraction (2) allowance for (3) degree; extent; measure (4) condition; state of health (5) seasoning; flavor; flavour; moderation; adjustment (6) influence (of the weather) (7) chance 加わる(くわわる): (1) to be added to; to be appended (2) to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate (3) to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence); to grow; to gather (speed) (4) to be subject to (e.g. pressure) 加える(くわえる): to append; to sum up; to add (up); to include; to increase; to inflict 加味(かみ): (1) seasoning; flavoring; flavouring (2) taking (something) into consideration; taking into account 加熱(かねつ): heating; application of heat 付け加える(つけくわえる): to add one thing to another いい加減(いいかげん): (1) irresponsible; perfunctory; careless (2) lukewarm; half-baked; halfhearted; vague (3) reasonable; moderate (usu. in suggestions or orders) (4) considerably; quite; rather; pretty 加速度(かそくど): acceleration 亜米利加(アメリカ): America 阿弗利加(アフリカ): Africa 3 4 130 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 口: mouth 5 力 19 2 ちから・りきづくり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic add If you eat anymore, you will be adding more カロries. (katakana karo). This is Power Mouth, the most annoying neighbour in the world who always has something to add. 867 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Counting_Handling.amounts kanjifreq1-250 賀ガか, のり, よし, より congratulations, joy 年賀(ねんが): New Year's greetings; New Year's card 祝賀(しゅくが): celebration; congratulations 1 5 1056 加: add; addition; increase; join; include; Canada 貝: shellfish 12 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic congratulations When someone at work gets married, you pass around an envelope to which you add some money and a card which you sign with your congratulations. Congratulations are so much better when you add money to them. 868 grade5 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 架カか.ける、か.かる erect, frame, mount, support, shelf, construct 架空(かくう): (1) aerial; overhead (2) fiction; fictitious; imaginary; fanciful 1 S 1555 加: add; addition; increase; join; include; Canada 木: tree; wood 9 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic erect Instant wood. Just add Viagra. I´m not sure I know about erector sets or tinker toys but I do know about jenga. You play by taking wooden pieces from the middle of a wooden tower and adding them to the top. In this way you erect a very unstable structure. 869 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 脇キョウわき、わけ armpit, the other way, another place, flank, supporting role 脇(わき): (1) armpit; under one's arm; side; flank (2) beside; close to; near; by (3) aside; to the side; away; out of the way (4) off-track; off-topic (5) deuteragonist; supporting role (6) second verse (in a linked series of poems) 0 S 1806 肉: meat 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 10 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic armpit What part of the body has a very, very, very powerful smell? The armpit, of course! “(no important on yomi) The part of Conan´s body that is three times more effective at defeating foes than his muscles are his stinky ARMPITs. [Note: Typically, when the flesh primitive is on the left side it refers to a body part - this helps distinguish in from threaten (#871)].” 870 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Arm.Leg kanjifreq1501-2000 脅キョウおびや.かす、おど.す、おど.かす threaten, coerce 脅迫(きょうはく): threat; menace; coercion; terrorism 脅す(おどす): to threaten; to menace 脅かす(おどかす): (1) to threaten; to menace (2) to startle; to surprise 1 S 1183 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 月: month; moon 10 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic threaten “Compare the primitive positions of armpit (#870) and threaten (#871). When your triceps rest alongside your body, they fit snugly against your armpit. When you hold them above your body, however, your posture becomes quite threatening.” Don´t threaten a warewolf. He´s three times as powerful ON a full moon. 871 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 協キョウ co-, cooperation 協議(きょうぎ): conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation 協力(きょうりょく): cooperation; collaboration 妥協(だきょう): compromise; giving in 協会(きょうかい): association; society; organization; organisation 協定(きょうてい): arrangement; pact; agreement 協調(きょうちょう): (1) cooperation; conciliation; harmony (2) firm (market) tone 2 4 121 十: ten 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 8 十 24 2 じゅう・じゅうへん (none) 形声 Phonetic co- The nurse says : “If you co-operate, that needle (syringe) in your triceps won´t hurt”. Note: both co- and cooperate are meanings for this kanji. Co-operation: 3 persons can have the power of ten if they co-operate. 872 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1-250 行コウ、ギョウ、アンい.く、ゆ.く、-ゆ.き、-ゆき、-い.き、-いき、おこな.う、おこ.なういく, なみ, なめ, みち, ゆき, ゆく going, journey “流行(はやり): (1) fashion; fad; vogue; craze (2) prevalence (e.g. of a disease) 行き(いき): (1) bound for … (2) going (to) 平行(へいこう): (1) (going) side-by-side; abreast (2) concurrent; occurring together; at the same time (3) parallel 銀行(ぎんこう): bank 行政(ぎょうせい): administration 行動(こうどう): action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation 行う(おこなう): to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out 行為(こうい): act; deed; conduct 行方(ゆくえ): (1) (one's) whereabouts (2) course; direction 発行(はっこう): (1) issue (publications); publishing (2) raising an event (software) 旅行(りょこう): travel; trip 実行(じっこう): practice; practise; performance; execution (e.g. program) (programme); realization; realisation; implementation 飛行(ひこう): (1) aviation; flight; flying (2) to fly; to take a flight 行事(ぎょうじ): event; function 飛行機(ひこうき): aeroplane; airplane; aircraft 施行(しこう): (1) execution; enforcing; carrying out (2) giving alms; giving food to the poor or monks 進行(しんこう): advance; progress 刊行(かんこう): publication; issue 行(ぎょう): (1) line (i.e. of text); row; verse (2) carya (austerities) (3) samskara (formations) (4) running script (a semi-cursive style of kanji) 通行(つうこう): (1) passage; passing (2) common usage 行進(こうしん): march; parade 行列(ぎょうれつ): (1) line; procession (2) matrix 強行(きょうこう): (1) forcing; enforcement (2) forced; enforced 孝行(こうこう): filial piety 飛行場(ひこうじょう): airfield; airport 非行(ひこう): delinquency; misconduct 急行(きゅうこう): (1) moving at high speed (2) express (e.g. train that bypasses many stations) 現行(げんこう): present; current; in operation 移行(いこう): switching over to; migration; transition 先行(せんこう): preceding; going first; leading; going ahead; taking priority 走行(そうこう): running a wheeled vehicle (e.g. car); running to program, job, etc.; traveling; travelling 売れ行き(うれゆき): sales; demand 慣行(かんこう): customary practice; customary practise; habit; traditional event 行員(こういん): bank clerk 行い(おこない): deed; act; action; conduct; behavior; behaviour; asceticism 行儀(ぎょうぎ): manners; behavior; behaviour 徐行(じょこう): going slowly 行き違い(いきちがい): (1) crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray (2) difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement; disagreement 行く(いく): (1) to go (2) to proceed; to take place (3) to die; to pass away (4) to continue (5) to have an orgasm; to come; to cum 行ってきます(いってきます): I'm off; see you later 行き成り(いきなり): abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning 流行る(はやる): (1) to be popular; to come into fashion (2) to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to be endemic (3) to flourish; to thrive 行ってらっしゃい(いってらっしゃい): have a good day; take care; see you 夜行(やこう): walking around at night; night train; night travel 決行(けっこう): doing (with resolve); carrying out (i.e. a plan) 行けない(いけない): (1) wrong; not good; of no use (2) hopeless; past hope (3) must not do 行けません(いけません): (1) wrong; not good; of no use (2) hopeless; past hope (3) must not do 行ってまいります(いってまいります): So long (lit:”“(I'm) going and coming back”“); I'm off; see you later” 5 2 20 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60) 6 行 144 6 ぎょう・ぎょうがまえ・いく・ゆきがまえ (none) 象形 Pictographic going I use The Flash for for this primitive; a superhero who is always going very fast. To me, this looks like a bridge going over a body of water, being supported by columns underneath it. Being that I live near the ocean, I see tourists and vacationers coming and going constantly on the bridge. Because the bridge is so long, it forms an arc to support the structural integrity. You can see that arc here. 873 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Directions_Movement kanjifreq1-250 律リツ、リチ、レツたかし, のり rhythm, law, regulation, gauge, control 法律(ほうりつ): law 規律(きりつ): (1) order; observance; discipline (2) rules; law; regulations 一律(いちりつ): evenness; uniformity; monotony; equality 2 6 992 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60) 聿: brush; finally; self; relate; follow; here; fast; writing brush radical (no. 129) 9 彳 60 3 ぎょうにんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic rhythm The calligrapher´s brush is moving down a column of a script, in rhythm with his meditation. The army COLUMN walked to the RHYTHM made by the drummer using a cool BRUSH like drum stick. Picturing the brush as a drum stick is not difficult if you´ve seen such a thing in jazz videos. 874 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 復フクまた restore, return to, revert, resume 回復(かいふく): (1) restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; return; replevin; improvement (2) recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence 復活(ふっかつ): (1) revival (e.g. musical); come-back (2) restoration; rebirth; resurrection 往復(おうふく): (1) making a round trip; going and returning; coming and going (2) round-trip ticket; return ticket (3) correspondence; exchanging (letters) (4) socializing; visiting one another 復興(ふっこう): revival; renaissance; reconstruction 復旧(ふっきゅう): restoration; restitution; rehabilitation 復習(ふくしゅう): review; revision 2 5 438 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60) 复: return; repeat; repeatedly 12 彳 60 3 ぎょうにんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic restore Before going all the way to the Boss in a Final Fantasy game, you should probably double back to save at a restore point. The column of soldiers has to double back to restore the peace in the village they just left. 875 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 得トクえ.る、う.るあつ, てろ gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit 所得(しょとく): income; earnings 獲得(かくとく): acquisition; possession 説得(せっとく): persuasion 得意(とくい): (1) triumph; prosperity (2) pride (3) one's strong point; one's forte; one's specialty (4) frequent customer (client, etc.) 納得(なっとく): consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp 心得る(こころえる): (1) to know; to understand; to be aware of; to regard as; to take for (2) to consent; to agree 心得(こころえ): knowledge; information 得点(とくてん): score; points made; marks obtained; runs 得る(うる): (1) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to be able to …; can … (2) to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain 損得(そんとく): loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage やむを得ない(やむをえない): cannot be helped; unavoidable 得る(える): (1) to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain (2) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to be able to …, can … 3 4 175 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60) 旦: daybreak; dawn; morning 寸: measurement; foot/10 11 彳 60 3 ぎょうにんべん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic gain To gain more knowledge of what´s goin on in the world I´m reading column after column of articles in the newspapers, and it takes so much time I´m glued to it till nightbreak. Imagine fat people……they avoid going outside to exercise and stay glued to their TV set until nightbreak….so of course they gain weight. 876 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 従ジュウ、ショウ、ジュしたが.う、したが.える、より accompany, obey, submit to, comply, follow, secondary, incidental, subordinate 従来(じゅうらい): up to now; so far; traditional; existing (e.g. equipment) 従業員(じゅうぎょういん): employee; worker 従って(したがって): therefore; consequently; accordingly 従事(じゅうじ): engaging; pursuing; following (e.g. profession or occupation) 従う(したがう): to abide (by the rules); to obey; to follow; to accompany 従兄弟(いとこ): cousin (male) 従姉妹(いとこ): cousin (female) 1 6 601 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60) 疋: head; counter for animals 10 彳 60 3 ぎょうにんべん從会意 Compound Ideographic accompany The line of viking soldiers is always accompanied by a horn mending specialist. “I´m going to accompany the horny girl to her room so I can ”“mend”“ her.” 877 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 徒トいたずら、あだかち junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people 生徒(せいと): pupil 徒歩(とほ): walking; going on foot 3 4 817 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60) 走: run 10 彳 60 3 ぎょうにんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic junior Junior is GOING to RUN the family business one day… The junior employee is always RUNNING around GOING here and there for his superiors. 878 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_People_General kanjifreq751-1000 待タイま.つ、-ま.ちまち, まつ wait, depend on 期待(きたい): expectation; anticipation; hope 招待(しょうたい): invitation 待遇(たいぐう): treatment; reception 待望(たいぼう): (1) expectant waiting (2) long-awaited 待つ(まつ): (1) to wait (2) to await; to look forward to; to anticipate (3) (usu. in negative form) to depend on; to need 待ち望む(まちのぞむ): to look anxiously for; to wait eagerly for 待ち遠しい(まちどおしい): looking forward to; anxiously awaited 待ち合わせ(まちあわせ): appointment 待ち合わせる(まちあわせる): to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet 待合室(まちあいしつ): waiting room お待ち遠様(おまちどおさま): I'm sorry to have kept you waiting お待ち(おまち): waiting; waiting time お待たせしました(おまたせしました): Thank you for waiting; Have I kept you waiting? 4 3 391 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60) 寺: Buddhist temple 9 彳 60 3 ぎょうにんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic wait A line queued up outside the Buddhist temple, waiting to see the shrine on New Year´s Day. The COLUMNS of this TEMPLE are a well-know meeting spot. You can always see someone WAITING there. 879 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq251-500 往オウい.く、いにしえ、さき.に、ゆ.くみち journey, chase away, let go, going, travel 往復(おうふく): (1) making a round trip; going and returning; coming and going (2) round-trip ticket; return ticket (3) correspondence; exchanging (letters) (4) socializing; visiting one another 往診(おうしん): doctor's visit; house call 1 5 1421 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60) 主: lord; chief; master; main thing; principal 8 彳 60 3 ぎょうにんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic journey In Medieval Japan, going to see your lord was often a long journey. The fellowship of the ring is on a long journey through the depths of Khaz Modan. Imagine they walk through the hall of pillars, with only light being from their own candlesticks that. Soon they will meet much more light than they would ever want to… 880 grade5 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Directions_Movement kanjifreq1001-1500 征セイいく, そ, ただ, まさ, ゆき subjugate, attack the rebellious, collect taxes 征服(せいふく): conquest; subjugation; overcoming 1 S 1578 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60) 正: correct; justice; righteous; 1040 8 彳 60 3 ぎょうにんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic subjugate America seeks to GO and CORRECT other nations. But really what they do is subjugate them… To subjugate is to have somebody stand still and stiff as a column and behave one hundred percent correctly. 881 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq1501-2000 径ケイみち、こみち、さしわたし、ただちに diameter, path, method 直径(ちょっけい): diameter 半径(はんけい): radius 1 4 1435 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60) 圣: holy; sacred 8 彳 60 3 ぎょうにんべん徑形声 Phonetic diameter Scientists recently measured the diameter of Earth by drilling a deep hole and dropping a line of thread off a humongous spool until it got to the other side. “Suggestion: Replace ”“spool”“ with ”“toilet paper/roll”“. Reasons: (1) Toilet paper/roll usually comes on a spool. (2) Toilet paper is used to clean the soil off your crotch. Story: Measure the diameter of a column (maybe Nelson´s Column in London?) using a roll of toilet paper. Spool also appears in stalk (#715), suspicious (#716), lightly (#717), sutra (#1360).” 882 grade4 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 彼ヒかれ、かの、か.のその he, that, the 彼ら(かれら): they (usually male); them 彼女(かのじょ): (1) she; her (2) her (3) girl friend; girlfriend; sweetheart 彼方此方(あちらこちら): (1) here and there (2) to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up 彼方(あちら): (1) that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener); over there; yonder (2) that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener); that (3) that person (someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener) (4) there (place distant from both speaker and listener); over there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation) 彼方(かなた): beyond; across; the other side; the distance 彼処(あそこ): (1) there (place physically distant from both speaker and listener); over there; that place; yonder (2) genitals (3) that far (something psychologically distant from both speaker and listener); that much; that point 彼の(あの): that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener) 彼(あれ): (1) that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly) (2) that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors) (3) over there (4) down there (i.e. one's genitals) (5) period; menses (6) hey (expression of surprise or suspicion); eh? (7) that (something mentioned before which is distant psychologically or in terms of time) 彼(かれ): (1) he; him (2) his (3) boyfriend 彼此(あれこれ): (1) one thing or another; this and that; this or that (2) just on; nearly; roughly; almost; round about 3 S 648 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60) 皮: pelt; skin; hide; leather; skin radical (no. 107) 8 彳 60 3 ぎょうにんべん (none) 仮借 Loan he What´s the main difference between a he and a she? The he has a column covered in a pelt… a penis. Badum-ching. The ultimate he-man is the Neanderthal cave man. His club is as big as a pillar (column), and he wears a ragged pelt as his only clothing. To remember the column, imagine the cave man resting the club vertically like a column when not in use. 883 gradeS JLPT.N3 Kanji_People_General kanjifreq501-750 役ヤク、エキちゃく duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role 役割(やくわり): part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties 役(やく): (1) use; service; role (2) post; position (3) scoring combination (e.g. in mahjong, card games, etc.); hand 主役(しゅやく): leading part; leading actor (actress) 役所(やくしょ): government office; public office 役者(やくしゃ): actor; actress 役人(やくにん): government official 役目(やくめ): duty; business; role 役場(やくば): town hall 重役(じゅうやく): company director; top management; high executive; (person with) heavy responsibilities 役に立つ(やくにたつ): to be helpful; to be useful 役職(やくしょく): post; managerial position; official position 役立つ(やくだつ): to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose 3 3 315 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60) 殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79) 7 彳 60 3 ぎょうにんべん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic duty Japanese kamikaze pilots (and the American from Dr. Strangelove) are so devoted to their duty that they go with their missiles. Imagine those poor saps in charge of nuclear silos, responsible for ICBMS, those towering column missiles. When the order comes they must decide whether to obey their concience or do their duty and damn the world to atomic annihilation. 884 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 徳トクあつ, なる, のり, ゆき, よし benevolence, virtue, goodness, commanding respect 道徳(どうとく): morals 1 5 1091 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60) 十: ten 网: net; net or net crown radical (no. 122) 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 14 彳 60 3 ぎょうにんべん德会意 Compound Ideographic benevolence Hearkening back to the kanji for LISTEN… Benevolence is a good listener who is willing to go the distance to help. In a rare act of benevolence, the Sparten column removes the needle from the cyclops´s eye, and he repays them by eating their hearts. 885 grade5 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 徹テツあき, つ, てっ, とおる penetrate, clear, pierce, strike home, sit up (all night) 徹底(てってい): thoroughness; completeness; consistency 徹夜(てつや): all night; all-night vigil; sleepless night 徹する(てっする): to sink in; to penetrate; to devote oneself; to believe in; to go through; to do intently and exclusively 1 S 968 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60) 育: bring up; grow up; raise; rear 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) 15 彳 60 3 ぎょうにんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic penetrate The taskmistress in a moment of weakness allowed the man´s column to penetrate her. As punishment he was made to bring up their infant. Ha! In this frame, a bunch of taskmasters are lined up to penetrate the kids they raise/bring up! I´m thinking of some priests and choir boys. 886 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 徴チョウ、チしるし indications, sign, omen, symptom, collect, seek, refer to, question 特徴(とくちょう): feature; trait; characteristic; pecularity 象徴(しょうちょう): symbol 徴収(ちょうしゅう): collection; levy 1 S 850 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60) 山: mountain 玉: jewel; ball 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) 14 彳 60 3 ぎょうにんべん徵会意 Compound Ideographic indications If you see a column of kings being marched up the mountain under a taskmaster´s whip… indications are, there has been a coup. All indications are that the taskmaster´s son is going to be king of the mountain soon … 887 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 懲チョウこ.りる、こ.らす、こ.らしめる penal, chastise, punish, discipline 懲りる(こりる): to learn by experience; to be disgusted with 1 S 1303 徴: indications; sign; omen; symptom; collect; seek; refer to; question 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 18 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん懲形声 Phonetic penal “Penal servitude is served until indications show that one has had a change of heart (learned one´s lesson). Easily confused with punish (#679) and penalty (#833). Concentrate on the reasons behind the penal system (”“changing people´s hearts”“ here), instead of the penalty itself or the punishment (revenge) aspect. It may help to note that there´s no sword, but a heart (Note: 懲りる = learn from one´s bad experiences).” Judge: You will serve a penal sentence until indications show you have a heart. 888 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 微ビかす.かみ delicate, minuteness, insignificance 微妙(びみょう): (1) delicate; subtle; sensitive (2) difficult; delicate (situation); complicated (3) doubtful; questionable; dicey 顕微鏡(けんびきょう): microscope 微笑(びしょう): smile 微量(びりょう): minuscule amount; extremely small quantity 微笑む(ほほえむ): to smile 微塵(みじん): particle; atom; little piece; tiny amount 微か(かすか): faint; dim; weak; indistinct; hazy; poor; wretched 1 S 1108 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60) 山: mountain 兀: high & level; lofty; bald; dangerous 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) 13 彳 60 3 ぎょうにんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic delicate The Column of 300 spartans were in a delicate situation. They had travelled in one line (using only their legs) to the mountain pass to face the fierce Persian task master. “Telling your taskmistress (wife) why you are going mountain climbing without her is a delicate situation… ”“For one thing you have such beautiful legs and I don´t want to risk injuring them honey”“…” 889 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq1001-1500 街ガイ、カイまちまた boulevard, street, town 街頭(がいとう): in the street 市街(しがい): urban areas; the streets; town; city 街道(かいどう): highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road 街(がい): .. street; .. quarter; .. district 1 4 891 行: going; journey 圭: square jewel; corner; angle; edge 12 行 144 6 ぎょう・ぎょうがまえ・いく・ゆきがまえ (none) 形声 Phonetic boulevard The boulevard of boulevards, the Champs Elysées, with the Arc de Triomphe covered in ivy to give the champions a heroes´ welcome. Specifically… ivy boulevard… think hollywood & vine. 890 grade4 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq751-1000 衡コウひら equilibrium, measuring rod, scale 均衡(きんこう): equilibrium; balance 1 S 1847 行: going; journey 魚: fish 16 行 144 6 ぎょう・ぎょうがまえ・いく・ゆきがまえ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic equilibrium To maintain the social equilibrium in a future dystopian society, the brains of citizens are bound up (hypnotized). The government is using mental wave emitting statues shaped like St. Bernard´s dogs put alongside the boulevards. I think BALANCE is an easier keyword. I was walking down a busy French boulevard when between the rushing traffic I saw the wierdest thing. BALANCING on the central crash barrier was a St. Bernard dog, BALANCING a fish on its nose. As I looked closer, I realised it was a trick; it was holding the fish´s tail in its teeth, and only pretending to BALANCE it. (keeps the position of the elements!). 891 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 稿コウわら、したがき draft, copy, manuscript, straw 原稿(げんこう): manuscript; copy 1 S 1400 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 高: tall; high; expensive 15 禾 115 5 のぎ・のぎへん (none) 形声 Phonetic draft “The first DRAFT of catcher in the rye was actually called ”“catcher in the TALL WHEAT”“…good thing they changed it. I read it in 高校.” Aliens often draft their plans for invasion by cutting designs among the tall wheat. 892 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 稼カかせ.ぐ earnings, work, earn money 共稼ぎ(ともかせぎ): working together; (husband and wife) earning a living together 稼ぐ(かせぐ): to earn income; to labor; to labour 1 S 1264 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 家: house; home; family; professional; expert; performer 15 禾 115 5 のぎ・のぎへん (none) 形声 Phonetic earnings Your earnings allow you to bring home your daily bread (made of wheat, naturally). “Hmm, EARNINGS. Think of the popular saying ”“Bringing HOME the bacon”“. Here, EARNINGS is the picture ”“Bringing HOME the bread(WHEAT) and the bacon (PIG).” 893 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq1001-1500 程テイほど、-ほどほと extent, degree, law, formula, distance, limits, amount 程度(ていど): degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number) 日程(にってい): schedule; program; programme; agenda 過程(かてい): process; course; mechanism 課程(かてい): course; curriculum 余程(よほど): (1) very; greatly; much; to a large extent; quite (2) just about to 方程式(ほうていしき): equation; formula 程(ほど): (1) degree; extent; bounds; limit (2) indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit 其れ程(それほど): to that degree; extent 成程(なるほど): I see; That's right!; Indeed 然程(さほど): not so; not particularly; not very; not that much 中程(なかほど): middle; midway 3 5 514 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 呈: display; offer; present; send; exhibit 12 禾 115 5 のぎ・のぎへん (none) 形声 Phonetic extent The extent to which some people will go to create ´wheat displays´, or as some call them ´crop circles´, is truly amazing. The wheat crop has come in, and the mouth of the king is gobbling it all up. Everyone is waiting to see… to what extent will the king manage to eat it this year? 894 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 税ゼイさい tax, duty 関税(かんぜい): tariff (import tax); duty; customs 課税(かぜい): taxation 税金(ぜいきん): tax; duty 税関(ぜいかん): customs house 税務署(ぜいむしょ): tax office 免税(めんぜい): tax exemption; duty exemption 税(ぜい): tax 2 5 289 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 兌: exchange 12 禾 115 5 のぎ・のぎへん (none) 形声 Phonetic tax Nobody likes the tax man, so here it is only fitting that the person who comes over to take some of your wheat is depicted here as a devil. Keep in mind that in feudal societies there was no kind of money to speak of, so taxes were paid by serfs in wheat to the devils who came over to keep them poor. This is an easy one. Taxes is like the devil taking away your hard earned wheat. 895 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq251-500 稚チ、ジいとけない、おさない、おくて、おでるまさ, わか, わく, わっか immature, young 幼稚園(ようちえん): kindergarten 幼稚(ようち): infancy; childish; infantile 1 S 1560 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 13 禾 115 5 のぎ・のぎへん (none) 形声 Phonetic immature I can´t believe I brought you to the fanciest restaurant in town and you asked for turkey on wheat…how immature is that?! Immature turkeys are stuffed with wheat to make it look bigger. 896 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 和ワ、オ、カやわ.らぐ、やわ.らげる、なご.む、なご.やかあい, いず, かず, かつ, かつり, かづ, たけ, ち, とも, な, にぎ, まさ, やす, よし, より, わだこ, わっ harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan 平和(へいわ): peace; harmony 緩和(かんわ): relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation; softening 調和(ちょうわ): harmony 和風(わふう): (1) Japanese style (2) light wind; moderate breeze 和服(わふく): Japanese clothes 英和(えいわ): English-Japanese (e.g. dictionary) 飽和(ほうわ): saturation 穏和(おんわ): gentle; mild; moderate 共和(きょうわ): republican; cooperative 和やか(なごやか): mild; calm; gentle; quiet; harmonious 中和(ちゅうわ): neutralize; neutralise; counteract 和英(わえい): Japanese-English 和らげる(やわらげる): to soften; to moderate; to relieve 漢和(かんわ): (1) China and Japan (2) Chinese and Japanese (languages) (3) Chinese Character-Japanese dictionary 和(わ): (1) sum (2) harmony; peace (3) Japanese-style 和文(わぶん): Japanese text; sentence in Japanese 3 3 124 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 口: mouth 8 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic harmony The first step to harmony is having enough wheat to feed every mouth in the world. Once we are all fed it is easier to get a long in harmony. People who live in harmony with nature live in the country. they are yokels or hillbillys. See Billy-bob sitting on the porch in their denhim dungarees a sheaf of wheat, sticking from their mouth. 897 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 移イうつ.る、うつ.す shift, move, change, drift, catch (cold, fire), pass into 移転(いてん): moving; transfer; demise 移動(いどう): (1) removal; migration; movement (2) mobile (e.g. communications) 移民(いみん): (1) emigration; immigration (2) emigrant; immigrant 移住(いじゅう): migration; immigration 移す(うつす): (1) to change; to swap; to substitute; to transfer (2) to change the object of one's interest or focus (3) to spend or take time (4) to infect (5) to permeate something with the smell or colour of something (6) to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.) 移行(いこう): switching over to; migration; transition 移る(うつる): (1) to move (house); to transfer (department) (2) to change the target of interest or concern (3) to elapse (passage of time) (4) to be permeated by a colour or scent (5) to be infected; to be contagious; to spread (as in fire) 2 5 448 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 多: many; frequent; much 11 禾 115 5 のぎ・のぎへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic shift Picture the WHEAT field, filled with MANY, MANY stalks of WHEAT. Notice how they SHIFT like waves in the slightest breeze. When you hear SHIFT, just picture that scene. Many people are making the shift from white to whole wheat bread. 898 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 秒ビョウ second (1/60 minute) 秒(びょう): second (60th min) 2 3 1015 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 少: few; little 9 禾 115 5 のぎ・のぎへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic second An hourglass filled with wheat counts time. A few wheat seeds drop every second. I´ll be with you soon… please wheat a few seconds. 899 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Time kanjifreq1001-1500 秋シュウあき、ときあい autumn 秋(あき): autumn; fall 4 2 635 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 火: fire 9 禾 115 5 のぎ・のぎへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic autumn In AUTUMN, the WHEAT looks the color of FIRE, meaning it´s time to harvest it. Every autumn the wheat is set on fire to clear the way for next year´s crop… 900 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Time_Season kanjifreq501-750 愁シュウうれ.える、うれ.い distress, grieve, lament, be anxious 郷愁(きょうしゅう): nostalgia; homesickness 1 S 2171 秋: autumn 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 13 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic distress In AUTUMN, the farmer´s HEART is in DISTRESS as to if he has enough crops. Even better, the farmer will experience great DISTRESS in his HEART if his WHEAT catches FIRE! “Here we have distressed (think ”“gloomy”“) people with ”“seasonal mood disorder”“ during the autumn season. Hence ”“autumn heart”“ is distressed (gloomy).” 901 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq2001-2500 私シわたくし、わたし private, I, me 私(わたし): (1) I; me (2) private affairs; personal matter; secrecy (3) selfishness 私立(しりつ): private (establishment) 私鉄(してつ): private railway 私有(しゆう): private ownership 私用(しよう): (1) personal use (2) private business 私物(しぶつ): private property; personal effects 4 6 242 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) 7 禾 115 5 のぎ・のぎへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic private “Warning sign: ”“Private wheat, trespassers will be elbowed”“.” “I already know this as watashi, or ”“I”“. In order to associate the keyword of private, I´ll think of this one as ”“Private I”“, like a detective.” 902 grade6 JLPT.N4 Kanji_People_General kanjifreq1-250 秩チツちち, ちっ regularity, salary, order 秩序(ちつじょ): order; regularity; system; method 1 S 1275 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 失: lose; error; fault; disadvantage; loss 10 禾 115 5 のぎ・のぎへん (none) 形声 Phonetic regularity Think of REGULARITY in terms of bowel movements. Enough WHEAT in your diet will help your DROPS with improved REGULARITY. Eating plenty of wheat will improve regularity and help you lose weight. 903 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 秘ヒひ.める、ひそ.か、かく.す secret, conceal 秘書(ひしょ): (1) (private) secretary (2) treasured book; secret book 秘密(ひみつ): secret; secrecy 神秘(しんぴ): mystery 1 6 862 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 必: invariably; certain; inevitable 10 示 113 5 しめす・しめすへん祕形声 Phonetic secret The prize at the bottom of a cereal box is invariably a secret decoder ring. “A young couple meets in secret in the wheat field because their families are enemies. They cross their hearts and swear eternal - even if secret - love. Do not confuse with secrecy (#775).” 904 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 称ショウたた.える、とな.える、あ.げる、かな.う、はか.り、はか.る、ほめ.るね appellation, praise, admire, name, title, fame 名称(めいしょう): name; title 称する(しょうする): (1) to take the name of; to call oneself (2) to pretend; to feign; to purport 1 S 985 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 尓: you; that 10 禾 115 5 のぎ・のぎへん稱形声 Phonetic appellation Taking appellation to mean the act of naming, we have the little baby superman reclining in the space craft that landed in a wheat field. Mr. and Mrs. Kent look down and decide to call him Clark. (I also thought of Jesus but he was born in a barn full of hay not wheat). “WHEAT that is RECLINING and LITTLE (small) can´t get the APPELLATION ”“quality wheat”“.” 905 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 利リき.くかが, と, とし, のり, み, りい profit, advantage, benefit 利き目(ききめ): effect; virtue; efficacy; impression 権利(けんり): right; privilege 勝利(しょうり): victory; triumph; conquest; success; win 利益(りえき): (1) profit; gains (2) benefit; advantage; interest (of the public, etc.) (3) grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing; miracle 利用(りよう): use; utilization; utilisation; application 有利(ゆうり): advantageous; better; profitable; lucrative 便利(べんり): convenient; handy; useful 不利(ふり): disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable; unfavourable; drawback 利害(りがい): advantages and disadvantages; interest 利子(りし): interest (bank) 利息(りそく): interest (bank) 利点(りてん): advantage; point in favor; point in favour 砂利(じゃり): (1) gravel; ballast; pebbles (2) child; rugrat; ankle-biter 左利き(ひだりきき): left-handedness; sake drinker; left-hander 利潤(りじゅん): profit; returns 利口(りこう): (1) clever; intelligent; wise; bright; sharp; sensible; smart; shrewd (2) well-behaved (of kids, animals, etc); obedient; good (3) good (with words) 利根(りこん): intelligence; cleverness; innate aptitude 亜米利加(アメリカ): America 阿弗利加(アフリカ): Africa 3 4 203 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 刀: sword; saber; knife 7 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic profit In the middle ages there where only 2 ways for peasantry to make a profit. one by being a farmer, 2 to be a mercenary and live by the way of the sword. 1. Steal a bunch of wheat from a wheat field by cutting it down with your saber. 2. ????? 3. Profit! 906 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 梨リなしか pear tree 1 S 1331 利: profit; advantage; benefit 木: tree; wood 11 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic pear tree The Japanese pear tree is the most profitable in the world, because it produces its fruit in pairs [sorry for the awful pun]. And a profit in a pear tree…12 days of christmas. 907 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq1001-1500 穫カク harvest, reap 収穫(しゅうかく): harvest; crop; ingathering 1 S 1642 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 隻: vessels; counter for ships; fish; birds; arrows; one of a pair 18 禾 115 5 のぎ・のぎへん (none) 形声 Phonetic harvest “The harvest of genetically modified crops is taken onboard the Greenpeace vessel (see the flower vessel in safeguard (#700)).” Wheat is harvested; the grain (flower) is put into vessels for shipping. 908 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 穂スイほお, こう, のり, ほい ear, ear (grain), head, crest (wave) 穂(ほ): (1) ear (of plant); head (of plant) (2) point; tip (3) scion (in grafting); cion 1 S 1656 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 恵: favor; blessing; grace; kindness 15 禾 115 5 のぎ・のぎへん穗会意 Compound Ideographic ear of a plant The pilgrims only had wheat, so they asked the Indians to do them a favor and trade them for some ears of corn. “The ”“ear of a plant”“ is the seed-bearing spike of a cereal plant, such as corn. In other words, it is the part which feeds us. Hence – ”“the ear (of a plant) is the favor of the wheat”“.” 909 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq1501-2000 稲トウ、テいね、いな- いの, しね, せ, な rice plant 稲(いね): rice-plant 稲光(いなびかり): (flash of) lightning 稲子(いなご): (1) rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya) (2) grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae) 1 S 1038 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 爪: claw; nail; talon 旧: old times; old things; old friend; former; ex- 14 禾 115 5 のぎ・のぎへん稻形声 Phonetic rice plant The rice plant is common in Japan because all the wheat was eaten by vultures in the olden times. It used to be that wheat was grown in Japan. However, this was often stolen by vultures, so in olden times, the gods gave the Japanese the rice plant. 910 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq1001-1500 香コウ、キョウか、かお.り、かお.るこ, こお, ひゃん, よし incense, smell, perfume 香り(かおり): aroma; fragrance; scent; smell 香水(こうすい): perfume 香辛料(こうしんりょう): spices 2 S 859 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 9 香 186 9 か・こう・かおり・においこう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic incense If you focus the suns though a magnifying glass on to the bottom of a stalk of wheat it will start to smoulder and burn like a stick of incense. The weird thing is that it burns from the bottom upwards, hanging in the air as if my magic. Try it and see! When the sun burns the wheat a smell of incense remains in the air. 911 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Sense kanjifreq751-1000 季キすえ, とし seasons 季節(きせつ): season 四季(しき): four seasons 季刊(きかん): quarterly (e.g. magazine) 2 4 842 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 子: child; sign of the rat; 11PM-1AM; first sign of Chinese zodiac 8 子 39 3 こ・こへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic seasons There´s a season for planting wheat and there´s mating season for having children. “Look at this adorable child with a bale of wheat on his head! He´s playing Autumn in his school play the ”“Four Seasons”“. Aww…too cute! Perhaps we should light the wheat on fire to complete his Autumn costume. (I know, twisted…but I kept forgetting what was on his head).” 912 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Time_Season kanjifreq751-1000 委イゆだ.ねるまかせ committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard 委員(いいん): committee member 委託(いたく): consign (goods (for sale) to a firm); entrust (person with something); commit 2 3 187 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 女: woman; female 8 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic committee Female WHEAT farmers decide to create a COMMITTEE, which they fittingly name “The WHEAT WOMEN COMMITTEE.”. At committe meetings, Japanese bureaucrats slurp ramen noodles off of naked women. 913 grade3 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1-250 秀シュウひい.でるしゅ, しょう, ひで, ひでし, ほ excel, excellence, beauty, surpass 優秀(ゆうしゅう): superiority; excellence 1 S 848 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 乃: from; possessive particle; whereupon; accordingly 7 禾 115 5 のぎ・のぎへん (none) 象形 Pictographic excel You spend three hours putting all of your wheat sale transaction records into Microsoft Excel, when suddenly it crashes, so you put your fist through the monitor. “A soviet-era poster for the 5-year plan shouts ”“Excel”“ and shows a fist clenching a sheaf of wheat. Wheat/Fist.” 914 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 透トウす.く、す.かす、す.ける、とう.る、とう.すとおる transparent, permeate, filter, penetrate 透明(とうめい): transparency; cleanness 透き通る(すきとおる): to be(come) transparent 1 S 1035 秀: excel; excellence; beauty; surpass 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 10 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic transparent If you excel in the Mario Kart road, your movements are saved and you can race against yourself as a transparent racer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe8CkcrL-k4. If you want to excel at driving in the roadway, it´s better if your windows and windshield are transparent. Picture the drivers with opaque windshields all wrecked on the side of the road. 915 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 誘ユウ、イウさそ.う、いざな.う entice, lead, tempt, invite, ask, call for, seduce, allure 誘導(ゆうどう): guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement 誘う(さそう): (1) to invite; to ask; to call (for) (2) to tempt; to lure; to induce 誘惑(ゆうわく): temptation; allurement; lure; seduction 勧誘(かんゆう): invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion; encouragement 1 S 993 言: say 秀: excel; excellence; beauty; surpass 14 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic entice Think of the smooth talker who EXCELS at using WORDS to entice women (including married women if it makes it easier to remember). Word and Excel somehow manage to entice people to use them, despite their plethora of bugs. 916 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 穀コクたけ cereals, grain 穀物(こくもつ): grain; cereal; corn 1 6 1744 士: gentleman; samurai; samurai radical (no. 33) 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79) 14 禾 115 5 のぎ・のぎへん穀形声 Phonetic cereals There are different cereals in different parts of the world. Japan has samurai cereal. Great Britain has Crowned Wheat … the United States and Russia have Missile cereals. The samurai crowns wheat as the best cereal, and blows all others up with missiles (he´s a cereal killer). 917 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq1501-2000 菌キン germ, fungus, bacteria 細菌(さいきん): bacillus; bacterium; germ 菌(きん): (1) fungus (2) germ; bacterium; bacillus ばい菌(ばいきん): (1) germ; germs; bacteria; mold (mould) (2) something harmful (used figuratively); vermin 1 S 1586 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 囗: box or enclosure radical (no. 31); box 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 11 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic germ Can also mean bacteria…..imagine the wheat pent in your fridge growing to the point where they resemble flowers…….I actually had something similar happen to onions…they grew footlong legs after about 2 or 3 years……OR just think of that Cowboy Bebop episode with the lobster in the fridge… . Actually it means germs as in microorganisms. So for example, you have to keep wheat enclosed so it isn´t exposed to other plants. That way it can´t catch any germs (like fungi) from them. 918 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq1501-2000 米ベイ、マイ、メエトルこめ、よねは, べ, まべ, め, よ, よな, よの, よま rice, USA 南米(なんべい): South America 米(メートル): (1) metre; meter (2) meter (i.e. a gauge); gauge 米(こめ): (1) (husked grains of) rice (2) 88 years old 欧米(おうべい): Europe and America; the West 亜米利加(アメリカ): America 3 2 61 米: rice, rice radical (no. 119) 6 米 119 6 こめ・こめへん (none) 象形 Pictographic rice Stroke order: I like to think of the first two strokes as “chop sticks” with which one eats the rice. The rest then is the “tree” meaning “plant” in this contexct. also: USA. Two drops of rice in a tree, simple. 919 grade2 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq1-250 粉フンデシメートル、こ、こな flour, powder, dust 粉(こな): flour; meal; powder 粉末(ふんまつ): fine powder 花粉(かふん): pollen 粉々(こなごな): in very small pieces 2 4 1484 米: rice; USA; metre 分: part; minute of time; segment; share; degree; one's lot; duty; understand; know; rate; 1%; chances; shaku/100 10 米 119 6 こめ・こめへん (none) 形声 Phonetic flour Parts of parts of parts of parts of rice… is flour. (Image: geishas patting their face with RICE flour to make it white. Not wheat flour…). In the United States, part of every meal is made from flour. 920 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq1001-1500 粘ネンねば.る sticky, glutinous, greasy, persevere 粘り(ねばり): stickiness; viscosity 粘る(ねばる): (1) to be sticky; to be adhesive (2) to persevere; to persist; to stick to; to hold out; to linger 1 S 1410 米: rice; USA; metre 占: fortune-telling; divining; forecasting; occupy; hold; have; get; take 11 米 119 6 こめ・こめへん (none) 形声 Phonetic sticky This is another way of fortune telling – throw sticky rice against the wall, and look for the message in whatever sticks. CONDI RICE was told by the FORTUNE TELLER that she will get STICKY… 921 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq1001-1500 粒リュウつぶ grains, drop, counter for tiny particles 粒(つぶ): (1) grain; bead; drop (2) counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops 2 S 1635 米: rice; USA; metre 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 11 米 119 6 こめ・こめへん (none) 形声 Phonetic grains A sage is using rice to fill up a vase, but as an exercise in patience, he´s doing it grain by grain. There´s a contest…whoever guesses the number of grains of rice in a vase wins. 922 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq1501-2000 粧ショウさ cosmetics, adorn (ones person) 化粧(けしょう): make-up; makeup; cosmetics 1 S 1545 米: rice; USA; metre 庄: level 12 米 119 6 こめ・こめへん (none) 形声 Phonetic cosmetics Condy Rice is actually white, but she uses special cosmetics made from dirt she found in a cave to appear black - it´s better for the political situation. Modern cosmetics are just the descendants of the old RICE flour and CAVE DIRT (´cause it´s darker) used in the past. 923 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 迷メイまよ.う astray, be perplexed, in doubt, lost, err, illusion 迷惑(めいわく): trouble; bother; annoyance 迷う(まよう): (1) to lose one's way (2) to waver; to hesitate; to be of two minds over; to be puzzled; to be perplexed (3) to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself (4) to turn in one's grave 迷子(まいご): lost child; stray child; missing child 迷信(めいしん): superstition 3 5 942 米: rice; USA; metre 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 9 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic astray The road that the USA is heading down is, well… let´s just say that they´re astray… If you go astray, just follow the rice you dropped along the road to find your way back. 924 grade5 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq751-1000 粋スイいき chic, style, purity, essence, pith, cream, elite, choice 純粋(じゅんすい): pure; true; genuine; unmixed 粋(いき): (1) chic; stylish; refined; sophisticated; smart (2) understanding; sympathetic (3) the best 1 S 1768 米: rice; USA; metre 卆: soldier; private; die 10 米 119 6 こめ・こめへん粹形声 Phonetic chic In extremely chic restaurants, you have to pay 90 bucks for a bowl of rice. Americans think that tattoos with Chinese characters are chic, but nine out of ten times they end up with something trivial tattooed on their arm, like rice. 925 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 糧リョウ、ロウかて provisions, food, bread 食糧(しょくりょう): food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply 1 S 1354 米: rice; USA; metre 量: quantity; measure; weight; amount; consider; estimate; surmise 18 米 119 6 こめ・こめへん (none) 形声 Phonetic provisions “Imagine Japanese army provisions like obentou boxes, always containing the same quantity of rice. (thanks darg_sama, emphasizing quantity and the nuance of food ”“rations”“, ”“food supply”“: the kanji also appears in ”“military provisions”“ and ”“army rice”“).” All Japanese provisions contain a certain quantity of rice… they eat it with just about every meal! 926 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 菊キク chrysanthemum 1 S 1287 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 米: rice; USA; metre 11 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum flower consists of many tiny petals, just like many rice grains bound up together. [+astgt] Chrysanthemum is a terrorist orginization whose sole objective is to tie up Condi Rice. One day, Condi Rice is standing outside when a group of chrysanthemum agents swoop in from the sides, bound her up with chrysanthemum rope, and dash off. They leave a lone yellow chrysanthemum flower on top of the bound Condi Rice as a sign to let her discoverers know who committed this brave and noble act. 927 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq1001-1500 奥オウおく、おく.まる、くまお, おお, おん, つ, のく heart, interior 奥(おく): interior; inner part; inside 奥さん(おくさん): wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam 2 S 1018 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13) 米: rice; USA; metre 大: large; big 12 大 37 3 だい・おおきい奧会意 Compound Ideographic core In the core of a nuclear reactor, scientists have discovered a way to get power from rice, by penting it in under high pressure. It´s very dangerous, so they´ve trained a st. bernard dog to run things, he´s adding more drops of rice as necessary. “奥さん　（おくさん) is a common way to say ”“wife”“. In the innermost core of the house, the bored pent up housewife drops her chores and consumes so much rice she becomes a very large housewife.” 928 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Directions kanjifreq1001-1500 数スウ、ス、サク、ソク、シュかず、かぞ.える、しばしば、せ.める、わずらわ.しいじゅ number, strength, fate, law, figures 数字(すうじ): numeral; figure; digit; numeric character 数(かず): number; amount 少数(しょうすう): minority; few 複数(ふくすう): several; plural; plurality; multiple 過半数(かはんすう): majority 回数(かいすう): number of times; frequency; count 数学(すうがく): mathematics; arithmetic 点数(てんすう): marks; points; score; runs; number of items; credits 無数(むすう): countless number; infinite number; innumerable 枚数(まいすう): (1) the number of flat things (2) win-loss difference which influences the ranking of sumo wrestlers 算数(さんすう): arithmetic 数える(かぞえる): to count; to enumerate 回数券(かいすうけん): book of tickets 多数決(たすうけつ): majority rule 手数(てすう): (1) trouble; bother (2) number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.) (3) number of punches (in boxing) 偶数(ぐうすう): even number 奇数(きすう): odd number 小数(しょうすう): fraction (part of); decimal fraction 整数(せいすう): integer; whole number 単数(たんすう): singular number 分数(ぶんすう): fraction 数(すう): (1) several; a number of (2) number; numeral; figure (3) destiny; fate (4) law 御数(おかず): (1) accompaniment for rice dishes; side dish (2) food for thought (esp. in the context of conversation, or material for assisting arousal during masturbation) 数詞(すうし): numeral 3 2 148 米: rice; USA; metre 女: woman; female 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) 13 攴 66 4 ぼくにょう・ぼくづくり・とまた・のぶん・しぶん數会意 Compound Ideographic number “Young taskmaster is learning numbers by watching women haul sacks of rice past him. ”“One… two… four! No, wrong! Go back, go back!”“.” Women toil in the rice fields carrying heavy sacks of rice to be numbered and counted by the taskmaster. 929 grade2 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq1-250 楼ロウたかどの watchtower, lookout, high building 1 S 2173 木: tree; wood 婁: frequently; tie 13 木 75 4 き・きへん樓形声 Phonetic watchtower “The young taskmaster (see number (#929)) uses a tree as a watchtower to get a better view of his rice-carrying women. ”“I can seeeee you! One! Two! Three!”“.” On the top of the woodmade watchtower we look for our enemies, who will come to steal our rice and our women. 930 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq2001-2500 類ルイたぐ.い sort, kind, variety, class, genus 人類(じんるい): mankind; humanity 種類(しゅるい): (1) variety; kind; type; category (2) counter for different sorts of things 書類(しょるい): documents; official papers 親類(しんるい): relation; kin 衣類(いるい): clothes; clothing; garments 分類(ぶんるい): classification; categorization; sorting 類似(るいじ): (1) resemblance; similarity; analogous; quasi (2) to resemble; to be similar; to be alike 類推(るいすい): (1) analogy (2) analogical reasoning 類(るい): kind; sort; class; family; genus 類い(たぐい): (1) kind; sort; type (2) equal; match; peer 3 4 678 米: rice; USA; metre 大: large; big 頁: page; leaf 18 頁 181 9 おおがい・いちのかい類会意 Compound Ideographic sort “Note this character means sort in the sense of what kind, I believe a better keyword would be ”“variety”“ and this character does appear in some dictionaries with the primary meaning as variety, my story: I´m in a Chinese restaurant and the waiter says ”“What sort of rice would you like with your dog head?”“.” “Condi Rice is the SORT of person that would give HEADaches to a BIG DOG…..This story has been edited because of people reporting it. I like it better without ”“aches”“, but whatever works for you!” 931 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 漆シツうるしうる lacquer, varnish 1 S 1971 水: water 桼: None 14 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic lacquer LACQUER is a type of WATERY type of liquid used to protect items made from TREES, sort of an UMBRELLA of protection. So protective, you can carry around RICE in the LACQUERED, WOODEN product. Water is falling from a tree onto the umbrella underneath which is protecting the rice underneath it. But it´s completely dry since the umbrella is lacquered. 932 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1501-2000 様ヨウ、ショウさま、さん Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix 有様(ありさま): state; condition; circumstances; the way things are or should be; truth 同様(どうよう): identical; equal to; same (kind); like; similarity 様子(ようす): (1) state; state of affairs; situation; circumstances (2) appearance; look; aspect (3) sign; indication 多様(たよう): diverse; varied 模様(もよう): (1) pattern; figure; design (2) state; condition (3) conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems (4) model; pattern; example (5) (after a noun) indicates that that noun seems likely (e.g. rain or storm) 様相(ようそう): aspect 様々(さまざま): varied; various 様式(ようしき): style; form; pattern 神様(かみさま): God 一様(いちよう): uniformity; evenness; similarity; equality; impartiality; homogeneity 王様(おうさま): king 仕様(しよう): (1) way; method; means; resource; remedy (2) (technical) specification 殿様(とのさま): feudal lord お蔭様で(おかげさまで): (I'm fine) thank you; under the gods' shadow 左様なら(さようなら): good-bye 様(さま): (1) Mr, Mrs or Ms (2) used (gen. in fixed expressions) to make words more polite (3) manner; kind; appearance 逆様(さかさま): inversion; upside down 様(よう): (1) (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb) appearing …; looking … (2) (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb) way to …; method of …ing (3) (usu. after a noun) form; style; design (4) (usu. after a noun) like; similar to (5) thing (thought or spoken) お待ち遠様(おまちどおさま): I'm sorry to have kept you waiting ご馳走様でした(ごちそうさまでした): That was a delicious meal (said after meals); What a wonderful meal 仕様が無い(しようがない): it can't be helped; it is inevitable; nothing can be done 3 3 493 木: tree; wood 羊: sheep 水: water 14 木 75 4 き・きへん樣形声 Phonetic Esq. Here we have the requirements to be counted among the ranks of the noble Esq. You must posses a forested estate, herds of sheep, and granary full of grains of rice. This is -Sama, a generic high term of respect for someone in an unusual profession. If you met a person that created a wooden sheep that was squeezing a single grain of rice out of its ass, you´d definitely call that person -sama. Because that is impressive. 933 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 求キュウ、グもと.める request, want, wish for, require, demand 要求(ようきゅう): demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire 請求(せいきゅう): claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service) 求める(もとめる): (1) to want; to wish for (2) to request; to demand (3) to seek; to search for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job) (4) to purchase; to buy 3 4 220 水: water 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 7 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 象形 Pictographic request “Enemy: ”“Any final requests?”“ MacGyver: ”“Just an arrowhead and some grains of rice.”“ (MacGyver then throws the grains of rice at the enemy and uses the arrowhead to cut his hands free from the rope.).” Robin Hood holds his rich victim at arrowpoint and kindly requests that he hands over his grains of rice. 934 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 球キュウたまく ball, sphere 地球(ちきゅう): the earth; the globe 球(きゅう): (1) sphere (2) counter for balls (in baseball) 電球(でんきゅう): light bulb 眼球(がんきゅう): eyeball 球根(きゅうこん): (plant) bulb 3 3 302 玉: jewel; ball 求: request; want; wish for; require; demand 11 玉 96 5 たま・たまへん・おう・おうへん・あうさま (none) 形声 Phonetic ball Someone files a request to see the family jewels and, to their surprise, you show them your balls! The KING REQUESTS your presence at the ball … game. 935 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq251-500 救キュウすく.う salvation, save, help, rescue, reclaim 救援(きゅうえん): relief; rescue; reinforcement 救済(きゅうさい): relief; aid; rescue; salvation; help 救助(きゅうじょ): relief; aid; rescue 救い(すくい): help; aid; relief; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace; providence 救う(すくう): to rescue from; to help out of; to save 2 4 799 求: request; want; wish for; require; demand 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) 11 攴 66 4 ぼくにょう・ぼくづくり・とまた・のぶん・しぶん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic salvation Like in the biblical sense, someone looks skyward and makes a request for salvation from this horrible taskmaster… For salvation you have to request forgiveness from God (the ultimate taskmaster). 936 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 竹チクたけたか bamboo 竹(たけ): (1) bamboo (2) middle (of a three-tier ranking system) 2 1 593 竹: bamboo, bamboo radical (no. 118) 6 竹 118 6 たけ・たけかんむり (none) 象形 Pictographic bamboo Pandas like to eat bamboo. I´m using panda as the primitive name when it fits the story. ^__^. Two reclining victims impaled on bamboo spheres… 937 grade1 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq501-750 笑ショウわら.う、え.むえみ laugh 笑い(わらい): (1) laugh; laughter (2) smile (3) sneer 笑顔(えがお): smiling face; smile 微笑(びしょう): smile 笑う(わらう): (1) to laugh (2) to smile (3) to sneer; to ridicule 可笑しい(おかしい): (1) funny; amusing; comical; laughable; ridiculous (2) strange; odd; funny; peculiar; weird; unusual; eccentric (3) improper; unsuitable; unbecoming (4) suspicious 微笑む(ほほえむ): to smile あざ笑う(あざわらう): to sneer at; to ridicule 3 4 913 竹: bamboo 夭: early death; calamity 10 竹 118 6 たけ・たけかんむり (none) 象形 Pictographic laugh When the people tried to build a tower of bamboo to reach the heavens, the gods just laughed and laughed. That Panda is in bamboo heaven! Just look at him laugh! 938 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq751-1000 笠リュウかさ bamboo hat, one's influence 0 S+ 1499 竹: bamboo 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect (none) bamboo hat The bamboo vase was beautifully crafted, but the tourist didn´t know what it was and wore it as a little bamboo hat. The bamboo part is easy. Just remember that this kanji refers to those particular bamboo hats that are worn primarily by Buddhist monks, who always seem to stand outside of train stations, collecting alms. 939 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1001-1500 ShouldSuspend 笹さささささ, さき, しの, じね bamboo grass 1 S+ 1743 竹: bamboo 世: generation; world; society; public (none) bamboo grass The bamboo generation smokes bamboo grass. ““One of the most attractive aspects of bamboo is that it is a renewable resource; it takes less than a year for a stalk to reach maturity, compared to the decades for most trees, whether needle or broadleaf.” – Mnemonic : ”“bamboo grass is the next bamboo generation”“.” 940 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 筋キンすじ muscle, sinew, tendon, fiber, plot, plan, descent 筋(すじ): (1) muscle; tendon; sinew (2) vein; artery (3) fiber; fibre; string (4) line; stripe; streak (5) reason; logic (6) plot; storyline (7) lineage; descent (8) school (e.g. of scholarship or arts) (9) aptitude; talent (10) source (of information, etc.); circle; channel (11) well-informed person (in a transaction) (12) logical move (in go, shogi, etc.) (13) ninth vertical line (shogi) (14) seam on a helmet (15) gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.) (16) social position; status (17) on (a river, road, etc.); along (18) counter for long thin things (19) (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency) 筋肉(きんにく): muscle; sinew 大筋(おおすじ): outline; summary 一筋(ひとすじ): (1) one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light) (2) a single bloodline (3) earnest; resolute; intent; devoted (4) ordinary; common 粗筋(あらすじ): outline; summary 1 6 744 竹: bamboo 肋: rib 12 竹 118 6 たけ・たけかんむり (none) 象形 Pictographic muscle Muscle is part of the body that gives strength, and can be both supple and tense like the bamboo. Lifting BAMBOO STICKS is an old way for your BODY to put on lots of MUSCLE. 941 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_General kanjifreq501-750 箱ソウはこ box, chest, case, bin, railway car 箱(はこ): (1) box (2) car (of a train, etc.) (3) shamisen case; shamisen (4) man who carries a geisha's shamisen (5) receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces) 3 3 1357 竹: bamboo 相: inter-; mutual; together; each other; minister of state; councillor; aspect; phase; physiognomy 15 竹 118 6 たけ・たけかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic box The best kind of BOX is made from BAMBOO sticks that are INTER-laced to make it air tight. Just picture such a box and you´ve mastered this kanji. I think of a box made of inter-locking of bamboo strips. 942 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1001-1500 筆ヒツふでくし writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting 執筆(しっぴつ): writing (e.g. as a profession) 筆(ふで): writing brush 筆者(ひっしゃ): writer (often in self-reference); author 鉛筆(えんぴつ): pencil 随筆(ずいひつ): essays; miscellaneous writings; literary jottings 筆記(ひっき): (taking) notes; copying 万年筆(まんねんひつ): fountain pen 2 3 1132 竹: bamboo 聿: brush; finally; self; relate; follow; here; fast; writing brush radical (no. 129) 12 竹 118 6 たけ・たけかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic writing brush Bamboo is the best material from which to make a brush if you want it to be a writing brush. Bamboo would make an excellent writing brush as the ink could flow through the hollow center like an ink pen… 943 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq1001-1500 筒トウつつ cylinder, pipe, tube, gun barrel, sleeve 封筒(ふうとう): envelope 筒(つつ): (1) pipe; tube; cylinder (2) gun barrel (3) gun 水筒(すいとう): canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos 2 S 1631 竹: bamboo 同: same; agree; equal 12 竹 118 6 たけ・たけかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic cylinder Seriously, all BAMBOO sticks look the SAME, just long CYLINDERS. Should the story be more complicated? Fully-grown bamboo consists of a number of cylinder-like sections, all exactly the same. 944 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1501-2000 等トウひと.しい、など、-らと, ひ etc., and so forth, class (1st), quality, equal, similar 高等(こうとう): high class; high grade 平等(びょうどう): equality; impartiality; evenness 対等(たいとう): (1) equality (esp. of status, on equal terms); equivalence (2) equivalent; equal 高等学校(こうとうがっこう): senior high school 同等(どうとう): equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence 等々(とうとう): and so on; at last; finally; after all 等分(とうぶん): division into equal parts 等しい(ひとしい): equal; similar; like; equivalent 上等(じょうとう): (1) superiority; first-class; very good (2) (that's) just fine!; bring it on! 等(など): (1) et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth (2) (indicating an approximate quote or vague suggestion) or something (3) (lessening the significance or value of the previous word) the likes of 等級(とうきゅう): (1) grade; class (2) (astronomical) magnitude これ等(これら): these 等(とう): (1) class; order; rank (2) et cetera (etc.); and the like (3) equal 等(ら): (1) pluralizing suffix (often humble, derogatory or familiar); and others; et alios; and the like; and followers (2) or so (rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.) (3) (after the stem of an adjective) nominalizing suffix 3 3 798 竹: bamboo 寺: Buddhist temple 12 竹 118 6 たけ・たけかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic etc. The Bamboo Buddhist Temple has bamboo buddhas, bamboo buildings, bamboo benches, bamboo beds, bamboo bowls, etc. etc. etc. “So what´d you see in Japan? - ”“Bamboo, temples…etc.”“.” 945 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 算サンそろ calculate, divining, number, abacus, probability 予算(よさん): estimate; budget 決算(けっさん): balance sheet; settlement of accounts; reporting (of accounts) 計算(けいさん): (1) calculation; reckoning; count (2) forecast 採算(さいさん): profit 換算(かんさん): conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical) 算数(さんすう): arithmetic 精算(せいさん): exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment 足し算(たしざん): addition 引き算(ひきざん): subtraction 掛け算(かけざん): multiplication 算盤(そろばん): abacus 割り算(わりざん): division 暗算(あんざん): mental arithmetic 2 2 361 竹: bamboo 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 廾: twenty; 20; twenty or letter H radical (no. 55) 14 竹 118 6 たけ・たけかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic calculate Before the time of digital calculators, people used old school calculators made of bamboo (abacus). It´s not as easy as a calculator, but you don´t need any batteries either. All you need are your eyes and your two hands. Tip : you may see this as an Abacus, which is used to calculate. This particular ancient chinese Abacus has eyeballs in place of beads, and its frame is made of bamboo. You´d be amazed at how fast people can calculate with this, especially if they can use both hands at once to move the … eyeballs. 946 grade2 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Counting_Handling.amounts kanjifreq251-500 答トウこた.える、こた.えどう solution, answer 答(こたえ): response; reply; answer; solution 回答(かいとう): reply; answer 解答(かいとう): answer; solution 答案(とうあん): examination paper; examination script 返答(へんとう): reply 問答(もんどう): questions and answers; dialogue 答える(こたえる): to answer; to reply 4 2 486 竹: bamboo 合: fit; suit; join; 0.1 12 竹 118 6 たけ・たけかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic solution The solution to this puzzle is, like the match stick game, to make the bamboo pieces fit together. For the frustrated housewife the solution came in form of a BAMBOO stick that FITS her well. 947 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq251-500 策サク scheme, plan, policy, step, means 政策(せいさく): political measures; policy 対策(たいさく): counter-plan; counter-measure 策(さく): plan; policy 方策(ほうさく): plan; policy 1 6 209 竹: bamboo 朿: thorn 12 竹 118 6 たけ・たけかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic scheme (Elaboration of jameserb´s story:) A clever scheme from Wile E Coyote – he ties one of those rubber belts to some trees and uses it to launch a bamboo spear at the roadrunner… The temples in kyoto belt bamboo around trees in a scheme to protect them from the huge number of tourists. (true story)———–対策　　たいさく　　measure, countermeasure. 948 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1-250 簿ボ register, record book 名簿(めいぼ): register of names; list of names; roll; register 1 S 1358 竹: bamboo 溥: far and wide 19 竹 118 6 たけ・たけかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic register Note : the keyword is not a verb, think of a record book. This acupuncturist who uses bamboo in place of flowers to dilute water into his patients (see frame 227), managed somehow to appear on the register of acupuncturists. Chances are, he won´t stay on the register for long. My image is close to that of gorgon´s story. This doctor dilutes (see 227) his patients with bamboo stalks rather than the flowers of a standard diluting acupuncturist hence he needs to be on the Bamboo Accumpunturist Diltuers (BAD) register. Pumping that much water into a body can be dangerous; see the huge bamboo stems with gallons of water sloshing in and out of the patient. 949 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 築チクきず.くつい, つき, つく, づき fabricate, build, construct 建築(けんちく): construction; architecture (of buildings) 新築(しんちく): new building; new construction 築く(きずく): to build; to pile up; to amass 2 5 821 筑: an ancient musical instrument 木: tree; wood 16 竹 118 6 たけ・たけかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic fabricate Bamboo crafting is a mediocre substitute for wood when you are building or fabricating a house. While it may look good and might attract a chick (ちく) or two, the kids´ll (きず) just tear it to pieces as its not sturdy enough. A bamboo fabrication is a mediocre substitute for wood. 950 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 人ジン、ニンひと、-り、-とじ, と, ね, ひこ, ふみ person 一人(ひとり): (1) one person (2) alone; unmarried; solitary 万人(ばんじん): (1) all people; everybody (2) ten thousand people 外国人(がいこくじん): foreigner 個人(こじん): individual; private person; personal; private 人間(にんげん): (1) human being; man; person (2) character (of a person) 人気(にんき): popularity; popular feeling; business conditions 人口(じんこう): (1) population (2) common talk 二人(ふたり): two persons; two people; pair; couple 新人(しんじん): (1) new face; newcomer (2) modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards) 人事(じんじ): personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR 人生(じんせい): (human) life (i.e. conception to death) 人物(じんぶつ): character; personality; person; man; personage; talented man 人民(じんみん): people; public 夫人(ふじん): (1) wife; Mrs; madam (2) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.) (3) consort of the emperor 本人(ほんにん): the person himself 友人(ゆうじん): friend 老人(ろうじん): the aged; old person 殺人(さつじん): murder 大人(おとな): adult 人材(じんざい): man of talent; capable person; talented person 人類(じんるい): mankind; humanity 知人(ちじん): friend; acquaintance 婦人(ふじん): woman; lady; adult female 名人(めいじん): master; expert 人形(にんぎょう): doll; puppet; figure 人工(じんこう): artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality 人種(じんしゅ): race (of people) 犯人(はんにん): offender; criminal 他人(たにん): (1) another person; other people; others (2) unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood) (3) outsider; stranger 詩人(しじん): poet 人質(ひとじち): hostage; prisoner 成人(せいじん): (1) adult (2) to grow up; to mature (3) to come of age 恋人(こいびと): lover; sweetheart 役人(やくにん): government official 職人(しょくにん): worker; mechanic; artisan; craftsman 人柄(ひとがら): personality; character; personal appearance; gentility 素人(しろうと): (1) amateur; novice; layman (2) non-celebrity; member of the general public (3) unlicensed prostitute 人格(じんかく): personality; character; individuality 人体(じんたい): human body 美人(びじん): beautiful person (woman) 産婦人科(さんふじんか): maternity and gynaecology department (gynecology); department of obstetrics and gynaecology (gynecology) 人情(にんじょう): (1) humanity; empathy; kindness; sympathy (2) human nature; common sense; customs and manners 商人(しょうにん): trader; shopkeeper; merchant 人目(ひとめ): public gaze; public notice 当人(とうにん): the one concerned; the said person 仲人(なこうど): (1) go-between; matchmaker (2) child in elementary or middle school 人影(ひとかげ): (1) figure(s) of a person (persons) (2) shadow of a person 証人(しょうにん): witness 主人公(しゅじんこう): (1) protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story) (2) head of household 故人(こじん): the deceased; old friend 人ごみ(ひとごみ): crowd of people 人通り(ひとどおり): pedestrian traffic 人命(じんめい): (human) life 玄人(くろうと): (1) expert (professional) in a given trade or profession (2) woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine 使用人(しようにん): employee; servant 人文科学(じんぶんかがく): social sciences; humanities 人造(じんぞう): man-made; synthetic; artificial 一人一人(ひとりひとり): one by one; each; one at a time ご主人(ごしゅじん): your husband; her husband 人(じん): (1) -ian (e.g. Italian, etc.) (attaches to name of country to denote nationality); -er (e.g. performer, etc.) (attaches to name of occupation) (2) (usu. in compound words) man; person; people 大人しい(おとなしい): obedient; docile; quiet 人(ひと): (1) man; person (2) human being; mankind; people (3) human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species (4) character; personality (5) man of talent; true man (6) another person; other people; others (7) adult 人差し指(ひとさしゆび): index finger 人(にん): (1) counter for people (2) (usu. in compound words) person 一人子(ひとりご): child; only child 女の人(おんなのひと): woman 人気(ひとけ): sign of life 男の人(おとこのひと): man 5 1 5 人: human, human radical (no. 9) 2 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 象形 Pictographic person “Behold Mister T (of ”“A-Team”“ fame)! I chose Mr.T because he´s sure to make amusing stories. He is a very versatile character since he´s both the big, tough guy and the “moralistic” person, telling kids not “to do drugs or alcohol”. He is easy to imagine, the heavy gold chains are probably the most prominent feature of the character. And last but not least you can always pepper your story with the famous line “I pity da foo!” * Fittingly, on the left side of the kanji, it looks like a “T”.” [I appreciate some people´s occasional habit of using P for person in shared stories. That makes it easier to substitute Mr. T, Captain Picard, or whomever else a student is using as person.]. 951 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_People_General kanjifreq1-250 佐サすけ assistant, help 1 S 474 人: person 左: left 7 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic assistant “Mr T´s assistant is on his left. Why? Because Mr T has this bad habit of suddenly extending his right arm (what with all the boxing that he did), and his assistant got inadvertently punched in the face more than once (ouch). So now his assistant is always to his left side, much safer - ”“Stay on my left, foo!”“.” “On your right is your ”“right-hand man”“ that you credit for all your success….on the left…… is your assistant who does all the grunt work and gets no credit for anything…” 952 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq251-500 但タンただ.したじ however, but 但し(ただし): but; however; provided that 1 S 2404 人: person 旦: daybreak; dawn; morning 7 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic however However drunk Mr T is when he comes back to his place, he always get up at nightbreak. “I pity da foo who gets up after nightbreak !”, says Mr. T. MR.T leads a busy life, however he always makes sure to be in bed by NIGHTBREAK, however much he might want to stay up watching A-Team re-runs. 953 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 住ジュウ、ヂュウ、チュウす.む、す.まう、-ず.まいし, じゅ, すみ dwell, reside, live, inhabit 住まい(すまい): dwelling; house; residence; address 住宅(じゅうたく): residence; housing; residential building 住民(じゅうみん): citizens; inhabitants; residents; population 住所(じゅうしょ): address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile 居住(きょじゅう): residence 移住(いじゅう): migration; immigration 住(じゅう): dwelling; living 衣食住(いしょくじゅう): necessities of life (food, clothing & shelter) 住む(すむ): to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide 4 3 270 人: person 主: lord; chief; master; main thing; principal 7 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic dwell When Mr T shows people round his dwelling he takes a big candlestick (with a candle in it!) so that the light shows off his collection of bling bling jewellery. Mister T dwells in a big brass candlestick, the flame of which serves as a beacon for the boats in the nearby harbour. Sometimes in the morning, Mister T has to clear the wax that has landed and solidified in front of the door. 954 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq251-500 位イくらい、ぐらいぞき rank, grade, throne, crown, about, some 単位(たんい): (1) unit; denomination (2) credit (in school) 地位(ちい): (social) position; status 位置(いち): place; situation; position; location 上位(じょうい): (1) superior (in rank); top; ranking (2) higher order (e.g. byte) (3) host computer (of connected device) 優位(ゆうい): predominance; ascendancy; superiority 位(くらい): (1) throne; crown; (nobleman's) seat (2) government position; court rank (3) social standing; rank; class; echelon; rung (4) grade (of quality, etc.); level; tier; rank (5) digit (e.g. the tens, the hundreds, etc.); place (6) degree; extent; amount 位(い): (1) rank; place (e.g. first place) (2) decimal place (3) counter for ghosts 3 4 276 人: person 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 7 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic rank Mr T ranks first position in the stand-up competition (doing knee flexions). Just picture him doing hundreds of these while the rest of the participants are already completely exhausted after a mere hundred. Rank A person´s standing. 955 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 仲チュウなかちゅん, つづき, なかつ go-between, relationship 仲間(なかま): company; fellow; colleague; associate; comrade; mate; group; circle of friends; partner 仲(なか): relation; relationship 仲人(なこうど): (1) go-between; matchmaker (2) child in elementary or middle school 仲良し(なかよし): intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum 仲直り(なかなおり): reconciliation; make peace with 2 4 919 人: person 中: in; inside; middle; mean; center 6 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic go-between When negotiating a hostage situation, Mr. T acted as the go-between, or person in the middle, for law enforcement and the terrorist. Go-between The person in the middle. 956 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq751-1000 体タイ、テイからだ、かたちなり body, substance, object, reality, counter for images “身体(しんたい): (1) body (2) health 全体(ぜんたい): whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter) 体制(たいせい): order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation 団体(だんたい): organization; organisation; association 体験(たいけん): personal experience 体育(たいいく): physical education; gymnastics; athletics 一体(いったい): (1) …the heck (e.g. ”“what the heck?”“); …in the world (e.g. ”“why in the world?”“); …on earth (e.g. ”“who on earth?”“) (2) one object; one body; unity (3) one form; one style (4) one Buddhist image (or carving, etc.) (5) generally; in general 主体(しゅたい): (1) main constituent; core; nucleus (2) subject (philosophical); protagonist 体重(たいじゅう): body weight (usu. one's own) 体力(たいりょく): physical strength 本体(ほんたい): (1) substance; real form (2) body (of a machine) (3) object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.) (4) noumenon 死体(したい): dead body; corpse; cadaver 体系(たいけい): system; organization; organisation; architecture 体操(たいそう): gymnastics; physical exercises; calisthenics 立体(りったい): (1) solid body; three-dimensional object (2) multi-storey car park 人体(じんたい): human body 液体(えきたい): liquid; fluid 肉体(にくたい): the body; the flesh 大体(だいたい): general; substantially; outline; main point; approximately; about 体温(たいおん): temperature; body temperature (human, animal) 天体(てんたい): heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object 正体(しょうたい): (1) natural shape; one's true colors; one's true colours; true character; identity; true identity (2) consciousness; one's senses 物体(ぶったい): body; object 体格(たいかく): physique; constitution 固体(こたい): solid (body); solid matter; solid-state 文体(ぶんたい): literary style 体裁(ていさい): (1) (outward) appearance (2) (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; style (3) appearances; decency; show; display (4) lip-service; insincere words; glib talk 具体(ぐたい): concrete; tangible; material 気体(きたい): vapour; vapor; gas 個体(こたい): individual (living being) 体積(たいせき): capacity; volume 体付き(からだつき): body build; figure 勿体ない(もったいない): (1) impious; profane; sacrilegious (2) too good; more than one deserves; unworthy of (3) wasteful 字体(じたい): type; font; lettering 体(てい): appearance; air; condition; state; form” 4 2 88 人: person 本: book; present; main; origin; true; real; counter for long cylindrical things 7 骨 188 10 ほね・ほねへん體形声 Phonetic body Mister T works out his body (body-building), using two piles of books (i.e. an exercise that can be done at home with two chairs, similar to push-ups but working mostly the shoulders, trapezius and triceps). Mr. T works out his body then rips a book apart to test is body. His favorite to destroy is Dianetics. 957 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Body_General Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq1-250 悠ユウゆ permanence, distant, long time, leisure 悠々(ゆうゆう): quiet; calm; leisurely; easy 1 S 1921 攸: relaxed; at ease; place 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 11 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic remote Mr. T ventured out into a remote area to visit with his wise, old taskmaster who must use a walking stick to get around and originally gave Mr. T the heart to fight crime for the good of the community. Yoda, the Jedi with the walking stick who was a hard taskmaster for Luke but who had a big heart, was permanently exiled on the remote planet Dagobah. 958 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 件ケンくだん affair, case, matter, item 事件(じけん): event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal 条件(じょうけん): condition; conditions; term; terms; requirement; requirements 件(けん): (1) matter; case; item (2) counter for cases, matters, etc. 用件(ようけん): business; thing to be done; something that should be perfomed; information that should be conveyed 件(くだん): (1) the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the above-mentioned; the aforesaid (2) the usual 3 5 212 人: person 牛: cow 6 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic affair “Note: this kanji refers to event or case. Current Affair headline: Mr. T has affair with cow. ”“It´s only animal ´man´ enough for me”“.” “I´m having a hard time keep straight just which animal Mr. T is having an affair with. chamcham´s story made me realize that Mr. T is not having an ”“affair”“, he´s having an ”“heifair.”“ Get it?” 959 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 仕シ、ジつか.える attend, doing, official, serve 仕事(しごと): (1) work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task (2) work 仕組み(しくみ): (1) structure; construction; arrangement; contrivance (2) plan; plot; contrivance 仕方(しかた): way; method; means; resource; course 奉仕(ほうし): attendance; service; ministry; church work 仕上げ(しあげ): end; finishing touches; being finished 仕掛け(しかけ): device; contrivance; trick; mechanism; gadget; (small) scale; half finished; commencement; set up; challenge; attack 仕様(しよう): (1) way; method; means; resource; remedy (2) (technical) specification 仕上がり(しあがり): finish; end; completion 仕入れる(しいれる): to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn something that might be useful later 仕掛ける(しかける): to commence; to lay (mines); to set (traps); to wage (war); to challenge 仕方がない(しかたがない): it can't be helped; it's inevitable; it's no use; can't stand it; being impatient; being annoyed 仕上げる(しあげる): to finish up; to complete 仕立てる(したてる): to tailor; to make; to prepare; to train; to send (a messenger) 仕舞う(しまう): to finish; to close; to do something completely; to put away; to put an end to 仕切る(しきる): (1) to partition; to divide; to mark off; to itemize (2) to direct; to take control; to manage; to take responsibility (3) to settle accounts (4) to toe the mark 仕える(つかえる): to serve; to work for; to attend 給仕(きゅうじ): (1) waiting on a table; serving (at dinner) (2) waiter; waitress; waitperson; server; cabin boy; bellboy; page; pageboy (3) office boy; office girl 仕上がる(しあがる): to be finished; to be completed; to be done 仕様が無い(しようがない): it can't be helped; it is inevitable; nothing can be done 仕来たり(しきたり): custom; conventional practice; conventional practise; mores; ordinance 仕舞い(しまい): (1) end; close; finish; termination (2) noh dance in plain clothes 4 3 439 人: person 士: gentleman; samurai; samurai radical (no. 33) 5 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic attend Back in the day, a person who stands beside a samurai is usually attending to them or working for them. “[+fuaburisu] Mr T attends to Tom Cruise in the Last Samurai, who is doing hara-kiri. Imagine Tom Cruise outside in the final scene, stabbing his knife into his stomach, while Mr T looks patiently on. ”“I pity da foo….no, really.”“.” 960 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq251-500 他タほか other, another, the others 他人(たにん): (1) another person; other people; others (2) unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood) (3) outsider; stranger 他方(たほう): (1) one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party (2) on the other hand その他(そのほか): etc.; otherwise; besides; in addition; the rest; the others; and so forth 他(た): other (esp. people and abstract matters) 他動詞(たどうし): transitive verb (direct obj.) 3 3 543 人: person 也: to be (classical) 5 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic other Old latin saying: homo hominis scorpio (people are scorpions to other people). It´s one or the other: fight Mr. T, or be thrown into the scorpion pit. 961 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 伏フクふ.せる、ふ.すふし, ふせ prostrated, bend down, bow, cover, lay (pipes) 降伏(こうふく): capitulation; surrender; submission 起伏(きふく): (1) undulation (2) ups and downs; highs and lows 1 S 1604 人: person 犬: dog 6 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic prostrated Don´t need a silly story for this one: prostration is when a person puts themselves in a low position like a dog, as an extreme gesture of humility. “Mr T has beaten up the chihuahua, who lies prostrated in front of him. ”“Now,”“ Mr T says, ”“I quiero some Taco Bell!”“.” 962 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 伝デン、テンつた.わる、つた.える、つた.う、つだ.う、-づた.い、つてつたえ transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition 伝統(でんとう): tradition; convention 宣伝(せんでん): publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda 伝説(でんせつ): tradition; legend; folklore 手伝い(てつだい): (1) helper; assistant (2) help 伝達(でんたつ): transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay; propagation; conduction 伝言(でんごん): verbal message; word 伝わる(つたわる): to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along 伝記(でんき): biography; life story 伝染(でんせん): contagion; infection 手伝う(てつだう): to help; to assist; to take part in お手伝いさん(おてつだいさん): maid 伝える(つたえる): to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach; to bequeath 伝来(でんらい): ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down 言伝(ことづて): (oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor 伝言(つてこと): (1) verbal message; word (2) rumour; rumor 3 4 416 人: person 云: say 6 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね傳会意 Compound Ideographic transmit “Mister T transmits a message with rising clouds (smoke) signals, to a nearby American Indian tribe. The smoke signals spell : ”“I p-i-t-y y-o-u f-o-o !”“.” Hanging one-handed under Cloud City, the Jedi-in-training Luke, uses the force to transmit his distress to Leia. 963 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq251-500 仏ブツ、フツほとけ Buddha, the dead, France 仏像(ぶつぞう): statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image 仏(ほとけ): (1) Buddha; merciful person; Buddhist image (2) the dead 仏(ふつ): France 2 5 819 人: person 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) 4 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね佛形声 Phonetic Buddha “Mr. T says, ”“I ain´t afraid o´ no foo! I´ll give anyone an elbow to the face, I don´t care if it´s Buddha himself!”“.” Buddha is a person who always seems to have his elbows bent. 964 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Religion.Creed kanjifreq751-1000 休キュウやす.む、やす.まる、やす.める rest, day off, retire, sleep 夏休み(なつやすみ): summer vacation; summer holiday 休み(やすみ): (1) rest; recess; respite (2) vacation; holiday; absence; suspension (3) dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting) 休暇(きゅうか): holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work) 休業(きゅうぎょう): closed (e.g. store); business suspended; shutdown; holiday 連休(れんきゅう): consecutive holidays 休憩(きゅうけい): rest; break; recess; intermission 休養(きゅうよう): rest; break; recreation 昼休み(ひるやすみ): lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period 休む(やすむ): (1) to be absent; to take a day off (2) to rest; to have a break (3) to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep; to turn in; to retire (4) to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time; to suspend business 休息(きゅうそく): rest; relief; relaxation 休戦(きゅうせん): truce; armistice 休学(きゅうがく): temporary absence from school; suspension 定休日(ていきゅうび): regular holiday; fixed day off; regular closing day 休講(きゅうこう): lecture cancellation; cancelling (lecture, class, etc.) お休みなさい(おやすみなさい): good night 一休み(ひとやすみ): rest 休める(やすめる): to rest; to suspend; to give relief お休み(おやすみ): (1) holiday; day off; absence (2) sleep; rest (3) Good night 産休(さんきゅう): maternity leave 5 1 642 人: person 木: tree; wood 6 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic rest Mr T resting by a tree. Chuck norris rests againsts the tree, but wait, no… the tree rests and stands against him. 965 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness kanjifreq501-750 仮カ、ケかり、かり- sham, temporary, interim, assumed (name), informal 仮に(かりに): temporarily; provisionally; for example; for argument's sake 片仮名(カタカナ): katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords 仮定(かてい): assumption; supposition; hypothesis 平仮名(ひらがな): hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.) 仮令(たとえ): even if; if; though; although 仮名遣い(かなづかい): kana orthography; syllabary spelling 振り仮名(ふりがな): furigana (kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation) 送り仮名(おくりがな): kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word (may inflect); declensional kana ending 仮名(かな): kana; Japanese syllabary (e.g. hiragana, katakana) 2 5 1039 人: person 反: anti- 6 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね假形声 Phonetic provisional “Mr. T was offered a job in the Iraq Provisional Authority, but he turned it down, because he´s anti-war. ”“I pity da fool thinks this sand pit worth invadin´ when our schools be in such sad shape!”“.” “Mr. T is anti anything provisional. ”“I pity da foo´ who´s so indecisive that he can´t make nothin´ permanent”“.” 966 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 伯ハクいき, えき, か, き, は, ひろ chief, count, earl, uncle, Brazil 伯父さん(おじさん): (1) uncle (2) old man; mister (vocative) (3) manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus) 伯母さん(おばさん): aunt 1 S 1741 人: person 白: white 7 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic chief If Mr T was white I am sure he would have been commander in chief of the USA, he just the sort of clown Americans love to vote for. (NB: I tried with the indian chief motif but kept adding feathers by mistake). Mr T was originally supposed to be the chief of the A-Team, but then the producers realized that America didn´t want to see a Black guy as the chief of a prime-time TV show. So here, we see Mr T doing a bunch of cocaine, and then spreading it all over his face to look white, and trying out for the part of Hannibal. The directors were so impressed that they let him stunt double for Hannibal in a few episodes. OR, Mr T chiefin´ on some crack cocaine. You make the call. 967 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Family Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq1501-2000 俗ゾク vulgar, customs, manners, worldliness, mundane things 風俗(ふうぞく): (1) manners; customs (2) sex service; sex industry 民俗(みんぞく): folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs 1 S 1610 人: person 谷: valley 9 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic vulgar “Mr. T says, ”“Don´t be like them valley girls, always speaking vulgar language and acting all vulgar! They ain´t nothing but foos!”“.” Mr T meets the vulgar (common) people of the valley and participates in the vulgar customs (folkways). Looking at the vulgar (common) people, Mr T says - “I pity you foo!”. 968 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 信シンし, しが, しな, しの, しぶ, とき, のび, のぶ, まこと faith, truth, fidelity, trust 通信(つうしん): correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal 自信(じしん): self-confidence; confidence (in oneself) 信用(しんよう): confidence; dependence; credit; faith; reliance; belief; credence 信頼(しんらい): reliance; trust; faith; confidence 信号(しんごう): traffic lights; signal; semaphore 信仰(しんこう): (religious) faith; belief; creed 信者(しんじゃ): believer; adherent; devotee 確信(かくしん): conviction; belief; confidence 信任(しんにん): trust; confidence; credence 信ずる(しんずる): to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in 迷信(めいしん): superstition 信じる(しんじる): to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in 3 4 208 人: person 言: say 9 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic faith “Mr. T has faith in the Word of God. (Image: Mr. T kneeling and prayering in front of a bible. ”“Pity me, fool.”“).” Faith is believing that a person will be true to his word. 969 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq1-250 佳カけい, よし excellent, beautiful, good, pleasing, skilled 佳句(かく): beautiful passage of literature 1 S 1643 人: person 圭: square jewel; corner; angle; edge 8 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic excellent Mr T wants to go to an excellent school, so he enrolls in Harvard, an ivy-league school. “Bill and Ted are walking through medieval Europe when they see a humongous square jewel. ”“Excellent!”“ they both yell. But only after grabbing it do they realize it is chained to the neck of Mr. T, who grimaces angrily at them. ”“Bogus!”“ they cry, and totally run away.” 970 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 依イ、エよ.るよ, より reliant, depend on, consequently, therefore, due to 依然(いぜん): still; as yet; as it has been 依頼(いらい): (1) request; commission; dispatch; despatch (2) dependence; trust 依存(いぞん): dependence; dependent; reliance 依ると(よると): according to 2 S 906 人: person 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 8 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic reliant Mr T is reliant (depends on) on his garment (the gold chains). Mr. T. is so self-reliant he even makes his own garments. 971 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 例レイたと.える example, custom, usage, precedent 比例(ひれい): proportion 例えば(たとえば): for example; e.g. 例(れい): (1) custom; practice; habit; usual (2) said; aforementioned (3) instance; example; case; illustration; usage (4) precedent (5) annual 例外(れいがい): exception 前例(ぜんれい): precedent 実例(じつれい): example; illustration; precedent 慣例(かんれい): custom; precedent; of convention 例え(たとえ): (1) example (2) simile; metaphor; allegory; fable; parable 例える(たとえる): to compare; to liken; to speak figuratively; to illustrate; to use a simile 3 4 399 人: person 列: file; row; rank; tier; column 8 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic example Mr T shows the example to the kids, and stays in the file (at supermarket, …). “I pity da foo who does not follow my example !”. When Mr. T. wants to make an example out of a group of people, he lines them up all single file and knocks them all out with one punch! 972 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 個コ、カ individual, counter for articles and ilitary units 個人(こじん): individual; private person; personal; private 個性(こせい): individuality; personality; idiosyncrasy 個々(ここ): individual; one by one; separate 個別(こべつ): particular case; discrete; individual; separate 個体(こたい): individual (living being) 個(こ): (1) counter for articles (2) counter for military units (3) individual 2 5 451 人: person 固: harden; set; clot; curdle 10 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic individual “This keyword gave me trouble, I could write the kanji from memory but could not remember the keyword the other way around. In such case the dictionary definition can be helpful : ”“Middle English, single, indivisible”“. Here we have Mr. T. who is so hardened (all the body workout he´s had) that he became in-dividual, that is, in-divisible. ”“I pity da foo who can be divided into smaller units.”“.” “Mr. T insists that people be individual. He appears on television, saying, ”“Being an individual is hard! But you gotta do it! Harden yourself, and be individual!”“.” 973 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Counting_Counters kanjifreq251-500 健ケンすこ.やかかつ, たけ, たけし, たて, とし, やす, やすし healthy, health, strength, persistence 健康(けんこう): health; sound; wholesome 保健(ほけん): health preservation; hygiene; sanitation 健全(けんぜん): health; soundness; wholesome 健在(けんざい): in good health; well; going strong 健やか(すこやか): vigorous; healthy; sound 2 4 572 人: person 建: build 11 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic healthy “Mr. T in a public service announcement yells, ”“I´m healthy because every day I build a food pyramid, foo!”“.” “Mr.T, sir, how do you stay so healthy? I asked. ”“Simple, foo,”“ he answered, ”“you gotta build the body up by bodybuilding!”“.” 974 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness kanjifreq501-750 側ソクかわ、がわ、そば side, lean, oppose, regret 側(そば): (1) near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides; while (2) third person 側面(そくめん): side; flank; aspect; dimension; profile; sidelight; lateral 両側(りょうがわ): both sides 縁側(えんがわ): (1) veranda; porch; balcony; open corridor (2) bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish) 側(がわ): (1) side (of something, or taking someone's side); part (2) (watch) case 3 4 216 人: person 則: rule; follow; based on; model after 11 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic side Mr. T rulezzz! I am on his side! Chuck Norris´s rules are easy to live by, just be on his side. 975 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq1-250 侍ジ、シさむらい、はべ.るかみ waiter, samurai, wait upon, serve 侍(さむらい): (1) warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai (2) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer 1 S 1939 人: person 寺: Buddhist temple 8 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic waiter “Mr. T infiltrates the secret samurai Buddhist temple as a waiter with a tray of green tea. (Careful: attend (#960)).” Remember the kanji for wait, 待. Well, now we have a waiter, and he´s dropped a dish. See: 侍! 待 crash 侍. 976 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq1501-2000 停テイと.める、と.まる halt, stopping 停止(ていし): (1) suspension; interruption; stoppage; ban; standstill; halt; hang-up; deadlock; stalemate; abeyance (2) suspension of music, dance, etc. as a sign of mourning for a prominent person 調停(ちょうてい): arbitration; conciliation; mediation 停滞(ていたい): stagnation; tie-up; congestion; retention; accumulation; falling into arrears 停電(ていでん): power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply 停車(ていしゃ): stopping (e.g. train) 停留所(ていりゅうじょ): bus stop; tram stop; stop; station 2 4 733 人: person 亭: pavilion; restaurant; mansion; arbor; cottage; vaudeville; music hall; stage name 11 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic halt Halt fool - Mr T acting as a bouncer at the pavillion. “Mister T makes a halt at the African pavilion at the World´s Fair. He eats all the snacks on offer, and chats up the ladies - ”““I pity da foo who does not halt by your pavilion, it´s the best !”“.” 977 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 値チね、あたいじ price, cost, value 価値(かち): value; worth; merit 値段(ねだん): price; cost 値(あたい): (1) price; cost (2) value; worth; merit (3) value; count; number (4) variable (computer programming, programing) 値引き(ねびき): price reduction; discount 値打ち(ねうち): value; worth; price; dignity 値する(あたいする): to be worth; to deserve; to merit 3 6 518 人: person 直: straightaway; honesty; frankness; fix; repair 10 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic price Mr. T (person) tells the used car salesman to tell him the real price straight away, and when he doesn´t he throws him through the windshield. “Mr. T is shopping for new chains. He knows what he wants and money isn´t an issue. ”“Cut the jibba-jabba, tell me the price, straightaway!”“.” 978 grade6 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq501-750 倣ホウなら.う emulate, imitate 模倣(もほう): imitation; copying 倣う(ならう): to imitate; to follow; to emulate 1 S 2454 人: person 放: set free; release; fire; shoot; emit; banish; liberate 10 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic emulate Mr T downloads an emulator so that he can play his favorite game, Pokemon. He plays for a different reason, though - he hates to see them poor little foos in the ball so he spends his entire time setting them free. “The black slave who was set free (#496) decides to emulate Mr. T, his role model. He uses his compass to head to Cali to start anew.” 979 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 倒トウたお.れる、-だお.れ、たお.す、さかさま、さかさ、さかしま overthrow, fall, collapse, drop, break down 倒さ(さかさ): reverse; inversion; upside down 倒産(とうさん): (corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business 面倒(めんどう): trouble; difficulty; care; attention 倒れる(たおれる): (1) to fall; to collapse; to drop; to fall senseless (2) to be forced to bed (by illness, etc.) (3) to die (4) to go bankrupt; to be ruined; to have a bad debt (5) to be defeated (in a game) (6) to fall (of governments, dictators, etc.) 圧倒(あっとう): overwhelm; overpower; overwhelming 倒す(たおす): (1) to throw down; to bring down; to blow down; to fell; to knock down; to set (something) down on its side; to turn (something) on its side (2) to kill; to defeat; to beat (3) to overthrow; to trip up; to ruin (4) to leave unpaid; to cheat 面倒くさい(めんどうくさい): bother(some) to do; tiresome 3 S 791 人: person 到: arrival; proceed; reach; attain; result in 10 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic overthrow The A-Team are planning to overthrow the government. However, they can´t do a damn thing until Mr T arrives. In Return of the Jedi, after a climactic light sabre battle, Luke and Vader overthrow the emporer (literally throwing him over the balcony). 980 gradeS JLPT.N3 Kanji_Directions_Movement kanjifreq751-1000 偵テイ spy 1 S 1857 人: person 貞: upright; chastity; constancy; righteousness 11 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic spy “Mr. T is a terrible spy. He walks around upright. ”“Why should I hide?! I´ve got nothing to be ashamed of!”“.” NOTE: The second primitive is upright, not eminent. There is an error in the book. 981 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq1501-2000 僧ソウ Buddhist priest, monk 僧(そう): monk; priest 1 S 1724 人: person 曽: formerly; once; before; ever; never; ex- 13 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね僧形声 Phonetic Buddhist priest While a waiter at the Buddhist temple (see FRAME 976), Mr T increases in wisdom and becomes a Buddhist priest. “Mr. T and the artist formerly known as Prince, who by the way is a buddhist, want to form a new heavy metal band. Instead of ”“Judas Priest”“ they will be called ”“Buddhist Priest”“.” 982 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Religion.Creed kanjifreq1501-2000 億オクお hundred million, 108 億(おく): 10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million 2 4 716 人: person 意: idea; mind; heart; taste; thought; desire; care; liking 15 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic hundred million Mr. T has an clear idea of what he would do if he ever got hundred million dollar. (I guess it would be a enormous gold chain !). “Mr. T´s bright idea is to get a hundred million kids to vow not to use drugs. ”“C´mon, foo! Sign the paper!”“.” 983 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq501-750 儀ギのり, よし ceremony, rule, affair, case, a matter 儀式(ぎしき): ceremony; rite; ritual; service 礼儀(れいぎ): manners; courtesy; etiquette 行儀(ぎょうぎ): manners; behavior; behaviour お辞儀(おじぎ): bow; bowing 1 S 739 人: person 義: righteousness; justice; morality; honor; loyalty; meaning 15 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic ceremony Mr. T is the master of ceremonies because he is a righteous dude. Mr. T was briefly a rapper, that is an M.C., that is a master of CEREMONIES (the origin of the phrase). But he sang only RIGHTEOUS songs, no cursing or anything like that. (all true: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_rBidCkJxo ). 984 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 償ショウつぐな.う reparation, make up for, recompense, redeem 賠償(ばいしょう): reparations; indemnity; compensation 補償(ほしょう): compensation; reparation 弁償(べんしょう): reimbursement; compensation; reparation; indemnity 1 S 854 人: person 賞: prize; reward; praise 17 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic reparation “Mr. T says, ”“This ain´t no prize, foo! This is reparations for slavery!”“.” “NOTE: do not confuse with compensation (#476)賠. However, 賠 is always used in conjunction 賠償… But 償 is used in various other compounds. Mr. T sold all his jewelry to give as reparations to slave families. The governent tried to honor his charity by giving him a prize, but it was a shitty outhouse filled with clams.” 985 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq751-1000 仙セン、セントそま, のり hermit, wizard, cent 1 S 1157 人: person 山: mountain 5 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic hermit A HERMIT is a PERSON who lives in the MOUNTAINS. “After living as an hermit (recluse) for a while in the mountains, Mister T becomes an immortal mountain fairy (”“fairy”“ is another meaning of this kanji).” 986 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq1001-1500 催サイもよう.す、もよお.す sponsor, hold (a meeting), give (a dinner) 開催(かいさい): holding a meeting; open an exhibition 主催(しゅさい): sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging 催し(もよおし): event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening; holding (a meeting) 催す(もよおす): (1) to hold (a meeting); to give (a dinner); to show signs of (2) to feel (sensation, emotion, etc.) 催促(さいそく): request; demand; claim; urge (action); press for 1 S 536 人: person 崔: cliff; bluff; precipice 13 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic sponsor “And now a word from our sponsor. We see Mr. T, doing a sort of George Foreman thing, grilling Mountain Turkeys. ”“I pity da foo who don´t have a Mr. T grill!”“.” Mister T sponsors a meeting in the mountains (he´s an hermit), talking over a megaphone “I pity da foo who does not come to my event !”. The old turkey comes, and Mister T catches it and cooks it for dinner, muahaha. 987 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 仁ジン、ニ、ニンきみ, く, さと, しのぶ, じ, と, のり, ひと, ひとし, ひろ, まさ, まさし, やす, よし humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel 1 6 1332 人: person 二: two; two radical (no.2) 4 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic humanity The beginning of humanity required at least TWO people. Mr. T and Mrs. T! Mr. T shows his humanity by giving two bucks to every homeless person he sees. 988 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 侮ブあなど.る、あなず.る scorn, despise, make light of, contempt 侮辱(ぶじょく): insult; contempt; slight 1 S 2004 人: person 毎: every 8 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね侮形声 Phonetic scorn Mr. T has scorn for every fool. People full of scorn tend to hate every person (including themselves). 989 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 使シつか.う、つか.い、-つか.い、-づか.い use 使う(つかう): (1) to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use (2) to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate (3) to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume (4) to use (language); to speak (5) to take (one's lunch); to circulate (bad money) 使用(しよう): use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation 大使(たいし): ambassador 大使館(たいしかん): embassy 使命(しめい): mission; errand; message 使い(つかい): (1) errand; mission; going as envoy (2) messenger; bearer; errand boy; errand girl (3) familiar spirit (4) use; usage; user; trainer; tamer; charmer 使い道(つかいみち): a use; purpose to which something is put 使用人(しようにん): employee; servant お使い(おつかい): (1) errand; mission; going as envoy (2) messenger; bearer; errand boy; errand girl (3) familiar spirit 4 3 219 人: person 吏: officer; an official 8 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic use Of course Mr. T will tell a police officer if he catches someone using drugs, foo! Mr. T uses the officer as a punching bag. 990 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq1-250 便ベン、ビンたよ.り convenience 郵便(ゆうびん): mail; postal service 便利(べんり): convenient; handy; useful 郵便局(ゆうびんきょく): post office 便宜(べんぎ): convenience; accommodation; advantage; expedience 便り(たより): (1) news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter (2) news from … 不便(ふべん): inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness 便(びん): (1) flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); service (2) mail; post; letter (3) opportunity; chance 便所(べんじょ): toilet; lavatory; rest room; latrine; comfort station 船便(ふなびん): surface mail (ship) 小便(しょうべん): urine; piss; pee 便箋(びんせん): writing paper; stationery 大便(だいべん): feces; excrement; shit 不便(ふびん): pity; compassion 4 4 729 人: person 更: grow late; night watch; sit up late; of course; renew; renovate; again; more and more; further 9 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic convenience Mr. T loves the convenience of the new konbini. Not only does it stay open even if it grows late, they have brand new toilets, and a Post Office! Mr. T takes a dump on the floor of a convenience store. Well, it was growing late and he couldn´t wait. He pities the fool who will have to clean it up! 991 grade4 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Body_Function kanjifreq501-750 倍バイべ, ます double, twice, times, fold 倍(ばい): (1) twice; double (2) times; -fold 倍率(ばいりつ): (1) magnification; leverage; amplification; scaling factor; scale factor (2) acceptance rate; pass rate (of an exam, etc.) 2 3 714 人: person 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 口: mouth 10 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic double Mr. T keeps his double muzzled … he wants all the glory. Mr T, like many holywood stars, has a butt double who is used only for scenes where T´s buttocks are exposed (he has issues with bearing his behind). The butt double has no speaking parts - he is muzzled. Of course T himself isn´t he´s rambling on about pity and foo. 992 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Counting_Handling.amounts kanjifreq501-750 優ユウ、ウやさ.しい、すぐ.れる、まさ.るゆ, よし tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness 優勝(ゆうしょう): overall victory; championship 俳優(はいゆう): actor; actress; player; performer 優先(ゆうせん): preference; priority; precedence 女優(じょゆう): actress 優秀(ゆうしゅう): superiority; excellence 優勢(ゆうせい): superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance 優しい(やさしい): tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable; suave 優位(ゆうい): predominance; ascendancy; superiority 優美(ゆうび): grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness 優れる(すぐれる): to surpass; to outstrip; to excel 優越(ゆうえつ): supremacy; predominance; being superior to 優(やさ): gentle; affectionate 優(ゆう): (1) gentle (2) elegant; classy (3) superior; skilled (4) excellent (in marking, grading, etc.) (5) actor 3 6 334 人: person 憂: melancholy; grieve; lament; be anxious; sad; unhappy 17 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic tenderness “The A-Team is on a mission to help Hamlet. With uncharacteristic tenderness, Mr. T consoles the melancholy Hamlet. ”“No, I really DO pity the poor foo. There, there little guy…take my hanky”“. (Careful: benevolence (#885).” Someone can´t be melancholy for long if just one person treats them with a little tenderness. 993 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 伐バツ、ハツ、カ、ボチき.る、そむ.く、う.つ fell, strike, attack, punish 1 S 1816 人: person 戈: halberd; arms; festival car; float; tasselled spear radical (no. 62) 6 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic fell “At a fiesta, Mr. T tries to knock down a large pinata, but in his overly enthusiastic swings to get ”“the sucka,”“ he actually FELLS the tree the piñata is hanging from, crushing some party goers. “I pity da fools who got crushed by my FELLED tree!”.” Mr T at the fiesta fell over blind drunk. 994 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq1501-2000 宿シュクやど、やど.る、やど.すすく, ぶすき, やけ inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling 宿泊(しゅくはく): lodging 宿(やど): (1) lodging; inn; hotel (2) house; home; dwelling (3) home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.) 宿題(しゅくだい): homework 宿命(しゅくめい): fate; destiny; predestination 下宿(げしゅく): boarding; lodging; boarding house 民宿(みんしゅく): private home providing lodging for travelers (travellers) 3 3 701 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 佰: 100; hundred; leader of 100 men; east-west path between paddies 11 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic inn The Toyoko Inn can house 100 people or 1 Mr. T. The inn is like a big house that can addomodate a hundred persons. Only this time, there´s just Mister T and he´s booked all the rooms! 995 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq501-750 傷ショウきず、いた.む、いた.める wound, hurt, injure, impair, pain, injury, cut, gash, scar, weak point 傷(きず): (1) wound; injury; cut; gash; bruise; scratch; scrape; scar (2) chip; crack; scratch; nick (3) flaw; defect; weakness; weak point (4) stain (on one's reputation); disgrace; dishonor; dishonour (5) (emotional) hurt; hurt feelings 負傷(ふしょう): injury; wound 中傷(ちゅうしょう): slander; libel; defamation 傷む(いたむ): (1) to hurt; to feel a pain (2) to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food) 傷つく(きずつく): (1) to be wounded; to get injured (2) to get hurt feelings (3) to chip; to scratch; to damage 傷付ける(きずつける): (1) to wound; to injure (2) to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.) (3) to damage; to chip; to scratch 火傷(やけど): burn; scald 傷める(いためる): to damage; to impair; to spoil 1 6 845 人: person 昜: open; sun 13 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic wound If someone doesn't have a fat piggy bank to cover their medical costs and happen to get wounded somewhere, they'll be reclining there forever. Mr. T gets wounded by reclining on his piggy bank. 996 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness kanjifreq751-1000 保ホ、ホウたも.つう, お, ぶ, もり, やす, やすし protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain, support 保障(ほしょう): guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty 保護(ほご): care; protection; shelter; safeguard; guardianship; favor; favour; patronage 確保(かくほ): guarantee; maintain; ensure; insure; secure; reservation 保険(ほけん): insurance; guarantee 保守(ほしゅ): maintenance; conservation 保健(ほけん): health preservation; hygiene; sanitation 保存(ほぞん): preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk); maintenance 保管(ほかん): charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage 保つ(たもつ): to keep; to preserve; to hold; to retain; to maintain; to support; to sustain; to last; to endure; to keep well (food); to wear well; to be durable 保温(ほおん): retaining warmth; keeping heat in; heat insulation 保育(ほいく): nursing; nurturing; rearing; lactation; suckling 保養(ほよう): health preservation; recuperation; recreation 保母(ほぼ): day-care worker in a kindergarten, nursery school, etc. 2 5 146 人: person 呆: be amazed; disgusted; shocked 9 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic protect “Mr. T opens his mouth from the top of the tree saying ”“I pitty da foo who don´t protect the trees!”“.” “Tip: Heisig later combines mouth and tree into 呆 dumbfounded (#2181). Story: Your person (Mr. T. or whoever) is dumbfounded when told to protect the bad guys rather than fight them.” 997 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1-250 褒ホウほ.める praise, extol 褒める(ほめる): to praise; to admire; to speak well 褒美(ほうび): reward; prize 1 S 2073 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 保: protect; guarantee; keep; preserve; sustain; support 15 衣 145 6 ころも・ころもへん襃形声 Phonetic praise Mr. T is praised for his protecting of the trees by being given a top hat and scarf which he wears over his mohawk and chains, respectively. “An old lady puts a top hat and scarf on her poodle and praises him for how cute he is. The dog thinks, ”“Someone protect me from this psycho!”“…” 998 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 傑ケツすぐ.れるすぐ, たけ, まさ greatness, excellence 傑作(けっさく): (1) masterpiece; best work (2) amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner 1 S 1926 人: person 桀: measuring box 13 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic greatness My wise person says greatness does not come from wearing shades (sunglasses) but from planting trees to shade everyone. “Mr T stands in front of you, his greatness radiating out from him so brightly. You need to put on your sunglasses and hide behind a tree to even talk to the guy. ”“Recognise, foo!”“.” 999 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq1501-2000 付フつ.ける、-つ.ける、-づ.ける、つ.け、つ.け-、-つ.け、-づ.け、-づけ、つ.く、-づ.く、つ.き、-つ.き、-つき、-づ.き、-づきつけ adhere, attach, refer to, append 日付け(ひづけ): date; dating 見付かる(みつかる): to be found; to be discovered 付近(ふきん): (1) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; environs (2) approaching 交付(こうふ): delivering; handing over; furnishing (e.g. with copies); issuance; issuing 付き合い(つきあい): association; socializing; socialising; fellowship 受付(うけつけ): (1) reception (desk); information desk (2) receipt; acceptance 追い付く(おいつく): to overtake; to catch up (with) 見付ける(みつける): (1) to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to come across; to detect; to spot (2) to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to find fault (3) to be used to seeing; to be familiar with 付録(ふろく): appendix; supplement; annex 付き(つき): (1) furnished with; including (2) attached to (3) impression; appearance (4) luck (5) sociality (6) under; assistant (e.g. to a manager) (7) soup base 名付ける(なづける): to name (someone) 気付く(きづく): to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize; to realise 顔付き(かおつき): (outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression 傷付ける(きずつける): (1) to wound; to injure (2) to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.) (3) to damage; to chip; to scratch 受け付ける(うけつける): to be accepted; to receive (an application) 付ける(つける): (1) to attach; to join; to add; to append; to affix; to stick; to glue; to fasten; to sew on; to apply (ointment) (2) to furnish (a house with) (3) to wear; to put on (4) to keep a diary; to make an entry (5) to appraise; to set (a price) (6) to bring alongside (7) to place (under guard or doctor) (8) to follow; to shadow (9) to load; to give (courage to) (10) to keep (an eye on) (11) to establish (relations or understanding) (12) to turn on (light) 片付ける(かたづける): (1) to tidy up; to put in order; to straighten up; to put away (2) to settle (problem); to clear (dispute) (3) to finish; to bring something to an end (4) to marry off (e.g. a daughter) (5) to do away with someone; to bump someone off 思い付く(おもいつく): to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to be struck with an idea 付け加える(つけくわえる): to add one thing to another 片付く(かたづく): (1) to be put in order; to be put to rights (2) to be disposed of; to be solved (3) to be finished (4) to be married (off) 目付き(めつき): look; expression of the eyes; eyes 付き合う(つきあう): (1) to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go steady with; to get on with (2) to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone; to compromise くっ付く(くっつく): (1) to adhere to; to stick to; to cling to (2) to keep close to; to go along with (3) to get involved with; to be thick with; to become intimate くっ付ける(くっつける): to attach 打付ける(ぶつける): to knock; to run into; to nail on; to strike hard; to hit and attack; to try (an idea) on someone 体付き(からだつき): body build; figure 備え付ける(そなえつける): to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install 気を付ける(きをつける): to be careful; to pay attention; to take care 言付ける(ことづける): to send word; to send a message やっ付ける(やっつける): to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off 片付け(かたづけ): tidying up; finishing 据え付ける(すえつける): to install; to equip; to mount 間誤付く(まごつく): to be confused; to be flustered; to be at a loss 言い付ける(いいつける): (1) to tell (to do); to order; to charge; to direct (2) to tell on (someone); to report (3) to often say 取り付ける(とりつける): (1) to furnish; to install (2) to get someone's agreement (3) to patronize; to buy usually from the same store 付く(つく): (1) to be attached; to be connected with; to adhere; to stick; to cling (2) to remain imprinted; to scar; to stain; to dye (3) to bear (fruit, interest, etc.) (4) to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.) (5) to take root (6) to accompany; to attend; to follow; to study with (7) to side with; to belong to (8) to possess; to haunt (9) to be lit; to be lighted (10) to be settled; to be resolved; to be decided (11) to be given (of a name, price, etc.) (12) to be sensed; to be perceived (13) to be lucky (14) (after -masu stems, onomatopoeic and mimetic words) to become (a state, condition, etc.) 言付け(ことづけ): (verbal) message 付(づけ): dated (e.g. a letter); date of effect (e.g. a rule change) 3 4 322 人: person 寸: measurement; foot/10 5 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic adhere 賀 TO EVERYONE WHO MADE IT TO 千 kanji!! Remember, after this, you´ll be 読ing japanese novels, the news, and the internet like a native. 吉 to ALL of you in your amazing japanese 往. :). If a PERSON ADHERES to something, they stick to it like GLUE. 1000 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 符フ token, sign, mark, tally, charm 切符(きっぷ): ticket 符号(ふごう): sign; mark; symbol; code 2 S 1798 竹: bamboo 付: adhere; attach; refer to; append 11 竹 118 6 たけ・たけかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic token I dropped my token down the drain, so I used a piece of bamboo with chewing gum on the end to retrieve it. At the arcade, Mr. T adheres a bamboo rod to his token so that he can put it in the machine and pull it out repeatedly. 1001 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1501-2000 府フい, う, お, はん borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse 政府(せいふ): government; administration 2 4 170 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 付: adhere; attach; refer to; append 8 广 53 3 まだれ (none) 形声 Phonetic municipality “A municipality, like any type of government, adheres to having caves for offices (see government office (#591)).” Even if a municipality is in a cave, you have to adhere to its policies. 1002 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1-250 任ニンまか.せる、まか.すさ, とう, ひで responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint 責任(せきにん): (1) duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff) (2) liability; onus 就任(しゅうにん): inauguration; assumption of office 主任(しゅにん): person in charge; responsible official; senior staff 任務(にんむ): duty; function; office; mission; task 赴任(ふにん): moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment 任命(にんめい): appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation 信任(しんにん): trust; confidence; credence 任す(まかす): to entrust; to leave to a person 任せる(まかせる): (1) to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to (2) to passively leave to someone else's facilities (3) to leave to take its natural course (4) to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim) (5) to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done 転任(てんにん): change of post 3 5 217 人: person 壬: 9th calendar sign 6 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic responsibility It is always Mr. T´s responsibility to be the porter and carry around everyone´s luggage because he´s so strong. “In pregnancy (#507), the woman was the porter for the first nine months. Now, as a new father, Mr.T is assuming all the RESPONSIBILITIES that comes with it. Can´t you just see him here as the new porter, wearing a harness with a his little dude (who already has a little matching mohawk)?” 1003 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 賃チンすけ fare, fee, hire, rent, wages, charge 賃金(ちんぎん): (1) wages (2) cash payment of rent 運賃(うんちん): (1) fare (2) freight rates; shipping expenses 家賃(やちん): rent 2 6 961 任: responsibility; duty; term; entrust to; appoint 貝: shellfish 13 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 形声 Phonetic fare It´s your own responsibility to pay the bus fare with the correct number of shells/money. “In Japan they have automatic ticket gates so you cant easily cheat on your train fare. In England however the ticket gates are fairly open. It is a different kind of system. In England you are given the RESPONSIBILITY to put in the right amount of MONEY, but if you are caught cheating, the fines are stiff and you feel like a real CHINCHIN. ”“un.CHIN”“.” 1004 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq751-1000 代ダイ、タイか.わる、かわ.る、かわ.り、か.わり、-がわ.り、-が.わり、か.える、よ、しろす substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, generation, charge, rate, fee 代わり(かわり): (1) substitute; replacement; substituting; replacing (2) stand-in; proxy; alternate; deputy; relief; successor (3) compensation; exchange; return (4) second helping; another cup; seconds (5) upcoming program; upcoming programme 代(よ): world; society; age; generation 時代(じだい): (1) period; epoch; era; age (2) the times; those days (3) oldness; ancientness; antiquity (4) antique; period piece 代表(だいひょう): representative; representation; delegation; type; example; model 現代(げんだい): nowadays; modern era; modern times; present-day 世代(せだい): generation; the world; the age 近代(きんだい): present day; modern times 代理(だいり): representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney; substitute; alternate; acting (principal, etc.) 代金(だいきん): price; payment; cost; charge; the money; the bill 古代(こだい): ancient times 年代(ねんだい): age; era; period; date 代名詞(だいめいし): (1) pronoun (2) synonym; classic example; pattern; byword; representative 代用(だいよう): substitution 代わる(かわる): (1) to succeed; to relieve; to replace (2) to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent (3) to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switch 代弁(だいべん): pay by proxy; act for another; speak for another 先代(せんだい): family predecessor; previous age; previous generation 代わる代わる(かわるがわる): alternately; by turns お代わり(おかわり): (1) second helping; another cup; seconds (2) command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand 代(しろ): (1) substitution (2) material (3) price (4) margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something (5) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; ~19.83 m.sq.) 代(だい): (1) charge; cost; price (2) generation; age; reign (3) (geological) era (4) (after someone's name or title) a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone) (5) used after a phone number to indicate that it is a switchboard number (6) counter for decades of ages, eras, etc. (7) counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.) (8) proxy application company 4 3 66 人: person 弋: piling; ceremony radical (no. 56) 5 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic substitute “Mister T substitutes an arrow for a toothpick – The keyword meaning is to replace something with something else, to act for another, to represent. It´s best to stick to the first meaning, because the last two are very close to ”“mediator”“ which will come in frame 1761. The idea here is that the arrow is not a toothpick, neither it is changed into one, but it can substitute for one.” Mr. T shot the substitute teacher with an arrow. 1005 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 袋タイ、ダイふくろてい, ない, ぶく sack, bag, pouch 袋(ふくろ): (1) bag; sack; pouch (2) skin of an orange (and other like fruits) (3) dead end (4) plot of land surrounded by water 手袋(てぶくろ): glove; mitten; mitt お袋(おふくろ): one's mother 足袋(たび): tabi; Japanese socks (with split toe) 2 S 1125 代: substitute; change; convert; replace; period; age; counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.; generation; charge; rate; fee 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 11 衣 145 6 ころも・ころもへん (none) 形声 Phonetic sack A sack is an easy substitute for a garment. “A worker who was recently sacked from his job, is wearing a sack of potatoes as a substitute garment (naked otherwise), in some kind of protest. The kanji is close to frame 1547 ”“bag”“, and although the later really refers to a ”“straw sack”“, I use the image of a sack of potatoes here, and that of a ”“plastic bag”“ for frame 1547. The keywords would have been better swapped in my opinion, but the relevancy is not so important at this point (see notes of Lesson 31 in the book).” 1006 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1001-1500 貸タイか.す、か.し-、かし- lend 貸し出し(かしだし): lending; loaning 貸し(かし): loan; lending 貸す(かす): (1) to lend; to loan (2) to rent out; to hire out 貸家(かしや): house for rent 貸間(かしま): room to let; room for rent 4 5 995 代: substitute; change; convert; replace; period; age; counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.; generation; charge; rate; fee 貝: shellfish 12 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 形声 Phonetic lend In order for the bank to lend you money, you need to put up some sort of collateral as a substitute for the money. The poor substitute teacher asks the class to lend him some money for the bus fare home. 1007 grade5 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq751-1000 化カ、ケば.ける、ば.かす、ふ.ける、け.する change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization 強化(きょうか): strengthen; intensify; reinforce; solidify; enhancement 文化(ぶんか): (1) culture; civilization; civilisation (2) Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22) 変化(へんか): (1) change; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; transformation; transfiguration; metamorphosis (2) variety; diversity (3) inflection; declension; conjugation (4) sidestepping (sumo) 悪化(あっか): (suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption 化学(かがく): (1) chemistry (2) chemical company (e.g. Acme Chemical Co.) 酸化(さんか): oxidation 化粧(けしょう): make-up; makeup; cosmetics 化石(かせき): fossil; petrifaction; fossilization; fossilisation 文化財(ぶんかざい): cultural assets; cultural property 消化(しょうか): (1) digestion (2) thorough understanding (3) selling accumulated (excess) products; dealing with a large amount of work (4) losing one's form and turning into something else 進化(しんか): evolution; progress 化ける(ばける): (1) to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to turn oneself into; to transform oneself into (2) to disguise oneself as (3) to change radically; to metamorphose (4) to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.) 化合(かごう): chemical combination 化繊(かせん): synthetic fibres (fibers) 誤魔化す(ごまかす): (1) to deceive; to falsify; to misrepresent; to cheat; to swindle; to tamper; to juggle; to manipulate (2) to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties) (3) to varnish over; to gloss over 退化(たいか): degeneration; retrogression 化(か): action of making something; -ification 3 3 89 人: person 匕: spoon; spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21) 4 匕 21 2 さじ・さじのひ・さじづくり・ひ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic change “Referring to a scene in the movie ”“The Matrix”“ where a girl bends a spoon with the power of her mind alone, I imagine Mister T who changes a spoon into something else (maybe the waiter forgot to bring knives or forks). Note: as a primitive, it can help to use the image of ”“spare change”“, this can help you keep it distinct from other similar kanji such as ”“shape”“ or ”“turn into”“.” Mr. T reaches into his wallet for some spare change but it has all changed into spoons. 1008 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 花カ、ケはなわ flower 花(はな): (1) flower; blossom; bloom; petal (2) blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); cherry blossom (3) ikebana (4) Japanese playing cards (5) beauty (6) (the) best 花火(はなび): fireworks 花見(はなみ): cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing 花嫁(はなよめ): bride 火花(ひばな): spark 花弁(はなびら): (flower) petal 生花(いけばな): (1) flower arrangement (2) fresh flowers 花粉(かふん): pollen 花壇(かだん): flower bed 花瓶(かびん): (flower) vase 5 1 578 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 化: change; take the form of; influence; enchant; delude; -ization 7 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic flower The flowers change with the seasons. The flower is the essence of transience. So, the conceptual flower involves both the concept of flower plus change. 1009 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq501-750 貨カたから freight, goods, property 通貨(つうか): currency 貨物(かもつ): (1) cargo; freight (2) money or assets 外貨(がいか): (1) foreign currency; foreign money; foreign exchange (2) foreign goods; imported goods 硬貨(こうか): (1) coin (2) hard currency 貨幣(かへい): money; currency; coinage 雑貨(ざっか): miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries 銅貨(どうか): copper coin 2 4 822 化: change; take the form of; influence; enchant; delude; -ization 貝: shellfish 11 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 形声 Phonetic freight “Freight is the shells (money) paid to change the location of something big. Don´t confuse with the similar 賃 fare (#1004).” This is a freight train that runs on spare change. Imagine getting on the freight train with a bunch of spare change. You put in some change and it starts up…goes for a few minutes, then starts to slow down. You look at the slot..there´s actually a slot for spare change and one for regular shells. Your call, but it seems to prefer spare change over shells. 1010 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq751-1000 傾ケイかたむ.く、かたむ.ける、かたぶ.く、かた.げる、かし.げる lean, incline, tilt, trend, wane, sink, ruin, bias 傾向(けいこう): tendency; trend; inclination 傾斜(けいしゃ): inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip 傾ける(かたむける): (1) to incline; to lean; to tip; to tilt; to slant; to bend; to list (2) to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to pour one's energy into (3) to ruin; to squander; to empty (4) to drink (alcohol) 傾く(かたむく): (1) to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to heel over; to be disposed to; to trend toward; to be prone to (2) to go down (sun); to wane; to sink; to decline 傾らか(なだらか): gently-sloping; gentle; easy 2 S 938 人: person 頃: time; about; toward 13 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic lean Mr. T gave a girl some change to lean over and give him head. Leaning over changes the position of the head… 1011 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 何カなに、なん、なに-、なん- あが what “何(なん): (1) what (2) how many (some counter) (3) euph. for genitals or sex 何か(なにか): something 何とか(なんとか): (1) something; something or other; so-and-so (2) somehow; anyhow; one way or another 何より(なにより): most; best; above all 何でも(なんでも): (1) any; whatever one likes; by all means; anything; everything (2) I am told; I understand; they say; I hear 何と(なんと): what; how; whatever 何とも(なんとも): (1) quite; really; very; extremely (2) nothing; not a bit; not at all 何で(なんで): (1) why?; what for? (2) how?; by what means? 何だか(なんだか): (a) little; somewhat; somehow 何しろ(なにしろ): at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case 何故(なぜ): why; how 何卒(なにとぞ): (1) please; kindly; I beg of you; if it pleases you (2) by all means; without fail 何も(なにも): (1) nothing (with neg. verbs); not any (2) and everything else (with noun plus ”“mo”“); all 何の(どの): which; what (way) 何時(いつ): when; how soon 何て(なんて): (1) how ..!; what ..! (2) what (questioning) 何気ない(なにげない): casual; unconcerned; nonchalant 如何(どう): how; in what way; how about 何方(どちら): (1) which way; which direction; where (2) which one (esp. of two alternatives) (3) who 何分(なにぶん): (1) some; any; (a) little; of some kind; of some sort (2) please (3) anyway; anyhow; at any rate; after all 何処(どこ): (1) where; what place (2) how much (long, far); what extent 如何にも(いかにも): indeed; really; phrase indicating agreement 何れ(どれ): (1) which (of three or more) (2) whichever; any (3) well; now; let me see 何故なら(なぜなら): because 何だかんだ(なんだかんだ): something or other; one thing or another; this or that 何れ何れ(どれどれ): (1) which (emphatic) (2) let me see; well now 何時までも(いつまでも): forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what 何時も(いつも): (1) always; usually; every time (2) never (with neg. verb) 何処か(どこか): somewhere; anywhere; in some respects 何方(どなた): who? 如何して(どうして): why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for 如何しても(どうしても): by all means; at any cost; no matter what; after all; in the long run; cravingly; at any rate; surely 如何に(いかに): (1) how; in what way (2) however much; however (e.g. easy, rich, sad); whatever; how much (3) hey; oi 何時でも(いつでも): (at) any time; always; at all times; whenever 何となく(なんとなく): somehow or other; for some reason or another 何々(なになに): (1) such and such (when being vague, placeholder, etc.); this and that (2) What?; What is the matter?; What are the items? 何なり(なんなり): any; anything; whatever 何時か(いつか): sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course; in time” 5 2 340 人: person 可: can; passable; mustn't; should not; do not 7 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic what What can Mr T do? ´You mean: what can´t MR T do, you fool´. What can´t Mr. T not do? 1012 grade2 JLPT.N5 kanjifreq251-500 荷カにはす, り baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight 荷物(にもつ): (1) luggage; baggage (2) burden (3) payload (of a packet, cell, etc.) 荷(に): (1) load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods (2) burden; responsibility 荷作り(にづくり): packing; baling; crating 2 3 1230 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 何: what 10 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic baggage TSA guard: What´s in the baggage?! It´s just flowers, I swear! “Your girlfriend arrives at the airport. You give her flowers, but she brushes you off and says ”“here, carry my BAGGAGE.”“ Dumbfounded at her rudeness, you say, ”“what?”“.” 1013 grade3 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 俊シュンすぐる, とし sagacious, genius, excellence 1 S 1007 人: person 夋: None 9 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic sagacious The entire town wants to get rid of legal prostitutes, but the sagacious Mr T realizes that they are a benefit to the economy and society. So he lets the sa-geishas stay. (re: sweetneet) Since he is not very sagacious, Mr. T failed his driver´s license and now needs to resort to his walking legs to get around. 1014 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 傍ボウかたわ.ら、わき、おか-、はた、そばび bystander, side, besides, while, nearby, 3rd person 傍ら(かたわら): (1) side; edge; beside; besides; nearby (2) while (doing) 1 S 1660 人: person 旁: RHS of character; at same time 12 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic bystander In Japan, the emperor is a bystander - he stands on his crown but can´t really affect the direction of the country. (thx shimouma). Mr. T is in the street, standing up, wearing an golden crown and a compass in his hand… he´s asking the bystander if they know how to get to buckingham palace (!). 1015 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 久キュウ、クひさ.しいきゅ, わ long time, old story 久し振り(ひさしぶり): a long time (since the last time); it's been a while (since I last saw, mailed, etc., you) 永久(えいきゅう): (1) eternity; perpetuity; immortality (2) Eikyuu era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3) 久しい(ひさしい): long; long-continued; old (story) 2 5 688 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 3 丿 4 1 の・のかんむり・はらいぼう (none) 象形 Pictographic long time Note: this is the ひさ in ひさしぶり . Long time no see mummy! (A bound up person). “This is a picture of a person bowing ”“long time no see!”“.” 1016 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Color Kanji_Time kanjifreq501-750 畝ボウ、ホ、モ、ムせ、うね furrow, 30 tsubo, ridge, rib 1 S 2327 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 田: rice field; rice paddy 久: long time; old story 10 田 102 5 た・たへん (none) 形声 Phonetic furrow Using a TOP HAT to make FURROWS in the RICE FIELD takes a LONG TIME! A mummy tries to furrow his brow but realizes that he´s got no head - just a brain with a top-hat on it. So he furrows his brain. [trigger: furrow your brain]. 1017 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Counting_Units.of.Area kanjifreq2001-2500 囚シュウとら.われる captured, criminal, arrest, catch 1 S 2107 囗: box or enclosure radical (no. 31); box 人: person 5 囗 31 3 くに・くにがまえ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic captured A person pent in is obviously captured. Imagine a man put inside a wooden box, his evil capturers waiting for ransom money. Mr. T can´t be captured. This kanji is lying. 1018 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 内ナイ、ダイうちいと, ただ, ち, のち inside, within, between, among, house, home 内閣(ないかく): cabinet; (government) ministry 内容(ないよう): subject; contents; matter; substance; detail; import 以内(いない): within; inside of; less than 内部(ないぶ): interior; inside; internal 案内(あんない): (1) information; guidance; leading (2) to guide; to show (around); to conduct 内(うち): (1) inside; within (2) while (3) among; amongst; between (4) we (referring to one's in-group, i.e. company, etc.); our (5) my spouse (6) imperial palace grounds (7) emperor (8) I (primarily used by women and children); me 内科(ないか): (1) internal medicine, i.e. treatment by medical procedures rather than surgical procedures (2) department of internal medicine (hospital, etc.) 内陸(ないりく): inland 内心(ないしん): innermost thoughts; real intention; inmost heart; one's mind; in the heart 家内(かない): (1) (my) wife (2) inside the home; one's family 内訳(うちわけ): itemization (of expenses); the items; breakdown; classification 内線(ないせん): phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line 内蔵(ないぞう): internal (e.g. disk); built-in; equipped (with) 内乱(ないらん): civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict その内(そのうち): eventually; sooner or later; of the previously mentioned 内緒(ないしょ): (1) secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; secret (2) one's circumstances (esp. fiscal) (3) inner realization; personal enlightenment (4) kitchen 内(ない): inside; within 3 2 44 冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13) 人: person 4 入 11 2 いる・にゅう・いりがしら・いりやね (none) 象形 Pictographic inside Mr. T´s new belt is huge! When he´s inside it, his feet no longer touch the ground! How is a person ever supposed to get inside that girl when she´s wearing such a huge chastity belt? I guess that´s kinda the point, eh? 1019 grade2 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Directions kanjifreq1-250 丙ヘイひのえ third class, 3rd, 3rd calendar sign 1 S 一: one; one radical (no.1) 内: inside; within; between; among; house; home 5 一 1 1 いち (none) 象形 Pictographic third class In this third class flight, the seatbelts are so bad that with the slightest turbulence all the persons hit the ceiling. (it´s almost pictographic here!). But third class is so small Mr. T´s head hits the celing. 1020 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Counting 柄ヘイがら、え、つかから, ら design, pattern, build, nature, handle, crank, grip, knob, shaft 柄(がら): (1) pattern; design (2) body build; figure; physique (3) essential qualities; character; nature (4) appropriate to; fitting of; suitable for 人柄(ひとがら): personality; character; personal appearance; gentility 事柄(ことがら): matter; thing; affair; circumstance 小柄(こがら): (1) small build; small stature; petite (2) small pattern 間柄(あいだがら): relation(ship) 柄(え): (1) handle; grip (2) stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.) 大柄(おおがら): (1) large build (2) large pattern 1 S 1140 木: tree; wood 丙: third class; 3rd; 3rd calendar sign 9 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic design “This is a ”“design”“ as in a ”“pattern”“, not a verb as in ”“to design”“. The tree grain design was too expensive for the third class airline to use for the panelling. They just painted it.” Half Way!!!! 1021 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq1001-1500 肉ニクしし meat 肉(にく): (1) flesh (2) meat (3) the physical body (as opposed to the spirit) (4) thickness (5) ink pad 牛肉(ぎゅうにく): beef 筋肉(きんにく): muscle; sinew 肉親(にくしん): blood relationship; blood relative 肉体(にくたい): the body; the flesh 皮肉(ひにく): cynicism; sarcasm; irony; satire 豚肉(ぶたにく): pork 鶏肉(けいにく): chicken meat 4 2 986 肉: meat, meat radical (no. 130) 6 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 象形 Pictographic meat Here we are looking at an x-ray of a cannibal whose insides are full on people-meat. A person´s inside - fleshy, raw, pink, meat. 1022 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Body_General Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq751-1000 腐フくさ.る、-くさ.る、くさ.れる、くさ.れ、くさ.らす、くさ.す rot, decay, sour 腐敗(ふはい): decay; depravity 腐る(くさる): (1) to rot; to go bad; to decay; to spoil; to fester; to decompose; to turn sour (e.g. milk) (2) to corrode; to weather; to crumble (3) to become useless; to blunt; to weaken (from lack of practice) (4) to become depraved; to be degenerate; to be morally bankrupt; to be corrupt (5) to be depressed; to be dispirited; to feel discouraged; to feel down (6) indicates scorn or disdain for another's action (7) to lose a bet (8) to be drenched; to become sopping wet 1 S 1225 府: borough; urban prefecture; govt office; representative body; storehouse 肉: meat 14 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic rot The rotting meat adheres to the cave walls. Smaller municipalities are well known for filling their budgets with pork (meat). Thats why they are also well known for being rotten. 1023 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 座ザすわ.る squat, seat, cushion, gathering, sit 座席(ざせき): seat 座談会(ざだんかい): symposium; round-table discussion 座敷(ざしき): (1) tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room (2) dinner party in a tatami room 星座(せいざ): constellation 座る(すわる): (1) to sit; to squat (2) to assume (a position) (3) to hold steady; to hold still 座布団(ざぶとん): zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular) 御座います(ございます): to be; to exist 即座に(そくざに): immediately; right away; on the spot お目出度うご座います(おめでとうございます): congratulations 座標(ざひょう): coordinate; coordinates 3 6 588 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 坐: sit 10 广 53 3 まだれ (none) 形声 Phonetic sit CONGRATULATIONS YOU´RE HALFWAY THERE!!!! . Coal mine (cave); tea break time; the assembly line stops and everyone sit or squat on the dirt floor, in a long line, to rest. 1024 grade6 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Body_Movement kanjifreq501-750 卒ソツ、シュツそっ.する、お.える、お.わる、ついに、にわか graduate, soldier, private, die 卒業(そつぎょう): (1) graduation; completion (e.g. of a course) (2) outgrowing something; moving on 何卒(なにとぞ): (1) please; kindly; I beg of you; if it pleases you (2) by all means; without fail 2 4 772 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 从: two people 十: ten 8 十 24 2 じゅう・じゅうへん (none) 象形 Pictographic graduate Ph.D graduation for assembly line of doctors(needles) with the cap and tassel(top hat). It took them 10 years (Bachelor´s, Masters, PhD) to get there…. :-p. When you graduate, you wear a hat and graduate in an assembly line while your parents sit on pins and needles because it will take ten years to pay off those loans. 1025 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art kanjifreq751-1000 傘サンかさ umbrella 傘(かさ): umbrella; parasol 1 S 1694 人: person 从: two people 从: two people 十: ten 12 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 象形 Pictographic umbrella FOUR PERSONS can fit under this UMBRELLA if they are thin as a NEEDLE. There are two assembly lines at the umbrella factory. One is responsible for making the top of the umbrella, and the other for making the handle. The two lines cross at the end, where one man tries frantically to jam the sets of parts together. 1026 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1501-2000 匁もんめ, め 1 S+ 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 乂: mow; cut grass; subdue (none) monme “Dude! What happened to your arm! It´s all bound up! ”“Yeah man, it´s a bummer… with my arm like this I can only lift one monme!”“.” “Dude! What happened to your arm! It´s all bound up! ”“Yeah man, it´s a bummer… with my arm like this I can only lift one monme!”“ ”“You´ll never be able to use your dagger now!”“ (adapted from ergerg).” 1027 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 Kanji_Counting_Units.of.Weight ShouldSuspend 以イもっ.てもち by means of, because, in view of, compared with 以来(いらい): since; henceforth 以内(いない): within; inside of; less than 以前(いぜん): ago; since; before; previous 以下(いか): (1) not exceeding; and downward; … and below (2) below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level) (3) the below-mentioned; the following; the rest 以後(いご): (1) after this; from now on; hereafter (2) thereafter; since (verb) (after -te form of verb); after (time); since (then) 以上(いじょう): (1) not less than; … and more; … and upwards (2) beyond … (e.g. one's means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than … (e.g. cannot pay more than that) (3) above-mentioned; foregoing (4) since …; seeing that … (5) this is all; that is the end; the end 以降(いこう): on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since 以外(いがい): with the exception of; excepting 以て(もって): (1) with; by (2) by means of; because; in view of 4 4 126 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 人: person 5 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 象形 Pictographic by means of “A man earns his living by means of the plow. I imagine a sweating man dragging a bronze-age ”“ard”“ behind him as he plows his field himself, too poor to afford an ox.” Mr T now makes a living by means of a plow/hoe and the sweat he puts into it. 1028 grade4 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 似ジに.る、ひ.るにた becoming, resemble, counterfeit, imitate, suitable 類似(るいじ): (1) resemblance; similarity; analogous; quasi (2) to resemble; to be similar; to be alike 似通う(にかよう): to resemble closely 似合う(にあう): to suit; to match; to become; to be like 似る(にる): (1) to resemble; to look like; to take after (2) to be similar (in status, condition, etc.); to be close; to be alike; to be like 真似(まね): mimicry; imitation; behavior; behaviour; pretense; pretence 真似る(まねる): to mimic; to imitate 3 5 923 人: person 以: by means of; because; in view of; compared with 7 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic similar Mr. T finds that living by means of dragging a plow is similar to slavery. A Mr T impersonator is becoming similarer (more like) by means of plastic surgery. The process is painful and his face is all bound up in bandages as the surgery heals. 1029 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 併ヘイあわ.せる join, get together, unite, collective 合併(がっぺい): combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; merger; coalition; fusion; annexation; affiliation; incorporation 併し乍ら(しかしながら): however; nevertheless 1 S 966 人: person 并: put together 8 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね倂形声 Phonetic join Mr. T furiously works a puzzle in an attempt to join Mensa, the high-IQ society. Why do I gotta join these two puzzle pieces? I ain´t got time for joining no jigsaw-jabba! Mr. T apparently gets a severe case of crankypants when doing puzzles. 1030 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 瓦ガかわら、ぐらむ tile, gram 瓦(かわら): roof tile 瓦斯(ガス): gas 瓦(グラム): gram; gramme 煉瓦(れんが): brick 0 S 1850 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 5 瓦 98 5 かわら (none) 象形 Pictographic tile Horror scene: Hanging from the ceiling, a plough and fishhook dripping with blood down onto the tiled bathroom floor. [true stroke order] First draw T for Tile, which then becomes I. Then draw an ´L´ fish hook with a dash in the middle to make a mediocre ´e´ that few can see.ガ wa3 와 (wa). 1031 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1501-2000 瓶ビンかめへい, べ, ぺ flower pot, bottle, vial, jar, jug, vat, urn 瓶(びん): bottle 瓶詰め(びんづめ): bottling; bottled 花瓶(かびん): (flower) vase 1 S 1528 并: put together 瓦: tile; gram 11 瓦 98 5 かわら甁形声 Phonetic flower pot A flower pot that has been dropped on the floor is like a puzzle of ceramic tiles to glue together. To solve this puzzle all you need is to put the flower pot on top of the proper tile. (cue secrets tune from Zelda). 1032 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1501-2000 宮キュウ、グウ、ク、クウみやぐ, み Shinto shrine, constellations, palace, princess 宮殿(きゅうでん): palace お宮(おみや): Shinto shrine 1 3 367 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 呂: spine; backbone 10 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic Shinto shrine “This Shinto shrine is built with human spines. Have you ever seen the ossuary in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora in Czech Republic ? It is a small church entirely decorated with human bones. Do a web search for ”“sedlec ossuary”“, it´s quite a sight.” “A friend of mine made up a rhyme for this one: ”“house with a spine, Shinto shrine”“!” 1033 grade3 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Religion.Creed Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq251-500 営エイいとな.む、いとな.み occupation, camp, perform, build, conduct (business) 経営(けいえい): management; administration 運営(うんえい): management; administration; operation 営業(えいぎょう): business; trade; sales; operations 営む(いとなむ): to carry on (e.g. in ceremony); to run a business 2 5 303 小: small, insignificant 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 呂: spine; backbone 12 火 86 4 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが營形声 Phonetic occupation The schoolhouse is the backbone of a foundation that will allow you to find a good occupation. “During the German occupation, this Nazi officer´s occupation was to manage schools that were requisitioned for training the children of the Aryan race to stand proud with an erect spine (mnemonic : ”“the occupation´s spine schools”“). Kanji meanings : to manage, to conduct (business), and also ”“barracks; camp; encapment”“. This story should help avoid confusion with post (#824) and employ (#1083). The military occupation theme hints to the secondary meaning, e.g. 営倉 ”“detention barracks”“.” 1034 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq251-500 善ゼンよ.い、い.い、よ.く、よし.とするたる, よし virtuous, good, goodness 改善(かいぜん): (1) betterment; improvement (2) kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement) 善(ぜん): good; goodness; right; virtue 親善(しんぜん): friendship 最善(さいぜん): the very best 善し悪し(よしあし): right or wrong; good or bad; merits or demerits; quality; suitability 善良(ぜんりょう): goodness; excellence; virtue 2 6 765 羊: sheep 口: mouth 12 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic virtuous “Imagine a priest´s teaching: ”“To achieve virtue one must first submit himself as a sheep to God´s flock, rejecting the horns of Satan and resisting the mouth of Hell.” “To be virtuous, a good rule to follow is to put your sheepishness (discretion) over your horns (anger) before using your mouth. In other words, ”“discretion is the better part of virtue”“.” 1035 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Judgement kanjifreq751-1000 年ネンとしね year 一昨年(おととし): year before last 毎年(まいねん): every year; yearly; annually 年月(ねんげつ): months and years 年間(ねんかん): year (period of) 来年(らいねん): next year 今年(ことし): this year 少年(しょうねん): boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad 年(とし): (1) year (2) many years (3) age (4) past one's prime; old age 年齢(ねんれい): age; years 青年(せいねん): youth; young man 年度(ねんど): (1) fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year (2) academic year; school year (3) product year 年寄り(としより): (1) old people; the aged (2) sumo coaches 定年(ていねん): (1) retirement age (2) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion 年代(ねんだい): age; era; period; date 中年(ちゅうねん): middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years 学年(がくねん): year in school; grade in school 去年(きょねん): last year 晩年(ばんねん): (one's) last years 年中(ねんじゅう): (1) whole year; all year round; throughout the year (2) always; all the time (3) middle class (of a nursery school, etc.) 成年(せいねん): adult age; majority 万年筆(まんねんひつ): fountain pen 生年月日(せいねんがっぴ): birth date 年賀(ねんが): New Year's greetings; New Year's card 年生(ねんせい): pupil in … year; student in … year 青少年(せいしょうねん): youth; young person 元年(がんねん): first year (of a specific reign) 年号(ねんごう): name of an era; year number 再来年(さらいねん): year after next 年輪(ねんりん): annual tree ring 年長(ねんちょう): seniority 年頃(としごろ): (1) approximate age; apparent age (2) marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of independence; age of adulthood (3) (after modifying phrase) appropriate age (to …); old enough (to …) (4) for some years 年鑑(ねんかん): yearbook; almanac; annual 同い年(おないどし): the same age 年(ねん): (1) year (e.g. AD) (2) counter for years 5 1 6 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 干: dry; parch 6 干 51 3 かん・いちじゅう・ほす・ひる・たてかん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic year A horse wears a pair of sunglasses with one lens popped out after a particularly raucous celebration to ring in the New Year. “A horse wears a monocle for New Years to appear dignified for the year of the horse. ――one lens = monocle, you will encounter this again in kanji like descend (#1308).” 1036 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Time kanjifreq1-250 夜ヤよ、よる night, evening 夜(よる): evening; night 夜間(やかん): at night; nighttime 徹夜(てつや): all night; all-night vigil; sleepless night 夜中(よなか): midnight; dead of night 夜明け(よあけ): dawn; daybreak 今夜(こんや): this evening; tonight 深夜(しんや): late at night 日夜(にちや): day and night; always 夜更かし(よふかし): staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk 夜具(やぐ): bedding; bedclothes 夜更け(よふけ): late at night 夜行(やこう): walking around at night; night train; night travel 夜中(やちゅう): during the night; at night 4 2 487 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 人: person 夕: evening 8 夕 36 3 ゆう・ゆうべ・た (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic night “Actually, the lower-right primitive isn´t quite ”“walking legs.”“ It´s a little more like ”“evening”“ with an extra stroke across it (look up the stroke order). So, it helps me to see this kanji for night as: evening plus an extra stroke representing the tuxedo tails to match the top hat which my special person is wearing out on the town…” Here we have Mister T sleepwalking, wearing a top hat as if he was the ambassador of the night, walking, and walking and walking on his tired walking legs, until he drops (back into his bed). 1037 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Time kanjifreq251-500 液エキ fluid, liquid, juice, sap, secretion 血液(けつえき): blood 液体(えきたい): liquid; fluid 液(えき): liquid; fluid 溶液(ようえき): solution (liquid) 2 5 1210 水: water 夜: night; evening 11 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic fluid A wet dream……..water fluid that comes out at night…. I imagined some kind of liquid (water) that was discovered on another planet. It solidifes during the day, and becomes fluid only at night, in the absence of light. The question is, could any lifeforms thrive in there ? 1038 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq1001-1500 塚チョウつか、-づかずか, つ hillock, mound 1 S 869 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 冢: mound; hillock 12 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん塚形声 Phonetic hillock There´s already King of the Hill. This is Queen of the Hillock. It´s Ms. Piggy sitting on top of a mound of soil in her crown. The crowned sow (we met her in overpowering) is standing atop her little mound of earth - hillock - the undisputed champeen of all the pigsty. 1039 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 幣ヘイぬさしで cash, bad habit, humble prefix, gift, Shinto offerings of cloth, rope, cut paper 紙幣(しへい): paper money; notes; bills 貨幣(かへい): money; currency; coinage 1 S 1803 敝: be worn-out; be dilapidated; be defeated 巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50) 15 巾 50 3 はば・はばへん・きんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic cash A counterfeiter is using a shredder to shred a towel in order to print up some cash (he needs some rag paper) . “In order to create some cash, first you feed a towel through a shredder to get the raw materials. (”“Paper”“ money isn´t plain paper; it´s mostly linen.).” 1040 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq1501-2000 弊ヘイ abuse, evil, vice, breakage 1 S 1750 敝: be worn-out; be dilapidated; be defeated 廾: twenty; 20; twenty or letter H radical (no. 55) 15 廾 55 3 にじゅう・にじゅうあし・こまぬき (none) 形声 Phonetic abuse The Bush administration taskmasters hid their abuse of power by shredding documents as fast as they could using both hands…. You’ve heard of Edward Scissor hands? Well this is Medward Shredder Hands. Instead of nicely trimming your shrubs, he uses his TWO SHREDDER equipped HANDS to ABUSE your plants by shredding them into wood chips. 1041 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 喚カンわめ.く yell, cry, scream 1 S 1120 口: mouth 奐: clear; bright 12 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic yell Think yelp when you hear yell to help dinstinguish this from shout (1508). I think of the sounds that would come from the mouths of the 4 dogs if they were bound up together. I´m imagining lots of yelping. Yell? You mean, Old Yeller. Here, we see four St Bernard dogs all yelling for a chance to play a part in Old Yeller. They´re so loud that you have to bound them, and their mouths, up. 1042 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 換カンか.える、-か.える、か.わる interchange, period, charge, change? 換える(かえる): (1) to replace (2) to exchange; to interchange (3) to substitute 乗換え(のりかえ): (1) transfer (trains, buses, etc.); connection; connexion (2) switching (stock) (3) chromosomal crossover; crossing over 交換(こうかん): exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution; replacement; clearing (of checks, cheques) 換算(かんさん): conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical) 換気(かんき): ventilation 乗り換える(のりかえる): (1) to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train) (2) to change one's mind; to move on to (e.g. a new love interest); to change methods; to change one's way of thinking 転換(てんかん): convert; divert 2 S 687 手: hand 奐: clear; bright 12 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic interchange After months of practice, you finally managed to teach a nice trick to your sled-pulling four bound up St. Bernard dogs: one snap of your fingers and they interchange their positions. On the snap of your fingers, the four St. Bernard dogs bound up interchange places. 1043 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 融ユウと.ける、と.かすあきら dissolve, melt 金融(きんゆう): financing; credit transacting; loaning of money; circulation of money 融通(ゆうずう): (1) lending (money); finance (2) adaptability; versatility; flexibility; accommodation 融資(ゆうし): financing; loan 1 S 481 鬲: tripod 虫: insect; bug; temper 16 虫 142 6 むし・むしへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic dissolve “I have created the element ”“old camera”“ out of the left side of the kanji: from the subject´s point of view, the light is captured by one mouth (the lens). The photographer is under a big hood, we only see his legs, and he is holding a spike in his right hand, which is the shutter release. Now, at the time the photographer takes the photo, a little insect is flying near the flash. The flash is so powerful that the insect is burnt and dissolves in the air.” I´ve seen this crazy thing with only one mouth that can dissolve up to 4 nails and an insect at the same time. Sweet! (It´s a venus flytrap, btw). 1044 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq251-500 施シ、セほどこ.す alms, apply bandages, admin 1st aid 施設(しせつ): (1) institution; establishment; facility (2) (army) engineer 実施(じっし): enforcement; implementation; putting into practice (practise); carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters); enactment 施行(しこう): (1) execution; enforcing; carrying out (2) giving alms; giving food to the poor or monks 施す(ほどこす): (1) to give (time, money, goods); to donate (2) to do; to perform; to conduct (3) to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation) (4) to sow; to seed; to scatter (e.g. fertilizer); to sprinkle (5) to spread far and wide 1 S 323 方: direction; person; alternative 也: to be (classical) 9 方 70 4 ほう・ほうへん・かた・かたへん (none) 形声 Phonetic alms Under their banner, volunteers are requesting alms for scorpion sting victims. ALMS for the poor cries the beggar under his tattered BANNER. An evil bastard instead drops a SCORPION into his begging bowl. 1045 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq251-500 旋セン rotation, go around 斡旋(あっせん): (1) kind offices; services; through the good offices of; influence (2) intercession; mediation 1 S 1801 方: direction; person; alternative 疋: head; counter for animals 11 方 70 4 ほう・ほうへん・かた・かたへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic rotation A merry-go-round with a big banner on top and below a veritable zoo of bakelite animals on poles in perpertual rotation accompanied by silly music. Giraffes, elephants, zebras, rhinos… Don´t confuse with revolve or axis! Think of rotation as a rotation of animals in the zoo - some are on display (in rotation), some are in cages in the back (out of rotation). The ones currently in rotation (on display) are advertised with a large banner. 1046 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 遊ユウ、ユあそ.ぶ、あそ.ばすあす, う play 遊び(あそび): (1) playing (2) play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect) 遊園地(ゆうえんち): amusement park 遊ぶ(あそぶ): (1) to play; to enjoy oneself; to have a good time (2) to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.) (3) to be idle; to do nothing; to be unused (4) to go to (for pleasure or for study) (5) (in baseball) to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration 遊牧(ゆうぼく): nomadism 3 3 941 斿: to swim; to move freely; to rove 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 12 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic play The BANNER warns that CHILDREN PLAY on the ROAD. “There is always a stupid banner talking about children at play near the road. They mean ”“drive slowly”“, but it sounds like its slow(stupid) children that are at play.” 1047 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 旅リョたび trip, travel 旅行(りょこう): travel; trip 旅(たび): travel; trip; journey 旅客(りょかく): passenger (transport) 旅館(りょかん): Japanese hotel; inn; ryokan 旅券(りょけん): passport 4 3 783 方: direction; person; alternative 人: person 10 方 70 4 ほう・ほうへん・かた・かたへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic trip “The boat starts to leave on it´s trip across the Atlantic. Underneath a huge banner that spans the width of the ship and says ”“Bon Voyage”“, the people wave their rags signalling a safe journey for all on board the Titanic.” After a long long trip, what once was a proud beautiful banner, we had nothing more than a simple rag remaining. 1048 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Directions_Movement kanjifreq751-1000 勿モチなか.れ, なし not, must not, do not, be not 勿論(もちろん): of course; certainly; naturally 勿体ない(もったいない): (1) impious; profane; sacrilegious (2) too good; more than one deserves; unworthy of (3) wasteful 0 S+ 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) (none) not This kanji is NOT a piglett. “The butcher is standing over the piglet. ”“This is a piglet…(cuts of head)…NOT!”“.” 1049 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 物ブツ、モツもの、もの- thing, object, matter 物指(ものさし): ruler; measure 買物(かいもの): shopping; purchased goods 贈物(おくりもの): present; gift 乗物(のりもの): vehicle 飲物(のみもの): drink; beverage 人物(じんぶつ): character; personality; person; man; personage; talented man 動物(どうぶつ): animal 建物(たてもの): building 物価(ぶっか): prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living 物語(ものがたり): tale; story; legend 物質(ぶっしつ): material; substance 植物(しょくぶつ): plant; vegetation 生物(せいぶつ): (1) living things; creature (2) biology 博物館(はくぶつかん): museum 物資(ぶっし): goods; materials 貨物(かもつ): (1) cargo; freight (2) money or assets 本物(ほんもの): genuine article 動物園(どうぶつえん): zoo; zoological gardens 食べ物(たべもの): food 果物(くだもの): fruit 荷物(にもつ): (1) luggage; baggage (2) burden (3) payload (of a packet, cell, etc.) 着物(きもの): (1) clothing; clothes (2) kimono (or other trad. Japanese clothing) 物理(ぶつり): physics; law of nature 物語る(ものがたる): to tell; to indicate 穀物(こくもつ): grain; cereal; corn 食物(しょくもつ): food; foodstuff 名物(めいぶつ): famous product; special product; speciality; specialty 産物(さんぶつ): product; result; fruit 生き物(いきもの): living thing; animal 物事(ものごと): things; everything 見物(けんぶつ): sightseeing; sightseer; watching; watcher 書物(しょもつ): books 品物(しなもの): goods; article; thing 作物(さくもつ): produce (e.g. agricultural); crops 物体(ぶったい): body; object 実物(じつぶつ): real thing; original; actual 織物(おりもの): textile; fabric 鉱物(こうぶつ): mineral 禁物(きんもつ): taboo; forbidden thing 物置(ものおき): storage room; storeroom; lumber room 偽物(にせもの): spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham 編物(あみもの): knitting; knitted material; crochet 農産物(のうさんぶつ): agricultural produce 物足りない(ものたりない): unsatisfied; unsatisfactory 物騒(ぶっそう): dangerous; disturbed; insecure 物議(ぶつぎ): public discussion; public criticism; controversy 物音(ものおと): sounds 忘れ物(わすれもの): lost article; something forgotten 獲物(えもの): game; spoils; trophy; prey 落とし物(おとしもの): lost property 入れ物(いれもの): (1) container; case; receptacle (2) (euph. for) coffin; casket 物好き(ものずき): (idle) curiosity 瀬戸物(せともの): earthenware; crockery; china 物(もの): (1) thing; object (2) the natural thing; a frequently done thing (3) used to express emotional involvement (4) used in giving a reason 物凄い(ものすごい): earth-shattering; staggering; to a very great extent; terrible; frightful; horrible 私物(しぶつ): private property; personal effects 見世物(みせもの): show; exhibition; spectacle 干し物(ほしもの): things dried in the sun (esp. clothes, dyed cloth, etc.) 作物(さくぶつ): literary work 出来物(できもの): tumour; tumor; growth; boil; ulcer; abscess; rash; pimple 物(ぶつ): (1) stock; products (2) stolen goods; loot; spoils 4 3 215 牛: cow 勿: not; must not; do not; be not 8 牛 93 4 うし (none) 形声 Phonetic thing “The cow´s ”“thing”“ is tied in a knot! ouch.” A cow is not a thing. Its an animal. If you study japanese you know that living beings and things are discerned from each other with the verbs iru and aru. 1050 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 易エキ、イやさ.しい、やす.い easy, fortune-telling, ready to, simple, divination 貿易(ぼうえき): trade (foreign) 容易(ようい): easy; simple; plain 安易(あんい): (1) easy; simple (2) easy-going 簡易(かんい): simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi- 交易(こうえき): trade; commerce 易しい(やさしい): easy; plain; simple 易い(やすい): easy 容易い(たやすい): easy; simple; light 辟易(へきえき): (1) to wince; to shrink back (2) to be stumped; to be disconcerted (3) to be bored (4) to be fed up 3 5 571 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 勿: not; must not; do not; be not 8 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic easy The sun is not an easy place to get to. Under the sun, it is easy to untie a knot. Under a pitch-dark sky, it is knot so easy. 1051 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 賜シたまわ.る、たま.う、たも.う grant, gift, boon, results 賜る(たまわる): (1) to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to be honoured with (2) to give; to bestow; to confer; to honor; to honour 1 S 2190 貝: shellfish 易: easy; ready to; simple; fortune-telling; divination 15 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 形声 Phonetic grant A grant is easy money. “Do you want free shells from the government? It´s easy with my new book, ”“How to Get a Free Grant from the Government!”“ Call today!” 1052 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 尿ニョウ urine 尿(にょう): urine 屎尿(しにょう): excreta; raw sewage; human waste; night soil 1 S 1672 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 水: water 7 尸 44 3 しかばね・かばね・かばねだれ (none) 象形 Pictographic urine “Animals use their urine to mark their territory. So for them, their body water works as a flag denoting their ”“country”“ (why bother? we all know which story you are going to pick).” Someone is pissing on the American flag, but since the urine is clear it looks like water. 1053 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Function kanjifreq1501-2000 尼ニあま nun 1 S 1844 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 匕: spoon; spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21) 5 尸 44 3 しかばね・かばね・かばねだれ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic nun Red cross nuns sit in a tent under the red cross flag, spooning out food to the hungry. A nun sits in protests under an American flag. 1054 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Religion.Creed kanjifreq1501-2000 泥デイ、ナイ、デ、ニどろひじ mud, mire, adhere to, be attached to 泥(どろ): mud 泥棒(どろぼう): thief; burglar; robber; theft 2 S 1589 水: water 尼: nun 8 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic mud TV gets weirder and weirder… Now they´re doing mud wrestling shows with nuns splashing around in the water. What will they think of next? Water monks live in a den, but water nuns live in the MUD. 1055 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Substance kanjifreq1501-2000 塀ヘイ、ベイ fence, also N1103, wall 塀(へい): (1) wall (2) fence 1 S 1991 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 屏: wall; fence 12 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん塀形声 Phonetic fence [fence; wall; (kokuji)] A fence separates one soil from the other. On a large scale, large pieces of soils in the world have a virtual fence called nation. Picture a world map where all countries have their soil with one color, their national flag as the legend and a fence on the borders… don´t you think it looks like a giant puzzle? “Why the Earth has to be fenced off and flags used to represent each ”“country”“ is a puzzle to me - we´re all just monkeys on a big rock spinning round the Sun!” 1056 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1501-2000 履リは.く footgear, shoes, boots, put on (the feet 履歴(りれき): (1) personal history; background; career (2) log; record (3) hysteresis 草履(ぞうり): zori (Japanese footwear sandals) 履く(はく): (1) to put on (or wear) lower-body clothing (i.e. pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (or wear) footwear (2) to affix a sword to one's hip (3) to affix a bowstring to a bow 1 S 1619 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 復: restore; return to; revert; resume 15 尸 44 3 しかばね・かばね・かばねだれ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic footgear NOTE: The most common use is in はく, meaning to put on footgear, rather than actual footgear itself. STORY: You are asleep in camp when you are woken up with news that the FLAG has fallen to the enemy. You quickly PUT ON YOUR FOOTGEAR and run off to RESTORE the FLAG. You should never use a flag as a shoeshine cloth to restore your footgear. 1057 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Clothing.Textiles kanjifreq1501-2000 屋オクやた roof, house, shop, dealer, seller 部屋(へや): (1) room (2) stable 屋根(やね): roof 小屋(こや): hut; cabin; shed; (animal) pen 屋上(おくじょう): rooftop 屋敷(やしき): residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion 家屋(かおく): house; building 屋外(おくがい): outdoors; alfresco 問屋(とんや): wholesale store 八百屋(やおや): greengrocer 大屋(おおや): landlord; landlady 床屋(とこや): barbershop; barber 店屋(みせや): store; shop 屋(や): (1) (something) shop (2) somebody who sells (something) or works as (something) (3) somebody with a (certain) personality trait (4) house (5) roof 4 3 616 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 至: climax; arrive; proceed; reach; attain; result in 9 尸 44 3 しかばね・かばね・かばねだれ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic roof Flag at the climax (highest point) of a castle roof. A couple climaxing on the roof, draped in the American flag. The neighbors are mortified and call the landlady… 1058 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq501-750 握アクにぎ.る grip, hold, mould sushi, bribe 握手(あくしゅ): handshake 握る(にぎる): (1) to clasp; to grasp; to grip; to clutch (2) to make (nigirizushi, rice ball, etc.); to form; to press into shape; to mold; to mould (3) to seize (power, etc.); to take hold of 把握(はあく): grasp; catch; understanding 1 S 1003 手: hand 屋: roof; house; shop; dealer; seller 12 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic grip Fingers gripping the roof as your about to fall to your death. Think of an action scene in some movie. “(This is the にぎ of sushi). A sushi chef climaxes into a rice ball, wraps it in an American flag, and grips is firm with his fingers to form the ”“Fuck You America Onigiri.”“.” 1059 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 屈クツかが.む、かが.めるくっ yield, bend, flinch, submit 理屈(りくつ): theory; reason 窮屈(きゅうくつ): narrow; tight; stiff; rigid; uneasy; formal; constrained 屈折(くっせつ): (1) bending; indentation (2) refraction (3) inflection (4) warping (e.g. of opinion, reasoning, etc.); distortion 退屈(たいくつ): tedium; boredom 1 S 1434 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 出: exit; leave; go out; come out; put out; protrude 8 尸 44 3 しかばね・かばね・かばねだれ (none) 象形 Pictographic yield When yielding, soldiers raise the white flag before exiting from the trenches. If you live in Japan, you are only too familiar with the helpful little man who assists you in getting out of every parking lot or parking garage, standing at the exit, waving his flag to make traffic yield to you. 1060 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 掘クツほ.るぼり dig, delve, excavate 発掘(はっくつ): (1) excavation; exhumation (2) discovery (e.g. new talent) 掘る(ほる): (1) to dig; to excavate; to hollow (2) to dig up (e.g. vegetables) 採掘(さいくつ): mining 2 S 1257 手: hand 屈: yield; bend; flinch; submit 11 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic dig If you dig with your fingers hard enough, soil eventually yields. When you dig, you´d better hope that whatever you´re digging into yields to your fingers. If not, you´re bound to lose some nails. 1061 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 堀クツほりほっ ditch, moat, canal 堀(ほり): (1) moat; fosse (2) canal; ditch 1 S 1285 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 屈: yield; bend; flinch; submit 11 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic ditch “(See dig (#1061)). When soil finally yielded thanks to your digging efforts, what you have is a ditch.” Ditch / trench. The yielding army abandons it´s patch of soil, leaving behind a landscape of ditchs and trenches. Trench warfare. 1062 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1001-1500 居キョ、コい.る、-い、お.るおき, ぐ, すえ reside, to be, exist, live with 芝居(しばい): play; drama 居住(きょじゅう): residence 居間(いま): living room (western style) 同居(どうきょ): coexistence; living together 居る(おる): (1) to be (animate); to be; to exist (2) (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing) (3) (after -masu base of verb) indicates contempt or disdain for another's actions 鳥居(とりい): torii (Shinto shrine archway) 転居(てんきょ): moving; changing residence 皇居(こうきょ): Imperial Palace 居眠り(いねむり): dozing; nodding off 居る(いる): (1) to be (of animate objects); to exist (2) to stay (3) (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing) 隠居(いんきょ): (1) retirement (2) retired person 3 5 836 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 古: old 8 尸 44 3 しかばね・かばね・かばねだれ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic reside A humongous American flag in Florida marks the place where all the old people reside. “It is an old tradition that people plant a flag on places where decide to reside; this tradition still goes on: Antarctica, the moon: flags all over the place! cf. set (#1064).” 1063 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 据キョす.える、す.わる set, lay a foundation, install, equip, squat down, sit down 据える(すえる): (1) to place (in position); to fix; to set (e.g. table); to lay (foundation) (2) to install; to seat (someone) (3) to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze) (4) to apply (moxa) 据え付ける(すえつける): to install; to equip; to mount 1 S 1468 手: hand 居: reside; to be; exist; live with 11 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic set “The man set his finger firmly on the map and said ”“Here is where they reside, I am certain of it”“.” “Cf. reside (#1063): you set the flag with your fingers on the place where you reside: an old tradition.” 1064 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 層ソウ stratum, social class, layer, story, floor 一層(いっそう): (1) much more; still more; all the more; more than ever (2) single layer (or storey, etc.) (3) rather; sooner; preferably 高層(こうそう): multistory; multistoried; high-rise; high; tall 階層(かいそう): class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy 大層(たいそう): very much; exaggerated; very fine 2 6 801 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 曽: formerly; once; before; ever; never; ex- 14 尸 44 3 しかばね・かばね・かばねだれ層形声 Phonetic stratum The strata have piled up in an ever increasing pile of dirt. As the geologists go down the rocks, they flag each stratum with the name of the corresponding era. Archaeologists at a dig site place small flags marking layers or strata of rock. Each of these layers was formerly the top layer. (This is not increase! Hseige keeps messing up). 1065 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 局キョクつぼね bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment 結局(けっきょく): after all; eventually; in the end 郵便局(ゆうびんきょく): post office 局(きょく): (1) bureau; department (2) office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); channel; exchange (3) affair; situation (4) game (of go, shogi, etc.) 薬局(やっきょく): pharmacy; chemist (shop); drugstore 局限(きょくげん): limit; localize; localise 3 3 286 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 句: phrase; clause; sentence; passage; paragraph; counter for haiku 7 尸 44 3 しかばね・かばね・かばねだれ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic bureau The Federal Bureau of Investigation has email scanners that flag certain phrases. They do nothing at the bureau other than repeating the stupid catchphrase they have on their flag. 1066 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 遅チおく.れる、おく.らす、おそ.いじ slow, late, back, later “遅れ(おくれ): delay; lag; postponement; falling behind 遅い(おそい): (1) slow (2) late (e.g. ”“late at night”“) (3) too late (4) dull; stupid 遅刻(ちこく): lateness; late coming 手遅れ(ておくれ): (1) being (too) late (2) belated treatment 遅れる(おくれる): to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue 遅らす(おくらす): to retard; to delay 遅くとも(おそくとも): at the latest” 3 S 833 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 羊: sheep 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 12 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう遲形声 Phonetic slow A sheep crossing guard waves a SLOW flag for his fellow sheep crossing the road. “Road sign (flag): ”“Sheep on highway! Drive slowly.”“.” 1067 gradeS JLPT.N3 Kanji_Time kanjifreq751-1000 漏ロウも.る、も.れる、も.らす leak, escape, time 漏らす(もらす): to let leak; to reveal 漏る(もる): to leak; to run out 漏れる(もれる): to leak out; to escape; to come through; to shine through; to filter out; to be omitted 1 S 1298 水: water 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 雨: rain 14 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic leak WATER always LEAKED in the spot left by the FLAG planted in the roof everytime it RAINED. Not too hard to picture a hole left in the ceiling from a flag, now leaking water. Mark the holes where rain water can leak through with little flags. 1068 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 刷サツす.る、-ず.り、-ずり、は.く printing, print 印刷(いんさつ): printing 刷る(する): (1) to print (2) to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold 刷り(すり): printing 2 4 1352 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50) 刀: sword; saber; knife 8 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic printing We printed a japanese flag on his white towel by stabbing him with a saber while he was wearing it. The image that keeps coming to me is of the giant mechanical printing presses. The cloth-based material is coming off the roll like a flag and then, after printing, gets cut into sheets by saber-like cutting tools. 1069 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 尺シャクせき shaku, Japanese foot, measure, scale, rule 1 6 1940 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 4 尸 44 3 しかばね・かばね・かばねだれ (none) 象形 Pictographic shaku Slang for blowjob and that´s priceless for stories…but also the character looks like the letter R which I think of as standing for RULER (12 inches) other meanings include: rule, measure, length. “Since this is SLANG for BLOW JOB and since it looks like an ”“R”“, let´s have the primitive be the R in BROW JOB. :).” 1070 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Counting_Units.of.Length kanjifreq1501-2000 尽ジン、サンつ.くす、-つ.くす、-づ.くし、-つ.く、-づ.く、-ず.く、つ.きる、つ.かす、さかづき、ことごと.く、つか、つき exhaust, use up, run out of, befriend, serve 尽くす(つくす): (1) to exhaust; to run out (2) to devote; to serve (a person); to befriend (3) to do to exhaustion 尽きる(つきる): to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end 1 S 1234 尺: shaku; Japanese foot; measure; scale; rule 冫: two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15) 6 皿 108 5 さら盡会意 Compound Ideographic exhaust “A women is so exhausted by her ”“shakuhachi”“ that see needs to ice her jaw.” That´s not ice…it´s my last drops and I´m exhausted! ;). 1071 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 沢タクさわ、うるお.い、うるお.す、つやおも, さ, さわん, わさ swamp 光沢(こうたく): brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs) 沢山(たくさん): many; a lot; much 贅沢(ぜいたく): (1) luxury; extravagance (2) to live in luxury 1 S 296 水: water 尺: shaku; Japanese foot; measure; scale; rule 7 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい澤形声 Phonetic swamp You´re hiding from the enemy underwater in a swamp. To breathe, you have your shakuhachi flute poking up through the surface of the water. Sirens in the swamp play eerie music on their shakuhachi flutes to lure you in - you follow the enchanting music then its too late as you get trapped in the swamp! 1072 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq251-500 訳ヤクわけ translate, reason, circumstance, case “翻訳(ほんやく): (1) translation (2) de-encryption; deciphering (3) rendering 通訳(つうやく): interpretation (i.e. oral translation) 言い訳(いいわけ): (1) excuse (2) explanation 申し訳(もうしわけ): apology; excuse 訳(わけ): conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation 内訳(うちわけ): itemization (of expenses); the items; breakdown; classification 訳す(やくす): to translate; to interpret 申し訳ない(もうしわけない): (1) I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable (2) thank you very much (for help, etc.) 訳(やく): translation; version (e.g. ”“English version”“)” 1 6 1050 言: say 尺: shaku; Japanese foot; measure; scale; rule 11 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば譯形声 Phonetic translate You cannot pretend to translate into words the melody of the shakuhachi! You all know that ´shakuhachi´ is a slang word for blowjob, right? In this kanji you got a job as a TRANSLATOR for Japanese porno movies. So you sit there all day translating dirty WORDS and watching girls perform SHAKUHACHI. This is the life! 1073 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 択タクえら.ぶ choose, select, elect, prefer 選択(せんたく): selection; choice; option 採択(さいたく): adoption; selection; choice 1 S 847 手: hand 尺: shaku; Japanese foot; measure; scale; rule 7 手 64 4 て・てへん擇形声 Phonetic choose “Hand job or ”“shakuhachi”“, choose.” Depending on where you choose to put your fingers, the shakuhachi will produce a different note. 1074 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 昼チュウひる daytime, noon 昼(ひる): (1) noon; midday (2) daytime (3) lunch 昼食(ちゅうしょく): (1) lunch; midday meal (2) food served at a tea party (tea ceremony) 昼間(ひるま): daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period 昼休み(ひるやすみ): lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period 昼寝(ひるね): nap (afternoon); siesta お昼(おひる): lunch; noon 昼飯(ひるめし): lunch; midday meal 昼ご飯(ひるごはん): lunch; midday meal 4 2 1115 尺: shaku; Japanese foot; measure; scale; rule 旦: daybreak; dawn; morning 9 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん晝会意 Compound Ideographic daytime Roosters in Japan are very civilised, they play the shakuhachi at nightbreak to signify the beginning of daytime. In a Zelda game, you can warp to the daytime if you play your shakuhachi to bring about nightbreak… or your ocarina if you don´t have a shakuhachi. 