JLPT N5 Kanji List Flashcards
Meaning:
long, leader
Onyomi:
CHOU
Kunyomi:
naga(i)
Vocabulary:
長い - ながい – nagai – long
社長 - しゃちょう – shachou – president, CEO
Hint:
It looks like a comb going through long hair
Meaning:
to hear, to listen, to ask
Onyomi:
BUN, MON
Kunyomi:
ki(ku), ki(koeru)
Vocabulary:
聞く – kiku – to hear, to listen
聞こえる – kikoeru – to be heard, to be audible
新聞 – shinbun – newspaper
Hint:
With the radical for gate and ear =
someone is putting his ear on the gate to hear
Meaning:
big, a lot
Onyomi:
DAI, TAI
Kunyomi:
oo(kii), oo(i)
Vocabulary:
大きい – おおきい - ookii – big
大学 – だいがく - daigaku – university
Hint:
It looks like a big man with his arms and legs spread wide open
Meaning:
many
Onyomi:
TA
Kunyomi:
oo(i)
Vocabulary:
多い - おおい – ooi – many
多分 - たぶん – tabun – probably
Hint:
One evening (夕) out is good but two (多) is too many
Meaning:
right
Onyomi:
U, YUU
Kunyomi:
migi
Vocabulary:
右 – みぎ - migi – right
右岸 – うがん - ugan – right bank (shore)
Hint:
On a map the restaurant (mouth 口) is on the right of the intersection
Meaning:
a little, few
Onyomi:
SHOU
Kunyomi:
suko(shi), suku(nai)
Vocabulary:
少し - すこし – sukoshi – a little
少ない - すくない – sukunai – little
少女 - しょうじょ – shoujo -young girl
Hint:
Something small (小) slashed ( ) to make it even smaller
Meaning:
man, male
Onyomi:
DAN, NAN
Kunyomi:
otoko
Vocabulary:
男 – おとこ - otoko – man
男の子 – おとこのこ - otokonoko – boy
男性 – だんせい - dansei – male
Hint:
The upper part means rice field
while thelower part means strength
thus you need to be a strong man to work in the field
Meaning:
day, sun
Onyomi:
NICHI, JITSU
Kunyomi:
hi, -ka
Vocabulary:
日本 – にほん - nihon – Japan
今日 – きょう - kyou – today
毎日 – まいにち - mainichi – every day
Hint:
Meaning:
speech, to talk, story, conversation
Onyomi:
WA
Kunyomi:
hanashi, hana(su)
Vocabulary:
話す – hanasu – to talk
会話 – kaiwa – conversation
電話 – denwa – phone
Hint:
Radical for say, word (言) and the one for tongue (舌)
Meaning:
earth, ground
Onyomi:
DO, TO
Kunyomi:
tsuchi
Vocabulary:
土曜日 – どようび - doyoubi – Saturday
土 – つち - tsuchi – earth (not the planet)
Hint:
It looks like a cross on a grave buried in the ground
Meaning:
to rest
Onyomi:
KYUU
Kunyomi:
yasu(mu)
Vocabulary:
休む – yasumu – to rest
休み – yasumi – vacation
休日 – kyuujitsu – holiday, day off
Radicals:
person
Hint:
It is the radical of a person next to the radical of the tree
= when laying on a tree you can rest
Meaning:
week
Onyomi:
SHUU
Kunyomi:
–
Vocabulary:
週 - しゅう – shuu – week
今週 - こんしゅう – konshuu – this week
先週 - せんしゅう – senshuu – last week
来週 - らいしゅう – raishuu – next week
Hint:
When the days have gone ( ) through one full circle ( ),
it is a week
Meaning:
ten thousand, all, many
Onyomi:
MAN, BAN
Kunyomi:
-
Vocabulary:
万年筆 – まんえんひつ - mannenhitsu – fountain pen
万引き – まんびき - manbiki – shoplifting
Hint:
It looks like a capital T and a h combined like in Thousand and the capital T also stands for Ten
Meaning:
eye
Onyomi:
MOKU
Kunyomi:
me
Vocabulary:
目 – め - me – eye
目的 – もくてき - mokuteki – purpose, goal, aim, objective
目上 – めうえ - meue – superior
目下 – めした - meshita – subordinate
Hint:
Meaning:
white
Onyomi:
HAKU, BYAKU
Kunyomi:
shiro(i), shiro
Vocabulary:
白い - しろい – shiroi – white
白人 - はくじん – hakujin – white person, Caucasian
Hint:
It is a drop on the sun,
if a big drop was to fall on the sun it would turn white
Meaning:
to leave, to get out, to take out
Onyomi:
SHUTSU
Kunyomi:
de(ru), da(su)
Vocabulary:
出口 – deguchi – exit
出る – deru – to exit, to leave
出す – dasu – to take off
出かける – dekakeru – to go out
日の出 – hinode – sunrise
Hint:
It is two mountains on top of each other,
when mountains are two times higher to hike,
you better leave
