Kanji A2 Flashcards
(315 cards)
1
Q
上手
A
good at (yourself or someone else)
じょうず
2
Q
海外
A
overseas
かいがい
ocean-outside
3
Q
映る
A
to reflect
うつる
4
Q
使
A
to use
つか（う）/し
(looks like a person next to some kind of a tool)
5
Q
描く
A
to draw (a picture)
かく
same pronumciation as write, but different kanji (書く)
6
Q
写真
A
しゃしん
photograph
7
Q
天
A
heaven / sky
てん
8
Q
語
A
language
ご
9
Q
昼
A
midday
ひる / ちゅう
(It looks like a sun peeking through the curtain.)
contrast with 春 Spring
10
Q
入
A
to go in, to enter
はい（る） / い（り） / にゅう
11
Q
前
A
まえ
before; ago; front
use with に when referring to time
12
Q
習
A
to learn
なら（う）/しゅう
(It looks like two kids learning at a desk.)
13
Q
歌
A
song
うた / か
(It’s the shape of people opening their mouths and singing; someone looking at a music score)
14
Q
台
A
だい
counter for large furniture and electronics 🚗 📺
(It looks like a lamp on a table.)
15
Q
彼女
A
her; girlfriend
かのじょ
16
Q
青春
A
youth
せいしゅん
blue-spring
17
Q
匹
A
ひき
counter for small animals
(It looks like the front legs of a horse peeking through a space.)
18
Q
長
A
long, length, leader
なが (い) / ちょう
(It looks like a shape of a comb that you use for long hair.)
19
Q
お手洗い
A
bathroom
おてあらい
(hand-washing)
20
Q
omit が in た + こと sentences
A
Polite: これを食べたことがありますか。
Casual: これ食べたことある？
21
Q
和
A
harmony; Japanese (style)
わ
looks like a cherry tree and a bento box.
22
Q
電話
A
telephone
でんわ
23
Q
英国
A
United Kingdom
えいこく
24
Q
界
A
world; boundary
かい
(It derives from a shape that looks like rice paddies.)
25
強い
つよい
strong
26
住宅
housing
じゅうたく
reside-home
27
目の前
めのまえ
front of your eyes" / "right in front of you"
コーヒーは目の前にあります。(The coffee is right in front of you.)
28
高
high, tall, expensive
たか (い) / こう
(It looks like a shape of a high-rise building.)
29
買
to buy
か（う）/ ばい
(It looks like shelves at a supermarket.)
30
借
to borrow
か（りる）/しゃく/しゃ
(It looks like a boy and traditional Japanese armour.)
(it looks like a person taking stuff from a table)
31
彼し
boyfriend
かれし
32
駅前
the area in front of a station; forecourt
えきまえ
33
もう一度 /
もう一回
もういちど / もういっかい
one more time
34
院
institution
いん
(The left side is shaped like a pillar of a building and the right side is shaped like a person.)
similar to 部 section
35
水着
みずぎ
bathing suit
water-put on
36
起きる
おきる
to wake up
37
今夜
tonight
こんや
38
午
midday
ご
similar to the Kanji for "thousand" 千
39
夜
night
よる / よ / や
person-bed-under covers
(similar to 彼, he)
40
夕がた
evening
ゆうがた
41
真っ黒
pitch black
まっくろ
true-black
42
持
to hold, to have
も（つ）
(the left side is like the Kanji for hand 手)
43
教
to teach
おし（える）/ きょう
| picture of a teacher and a student
44
寝る
ねる
to sleep
45
国
country
くに / こく / ごく
46
It can't be helped.
しかたがない
仕方がない。
service+direction/the way of doing something
47
理
logic
り
It's shaped like a grid.
48
開会
opening ceremony
かいかい
49
雨天
rainy weather
うてん
50
大切
たいせつ (important)
51
まんが家
manga artist
まんがか
52
番
number in a series
ばん
(It looks like a grid where you can write in numbers.)
53
部屋
room
へや
| section-roof
## Footnote
"he" is a special reading of 部
54
好
like / good
す(き) / こう
55
真ん中
まんなか
center
56
場所
place
ばしょ
| location-place
57
酒
さけ / しゅ
alcohol
(It's shaped like a sake bottle with some drops coming off of it.)
58
自
self
じ / し
a person pointing to their eye
similar to 白 しる white
59
事こ
accident
じこ
60
寝しつ
しんしつ
bedroom
61
まん画
manga
まんが
62
音楽
music
おんがく
63
き待
きたい
expectation
from 待 to wait
64
外国
foreign country
がいこく
65
回
かい / まわ（る）
times; revolve
(looks like a wheel on an axel)
66
平和
peace
へいわ
flat-harmony
67
思い出
memories
おもいで
| think-go out
68
冬
winter
ふゆ / とう
snow is falling
69
貸
to lend
か（す）
(It looks like a man with a bow and arrow on a horse.)