1075 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Time kanjifreq1001-1500 戸コとえ, へ door 戸(と): (1) door (esp. Japanese-style) (2) entrance (to a home) (3) narrows 井戸(いど): water well 戸籍(こせき): census; family register 雨戸(あまど): sliding storm shutter 戸棚(とだな): cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe 戸締まり(とじまり): closing up; fastening the doors 瀬戸物(せともの): earthenware; crockery; china 2 2 575 戸: door, house, door radical (no. 63) 4 戸 63 4 と・とだれ・とかんむり (none) 象形 Pictographic door “Traditional Japanese storefront doors have several flags, known as ”“noren,”“ hanging down from a curtain rod in front of them. I see this as a pseudo-pictograph, and use the horizontal line across the top to represent the curtain rod, since noren don´t usually hang from the ceiling.” A Japanese door has a noren, a flag hanging from a rod. (I give this primitive the meaning of a noren-covered door). 1076 grade2 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Counting_Counters Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq501-750 肩ケンかた shoulder 肩(かた): shoulder 2 S 1215 戸: door; counter for houses; door radical (no. 63) 月: month; moon 8 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 象形 Pictographic shoulder The shoulder is the best part of the body to bash a door open with (Don´t ever try this. Use your foot). The shoulder is part of the body you use to push through the noren in a doorway. I was having trouble with positioning of the primitives until I tweaked shaydwyrm´s story slightly. If you think of pushing through a noren, this makes sense as a pictograph. The noren hangs from above, and you push through it from below. 1077 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Body_Arm.Leg kanjifreq1001-1500 房ボウふさお, のぶ, わ tassel, tuft, fringe, bunch, lock (hair), segment (orange), house, room 女房(にょうぼう): (1) wife (2) court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace 冷房(れいぼう): cooling; air-conditioning 暖房(だんぼう): heating 文房具(ぶんぼうぐ): stationery 1 S 808 戸: door; counter for houses; door radical (no. 63) 方: direction; person; alternative 8 戸 63 4 と・とだれ・とかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic tassel “Explanation here: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?pid=14684#p14684.” “When you graduate from a school, after they gave you your tassel, they shove you to the door and give you a compass saying ”“Sayonara & Good Luck out there!”“ (ボウ).” 1078 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq751-1000 扇センおうぎおう, おおぎ fan, folding fan 扇風機(せんぷうき): electric fan 扇子(せんす): folding fan 団扇(うちわ): fan 扇ぐ(あおぐ): (1) to fan (2) to incite; to instigate 1 S 1805 戸: door; counter for houses; door radical (no. 63) 羽: feathers; counter for birds, rabbits 10 戸 63 4 と・とだれ・とかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic fan It´s insanely hot today! I´m standing in the doorway, fanning myself with feathers. I am a fan of the Doors but I also like the Wings. I have a fan that I take to rock concerts with the picture of each band on the sides. 1079 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1501-2000 炉ロいろり hearth, furnace, kiln, reactor 1 S 1359 火: fire 戸: door; counter for houses; door radical (no. 63) 8 火 86 4 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが爐形声 Phonetic hearth This hearth is equipped with a fire-proof door. On the kanji you can see somewhat pictographically the fire-proof door keeping the fire behind, and nothing comes under the door primitive, where you would have expected to see another primitive. “-”“Honey? Do we have any wood left for the hearth?”“ -”“Aagh, just use the frickin´ door!”“.” 1080 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1001-1500 戻レイもど.す、もど.る re-, return, revert, resume, restore, go backwards 戻す(もどす): to restore; to put back; to return; to give back 取り戻す(とりもどす): to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover 戻る(もどる): to turn back; to return; to go back; to recover; to rebound 払い戻す(はらいもどす): to repay; to pay back 3 S 890 戸: door; counter for houses; door radical (no. 63) 大: large; big 7 戸 63 4 と・とだれ・とかんむり戾会意 Compound Ideographic re- The St. Bernard dog whining at the door of his master’s house in order to re-enter / re-turn inside. Think about hachiko, the dog waiting at the door of the station, waiting for his master to re-turn. 1081 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 涙ルイ、レイなみだ tears, sympathy 涙(なみだ): (1) tear; tears; lachrymal secretion (2) sympathy 2 S 1381 水: water 戻: re-; return; revert; resume; restore; go backwards 10 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい淚形声 Phonetic tears I see the story of Hachiko: the faithfull dog who still waited for his master to return long after he had died. Brings a tear to the eye. Tears are watery (water + re). 1082 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Body_Function kanjifreq1001-1500 雇コやと.う employ, hire 雇用(こよう): employment (long term); hire 雇う(やとう): (1) to employ (2) to hire; to charter 2 S 975 戸: door; counter for houses; door radical (no. 63) 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 12 隹 172 8 ふるとり (none) 形声 Phonetic employ Our company has no standards. We´ll employ any turkey who walks in the door. “Comedy. An executive is having an argument with a cocky, but skilled, employee: ”“Damn it, you might be good. But that don´t account for your behavior. You keep this up and I´ll fire your ass.”“ ”“No, you won´t.”“ ”“What damn it, I´ll fire you your ass so fast you won´t…know…”“-. ”“And what will you do after you fire me, employ the next turkey that walks through that door?”“ A turkey then walks through the door and hands the Exec his resume. –”“The Exec employs the turkey that walked through the door”“.” 1083 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 顧コかえり.みるたか, み look back, review, examine oneself, turn around 顧みる(かえりみる): (1) to look back (e.g. over shoulder or at the past); to turn around; to review (2) to reflect; to reconsider (3) to consider (usu. used in negative); to concern oneself about 1 S 1058 雇: employ; hire 頁: page; leaf 21 頁 181 9 おおがい・いちのかい (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic look back I was EMPLOYED to give HEAD…when I look back, maybe that was not a wise career move. The people we employ are always turning their heads to look back. They don´t want to be caught playing solitare on company time. 1084 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 啓ケイひら.く、さと.すあき, あきら, さとし, はじめ, ひろ, よし disclose, open, say 拝啓(はいけい): Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern 1 S 1403 戸: door; counter for houses; door radical (no. 63) 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) 口: mouth 11 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic disclose Behind closed DOORS, the TASKMASTER tortures to get prisoners to open their MOUTHS and DISCLOSE information. You signed a non-disclosure agreement with the taskmaster but you opened your mouth as soon as you got out the door! 1085 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 示ジ、シしめ.す show, indicate, point out, express, display 示す(しめす): to denote; to show; to point out; to indicate; to exemplify 展示(てんじ): exhibition; display 掲示(けいじ): notice; bulletin; post; posting; placard 提示(ていじ): presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation 暗示(あんじ): hint; suggestion 3 5 237 示: altar, display (radical no. 113) 5 示 113 5 しめす・しめすへん (none) 象形 Pictographic show A boy made an altar, but he´s afraid to show it to God because he thinks it´s two little. I´ll SHOW you mine if you show me yours!, she said. I did & she scoffed because it was TWO LITTLE. 1086 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 礼レイ、ライあや, なり, のり, ひろし, れ salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration 礼(れい): thanking; expression of gratitude 礼儀(れいぎ): manners; courtesy; etiquette 失礼(しつれい): (1) discourtesy; impoliteness (2) Excuse me; Goodbye (3) to leave (4) to be rude 無礼(ぶれい): impolite; rude お礼(おれい): thanking; expression of gratitude 失礼しました(しつれいしました): excuse me; I'm sorry 失礼します(しつれいします): excuse me 3 3 1185 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 乙: the latter; duplicate; strange; witty; fishhook radical (no. 5) 5 示 113 5 しめす・しめすへん禮形声 Phonetic salutation Indy, my friend, you must be very careful! If you approach the altar and do not give the proper salutation a large fishhook will rip you away. You should fish hook (bend/bow) your body before an altar as a form of salutation to God/gods. 1087 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1001-1500 祥ショウさいわ.い、きざ.し、よ.い、つまび.らかあき, さか, さち, ひろ, まさ, やす, ゆき, よし, あきら, さき, さむ, ただ, なか, なが auspicious, happiness, good omen 1 S 1273 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 羊: sheep 10 示 113 5 しめす・しめすへん祥形声 Phonetic auspicious Bringing a sheep to sacrifice on the altar was a sign of an auspicious life. The poor could only afford a pigeon, the more auspicious an expensive sheep for an offering. On this ewe-spicious occasion, you sacrifice a sheep at the altar. —— Sorry, but I really need more than generic altar sacrifices to connect keywords to stories. Sometimes an egregious pun is the only way. 1088 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 祝シュク、シュウいわ.うのり, ほぎ, ゆわい celebrate, congratulate 祝い(いわい): congratulation; congratulations; celebration; festival; congratulatory gift 祝日(しゅくじつ): national holiday 祝う(いわう): to congratulate; to celebrate; to observe (a festival) 祝賀(しゅくが): celebration; congratulations お祝い(おいわい): congratulation; congratulations; celebration; festival; congratulatory gift 2 4 1184 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 兄: elder brother; big brother 9 示 113 5 しめす・しめすへん祝会意 Compound Ideographic celebrate It´s a Bar Mitzvah. At the altar, the teenager is singing in his awful, mid-puberty voice. We´ll all celebrate when that part is over! When Japanese people turn 20 they usually visit the altar at their local shrine and celebrate no longer being a teenager. 1089 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 福フクとし, とみ, ふ, ふき, ふっ, ぼく, よし blessing, fortune, luck, wealth 福祉(ふくし): welfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service 幸福(こうふく): happiness; blessedness; joy; well-being 福(ふく): good fortune 3 3 467 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 畐: to fill; roll of cloth 13 示 113 5 しめす・しめすへん福形声 Phonetic blessing This recalls the selling of indulgences in the history of the Church (As an aside, Protestantism began as a protest of this practice). Basically, one gave wealth to the altar (i.e. priest) and received a blessing. If you prefer a Jewish version, think of the donation (wealth) that is expected when you´re called to the ark (altar in the kanji) to give a blessing over the torah. Put all your wealth on the church altar and receive one blessing. (You stand up out of your wheelchair or something.). 1090 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 祉シ welfare, happiness 福祉(ふくし): welfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service 1 S 1063 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 止: stop; halt 8 示 113 5 しめす・しめすへん祉形声 Phonetic welfare And in front of every altar, she stopped to pray for the welfare of the others. Religious Republicans regularly go to the altar to pray for a stop to welfare. 1091 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 社シャやしろこそ company, firm, office, association, shrine 会社(かいしゃ): (1) company; corporation (2) workplace 社会(しゃかい): society; public 社長(しゃちょう): company president; manager; director 商社(しょうしゃ): trading company; firm 入社(にゅうしゃ): entry to a company 新聞社(しんぶんしゃ): newspaper company 神社(じんじゃ): Shinto shrine 社説(しゃせつ): editorial; leading article 社会科学(しゃかいかがく): social science 社交(しゃこう): social life; social intercourse 社宅(しゃたく): company owned house 出社(しゅっしゃ): going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work 社(やしろ): shrine (usually Shinto) 社(しゃ): (1) company; association; society (2) regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour) (3) counter for companies, shrines, etc. 5 2 21 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 7 示 113 5 しめす・しめすへん社形声 Phonetic company When you enter a Japanese company it´s like you join a cult… your workdesk becomes your altar and you worship the very soil the office is built on. Some Japanese companies, including Toyota, have a Shinto shrine on their grounds to bring luck and prosperity to the company and its employees. 1092 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Human.Activities_Religion.Creed Kanji_People_Group kanjifreq1-250 視シみ.るとも, み inspection, regard as, see, look at 監視(かんし): observation; guarding; inspection; surveillance 視点(してん): opinion; point of view; visual point 重視(じゅうし): importance; stress; serious consideration 視野(しや): field of vision; outlook 視察(しさつ): inspection; observation 無視(むし): disregard; ignore 視覚(しかく): sense of sight; vision 近視(きんし): myopia; shortsightedness; nearsightedness 1 6 362 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 見: see; hopes; chances; idea; opinion; look at; visible 11 見 147 7 みる視形声 Phonetic inspection “The beaurocracy in Japan is such that even altars need to be inspection approved. A little man with glasses comes once a year to give the altar a ”“visual once over”“ as he calls it (perhaps checking for unauthorised symbology?).” “[inspection; regard as; see; look at] Inspection: you 示 show (#1086) and someone else 見 see (#57).” 1093 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq251-500 奈ナ、ナイ、ダイいかん、からなし Nara, what? 1 S 841 大: large; big 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 8 大 37 3 だい・おおきい (none) 形声 Phonetic Nara It´s beautiful place, but the dark side of Nara is that they sacrifice St. Bernards on evil altars every night after the tourists leave! Nara is just a big show for tourists. 1094 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 尉イ、ジョウ military officer, jailer, old man, rank 1 S 2007 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 寸: measurement; foot/10 11 寸 41 3 すん・すんづくり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic military officer Of course it had to be the military officer´s idea to glue a national flag to the altar he´s stationed at. Perhaps you have heard about Koizumis controversial visits at the Yasukuni war memorial shrine. It is the japanese flag waving above a small stone altar. A military officer keeps watch here night and day, to honor the dead war heroes, as if he is glued to the ground. 1095 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq2001-2500 慰イなぐさ.める、なぐさ.む consolation, amusement, seduce, cheer, make sport of, comfort, console 慰める(なぐさめる): to comfort; to console; to amuse 1 S 1158 尉: military officer; jailer; old man; rank 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 15 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic consolation A military officer must offer consolation to the hearts of the families of his fallen men. “This Kanji appears in the word 慰安婦いあんふ, which was what the infamous WW II ”“comfort women”“ were called in Japanese. The story goes something like this: As a way of providing consolation to battle-weary, heartsick military officers and soldiers, the Japanese set up comfort stations (brothels) for their servicemen. (Just to be clear: this is not an endorsement of the practice, just a way to remember the Kanji.).” 1096 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 款カンまさ goodwill, article, section, friendship, collusion 1 S 1854 士: gentleman; samurai; samurai radical (no. 33) 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76) 12 欠 76 4 あくび・けんづくり・かける・けつ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic goodwill Samuari, altar, yawn The samurai is on the altar, preaching about goodwill. The audience just yawns however, they want to see the man fight! For better remembering the placement of the eleements: The samurai kneels before the altar at his wedding ceremony, when some of the attendants lets out a big yawn. He is a kind man and for the day his goodwill benefits everyone. No beheadings. 1097 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 禁キン prohibition, ban, forbid 禁止(きんし): prohibition; inhibition; ban 禁煙(きんえん): (1) abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking (2) No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited! 禁じる(きんじる): to prohibit 禁物(きんもつ): taboo; forbidden thing 禁ずる(きんずる): to forbid; to suppress 2 5 681 林: grove; forest 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 13 示 113 5 しめす・しめすへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic prohibition “Similar to radical tyro´s story. If you live in Japan, your main exposure to this kanji is probably ”“no smoking”“ signs. So I imagine the government enacting a prohibition of tobacco, and burning whole groves of tobacco plants on an altar (the altar of public health, or self-righteousness, if you will).” “Hidden in a grove was a church with a secret altar that was stocked full of prohibited alcohol during the American prohibition period of 1920-1933. A local registered himself as a mininster of this altar so he could stock prohibited alcohol ”“for sacremental purposes”“ and share it with his kin (きん).” 1098 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 襟キンえり collar, neck, lapel 襟(えり): neck; collar; lapel; neckband 1 S 2030 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 禁: prohibition; ban; forbid 18 衣 145 6 ころも・ころもへん (none) 形声 Phonetic collar A collar is the part of your cloak that, if tightened too tight, will prohibit breathing. Collars are prohibited from wizarding cloaks. Blood purists say they´re too muggle. 1099 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Clothing.Textiles kanjifreq2001-2500 宗シュウ、ソウむねかず, し, そ, そお, たか, とし, のり, ひろ, むな, もと, よし religion, sect, denomination, main point, origin, essence 宗教(しゅうきょう): religion 宗(しゅう): sect 1 6 997 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 8 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic religion I never really did figure out what religion my host family was - all I knew was that they kept an altar in their home. All the RELIGIONS have their own temples, which are houses where they place their altars. 1100 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Religion.Creed kanjifreq751-1000 崇スウあが.めるす, たか, たかし, たかむ adore, respect, revere, worship 崇拝(すうはい): worship; adoration; admiration; cult 1 S 1970 山: mountain 宗: religion; sect; denomination; main point; origin; essence 11 山 46 3 やま・やまへん・やまかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic adore In ancient Greece, it was the religion of the time to adore the gods who live on Mount Olympus. I would adore the religious people if they just went and threw themselves off a mountain top. 1101 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1501-2000 祭サイまつ.る、まつ.り、まつり ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship 祭(まつり): festival; feast 祭る(まつる): (1) to deify; to enshrine (2) to pray; to worship 祭日(さいじつ): national holiday; festival day 雛祭(ひなまつり): Girls' Festival (March 3rd); Dolls' Festival お祭り(おまつり): festival; feast; carnival 2 3 1124 月: month; moon 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 11 示 113 5 しめす・しめすへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic ritual A ritual such as a circumcision: a small piece of flesh from the crotch is left on the altar. There are many famous penis matsuris(festivals) in Japan. The rituals of these festivals involve placing the flesh of the crotch on an altar. 1102 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art kanjifreq1001-1500 察サツ guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand 警察(けいさつ): police 視察(しさつ): inspection; observation 観察(かんさつ): observation; survey 診察(しんさつ): medical examination 察する(さっする): (1) to guess; to sense; to presume; to judge (2) to sympathize with; to sympathise with 3 4 477 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 祭: ritual; offer prayers; celebrate; deify; enshrine; worship 14 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic guess I have an informed guess about whose house the dark rituals are performet at. It´s anyone´s guess who´s house she will wake up in the morning after the festival (祭-matsuri) 1103 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 擦サツす.る、す.れる、-ず.れ、こす.る、こす.れる grate, rub, scratch, scrape, chafe, scour 摩擦(まさつ): friction; rubbing; rubdown; chafe 擦る(する): (1) to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to file; to frost (glass) (2) to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.) 擦る(こする): to rub; to scrub 擦れる(すれる): (1) to rub; to chafe (2) to wear out; to become worn (3) to lose one's innocence; to become sly 1 S 1485 手: hand 察: guess; presume; surmise; judge; understand 17 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic grate If you mis-guess the cheese you´ll grate your fingers on the cheese-grater (happens to me all the time). Ouch! Guess how many fingers I just grated in the grater? (Edit: OR: Ouch! Guess what I just grated in the grater? – my finger!). 1104 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 由ユ、ユウ、ユイよし、よ.る wherefore, a reason 自由(じゆう): freedom; liberty; as it pleases you 理由(りゆう): reason; pretext; motive 由(よし): reason; significance; cause 経由(けいゆ): (1) through; by way of; via (2) to go via; to go by way of 不自由(ふじゆう): (1) discomfort; inconvenience (2) poverty; want; destitution (3) disability; impairment (physical, mental, etc.) 3 3 325 田: rice field; rice paddy 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 5 田 102 5 た・たへん (none) 象形 Pictographic wherefore Wherefore art thou, Sprouteo? (Juliet has fallen in love with a brussel sprout) (OR: A brussel sprout has fallen from Juliet´s dinner plate and rolled off). “Cogito ergo sum. Wherefore is a bad choice here for two reasons. For one, it´s often mistranslated as ”“where”“ when in fact it´s an urge to know a cause or reason; and two, because this kanji represents the reason, not the urge. [A thought sprouts from my brain. I think, therefore I am.].” 1105 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 抽チュウひき- pluck, pull, extract, excel 抽選(ちゅうせん): lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots) 抽象(ちゅうしょう): abstract 1 S 1437 手: hand 由: wherefore; a reason 8 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic pluck “[When I see the word pluck, I think eyebrows, not vegetables. So, to avoid confusing with pick (#733):] Each time this singular, long, wiry black hair starts to sprout out of my chin again, I pluck it with my fingers.” If you pluck your fingers, new ones will sprout in their place. (try it ;). 1106 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 油ユ、ユウあぶら oil, fat 石油(せきゆ): oil; petroleum; kerosene 原油(げんゆ): crude oil 油(あぶら): oil 灯油(とうゆ): lamp oil; kerosene 油絵(あぶらえ): oil painting 油断(ゆだん): negligence; unpreparedness 醤油(しょうゆ): soy sauce; shoyu 2 3 690 水: water 由: wherefore; a reason 8 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic oil The liquid oil that sprouts from an oil field. In a rather surprising scientific breakthrough, genetically modified Brussel sprouts (which have become extremely absorbative), are thrown in the water to suck up oil spills. 1107 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Substance kanjifreq501-750 袖シュウそで sleeve, wing (building), extension, give cold shoulder 袖(そで): (1) sleeve (2) wing (of a stage) 0 S 1960 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 由: wherefore; a reason 10 衣 145 6 ころも・ころもへん (none) 形声 Phonetic sleeve Imagine some magic cloak, that when worn, has little green sprouts appearing on the sides that grow into sleeves. “The bad magician says, ”“As you can see, there´s nothing up my sleeves!”“ Then he trips over his cloak and brussel sprouts fall everywhere.” 1108 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Clothing.Textiles kanjifreq1501-2000 宙チュウひろ, ゆ mid-air, air, space, sky, memorization, interval of time 宇宙(うちゅう): universe; cosmos; space 宙返り(ちゅうがえり): somersault; looping-the-loop 2 6 1005 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 由: wherefore; a reason 8 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic mid-air Jack´s beanstalk sprouted up, pushed at the roof and lifted the house so that it hangs in mid-air suspended on the SPROUT. “Hahaha, the image of walking into a house and finding a sea of brussel sprouts floating mid-air is enough for me to remember. Maybe there´s a magician in the kitchen shouting a reassuring ”“Don´t mind the sprouts!”“.” 1109 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 届カイとど.ける、-とど.け、とど.く deliver, reach, arrive, report, notify, forward 届け(とどけ): report; notification; registration 届く(とどく): (1) to reach; to arrive; to get through; to get at (2) to be attentive; to pay attention (3) to be delivered; to carry (e.g. sound) 届ける(とどける): (1) to deliver; to forward; to send (2) to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities); to give notice; to register 2 6 939 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 由: wherefore; a reason 8 尸 44 3 しかばね・かばね・かばねだれ屆会意 Compound Ideographic deliver In the US, when the mail is delivered, a flag sprouts up on your mailbox. (We don´t have that in Australia.). A Japanese man ordered some Brussel sprouts from Belgium. They are delivered with a little Belgian flag (as seen sometimes in shops, little flags indicating the provenance and authenticity of the food like cheese and meat). 1110 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 笛テキふえう flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo 笛(ふえ): flute; pipe; whistle 1 3 1928 竹: bamboo 田: rice field; rice paddy 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 11 竹 118 6 たけ・たけかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic flute Flute is made of bamboo sprout. You pick up your bamboo flute, and recoil in shock as out comes not the dulcet melody you had hoped to play, but rather a Brussels sprout! You play again, and again a Brussels sprout. A bamboo flute that plays sprouts! Fabulous! Puts that golden egg laying goose in its place. 1111 grade3 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art kanjifreq1501-2000 軸ジク axis, pivot, stem, stalk, counter for book scrolls 軸(じく): axis; stem; shaft; axle 1 S 1261 車: car 由: wherefore; a reason 12 車 159 7 くるま・くるまへん (none) 形声 Phonetic axis The Germans manufactured so many cars during World War II that it was almost as if they were sprouting from the factories of the Axis. An absurd image, but what the heck - worked for me. Imagine a car going across a plain at a fast speed. Suddenly a single sprout (the only one to be seen) gets stuck to the car´s wheels, causing the car to fly around its axis. 1112 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Vehicle.Machine kanjifreq1001-1500 甲コウ、カンきのえかぶと, き, まさ, まさる armor, high (voice), A grade, 1st class, former, instep, carapace 甲(こう): (1) carapace; shell (2) 1st in rank; grade A (3) instep; back of hand (4) the A party (e.g. in a contract); the first party 生き甲斐(いきがい): something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être 甲(きのえ): first sign of the Chinese calendar 1 S 1073 田: rice field; rice paddy 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 5 田 102 5 た・たへん (none) 象形 Pictographic armor “Funny.. this appeared to me as a pictograph of a samurai´s armor. Then I looked up images of the samurai armor and it is not even remotely similar. Then I realised it looks in fact like the belly of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which I somehow associated with the samurai armor because of the ”“turtle samurai”“ that appeared earlier. Fits me. The bit that pokes down is to protect the genitals, I guess.” It looks like a bird´s eye view of a tank (modern armor). 1113 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq1001-1500 押オウお.す、お.し-、お.っ-、お.さえる、おさ.えるおし, おす, おや push, stop, check, subdue, attach, seize, weight, shove, press, seal, do in spite of 押す(おす): (1) to push; to press (2) to apply pressure from above; to press down (3) to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal (4) to affix (e.g. gold leaf) (5) to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel; to influence (6) to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress (7) to push (events along); to advance (a plan) (8) to do in spite of …; to do even though …; to force (9) to make sure (10) to be pressed for time (11) to advance troops; to attack (12) (of light) to be diffused across an entire surface 押し入れ(おしいれ): closet 押し切る(おしきる): (1) to face down the opposition; to overcome resistance; to have one's own way (2) to press and cut 押し込む(おしこむ): (1) to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to crowd into (2) to break in; to burglarize 押し寄せる(おしよせる): to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.); to rush for (the door); to inundate; to overwhelm; to push aside 3 S 789 手: hand 甲: armor; high (voice); A grade; first class; former; instep; carapace 8 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic push Push the roots down, instead of plucking the seedling. Use your fingers to make sure the roots of your plant are deep underground by pushing them down, down, down. 1114 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 岬コウみさきさき headland, cape, spit, promontory 岬(みさき): cape (on coast) 1 S 1972 山: mountain 甲: armor; high (voice); A grade; first class; former; instep; carapace 8 山 46 3 やま・やまへん・やまかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic headland A headland is a mountain that is firmly rooted despite being surrounded on 3 sides by water. (Just like your head is a mountain surrounded by air on 3 sides, a headland!). Headlands are natural forts; in fact, once men build castles on them, they become armoured mountains. (Gibralter, for example, is basically an armoured mountain). 1115 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1501-2000 挿ソウさ.す、はさ.む insert, put in, graft, wear (sword) 挿す(さす): (1) to insert; to put in (2) to plant (a cutting); to strike (3) to arrange (flowers) (4) to wear (a sword) in one's belt (5) to shut; to close; to lock; to fasten 1 S 1908 手: hand 千: thousand 十: ten 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 10 手 64 4 て・てへん插形声 Phonetic insert A rice farmer´s delicate fingers have inserted 1,000 rooted seedlings into his field. Imagine a crazy japanese hentai: multiple fingers and thousand of root-like tentacles are inserting themselves in… well, I think you can fill the rest. 1116 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 申シンもう.す、もう.し-、さる speak, have the honor to, monkey (zodiac sign) 申込み(もうしこみ): application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal; overture; challenge 申請(しんせい): application; request; petition 申告(しんこく): report; statement; filing a return; notification 申し上げる(もうしあげる): (1) to say; to tell; to state (2) to do for 申し訳(もうしわけ): apology; excuse 申す(もうす): (1) to say; to be called (2) to do 申し出(もうしで): proposal; request; claim; report; notice 申し入れる(もうしいれる): to propose; to suggest 申し出る(もうしでる): to report to; to tell; to suggest; to submit; to request; to make an offer; to come forward with information 申し訳ない(もうしわけない): (1) I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable (2) thank you very much (for help, etc.) 申し込む(もうしこむ): to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge; to lodge (objections); to request (an interview); to subscribe for; to book; to reserve 申し分(もうしぶん): objection; shortcomings 3 3 492 田: rice field; rice paddy 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 5 田 102 5 た・たへん (none) 象形 Pictographic speaketh “I imagine thomeone who can not pronounth the ”“s”“ and speaketh like thith becauth they have a cane in their mouth.” “I had persistent trouble confusing this one with 曰 sayeth (#578). The way I keep it sorted out is that this one is used in ”“moshi moshi”“ when answering the phone, similar to the way an American would say ”“hello, this is X speaking.”“.” 1117 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Zodiac kanjifreq251-500 伸シンの.びる、の.ばす、の.べる、の.すのぶ, よぼる expand, stretch, extend, lengthen, increase “伸びる(のびる): (1) to stretch; to extend; to lengthen; to spread (2) to make progress; to grow (beard, body height) (3) to grow stale (soba) (4) to be straightened; to be flattened; to be smoothed (5) to be exhausted (6) to be postponed; to be prolonged 欠伸(あくび): (1) yawn; yawning (and stretching) (2) kanji ”“yawning”“ radical (radical 76)” 2 S 730 人: person 申: have the honor to; sign of the monkey; 3-5PM; ninth sign of Chinese zodiac 7 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic expand Here we see Mr. T. expanding his gang with some trained fighter monkeys. A person expands into an ape man. I swear this is the only time I'll use Dragon Ball, but think of Goku expanding into that Saiyajin giant ape beast. 1118 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 神シン、ジンかみ、かん-、こう- か, かぐ, かな, かも, くま, こ, こは, だま, み gods, mind, soul 精神(せいしん): mind; soul; heart; spirit; intention 神(かみ): god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami 神経(しんけい): nerve; sensitivity 神社(じんじゃ): Shinto shrine 神話(しんわ): myth; legend 神様(かみさま): God 神秘(しんぴ): mystery 神聖(しんせい): holiness; sacredness; dignity 神殿(しんでん): temple; sacred place; shrine; sanctuary; tabernacle 3 3 347 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 申: have the honor to; sign of the monkey; 3-5PM; ninth sign of Chinese zodiac 9 示 113 5 しめす・しめすへん神形声 Phonetic gods “The Gods are gathered around debating Zeus´ latest purchase for Mount Olympus. A huge and extremely kitsch gilded altar in the shape of giant ”“speak no evil”“ monkey. Hera decides she will never let him go shopping alone again .” Hinduism has many gods, not just one God. One of the most famous of these gods is Hanuman the monkey. Many altars are dedicated to him. 1119 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Religion.Creed kanjifreq251-500 捜ソウ、シュ、シュウさが.す search, look for, locate 捜査(そうさ): search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry 捜索(そうさく): search (esp. for someone or something missing); investigation 2 S 592 手: hand 叟: old person 10 手 64 4 て・てへん搜形声 Phonetic search The monkey searches around with his fingers for his crotch. If you are familiar with the Monkey legends (西遊記 Journey to the West) there is a good image for this character: While searching for the end of the universe, monkey reaches to his crotch and urinates on Buddha´s fingers. (Update: new link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYXFppaKLL4). 1120 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 果カは.たす、はた.す、-は.たす、は.てる、-は.てる、は.てみ fruit, reward, carry out, achieve, complete, end, finish, succeed 結果(けっか): (1) result; consequence; outcome; effect (2) coming to fruition; bearing fruit 効果(こうか): effect; effectiveness; efficacy; result 成果(せいか): fruits (of one's labors); results; outcome; accomplishment 果たして(はたして): (1) as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; as a result (2) really? (in questions); ever? 果物(くだもの): fruit 果実(かじつ): fruit; nut; berry 果て(はて): the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result 果たす(はたす): (1) to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to fulfill; to fulfil; to realize; to execute; to perform; to do (2) to do … completely; to do … entirely 果てる(はてる): (1) to end; to be finished; to be exhausted; to die; to perish (2) indicates an extreme has been reached 3 4 258 田: rice field; rice paddy 木: tree; wood 8 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 象形 Pictographic fruit If only Eve had used her brains and not taken the forbidden fruit from the tree. Eve ate fruit from the tree and knowledge filled her brain.… 1121 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq251-500 菓カ candy, cakes, fruit 菓子(かし): pastry; confectionery お菓子(おかし): confections; sweets; candy 2 S 1719 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 果: fruit; reward; carry out; achieve; complete; end; finish; succeed 11 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic candy This candy is made in the shape of a flower, each petal with the taste of a different fruit. Candy is coloured like flowers and flavoured like fruit. 1122 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq1501-2000 課カ chapter, lesson, section, department, division, counter for chapters (of a book) 課目(かもく): (school) subject; curriculum; course 課題(かだい): (1) subject; theme; issue; matter (2) homework; assignment (3) task; challenge; problem; question 課長(かちょう): section manager; section chief 課税(かぜい): taxation 課(か): (1) lesson (2) section (in an organization); division; department (3) counter for lessons and chapters (of a book) 課程(かてい): course; curriculum 日課(にっか): daily lesson; daily work; daily routine 課外(かがい): extracurricular 2 4 455 言: say 果: fruit; reward; carry out; achieve; complete; end; finish; succeed 15 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic chapter After I finish each chapter of RTK, I eat a piece of fruit to celebrate all the new words I´ve learned. (Thanks Misha!). “Words signify the written words in a book. The fruit represents something whole, complete. A chapter in a book often offers a complete idea, setting, or account. It´s good to disambiguate the keyword from paragraph (#82). To reinforce the kanji, imagine eating a fruit at the end of each chapter of Tolstoy´s ”“War and Peace”“ to reward yourself. (If you ate a fruit at the end of each paragraph, you´d very quickly run out of fruit).” 1123 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 裸ラはだか naked, nude, uncovered, partially clothed 裸(はだか): naked; nude; bare 裸足(はだし): (1) barefoot (2) superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement) 1 S 1796 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 果: fruit; reward; carry out; achieve; complete; end; finish; succeed 13 衣 145 6 ころも・ころもへん (none) 形声 Phonetic naked Here we have Adam and Eve eating of the forbidden fruit and realizing they were naked, and so clothing themselves in a cloak. Hey honey, I´m naked underneath this cloak. I´ve got some nice melons and a fresh peach waiting for you. Don´t you want to taste my forbidden fruits…? 1124 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 斤キン axe, 1.32 lb, catty, counter for loaves of bread, axe radical (no. 69) 1 S 斤: axe, axe radical (no. 69) 4 斤 69 4 おの・おのづくり・きん (none) 象形 Pictographic ax Errata: stroke order in 4th edition is wrong. Top stroke is first. The axe-wielding maniac nails a poor victim, right under a cliff. Blood everywhere! (thanks scottamus!). 1125 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Counting_Counters Kanji_Counting_Units.of.Weight Kanji_Manufactured.Item 析セキ chop, divide, tear, analyze 分析(ぶんせき): analysis 1 S 980 木: tree; wood 斤: axe; 1.32 lb; catty; counter for loaves of bread; axe radical (no. 69) 8 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic chop We chop down trees with axes to analyze their rings. Wood + axe = chop? how much more simple can it get? 1126 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 所ショところ、-ところ、どころ、とこせ place 事務所(じむしょ): office 場所(ばしょ): (1) place; location; spot; position (2) room; space (3) basho (sumo wrestling tournament) 所得(しょとく): income; earnings 住所(じゅうしょ): address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile 所属(しょぞく): attached to; belong to; member 所有(しょゆう): one's possessions; ownership 近所(きんじょ): neighbourhood; neighborhood 役所(やくしょ): government office; public office 台所(だいどころ): kitchen 名所(めいしょ): (1) famous place (2) name of a part (of an instrument, etc.) (3) name and address 箇所(かしょ): passage; place; point; part 長所(ちょうしょ): strong point; merit; virtue; advantage 所在(しょざい): whereabouts 所持(しょじ): possession; owning 所定(しょてい): fixed; prescribed; certain; given 便所(べんじょ): toilet; lavatory; rest room; latrine; comfort station 短所(たんしょ): defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage 所々(ところどころ): here and there; some parts (of something); several places 停留所(ていりゅうじょ): bus stop; tram stop; stop; station 所が(ところが): even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless; on the contrary; as a matter of fact; despite 所(ところ): (1) place; spot; scene; site (2) address (3) district; area; locality (4) one's house (5) point (6) part (7) space; room (8) whereupon; as a result (9) (after present form of a verb) about to; on the verge of 所で(ところで): (1) by the way; incidentally (2) even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how) 所謂(いわゆる): what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak 余所(よそ): (1) another place; somewhere else; strange parts (2) outside (one's family or group); those people (3) unrelated matter 所為(せい): cause; reason; fault 所か(どころか): (1) far from; anything but; not at all (2) let alone; to say nothing of; not to speak of; much less 所(しょ): counter for places 4 3 221 戸: door; counter for houses; door radical (no. 63) 斤: axe; 1.32 lb; catty; counter for loaves of bread; axe radical (no. 69) 8 戸 63 4 と・とだれ・とかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic place You outsiders better learn your place! An axe stuck in the door when you get home is a pretty good indicator that this might not be the best place for you. A place for everything and everything in its place. To the right of the door is the standard place for the axe. 1127 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 祈キいの.るのり, れい pray, wish 祈り(いのり): prayer; supplication 祈る(いのる): to pray; to wish 2 S 1462 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 斤: axe; 1.32 lb; catty; counter for loaves of bread; axe radical (no. 69) 8 示 113 5 しめす・しめすへん祈形声 Phonetic pray Religious freedom has not always been respected throughout history, and nobody knew how to force religion on an indigenous people like the Spanish missionaries. They posted conquistadors at either side of the altars at the local missions, and if anybody refused to pray, they would get the axe. A warrior prays for victory before the battle. He kneels at the altar, his battle axe at the ready. 1128 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Religion.Creed kanjifreq1001-1500 近キン、コンちか.いおう, おお, この near, early, akin, tantamount “最近(さいきん): most recent; these days; right now; recently; nowadays 近代(きんだい): present day; modern times 付近(ふきん): (1) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; environs (2) approaching 近所(きんじょ): neighbourhood; neighborhood 近郊(きんこう): suburbs; outskirts 接近(せっきん): (1) getting closer; drawing nearer; approaching (2) being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.) (3) becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate 近い(ちかい): near; close; short (distance) 身近(みぢか): near oneself; close to one; familiar 近づける(ちかづける): to bring near; to put close; to let come near; to associate with 近づく(ちかづく): (1) to approach; to draw near; to get close (2) to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know 近々(ちかぢか): soon; nearness; before long 近寄る(ちかよる): to approach; to draw near 近視(きんし): myopia; shortsightedness; nearsightedness 近く(ちかく): (1) near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity (2) nearly (i.e. ”“it took nearly one year”“); close to (3) shortly; soon 近眼(きんがん): nearsightedness; shortsightedness; myopia 近頃(ちかごろ): lately; recently; nowadays 手近(てぢか): near; handy; within reach; familiar” 4 2 194 斤: axe; 1.32 lb; catty; counter for loaves of bread; axe radical (no. 69) 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 7 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic near The end is near. The axe-murderer is waiting for you on the road… An absurd image, but working for me: two points A and B are separated by a long road. To make A and B near, take an ax, cut a big chunk of road, and the work is done. 1129 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Directions Kanji_Time kanjifreq1-250 折セツお.る、おり、お.り、-お.り、お.れるせき fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit 折(おり): (1) opportunity; chance; occasion; time (2) fold; pleat; crease (3) small food box (wooden or cardboard) 時折(ときおり): sometimes 骨折(こっせつ): bone fracture 折衷(せっちゅう): compromise; cross; blending; eclecticism 折り返す(おりかえす): (1) to turn up; to fold back (2) to loopback (a signal, a message) 屈折(くっせつ): (1) bending; indentation (2) refraction (3) inflection (4) warping (e.g. of opinion, reasoning, etc.); distortion 折る(おる): (1) to break; to fracture; to break off; to snap off; to pick (e.g. flowers) (2) to fold; to bend (3) to make (origami) (4) to interrupt; to end 折れる(おれる): (1) to break; to be broken; to snap; to fracture (2) to be folded (3) to give in; to back down; to yield; to submit (4) to turn (a corner) 折角(せっかく): with trouble; at great pains; long-awaited 3 4 962 手: hand 斤: axe; 1.32 lb; catty; counter for loaves of bread; axe radical (no. 69) 7 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic fold It´s the latest Japanese game show: Forudo! Contestants are given a sheet of paper and are told to fold it into a complex origami shape. If they´re not done in 60 seconds, a huge axe descends from the ceiling and chops their work in half. Contestants know to recoil their hands from the falling axe, but some have been so absorbed in folding, they ignore the buzzer and get their fingers chopped off. Fold some origami into the shape of an axe with your fingers. It´s even as sharp, so watch out for paper cuts! 1130 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 哲テツさとい、あき.らかあき, あきら, さと, さとし, さとる, てっ, てつん, のり, よし philosophy, clear 哲学(てつがく): philosophy 1 S 1093 折: fold; break; fracture; bend; yield; submit 口: mouth 10 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic philosophy A two-hour lesson of philosophy in high school. All the students, bored to death, are folding sheets of paper into planes, love notes or whatever, while the mouth of the teacher is talking about Platon, Kierkegaard and many other notorious philosophers. I fold my mouth, therefore I am. 1131 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 逝セイゆ.く、い.く departed, die 1 S 2018 折: fold; break; fracture; bend; yield; submit 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 10 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic departed One of the dearest of Japan´s dearly departed is Sasaki Sadako, who developed Leukemia after the bombing of Hiroshima, and became famous for folding more than a thousand paper cranes, never giving up hope. To this day, people in Hiroshima still fold origami cranes in her memory. For this character, let us imagine a parade in her honor, the entire road lined with folded cranes. The BIG ONE hits Tokyo. You see a news report of the recently departed victims who died when the roads folded (from the earthquake). 1132 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 誓セイちか.う vow, swear, pledge 誓う(ちかう): to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge 1 S 1567 折: fold; break; fracture; bend; yield; submit 言: say 14 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic vow “This Japanese couple wrote the vows that they had made to each other onto a piece of paper and then folded it into an origami, and put it somewhere in their appartment. To everybody else it is an origami, but to them it is also a symbol of their vows. – ”“the folded words are vows”“. Note : in this story and a few others I use the image of an origami for the primitive ”“fold”“.” A Japanese wedding tradition is to present each other with origami cranes with their vows written on the BOTTOM. 1133 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 暫ザンしばら.く temporarily, a while, moment, long time 暫く(しばらく): (1) little while; short while; moment; instant (2) a while; quite a time (3) it's been a long time 1 S 1112 斬: beheading; kill; murder 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 15 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic temporarily Your car has been savagely (see steadily) attacked by an ax. It will be some days before your car is fixed. So you are temporarily without car. Today is Car Axe Day. The day where you can temporarily (today only) attack cars using an axe without punishment. 1134 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Time kanjifreq1001-1500 漸ゼンようや.く、やや、ようよ.う、すす.む steadily, gradually advancing, finally, barely 漸く(ようやく): (1) finally; at last (2) barely; narrowly; hardly; only just (3) gradually; little by little; by degrees 1 S 2115 水: water 斬: beheading; kill; murder 14 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic steadily I imagine firemen working steadily to rescue a man from a crashed car. First, they spray it with water; then, they use an axe to break through the window. Water + Car + Axe: The steadily rising water was filling the car, but the firefighters took their axe and broke the window, getting me out. 1135 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 断ダンた.つ、ことわ.る、さだ.める severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision, judgement, cutting 判断(はんだん): judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; conclusion; decipherment; divination 決断(けつだん): decision; determination 診断(しんだん): diagnosis 横断(おうだん): (1) crossing (2) transverse 断る(ことわる): (1) to refuse; to reject; to dismiss; to turn down; to decline (2) to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance (3) to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from) 中断(ちゅうだん): interruption; suspension; break 無断(むだん): without permission; without notice 断然(だんぜん): firmly; absolutely; definitely 断水(だんすい): water outage 断定(だんてい): conclusion; decision 油断(ゆだん): negligence; unpreparedness 断言(だんげん): assertion; declaration; affirmation 断面(だんめん): cross-section 3 5 338 米: rice; USA; metre 斤: axe; 1.32 lb; catty; counter for loaves of bread; axe radical (no. 69) 11 斤 69 4 おの・おのづくり・きん斷会意 Compound Ideographic severance [Based on fuaburisu´s] A man puts some rice on a fishhook as bait, but catches a fish so strong, he needs to take out his axe and sever the line lest he be dragged into the depths. When you get the ax at work, use your severance pay to buy fishhooks and rice. At least that way you can eat sushi. 1136 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 質シツ、シチ、チたち、ただ.す、もと、わりふ substance, quality, matter, temperament 質問(しつもん): question; inquiry; enquiry 物質(ぶっしつ): material; substance 質(しつ): quality 本質(ほんしつ): essence; true nature; substance; reality 人質(ひとじち): hostage; prisoner 品質(ひんしつ): (material) quality 性質(せいしつ): nature; property; disposition 気質(きしつ): spirit; character; trait; temperament; turn of mind; disposition 素質(そしつ): character; qualities; genius; the makings of 地質(ちしつ): geological features 実質(じっしつ): substance; essence 質疑(しつぎ): (1) question (2) interpellation 良質(りょうしつ): good quality; superior quality 質素(しっそ): simplicity; modesty; frugality 蛋白質(たんぱくしつ): protein 4 5 389 斤: axe; 1.32 lb; catty; counter for loaves of bread; axe radical (no. 69) 斤: axe; 1.32 lb; catty; counter for loaves of bread; axe radical (no. 69) 貝: shellfish 15 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic substance What is this substance on this clam? I´ve already broken 2 axes on it! (Good question…質問). Another keyword that I do not like by Heisig. 質【しつ】 (n,n-suf) quality. Story: Your at a local ax dealer and you have TWO AXES which you are testing for QUALITY by trying to split CLAMS right down the opening. Picture yourself succeeding with one AX and then some weird SUBSTANCE comes out of the shell…eww (I don´t like clams). 1137 grade5 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq251-500 斥セキしりぞ.ける reject, retreat, recede, withdraw, repel, repulse 1 S 2231 斤: axe; 1.32 lb; catty; counter for loaves of bread; axe radical (no. 69) 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 5 斤 69 4 おの・おのづくり・きん (none) 象形 Pictographic reject The kids at school used to reject me.. Made me feel really bad till I brought my axe to school. See the drop of blood on it? The quality expectations are very high in our axe manufacturing facility. If there´s one drop of rust on any axe, it gets rejected. 1138 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 訴ソうった.える accusation, sue, complain of pain, appeal to 訴訟(そしょう): litigation; lawsuit 訴え(うったえ): lawsuit; complaint 訴える(うったえる): (1) to raise; to bring to (someone's attention) (2) to appeal to; to call for (3) to complain (4) to sue (a person); to take someone to court (5) to resort to (e.g. arms, violence) 1 S 427 言: say 斥: reject; retreat; recede; withdraw; repel; repulse 12 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic accusation I strongly reject the accusation implicit in your words. Words that make you feel rejected. 1139 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq251-500 昨サク yesterday, previous 一昨年(おととし): year before last 昨日(きのう): yesterday 一昨日(おととい): day before yesterday 昨(さく): last (year); yesterday 一昨昨日(いっさくさくじつ): two days before yesterday; three days back (ago) 3 4 226 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 乍: though; notwithstanding; while; during; both; all 9 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic yesterday One can use a simple word play to remember this character - the day that I saw before today was yesterday. Yester-DAY, all my troubles seemed SAW far away… 1140 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Time kanjifreq1-250 詐サいつわ.る lie, falsehood, deceive, pretend 詐欺(さぎ): fraud; swindle; graft 1 S 1511 言: say 乍: though; notwithstanding; while; during; both; all 12 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic lie Pinnochio gets frustrated that every time he utters a word of a lie, his nose grows and he has to get the saw out again. Her lies are words that cut not like a knife, no not cleanly, but savagely like a saw. 1141 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 作サク、サつく.る、つく.り、-づく.りくり, さか, さっ, づくり, とも, なお, はぎ, まさか make, production, prepare, build 作業(さぎょう): work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty 作品(さくひん): work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production 作家(さっか): author; writer; novelist; artist 作戦(さくせん): (1) tactics; strategy (2) military or naval operations 制作(せいさく): (1) work (film, book) (2) production; creation 工作(こうさく): work; construction; handicraft; maneuvering; manoeuvering 作曲(さっきょく): composition; setting (of music) 製作(せいさく): manufacture; production 操作(そうさ): (1) operation; management; processing (2) manipulating to one's benefit (3) to operate (4) to manipulate; to fiddle (e.g. the books) 原作(げんさく): original work 作者(さくしゃ): author; authoress 作(さく): a work; a harvest 創作(そうさく): production; literary creation; work 作文(さくぶん): (1) writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition (2) formal writing with little real meaning 作用(さよう): action; operation; effect; function 発作(ほっさ): fit; spasm; attack; seizure 名作(めいさく): masterpiece 動作(どうさ): action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior; execution; actuation; operation; manners 傑作(けっさく): (1) masterpiece; best work (2) amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner 作物(さくもつ): produce (e.g. agricultural); crops 豊作(ほうさく): abundant harvest; bumper crop 作成(さくせい): drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing; creating; creation 作り(つくり): (1) making; producing; manufacturing; building; construction; make; structure (2) appearance (i.e. attire, make-up) (3) build (i.e. physique) (4) sashimi (5) forced (smile, etc.) 荷作り(にづくり): packing; baling; crating 凶作(きょうさく): bad harvest; poor crop 耕作(こうさく): cultivation; farming 作製(さくせい): manufacture 作法(さほう): manners; etiquette; propriety 作物(さくぶつ): literary work 駄作(ださく): poor work; rubbish 4 2 103 人: person 乍: though; notwithstanding; while; during; both; all 7 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic make Mr T.´s favorite magazine is Make. He loves to make things. But he´s a purist: he only uses saws, no power tools. “When the A-Team crash lands on a deserted island, Mr. T salvages a saw from the wreckage and says, ”“I don´t know about y´all foos, but I´m gonna make a raft.”“.” 1142 grade2 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 雪セツゆきせっ, ぶき snow 雪(ゆき): snow 吹雪(ふぶき): snow storm; blizzard 雪崩(なだれ): avalanche 3 2 1131 雨: rain 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 11 雨 173 8 あめ・あめかんむり・あまかんむり (none) 象形 Pictographic snow SNOW isn´t all that different from RAIN, except it can be removed with a BROOM because it only forms in freezing temperatures. Rain just soaks into the soil. Snow has to be swept away with a broom… 1143 grade2 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq1001-1500 録ロクしる.す、と.る record 記録(きろく): (1) record; minutes; document (2) a record (e.g. in sports); results; score (3) to record; to document (4) to set a record (e.g. in sports); to show a result; to reach a value 登録(とうろく): registration; accession; register; entry; record 録音(ろくおん): (audio) recording 目録(もくろく): (1) catalogue; catalog; inventory; index; list (2) certificate indicating an impending gift 付録(ふろく): appendix; supplement; annex 2 4 546 金: gold 彔: to carve wood 16 金 167 8 かね・かねへん錄形声 Phonetic record A monk won a gold metal for breaking the current record for most swept rice in one minute. This character is about a recording for a music box. The tines of the mechanism are like a metal broom and the little pins on the cylinder are like metal grains of rice. 1144 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 尋ジンたず.ねる、ひろず, つぐ inquire, fathom, look for 尋ねる(たずねる): (1) to ask; to enquire; to inquire (2) to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate 1 S 1398 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 工: craft; construction; katakana e radical (no. 48) 口: mouth 寸: measurement; foot/10 12 寸 41 3 すん・すんづくり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic inquire The policed inquired into the erotica scandal. They tried to sweep away the evidence, but some of it stuck. (Note: katakana エロ ero in the middle of this kanji is the Japanese word for erotica.). “As a verb this means, this means ”“to ask; to enquire; to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate;”“. Imagine the police inquiring in an in-depth investigation. They are interrogating a suspect. But the suspect has a crafty mouth and is very sly. He/she also knows when to keep their mouth shut(glued) at the right moments to avoid self-incrimination. As a final measure, the police torture the suspect by tickling him/her with a broom while they inquire.” 1145 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 急キュウいそ.ぐ、いそ.ぎ hurry, emergency, sudden, steep 緊急(きんきゅう): urgent; pressing; emergency 急(きゅう): (1) urgent; sudden; abrupt (2) sharp; steep; precipitous (3) rapid; swift; fast (4) emergency; crisis (5) hurrying; haste (6) (in gagaku or noh) end of a song 急速(きゅうそく): rapid (e.g. progress) 急激(きゅうげき): sudden; precipitous; radical 特急(とっきゅう): (1) limited express (train, faster than an express) (2) great hurry 急行(きゅうこう): (1) moving at high speed (2) express (e.g. train that bypasses many stations) 急ぐ(いそぐ): to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner 早急(さっきゅう): urgent 応急(おうきゅう): emergency; first-aid 至急(しきゅう): urgent; pressing 急かす(せかす): to hurry; to urge on 準急(じゅんきゅう): semi-express train (slower than an express); local express train 急に(きゅうに): (1) swiftly; rapidly (2) suddenly; abruptly; immediately 4 3 309 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 9 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic hurry She was always bound to a broom, her heart pounding in a hurry to finish before she was punished for being slow. Fantasia: Bound up brooms out of control send Mickey´s heart racing–he has to hurry and figure out how to stop them before the magician returns! 1146 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq251-500 穏オンおだ.やか calm, quiet, moderation 穏やか(おだやか): calm; gentle; quiet 穏和(おんわ): gentle; mild; moderate 1 S 1535 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 爪: claw; nail; talon 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 16 禾 115 5 のぎ・のぎへん穩形声 Phonetic calm The farmer is calm knowing that his wheat fields are protected from vultures by his strawman with a heart (all the better to do the job properly). This whole kanji is a picture of calmness. The wheat has been harvested and even the vultures sit calmly watching the humans sweep and clean-up after the harvest is over. Hearts are peaceful and calm at this time of the year. Even the days are calm without storm. 1147 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 侵シンおか.す encroach, invade, raid, trespass, violate 侵略(しんりゃく): aggression; invasion; raid 侵入(しんにゅう): penetration; invasion; raid; aggression; trespass 侵す(おかす): (1) to invade; to raid; to violate (airspace, etc.); to intrude; to trespass (2) to infringe; to encroach (3) to harm; to afflict; to affect 1 S 1025 人: person 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 9 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic encroach The parson ENCROACHES on the French maid; driven wild by her little broom, dainty tiara and sinfully short skirt showing her knickers (crotch)! Mr T. hits a condom salesman (broom + crown + crotch) over the head with a broom because the dude ENCROACHed Mr. T´s privates area during the sale. 1148 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 浸シンひた.す、ひた.る immersed, soak, dip, steep, moisten, wet, dunk 浸す(ひたす): to soak; to dip; to drench 1 S 1447 水: water 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 10 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic immersed The French maid draws a bath for her amorous master, but slips and falls in - getting immersed. (thanks to Nukemarine for the French maid image!). After being hit in the head with the broom, the condom salesman IMMERSED his head in some water. 1149 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 寝シンね.る、ね.かす、い.ぬ、みたまや、や.める lie down, sleep, rest, bed, remain unsold 寝る(ねる): (1) to lie down (2) to go to bed; to lie in bed (3) to sleep (lying down) (4) to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse) (5) to lie idle 昼寝(ひるね): nap (afternoon); siesta 寝台(しんだい): bed; couch 寝巻き(ねまき): sleep-wear; nightclothes; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown; nightdress 寝かせる(ねかせる): to put to bed; to lay down; to ferment 寝坊(ねぼう): (1) sleeping in late; oversleeping (2) late riser; sleepyhead 朝寝坊(あさねぼう): oversleeping; late riser 転寝(うたたね): dozing; napping (e.g. on the floor in one's clothes, in the train) 3 S 1034 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 爿: left-side kata radical (no. 91) 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 13 宀 40 3 うかんむり寢会意 Compound Ideographic lie down After work, the French maid goes home and lies down with a turtle. Turtle? Well, he´s sloooow and always hard… (thanks to Nukemarine and Wakela!). “After being hit on the head encroach (#1148), the condom salesman goes back to his house to lie down. He hasn´t made a single sale today, so he doesn´t have enough money to buy a pillow. He lies down on his pet turtle and cries himself to sleep.” 1150 gradeS JLPT.N3 Kanji_Body_Function kanjifreq1001-1500 婦フよめね lady, woman, wife, bride 主婦(しゅふ): housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker 夫婦(ふうふ): married couple; spouses; husband and wife; couple; pair 看護婦(かんごふ): (female) nurse 婦人(ふじん): woman; lady; adult female 産婦人科(さんふじんか): maternity and gynaecology department (gynecology); department of obstetrics and gynaecology (gynecology) 3 5 671 女: woman; female 帚: broom 11 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 形声 Phonetic lady In high society, a lady is a woman who never touches a broom or an apron. The LADY of the house is nothing more than a WOMAN who´s a HOUSEWIFE (BROOM and APRON anyone?). 1151 grade5 JLPT.N3 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq501-750 掃ソウ、シュは.くか sweep, brush 清掃(せいそう): cleaning 掃除(そうじ): cleaning; sweeping 掃く(はく): to sweep; to brush; to gather up 2 S 1255 手: hand 帚: broom 11 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic sweep Whether I SWEEP something away with my FINGERS or my BROOM, I should always wear my APRON. FINGERS of the HOUSEWIFE (in itself, holding a BROOM, with an APRON) busily SWEEP the floor. 1152 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 当トウあ.たる、あ.たり、あ.てる、あ.て、まさ.に、まさ.にべしたい hit, right, appropriate, himself 当り前(あたりまえ): (1) natural; reasonable; obvious (2) usual; common; ordinary 当り(あたり): (1) hit (2) success (3) guess; prediction (4) affability; friendliness (5) sensation; touch (6) bruise (on fruit) (7) situation in which a stone or chain of stones may be captured on the next move (in the game of go) (8) bite (of a fish on a hook); strike (9) per; each 手当て(てあて): (1) salary; pay; compensation; allowance (e.g. housing allowance); benefit; bonus (2) medical care; treatment (3) advance preparation 割当て(わりあて): (1) allotment; assignment; allocation; quota; rationing (2) binding 当時(とうじ): at that time; in those days 担当(たんとう): (in) charge (of an area of responsibility, but not necessarily supervision of staff) 当選(とうせん): (1) being elected (2) being selected (to win a prize, etc.) (3) winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.) 本当(ほんとう): truth; reality 相当(そうとう): (1) befitting; becoming; worthy of; proportionate; in keeping with; suitable (2) considerable; substantial (3) to be worthy of; to be proportionate to (4) to correspond to (in meaning, function, etc.); to be equivalent (5) extremely; considerably 当然(とうぜん): natural; as a matter of course 当日(とうじつ): appointed day; very day 不当(ふとう): injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid 正当(せいとう): just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable; reasonable; legitimate; legal; lawful 適当(てきとう): (1) suitable; proper; appropriate; adequate; fit (2) noncommittal; vague; equivocal; unserious; irresponsible 弁当(べんとう): bento; Japanese box lunch 当てる(あてる): (1) to hit (2) to expose (3) to apply (e.g. patch) (4) to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class) (5) to guess (an answer) (6) to make a hit (e.g. in a lottery) 該当(がいとう): corresponding to; being applicable to; coming under; falling under; applying to; fulfilling 見当(けんとう): aim; mark; estimate; guess; approximation; direction 当人(とうにん): the one concerned; the said person 当番(とうばん): being on duty 日当たり(ひあたり): (1) exposure to the sun; sunny place (2) per day 心当たり(こころあたり): having some knowledge of; happening to know 当たる(あたる): (1) to be hit; to strike (2) to touch; to be in contact; to be affixed (3) to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to apply to (4) to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.) (5) to be selected (in a lottery, etc.); to win (6) to be successful; to go well; to be a hit (7) to face; to confront (8) to lie (in the direction of) (9) to undertake; to be assigned (10) to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.); to be afflicted (11) to be called upon (by the teacher) (12) to treat (esp. harshly); to lash out at (13) to be unnecessary (14) (in baseball) to be hitting well; to be on a hitting streak (15) (in fishing) to feel a bite (16) (of fruit, etc.) to be bruised; to spoil (17) to feel (something) out; to probe into; to check (i.e. by comparison) (18) to shave 突き当たる(つきあたる): to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street) 妥当(だとう): valid; proper; right; appropriate 当てはまる(あてはまる): to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill 突き当たり(つきあたり): end (e.g. of street, hallway, etc.) 当てはめる(あてはめる): to apply; to adapt 当て字(あてじ): kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character 日当(にっとう): daily allowance お弁当(おべんとう): bento (Japanese box lunch) 当(とう): this (business organisation or place) 3 2 91 小: little; small 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 6 田 102 5 た・たへん當形声 Phonetic hit Some mothers use a small broom to hit their children when they misbehave. “Here is a weird carnival game where you hold a broom like a javelin and throw it, trying to hit the center of a very small target. The target is so small, in fact, that if someone does manage to hit it, the operator turns in surprise and says, ”“Whoa, really?! (本当?!)”“.” 1153 grade2 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 争ソウあらそ.う、いか.でか contend, dispute, argue 戦争(せんそう): war 競争(きょうそう): (1) competition; contest (2) to compete 紛争(ふんそう): dispute; trouble; strife 争い(あらそい): dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry; contest 論争(ろんそう): controversy; dispute 争う(あらそう): (1) to compete; to contest; to contend (2) to quarrel; to argue; to dispute; to be at variance; to oppose (3) (usu. in negative form) to deny (e.g. evidence) 抗争(こうそう): dispute; resistance 3 4 271 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 亅: feathered stick; barb radical (no. 6) 6 爪 87 4 つめ・つめがしら・つめかんむり・そうにょう・のつ爭会意 Compound Ideographic contend This can be seen as a Retarius, a roman gladiator. The Retiarius always fought with a net to bound up his opponents, and with a trident, which was able to pierce enemies after tying them. They were terrific contenders, so they were only paired with gladiators specially equipped to fight them. A boxing ring is bound up by the ropes. The contender is cheating and using a rake. 1154 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 浄ジョウ、セイきよ.める、きよ.い clean, purify, cleanse, exorcise, Manchu Dynasty 1 S 1383 水: water 争: contend; dispute; argue 9 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい淨形声 Phonetic clean Bottled water marketers contend to make their version of tap water sound the cleanest. The water contends against the dirt in the ultimate battle for cleaninless. 1155 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq1001-1500 事ジ、ズこと、つか.う、つか.えるろ matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly 記事(きじ): article; news story; report; account 軍事(ぐんじ): military affairs 仕事(しごと): (1) work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task (2) work 事業(じぎょう): (1) project; enterprise; business; industry; operations (2) act; deed; conduct 事件(じけん): event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal 事故(じこ): (1) accident; incident; trouble (2) circumstances; reasons 事実(じじつ): fact; truth; reality 事情(じじょう): circumstances; consideration; conditions; situation; reasons 事務(じむ): business; office work 事務所(じむしょ): office 知事(ちじ): prefectural governor 事態(じたい): situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances 工事(こうじ): construction work; construction; work (related to construction, e.g. painting, concrete-pouring, etc.) 人事(じんじ): personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR 食事(しょくじ): (1) meal (2) to eat 刑事(けいじ): (1) (police) detective (2) criminal matter 検事(けんじ): public prosecutor 見事(みごと): (1) splendid; magnificent; beautiful; admirable (2) praiseworthy act; feat; commendable deed (3) utter (esp. defeat); total; complete 行事(ぎょうじ): event; function 家事(かじ): (1) housework; domestic chores (2) family affairs; household matters 出来事(できごと): incident; affair; happening; event 判事(はんじ): judge; judiciary 事(こと): (1) thing; matter (2) incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis (3) circumstances; situation; state of affairs (4) work; business; affair (5) after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to (6) nominalizing suffix (7) pretending to …; playing make-believe … 大事(だいじ): important; valuable; serious matter 返事(へんじ): reply; answer; response 無事(ぶじ): safety; peace; quietness 火事(かじ): fire; conflagration 物事(ものごと): things; everything 従事(じゅうじ): engaging; pursuing; following (e.g. profession or occupation) 事柄(ことがら): matter; thing; affair; circumstance 事前(じぜん): prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante 事項(じこう): matter; item; facts 用事(ようじ): tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement 炊事(すいじ): cooking; culinary arts 領事(りょうじ): consul 議事堂(ぎじどう): Diet building お大事に(おだいじに): take care of yourself; get well soon; God bless you; bless you 事による(ことによる): (1) depending on the circumstances (2) due to (with modifying verb) 些事(さじ): something small or petty; trifle 4 3 18 口: mouth 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 亅: feathered stick; barb radical (no. 6) 8 亅 6 1 はねぼう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic matter I had to take one day off from work due to ´personal matters´ after stepping on a rake and having the handle snap up and smack me across the mouth. I certainly wasn´t going to tell anyone about it. Just one word about this matter from your mouth and you will find this rake across it. 1156 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 唐トウからかろ, たん T'ang, China 1 S 1727 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 口: mouth 10 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic T'ang “Two archeologists are in a cave looking at Chinese artifacts from various eras. One picks up a rake and says, ”“What about this – T´ang, do you think?”“ The second puts the rake in his mouth and answers, ”“Yes, it does tang a bit”“.” Screw it, this character refers to the drink. The powdery orange substance is actually found on the floor of tropical caves, where trained aboriginal peoples use wooden rakes to rake the Tang into a pile before putting a bit of it in their mouths to see if it´s tasty or not. 1157 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 糖トウ sugar 砂糖(さとう): sugar 1 6 1471 米: rice; USA; metre 唐: T'ang; China 16 米 119 6 こめ・こめへん (none) 形声 Phonetic sugar Sugar made from rice has a tangy flavour. The T´ang are the ones who began using sugar in China–of course, the first thing they tried it on was rice. 1158 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq1001-1500 康コウかん, こ, みち, やす, やすし ease, peace 健康(けんこう): health; sound; wholesome 2 4 760 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 隶: extend; give; cast; slave radical (no. 171) 11 广 53 3 まだれ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic sane A psychiatric hospital is located in a CAVE. To determine, which patients are sane and can be released, they are given a SIEVE and asked to empty a bathtub (the sane ones take out the plug and get the water out with ease). People on the cave age became more sane after they started using sieves to avoid eating harmful things with their grains. (This kanji is almost exclusively used to write 健康, health). 1159 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness kanjifreq751-1000 逮タイ apprehend, chase 逮捕(たいほ): arrest; apprehension; capture 1 S 766 隶: extend; give; cast; slave radical (no. 171) 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 11 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic apprehend Think police roadblocks. They act like road sieves, letting good people through but apprehending criminals. “In Space Balls, they were combing the desert in order to apprehend Lone Star. Picture Dark Helmet saying ”“Combing the desert failed, we must now sieve the road!”“.” 1160 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 伊イかれこれ, ただ, よし, いと, だ Italy, that one 伊達(だて): (1) elegance; dandyism; sophistication; having style (2) affectation; showing off; putting on an air; appearances; just for show 1 S+ 703 人: person 尹: an official rank (none) Italy “The ”“boot”“ of Italy has gotten Europe all muddy. Who else could mop it up but Mr T?” Here I have Mister T cleaning up with a mop, a real mess of spaghetti, in front of the Piza (in Italy). 1161 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 ShouldSuspend 君クンきみ、-ぎみみ old boy, name-suffix 諸君(しょくん): Gentlemen!; Ladies! 君主(くんしゅ): ruler; monarch; sovereign 君(きみ): (1) you; buddy; pal (2) monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master 君(くん): Mr (junior); master; boy 3 3 947 尹: an official rank 口: mouth 7 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic old boy “There´s a tendancy in Japan to make the younger members (kouhai) clean up after the older members (senpai) of a group, which results in a lot of grumbling and whining. ”“Well old boy,”“ a senpai might say, ”“If you did as much work with the mop as you do with your mouth, you would have been done an hour ago”“.” The Beatles, english old boys, had hairs like mop and a good singing mouth. 1162 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_People_General kanjifreq751-1000 群グンむ.れる、む.れ、むら、むら.がるぐり, ぐ, こお, こおり, ごうり flock, group, crowd, herd, swarm, cluster 群(ぐん): (1) group (of people, animals, etc.) (2) group 群れ(むれ): group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school; swarm; cluster (e.g. of stars); clump; pack (e.g. of dogs) 群衆(ぐんしゅう): group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude 群がる(むらがる): to swarm; to gather 群集(ぐんしゅう): group (of living things); crowd; community 2 5 1012 君: mister; you; ruler; male name suffix 羊: sheep 13 羊 123 6 ひつじ・ひつじへん (none) 形声 Phonetic flock Good ol´ boys are like sheep; they tend to flock together. “A little girl herder calls out, ”“羊君、きて！”“ to the sheeps and they flock to her at once.” 1163 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_People_Group kanjifreq1001-1500 耐タイた.えるたえ “#NAME?” 1 S 1295 而: rake 寸: measurement; foot/10 9 而 126 6 しかし・しかして・しこうして (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic “#NAME?” [akrodha] My comb is rust-proof, water-proof, and fire-proof. But unfortunately it is not idiot-proof–and I glued it to myself. I spent $100 recently on this excellent rust-proof, water-proof, fire-proof comb. But two days after having bought it, I left it in my back pocket and sat down, snapping this expensive comb in half! I glued it back together, but now every time I try to comb through my thick hair, it just breaks apart again. I guess my comb is also glue-proof. 1164 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 需ジュ demand, request, need 需要(じゅよう): demand; request 必需品(ひつじゅひん): necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials; staple 1 S 935 雨: rain 而: rake 14 雨 173 8 あめ・あめかんむり・あまかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic demand Supply and demand is a simple concept: when it rains, the demand for combs goes up to deal with wet hair. If it´s raining combs, then the demand for them sure does drop. 1165 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 儒ジュ Confucian 1 S 2162 人: person 需: demand; request; need 16 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic Confucian “No more Confucian jibba-jabba! I demand you tell me why it´s raining combs!”“.” “One day, Mr. T started reading the little proverbs he found in fortune cookies, and with this newfound wisdom he became a Confucian scholar. He was suddenly in high demand as people came from all over to ask for his sage advice, immensely satisfied with suggestions such as, ”“You will find happiness with a new love”“.” 1166 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art kanjifreq2001-2500 端タンはし、は、はた、-ばた、はなただし, みず edge, origin, end, point, border, verge, cape 端(はし): (1) end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge; margin (2) beginning; start; first (3) odds and ends; scrap; odd bit; least 極端(きょくたん): extreme; extremity 先端(せんたん): pointed end; tip; fine point; spearhead; cusp; vanguard; advanced; leading edge; apex (of a curve) 半端(はんぱ): remnant; fragment; incomplete set; fraction; odd sum; incompleteness 途端(とたん): just (now, at the moment, etc.) 出端(では): (1) chance of going out; opportunity (to succeed) (2) musical accompaniment for an actor going on stage 1 S 960 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 耑: specialized; concentrated 14 立 117 5 たつ・たつへん (none) 形声 Phonetic edge Have you ever seen those shots in movies where the hero is standing at the edge of a sheer mountain face, hair blowing in the wind? It probably wouldn´t seem so heroic if you saw him ten minutes earlier, when a crew of stylists was carefully combing his hair so it would fall perfectly. “When you stand a comb on its edge, it looks like the mountain (#768) kanji.” 1167 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq751-1000 両リョウてる、ふたつもろ both, old Japanese coin, no. of vehicles, two 両親(りょうしん): parents; both parents 両方(りょうほう): both sides; both parties 両側(りょうがわ): both sides 両立(りょうりつ): compatibility; coexistence; standing together 両替(りょうがえ): change; money exchange 両極(りょうきょく): both extremities; north and south poles; positive and negative poles 両(りょう): (1) both (e.g. both shoulders, etc.) (2) ryo (obsolete unit of currency) (3) 41-42 g (one sixteenth of a kin) (4) 2 tan (measure of fabric size) (5) counter for carriages (e.g. in a train) 3 3 247 一: one; one radical (no.1) 冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13) 山: mountain 6 入 11 2 いる・にゅう・いりがしら・いりやね兩象形 Pictographic both Primatives celing; belt; mountain as per Cumulative Errata. See volfy post for link. Both effective ways to commit suicide, hang your self from the celing with your belt or jump off a mountain. Both of Tiger Wood´s initials is the logo on his belt… 1168 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq1-250 満マン、バンみ.ちる、み.つ、み.たすま, みち, みつ, みつる full, enough, pride, satisfy 不満(ふまん): dissatisfaction; displeasure; discontent; complaints; unhappiness; disgruntled 満足(まんぞく): (1) satisfaction (2) sufficiency 満員(まんいん): full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded 満たす(みたす): (1) to satisfy; to fulfill; to appease (2) to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack (3) to reach (a certain number) 満点(まんてん): perfect score 円満(えんまん): perfection; harmony; peace; smoothness; completeness; satisfaction; integrity 未満(みまん): less than; insufficient 満月(まんげつ): full moon 満ちる(みちる): (1) to be full (2) to wax (e.g. moon) (3) to rise (e.g. tide) (4) to mature; to expire 満場(まんじょう): unanimous; whole audience 3 4 515 水: water 廿: twenty; 20 12 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい滿形声 Phonetic full Add water THEN the flowers. With both the vase will be full. I was thirsty so I gulped down the water. Then I realized I was also hungry. So I ate the flowers. Yes, I am responsible for both the missing water and the missing flowers. Yes, I´m afraid both. Am I still hungry or thirsty? Thank you for asking! How kind! But no, I feel quite full now. 1169 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 画ガ、カク、エ、カイえが.く、かく.する、かぎ.る、はかりごと、はか.る brush-stroke, picture 映画(えいが): movie; film 計画(けいかく): plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme 企画(きかく): planning; project; plan; design 絵画(かいが): picture; painting 画(かく): stroke (of a kanji, etc.) 画家(がか): painter; artist 漫画(まんが): cartoon; comic; comic strip 映画館(えいがかん): movie theatre (theater); cinema 版画(はんが): woodcut; woodblock print; art print 区画(くかく): division; section; compartment; boundary; area; block 画期(かっき): ground-breaking; epoch (making) 画(が): picture; drawing; painting; sketch 4 2 199 一: one; one radical (no.1) 由: wherefore; a reason 凵: open box enclosure; open box radical (no. 17) 8 田 102 5 た・たへん畫会意 Compound Ideographic brush stroke You decide one day to paint a kanji on your ceiling. Unfortunately, you don’t have a brush, so, being innovative, you use a sprout. Knowing it could be messy, you search for a drop-cloth, but can’t find one. Instead, you put a shovel down on the floor to catch any drips resulting from the BRUSH-STROKEs. To paint a kanji in your ceiling with only natural materials, you use a sprout as a brush and shovel some dirt to use as paint for your strokes. [modified from johnskb´s]. 1170 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art kanjifreq1-250 歯シよわい、は、よわ.い、よわい.する tooth, cog 歯(は): tooth 歯科(しか): dentistry 虫歯(むしば): cavity; tooth decay; decayed tooth; caries 歯車(はぐるま): gear; cog-wheel 歯磨き(はみがき): (1) dental brushing; brushing one's teeth (2) dentifrice; toothpaste; tooth powder 歯医者(はいしゃ): dentist 3 3 1106 止: stop; halt 米: rice; USA; metre 凵: open box enclosure; open box radical (no. 17) 12 齒 211 15 は・はへん齒形声 Phonetic tooth Stop shoveling rice into your mouth, you´ll hurt a tooth! Use chopsticks instead. My dentist used his foot and a shovel to dislodge the rice stuck between my teeth. 1171 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Body_Head.Neck kanjifreq1001-1500 曲キョクま.がる、ま.げる、くままがた bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean 曲(きょく): tune; piece of music 作曲(さっきょく): composition; setting (of music) 戯曲(ぎきょく): play; drama 曲線(きょくせん): curve 曲がる(まがる): (1) to bend; to curve; to warp; to wind; to twist (2) to turn (3) to be awry; to be askew; to be crooked 曲げる(まげる): to bend; to crook; to lean; to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle) 婉曲(えんきょく): euphemistic; circumlocution; roundabout; indirect 3 3 810 曰: say; reason; pretext; history; past; flat sun radical (no. 73) 廾: twenty; 20; twenty or letter H radical (no. 55) 6 曰 73 4 ひらび・いわく (none) 象形 Pictographic bend “It looks like the mouth of Bender the robot, from Matt Groening´s animated series ”“Futurama”“. Thus, I use the character Bender the robot as a primitive.” “Also means ”“melody”“. Think of it as a pictogram of a guitar where you have to bend the strings to make a melody.” 1172 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq751-1000 曹ソウ、ゾウ cadet, friend 1 S 1998 曲: bend; music; melody; composition; pleasure; injustice; fault; curve; crooked; perverse; lean 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 11 曰 73 4 ひらび・いわく (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic cadet A space cadet eager to make one bend around the sun. (a dangerous maneuver). Bender lasted just one day in the space cadets. 1173 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq1501-2000 遭ソウあ.う、あ.わせる encounter, meet, party, association, interview, join 遭難(そうなん): disaster; shipwreck; accident; being stranded 1 S 1554 曹: cadet; friend 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 14 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic encounter Close encounters of the third kind. The space cadet encounters aliens on the road. “Bender the cadet (see frame 1172) has an ”“encounter of the third kind”“ on the road. Reference to Steven Spielberg´s 1977 movie ”“Close Encounters of the Third Kind”“. Also a reference to popular stories of people reportedly chased by UFO´s while driving on the road.” 1174 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 漕ソウこ.ぐ, はこ.ぶ rowing, skull, paddle 漕ぐ(こぐ): (1) to row; to scull; to paddle (2) to pedal (e.g. bicycle) (3) to swing (on a swing) (4) to operate a hand pump (5) to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.) 0 S+ 2354 水: water 曹: cadet; friend (none) rowing Bender the cadet (see frame 1172) is rowing, during some army exercise, and he´s very afraid of water (Bender is a robot). The space cadet is in training, rowing in the water (see it splash). 1175 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 槽ソウふね vat, tub, tank 1 S 1809 木: tree; wood 曹: cadet; friend 15 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic vat Also as part of some army survival exercise, the cadets (including Bender see frame 1172) are sent into the woods to build a vat (for collecting water for example). Bender the Cadet (kudos to Fuaburisu) is found on an army training exercise, hiding behind a tree, getting drunk on the famous scotch whiskey Vat 69. 1176 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1501-2000 斗ト、トウます Big Dipper, 10 sho (vol), sake dipper 1 S 1885 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 4 斗 68 4 と・とます・ますづくり (none) 象形 Pictographic Big Dipper “Since the meaning of ”“big dipper”“ is rather specific and the sense of measurement seems to be a more common usage, I concentrate on the primative meaning of measuring cup. This is a pictograph, with the first two strokes representing the measuring ticks on the side of the cup.” Is it just me, or do all of these traditional kanji pictographs look like they were drawn by a retarded bunny rabbit? 1177 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Counting_Units.of.Volume kanjifreq1501-2000 料リョウ fee, materials 資料(しりょう): materials; data; document 無料(むりょう): free; no charge 料金(りょうきん): fee; charge; fare 料理(りょうり): (1) cooking; cookery; cuisine (2) dealing with something; handling; administration; management 材料(ざいりょう): ingredients; material 燃料(ねんりょう): fuel 食料(しょくりょう): food 給料(きゅうりょう): salary; wages 原料(げんりょう): raw materials 有料(ゆうりょう): toll; fee; charge; admission-paid 衣料(いりょう): clothing 肥料(ひりょう): manure; fertilizer; fertiliser 調味料(ちょうみりょう): flavoring (e.g. salt, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, etc.); seasoning 食料品(しょくりょうひん): foodstuff; groceries 送料(そうりょう): postage; carriage 香辛料(こうしんりょう): spices 料(りょう): material; charge; rate; fee 4 4 295 米: rice; USA; metre 斗: Big Dipper; 10 sho (vol); sake dipper; dots and cross radical (no. 68) 10 斗 68 4 と・とます・ますづくり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic fee When buying rice, the fee is calculated by the cup. Naturally we don´t just use any cup; it has to be a proper measuring cup. Samurai(s) once received their fee in the form of rice that had been carefully weighed in a measuring cup beforehand. 1178 grade4 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq251-500 科カしな department, course, section 百科辞典(ひゃっかじてん): encyclopedia; encyclopaedia 科学(かがく): science 教科書(きょうかしょ): textbook; text book 学科(がっか): (1) study subject; course of study (2) department (university, etc.) 外科(げか): surgical department 理科(りか): science 内科(ないか): (1) internal medicine, i.e. treatment by medical procedures rather than surgical procedures (2) department of internal medicine (hospital, etc.) 科(か): (1) department; section; faculty; school; arm (2) course (of study); branch of study; specialization (3) (taxonomical) family 歯科(しか): dentistry 産婦人科(さんふじんか): maternity and gynaecology department (gynecology); department of obstetrics and gynaecology (gynecology) 小児科(しょうにか): pediatrics 社会科学(しゃかいかがく): social science 自然科学(しぜんかがく): natural science 眼科(がんか): ophthalmology 教科(きょうか): subject; curriculum 人文科学(じんぶんかがく): social sciences; humanities 耳鼻科(じびか): otolaryngology; concerning the ear, nose, and throat 3 2 531 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 斗: Big Dipper; 10 sho (vol); sake dipper; dots and cross radical (no. 68) 9 禾 115 5 のぎ・のぎへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic department The national DEPARTMENT of WHEATS and MEASURES. Get it? This one was hard until I came up with this. Agriculture/astronomy departments… 1179 grade2 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art kanjifreq501-750 図ズ、トえ、はか.るづ map, drawing, plan, unexpected, accidentally 意図(いと): intention; aim; design 図書館(としょかん): library 地図(ちず): map 図(ず): (1) drawing; picture; diagram; figure; illustration; chart; graph (2) sight; scene 図書(としょ): books 合図(あいず): sign; signal 図形(ずけい): figure; shape; graphic 指図(さしず): instruction; mandate; directions 図表(ずひょう): chart; diagram; graph; figure 図鑑(ずかん): illustrated reference book; illustrated encyclopedia (esp. for children); picture book 図々しい(ずうずうしい): impudent; shameless 不図(ふと): suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally 4 2 539 囗: box or enclosure radical (no. 31); box 乂: mow; cut grass; subdue 7 囗 31 3 くに・くにがまえ圖会意 Compound Ideographic map “Can´t see direct relation to Big Dipper (#1177) since its writing order is completely different. As raulir noted, it´s written as overlapping at the last stroke of ツ and the first of メ. I take it as a pictograph or treasure map. Two dots represent big trees and the cross (marking the treasure) is placed relative to them.” A pictograph of a treasure map. Two steps east then X marks the spot. 図るはかる attempt, deceive; 地図ちず map; 意図するいとする make a goal, intend to do. 1180 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq501-750 用ヨウもち.いるたから utilize, business, service, use, employ 雇用(こよう): employment (long term); hire 採用(さいよう): (1) use; adoption; acceptance (2) appointment; employment; engagement 使用(しよう): use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation 費用(ひよう): cost; expense 利用(りよう): use; utilization; utilisation; application 運用(うんよう): (1) making use of; application; practical use; investment (2) operation 信用(しんよう): confidence; dependence; credit; faith; reliance; belief; credence 適用(てきよう): applying (e.g. a technology); adoption 専用(せんよう): (1) exclusive use; personal use; dedicated (2) private (e.g. network) 用意(ようい): preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal) 活用(かつよう): (1) practical use; application (2) conjugation; declension; inflection 実用(じつよう): practical use; utility 用語(ようご): (1) term; terminology (2) wording; choice of words; phraseology 用紙(ようし): (1) blank form (2) sheets of paper; sheet of paper 応用(おうよう): application; put to practical use 作用(さよう): action; operation; effect; function 用途(ようと): use; usefulness; utility; service; purpose 乱用(らんよう): abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess 無用(むよう): useless; futility; needlessness; unnecessariness 引用(いんよう): quotation; citation; reference 代用(だいよう): substitution 日用品(にちようひん): daily necessities 用いる(もちいる): to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise 用品(ようひん): articles; supplies; parts 用事(ようじ): tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement 公用(こうよう): (1) government business; official business (2) public; official; governmental 用心(ようじん): care; precaution; guarding; caution 使用人(しようにん): employee; servant 用件(ようけん): business; thing to be done; something that should be perfomed; information that should be conveyed 通用(つうよう): (1) popular use; circulation (2) to pass as 私用(しよう): (1) personal use (2) private business 器用(きよう): skillful; skilful; handy 用(よう): (1) task; business (2) use; duty; service (3) call of nature; excretion 兼用(けんよう): multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes 用法(ようほう): directions; rules of use 4 2 107 用: use (radical no. 101) 5 用 101 5 もちいる・よう (none) 象形 Pictographic utilize To tenderize meat in an emergency wilderness situation, just utilize your walking stick! “I´ll confuse this with use (#990), so build a distinction right from the start. For me, ”“utilize”“ has an artificial, business-speak connotation; you only utilize ”“utilize”“ when you´re trying to puff up what you´re saying and sound important. So: ”“BioTools Inc introduces the FG2000 screwdriver, utilizing the our latest FleshGrip™ technology!”“ I´m seeing this as a picture of a stubby screwdriver with a handle made of flesh, a short shaft, and prongs to hold a screw in place until you drive it.” 1181 grade2 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 庸ヨウつね, のぶ, やす commonplace, ordinary, employment 1 S 2038 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 用: utilize; business; service; use; employ 11 广 53 3 まだれ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic comfortable To live a comfortable life, single men need only a cave for living, a rake for cleaning and a screwdriver for fixing. “When I first moved in to my new cave, all I had was a bed (see bed (#592)). But now I´ve settled in, got myself a few handy things like a rake and a screwdriver, and made myself more comfortable.” 1182 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 備ビそな.える、そな.わる、つぶさ.にびっ, びん equip, provision, preparation 備える(そなえる): (1) to furnish; to provide for; to equip; to install (2) to have ready; to prepare for (3) to possess; to have; to be endowed with; to be armed with 準備(じゅんび): preparation; setup; arrangements; provision; reserve 整備(せいび): maintenance; servicing; outfitting 設備(せつび): equipment; device; facilities; installation 守備(しゅび): defense; defence 予備(よび): preparation; preliminaries; reserve; spare 軍備(ぐんび): armaments; military preparations 警備(けいび): defense; defence; guard; policing; security 装備(そうび): equipment 備え付ける(そなえつける): to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install 3 5 356 人: person 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 用: utilize; business; service; use; employ 12 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic equip Mr. T wants to climb up and pick the flowers at the top of the cliff. He equips himself with screwdrivers to use as climbing spikes to reach the top of the cliff. Imagine a large AMMO belt full of philips screwdrivers instead of bullets. An RPG where you´re using Mr T as a character. Before you enter a battle, you equip the flower cliff screwdriver. This is a small screwdriver obtained at the bottom of a cliff that, when used in battle, shoots out pink flowers. When they touch the ground in front of the enemy, they create a massive cliff, and the ground under the enemy falls away into the sea. Picture being at the item select menu and EQUIPping this item just before facing a tough boss. 1183 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 昔セキ、シャクむかし once upon a time, antiquity, old times 昔(むかし): olden days; former 3 3 1197 廾: twenty; 20; twenty or letter H radical (no. 55) 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 8 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 仮借 Loan once upon a time Once upon a time, the children were forced to eat their salad every day. “For those who don´t know the expression, ”“salad days”“ means the time of one´s youth. (originally from Shakespeare´s Antony and Cleopatra - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salad_days). I suspect Heisig chose ”“salad”“ as the name for the radical just for this phrase…” 1184 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Time kanjifreq1001-1500 錯サク、シャク confused, mix, be in disorder 錯覚(さっかく): (1) optical illusion; hallucination (2) misapprehension; delusion 錯誤(さくご): mistake 1 S 1740 金: gold 昔: once upon a time; antiquity; old times 16 金 167 8 かね・かねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic confused A long time ago, people of the world got confused because there were so many kinds of Metal coins. today we only have the euro. “Once upon a time, it was thought that the ancient ”“art”“ of alchemy could transform anything into gold. At that time, people were obviously confused about the difference between reality and myth. (Arguably people are still as confused as ever, just about different things now.).” 1185 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 借シャクか.りる borrow, rent 借金(しゃっきん): debt; loan; liabilities 借りる(かりる): (1) to borrow; to have a loan (2) to rent; to hire 借り(かり): borrowing; debt; loan 拝借(はいしゃく): borrowing 4 4 932 人: person 昔: once upon a time; antiquity; old times 10 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic borrow “Once upon a time I let Mr T borrow my salad bowl, but he won´t give it back. ”“This be mine now, foo!”“.” Mr. T borrowed a copy of Cinderella and won´t give it back. He keeps watching it over and over again, trying to figure out how the Fairy Godmother does her magic. 1186 grade4 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq751-1000 惜セキお.しい、お.しむ pity, be sparing of, frugal, stingy, regret 惜しむ(おしむ): (1) to be frugal; to be sparing (2) to value; to hold dear (3) to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for) (4) to be unwilling; to be reluctant 惜しい(おしい): (1) regrettable; disappointing (2) precious; dear; valuable (3) too good for; deserving better (4) almost but not quite 1 S 1641 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 昔: once upon a time; antiquity; old times 11 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic pity What a pity! My state of mind when i think of the opportunities I missed from once upon a time. “Data says ”“What a pity”“ when he hears that once upon a time there were no robots.” 1187 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1501-2000 措ソお.く set aside, give up, suspend, discontinue, lay aside, except 措置(そち): measure; measures; step 1 S 818 手: hand 昔: once upon a time; antiquity; old times 11 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic set aside “Long ago our ancestors set aside the use of fingers and began to use cutlery. (Raichu,11-7-2006) The way I remember it´s 昔 once upon a time (#1184) rather than 旧 olden times (#35) is that they began to use cutlery to eat salad. (I also think about how when you visit the Medieval Times theme park, which is set in Once upon a time, their gimmick is that you eat with your fingers.).” Once upon a time… Oh hell, you´re just too old for this. You close your fairy tale book and set it aside, pushing it away with your fingers. 1188 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 散サンち.る、ち.らす、-ち.らす、ち.らかす、ち.らかる、ち.らばる、ばら、ばら.けるちる scatter, disperse, spend, squander 解散(かいさん): breakup; dissolution 散歩(さんぽ): walk; stroll 分散(ぶんさん): dispersion; decentralization; decentralisation; variance (statistics); distribution; dissemination; allocation 拡散(かくさん): scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum) 散る(ちる): (1) to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves) (2) to scatter; to be dispersed (3) to disappear; to dissolve; to break up (4) to spread; to run; to blur (5) to die a noble death 散らかる(ちらかる): to be in disorder; to lie scattered around 散らす(ちらす): (1) to scatter; to cause a shower of (2) to disperse; to distribute; to spread (3) to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve; to get rid of; to cure (4) to distract; to divert (5) to do … wildly (i.e. disorderly or frequently); to do … all over the place 散らかす(ちらかす): to scatter around; to leave untidy 散蒔く(ばらまく): to disseminate; to scatter; to give money freely 3 4 758 月: month; moon 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) 12 攴 66 4 ぼくにょう・ぼくづくり・とまた・のぶん・しぶん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic scatter The taskmaster is dissatisfied with the meal she´s served, and scatters the salad & meat across the floor for the servants to clean up. Perhaps you´ve heard of Nyotaimori or Nantaimori (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyotaimori) in which sushi is ate from the flesh of a naked person, the story comes easily. Scatter salad over the flesh of the taskmaster in preperation for some nantaimori :). 1189 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 廿ジュウにじゅうはつ twenty, 20 0 S+ 廾: twenty; 20; twenty or letter H radical (no. 55) (none) twenty A generation is 30, one stroke less is twenty. “Ten plus ten is twenty (see generation (#28)).” 1190 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 庶ショ commoner, all, bastard 庶民(しょみん): masses; common people 庶務(しょむ): general affairs 1 S 1558 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 廿: twenty; 20 火: fire 11 广 53 3 まだれ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic commoner Commoners have to huddle in caverns around a campfire, while higher class people get heating and central air conditioning in a hotel. If you are so poor that you are a commoner, you will have to live twenty commoners to a cavern, with only one fire for everyone to share. 1191 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 遮シャさえぎ.る intercept, interrupt, obstruct 遮る(さえぎる): to interrupt; to obstruct (e.g. a view, someone's way); to block (e.g. light, wind); to intercept 1 S 1865 庶: commoner; all; bastard 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 14 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic intercept The commoners are revolting! We must intercept them on the road before they reach the castle! If don´t want your secret message to be intercepted, make sure your deliveryman is dressed as a commoner while traveling on the road. 1192 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 席セキむしろ seat, mat, occasion, place 出席(しゅっせき): (1) attendance; presence; appearance (2) to attend; to be present; to appear 席(せき): (1) seat (2) location (of a gathering, etc.); place (3) position; post 座席(ざせき): seat 客席(きゃくせき): (1) guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi) (2) audience 欠席(けっせき): absence; non-attendance 着席(ちゃくせき): sit down; seat 3 4 370 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 廿: twenty; 20 巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50) 10 巾 50 3 はば・はばへん・きんべん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic seat Remember those poor commoners huddled in groups of 20 in a cave? The only thing they had for a seat was some old toweling (while their lords could recline on luxurious couches). You´re tired from walking the tour at this cavern and there´s no benches to sit down on, so you take a towel and sling it up into a hammock-like seat using the stalagmites. (Big no-no). 1193 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 度ド、ト、タクたび、-た.いのり degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences 制度(せいど): system; institution; organization; organisation 程度(ていど): degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number) 今度(こんど): now; this time; next time; another time 態度(たいど): attitude; manner; behaviour 年度(ねんど): (1) fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year (2) academic year; school year (3) product year 温度(おんど): temperature 高度(こうど): (1) altitude; height (2) advanced; high-grade; strong 限度(げんど): limit; bounds 速度(そくど): speed; velocity; rate 角度(かくど): angle 密度(みつど): density 支度(したく): preparation; arrangements 湿度(しつど): level of humidity 適度(てきど): moderate 度々(たびたび): often; repeatedly; frequently 一度(いちど): (1) once; one time; on one occasion (2) temporarily; for a moment (3) one degree; one tone; one musical interval 濃度(のうど): (1) concentration; thickness; density (2) cardinality 緯度(いど): latitude (nav.) 感度(かんど): sensitivity; reception (e.g. radio and television); severity (quake) 毎度(まいど): (1) each time (2) thank you for your continued patronage 経度(けいど): longitude 屹度(きっと): (1) surely; undoubtedly; almost certainly; most likely (e.g. 90 percent) (2) sternly; severely (3) having no slack; rigid; stiff; tight (4) suddenly; abruptly; instantly お目出度う(おめでとう): congratulations!; an auspicious occasion! 丁度(ちょうど): just; right; exactly 度(たび): time (three times, each time, etc.); times 度(ど): (1) degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.) (2) counter for occurrences and times (3) strength (of alcohol) 目出度い(めでたい): (1) happy; auspicious; propitious; joyous (2) naive 一度に(いちどに): all at once 加速度(かそくど): acceleration 調度(ちょうど): supplies; furniture; fixtures お目出度うご座います(おめでとうございます): congratulations 度忘れ(どわすれ): lapse of memory; forgetting for a moment something one knows well; (something) slipping one's mind 進度(しんど): progress お目出度い(おめでたい): (1) special; auspicious; happy (2) naive; innocent; good-natured もう一度(もういちど): once more; again 4 3 110 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 廿: twenty; 20 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 9 广 53 3 まだれ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic degrees The cavern refugees are so poor that they can´t afford thermometers. So, the menfolk expose their crotches inside the cavern, and approximate the temperature in degrees from how shrivelled everything looks downstairs… The cave is twenty degrees cooler than the outdoors. Twenty male crotches experience shrinkage. 1194 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Time kanjifreq1-250 渡トわた.る、-わた.る、わた.すお, たり, わたな, わたら, わたり transit, ford, ferry, cross, import, deliver, diameter, migrate 渡す(わたす): (1) to ferry across (a river, etc.); to carry across; to traverse (2) to lay across; to build across (3) to hand over; to hand in; to pass; to give; to transfer 橋渡し(はしわたし): bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone) 渡り鳥(わたりどり): migratory bird; bird of passage 見渡す(みわたす): to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of 渡る(わたる): (1) to cross over; to go across (2) to extend; to cover; to range; to span 3 S 446 水: water 度: degrees; occurrence; time; counter for occurrences 12 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic transit This particular form of transit is a ferry (one of the actual meanings of this character). Naturally it can only cross the water if it´s not frozen, so the temperature must be above 0 degrees. The transit system in Tokyo is one of the best in the wrold, but why is it that when it is 35 degrees outside, it is about 2 degrees on the train? Or when it is 2 degrees outside, it is 35 degrees inside the train. This degree of difference means I am always sweating then getting the chills! I think I caught a fever! 1195 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 奔ホンはし.る bustle, run 1 S 1884 大: large; big 卉: grass 8 大 37 3 だい・おおきい (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic bustle Hustle and bustle = a big St. Bernard dog frisking about in a haystack, knocking it down and spreading the hay about, after the field hands just stacked it up. A bustle is also the name for the big wire-framed skirts that women used to wear. Here´s a St. Bernard dog jammed ass-first into the top of a haystack, looking like some kind of proper Victorian-era lady as he struggles to get out. 1196 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 噴フンふ.く erupt, spout, emit, flush out 噴火(ふんか): eruption 噴出(ふんしゅつ): spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion 噴水(ふんすい): water fountain 1 S 1270 口: mouth 賁: decorate 15 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic erupt History of Pompei: An unexpect eruption and from the mouths of the volcano come lava that threatens the farmers collecting haystacks in the fields and the fisherman catching shells on the coast. A bit nasty (but makes the whole thing much easier to remember) is to take the right side and call it a bearded clam. For erupt, you can make your own story about the mouth/opening on the left. 1197 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 墳フン tomb, mound 1 S 1822 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 賁: decorate 15 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic tomb After the eruption all is a tomb. The soil has covered the remains of the farmers gathering haystacks and of the fisherman collecting shells. Using soil and hay to make bricks, the Egyptians built the pyramids to entomb the Pharaohs along with all of their money. 1198 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 憤フンいきどお.る aroused, resent, be indignant, anger 憤慨(ふんがい): indignation; resentment 1 S 1863 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 賁: decorate 15 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic aroused “Note: this word in Japanese has the idea of ”“indignant”“. So aroused here refers to being aroused because of anger over some unjust or wrong act, unfairness etc. It doesn´t seem to carry a meaning associated with arousal in the sense of sex or pleasure. So, my story: think of the angry state of mind aroused at finding all your clams buried under your haystack stolen, gone!” Data was aroused/indignant when he saw what the volcano had done to the farmers building their haystacks and the fishermen collecting their shells . The tragedy of it all aroused him so much he didn´t even notice he was feeling emotion. 1199 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1501-2000 焼ショウや.く、や.き、や.き-、-や.き、や.けるやい, やき bake, burning 燃焼(ねんしょう): burning; combustion 日焼け(ひやけ): (1) sunburn (2) suntan 夕焼け(ゆうやけ): sunset 焼く(やく): (1) to bake; to grill (2) to develop (photos) (3) to suntan (4) to burn (in flames, down, CD, DVD, etc.); to scorch (5) to be jealous; to be envious 焼ける(やける): (1) to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset) (2) to be jealous; to be envious 2 4 982 火: fire 尭: high; far 12 火 86 4 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが燒形声 Phonetic bake Ah, there´s no better way to bake a pizza than an oven fueled by a burning strawman. And if you listen carefully, there are stifled strawman screams coming from the kitchen. “Too lofty (#2095)尭 a career choice for the strawman becoming a baker. He was fired soon after starting his first shift. Literally!…” 1200 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq751-1000 暁ギョウ、キョウあかつき、さと.るあき, あきら, あけ, さと, さとる, てる daybreak, dawn, in the event 1 S 1924 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 尭: high; far 12 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん曉形声 Phonetic daybreak The sun rising beside a straw man in a corn field is a classic cartoon depiction of daybreak. The first person to see the sun at daybreak is of course the straw man who stands outside all day. 1201 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Time kanjifreq1501-2000 半ハンなか.ばは half, middle, odd number, semi-, part- 半分(はんぶん): half 大半(たいはん): majority; mostly; generally 半(はん): (1) half; semi- (2) half-past (3) odd number (4) unit of land area (595.8 m^2) 過半数(かはんすう): majority 半島(はんとう): peninsula 半ば(なかば): middle; half; semi; halfway; partly 半径(はんけい): radius 半端(はんぱ): remnant; fragment; incomplete set; fraction; odd sum; incompleteness 5 2 224 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 二: two; two radical (no.2) 十: ten 5 十 24 2 じゅう・じゅうへん (none) 象形 Pictographic half “Imagine karate chopping the number three in half with a WALKING STICK and pausing the picture just as the first ”“board”“ breaks.” I think of this as a pictograph, there are three boards to cut, the first one is already in half and there are still two more to go. 1202 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq1-250 伴ハン、バンともな.うとも consort, accompany, bring with, companion 伴(とも): companion; follower; attendant; retinue 伴う(ともなう): to accompany; to bring with; to be accompanied by; to be involved in; to be consequent upon 1 S 886 人: person 半: half; middle; odd number; semi-; part- 7 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic consort “The person who is your consort is most commonly ”“your other half”“.” Mr. T wants to splits himself in half so he can be his own CONSORT. 1203 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 畔ハンあぜ、くろ、ほとりぐろ paddy-ridge, levee 1 S 2049 田: rice field; rice paddy 半: half; middle; odd number; semi-; part- 10 田 102 5 た・たへん (none) 形声 Phonetic paddy ridge A PADDY-RIDGE divides the RICE FIELD in HALF. Think about a large rice field as a big square. Then you draw a line down the middle, halving it into two. Then you draw a line across the middle, halving it again into four… These halvings are paddy-ridges that separate the rice field into separate sections. I dunno the reason why, but that´s how it´s done. 1204 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq2001-2500 判ハン、バンわか.る judgement, signature, stamp, seal 裁判(さいばん): trial; judgement; judgment 判決(はんけつ): judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree 判断(はんだん): judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; conclusion; decipherment; divination 批判(ひはん): criticism; judgement; judgment; comment 審判(しんぱん): refereeing; trial; judgement; judgment; umpire; referee 判定(はんてい): judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict; determination 評判(ひょうばん): (1) fame; reputation; popularity (2) rumour (rumor); talk 判事(はんじ): judge; judiciary 判(はん): (1) seal; stamp; monogram signature (2) judgment; judgement (3) size (of paper or books) 判子(はんこ): seal (used for signature) 3 5 197 半: half; middle; odd number; semi-; part- 刀: sword; saber; knife 7 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 形声 Phonetic judgment In the bible, King Solomon´s JUDGMENT was admired not by saying to cut the baby in HALF with the SWORD, but that it revealed who the true mother was. It takes good judgement to cut things in exactly half with a saber. 1205 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 券ケン ticket 旅券(りょけん): passport 券(けん): ticket; coupon; bond; certificate 定期券(ていきけん): commuter pass; season ticket 回数券(かいすうけん): book of tickets 2 5 583 𠔉: None 刀: sword; saber; knife 8 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic ticket Entering the movie, the dude asks for your ticket, so he can tear it in half. He looks at you funny when you hand him a ticket already torn in half. He quietly tears the stub into quarters after you show him your dagger with a smile. In Japan, the JR railway ju-hachi-kippu seasonal discount ticket can be cut into quarters with a dagger and shared with your friends. (its actually sort-of true). 1206 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 巻カン、ケンま.く、まき、ま.き scroll, volume, book, part, roll up, wind up, tie, coil, counter for texts (on book scrolls) 寝巻き(ねまき): sleep-wear; nightclothes; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown; nightdress 巻(まき): (1) roll (e.g. of cloth) (2) winding (3) volume (of book) 巻く(まく): to wind; to coil; to roll 取り巻く(とりまく): to surround; to circle; to enclose 巻(かん): volume (of book); reel (of film) 2 6 944 𠔉: None 己: self; snake; serpent 9 卩 26 2 ふし・ふしづくり・わりふ卷会意 Compound Ideographic scroll At a mysterious bazaar, you happen to come across something interesting: a rolled-up scroll for only 25¢. You buy it up impulsively until you realize that the powerful spell contained within is cursed by a poisonous snake. If you try to cast this spell, the snake will pop out of nowhere and bite you! Hrmph. No wonder it was so cheap… How to make snake maki: Take a snake. Roll it up in rice and nori (seaweed paper) like a scroll. Cut into quarters and serve on a wooden geta with ginger and wasabi. 1207 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 圏ケンかこ.い sphere, circle, radius, range “圏(けん): (1) sphere; circle; range (2) category (only in the context of ”“category theory”“)” 1 S 1216 囗: box or enclosure radical (no. 31); box 巻: scroll; volume; book; part; roll up; wind up; tie; coil; counter for texts (or book scrolls) 12 囗 31 3 くに・くにがまえ圈形声 Phonetic sphere I assosiate scrolls with spell casting, the efect of this spell is pent in a certain sphere of influence, outside it no damage is done. [RPG] You´re fighting a powerful enemy. Your mage uses a scroll/quartersnake of protection, and he´s pent in a sphere of protection. 1208 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq1001-1500 勝ショウか.つ、-が.ち、まさ.る、すぐ.れる、かつかち, と, よし victory, win, prevail, excel 優勝(ゆうしょう): overall victory; championship 決勝(けっしょう): decision of a contest; finals (in sports) 勝利(しょうり): victory; triumph; conquest; success; win 勝負(しょうぶ): victory or defeat; match; contest; game; bout 勝る(まさる): (1) to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to have an edge; to be superior; to outrival (2) to outweigh; to preponderate 勝ち(かち): win; victory 勝敗(しょうはい): victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome 勝手(かって): (1) one's own convenience; one's way (2) convenience or ease of use; knowledge of how to use (3) circumstances; situation (e.g. financial); environment (4) kitchen (5) arbitrary (6) unauthorised (e.g. phone app, WWW site); unofficial 勝つ(かつ): to win; to gain victory 勝手に(かってに): arbitrarily; of its own accord; involuntarily; wilfully; willfully; as one pleases 勝ち(がち): apt to do; liable to do; tend to do (used to describe a negative tendency) 3 3 185 肉: meat 劵: become fatigued; stop 12 力 19 2 ちから・りきづくり (none) 形声 Phonetic victory After your VICTORY cut your enemy´s FLESH into QUARTERs to show your POWER. After England´s victory over Scottish rebel William Wallace, they had his flesh drawn and quartered and then sent around Britain to demonstrate their power. 1209 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 藤トウ、ドウふじぞう, と, ふじゅ wistaria 1 S 291 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 滕: rising water 18 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic wisteria According to legend, the great Ogaki wisteria tree grew and flowered from magical rice grains that were planted under the quarter moon. The wisteria is a type of hanging vine covered with flowers. By the light of the quarter moon, the flowers look like clusters of rice grains. 1210 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq251-500 謄トウ mimeograph, copy 1 S 2295 朕: majestic plural; imperial we 言: say 17 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic facsimilie Sending a facsimile to the moon can be problematic only a quarter of the words actually get there. “As a prank, a guy sits with his butt flesh on the facsimile machine, inserts a quarter, and tries to fax it to his boss. However the facsimile machine has pattern recognition technology and instead of an image of his flesh, it just transmits the word ”“asshole”“. Don´t forget it´s flesh, not words, on the left side; the flesh image gets transformed into words.” 1211 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 片ヘンかた-、かた one-sided, leaf, sheet 破片(はへん): fragment; splinter; broken piece 片道(かたみち): one-way (trip) 片仮名(カタカナ): katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords 片寄る(かたよる): to be one-sided; to incline; to be partial; to be prejudiced; to lean; to be biased; to be biassed 片付ける(かたづける): (1) to tidy up; to put in order; to straighten up; to put away (2) to settle (problem); to clear (dispute) (3) to finish; to bring something to an end (4) to marry off (e.g. a daughter) (5) to do away with someone; to bump someone off 片思い(かたおもい): unrequited love 片付く(かたづく): (1) to be put in order; to be put to rights (2) to be disposed of; to be solved (3) to be finished (4) to be married (off) 片言(かたこと): prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering 片付け(かたづけ): tidying up; finishing 片(かた): (1) one (of a pair) (2) incomplete; imperfect; fragmentary (3) few; little (4) off-centre; remote (5) side; problem; question; matters 2 6 1076 片: (a) slice, slice radical (no. 91) 4 片 91 4 かた・かたへん (none) 象形 Pictographic one-sided Fuaburisu´s pictograph of a man kneeling and presenting the ring to his future wife is a one-sided version of the story. Others say he was giving her the finger. Taking the keyword in the sense of only one part of a whole, I see this as a pictograph of a man kneeling and presenting the ring to his future wife (I couldn´t see any trees or branches in there). 1212 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 版ハン printing block, printing plate, edition, impression, label 出版(しゅっぱん): publication 版画(はんが): woodcut; woodblock print; art print 版(はん): edition; version 初版(しょはん): first edition 絶版(ぜっぱん): out of print 2 5 802 片: one-sided; leaf; sheet; right-side kata radical (no. 91) 反: anti- 8 片 91 4 かた・かたへん (none) 形声 Phonetic printing block Before the advent of printers in Japan, typewriters couldn´t be built as they were in the west due to how many kanji there are. Lots of small printing blocks had to be used instead. One side of the printing block would have a mirrored (anti) image of the kanji. This is true. Nazi propaganda. Picture the printing blocks producing very one-sided (Aryan), anti-Jewish propaganda spreading posters to hang around town. 1213 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 之シの, これ, おいて, ゆく, このゆき, いたる, あき, つな, ゆみ of, this 1 S+ 1318 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) (none) of Of all the kanji, this is the only one 之orro can write. The Z of Zorro (and yes he has a hat). 1214 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 ShouldSuspend 乏ボウとぼ.しい、とも.しい destitution, scarce, limited 貧乏(びんぼう): poverty; destitute; poor 欠乏(けつぼう): want; shortage; famine 乏しい(とぼしい): meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; lacking; scanty; poor 窮乏(きゅうぼう): poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury 1 S 1646 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 之: of; this 4 丿 4 1 の・のかんむり・はらいぼう (none) 象形 Pictographic destitution Children in complete destitution have no hope of ever getting toys to play with, so when they find even a tiny drop of a building block they are overjoyed. Just one drop (of alcohol) and he starts walking in zig-zags – no wonder Zorro´s living in destitution. (Note: As a primitive let 之 be Zorro or Zig-Zag: it´s pictographic). 1215 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 芝シしばこげ, しは turf, lawn 芝居(しばい): play; drama 芝生(しばふ): lawn 芝(しば): lawn; sod; turf 1 S 1052 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 之: of; this 6 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic turf Artificial turf made easy: flowers stuck on top of building blocks that you can place anywhere. “Zorro, with a flower between his teeth for the ladies, defends his turf against evildoers. ”“This is my turf! And this…is for the lady.”“.” 1216 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1001-1500 不フ、ブ negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy 不況(ふきょう): recession; depression; slump 不安(ふあん): anxiety; uneasiness; insecurity; suspense 不足(ふそく): insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; lack; dearth 不動産(ふどうさん): real estate 不満(ふまん): dissatisfaction; displeasure; discontent; complaints; unhappiness; disgruntled 不明(ふめい): unknown; obscure; indistinct; uncertain; ambiguous; ignorant; lack of wisdom; anonymous; unidentified 不振(ふしん): dullness; depression; slump; stagnation 不正(ふせい): injustice; unfairness; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity; dishonesty; illegality; fraud 不当(ふとう): injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid 不在(ふざい): absence 不良(ふりょう): badness; inferiority; delinquency; failure; defect; blemish 不可欠(ふかけつ): indispensable; essential 不自由(ふじゆう): (1) discomfort; inconvenience (2) poverty; want; destitution (3) disability; impairment (physical, mental, etc.) 不幸(ふこう): unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; disaster; accident; death 不利(ふり): disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable; unfavourable; drawback 不審(ふしん): incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness; infidelity 不服(ふふく): dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest; disagreement 不景気(ふけいき): business recession; hard times; depression; gloom; sullenness; cheerlessness 不思議(ふしぎ): wonder; miracle; strange; mystery; marvel; curiosity 不可(ふか): (1) wrong; bad; improper; unjustifiable; inadvisable (2) failing grade 不規則(ふきそく): irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly 不通(ふつう): suspension; interruption; stoppage; tie-up; cessation 不運(ふうん): unlucky; misfortune; bad luck; fate 不順(ふじゅん): irregularity; unseasonableness 不便(ふべん): inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness 不調(ふちょう): bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump; out of form 不意(ふい): sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen 不平(ふへい): complaint; discontent; dissatisfaction 不潔(ふけつ): unclean; dirty; filthy; impure 不吉(ふきつ): ominous; sinister; bad luck; ill omen; inauspiciousness 不評(ふひょう): bad reputation; disgrace; unpopularity 不味い(まずい): (1) unappetising; unappetizing; unpleasant (taste, appearance, situation) (2) unskillful; unskilful; bungling; clumsy (3) ugly; homely; plain; unattractive (4) awkward; untimely; inopportune; unfavorable; unwise 不図(ふと): suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally 不便(ふびん): pity; compassion 不(ふ): un-; non-; negative prefix 4 4 101 一: one; one radical (no.1) 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 4 一 1 1 いち (none) 仮借 Loan negative “[Smithsonian] Scene: Mr. T hanging from the ceiling being tortured. He is asked if he is going to talk. Spitting (a drop of saliva) in the torturer´s face, he says ”“Negative”“.” One below zero is a negative number. 1217 grade4 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 否ヒいな、いや negate, no, noes, refuse, decline, deny 否(いえ): (1) no; nay (2) well; er; why 拒否(きょひ): denial; veto; rejection; refusal 否定(ひてい): (1) negation; denial; repudiation (2) NOT operation 否決(ひけつ): rejection; negation; voting down 否々(いやいや): reluctantly; by no means; unwillingly 3 6 561 不: negative; non-; bad; ugly; clumsy 口: mouth 7 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic negate “To distinguish between 否 negate, and 不 negative (#1217): Note that negate contains 口, which is a kind of gate.” Negative mouths negate everything. 1218 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 杯ハイさかずき cupfuls, wine glass, glass, toast 一杯(いっぱい): (1) amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. a cupful, spoonful, etc.); a drink (i.e. an alcoholic beverage) (2) full (3) one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat (4) fully; to capacity (5) a lot; much (6) all of …; the entire … 乾杯(かんぱい): (1) toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something) (2) drinking one's glass dry (3) cheers 杯(さかずき): sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages 杯(はい): (1) sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages (2) counter for cupfuls (3) counter for ships, octopuses and squid 3 S 1235 木: tree; wood 不: negative; non-; bad; ugly; clumsy 8 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic cupfuls The maple tree is very negative about it, but the farmer still collects cupfuls of maple syrup from it. A few cupfuls of sake can create a very negative situation. Like smashing into that tree… 1219 gradeS JLPT.N3 Kanji_Counting_Counters Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1001-1500 矢シや dart, arrow 矢(や): arrow 矢っ張り(やっぱり): also; as I thought; still; in spite of; absolutely; of course 矢印(やじるし): arrow (mark or symbol); directional marker or indicator 矢鱈に(やたらに): randomly; recklessly; blindly 1 2 1294 天: heavens; sky; imperial 5 矢 111 5 や・やへん (none) 象形 Pictographic dart Zeus ran out of lightning bolts and has to drop darts from the heavens. Do not mistake with LOSE 失. 1220 grade2 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq1001-1500 矯キョウた.める rectify, straighten, correct, reform, cure, control, pretend, falsify 1 S 2105 矢: dart; arrow 喬: high; boasting 17 矢 111 5 や・やへん (none) 形声 Phonetic rectify Angels have now been given a powerful tool to rectify human behavior instantly, without delay - they have been allowed to drop darts on those who misbehave… spare the dart and spoil the man… The darts of the angel Cupid are supposed to bring people joy, but usually just make things a lot worse. Here we see another angel flying around shooting people with the anti-darts (antidote), to rectify the situation. 1221 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 族ゾクつぎ tribe, family 家族(かぞく): family; members of a family 民族(みんぞく): people; race; nation 貴族(きぞく): noble; aristocrat 4 3 393 方: direction; person; alternative 矢: dart; arrow 11 方 70 4 ほう・ほうへん・かた・かたへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic tribe “With a banner declaring ”“Keep Out!”“ and blow darts to back it up, the Amazon tribe is not that friendly.” Once tribes shot darts under their war banners, now they are putting banner ads on the internet for betting on dart-games at their casinos :(. 1222 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_People_Family kanjifreq251-500 知チし.る、し.らせるさと, さとる, しり, しれ, とも, のり know, wisdom 知合い(しりあい): acquaintance 知事(ちじ): prefectural governor 知る(しる): to know; to understand; to be acquainted with; to feel 知識(ちしき): knowledge; information 知人(ちじん): friend; acquaintance 知恵(ちえ): (1) wisdom; wit; sagacity; sense; intelligence (2) prajna (insight leading to enlightenment) 知的(ちてき): intellectual 通知(つうち): notice; notification; report; posting 承知(しょうち): (1) acknowledgment; acknowledgement; awareness (2) consent; acceptance; assent; admitting; compliance; agreement 未知(みち): not yet known; unknown; strange 知性(ちせい): intelligence 知能(ちのう): intelligence; brains 無知(むち): ignorance; innocence; stupidity かも知れない(かもしれない): may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly 知らせ(しらせ): notice; notification 知らせる(しらせる): to notify; to advise; to inform 旧知(きゅうち): old friend; old friendship 4 2 205 矢: dart; arrow 口: mouth 8 矢 111 5 や・やへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic know I should know. After all, I did graduate from Dartmouth! [know; wisdom] [An arrow 矢 like mouth 口] If you know the answers, they will fly like darts from your mouth. 1223 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art kanjifreq1-250 智チさと, さとし, さとる, さとい, とも, のり, とし, あきら, じ, とみ, ひと, もと, よも wisdom, intellect, reason 1 S+ 1002 知: know; wisdom 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days (none) wisdom Wisdom is knowing everything OVER the sun (fools assume everything UNDER). Knowing more each day, brings wisdom. 1224 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 ShouldSuspend 矛ム、ボウほこ halberd, arms, festival float 矛盾(むじゅん): contradiction; inconsistency 1 S 1538 予: beforehand; previous; myself; I 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 5 矛 110 5 ほこ・ほこへん・むのほこ (none) 象形 Pictographic halberd マオ Zedong always carried a halberd. Make the halberd a heroic warrior (perhaps of scandinavian origin) who weilds this polearm - the most effective, brutal and vicious one - with great skill. He can use it to hook, pierce and chop (the three strokes). 1225 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq1501-2000 柔ジュウ、ニュウやわ.らか、やわ.らかい、やわ、やわ.らとお tender, weakness, gentleness, softness 柔軟(じゅうなん): flexible; lithe; soft; pliable 柔道(じゅうどう): judo 2 S 1187 矛: halberd; arms; festival float 木: tree; wood 9 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic tender [tender; weakness; gentleness; softness] Love me tender, Love me perfect, Never cheat on me. Or I´ll impale you on my Halberd, And hang ya atop a tree… Use a halberd to tenderize a tree: halberds can chop, poke, and slash, so it´s all good! 1226 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 務ムつと.めるつかさ, み task, duties 務め(つとめ): (1) service; duty; business; responsibility; task (2) Buddhist religious services 事務(じむ): business; office work 事務所(じむしょ): office 義務(ぎむ): duty; obligation; responsibility 勤務(きんむ): service; duty; work 公務員(こうむいん): government worker; public (civil) servant 任務(にんむ): duty; function; office; mission; task 職務(しょくむ): professional duties 公務(こうむ): official business; public business 税務署(ぜいむしょ): tax office 業務(ぎょうむ): business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task; action; function 責務(せきむ): duty; obligation 庶務(しょむ): general affairs 3 5 111 矛: halberd; arms; festival float 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 11 力 19 2 ちから・りきづくり (none) 形声 Phonetic task It is with the halberd he holds that the taskmaster exerts his power over those actually performing the task. “So many video games have a ”“boss”“ stage you must pass in order to advance to the next level. Here, your task is to use your halberd to beat the taskmaster with the huge, bulging muscles.” 1227 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 霧ム、ボウ、ブきり fog, mist 霧(きり): (1) fog; mist (2) spray 1 S 1747 雨: rain 務: task; duties 19 雨 173 8 あめ・あめかんむり・あまかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic fog This fog is the perfect weather for us to perform our task undetected. FOG is easy to associate with the RAIN primitive. So think of FOG as a type of RAIN that is slow at the TASK of getting the place wet. 1228 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq1501-2000 班ハン squad, corps, unit, group 班(はん): (1) group; party; team (2) squad; section 1 6 1592 玉: jewel; ball 刀: sword; saber; knife 玉: jewel; ball 10 玉 96 5 たま・たまへん・おう・おうへん・あうさま (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic squad “Am I the only one who took this as penis and balls? In order to be in the man-squad, naturally you need to have two balls with your ”“spear”“ in the middle there.” Here we have two kings trying out for the cheer-leading squad. A spear on the floor separates their dancing areas. 1229 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq1501-2000 帰キかえ.る、かえ.す、おく.る、とつ.ぐ homecoming, arrive at, lead to, result in 帰り(かえり): return; coming back 帰宅(きたく): returning home 日帰り(ひがえり): day trip 帰京(ききょう): returning to Tokyo 帰る(かえる): (1) to return; to come home; to go home; to go back (2) (of a guest, customer, etc.) to leave (3) (of a baseball player rounding the bases) to get home 帰す(かえす): to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home お帰りなさい(おかえりなさい): welcome home お帰り(おかえり): (1) return (2) welcome home 4 2 504 刀: sword; saber; knife 帚: broom 10 止 77 4 とまる・とめる・とめへん歸会意 Compound Ideographic homecoming A female warrior returns home from battle. Her husband takes away her spear to symbolize the end of fighting and gives her a broom and an apron. “Boy, this is some kind of HOMECOMING,” thinks the veteran. (Adapted from johnskb). “Well, the boss man warrior upon his homecoming has set aside his spear. Remember the lady (#1151) (who put aside her broom and apron)? I wonder what they´re doing now?” 1230 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Directions_Movement kanjifreq501-750 弓キュウゆみこ, ゆ bow, bow (archery, violin) 弓(ゆみ): (1) bow (and arrow) (2) archery (3) bow (for a violin, etc.) 1 2 1802 弓: bow, bow radical (no. 57) 3 弓 57 3 ゆみ・ゆみへん (none) 象形 Pictographic bow My personification for this primative is Legolas from the Lord of the Rings: a master at the bow. I suppose robin hood etc would work too. I have a BOW made from a SNAKE that I BOUND UP. He sure wasn´t happy! 1231 grade2 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq1501-2000 引インひ.く、ひ.き、ひ.き-、-び.き、ひ.けるいな, ひき, ひけ, びき pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to 割り引き(わりびき): discount; reduction; rebate; (after a number) tenths discounted; tenths reduced 引出し(ひきだし): (1) drawer (2) withdrawal; drawing out 引分け(ひきわけ): draw (in competition); tie game 引上げる(ひきあげる): (1) to pull up; to drag up; to lift up (2) to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes) (3) to withdraw; to leave; to pull out; to retire (4) to return home 引下げる(ひきさげる): to pull down; to lower; to reduce; to withdraw 引取る(ひきとる): (1) to take over; to take back; to collect; to claim (2) to take charge of; to take custody of; to look after; to take care of; to adopt (3) to retire to a private place; to withdraw; to get out 引出す(ひきだす): to pull out; to take out; to draw out; to withdraw 手引(てびき): guidance; guide; introduction; guideline 取引(とりひき): transactions; dealings; business 引退(いんたい): retire 強引(ごういん): overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed 引っ越し(ひっこし): moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence 引きずる(ひきずる): (1) to drag along; to pull (2) to force someone along (3) to prolong; to drag out (4) to influence strongly; to seduce 値引き(ねびき): price reduction; discount 引用(いんよう): quotation; citation; reference 差し引き(さしひき): (1) deduction; subtraction; balance (2) ebb and flow; rise and fall 引っ越す(ひっこす): to move (house); to change residence 引っ張る(ひっぱる): (1) to pull; to draw; to pull tight (2) to string (lines); to run (cable); to stretch (3) to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve) (4) to drag; to haul; to tow (5) to lead (e.g. one's followers) (6) to take someone somewhere (e.g. a suspect to the police) (7) to tempt into joining; to strongly invite to join (8) to delay; to prolong (9) to lengthen the pronunciation (of a word) (10) to quote; to cite; to reference (11) to pull the ball (i.e. pull hitting in baseball) (12) to wear; to put on 索引(さくいん): index; indices; indexes 引き起す(ひきおこす): to cause; to induce 引っ掛る(ひっかかる): to be caught in; to be stuck in; to be cheated 引受ける(ひきうける): (1) to be responsible for (2) to take over; to take up (3) to guarantee; to undertake (4) to contract (a disease) 引返す(ひきかえす): to repeat; to send back; to bring back; to retrace one's steps 長引く(ながびく): to be prolonged; to drag on 籤引き(くじびき): lottery; drawn lot 引き算(ひきざん): subtraction 引き止める(ひきとめる): to detain; to check; to restrain 引力(いんりょく): (1) attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity (2) attractiveness; magnetism 引っ掛ける(ひっかける): (1) to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes) (2) to hook; to catch; to trap; to ensnare (3) to cheat; to evade payment; to jump a bill (4) to drink (alcohol) (5) to splash someone (with) (6) to hit the ball off the end of the bat (baseball) 引っ込む(ひっこむ): (1) to draw back; to sink; to cave in (2) to be set back (e.g. from a road) (3) to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere); to stay indoors; to butt out; to stay out of it 引く(ひく): (1) to pull (2) to draw (attention, etc.); to attract (interest, etc.) (3) to draw back (4) to draw (a card) (5) to draw (plan, line, etc.) (6) to catch (cold) (7) to play (string instr.) (8) to look up (e.g. dictionary); to consult (9) to haul; to pull (vehicles) (10) to subtract (11) to ebb; to fade (12) to descend (from); to inherit (a characteristic) (13) to quote; to raise (as evidence) (14) to lay (a cable); to draw (a cable) 引っ繰り返る(ひっくりかえる): to be overturned; to be upset; to topple over; to be reversed 字引(じびき): dictionary 引っ掻く(ひっかく): to scratch; to claw 差し引く(さしひく): (1) to deduct; to take away; to dock (2) to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind (3) to ebb and flow 4 2 218 弓: bow; bow (archery, violin) 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 4 弓 57 3 ゆみ・ゆみへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic pull Put a walking stick in the bow and pull it back, ready to fire at the geezer. This is actually a bow and an arrow. (Real origin of this kanji). Pull and release to fire! 1232 grade2 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 弔チョウとむら.う、とぶら.う condolences, mourning, funeral 1 S 1840 弓: bow; bow (archery, violin) 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 4 弓 57 3 ゆみ・ゆみへん (none) 象形 Pictographic condolences Perhaps a pictograph of a soldier´s weapons–his sword and bow-placed ceremonially over his body before burial, while people offer their condolences. “Send your condolences to the old geezer whom you shot the walking stick into with your bow. (see pull (#1232)).” 1233 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 弘コウひろ.いひろ, ひろし, ひろむ, みつ, お, こお vast, broad, wide 1 S+ 1059 弓: bow; bow (archery, violin) 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) (none) vast If you pull the bow back with your elbow, you can shoot a vast distance. The valley was so vast that if you yelled elbow! you could hear it echo bow, bow, bow. 1234 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 ShouldSuspend 強キョウ、ゴウつよ.い、つよ.まる、つよ.める、し.いる、こわ.いすね strong 強化(きょうか): strengthen; intensify; reinforce; solidify; enhancement 強制(きょうせい): obligation; coercion; compulsion; enforcement 勉強(べんきょう): (1) study (2) diligence (3) discount; reduction 強力(きょうりょく): powerful; strong 強盗(ごうとう): (1) robber; mugger (2) robbery; burglary 強気(つよき): (1) confident; assured; self-assured; firm; strong; cocksure (2) bullish (e.g. market) 強烈(きょうれつ): strong; intense; severe 強引(ごういん): overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed 強める(つよめる): to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise 補強(ほきょう): compensation; reinforcement 強行(きょうこう): (1) forcing; enforcement (2) forced; enforced 力強い(ちからづよい): (1) powerful; strong; forceful; vigorous (2) reassuring; encouraging 強い(つよい): (1) strong; powerful; mighty; potent (2) resistant; resilient; durable 強いる(しいる): to force; to compel; to coerce 強硬(きょうこう): firm; vigorous; unbending; unyielding; strong; stubborn 増強(ぞうきょう): augment; reinforce; increase 強調(きょうちょう): emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point 心強い(こころづよい): heartening; reassuring 強まる(つよまる): to get strong; to gain strength 強いて(しいて): by force 強請る(ねだる): (1) to tease; to coax (2) to solicit; to demand; to extort 強(きょう): (1) a little over; a little more than (2) powerhouse; one of the biggest; one of the most powerful 4 2 112 弓: bow; bow (archery, violin) 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) 虫: insect; bug; temper 11 弓 57 3 ゆみ・ゆみへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic strong An insect who can fly vast distances is strong. Legolas is so strong that he can even shoot down vast numbers of tiny insects at vast distances with ease. 1235 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq1-250 弱ジャクよわ.い、よわ.る、よわ.まる、よわ.める weak, frail 弱点(じゃくてん): weak point; weakness 弱い(よわい): weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine) 貧弱(ひんじゃく): poor; meagre; meager; insubstantial 弱まる(よわまる): to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed 弱める(よわめる): to weaken 弱る(よわる): to weaken; to be troubled; to be downcast; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed; to impair 薄弱(はくじゃく): feebleness; weakness; weak 弱(じゃく): (1) weakness; the weak (2) little less than; fewer than; under 4 2 958 弓: bow; bow (archery, violin) 冫: two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15) 弓: bow; bow (archery, violin) 冫: two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15) 10 弓 57 3 ゆみ・ゆみへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic weak Two weak archers agree on a duel to the death. They constantly shoot at each other but never manage to hit their target. But what they lack in skill they make up in determination, and they keep shooting for hours, and days, and months, until it´s wintertime and their bows are coated in ice. BOWS with ICE on them are brittle and WEAK. 1236 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq751-1000 沸フツわ.く、わ.かす seethe, boil, ferment, uproar, breed 沸騰(ふっとう): boiling; seething 沸かす(わかす): (1) to boil; to heat (2) to excite (3) to melt (metal) 沸く(わく): (1) to grow hot (of water, etc.); to boil (2) to be in a state of excitement; to get excited; to take place energetically 2 S 1709 水: water 弗: dollar 8 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic seethe Re CharleyGarrett: This liquid looks like ordinary water, but it will instantly seethe when it comes in contact with counterfeit dollar bills. The inventor must be rich (and probably has dollar signs in his eyes). When his daughter used a lot of water for her shower, the father could practically see the dollar signs, so he was seething with anger. 1237 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1501-2000 費ヒつい.やす、つい.える expense, cost, spend, consume, waste 消費(しょうひ): consumption; expenditure 費用(ひよう): cost; expense 経費(けいひ): expenses; cost; outlay 実費(じっぴ): actual expense; cost price 浪費(ろうひ): waste; extravagance 出費(しゅっぴ): expenses; disbursements 光熱費(こうねつひ): cost of fuel and lighting; cost of heat and electricity; energy bill; utility cost 費やす(ついやす): to spend; to devote; to waste 費(ひ): cost; expense 3 4 321 弗: dollar 貝: shellfish 12 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 形声 Phonetic expense An expense is an expense, whether you put it in dollars or in local money. A dollar sign next to an amount of money denotes an expense. 1238 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq251-500 第ダイ、テイ No., residence 次第(しだい): (1) dependent upon (2) as soon as; immediately (upon) (3) circumstances (4) order; precedence; program; programme; agenda 落第(らくだい): failure; dropping out of a class 第一(だいいち): first; foremost; number one 第(だい): ordinal 2 3 160 竹: bamboo 弔: condolences; mourning; funeral 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 11 竹 118 6 たけ・たけかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic No. The No. 1 currency in the world is the dollar. But, the Asian nations are fast catching up and may in reality have already surpassed it. So, let the bamboo represent the No. 2 currencies (the yen, etc.). The reverse order (bamboo on top and the dollar on the bottom) is really a look at the future. Bamboo bling is the newest Asian Rapper, No. 1 on the charts right now. 1239 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq1-250 弟テイ、ダイ、デおとうとて younger brother, faitherful service to elders 弟(おとうと): (1) younger brother (2) pupil; apprentice 兄弟(きょうだい): siblings; brothers and sisters 弟子(でし): pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person; teacher's student-helper 従兄弟(いとこ): cousin (male) 4 2 1161 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 弔: condolences; mourning; funeral 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 7 弓 57 3 ゆみ・ゆみへん (none) 象形 Pictographic younger brother Younger brothers are always more prone to mischief. Mine, you can almost see the little horns on him and the dollar signs on his eyes when he comes up with a money-making scheme. The younger brother was a horny dollar -chasing bastard. 1240 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_People_Family kanjifreq1001-1500 巧コウたく.み、たく.む、うま.いかつ, たくみ, よし adroit, skilled, ingenuity 巧み(たくみ): skill; cleverness 巧妙(こうみょう): ingenious; skillful; clever; deft 精巧(せいこう): elaborate; delicate; exquisite 1 S 1537 工: craft; construction; katakana e radical (no. 48) 丂: obstruction of breath (qi) as it seeks release; variant of other characters 5 工 48 3 こう・たくみ・たくみへん・え (none) 形声 Phonetic adroit Adroit: dextrous, deft, skillful. Snare is a little generic so I´ll use BEAR TRAP, with huge teeth cartoon style that snares you around the ankle. In the crafting of a bear trap, one must be particularly adroit. Otherwise they will become the victim of their down device. To be adroit one must have mastered the crafting of snares. 1241 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 号ゴウさけ.ぶ、よびな nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call 番号(ばんごう): number; series of digits 信号(しんごう): traffic lights; signal; semaphore 号(ごう): (1) number; edition; make; model; issue; part of that group (2) sobriquet; pen-name 記号(きごう): symbol; code; sign; notation 年号(ねんごう): name of an era; year number 符号(ふごう): sign; mark; symbol; code 3 3 585 口: mouth 一: one; one radical (no.1) 5 虍 141 6 とら・とらがしら・とらかんむり號会意 Compound Ideographic nickname “My nickname is ”“No Lips”“. Yep, I shouldn´t have put my mouth on that bear trap…” When certain nickname snares to people´s mouths, they will call you that way forever. 1242 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 朽キュウく.ちるくつ decay, rot, remain in seclusion 朽ちる(くちる): (1) to rot; to decay (2) to die in obscurity (3) to be forgotten with time 1 S 1891 木: tree; wood 丂: obstruction of breath (qi) as it seeks release; variant of other characters 6 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic decay This snare isn´t terribly effective, because it´s swinging from a decaying tree. Imagine the tree as being so decayed that when an animal gets caught in the snare, its struggles cause the tree to collapse into a putrid mess. 枯 wither The decay of an animal in the TREE was from something caught in a SNARE. 1243 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 誇コほこ.る boast, be proud, pride, triumphantly 誇り(ほこり): pride; boast 誇る(ほこる): to boast of; to be proud of 誇張(こちょう): exaggeration 1 S 1272 言: say 夸: boast 13 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic boast “The hunter´s boast: I say, it was a ”“big one”“, but the snare broke and it got away. (credit to many others before).” “A dog owner boasts about how obedient, not how smart, his Saint Bernard dog is. ”“Why, my dog will even walk right into a trap if I tell him to. Watch!”“ With a single word, ”“go!”“, his dog obediently runs into a snare trap hanging from the ceiling. In a flash, the dog is netted tightly and swinging from the ceiling. Don´t forget the ceiling!” 1244 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 汚オけが.す、けが.れる、けが.らわしい、よご.す、よご.れる、きたな.い dirty, pollute, disgrace, rape, defile 汚染(おせん): pollution; contamination 汚れ(よごれ): dirt; filth 汚れる(よごれる): (1) to get dirty; to become dirty (2) to become sullied 汚い(きたない): (1) dirty; filthy; foul; unclean (2) disordered; messy; untidy; poor (e.g. handwriting) (3) indecent (language, etc.); dirty; vulgar; coarse (4) dastardly; mean; base; underhanded (5) stingy; greedy 汚す(よごす): (1) to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to make dirty; to stain (2) to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor; to defile 汚らわしい(けがらわしい): filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty; foul; odious; repulsive 汚れ(けがれ): uncleanness; impurity; disgrace 汚れる(けがれる): to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained 2 S 908 水: water 二: two; two radical (no.2) 6 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic dirty A hunter Washes, with WATER, his TWO SNAREs, because they are dirty. Washing your dirty snare in water, the extra line represents the water level as you submerge the snare. 1245 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq751-1000 与ヨあた.える、あずか.る、くみ.する、ともにとも, ゆ bestow, participate in, give, award, impart, provide, cause, gift, godsend 与党(よとう): ruling party; government party; party in power; government 給与(きゅうよ): pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply 関与(かんよ): participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in 与える(あたえる): (1) to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award (2) to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply (3) to assign (4) to cause (5) to pass (a variable to a function) 寄与(きよ): contribution; service 3 S 308 一: one; one radical (no.1) 3 臼 134 6 うす與会意 Compound Ideographic bestow David went to battle with a slingshot and it only took him one shot to slay Goliath. Partly because of this, the prophet Nathan was later instructed to bestow upon David the throne of all Israel. In The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, one of the first weapons bestowed on Link was the slingshot. 1246 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 写シャ、ジャうつ.す、うつ.る、うつ-、うつ.し copy, be photographed, describe 写真(しゃしん): (1) photograph; photo (2) movie 描写(びょうしゃ): depiction; description; portrayal 写る(うつる): to be photographed; to be projected 写す(うつす): (1) to transcribe; to duplicate; to reproduce; to imitate; to trace (2) to describe (3) to film; to picture; to photograph 写生(しゃせい): sketching; drawing from nature; portrayal; description 複写(ふくしゃ): copy; duplicate 写し(うつし): copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript 映写(えいしゃ): projection 4 3 453 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 与: bestow; participate in; give; award; impart; provide; cause; gift; godsend 5 宀 40 3 うかんむり寫会意 Compound Ideographic copy A crown was bestowed to the British royalty museum, but it was only a copy. True fact: in the UK the right to print a copy of the KJV Bible is bestowed by the crown – there are only a few authorised bible printers. 1247 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq251-500 身シンみ body, somebody, person, one's station in life 身体(しんたい): (1) body (2) health 受身(うけみ): (1) the defensive (2) passive attitude; passivity; passiveness (3) the passive; passive voice (4) ukemi (the art of falling safely) 自身(じしん): by oneself; personally 出身(しゅっしん): (1) person's origin (town, city, country, etc.) (2) institution from which one graduated (3) director in charge of employee relations 身(み): (1) body (2) oneself (3) one's place; one's position (4) main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.); wood (as opposed to bark); blade (as opposed to its handle); container(as opposed to its lid) 中身(なかみ): contents; interior; substance; filling; (sword) blade 身長(しんちょう): height (of body); stature 全身(ぜんしん): (1) whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait) (2) systemic 独身(どくしん): bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate 身分(みぶん): social position; social status 心身(しんしん): mind and body 刺身(さしみ): sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans) 身の回り(みのまわり): one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities 身近(みぢか): near oneself; close to one; familiar 身の上(みのうえ): one's future; one's welfare; one's personal history 身なり(みなり): personal appearance 身振り(みぶり): gesture; gesticulation; motion 生身(なまみ): (1) living flesh; flesh and blood (2) physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva 2 3 320 身: body, body radical (no. 158) 7 身 158 7 み・みへん (none) 象形 Pictographic somebody “Somebody was just looking for you. He had a longnose that reaches down below his mouth, and a long jaw that sticks out past his nose, and a scar across his face. (greenapple,16-3-2006) The way to remember that this is somebody rather than someone (#1256) is that the story is full of body descriptions.” Somebody was just looking for you. He had a long nose that reaches down below his mouth, and a long jaw that sticks out past his nose, and a scar across his face. 1248 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Body_General kanjifreq251-500 射シャい.る、さ.す、う.つ shoot, shine into, onto, archery 放射能(ほうしゃのう): radioactivity 注射(ちゅうしゃ): injection 反射(はんしゃ): (1) reflection; reverberation (2) reflex (medical) 発射(はっしゃ): firing; shooting; discharge; catapult; ejaculation (sl) 放射(ほうしゃ): radiation; emission 射す(さす): to shine 1 6 937 身: somebody; person; one's station in life 寸: measurement; foot/10 10 寸 41 3 すん・すんづくり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic shoot You SHOOT SOMEBODY with a GLUE-gun. The aim of shooting is to end up with a bullet stuck in someone´s body. 1249 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq751-1000 謝シャあやま.るさ, ざ apologize, thank, refuse 感謝(かんしゃ): thanks; gratitude 月謝(げっしゃ): monthly tuition fee 謝る(あやまる): to apologize; to apologise 謝絶(しゃぜつ): refusal 1 5 1028 言: say 射: shoot; shine into; onto; archery 17 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic apologize Dick Cheney… “The famous speech by the man that Dick Cheney shot in the face: ”“I´m sorry for the trouble I have caused the Vice President”“.” 1250 grade5 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 老ロウお.いる、ふ.けるえび, おい, び old man, old age, grow old 老人(ろうじん): the aged; old person 老衰(ろうすい): senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age) 老い(おい): old age; old person; the old; the aged 老いる(おいる): to age; to grow old 老ける(ふける): to age; to grow old 3 4 803 老: old man; old age; grow old 匕: spoon; spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21) 6 老 125 6 おい・おいかんむり・おいがしら (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic old man An old man, wondering what it´s like in a grave, sits in a freshly dug plot. When a gravekeeper mistakes him for dead and begins burying him with soil, the old man saves himself by flailing his walking stick in the air. Old man sits in the dirt, having a stroke. 1251 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Time kanjifreq751-1000 考コウかんが.える、かんが.えたか consider, think over 考え(かんがえ): thinking; thought; ideas; intention 参考(さんこう): reference; consultation 思考(しこう): thought; consideration; thinking 考える(かんがえる): to consider; to think about 考慮(こうりょ): consideration; taking into account 選考(せんこう): selection; screening 考古学(こうこがく): archaeology; archeology 4 2 196 老: old man; old age; grow old 丂: obstruction of breath (qi) as it seeks release; variant of other characters 6 老 125 6 おい・おいかんむり・おいがしら (none) 形声 Phonetic consider Before shooting an old man with a slingshot, one shold carefully consider the possible consequences. Even though he had the old man Mr. Wilson within the sights of his slingshot, Dennis the Menace considered what he was doing and stopped. 1252 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Judgement kanjifreq1-250 孝コウ、キョウたか, たかし, のり, よし filial piety, child's respect 孝行(こうこう): filial piety 1 6 1030 老: old man; old age; grow old 子: child; sign of the rat; 11PM-1AM; first sign of Chinese zodiac 7 子 39 3 こ・こへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic filial piety This child has taken filial piety to the next level. He is actually carrying the old man on his shoulders. +dilandau23: This child has taken filial piety to the next level. He is actually carrying the old man on his shoulders. There is a picture of a statue depicting this here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filial_piety. 1253 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 教キョウおし.える、おそ.わるのり, ひさ teach, faith, doctrine 教育(きょういく): training; education 教授(きょうじゅ): (1) professor (2) teaching; instruction 教師(きょうし): teacher (classroom) 宗教(しゅうきょう): religion 教室(きょうしつ): classroom 教科書(きょうかしょ): textbook; text book 助教授(じょきょうじゅ): assistant professor; associate professor 教会(きょうかい): church 教員(きょういん): teaching staff 教訓(きょうくん): lesson; precept; moral instruction 教養(きょうよう): cultivation; refinement; culture; education 教え(おしえ): teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine 教材(きょうざい): teaching materials 教科(きょうか): subject; curriculum 教習(きょうしゅう): training; instruction 教える(おしえる): to teach; to inform; to instruct 教わる(おそわる): to be taught 教職(きょうしょく): (1) the teaching profession (2) (in Christianity) education of laity 宣教(せんきょう): religious mission; religious proclamation 4 2 166 孝: filial piety; child's respect 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) 11 攴 66 4 ぼくにょう・ぼくづくり・とまた・のぶん・しぶん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic teach In early Japan, filial piety was the cornerstone of education, and harsh taskmasters were employed to teach it. “You could say that the taskmistress is teaching you filial piety when she whips you and asks, ”“Who´s your daddy?!”“.” 1254 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art Kanji_Human.Activities_Religion.Creed kanjifreq1-250 拷ゴウ torture, beat 1 S 2057 手: hand 考: consider; think over 9 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic torture In Torture 101 class they teach you to Consider the Fingers as the first part to inflict pain to. Then you can move on to other parts (like feet, groin, head, etc. etc. ; ) ). “Aaaargh, stop! cries the victim of torture, his fingers being squeezed by the thumb screws. ”“I´ll consider it,”“ the torturer says coolly, ”“if you tell me the names of all the agents in your organization.”“.” 1255 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 者シャもの someone, person 患者(かんじゃ): (a) patient 記者(きしゃ): reporter 業者(ぎょうしゃ): (1) trader; merchant (2) manufacturer; contractor 学者(がくしゃ): scholar 著者(ちょしゃ): author (usu. of a particular book, etc.); writer 読者(どくしゃ): reader 医者(いしゃ): (medical) doctor; physician 作者(さくしゃ): author; authoress 役者(やくしゃ): actor; actress 後者(こうしゃ): the latter 配偶者(はいぐうしゃ): spouse; wife; husband; partner 信者(しんじゃ): believer; adherent; devotee 筆者(ひっしゃ): writer (often in self-reference); author 前者(ぜんしゃ): the former 悪者(わるもの): bad fellow; rascal; ruffian; scoundrel 歯医者(はいしゃ): dentist 達者(たっしゃ): (1) in good health; healthy; well; robust; strong (2) skilled; clever; proficient 者(もの): person (rarely used w.o. a qualifier) 者(しゃ): someone of that nature; someone doing that work 4 3 38 老: old man; old age; grow old 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 8 老 125 6 おい・おいかんむり・おいがしら者会意 Compound Ideographic someone I find the best way of memorizing this kanji is in conjunction with the Japanese compound for ninja: 忍者 – i.e. someone who endures (see FRAME 597 for the kanji 忍). A 忍者 is not just a 身 (somebody), it´s 者 who can 忍 great 拷! Back in the day, the old man used to be someone. His name was in the papers and all that. I use CHUCKY from the movie Child´s Play as my major alternate meaning for this primitive. 1256 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_People_General kanjifreq1-250 煮シャに.る、-に、に.える、に.やす boil, cook 煮る(にる): to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe 煮える(にえる): to boil; to cook; to be cooked 1 S 1565 者: someone; person 火: fire 12 火 86 4 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが煮形声 Phonetic boil “I had a hard time with the next several frame numbers trying to use ”“puppet.”“ So i thought of ”“voodoo doll”“ but then found ”“love doll”“ (which is just a special type of puppet) fit well with these 8 frames. Observe: Here I am boiling my love doll over the flames to warm her up a bit…” There is a lesser known voodoo practice of boiling a puppet over an oven fire, to really make your victim feel the heat! 1257 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 著チョ、チャクあらわ.す、いちじる.しい renowned, publish, write, remarkable, phenomenal, put on, don, wear, arrival, finish (race), counter for suits of clothing, literary work 著者(ちょしゃ): author (usu. of a particular book, etc.); writer 著書(ちょしょ): literary work; book 著名(ちょめい): well-known; noted; celebrated 著(ちょ): (1) work; book (2) (a book) by (3) obvious; striking 著す(あらわす): to write; to publish 著しい(いちじるしい): striking; remarkable; considerable (used for good, bad, and neutral observations) 2 6 849 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 者: someone; person 11 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり著形声 Phonetic renowned Here I am, putting a wreath of flowers on my love doll´s head and pretending she is someone of great renowned. This someone is so renowned they are covered with flowers every time they perform on stage. 1258 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 署ショ signature, govt office, police station 署名(しょめい): signature 税務署(ぜいむしょ): tax office 消防署(しょうぼうしょ): fire station 2 6 725 网: net; net or net crown radical (no. 122) 者: someone; person 13 网 122 6 あみ・あみがしら・あみめ・よこめ・よんかしら署形声 Phonetic signature Before giving your SIGNATURE to accept the LOVEDOLL, you should EYE over the LOVEDOLL for any damages, then give your SIGNATURE. The ninja´s signature move was to paralyse people just by looking in their eyes. 1259 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 暑ショあつ.い sultry, hot, summer heat 暑い(あつい): hot (weather, etc.); warm 蒸し暑い(むしあつい): humid; sultry 4 3 1442 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 者: someone; person 12 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん暑形声 Phonetic sultry Ahh, a fine sultry day with my love doll under the hot sun. I think she´s getting a tan! “[from decamer0n] This is the kanji for atsui (暑い) as in hot. If you´ve ever been in Japan in the summer no doubt you have heard hoards of people bellowing ”“Atsui! Atsui!”“ Here you are laying with your love doll under the hot sun. Luckily the manufacturers were smart and when the doll got to hot it would bellow ”“Atsui! It´s so sultry!”“.” 1260 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq1001-1500 諸ショもろ various, many, several, together 諸君(しょくん): Gentlemen!; Ladies! 諸(しょ): various; many; several 諸に(もろに): completely; all the way; altogether; bodily 2 6 658 言: say 者: someone; person 15 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば諸形声 Phonetic various Because i get tired of saying the same old thing, I have lately been trying to use various terms of endearment to my love doll. I think she appreciates it too. “When you pull the string at the back of Chucky, he will say various things. ”“Hidey-ho! Ha ha ha!”“ ”“Hi, I´m Chucky. Wanna play?”“ ”“I´m going to eat your liver, bitch!”“.” 1261 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 猪チョい, いのししいの boar 1 S+ 1684 犬: dog 者: someone; person (none) boar My love doll is made of special pheremone impregnated vinyl. Unfortunately, a pack of wild dogs mistook her for a wild boar and tore her to pieces. Oh dear! (Image: a pack of wild dogs chasing Pinocchio who´s trying to escape by riding on the back of a boar. See him bouncing around as they race along?). 1262 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 渚ショなぎさなぎ strand, beach, shore 渚(なぎさ): water's edge; beach; shore 1 S+ 2226 水: water 者: someone; person (none) strand I was stranded on a desert island surrounded by water for hundreds of miles on end. I wasn´t upset though - I had my love doll! What a great strand of sand to be stranded on - just me and my love doll! A lovely romantic walk on the strand, splashing in the water with my love doll. 1263 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 賭トか.ける、かけ gamble, wager, bet 賭け(かけ): betting; gambling; a gamble 賭ける(かける): to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble 0 S 1989 貝: shellfish 者: someone; person 16 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 形声 Phonetic gamble When we gamble at the shell game, I always win against my love doll. People who gamble compulsively are like puppets controlled by money. 1264 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq1501-2000 峡キョウ、コウはざまき, ば gorge, ravine 海峡(かいきょう): channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait 1 S 1833 山: mountain 夾: insert between 9 山 46 3 やま・やまへん・やまかんむり峽形声 Phonetic gorge A gorge is where God has cut into a mountain with a pair of scissors. (synewave,6-10-2006) http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/197361.html. A kid cuts a gorge into a paper mountain, with a pair of scissors. 1265 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1501-2000 狭キョウ、コウせま.い、せば.める、せば.まる、さはざ cramped, narrow, contract, tight 狭い(せまい): narrow; confined; small 2 S 1346 犬: dog 夾: insert between 9 犬 94 4 いぬ・けものへん狹形声 Phonetic cramped A pack of wild dogs, waiting in a very cramped waiting room, to get their hair cut by Edward Scissors Hands, who is very popular. In a CRAMPED space, a brave man holds off PACK OF WILD DOGS with only a pair of SCISSORS. 1266 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq1001-1500 挟キョウ、ショウはさ.む、はさ.まる、わきばさ.む、さしはさ.む pinch, between 挟まる(はさまる): to get between; to be caught in 2 S 1870 手: hand 夾: insert between 9 手 64 4 て・てへん挾形声 Phonetic sandwiched 挟まる【はさまる】 (v5r,vi) to get between; to be caught in; (P) Story: You know how in tokyo there are those really packed trains where train staff in gloves shove people in? Well imagine being sandwiched in so tight, that when the doors close, only your FINGERS are sticking out. The train staff have no choice… they must cut them off with SCISSORS =( snip snip.. Fingers sandwiched between a pair of scissors. Don´t move or else! 1267 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1501-2000 追ツイお.うおい chase, drive away, follow, pursue, meanwhile 追加(ついか): addition; supplement; append (e.g. to a file); appendix 追い込む(おいこむ): to herd; to corner; to drive 追う(おう): (1) to chase; to run after; to pursue (2) to follow (i.e. a set order, a trend) (3) to drive out; to oust; to expel (4) to drive (i.e. a herd) (5) (in passive voice) to be pressed (for time, etc.) 追及(ついきゅう): (1) investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; hounding; pinning down (2) catching up; overtaking 追放(ついほう): exile; banishment; eviction; transportation 追跡(ついせき): pursuit; tracking (e.g. in computer graphics); keeping records on; tracing 追い付く(おいつく): to overtake; to catch up (with) 追い出す(おいだす): to expel; to drive out 追いかける(おいかける): to chase; to run after; to pursue 追い越す(おいこす): (1) to pass (e.g. car); to overtake (2) to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of; to outdistance 3 3 411 𠂤: None 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 9 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic chase Maestro, coattails flapping wildly, is being chased down the road by his fans. “Maestro primative = James Bond. Here he gives chase down the road to the bad guys. I´m thinking of the car chase in ´The Man with the Golden Gun´ - NOT pursue (#539). I think about ´Race N Chase´ (a scalextric type toy)…there were no pigs in ´Race N Chase´, only cars.” 1268 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 師シいくさのし, のり, もろ, かず, つかさ, みつ expert, teacher, master, army, war 医師(いし): doctor; physician 教師(きょうし): teacher (classroom) 講師(こうし): lecturer 技師(ぎし): engineer; technician 漁師(りょうし): fisherman 牧師(ぼくし): pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend 看護師(かんごし): (hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN 3 5 563 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50) 10 巾 50 3 はば・はばへん・きんべん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic expert A maestro in a large auditorium with high ceilings is conducting his orchestra of expert musicians at a fever-pitch, sweat pouring out of him. When the piece is over he reaches for his towel to wipe his brow. Maestro is such as expert, he can conduct even with a towel hanging from the ceiling in front of him. 1269 grade5 JLPT.N3 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq501-750 帥スイ commander, leading troops, governor 1 S 2016 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50) 9 巾 50 3 はば・はばへん・きんべん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic commander The COMMANDER is a military MAESTRO who never throws in the TOWEL. The greatest of them all; Commander James Bond, 007. Here he is the maestro of undressing women, removing the towel from some bond girl. Of course the towel symbolises her last vestige of resistance. 1270 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 官カン bureaucrat, the government 官僚(かんりょう): bureaucrat; bureaucracy 官庁(かんちょう): government office; authorities 警官(けいかん): policeman 長官(ちょうかん): secretary (government); director; chief 器官(きかん): organ (of body); instrument 官(かん): government service; the bureaucracy 3 4 230 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 口: mouth 8 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic bureaucrat No one likes classical music anymore. Our Maestro is here at home without his baton sighing sadly before he heads off for another day as his new job as a bureaucrat. Bureaucrat, def: The maestro without a baton, the one who orchestrates oppressive rules, regulations and taxes on every household. 1271 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 棺カン coffin, casket 1 S 2161 木: tree; wood 官: bureaucrat; the government 12 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic coffin The maestro at home was sick of being a bureaucrat, so he got some wood and built himself a coffin and got in. An excellent use of wood is to make coffins for bureaucrats. 1272 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq2001-2500 管カンくだすが pipe, tube, wind instrument, drunken talk 管(くだ): pipe; tube 管理(かんり): control; management (e.g. of a business) 血管(けっかん): blood vessel 保管(ほかん): charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage 只管(ひたすら): nothing but; earnest; intent; determined; set on (something) 2 4 517 竹: bamboo 官: bureaucrat; the government 14 竹 118 6 たけ・たけかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic pipe Japanese bureaucrats send all their messages through an inter-office bamboo pipe system. The Japanese internet is a series of bamboo pipes said one ignorant bureaucrat trying to draft Internet legislation. 1273 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq501-750 父フちち father 叔父(おじ): uncle 父(ちち): father 父親(ちちおや): father 父母(ふぼ): father and mother; parents お父さん(おとうさん): father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy; dada 祖父(そふ): (1) grandfather (2) old man (3) kyogen mask used for the role of an old man 叔父(おじ): uncle (younger than one's parent) お祖父さん(おじいさん): (1) grandfather (2) male senior-citizen 親父(おやじ): one's father; old man; one's boss 伯父さん(おじさん): (1) uncle (2) old man; mister (vocative) (3) manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus) 5 2 646 父: father, father radical (no. 88) 4 父 88 4 ちち (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic father Luke, I am your father. Darth Vader (really surprised nobody put this one up before: 2 laserswords). Not to confuse anyone, but I think if you put your mind to it, you can see the image of a father here. The first two strokes take on the form of his eye brows, and the third and fourth stroke make up the nose and mustache. 1274 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_People_Family kanjifreq501-750 交コウまじ.わる、まじ.える、ま.じる、まじ.る、ま.ざる、ま.ぜる、-か.う、か.わす、かわ.す、こもごもかた mingle, mixing, association, coming & going 交替(こうたい): alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.) 外交(がいこう): diplomacy 交渉(こうしょう): (1) negotiations; discussions (2) connection 交流(こうりゅう): (1) (cultural) exchange; interchange; interaction; (inter-) mingling; (social, etc.) networking; intercourse (2) alternating current; AC 交換(こうかん): exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution; replacement; clearing (of checks, cheques) 交通(こうつう): traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse 国交(こっこう): diplomatic relations 交付(こうふ): delivering; handing over; furnishing (e.g. with copies); issuance; issuing 交際(こうさい): company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance 交差点(こうさてん): crossing; intersection 交互(こうご): mutual; reciprocal; alternate 交わす(かわす): (1) to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.) (2) to intersect; to cross; to interlace (3) … with one another; … to each other 交番(こうばん): (1) police box (2) alternation; alternating (e.g. current) 社交(しゃこう): social life; social intercourse 交じる(まじる): to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest; to join 交ざる(まざる): to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join 交える(まじえる): (1) to mix; to combine (2) to exchange (words, fire, etc.) (3) to cross (e.g. swords); to join together 交易(こうえき): trade; commerce 交通機関(こうつうきかん): transportation facilities 交わる(まじわる): (1) to cross; to intersect; to join; to meet (2) to associate with; to mingle with; to consort with (3) to have a sexual relationship; to copulate 交差(こうさ): (1) crossing; intersection (2) (genetic) crossing over 3 2 178 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 父: father 6 亠 8 2 けいさん・けいさんかんむり・なべぶた (none) 象形 Pictographic mingle Even though your FATHER is an old man, he can´t give up his party lifestyle. Once a week he still dons his cool TOP HAT (well, it was cool 40 years ago) and goes out on the town to MINGLE with the ladies. This is a pretty common thing in Japan, where old motherfuckers still think they can pick up 19 year old girls. Darth Vader tries to mingle with his troops. He even weares one of the helmets of the stromtroopers. (one of them laughs: white helmet, black suit. Darth Vader thereby slashes him in 2). 1275 grade2 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 効コウき.く、ききめ、なら.う merit, efficacy, efficiency, benefit 効果(こうか): effect; effectiveness; efficacy; result 有効(ゆうこう): validity; legality; availability; effectiveness 効率(こうりつ): efficiency; efficacy; performance; utility factor 無効(むこう): invalid; no effect; unavailable; illegal 効力(こうりょく): effect; efficacy; validity; potency 効く(きく): (1) to be effective; to show effect (2) to do its work; to carry out its function well (3) to be possible to use 2 5 538 交: mingle; mixing; association; coming & going 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 8 力 19 2 ちから・りきづくり效会意 Compound Ideographic merit Mingling with the powerful can bring you success, bypassing the need for any merit. There is great merit in mingling with the powerful. 1276 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 較カク、コウくら.べる contrast, compare 比較(ひかく): comparison 比較的(ひかくてき): comparative; relative 2 S 1172 車: car 交: mingle; mixing; association; coming & going 13 車 159 7 くるま・くるまへん (none) 形声 Phonetic contrast The people I had invited to the party were mingling quite well with one another, until they all suddenly started talking about the cars they own. Pretty soon the crowd divided itself into distinct, contrasting crowds: rich snobs with fancy cars, soccer moms with minivans, and hippies with bicycles. Our world of today, cars mingling on busy streets, is in stark contrast to the one of yesteryear, where it was people who would mingle on the streets. 1277 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 校コウ、キョウめん exam, school, printing, proof, correction 学校(がっこう): school 高校(こうこう): senior high school 校長(こうちょう): principal; headmaster 高校生(こうこうせい): senior high school student 小学校(しょうがっこう): primary school; elementary school; grade school 中学校(ちゅうがっこう): junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school 登校(とうこう): attendance (at school); going to school 校舎(こうしゃ): school building 高等学校(こうとうがっこう): senior high school 校庭(こうてい): schoolyard; campus 母校(ぼこう): alma mater 転校(てんこう): change schools 校(こう): (1) school (2) proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs 5 1 294 木: tree; wood 交: mingle; mixing; association; coming & going 10 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic exam With the exam scores posted on a TREE, the students MINGLED around looking at the results. test. 試. Note: this Kanji does not mean exam. It means school. I find this keyword an choice odd as school by itself is not used elsewhere. Examples: 校長 is principal (lit. school chief); 中学校 is junior high school (lit. middle study/knowledge school). 1278 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art kanjifreq251-500 足ソクあし、た.りる、た.る、た.すあ, あす, おす, たらし leg, foot, be sufficient “足(あし): (1) foot (2) leg (3) gait (4) pace (5) bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji (6) means of transportation 足あと(あしあと): (1) footprints (2) record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites) 足下(あしもと): (1) at one's feet; underfoot; one's step (as in ”“watch your step”“) (2) gait; pace; step (3) you; thou 不足(ふそく): insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; lack; dearth 発足(ほっそく): starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up 満足(まんぞく): (1) satisfaction (2) sufficiency 補足(ほそく): supplement; complement 遠足(えんそく): excursion; outing; trip 足る(たる): to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worthy of 物足りない(ものたりない): unsatisfied; unsatisfactory 駆け足(かけあし): (1) running fast; double time (2) cantering (3) doing things in a hurry 足し算(たしざん): addition 裸足(はだし): (1) barefoot (2) superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement) 足す(たす): (1) to add (numbers) (2) to add (something); to top up (with something) (3) to take care of (e.g. one's business) 足りる(たりる): (1) to be sufficient; to be enough (2) to be worth doing; to be worthy (3) to be sufficient; to answer; to do 足袋(たび): tabi; Japanese socks (with split toe)” 5 1 343 口: mouth 7 足 157 7 あし・あしへん (none) 象形 Pictographic leg Captain Ahab lost his leg to the great white whale´s mouth and had to mend it with a peg leg. I´ll use my mouth to mend your leg, I´ll kiss it all better :). 1279 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Body_Arm.Leg Kanji_Counting_Counters kanjifreq251-500 促ソクうなが.す stimulate, urge, press, demand, incite 促進(そくしん): promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on 促す(うながす): to urge; to press; to prompt; to suggest; to demand; to stimulate; to quicken; to incite; to invite (attention to) 催促(さいそく): request; demand; claim; urge (action); press for 1 S 998 人: person 足: leg; foot; be sufficient; counter for pairs of footwear 9 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic stimulate Mr T, ever the optimist, is trying to stimulate Capt Ahab´s wooden leg by rubbing it down. Capt Ahab normally wouldn´t let anyone do that, but he appreciates Mr T´s stimulating conversation. You stimulate a person by giving him a kick. 1280 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 距キョへだ.たる、けづめ long-distance 距離(きょり): distance; range 1 S 1191 足: leg; foot; be sufficient; counter for pairs of footwear 巨: gigantic; big; large; great 12 足 157 7 あし・あしへん (none) 形声 Phonetic long-distance You can step a long-distance if you have a leg that´s gigantic! You can step a long-distance if you have gigantic wooden legs (stilts). 1281 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 路ロ、ルみち, -じ path, route, road, distance 道路(どうろ): road; highway 進路(しんろ): (1) route; course (2) career, university choices; course (of future life) 線路(せんろ): line; track; roadbed 回路(かいろ): circuit (electric) 通路(つうろ): passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle 経路(けいろ): (1) course; route; path; channel (2) process; means 十字路(じゅうじろ): crossroads 海路(かいろ): sea route 針路(しんろ): course; direction; compass bearing 3 3 529 足: leg; foot; be sufficient; counter for pairs of footwear 各: each; every; either 13 足 157 7 あし・あしへん (none) 形声 Phonetic path When pirates try to hide, it´s always easy to find them. Their wooden legs leave distinctive prints, showing where each is hiding and the exact path he took. I have a wooden leg for each type of path. One with a rubber stopper at the end for absorbing shocks on paved paths, and one with a wide foot to distribute weight better on mud paths. 1282 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq501-750 露ロ、ロウつゆや, ゆ dew, tears, mortality, flimsiness 露骨(ろこつ): (1) frank; blunt; plain; outspoken (2) conspicuous; open (3) broad; suggestive; lewd 暴露(ばくろ): disclosure; exposure; revelation 露(つゆ): dew 1 S 928 雨: rain 路: path; route; road; distance 21 雨 173 8 あめ・あめかんむり・あまかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic dew After the rain the path was covered with dew. Dew forms on the path least weathered. 1283 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq751-1000 跳チョウは.ねる、と.ぶ、-と.び hop, leap up, spring, jerk, prance, buck, splash, sputter, snap 跳ねる(はねる): (1) to jump; to leap; to prance; to spring up; to bound; to hop (2) to break up; to close; to come to an end (3) to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone) 1 S 1716 足: leg; foot; be sufficient; counter for pairs of footwear 兆: portent; 1012; trillion; sign; omen; symptoms 13 足 157 7 あし・あしへん (none) 形声 Phonetic hop A girl with a wooden leg always wanted to play hopscotch with the other girls, but every time she tried to hop she´d lose her balance and injure another girl. That´s why the other girls make fun of her and see her presence as a portent to injury. A turtle with a wooden leg needs to hop to get around. 1284 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 躍ヤクおど.るおどり leap, dance, skip 活躍(かつやく): (1) activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service (2) to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role 1 S 900 足: leg; foot; be sufficient; counter for pairs of footwear 羽: feathers; counter for birds, rabbits 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 21 足 157 7 あし・あしへん (none) 形声 Phonetic leap “Well, there are weekdays weekday (#576) and there are laundry days laundry (#577), and on February 29th leap day, the manufacturer recommends servicing or replacing your peg leg because they tend to wear out every 4 years.” [Story for people following katsuo in making feathers+turkey a ´futon´ primitive] If you´re going to leap from a high place, better hope there´s a futon below – otherwise you´re going to break your leg at the very least… 1285 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 践センふ.む tread, step on, trample, practice, carry through 実践(じっせん): practice; practise; put into practice; put into practise 1 S 1570 足: leg; foot; be sufficient; counter for pairs of footwear 戔: damage; remain; slight 13 足 157 7 あし・あしへん踐形声 Phonetic tread The pirate with the wooden leg chased after the parade float and was run over by the next one, leaving tread marks all over him and his leg. Pirates must tread carefully when walking on parade floats, so as not to break through the weak plaster with their wooden legs. 1286 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 踏トウふ.む、ふ.まえる step, trample, carry through, appraise, evade payment 踏切り(ふみきり): (1) railway crossing; railroad crossing; train crossing; level crossing (2) starting line; scratch (3) determination (4) stepping over the edge of the ring (in sumo) 踏む(ふむ): (1) to step on; to tread on (2) to experience; to undergo (3) to estimate; to value; to appraise (4) to rhyme (5) to inherit (the throne, etc.) (6) to follow (rules, morals, principles, etc.) 踏まえる(ふまえる): to be based on; to have origin in 踏み込む(ふみこむ): (1) to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid (2) to come to grips with; to get to the core of 1 S 723 足: leg; foot; be sufficient; counter for pairs of footwear 沓: shoes; boots 15 足 157 7 あし・あしへん (none) 形声 Phonetic step You have to watch your step when moving your leg on a watery day. “So, we´ve walked on the moon, but it´s going to take a pirate with a wooden leg, with a huge supply of cooling water to land on the sun and take that ”“one small step for a man”“.” 1287 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 骨コツほね skeleton, bone, remains, frame 骨(ほね): (1) bone (2) frame (3) outline; core (4) backbone; spirit; fortitude (5) laborious; troublesome; difficult 骨折(こっせつ): bone fracture 露骨(ろこつ): (1) frank; blunt; plain; outspoken (2) conspicuous; open (3) broad; suggestive; lewd 骨(こつ): knack; skill; trick; secret; know-how; the ropes; hang 骨董品(こっとうひん): curio; antique 2 6 936 月: month; moon 10 骨 188 10 ほね・ほねへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic skeleton Your body meat is attached to the bone joints of your skeleton. The top box 口 is the skull and the brain 田 has shriveled to the size of marble (but following kanji convention it is depicted as a square) and rolled into the bottom right hand corner. With all the hair and flesh gone the crown has slipped down to the shoulders like a necklace. 月 represents the rest of the body of the skeleton. [Idea for position of crown thanks to n1williams]. 1288 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Body_General kanjifreq751-1000 滑カツ、コツすべ.る、なめ.らかかり, なめり slippery, slide, slip, flunk 円滑(えんかつ): smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious 滑らか(なめらか): (1) smooth (e.g. skin or ground); glassy; velvety (2) fluent; smooth (speaking); without a hitch 滑る(すべる): (1) to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to slip (2) to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke) (3) to drop; to go down; to come down; to fall (e.g. in status) 滑稽(こっけい): funny; humorous; humourous; comical; laughable; ridiculous; joking 滑らす(ずらす): (1) to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way) (2) to put off; to delay; to postpone; to stagger (e.g. working hours) 1 S 1238 水: water 骨: skeleton; bone; remains; frame 13 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic slippery “Don´t give water to a skeleton. When he drinks it, it´ll sluice right through his bones, forcing you to put one of those ”“Caution - Slippery Floor”“ signs up on the resultant puddle.” Slippery surfaces are very dangerous for skeletons, since their bone feet slip easily… a few drops of water, and zweep! A large mess of bones to pick up and reassemble! 1289 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 髄ズイ marrow, pith 1 S 1652 骨: skeleton; bone; remains; frame 有: possess; have; exist; happen; occur; approx 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 19 骨 188 10 ほね・ほねへん髓形声 Phonetic marrow A skeleton is shuffling along the shoulder of the road, so you pull up next to him and ask where he is going. He says he´s going to donate his marrow to the hospital because he got into some financial trouble and lost everything; his marrow is the only thing he still possesses. “A skeleton by the side of the road, holding a sign ”“Possess marrow, will travel”“. Yeah, it makes no sense but I don´t foget the kanji.” 