Meaning:
car, wheel
Onyomi:
SHA
Kunyomi:
kuruma
Vocabulary:
車 - くるま – kuruma – car, wheel
電車 - でんしゃ – densha – train
Hint:
It looks like a car axle seen from above
Meaning:
to meet, to come together, society
Onyomi:
KAI, E
Kunyomi:
a(u)
Vocabulary:
会う – au – to meet
会社 – kaisha – company, firm
会話 – kaiwa – conversation
Hint:
You handshake when meeting people
Meaning:
name
Onyomi:
MEI, MYOU
Kunyomi:
na
Vocabulary:
名前 - なまえ – namae – name, firstname
名字 - みょうじ – myouji – family name, surname
名刺 - めいし – meishi – business card
Hint:
At dusk (夕) it gets hard to see thus you have to call people by their name
Meaning:
outside, other, disconnect
Onyomi:
GAI, GE
Kunyomi:
soto, hoka, hazu(reru), hazu(su)
Vocabulary:
外 - そと – soto – outside
外国人 - がいこくじん – gaikokujin – foreigner
外す - はずす – hazusu – to unfasten, to remove
外れる - はずれる – hazureru – to be disconnected, to get out of place
Hint:
It looks like the katakana タ and ト that with the other katakana
are usually use for foreign words
Meaning:
four
Onyomi:
SHI
Kunyomi:
yot(tsu), yu(tsu), yo-, yon-
Vocabulary:
四つ – やっつ - yottsu – four
四季 – しき - shiki – the four seasons
Hint:
There are four sides to a square
Meaning:
to buy
Onyomi:
BAI
Kunyomi:
ka(u)
Vocabulary:
買う – kau – to buy
買物 – kaimono – shopping
売買 – baibai – buy and sell
売店 – baiten – shop, stand
Hint:
When catching a shell ( ) with a net ( )
then you don’t have to buy (ばい) it
Meaning:
to eat
Onyomi:
SHOKU
Kunyomi:
ta(beru), ku(ru), ku(rau)
Vocabulary:
食べる – たべる - taberu – to eat
食事 – しょくじ - shokuji – meal
飲食 – いんしょく - inshoku – food and drinks
Hint:
It is the character for good under what looks like a roof:
there is nothing better than homemade food
Meaning:
to walk, to go, to carry out
Onyomi:
KOU
Kunyomi:
i(ku), yu(ku), okona(u)
Vocabulary:
行く - いく - iku - to go
行う - おこなう - okonau - to do, to act
銀行 - ぎんこう - ginkou - bank
Hint:
It looks like a bridge upon a river which is opening up for boats to go through
Meaning:
before, in future
Onyomi:
SEN
Kunyomi:
saki
Vocabulary:
先ず - まず – mazu – first of all, to start with
先週 - せんしゅう – senshuu – last week
先生 - せんせい – sensei – teacher
Hint:
It looks like a man with long legs standing before everyone else
leading the way with his flag (ノ)
Meaning:
mountain
Onyomi:
SAN
Kunyomi:
yama
Vocabulary:
山 – やま - yama – mountain
火山 – かざん - kazan – volcano
Hint:
This Kanji has the shape of the mountain it stands for
Meaning:
gold, metal, money
Onyomi:
KIN, KON
Kunyomi:
kane
Vocabulary:
お金 - おかね – okane – money (incl. honoric prefix “o”)
金曜日 - きんようび – kinyoubi – Friday
Hint:
A good king (王) does in his kingdom like what he does in his house ( )
where he divides the money evenly ( )
Meaning:
after, later, back, stay behind
Onyomi:
GO, KOU
Kunyomi:
ato, okure(ru), nochi
Vocabulary:
後 - あと– ato – later
後ろ - うしろ– ushiro – back, rear, behind
午後 - ごご– gogo – afternoon
最後 - さいご– saigo – last
Hint:
If you walk slowly ( ) with small ( ) steps ( ) you will be left behind
Meaning:
time, time span
Onyomi:
KAN, KEN
Kunyomi:
aida
Vocabulary:
間 - あいだ – aida – period of time, between
時間 - じかん – jikan – time
週間 - しゅうかん – shuukan – a full week
人間 - にんげん – ningen – human being, person
Hint:
The sun (日) going through the gate (門)
is a good indicator of the time span
Meaning:
thousand
Onyomi:
SEN
Kunyomi:
chi
Vocabulary:
千 – せん - sen – thousand
二千円 – にせんえん - nisenen – two thousand yen
Hint:
Thousand starts with the letter T
Meaning:
year
Onyomi:
NEN
Kunyomi:
toshi
Vocabulary:
一年 - いちねん – ichinen – one year
今年 - ことし – kotoshi – this year
Hint:
Originally a rice plant ( ) and a bending person above
for the annual harvest symbolizing the cycle of the years.