(It looks like an eye with items leaving it)
70
洗たく
laundry
せんたく
71
母親
mother
ははおや
72
家族
family
かぞく
(home-group)
73
後
ご
after; in (in the sense of time); behind
use with に when referring to time
74
着る
きる
to wear, to put on
75
医
い
doctor
It looks like someone coming to your house
76
楽
たの（しい）/ らく / がく
comfort; music
(It looks like a conductor moving their arms.)
77
高校生
こうこうせい
high school student
78
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和室
Japanese room
わしつ
79
動ぶつ
どうぶつ
animal
80
電気
electricity
でんき
81
地下てつ
metro
underground train
ちかてつ
82
世界一
best in the world
せかいいち
83
奥
at the back (of a space)
おく
(It's shaped like the inside of a box.)
84
日本酒
にほんしゅ
Japanese rice wine
85
休日
a day off / holiday
きゅうじつ
86
事
thing; matter
こと / ごと / じ
(It's the shape of a hand holding sticks, used for fortune telling.)
87
午後
P.M.
ごご
noon-after
88
楽き
musical instrument
がっき
89
起こす
おこす
to wake someone up
90
午前
A.M.
ごぜん
noon-before
91
昼食
lunch
ちゅうしょく
more formal
92
茶道
Japanese tea ceremony (way of tea)
さどう
93
自動車
じどうしゃ
automobile
self-moving-wagon
94
耳
ear
みみ
| (It's shaped like an ear.)
95
雨
rain
あめ / う
(It looks like rain outside the window.)
96
転
to revolve; to change
てん
It derives from a picture of a spinning wheel
97
茶 (color)
brown
茶色 / 茶いる is the most common way to name the colour, and 茶色い / ちゃいるい is the adjective form.
98
気
spirit / feeling
き
99
待つ
まつ
to wait
100
高校
high school
こうこう
101
元
origin; former
もと / げん
similar to 分 minute; to understand; counter for minutes
ふん / ぶん / ぷん / わ (かる)
102
住所
address
じゅうしょ
| dwelling-place
103
写
しゃ / うつ（る）
to copy; be photographed
(It looks like an old fashioned camera or a copy machine)
104
作
to make, to build
つく（る） / さく
105
映
reflection; projection
えい / うつ（る）
(it loos like a person standing in front of a mirror or a screen)
106
運転
drive, driving
うんてん
107
漢字
かんじ
kanji character
108
考
to think, to consider
かんがえ（る）
109
本
ほん
counter for something long and thin, or stick-like ✏️ 🌂
110
夕
evening
ゆう
(It's shaped like a crescent moon.)
111
社
company; shrine
しゃ
(It is made of the radical meaning "god" and the kanji meaning "soil".)
112
make Kanji for color into an adjective
add い after the Kanji
黒い back (adj.)
113
自てん車
自転車
bicycle
self-turn-wagon
114
勉
べん
effort
115
文化
culture
ぶんか
| literature-change
116
動く
うごく
to move
117
茶いろ
brown
ちゃいろ
（tea-color）
118
中国
China
ちゅうごく
119
国内
inside a country
こくない
120
歌う
to sing
うたう
121
半
half
はん
the verticle line divides the Kanji in half
122
海
ocean, sea
うみ / かい
123
じん社
神社
shrine
じんじゃ
124
所
place
ところ / しょ
| It looks like a person walking through a door to enter a place.
125
地
ground; earth
ち / じ
126
自ぶんで
by myself
127
口
mouth
くち / こう / く
| (It's the shape of an open mouth.)
128
おも白い
interesting / funny
おもしろい
129
書
to write
か(く) / しょ
shaped like a brush over a table
130
転校
changing school
てんこう
131
洗
to wash
せん / あら（う）
(a person washing their hands and feet)
132
茶
tea
ちゃ / さ
looks like a tea house
133
和食
Japanese food
わしょく
134
出る
to exit
でる
135
立
to stand
りつ / た（つ）
(It's shaped like a person standing on a line.)
136
今回
今度
こんかい
こんど
this time
137
自ぶん
自分
self
じぶん
can be used for myself, yourself, herself, himself, I, and me.
138
写す
うつす
to copy
(It looks like an old fashioned camera or paper on a copy machine.)
139
夏
summer
なつ / か
(It looks like a person wearing a hat is dancing.)
140
茶道
sado (Japanese tea ceremony)
tea-way
141
れん習
practice
れんしゅう
142
出
to go out, to exit
で（る） / しゅつ / だ（す）
143
場
location
じょう / ば
looks like a horse carrying a package pulling up tp its destination
| earth (土) and the sun (日)
144
黄
yellow
き
To name the color, always use きいろ / 黄色
To make an adjective use きいろい / 黄色い, and not きい / 黄い.