1290 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_General kanjifreq1501-2000 禍カわざわい calamity, misfortune, evil, curse 1 S 2010 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 咼: crooked mouth; evil; dishonest 13 示 113 5 しめす・しめすへん禍形声 Phonetic calamity “Continued from auspicious (#1088). Once a year, the people pray for a sign from the gods. But if the gods are feeling particularly mischievous, they´ll send down a jawbone to the altar. The people see this as a sign of calamity to come. The gods think of it as an amusing prank.” Calamity Jane went to the altar to confess her sins and the priest´s jawbone fell to the floor… 1291 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 渦カうず whirlpool, eddy, vortex 渦(うず): whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom 1 S 1789 水: water 咼: crooked mouth; evil; dishonest 12 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic whirlpool Grampa´s flushing the toilet, when his denture (Jawbone) pops out and gets sucked down the whirlpool! A whirlpool is water opening its jaws to swallow anything whole. 1292 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq1501-2000 過カす.ぎる、-す.ぎる、-す.ぎ、す.ごす、あやま.つ、あやま.ち、よ.ぎる overdo, exceed, go beyond, error 過去(かこ): (1) the past; bygone days; the previous (2) a past (i.e. a personal history one would prefer remained secret); one's past (3) past (tense); preterit; preterite (4) previous life 過程(かてい): process; course; mechanism 過半数(かはんすう): majority 経過(けいか): passage; expiration; progress; transition 過ぎ(すぎ): (1) past; after (2) too (much); over (e.g. eating) 通過(つうか): passage through; transit; passing 過失(かしつ): (1) error; blunder; accident (2) fault; defect 過剰(かじょう): excess; over- 過疎(かそ): depopulation 過労(かろう): overwork; strain 超過(ちょうか): excess; being more than 過ち(あやまち): fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas 通り過ぎる(とおりすぎる): to pass; to pass through 過密(かみつ): overcrowding; crowded; congestion 過ごす(すごす): (1) to pass (time); to spend (2) to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol) (3) to take care of; to support (4) to overdo; to do too much (5) to … without acting on it 過ぎる(すぎる): (1) to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond (2) to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse (3) to have expired; to have ended; to be over (4) to exceed; to surpass; to be above (5) to be no more than … (6) (often used after adjective stems or the -masu stems of verbs) to be excessive; to be too much; to be too … 3 5 285 咼: crooked mouth; evil; dishonest 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 12 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic overdo Jaws XII~! Jaws strikes the highway! Man, they´re really overdoing it now. In ´American History X´ Edward Norton´s character overdoes it when he makes the dude that tried to steal his car lie face down with his jawbone open over the pavement of the roadway and then stamps on the back of his head. My teeth still tingle when I think of that! 1293 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 阪ハンさか heights, slope 0 S 503 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 反: anti- 7 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ (none) 形声 Phonetic Heights “If you´re scared of Heights, you don´t want to stay at The Pinnacle; you are anti- The Pinnacle. Primitive: The Pinnacle is a dream-like gated community at the top of a mount. This allows for innumerable stories for all the kanji with this primitive since you have a whole city to work with. Also prevents confusion with ”“mountain”“.” People are being displaced in 大阪 to make room for a new development, Osaka Heights, the pinnacle of modern Japanese housing. An angry mob of protestors are outside with Anti-Osaka Heights signs. 1294 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq501-750 阿アおもね.る, くまほとり, あず, あわ, おか, きた, な Africa, flatter, fawn upon, corner, nook, recess 阿弗利加(アフリカ): Africa 1 S+ 1126 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 可: can; passable; mustn't; should not; do not (none) Africa Can you see Africa from The Pinnacle? I can! I can! A kinda pictogram: ´BoT´, the first 3 letters in ´Botswana´ an African country. 1295 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 ShouldSuspend 際サイきわ、-ぎわわ occasion, side, edge, verge, dangerous, adventurous, indecent, time, when 国際(こくさい): international 実際(じっさい): (1) practicality; practical (2) reality; actuality; actual conditions (3) bhutakoti (limit of reality) 際(さい): on the occasion of; circumstances 交際(こうさい): company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance 手際(てぎわ): performance; skill; tact 際(きわ): (1) edge; brink; verge; side (2) time; moment of 3 5 183 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 祭: ritual; offer prayers; celebrate; deify; enshrine; worship 14 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic occasion Many rituals are practiced every day (blessing before meals, evening prayer, etc.) Only the peak rituals (wedding, Bar Mitzvah, etc.) qualify to be called an occasion. On occasian, rituals are held at the very tip of The Pinnacle. 1296 grade5 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Time kanjifreq1-250 障ショウさわ.る hinder, hurt, harm 保障(ほしょう): guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty 障害(しょうがい): (1) obstacle; impediment; hindrance; difficulty; barrier (2) handicap; impairment; disability; disorder; malfunction 故障(こしょう): break-down; failure; fault; accident; out of order 障子(しょうじ): shoji (paper sliding door) 気障(きざ): affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious 障る(さわる): to hinder; to interfere with; to affect; to do one harm; to be harmful to 1 6 742 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 章: badge; chapter; composition; poem; design 14 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ (none) 形声 Phonetic hinder The officer at the gate to The Pinnacle with a giant badge sewn to his chest hinders all visitors. But not the handicapped. They´re hindered enough already. They´re given a badge and can pass right into The Pinnacle. The pinnacle of racism was that of the Nazis. They made the Jews wear a badge on their clothes to identify them. They hindered their every movement. Moreover the peace-loving Dutch all wore the badges so that the Jews would be unidentifiable. Effectively hindering the Nazi plot. 1297 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 随ズイまにま.に、したが.う follow, though, notwithstanding, while, during, both, all, obey, submit to, comply, at the mercy of (the waves) 随筆(ずいひつ): essays; miscellaneous writings; literary jottings 随分(ずいぶん): (1) very; extremely; surprisingly; considerably (2) contemptible; reprehensible 1 S 1396 陏: melon; wrap 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 12 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ隨形声 Phonetic follow [Image: Follow the ´Yellow-Brick Road´ to success] The pinnacle signifies your personal goal and destination. What you´re seeking to possess lies at the end of the yellow-brick road. You must follow the road to get what you want. I fled to The Pinnacle for safety, but the demon followed me right up the road! 1298 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 陪バイ obeisance, follow, accompany, attend on 1 S 1917 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 口: mouth 11 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ (none) 形声 Phonetic auxiliary In case of emergency, The Pinnacle has auxiliary guard dogs, but they keep them muzzeled until they´re needed. When you climb the pinnacle you´ll need to take a muzzle of auxiliary oxygen. 1299 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 陽ヨウひあき, あきら, あけ, はる, ひろ, やん, よ sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime 太陽(たいよう): sun; solar 陽気(ようき): (1) cheerful; merry (2) season; weather 3 3 1071 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 昜: open; sun 12 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ (none) 形声 Phonetic sunshine A kid is perched on a pinnacle with his piggy bank. He uses the coins to catch the sunshine, and redirect it into people´s eyes, far below. The Pinnacle is environmentally friendly. They collect solar power through sunshine on their piggybank shaped solar arrays. 1300 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Nature_Sky kanjifreq1001-1500 陳チンひ.ねるのぶ exhibit, state, relate, explain 陳列(ちんれつ): exhibition; display; show 1 S 1323 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 東: east 11 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic line up Every morning at The Pinnacle, the residents line upon the East side for morning stretches and leisure. Hikers line up to get to the top of that great pinnacle of the East… Mount Fuji. Seriously, they really do! …probably the only mountain in the world with a queue at the top. 1301 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 防ボウふせ.ぐあた, う, ほう ward off, defend, protect, resist 防衛(ぼうえい): defense; defence; protection; self-defense; self-defence 国防(こくぼう): national defence; national defense 防止(ぼうし): prevention; check 予防(よぼう): prevention; precaution; protection against 消防(しょうぼう): fire fighting; fire department 堤防(ていぼう): bank; weir; embankment; levee 防火(ぼうか): fire prevention; fire fighting; fire proof 防犯(ぼうはん): prevention of crime 防ぐ(ふせぐ): to defend (against); to protect; to prevent 消防署(しょうぼうしょ): fire station 2 5 331 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 方: direction; person; alternative 7 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ (none) 形声 Phonetic ward off A giant compass is The Pinnacle´s self-defense system. It points in the direction of any invaders so the city is prepared well ahead to ward off the intruders. To ward off enemies, the ancient Greece kept watch from the Acropolis, where they had a clear view in all directions. 1302 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 附フつ.ける、つ.くずき, づけ affixed, attach, refer to, append 寄附(きふ): contribution; donation 附属(ふぞく): attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed; associated; subordinate; incidental; dependent; auxiliary 1 S 2396 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 付: adhere; attach; refer to; append 8 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ (none) 形声 Phonetic affixed A sign was AFFIXED on the PINNACLE of the Acropolis so that tourists would ADHERE to the rules. “The Pinnacle is firmly affixed to the top of the mount with bubble gum. (adhere (#1000)).” 1303 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 院イン Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school 病院(びょういん): hospital 大学院(だいがくいん): graduate school 入院(にゅういん): hospitalization; hospitalisation 参議院(さんぎいん): House of Councillors 寺院(じいん): temple 衆議院(しゅうぎいん): lower house; House of Representatives 退院(たいいん): leaving hospital; discharge from hospital 医院(いいん): doctor's office (surgery); clinic; dispensary 4 3 150 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 完: perfect; completion; end 10 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ (none) 形声 Phonetic Inst. The Institution of The Pinnacle is perfect in every way. It is the new House of God, his chosen city. To reach the pinnacle of kanji perfect you need to attend the Heisig Inst. 1304 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 陣ジン camp, battle array, ranks, position 陣(じん): battle formation; camp; encampment 1 S 828 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 車: car 10 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic camp Paparazzi make camp outside of The Pinnacle in their cars, waiting for the celebs to come out. “Note: This kanji is most often used in a military context. Story: Here we see an encampment of military vehicles laying siege to The Pinnacle. With other countries being envious of the perfect life they lead there that makes sense. Fortunately, the pinnacle knows how to ward off (#1302) enemies.” 1305 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq751-1000 隊タイ regiment, party, company, squad 軍隊(ぐんたい): army; troops 兵隊(へいたい): soldier; sailor 隊(たい): (1) party; group; crew; team; body (2) company (of troops); corps; unit; squad 1 4 605 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 豕: pig; hog; pig radical (no. 152) 12 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic regiment Every regiment of The Pinnacle´s army is lead by a Miss Piggy with a viking helmet on. “Every regiment of The Pinnacle´s army has an animal name. This regiment is called ”“Horned Pig Regiment”“. They´re wearing Wiking helms and are usually cowered in mud.” 1306 grade4 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq501-750 墜ツイお.ちる、お.つ crash, fall (down) 墜落(ついらく): falling; crashing 1 S 1466 隊: regiment; party; company; squad 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 15 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic crash One of the members of our air force regiment has been shot down; he managed to safely eject, but his plane crashed into the ground. The regiment led by horny Miss Piggy wearing a viking helmet accidently falls off The Pinnacle and crashes into the ground below. old story with wrong meaning of regiment: Kermit is so frustrated with horny Miss Piggy´s regimented sex schedule, he throws her off The Pinnacle and she crashes into the ground. 1307 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Directions_Movement kanjifreq1001-1500 降コウ、ゴお.りる、お.ろす、ふ.る、ふ.り、くだ.る、くだ.すふり, ふる descend, precipitate, fall, surrender 以降(いこう): on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since 下降(かこう): downward; descent; fall; drop; subsidence 降伏(こうふく): capitulation; surrender; submission 降る(ふる): to precipitate; to fall (e.g. rain) 降水(こうすい): rainfall; precipitation 降り出す(ふりだす): to begin to rain 3 6 596 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 夅: to descend; to come down from heaven; to send down 10 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic descend Sunglasses-missing-one-lens is obviously the monocle. The proper, high-class way to descend The Pinnacle is wearing a monocle with your walking legs splayed to a full gentlemanly stride. “After a cool, hip businessman angered the executives at The Pinnacle, they beat him up, popping out a lens from his sunglasses, and tossed out the window, head first, walking legs second. One executive later commented, ”“It was like he was descending into Hell from Heaven!”“.” 1308 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 階カイきざはししな, と, はし storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building 段階(だんかい): grade; level; stage; class; phase; steps; order; gradation 階級(かいきゅう): (social) class; rank; grade 階段(かいだん): stairs; stairway; staircase 階(かい): (1) storey; story; floor (2) stairs (3) stage (in chronostratigraphy) (4) counter for storeys and floors of a building 二階建て(にかいだて): two-storied building 階層(かいそう): class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy 2 3 513 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 皆: all; everything 12 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ (none) 形声 Phonetic story All buildings of The Pinnacle are multi-storey. They don´t have much room, so they have to build up. It sucks when someone presses all the buttons on the elevator! You have to stop at each storey! Some stupid kid has pushed all the buttons in the elevator. As it stops at all storeys you reach a pinnacle of impatience. Finally you reach your storey, the last one, at the pinnacle of the building. 1309 grade3 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 陛ヘイ highness, steps (of throne) 1 6 1429 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 比: compare; race; ratio; Philipines 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 10 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ (none) 形声 Phonetic highness Your highness is the pinnacle of finesse compared to all of us commoners who are but like dirt on the ground. His Highness, the main man at the Pinnacle, often compares those who live outside the city´s walls to dirt. 1310 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 隣リンとな.る、となりちか neighboring 隣(となり): neighbor (neighbour); next to (esp. living next door to) 1 S 1083 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 米: rice; USA; metre 舛: dancing radical (no. 136) 16 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic neighboring America thinks it is the pinnacle of the world, looking down on all neighboring countries through its mirrored, aviator sunglasses. All the neighboring communities to the Pinnacle have a major problem. The kids at the Pinnacle have a habit of throwing down rice from the city walls in all directions, so people in neighboring communities are forced to wear sunglasses all the time in order to avoid getting rice in their eyes. 1311 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq1001-1500 隔カクへだ.てる、へだ.たる isolate, alternate, distance, separate, gulf 間隔(かんかく): space; interval; SPC 隔てる(へだてる): (1) to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to partition; to divide (2) to interpose; to have between (3) to alienate; to estrange 隔週(かくしゅう): every other week 隔たる(へだたる): to be distant 1 S 1382 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 鬲: tripod 13 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ (none) 形声 Phonetic isolate “The Pinnacle, to me, is a city that makes itself out to be perfect but is filled with dirty secrets that photographers are always trying to reveal (see dissolve (#1044) The city´s councilmen have isolated all professional photographers to make sure they don´t photograph these ”“dirty secrets”“. (which are up to your imagination).” The people of the pinnacle isolate themselves, dissolving any outside friendships. 1312 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 隠イン、オンかく.す、かく.し、かく.れる、かか.す、よ.るお, がくし conceal, hide, cover 隠す(かくす): to hide; to conceal 隠れる(かくれる): to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear 隠居(いんきょ): (1) retirement (2) retired person 1 S 1089 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 爪: claw; nail; talon 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 14 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ隱形声 Phonetic conceal “The wheat farmer´s heart is calm (#1147) about the eagle not stealing his crops because of the broom scarecrow. But he still conceals all his wheat at The Pinnacle in case anyone else trys to steal it.” Move the broom with a vulture perched on top, and you´ll find the concealed entrance to the heart of The Pinnacle. 1313 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 堕ダお.ちる、くず.す、くず.れる degenerate, descend to, lapse into 1 S 2087 陏: melon; wrap 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 12 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん墮形声 Phonetic degenerate “Any attempt to possess the pinnacle will degenerate into a land (”“ground”“) war.” A degenerate doctor at The Pinnacle is doing illegal abortions. He´s so sick he just throws the aborted fetuses onto the ground far below. And like a possess demon, he keeps some tied to his side on a belt as trophies. 1314 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 陥カンおちい.る、おとしい.れる collapse, fall into, cave in, fall (castle), slide into 欠陥(けっかん): (1) defect; fault; deficiency; deformity (2) shortage; gap 1 S 1154 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 旧: old times; old things; old friend; former; ex- 10 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ陷形声 Phonetic collapse The Pinnacle is actually bound up by supports from olden times. Eventually, they give out, and the whole thing starts to collapse. The Pinnacle is supported by pilings which were bound up in olden times. One day when the bindings rot away, the whole thing will collapse. (tweaking dihutensoa´s story to work a little better for me). 1315 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 穴ケツあなけな, しし, な hole, aperture, slit, cave, den 穴(あな): (1) hole (2) deficit; shortage; missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.) (3) vacancy; opening (4) flaw (5) profitable place (or item, etc.) not well known by others (6) upset victory (with a large payoff) (7) pit (of a theater) (8) hiding place (9) underbelly (of society, etc.) 1 6 1366 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 5 穴 116 5 あな・あなかんむり (none) 象形 Pictographic hole “A black hole is a ”“House of Infinity”“. Infinity is of course represented by a sideways ”“8”“, but here we have a Japanese ”“8”“ instead.” Billiards anyone? House rules here state that the first person to pot the eight ball into the hole wins the game. 1316 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 空クウそら、あ.く、あ.き、あ.ける、から、す.く、す.かす、むな.しいうつ, き, く empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum 空港(くうこう): airport 航空(こうくう): aviation; flying 空(から): emptiness; vacuum; blank 空気(くうき): (1) air; atmosphere (2) mood; situation (3) someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all 空間(くうかん): space; room; airspace 上空(じょうくう): sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air 架空(かくう): (1) aerial; overhead (2) fiction; fictitious; imaginary; fanciful 空中(くうちゅう): sky; air 空き(あき): (1) space; room; emptiness; gap (2) opening; vacancy; empty seat (3) free time; time to spare (4) disuse; unused thing 空想(くうそう): daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision 空っぽ(からっぽ): empty; vacant; hollow 空腹(くうふく): hunger 真空(しんくう): vacuum; hollow; empty 大空(おおぞら): heavens; firmament; sky 空(そら): sky; the heavens 空しい(むなしい): vacant; futile; vain; void; empty; ineffective; lifeless 空く(すく): (1) to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty (2) to be hungry 空き間(あきま): vacancy; room for rent or lease 空(くう): (1) empty air; sky (2) shunya (emptiness, the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phemomenon) (3) air force (4) fruitlessness; meaninglessness (5) void (one of the five elements) 5 1 304 穴: hole; aperture; slit; cave; den 工: craft; construction; katakana e radical (no. 48) 8 穴 116 5 あな・あなかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic empty The craft of creating a black hole is in creating an emptiness which can attract things. Hole-craft is the way of making empty spaces, like the sky. 1317 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Nature_Sky kanjifreq251-500 控コウひか.える、ひか.え withdraw, draw in, hold back, refrain from, be moderate 控える(ひかえる): (1) to be temperate in; to restrain oneself from excessive … (2) to make notes (3) to hold back (4) to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for (5) to be soon; to be in the offing (6) to be in a close relationship (e.g. as a backer, etc.) 控え室(ひかえしつ): waiting room 控除(こうじょ): subtraction; deduction (e.g. tax); subsidy 1 S 1000 手: hand 空: empty; sky; void; vacant; vacuum 11 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic withdraw With my fingers, I punch in my bank code and withdraw some money from my account. And now it´s empty again, as usual! “If you find yourself in a fight with a karate master with no weapons or martial art skills, just your empty fingers, you should withdraw because 空手 (karate=”“empty hand”“) is more powerful than 控 (=”“empty fingers”“).” 1318 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 突トツ、カつ.く stab, protruding, thrusting, thrust, pierce, prick 衝突(しょうとつ): collision; conflict 突破(とっぱ): breaking through; breakthrough; penetration 突然(とつぜん): abrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once 煙突(えんとつ): (1) chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); stovepipe (2) carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter 突如(とつじょ): suddenly; all of a sudden 突っ込む(つっこむ): (1) to thrust something into something (2) to plunge into; to go into deeply (3) to meddle; to interfere (4) to retort (5) to riposte 突っ張る(つっぱる): to support; to become stiff; to become taut; to thrust (one's opponent); to stick to (one's opinion); to insist on 突き当たる(つきあたる): to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street) 突き当たり(つきあたり): end (e.g. of street, hallway, etc.) 突く(つく): (1) to prick; to stab (2) to poke; to prod; to push; to thrust; to nudge; to hit; to strike (3) to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with; to press against (the floor, etc.) (4) to attack (5) to brave (the rain, etc.) 突く(つつく): (1) to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge (2) to peck at (one's food); to pick at (3) to peck at (someone's faults, etc.) (4) to egg on; to put up to 突っ突く(つっつく): (1) to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge (2) to peck at (one's food); to pick at (3) to peck at (someone's faults, etc.) (4) to egg on; to put up to 3 S 521 穴: hole; aperture; slit; cave; den 大: large; big 8 穴 116 5 あな・あなかんむり突会意 Compound Ideographic stab When you stab something you often leave a big hole. The police have recruited a special breed of St. Bernard that can lick the wounds of a stabbing victim. The bleeding will stop instantly, saving the victim´s life. One quirky side-effect, however, is that this treatment leaves behind a rather large hole… 1319 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 究キュウ、クきわ.めるきゅ research, study 研究(けんきゅう): study; research; investigation 究極(きゅうきょく): ultimate; extreme; final; eventual 研究室(けんきゅうしつ): (1) laboratory (2) seminar room (3) professor's office 4 3 368 穴: hole; aperture; slit; cave; den 九: nine 7 穴 116 5 あな・あなかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic research Most research scientists have 9 holes…..two nostrils, two ears, a mouth, and four eyes…… . Scientiest are researching , and have already found nine black holes ! 1320 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art kanjifreq251-500 窒チツ plug up, obstruct 窒息(ちっそく): suffocation; choking 1 S 1776 穴: hole; aperture; slit; cave; den 至: climax; arrive; proceed; reach; attain; result in 11 穴 116 5 あな・あなかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic plug up Sticking a plug up your hole will lead to stronger climaxes. Here we have a Hole and Climax to mean PLUG UP. This is so butt-fking easy, pun intended. If you PLUG UP her Hole, she will Climax. 1321 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Substance kanjifreq1501-2000 窃セツぬす.む、ひそ.か stealth, steal, secret, private, hushed 1 S 1871 穴: hole; aperture; slit; cave; den 切: cut; cutoff; be sharp 9 穴 116 5 あな・あなかんむり竊会意 Compound Ideographic stealth “This more commonly means ”“steal”“, like how a thief cuts a hole to steal the jewels.” Stealth bombers cut holes through the enemy radar. 1322 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 窪ワくぼ.む, くぼ.み, くぼ.まる, くぼ depression, cave in, sink, become hollow 0 S+ 1853 穴: hole; aperture; slit; cave; den 水: water 圭: square jewel; corner; angle; edge (none) depression A depression is a hole in the ground. Water naturally collects there which provides moisture for vines to grow. The depression in the ground become a trap: the hole was filled with water and covered with ivy. 1323 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 搾サクしぼ.る squeeze 搾る(しぼる): (1) to wring; to squeeze; to press; to extract (2) to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice) (3) to extort; to exploit (4) to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke (5) to drill into; to train (6) to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down (7) to gather up (a curtain, etc.); to tighten (a drawstring) (8) to stop down (a lens) (9) to turn down (e.g. the radio) (10) to bend (a bow); to draw (11) to hold down (in sumo); to constrict; to immobilize 1 S 2046 手: hand 窄: narrow; fold; furl; shrug; pucker; shut; close 13 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic squeeze You have trouble squeezing your hand through the hole so you use a saw to enlarge it. (Thanks DrJones) You squeeze the teats of the cow with your fingers but it´s your first try and you don´t have any milk come through the holes, so you take a saw and cut the teats to make bigger holes. Poor cow, this story squeezes my heart. 1324 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 窯ヨウかま kiln, oven, furnace 1 S 2072 穴: hole; aperture; slit; cave; den 羔: lamb 15 穴 116 5 あな・あなかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic kiln Be sure to put a hole in that ceramic sheep before you put it over the fire. Otherwise, it´ll just explode in the kiln. (If you´ve never done ceramics before, it´s important that the object have a hole in it, or this really will happen.). You put the sheep in the hole of the kiln and turn on the flames. 1325 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq2001-2500 窮キュウ、キョウきわ.める、きわ.まる、きわ.まり、きわ.み hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered 窮屈(きゅうくつ): narrow; tight; stiff; rigid; uneasy; formal; constrained 窮乏(きゅうぼう): poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury 1 S 1756 穴: hole; aperture; slit; cave; den 躬: body; self 15 穴 116 5 あな・あなかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic hard up Hard up = nothing but your body, living in a hole, with just a bow to hunt for your food. Somebody so hard up for cash, the volunteered to explore a black hole with nothing but a bow. 1326 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 探タンさぐ.る、さが.す grope, search, look for 探険(たんけん): exploration; expedition 探す(さがす): (1) to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime) (2) to search (for something desired, needed); to look for 探る(さぐる): (1) to feel around for; to fumble for; to grope for; to search for; to look for (2) to investigate; to probe into; to spy on; to sound out (3) to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty) 3 6 930 手: hand 㓁: a net; net-like; radical 122 木: tree; wood 11 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic grope A pictograph of a japanese schoolgirl getting groped by perverts on the train. The fingers of course, a crown (her too short skirt) and her legs below (which to be honest are pretty thick like tree trunks). “Note: The combination ”“crown +human legs”“ appears seven times in Heisig. In four cases (nos. 323, 1327, 1328, 2920) the crown is above the human legs, and in the other three cases (1888, 2472, 2679) one leg passes through the crown. The naming is inconsistent, so I call the first pattern ”“Miss World”“ (who is wearing a crown she won due to her attractive human legs) and the second ”“garter”“ (one human leg passes through the crown and wears it as a garter).” 1327 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 深シンふか.い、-ぶか.い、ふか.まる、ふか.める、み- deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen 深刻(しんこく): serious 深める(ふかめる): to deepen; to heighten; to intensify 深まる(ふかまる): to deepen; to heighten; to intensify 深い(ふかい): deep; profound; thick; close 深夜(しんや): late at night 情け深い(なさけぶかい): tender-hearted; compassionate 欲深い(よくぶかい): greedy 3 3 484 水: water 㓁: a net; net-like; radical 122 木: tree; wood 11 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic deep “If the groper´s ”“tree”“ goes up the girl´s miniskirt too deep, he´ll ejaculate fluid. (Sorry it´s kinda coarse but it works.).” Thrown in deep water, the Japanese School girl tries to reach a floating tree to save herself. 1328 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq251-500 丘キュウおかたかし hill, knoll 丘(おか): hill; height; knoll; rising ground 丘陵(きゅうりょう): hill 1 S 1405 斤: axe; 1.32 lb; catty; counter for loaves of bread; axe radical (no. 69) 一: one; one radical (no.1) 5 一 1 1 いち (none) 象形 Pictographic hill Excalibur is the sword planted in a rock. Lesser known AXCAHILLBUR is the axe planted on top of a hill. At Capitol Hill proposals get axed on the floor. 1329 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1001-1500 岳ガクたけおか, たか, たけん point, peak, mountain 山岳(さんがく): mountains 1 S 1334 丘: hill; knoll 山: mountain 8 山 46 3 やま・やまへん・やまかんむり嶽象形 Pictographic Point A point is a extra little hill at the top of a mountain. We´ll call it ´Fireman´s Point´. This actually means a high mountain. So, to cater to the keyword, it´s surely obvious (ahem) that if something gets such a fine title as Point, it must be more magnificent than the average mountain. It´s as if there was a hill on top of an average mountain, adding to its height. 1330 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1001-1500 兵ヘイ、ヒョウつわものへ soldier, private, troops, army, warfare, strategy, tactics 兵器(へいき): arms; weapons; ordnance 兵士(へいし): soldier 兵隊(へいたい): soldier; sailor 2 4 522 丘: hill; knoll 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 7 八 12 2 はち・は・はちがしら (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic soldier Listen up soldiers! We´re going to take that hill. You are no longer men with human legs. You are voracious animals, with animal legs! Got it? Animal legs! Now take that hill! The hill is so steep that you almost have to have animal legs to walk on it. However, the soldiers have no problem because they´ve been trained to march there. 1331 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq501-750 浜ヒンはま seacoast, beach, seashore 浜(はま): beach; seashore 浜辺(はまべ): beach; foreshore 1 S 645 水: water 兵: soldier; private; troops; army; warfare; strategy; tactics 10 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい濱形声 Phonetic seacoast “Seacoast → Coast Guard → ”“water soldiers”“ lined up on the seacoast defending our shores.” Imagine Normandy after the strikes on the beach. The water of the entire seacoast dyed red with the blood of thousands of soldiers. 1332 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq501-750 糸シいと thread 糸(いと): thread; yarn; string 毛糸(けいと): knitting wool 2 1 1488 糸: thread, string, thread radical (no. 120) 6 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん絲会意 Compound Ideographic thread “I also went with Spiderman. However, in the cases where this primitive appears under other primitives, as opposed to on the left (I think there are ~5 times in this chapter) I´ve opted to use a similar character: Venom. This helps keep the positioning clear, especially on such characters as dainty (#1363) and accumulate (#1364).” You´ll be seeing this one a lot. Seriously. 1333 grade1 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Clothing.Textiles kanjifreq1001-1500 織ショク、シキお.る、お.り、おり、-おり、-お.りこおり, こり, のり weave, fabric 組織(そしき): (1) organization; organisation (2) structure; construction (3) tissue (4) system 織物(おりもの): textile; fabric 織る(おる): to weave 1 5 608 糸: thread 戠: sword; potter's clay; to gather 18 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic weave Spiderman weaves his way through the skyline while listening to his theme song on his ipod. It is played, of course, by kazoos. Play the kazoo magically and the thread will weave itself. 1334 grade5 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Clothing.Textiles kanjifreq501-750 繕ゼンつくろ.う darning, repair, mend, trim, tidy up, adjust 修繕(しゅうぜん): repair; mending 繕う(つくろう): to mend; to repair; to fix; to patch up; to darn; to tidy up; to adjust; to trim 1 S 2195 糸: thread 善: virtuous; good; goodness 18 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic darning After a day being virtuouos and keeping the city safe, Spiderman´s outfit is in need of some repair. Luckily, as he can shoot out threads darning is very easy for him to do. Darning is too obscure a word for me, I prefer to just think of it as repair. And obviously, repairing someones broken cloth things is a virtuous thing to do, and you need thread to do it. 1335 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 縮シュクちぢ.む、ちぢ.まる、ちぢ.める、ちぢ.れる、ちぢ.らす shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce 縮小(しゅくしょう): reduction; curtailment 短縮(たんしゅく): shortening; abbreviation; reduction 圧縮(あっしゅく): compression; condensation; constriction; compaction 恐縮(きょうしゅく): feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; being sorry; being ashamed 縮む(ちぢむ): to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size) 縮まる(ちぢまる): to shorten; to narrow; to close 縮める(ちぢめる): to shorten; to reduce; to boil down; to shrink 縮れる(ちぢれる): to be wavy; to be curled 1 6 909 糸: thread 宿: inn; lodging; relay station; dwell; lodge; be pregnant; home; dwelling 17 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic shrink After spending the night at an inn, spider man discovered to his dismay that his costume had shrunk in the wash, and no longer fit! Don´t let the Inn wash your threads, they will shrink them! 1336 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Counting_Handling.amounts kanjifreq751-1000 繁ハンしげ.る、しげ.く luxuriant, thick, overgrown, frequency, complexity, trouble 繁栄(はんえい): prospering; prosperity; thriving; flourishing 頻繁(ひんぱん): frequent; incessant 繁殖(はんしょく): breed; multiply; increase; propagation 繁盛(はんじょう): prosperity; flourishing; thriving 1 S 1198 敏: cleverness; agile; alert 糸: thread 16 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん繁会意 Compound Ideographic luxuriant Important: Luxuriant does NOT mean luxurious, as the other stories indicate. Definition: abundant or lush in growth, as vegetation. When Venom realized he couldn´t beat Spider-Man in a fair fight, he showed his cleverness by spraying venom all over Spider-Man´s luxuriant garden. Venom is covered in a luxuriant and surprisingly clever symbiotic suit, but it´s also the taskmaster for his every evil act. 1337 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 縦ジュウたて vertical, length, height, self-indulgent, wayward 操縦(そうじゅう): (1) flying (a plane) (2) management; handling; control; manipulation 縦(たて): (1) the vertical; height (2) front-to-back; length (3) north-to-south (4) vertical (relationship); hierarchy (5) (weaving) warp 1 6 1258 糸: thread 従: accompany; obey; submit to; comply; follow; secondary; incidental; subordinate 16 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん縱形声 Phonetic vertical When Spider-man does his amazing vertical wall climbing, a throng of photographers accompanies him to get a good shot of the action. True vertical can be found by hanging a plumb line - a thread accompanied by a weight. 1338 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 線センすじ line, track 新幹線(しんかんせん): bullet train (very high speed); Shinkansen 線(せん): (1) line; stripe; stria (2) line (e.g. telephone line); wire (3) ray (e.g. X-ray); beam (4) line (e.g. of a railroad); track; route; lane (5) outline; contours; form (6) level (7) division (8) line (of action); position; approach; policy; principle (9) impression one leaves; air one gives off 無線(むせん): wireless; radio 線路(せんろ): line; track; roadbed 直線(ちょくせん): straight line 沿線(えんせん): along railway line 光線(こうせん): beam; light ray 電線(でんせん): (1) electric line; electric cable; power cable (2) telephone line; telegraph wire 曲線(きょくせん): curve 内線(ないせん): phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line 幹線(かんせん): main line; trunk line 三味線(しゃみせん): three-stringed Japanese guitar; shamisen 地平線(ちへいせん): horizon (related to land) 水平線(すいへいせん): horizon (related to sea or lakes) 脱線(だっせん): (1) derailment (2) digression; deviation 下線(かせん): underline; underscore 点線(てんせん): dotted line; perforated line 2 2 382 糸: thread 泉: spring; fountain 15 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic line This kanji is used for train lines. Spiderman does a hot spring tour of Japan using the train lines. You can see the Spidey costume hanging on the washing line as he enjoys the onsen. Japan´s train lines are like threads that spring from Tokyo station. 1339 grade2 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq251-500 締テイし.まる、し.まり、し.める、-し.め、-じ.め tighten, tie, shut, lock, fasten 取締まり(とりしまり): control; management; supervision 締切り(しめきり): (1) deadline; closing; cut-off; end (2) cofferdam (3) closed (door, window, etc.) 締め切る(しめきる): to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired) 締める(しめる): (1) to tie; to fasten (2) to total; to sum (3) to be strict with (4) to economize (economise); to cut down on (5) to make sushi adding a mixture of vinegar and salt 取り締まる(とりしまる): to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on 戸締まり(とじまり): closing up; fastening the doors 1 S 797 糸: thread 帝: sovereign; the emperor; god; creator 15 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic tighten The sovereign appears to be ruling, but in reality someone behind him (for instance his wife) has a thread around his throat, and if he dares to make a decision she doesn´t like, she starts pulling the thread and tightens it around his throat. (astridtops) Spiderman managed to get behind the sovereign. (pick your favourite nowadays country ruler who isn´t doing a good job). Spidey has tightend a web around the sovereing´s throat. As long as the sovereign says what spidey whispers, he will be fine. Sovereign yelping : ´ we will draw are troops back! and we will spend more money on healthcare, schools and less on wars!´ Spidey whispering: ´ If you continue at this pace, you might be doing good things AND the people will like you.´. 1340 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 維イこれ, たもつ, つぐ, ゆい, ゆき fiber, tie, rope 維持(いじ): maintenance; preservation; improvement 繊維(せんい): fibre; fiber; textile 1 S 643 糸: thread 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 14 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic fiber Hey, Spidey! Eat that turkey if you want, but make sure you eat some fibers: you want spidey threads, don´t ya? If you want to increase your fiber intake, just leave on those threads that are used to sew up the stuffed turkey and eat them too. 1341 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq501-750 羅ラうすもの gauze, thin silk, Rome 欧羅巴(ヨーロッパ): Europe 1 S 1831 网: net; net or net crown radical (no. 122) 維: fiber; tie; rope 19 网 122 6 あみ・あみがしら・あみめ・よこめ・よんかしら (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic gauze Lots of girls in Japan wear gauze patches over one eye made of course white fibers. They think it is cute, and I must admit, I have come to think so too. “Rocky won the match but left with a nasty eye injury, and needs some gauze for it. I use a modified version of the Rocky theme song to remember this one – ”“the eye and the fiber”“.” 1342 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 練レンね.る、ね.りねり practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine 練習(れんしゅう): practice; practise 訓練(くんれん): practice; practise; training 未練(みれん): lingering affection; attachment; regret; regrets; reluctance; ruefulness 練る(ねる): (1) to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame) (2) to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to elaborate; to work out (3) to train; to drill; to exercise (4) to gloss (silk); to soften; to degum (5) to tan (leather) (6) to temper (steel) (7) to walk in procession; to parade; to march 2 3 788 糸: thread 東: east 14 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん練形声 Phonetic practice You practice your Japanese skills in a discussion thread with lots of people from the Far East (since many of the people who are interested in studying Japanese are Asian). Spidey stays on the east side of the city to practice. The West Side is too dangerous. 1343 grade3 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 緒ショ、チョお、いとぐちほ thong, beginning, inception, end, cord, strap 情緒(じょうしょ): (1) emotion; feeling (2) spirit 一緒(いっしょ): (1) together (2) at the same time (3) same; identical 内緒(ないしょ): (1) secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; secret (2) one's circumstances (esp. fiscal) (3) inner realization; personal enlightenment (4) kitchen 3 S 952 糸: thread 者: someone; person 14 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん緖形声 Phonetic thong Spiderman has a secret fetish, he likes nothing better than to dress his lovedoll in a thong. Wierd, eh! A thread is just the right size for a puppets thong. 1344 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 続ゾク、ショク、コウ、キョウつづ.く、つづ.ける、つぐ.ないつぐ continue, series, sequel 手続(てつづき): procedure; (legal) process; formalities 連続(れんぞく): serial; consecutive; continuity; occurring in succession; continuing 継続(けいぞく): continuation 持続(じぞく): continuation 続々(ぞくぞく): successively; one after another 続き(つづき): sequel; continuation; (also suffix) continuation (in time and space); second series; succession; spell 相続(そうぞく): succession; inheritance 接続(せつぞく): (1) connection; attachment; union; join; joint; link (2) changing trains (3) conjunction 存続(そんぞく): duration; continuance 続く(つづく): (1) to continue; to last; to go on (2) to be unbroken (3) to occur again and again (4) to lead to; to connect to 続ける(つづける): to continue; to keep up; to keep on 接続詞(せつぞくし): conjunction 3 4 141 糸: thread 売: sell 13 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん續形声 Phonetic continue If you attach strings to the things you sell, you will be able to continue making profit from them even after the fact. Even though Peter Parker has become Spiderman, he continues to sell pictures that he takes as a photographer. 1345 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 絵カイ、エ picture, drawing, painting, sketch 絵画(かいが): picture; painting 絵の具(えのぐ): colors; colours; paints 油絵(あぶらえ): oil painting 絵(え): picture; drawing; painting; sketch 3 2 895 糸: thread 会: meeting; meet; party; association; interview; join 12 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん繪形声 Phonetic picture There´s never a picture of Spiderman meeting Peter Parker… I wonder why? When all the Threads finally Meet the Picture will emerge… 1346 grade2 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art kanjifreq751-1000 統トウす.べる、ほび.るのり, むね overall, relationship, ruling, governing 大統領(だいとうりょう): president; chief executive 統一(とういつ): unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible 伝統(でんとう): tradition; convention 統合(とうごう): (1) integration; unification; synthesis (2) integrated; built-in 統計(とうけい): statistics 統治(とうち): rule; reign; government; governing 統制(とうせい): regulation; control 系統(けいとう): system; family line; geological formation; lineage; ancestry 統率(とうそつ): command; lead; generalship; leadership 1 5 125 糸: thread 充: allot; fill 12 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic overall Spidey is alloted the biggest crime fighter jurisdiction in NYC because his OVERALL arrest record is the best. According to Greek mythology, there´s a thread alloted to everyone, and its length is the overall determinant of your fate. 1347 grade5 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1-250 絞コウしぼ.る、し.める、し.まる strangle, constrict, wring 1 S 1288 糸: thread 交: mingle; mixing; association; coming & going 12 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic strangle Spiderman hates going to parties and having to mingle. He wants to strangle someone after just a little small talk. At the elegant cocktail party of VIP's, the spy, dressed like everyone else in formal evening wear, sneaks in and strangles his victim with a very thin wire - a thread. Afterwards he mingles in with the crowd and disappears. 1348 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 給キュウたま.う、たも.う、-たま.えきい salary, wage, gift, allow, grant, bestow on 供給(きょうきゅう): supply; provision 給与(きゅうよ): pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply 給食(きゅうしょく): school lunch; providing a meal 給料(きゅうりょう): salary; wages 補給(ほきゅう): supply; supplying; replenishment 月給(げっきゅう): monthly salary 支給(しきゅう): provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant 配給(はいきゅう): (1) distribution (e.g. films, rice) (2) rationing (e.g. food, gasoline) (3) food ration 給仕(きゅうじ): (1) waiting on a table; serving (at dinner) (2) waiter; waitress; waitperson; server; cabin boy; bellboy; page; pageboy (3) office boy; office girl 給う(たまう): (1) to receive (2) to grant; to bestow; to award (3) semi-polite or endearing auxiliary verb indicating reception by the speaker (suffixed to the -masu stem of another verb) 3 4 615 糸: thread 合: fit; suit; join; 0.1 12 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic salary If your threads 糸 don't fit 合 right you're not going to be able to get a job with a decent salary. Spiderman has so little free time in his schedule that he is unable to fit in a job with a good salary. 1349 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq501-750 絡ラクから.む、から.まる entwine, coil around, get caught in 連絡(れんらく): (1) to contact; to get in touch (2) contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message (3) connection; coordination; junction (4) intercalary; intercalaris; internuncial 絡む(からむ): (1) to entangle; to entwine (2) to pick a quarrel; to find fault (3) to be involved with; to be influenced by; to develop a connection with 2 S 806 糸: thread 各: each; every; either 12 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic entwine When threads become entwined, each thread is tangled to another. Spiderman entwines each villain in a tangled mess of spidersilk. 1350 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 結ケツ、ケチむす.ぶ、ゆ.う、ゆ.わえるゆい, ゆう tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten “結果(けっか): (1) result; consequence; outcome; effect (2) coming to fruition; bearing fruit 結局(けっきょく): after all; eventually; in the end 結婚(けっこん): marriage 結論(けつろん): conclusion 結成(けっせい): formation; combination 結ぶ(むすぶ): (1) to tie; to bind; to link (2) to bear (fruit) (3) to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to conclude (4) to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips) (5) to unite (with); to ally; to join hands 結構(けっこう): (1) splendid; nice; wonderful; delicious; sweet (2) sufficient; fine (in the sense of ”“I'm fine”“); (by implication) no thank you (3) well enough; OK; tolerable (4) reasonably; fairly; tolerably (5) construction; architecture 結核(けっかく): tuberculosis; tubercule 団結(だんけつ): unity; union; combination 結び(むすび): ending; conclusion; union 妥結(だけつ): settlement; an agreement 結晶(けっしょう): crystal; crystallization; crystallisation 結合(けつごう): combination; union; binding; catenation; coupling; joining 結びつき(むすびつき): connection; relation 結束(けっそく): union; unity 結びつく(むすびつく): to be connected or related; to join together 結びつける(むすびつける): to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)” 2 4 162 糸: thread 吉: good luck; joy; congratulations 12 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic tie “Ok, here, you have to think of the phrase ”“TIE the knot”“ , which means a wedding (this kanji is used in the marriage compound 結婚けっこん ). Now, at US weddings, it ends with the couple driving away with cans being dragged behind the car. So here, think of SPIDERMAN, who will TIE the knot with Mary Jane. At his wedding, Spider THREAD attached (or TIED) to SPRAYCANS are being drug behind the limo as they drive off.” Spiderman and a fan have a competition to see who can tie up the most enemies fastest. Spidey´s using his webs and the fan is using an aerosol can of silly string. So far they are tied. 1351 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1-250 終シュウお.わる、-お.わる、おわ.る、お.える、つい、つい.にばて end, finish 最終(さいしゅう): last; final; closing 終了(しゅうりょう): end; close; termination 終わり(おわり): the end 終える(おえる): (1) to finish (2) to graduate 終始(しゅうし): (1) beginning and end; from beginning to end; doing a thing from beginning to end (2) consistently; the whole time 終わる(おわる): to finish; to end; to close 終点(しゅうてん): terminus; last stop (e.g. train) 終日(しゅうじつ): all day; for a whole day 始終(しじゅう): continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last 4 3 256 糸: thread 冬: winter 11 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic end This winter is so cold that spiderman´s web gets brittle! Could this be the end of spiderman? The thread of life begins with the spring and ends with the winter. 1352 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Time kanjifreq251-500 級キュウしな class, rank, grade 高級(こうきゅう): high class; high grade 階級(かいきゅう): (social) class; rank; grade 上級(じょうきゅう): advanced level; high grade; senior 初級(しょきゅう): elementary level 級(きゅう): class, grade, rank; school class, grade 学級(がっきゅう): (school) class 同級(どうきゅう): the same grade; same class 等級(とうきゅう): (1) grade; class (2) (astronomical) magnitude 2 3 785 糸: thread 及: reach out; exert; exercise; cause 9 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic class “This Kanji is the same ones used in the Japanese Language proficiency tests; i.e. ikkyuu (一級) The Kanji doesnt describe class as in a ”“class of students”“ or ”“classroom,”“ but rather a grade of quality or ability. ———- Spiderman is taking the JLPT Level 1. In desperation he REACHES OUT to grab his friend´s answer sheet next to him, who seems to be doing well. The other test takers are obviously a class above him. Looks like this test is above his class of knowledge.” We can almost see the outstreched hands of the lower classes wearing just a few threads in this kanji. 1353 grade3 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 紀キおさむ, ただす, とし, とも, のり, もと chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period 世紀(せいき): century; era 1 4 780 糸: thread 己: self; snake; serpent 9 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic chronicle In a CHRONICLE the THREAD of the story can twist and turn like a SNAKE. Worst fan fiction ever….SPIDERMAN joins the CHRONICLES of narnia to battle a big SNAKE!! 1354 grade4 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Time kanjifreq751-1000 紅コウ、クべに、くれない、あか.いくれ, もみ crimson, deep red 紅い(あかい): (1) red (2) Red (i.e. communist) 紅葉(もみじ): (1) autumn colours; fall colors; leaves changing color (colour) (2) leaves turning red; red leaves (3) leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves (4) (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum) (5) venison 紅茶(こうちゃ): black tea 口紅(くちべに): lipstick 2 6 1299 糸: thread 工: craft; construction; katakana e radical (no. 48) 9 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic crimson After Spider-Man is whacked in the head with a I-beam, crimson blood flows from the wound. A person's first piece of thread craft is often stained crimson due to bleeding from the needle wounds sustained in the process. 1355 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Color kanjifreq1001-1500 納ノウ、ナッ、ナ、ナン、トウおさ.める、-おさ.める、おさ.まるの, ろ settlement, obtain, reap, pay, supply, store 納める(おさめる): (1) to dedicate; to make an offering; to pay (fees) (2) to supply (3) to store (4) to finish; to bring to a close (5) to restore (something to its place) (6) to achieve (e.g. a result) 納まる(おさまる): (1) to be in one's place; to be installed; to settle into (2) to be delivered; to be obtained; to be paid (3) to be settled; to be sorted out (4) to lessen (e.g. of storms, pain); to calm down (5) to be fit tightly into (e.g. a frame); to be sheathed (in a scabbard) 納得(なっとく): consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp 納入(のうにゅう): payment; supply 滞納(たいのう): non-payment; default 1 6 987 糸: thread 内: inside; within; between; among; house; home 10 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic settlement Have you heard about patients who have surgery and the doctor mistakenly leaves a medical instrument INSIDE the patient’s body and proceeds to stitch up the patient’s incisions with stitching THREAD? Can you say “malpractice SETTLEMENT”?　. Spider-Man was working as a surgeon´s assistant. By accident, he threw his spider webs inside the patient, causing his death. Fortunately, the hospital reached an out-of-court settlement with the victim´s family. 1356 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 紡ボウつむ.ぐ spinning 紡績(ぼうせき): spinning 1 S 1876 糸: thread 方: direction; person; alternative 10 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic spinning Spiderman can spin his webs in any direction. You keep me spinning right round, baby right round, like a compass baby. Spidey is making a retro 80s music video, spinning right round on his giant compass, singing his favourite song. 1357 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Clothing.Textiles kanjifreq1501-2000 紛フンまぎ.れる、-まぎ.れ、まぎ.らす、まぎ.らわす、まぎ.らわしい distract, be mistaken for, go astray, divert 紛争(ふんそう): dispute; trouble; strife 紛失(ふんしつ): losing something 紛れる(まぎれる): to be diverted; to slip into 紛らわしい(まぎらわしい): confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous; easily mixed up (e.g. similar words) 1 S 994 糸: thread 分: part; minute of time; segment; share; degree; one's lot; duty; understand; know; rate; 1%; chances; shaku/100 10 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic distract It is easy for arguments to get distracted from the main thread by a tendency to part threads (splitting hairs). “Spiderman got distracted when someone yelled, ”“Spiderman, wait a minute.”“ He turned around and flew into a building. (”“part”“ also means ”“minute”“).” 1358 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq751-1000 紹ショウつぐ introduce, inherit, help 紹介(しょうかい): introduction; referral 2 S 963 糸: thread 召: seduce; call; send for; wear; put on; ride in; buy; eat; drink; catch (cold) 11 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic introduce Spiderman seduces all the girls he´s introduced to. You only get one chance to make a first impression, so make sure you're wearing nice threads when you get introduced to a girl. Otherwise you might have trouble seducing her. 1359 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 経ケイ、キョウへ.る、た.つ、たていと、はか.る、のりつね, のぶ sutra, longitude, pass thru, expire, warp 経営(けいえい): management; administration 経済(けいざい): economics; business; finance; economy 経験(けいけん): experience 経費(けいひ): expenses; cost; outlay 経過(けいか): passage; expiration; progress; transition 神経(しんけい): nerve; sensitivity 経由(けいゆ): (1) through; by way of; via (2) to go via; to go by way of 経歴(けいれき): personal history; career 経る(へる): to pass; to elapse; to experience 経緯(いきさつ): (1) details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances; how it started; how things got this way (2) longitude and latitude (3) warp and weft; warp and woof 経路(けいろ): (1) course; route; path; channel (2) process; means 経つ(たつ): to pass; to lapse 経度(けいど): longitude 3 5 79 糸: thread 圣: holy; sacred 11 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん經形声 Phonetic sutra The word ‘sutra’ literally means a rope or thread that holds things together. Here we see that it is a spool that is holding the threads together. Spiderman is intriqued by some of the positions of the karma sutra, but reluctant to take part in an sutra orgy as he´d have to reveal his soiled underwear. 1360 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 紳シンまこと sire, good belt, gentleman 紳士(しんし): gentleman 1 S 1790 糸: thread 申: have the honor to; sign of the monkey; 3-5PM; ninth sign of Chinese zodiac 11 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic sire Monkeys are very adept at swinging around trees. But when they met Spiderman, who could swing around even better than they could, they all quickly addressed him as sire. From the fairy tale ‘emperor’s new clothes.’ sire, i know you say it's made of the finest threads, but i’m afraid someone has made a monkey of you. 1361 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq1501-2000 約ヤクつづ.まる、つづ.める、つづま.やか promise, approximately, shrink 契約(けいやく): contract; compact; agreement 条約(じょうやく): treaty; pact 約束(やくそく): (1) arrangement; promise; appointment; pact; engagement (2) convention; rule 予約(よやく): (1) reservation; appointment; booking; advance order (2) contract; subscription; pledge 制約(せいやく): limitation; restriction; condition; constraints 婚約(こんやく): engagement; betrothal 節約(せつやく): economising; saving 規約(きやく): agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention 約(やく): (1) approximately; about (2) promise (3) shortening; reduction; simplification (4) contraction (in phonetics) 倹約(けんやく): thrift; economy; frugality 3 4 94 糸: thread 勺: ladle; one tenth of a go; dip 9 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic promise He tied a thread around the ladle as a reminder of his promise to do more house work. “Spiderman promised to get Aunt Mae´s ladle back. He started to do a blood oath by spilling drops of blood but Aunt Mae stopped him and bound up the wound. ”“It´s only a ladle Peter”“.” 1362 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 細サイほそ.い、ほそ.る、こま.か、こま.かい dainty, get thin, taper, slender, narrow “細胞(さいぼう): cell (biology) 細かい(こまかい): (1) small (2) fine; minute (3) minor; trivial (4) sensitive; attentive 詳細(しょうさい): detail; particulars 細菌(さいきん): bacillus; bacterium; germ 細工(さいく): work; craftsmanship; tactics; trick 細い(ほそい): (1) thin; slender; fine (2) unlucky (billiards slang) 心細い(こころぼそい): helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging; disheartening 亜細亜(アジア): (1) Asia (esp. ”“the Far East”“) (2) Asian; Asiatic 細やか(こまやか): friendly; heartfelt; tender” 2 2 537 糸: thread 田: rice field; rice paddy 11 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic dainty Dainty women would always rather work with thread than in a field. Spider-Man used to just be a dainty, brainy nerd. 1363 grade2 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq501-750 累ルイ accumulate, involvement, trouble, tie up, continually 1 S 1662 田: rice field; rice paddy 糸: thread 11 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic accumulate When you accumulate knowledge in your brain, neural pathways are constructed. All those pathways end up like a huge ball of thread tangled together. The more knowledge you accumulate the more threads you throw into the mix!! (dingomick) Venom is upset because Spidey is just that much brainier than he is! He chooses to accumulate as many brains as he can, snatching them out of people´s heads and storing them on top of his own, till there´s just one massive brain on top of his head! 1364 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 索サク cord, rope 捜索(そうさく): search (esp. for someone or something missing); investigation 索引(さくいん): index; indices; indexes 模索(もさく): groping (for); exploring for a solution 1 S 1127 十: ten 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 糸: thread 10 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 象形 Pictographic cord A coaxial cord has a needle-like pin, a crown cap for screwing it in, and insulation made of thread. Spiderman has been captured and given the ultimate torture: they forced a crown of needles on his head and attached it to an electrical cord, which they are about to plug into an outlet… 1365 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1001-1500 総ソウす.べて、すべ.て、ふさうさ, ずさ general, whole, all, full, total 総会(そうかい): general meeting 総合(そうごう): (1) synthesis; coordination; putting together; integration; composite (2) comprehensive 総理大臣(そうりだいじん): Prime Minister 総(そう): whole; all; general; gross 2 5 129 糸: thread 忩: rush; hurry; be flustered 14 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん總形声 Phonetic general Spiderman could not achieve general acceptance by the media even after winning the public´s heart. General or universal refers to the common thread running through the public's heart. 1366 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1-250 綿メンわたう cotton 綿(わた): (1) cotton plant (Gossypium spp.) (2) batting; wadding; padding 木綿(もめん): (1) cotton (material) (2) red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba) 綿(めん): cotton 2 5 1495 糸: thread 帛: cloth 14 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic cotton Spiderman´s polyethylene suit starts to ride up after a while, so he always looks forward to the white cotton towels he wears while lounging around his apartment. Cotton is the preferred thread for making white towels. 1367 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Clothing.Textiles kanjifreq1001-1500 絹ケンきぬ silk 絹(きぬ): silk 1 6 1916 糸: thread 肙: a small worm; to twist; to surround; empty 13 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic silk Silk threads are coming out of the caterpillar's mouth to cover its flesh while it transforms into a cocoon. Spider-man loves to run his mouth all over Mary Jane´s silky flesh. 1368 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Clothing.Textiles kanjifreq1501-2000 繰ソウく.るくり winding, reel, spin, turn (pages), look up, refer to 繰り返す(くりかえす): to repeat; to do something over again 引っ繰り返る(ひっくりかえる): to be overturned; to be upset; to topple over; to be reversed 1 S 872 糸: thread 品: goods; refinement; dignity; article; counter for meal courses 木: tree; wood 19 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic winding Winding thread around wooden goods (paper) to ready them for safe transport. After stopping a bank heist, Spiderman is seen winding his webbing around the stolen goods to trap them in a tree until the police arrive to take them back. 1369 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 継ケイつ.ぐ、まま- inherit, succeed, patch, graft (tree) 継続(けいぞく): continuation 中継(ちゅうけい): (1) relay; hook-up (2) relay broadcasting 受け継ぐ(うけつぐ): to inherit; to succeed; to take over 継ぐ(つぐ): to succeed (someone in a business or inheritance) 跡継ぎ(あとつぎ): heir; successor 継ぎ目(つぎめ): joint; seam; joining point 1 S 743 糸: thread 米: rice; USA; metre 13 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん繼形声 Phonetic inherit A poor chinese fisherman could expect to inherit: the thread for his pole, a hook for catching something to eat, and some rice to live off of. (not concentrating on stroke order, sorry if that throws anyone off). (Adapted from bigloui,12-4-2006). Spider-Man is hooked on rice–it´s all he inherited from his Uncle Ben. (thanks Nukemarine). 1370 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 緑リョク、ロクみどり green 緑(みどり): (1) green (2) greenery (esp. fresh verdure) 2 3 1180 糸: thread 彔: to carve wood 14 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん綠形声 Phonetic green When you attend a green tea (緑茶=りょくちゃ) ceremony, you can cherish the threadwork on the kimonos people don, the broom-like whisk (茶筌 =ちゃせん) you use to grind up your tea, and the delicious rice cakes you eat with your tea! In summer, all of Japan turns green with the green threads that fan out like brooms to later produce grains of rice. An easy image if you have ever looked out the window of the train to see all the summer rice paddies… 1371 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Color kanjifreq1001-1500 縁エン、-ネンふち、ふちど.る、ゆかり、よすが、へり、えにし affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink 縁(ふち): rim; brim; edge; brink 縁談(えんだん): marriage proposal; engagement 縁側(えんがわ): (1) veranda; porch; balcony; open corridor (2) bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish) 縁(ゆかり): related to (some place); affinity; connection 縁(えん): (1) fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together) (2) relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; link; connection (3) family ties; affinity (4) opportunity; chance (to meet someone and start a relationship) (5) pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes) (6) narrow open-air veranda 縁(へり): edge; tip; margin 1 S 1291 糸: thread 彖: divination 15 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん緣形声 Phonetic affinity There once was a lonely little pig that constantly followed Spiderman, always nuzzling his leg and oinking tenderly. Spiderman finally caved in and decided to keep the little pig under one condition: the pig was to take a broom and sweep up all of Spiderman´s leftover threads after having fought crime. The pig felt such affinity for Spiderman, he happily accepted—and did a good job too. Certain people have an affinity for romantic partners who are handy with thread and a broom - it is of no consequence if they look like pigs. hmm… 1372 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq1001-1500 網モウあみあ, ずな netting, network 網(あみ): (1) net; netting (2) web 1 S 1194 糸: thread 罔: net 14 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic netting Spiderman traps The Rhino under the hood of his famous netting, where even Rhino´s horns can not break free, in fact if the netting did not dissappear after a few hours then Rhino might even perish in there. You use a 糸 to make a net shaped like a hood. A stray animal got caught in it by its horns and perished. 1373 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1001-1500 緊キンし.める、し.まる tense, solid, hard, reliable, tight 緊急(きんきゅう): urgent; pressing; emergency 緊張(きんちょう): tension; mental strain; nervousness 1 S 677 臣: retainer; subject 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 糸: thread 15 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic tense Whenever Venom is tense, he loses control of his sex drive and becomes a slave to his crotch. You´d be tense too if you were a slave and your owner removed the threads covering your crotch. 1374 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 紫シむらさきさい, ゆかり purple, violet 紫(むらさき): (1) purple; violet (2) Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell) (3) type of soy sauce 1 S 1516 此: this; current; next; coming; last; past 糸: thread 12 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic purple Stop sitting for so long - or else you'll get those purple threads (veins) on your legs from bad circulation. [link purple with those huge purple, bulging, crawling, worm-like varicose veins …..]. Why is your ass purple? Well, I stopped and sat for a bit on a pile of thread… (I guess it was freshly dyed). 1375 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Color kanjifreq1501-2000 縛バクしば.る truss, arrest, bind, tie, restrain 縛る(しばる): to tie; to bind 束縛(そくばく): restraint; shackles; restriction; confinement; binding 1 S 1764 糸: thread 尃: to state to; to announce 16 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic truss Spidey received good word that the acupuncturist working down the road was actually the evil Doctor Octopus! Spidey headed over to the clinic, and trussed the acupuncturist Doc Oc up using the maniac´s own metal limbs! Because people are so afraid of the procedure, string has to be used by the acunpunturist to truss up his victims, er, patients. 1376 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 縄ジョウなわ、ただ.す straw rope, cord 縄(なわ): (1) rope; cord (2) policeman's rope 1 S 1075 糸: thread 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 15 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん繩形声 Phonetic straw rope “The tortoise has escaped! We tied it up with a straw rope, but all that´s left of the rope are some torn threads, and the unbound tortoise is nowhere to be found. (Note that the right half here is not ”“eels”“. This is (in my opinion) a mistake in the RTK book, as we already decided in waterfall (#537) to refer to the simplified form of dragon as ”“eels”“. It is much better to call the right half of this character an ”“unbound tortoise”“.).” When Spiderman fights the giant tortoise, he grabs a straw rope from the edges of the sumo ring and swings it at his head. However, the tortoise quickly tucks his head back into his shell to avoid the blow (hence no head on the tortoise). 1377 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1001-1500 幼ヨウおさな.いうぶ, わか infancy, childhood 幼児(ようじ): infant; baby; child 幼稚園(ようちえん): kindergarten 幼稚(ようち): infancy; childish; infantile 幼い(おさない): (1) very young (2) childish; immature 2 6 1227 幺: short thread radical (no. 52) 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 5 幺 52 3 いとがしら・よう (none) 象形 Pictographic infancy In its infancy, a butterfly is protected by a cocoon, as it doesn´t yet have any power of its own. During their infancy, children are often wrapped up tight like a cocoon (i.e. in those Snugli carriers) and supported by the muscle of their parents. 1378 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 後ゴ、コウのち、うし.ろ、うしろ、あと、おく.れるこし, し, しい, しり behind, back, later “午後(ごご): afternoon; p.m. 後(あと): (1) behind; rear (2) after; later (3) after one's death (4) remainder; the rest (5) descendant; successor; heir (6) past; previous (7) more (i.e. five more minutes) 今後(こんご): from now on; hereafter 最後(さいご): (1) last; end; conclusion; latest; most recent (2) (after -tara form or -ta form followed by ”“ga”“) no sooner than; right after (often having negative consequences) (3) one's final moments 直後(ちょくご): immediately following 以後(いご): (1) after this; from now on; hereafter (2) thereafter; since (verb) (after -te form of verb); after (time); since (then) 後ろ(うしろ): back; behind; rear 前後(ぜんご): (1) front and rear; front and back; before and behind (2) before and after (3) order; context (4) consequences (5) inversion; reversion; getting out of order (6) co-occurring (7) around; about; approximately; nearly 後輩(こうはい): junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student 後者(こうしゃ): the latter 後回し(あとまわし): putting off; postponing 後退(こうたい): (1) retreat (2) backspace; BS 背後(はいご): (1) back; rear (2) background; behind the scenes 後悔(こうかい): regret; repentance 明後日(あさって): day after tomorrow 後(のち): (1) later; afterwards; since (2) future (3) after one's death (4) descendant 明明後日(しあさって): (in) three days time (two days after tomorrow) 産後(さんご): postpartum; after childbirth 後(ご): after” 5 2 26 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60) 幺: short thread radical (no. 52) 夂: winter radical (no. 34) 9 彳 60 3 ぎょうにんべん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic behind Column of walking legs (caterpillar) getting into a cocoon, about to leave its past self behind. after a grub goes through the cocoon stage, it leaves its walking legs behind for a life of flight. 1379 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Directions Kanji_Time kanjifreq1-250 幽ユウふか.い、かす.か、くら.い、しろ.い seclude, confine to a room 幽霊(ゆうれい): ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom 1 S 1996 山: mountain 幺: short thread radical (no. 52) 幺: short thread radical (no. 52) 9 幺 52 3 いとがしら・よう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic faint The villagers haven´t the faintest idea that giant coccoons resting in the mountain are soon to hatch. Frodo and Sam fainted in the mountains and the spider wrapped them in cacoons. 1380 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 幾キいく-、いく.つ、いく.らい, く how many, how much, how far, how long 幾つ(いくつ): (1) how many? (2) how old? 幾分(いくぶん): (1) somewhat; to some extent; to some degree (2) some; part; portion 幾ら(いくら): how much?; how many? 幾(いく): (1) some; several (2) many (3) how many?; how much? 幾多(いくた): many; numerous 幾らでも(いくらでも): as many (much) as one likes 3 S 1725 幺: short thread radical (no. 52) 幺: short thread radical (no. 52) 戌: sign of the dog; 7-9PM; eleventh sign of Chinese zodiac 12 幺 52 3 いとがしら・よう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic how many It is a little awkward when you are at a fiesta and the host serves some rare delicacy, like moth cocoons, the guests must decide how many it would be polite to eat. You do the math in your head and it comes out to two cocoons per person. This is why the horizontal line is a fraction bar with two cocoons on the top, and one person the bottom. How many went to the party? Two aliens and one person (I feel sorry for that person). 1381 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1501-2000 機キはた mechanism, opportunity, occasion, machine, airplane 危機(きき): crisis 機関(きかん): (1) engine (2) agency; organisation; organization; institution; organ; body (3) system; facility; facilities 機構(きこう): mechanism; organization; organisation 機能(きのう): function; facility; faculty; feature 機会(きかい): chance; opportunity 飛行機(ひこうき): aeroplane; airplane; aircraft 動機(どうき): motive; incentive; motif 機嫌(きげん): (1) humour; humor; temper; mood; spirits (2) safety; health; well-being; one's situation (3) in a good mood; in high spirits; happy; cheery; merry; chipper 機関車(きかんしゃ): locomotive; engine 契機(けいき): opportunity; chance 有機(ゆうき): organic 扇風機(せんぷうき): electric fan 交通機関(こうつうきかん): transportation facilities ジェット機(ジェットき): jet aeroplane; jet airplane 機(はた): loom 機(き): (1) chance; opportunity (2) machine (3) aircraft (4) counter for aircraft (5) counter for remaining lives (in video games) 3 4 127 木: tree; wood 幾: how many; how much; how far; how long; some; several 16 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic mechanism An abacus is a mechanism made of wood used to calculate how many ´anythings´. “To avoid confusing with contraption (#677), focus on the ”“ism”“ of mechanism. For example, fetishism refers to having a fetish; mechanism here refers to having a mecha-like property, where mecha is a type of anime robot that can transform itself. Imagine a mecha that can transform itself between two forms: a huge immovable tree (as a form of defense) and a gigantic marching abacus that smashes enemies between its giant beads.” 1382 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Vehicle.Machine kanjifreq1-250 玄ゲンくろ, けん, はる, はるか mysterious, occultness 玄関(げんかん): entranceway; entry hall; vestibule; foyer; entryway; mud room 玄人(くろうと): (1) expert (professional) in a given trade or profession (2) woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine 1 S 1409 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 幺: short thread radical (no. 52) 5 玄 95 5 げん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic mysterious What could be more mysterious than a cocoon in a top hat trying to sneak in…? (Pimitive: GANDALF). The invisible man in his top hat and cocoon of white bandages is the most mysterious man in the world. 1383 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 畜チク livestock, domestic fowl and animals 家畜(かちく): domestic animals; livestock; cattle 畜産(ちくさん): animal husbandry 牧畜(ぼくちく): stock-farming 畜生(ちくしょう): (1) beast (i.e. any animal other than man) (2) person reborn into the animal realm (3) brute (i.e. a contemptible human being) (4) son of a bitch; for Christ's sake; damn it 2 S 1824 玄: mysterious; occultness 田: rice field; rice paddy 10 田 102 5 た・たへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic livestock The livestock are disappearing! I´ve placed Gandalf over the rice field to protect them. This mysterious rice field grows not only rice, but livestock too! Picture little pigs and chickens growing right out of the ground, among the rice plants. How bizarre! 1384 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Animal kanjifreq1501-2000 蓄チクたくわ.える amass, keeping a concubine, phonograph 貯蓄(ちょちく): savings 蓄積(ちくせき): accumulation; accumulate; store 蓄える(たくわえる): (1) to store; to lay in stock (2) to have a beard; to grow a beard 1 S 1260 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 畜: livestock; domestic fowl and animals 13 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic amass One sneaky farmer wanted to amass a large collection of livestock. We all know that cows like to eat flowers, so he planted lines of flowers leading to his own fields. The livestock followed the lines, eating the flowers one by one, and amassed in his field. Kobe beef. The Japanese amass a fortune pampering livestock feeding them flowers, offering beer, playing music and giving them massages… 1385 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 弦ゲンつる bowstring, chord, hypotenuse 1 S 1773 弓: bow; bow (archery, violin) 玄: mysterious; occultness 8 弓 57 3 ゆみ・ゆみへん (none) 形声 Phonetic bowstring A magic bow that only Gandalf can yield: there is no bowstring on it, and he uses his magic to fire arrows. A bow with a mysterious invisible bowstring. 1386 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1501-2000 擁ヨウ hug, embrace, possess, protect, lead 1 S 1213 手: hand 雍: softening; mitigation 16 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic hug A mysterious turkey with human fingers wants to hug me… I will never go to Tokyo Disneyland again! Imagine Gandalf hugging a turkey….ouch! It bit off his finger! 1387 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 滋ジし, しげ, しげる nourishing, more & more, be luxuriant, planting, turbidity 1 S 1563 水: water 茲: here 12 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic nourishing Water is doubly mysterious. It´s in all our nourishment…and yet, it´s really not nourishing at all. Going off the idea of the right side meaning rapid growth/increase of small objects, I´ve decided to make the right side be Gremlins, those little mysterious creatures that double rapidly. Gremlins find water a little too nourishing, as it makes them instantly multiply. 1388 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 慈ジいつく.しむしげ, ちか, めぐみ, よし mercy 1 S 1811 茲: here 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 13 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic mercy Here we see the DOUBLE-MYSTERIOUS Siamese twins again, at the MERCY of the machines that pump blood through their veins, since the single HEART they share won't do the job… Here we see the DOUBLE-MYSTERIOUS Siamese twins again, at the MERCY of the machines that pump blood through their veins, since the single HEART they share won´t do the job… 1389 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1501-2000 磁ジ magnet, porcelain 磁石(じしゃく): (1) magnet (2) compass 磁気(じき): magnetism 磁器(じき): porcelain (esp. hard-paste porcelain); china; chinaware 1 6 1686 石: stone 茲: here 14 石 112 5 いし・いしへん (none) 形声 Phonetic magnet A magnet is a rock with two sides; one that mysteriously pushes and one that pulls; doubly mysterious. (see astridtops´ story). I found some stones on the siamese twins. Turns out the stones were magnetic, and they weren´t siamese twins at all! 1390 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq1501-2000 系ケイ lineage, system 体系(たいけい): system; organization; organisation; architecture 系統(けいとう): system; family line; geological formation; lineage; ancestry 系(けい): (1) system; lineage; group (2) corollary (3) (geological) system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period) (4) (taxonomical) series 1 6 567 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 糸: thread 7 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 象形 Pictographic lineage A single drop of your blood holds the proof of the unbroken thread of your lineage. Spiderman´s lineage (who his family is etc…) can be found in his DNA in a drop of blood. The villain that gets blood of Spidey will be able to find out who is family and lineage is. be carfefull spidey… 1391 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 係ケイかか.る、かかり、-がかり、かか.わる person in charge, connection, duty, concern oneself 関係(かんけい): (1) relation; relationship; connection (2) participation; involvement; concern (3) influence; effect (4) sexual relations; sexual relationship (5) related to …; connected to … 係(かかり): (1) charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk (2) connection; linking 係わる(かかわる): (1) to be affected; to be influenced (2) to be concerned with; to have to do with (3) to stick to (opinions) 3 3 232 人: person 系: lineage; system 9 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic person in charge Mister T gets a DNA test, and discovers that he was meant to be the person in charge after all. The person in charge usually must come from a long standing lineage of persons in charge. 1392 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq1-250 孫ソンまごひ grandchild, descendants 孫(まご): grandchild 子孫(しそん): descendants; posterity; offspring 2 4 1388 子: child; sign of the rat; 11PM-1AM; first sign of Chinese zodiac 系: lineage; system 10 子 39 3 こ・こへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic grandchild Your grandchild is the child of your DNA. Your child continues the family lineage by passing on your DNA, giving you a grandchild. 1393 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_People_Family kanjifreq1001-1500 懸ケン、ケか.ける、か.かる suspend, hang, 10%, install, depend, consult 一生懸命(いっしょうけんめい): very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; for dear life 懸賞(けんしょう): offering prizes; winning; reward 懸命(けんめい): eagerness; earnestness; risking one's life 懸かる(かかる): (1) to take (2) to hang (3) to come into view; to arrive (4) to come under (a contract, a tax) (5) to start (engines, motors) (6) to attend; to deal with; to handle (7) to have started to; to be on the verge of (8) to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover (9) to (come) at (10) to be fastened (11) to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.) (12) to be caught in (13) to get a call (14) to depend on 1 S 889 縣: county; district; subdivision 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 20 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic suspend The prefecture has suspended all DNA research for heart disease because of corruption. All involved will be suspended by their wrists. There's a suspension bridge connecting one of the prefectures to the Japanese heartland. The supporting cables of the bridge actually look like DNA double-helices. That's Japan for you! 1394 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 却キャクかえ.って、しりぞ.く、しりぞ.ける instead, on the contrary, rather 却って(かえって): on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead 1 S 959 去: gone; past; quit; leave; elapse; eliminate; divorce 卩: seal radical (no. 26) 7 卩 26 2 ふし・ふしづくり・わりふ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic instead [instead; on the contrary; rather] Gone is the time for stamps - use e-mail instead. If you tried to attach money to an envelope to pay for postage it would be GONE before it arrived at the post office. That´s why we use STAMPS instead. 1395 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 脚キャク、キャ、カクあしし skids, leg, undercarriage 脚本(きゃくほん): script; screenplay; scenario 脚色(きゃくしょく): dramatization (e.g. film); dramatisation 失脚(しっきゃく): losing one's standing; being overthrown; falling 1 S 1228 肉: meat 却: instead; on the contrary; rather 11 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic shins Shins are the part of the body that one uses instead of one´s eyes, for finding furniture in the dark. (Ouch!). Shins are the part of the body that Japanese traditionally sit on instead of their asses. 1396 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Arm.Leg kanjifreq1001-1500 卸シャおろ.す、おろし、おろ.し wholesale 卸す(おろす): (1) to sell wholesale (2) to grate (e.g. vegetables) (3) to cut up fish 1 S 1520 午: noon; sign of the horse; 11AM-1PM; seventh sign of Chinese zodiac 正: correct; justice; righteous; 1040 卩: seal radical (no. 26) 9 卩 26 2 ふし・ふしづくり・わりふ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic wholesale Wholesale refers to the sale of goods in quantity to retailers for resale. When this kanji was invented, large loads of goods needed to be transported by horses who left steep footprints because of the weight they carried. The wholesale goods needed a special stamp to indicate that they were legal for resale. If you need horseshoes (shoes that fit your horse´s footprint), buy them at the wholesale shop. They lick and paste stamps in your membership card so you can get free merchandise later. 1397 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq1501-2000 御ギョ、ゴおん-、お-、み- う honorable, manipulate, govern 御(ご): honourable; honorable 御免(ごめん): your pardon; declining (something); dismissal; permission 御襁褓(おむつ): diaper; nappy 御座います(ございます): to be; to exist 御洒落(おしゃれ): (1) smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious (2) someone smartly dressed (3) to dress up; to be fashionable 御中(おんちゅう): and Company; Messrs; for the attention of … 御数(おかず): (1) accompaniment for rice dishes; side dish (2) food for thought (esp. in the context of conversation, or material for assisting arousal during masturbation) 御免なさい(ごめんなさい): I beg your pardon; excuse me 御覧なさい(ごらんなさい): (1) (please) look (2) see (used to emphasize that an earlier prediction was correct) (3) (after the -te form of a verb) (please) try to do 晩御飯(ばんごはん): dinner; evening meal 御名(みな): name of God (esp. in Christian contexts); name of Christ 御(おん): (1) honorific prefix (2) imperial; emperor 3 S 1087 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60) 卸: wholesale 12 彳 60 3 ぎょうにんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic honorable An honorable man will not try to cut in front of the line at the wholesale stamp store. (Imagine just how much honor it takes facing those long lines at the post office!). If a trader has an honorable reputation- then people will line up to buy his wholesale goods. 1398 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1001-1500 服フクはっ, はつ, はら clothing, admit, obey, discharge 服(ふく): (1) clothes (esp. Western clothes) (2) counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc. 制服(せいふく): uniform 服装(ふくそう): garments; attire 不服(ふふく): dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest; disagreement 洋服(ようふく): Western-style clothes (cf traditional Japanese clothes) 克服(こくふく): conquest (problem, disease, handicap, etc. e.g. poverty, illness); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over 衣服(いふく): clothes 和服(わふく): Japanese clothes 征服(せいふく): conquest; subjugation; overcoming 軍服(ぐんぷく): military or naval uniform 4 3 873 肉: meat 卩: seal radical (no. 26) 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 8 月 74 4 つき・つきへん (none) 形声 Phonetic clothing It´s customary to cover the flesh with clothing, but some designs are so outrageous they´re not bigger than a stamp that just covers your crotch. Modern clothing shows a lot of flesh – some is practically no more than a postage stamp covering your crotch! 1399 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Clothing.Textiles kanjifreq751-1000 命メイ、ミョウいのち fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint “革命(かくめい): (1) revolution (2) 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in onmyou-dou) 生命(せいめい): life; existence 命(いのち): (1) life; life force (2) lifetime; lifespan (3) most important thing; foundation; core (4) paired tattoos of the ”“life”“ kanji on the upper arms of a man and woman (indicating unwavering love) (5) fate; destiny; karma 命令(めいれい): (1) order; command; decree; directive (2) (software) instruction; statement 一生懸命(いっしょうけんめい): very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; for dear life 運命(うんめい): fate; destiny; lot 使命(しめい): mission; errand; message 寿命(じゅみょう): life span 任命(にんめい): appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation 宿命(しゅくめい): fate; destiny; predestination 命中(めいちゅう): a hit; hitting something that was aimed at 命じる(めいじる): to order; to command; to appoint 懸命(けんめい): eagerness; earnestness; risking one's life 人命(じんめい): (human) life 命ずる(めいずる): to command; to appoint” 3 3 465 人: person 一: one; one radical (no.1) 口: mouth 卩: seal radical (no. 26) 8 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic fate When you´re born, your fate is measured, fitted, and stamped onto your soul. Good luck defying it. Your ability to resist FATE can be fit on a postage stamp. 1400 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 令レイのり, りょう, れ orders, ancient laws, command, decree 命令(めいれい): (1) order; command; decree; directive (2) (software) instruction; statement 指令(しれい): orders; instructions; directive; command 仮令(たとえ): even if; if; though; although 2 4 804 人: person 一: one; one radical (no.1) マ: None 5 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 象形 Pictographic orders “(re: dingomick) ”“These are your orders,”“ declares the general while passing out documents at the meeting. As everyone started to leave, the general exclaims ”“Oh wait! I need to certify these orders!”“ and went around stamping each paper with his personal chop-seal.” These are your orders, declares the general at the meeting as he stamps them with his chop-seal. (Primitive: chop-seal imaged as a papal ring, the one´s they would press into wax as their official seal. Also a cattle brand.). 1401 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 零レイぜろ、こぼ.す、こぼ.れる zero, spill, overflow, nothing, cipher 零(ゼロ): zero; nought 零す(こぼす): (1) to spill; to drop; to shed (tears) (2) to grumble; to complain (3) to let one's feelings show 零れる(こぼれる): (1) to spill; to fall out of; to overflow (2) to peek through; to become visible (although normally not) (3) to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.) 零点(れいてん): zero; no marks 2 S 1217 雨: rain 令: orders; ancient laws; command; decree 13 雨 173 8 あめ・あめかんむり・あまかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic zero The amount of people that can order the rain to rain. Despite the rain, the zero pilot flies on. He has kamikaze orders. 1402 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq1001-1500 齢レイよわい、とし age 年齢(ねんれい): age; years 2 S 770 齒: tooth; cog 令: orders; ancient laws; command; decree 17 齒 211 15 は・はへん齡形声 Phonetic age You know you are fast approaching a ripe old AGE when you get ORDERS from the dentist to get new TEETH. This has the nuance of a life milestone. Here it's represented by the life-cycle of teeth: In childhood, your teeth give the orders, growing whenever they want. As a teenager, we give orders to the teeth, by putting braces on them. In old age, we order new teeth! 1403 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 冷レイつめ.たい、ひ.える、ひ.や、ひ.ややか、ひ.やす、ひ.やかす、さ.める、さ.ます cool, cold (beer, person), chill 冷静(れいせい): calm; composure; coolness; serenity 冷蔵庫(れいぞうこ): refrigerator 冷凍(れいとう): freezing; cold storage; refrigeration 冷房(れいぼう): cooling; air-conditioning 冷淡(れいたん): coolness; indifference 冷える(ひえる): to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down 冷やす(ひやす): (1) to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to refrigerate (2) to calm down; to cool off; to regain one's composure; to relax (3) to be frightened (at); to be scared (of) 冷酷(れいこく): cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless 冷たい(つめたい): (1) cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; freezing (2) coldhearted; unfeeling 冷める(さめる): (1) to become cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to come down (fever) (2) to cool down (interest); to abate; to subside; to dampen 冷蔵(れいぞう): cold storage; refrigeration 冷やかす(ひやかす): (1) to banter; to make fun of; to jeer at (2) to cool; to refrigerate 冷ます(さます): to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to dampen; to let cool; to throw a damper on; to spoil 3 4 667 冫: two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15) 令: orders; ancient laws; command; decree 7 冫 15 2 にすい (none) 形声 Phonetic cool To keep your water cool, just order some ice. The Japanese boss gives an order at the meeting: eat ice to stay cool (since they won´t be running the air conditioning anymore). 1404 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq501-750 領リョウえりよう, よし jurisdiction, dominion, territory, fief, reign 大統領(だいとうりょう): president; chief executive 領土(りょうど): dominion; territory; possession 占領(せんりょう): occupation; capture; possession; have a room to oneself 領域(りょういき): area; domain; territory; field; range; region; regime 要領(ようりょう): (1) point; gist; essentials; tenets; outline (2) knack; trick; the ropes 領海(りょうかい): territorial waters 領事(りょうじ): consul 領収(りょうしゅう): receipt; voucher 領地(りょうち): territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school) 領(りょう): territory of (country) 2 5 138 令: orders; ancient laws; command; decree 頁: page; leaf 14 頁 181 9 おおがい・いちのかい (none) 形声 Phonetic jurisdiction Two cowboys are crossing a state limit. One says to him “Did you know that in this Jurisdiction there are Orders to get your head?”, so he takes out his gun and shoots him. He claims the reward afterwards. (Thanks Fuaburisu). Orders are given by the head person in any jurisdiction. 1405 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1-250 鈴レイ、リンすずず small bell, buzzer 鈴(すず): bell (often globular) 1 S 880 金: gold 令: orders; ancient laws; command; decree 13 金 167 8 かね・かねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic small bell Some restaurants have a small gold bell to call someone to take customers´ orders. In high society, people ring a small golden bell to call their servants and give their orders. 1406 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq751-1000 勇ユウいさ.むお, はや courage, cheer up, be in high spirits, bravery, heroism 勇気(ゆうき): courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness 勇敢(ゆうかん): brave; heroic; gallant 勇ましい(いさましい): (1) brave; valiant; gallant; courageous (2) stirring; vigorous; rousing 2 4 1319 マ: None 男: male 9 力 19 2 ちから・りきづくり (none) 形声 Phonetic courage I imagined some kind of initiation rite in old China, where every young man has to show his courage. They then receive a chopseal which is a mark of their courage. Re: fuaburisu - The initiation rite in question is actually a reverse elbow chop to the brain, and you receive the chop seal if you have the power to withstand it. This initial imagery helps me with the altered chop seal and vertical placement. 1407 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 通ツウ、ツとお.る、とお.り、-とお.り、-どお.り、とお.す、とお.し、-どお.し、かよ.うとん, どうし, どおり, みち traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters 通信(つうしん): correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal 見通し(みとおし): (1) unobstructed view; perspective; visibility; vista (2) forecast; outlook; prospect; prediction (3) insight; foresight 共通(きょうつう): (1) commonness; community (2) to be common; to be shared (3) -wide 交通(こうつう): traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse 通貨(つうか): currency 通常(つうじょう): common; general; normal; usual 普通(ふつう): (1) general; ordinary; usual (2) normally; generally; usually (3) train that stops at every station 流通(りゅうつう): (1) circulation of money or goods; flow of water or air; distribution (2) negotiable (e.g. shares) 通過(つうか): passage through; transit; passing 通勤(つうきん): commuting to work 通知(つうち): notice; notification; report; posting 通訳(つうやく): interpretation (i.e. oral translation) 通行(つうこう): (1) passage; passing (2) common usage 通学(つうがく): commuting to school; school commute 通路(つうろ): passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle 通る(とおる): (1) to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of (2) to run (between); to operate (between); to connect (3) to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in (4) to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through (5) to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout (6) to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far (7) to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed (8) to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted (9) to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for (10) to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense (11) to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood (12) to be straight (e.g. wood grain) (13) to be well-informed; to be wise (14) to do … completely; to do … thoroughly 通帳(つうちょう): passbook; bankbook 融通(ゆうずう): (1) lending (money); finance (2) adaptability; versatility; flexibility; accommodation 直通(ちょくつう): direct communication 不通(ふつう): suspension; interruption; stoppage; tie-up; cessation 通う(かよう): (1) to go back and forth; to ply between (2) to commute; to attend (school, church, etc.) 通す(とおす): to let pass; to overlook; to continue; to keep; to make way for; to persist in 大通り(おおどおり): main street 似通う(にかよう): to resemble closely 開通(かいつう): opening; open; taking effect; becoming active 人通り(ひとどおり): pedestrian traffic 通り過ぎる(とおりすぎる): to pass; to pass through 交通機関(こうつうきかん): transportation facilities 通(つう): (1) connoisseur; authority (2) counter for letters, notes, documents, etc. 通用(つうよう): (1) popular use; circulation (2) to pass as 透き通る(すきとおる): to be(come) transparent 一通り(ひととおり): (1) from start to end; in general (2) ordinary; usual (3) briefly; roughly (4) one method 通じる(つうじる): (1) to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to communicate (with) (2) to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to get through to (3) to be understood; to be comprehended (4) to be honored; to be good (5) to be well versed in; to be well-informed (6) to communicate clandestinely; to keep in touch (e.g. with the enemy) (7) to form a liaison; to be intimate 通り(とおり): (1) avenue; street; way; road (2) coming and going; street traffic (3) flow (of water, air, etc.) (4) transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice) (5) fame; reputation; popularity (6) the same status or way; as (e.g. as expected, as I said) (7) understanding; comprehension (8) counter for sets of things; counter for methods, ways, types 通り掛かる(とおりかかる): to happen to pass by 遣り通す(やりとおす): to carry through; to achieve; to complete 通ずる(つうずる): (1) to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to communicate (with) (2) to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to get through to (3) to be understood; to be comprehended (4) to be honored; to be good (5) to be well versed in; to be well-informed (6) to communicate clandestinely; to keep in touch (e.g. with the enemy) (7) to form a liaison; to be intimate 4 2 80 甬: road with walls on both sides 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 10 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic traffic I bounce down the road on my pogo stick, easily getting through the dense traffic. (Note: New primitive: chop-seal + utilize = pogo stick. Because a chop-seal is long and thin with a rubbery bit at the end. If it were big enough, you could utilize it as a pogo stick). [Edit: pogo stick also appears in 1409, 1690, 2530]. Building on gorgon´s story I now change mine to a much more silly and rememberable one. The Chinese police is using a helicopter to check and regulate the traffic. Hanging from the helicopter is a huge chopseal that they utilize to mark some of the cars that are causing trouble on the road. 1408 grade2 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 踊ヨウおど.る jump, dance, leap, skip 踊り(おどり): dance 踊る(おどる): to dance (orig. a hopping dance) 2 S 1308 足: leg; foot; be sufficient; counter for pairs of footwear 甬: road with walls on both sides 14 足 157 7 あし・あしへん (none) 形声 Phonetic jump The winner of the long jump competition was disqualified when they found he used a pogo stick tied to his leg to jump further. “The high jumper has his wooden leg fitted with a pogo stick, and can now jump even higher. (See my note at traffic (#1408) for pogo stick). EDIT (2 years later): Keyword ”“jump”“ leads to confusion later on (see cjon256´s post), ”“Dancing”“ would be better (but be sure to keep it distinct from dance (#1774)). New Story: I was no good at dancing due to my wooden leg… until I had it fitted with a pogo stick!” 1409 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Body_Movement kanjifreq1001-1500 疑ギうたが.う doubt, distrust, be suspicious, question 疑問(ぎもん): question; problem; doubt; guess 疑う(うたがう): to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect 疑惑(ぎわく): doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion 質疑(しつぎ): (1) question (2) interpellation 3 6 283 匕: spoon; spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21) 矢: dart; arrow マ: None 疋: head; counter for animals 14 疋 103 5 ひき・ひきへん (none) 象形 Pictographic doubt (Katsuo) You come at the zoo entrance. ´Here sir, a spoon to feed the animals.´ cool ´and a dart(gun) in case stuff go wrong´ ….´ please chop-seal (sign) here for in case of accidents the zoo is not responsible.´ ´lion feeding time is. bla bla´ You are having serious doubts about if you still want to go into this zoo. A very doubtful story: At the entrance to my local zoo they issue you with a special spoon (to feed the animals) and a dart gun (to defend yourself in case of animal attack). You must then hanko (seal) a document to say you’ve received both these items, only after which will they let you enter the zoo. (Oh, and if you forget your hanko, I doubt they’ll let you in). 1410 grade6 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq251-500 擬ギまが.い、もど.き mimic, aim (a gun) at, nominate, imitate 1 S 1990 手: hand 疑: doubt; distrust; be suspicious; question 17 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic mimic Ask a MIMIC to give an impression of DOUBT, and he will no DOUBT scratch his head with his FINGER. I doubt you can mimic all these animals with just your fingers: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Raymond+Crowe%22+Letterman (shadow puppets – you´ll love it!). 1411 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 凝ギョウこ.る、こ.らす、こご.らす、こご.らせる、こご.る congeal, freeze, stiff, be absorbed in 凝る(こる): (1) to grow stiff (2) to be absorbed in; to be devoted to; to be a fanatic; to elaborate 混凝土(コンクリート): concrete 凝乎と(じっと): (1) motionlessly (2) fixedly (e.g. of staring) (3) patiently (4) firmly (e.g. hold); restrained 凝らす(こらす): to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack 凝らす(こごらす): (1) to freeze; to congeal (2) to concentrate one's attention on; to devote oneself to something; to ponder; to meditate 凝る(こごる): to congeal; to freeze 1 S 1712 冫: two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15) 疑: doubt; distrust; be suspicious; question 16 冫 15 2 にすい (none) 形声 Phonetic congeal I doubt that the jello would congeal sitting on the counter, so I placed it in the icebox. Is there any doubt that ice is congealed stuff? 1412 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 範ハンのり pattern, example, model 軌範(きはん): model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example 範囲(はんい): extent; scope; sphere; range; span 模範(もはん): exemplar; exemplification; exemplum; model; example 1 S 1088 竹: bamboo 車: car 卩: seal radical (no. 26) 15 竹 118 6 たけ・たけかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic pattern This pattern made of bamboo is for a new model of car designed to leave as small an ecological fingerprint as possible. I just had a new bamboo-leaf pattern spray-painted on my car. Don't touch it, you'll leave fingerprints! 1413 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 犯ハン、ボンおか.す crime, sin, offense 犯罪(はんざい): crime 犯人(はんにん): offender; criminal 防犯(ぼうはん): prevention of crime 犯す(おかす): (1) to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate (2) to transgress; to contravene (3) to violate; to ravish; to rape; to deflower 3 5 874 犬: dog 卩: seal radical (no. 26) 5 犬 94 4 いぬ・けものへん (none) 形声 Phonetic crime Crimes can often be solved using the tools of dogs and fingerprints. This crime gang has yet to be caught because their pack of wild dogs takes care of licking off the fingerprints from all the crime scenes. 1414 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 厄ヤク unlucky, misfortune, bad luck, disaster 厄介(やっかい): (1) trouble; burden; nuisance; bother; worry (2) care; dependence; support; kindness; obligation; staying (with a person) 1 S 2123 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 卩: seal radical (no. 26) 4 厂 27 2 がんだれ (none) 形声 Phonetic unlucky Seeing some finger prints at the edge of a cliff, I wondered who that unlucky person was. Sherlock Holmes is very unlucky: he just fell off a cliff while he was looking around for fingerprints. 1415 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 危キあぶ.ない、あや.うい、あや.ぶむ dangerous, fear, uneasy 危機(きき): crisis 危険(きけん): (1) danger; peril; hazard (2) dangerous; hazardous 危うい(あやうい): (1) dangerous; risky; hazardous; perilous; precarious (2) in danger; in jeopardy; critical; grave; at risk (3) uncertain; unreliable; insecure; unsteady; doubtful (4) close (i.e. a close call); narrow 危ぶむ(あやぶむ): to fear; to have misgivings; to be doubtful; to mistrust 危害(きがい): injury; harm; danger 危ない(あぶない): (1) dangerous; risky; hazardous; perilous; precarious (2) in danger; in jeopardy; critical; grave; at risk (3) uncertain; unreliable; insecure; unsteady; doubtful (4) close (i.e. a close call); narrow (5) look out!; watch out! 3 6 606 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 厄: unlucky; misfortune; bad luck; disaster 6 卩 26 2 ふし・ふしづくり・わりふ (none) 形声 Phonetic dangerous If you live a dangerous life, eventually you're bound to get unlucky. While rock climbing you are bound to the cliff by just your fingerprints, which is why it´s so dangerous. 1416 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 宛エンあ.てる、-あて、-づつ、あたか.も address, just like, fortunately 宛(あて): (1) aim; object; purpose; end (2) expectations; prospects; hopes (3) something that can be relied upon (4) snack served with alcoholic drink (5) pad; guard (6) blow; strike (7) addressed to (8) per 宛名(あてな): (addressee's) name; (recipient's) name and address 宛てる(あてる): to address 0 S 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 夕: evening 卩: seal radical (no. 26) 8 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic address Your address should be displayed on your house and mailbox. For the primitive: This is a hi-tech Japanese mailbox, it automatically lights up in the evening, and has a biometric fingerprint scanner. — Each house´s address, even if it´s hard to see in the evening, is like its own unique fingerprint. 1417 gradeS JLPT.N0 腕ワンうで arm, ability, talent 腕(うで): (1) arm (2) skill 腕前(うでまえ): ability; skill; facility 2 S 1163 肉: meat 宛: address; just like; fortunately 12 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic arm Like in Memento, I tattoo my address on my forearm flesh so I don´t forget it. In Iraq people are having their addresses tattooed on their bodies, usually their arms, so they can be identified if they are killed. (true story). 1418 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Body_Arm.Leg kanjifreq1001-1500 苑エンその, う.つあや garden, farm, park 1 S+ 2060 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 夕: evening 卩: seal radical (no. 26) (none) garden “Japanese ”“gardens”“ aren´t anything more than a pot of flowers on top of the mailbox.” My mailbox is actually right in the middle of my garden, which kind of sucks since the mailman has to trample all my flowers to get to it. 1419 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 怨エン、オン、ウンうら.む、うらみ、うら.めしい grudge, show resentment, be jealous 0 S 2137 夕: evening 卩: seal radical (no. 26) 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 9 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic grudge I couldn´t drop my grudge against him. So I put a severed pig´s heart in his mailbox. He got the message. To hold a grudge is actually the act of keeping negative feelings you received in the mailbox of your heart. 1420 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq2001-2500 柳リュウやなぎなぎ, や, やい, やぎ, やな, やない willow 1 S 1169 木: tree; wood 卯: sign of the hare or rabbit; 5-7AM; fourth sign of Chinese zodiac; east 9 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic willow Having decided to use SIGN OF THE HARE rather than RECEIPT and STAMP my mnemonic goes as follows: The WILLOW is the TREE that droops likes a HARE´s ears. A strange thing about the japanese willow tree is, it grows eggs… but the eggs have no yokes. weird eh? 1421 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq1001-1500 卵ランたまご egg, ovum, spawn, roe 卵(たまご): (1) eggs; egg; spawn; roe (2) hen egg (3) (an expert) in the making 2 6 1342 卯: sign of the hare or rabbit; 5-7AM; fourth sign of Chinese zodiac; east 7 卩 26 2 ふし・ふしづくり・わりふ (none) 象形 Pictographic egg The Easter Bunny dropped an egg on my desk and got yolk all over my receipts and stamps. “The 卯sign of the hare (#2041) hides eggs in his ears for Easter…” 1422 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq1001-1500 留リュウ、ルと.める、と.まる、とど.める、とど.まる、るうぶるとめ detain, fasten, halt, stop 留まる(とまる): (1) to stop (moving); to come to a stop (2) to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended (3) to alight; to perch on 留学(りゅうがく): studying abroad (usu. at university level) 留学生(りゅうがくせい): overseas student; exchange student 留守(るす): (1) absence; being away from home (2) house-sitting; house-sitter (3) being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting 書留(かきとめ): (1) registered mail (2) registration (e.g. of mail); writing down; putting on record; recording; making a note of 留守番(るすばん): (1) care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching (2) caretaker; house-sitter 停留所(ていりゅうじょ): bus stop; tram stop; stop; station 留める(とどめる): (1) to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to cease; to put an end to (2) to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to limit (3) to record (e.g. a fact); to retain 歌留多(かるた): playing cards; card game 蒸留(じょうりゅう): distillation 3 5 731 卯: sign of the hare or rabbit; 5-7AM; fourth sign of Chinese zodiac; east 田: rice field; rice paddy 10 田 102 5 た・たへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic detain The use of RANSOM NOTE (think of a receipt with a dagger through it on a door) works great with DETAIN. Here the RANSOM NOTE says that the girl has been DETAINED in an undisclosed location. To get her back take the RANSOM to a empty FIELD. Got a receipt for that dagger, son? If not, we´re going to detain you and send you to work in the rice fields. 1423 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 貿ボウ trade, exchange 貿易(ぼうえき): trade (foreign) 2 5 652 卯: sign of the hare or rabbit; 5-7AM; fourth sign of Chinese zodiac; east 貝: shellfish 12 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 形声 Phonetic trade There´s a buyback program where you can trade in your dagger for money. But it´s quite ineffective, since only registered dagger-owners with the original receipts can participate, and not criminals with illegally-purchased daggers. The new RANSOM note (a receipt stuck to a door with a dagger) from DETAIN (1423) appears again (probably after you went to the field as instructed) now gives instruction to TRADE the victim for CURRENCY you were told to bring. 1424 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq501-750 印インしるし、-じるし、しる.す stamp, seal, mark, imprint, symbol, emblem, trademark, evidence, souvenir, India 印象(いんしょう): impression 調印(ちょういん): signature; signing; sealing 印刷(いんさつ): printing 印(しるし): (1) mark; sign (2) symbol; emblem (3) badge; crest; flag (4) evidence; proof (5) token (of gratitude, affection, etc.) 印鑑(いんかん): stamp; seal 目印(めじるし): mark; sign; landmark 矢印(やじるし): arrow (mark or symbol); directional marker or indicator 印(いん): (1) seal; stamp; mark; print (2) mudra (symbolic hand gesture) (3) India 2 4 682 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 卩: seal radical (no. 26) 6 卩 26 2 ふし・ふしづくり・わりふ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic stamp Before sticky backs, they had to staple stamps to letters. Aaaagh, this old stamp doesn´t stick! Okay I´ll just staple it. 1425 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 興コウ、キョウおこ.る、おこ.すおき, おこっ, とも entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure 興味(きょうみ): interest (in something) 振興(しんこう): promotion; encouragement 新興(しんこう): rising; developing; emergent 興奮(こうふん): excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal 復興(ふっこう): revival; renaissance; reconstruction 興業(こうぎょう): industrial enterprise 興じる(きょうじる): to amuse oneself; to make merry 余興(よきょう): side show; entertainment 1 5 734 臼: mortar 同: same; agree; equal 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 16 臼 134 6 うす (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic entertain To me, this looks like a pictograph of a road leading to the big city (see the buildings?) where there are plenty of places to be entertained. Unfortunately in this city, every store is the same: staples. What tools! [ayoung24]. Photographically, this kanji simply looks like a set of two speakers (the staples primitives) between the sub-woofer (primitive for same) – all this as a tool to entertain a group of drunks at a club. 1426 grade5 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 酉ユウとりなが, みのる sign of the bird, west (sake rad) 1 S+ 2468 襾: cover; place on top of; west radical variant (no. 146) 一: one; one radical (no.1) (none) sign of the bird The sign of the bird on this whiskey bottle is of course the Famous Grouse blended Scotch. “Normally birds fly south, but one bird flew west. People were worried about it and kept asking ”“Is there any sign of the bird – you know, the one that flew west?”“.” 1427 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Zodiac kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 酒シュさけ、さか- き, さ, し sake, alcohol 酒(さけ): alcohol; sake 酒場(さかば): bar; bar-room 麦酒(ビール): beer お酒(おさけ): alcohol; sake 3 3 1006 水: water 酉: west; bird; sign of the bird; 5-7PM; tenth sign of Chinese zodiac; sake radical (no. 164) 10 酉 164 7 とり・とりへん・ひよみのとり・さけのとり (none) 形声 Phonetic sake Sake is just watered down whisky. Sake is the generic term for alcohol (not just japanese rice wine). And a very popular alcoholic drink in Japan is whiskey and water. 1428 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq1001-1500 酌シャクく.む bartending, serving sake, the host, draw (water), ladle, scoop, pump 酌む(くむ): to serve sake 1 S 2271 酉: west; bird; sign of the bird; 5-7PM; tenth sign of Chinese zodiac; sake radical (no. 164) 勺: ladle; one tenth of a go; dip 10 酉 164 7 とり・とりへん・ひよみのとり・さけのとり (none) 形声 Phonetic bartending At the local pub, their bartending practises are unusual. They serve the whiskey by pouring it from a ladle, like one would from the punch bowl. Ever seen the anime Bartender? Bartending isn´t just about bottles of whiskey, it´s about ladling out advice. 1429 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq2001-2500 酵コウ fermentation 1 S 1862 酉: west; bird; sign of the bird; 5-7PM; tenth sign of Chinese zodiac; sake radical (no. 164) 孝: filial piety; child's respect 14 酉 164 7 とり・とりへん・ひよみのとり・さけのとり (none) 形声 Phonetic fermentation The secrets of fermentation are passed to the son who displays the most filial piety. Since filial piety is all about respecting ones elders, and the older a whiskey bottle is (i.e. the time it have spent undergoing fermentation) the more respect you should give it, the meaning of this kanji becomes clear. If it doesn´t, sink back some whiskey and it will. 1430 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 酷コクひど.い cruel, severe, atrocious, unjust 残酷(ざんこく): cruelty; harshness 冷酷(れいこく): cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless 酷い(ひどい): (1) cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe (2) violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme (3) very bad; terrible; awful (4) excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust 1 S 1596 酉: west; bird; sign of the bird; 5-7PM; tenth sign of Chinese zodiac; sake radical (no. 164) 告: revelation; tell; inform; announce 14 酉 164 7 とり・とりへん・ひよみのとり・さけのとり (none) 形声 Phonetic cruel It´s cruel to pour alcohol down a cow´s mouth. There is a saying that a drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts. Be careful about giving someone a bottle of whiskey, you may get some revelations about their cruelty. Of course, they'll just say that it's the whiskey speaking. 1431 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 酬シュウ、シュ、トウむく.いる repay, reward, retribution 報酬(ほうしゅう): remuneration; recompense; reward; toll 1 S 1515 酉: west; bird; sign of the bird; 5-7PM; tenth sign of Chinese zodiac; sake radical (no. 164) 州: state; province 13 酉 164 7 とり・とりへん・ひよみのとり・さけのとり (none) 形声 Phonetic repay Imagine a different kind of tax refund - instead of money, the state repays you with whiskey. Hint: bottle deposit refund - the state will repay the recycling deposit for each alcohol bottle returned. 1432 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 酪ラク dairy products, whey, broth, fruit juice 酪農(らくのう): dairy (farm) 1 S 2012 酉: west; bird; sign of the bird; 5-7PM; tenth sign of Chinese zodiac; sake radical (no. 164) 各: each; every; either 13 酉 164 7 とり・とりへん・ひよみのとり・さけのとり (none) 形声 Phonetic dairy products “Imagine if at each supermarket you went to, the section for dairy products was next to the alcohol aisle. so for each wheel of cheese you decide to buy, you get an accompanying bottle of wine…perfect for a ”“wine & cheese”“ party. :).” In an attempt to increase sales of dairy products, the grocery store is giving away a free miniature whiskey bottle with each dairy product you buy. 1433 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq2001-2500 酢サクす vinegar, sour, acid, tart 酢(す): vinegar 1 S 1955 酉: west; bird; sign of the bird; 5-7PM; tenth sign of Chinese zodiac; sake radical (no. 164) 乍: though; notwithstanding; while; during; both; all 12 酉 164 7 とり・とりへん・ひよみのとり・さけのとり (none) 形声 Phonetic vinegar Drinking alcohol that´s turned to vinegar feels like a saw going down your throat. I spent ages sawing that whiskey bottle open, but when I got in, it had all turned to vinegar! 1434 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq1501-2000 酔スイよ.う、よ.い、よよい drunk, feel sick, poisoned, elated, spellbound 麻酔(ますい): anaesthesia; anesthesia 酔っ払い(よっぱらい): drunkard 酔う(よう): (1) to get drunk; to become intoxicated (2) to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated (3) to be elated; to be exalted; to be spellbound; to be in raptures 1 S 1640 酉: west; bird; sign of the bird; 5-7PM; tenth sign of Chinese zodiac; sake radical (no. 164) 卆: soldier; private; die 11 酉 164 7 とり・とりへん・ひよみのとり・さけのとり醉形声 Phonetic drunk God you´re drunk! How many whiskeys did you have? 9? 10? Whiskey with 90 percent alcohol will get you drunk. I don´t care who you are. 1435 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 配ハイくば.る distribute, spouse, exile, rationing 支配(しはい): rule; control; direction 心配(しんぱい): (1) worry; concern; anxiety (2) care; help; aid; assistance 配分(はいぶん): distribution; allotment 配慮(はいりょ): consideration; concern; forethought 気配(けはい): (1) indication; sign; hint; presence; trend (2) quotation (esp. stock market) 配置(はいち): arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition 配偶者(はいぐうしゃ): spouse; wife; husband; partner 分配(ぶんぱい): division; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation 配達(はいたつ): delivery; distribution 配布(はいふ): distribution 配る(くばる): to distribute; to deliver; to deal (cards) 手配(てはい): (1) arrangement; preparations (2) search (by police) 配列(はいれつ): (1) arrangement; disposition (2) array (programming, programing) 配給(はいきゅう): (1) distribution (e.g. films, rice) (2) rationing (e.g. food, gasoline) (3) food ration 3 3 359 酉: west; bird; sign of the bird; 5-7PM; tenth sign of Chinese zodiac; sake radical (no. 164) 己: self; snake; serpent 10 酉 164 7 とり・とりへん・ひよみのとり・さけのとり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic distribute To DISTRIBUTE WHISKY during Prohibition you had to be as sneaky as a SNAKE. I imagine a bartender serving whiskey to his patrons, and using that snake-like sprayer to distribute soda water into each glass. 1436 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 酸サンす.い acid, bitterness, sour, tart 酸化(さんか): oxidation 酸性(さんせい): (1) acidity (2) acidic 酸素(さんそ): oxygen 酸(さん): (1) acid (2) sourness; sour taste 酸っぱい(すっぱい): sour; acid 1 5 1218 酉: west; bird; sign of the bird; 5-7PM; tenth sign of Chinese zodiac; sake radical (no. 164) 夋: None 14 酉 164 7 とり・とりへん・ひよみのとり・さけのとり (none) 形声 Phonetic acid The prostitute carries an old whiskey bottle filled with acid to throw at any difficult Johns. Dealing alcohol requires a license, dealing acid requires fast legs (to run from the police). 1437 grade5 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Substance kanjifreq1001-1500 猶ユウ、ユなお furthermore, still, yet 1 S 1799 犬: dog 酋: chieftain 12 犬 94 4 いぬ・けものへん (none) 形声 Phonetic waver The waver for this kanji means to hesitate. I wavered before going into the bar with a bunch of horned wild dogs drinking whiskey straight out of the bottle. I wavered when the pack of wild dogs was blocking the way, but then I drank some Red Bull and charged through. (thanks shakkun). 1438 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 尊ソンたっと.い、とうと.い、たっと.ぶ、とうと.ぶさだ, たか, たけ, みこと revered, valuable, precious, noble, exalted 尊重(そんちょう): respect; esteem; regard 尊敬(そんけい): respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor 尊い(とうとい): precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred 尊ぶ(とうとぶ): to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect 自尊心(じそんしん): self-respect; conceit 2 6 1181 酋: chieftain 寸: measurement; foot/10 12 寸 41 3 すん・すんづくり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic revered “People don't know this, but (”“revered”“ patriot) Paul Revere had trouble staying awake during his midnight ride, so he drank Red Bull (horns) and whiskey (a drink invented by his friend Sam Adams) and glued himself DOWN to the saddle. [thanks to akahige].” “Red Bull, the chieftain (#2906) is so revered in his clan that everyone sticks to him like glue.” 1439 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 豆トウ、ズまめ、まめ- ど, ま beans, pea, midget 豆(まめ): (1) legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, such as beans, peas, pulses, etc.); beans; peas (2) soya bean (soybean); soy (Glycine max) (3) female genitalia (esp. the clitoris) (4) kidney (5) miniature; tiny (6) child 1 3 1422 口: mouth 7 豆 151 7 まめ・まめへん (none) 象形 Pictographic beans If I eat BEANS, after ONE MOUTHful I fart like some kind of HORNED ANIMAL. I hate using primitives that are completely unrelated. Let´s call this one Mr. Bean! He´s an easy character to build stories with. 1440 grade3 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq1001-1500 頭トウ、ズ、トあたま、かしら、-がしら、かぶりかみ, がみ, ちゃん, つむり, づ head, counter for large animals 冒頭(ぼうとう): beginning; start; outset 先頭(せんとう): head; lead; vanguard; first 街頭(がいとう): in the street 頭痛(ずつう): headache 頭脳(ずのう): head; brains; intellect 口頭(こうとう): oral 頭(あたま): (1) head (2) mind; brain; intellect (3) top (4) hair (on one's head) (5) bangs; fringe (6) top structural component of a kanji 頭(とう): counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle) 4 2 433 豆: beans; pea; midget 頁: page; leaf 16 頁 181 9 おおがい・いちのかい (none) 形声 Phonetic head The head of the family sits at the head of the table. Mr Bean´s head. 1441 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Body_Head.Neck Kanji_Counting_Counters kanjifreq251-500 短タンみじか.い short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point 短期(たんき): short term 短大(たんだい): junior college 短縮(たんしゅく): shortening; abbreviation; reduction 長短(ちょうたん): (1) length (2) long and short; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points; merits and demerits 短編(たんぺん): short (e.g. story, film) 短い(みじかい): short 短所(たんしょ): defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage 短気(たんき): quick temper; short temper 短波(たんぱ): short wave 4 3 689 矢: dart; arrow 豆: beans; pea; midget 12 矢 111 5 や・やへん (none) 形声 Phonetic short He is so short so he has to throw darts from the table. Sort of like ping pong, this kanji represents a game where you throw darts over a table at your opponent. The serve is rarely returned, so the games tend to be short.———— This character apparently refers to duration, not just to height. 1442 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq501-750 豊ホウ、ブゆた.か、とよて, で, と, ひろし, ふう, ぶん, ほ, ゆたか bountiful, excellent, rich 豊か(ゆたか): (1) abundant; wealthy; plentiful; rich; affluent (2) very; extremely; full of; great 豊富(ほうふ): abundance; wealth; plenty; bounty 豊作(ほうさく): abundant harvest; bumper crop 2 5 762 曲: bend; music; melody; composition; pleasure; injustice; fault; curve; crooked; perverse; lean 豆: beans; pea; midget 13 豆 151 7 まめ・まめへん豐象形 Pictographic bountiful The bountiful feast was so bountiful that it bent the table below it under its weight! いただきま〜す！. Her bust and bum was so bountiful I couldn´t resist the urge to bend her over a nearby table and… 1443 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 鼓コつづみ drum, beat, rouse, muster 太鼓(たいこ): drum 1 S 1795 吉: good luck; joy; congratulations 豆: beans; pea; midget 支: branch; support; sustain; branch radical (no. 65) 13 鼓 207 13 つづみ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic drum Japanese festivals have drums so big, a samurai has to SIT (not stand) on a table to beat one with a tree branch! http://www.d2.dion.ne.jp/~hidafyh/furukawayh/gyouji/image/maturi03.jpg. “I really hate the primitive meaning of ”“table”“ for ”“bean.”“ I just use ”“bean.”“ Anyways, for the DRUM primitive, imagine a SAMURAI who beats on a DRUM with two chopsticks, and a BEAN skewered on each end of the chopstick to produce a better sound. And the obvious story is: ”“DRUMing on a DRUM with a huge BRANCH”“.” 1444 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art kanjifreq1501-2000 喜キよろこ.ぶ、よろこ.ばすあき, きゅ, のぶ, ゆき, よし rejoice, take pleasure in 喜び(よろこび): joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing; congratulations; felicitations 喜劇(きげき): comedy; funny show 喜ぶ(よろこぶ): (1) to be delighted; to be glad; to be pleased (2) to congratulate (3) to gratefully accept 3 4 769 吉: good luck; joy; congratulations 口: mouth 12 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic rejoice The samurai sitting on the drum is on a stage, and the people below him are rejoicing with their mouths in unison. It helps me to imagine the placement this way. “In the taiko (drum (#1444)) song of rejoicing, the drummers shout with open mouths.” 1445 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq751-1000 樹ジュきいつき, うえ, こ, しげ, じ, たちき, たつ, たつる, な timber trees, wood 樹木(じゅもく): trees and shrubs; arbour; arbor 樹立(じゅりつ): establish; create 1 6 988 木: tree; wood 吉: good luck; joy; congratulations 豆: beans; pea; midget 寸: measurement; foot/10 16 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic timber-trees The hippies object to trees being cut down for timber. They have glued themselves to the timber-trees and are beating their drums. “Everyone likes to see big trees fall down. For this kanji imagine hundreds of spectators glued to their chairs, then a drum roll and then a cry of ”“timber!!!”“ as the huge tree crashes to the ground.” 1446 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq751-1000 皿ベイさら dish, a helping, plate 皿(さら): (1) plate; dish; platter; disc (2) serving; helping; course (3) kanji radical 108 (at the bottom) 灰皿(はいざら): ashtray お皿(おさら): plate; dish 2 3 1812 皿: dish, dish radical (no. 108) 5 皿 108 5 さら (none) 象形 Pictographic dish Three dishes stacked side-by-side in a dishwasher. Pictograph of a dish with a three-layer cake slice on it. 1447 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1501-2000 血ケツち blood 血(ち): blood; consanguinity 血液(けつえき): blood 出血(しゅっけつ): (1) bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage (2) bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost 血圧(けつあつ): blood pressure 血管(けっかん): blood vessel 混血(こんけつ): mixed race; mixed parentage 輸血(ゆけつ): blood transfusion 2 3 832 皿: dish; a helping; plate 6 血 143 6 ち・ちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic blood Vampire orders blood in one of those posh restaurants. Imagine his shock when all he gets is a giant white bowl and just a single drop of blood in the centre and a drizzling of balsamic around the edge. Disgusted he calls the manager over tells him its overpriced tosh and bites into his neck with a huge gush of blood spraying everywhere. Image: Holy Grail with a drop of Jesus blood on it. 1448 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Body_General kanjifreq751-1000 盆ボン basin, lantern festival, tray 盆(ぼん): (1) O-Bon; Bon Festival; Lantern Festival; Festival of the Dead (2) tray (3) family; household 盆地(ぼんち): basin (e.g. between mountains) 1 S 1654 分: part; minute of time; segment; share; degree; one's lot; duty; understand; know; rate; 1%; chances; shaku/100 皿: dish; a helping; plate 9 皿 108 5 さら (none) 形声 Phonetic basin The part of the kitchen sink in which you wash dishes in is the basin. I'm not an expert, but it seems that as a basin this refers more to an oceanic basin that a kitchen one, and in any case seems most common in reference to the famous O-Bon festival. So, a story: in the O-Bon festival, so many dishes are broken that all the parts have to be thrown into a deep oceanic basin. 1449 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1501-2000 盟メイ alliance, oath 同盟(どうめい): alliance; union; league 連盟(れんめい): league; federation; union; alliance 1 6 587 明: bright; light 皿: dish; a helping; plate 13 皿 108 5 さら (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic alliance In order to form alliances, you should sit down for a meal and eat until your dish is bright or clear; in other words, get to know people first, before you talk business. “A new alliance is proclaimed at the end of a meal between officials. As a symbol of their alliance they clean up together one dish, and present it to the photographers. The clean dish under the flash lights appears very bright, and it´s pretty much all you can see on the photo that appears on the next morning´s newspapers, with the title ”“New alliance, one bright dish!”“.” 1450 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 盗トウぬす.む、ぬす.み steal, rob, pilfer 強盗(ごうとう): (1) robber; mugger (2) robbery; burglary 盗む(ぬすむ): to steal 盗難(とうなん): theft; robbery 盗み(ぬすみ): stealing 3 S 1051 次: next; order; sequence 皿: dish; a helping; plate 11 皿 108 5 さら盜会意 Compound Ideographic steal You are so poor you dont know where your next dish will come from all you know is that you will have to steal it. The first thing to steal is the silverware; next, the dishes. 1451 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1001-1500 温オンあたた.か、あたた.かい、あたた.まる、あたた.める、ぬくあつ, あつし, なお, はる, ゆ, ゆたか warm 気温(きおん): atmospheric temperature 温泉(おんせん): spa; hot spring; onsen 温暖(おんだん): warmth 温度(おんど): temperature 温室(おんしつ): greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse 体温(たいおん): temperature; body temperature (human, animal) 保温(ほおん): retaining warmth; keeping heat in; heat insulation 温帯(おんたい): temperate zone 温める(あたためる): to warm; to heat 温い(ぬるい): (1) lukewarm; tepid (2) lenient (3) slow; stupid 2 3 838 水: water 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 皿: dish; a helping; plate 12 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい溫形声 Phonetic warm If you leave water out in the sun in a dish, naturally it will get warm. “To distinguish from warmth (#1949), which refers to warm weather, remember that this means warm objects or feelings. Imagine a plastic kiddy pool in the backyard full of lukewarm water. The kiddy pool is shaped like a huge dish, and it's been under the sun all day - that's why the water is warm now.” 1452 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq751-1000 監カンけん oversee, official, govt office, rule, administer 監督(かんとく): (1) supervision; control; superintendence; direction (2) director; superintendent; supervisor; coach; foreman; manager; overseer; controller; boss 監視(かんし): observation; guarding; inspection; surveillance 1 S 408 臣: retainer; subject 皿: dish; a helping; plate 15 皿 108 5 さら (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic oversee “While the slave-buyer is perusing (perusal (#855)) the stack of slaves reclining on the floor, the slaves' overseer supplies them with dishes of gruel – don't want the slaves starving to death before they can be sold!” “The slaves are reclining on the floor when the overseer comes in. They tell him ”“We´re not goofing off, a dish fell and broke and we´re cleaning it off the floor”“.” 1453 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq251-500 濫ランみだ.りに、みだ.りがましい excessive, overflow, spread out 氾濫(はんらん): overflowing; flood 1 S 水: water 監: oversee; official; govt office; rule; administer 18 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic overflow Who´s job is it to oversee the water level on the dam? It´ts overflowing! The overseer isn´t doing his job and he lets the slaves overflow the sink! 1454 gradeS JLPT.N1 鑑カンかんが.みる、かがみあき, あきら specimen, take warning from, learn from 鑑賞(かんしょう): appreciation (e.g. of art); aesthetic sense 印鑑(いんかん): stamp; seal 図鑑(ずかん): illustrated reference book; illustrated encyclopedia (esp. for children); picture book 年鑑(ねんかん): yearbook; almanac; annual 1 S 1391 金: gold 監: oversee; official; govt office; rule; administer 23 金 167 8 かね・かねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic specimen The overseer tags his slaves with gold earrings, just like specimens. (Thanks bodhisamaya) The authorities are suspicious about the athlete that won GOLD at the olympics. They are now OVERSEEING a thorough drug test, taking all sorts of SPECIMENS. 1455 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 猛モウたけ, たけし, たける fierce, rave, rush, become furious, wildness, strength 猛烈(もうれつ): violent; vehement; raging; stout; intense; spirited; stormy 1 S 1301 犬: dog 孟: chief; beginning 11 犬 94 4 いぬ・けものへん (none) 形声 Phonetic fierce The fierce WILD DOG attacked the CHILD who came near his feeding DISH. If you want to make your wild dogs fierce, feed them a child. Children are the holy grail of dogfood you know… 1456 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 盛セイ、ジョウも.る、さか.る、さか.んもり boom, prosper, copulate 盛ん(さかん): (1) popular (2) prosperous (3) enthusiastic (4) energetic; vigorous 盛り(さかり): (1) peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); height (e.g. of summer) (2) prime (of one's life); one's best days (3) rutting; being in heat 盛る(もる): (1) to serve (food, etc.) (2) to fill up (3) to prescribe 盛大(せいだい): grand; prosperous; magnificent 全盛(ぜんせい): height of prosperity 繁盛(はんじょう): prosperity; flourishing; thriving 盛り上がる(もりあがる): (1) to swell; to rise; to bulge; to be piled up (2) to rouse; to get excited 目盛り(めもり): scale; gradations 盛る(さかる): (1) to prosper; to flourish (2) to copulate (animals) 盛装(せいそう): dressed up; wearing rich clothes 1 6 712 成: turn into; become; get; grow; elapse; reach 皿: dish; a helping; plate 11 皿 108 5 さら (none) 形声 Phonetic boom Japan´s economic boom turned their empty plates into full ones. The boom of satellite TV has made antennas turn into dishes. 1457 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 塩エンしお salt 塩(しお): (1) salt (i.e. sodium chloride); common salt; table salt (2) salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.) 食塩(しょくえん): table salt 塩辛い(しおからい): salty (taste) 2 4 1148 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 口: mouth 皿: dish; a helping; plate 13 鹵 197 11 ろ・しお・しおへん鹽形声 Phonetic salt In the old days, salt was a worth alot, so it is not surprising to find someone reclining on the ground, mouth to plate, getting every last grain of that delicious salt. “The eccentric explorer lay down on the earth 土, opened his mouth 口, and licked it. ”“As I suspected!”“ he said, ”“It's salt. Something to spice up our dishes 皿 with!”“” 1458 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Substance kanjifreq1001-1500 銀ギンしろがねうん, かな, かね silver 銀行(ぎんこう): bank 銀(ぎん): (1) silver; silver coin; silver paint (2) silver general (shogi) 4 3 395 金: gold 艮: northeast (Oriental zodiac); stopping; good radical (no. 138) 14 金 167 8 かね・かねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic silver Like gold, silver is a metal. “Not sure why Heisig find the right side so troublesome. My grandma´s hairpin (just before long (#1920)) is made of silver, the metal that best reflects sun light. I´m sure you can see the flash from her hair as she walks by on a sunny day. Note that the two elements (sun and hairpin) share not only a horizontal stroke, but also the left vertical one. Therefore a bit odd stroke order.” 1459 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Nature_Substance Kanji_Physical.Properties_Color kanjifreq251-500 恨コンうら.む、うら.めしい regret, bear a grudge, resentment, malice, hatred 恨み(うらみ): (1) resentment; grudge; malice; bitterness (2) matter for regret; regret 恨む(うらむ): (1) to resent; to curse; to feel bitter; to blame; to bear a grudge (2) to regret 1 S 1877 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 艮: northeast (Oriental zodiac); stopping; good radical (no. 138) 9 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic resentment The athlete´s state of mind is nothing but resentment after getting the silver medal. Data´s greatest resentment is getting a silver medal in Science Olympiad. (Image: Data fuming on the podium muttering about being half robot). 1460 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1501-2000 根コンね、-ね root, radical, head (pimple) 根元(ねもと): root; source; origin; foundation; base; principle 根拠(こんきょ): basis; foundation 根(ね): (1) root (of a plant) (2) root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.) (3) root root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis (4) one's true nature (5) (fishing) reef 屋根(やね): roof 根回し(ねまわし): making necessary arrangements; laying the groundwork 垣根(かきね): hedge; fence 根気(こんき): patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy 根底(こんてい): root; basis; foundation 球根(きゅうこん): (plant) bulb 利根(りこん): intelligence; cleverness; innate aptitude 2 3 620 木: tree; wood 艮: northeast (Oriental zodiac); stopping; good radical (no. 138) 10 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic root Since trees eat through their roots, one could imagine roots as tree silverware. The roots of the magical tree are silver. 1461 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq501-750 即ソクつ.く、つ.ける、すなわ.ち instant, namely, as is, conform, agree, adapt 即する(そくする): to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on 即ち(すなわち): that is; namely; i.e. 即座に(そくざに): immediately; right away; on the spot 即(そく): (1) instantly; immediately; at once (2) that is (to say); namely 1 S 1167 艮: northeast (Oriental zodiac); stopping; good radical (no. 138) 卩: seal radical (no. 26) 7 卩 26 2 ふし・ふしづくり・わりふ卽会意 Compound Ideographic instant He scratches off the silver stamp and discovers that he is an instant winner. For instant postal delivery, buy a silver stamp! 1462 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 爵シャク baron, peerage, court rank 1 S 爪: claw; nail; talon 网: net; net or net crown radical (no. 122) 艮: northeast (Oriental zodiac); stopping; good radical (no. 138) 寸: measurement; foot/10 17 爪 87 4 つめ・つめがしら・つめかんむり・そうにょう・のつ (none) 象形 Pictographic baron The baron is very suspicious, always looking around with vulture eyes and keeping the silver glued to the table so no one can steal it. Here we see an evil baron - a vulture perched on his shoulder, and a siver eye-patch glued to his eye. 1463 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Role.Status 節セツ、セチふし、-ぶし、のっとたかし node, season, period, occasion, verse, clause, stanza, honor, joint, knuckle, knob, knot, tune, melody 季節(きせつ): season 節(せつ): (1) occasion; time (2) section (of a literary work); paragraph; verse; stanza; passage (3) node (of a plant stem) (4) clause (5) (taxonomical) section 節約(せつやく): economising; saving 調節(ちょうせつ): regulation; adjustment; control 節(ふし): (1) joint; knuckle (2) tune; melody (3) knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem (4) part; notable characteristic 2 4 934 竹: bamboo 即: instant; namely; as is; conform; agree; adapt 13 竹 118 6 たけ・たけかんむり節形声 Phonetic node Counting the nodes on bamboo is an instant way to tell its age. A certain species of bamboo is considered the fastest growing plant in the world. A new node can be formed in an instant. 1464 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Body_General Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art Kanji_Time_Season kanjifreq751-1000 退タイしりぞ.く、しりぞ.ける、ひ.く、の.く、の.ける、ど.く retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject 退職(たいしょく): retirement (from office) 引退(いんたい): retire 脱退(だったい): secession; retirement; withdrawal (e.g. from a lawsuit) 辞退(じたい): declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. candidacy); pulling out (e.g. race); excusing oneself 退院(たいいん): leaving hospital; discharge from hospital 退学(たいがく): dropping out of school 退治(たいじ): (1) extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; eradication; suppression (2) making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings (3) curing illness 後退(こうたい): (1) retreat (2) backspace; BS 退ける(のける): (1) to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside (2) to remove; to exclude; to take away (3) to set aside; to keep apart (4) to remove (someone) from the group; to shun (5) (after the -te form of a verb) to do well despite difficulties; to accomplish despite adversity (6) (after the -te form of a verb) to do resolutely; to do boldly 退屈(たいくつ): tedium; boredom 退く(のく): (1) to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way (2) to resign; to retire; to quit; to secede 退く(しりぞく): (1) to step back; to move back (2) to leave (the presence of a superior); to withdraw; to retreat; to concede (3) to resign; to retire; to quit 退化(たいか): degeneration; retrogression 退ける(しりぞける): to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject 3 5 424 艮: northeast (Oriental zodiac); stopping; good radical (no. 138) 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 9 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic retreat If you see silver on the road (eg. gun, armour, sword) ⇒ retreat! In the land of Oz, you advance by following the golden road, but you reatreat by following the Silver Road. 1465 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 限ゲンかぎ.る、かぎ.り、-かぎ.り limit, restrict, to best of ability 期限(きげん): (1) term; period; time frame (2) time limit; deadline; cutoff (date) 権限(けんげん): power; authority; jurisdiction 制限(せいげん): restriction; restraint; limitation; limit 限界(げんかい): limit; bound 限る(かぎる): (1) to restrict; to limit; to confine (2) to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be confined to 限定(げんてい): limit; restriction 限度(げんど): limit; bounds 限り(かぎり): (1) limit; limits; bounds (2) degree; extent; scope (3) as far as possible; as much as possible; to the best of one's ability (4) unless (after neg. verb) (5) the end; the last 無限(むげん): infinite 局限(きょくげん): limit; localize; localise 3 5 405 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 艮: northeast (Oriental zodiac); stopping; good radical (no. 138) 9 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic limit He was pushed to the limit at the end of the marathon, climbing on top of the Acropolis, but had to settle for the silver medal. At The Pinnacle, they limit how much silver you can have. Too much silver will lead to wrongfulness. 1466 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 眼ガン、ゲンまなこ、め eyeball 眼鏡(めがね): (1) spectacles; glasses (2) judgement; discrimination; discernment; insight 眼科(がんか): ophthalmology 近眼(きんがん): nearsightedness; shortsightedness; myopia 眼球(がんきゅう): eyeball 1 5 1527 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 艮: northeast (Oriental zodiac); stopping; good radical (no. 138) 11 目 109 5 め・めへん・よこめ (none) 形声 Phonetic eyeball Be careful putting silverware near your eyes: you could lose an eyeball! Eyeballs made of silver. That´s what they use to play pachinko with, isn´t it? 1467 grade5 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Head.Neck kanjifreq1501-2000 良リョウよ.い、-よ.い、い.い、-い.いじ, なが, まこと, よし, ら, りょ, ろう good, pleasing, skilled 良い(いい): (1) good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable (2) sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared (3) profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial (4) OK 不良(ふりょう): badness; inferiority; delinquency; failure; defect; blemish 改良(かいりょう): improvement; reform 良好(りょうこう): favorable; favourable; satisfactory 良心(りょうしん): conscience 仲良し(なかよし): intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum 良識(りょうしき): good sense 良質(りょうしつ): good quality; superior quality 良く(よく): (1) nicely; properly; well; skillfully (2) frequently; often 善良(ぜんりょう): goodness; excellence; virtue 良し(よし): good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable 3 4 501 艮: northeast (Oriental zodiac); stopping; good radical (no. 138) 7 艮 138 6 うしとら・こん・こんづくり・ねづくり (none) 象形 Pictographic good With a drop of silver, the forces of good can vanquish the werewolves. A drop of silver is good, but a whole bar of it is better! 1468 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Judgement kanjifreq501-750 朗ロウほが.らか、あき.らかあき, あきら, お, さえ, ろ melodious, clear, bright, serene, cheerful 朗読(ろうどく): reading aloud; recitation 明朗(めいろう): bright; clear; cheerful 朗らか(ほがらか): brightness; cheerfulness; melodious 1 6 1374 良: good; pleasing; skilled 肉: meat 10 月 74 4 つき・つきへん朗形声 Phonetic melodious [Image: ´Moonlight sonata´] The moon has inspired many good composers (like Ludwig van Beethoven) to write something melodious. A glowing halo surrounds a magnificent full moon. A perfect image of the mythic and melodious music of the spheres. 1469 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 浪ロウなに, なみ wandering, waves, billows 浪費(ろうひ): waste; extravagance 1 S 1508 水: water 良: good; pleasing; skilled 10 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic wandering Water is a good thing to have when you´re out wandering. John the Baptist with a halo sprinkling water on people as he´s wandering the wilderness. 1470 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 娘ジョウむすめ、こ daughter, girl 娘(むすめ): (1) (my) daughter (2) girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman) 3 S 1145 女: woman; female 良: good; pleasing; skilled 10 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 形声 Phonetic daughter Your daughter is a good girl……well, let´s hope so… . “Be careful not to think woman + angel here, which has already been seen for attractive (#430). Suggest using woman with a halo, as in an innocent girl, something that everyone sees their daughters as being.” 1471 gradeS JLPT.N3 Kanji_People_Family kanjifreq1001-1500 食ショク、ジキく.う、く.らう、た.べる、は.むぐい eat, food 食事(しょくじ): (1) meal (2) to eat 食品(しょくひん): commodity; foodstuff 食料(しょくりょう): food 昼食(ちゅうしょく): (1) lunch; midday meal (2) food served at a tea party (tea ceremony) 給食(きゅうしょく): school lunch; providing a meal 食べ物(たべもの): food 食堂(しょくどう): (1) dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; messroom (2) restaurant; eatery; snack bar; diner 食卓(しょくたく): dining table 食物(しょくもつ): food; foodstuff 食器(しょっき): tableware 食欲(しょくよく): appetite (for food) 主食(しゅしょく): staple food 定食(ていしょく): set meal; special (of the day) 食違う(くいちがう): to cross each other; to run counter to; to differ; to clash; to go awry 食糧(しょくりょう): food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply 食料品(しょくりょうひん): foodstuff; groceries 食べる(たべる): (1) to eat (2) to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on 衣食住(いしょくじゅう): necessities of life (food, clothing & shelter) 食塩(しょくえん): table salt 食う(くう): (1) to eat (2) to live; to make a living; to survive (3) to bite; to sting (as insects do) (4) to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of (5) to encroach on; to eat into; to consume (6) to defeat a superior; to threaten a position (7) to consume time and-or resources (8) to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event) (9) to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time 5 2 328 食: eat, food, food radical (no. 184) 9 食 184 9 しょく・しょくへん (none) 象形 Pictographic eat That umbrella looks good enough to eat! Umbrella + Good: Let's go eat at that restaurant - the table with the umbrella looks good. 1472 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq251-500 飯ハンめしい, いい, いり, え meal, boiled rice 飯(めし): (1) cooked rice (2) meal; food (3) one's livelihood 朝ご飯(あさごはん): breakfast 夕飯(ゆうめし): evening meal ご飯(ごはん): (1) cooked rice (2) meal 昼飯(ひるめし): lunch; midday meal 晩御飯(ばんごはん): dinner; evening meal 昼ご飯(ひるごはん): lunch; midday meal 4 4 1046 食: eat; food 反: anti- 12 食 184 9 しょく・しょくへん (none) 形声 Phonetic meal After I eat a meal, I always have to take an anti-acid. I´m anti-fastfood. Sit down and eat a real meal! 1473 grade4 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq1001-1500 飲イン、オンの.む、-の.み drink, smoke, take 飲物(のみもの): drink; beverage 飲む(のむ): (1) to drink; to gulp; to swallow (2) to smoke (tobacco) (3) to engulf; to overwhelm (4) to keep down; to suppress (5) to accept (e.g. demand, condition) (6) to make light of; to conceal 飲み込む(のみこむ): (1) to gulp down; to swallow deeply (2) to understand; to take in; to catch on to; to learn; to digest 湯飲み(ゆのみ): teacup 5 3 969 食: eat; food 欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76) 12 食 184 9 しょく・しょくへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic drink My experience with Japanese enkais (dinner parties): plenty to drink drink drink, but a severe lack of food, T_T. When you lack food, just drink something to fill you up. 1474 grade3 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq751-1000 飢キう.える hungry, starve 飢える(うえる): to starve; to thirst; to be hungry 飢饉(ききん): famine; drought; shortage; crop failure 1 S 1659 食: eat; food 几: table; table enclosure; table or windy radical (no. 16) 10 食 184 9 しょく・しょくへん (none) 形声 Phonetic hungry The smell of cooked food wafts past you in the wind, making your stomach rumble and feeling hungry. The wind blew away my food, so now I´m hungry. 1475 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 餓ガう.える starve, hungry, thirst 1 S 1754 食: eat; food 我: ego; I; selfish; our; oneself 15 食 184 9 しょく・しょくへん (none) 形声 Phonetic starve All those starving models in Hollywood - they want to eat, but their ego (about their appearance and trim look) makes sure they grin and bear it! He starves for FOOD but his EGO won´t let him beg. 1476 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 飾ショクかざ.る、かざ.りしか decorate, ornament, adorn, embellish 飾り(かざり): decoration 装飾(そうしょく): ornament 飾る(かざる): to decorate; to ornament; to adorn 着飾る(きかざる): to dress up 首飾り(くびかざり): necklace; choker 修飾(しゅうしょく): (1) ornamentation; embellishment; decoration; adornment; polish up (writing) (2) modification; qualification 1 S 1193 食: eat; food 巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50) 13 食 184 9 しょく・しょくへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic decorate [decorate; ornament; adorn; embellish] We decorate a table before eating, reclining a towel over it. Naked sushi: a lady reclining on a towel as decoration for the food laid out on her. 1477 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 館カンやかた、たてたち building, mansion, large building, palace 大使館(たいしかん): embassy 美術館(びじゅつかん): art gallery; art museum 博物館(はくぶつかん): museum 図書館(としょかん): library 映画館(えいがかん): movie theatre (theater); cinema 旅館(りょかん): Japanese hotel; inn; ryokan 会館(かいかん): meeting hall; assembly hall 本館(ほんかん): main building 館(やかた): (1) mansion; small castle (2) nobleman; noblewoman (3) boat cabin 館(かん): house; hall; building 4 3 613 食: eat; food 官: bureaucrat; the government 16 食 184 9 しょく・しょくへん (none) 形声 Phonetic Bldg. This Bldg. is like all the other government buildings - they house bureaucrats who sit around sipping wine and eating expensive meals at the taxpayers expense. A building that eats bureaucrats!!!!!!!! 1478 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq501-750 養ヨウ、リョウやしな.うや foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture 栄養(えいよう): nutrition; nourishment 教養(きょうよう): cultivation; refinement; culture; education 休養(きゅうよう): rest; break; recreation 扶養(ふよう): support (family, esp. dependents: children or spouse); maintenance 保養(ほよう): health preservation; recuperation; recreation 養う(やしなう): to rear; to maintain; to support (e.g. family); to cultivate 養護(ようご): nursing; (protective) care 養分(ようぶん): nourishment; nutrient 1 4 888 羊: sheep 食: eat; food 15 食 184 9 しょく・しょくへん (none) 形声 Phonetic foster A sheep became the foster parent for a wolf pup, feeding it with milk. This story cannot end well… “Judy Foster in ”“The Silence of the Lambs”“ is what Dr. Hannibal-the cannibal-Lecter would like to eat.” 1479 grade4 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 飽ホウあ.きる、あ.かす、あ.くあき, あく sated, tired of, bored, satiate 飽和(ほうわ): saturation 飽きる(あきる): to get tired of; to lose interest in; to have enough 飽く迄(あくまで): to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; stubbornly; persistently; to the utmost 1 S 1780 食: eat; food 包: wrap; pack up; cover; conceal 13 食 184 9 しょく・しょくへん (none) 形声 Phonetic sated My gluttony was only sated after I ate the hamburger AND the wrapper! This guy is sated only after eating the hamburger AND its wrapping! 1480 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 既キすで.に previously, already, long ago 既に(すでに): already; too late 既婚(きこん): marriage; married 1 S 1081 艮: northeast (Oriental zodiac); stopping; good radical (no. 138) 无: nothing; not exist; crooked heaven radical (no.71) 10 无 71 4 む・むにょう・すでのつくり既会意 Compound Ideographic previously “Distinguish from formerly (#501). Think of previously as ”“the previous customer”“ in a restaurant. At a cheap sleazy diner, the waitress gives you unwashed silverware that was previously used by the previous customer. Yuck.” For the waitress primitive, I don´t really see the receipt. So instead, I imagine a waitress holding a plate above her head, using those legs to weave through the tables. 1481 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 概ガイおおむ.ね outline, condition, approximation, generally 概念(がいねん): general idea; concept; notion 一概に(いちがいに): unconditionally; as a rule 概論(がいろん): introduction; outline; general remarks 大概(たいがい): (1) in general; almost all (2) mainly; mostly; most likely (3) moderately; suitably 概略(がいりゃく): outline; summary; gist; in brief 概説(がいせつ): general statement; outline 1 S 1335 木: tree; wood 既: previously; already; long ago 14 木 75 4 き・きへん槪形声 Phonetic outline The police tried to draw a chalk outline around the dead waitress, but it was kinda tough with all the tree roots underneath her. If you attempted to outline the biography of most famous actresses, you´d find that they have roots working as waitresses before getting their big break. 1482 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 慨ガイ rue, be sad, sigh, lament 憤慨(ふんがい): indignation; resentment 1 S 1875 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 既: previously; already; long ago 13 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん慨形声 Phonetic rue If you don´t leave some silver as a tip, you will rue the day you earned the resentment of your waitress. The resentment of a waitress who gave up going to college to help her boyfriend (with his tuition). She rues that decision ever since she got dumped by him (just after he graduated). 1483 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1501-2000 平ヘイ、ビョウ、ヒョウたい.ら、-だいら、ひら、ひら- たいら, たら, はち, ひ, ひとし, へ, へん even, flat, peace 平行(へいこう): (1) (going) side-by-side; abreast (2) concurrent; occurring together; at the same time (3) parallel 平和(へいわ): peace; harmony 平均(へいきん): (1) average; mean (2) balance; equilibrium 平等(びょうどう): equality; impartiality; evenness 平日(へいじつ): (1) weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday) (2) kanji radical 73 平野(へいや): plain; open field 公平(こうへい): fairness; impartial; justice 水平(すいへい): level; horizontality 平常(へいじょう): normal; usual 地平線(ちへいせん): horizon (related to land) 不平(ふへい): complaint; discontent; dissatisfaction 平凡(へいぼん): common; commonplace; ordinary; mediocre 平気(へいき): coolness; calmness; composure; unconcern 水平線(すいへいせん): horizon (related to sea or lakes) 平方(へいほう): square (e.g. metre); square 平仮名(ひらがな): hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.) 平たい(ひらたい): (1) flat; even; level; simple (2) plain (speech, etc.); simple 平ら(たいら): flatness; level; smooth; calm; plain; sitting tailor fashion 3 3 128 干: dry; parch 5 干 51 3 かん・いちじゅう・ほす・ひる・たてかん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic even There´s an even covering of water lilies on the pond at 金閣寺（きんかくじ） the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto. “Frogs stay dry (#1648) 干 even as rain drops on their lily pads…” 1484 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 呼コよ.ぶよぶ call, call out to, invite 呼びかける(よびかける): to call out to; to accost; to address (crowd); to appeal 呼ぶ(よぶ): (1) to call out (to); to call; to invoke (2) to summon (a doctor, etc.) (3) to invite (4) to designate; to name; to brand (5) to garner (support, etc.); to gather (6) to take as one's wife 呼吸(こきゅう): (1) breath; respiration (2) knack; trick; secret (of doing something) 呼び出す(よびだす): (1) to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to decoy; to lure (2) to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call 呼び止める(よびとめる): to challenge; to call somebody to halt 嗚呼(ああ): (1) Ah!; Oh!; Alas! (2) Yes; Indeed; That is correct (3) Hey!; Yo! (4) Uh huh; Yeah yeah; Right; Gotcha 3 6 498 口: mouth 乎: question mark; ? 8 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic call 'Budd' - 'weis' - 'er' call the frogs mouths from the liliy pads, working to get you hooked on beer. I´m a lazy fisher, so I genetically engineered a lily pad with a fishing hook at the stem and a mouth to call me whenever it catches something. 1485 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 坪ヘイつぼ two-mat area, ~36 sq ft 1 S 1823 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 平: even; flat; peace 8 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic two-mat area A two-mat area is just about as much ground as you will need for a lily pond. A two-mat area is plenty of space for sleeping in a tent but you won´t be comfortable unless the ground is even. 1486 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Counting_Units.of.Area kanjifreq1501-2000 評ヒョウ evaluate, criticism, comment 評価(ひょうか): (1) valuation; estimation; assessment; evaluation (2) to value; to assess; to estimate value (3) to appreciate; to value highly; to acknowledge the value (of something) 評判(ひょうばん): (1) fame; reputation; popularity (2) rumour (rumor); talk 評論(ひょうろん): criticism; critique 批評(ひひょう): criticism; review; commentary 書評(しょひょう): book review 好評(こうひょう): popularity; favorable reputation; favourable reputation 不評(ふひょう): bad reputation; disgrace; unpopularity 2 5 454 言: say 平: even; flat; peace 12 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic evaluate Good evaluation should always be words of even fairness. You get an evaluation copy of MS Word because you want to evaluate whether it´s worth buying the full version. At the end of the evaluation period the CD turns into a lilypad so you can´t use it any more (an innovative new copy-protection trick). 1487 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 刈ガイ、カイか.るかっ, かり reap, cut, clip, trim, prune 刈る(かる): to cut (hair); to mow (grass); to harvest; to clip; to shear; to reap; to trim; to prune 1 S 1738 乂: mow; cut grass; subdue 刀: sword; saber; knife 4 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 象形 Pictographic reap A SABRE is used to cut the stalks of plants being REAPED at harvest. They are then combined into a SHEAF. The Grim Reaper´s name is メリ(Mary)… 1488 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 希キ、ケまれのぞ, のぞみ hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal 希望(きぼう): hope; wish; aspiration 2 4 896 乂: mow; cut grass; subdue 布: linen; cloth 7 巾 50 3 はば・はばへん・きんべん (none) 象形 Pictographic hope I hope this works, you say as you stuff a sheaf of stalks under your blanket but above your linens. Your real hope is that your parents don´t find out that you left the house. “Wolverine (sheaf, see reap (#1488)) hopes they invent linen sheets that he won´t keep shredding in his sleep.” 1489 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 凶キョウ villain, evil, bad luck, disaster 凶作(きょうさく): bad harvest; poor crop 1 S 1673 乂: mow; cut grass; subdue 凵: open box enclosure; open box radical (no. 17) 4 凵 17 2 かんにょう・うけばこ・かんがまえ (none) 象形 Pictographic villain Here the villain digs a hole with a shovel and covers it with a sheaf, hoping someone will fall in. “Wolverine (sheaf, see reap (#1488)) takes out a villain who can´t be cut by smacking the crap out of him with a shovel.” 1490 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 胸キョウむね、むな- bosom, breast, chest, heart, feelings 胸(むね): (1) chest; breast (2) breasts; bosom; bust (3) heart (4) lungs (5) stomach (6) heart; mind; feelings 2 6 1144 肉: meat 匈: turmoil; Hungary 10 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic bosom Just think of the heroine's bosom in a movie. The villain ties up the heroine (to the traintracks or the conveyor belt etc) but her bosom is the body part that is always left sticking out. As you know, female comics villains are always binding the flesh of their bosom up in interesting ways. One has to wonder how these clothes stay on their body at all… 1491 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Body_Organ.Torso kanjifreq1001-1500 離リはな.れる、はな.す detach, separation, disjoin, digress 距離(きょり): distance; range 分離(ぶんり): separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation; decollation 離れる(はなれる): to be separated from; to leave; to go away; to be a long way off 離婚(りこん): divorce 離す(はなす): to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart 1 S 555 离: rare beast; strange; elegant 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 19 隹 172 8 ふるとり (none) 形声 Phonetic detach I´ve finally met my arch-rival, the evilest of all villains. Finally, I´m about to fight him. But what´s this? He´s suspiciously quiet. I move to attack him, and his right arm falls off at the elbow. Strange. I walk up to him and detach his left arm. Very strange. I undo his belt, and take off his top hat… BLAST! It was just a decoy turkey! The left side isn't too hard—a top-hatted villain whose villainy involves belts around elbows? Clearly he's a drug dealer. And the best way to detach yourself from the drug dealer's influence is to go cold turkey. 1492 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 殺サツ、サイ、セツころ.す、-ごろ.し、そ.ぐ kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil 殺人(さつじん): murder 殺す(ころす): to kill 自殺(じさつ): suicide 暗殺(あんさつ): assassination 殺気(さっき): thirst for blood 3 4 581 乂: mow; cut grass; subdue 木: tree; wood 殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79) 10 殳 79 4 るまた・ほこづくり殺会意 Compound Ideographic kill X marks the spot on the tree where the missile hit. No doubt, it was meant to kill us. I suppose when this kanji was made, it was most effective to kill your enemies with sheafs of wood used as missiles. 1493 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq501-750 純ジュンあつ, すみ, み, やすし, よし genuine, purity, innocence, net (profit) 単純(たんじゅん): simplicity; simple; uncomplicated 純粋(じゅんすい): pure; true; genuine; unmixed 純情(じゅんじょう): pure heart; naivete; self-sacrificing devotion 清純(せいじゅん): purity; innocence 2 6 1044 糸: thread 屯: barracks; police station; camp 10 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic genuine For remembering the primitive earthworm: Drops of rain were falling so I took my shovel to dig up some earthworms to put them on my fishook….. My story: To have a genuine fishing line you don't just pick up a stick but you also attach some thread onto it and at the end an earthworm must be hung. You need to attach a genuine earthworm to the thread. With plastic bait you won´t catch anything. 1494 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 鈍ドンにぶ.い、にぶ.る、にぶ-、なま.る、なまく.ら dull, slow, foolish, blunt 鈍い(のろい): (1) dull (e.g. a knife); blunt (2) thickheaded; obtuse; stupid (3) dull (sound); dim (light) (4) slow; sluggish; inert; lethargic (5) indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting 鈍感(どんかん): thickheadedness; stolidity; insensitivity 鈍る(にぶる): to become less capable; to grow dull; to become blunt; to weaken 2 S 1574 金: gold 屯: barracks; police station; camp 12 金 167 8 かね・かねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic dull The metal hook is too dull to even pierce an earthworm…. From the earthworm´s perspective, it most be pretty dull when you are put in a metal bowl, just waiting for being put on the hook on the fishing trip the next day. 1495 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1501-2000 辛シンから.い、つら.い、-づら.い、かのと spicy, bitter, hot, acrid 辛い(からい): (1) spicy; hot (2) salty (3) tough (on someone); adverse; harsh 香辛料(こうしんりょう): spices 辛うじて(かろうじて): barely; narrowly; just manage to do something 辛抱(しんぼう): patience; endurance 塩辛い(しおからい): salty (taste) 辛い(つらい): painful; bitter; heart-breaking 辛い(づらい): difficult to (do something) 2 S 1607 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 十: ten 7 辛 160 7 しん・からい (none) 象形 Pictographic spicy Eating spicy food makes you stand up ten times faster than usual, ´cause you just need to get something to drink! Eating spicy food makes you stand up as if you had sat on a needle. 1496 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Sense kanjifreq1501-2000 辞ジや.める、いな.む resign, word, term, expression 百科辞典(ひゃっかじてん): encyclopedia; encyclopaedia 辞職(じしょく): resignation 辞書(じしょ): (1) dictionary; lexicon (2) letter of resignation 辞典(じてん): dictionary 辞退(じたい): declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. candidacy); pulling out (e.g. race); excusing oneself お世辞(おせじ): flattery; compliment 辞める(やめる): to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.) お辞儀(おじぎ): bow; bowing 世辞(せじ): flattery; compliment 3 4 633 舌: tongue; reed; clapper 辛: spicy; bitter; hot; acrid 13 辛 160 7 しん・からい辭会意 Compound Ideographic resign This guy´s job is tasting the spicy curry at the local Indian Food Factory. He has to resign from his job before his tongue is rendered completely useless after all the spicy food that he has to try all day long… After my tongue touched the most spicy pepper of all, I had to resign from the contest…too hot for me! 1497 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq501-750 梓シあずさ catalpa tree 1 S+ 2301 木: tree; wood 辛: spicy; bitter; hot; acrid (none) catalpa “The CATALPA is the tree that bears the SPICY Indian bean (NOTE - The Catalpa is also known as the ”“Indian Bean”“ due to the bean pods that grow from it).” The caterpillar´s favorite tree is the catalpa because it tastes spicy. 1498 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 宰サイただ superintend, manager, rule 1 S 1597 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 辛: spicy; bitter; hot; acrid 10 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic superintend The superintendent of a Japanese school district needs a spicy relationship at home after watching girls in miniskirts all day. The superintendent of an old-age house has to make sure the food is never too spicy. 1499 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 壁ヘキかべ wall, lining (stomach), fence “壁(かべ): (1) wall; barrier (2) Chinese ”“Wall”“ constellation (one of the 28 mansions)” 2 S 1037 辟: false; punish; crime; law 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 16 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic wall Did anyone else used to put ketchup packets on the ground and jump on them so they spattered on the wall? Primitive for Ketchup: When the taste is too spicy your mouth has basically given up trying to handle it ..or in other words raised the white flag of surrender. But unlike war , putting Ketchup on it will usually solve the problem. Wall(dingomick); Did anyone else used to put ketchup packets on the ground and jump on them so they spattered on the wall? 1500 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1001-1500 避ヒさ.ける、よ.ける evade, avoid, avert, ward off, shirk, shun 避難(ひなん): taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape 避ける(さける): (1) to avoid (physical contact with) (2) to avoid (situation) (3) to ward off; to avert 1 S 756 辟: false; punish; crime; law 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 16 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic evade You can try and evade them, but they´ll ketchup with you on the road… Sorry, couldn´t resist it. In order to evade the bear, you lie down on the road, put ketchup on yourself, and play dead. 1501 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 新シンあたら.しい、あら.た、あら-、にい- あせ, あたらし, し, に, にっ, につ, よし new 新た(あらた): (1) new; fresh; novel (2) newly; freshly; re- 新聞(しんぶん): newspaper 新人(しんじん): (1) new face; newcomer (2) modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards) 新幹線(しんかんせん): bullet train (very high speed); Shinkansen 革新(かくしん): reform; innovation 新聞社(しんぶんしゃ): newspaper company 新鮮(しんせん): fresh 新しい(あたらしい): new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern 新興(しんこう): rising; developing; emergent 新築(しんちく): new building; new construction 新婚(しんこん): newly-wed 新(しん): (1) new; neo- (2) Gregorian calendar (3) Xin (dynasty of China) 新入生(しんにゅうせい): new student; freshman; first-year student 5 2 51 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 木: tree; wood 斤: axe; 1.32 lb; catty; counter for loaves of bread; axe radical (no. 69) 13 斤 69 4 おの・おのづくり・きん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic new “Don't confuse left primitive with catalpa (#1498). Every time the farmer cuts down the peppers from the red pepper plant, he has to use a brand new axe. This is because the spicy peppers cause the metal to erode very quickly, thereby rendering the axe completely useless.” Axe-man grows a patch of red pepper plants in his back garden. He rubs red peppers on the edge of his axes, and this seems to keep them sharp like brand new. 1502 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Time kanjifreq1-250 薪シンたきぎ、まき fuel, firewood, kindling 1 S 2182 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 新: new 16 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic firewood New flowers grow in areas of forests which have been chopped down for firewood. If your firewood is too new and still has flowers on it, it´s unsuitable for burning. You need drier wood. 1503 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 親シンおや、おや-、した.しい、した.しむぎ, ちか, のり parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards) 親(おや): (1) parent; parents (2) dealer (in cards) (3) founder (4) (pet) owner 父親(ちちおや): father 母親(ははおや): mother 両親(りょうしん): parents; both parents 親類(しんるい): relation; kin 親善(しんぜん): friendship 肉親(にくしん): blood relationship; blood relative 親しむ(したしむ): to be intimate with; to befriend 親友(しんゆう): close friend; bosom (old, intimate) friend; buddy; crony; chum 親切(しんせつ): kindness; gentleness 親指(おやゆび): thumb 親しい(したしい): intimate; close (e.g. friend) 親戚(しんせき): relative; relation; kin 親父(おやじ): one's father; old man; one's boss 4 2 406 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 木: tree; wood 見: see; hopes; chances; idea; opinion; look at; visible 16 見 147 7 みる (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic parent “A wise parent lets their kids learn. A kid wants to try to eat the red pepper plant, the wise parent says ”“Try it and see for yourself”“.” I remember this one the way the Japanese do: a parent standing on top of a tree watching what his or her kid is doing. 1504 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_People_Family kanjifreq251-500 幸コウさいわ.い、さち、しあわ.せこ, さき, さし, さっ, とも, ひろ, みゆき, ゆ, ゆき, よし happiness, blessing, fortune 不幸(ふこう): unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; disaster; accident; death 幸せ(しあわせ): happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing 幸福(こうふく): happiness; blessedness; joy; well-being 幸い(さいわい): (1) happiness; blessedness; luck; fortune; felicity (2) luckily; fortunately 幸運(こううん): good luck; fortune 3 3 786 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 干: dry; parch 8 干 51 3 かん・いちじゅう・ほす・ひる・たてかん (none) 象形 Pictographic happiness Happiness adds a bit (or ten) of spice to your life. This is one of those rare occasions when I forgo Heisig for other methods. 「幸せから一本取ると辛い」 – if you take but one stroke away from happiness, you get painfulness. (oh well, Heisig used similar one for 百). 1505 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq751-1000 執シツ、シュウと.るし tenacious, take hold, grasp, take to heart 執筆(しっぴつ): writing (e.g. as a profession) 執着(しゅうちゃく): attachment; adhesion; tenacity 1 S 800 幸: happiness; blessing; fortune 丸: round; full (month); perfection; -ship; pills; make round; roll up; curl up; seduce; explain away 11 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic tenacious Tenacious-D is happy band led by a fat man. (It´s Tenacious-D time, ya muthafucka´, gwaoh!). To be tenacious, you need to have deep stores of happiness (so troubles don´t discourage you) and you need to be big and round (so hunger doesn´t drive you to give up). The most tenacious person of all time was happy round Buddha! 1506 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 報ホウむく.いる report, news, reward, retribution 情報(じょうほう): (1) news; gossip; (military) intelligence (2) information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.) 報告(ほうこく): report; information 報道(ほうどう): (1) information; report; journalism; news (2) to report 報酬(ほうしゅう): remuneration; recompense; reward; toll 予報(よほう): forecast; prediction 電報(でんぽう): telegram 報じる(ほうじる): to inform; to report 天気予報(てんきよほう): weather forecast; weather report 報ずる(ほうずる): to inform; to report 3 5 167 幸: happiness; blessing; fortune 卩: seal radical (no. 26) 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 12 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic report “Recall the fashion model wearing just a stamp over his crotch (clothing (#1399)). When he got happy, of course, it ended up in the news report.” The long awaited report, 'Maximising Male Happiness In The Workplace' concluded that making bikinis, with only a stamp sized piece of cloth covering the crotch, compulsory for attractive female staff, was the most cost-effective means of achieving this aim. 1507 grade5 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq1-250 叫キョウさけ.ぶ shout, exclaim, yell 叫ぶ(さけぶ): to shout; to cry 叫び(さけび): shout; scream; outcry 2 S 1426 口: mouth 丩: to join or connect the vine 6 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic shout There was a man in a village who had a special gift : whenever he shouted and screamed, his mouth became a cornucopia, overflowing with fruits and food of all sorts. Many of the locals thought he was a cruel man, always screaming at his wife, until they realised he was in fact very kind, and his gift brought prosperity to his family. You can hold a CORNUCOPIA up to your MOUTH (like a megaphone) to SHOUT lounder. Also notice that the shape of CORNUCOPIA implies the shouts are 4 letter words. 1508 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 糾キュウただ.す twist, ask, investigate, verify 1 S 1820 糸: thread 丩: to join or connect the vine 9 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic twist A cornucopia is a twisted goat's horn decorated with coloured threads. [twist; ask; investigate; verify] Stories full of twists are difficult to write, because of the cornucopia of threads the author has to manage. 1509 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 収シュウおさ.める、おさ.まるのぶ income, obtain, reap, pay, supply, store 収入(しゅうにゅう): income; receipts; revenue 収支(しゅうし): income and expenditure 回収(かいしゅう): collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval 収集(しゅうしゅう): gathering up; collection; accumulation 収穫(しゅうかく): harvest; crop; ingathering 収容(しゅうよう): (1) accommodation; reception; housing (2) seating (3) custody (4) admission (5) entering (in a dictionary) 吸収(きゅうしゅう): absorption; suction; attraction 徴収(ちょうしゅう): collection; levy 収益(しゅうえき): earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue 領収(りょうしゅう): receipt; voucher 没収(ぼっしゅう): forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding 3 6 337 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 4 攴 66 4 ぼくにょう・ぼくづくり・とまた・のぶん・しぶん收会意 Compound Ideographic income “Prostitutes can make a veritable cornucopia of income by using their crotches – they put the ”“come”“ in ”“income.”“ (A bit lewd perhaps, but effective in keeping this character distinct from similar keywords like profit (#906) or earnings (#893)).” Women love men with money. If you have a high income you can get a cornicopia of crotches. 1510 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 卑ヒいや.しい、いや.しむ、いや.しめる lowly, base, vile, vulgar 卑怯(ひきょう): cowardice; meanness; unfairness 卑しい(いやしい): (1) lowborn; humble; lowly (2) vulgar; coarse; crude; mean; base; vile (3) shabby (4) greedy; gluttonous; avaricious 1 S 2003 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 田: rice field; rice paddy 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 十: ten 9 十 24 2 じゅう・じゅうへん卑会意 Compound Ideographic lowly Lowly people only have a drop of brains and use nothing but 4-letter words. A LOWLY single rice grain, DROPPED in an empty FIELD, can produce a CORNUCOPIA of food. 1511 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 碑ヒいしぶみ tombstone, monument 碑(いしぶみ): stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations); stele; stela 1 S 1792 石: stone 卑: lowly; base; vile; vulgar 14 石 112 5 いし・いしへん碑形声 Phonetic tombstone There is a grave of a lowly man with a tombstone made of a simple, small stone. If you bow really low you can read the very small inscription engraved on the stone, it says - “Now that you bowed so low to read this, you are as lowly as I once was”. A STONE makes a LOWLY TOMBSTONE. 1512 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1501-2000 陸リク、ロクおかくが, たち, みち, む, むつ land 大陸(たいりく): continent 陸(りく): land; shore 上陸(じょうりく): landing; disembarkation 着陸(ちゃくりく): landing; alighting; touch down 内陸(ないりく): inland 2 4 736 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 坴: clod of earth; land 11 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ (none) 形声 Phonetic land My rice-seedlings have become sentient and will go on a mission. I can only apologise for the next 6 frames. In the distance, there is a pinnacle, which the newly-awakened rice-seedlings who are still stuck in the ground can see. Could it be the Promised Land? When sailors see land in the distance, they first see the pinnacles of the new land, but when they come close enough they´ll be able to make out the rice seedlings, and finally the ground! 1513 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq501-750 睦ボク、モクむつ.まじい、むつ.む、むつ.ぶむつ, ちか, よし, あつ, む, むね intimate, friendly, harmonious 1 S 1993 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 13 目 109 5 め・めへん・よこめ (none) 形声 Phonetic intimate The farmer was never very intimate with his wife. He always kept his eye on his precious rice seedlings in the soil. I keep an intimate relationship with my rice seedlings – I never take my eye from the soil. 1514 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 勢セイ、ゼイいきお.い、はずみせ forces, energy, military strength 姿勢(しせい): attitude; posture; stance; approach; carriage (of the body) 情勢(じょうせい): state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances 勢力(せいりょく): influence; power; might; strength; potency; force; energy 勢い(いきおい): (1) force; vigor; vigour; energy; spirit; life (2) influence; authority; power; might (3) impetus; momentum; course (of events) (4) naturally; necessarily 態勢(たいせい): attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness 大勢(おおぜい): many; crowd; great number of people 優勢(ゆうせい): superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance 形勢(けいせい): condition; situation; prospects 2 5 260 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 丸: round; full (month); perfection; -ship; pills; make round; roll up; curl up; seduce; explain away 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 13 力 19 2 ちから・りきづくり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic forces What power makes rice seedlings in the ground grow into well rounded plants? The forces of nature. The forces of nature need to be just right for the rice seedlings in the ground to become fat and strong. 1515 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 熱ネツあつ.いあた heat, temperature, fever, mania, passion 熱(ねつ): (1) heat (2) fever; temperature (3) zeal; passion; enthusiasm (4) mania; craze; rage 熱心(ねっしん): zeal; enthusiasm 熱帯(ねったい): tropics 情熱(じょうねつ): passion; enthusiasm; zeal 熱意(ねつい): zeal; enthusiasm 熱い(あつい): hot (thing) 熱湯(ねっとう): boiling water 熱する(ねっする): to heat; to heat up 加熱(かねつ): heating; application of heat 光熱費(こうねつひ): cost of fuel and lighting; cost of heat and electricity; energy bill; utility cost 熱中(ねっちゅう): nuts!; enthusiasm; zeal; mania 熱量(ねつりょう): calorific value; quantity of heat; calorie 3 4 700 埶: art 火: fire 15 火 86 4 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic heat “Heat up those RICE SEEDLINGS you pulled from the SOIL in a ROUND pan over a low FLAME. (Note: the hot pan image helps reinforce the idea that this kanji for ”“atsui”“ refers to something hot to the touch, as opposed to hot weather).” “Just a comment on Erikkusan's story: Although one of the pronunciations of this kanji is ”“atsui”“ this isn't the atsui that you feel in Tokyo in August, (which is Frame 1260's ”“sultry' 暑). This atsui is the one when you touch something hot, like a fry pan. Another reading of this is ”“netsu,”“ which is the ”“fever”“ this fat man may feel after planting the rice seedlings.” 1516 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq501-750 菱リョウひし diamond, water chestnut 0 S+ 1229 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 儿: legs radical (no. 10) 夂: winter radical (no. 34) (none) diamond Some girls want diamonds, but others will be satisfied with just flowers. However if you think you can win her over with rice seedlings, expect her to get up on her walking legs and walk on out! Not a real diamond but a baseball one. No proper bases so we improvise, 1st is a bunch of flowers, 2nd is the pile of rice seedlings and so on… watch the running legs charge around after a big hit! 1517 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1001-1500 ShouldSuspend 陵リョウみささぎ mausoleum, imperial tomb 丘陵(きゅうりょう): hill 1 S 1746 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 坴: clod of earth; land 11 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ (none) 形声 Phonetic mausoleum “Ancient Japanese built a mausoleum for the ”“unknown rice farmer”“. It's on the pinnacle of Mt. Fuji, and it has a statue of a guy with huge walking legs planting rice seedlings as he goes.” At the pinnicle is a mausolem. The ground is sown with rice seedings to stop the dead from rising on walking legs. 1518 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 亥いり 1 S+ 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 人: person (none) sign of the hog A greedy hog in a top hat who has eaten all of the acorns. He even elbows people out of the way to get them. Top Hat + Elbow + Person: The sign of the hog was a very recognizable tattoo - a hog with a big grin in a top hat, sticking his elbow into the person next to him. 1519 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Zodiac ShouldSuspend 核カク nucleus, core, kernel 核(かく): (1) pit (of a fruit); stone (2) core (3) nucleus; nuclear (4) nuclear weaponry 結核(けっかく): tuberculosis; tubercule 1 S 475 木: tree; wood 亥: sign of the hog; 9-11PM; twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac 10 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic nucleus In the nucleus of the acorn, all the DNA is stored – the building blocks for a new tree. The nucleus of an oak TREE is an ACORN. 1520 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq251-500 刻コクきざ.む、きざ.み engrave, cut fine, chop, hash, mince, time, carving 深刻(しんこく): serious 彫刻(ちょうこく): carving; engraving; sculpture 時刻(じこく): instant; time; moment 刻む(きざむ): (1) to mince; to cut fine; to chop up; to hash (2) to carve; to engrave; to chisel; to notch (3) to tick away (time); to record the passing moments (4) to etch (into one's mind); to remember distinctly (5) to have tattooed (6) to torment 遅刻(ちこく): lateness; late coming 時刻表(じこくひょう): table; diagram; chart; timetable; schedule 3 6 866 亥: sign of the hog; 9-11PM; twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac 刀: sword; saber; knife 8 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 形声 Phonetic engrave This famous ninja (I always use ninjas with sabres, distinct from samurai) used to engrave the kanji for his name onto acorns, and throw the acorns to distract his enemies. The legend goes that by the time his victims would pick up the acorn and read the engraved kanji, they were already dead. While it´s traditional for lovers to engrave their names on a tree in many countries, in Japan, however, it was traditional for a samurai to signify his undying love for a woman by engraving the kanji of her name on an acorn with his sabre. 1521 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 該ガイ above-stated, the said, that specific 該当(がいとう): corresponding to; being applicable to; coming under; falling under; applying to; fulfilling 1 S 1648 言: say 亥: sign of the hog; 9-11PM; twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac 13 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic above-stated I asked my teacher what this strange word meant, and she furiously replied that it was explained in the above-stated paragraph before throwing an acorn at me! The above-stated words are the acorn from which the following statement grows. 1522 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 劾ガイ censure, criminal investigation 1 S 2085 亥: sign of the hog; 9-11PM; twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 8 力 19 2 ちから・りきづくり (none) 形声 Phonetic censure “Censure is the political equivalent of a ”“strongly worded letter,”“ according to Cornell's School of Law. It is a flex of muscle by congress against the current president, but it is a very weak one. Imagine censure as congress flexing as hard as it can, only to have a little acorn-sized bump of muscle pop up suddenly.” Acorn Power is the people´s way to CENSURE a congressman you don´t agree with. Pelt your Senator with acorns today. 1523 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 述ジュツの.べる mention, state, speak, relate 記述(きじゅつ): description; descriptor 述べる(のべる): to state; to express; to mention 口述(こうじゅつ): dictation; verbal statement 述語(じゅつご): predicate 2 5 379 朮: a type of millet; a type of herb 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 8 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic mention Why are the roads leading through the woods so sticky and dirty? Hmm… I think the forest ranger mentioned something about excess resin on the roads… No-body mentioned that there was resin on the road. Now I´m stuck! 1524 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 術ジュツすべ art, technique, skill, means, trick, resources, magic 技術(ぎじゅつ): art; craft; technique; technology; engineering; skill 芸術(げいじゅつ): (fine) art; the arts 美術(びじゅつ): art; fine arts 手術(しゅじゅつ): (surgical) operation; procedure 美術館(びじゅつかん): art gallery; art museum 戦術(せんじゅつ): tactics 学術(がくじゅつ): science; learning; scholarship 3 5 350 行: going; journey 朮: a type of millet; a type of herb 11 行 144 6 ぎょう・ぎょうがまえ・いく・ゆきがまえ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic art “Behold the ”“Boulev´Art”“ : a life-size section of a boulevard cast in a huge block of resin. Some call it … art.” The definition of art is getting more and more loose these days. Why even some resin spilled onto the boulevard is now counted as art! Hmmph! 