Meaning:
street, path
Onyomi:
DOU
Kunyomi:
michi
Vocabulary:
道 - みち – michi – street, road
水道 - すいどう – suidou – water pipe
国道 - こくどう – kokudou – national highway
Hint:
I twisted my neck (首) while searching for signs indicating the right way
Meaning:
east
Onyomi:
TOU
Kunyomi:
higashi
Vocabulary:
東 – ひがし - higashi – east
東京 – とうきょう - toukyou – Tokyo (literally capital in the east)
Hint:
The sun (日) rise behind a tree (木) on the East
Meaning:
now
Onyomi:
KON, KIN
Kunyomi:
ima
Vocabulary:
今 - いま – ima – now
今日 - きょう – kyou – today
今月 - こんげつ – kongetsu – this month
今朝 - けさ – kesa – this morning
Hint:
The bottom stokes looks like the hands of a clock
that indicates what time it is now.
Meaning:
fish
Onyomi:
GYO
Kunyomi:
sakana, uo
Vocabulary:
魚 – さかな - sakana – fish
金魚 – きんぎょ - kingyo – goldfish
Hint:
It looks like a fish swimming upward
Meaning:
ten, cross
Onyomi:
JUU, JI
Kunyomi:
too, to-
Vocabulary:
十 – じゅう・とお - juu or too – ten
十月 – じゅうがつ - juugatsu – October
十字 – じゅうじ - juuji – cross
十日 – とおか - tooka – the 10th
Hint:
10 can be written as X
Meaning:
one
Onyomi:
ICHI, ITSU
Kunyomi:
hito(tsu), hito-
Vocabulary:
一つ – ひとつ - hitotsu – one
一口 – ひとくち - hitokuchi – one bite
一人 – ひとり - hitori – alone
Hint:
一 is just one stroke
Meaning:
before
Onyomi:
ZEN
Kunyomi:
mae
Vocabulary:
前年 - ぜんねん – zennen – last year
名前 - なまえ – namae – name
午前 - ごぜん – gozen – morning, a.m.
Hint:
Eat your vegetables ( ) and meat ( ) before it gets cold.
Meaning:
tree, wood
Onyomi:
BOKU, MOKU
Kunyomi:
ki, ko
Vocabulary:
木曜日 – まくようび - mokuyoubi – thursday
Hint:
It is easy to remember since it looks like a tree
Meaning:
fire
Onyomi:
KA
Kunyomi:
hi
Vocabulary:
火曜日 – かようび - kayoubi – tuesday
火山 – かざん - kazan – vulcano
Hint:
It looks like a camp fire with flames flying around
Meaning:
half, middle, semi-
Onyomi:
HAN
Kunyomi:
naka(ba)
Vocabulary:
半分 - はんぶん - hanbun - half
半額 - はんがく - hangaku - half price
Hint:
The vertical stroke cut the = sign in half and
pass in the middle of the two dots.