145
写る
うつる
to be photographed
146
服
clothes
ふく
(shelf with clothes hanging from it.)
147
真
しん / ま
true; reality
(the shape of traditional pottery.)
148
おん度
おんど
temperature
149
数字
counter for numerals / numbers
すうじ
150
働
to work
はたら（く）
(It's a combination of a "person" and "to move".)
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着
to put on
き(る) / つ(ける) / ちゃく
this kanji also means "to arrive" つく
152
閉
to close
しめる / しまる / とじる / へい
closed gate
153
起
き / お（きる）/ おこ（す）
to wake up; to get up
(It's shaped like a stroller with a baby. / kicking somebody to wake up)
154
待
たい / ま（つ）
to wait
(the left side is a person, the right side looks like part of the kanji for time)
155
和服
Japanese style clothes
わふく
156
寝
しん / ね（る)
to sleep; to lie down
(left side is a person, right side is a bed with a pillowon it, with a roof on top)
157
病
illness; sickness
びょう
(It's the shape of someone laying on a hospital bed.)
(looks like a person confined to a hospital)
158
中止
cancel
ちゅうし
159
座
to sit
ざ / すわ（る）
(shape of two people 人人 sitting)
160
入口
entrance
いりぐち
161
電
electricity
でん
(It has the kanji for rain with a lightning bolt underneath it.
162
旅 / 旅行
りょ / たび
りょこう
trip
(It looks like a person with a suitcase.)
163
今朝
this morning
けさ
164
医者
お医者さん
doctor
いしゃ
お医者さん
165
空
sky / air / empty
| そら (sky) / くう / から (empty)
166
春
spring
はる / しゅん
sun at the bottom
contrast with 昼 midday
167
夕ごはん
dinner
ゆうごはん
(ばんごはん also means dinner)
168
出口
an exit
でぐち
169
足
foot / leg
あし / そく
| (It looks like a person running.)
170
意見
opinion
いけん
| idea-look
171
仕事
work
しごと
serve-thing
172
夜ごはん
yet another word for dinner
よるごはん
173
奥さん
(someone else's) wife
おくさん
literally, back-person
174
親切
しんせつ（な） (kind)
| intimateperson - earnest
175
世界
world
せかい
176
手紙
てがみ
a letter (correspondence)
hand-paper
177
会
meeting; to meet
かい / あ (う)
(It looks like a table under a roof, like a conference room.)
178
運てん
うんてん
to drive a vehicle, transport
179
青年
young man
せいねん
blue-year
180
下手
not good at (but doesn't hate)
へた
181
彼
he
かれ / かの
(It looks like someone's profile.)
(similar to 夜, night)
182
黒
black
くろ / こく
a chimney with black smoke (upside down)
183
手作り
てづくり (handmade)
Te-dzukuri
184
会社
company
かいしゃ
185
元気
healthy；health
げんき
(former-spirit)
186
台風
typhoon
たいふう
187
意
idea; mind
い
| combination of the kanji for sound and heart
think (sort of) with a hat
188
晩
nightfall; night
ばん
(the sun walking away)
Even though 晩 does mean nightfall, it is not often used by itself to state the time of the day
189
夕食
dinner
ゆうしょく
more formaal
190
仕事
job
しごと
191
青
blue
あお / せい
(It's shaped like a potted plant.)
192
文
sentence; literature
ぶん / もん
193
料
fee; material
りょう
The radical on left means rice and the radical on right comes from a picture of a spoon. So, a spoonful of rice.
194
社長
company president
しゃちょう
195
寝ぼう
ねぼう
oversleeping
196
方
direction; the way of doing something
ほう / かた
the ほう reading is used in the phrase のほうが / の方が (more)
197
内
inside, indoor
うち / ない
(It looks like a curtain inside a house.)
198
飲
to drink
の (む) / いん
(It's made up of the kanji "to eat" and an upside down cocktail glass.)
199
せい座
seiza (proper sitting); sitting on your knees
せいざ
200
お茶する
to go to a café / to hang out
おちゃする
201
出す
"to give" or "to move something from inside to outside",
だす
202
秋
autumn
あき / しゅう
tree-fire
203
枚
まい
counter for something flat 📄 👕
(including telephones!)
(It's the shape of a person swinging their axe against a tree, to cut a flat piece of wood.)
204
旅行
to travel
りょこう
205
開
to open
あける /あく / ひらく / かい
open gate
206
動
どう / うご（く）
move; motion
(the right-hand side looks like someone raising their knee to run)
207
病院
hospital
びょういん
208
一回
いっかい
one time
209
晩ごはん
dinner
ばんごはん
210
赤
red
あか
It's shaped like a grill with red fire (upside down)
211
黒ばん
blackboard
こくばん
212
部
section
ぶ
similar to 院 institution
| The radical on the right means "place where people live".