1525 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 寒カンさむ.いさ, さん cold 寒気(かんき): (1) chill; the shivers; shivering fit (2) cold; coldness; cold air 寒い(さむい): (1) cold (e.g. weather) (2) dull; uninteresting; lame 寒帯(かんたい): frigid zone or belt 4 3 1456 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 三: three 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 冫: two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15) 12 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic cold “Don't mix up with cool (#1404), when the cool boys order each other around. This kind of cold has to do with weather. When its cold outside, I stay at home and have hot celery soup with chicken legs to keep out the ice. 寒い　＝　さむい　＝cold.” Some strange animal tried to steal a stalk of celery from my house. However, it was freezing and the floor was covered in ice, so the mysterious animal couldn´t get any traction. Picture a stalk of celery and a pair of animal legs slipping and sliding clumsily around the ice, and never able to leave the house. Eventually it got so cold that the little animal froze to death. 1526 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq1001-1500 醸ジョウかも.す brew, cause 1 S 1838 酉: west; bird; sign of the bird; 5-7PM; tenth sign of Chinese zodiac; sake radical (no. 164) 襄: rise; raise 20 酉 164 7 とり・とりへん・ひよみのとり・さけのとり釀形声 Phonetic brew “Grass Skirt primitive: Picture some Hawaiian girls, wearing grass skirts and tropical scarfs (or leis), doing a dance. ”“3, 4, 5, 6 pick up all the celery sticks!”“.” A classic alcohol commercial: whiskey being brewed while girls dance around, scantily clad in their grass skirts. 1527 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq1501-2000 譲ジョウゆず.るゆずり defer, turnover, transfer, convey 譲歩(じょうほ): concession; conciliation; compromise 譲る(ゆずる): (1) to turn over; to assign; to hand over; to transmit; to convey; to sell; to dispose of (2) to yield; to surrender; to concede 1 S 984 言: say 襄: rise; raise 20 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば讓形声 Phonetic defer “Speaking complicated words to set her head spinning, the island girl in the grass skirt says demurely ”“I defer (yield) to your judgment, wise one”“.” “I talked to my Japanese spouse, who confirmed that this kanji does not mean ”“defer”“ as in ”“put off, delay”“. It means ”“defer”“ in the sense of ”“submit”“ or ”“yield”“.” 1528 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 壌ジョウつち lot, earth, soil 1 S 1407 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 襄: rise; raise 16 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん壤形声 Phonetic lot My dream is to buy a small lot on a tropical island and spend the rest of my days relaxing in a grass skirt. On the island of JOU, in order to be considered a lot, a ground must be big enough to grow sufficient grass for a grass skirt. 1529 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1001-1500 嬢ジョウむすめ lass, girl, Miss, daughter お嬢さん(おじょうさん): (1) daughter (2) young lady 嬢(じょう): (1) unmarried woman (2) (after a name) Miss (3) (after a line of work) -ess; -ette 1 S 2059 女: woman; female 襄: rise; raise 16 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん孃形声 Phonetic lass “Conversation at a party: A: ”“Who is that lass?”“ B: ”“Which one?”“ A: ”“The woman wearing the grass skirt.”“ B: ”“Alas, I don´t know”“.” “Two Irishmen visit Hawaii and see a woman wearing a grass skirt and nothing else. ”“That´s some lassie,”“ says one to the other. ”“But alass Danny Boy, you can´t be bringing her home.”“.” 1530 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_General kanjifreq2001-2500 毒ドク poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite 毒(どく): (1) poison; toxicant (2) harm; evil influence (3) ill will; spite; malice (4) abusive language 中毒(ちゅうどく): (1) poisoning (2) addiction 消毒(しょうどく): disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation 気の毒(きのどく): pitiful; unfortunate; (a) pity お気の毒に(おきのどくに): my sympathies; that's too bad; my condolences 2 4 1419 三: three 母: mother 8 毋 80 4 なし・なかれ・ははのかん (none) 象形 Pictographic poison If you grow up with a mother that drinks and smokes, you can be sure it´s poison in the stuff you get from her breasts. “You can use silicone implants to to make your breasts ”“grow up”“ but if they leak, it's poison.” 1531 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 素ソ、スもと elementary, principle, naked, uncovered 素晴しい(すばらしい): wonderful; splendid; magnificent 素材(そざい): raw materials; subject matter 要素(ようそ): (1) component; factor; item (e.g. in list) (2) element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure) 素直(すなお): (1) obedient; meek; docile; unaffected (2) honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings) 酸素(さんそ): oxygen 素人(しろうと): (1) amateur; novice; layman (2) non-celebrity; member of the general public (3) unlicensed prostitute 水素(すいそ): hydrogen 素朴(そぼく): simplicity; artlessness; naivete 素敵(すてき): lovely; dreamy; beautiful; great; fantastic; superb; cool; capital 素質(そしつ): character; qualities; genius; the makings of 炭素(たんそ): carbon (C) 簡素(かんそ): simplicity; plain 元素(げんそ): chemical element 質素(しっそ): simplicity; modesty; frugality 素早い(すばやい): (1) fast; quick; prompt; nimble; agile (2) quick (to understand); sharp (judgement) 素っ気ない(そっけない): cold; short; curt; blunt 素っ(すっ): most (emphasis); much; greatly 1 5 660 三: three 糸: thread 10 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 象形 Pictographic elementary This kanji has nothing to do with elementary school - it means element, elemental, basic, bare. Imagine the thread as a thread connecting all life, starting from the basic elements and growing up into everything. This is a pictogram of string theory. Strings are the most elementary particles of matter, which then grow up to become matter itself. 1532 grade5 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 麦バクむぎ barley, wheat 小麦(こむぎ): wheat 麦酒(ビール): beer 蕎麦(そば): (1) buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) (2) soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles 2 2 1615 夂: winter radical (no. 34) 7 麥 199 11 むぎ・むぎへん・ぼく・ばくにょう麥会意 Compound Ideographic barley BARLEY beverages give GROWN UPs teetering WALKING LEGS. “”“Grown up”“ barley, i.e. beer, is what gets you tottering legs.” 1533 grade2 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq1501-2000 青セイ、ショウあお、あお-、あお.いお blue, green 青(あお): (1) blue (2) green (3) green light (4) black (horse coat color) (5) immature; unripe; young 青年(せいねん): youth; young man 青春(せいしゅん): youth; springtime of life; adolescent 青少年(せいしょうねん): youth; young person 青い(あおい): (1) blue; green (2) pale (3) unripe; inexperienced 真っ青(まっさお): deep blue; ghastly pale 青白い(あおじろい): (1) pale; pallid (2) bluish-white 4 1 589 月: month; moon 8 青 174 8 あお・あおへん (none) 形声 Phonetic blue The last time I saw a blue moon was in my youth when I was growing up. “Once in a blue moon refers to a rare event. But originally ”“blue moon”“ refers to a full moon, in other words a fully grown-up moon. Whether once a month is rare or not depends on what we´re talking about, but that happens to be the origin of the expression.” 1534 grade1 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Color kanjifreq501-750 精セイ、ショウ、シヤウきよ refined, ghost, fairy, energy, vitality, semen, excellence, purity, skill 精神(せいしん): mind; soul; heart; spirit; intention 精密(せいみつ): precise; exact; detailed; minute; close 精算(せいさん): exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment 精巧(せいこう): elaborate; delicate; exquisite 精々(せいぜい): at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much (far) as possible 3 5 752 米: rice; USA; metre 青: blue; green 14 米 119 6 こめ・こめへん (none) 形声 Phonetic refined Very refined people in the upper classes have skin as pale as rice and blue blood. “”“Uh, why is your rice blue?”“ ”“It's been refined! And by 'refined' I mean it's been in the back of my fridge for a few months.”“.” 1535 grade5 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Body_Function kanjifreq751-1000 請セイ、シン、ショウこ.う、う.けるうけ solicit, invite, ask 要請(ようせい): (1) appeal; call for something; request; claim; demand (2) axiom 申請(しんせい): application; request; petition 請求(せいきゅう): claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service) 強請る(ねだる): (1) to tease; to coax (2) to solicit; to demand; to extort 請う(こう): to beg; to ask; to request; to invite 1 S 524 言: say 青: blue; green 15 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic solicit People who try to solicit you to buy things come up to you and just start taking out of the blue “That door-to-door salesman can stand outside ringing my doorbell until he´s blue in the face. There´s a big sign on my front door, and the words clearly say ”“No Soliciting”“.” 1536 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 情ジョウ、セイなさ.け feelings, emotion, passion, sympathy, circumstances, facts 情緒(じょうしょ): (1) emotion; feeling (2) spirit 事情(じじょう): circumstances; consideration; conditions; situation; reasons 情勢(じょうせい): state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances 情報(じょうほう): (1) news; gossip; (military) intelligence (2) information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.) 表情(ひょうじょう): facial expression 感情(かんじょう): emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment 実情(じつじょう): real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs 苦情(くじょう): complaint; troubles; objection; grievance 情熱(じょうねつ): passion; enthusiasm; zeal 愛情(あいじょう): love; affection 情(じょう): (1) feelings; emotion; sentiment (2) compassion; sympathy (3) passion; affection; love (4) the way things really are; the actual situation 同情(どうじょう): sympathy; compassion; sympathize; sympathise; pity; feel for 友情(ゆうじょう): friendship; fellowship; camaraderie 人情(にんじょう): (1) humanity; empathy; kindness; sympathy (2) human nature; common sense; customs and manners 心情(しんじょう): sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart 情け(なさけ): (1) pity; sympathy; compassion (2) affection 純情(じゅんじょう): pure heart; naivete; self-sacrificing devotion 情けない(なさけない): miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable 情け深い(なさけぶかい): tender-hearted; compassionate 3 5 235 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 青: blue; green 11 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic feelings Data is feeling blue about not having any feelings … hey, wait a minute. Feeling blue is a state of mind where you´re dominated by your feelings. 1537 grade5 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1-250 晴セイは.れる、は.れ、は.れ-、-ば.れ、は.らすはる, はれ clear up 素晴しい(すばらしい): wonderful; splendid; magnificent 晴れ(はれ): (1) clear weather (poss. 20-80% cloud cover); fine weather (2) formal; ceremonial; public (3) cleared of suspicion 快晴(かいせい): clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather 晴天(せいてん): fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies 晴れる(はれる): (1) to clear up; to clear away; to be sunny; to stop raining (2) to refresh (e.g. spirits) (3) to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion) (4) to be dispelled; to be banished 見晴らし(みはらし): view; prospect; outlook 3 2 1022 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 青: blue; green 12 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic clear up Sun and blue sky! Yep, the weather´s cleared up! When we speak of clearing up we easily think of both the sun and blue skies. But in another since to clear up is the absence of weather. And therefor the reason weather has no place in its writing. 1538 grade2 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq1001-1500 清セイ、ショウ、シンきよ.い、きよ.まる、きよ.めるあき, さや, し, すが, すみ, せ, ちん pure, purify, cleanse, exorcise, Manchu dynasty 清掃(せいそう): cleaning 清潔(せいけつ): (1) clean; hygienic; sanitary (2) pure; virtuous; immaculate 清らか(きよらか): clean; pure; chaste 清い(きよい): clear; pure; noble 清書(せいしょ): clean copy 清々しい(すがすがしい): fresh; refreshing 清純(せいじゅん): purity; innocence 清濁(せいだく): (1) good and evil; purity and impurity (2) voiced and unvoiced consonants 2 4 705 水: water 青: blue; green 11 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic pure Pure sea water is always a radiant blue. Bottles of water claim to be pure. They´re generally in blue containers, because blue makes you feel like its that much more pure. 1539 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 静セイ、ジョウしず-、しず.か、しず.まる、しず.めるしづ quiet 静か(しずか): quiet; peaceful 冷静(れいせい): calm; composure; coolness; serenity 静止(せいし): stillness; repose; standing still 安静(あんせい): rest; quiet; repose 静的(せいてき): static 3 4 764 青: blue; green 争: contend; dispute; argue 14 青 174 8 あお・あおへん靜会意 Compound Ideographic quiet When someone you know who is normally talkative goes quiet, it´s usually a sign that they are contending with the blues. “Don't confuse with silence (#240), something achieved through action. On the other hand, quiet refers to a personal quality of not speaking out. Members of Blue-man group jump into the wrestling ring of contenders for tag-team wrestling. Though the other contenders are screaming, the blue men never say anything - they are a very quiet bunch, that Blue-man group. Primitive order: blue man group's first and main characteristic is being blue and quiet; only later did they decide to become wrestling contenders.” 1540 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Sense kanjifreq751-1000 責セキせ.める blame, condemn, censure 責任(せきにん): (1) duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff) (2) liability; onus 責務(せきむ): duty; obligation 責める(せめる): (1) to condemn; to blame; to criticize; to criticise; to reproach; to accuse (2) to urge; to press; to pester (3) to torture; to torment; to persecute (4) to break in (a horse) 3 5 598 貝: shellfish 11 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 形声 Phonetic blame As one grows up, one typically starts to blame all of their problems on money. This is the story of a poor fisherman and his wife. A long time ago he caught an oyster with a small but precious pearl. The intelligent wife told him to sell the pearl immediately: the greedy husband figured if he kept the oyster and fed it, it would grow up and yield an even bigger pearl. One day the oyster grew so big, it crashed through the house and escaped back to sea. The angry wife left her husband, blaming his blind greed for their poverty. 1541 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 績セキみ exploits, unreeling cocoons 実績(じっせき): achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record 業績(ぎょうせき): achievement; performance; results; work; contribution 成績(せいせき): results; record; grades 紡績(ぼうせき): spinning 功績(こうせき): achievements; merit; meritorious service; meritorious deed 2 5 820 糸: thread 責: blame; condemn; censure 17 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic exploits Spidey´s exploits are world famous but still The Daily Bugle´s pages blame him for every problem out there. [Geek alert] A lot of modern software is full of exploits which can be abused by hackers. I blame multi-threading. 1542 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 積セキつ.む、-づ.み、つ.もる、つ.もりか, さか, しゃこ, ずみ, つみ volume, product (x*y), acreage, contents, pile up, stack, load, amass 見積り(みつもり): estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation 積極的(せっきょくてき): assertive; positive; active; proactive 面積(めんせき): area 蓄積(ちくせき): accumulation; accumulate; store 積む(つむ): to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack 容積(ようせき): capacity; volume 体積(たいせき): capacity; volume 積もり(つもり): (1) intention; plan (2) conviction; belief 積もる(つもる): (1) to pile up; to accumulate (2) to estimate 3 4 541 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 責: blame; condemn; censure 16 禾 115 5 のぎ・のぎへん (none) 形声 Phonetic volume “On many wheat cereal boxes, there is a disclaimer stating that ”“This package is sold by weight, not by volume. Some settling of contents may have occurred.”“ well they only say that because they don´t want to be blamed by people getting really disappointed after they see what a small volume of cereal the box really contains.” The volume of the wheat crop is way down this year! Blame the weather! 1543 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 債サイ bond, loan, debt 負債(ふさい): debt; liabilities 1 S 728 人: person 責: blame; condemn; censure 13 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic bond Bonds are guarnteed by the government so if they fail there is one person you can blame - the prime minister! Mr. T´s plot of world domination is foiled. Who is to blame? Bond. James Bond. 1544 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq501-750 漬シつ.ける、つ.かる、-づ.け、-づけ pickling, soak, moisten, steep 漬ける(つける): (1) to soak; to seep; to dip in (2) to pickle 1 S 1818 水: water 責: blame; condemn; censure 14 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic pickling When pickling you MUST use distilled water! When it doesn´t come out right, generally it is the water that is to blame. Bad water is to blame for the process of pickling. 1545 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq1501-2000 表ヒョウおもて、-おもて、あらわ.す、あらわ.れる、あら.わす surface, table, chart, diagram “代表(だいひょう): representative; representation; delegation; type; example; model 発表(はっぴょう): announcement; publication 表現(ひょうげん): (1) expression; presentation (2) representation; notation 表情(ひょうじょう): facial expression 表面(ひょうめん): surface; outside; face; appearance 公表(こうひょう): official announcement; proclamation 表(おもて): (1) surface (2) face (i.e. the visible side of an object) (3) front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. ”“head”“) of a coin (4) outside; exterior (5) appearance (6) public (7) first half (of an innings); top (of an inning) (8) cover (for tatami mats, etc.) (9) foreground 表紙(ひょうし): front cover; binding 図表(ずひょう): chart; diagram; graph; figure 表(ひょう): table (e.g. Table 1); chart; list 時刻表(じこくひょう): table; diagram; chart; timetable; schedule” 3 3 77 二: two; two radical (no.2) 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 8 衣 145 6 ころも・ころもへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic surface When I was GROWING UP, the SURFACE of my SCARF was always covered with snot from blowing my nose on it. (Thanks to zerOrange) I grew up underground, and whenever I went to the surface I wore a scarf to avoid scrutiny. 1546 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq1-250 俵ヒョウたわら bag, bale, sack, counter for bags 土俵(どひょう): (1) arena, esp. in sumo (2) forum (e.g. for discussion) (3) sandbag; gabion 1 5 1481 人: person 表: surface; table; chart; diagram 10 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic bag Superficial people (ie those who are only concerned about the surface) are obsessed with expensive bags. Do you know why every person in Japan has a Louis Vuitton bag? After the 1985 JAL air crash that killed 520 people (the world´s worst). An image on tv of the crash showed Louis Vuitton bags (whose LV logo covered surface was somehow impervious) litering the crash site. From that point on they stuck in Japanese people´s mind´s as durable and high quality. (True story). 1547 grade5 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1001-1500 潔ケツいさぎよ.いきよ, きよし undefiled, pure, clean, righteous, gallant 清潔(せいけつ): (1) clean; hygienic; sanitary (2) pure; virtuous; immaculate 不潔(ふけつ): unclean; dirty; filthy; impure 簡潔(かんけつ): brevity; conciseness; simplicity 1 5 1595 水: water 絜: marking line; ascertain; assess; measure 15 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic undefiled To ensure she remained undefiled, a young girl growing up in a rough area always kept a dagger concealed under her threads, even when she went into the water. (rgravina) To ensure she remained undefiled, a young girl growing up in a rough area always kept a dagger concealed under her Spiderman underwear (to remember the position of thread), even when she went into the water. 1548 grade5 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 契ケイちぎ.る pledge, promise, vow 契約(けいやく): contract; compact; agreement 契機(けいき): opportunity; chance 契る(ちぎる): (1) to pledge; to promise; to swear (2) to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife); to share a bed 1 S 898 刀: sword; saber; knife 大: large; big 9 大 37 3 だい・おおきい (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic pledge Imagine a totalitarian regime where, while growing up, you have to pledge allegiance to the flag at dagger-point and with St. Bernard guard dogs watching you. In order to pledge into her sorority, Alice had to stab a St. Bernard with a dagger. (Come on! DO it, Alice!). 1549 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 喫キツの.む consume, eat, drink, smoke, receive (a blow) 喫茶店(きっさてん): coffee lounge; coffee shop; (rather formal) cafe 喫茶(きっさ): tea drinking; tea house 2 S 1347 口: mouth 契: pledge; promise; vow 12 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic consume This means eat/drink/smoke. Maybe you make a pledge to stop gutsing/binging/puffing, but your own mouth is tempting you to put something in it. I make my mouth pledge to consume less. 1550 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 害ガイ harm, injury 障害(しょうがい): (1) obstacle; impediment; hindrance; difficulty; barrier (2) handicap; impairment; disability; disorder; malfunction 被害(ひがい): (suffering) damage; injury; harm 災害(さいがい): calamity; disaster; misfortune 損害(そんがい): damage; injury; loss 公害(こうがい): pollution; public nuisance; contamination 妨害(ぼうがい): disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference 利害(りがい): advantages and disadvantages; interest 迫害(はくがい): persecution 害(がい): injury; harm; evil influence; damage 害する(がいする): (1) to injure; to damage; to harm; to hurt (2) to kill (3) to hinder; to obstruct 危害(きがい): injury; harm; danger 3 4 358 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 口: mouth 10 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic harm With kids growing up in your house, you have to keep them from harm of putting anything in their mouth, paint chips, bleach, knvies, etc. This is silly, but.. If a house suddenly grows up from your mouth, you will come to great harm. 1551 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 轄カツくさび control, wedge 1 S 1771 車: car 害: harm; injury 17 車 159 7 くるま・くるまへん (none) 形声 Phonetic control The roads are icy, and a whole bunch of cars have spun out of control! Luckily, it was just a couple of dents; nobody was harmed. Control is very important! Especially when operating a car. Few people realize the harm they can cause just by losing control of their car for a second. Tremendous harm. Stay in control! 1552 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 割カツわ.る、わり、わ.り、わ.れる、さ.く proportion, comparatively, divide, cut, separate, split 割り引き(わりびき): discount; reduction; rebate; (after a number) tenths discounted; tenths reduced 割(わり): (1) rate; ratio; proportion; percentage (2) profit (3) assignment (4) 10%; unit of ten percent (5) sumo match; schedule of sumo matches (6) diluted with (of drinks); mixed with 割当て(わりあて): (1) allotment; assignment; allocation; quota; rationing (2) binding 役割(やくわり): part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties 割合(わりあい): (1) rate; ratio; percentage; proportion (2) comparatively (3) contrary to expectations 時間割り(じかんわり): timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable); schedule 割る(わる): to divide; to cut; to break; to halve; to separate; to split; to rip; to crack; to smash; to dilute 割り込む(わりこむ): to cut in; to thrust oneself into; to wedge oneself in; to muscle in on; to interrupt; to disturb 割れる(われる): (1) to break; to be smashed (2) to split; to crack; to fissure; to be torn (3) to be divided; to cleave (4) to come to light; to be identified; to be established; to become clear 割り算(わりざん): division 割合に(わりあいに): comparatively 割りと(わりと): relatively; comparatively 3 6 318 害: harm; injury 刀: sword; saber; knife 12 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 形声 Phonetic proportion [proportion; comparatively; divide; cut; separate; split] Hey, don´t take this out of proportion! I did you just a little harm, no need to come over here with a saber… As shown on this pie-chart, the proportion of people harmed by sabres is relatively a small slice compared to those harmed by guns. 1553 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 憲ケンかず, のり, よし constitution, law 憲法(けんぽう): constitution 1 6 551 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 网: net; net or net crown radical (no. 122) 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 16 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic constitution The constitution is important. At least my parents thought so. In the house where I grew up, it was framed on the wall. Under the watchful (sideways) eye of my mother, we had to study it until we knew it by heart. The constitution states the following rights: You may live in your own house and grow up. And you will never be watched by big brother's eye so they cannot control your heart (your believes). 1554 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 生セイ、ショウい.きる、い.かす、い.ける、う.まれる、うま.れる、う.まれ、うまれ、う.む、お.う、は.える、は.やす、き、なま、なま-、な.る、な.す、む.す、-うあさ, いき, いく, いけ, うぶ, うまい, え, おい, ぎゅう, くるみ, ごせ, さ, じょう, すぎ, そ, そう, ちる, なば, にう, にゅう, ふ, み, もう, よい, りゅう life, genuine, birth 出生(しゅっせい): birth 学生(がくせい): student (esp. a university student) 生活(せいかつ): living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood 生産(せいさん): production; manufacture 人生(じんせい): (human) life (i.e. conception to death) 生徒(せいと): pupil 先生(せんせい): (1) teacher; master; doctor (2) with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific 高校生(こうこうせい): senior high school student 生命(せいめい): life; existence 誕生(たんじょう): birth; creation; formation 発生(はっせい): (1) outbreak; spring forth; occurrence; incidence; origin (2) ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state 再生(さいせい): (1) resuscitation; regeneration; restoration to life (2) reformation; rehabilitation (3) playback; regeneration (sound, etc.) (4) reclamation; recovery (5) rebirth; reincarnation 小学生(しょうがくせい): elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student 生きる(いきる): (1) to live; to exist (2) to make a living; to subsist (3) to be in effect; to be in use; to function (4) to come to life; to be enlivened (5) to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.) 生物(せいぶつ): (1) living things; creature (2) biology 生涯(しょうがい): one's lifetime (i.e. one's existence until death); one's career 留学生(りゅうがくせい): overseas student; exchange student 一生懸命(いっしょうけんめい): very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; for dear life 衛生(えいせい): health; hygiene; sanitation; medical 一生(いっしょう): (1) whole life; a lifetime; all through life; one existence; a generation; an age; the whole world; the era (2) (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life 生存(せいぞん): (1) existence; being; survival (2) to exist; to live; to survive 生る(なる): to bear fruit 生き生き(いきいき): vividly; lively 生地(きじ): (1) cloth; material; texture (2) one's true character (3) unglazed pottery (4) uncooked dough; batter 生かす(いかす): (1) to make (the best) use of; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to capitalise on (experience, etc) (2) to let live; to keep alive (3) to revive; to resuscitate 生き物(いきもの): living thing; animal 芝生(しばふ): lawn 生死(せいし): (1) life and death (2) samsara (cycle of death and rebirth) (3) death 生理(せいり): (1) physiology (2) menstruation; one's period; menses 生計(せいけい): livelihood; living 生長(せいちょう): growth; increment 生年月日(せいねんがっぴ): birth date 生花(いけばな): (1) flower arrangement (2) fresh flowers 生む(うむ): to give birth; to deliver; to produce 年生(ねんせい): pupil in … year; student in … year 野生(やせい): (1) wild; growing wild (2) I 写生(しゃせい): sketching; drawing from nature; portrayal; description 生育(せいいく): growth; development; breeding 生まれつき(うまれつき): by nature; by birth; native 生じる(しょうじる): (1) to produce; to yield; to cause (2) to result from; to arise; to be generated 生ぬるい(なまぬるい): lukewarm; halfhearted 生臭い(なまぐさい): fishy; raw; smelling of fish or blood 生意気(なまいき): impertinent; saucy; cheeky; conceit; audacious; brazen 生やす(はやす): to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard 生(なま): (1) raw; uncooked; fresh (2) natural; as it is; unedited; unprocessed (3) unprotected (i.e. not wearing a condom) (4) live (i.e. not recorded) (5) inexperienced; unpolished; green; crude (6) impudence; sauciness (7) unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer (8) just a little; somehow; vaguely; partially; somewhat; half-; semi- (9) irresponsibly; half-baked (10) cash (11) tipsiness 生える(はえる): (1) to grow; to spring up (2) to cut (teeth) 生き甲斐(いきがい): something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être 生ずる(しょうずる): (1) to produce; to yield; to cause (2) to result from; to arise; to be generated 生まれる(うまれる): to be born 生憎(あいにく): unfortunately; Sorry, but … 大学生(だいがくせい): university student; college student 誕生日(たんじょうび): birthday 畜生(ちくしょう): (1) beast (i.e. any animal other than man) (2) person reborn into the animal realm (3) brute (i.e. a contemptible human being) (4) son of a bitch; for Christ's sake; damn it 生まれ(うまれ): birth; birthplace 生身(なまみ): (1) living flesh; flesh and blood (2) physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva 生ける(いける): (1) to arrange (flowers); to plant (2) living; live 新入生(しんにゅうせい): new student; freshman; first-year student 生(き): pure; undiluted; raw; crude 生真面目(きまじめ): too serious; person who is too serious; honesty; sincerity 生(せい): (1) life; living (2) I; me; myself 5 1 29 生: life, life radical (no. 100) 5 生 100 5 うむ・うまれる・いきる (none) 象形 Pictographic life This is the first CELL of a human, the foundation of its entire LIFE, a small DROP that will GROW UP to form a complex organism. Growing Up is just a Drop of our LIFE. 1555 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Body_Function Kanji_Body_Health.Illness Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art kanjifreq1-250 星セイ、ショウほし、-ぼし star, spot, dot, mark 衛星(えいせい): satellite 星(ほし): (1) star; any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon) (2) suspect (police slang) 火星(かせい): Mars (planet) 星座(せいざ): constellation 惑星(わくせい): planet 2 2 844 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 生: life; genuine; birth 9 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic star The sun is the nearest star to the only planet with life - Earth. Sun is a star that has given life. Can´t say that of any other stars yet. 1556 grade2 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Sky kanjifreq751-1000 姓セイ、ショウ surname 姓(せい): (1) surname; family name (2) hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing) 姓名(せいめい): full name 2 S 1628 女: woman; female 生: life; genuine; birth 8 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 形声 Phonetic surname When women marry, they adopt the surname of their husband, signifiying the start of a new life together. (adapted from gorgon). “Woman change their surname when they ”“start their new life”“.” 1557 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1501-2000 性セイ、ショウさが sex, gender, nature 女性(じょせい): (1) woman; female (2) feminine gender 男性(だんせい): (1) man; male (2) masculine gender 性格(せいかく): character; personality; disposition; nature 個性(こせい): individuality; personality; idiosyncrasy 酸性(さんせい): (1) acidity (2) acidic 性能(せいのう): ability; performance; efficiency 性別(せいべつ): distinction by sex; sex; gender 性質(せいしつ): nature; property; disposition 異性(いせい): (1) the opposite sex (2) isomerism 理性(りせい): reason; sense 知性(ちせい): intelligence 適性(てきせい): aptitude 中性(ちゅうせい): (1) neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference (2) sexlessness; androgyny; androgyne; neuter (3) neuter gender 性(せい): (1) nature (of a person) (2) sex (3) gender (4) -ty; -ity; -ness; -cy 3 5 104 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 生: life; genuine; birth 8 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic sex Sex is the only state of mind for many men through their whole life. When you´re in the state of mind for creating new lives. 1558 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 牲セイ animal sacrifice, offering 犠牲(ぎせい): victim; sacrifice; scapegoat 1 S 1274 牛: cow 生: life; genuine; birth 9 牛 93 4 うし (none) 形声 Phonetic animal sacrifice Animal sacrifice = taking the life of a cow. In the 21st century, animal sacrifice is no longer really necessary. We can take a single cell from a cow, with no harm to the cow. We create a viable cell line from this single cell, and feed the resulting biomatter into a furnace at the exact rate necessary to appease the gods. 1559 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 産サンう.む、う.まれる、うぶ-、む.すもと products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property 産業(さんぎょう): industry 生産(せいさん): production; manufacture 資産(しさん): property; fortune; means; assets 不動産(ふどうさん): real estate 財産(ざいさん): property; fortune; assets 国産(こくさん): domestic products 出産(しゅっさん): (child)birth; delivery; production (of goods) 倒産(とうさん): (corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business 産地(さんち): producing area 水産(すいさん): aquatic products; fisheries 破産(はさん): bankruptcy; insolvency 土産(みやげ): present; souvenir 産婦人科(さんふじんか): maternity and gynaecology department (gynecology); department of obstetrics and gynaecology (gynecology) 産物(さんぶつ): product; result; fruit 特産(とくさん): specialty; special product 共産(きょうさん): (1) communism (2) Communist Party 農産物(のうさんぶつ): agricultural produce 畜産(ちくさん): animal husbandry 原産(げんさん): place of origin; habitat お産(おさん): (giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement お土産(おみやげ): present; souvenir 産休(さんきゅう): maternity leave 産後(さんご): postpartum; after childbirth 産出(さんしゅつ): yield; produce 名産(めいさん): noted product; local specialty 土産(どさん): (1) product of the land (2) present; souvenir 産(さん): (1) (giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement (2) native of; product of (3) assets; property; fortune 4 4 161 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 生: life; genuine; birth 11 生 100 5 うむ・うまれる・いきる (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic products If you were to stand up all the products you have accumulated over the course of your entire life on top of one another, the result would probably be as tall as a cliff. “The salesman is standing on the cliff´s edge. ”“Buy my products!! Buy my products! Or else I´ll take my own life”“! Man, that´s selling on pressure.” 1560 grade4 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Body_Function Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq1-250 隆リュウお, たか, たかし hump, high, noble, prosperity 1 S 1109 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 夂: winter radical (no. 34) 生: life; genuine; birth 11 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ隆会意 Compound Ideographic hump You are struggling to the top across the humps, but you suddenly see the pinnacle and you feel new life in your walking legs. A woman takes her bra off and what happens? Nine months later the hump in her belly pops out between her legs as a new life. 1561 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 峰ホウみね、ねぶ, ほ summit, peak 峰(みね): peak; ridge 1 S 1836 山: mountain 夂: winter radical (no. 34) 丰: abundant; lush; bountiful; plenty; fat face; luxurious growth of grass 10 山 46 3 やま・やまへん・やまかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic summit “Walking legs over ”“bushes”“ needs to have a primitive meaning of its own. It appears in several kanji, such as 縫 sew (#1563), 逢 tryst (#2417), 蜂 bee (#2687), and 鋒 sword´s point (#2768), and it is clumsy to work bushes and walking legs into every story. ”“Pointy”“ works fairly well: the walking legs are stuck on top of the pointy part of the bush; and for this character: a summit is the pointy end of a mountain.” Upon reaching the summit of the mountain, I noticed my walking legs were all gouged up from walking through prickly bushes. 1562 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1501-2000 縫ホウぬ.うぬい sew, stitch, embroider 縫う(ぬう): (1) to sew; to stitch (2) to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd) 裁縫(さいほう): sewing 1 S 1723 糸: thread 逢: meeting; tryst; date; rendezvous 16 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic sew Pointy primitive; with a pointy needle you sew a road (——-) of threads. “Good thing I brought some thread, cause I need to sew my pants that I tore up walking through the bushes (see summit (#1562)) before we hit the road to go back down the mountain.” 1563 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Clothing.Textiles kanjifreq1501-2000 拝ハイおが.む、おろが.む worship, adore, pray to 崇拝(すうはい): worship; adoration; admiration; cult 拝見(はいけん): seeing; look at 拝啓(はいけい): Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern 拝む(おがむ): (1) to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to do reverence (e.g. before a statue of the Buddha); to pay one's respects (2) to beg; to make a supplication (3) to see (something or someone of high status) 拝借(はいしゃく): borrowing 2 6 1443 手: hand 一: one; one radical (no.1) 三: three 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 8 手 64 4 て・てへん拜会意 Compound Ideographic worship I put my fingers together in worship of the bush that hangs from the ceiling – that wonderful mistletoe which has gotten me kissed by many a girl. Because I worship her, I only finger ONE BUSH, her´s, and no others! 1564 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 寿ジュ、ス、シュウことぶき、ことぶ.く、ことほ.ぐかず, じ, じゅう, すっ, すみ, とし, としかつ, なが, のぶ, のり, ひさ, ひさし, やす longevity, congratulations, ones natural life 寿命(じゅみょう): life span 1 S 1245 三: three 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 寸: measurement; foot/10 7 士 33 3 さむらい壽形声 Phonetic longevity In an attempt to increase a bush's longevity, an incompitent gardener glues all the leaves back on that have fallen off. Maybe he should have tried watering it instead. This old China man glued shrubs to his body. The added intake of oxygen from the shrubs was, according to him, the secret of his longevity. Sometimes he would sit all day in meditation without moving, and the locals believed the old man had actually turned into a shrub ! 1565 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 鋳チュウ、イ、シュ、シュウい.る casting, mint 1 S 2005 金: gold 寿: longevity; congratulations; one's natural life 15 金 167 8 かね・かねへん鑄形声 Phonetic casting We take a casting because metal will have much greater longevity than the original. They made a metal casting of the Chinese man who glued shrubs to himself to increase his longevity. It´s now sold around the world as it´s thought that having one will increase your own longevity.. 1566 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq2001-2500 籍セキ enroll, domiciliary register, membership 国籍(こくせき): nationality 書籍(しょせき): book; publication 戸籍(こせき): census; family register 1 S 907 竹: bamboo 耒: come; plough; 3-branch tree radical (no. 127) 昔: once upon a time; antiquity; old times 20 竹 118 6 たけ・たけかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic enroll Japanese father enrolls his student in a well-rounded school: they teach eastern traditions (the way of the bamboo), western traditions (like Christmas trees), and also teach literature (once upon a time). Once upon a time, in order to enroll in a Christian school you had to answer a series of questions to ensure that you were really Christian. For example, the principal might show you a picture of a Christmas tree and a picture of some bamboo and ask you which one is most suitable for decoration at Christmas time. 1567 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 春シュンはるあずま, かす, すの, ひ, わら springtime, spring (season) 春(はる): (1) spring; springtime (2) New Year (3) prime (of one's life, etc.) (4) adolescence; puberty (5) sexuality 青春(せいしゅん): youth; springtime of life; adolescent 4 2 579 三: three 大: large; big 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 9 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic springtime In the springtime bonsai get plenty of sun. When it´s springtime you can only leave the bonsai out when the sun has gone down. Their little leaves can´t handle too much heat. 1568 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Time_Season kanjifreq501-750 椿チンつばきつば camellia 1 S+ 1829 木: tree; wood 春: springtime; spring (season) (none) camellia The tree of spring. Fact: Camellia are highly valued in Japan and elsewhere for their very early flowering, often among the first flowers to appear in the late winter [early spring?]. Anyone who´s lived in Japan knows camellia are by far the first tree of spring to flower. And how can you miss those shockingly pink flowers! 1569 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 泰タイた, はす, ひろ, や, やす, やすし, ゆたか, よし peaceful, calm, peace, easy, Thailand 1 S 1281 三: three 大: large; big 水: water 10 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic peaceful If you look into Japanese gardens they seem so peaceful - with their small bonsais and the white stones looking like rice grains. Simplistic and peaceful life: A bonsai to trim and enough rice to eat… 1570 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 奏ソウかな.でるすすむ play music, speak to a ruler, complete 演奏(えんそう): musical performance 吹奏(すいそう): playing wind instruments 1 6 1067 三: three 人: person 天: heavens; sky; imperial 9 大 37 3 だい・おおきい (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic play music When you play music to them, your bonsai will grow like they are in heaven. In heaven you are surrounded by bonsai trees (full-sized ones fall through the clouds) while you play music on your harp. I always have trouble remembering that the bonsai tree is on top, so think of them growing on top of the clouds. 1571 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 実ジツ、シツみ、みの.る、まこと、みの、みち.るぐみ, さね reality, truth 実に(じつに): indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very; quite 忠実(まめ): (1) faithful; loyal; devoted (2) hardworking; painstaking; diligent (3) healthy; fit 現実(げんじつ): reality 事実(じじつ): fact; truth; reality 実施(じっし): enforcement; implementation; putting into practice (practise); carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters); enactment 確実(かくじつ): certainty; reliability; soundness 実験(じっけん): experiment 実現(じつげん): implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation 実際(じっさい): (1) practicality; practical (2) reality; actuality; actual conditions (3) bhutakoti (limit of reality) 実績(じっせき): achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record 実態(じったい): true state; actual condition; reality 実力(じつりょく): (1) (real) ability; true strength; merit; efficiency; competency (2) arms; force 実は(じつは): as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly 実行(じっこう): practice; practise; performance; execution (e.g. program) (programme); realization; realisation; implementation 充実(じゅうじつ): (1) fullness; completion; perfection; substantiality; enrichment (2) replenishment; repletion 実情(じつじょう): real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs 実用(じつよう): practical use; utility 実家(じっか): (one's parents') home 実践(じっせん): practice; practise; put into practice; put into practise 真実(しんじつ): truth; reality 実感(じっかん): (1) real feeling; actual feeling (2) to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that …); to experience personally 誠実(せいじつ): sincere; honest; faithful 実習(じっしゅう): practice; practise; training (esp. practical and hands-on); drill 切実(せつじつ): compelling; serious; severe; acute; earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; keen; fervent; poignant 果実(かじつ): fruit; nut; berry 口実(こうじつ): excuse; pretext 実例(じつれい): example; illustration; precedent 実物(じつぶつ): real thing; original; actual 実費(じっぴ): actual expense; cost price 実質(じっしつ): substance; essence 実(じつ): (1) truth; reality (2) sincerity; honesty; fidelity (3) content; substance (4) (good) result 実業家(じつぎょうか): industrialist; businessman 実る(みのる): to bear fruit; to ripen 実(み): (1) fruit; nut (2) seed (3) (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc. (4) content; substance 3 3 68 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 三: three 人: person 8 宀 40 3 うかんむり實会意 Compound Ideographic reality Bonsais are grown in a house, away from the harsh reality of the real world where they wouldn´t survive. On this rather boring ´big brother´ type reality show, they have locked up bonsai inside a house and everyone is watching them on TV 24×7. The viewers have to vote on which bonsai shall remain in the house and which one has to leave. 1572 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq1-250 奉ホウ、ブたてまつ.る、まつ.る、ほう.ずるとも, やす observance, offer, present, dedicate 奉仕(ほうし): attendance; service; ministry; church work 奉る(たてまつる): to offer; to present; to revere; to do respectfully 1 S 1624 三: three 大: large; big 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 8 大 37 3 だい・おおきい (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic dedicate To join the temple, you have to dedicate yourself to raising bonsai for enlightenment, and cornstalks for sustenance. “A Japanese farmer who was growing corn tried to dedicate himself to the god of corn (in the hope it would bring better harvests). He had a little room with prayer beads, incense, etc. One day he brought an offerand that he thought would please the god of corn : a bonsai - corn (a corn plant turned into a bonsai). The god was infuriated and yelled at him ”“HOW DARE YOU TORTURE MY CORN IN SUCH WAYS!”“. The End.” 1573 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 俸ホウ stipend, salary 1 S 1834 人: person 奉: observance; offer; present; dedicate 10 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic stipend The stipend is given to the student-PERSON who has come to Japan DEDICATED to study. People who are highly dedicated to their jobs get good salaries/stipends. 1574 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq1501-2000 棒ボウ rod, stick, cane, pole, club, line 棒(ぼう): pole; rod; stick 泥棒(どろぼう): thief; burglar; robber; theft 鉄棒(てつぼう): iron rod; crowbar; horizontal bar (gymnastics) 2 6 1455 木: tree; wood 奉: observance; offer; present; dedicate 12 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic rod “This wooden rod has one very simple dedication engraved on it: ”“Spare the rod, spoil the child…”“.” The wood from this tree is dedicated to making rods to flog naughty kids. 1575 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1001-1500 謹キンつつし.む discreet, reverently, humbly 謹む(つつしむ): (1) to be careful; to be discreet (2) to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to abstain (3) to be reverent (4) to be purified; to be chaste 1 S 2068 言: say 17 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば謹形声 Phonetic discreet Muttering words of gratitude for a wonderful meal, I discreetly slipped my cabbage under the table for the dog. Cabbage primitive: When a cabbage is growing up, you must put it in your mouth before it flowers, because that´s when it becomes bitter. Seriously, it´s called ´bolting´ or something. When you´re discreet, you try to make your words like a cabbage: well-layered, but in an unassuming way. 1576 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 勤キン、ゴンつと.める、-づと.め、つと.まる、いそ.しむ diligence, become employed, serve 勤める(つとめる): (1) to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in) (2) to serve (as); to act (as); to fill (the position of); to play the role (of) (3) to conduct a religious service 勤務(きんむ): service; duty; work 通勤(つうきん): commuting to work 勤労(きんろう): labor; labour; exertion; diligent service 転勤(てんきん): job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer 出勤(しゅっきん): attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); going to work 勤勉(きんべん): diligent; industrious 勤め先(つとめさき): place of work 勤まる(つとまる): to be fit for; to be equal to; to function properly 3 6 830 菫: the violet 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 12 力 19 2 ちから・りきづくり勤形声 Phonetic diligence With enough diligence, Koreans can turn ordinary cabbage into powerful kimchi. Growing cabbages takes muscle and diligence. 1577 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 漢カンはん Sino-, China 漢字(かんじ): Chinese characters; kanji 漢語(かんご): Chinese word; Sino-Japanese word 漢和(かんわ): (1) China and Japan (2) Chinese and Japanese (languages) (3) Chinese Character-Japanese dictionary 4 3 1487 水: water 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 口: mouth 夫: husband; man 13 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい漢形声 Phonetic Sino- “Sino- (Chinese) people had to put a lot of sweat/water into learning the kanji. For right-hand kanji primitive - The dumb Western husband of a Japanese woman buys her flowers to apologise, after he opened his big mouth and said ”“kanji are a stupid writing system”“..” In the water between Japan and China, the Sino- side has put scarecrows in the water to try and keep the Japanese away. 1578 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq1001-1500 嘆タンなげ.く、なげ.かわしい sigh, lament, moan, grieve 嘆く(なげく): to sigh; to lament; to grieve 1 S 1584 口: mouth 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 口: mouth 夫: husband; man 13 口 30 3 くち・くちへん嘆形声 Phonetic sigh “A sigh escapes the mouth of the scarecrow, who laments: ”“…if I only had a brain, I could learn kanji”“.” I will let out a huge sigh of relief from my mouth when I learn the last kanji. 1579 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 難ナンかた.い、-がた.い、むずか.しい、むづか.しい、むつか.しい、-にく.いな, なに difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect 困難(こんなん): difficulty; distress 避難(ひなん): taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape 非難(ひなん): criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach 難しい(むずかしい): (1) difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.) (2) fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased (3) gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look) (4) dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable (5) unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky 盗難(とうなん): theft; robbery 遭難(そうなん): disaster; shipwreck; accident; being stranded 無難(ぶなん): safety; security 有難い(ありがたい): grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude 難(なん): difficulty; hardships; defect 難い(にくい): difficult; hard 災難(さいなん): calamity; misfortune; disaster 有難うございます(ありがとうございます): thank you 有り難う(ありがとう): Thank you; Thanks どうも有難うございます(どうもありがとうございます): thank you very much 3 6 330 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 口: mouth 夫: husband; man 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 18 隹 172 8 ふるとり難会意 Compound Ideographic difficult Learning Kanji is difficult for Turkeys. It is difficult for a scarecrow to scare a turkey or else they would´ve been called scareturkeys. 1580 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 華カ、ケはなわ splendor, flower, petal, shine, luster, ostentatious, showy, gay, gorgeous 豪華(ごうか): wonderful; gorgeous; splendor; splendour; pomp; extravagance 華やか(はなやか): showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay 華々しい(はなばなしい): brilliant; magnificent; spectacular 華美(かび): pomp; splendor; splendour; gaudiness 華奢(きゃしゃ): (1) luxury; pomp (2) delicate; slender; gorgeous 1 S 1085 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 10 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 象形 Pictographic splendor The Queen of England taking a walk round a village: ´Excuse me, I couldn´t help noticing the splendour of the flowers in your garden. Simply splendid. Ten out of ten.´ The villager gruffly replies: ´No it ´aint. It´s all muck. An´ I´m gonna cut it all down and sell it to the farmer for silage.´. (I'm substituting greenhouse for silage. It is also full of all types of plants, and the shape resembles the windows that cover the building to let in the light.) See the splendor of the roses filling the greenhouse, beauty atop a stem of needles (thorns). 1581 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 垂スイた.れる、た.らす、た.れ、-た.れ、なんなんと.すたる, だれ droop, suspend, hang, slouch 垂直(すいちょく): vertical; perpendicular 垂れる(たれる): (1) to hang; to droop; to dangle; to sag; to lower; to pull down (2) to leave behind (at death); to give; to confer (3) to drip; to ooze; to trickle; to drop 1 6 1720 千: thousand 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 8 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic droop The thousand head of cattle let their heads droop as they devour the silage (animal fodder) that is lying on the floor around them. Even a drop of silage is enough to make an old man with a walking stick droop low down to the floor. (rgravina - fixed up order). 1582 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 睡スイねむ.る、ねむ.い drowsy, sleep, die 睡眠(すいみん): sleep 1 S 1739 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 垂: droop; suspend; hang; slouch 13 目 109 5 め・めへん・よこめ (none) 形声 Phonetic drowsy Our eyes droop when we are drowsy. “Hint : the eyes of Droopy Dog (see droop (#1582)). When you are drowsy you have ”“droopy eyes”“. That is, you have Droopy´s eyes!” 1583 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Function kanjifreq1501-2000 錘つむ, おもり 1 S+ 金: gold 垂: droop; suspend; hang; slouch (none) spindle Wasn´t it a cursed spindle that Sleeping Beauty pricked her finger on? Therefore the spindle was the metal that caused her to droop and eventually sleep for 100 years. Spindle: the needle that drops on an LP record player. This is made of metal. It droops. Viola. 1584 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item ShouldSuspend 乗ジョウ、ショウの.る、-の.り、の.せるのり ride, power, multiplication, record, no. of vehicles, board, mount, join 乗物(のりもの): vehicle 乗換え(のりかえ): (1) transfer (trains, buses, etc.); connection; connexion (2) switching (stock) (3) chromosomal crossover; crossing over 乗客(じょうきゃく): passenger 乗せる(のせる): (1) to place on (something) (2) to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up; to help on board (3) to load (luggage); to carry; to take on board (4) to send out (on the airwaves, etc.) (5) to deceive; to take for a ride (6) to (sing) along with (musical accompaniment) (7) to let (someone) take part (8) to excite (someone) (9) to publish (an article); to run (an ad) 乗車(じょうしゃ): taking a train, bus, etc.; entraining 乗る(のる): (1) to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark (2) to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount (3) to reach; to go over; to pass (4) to follow; to stay (on track); to go with (the times, etc.) (5) to take part; to participate; to join (6) to get into the swing (and sing, dance, etc.) (7) to be deceived; to be taken in (8) to be carried; to be spread; to be scattered (9) to stick; to attach; to take; to go on 乗り換える(のりかえる): (1) to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train) (2) to change one's mind; to move on to (e.g. a new love interest); to change methods; to change one's way of thinking 乗っ取る(のっとる): to capture; to hijack; to commandeer; to occupy; to usurp 乗り越し(のりこし): riding past (one's station) 乗り込む(のりこむ): (1) to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to ship (passengers); to man (a ship); to help (someone) into (2) to march into; to enter 4 3 377 千: thousand 木: tree; wood 9 丿 4 1 の・のかんむり・はらいぼう乘会意 Compound Ideographic ride It´s a hay ride! You sit on piles of silage and everyone likes to imitate old-time farmers with a piece of wheat sticking out of their mouths. [ride; power; multiplication; record; counter for vehicles; board; mount; join] In the near future, we hope to ride on biomass fueled vehicles. Good news for those who have wheat silage surplus. 1585 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Vehicle.Machine kanjifreq251-500 剰ジョウあまつさえ、あま.り、あま.る surplus, besides 過剰(かじょう): excess; over- 1 S 1448 乗: ride; power; multiplication; record; counter for vehicles; board; mount; join 刀: sword; saber; knife 11 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう剩形声 Phonetic surplus If you go for a ride and find a saber beside you, perhaps you got into an Army surplus jeep. “Remember the wheat we cut with scythes (farmer's equivalent of a saber) for profit (#906)?　Well, we harvested too much and have to use the surplus for silage. 過剰 (かじょう) : excess.” 1586 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 今コン、キンいまな now 今日(きょう): (1) today; this day (2) these days; recently; nowadays 今回(こんかい): now; this time; lately 今月(こんげつ): this month 今後(こんご): from now on; hereafter 今年(ことし): this year 今度(こんど): now; this time; next time; another time 今週(こんしゅう): this week 今(いま): now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more 今夜(こんや): this evening; tonight 今朝(けさ): this morning 今に(いまに): before long; even now 今晩(こんばん): tonight; this evening 今にも(いまにも): at any time; soon 今更(いまさら): now (after such a long time); at this late hour (i.e. it is too late for something) 今日は(こんにちは): hello; good day (daytime greeting) 今晩は(こんばんは): good evening ただ今(ただいま): (1) Here I am; I'm home! (2) presently; right away; right now; just now 今(こん): (1) the current …; this (2) today's … 5 2 49 人: person 一: one; one radical (no.1) 4 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 仮借 Loan now My MEETING is at 7- but that´s NOW! (re: ruuku35) The meeting is not at quarter to seven but now! 1587 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Time kanjifreq1-250 含ガンふく.む、ふく.める include, bear in mind, understand, cherish 含む(ふくむ): (1) to contain; to comprise; to have; to hold; to include; to embrace (2) to hold in the mouth (3) to bear in mind; to understand; to harbor (grudge, etc.); to harbour (4) to express (emotion, etc.); to imply 含める(ふくめる): (1) to include (in a group or scope) (2) to instruct; to make one understand (3) to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication) (4) to put in (someone's) mouth (5) to permeate with flavor 含嗽(うがい): gargling; rinsing one's mouth 2 S 466 今: now 口: mouth 7 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic include This clock includes a mouth that will tell you what the time is now. Hearing impaired people have this kind of watches… now imagine them as a big mouth under the clock. Batteries included with this clock. Open the mouth at the back and insert them after purchase. 1588 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 吟ギン versify, singing, recital 吟味(ぎんみ): testing; scrutiny; careful investigation 1 S 1956 口: mouth 今: now 7 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic versify Versify this kanji as follows: Hickery dickery dock, the mouth ran by the clock. To versify, words of rhythm needs to shoot out of your MOUTH with a CLOCK-like regularity. 1589 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq1501-2000 念ネン wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention 記念(きねん): commemoration; memory 残念(ざんねん): deplorable; bad luck; regret; disappointment 概念(がいねん): general idea; concept; notion 念願(ねんがん): one's heart's desire; earnest petition 観念(かんねん): (1) idea; notion; conception (2) sense (e.g. of duty) (3) resignation; preparedness; acceptance (4) observation and contemplation 念(ねん): (1) sense; idea; thought; feeling (2) desire; concern (3) attention; care 無念(むねん): (1) chagrin; regret (2) free from obstructive thoughts 3 4 390 今: now 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 8 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic wish Someone wishing from the bottom of their heart that the clock would stop. A mid-life crisis perhaps. Remember in the Wizard of Oz when the tin man wished for a heart and the wizard gave him that dinky little clock instead? 1590 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 琴キンこと harp, koto 琴(こと): (1) koto (13-stringed Japanese zither) (2) stringed instrument (3) zheng (Chinese zither); guzheng 1 S 1591 玉: jewel; ball 玉: jewel; ball 今: now 12 玉 96 5 たま・たまへん・おう・おうへん・あうさま (none) 形声 Phonetic harp Two kings were fighting over a beautiful koto (harp). So they had a clock built into it that would measure how long each one played it. That way they could be sure none played it more than othe other. Jesus is coming soon. Prepare to meet the king of kings now. Practice your harp playing skills all future angels!… 1591 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art kanjifreq1501-2000 陰インかげ、かげ.る shade, yin, negative, sex organs, secret, shadow 日陰(ひかげ): (1) shade; shadow (2) sunshine 陰気(いんき): gloom; melancholy 陰(かげ): (1) shade; shadow (2) other side; back; background 1 S 1393 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 今: now 云: say 11 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ (none) 形声 Phonetic shade There are three types of shade: 1. natural (a high pinnacle), 2. man-made buildings (a clock tower), 3. meteorological (a cloud). Frosty the snowman is running around the pinnacle, staying in the shade. As he looks at his clock to see how much longer he can last, small clouds rise (steam) from his body. Nooo, Frosty! 1592 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq1001-1500 予ヨ、シャあらかじ.め beforehand, previous, myself, I 予言(よげん): prediction; promise; prognostication 予算(よさん): estimate; budget 予定(よてい): plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation; estimate 予想(よそう): expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture 予備(よび): preparation; preliminaries; reserve; spare 予防(よぼう): prevention; precaution; protection against 予約(よやく): (1) reservation; appointment; booking; advance order (2) contract; subscription; pledge 予報(よほう): forecast; prediction 予感(よかん): presentiment; premonition 予期(よき): expectation; assume will happen; forecast 予て(かねて): previously; already; lately 予測(よそく): prediction; estimation 予習(よしゅう): preparation for a lesson 天気予報(てんきよほう): weather forecast; weather report 予め(あらかじめ): beforehand; in advance; previously 3 3 180 マ: None 了: complete; finish 4 豕 152 7 いのこ・いのこへん・ぶた豫象形 Pictographic beforehand Beforehand, this was a halberd but I cut it short so it could be for hand to hand combat. Your halberd doesn´t have a handguard? You should have thought of that beforehand (i.e., before you were missing your hand). 1593 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 序ジョつい.で、ついでつぐ preface, beginning, order, precedence, occasion, chance, incidentally 秩序(ちつじょ): order; regularity; system; method 序で(ついで): opportunity; occasion 順序(じゅんじょ): order; sequence; procedure 1 5 1160 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 予: beforehand; previous; myself; I 7 广 53 3 まだれ (none) 形声 Phonetic preface The preface to all human history was written beforehand in caves. “Rename the ”“beforehand”“ part to be glove (because you have to wear gloves beforehand if you want to wield the halberd, which is why this primitive is an incomplete halberd). The story: a winter morning. A textbook author is holed up in his tiny office, a veritable cave. He wants to start his masterpiece textbook by first writing the preface. But he can´t get started. He sits and stares at empty paper until evening. It gets cold and he puts on gloves, shivering, but still unable to start his preface.” 1594 grade5 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq1001-1500 預ヨあず.ける、あず.かる deposit, custody, leave with, entrust to 預金(よきん): deposit; bank account 預ける(あずける): (1) to give into custody; to leave (a child) in the care of; to entrust; to deposit (2) to lean on; to put one's weight on 預かる(あずかる): (1) to look after; to take care of; to keep; to hold on to; to keep in custody (2) to take charge of; to be entrusted with; to receive on deposit (3) to reserve (judgment); to leave undecided 2 5 981 予: beforehand; previous; myself; I 頁: page; leaf 13 頁 181 9 おおがい・いちのかい (none) 形声 Phonetic deposit Depositing money into your savings account is something you do beforehand if you use your head. If you´re in Japan your passbook says 預金機（よきんき）when you make a deposit. You bang your head on the ATM, wishing you´d deposited some money beforehand. 1595 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 野ヤ、ショの、の- ずけ, つけ, ぬ plains, field, rustic, civilian life 分野(ぶんや): field; sphere; realm; division; branch 野党(やとう): opposition party; political opposition; opposition 野菜(やさい): vegetable 野(の): (1) plain; field (2) hidden (structural) member (3) wild (4) lacking a political post 視野(しや): field of vision; outlook 平野(へいや): plain; open field 野外(やがい): outdoors; fields; outskirts; open air; suburbs 野心(やしん): ambition; aspiration; designs; treachery 野生(やせい): (1) wild; growing wild (2) I 4 2 120 里: ri; village; parent's home; league 予: beforehand; previous; myself; I 11 里 166 7 さと・さとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic plains These days we all work in front of computers. Beforehand we all worked out in the fields, in the plains. The plains are a challenging place to get any work done. Be sure you recharge your computer´s battery beforehand, or you won´t get anything done. 1596 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1-250 兼ケンか.ねる、-か.ねるかね concurrently, and 兼ねる(かねる): (1) to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do (2) to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features (3) to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside (4) to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others) (5) to think of the future (as well as the present) 気兼ね(きがね): hesitance; diffidence; feeling constraint; fear of troubling someone; having scruples about doing something 兼業(けんぎょう): side line; second business 兼用(けんよう): multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes 1 S 1164 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 10 八 12 2 はち・は・はちがしら (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic concurrently Our ninja hero, disguised as a gardener with a rake, is suddenly attacked from both left and right concurrently by bulls with animal horns. Our hero lets out a blood-curdling scream and tears his rake handle vertically in half, so he now has two wooden staffs (split rake handle) to fight with. He grips each staff (left side and right side) and rams it into the horns of the charging bulls. The force of each charging bull causes the tips of each staff to split again (split bottom of each rake handle). You decide to take the bull by the horns and do both chores concurrently, grabbing your double-handled rake before attempting to clean up both your´s and your neighbours´ garden. But unfortunately, it´s not long until your rake splits in two. 1597 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 嫌ケン、ゲンきら.う、きら.い、いや dislike, detest, hate 嫌(いや): disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant 嫌い(きらい): (1) dislike; hate (2) suspicion; tendency; smack (of) 機嫌(きげん): (1) humour; humor; temper; mood; spirits (2) safety; health; well-being; one's situation (3) in a good mood; in high spirits; happy; cheery; merry; chipper 嫌う(きらう): to hate; to dislike; to loathe 嫌らしい(いやらしい): unpleasant; disgusting; repulsive; detestable; disagreeable; indecent; lewd; dirty; lascivious 好き嫌い(すききらい): likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences 嫌がる(いやがる): to hate; to dislike 嫌に(いやに): awfully; terribly 1 S 1207 女: woman; female 兼: concurrently; and 13 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 形声 Phonetic dislike Naturally, if you´re dating more than one woman concurrently, they will certainly dislike each other! Attempting to court two women concurrently will make them both dislike you. 1598 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1001-1500 鎌レン、ケンかまかた, かね sickle, scythe, trick 1 S 1587 金: gold 兼: concurrently; and 18 金 167 8 かね・かねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic sickle This is a special sickle with metal blades on both sides. It can cut many things concurrently! The gold sickle of the USSR flag represents both leaders and workers laboring concurrently. 1599 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1501-2000 謙ケンへりくだ.るかね self-effacing, humble oneself, condescend, be modest 謙虚(けんきょ): modesty; humility 謙遜(けんそん): humble; humility; modesty 謙る(へりくだる): to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself 1 S 1582 言: say 兼: concurrently; and 17 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic self-effacing When you are self-effacing you use words to concurrently bring yourself down and make yourself look better. Though the man´s words were self-effacing, his actions concurrently made it clear that his modesty was false. 1600 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 廉レンきよ bargain, reason, charge, suspicion, point, account, purity, honest, low price, cheap, rested, contented, peaceful 1 S 2066 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 兼: concurrently; and 13 广 53 3 まだれ (none) 形声 Phonetic bargain “Stores don´t want you to know it, but if you find the secret cave, they run bargains there concurrently to their regular prices. (Image: pulling a certain level in a store to find the ”“bargain cave).” If you have several sellers competing concurrently, one will cave in and give you a bargain… 1601 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq2001-2500 西セイ、サイ、スにしいり, ひし, むら west, Spain 西(にし): west 東西(とうざい): (1) east and west (2) Orient and Occident; East and West (3) Ladies and Gentlemen!; Your attention, please!; roll-up, roll-up 西洋(せいよう): the west; Western countries 西暦(せいれき): Christian Era; CE; anno domini; AD 関西(かんさい): Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka) 西日(にしび): westering sun; setting sun 5 2 259 襾: west, west radical (no. 146) 6 襾 146 6 にし・かなめのかしら・おおいかんむり (none) 仮借 Loan west “The old west represented by a completely empty whiskey bottle (compare sign of the bird (#1427) whiskey bottle about one third full).” Note: this kanji is also used to denote Spain. 1602 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Directions kanjifreq251-500 価カ、ケあたい value, price 価格(かかく): price; value; cost 評価(ひょうか): (1) valuation; estimation; assessment; evaluation (2) to value; to assess; to estimate value (3) to appreciate; to value highly; to acknowledge the value (of something) 価値(かち): value; worth; merit 物価(ぶっか): prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living 定価(ていか): list price; regular price; established price 高価(こうか): high price 2 5 250 人: person 襾: cover; place on top of; west radical variant (no. 146) 8 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね價形声 Phonetic value In the West, people have no value. Only money is important. “What might it mean for a person in the old west to be of value? Their face is on a ”“Wanted!”“ poster, of course. Imagine the reward…” 1603 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq1-250 要ヨウい.る、かなめとし need, main point, essence, pivot, key to 重要(じゅうよう): important; momentous; essential; principal; major 必要(ひつよう): (1) necessary; needed; essential; indispensable (2) necessity; need; requirement 要求(ようきゅう): demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire 主要(しゅよう): chief; main; principal; major 需要(じゅよう): demand; request 要請(ようせい): (1) appeal; call for something; request; claim; demand (2) axiom 要因(よういん): main cause; primary factor 要素(ようそ): (1) component; factor; item (e.g. in list) (2) element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure) 要望(ようぼう): demand for; request 要旨(ようし): point; essentials; gist; summary; fundamentals 要する(ようする): to need; to demand; to take; to require 要するに(ようするに): in a word; after all; the point is …; in short …; to put simply; the long and short of it is that …. 要領(ようりょう): (1) point; gist; essentials; tenets; outline (2) knack; trick; the ropes 要点(ようてん): gist; main point 要る(いる): to need; to want 3 4 106 襾: cover; place on top of; west radical variant (no. 146) 女: woman; female 9 襾 146 6 にし・かなめのかしら・おおいかんむり (none) 象形 Pictographic need (ヨウ) When Clint needs a woman, he likes to be on top. In some movie with the theme of the Old West, the population of a town finds themselve in dire need of women, after all of the town´s womens became crazy and started gunshooting and participating in duels and such. 1604 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 腰ヨウこしうすぐ loins, hips, waist, low wainscoting 腰(こし): (1) back; lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region (2) body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring 腰掛(こしかけ): seat; bench 腰掛ける(こしかける): to sit (down) 2 S 1306 肉: meat 要: need; main point; essence; pivot; key to 13 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic loins If you want to get closer to the actual meaning, then I think that 腰(こし) is more like the hips or the small of the back. After being sat down in the office too long, people often say 腰がいたい！It´s the part of the body that needs massaging. “To the puritans reading this site - please stop reporting stories that have anything to do with sex! Although (as wrightak said) this kanji really refers to the hips, Heisig clearly chose the keyword ´loins´ because it was anatomically close enough, and the primitives lent themselves to an easy-to-remember story. Just because you´re all sexually repressed doesn´t mean other people won´t benefit from a story such as ”“the part of the body people need more than any other are the loins”“.” 1605 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Body_Organ.Torso kanjifreq1001-1500 票ヒョウ ballot, label, ticket, sign 投票(とうひょう): voting; poll 票(ひょう): (1) vote; ballot (2) label; ticket; tag; stub 1 4 489 襾: cover; place on top of; west radical variant (no. 146) 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 11 示 113 5 しめす・しめすへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic ballot In the Old West there were no ballot boxes. Afraid of fraud and fighting among the gunslingers, the ballots were posted into a slot in the top of the local church altar instead. They may have been rough, but the cowboys wouldn´t fight in the church. In western political elections (US), peoples ballots will often depend on religion and at which altar the prospective president prays. 1606 grade4 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq251-500 漂ヒョウただよ.う drift, float (on liquid) 漂う(ただよう): (1) to drift; to float (2) to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air (3) to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood) (4) to wander; to walk around aimlessly (5) to be unsteady; to be unstable (6) to falter; to flinch; to wince (7) to live in unreliable circumstances 1 S 1492 水: water 票: ballot; label; ticket; sign 14 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic drift In Florida, Bush through Kerry´s ballots into the water, watching them drift away and setting the whole country adrift. The political fanatic stole all the ballots and dumped them in the stream. He calmly watched them drift away as the cops came to a screech behind him. 1607 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 標ヒョウしるべ、しるししべ signpost, seal, mark, stamp, imprint, symbol, emblem, trademark, evidence, souvenir, target 目標(もくひょう): mark; objective; target 標準(ひょうじゅん): standard; level; norm 標識(ひょうしき): sign; mark; flag 標本(ひょうほん): example; specimen; sample 標語(ひょうご): motto; slogan; catchword 座標(ざひょう): coordinate; coordinates 2 4 686 木: tree; wood 票: ballot; label; ticket; sign 15 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic signpost Trees were frequenly used as signposts in those days, indicating where one had to go to cast their ballots. “Large wooden signposts are planted on peoples lawns, with the faces of their representatives all saying: ”“Vote [1] Me!”“ for the upcoming ballot.” 1608 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 栗リツくり, おののくくる, りっ chestnut 1 S+ 1550 襾: cover; place on top of; west radical variant (no. 146) 木: tree; wood (none) chestnut Chestnut tree, west nut tree. The cowboy climbed the tree to see where they were in the woods. The poor guy chose a chestnut tree. ouch ouch. 1609 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 遷センうつ.る、うつ.す、みやこがえ transition, move, change 変遷(へんせん): change; transition; vicissitudes 1 S 1937 襾: cover; place on top of; west radical variant (no. 146) 大: large; big 己: self; snake; serpent 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 15 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic transition Since the days of the Old West, traveling has transitioned from trying not to step on big snakes to driving on big roads. The west has gone through quite a transition, gone are the days when dogs and snakes roamed the desert, it´s all roads and casinos now. 1610 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 覆フクおお.う、くつがえ.す、くつがえ.る capsize, cover, shade, mantle, be ruined 覆う(おおう): to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise 覆面(ふくめん): mask; veil; disguise 覆す(くつがえす): to overturn; to upset; to overthrow; to undermine 1 S 1378 襾: cover; place on top of; west radical variant (no. 146) 復: restore; return to; revert; resume 18 襾 146 6 にし・かなめのかしら・おおいかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic capsize The U.S.S. Old West has capsized, and all the cowboys on board are trying to restore her upright. Remember Oregon Trail? Remember how you had to float your wagon across rivers to get to the Old West? Well, sometimes that wagon capsizes. Once that happens you´d better quickly head to the nearest town to restore. 1611 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 煙エンけむ.る、けむり、けむ.いたば smoke 煙(けむり): smoke; fumes 禁煙(きんえん): (1) abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking (2) No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited! 煙突(えんとつ): (1) chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); stovepipe (2) carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter 煙草(タバコ): tobacco; cigarettes 煙い(けむい): smoky 煙たい(けむたい): (1) smoky (2) awkward; ill at ease 煙る(けむる): (1) to smoke (e.g. fire) (2) to be hazy 3 S 1290 火: fire 襾: cover; place on top of; west radical variant (no. 146) 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 13 火 86 4 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが (none) 形声 Phonetic smoke In the Old West, they used to light fires in the ground to make smoke signals. “Should be easy. SMOKE brings to mind ”“Where there´s SMOKE, there´s FIRE”“. So, the FIRE in the OLD WEST can tell people we´re you´re at, so put out the FIRE with SOIL to keep the SMOKE to a minimum.” 1612 gradeS JLPT.N3 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq1001-1500 南ナン、ナみなみなみ, は, みな, みまみ south 南(みなみ): south 南北(なんぼく): south and north 南極(なんきょく): (1) South Pole (2) the Antarctic; Antarctica 南米(なんべい): South America 5 2 341 十: ten 冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13) 干: dry; parch 9 十 24 2 じゅう・じゅうへん (none) 象形 Pictographic south South of my belt leads to happiness. “In the south (Southern Alabama, Southern Africa, picture any south, but choose one and stick with it) ”“they measure happyness by the belt”“. If someone has a larger belly (and a longer belt), it is believed they are well fed and thus are happy.” 1613 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Directions kanjifreq251-500 楠ナンくす, くすのきくず, な camphor tree 1 S+ 1927 木: tree; wood 南: south (none) camphor tree We traveled to southern Japan just to see a camphor tree. It´s what we came for. Trivia: Cinnamomum camphora is native to Taiwan, southern Japan, southeast China and Indochina,. 1614 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 献ケン、コンたてまつ.る offering, no. of drinks, present, offer 文献(ぶんけん): literature; books (reference); document 献立(こんだて): (1) menu; bill of fare (2) program; programme; schedule 貢献(こうけん): contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause) 1 S 637 南: south 犬: dog 13 犬 94 4 いぬ・けものへん獻会意 Compound Ideographic offering A South Korean street vendor is offering chihuahu snacks. If you go to someones place and the food sucks, you lower it down south of the table as an offering to their dog. 1615 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 門モンかど、とじょう, も, と, ゆき gates 部門(ぶもん): division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category; department 専門(せんもん): speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert 門(もん): (1) gate (2) branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master (3) (biological) division (4) counter for cannons 正門(せいもん): main gate; main entrance 4 2 452 門: gate, gate radical (no. 169) 8 門 169 8 もん・もんがまえ・かどがまえ (none) 象形 Pictographic gates “Heisig´s stroke order in the 4th edition (and earlier) is wrong, so be careful – first is the left-most vertical stroke, then draw the rest of the ”“sun”“ attachment as you would normally. In fact, if you just wrote it out as two suns with elongated sides, you´ll get the stroke order exactly correct.” The gates to Hell. guarded by Cerebus or … Bill Gates? 1616 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq251-500 問モンと.う、と.い、とんはる question, ask, problem 質問(しつもん): question; inquiry; enquiry 訪問(ほうもん): call; visit 問題(もんだい): problem; question 疑問(ぎもん): question; problem; doubt; guess 問う(とう): (1) to ask; to question; to inquire (2) to charge (i.e. with a crime); to accuse (3) to care (about) (4) without regard to (with negative verb) 問い(とい): question; query 学問(がくもん): scholarship; study; learning 問屋(とんや): wholesale store 問い合わせる(といあわせる): to enquire; to inquire; to seek information 問答(もんどう): questions and answers; dialogue 問い合わせ(といあわせ): enquiry; inquiry; ENQ; query; interrogation 問(もん): counter for questions 4 3 64 門: gate; counter for cannons 口: mouth 11 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic question “A mouth on the Gates of Hell says ”“Answer me these questions three, or thru the gates ye soon will be”“.” Hark! Who goes there? is the expected question from the mouth of the guard at the gate… 1617 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq1-250 閲エツけみ.する review, inspection, revision 閲覧(えつらん): (1) inspection; reading (2) browsing (the WWW, internet); web browsing 1 S 1855 門: gate; counter for cannons 兌: exchange 15 門 169 8 もん・もんがまえ・かどがまえ (none) 形声 Phonetic review A little devil at the gates of hell reviews your record to see if you´re evil enough to get in. As I was reviewing for my exam at a quiet saloon, the devil popped out of nowhere and offered to make sure I pass. But I told him no way, since that´s cheating. Besides, I´m just reviewing things I already know. I won´t fail. But he kept insisting, so I kicked him and sent him crashing through the entrance gates. 1618 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 閥バツ clique, lineage, pedigree, faction, clan 1 S 1072 門: gate; counter for cannons 伐: fell; strike; attack; punish 14 門 169 8 もん・もんがまえ・かどがまえ (none) 形声 Phonetic clique You only get through the gates into that person's fiesta if you are in the same clique. The felled souls of the world, cut down like trees, pass through the gates of hell and join the clique. 1619 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 間カン、ケンあいだ、ま、あいちか, は, はざ, はし interval, space 期間(きかん): period; term; interval 時間(じかん): (1) time (2) hours 人間(にんげん): (1) human being; man; person (2) character (of a person) 年間(ねんかん): year (period of) 民間(みんかん): private; civilian; civil; popular; folk; unofficial 中間(ちゅうかん): middle; midway; interim 仲間(なかま): company; fellow; colleague; associate; comrade; mate; group; circle of friends; partner 空間(くうかん): space; room; airspace 瞬間(しゅんかん): moment; second; instant 間(あいだ): (1) space (between); gap; interval; distance (2) time (between); pause; break (3) span (temporal or spatial); stretch; period (while) (4) relationship (between, among) (5) members (within, among) (6) due to; because of 間も無く(まもなく): (1) soon; before long; in a short time (2) (after verb) lacking time to …; without time to … 世間(せけん): world; society 夜間(やかん): at night; nighttime 間違い(まちがい): (1) mistake; error; blunder (2) accident; mishap; trouble (3) improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion 区間(くかん): (1) section (of track, etc.); segment; dimension (2) interval 昼間(ひるま): daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period 合間(あいま): interval; break; pause; spare moment 手間(てま): time; labour; labor 間隔(かんかく): space; interval; SPC 間接(かんせつ): indirection; indirectness 居間(いま): living room (western style) 週間(しゅうかん): week; weekly 茶の間(ちゃのま): living room (Japanese-style) 間に合う(まにあう): (1) to be in time for (2) to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough 床の間(とこのま): tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed) 時間割り(じかんわり): timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable); schedule いつの間にか(いつのまにか): before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares つかの間(つかのま): moment; brief time; brief; transient 間違える(まちがえる): (1) to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation) (2) to confuse; to mistake something for something else 間違う(まちがう): to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken 隙間(すきま): crevice; crack; gap; opening この間(このあいだ): (1) the other day; lately; recently; during this period (2) meanwhile; in the meantime 間(ま): space; room; time; pause 間柄(あいだがら): relation(ship) 客間(きゃくま): parlor; parlour; guest room 貸間(かしま): room to let; room for rent 間誤付く(まごつく): to be confused; to be flustered; to be at a loss 此間(こないだ): the other day; lately; recently 間々(まま): occasionally; now and then; sometimes 空き間(あきま): vacancy; room for rent or lease 間(かん): (1) interval; period of time (2) among; between; inter- 時間目(じかんめ): period (e.g. class) 5 2 33 門: gate; counter for cannons 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 12 門 169 8 もん・もんがまえ・かどがまえ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic interval The interval between star systems (suns) was too large, so the stargates were created to travel between them. We open the gates at regular intervals to let a bit of sun in. 1620 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Directions Kanji_Time kanjifreq1-250 簡カン、ケンえら.ぶ、ふだ simplicity, brevity 簡単(かんたん): simple; easy; brief; uncomplicated 簡易(かんい): simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi- 簡素(かんそ): simplicity; plain 簡潔(かんけつ): brevity; conciseness; simplicity 2 6 983 竹: bamboo 間: interval; space 18 竹 118 6 たけ・たけかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic simplicity [simplicity; brevity] The ししおどし is a bamboo device for scaring birds from the gates of your garden by clacking against a stone at regular intervals. Its design is simplicity itself. (Inspired by PepeSeco). The simplicity of bamboo plant is in all its joints being at equal intervals. 1621 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 開カイひら.く、ひら.き、-びら.き、ひら.ける、あ.く、あ.けるはる, か, ひらき open, unfold, unseal 開発(かいはつ): development; exploitation 開催(かいさい): holding a meeting; open an exhibition 開始(かいし): start; commencement; beginning; initiation 開放(かいほう): open; throw open; liberalization; liberalisation 公開(こうかい): open to the public; exhibit 展開(てんかい): (1) development; evolution; unfolding (2) expansion; deployment; building up 開会(かいかい): opening of a meeting 開拓(かいたく): (1) reclamation (of wasteland); cultivation (2) pioneering; pathfinding; trail-blazing 開ける(あける): (1) to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package) (2) to open (for business, etc.) (3) to empty; to clear out; to make space; to make room (4) to dawn; to grow light (5) to end 開く(あく): (1) to open (e.g. doors) (2) to open (e.g. business, etc.) (3) to be empty (4) to be vacant; to be available; to be free (5) to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.) (6) to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.) (7) to come to an end (8) to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.) (9) to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events) 打開(だかい): break in the deadlock 開通(かいつう): opening; open; taking effect; becoming active 未開(みかい): savage land; backward region; uncivilized; uncivilised 開く(ひらく): (1) to open (e.g. a bank-account, festival, etc.) (2) to spread out; to open up (flower bud, umbrella, etc.); to widen (gap, distance, width) (3) to hold; to give (party, conference, etc.) 切開(せっかい): incision; operation; section 4 3 59 門: gate; counter for cannons 幵: put together 12 門 169 8 もん・もんがまえ・かどがまえ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic open Sure you can squeeze through these gates by kicking them or pushing them with your body, but if you want to get them wide open, you need to do that with both your hands. To open the gate, use your both hands. 1622 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 閉ヘイと.じる、と.ざす、し.める、し.まる、た.てるへ closed, shut 閉鎖(へいさ): closing; closure; shutdown; lockout; unsociable 閉会(へいかい): closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.) 閉じる(とじる): to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut 閉まる(しまる): (1) to be shut; to close; to be closed (2) to be locked (3) to tighten; to be tightened (4) to become sober; to become tense 閉める(しめる): to close; to shut 閉口(へいこう): (1) dumbfounded; stumped; at one's wits end; nonplussed (2) annoyed 3 6 951 門: gate; counter for cannons 才: genius; years old; cubic shaku 11 門 169 8 もん・もんがまえ・かどがまえ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic closed “The gates are too big to be closed by man. Only a genie can. ”“Close sesame!”“.” Alright none of you GENIUSES could figure out how the door is CLOSED, so I invented these. They are called the SALOON DOORS. With these, you don't need to. 1623 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 閣カク tower, tall building, palace 内閣(ないかく): cabinet; (government) ministry 1 6 444 門: gate; counter for cannons 各: each; every; either 14 門 169 8 もん・もんがまえ・かどがまえ (none) 形声 Phonetic tower “To keep this distinct from other kanji such as ”“watchtower”“ and ”“pagoda”“, I use the mnemonic ”“towering tower”“. – In some old 8-bit kung-fu videogame, with a plot similar as Bruce Lee´s last, unfinished movie, the hero must break through a gate at each level of the towering tower, fighting with opponents using various styles of kung-fu until he meets the finale at the topmost level of the ”“towering tower”“.” Remember the two towers from lord of the rings… each has it´s own - very difficult to master - entrance gate. 1624 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq251-500 閑カンが, より leisure 長閑(のどか): tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful 1 S 1994 門: gate; counter for cannons 木: tree; wood 12 門 169 8 もん・もんがまえ・かどがまえ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic leisure Imagine the gates the Garden of Eden, the ultimate land of leisure. You´re not allowed in, but if you peek through you can see trees. Imagine Leisure Suit Larry walking through the saloon doors with wood in his pants, hoping to get lucky. 1625 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 聞ブン、モンき.く、き.こえる hear, ask, listen 新聞(しんぶん): newspaper 新聞社(しんぶんしゃ): newspaper company 聞き取り(ききとり): listening comprehension 聞こえる(きこえる): (1) to be heard; to be audible (2) to be said to be; to be reputed 聞く(きく): (1) to hear (2) to listen (e.g. to music) (3) to ask; to enquire; to query 5 2 319 門: gate; counter for cannons 耳: ear 14 耳 128 6 みみ・みみへん (none) 形声 Phonetic hear Press your ear to the gates and see if you can hear what is going on inside. To distinguish from listen, you hear someone at the door (gate). 1626 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Sense Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq251-500 潤ジュンうるお.う、うるお.す、うる.むめぐみ wet, be watered, profit by, receive benefits, favor, charm, steep 利潤(りじゅん): profit; returns 潤う(うるおう): (1) to be moist; to be damp; to get wet; to be watered (2) to profit by; to receive benefits; to receive favors (favours) (3) to become rich; to become at ease financially 1 S 1644 水: water 閏: intercalation; illegitimate throne 15 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic wet Forgetting about the moat, the king stepped out of his gate and landed in the water. Needless to say he got wet. (I had the same idea as Dingomick) I imagine some prankster who put a bucket full of water on top of the huge gates, so that it would fall on the king as he came through them. See the king now, between the gates, all wet, dripping drops of water. 1627 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq1501-2000 欄ランてすり column, handrail, blank, space 欄(らん): (1) column of text (e.g. in a newspaper) (2) field (in a form, web page, etc.) 1 S 1523 木: tree; wood 闌: rise high; be well along 20 木 75 4 き・きへん欄形声 Phonetic column [column; handrail; blank; space] I think about oriental (eastern) Torii gates: they have two supporting columns made of wood. A column of text scratched on a black tree beside the gates of Hell: To the East lies The Beast. 1628 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 闘トウたたか.う、あらそ.うと fight, war 戦闘(せんとう): battle; fight; combat 奮闘(ふんとう): hard struggle; strenuous effort 1 S 751 門: gate; counter for cannons 豆: beans; pea; midget 寸: measurement; foot/10 18 鬥 191 10 たたかいがまえ・とうがまえ鬭形声 Phonetic fight During the saloon brawl, one guy got glued to a table and was tossed out through the saloon gates. But he really wanted to fight, so he ran back through those gates (with the table still glued to his back) only to be tossed out again. Imagine him repeatedly running in and being tossed back out. Food fight! Look, beans are stuck to the gates like glue. 1629 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq751-1000 倉ソウくら godown, warehouse, storehouse, cellar, treasury 倉庫(そうこ): storehouse; warehouse; godown 1 4 1114 人: person 口: mouth 10 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 象形 Pictographic godown A godown is a dockside warehouse. This is actually a meeting of large doors and mouths. The stroke order is the same as door, not gates, just with the top stroke moved down into the now larger door. Note: this is not gate but actually a variation of door and is written as such, with the vertical stroke last not first. 1630 grade4 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1001-1500 創ソウ、ショウつく.る、はじ.める、きず、けず.しけるはじめ genesis, wound, injury, hurt, start, originate 創立(そうりつ): establishment; founding; organization; organisation 創刊(そうかん): launching (e.g. newspaper); first issue 創造(そうぞう): creation 創作(そうさく): production; literary creation; work 独創(どくそう): originality 1 6 741 倉: godown; warehouse; storehouse; cellar; treasury 刀: sword; saber; knife 12 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 形声 Phonetic genesis Back in the day the people were so excited to get hold of the Sega genesis they looted the godown with sabers. I prefer to have girls Godown on my sabre to prevent unwanted GENESIS of babies…………創造　そうぞう (creation). 1631 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 非ヒあら.ず un-, mistake, negative, injustice, non- “非常(ひじょう): (1) emergency (2) extraordinary; unusual 是非(ぜひ): (1) certainly; without fail (2) right and wrong; pros and cons 非難(ひなん): criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach 非行(ひこう): delinquency; misconduct 非(ひ): (1) fault; error; mistake (2) going poorly; being disadvantageous; being unfavorable (3) un-; non-; an- 非常に(ひじょうに): very; extremely; exceedingly 是非とも(ぜひとも): by all means (with sense of not taking ”“no”“ for an answer)” 3 5 472 非: wrong, wrong radical (no. 175) 8 非 175 8 あらず (none) 象形 Pictographic un- This looks like a pictogram of 3 fingers from each hand trying to open up a crack in a wall. That´s an un-believable way to escape from prison OR the UN- have a prison in the Hague. People in the jail cell are un-friendly, un-comely, and un-cooperative. 1632 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 俳ハイ haiku, actor 俳優(はいゆう): actor; actress; player; performer 俳句(はいく): haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae 1 6 1137 人: person 非: un-; mistake; negative; injustice; non- 10 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic haiku I pity the fool/ Who put me in this jail cell/ I pity the fool. (Credit taijuando). I pity the fool/ Who put me in this jail/ I pity the fool. 1633 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art kanjifreq1001-1500 排ハイおし repudiate, exclude, expel, reject 排除(はいじょ): exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.) 排水(はいすい): drainage 1 S 1047 手: hand 非: un-; mistake; negative; injustice; non- 11 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic repudiate When ordered to go to the jail cell, the defendant gave the judge the finger and said he repudiated all that the legal system stood for if they were going to send an innocent man like him to jail. He reached his fingers through the bars of his jail cell, trying to touch his beloved. But she repudiated him and left. 1634 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 悲ヒかな.しい、かな.しむ jail cell, grieve, sad, deplore, regret 悲劇(ひげき): tragedy; disaster 悲観(ひかん): pessimism; disappointment 悲惨(ひさん): disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful 悲鳴(ひめい): shriek; scream 悲しむ(かなしむ): to be sad; to mourn for; to regret 悲しい(かなしい): sad; sorrowful 3 3 1014 非: un-; mistake; negative; injustice; non- 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 12 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic sad Saddness is like having your heart captured and jailed because of some sad or terrible event, etc. Here the sad heart waits for someone to come and un-lock their jail cell and set them free again. Stuck in a jail cell with his heart crying out to see his family again, the prisoner has never felt so sad. 1635 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1001-1500 罪ザイつみ guilt, sin, crime, fault, blame, offense 犯罪(はんざい): crime 罪(つみ): crime; fault; indiscretion; sin 3 5 732 网: net; net or net crown radical (no. 122) 非: un-; mistake; negative; injustice; non- 13 网 122 6 あみ・あみがしら・あみめ・よこめ・よんかしら (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic guilt “Guilty under the eyes of the law, therefore sentenced to jail. [note: ´UNDER the eye of the law´ works in penalty (#833) as well.].” It is his guilt that is causing them. He is having these nightmares where the great (sideways) eye appears at the top of his jail cell, and is staring down intently at him. Guilt is a merciless tormentor. 1636 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 輩ハイやから、やかい、-ばら、ともがら comrade, fellow, people, companions 先輩(せんぱい): senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer 後輩(こうはい): junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student 1 S 1365 非: un-; mistake; negative; injustice; non- 車: car 15 車 159 7 くるま・くるまへん (none) 形声 Phonetic comrade Some man jailed in Russia, is freed by his comrade (from the Communist party perhaps), who crashes into the jail cell with a vehicle. (+fuaburisu) But it´s the wrong jail cell! Your comrade is one floor above. 1637 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq1001-1500 扉ヒとびら front door, title page, front page 扉(とびら): (1) door; gate; opening (2) title page 1 S 1866 戸: door; counter for houses; door radical (no. 63) 非: un-; mistake; negative; injustice; non- 12 戸 63 4 と・とだれ・とかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic front door The only way out of a jail cell is to serve your time and walk out the front door. There are no other doors. “An old man serving a very long jail sentence painted a life-like door at the back of his jail cell, hlafway open, with the blue sky, clouds, etc, as some kind of symbol of freedom. Every time the prison officers come to take him they ask him to come to the door. The old man with a grin always answers ”“Which door?”“, looking at his painted door with a grin. And the prison officer always answer, sighing - ”“The front door !”“.” 1638 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1501-2000 侯コウ marquis, lord, daimyo 1 S 2363 人: person 矢: dart; arrow 9 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic marquis Marquis Keydartee (make-believe french name, Key+dart+T). (Going off various) Mr. T. is made a marquis and given the key to the city. But somebody disagrees with it and assassinates him with a dart. 1639 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq2001-2500 候コウそうろう climate, season, weather 候補(こうほ): (1) candidate; contender; prospect; pick; choice; list (2) candidacy; candidature; nomination 気候(きこう): climate 天候(てんこう): weather 3 4 510 人: person 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 矢: dart; arrow 10 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic climate The marquis has absolutely no interest in issuses of climate change. He´s old and near death. [Don´t forget the walking stick to symbolize his old age.]. The marquis moves to a warmer climate after he gets old enough to need a walking stick to get around. 1640 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Nature_Weather Kanji_Time_Season kanjifreq501-750 決ケツき.める、-ぎ.め、き.まる、さ.く decide, fix, agree upon, appoint 解決(かいけつ): settlement; solution; resolution 決議(けつぎ): resolution; vote; decision 決定(けってい): decision; determination 判決(はんけつ): judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree 決算(けっさん): balance sheet; settlement of accounts; reporting (of accounts) 決勝(けっしょう): decision of a contest; finals (in sports) 決して(けっして): never; by no means; not in the least; in no way 決意(けつい): decision; determination 決断(けつだん): decision; determination 採決(さいけつ): vote; roll call 対決(たいけつ): confrontation; showdown 議決(ぎけつ): resolution; decision; vote 可決(かけつ): approval; adoption (e.g. motion, bill); passage 否決(ひけつ): rejection; negation; voting down 決まる(きまる): (1) to be decided; to be settled (2) to look good in (clothes) 決心(けっしん): determination; resolution 決める(きめる): (1) to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix (2) to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match) (3) to persist in doing; to go through with (4) to always do; to have made a habit of (5) to take for granted; to assume (6) to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines (7) to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing (8) to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.) 決まり(きまり): (1) rule; regulation (2) settlement; conclusion; end; agreement; arrangement (3) habit; custom; habitual way (4) countenance in front of another person; face (5) love relationship between a customer and a prostitute 決(けつ): decision; vote 多数決(たすうけつ): majority rule 決行(けっこう): doing (with resolve); carrying out (i.e. a plan) 3 3 71 水: water 夬: decide; determine; archery glove 7 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic decide “Decide! ”“Decide?! Death by drowning in polluted water or death by guillotine. How can I decide?”“ I asked.” To decide if someone is a witch or not first dunk them in water. If they don´t drown they are a witch and can be sent to the guillotine. 1641 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 快カイこころよ.いよし cheerful, pleasant, agreeable, comfortable 軽快(けいかい): (1) casual (e.g. dress); light; nimble; jaunty; rhythmical (e.g. melody) (2) taking a turn for the better; receding of symptoms 愉快(ゆかい): pleasant; happy 快い(こころよい): pleasant; agreeable 快晴(かいせい): clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather 快適(かいてき): pleasant; agreeable; comfortable 全快(ぜんかい): complete recovery of health 2 5 1074 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 夬: decide; determine; archery glove 7 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic cheerful A large crowd in a cheerful state of mind applaude each criminal as they become victims of the guillotine. A cheerful crowd of insulted aliens applaude as Data´s head is chopped off by guillotine. 1642 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1001-1500 偉イえら.いひで admirable, greatness, remarkable, conceited, famous, excellent 偉大(いだい): greatness 偉い(えらい): (1) great; excellent; admirable; remarkable; distinguished; important; celebrated; famous; eminent (2) awful; terrible 3 S 1639 人: person 韋: tanned leather radical (no. 178) 12 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic admirable LOCKETs often carry inside them a picture of a PERSON we find ADMIRABLE. “For locket: The locket (key dangling from something, the vertical stroke) opens like a mouth, but you need a jeweler´s monocle to make out the pictures within. —– Dracula survives a staking attempt when the locket with Mina´s admirable picture deflects the blow. ”“It was an admirable attempt,”“ he admits as he sucks his attacker´s blood.” 1643 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1501-2000 違イちが.う、ちが.い、ちが.える、-ちが.える、たが.う、たが.える difference, differ 違反(いはん): violation (of law); transgression; infringement; breach 違い(ちがい): difference; discrepancy 間違い(まちがい): (1) mistake; error; blunder (2) accident; mishap; trouble (3) improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion 相違(そうい): difference; discrepancy; variation 食違う(くいちがう): to cross each other; to run counter to; to differ; to clash; to go awry 違う(ちがう): (1) to differ (from); to vary (2) to not be in the usual condition (3) to not match the correct (answer, etc.) (4) to be different from promised 勘違い(かんちがい): misunderstanding; wrong guess 間違える(まちがえる): (1) to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation) (2) to confuse; to mistake something for something else 行き違い(いきちがい): (1) crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray (2) difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement; disagreement 間違う(まちがう): to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken 違いない(ちがいない): (phrase) sure; no mistaking it; for certain 違える(ちがえる): (1) to change; to alter (2) to mistake; to make a mistake (3) to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise) (4) to dislocate (e.g. one's neck) すれ違い(すれちがい): passing each other; crossing paths without meeting; being at cross purposes すれ違う(すれちがう): to pass by one another; to disagree; to miss each other 3 S 344 韋: tanned leather radical (no. 178) 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 13 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic difference “You lose your precious locket on the road to somewhere. You ask people if they´ve seen it, but no luck. ”“Just buy another one,”“ someone says. ”“I mean, what´s the difference?”“ Then of course you say ”“Well, it makes a huge difference!! Since it has sentimental value, I don´t want a different one! ”“ Then of course they understand.” “An odd version of The Road Less Traveled: ”“I found a locket in the road, and that has made all the difference.”“.” 1644 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 緯イよこいと、ぬき horizontal, woof, left & right, latitude 経緯(いきさつ): (1) details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances; how it started; how things got this way (2) longitude and latitude (3) warp and weft; warp and woof 緯度(いど): latitude (nav.) 1 S 1430 糸: thread 韋: tanned leather radical (no. 178) 16 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic horizontal The thread that holds the locket around my neck is choker-length so it stays horizontal. “Hint : this kanji also means ”“latitude”“, which are the horizontal lines on a globe. Do you remember James Heisig's story for frame 175 ”“black ink”“ ? Here a cartographer on a ship, is using his ”“thread locket”“ to mark horizontal lines on a map. He pulls a chalked thread from the locket, and snaps it to mark horizontal lines. Imagine the ”“thread-locket”“ in the shape of a globe, filled with dark powder and a little bobbin of thread.” 1645 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 衛エイ、エもり, い, まもる defense, protection 防衛(ぼうえい): defense; defence; protection; self-defense; self-defence 衛星(えいせい): satellite 衛生(えいせい): health; hygiene; sanitation; medical 自衛(じえい): self-defense; self-defence 護衛(ごえい): guard; convoy; escort 守衛(しゅえい): security guard; doorkeeper 1 5 400 行: going; journey 韋: tanned leather radical (no. 178) 16 行 144 6 ぎょう・ぎょうがまえ・いく・ゆきがまえ衞形声 Phonetic defense “[defense; protection] For ”“defense against the dark arts”“ class, you go the magical boulevard and buy an enchanted locket.” Since it was in the middle of the boulevard, everyone could see she hit the man only in self-defense, as he was trying to steal her valuable locket. 1646 grade5 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq251-500 韓カンから、いげた Korea 0 S 445 十: ten 早: early; fast 韋: tanned leather radical (no. 178) 18 韋 178 9 なめしがわ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic Korea “There´s a young Korean male actor, Yon-sama, famous amongst middle-aged Japanese women. Extremely famous. Read about his affect on Japan/Korean relations on Everything2.com. In any case, women just flipped over this guy, traveled to Korea to see his home, started taking Korean language classes, etc. So, imagine here the misty eyes of the Japanese women as they clutch their lockets with Yon-sama´s picture inside watching his Korean romantic mini series called ”“Winter Sonata”“.” This character represents the flag of South Korea: a locket (circular taegeuk) in the middle of the mist (white background). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_South_Korea. 1647 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq251-500 干カンほ.す、ほ.し-、-ぼ.し、ひ.るほし dry, parch 若干(じゃっかん): (1) some; few; a number of; a little (bit) (2) somewhat; to a certain extent (3) many; a lot 干渉(かんしょう): interference; intervention; meddling 干す(ほす): (1) to air; to dry; to desiccate (2) to drain (off) (3) to drink up (4) to deprive of a role, job, etc. (usu. in the passive) 梅干(うめぼし): dried plum 干し(ほし): drying; dried 干し物(ほしもの): things dried in the sun (esp. clothes, dyed cloth, etc.) 2 6 1349 十: ten 3 干 51 3 かん・いちじゅう・ほす・ひる・たてかん (none) 象形 Pictographic dry Dry one item in ten minutes on the clothesline. Note: the book shows the strokes for potato rather than dry…dry does not have the hook at the end. 1648 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq1001-1500 肝カンきも liver, pluck, nerve, chutzpah 肝心(かんじん): essential; fundamental; crucial; vital; main 1 S 1118 肉: meat 干: dry; parch 7 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic liver Well you all know that the liver is the part of the body that would be quite grateful if you led a dry lifestyle (i.e. no alcohol). The slaughterhouse prefers to ship dried liver to the supermarkets (can you imagine boxes soaked in blood on the truck that delivers them?). Imagine them lifting the slabs of flesh and hanging them on the clothesline to dry. 1649 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Organ.Torso kanjifreq1001-1500 刊カン publish, carve, engrave 創刊(そうかん): launching (e.g. newspaper); first issue 刊行(かんこう): publication; issue 夕刊(ゆうかん): evening paper 季刊(きかん): quarterly (e.g. magazine) 2 5 855 干: dry; parch 刀: sword; saber; knife 5 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 形声 Phonetic publish The newspaper pages are hung on the clotheseline to dry and then cut down with a sabre to be published. The newspaper pages are hung on the clotheseline to dry. This gives the government a chance to censor the news: they cut up unwanted stories with a sabre. Therefore, only state-approved stories are published. 1650 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq751-1000 汗カンあせ sweat, perspire 汗(あせ): (1) sweat; perspiration (2) moisture; condensation 2 S 1502 水: water 干: dry; parch 6 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic sweat The way sweat is supposed to work: it gets your skin wet, and then as it evaporates/dries, it cools you off. When you sweat your clothes become soaked with water, prompting you to hang them to dry on a clothesline. 1651 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Body_Function kanjifreq1501-2000 軒ケンのき flats, counter for houses, eaves 軒(のき): (1) eaves (2) narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building 軒並(のきなみ): (1) row of houses; every door (2) totally; altogether; across the board 軒(けん): (1) counter for buildings (esp. houses) (2) suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc. 2 S 1416 車: car 干: dry; parch 10 車 159 7 くるま・くるまへん (none) 形声 Phonetic flats Flats in the city are crowded. You get a space for your car in front, and a clothesline out back. Nothing else. Small flats (garages) for cars help keeping them dry. 1652 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Counting_Counters kanjifreq1001-1500 岸ガンきしけし beach 海岸(かいがん): coast; beach 沿岸(えんがん): coast; shore; littoral 岸(きし): bank; coast; shore 2 3 556 山: mountain 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 干: dry; parch 8 山 46 3 やま・やまへん・やまかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic beach At the base of mountain cliffs, there is usually a beach. You often can see people lying there, drying off after a swim. Three impossibilities for a beach: There cannot be a beach at the top of a mountain. There cannot be a beach on the top of a cliff. There cannot be a beach that is completely dry. 1653 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq501-750 幹カンみきつよし, まさ, もと, えだ, き, くる, たかし, つね, とも, み, もとき, よし, より tree-trunk 幹部(かんぶ): management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons 新幹線(しんかんせん): bullet train (very high speed); Shinkansen 幹(みき): (tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base 幹線(かんせん): main line; trunk line 1 5 364 十: ten 早: early; fast 人: person 干: dry; parch 13 干 51 3 かん・いちじゅう・ほす・ひる・たてかん (none) 形声 Phonetic tree trunk A fine mist is falling, and so everyone gathers around near the tree-trunk, effectively using the rest of the tree as an umbrella in order to keep dry. By astridtops - In the rainy mist, Totoro is standing in front of a tree-trunk at the bus stop, under the umbrella he just received. Look at him smiling: even when the big drops fall, he remains dry! Great story…which I get to by thinking: tree-trunk→TT →Tonari no Totoro. I also imagine Mickey Mouse is there too as the KUNyomi for this kanji is みき. 1654 grade5 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq251-500 芋ウいも potato 1 S 2418 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 于: going; from 6 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic potato If your potatos are growing flowers and those little hooked roots, you should either buy less or eat them faster. If your potatoes are growing flowers, you need to store them in a more dry place, like hanging them on hooks so they don´t accumulate moisture on the floor. 1655 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq2001-2500 宇ウいえ, たか, ひろ, ひろし eaves, roof, house, heaven 宇宙(うちゅう): universe; cosmos; space 2 6 883 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 于: going; from 6 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic eaves Under the eaves of the house the poor family has potate plants. Very good image Erik. To help those who struggleded with this, the eaves of a house is usually the bit where you hang the roof gutter along, usually made of zinc or plastic and shaped as a half-pipe. It catches rain water, so it flows to a drain pipe instead of down onto people and windows. And in this family the potato plants grow along the eaves so the water pours down on them. They are poor. so no gutter. 1656 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Sky kanjifreq751-1000 余ヨあま.る、あま.り、あま.す、あんま.りあまる too much, myself, surplus, other, remainder 余り(あんまり): (1) remainder; rest; balance; remains; scraps; residue; remnant (2) not very (with negative sentence); not much (3) surplus; excess; fullness; too much (4) overjoyed; overwhelmed (5) more than; over 余裕(よゆう): surplus; composure; margin; room; time; allowance; flexibility; scope; rope 余地(よち): place; room; margin; scope 余暇(よか): leisure; leisure time; spare time 余計(よけい): too much; unnecessary; extraneous; abundance; surplus; excess; superfluity 余る(あまる): to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many 余程(よほど): (1) very; greatly; much; to a large extent; quite (2) just about to 余分(よぶん): extra; excess; surplus 余所(よそ): (1) another place; somewhere else; strange parts (2) outside (one's family or group); those people (3) unrelated matter 余興(よきょう): side show; entertainment 3 5 680 人: person 小: little; small 7 食 184 9 しょく・しょくへん餘形声 Phonetic too much You hang an umbrella upside-down on a hook of the scales and fill it with little potatoes. No luck: it weights too much. “This is the kanji for 「あまり Amari」, which means too little in negative sentences and too much in the rest (always with a negative sense). I take the liberty of using the symbol ”“>”“ (more than, another meaning!!) as the umbrella component, and using two (#2) and little (#105) for the potato primitive. So, this kanji either means ”“two much”“ (more than 2) or ”“two little”“. (thanks, Virtua_leaf and Thunderball!).” 1657 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 除ジョ、ジのぞ.く、-よ.け exclude, division (x/3), remove, abolish, cancel, except 解除(かいじょ): cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting 排除(はいじょ): exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.) 掃除(そうじ): cleaning; sweeping 除外(じょがい): exception; exclusion 削除(さくじょ): elimination; cancellation; deletion; erasure; DEL (key) 控除(こうじょ): subtraction; deduction (e.g. tax); subsidy 免除(めんじょ): exemption; exoneration; discharge 取り除く(とりのぞく): to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart 除く(のぞく): to remove; to exclude; to except 3 6 594 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 余: too much; myself; surplus; other; remainder 10 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ (none) 形声 Phonetic exclude You won´t make it unless you exclude something. The climb to the pinacle cannot be completed if you are carrying too much. You just have to decide what you can afford to exclude. To become a member of The Pinnacle, they test you on a scale. If you weigh too much, they exclude you. 1658 grade6 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Counting_Handling.amounts kanjifreq501-750 徐ジョおもむ.ろに gradually, slowly, deliberately, gently 徐行(じょこう): going slowly 徐々(じょじょ): (1) gradually; steadily; quietly; slowly; little by little (2) soon 1 S 1470 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60) 余: too much; myself; surplus; other; remainder 10 彳 60 3 ぎょうにんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic gradually You can´t expect weight loss to happen overnight. You should limit going to the scale to weigh yourself to once a day or once a week, in order to observe the anticipated weight loss gradually. I set up a column chart next to my scales so I could record my weight gradually changing. 1659 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 叙ジョつい.ず、ついで confer, relate, narrate, describe 1 S 1954 余: too much; myself; surplus; other; remainder 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 9 攴 66 4 ぼくにょう・ぼくづくり・とまた・のぶん・しぶん敍会意 Compound Ideographic confer Amazed at the weight of his crotch, they conferred every honor upon him. (Image: guy with his junk on a scale getting a medal pinned to his chest/around his neck/being knighted, etc.). If there is such a thing as too much crotch, the guy who gets that much should have an honor conferred upon him. 1660 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 途トみち route, way, road 途中(とちゅう): (1) on the way; en route (2) in the middle of; midway 用途(ようと): use; usefulness; utility; service; purpose 前途(ぜんと): future prospects; outlook; the journey ahead 中途(ちゅうと): in the middle; half-way 途上(とじょう): (1) en route; half-way (2) on the road; in the street 途絶える(とだえる): to stop; to cease; to come to an end 途端(とたん): just (now, at the moment, etc.) 途切れる(とぎれる): to pause; to be interrupted 3 S 717 余: too much; myself; surplus; other; remainder 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 10 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic route On this route, all trucks have to check in at the scales before they can get on the road. There are too many roads, so you need to plan a route. 1661 gradeS JLPT.N3 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq501-750 斜シャなな.め、はす diagonal, slanting, oblique 斜面(しゃめん): slope; slanting surface; bevel 傾斜(けいしゃ): inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip 斜め(ななめ): (1) slanting; tilted; sloping; diagonal; oblique (2) unusual; slanted (view of the world); bad (mood) 斜(はす): diagonal 1 S 1504 余: too much; myself; surplus; other; remainder 斗: Big Dipper; 10 sho (vol); sake dipper; dots and cross radical (no. 68) 11 斗 68 4 と・とます・ますづくり (none) 形声 Phonetic diagonal The main bar of an old-fashioned scale(balance) will be very diagonal if you place a giant measuring cup on one side. “The constellation of libra (meaning ”“ scales”“ in latin) is diagonal to the handle of the big dipper.” 1662 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq1501-2000 塗トぬ.る、ぬ.り、まみ.れる paint, plaster, daub, smear, coating 塗る(ぬる): to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear 塗れ(まみれ): covered with; stained; smeared 2 S 1414 水: water 余: too much; myself; surplus; other; remainder 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 13 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic paint If you add too much water to the paint it will drip onto the ground. A true artisan mixes his own paint from water and soils on a scale in careful proportions. 1663 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1001-1500 束ソクたば、たば.ねる、つか、つか.ねる bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control 約束(やくそく): (1) arrangement; promise; appointment; pact; engagement (2) convention; rule 拘束(こうそく): restriction; restraint; binding; constraint 束(たば): bundle; bunch; sheaf 結束(けっそく): union; unity 束縛(そくばく): restraint; shackles; restriction; confinement; binding 束ねる(たばねる): (1) to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to sheathe (2) to govern; to manage; to control; to administer (3) to fold (one's arms) 3 4 918 木: tree; wood 口: mouth 7 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 象形 Pictographic bundle Mnemonic: Bundle of joy. Here I see the proverbial stork with a baby hanging from its mouth fly straight into a tree. Painful, but he doesn´t drop the bundle. Unlike in 杏, this big mouth isn´t content to wait for apricots to fall in his mouth, so he has climbed the tree and is taking them in bundles. 1664 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 頼ライたの.む、たの.もしい、たよ.るよち, より trust, request 信頼(しんらい): reliance; trust; faith; confidence 依頼(いらい): (1) request; commission; dispatch; despatch (2) dependence; trust 頼む(たのむ): (1) to request; to beg; to ask (2) to call; to order; to reserve (3) to entrust to (4) to rely on 頼み(たのみ): (1) request; favor; favour (2) reliance; dependence; trust 頼る(たよる): to rely on; to have recourse to; to depend on 頼もしい(たのもしい): reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising 3 S 708 束: bundle; sheaf; ream; tie in bundles; govern; manage; control 頁: page; leaf 16 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい賴形声 Phonetic trust When you trust in something, you've got your head 頁 all bundled 束 up (wrapped up) in it. We found a bundle of severed heads in your room, its difficult to trust you. 1665 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 瀬ライせいわた, がせ, しげ, せい, せっ rapids, current, torrent, shallows, shoal 瀬戸物(せともの): earthenware; crockery; china 1 S 1152 水: water 頼: trust; request 19 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい瀨形声 Phonetic rapids You need complete trust in your water guide to attempt Class 5 rapids. You can never trust the water in the rapids, it will do everything it can to pull you under. Imagine a line of natives with bundles upon their heads all fighting the rapids to cross the river. 1666 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1001-1500 勅チョクいまし.める、みことのりて, のり imperial order 1 S 2157 束: bundle; sheaf; ream; tie in bundles; govern; manage; control 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 9 力 19 2 ちから・りきづくり敕会意 Compound Ideographic imperial order This is an imperial order for pizza. To deliver the huge bundle of pizzas to the emperor, the pizza boy needs huge muscles. Imperial order carries quite a bundle of executive power. 1667 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 疎ソ、ショうと.い、うと.む、まば.ら alienate, rough, neglect, shun, sparse 過疎(かそ): depopulation 疎か(おろそか): (1) neglect; negligence; carelessness (2) not to mention …; needless to say …; not to speak of … 1 S 1572 疋: head; counter for animals 束: bundle; sheaf; ream; tie in bundles; govern; manage; control 12 疋 103 5 ひき・ひきへん (none) 形声 Phonetic alienate [True story] In Osaka the homeless (the alienated) live in large numbers around the city zoo. Picture them in winter all bundled up in rags trying to keep warm, alienated from the society, living literally worst than the animals in the zoo who at least are bundled in their natural furs and have pens to live in sheltered from the elements. This kanji is so strange that it was alienated at the kanji zoo. The bundle of joy stork bundles this kanji up and takes it to a kanji foster home. 1668 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 速ソクはや.い、はや-、はや.める、すみ.やかわ quick, fast 速める(はやめる): to hasten; to quicken; to expedite; to precipitate; to accelerate 急速(きゅうそく): rapid (e.g. progress) 高速(こうそく): (1) high speed; high gear (2) highway; freeway; expressway; motorway 時速(じそく): speed (per hour) 速度(そくど): speed; velocity; rate 速やか(すみやか): speedy; prompt; smooth 加速(かそく): (1) acceleration; speed up (2) accelerator 迅速(じんそく): quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined; expedited; expeditious 早速(さっそく): at once; immediately; without delay; promptly 速達(そくたつ): express; special delivery 加速度(かそくど): acceleration 速力(そくりょく): speed 3 3 576 束: bundle; sheaf; ream; tie in bundles; govern; manage; control 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 10 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic quick Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the bundled sticks in the middle of the road. (dingomick). Uh oh. The stork just dropped the bundle of joy in the middle of the road. Somebody save it, quick! 1669 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 整セイととの.える、ととの.うひとし organize, arranging, tune, tone, meter, key (music) 調整(ちょうせい): regulation; coordination; adjustment; tuning; modification; alteration 整備(せいび): maintenance; servicing; outfitting 整理(せいり): sorting; arrangement; organization; putting in order; adjustment; regulation; liquidation 整う(ととのう): to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be arranged 整列(せいれつ): standing in a row; forming a line; alignment 整える(ととのえる): (1) to put in order; to arrange; to adjust (2) to get ready; to prepare (3) to raise money 整数(せいすう): integer; whole number 整然(せいぜん): orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim; tidy; accurate 2 3 478 敕: an imperial order or decree 正: correct; justice; righteous; 1040 16 攴 66 4 ぼくにょう・ぼくづくり・とまた・のぶん・しぶん (none) 形声 Phonetic organize Recycling in Japan, you have to make sure all your bundles are organized correctly otherwise the taskmasters won´t accept them. When a bundle of taskmasters organize something chances are it won´t be done correctly because they are constantly arguing. 1670 grade3 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 剣ケンつるぎ sabre, sword, blade, clock hand 真剣(しんけん): (1) seriousness; earnestness (2) real sword (as opposed to unsharpened or wooden practice weapon) (practise) 1 S 1305 僉: all 刀: sword; saber; knife 10 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう劍形声 Phonetic saber If it helps, make the awl primitive ice pick instead. They´re basically the same thing. This kanji is an easy David vs. Goliath story of the icepick vs. the saber… “Every self-respecting ninja knows the story of ”“The Awl and the Sabre”“. According to the legend, a woman once defended herself by using an awl against a sabre! She used to work all day with that awl. However, the bandit using the sabre had no skill. And thus the awl beat the sabre. And from there the saying goes : ”“The sabre is powerless against the awl, if one can´t use the sabre.”“.” 1671 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq1001-1500 険ケンけわ.しい precipitous, inaccessible place, impregnable position, steep place, sharp eyes 探険(たんけん): exploration; expedition 危険(きけん): (1) danger; peril; hazard (2) dangerous; hazardous 保険(ほけん): insurance; guarantee 冒険(ぼうけん): risk; venture; adventure 険しい(けわしい): (1) precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; impregnable; steep (2) grim; severe; stern 3 5 707 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 僉: all 11 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ險形声 Phonetic precipitous The rock climber trying to get up to the pinnacle is dangling from a precipitous edge, hanging only one with his icepick. Well I have someone climbing an inflatable precipitous pinnacle. Once at the top it is so precipitous that the person is afraid to climb down and instead punctures the inflatable pinnacle with an awl to get safely and slowly back to the ground. 1672 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 検ケンしら.べる examination, investigate 検査(けんさ): inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.) 検討(けんとう): consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion 検事(けんじ): public prosecutor 点検(てんけん): inspection; examination; checking 2 5 290 木: tree; wood 僉: all 12 木 75 4 き・きへん檢形声 Phonetic examination “After intense cross-examination from the prosecutor, the tree confessed to murdering the wood-pecker with an awl… ”“He just kept at it, he kept poking at me with that beak, so I thought I'd see how HE liked it!!”“ The autopsy examination revealed at least a dozen puncture wounds, what a brutal case.” “Don´t confuse with exam (#1278), test (#354), evaluate (#1487). Think of examination as a doctor´s examination. You´re having problems getting wood in bed. You go in for a doctor´s examination. The doctor shoves an icepick into your manhood as part of the examination.” 1673 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 倹ケンつま.しい、つづまやか frugal, economy, thrifty 倹約(けんやく): thrift; economy; frugality 1 S 2479 人: person 僉: all 10 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね儉形声 Phonetic frugal Mr. T is as frugal as they come. He uses his one ice pick for everything: to eat, pick his teeth, clean his toilet, kill people, cook, etc. Khatzumoto needs to be frugal after spending all his money on Japanese media and none on food. His waist has shrunk and he needs a new belt, but being frugal he just punches another hole with his awl. 1674 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 重ジュウ、チョウえ、おも.い、おも.り、おも.なう、かさ.ねる、かさ.なる、おもさね, しげ, しげる heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold 重態(じゅうたい): seriously ill; serious condition; critical state 重複(ちょうふく): duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration 重要(じゅうよう): important; momentous; essential; principal; major 重大(じゅうだい): serious; important; significant; grave; weighty 貴重(きちょう): precious; valuable 重視(じゅうし): importance; stress; serious consideration 重点(じゅうてん): important point; lay stress on; colon; emphasis 慎重(しんちょう): careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate 体重(たいじゅう): body weight (usu. one's own) 重量(じゅうりょう): (1) weight (2) heavyweight boxer 尊重(そんちょう): respect; esteem; regard 一重(ひとえ): one layer; single; onefold 厳重(げんじゅう): strict; rigour; rigor; severe; firm; strong; secure 重ねる(かさねる): to pile up; to put something on another; to heap up; to add; to repeat 重力(じゅうりょく): gravity 重役(じゅうやく): company director; top management; high executive; (person with) heavy responsibilities 比重(ひじゅう): (1) specific gravity; weight; part (2) relative weight; relative importance 重い(おもい): (1) heavy; weighty; massive (2) heavy (feeling); depressed; gloomy; blue; uneasy (3) slow; sluggish; lumbering; ponderous; clumsy (4) important; serious; grave (5) serious; severe; critical (6) solid; established; dignified; sensible 重んじる(おもんじる): to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize 重宝(ちょうほう): (1) convenient; useful; handy; helpful (2) priceless treasure (3) valuing highly; prizing 重なる(かさなる): (1) to be piled up; to lie on top of one another (2) to come one after another; to happen over and over; to pile up (e.g. stress); to accumulate (3) to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time; to happen simultaneously 重たい(おもたい): heavy; massive; serious; important; severe; oppressed 重んずる(おもんずる): to honor; to honour; to respect; to esteem; to prize 重(え): -fold; -ply 重(じゅう): greater degree; heavy; serious 4 3 193 千: thousand 里: ri; village; parent's home; league 9 里 166 7 さと・さとへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic heavy The first computer in the world was as heavy as thousand computers are now. “To me it looks like a car with two extra wheels, like a truck. As it is a very heavy vehicle I suggest an image of a huge mining truck, like the yellow Liebherr T282B. Remember that the first ”“wheel”“ is a bit bent. http://www.primidi.com/2004/06/21.html.” 1675 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq1-250 動ドウうご.く、うご.かするぎ move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake 運動(うんどう): motion; exercise 活動(かつどう): action; activity 行動(こうどう): action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation 自動車(じどうしゃ): automobile 動き(うごき): movement; activity; trend; development; change 動物(どうぶつ): animal 不動産(ふどうさん): real estate 動向(どうこう): trend; tendency; movement; attitude 移動(いどう): (1) removal; migration; movement (2) mobile (e.g. communications) 自動(じどう): (1) automatic; self-motion (2) intransitive verb 変動(へんどう): change; fluctuation 感動(かんどう): being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; deep emotion; impression 動機(どうき): motive; incentive; motif 騒動(そうどう): strife; riot; rebellion; turmoil 動物園(どうぶつえん): zoo; zoological gardens 暴動(ぼうどう): insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising 動員(どういん): mobilization; mobilisation 異動(いどう): change 振動(しんどう): oscillation; vibration 動揺(どうよう): (1) shaking; trembling; pitching; rolling; oscillation (2) disturbance; unrest; agitation; excitement; commotion; turmoil; discomposure; feeling shaken 動作(どうさ): action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior; execution; actuation; operation; manners 動かす(うごかす): (1) to move; to shift; to operate; to set in motion; to mobilize; to mobilise (2) to inspire; to rouse; to move (e.g. feeling); to influence (3) to deny; to change 動力(どうりょく): power; motive power; dynamic force 出動(しゅつどう): sailing; marching; going out; dispatch 動詞(どうし): verb 動く(うごく): (1) to move; to stir; to shift; to shake; to swing (2) to operate; to run; to go; to work (3) to be touched; to be influenced (4) to change; to vary; to fluctuate; to waver (5) certain; factual (6) to be transferred 動的(どうてき): dynamic; kinetic 形容動詞(けいようどうし): na-adjective (adj-na); quasi-adjective; adjectival noun; nominal adjective 自動詞(じどうし): intransitive verb (no direct obj) 助動詞(じょどうし): auxiliary verb 他動詞(たどうし): transitive verb (direct obj.) 4 3 73 重: heavy; heap up; pile up; nest of boxes; -fold 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 11 力 19 2 ちから・りきづくり (none) 形声 Phonetic move Even though the furniture is heavy, it´ll be easy to move with all the muscles that he has. His MUSCLES are so HEAVY, he barely can move…thats ironic. 1676 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 勲クンいさおいさむ meritorious deed, merit 1 S 1513 動: move; motion; change; confusion; shift; shake 火: fire 15 力 19 2 ちから・りきづくり勳形声 Phonetic meritorious deed A meritorious deed? Like moving a damsel in distress out of a fire, maybe. Prometheus did a meritous deed for humanity by MOVING FIRE from the gods to us humans. 1677 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 働ドウ、リュク、リキ、ロク、リョクはたら.く work 労働(ろうどう): (1) manual labor; manual labour; toil; work (2) Labour Party 働き(はたらき): (1) work; labor; labour (2) achievement; performance; ability; talent (3) salary; income; earnings (4) action; activity; workings; function; operation; movement; motion (5) conjugation; inflection 共働き(ともばたらき): (husband and wife) both working; dual income 働く(はたらく): (1) to work; to labor; to labour (2) to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. … works); to come into play (3) to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice (4) to be conjugated 4 4 417 人: person 動: move; motion; change; confusion; shift; shake 13 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic work A person who moves something is doing work, physically speaking. “Mr T, move. Mr Ts new exercise video called ”“Work it suckaz”“. Here is shouting ”“move it work it move work it!”“.” 1678 grade4 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq251-500 種シュたね、-ぐさおい, くさ, た, ほ species, kind, class, variety, seed 一種(いっしゅ): species; kind; variety 種類(しゅるい): (1) variety; kind; type; category (2) counter for different sorts of things 人種(じんしゅ): race (of people) 品種(ひんしゅ): (1) kind (of goods); brand (2) (taxonomical) form (3) breed; cultivar 種々(しゅじゅ): variety 各種(かくしゅ): every kind; all sorts 種(たね): (1) seed; pip; kind; variety; quality; tone (2) material; matter; subject; theme; (news) copy; leaven (bread) (3) cause; source; trick; secret; inside story 種(しゅ): (1) kind; variety (2) (biological) species (3) (logical) species 3 4 461 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 重: heavy; heap up; pile up; nest of boxes; -fold 14 禾 115 5 のぎ・のぎへん (none) 形声 Phonetic species Our species has a wheat heavy diet… “This kanji also means ”“Seed.”“ STORY: Scientists have developed a new SPECIES of WHEAT that has large HEAVY seeds. Now we can feed the world.” 1679 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 衝ショウつ.く collide, brunt, highway, opposition (astronomy), thrust, pierce, stab, prick 衝突(しょうとつ): collision; conflict 衝撃(しょうげき): shock; crash; impact; ballistic 1 S 972 行: going; journey 重: heavy; heap up; pile up; nest of boxes; -fold 15 行 144 6 ぎょう・ぎょうがまえ・いく・ゆきがまえ (none) 形声 Phonetic collide Two heavy trucks in a game of chicken collide while racing toward each other on the boulevard. 衝【しょう】 (n) (1) important point (e.g. on a route); (2) important role (responsibility, etc.); (3) (astronomical) opposition. STORY:Two HEAVY trucks are playing a game of chicken on the BOULEVARD. However, they both missed the IMPORTANT POINT: that they have to turn in different directions. Naturally, they COLLIDE when they both turn in the same direction. (ty dingomick). 1680 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 薫クンかお.るかおり, かおる, かほ, かほる, くに, しげ, にほ, のぶ, よし fragrant, be scented, smoke (cigs) 1 S 1849 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 重: heavy; heap up; pile up; nest of boxes; -fold 火: fire 16 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり薰形声 Phonetic fragrant “Do you know how they make those FRAGRANT air fresheners? Well you take some FLOWERS, compress them with a HEAVY weight, and put them on an OVEN FIRE for a while… (cmp perfume (#493)).” The heavier the flowers the stronger their fragrance when you burn them. 1681 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 病ビョウ、ヘイや.む、-や.み、やまい ill, sick 病院(びょういん): hospital 病気(びょうき): illness; disease; sickness 発病(はつびょう): attack (disease) 看病(かんびょう): nursing (a patient) 病む(やむ): to fall ill; to be ill 臆病(おくびょう): cowardice; timidity 病(やまい): illness; disease 4 3 384 疒: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104) 丙: third class; 3rd; 3rd calendar sign 10 疒 104 5 やまい・やまいだれ (none) 形声 Phonetic ill Caveman got ill after flying third class. The cabin air and food got to him. (Primitive: these all got MUCH easier when using CAVEMAN instead. ). If you hang around a third class hospital, you´ll get ill with the sickness everyone else has. 1682 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness kanjifreq251-500 痴チし.れる、おろか stupid, foolish 愚痴(ぐち): (1) idle complaint; grumble (2) moha (ignorance, folly) 1 S 1663 疒: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104) 知: know; wisdom 13 疒 104 5 やまい・やまいだれ癡会意 Compound Ideographic stupid Of course caveman is stupid. He doesn´t know anything. He´s a caveman! “This kanji shows stupidity as a ”“knowledge-sickness”“. Everybody can be stupid at times, and it usually happens because of a lack of experience. Hence the stupidity is a ”“knowledge sickness”“.” 1683 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 痘トウ pox, smallpox 1 S 疒: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104) 豆: beans; pea; midget 12 疒 104 5 やまい・やまいだれ (none) 形声 Phonetic pox Caveman has horrible pox. They look like edamame beans oozing bight green paste. Pox is a sickness which symptoms include bean-shaped bumps on the skin. 1684 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness 症ショウ symptoms, illness 症状(しょうじょう): symptoms; condition 症(しょう): illness 1 S 1111 疒: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104) 正: correct; justice; righteous; 1040 10 疒 104 5 やまい・やまいだれ (none) 形声 Phonetic symptoms Once you have all the symptoms right, you have correctly identified the sickness. A sickness can only be correctly diagnosed if the symptoms are identified correctly. 1685 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness kanjifreq1001-1500 疾シツはや.い rapidly 疾っくに(とっくに): long ago; already; a long time ago 1 S 1577 疒: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104) 矢: dart; arrow 10 疒 104 5 やまい・やまいだれ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic rapidly I picture a sick caveman, and two people rapidly blowing darts at him. One is blowing poison darts, the other is blowing antidote darts. Will the sick caveman live or die? Depends on how rapidly they fire. If shot with a poison dart, sickness develops rapidly. 1686 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness kanjifreq1501-2000 痢リ diarrhea 下痢(げり): diarrhoea; diarrhea 1 S 2037 疒: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104) 利: profit; advantage; benefit 12 疒 104 5 やまい・やまいだれ (none) 形声 Phonetic diarrhea For a country full of pay-per-use public toilets, sudden diarrhea is certainly the most profitable sickness! Caveman doesn´t have any skills, so he sells his diarrhea as chili to peasant wheat farmers for an amazing profit. 1687 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness kanjifreq2001-2500 疲ヒつか.れる、-づか.れ、つか.らす exhausted, tire, weary 疲れ(つかれ): tiredness; fatigue 疲労(ひろう): fatigue; weariness 疲れる(つかれる): (1) to get tired; to tire (2) to be worn out (e.g. of well used objects) (3) to starve 3 S 1263 疒: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104) 皮: pelt; skin; hide; leather; skin radical (no. 107) 10 疒 104 5 やまい・やまいだれ (none) 形声 Phonetic tired I picture an exhausted sick caveman snuggling up in a comfy pelt blanket. Your body feels tired when you have a sickness. All you want to do is wrap yourself up in a nice warm pelt and get better. 1688 gradeS JLPT.N3 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness kanjifreq1001-1500 疫エキ、ヤク epidemic 1 S 1661 疒: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104) 殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79) 9 疒 104 5 やまい・やまいだれ (none) 形声 Phonetic epidemic “Sickness-missiles are being engineered by bio-terrorists to spread epidemics all over the world. Imagine seeing footage of a place where those sickness-missiles are built : rows after rows of missiles, and if you look closely on each is inscribed in tiny letters the name of different sickness such as ”“flu”“, ”“plague”“, etc.” SICKNESS / MISSILE Hint: True fact about biochemical warfare: in the medieval and ancient world, SICKNESS in the form of the corpses of those who had died from some EPIDEMIC or plague were often hurled at the enemy via the crude MISSILE launchers of the time. [C]. 1689 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness kanjifreq1501-2000 痛ツウいた.い、いた.む、いた.ましい、いた.める pain, hurt, damage, bruise 痛み(いたみ): pain; ache; sore; grief; distress 苦痛(くつう): pain; agony; bitterness 頭痛(ずつう): headache 痛い(いたい): (1) painful; sore (2) exceeding 痛感(つうかん): feeling keenly; fully realizing 痛切(つうせつ): keen; acute 痛める(いためる): to hurt; to injure; to cause pain; to worry; to bother; to afflict; to be grieved over 3 6 903 疒: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104) 甬: road with walls on both sides 12 疒 104 5 やまい・やまいだれ (none) 形声 Phonetic pain Think of the phrase pain in the xxx. Then think of a pogostick up your xxx. That's painful, right? The real question is why a pogostick is up your xxx. That's sick, dude. When I was feeling sick my mum said I shouldn´t go out to play on my pogo stick until I felt better. Well I wasn´t strong enough to stay up on it and so fell over and have the pain to prove my mum right. 1690 grade6 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness kanjifreq751-1000 癖ヘキくせ、くせ.に mannerism, habit, vice, trait, fault, kink 癖(くせ): (1) habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice) (2) peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; mannerism (3) crease; wrinkle; curl; kink 1 S 1973 疒: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104) 辟: false; punish; crime; law 18 疒 104 5 やまい・やまいだれ (none) 形声 Phonetic mannerism Caveman has a bad mannerism of putting ketchup on everything he eats. I guess that´s ok since raw mammoth can´t be too good… This mannerism is a sickness of the modern generation. It was only recently that we started putting ketchup on everything. 1691 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 匿トクかくま.う hide, shelter, shield 1 S 2024 匚: box-on-side enclosure radical (no. 22) 若: young; if; perhaps; possibly; low number; immature 10 匸 23 2 かくしがまえ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic hide Young kids likes to hide in cardboard boxes. (Primitive: CARDBOARD BOX, especially kids playing with them.). Note that stroke order with box primitive is as follows: first horizontal line, then enclosed element, and then a hook (it´s incorrect in 4th edition). 1692 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 匠ショウたくみ artisan, workman, carpenter 1 S 1718 匚: box-on-side enclosure radical (no. 22) 斤: axe; 1.32 lb; catty; counter for loaves of bread; axe radical (no. 69) 6 匚 22 2 はこ・はこがまえ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic artisan Hint: Artisan/Ax Def: An artisan is a skilled manual worker; a craftsperson. Here we see his tools represented by the artisan's ax stored in his toolbox. We here have the axe-man who´s an artisan at making sculptures with his axe… The only thing is, he never shows anyone, keeping all his sculptures inside a box down in the basement. He doesn´t want any attention. 1693 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 医イい.やす、い.する、くすし doctor, medicine 医療(いりょう): medical care; medical treatment 医学(いがく): medical science; medicine 医師(いし): doctor; physician 医者(いしゃ): (medical) doctor; physician 医院(いいん): doctor's office (surgery); clinic; dispensary 歯医者(はいしゃ): dentist 4 3 437 匚: box-on-side enclosure radical (no. 22) 矢: dart; arrow 7 酉 164 7 とり・とりへん・ひよみのとり・さけのとり醫会意 Compound Ideographic doctor “Easily confused: Dr. (#47), doctor (#1694), examination (#1673), check-up (#1724), medicine (#1736). To avoid confusion I renamed this medic, and picture the medic from Team Fortress 2 returning to his box of darts in the supply cupboard every time his syringe gun is empty.” This DOCTOR prefers to use DARTS instead of syringes for injections. Here, he pulls out his BOX of DARTS, and the child on the examination table squirms. 1694 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq251-500 匹ヒツひき equal, head, counter for small animals, roll of cloth 匹(ひき): (1) counter for small animals (2) counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size) (3) counter for horses (4) roll of cloth 匹敵(ひってき): comparing with; match; rival; equal 2 S 1384 匚: box-on-side enclosure radical (no. 22) 儿: legs radical (no. 10) 4 匸 23 2 かくしがまえ (none) 象形 Pictographic equal This kanji is used commonly as a counter for small animals. This is a pictograph of a SMALL ANIMAL´S view from inside a CARDBOARD BOX looking out at his masters HUMAN LEGS. He´s probably hiding so the master does not COUNT him with the other animals which will probably be eaten (thus he avoids everyones EQUAL fate on the farm: the kitchen table). Imagine a magician doing that trick where he puts his assistant in a box and proceeds to saw her in half. Don’t the human legs sticking horizontally out of the box remind you of an equal sign? 1695 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Counting_Counters kanjifreq1001-1500 区ク、オウ、コウ ward, district 区域(くいき): (1) limits; boundary; domain; zone; sphere; territory (2) area (e.g. in programming languages) 区間(くかん): (1) section (of track, etc.); segment; dimension (2) interval 区(く): ward; district; section 区別(くべつ): distinction; differentiation; classification 区分(くぶん): division; section; demarcation; partition; segmentation; subdivision; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification; sorting 区画(くかく): division; section; compartment; boundary; area; block 地区(ちく): district; section; sector 区切り(くぎり): (1) punctuation; pause; juncture (2) end; (place to) stop 区切る(くぎる): (1) to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to mark off; to cut off (2) to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud) 区々(まちまち): several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse 4 3 137 匚: box-on-side enclosure radical (no. 22) 乂: mow; cut grass; subdue 4 匸 23 2 かくしがまえ區会意 Compound Ideographic ward In the homeless ward of the city you see people sleeping in CARDBOARD BOXES using a SHEAF as a pillow. That´s the homeless ward of the city. Wolverine lives in a cardboard box there. 1696 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 枢スウ、シュとぼそ、からくり hinge, pivot, door 中枢(ちゅうすう): centre; center; pivot; mainstay; nucleus; backbone; central figure; pillar; key man 1 S 1791 木: tree; wood 区: ward; district 8 木 75 4 き・きへん樞会意 Compound Ideographic hinge Make sure you install the hinge the right way. If it opens treeward (= tree ward), you won't be able to get the fence open, make sure it opens houseward. You notice a hinge on a tree and realize there´s a secret door. You open it up to find an Xbox!!! 1697 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1501-2000 殴オウなぐ.る assault, hit, beat, thrash 殴る(なぐる): to strike; to hit 1 S 1622 区: ward; district 殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79) 8 殳 79 4 るまた・ほこづくり毆会意 Compound Ideographic assault The biggest assault on Japan during WW2 is when the wards in Hiroshima and Nagasaki were wiped out by nuclear missiles. In this hospital ward, the personnel is assaulted by missiles. Think of a ward where crazy old people assault the personnel because they don´t like the food, they don´t want to take their medicines, they want to go home, etc. The patients use whatever they can get their hands on as missiles. 1698 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq1501-2000 欧オウうた.う、は.くおお, ひろ Europe 欧米(おうべい): Europe and America; the West 欧羅巴(ヨーロッパ): Europe 2 S 421 区: ward; district 欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76) 8 欠 76 4 あくび・けんづくり・かける・けつ歐会意 Compound Ideographic Europe Do japanese consider Europe like just a ward, boring enough to make them yawn?? This kanji is offensive! [Europe] X-Box was first released in America and Japan (the biggest videogame markets). Europe had an X-Box lack for a while… 1699 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 抑ヨクおさ.える repress, well, now, in the first place, push, shove, press, seal, do in spite of 抑える(おさえる): (1) to pin something down; to hold something down; to hold something back; to stop; to restrain; to curb (2) to seize; to grasp; to arrest (3) to gain control of something; to govern; to keep down (e.g. information); to suppress (4) to catch happening; to determine (important points); to find (proof); to understand 抑制(よくせい): control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition; check; curb 抑圧(よくあつ): check; restraint; oppression; suppression 1 S 834 手: hand 卩: seal radical (no. 26) 7 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic repress They would repress dissents by cutting off their fingers and mailing them to relatives in small boxes (of course including stamps for proper postage). A true stamp collecting nerd won´t be able to repress the urge to get his fingers on the latest box of collector stamps! 1700 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 仰ギョウ、コウあお.ぐ、おお.せ、お.っしゃる、おっしゃ.る face-up, look up, depend, seek, respect, rever, drink, take 信仰(しんこう): (religious) faith; belief; creed 仰ぐ(あおぐ): (1) to look up (at) (2) to look up (to); to respect; to revere (3) to ask for; to seek (4) to turn to someone; to depend on (5) to drink; to take 仰っしゃる(おっしゃる): to say; to speak; to tell; to talk 1 S 1573 人: person 卬: lofty; high; raise; high-priced 6 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic faceup Mr T with the post package at the post office: ´these stamps don´t stick to the box, foo´ Postguy:´ Try it again but this time with the stamp, face-up.´. “Mr. T, his ”“acting career”“ in its twilight, must now FACE-UP to the fact that his mug will never appear on a BOX of cereal or on a STAMP.” 1701 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 迎ゲイむか.えるむかえ welcome, meet, greet 歓迎(かんげい): welcome; reception 迎え(むかえ): meeting; greeting; welcome 出迎え(でむかえ): meeting; reception 迎える(むかえる): (1) to go out to meet (2) to receive; to welcome (3) to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family) (4) to call for; to summon; to invite (5) to approach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.) 出迎える(でむかえる): to meet; to greet 3 S 625 卬: lofty; high; raise; high-priced 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 7 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic welcome Welcome home daddy! Is that box for me? You were on the road a long time! I collected all the stamps from the letters you wrote me　 … Stamp-collectors sit and wait on the road to welcome new mail arrivals. 1702 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 登トウ、ト、ドウ、ショウ、チョウのぼ.る、あ.がるたか, のぼし, のぼり, のり ascend, climb up 登録(とうろく): registration; accession; register; entry; record 登場(とうじょう): (1) entry (on stage); appearance (on screen) (2) entrance; introduction (into a market) 登校(とうこう): attendance (at school); going to school 登山(とざん): mountain climbing 3 3 566 癶: dotted tent radical (no. 105) 豆: beans; pea; midget 12 癶 105 5 はつがしら (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic ascend When an American Indian warrior dies, his body is placed on a TABLE inside a TEEPEE, and a ritualistic ceremony is held to encourage his spirit to ASCEND to that big buffalo hunting ground in the sky. When I was a kid I went out camping in a teepee. I ate beans for dinner, and afterwards I produced so much gas that my teepee actually ascended in the air! 1703 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 澄チョウす.む、す.ます、-す.ますきよ, すす, すみ, み lucidity, be clear, clear, clarify, settle, strain, look grave 澄む(すむ): to clear (e.g. weather); to become transparent 澄ます(すます): to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim; to put on airs 1 S 1722 水: water 登: ascend; climb up 15 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic lucidity Scuba divers know that when you ascend in the water, your lucidity increases (For non-divers, the deeper you go, the more you become mentally impaired by nitrogen narcosis, every 50 feet is like drinking one martini). Scuba divers also know that as you ascend in the water, the lucidity of the water improves, too. A few drops of acid/peyote and the Indians obtain lucidity on their vision quest, as if they were floating in the lucid sky. 1704 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 発ハツ、ホツた.つ、あば.く、おこ.る、つか.わす、はな.つば, わ discharge, departure, publish, emit, start from, disclose 開発(かいはつ): development; exploitation 発言(はつげん): utterance; speech; proposal 発行(はっこう): (1) issue (publications); publishing (2) raising an event (software) 発展(はってん): (1) development; growth; advancement; unfurling (2) expansion; extension; enlargement (3) playing around; having an active sex life 発表(はっぴょう): announcement; publication 反発(はんぱつ): (1) to repel; to oppose; to revolt; to react sharply (against) (2) opposition; rebellion; resistance; backlash (3) rally; recovery (e.g. in stock prices); rebound (4) to rally; to recover; to rebound 活発(かっぱつ): vigor; vigour; active; lively 発生(はっせい): (1) outbreak; spring forth; occurrence; incidence; origin (2) ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state 発売(はつばい): sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product) 発足(ほっそく): starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up 爆発(ばくはつ): explosion; detonation; eruption 発見(はっけん): discovery; detection; finding 発想(はっそう): expression (e.g. in music); idea; conception; way of thinking 出発(しゅっぱつ): departure 発電(はつでん): generation (e.g. power) 発(はつ): (1) departure; departing (from …); departing (at time …) (2) sending; sent (by …); sent (at …) (3) engine (4) counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.; counter for bullets, bombs, etc.; counter for blows (punches) 発掘(はっくつ): (1) excavation; exhumation (2) discovery (e.g. new talent) 発作(ほっさ): fit; spasm; attack; seizure 発達(はったつ): development; growth 発病(はつびょう): attack (disease) 発明(はつめい): (1) invention (2) intelligent; clever (3) being enlightened; having the meaning of everything become clear 発音(はつおん): pronunciation 発揮(はっき): exhibition; demonstration; show; display; manifestation 始発(しはつ): (1) first departure (of a train, bus, etc.); first train; first bus (2) departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.) 発育(はついく): (physical) growth; development 再発(さいはつ): return; relapse; reoccurrence 発射(はっしゃ): firing; shooting; discharge; catapult; ejaculation (sl) 発車(はっしゃ): departure of a vehicle 蒸発(じょうはつ): (1) evaporation (2) disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance 発芽(はつが): burgeoning 発条(ばね): spring (e.g. coil, leaf); mainspring; power spring 4 3 32 癶: dotted tent radical (no. 105) 二: two; two radical (no.2) 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 9 癶 105 5 はつがしら發会意 Compound Ideographic discharge Two pairs of human legs poking out of a teepee: you know there´ll be a discharge soon, be it sexual, violent (husband returns home with a weapon), or dishonourable (soldier caught molesting a native), or perhaps all of the above. I spent some time in her TEEPEE…just the TWO of us…but I looked between her HUMAN LEGS and I saw a nasty DISCHARGE…so I made my 出発　rather hastily. 1705 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1-250 廃ハイすた.れる、すた.る abolish, obsolete, cessation, discarding, abandon 廃止(はいし): abolition; repeal 廃棄(はいき): (1) disposal; abandonment; scrapping; discarding; abolition (2) annulment; cancellation; abrogation; repeal 荒廃(こうはい): ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay 廃れる(すたれる): to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion 1 S 698 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 発: departure; discharge; publish; emit; start from; disclose; counter for gunshots 12 广 53 3 まだれ廢形声 Phonetic abolish Slaves have been discharged from the caves where they were kept thanks to the abolition of slavery. Guns were abolished, so gun enthusiats left for the hills to discharge their guns in caves. 1706 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 僚リョウ colleague, official, companion 官僚(かんりょう): bureaucrat; bureaucracy 同僚(どうりょう): coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate 1 S 709 人: person 大: large; big 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 小: little; small 14 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic colleague “A colleague implies someone that you share work with, such as in your company or profession, etc. Here your colleague helps you to erect your pup tent during a company outing. Note: Heisig's warning to keep this distinct from other similiar kanji such as companion (#19), friend (#704), consort (#1203) and comrade (#1637). That is why I chose to have the person element pictured as someone (the colleague in this case) helping with the work of building the pup tent.” “Mr. T began working in a japanese compagny. As he sees that his colleague accept to do some extra work during the week-end and even sleep at the office, he says to them: ”“I pity da fool who work during week-end! You might as well install a pup tent in the office and forget about your home”“.” 1707 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq501-750 寮リョウ dormitory, hostel, villa, tea pavillion 寮(りょう): (1) hostel; dormitory (2) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system) 1 S 1705 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 尞: fuel used for sacrifices 15 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic dormitory A dormitory is right in the middle between living in a house and living in a pup tent. This guy would rather use his pup-tent as a house, than sleep in the dormitory. So he effectively turned that pup-tent into a house by getting a postal address for it etc. (just to emphasize house). 1708 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1501-2000 療リョウ heal, cure 医療(いりょう): medical care; medical treatment 治療(ちりょう): medical treatment; cure 診療(しんりょう): medical examination and treatment; diagnosis 2 S 600 疒: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104) 尞: fuel used for sacrifices 17 疒 104 5 やまい・やまいだれ (none) 形声 Phonetic heal On the battlefield, the only place to heal from your sickness is inside the medic's pup tent. Think of M.A.S.H. Sick caveman has to sleep in his pup tent. Not the cave because to humid and cold but a nice small pup tent in the sun will heal him from his cold. 1709 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness kanjifreq501-750 彫チョウほ.る、-ぼ.り carve, engrave, chisel 彫刻(ちょうこく): carving; engraving; sculpture 彫る(ほる): (1) to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to chisel (2) to tattoo 1 S 1533 周: circumference; circuit; lap 彡: three; hair ornament; short hair or fur radical (no. 59) 11 彡 59 3 さん・さんづくり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic carve A lathe is used to carve a shape with circumference into wood or metal. Start with a circumference and carve away until you get the shape you want. 1710 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 形ケイ、ギョウかた、-がた、かたち、なりち shape, form, style 形(かたち): (1) form; shape; figure (2) visage 形式(けいしき): (1) form (as opposed to substance); formality (2) method; system; style (3) format; mode; appearance; form (something takes) (4) math expression 形成(けいせい): formation; molding; taking form 人形(にんぎょう): doll; puppet; figure 地形(ちけい): terrain; geographical features; topography 図形(ずけい): figure; shape; graphic 形態(けいたい): form; shape; figure 長方形(ちょうほうけい): rectangle; oblong 形勢(けいせい): condition; situation; prospects 形容詞(けいようし): (true) adjective; i-adjective 原形(げんけい): original form; base form 正方形(せいほうけい): square 形容動詞(けいようどうし): na-adjective (adj-na); quasi-adjective; adjectival noun; nominal adjective 形(けい): form; tense 3 2 418 幵: put together 彡: three; hair ornament; short hair or fur radical (no. 59) 7 彡 59 3 さん・さんづくり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic shape Everyone in the kindergarten came up with fun and interesting shapes made out of Play-Doh, except for the kid with the amputated arm. Seems like you really need both hands. “With your two hands, outline the shape of a curvaceous woman. Is that a universally understood gesture? [Careful: mould (#680) which has two hands and soil/clay].” 1711 grade2 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq251-500 影エイかげ shadow, silhouette, phantom 影響(えいきょう): (1) influence; effect (2) to influence; to affect; to have an influence on; to impact; to have an effect on 撮影(さつえい): photographing 影(かげ): (1) shadow; silhouette (2) reflection; image (3) presence; sign (4) light (stars, moon) 人影(ひとかげ): (1) figure(s) of a person (persons) (2) shadow of a person 1 S 464 景: scenery; view 彡: three; hair ornament; short hair or fur radical (no. 59) 15 彡 59 3 さん・さんづくり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic shadow The sun over the capital cast a shadow with the same shape. “You're out hiking looking at the SCENERY, suddenly out of the corner of your vision you see a large SHADOW's indistinct SHAPE… could it be a grizzly? (cmp shade (#1592)).” 1712 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq251-500 杉サンすぎ cedar, cryptomeria 杉(すぎ): Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) 1 S 1095 木: tree; wood 彡: three; hair ornament; short hair or fur radical (no. 59) 7 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic cedar Cedar is an evergreen tree that keeps its SHAPE all year long. That is, it doesn´t loose its needles/leaves in the winter. Cedar is a wood that keeps its shape. (This is true, it's rot resistant.). 1713 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq1001-1500 彩サイいろど.るあや, さ, さえ, つや coloring, paint, makeup 色彩(しきさい): colour; color; hue; tints 1 S 1251 采: dice; form; appearance; take; coloring 彡: three; hair ornament; short hair or fur radical (no. 59) 11 彡 59 3 さん・さんづくり (none) 形声 Phonetic coloring In Sydney we occasionally get exotic birds. You first notice a colouring in a tree. You look more carefully and you make out the shape of a bird (here represented by its claws). When coloring something in you grab the crayon of choice to fill in the shapes. 1714 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Color kanjifreq1001-1500 彰ショウあき, あきら patent, clear 1 S 1310 章: badge; chapter; composition; poem; design 彡: three; hair ornament; short hair or fur radical (no. 59) 14 彡 59 3 さん・さんづくり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic patent The shape of a sheriff´s badge makes it patent who he is. It was patently absurd when the fellow tried to arrest me–his badge was the wrong shape: a vase and a sunflower? Come now. 1715 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 彦ゲンひこよし, こ, ひろ, やす lad, boy (ancient) 1 S+ 1117 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 彡: three; hair ornament; short hair or fur radical (no. 59) (none) lad A lad standing on the top of a cliff, looking into the far, and thinking how to shape his future. A young lad is standing atop a cliff, looking at the writhing shape of his fallen lass below. 1716 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq1001-1500 ShouldSuspend 顔ガンかお face, expression 顔(かお): face (person) 笑顔(えがお): smiling face; smile 顔付き(かおつき): (outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression 4 2 676 彦: lad; boy (ancient) 頁: page; leaf 18 頁 181 9 おおがい・いちのかい (none) 形声 Phonetic face A lad's head still has a baby's face. When I was a lad, a pretty face was all it took for someone to get in my head, and I´d fill pages of lovelorn letters to them. 1717 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Body_Head.Neck kanjifreq501-750 須ス、シュすべから.く、すべし、ひげ、まつ、もち.いる、もと.めるもとむ, ぞ ought, by all means, necessarily 1 S 1339 彡: three; hair ornament; short hair or fur radical (no. 59) 頁: page; leaf 12 頁 181 9 おおがい・いちのかい (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic ought Why, I OUGHT to RESHAPE your HEAD… Since this Kanji is exceptional, the shape ought to be on the left side. Got that into your head? 1718 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 膨ボウふく.らむ、ふく.れる swell, get fat, thick 膨脹(ぼうちょう): expansion; swelling; increase; growth 膨大(ぼうだい): huge; bulky; enormous; extensive; swelling; expansion 膨れる(ふくれる): (1) to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to distend; to bulge (2) to get cross; to get sulky; to pout 膨らむ(ふくらむ): to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated 膨らます(ふくらます): to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge 1 S 1293 肉: meat 彭: swelling; sound of drum 16 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic swell “This kanji does not mean swell as in a inflammation. There is a different kanji for that meaning (腫れる). This kanji means swell as in, a tire swelling/expanding, your income swelling/expanding, dough swelling/expanding, etc. Johnskb's story is best b/c it does not involve swelling in the sense of inflammation, just general expansion of the stomach. STORY: ”“If a PART OF your BODY begins to SWELL/EXPAND and resembles the SHAPE of a bass DRUM, you’re either pregnant or in desperate need of a diet.”“.” Which part of your body can change shape and, when it does, swells up and throbs like a drumb? Hmmm… 1719 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 参サン、シンまい.る、まい-、まじわる、みつみ nonplussed, three, going, coming, visiting, visit, be defeated, die, be madly in love 参加(さんか): participation 参考(さんこう): reference; consultation 参議院(さんぎいん): House of Councillors 参照(さんしょう): reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out 持参(じさん): bringing; taking; carrying 参る(まいる): (1) to go; to come; to call (2) to be defeated; to collapse; to die (3) to be annoyed; to be nonplussed (4) to be madly in love (5) to visit (shrine, grave) お参り(おまいり): worship; shrine visit 参上(さんじょう): calling on; visiting 3 4 201 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) 大: large; big 彡: three; hair ornament; short hair or fur radical (no. 59) 8 厶 28 2 む參会意 Compound Ideographic visit I´m going to visit my grandpa in the hospital. He broke his elbow, and it became really big and contorted into a weird shape. I hope he will be all right! Whenever the postman has to pay a visit to this place, he brings an elbow-shaped thingy that he throws to the St. Bernard. 1720 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Directions_Movement kanjifreq1-250 惨サン、ザンみじ.め、いた.む、むご.い wretched, disaster, cruelty, harsh 悲惨(ひさん): disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful 惨め(みじめ): miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable 1 S 1463 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 参: nonplussed; three; going; coming; visiting; visit; be defeated; die; be madly in love 11 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん慘形声 Phonetic wretched Whenever I have to visit the relatives… that puts me in one hell of a wretched state of mind. Data feels wretched because he has no family to visit. 1721 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 修シュウ、シュおさ.める、おさ.まるおき, なが, のぶ, おさむ discipline, conduct oneself well, study, master 修正(しゅうせい): amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching; update; fix 修理(しゅうり): repairing; mending; servicing 修了(しゅうりょう): completion (of a course) 修業(しゅうぎょう): pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course 修士(しゅうし): master's (academic degree) 修繕(しゅうぜん): repair; mending 必修(ひっしゅう): required (subject) 研修(けんしゅう): training (esp. in-service); induction course 改修(かいしゅう): repair; improvement 専修(せんしゅう): specialization; specialisation 修学(しゅうがく): learning 修飾(しゅうしょく): (1) ornamentation; embellishment; decoration; adornment; polish up (writing) (2) modification; qualification 2 5 603 攸: relaxed; at ease; place 彡: three; hair ornament; short hair or fur radical (no. 59) 10 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic discipline Mr. T is a harsh taskmaster who will discipline you (beat you into shape) with his walking stick. You may not have known it, but Mr. T is into discispline. Not just self discipline, in order to get into shape, but what he really likes is when the Task master spanks him with her walking stick. Don´t tell Mr. T I told you. I pity da fool, and da fool would be me!!! 1722 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 珍チンめずら.しい、たからじん rare, curious, strange 珍しい(めずらしい): (1) unusual; rare; curious (2) new; novel (3) fine (e.g. gift) 2 S 1330 王: king; rule; magnate 人: person 彡: three; hair ornament; short hair or fur radical (no. 59) 9 玉 96 5 たま・たまへん・おう・おうへん・あうさま (none) 形声 Phonetic rare It's rare to see the king carrying his own parasol - typically he gets one of his attendants to do it for him (thanks to Katsuo for umbrella + shape = parasol and to Peppi for the story idea). “Tip: umbrella + shape : This combination of primitives appears four times in Heisig, so it may be worthwhile giving it a name. I suggest ”“parasol”“ (because it is the same shape as an umbrella). REF: rare (FRAME 1723) , check-up (#1724), measles (#2574), fallible (#2720).” 1723 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 診シンみ.る checkup, seeing, diagnose, examine 診断(しんだん): diagnosis 診療(しんりょう): medical examination and treatment; diagnosis 診察(しんさつ): medical examination 診る(みる): to examine (medically) 往診(おうしん): doctor's visit; house call 聴診器(ちょうしんき): stethoscope 1 S 1019 言: say 人: person 彡: three; hair ornament; short hair or fur radical (no. 59) 12 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic checkup “At my last check-up, the doctor said to me: ”“Start carrying a parasol, or you might get skin cancer. You've been tanning too much!”“ [Umbrella over shape = parasol].” The doctor at my checkup was expressing words of concern about my umbrella shaped gut. 1724 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 文ブン、モンふみ、あやかざり, ふ, も sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan 文字(もんじ): (1) letter (of alphabet); character (2) literal 本文(ほんもん): text (of document); body (of letter) 文化(ぶんか): (1) culture; civilization; civilisation (2) Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22) 文学(ぶんがく): literature 文書(ぶんしょ): document; writing; letter; paperwork; note; records; archives 注文(ちゅうもん): order; request 論文(ろんぶん): thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article 文章(ぶんしょう): (1) sentence; article; composition (2) (writing) style 文明(ぶんめい): (1) civilization; civilisation; culture (2) Bummei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20) 文芸(ぶんげい): literature; art and literature; belles-lettres 文化財(ぶんかざい): cultural assets; cultural property 文句(もんく): (1) phrase (2) complaint 作文(さくぶん): (1) writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition (2) formal writing with little real meaning 英文(えいぶん): (1) sentence in English; article in English; English text (2) English literature (study of) 文献(ぶんけん): literature; books (reference); document 文体(ぶんたい): literary style 文脈(ぶんみゃく): context 文房具(ぶんぼうぐ): stationery 文法(ぶんぽう): grammar; syntax 文(ふみ): letter; writings 人文科学(じんぶんかがく): social sciences; humanities 原文(げんぶん): the text; original 文語(ぶんご): (1) written language; literary language (2) formal (or archaic) written style based on Heian-period Japanese 文(ぶん): sentence; text 和文(わぶん): Japanese text; sentence in Japanese 4 1 190 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 乂: mow; cut grass; subdue 4 文 67 4 ぶん・ぶんにょう (none) 象形 Pictographic sentence A twist on greenapple: The teacher puts a tophat on all pupils with gramatically correct sentences, while the rest are left with a big red X on their homework. The teacher in the tophat puts an X on all the grammatically incorrect sentences. 1725 grade1 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq1-250 対タイ、ツイあいて、こた.える、そろ.い、つれあ.い、なら.ぶ、むか.うつし vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare “対応(たいおう): (1) interaction; correspondence; coping with; dealing with; support (2) software support; ability of a computer system to run specific software 対策(たいさく): counter-plan; counter-measure 対象(たいしょう): target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.) 反対(はんたい): opposition; resistance; antagonism; hostility; contrast; objection; dissension; reverse; opposite; vice versa 対立(たいりつ): confrontation; opposition; antagonism 対話(たいわ): dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction 絶対(ぜったい): (1) absolutely; unconditionally (2) absolute; unconditional; unmistakable (3) absoluteness 対決(たいけつ): confrontation; showdown 対抗(たいこう): opposition; antagonism 対処(たいしょ): deal with; cope 対等(たいとう): (1) equality (esp. of status, on equal terms); equivalence (2) equivalent; equal 対談(たいだん): talk; dialogue; conversation 応対(おうたい): receiving; dealing with 対照(たいしょう): contrast; antithesis; comparison 対比(たいひ): contrast; comparison 相対(あいたい): confrontation; facing; between ourselves; no third party; tete-a-tete 対面(たいめん): (1) interview; meeting (2) opposing (traffic, etc.); facing; confronting 対する(たいする): (1) to face (each other); to be facing (2) to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to be related to (3) to receive (a client, etc.) (4) to compare with; to contrast with; to be in opposition with; to be opposed to (5) to confront; to oppose; to compete with 相対(そうたい): relative 対(たい): (1) opposite; opposition (2) versus; vs (3) to (i.e. ”“we won the game five to three”“) (4) equal footing; equal terms (5) against …; anti-; toward …; to … 対(つい): (1) pair; couple; set (2) antithesis (3) counter for items that come in pairs (4) counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.) 対して(たいして): for; in regard to; per” 3 3 34 文: sentence; literature; style; art; decoration; figures; plan; literary radical (no. 67) 寸: measurement; foot/10 7 寸 41 3 すん・すんづくり對会意 Compound Ideographic vis-a-vis When sitting vis-a-vis, Scots will glue their kilt down to avoid embaressment. The word vis-a-vis is like sentence glue, it kind of joins sentences together. 1726 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 紋モンあや family crest, figures 1 S 1519 糸: thread 文: sentence; literature; style; art; decoration; figures; plan; literary radical (no. 67) 10 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic family crest The Scottish weave their family crests with thread on plaid fabric. A family crest sown on to a garment with thread sometimes has a Latin sentence as a motto. 1727 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 蚊ブンか mosquito 蚊(か): mosquito 1 S 2121 虫: insect; bug; temper 文: sentence; literature; style; art; decoration; figures; plan; literary radical (no. 67) 10 虫 142 6 むし・むしへん (none) 形声 Phonetic mosquito The mosquito (an insect) knows only one sentence: Bzzzzz. Mosquitoes are the insect who love Scots in plaid kilts because it makes for easy access to the best parts. 1728 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Animal kanjifreq2001-2500 斉セイ、サイそろ.う、ひと.しい、ひと.しく、あたる、はやいただ, なり, ひと, ひとし adjusted, alike, equal, similar variety of 一斉(いっせい): simultaneous; all at once 1 S 1209 文: sentence; literature; style; art; decoration; figures; plan; literary radical (no. 67) 二: two; two radical (no.2) 8 齊 210 14 さい・せい・ととのえる齊象形 Pictographic adjusted The Scotsman goalkeeper adjusted himself. He reached down and adjusted the two things between his skinny fencepost legs. “HINT: this kanji as a primitive can mean goalkeeper. The ”“fence posts”“ are goalposts, and the two goalkeepers wear plaid uniforms (this kanji also means uniform as in even), making them uniform with each other and distinguishing them as goalkeepers from the rest of the team.” 1729 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 剤ザイ、スイ、セイかる、けず.る dose, medicine, drug 洗剤(せんざい): detergent; washing material 1 S 1151 齊: alike; equal; similar; Saito 刀: sword; saber; knife 10 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう劑会意 Compound Ideographic dose When my medicine dose is way too large, I adjust it by cutting it into smaller pieces with my saber. We had to adjust his dose slightly, after he went on a rampage with a sabre. 1730 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness kanjifreq1001-1500 済サイ、セイす.む、-ず.み、-ずみ、す.まない、す.ます、-す.ます、すく.う、な.す、わたし、わた.るすむ, なり, わたる finish, come to an end, excusable, need not 経済(けいざい): economics; business; finance; economy 救済(きゅうさい): relief; aid; rescue; salvation; help 返済(へんさい): repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption 済ます(すます): (1) to finish; to get it over with; to conclude (2) to settle; to pay back (3) to get along (without something); to make do with (without) 済む(すむ): (1) to finish; to end; to be completed (2) to merely result in something less severe than expected (3) to feel at ease (4) to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry 済ませる(すませる): to finish; to make an end of; to get through with; to let end 済みません(すみません): sorry; excuse me; thank you 済まない(すまない): (1) inexcusable; unjustifiable; unpardonable (2) sorry; remorseful; apologetic; conscience-stricken; contrite (3) excuse me; (I'm) sorry; thank you 済み(ずみ): arranged; taken care of; settled; completed 3 6 168 水: water 齊: alike; equal; similar; Saito 11 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい濟形声 Phonetic finish When the goalkeeper finishes the game, he drinks a lot of water and adjusts himself. Finish him! Subzero adjusts the water in your body and crushes you into a few million pieces. 1731 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 斎サイとき、つつし.む、ものいみ、い.む、いわ.う、いつ.くいつき, さえ, ひとし, いつ, きよ, ただ, とき, よし purification, Buddhist food, room, worship, avoid, alike 書斎(しょさい): study; library; den; home office; reading room 1 S 1155 齊: alike; equal; similar; Saito 11 齊 210 14 さい・せい・ととのえる齋会意 Compound Ideographic purification Purification? I think of Japanese during new year's eve praying(saying sentences) in front of Itsukushima's shrine torii(fenceposts) and its altar. They expect to enter the new year totally purified. Kind of vulgar, but here the SCOTSMAN got tired of adjusting himself so decided try PURIFICATION. Sadly, he did it by straddling the ALTAR with his skinny LEGS. 1732 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 粛シュク、スクつつし.む solemn, quietly, softly 1 S 1549 聿: brush; finally; self; relate; follow; here; fast; writing brush radical (no. 129) 米: rice; USA; metre 11 聿 129 6 ふで・ふでづくり肅会意 Compound Ideographic solemn Even though it´s a maddening task, the monks stay solemn as they rake rice between the fenceposts. Note: This is not sieve as it has a full rice and not rice grains and the hook is missing from rake. Also the given stroke order is incorrect (fenceposts should come last). 1733 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 塁ルイ、ライ、スイとりでる bases, fort, rampart, walls, base(ball) 1 S 651 田: rice field; rice paddy 冫: two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15) 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 12 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん壘形声 Phonetic bases Playing baseball in a rice field with sparklers stuck into the ground to act as bases. The traditional New Year´s baseball game in Japan is held at midnight in a rice field. They stick sparklers in the ground for the bases so they can be seen, and to be more festive. 1734 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq501-750 楽ガク、ラク、ゴウたの.しい、たの.しむ、この.むさ, た, やす, ら music, comfort, ease 音楽(おんがく): music; musical movement 楽しみ(たのしみ): (1) enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby (2) anticipation; looking forward to 楽器(がっき): musical instrument 娯楽(ごらく): pleasure; amusement 楽(らく): (1) comfort; ease (2) raku pottery 気楽(きらく): (1) carefree; comfortable; at ease (2) easygoing; happy-go-lucky 楽しい(たのしい): enjoyable; fun 楽しむ(たのしむ): to enjoy (oneself) 楽譜(がくふ): score (music); sheet music 極楽(ごくらく): (1) Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land) (2) paradise 楽観(らっかん): optimism 4 2 373 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 冫: two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15) 木: tree; wood 13 木 75 4 き・きへん樂象形 Pictographic music Zelda: Ocarina of Time - The white sparkly thing is Navi. She´s hovering/dancing around a tree to the legendary Lost Woods music. There we were at the concert…her voice was like a dove…her dress sparkled…then suddenly, a tree fell on her….. 1735 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art kanjifreq251-500 薬ヤクくすりみ medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit 薬(くすり): (1) medicine; pharmaceuticals; (legal) drugs (2) efficacious chemical (i.e. gunpowder, pesticide, etc.) (3) (pottery) glaze (4) small bribe 薬品(やくひん): medicine; chemicals 薬局(やっきょく): pharmacy; chemist (shop); drugstore 農薬(のうやく): agricultural chemical (i.e. pesticide, herbicide, fungicide, etc.); agrochemical; agrichemical 薬指(くすりゆび): ring finger; fourth finger 薬缶(やかん): kettle 薬(やく): (1) dope; narcotics; drugs (2) medication; drug; treatment; anti- 4 3 702 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 楽: music; comfort; ease 16 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり藥形声 Phonetic medicine New-age medicine involves using things like music and flowers (aromatherapy) as treatment. Oh man, this medicinal marijuana is making me hear MUSIC and see FLOWERS everywhere… 1736 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness kanjifreq501-750 率ソツ、リツ、シュツひき.いる ratio, rate, proportion, %, coefficient, factor 比率(ひりつ): ratio; proportion; percentage 効率(こうりつ): efficiency; efficacy; performance; utility factor 率直(そっちょく): frankness; candour; candor; openheartedness; directness 確率(かくりつ): probability; likelihood; chances 倍率(ばいりつ): (1) magnification; leverage; amplification; scaling factor; scale factor (2) acceptance rate; pass rate (of an exam, etc.) 能率(のうりつ): (1) efficiency (2) moment (i.e. magnetic moment) 軽率(けいそつ): rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent 率いる(ひきいる): to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops) 率(りつ): rate; ratio; proportion; percentage 統率(とうそつ): command; lead; generalship; leadership 率土(そっと): face of the earth 2 5 383 玄: mysterious; occultness 冫: two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15) 十: ten 11 玄 95 5 げん (none) 象形 Pictographic ratio It´s quite mysterious how each sparkler gives of sparkles at a precise ratio of ten to one. Physicists have been studying this effect for decades, known as the Sparkler Effect, and using it to explain why stars look like sparklers in the night sky. It's mysterious how there's always a ratio of ten sparklers to one package. 1737 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 渋ジュウ、シュウしぶ、しぶ.い、しぶ.る astringent, hesitate, reluctant, have diarrhea 渋滞(じゅうたい): congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation 渋い(しぶい): (1) astringent; bitter; puckery; rough; harsh; tart (2) austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); refined; quiet (and simple); sober; sombre; subdued; tasteful (in a quiet way); understated (3) sour (look); glum; grim; sullen; sulky (4) stingy; tight-fisted 1 S 1011 水: water 止: stop; halt 冫: two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15) 11 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい澁会意 Compound Ideographic astringent “I think that Heisig meant this as the ”“slightly bitter but fresh”“ meaning that it can have to describe foods like lemons (しぶい). So imagine a guy trying a cocktail (water), feeling like he´s been kicked in the face (footprint) and sparks are flying from his tongue. ´How did it taste?´. ´Hmm, yes, slightly bitter, but fresh”“.” If you eat something astringent water will stop the sparkly sensation in your mouth. 1738 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 摂セツ、ショウおさ.める、かね.る、と.るせっ vicarious, surrogate, act in addition to 1 S 1779 手: hand 聶: whisper 冫: two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15) 13 手 64 4 て・てへん攝形声 Phonetic vicarious Now that I´m a responsible adult, I have to get my vicarious thrills from watching stupid people put sparklers up to their ears and burn their fingers. I put my fingers in my ears to avoid going deaf while getting a vicarious thrill from watching kids light off sparklers and fireworks on Chinese New Year. 1739 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 央オウあきら, え, お, さと, ちか, てる, なか, ひさ, ひろ, や center, middle 中央(ちゅうおう): centre; central; center; middle 2 3 582 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 大: large; big 5 大 37 3 だい・おおきい (none) 象形 Pictographic center Youve got the st bernard dead centre in your sights (the box). The center of a dog´s universe is his mouth: bark, eat, bite. What a life! 1740 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Directions kanjifreq501-750 英エイはなぶさあ, あい, え, すぐる, はな, ひ, ひで, よし, ら England, English 英語(えいご): English (language) 英雄(えいゆう): (1) hero; heroine; great person (2) Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804) (3) Heroic Polonaise (Chopin) 英文(えいぶん): (1) sentence in English; article in English; English text (2) English literature (study of) 英和(えいわ): English-Japanese (e.g. dictionary) 英字(えいじ): English letter; alphabetic character 和英(わえい): Japanese-English 4 4 430 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 央: center; middle 8 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic England The original great seal of the king of England had a very ornate flower in the center. England is a country where people think they´re the flower at the center of the world. (a description that would fit China much better.. 中華). 1741 grade4 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq251-500 映エイうつ.る、うつ.す、は.える、-ば.えあきら, え, てる reflect, reflection, projection 映画(えいが): movie; film 映像(えいぞう): reflection; image; picture (e.g. on a television); shot; clip 映画館(えいがかん): movie theatre (theater); cinema 反映(はんえい): (1) influence (2) to apply; to implement (3) reflection 映る(うつる): to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected 映す(うつす): to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow) 映える(はえる): to shine; to look attractive; to look pretty 映写(えいしゃ): projection 4 6 404 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 央: center; middle 9 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic reflect In the solar system, the Sun is the central source of all light, everything else just reflects it. A solar power plant consists of thousands of mirrors reflecting the sun´s rays, concentrating the energy on a focal point at the centre. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Two. 1742 grade6 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq251-500 赤セキ、シャクあか、あか-、あか.い、あか.らむ、あか.らめるあ, あこ, あま red 赤字(あかじ): (1) deficit; (being in or going into) the red (2) red text; red letters (3) corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red 赤ちゃん(あかちゃん): baby; infant 真っ赤(まっか): (1) bright red; deep red; flushed (of face) (2) downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter 赤ん坊(あかんぼう): baby; infant 赤道(せきどう): equator 赤らむ(あからむ): to become red; to redden; to blush 赤(あか): (1) red; crimson; scarlet (2) red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange) (3) Red (i.e. communist) (4) red light (5) red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red (6) complete; total; perfect; obvious 4 1 584 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 7 赤 155 7 あか・あかへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic red He was stabbed with a dagger, and little drops of red blood dropped onto the ground. There was red all over the soil after Little Red Riding Hood plunged a dagger into the wolf. Those two dots we see are wolfies animal legs we see, by the way (a la smithsonian). 