Meaning:
two
Onyomi:
NI
Kunyomi:
futa(tsu), futa-
Vocabulary:
二つ – ふたつ - futatsu – two
二人 – ふたり - futari – two people, two of us
Hint:
二 is made of two strokes 一 + 一 = 二 (1 + 1 = 2)
Meaning:
word, to talk
Onyomi:
GO
Kunyomi:
kata(ru), kata(rau)
Vocabulary:
語る – かたる - kataru – to talk, to tell, to recite
日本語 – にほんご - nihongo – the Japanese language
Hint:
Word ( ) + 5 ( ) + Mouth ( ) = Five
word spoken is already a language
Meaning:
word, to talk
Onyomi:
GEN, GON
Kunyomi:
i(u)
Vocabulary:
言う – いう - iu – to talk
無言 – むごん - mugon – silence
言明 – げんめい - genmei – declaration, statement
言葉 – ことば - kotoba – phrase, language
Hint:
The lower character means mouth so it is like lines of words going off one’s mouth
Meaning:
shinto shrine, society
Onyomi:
SHA
Kunyomi:
yashiro
Vocabulary:
社 - やしろ – yashiro – Shinto shrine
会社 - かいしゃ – kaisha – company, firm, enterprise
社会 - しゃかい – shakai – society
Hint:
Modern societies always put a sign ( ) on the ground (土) they own
Meaning:
six
Onyomi:
ROKU
Kunyomi:
mut(tsu), mu(tsu), mu-, mui-
Vocabulary:
六つ – みつつ - muttsu – six
Hint:
6 can be written VI if you turn them around you get 六
Meaning:
west
Onyomi:
SEI
Kunyomi:
nishi
Vocabulary:
西 – にし - nishi – west
西風 – せいふう - seifuu – west wind
西暦 – せいれき - seireki – Christian era
Hint:
The upper part looks like the Greek symbol π (Pi).
Greek is a western country.
Meaning:
above, upper
Onyomi:
JOU, SHOU
Kunyomi:
ue, kami, a(geru), (agaru)
Vocabulary:
上げる – あげる - ageru – to raise, to elevate
上手 – じょうず - jouzu – to ge good at something
上司 – じょうし - joushi – one’s superior
Hint:
It is above the line symbolized by the “一” stroke
Meaning:
to come
Onyomi:
RAI
Kunyomi:
ku(ru), kita(ru), kita(su)
Vocabulary:
来る – kuru – to come
来年 – rainen – next year
Hint:
From rice (
Meaning:
electricity
Onyomi:
DEN
Kunyomi:
–
Vocabulary:
電気 - でんき – denki – electricity
電力 - でんりょく – denryoku – electric power
電話 - でんわ – denwa – phone (literally: electric voice)
電車 - でんしゃ – densha – train
電池 - でんち – denchi – battery
Hint:
During rain (雨) storms the air is filled with electricity and lightning
Meaning:
to enter, to insert
Onyomi:
NYUU
Kunyomi:
hai(ru), i(ru), i(reru)
Vocabulary:
入口 – iriguchi – entrance
入れる – ireru – to put in
入る – hairu – to enter
Hint:
It looks like the entrance of a tent
Meaning:
north
Onyomi:
HOKU
Kunyomi:
kita
Vocabulary:
北 – きた - kita – north
北米 – ほくべい - hokubei – north america
Hint:
When putting it together it looks like a ladder to go up NORTH
Meaning:
part, minute, to divide, to understand
Onyomi:
FUN, BU, FUN
Kunyomi:
wa(keru), wa(karu), wa(kareru)
Vocabulary:
分 - ふん – fun – minute
分かる - わかる – wakaru – to understand, to know
分析 - ぶんせき – bunseki – analysis
自分 - じぶん – jibun – oneself
半分 - はんぶん – hanbun – half
十分 - じゅうぶん – juubun – sufficient, plenty, enough
Hint:
Something divided in equal part
Meaning:
to stand, to establish
Onyomi:
RITSU
Kunyomi:
ta(tsu), ta(teru)
Vocabulary:
立つ – tatsu – to stand
国立 – kokuritsy – public establishment
私立 – shiritsu – private establishment
Hint:
If you move the strokes a bit it looks like a man standing
Meaning:
foot, to be sufficient, to add
Onyomi:
SOKU
Kunyomi:
ashi, ta(riru), ta(su)
Vocabulary:
足 – あし - ashi – foot
足りる – たりる - tariru – to be sufficient
足す – たす - tasu – to add
満足 – まんぞく - manzoku – satisfaction
Hint:
It looks like a cartoon character running with huge feet
Meaning:
water
Onyomi:
SUI
Kunyomi:
mizu
Vocabulary:
お水 – おみず - o mizu – water
(“o” is an honoric prefix commonly used in front of water)
水曜日 – すいようび - suiyoubi – wednesday
水道 – すいどう - suidou – water pipe