1743 grade1 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Color kanjifreq501-750 赦シャ pardon, forgiveness 1 S 1868 赤: red 攴: strike; hit; folding chair radical (no. 66) 11 赤 155 7 あか・あかへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic pardon The student blushed until his face was red, so the schoolmaster decided to pardon him. There aren´t many pardons given by the Red taskmasters in China. 80% of the world´s death penalties are performed there… 1744 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 変ヘンか.わる、か.わり、か.える unusual, change, strange 変化(へんか): (1) change; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; transformation; transfiguration; metamorphosis (2) variety; diversity (3) inflection; declension; conjugation (4) sidestepping (sumo) 大変(たいへん): (1) very; greatly (2) immense; enormous; great (3) serious; grave; dreadful; terrible (4) difficult; hard (5) major incident; disaster 変わる(かわる): (1) to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary (2) to move to (3) to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual 変更(へんこう): change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment 変動(へんどう): change; fluctuation 相変わらず(あいかわらず): as ever; as usual; the same 変(へん): (1) strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy (2) unexpected (3) change (4) incident; disturbance; disaster; accident (5) flat (music) 変革(へんかく): (1) change; reform; revolution; upheaval (2) Reformation 一変(いっぺん): complete change; about-face 変遷(へんせん): change; transition; vicissitudes 変える(かえる): to change; to alter; to vary; to convert; to revise; to amend; to transform 3 4 238 亦: also; again 夂: winter radical (no. 34) 9 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば變会意 Compound Ideographic unusual It´s quite unusual and abnormal to see an apple with walking legs running away from the person who wants to eat it! “Imagine an apple on walking legs on stage singing ”“It´s not unusual to be loved by anyone”“ (Tom Jones). Keyword can be confused with uncommon (#1797).” 1745 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 跡セキあと tracks, mark, print, impression 跡(あと): (1) trace; tracks; mark; sign (2) remains; ruins (3) scar 遺跡(いせき): historic ruins (remains, relics) 追跡(ついせき): pursuit; tracking (e.g. in computer graphics); keeping records on; tracing 跡継ぎ(あとつぎ): heir; successor 1 S 953 足: leg; foot; be sufficient; counter for pairs of footwear 亦: also; again 13 足 157 7 あし・あしへん (none) 形声 Phonetic tracks Pirate pokes the tip of his wooden leg into an apple to disguise his tracks. To hide his distinctive wood-leg tracks, this pirate is throwing apples after his tracks in order for animals to come and confuse his tracks. 1746 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 蛮バンえびす barbarian 1 S 2339 亦: also; again 虫: insect; bug; temper 12 虫 142 6 むし・むしへん蠻形声 Phonetic barbarian The barbarian picks an apple from above and eats it even though there is a worm (insect) in it. Barbarians eat apples with worms still in them. 1747 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 恋レンこ.う、こい、こい.しい romance, in love, yearn for, miss, darling 恋(こい): love; tender passion 恋人(こいびと): lover; sweetheart 恋愛(れんあい): love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections 失恋(しつれん): disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn 恋しい(こいしい): yearned for; longed for; missed 恋する(こいする): to fall in love with; to love 2 S 1296 亦: also; again 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 10 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん戀形声 Phonetic romance The romance between Snow White and Prince Charming started when Snow White took a bite of poison apple and her heart stopped. A childhood romance: a boy takes a red apple to school to try to win the heart of his beloved. 1748 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1001-1500 湾ワンいりえ gulf, bay, inlet 湾(わん): bay; gulf; inlet 2 S 545 水: water 弯: curve; stretching a bow 12 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい灣形声 Phonetic gulf In his most daring feat, William tell used his bow to shoot an apple off the head of his son across the water of the gulf. An army of archers must cross a gulf of water. Fortunately there are millions of apple trees growing in the cliffs above the gulf. The archers use their bows to shoot down apple after apple, which all fall into the water and slowly fill up the the gulf until the archer soliders can cross on foot. 1749 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq501-750 黄コウ、オウき、こ- うい, れい yellow 黄金(こがね): gold 黄色(きいろ): yellow; amber 黄色い(きいろい): (1) yellow (2) high-pitched (voice); shrill 2 2 1240 黄: yellow, yellow radical (no. 201) 11 黃 201 12 き・きいろ黃象形 Pictographic yellow The salad did not look very appetizing… The sprouts were yellow and there were animal legs sticking out of it. I order a salad with sprouts. I´m asked if I´d like to add chicken. Yes please. My salad then arrives . . . . topped with these horribly gnarled yellow things. Chicken feet! (animal legs) ugh. 1750 grade2 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Color kanjifreq1001-1500 横オウよこ sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof 横(よこ): (1) horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down (2) side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; breadth (3) side (of a box, etc.) (4) beside; aside; next to (5) unconnected 横綱(よこづな): yokozuna (sumo grand champion) 横断(おうだん): (1) crossing (2) transverse 横切る(よこぎる): to cross (e.g. road); to traverse 3 3 480 木: tree; wood 黄: yellow 15 木 75 4 き・きへん橫形声 Phonetic sideways A tree went all yellow. It died and fell down, ending up sideways. In a horrible accident, a yellow schoolbus gets wrapped sideways around a tree. 1751 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 把ハ、ワたば grasp, faggot, bunch, counter for bundles 把握(はあく): grasp; catch; understanding 1 S 1569 手: hand 巴: comma-design 7 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic grasp Japanese censorship laws require pornos to use a mosaic screen, so you can´t see what the porno chick is grasping with her fingers (but you can assume, neetch). Your fingers grasp the Rubic´s cube… if only your brain could too. 1752 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 色ショク、シキいろしか, しこ color 色(いろ): (1) colour; color (2) complexion (3) appearance; look (4) love; lust; sensuality; love affair; lover (5) kind; type; variety 色彩(しきさい): colour; color; hue; tints 特色(とくしょく): (1) characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; personal colour (2) spot color (in printing) 黄色(きいろ): yellow; amber 灰色(はいいろ): grey; gray; ashen 景色(けしき): scenery; scene; landscape 茶色(ちゃいろ): light brown; tawny 音色(ねいろ): (1) tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre (2) synthesizer patch; synthesiser patch 脚色(きゃくしょく): dramatization (e.g. film); dramatisation 着色(ちゃくしょく): colouring; coloring; colorant 黄色い(きいろい): (1) yellow (2) high-pitched (voice); shrill 色々(いろいろ): (1) various (2) various colors (colours) 茶色い(ちゃいろい): light brown; tawny 色(しょく): counter for colours 4 2 621 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 巴: comma-design 6 色 139 6 いろ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic color Ever look closely at mosaics? They contain a bunch of images bound up into a larger one. It seems amazing until you realize that the only quality of the smaller images that really matters is their colour. Bound up in the Rubik´s cube are the 6 different colours. 1753 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Color kanjifreq501-750 絶ゼツた.える、た.やす、た.つ discontinue, beyond, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress 絶つ(たつ): to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to abstain (from) 絶対(ぜったい): (1) absolutely; unconditionally (2) absolute; unconditional; unmistakable (3) absoluteness 絶望(ぜつぼう): despair; hopelessness 絶滅(ぜつめつ): destruction; extinction 途絶える(とだえる): to stop; to cease; to come to an end 拒絶(きょぜつ): refusal; rejection 絶える(たえる): (1) to die out; to peter out; to become extinct (2) to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued; to be cut off 絶えず(たえず): constantly; always; continually; steadily 絶版(ぜっぱん): out of print 謝絶(しゃぜつ): refusal 3 5 784 糸: thread 色: color 12 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic discontinue I can't finish my sewing project because the thread color I was using was discontinued. As times move on and fashion tastes inevitably change, threads of certain colors often get discontinued. 1754 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq751-1000 艶エンつや、なま.めかしい、あで.やか、つや.めく、なま.めくもろ, よし glossy, luster, glaze, polish, charm, colorful, captivating 艶(つや): (1) gloss; glaze (2) charm; romance; love; youthfulness (3) color; colour; feeling 艶(えん): charming; fascinating; voluptuous 1 S 2207 豊: bountiful; excellent; rich 色: color 19 色 139 6 いろ艷会意 Compound Ideographic glossy To print something with bountiful colour, they use glossy paper. Glossy prints bring out bountiful colors more so than matte… 1755 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq2001-2500 肥ヒこ.える、こえ、こ.やす、こ.やし、ふと.るい, こい, ひえ fertilizer, get fat, fertile, manure, pamper 肥料(ひりょう): manure; fertilizer; fertiliser 1 5 1469 肉: meat 巴: comma-design 8 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic fertilizer PART OF YOUR BODY excretes something that is commonly used for FERTILIZER. Sometimes this process is slow, so you solve a RUBIK´S CUBE while you sit and wait. If you´re sick, a part of your body may produce fertilizer that makes a colorful mosaic. 1756 grade5 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 甘カンあま.い、あま.える、あま.やかす、うま.いかも sweet, coax, pamper, be content, sugary 甘い(あまい): (1) sweet; delicious (2) fragrant (smelling); sweet (music) (3) lightly salted (4) naive; overly optimistic; soft on; generous; indulgent; easy-going (5) half-hearted; not finished properly (6) tempting (e.g. words); promising 甘える(あまえる): (1) to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on (2) to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on 甘やかす(あまやかす): to pamper; to spoil 甘口(あまくち): (1) sweet flavour; sweet flavor; mildness (2) flattery (3) stupidity 2 S 1248 廿: twenty; 20 5 甘 99 5 あまい・かん (none) 象形 Pictographic sweet Little red riding hood is carrying around a wicker basket filled with sweet baked cookies for granny. Girls are kinda sweet and sexy until they reach their twenties. So 20 minus ONE. 1757 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 紺コン dark blue, navy 紺(こん): navy blue; deep blue 1 S 1825 糸: thread 甘: sweet; coax; pamper; be content; sugary 11 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic navy blue Thanks raulir - As many Japanese perverts know, navy blue threads conceal school girl sweetness underneath. Much like Violet Beauregarde from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Spiderman failed to heed Willy Wonka´s warnings, and upon chewing on the 3 course meal chewing gum turned a very navy shade of navy blue. 1758 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Color kanjifreq1501-2000 某ボウそれがし、なにがし so-and-so, one, a certain, that person 1 S 2106 甘: sweet; coax; pamper; be content; sugary 木: tree; wood 9 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic so-and-so I had the same idea as fuabrisu. A generic person is described here as having body sort of like a tree trunk and head sort of like a wicker basket. Two girls with a lollipop in a tree gossiping´ so-and so did this.´ ´really? so-and what did she do´ ´ o she is sooo wrong..´. 1759 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 謀ボウ、ムはか.る、たばか.る、はかりごと conspire, cheat, impose on, plan, devise, scheme, have in mind, deceive 謀る(はかる): (1) to plot; to attempt; to plan; to devise; to design (2) to take in; to deceive (3) to aim for; to have something in mind (4) to refer A to B 1 S 1370 言: say 某: so-and-so; one; a certain; that person 16 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic conspire I imagine a clique of catty girls conspiring against a another girl…they are exchanging lots of words, chatting about how so-and-so girl is now up to such-and-such (gasp!), and how they will spread the word about it. “You might hear the words of someone conspiring… ”“If you do so-and-so…”“.” 1760 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 媒バイなこうど mediator, go-between 1 S 1900 女: woman; female 某: so-and-so; one; a certain; that person 12 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 形声 Phonetic mediator “The woman 女 hoped her friend would act as mediator to set her up with the guy she liked. She didn't mention his name, just referred to him as ”“A certain unnamed person – I'll call him 'Mr. So-and-So 某' ….”“” The two little gossiping girls with their lollipops are having a fight. Now an adult woman (mom or teacher) has to come between them an serve as a mediator. 1761 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 欺ギあざむ.く deceit, cheat, delude 詐欺(さぎ): fraud; swindle; graft 欺く(あざむく): to deceive; to delude; to trick; to fool 1 S 1541 其: that 欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76) 12 欠 76 4 あくび・けんづくり・かける・けつ (none) 形声 Phonetic deceit He escaped using deceit. That is, he ran past while the guard was yawning and hid in the bushel basket. Every day, a smuggler takes bushel baskets on donkeys across the border. But the border patrols can never arrest him for lack of evidence no matter how much they search the bushel baskets: they can´t find whatever he is smuggling. What was his deceit? He was smuggling donkeys! 1762 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 棋キご chess piece, Japanese chess, shogi 将棋(しょうぎ): shogi; Japanese chess; xianqi 1 S 1311 木: tree; wood 其: that 12 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic chess piece Tree + Bushel Bucket: Chess pieces carved from trees were tossed into a bushel bucket for sorting into sets. Ever seen those huge chess games in parks? The large wooden chess pieces need to be carted in a shopping trolley. 1763 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 旗キはた national flag, banner, standard 旗(はた): (1) flag (2) pataka (banner) 1 4 1190 方: direction; person; alternative 其: that 14 方 70 4 ほう・ほうへん・かた・かたへん (none) 形声 Phonetic national flag The national flag of Croatia. It's a banner with the Croatian coat of arms, commonly referred to as the Chessboard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Croatia). The national flag is the banner of a country; stored in a whicker basket at night and taken out to the flagpole in the morning. 1764 grade4 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 期キ、ゴ period, time, date, term 期間(きかん): period; term; interval 期待(きたい): expectation; anticipation; hope 時期(じき): (1) time; season; period (2) soon; shortly 長期(ちょうき): long time period; long term 期限(きげん): (1) term; period; time frame (2) time limit; deadline; cutoff (date) 定期(ていき): (1) fixed term (2) fixed-term commutation pass (3) fixed-term deposit 短期(たんき): short term 延期(えんき): postponement; adjournment 末期(まっき): (1) closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; end-of-life (care, decision making, etc.) (2) terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final 期日(きじつ): fixed date; settlement date 周期(しゅうき): cycle; period 学期(がっき): school term; semester 予期(よき): expectation; assume will happen; forecast 定期券(ていきけん): commuter pass; season ticket 期末(きまつ): end of term 画期(かっき): ground-breaking; epoch (making) 期(き): (1) period; time (2) (geological) age 3 3 117 其: that 肉: meat 12 月 74 4 つき・つきへん (none) 形声 Phonetic period The slowest remote chess game ever: a one month period between every move. The girl´s panties are all in the bushel basket as it´s that time of the month again… her period. 1765 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Time kanjifreq1-250 碁ゴ Go 碁(ご): go (board game of capturing territory) 碁盤(ごばん): Go board 1 S 1609 其: that 石: stone 13 石 112 5 いし・いしへん (none) 形声 Phonetic Go Go is chess played with stones. The ignorant gaijin put a rook on top of his opponent´s stone when playing Go, much to the consternation of the Japanese players. 1766 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 基キもと、もといきい, とも fundamentals, radical (chem), counter for machines, foundation 基準(きじゅん): standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum 基本(きほん): foundation; basis; standard 基礎(きそ): foundation; basis 基地(きち): base 基盤(きばん): foundation; basis; base; footing 基金(ききん): fund; foundation 基づく(もとづく): to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from 基(もとい): (1) basis; foundation (2) cause 2 5 241 其: that 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 11 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic fundamentals Fundamentals of chess: use the rooks to protect your ground. A Bushel-basket full of earth contains the fundementals of farming. i.e. earth. 1767 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1-250 甚ジンはなは.だ、はなは.だしいじ tremendously, very, great, exceedingly 甚だ(はなはだ): very; greatly; exceedingly 甚だしい(はなはだしい): extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious; tremendous; heavy (damage) 1 S 1961 甘: sweet; coax; pamper; be content; sugary 匹: equal; head; counter for small animals; roll of cloth 9 甘 99 5 あまい・かん (none) 象形 Pictographic tremendously It´s a tremendous match between the two chess-players. They are clearly eachother´s equal. These two bushel baskets are tremendously huge. But not only they are huge, they are also perfectly equal in size. 1768 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 勘カンか, さとる intuition, perception 勘定(かんじょう): calculation; counting; consideration; reckoning; settlement of an account; allowance 勘(かん): perception; intuition; the sixth sense 勘違い(かんちがい): misunderstanding; wrong guess 勘弁(かんべん): pardon; forgiveness; forbearance 1 S 1494 甚: tremendously; very; great; exceedingly 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 11 力 19 2 ちから・りきづくり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic intuition Intuition is a tremendously powerful resource of the mind. “Using Zareon´s story for the previous frame ”“tremendously”“… The two chessplayers who are eachother´s equals are so good at chess that they don´t have to even move a muscle. Their brain power does it for them. Furthermore, they don´t even have to think, really. Their intuition takes control. This is: extreme chess.” 1769 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 堪カン、タンた.える、たま.る、こら.える、こた.える withstand, endure, support, resist 堪える(こらえる): (1) to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with (2) to support; to withstand; to resist; to brave (3) to be fit for; to be equal to 堪らない(たまらない): (1) intolerable; unbearable; unendurable (2) irresistible; tremendous; out of this world (3) cannot help (doing); cannot but do; anxious to do 1 S 1953 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 甚: tremendously; very; great; exceedingly 12 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic withstand Because I hid myself behind a huge dirt barrier I dug, I was able to withstand the tremendous nuclear blast. Plain old soil can withstand tremendous amounts of pressure. 1770 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 貴キたっと.い、とうと.い、たっと.ぶ、とうと.ぶきよ, ぎ, たか, たかし, よし precious, value, prize, esteem, honor 貴重(きちょう): precious; valuable 貴族(きぞく): noble; aristocrat 貴方(あなた): (1) you (referring to someone of equal or lower status) (2) dear (what a wife calls a husband) 1 6 970 中: in; inside; middle; mean; center 貝: shellfish 12 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic precious Inside your purse is all of your money and your keys (き) etc. All of your precious valuables. “Frodo kept the precious in the purse but did a switch with some worthless shells when he went to sleep. Heres gollum opening the purse ”“ahhh my preciousssssss…..why you m* *!!!!!.” 1771 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 遺イ、ユイのこ.す bequeath, leave behind, reserve 遺跡(いせき): historic ruins (remains, relics) 1 6 647 貴: precious; value; prize; esteem; honor 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 15 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic bequeath “Bequeath is an odd old word, isn´t it? Basically, it just deals with how I want my precious possessions dealt out, after I die, later down the road. ”“Being of sound, but antiquated, mind, I bequeath this to you!”“.” “Bilbo bequeathes the ”“PRECIOUS”“ to Frodo, who will carry it on the long ROAD to Mordor.” 1772 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 遣ケンつか.う、-つか.い、-づか.い、つか.わす、や.る dispatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake 派遣(はけん): dispatch; despatch; deployment 小遣い(こづかい): pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance 無駄遣い(むだづかい): wasting … on (e.g. money); squandering; waste; frittering away 言葉遣い(ことばづかい): speech; expression; wording; language 仮名遣い(かなづかい): kana orthography; syllabary spelling 遣る(やる): (1) to send; to dispatch; to despatch (2) to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.) (3) to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer (4) to make (a vehicle) go faster (5) to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study (6) to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise (7) to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke (8) to hold (a performance); to perform; to show (9) to ease (one's mind) (10) to harm; to injure; to kill (11) to have sex with (12) to live; to get by; to get along (13) to do … completely (14) to do … broadly; to do … to a great distance (15) to do … for (someone of equal or lower status); to do … to (sometimes with negative nuance) (16) to make active efforts to … 遣り遂げる(やりとげる): to accomplish 遣り通す(やりとおす): to carry through; to achieve; to complete 1 S 664 中: in; inside; middle; mean; center 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 13 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic dispatch Bond has stolen a lady spy's purse while she was asleep after their evening together. When she discovers it's gone, she dispatches some henchmen on the road after him to dispatch him, but Bond evades them and escapes with the purse. “Apart from meaning DISPATCH, this kanji can mean ”“to give (to someone lower than you),”“ ”“to do,”“ and to even ”“have intercourse.”“ STORY: The MAESTRO is on the ROAD waiting for a pimp to DISPATCH some new ladies (lower than him) so that he can GIVE THEM money from his PURSE and then DO IT with them. Where is the MAESTRO´S baton? You don´t wanna know…” 1773 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 舞ブま.う、-ま.う、まい dance, flit, circle, wheel 舞台(ぶたい): (1) stage (theatre, theater) (2) scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.) 見舞う(みまう): to ask after (health); to visit 見舞い(みまい): (1) visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters (2) get-well gifts; get-well letters (3) expression of sympathy; expression of concern; enquiry; inquiry 舞う(まう): (1) to dance (orig. a whirling dance) (2) to flutter about; to revolve 振る舞う(ふるまう): (1) to behave; to conduct oneself (2) to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony) 仕舞う(しまう): to finish; to close; to do something completely; to put away; to put an end to お見舞い(おみまい): calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry 仕舞い(しまい): (1) end; close; finish; termination (2) noh dance in plain clothes 3 S 655 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 一: one; one radical (no.1) 舛: dancing radical (no. 136) 15 舛 136 7 ます・まいあし (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic dance The yakuza boss reclines in the oaken bathtub wearing his shades while his personal harem dances naked for him. “I learned nothingness (#1775) first because it is a very common kanji. Probably easier to think of this kanji in that context. Attractive dancers should dance wearing nothing but sunglasses.” 1774 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 無ム、ブな.い nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not 無料(むりょう): free; no charge 間も無く(まもなく): (1) soon; before long; in a short time (2) (after verb) lacking time to …; without time to … 無理(むり): unreasonable; impossible; overdoing 無線(むせん): wireless; radio 無効(むこう): invalid; no effect; unavailable; illegal 有無(うむ): (1) existence or nonexistence; presence or absence (2) consent or refusal; yes or no (3) flag indicator; presence or absence marker 無事(ぶじ): safety; peace; quietness 無言(むごん): silence 無断(むだん): without permission; without notice 無数(むすう): countless number; infinite number; innumerable 無用(むよう): useless; futility; needlessness; unnecessariness 無限(むげん): infinite 無視(むし): disregard; ignore 無駄(むだ): futility; uselessness; pointlessness 無難(ぶなん): safety; security 無駄遣い(むだづかい): wasting … on (e.g. money); squandering; waste; frittering away 無論(むろん): of course; naturally ご無沙汰(ごぶさた): not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence 無邪気(むじゃき): innocence; simple-mindedness 無口(むくち): reticence; taciturnity 無知(むち): ignorance; innocence; stupidity 無念(むねん): (1) chagrin; regret (2) free from obstructive thoughts 台無し(だいなし): mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing 無地(むじ): plain; unfigured 無能(むのう): inefficiency; incompetence 無意味(むいみ): nonsense; no meaning; meaningless 無礼(ぶれい): impolite; rude 無くす(なくす): (1) to lose something (2) to get rid of (3) to lose someone (wife, child, etc.) 無し(なし): without 無茶(むちゃ): absurd; unreasonable; excessive; rash; absurdity; nonsense 無い(ない): (1) nonexistent; not being (there) (2) unpossessed; unowned; not had (3) unique (4) indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility (5) (after the ren'youkei form of an adjective) not … (6) (after the -te form of a verb) to not be…; to have not … 無くなる(なくなる): to disappear; to get lost 無闇に(むやみに): unreasonably; absurdly; recklessly; indiscreetly; at random 無茶苦茶(むちゃくちゃ): (1) nonsensical; unreasonable; absurd; unrealistic (2) awfully; extremely; to excess; senseless; reckless (3) disorder; confusion; being jumbled; being mixed up だらし無い(だらしない): slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined; careless とんでも無い(とんでもない): (1) unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive (2) absolutely not!; not at all!; far from it!; impossible!; preposterous!; what a thing to say!; no way!; bullshit (3) don't mention it; you're welcome 感無量(かんむりょう): deep feeling; inexpressible feeling; filled with emotion 仕様が無い(しようがない): it can't be helped; it is inevitable; nothing can be done 無沙汰(ぶさた): not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.); failing to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence 無(む): (1) nothing; naught; nought; nil; zero (2) un-; non- 無(ぶ): (1) un-; non- (2) bad …; poor … 2 4 274 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 一: one; one radical (no.1) 火: fire 12 火 86 4 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが (none) 仮借 Loan nothingness When I enter the wooden tub heated by flames in the onsen, I can let all my worries slip away and be submerged into nothingness. In a hot tub you can relax and have your stress vanish into nothingness. 1775 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 組ソく.む、くみ、-ぐみ association, braid, plait, construct, assemble, unite, cooperate, grapple 組(くみ): (1) set (of items) (2) group (of people); class (of students); company (esp. construction); family (i.e. mafia); team (3) typesetting; composition 組織(そしき): (1) organization; organisation (2) structure; construction (3) tissue (4) system 番組(ばんぐみ): program (e.g. TV); programme 組合(くみあい): association; union 仕組み(しくみ): (1) structure; construction; arrangement; contrivance (2) plan; plot; contrivance 組み込む(くみこむ): to insert; to include; to cut in (printing) 組む(くむ): (1) to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms) (2) to put together; to construct; to assemble; to produce (e.g. TV program) (3) to braid; to plait (4) to grapple; to wrestle (5) to unite; to link up; to form an alliance (6) to set (e.g. type) (7) to issue (e.g. money order) 組み合わせ(くみあわせ): combination 取り組む(とりくむ): to tackle; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to come to grips with; to make effort; to strive for; to deal with 組み立てる(くみたてる): to assemble; to set up; to construct 組み合わせる(くみあわせる): to join together; to combine; to join up 3 2 204 糸: thread 且: moreover; also; furthermore 11 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic association A common thread associates the knick-knacks on your knick-knack shelf. Souveneirs from Spain on one, from Japan on the other. Watch this: http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r249/sith_lord10/updated%20showroom%20july/s29.jpg The leader of the Spiderman association has tons of Spiderman figurines lined up on his shelf.(Zactacular). 1776 grade2 JLPT.N3 Kanji_People_Group kanjifreq1-250 粗ソあら.い、あら- coarse, rough, rugged 粗末(そまつ): crude; rough; plain; humble 粗い(あらい): coarse; rough 粗筋(あらすじ): outline; summary 粗(あら): (1) leftovers (after filleting a fish) (2) rice chaff (3) flaw (esp. of a person) (4) rough; roughly (5) crude; raw; natural; wild 粗衣(そい): simple clothes; humble clothes 1 S 1689 米: rice; USA; metre 且: moreover; also; furthermore 11 米 119 6 こめ・こめへん (none) 形声 Phonetic coarse Japanese carpenters don't use sandpaper, they use rice-paper(rice glued on to some paper). Here the carpenter is using the coarse paper to smooth out the shelf he's making. Ugh, why does this shelf feel so coarse? Because it´s made of rice, of coarse! Get it? Of coarse?? Hahahahahahahahahah god i hate my life. 1777 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 租ソ tariff, crop tax, borrowing 1 S 2089 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 且: moreover; also; furthermore 10 禾 115 5 のぎ・のぎへん (none) 形声 Phonetic tariff The EU and US impose such high tariffs on food imports that third world wheat (the most basic of staples) never reaches first world supermarket shelves. According to Henshall, this kanji originally represented the harvested rice (the wheat primitive) that farmers paid as a tithe. Its meaning today would seem to be very similar. Imagine the farmer putting aside some of his harvested wheat on a shelf in order to pay the tariff to his lord. 1778 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq2001-2500 祖ソい ancestor, pioneer, founder 祖父(そふ): (1) grandfather (2) old man (3) kyogen mask used for the role of an old man 祖母(そぼ): grandmother 先祖(せんぞ): ancestor 祖先(そせん): ancestor お祖父さん(おじいさん): (1) grandfather (2) male senior-citizen お祖母さん(おばあさん): (1) grandmother (2) female senior-citizen 3 5 1226 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 且: moreover; also; furthermore 9 示 113 5 しめす・しめすへん祖形声 Phonetic ancestor The ancestor worship is so common in Daoist and buddhist countries that you can buy tiny altars to put on the shelves, one for each deceased family member. The urns of ancestors are kept on shelves next to the altar. 1779 grade5 JLPT.N3 Kanji_People_Family kanjifreq1001-1500 阻ソはば.む thwart, separate from, prevent, obstruct, deter, impede 阻む(はばむ): to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct; to oppose; to thwart 阻止(そし): obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; interdiction 1 S 1280 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 且: moreover; also; furthermore 8 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ (none) 形声 Phonetic thwart Keeping porn on the pinnacle of a bookshelf can thwart snooping kids (thanks bodhisamaya). The shortness of the Japanese thwarts their attempts to reach the topmost (pinnacle) shelf without grabbing a chair. 1780 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 査サ investigate 捜査(そうさ): search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry 調査(ちょうさ): investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey 検査(けんさ): inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.) 巡査(じゅんさ): police; policeman 審査(しんさ): judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review 2 5 184 木: tree; wood 且: moreover; also; furthermore 9 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic investigate “Like the ”“ero inquiry”“ that had been partially swept under the rug (see inquire (#1145)), this kanji depicts the investigation into the forestry scandal being shelved.” The result of the inverstigation of the missing Trees? Why, most of them had become shelfs! 1781 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1-250 助ジョたす.ける、たす.かる、す.ける、すけ help, rescue, assist 援助(えんじょ): assistance; aid; support 補助(ほじょ): (1) assistance; support; aid; help (2) subsidy; supplement; subvention; grant-in-aid (3) auxiliary; subsidiary (4) spot (in bodybuilding) 助教授(じょきょうじゅ): assistant professor; associate professor 助手(じょしゅ): helper; helpmeet; assistant; tutor 救助(きゅうじょ): relief; aid; rescue 助言(じょげん): advice; suggestion 助ける(たすける): to help; to save; to rescue; to give relief to; to spare (life); to reinforce; to promote; to abet 助け(たすけ): assistance 助かる(たすかる): (1) to be saved; to be rescued; to survive (2) to escape harm; to be spared damage (3) to be helped; to be saved trouble 助詞(じょし): particle; postposition 助(じょ): help; rescue; assistant 助動詞(じょどうし): auxiliary verb 3 3 397 且: moreover; also; furthermore 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 7 力 19 2 ちから・りきづくり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic help HELP! Someone´s pinned under this bookshelf and it´s gonna take a lot of muscle to lift it off! Can you help me move this shelf? I don´t have the muscle to do it alone. 1782 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 宜ギよろ.しい、よろ.しくき, たか, のぶ, のり, よし best regards, good 便宜(べんぎ): convenience; accommodation; advantage; expedience 適宜(てきぎ): (1) suitable; appropriate (2) appropriately 宜しい(よろしい): good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do; may; can 宜しく(よろしく): (1) well; properly; suitably (2) best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of どうぞ宜しく(どうぞよろしく): pleased to meet you 1 S 1766 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 且: moreover; also; furthermore 8 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 象形 Pictographic best regards It seems like every time my Japanese friends send me their best regards, they accompany them with a gift. Over time, I´ve gotten so many that I had to buy a second house which contains nothing but several fancy shelves. Each shelf is dedicated to a certain friend of mine and contains every last one of their presents. We have a shelf in our house where we put Christmas cards from people who send best regards for the holiday season… 1783 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 畳ジョウ、チョウたた.む、たたみ、かさ.なる tatami mat, counter for tatami mats, fold, shut up, do away with 畳(たたみ): tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings 畳(じょう): (1) counter for tatami mats (2) measure of room size (in mat units) 畳む(たたむ): (1) to fold (clothes) (2) to close (a shop) (3) to vacate 2 S 1665 田: rice field; rice paddy 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 且: moreover; also; furthermore 12 田 102 5 た・たへん疊会意 Compound Ideographic tatami mat The king is peacefully sleeping on his new tatami mat when all of a sudden a shelf falls over and kills him. You can see his crown poking out and the brains splatter out the top of his head from all the pressure. Making tatami mats from rice field waste was Japan´s crowning achievement, but for some reason other countries just shelved the idea. 1784 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Counting_Counters Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1501-2000 並ヘイ、ホウな.み、なみ、なら.べる、なら.ぶ、なら.びになび row, and, besides, as well as, line up, rank with, rival, equal 並(なみ): (1) average; medium; common; ordinary (2) line; row of (e.g. houses) (3) mid-grade (4) same level; equal; each (e.g. month); set of (e.g. teeth) 並木(なみき): roadside tree; row of trees 並びに(ならびに): and (also); both … and; as well as 軒並(のきなみ): (1) row of houses; every door (2) totally; altogether; across the board 月並(つきなみ): (1) every month (2) trite; common 並列(へいれつ): arrangement; parallel; abreast 並ぶ(ならぶ): (1) to line up; to stand in a line (2) to rival; to match; to equal 並べる(ならべる): (1) to line up; to set up (2) to enumerate; to itemize 2 6 599 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 一: one; one radical (no.1) 8 立 117 5 たつ・たつへん竝会意 Compound Ideographic row This is a simplification of 竝, a ideogram of two people standing in a row. “Hint : as a primitive I use the image of a rowing boat. In a rowing boat people sit in rows, but also side-by-side (another meaning of the kanji), working together (yet another meaning of this kanji). Note : there will also be a kanji for ”“rowboat”“ coming at frame 1876. The rowing boat is associated with the sport, and is a primitive, while the kanji for ”“rowboat”“ has a generic meaning of ”“a small boat”“. In any case, the kanji for ”“rowboat”“ will not appear as a primitive in the book.” 1785 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq501-750 普フあまね.く、あまねししん, ひろ universal, wide(ly), generally, Prussia 普通(ふつう): (1) general; ordinary; usual (2) normally; generally; usually (3) train that stops at every station 普及(ふきゅう): diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization 普段(ふだん): usual; habitual; ordinary; everyday; always 普遍(ふへん): universal; ubiquitous; omnipresent 2 S 757 並: row; and; besides; as well as; line up; rank with; rival; equal 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 12 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic universal A row of suns is actually a normal, plain, and ordinary occurrence in an infinitely large and expanding universe. FUtsuu. “To me, row is way too close to file (#812), so I´m adopting Fab´s meaning of rowboat from the previous frame. Universal Studios went through a number of logo animations before settling on the one they are most famous for: the letters UNIVERSAL orbiting the Earth. One of the most ridiculous of these involved a man rowing himself in a boat around the sun.” 1786 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 譜フ musical score, music, note, staff, table, genealogy 楽譜(がくふ): score (music); sheet music 1 S 1919 言: say 普: universal; wide(ly); generally; Prussia 19 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic musical score Musical scores are in a universal language. A musical score can be read, but not like ordinary words. Music is a universal language. 1787 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 湿シツ、シュウしめ.る、しめ.す、うるお.う、うるお.す damp, wet, moist 湿度(しつど): level of humidity 湿気(しっけ): moisture; humidity; dampness 湿る(しめる): (1) to be wet; to become wet; to be damp; to be moist (2) to be in low spirits; to feel depressed 湿気る(しける): to be damp; to be moist 2 S 1517 水: water 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 12 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい濕会意 Compound Ideographic damp You first wash you clothes with water and wring them until they are just damp before hanging them in a row under the sun to dry. If you don´t wring them damp first they will take days to dry! If your things are damp, lay them up in a row under the sun and let the water evaporate. (thx Raichu)… 1788 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq1501-2000 顕ケンあきらか、あらわ.れるあき, あきら appear, existing 顕微鏡(けんびきょう): microscope 1 S 1536 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 頁: page; leaf 18 頁 181 9 おおがい・いちのかい顯会意 Compound Ideographic appear Somebody's head appears from behind the laundry in a row drying under the sun Clouds were covering the sky for months now. Rows upon rows of people spent whole days with their heads turned upwards, waiting for sun to appear. 1789 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 繊セン slender, fine, thin kimono 繊維(せんい): fibre; fiber; textile 化繊(かせん): synthetic fibres (fibers) 1 S 1451 糸: thread 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 戈: halberd; arms; festival car; float; tasselled spear radical (no. 62) 17 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん纖形声 Phonetic slender At the end of Thanksgiving it's tradition for everyone to stand in a row and measure their waist with a strip of thread. Whoever is the most slender wins the leftovers. At the time of Thanksgiving, there´s a row of all sorts of food on the table, which you mustn´t eat if you want to stay as slender as a thread. 1790 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 霊レイ、リョウたま spirits, soul 幽霊(ゆうれい): ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom 1 S 1458 雨: rain 二: two; two radical (no.2) 15 雨 173 8 あめ・あめかんむり・あまかんむり靈会意 Compound Ideographic spirits After raining for two days in a row, you plead with the SPIRITS for some relief. (Adapted from johnskb,21-5-2006). When it rains, two worlds come together and spirits can be seen in the forest, dancing in a row. 1791 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Religion.Creed kanjifreq1001-1500 業ギョウ、ゴウわざなり, のぶ business, vocation, arts, performance 企業(きぎょう): enterprise; undertaking; corporation; business 業者(ぎょうしゃ): (1) trader; merchant (2) manufacturer; contractor 作業(さぎょう): work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty 産業(さんぎょう): industry 事業(じぎょう): (1) project; enterprise; business; industry; operations (2) act; deed; conduct 農業(のうぎょう): agriculture 営業(えいぎょう): business; trade; sales; operations 工業(こうぎょう): (manufacturing) industry 業績(ぎょうせき): achievement; performance; results; work; contribution 失業(しつぎょう): unemployment 授業(じゅぎょう): lesson; class work; teaching; instruction 従業員(じゅうぎょういん): employee; worker 職業(しょくぎょう): occupation; business 卒業(そつぎょう): (1) graduation; completion (e.g. of a course) (2) outgrowing something; moving on 商業(しょうぎょう): commerce; trade; business 漁業(ぎょぎょう): fishing (industry) 休業(きゅうぎょう): closed (e.g. store); business suspended; shutdown; holiday 林業(りんぎょう): forestry 修業(しゅうぎょう): pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course 鉱業(こうぎょう): mining industry 分業(ぶんぎょう): division of labor; division of labour; specialization; specialisation; assembly-line production 業務(ぎょうむ): business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task; action; function 就業(しゅうぎょう): employment; starting work 実業家(じつぎょうか): industrialist; businessman 興業(こうぎょう): industrial enterprise 兼業(けんぎょう): side line; second business 業(ぎょう): (1) work; business (2) study 4 3 43 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 羊: sheep 木: tree; wood 13 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 象形 Pictographic profession The oldest profession: prostitution. I was once in a brothel in Amsterdam where the working girls had a group of businessmen blindfolded and hanging upside down in a row, not yet spanked and whipped, but waiting eagerly. A bunch of kids are hanging upside down in a row on the monkeybars. Naturally, they haven't chosen a profession, at least not yet. 1792 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq1-250 撲ボク slap, strike, hit, beat, tell, speak 相撲(すもう): (1) sumo wrestling (2) sumo wrestler; rikishi 1 S 1283 手: hand 菐: None 15 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic slap After a row husbands take their wives upsides down over the knee and slap them with their fingers on the bottom (if that doesn´t get me banned…). Here we have badly behaving HUSBANDs, whose wives have had them hung UPSIDE DOWN IN A ROW. Each wife approaches her HUSBAND, berates him, gives him a sharp SLAP in the face and, Three-Stooges style, pokes him in the eyes with her FINGERS. 1793 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 僕ボクしもべ me, I (male) 僕(ぼく): (1) I; me (2) you (used addressing young children) (3) manservant 僕(しもべ): servant; manservant; menial 1 S 1236 人: person 菐: None 14 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic me Mr. T also finds himself as one of the HUSBANDs, whose wives have had them hung UPSIDE DOWN IN A ROW. But when his wife comes up to punish him, he pleads, “It’s ME, Baby. I wasn’t behaving badly like these other foo’s.”. “Building on johnskb: Although it goes against the Heisig method, this story is a lot easier to remember when you know it´s the kanji for ”“boku.”“ Males usually use either ”“boku”“ or ”“ore”“ (instead of ”“watashi”“) to refer themselves. ”“Boku”“ is slightly boyish and soft; ”“ore”“ is rough & tough. Mr. T would definitely use ”“ore”“ – but when he´s one of the husbands hung upside down in a row about to be punished by his wife, he puts on a sweet act and switches to ”“boku”“ when he pleads ”“come on baby, it´s ME!”“.” 1794 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_General kanjifreq1001-1500 共キョウとも、とも.に、-ども together, both, neither, all, and, alike, with 共同(きょうどう): doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation; collaboration; association 共通(きょうつう): (1) commonness; community (2) to be common; to be shared (3) -wide 公共(こうきょう): public; community; public service; society; communal 共に(ともに): (1) together; jointly (2) at the same time; with; as …; including; along with (3) both 共存(きょうぞん): coexistence 共感(きょうかん): sympathy; empathy; response 共働き(ともばたらき): (husband and wife) both working; dual income 共和(きょうわ): republican; cooperative 共産(きょうさん): (1) communism (2) Communist Party 共学(きょうがく): coeducation 共鳴(きょうめい): resonance; sympathetic (sound); (being in) sympathy 共稼ぎ(ともかせぎ): working together; (husband and wife) earning a living together 其れ共(それとも): or; or else 3 4 174 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 6 八 12 2 はち・は・はちがしら (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic together “The character for deluge (#1799) gave me the idea to use together as a primitive for Noah´s Ark. Noah kept plenty of salad on board to entice the animals with their animal legs to scurry on board together, two by two.” The conjoined twins, who are always together, have trouble eating together because one is a vegetarian, eating salad and the other is a avid meat eater, eating chicken legs.[Thanks fuaburisu!]. 1795 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 供キョウ、ク、クウ、グそな.える、とも、-ども submit, offer, present, serve (meal), accompany 子供(こども): child; children 供給(きょうきゅう): supply; provision 提供(ていきょう): offer; tender; program sponsoring; programme sponsoring; furnishing; provisioning; supply お供(おとも): attendant; companion 3 6 313 人: person 共: together; both; neither; all; and; alike; with 8 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic submit You have to SUBMIT all required documents together, in person! When people are together and form a group, they suddenly submit their personal responsibility to the mob mentality. 1796 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 異イこと、こと.なる、け uncommon, queerness, strangeness, wonderful, curious, unusual 異常(いじょう): strangeness; abnormality; disorder 異動(いどう): change 異性(いせい): (1) the opposite sex (2) isomerism 異論(いろん): different opinion; objection 異議(いぎ): objection; dissent; protest 驚異(きょうい): wonder; miracle 差異(さい): difference; disparity 異なる(ことなる): to differ; to vary; to disagree 異見(いけん): different opinion; objection 異(い): (1) difference (of opinion) (2) strange; odd; unusual (3) different 2 6 631 田: rice field; rice paddy 共: together; both; neither; all; and; alike; with 11 田 102 5 た・たへん (none) 象形 Pictographic uncommon Brains together with beauty is an uncommon combination. It´s uncommon to find a pair of together twins who are connected at the brain! When such a set does turn up, they are inevitably showcased on TV. 1797 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 翼ヨクつばさ wing, plane, flank “翼(つばさ): (1) wing (2) Chinese ”“Wings”“ constellation (one of the 28 mansions) (3) counter for birds or bird wings” 1 S 1201 羽: feathers; counter for birds, rabbits 異: uncommon; queerness; strangeness; wonderful; curious; unusual 17 羽 124 6 はね (none) 形声 Phonetic wing The thing about feathers is that they usually cover the entire bird. A creature with feathers only on its wings would be very uncommon. WINGS without any FEATHERS would be an UNCOMMON site. Well, unless you like to eat chicken WINGS alot. 1798 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Parts.of.Body kanjifreq1001-1500 洪コウほん deluge, flood, vast 洪水(こうずい): flood 1 S 1778 水: water 共: together; both; neither; all; and; alike; with 9 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic deluge Lots of water coming together is called a deluge. A real deluge of water, as if all water worked together, as if strung together haphazardly. 1799 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq1501-2000 港コウみなと harbor 空港(くうこう): airport 港(みなと): harbour; harbor; port 港(こう): harbour 3 3 495 水: water 巷: fork in road; scene; arena; theater 12 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic harbor During a deluge, all the poor snakes get washed into the harbour. All throughout the deluge Noah had been kicking himself for forgetting to bring any snakes onto the Ark. It wasn´t until the deluge had finished, and Noah had brought the Ark safely back to the harbour that he realised that the snakes had been under the Ark all along. 1800 grade3 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq251-500 暴ボウ、バクあば.く、あば.れる outburst, rave, fret, force, violence, cruelty, outrage 暴力(ぼうりょく): violence; mayhem 暴動(ぼうどう): insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising 乱暴(らんぼう): rude; violent; rough; lawless; unreasonable; reckless 暴露(ばくろ): disclosure; exposure; revelation 暴れる(あばれる): to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous 暴風(ぼうふう): storm; windstorm; gale 2 5 692 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 共: together; both; neither; all; and; alike; with 水: water 15 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic outburst If you think of it as of outburst of an atomic bomb (which will also prove useful in the next frame), then imagining thousands of suns blasting in one single outburst of rage and turning people into rice grains is not that hard. “Having spent all day stringing together grains of rice he suddenly had an outburst, ”“I can take it any longer!”“.” 1801 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq501-750 爆バクは.ぜる bomb, burst open, pop, split 爆発(ばくはつ): explosion; detonation; eruption 原爆(げんばく): atomic bomb; A-bomb 爆弾(ばくだん): bomb 爆破(ばくは): destructive blast; explosion; blow up 2 S 735 火: fire 暴: outburst; rave; fret; force; violence; cruelty; outrage 19 火 86 4 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが (none) 形声 Phonetic bomb Actually means explosion, like an outburst of fire. Bombs make fiery outbursts. It´s almost too logical, this one. 1802 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq501-750 恭キョウうやうや.しいきよ, やす, やすし, ゆき, よし respect, reverent 1 S 1737 共: together; both; neither; all; and; alike; with 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 10 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic respect If you wanna stay together you have to show your valentine respect. “As I like Aretha Franklin's song ”“R-E-S-P-E-C-T”“, I cut out each of the letters from pieces of card, then string them all together and send it to her as a valentine.” 1803 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1501-2000 選センえら.ぶ elect, select, choose, prefer 選挙(せんきょ): election 選手(せんしゅ): player (in game); team member 当選(とうせん): (1) being elected (2) being selected (to win a prize, etc.) (3) winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.) 選ぶ(えらぶ): to choose; to select 選択(せんたく): selection; choice; option 抽選(ちゅうせん): lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots) 選考(せんこう): selection; screening 3 4 57 巽: southeast 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 15 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic elect Isn't this how the US presedential election works? You are given a choice between two snakes. Their politics are actually strung together but you get to feel as though you chose which one you want to lead you down the political road for the next four years. So which snake are you going to elect? You´re driving on the road and you see two snakes together. You can´t avoid both, so you have to elect which one gets run over. 1804 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 殿デン、テンとの、-どのて, どん Mr., hall, mansion, palace, temple, lord 殿(どの): form of address used for official letters and business letters, and in letters to inferiors; Mr 宮殿(きゅうでん): palace 神殿(しんでん): temple; sacred place; shrine; sanctuary; tabernacle 殿様(とのさま): feudal lord 殿(しんがり): (1) rear; rear unit guard (2) anchor (man) 2 S 1199 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 共: together; both; neither; all; and; alike; with 殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79) 13 殳 79 4 るまた・ほこづくり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic Mr. Mr. President in his palace, ordering missiles to be fired at a harmless enemy in order to unite us together under the flag. Mr. President! We all stand here together under a national flag. One thing is certain: we´ll never give in. We are launching nuclear missiles now to implement mutually assured destruction protocol. 1805 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1001-1500 井セイ、ショウいいの, さい, ひ well 天井(てんじょう): ceiling; ceiling price 井戸(いど): water well 1 S 339 二: two; two radical (no.2) 廾: twenty; 20; twenty or letter H radical (no. 55) 4 二 7 2 に・ふた (none) 象形 Pictographic well I nearly died by falling in a well. Actually, on two separate occasions. I´m glad to see they´ve added these fence posts. Now the well will be much safer. Have you ever seen an old fashioned japanese well? == http://cruises.about.com/od/southeastasiacruise1/ig/Osaka-Japan/Ancient-Well-at-Osaka-Castle.htm. 1806 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq251-500 囲イかこ.む、かこ.う、かこ.い surround, besiege, store, paling, enclosure, encircle, preserve, keep 周囲(しゅうい): (1) surroundings; environs (2) circumference 範囲(はんい): extent; scope; sphere; range; span 雰囲気(ふんいき): atmosphere (e.g. musical); mood; ambience; ambiance 囲む(かこむ): (1) to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fence; to wall in (2) to besiege; to lay siege to (3) to play (go, shogi, etc.) 2 4 771 囗: box or enclosure radical (no. 31); box 井: well; well crib; town; community 7 囗 31 3 くに・くにがまえ圍形声 Phonetic surround The village surrounded the well with a wall so kids wouldn´t fall in. You get good surround sound when your pent-up in well. 1807 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 耕コウたがや.すこお till, plow, cultivate 農耕(のうこう): farming; agriculture 耕作(こうさく): cultivation; farming 耕す(たがやす): to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate 耕地(こうち): arable land 2 5 1568 耒: come; plough; 3-branch tree radical (no. 127) 井: well; well crib; town; community 10 耒 127 6 すき・すきへん・らいすき・らいへん (none) 形声 Phonetic till If you just grow your christmas tree in a well, there will be no need to till the soil. A man was tilling a new plot to plant xmas trees but his tractor hit an old covered-up well and fell halfway in, he´s asking for a new tractor for xmas.. 1808 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1501-2000 亜アつ.ぐや, つぎ, つぐ Asia, rank next, come after, -ous “亜細亜(アジア): (1) Asia (esp. ”“the Far East”“) (2) Asian; Asiatic 亜米利加(アメリカ): America 亜(あ): (1) sub- (2) -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite” 1 S 1509 二: two; two radical (no.2) 口: mouth 7 二 7 2 に・ふた亞象形 Pictographic Asia In Asian countries, people use II chopsticks to get things into their mouths. Just imagine someone shoving a piece of sushi into their mouths with chopsticks. A mouth barred up and not aloud to speak freely is the sign of asia (korea, China, pakistan etc). 1809 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 悪アク、オわる.い、わる-、あ.し、にく.い、-にく.い、ああ、いずくに、いずくんぞ、にく.む bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong 悪口(わるくち): abuse; insult; slander; evil speaking; bad mouth 悪化(あっか): (suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption 悪(あく): evil; wickedness 悪魔(あくま): devil; demon; fiend; Satan; evil spirit 悪者(わるもの): bad fellow; rascal; ruffian; scoundrel 意地悪(いじわる): malicious; ill-tempered; unkind 悪い(わるい): (1) bad; poor; inferior (2) evil; sinful (3) unprofitable; unbeneficial (4) at fault; to blame; in the wrong (5) sorry 悪しからず(あしからず): don't get me wrong, but …; I'm sorry 悪戯(いたずら): (1) mischief; prank; trick; practical joke (2) pastime; hobby (3) playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with; messing around with; amusing oneself with (4) lewd behaviour; sexual misconduct; sexual assault; molestation; rape 善し悪し(よしあし): right or wrong; good or bad; merits or demerits; quality; suitability 改悪(かいあく): deterioration; changing for the worse きまり悪い(きまりわるい): feeling awkward; being ashamed; being bashful 悪どい(あくどい): (1) gaudy; showy; excessive (2) crooked; vicious 悪日(あくにち): unlucky day 4 3 530 亜: Asia; rank next; come after; -ous 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 11 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん惡形声 Phonetic bad Because Asian people started to eat Western food, their hearts became bad and they started having heart attacks. Asian hearts are bad and evil. They invented so much martial arts: karate, judo, kungfu, muay thai, silat, etc… just to hurt each other. They torture their own people (China, North Korea). They torture other people (Japan in China and Korea). And they are able to hide all this behind their nice facade of kindness. Bad, bad Asians. (did i shatter some people´s ideas on Asia? my bad). 1810 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Judgement kanjifreq501-750 円エンまる.い、まる、まど、まど.か、まろ.やかつぶら, のぶ, まどか, みつ circle, yen, round 円い(まるい): (1) round; circular; spherical (2) harmonious; calm 円(えん): (1) Yen; money (2) circle 円滑(えんかつ): smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious 円満(えんまん): perfection; harmony; peace; smoothness; completeness; satisfaction; integrity 円周(えんしゅう): circumference 楕円(だえん): ellipse 真ん円い(まんまるい): perfectly round; perfectly circular 円ら(つぶら): round and cute (esp. eyes); rotund 5 1 69 冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13) 4 囗 31 3 くに・くにがまえ圓形声 Phonetic circle The shape of a Yen coin. “A poor old man is almost killing himself trying to lift a huge glass hood with his cane (using it as a lever), to get to just one yen coin. Note : the kanji refers to a circular, round object, but also to the Japanese currency (pronounced ”“en”“).” 1811 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq1-250 角カクかど、つのい, す, すみ, ずみ, ふさ angle, corner, square “町角(まちかど): street corner 角(かど): (1) corner (e.g. desk, pavement) (2) edge 角度(かくど): angle 三角(さんかく): triangle; triangular 四角い(しかくい): square; rectangular 方角(ほうがく): direction; way; compass point 四角(しかく): square 直角(ちょっかく): right angle; perpendicular 角(かく): (1) angle (2) square (or cube) (3) bishop (shogi) (4) third degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) (5) Chinese ”“horn”“ constellation (one of the 28 mansions) (6) jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan) 角(つの): horn 四つ角(よつかど): four corners; crossroads 兎に角(とにかく): anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case 兎も角(ともかく): anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may 兎角(とかく): (1) (doing) various things; (doing) this and that (2) being apt to; being prone to; tending to become (3) somehow or other; anyhow; anyway (4) rabbit horns (used as a metaphor for things that do not exist) 折角(せっかく): with trouble; at great pains; long-awaited” 2 2 805 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 7 角 148 7 つの・かく・つのへん (none) 象形 Pictographic angle A museum display of two walking sticks bound together under a glass canopy, showing the first device used to measure an angle. The gates have been bound up together leaving no angle to get through… 1812 grade2 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Parts.of.Body Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq751-1000 触ショクふ.れる、さわ.る、さわ contact, touch, feel, hit, proclaim, announce, conflict 接触(せっしょく): touch; contact 感触(かんしょく): feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth) 触る(さわる): to touch; to feel 触れる(ふれる): (1) to touch; to feel (2) to experience; to come in contact with; to be emotionally moved (by); to perceive (3) to touch on a subject; to allude to (4) to be in conflict (with); to violate (law, copyright, etc.) (5) to proclaim 気触れる(かぶれる): (1) to develop a rash or inflammation (e.g. in response to a skin irritant); to react to (something) (2) to be strongly influenced (usu. negative or critical nuance) 有り触れる(ありふれる): to be common 2 S 904 角: angle; corner; square; horn; antlers 虫: insect; bug; temper 13 角 148 7 つの・かく・つのへん觸形声 Phonetic contact For insects to get in contact with each other, they need to place their antennae at just the right angle. Wow, he threw that BOOMERANG with such skill, it made CONTACT with that INSECT in mid flight. 1813 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Sense kanjifreq751-1000 解カイ、ゲと.く、と.かす、と.ける、ほど.く、ほど.ける、わか.る、さと.るさとる, とけ unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute 解決(かいけつ): settlement; solution; resolution 解散(かいさん): breakup; dissolution 見解(けんかい): opinion; point of view 理解(りかい): understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy 解除(かいじょ): cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting 解放(かいほう): (1) release; unleashing; liberation; emancipation; setting free (2) deallocation (of computer memory) 解説(かいせつ): explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation 解る(わかる): (1) to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped (2) to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out 解釈(かいしゃく): explanation; interpretation 誤解(ごかい): misunderstanding 了解(りょうかい): comprehension; consent; understanding; roger (on the radio) 解剖(かいぼう): (1) dissection; autopsy (2) analysis 分解(ぶんかい): (1) disassembly; dismantling; disaggregating; analysis; disintegrating; decomposing; degrading (2) factorization (3) decomposition; resolution (4) deblocking 解答(かいとう): answer; solution 正解(せいかい): correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution) 弁解(べんかい): justification; rationalization; pretext; explanation; exculpation; defence; defense; excuse 解く(とく): (1) to solve; to answer (2) to untie (3) to comb; to untangle (hair) 解く(ほどく): to unfasten; to untie; to unwrap (e.g. parcel) 解ける(とける): (1) to be solved (2) to loosen; to come untied (3) to be removed (e.g. restrictions); to be cleared (e.g. misunderstandings); to be broken (e.g. spells, curses) (4) to melt 解ける(ほどける): to come untied; to come apart 3 5 176 角: angle; corner; square; horn; antlers 刀: sword; saber; knife 牛: cow 13 角 148 7 つの・かく・つのへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic unravel Did you know that you can unravel a cow? If you stick the dagger in at exactly the correct angle, the whole cow will just unravel. Unravel the mystery by determining at what ANGLE the SWORD went into the COW. 1814 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 再サイ、サふたた.びふた again, twice, second time 再び(ふたたび): again; once more; a second time 再建(さいけん): rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation 再生(さいせい): (1) resuscitation; regeneration; restoration to life (2) reformation; rehabilitation (3) playback; regeneration (sound, etc.) (4) reclamation; recovery (5) rebirth; reincarnation 再三(さいさん): again and again; repeatedly 再会(さいかい): another meeting; meeting again; reunion 再発(さいはつ): return; relapse; reoccurrence 再現(さいげん): reappearance; reproduction; return; revival 再来年(さらいねん): year after next 再(さい): re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter- 再来月(さらいげつ): month after next 再来週(さらいしゅう): week after next 2 5 275 一: one; one radical (no.1) 冉: red; tan 6 冂 13 2 けいがまえ・まきがまえ・どうがまえ・えんがまえ (none) 象形 Pictographic again The king has eaten too much and has to get a new belt again. See his fat rolls hanging over? “This is a belt with a non-adjustable jeweled buckle. Everytime you go back to the leathersmith telling him to move the buckle because you´ve packed on a few pounds (but that this is the last time!), he says ”“Again?!? Weren´t you just here last month?”“.” 1815 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 講コウ lecture, club, association 講演(こうえん): lecture; address; speech 講師(こうし): lecturer 講義(こうぎ): lecture 講堂(こうどう): auditorium 聴講(ちょうこう): lecture attendance; auditing 講習(こうしゅう): short course; training 休講(きゅうこう): lecture cancellation; cancelling (lecture, class, etc.) 講読(こうどく): reading; translation 2 5 653 言: say 冓: put together; inner palace 17 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic lecture I have a funnel attached to my laptop that takes my prof´s lecture and puts the words into a text file. The bigger the funnel, the more accurate the conversion, so picture a bunch of laptops with large, unwieldy funnels attached to the USB port. Image: a professor walking around with a funnel and simply pouring his words into each students head instead of a lecture. (Primitive: FUNNEL, who got the celery stuck in the funnel again?! You know it´s not supposed to be used for that!). 1816 grade5 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq501-750 購コウ subscription, buy 購入(こうにゅう): purchase; buy 購買(こうばい): (1) procurement; purchase; buying (2) school store; co-op; school canteen; tuck shop 購読(こうどく): paid subscription (e.g. magazine) 1 S 945 貝: shellfish 冓: put together; inner palace 17 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 形声 Phonetic subscription Subscription is like a money funnel, because the receiving end is small (just one company) and the other end is wide (the whole country). My subscription to Money magazine came with a free coin funnel. 1817 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce kanjifreq751-1000 構コウかま.える、かま.うとち posture, build, pretend “機構(きこう): mechanism; organization; organisation 構造(こうぞう): structure; construction 構想(こうそう): plan; plot; idea; conception 構成(こうせい): organization; organisation; configuration; composition 結構(けっこう): (1) splendid; nice; wonderful; delicious; sweet (2) sufficient; fine (in the sense of ”“I'm fine”“); (by implication) no thank you (3) well enough; OK; tolerable (4) reasonably; fairly; tolerably (5) construction; architecture 構う(かまう): (1) to mind; to care about; to be concerned about (2) to care for; to look after (3) to prepare for (4) to interfere with; to meddle in (5) to tease 構える(かまえる): (1) to set up (e.g. a building) (2) to prepare in advance (e.g. a meal); to prepare to use something (e.g. a camera) (3) to plan; to scheme (4) to fabricate in order to deceive (5) to stiffen; to become formal 構いません(かまいません): no problem; it doesn't matter お構いなく(おかまいなく): please don't fuss over me 構え(かまえ): posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; style; stance” 3 5 316 木: tree; wood 冓: put together; inner palace 14 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic posture Ideal posture is standing tall like a tree and having a V shape like a funnel I fell out of a tree and broke my neck. So they put one of those white funnels around my neck to correct my posture. 1818 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 溝コウみぞどぶ gutter, ditch, sewer, drain, 1032 溝(みぞ): ditch; drain; gutter; groove; trench 溝(こう): 10^32; hundred nonillion (American); (obs) hundred quintillion (British) 1 S 1736 水: water 冓: put together; inner palace 13 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic gutter A gutter funnels water. A gutter takes the water that falls as rain and funnels it off to where it can be dealt with appropriately. 1819 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 論ロン argument, discourse 世論(よろん): public opinion 議論(ぎろん): argument; discussion; dispute; controversy 結論(けつろん): conclusion 論文(ろんぶん): thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article 討論(とうろん): debate; discussion 理論(りろん): theory 論争(ろんそう): controversy; dispute 論理(ろんり): (1) logic (2) logical 言論(げんろん): (one's) speech; expression of views; discussion 評論(ひょうろん): criticism; critique 弁論(べんろん): discussion; debate; argument 無論(むろん): of course; naturally 論議(ろんぎ): discussion; argument; debate 異論(いろん): different opinion; objection 論じる(ろんじる): to argue; to discuss; to debate 論ずる(ろんずる): to argue; to discuss; to debate 概論(がいろん): introduction; outline; general remarks 勿論(もちろん): of course; certainly; naturally 目論見(もくろみ): plan; scheme; project; program; programme; intention; goal 論(ろん): (1) argument; discussion; dispute; controversy; discourse; debate (2) theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine (3) essay; treatise; comment 3 6 227 言: say 侖: think; be methodical 15 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic argument Right part: academic conference (a meeting, some of the attendees making notes in scrapbooks during presentation). Argument at academic conferences is naturally carried out using words. It´s very difficult to present a good argument if you don´t bring along a scrapbook with some key words jotted down to the meeting. 1820 grade6 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq1-250 倫リンとも, のり, ひとし, ひろ, みち ethics, companion 1 S 1322 人: person 侖: think; be methodical 10 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic ethics “Mr. T talks about ethics at the academic conference. ”“I pity the fool who gets caught plagarizing someone else´s stuff!”“.” Mr. T has no ethics at the scrapbooking convention. He´ll do whatever it takes to beat all those ladies. 1821 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 輪リンわなわ, も wheel, ring, circle, link, loop, counter for wheels and flowers 輪(わ): (1) ring; circle; loop (2) hoop (3) wheel (4) circle (e.g. of friends) 指輪(ゆびわ): (finger) ring 車輪(しゃりん): (car) wheel 年輪(ねんりん): annual tree ring 首輪(くびわ): necklace; choker 輪(りん): counter for wheels and flowers 2 4 693 車: car 侖: think; be methodical 15 車 159 7 くるま・くるまへん (none) 形声 Phonetic wheel During a talk at the academic conference, speaker shows an introductory slide depicting the structure of car, and then moves on to the more narrow topic of wheels. Someone stole all the wheels off the ladies´ cars at the scrapbook convention. 1822 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Counting_Counters Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq501-750 偏ヘンかたよ.る partial, side, left-side radical, inclining, biased 偏見(へんけん): prejudice; narrow view 偏(へん): left-hand radical of a character 1 S 1340 人: person 扁: level; small 11 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic partial Mr. T is partial to konbini hentai. He reads them for hours every day after work at his local konbini. (Primitive: KONBINI HENTAI, all the magazines(scrapbooks) by every konbini door in Japan). Mr. T is very partial to hentai comic books. I know because he dropped a pile of them when I accidentally bumped into him at the door to kinokuniya! 1823 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 遍ヘンあまね.く everywhere, times, widely, generally 普遍(ふへん): universal; ubiquitous; omnipresent 遍(へん): number of times 1 S 1845 扁: level; small 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 12 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic everywhere Go down the road in Japan and you will find comics EVERYWHERE, newpaper stands, 7-11, Tsutaya, even the supermarket. Comics are everywhere here along the road. Go down any road in Japan and you´ll find konbini hentai everywhere. 1824 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 編ヘンあ.む、-あ.み compilation, knit, plait, braid, twist, editing, completed poem, part of a book 編集(へんしゅう): editing; compilation; editorial (e.g. committee) 編物(あみもの): knitting; knitted material; crochet 短編(たんぺん): short (e.g. story, film) 長編(ちょうへん): long (e.g. novel, film) 編(へん): (1) compilation (of a text); editing (2) volume (of a text) (3) completed literary work 編む(あむ): (1) to knit; to plait; to braid (2) to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit 2 5 591 糸: thread 扁: level; small 15 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic compilation Raulir has a good idea. I prefer to think of the manga compilations as the individual comics (serials from the anthologies) bound together with a coarse thread down the spine, produced quickly and put on the market. Good way to recycle those pulpy manga, and since when has the consumer not gotten screwed in Japan? . A Japanese comic book is a compilation of the individual chapters (which have already appeared in weekly comic magazines) with a thread (story arc) going through it. 1825 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 冊サツ、サクふみ tome, counter for books, volume 冊(さつ): (1) counter for books (2) volume 2 6 1313 冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13) 廾: twenty; 20; twenty or letter H radical (no. 55) 5 冂 13 2 けいがまえ・まきがまえ・どうがまえ・えんがまえ (none) 象形 Pictographic tome Pictograph. I think of that Harry Potter spell book that had to be bound shut coz it wanted to eat you. 冊さつ 1: counter for books A heavy scrapbook so full that flowers are sticking out. Only if a scrapbook is that full, it can be called a heavy book. 1826 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Counting_Counters kanjifreq1001-1500 典テン、デンすけ, つね, の, のり code, ceremony, law, rule 百科辞典(ひゃっかじてん): encyclopedia; encyclopaedia 古典(こてん): old book; classics; classic 典型(てんけい): type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetypal; representative 辞典(じてん): dictionary 原典(げんてん): original (text) 1 4 1055 曲: bend; music; melody; composition; pleasure; injustice; fault; curve; crooked; perverse; lean 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 8 八 12 2 はち・は・はちがしら (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic code Coding is a tool which you can use to bend the computer to your will. “Think ”“codex”“ (mnemonic help) or ”“code of laws”“, or even Leonardo Da Vinci´s code. Here I see a codex as a tool used to bend the masses into submission. Picture a huge codex book lifted down on crowds to bend them down in submission. Another: if you bend to the code without asking questions, you are a tool!” 1827 grade4 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 氏シうじ、-うじ family name, surname, clan 氏名(しめい): full name; identity 氏(うじ): family name; lineage; birth 氏(し): (1) Mr (2) clan (3) he; him (4) counter for people 1 4 84 氏: clan, clan radical (no. 83) 4 氏 83 4 うじ (none) 象形 Pictographic family name Looks a bit like Ft ⇒ Family title ⇒ Family name. The family name is important to me! Drop me from a building, torture me with a fishhook, I´m keeping my one family name. Hook me with a second fishhook, I refuse to change my family name. 1828 grade4 JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq1-250 紙シかみ paper 紙(かみ): paper 手紙(てがみ): letter 用紙(ようし): (1) blank form (2) sheets of paper; sheet of paper 紙幣(しへい): paper money; notes; bills 表紙(ひょうし): front cover; binding 張り紙(はりがみ): paper patch; paper backing; poster; sticker; label 紙屑(かみくず): wastepaper; paper scraps; paper waste ちり紙(ちりがみ): (1) (a) tissue (2) toilet paper 4 2 559 糸: thread 氏: family name; surname; clan 10 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic paper All that threads you to your family name is a piece of paper. (birth certificate). I imagine a ridiculously expensive, and rather pointless, Japanese type of paper for writing letters, with one´s family name woven in fine thread somewhere in a corner. 1829 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq501-750 婚コン marriage 結婚(けっこん): marriage 離婚(りこん): divorce 婚約(こんやく): engagement; betrothal 未婚(みこん): unmarried 新婚(しんこん): newly-wed 既婚(きこん): marriage; married 3 S 767 女: woman; female 昏: dark; evening; dusk 11 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 形声 Phonetic marriage Marriage is the day in this woman´s life where she gets a new family name. “Tip: Heisig later introduces the kanji 昏 dusk (#2451). Story: Never enter into marriage with a woman at dusk (wait until you see them in daylight). Note: This is an ancient proverb . . . (probably).” 1830 gradeS JLPT.N3 Kanji_People_Family kanjifreq751-1000 低テイひく.い、ひく.める、ひく.まる lower, short, humble 最低(さいてい): (1) least; lowest; worst (2) nasty; disgusting; horrible; yuck! 低下(ていか): fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation 低い(ひくい): low (height, tone, rank, degree, cost, content, quality, etc.); short 4 4 435 人: person 氏: family name; surname; clan 一: one; one radical (no.1) 7 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic lower A person bows low when presenting his business card. Mr. T travels to Japan and knows he must bow lower when presenting his business card. 1831 grade4 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq251-500 抵テイ resist, reach, touch 抵抗(ていこう): (1) resistance; opposition (2) reluctance; repulsion; repugnance (3) resistance; drag; friction (4) electrical resistance (5) resistor 大抵(たいてい): (1) mostly; ordinarily; usually; generally (2) probably (3) most; almost all (4) (before a neg. form) ordinary (5) proper; appropriate; moderate 1 S 1182 手: hand 氐: name of an ancient tribe 8 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic resist Japan business etiquette tip: When someone hands you a business card, resist the impulse to fiddle around with it with your fingers, and by all means resist the urge to use the card to pick gunk from under your fingernails. Just examine it carefully, ask politely about the (few by now) kanji that you don´t know, and put it away carefully in a location that shows your counterparts how important they are to you. Most japanese find it impossible to resist pushy businessmen in Japan when they push their damned business cards into your fingers. 1832 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 底テイそこ bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort 徹底(てってい): thoroughness; completeness; consistency 底(そこ): bottom; sole 根底(こんてい): root; basis; foundation 到底(とうてい): (cannot) possibly; no matter how 2 4 867 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 氐: name of an ancient tribe 8 广 53 3 まだれ (none) 形声 Phonetic bottom I put all those useless business cards at the bottom of a cave. In the deepest bottom of this cave complex, spelunkers leave their calling cards to prove they made it all the way. 1833 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Directions kanjifreq751-1000 民ミンたみひと, み people, nation, subjects 国民(こくみん): nation; nationality; people; citizen 市民(しみん): citizen; townspeople 住民(じゅうみん): citizens; inhabitants; residents; population 民間(みんかん): private; civilian; civil; popular; folk; unofficial 民主(みんしゅ): (1) democracy; popular sovereignty (2) democratic 民族(みんぞく): people; race; nation 人民(じんみん): people; public 農民(のうみん): farmers; peasants 庶民(しょみん): masses; common people 移民(いみん): (1) emigration; immigration (2) emigrant; immigrant 植民地(しょくみんち): (1) colony (2) colonial 民謡(みんよう): folk song; popular song 民宿(みんしゅく): private home providing lodging for travelers (travellers) 民俗(みんぞく): folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs 4 4 28 氏: family name; surname; clan 5 氏 83 4 うじ (none) 象形 Pictographic people All the people of the world with all their family names shouting with their big mouths. “How many of you know what ”“vox populi”“ means?” 1834 grade4 JLPT.N4 Kanji_People_General kanjifreq1-250 眠ミンねむ.る、ねむ.いね sleep, die, sleepy 睡眠(すいみん): sleep 居眠り(いねむり): dozing; nodding off 眠い(ねむい): sleepy; drowsy; somnolent 冬眠(とうみん): hibernation; winter sleep 眠る(ねむる): (1) to sleep (not necessarily lying down) (2) to die (3) to close one's eyes 眠たい(ねむたい): sleepy 3 S 1315 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 民: people; nation; subjects 10 目 109 5 め・めへん・よこめ (none) 形声 Phonetic sleep In an Orwellian sense, the eye watching the people never sleeps. The little boy from The Sixth Sense couldn´t sleep because before his very eyes he saw a dead crowd of people everywhere. 1835 gradeS JLPT.N3 Kanji_Body_Function kanjifreq1001-1500 捕ホと.らえる、と.らわれる、と.る、とら.える、とら.われる、つか.まえる、つか.まる catch, capture 逮捕(たいほ): arrest; apprehension; capture 捕虜(ほりょ): prisoner (of war) 捕える(とらえる): (1) to seize; to capture; to arrest (2) to grasp; to perceive; to treat (as) 捕鯨(ほげい): whaling; whale fishing 捕獲(ほかく): capture; seizure 捕る(とる): to take; to catch (fish); to capture 捕まえる(つかまえる): to catch; to arrest; to seize 捕吏(ほり): constable; policeman 3 S 604 手: hand 甫: for the first time; not until 10 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic catch I was retreating from the battlefield. In the chaos, my friend threw his dogtags at me to give to his family. I managed to catch them with my fingers as the chopper was lifting off. Dog tag: This is a wild animal track device. It has an arrowhead and screwdriver-shaped radio beacon. It´s evidently fired in animals to track their movements. When animal has a dog tag, it´s easy to catch it: just take a dog tag in your fingers. 1836 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 浦ホうら bay, creek, inlet, gulf, beach, seacoast 1 S 977 水: water 甫: for the first time; not until 10 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic bay The water of the bay washes all the dog tags up after the battle. Otis Redding is sitting on the dock of the bay, looking over the water while clutching the dog tags of his fallen friend from Vietnam. 1837 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq751-1000 蒲ホがま, かば, かま bullrush, flag, cattail 0 S+ 1887 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 浦: bay; creek; inlet; gulf; beach; seacoast (none) bullrush Bulrush was the flower that you could see near almost all bays in japan before the japanese started putting concrete everywhere. Just check how many percent of Japan´s coastline that is concretised… you´ll be surprised. The bulrush is a flower that grows around bays. http://www.meltonrossnewbarnetby.co.uk/images/bulrush.jpg. 1838 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 舗ホき shop, store 舗装(ほそう): pavement; road surface 1 S 1412 人: person 吉: good luck; joy; congratulations 甫: for the first time; not until 15 舌 135 6 した・したへん (none) 形声 Phonetic shop A shop in an impoverished country is just a cottage with a dog tag identifying it. Normal cottages (舎 actually means a building) don´t have tags advertising their names, but shops do. 1839 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 補ホおぎな.う supplement, supply, make good, offset, compensate, assistant, learner 候補(こうほ): (1) candidate; contender; prospect; pick; choice; list (2) candidacy; candidature; nomination 補助(ほじょ): (1) assistance; support; aid; help (2) subsidy; supplement; subvention; grant-in-aid (3) auxiliary; subsidiary (4) spot (in bodybuilding) 補償(ほしょう): compensation; reparation 補給(ほきゅう): supply; supplying; replenishment 補強(ほきょう): compensation; reinforcement 補充(ほじゅう): (1) supplementation; supplement; replenishment; replenishing; replacement; refilling (2) to replace; to refill; to replenish 補足(ほそく): supplement; complement 補う(おぎなう): to compensate for; to supplement 2 6 332 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 甫: for the first time; not until 12 衣 145 6 ころも・ころもへん (none) 形声 Phonetic supplement “I usually hear supplement in ”“dietry supplement”“. So you´re given a cloak for extra fibre and dogtags for extra iron. Keeps you regular and stops you feeling tired and run-down.” The name and number printed on a soldier´s cloak is a supplement to his main I.D. tag; his dog-tag, in helping identify the soldier. 1840 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 邸テイやしきむら residence, mansion 邸宅(ていたく): mansion; residence 1 S 905 氐: name of an ancient tribe 邑: village; rural community; right village radical (no. 163) 8 邑 163 7 むら・おおざと・おおざとづくり・ゆう (none) 形声 Phonetic residence The business card says his residence is just to the left of the city walls. Can you find it? Yep, got it. So fed up am I, I´ve finally built city walls around my residence to keep these Japanese from soliciting me with their business cards. 1841 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 郭カクくるわひろ enclosure, quarters, fortification, red-light district 1 S 1670 享: receive; undergo; answer (phone); take; get; catch 邑: village; rural community; right village radical (no. 163) 11 邑 163 7 むら・おおざと・おおざとづくり・ゆう (none) 形声 Phonetic enclosure The city finally received the enclosure that it desperately needed, city walls to protect it against attacks from the tall kids. Even the tall kids can´t get out of the enclosure that is the city walls. 1842 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 郡グンこおり county, district 郡(ぐん): (1) district; county (2) district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period) 1 4 965 君: mister; you; ruler; male name suffix 邑: village; rural community; right village radical (no. 163) 10 邑 163 7 むら・おおざと・おおざとづくり・ゆう (none) 形声 Phonetic county The old boy had never been outside of his own county because he couldn't get over the city walls. The old boys of Hazard COUNTY never got past the city walls. 1843 grade4 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 郊コウ outskirts, suburbs, rural area 郊外(こうがい): suburb; outskirts 近郊(きんこう): suburbs; outskirts 2 S 1304 交: mingle; mixing; association; coming & going 邑: village; rural community; right village radical (no. 163) 9 邑 163 7 むら・おおざと・おおざとづくり・ゆう (none) 形声 Phonetic outskirts The country folk and and the city folk mingle at the outskirts of town, just past the city walls. The city walls mark the outskirts of the inner city, where it begins to mingle with the suburbs. 1844 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 部ブへ、-べとり, ふ, ぺ, ま section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine 一部(いちぶ): (1) one part; one portion; one section; some (2) one copy (e.g. of a document) 幹部(かんぶ): management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons 部長(ぶちょう): (1) head (chief, director) of a section or department (2) head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team 部分(ぶぶん): portion; section; part 部門(ぶもん): division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category; department 本部(ほんぶ): headquarters; head office; main office 学部(がくぶ): (1) department of a university (2) undergraduate (course, program, etc.) 内部(ないぶ): interior; inside; internal 部屋(へや): (1) room (2) stable 全部(ぜんぶ): all; entire; whole; altogether 部品(ぶひん): parts; accessories; components 外部(がいぶ): (1) the outside (2) external 大部分(だいぶぶん): most part; greater part; majority 部下(ぶか): subordinate person 一部分(いちぶぶん): part; portion; section 警部(けいぶ): police inspector 部(ぶ): (1) department (in an organization); division; bureau (2) club (3) part; component; element (4) category (5) counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine 大部(たいぶ): (1) lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminous (2) most (e.g. most part); greater; fairly; a good deal; much 部首(ぶしゅ): radical (of a kanji character) 3 3 36 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 口: mouth 邑: village; rural community; right village radical (no. 163) 11 邑 163 7 むら・おおざと・おおざとづくり・ゆう (none) 形声 Phonetic section Within the city walls, this section of town was so noisy that we had to muzzle them up. The section within the city walls where dogs must be muzzled by law… 1845 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 都ト、ツみやこくに, ず, ち, づめ, みや metropolis, capital 都市(とし): town; city; municipal; urban 首都(しゅと): capital city; metropolis 都(みやこ): capital; metropolis 都心(としん): city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis 都会(とかい): city 都合(つごう): (1) circumstances; condition; convenience (2) to arrange; to manage (3) to lend money; to raise money (4) in all; in total; all told 都(と): metropolitan; municipal 4 3 123 者: someone; person 邑: village; rural community; right village radical (no. 163) 11 邑 163 7 むら・おおざと・おおざとづくり・ゆう都形声 Phonetic metropolis In a metropolis people are just puppets inside city walls, there is no individuality if you live so close together. A vision of a futuristic METROPOLIS: standing at the window of your 400th floor apartment, hand in hand with your LOVE DOLL, gazing out at the gigantic CITY WALLS that you can never escape. 1846 grade3 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1-250 郵ユウ mail, stagecoach stop 郵便(ゆうびん): mail; postal service 郵便局(ゆうびんきょく): post office 郵送(ゆうそう): mailing 2 6 917 垂: droop; suspend; hang; slouch 邑: village; rural community; right village radical (no. 163) 11 邑 163 7 むら・おおざと・おおざとづくり・ゆう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic mail “The drooping citywalls was generating a lot of angry mail for the city officials. Hint: think ”“hate mail”“ and you will remember this one. [thx CharleyGarrett].” The city walls droop down in one spot so that the mailtman can throw the mail over. 1847 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 邦ホウくに home country, country, Japan 連邦(れんぽう): commonwealth; federation of states; confederation; union 1 S 654 丰: abundant; lush; bountiful; plenty; fat face; luxurious growth of grass 邑: village; rural community; right village radical (no. 163) 7 邑 163 7 むら・おおざと・おおざとづくり・ゆう (none) 形声 Phonetic home country “He reminisced about his home country: ”“Ah, back in my home country, the bushes grew so high that they covered the city walls!”“.” It's easier if you think of the USA as the HOME COUNTRY. To the northern border you have it protected by BUSHES, while to south you have it protected by CITY WALLS (or a 800 mile long fence). 1848 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 郷キョウ、ゴウさとくに home town, village, native place, district 郷里(きょうり): birth-place; home town 郷愁(きょうしゅう): nostalgia; homesickness 郷土(きょうど): native place; birth-place; one's old home 1 6 1077 幺: short thread radical (no. 52) 艮: northeast (Oriental zodiac); stopping; good radical (no. 138) 邑: village; rural community; right village radical (no. 163) 11 邑 163 7 むら・おおざと・おおざとづくり・ゆう鄕会意 Compound Ideographic hometown Your hometown is where you broke out of your cocoon (born), and where you left when your hair was silver (died), your whole life was spent inside the city walls. Your home town is where you earned enough silver to enable you to break out of your giant cocoon (leave home) and explore outside the city walls. 1849 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 響キョウひび.く echo, also N5116, sound, resound, ring, vibrate 影響(えいきょう): (1) influence; effect (2) to influence; to affect; to have an influence on; to impact; to have an effect on 反響(はんきょう): echo; reverberation; repercussion; reaction; influence 響き(ひびき): (1) echo; reverberation (2) sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise (3) quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound 響く(ひびく): (1) to resound; to be heard far away (2) to reverberate; to shake; to vibrate (3) to come (home); to remain (with someone) (4) to have an effect; to make an impression 1 S 502 郷: home town; village; native place; district 音: sound; noise 20 音 180 9 おと・おとへん響形声 Phonetic echo People´s voices are like echoes of sounds from their hometowns….you can always tell where they´re from by how they talk. My hometown is a ghost town, any sounds echoes and echoes. 1850 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 郎ロウ、リョウおとこいら, お, とう, もん, ろ, ろお son, counter for sons 1 S 569 良: good; pleasing; skilled 邑: village; rural community; right village radical (no. 163) 9 邑 163 7 むら・おおざと・おおざとづくり・ゆう郞形声 Phonetic son The daughter is a good girl that grows up to be a woman. The son is a good boy that grows up to defend the city walls. A good son stays within the city walls so he can care for his parents… 1851 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_General kanjifreq501-750 廊ロウ corridor, hall, tower 廊下(ろうか): corridor; hallway; passageway 1 S 1598 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 郎: son; counter for sons 12 广 53 3 まだれ廊形声 Phonetic corridor Your son plays in the corridor pretending he´s exploring a cave. (ロウ) I think of the corridor found in the cave that Yoda made Luke Skywalker walk through as part of his Jedi training in Empire Strikes Back. It was in this corridor that Luke met Darth Vadar, cut off his head and found himself behind Darth Vadar´s mask. An early little hint that Luke was Darth Vadar´s son. 1852 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1501-2000 盾ジュンたて shield, escutcheon, pretext 矛盾(むじゅん): contradiction; inconsistency 盾(たて): shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext 1 S 1476 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 十: ten 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 9 目 109 5 め・めへん・よこめ (none) 象形 Pictographic shield You paint 10 huge eyes on your shield to scare the enemy, but consequently your shield is so big and heavy that you have to drag it. “From Wikipedia: ”“If a Spartan hoplite were to return to Sparta alive and without his shield, it was assumed that he threw his shield at the enemy in an effort to flee; an act punishable by death or banishment.”“ Picture the enemy of a Spartan soldier poking his eyes out with a sewing needle and trying to steal his shield. However, the Spartan desperately clutches on, and is dragged around for a while, preferring to die than to lose his shield.” 1853 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq1001-1500 循ジュン sequential, fellow 循環(じゅんかん): circulation; rotation; cycle 1 S 1699 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60) 盾: shield; escutcheon; pretext 12 彳 60 3 ぎょうにんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic sequential “This is mostly used in the word 循環, ”“circulation”“ (of buses through their routes, of blood, etc). So I think of a column of little Roman soldiers with their shields marching sequentially through the veins of a person, as an anthropomorphization of the immune system.” “A column of shielded soldiers advancing sequentially to avoid revealing the size of their army (Think ”“Sandpeople always ride single file to hide their numbers”“ from Star Wars).” 1854 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 派ハ faction, group, party, clique, sect, school 派遣(はけん): dispatch; despatch; deployment 立派(りっぱ): splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent; legal; legitimate 派手(はで): showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy 派(は): clique; faction; school 特派(とくは): send specially; special envoy 1 6 164 水: water 𠂢: None 9 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic faction Drag + rag gave me trouble until I came up with zombie for it. The zombie population became more diverse, separating into different factions. One of them being the water Zombies. The radical faction is almost eliminated, sir. They´re living in the sewers dressed in rags and dragging their supplies. 1855 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Religion.Creed Kanji_People_Group kanjifreq1-250 脈ミャクすじ vein, pulse, hope 山脈(さんみゃく): mountain range 文脈(ぶんみゃく): context 脈(みゃく): (1) pulse (2) vein (3) chain (of mountains, etc.) (4) hope (5) thread (of an argument) 1 4 1477 肉: meat 𠂢: None 10 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic vein The vein is the part of the body most lusted after by the flesh hungry zombies (drag & rag - see revenantkioku frame 1855). To get blood drawn from a vein you present the part of the body to the nurse, and they drag an alcohol swab (rag) across the vein. 1856 grade4 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_General kanjifreq1001-1500 衆シュウ、シュおお.い masses, great numbers, multitude, populace 大衆(たいしゅう): general public; the masses 衆議院(しゅうぎいん): lower house; House of Representatives 観衆(かんしゅう): spectators; onlookers; members of the audience 群衆(ぐんしゅう): group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude 公衆(こうしゅう): the public; general public 衆(しゅう): masses; great number; the people 1 6 450 血: blood 人: person 12 血 143 6 ち・ちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic masses Masses of zombies, splattered with blood. (any zombie movie). When the masses are hurt, say in a natural disaster like an earthquake, they can be seen everywhere dragging their bloody rags. 1857 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq251-500 逓テイかわ.る、たがいに relay, in turn, sending 1 S 1957 乕: tiger; brave; fierce; surname 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 10 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう遞形声 Phonetic parcel post Picture a crude drag-sled - in this case, made from cornstalks that have been belted together - filled with parcels, that the postman drags along behind him down the road along his delivery route. (I prefer 2 towels over cornstalk and belt) - Have you ever wondered why your parcels always end up in such bad condition when you get them? Or why you never get them at all? That´s because you´ve never looked at how they´re actually delivered - each postman is given a load of parcel post and 2 towels to drag them down the road on. 1858 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 段ダン、タン grade, steps, stairs 段階(だんかい): grade; level; stage; class; phase; steps; order; gradation 手段(しゅだん): means; way; measure 値段(ねだん): price; cost 一段(いちだん): (1) more; much more; still more; all the more (2) step; rung; level; rank (3) paragraph; passage (4) Japanese verb group (5) first rank (in martial arts, etc.) 階段(かいだん): stairs; stairway; staircase 普段(ふだん): usual; habitual; ordinary; everyday; always 段(だん): (1) step; stair; (flight of) steps; (row of) stitches; columns (of print) (2) grade; rank; level (3) counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.) 段々(だんだん): (1) gradually; by degrees (2) steps; stairs; staircase; terrace 3 6 479 殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79) 9 殳 79 4 るまた・ほこづくり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic grade This is a military-grade staple gun! It can be loaded with real missiles. 1st grade: staple gun, 9th grade: missiles. 1859 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 鍛タンきた.えるか forge, discipline, train 鍛える(きたえる): (1) to forge; to temper (2) to drill; to train; to discipline 1 S 1793 金: gold 段: grade; steps; stairs 17 金 167 8 かね・かねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic forge As a discriminating metalsmith, I use the highest grade metals when forging such precision devices as staple guns and missiles. Metal has to be forged many times over in order to reach a high grade. 1860 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 后コウ、ゴきさき empress, queen, after, behind, back, later 1 6 1583 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 口: mouth 6 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic empress The empress is cruel. Normally she´ll violently pull her servants by the ear when they´ve failed to follow orders. But one time she dragged this one guy around the palace by the mouth. She must have been really angry—ever since that moment, he´s never been seen again. The F word often comes out of the mouth of the empress. 1861 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq1501-2000 幻ゲンまぼろし phantasm, vision, dream, illusion, apparition 1 S 1564 幺: short thread radical (no. 52) 4 幺 52 3 いとがしら・よう (none) 象形 Pictographic phantasm After the play, The Phantasm of the Opera hangs up his cape on a clothes hanger and returns to his cocoon to sleep. You open your closet and find strange, glowing cocoons sitting on your clothes hangers… definitely a phantasm! 1862 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Religion.Creed kanjifreq1501-2000 司シつかさど.るつ, つか, つかさ director, official, govt office, rule, administer 司法(しほう): administration of justice 上司(じょうし): superior authorities; boss 司会(しかい): chairmanship; leading a meeting; presenter; host 司る(つかさどる): to rule; to govern; to administer 2 4 759 一: one; one radical (no.1) 口: mouth 5 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic director “The porn director has one big mouth. ”“Don´t bother putting your clothes on a hanger, just get started.”“.” The director sticks a clothes hanger in each actor´s mouth and hangs them from the ceiling until he needs them. 1863 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 伺シうかが.う pay respects, visit, ask, inquire, question, implore 伺う(うかがう): (1) to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told (2) to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior) (3) to visit (4) to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.) 2 S 2209 人: person 司: director; official; govt office; rule; administer 7 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic pay respects That person, being the director, is someone you need to pay your respects to. If Mr. T gets a role in a film, he doesnt pay respects to the director, the director pays respects to Mr. T. 1864 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq2001-2500 詞シ part of speech, words, poetry 代名詞(だいめいし): (1) pronoun (2) synonym; classic example; pattern; byword; representative 形容詞(けいようし): (true) adjective; i-adjective 動詞(どうし): verb 名詞(めいし): noun 助詞(じょし): particle; postposition 副詞(ふくし): adverb 台詞(せりふ): speech; words; one's lines; remarks 形容動詞(けいようどうし): na-adjective (adj-na); quasi-adjective; adjectival noun; nominal adjective 自動詞(じどうし): intransitive verb (no direct obj) 助動詞(じょどうし): auxiliary verb 数詞(すうし): numeral 接続詞(せつぞくし): conjunction 他動詞(たどうし): transitive verb (direct obj.) 2 6 1636 言: say 司: director; official; govt office; rule; administer 12 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic parts of speech Parts of speech act as word directors, giving it meaning and indicating its correct placement and usage in grammar. “The big mouthed diretor is even picky about the parts of speech you use, shouting, ”“More verbs! Less adjectives!”“ and such all the time.” 1865 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq1501-2000 飼シか.うかい domesticate, raise, keep, feed 飼育(しいく): breeding; raising; rearing 飼う(かう): to keep (a pet or other animal); to raise; to have; to own; to feed 1 5 1392 食: eat; food 司: director; official; govt office; rule; administer 13 食 184 9 しょく・しょくへん (none) 形声 Phonetic domesticate When you DOMESTICATE a animal, you are the DIRECTOR of it´s life and what it EATS. After a pride of hungry lions ate the director, the producer decided to tone down his documentary and film domesticated cats instead. 1866 grade5 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 嗣シあき, つかさ, つぎ, つぐ, ひで heir, succeed 1 S 2310 口: mouth 冊: tome; counter for books; volume 司: director; official; govt office; rule; administer 13 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic heir The lawyer called all the heirs into a meeting. Everybody else received cars, property, and the like. When it got to be my turn the lawyer informed me I would be receiving a scrapbook. My mouth dropped open. A scrapbook?! No Ferrari, no mansion, …scrapbook?! Turns out the scrapbook was of my great uncle's company, and I had been named the new director of the multi-million dollar business. My mouth literally hit the scrapbook when I learned I'd be director. My mouth hung open when I found out I was the heir to not only my father's scrapbooks, but he also left me as director of the company. 1867 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 舟シュウふね、ふな-、-ぶね boat, ship 2 S 1786 舟: boat, boat radical (no. 137) 6 舟 137 6 ふね・ふねへん (none) 象形 Pictographic boat I see this kanji as a pictograph of a two story boat seen from the front. The glass canopy is the body of the boat. The drop on top is the chimney. The horizontal line is the ceiling/floor between the the 1st/2nd floor. Finally, the two drops in the middle are the lights on the decks. Cinnabar (丹) colored boat, the extra drop signifying that the paint hasn´t dried yet. The stick represents the oars. 1868 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Vehicle.Machine kanjifreq1501-2000 舶ハク liner, ship 船舶(せんぱく): ship 1 S 1753 舟: boat; ship 白: white 11 舟 137 6 ふね・ふねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic liner The most famous LINER is the Titanic, which struck an iceberg and sunk. Just imagine that huge LINER strucking an even huger mass of white ice. “A liner is to boat as an emperor (#261) is to a king (#255), or a chief (#967) is to a person (#951): in each case we need only add white to the latter in order to get the former.” 1869 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Vehicle.Machine kanjifreq1501-2000 航コウわたる navigate, sail, cruise, fly 航空(こうくう): aviation; flying 航海(こうかい): sail; voyage 2 4 665 舟: boat; ship 亢: high spirits 10 舟 137 6 ふね・ふねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic navigate “To navigate a ”“boat”“ through a ”“whirlwind”“ takes a skilled navigator.” In Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, you can navigate your boat by summoning whirlwinds. 1870 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 般ハン carrier, carry, all 一般(いっぱん): general; liberal; universal; ordinary; average 全般(ぜんぱん): (the) whole; universal; wholly; general 2 S 649 舟: boat; ship 殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79) 10 舟 137 6 ふね・ふねへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic carrier “Carrier?! This means ”“general”“ (as in the general public or generally). OK.. Carriers, i.e. boats with missiles, are not available to the general public.” In general, carrier boats have missiles. 1871 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 盤バンち, わ tray, shallow bowl, platter, tub, board, phonograph record 基盤(きばん): foundation; basis; base; footing 地盤(じばん): stronghold; base; (the) ground 算盤(そろばん): abacus 碁盤(ごばん): Go board 1 S 881 般: carrier; carry; all 皿: dish; a helping; plate 15 皿 108 5 さら (none) 形声 Phonetic tray “What do you call a ”“CARRIER”“ of DISHes? A TRAY.” Imagine a restaurant set in Disney´s Fantasia or maybe in Harry Potter´s university, where dishes are magically landing and taking off of a carrier tray. 1872 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq751-1000 搬ハン conveyor, carry, transport 運搬(うんぱん): transport; carriage 1 S 1664 手: hand 般: carrier; carry; all 13 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic conveyor When workers neglect workplace safety, their fingers get cut off and carried away by the conveyor belt, which looks like a ´finger carrier´ in that case. During WWII, morse code was the primary means of communication from sea. The morse code specialist was the conveyor of messages to and from the crew of the carrier, using his fingers to tap out the secret messages. (This works especially well for 搬送周波数 carrier frequency and 搬送波 carrier wave, being the radio waves/frequencies used in morse code). 1873 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 船センふね、ふな- ふ ship, boat 船(ふね): (1) ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship (2) tank; tub; vat; trough (3) counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi) 漁船(ぎょせん): fishing boat 船舶(せんぱく): ship 造船(ぞうせん): shipbuilding 風船(ふうせん): balloon (esp. small, toy variety) 汽船(きせん): steamship; steamboat; steamer 船便(ふなびん): surface mail (ship) 3 2 713 舟: boat; ship 㕣: a marsh at the foot of the hills; name of a river 11 舟 137 6 ふね・ふねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic ship A boy floats his toy boat in a gully and imagines it as an immense ship. “Aargh, hard to keep this separate from boat. How about this: the phrase ”“shape up or ship out!”“ This phrase originally meant that a soldier had better get his act together, or else face being shipped off into a combat zone. Here we see a poor WW-I soldier who has been shipped off to a combat zone. He´s riding in the boat overseas to fight in the trenches (gulley).” 1874 grade2 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Vehicle.Machine kanjifreq501-750 艦カン warship 軍艦(ぐんかん): warship; battleship 1 S 1363 舟: boat; ship 監: oversee; official; govt office; rule; administer 21 舟 137 6 ふね・ふねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic warship The warship towers over the smaller benign boats, overseeing their safe path from port to port. A warship is a boat that oversees the seas. Think of it as the patroller of the ocean. 1875 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq1001-1500 艇テイ rowboat, small boat 1 S 1433 舟: boat; ship 廷: courts; imperial court; government office 13 舟 137 6 ふね・ふねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic rowboat Rowboats are a classic way to court (go on a date with) someone… Courts in olden times would often punish convicts by sentencing them to a life of being the rower crew for large rowboat ships (there were no engines or boilers back then)… Yo ho, Yo ho…. 1876 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Vehicle.Machine kanjifreq1001-1500 瓜カうりう melon 0 S+ 2459 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) (none) melon 何これ???? ok, sorry to be crude… if you claw at a girls melons, she is gonna give you the elbow. Vegetarian vultures are fighting for a melon, each trying to elbow its way to it with claws. 1877 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 弧コ arc, arch, bow 括弧(かっこ): parentheses; brackets 1 S 2371 弓: bow; bow (archery, violin) 瓜: melon 9 弓 57 3 ゆみ・ゆみへん (none) 形声 Phonetic arc When you use a bow to shoot a melon, the arc varies depending on how far away you are. “Joan of Arc (”“arc”“ also means ”“bow”“ in french) is practicing with a bow, shooting at melons in a distant field.” 1878 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq2001-2500 孤コ orphan, alone 孤立(こりつ): isolation; being alone; being friendless 孤独(こどく): isolation; loneliness; solitude 孤児(こじ): orphan 1 S 1239 子: child; sign of the rat; 11PM-1AM; first sign of Chinese zodiac 瓜: melon 9 子 39 3 こ・こへん (none) 形声 Phonetic orphan An orphan will never know the joys on sucking on his mother´s melons…….. Unlike the celebrated story of Momotaro the peach boy, no one knows the story of the melon boy who was left an orphan. 1879 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 繭ケンまゆ、きぬ cocoon 1 S 2495 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13) 糸: thread 虫: insect; bug; temper 18 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic cocoon This is a simple two-column manga showing the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a cocoon. First, the caterpillar gets under a large flower (bees tend to hang around flowers, which scare away other predators). Then, in the first frame, we see the caterpillar (insect). Then, a bar separating this frame from the next frame (remember that Japanese manga run the other way!), in which we see the insect covered with thread, making a beautiful cocoon. The magic flower is the reason why Spider-Man ended up miniaturized and confined inside a hood-like cocoon together with an insect. Now, only a walking stick separates them both. 1880 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 益エキ、ヤクま.すまし, ます benefit, gain, profit, advantage 利益(りえき): (1) profit; gains (2) benefit; advantage; interest (of the public, etc.) (3) grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing; miracle 有益(ゆうえき): beneficial; profitable 収益(しゅうえき): earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue 益々(ますます): increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less 1 5 674 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 皿: dish; a helping; plate 10 皿 108 5 さら (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic benefit The benefit of having sharp horns and fast legs is that an animal can get to the food dish first. The benefit of being an animal with horns and fast legs is in keeping it from becoming a dish for the other animals! (shaydwyrm). 1881 grade5 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 暇カひま、いとま spare time, rest, leisure, time, leave of absence 休暇(きゅうか): holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work) 余暇(よか): leisure; leisure time; spare time 暇(ひま): (1) spare time; free time; leisure (2) time off; day off; vacation; holiday; leave (3) quitting (one's job); firing someone; divorcing (one's spouse) (4) (of one's time) free; (of one's business) slow (5) leaving; departing 1 S 1386 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 13 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic spare time Some jackass-like people have way too much spare time. You can find video´s of them all over the internet, if you like such things, you can watch it all day. You see them stapling their mouths shut, or throwing eachother upside down in boxes or kicking each other in the crotch. “Tip: The complex right side of this kanji appears twice more in Heisig. He later names it ”“hobby”“. REF: shrimp (#2689), haze (#2779).” 1882 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 敷フし.く、-し.きしき, にゅう spread, pave, sit, promulgate 敷地(しきち): site; plot; lot; grounds 屋敷(やしき): residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion 座敷(ざしき): (1) tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room (2) dinner party in a tatami room 敷く(しく): (1) to spread out; to lay out (2) to take a position (3) to impose widely (e.g. over a city) 風呂敷(ふろしき): wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper 1 S 1212 旉: to state to; to announce 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) 15 攴 66 4 ぼくにょう・ぼくづくり・とまた・のぶん・しぶん (none) 形声 Phonetic spread “Instead of being glued to one specialty (#46) 専, I decided to spread my attention in many directions 方, and be a taskmaster at none.” Arrowheads are spread all over the field. The taskmaster profiteerer forces you to find them all using a compass. 1883 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 来ライ、タイく.る、きた.る、きた.す、き.たす、き.たる、き、こくり, くる, ごろ, さ come, due, next, cause, become “以来(いらい): since; henceforth 従来(じゅうらい): up to now; so far; traditional; existing (e.g. equipment) 将来(しょうらい): future (usually near); prospects 来年(らいねん): next year 本来(ほんらい): (1) originally; primarily (2) essentially; naturally; by nature; in (and of) itself (3) proper; legal 来月(らいげつ): next month 来日(らいにち): arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan 未来(みらい): (1) the future (usually distant) (2) future tense (3) the world to come 来(らい): (1) next (year, etc.) (2) since (last month, etc.) 出来事(できごと): incident; affair; happening; event 来週(らいしゅう): next week 出来る(できる): (1) to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task (2) to be ready; to be completed (3) to be made; to be built (4) to be good at; to be permitted (to do) (5) to become intimate; to take up (with somebody) (6) to grow; to be raised 来る(くる): (1) to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive (2) to come back; to do … and come back (3) to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue (4) to come from; to be caused by; to derive from (5) to come to (i.e. ”“when it comes to spinach …”“) 元来(がんらい): originally; primarily; essentially; logically; naturally 出来るだけ(できるだけ): as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible 出来上がり(できあがり): finish; completion; ready; made for; cut out 外来(がいらい): (1) external origin; imported (2) outpatient 再来年(さらいねん): year after next 出来上がる(できあがる): (1) to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat) (2) to be very drunk 再来月(さらいげつ): month after next 再来週(さらいしゅう): week after next 来る(きたる): (1) to come; to arrive; to be due to (2) next (e.g. ”“next April”“); forthcoming; coming 伝来(でんらい): ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down 来場(らいじょう): attendance 家来(けらい): retainer; retinue; servant 出来物(できもの): tumour; tumor; growth; boil; ulcer; abscess; rash; pimple 仕来たり(しきたり): custom; conventional practice; conventional practise; mores; ordinance” 5 2 102 米: rice; USA; metre 7 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね來象形 Pictographic come You horny bastard, don´t come, at least not yet! “Here I see, of all things, Bambi. His animal horns have not yet come out. (As we can see in the kanji, the animal horns are not at the top, not ”“poking through”“. ) Remember: Bambi will soon come to have a great set of animal horns but they have not yet come out.” 1884 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Directions_Movement kanjifreq1-250 気キ、ケいき spirit, mind 気(き): (1) spirit; mind; heart (2) nature; disposition (3) motivation; intention (4) mood; feelings (5) atmosphere; essence 景気(けいき): condition; state; business (condition) 人気(にんき): popularity; popular feeling; business conditions 気持ち(きもち): feeling; sensation; mood 電気(でんき): (1) electricity (2) (electric) light 病気(びょうき): illness; disease; sickness 気分(きぶん): feeling; mood 空気(くうき): (1) air; atmosphere (2) mood; situation (3) someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all 雰囲気(ふんいき): atmosphere (e.g. musical); mood; ambience; ambiance 気温(きおん): atmospheric temperature 大気(たいき): atmosphere 気象(きしょう): (1) weather; climate (2) disposition; temperament 気配(けはい): (1) indication; sign; hint; presence; trend (2) quotation (esp. stock market) 強気(つよき): (1) confident; assured; self-assured; firm; strong; cocksure (2) bullish (e.g. market) 元気(げんき): health(y); robust; vigor; vigour; energy; vitality; vim; stamina; spirit; courage; pep 天気(てんき): (1) weather; the elements (2) fair weather; fine weather 勇気(ゆうき): courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness 気候(きこう): climate 気味(きみ): (1) sensation; feeling (2) tendency; propensity 本気(ほんき): seriousness; truth; sanctity 気圧(きあつ): atmospheric pressure 気軽(きがる): (1) carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; sprightly (2) ease 活気(かっき): energy; liveliness 気楽(きらく): (1) carefree; comfortable; at ease (2) easygoing; happy-go-lucky 不景気(ふけいき): business recession; hard times; depression; gloom; sullenness; cheerlessness 気質(きしつ): spirit; character; trait; temperament; turn of mind; disposition 換気(かんき): ventilation 寒気(かんき): (1) chill; the shivers; shivering fit (2) cold; coldness; cold air 湿気(しっけ): moisture; humidity; dampness 根気(こんき): patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy 陽気(ようき): (1) cheerful; merry (2) season; weather 水蒸気(すいじょうき): water vapour; water vapor; steam 浮気(うわき): (1) extramarital sex; affair; fooling around (2) infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness; inconstancy; fickleness; caprice 一気(いっき): chug!; drink! (said repeatedly as a party cheer) 蒸気(じょうき): (1) steam; vapour; vapor (2) steamship; steamboat; steamer 磁気(じき): magnetism 無邪気(むじゃき): innocence; simple-mindedness 意気込む(いきごむ): to be enthusiastic about 気体(きたい): vapour; vapor; gas 吐き気(はきけ): nausea; sickness in the stomach 気の毒(きのどく): pitiful; unfortunate; (a) pity 平気(へいき): coolness; calmness; composure; unconcern 気付く(きづく): to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize; to realise 気まぐれ(きまぐれ): whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper 水気(みずけ): (1) moisture; dampness; vapor; vapour (2) dropsy; edema; oedema 湯気(ゆげ): steam; vapour; vapor 何気ない(なにげない): casual; unconcerned; nonchalant 気兼ね(きがね): hesitance; diffidence; feeling constraint; fear of troubling someone; having scruples about doing something 陰気(いんき): gloom; melancholy 気に入る(きにいる): to be pleased with; to suit 生意気(なまいき): impertinent; saucy; cheeky; conceit; audacious; brazen 短気(たんき): quick temper; short temper 気障(きざ): affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious 殺気(さっき): thirst for blood 天気予報(てんきよほう): weather forecast; weather report 気を付ける(きをつける): to be careful; to pay attention; to take care 暢気(のんき): carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky; easygoing 気品(きひん): (1) elegance; refinement; grace; dignity (2) aroma 気風(きふう): character; traits; ethos 気流(きりゅう): atmospheric current; air current; airflow 素っ気ない(そっけない): cold; short; curt; blunt 気触れる(かぶれる): (1) to develop a rash or inflammation (e.g. in response to a skin irritant); to react to (something) (2) to be strongly influenced (usu. negative or critical nuance) 気立て(きだて): disposition; nature 湿気る(しける): to be damp; to be moist 人気(ひとけ): sign of life 呆気ない(あっけない): not enough; too quick (short, long, etc.) 気味(ぎみ): -like; -looking; -looked; tending to … お気の毒に(おきのどくに): my sympathies; that's too bad; my condolences お元気ですか(おげんきですか): how are you? 5 1 113 气: spirit; steam radical (no. 84) 乂: mow; cut grass; subdue 6 气 84 4 きがまえ氣形声 Phonetic spirit You´re reclining on the floor trying to hook a sheaf with a small hook through the cracks. That you´ve been doing this for seven hours without success shows your burning spirit. Captain Hook, his spirit crushed, is lying on the ground cursing Wolverine who has defeated him with his far superior claws. 1885 grade1 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion Kanji_Nature_Sky kanjifreq1-250 汽キ vapor, steam 汽車(きしゃ): train (steam) 汽船(きせん): steamship; steamboat; steamer 1 2 2020 水: water 气: spirit; steam radical (no. 84) 7 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic vapor Water vapor almost looks like a spirit but has no soul. Wolverine disappears into water vapor, seemingly his spirit dissipating into nothingness. 1886 grade2 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Substance kanjifreq2001-2500 飛ヒと.ぶ、と.ばす、-と.ばすあす, とび fly, skip (pages, scatter 飛行(ひこう): (1) aviation; flight; flying (2) to fly; to take a flight 飛行機(ひこうき): aeroplane; airplane; aircraft 飛び出す(とびだす): (1) to jump out; to rush out; to fly out (2) to appear (suddenly) (3) to protrude; to project (4) to butt in 飛行場(ひこうじょう): airfield; airport 飛ぶ(とぶ): (1) to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop (2) to fly; to soar 飛ばす(とばす): (1) to fly; to fire; to hurl; to launch (2) to skip over; to omit; to drop (e.g. stitch) (3) to run or drive fast; to gallop (4) to spread a rumour (rumor); to tell a story (5) to remove; to get rid of; to transfer (6) to attack; to jeer at 飛び込む(とびこむ): to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to dive 蹴飛ばす(けとばす): to kick away; to kick off; to kick (someone); to refuse; to reject 3 4 580 升: measuring box; 1.8 liter 9 飛 183 9 とぶ (none) 象形 Pictographic fly Hooks with small wings attached look like hummingbirds with a long beak. Two hummingbirds are trying to fly away with our little measuring box. What do they want it for? Two hummingbirds flying into a measuring box serving as a bird feeder… 1887 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 沈チン、ジンしず.む、しず.めるしん sink, be submerged, subside, be depressed, aloes 沈黙(ちんもく): (1) silence; hush (2) reticence; inaction 沈没(ちんぼつ): sinking; foundering; going down; submersion 沈む(しずむ): to sink; to feel depressed; to descend 沈める(しずめる): (1) to sink; to submerge (2) to floor (an opponent) 沈澱(ちんでん): precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment) 2 S 1271 水: water 冘: to move on; doubtful 7 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic sink (thx geezer) The maimed waitress (no head and arms just her legs and trunk) is dropped into the water with a cement crown to make sure she sinks. She shouldn´t have been so nosy about her yakuza-boyfriend´s schemes. “This is the famous story of Archimedes and the Crown, where buoyancy was discovered. Watching the crown sink in the water, Archimedes detected the fraud and ran naked through the city (human legs distorted from running) yelling ”“Eureka! Eureka!”“ See http://math.nyu.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/Crown/CrownIntro.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_%28word%29.” 1888 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 妻サイつまずま, め wife, spouse 妻(つま): (1) wife (2) dear (formerly used by romantically linked men and women to refer to one another) (3) garnish (esp. one served with sashimi) (4) embellishment 夫妻(ふさい): man and wife; married couple 3 5 691 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 女: woman; female 8 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 象形 Pictographic wife Ten rakes woman. your wife digs her fingernails into you and it feels like 10 rakes when she finds you ontop of another woman. “(I´m really not sexist, this just helps me remember the kanji): I make my WIFE do all the yard work, and as a really mean joke, I bought her TEN RAKES for her birthday this year. ”“Do the yardwork, WOMAN! You have TEN perfectly good RAKES to choose from!”“.” 1889 grade5 JLPT.N3 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq501-750 衰スイおとろ.える decline, wane, weaken 老衰(ろうすい): senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age) 衰える(おとろえる): to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither; to waste away 1 S 1432 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 口: mouth 10 衣 145 6 ころも・ころもへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic decline If you thought that the dude in 哀 was pathetic, you haven´t seen him after his decline. Here he is carrying a stick around in his mouth like a dog, begging people to throw it for him. Note that the mouth is closed only after the stick goes in, as is only logical. If you thought that the dude in 哀 was pathetic, you haven´t seen him after his decline. Here he is carrying a stick around in his mouth like a dog, allowing people to rent him and play catch with him for money! 1890 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 衷チュウ inmost, heart, mind, inside 折衷(せっちゅう): compromise; cross; blending; eclecticism 1 S 2229 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 口: mouth 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 10 衣 145 6 ころも・ころもへん (none) 形声 Phonetic inmost “The guy from pathetic (#401) shared his inmost feelings with a girl and she rammed a walking stick down his throat. It ruptured his inmost organs.” Besides making money from acting like a dog (see decline), the pathetic man has risked his inmost internal organs by becoming a cane swallower! 1891 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 面メン、ベンおも、おもて、つらお, ずら, ほおつき, も mask, face, features, surface 面目(めんもく): (1) face; honour; honor; reputation; prestige; dignity; credit (2) appearance; look 場面(ばめん): scene; setting (e.g. of novel) 正面(しょうめん): front; frontage; facade; main 表面(ひょうめん): surface; outside; face; appearance 面積(めんせき): area 側面(そくめん): side; flank; aspect; dimension; profile; sidelight; lateral 一面(いちめん): (1) one face; one surface (2) the whole surface (3) one aspect; one side (4) (on) the other hand (5) one broad, flat object (6) front page 水面(すいめん): water's surface 方面(ほうめん): (1) direction; district; area (2) field (e.g. of study) 面接(めんせつ): interview 面倒(めんどう): trouble; difficulty; care; attention 斜面(しゃめん): slope; slanting surface; bevel 面会(めんかい): meeting (face-to-face); interview 地面(じめん): ground; earth's surface 面白い(おもしろい): interesting; amusing 覆面(ふくめん): mask; veil; disguise 面倒くさい(めんどうくさい): bother(some) to do; tiresome 直面(ちょくめん): (1) confrontation (2) to face; to confront; to encounter 対面(たいめん): (1) interview; meeting (2) opposing (traffic, etc.); facing; confronting 洗面(せんめん): wash up (one's face); have a wash 断面(だんめん): cross-section 面する(めんする): to face on; to look out on to 真面目(まじめ): diligent; serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady 面皰(にきび): pimple; acne 几帳面(きちょうめん): methodical; punctual; steady 面(おもて): (1) face (2) surface (3) mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask) 面(めん): (1) face (2) mask; face guard (3) (in kendo) striking the head (4) surface (esp. a geometrical surface) (5) page (6) aspect; facet; side (7) chamfer (8) counter for broad, flat objects, levels or stages, e.g. in a video game 生真面目(きまじめ): too serious; person who is too serious; honesty; sincerity 3 3 186 面: face, face radical (no. 176) 9 面 176 9 めん (none) 象形 Pictographic mask If you´re wearing a mask, a hundred eyes can look at you but none of them will know who you are. When Jim Carrey puts on The Mask, he can make it seem like he has 100 eyes popping out of his head. 1892 grade3 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 革カクかわ leather, become serious, skin, hide, pelt 改革(かいかく): reform; reformation; innovation 革命(かくめい): (1) revolution (2) 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in onmyou-dou) 革新(かくしん): reform; innovation 革(かわ): leather 変革(へんかく): (1) change; reform; revolution; upheaval (2) Reformation つり革(つりかわ): strap (to hang onto) 2 6 249 廿: twenty; 20 口: mouth 9 革 177 9 かわ・かくのかわ・かわへん・つくりがわ (none) 象形 Pictographic leather I asked the street vendor the price of the LEATHER jacket. He said TWENTY, but with my MOUTH, I talked him down to TEN. (correct stroke order). You can feed twenty mouths for a year for the price of ten leather coats. 1893 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1-250 靴カくつ shoes 靴(くつ): shoes; footwear 靴下(くつした): socks; sock; stockings; stocking 3 S 1561 革: leather; become serious; skin; hide; pelt 化: change; take the form of; influence; enchant; delude; -ization 13 革 177 9 かわ・かくのかわ・かわへん・つくりがわ (none) 形声 Phonetic shoes Leather shoes are nice because they change shape to fit your foot. Leather is often changed into shoes. 1894 gradeS JLPT.N3 Kanji_Clothing.Textiles kanjifreq1501-2000 覇ハ、ハクはたがしらはる hegemony, supremacy, leadership, champion 1 S 1173 襾: cover; place on top of; west radical variant (no. 146) 革: leather; become serious; skin; hide; pelt 月: month; moon 19 襾 146 6 にし・かなめのかしら・おおいかんむり霸会意 Compound Ideographic hegemony In the old west, animal skins were made into leather and their flesh was eaten, thus using the whole animal, which viewed from the animal side could be taken as humans asserting complete hegemony over them. All your base are belong to us. In the Old West, cowboys had hegemony OVER the Indians despite their leathercraft and ability to navigate by the moon. 1895 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 声セイ、ショウこえ、こわ- voice 声(こえ): voice 声明(せいめい): declaration; statement; proclamation 歓声(かんせい): cheer; shout of joy 4 2 388 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 7 耳 128 6 みみ・みみへん聲会意 Compound Ideographic voice Having lost his voice, the samurai comunicated to his troops with a striped flag. When an enemy´s flag is raised, a true samurai can split it in half with just his voice. 1896 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq251-500 呉ゴく.れる、くれぐ give, do something for 呉れる(くれる): to give; to let one have; to do for one; to be given 呉れ呉れも(くれぐれも): repeatedly; sincerely; earnestly 1 S 1729 口: mouth 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 7 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic give “Picture of a person facing you. 口 is the head. His right arm is raised (your left), to give you something from a tray 一. His legs ハ are below the tray. 呉れる、くれる, to give: 伯父がこの時計を呉れました, ”“My uncle gave me this watch.”“ Following -て form of another verb, means ”“to do the favor of”“: 窓を開けて呉れませんか, ”“Won't you open the window [do the favor of opening/kindly open the window]?”“ Usu. written in hiragana.” I see this as a pictograph of an old-style phonograph - a stand, record, crank and bell (the mouth). Even the primitives work out - a tool with a crank which plays music out of the bell mouth. Imaginge giving one of these old and beautiful phonographs to a classical or jazz music buff! 1897 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 娯ゴ recreation, pleasure 娯楽(ごらく): pleasure; amusement 1 S 1827 女: woman; female 呉: give; do something for 10 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 形声 Phonetic recreation A woman gives up her recreation time in order to raise a family. “Typical male fantasy of recreation: women ”“giving it up”“.” 1898 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1501-2000 誤ゴあやま.る、-あやま.る mistake, err, do wrong, mislead 誤り(あやまり): error; mistake; slip; bug 誤解(ごかい): misunderstanding 誤差(ごさ): measurement error; calculation error 錯誤(さくご): mistake 誤る(あやまる): (1) to make a mistake; to err (2) to mislead; to misguide 誤魔化す(ごまかす): (1) to deceive; to falsify; to misrepresent; to cheat; to swindle; to tamper; to juggle; to manipulate (2) to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties) (3) to varnish over; to gloss over 間誤付く(まごつく): to be confused; to be flustered; to be at a loss 3 6 1150 言: say 呉: give; do something for 14 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic mistake You must give words of apology when you make a mistake. “It is a rookie mistake to believe the words when your sweetie says ”“You don´t have to give me anything for my birthday.”“ Trust me, your sweetie wants something, something shiny, and if you disappoint, you will suffer.” 1899 grade6 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1001-1500 蒸ジョウ、セイむ.す、む.れる、む.らす steam, heat, sultry, foment, get musty 蒸す(むす): to steam; to poultice; to be sultry 水蒸気(すいじょうき): water vapour; water vapor; steam 蒸気(じょうき): (1) steam; vapour; vapor (2) steamship; steamboat; steamer 蒸発(じょうはつ): (1) evaporation (2) disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance 蒸し暑い(むしあつい): humid; sultry 蒸留(じょうりゅう): distillation 2 6 1552 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 烝: many; offer; dedicate; to steam 13 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic steam “Think of a picture of someone steaming vegetables. On top you see the flowers of cauliflower or something else that is being steamed. Underneath, the pan is completely full of water. Below the pan is a floor - that's the hotplate - and under that the oven fire. Caution: don't confuse with boil (#1257), or the steam radical in spirit (#1885).” When you want to steam some flowers/vegetation you don't cover them completely with water, rather you have just a little at the floor of the saucepan and then heat. 1900 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq1501-2000 承ショウ、ジョウうけたまわ.る、う.ける、ささ.げる、とど.める、こ.らす、つい.で、すく.うつぐ, こと, すけ, つぎ, よし aquiesce, hear, listen to, be informed, receive “承認(しょうにん): recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement 了承(りょうしょう): acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. ”“please be understanding of the mess during our renovation”“); noting; acceptance 承知(しょうち): (1) acknowledgment; acknowledgement; awareness (2) consent; acceptance; assent; admitting; compliance; agreement 承諾(しょうだく): consent; acquiescence; agreement 承る(うけたまわる): (1) to hear; to be told; to know (2) to receive (order); to undertake; to comply; to take (a reservation, etc.)” 2 5 775 了: complete; finish 三: three 水: water 8 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic acquiesce To get someone to completely acquiesce it takes 3 dunks in the water before they give. To get someone to acquiesce, duck them completely in aqua (=water) three times. (variation on dingomick´s). 1901 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 函カンはこ, い.れる box (archaic) 0 S+ 1781 一: one; one radical (no.1) 水: water 凵: open box enclosure; open box radical (no. 17) (none) bin Damn racoons ill show them. I put a snare in the bin as well as a few phosphorous sparklers so as to scare the shit out of the buggers as they rummage through my bin. (thegeezer3) Damn racoons… I´ll show them. I´ll put a SNARE in the BIN as well as a few SPARKLERS so as to scare the shit out of the buggers, then hit them with a SHOVEL. 1902 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 極キョク、ゴクきわ.める、きわ.まる、きわ.まり、きわ.み、き.める、-ぎ.め、き.まる poles, settlement, conclusion, end, highest rank, electric poles, very, extremely, most, highly, 1048 積極的(せっきょくてき): assertive; positive; active; proactive 消極的(しょうきょくてき): negative; half-hearted; passive; unmotivated; pessimistic 極端(きょくたん): extreme; extremity 南極(なんきょく): (1) South Pole (2) the Antarctic; Antarctica 究極(きゅうきょく): ultimate; extreme; final; eventual 極(ごく): (1) quite; very (2) quindecillion (US); octillion (Europe); 10^48 北極(ほっきょく): (1) North Pole (2) the Arctic 極楽(ごくらく): (1) Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land) (2) paradise 極めて(きわめて): exceedingly; extremely; decisively 両極(りょうきょく): both extremities; north and south poles; positive and negative poles 2 4 460 木: tree; wood 亟: fast; quick; sudden 12 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic poles “Can simplify this using decay (#1243). Then: The expedition to the poles is bad for your health, and the decay that started in your mouth spreads to your crotch – at which point you fall to the floor.” “(modified Katsuo) Can simplify this using decay (#1243). You travel to the poles, a frozen wasteland. In desperate need of food you try to set up a snare but the tree is decayed (see story for decay (#1243)) so you catch no prey. The brutal cold first attacks your mouth as your lips turn blue, then your crotch also gets cold as your body fails; finally you fall to the floor.” 1903 grade4 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 牙ガ、ゲきば、は tusk, fang 0 S 2067 亅: feathered stick; barb radical (no. 6) 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 4 牙 92 4 きば・きばへん (none) 象形 Pictographic tusk The kanji looks like an elephant with tusks. the box is the elephant´s eye. The final stroke is the tusk. He stored the tusks into a box, along with the broken halberds. 1904 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Parts.of.Body kanjifreq2001-2500 芽ガめじ, めぐ bud, sprout, spear, germ 芽(め): sprout 発芽(はつが): burgeoning 1 4 1691 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 牙: tusk; fang; tusk radical (no. 92) 8 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic bud Buds while they´re still small tend to be tusk-shaped. Zoo keepers are baffled as to why the tips of the elephant´s tusks keep budding into flowers. 1905 grade4 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq1501-2000 邪ジャよこし.ま wicked, injustice, wrong 風邪(かぜ): cold (illness); common cold 邪魔(じゃま): hindrance; intrusion 無邪気(むじゃき): innocence; simple-mindedness お邪魔します(おじゃまします): (1) excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you (2) greeting used on going to someone's home 1 S 1612 牙: tusk; fang; tusk radical (no. 92) 邑: village; rural community; right village radical (no. 163) 8 邑 163 7 むら・おおざと・おおざとづくり・ゆう (none) 形声 Phonetic wicked The wicked queen builds her city walls out of menacing tusks. As everyone knows, rhinoceroses and elephants are often killed for the value of their TUSKS. Here we see a WICKED city mayor who has had countless elephants killed just to make his CITY WALLS out of TUSKS. 1906 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 雅ガみや.びう, お, か, ただし, のり, まさ, まさし, よし gracious, elegant, graceful, refined 雅致(がち): artistry; good taste; elegance; grace 1 S 1192 牙: tusk; fang; tusk radical (no. 92) 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 13 隹 172 8 ふるとり (none) 形声 Phonetic gracious “Goodness gracious! Such an elegant turkey with a tusk. This mnemonic is meant to join RtK´s keyword with a better proposition. Heisig could have used ”“elegant”“ here, which is not confounded so easily with graceful (#721), and accurately represents the character´s meaning (it is also the chosen keyword in Kodansha´s Kanji Learner´s Dictionary).” “To not confuse it with grace (#606) or graceful (#721), think of the phrase ”“Goodness gracious.”“ Like: ”“Goodness gracious! A turkey with tusks!”“.” 1907 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 釈シャク、セキとく、す.てる、ゆる.すしゃ explanation 解釈(かいしゃく): explanation; interpretation 1 S 1097 釆: separate; divide; topped rice radical (no. 165) 尺: shaku; Japanese foot; measure; scale; rule 11 釆 165 7 のごめ・のごめへん釋会意 Compound Ideographic explanation Animal track primitive: As expected, animal tracks were left in place of the trail of rice I´d purposely dropped the night before. EDIT - also try the footprint for a primitive meaning, the classic symbol of detective films. STORY: This shakuhachi player is so talented, he can do interpretations of animal noises too. They´re so realistic he soon has animal tracks leading straight to wherever he´s playing. An interpretive dance of some kind where somebody follows animal tracks, a shakuhachi providing the soundtrack, suggesting the tracker's thoughts and intentions. 1908 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 番バンつが.いは, ま turn, number in a series 一番(いちばん): (1) best; first; number one (2) game; round; bout; fall; event (in a meet) 番組(ばんぐみ): program (e.g. TV); programme 番号(ばんごう): number; series of digits 順番(じゅんばん): turn (in line); order of things; sequential order 留守番(るすばん): (1) care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching (2) caretaker; house-sitter 交番(こうばん): (1) police box (2) alternation; alternating (e.g. current) 当番(とうばん): being on duty 番地(ばんち): house number; address 番目(ばんめ): cardinal number suffix 番(ばん): (1) number (in a series) (2) (one's) turn (3) watch; guard; lookout (4) bout, match (sumo) 3 2 348 釆: separate; divide; topped rice radical (no. 165) 田: rice field; rice paddy 12 田 102 5 た・たへん (none) 象形 Pictographic turn The famers take it in turns to watch out for any animal tracks on their rice field. They take turns alternating between wheat and rice in this field… 1909 grade2 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Counting kanjifreq251-500 審シンつまび.らか、つぶさ.にあきら hearing, judge, trial 審議(しんぎ): deliberation 審判(しんぱん): refereeing; trial; judgement; judgment; umpire; referee 不審(ふしん): incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness; infidelity 審査(しんさ): judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review 1 S 412 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 番: turn; number in a series 15 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic hearing “At your divorce hearing the judge tells you to roll dice to see who keeps the house. (”“I can´t believe what I´m hearing!”“ you say).” In the courthouse the judge decides your hearing with a roll of the dice. 1910 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq251-500 翻ホン、ハンひるがえ.る、ひるがえ.す flip, turn over, wave, flutter, change (mind) 翻訳(ほんやく): (1) translation (2) de-encryption; deciphering (3) rendering 1 S 1465 番: turn; number in a series 羽: feathers; counter for birds, rabbits 18 飛 183 9 とぶ飜形声 Phonetic flip Flipping the bird: After finding out the dice is crooked, you kindly present the middle feather to the dealer. When the birds out the back are playing dice, they flip their feathers (not their finger) at their opponents. 1911 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 藩ハン clan, enclosure 1 S 1896 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 潘: water in which rice has been washed 18 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic clan This character refers to feudal clans that were abolished in 1871 (Meiji 4) in favor of prefectures (廃藩置県), and thus were predecessors of the modern prefectures. As we know from 落, flowers and water drops each have their own way of falling. This character says that clans´ location was decided in the way flowers, water drops and dice fall: at random. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_%28country_subdivision%29. In the particular clan depicted by this character, each member has to take his or her turn watering the flowers. 1912 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 毛モウけめん, も fur, hair, feather, down “毛(け): hair; fur 毛布(もうふ): blanket 毛皮(けがわ): (1) fur; skin; pelt (2) kanji ”“fur”“ radical 髪の毛(かみのけ): hair (head) 毛糸(けいと): knitting wool 羊毛(ようもう): wool” 2 2 1179 毛: fur, hair, fur radical (no. 82) 4 毛 82 4 け (none) 象形 Pictographic fur I´ve heard of people having hair on the back of their hands, but this is ridiculous! That´s not hair, that´s fur! Be careful not to pet a cat the wrong way - most cats don´t like you rubbing your hand backwards over their fur. 1913 grade2 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Parts.of.Body kanjifreq1001-1500 耗モウ、コウ、カウ decrease 消耗(しょうもう): exhaustion; consumption; waste; dissipation 1 S 耒: come; plough; 3-branch tree radical (no. 127) 毛: fur; hair; feather; down 10 耒 127 6 すき・すきへん・らいすき・らいへん (none) 形声 Phonetic decrease “The amount of ”“fur”“ (needles) on a Christmas tree decreases, until it doesn´t look all that good.” Real fur coats and real christmas trees are dereasing the last couple of years. Plasctic chrismas trees and fake fur it is nowadays. 1914 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Counting_Handling.amounts 尾ビお tail, end, no. of fish, lower slope of mtn 尾(お): (1) tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end (2) slope at the foot of a mountain 尻尾(しっぽ): tail (animal) 1 S 875 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 毛: fur; hair; feather; down 7 尸 44 3 しかばね・かばね・かばねだれ (none) 象形 Pictographic tail A dog waves its furry tail like a flag. A FLAG of FUR is a TAIL. 1915 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Parts.of.Body kanjifreq751-1000 宅タクけ, たか, たけ, や, やけ home, house, residence, our house, my husband 自宅(じたく): one's home 住宅(じゅうたく): residence; housing; residential building 帰宅(きたく): returning home 邸宅(ていたく): mansion; residence 宅(たく): house; home; husband 社宅(しゃたく): company owned house お宅(おたく): (1) your house; your home; your family (2) your husband (3) your organization (4) you (referring to someone of equal status with whom one is not especially close) 3 6 357 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 乇: to depend on; to entrust with 6 宀 40 3 うかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic home “This kanji is, of course, pronounced ”“taku”“, and it seems the owner of this home is a little bit otaku himself. He has hung up locks of hair suruptitiously obtained from various females all over his house. A veritable hair fetishist, and certainly someone whose home you wouldn´t want to visit.” Home is where the hair is. 1916 grade6 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq251-500 託タクかこつ.ける、かこ.つ、かこ.つける consign, requesting, entrusting with, pretend, hint 委託(いたく): consign (goods (for sale) to a firm); entrust (person with something); commit 1 S 1021 言: say 乇: to depend on; to entrust with 10 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic consign When you consign a matter to someone, you get their word and a lock of their hair (to be used in a voodoo ritual if they don´t keep their word). “In ”“The Lord of the Rings”“, Galadriel consigned a lock of her hair to Gimli the dwarf, along with some wise words.” 1917 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 為イため、な.る、な.す、す.る、たり、つく.る、なりびい do, change, make, benefit, welfare, be of use, reach to, try, practice, cost, serve as, good, advantage, as a result of “行為(こうい): act; deed; conduct 為替(かわせ): (1) money order; draft (2) exchange (e.g. foreign) 為(ため): (1) good; advantage; benefit; welfare (2) sake; purpose; objective; aim (3) consequence; result; effect (4) affecting; regarding; concerning 為す(なす): (1) to build up; to establish (2) to form; to become (a state) (3) to accomplish; to achieve; to succeed in (4) to change into (5) to do; to perform (6) to intend to; to attempt; to try (7) to have a child 為さる(なさる): to do 為る(する): (1) to do (2) to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into) (3) to serve as; to act as; to work as (4) to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.) (5) to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as (6) to decide on; to choose (7) to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) (8) to be (in a state, condition, etc.) (9) to be worth; to cost (10) to pass (of time); to elapse (11) verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech ”“vs”“) (12) creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with ”“o”“ or ”“go”“) (13) to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to 所為(せい): cause; reason; fault その為(そのため): hence; for that reason” 1 S 831 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 火: fire 9 爪 87 4 つめ・つめがしら・つめかんむり・そうにょう・のつ爲会意 Compound Ideographic do “In this kanji, you can see 3 katakana characters: ソ, ユ, and then ユ again followed by TAIL FEATHERS. STORY: ”“So (ソ) you (ユ) wanna DO it?”“ ”“Only if you (ユ) do”“ says the female bird as she raises her TAIL FEATHERS.” Do me from behind, says the bird, as she shakes her tailfeathers. 1918 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 偽ギ、カいつわ.る、にせ、いつわ.り falsehood, lie, deceive, pretend, counterfeit, forgery 偽造(ぎぞう): forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting 偽物(にせもの): spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham 1 S 1171 人: person 為: do; change; make; benefit; welfare; be of use; reach to; try; practice; cost; serve as; good; advantage; as a result of 11 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね僞形声 Phonetic falsehood A person who claims he didn't do something while he actually did, is telling a falsehood. It depends on what your definition of do, uh, is, says Mr. T giving falsehood about his affair with a peacock. 1919 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 長チョウなが.い、おさお, おしゃ, たかし, たけ, な, は, ひさ long, leader 議長(ぎちょう): chairman; speaker (e.g. of assembly); president (e.g. of council, senate, etc.); moderator (e.g. of a newsgroup) 社長(しゃちょう): company president; manager; director 成長(せいちょう): growth; grow to adulthood 長男(ちょうなん): eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son 部長(ぶちょう): (1) head (chief, director) of a section or department (2) head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team 延長(えんちょう): (1) extension; elongation; prolongation; lengthening (2) Enchou era (923.4.11-931.4.26) 課長(かちょう): section manager; section chief 長期(ちょうき): long time period; long term 校長(こうちょう): principal; headmaster 長女(ちょうじょ): eldest daughter; first-born daughter 身長(しんちょう): height (of body); stature 長い(ながい): (1) long (distance) (2) long (time); lengthy 長所(ちょうしょ): strong point; merit; virtue; advantage 生長(せいちょう): growth; increment 長官(ちょうかん): secretary (government); director; chief 長短(ちょうたん): (1) length (2) long and short; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points; merits and demerits 長(ちょう): (1) head; chief; leader; elder (2) merit; strong point (3) superiority (4) major (music) 長編(ちょうへん): long (e.g. novel, film) 長方形(ちょうほうけい): rectangle; oblong 年長(ねんちょう): seniority 長引く(ながびく): to be prolonged; to drag on 長閑(のどか): tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful 特長(とくちょう): forte; merit 長々(ながなが): long; drawn-out; very long 長(おさ): (1) head; chief; leader; elder (2) the greatest of all; the most excellent 5 2 12 長: long, grow, leader radical (no. 168) 8 長 168 8 ながい (none) 象形 Pictographic long The Geisha with long hair uses an ornate lacquered hairpin to bundle it all up. The top of this one reminds me of the staple primitive. So here´s my story: The girl´s hair was so long that she had to use staples instead of hairpins. It worked, but stapling her hair to her head was kinda painful. 1920 grade2 JLPT.N5 Kanji_People_Role.Status Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq1-250 張チョウは.る、-は.り、-ば.りはり, わり lengthen, counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread, put up (tent) 主張(しゅちょう): claim; request; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet 緊張(きんちょう): tension; mental strain; nervousness 出張(しゅっちょう): official tour; business trip 拡張(かくちょう): expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC 引っ張る(ひっぱる): (1) to pull; to draw; to pull tight (2) to string (lines); to run (cable); to stretch (3) to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve) (4) to drag; to haul; to tow (5) to lead (e.g. one's followers) (6) to take someone somewhere (e.g. a suspect to the police) (7) to tempt into joining; to strongly invite to join (8) to delay; to prolong (9) to lengthen the pronunciation (of a word) (10) to quote; to cite; to reference (11) to pull the ball (i.e. pull hitting in baseball) (12) to wear; to put on 頑張る(がんばる): (1) to persevere; to persist; to keep at it; to hang on; to hold out; to do one's best (2) to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion) (3) to remain in a place; to stick to one's post; to refuse to budge 矢っ張り(やっぱり): also; as I thought; still; in spite of; absolutely; of course 誇張(こちょう): exaggeration 張り紙(はりがみ): paper patch; paper backing; poster; sticker; label 突っ張る(つっぱる): to support; to become stiff; to become taut; to thrust (one's opponent); to stick to (one's opinion); to insist on 張り切る(はりきる): to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point 欲張り(よくばり): avarice; covetousness; greed 威張る(いばる): to be proud; to swagger 嵩張る(かさばる): to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous 2 5 403 弓: bow; bow (archery, violin) 長: long; leader 11 弓 57 3 ゆみ・ゆみへん (none) 形声 Phonetic lengthen The longbow is follows the design of a standard bow, only it has been lengthened. “Legolas recieves spam telling him that his can lengthen his ”“bow”“…he smirks…he know´s it´s already long enough.” 1921 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 帳チョウとばり notebook, account book, album 手帳(てちょう): (1) notebook; memo pad (2) certificate (3) identification card 通帳(つうちょう): passbook; bankbook 几帳面(きちょうめん): methodical; punctual; steady 帳(ちょう): book; register 帳(とばり): curtain; hanging; bunting 1 3 1459 巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50) 長: long; leader 11 巾 50 3 はば・はばへん・きんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic notebook In ancient China books were rolled-up scrolls of paper. So notebooks were nothing more than long towels. Students, for this class, your notebook will be a towel. Make sure it´s extra long though, we´ll have a lot of writing. 1922 grade3 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 脹は.れる, ふく.らむ, ふく.れる膨脹(ぼうちょう): expansion; swelling; increase; growth 1 S+ 肉: meat 長: long; leader (none) dilate Taking Viagra let´s your blood vessels dilate…resulting in a body part getting long. Staying out in the dark moonlit sky for a long time, your pupils dilate. 1923 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 髪ハツかみがた, ひげ hair of the head 白髪(しらが): white or grey hair (gray); trendy hair bleaching 髪(かみ): hair (on the head) 髪の毛(かみのけ): hair (head) 3 S 1474 髟: hair hanging long; mane; long hair radical (no.190) 友: friend 14 髟 190 10 かみがしら・かみかんむり髮形声 Phonetic hair of the head Japanese teenage girls consider the style of the hair of the head very important. If a particular style is trendy, soon they all want their own hair in the same shape as that of their friends. Friends influence the length and shape of each other´s hair. 1924 gradeS JLPT.N3 Kanji_Body_Head.Neck kanjifreq1001-1500 展テンのぶ, のり, ひろ, ゆき unfold, expand 展開(てんかい): (1) development; evolution; unfolding (2) expansion; deployment; building up 発展(はってん): (1) development; growth; advancement; unfurling (2) expansion; extension; enlargement (3) playing around; having an active sex life 展示(てんじ): exhibition; display 展望(てんぼう): view; outlook; prospect 展覧会(てんらんかい): exhibition 進展(しんてん): progress; development 2 6 352 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 廾: twenty; 20; twenty or letter H radical (no. 55) 10 尸 44 3 しかばね・かばね・かばねだれ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic unfold Unfold flag, take out the salad, pin the flag down with hairpins and have a picnic. You use an American flag to wrap up a salad for a picnic and bind it with a hairpin. Now imagine unfolding it to open up the bounty you´ve fixed up for yourself. 1925 grade6 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 喪ソウも miss, mourning 1 S 885 十: ten 口: mouth 口: mouth 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 12 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic miss “I miss my parents dearly. Here they lay, under a big cross, their mouths side by side. I stick hairpins in their graves. CAREFUL: the stroke order/primitive order is: ten, L mouth, R mouth, hairpin. ”“Soil”“ is not drawn in its stroke order.” “This kanji means miss as in ”“miss a (dearly departed) person”“, not as in ”“miss a target”“.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Here the dearly departed has been buried in the ground, with her favourite hairpin in place of a gravestone, and two mourners stand around crying with open mouths.” 1926 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 巣ソウす、す.くう nest, rookery, hive, cobweb, den 巣(す): (1) nest; rookery; breeding place; hive (2) den (3) haunt (4) (spider's) web 1 4 1588 小: small, insignificant 果: fruit; reward; carry out; achieve; complete; end; finish; succeed 11 巛 47 3 かわ・まがりがわ・さんぼんがわ巢象形 Pictographic nest The nest atop of a tree contains the fruit of the owl: its offspring. The wise old OWL makes her nest out of FRUIT, carving out the middle for her chicks, because then it´s less work: no running back & forth to get food! 1927 grade4 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 単タンひとえ simple, one, single, merely 簡単(かんたん): simple; easy; brief; uncomplicated 単位(たんい): (1) unit; denomination (2) credit (in school) 単純(たんじゅん): simplicity; simple; uncomplicated 単なる(たんなる): mere; simple; sheer 単に(たんに): simply; merely; only; solely 単一(たんいつ): single; simple; sole; individual; unitary 単語(たんご): word; vocabulary; (usually) single-character word 単調(たんちょう): monotony; monotone; dullness 単独(たんどく): sole; independence; single; solo (flight) 単数(たんすう): singular number 3 4 586 小: small, insignificant 甲: armor; high (voice); A grade; first class; former; instep; carapace 9 口 30 3 くち・くちへん單象形 Pictographic simple Owls are smart…for this owl everything is simple coz his brain is ten times more powerful than mine. An owl´s brain is ten times smarter than other simple minded birds… 1928 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq501-750 戦センいくさ、たたか.う、おのの.く、そよ.ぐ、わなな.くせ war, battle, match 戦う(たたかう): to fight; to battle; to combat; to struggle against; to wage war; to engage in contest 戦争(せんそう): war 作戦(さくせん): (1) tactics; strategy (2) military or naval operations 戦闘(せんとう): battle; fight; combat 挑戦(ちょうせん): challenge; defiance 戦い(たたかい): battle; fight; struggle; conflict 大戦(たいせん): great war; great battle 敗戦(はいせん): defeat; losing a war 戦災(せんさい): war damage 戦術(せんじゅつ): tactics 戦力(せんりょく): war potential 休戦(きゅうせん): truce; armistice 戦(いくさ): (1) war; battle; campaign; fight (2) troops; forces 戦(せん): (1) war; battle (2) match; competition 3 4 78 単: simple; one; single; merely 戈: halberd; arms; festival car; float; tasselled spear radical (no. 62) 13 戈 62 4 ほこ・ほこづくり・ほこがまえ・かのほこ戰会意 Compound Ideographic war George W. Bush´s plans for war were so SIMPLE. To him, its all just a big FIESTA. So there´s this fiesta in downtown Compton. It´s a simple party, but someone invited people from the wrong gangs and the simple fiesta turns into an all-out turf war. 1929 grade4 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq1-250 禅ゼン、センしずか、ゆず.る Zen, silent meditation 禅(ぜん): (1) dhyana (profound meditation) (2) Zen (Buddhism) 1 S 1902 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 単: simple; one; single; merely 13 示 113 5 しめす・しめすへん禪形声 Phonetic Zen Knowing ZEN’s emphasis on “nothingness,” it’s not hard to envision a ZEN ALTAR being quite clean and SIMPLE. “Simple-minded blond girl (see frame 1928) is very good at Zen, which isn´t surprising since she doesn´t think much. She has this bad habit of meditating perched on the main temple altar, which infuriates the Zen buddhists. When they get up to her and tell her rudely to step down the altar, she just smiles and teases them : ”“Not very zen are you ?”“. Who would have thought simple-minded blond girl would teach the Zen buddhists a lesson !” 1930 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Religion.Creed kanjifreq1501-2000 弾ダン、タンひ.く、-ひ.き、はず.む、たま、はじ.く、はじ.ける、ただ.す、はじ.きゆみ bullet, twang, flip, snap 爆弾(ばくだん): bomb 弾力(だんりょく): elasticity; flexibility 弾む(はずむ): to spring; to bound; to bounce; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to get lively; to treat oneself to; to splurge on 弾く(はじく): (1) to flip; to snap; to flick (2) to repel (3) to use (an abacus); to calculate (4) to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar, etc.) 弾く(ひく): to play (piano, guitar) 1 S 853 弓: bow; bow (archery, violin) 単: simple; one; single; merely 12 弓 57 3 ゆみ・ゆみへん彈形声 Phonetic bullet Hunting with a bow is too complicated. I´m switching to something simpler–using a bullet. The bow was a weapon for simple times, but nowadays it has been replaced by bullets. 1931 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq751-1000 桜オウ、ヨウさくらさ, ろう cherry tree 桜(さくら): (1) cherry tree; cherry blossom (2) decoy; fake buyer; shill (3) hired applauder (4) horse meat 1 5 1237 木: tree; wood 小: small, insignificant 女: woman; female 10 木 75 4 き・きへん櫻形声 Phonetic cherry tree I was taking a picture of my girlfriend under the cherry tree during 花見, when an owl happened to poop on her at the exact moment the shutter snapped. It´s really my favorite picture , just don´t tell her that. The tree in Japan that represents both wisdom (the owl) and femininity (the woman). This is a sakura (さくら), or cherry tree. 1932 grade5 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq1001-1500 獣ジュウけもの、けだもの animal, beast 獣(けだもの): beast; brute 怪獣(かいじゅう): monster 1 S 1714 小: small, insignificant 田: rice field; rice paddy 口: mouth 犬: dog 16 犬 94 4 いぬ・けものへん獸会意 Compound Ideographic animal The owl looks for its prey in the rice field. It sees so many potential animals to eat but since it only has one mouth, it decides that the tasty looking chihuahua will be its meal for tonight. (adapted from Copycatken,1-9-2006). “I have a strange story for this one but it works. I imagine a owl getting into a rice field which serves as a boxing ring. His opponent is a little chihuahua. The fight starts, the owl takes one punch to the mouth and is out cold. In the chihuahua´s corner is that coach from Rocky saying ”“Your an ANIMAL!!”“. A vivid image of this story works pretty well for me.” 1933 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Animal kanjifreq1501-2000 脳ノウ、ドウのうずる brain, memory 首脳(しゅのう): (1) head; leader; leading spirit (2) important part 脳(のう): (1) brain (2) brains; mind 頭脳(ずのう): head; brains; intellect 2 6 459 肉: meat 小: small, insignificant 凶: villain; evil; bad luck; disaster 11 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき腦会意 Compound Ideographic brain The brain is the part of the body that can give you the wisdom of the owl… or the wickedness of the villain. The brain is the part of the body that an owl will use to defeat the villain. 1934 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Body_Head.Neck kanjifreq251-500 悩ノウなや.む、なや.ます、なや.ましい、なやみ trouble, worry, in pain, distress, illness 悩み(なやみ): trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish; agony; problem 悩む(なやむ): to be worried; to be troubled 悩ます(なやます): to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest 悩ましい(なやましい): (1) seductive; carnal; enchanting (2) troubling; difficult; thorny; hard (3) anxious; uneasy 2 S 1084 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 小: small, insignificant 凶: villain; evil; bad luck; disaster 10 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん惱形声 Phonetic trouble When I am in trouble, my state of mind is on two sides: 1. The wise part of me (owl) 2. The villain part of me (villain) Think of the devil and the angel on your shoulders in a troubled situation. The owl villain is the one that troubles me most of all the super-villains. He´s just so smart… you never know what he´ll do! Definitely enough to put you in a troubled state of mind. 1935 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1001-1500 厳ゲン、ゴンおごそ.か、きび.しい、いか.めしい、いつくしいつ, いづ, きゅうら, とし stern, strictness, severity, rigidity 厳重(げんじゅう): strict; rigour; rigor; severe; firm; strong; secure 厳密(げんみつ): strict; close 厳しい(きびしい): (1) severe; strict; rigid; unsparing; relentless (2) stern; austere; grave; solemn; majestic (3) intense (cold) 厳か(おごそか): austere; majestic; dignified; stately; awful; impressive 1 6 638 小: small, insignificant 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 敢: daring; brave; bold 17 口 30 3 くち・くちへん嚴形声 Phonetic stern This represents a stern looking owl, perched up on a cliff. This cliff is quite famous for daring individuals to cliff dive off of, but is any of them daring enough to threaten the owl? The daring mouse gets a stern look after he climbs onto the owl´s cliff… 1936 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 鎖サくさり、とざ.す chain, irons, connection 閉鎖(へいさ): closing; closure; shutdown; lockout; unsociable 封鎖(ふうさ): (1) blockade (2) freezing (funds) 鎖(くさり): chain; chains 1 S 1250 金: gold 小: little; small 貝: shellfish 18 金 167 8 かね・かねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic chain The chain on this chainsaw is made of little metal shells. A gold chain with small seashells hanging on it is in fashion these days. 1937 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1001-1500 挙キョあ.げる、あ.がる、こぞ.るたか raise, plan, project, behavior, actions 挙げる(あげる): (1) to raise; to elevate (2) to do up (one's hair) (3) to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.) (4) to land (a boat) (5) to deep-fry (6) to show someone (into a room) (7) (uk) to summon (for geishas, etc.) (8) to send someone (away) (9) to enrol (one's child in school); to enroll (10) to increase (price, quality, status, etc.) (11) to make (a loud sound); to raise (one's voice) (12) to earn (something desirable) (13) to praise (14) to give (an example, etc.); to cite (15) to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.) (16) to arrest (17) to nominate (18) to give (19) to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.) (20) to bear (a child) (21) to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding) (22) (of the tide) to come in (23) to vomit (24) to do for (the sake of someone else) (25) to complete … (26) to humbly do … 選挙(せんきょ): election 一挙に(いっきょに): at a stroke; with a single swoop 1 4 257 小: small, insignificant 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 手: hand 10 手 64 4 て・てへん擧会意 Compound Ideographic raise The owl was asked to raise his hand if he needed anything, but he had a wing, not a hand! So he made a tool that looked like a hand which he used when he needed to raise his hand. For raiseing, owl has a tool hand. “What raises mankind above others is the wisdom of an owl, the use of tools, and his hand with an opposable thumb. (compare with reputation (#1939)).” 1938 grade4 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq251-500 誉ヨほま.れ、ほ.めるえ, たか, たけ, ほまれ, ほめ, ほん reputation, praise, honor, glory 名誉(めいよ): honor; honour; credit; prestige 1 S 1064 小: small, insignificant 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 言: say 13 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば譽形声 Phonetic reputation This owl´s reputation skyrocketed after he created a tool in order to speak human words. “By word of mouth, owl-luring tool (raise (#1938)) gained a reputation of amazingly effective and reliable device.” 1939 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 猟リョウ、レフかり、か.る game-hunting, shooting, game, bag 1 S 1851 犬: dog 鼠: rat; mouse; dark gray 11 犬 94 4 いぬ・けものへん獵形声 Phonetic game hunting “[game-hunting; shooting; game; bag] According to unicode.org and wwwjdic, 鼡 and 鼠 (mouse (#2065)) are variants. So, for 鼡 (which I´ll call rat) I have: an owl, flying in the wind, can easily spot a rat even if it´s hiding in the cornstalks. Now 猟 is easy: wild dogs are having fun by game-hunting rats.” The WILD DOGS are GAME HUNTING the OWL who flies like the WIND through the CORN STORKS. 1940 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 鳥チョウとりか, と, とっ bird, chicken 鳥(とり): (1) bird (2) bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry 小鳥(ことり): (1) small bird; songbird (2) birdie; dickeybird; dickybird 鳥居(とりい): torii (Shinto shrine archway) 渡り鳥(わたりどり): migratory bird; bird of passage 4 2 1043 火: fire 11 鳥 196 11 とり・とりへん (none) 象形 Pictographic bird There is only one bird with such beautiful white tail feathers: the albino peakcock. The BIRD let loose a WHITE ONE from it´s TAIL FEATHERS…right on my new car! 1941 grade2 JLPT.N4 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Bird kanjifreq1001-1500 鳴メイな.く、な.る、な.らすなり, なる chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk 悲鳴(ひめい): shriek; scream 怒鳴る(どなる): to shout; to yell 共鳴(きょうめい): resonance; sympathetic (sound); (being in) sympathy 鳴らす(ならす): to ring; to sound; to chime; to beat; to snort (nose) 鳴る(なる): to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble 鳴く(なく): (1) to sing (bird) (2) to bark; to purr; to make sound (animal) 3 2 1279 口: mouth 鳥: bird; chicken 14 鳥 196 11 とり・とりへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic chirp A chirp is quite simply the sound that comes from the mouth of birds. This kanji is not limited to the chirp of a bird, but stands for the sound of any kind of animal. Picture a very weird bird that can imitate with its mouth (a bird with mouth, heh) the voice of many different animals: Meeow! Woof! Mooo! Cuack!!! (Maybe the bird has Kirby powers and obtains the abilities of the animals it eats). 1942 grade2 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1001-1500 鶴カクつるたず, ず, か, つ, づ crane, stork 1 S 1369 寉: crane (bird) 鳥: bird; chicken 21 鳥 196 11 とり・とりへん (none) 形声 Phonetic crane Do you know how cranes came to be? Well, they used to keep the poor bird cooped all the time. But the crane really wanted to be free, so it would always streatch its head and neck out of the coop trying to be free. “The original version of the ”“Ugly Duckling”“ was about a crane who grew up in a turkey coop. All the other birds made fun of it for not having a wattle or a snood or fanning its tail…” 1943 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Bird kanjifreq1001-1500 烏ウからす, いずくんぞ, なんぞ crow, raven 0 S+ 2042 鳥: bird; chicken (none) crow The book´s story is just fine, but I found a kanji dictionary explanation also interesting: As crows are all black, it´s hard to see where their eyes are (black on black), so a stroke is removed from the part in the pictograph where the eyes would be. A crow is a bird, but not a white one. MEANING: write bird, but skip writing one in white. 1944 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Bird kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 蔦チョウつたたつ vine, ivy 1 S+ 2215 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 鳥: bird; chicken (none) vine In the jungle there is a flowery vine called hedera rhombea that attracts humming birds by the dozens. They scoot around the flowers sucking up nectar off the vine. “Note : if you´ll remember we already have a primitive for ”“ivy”“, but it was completely made up from the ”“square jewel”“ kanji. The kanji here refers to ivy, or vine, and is used in a particular compound for ”“Hedera rhombea”“, which is a type of ivy native to Japan. This vine here produces a lot of flowers, and attracts many small birds, which is sure to cheer up even the most depressed Japanese gardener.” 1945 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 鳩キュウはと, あつ.めるやす pigeon, dove 1 S+ 1637 九: nine 鳥: bird; chicken (none) pigeon Feed one pigeon and nine more birds will be swarming you immediately… Imagine some pigeons going to see a baseball game. They would surely be the only birds there! 1946 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 鶏ケイにわとり、とり chicken 鶏肉(けいにく): chicken meat 1 S 1901 奚: servant; what; why 鳥: bird; chicken 19 鳥 196 11 とり・とりへん鷄形声 Phonetic chicken There are two types of birds often compared to husbands. Yes there are a few vultures out there, but most husbands are CHICKENS. 鶏【にわとり】 (n) (domestic) chicken, (P) 鶏肉【けいにく】 (n) chicken meat, (P). The vulture´s husband is a chicken…heck…who am I to judge their interspecies love? They´re both birds so its cool. 1947 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Bird kanjifreq1501-2000 島トウしま island 島(しま): (1) island (2) territory (of a prostitute, organized crime gang, etc.); turf 半島(はんとう): peninsula 列島(れっとう): archipelago; chain of islands 島(とう): (1) Island (2) insula; island; islet 2 3 245 鳥: bird; chicken 山: mountain 10 山 46 3 やま・やまへん・やまかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic island This island is the home of the terrible mythical bird Roc. It sits mighty atop the mountain waiting for the next hapless ship to pass by. Birds living on remote mountainous islands have few preditors. Tail feathers aren´t really needed are they? Evolutionary process at work!… 1948 grade3 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1-250 暖ダン、ノンあたた.か、あたた.かい、あたた.まる、あたた.める warmth 暖かい(あたたかい): warm; mild; genial 暖まる(あたたまる): to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm 温暖(おんだん): warmth 暖房(だんぼう): heating 暖か(あたたか): warm; mild; genial 2 6 1371 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 爰: lead on to; therefore; then 13 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic warmth Note: Just confirming Heisig has confused these two characters. This is used primarily for weather and climate (and colours). A massive group of migrating ducks is blocking the warmth of the sun as they pass over your house/barbecue/picnic. Their formation is so humongous they block the warmth for a good 10 minutes while they pass over. Mnemonic for the migrating ducks primitive : the migrating ducks stick together like the best of friends, flying together as one (fifth stroke), they are not easy prey for the great eagles / vultures. 1949 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq1001-1500 媛エンひめ beautiful woman, princess 1 S 1735 女: woman; female 爰: lead on to; therefore; then 12 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 形声 Phonetic beautiful woman You want to know about a beautiful woman? There´s a woman that´s so beautiful, the birds migrate to her instead of the sun! As I saw the most beautiful woman on Earth, a flock of migrating ducks passed by and let their poop fly. That just ruined the moment… 1950 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq1501-2000 援エン abet, help, save 援助(えんじょ): assistance; aid; support 応援(おうえん): aid; assistance; help; reinforcement; rooting; barracking; support; cheering 救援(きゅうえん): relief; rescue; reinforcement 1 S 312 手: hand 爰: lead on to; therefore; then 12 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic abet You abet the escape of migrating ducks by pointing them the way. Aiding and abetting: You are accuse of abetting a drug dealer, by smuggling drugs in migrating ducks. Of course, this means you have to stick your fingers in their mouths. 1951 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq251-500 緩カンゆる.い、ゆる.やか、ゆる.む、ゆる.めるひろ slacken, loosen, relax, lessen, be moderate, ease 緩和(かんわ): relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation; softening 緩やか(ゆるやか): (1) loose; slack (2) gentle; easy; slow (3) lenient; liberal; lax 緩む(ゆるむ): (1) to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope) (2) to become less tense; to relax; to let one's guard down (3) to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax (4) to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression); (of ice) to partially melt (5) to decrease (e.g. speed) (6) (of a market price) to go down slightly 緩い(ゆるい): (1) loose (2) lenient; lax (3) gentle (curve, slope, etc.) (4) slow; weak (5) soft; not firm 緩める(ゆるめる): to loosen; to slow down 1 S 933 糸: thread 爰: lead on to; therefore; then 15 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic slacken [slacken; loosen; relax; lessen; be moderate; ease] The thread in this story is a cable line, something like a power or phone line. The thread was tense with all the migrating ducks perched on it, but got back to being slackened when the entire flock flew away. (darg_sama-modified,2-11-2005). Spiderman is a slacken off. He lays around all day in the park watching migrating ducks… 1952 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 属ゾク、ショクさかん、つく、やからさっか, つき belong, genus, subordinate official, affiliated 附属(ふぞく): attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed; associated; subordinate; incidental; dependent; auxiliary 金属(きんぞく): metal 所属(しょぞく): attached to; belong to; member 属する(ぞくする): to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to 属(ぞく): genus 1 5 912 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 禹: name of a Chinese emperor 12 尸 44 3 しかばね・かばね・かばねだれ屬会意 Compound Ideographic belong These bugs BELONG TO an extremist group promoting insect independence. They are parading the FLAG of their group, the Nationalist GNATS, and wearing explosives BELTS for their planned terrorist war. This FLAG BELONGS to the terror group called the GNATS, oftern seen wearing explosive BELTS. My opinion is they all BELONG in jail. 1953 grade5 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 嘱ショクしょく.する、たの.む entrust, request, send a message 1 S 1903 口: mouth 属: belong; genus; subordinate official; affiliated 15 口 30 3 くち・くちへん囑形声 Phonetic entrust Entrust is to confer trust in someone else. My mouth belongs to you and your secret is safely entrusted with me. If you entrust me with something, my mouth belongs to you. 1954 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 偶グウたま accidentally, even number, couple, man & wife, same kind 配偶者(はいぐうしゃ): spouse; wife; husband; partner 偶然(ぐうぜん): (by) chance; unexpectedly; suddenly; accident; fortuity 偶数(ぐうすう): even number 偶々(たまたま): casually; unexpectedly; accidentally; by chance 偶に(たまに): occasionally; once in a while 偶(たま): occasional; rare 3 S 1602 人: person 禺: long-tailed monkey 11 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic accidentally “Mr. T accidentially stepped on Jiminy Cricket (a brainy insect, with a belt sort of sash to hold his ”“conscience”“ badge).” Mr. T accidentally steps on Jiminy Cricket. Primitive: right side: Talking cricket = Jiminy Cricket, a brainy insect with a belt to whip little kids who misbehave. 1955 gradeS JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1501-2000 遇グウあ.う interview, treat, entertain, receive, deal with 待遇(たいぐう): treatment; reception 境遇(きょうぐう): environment; circumstances 1 S 1343 禺: long-tailed monkey 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 12 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic interview On the road to my interview I accidentally bump into Jiminy Cricket who gives me some good advice. I was finally able to score an interview with the wisest being around: Jiminy Cricket. However, his schedule is really packed, so they had to squeeze me in while his tour bus rode between gigs. In fact, it was really short—after a few miles I was kicked out of the bus and stranded in the middle of the interstate. But man, it was worth it! 1956 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 愚グおろ.か foolish, folly, absurdity, stupid 愚痴(ぐち): (1) idle complaint; grumble (2) moha (ignorance, folly) 愚か(おろか): foolish; stupid 1 S 1551 禺: long-tailed monkey 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 13 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic foolish Don´t be foolish! says Jiminy Cricket as he lashes you with his belt. Follow logic, like me, not your heart. “I simply imagine Jiminy Cricket jumping all over the place, like a mad man, yelling ”“yeeeeehaaaaa!”“. Maybe he just fell in love? Mnemonic - ”“Jiminy Cricket has a foolish heart”“.” 1957 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 隅グウすみ corner, nook 隅(すみ): (1) corner; nook; recess (2) downstage right (on a noh stage) 2 S 1601 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 禺: long-tailed monkey 12 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ (none) 形声 Phonetic corner If you behave badly at THE PINNACLE, JIMINY CRICKET will send you to sit in the corner. Oh how the pious fall from their lofty pinnacles! Jiminy Cricket now deals drugs on the street corner. 1958 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Shape.Size kanjifreq1501-2000 逆ギャク、ゲキさか、さか.さ、さか.らう inverted, reverse, opposite, wicked 逆(ぎゃく): (1) reverse; opposite (2) converse (of a hypothesis, etc.) 逆転(ぎゃくてん): (sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball) 逆らう(さからう): to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy 逆立ち(さかだち): handstand; headstand 吃逆(しゃっくり): hiccough; hiccup 真逆(まさか): by no means; never!; well, I never!; you don't say! 逆様(さかさま): inversion; upside down 2 5 683 屮: left hand; old grass radical (no. 45) 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 9 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic inverted There´s a road that´s been inverted- it´s gone from horizontal to directly vertical! The only beast that could possibly climb it is a mountain goat of course. This reminds me of a cartoon I saw once, perhaps it was with Donald Duck. he is startled and furious when he chases this mountain billygoat further and further up the mountain road, untill the angle is so steep that he finds himself inverted. And falls down, while the goat stands solidly placed inverted and laughs a goaty laughter as Donald plumments and makes that typical Donald shaped cartoon crater at the bottom. 1959 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq501-750 塑ソでく model, molding 1 S 朔: conjunction (astronomy); first day of month 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 13 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic model This guy is such a gifted sculptor. He can model a MOUNTAIN GOAT and a MOON with just SOIL mold. “A legend says that if you model a mountain goat (with tail and everything) from dirt and leave to the light of the moon on the first day of the month (#2846), the dirt will became flesh. (blackstockc).” 1960 gradeS JLPT.N1 岡コウおか mount, hill, knoll 0 S 463 冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13) 山: mountain 8 山 46 3 やま・やまへん・やまかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic Mount White mount , Fuji mount , olympus mount whatever ….The choice is yours but wherever you go they sell those snowglobe souvenir : under a GLASS HOOD you can see the mount with a MOUTAIN GOAT standing on top of it …. So kitsch you just can´t forget it . “This has the same meaning as 丘, so my ”“Mount”“ is a hill with mountain goats on it under a glass canopy. It´s obviously an effort by the locals to add some Mount atmosphere to their hill. As a primitive, it has the meaning ”“sturdy”“ (really), which Heisig has not used for some reason, but I will. The glass canopy must be pretty sturdy to keep the goats inside (bulletproof glass, I´m sure).” 1961 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq251-500 鋼コウはがね steel 鉄鋼(てっこう): iron and steel 1 6 1246 金: gold 岡: mount; hill; knoll 16 金 167 8 かね・かねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic steel Mount Fuji is completely made up of a metal known as steel. Ancient shamans predicted a time when there would be Mounts made of metal. The steel skyscrapers of today… 1962 grade6 JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Substance kanjifreq1001-1500 綱コウつな hawser, class (genus), rope, cord, cable 横綱(よこづな): yokozuna (sumo grand champion) 綱(つな): (1) rope (2) sumo grand champion's braided belt 1 S 1053 糸: thread 岡: mount; hill; knoll 14 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic hawser A sturdy thread is equally obviously hawser (heavy rope). (see previous frame). Spiderman saves Japan from floating away by tying Mt. Fuji to mainland Asia using a hawser made of web. 1963 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1001-1500 剛ゴウかた, こう, ご, たか, たけ, たけし, つよ, つよし, ひさ, まさ, よし sturdy, strength 1 S 1576 岡: mount; hill; knoll 刀: sword; saber; knife 10 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic sturdy Mount everest is very sturdy, you can hit it all day with a saber and it wont even wobble. Anything sturdy in Japan is associated with Mount Fuji. Perhaps this is because it´s symmetry is believed to make it rather sturdy itself, unlike all those crooked mountains that are around and tend to fall apart (think rock slides, avalanches, etc.). Here we see Sturdy-brand sabers with Mount Fuji engraved on the blade. 1964 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 缶カンかまふ, べ tin can, container 缶詰め(かんづめ): packing (in cans); canning; canned goods; tin can 缶(かん): can; tin 薬缶(やかん): kettle 1 S 1543 缶: can, jar radical (no. 121) 6 缶 121 6 ほとぎ・ほとぎへん罐形声 Phonetic tin can Horses kept in the mountains have a unique savory taste. At least so the text on this tin can would have us believe, which contains 100% authentic mountain horse. The starving horse, stranded on the mountain, is forced to eat a tasty tin can. 1965 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1501-2000 陶トウす, すえ pottery, porcelain 陶器(とうき): porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics; crockery 鬱陶しい(うっとうしい): (1) gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing (2) heavy (weather); cloudy (3) irritating; troublesome 1 S 1680 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 缶: tin can; container; jar radical (no. 121) 11 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ (none) 形声 Phonetic pottery Pottery is used for food preservation, the pinnacle of which today is food bound up in tin cans. This chinese man was making the best china pottery in all of … China. For some reason he insisted on working at the top of a pinnacle, away from the distractions of the world. He kept in touch with the local people, and took orders, through bound tin cans (tin cans bound with rope, the children's version of the telephone). 1966 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1501-2000 揺ヨウゆ.れる、ゆ.る、ゆ.らぐ、ゆ.るぐ、ゆ.する、ゆ.さぶる、ゆ.すぶる、うご.く swing, shake, sway, rock, tremble, vibrate 動揺(どうよう): (1) shaking; trembling; pitching; rolling; oscillation (2) disturbance; unrest; agitation; excitement; commotion; turmoil; discomposure; feeling shaken 揺らぐ(ゆらぐ): to swing; to sway; to shake; to tremble 揺さぶる(ゆさぶる): to shake; to jolt; to rock; to swing 揺れる(ゆれる): to shake; to sway 1 S 1079 手: hand 䍃: a vase; a pitcher; earthenware 12 手 64 4 て・てへん搖形声 Phonetic swing Primitive: A condor is like a vulture but twice the size and lives in mountainous regions (+1 Elphalpo). Story: I swing my fingers back and forth, trying to fend off the attacking condor. For the condor primitive: A condor is like a vulture, but twice as big and it lives near mountains (a suitable place for such a majestic bird). For swing: I´m sitting on a swing when a condor comes by and picks up the whole swing set with its big finger-like claws and now I´m swinging in mid-air. Weeeeeeeee!!!!! 1967 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 謡ヨウうた.い、うた.う noh chanting 民謡(みんよう): folk song; popular song 童謡(どうよう): children's song; nursery rhyme 歌謡(かよう): song; ballad 1 S 1580 言: say 䍃: a vase; a pitcher; earthenware 16 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば謠形声 Phonetic Noh chanting “Noh chanting?!? I meant ”“NO CHANTING!”“ Now all you, just shut up! Not another word! Don´t you know that chanting can provoke attacks from the local condor? So, no chanting, and especially no Noh chanting.” Picture guy dressed in a condor mask up on stage during Noh performance chanting some words nobody understands. 1968 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art kanjifreq1501-2000 就シュウ、ジュつ.く、つ.けるたか, なり concerning, settle, take position, depart, study, per 就任(しゅうにん): inauguration; assumption of office 就職(しゅうしょく): finding employment; inauguration 就業(しゅうぎょう): employment; starting work 就いて(ついて): about; concerning; as to; regarding 就く(つく): (1) to ascend (the throne); to accede (2) to take (seat, position, course, etc.); to assume (3) to start (on a journey); to commence; to depart (4) to study (under teacher); to be an apprentice 1 6 624 京: capital; 1016 尤: reasonable; just; natural; superb; outstanding; plausible 12 尢 43 3 まげあし・だいのまげあし・あう・おうにょう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic concerning In the capital they have been having hearings concerning bioethics and bioengineering they call as their first witness a chihuahua with one human leg. Ahem…CONCERNING your recent science fair project, it was a CAPITAL idea, but the CHIHUAHUA with a HUMAN LEG is freaking out the other contestants! 1969 grade6 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 懇コンねんご.ろ sociable, kind, courteous, hospitable, cordial 1 S 1135 豸: snake; legless insect; badger or clawed dog radical (no. 153) 艮: northeast (Oriental zodiac); stopping; good radical (no. 138) 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 17 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic sociable “The skunk here is Pepe LePew of Looney Tunes fame. He´s a very sociable skunk, as far as skunks go, but instead of having a ”“heart of gold”“ he has a heart of silver (since he always finishes second in the game of love).” “The skunk here is Pepe LePew of Looney Tunes fame. He´s a very sociable skunk, as far as skunks go, but instead of having a ”“heart of gold”“ he has a heart of silver.” 1970 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 墾コン ground-breaking, open up farmland 1 S 豸: snake; legless insect; badger or clawed dog radical (no. 153) 艮: northeast (Oriental zodiac); stopping; good radical (no. 138) 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 16 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic groundbreaking It was the groundbreaking of the new farm, but there was an uninvited guest to the ceremony. It was a famous skunk, the one with the familiar silver stripe. The feet of the crowd rushing from the ceremony site churned up the soil very nicely. The ceremony was ruined but the groundbreaking was a great success. I got sprayed by a skunk, so no one is helping me with the groundbreaking of my farm. On a positive note, I found silver laying all over the soil. Mine all mine! 1971 gradeS JLPT.N1 免メンまぬか.れる、まぬが.れるめ excuse, dismissal 免許(めんきょ): license; permit; licence; certificate 免税(めんぜい): tax exemption; duty exemption 免除(めんじょ): exemption; exoneration; discharge 御免(ごめん): your pardon; declining (something); dismissal; permission ご免ください(ごめんください): (1) may I come in? (2) please forgive me; I'm sorry 免れる(まぬかれる): to escape from; to be rescued from; to avoid; to evade; to avert; to elude; to be exempted; to be relieved from pain; to get rid of 御免なさい(ごめんなさい): I beg your pardon; excuse me 1 S 1080 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 8 儿 10 2 にんにょう・ひとあし免象形 Pictographic excuse “Obviously this is the rabbit from Alice, excusing himself and rushing away on his legs, as he has a binding day schedule. This is at the same time an image, with bound=ears, day=head and legs are just legs. The image is used in rabbit (#2093).” What is the rabbit´s excuse for being such a jerk? Well he was bound up for a whole day while being stepped on by peoples human legs in some make-up labratory. Yeah I think I can excuse him after knowing that. 1972 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 逸イツそ.れる、そ.らす、はぐ.れるいっ, はや, へん deviate, idleness, leisure, miss the mark, evade, elude, parry, diverge 逸れる(それる): to stray (turn) from subject; to get lost; to go astray 逸らす(そらす): to turn away; to avert 1 S 1524 免: excuse; dismissal 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 11 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう逸会意 Compound Ideographic elude Word play to differentiate elude/evade: elude ~= e-lewd. Alice is following Mr. Rabbit on the road. Mr. Rabbit flashes her in a lewd way and disappears, completely eluding her. Even though the white rabbit was late, he eluded the wrath of the the Queen of Hearts because Alice was coming up the road. 1973 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 晩バン nightfall, night 晩(ばん): (1) evening (2) counter for nights 晩年(ばんねん): (one's) last years 毎晩(まいばん): every night 今晩(こんばん): tonight; this evening 今晩は(こんばんは): good evening 晩御飯(ばんごはん): dinner; evening meal 3 6 1424 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 免: excuse; dismissal 12 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん晚形声 Phonetic nightfall At nightfall the sun excuses itself and goes to sleep. This is EASY!!! Japanese people see a RABBIT ON THE MOON (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_rabbit ) and so nightfall is when the sun leaves to make way for the rabbit. 1974 grade6 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Time kanjifreq1001-1500 勉ベンつと.めるひこ, やつ exertion 勉強(べんきょう): (1) study (2) diligence (3) discount; reduction 勤勉(きんべん): diligent; industrious 4 3 1066 免: excuse; dismissal 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 10 力 19 2 ちから・りきづくり勉形声 Phonetic exertion When RABBITS hop around, they EXERT tremendous force using their MUSCULAR legs. The energizer bunny's exertion of power keeps going and going… 1975 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq1001-1500 象ショウ、ゾウかたど.るきさ elephant, pattern after, imitate, image, shape, sign (of the times) 対象(たいしょう): target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.) 印象(いんしょう): impression 現象(げんしょう): phenomenon 気象(きしょう): (1) weather; climate (2) disposition; temperament 象徴(しょうちょう): symbol 抽象(ちゅうしょう): abstract 象(ぞう): elephant 2 4 394 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 豕: pig; hog; pig radical (no. 152) 12 豕 152 7 いのこ・いのこへん・ぶた (none) 象形 Pictographic elephant An elephant has huge ears, like a rabbit, and a big, fat body, like a sow. “An animal with huge ears like a rabbit, and a body fat like a pig… ¡An ELEPHANT! For the ”“phenomenon”“ connotation you could use Dumbo, or Joseph Merrick (the ”“elephant man”“)” 1976 grade4 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Animal kanjifreq251-500 像ゾウかた statue, picture, image, figure, portrait 映像(えいぞう): reflection; image; picture (e.g. on a television); shot; clip 想像(そうぞう): imagination; guess 仏像(ぶつぞう): statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image 像(ぞう): statue; image; figure; picture; portrait 現像(げんぞう): developing (film) 2 5 856 人: person 象: elephant; pattern after; imitate; image; shape; sign (of the times) 14 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic statue Statues of people are made the same size as statues of elephants. One of the most famous statues is of course the Statue of Liberty, which is known for the first thing a person sees when coming into New York. However, did you know that the first thing a person used to see (between the years of 1885 to 1896) was actually a huge elephant statue on Coney Island? It's true too… ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coney_Island - search Coney Island Elephant). 1977 grade5 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 馬バうま、うま-、また, ばん, め, も horse 馬(うま): (1) horse (2) promoted bishop (shogi) 競馬(けいば): horse racing 馬鹿(ばか): (1) fool; idiot (2) trivial matter; folly; absurdity (3) foolish; stupid; dull; absurd; ridiculous (4) surf clam 馬鹿らしい(ばからしい): absurd 馬鹿馬鹿しい(ばかばかしい): absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine; foolish 3 2 639 火: fire 10 馬 187 10 うま・うまへん (none) 象形 Pictographic horse “Turkey with the drops at the top removed and tail feathers added (this matches stroke order and there are the tail feathers already, why not have the whole bird). If you take the two drops of 隹 as wings, then horses are like turkeys, but have no wings and have more prominent tail ”“feathers”“. Both are actually supposed to be pictographs, though.” “The top part is half a comb (see frame 1920) with an extra vertical stroke to account for a sturdier version used to comb a horse mane. As a primitive I used the theme of the Trojan Horse. Not the modern computer viruses, but the large wooden horse which led to the demise of Troy and of the Trojans. Either its size (much greater than a live horse), or the fact that it conceals things into its belly, will set it appart from the horse primitive that came in frame 568 (”“noon”“).” 1978 grade2 JLPT.N3 Kanji_Human.Activities_Zodiac Kanji_Nature_Animal kanjifreq501-750 駒クこま pony, horse, colt 1 S 1452 馬: horse 句: phrase; clause; sentence; passage; paragraph; counter for haiku 15 馬 187 10 うま・うまへん (none) 形声 Phonetic pony The new My Little Ponies show is all about magic horses who utter cute catch phrases. “A particular My Little Pony has a string that when you pull it, it repeats the same dumb phrase like ”“I love you”“.” 1979 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 験ケン、ゲンあかし、しるし、ため.す、ためし verification, effect, testing 経験(けいけん): experience 試験(しけん): examination; test; study; trial; experiment 実験(じっけん): experiment 受験(じゅけん): taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance) 体験(たいけん): personal experience 4 4 410 馬: horse 僉: all 18 馬 187 10 うま・うまへん驗形声 Phonetic verification We just verification that there are indeed no soldiers in the belly of this trojan horse. We´re just gonna stab it in the belly with this awl to check. The verification proves the horse is real by poking it with an ice pick. 1980 grade4 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq251-500 騎キ equestrian, riding on horses, counter for equestrians 1 S 1696 馬: horse 奇: strange; strangeness; curiosity 18 馬 187 10 うま・うまへん (none) 形声 Phonetic equestrian Equestrian events are where you get horses to do strange things. If the equestrian team used trojan horses, it would be really strange. 1981 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 駐チュウ stop-over, reside in, resident 駐車場(ちゅうしゃじょう): parking lot; parking place 駐車(ちゅうしゃ): parking (e.g. car) 2 S 955 馬: horse 主: lord; chief; master; main thing; principal 15 馬 187 10 うま・うまへん (none) 形声 Phonetic parking In the olden days you had to park your horse next to a candlestick, a primitive parking meter that you start by lighting a fire and tracks the time by burning down. In the olden days parking lots used to have reserved spaces for where the lord (of the set of houses, shops, whatever) could park his team of horses. nowadays it´s pretty much the same…reserved parking in front for the big bosses´ cars…. 1982 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq751-1000 駆クか.ける、か.る drive, run, gallop, advance, inspire, impel 駆ける(かける): (1) to run (race, esp. horse); to dash (2) to gallop (one's horse); to canter (3) to advance (against one's enemy) 駆け足(かけあし): (1) running fast; double time (2) cantering (3) doing things in a hurry 駆けっこ(かけっこ): (foot) race; sprint 1 S 1033 馬: horse 区: ward; district 14 馬 187 10 うま・うまへん驅形声 Phonetic drive You have to be craaazzzzyy to drive a buggy led by a team of horses through a ward of Tokyo! You use teams of horses to drive you and your carriage around the ward. 1983 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 駅エキ station 駅(えき): station 5 3 724 馬: horse 尺: shaku; Japanese foot; measure; scale; rule 14 馬 187 10 うま・うまへん驛形声 Phonetic station Anyone living in Japan knows that train stations play little melodies when the train is about to arrive. In Ye Olden Days, when horses and carriages were used for transport, the carriage driver would play a little melody on his shakuhachi to let the passengers know the carriage was arriving at the next station. A homeless horse playing the flute at the station to make a dime. 1984 grade3 JLPT.N5 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq501-750 騒ソウさわ.ぐ、うれい、さわ.がしい boisterous, make noise, clamor, disturb, excite 騒ぎ(さわぎ): uproar; disturbance 騒音(そうおん): noise 騒動(そうどう): strife; riot; rebellion; turmoil 騒ぐ(さわぐ): (1) to make noise; to make racket; to be noisy (2) to rustle; to swoosh (3) to make merry (4) to clamor; to clamour; to make a fuss; to kick up a fuss (5) to lose one's cool; to panic; to act flustered (6) to feel tense; to be uneasy; to be excited 物騒(ぶっそう): dangerous; disturbed; insecure 騒々しい(そうぞうしい): noisy; boisterous 騒がしい(さわがしい): (1) noisy; boisterous (2) turbulent (era, etc.); troubled 1 S 1069 馬: horse 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 虫: insect; bug; temper 18 馬 187 10 うま・うまへん騷形声 Phonetic boisterous Or more precisely: the team of horses are getting boisterous because one of them got bitten in the crotch by a horse fly. The kanji also means to roar, make up noise, to kick up a fuss and to make merry. Perhaps it is exactly the etymology behind this kanji. The hidden Greeks inside the Trojan Horse are getting boisterous as one of them is bitten in the crotch by a nasty insect. If they don´t shut up, the Trojans will hear them… 1985 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 駄ダ、タ burdensome, pack horse, horse load, send by horse 無駄(むだ): futility; uselessness; pointlessness 無駄遣い(むだづかい): wasting … on (e.g. money); squandering; waste; frittering away 駄目(だめ): (1) no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken (2) hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless (3) cannot; must not; not allowed 下駄(げた): (1) geta; Japanese wooden clogs (2) turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character 駄作(ださく): poor work; rubbish 1 S 1500 馬: horse 太: plump; thick; big around 14 馬 187 10 うま・うまへん (none) 形声 Phonetic burdensome If a passenger is too plump and heavy, its too burdensome for the horse. If your horses get so plump to be good for nothing they just become burdensome. 1986 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 驚キョウおどろ.く、おどろ.かす wonder, be surprised, frightened, amazed 驚き(おどろき): surprise; astonishment; wonder 驚かす(おどろかす): to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir 驚異(きょうい): wonder; miracle 吃驚(びっくり): (1) to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be astonished (2) surprise (e.g. surprise party) 驚く(おどろく): to be surprised; to be astonished 1 S 1141 敬: awe; respect; honor; revere 馬: horse 22 馬 187 10 うま・うまへん (none) 形声 Phonetic wonder You stand in AWE at the 8th WONDER of the world, a huge TROJAN HORSE. “This is another word for surprise. 驚く＝おどろく= surprise. The Trojans stood in awe of the magnificent Trojan Horse that they thought was a gift. But imagine their surprise (wonder) when a bunch of Greeks came rushing out of it! (To further cement the connection between the primitives, if needed: It´s a wonder that the Trojans managed to speak keigo 敬語 even then, saying ”“わたくしたちを殺さないでください!!お願い致します!!”“).” 1987 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1001-1500 篤トクあつ.い fervent, kind, cordial, serious, deliberate 1 S 1942 竹: bamboo 馬: horse 16 竹 118 6 たけ・たけかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic fervent A fervent horse doesnt need to be whipped with a bamboo stick during a race, it will go fast by itself. A fervent history otaku rebuild the the Trojan Horse. But since he was Japanese, he used bamboo instead of normal wood. 1988 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 騰トウあが.る、のぼ.る inflation, advancing, going 沸騰(ふっとう): boiling; seething 1 S 1420 朕: majestic plural; imperial we 馬: horse 20 馬 187 10 うま・うまへん (none) 形声 Phonetic inflation Flesh+quarter=McDonald´s quarter pounder. Due to inflation, McDonald´s has had to start making quarter pounders out of horse meat. Every quarter moon, the cost of a trojan horse rises one quarter by inflation. 1989 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 虎コとらたけ tiger, drunkard 虎(トラ): (1) tiger (Panthera tigris) (2) drunk person 1 S 1653 虍: tiger spots; mottled; tiger or tiger crown radical (no. 141) 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 8 虍 141 6 とら・とらがしら・とらかんむり (none) 象形 Pictographic tiger Magic wand + first two strokes of pelt (皮) + diced + human legs. A wizard who turns people he doesn´t like into newts with his magic wand goes for variety - he has always wanted a tiger pelt - but things go awry when the tiger promptly dices and eats him, leaving only a pair of legs. (a fitting end for a wicked wizard). “Tigger, the tiger, (from Pooh stories) is happy to have found a magic wand. Using it he can bounce up to a the top of a cliff, seven times as high as some human legs could bounce. Tigger thinks ”“Its great to be a tiger!” 1990 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Zodiac Kanji_Nature_Animal kanjifreq1501-2000 虜リョ、ロとりこ、とりく captive, barbarian, low epithet for the enemy 捕虜(ほりょ): prisoner (of war) 1 S 1678 虍: tiger spots; mottled; tiger or tiger crown radical (no. 141) 男: male 13 虍 141 6 とら・とらがしら・とらかんむり虜形声 Phonetic captive Captive men are thrown to the tigers. I think you can imagine something else is done to captive women… “Tip: To avoid confusing keyword captive with captured (#1018) note that captive contains ”“ti”“ for tiger.” 1991 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 膚フはだ skin, body, grain, texture, disposition 皮膚(ひふ): skin 2 S 1679 虍: tiger spots; mottled; tiger or tiger crown radical (no. 141) 胃: stomach; paunch; crop; craw 15 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic skin Ending up in a tiger´s stomach is not good for your skin, as it´s full of stomach acids. “They say, ”“there's more than one way to skin a cat”“, but if you try to skin a tiger you might end up in its stomach.” 1992 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Body_General kanjifreq1501-2000 虚キョ、コむな.しい、うつ.ろ void, emptiness, unpreparedness, crack, fissure, untruth 謙虚(けんきょ): modesty; humility 虚ろ(うつろ): blank; cavity; hollow; empty (space) 1 S 1454 虍: tiger spots; mottled; tiger or tiger crown radical (no. 141) 一: one; one radical (no.1) 11 虍 141 6 とら・とらがしら・とらかんむり虛形声 Phonetic void In Japanese folklore there is no hell, but there is the void. There, a row of tigers waits in the blackness to devour those souls who have failed in their spiritual life. Warning to Sigfreid and Roy: Your entertainment contract will be null and void unless you can make all the tigers stand in a row. 1993 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 戯ギ、ゲたわむ.れる、ざ.れる、じゃ.れる frolic, play, sport 戯曲(ぎきょく): play; drama 悪戯(いたずら): (1) mischief; prank; trick; practical joke (2) pastime; hobby (3) playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with; messing around with; amusing oneself with (4) lewd behaviour; sexual misconduct; sexual assault; molestation; rape 巫山戯る(ふざける): to romp; to gambol; to frolic; to joke; to make fun of; to flirt; to mess around; to screw around; to josh 1 S 1880 虚: void; emptiness; unpreparedness; crack; fissure; untruth 戈: halberd; arms; festival car; float; tasselled spear radical (no. 62) 15 戈 62 4 ほこ・ほこづくり・ほこがまえ・かのほこ戲会意 Compound Ideographic frolic This is a story about the end of the universe. The universe is turning into a featureless void. There´s nothing we can do about it except for throw a fiesta and frolic a little bit before it´s all over. Sigfreid and Roy´s contract having been voided, the tiger is free to frolic about at the fiesta. 1994 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 虞グおそれ、おもんぱか.る、はか.る、うれ.える、あざむ.く、あやま.る、のぞ.む、たの.しむすけ, もち, やす fear, uneasiness, anxiety, concern, expectation, consideration 1 S 虍: tiger spots; mottled; tiger or tiger crown radical (no. 141) 呉: give; do something for 13 虍 141 6 とら・とらがしら・とらかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic uneasiness I feel a sense of uneasiness about giving this HUGE tiger a steak. My dear friend, a Bengali merchant, gave me a tiger as a birthday present. I felt uneasiness, knowing that I´ll have to reject it. Or was it horror? 1995 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion 慮リョおもんぱく.る、おもんぱか.るぜ prudence, thought, concern, consider, deliberate, fear 配慮(はいりょ): consideration; concern; forethought 考慮(こうりょ): consideration; taking into account 遠慮(えんりょ): diffidence; restraint; reserve; discretion; tact; thoughtfulness ご遠慮ください(ごえんりょください): please refrain from ~ (e.g. smoking, etc.) 1 S 916 虍: tiger spots; mottled; tiger or tiger crown radical (no. 141) 思: think 15 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic prudence “Real meaning: ”“to ponder”“. You have to think with prudence (ponder carefully) about approaching a tiger, as is evident from 虎.” You have to think with prudence about approaching a tiger. If not, it will eat your brains and heart. Thanks raulir. 1996 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq751-1000 劇ゲキ drama, play 劇場(げきじょう): theatre; theater; playhouse 劇(げき): (1) drama; play (2) powerful drug 演劇(えんげき): drama; theatre; theater; play 悲劇(ひげき): tragedy; disaster 喜劇(きげき): comedy; funny show 劇団(げきだん): troupe; theatrical company 2 6 662 虍: tiger spots; mottled; tiger or tiger crown radical (no. 141) 豕: pig; hog; pig radical (no. 152) 刀: sword; saber; knife 15 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic drama There would be a lot of drama if a tiger tried to eat a sow but then the sow attacked it with a saber. A great Indian drama acted out every year is how a poor Bengali boy fended off the tigers from his pigs using only a sabre. 1997 grade6 JLPT.N2 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art kanjifreq501-750 虐ギャクしいた.げる tyrannize, oppress 1 S 1464 虍: tiger spots; mottled; tiger or tiger crown radical (no. 141) 9 虍 141 6 とら・とらがしら・とらかんむり (none) 象形 Pictographic tyrannize Here we see the evil tyrannizing tiger. What is on his chest? A giant E, for EVIL, of course. “The ”“E”“ shape actually means claws here, and the real etymology is a tiger tyrannizing other animals with its claws (the etymologies actually make sense once in a blue moon!). I think of the claws here as two hooks, representing the front paws. (stroke order of that part: 二＋last of 直).” 1998 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 鹿ロクしか、かしし deer 馬鹿(ばか): (1) fool; idiot (2) trivial matter; folly; absurdity (3) foolish; stupid; dull; absurd; ridiculous (4) surf clam 馬鹿らしい(ばからしい): absurd 馬鹿馬鹿しい(ばかばかしい): absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine; foolish 1 S 957 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 比: compare; race; ratio; Philipines 11 鹿 198 11 しか・しかへん (none) 象形 Pictographic deer Bambi wanders into a cave and sees a side order of salad and 2 spoons…but what´s the main course? Santa´s reindeer, Rudolf, opens a nightclub in a cave. It´s popular with all the deer and reindeer in the world. The cave speciality is a salad w/ dressing on the side. There is no other deer club that can compare. How many other deer nightclubs are there? 1999 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Animal kanjifreq751-1000 薦センすす.めるこも recommend, mat, advise, encourage, offer 推薦(すいせん): recommendation; referral; endorsement 薦める(すすめる): to recommend; to advise; to encourage; to offer (wine) 1 S 1082 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 火: fire 16 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic recommend “Customer in restaurant asks you (waiter) what you recommend: ”“I recommend ze deer or ze 'eadless chicken. And I recommend you garnish it wiz some flowers.”“ (let last six strokes = headless chicken).” It is recommended that deers stick to eating flowers. If they try to eat birds, they may end up choking on them, like this one here. Note that the head (白) is gone and the visible part of the body which is normally written with a stroke of the head must by necessity be drawn with a stroke of the tail. 2000 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 慶ケイよろこ.びき, きよん, け, みち, む, やす, よし jubilation, congratulate, rejoice, be happy 1 S 1300 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 夂: winter radical (no. 34) 15 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic jubilation “The hunter experienced jubilation when the deer with melancholy walked up to him and said, ”“just shoot me, whats the point in running. Everyone dies someday…”“” Bambi was melancholy at the death of his mother, but is now in jubilation as he´s made friends with thumper. 2001 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq1001-1500 麗レイうるわ.しい、うら.らかま, よし, り lovely, companion 奇麗(きれい): (1) pretty; lovely; beautiful; fair (2) clean; clear; pure; tidy; neat (3) completely; entirely 1 S 1758 一: one; one radical (no.1) 一: one; one radical (no.1) 鹿: deer 19 鹿 198 11 しか・しかへん (none) 象形 Pictographic lovely “The anthropologist made an exact deer painting from the cave ceiling on the ceiling of his house. Too bad they´re both mediocre. All his wife could say was, ”“How…lovely.”“.” Lovely bambi…. pictographe : just take a look at those innocent open eyes (part 1 it´s not more far fetched than seeing mediocre in it) with thin eyebrows what a lovely deer …(part 2). 2002 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 熊ユウくま bear 1 S 1105 能: ability; talent; skill; capacity 火: fire 14 火 86 4 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic bear Most don´t know it, but bears have the ability to walk on fire. They´re invincible creatures! “Note : I don´t know why James Heisig put ”“bear”“ ahead of ”“ability”“ (next frame), but I sugget to skip this, learn the next kanji (”“ability”“) then go back here and use ability as a primitive.” 2003 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Animal kanjifreq1001-1500 能ノウよ.くたか, の, のり, よし ability, talent, skill, capacity 可能(かのう): possible; practicable; feasible 機能(きのう): function; facility; faculty; feature 能力(のうりょく): ability; faculty 芸能(げいのう): public entertainment; accomplishments; attainments 能(のう): (1) talent; gift; function (2) noh (theatre) 放射能(ほうしゃのう): radioactivity 才能(さいのう): talent; ability 性能(せいのう): ability; performance; efficiency 技能(ぎのう): technical skill; ability; capacity 万能(ばんのう): (1) all-purpose; utility (2) almighty; omnipotent 本能(ほんのう): instinct 能率(のうりつ): (1) efficiency (2) moment (i.e. magnetic moment) 知能(ちのう): intelligence; brains 有能(ゆうのう): able; capable; efficient; skill 無能(むのう): inefficiency; incompetence 3 5 273 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) 月: month; moon 匕: spoon; spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21) 匕: spoon; spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21) 10 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 象形 Pictographic ability This man may have the dis-ability of no flesh below the elbows, but he can eat with 2 spoons, on in each foot. “Kid from the Oracle´s place in the Matrix (whose head is shining like the moon) is holding a a spoon and making it bend using his special ability. When Neo asks to learn this ability the child replies, ”“ Remember the truth Neo, there is no spoon.”“ Neo Proceeds to the kitchen pondering these words of wisdom. The Child smiles mischeviously and pulls a second spoon hidden up his sleeve in the crook of his elbow. ”“That´s right Neo,”“ the child laughs, ”“there is no spoon…there are two spoons!”“.” 2004 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 態タイわざ.と attitude, condition, figure, appearance, voice (of verbs) 重態(じゅうたい): seriously ill; serious condition; critical state 状態(じょうたい): current status; condition; situation; circumstances; state 事態(じたい): situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances 実態(じったい): true state; actual condition; reality 態度(たいど): attitude; manner; behaviour 態勢(たいせい): attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness 形態(けいたい): form; shape; figure 態と(わざと): on purpose 態々(わざわざ): expressly; specially; doing something especially rather than incidentally 1 5 353 能: ability; talent; skill; capacity 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 14 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic attitude This guy has an attitude problem – lots of ability, but his heart´s not in it. Having a good attitude means believing in your heart that you have the ability to do anything - like memorizing more than 2000 kanji, for example. 2005 grade5 JLPT.N1 kanjifreq251-500 寅インとらとも, のぶ sign of the tiger, 3-5AM, 3rd zodiac sign 1 S+ 1975 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 由: wherefore; a reason 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) (none) sign of the tiger “I don't know why but when I read sign of the tiger I get the ”“eye of the tiger song”“ stuck in my head. So I see rocky training in his house. Hes hitting the ceiling (no punching bag) eating brussel sprouts to keep in good health and running with only the animal legs his dog.” “The sign of the tiger is that he´s eaten all of the yellow (#1750) salad in the house.” 2006 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Zodiac kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 演エン performance, act, play, render, stage 演説(えんぜつ): speech; address 公演(こうえん): (1) public performance (2) sumo exhibition in a foreign country 講演(こうえん): lecture; address; speech 演出(えんしゅつ): production (e.g. play); direction 出演(しゅつえん): (1) performance; stage appearance (2) to act (in a play) 演奏(えんそう): musical performance 演劇(えんげき): drama; theatre; theater; play 演技(えんぎ): acting; performance 演習(えんしゅう): (1) practice; practise (2) exercises; manoeuvres; maneuvers (3) seminar (student debates, presentations, etc.); practicum 主演(しゅえん): starring; playing the leading part 上演(じょうえん): performance (e.g. music, theatre, opera); staging 演ずる(えんずる): to perform; to play 演じる(えんじる): to perform (a play); to play (a part); to act (a part); to commit (a blunder) 3 5 267 水: water 寅: sign of the tiger; 3-5AM; third sign of Chinese zodiac 14 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic performance Studies have shown that Rocky's PERFORMANCE increases if he downs WATER mixed with gatorade while in a match. “I remember seeing advertisements growing up with the sign of the tiger saying to ”“Put a tiger in your tank”“, meaning that it would increase the performance of the drops of gasoline you put in.” 2007 grade5 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq251-500 辰シンたつとき, のぶ, のぶる sign of the dragon, 7-9AM, 5th zodiac sign 1 S+ 1600 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) (none) sign of the dragon I'm going with the Mortal Kombat Symbol, as it's the closest thing to a sign of the dragon I know. In that game, there's a place called the pit to which you can throw your opponent on round two, but only with a hairpin punch. “The kid said ”“I don´t believe you! Dragons don´t exist!”“ so we made a little surprise for him: we pinned a huge dragon (it was just a sign really) on a nearby cliff. ”“Whoaaa! Dragon!”“ the kid said. ”“But why won´t it move?”“ ”“I tell you why, cause it´s pinned there with two hairpins”“ I thought to myself.” 2008 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Zodiac kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 辱ジョクはずかし.める embarrass, humiliate, shame 侮辱(ぶじょく): insult; contempt; slight 1 S 1769 辰: sign of the dragon; 7-9AM; fifth sign of Chinese zodiac; shin dragon radical (no. 161) 寸: measurement; foot/10 10 辰 161 7 しんのたつ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic embarrass If you get too close to a fire-breathing dragon, your skin can turn red from the burn. When someone is embarrassed, it's as though they have this sign of the dragon stuck to their face. “The sign of the dragon falls off the cliff, to our great embarassment (see sign of the dragon (#2008)) We should have glued it there!” 2009 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 震シンふる.う、ふる.える quake, shake, tremble, quiver, shiver 地震(じしん): earthquake 震える(ふるえる): to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver 震わせる(ふるわせる): to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate 2 S 893 雨: rain 辰: sign of the dragon; 7-9AM; fifth sign of Chinese zodiac; shin dragon radical (no. 161) 15 雨 173 8 あめ・あめかんむり・あまかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic quake An earthquake is a sign that a dragon is awakening after a heavy rain… It is angry for having been woken up and it makes the earth thunder and quake above it. Instant mythology: When heavy rains disturb a dragon hiding under the earth, an earthquake may result. 2010 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq751-1000 振シンふ.る、ぶ.る、ふ.り、-ぶ.り、ふ.るうふり shake, wave, wag, swing 久し振り(ひさしぶり): a long time (since the last time); it's been a while (since I last saw, mailed, etc., you) 振興(しんこう): promotion; encouragement 不振(ふしん): dullness; depression; slump; stagnation 振動(しんどう): oscillation; vibration 振り(ふり): (1) swing; shake; wave; swinging (2) appearance; behaviour (3) pretence (pretense); show (4) lacking a reservation or introduction (at a restaurant, etc.) (5) postures (of a dance) (6) unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment (7) counter for swords, blades, etc. 振り返る(ふりかえる): to turn head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to look back 振り出し(ふりだし): (1) shaking out (2) throw (of dice); toss (3) drawing; issuing; draft; draught (4) starting point; beginning; outset (5) infusion 身振り(みぶり): gesture; gesticulation; motion 振る(ふる): (1) to wave; to shake; to swing (2) to sprinkle; to throw (dice) (3) to cast (actor); to allocate (work) (4) to turn down (somebody); to reject; to jilt; to dump (5) to abandon; to give up; to ruin (6) to add kana indicating a reading of a word (7) to slightly change headings; to change directions (8) to extract by broiling; to prepare an infusion of; to decoct (9) to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine) (10) to bring up the main topic (11) to replace; to substitute (12) to set up a joke for somebody else 振る舞う(ふるまう): (1) to behave; to conduct oneself (2) to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony) 振り(ぶり): (1) style; manner (2) after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year) 振り仮名(ふりがな): furigana (kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation) 振り向く(ふりむく): to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder 1 S 614 手: hand 辰: sign of the dragon; 7-9AM; fifth sign of Chinese zodiac; shin dragon radical (no. 161) 10 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic shake Your mother shakes herfinger violently - no, no, no - no Mortal Kombat today! If you're talking to someone and notice that theirfingers are starting to shake, it's often a sign of the dragon being behind you where the other person can see him coming. 2011 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq501-750 娠シン with child, pregnancy 妊娠(にんしん): conception; pregnancy 1 S 1623 女: woman; female 辰: sign of the dragon; 7-9AM; fifth sign of Chinese zodiac; shin dragon radical (no. 161) 10 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 形声 Phonetic with child A woman who is with child can't be sacrificed to the dragon; virgins only need apply. “The woman hides the dragon from poachers under her shirt, pretending she's with child. ”“Seen any sign of the dragon?”“ ask the poachers. ”“Nope, haven't seen him,”“ replies the woman.” 2012 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Function kanjifreq1501-2000 唇シンくちびる lips 唇(くちびる): lips 1 S 1992 辰: sign of the dragon; 7-9AM; fifth sign of Chinese zodiac; shin dragon radical (no. 161) 口: mouth 10 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic lips Sign of the Dragon + Mouth: Lips need chapstick during the wintertime so they don't look like the sign of the dragon who kissed you on the mouth. As I approached her lips, I began to sense the sign of the dragon breath coming from her mouth, and I almost fainted. 2013 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Head.Neck kanjifreq1501-2000 農ノウな, の, み agriculture, farmers 農業(のうぎょう): agriculture 農家(のうか): farmer; farm family 農村(のうそん): (1) agricultural community; farm village (2) rural 農民(のうみん): farmers; peasants 農地(のうち): agricultural land 農場(のうじょう): farm (agriculture) 農耕(のうこう): farming; agriculture 農薬(のうやく): agricultural chemical (i.e. pesticide, herbicide, fungicide, etc.); agrochemical; agrichemical 農産物(のうさんぶつ): agricultural produce 酪農(らくのう): dairy (farm) 2 3 385 曲: bend; music; melody; composition; pleasure; injustice; fault; curve; crooked; perverse; lean 辰: sign of the dragon; 7-9AM; fifth sign of Chinese zodiac; shin dragon radical (no. 161) 13 辰 161 7 しんのたつ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic agriculture Imagine if you could bend a dragon to your will. Helpful in war, yes, but also a boon for agriculture. The dragon could use its sharp claws to plough the ground, and use its firey breath to clear the land. But first you'd have to bend the dragon to your will – not an easy task. It's a good agricultural sign when, as the farmer is bending down, he discovers some plants arranged in the sign of the dragon. It means the weather and earth will be supportive of the crops. 2014 grade3 JLPT.N2 kanjifreq251-500 濃ノウこ.いの concentrated, thick, dark, undiluted “濃度(のうど): (1) concentration; thickness; density (2) cardinality 濃い(こい): (1) deep (colour); dark (2) strong (flavour, smell, etc.) (3) thick (consistency); dense (4) strong (possibility, etc.) (5) thick (i.e. ”“as thick as thieves”“); close; deep (love, etc.)” 2 S 1200 水: water 農: agriculture; farmers 16 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic concentrated The agriculture of Florida is concentrated on making concentrated orange juice. Just add water! Imagine a can of FCOJ, dumping it into a pitcher and adding water. Concentrated water is going to revolutionize the agriculture! Just add water… oh wait… 2015 gradeS JLPT.N2 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq1001-1500 送ソウおく.る escort, send 放送(ほうそう): broadcast; broadcasting 輸送(ゆそう): transport; transportation 送る(おくる): (1) to send (a thing); to dispatch; to despatch (2) to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person) (3) to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury (4) to spend (time); to live one's life (5) to pass (down the line) (6) to affix okurigana 見送り(みおくり): seeing one off; farewell; escort 見送る(みおくる): (1) to see off (e.g. to the station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to farewell (2) to see out; to send off (3) to let pass; to wait and see; to continue (e.g. in legal contexts) (4) to let a pitch go by (baseball); to watch a batted ball go into the stands 運送(うんそう): transport; freight; shipping 送金(そうきん): remittance; sending money 郵送(ゆうそう): mailing 送料(そうりょう): postage; carriage 送別(そうべつ): farewell; send-off 送り仮名(おくりがな): kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word (may inflect); declensional kana ending 回送(かいそう): forwarding 4 3 311 天: heavens; sky; imperial 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 9 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic send off The St Bernard with devilish animal horns must be non other than Cerberus, guard dog of the netherworld. In this frame Cerberus is seen along the road to hell, escorting those who have been sent off to join Hades in his realm. The woolly mammoth got quite a send off before he wandered up that road never to be seen alive again. 2016 grade3 JLPT.N4 kanjifreq251-500 関カンせき、-ぜき、かか.わる、からくり、かんぬき connection, barrier, gateway, involve, concerning 関係(かんけい): (1) relation; relationship; connection (2) participation; involvement; concern (3) influence; effect (4) sexual relations; sexual relationship (5) related to …; connected to … 関心(かんしん): concern; interest 関連(かんれん): relation; connection; relevance 機関(きかん): (1) engine (2) agency; organisation; organization; institution; organ; body (3) system; facility; facilities 関税(かんぜい): tariff (import tax); duty; customs 玄関(げんかん): entranceway; entry hall; vestibule; foyer; entryway; mud room 税関(ぜいかん): customs house 機関車(きかんしゃ): locomotive; engine にも関わらず(にもかかわらず): in spite of; nevertheless 関西(かんさい): Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka) 関与(かんよ): participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in 交通機関(こうつうきかん): transportation facilities 関する(かんする): to concern; to be related 関東(かんとう): Kantou (eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo) 3 4 70 門: gate; counter for cannons 关: frontier pass; close; relation 14 門 169 8 もん・もんがまえ・かどがまえ關会意 Compound Ideographic connection At the airport, the woolly mammoth was too big. When he tried to go through his flight's gate he got stuck and missed his connecting flight. The wooly mammoth Smashes the gates down restoring the connection between the glacier and the low lands. 2017 grade4 JLPT.N3 kanjifreq1-250 咲ショウさ.く、-ざきさ, さき blossom, bloom 咲く(さく): to bloom 2 S 1534 口: mouth 关: frontier pass; close; relation 9 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic blossom The mouth of the wooly mammoth was so big and furry that plants would actually grow and blossom there. From the mouth of the hell hound blossoms, not flowers, but evil spawns of DOOOOOOM. 2018 gradeS JLPT.N2 kanjifreq1501-2000 鬼キおに、おに- ghost, devil “鬼(おに): (1) ogre; demon (2) spirit of a deceased person (3) ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.) (4) it (i.e. in a game of tag) (5) Chinese ”“ghost”“ constellation (one of the 28 mansions) (6) very; extremely; super-” 1 S 1557 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 田: rice field; rice paddy 儿: legs radical (no. 10) 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) 10 鬼 194 10 おに・きにょう (none) 象形 Pictographic ghost “鬼(おに) is not a ghost. An ogre or a troll would be a more fitting translation. Such a thing has but a drop of brains and uses its legs and elbows as deadly weapons (a concept which should be familiar from the license (#765) to kill). I'll use ”“ogre”“ for this.” A ghost, or oni, wandering slowly on its human legs, searching for brains to eat. What looks like an elbow here is actually a pictoral representation of the forked tail protruding out of its rear. 2019 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Religion.Creed kanjifreq1501-2000 醜シュウみにく.い、しこ ugly, unclean, shame, bad looking 醜い(みにくい): (1) ugly; unattractive (2) unsightly; unseemly 1 S 2074 酉: west; bird; sign of the bird; 5-7PM; tenth sign of Chinese zodiac; sake radical (no. 164) 鬼: ghost; devil 17 酉 164 7 とり・とりへん・ひよみのとり・さけのとり (none) 形声 Phonetic ugly The ugly oni can´t get a date so he drinks sake by himself at the bar. Drinking too much whisky can make you as ugly as an oni. 2020 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 魂コンたましい、たま soul, spirit 魂(たましい): soul; spirit 魂(こん): Yang energy; spirit 1 S 1748 云: say 鬼: ghost; devil 14 鬼 194 10 おに・きにょう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic soul When you die, your SOUL either goes to the RISING CLOUDS (heaven) or to the ONI (hell, the devil). When we die, our soul rises up in a ghostlike rising cloud of mist up to heaven (we hope) (Adapted from darg_sama,28-10-2005). 2021 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Religion.Creed kanjifreq1501-2000 魔マ witch, demon, evil spirit 悪魔(あくま): devil; demon; fiend; Satan; evil spirit 邪魔(じゃま): hindrance; intrusion 誤魔化す(ごまかす): (1) to deceive; to falsify; to misrepresent; to cheat; to swindle; to tamper; to juggle; to manipulate (2) to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties) (3) to varnish over; to gloss over お邪魔します(おじゃまします): (1) excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you (2) greeting used on going to someone's home 1 S 1514 麻: hemp; flax 鬼: ghost; devil 21 鬼 194 10 おに・きにょう (none) 形声 Phonetic witch This modern version of the witch lives in some hippie community. She smokes a lot of hemp, and spends the day talking to ghosts, which not surprisingly appears only to her. The witch sold me some hemp that made me see ghosts don´t do drugs. 2022 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Religion.Creed kanjifreq1501-2000 魅ミ fascination, charm, bewitch 魅力(みりょく): charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal 1 S 1206 鬼: ghost; devil 未: un-; not yet; hitherto; still; even now; sign of the ram; 1-3PM; eighth sign of Chinese zodiac 15 鬼 194 10 おに・きにょう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic fascination Ghosts have not yet left the world, they must still have a deep fascination with their past life on Earth. “Here the ”“Ghostbusters”“ founder talks about his fascination for ghosts (picture Dan Arkroyd in the movie if that helps). He says he has a fascination for ghosts ever since he saw one as a teenager. Since then he´s been scouring all of the world, trying to capture them on tape, on video… A journalist asks ”“When will it end ? Aren´t you tired of chasing ghosts ?”“ ”“Oh no, not yet ! Not until I become a ghost myself anyway !”“.” 2023 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 塊カイ、ケかたまり、つちくれ clod, lump, chink, clot, mass 塊(かたまり): lump; mass; bundle; clump; clod; cluster 1 S 1800 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 鬼: ghost; devil 13 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic clod Without any weapons, our only defense was to throw clods of dirt at the advancing oni horde. (Adapted from dingomick because zombie was used as a primitive for drag+rag). All too often I find myself vaccuming clods of dirt with my Dirt Devil. 2024 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 襲シュウおそ.う、かさ.ねそい attack, advance on, succeed to 襲う(おそう): (1) to attack; to assail; to make an assault; to strike; to hunt down (2) to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.) (3) to make a sudden visit 襲撃(しゅうげき): attack; charge; raid 1 S 1130 龍: dragon; imperial 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 22 衣 145 6 ころも・ころもへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic attack “The top 16 strokes are the chinese radical for ”“dragon”“. Joining up both meanings of the radical we can name the top part of this kanji ”“imperial dragon”“. Two-headed snakes do exist as biological curiosities, and they look a bit like a slingshot (with the heads splitting at a junction). Our imperial dragon here, the pet of a Chinese emperor, is a rare ”“three-headed slingshot-snake”“ kept in a vase and fed with meat. When the emperor attacked neighbours, his army wore the imperial dragon garment.” “You attack an old dragon 龍 and take his clothes. REF: dragon [old] (#2981).” 2025 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq1001-1500 嚇カクおど.す menacing, dignity, majesty, threaten 1 S 2141 口: mouth 赫: suddenly; brighten; illuminate; light up 17 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic upbraid To upbraid someone, you criticize them in a menacing way. In other words, you jaw at them with your MOUTH until both sides of their face turn RED (hence the double-red). “Tip: Heisig later names 赫 ”“red + red”“ as incandescent (#2908). Story: ”“So the boss upbraided you, huh?”“. ”“Yep, his mouth was incandescent.” 2026 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 朕チン majestic plural, imperial we 1 S 肉: meat 天: heavens; sky; imperial 10 月 74 4 つき・つきへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic majestic plural “The queen is not happy. ”“We (majestic plural) are not amused that the hunger for the flesh of the wooly mammoth has caused it's extinction. Poor Charles is particularly upset.” “The king says ”“Only We are allowed to partake of the flesh of the golden calf.”“.” 2027 gradeS JLPT.N1 雰フン atmosphere, fog 雰囲気(ふんいき): atmosphere (e.g. musical); mood; ambience; ambiance 1 S 1341 雨: rain 分: part; minute of time; segment; share; degree; one's lot; duty; understand; know; rate; 1%; chances; shaku/100 12 雨 173 8 あめ・あめかんむり・あまかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic atmosphere The part of the sky that is responsible for weather and rain is known as the atmosphere. It only occupies part of the sky though. (This is atmosphere as in ambiance, mood). Rain is only part of the atmosphere for a romantic porch date. Food, music, and candles are the rest. 2028 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 箇カ、コ counters for things 箇所(かしょ): passage; place; point; part 箇条書き(かじょうがき): itemized form; itemised form; itemization; itemisation 1 S 竹: bamboo 固: harden; set; clot; curdle 14 竹 118 6 たけ・たけかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic item Dragon Quest - You find a hardened bamboo stick, perfect for a weapon, but you can´t pick it up because your items are full. “You´ve entered in a chinese shop where apparently the only item in sale is old, dusty, hardened bamboo (for construction for example). It looks like these items have been there forever. Asking the clerk if anything else is available, he doesn´t understand and instead asks - ”“Two items? Three items?”“ (the kanji is a counter for items) - thinking you want to buy something.” 2029 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Counting_Counters 錬レンね.る tempering, refine, drill, train, polish 1 S 2221 金: gold 東: east 16 金 167 8 かね・かねへん鍊形声 Phonetic tempering In the East, especially Japan …there are masters of tempering metal to great strength….on the Spring of Trivia show in Japan I saw how a Japanese sword …actually split flying bullets…all because of special Eastern tempering techniques. Tempering should be done with the metal facing east. (If not, the metal may pick up the earth´s magnetic field). 2030 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 遵ジュン abide by, follow, obey, learn 1 S 尊: revered; valuable; precious; noble; exalted 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 15 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic abide by You must abide by the revered rules of the road! No devil´s brew and stay glued to your lane in the road! Even the most revered person must still abide by the rules of the road – no exceptions are granted to anyone. 2031 gradeS JLPT.N1 罷ヒまか.り-、や.める quit, stop, leave, withdraw, go 1 S 2104 网: net; net or net crown radical (no. 122) 能: ability; talent; skill; capacity 15 网 122 6 あみ・あみがしら・あみめ・よこめ・よんかしら (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic quit Hey, screw you! Don´t you look down on me! I have the ability to quit anytime I want! My eye doesn´t seem to have the ability to quit staring at her… 2032 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 屯トンたむろ barracks, police station, camp 屯(トン): ton (now usu. a metric ton, i.e. 1,000kg) 1 S 1980 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 屮: left hand; old grass radical (no. 45) 4 屮 45 3 くさのめ・めばえ・てつ (none) 象形 Pictographic barracks The game characters from Worms sleep in their barracks at night. Earthworm jim sleeps in a barracks because he is a soldier… apparently. 2033 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq1501-2000 且ショ、ソ、ショウか.つあき, かつ moreover, also, furthermore 且つ(かつ): yet; moreover; and 1 S 月: month; moon 一: one; one radical (no.1) 5 一 1 1 いち (none) 象形 Pictographic moreover Moreover is a literary term to shelve what you had just been talking about, to come back to it later. “Same as darg_sama. Play on words. I imagine visiting someone who has an impressive collection of medals and trophies (chess champion, for example). After spending an hour showing you all the trophies in the glass shelf, you think ”“Whew! It´s over.”“ … but the person says ”“… and wait, there´s ”“moreover”“ !”“, pointing at more trophies lined atop the glass shelf.” 2034 gradeS JLPT.N1 藻ソウも seaweed, duckweed 藻掻く(もがく): (1) to struggle; to wriggle; to squirm; to writhe (2) to be impatient 1 S 2124 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 澡: wash 19 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic seaweed Goods + wood = paper. You know how nori, ie: seaweed, comes in sheets for putting in your ramen or for your sushi? Well that's because it's water paper! Seaweed is also a sea flower of sorts, so it all just works out. Let wooden goods = furniture. Then: Walking along the sea shore you see some washed-up furniture with water (waves) splashing against it. From a distance it looks like flowers are growing out the top, but as you get closer you see it is in fact seaweed. 2035 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq2001-2500 隷レイしたが.う、しもべ slave, servant, prisoner, criminal, follower 1 S 2009 士: gentleman; samurai; samurai radical (no. 33) 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 隶: extend; give; cast; slave radical (no. 171) 16 隶 171 8 たい・たいづくり・れいづくり・れいのつくり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic slave In an attempt to free them from being slaves to their desires, the samurai stands behind the altar likening a clear mind to a sieve that lets only the purest thoughts through. “Careful: retainer (#848). Think of slave in the virtual sense (a slave to your passions). The samurai is standing on the altar lecturing about goodwill (see goodwill (#1097)). He notices the boredom of most of the crowd. However some audience members are attentive about the message of goodwill. The samurai views his sermon as a sieve of character: those of good character pass through and see the merit; those of poor character - slaves to their passions - are blocked from understanding.” 2036 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_People_Role.Status kanjifreq2001-2500 癒ユい.える、いや.す、い.やす healing, cure, quench (thirst), wreak 1 S 1667 疒: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104) 愈: be superior; heal; more and more; increasingly; finally; beyond doubt 18 疒 104 5 やまい・やまいだれ (none) 形声 Phonetic healing “(Think rpg!) We were in dire need of healing. Our party was fighting the cavemen, but we didn't fare too well. It was more like a butcher's meeting than a fight… just as they were about to pierce my heart, luckily a priest came along and used his healing spell in the nick of time (#2433).” “Note: meeting of butchers + heart are later combined into 愈 in the nick of time (#2433). Story: For healing to take place, you must catch the sickness in the nick of time.” 2037 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness kanjifreq1501-2000 丹タンにた, たみ, まこと rust-colored, red, read lead, pills 1 S 1402 冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13) 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 4 丶 3 1 てん・ちょぼ・ちゅ・ちゅてん (none) 象形 Pictographic cinnabar How about a rusty cinnabar colored dilapidated boat, found abandoned somewhere. The smoke-stack and the keel have fallen off… Rusty old boat with the bottom and top missing. 2038 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Substance kanjifreq1001-1500 潟セキかた、-がたがら lagoon 1 S 1204 水: water 舄: a shoe; the sole of a shoe; magpie 15 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic lagoon Right part: mortar bound up over oven fire, comprising boiling cauldron. Lagoon is a shallow pond, thus easily warmed by sun, large-scale equivalent of a boiling cauldron. I stapled both sides of some tail feathers to a waterfall towering over the lagoon to give it a more tropical feel… 2039 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1001-1500 丑うしひろ 1 S+ 2305 一: one; one radical (no.1) (none) sign of the cow Pictograph of a stanchion, which includes two vertical posts to restrain cows so they can be milked, with a horizontal stroke showing the number of cows per stanchion: one. A stanchion is a great symbol for the SIGN OF THE COW, since modern, domesticated cows are often stanchioned in barns. 77 cows behind a fence. 2040 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Zodiac kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 卯ボウうあきら, しげる, い sign of the hare, 5-7AM, 4th zodiac sign, rabbit, east 1 S+ 2400 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 卩: seal radical (no. 26) (none) sign of the hare You know how missing childrens´ pictures often appear on milk cartons? Well here we have a missing hare. His concerned family is having his picture printed on the backs of receipts and even on stamps. So far, however, there has been no SIGN OF THE HARE. rabbit ears. 2041 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Zodiac kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 巳シみ sign of the snake, 9-11AM, 6th zodiac sign, serpent 1 S+ 2142 己: self; snake; serpent (none) sign of the snake The 巳nd! Thanks all. The snake likes stealing pieces from mosaics, so if you notice your mosaic has a piece missing, that’s a sign of the snake. 2042 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Zodiac kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 此シこれ, この, ここ this, current, next, coming, last, past 彼方此方(あちらこちら): (1) here and there (2) to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up 此方(こちら): (1) this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker); this direction (2) here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is) (3) this one (something physically close to the speaker) (4) I; me; we; us (5) this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status) 此れから(これから): after this 此処(ここ): (1) here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place (2) these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker) (3) these next … (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker); the next … 此の(この): this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker) 彼此(あれこれ): (1) one thing or another; this and that; this or that (2) just on; nearly; roughly; almost; round about 此れ(これ): (1) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic) (2) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group) (3) now (4) here (5) I (me) (6) certainly 此間(こないだ): the other day; lately; recently 0 S+ 2078 止: stop; halt 匕: spoon; spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21) (none) this here “”“I'm not going to use 'this here' as a primitive because it's too vague. But 'stop and sit down', usually tied to a tour guide explaining scenery works for me.Stop and sit down to have a look at this here.”“” “”“A wildlife explorer, let's call him Steve Irwin, the sadly passed away wildlife expert, is tracking down an animal in a forest. He finds a footprint, and gets out a spoon to taste it. He scrapes the spoon over the floor and tries it. ”“”“Now, this here is a crocodile footprint”“”“ he announces.”“” 2043 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 柴サイしば brush, firewood 0 S+ 1638 此: this; current; next; coming; last; past 木: tree; wood (none) brushwood “”“(From mantixen's) I'll stop and sit down on this here tree, which happens to be brushwood. Now I have to brush wood off my butt.”“” “”“I'll stop and sit down on this here tree, which happens to be brushwood.”“” 2044 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 砦サイとりで fort, stronghold, entrenchments 0 S+ 2304 此: this; current; next; coming; last; past 石: stone (none) fort “”“Stop and sit down to listen to the tour guide's story. ”“”“These stones down there used to be a fort, but the enemy came and tore the place down. It has never been rebuild”“”“.”“” “”“(Grammar and story adjustment from astridtops story) You STOP AND SIT DOWN to listen to the tour guides story. ”“”“These STONES are remnants of what used to be a fort long ago, but the enemy came and tore the place down. It has never been rebuilt”“”“.”“” 2045 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 些サち.と, ち.っと, いささか a little bit, sometimes 些とも(ちっとも): not at all (neg. verb) 些事(さじ): something small or petty; trifle 0 S+ 此: this; current; next; coming; last; past 二: two; two radical (no.2) (none) whit Those two tourists from my tour group don't have a whit of common sense. They never stop and sit down when the tour guide tells them to! I am at my whit's end with these two. They never just stop and sit down. Kids are nerve racking. 2046 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 髭シひげ, くちひげ beard, mustache 髭(ひげ): (1) moustache; beard; whiskers (2) extremely short pulse appearing on an electrical signal 0 S+ 髟: hair hanging long; mane; long hair radical (no.190) 此: this; current; next; coming; last; past (none) beard “”“”“”“Please stop and sit down to look to the painting up there”“”“, the tour guide says. ”“”“We don't know exactly who is on the painting, but from the shape of the hair and the distinctive beard, we think they meant to depict President Lincoln.”“”“.”“” “”“A beard is hair that, instead of wanting it SHAPED like your friends, you grow it LONG so that you can STOP, SIT DOWN and scratch it thoughtful while considering this here and that there.”“” 2047 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Head.Neck ShouldSuspend 璃リあき glassy, lapis lazuli 1 S 玉: jewel; ball 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 凶: villain; evil; bad luck; disaster 禸: rump; footprint radical (no. 114) 15 玉 96 5 たま・たまへん・おう・おうへん・あうさま (none) 形声 Phonetic crystal “Michael Jackson is the king of pop, wearing his crystal rhinestone glove (see detach (#1492).” “In my story for detatch detach (#1492), the left side primitive was junkie. The top-hatted villian of society with a belt around their elbow. Here, the junkie is getting a fix of crystal meth: the jewel in the crown of today´s drugs.” 2048 gradeS JLPT.N1 禽キンとり, とりこ bird, captive, capture 0 S+ 人: person 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 凶: villain; evil; bad luck; disaster 禸: rump; footprint radical (no. 114) (none) fowl “”“Being a Terrorist on the FBI most wanted list, Bin Laden must constantly move from place to place and is never quite certain where is going to sleep. Sometimes he can count on a loyal supporter to let him stay in a spare room, but when traveling to more remote parts of Arabia, he is sometimes forced to sleep under an umbrella with the fowl. (which consequently, makes him smell rather foul).”“” Michael Jackson stands under an umbrella feeding some fowl on his ranch. 2049 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 檎キン pear, apple 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 禽: bird; captive; capture (none) apple “”“A flying fowl smashes into a tree and all the apples drop off. ”“”“Eureka!”“”“ shouts Newton, who happens to be watching.”“” Michael Jackson stands under an umbrella in case an apple falls way off the tree like he did. 2050 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 憐レンあわ.れむ, あわ.れ pity, have mercy, sympathise, compassion 0 S+ 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 米: rice; USA; metre 舛: dancing radical (no. 136) (none) sympathize with Tom Cruise - American with sunglasses (thanks synewave). I can't sympathize with Tom Cruise's state of mind regarding scientology. “”“After the Bush years, you can sympathize with the state of mind of Americans for wearing sunglasses when traveling abroad. Heck, I tell people I'm Canadian.”“” 2051 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 燐リン phosphorus 燐寸(マッチ): (1) match (contest) (2) match (to light fire with) (3) to match with; to go well with 0 S+ 火: fire 米: rice; USA; metre 舛: dancing radical (no. 136) (none) phosphorus “”“Tom Cruise's shoes caught on fire, because he was using phosphorous to shine them.”“” “”“The shoeshiner always starts by cleaning the shoes first with phosphorus. This is a bit risky, though, and he sets himself on fire (picture him running around in flames).”“” 2052 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 麟 1 S+ 鹿: deer 米: rice; USA; metre 舛: dancing radical (no. 136) (none) camelopard “”“As a scientologist, A DEER to TOM CRUISE, is not just a deer. It is actually a descendent of a camelopard that was sent by extraterrestrials.”“” “”“You saw a camelopard!? Bullshit! Next your going to tell me that you saw a deer getting a shoeshine. (Actually I saw a camelopard getting a shoeshine, but now that you mention it, his body did look like a deer…).”“” 2053 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 鱗うろこ, こけ, こけら 0 S+ 2494 魚: fish 米: rice; USA; metre 舛: dancing radical (no. 136) (none) scaled “”“Little known fact: Tom Cruise turns into a merman at night, scaled like a fish and everything. Weird.”“” “”“A scaled fish goes to a shoeshine place to get his scales shined up to impress the lady fish. (Shoeshines will shine up any type of scaled creature, including but not limited to fish and dragons).”“” 2054 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 奄エンおお.う, たちまちあま cover 0 S+ 2047 大: large; big 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days (none) encompassing “”“The DACHSHUND is so long he can stretch himself around the circumference of the earth, encompassing the whole globe. (It might help to think of the dachshund as the slinky dog from Toy Story.).”“” “”“Can't work with the Heisig primitive of Dachshund, as the all encompassing big eel is obviously the mythical Norse Midgard Snake.”“” 2055 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 庵アンいおり, いおあ, い, いほり hermitage, retreat 0 S+ 2119 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 奄: cover; suffocate; obstruct (none) hermitage “”“The hermit's home, his hermitage, is a simple CAVE where he lives with his pet DACHSHUND.”“” “”“At the famous Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg, they have a cave below the museum with a big sculpture of the Midgard Snake.”“” 2056 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 掩おお.う 0 S+ 手: hand 奄: cover; suffocate; obstruct (none) shrouded “”“When your fingers completely encompass something, it is shrouded from view.”“” “”“Apparently there is a cult worshipping the Midgard Snake, which is shrouded in mystery. Members have to cut off one of their fingers to join up.”“” 2057 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 俺エンおれ、われ I, myself 俺(おれ): I; me (rough or arrogant-sounding first-person pronoun, formerly also used by women) 0 S 1946 人: person 奄: cover; suffocate; obstruct 10 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic myself I did it all by myself! Mr T stands there proud as holding a moray eel in his hand. He´s brought down terrorist organisations, drug syndicates, but gets all worked up when catching a fish… what a guy. “As astridtops mentions, this is ”“Ore”“. In Japanese r = l, so could write it ”“Ole”“. So picture a bullfight with person as the matador and a dachshund replacing the bull. The crowd keep shouting ”“Ole! (Ore)”“.” 2058 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_People_General kanjifreq1501-2000 悛あらた.める 0 S+ 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 允: license; sincerity; permit 夂: winter radical (no. 34) (none) make amends “”“Data accidentally bumps into a legal prostitute, causing her to fall on her ass. To make amends, he invites her to a romantic dinner.”“” “”“I used to beat up random licenced walkers of the street, but I've had some nagging guilt at the back of my state of mind for months now. So I've decided to make amends by throwing small change at them while driving down the road.”“” 2059 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 駿シュンすぐ.れるする, とし, はやし, はやお a good horse, speed, a fast person 1 S+ 1817 馬: horse 允: license; sincerity; permit 夂: winter radical (no. 34) (none) steed “”“This should be obvious, owners of prize race horse (STEEDS) are paid to have their STEED mate with another (hopefully to produce a prize winning foal). Yep, the STEEDS are glorified HORSE HOOKERS.”“” “”“Trojan horse, legal prostitute: The guy told the legal prostitute that he is like a steed in the bed and that she should do it for free. However, afterward - being severely disappointed- she considered him more like a Trojan horse.”“” 2060 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 峻シュンけわ.しい, たか.いたか, たかし, ちか, とし, おか high, steep 1 S+ 1997 山: mountain 允: license; sincerity; permit 夂: winter radical (no. 34) (none) steep Steep prices for streetwalkers up a mountain. “”“There are legal prostitutes waiting on top of a steep mountain. Not only is the mountain steep, but so are the cost of the legal prostitutes.”“” 2061 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 竣ドウわらわ, わらべ, おわ.る end, finish 1 S+ 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 允: license; sincerity; permit 夂: winter radical (no. 34) (none) complete a job “”“I like mantixen's thinking. As long as its still standing up, the streetwalker still needs to complete her job!”“” The streetwalker has to make something stand up in order to complete a job. 2062 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 臼キュウ、グうす、うすづ.く mortar 0 S 2048 臼: mortar, mortar radical (no. 134) 6 臼 134 6 うす (none) 象形 Pictographic mortar I removed all the back to back staples and grinded them in a mortar to create metal dust. The mortar bomb exploded, ripping the sun in half. 2063 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq2001-2500 舅キュウしゅうと father-in-law 0 S+ 臼: mortar 男: male (none) father-in-law “”“My father-in-law is more fun than my blood father. My father-in-law is a hillbilly with an arsenal of army gear. He gave me the mortar launcher and said: ”“”“Be a man! Blow up a chunk of Planet Earth!”“”“ And so I did…”“” “”“(from astridtops) ”“”“Real men don't use mortars”“”“, said my father-in-law, as he began to grind some stones down using only his fists.”“” 2064 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鼠ねずみ, ねず鼠(ねずみ): (1) mouse; rat (2) dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour) 0 S+ 臼: mortar (none) mouse “”“You are chasing the famous three blind mice and try to catch them by slamming a mortar on top of them. Success! You can see their three tails sticking out from under the mortar. In fact the impact has broken the first two tails, as you can see from the sharp angle they bend at, and the two drops (blood) on each. The third tail still curves nicely though, and hence has no drops of blood on it.”“” “”“A pictograph of an elaborate mouse-catching device. A hook on the front to grab them, a couple of alternating ploughs to slice them (spattered with drops of blood) and a mortar on top for the big jobs.”“” 2065 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Human.Activities_Zodiac Kanji_Nature_Animal ShouldSuspend 鑿サクのみ, うが.つ chisel 0 S+ 臼: mortar 殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79) 金: gold (none) bore “”“This is pretty much only used in the word 鑿(のみ), chisel. Missile + metal is obviously a hammer being swung. The needle is the chisel and the mortar represents the impressions left (bored) by the chisel. For some reason the chisel is used to make a row of such impressions here, and the work is done in such a difficult place that it has to be done upside down. Perhaps this is some sort of sabotage, done in a place that is not readily visible to the outside.”“” Hanging upside down in a row are ten mortars. You must shoot chisel tipped missiles into all of them and successfully bore holes through them in order to get the prize of gold. Talk about a messed up county fair game! 2066 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 毀キこぼ.つ、こわ.す、こぼ.れる、こわ.れる、そし.る、やぶ.る break, destroy, censure, be chipped, be scratched, be broken, be ruined 0 S 臼: mortar 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79) 13 殳 79 4 るまた・ほこづくり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic break “To ”“break the soil”“ is to make a symbolic gesture that indicates the beginning of construction. Like when a politician in a hardhat gets a shovel and lifts a piece of dirt. This particular project is behind schedule, so to speed things up, they blow it up with mortar and an air-to-ground missile.” Place your mortar on solid ground before firing missiles from it, otherwise it will break. 2067 gradeS JLPT.N0 艘ショウふね counter for ships 艘(そう): counter for (small) boats 0 S+ 舟: boat; ship 叟: old person (none) small craft “”“In a small craft, the boat is so small that you hit yourself in the crotch when trying to use a mortar and walking stick (as a pestle).”“” “”“In military terms, a small craft is a boat that only has enough room for a mortar that fires walking sticks - which is pretty useless unless you hit the enemy in the crotch.”“” 2068 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 犀 0 S+ 2426 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 二: two; two radical (no.2) 二: two; two radical (no.2) 牛: cow (none) rhinoceros “”“Mr. Rhinoceros doesn't see well, so to prevent an unwanted attack, I don't surprise him. I always approach waving a flag attached to my walking stick. I've drawn a picture of the I-ching and an attractive cow on the flag, so Mr. Rhinoceros will stay calm when he sees it.”“” I hang a flag imprinted with the picture of a rhinoceros on the grill of my car to scare cows. 2069 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 皐コウさつきたかし swamp, shore 1 S+ 2240 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 二: two; two radical (no.2) 二: two; two radical (no.2) 十: ten (none) lunar month “”“For 二十二 days of the lunar month, a girl is fine. The other six days she wears a white pad.”“” To keep track of time on a desert island Tom Hanks puts a needle into the white part of his yin yang symbol every time a lunar month passes. 2070 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 脊セキせ、せい stature, height 0 S 2299 人: person 二: two; two radical (no.2) 二: two; two radical (no.2) 肉: meat 10 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic spinal column “Look, says the teacher in biology class. ”“The spinal column holds your flesh together, just like the metal rod of this umbrella (he demonstrates this with an umbrella covered in I-Ching symbols) holds the umbrella together”“.” A pictograph of a spinal column. The umbrella representing the shoulder blades, the I Ching as the shoulder muscles and the part of the body as the spine itself. 2071 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Organ.Torso kanjifreq2001-2500 畷テツなわて rice field ridge path 0 S+ 田: rice field; rice paddy 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand (none) rice-field footpath In the rice-field footpath I found a condom (used to protect you from the one in four crotches that shouldn't be done ヌde) of someone who couldn't afford a hotel. “”“Rope ladder, like as found on the side of a large ship. The rice-field footpath depicted here is actually a rope ladder suspended a metre above the rice field. Don't let your limbs slip through!”“” 2072 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 綴テイと.じる, つづ.る, つづり, すみ.やか compose, spell, write, bind (books) 綴じる(とじる): to bind; to file 0 S+ 2149 糸: thread 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand (none) mend “”“SPIDEY has to mend his own costume, so he used the CROSS-STITCHING his aunt showed him.”“” “”“After a long fight with his enemies, Spider-Man uses THREAD to mend the EMBROIDERY on his torn outfit.”“” 2073 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 爾ジなんじ, しかり, その, のみ, おれ, しかちか, み you, thou, second person 1 S+ 一: one; one radical (no.1) 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13) 爻: to mix with; to associate with; to join; double X radical (no. 89) 爻: to mix with; to associate with; to join; double X radical (no. 89) (none) let it be “”“Story by katsuo (but not yet posted) - At a small concert for the Beatles I was hanging eight towels from the celing. I asked Paul if he wanted me to stitch them together but he said ”“”“Let It Be”“”“.”“” “”“There's a new cabaret show in town called ”“”“It's Raining X-Men”“”“ where eight Chippendales dress up in superhero costumes for the ladies. I would say something negative, but I just shake my head and let it be.”“” 2074 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 璽ジ emperor's seal 1 S 爾: you; thou; second person 玉: jewel; ball 19 玉 96 5 たま・たまへん・おう・おうへん・あうさま (none) 形声 Phonetic imperial seal The imperial seal is usually an impressive mark made with a jewel. However when the letter arrives it has been raining on it and you see that the drops of rain have been transformed into little x’s where some animal legs have run over it. “Primitives (to give correct stroke order): tool bench, towel, 4 Xs, jewel. Story: the Imperial Seal is like a kind of coat-of-arms the Emperor can stamp on stuff. Picture that coat-of-arms as depicting a big jewel (say, a diamond) with a motto on a banner above it saying 'let it be (#2074)'. (The emperor must have been a huge Beatles fan).” 2075 gradeS JLPT.N1 鎧カイよろ.う, よろい put on armor, arm oneself 0 S+ 金: gold 豈: an interjection of surprise (none) suit of armor “”“”“”“Without the right metal, that there suit of armor won't mount to more than a hill 'o beans!”“”“ said the dwarven smith as I embarked on my quest - with my aluminum-foil hat and shield.”“” A suit of armor crafted from metal so strong that it could withstand the weight of a mountain of beans. 2076 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 凱ガイかちどき, やわらぐ victory song 1 S+ 2293 豈: an interjection of surprise 几: table; table enclosure; table or windy radical (no. 16) (none) triumph “”“After eating a mountain of beans, I was able to triumph in the wind contest.”“” “”“With the wind blowing, it was a triumph for Jack to climb the giant beanstalk.”“” 2077 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 妖ヨウあや.しい、なま.めく、わざわ.い attractive, bewitching, calamity 0 S 1964 女: woman; female 夭: early death; calamity 7 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 形声 Phonetic bewitched If you don´t want to get bewitched (and who would?), then avoid any woman you see carrying what might appear to be a sapling. It´s really a wand in disguise, and if you´re not aware you might get bewitched. I was bewitched by the woman fairy (like an angel, but not as tall). 2078 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 沃ヨウ、ヨク、オクそそ.ぐ fertility 0 S 水: water 夭: early death; calamity 7 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic irrigate You use water to irrigate your saplings. “A fairy needs a lot of water to irrigate those beating wings, so you have make sure they drink a lot to be well irrigated (see bewitched (#2078).” 2079 gradeS JLPT.N0 呑トンの.む drink 0 S+ 2362 夭: early death; calamity 口: mouth (none) quaff “”“After planting the saplings, the villagers open their mouth and quaff large quantities of sake!”“” The fairy spreads her legs over my mouth to let me quaff her moisture. 2080 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 韮キュウにら leek 0 S+ 2353 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 韭: leek radical (no. 179) (none) leek You can tell green onions from leeks because leeks are the ones that flower. “”“For the green onion primitive, I use a pun: Green UN ONE. Leeks are milder than green onions, they're more like the flowers of the scallion family.”“” 2081 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 籤くじ, かずとり籤引き(くじびき): lottery; drawn lot 籤(くじ): lottery; lot 0 S+ 竹: bamboo 从: two people 戈: halberd; arms; festival car; float; tasselled spear radical (no. 62) 韭: leek radical (no. 179) (none) lottery “”“I never play the lottery. I'd rather be whacked by bamboo staffs as I pass down an assembly line than do that. Of course, when a buddy wins, I'll go to the fiesta and enjoy the special salsa packed with green onions, but I will never play the lottery myself.”“” “”“(based on mantixen's) If I won the lottery, I wouldn't even need to go speed dating (a fiesta to form couples) to find a woman, even if I had onionbreath they'd be flocking in my direction. On second thoughts.. I'd better buy a bamboo cane to keep the ugly ones away.”“” 2082 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 懺ザンくい.る 0 S+ 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 从: two people 戈: halberd; arms; festival car; float; tasselled spear radical (no. 62) 韭: leek radical (no. 179) (none) penitential Someone stole the bamboo from the previous lottery–but I'm sure their state of mind is very penitential. “”“Indiana Jones: ”“”“The penitent man shall pass. The penitent man shall pass.”“”“ Indy's state of mind is screaming at him that something is wrong. This assembly line of death is giving all kinds of hints that something is wrong. ”“”“Oh hey, green onions!”“”“ Indy ducks down to grab them and the trap misses him completely… fiestas ensue…”“” 2083 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 芻スウまぐさ grass cutting, hay 0 S+ 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) (none) hay The 2 mountain goats have to bind up all the hay then the farmer might give them their horns back. “”“This one is easy if you know the old form of grass (艸); To make hay, get the old grass, bind up the clumps individually, and then stack them vertically.”“” 2084 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 雛スウひな, ひよこ chick, squab, duckling, doll 雛(ひな): (1) young bird; chick (2) doll (3) green; wet behind the ears; juvenile 雛祭(ひなまつり): Girls' Festival (March 3rd); Dolls' Festival 1 S+ 2241 芻: grass cutting; hay 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) (none) chick “”“A young chick milling about in the hay looks up and sees a huge turkey looking down on it. Turkey leans down and says: ”“”“Boy, you got no hope of leavin this place alive…”“”“.”“” The chick got lost in the hay. Now mama turkey is throwing the stuff all over looking for her chick. 2085 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 趨スウしゅ, おもむ.く, はし.る run, go, quick, tend towards 0 S+ 走: run 芻: grass cutting; hay (none) scurry “”“If you suddenly open the barn doors, the rats will scurry away, RUNNING quickly over the HAY scattered across the floor.”“” “”“Imagine a cartoon character hiding in a haystack, and then trying to run - the result is a haystack scurrying across the field.”“” 2086 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 尤もっと.も, とが.める尤も(もっとも): quite right; plausible; natural; but then; although 0 S+ 尢: crooked-big radical (no. 43) 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) (none) understandably A chihuahua with one human leg is understandably not as fast as other chihuahuas. “That one-human-legged chihuahua that appeared before the capital in concerning (#1969) is understandably traumatized by the abuse he suffered at the hands of the scientists.” 2087 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 稽ケイかんが.える、とど.める think, consider, quarrel 稽古(けいこ): practice; practise; training; study 滑稽(こっけい): funny; humorous; humourous; comical; laughable; ridiculous; joking 0 S 2372 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 尤: reasonable; just; natural; superb; outstanding; plausible 旨: delicious; relish; show a liking for; purport; will; clever; expert 15 禾 115 5 のぎ・のぎへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic training After a hard day of training, wheat is understandably delicious. After training hard and eating Wheaties for months, you are understandably thrilled to sink your spoon into a delicious hot fudge sundae. 2088 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 厖おおき.い 0 S+ 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 尨: shaggy hair or dog (none) immense “”“Subject to even more cruel experiments in the name of biological science, the one-human-legged chihuahua is injected with chemicals that alters his shape grotesquely, and makes him as immense as a cliff (see how he's tall enough, standing right beneath it, to reach the top?).”“” This pup is immense! It's head is almost level with the edge of this tall cliff. Who ever heard of a chihuahua with a human leg with a shape so immense? 2089 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 采サイと.る、いろどり dice, form, appearance, take, coloring 1 S 爪: claw; nail; talon 木: tree; wood 8 釆 165 7 のごめ・のごめへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic grab You ever wondered why this appeared as a primitive in so many RTK1 kanji? Well, you should know that once a vulture grabs hold of a tree, he can never let go. Even Heisig couldn´t shake him loose. A common meaning for this kanji is ´DICE´. — Ever wonder what vultures do up in the trees? They play DICE. But of course, being vultures, they are always grabbing the dice away from each other. 2090 gradeS JLPT.N1 或ワクあ.る, あるい, あるいは some, one, or, possibly, a certain 或(ある): a certain …; some … 或いは(あるいは): or; possibly 0 S+ 2378 戈: halberd; arms; festival car; float; tasselled spear radical (no. 62) 口: mouth 一: one; one radical (no.1) (none) a “”“Aru starts with a. To most Japanese, the differance between ”“”“a”“”“ and ”“”“the”“”“ is confusing. It wasn't ”“”“the”“”“ mouth of someone important on the floor at the fiesta, it was just a mouth of a common drunk.”“” “”“A is an indefinate article alright. At this fiesta, the band wern't the genuine article either. So the patrons threw them off the stage (”“”“Aaaaaa!”“”“) and pressed their mouthes against the floor. ”“”“Sing no more you talentless hacks!!'.”“” 2091 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 斬ザン、サン、セン、ゼンき.る beheading, kill, murder 斬る(きる): to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off) 0 S 2132 車: car 斤: axe; 1.32 lb; catty; counter for loaves of bread; axe radical (no. 69) 11 斤 69 4 おの・おのづくり・きん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic chop off “A ”“chop shop”“ is a place where stolen cars are taken, and parts chopped off with an axe, to be sold.” I wanted a convertible so I chopped off the top of my car with an axe. 2092 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting kanjifreq2001-2500 兎トうさぎ rabbit, hare 兎(うさぎ): rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids) 兎に角(とにかく): anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case 兎も角(ともかく): anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may 兎角(とかく): (1) (doing) various things; (doing) this and that (2) being apt to; being prone to; tending to become (3) somehow or other; anyhow; anyway (4) rabbit horns (used as a metaphor for things that do not exist) 0 S+ 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 儿: legs radical (no. 10) 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) (none) rabbit “There is no excuse (#1972) 免 for you un-binding this rabbit out of its cage so that it can drop pellets all over my new carpet!” “”“A real rabbit always leaves DROPs of poo pellets behind, and his ears are no longer bound up (compere excuse (#1972)), so they flap above like helicopter blades (pictograph), and his MOUTH still is wide-open with the STAFF-like tongue, and his powerful LEGS still look like a human's.”“” 2093 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal ShouldSuspend 也ヤなり, か, またし to be (classical) 可也(かなり): considerably; fairly; quite 1 S+ 1404 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 乙: the latter; duplicate; strange; witty; fishhook radical (no. 5) (none) est “”“This is the kanji for the classical form of ”“”“is”“”“. I think Heisig's keyword ”“”“est”“”“ is the old english or latin word for ”“”“is”“”“. The Scorpion this est!”“” “”“”“”“Est”“”“ is the latin third person singular of the verb ”“”“esse”“”“ (to be) in Latin. So, this word has been chosen to point out that this character is found chiefly in Classical Japanese (also names). I imagine an incredibly haughty Latin Scorpion, looking down at his vast estate and saying ”“”“Mihi est”“”“. This literally mean ”“”“It is to me”“”“ and means ”“”“It's mine”“”“ … this is gramatically similar to how Japanese express possession too, incidentally.”“” 2094 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 ShouldSuspend 尭たか.いたかし, たか, のり, あき 1 S+ 2136 卉: grass 兀: high & level; lofty; bald; dangerous 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) (none) lofty The strawman had a lofty ambition of becoming human. Getting lofty up in the loft. The two lovers rolling around in the straw hit a loose board in the floor. It breaks and it ends up with one of their human legs sticking out of the bottom. Whoops. 2095 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 巴ハともえ, うずまきとも comma-design 欧羅巴(ヨーロッパ): Europe 1 S+ 2082 巳: sign of the snake or serpent; 9-11AM; sixth sign of Chinese zodiac (none) comma-design “”“The ”“”“comma-design”“”“ referred to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomoe.”“” This is a comma-design outlaid in mosaic on the floor. 2096 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 甫はじ.めてはじめ, とし, なみ, すけ, よし 1 S+ 2270 用: utilize; business; service; use; employ 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) (none) offspring “”“At this hospital, all the new offspring are immediately given little dog tags with the parent's name on them, just to be sure there is no chance of a mix-up.”“” “”“I'll call this ”“”“firstly”“”“ since it really has the meaning of ”“”“first time”“”“ or ”“”“beginning”“”“. First thing any soldier gets is a dogtag.”“” 2097 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 疋ヒキあし head, no. of animals 0 S+ 卜: divination 人: person (none) critters The zoo is full of critters. “”“Yup, we counted lots of critters in the zoo.”“” 2098 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 Kanji_Counting_Counters ShouldSuspend 菫すみれ 1 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 三: three (none) violet “”“This is a violet cabbage, hanging from a nail on the kitchen wall.”“” “”“Violets are blue, cabbages are green. Flowers on a spike are a sight rarely seen.”“” 2099 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 曼なが.い 0 S+ 2395 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 网: net; net or net crown radical (no. 122) 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand (none) mandala Spending the day with your eye on your crotch as you meditate on the mandala. “”“Citing my story for ridicule (#829): ”“”“It's clearly an Indian mandala, with the Buddha sitting cross-legged, eyes closed as in trance, beneath the sun, a symbol of the enlightenment which one can reach by practicing His teachings.”“”“.”“” 2100 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 巾キン、フクおお.い、ちきり、きれ towel, hanging scroll, width 雑巾(ぞうきん): house-cloth; dust cloth 布巾(ふきん): tea-towel; dish cloth 0 S 巾: turban, scarf, scarf radical (no. 50) 3 巾 50 3 はば・はばへん・きんべん (none) 象形 Pictographic towel If it looks like a towel, speaks like a towel and walks like a towel… I wonder why Heisig didn´t include this one (as an actual kanji) in RtK 1. Primative from RTK1. 2101 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Clothing.Textiles 云ウンい.う, ここに say 云々(うんぬん): (1) and so on; and so forth (2) comment; criticism 0 S+ 二: two; two radical (no.2) 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) (none) quote Think of manga where what a person says is quoted in a rising cloud. The messages of the Indian Chief were quoted in rising clouds. 2102 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 卜ボクうらな.う, うらないうら divining, fortune telling 0 S+ 卜: divination, katakana to radical (no. 25) (none) augury A magic wand is used for augury. Augury means 'the practice of interpreting omens.' Magicians have a magic wand to perform augury with. 2103 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 喬キョウたか.いたかし, たか high, boasting 1 S+ 1962 呑: drink 冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13) 口: mouth (none) heaven-high “”“Angels go to classes at heaven-high. They quaff their thirst for knowledge, sure that the instructors there will never give them a belt in the mouth. Not at heavan-high!”“” Angels enroll at heaven-high (it's even made of the elements heaven and high. How easy can it be?). 2104 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 莫バクくれ, なか.れ, なし must not, do not, be not 莫大(ばくだい): enormous; vast 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 大: large; big (none) shalt “”“”“”“Thou shalt not kill”“”“, 'cause the graveyard is full. There's no room left to dispose of the evidence!”“” “”“Just flowery words from the Big guy?: ”“”“Thou shalt remember the sabbath day and keep it holy.”“” 2105 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 倭したが.うまさ, やす, やまと 1 S+ 2098 人: person 委: committee; entrust to; leave to; devote; discard (none) Yamato Mr. T was selected to head up the committee studying the Yamato period. There's always a person named Yamato on every committee. And I always hate them. 2106 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 侠キョウきゃん, おとこだて tomboy, chivalry 0 S+ 2385 人: person 夾: insert between (none) chivalry “”“Mr T approaches the knights and stabs his scissors into the table they're seated at. ”“”“I pity the fool who questions my chivalry!”“”“.”“” “”“Mr. T believes in chivalry - so whenever he plays a game of rock, paper, scissors, he always throws scissors to let the other person win. Note that this has nothing to do with women at all (hence the absence of women in this kanji) - just with everybody being weaker than Mr T.”“” 2107 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 倦あき.る, あぐ.む, あぐ.ねる, う.む, つか.れる 0 S+ 人: person 巻: scroll; volume; book; part; roll up; wind up; tie; coil; counter for texts (or book scrolls) (none) fed up “”“Mr T has been chasing some fools for a while, but they keep leaving riddle scrolls behind, making Mr T use his noggin to try and catch them. ”“”“Mr T is fed up with these fool games!”“”“.”“” Mr. T invented the book because he was fed up with scrolls. 2108 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 佼こう.す, うつく.しい 0 S+ 人: person 交: mingle; mixing; association; coming & going (none) comely “”“Mr T mingles amongst the crowd, seeming more comely than his usual offish self.”“” Mr. T only likes to mingle with comely people. 2109 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 俄ガにわか sudden, abrupt, improvised 俄(にわか): sudden; abrupt; unexpected; improvised; offhand 0 S+ 人: person 我: ego; I; selfish; our; oneself (none) abrupt A person with a big ego is not afraid to treat others abruptly. Mr. T is known to be particularly abrupt with anybody that has a big ego. 2110 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 佃テンつくだ cultivated rice field 0 S+ 2193 人: person 田: rice field; rice paddy (none) work a field “”“Not so long ago, if Mr T was working in a field, he would have been a slave.”“” “”“The first television show that Mr T ever worked on was a slavery period drama. Operating on the assumption that all black people look alike, the director decided to save on his budget by just hiring one black person. In each scene requiring slaves in the background to work a field, he would put Mr T in the rice paddy in the background. Then when they changed the scene, he would simply put Mr T there too - no changing clothes, no CG - just the same dude in the background of EVERY scene.”“” 2111 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 伶わざおぎれ 1 S+ 人: person 令: orders; ancient laws; command; decree (none) minstrel “”“Mr. T orders the minstrel to play a happy song, one full of frank and mirth.”“” “”“Mr T enters the royal chamber dressed up as a minstrel, playing his lute and taking orders from the monarchy. ”“”“Say, good bard, doth thouest know the fable of King Arthur?”“”“ ”“”“Of course I know that one, fool!”“”“.”“” 2112 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 仔シこ, た.える offspring 0 S+ 人: person 子: child; sign of the rat; 11PM-1AM; first sign of Chinese zodiac (none) animal offspring “”“Remember that sordid affair (#959) when Mr. T was caught having relations with a cow? Well, some months later the heifer drops off the child at T's place. Does Mr. T share responsibility for his animal offspring?”“” People normally buy their child some animal offspring such as a puppy or kitten for a pet. 2113 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 仇キュウあだ, あた, かたき, つれあい foe, enemy, revenge, grudge, feud 0 S+ 2322 人: person 九: nine (none) foe “”“Mr. T uses a baseball bat for hitting foes. ”“”“I pity the foe! I mean fool!”“”“.”“” Mr. T can handle nine foes all by himself! 2114 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 伽カとぎ nursing, attending, entertainer 1 S+ 2323 人: person 加: add; addition; increase; join; include; Canada (none) look after Mr T has been charged to look after the kids. He will use his muscle to protect them and make sure their mouths are fed. Mr. T looks after the kids by making sure they get enough カロ ries. 2115 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 僅キン、ゴンわず.か a wee bit 僅か(わずか): only; merely; (a) little; small quantity 0 S 人: person 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 三: three 13 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic trifle “To a big guy like Mr. T, eating a whole cabbage at once is nothing. ”“What? a cabbage? That's just a trifle, foo, where's the meat?”“.” To MR.T swallowing a whole CABBAGE is no more than a TRIFLE. 2116 gradeS JLPT.N0 僻ヘキへき.する, ひが.む prejudice, bias, rural area 0 S+ 人: person 辟: false; punish; crime; law (none) biased “”“In the great debate between ketchup and mustard, it's well-known that Mr. T is quite biased.”“” “”“In the great debate between Heinz and Hunts, it's well-known that Mr. T is quite biased. (thanks Megaqwerty!).”“” 2117 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 儲チョもう.ける, もう.かる, もうけ, たくわ.える be profitable, yield profit 儲かる(もうかる): to be profitable; to yield a profit 儲ける(もうける): (1) to profit; to get; to earn; to gain (2) to have (bear, beget) a child (3) to have a stroke of luck 0 S+ 2442 人: person 諸: various; many; several; together (none) make a profit People make a profit in various ways. That is capitalism. “”“Faith, lovedoll: Mr T, having faith in the word of God, prayed really hard for the girlfriend he could never get in the regular way. God listened, but sent him a lovedoll instead. Being severely disappointed, mr T decided to prostitute her and make a profit instead.”“” 2118 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 倖コウしあわ.せ, さいわ.い happiness, luck 1 S+ 人: person 幸: happiness; blessing; fortune (none) bliss Bliss is a person in a state of happiness. “”“Mr. T thinks ”“”“bliss”“”“ sounds silly, so he's standing by his choice of ”“”“happiness”“”“ instead.”“” 2119 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 僑キョウきゅう temporary home 0 S+ 2044 人: person 喬: high; boasting (none) emigrant “”“Mr T, angel: Believe it or not, but mr T is actually an angel. He emigrated from heavens to right the wrongs on planet earth.”“” “”“When people emigrate, they believe they are going to some better place, a place which to them, is heaven-high.”“” 2120 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 侶リョ、ロとも companion, follower 0 S 人: person 呂: spine; backbone 9 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic partner “Mr. T don´t take a partner, especially one with no spine. ”“I pity da foo got no spine”“, he says.” As a PARTNER, I want a PERSON with a strong SPINE. 2121 gradeS JLPT.N0 伎ギ、キわざ、わざおぎ deed, skill 1 S 人: person 支: branch; support; sustain; branch radical (no. 65) 6 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic performing artist Mr T is dancing and singing and all that, but he´s doing it on a branch. All that talent and can still still keep his balance? That´s a real performing artist. (note: this is the ´ki´ from kabuki).The performing artist is a person doing Kabuki theater and dancing around with a branch in his hand. 2122 gradeS JLPT.N1 侃カンつよ.いあきら, ただし strong, just, righteous, peace-loving 1 S+ 人: person 口: mouth 巛: curving river radical (no.47) (none) integrity “”“Mr. T is a man of integrity. Every time he opens his mouth, integrity just seems to stream out.”“” Mr T's structural integrity has been compromised. Blood and guts is flowing from his mouth. 2123 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 倶グとも.に both 0 S+ 1842 人: person 具: tool; utensil; means; possess; ingredients; counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture (none) mate “”“”“”“Oy, mate”“”“, the carpenter calls out to Mr. T, ”“”“where did you leave my tools, mate?”“”“ Mr. T just hates it when people call him mate. It inspires him to misuse their tools.”“” Mates are a kind of condom that Mr T puts on his tool. 2124 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 侭まま, ことごとく 0 S+ 人: person 尽: exhaust; use up; run out of; deplete; befriend; serve (none) as is Mr. T is exhausted! As is the woman who just gave him shakuhachi. “”“You see person holding the exhaust pipe which has just dropped off their new car, and say, ”“”“You should return that and get your money back!”“”“. ”“”“Trouble is,”“”“ they reply, ”“”“I bought it as is”“”“.”“” 2125 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 佑ユウたす.けるすけ, たすく, ゆ help, assist 1 S+ 2250 人: person 右: right (none) adjutant An assistant is on Mr. T's left and an adjutant on his right. That's cause the adjutant can duck faster! “”“MR.T always has his adjutant on his RIGHT, and his assistant (#952) on his left.”“” 2126 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 俣またまたばた crotch, thigh, groin, (kokuji) 0 S+ 1585 人: person 口: mouth 天: heavens; sky; imperial (none) fork in a road “”“Mr. T came to a fork in a road. He pondered which way he should go, when a large mouth appeared in the heavens above him and said ”“”“Go west!”“”“ So, he went to California.”“” “”“Every person at the end of their life, must come to their metaphorical fork in a road, do they go into the mouth of hell, or do they go to heaven? (If it helps, I hear they play Blackjack in hell…).”“” 2127 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 傭ヨウやと.う, あた.い, ひと.しい employ, hire 0 S+ 人: person 庸: commonplace; ordinary; employment (none) hire “”“I pity da foo' with no underlings! So, Mr. T hires some janitor to make his life more comfortable.”“” “”“In order to make sure his new traditional Japanese cave apartment will be comfortable, Mr. T is wise to hire a handyman who rakes the stone garden, and uses a screwdriver to fix up all of the Japanese electronics (rice cooker, TV, ect).”“” 2128 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 偲サイしの.ぶ recollect, remember 1 S+ 2350 人: person 思: think (none) memorial A memorial service is something that makes you think about a person who has died. “”“At a memorial service for Mr. T, everyone is thinking ”“”“I pity that foo”“”“.”“” 2129 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 脩シュウおさ.める, なが.い, ほじしおさむ, おさ, なが, のぶ, はる dried meat 1 S+ 2267 攸: relaxed; at ease; place 攸: relaxed; at ease; place (none) dried meat “”“Once again, Mr. T ventured out into the remote area to visit his old taskmaster (see permanence/remote (#958)). However, the old taskmaster has become very weak. His flesh looks like dried meat and his heart almost stopped (no heart). He stayed a whole month to take care about his former teacher.”“” “”“Mr. T doesn't like dried meat. He's been known to take a walking stick to the taskmaster trying to hand him a piece of meat that had been dried out. No, Mr. T doesn't like dried meat a-t a-l-l!”“” 2130 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 倅せがれ倅(せがれ): (1) son (2) punk; brat (3) penis 0 S+ 人: person 卒: graduate; soldier; private; die (none) my son “”“”“”“My son”“”“, sniffs Mr. T, ”“”“I'm so glad that you are now a college graduate”“”“ he said.”“” “”“Only after Luke Skywalker graduates as a fully-fledged jedi does Vader finally tell him the big secret - ”“”“I'm your father… you're my son”“”“.”“” 2131 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 做な.す, つく.る 0 S+ 人: person 故: happenstance; especially; intentionally; reason; cause; circumstances; the late; therefore; consequently (none) make do “”“Note that the meaning of this kanji is ”“”“make (someone) do something”“”“, not ”“”“get by with”“”“. Story: Mr. T doesn't rely on happenstance, he makes people do what he wants.”“” “”“A person should try to make his own luck, but sometimes you have to make do with happenstance.”“” 2132 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 凄セイ、サイさむ.い、すご.い、すさ.まじい uncanny, weird, threatening, horrible 凄い(すごい): (1) terrible; dreadful (2) amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); wonderful; terrific (3) to a great extent; vast (in numbers) 物凄い(ものすごい): earth-shattering; staggering; to a very great extent; terrible; frightful; horrible 0 S 2313 冫: two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15) 妻: wife; spouse 10 冫 15 2 にすい (none) 形声 Phonetic nifty His wife has a nifty way of making all types of ice cream in her home freezer. Sugoi! Sugoi! Ice Wife Sugoi! 2133 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 冴ゴさ.える, こお.る, ひ.えるさえ, さえる be clear, serene, cold, skilful 冴える(さえる): (1) to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be vivid; to be crisp (2) to be clear-headed; to be alert; to be on the ball; to be wide awake (3) to look upbeat; to be perky; to be cheerful (4) to master (a skill); to excel at; to cleanly execute (5) to be satisfying (6) to become frigid; to become intensely cold 1 S+ 2341 冫: two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15) 牙: tusk; fang; tusk radical (no. 92) (none) sharp “”“(Note that per Heisig, this doesn't mean 'able to cut'; it means mentally sharp, adept, or 'on your toes'!) During the Ice Age, cavemen had to be especially careful around the woolly mammoth, because they were more mentally sharp than they looked. If the cavemen weren't careful, they could end up impaled on the mammoths' tusks!”“” A sharp tusk pointing out of the ice. Probably belongs to a mammoth. 2134 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 凋チョウしぼ.む wither, droop, lame 凋む(しぼむ): to wither; to fade (away); to shrivel; to wilt 0 S+ 冫: two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15) 周: circumference; circuit; lap (none) wilt “”“You don't want the lettuce to wilt, do you? So, you put ice around the circumference of the serving tray, and then the lettuce on top of that, so it cannot wilt.”“” “”“Plants wilt, wither and die when ice envelopes the circumference of their roots.”“” 2135 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 凌リョウしの.ぐ endure, keep (rain)out, stave off, tide over, defy, slight, surpass 凌ぐ(しのぐ): (1) to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to stave off (e.g. starvation) (2) to pull through; to get over; to survive (3) to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to eclipse; to defy; to slight 1 S+ 2423 冫: two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15) 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 儿: legs radical (no. 10) 夂: winter radical (no. 34) (none) pull through “”“On their walk to the Promised Land (land (#1513)), our brave rice-seedlings are faced with an unforeseen obstacle: An ice glacier the size of a rain puddle. Will they be able to pull through?”“” “”“In a very harsh turn of the weather, the water of the rice fields has turned to ice! The farmers are strutting around the little rice seedlings anxiously on their walking legs, hoping that the plants will pull through and survive!”“” 2136 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 冶ヤい.るじ peace, government, cure, heal, rule, subdue, patch 1 S 冫: two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15) 台: pedestal; a stand; counter for machines and vehicles 7 冫 15 2 にすい (none) 形声 Phonetic metallurgy The secrets of metallurgy and smithing: get your redhot metal and bang it against the pedestal as an anvil. Then cool it quickly with lots of ice. An ICE PEDESTAL is useless in METALLURGY since it will just melt. 2137 gradeS JLPT.N1 凛リンきびし.い cold 0 S+ 冫: two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15) 禀: salary in rice (none) stately “”“Much more stately than that soil podium, this is made of ice. You can still see the dude standing behind it in his top hat, and he still spouts pretty much nonsense as many times as he can, but you have to admit his showy altar is quite stately.”“” “”“This stately home in Brittain has been used for winter weddings many times. A reverend in a top hat stands behind the altar in the home's chapel, which is adorned with ice sculptures. Very romantic.”“” 2138 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 凧いかのぼりいかのぼり, たこ kite, (kokuji) 0 S+ 2117 几: table; table enclosure; table or windy radical (no. 16) 巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50) (none) kite “”“I'm drying myself at the 露天風呂 (outdoor hot spring) when a sudden gust of wind catches my towel and blows it into the air. I chase after it and onlookers remark, ”“”“Look, he's flying a kite!”“”“.”“” “”“If the wind is strong enough, even a towel makes a good kite.”“” 2139 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 凪なぎ, な.ぐ 1 S+ 几: table; table enclosure; table or windy radical (no. 16) 止: stop; halt (none) lull A lull in a storm occurs when the wind stops. The wind stops for a few minutes as the eye of the hurricane passes over lulling people into a false sense of security. 2140 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 夙つとに, はやい 0 S+ 几: table; table enclosure; table or windy radical (no. 16) 歹: bare bone; bad; wrong; death radical (n. 78) (none) earlybird “”“The earlybirds always get all the best food at the buffets, and all the latecomers get are just leftover bones, you can almost see the wind and tumbleweeds rolling over it.”“” You can either fly like the wind and be an earlybird at the buffet or come late and be left with only the bones. 2141 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鳳ホウおおとり, ふげ male mythical bird 1 S+ 2163 几: table; table enclosure; table or windy radical (no. 16) 鳥: bird; chicken (none) phoenix “”“Souring in the winds there is only one bird left. The phoenix. It scorched the other birds, never to return…”“” “”“(The extra stroke combines with white in the bird component to make a hundred-year-old bird) The Phoenix – the bird made famous in myth, that after it reaches hundreds of years of age, is reborn and rises again on the wind.”“” 2142 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 劉リュウころ.すらう, のぶ, みずち axe, kill 0 S+ 1947 卯: sign of the hare or rabbit; 5-7AM; fourth sign of Chinese zodiac; east 金: gold 刀: sword; saber; knife (none) slaughter “”“Because the police had confiscated the swords (though they got a receipt in return) from the group of men protecting the gold transport, bandits attacked them with sabers and slaughtered every last one of them.”“” “”“The ransom note explained that if the gold was not received by the following morning, the victim would be slaughtered with a saber.”“” 2143 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 刹セチ、セツ、サツ temple 0 S 乂: mow; cut grass; subdue 木: tree; wood 刀: sword; saber; knife 8 刀 18 2 かたな・りっとう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic moment The kendo artist takes a brief moment to practice his skills: he throws sheafs over the tree and tries to cut them with his saber when they come down again. Wtf moment? This kanji means temple. Wooden x-men statues with sabres guard the entrance to the Professor Xavier temple. Might help if you imagine the two x-men as Wolverine and Sabretooth. 2144 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Human.Activities_Religion.Creed 剥ハク、ホクへ.ぐ, へず.る, む.く, む.ける, は.がれる, は.ぐ, は.げる, は.がす come off, peel, fade, discolor 剥く(むく): to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull 剥げる(はげる): (1) to come off; to be worn off (2) to fade; to discolor; to discolour 剥ぐ(はぐ): (1) to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay; to bark; to disrobe (2) to deprive of; to divest 剥がす(はがす): to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay; to disrobe; to deprive of; to detach; to disconnect 0 S 2383 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 水: water 刀: sword; saber; knife (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic peel off Peel off the outside of the broom that sweeps up rice grains to reveal a saber. “”“A multi-purpose broom! It cleans, it sweeps (rice!), it hits! In fact, peel off the mahogany exterior to uncover a sabre! It slices, it dices, it kills!”“” 2145 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 剃テイまい, そ.る, す.る shave 剃刀(かみそり): razor 剃る(そる): to shave 0 S+ 2411 弟: younger brother; faithful service to elders 刀: sword; saber; knife (none) shave The younger brother wants to look cool and shaves himself with a saber instead of a razor. My younger brother looks like Sabretooth and needs to shave. 2146 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 匂にお.う、にお.い、にお.わせるおり, こう, さぎ fragrant, stink, glow, insinuate, (kokuji) 匂い(におい): (1) odour; odor; scent; smell; stench (2) aura; whiff; smacks of …; sense; flavour; flavor 匂う(におう): (1) to be fragrant; to smell (good) (2) to stink; to smell (bad) (3) to glow; to be bright 0 S 2213 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 匕: spoon; spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21) 4 勹 20 2 つつみがまえ・くがまえ (none) 国字 Original aroma The muchacho sits down bound up to enjoy his own aroma. If you bind up a person and let him sit for several days, an unpleasant aroma will result. 2147 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Sense kanjifreq2001-2500 勾コウ、クかぎ、ま.がるまがり be bent, slope, capture 0 S 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) 4 勹 20 2 つつみがまえ・くがまえ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic flexed Your elbow is bound up so that your biceps will stay flexed. My elbow was bound up in a cast, making it impossible to keep it flexed. 2148 gradeS JLPT.N0 厭エンいや, あ.きる, いと.う, おさ.える get tired of, satiate, bore 0 S+ 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 月: month; moon 犬: dog (none) despondent “”“The poor chihuahua who had fallen down a cliff was totally despondent about his position. He saw the sun and the moon pass by, but expected no rescue any more.”“” “”“The sun above the moon =total eclipse. Confused by the darkness of the total eclipse, the dog fell off the cliff and became a completely despondent mangled mess.”“” 2149 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 雁ガンかり, かりがね wild goose 0 S+ 2192 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 人: person 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) (none) wild goose “”“I've been sent to chase the wild goose! I'm here at the top of the cliff, and I can hear Mr. T and that tricky turkey down there sniggering about sending me on a search for the wild goose.”“” “”“Mr T is sent on a mission to find a wild goose that swallowed some important, top-secret chemicals (they were in a baggie, so he has to find it before it dissolves!). After searching for clues and tracks, he finds it - and backs it up against a cliff. In a heroic move, Mr T jumps off the cliff, grabs the wild goose, and lands on the ground on his back, protecting the volatile wild goose. He then looks at it - wait - this isn't the wild goose, this is a mere turkey! Sent on a wild goose chase!”“” 2150 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 贋ガンにせ counterfeit, forgery 0 S+ 2439 雁: wild goose 貝: shellfish (none) counterfeit “”“The police hoped to catch the crooks making counterfeit money, but it all turned out to be a wild goose chase.”“” You catch a wild goose that lays money (shells) instead of eggs. Unfortunately the bank declares it counterfeit. 2151 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 厨シュウくりや kitchen 0 S+ 2425 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 豆: beans; pea; midget 寸: measurement; foot/10 (none) kitchen “”“What happened to the kitchen? It was here a second ago… Well, it fell off the cliff. See the table down there below the edge of the cliff? Maybe we can glue it back together. Of course, first we've got to retrieve the kitchen from the base of the cliff.”“” I took that Natto (bean glue) out of the kitchen and threw it off a cliff like any rational person would. 2152 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 仄ソクほの.か, ほの-, ほの.めかす, ほの.めく, かたむ.く be seen dimly, suggest, intimate, faint, stupid, hint 0 S+ 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 人: person (none) insinuate “”“So, you found a dead person abandoned at the bottom of the cliff? You think I might be involved? What are you trying to insinuate?!”“” That nasty person likes to insinuate that I am afraid of heights and can't climb a cliff. 2153 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 哨ショウみはり scout, sentinel 0 S+ 1999 口: mouth 肖: resemblance (none) scout Boy scouts nowadays blow sparks out of their mouth to start a fire. Sure beats rubbing two sticks together . “”“Good scouts extinguish (#144) candles with their mouth, not with water. Otherwise the smoke might tell the enemy where they are.”“” 2154 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 嘲チョウ、トウあざけ.る ridicule, insult 0 S 口: mouth 朝: morning; dynasty; regime; epoch; period; (North) Korea 15 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic derision When I wake up, I am always late, so I hurry to work. With a bad case of perpetual morning breath, I am the subject of derision at my office whenever I open my mouth. If morning breath emanates from your mouth, you are subject to derision! 2155 gradeS JLPT.N0 咎とが.める, とが咎める(とがめる): to blame; to find fault; to challenge; to threaten; to take someone to task; to aggravate (an injury) 0 S+ 各: each; every; either (none) reprehend Each time I see this kanji I reprehend the person primitive for knocking the each primitive out of shape. “”“You only reprehend him because he is reprehensible! He walks around kicking people, like he wants to dispose of them. And that's all on top of having a big mouth. Reprehensible! Of course you must be the one to reprehend him.”“” 2156 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 囁ささや.く囁く(ささやく): to whisper; to murmur 0 S+ 口: mouth 聶: whisper (none) whisper If someone's whispering you'd need three ears close to his mouth to be able to hear it. “”“It's funny how if I just talk, no one listens, but if I whisper, many ears are eager to hear what's coming from my mouth.”“” 2157 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 喋しゃべ.る, ついば.むお喋り(おしゃべり): chattering; talk; idle talk; chat; chitchat; gossip; chatty; talkative; chatterbox; blabbermouth 喋る(しゃべる): to talk; to chat; to chatter 0 S+ 2403 口: mouth 世: generation; world; society; public 木: tree; wood (none) chatter Mouths like to chatter about the new generation on the tree. Two good friends looking at their childhood tree house and remembering how it seemed like generations ago since they were up in it chattering away all night. 2158 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 咽イン、エン、エツむせ.ぶ、むせ.る、のど、の.む choked, smothered, stuffy 0 S 口: mouth 因: cause; factor; be associated with; depend on; be limited to 9 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic windpipe “You can´t breathe very well, so the doc looks inside your mouth to find the cause. ”“Oh, I see the cause of your windpipe blockage. There´s a St Bernard penned up in there!”“.” Imagine a group of windpipes chatting: “That mouth is the cause of all my problems, you know, always breathing in germs, etc.”. 2159 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Head.Neck 嘩カかまびす.しい noisy 喧嘩(けんか): quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle 0 S+ 口: mouth 華: splendor; flower; petal; shine; luster; ostentatious; showy; gay; gorgeous (none) quarrel Mouths quarrel over who is more splendid. These very competitive neighbours open their mouths and quarrel every day about whose silage stack with flowers looks more splendid. 2160 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 噂ソンうわさ rumor, gossip, hearsay 噂(うわさ): rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk 0 S+ 2298 口: mouth 尊: revered; valuable; precious; noble; exalted (none) gossip “”“If you open your mouth to gossip about people, it's usually the most fun if you have some juicy bits on people who are generally revered, for instance that they are secretly glued to their bottle of Horned Whiskey.”“” “”“”“”“Did you know that the most revered (#1439) chieftain (#2906) is not only a horny guy, but an alcoholic, too? Ah, and I forgot, he also sniffs glue… Ups, did that come out of my mouth? No, no… I NEVER gossip!”“”“.”“” 2161 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 咳カイせ.く, しわぶ.く, せき, しわぶき cough, clear throat 咳(せき): cough; coughing; tussis 0 S+ 口: mouth 亥: sign of the hog; 9-11PM; twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac (none) cough “”“I looked up, opened my mouth and suddenly an acorn fell in! I had to cough it up quickly so that I wouldn't choke.”“” A squirrel's mouth coughs up an acorn. 2162 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 喧ケンやかま.しい, かまびす.しい noisy, boisterous 喧嘩(けんか): quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle 喧しい(やかましい): (1) noisy; boisterous (2) strict; faultfinding; carping; fussy 0 S+ 2249 口: mouth 宣: proclaim; say; announce (none) clamor To clamor means to open your mouth and proclaim loudly your opinions. “”“For this keyword, I am reminded of the Night Before Christmas, with the father awakening to see what was the clamor, and his mouth dropping open as he sees the fat bearded man spanning the rooftops (bounding from one house to the other).”“” 2163 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 喉コウのど throat, voice 喉(のど): (1) throat (2) singing voice 0 S 2390 口: mouth 侯: marquis; lord; daimyo 12 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic throat “I think of ”“clearing your throat”“. Some stuffy guy opens his mouth to clear his throat so the marquis can speak.” The Marquis de Sade was kinda gay. He used to mouth down a lot of deep-throat action. 2164 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Head.Neck kanjifreq2001-2500 唾ダ、タつば、つばき saliva, sputum 唾(つば): saliva; spit; sputum 0 S 口: mouth 垂: droop; suspend; hang; slouch 11 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic saliva When some people are sleeping, their mouths droop open, and saliva drips out. Saliva drools from a mouth that droops. つば. 2165 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Function 叩コウたた.く, はた.く, すぎ strike, beat, hit, thrash, criticize 叩く(たたく): (1) to strike; to clap; to knock; to dust; to beat (2) to play drums (3) to abuse; to flame (e.g. on the Internet); to insult (4) to use up money 0 S+ 2316 口: mouth 卩: seal radical (no. 26) (none) bash “”“These &^% stamps won't stay fixed to the envelop when I lick them with my mouth. No matter how hard I bash them, they come loose every time. Aargh!”“” “”“For me, the kanji looks like a picture of two eyes. Somebody bashed the right one until it burst open. Ugh… Put a stamp on it - I don't want to see it!”“” 2166 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 嘘キョうそ, ふ.く lie, falsehood 嘘(うそ): (1) lie; falsehood; incorrect fact (2) Really!; Unbelievable!; No way! 嘘つき(うそつき): liar (sometimes said with not much seriousness); fibber 0 S+ 2235 口: mouth 虚: void; emptiness; unpreparedness; crack; fissure; untruth (none) fib うそ = Something void of truth coming from your mouth. A statement void of truth uttered by a mouth is a fib. 2167 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 啄タクついば.む, つつ.くくち, はし, ばし peck, pick up 1 S+ 2463 口: mouth 豕: pig; hog; pig radical (no. 152) (none) peck at “”“Just like the ones on a rhinoceros, there are little birds who like to peck at the skin near the mouth of a sow and clean it.”“” “”“If your girlfriend looks like a sow, you do not kiss her on the mouth. Just a little peck at the cheek.”“” 2168 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 呪ジュ、シュ、シュウ、ズまじな.う、のろ.い、まじな.い、のろ.う spell, curse, charm, malediction 0 S 2131 口: mouth 兄: elder brother; big brother 8 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic curse Caution: this means a spell, not to swear. I put a curse on my elder brother so that he can never open his mouth. Your older brother´s mouth often curses. 2169 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 吠ハイほえ.る, ほ.える bark, howl, cry 吠える(ほえる): to bark; to bay; to howl; to bellow; to roar; to cry 0 S+ 口: mouth 犬: dog (none) barking The mouth of a chihuahua is good at barking. “”“The mouth of a bird is chirping鳴, just as the mouth of a dog is barking.”“” 2170 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 吊チョウつ.る, つる.す suspend, hang, wear (sword) 吊るす(つるす): to hang; to hang up 吊る(つる): (1) to hang; to suspend (something from something); to be hanged (by the neck) (2) to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth (sumo) 0 S+ 2475 口: mouth 巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50) (none) dangle Dangle a bib or towel under my baby son's mouth. A towel dangles under his mouth to keep him clean at dinner. 2171 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 噛コウか.む, か.じる chew, bite, gnaw 噛む(かむ): (1) to bite; to chew; to gnaw (2) to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore) (3) to engage (of cogs, zippers, etc.); to mesh; to fit together (4) to be involved in (5) to fumble one's words (during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words (6) to strongly confute; to argue down; to rebuke; to scold harshly 噛る(かじる): (1) to chew; to bite (at); to gnaw; to nibble; to munch; to crunch; to have a smattering of (2) to dabble in (e.g. hobby, instrument) 噛み切る(かみきる): to bite off; to gnaw through 0 S+ 2399 口: mouth 齒: tooth; cog (none) chew Use your teeth to chew what you put in your mouth. “”“”“”“When you open your mouth, don't take in more food than you can handle, and chew it properly with your teeth”“”“, mum told us.”“” 2172 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 叶キョウかな.える, かな.うかの, かのう grant, answer 叶う(かなう): (1) to come true (wish) (2) to be suited (3) to match (implies competition); to rival; to bear (e.g. I can't bear the heat) 叶える(かなえる): (1) to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer) (2) to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements) 1 S+ 2312 口: mouth 十: ten (none) within my ability “”“”“”“come true”“”“ is a better keyword IMO. If you speak your wish 10 times it will come true.”“” “”“With his big mouth he claims he can do ten things at once. ”“”“It's all within my ability”“”“, he boasts.”“” 2173 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 吻くちわき, くちさき 0 S+ 口: mouth 勿: not; must not; do not; be not (none) sides of the mouth Look at the sides of his mouth! His moustache is tied into great knots. They're not even symetrical. Look at the knots on the right side of the mouth! (though they're there on both sides of the mouth…. Dimples. Those knots on the sides of the mouth. Too easy. 2174 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 吃キツども.る stammer 吃逆(しゃっくり): hiccough; hiccup 吃驚(びっくり): (1) to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be astonished (2) surprise (e.g. surprise party) 0 S+ 口: mouth 乞: beg; invite; ask (none) stammer “”“”“”“S… Si… S… Sir!”“”“ the beggar's mouth stammers when appealing for some help from the business man. See the mouth open and close like a fish out of water would.”“” “”“If you had a gun in your mouth begging for your life, you would stammer too.”“” 2175 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 噺はなしはなし talk, (kokuji) 0 S+ 2308 口: mouth 新: new (none) spin a tale “”“He really can spin a tale. Every time he opens his mouth, some new and creative tale comes out.”“” “”“Oh yeah, suuure - tell us a new one…”“” 2176 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 噌ソウかまびす.しい throat 味噌(みそ): (1) miso; bean paste (2) key (main) point; good part (of something) (3) weak person 0 S+ 口: mouth 曽: formerly; once; before; ever; never; ex- (none) miso “”“Miso is full of active microbial cultures, so when you put it in your MOUTH, those bacteria just INCREASE and INCREASE until your mouth is overflowing with miso!”“” “”“Mouth, eyebrows, eyeballs with pupils crossed looking down at the bowl, flapping tongue: A Japanese man eating miso soup.”“” 2177 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 唄バイうた、うた.う songs with samisen 唄う(うたう): (1) to sing (2) to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem 1 S 2051 口: mouth 貝: shellfish 10 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic pop song The new generation of pop songs have no depth. They just mouth empty lyrics to get money. Not like the pop songs of my day. A new way for sluts to use their mouths to make alot of money. 2178 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art kanjifreq2001-2500 叱シツ、シチしか.る scold, reprove 叱る(しかる): to scold 叱(しっ): (1) shh! (used to silence someone); sh! (2) shoo! (used to drive off an approaching animal, etc.) 0 S 2255 口: mouth 七: seven (none) 形声 Phonetic scold A kid gets scolded if they don´t put the spoon properly into their mouth when eating. If I got scolded, I could expect a spoon of castor oil in my mouth. 2179 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 邑ユウうれ.える, くに, むらお, おう, おお village, rural community, right-side B rad 1 S+ 2452 口: mouth 巴: comma-design (none) city walls “”“The city walls are beautifully built. High above you, shows you the famous mouths of former city mayors, all smiling down at you, integrated into a total mosaic making the city walls a unified beautiful work of art.”“” “”“I stand outside the city walls, requesting permission to enter. The guard hands me a Rubik's cube and tells me ill only be allowed in after I fit the whole thing in my mouth…”“” 2180 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 呆ホウほけ.る, ぼ.ける, あき.れる, おろか be amazed, disgusted, shocked 呆ける(ぼける): (1) to grow senile; to be childish with age (2) to be mentally slow; to be befuddled (3) to become engrossed (in something) 呆れる(あきれる): to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted 呆気ない(あっけない): not enough; too quick (short, long, etc.) 呆然(ぼうぜん): dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze 0 S+ 1848 口: mouth 木: tree; wood (none) dumbfounded His mouth fell open dumbfounded when he woke up and found himself on top of a tree. The first time I saw an Australian apricot tree (呆 vs. 杏) I was dumbfounded. 2181 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 喰く.うく.う, く.らうじき eat, drink, receive (a blow), (kokuji) 0 S+ 口: mouth 食: eat; food (none) ingest Ingest is a fancy word for what you do with your mouth as you eat. “”“Note: This is a colloquial word for ”“”“eat”“”“, so the formal keyword ”“”“ingest”“”“ might better be replaced with something like ”“”“scoff”“”“ or ”“”“tuck in”“”“, etc. Suggested story: ”“”“Yeuk! I can see the food rolling around in your mouth when you scoff it like that!”“”“.”“” 2182 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 埴ショクはに, へな clay 0 S+ 2150 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 直: straightaway; honesty; frankness; fix; repair (none) clay “”“This one rhymes: ”“”“If you fights wiz Cassius Clay, you'll hit the soil, boy, straightaway!”“”“.”“” Clay is a soil that becomes anything straightaway with heat. 2183 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 坤コンつち, ひつじさる divination sign, land, earth 0 S+ 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 申: have the honor to; sign of the monkey; 3-5PM; ninth sign of Chinese zodiac (none) authochthonous “”“While ”“”“autochthonous”“”“ can mean ”“”“indigenous”“”“ in ENGLISH, that is NOT one of the potential meanings of this character (thus, the majority of these stories will not help you with meaning). Rather, the kanji is ”“”“autochthonous”“”“ in the sense of being Earthly, mystic, and portentous (the ancient, primitive, sacred power of DIRT and SOIL). A vague, poorly-chosen keyword all around. Mantixen's story does the best job of conveying accurate meaning–> ”“”“A monkey likes the earthy/autochthonous feel of soil”“”“.”“” A monkey likes the earthy feel of soil. 2184 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 堆タイ、ツイうずたか.い piled high 0 S 2184 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 11 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 形声 Phonetic piled high After our pre-Thanksgiving massacre, we piled high all the turkey corpses atop the soil of the farmyard. During the Turkey Holocaust (this is what the animal kingdom calls Thanksgiving - they have really short memories and thus don´t recall that it actually happens every single year), turkeys are killed en masse, and their bodies are piled high. To keep them from tumbling down, a pile of dirt is piled high right next to them to keep them standing upright so that they will be fresh when it is time to eat them. 2185 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 壕コウほり trench, dugout, air raid shelter 0 S+ 2273 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 豪: overpowering; great; powerful; excelling; Australia (none) dugout “”“As they constructed the visiting team dugout, they removed a quantity of soil when there was an overpowering stench. Nobody will want to use this dugout!”“” “A DUGOUT is a dry moat found around Japanese castles. The SOIL is arranged so as to OVERPOWER (or give the advantage to OVERPOWER) an attacking army. If dug in a low lying area it fills with water and becomes a moat (濠 moat (#2306)).” 2186 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 垢コウあか, はじ dirt, grime, earwax 垢(あか): dirt; filth; grime 0 S+ 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 后: empress; queen; after; behind; back; later (none) blemish Big consternation in the court! A little bit of soil in the garden touched the empress' face and left a blemish there. Courtiers fainted left and right… The empress gets a soil mask at the spa to treat a blemish. 2187 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 坦タンたいらやす level, wide 0 S+ 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 旦: daybreak; dawn; morning (none) flat I'm usually flat on the soil passed out at nightbreak. “”“When the soil is flat, you can see the sun rise over the horizon from a long distance.”“” 2188 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 埠フつか, はとば wharf 0 S+ 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) (none) wharf “”“He came to finding himself down at the wharf with soil all over his tuxedo. The maestro can only guess that he'd been drugged by some needle sharp dart, since the last thing that he recalled was feeling a prick on the bottom, before waking up at the wharf.”“” “Note: Right side 阜 is large hill (#2928).” 2189 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 填テン、チンは.まる, は.める, うず.める, しず.める, ふさ.ぐまき fill in 0 S 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 真: true; reality; Buddhist sect (none) 形声 Phonetic stuff up “”“In a hole in the ground, the body of the victim was placed. And then the killer stuffed it up so that the truth would not be found out, he hoped.”“” I stuffed up his mouth with dirt to keep the truth from coming out. 2190 gradeS JLPT.N0 堰エンせき, せ.く dam, prevent, stop up 0 S+ 1913 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 匚: box-on-side enclosure radical (no. 22) 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 女: woman; female (none) dam “”“Soil, box, sun, woman: In Peru, they were constructing a dam and to this end, soil was gathered from the surrounds. During the excavations, they found a box, containing little statue of the sun woman (godess). A nice archeological find, but detrimental for the dam building efforts, since the work was to be halted.”“” “”“All the dams were built by the Army Corps of Engineers' Ladies' Auxiliary. So the WOMEN worked under the SUN all day, with a BOX full of DIRT on their shoulders, to & fro, building up the dirt wall that would become this mighty dam.”“” 2191 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 堵トかき fence, railing, enclosure 0 S+ 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 者: someone; person (none) railing A railing prevents museum patrons from getting soil on the voodoo dolls. I was relieved to find my stolen lovedoll tied to some railing. She's a bit dirty but still good! 2192 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 嬰ふ.れる, みどりご, あかご 0 S+ 貝: shellfish 貝: shellfish 女: woman; female (none) suckling infant The woman removes the two shells covering her breasts (for modesty) and then attaches the suckling infant. How very Little Mermaid… I see this as two suckling infants clamped onto their mother (woman) like shellfish when breastfeeding. 2193 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 姦カンかん.する, かしま.しい, みだら wicked, mischief, seduce, rape, noisy 0 S+ 女: woman; female 女: woman; female 女: woman; female (none) violate Many women violate me at the same time. Then I woke up. “”“To avoid being violated, three women cluster together in the women-only wagon of the train.”“” 2194 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 妬ト、ツねた.む、そね.む、つも.る、ふさ.ぐ jealous, envy 嫉妬(しっと): jealousy; envy 妬む(ねたむ): to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge 0 S 女: woman; female 石: stone 8 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 形声 Phonetic jealous The jealous woman bashed the brains in of the guy who betrayed her, with a stone. Every woman wants a huge stone on her finger to make her friends jealous. 2195 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion 婢はしため 0 S+ 女: woman; female 卑: lowly; base; vile; vulgar (none) handmaiden “”“Handmaiden's are usually quite lowly women, but this one is a special (just look at the way lowly is drawn).”“” A handmaiden is a woman servant with the lowly job of burning pirated Chinese DVDs (rough copies of already lowly movies) http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6730463.ece. 2196 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 婉うつく.しい, したが.う婉曲(えんきょく): euphemistic; circumlocution; roundabout; indirect 0 S+ 女: woman; female 宛: address; just like; fortunately (none) well finished “”“To become well finished, young women often go to a finishing school at a posh address.”“” “”“When asking a girl out on a date, you are only well finished when you have her address and phone number.”“” 2197 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 娼ショウあそびめ prostitute 0 S+ 2242 女: woman; female 昌: prosperous; bright; clear (none) harlot “”“Harlots are women who make a lot of money, usually, so they or their pimps are quite prosperous. Look at all her bling bling, shining like more than two suns. Who says vice doesn't pay?”“” Harlots are women who make a living selling themselves to prosperous men. 2198 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 妓ギわざおぎ, うたいめ stretch, singing girl, geisha, prostitute 0 S+ 女: woman; female 支: branch; support; sustain; branch radical (no. 65) (none) courtesan “”“In the 平安時代（へいあんじだい）, the courtesans (women who lived in the royal courts) often stayed in the side portions of the palaces, the section that branched off the main building. Idea taken from illustrations in a copy of the Tale of Genji.”“” “”“To be a successful courtesan, a woman must be able to branch out into many of the arts.”“” 2199 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 娃うつく.しいい 0 S+ 女: woman; female 圭: square jewel; corner; angle; edge (none) fair The photographer took a picture of this fair woman framed by ivy. “”“Come on, think of Rapunzel. That WOMAN was so FAIR, she was locked away. Only she used her IVY like FAIR hair to let her lover climb to her.”“” 2200 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 姪テツめい, おい niece 姪(めい): niece 0 S+ 女: woman; female 至: climax; arrive; proceed; reach; attain; result in (none) niece “”“Little did you know, the woman who made you climax was your niece.”“” “”“My niece is a WOMAN now, and can make herself CLIMAX.”“” 2201 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 Kanji_People_Family ShouldSuspend 嫉シツそね.む、ねた.む、にく.む jealous, envy 嫉妬(しっと): jealousy; envy 0 S 2317 女: woman; female 疾: rapidly 13 女 38 3 おんな・おんなへん (none) 形声 Phonetic envy If you go through women rapidly you will be the object of envy. Ah, puberty … the girl that starts her journey towards womanhood the most rapidly will become the subject of envy from all her classmates. 2202 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq2001-2500 嬬ジュよわ.いつま mistress, weak 0 S+ 女: woman; female 需: demand; request; need (none) mistress “”“As any servant knows, a mistress who runs things well must be nature be a very demanding woman.”“” It is normally the woman who does the job around the home. A mistress is highly demanding. You can see her bossing her family around to do the chores while she does her leisure activities. Looks like she's doesn't have to be bossed to do anything. 2203 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 姥ボうば old woman 0 S+ 女: woman; female 老: old man; old age; grow old (none) aged woman The woman version of an old man is an aged woman. “You know an aged woman?! I know an old man. We should set them up. (Note: Be careful not to confuse with old woman (#804)).” 2204 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 姑コしゅうとめ, しゅうと, おば, しばらく mother-in-law 麻姑(まこ): (1) Ma Gu; legendary Taoist immortal with long talon-like fingernails (2) backscratcher 0 S+ 2041 女: woman; female 古: old (none) mother-in-law “”“According to Japanese traditions, daughters-in-law have to pay respect to the woman who is their mother-in-law, because they are older.”“” My mother-in-law is the OLDER version of my WOMAN on the left. 2205 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 姐ソあね, ねえさん elder sister, maidservant 0 S+ 女: woman; female 且: moreover; also; furthermore (none) young miss A young miss in a rich Japanese household is often treated with such care that she is a like a woman who is put on a shelf like an ornament. The young miss won a long of baby beauty pageants. A whole shelf is devoted to the prices she won. 2206 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 嬉キうれ.しい, たの.しむうらし, うれし glad, pleased, rejoice 嬉しい(うれしい): happy; glad; pleasant 1 S+ 2274 女: woman; female 喜: rejoice; take pleasure in (none) overjoyed “”“Finally, I got a woman … I have to just shriek and rejoice, I'm so overjoyed!”“” Men simply rejoice. Women tend to take their emotions a bit further and become overjoyed. 2207 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 孕ヨウはら.むはらみ, もと become pregnant 0 S+ 乃: from; possessive particle; whereupon; accordingly 子: child; sign of the rat; 11PM-1AM; first sign of Chinese zodiac (none) expecting “”“A woman says to me “I’m expecting – there’s a child in here (pointing to her stomach)” I put my ear to her stomach and suddenly the child punches me – I see the shape of its fist in the stomach wall. “Well, you might be expecting, but I certainly wasn’t expecting that” I reply.”“” “”“Fist, child: The guy had only put his fist inside and now his girlfriend is expecting a child. ”“”“How long ago did I have that business trip?”“”“, he wonders.”“” 2208 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 孜つと.める 0 S+ 1457 子: child; sign of the rat; 11PM-1AM; first sign of Chinese zodiac 攴: strike; hit; folding chair radical (no. 66) (none) assiduous “”“Well, yeah, the kid's assiduous: he's got that taskmaster on his back all the time! What else would you expect?”“” Assiduous children make assiduous taskmasters. 2209 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1001-1500 ShouldSuspend 宥ユウなだ.める, ゆる.す soothe, calm, pacify 1 S+ 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 有: possess; have; exist; happen; occur; approx (none) soothe “”“It really soothes my mind that I possess a house. Now at least all my payments are going towards something solid, instead of just throwing it away as rent.”“” “”“My house is possessed by the ghost of Barry White, who often sings me songs to soothe me to sleep at night.”“” 2210 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 寓グウぐう.する, かこつ.ける, よ.せる, よ.る, かりずまい temporary abode, keep, imply, suggest 0 S+ 2330 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 禺: long-tailed monkey (none) imply “”“When you see Jiminy Cricket near a house, it will imply that Pinocchio isn't far off.”“” “”“The talking cricket says, ”“”“you've been spending a lot of time in the house lately,”“”“ and you say, ”“”“What is that supposed to mean?”“”“, to which the cricket replies, ”“”“I'm implying you need to get a job!”“”“.”“” 2211 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 宏コウひろ.いあつ, ひろ, ひろし wide, large 1 S+ 1277 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) (none) extensive “”“During an extensive search of a murderer's house of horror, homocide detectives found an elbow body part by the side of another body. Surely there were even more victims than they imagined.”“” “”“Thanks to Katsuo: BY ONE'S SIDE and ELBOW can be SUPERMAN (think of the George Reeve's SUPERMAN pose for a mental image). Well, that fortress of solitude is very EXTENSIVE. Would you expect SUPERMAN's HOUSE to anything less?”“” 2212 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 ShouldSuspend 牢ロウかた.い, ひとや prison, jail, hardness 0 S+ 2472 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 牛: cow (none) jail “”“For a cow used to free-grazing, being stuck in a house is equivalent to being in jail.”“” “”“Looking at the kanji 家, keeping pigs in the house was normal. But, if you instead kept a cow in the house, you would be sent to jail.”“” 2213 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 塞ソク、サイふさ.ぐ、とりで、み.ちる close, shut, cover, block, obstruct 塞がる(ふさがる): (1) to be closed; to be blocked; to be healed (e.g. wound); to be shut up (2) to be clogged; to be plugged up (3) to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation) 塞ぐ(ふさぐ): to stop up; to close up; to block (up); to occupy; to fill up; to take up; to stand in another's way; to plug up; to shut up 0 S 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 三: three 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 13 土 32 3 つち・つちへん・どへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic block up The A/C wasn´t making the house cold because the filters had been blocked up with dirt. “It was so cold (#1526), the pipes blocked up with ice. After removing the ice, we insulated them with soil.” 2214 gradeS JLPT.N0 宋ソウ dwell, Sung dynasty 0 S+ 2058 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 木: tree; wood (none) Sung dynasty The Sung dynasty was so-called because people kept trees in their houses and as a consequence birds sung in them. The Sung dynasty needed to cut down a lot of TREES to make a lot of HOUSES. (the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy). 2215 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 宍ニクししし, しん muscles, meat 0 S+ 2269 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 六: six (none) venison “”“I was once served venison at home, but the only way I could eat it was to down a six pack first.”“” “”“I told my friend the deer I kept in my house for venison was called ”“”“roku”“”“ (six). He asked if naming it didn't make me attached to it. I said no, because ”“”“roku”“”“ is also a way to say the kanji for deer.”“” 2216 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 屠トほふ.る slaughter, butcher, slay 0 S+ 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 者: someone; person (none) butchering Chucky from Child's Play was found butchering a poor victim with a flag pole. Generals usually see their soldiers as mere puppets in their war game. These poor sods are given a flag and told to fight for their country. As if that would make good all the butchering. 2217 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 屁へ, おなら 0 S+ 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 比: compare; race; ratio; Philipines (none) fart “”“You haven't smelled a fart like his! His were so bad, that when he cut one, they had to wave a flag to keep folks away. None compare to the farts that he farts.”“” At a fart contest each contestant holds up a flag whenever they fart so the judges can come over and compare it to the others. 2218 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 屑くず, いさぎよ.い屑(くず): (1) waste; scrap; garbage (2) chad 紙屑(かみくず): wastepaper; paper scraps; paper waste 0 S+ 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 肖: resemblance (none) rubbish “”“You aren't supposed to throw an American flag out with the rubbish. The proper way to get rid of a flag is to burn it, shown here by holding a candle underneath it.”“” 尸ee a little on some body if you think they are rubbish. 2219 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 尻コウしりがみ buttocks, hips, butt, rear 尻(しり): (1) buttocks; behind; rump; bottom (2) undersurface; bottom (3) last place; end (4) consequence 尻尾(しっぽ): tail (animal) 0 S 1692 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 九: nine 5 尸 44 3 しかばね・かばね・かばねだれ (none) 形声 Phonetic buttocks The baseball team stick flags in their buttocks and wave them at the opposing team to put them off. I wonder if this story will be flagged for saying i give her buttocks a score of 9. 2220 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Arm.Leg kanjifreq1501-2000 屡しばしば屡々(しばしば): often; again and again; frequently 0 S+ 屎: shit; excrement 女: woman; female (none) frequently A Japanese woman walking around waving an American flag probably sleeps with foreigners frequently. Imagine the flag of Japan. I frequently go there for its tasty rice and to see its beautiful women. 2221 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 屍しかばね屍蝋(しろう): adipocere; grave wax (greying of the body fats of a corpse which rests in a moist but airless place) (graying) 0 S+ 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 死: death; die (none) corpse “”“After meeting death, a flag covers the soldier's corpse.”“” Imagine the character Death (the shroud-wearing skeleton) carrying an armful of flags. He goes round at night sticking a flag in each corpse. (i.e. to distinguish it from those who are merely sleeping). 2222 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 屏ヘイおお.う, しりぞ.く, びょう.ぶ wall, fence 0 S+ 2002 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 并: put together (none) folding screen “”“This folding screen looks quite pretty, with all the national flags printed on it, but folding and unfolding it is rather complicated. It looks more like a puzzle than a utility item.”“” “”“Someone took an old fence (#1056), brushed the dirt off it and turned it into a folding screen.”“” 2223 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 嵩スウかさ, かさ.む, たか.いたかし, たか, たけ be aggravated, grow worse, grow bulky, swell 嵩む(かさむ): to pile up; to increase 嵩張る(かさばる): to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous 1 S+ 山: mountain 高: tall; high; expensive (none) high-reaching “”“High-reaching aspirations usually revolve around the mountain that is the tallest. For climbing, for descending, for just bring there - the thrill of it all.”“” “”“People like Sir Edmund Hillary set very high-reaching goals, like being the first to climb Everest, the tallest mountain in the world.”“” 2224 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 崚 1 S+ 山: mountain 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 儿: legs radical (no. 10) 夂: winter radical (no. 34) (none) rugged mountains “”“The next step on the sentient rice-seedlings; journey, after their miraculous pull through (#2136) from being trapped: mountains in the distance, extremely rugged mountains, and nowhere to go next but through them.”“” When trying to cross RUGGED MOUNTAINS you'll feel like you have RICE SEEDLINGS for WALKING LEGS. 2225 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 峨ガけわ.しい high mountain 0 S+ 2234 山: mountain 我: ego; I; selfish; our; oneself (none) high mountain “”“In this local folklore, the high mountain has a big ego for being the highest mountain and is therefore rather unkind to people who dare to climb it.”“” “”“A drugged up high mountain. Those mountains that get high only think of themselves, their ego takes over. Drugs are a selfish pasttime.”“” 2226 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 崖ガイ、ゲ、ギがけ、きし、はて cliff, bluff, precipice 崖(がけ): cliff 0 S 山: mountain 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 圭: square jewel; corner; angle; edge 11 山 46 3 やま・やまへん・やまかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic bluffs “Standing at the base of the bluffs I announce, ”“I´m going to climb those ivy-covered cliffs, and then the mountain on top of them.”“ My friends don´t believe me, ”“He bluffs!”“ they say.” “The ivy-covered cliff we saw on the horizon (#157) … the sheer beauty of the mountain that overlooks these bluffs is enough to make you want to swim for shore yourself!” 2227 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Landscape 嶺レイみね, ね peak, summit 1 S+ 1959 山: mountain 領: jurisdiction; dominion; territory; fief; reign (none) mountaintop “”“This mountain lies exactly between two prefectures, so naturally there was a struggle about which prefecture had jurisdiction there. And would you believe it, one of them gained jurisdiction over the base, and the other over the mountaintop.”“” “”“At the top of the mountain, Bill Clinton found an intern and said ”“”“This mountaintop is my jurisdiction (#1405). I order you to give me head.”“”“ The intern replied, ”“”“Come on Bill, hasn't this type of behaviour caused enough problems already?”“”“.”“” 2228 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 嵌カンは.める, は.まる, あな go into, plunge, inlay 嵌める(はめる): (1) to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to button; to put on (something that envelopes, e.g. gloves, ring) (2) to have sex; to fuck (3) to pigeonhole (into a particular category) (4) to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs) (5) to entrap; to set someone up (i.e. frame them for a crime, etc.) 嵌まる(ハマる): (1) to fit; to get into; to go into (2) to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to satisfy (conditions) (3) to fall into; to plunge into; to get stuck; to get caught (4) to be deceived; to be taken in; to fall into a trap (5) to be addicted to; to be deep into; to be crazy about; to be stuck on 0 S+ 山: mountain 甘: sweet; coax; pamper; be content; sugary 欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76) (none) fit into No way that sweet girl can fit those mountains of hers into an A-cup. They'll be severely lacking space. Too many sweets I guess. “”“(from mantixen's) I was going to take some sweets on my climb up the mountain, but it wouldn't fit into my bag, so I lack them.”“” 2229 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 嵯サ steep, craggy, rugged 1 S+ 2191 山: mountain 差: distinction; difference; variation; discrepancy; margin; balance (none) rocky “”“This is a very rocky mountain! In fact, it has the distinction of being one of the most rocky in the country.”“” “The Rocky MOUNTAINS have the distinction (#554) of being the rockiest MOUNTAIN range.” 2230 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 帖チョウかきもの quire (of paper), bundle of seaweed, counter for screens, notebook 0 S+ 2208 巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50) 占: fortune-telling; divining; forecasting; occupy; hold; have; get; take (none) quire “”“The fortune teller tells me that in the future I will have my own quire. ”“”“Is that choir as in 'group of singers', or quire as in 'sheets of paper'?”“”“ I ask. She can't tell because her crystal ball is too misty, so I rush to the bathroom, grab a towel, and use it to wipe the crystal ball. Turns out to be quire as in 'sheets of paper', of course.”“” “”“(25 sheets of paper) – the fortune teller orders a quire of paper but receives a quire of towels. She calls to complain, but customer service tells her, ”“”“Why didn't you see it coming?”“”“.”“” 2231 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 幡マンはたは, わた flag 0 S+ 1948 巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50) 番: turn; number in a series (none) banner “”“My favorite towel is one that says ”“”“Who wants a turn?”“”“ like its an advertising banner.”“” “”“When I go to gaming conventions, I always bring my banner: a simple towel with the dice logo on it. Let's roll!”“” 2232 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 幟シのぼり flag, banner, streamer 0 S+ 巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50) 音: sound; noise (none) pennant Many towels were waved and kazoos blown when the Cardinals won the pennant. “”“Yep, it's a party alright. The kazoo fiesta noise is audible from far away, and look, they fashioned pennants out of towels to use as a signal flag for beckoning visitors in.”“” 2233 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 庖くりや 0 S+ 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 包: wrap; pack up; cover; conceal (none) cleaver The cleaver was found with the dismembered body wrapped up in a cave. “”“The murder victim was killed by a a cleaver. Her body was found in a cave, wrapped up in plastic.”“” 2234 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 廓くるわ, とりで 0 S+ 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 郭: enclosure; quarters; fortification; red-light district (none) licensed quarters “”“The very special tall child whom the city folks keep enclosed in their city walls has finally been granted the use of an abandoned cave for his licensed quarters. Hey, its better than sleeping in the open!”“” “”“Meanings acc. to kanji dictionary: enclosure, quarter, large, empty, red-light district)This city's red light district can be found in tall caves within the city walls. There the prostitutes have licensed quarters to sell their bodies.”“” 2235 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 庇ヒひさし, おお.う, かば.う protect, shield, defend, eaves, canopy, penthouse, visor 庇う(かばう): to protect someone; to take under one's wing; to plead for; to stick up for; to cover up for someone 0 S+ 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 比: compare; race; ratio; Philipines (none) overhang “”“This overhang is really good against the warmth. Compared with other overhangs, this one makes you feel as cool as if you are in a cave.”“” This overhang has so much shade it's comparable to being in a cave. 2236 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鷹ヨウたか hawk 1 S+ 1676 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 鳥: bird; chicken (none) hawk “”“Those wild goose scurry into the caves that have been worn into the side of the cliffs, all trying to avoid a hawk. The bird storming down on them for an easy feed.”“” “”“CAREFUL: wild goose (#2150) contains ”“”“cliff”“”“, here we have ”“”“CAVE”“”“!”“” 2237 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Bird kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 庄ショウまさ level 1 S+ 1693 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey (none) shire “”“In the Shire, hobbits used to live in caves. Nowadays their holes in the soil still look a little like caves.”“” “”“Remember at the end of the Lord of the Rings, when Saruman was found in the Shire trying to fill up all the hobbit's caves with soil? Or something like that.”“” 2238 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 廟ビョウたまや, みたまや, やしろ mausoleum, shrine, palace 0 S+ 2101 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 朝: morning; dynasty; regime; epoch; period; (North) Korea (none) tomb sanctuary “”“With few visitors, the tomb sanctuary in the cave is only open in the morning.”“” The tomb sanctuary of the Egyptian pharaohs is only open in the morning. At night they seal the cave to keep the spirits from escaping! 2239 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 彊キョウつよ.いつよし strong 0 S+ 弓: bow; bow (archery, violin) 一: one; one radical (no.1) 田: rice field; rice paddy 一: one; one radical (no.1) 田: rice field; rice paddy 一: one; one radical (no.1) (none) strengthen “”“If you can't pull your bow all the way back, you need to strengthen yourself by eating a stack of pancakes and waffles.”“” I strengthened my bow skills by eating a double decker rice sandwich. 2240 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 弥ミ、ビいや、や、あまねし、いよいよ、とおい、ひさし、ひさ.しい、わた.るわたる, みつ, ひろ, よ all the more, increasingly 1 S 1687 弓: bow; bow (archery, violin) 尓: you; that 8 弓 57 3 ゆみ・ゆみへん彌会意 Compound Ideographic more and more The bow dug more and more into the small of his back as he reclined on it. Will someone please tell the idiot to get up? If I recline back, I can pull my bow open a little more and more. 2241 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 弛チたる.む, たる.める, たゆ.む, ゆる.む, ゆる.み slacken, relax 弛む(たるむ): to slacken; to loosen; to relax 弛み(たるみ): slack; slackening; dullness; letdown 0 S+ 2497 弓: bow; bow (archery, violin) 也: to be (classical) (none) loosen The scorpion nibbled on the string of my bow and loosened it. Now I have to string the bow again! “”“My grip on the bow loosened, and I felt myself slowly slipping away. The last thing I remember seeing was the scorpion quietly scuttling away from my trouser leg, where it has delivered it's poisionous blow.”“” 2242 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 粥イクかゆ, かい, ひさ.ぐ rice gruel 粥(かゆ): thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel 0 S+ 2280 弓: bow; bow (archery, violin) 米: rice; USA; metre 弓: bow; bow (archery, violin) (none) rice gruel Rice gruel gives you the strength to use two bows at once. “”“Kill me now with 2 BOWS, I'm sick of eating RICE gruel.”“” 2243 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 挽バンひ.くひき saw, turn (lathe), grind 0 S+ 手: hand 免: excuse; dismissal (none) lathe “”“To stop workers losing fingers on the lathes, the company has decided to issue lucky rabbit's feet to its workers.”“” RABBIT FINGERS are also lucky - you can remove them from a RABBIT by using a LATHE. 2244 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 撞つ.く 0 S+ 手: hand 童: juvenile; child (none) bump into If you bump into a juvenile he is bound to give you the finger. “”“Juveniles are often unsure of how long their extremities actually are, because they're growing all the time. They often bump into things because their fingers are a centimetre or two longer than the last time they looked!”“” 2245 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 扮フンふん.する, やつ.す, よそお.う impersonate, dress up, disguise, thin shingles 0 S+ 手: hand 分: part; minute of time; segment; share; degree; one's lot; duty; understand; know; rate; 1%; chances; shaku/100 (none) disguise “”“”“”“How do you like my disguise?”“”“ ”“”“Umm… the fingers are only part of a disguise. You should really disguise the other parts of your body, too.. o.o”“”“ (Imagine the guy is just wearing camouflage gloves or something along those lines.).”“” “”“”“”“Now part your fingers, and witness my latest disguise”“”“ It might just work, your friend now appears completely invisible!”“” 2246 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 掠かす.める, かす.る, かす.れるぐら 0 S+ 手: hand 京: capital; 1016 (none) pillage Taking everything in the capital you can get your fingers on. “”“Think rape and pillage. The capital has been raided, and the women are all being forcibly fingered.”“” 2247 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 挨アイひら.く push open 挨拶(あいさつ): (1) greeting; greetings; salutation; salute (2) speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address (3) reply; response (4) revenge; retaliation (5) a fine thing to say (used as part of a sarcastic response to a rude remark) (6) (orig. meaning) dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment) 0 S 2258 手: hand 矣: sentence particle 10 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic shove In the busy pub, one of the dart players shoved his dart into my elbow by accident when it nearly slipped out of his fingers. Your fingers slip when someone´s elbow shoves you, causing you to drop the dart you were about to throw. But as you can see, their elbow is very small, so you decide they´re too weak to shove back. 2248 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 掴カクつか.む, つか.まえる, つか.まる catch, seize, grasp, hold, arrest, capture 掴まる(つかまる): (1) to be caught; to be arrested (2) to hold on to; to grasp (3) to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi) (4) to be detained by 掴む(つかむ): (1) to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on; to clutch (2) to understand; to grasp; to comprehend 0 S+ 手: hand 国: country (none) clutch “”“Reminds me of a Star Wars quote, Leia: ”“”“The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.”“”“ (i.e., the tighter you clutch, the more countries you'll lose).”“” “”“In countries such as Japan and Australia, the clutch is operated by using the fingers on the left.”“” 2249 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 捺ナツさ.す, お.す press, print, affix a seal, stamp 1 S+ 手: hand 奈: Nara; what? (none) impress “”“In Nara, they do not accept はんこ, in fact their seals are done by simply impressing fingers into hot melting wax (fingerprints are unique!).”“” “”“In Nara, you impress wax seals with just your finger.”“” 2250 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 捻ネン、ジョウね.じる、ねじ.る、ひね.くる、ひね.る twirl, twist, play with 捻る(ひねる): (1) to twist; to wrench; to turn (a switch on or off, etc.); to wring (a neck) (2) to puzzle over (3) to defeat easily 捻子(ねじ): (1) screw (2) key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.) 捻じれる(ねじれる): to twist; to wrench; to screw 0 S 手: hand 念: wish; sense; idea; thought; feeling; desire; attention 11 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic wrenching Ever try WRENCHING a bolt with just your FINGERS? Trust me, you´ll WISH you had a wrench for WRENCHING to save your FINGERS. I have an unfortunate habit of wrenching off other people’s fingers when I pull a wishbone with them. 2251 gradeS JLPT.N0 掻ソウか.く scratch, rake, comb, paddle, behead 藻掻く(もがく): (1) to struggle; to wriggle; to squirm; to writhe (2) to be impatient 掻き回す(かきまわす): to stir up; to churn; to ransack; to disturb 掻く(かく): (1) to scratch (2) to perspire (3) to shovel; to paddle 引っ掻く(ひっかく): to scratch; to claw 0 S+ 手: hand 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 虫: insect; bug; temper (none) scratch Insects on your crotch make your fingers want to scratch. “”“Scratching with your fingers is a possible sign of a 蚤 flea (#2681) infestation. Even when they (the drops) are gone, the urge to scratch remains.”“” 2252 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 撰サンせん.する, えら.む, えら.ぶ composing, editing, compiling, selecting 0 S+ 手: hand 巽: southeast (none) assortment You reach into a bag of assorted lollies with your fingers and pull out two snakes stuck together. “”“You can always find something from his assortment of stolen watches. Fingers, the thief, can pull back his sleeve and allow you to elect (without the road work) any of the watches from his extensive assortment.”“” 2253 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 拭ショク、シキぬぐ.う、ふ.く wipe, mop, swab 手拭い(てぬぐい): (hand) towel 拭く(ふく): to wipe; to dry 0 S 2421 手: hand 式: style; ceremony; rite; function; method; system; form; expression 9 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic wipe Why carry a handkerchief? I wipe my nose finger-style. If you are going to wipe your nose with your fingers, better do it in a grand style. 2254 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 揃センそろ.える, そろ.う, そろ.い, き.る be complete, uniform, all present 揃う(そろう): (1) to become complete; to be all present; to be a full set; to have everything at one's disposal (2) to be equal; to be uniform (3) to gather; to assemble 揃える(そろえる): (1) to collect; to gather; to get together; to complete (a collection) (2) to arrange; to put in order; to prepare; to get ready (3) to make uniform; to make even; to match 揃い(そろい): set; suit; uniform 0 S+ 2412 手: hand 前: in front; before (none) muster You finally mustered up enough courage to point your finger at the bully in front of you and tell him what an * he is. Hope you can run fast. “”“When I muster up the strength to do something exercise-ish, I have me fingers out in front of me and do the usual stretches. Cracking the knucles and such…”“” 2255 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 捌さば.く, さば.ける, は.け 0 S+ 手: hand 別: separate; branch off; diverge; fork; another; extra; specially (none) deal with “”“If you deal with the Yakuza, you might get a finger separated.”“” “”“”“”“I'll deal with you separately,”“”“ said the teacher, pointing his finger.”“” 2256 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 撹みだ.す 0 S+ 手: hand 覚: memorize; learn; remember; awake; sober up (none) churn up My stomach starts to churn up if I try to count on my fingers how many kanji I still have to memorize. “”“This kanji means churn up in the sense of throw into confusion. Picture using your finger to try to draw this kanji on your hand and not being able to remember, just throwing yourself further into confusion.”“” 2257 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 摺ショウす.る, ひだする, ずり rub, fold, print (on cloth) 0 S+ 手: hand 習: learn (none) rubbing Think of Braille – rubbing things with your fingers in order to learn. “”“I learned, quite by accident, that by rubbing my fingers somewhere special, I felt great. 20 lears later, I'm still rubbing.”“” 2258 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 按おさ.える, しら.べる 0 S+ 手: hand 安: relax; cheap; low; quiet; rested; contented; peaceful (none) press down on Think of shiatsu. You press down on someone with your fingers to help them relax. You help your girlfriend relax by pressing down on her back with your fingers. 2259 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 捉ソク、サクとら.える catch, capture 0 S 1976 手: hand 足: leg; foot; be sufficient; counter for pairs of footwear 10 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic nab I felt a finger on my leg as someone tried to nab my wallet. Fingers nabs Davy Jone´s wooden leg: Argh! Bring me back me leg, ya scurvy dog! 2260 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 拶サツせま.る be imminent 挨拶(あいさつ): (1) greeting; greetings; salutation; salute (2) speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address (3) reply; response (4) revenge; retaliation (5) a fine thing to say (used as part of a sarcastic response to a rude remark) (6) (orig. meaning) dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment) 0 S 手: hand 巛: curving river radical (no.47) 夕: evening 9 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic imminent The old lady said that there was a flood imminent, because her fingers hurt in the evening. The Dutch boy put his finger in the dam holding back imminent danger from flood waters until evening. 2261 gradeS JLPT.N0 播ハま.くはり plant, sow 0 S+ 2204 手: hand 番: turn; number in a series (none) disseminate “”“I'm all used up for the day, so I disseminate turns to the remaining ladies with my fingers.”“” “”“Means ”“”“plant; sow”“”“ When sowing seeds or planting flowers, the results will turn out better if you disseminate the seeds/plants with your FINGERS in TURN . A red flower here, then a blue flower, a red flower, then a blue flower, etc…”“” 2262 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 揖イツい bow with arms folded, come together, assemble 0 S+ 手: hand 口: mouth 耳: ear (none) interpretation “”“For deaf people, whose ears do not function properly, the interpretation of speech is often attained by using their fingers in sign language, and pay close attention to the mouths of others.”“” “”“I bow with hands clasped, my fingers holding the microphone (with an opening that's like an ear for receiving sound) after giving my own interpretation of the karaoke song.”“” 2263 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 托たく.する, たの.む 0 S+ 手: hand 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 七: seven (none) receptable “”“Why are you holding that lock of hair, man? Are your fingers even clean? Go put that thing into a trash receptacle. No! Not your fingers, the lock. Receptacle seems to work…especially since receptable isn't a word.”“” “”“The keyword in the book is ”“”“receptacle”“”“ (which is an actual word unlike receptable). I picture a kidnapping demand where a finger and a lock of hair of the victim is placed into a receptacle and sent to the family.”“” 2264 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 捧ホウささ.げる lift up, give, offer, consecrate, sacrifice, dedicate 捧げる(ささげる): to lift up; to give; to offer; to consecrate; to devote; to sacrifice; to dedicate 0 S+ 2286 手: hand 奉: observance; offer; present; dedicate (none) dedicate (RTK3) “”“DEVOTE (new rtk3 keyword). Think of the Yakuza. To show their DEVOTION to the clan, they must be DEDICATED enough to cut off their FINGERS if they fail a task.”“” Dedicated people who dedicate themselves to growing bonsai cornstalkes have to have very fine fingers to work the bonsai cornstalk. 2265 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 撚ネンよ.る, よ.れる, より, ひね.る twist, twine, kinky 0 S+ 2398 手: hand 然: sort of thing; so; if so; in that case; well (none) twirl “”“Bad guys in movies always twirl their moustache with their fingers, and that sort of thing.”“” Twirling a baton is the sort of thing you only do with your fingertips. 2266 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 挺チョウぬ.く counter for guns, inksticks, palanquins, rickshaws, bravely volunteer 0 S+ 2189 手: hand 廷: courts; imperial court; government office (none) counter for tools The courts use their fingers as a counter for tools used in murder cases. “”“A lawyer holds several blood stained screwdrivers in his fingers and asks,”“”“Ladies and gentlemen of the court, how many tools do you see?”“”“.”“” 2267 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 擾みだ.れる, みだ.す, わずら.わしい 0 S+ 手: hand 憂: melancholy; grieve; lament; be anxious; sad; unhappy (none) commotion “”“A new dance, called the ”“”“commotion”“”“ where you move your fingers in a melancholy way. (Derived from ”“”“The Locomotion”“”“: Everybody's doin' a brand new dance now, Come on baby, do the Locomotion.).”“” There was a huge commotion in the state of Denmark when Hamlet cut off his fingers. He must have been really melancholic… 2268 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 捗チョク、ホはかど.る make progress 捗る(はかどる): to make progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance 0 S 手: hand 歩: walk; counter for steps 10 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic make headway Come on people, the only way to make headway in this business is to let your fingers do the walking! bust out the yellow pages and dial as many numbers as possible, surely someone is a sucker for a cold call sell. Thing from the Addams Family has difficulties in making headway because, well, he has no head. Only walking fingers. 2269 gradeS JLPT.N0 撫ブな.でるなで, なでし, む stroke, pat, smooth down 撫でる(なでる): to brush gently; to stroke; to caress 0 S+ 2402 手: hand 無: nothingness; none; ain't; nothing; nil; not (none) petting “”“I was petting my pet, but when I looked at my fingers I saw . . . nothingness – my pet had bitten them off.”“” I pet my pet with my fingers so hard… he was reduced to nothingness. 2270 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 撒サンま.く scatter, sprinkle, give them the slip 撒く(まく): (1) to scatter; to sprinkle; to strew (2) to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.) (3) to give the slip; to throw off; to shake off; to lose 0 S+ 手: hand 散: scatter; disperse; spend; squander (none) sprinkle Use your fingers to scatter sprinkles on top of your ice cream cone まく. Japanese tradition of 豆撒き（まめまき） - I see a garden sprinkler scattering fingers. 2271 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 擢テキぬ.く, ぬき.んでる excel in, surpass, pull out, select 0 S+ 手: hand 羽: feathers; counter for birds, rabbits 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) (none) outstanding “”“My turkey suit, complete with actual feathers, was so outstanding that farmers tried to hunt me down with hatchets: I promptly gave them the finger.”“” “”“His turkey costume was really outstanding: it was full of real turkey feathers, and he even managed to make convincing bird claws of his fingers.”“” 2272 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 捷ショウはや.いかつ victory, fast 1 S+ 手: hand 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) (none) spoils “”“Someone tries to lay their fingers on your spoils, and you run after them hitting them with a broom as they run from you.”“” As my share of the spoils of war I grab a running-broom that has fingers (just like the one in Disney/Mickey Mouse/Fantasia). It runs round cleaning up with its broom and uses its fingers to press buttons etc and operate household appliances. But also like Mickey’s it gets out of control and spoils everything it touches. So much for the spoils of war. 2273 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 抉ケツえぐ.る, こじ.る, くじ.る gouge, hollow out, bore, pry 0 S+ 手: hand 夬: decide; determine; archery glove (none) gouge out The penalty for gouging out someone's eyes is to have your fingers guillotined. “”“Before they guillotine him they gouge out his eyes with their fingers, which is why we can't see eyes in this Kanji.”“” 2274 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 怯キョウひる.む, おびえ.る, おじる, おび.える, おそ.れる cowardice, wince, flinch, hesitate, waver 卑怯(ひきょう): cowardice; meanness; unfairness 怯える(おびえる): to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of) 0 S+ 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 去: gone; past; quit; leave; elapse; eliminate; divorce (none) wince The gambling addict's state of mind … wincing as he realizes that everything he owns is gone. “”“As they pull the batteries out of Data, we see him wince and then he's gone.”“” 2275 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 惟イおも.んみる, これ, おも.うにただ, よし, のぶ consider, reflect, think 1 S+ 2246 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) (none) ponder “”“Brain: ”“”“I'm in a lucid state of mind. Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?”“”“ Pinky: ”“”“Yes Brain, but how are we going to get the turkey up here?”“”“.”“” The state of mind of a turkey is to ponder the meaning of life while waiting to be eaten come November. 2276 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 惚コツほけ.る, ぼ.ける, ほ.れる fall in love with, admire, grow senile 自惚れ(うぬぼれ): pretension; conceit; hubris 惚ける(とぼける): (1) to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play innocent; to have a blank facial expression (2) to play the fool (3) to be in one's dotage 0 S+ 2486 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 忽: in a moment; instantly; all of a sudden; neglect; disregard (none) infatuation Infatuation is the state of mind that makes a knot form in your heart. “Data instantaneously (#2431)忽 combusted when he first experienced infatuation.” 2277 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 怜レイあわ.れむ, さと.いさと, さとし wise 1 S+ 2450 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 令: orders; ancient laws; command; decree (none) quickwitted The commando team under orders need to be quickwitted and are always in the right state of mind for action. “”“Data, orders: Commander Data is as quickwitted as they come. While Picard is still in the process of uttering an order, Data is already executing it!”“” 2278 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 惇シュンあつ.いあつし, あつ, まこと, とし, つとむ sincere, kind, considerate 1 S+ 2265 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 享: receive; undergo; answer (phone); take; get; catch (none) considerate “”“The state of mind of the tall child whom receives all of the attention is often surprisingly considerate. They have known nothing but kindness in their life, and thus act the same in return!”“” A considerate state of mind is open to receive others' input. 2279 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 憧ショウ、トウ、ドウあこが.れる yearnafter, long for, aspire to, admire, adore 憧れ(あこがれ): yearning; longing; aspiration 憧れる(あこがれる): to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by 1 S 2259 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 童: juvenile; child 15 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic yearn A paedophile´s state of mind is to yearn for juveniles. A juvenile´s state of mind tends to go apeshit when they see something they yearn for. Usually involving jumping up and down, tantrums, and other bullshit. (Imagine giving them a big backhand across the face.). 2280 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq2001-2500 恰コウあたか.も just as, as though, fortunately 0 S+ 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 合: fit; suit; join; 0.1 (none) as if “”“I was in a state of mind to ask my wife if some slinky outfit from the closet fit her. ”“”“As if!”“”“ she yelled, ”“”“that belonged to your previous girlfriend!”“”“.”“” “”“If your state of mind is fit, it's as if the kanji learn themselves.”“” 2281 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 恢カイひろ.い wide, large, enlarge 0 S+ 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 灰: ashes; puckery juice; cremate (none) enlarge He was in a terrible state of mind when his home that he was enlarging was consumed by a fire and everything he had build up was turned to ashes. “”“Imagine the state of mind of a person who takes some viagra, thinking it will enlarge his package, but somehow it reduces it to ashes instead.”“” 2282 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 悌とも, やす, やすし, よし, ちか 1 S+ 2474 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 弟: younger brother; faithful service to elders (none) respect for elders “”“The state of mind of a younger brother has respect for elders, including you if you're the elder brother.”“” “”“Data, younger brother: Commander Data had a younger, amoral brother (Lore). When they visited an old computer museum, Lore remarked that he could compute much faster than the machines on exhibition. That's when Data found it to be his duty to teach his brother respect for elders.”“” 2283 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 湧ユウ、ヨウ、ユわ.くわき, わく boil, ferment, seethe, uproar, breed 湧く(わく): (1) to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to spring out; to surge (2) to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.) (3) to feel emotions form (joy, bravery, etc.) (4) to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.) 1 S 2070 水: water 勇: courage; cheer up; be in high spirits; bravery; heroism 12 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic bubble up The courageous man who went into the water to save a drowning victim couldn´t be seen, except by the air that bubbled up. Bubble up the WATER and see who has the COURAGE to jump into it. 2284 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 澪みお 1 S+ 水: water 零: zero; spill; overflow; nothing; cipher (none) canal The canals on Mars contain zero water. A canal is used to put water where there was zero. 2285 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 洸コウひろ, ひろし, たけし, ひかり sparkling water 1 S+ 2430 水: water 光: ray; light (none) glistening Rays of sunlight on the water make for a glistening effect. “”“Compare with shimmering (frame 2880), where the rays of sunlight shimmer off the futon. Water is what's glistening in those rays. (helps to remember both kanji).”“” 2286 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 滉ひろ.い 1 S+ 水: water 晃: clear (none) bounding main “”“You know you are deep in the water of a bounding main (deep body of water), when you look up and can no longer see the rays of the sun above you.”“” “”“In calm waters, even the bounding main is limpid (#2446)晃.”“” 2287 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 漱ソウくちすす.ぐ, くちそそ.ぐ, うがい, すす.ぐ gargle, rinse mouth 1 S+ 2054 水: water 束: bundle; sheaf; ream; tie in bundles; govern; manage; control 欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76) (none) gargle “”“To gargle, put a bundle of medicine in your mouth with water and throw your head back as if in a yawn.”“” Gargle with salt water and bundle up if you have a sore thoat and lack medicine. 2288 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 洲シュウしま continent, sandbar, island, country 1 S+ 1979 水: water 州: state; province (none) continent “”“Australia is the only continent that is surrounded by water on all sides, yet is still a single state.”“” “”“If the borders of a state are all water, then it is more properly called a 'continent' instead. (For 州 state (#128), I think of the small-dash/big-dash alternating pattern that is used for state borders on some maps.).”“” 2289 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 洵の.ぶ, まこと.に 1 S+ 水: water 旬: decameron; 10-day period; season (for specific products) (none) swirling waters “”“For ten days, we watched the swirling waters, but it didn't seem like the water would rise in another tsunami.”“” “”“You have got a really, really plugged up bathtub - so plugged up, as a matter of fact, that when you get out of the bath, it takes an entire decameron for the gently swirling waters to go all the way down. You are really annoyed at this (it's gross, besides), so you get a tiny little sun and bound it up with twine, and lower it into the drain. It clears the clog right up, and the swirling waters zip right on down!”“” 2290 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 滲シンし.みる, にじ.む imbued with 滲む(にじむ): to run; to blur; to spread; to blot; to ooze 0 S+ 水: water 參: three; going; coming; visiting (none) seep “”“We have a prettily shaped umbrella, but when it started to rain, water seeped through and three of our elbows got wet. So much for design over functionality.”“” “”“X-men movie scene where the senator SEEPS through the bars like WATER. You see all these ELBOWS (three of them) move in trying to grab him, but it's MYSTIQUE the SHAPE changer that catches him in her UMBRELLA.”“” 2291 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 洒シャすす.ぐ, あら.う wash, sprinkle 洒落(しゃれ): (1) joke; pun; witticism (2) smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious; refined 御洒落(おしゃれ): (1) smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious (2) someone smartly dressed (3) to dress up; to be fashionable 洒落る(しゃれる): (1) to dress stylishly (2) to joke; to play on words 洒落(しゃらく): frank; open-hearted 0 S+ 2440 水: water 襾: cover; place on top of; west radical variant (no. 146) (none) rinse “”“In the wild west everything was so dirty! With the limited water people could spare, a simple rinse was the best your clothes would get.”“” Rinse empty whiskey bottles with water. 2292 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 沐モクもく.する, あら.う wash 0 S+ 水: water 木: tree; wood (none) douse “”“In the forest fire, they doused the trees with water to prevent more damage.”“” “”“You use water to irrigate (#2079) saplings. When it has become a tree, you need more. Then you have to douse it.”“” 2293 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 泪ルイなみだ 0 S+ 水: water 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor (none) teardrops Water drops from your eye are teardrops. “”“泪橋 teardrops (#2294) ルイ, なみだ … Parts: 氵, 目 … Note: Tuttle 3a9.21 … 涙tears (#1082), vs. 泪teardrops (#2294) (vs 淚 )? don't worry. They are the exact same word except when used in place names: On and Kun are the same . 涕 has the decency to have a different On-Yomi. But the Kun is the same. …”“” 2294 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Function ShouldSuspend 渾コンすべ.て, にご.る all, turbidity 0 S+ 水: water 軍: army; force; troops; war; battle (none) gushing “”“As the Pharaoh's chariots tried to cross the Red Sea, gushing waters came and crushed them.”“” Picture yourself driving a chariot wildly down the street and knocking over all the fire hydrants. Water is gushing everywhere. 2295 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 沙サ、シャすな、よなげる sand ご無沙汰(ごぶさた): not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence 無沙汰(ぶさた): not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.); failing to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence 1 S 1897 水: water 少: few; little 7 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic grains of sand Wet sand is simply sand but to see beautiful grains of sand, the water must be few. Near the water is one of the few places you will find grains of sand. 2296 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Substance kanjifreq1501-2000 涜トクけが.す, けが.れ, みぞ defile, blaspheme, ditch 0 S+ 水: water 売: sell (none) blaspheme “”“The church is selling holy water for the faithful, but if you dare to say its tap water, they'd tell you you were blaspheming.”“” “”“During the Wedding at Cana, the Son of God had some people come up to complain after he performed his miracle. ”“”“This wine is terrible! Are you trying to sell me watered-down wine?”“”“ He replied, ”“”“It's a wedding, for God's sake, the wine is free, so stop complaining.”“”“ The dissatisfied guest retorted, ”“”“Hey, don't blaspheme!”“”“ Jesus Christ just rolled his eyes and, under his breath, uttered his own name in vain.”“” 2297 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 淫インひた.す、ほしいまま、みだ.ら、みだ.れる、みだり lewdness, licentiousness 0 S 水: water 爪: claw; nail; talon 壬: 9th calendar sign 11 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic lewd The vulture is on top of the porter and appears to be commiting a lewd act, so I throw water over the pair of them. Claw marks across the porters back from engaging in lewd acts in the shower. He is tipped well for carrying the lady´s bags to her room. 2298 gradeS JLPT.N0 梁リョウはり, うつばり, うちばり, やな, はし weir, fish trap, beam, girder 0 S+ 2017 水: water 刀: sword; saber; knife 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 木: tree; wood (none) roofbeam What seemed to be water dripping from the wooden roofbeam was actually drops of blood dripping from a sword lodged in it. “”“He cut down the tree with a sword to make a new roofbeam, but when he saw two drops lying on the tree, he assumed there was too much water in the wood and he left it to dry first.”“” 2299 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 澱デンおり, ど.ろ, よど.み, よど.む sediment, grounds, dregs, stagnant 沈澱(ちんでん): precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment) 0 S+ 水: water 殿: Mr.; hall; mansion; palace; temple; lord (none) sediment “”“Mr. President is visiting the city of New Orleans, where the sediment is being cleared away that got there when the water rushed in during hurricane Katrina.”“” “”“After Mr. (and Mrs.) Smith blasted everything in sight with a missile launcher (see Mr. (#1805)), turning the whole world into sediment, nothing was left to shot at. The only thing left was WATER. So boring…”“” 2300 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 氾ハンひろ.がる spread out, wide 氾濫(はんらん): overflowing; flood 0 S 水: water 卩: seal radical (no. 26) 5 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic widespread It´s a widespread belief that they cannot find fingerprints on a body that has been deposited in the water. It´s a widespread belief that water takes away fingerprints. 2301 gradeS JLPT.N0 洛ラク Kyoto, the capital 0 S+ 2302 水: water 各: each; every; either (none) old Kyoto “”“Old Kyoto was once the capital, but if has fallen from grace and the flowers that used to decorate its houses have all disapeared.”“” Each drop of water has been through old Kyoto at some point. 2302 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 汝ジョなんじ, なれ, い, うぬ, いまし, し, しゃ, な, なむち, まし, みまし you, thou 0 S+ 水: water 女: woman; female (none) thou “”“One of the modern commandments: ”“”“Thou shalt not imagine wet women, dripping in their bathing suits”“”“.”“” “”“”“”“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?”“”“ says Juliet, her eyes all watery.”“” 2303 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 漉ロクこ.し, こ.す, す.く manufacture paper, spread out thin, strain, percolate 0 S+ 水: water 鹿: deer (none) filter “”“I filter my water using a deer. Sure I'm a naturalist, but you know what? The filtered yellow ”“”“water”“”“ tastes MUCH better!”“” “”“When you go out into the wilderness, you shouldn't drink fresh water no matter how clean and clear it looks. A deer could have just crapped in it a mile upstream. Lesson: Bring some kind of filter to filter your drinking water.”“” 2304 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 瀕ヒンほとり shore, brink, verge 0 S+ 2367 水: water 頻: repeatedly; recur (none) on the verge of Water dripping repeatedly on someone is enough to put them on the verge of insanity. I was on the verge of wetting myself when she repeatedly showed me her… 2305 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 濠ゴウほり moat, ditch, canal, Australia 0 S+ 水: water 豪: overpowering; great; powerful; excelling; Australia (none) moat A moat is a water structure used against something potentially overpowering. “”“Australia was designed as a moat, surrounded by water, to keep out the overpowering forces of foreign nations.”“” 2306 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 溌ハツも.る, とびち.る, そそ.ぐ sprinkle, lively, vigorous 0 S+ 水: water 発: departure; discharge; publish; emit; start from; disclose; counter for gunshots (none) spray “”“If you discharge a water gun, it sprays water of course!”“” “”“To spray is to have water discharged, from, for example, a hose.”“” 2307 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 溺デキ、ジョウ、ニョウいばり、おぼ.れる drown, indulge 溺れる(おぼれる): (1) to drown; to nearly drown; to sink below the surface (of water) (2) to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to wallow in 0 S 水: water 弱: weak; frail 13 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic drowning Weak people placed in the water start drowning. Get some strength in those arms and learn how to swim! Weak swimmers drowning in the water. 2308 gradeS JLPT.N0 湊ソウみなと, あつ.