Hint:
It can represent the current of water
Meaning:
south
Onyomi:
NAN
Kunyomi:
minami
Vocabulary:
南 – みなみ - minami – south
南米 – なんべい - nanbei – south america
Hint:
In the South there are many believers who give lots of money (¥) to the churches
Meaning:
to write
Onyomi:
SHO
Kunyomi:
ka(ku)
Vocabulary:
書く – kaku – to write
文書 – bunsho – sentence
Hint:
To write you need a brush ( ) and light from the sun (日)
Meaning:
ear
Onyomi:
JI
Kunyomi:
mimi
Vocabulary:
耳 – みみ - mimi – ear
耳孔 – じこう - jikou – earhole
Hint:
It looks a little like an ear with a hole in the middle and one part sticking out down
Meaning:
nine
Onyomi:
KYUU, KU
Kunyomi:
kokono(tsu), kokono-
Vocabulary:
九つ – ここのつ - kokonotsu – nine
九月 – くがつ - kugatsu – September
九日 – ここのか - Kokonoka – the 9th
Hint:
You can see the shape of a 9 with a little imagination
Meaning:
rain
Onyomi:
U
Kunyomi:
ame
Vocabulary:
雨 – あめ - ame – rain
梅雨 – つゆ - tsuyu – rainy season
Hint:
It looks like rain drops hitting a window
Meaning:
school
Onyomi:
KOU
Kunyomi:
–
Vocabulary:
学校 - がっこう – gakkou – school
Hint:
You may think of the tree (木) of knowledge,
school is a place to exchange (交) knowledge
Meaning:
five
Onyomi:
GO
Kunyomi:
itsu(tsu), itsu-
Vocabulary:
五つ – いつつ - itsutsu – five
Hint:
It looks like the number 5
Meaning:
school, science, to learn
Onyomi:
GAKU
Kunyomi:
mana(bu)
Vocabulary:
学ぶ – manabu – to learn
学校 – gakkou – school
大学 – daigaku – university
Hint:
It is the character for child under what looks like a roof.
School is the place where children learn
Meaning:
old, used
Onyomi:
KO
Kunyomi:
furu(i)
Vocabulary:
古い - ふるい– furui – old
中古車 - ちゅうこしゃ– chuukosha – used car
Hint:
When you say (口) something ten (十) times it becomes old
Meaning:
child
Onyomi:
SHI, SU
Kunyomi:
ko
Vocabulary:
子供 – こども - kodomo – child
椅子 – いす - isu – chair
帽子 – ぼうし - boushi – hat, cap
Hint:
Meaning:
noon
Onyomi:
GO
Kunyomi:
–
Vocabulary:
午後 - ごご – gogo – afternoon
午前 - ごぜん – gozen – morning
Hint:
The kanji for ten (十) plus two strokes which gives 12 like in 12:00 or noon
Meaning:
station
Onyomi:
EKI
Kunyomi:
–
Vocabulary:
駅 - えき – eki – station
Hint:
Before taking the train you have to go to the station by horse (馬)
Meaning:
small
Onyomi:
SHOU
Kunyomi:
chii(sai), ko-, o-
Vocabulary:
小さい – ちいさい - chiisai – small
小麦 – こむぎ - komugi – flour
Hint:
You may think of two small fishes swimming around a hook
Meaning:
below, down
Onyomi:
KA, GE
Kunyomi:
shita, shimo, sa(geru), o(rosu), ku(daru)
Vocabulary:
地下鉄 – ちかてつ - chikatetsu – METRO (literally: steel under the earth)
下げる – さげる - sageru – to lower
靴下 – くつした - kutsushita – socks (literally: under the shoes)
Hint:
It is below the line symbolized by the “一” stroke
Meaning:
to read
Onyomi:
DOKU, TOKU
Kunyomi:
yo(mu)
Vocabulary:
読む – yomu – to read
読書 – dokusho – reading
Hint:
Composed of say (言) and sell (売) =
books are sold for people to read what others say
Meaning:
hand
Onyomi:
SHU
Kunyomi:
te
Vocabulary:
手 – て - te – hand
歌手 – かしゅ - kashu – singer
空手 – からて - karate – Karate
Hint:
It is a simplified hand drawing giving a thumbs down
Meaning:
three
Onyomi:
SAN
Kunyomi:
mit(tsu), mi-
Vocabulary:
三つ – みっつ - mittsu – three
3日 – みっか - mikka – the 3rd
Hint:
三 is the result of 一 + 二 (1 + 2 = 3)
Meaning:
new
Onyomi:
SHIN
Kunyomi:
atara(shii), ara(ta), nii-
Vocabulary:
新しい - あたらしい – atarashii – new
新聞 - しんぶん – shinbun – newspaper (literally: newly heard)
新たな - あらたな – arata na – new, fresh
新潟 - にいがた – niigata – Niigata (city in Japan)
Hint:
When you cut ( ) the links with your relatives ( ) you can start a new life.