まる port, harbor 0 S+ 2222 水: water 奏: play music; speak to a ruler; complete (none) port They started playing music when the ship of the emperor came in sight over the water and was brought into port. A band playing music on the water front for a heroic Navy ship returning to port. 2309 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 淋リンさび.しい, さみ.しい lonely, deserted 0 S+ 水: water 林: grove; forest (none) solitude “”“Picture yourself living in solitude on a tiny island. There are only two trees, and you keep getting splashed by water from sea waves.”“” A water-filled grove is a place of solitude. 2310 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 浩コウおおき.い, ひろ.いひろ, ひろし, ゆたか, こお wide expanse, abundance, vigorous 1 S+ 1149 水: water 告: revelation; tell; inform; announce (none) abounding “”“According to the book of revelations, abounding waters will be the first sign of the apocalypse!”“” Revelations into the benefits of drinking water are abounding these days. 2311 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 ShouldSuspend 汀テイみぎわ, なぎさて water's edge, shore, bank 1 S+ 水: water 丁: street; ward; town; counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign (none) water's edge These spikes mark the water's edge in ancient times. Notice that the water level is actually much lower today. The water's edge is firmly nailed to the ground with robust spikes… through the water. 2312 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 鴻コウおおとり, ひしくい, おおがり large bird, wild goose 1 S+ 2111 江: creek; inlet; bay 鳥: bird; chicken (none) large goose A bird often found near creeks is the large goose. Ever ridden in a watercraft at an amusement park in the shape of a large goose bird? 2313 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 潅そそ.ぐ 0 S+ 水: water 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) (none) souse “”“When the pegasus attacked, we did what we could and soused it: everyone knows that a wet pegasus is a dead pegasus.”“” “”“Souse the pegasus with water, she likes it.”“” 2314 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 溢イツこぼ.れる, あふ.れる, み.ちる overflow, inundate, spill 溢れる(あふれる): to overflow; to brim over; to flood 0 S+ 2405 水: water 益: benefit; gain; profit; advantage (none) brimming “”“Water is to the benefit of all live forms, so when a place has a lot of water, you soon see it brimming with life forms.”“” (+brendanmacdonald) Water is brimming with health benefits! 2315 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 汰タ、タイおご.る、にご.る、よな.げる luxury, select ご無沙汰(ごぶさた): not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence 無沙汰(ぶさた): not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.); failing to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence 1 S 水: water 太: plump; thick; big around 7 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic cleanse “I couldn´t find any reference to this kanji as meaning cleanse. It seems to be most often used in the following compound 沙汰（さた）to mean affair. The other meanings seem to be closer to ´select´ so maybe Heisig meant cleanse in the ethnic sense here.. I´m going to use the keyword ”“selection”“, as in natural selection. Story: natural selection first began in the water, and those that were too plump were selected out.” Water is used to cleanse a plump man´s colon. 2316 gradeS JLPT.N1 湛タンしず.む, たた.えるかん, きよ, たたう, たたえ, やす fill, wear (a smile) 0 S+ 2183 水: water 甚: tremendously; very; great; exceedingly (none) inundate A tremendous amount of people inundate waterparks during summer vacation. “”“After the success of Gatorade, Michael Jordan was inundated with requests to do water commercials.”“” 2317 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 淳ジュンあつ.いあつ, あつし, きよ, きよし, まこと, すなお pure 1 S+ 1629 水: water 享: receive; undergo; answer (phone); take; get; catch (none) immaculate “”“I doubt it was an immaculate conception, I'm sure she received something 'watery' from someone or other.”“” Water you receive as a gift should be immaculate. 2318 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 潰カイ、エつぶ.す、つぶ.れる、つい.える crush, smash, break, dissipate 潰す(つぶす): (1) to smash; to crush (2) to shut down (3) to thwart; to block (4) to kill (time) (5) to waste (e.g. talents) 潰れる(つぶれる): (1) to be smashed (2) to become useless; to cease functioning (3) to go bankrupt 0 S 水: water 貴: precious; value; prize; esteem; honor 15 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic defile Man continues to defile precious water and it may prove to be his downfall (Think of Exxon, BP, etc.). “…Faramir and Frodo watched the tiny creature far below. ”“Shall we shoot him?”“ Faramir asked. ”“This Gollum has defiled the waters of the Forbidden pond, looking for his Precious, and for that the penalty is death”“…” 2319 gradeS JLPT.N0 渥アクあつ.い, うるお.うあつし kindness 1 S+ 2257 水: water 屋: roof; house; shop; dealer; seller (none) moisten “”“Before raging wildfires approach the town, homeowners will spray hose water on their roof to moisten the house as a preventative measure.”“” “”“When it's very dry, I sometimes moisten the wooden beams on the roof with water so that they won't completely dry out and crack open.”“” 2320 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 灘タンなだ, せだな, なん open sea 0 S+ 1912 水: water 難: difficult; impossible; trouble; accident; defect (none) rough seas Rough seas are a body of water that is most difficult to travel over. Rough seas = difficult waters. 2321 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 汲キュウく.むくみ draw (water), ladle, scoop, pump 汲む(くむ): (1) to draw (water); to ladle; to dip; to scoop; to pump (2) to have a drink together (3) to consider; to sympathize with; to sympathise with 0 S+ 水: water 及: reach out; exert; exercise; cause (none) draw water When you draw water you reach out and take the water from the well. Reach out for water to draw water from the well. 2322 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 瀞セイとろ, きよ.い pure water, clear water, pool in a river 0 S+ 水: water 静: quiet (none) river pool “”“Stare into the quiet water of the river pool, and maybe you'll see the river mermaids.”“” A river pool is a little spot of WATER over on the edge where the water can be QUIET for a while before going back out into the roaring river to flow. 2323 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 溜リュウた.まる, たま.る, た.める, したた.る, たまり, ため collect, gather, be in arrears 溜める(ためる): (1) to amass; to accumulate; to store (2) to leave unpaid 溜まる(たまる): to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up 溜まり(たまり): (1) pile; pool; collection (2) gathering spot (3) waiting place for a sumo wrestler beside the ring (4) liquid runoff from miso preparation (5) tamari; variety of rich soy sauce (used for sashimi, etc.) 0 S+ 2451 水: water 留: detain; fasten; halt; stop (none) cumulation “”“Water, detain: At the airport, crazy EU customs regulations made that every person carrying water bottles was detained and the water bottles themselves impounded. As you may imagine, in the customs office, there was quite a cumulation of water bottles.”“” “”“I look up at a cumulonimbus cloud and say “There must be a lot of water detained in that cumulonimbus, quite a cumulation”.”“” 2324 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 渕エンふち, かた.い, はなわ edge 0 S+ 1399 水: water 天: heavens; sky; imperial 刀: sword; saber; knife (none) abyss “”“Moses threw the golden calf into a nearby abyss, chased the offenders that had worshipped it with a saber, and cleaned the whole spot it had been standing with water as to wash away the sins of these people.”“” “”“In the abyss of hell, there is no water and Satan keeps watch with his sabre.”“” 2325 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1001-1500 ShouldSuspend 沌トンくら.い primeval chaos 0 S+ 水: water 屯: barracks; police station; camp (none) chaos Chaos theory holds that a single EARTHWORM wriggling can cause huge flows of WATER all over the planet. Earthworms go into chaos when there's no water. 2326 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 汎ハン、ブ、フウ、ホウ、ホンただよ.う、ひろ.いひろ, ひろし, みな pan- 0 S 2014 水: water 凡: mediocre 6 水 85 4 みず・したみず・さんずい (none) 形声 Phonetic pan Yeah, all our water is fairly mediocre, but if we work together in some pan-continental union, we can make some better water! As if. “This is pan- as in the prefix meaning ”“all”“. I think of Pangea as being a mediocre continent with water covering the rest of the planet. This was before it broke up into the first-class, well-distributed continents we got now.” 2327 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 濾こ.す濾す(こす): to filter; to strain 0 S+ 水: water 慮: prudence; thought; concern; consider; deliberate; fear (none) strainer “”“Prudence always splashes water over the strainer before & after using it. ”“”“Just being prudent”“”“, she says.”“” “”“The strainer exercises prudence on the water, only letting the good water pass.”“” 2328 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 濡ジュぬれ.る, ぬら.す, ぬ.れる, ぬ.らす, うるお.い, うるお.う, うるお.す get wet, damp, make love 濡れる(ぬれる): to get wet 濡らす(ぬらす): to wet; to soak; to dip ずぶ濡れ(ずぶぬれ): soaked; dripping wet 0 S+ 2260 水: water 需: demand; request; need (none) drench Those who demand water will be drenched. “”“When he demanded water from the waitress, she dumped the glass over his head, drenching his clothes.”“” 2329 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 淀テンよど.む pool, eddy 0 S+ 1987 水: water 定: determine; fix; establish; decide (none) eddy “”“If you get caught in an eddy, the water seems determined to pull you in.”“” “”“An eddy is created when water determines it doesn't want to just ”“”“go with the flow”“”“.”“” 2330 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 涅そ.める 0 S+ 水: water 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey (none) fabrication The greatest fabrication ever told was that God made the water and the earth in only one day. This kanji should mean black soil. It is is used for Buddha's death and nirvana (涅槃 (ねはん)). Story: Fabrication of black soil. Use water to wash away other colours and and dry it in the sun (sun over soil). 2331 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 釜フかま kettle, cauldron, iron pot 釜(かま): iron pot; kettle 0 S 1761 父: father 金: gold 10 金 167 8 かね・かねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic cauldron Your father uses his legs to stop himself from being put in a metal cauldron. Whilst on holiday, my father was captured by cannibals and put in a metal cauldron. 2332 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1501-2000 斧フおの ax, hatchet 0 S+ 父: father 斤: axe; 1.32 lb; catty; counter for loaves of bread; axe radical (no. 69) (none) hatchet “”“Father is sitting on top of an axe, and when I ask why he says, “Axe? It’s a hatchet, and I’m trying to hatch it”.”“” The father axe giving birth to baby hatchets. There is a role reversal in axe families. 2333 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 爺ヤじい, じじい, おやじ, じじ, ちち old man, grampa 0 S+ 父: father 耶: question mark (none) grandpa “Father!!! My Father exclaimed when he saw my grandpa again. [exclamation (#2680)].” “”“My grandpa, the father of my father, often puts his ear agains the city walls to hear what's going on. Well, Alzheimer…”“” 2334 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_People_Family ShouldSuspend 猾わるがしこ.い 0 S+ 犬: dog 骨: skeleton; bone; remains; frame (none) sly The sly criminal gave a skeleton to the pack of wild dogs chasing him. “”“Sly fox thought he could outsmart the wild dogs, but all they found of him was his skeleton.”“” 2335 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 猥ワイみだ.ら, みだり.に obscene 0 S+ 犬: dog 畏: fear; majestic; graciously; be apprehensive (none) indecent “The indecent man made even the pack of wild dogs apprehensive (#2569).” “”“An indecent video featuring a helpless victim taking hairpins in his brain while a pack of wild dogs tears him from limb to limb, has generated calls for compulsory censorship of the internet.”“” 2336 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 狡ずる.い, こす.い, わるがしこ.い狡い(ずるい): (1) sly; cunning; dishonest; sneaky; crafty; unfair (2) miserly 0 S+ 犬: dog 交: mingle; mixing; association; coming & going (none) cunning You have to have cunning to mingle with a pack of wild dogs and get away unharmed. A pack of wild dogs mingle together and perform cunning-lingus. 2337 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 狸リたぬき tanuki, raccoon 0 S+ 2498 犬: dog 里: ri; village; parent's home; league (none) racoon dog A raccoon dog joined the pack of wild dogs as their computer-literate otaku member with circles around his eyes. The racoon dog was only allowed to join the pack of wild dogs because his computer owned. 2338 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 狼ロウおおかみ wolf 0 S+ 2129 犬: dog 良: good; pleasing; skilled (none) wolf “”“I don't know if ”“”“All (wild) dogs go to heaven,”“”“ but I think this wolf will, because he has a halo.”“” “”“Pack of wild dogs, halo: In the pack of wild dogs, there is a prophesy. The wild dog that is born with a halo surrounding it will eventually turn into a wolf and lead the pack of wild dogs to victory over mankind.”“” 2339 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 狽 0 S+ 犬: dog 貝: shellfish (none) flustered The pack of dogs got all flustered when they tried to open the shellfish with their snouts. “”“The shellfish flustered the fishermen by pretending to be a pack of wild dogs. ”“”“woof woof, grrrrrr”“”“.”“” 2340 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 狗クいぬ puppy, dog 0 S+ 犬: dog 句: phrase; clause; sentence; passage; paragraph; counter for haiku (none) pup “”“Mother dog: “I don't like our pup hanging around with that pack of wild dogs because he picks up all sorts of bad phrases.” Father dog: “Don't worry, he's only a pup – it's just a phrase he's going through”.”“” “”“”“”“He encountered a pack of dogs”“”“ sounds like a scary phrase, until you mention they were all puppies.”“” 2341 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Human.Activities_Zodiac Kanji_Nature_Animal ShouldSuspend 狐コきつね fox 0 S+ 2185 犬: dog 瓜: melon (none) fox A pack of dogs chases a fox who has stolen a melon! Must be a vegetarian fox… “”“In Japanese folklore the FOX is known for changing shape. This one was being chased by a PACK OF WILD DOGS and passing a garden, changed into a MELON to hide.”“” 2342 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 狛ハクこま archaic part of Korea, lion-dog shrine guards 0 S+ 2196 犬: dog 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days (none) a-un From the pack of wild dogs only white ones are chosen to be a-un (to guard the temple). Lion-like wild dogs that show their white teeth to anyone who approaches the Shinto shrine. 2343 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 狙ソ、ショねら.う、ねら.い aim at, sight, shadow, stalk 狙い(ねらい): aim 狙う(ねらう): to aim at 0 S 745 犬: dog 且: moreover; also; furthermore 8 犬 94 4 いぬ・けものへん (none) 形声 Phonetic aim at When her home was invaded by a pack of dogs, the little girl climbed on the shelf and aimed various items at the dogs below. I think the dogs purposely aim at your shelves to deal the most damage. 2344 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq501-750 獅シしし lion 0 S+ 1914 犬: dog 師: expert; teacher; master; model; exemplar; army (incl. counter); war (none) lion “”“In ”“”“The Lion King,”“”“ Scar was the expert who did all the scheming, and the three hyenas were his pack of wild dogs that did most of the dirty work.”“” The pack of wild dogs admire the lion as an expert hunter. 2345 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 狒ひひ 0 S+ 犬: dog 弗: dollar (none) baboon “”“The hunter employs a pack of dogs to hunt baboons, which he sells to zoos for a lot of dollars.”“” Baboons like to taunt wild dogs by dangling their dollar sign chains from trees just out of their reach (and occasionally mooning them with their red butts). 2346 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 莨たばこ 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 良: good; pleasing; skilled (none) tobacco “”“If you smoke these tobacco flowers, you'll end up sporting a halo sooner rather than later.”“” “”“If you smoke these tobacco flowers, you can blow funky smoke halos (rings).”“” 2347 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 茉マツみ jasmine 1 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 末: end; close; tip; powder; posterity (none) jasmine “”“If you know someone called Jasmine, then just imagine yourself sticking a flower in her extremity.”“” “”“The jasmine flowers are exceptionally strong scented, and you can smell it the whole day if you rub them on an extremity of your body, like a hand.”“” 2348 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 莉リ jasmine 1 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 利: profit; advantage; benefit (none) hawthorn “”“Thanks to Nathaniel Hawthorne, the hawthorn flower is now profitable.”“” A hawthorn is a flower that stands in the way of profit as it has to be taken out of the wheat fiels by farmers. 2349 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 苺バイいちご strawberry 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 母: mother (none) strawberry “”“The strawberry plant is one that mothers really like. Not particularly for its flowers, but for the fruit of course, so they can make fresh strawberry pies.”“” “”“Most people eat the fruit of the strawberry plant, but your mother eats the flowers.”“” 2350 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 萩シュウはぎは bush clover 1 S+ 1544 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 秋: autumn (none) bush clover The bush clover is a special flower which was dedicated to bush when he won the presidency in Autumn. Bush clover flowers in autumn. 2351 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 藝ゲイう.える, のり, わざ art, craft, performance, acting, trick, stunt 0 S+ 2065 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 丸: round; full (month); perfection; -ship; pills; make round; roll up; curl up; seduce; explain away 云: say (none) technique [old] “”“Its the oldest technique in the book. When surrounded by the evil rice seedling forces (they have gathered all around the ground around you), you dispense a cloud of rising smoke from your feet, and disappear, leaving only flowers behind.”“” The [old] technique for making a rising cloud of flowers was misused by round men to get a woman's legs caught in ivy. 2352 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 薙テイな.ぐ, なぎ, か.る mow down (the enemy) 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 雉: pheasant (none) trim “Get a pheasant (#2584) to trim your flowers for you.” Pheasant 雉 under glass with flower trimmings as garnish. Mmmm! 2353 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 蓑みの 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 衰: decline; wane; weaken (none) straw raincoat “”“Looking for a job at a florist during bad weather, I was forced to wear my pauper's straw raincoat. Predictably, I was declined at every flower shop I found.”“” “”“Flower, decline: After your flowers have declined (i.e., lost their bloom), you can always use the remains to weave a straw raincoat. It's all about recycling these days…”“” 2354 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 萎イな、しお.れる、しな.びる、しぼ.む、な.える wither, droop, lame 萎びる(しなびる): to wilt; to fade 0 S 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 委: committee; entrust to; leave to; devote; discard 11 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic numb Oh, the committee´s in for a surprise: I put some nightshades into their drinks. They´ll be numb for sure, probably worse. “The keyword numb makes no sense. I choose 萎む（しぼむ）”“to fade away”“. A girl lies in a wheat field at the same time every day. A photo is taken every day showing this scene and a time lapse video shows the wheat growing through the year until the wheat is tall and the top sprouts to look like its flowers. At this point, the girl can no longer be seen in the photos and she fades away.” 2355 gradeS JLPT.N0 苔タイこけ, こけら moss, lichen 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 台: pedestal; a stand; counter for machines and vehicles (none) moss Flowers can be seen on the pedestal covered with moss. The flowers you can see on old pedestals when you visit the ruins in Greece are moss in fact. 2356 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 蕩とろ.かす, とろ.ける, うご.く蕩ける(とろける): (1) to melt (to a liquid) (2) to be enchanted with; to be charmed; to be bewitched 蕩蕩(とうとう): vast; calm 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 湯: hot water; bath; hot spring (none) prodigal “”“When the prodigal son returned, he was greeted with flowers and hot water for tea by his mum.”“” “”“The prodigal son thought he was going to be in hot water when he went home after wasting his family's money, but instead they greeted him with flowers.”“” 2357 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 蔽ヘイ、ヘツ、フツおお.う、おお.い cover, shade, mantle, capsize, be ruined 0 S 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 敝: be worn-out; be dilapidated; be defeated 15 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic cover over You cover over the shredder with flowers when the FBI comes a-knockin´. The taskmaster arranges flowers to cover over the rags she makes us clean with. 2358 gradeS JLPT.N0 蔓マンはびこ.る, つる vine, tendril, influence, connections, good offices, spread, sprawl, thrive, rampant, powerful 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 曼: wide; beautiful (none) tendril The alien plant from outer space flowered and started drawing mandala's on the ground with its tendrils as a way of communication. If you show a mandala to a flower it will cross its tendrils into the lotus position. 2359 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 蓮レンはす, はちす lotus 蓮(はす): (1) sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus (2) rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) 1 S+ 1839 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 連: take along; lead; join; connect; party; gang; clique (none) lotus “”“A lotus can either be a flower, or else something that takes you along (the car make).”“” “”“Way too easy! Lotus, as in the really expensive, fast car. Whenever I want to take someone somewhere (連れる）, I make sure to rent a Lotus so that I can arrive to pick them up in style. I'm a great customer of the local car rental shop, so they always make sure to give me a flower when I pick up my Lotus.”“” 2360 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 芙フはす lotus, Mt Fuji 1 S+ 2238 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 夫: husband; man (none) lotus flower “”“[+woelpad] In a certain culture, there is a ritual carried out when a girl is quite young (young enough, in fact, that they do it before they are considered a woman in that culture - for the same reason that some cultures do not name a baby until they are sure it will live) - she must go on a vision quest for a lotus flower and look inside it to see the face of her husband - then report back.. Imagine a poor flower girl's dismay when she looks into the lotus flower and sees the face of Homer Simpson!.”“” There's a popular myth amongst flower girls that the face of their future husband is hidden inside a lotus flower. 2361 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 蓉ヨウはす, よ lotus 1 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 容: contain; form; looks (none) lotus blossom Those little flower buds contain a whole lotus blossom when they grow bigger. “”“Flower, contain: 'Lotus Blossom' is the stripped down version of a software package tailored to the needs of flourists: Lotus Flower (lotus flower (#2361)). However, the software still contains the most important functionality of the original version.”“” 2362 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 蘭ランか, あららぎ orchid, Holland 1 S+ 1886 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 闌: rise high; be well along (none) orchid “”“The orchid thief tries to steal exotic flowers from the east, only to be stopped customs at the departure gate * 蘭【らん】orchid.”“” The Asian lesbians are partial to this flower because it reminds them of their favorite classic video game character: B. Orchid. 2363 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 芦ロあし, よしあ reed, rush 0 S+ 1733 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 戸: door; counter for houses; door radical (no. 63) (none) hollow reed “”“You must play a tune using a hollow reed, to open the secret door hidden beneath the flowers.”“” “”“Ancient superstition requirs you to adorn your door with hollow reed and flowers, but nobody knows the purpose anymore.”“” 2364 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 薯いも 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 署: signature; govt office; police station (none) yam “”“The signature flower of Ireland: the yam! Speaking of which, how are yams different from potatoes?”“” A yam has a signature flower that differentiates it from a sweet potato. 2365 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 菖ショウ iris 1 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 昌: prosperous; bright; clear (none) iris Only prosperous people (picture someone with a lot of bling) can afford to have iris flowers in the house regularly. They're too expensive for daily use. “”“You become so prosperous selling flowers (irises) you buy Van Gogh's famous painting ”“”“Irises”“”“ and hang in in your flower shop.”“” 2366 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 蕉ショウ banana 1 S+ 2033 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 焦: char; hurry; impatient; irritate; burn; scorch; singe (none) banana “”“Like the fruit itself, banana flowers look charred as they age.”“” Charred bananas on a bed of flowers are a delicacy that stir up images of a tropic island. 2367 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 芯シン wick 芯(しん): (1) wick; marrow; staple (for stapler); (pencil) lead; stuffing; pith (2) core; heart; centre; center 0 S 2202 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 7 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic wick My favorite are heart shaped candles that smell like sweet flowers. The trick is to find one with a thick wick, they give off the most flower scent (but burn the quickest). Giving a girl flowers is like lighting the wick to her heart. 2368 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 蕎キョウそば buckwheat 蕎麦(そば): (1) buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) (2) soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 喬: high; boasting (none) buckwheat “”“”“”“Buckwheat's been shot! Buckwheat's been shot!”“”“ At his funeral, attended by the rest of Our Gang, Buckwheat is placed in his coffin covered by flowers. An angel is also present, and says ”“”“Its O-tay Buckwheat, you have been invited up to heaven!”“”“.”“” Grain from the buckwheat plant can be used for some angelically tasting cakes. 2369 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 蕗ロふき butterbur, bog rhubarb 1 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 路: path; route; road; distance (none) butterbur Butterbur flowers can be seen along the path. “”“A Butterbur is a plant, but also, in LOTR, Butterbur is the name of the owner of the Prancing Pony. The hobbits met him on their path to Mount Doom.”“” 2370 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 藍ランあい indigo 1 S 2043 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 監: oversee; official; govt office; rule; administer 18 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic indigo Indigo flowers have to be overseen because they are often picked for their beauty. “Traditionally, 青 blue (#1534) could be used to describe blue OR green. However, two kanji that describe the hues specifically are 藍 and 緑. This kanji is the ”“blue”“ counterpart of green (#1371). Story: The overseer, master of the slaves, wore a cloak dyed with indigo, and flowers in his hair.” 2371 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Color kanjifreq2001-2500 茄カ eggplant 1 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 加: add; addition; increase; join; include; Canada (none) eggplant Eggplant is a low カロrie flower (thanks Peppi). An epplant is a flower with almost no 加ries… 2372 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 苛カいじ.める、さいな.む、いらだ.つ、からい、こまかい torment, scold, chastise 苛める(いじめる): to tease; to torment; to persecute; to chastise 苛々(いらいら): getting nervous; irritation 0 S 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 可: can; passable; mustn't; should not; do not 8 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic bullying How many flowers can I stuff in your nostrils? Well I´m just gonna have to go and see. Bullying at its worst! Flowers, you ask if they can feel pain, do you? ^stomp^ ^stomp^ ^stomp^ They sure -can-!! ^stomp^ ^stomp^ ^stomp^ ^stomp^ ^stomp^ ^stomp^!! 2373 gradeS JLPT.N0 蔭インかげ shade, shadow, backing assistance お蔭様で(おかげさまで): (I'm fine) thank you; under the gods' shadow お蔭(おかげ): (1) grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); blessing (2) assistance; help; aid (3) effects; influence 0 S+ 2166 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 陰: shade; yin; negative; sex organs; secret; shadow (none) behind the scenes “”“Behind the scenes, in the shady areas, they trade various flowers: oh, yeah, gather 'round the good stuff!”“” “”“Another Heisig RTK3 fail. I'm going to use ”“”“owing to”“”“ as the keyword – it's mostly used in 御蔭で (thanks to you). Thanks to you, I was even able to grow flowers in the shade, no easy task.”“” 2374 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 蓬ホウよもぎ sagebrush, wormwood, mugwort 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 逢: meeting; tryst; date; rendezvous (none) wormwood “”“Wormwood brings very, very vivid and hallucinogenic dreams. You eat some of the intoxicating flowers of the wormwood with your girlfriend…and in your high state of mind, decide that it would be a good idea to do it in the bushes on the side of Mario Kart Road. Suddenly, in the middle of it, she starts tripping out, and runs through the bushes into the middle of the track, while they are racing…and is killed. Imagine waking up from that dream…or was it a dream? Sticks for me anyway.”“” “You bring a wormwood flower to a tryst (#2417) for the bitter parting at the end.” 2375 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 芥カイからし, ごみ, あくた mustard, rape, dust, trash, rubbish 0 S+ 1929 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 介: jammed in; shellfish; mediate; concern oneself with (none) mustard Mustard has a lot of flavor jammed in to its flowers. Mustard is a plant that jams in all its taste into its mustard seeds. 2376 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 萌ホウも.える, きざ.す, めばえ, きざ.しもえ, きざし show symptoms of, sprout, bud, malt 1 S+ 2346 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 明: bright; light (none) germinate You need a lot of bright light to germinate flowers. “”“If there is one thing those nasty german's hate its bright, happy flowers.”“” 2377 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 葡ブ wild grape, Portugal 葡萄(ぶどう): grape; grapevine 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 匍: crawl; creep (none) grape “”“Grapes are totally a conspiracy, I'm telling you. They're pretty little plants with flowers that grow in clusters, and they are sweet, I know, but…Bound up in each little grape (the skin is like a wrapping) is a tiny RFID tag that the government uses to spy on you. That's why they sell them in such large quantities for so cheap - if you ”“”“pass”“”“ a few of them out, no matter - odds are that at least one will stay inside you. They especially push them on kids.”“” “My offspring ate all the grapes off the grape vine (#2379)!” 2378 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 萄ドウ grape vine, wild grape 葡萄(ぶどう): grape; grapevine 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 缶: tin can; container; jar radical (no. 121) (none) grape vine “”“”“”“I heard it through the grape vine”“”“' using a pair of tin cans bound together to form a 糸電話 hidden amongst the flowers.”“” “”“I WRAPPED a large tin can (#1965) to a grape vine, under the FLOWERS of the grape vine, so that grapes fall directly into the tin can (#1965) when they are ripe.”“” 2379 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 蘇ソよみがえ.る be resuscitated, revived 0 S+ 1968 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 魚: fish 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) (none) resurrect Fish are used (as fertilizer) to resurrect your wheat to a flowering state. Famous resurrection: Jesus. There's the fish and loaves of wheat bread he's got under his arms and flowers in his hair. 2380 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 蕃しげ, しげる, ば 0 S+ 2361 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 番: turn; number in a series (none) grow wild “”“First the flowers grow up, but if you aren't attentive, they have a tendency to grow wild, playing dice out in the garden to kill time. A bad seed, indeed. Flowers grown wild!”“” “”“Some kids playing the board game Jumanji throw the dice, and as a result, flowers suddenly begin to grow wild all around them.”“” 2381 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 苓みみなぐさ 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 令: orders; ancient laws; command; decree (none) cocklebur “”“A truly invasive parasite, the cocklebur is a flower that attaches itself to its namesake and proceeds to order the host around, the poor guy.”“” “”“When cocklebur flowers get stuck in your socks and shoelaces while bushwalking, you have to order everyone to stop and wait while you pick them out.”“” 2382 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 菰コこも, まこも reed used for matting 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 孤: orphan; alone (none) rush mat Orphans sleep on the flowers of a rush mat. “”“The poor orphans took to injecting 'flowers' (poppy variety), and lay Knocked Out (KO) on the rush mat floor of the orphanage.”“” 2383 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 蒙モウこうむ.る, おお.う, くら.い ignorance, darkness, get, receive, be subjected to, sustain, Mongolia 0 S+ 2360 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 豕: pig; hog; pig radical (no. 152) (none) darken “”“Flower, crown, one, sow: Each year, just before Christmas, one sow is selected among many to wear a crown adorned with flowers. Unknowing of her fate, there is a party in her honor that evening. Near the end, the lights suddenly darken and a lot of noise can be heared. When the lights go on again, the sow has been slaughtered and is ready to be baked for Christmas dinner.”“” “”“Miss Piggy has entered the Miss Universe pageant. Only one sow will get the crown, when the lights darken, Miss Piggy accepts the flowers as she is announced the winner!”“” 2384 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 茅ボウかや, ちがやち, じ miscanthus reed 1 S+ 1895 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 矛: halberd; arms; festival float (none) grassy reed “”“There are two methods for swimming up on your enemy unnoticed. A ninja using a grassy reed, making sure the flower is first removed, will approach stealthily. A warriors scabbard, once the halberd is removed, can also substitute for a breathing tube in a pinch.”“” “”“To prevent the weed from spreading, you must cut the grassy reed with a halberd before it flowers.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　http://www.flickr.com/photos/wasatyu/168795205/.”“” 2385 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 芭バ banana 0 S+ 2026 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 巴: comma-design (none) plantain “”“A plantain is a flowering fruit that looks kind of like a banana, and of course bananas look sort of like a comma, so you might even say that they have a sort of comma-design.”“” Southern cities in Europe often have plantains for street decoration. The light filtering through these plants makes for a nice light mosaic on the streets. 2386 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 苅ガイか.るかり, かる, かん cutting (grass) 0 S+ 2178 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 刈: reap; cut; clip; trim; prune (none) mow You reap what flowers you mow. (thanks synewave). “”“Before you mow the lawn, first quickly reap any flowers growing it, otherwise they'll just go to waste.”“” 2387 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 蓋ガイ、カイ、コウふた、けだ.し、おお.う、かさ、かこう cover, lid, flap 蓋(ふた): cover; lid; cap 0 S 2388 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 盍: come together; congregate; meet; cover 13 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic lid The lid of this dish is gone! Now the whole room smells of the flowers that were used in the cooking. When the magician lifted the LID, the flowers were gone from the dish. 2388 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq2001-2500 葱ソウねぎ stone leek, Welsh onion 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 怱: rush; hurry; be flustered (none) onion “”“The onion is a plant that has such spicy fumes, that you have to cry as if your heart is in a double knot.”“” The ONION is a type of FLOWER (bulb) that makes you INSTANTANEOUSLY cry a DROP of tear. Just remember the DROP goes on the KNOT. 2389 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 蔑ベツないがしろ、なみ.する、くらい、さげす.む ignore, despise, neglect, ridicule 軽蔑(けいべつ): scorn; disdain 0 S 2483 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 网: net; net or net crown radical (no. 122) 戍: protection 14 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic revile They gays were reviled by society, so they put flowers above their eyes and marched around. In Northern Ireland, bitter religious groups revile their opponents by marching defiantly under their very eye, holding flowers that symbolize their beliefs. 2390 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq2001-2500 葵キあおいまもる, け hollyhock 1 S+ 2122 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 癸: 10th calendar sign (none) hollyhock Hollyhock loved to suck cock. With a flower in her hair she would lead you into a teepee and let you experience heaven. The hollyhock is a flower that can grow as large as a teepee. It almost reaches to heaven. 2391 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 葺シュウあし, ふ.く, ふき thatch, cover, shingle, tile 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 口: mouth 耳: ear (none) shingling “”“When shingling with flowers, they can often block up your mouth and ears unless you wear the proper safety gear.”“” “”“Flower, deaf: The deaf guy was shingling the roof of his house with flowers (ecohouse). Being deaf was an advantage since he didn't hear the comment of his neighbours.”“” 2392 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 蕊しべ 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) (none) stamen A male flower attracts many hearts with its stamen. This flower's stamen is so manly that it has three hearts. 2393 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 茸ジョウきのこ, たけ, しげ.る mushroom 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 耳: ear (none) mushroom “”“My mother used to joke that if I didn't wash my ears properly, mushroom plants would be growing out of them.”“” “”“How could Mushroom be flower/ear??? It makes no freakin' sense! 　http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofilo/2202580888/　　　　　　　Oh, O.K.. Well, then maybe it could be.”“” 2394 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree ShouldSuspend 蒔シう.える, まくまい, まか, まき sow (seeds) 散蒔く(ばらまく): to disseminate; to scatter; to give money freely 1 S+ 2368 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 時: time; hour (none) sowing All it takes is time to get flowers after sowing seeds. After sowing seeds it will take TIME before FLOWERS grow. 2395 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 芹キンせりせい, よし parsley 1 S+ 2158 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 斤: axe; 1.32 lb; catty; counter for loaves of bread; axe radical (no. 69) (none) parsley “”“The axe murderer glares at his flower garden victims ”“”“First Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme!”“”“.”“” Cooking for Cannibals: Sprinkling a freshly chopped parsley flower onto your axe before cutting up those helpless victims is a great way to add a little zest to your dishes. 2396 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 苫センとま rush matting 0 S+ 2028 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 占: fortune-telling; divining; forecasting; occupy; hold; have; get; take (none) thatching The thatching of the old thatched roofs in rural Japan often has FLOWERS growing out of it when it's gotten weathered. So you can pluck them and use them like tea leaves to tell your FORTUNE. The fortuneteller wants the thatching of his roof done with flowers instead of reeds. 2397 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 葛カツ、カチつづら、くずか, かず, かずら, かっ, かつら arrowroot, kudzu 0 S 1547 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 曷: why; how; when 匂: fragrant; stink; glow; insinuate; (kokuji) 12 艸 140 6 くさ・くさかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic kudzu Flower, siesta: The muchacho was not careful. He passed the warning signs and decided to hold a siesta in the kudzu field. The kudzu grew so fast, he was completely covered by it in a few hours and not able to escape. Now, the kudzu flowers mark his grave. The muchacho takes a siesta under the flowers of the kudzu. 2398 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq1501-2000 蒼ソウあお.い blue, pale 1 S+ 2276 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 倉: godown; warehouse; storehouse; cellar; treasury (none) pale blue “”“The godown was filled with pale blue flowers, probably some drug…”“” “”“If you give her pale blue flowers, she'll godown on you every time.”“” 2399 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 藁わら藁(わら): straw 0 S+ 2488 蒿: mugwort 木: tree; wood (none) straw “”“When a giant drinks a cocktail, he needs a straw of large proportions. He hollows out a tall tree for the straw, and sticks a giant flower on the rim of his drink.”“” “”“Story of three little pigs. First one built a house out of straw but it got blown down. Second one built a house out of flowers but it got blown down. Third one built a tall house out of wood. It was so tall, when the wolf blew it it fell back on the wolf, killing him instantly. The end.”“” 2400 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 蕪ブかぶ, かぶら, あれる turnip 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 無: nothingness; none; ain't; nothing; nil; not (none) turnip “”“Turnip flowers? Gross, but at least it's better than nothing to eat.”“” Turnips just taste like nothing to me. 2401 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 藷いも 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 諸: various; many; several; together (none) sweet potato The sweet potato is a plant that can be used in various dishes quite well. “”“The sweet potato is a plant that has various names. (So don't get it confused with ”“”“yam”“”“).”“” 2402 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 薮ソウやぶ thicket, bush, underbrush, grove 0 S+ 2109 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 数: number; strength; fate; law; figures (none) quack The idiot savant was thought to be a quack because he couldn't help but count the number of flowers he saw. “”“I don't even know where Heisig got this keyword from. Using ”“”“thicket”“”“ instead: Picture a thicket with a large number of flowers.”“” 2403 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 蒜サンにんにく, ひる, のびる garlic 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display (none) garlic “”“In the temple were two altars. One of them had the usual array of fl0wers, but the other was adorned with garlic, so that the locals could pray to keep the vampires out.”“” The Vampire approaches - You take out a clove of garlic 2 show him you mean business. 2404 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 蕨ケツわらび bracken, fernbrake 0 S+ 2307 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 厥: that (none) bracken Bracken is a flower that grows on cliffs and resembles a fish spine lacking stability. “”“After eating all the BRACKEN FLOWERS on the CLIFF, the MOUNTAIN GOAT belts out a huge YAWN and takes a nap. Unfortunately he never wakes up as the BRACKEN is highly carcinogenic to mountain goats….”“” 2405 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 蔚うち, おとこよもぎ 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 尉: military officer; jailer; old man; rank (none) grow plentiful “”“This reminds me of the old Peter, Paul and Mary anti-war song, ”“”“Where have all the flowers gone?”“”“ The final verse talks about the graveyards of military officers being the place where flowers grow plentiful.”“” Military officers make for good fertilizer. So after a war the flowers in the military officer's graveyard grow plentiful. 2406 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 茜センあかね madder, red dye, Turkey red 1 S+ 2422 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 襾: cover; place on top of; west radical variant (no. 146) (none) madder red Madder red is an extract from a flower which was used as fake blood in western films. Madder red is a colouring agent that is acquired out of the roots of plants that grow in the west. 2407 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 莞い 1 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 完: perfect; completion; end (none) candle rush “”“The candle rush doesn't bloom often, but when it does, the flowers must be perfect.”“” “”“On valentines day (a.k.a. the candle rush), people are rushing to buy candles and the perfect flowers for their lover. Of course they do this all with a smile 莞爾【かんじ】として.”“” 2408 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 蒐シュウあかね, あつ.まる, あつ.める gather 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 鬼: ghost; devil (none) collector Debt collectors will even hustle ghosts for the flowers on their bodies' graves. “”“This demon is a bit of an oddball, he's a collector of rare flowers, most of the time you can seem him trawling the graveyards looking for species that he doesn't yet have.”“” 2409 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 菅カンすげす, すが, すご sedge 0 S+ 1562 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 官: bureaucrat; the government (none) sedge “”“Sedge is a flower (plant) that looks like grass, much like bureaucrats look a lot like real humans.”“” The bureaucrats wanted all the sedge plants in the district counted. Whatever will they think of next… 2410 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 葦イしお.れる, しな.びる, しぼ.む, な.えるあし reed, bullrush 0 S+ 2343 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 韋: tanned leather radical (no. 178) (none) ditch reed As soon as Iris decided to ditch reed she took off the locket he gave her and tossed it along with the corsage into the nearest ditch. Iris is quite a bitch to ditch reed on the night of the prom! The lost locket was found between the flowers of the ditch reed. 2411 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 迪テキみち, みちび.く, すす.む, いた.るすすむ, すすみ, いたる, ゆう edify, way, path 1 S+ 由: wherefore; a reason 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) (none) Way “”“Imagine a trail of brussel sprouts along a road. You follow it, picking up each sprout and eating it as you go along. Eventually, after the last sprout, you find your reward – a milky Way.”“” A road magically sprouts up to show the chosen ones onto the Way. 2412 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 辿テンたど.る, たどり follow (rod), pursue 辿る(たどる): to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink) 0 S+ 山: mountain 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) (none) track down “”“When you're following someone along a road high atop a mountain, it is easy to track them down, since all tracks lead down.”“” “”“Despite travelling all the mountain roads and paths, no one could track down the Yeti.”“” 2413 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 這シャは.う, は.い, むか.える, この crawl, creep, grovel, trail (vines) 這う(はう): to creep; to crawl 0 S+ 言: say 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) (none) crawl Some of those amateur marathon runners at the end seem merely to crawl on the road instead of running. They truly need words of encouragement. “”“There are words written on the road, but you have to crawl along to read them: 'If…you…can…read…this…you…look…silly…'.”“” 2414 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 迂ウ roundabout way 0 S+ 于: going; from 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) (none) detour “”“Due to potatoes in the road, there was a detour.”“” “”“A truck had spilt its load of potatoes on the road, forcing us to make a detour.”“” 2415 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 遁トンのが.れる flee, escape, shirk, evade, set free 0 S+ 盾: shield; escutcheon; pretext 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) (none) elude (RTK3) “”“It really eludes me why we have two kanji with the same keyword… this one and deviate/elude (#1973). But lets intertwine their stories: The rabbit, who eluded capture (deviate/elude (#1973)) on the road, was finally caught when someone threw a shield over it.”“” “”“The Spartan had to block the road to stop the advancing enemy army, but he tried to shirk his duty and threw away his shield. That's suicide.”“” 2416 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 逢ホウあ.う, むか.えるあい, おう meeting, tryst, date, rendezvous 逢う(あう): (1) to meet; to encounter (2) to have an accident; to have a bad experience 0 S+ 2116 夂: winter radical (no. 34) 三: three 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) (none) tryst “”“Going out on the road to use a pointy (see my comments in 峰 summit (#1562)) part of my anatomy, is called a tryst.”“” “”“While I was having a tryst with my secret lover on the road, I had to quickly run towards the bushes with my walking legs, because my husband suddenly appeared.”“” 2417 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 遥ヨウはる.か far off, distant, long ago 遥か(はるか): far; far away; distant; remote; far off 1 S+ 2376 爪: claw; nail; talon 缶: tin can; container; jar radical (no. 121) 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) (none) far off “”“On the long long road through the desert, far off you can see a condor flying…”“” “”“The condor might seem like its far off in the distance now, but if you don't start running down the road you could be dinner.”“” 2418 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 遼リョウはるか distant 1 S+ 2050 大: large; big 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 小: little; small 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) (none) remote (RTK3) “”“(From astridtops) Faraway (2nd edition keyword) from civilisation, there are no camping sites, so you can see people in a pup tent near the road doing some wild camping instead.”“” “”“[+Katsuo] In remote areas you can pitch your pup tent in the road, as there is no traffic. To disambiguate 悠 permanence/remote (#958) & 遼 remote (#2419), recall that 悠久 [ゆうきゅう] distinctly implies permanence, while a pup tent is by definition and design a temporary structure, particularly if it's pitched on a road.”“” 2419 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 逼フクせま.る, むかばき urge, force, imminent, spur on 0 S+ 一: one; one radical (no.1) 口: mouth 田: rice field; rice paddy 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) (none) pressing “”“When the wealthy go on the road, they always pretend to be pursuing pressing matters, so they speed along in their big BMW's.”“” Those with wealth speed down the road as if they have some pressing matter to attend. 2420 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 迄まで, およ.ぶ飽く迄(あくまで): to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; stubbornly; persistently; to the utmost 0 S+ 乞: beg; invite; ask 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) (none) until Beg in the road until you get what you want. “”“”“”“I'm going to sit here by the side of the road, in front of the government building and beg until they give me a pension”“”“, the war veteran said.”“” 2421 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 遜ソンしたが.う、へりくだ.る、ゆず.る humble, modest 謙遜(けんそん): humble; humility; modesty 0 S 孫: grandchild; descendants 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 14 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic modest My parents aren´t at all modest about their grandchildren, at every opportunity they take them on the road showing them off to their friends! “He wasn´t at all modest when telling us about his grandchildren - ”“They´re all on the road to success”“ he said.” 2422 gradeS JLPT.N0 逗トウとど.まる stop 0 S+ 2027 豆: beans; pea; midget 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) (none) standstill The negotiations had reached a complete standstill. To try and get things moving again the meeting table was placed in the middle of a busy road! That should do the trick! “”“I ripped a huge bean fart, bringing our road trip to a standstill.”“” 2423 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 郁イクあや, かおる, い, か, ふみ, ゆう cultural progress, perfume 1 S+ 1920 有: possess; have; exist; happen; occur; approx 邑: village; rural community; right village radical (no. 163) (none) cultured The most important sign of a cultured area in ancient times was the possession of city walls. Anyone who has ever played Civilization knows that… This cultured gentleman possesses a part of the city walls of old Rome. 2424 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 鄭テイ an ancient Chinese province 0 S+ 1732 奠: decision 邑: village; rural community; right village radical (no. 163) (none) courtesy A St. Bernard balances a bottle of horned whiskey on his nose to get it over the city walls as a courtesy to his exiled master. “”“The 酋 chieftain (#2906) and his St. Bernard practice common courtesy at the city walls: Every newcomer is kissed ardently. The women by the chieftain, the men by the dog.”“” 2425 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 隙ゲキ、キャク、ケキすき、す.く、す.かす、ひま crevice, fissure, discord, opportunity, leisure, also N5013 隙(すき): (1) gap; space (2) break; interlude; interval (3) chink (in one's armor, armour); chance; opportunity (4) breach (of a relationship between people) 隙間(すきま): crevice; crack; gap; opening 0 S 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 小: little; small 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 小: little; small 13 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic chink There was only one chink in his plan. Even standing atop the highest pinnacle, standing above even the sun, the little man was still just as little as when he was under the sun. Man those little chinks can do anything! They were the first to build rockets, and by launching one off the top of the highest pinnacle in China, one little chink was the first to ride above the sun, and see all the little chinks below! 2426 gradeS JLPT.N0 隈ワイくま, すみ corner, nook, recess 0 S+ 2311 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 畏: fear; majestic; graciously; be apprehensive (none) nook Those apprehensive when they reach the pinnacle often find a nook to hide in. “”“On the pinnacle of the secret government organisation, every nook and cranny of the pinnacle is under government control, even the ricefields. You can't even drop a hairpin there without being noticed.”“” 2427 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 憑ヒョウつ.く, つか.れる, よ.る, たの.む possess, haunt 0 S+ 馮: displeasure; proper name 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) (none) possessed “”“I entered the stable and felt an icy chill. Yes, that horse is possessed and the only way to deal with it is a stake in the heart!”“” “”“The frozen horse still had a heart beat, it must be possessed!”“” 2428 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 惹ジャクひ.く attract, captivate 0 S+ 若: young; if; perhaps; possibly; low number; immature 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) (none) attract You have to be young at heart to attract the opposite sex. Take just one look at the junior idol video industry (or don't!) in Japan to understand how the young attract the hearts of the Japanese. . 2429 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 悉つ.きる, ことごと, ことごと.く, つ.くす, つぶさ.に悉く(ことごとく): altogether; entirely 0 S+ 釆: separate; divide; topped rice radical (no. 165) 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) (none) without exception “”“Without exception, the heart of every hunter starts beating like crazy as he comes upon the tracks of an animal.”“” If you get addicted to playing dice (番）without exception you will end up losing your rice fields (田） so take my warning to heart. 2430 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 忽コツたちま.ち, ゆるが.せぬ in a moment, instantly, all of a sudden, neglect, disregard 忽ち(たちまち): at once; in a moment; suddenly; all at once 0 S+ 勿: not; must not; do not; be not 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) (none) instantaneously His heart got tied in a knot and he died instantaneously. “”“Instead of Blood Clot, think of Blood KNOT, where if you get a Blood KNOT that goes to your HEART, you will die INSTANTANEOUSLY.”“” 2431 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 惣ソウいそが.しい, そうじてふさ, そ all 1 S+ 2211 物: thing; object; matter 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) (none) firstborn son “”“The caveman, introducing his firstborn son: ”“”“And this is thing with heart. Come yesterday from woman's stomach.”“”“.”“” “”“The firstborn son gets everything his heart desires. Historically, the firstborn son inherited the family fortune and title if any.”“” 2432 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 愈いよいよ, まさ.る愈々(いよいよ): (1) more and more; all the more; increasingly (2) at last; finally; beyond doubt (3) (at the) last moment; worst possible time 0 S+ 兪: steal 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) (none) in the nick of time Nick XXX needs a heart transplant quick. He goes to a meeting of butchers where one of them is about to chop up an ideal heart. Nick snatches away the heart from under the butcher’s knife – just in the nick of time. (note: replace XXX with a Nick you know). The guy who had a heart attack at the butcher's meeting was saved in the nick of time. 2433 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 恕ジョゆる.す excuse, tolerate, forgive 1 S+ 如: likeness; like; such as; as if; better; best; equal 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) (none) sensitive “”“He's very sensitive about that sculpture, as it captures the likeness of the woman of his heart.”“” “”“To tell if someone is sensitive, first make a likeness of their heart. Then observe them while you poke the heart, stick needles in it, etc. If the person reacts, then that means they are sensitive.”“” 2434 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 昴すばる 1 S+ 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 卯: sign of the hare or rabbit; 5-7AM; fourth sign of Chinese zodiac; east (none) overarching “”“In this astrological tempel, a sun is depicted, overarching the Sign of the Hare.”“” When the sun shines during the sign of the hare the hares go mad and have an overarching desire to jump over arches. 2435 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 晋シンすす.むすすむ, ゆき, くに, すすみ, のぶ advance 1 S+ 1655 二: two; two radical (no.2) 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days (none) progress “”“The churches teach that if we eliminate horniness as a universal trait, we can make progress as a society.”“” “”“Thinking of “The Pilgrim’s Progress”, imagine the pilgrim is stuck outside the universe 普, trying to get in. But the universe is surrounded by horns which block his path. Once he removes the horns from the universe, then he can make progress.”“” 2436 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 曖アイくら.い dark, not clear 曖昧(あいまい): (1) vague; ambiguous; unclear (2) fuzzy 0 S 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 愛: love; affection; favourite 17 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic equivocal The sun´s love is equivocal: it warms yet burns us. “曖昧。 On a sunny day, a guy professes his love to a girl he admires. But she gives him the common equivocal response, ”“Let´s just be friends.”“.” 2437 gradeS JLPT.N0 晟あきらか 1 S+ 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 成: turn into; become; get; grow; elapse; reach (none) aglow “”“When the sun comes up and sets the sky aglow, night turns into day.”“” The SUN TURNS the sky aglow. 2438 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 暈ぼか.す, ぼか.る, かさ, くま, ぼかし, めまい 0 S+ 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 軍: army; force; troops; war; battle (none) halo “”“My halo is as bright as the sun, and is actually made from a wheel I pulled off a chariot.”“” “”“The sun, high above us, was according to ancient Greeks the chariot of a god, and the halo of this chariot are the rays of the sun.”“” 2439 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 暉キかが.やくてる shine, light 1 S+ 2285 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 軍: army; force; troops; war; battle (none) glitter “”“Every day, the chariot of the god glitters as it moves from from east to west.”“” “”“Garry Glitter (British 70's glam rock star) is starring in a remake of ”“”“Ben Hur”“”“ and they are now filming the famous chariot race scene. Somehow, a reporter from the Sun (British tabloid) newspaper has got on the set and is running alongside Glitter’s glittering chariot, trying to interview him.”“” 2440 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 旱ひでり 0 S+ 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 干: dry; parch (none) dry weather “”“Dry weather is of course good drying weather, so everyone puts their clotheslines out under the sun.”“” Excessive SUN has caused DRY weather. 2441 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 晏おそ.い 1 S+ 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 安: relax; cheap; low; quiet; rested; contented; peaceful (none) clear skies “”“Under the sun and the clear skies, you can really relax.”“” “”“When there are clear skies above you, you can relax under the sun.”“” 2442 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 晨あした, とき, あさ 1 S+ 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 辰: sign of the dragon; 7-9AM; fifth sign of Chinese zodiac; shin dragon radical (no. 161) (none) morrow “”“The ancient villain in the Bruce Lee movies said to Bruce: ”“”“In the morrow, when the sun is high in the sky, I will feed you to my pet crocodiles”“”“.”“” Bruce Lee waits for the sun of the morrow to begin a showdown. 2443 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 晒さら.す, さらし 0 S+ 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 襾: cover; place on top of; west radical variant (no. 146) (none) bleaching “”“In the Old West, the sun was the only method for bleaching hair.”“” “”“Sun, west: The Japanese like to bleach their hairs until these shine in the sun. It has to do with their obsession for the West.”“” 2444 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 昧マイ、バイくら.い、むさぼ.る dark, foolish 曖昧(あいまい): (1) vague; ambiguous; unclear (2) fuzzy 0 S 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 未: un-; not yet; hitherto; still; even now; sign of the ram; 1-3PM; eighth sign of Chinese zodiac 9 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic obscure Something that is obscure has not yet been brought before the light of day. ´Can´t you go outside and get some sun?´ ´Not yet, I have to learn all these obscure RTK3 kanji!´. 2445 gradeS JLPT.N0 晃コウあきらかあき, あきら, てる, ひかる, みつ clear 1 S+ 1666 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 光: ray; light (none) limpid The sun's rays passed through to the very bottom of the limpid pond. The sun's rays can be seen in a limpid liquid. 2446 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 曝バクさら.す bleach, refine, expose, air 0 S+ 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 暴: outburst; rave; fret; force; violence; cruelty; outrage (none) air out An outburst of sun is a good time to air out your things. If you don't air out your grievances. One day they will be released in an outburst of anger. 2447 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 曙ショあけぼの dawn, daybreak 1 S+ 1518 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 署: signature; govt office; police station (none) dawn “”“I go out at the crack of dawn to buy a newspaper (The Sun), and bump into ex-sumo wrestler Akebono (曙) who is doing the same. Of course I ask for his signature on my copy of The Sun, which he signs ”“”“Dawn (Akebono)”“”“.”“” “”“At DAWN, the SUN starts it's DAY of work, yes? So doesn't it need to SIGN IN with with SIGNATURE? Just picture that silly image for this kanji.”“” 2448 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 昂あ.がる, たか.い, たか.ぶるあき, あきら, たか, たかし, のぼる 1 S+ 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 卩: seal radical (no. 26) (none) elevate A sunny day to a depressed person is just like a box of stamps to a stamp otaku: both have the ability to elevate spirits! Sending mail to the sun. It would take a whole box of stamps to elevate it that high. 2449 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 旺オウ、キョウ、ゴウかがや.き、うつくし.い、さかん flourishing, successful, beautiful, vigorous 1 S 2342 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 玉: jewel; ball 8 日 72 4 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic effulgent The Sun King (Louis XIV) was known for his effulgent reign. “[+katsuo] This is the Sun King. Sayeth Wikipedia: ”“The Sun King (in French le Roi Soleil) because of the idea that, just as the planets revolve around the Sun, so too should France and the court revolve around [the king] (”“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XIV_of_France). And just like the sun, he was quite effulgent and actually emitted sunlight.” 2450 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 昏コンくら.い, くれ dark, evening, dusk 0 S+ 氏: family name; surname; clan 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days (none) dusk At dusk every day I go out in one of those airplanes that leaves a vapour trail and write my family name just above the setting sun. (I have to wait until dusk so that the sun is low enough in the sky). The woman leaves her marriage at dusk after all the guests have gone home. 2451 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 晦カイつごもり, くら.い, みそか, くら.むもり dark, disappear 0 S+ 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 毎: every (none) last day of the month “”“Every month, there is one day that is the last day of the month.”“” “”“If only every day could be the last day of the month, I'd be filing for paychecks all the time.”“” 2452 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 腎ジン kidney 0 S 1755 臣: retainer; subject 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 肉: meat 13 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic kidney When the sex slave misbehaves, threaten to sell his body parts starting with his kidney. If you have a weak KIDNEY, you´ll become a SLAVE to your CROTCH´s need to pee. Oh well, it´s just a weakness of the FLESH. 2453 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Organ.Torso kanjifreq1501-2000 股コまた、もも thigh, crotch, yarn, strand 股(また): (1) crotch; crutch; groin; thigh (2) fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork) 股(もも): (1) thigh (2) femoral 0 S 2212 肉: meat 殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79) 8 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic thigh Where´s my flesh missile? Between my thighs, naturally… My thigh is the part of the body that my missile smacks against. 2454 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Arm.Leg kanjifreq2001-2500 膿う.む, うみ 0 S+ 肉: meat 農: agriculture; farmers (none) pus “”“If your flesh gets stung by the thorns of certain plants while doing agriculture work, your wound may infect and show pus.”“” “”“Forget Manure, the best thing for agriculture is pus, freshly squeezed from some rancid flesh.”“” 2455 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 腑フはらわた viscera, bowels 0 S+ 肉: meat 府: borough; urban prefecture; govt office; representative body; storehouse (none) viscera “”“That municipality is so unsafe, thugs will attack you and cut the viscera out of your flesh to sell them on the black organs market.”“” Your viscera are like a municipality of body parts working together with different roles. 2456 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 胱コウ bladder 0 S+ 肉: meat 光: ray; light (none) bladder “”“It starts in the bladder, passes through a certain body part and then appears like a ray of golden light!”“” The part of the body that golden rays of light seem to pour out from. 2457 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 胚ハイはらみ, はら.む embryo 0 S+ 2471 肉: meat 丕: large; great; grand; glorious; distinguished (none) embryo “”“When she took the pregnancy test because she thought she was carrying the flesh of an embryo, the test was negative and she dropped it on the floor.”“” “”“When a baby is born, he or she is considered ”“”“age zero”“”“. After a year of life, he or she is only then considered one year old. Since an embryo is found within a woman, it is effectively part of the body of that person. However, it is not yet zero years old - in fact, its age is negative one (i.e. -1 years old)! 胚性幹細胞　－　はいせいかんさいぼう　＝　embryonic stem cell.”“” 2458 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 肛コウ anus 0 S+ 肉: meat 工: craft; construction; katakana e radical (no. 48) (none) anus The anus is the part of the body where crafty smugglers often hide small valuables. “”“The body part I was always told a new one would be crafted for me (albeit in the less friendly ”“”“I'll tear you a new one!”“”“) is the anus.”“” 2459 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Organ.Torso ShouldSuspend 臆オク、ヨクむね、おくする timidity, heart, mind, fear, cowardly 臆病(おくびょう): cowardice; timidity 0 S 肉: meat 意: idea; mind; heart; taste; thought; desire; care; liking 17 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic cowardice Cowardice is the situation where you get the thought that maybe running away and saving your flesh is a good idea. Cowardice is when you are not willing to sacrifice your flesh for your ideas. 2460 gradeS JLPT.N0 膝シツひざ knee, lap 膝(ひざ): knee; lap 0 S 2320 肉: meat 木: tree; wood 水: water 15 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic knee “Before lacquer (#932) was made with water, it was made by draining this body part of fluid: the knee!” Back in ancient Japan, people didn´t have knee pads for things like rollerblading and such (what, come on. Ninjas on rollerblades. Ultimate 90s flashback). Instead, they would simply dip their knees in laquer, and wait until it dried (hence the flesh, and the abscence of any drops of water). Unfortunately, this meant that you would have to wait about 30 minutes after deciding to go rollerblade until you could actually do it (took some time to dry) - and removing it was a serious pain. 2461 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Arm.Leg kanjifreq2001-2500 脆ゼイもろ.い, よわい brittle, fragile, easy to beat, sentimental, susceptible 脆い(もろい): brittle; fragile; tender-hearted 0 S+ 肉: meat 危: dangerous; fear; uneasy (none) fragile “”“If you're a fragile person, lots of things are dangerous and will hurt your flesh.”“” Doing dangerous things reminds us that our flesh is fragile. 2462 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 肋あばら 0 S+ 肉: meat 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert (none) rib “”“Without ribs, our flesh wouldn't have the power to stay upright.”“” “”“Flesh, power: According to the bible, the part of the body that gave power to womankind was the mans' rib. Without it, they wouldn't exist.”“” 2463 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Organ.Torso ShouldSuspend 肘チュウひじ elbow, arm 肘(ひじ): elbow 0 S 肉: meat 寸: measurement; foot/10 7 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic elbow Sometimes I get carried away and do elbow curls until the point where my forearm snaps off! When that happens I simply pull out the glue and re-attach the elbow to my flesh. Picture two Siamese twins glued together at the elbow. 2464 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Arm.Leg 腔コウ body cavity 0 S+ 肉: meat 空: empty; sky; void; vacant; vacuum (none) body cavity A body cavity is an empty space within your flesh. “”“During a body cavity search, the police check certain parts of your body to make sure they're empty of things like cocaine, etc..”“” 2465 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 腺セン gland 0 S 肉: meat 泉: spring; fountain 13 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic gland A body part that acts like a spring for hormones is a gland. When adrenaline glands release hormones, the body springs into action. 2466 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_General 腫シュ、ショウは.れる、は.れ、は.らす、く.む、はれもの tumor, swelling 腫れる(はれる): to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen 0 S 2145 肉: meat 重: heavy; heap up; pile up; nest of boxes; -fold 13 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic tumor A tumor is a useless body part that is nothing but heavy. When flesh clumps together and gets heavy, it forms a tumor. 2467 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 膳ゼン、センかしわ、すす.める、そな.えるぜ, よし small low table, tray 膳(ぜん): (1) small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs) (2) meal; food; serving (3) counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks 0 S 2120 肉: meat 善: virtuous; good; goodness 16 肉 130 6 にく・にくづき (none) 形声 Phonetic dining tray Some people insist that the serving maids who bring in the dining trays are especially virtuous and never let any man touch their flesh. The virtuous vegan will not touch this dining tray because it has had a piece of meat on it. 2468 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq2001-2500 肱かいな, ひじ, まるい 0 S+ 肉: meat 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) (none) armrest An armrest is something that lets you rest the flesh of your arm by keeping your elbow by your side. “”“You are sitting in a nice easy chair and all of a sudden there's a loud fart sound. Everyone looks at you, but you shrug your shoulders. They go back to what they're doing…”“”“pyuuuun!”“”“ They look back at you. ”“”“It's not me,”“”“ you say, ”“”“it's just this armrest rubbing against my flesh.”“”“ They seem satisfied, and go back to their work. Little do they know that you're making armpit farts (my primitive for the right side) and really putting all of your flesh into it!”“” 2469 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 胡ウなんぞえびす, くる barbarian, foreign 胡椒(こしょう): pepper 1 S+ 1995 古: old 肉: meat (none) uncivilized Only uncivilized people eat old flesh. “”“Tip: uncivilized appears as part of four other kanji in Heisig, but is not named as such in the text. REF: lake (#148), coral reef (#2562), paste (#2650), ghee (#2749). (P.S. As a primitive I call this ”“”“zombie”“”“, because when the moon shines on the gravestones the zombies arise. And, zombies do tend to be uncivilized.).”“” 2470 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 楓フウかえで maple 1 S+ 木: tree; wood 風: wind; air; style; manner (none) maple tree “”“How do you know if a tree is a maple tree? Easy: Just stand next to the tree on a windy day, and if you get covered in maple syrup, it's a maple tree.”“” Maple tree helicopter seeds twirling in the wind:　　　　　　　　　 http://www.flickr.com/photos/gnewton/441336070/. 2471 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 枕チン、シンまくら pillow 枕(まくら): (1) pillow; bolster (2) introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in 0 S 2084 木: tree; wood 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 8 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic pillow “The guy who was thrown into the river to sink was given one last request. ”“If I´m gonna be sleeping with the fishes,”“ he said, ”“can I at least have a pillow? I´m real sensitive.”“ The mafia bosses laughed. ”“Look, my doctor said I can only use wooden pillows, I have a real serious condition. Can I at least die comfortable-like?”“ The mafia dudes said fine, and let him have his pillow. They tossed him the river and drove off…and after a minute, he bobbed to the top, thanks to his floating wood pillow.” “WOODEN PILLOWS do not sink (#1888) in water.” 2472 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq2001-2500 楊ヨウかわ, やなぎやな willow 1 S+ 1815 木: tree; wood 昜: open; sun (none) purple willow “”“Because it's easy to spot, a purple willow is the tree that marks where my piggy bank is.”“” “”“Normally, I can resist the cries of a weeping willow, but this one, she was a purple willow! I just couldn't let the poor tree sit there, so I gave her my piggy bank.”“” 2473 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 椋リョウむくぐら type of deciduous tree, grey starling 1 S+ 木: tree; wood 京: capital; 1016 (none) Oriental elm “”“The Oriental elm is, of course, a tree fairly representative of the Orient and thus it is common in the capital in order to show ambassadors what the Orient is all about.”“” “”“In the Japanese remake ”“”“A Nightmare on Oriental Elm Street”“”“, an anthropomorphic tree wreaks havoc on Kyoto. They should never have sold the film rights.”“” 2474 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 榛シンはしばみ, はりはい, はる hazelnut, filbert 1 S+ 2205 木: tree; wood 秦: Manchu dynasty; name given to naturalized foreigners (none) hazel “Tip: bonsai and wheat are later combined into Manchu dynasty (#2877). Story: I come across lots of trees all planted in the Manchu dynasty. Then I notice every single one is a hazel tree. I wonder why? In the Manchu dynasty people must have been hazel nuts.” “”“I love hazelnuts so much that I had a hazel tree installed in my backyard. Mostly it's just for decoration, like a bonsai plant, but I harvest it like wheat every so often: there's just nothing better than homemade Nutella.”“” 2475 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 櫛シツくし, くしけず.る comb 櫛(くし): comb 0 S+ 2256 木: tree; wood 節: node; season; period; occasion; verse; clause; stanza; honor; joint; knuckle; knob; knot; tune; melody (none) comb This magic comb will comb the nodes out of wood/trees (and make the grain straight). A comb used to be a wooden tool with many nodes. 2476 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 槌ツイつち hammer, mallet 金槌(かなづち): (1) (iron) hammer (2) hopeless swimmer; complete beginner at swimming 0 S+ 2462 木: tree; wood 追: chase; drive away; follow; pursue; meanwhile (none) wooden hammer “”“Sick of being chased, the maestro grabs a wooden hammer to fight back with.”“” “”“When the trees rebel, they will chase us with wooden hammers.”“” 2477 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 樵きこ.る, こ.る, きこり 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 焦: char; hurry; impatient; irritate; burn; scorch; singe (none) mallet Mallet seems to be a poor word choice for this A lumberjack won't cut down a charred tree as they're not useful for anything. A charred tree can be toppled with a mallet. 2478 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 梯テイはしごだい ladder, stairs, insatiable drinking 梯子(はしご): (1) ladder (2) stairs (3) going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping) 0 S+ 2218 木: tree; wood 弟: younger brother; faithful service to elders (none) ladder “”“The tree was a little too high, but, hey, no problem, I'll just use my younger brother as a ladder!”“” The only one who really needs the LADDER to climb onto our TREE house is my LITTLE BROTHER. The rest of us can just scramble up. 2479 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 椅イ chair 椅子(いす): (1) chair; stool (2) post; office; position 0 S 2245 木: tree; wood 奇: strange; strangeness; curiosity 12 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic chair To the Japanese, the first time they saw a chair, it looked like a strange use of wood! Probably why they still like to sit on the floor… A strange kind of tree grows in the shape of a chair. 2480 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq2001-2500 柿シかき persimmon, shingle 0 S 1745 木: tree; wood 市: market; city; town 9 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic persimmon Nobody buys persimmons at the market, because there´s a tree in the middle where you can pick them for free. The guy at the market says: I´ll give you one persimmon tree per every Simon you bring me! 2481 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Plant.Tree kanjifreq1501-2000 柑コン citrus, orange 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 甘: sweet; coax; pamper; be content; sugary (none) citrus tree Behold! The sweetrus tree! The fruits from the citrus tree taste sweet. 2482 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 桁コウけた beam, girder, spar, unit or column (accounting) 桁(けた): (1) column; beam; girder; crossbeam; spar; yard (2) digit; decade; order of magnitude 0 S 木: tree; wood 行: going; journey 10 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic girder Girders are support beams that are nowadays mostly made out of steel. But in the ancient houses that are placed at the boulevard the girders will be made out of wood. “When the wooden girders start to snap, the workmen shout ”“Run! Let´s go!”“.” 2483 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Counting Kanji_Structure.Town.Building 杭コウくいわたる stake, post, picket 0 S+ 2329 木: tree; wood 亢: high spirits (none) picket Use pickets to hold down the tree in times of whirlwind. “”“After the whirlwind hit, the wooden pickets from his fence were scattered all over his yard.”“” 2484 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 柊シュひいらぎ holly 1 S+ 木: tree; wood 冬: winter (none) holly “”“The holly tree has leaves which are always green. This is very practical in winter, when so much isn't, so that's why it became very popular as christmas decoration.”“” “”“All the best holly-days are during the winters, x-mas, new years…emperor's birthday?”“” 2485 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 柚ユゆず citron 1 S+ 2489 木: tree; wood 由: wherefore; a reason (none) citron “”“The citron is relatively unknown overseas, but citron trees are beginning to sprout up everwhere in Japan.”“” “In keeping with the move to greener autos Citroën has introduced its new line which instead of 油 oil (#1107) runs on an extract from citron trees.” 2486 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 椀ワンはち wooden or lacquered bowl 椀(わん): Japanese soup bowl; wooden bowl 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 宛: address; just like; fortunately (none) wooden bowl Wooden bowls made of wood have the address of the maker on the on the side. “”“This is a specially hand-crafted wooden bowl. If you turn is over, you can see the address of the craftsman on the bottom.”“” 2487 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 栂つがつが, とが hemlock, (kokuji) 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 母: mother (none) hemlock The tree your mother warned you about is the hemlock. Mother called me out to the tree in order to partake of some delicious hemlock tea. 2488 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 柾まさまさ, まさめ, まさき straight grain, spindle tree, (kokuji) 1 S+ 木: tree; wood 正: correct; justice; righteous; 1040 (none) spindle tree “”“Give the spindle tree a spin, if you can guess where it lands correctly, you'll get a prize!”“” I am not sure if tree is the correct term. It looks more like a plastic hedge. Spindle little more and get a real tree.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　http://www.flickr.com/photos/koichiwb/2433102011/. 2489 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 榊さかきさかき sacred Shinto tree, (kokuji) 0 S+ 2094 木: tree; wood 神: gods; mind; soul (none) sacred Shinto tree The sacred Shinto tree is a tree of the gods. The sacred Shinto tree is of course a tree that is dedicated to the gods. 2490 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 樫かしかし evergreen oak, (kokuji) 0 S+ 2297 木: tree; wood 堅: strict; hard; solid; tough; tight; reliable (none) evergreen oak “”“The evergreen oak is a tree most strict with its leaves: they must be evergreen, or else!”“” “”“A very strict master dictates that the slaves must ensure that the evergreen oaks are ever green. One day a slave notices, to his terror, that one of them has turned brown! Not wanting to get buried up to his crotch in soil, he quickly pulls out a can of green spray paint and paints the entire tree. Even if that tree wasn't ever green before, it certainly is now!”“” 2491 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 槙テンまき, こずえ twig, ornamental evergreen 1 S+ 1983 木: tree; wood 真: true; reality; Buddhist sect (none) Chinese black pine “”“Truth is that all Chinese secretly pine for black ”“”“trees”“”“ if you get what I mean!”“” The tree of white lies is the Chinese white pine. The tree of truth is the Chinese black pine. 2492 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 楢シュウなら oak 0 S+ 2032 木: tree; wood 酋: chieftain (none) Japanese oak The special brand Horned Whiskey is riped in special oak caskets made of the Japanese oak tree. “Wood from the Japanese oak is very valuable. That's why the chieftain (#2906) demands that his house be made from the Japanese oak.” 2493 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 橘キツたちばなきっ mandarin orange 1 S+ 2053 木: tree; wood 矛: halberd; arms; festival float 冏: light; clear; bright (none) mandarin orange “”“The tachibana, or mandarin orange, is a type of tree which sometimes yields poor quality fruit. In such times, instead of simply standing up and inviting customers to make a deal, you must force the sale of your mandarin oranges by brandishing a halberd and forcing the customer to make a deal with you by purchasing your substandard fruit. [Note: along with 柚 citrus tree (#2482), this is used to describe all citrus plants - 柑橘類かんきつるい means 'citrus fruit'.].”“” “”“To get MANDARIN ORANGES off the tree use your HALBERD, then MAKE A DEAL to sell them.”“” 2494 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 桧カイひのき, ひ Japanese cypress 0 S+ 2056 木: tree; wood 会: meeting; meet; party; association; interview; join (none) Japanese cypress “”“The Japanese cypress is a good tree to meet at: the Japanese covers the atmosphere and the cypress presses on any spies. Hey, I tried.”“” “”“According to the Wikipedia article, Japanese cypress (hinoki) is grown for its high-quality wood, which is used in the building of ”“”“temples, shrines, traditional noh theatres, baths”“”“ etc. So, this tree is vital to the construction of many of the major meeting places in Japanese society. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamaecyparis_obtusa.”“” 2495 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 棲セイす.むずみ live, dwell 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 妻: wife; spouse (none) roost “”“His wife wanted the chickens in the hen house to be housed properly, so she chopped up a tree and made wooden roosts for them to sit on.”“” “”“My wife wanted a special place to roost, so I built her one - on the top of that tree.”“” 2496 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 栖セイす.むす, すみ nest, rookery, hive, cobweb, den 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 襾: cover; place on top of; west radical variant (no. 146) (none) nestle “”“For nestling, the west side of the tree is best – otherwise you get woken up by the sun in the morning. Remember: West is best for your nest.”“” Its a secret that Nestlé chocolate syrup is drawn from chocolate trees that are found in the west. 2497 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 梗コウ、キョウふさぐ、やまにれ、おおむね for the most part, close up 0 S 木: tree; wood 更: grow late; night watch; sit up late; of course; renew; renovate; again; more and more; further 11 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic spiny I learned this one from the movie Evil Dead, but when it grows late, trees change shape and become spiny creatures! Lesson: don´t go out at night. With the safety of darkness as it grows late, spiny little insects start crawling out of the trees. 2498 gradeS JLPT.N0 桔キツき used in plant names 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 吉: good luck; joy; congratulations (none) bellflower “”“When you see bellflowers next to a tree, ring them for good luck.”“” “”“When you see bellflowers growing under a tree, it means good luck.”“” 2499 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 杜トもり, ふさ.ぐ, やまなし woods, grove 1 S+ 2062 木: tree; wood 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey (none) temple grove “”“A normal grove is 林, so in a temple grove half the trees have been removed and replaced by soil (presumably for graves).”“” A simple Zen temple grove: A single tree with soil. 2500 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 杷ハつかわ kind of rake 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 巴: comma-design (none) grain rake “”“All the grain that was spilled under the tree looked like a mosaic, but someone took a grain rake and disposed of it.”“” “”“Dad gave me a grain rake and told me to go and rake the grain, but since this is the most boring task in the whole world, I climbed a tree and played with my Rubik's cube instead.”“” 2501 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 梶ビかじ, こずえ sculling oar 0 S+ 1355 木: tree; wood 尾: tail; end; counter for fish; lower slope of mountain (none) oar “”“An otter's tail like an oar, which he uses to help move trees into his dam.”“” An oar looks a little like a wooden tail. 2502 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1001-1500 ShouldSuspend 杵ショきねき wooden pestle 0 S+ 2355 木: tree; wood 午: noon; sign of the horse; 11AM-1PM; seventh sign of Chinese zodiac (none) wooden pestle “”“Tree, horse: At cooking school, I learned that there's always a relation between the item you will pestle and the size of the pestle itself. When I read in a cooking book that I had to mash up a horse with a wooden pestle, naturally a tried to obtain a tree to do the job.”“” “”“Ah, nothing like using a wooden pestle to mash up some horse meat on a Sunday afternoon.”“” 2503 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 杖ジョウつえ staff, cane 杖(つえ): cane; walking stick; staff 0 S+ 2387 木: tree; wood 丈: length; 10feet; measure; Mr.; Ms.; height; stature; all (one has); only; that's all; merely (none) cane Wood of a certain length can be used as a cane. “”“A length of wood will be suitable as a cane, a walking stick or even a weapon (a jo).This is じょう from the martial art Joudou 杖道. Ten 尺 make up a 杖. Also, walking stick, つえ.”“” 2504 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 椎ツイ、スイつち、う.つしい oak, mallet 1 S 1911 木: tree; wood 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 12 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic sweet oak Why is the sweet oak so sweet? Not sure, but to me it tastes just like turkey (with gravy and cranberry sauce!) Now that is sweet. Sweeter than Shiit~ake? Turkeys gobble Shiitake mushrooms椎茸 off the sweet oak tree. 　http://www.flickr.com/photos/tinyhare/13963627/. 2505 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Organ.Torso kanjifreq1501-2000 樽ソンたる barrel, cask, keg 0 S+ 1981 木: tree; wood 尊: revered; valuable; precious; noble; exalted (none) barrel The revered horned whiskey is riped in special barrels made out of Japanese Oak trees. The most revered tree is one that can be used as a wine barrel. 2506 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 柵サク、サンしがら.む、しがらみ、とりで、やらいませ, やな stockade, fence, wier, entwine around 柵(さく): fence; paling 0 S 木: tree; wood 冊: tome; counter for books; volume 9 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic palisade “A palisade is a ”“fence of stakes especially for defense,”“ usually the stakes are very strong, set closely together, and pointed on top. Tome can be seen as a pictograph of several close-set wooden stakes, braced by one horizontal bar.” An army of scholars build a wooden palisade to protect their precious tome of literature. 2507 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building 櫓ロやぐら, おおだて oar, tower 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 魯: foolish; Russia (none) turret The village that made its living out of catching fish above all was prone to be raided by pirates. So they made a watch turret out of trees and would look every day if the pirates were coming. “”“They were stuck in that wooden turret for ages, with nothing but sundried fish to eat.”“” 2508 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 橿キョウかし, もちのき oak 0 S+ 2198 木: tree; wood 一: one; one radical (no.1) 田: rice field; rice paddy 一: one; one radical (no.1) 田: rice field; rice paddy 一: one; one radical (no.1) (none) sturdy oak “”“A sturdy oak was the tree I tried to build with my stack of pancakes and waffles, but it didn't turn out to be so sturdy.”“” How does an oak tree become sturdy? By eating pancake stacks for breakfast every morning. That's a sturdy oak. 2509 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 杓ひしゃく 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 勺: ladle; one tenth of a go; dip (none) wooden ladle A wooden ladle is of course a ladle made out of wood. A wooden ladle is a wooden ladle is a wooden ladle. 2510 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 李リすもももも, い plum 1 S+ 1147 木: tree; wood 子: child; sign of the rat; 11PM-1AM; first sign of Chinese zodiac (none) damson “”“A kid falls out a tree and the father exclaims, ”“”“Damn, son! Watch where you're going when you go plum-pickin'!”“”“.”“” Children like to stand under the damson tree and hope the plum fruits will fall into their mouths. 2511 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 ShouldSuspend 棉わた 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 帛: cloth (none) raw cotton “”“Before cotton (#1367) is made into thread for Spider-Man's white towels, it simply grows on a tree as raw cotton.”“” “”“The raw cotton that is ultimately made into white towels does not grow on trees, but on a kind of bush instead.”“” 2512 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 楯たて 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 盾: shield; escutcheon; pretext (none) escutcheon Escutcheons are noble shields that depict the coat of arms of a family. They are usually made out of wood. “”“Escutcheons are heraldic displays, often found on shields and made of wood.”“” 2513 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 榎カえのきえ, えの lotus tree 0 S+ 1945 木: tree; wood 夏: summer (none) hackberry A Japanese hackberry tree is a type of tree that only has full foliage in the summer. It loses its foliage in the winter. “”“If you hack into the hackberry tree with ur PC, you can program it to grow berries even in summer. What a cool hack!”“” 2514 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 樺カかば, かんばから, かも, かん birch 1 S+ 1982 木: tree; wood 華: splendor; flower; petal; shine; luster; ostentatious; showy; gay; gorgeous (none) birch A birch tree can have a great aura of splendor with it's shiny white coated trunk. “”“The headmaster walks past and notices a teacher beating a student with a wooden birch stick. ”“”“Splendid work old chap! As you were!”“”“.”“” 2515 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 槍ソウやりうつ spear, lance, javelin 0 S+ 2261 木: tree; wood 倉: godown; warehouse; storehouse; cellar; treasury (none) lance When Sir Lancelot wants a new lance he goes down to the godown (they have a nice selection for sale) and tries some out by thrusting them into a nearby tree. Sir Lancelot gets wood when she godowns. -or- Lance Bass gets wood thinking about Sir Lancelot godowning on him. 2516 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 柘シャそ, つげ, やまぐわつ wild mulberry 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 石: stone (none) wild mulberry “”“The mulberry (#698) may be nice and let you dance around it, but if it were a wild mulberry tree it would try to protectiself by throwing rocks at you.”“” “”“If you smoke the leaves of the wild mulberry tree, you'll get stoned fo sho coz that tree is wild, brother.”“” 2517 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 梱コンこう.る, こうり, こり, しきみ pack, tie up, bale 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 困: quandary; become distressed; annoyed (none) bale You would be in a quandary if you had to bale trees. “”“How do make a bale? Simple. You take a tree, like the one on the left, and you pent it up like the one on the right. Just like that.”“” 2518 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 枇ビ spoon 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 比: compare; race; ratio; Philipines (none) loquat “”“A loquat is a tropical fruit tree, that compared to other trees has an odd seasonal pattern: it's fruit is ripe in late winter or early spring.”“” “”“The loquat tree is very rare. To loquate it, you need to compare it to the trees next to it.”“” 2519 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 樋トウひ, といて, と, とよ, とわ water pipe, gutter, downspout, conduit 0 S+ 1814 木: tree; wood 通: traffic; pass through; avenue; commute; counter for letters, notes, documents, etc. (none) downspout “”“A downspout is made by hollowing out a tree and placing it to carry water ”“”“traffic”“”“ from your rooftop down to the ground.”“” “My downspout empties into a bucket (#2530) 桶 beside the road.” 2520 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 橇そり, かんじき橇(そり): sleigh; sled; sledge 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 毳: nap; down; fluff (none) sled Santa needs to wear 3 fur coats when he rides his wooden sled. A dog sled is made of wood and has to be pulled by at least 3 ultra furry dogs whose fur can withstand the arctic cold. 2521 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 槃たら.い 0 S+ 般: carrier; carry; all 木: tree; wood (none) enjoyment “”“To the enjoyment of humans, many trees are carriers of delicious fruits.”“” “”“Just for some fun and enjoyment, the crew put their carrier on top of a tree as an April Fool's prank.”“” 2522 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 栞しおり 1 S+ 幵: put together 木: tree; wood (none) bookmark “”“Two birds high up in a tree drying out after flying through a storm. ”“”“How will we get back on track? We lost our bearings!”“”“ number one cries. ”“”“Don't worry,”“”“ the other one says, as he flips out his mobile. ”“”“I have it bookmarked.”“”“.”“” “”“He was reading his book up a tree, and used clotheslines for a bookmark.”“” 2523 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 椰ヤやし coconut tree 1 S+ 木: tree; wood 耶: question mark (none) coconut tree “”“(Note: ear + city walls = exclamation (#2680)). I see a tree with an exclamation mark painted on it. ”“”“Why is that?”“”“ I think, ”“”“An exclamation mark indicates danger, but it's only a tree”“”“. Then a coconut drops on my head. Ah, it's a coconut tree.”“” “”“A coconut tree drops a coconut on your head, causing you to make an obscene exclamation (#2680).”“” 2524 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 檀ダンまゆみ cedar, sandlewood, spindle tree 1 S+ 2291 木: tree; wood 亶: truly; wholly; cordial (none) sandalwood Sandalwood is the ideal wood for a podium: it's easy on your sandals! “”“The gunslinger raises the smooth sandalwood grip of his revolver just as the corrupt ”“”“Big Boss”“”“ politician ascends his podium for a victory speech.”“” 2525 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 樗おおち, おうちちょう 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 雨: rain 二: two; two radical (no.2) (none) plotosid “”“We were seeking shelter for the rain under the plotosid tree, but someone had put a double snare there. As if that foul smelling tree wasn't enough trouble already.”“” ~~ Keyword should be sumac ~~ Sumacs are worthless trees. They don't protect from rain so you shouldn't use them for a ceiling - and they stink so you can't use them to make snares. 2526 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 槻キつき Zelkova tree 1 S+ 2008 木: tree; wood 規: standard; measure (none) zelkova “”“The zelkova is a sort of elm tree that is very good for making bonsais, setting a standard for other trees, so to speak.”“” The zelkova is like the standard tree people think of when they think of Japan. 2527 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 椙すぎすぎ Japanese cedar, cryptomeria 0 S+ 2437 木: tree; wood 昌: prosperous; bright; clear (none) cryptomeria “”“Due its tendency to encrypt all its messages, the cryptomeria has been a fairly prosperous tree whereas all the other trees have already fallen prey to espionage.”“” “The cryptomeria [すぎ - also written (encrypted) as 杉 cedar (#1713)] is a valuable timber tree so growing them would naturally lead to prosperity.” 2528 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 彬ヒンうるわ.しい, あき.らかあきら, あき, よし refined, gentle 1 S+ 2174 林: grove; forest 杉: cedar; cryptomeria (none) copious Cedar trees are so copious they only come in groves. “”“How to make a grove: Take a sheet of carton, fold it, cut out one tree in the shape of a cedar, unfold. You'll get copious amounts of trees in no time.”“” 2529 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 桶ヨウおけ tub, bucket 0 S+ 2210 木: tree; wood 甬: road with walls on both sides (none) bucket “”“One of my favourite pastimes is that I like to jump out of a tree on my pogo stick and try to land in a bucket. When successful it makes a very satisfying ”“”“clang”“”“. (Note: new primitive pogo stick = chop seal + utilize, for explanation see my entry at traffic (#1408).).”“” “”“As if in a cartoon, my pogo stick got stuck in a wooden bucket, causing me to fall over.”“” 2530 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 楕ダ ellipse 楕円(だえん): ellipse 0 S+ 2476 木: tree; wood 左: left 月: month; moon (none) ellipse “The 惰 lazy (#629) way to draw an ellipse requires two wooden pegs and some string (http://tinyurl.com/252zgx).” “”“When tasked with planting the trees to form a circle, the somewhat lazy gardener just winged it (instead of measuring) and the result was an ellipse of trees.”“” 2531 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 樒しきみ, じんこう 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 密: secrecy; density (pop); minuteness; carefulness (none) star-anise The star-anise is an evergreen tree kept in secrecy for it's aromatic oil. “”“Before Anise was a star she lived openly in town, but now that she is star-Anise she lives in secrecy in the woods.”“” 2532 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 毬キュウいが, まり burr, ball 1 S+ 2431 毛: fur; hair; feather; down 求: request; want; wish for; require; demand (none) furball I requested that the cat do something and he spit up a furball. “”“For her birthday, your pampered girlfriend's request is, ”“”“Something made of fur”“”“. So you get the cat to cough her up a furball.”“” 2533 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 燿かがや.く, ひかり 1 S+ 火: fire 羽: feathers; counter for birds, rabbits 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) (none) twinkle “”“New primitive; let futon = feathers + turkey (i.e. my futon is made with turkey feathers). Then: Twinkle, twinkle little star, oops my futon is on fire.”“” “”“With a twinkle in my eye, I set my turkey feather futon on fire for no apparent reason.”“” 2534 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 燎かがりび 1 S+ 火: fire 大: large; big 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 小: little; small (none) watchfire The fires outside the puptent of the sentinel are watchfires. “”“Watchfire is what you must do if you light a fire outside your pup tent, in case it sets it alight.”“” 2535 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 炬コたい torch, signal fire 炬燵(こたつ): kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat 0 S+ 火: fire 巨: gigantic; big; large; great (none) torch A gigantic fire was started by the Olympic torch. The olympic torch is a fire carried on a gigantic journey from olympus to wherever the games are. 2536 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 焚フンた.く, や.く, やきがり burn, kindle, build a fire, boil, cook 焚く(たく): (1) to burn; to kindle; to build a fire (2) to heat (a bath, stove, etc.) (3) to use (a camera flash) 焚き火(たきび): (1) open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire (2) open fire (e.g. in a kitchen) 0 S+ 林: grove; forest 火: fire (none) kindle “”“A fire was kindled by the insane arsonist under a grove of trees. Unable to escape the ensuing inferno, he was burned alive.”“” “”“I'm really bad at making fires, I needed kindling from a whole grove of trees before I managed to kindle the fire.”“” 2537 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 灸キュウやいと moxa cautery, chastisement 0 S+ 久: long time; old story 火: fire (none) moxa A mummy is running around the room on fire after his moxa treatment goes wrong. Moxa is a therapy involving burning a plant with fire together with acupuncture or shiatsu. It simply burns for a long time. 2538 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 燭ソクともしび light, candlepower 蝋燭(ろうそく): candle 0 S+ 火: fire 蜀: green caterpillar; Szechwan (none) candlelight “”“Fire, voiced - water: After the incident where the insect made a pitiful voiced sound, you decide to free it. Immediately it is attracted to the candlelight and flies into the fire. Bugger!”“” “”“蜀:　ショク　(Green caterpillar)　If you are trying to view a green caterpillar late in the evening, use the fire of a candlelight. They are tough to spot:　http://www.flickr.com/photos/moozkat/1606476712/.”“” 2539 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 煽センあお.る, おだ.てる, おこ.る fan, flap, instigate, agitate, bolster up, gulp down 煽てる(おだてる): (1) to flatter; to soft-soap (2) to instigate; to stir up 0 S+ 火: fire 扇: fan; folding fan (none) fanning Fanning the flames with a fan. With a fan you can be fanning the fire into a bigger fire. Just make sure it doesn't get out of hand… 2540 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 煤すす 0 S+ 火: fire 某: so-and-so; one; a certain; that person (none) soot The so-and-so from Mary Poppins was covered in soot because he was a fire chimney sweep. “”“Teacher: ”“”“How is soot formed?”“”“ Student: ”“”“Well, there is a fire, so-and-so, and then there is soot!”“”“.”“” 2541 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 煉レンね.る refine metals, kneading over fire 煉瓦(れんが): brick 0 S+ 火: fire 東: east (none) firing “The East are the best at tempering (#2030) because their fires are the best at firing.” “”“The process of firing, that is, glaze bricks or refine metals, is well known in the east, and of course fire is used for it.”“” 2542 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 燦サンさん.たる, あき.らか, きらめ.く, きら.めく brilliant 1 S+ 火: fire 粲: bright (none) dazzling “”“After the evening rice, the guest set out to entertain the children of the house with a dazzling show. He pulled a wand seemingly from out of his crotch and suddenly it appeared to be on fire! Ohs and ahs ensued.”“” “Tip: The wand + evening + crotch combination appears again in repast (#2798).” 2543 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 灼シャクあらた, やく miraculous 0 S+ 火: fire 勺: ladle; one tenth of a go; dip (none) refulgent “”“The cook just got a new set of pots and pans from the master of the house. Putting them on the fire, they shined so much the refulgent shine blinded him until he blocked it from his view by holding up his ladel.”“” He used a ladle to protect his eyes from the refulgent light of the fire. 2544 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 烙や.く 0 S+ 火: fire 各: each; every; either (none) branding “”“With an iron that has been in the fire, each beast is subjected to branding.”“” Branding with FIRE - EACH animal. 2545 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 焔ほのお 0 S+ 火: fire 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 旧: old times; old things; old friend; former; ex- (none) flames “”“When The Pinnacle collapses, there'll be plenty of flames for sure.”“” She's a witch!!! Bind her up and set her on fire like they did in olden days so she can feel the flames of hell. 2546 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 熔と.ける, と.かす, いがた 0 S+ 火: fire 容: contain; form; looks (none) fuse metal “”“The fire was contained in the valley (they put a roof over it to keep it from spreading) but it grew hot enough in there to fuse metal… when it was over, the valley looked like a giant mirror!”“” “”“If you contain a fire, you can fuse metal with it.”“” 2547 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 煎センせん.じる、い.る、に.るいり broil, parch, roast, boil 煎る(いる): to parch; to fry; to fire; to broil; to roast; to boil down (in oil) 0 S 2458 前: in front; before 火: fire 13 火 86 4 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが (none) 形声 Phonetic roast In many asian restaurants, meat is roasted right in front of you over flames. At the roast, they make the roastee sit in front of everyone else, over the flames to speak, as the comedians roast him a new one! 2548 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq2001-2500 烹ホウに.る boil, cook 0 S+ 亨: pass through; go smoothly 火: fire (none) stew If a fire goes smoothly you will have stew in no time. “Tip: tall and complete can be combined into go smoothly (#3001).” 2549 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 牽ケンひ.く pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to 0 S+ 玄: mysterious; occultness 牛: cow (none) tug I tugged at the the cow's udder but mysteriously no milk came out. I then noticed the crown of his head. It was a bull! “”“Mysterious, crown, cow: In Kazad-dum, Gandalf had found a mysterious crown. It really helped his magic, but when they came back to Rivendell, he had become unresistable to the cows (small side-effect). He tried to tug the crown off, but did not succeed…”“” 2550 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 牝ヒンめす, め-, めん female 0 S+ 2300 牛: cow 匕: spoon; spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21) (none) female animal “”“The cow in this frame 牝 is filling a spoon with milk from its udders, so it must be a female animal. (The cow in the next frame 牡 is rolling around in the soil and is, not surprisingly, a male animal.).”“” “”“While the bull wants rough sex, the cow would rather spoon, I guess all female animals are the same.”“” 2551 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 牡ボおす, お-, おん- male 0 S+ 2155 牛: cow 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey (none) male animal “”“Male animals are dirty pigs in English, but in Japanese they are dirty cows ボボウおすお- おん-.”“” That cow is staring at me and kicking up soil… hold on that's a male… animal… Oh shit! Run! 2552 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 瑶たま 1 S+ 玉: jewel; ball 爪: claw; nail; talon 缶: tin can; container; jar radical (no. 121) (none) precious stone “”“That condor is a hoarding creature, it will pick up any precious stone and hoard it with the rest of its jewels as if it were a dragon!”“” The king entrusts his most precious stone to his pet condor. It quickly flies off to the mountains if anyone else tries to take it. 2553 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 琳 1 S+ 玉: jewel; ball 林: grove; forest (none) chime The mechanism in my old grandfather clock suddenly broke with an almighty chime and one of the jewels was thrown out through the window into a nearby grove of trees. I'm now searching for the jewel in the grove while the clock continues to chime incessantly. The king knew playtime in the grove was over when he heard the clock tower chime. 2554 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 瑠ル、リュウるり lapis lazuli 1 S 2352 玉: jewel; ball 留: detain; fasten; halt; stop 14 玉 96 5 たま・たまへん・おう・おうへん・あうさま (none) 形声 Phonetic marine blue “The king has been detained by some marines!” “How do you know they were marines?” “Because they were wearing marine blue.”. The king was detained, by men in marine blue; Must be the marines, planning a coup. (thx Katsuo/gavmck). 2555 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 斑ハンふ、まだらい spot, blemish, speck, patches 斑(むら): unevenness; inconsistency; erraticness; irregularity 斑(ぶち): spots; speckles; mottles 0 S 2165 玉: jewel; ball 文: sentence; literature; style; art; decoration; figures; plan; literary radical (no. 67) 玉: jewel; ball 12 文 67 4 ぶん・ぶんにょう (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic speckled Speckled is a pattern, like plaid, but with lots of little balls all over the place. The sentences exchanged between the two kings got more and more heated, finally leading to a fight which left the whole area speckled with blood. 2556 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 琉リュウ lapis lazuli 1 S+ 2036 玉: jewel; ball 㐬: a cup with pendants; a pennant; wild; barren; uncultivated (none) lapis lazuli “”“The king was given two choices by the abductor: either the king gives him the lapis lazuli jewels, or he throws the king's infant son into the stream.”“” “”“This kanji should be ”“”“Ryukyu Islands”“”“ or something similar and 瑠 should be Lapis Lazuli.”“” 2557 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 弄ロウ、ルいじく.る、ろう.する、いじ.る、ひねく.る、たわむ.れる、もてあそ.ぶ play with, tamper, trifle with 弄る(いじる): (1) to touch; to tamper with (2) to grope about; to feel for something 0 S 玉: jewel; ball 廾: twenty; 20; twenty or letter H radical (no. 55) 7 廾 55 3 にじゅう・にじゅうあし・こまぬき (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic tinker with The king used both hands to tinker with himself in his spare time. Picture the king holding a large pan in his two hands and tinkering with it, wishing he could lead the itinerant life of a tinker. As a rhyme: The king, he uses his two hands, To tinker with his pots and pans . . . 2558 gradeS JLPT.N0 瑳みが.く 1 S+ 玉: jewel; ball 差: distinction; difference; variation; discrepancy; margin; balance (none) burnish The king appreciated the distinction of burnished jewels. Most can not tell the distinction between a precious jewel and an ordinary rock until it has been burnished. 2559 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 琢タクみが.くあや, たか polish 1 S+ 2022 玉: jewel; ball 豕: pig; hog; pig radical (no. 152) (none) hone I hone my skills by skillfully separating real jewels from the fake junk worn by fat sows! King Henry VIII was keen on hunting wild boar. Here we see him first honing his skills on a sow. 2560 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 珊センチ, さんち 0 S+ 玉: jewel; ball 冊: tome; counter for books; volume (none) coral “”“The coral is not found in this tome of jewels since it's really not a mineral, but the remains of small animals.”“” “The greet coral reef (珊瑚礁) forms a palisade (#2507) encrusted with the finest jewels the ocean ca offer.” 2561 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 瑚 1 S+ 玉: jewel; ball 胡: barbarian; foreign (none) coral reef Coral reefs are a like a jewel of the ocean. Though our uncivilized behavior is causing them to die off. The king had a coral reef installed in his lake. 2562 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 瑞ズイみず-, しるしたま, ず, みつ congratulations 1 S+ 1873 玉: jewel; ball 山: mountain 而: rake (none) fortunate “”“The king wished he was as handsome as Fabio standing on the edge (#1167) of a mountain combing his hair, but he realized he was fortunate in other ways.”“” “”“How most fortunate! After gambling his life on the edge (#1167), Indiana Jones discovers that the comb is studded with countless jewels.”“” 2563 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 珪たま 0 S+ 玉: jewel; ball 圭: square jewel; corner; angle; edge (none) silicon “”“In Silicon Valley, people live like kings in ivy-clad mansions.”“” Ivy from Soul Calibur has big balls of silicon in her chest. 2564 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 玖キュウたま, き, ひさ beautiful black jewel, nine 1 S+ 玉: jewel; ball 久: long time; old story (none) jet “”“Mummies are adorned with jet jewels to connote death, or something. Oh, yeah, 'cause King Tut was a big fan of jet planes.”“” Public airlines fly slow and take a long time to arrive so the king has a private jet. 2565 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 瑛エイよう, あき, あきら, てる, え sparkle of jewelry, crystal 1 S+ 2393 玉: jewel; ball 英: England; English (none) crystal stone He who possesses the crystal stone is the rightful king of England. King Arthur of England pulls the sword from a crystal stone and embarks on his destiny. 2566 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 玩ガンもちあそ.ぶ、もてあそ.ぶ play, take pleasure in, trifle with, make sport of 玩具(おもちゃ): toy; plaything 0 S 2216 玉: jewel; ball 元: beginning; former time; origin 8 玉 96 5 たま・たまへん・おう・おうへん・あうさま (none) 形声 Phonetic toy The ball was the only thing that people at the beginning of time had to use as a toy. Poor cavemen. And so it was, the ball marked the beginning of all the toys that were to come. 2567 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 玲レイたま, あきら, あき, りょう, れ sound of jewels 1 S+ 1931 玉: jewel; ball 令: orders; ancient laws; command; decree (none) tinkling “”“The king orders his penis, ”“”“Start tinkling!”“”“.”“” “”“When the king barks out his orders, all the chandeliers and other ornaments in the palace start tinkling.”“” 2568 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 畏イおそ.れる、かしこま.る、かしこ、かしこ.し fear, majestic, graciously, be apprehensive 畏まりました(かしこまりました): certainly! 0 S 2389 田: rice field; rice paddy 一: one; one radical (no.1) 9 田 102 5 た・たへん (none) 象形 Pictographic apprehensive The girl was apprehensive about going home, having lost her precious hairpin in the paddy field. But then, it wasn't like she'd lost both, just ONE… “I ran out of Q-tips…then I noticed a hairpin lying on the counter that was about the same size as a Q-tip. I was apprehensive at first, but I thought ”“what the hell”“. Unfortunately I ended up stabbing my brain!” 2569 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq2001-2500 畢おわ.る, あみ, おわ.り, ことごとく 0 S+ 田: rice field; rice paddy 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) (none) lastly “”“First, we sow the rice field, then we plant the flowers, and lastly we plant the corn. (Stroke order and story in one).”“” “”“Lastly, let me mention that my ricefield and silage stack are amongst the top ten in the country…”“” 2570 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 畦あぜ, うね 0 S+ 田: rice field; rice paddy 圭: square jewel; corner; angle; edge (none) paddy-field ridge Ivy grows on the paddy-field ridge encircling the rice field as opposed to the intra-field paddy ridge that divides it in half. “”“[+mantixen] The ordinary 畔 paddy-ridge (#1204) dissects the field by dividing it in half, but the paddy-field ridge runs around the outside & is covered in ivy. Disambiguate by noting that the hyphen in 'paddy-ridge' divides the word itself in half (five letters each side) but 'paddy-field ridge' has five extra letters on the right, the ridge itself, in fact, the part covered in ivy.”“” 2571 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 痒ヨウかゆ.がる, かさ, かゆ.い itchy 痒い(かゆい): itchy; itching 0 S+ 疒: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104) 羊: sheep (none) itch Scrapie is a disease sheep sometimes catch. It causes them to itch so unbearably that they scrape themselves to death. “”“If you think wearing a wool sweater is itchy, just think of how sheep must feel! They must be so sick of wearing that itchy wool all the time!”“” 2572 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 痰 0 S+ 疒: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104) 炎: inflammation; flame; blaze (none) phlegm “”“When your sickness involves inflammation, you will produce phlegm (perhaps inphlegmation?).”“” “”“If I'm sick, and have an inflammation of my lungs, I cough up a lot of phlegm.”“” 2573 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 疹シンはしか measles, sickness 0 S+ 疒: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104) 彡: three; hair ornament; short hair or fur radical (no. 59) (none) measles He had a curious form of measles : the red marks on his skin were all in the shape of an umbrella. The doctors of course couldn't explain it… “”“I'm sick with the measles. Whenever I go out, I carry my parasol to try and cover up the rash.”“” 2574 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 痔しもがさ 0 S+ 疒: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104) 寺: Buddhist temple (none) hemorrhoids “”“”“”“Hemorrhoids 痔 are the sickness suffered by people who sit in meditative poses for long periods at Buddhist temples 寺.”“”“ ( Joseph De Roo's ”“”“2001 Kanji”“”“).”“” “”“Hemorrhoids is a sickness. Mnemonic 'holy hemorrhoids' and picture a monk at a Buddhist temple. This is a word that kids find funny, pronounced ジ。.”“” 2575 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 癌ガン cancer, cancerous evil 癌(がん): cancer 0 S+ 2233 疒: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104) 嵒: rock (none) cancer “”“The SICKNESS called cancer works by self-replication, so that its bad GOODS grow more & more until a vertiable MOUNTAIN of them forms on you– that's the tumor, the awful sign of cancer.”“” “”“You may have a mountain of goods, but cancer is a sickness that strikes the rich and poor with equal contempt.”“” 2576 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 痩ソウ、チュウ、シュウ、シュや.せる get thin 痩せる(やせる): (1) to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to slim (2) to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile 0 S 疒: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104) 叟: old person 12 疒 104 5 やまい・やまいだれ瘦形声 Phonetic lose weight The most horrific way to lose weight is from that devastating sickness that came from a monkey's crotch. The poor monkey obviously had a sickness. He was scratching his crotch the whole time and when he started to lose weight heavily, the caretakers knew they couldn´t save him anymore. 2577 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness 痕コンあと mark, foot print 0 S 1958 疒: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104) 艮: northeast (Oriental zodiac); stopping; good radical (no. 138) 11 疒 104 5 やまい・やまいだれ (none) 形声 Phonetic scar I suffer from silver-sickness, that is, if anything made of silver even touches my skin it leaves a scar. I got sick and needed surgery, but the silver lining is that now I have these awesome scars I can show off! 2578 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness kanjifreq1501-2000 痺しび.れる麻痺(まひ): paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor 痺れる(しびれる): (1) to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb) (2) to be excited; to be titillated; to be mesmerized 0 S+ 疒: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104) 卑: lowly; base; vile; vulgar (none) paralysis “”“This sickness seems to prey upon the lowly of society mostly, and causes paralysis in its final stages.”“” “”“Caveman, lowly: Caveman was just a lowly Neanderthaler, trying to survive. But he had healing hands and people were brought in from far to have him cure their paralysis.”“” 2579 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 眸ひとみ 1 S+ 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 牟: pupil (eye); moo (cow sound) (none) apple of the eye “”“Here you have a picture of him with his apple of the eye: you see him keeping an eye upon his favourite cow, while leaning on it with his elbow.”“” “”“Barnyard romance: The big bull winked with his EYE and let out a MOO (牟 2961) toward the cow and said, ”“”“Your the APPLE OF my EYE baby!”“”“.”“” 2580 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 眩げん.す, くるめ.く, まぶ.しい, くら.む, まど.う, めま.い, まばゆ.い, くれ.る, ま.う眩しい(まぶしい): dazzling; radiant 目眩(めまい): dizziness; giddiness; vertigo 0 S+ 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 玄: mysterious; occultness (none) dizzy If you see mysterious things in front of your eyes you're definitely dizzy. “”“When you see mysterious stars from your eyes, it's a sign that you're dizzy - 眩暈（めまい）。 Maybe becuase you're fighting off a face hugger who has its tail round your neck!”“” 2581 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 瞭リョウあきらか clear 明瞭(めいりょう): clarity; clearness 1 S 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 大: large; big 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 小: little; small 17 目 109 5 め・めへん・よこめ (none) 形声 Phonetic obvious Open your eyes, it's obvious that not all of us can fit into that small puptent! It´s obvious that the pup tent with a huge eye on the side belongs to the dark lord Sauron. 2582 gradeS JLPT.N1 眉ビ、ミまゆ eyebrow 眉(まゆ): eyebrow; eyebrows 1 S 2177 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 9 目 109 5 め・めへん・よこめ (none) 象形 Pictographic eyebrow The eyebrows hover over the eyes like a divided flag. Pictograph: opera glasses over eyes ビミまゆ. 2583 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Head.Neck kanjifreq2001-2500 雉きじき 0 S+ 矢: dart; arrow 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) (none) pheasant “”“I threw my dart at a pheasant during the hunt, but hit a turkey instead.”“” A pheasant is like a small wild TURKEY except you can kill it with a DART. 2584 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 矩かね, かねざし, さしがねのり, つね, ただし 1 S+ 2380 矢: dart; arrow 巨: gigantic; big; large; great (none) carpenter's square “”“That carpenter can never remember where his tools are, so there is a gigantic arrow pointing to his carpenter's square.”“” My carpenter's square is hanging on that gigantic dart. 2585 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 磐バンいわいわお, わ rock, crag, cliff, wall (in a mine) 0 S+ 1701 般: carrier; carry; all 石: stone (none) crag “”“Last time I was on crag's list, I found someone selling an aircraft carrier they carved out of stone! A crazy lawn ornament I suppose.”“” “”“If you want to take all the stones out of this crag, you'll need a large carrier.”“” 2586 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 碇いかり 0 S+ 石: stone 定: determine; fix; establish; decide (none) grapnel “”“A grapnel is a small anchor with several hooks, used for anchoring small boats, or to pull up sunken objects (it looks very much like a grappling hook). The position of stones underwater determines where the grapnel will catch.”“” “”“He was determined to climb this rock, so he used a grapnel.”“” 2587 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 碧ヘキみどり, あお, たま blue, green 1 S+ 2455 玉: jewel; ball 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 石: stone (none) blue-green “”“Notes: 珀 (not in Heisig) means ”“”“amber”“”“. Story for both: A bus is stopped at some traffic lights in Japan. Inside, King Henry VIII and Barry White are arguing over whether the lights are yellow or amber. The lights change to ”“”“Go”“”“, and Mick Jagger (stone) then joins a new argument over whether the lights are blue or green. They compromise on blue-green.”“” The king gets stoned on white powder and sees little blue-green men. 2588 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 硯すずり 0 S+ 2500 石: stone 見: see; hopes; chances; idea; opinion; look at; visible (none) inkstone “”“This is not an ordinary rock, if you look carefully you will see that it is an ancient inkstone.”“” A rock that you often see (in writing) is an inkstone. 2589 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 砥シと, といし, と.ぐ, みが.く, たいら.にする whetstone, grindstone 0 S+ 石: stone 氏: family name; surname; clan 一: one; one radical (no.1) (none) grindstone “”“My calling card is made of rock, which is a bit inconvenient because it is so big & heavy. So I’m using a grindstone to grind it down in size.”“” “”“In Bedrock, people had business cards made of rock and engraved using a grindstone. (Big ups to Katsuo).”“” 2590 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 碗ワンこばち porcelain bowl, tea cup 碗(わん): bowl (porcelain) 0 S+ 石: stone 宛: address; just like; fortunately (none) teacup Teacups at the Japanese restaurant are usually made of stone and have the name and address of the restaurant written on them. Teacup = 茶碗（ちゃわん）. Pieces of stone(?) that everyone has at their address. 2591 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 碍さまた.げる 0 S+ 石: stone 旦: daybreak; dawn; morning 寸: measurement; foot/10 (none) obstacle Those gremlins! At night break they insist on coming out and gluing stones all over the place. These obstacles make it nearly impossible for me to get to work! Getting stoned until night break glued to your couch is a major obstacle to success. 2592 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 碩セキおお.きい large, great, eminent 1 S+ 石: stone 頁: page; leaf (none) illustrious Mount Rushmore is a place in the US where the heads of illustrious presidents are carved into the stone of a cliff. The stone heads at Mt. Rushmore are of illustrious historical figures. 2593 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 磯キいそし, そ seashore, beach 1 S+ 1444 石: stone 幾: how many; how much; how far; how long; some; several (none) rocky beach “”“To qualify as a rocky beach (as opposed to a sandy beach), how many stones does the beach need?”“” “”“”“”“How many stones can you find at a rocky beach?”“”“ the Zen Master asked his baffled pupil.”“” 2594 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1001-1500 ShouldSuspend 砺レイあらと, みが.くと whetstone, polish 0 S+ 石: stone 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 万: ten thousand; 10,000 (none) whetstone A whetstone so notorious that it had destroyed ten thousand cliffs. Whatstone would make the best whetstone? I wandered ten thousand cliffs in search of an answer. 2595 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 碓たし.か, かく.たるう, うす 0 S+ 2364 石: stone 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) (none) mill “”“Some mills use an animal, typically an ox or donkey, to rotate the stone. But in this mill the stone is being pulled round by a turkey.”“” “”“I can tell you, it was a big mess when a turkey accidentally came between the stones of the wind mill. We had to clean the blood and feathers away for ages.”“” 2596 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 禦ふせ.ぐ 0 S+ 御: honorable; manipulate; govern 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display (none) fend off “”“The beautiful woman has to fend off honorable admirers every day, who want to drag her to the altar and marry her.”“” An honorable Catholic girl will fend off sexual advances until she exchanges vows at the altar. 2597 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 祷トウいの.る, いの.り, まつ.る pray 0 S+ 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 寿: longevity; congratulations; one's natural life (none) beseech “”“If you want longevity, go to an altar and beseech the gods.”“” “”“Altar, longevity: Having seen all his friends and family die so long ago, the ancient sage visited the altar and beseeched the gods to put an end to his longevity.”“” 2598 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 祐ユウたす.けるすけ, さち, よし, たすく, ひろ, ひろし, まさ help 1 S+ 1706 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 右: right (none) ancestral tablet “”“Picture a Japanese altar that contains ancestral tablets, placed on the right (on the left would be the incense).”“” “”“On the lower right of each altar, there is a small ancestral tablet. Its purpose is to record all of the past converts to Buddhism - they are the ones who chose the right path before you and should be respected.”“” 2599 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 祇ギくにつかみ, ただ, まさに national or local god, peaceful, great 0 S+ 2169 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 氏: family name; surname; clan (none) local god “”“From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto: Whenever a child is born in Japan, a local Shinto shrine adds the child's name to a list kept at the shrine and declares him or her a ”“”“family child”“”“ (氏子 ujiko?). After death an ujiko becomes a ”“”“family spirit”“”“, or ”“”“family kami”“”“ (氏神 ujigami?). Therefore, if your family name is inscribed in the altar, then you will become a local god.”“” “”“The altar dedicated to this local god has the family names of all the villagers inscribed in it, so that the god knows whom he should favour.”“” 2600 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 祢ネ ancestral shrine 0 S+ 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 尓: you; that (none) ancestral shrine The ancestral shrine has an altar that shows little reclining figurines of ancestors. “”“In countries where ancestors are worshiped, small children are taught to lie down (prostrate themselves) at the altar that is their ancestral shrine.”“” 2601 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 禄ロクさいわ.い, ふちとし, よし fief, allowance, pension, grant, happiness 貫禄(かんろく): presence; dignity 1 S+ 2126 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 水: water (none) salarium “”“Ancient Japanese officials collected their salarium in the shrines. A priest would collect their rice grains with a broom, and sweep it unto the altar, where the officials could collect their rice.”“” “”“Rather than cold hard cash, the rice that the altar boys could sweep up became their salarium.”“” 2602 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 禎テイさいわ.いさだ, ただし, よし, さち, とも, のり happiness 1 S+ 2083 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 貞: upright; chastity; constancy; righteousness (none) felicitation “”“When the wheelchair-bound Felicity was healed at the altar (by one of those healer priests), she was finally able to stand upright and was overcome by felicitation.”“” “”“On the special festival day, the altar of the local shrine contains the felicitations of local upright citizens, thanking their local gods for doing such a good job.”“” 2603 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 秤ショウはかり balances, scales, steelyard 秤(はかり): scales; weighing machine 0 S+ 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 平: even; flat; peace (none) balancing scales I use balancing scales to make sure everyone gets an even amount of Wheaties. “”“He didn't have a balancing scales to figure out how much his wheat weighed, but he came up with a solution: he loaded a vessel with wheat and let it float in his lily pond, and then he measured how deep the vessel would be in the water.”“” 2604 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 黍きび 0 S+ 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 水: water (none) millet “”“Millet is a small grain whose importance was greater in prehistoric times. Nowadays, it has been supplanted in the West by wheat, and in the East (”“”“under the bamboo umbrella”“”“), by rice.”“” Millet is grown primarily in African countries where there is little rain. As opposed to wheat and rice grains which are grown in areas one would need an umbrella. 2605 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 禿ちび.る, かむろ, は.げる, はげ 0 S+ 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) (none) bald The dude was so upset about going bald that he covered himself with a wheat sack so that only his legs were showing. “”“Because the poor guy went bald, he made a big, big hat out of wheat stalks. But it was so big, that it covered his whole torso, so that basically only his walking legs were visible under it.”“” 2606 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 稔ネンみの.る, みのりとし, なる, なり, みのる, ね, み harvest, ripen 1 S+ 1775 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 念: wish; sense; idea; thought; feeling; desire; attention (none) bear fruit “”“Every day, the farmer works in his wheat field, making a wish that his hard labor will bear fruit.”“” I wish Wheaties would bear fruit… Then I wouldn't have to add any myself! 2607 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 稗ハイひえ humble, deccan grass 0 S+ 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 卑: lowly; base; vile; vulgar (none) crabgrass “”“Crabgrass is lowly wild grass, quickly spreading with nasty roots, and difficult to remove out of your wheat field.”“” A lowly wheat field only grows crap grass. 2608 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 穣ジョウわら, ゆたかしげ, みのる good crops, prosperity 1 S+ 2464 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 襄: rise; raise (none) bumper crop “”“A bumper crop is a very full crop. In this particular case, the bumper crop is a wheat crop, grown by this excentric guy in a grass skirt, who has gone completely native, but knows the secrets of how to get a good crop!”“” “”“On the tropical island of JOU, lots of crops are grown - coconuts, bananas, pineapples, etc - but these are really just for show to get lots of tourists. The real bumper crop that feeds the islanders is wheat.”“” 2609 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 稜リョウいつ, かど angle, edge, corner, power, majesty 1 S+ 2091 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 儿: legs radical (no. 10) 夂: winter radical (no. 34) (none) imperial authority “”“Wheat, rice seedling, walking legs: The next hurdle for mission of the rice seedlings with walking legs was the imperial authority. They had to cross through a wheat field, but the imperial authority didn't give permission for rice seedlings and wheat to mix. How to solve this…?”“” “”“The greatest threat to a imperial authority is famine. If those seedlings do not become wheat crops, walking legs will storm the Imperial Palace.”“” 2610 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 稀キまれ, まばら rare, phenomenal, dilute (acid) 稀(まれ): rare; seldom 1 S+ 2232 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 希: hope; beg; request; pray; beseech; Greece; dilute (acid); rare; few; phenomenal (none) sparse “”“This region only has sparse agriculture. The few farmers hope their wheat crops will do well, but the soil isn't really good.”“” “”“Scarce is a better keyword since this really means rare. Here, the farmer hopes he gets some wheat during the harvest since food is scarce.”“” 2611 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 穆やわ.らぐ 0 S+ 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 小: little; small 彡: three; hair ornament; short hair or fur radical (no. 59) (none) obeisant I'm being obeisant to Doctor's orders – trying to get into shape by eating only wheat and drinking only from that spring. The wheat farmers are obeisant towards the shape of the white little goddess. 2612 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 窺キうかが.う, のぞく lie in wait, spy on, reconnoiter 0 S+ 穴: hole; aperture; slit; cave; den 規: standard; measure (none) peep “”“Ladies, I apologize for peeping through the hole, but, you know, it's just standard protocol.”“” “”“A husband is peeping at his wife undressing through the key hole. ”“”“What the heck are you doing? You can see me naked anytime!”“”“.”“” 2613 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 窄サクすぼ.める, つぼ.める, せま.い narrow, fold, furl, shrug, pucker, shut, close 見窄らしい(みすぼらしい): shabby; seedy 0 S+ 穴: hole; aperture; slit; cave; den 乍: though; notwithstanding; while; during; both; all (none) tight That hole is still too tight. Bring the saw to enlarge it! Use a saw to enlarge a hole that's too tight. 2614 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 窟クツ、コツいわや、いはや、あな cavern 0 S 穴: hole; aperture; slit; cave; den 屈: yield; bend; flinch; submit 13 穴 116 5 あな・あなかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic cavern After Osama blew a hole in NY, the counterreaction forced him to yield and retreat into caverns. “In ”“The Empire Strikes Back”“, the Milennium Falcon flies into a large hole, of what they think is a cavern, because they don´t want to yield to the forces of the Empire. Turns out it´s not a cavern at all, actually…” 2615 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Landscape 穿センうが.つ, は.く put on (to the feet), dig, pierce, drill 0 S+ 穴: hole; aperture; slit; cave; den 牙: tusk; fang; tusk radical (no. 92) (none) drill “”“There's a knock on my door, and it's the local dentist accompanied by an elephant. The latter is a patient, and the dentist explains that he wants to drill a hole in its tusk, but his normal dentist's drill is too small, so could he borrow my big DIY drill. Anyway, I drill the hole in the tusk for him.”“” “”“No drill? Pfft, just use this here tusk as a drill and make all the holes you can!”“” 2616 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 竃かまど, かま, へっつい 0 S+ 穴: hole; aperture; slit; cave; den 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days (none) kitchen stove “”“The original Japanese kitchen stoves were powered by electric eels (hey, Edison never made it to the far east!), so a small hole had to be placed in the dirt under the stove (for the eels to swim around in).”“” “”“We finally found the tortoise that escaped (straw rope (#1377)), it has somehow crawled into a hole just above the kitchen stove and had become quite dirty.”“” 2617 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 竪ジュたて, た.てる, こども length, height, warp 0 S+ 2370 臣: retainer; subject 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect (none) longness In the slave's crotch there something standing with a vase-like longness. What could it be? “”“Sitting cross-legged or standing, the longness of a slaves workday doesn't change.”“” 2618 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 颯サツさっ.と suddenly, smoothly 颯と(さっと): (1) quickly (esp. actions) (2) suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.) 1 S+ 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 風: wind; air; style; manner (none) rustling When I hear rustling in the night I stand up and go to check out what it is but it's always just wind. “”“Vase, wind (with gnats): He heard a rustling outside and when he checked, saw a host of killer gnats riding the wind in the direction of his house. He quickly jumped into the large standing vase and put the stopper in, to ride it out…”“” 2619 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 站 0 S+ 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 占: fortune-telling; divining; forecasting; occupy; hold; have; get; take (none) outpost “”“Stand up, fortune telling: Something scary happened at the Mars outpost near the alien ruins. Suddenly, one of the soldiers stood up and started to tell fortunes. (Which weren't all that positive for mankind). Then he fell down and never spoke again.”“” A characteristic of an outpost is the lack of usual facilities. Here we see a fortune teller with no crystal ball having to make do with a vase. 2620 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 靖セイやす.んじるのぶ, やす, やすし, しず, おさむ, きよし peaceful 1 S+ 1390 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 青: blue; green (none) repose Many repose peacefully in a blue vase after being cremated. “”“Standing in the blue ocean with sand between my toes, dolphins swimming and palm trees rustling in the breeze. I Soak in this repose dreamscape.”“” 2621 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1001-1500 ShouldSuspend 妾めかけ, そばめ, わらわ 0 S+ 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 女: woman; female (none) concubine “It's a concubine: feel free to touch (#672) her all you want.” “”“A concubine is a woman you can stand on and walk all over. She does not have the same status as a wife. The contrast can be seen in the compound: 妻妾 (one's wife and mistresses). Both are women; however, the wife gets a brush for her hair; whereas the concubine is stood upon and trampled.”“” 2622 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 衿えり 1 S+ 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 今: now (none) lapel “”“Cloak, clock: The cloaks of Muslims have a tiny clock on their lapel, so that they can keep track on when to pray…”“” The lapel of a cloak sometimes has a clock pinned on it for meditation sessions. 2623 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 裾キョ、コすそ cuff, hem, foot of mountain 裾(すそ): (trouser) cuff; (skirt) hem; cut edge of a hairdo; fringe; foot of mountain 0 S 2334 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 居: reside; to be; exist; live with 13 衣 145 6 ころも・ころもへん (none) 形声 Phonetic hem Something is residing in the hem of your cloak. Maybe you should consider cleaning it? キョコすそ cuff; hem; foot of mountain. If you reside in the slums, you start off as a small child with a very large cloak. As you grow it gets hemmed. The rich kids just get new cloaks. 2624 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Clothing.Textiles kanjifreq2001-2500 袷あわせ 0 S+ 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 合: fit; suit; join; 0.1 (none) lined kimono “”“Cloak, fit: The lined kimono was lined in such a way that it made people appear to be slimmer than they really were. Even people who didn't fit in the accompanying cloak still bought the lined kimono…”“” Girls all lined up in front of the cloakroom in the department store to be fitted with lined kimonos for their coming of age ceremony. 2625 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 袴コはかま, ずぼん men's formal divided skirt 0 S+ 2175 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 夸: boast (none) pleated skirt “”“You can 誇 boast (#1244) with words, or you can instead show off your expensive cloak and hakama.”“” I wear a cloak with a pleated skirt so that my girlfriend can easily put her jaws around my big one. 2626 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 襖オウふすま, あお opaque sliding door 襖(ふすま): fusuma (Japanese sliding screen) 0 S+ 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 奥: heart; interior (none) sliding door “”“The safety violations at Japanese nuclear power plants are egregious! Not only are they built inside ancient Japanese castles, there are no considerations for contamination. I was visiting last month when I opened a sliding door to reveal the cloak room. All the scientists had haphazardly piled their cloaks on the CORE itself!”“” “”“Before you open the sliding door to the core of the nuclear reactor, you'd better put on your anti-radioactivity cloak.”“” 2627 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 笙ふえ 1 S+ 竹: bamboo 生: life; genuine; birth (none) Chinese panpipe “”“The Chinese panpipe is an old musical instrument made of bamboo. People practiced the Chinese panpipe their whole life just so that they could play for the emperor, often a bad performance would have the emperor take their life away from them.”“” The Chinese panpipe is made by using different sized cells of bamboo. 2628 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 筏バツいかだ raft 0 S+ 竹: bamboo 伐: fell; strike; attack; punish (none) raft The bamboo was felled to make a raft. “”“Bamboo, fell: To escape the forestfire, the pandas felled some of the bamboo to make a raft and escape.”“” 2629 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 簾レンすだれ, すみす bamboo screen, rattan blind 0 S+ 竹: bamboo 廉: bargain; reason; charge; suspicion; point; account; purity; honest; low price; cheap; rested; contented; peaceful (none) bamboo blinds I see a load of bamboo for sale at a bargain price and decide it’s so cheap that I’ll buy it and make my own bamboo blinds. Buy bargain bamboo blinds at Panda Palace. 2630 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 箪タンはこ bamboo rice basket 箪笥(たんす): chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser 0 S+ 竹: bamboo 単: simple; one; single; merely (none) rattan box “”“If you are making a rattan box, then the best advice I can give you is to use bamboo and keep it simple.”“” The bamboo rice basket is a simple basket made of bamboo. 2631 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 竿カンさお pole, rod, scale beam, violin neck 竿(さお): (1) rod; pole (2) neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen (3) beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance) (4) single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese) (5) penis (6) counter for flags (on poles); counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. youkan) 0 S+ 2416 竹: bamboo 干: dry; parch (none) pole In Japan they use bamboo poles to dry their clothes on. “bamboo cane (#2642) + bamboo pole = bamboo clothlines.” 2632 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 箆へら, の, くし 0 S+ 竹: bamboo 比: compare; race; ratio; Philipines (none) spatula “”“Compared to before when Japanese mothers used to throw a hood over their naughty kids and beat them bloody with bamboo, the modern ”“”“kitchen-discipline by spatula”“”“ seems much more civilized.”“” “”“Compare the effectiveness of beating a person with bamboo, a belt, and a spatula.”“” 2633 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 箔ハクすだれ foil, gilt 0 S+ 竹: bamboo 泊: overnight; put up at; ride at anchor; 3-day stay (none) foil If I have any bamboo shoots left over from my stirfry I wrap them up in foil to keep them moist overnight. Then I can use them the next day. I always roll up my foil and hide it in sticks of bamboo overnight. This is to foil any attempt to steal it. 2634 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 笥スけ, はこ lunch box, clothes chest 箪笥(たんす): chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser 0 S+ 竹: bamboo 司: director; official; govt office; rule; administer (none) wardrobe “”“The film director is making a new low budget version of ”“”“The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe”“”“. As we watch him, he appears to be constructing something out of bamboo. Finally the director says, ”“”“Well, no lion or witch yet, but thanks to this bamboo at least the wardrobe is finished”“”“.”“” A director of a samurai war film has his actors fitted in a bamboo armor wardrobe. 2635 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 箭センや arrow 0 S+ 竹: bamboo 前: in front; before (none) arrow shaft “”“Bamboo, in front: Martial arts movie. The hero walks through a bamboo forest, and suddenly an arrow shaft stands quivering in the bamboo tree just in front of him. Time for some action scenes.”“” Bamboo forms the arrow shaft you shoot in front of you. 2636 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 筑チクつく, づき an ancient musical instrument 0 S+ 1530 竹: bamboo 工: craft; construction; katakana e radical (no. 48) 凡: mediocre (none) ancient harp I can't play this ancient harp! It's craftsmanship is so mediocre! The bamboo is hard and stiff! Give me a new koto any day of the week. Musical instruments are so mediocre these days. I call for a return to the ancient harps crafted from genuine bamboo. 2637 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 篭ロウかご, こ.める, こも.る, こ.むごめ seclude oneself, cage, coop, implied 0 S+ 2237 竹: bamboo 竜: dragon; imperial (none) cage The only cage that can keep a dragon is made of bamboo. A bamboo cage won't hold a dragon! 2638 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 篠ゾウしの, ささ, すずの also N3428, bamboo grass 0 S+ 1556 竹: bamboo 條: article; ray of light (none) slender bamboo Mr T uses a stick of slender bamboo to beat his taskmaster that he chased up into the tree. “”“The wise sensei instructs Mr. T while they perch atop a tree: Oh, you must be supple and thin like the slender bamboo!”“” 2639 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 箸チョ、チャクはし chopsticks 箸(はし): chopsticks 0 S 2156 竹: bamboo 者: someone; person 15 竹 118 6 たけ・たけかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic chopsticks Bamboo, lovedoll: At dinner, my lovedoll decided to eat her meal the Japanese way using chopsticks. But well, what a problems she had getting those bamboo shoots into her mouth (which should not be that difficult, I would say!). I´ve always wanted to use bamboo chopsticks to eat sushi off a naked woman. Unfortunately, there is no woman in my life, so this love doll will have to do. 2640 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Food.Drink Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq2001-2500 纂あつ.める 0 S+ 算: calculate; divining; number; abacus; probability 糸: thread (none) redaction “”“During post-production of a movie, redaction is required for ”“”“red action”“”“, or action that results in a bloody accident, like when they miscalculated how large an object Spider-Man could hold up with both hands.”“” “”“Calculate, st bernard, venom: Venom had made an insidious plan to strike at the redaction office of the Daily Bugle, to scare the free press. He plans to leave corpses of dead St.Bernards on every desk of the news office. Now, he still needs to calculate how many St. Bernards are required…”“” 2641 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 竺あつし 0 S+ 竹: bamboo 二: two; two radical (no.2) (none) bamboo cane My bamboo cane is collapsible. It can fold into two separate bamboo sticks. This bamboo cane is too short for me; it's made of only two feet of bamboo. 2642 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 箕キみみの winnowing 0 S+ 2023 竹: bamboo 其: that (none) winnowing fan A winnowing fan made of bamboo is used to cool off the basketball player. “”“The hard working peasants get a little annoyed watching the aristocrats sitting around playing chess, so they start a revolt and whack the chess board and pieces away with their bamboo winnowing baskets..”“” 2643 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 笈おい 0 S+ 竹: bamboo 及: reach out; exert; exercise; cause (none) backpack “”“I see a panda wearing a backpack, and every so often something inside the backpack reaches out and grabs bamboo. (it’s acutally a baby panda reaching out to grab bamboo to eat).”“” “”“When I encountered an ravenous panda, I just reached back to my backpack and pulled out two bamboo katanas.”“” 2644 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 篇ヘン volume, chapter, book, editing, compilation 0 S+ 2076 竹: bamboo 扁: level; small (none) livraison “”“Each livraison (installment) of the scrapbook is delivered by post, and sits resting on your doorstep for when you get home. Of course, it might blow away so the postman has put heavy bamboo blocks on top of it.”“” A limited livraison (edition) of manga made of bamboo. 2645 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 筈カツはず, やはず notch of an arrow, ought, must, should be, expected 筈(はず): (1) expectation that something took place, will take place or was in some state; it should be so; bound to be; expected to be; must be (2) nock (of a bow) (3) nock (of an arrow) (4) nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger) (Sumo) (5) wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out 手筈(てはず): arrangement; plan; programme; program 0 S+ 竹: bamboo 舌: tongue; reed; clapper (none) should “”“Should you put bamboo through your tongue? If you don't already know the answer yourself, you shouldn't even ask.”“” “”“In some tribes, it is fully expected that you should put bamboo through your tongue.”“” 2646 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 簸ハひ.る winnow, fan 0 S+ 竹: bamboo 其: that 皮: pelt; skin; hide; leather; skin radical (no. 107) (none) winnow To winnow you need two things: a winnowing fan (no. 2643 箕) and a pelt (to use as a bag to collect the grain you winnowed). “”“After Bobby Fischer's 箕 winnowing fan (#2643) winnowed Spassky's bamboo pawn from the other pieces in the famous game three, the rest was history: Spassky returned to Moscow in disgrace & was pelted by fruits & vegetables.”“” 2647 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 粕ハクかす scrap, waste 0 S+ 1905 米: rice; USA; metre 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days (none) settlings Settlings at the bottom of sake are white and made of rice. “”“Scrap, waste, settlings. Think of scrap or waste paper - like the confetti or rice thrown at a wedding - it is white.”“” 2648 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 糟ぬかかす 0 S+ 米: rice; USA; metre 曹: cadet; friend (none) lees The other cadets are really cruel: giving this cadet only the lees of the sake to drink…. “”“New cadets aren't allowed to drink with the seniors, so they have to settle for the rice lees at the bottom of the empty sake bottles.”“” 2649 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 糊コのり paste, glue, sizing 糊(のり): paste; glue; clothing starch 0 S+ 米: rice; USA; metre 胡: barbarian; foreign (none) paste The uncivilized used rice as paste. “”“It would be uncivilized to eat rice without natto, that delicious bean paste! (I think I just vomitted a little in my mouth).”“” 2650 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 籾もみ 0 S+ 米: rice; USA; metre 刃: blade; sword; edge (none) unhulled rice Unhulled rice still needs a blade taken to it. What's all this unhulled rice still doing here? You were supposed to hull this yesterday! Pick up that blade and get to work immediately! 2651 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 糠コウぬか rice bran 0 S+ 米: rice; USA; metre 康: ease; peace (none) rice bran Rice bran is for old people: its benefits to sanity in additional to being delicious rice make it an instant sell. Rice bran keeps you sane. But only if it's made from real rice. None of that fake stuff. 2652 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 糞フンくそ shit, feces, excrement 0 S+ 2473 米: rice; USA; metre 異: uncommon; queerness; strangeness; wonderful; curious; unusual (none) excrement “”“Rice is easy to digest, so if you poke through your excrement, finding bits of rice is uncommon.”“” “”“It is uncommon to find rice in your excrement. Corn, on the other hand…”“” 2653 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 粟ゾクあわ, もみあ, さっ, そう millet 0 S+ 2146 襾: cover; place on top of; west radical variant (no. 146) 米: rice; USA; metre (none) foxtail millet “”“Maybe the Japanese ought to rethink their nickname for America. Seriously, the only ”“”“rice”“”“ I have seen in the wild west is foxtail millet.”“” “”“West, rice: In the old west there was a special type of plant (it's now extinct): the foxtail millet. It behaved like regular millet, but when somebody wanted to reap it, it ran away as quick as a fox, leaving a small trail of rice.”“” 2654 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 繋ケイつな.ぐ, かか.る, か.ける tie, fasten, chain, tether, connect 繋がり(つながり): connection; link; relationship 繋がる(つながる): to be tied together; to be connected to; to be related to 繋ぐ(つなぐ): to tie; to fasten; to connect; to transfer (phone call) 繋げる(つなげる): to tie; to fasten; to connect; to transfer (phone call) 0 S+ 車: car 殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79) 糸: thread (none) link up This should do the trick: http://tinyurl.com/dzhu4g. “”“In one of those ridiculous sentai TV programs, after the ”“”“car rangers”“”“ fire their missiles at the enemy monster, you can clearly see the thread that pulls them together when they link up to form CAR-RANGER-MON.”“” 2655 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 綸リンいと thread, silk cloth 1 S+ 糸: thread 侖: think; be methodical (none) twine Spidey assists the older ladies at the twine convention by providing them with a continuous line of twine to knit with. They thank him for the twine with some wine. “”“Spiderman + methodical: If you want to be like Spiderman, you'll have to be methodical and start from the beginning by learning how to make webs with twine. Note: 侖 is an extremely rare kanji meaning ”“”“methodical”“”“, I remember this with: ”“”“A meeting of scrapbookers who are very methodical”“”“.”“” 2656 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 絨絨毯(じゅうたん): carpet; rug; runner 0 S+ 糸: thread 戎: warrior; arms; barbarian; Ainu (none) carpet yarn “”“Spiderman, burgler - money (burglar (#357)): When the old lady returned from visiting the fiesta, she found a burglar in her home tied up with carpet yarn. A note said: Regards from you friendly neighborhood Spiderman. Well, she was not amused when she saw the remains of her carpet.”“” “”“The burglar isn't getting Spider-Man's money, but he can get tied up with carpet yarn if he wants.”“” 2657 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 絆ハンきずな, ほだ.す, つな.ぐ bonds, fetters 0 S+ 2220 糸: thread 半: half; middle; odd number; semi-; part- (none) ties “”“Spiderman, half: Since only half of his family was left (aunt May, uncle died), Spiderman kept strong ties with her.”“” “”“I must buy some more ties – half of mine are in threads. (Edit: All the kanji dictionaries I have checked classify this character as thread + half. Depending on the font, though, the right side often appears as a variant of 半 with the top two strokes sloping outwards).”“” 2658 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 緋ヒあけ, あか scarlet, cardinal 1 S+ 2443 糸: thread 非: un-; mistake; negative; injustice; non- (none) scarlet “”“Spiderman is put in a jail cell by the fashion police for wearing scarlet. (His fellow inmates include Scarlet O'Hara, Scarlett Johansson, Captain Scarlet, The Scarlet Pimpernel, etc).”“” “”“Frankly Scarlet, I don't give a damn. Here we see Scarlet O'Hara going to visit Rhett in his jail cell (damn those yankees!) wearing her new (green, and velvet incidentally) threads, created from Tara's (the manor) drapes.”“” 2659 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 綜ソウおさ.める, す.べる rule 1 S+ 2194 糸: thread 宗: religion; sect; denomination; main point; origin; essence (none) synthesis “”“Spiderman, religion: Spiderman discovered that the Scientology religion (which just opened a chapterhouse in his city) was a synthesis of idiotic believes and a little mystery. Everything to obtain large sums of money from its 'believers'.”“” Spider-Man's religion is a synthesis of spirituality and scientific proof. 2660 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 紐チュウひも string, cord, braid, lace, tape, strap, ribbon 紐(ひも): (1) string; cord (2) man who is financially dependent on a woman (such as a gigolo or, in the case of a prostitute, a pimp); pimp 0 S+ 糸: thread 丑: sign of the ox or cow; 1-3AM; second sign of Chinese zodiac (none) string “”“A vegetarian replaces all his leather bootlaces with string, saying “There’s no sign of the cow in this thread!”.”“” “”“Spider-Man suspects there's a cow walking through his room while he's asleep, but when he wakes up he sees no sign of the cow. He decides to tie string around everything in the room, which will create a boobytrap for the cow.”“” 2661 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 紘コウおおづな, つな, つなぐひろ, ひろし large 1 S+ 1685 糸: thread 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) (none) chinstrap “”“Spiderman tries out for a football team. He fastens his chinstrap and tackles runners with webs from his forearm. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　厷　コウ　(Forearm)　”“”“ムarm”“”“.”“” Spider-Man poses with his hands on his hips to convey being larger than life. 2662 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 纏テンまつ.わる, まと.う, まと.める, まと.まる, まと.い wear, wrap, tie, follow around, collect 纏め(まとめ): settlement; conclusion; summary 纏める(まとめる): (1) to collect; to put (it all) together; to integrate; to consolidate; to unify (2) to summarize; to aggregate (3) to bring to a conclusion; to finalize; to settle; to put in order (4) to establish; to decide 纏まる(まとまる): to be collected; to be settled; to be in order 纏まり(まとまり): (1) unity; coherence; consistency; coordination (2) settlement; conclusion; completion 0 S+ 糸: thread 廛: fine residence; shop; store (none) summarize “”“Spiderman, cave, computer, human legs, soil: To summarize the newest Spiderman comic: Spidy needs to turn off a computer in a cave (countdown clock for nuclear bomb). However, his human legs get stuck in the soil (some kind of quicksand). The situation seems hopeless… but somehow at the end of the comic, Spiderman has saved the day.”“” “”“To summarize the story of Spiderman, he was a computer geek who lived in a cave. Then he got super powers and his human legs rarely touch the ground anymore.”“” 2663 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 絢ケンじゅん, あや kimono design 1 S+ 2315 糸: thread 旬: decameron; 10-day period; season (for specific products) (none) gorgeous “”“Spider-Man is quite the womanizer. When he sees a hot babe, he whistles and calls, 'Hey, gorgeous, how'd you like to be bound up with Spidey for a decameron?' Unfortunately most of the women he whistles at don't know what a decameron is; some of them think it's a hot car.”“” “”“According to society’s twisted ideals, if Black Widow went without eating for a decameron, she would be gorgeous.”“” 2664 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 繍シュウぬいとり sew, figured cloth 刺繍(ししゅう): embroidery 0 S+ 糸: thread 粛: solemn; quietly; softly (none) embroidery “”“Spiderman solemnly swears that he hates embroidery, but everyone knows he loves it, he's always got the sewing machine out when nobody else is around.”“” “”“Because of the special thread Spiderman uses for embroidery, and the special location from which it is produced, he is always solemn when he does embroidery, because it makes him hemorroidery.”“” 2665 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 紬チュウつむぎ, つむ.ぐ pongee (a knotted silk cloth) 1 S+ 糸: thread 由: wherefore; a reason (none) pongee “”“Spiderman, sprout: Pongee is a soft thin woven cloth. Spiderman - a textile buff in his own right- found out that the mold growing on rotting Brussel sprouts may also be used to make pongee. And it's much cheaper than silk!”“” Spiderman decides to try a new diet of sprouts to see how it affects the consistency of his web. To his surprise (150m above ground) a lovely line of pongee comes out instead. Time to think quickly. 2666 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 綺キあや figured cloth, beautiful 1 S+ 2413 糸: thread 奇: strange; strangeness; curiosity (none) ornate “”“Spiderman's a strange guy, wearing such ornate outfits to make himself look 綺麗【きれい】.”“” “”“SPIDERMAN wears such STRANGE outfits, that they seem almost ORNATE compared to the thugs he captures.”“” 2667 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 綾リンあやりょう design, figured cloth, twill 1 S+ 1759 糸: thread 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 儿: legs radical (no. 10) 夂: winter radical (no. 34) (none) damask The rice seedlings notice that Spiderman's blocking their path to the promised land. So they put on da mask which was made of a figured cloth and managed to outsmart spidey. Those rice-seedlings on walking legs had to carry this thread all the way from the middle east to introduce the beautiful damask to the Japanese. 2668 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 絃ゲンいと string, cord, samisen music 1 S+ 糸: thread 玄: mysterious; occultness (none) catgut The thread with a mysterious origin… hint: its not from a plant! “”“Spiderman tries the mysterious meat threaded into a pasta form at the Korean market… ”“”“You prepared this dish purrrrrfectly!”“”“.”“” 2669 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 綻タンほころ.びる be rent, ripped, unravel, run, begin to open, smile 綻びる(ほころびる): (1) to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to be torn (2) to begin to open; to begin to bloom (3) to smile broadly; to break into a smile 0 S 糸: thread 定: determine; fix; establish; decide 14 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic come apart at the seams Even though his costume is coming apart at the seams as he chases the bad guys, Spiderman is still determined to catch them. Spiderman´s costume has come apart at the seams and here he is, mending it in his house, determined to make it stronger than before. 2670 gradeS JLPT.N0 縞コウしま, しろぎぬ stripe 縞(しま): stripe; bar; streak 0 S+ 2491 糸: thread 高: tall; high; expensive (none) stripe “”“If you wear clothes with vertical stripes, those threads will make you look taller.”“” “”“Spiderman, tall: Spiderman seemed taller than he really was, due to the stripes in his uniform. As is to be expected from our textile expert…”“” 2671 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 綬ジュひも ribbon 0 S+ 糸: thread 受: accept; undergo; answer (phone); take; get; catch; receive (none) gimp No one can accept the fact that Spiderman is a gimp. I cannot accept that Spiderman will star in the remake of Forrest Gimp. 2672 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 紗サうすぎぬたえ, すず gauze, gossamer 1 S+ 糸: thread 少: few; little (none) gossamer “”“If there are very few threads, then the light will come through and the fabric be considered to be a gossamer.”“” “”“Because it has too few threads, Spider-Man decided not to use gossamer to make his skin-tight costume.”“” 2673 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 舵ダかじ rudder, helm, wheel 0 S+ 2225 舟: boat; ship 它: other (none) rudder A household spoon is used for the rudder of your model boat. “”“Tip: house + spoon : This combination of primitives appears four times in Heisig. REF: snake (#519), rudder (FRAME 2674), prevarication (#2718), Shakyamuni Buddha (#2955).”“” 2674 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 舷ゲンふなばた gunwale 0 S 舟: boat; ship 玄: mysterious; occultness 11 舟 137 6 ふね・ふねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic gunwale The gunwale is perhaps the most mysterious part of a boat for it is neither a gun nor a whale. “Gunwale (rhymes with ”“tunnel”“) is the top edge of the side of a boat, for example the widened lip on the sides of a canoe. The mysterious origin of this part of a boat comes from the strengthened sides of warships that used artillery (it means ”“gun ridge”“).” 2675 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Vehicle.Machine 聯レンつら.なる, つら.ねる party, gang, clique 0 S+ 1967 耳: ear 幺: short thread radical (no. 52) 幺: short thread radical (no. 52) 丱: saguaro-like kanji; horn-shaped locks of hair; young; tender (none) strung together My friend's new dangly earrings are interesting–cacti strung together with butterfly cocoons. “”“While practicing slicing a cactus in half, you accidentally cut Venom from ear to ear, but he's strung together by his tar-like symbiote.”“” 2676 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 聡ソウさと.い, みみざと.いさと, さとし, さとる, あき, あきら, とし, さた, みのる wise, fast learner 1 S+ 1507 耳: ear 公: public; prince; official; governmental 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) (none) attentive Policymakers' ears have to be attentive to the heart of the public. “”“If you open your ears (耳をすませば), you can be attentive to the public's heart. ————– OR ————– It only takes one ear that is attentive to the public heart to win them over.”“” 2677 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 聘ヘイへい.する, と.う, め.す invite 0 S+ 耳: ear 由: wherefore; a reason (none) summons “”“Ear, sprout, snare: When the summons reached his ears, he sprang up and started running. However, he suddenly noticed a delicious cooked meal of Brussel sprouts. He started to eat it, but it was snared! Appearantly, his loyalty had been tested and it was clear which was more important to him…”“” “”“When my parents asked me to eat my sprouts, I threw a snare at their ears. The next day I received a summons to appear in court.”“” 2678 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 耽ふ.ける耽る(ふける): (1) to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by (2) to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in 0 S+ 耳: ear 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) (none) addiction “”“Fearful that I was addicted to ear piercings, my dad put a crown around one of my legs so that I couldn’t go to the piercing dude.”“” “”“Ear, crown/human legs (also in sink (#1888)): After they had recovered the body that had been sunk by the mafia, the autopsy revealed that the victim had been addicted to drugs. This, they could see from the form of her ear! I love CSI!”“” 2679 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 耶ヤか question mark 1 S+ 耳: ear 邑: village; rural community; right village radical (no. 163) (none) exclamation Quiet!!!! The city walls have ears he exclaimed. The city walls have ears!? Did you say that with an exclamation or question mark? 2680 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 蚤ソウのみ, はやい flea 0 S+ 叉: fork in road; crotch 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 虫: insect; bug; temper (none) flea “”“Fleas jump onto your crotch, take two drops of blood, and then go on their merry way: what vile insects!”“” “”“Right side of boisterous (#1985) (but without the drops there). A flea is an insect that is depicted here as jumping from (or to) a crotch (the two drops). Note: this is indeed flea, not louse, which has its own character (虱). I'm not sure of the stroke order, but by the rule of drawing from top to bottom, the crotch drop should come first. The louse (虱) then is of course a drop-like insect that attaches itself to body hairs by little hooks.”“” 2681 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 蟹カイかに crab 0 S+ 2417 解: unravel; notes; key; explanation; understanding; untie; undo; solve; answer; cancel; absolve; explain; minute 虫: insect; bug; temper (none) crab “”“The crab isn’t truly an insect, but certainly looks like one. They’re real tasty, too, but you have to unravel it if you want to eat it.”“” “”“You unravel a crab leg, but insects fall out of it. It's probably too old to be edible.”“” 2682 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 蛋タン barbarian, egg 蛋白質(たんぱくしつ): protein 0 S+ 2266 疋: head; counter for animals 虫: insect; bug; temper (none) protein “”“At the zoo, most animals think of insects as just good sources of protein.”“” Insects are fed to the critters at the zoo for protein. 2683 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 蟄チツちっ.する, かく.れる hibernation of insects 0 S+ 執: tenacious; take hold; grasp; take to heart 虫: insect; bug; temper (none) hibernation “”“Rather than die, tenacious insects go down into hibernation.”“” Many animals go into hibernation over the winter due to lack of food. The most tenacious remain and dig in the icy ground for insects. 2684 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 蝿はえ, はい 0 S+ 虫: insect; bug; temper 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days (none) housefly I unbind my tortoise to let him catch that pesky insect the housefly. The housefly was bugging the tortoise so it tucked its head inside. 2685 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 蟻ギあり ant 0 S+ 虫: insect; bug; temper 義: righteousness; justice; morality; honor; loyalty; meaning (none) ant “”“The ant is an insect of righteousness, putting the group before its individual concerns.”“” “”“In Aesop's stories, the ant is often considered righteous.”“” 2686 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 蜂ホウはちほ bee, wasp, hornet 蜂蜜(はちみつ): honey 0 S 2223 虫: insect; bug; temper 夂: winter radical (no. 34) 三: three 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 13 虫 142 6 むし・むしへん (none) 形声 Phonetic bee “A bee is an insect with a pointy (see summit (#1562)) stinger.” “The insect that interrupted our tryst (#2417) was a bee!” 2687 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal kanjifreq2001-2500 蝋みつろう, ろうそくあじ蝋燭(ろうそく): candle 屍蝋(しろう): adipocere; grave wax (greying of the body fats of a corpse which rests in a moist but airless place) (graying) 0 S+ 虫: insect; bug; temper 鼠: rat; mouse; dark gray (none) wax “”“While I’m game-hunting, I cover my dogs with wax so that they won’t be bother by insects.”“” “I like to go game-hunting (#1940) for exotic insects and then store them in wax.” 2688 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 蝦カえびえみ shrimp, prawn, lobster 0 S+ 虫: insect; bug; temper 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand (none) shrimp Shrimp are the only “insects” that I can eat in my spare time: anything else requires way too much willpower. “”“Tip: Many different Kanji for shrimp: 蝦,海老, 鰕､蛯. This particular Kanji is likely to be seen as the old name for the Ainu: Ezo 蝦夷, and the land associated with them Ezochi 蝦夷地 (now called Hokkaido). A kanji you are likely to see for Shrimp on menus and such is 海老(えび). Those kanji are also used for Tiger Prawns 車海老(くるまえび) Co.”“” 2689 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 蛸たこ 0 S+ 虫: insect; bug; temper 肖: resemblance (none) octopus The octopus holds up two of his legs so that they look like antennas and then walks on the other six. He bears a strong resemblance to an insect when he does that. “”“Insect, candle: As insects are drawn to candles, so, also are deep sea divers drawn to the legend of the huge octopus living in the deep waters of the sea. (They also don't come back).”“” 2690 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 螺ラにし, にな a small, edible, helical fresh water mollusk 0 S+ 虫: insect; bug; temper 累: accumulate; involvement; trouble; tie up; continually (none) screw “”“螺　(にし) is a fresh water mollusk with a shell like a screw. When the mollusk has died the shell is used by insects like a house. Thus, insects accumulate in the screw shell.”“” Insects accumulate if a screw is missing. 2691 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 蝉センせみ cicada 0 S+ 虫: insect; bug; temper 単: simple; one; single; merely (none) cicada “”“Cicadas are simple insects: they just pop out of the ground, mate, and die, albeit only every ten years or so.”“” “”“The cicada is a simple insect, making noise, mating, and dying.”“” 2692 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 蛙アかえる, かわず frog 0 S+ 虫: insect; bug; temper 圭: square jewel; corner; angle; edge (none) frog “”“There he sits, eating insects with his long tongue and blending in with the green ivy. It may no be easy being green, but it is easy being a frog.”“” A frog hides in the ivy to catch insects. 2693 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 蛾ひむし 0 S+ 虫: insect; bug; temper 我: ego; I; selfish; our; oneself (none) moth The moth is an insect that affects your ego by eating holes in your clothes. The moth is an insect with an ego – always looking for the (lime)light. 2694 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 蛤はまぐり 0 S+ 虫: insect; bug; temper 合: fit; suit; join; 0.1 (none) clam An insect fits right into the clam's mouth before it clamps shut. “”“For contraband purposes, I tried to fit insects into a clam, but that didn’t work out too well.”“” 2695 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 蛭シツひるえび leech 0 S+ 2434 虫: insect; bug; temper 至: climax; arrive; proceed; reach; attain; result in (none) leech “”“The leech is an insect that sucks on you, but good luck reaching climax with all that blood being lost.”“” The climax of this little insect's life is sucking your blood. Leeches suck. 2696 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 蛎レイかき oyster 0 S+ 虫: insect; bug; temper 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 万: ten thousand; 10,000 (none) oyster “”“An insect crosses ten thousand cliffs to make it to sea, only to be eaten by an oyster.”“” “”“Slogan at The Cliffs Piano Oyster Bar: ”“”“Because it is ten thousand times better to have oysters on your piano than crabs on your organ”“”“.”“” 2697 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 罫ケイ ruled line 0 S+ 网: net; net or net crown radical (no. 122) 卦: a divination sign (none) ruled lines “”“Keeping my eye fixed directly over the paper, I hold down the ivy and melt the strands with my magic wand. Viola, ruled lines are created! I bet most people think a machine does it.”“” “”“The cyclops couldn't make ruled lines with his wooden wand because it wasn't smooth, so he had to use a square jewel.”“” 2698 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 罵バののし.る abuse, insult 罵る(ののしる): to speak ill of; to abuse 0 S 2467 网: net; net or net crown radical (no. 122) 馬: horse 15 网 122 6 あみ・あみがしら・あみめ・よこめ・よんかしら (none) 形声 Phonetic insult In ancient Japan, the most grievous insult was to poke a rival´s horse in the eye (consider how rare an expensive a steed was in those days). It was the final step in preparation for a duel to the death. In Japan, is is considered insulting to look at someone from atop your horse. You have to step down and face people properly. 2699 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 袈ケ a coarse camlet 1 S+ 加: add; addition; increase; join; include; Canada 衣: garment; clothes; dressing (none) stole “”“In Japanese RPGs, you are well advised to add a stole to your clothing as a ”“”“freebie”“”“ way to add defensive points without swapping out some other garment. But since you can't find them in the shops, you have to ”“”“stole”“”“ that stole from a glamorous NPC who is ostensibly there to aid your quest.”“” That Buddhist priest stole that stole: it was like he subtracted some clothes from me and added some clothes to him. 2700 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 裟サ Buddhist surplice 1 S+ 沙: sand 衣: garment; clothes; dressing (none) monk's sash A monk's sash is a garment that has grains of sand in it from beachside meditations. The monk stashes grains of sand in his sash and hides it under his garment. Probably emptied the hourglass to hasten dinner time. 2701 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 戴タイいただ.く be crowned with, live under (a ruler), receive 戴く(いただく): (1) to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy (2) to eat; to drink (3) to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head); to have (on top) (4) to have (as one's leader); to live under (a ruler); to install (a president) 頂戴(ちょうだい): (1) receiving; reception; getting; being given (2) eating; drinking; having (3) please; please do for me 0 S 2332 裁: tailor; judge; decision; cut out (pattern) 17 戈 62 4 ほこ・ほこづくり・ほこがまえ・かのほこ (none) 形声 Phonetic accept humbly At Thanksgiving, it’s uncommon for people to accept humbly the food: most people just dig in. You´re invited to a Thanksgiving party in Japan! Awesome! You´re so happy that your Japanese friends are trying to make you feel at home (you´ve been homesick recently). You sit down to the table, and they bring out some..uh…uncommon food. Really uncommon. Like just imagine the most uncommon Thanksgiving food ever, and that´s what you´re given (i don´t know, a frisbee or something?). Of course, you have to be Japanese and accept humbly their food. 2702 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 截き.る, たつ 0 S+ 裁: tailor; judge; decision; cut out (pattern) (none) incision “”“I’ll do the honors! So, I grabbed the knife and made an incision into the Thanksgiving turkey.”“” The surgeon scrubs up & puts on plastic gloves before making his first incision in the Thanksgiving turkey. 9th of 14 RtK3 turkeys lost to other primitives. 2703 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 哉サイかな, やか, すけ, とし, ちか, はじめ “how, what, alas, ”“?”“ (question mark)” 1 S+ 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 戈: halberd; arms; festival car; float; tasselled spear radical (no. 62) 口: mouth (none) I wonder “”“At Thanksgiving, there’s a pretty common bet: I wonder how much you can stuff into your mouth!”“” “”“In rikaichan this means ”“”“how! what! alas!”“”“ . Alas! How did my mouth end up unfed at this thanksgiving feast? I wonder.”“” 2704 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 詢ジュンはか.る, まこと consult with 1 S+ 言: say 旬: decameron; 10-day period; season (for specific products) (none) counsel “”“In order to provide superior counsel, I spoke to him for ten days.”“” I was counselled for ten days about my bad language. It was fking horrible. 2705 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 諄ひちくど.い, くど.い, くどくど, ねんご.ろ諄い(くどい): (1) verbose; importunate; wordy; repetitious; long-winded (2) heavy (taste); rich; strong; cloying; gaudy; loud 1 S+ 言: say 享: receive; undergo; answer (phone); take; get; catch (none) polite “”“When receiving a gift, you should say something polite.”“” How about 'tedious' instead. Think of all those tedious things you have to say when you receive something. 2706 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 讐シュウあだ, むく.いる, あ.たる enemy, revenge 0 S+ 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 言: say (none) vendetta “”“In many Sicilian villages, when words are spoken which can never be taken back, a vendetta exists until this retribution - ”“”“a turkey for a turkey”“”“ - can be extracted.”“” Two turkeys (one from Foster Farms and the other from Butterball) exchange words that cause a vendetta. 2707 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 諌カンいさ.め, いさ.める admonish, dissuade 0 S+ 2296 言: say 東: east (none) remonstrate Words in the East remonstrate those who stand out. “”“While talking to an eastern man: ”“”“I will remonstrate to you how to draw this kanji.”“”“ ”“”“Don't you mean 'demonstrate'?”“”“ ”“”“No, I mean REMONSTRATE!”“”“ remonstrated the man.”“” 2708 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 謎メイ、ベイなぞ riddle, puzzle, enigma, hint, tip 謎(なぞ): (1) riddle; puzzle; enigma; mystery (2) enigmatic; mysterious 謎々(なぞなぞ): riddle; puzzle; enigma 0 S 2021 言: say 迷: astray; be perplexed; in doubt; lost; err; illusion 17 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic riddle Words meant to lead you astray are those of a riddle. I led Socrates astray with my riddle. He quit philosophizing and thought only about the riddle. 2709 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 諒リョウあきら.か, まことにあき, まさ, まこと fact, reality, understand, appreciate 1 S+ 言: say 京: capital; 1016 (none) verify “”“When a Japanese person says they'll meet you at the capital, it's best to verify whether they mean Tokyo or Kyoto.”“” “”“You sure that the capital said that? Sorry, but I'll have to go verify that.”“” 2710 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 讃サンほ.める, たた.えるさぬ praise, title on a picture 0 S+ 2179 言: say 賛: approve; praise; title or inscription on picture; assist; agree with (none) compliment Compliments are words of approval. “”“The words spoken between the two husbands who approve of how each spends their wife's hard earned money are nothing but compliments. ”“”“Good job old chap!”“”“ ”“”“A fine car you purchased on her credit!”“”“ ”“”“What nice designer pants, won't she be miffed!”“”“.”“” 2711 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 誰スイだれ、たれ、た who, someone, somebody 誰(だれ): who 誰か(だれか): someone; somebody 0 S 1933 言: say 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 15 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic who? “Do you remember that song where they say ”“Who let the turkeys out!? Gobble.. gobble.. gobble”“?” “[who; someone; somebody] You´re alone when, suddenly, you think you hear someone speaking. ”“Who´s there?”“, you say, but there is no answer. Then you find out it was only a turkey gobbling. You feel relieved (and ashamed to tell this story). (Based on raulir).” 2712 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 訊ジンき.く, と.う, たず.ねる request, question, investigate 0 S+ 言: say 乙: the latter; duplicate; strange; witty; fishhook radical (no. 5) 十: ten (none) query “”“Word, needle, fishhook: The prisoner didn't speak a word in response to our query, so we got out our needles and fishhooks to get things going.”“” “”“I needed to query as to how much ten fishhooks costs so I said to the shopkeeper ”“”“How much for ten fishhooks?”“”“.”“” 2713 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 訣ケツわかれ, わかれ.る separation, part, secret 0 S+ 言: say 夬: decide; determine; archery glove (none) split up “”“When you split up from your partner, you say words that cut things off for good, like a guillotine.”“” “”“Words, guillotine: The prisoner was given the opportunity to speak a final word, before the guillotine would do its' work. He made a morbid joke, saying to his chest: ”“”“Here's head speaking. Let's split up.”“”“.”“” 2714 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 詣ケイ、ゲイけい.する、まい.る、いた.る、もう.でる visit a temple 0 S 言: say 旨: delicious; relish; show a liking for; purport; will; clever; expert 13 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic visit a shrine “To fat, effete Japanophiles (cheerily munching on 肉まん in the back of the tour bus) hearing the words of the tour guide ”“Now we will visit a shrine”“ elicits squeals of joy. ”“Oooooh, how absolutely delicious!”“.” You visit a shrine to say your wishes and offer delicious offering to the gods. 2715 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Human.Activities_Religion.Creed 諦テイ、タイあきら.める、つまびらか、まこと abandon, give up 諦める(あきらめる): to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to) 諦め(あきらめ): resignation; acceptance; consolation 0 S 2457 言: say 帝: sovereign; the emperor; god; creator 16 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic give up The words of the sovereign king inspire the people: never give up! Never surrender! Okay…maybe it wasn´t a king. Anytime I think to give up Japanese, I remember giving my word that I would become sovereign of Japanese! And I watch あきら to get pumped about it. Note: to give up - 諦める is read あきらめる). 2716 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 詮センせん.ずる、かい、あき.らかあき discussion, methods called for, selection, result 0 S 言: say 全: whole; entire; all; complete; fulfill 13 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic elucidate Words that tell you the results of the whole story really elucidate. Elucidate me. Tell me, in your own words, the whole story. 2717 gradeS JLPT.N0 詑わ.びる, わ.び, あざむ.く 0 S+ 言: say 它: other (none) prevarication “”“In my house, when I prevaricate (say false words) my mother smacks me with a nasty big cooking spoon.”“” “”“Your girlfriend texts you and asks what you're doing. You're out with another girl on a date, but you can't tell her that! So you go with a prevarication. ”“”“n/much just stng @ hm. u?”“”“. ”“”“o ok”“”“, she replies. Looks like your prevarication worked! You go home later, only to find her sitting there, waiting for you - maybe you shouldn't have brought the girl back home this time…”“” 2718 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 誼よしみ, よい 1 S+ 言: say 宜: best regards; good (none) familiarity “”“After someone moves into the house next door, and after you give them a best regards gift (something they can fill their shelves with) the words you can now speak are those of familiarity. No more ”“”“始めまして”“”“ ect.”“” “”“When you tell your buddy, ”“”“Best regards to the wife”“”“, you don't care about his wife. Unless, you know, you had some ”“”“familiarity”“”“ with her.”“” 2719 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 謬あやま.る 0 S+ 言: say 羽: feathers; counter for birds, rabbits 彡: three; hair ornament; short hair or fur radical (no. 59) (none) fallible “”“Check-up (check-up (#1724)), feathers: When, during the check-up, I noticed that the doctor had feathers sticking out of different bodyparts, I decided that his diagnosis would be fallible, since he obviously was a nut.”“” “”“At my check-up, the doctor tickled me with feathers and I laughed. Doc says it means I'm fallible.”“” 2720 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 詫タわび, わび.しい, かこつ, わ.びる, わび.るたく deceive, delude, apologize 詫び(わび): apology; excuse 詫びる(わびる): to apologize; to apologise 0 S+ 2481 言: say 宅: home; house; residence; our house; my husband (none) beg pardon “”“”“”“I'm going out with an otaku”“”“ ”“”“I beg your pardon! What did you just say?!”“”“.”“” “”“A strange person suddenly emerges from the shower in your house, naked and bald, saying how you need to help him because his only lock of hair got washed down the drain. ”“”“Beg your pardon?”“”“.”“” 2721 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 諏シュそう, はか.る consult 0 S+ 1949 言: say 取: take; fetch; take up (none) advise You should take the words of someone who advises you with a grain of salt. “”“Words, take: The gnarled old man gave some advise to the newlywed couple: ”“”“Just take my words of advise: try to keep your relationship interesting.”“”“.”“” 2722 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 諺ゲンことわざ proverb 諺(ことわざ): proverb; maxim 0 S+ 言: say 彦: lad; boy (ancient) (none) proverb Proverbs are profound words of wisdom so simply put even a lad can understand their meanings. “”“Words, lad: The lad keeping watch at the cliff came running to town and began pouring out words. Leader: ”“”“What? I don't understand a word you're saying. Oh yeah, now I remember… you're the lad who speaks in proverbs.”“”“.”“” 2723 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 誹ヒそし.る ridicule, slander 0 S+ 言: say 非: un-; mistake; negative; injustice; non- (none) slander “”“If you slander someone with your words, you could end up in jail - Jeffrey Archer.”“” SLANDER is WORDS that can UNdo one's good reputation. 2724 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 謂イい.う, いい, おも.う, いわゆる reason, origin, history, oral tradition 所謂(いわゆる): what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak 0 S+ 言: say 胃: stomach; paunch; crop; craw (none) so-called “”“That so-called specialist's exact words were ”“”“don't worry, its just an upset stomach!”“”“ When it turned out to be cancer, his words dried up quick.”“” The so called flattering WORDS made me sick to my STOMACH. 2725 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 諜ちょう.ずる, うかが.う, しめ.す 0 S+ 2445 言: say 世: generation; world; society; public 木: tree; wood (none) secret agent “”“Words, generation, tree: You see that guy over there having words with that tree? That's a secret agent. And you see that tree there? That's a secret agent too: the new generation of secret agents is not limited to the human race anymore.”“” “Secret agents are taught never to chatter (#2158) 喋. When their 'mouths' open only carefully chosen words emerge.” 2726 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 註 0 S+ 言: say 主: lord; chief; master; main thing; principal (none) footnote A study Bible has many footnotes under the words of the Lord. The footnote's words were buried so far below the page that I had to pull out a candlestick in order to read it. 2727 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 譬たと.える, たと.え 0 S+ 辟: false; punish; crime; law 言: say (none) parable A parable is like putting ketchup on words to make them easier to swallow. “”“Ketchup, words: Do you know the parable of ”“”“The Ketchup and the Holy Word”“”“? No? Well, it's about a boy who spilled ketchup on the Holy Word and then got punished by a priest. Lesson: don't use ketchup above the scripture.”“” 2728 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 轟とどろ.かす, とどろ.く 0 S+ 2438 車: car 車: car 車: car (none) rumble Many cars rumble through the streets as the bousouzoku ride through. “”“When you get three cars going at once at a monster truck rally, you can feel the ground rumble.”“” 2729 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 輔ホたす.けるすけ, たすく, ゆう help 1 S+ 1898 車: car 甫: for the first time; not until (none) reinforce “”“Car, dog tag: A car hung with hundreds of military dog tags passed by the police station. The officer on duty immediately called in for reinforcements: the notorious veteran soldier killer had just passed by.”“” “”“Two kinds of reinforcement the army needs: military cars (tanks) and, of course, offspring (#2097): more soldiers.”“” 2730 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 輻や 0 S+ 車: car 一: one; one radical (no.1) 口: mouth 田: rice field; rice paddy (none) spoke “”“Wealthy people tend to have cars with solid gold spokes, sometimes they even spin with the car's not in motion, kinda cool.”“” “”“Wealthy people can afford vintage cars, which have wheels with spokes in them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1926_Bentley.jpg.”“” 2731 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 輯あつ.める, やわ.らぐ 0 S+ 車: car 口: mouth 耳: ear (none) assemble “”“When they offered a really cheap Porsche, my mouth dropped open and I bought that car immediately, but if I had had my ears open, I would have heard, ”“”“Some assembly may be required.”“”“.”“” “You must interpret the assembley instructions carefully in order to build your own car [or you could end up losing a finger]. interpretation (#2263).” 2732 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 貌ボウ、バクかたち、かたどる form, appearance, countenance 0 S 豸: snake; legless insect; badger or clawed dog radical (no. 153) 皃: countenance; appearance 14 豸 153 7 むじな・むじなへん (none) 象形 Pictographic countenance Anyone who watched a looney tunes cartoon know those kind of scene : pepe embraces a poor kitty mistaken for a SKUNK and the smell of pepe make the unfortunate girl loose all countenance : she turns WHITE then runs as fast as her LEGS can carry her . So much for cat s dignity and countenance. The shocked countenance on girl's face when Pepe started to hump her white legs. 2733 gradeS JLPT.N0 豹ヒョウ leopard, panther 0 S+ 豸: snake; legless insect; badger or clawed dog radical (no. 153) 勺: ladle; one tenth of a go; dip (none) panther Imagine that in the cartoon series the pink panther is in a dispute with a skunk. Picture the skunk filling a ladle with its stink liquid and then emptying it onto a snoozing pink panther. “”“Someone drew a white line down the female black panther's back by pouring white paint from a ladle, and then Pepe mistook the panther for a skunk and started chasing her.”“” 2734 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 賎いや.しい, いや.しむ, いや.しめる, しず, やす.い 0 S+ 貝: shellfish 戔: damage; remain; slight (none) despicable “”“When they toss metal, that's all fine and dandy, but when those float people toss down shellfish, ugh!, that's just despicable!”“” “”“Money, float: It's despicable. They throw down money off the carnaval float, while there are so many people in this world living in poverty. Just give it to them. Despicable!”“” 2735 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 貼テン、チョウは.る、つ.く stick, paste, apply 貼る(はる): (1) to stick; to paste; to affix; to link (e.g. in WWW forums) (2) to stretch; to spread; to strain; to tighten (3) to form (e.g. ice on a pond) (4) to fill; to swell (5) to stick out; to put; to slap (6) to be expensive 0 S 2444 貝: shellfish 占: fortune-telling; divining; forecasting; occupy; hold; have; get; take 12 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 形声 Phonetic affix Fortune teller writes your fortune on a piece of paper and tells you to affix it to a shell and throw into the ocean for it to come true. Picture licking the back of the shell like a stamp and affixing it to the fortune. I gots a fix for your current bad luck: just pass some extra clams over to the fortune teller, and they will make sure you have a very bright fate instore. 2736 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 貰セイもら.う get, have, obtain “貰う(もらう): (1) to receive; to take; to accept (2) to get somebody to do something (follows a verb in ”“te”“ form)” 0 S+ 2441 世: generation; world; society; public 貝: shellfish (none) get You get money from the generation above you. “”“You get the generation above you to give you money. (note: I've modified the keyword a bit after having just read ”“”“Making Sense of Japanese”“”“ because it's important to me to integrate into もらう the idea that getting in this sense is to get someone else to give it to you.”“” 2737 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 賂ロまいな.い、まいな.う bribe 0 S 貝: shellfish 各: each; every; either 13 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 形声 Phonetic graft It might sound simple to bribe someone, but then you have to graft the guy above him and the guy below him, and soon you´re just giving shells to each and everyone! When I was caught by the police doing some graft (graffiti), I gave each cop some clams and told them to be on their way. 賄賂【わいろ】 bribe. 2738 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Human.Activities_Money.Commerce 賑シンにぎ.わい, にぎ.やか, にぎ.わす, にぎ.わう flourish, be bustling, prosperity 賑やか(にぎやか): bustling; busy 賑わう(にぎわう): to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business; to be crowded with people 0 S+ 貝: shellfish 辰: sign of the dragon; 7-9AM; fifth sign of Chinese zodiac; shin dragon radical (no. 161) (none) bustling Bruce Lee has money because he is always bustling about. Bruce Lee made his clams in the bustling city of Hong Kong. 2739 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 躓チつまず.く stumble 躓く(つまずく): (1) to stumble; to trip (2) to fail 0 S+ 足: leg; foot; be sufficient; counter for pairs of footwear 質: substance; quality; matter; temperament (none) stumble “”“At the border crossing, a man was trying to smuggle a controlled substance in his wooden leg. He would have made it too had he not stumbled and spilled the contents.”“” “”“Wooden leg, substance: The pirate was in port to visit the red light district. It was a difficult going in there with his wooden leg: he stumbled over passed-out people and slippery substances were smearing the streets.”“” 2740 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 蹄テイひづめ hoof 0 S+ 2469 足: leg; foot; be sufficient; counter for pairs of footwear 帝: sovereign; the emperor; god; creator (none) hoof “”“After He lost a leg in combat, our sovereign king got a wooden leg as a replacement. Since He thought it was a little boring, he added a hoof for kicks. (Wow, that was totally unintentional, I like).”“” Our sovereign is horse-crazy and even had her own wooden leg fitted with a hoof. 2741 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 蹴シュク、シュウけ.る kick 蹴る(ける): (1) to kick (2) to refuse; to reject 蹴飛ばす(けとばす): to kick away; to kick off; to kick (someone); to refuse; to reject 0 S 2377 足: leg; foot; be sufficient; counter for pairs of footwear 就: concerning; settle; take position; depart; study; per 19 足 157 7 あし・あしへん (none) 形声 Phonetic kick The soccer player was concerned that his peg leg would affect his ability to kick. I kick with my FEET in the CAPITAL of all the ONE LEGGED CHIHUAHUAS. It is such a great fun, since they cannot kick me back! lol. 2742 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 蹟セキあと remains, traces, footprint 0 S+ 足: leg; foot; be sufficient; counter for pairs of footwear 責: blame; condemn; censure (none) vestiges The man who lost his leg in a accident now has to attach a wooden leg to the vestiges of his old leg. He only has himself to blame for drinking and driving. “”“Upon finding the vestiges of your peg leg, you blame it on poor craftsmanship.”“” 2743 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 跨また.がる, またが.る, また.ぐ跨ぐ(またぐ): to straddle 跨がる(またがる): (1) to extend over or into (2) to straddle 0 S+ 足: leg; foot; be sufficient; counter for pairs of footwear 夸: boast (none) straddle The amputee boasts about how the ladies just love to straddle his wooden leg. “Same right side as boast (#1244). The big one that got away (so big you couldn't straddle it) took your leg with it. コカまた.がるまたが.るまた.ぐ be; sit or stand astride; extend over; straddle.” 2744 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 跪ひざまず.く 0 S+ 足: leg; foot; be sufficient; counter for pairs of footwear 危: dangerous; fear; uneasy (none) kneel It's dangerous to kneel with a wooden leg. It might fall off. It's dangerous to kneel before a pirate with a peg leg: They might take offense. 2745 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 醤ショウひしお a kind of miso 醤油(しょうゆ): soy sauce; shoyu 0 S+ 2485 将: leader; commander; general; admiral; or; and again; soon; from now on; just about 酉: west; bird; sign of the bird; 5-7PM; tenth sign of Chinese zodiac; sake radical (no. 164) (none) soy sauce The leader's whiskey bottle is filled with soy sauce since he doesn't drink alcohol but likes to pretend he's one of the boys by making a strained face when he takes a swig. The leaders of Japan use to trade soy sauce for whiskey when foreigners first entered Japan. 2746 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 醍ダイ whey, good Buddhist teaching 0 S+ 2303 酉: west; bird; sign of the bird; 5-7PM; tenth sign of Chinese zodiac; sake radical (no. 164) 是: just so; this; right; justice (none) whey “”“When filling a whiskey bottle with a whey mixture, you've got to get the proportions just so or it will just taste like curdled milk.”“” “”“If you hold the whiskey bottle just so, it scoops up the 'isk' out of the 'whiskey' and you're left with 'whey'. 'No way!' 'Whey!'.”“” 2747 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 酎チュウ、チュかも.す sake 0 S 酉: west; bird; sign of the bird; 5-7PM; tenth sign of Chinese zodiac; sake radical (no. 164) 寸: measurement; foot/10 10 酉 164 7 とり・とりへん・ひよみのとり・さけのとり (none) 形声 Phonetic hooch “While the keyword is ”“hooch”“, this usually means 焼酎. It has similar effect as whiskey and sniffing glue has: you get intoxicated.” This thick, illicitly-made beverage is actually just whiskey mixed with glue! 2748 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Food.Drink 醐ゴ boiled butter 0 S+ 酉: west; bird; sign of the bird; 5-7PM; tenth sign of Chinese zodiac; sake radical (no. 164) 胡: barbarian; foreign (none) ghee “Drinking ghee out of a whiskey bottle is rather uncivilized (#2470).” GHEE (clarified butter) if stored in a WHISKEY BOTTLE or some other air tight container will not get OLD and has a shelf life of many MONTHS at room temperature. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghee. 2749 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 醒セイさ.ます、さ.める awake, be disillusioned, sober up 0 S 酉: west; bird; sign of the bird; 5-7PM; tenth sign of Chinese zodiac; sake radical (no. 164) 星: star; spot; dot; mark 16 酉 164 7 とり・とりへん・ひよみのとり・さけのとり (none) 形声 Phonetic awakening On awakening the first thing I notice is a (nearly empty) whiskey bottle by my bed. Then I see the stars are still shining. “I think I’ll go back to sleep and try awakening again later.”. You´ll need an awakening after the whiskey bottle makes you see stars. 2750 gradeS JLPT.N0 醇ジュンもっぱら, こい, あつい pure sake', purity, affection 1 S+ 酉: west; bird; sign of the bird; 5-7PM; tenth sign of Chinese zodiac; sake radical (no. 164) 享: receive; undergo; answer (phone); take; get; catch (none) strong saké “”“Whiskey bottle, receive: When you receive a bottle of whiskey from a Japanese person, large chance it is strong saké. It seems that giving 'sissy' saké is considered impolite.”“” “”“Now we know why the tall child is so 諄 polite (#2706) & 惇 considerate (#2279): the effect of the the strong saké. He receives it at cost in the 廓 licensed quarters (#2235) he set up in the cave, of course.”“” 2751 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 麺メン、ベンむぎこ noodles, wheat flour 0 S 2331 麥: wheat 面: mask; face; features; surface 16 麥 199 11 むぎ・むぎへん・ぼく・ばくにょう麵形声 Phonetic noodles “#NAME?” There is a certain restaurant in West-Shinjuku that serves its noodles made of BARLEY in a MASK instead of a plate. I love these theme-restaurants! 2752 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq2001-2500 麹キクこうじ malt, yeast 0 S+ 1988 麥: wheat 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 米: rice; USA; metre (none) malt Malt made from barley is often bound up with rice for brewing. “”“This means kouji mould, so I think malt is a poor keyword. Sake, shochu and other East Asian spirits use this mould in place of yeast, which is used to make most other alcoholic spirits in the world. Mould and yeast are two different types of fungus. Yeast might have been a better keyword, as it is the organism doing the fermenting. Story: Kouji mould is grown on rice specially bound up to form a starter culture. To make mugishochu, the starter culture is added to a barley mash.”“” 2753 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 釦ぼたん釦(ボタン): button 0 S+ 金: gold 口: mouth (none) button A button is metal that requires an opening in order to function. “”“Once you can get the metal button through the mouth, it's fastened.”“” 2754 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 銚チョウなべ sake bottle 0 S+ 2102 金: gold 兆: portent; 1012; trillion; sign; omen; symptoms (none) keg A big metal keg portends a good party. The most expensive keg ever made: solid gold with tortoise-shell inlay. 2755 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 鋤す.く, すき, くわ 0 S+ 金: gold 助: help; rescue; assist (none) plow “”“Tilling a field by hand is very tough. A handy piece of metal to help get the job done, is the plow.”“” “”“15 strokes, not 14!”“” 2756 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鍋カなべ pot, pan, kettle 鍋(なべ): (1) saucepan; pot (2) stew; hot pot 0 S 1810 金: gold 咼: crooked mouth; evil; dishonest 17 金 167 8 かね・かねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic pot A gruesome kind of cauldron that Snape might have used is a metal pot in the shape of a skull. A metall pot with non-thermoconductive jawbones as handholds. 2757 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq1501-2000 鏑テキかぶら, かぶらや, やじり arrowhead 0 S+ 金: gold 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13) 古: old (none) arrowhead Metal arrowheads are considered antiques. I have an antique arrowhead made of solid gold. 2758 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鋸キョのこ, のこぎり saw (cuts wood) 鋸(のこぎり): (1) saw (2) musical saw 0 S+ 金: gold 居: reside; to be; exist; live with (none) handsaw A handsaw is a piece of metal that helps you fix up the place you reside in. “”“Metal, reside: In that mansion resides a creepy man. In the last year, a few people have gone missing, so at one night we decided to sneak into his toolshed. There we found a metal handsaw and other equipment, all covered with bloodstains…”“” 2759 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 錐きり 0 S+ 金: gold 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) (none) awl I used a metal awl to drill right through this here turkey: it was so much easier than using a knife to cut it open! The only way to hobble the gobble of the metal turkey is to run him through with a golden awl. 2760 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鍵ケンかぎ key 鍵(かぎ): (1) key (2) lock 0 S 2029 金: gold 建: build 17 金 167 8 かね・かねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic key The metal thing you need in order to enter things you build is a key. “鍵盤key (#2761) ケン, かぎ … Parts: 金, 建 … Story: The most important Metal in any building is the lock on the front door, and without a key you ain´t getting in. This kanji means both lock and key to most Japanese people. 錠前 is technically the word for lock but it´s not used in daily conversation. … 熟語: … cf: 錠前.” 2761 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq2001-2500 鍬ショウくわ, すき hoe with long blade at acute angle 0 S+ 金: gold 秋: autumn (none) hoe A metal object often used in autumn is the hoe. The hoe is a metal tool used in preparation for the autumn harvest. 2762 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鋲びょう 0 S+ 金: gold 兵: soldier; private; troops; army; warfare; strategy; tactics (none) rivet Metal soldiers (toy ones) make good rivets. “”“In medieval times, soldiers used metal rivets to build their suits of armor.”“” 2763 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 錫セキすず, たま.う copper, tin 0 S+ 2095 金: gold 易: easy; ready to; simple; fortune-telling; divination (none) tin “”“Tin is soft, bends easily, and melts at a low temperature. Hence tin is written as the metal that is easy to work with.”“” Metal tin cans are sometimes far from easy to open. 2764 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 錨いかり 0 S+ 金: gold 苗: seedling; sapling; shoot (none) anchor An anchor is metal planted like a seedling. “”“”“”“The golden city of Ankor Wat”“”“ was misunderstood as ”“”“The golden seedling of anchor cat (#244)”“”“.”“” 2765 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 釘テイくぎ nail, tack, peg 釘(くぎ): nail (i.e. small metal spike) 0 S+ 2496 金: gold 丁: street; ward; town; counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign (none) nail A nail is a metal spike. “”“A nail is a metal, well, nail.”“” 2766 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 鑓やり 0 S+ 金: gold 遣: dispatch; despatch; send; give; donate; do; undertake (none) javelin A javelin is a piece of metal used for dispatching enemies – or athletics judges if they’re not careful. A javelin is a metal object you dispatch. 2767 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鋒ホウきっさき, とかり, ほこさき dagger, sword's point, festival car, float 0 S+ 金: gold 夂: winter radical (no. 34) 三: three 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) (none) sword's point “A pointy (see my explanation in 峰 summit (#1562)) bit of metal is a sword's point.” A metal sword's point is pointed at the lovers having a tryst. Looks like someone got caught! 2768 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鎚つち 0 S+ 金: gold 追: chase; drive away; follow; pursue; meanwhile (none) hammer The maestro grabs a metal hammer to get back at those chasing him down the road. “”“The hammer is the same as the wooden hammer (#2477), except it's made out of metal.”“” 2769 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鉦セイかね bell, gong, chimes 0 S+ 金: gold 正: correct; justice; righteous; 1040 (none) carillion The church carillion was composed of metal bells that informed when it was the correct time to go to church. “”“Wtf is a carillion? How about ”“”“gong”“”“ instead. Picture a game show where they bang on the gong every time you get the correct answer. Or, if you want to go with the book explanation, carillion is the ”“”“western”“”“ bell which is struck from the inside rather than outside. Story: just like everything else in the East (writing, utensils, etc) bells are harder to work than necessary, being hit from the outside and all. The correct way is to put the gong on the inside, makes it so much easier.”“” 2770 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 錆ショウさび, くわ.しい tarnish 錆(さび): rust 錆びる(さびる): to rust; to become rusty 0 S+ 金: gold 青: blue; green (none) rust “”“The easiest place to spot rust is when it grows on blue metal. All of my cars have been blue, and as soon as the first red rust appears, its off to the scrapheap.”“” The blue oxidation that forms on metals like copper is a form of rust. 2771 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鍾ショウあつ.める, さかずき, かね spindle, gather, collect 0 S+ 2321 金: gold 重: heavy; heap up; pile up; nest of boxes; -fold (none) cluster The heavy metal band explode cluster bombs as part of their act. 1) Metal seems more heavy when it's balled up in a cluster.2) Fans cluster around the stage at the heavy metal concert. 2772 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 鋏はさみ, はさ.む, つるぎ鋏(はさみ): scissors; tongs 0 S+ 金: gold 夾: insert between (none) scissors “”“On the St. Bernard assembly line, the dogs pass by and the workers clip their fur with metal scissors.”“” “”“At the grand opening, they had metal scissors so big that it required two people to cut the ribbon and let the first batch of customers in.”“” 2773 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 閃ひらめ.く, ひらめ.き, うかが.う 0 S+ 門: gate; counter for cannons 人: person (none) flash “”“The lesbians flash a person with their ”“”“gates”“”“.”“” “”“The flasher hung out by the gates. Whenever someone emerged, the flasher opened his cloak, flashed the unsuspecting person, and ran off in a flash!”“” 2774 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 悶モンもだ.える, もだえ.る be in agony, worry 0 S+ 門: gate; counter for cannons 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) (none) agony “”“The gates suddenly slam shut, squashing your heart. Needless to say, this is agony.”“” “”“Because her child is out several hours past his curfew, the mother waits in agony at the gates, her heart pounding as she imagines the worst.”“” 2775 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 閤コウくぐりど small side gate 0 S+ 門: gate; counter for cannons 合: fit; suit; join; 0.1 (none) side gate “”“If you can't fit through the gates due to your size, try the side gate.”“” “”“Apart from the big gates of hell, there are many side gates leading out of hell. But they're designed to always be too little for the person trying to escape to fit through. Invented by the devil to drive the humans to despair.”“” 2776 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 闇アン、オンやみ、くら.い get dark, gloom, disorder 闇(やみ): (1) darkness; the dark; dark (2) bewilderment; despair; hopelessness (3) black-marketeering; shady; illegal; under-the-table 無闇に(むやみに): unreasonably; absurdly; recklessly; indiscreetly; at random 0 S 1969 門: gate; counter for cannons 音: sound; noise 17 門 169 8 もん・もんがまえ・かどがまえ (none) 形声 Phonetic pitch dark I like to think of a horror movie where the protagonists enter a graveyard when suddenly their flashlights go out and it becomes pitch dark, whereupon they hear the sound of the gate creaking shut behind them. Through the gates of hell there is no sound, no light, its all pitch dark. 2777 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq1501-2000 雫ダしずく drop, trickle, dripping 0 S+ 2219 雨: rain 下: below; down; descend; give; low; inferior (none) trickle “”“Is it raining? Hmm…I can see some clouds up there, but I can't feel much down here: must be just a trickle.”“” Rain trickles downwards. 2778 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 霞カかすみ, かす.む be hazy, grow dim, blurred 霞む(かすむ): (1) to grow hazy; to be misty (2) to get blurry (3) to be overshadowed 1 S+ 1603 雨: rain 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand (none) haze Jimi Hendrix works as a weather forcaster in his spare time. Today he predicts a (purple) haze. What a coincidence that work should give me time off only days that have rain or haze but no sun. 2779 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 翰はね, ふで, やまどり, ふみ 0 S+ 十: ten 早: early; fast 羽: feathers; counter for birds, rabbits (none) quill “”“How to obtain quills for free: Wait for a misty day, then under cover of the mist creep up on an unsuspecting bird and quickly cover it with your umbrella. The bird will flap around wildly trying to escape and while doing so will shed a number of feathers. You can use these as quills.”“” The latest quills are feathers with an umbrella-like point that sprays mist you can write with. 2780 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 斡アツめぐ.る, めぐ.らす go around, rule, administer 斡旋(あっせん): (1) kind offices; services; through the good offices of; influence (2) intercession; mediation 0 S+ 十: ten 早: early; fast 斗: Big Dipper; 10 sho (vol); sake dipper; dots and cross radical (no. 68) (none) auspices “”“Under the auspices of the local observatory, we looked at the Big Dipper on a misty night, huddled under an umbrella.”“” “”“Under the auspices of NASA, we explored the Big Dipper – it was misty but NASA placed a giant umbrella over the Big Dipper to keep us dry.”“” 2781 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鞍アンくら saddle 0 S+ 2214 革: leather; become serious; skin; hide; pelt 安: relax; cheap; low; quiet; rested; contented; peaceful (none) saddle A saddle is leather that helps you relax on horseback. “”“Save a horse, ride your woman inside your house in a leather saddle instead. (Just to pick up competition with mantixen's story ).”“” 2782 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 鞭ベンむち, むちうつ whip, rod 0 S+ 革: leather; become serious; skin; hide; pelt 便: convenience (none) whip There's a leather section in the convenience store now – that's where I got this whip. A whip is leather that makes others do things at your convenience. 2783 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鞘ショウさや sheath, case, margin, difference, shells (of beans) 0 S+ 革: leather; become serious; skin; hide; pelt 肖: resemblance (none) saddle straps “”“Originally, the leather saddle straps were for holding candles, but now they're more commonly used for holding swords, like scabbards.”“” A scabbard is a leather sheath that should to resemble the blade it's going to hold. 2784 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鞄ハクかばん suitcase, bag, briefcase 鞄(かばん): bag; satchel; briefcase; basket 0 S+ 革: leather; become serious; skin; hide; pelt 包: wrap; pack up; cover; conceal (none) briefcase The first briefcase was a piece of leather used to wrap documents. The businessman likes to make out he's important but the only thing his leather briefcase keeps wrapped up his the lunch his wife made. 2785 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 靭ジンうつぼ, しな.やか, ゆぎゆき soft, pliable, quiver 0 S+ 革: leather; become serious; skin; hide; pelt 刃: blade; sword; edge (none) pliable “”“A leather blade would make for a poor sword, because it's too pliable.”“” A leather blade is liable to be too pliable to be viable in a fight. 2786 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鞠まりまい鞠(まり): ball 1 S+ 革: leather; become serious; skin; hide; pelt 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 米: rice; USA; metre (none) terminate “”“Wtf terminate? This is ”“”“ball”“”“. Use ”“”“leather ball”“”“ for keyword, imagine a leather american football packed with bound up rice.”“” Rice bound up with leather makes a good hacky sack. The game terminates when the ball touches the ground. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemari. 2787 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 頓トン、トツにわか.に、とん.と、つまず.く、とみ.に、ぬかずく suddenly, immediately, in a hurry 0 S 屯: barracks; police station; camp 頁: page; leaf 13 頁 181 9 おおがい・いちのかい (none) 形声 Phonetic immediate Ever chopped the head off an earthworm? Notice how it will grow back immediately! Beware the killer earthworms… When someone in the barracks tells you to come immediately, you´ll lose your head for sure トントツにわか.にとん.とつまず.くとみ.にぬかずく suddenly; immediately; in a hurry. 2788 gradeS JLPT.N0 顛テンいただき, たお.れる overturn, summit, origin 0 S+ 真: true; reality; Buddhist sect 頁: page; leaf (none) overturn The DNA evidence reveals the truth about the crime but its too late to overturn the sentence now - they already chopped off the innocent prisoners head. “”“If you come to learn the truth, you can overturn any unjust verdict on its head.”“” 2789 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 穎ほさき, のぎ 0 S+ 頃: time; about; toward 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 頁: page; leaf (none) brush tip A cheap brush tip is just wheat attached to the head of a spoon. Attach a head of wheat to the handle of a spoon and voila! A brush tip that can draw a へのへのもへじhead–if little else. 2790 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 頃ケイ、キョウころ、ごろ、しばら.くころも time, about, toward 頃(ころ): (1) (approximate) time; around; about; toward (2) suitable time (or condition) (3) time of year; season この頃(このごろ): recently; nowadays; these days; now; at present 近頃(ちかごろ): lately; recently; nowadays 年頃(としごろ): (1) approximate age; apparent age (2) marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of independence; age of adulthood (3) (after modifying phrase) appropriate age (to …); old enough (to …) (4) for some years 一頃(ひところ): once; some time ago その頃(そのころ): at that time; in those days; at that moment; then 0 S 2015 匕: spoon; spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21) 頁: page; leaf 11 頁 181 9 おおがい・いちのかい (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic about that time An alarm clock with a unique design: You set it for, say, 7:00 am, and at about that time the clock reaches out with a spoon and hits you on the head. After spooning for hours it´s about that time he got some head. Dayum woman. 2791 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Time kanjifreq2001-2500 頬キョウほお, ほほ cheek 頬(ほほ): cheek (of face) 頬っぺた(ほっぺた): cheek 0 S 2424 夾: insert between 頁: page; leaf (none) 形声 Phonetic cheek “”“Your cheeks contain your jawbones, which are known as the ”“”“scissors of the head.”“”“.”“” The Joker from Batman had his cheeks cut with scissors to give him that eternal smile. Now the Joker isn't right in the head. 2792 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Head.Neck kanjifreq2001-2500 頗ハすこぶ.る, かたよ.る prejudiced, exceedingly 0 S+ 皮: pelt; skin; hide; leather; skin radical (no. 107) 頁: page; leaf (none) exceedingly “”“Donald Trump is exceedingly wealthy, but wears a really bad toupee – he has an exceedingly large collection of pelts to place on his head.”“” “”“Pelt, head: The guy had an exceedingly quick hairgrowth. That's why it always seemed like he was carrying a pelt around his head.”“” 2793 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 頌かたち, たた.える, ほめ.るつぐ, のぶ 1 S+ 公: public; prince; official; governmental 頁: page; leaf (none) accolade Accolades are bestowed on your head in public. You gotta wear your public head when you receive accolades – inside you're proud as can be but you gotta keep the cool with your public head. 2794 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 顎ガクあご、あぎと jaw, chin, gill 顎(あご): chin; jaw 0 S 咢: outspokenly 頁: page; leaf 18 頁 181 9 おおがい・いちのかい (none) 形声 Phonetic chin Your chin is the part of your head under your nostrils that forms the double snare that is your jaw. Left side is crocodile primative. crocodile´s head´s most prominent feature is his jaw. 2795 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Head.Neck 頚ケイくび neck, head 0 S+ 2470 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 頁: page; leaf (none) neck and throat I soiled my ヌde crotch when I got head and stuck it all the way down her neck and throat. Your neck and throat gag as the smell of soiled crotch hits your head. 2796 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 餌ジ、ニえ、えば、えさ、もち food, bait, prey, tempting profit 餌(えさ): feed; bait 0 S 2277 食: eat; food 耳: ear 15 食 184 9 しょく・しょくへん (none) 形声 Phonetic feed Food made of ears is animal feed. Do you know Mike Tayson favorite feed? Ears! He eats ears! 2797 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 餐の.む, くら.う 0 S+ 歹: bare bone; bad; wrong; death radical (n. 78) 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 食: eat; food (none) repast “Remember that dazzling evening where you found the magic wand and used it on your crotch to make it bigger? Well this time you use the wand to disguise your little guy as food so that she thinks it's a repast. dazzling (#2543).” What dazzling food! This shall be the most splendid repast yet! 2798 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 饗キョウう.ける, もてな.すあい, あえ banquet 0 S+ 2347 郷: home town; village; native place; district 食: eat; food (none) feast “”“After journeying the world wide, I returned to my hometown and was met with an incredible feast.”“” Hometown food. 2799 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 蝕ショクむしば.む eclipse, occultation, be defective 0 S+ 食: eat; food 虫: insect; bug; temper (none) eclipse “”“To enjoy watching the eclipse, you go on a picnic with your friends. But due to the dim light, you accidentally pick up and eat an insect.”“” You eat an insect by accident while watching the jaw-dropping eclipse. 2800 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 飴イあめ, やしな.う rice jelly, candy 飴(あめ): (1) (hard) candy; toffee (2) rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc. (3) amber; yellowish-brown 0 S+ 食: eat; food 台: pedestal; a stand; counter for machines and vehicles (none) sweets The only food at the pedestal is sweets to keep the lecturer's energy up. “”“Of all the foods, sweets are definitely the ones kids put on a pedestal.”“” 2801 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 餅ヘイ、ヒョウもち、もちい mochi rice cake 餅(もち): sticky rice cake 0 S 2152 食: eat; food 并: put together 15 食 184 9 しょく・しょくへん餠形声 Phonetic mochi “Call your friend and he answers the phone ”“Mochi, mochi!”“ whatever he is eating sure is making it hard to understand. I will puzzle over the content of our conversation for some time to come.” Mochi ice cream is a puzzling food, I still have no idea how they get that ice cream in there, but it sure tastes good. 2802 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Food.Drink kanjifreq2001-2500 駕カかご, が.する, しのぐ, のる vehicle, palanquin, litter, hitch up an animal 0 S+ 加: add; addition; increase; join; include; Canada 馬: horse (none) stretcher “”“This man is too heavy! We can't move the stretcher! Quick, add a team of horses to the ambulance!”“” “”“The final addition to the Trojan Horse was a stretcher (laid across the top). Hey, if the plan doesn't work, better be safe than sorry!”“” 2803 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 騨タン dappled grey horse 0 S+ 馬: horse 単: simple; one; single; merely (none) piebald “”“Yep, old Piebald was the simplest horse in the book, just sitting there, eating bald pies.”“” “”“Being just black and white, the piebald is a simple horse.”“” 2804 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 馳チは.せる run, gallop, sail, drive (a wagon), win (fame), dispatch ご馳走さま(ごちそうさま): (1) word used after one has been treated (esp. used after a meal) (2) used after hearing something lovey-dovey ご馳走(ごちそう): (1) feast; treating (someone) (2) to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal) ご馳走様でした(ごちそうさまでした): That was a delicious meal (said after meals); What a wonderful meal 0 S+ 馬: horse 也: to be (classical) (none) rush Use a scorpion to make a horse rush. “”“The soldiers in the Trojan Horse were supposed to wait several hours before coming out, but when they spotted a scorpion in the horse with them, they all rushed out at once.”“” 2805 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 騙ヘンかた.る, だま.す deceive 騙す(だます): to trick; to cheat; to deceive 0 S+ 馬: horse 扁: level; small (none) cheat “”“This character is だます, which means to trick or fool someone. The Greeks tricked (cheated) the Trojans by hiding in the Trojan Horse, which actually had a secret door from which the hidden soldiers would emerge. It was a brilliant tactic that would be recorded in the tomes of history.”“” “”“I got caught by my ex- with a pack of Trojans and a Hentai mag… of course she broke up with me, how the hell could I have convinced her I was not a cheat?!?”“” 2806 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 馴ジュンな.れる, な.らす, したが.う get used to, experienced, tamed 馴れ馴れしい(なれなれしい): over-familiar 馴らす(ならす): to domesticate; to tame 0 S+ 馬: horse 巛: curving river radical (no.47) (none) tame “”“The guy who said that you can take a horse to a river, but you can't make it drink obviously has never encountered a tame horse.”“” “”“The process to getting a tame horse is a bit like getting a tame Christian - baptizization! you take it into the river at a young age (just after it's born is best) and dunk it in until it is almost drowned. Then at the last possible moment, when its life is flashing before its eyes (good baptizers know when this is), you pull it back above water. The first thing it sees is its ”“”“rescuer”“”“ and ”“”“savior”“”“, and it will be tame and follow you for the rest of its life.”“” 2807 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 駁ハクぶち, まじ.る, まだら refutation, contradiction 0 S+ 馬: horse 爻: to mix with; to associate with; to join; double X radical (no. 89) (none) rebuttal “”“Wolverine's had charges placed on him for murdering a horse, but he make's a rebuttal stating that he couldn't have been in two different places at the same time (i.e. There cannot exist two Wolverines). He was having dinner with his Aunt Margaret at the time, it's impossible.”“” “”“Trojan horse, 2 sheafs: Proponents of taking the Trojan Horse into the city employed convincing arguments in their rebuttal. They put 2 sheafs next to the Trojan Horse and put them on fire. 'You see, if it were a trap, and enemies were inside, they would surely come out right now.' However, during the rebuttal, nobody noticed the caughing coming from inside the Trojan Horse….”“” 2808 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 駈クか.ける, か.る run, gallop, advance 0 S+ 馬: horse 丘: hill; knoll (none) gallop The team of horses slowed to a gallop as they started up the hill. “”“Trojan Horse, hill: The anchoring of the Trojan Horse had broken, and now it was accelerating down the hill. To save the men inside, riders were galloping down the hill to get them out in time.”“” 2809 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 驢うさぎうま 0 S+ 馬: horse 盧: hut (none) donkey “”“The team of horses is nervously asking a tiger not to eat them. ”“”“Don't worry”“”“, says the tiger, ”“”“over in that paddyfield I can see my favourite dish – donkey!”“”“.”“” The team of horses ran when they saw the tiger. But the stubborn donkey continued drinking from his dish in the open field. Talk about easy prey. 2810 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鰻マンうなぎ eel 0 S+ 魚: fish 曼: wide; beautiful (none) eel The only fish that Nelson Manadala got to eat in prison was うなぎ eel…sounds like punishment to me! Manga fish: picture a manga version of an eel and you're done. 2811 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Fish ShouldSuspend 鯛チョウたい sea bream, red snapper 1 S+ 2446 魚: fish 周: circumference; circuit; lap (none) sea bream The sea bream （たい） is a fish that often goes around the circumference of a 回転寿司（かいてんずし） a number of たいmes. Sea Bream (fish) found on the circumference of Australia and New Zealand waters. 2812 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Fish kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 鰯いわしいわし sardine, (kokuji) 0 S+ 魚: fish 弱: weak; frail (none) sardine “”“This is a weak fish – you just open a can of sardines and there they are, weak and defenseless, ready to be eaten.”“” “”“Due to its small size, the sardine is a weak fish.”“” 2813 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Fish ShouldSuspend 鱒ソンます salmon trout 0 S+ 2482 魚: fish 尊: revered; valuable; precious; noble; exalted (none) trout “”“Fish, revered: The fish tribe revered a fat trout, living in an aquarium in the temple. One morning, they woke up, smelling a funny smell. It appeared as if a jungle explorer had found the trout's temple….”“” Trout are a fish often revered for their beauty (especially rainbow trout). 2814 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Fish kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 鮭カイさけ, しゃけ, ふぐ salmon 0 S+ 2477 魚: fish 圭: square jewel; corner; angle; edge (none) salmon “”“Salmon are fish that go over ivy trying to get back to their breeding grounds, killing bears along the way.”“” “”“さけ, salmon are fish that go to higher ground (ground on ground) to spawn.”“” 2815 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Fish kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 鮪キまぐろ, しび tuna 0 S+ 魚: fish 有: possess; have; exist; happen; occur; approx (none) tuna “”“Tuna is the fish that posesses the most toxins (heavy metals, pesticides, mercury).”“” Maguro tuna is a must-have (possess) fish. 2816 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鮎デンあゆ, なまずあい freshwater trout, smelt 1 S+ 2201 魚: fish 占: fortune-telling; divining; forecasting; occupy; hold; have; get; take (none) sweet smelt “”“A fish arrives at the fortune-teller's who, without looking, says ”“”“Welcome, Sweet Smelt”“”“. ”“”“That's amazing”“”“, says the fish, ”“”“how did you know I was a sweet smelt?”“”“ ”“”“Well, most fish smell bad, but you smelt sweet.”“”“.”“” “”“The fortune teller turned to me smiling, ”“”“Ah you (アユ) will do well. I can sense the sweet smell of success. And what better way to celebrate than with that sweetest of fish the sweet smelt!”“”“.”“” 2817 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 鯵ソウあじ horse mackerel 0 S+ 魚: fish 参: nonplussed; three; going; coming; visiting; visit; be defeated; die; be madly in love (none) horse mackerel “”“Fish, visit: Mother to daughter: ”“”“I bought you a hors…”“”“. The girls started a joyous screaming. ”“”“Let's visit it”“”“, the girl says. Daughter follows mother to.. the kitchen, showing her the fish she bought. Mother: ”“”“I wanted to tell you that I bought a horse mackerel for dinner!”“”“.”“” The horse mackerel is the fish that is nonplussed – it isn't sure whether it's a horse or a mackerel. 2818 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Fish ShouldSuspend 鱈セツたら codfish, (kokuji) 出鱈目(でたらめ): (1) irresponsible utterance; nonsense; bullshit; codswallop (2) random; haphazard; unsystematic 矢鱈に(やたらに): randomly; recklessly; blindly 0 S+ 魚: fish 雪: snow (none) cod Cod is a fish that is packed in snow to reach the inland parts of Japan. “”“たら, cod is a beautiful fish whose flesh is the colour and texture of snow.”“” 2819 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Fish ShouldSuspend 鯖セイさば mackerel 0 S+ 魚: fish 青: blue; green (none) mackerel Holy mackarel! That fish just turned blue! “”“Fish, blue: After the young girl found that disappointing mackerel fish (see story horse mackerel (#2818)), she felt a bit blue.”“” 2820 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Fish ShouldSuspend 鮫さめ, みずち 0 S+ 2244 魚: fish 交: mingle; mixing; association; coming & going (none) shark Ever noticed how tiny fish will often mingle around a shark for protection? A shark tries to mingle with other fish to get close enough to eat them. 2821 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Fish kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 鰹ケンかつお bonito 0 S+ 魚: fish 堅: strict; hard; solid; tough; tight; reliable (none) bonito The bonito is a fish with strict preparation procedures for making 出汁（だし） and 鰹節（かつおぶし）. “”“Fish, strict: La Isla Bonito. Madonna is very strict on the type of fish imported to the island. Only the best is good enough…”“” 2822 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鰍シュウかじか, いなだ, どじょう bullhead 0 S+ 魚: fish 秋: autumn (none) bullhead “”“Fish, autumn: Old man to his son: ”“”“You are bullheaded if you think you can catch a bullhead fish in the middle of autumn. It's out of season!”“”“.”“” “”“Perhaps a bit of a misnomer. Bullhead is a river fish (カジカ). This kanji is most likely to refer to young Japanese yellowtail or amberjack. It is a fish of many names depending on age: fry (もじゃこ), young (鰍・いなだ or 魬・はまち), mature (鰤・ぶり). I suppose these kanji might crop up on a fish menu. STORY: Young Amberjack is not at its best in summer. Eat from autumn onwards (when it becomes more fatty). Also its tail is amber - the colour of autumn leaves.”“” 2823 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Fish ShouldSuspend 鰐わに 0 S+ 魚: fish 咢: outspokenly (none) alligator “”“”“”“Dude! What happened to your chin?”“”“ ”“”“Well, I was out fishing…”“”“.”“” Saltwater crocs swim in the sea like fish. Right side = crocodile primative. Pictograph - 2 big eyes and one massive snare for a mouth. 2824 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal ShouldSuspend 鮒ふな 0 S+ 魚: fish 付: adhere; attach; refer to; append (none) crucian “”“Due to its oxygenating properties, it is crucial that you adhere to a crucian fish if you plan on spending a long time underwater.”“” The crucian fish adheres strongly to Crucianism principles. 2825 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Fish ShouldSuspend 鮨すし 0 S+ 魚: fish 旨: delicious; relish; show a liking for; purport; will; clever; expert (none) sushi Japanese consider fish to be most delicious when eaten as sushi. SUSHI is FISH that is DELICIOUS. 2826 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Food.Drink ShouldSuspend 鰭ひれ 0 S+ 魚: fish 耆: senility (none) fish fin “”“Fish, old man, sun: An ominous fish fin approaches the old man, who went for a swim as the sun was going down. Soon, he'll sleep with the fishes.”“” The old man thinks fish fin sushi is delicious. 2827 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鴎オウかもめ seagull 0 S+ 2187 区: ward; district 鳥: bird; chicken (none) seagull A bird that goes to the inland wards for food is the seagull. “”“Wolverine had enough of this ward and hence went to the seaside with his cardboard box. Now he always kills a bird, a seagull, when he wakes up and eats it for breakfast, while listening to the sound of the sea.”“” 2828 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 鵬ホウおおとり phoenix 1 S+ 1707 朋: companion; friend 鳥: bird; chicken (none) roc “”“Companion, bird: Roc, the mythical bird, was searching for a companion for as long as he existed. Little did he know that he was the only one of his kind.”“” “”“The roc is a large and intimidating bird. Because of this, the roc has a hard time finding a companion.”“” 2829 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 鸚オオ parrot, parakeet 0 S+ 嬰: sharp (music); baby 鳥: bird; chicken (none) parakeet The parakeet is a bird that acts like a suckling infant when it drinks from the water dropper. “”“Ariel, that little mermaid with the shells over her ”“”“ha-ha”“”“ 's is good friends with a parakeet voiced by Gilbert Godfried… or wait, is that some other Disney film?”“” 2830 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鵡ブ cockatoo 0 S+ 武: warrior; military; chivalry; arms 鳥: bird; chicken (none) parrot “”“A parrot is a bird of the warrior, for example pirates.”“” “”“A parrot makes a terrible bird for any warrior. As soon as the warrior tries to sneak up on its enemy, Polly wants a freaking cracker.”“” 2831 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鵜テイう cormorant 0 S+ 2118 弟: younger brother; faithful service to elders 鳥: bird; chicken (none) cormorant “”“[+brose] The cormorant was historically used in Japan and China to catch fish. The fisher would use some rope or something to tie its throat so that it could only swallow small fish. If it caught something too big to swallow, it would take it back to the fisher's boat and the fisher would take it out. This particular cormorant is going after bigger and bigger prey - but one day it goes too far, and tries to swallow your little brother! Imagine trying to yank your brother out of its throat.”“” The cormorant is a bird you use like your younger brother to fetch things for you. 2832 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 鷺ロさぎ heron 0 S+ 2172 路: path; route; road; distance 鳥: bird; chicken (none) heron “”“As I was walking I noticed hair-on the path! When I bent to see what was up, I realized that they were in fact fine feathers poking through - someone had paved over a large bird!”“” The heron is a bird large enough to walk on both paths. 2833 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 鷲シュウす, わ, わせ eagle 0 S+ 1925 就: concerning; settle; take position; depart; study; per 鳥: bird; chicken (none) eagle “”“Concerning, bird: The US senate had a meeting concerning the eagle. Although symbol of the US, this bird is close to extinction.”“” Matters concerning a bird in the capital are usually about the eagle. 2834 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 鴨オウかも, あひる wild duck, easy mark 0 S+ 1797 甲: armor; high (voice); A grade; first class; former; instep; carapace 鳥: bird; chicken (none) wild duck “”“Due to its waterproof armor, the wild duck is a bird that resurfaces even if you push it underwater.”“” “”“かも, or wild duck, is a Japanese term that means an easy mark or a sucker because wild ducks are considered to be easy to catch. This kanji shows a duck that is wearing some armor to avoid being an easy mark.”“” 2835 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Bird kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 鳶とび, とんび 0 S+ 弋: piling; ceremony radical (no. 56) 鳥: bird; chicken (none) kite falcon The kite falcon is a majestic bird that flies in the sky as fast as an arrow. So much so that its feathers are often used to make arrows. “”“Arrow, bird: The black kite is a bird of prey (like the raptor). You can see it approaching its target, like an arrow speeding through the air.”“” 2836 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 梟ふくろう 0 S+ 鳥: bird; chicken 木: tree; wood (none) owl “”“The owl, being wise, is hiding its tail feathers in a tree so that its prey can't tell what kind of bird it is.”“” “”“The owl is a very snooty bird, one could say that it has a tree stuck up it's ass. キョウ.”“” 2837 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Bird ShouldSuspend 塵チンちり, ごみ dust, trash, garbage 塵(ゴミ): rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse 塵(ちり): dust; dirt 微塵(みじん): particle; atom; little piece; tiny amount 0 S+ 鹿: deer 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey (none) dust A deer stomps on the soil and dust rises from the ground. (big ups mantixen). “”“On the ground, we found the whole body of a deer covered in dust.”“” 2838 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 麓ロクふもと foot of a mountain 麓(ふもと): the foot; the bottom; the base (of a mountain) 0 S 2366 林: grove; forest 鹿: deer 19 鹿 198 11 しか・しかへん (none) 形声 Phonetic foot of a mountain Many deer can be found in the grove at the foot of a mountain. Deer are well known for frolicking in groves of trees. However, they are not well known for actually watching where the heck they are bounding about. Here we have a bunch of dead deer bodies that you find at the foot of a mountain. You are trying to figure why there are so many dead deer in one spot, and then you trace a line up the mountain - leaves and such are scattered all the way up…to a grove. Looks like they hopped through some leaves to their doom. 2839 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq2001-2500 麒 0 S+ 鹿: deer 其: that (none) giraffe A deer standing on a bushel basket still isn't tall enough to be mistaken for a giraffe. A giraffe is like a deer except that when it plays chess it has a better overview of the board. 2840 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 冥メイ、ミョウくら.い dark 0 S 2349 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 六: six 10 冖 14 2 わかんむり (none) 象形 Pictographic Hades The beast of hades one day will wear a crown, and the number of the beast is 666. In Hades you have to work six days a week before crowning it with something vaguely resembling a weekend. Oh wait, that´s Japan. 2841 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Weather kanjifreq2001-2500 瞑メイめい.する, つぶ.る, つむ.る, くら.い sleep, dark, close eyes 瞑る(つぶる): to close the eyes 0 S+ 2326 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 冥: dark (none) close the eyes When you close the eyes of someone who just died… It's as dark as Hades when you close your eyes. 2842 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 暝くら.い 0 S+ 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 冥: dark (none) murky “”“Hades is normally very dark, and even when the sun shines in it is still murky.”“” The Sunshine looks Murky in Hades. 2843 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 坐ザすわ.る, おわす, そぞろに, まします sit 0 S+ 2337 从: two people 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey (none) sitting in mediation “”“The cave was too dark for my tastes, so I went out to sit in mediation.”“” The cave of ignorance was lifted for these two monks sitting in meditation on the ground. 2844 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 挫ザ、サくじ.く、くじ.ける crush, break, sprain, discourage 0 S 1869 手: hand 坐: sit 10 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic sprain I sprained my fingers when I sat in meditation (by sitting in a strange position). I sprained in my finger doing a complicated mudra while sitting in meditation. 2845 gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 朔サクついたちたち conjunction (astronomy), first day of month 1 S+ 2318 屮: left hand; old grass radical (no. 45) 肉: meat (none) first day of the month “”“On the first day of the month a mountain goat lets out a ”“”“Baah”“”“ as it jumps over the moon.”“” The female mountain goat can only give milk on one day of the month: on the first day of the month. Her milk cycles are controlled by the moon. 2846 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 遡ソ、サクさかのぼ.る go upstream, retrace the past 遡る(さかのぼる): to go back; to go upstream; to make retroactive 0 S 朔: conjunction (astronomy); first day of month 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 14 辵 162 7 しんにょう・しんにゅう (none) 形声 Phonetic go upstream You decide to go salmon fishing, so you ride a mountain goat to the top of the road. Under the light of the moon, as it's illegal, you catch the salmon going upstream. In this kanji we see a mountain goat that decided to go upstream along a road, but for some reason it will only go upstream when the full moon is up. It's actually stubborn like a mountain goat about not going upstream along the road at any other period of time. The road itself is also very confused about this. 2847 gradeS JLPT.N0 曳エイひ.くひき, びき pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to 0 S+ 曰: say; reason; pretext; history; past; flat sun radical (no. 73) 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) (none) drag The day seems to drag when it keeps you from having a fiesta. “”“Bored with the sun always going the same way (“it’s such a drag”), I tuck the sun under my arm and try to drag it in the opposite direction to usual. EDIT: Notes (1): tucked under the arm is reversed here, i.e. a mirror image of the usual primitive. Note (2): Tow might be a better keyword: see my note at dribble out (#2849).”“” 2848 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 洩エイも.らす, の.びる, も.れる leak, escape 0 S+ 水: water 曳: pull; tug; jerk; admit; install; quote; refer to (none) dribble out “”“Tip: Heisig has duplicated a primitive name here by calling the right side drag. We already have a two-stroke primitive called drag (see numbers 1853-1861 盾,派,脈,逓,后). I suggest calling 曳 ”“”“tow”“”“ instead.”“” “”“Good water flows and thus keeps on moving, but here, the water has too much drag and thus can dribble out of its tube.”“” 2849 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 彗スイほうきとし comet 1 S+ 2294 三: three 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 三: three 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) (none) comet “”“A comet flew by and knocked down two bushes, so I went out there and swept up the mess, cursing astrological bodies along the way.”“” Broom is ヨ. The lower primitive here resembles a rake 肀 without a handle (vertical stroke). STORY: Comets actually have 2 bushy tails (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/9703/halebopp4_aac.jpg). Imagine a NASA probe with an attachment like a rake head designed to catch (rake up) the fine particles streaming from the tails for later analysis. 2850 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 慧ケイさといさと, さとし, さとる, あきら, とし wise 1 S+ 2168 彗: comet 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) (none) astute “”“Comet, heart: Heisig: ”“”“The astute reader will notice that the second stroke in the broom element of comet doesn't pass through. The astute reader will take this observation to heart”“”“.”“” “”“The astute astral observer Edmond Halley put his heart into his work. And in return, we named a comet for him.”“” 2851 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 嘉カよみ.する, よいひろ, よし, よしみ, かず, よ applaud, praise, esteem 1 S+ 1553 吉: good luck; joy; congratulations 加: add; addition; increase; join; include; Canada (none) applaud Add a drum when you really want to applaud. The drummer wasn't very good so he had a speaker built into the bottom of the drum which automatically added applause. 2852 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 兇キョウおそ.れる, わる.い wickedness 0 S+ 凶: villain; evil; bad luck; disaster 儿: legs radical (no. 10) (none) evil Think of Mike Myers' Dr. Evil standing in an identity parade of intergalactic criminals. Evil is the only villain with human legs. The evil villain's favorite hobby is breaking human legs. 2853 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 兜トウかぶと helmet, head piece 0 S+ 2034 白: white 儿: legs radical (no. 10) (none) helmet “”“The overly-cautious white geek protects his entire upper body with a special helmet he constructed out of two cardboard boxes, unfortunately his human legs could still be easy targets for bullies.”“” “”“To protect my very white skull from the sun while standing on my legs, I fashioned a helmet by placing boxes all around my head.”“” 2854 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 爽ソウあき.らか、さわ.やか、たがう refreshing, bracing, resonant, sweet, clear 爽やか(さわやか): fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear; fluent; eloquent 1 S 2333 大: large; big 爻: to mix with; to associate with; to join; double X radical (no. 89) 爻: to mix with; to associate with; to join; double X radical (no. 89) 11 爻 89 4 こう・めめ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic bracing The St Bernard is bracing itself for an operation requiring four stitches. St. Bernard dog had a refreshing bracing bath and now is shaking all the water out of his fur. The drops are thrown in all direction and that's why the have an x shape in the pictogram. 2855 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 欝うっ.する, ふさ.ぐ, しげ.る 0 S+ 爻: to mix with; to associate with; to join; double X radical (no. 89) 木: tree; wood 木: tree; wood 网: net; net or net crown radical (no. 122) 艮: northeast (Oriental zodiac); stopping; good radical (no. 138) 寸: measurement; foot/10 (none) depressed “”“The baron crashed his plane across enemy lines. Pulling himself out of the wreck, he looked up to see a nearby grove of trees. However he turned depressed as he realized the two flashes of light were actually reflections from the steel as Wolverine deployed both of his razors for action. Out of the frying pan…”“” “”“The baron is depressed because he lost his pet vulture. He wandered around a grove, where he rummaged through two sheaves, but still he couldn't find his darling vulture.”“” 2856 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 劫コウおびや.かす threat, long ages 劫(こう): (1) kalpa (eon, aeon) (2) ko (in Go, the arrangement that allows for the eternal capture and recapture of the same stones) 0 S+ 去: gone; past; quit; leave; elapse; eliminate; divorce 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert (none) kalpa “”“kalpa is a Sanskrit word for a long period of time, sort of like ”“”“aeon.”“”“ Once a kalpa has gone (passed), there will be no more fossil fuels for power.”“” “”“When a kalpa passes, all forms of power we see today will be gone.”“” 2857 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 勃ボツ、ホツおこ.る、にわかに suddenness, rise 0 S 孛: comet; dark; obscure 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 9 力 19 2 ちから・りきづくり (none) 形声 Phonetic erection An erection can shoot like a needle from its crown and has the power to make a child. The erection is the crowned needle that´s got the power to make children. 2858 gradeS JLPT.N0 歎なげ.く, なげ.き 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 口: mouth 夫: husband; man 欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76) (none) bemoan “”“Audrey II yawns, bemoaning being stuck in the flower shop with nothing to eat.”“” A scarecrow bemoans that it lacks legs. 2859 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 輿ヨかご, こし palanquin, bier 0 S+ 臼: mortar 車: car 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) (none) palanquin “”“I hop into my palanquin, my car of sorts, such that I may be transported to my next location of entertainment.”“” A palanquin is a car used for the entertainment of royalty when they want to take a joyride. 2860 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 巽ソンたつみ southeast 1 S+ 2061 己: self; snake; serpent 己: self; snake; serpent 共: together; both; neither; all; and; alike; with (none) southeast “”“Two snakes are strung together. One is trying to head south, the other to go east. But as they are strung together they have to compromise, ”“”“Let's go Sssssssouth-East.”“”“.”“” The two snakes Noah elected (1804) for his Ark came from the southeast. 2861 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 歪ワイいが.む, いびつ, ひず.む, ゆが.む warp, bend, strained, distort 歪む(ゆがむ): to warp; to swerve; to deflect; to be crooked; to be distorted; to be bent; to incline; to slant; to be perverted; to be gross-grained; to get bent; to be strained 0 S+ 2348 丕: large; great; grand; glorious; distinguished 正: correct; justice; righteous; 1040 (none) warped “”“In the debate, your political opponent's has such a warped sense of perspective, that he believes the negative is actually correct.”“” On standardized tests they use negative questions that are so warped you don't know which answer is correct. 2862 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 翠かわせみ, みどりあきら 1 S+ 2200 羽: feathers; counter for birds, rabbits 卒: graduate; soldier; private; die (none) jade green “”“You're so jaded by the time you graduate that when you finally spread your wings, your feathers are all jade green.”“” “”“This what the valedictorian wears in Chinese high school graduations. It's a beautiful cap with jade green feathers covering it. No tassel, just those pretty feathers.”“” 2863 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 黛タイまゆずみ blackened eyebrows 1 S+ 2254 代: substitute; change; convert; replace; period; age; counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.; generation; charge; rate; fee 黑: black; dark; evil; sinister (none) blue-black “”“A good substitute for black is blue-black, like the color women try to substitute for their black eyebrows with a pencil.”“” “”“Substitute + black= blue-black or blackened-eyebrows. A close substitute for the color black is the color blue-black. Also, women in Japan sometimes have blackened-eyebrows, since their color is naturally a faint blue-black.”“” 2864 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 鼎テイかなえ three legged kettle 0 S+ 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor (none) tripod “”“Here we have two people sitting on chairs, trying to set up their camera on a tripod and periodically checking the viewfinder with their eyes.”“” “”“(NB: I use THREE-LEGGED KETTLE for 鼎, and reserve TRIPOD for 鬲 Unicode-0x9b32 (#39730).) This THREE-LEGGED KETTLE is used for sacrificial incense-burning. 鼎 shows a watchful EYE carefully putting the offering material in the opening of the KETTLE, which is shown as being squarely supported ON EACH SIDE.”“” 2865 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鹵しお, しおち, たて 0 S+ 卜: divination 囗: box or enclosure radical (no. 31); box (none) rocksalt “”“The fortune-teller tells Wolverine that in a past life, she sees him covered in rocksalt from working in a salt mine.”“” You see a block of rocksalt containing a pent-in ladybird (US = ladybug). Touch it with your magic wand and the ladybird is set free. (Note: Let ladybird = sheaf + four drops. It's pictographic: the sheaf showing the curved back and the four drops the spots on the ladybird). 2866 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鹸ケンあ.く saltiness 石鹸(せっけん): soap 0 S+ 鹵: salt 僉: all (none) lye Lye is white like rocksalt and sharp like an awl. Lye is white like rocksalt and can be broken up with an ice pick. 2867 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 虔ケンつつし.む respect 0 S+ 虍: tiger spots; mottled; tiger or tiger crown radical (no. 141) 文: sentence; literature; style; art; decoration; figures; plan; literary radical (no. 67) (none) reserved “”“”“”“That tiger at the zoo was so reserved. He didn't say so much as one sentence.”“”“ ”“”“Um, you know tigers can't talk, right?”“”“.”“” The death row inmate acts reserved when staying at the magic house of seven tigers! 2868 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 燕エンつばめ, つばくら, つばくろ swallow (bird) 0 S+ 2147 廿: twenty; 20 口: mouth 北: north 火: fire (none) swallow “”“Twenty birds (swallows) are perched at the north exit (北口) of the station. I light a fire underneath them, and as they wilt and fall in the heat, passing commuters swallow them whole. Well, they are swallows.”“” Twenty swallows are perched atop the station's 北口 raining droppings all over everyone. Keep your mouth closed so you don't swallow any. (Thanks Katsuo). 2869 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Bird kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 嘗ショウかつ.て, こころ.みる, な.める once, before, formerly, ever, never, ex-, lick, lap up, burn up, taste, udergo, underrate, despise 嘗て(かつて): (1) once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex- (2) never yet (with negative verb); never before; first time; still not happened 0 S+ 尚: esteem; furthermore; still; yet 旨: delicious; relish; show a liking for; purport; will; clever; expert (none) lick “”“There are things in the outhouse that may appear delicious, and you may even want to lick them, but I assure you: they ain't delicious.”“” “”“Those big white ”“”“mints”“”“ in the outhouse urinals may look delicious, but it's best not to lick them.”“” 2870 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 殆タイほとほと, ほとん.ど, あやうい almost, quite, really 殆ど(ほとんど): mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost 0 S+ 歹: bare bone; bad; wrong; death radical (n. 78) 台: pedestal; a stand; counter for machines and vehicles (none) almost A pedestal in an Indiana Jones movie is littered with the bones of people who almost seized the treasure. I see a some bones near the pedestal of immortality: someone almost got there! 2871 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 孟モウかしらたけし, たけ, はる, はじめ, つとむ, おさ, はい chief, beginning 1 S+ 2127 子: child; sign of the rat; 11PM-1AM; first sign of Chinese zodiac 皿: dish; a helping; plate (none) start “”“This is how things looked at the start, before the 猛 fierce (#1456) wild dogs showed up.”“” “”“You are choosing a start(er) at the cannibal restaurant: ”“”“I think I'll start with that child dish”“”“.”“” 2872 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 牌ハイぱい, ふだ label, signboard, medal, mahjong tiles 0 S+ 2247 片: one-sided; leaf; sheet; right-side kata radical (no. 91) 卑: lowly; base; vile; vulgar (none) mahjong tiles “”“Mahjong tiles, to the best of my understanding have only one side and are considered a lowly use of time.”“” “”“Mahjong tiles are one-sided, and only lowly people who don't play mahjong don't know this.”“” 2873 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 骸ガイ、カイむくろ bone, body, corpse 0 S 骨: skeleton; bone; remains; frame 亥: sign of the hog; 9-11PM; twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac 16 骨 188 10 ほね・ほねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic remains The remains consisted of a skeleton which had the remains of some acorns in its stomach area. Whether it died from eating the acorns remains to be seen. Hint: The remains of a chipmunk. 2874 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness 覗シのぞ.く, うかが.う peep, peek, come in sight 覗く(のぞく): (1) to peek (though a keyhole, gap, etc.) (2) to look down into (a ravine, etc.) (3) to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.) (4) to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at (5) to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.) (6) to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.); to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, etc.) (7) to face 0 S+ 司: director; official; govt office; rule; administer 見: see; hopes; chances; idea; opinion; look at; visible (none) peek Sneak preview - peek - director lets you see his new movie - 店を覗く（のぞく） - have a quick noze/look in a shop (nozoku). “”“If a director lets anyone see his film before it's finished, it's only a sneak peek.”“” 2875 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 彪あやたけし, たけ, あきら, かおる, たけき, つよし, とら 1 S+ 2397 虎: tiger; drunkard 彡: three; hair ornament; short hair or fur radical (no. 59) (none) mottled “”“It's fun to look at the tiger's mottled leg and pick out shapes, sort of like looking at clouds.”“” The T-1000 has a hard time shape shifting into a tiger. The stripes always come out mottled. 2876 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 秦シンはたたい, はだ, やす Manchu dynasty, name given to naturalized gaijin 1 S+ 1894 三: three 大: large; big 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) (none) Manchu dynasty “”“What did man chew in the Manchu dynasty? Well, first man chew bonsai, but he find that rather tough, so next man chew wheat. EDIT: I think the keyword should really be Qin dynasty. So how a about new story based on Bob Dylan's song ”“”“Mighty Quinn”“”“: ”“”“Bonsai without, wheat plants within, you'll not grow nothing like the mighty Qin. (dynasty).”“”“.”“” (thx Katsuo) The so-called 'mighty' Qin dynasty died a nasty death from starvation because they focused on growing bonsai instead of wheat. 2877 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 雀ジャクすずめざく sparrow 0 S+ 1856 少: few; little 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) (none) sparrow There are relatively few turkeys compared to the widely familiar sparrow. “”“There are few turkeys available this Christmas/Thanksgiving, so we're having to make do with sparrow.”“” 2878 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Bird kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 隼シュンはやぶさはや falcon 1 S+ 2224 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 十: ten (none) peregrine falcon “”“My peregrine falcon recently has been having confidence issues - recently it dives out of the sky and misses the target completely. To boost its confidence, I got a nice, fat turkey, killed it, and then set it up on a big needle so it looked like it was still alive - just loafing about. Then I went to my peregrine falcon - ”“”“hey buddy, look! A nice fat turkey. I bet you can get it!”“”“ It goes for it, but it spears itself on the needle!!”“” The peregrine falcon is the fastest animal in the world. It can reach speeds of over 322 km/h in a dive - over ten times as fast as a turkey! 2879 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 耀ヨウかがや.く, ひかりあかる shine, sparkle, gleam, twinkle 1 S+ 2253 光: ray; light 羽: feathers; counter for birds, rabbits 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) (none) shimmering “”“Rays of light hit the futon, making it shimmer. Think maybe somebody wet the futon last night..”“” “”“Once it had been in a state of twinkle (#2534) for awhile, the turkey's feathers began to a-shimmering with some strange light.”“” 2880 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 夷イえびす, えみし, ころ.す, たい.らげるし barbarian, savage, Ainu 0 S+ 2324 大: large; big 弓: bow; bow (archery, violin) (none) ebisu When passing through Ebisu in Tokyo (one stop south of Shibuya) you see a St. Bernard that has swallowed a bow (you can see the shape of the bow sticking through its skin). “”“征夷大将軍 (せいいたいしょうぐん) This is the 'i' part of the full name of the ancient shoguns. Sei i tai shougun (Great general who subdues the eastern barbarians). This Kanji is the ”“”“eastern barbarian”“”“ part. Being the shogun, the most powerful military leader in all of Japan, it is only fitting that he also have a very large bow to go along with his office. So large in fact, that it was given to him by the god of good luck, Ebisu.”“” 2881 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 戚ソク、セキいた.む、うれ.える、みうち grieve 親戚(しんせき): relative; relation; kin 0 S 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 戈: halberd; arms; festival car; float; tasselled spear radical (no. 62) 上: above; up 小: little; small 11 戈 62 4 ほこ・ほこづくり・ほこがまえ・かのほこ (none) 形声 Phonetic relatives “Your half-uncle is leading a parade of your relatives. (Note: 上 + 小 makes up part of ”“uncle”“ 叔, so I´ve called it ”“half-uncle”“.).” Your uncle organizes a parade of all your relatives, which he himself is only half in because he´s busy taking pictures of it. 2882 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion Kanji_People_Family 嚢ノウふくろ pouch, purse, bag 0 S+ 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 口: mouth 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) (none) cyst “”“Grass skirt, middle, crown: The girl wearing the grass skirt had a cyst growing in the middle of her head, seeming like a crown. A sign she will be the new village elder, I heard later.”“” “”“The hula girl got a cyst on her lips after she placed her mouth on my ”“”“crown”“”“ ten times.”“” 2883 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 丼トン、タン、ショウ、セイどんぶり bowl, bowl of food 丼(どんぶり): (1) porcelain bowl (2) bowl of rice with food on top 0 S 2088 井: well; well crib; town; community 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 5 丶 3 1 てん・ちょぼ・ちゅ・ちゅてん (none) 象形 Pictographic domburi A little one is eating a domburi while standing over, looking down into, a WELL. He drops it, and it falls down & down until it looks like nothing more than a DROP, landing at the bottom of the well! I drop a domburi down into the well for the goblin living there. 2884 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Food.Drink Kanji_Manufactured.Item kanjifreq2001-2500 暢チョウのび.るいたる, のぶ, のぶる, なが, とうる, とおる, のり, まさ, みつる, よう stretch 暢気(のんき): carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky; easygoing 1 S+ 2144 申: have the honor to; sign of the monkey; 3-5PM; ninth sign of Chinese zodiac 昜: open; sun (none) carefree “”“The monkey is carefree with his piggy bank, tossing it at whatever financial opportunity he stumbles upon.”“” “”“As a carefree person, I'm always using my piggy bank to monkey around.”“” 2885 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 廻カイまわ.る, まわ.す, もとお.る, めぐ.る, めぐ.らすざこ, じゃく round, game, revolve, go around, circumference 0 S+ 回: -times; round; game; revolve; counter for occurrences 廴: long stride or stretching radical (no. 54) (none) circling “”“A dishonest taxi driver is circling to increase the fare – trying to stretch out the ride, going around the block many times.”“” A taxi driver stretches out the time it takes to get to Times Square by circling around it (thanks mcfate). 2886 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 畿キみやこ capital, suburbs of capital 0 S 1683 戌: sign of the dog; 7-9PM; eleventh sign of Chinese zodiac 15 田 102 5 た・たへん (none) 形声 Phonetic capital suburbs People aside, I wonder how many rice fields there are in the capital suburbs. How many brains does it take to run the capital suburbs? 2887 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Structure.Town.Building kanjifreq1501-2000 欣キンよろこ.ぶ, よろこ.びやすし, よし, し take pleasure in, rejoice 1 S+ 2071 斤: axe; 1.32 lb; catty; counter for loaves of bread; axe radical (no. 69) 欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76) (none) elation “”“I was bored, yawning and such, so I picked up my axe and was suddenly filled with much elation.”“” I feel elation when I realize the axe murderer is lacking his axe. 2888 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 毅キつよ.いつよし, こわし, たけし, たけ, はたす, あつし, つよ, とし, み strong 1 S+ 1770 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 豕: pig; hog; pig radical (no. 152) 殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79) (none) stalwart A stalwart sow stands up against a missile. “”“Stand up, sow, missile: See our stalwart hunter standing upon the sow he just shot, his missile launcher still smoking. (Nothing much left of the sow by the way).”“” 2889 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 斯シか, こう, か.く, この, これ, ここに this, thus, such, verbal pause 瓦斯(ガス): gas 斯う(こう): (1) in this way (used for something or someone close to the speaker, including the speaker himself, or for the opinions of the speaker); thus; such (2) uh… (interjection used as a verbal pause) 斯うして(こうして): thus; in this way 0 S+ 其: that 斤: axe; 1.32 lb; catty; counter for loaves of bread; axe radical (no. 69) (none) this “”“Tip: Learn ”“”“this”“”“ 斯 and ”“”“that”“”“ 其 at the same time. (”“”“that”“”“, 其 , is not in Heisig, but is probably more common than 斯). Stories: This bushel basket comes with an axe to open it, but that one doesn't.”“” (Thx Kats) THIS AXE can beat any CHESS peice… except for maybe THAT ROOK. 2890 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 匙さじ匙(さじ): spoon 0 S+ 是: just so; this; right; justice 匕: spoon; spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21) (none) wooden spoon “”“After you get the wooden spoon in the ”“”“egg & spoon”“”“ race another competitor explains that you need to hold the spoon ”“”“just so”“”“.”“” A spoon used to measure ingredients just so is a measuring spoon. 2891 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 匡キョウすく.うただ, ただし, ただす, まさ, まさし, きよ, ひと, やす correct, save, assist 1 S+ 2176 匚: box-on-side enclosure radical (no. 22) 玉: jewel; ball (none) set straight “”“After the revolution, the king was put into a box so that the government could be set straight.”“” “”“Walking through the park, I see many large boxes where homeless people live. But there's one guy dressed as a king, who seems to be arranging them all, i.e. he's setting the boxes straight. ”“”“Surely you're not a real king?”“”“ I ask. He replies, ”“”“Let me set you straight, I'm king of the boxes”“”“.”“” 2892 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 肇チョウはじ.める, はじめとし, ただし, はつ beginning 1 S+ 1943 戸: door; counter for houses; door radical (no. 63) 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) 聿: brush; finally; self; relate; follow; here; fast; writing brush radical (no. 129) (none) founding Founding of a nation is usually done by the taskmasters in charge behind closed doors. They sign some papers with their writing brushes and voila.. “”“After the founding of Post Secret, people started to disclose things with a brush instead of their mouths.”“” 2893 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 麿まろまろま I, you, (kokuji) 1 S+ 麻: hemp; flax 呂: spine; backbone (none) Utamaro Bending over constantly to cut all those woodblocks has given Utamaro a bad back. Now he smokes hemp while he works to ease the pain in in his spine. A soft Mashimaro doll made with a hemp spine for some semblance of posture. 2894 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 叢くさむら, むら.がる, むら 0 S+ 2436 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 羊: sheep 取: take; fetch; take up (none) conglomerate “”“I have a huge conglomerate (collection) of old books I'm looking to get rid of. They're not in any particular order… some are upside down in a row, some are soiled… just look through them and take whatever you want.”“” “”“This is similar to 業 business/profession (#1792), with ”“”“not yet”“”“ replaced by ”“”“take.”“”“ A giant company that takes up many companies with different professions, is called a conglomerate.”“” 2895 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 肴コウさかな accompaniment for drinks 0 S+ 乂: mow; cut grass; subdue 有: possess; have; exist; happen; occur; approx (none) entreat “”“Tip: ”“”“snack”“”“ or ”“”“appetizer”“”“ would be better keywords for this kanji.”“” Wolverine posesses the most treats at the party because he's entreated for being famous. 2896 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 斐ヒあや beautiful, patterned 生き甲斐(いきがい): something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être 1 S+ 2103 非: un-; mistake; negative; injustice; non- 文: sentence; literature; style; art; decoration; figures; plan; literary radical (no. 67) (none) symmetrically patterned The murderer who carved symmetrical patterns into all his victims was sentenced life in a jailcell. (thanks tomusan). Chun-Li gave the death row inmate a symmetrically patterned footprint on the top of his head with a foot stomp cross-up. 2897 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 卿ケイきみ you, lord, secretary, state minister 0 S+ 2138 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 即: instant; namely; as is; conform; agree; adapt (none) magistrate British magistrates wear wigs made of silver hair. But picture an eccentric magistrate who instead wears a silver hare on his head. Slight modification of katsuo (kiddo): british magistrate wear wigs made of silver hair . But just because they re compelled to do so doesn t mean they re necessarly comfortable with . If you saw the wig of mozart in Amadeus it s not very hard to picture a judge who wears his wig so badly that it looks like two huge hare/Bunny ears. 2898 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 翫ガンもてあそ.ぶ 0 S+ 2134 習: learn 元: beginning; former time; origin (none) fiddle with In the beginning you learn by fiddling with things. “”“Emperor Nero fiddled with his fiddle while Rome burned. When he was later asked to explain himself he said, “Well, I was learning how to play this piece and had to keep going back to the beginning”.”“” 2899 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 於オおい.て, お.ける, ああ, より at, in, on, as for 於て(おいて): at; in; on 1 S+ 2113 方: direction; person; alternative 冫: two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15) (none) within “”“Image: An Arctic explorer frozen within ice, within his hands are an umbrella and a compass.”“” Within minutes the weather changed and ice blew in from all directions making my umbrella useless… 2900 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 套トウかさ.ねる hackneyed 0 S+ 大: large; big 長: long; leader (none) hackneyed “”“The hackneyed hangover cure is to have ”“”“some hair of the dog that bit you.”“”“.”“” “”“You may think you're being original by sporting an afro, but it's hackneyed to have big poofy long hair.”“” 2901 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 叛ハンそむ.く isobey, defy, go back on, rebel, rebellion 0 S+ 半: half; middle; odd number; semi-; part- 反: anti- (none) rebellion The half that was anti- started a rebellion. The rebellion was unpopular and HALF the population was AGAINST it. 2902 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 尖センとが.る, さき, するど.い be pointed, sharp, taper, displeased, angry, edgy 尖る(とがる): (1) to taper to a point; to become sharp (2) to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge; to be touchy 0 S+ 2133 小: little; small 大: large; big (none) sharp point A small tip on something large creates a sharp point. “”“Little, St Bernard: In primary school, I had a pencil sharpener shaped as a little St. Bernard. I put in my blunt pencil, and it came out with a sharp point.”“” 2903 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 壷つぼ壷(つぼ): (1) jar; pot; vase (2) dice cup (3) depression (i.e. the basin of a waterfall) (4) target (when aiming an arrow) (5) (figurative) bull's-eye (6) key point (of a conversation, etc.) (7) acupuncture point; moxibustion point (8) nodes on a fingerboard (of a shamisen, etc.) 0 S+ 2197 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) (none) crock “”“The samurai's crock was so old it was a crowned a heritage item of Asia, and he wouldn't sell it.”“” “”“The E-mail read: ”“”“Hello, my name is Ubuntu Nonga, crowned samurai of a small Asian country. I have $5 million that I need to move to a safe place …”“”“ But I knew that advance-fee scams are a crock.”“” 2904 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 叡エイあき.らか intelligence, imperial 1 S+ 睿: intelligence; imperial 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand (none) sapience “”“The magic wand in a guy's crotch is crowned with one eye, and contains a certain sapience… but they should try not to ”“”“think with the little head.”“”“.”“” “”“Magic wand, crown, 1-eyed valley, crotch: The archeologist was searching for the birthplace of the homo sapience. Wearing his magic wand and his divining crown, he was able to located it in the 1-eyed valley, somewhere in Bolivia. His crotch got all excited, thinking on all the publicity of finding the birthplace of homo sapience.”“” 2905 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 酋おさ, ふるざけ, さけのつかさ 0 S+ 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 酉: west; bird; sign of the bird; 5-7PM; tenth sign of Chinese zodiac; sake radical (no. 164) (none) chieftain Only the chieftain could drink horned whiskey since he was the one responsible for procreation. “”“I have used Red Bull as a primitive since furthermore/waver (#1438), so now it is easy to remember the chieftain's name: Chief Red Bull!”“” 2906 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鴬うぐいす 0 S+ 小: small, insignificant 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 鳥: bird; chicken (none) nightingale The nightingale is a bird that goes to a schoolhouse at night to learn to sing. “”“This character is actually a 俗字 (unofficial simplification) of the character 鶯. As such, it is actually far less common than the traditional character according to a google search. Story for the correct character: The nightingale is bird with a crown (mane) as bright as a deep fire (two fires).”“” 2907 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 赫カクあかい, あか, かがや.く suddenly 0 S+ 赤: red 赤: red (none) incandescent “”“Incandescent red is naturally twice as bright as ordinary red (赤). Alternatively, this is a picture of spreading (already doubled), incandescent red fire. Note: This is used by far most commonly to write 赫(あか)い, although dictionaries do not recognize such a reading (except for kanji dictionaries).”“” “”“Rosy cheeks are incandescent, glowing red with heat.”“” 2908 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 臥ガふせ.る, ふ.せる, ふ.す bend down, bow, lie prostrate 草臥れる(くたびれる): to get tired; to wear out 0 S+ 臣: retainer; subject 人: person (none) supinate “”“If a person has retainers, then he can spend his life supinate (i.e. lying on his back doing nothing). (note: for the writing order think: SuPinate = Slave-Person).”“” Mr. Garrison gets Mr. Slave to supinate while he watches. (notice if you look at 臣 sideways it looks like a person bending over with a cock and balls.). 2909 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 甥セイおい, むこ nephew 0 S+ 生: life; genuine; birth 男: male (none) nephew A nephew is someone you can watch grow into a man over his lifetime. “”“Life, male: During a visit to your family, you meet your nephew. You find out that in his short life, your nephew already has collected a great many male things in his room, such as 'dirty' magazines, etc.”“” 2910 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 Kanji_People_Family ShouldSuspend 瓢ヒョウひさご, ふくべ gourd 0 S+ 票: ballot; label; ticket; sign 瓜: melon (none) gourd “”“I enter a ballot to try to win a melon, but end up with a gourd.”“” “”“With its protective hard rind, a gourd is a melon used to deposit ballots in during elections.”“” 2911 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 琵ビ glissando on strings, lute 0 S+ 1965 玉: jewel; ball 玉: jewel; ball 比: compare; race; ratio; Philipines (none) biwa “”“The two kings play their biwa, comparing each other's skill.”“” “”“When choosing new instruments, Tenacious D compared the biwa to the harp (#1591).”“” 2912 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 琶ハ lute 0 S+ 1966 玉: jewel; ball 玉: jewel; ball 巴: comma-design (none) lute When she's playing the lute between your two balls Japanese censors mosaic it out. “”“The lute is a good name for the thing between your TWO JEWELS, which is often behind a pixel MOSAIC on film.”“” 2913 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 叉サまた fork of road, crotch 0 S+ 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) (none) forked “”“Think of this as ”“”“tuning fork”“”“ (音叉). Then, touching a vibrating tuning fork against a crotch causes it to drip drops.”“” “”“You are looking for a bathroom, but the path in front is forked and you don't know which way to go. Suddenly a drop begins to appear on your crotch over your pants…”“” 2914 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 舜シュンみつ type of morning glory, rose of Sharon, althea 1 S+ 2384 爪: claw; nail; talon 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 舛: dancing radical (no. 136) (none) rose of Sharon Elton john takes off his birdhouse sunglasses as he winks and gives a rose to sharon. “”“You can't 瞬 wink (#817) if you're minus an eye, but you can still hand out a rose of Sharon to get attention from the ladies.”“” 2915 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 畠はたけはたけ, はたはな field, farm, garden, (kokuji) 0 S+ 1860 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 田: rice field; rice paddy (none) dry field “”“You see a white dove about to land in a paddyfield, and, believing that field to be under water, expect to hear a ”“”“plop”“”“. But the plop doesn't come, so you think to yourself, ”“”“Ah, that must be a dry field”“”“.”“” A rice field turns white as shit (literally) it is such a dry field. 2916 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 拳ケン、ゲンこぶし fist じゃん拳(じゃんけん): rock, paper, scissors game 1 S 1935 二: two; two radical (no.2) 人: person 手: hand 10 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic fist 1) I hold a roll of quarters in my hand when I make a fist. 2) I hold a quarter in my hand as I prepare to play the Iron Fist Tournament: 鉄拳（てっけん） at the arcade. Quarter, hand: If you have a roll of quarters in your hand, your fist will deliver a much more effective punch. 2917 gradeS JLPT.N1 Kanji_Body_Arm.Leg kanjifreq1501-2000 圃はたけ, にわ 0 S+ 囗: box or enclosure radical (no. 31); box 甫: for the first time; not until (none) vegetable patch “”“Think of a vegetable patch owned by a perfectionist, where every group of crops is pent in and separated accordingly, and every single crop is dogtagged and earmarked.”“” “”“My offspring is supposed to be weeding my vegetable patch, but he keeps running off to play. So I put an electric fence around the veggie patch to pent him in. Now he's hard at work in there!”“” 2918 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 丞ジョウすく.う, たす.けるすけ help 1 S+ 了: complete; finish 水: water 一: one; one radical (no.1) (none) helping hand “”“If water completely covers the floor, you will need a helping hand to clean it up.”“” “”“Water is completely covering your floor, and no matter how fast you mop it up it makes no difference. In desperation you cry, ”“”“Can someone give me a helping hand?”“”“.”“” 2919 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 亮リョウあきらかあき, すけ, まこと, あきら, よし, きょう, たすく, ふさ clear, help 1 S+ 1821 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 口: mouth 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) (none) translucent Let crown + human legs = Miss World. Then the very tall Miss World won the title due to her translucent dress. A tall girl in a translucent mini skirt… Hell yes. 2920 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 胤たねつぎ, つぐ, かず 1 S+ 儿: legs radical (no. 10) 幺: short thread radical (no. 52) 月: month; moon (none) blood relative The body part between Venom's legs can produce blood relatives. “”“I think Halpern's keyword ”“”“progeny”“”“ is a better fit for this kanji. Then: Progeny – a cocoon-like piece of flesh that drops out between two human legs.”“” 2921 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 疏あら.い, うと.い, うと.む, とお.る, とお.す, まばら 0 S+ 疋: head; counter for animals 㐬: a cup with pendants; a pennant; wild; barren; uncultivated (none) transcription The zoo needed a transcription of the accident report involving the infant caught in the flood. “”“Imagine spending your whole summer learning two ancient arts - first, the art of speaking to animals at the zoo (this is a bunch of different languages - no small feat), and the art of writing your name in urine (you go see the Mannequin de Pis for this - just sitting there and observing for hours on end). Anyway, you decide to put these two together, and go to a zoo cage, and ask the animal to tell its story. You then open your fly and proceed to do a full transcription of what it is saying.”“” 2922 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 膏あぶら 0 S+ 高: tall; high; expensive 月: month; moon (none) ointment Your body parts will become tall if you apply a special ointment. “The tall Heisig swapped his hood for a crown before applying ointment on his body parts to make them smooth as silk (#1368).” 2923 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 魁カイさきがけ, かしら charging ahead of others 1 S+ 2108 鬼: ghost; devil 斗: Big Dipper; 10 sho (vol); sake dipper; dots and cross radical (no. 68) (none) pioneer The ghost who went to the Big Dipper was a pioneer. “”“The Ghostbusters were pioneers, being the first people ever to capture a ghost in a measuring cup.”“” 2924 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 馨ケイかお.る, かおりか, かおる, きよ, よし, かほる fragrant, balmy, favourable 1 S+ 2164 声: voice 殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79) 香: incense; smell; perfume (none) ambrosial “”“Voice, missile, incense: Before they were going to launch the missile, they were having a service to beg favor of the Gods. Then, when they lit the incense, a booming voice came out of nowhere: ”“”“Hmmm… this smell is great, no, ambrosial. Really worthy of the Gods…”“”“.”“” “”“[+abaddon] An ambrosial voice, like a missile from the Gods, said: 'That incense is positively ambrosial'.”“” 2925 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 牒ふだ 0 S+ 片: one-sided; leaf; sheet; right-side kata radical (no. 91) 世: generation; world; society; public 木: tree; wood (none) label “”“Tip: New primitive: Let Tarzan = generation + tree – because Tarzan lives with several generations of his family at the top of a tree. (This combination appears five times: leaf (#228), butterfly (#521), chatter (#2158), secret agent (#2726), label (FRAME 2926)). Story: You notice Tarzan is wearing his shirt inside-out and explain to him that clothes are one-sided and that he can tell by looking at the label.”“” “”“It is with mindless chatter (#2158) that one-sided labels are attached to good, honourable people.”“” 2926 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 瞥ベツ glance at 0 S+ 敝: be worn-out; be dilapidated; be defeated 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor (none) glimpse My sharp eye caught a glimpse of the confidential information before it went through the shredder. “”“As the taskmaster makes me get down on my knees to clean the floor with rags, my eye catches a glimpse of her panties.”“” 2927 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 阜フ、フウおか hill, mound (left-side B radical) 0 S 1532 𠂤: None 十: ten 8 阜 170 8 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ (none) 象形 Pictographic large hill The maestro lives on top of a large hill so that he can play music at over ten decibels without anyone giving a damn. “Note to those who have not got this far in the book: This is the full kanji for the Pinnacle primitive (i.e. only the left-hand version of the primitive). The full kanji for the City Walls primitive is city walls (#2180). Beyonce went for an invigorating walk up a large hill on a summer´s afternoon. Since the grass was so lush and cool, she took off her sandals and immediately stepped on a used hypodermic needle. 岐阜県　ぎふけん Gifu Prefecture.” 2928 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1501-2000 睾コウ testicles 0 S+ 血: blood 幸: happiness; blessing; fortune (none) testicle Tip: primitives given in the book are: blood + happiness. But should be: drop + eye (/net) + happiness. Story: As you squeeze the last drop out of your testicles you go cross-eyed with happiness. “”“Sometimes I teabag my friend, dropping my testicles on his eyes, because it brings me happiness.”“” 2929 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 巫みこ, かんなぎ巫山戯る(ふざける): to romp; to gambol; to frolic; to joke; to make fun of; to flirt; to mess around; to screw around; to josh 0 S+ 工: craft; construction; katakana e radical (no. 48) 从: two people (none) sorceress “”“Craft, assembly line: The sorceress was very good at her craft. She magicked an assembly line to produce all kinds of sorceress' merchandise. Shrewed businesswoman, I'd say.”“” “”“When assembly lines first became popular, they were so quick at their craft that some swore they had to be the work of a sorceress.”“” 2930 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 敦トンあつ.いあつ, あつし, つる, のぶ, のり industry, kindliness 1 S+ 1695 享: receive; undergo; answer (phone); take; get; catch 攴: strike; hit; folding chair radical (no. 66) (none) empathetic A taskmaster can be empathetic if she receives something. “”“The taskmaster was very empathetic when the tall kid explained how his dog had eaten his homework. Yeah, right. And if you believe that one …”“” 2931 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 奎ケイ star, god of literature 1 S+ 大: large; big 圭: square jewel; corner; angle; edge (none) Andromeda “”“(From Greek mythology). When Perseus goes to rescue Andromeda, he finds he's made a mistake. What looked from a distance like a beautiful maiden chained to a rock turns out to be a St. Bernard tangled up in some ivy. (Andromeda was chained up a bit further down on another beach).”“” Andromeda is a large constellation that represents the god of literature thought to inhabit Ivy League schools. 2932 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 翔ショウかけ.る, と.ぶか soar, fly 翔る(かける): (1) to soar; to fly (2) to run; to dash 1 S+ 1936 羊: sheep 羽: feathers; counter for birds, rabbits (none) soar “”“If a sheep had feathers, it could soar.”“” “Icarus' wings made him soar across the ocean (#549) without becoming wet.” 2933 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 皓コウしろ.い, ひか.るあきら, てる, あき, ひろ, ひろし white, clear 1 S+ 2428 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 告: revelation; tell; inform; announce (none) beaming The revelation brought back by the dove left Noah beaming – the flood waters were receding. The holy white dove surrounded by beaming light came down from the sky with a revelation to tell us. 2934 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 黎レイくろ.いれ dark, black, many 1 S+ 2335 黍: millet 水: water (none) tenebrous “”“”“”“tenebrous”“”“ = ”“”“dark”“”“ or ”“”“obscure.”“”“ In tenebrous nights, millet is found tied in slipknots, in crop circles.”“” The tenebrous Slipknot forces their way into the millet of Iowa. 2935 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 赳キュウたけ, たけし strong and brave 1 S+ 2114 走: run 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) (none) bold “”“Run, cornucopia: The thief was bold, but stupid. He was running away with the cornucopia he just stole from the feudal lord. However, he was leaving an easy track to follow as the cornucopia was pouring out its riches. So, bold, but stupid.”“” A marathon runner bold enough to race the Fantastic Four. 2936 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 已イや.む, すで.に, のみ, はなはだみ stop, halt, previously, already, long ago 0 S+ 2140 己: self; snake; serpent (none) stop short This character would be the sign of the snake if the last stroke didn't stop short. Igor (イ)'s move to steal a snake's girl was to stop short. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxGRE2wpjsY. 2937 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 棘キョクいばら, とげ thorn, splinter, spine, biting words, briers 棘(とげ): thorn; splinter; spine; biting words 0 S+ 朿: thorn 朿: thorn (none) thornbush The belt of thorns around a tree is doubled in a thornbush. “”“A thornbush so thorny, even its thorns have thorns. Note: A good example is gorse http://www.weeds.asn.au/gifs/line_art/gorse.gif.”“” 2938 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 聚あつ.まる 0 S+ 取: take; fetch; take up 人: person (none) crowd “”“Zombies love a good crowd, as they can take as many ears and crotches as they want.”“” The crowd of zombies goes for the ears and crotches first. mmmmm. 2939 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 甦ソよみがえ.る be resuscitated, revived 甦る(よみがえる): (1) to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be revived; to be refreshed; to be restored (2) to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back 0 S+ 2429 更: grow late; night watch; sit up late; of course; renew; renovate; again; more and more; further 生: life; genuine; birth (none) resucitate “”“Grow late, life: It had nearly grown too late to resucitate the half-drowned man, but a passer-by was able to breath life back into him, thus resucitating him.”“” To breathe life into someone after it might have grown (too) late is to resuscitate them. 2940 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 剪き.る, つ.む 0 S+ 前: in front; before 刀: sword; saber; knife (none) pruning Lazy guide to pruning: Grab a dagger and slash everything in front. “”“In front (drops), dagger: The gardener is pruning his roses. He closes up to the one in front of him until he can see the dewdrops on the petals. Then he gets out his dagger and prunes.”“” 2941 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 躾しつ.ける, しつけ躾(しつけ): discipline; training; teaching manners 躾ける(しつける): to train; to discipline; to teach manners 0 S+ 身: somebody; person; one's station in life 美: beauty; beautiful (none) upbringing “”“With the right upbringing, you might become somebody beautiful.”“” “”“Guys don't care about what kind of upbringing the woman had, they just want somebody with a beautiful body.”“” 2942 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 夥おびただ.しい夥しい(おびただしい): large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant 0 S+ 果: fruit; reward; carry out; achieve; complete; end; finish; succeed 多: many; frequent; much (none) plentiful There are many fruits when they're plentiful. “”“When fruit is plentiful, it feeds many mouths. This could mean anything that is vast or abundant.”“” 2943 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鼾いびき鼾(いびき): snoring; a snore 0 S+ 鼻: nose; snout 干: dry; parch (none) snore “”“If you snore, your nose becomes dry. I try to remember the slightly different bottom part by wanting to hit the snoring nose with two hands but can't quite reach. KUN yomi reading いびき.”“” Stay dry (from alcohol) and wear a nose plug if you tend to snore. 2944 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 祟スイたた.る, たた.り curse, haunt 0 S+ 出: exit; leave; go out; come out; put out; protrude 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display (none) cast a spell Beings exit the spirit world through the altar when you cast a spell. “”“SPOILER: The trophy in the Triwizard Tournament was just for show, in reality Barty Crouch Jr. had cast a spell on the trophy so it would be a Portkey that would make anyone who touched it exit the school grounds and teleport to the graveyard where Voldemort was waiting.”“” 2945 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 粁キロメートル粁(キロメートル): kilometer; kilometre 0 S+ 米: rice; USA; metre 千: thousand (none) kilometer “”“If you mark each meter with a grain of rice, after 1,000 grains of rice you have measured out a kilometre.”“” A kilometer is made of one thousand meters. 2946 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 糎センチ, センチメートル 0 S+ 米: rice; USA; metre 厘: rin; 1/10sen; 1/10bu (none) centimeter A rin of a meter is a centimeter. “”“Centimeter is spelt the American way. As mantixen says, it is a rin of a meter.”“” 2947 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 粍ミリ, ミリメートル 0 S+ 米: rice; USA; metre 毛: fur; hair; feather; down (none) millimeter The portion of a meter the width of fur is a millimeter. RICE and cheap FUR are about 1 MILLIMETER thick. 2948 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 噸 0 S+ 口: mouth 頓: suddenly; immediately; in a hurry (none) ton “”“Unsuccessful dieter's excuse: ”“”“If I put anything in my mouth, I immediately put on a ton.”“”“.”“” A mouth that says things immediately without thinking gets into a ton of trouble. 2949 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 哩まいる 0 S+ 口: mouth 里: ri; village; parent's home; league (none) mile “”“Mouth, computer: The mouth on my navigation computer tells me it's only a mile left to my destination.”“” A computer with a mouth could talk a mile a minute. 2950 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 浬かいり, のっと 0 S+ 水: water 里: ri; village; parent's home; league (none) nautical mile “”“Water, computer: Some water leaked into my navigation computer and now it expresses all distances in nautical miles. Very annoying!!”“” A ri on water is about a nautical mile. 2951 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 吋インチ 0 S+ 口: mouth 寸: measurement; foot/10 (none) inch “”“If you GLUE your MOUTH shut, you can't open it one INCH.”“” To glue your mouth shut it only takes an inch of it. 2952 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 呎ふいいと 0 S+ 口: mouth 尺: shaku; Japanese foot; measure; scale; rule (none) feet “”“Mouth, shakuhachi: The hookers mouth was huge and also she was very skilled in 'shakuhachi': she could hold up to one foot.”“” Whenever my girlfriend puts a footlong in her mouth I want her to give me a shakuhachi. 2953 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 梵ボン Sanskrit, purity, Buddhist 0 S+ 林: grove; forest 凡: mediocre (none) brahman “”“This is a Brahman, a fully enlightened one. He's sitting in front of a grove of trees, legs open (looks like wind), just meditating. You run up to him asking him all sorts of crazy questions, and he looks at you and smiles. ”“”“Brah, man, just chill, man. Braaaaah#.”“”“ Apparently he's a surfer brahman. You ask him the meaning of life, and he smiles, and waits…waits…waits…until a bit of wind blows by. He lets out a small fart in the wind, and nods knowingly at you.”“” “”“Brahman who are mediocre don't get the sweet meditation spots on the beach. Instead, they have to settle for a grove of trees.”“” 2954 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 陀タけわ.しい, ななめ steep 0 S+ 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 它: other (none) Shakyamuni Buddha “”“At the pinnacle of enlightenment, Shakyamuni Buddha had the ability to bend common household spoons.”“” Shakyamuni Buddha sits in his house at the pinnacle. 2955 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 薩サツさっ Buddha 0 S+ 1984 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 産: products; bear; give birth; yield; childbirth; native; property (none) bodhisattva “”“[+megaqwerty] This is the Bodhisattva, who wants to help release the wicked from the painful cycle of life. Of course, the most vain and wicked are the pathetic lamers in the Pinnacle. He goes to register to stand at the station and hand out products. The registrar - ”“”“Okay, buddy, what are you selling?”“”“ ”“”“Nothing,”“”“ he says. ”“”“I am giving out physical products to entice true enlightment.”“”“ ”“”“Whatever, dude…”“”“ He gets his license, and hands out flowers to anyone who will take them.”“” “”“Flower, pinnacle, product: I didn't understand the terrorist: bodhisattva… body fatwa? Hmm.. just to be sure, I gave him the booby trap flower (a product of the Pinnacle). Later, I learned that bodhisattva is someone who postpones his or her own enlightenment to help others. Oops…”“” 2956 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 菩ボ kind of grass, sacred tree 0 S+ 2086 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 口: mouth (none) bo tree The flower shop has put a muzzle on Bo Derek and is selling her as a bo tree. “”“A wannabe buddhist buys a tree and tries to give it to Buddha as a gift, ”“”“Yo Bo, 'sup, I got yo a tree!”“”“ Buddha gracefully accepts the gift and gives him a flower in return to shut him up (muzzle him).”“” 2957 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 唖おし 0 S+ 口: mouth 亜: Asia; rank next; come after; -ous (none) babble Babble is what comes out of Asian people's mouths until you learn their language. “”“The kanji has the meanings of ”“”“mute”“”“ (聾唖) and ”“”“speechless”“”“ (唖然), like ”“”“dumb”“”“ used to (”“”“struck dumb”“”“ etc). Asian mouth is mute in a way, because they don't babble so much as they do in some parts of the world.”“” 2958 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 迦カ (used phonetically) 0 S+ 2160 加: add; addition; increase; join; include; Canada 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) (none) Sanskrit ka You wanna drive a Sanskrit ka? Just add it to the road. “”“Ford didn't know what to call their next car, and it was ready to be released. A quick-witted Indian employee thought to himself, ”“”“why don't they just call it the 'car', so they can get this show on the road?”“”“ He raised his hand at the meeting and said, ”“”“I propose we call it the Ford Ka. No, not like 'car', the Sanskrit ka invokes a sense of reliability, safety, performance and beauty. Add to that the fact that nobody will forget its name, because it's homophonous with the actual product!”“” 2959 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 那ナ、ダなに、なんぞ、いかんとも, やす what? 旦那(だんな): (1) master (of a house, shop, etc.) (2) husband (informal) (3) word used to address a male patron, customer, or person of high status (sir, boss, master, governor) (4) patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy (5) alms; almsgiving; almsgiver 1 S 1621 二: two; two radical (no.2) 邑: village; rural community; right village radical (no. 163) 7 邑 163 7 むら・おおざと・おおざとづくり・ゆう (none) 形声 Phonetic interrogative If you arrive with two swords at the city walls, expect some interrogatives before they´ll let you in. “Interrogation at the city walls: ”“Any weapons, question mark.”“ ”“Just a blade.”“ ”“Why the two scratches on the blade, question mark.”“ ”“To remind me that I cut off my other ear too, exclamation mark (exclamation (#2680)).”“.” 2960 gradeS JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 牟ボウ pupil (eye), moo (cow sound) 0 S+ 2092 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) 牛: cow (none) moo “”“If you elbow a cow it's will moo. (or alternatively, a cow mooing, the sound being somewhat like ム).”“” “”“Turns out that raulir is correct, According to RTK2[2nd ed. Frame 41] this is the root of the katakana ム.”“” 2961 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 珈カかみかざり ornamental hairpin 珈琲(コーヒー): coffee 0 S+ 玉: jewel; ball 加: add; addition; increase; join; include; Canada (none) jeweled hairpin “”“To cut down on カロries, the king adds a jeweled hairpin to his coffee rather than sugar.”“” “When the Jewish king added jewels to his jeweled hairpin he was lauded. When the Palestinian king put beads on his 琲 beaded hairpin (#2963) he was jailed.” 2962 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 琲ハイつらぬく string of many pearls 珈琲(コーヒー): coffee 0 S+ 玉: jewel; ball 非: un-; mistake; negative; injustice; non- (none) beaded hairpin The king is in the jail cell and is trying to escape by picking the lock with his beaded hairpin. “”“Every king wants to add a jewelled hairpin to their collection of crown jewels. No kings want beaded hairpins though, because they're uncool.”“” 2963 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 檜カイひのき, ひ Japanese cypress 0 S+ 2090 木: tree; wood 會: meet; party; association; interview; join (none) Japanese cypress [old] It used to be that for a meeting [old] you'd meet for a day to get the small details pent in. Even then such meetings were still held under the Japanese cypress [old]. “”“You wait as days pass, pent in a little wooden cage, until you are summoned for a meeting with the old Japanese Cypress in which she sets you free.”“” 2964 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 轡くつわ, たづな 0 S+ 車: car 糸: thread 糸: thread 口: mouth (none) bridle's bit “”“This is a picture of a horse cart (車) from which the reins (糸) go to the mouth (口) of the horse, in which is the bit.”“” A bridle's bit was put in the mouth of the horse and connected by two threads back to the horse-drawn car. 2965 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 淵エンふち, かた.い, はなわ abyss, edge, deep pool, the depths 0 S+ 1593 水: water 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) (none) abyss [old] “”“The abyss [old] used to be the water you were pushed into if you lost in the arm wrestling match. (the primitive to the right screams two guys arm wrestling on a table, any one else see it?).”“” Be careful on the suspension bridge lest you fall into the water of the abyss [old]. 2966 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 伍ゴいつつくみ, あつむ 5, 5-man squad, file, line 伍(ご): five (used in legal documents) 1 S+ 1881 人: person 五: five (none) V Mr T knows that the Roman Numeral for five is V. Yoda figured out what the V in V for Vendetta meant within the first 5 minutes. He ain't no fool. 2967 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 什 0 S+ 人: person 十: ten (none) X Mr T also knows that the Roman Numeral for ten is X. “”“Mr. T gives ten reasons he looks up to Malcolm X, then wonders out loud what happened to the other IX Malcolms.”“” 2968 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 萬マンよろずかず, ま, ゆる, よし 10000 0 S+ 2125 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 禺: long-tailed monkey (none) ten thousand [old] This is actually the old ten thousand yen bill in Japan - Jiminy Cricket surrounded by a wreath of flowers. It's pretty uncommon to see nowadays since it was only in print for a few days immediately after the war (MacArthur wanted a way to make sure that even the rich kept their atrocities in their consciences). Your flowers will not be safe if ten thousand [old] Jiminy Crickets come to town. 2969 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 邁ゆ.くすす.む 0 S+ 萬: ten thousand; 10,000 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) (none) pass through “”“I see lots of 10,000 yen notes just lying on the road and think, ”“”“Should I stop and pick them up?”“”“ But then I realise they are old 10,000's (i.e. worthless) and decide I’ll just pass through.”“” “”“I wonder if I can pass through this old road, it looks 10000 years old.”“” 2970 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 逞たくま.しい逞しい(たくましい): (1) burly; strong; sturdy (2) indomitable; indefatigable; strong-willed; resolute; bold (3) robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong 0 S+ 呈: display; offer; present; send; exhibit 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) (none) tough Tough guys like to display there force on the road. An especially TOUGH form of discipline was used in old Japan. Criminals would be tied up or crucified on posts and put on DISPLAY and their blood would DROP onto the ROAD. 2971 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 燈トウひ, ほ-, ともしび, とも.す, あかり nonstandard for J825 0 S+ 2456 火: fire 登: ascend; climb up (none) lamp [old] “”“In old style street lamps, to light the fire you had to ascend them.”“” Fire can ascend from the ground and hang in a lamp [old]. 2972 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 裡リうち, うら reverse, inside, palm, sole, rear, lining, wrong side 0 S+ 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 里: ri; village; parent's home; league (none) back [old] “”“In the old days, instead of having a micro-computer sewn into the suit of the master spy, a whole computer was carried in the back of his cloak, although it was clearly obvious that he was a spy. ”“”“What's that um.. enormous computer doing in the back your cloak?”“”“.”“” “”“Prior to donning a hat and cloak to protect his back, the evil cyborg simply kept a cloak to the side to protect his back [old].”“” 2973 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 薗エンぞの garden, yard, farm 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 園: park; garden; yard; farm (none) park [alternate] “”“Parks in Japan are designed around water, rocks and trees. A park with flowers is considered to be an alternate park.”“” In the old days parks had more flowers. 2974 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鋪しく, みせしき 0 S+ 金: gold 甫: for the first time; not until (none) shop [alternate] “”“At an alternative shop you can buy strange items like metal dogtags from wars, active grenades, torture sets, etc.”“” “Understandable that the alternate shop is more successful than the regular 舗 shop (#1839): trendy metal motif instead of that dingy cottage look.” 2975 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 嶋トウしま island 0 S+ 1633 山: mountain 鳥: bird; chicken (none) island [alternate] “”“Mountain, bird: On the alternative island, birds could just breed beside the mountains instead of upon one. The hippies didn't do any harm.”“” “”“The bird got tired of the mountain he lived on, so now he's flying away searching for an alternative island.”“” 2976 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 峯ホウみね, ね peak, summit 0 S+ 2079 山: mountain 夂: winter radical (no. 34) 三: three 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) (none) summit [alternate] The alternative summit is so steep that the mountain is above you rather than beside you. People usually just go with the regular summit. “”“Mountain, walking through the bushes: The hippies didn't want to climb the entire mountain and decided to go to the 'alternative summit' which involved walking through the bushes below the mountain.”“” 2977 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 巌ガンいわ, いわお, けわ.しいよし rock, crag, boulder 1 S+ 1986 山: mountain 厳: stern; strictness; severity; rigidity (none) boulder [old] “”“Mountain, stern: Below the mountain, a stern owl was sitting on an old boulder. 'Don't go up there', it said. 'There's danger of old boulders rolling down'.”“” A stern mountain ready to send [old] boulders down at climbers. 2978 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 Kanji_Nature_Landscape kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 埜ヤの 0 S+ 林: grove; forest 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey (none) plains [old] A grove now grows on the soil of [old] plains. “The old plains natives continue to inhabit the groves & work the soil. The lucky ones are helped by their daughters & sons who work the new 野 plains (#1596) on computers & know already beforehand to whom & what they owe their joy.” 2979 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 舘カンやかた, たてたち mansion, large building, palace 0 S+ 2281 舍: inn; hut; house; mansion 官: bureaucrat; the government (none) Bldg. [old] “”“When the bureaucrat first moved to his [old] Bldg., people walking by under umbrellas would secretly stick their tongue out at him, wishing he hadn't retired from being a musical maestro.”“” “”“In the old building there used to be no water fountains, so the bureaucrats would lick water off their umbrellas with their tongues. Thankfully, water fountains are now installed.”“” 2980 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 龍リュウたつりゅ dragon, imperial 0 S+ 1734 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 月: month; moon (none) dragon [old] “”“An ancient Japanese dragon, beautiful and terrifying. Here it is depicted standing on a piece of meat (its prey) and a description is written on the right margin. It is said to be like a snake that has three toes on its feet and can sometimes use its head as a flamethrower (kind of like a sling, but with fire instead of stones). (Note: The Japanese dragon has three toes, unlike other Asian dragons. Asian dragons generally don't breath fire, but Godzilla does, and it is supposed to be a dragon!).”“” “”“(insp by raulir) The ancient Japanese Dragon, now extinct, is depicted in a book of lore STANDING on a pile of freshly slaughtered MEAT. The column describes how the last Japanese Dragon was killed by a party of adventurers, who struck its SNAKE body simultaneously with a SLINGSHOT and THREE swords.”“” 2981 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 Kanji_Human.Activities_Zodiac kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 寵めぐ.み, めぐ.む 0 S+ 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 龍: dragon; imperial (none) patronage “”“House, dragon [old]: The house of the old dragon was filled with art pieces: he was very active in patronage, i.e. supporting artists. (He had to do something with his hoard).”“” A Chinese dragon's house enjoys a lot of patronage from would-be disciples. 2982 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 聾ろう.する, つんぼ, みみしい 0 S+ 龍: dragon; imperial 耳: ear (none) deafness A Chinese dragon flying overhead can cause deafness to your ears. When the old dragon roared into my ears I suffered from a little deafness. 2983 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 慾 0 S+ 欲: longing; covetousness; greed; passion; desire; craving 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) (none) longing [old] “The old longing is a 欲 longing (#792) of the heart.” “”“As you get old, you develop a longing for a new heart.”“” 2984 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 亙コウわた.る, もと.めるのぶ range, reach, extend, cover 0 S+ 互: mutually; reciprocally; together 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) (none) span [old] “”“I drop two five cent pieces on the ground, and a span of old homeless men coming diving in my direction.”“” “”“In olden times, the span of a day seemed different when it looked like it was going to rain.”“” 2985 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 躯むくろ, からだ 0 S+ 身: somebody; person; one's station in life 区: ward; district (none) body [old] “”“I may have an old body, but I am somebody in this ward (in this ward I am somebody).”“” “”“An old body of somebody was found in Minato ku, killed by a 枢 hinge (#1697) gun in a 駆 drive (#1983)-by shooting. Note that this took place on the West side (i.e., left side, for placement of the non-ward primitive). It is on the East side that the 鴎 seagull (#2828) lives, plotting her 殴 assault (#1698) on 欧 Europe (#1699).”“” 2986 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 嶽ガクたけたき peak 0 S+ 2135 山: mountain 獄: prison; jail (none) Point [old] A long time ago the Monkey King was kept in prison under a mountain Point. “”“It's an old point to say that land developers don't always provide full disclosure. Brochures touting the 'New Point', an artificial hill atop the mountain, fail to mention the notorious prison on the Old Point just below.”“” 2987 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 國コクくにこ country 0 S+ 囗: box or enclosure radical (no. 31); box 或: some; one; or; possibly; a certain (none) country [old] “”“Russia, an old country, has everyone pent-in and drinking vodka saying ”“”“aaaaaaaaa”“”“. See mantixen's story, a (#2091).”“” It used to be you were pent in by a certain country. Now we have global travel and dual citizenships. 2988 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 脛すね, はぎ 0 S+ 肉: meat 一: one; one radical (no.1) 巛: curving river radical (no.47) 工: craft; construction; katakana e radical (no. 48) (none) shin “”“[+brian44] is right - so I'll try using the right primitive as sewers. I've been using Ninja Turtles and stuff though, so I'll have to use this as a series of narrow, long, lead pipes that bring floods of water to the city. Here, someone has taken a lead sewer pipe and hit you in the part of your flesh that is most vulnerable to impact: your shin (after years of soccer/football, I can't think of the word shin without thinking of pain).”“” The body part that gets wet when you wade through the sewers (a crafted flood underneath the ground) is your shin (thanks brian44). 2989 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 勁ケイつよ.い strong 1 S+ 一: one; one radical (no.1) 巛: curving river radical (no.47) 工: craft; construction; katakana e radical (no. 48) 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert (none) formidable The powerful stench coming from the sewers is formidable. “The legendary barge (see 脛 shin (#2989)) owned by Cleopatra was a symbol of her formidable power.” 2990 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 箋センふだ paper, label, letter, composition 便箋(びんせん): writing paper; stationery 0 S 竹: bamboo 戔: damage; remain; slight 14 竹 118 6 たけ・たけかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic stationary “”“Note: the spelling should be stationery (= paper, office supplies), not stationary (= not moving). The error is in the original book.”“” The two fiestas communicated to each other on their respective floats by using bamboo stationery. 2991 gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Manufactured.Item 祀シまつ.る, まつり enshrine, worship 0 S+ 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 巳: sign of the snake or serpent; 9-11AM; sixth sign of Chinese zodiac (none) enshrine “”“Old evil altar, sign of snake: In the ancient temple, they found and old evil altar with the sign of the snake imprinted on it. What evil could be enshrined within it???”“” An altar with the sign of the snake etched into it enshrines a serpent god. 2992 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 祓はら.う 0 S+ 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 犬: dog 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) (none) exorcism “”“Old evil altar, chihuahua with extra leg: They opened up the old evil altar in the ancient temple. Nothing inside. But suddenly, their chihuahua grew an extra leg, and started speaking in a strange language. Time for an exorcism, one would say.”“” When grandma's chihuahua developed the extra leg we thought an exorcism in order. We did it on a very old altar. It was not successful. 2993 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 躇チョためら.う hesitate 躊躇う(ためらう): to hesitate 0 S+ 足: leg; foot; be sufficient; counter for pairs of footwear 著: renowned; publish; write; remarkable; phenomenal; put on; don; wear; arrival; finish (race); counter for suits of clothing; literary work (none) dither People with wooden legs are renowned for dithering over whether to decorate them with a drop of paint or not. “”“Make the story as you need, but 躊hesitate (#2996) and this kanji 躇dither (#2994) mean the same thing and are used as a unit exclusively….. 躊躇(ちゅうちょ)する= 躊躇う(ためらう)= hesitate, falter, waver. (Heisig RTK2 error: 躊躇 does not mean 'warning') My stupid suggestion for a story: Give flowers to your Peg-Legged love doll. If you diddle (I mean dither) her, maybe she will get a little wet, at least a drop worth.”“” 2994 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 壽ジュことぶき, ことぶ.く, ことほ.ぐかず, じ, とし, ひさ, ひさし longevity, congratulations 0 S+ 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 工: craft; construction; katakana e radical (no. 48) 一: one; one radical (no.1) 口: mouth 寸: measurement; foot/10 (none) longevity [old] “”“A samurai wearing a broken crown crafted an inch-thick floor under which to hide with his mouth glued, giving him longevity as his enemies failed to find him.”“” “”“This is an old samurai who's seen a lot of longevity. He has been sitting in the same spot, on his torn Burger King Crown, for ages. He's something of a local landmark, so when a construction site is set up around him, they simply put a ceiling over his head and build around him. A gum company puts him in their CM for Longevity Gum. In the CM, he eats a stick of gum and rambles something foreign (he's actually saying - why are you putting this glue in my mouth?).”“” 2995 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 躊チュウためら.う hesitate 躊躇う(ためらう): to hesitate 0 S+ 足: leg; foot; be sufficient; counter for pairs of footwear 壽: longevity; congratulations (none) hesitate I hesitate to have a wooden leg fitted as I'm not sure how it will affect my longevity. “”“The man suffering from gangrene hesitated a bit, but knew he'd have to choose the peg leg if he wanted longevity.”“” 2996 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 彙イはりねずみ same kind 語彙(ごい): vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology 0 S 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 果: fruit; reward; carry out; achieve; complete; end; finish; succeed 13 彐 58 3 けい・けいがしら・いのこがしら (none) 象形 Pictographic glossary “People who read the glossary are mutually exclusive (exclude the top line of mutually (#757) ) from those who eat crowned fruit イはりねずみ same kind 語彙.” “I was having mutual difficulties in my relationship. She was always the one wearing the crown and I was the one picking the fruit. In order to fix the problem I checked the glossary for ”“mutual difficulties”“ but found nothing. I guess we´re going to have to mutually end our relationship.” 2997 gradeS JLPT.N0 饅マン bean-jam dumpling, manjuu 0 S+ 食: eat; food 曼: wide; beautiful (none) bean jam “”“A bit of old food is stuck on one of my mandalas. What could it be? I scrape it off and taste it . . . Hmm, bean jam, I reckon.”“” Steamed bean jam dumplings were invented as a form of Chinese take-out that could be eaten while meditating on a mandala (thanks dihutenosa). 2998 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 嘔は.く, むかつ.く, うた.う 0 S+ 口: mouth 區: ward; district (none) retch The mouth on the left eats a whole box full of goods and then starts to retch them out again. “”“In my grandmother's attic, I found a box of goods from WWII. I put some in my mouth and started to retch.”“” 2999 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鼈ベツすっぽん snapping turtle 0 S+ 敝: be worn-out; be dilapidated; be defeated 黽: green frog; industry (none) snapping turtle “”“The snapping turtle is ordering lunch at a restaurant, ”“”“I'll have the shredded old eel – and make it snappy!”“”“. (Picture the waiter putting old eels through the shredder before serving them).”“” (Note: Bottom 黽 means Green frog /industry. Check your Japanese dictionary.) Story - The Snapping turtle eats through green frogs like a shredder eats through paper. 3000 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 亨コウとお.るとうる, みち, ゆき, あきら, なが, あき, とおる, とおるふ undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch 1 S+ 1952 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 口: mouth 了: complete; finish (none) go smoothly “”“It's a tall order, but we can complete it if things go smoothly.”“” “”“Remember the Tall & Wide Receiver from receive (#308)? Things have gone pretty smoothly in his life. He's grown up, graduated, and now is a COMPLETE man, TALL and respected as his life and career go smoothly on to great things.”“” 3001 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 侑ユウすす.める, たす.けるあつむ, すすむ, ゆき, ゆ urge to eat 1 S+ 人: person 有: possess; have; exist; happen; occur; approx (none) condone Person-possession (i.e. slavery) cannot be condoned. Mr T doesn't condone possession of drugs. 3002 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 梧あおぎり 1 S+ 木: tree; wood 吾: I; my; our; one's own (none) parasol tree “”“If I could be a tree, I'd be a parasol tree to give others shade.”“” “”“A parasol tree can be closed like a parasol. It is then shaped like the letter ”“”“I”“”“, i.e. an ”“”“I-tree”“”“ = 梧.”“” 3003 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 欽キンつつし.むよし, ひとし respect, revere, long for 1 S+ 2181 金: gold 欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76) (none) circumspect “”“The Golden Rule: ”“”“He who has the gold, makes the rules.”“”“ Those who lack gold must remain circumspect.”“” “”“If you show a lot of gold when you yawn, then you need to be more circumspect because a criminal might yank your teeth out.”“” 3004 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 煕キたのし.む, ひか.る, ひろ.い, よろこ.ぶ, かわ.く, あきらか, ひろ.める, ひろ.まるおき, ひろし shine 0 S+ 1241 匚: box-on-side enclosure radical (no. 22) 巳: sign of the snake or serpent; 9-11AM; sixth sign of Chinese zodiac 火: fire (none) cheer “”“The slave, despite being thrown over a fire and getting horribly deformed, and getting bit by a full-grown snake so badly it left a permanent slit, managed to survive and tell the tale. You can't help but cheer for him.”“” “”“Picture a deformed retainer with a sign of the snake tattoo working at a barbecue (fire) behind the bar in tv series ”“”“Cheer(s)”“”“.”“” 3005 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1001-1500 ShouldSuspend 而ジしこ.うして, しか.して, しか.も, しか.れども, すなわち, なんじ, しかるに rake 0 S+ 冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13) (none) and then “”“If you lose your comb, there is no point just hoping it will turn up. You must carefully comb the whole house looking for it, and then you will find it.”“” “”“First it was a mask, and then it became a comb.”“” 3006 gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 掟トウおきて law, commandments, regulations 0 S+ 手: hand 定: determine; fix; establish; decide (none) mandate Congratulations. Now get into that AJATT! “”“Mandates are often decided by a show of hands, but in this case is finger-determined.”“” 3007 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 惧クおそ.れる to fear; to be afraid of 0 S 2097 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 具: tool; utensil; means; possess; ingredients; counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture 11 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic My mind found the tool disquieting. Its disquieting to my state of mind when tools are arranged messily. gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion kanjifreq2001-2500 摯シいた.る gift, seriousness 0 S 2170 執: tenacious; take hold; grasp; take to heart 手: hand 15 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic When you clasp something you tenaciously 執 hold on to it with your hand 手, te. 真摯、しんし, sincerity, earnestness. “This kanji shows Santa Claus (refer to frame tenacious (#1506)) clasping the reins of his deers with his hands, holding onto dear life as he almost falls off his carriage.” gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 恣シほしいまま selfish, arbitrary 0 S 2325 次: next; order; sequence 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 10 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic A selfish person doesn't care about the next person's heart, only their own. Selfish lover breaks your heart and moves on to the next lover. (And yawns with a heart of ice at your suffering). gradeS JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 訃フしらせ obituary 0 S 2379 言: say 卜: divination 9 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic Obituary. As a famous man lay dying, the media were already preparing the words of his obituary until a magician, with a wave of his wand, restored the man back to health. In the Harry Potter world, obituary's are magical. If you wave your wand over them you can hear the person's last words. Creepy! gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Human.Activities_Communication kanjifreq2001-2500 緻チこまか.い fine (i.e. not coarse) 0 S 2460 糸: thread 致: doth; do; send; forward; cause; exert; incur; engage 16 糸 120 6 いと・いとへん (none) 形声 Phonetic THREAD, DOTH. fine THREADS DOTH make fine cloth. Think of a Shakespearean character stating this to someone else. Picture fine threads on one side of the picture and an aftershot of a fine cloth. fine: If the thread doth fit through the eye of the needle, it is fine thread indeed. gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Physical.Properties_Miscellaneous kanjifreq2001-2500 哺ホはぐく.む、ふく.む nurse, suckle 0 S 2461 口: mouth 甫: for the first time; not until 10 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic The scaredy-cat soldier puts his dog tags in his mouth and suckles them nervously. It sounds like he's a suckling infant. suckle: this mother had heptuplets. Wow! But she had to put dog tags on the mouths of her babies to keep track of which ones had been suckled. gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Function kanjifreq2001-2500 嗅キュウか.ぐ smell, sniff, scent 嗅ぐ(かぐ): to sniff; to smell 0 S 2480 口: mouth 臭: stinking; ill-smelling; suspicious looking; odor; savor; fragrance; be fragrant; stink; glow; be bright 13 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic Your mouth stinks: you need to sniff your breath. You open your mouth and gasp for air, 1 sniff of that stinking chihuahua is too much. *Edited thecite's to reflect the keyword in the supplement. gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Sense kanjifreq2001-2500 傲ゴウおご.る、あなど.る be proud 0 S 人: person 敖: play; be proud 13 人 9 2 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね (none) 形声 Phonetic He showed his arrogance as he poured dirt on those who tried to emulate him. Your arrogance has soiled your attempt to emulate such an honorable effort. gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion 喩ユたと.える、さと.す to compare; to liken; to speak figuratively; to illustrate; to use a simile 0 S 口: mouth 兪: steal 12 口 30 3 くち・くちへん (none) 形声 Phonetic gradeS JLPT.N0 慄リツふる.える、おそ.れる、おのの.く fear 0 S 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 栗: chestnut 13 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic Shudder. If chestnut trees were sentient, shudder would be their state of mind as the tree shaker approaches. Note: Tree shakers are used commercially to harvest nuts and cider apples. A tree shaker makes a tree shudder causing all the ripe chestnuts to fall. shudder: You’re in the state of mind of shuddering with fear when the chestnut tree is falling over towards you. gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion 憬ケイあこが.れる yearn for, aspire to, admire 0 S 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 景: scenery; view 15 心 61 4 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん (none) 形声 Phonetic My mind hankers for sunrise over the capital. I'm in a state of mind where I hanker to see the sun over the capital for some nice scenery for a change (no more rain!) gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion 拉ラツ、ラ、ロウらっ.する、ひし.ぐ、くだ.く Latin, kidnap, crush 0 S 手: hand 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 8 手 64 4 て・てへん (none) 形声 Phonetic He quickly yanked his fingers out of the vase. Maybe no one noticed the attempt to steal the cookies… He yanked his finger out of the vase upon discovering it had a venus fly trap in it. gradeS JLPT.N0 楷カイ square character style, correctness 0 S 木: tree; wood 皆: all; everything 13 木 75 4 き・きへん (none) 形声 Phonetic Block letters (as opposed to cursive) are rigid and lifeless like wood; they're all the same size so that all can read them. “all the hiragana are in ”“block letters”“ on wooden blocks, like children's toys.” gradeS JLPT.N0 鬱ウツうっ.する、ふさ.ぐ、しげ.る gloom, depression, melancholy 鬱陶しい(うっとうしい): (1) gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing (2) heavy (weather); cloudy (3) irritating; troublesome 憂鬱(ゆううつ): depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom 0 S 缶: tin can; container; jar radical (no. 121) 木: tree; wood 木: tree; wood 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 鬯: fragrant herbs; spiced liqueur; grow; spread 彡: three; hair ornament; short hair or fur radical (no. 59) 29 鬯 192 10 ちょう・においざけ・かおりぐさ (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic The pixie, wearing a tin can crown, watches from the middle of the grove, the sparkling villain approach. She sits down in gloom wondering if she belongs amongst the trees, for she has never seen such a beautiful shape. The context of gloom here refers to an environmental disaster that humans make. The story begins at a GROVE with TIN CANS shaped like CROWNS which are really soda cans. They belonged to workers who bulldozes (or SHOVELS) lots and lots of SHEAVES with DROPS of its pieces. Afar, a boy is SITTING while watching the workers reSHAPING the environment. His face now has a very gloomy expression. gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion 璧ヘキたま sphere, ball 完璧(かんぺき): perfect; complete; flawless 0 S 辟: false; punish; crime; law 玉: jewel; ball 18 玉 96 5 たま・たまへん・おう・おうへん・あうさま (none) 形声 Phonetic Even more valuable and perfect (完璧) than a holed gem is a delicious meatball (ball = たま = 玉) with ketchup. Yum! It's a little known fact that ketchup is highly corrosive and is used to cut holes into gemstones so they can be put onto chains. This kanji shows a piece of Jade with a blob of ketchup on the top eating a hole through it. gradeS JLPT.N0 瘍ヨウかさ boil, carbuncle 0 S 疒: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104) 昜: open; sun 14 疒 104 5 やまい・やまいだれ (none) 形声 Phonetic His sickness caused numerous carbuncles, which when emptied by the doctors also emptied his piggy bank. The witches piggy bank was cursed with a spell causing any thief who stole it's contents to fall ill. The illness would result in the victim being covered from head to toe in a mass of carbuncles. Crime doesn't pay! gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Health.Illness 籠ロウ、ルかご、こ.める、こも.る、こ.むごめ, もり basket, devote onself, seclude oneself, cage, coop, implied 籠(かご): basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage 籠もる(こもる): (1) to seclude oneself; to be confined in (2) to be filled (e.g. with emotion, satire, etc.); to be heavy (with) (3) to be stuffy (4) to be implied 0 S 竹: bamboo 龍: dragon; imperial 22 竹 118 6 たけ・たけかんむり (none) 形声 Phonetic gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Manufactured.Item 羞シュウはじ.る、すすめ.る、は.ずかしい feel ashamed 0 S 羊: sheep 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 丑: sign of the ox or cow; 1-3AM; second sign of Chinese zodiac 11 羊 123 6 ひつじ・ひつじへん (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic The sheep had his coat shaven in the winter and a sign of th cow branded on him. How humiliating. [+melchan] The sheep was humiliated by being branded with the sign of the cow (which is a major insult to anyone, even sheep) and tries to cover it up with it's wool. gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Emotion 諧カイかな.う、やわ.らぐ harmony 0 S 言: say 皆: all; everything 16 言 149 7 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば (none) 形声 Phonetic To have orderliness, your words must be in all the right places. 起立(きりつ)！ Hearing these words, all the students immediately stand at attention. The orderliness of classes in Japan is incredible. gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Human.Activities_Culture.Art 貪タン、トンむさぼ.る covet, indulge in 0 S 今: now 貝: shellfish 11 貝 154 7 かい・かいへん・こがい (none) 会意 Compound Ideographic Whatever you covet at the moment (now), can be bought with money. Well, _almost_ anything…. One begins one's life coveting money. One ends one's life coveting time – those precious seconds ticking away on the clock. Remember to always put time over money (in this kanji and in life). gradeS JLPT.N0 踪ソウ、ショウあと remains, clue, footprint 0 S 足: leg; foot; be sufficient; counter for pairs of footwear 宗: religion; sect; denomination; main point; origin; essence 15 足 157 7 あし・あしへん (none) 形声 Phonetic A trail of destruction is left by pirates and religion invaders. The followers of the crazy satanic religion are following the footprints of the escaped human sacrifices who fled from the altar. gradeS JLPT.N0 辣ラツから.い bitter 0 S 辛: spicy; bitter; hot; acrid 束: bundle; sheaf; ream; tie in bundles; govern; manage; control 14 辛 160 7 しん・からい (none) 形声 Phonetic The bitter taste was so awful that I put whole bundle of spice in my mouth to get rid of it. I'm rather bitter that someone stole my spice bundle. gradeS JLPT.N0 Kanji_Emotion.Sense_Sense 錮コふさ.ぐ to tie 0 S 金: gold 固: harden; set; clot; curdle 16 金 167 8 かね・かねへん (none) 形声 Phonetic You weld metal in the knowledge that it will harden again. By welding metal and then subjecting it to refrigeration, it will become very hard by the process known as annealing. gradeS JLPT.N0 乎か, ああ, かな, や, よ, を凝乎と(じっと): (1) motionlessly (2) fixedly (e.g. of staring) (3) patiently (4) firmly (e.g. hold); restrained 0 S+ 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 亅: feathered stick; barb radical (no. 6) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 乘の.る, の.せる 0 S+ 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 木: tree; wood 北: north (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 亞つ.ぐ 0 S+ 二: two; two radical (no.2) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 亦また 1 S+ 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 亅: feathered stick; barb radical (no. 6) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 佛ブツほとけさらぎ France 0 S+ 人: person 弗: dollar (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 來ライく.る, きた.る, きた.す, き.たす, き.たる come, due, next, cause, become 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 从: two people (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 俐かしこ.い 0 S+ 人: person 利: profit; advantage; benefit (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 俠おとこだて 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 俱ともに 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 傳テンつた.わる, つた.える, つた.う, つて 0 S+ 人: person 專: specialty; exclusive; mainly; solely (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 僞いつわ.る, いつわ.り, にせ 0 S+ 人: person 爲: change; be of use; reach to; do; try; practice; cost; serve as (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 價あたい 0 S+ 人: person 賈: buy; tradesman (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 儉つま.しい, つづまやか 0 S+ 人: person 僉: all (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 兒ジこちご child, young of animals 0 S+ 臼: mortar 儿: legs radical (no. 10) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 其キそれ, その that 其方(そちら): (1) that way (direction distant from the speaker, close to the listener) (2) there (place distant from the speaker, close to the listener) (3) that one (something close to the listener) (4) you; your family (5) that person (someone close to the listener) 其れでは(それでは): (1) well then … (2) in that situation; in which case 其処(そこ): (1) there (place relatively near listener) (2) there (place just mentioned); that place (3) then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised) (4) you 其の(その): (1) that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the (2) um…; er…; uh… 其れ(それ): (1) that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it (2) that time; then (3) there (indicating a place near the listener) (4) you 其れから(それから): and then; after that 其れで(それで): and; thereupon; because of that 其れ共(それとも): or; or else 其れに(それに): besides; moreover 其れ程(それほど): to that degree; extent 其の儘(そのまま): without change; as it is (i.e. now) 其れでも(それでも): but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding 其れなら(それなら): If that's the case …; If so …; That being the case … 其処で(そこで): so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore 其処ら(そこら): everywhere; somewhere; approximately; that area; around there 其れ故(それゆえ): therefore; for that reason; so 其れと(それと): and then; even so; and 0 S+ 1930 甘: sweet; coax; pamper; be content; sugary 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 冨フと.む, とみと enrich, wealthy, abundant 0 S+ 1906 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 一: one; one radical (no.1) 口: mouth 田: rice field; rice paddy (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 凉リョウすず.しい, すず.む, すず.やか, うす.い, ひや.す, まことに nice and cool 0 S+ 冫: two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15) 京: capital; 1016 (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 凜きびし.い 1 S+ 冫: two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15) 稟: salary in rice (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 凰オオおおとり female phoenix bird 0 S+ 几: table; table enclosure; table or windy radical (no. 16) 皇: emperor (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 剩あまつさえ, あま.り, あま.る 0 S+ 乘: power; multiplication; record; counter for vehicles 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 北: north 刀: sword; saber; knife (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 劍つるぎ 0 S+ 僉: all 刀: sword; saber; knife (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 勳いさおいさ 0 S+ 熏: smoke; fog; vapor; cure 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 卷ま.く, まき 0 S+ 二: two; two radical (no.2) 人: person 卩: seal radical (no. 26) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 卽つく, すなわち, もし 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 厩キュウうまやまや, まら barn, stable 0 S+ 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 既: previously; already; long ago (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 吞のむ 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 單ひとえ 0 S+ 口: mouth 口: mouth 甲: armor; high (voice); A grade; first class; former; instep; carapace 一: one; one radical (no.1) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 嚴おごそ.か, きび.しい, いか.めしい, いつくし 0 S+ 口: mouth 口: mouth 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 敢: daring; brave; bold (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 圈かこ.い 0 S+ 囗: box or enclosure radical (no. 31); box 卷: volume; book; part (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 圓エンまる.い, まる, まど, まど.か, まろ.やかつぶら yen, circle, round 0 S+ 囗: box or enclosure radical (no. 31); box 員: employee; member; number; the one in charge (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 團ダンかたまり, まる.い association 0 S+ 囗: box or enclosure radical (no. 31); box 專: specialty; exclusive; mainly; solely (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 堯ギョウたか.い high, far 0 S+ 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 兀: high & level; lofty; bald; dangerous (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 堺カイさかい world 0 S+ 1846 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 界: world (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 塙カクはなわ, かた.いはな projecting tableland or mountain 0 S+ 2340 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 高: tall; high; expensive (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 增ます, ふえる, ふやす 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 壘とりで 0 S+ 田: rice field; rice paddy 田: rice field; rice paddy 田: rice field; rice paddy 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 壞こわ.す, こわ.れる, やぶ.る 0 S+ 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 网: net; net or net crown radical (no. 122) 二: two; two radical (no.2) 二: two; two radical (no.2) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 壬みずのえ 0 S+ 2499 玉: jewel; ball (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 壯ソウさかんたけし 0 S+ 爿: left-side kata radical (no. 91) 士: gentleman; samurai; samurai radical (no. 33) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 奧おく.まる, くま 0 S+ 冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13) 釆: separate; divide; topped rice radical (no. 165) 大: large; big (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 奬すす.める 0 S+ 將: commander; general; admiral 大: large; big (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 娩ベン bear (children) 0 S+ 女: woman; female 免: excuse; dismissal (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 孃むすめ 0 S+ 女: woman; female 襄: rise; raise (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 宕トウすぎる cave 0 S+ 2248 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 石: stone (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 寢ね.る, ね.かす, い.ぬ, みたまや, や.める 0 S+ 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 爿: left-side kata radical (no. 91) 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 實ジツみ, みの.る, まこと.に, みの.り, みち.るさな, さね, みつ truth, reality 0 S+ 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 貫: pierce; 8 1/3lbs; penetrate; brace (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 寬ひろい, ゆるやか, くつろぐ 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 將まさ.に, はた, ひきい.る, もってまさる 0 S+ 爿: left-side kata radical (no. 91) 月: month; moon 寸: measurement; foot/10 (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 專もっぱ.ら 0 S+ 十: ten 寸: measurement; foot/10 (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 峽はざまかい 0 S+ 山: mountain 夾: insert between (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 巖ガンいわ, いわお, けわ.しいよし rock, crag, boulder 0 S+ 山: mountain 嚴: strictness; severity; rigidity (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 巢 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 巷コウちまた fork in road, scene, arena, theater 0 S+ 2415 共: together; both; neither; all; and; alike; with 己: self; snake; serpent (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 帶お.びる, おび 0 S+ 廿: twenty; 20 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 庚コウかのえ 7th, 7th calendar sign 0 S+ 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 人: person (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 廣コウひろ.い, ひろ.まる, ひろ.める, ひろ.がる, ひろ.げる broad, wide, spacious 0 S+ 2487 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 黄: yellow (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 廳やくしょ 0 S+ 广: dotted cliff radical (no. 53) 聽: careful enquiry; headstrong (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 彈ひ.く, はず.む, たま, はじ.く, はじ.ける, ただ.す 0 S+ 弓: bow; bow (archery, violin) 單: one; single; simple (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 彌ミいや, や, あまねし, いよいよ, とおい, ひさし, ひさ.しい, わた.るゆ 0 S+ 弓: bow; bow (archery, violin) 爾: you; thou; second person (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 從したが.う, したが.える, より 0 S+ 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60) 从: two people (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 徠きた.す, きた.る, く.る 0 S+ 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60) 來: come; due; next; cause; become (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 徵しるし, めす 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 德おしえ 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 徽キしるし good, beautiful, badge 0 S+ 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60) 山: mountain 糸: thread 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 恆つね.にわたる, ひさし 0 S+ 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 亙: range; reach; extend; cover (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 惠ケイめぐ.む, めぐ.み blessing, grace, favor, kindness 0 S+ 十: ten 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 惡わる.い, あ.し, にく.い, ああ, いずくに, いずくんぞ, にく.む 0 S+ 亞: rank; follow 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 惺さと.る 0 S+ 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 星: star; spot; dot; mark (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 愼つつし.む, つつし.み 0 S+ 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 眞: truth; reality; Buddhist sect (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 應オウあた.る, まさに, こた.える answer, yes, OK, reply, accept 0 S+ 雁: wild goose 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 懷ふところ, なつ.かしい, なつ.かしむ, なつ.く, なつ.ける, いだ.く, おも.う 0 S+ 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 网: net; net or net crown radical (no. 122) 二: two; two radical (no.2) 二: two; two radical (no.2) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 戊ボつちのえ 5th calendar sign 0 S+ 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 戈: halberd; arms; festival car; float; tasselled spear radical (no. 62) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 戟ほこ 0 S+ 十: ten 早: early; fast 戈: halberd; arms; festival car; float; tasselled spear radical (no. 62) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 戰いくさ, たたか.う, おのの.く, そよぐ 0 S+ 單: one; single; simple 戈: halberd; arms; festival car; float; tasselled spear radical (no. 62) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 戲たわむ.れる, たわむ.れ 0 S+ 虍: tiger spots; mottled; tiger or tiger crown radical (no. 141) 豆: beans; pea; midget 戈: halberd; arms; festival car; float; tasselled spear radical (no. 62) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 拂はら.う 0 S+ 手: hand 弗: dollar (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 拔ぬ.く, ぬ.ける, ぬ.かす, ぬ.かる 0 S+ 手: hand 犬: dog (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 拜おが.む, おろが.む 0 S+ 手: hand 一: one; one radical (no.1) 一: one; one radical (no.1) 一: one; one radical (no.1) 一: one; one radical (no.1) 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 捲ま.く, ま.くる, まく.る, めく.る, まく.れる捲る(まくる): (1) to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves) (2) verb suffix to indicate reckless abandon to the activity 捲る(めくる): to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off 0 S+ 手: hand 巻: scroll; volume; book; part; roll up; wind up; tie; coil; counter for texts (or book scrolls) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 掬きく.す, むす.ぶ, すく.う, たなごころ掬う(すくう): to scoop; to ladle out 0 S+ 手: hand 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 米: rice; USA; metre (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 揭かかげる 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 搖ゆ.れる, ゆ.らぐ, ゆ.るぐ, ゆ.する, ゆ.さぶる, ゆ.すぶる, うご.く 0 S+ 手: hand 月: month; moon 缶: tin can; container; jar radical (no. 121) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 搜さが.す 0 S+ 2394 手: hand 叟: old person (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 摑つか.む, つか.まえる, つか.まる 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 擊う.つ 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 攝おさ.める, かね.る, と.る 0 S+ 手: hand 聶: whisper (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 收シュウおさ.める, おさ.まる income 0 S+ 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 攴: strike; hit; folding chair radical (no. 66) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 敍つい.ず, ついで 0 S+ 余: too much; myself; surplus; other; remainder 攴: strike; hit; folding chair radical (no. 66) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 昊コウそら sky, big 0 S+ 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 天: heavens; sky; imperial (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 晄コウあきらか clear 0 S+ 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 光: ray; light (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 晚くれ, おそい 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 晝チュウひる 0 S+ 聿: brush; finally; self; relate; follow; here; fast; writing brush radical (no. 129) 旦: daybreak; dawn; morning (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 曆こよみ 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 曉あかつき, さと.るあき 0 S+ 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 堯: high; far (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 曾ソウかつ、かつて、すなわち formerly, once, before, ever, never, ex- 0 S+ 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 11 曰 73 4 ひらび・いわく (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 梛なぎ 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 那: what? (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 條ジョウえだ, すじ article, ray of light 0 S+ 攸: relaxed; at ease; place 木: tree; wood (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 椛かば, もみじ 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 花: flower (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 楚ソいばら, しもと, すわえ whip, cane 0 S+ 林: grove; forest 疋: head; counter for animals (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 榮エイさか.える, は.える, え flourish, prosperity, honour, glory, splendour 0 S+ 火: fire 火: fire 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 木: tree; wood (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 槇テンまき, こずえ twig, Chinese black pine 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 眞: truth; reality; Buddhist sect (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 樂ガクたの.しい, たの.しむ, この.む music, comfort 0 S+ 白: white 幺: short thread radical (no. 52) 幺: short thread radical (no. 52) 木: tree; wood (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 樟ショウくす camphor 0 S+ 2252 木: tree; wood 章: badge; chapter; composition; poem; design (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 樣さま 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 羊: sheep 永: eternity; long; lengthy (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 橙だいだい 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 登: ascend; climb up (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 橫よこ, よこたわる, よこたえる 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 檢しら.べる 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 僉: all (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 櫂かい, かじ 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 羽: feathers; counter for birds, rabbits 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 櫻オウさくら cherry 0 S+ 木: tree; wood 嬰: sharp (music); baby (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 步あるく, あゆむ, あゆみ 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 歷 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 每つね 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 毘ヒたす.ける help, assist 0 S+ 田: rice field; rice paddy 比: compare; race; ratio; Philipines (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 氣キいき spirit, mind 0 S+ 气: spirit; steam radical (no. 84) 米: rice; USA; metre (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 沓くつ 0 S+ 水: water 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 涉わたる, かかわる 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 淚なみだ 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 淨きよ.める, きよ.い 0 S+ 水: water 爭: to dispute; fight; contend; strive (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 渴かわく, かわき 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 湘ショウ name of Chinese river, the Sagami river 0 S+ 1909 水: water 相: inter-; mutual; together; each other; minister of state; councillor; aspect; phase; physiognomy (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 溫あたたか, あたためる 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 滯とどこお.る 0 S+ 水: water 帶: belt; girdle; band; strap; zone (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 漣さざなみ 0 S+ 水: water 連: take along; lead; join; connect; party; gang; clique (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 澁ジュウしぶ, しぶ.い, しぶ.る 0 S+ 水: water 止: stop; halt 止: stop; halt 止: stop; halt (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 濕しめ.る, しめ.す, うるお.う, うるお.す 0 S+ 水: water 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 幺: short thread radical (no. 52) 幺: short thread radical (no. 52) 火: fire (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 瀧ロウたき waterfall, rapids, cascade 0 S+ 水: water 龍: dragon; imperial (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 瀨せ 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 焰ほのお 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 煌きらめ.く, きら.めく, かがや.く煌びやか(きらびやか): gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay 煌々(こうこう): brilliant; dazzling; light; bright 0 S+ 火: fire 皇: emperor (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 熙キたのし.む, ひか.る, ひろ.い, よろこ.ぶ, かわ.く, あきらか, ひろ.める, ひろ.まる bright, sunny, prosperous, merry 1 S+ 匚: box-on-side enclosure radical (no. 22) 巳: sign of the snake or serpent; 9-11AM; sixth sign of Chinese zodiac 火: fire (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N1 ShouldSuspend 燒や.く, や.けるやき 0 S+ 火: fire 堯: high; far (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 爭あらそ.う, いか.でか 0 S+ 爪: claw; nail; talon 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 亅: feathered stick; barb radical (no. 6) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 爲ため, な.る, な.す, す.る, たり, つく.る, なり 0 S+ 爪: claw; nail; talon 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 火: fire (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 狀 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 狹せま.い, せば.める, せば.まる, さ 0 S+ 犬: dog 夾: insert between (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 獸けもの, けだもの 0 S+ 口: mouth 口: mouth 田: rice field; rice paddy 口: mouth 犬: dog (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 珀ハク amber 0 S+ 玉: jewel; ball 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 珂カが jewel 0 S+ 2227 玉: jewel; ball 可: can; passable; mustn't; should not; do not (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 琥コ jewelled utensil 0 S+ 玉: jewel; ball 虎: tiger; drunkard (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 疊たた.む, たたみ, かさ.なる, かさ.ねる 0 S+ 田: rice field; rice paddy 田: rice field; rice paddy 田: rice field; rice paddy 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 且: moreover; also; furthermore (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 瘦やせ.る 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 盃ハイさかずき 0 S+ 不: negative; non-; bad; ugly; clumsy 皿: dish; a helping; plate (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 盜ぬす.む 0 S+ 水: water 欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76) 皿: dish; a helping; plate (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 盡つ.くす, つ.きる, つ.かす, さかづき, ことごと.くまま 0 S+ 聿: brush; finally; self; relate; follow; here; fast; writing brush radical (no. 129) 火: fire 皿: dish; a helping; plate (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 眞シンま, まことさな, ち, まこ, まさ, まつ truth, reality, Buddhist sect 0 S+ 2359 匕: spoon; spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21) 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 砧きぬた 0 S+ 石: stone 占: fortune-telling; divining; forecasting; occupy; hold; have; get; take (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 碎くだ.く, くだ.ける 0 S+ 石: stone 卒: graduate; soldier; private; die (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 祁 0 S+ 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 邑: village; rural community; right village radical (no. 163) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 祕ひ.める, かく.す 0 S+ 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 必: invariably; certain; inevitable (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 祿さいわ.い, ふち 0 S+ 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 水: water (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 禪しずか, ゆず.る 0 S+ 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 單: one; single; simple (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 禮レイひろ, れ 0 S+ 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 豊: bountiful; excellent; rich (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 禰ネ ancestral shrine 0 S+ 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 爾: you; thou; second person (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 禱いの.る, まつ.る 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 禾カいね 2 branch tree 0 S+ 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 木: tree; wood (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 稟こめぐら 0 S+ 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 回: -times; round; game; revolve; counter for occurrences 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 稻いね, いな- 0 S+ 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 爪: claw; nail; talon 臼: mortar (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 穗ほお 0 S+ 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 惠: blessing; grace; favor; kindness (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 穰わら, ゆたかみのる 0 S+ 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 襄: rise; raise (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 穹あめ, そら 0 S+ 穴: hole; aperture; slit; cave; den 弓: bow; bow (archery, violin) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 簞はこ 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 粹いき 0 S+ 米: rice; USA; metre 卒: graduate; soldier; private; die (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 綠みどり 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 緖お, いとぐち 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 緣ふち, へり, よる 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 縣ケンか.けるあがた, がた 0 S+ 県: prefecture 系: lineage; system (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 縱たて 0 S+ 糸: thread 從: from; by; since; whence; through (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 繡ぬいとり 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 繫つな.ぐ, かか.る, か.ける 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 纖 0 S+ 糸: thread 从: two people 戈: halberd; arms; festival car; float; tasselled spear radical (no. 62) 韭: leek radical (no. 179) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 羚かもしか 0 S+ 羊: sheep 令: orders; ancient laws; command; decree (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 聽き.く, ゆる.す 0 S+ 耳: ear 玉: jewel; ball 十: ten 网: net; net or net crown radical (no. 122) 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 臟はらわた 0 S+ 肉: meat 藏: hide; own; have; possess (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 與ヨあた.える, あずか.る, くみ.する, ともに participate in, give, award, impart, provide, cause 0 S+ 臼: mortar 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 莊ほうき, おごそ.か 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 壯: big; large; robust; name of tribe (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 萊あかざ, あれわ, こうがい 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 萠も.える, きざ.す, めばえ, きざ.しめぐむ 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 朋: companion; friend (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 萱かや, かんぞうか 0 S+ 2217 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 宣: proclaim; say; announce (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 董トウただ.す correct 骨董品(こっとうひん): curio; antique 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 重: heavy; heap up; pile up; nest of boxes; -fold (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 蔣まこも, はげ.ます 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 蕾ライつぼみ bud (plants, mushrooms not yet opened) 蕾(つぼみ): bud; flower bud 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 雷: thunder; lightning bolt (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 薰かおる, かおりぐさ, かおり 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 藏ゾウくら, おさ.める, かく.れる hide, own, have, possess 0 S+ 2407 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 臧: good; bribe; servant (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 藥くすり 0 S+ 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 樂: music; comfort (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 虛むなしい 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 蟬せみ 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 蠟みつろう, ろうそく 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 衞まも.るまもり, まもる 0 S+ 行: going; journey 口: mouth 巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 裝よそお.う, よそお.い 0 S+ 壯: big; large; robust; name of tribe 衣: garment; clothes; dressing (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 覽み.る 0 S+ 臣: retainer; subject 网: net; net or net crown radical (no. 122) 見: see; hopes; chances; idea; opinion; look at; visible (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 謠うた.う, うた 0 S+ 言: say 月: month; moon 缶: tin can; container; jar radical (no. 121) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 讓ゆず.る 0 S+ 言: say 襄: rise; raise (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 賣う.る, う.れる 0 S+ 士: gentleman; samurai; samurai radical (no. 33) 网: net; net or net crown radical (no. 122) 貝: shellfish (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 賴たのむ, たよる, たより 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 轉テンころ.がる, ころ.げる, ころ.がす, ころ.ぶ, まろ.ぶ, うたた, うつ.る 0 S+ 車: car 專: specialty; exclusive; mainly; solely (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 遙ヨウはる.か far off, distant, long ago 0 S+ 月: month; moon 缶: tin can; container; jar radical (no. 121) 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 郞おとこ 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 醉よ.う, よ.い 0 S+ 酉: west; bird; sign of the bird; 5-7PM; tenth sign of Chinese zodiac; sake radical (no. 164) 卒: graduate; soldier; private; die (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 醬ひしお 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 釀かも.す 0 S+ 酉: west; bird; sign of the bird; 5-7PM; tenth sign of Chinese zodiac; sake radical (no. 164) 襄: rise; raise (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 釉ユウうわぐすり glaze, enamel 0 S+ 釆: separate; divide; topped rice radical (no. 165) 由: wherefore; a reason (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 釧センくしろ, うでわくし bracelet 0 S+ 1751 金: gold 巛: curving river radical (no.47) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 錄しるす 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鍊ねる 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鎭しず.める, しず.まる, おさえ 0 S+ 金: gold 眞: truth; reality; Buddhist sect (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鑄い.る 0 S+ 金: gold 壽: longevity; congratulations (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 閏うるう 0 S+ 門: gate; counter for cannons 玉: jewel; ball (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 陷おちい.る, おとしい.れる 0 S+ 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 臼: mortar (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 險けわ.しい 0 S+ 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 僉: all (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 雜まじ.える, まじ.るさい 0 S+ 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 从: two people 木: tree; wood 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 靜しず-, しず.か, しず.まる, しず.めるしずか 0 S+ 青: blue; green 爭: to dispute; fight; contend; strive (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 顚いただ.き, たお.れる 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 顯あきらか, あらわ.れる 0 S+ 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 幺: short thread radical (no. 52) 幺: short thread radical (no. 52) 火: fire 頁: page; leaf (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 飜ひるがえ.す, ひるがえ.る 0 S+ 番: turn; number in a series 飛: fly; skip (pages); scatter (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 騷さわ.ぐ, うれい, さわが.しい 0 S+ 馬: horse 蚤: flea (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 驍たけし, つよ.いいさ, いさむ, すぐる 0 S+ 馬: horse 堯: high; far (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 驗あかし, しるし, ため.す, ためし 0 S+ 馬: horse 僉: all (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 髮かみ 0 S+ 髟: hair hanging long; mane; long hair radical (no.190) 犬: dog (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 魯ロおろか foolish, Russia 0 S+ 2153 魚: fish 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 鷄にわとり, とり 0 S+ 奚: servant; what; why 鳥: bird; chicken (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 Kanji_Human.Activities_Zodiac ShouldSuspend 鷗かもめ 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 黃き 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 黑くろい, くろ 0 S+ 里: ri; village; parent's home; league 火: fire (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 默だ.まる, もだ.す 0 S+ 黒: black 犬: dog (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 齊セイそろ.う, ひと.しい, ひと.しく, あたる, はやいひとし alike, equal, similar, Saito 0 S+ 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 刀: sword; saber; knife 二: two; two radical (no.2) (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 欄 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 廊 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 朗 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 虜 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 類 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 猪いのしし, い 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 神かみ, こう, たましい 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 祥さいわい 0 S+ (none) gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 福さいわい, 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謹 0 S+ gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 賓 0 S+ gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 贈 0 S+ gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 逸 0 S+ gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 都 0 S+ gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 難 0 S+ gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 響 0 S+ gradeS+ jinmeiyou JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 盧ロ hut 0 S+ 1483 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1001-1500 ShouldSuspend 趙チョウキョウ nimble, late-going 0 S+ 1522 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 嶌トウ island 0 S+ 1774 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 姜キョウこうかん Chinese surname, ginger 0 S+ 1915 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 崔ガイスイ cliff, bluff, precipice 0 S+ 1963 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq1501-2000 ShouldSuspend 炒ソウい.る broil, parch, roast, fry 0 S+ 2001 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 魏ギ high, large 0 S+ 2075 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 荏ジンえ bean 0 S+ 2096 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 鴈ガンかりがね wild goose 0 S+ 2128 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2373 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 澤タクうるお.いつや swamp 0 S+ 2374 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 溥 0 S+ 2375 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 厦 0 S+ 2381 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 冤エン false charge, hatred 0 S+ 2382 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 贅セイ luxury 0 S+ 2386 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 汪 0 S+ 2391 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 猷ユウはかりごと 0 S+ 2392 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 桝 0 S+ 2401 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 闊カツ wide 0 S+ 2406 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 浙セツ name of a Chinese river 0 S+ 2408 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 彭ホウ swelling, sound of drum 0 S+ 2409 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 淘トウ select 0 S+ 2410 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 徘ハイ wonder 0 S+ 2414 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 kanjifreq2001-2500 ShouldSuspend 袁 0 S+ 2419 gradeS+ 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榜ボウかじふだ rudder, oar, name plate 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 桓カン marking post 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 曠コウむな.しい wide, worthless 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 揉ジュウも.める rub, massage, shampoo, debate vigorously, train, coach, worry, get in trouble 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 徊カイエ wandering 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 媚ビこび flatter, humor, flirt 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 壺コ jar, pot 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 嗚ウああ weep, ah, alas 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 頷ガンうなず.く nod approval 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 鑚サン make fire by rubbing sticks 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 酩メイ sweet sake 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 酊テイ intoxication 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 螢ケイ firefly 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 薇ラぜんまい an edible fern 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 臍セイへそ navel 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Organ.Torso ShouldSuspend 羹コウあつもの hot soup 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 箙フク quiver 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 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ShouldSuspend 榧ヒ Japanese nutmeg, plum-yew 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 楡ユ elm 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 椒ショウ mountain ash 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 棹トウさお pole a boat 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 棣テイにわざくら flowering almond 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 棗ソウ jujube 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 栫セン weir 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 栢ハクかしわかや oak 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 杳ヨウはるか darkness, dimly 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 朧ロウ haziness, dreaminess, gloom 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 會カイあ.うあつ.まるあい meet, party, association, interview, join 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 曵エイびき 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 斌ヒンうるわ.しいたけ beautiful, harmony of appearance 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 敲コウのぼる strike, beat, hit 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 摸モバクマク search, imitate, copy 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 拇ボ thumb 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 戮リクロククけず.る kill 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 戎ジュウつわものえび warrior, 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gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 屹キツ towering mountains 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 屓キ exerting strength (aikido) 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 寇コウ 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 學ガクさとる 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 孵フ hatch, incubate 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 娜ダ graceful 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 娑シャ old woman 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 姶オオアイ good-looking, quiet 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 奢シャおご.り extravagance, luxury 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 奘ジョウさかん large, great 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 夘ボウ rabbit (zodiac sign) 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 壜ドンびん bottle, vial, jar 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 埒レツラチかこ.い picket, limits, be settled 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 囿ユウ game preserve, pasture, garden 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 囀テン sing, chirp, warble, chatter 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 噪ソウ be noisy 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 噤キン shut up 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 喨リョウ clear voice 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 啖タンくらわ.す eat 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 哥カあに big brother 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 呵カしか.る scold, blow on, reprove 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 吽コウイング bark, growl 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 卉キくさ grass 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 匣コウ box 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 冲チュウおきつわく offing, open sea, rise high into sky 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 册サツふみ no. of books, volume 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 儡ライ defeat 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 儘ジンことごとく as it is, because 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 僭シンせん.する boastfully usurp 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 傅フつくでん tutor 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 傀カイ large 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 假カかり temporary, interim, assumed (name), informal 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 俥くるま jinricksha, (kokuji) 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 俟シ wait, depend on 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 佇チョ stop, linger, appearance, figure, bearing 0 S+ gradeS+ JLPT.N0 ShouldSuspend 踝 0 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Arm.Leg ShouldSuspend 踵 0 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Arm.Leg ShouldSuspend 皺 0 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_General ShouldSuspend 頤 0 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Body_Head.Neck ShouldSuspend 戈 0 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Human.Activities_Fighting ShouldSuspend 兔 0 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Human.Activities_Zodiac ShouldSuspend 猴 0 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Human.Activities_Zodiac ShouldSuspend 豬 0 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Human.Activities_Zodiac ShouldSuspend 鈎 0 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Manufactured.Item ShouldSuspend 鯆 0 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal ShouldSuspend 鮠 0 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Fish ShouldSuspend 鯊 0 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Fish ShouldSuspend 鯰 0 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Fish ShouldSuspend 鰌 0 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Fish ShouldSuspend 鮃 0 gradeS+ JLPT.N0 Kanji_Nature_Animal_Fish ShouldSuspend

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