Meaning:
woman, female
Onyomi:
JO, NYO
Kunyomi:
onna, me
Vocabulary:
女 – おんな - onna – woman
女の子 – おんなのこ - onnanoko – girl
女性 – じょせい - josei – female
Hint:
It looks like a ballerina
Meaning:
sky
Onyomi:
TEN
Kunyomi:
ame, ama
Vocabulary:
天気 - てんき - tenki - weather
天下り - あまくだり - amakudari -
a retired public official who gets appointed a senior post in a private company
Hint:
Heaven is one (一) big (大) place
Meaning:
to see, to be visible, to show
Onyomi:
KEN
Kunyomi:
mi(ru), mi(eru), mi(seru)
Vocabulary:
見る – みる - miru – so see
見える – みえる - mieru – to be visible
見せる – みせる - miseru – to show
見物 – けんぶつ - kenbutsu – sight seeing
Hint:
It is the character for eye on the character for human legs, a walking eye see and is visible
Meaning:
book, source, mail-
Onyomi:
HON
Kunyomi:
moto
Vocabulary:
日本 – にほん - nihon – Japan
本物 – ほんもの - honmono – original
Hint:
Books are made from trees cut at their bottom (hence the bottom line)
Meaning:
eight
Onyomi:
HACHI
Kunyomi:
yat(tsu), ya(tsu), ya-, you-
Vocabulary:
八つ – やっつ - yattsu – eight
八月 – はちがつ - hachigatsu – August
Hint:
When following the simple shape of the 8 you get 八
Meaning:
mother
Onyomi:
BO
Kunyomi:
haha
Vocabulary:
母 – はは - haha – (my) mother
祖母 – そぼ - sobo – grandmother
Hint:
It is suppose to represent a mother’s breast
Meaning:
friend
Onyomi:
YUU
Kunyomi:
tomo
Vocabulary:
友達 - ともだち – tomodachi – friend
友人 - ゆうじん – yuujin – friend
Hint:
It looks like two human (人) one is falling (ナ)
and the other one is helping him stands,
friends always help you and get your back
Meaning:
month, moon
Onyomi:
GETSU, GATSU
Kunyomi:
tsuki
Vocabulary:
月曜日 – げつようび - getsuyoubi – monday
今月 – こんげつ - kongetsu – this month
満月 – まんげつ - mangetsu – full moon
Hint:
It looks like a quarter of the moon
Meaning:
time, hour
Onyomi:
JI
Kunyomi:
toki
Vocabulary:
時々 - ときどき – tokidoki – sometimes
時間 - じかん – jikan – time
時計 - とけい – tokei – clock, watch
Hint:
Composed of sun (日) and temple (寺),
in temples, monks know the time by watching the position of the sun.
Meaning:
hundred
Onyomi:
HYAKU
Kunyomi:
-
Vocabulary:
百 - ひゃく - hyaku - hundred
百貨店 - ひゃっかてん - hyakkaten department store
八百屋 - やおや - yaoya - vegetable shop
Hint:
100 turned sideways
Meaning:
shop
Onyomi:
TEN
Kunyomi:
mise
Vocabulary:
店 - みせ – mise – shop
店長 - てんちょう – tenchou – store manager
商店街 - しょうてんがい – shoutengai – shopping street
Hint:
The fortune teller’s Shop (占) is in a mysterious cave ( )
Meaning:
each, every
Onyomi:
MAI
Kunyomi:
–
Vocabulary:
毎日 - まいにち – mainichi – every day
毎週 - まいしゅう – maishuu – every week
毎月 - まいつき – maitsuki – every month
毎年 - まいとし – maitoshi – every year
毎回 - まいかい – maikai – every time
Hint:
Each and every one of us (人) has a mother (母)
Meaning:
seven
Onyomi:
SHICHI
Kunyomi:
nana(tsu), nana-, nano-
Vocabulary:
七つ – ななつ - nanatsu – seven
七月 – なながつ - nanagatsu – July
七月 – しちがつ - shichigatsu – July
Hint:
It is an inverted 7
Meaning:
mouth
Onyomi:
KOU, KU
Kunyomi:
kuchi
Vocabulary:
口 – くち - kuchi – mouth
火口 – かこう - kakou – crater of a volcano (literally: fire mouth)
Hint:
It looks like a mouth wide open
Meaning:
person
Onyomi:
JIN, NIN
Kunyomi:
hito
Vocabulary:
一人 – ひとり - hitori – alone
人口 – じんこう - jinkou – population
Hint:
It looks like a man standing with his legs spread
Meaning:
left
Onyomi:
SA
Kunyomi:
hidari
Vocabulary:
左 – ひだり - hidari – left
左折 – させつ - sasetsu – to turn left
Hint:
The hand ( ) is on the left of something working (工)
Meaning:
to live, to grow, be born, raw
Onyomi:
SEI, SHOU
Kunyomi:
i(kiru), u(mu), ha(yasu), nama, ki
Vocabulary:
生 – nama – pure, undiluted, raw, crude
学生 – gakusei – student
誕生日 – tanjoubi – birthday
生まれる – umareru – to be born
生きる – ikiru – to live, to exist
Hint:
It is like a small tree on which water is poured so that is grows and lives
Meaning:
high, expensive, increase, quantity
Onyomi:
KOU
Kunyomi:
taka(i), taka(maru), taka(meru)
Vocabulary:
高い - たかい– takai – high, expensive
高速 - こうそく – kousoku – high speed
Hint:
It looks like a high Japanese temple
Meaning:
country
Onyomi:
KOKU
Kunyomi:
kuni
Vocabulary:
国 - くに – kuni – country
外国人 - がいこくじん – gaikokujin – foreigner
国道 - こくどう – kokudou – national highway
Hint:
Balls (玉) can represent the heads of people
living in a country with its frontiers (口)
Meaning:
sky, to become free, empty
Onyomi:
KUU
Kunyomi:
sora, a(keru), kara
Vocabulary:
空 – そら - sora – sky
空く – あく - aku – to become vacant
空港 – くうこう - kuukou – airport
Hint:
Working (工) in a hole (穴) makes you feel empty
Meaning:
inner, center, between
Onyomi:
CHUU
Kunyomi:
naka
Vocabulary:
中国 – ちゅうごく - chuugoku – China
Hint:
The vertical stroke cross right in the middle of the square
Meaning:
father
Onyomi:
FU
Kunyomi:
chichi
Vocabulary:
父 – ちち - chichi – (my) father
祖父 – そふ - sofu – grandfather
Hint:
It looks like the shape of a man with his hands up because he became a father
Meaning:
what, how many, which
Onyomi:
KA
Kunyomi:
nani
Vocabulary:
何 – なに - nani – what?
何方 – どなた - donata – who (polite)
何時 – なんじ - nanji – what time?
Hint:
What exactly can (可) a person (人) do ?
Meaning:
peace, cheap, safety
Onyomi:
AN
Kunyomi:
yasu(i)
Vocabulary:
安い - やすい – yasui – cheap
安全 - あんぜん – anzen – safety
安心 - あんしん – anshin – to feel easy
Hint:
Buying a woman (女) a crown ( ) isn’t cheap but brings peace
Meaning:
circle, yen, round
Onyomi:
EN
Kunyomi:
maru(i)
Vocabulary:
円 - えん – en – Japanese Yen
円い - まるい – marui – round
Hint:
Yen coins are round and the kanji looks like a bank-teller’s window
Meaning:
river
Onyomi:
SEN
Kunyomi:
kawa
Vocabulary:
川 – かわ - kawa – river
徳川 – とくがわ - Tokugawa –
Togugawa (Ieyasu) first Shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate
Hint:
The three strokes represents the current of a river
Meaning:
soul, spirit
Onyomi:
KI, KE
Kunyomi:
–
Vocabulary:
電気 - でんき – denki – electricity
気温 - きおん – kion – air temperature
天気 - てんき – tenki – weather
Hint:
Spirit or vapor symbolized by the floating lines ( ) comes from the point X
Meaning:
flower, blossom
Onyomi:
KA
Kunyomi:
hana
Vocabulary:
花 – はな - hana – flower
花瓶 – 花びん - kabin – vase (literally: flower bottle)
Hint:
Weed ( ) sometime changes (化) into 7 strokes flowers (花)