213
英
English
えい
(It's shaped like a person with a crown.)
214
体
body
からだ / たい
| (It looks like two people sleeping.)
person-root
215
空手
karate (empty-hand)
からて
216
間
interval; between
かん / あいだ
similar tto Kanji for "hear" 聞; "hear" has an ear in it.
217
動画
どうが
video
218
電車の駅
train station
でんしゃのえき
219
赤ちゃん
baby
あかちゃん
red-child
220
運動
うんどう
exercise
221
目
eye
め / もく
(It looks like a shape of an eye on its side.)
222
住
to live / to reside
す(む) / じゅう
(It looks like a person next to a camdle holder; an apartment building.)
223
洋服
Western clothes
ようふく
224
音がく
sound / music
おんがく
(It looks like a singer with their arms held out.)
225
知
to know; wisdom
し（る）/ ち
226
朝食
breakfast
ちょうしょく
more formal
227
安
relax, peaceful, inexpensive
やす (い) / あん
( a woman underneath a roof, where she is relaxing.)
228
今晩
tonight
こんばん
229
止
to stop
とまる / とめる / し
looks like a policeman stopping traffic
same reading as "stay" 泊
230
大西洋
Atlantic Ocean
たいせいよう
big-Western-Ocean
231
屋
roof; room; shop
おく / や
232
化
to change
か
| It looks like people sitting back to back
one facing one way, the other
233
会長
chairperson; president
かいちょう
(long-meeting)
234
回る
まわる
to revolve
235
外
outside, outdoor
そと / がい
(the right side is someone pointing outside)
236
世界中
around the world
せかいじゅう
237
入る
to go in
はいる
238
東京
Tokyo
とうきょう
（Eastern-Capital）
239
仕
to serve
し
(It's made up of a radical that means "person" and the shape of someone sitting, whom we serve.)
240
親
parent; intimate
おや / しん
(It looks like a parent "looking" over their child, using the kanji "to see".)
241
道
way / road
みち / どう
looks like a trolley car travelling on a road
242
さん歩
stroll
さんぽ
243
家
home; professional (word ending)
いえ / か
(Made up of radicals that mean roof and pig)
244
歩
to walk
あるく / ほ / ぽ
sort of like 足 leg/foot あし
245
歌手
a singer
かしゅ
246
楽しい
fun
たのしい
247
京
capital (place)
きょう
(Shaped like a Japanese castle.)
248
思
to think
おも（う）/ し
don't confuse with 赤 red
| picture of a brain
rice paddy with legs
249
頭
head; counter for large animals
あたま / ず / とう
(The right side of the kanji looks like a person with a hat. -- legs-eye-hat)
250
休
to rest
やす(む) / きゅう
a person leaning against a tree
251
度
ど / たび
degrees (temperature and angles); occurrences
252
紙
かみ / し
paper
253
者
someone; person
しゃ / もの
(It's shaped like a person wearing a sash.)
254
韓国
South Korea
かんこく
255
薬
medicine
くすり / やく
(It's shaped like a medicinal herb.)
looks like the kanji for "comfort" with an extra line on top)
256
英語
English language
えいご
257
白
white
しろ / はく
similar to the Kanji for "self" 自
258
朝
morning
あさ / ちょう
(the moon is going away)
259
世
world; society; generation
せ / よ / せい
(It's made up of three tens (十), and 30 years would be a generation.)
260
運
うん / はこ（ぶ）
carry; transport; luck
(the right-hand side looks like some boxes being carried by the left-hand side)
261
字
じ
character
looks like "school" but only has one stroke on top
262
漢
Kan / Han（Chinese）
loots like a Chinese warrior
263
運ぶ
はこぶ
to carry
264
分
minute; to understand
ふん / ぶん / ぷん / わ (かる)
also the counter for minutes
265
色々 (色色)
various
いろいろ (な-adjective)
color-color
266
映画
movie
えいが
267
帰
to return; to go back
かえ（る）/き
(It looks like a sled and a child.)
268
画
picture; brush strokes (as in how many brush strokes to write a character)
が / かく
(It's shaped like a picture frame.)
269
すう字
すうじ
numeral / numeric character
270
親友
best friend
しんゆう
literally: intimate friend
271
泊
stay (somewhere temporary－like at a hotel)
とまる / はく / ぱく
don't confuse with 海 sea うみ
right-hand side means "self"
same reading as "stop" 止
also counter for number of night at a hotel はく / ぱく
272
色
color
いろ / しょく
(It's shaped like a brush on a paint palette.)
also counter for colors
273
天気
weather
てんき
274
物
thing
もの/ぶつ
looks like a child and an animal.
275
天国
heaven
てんごく
276
音
sound
おと / おん
(It looks like a singer with their arms held out; it looks like a speaker)
277
族
tribe; group
ぞく
(right side looks like person holding flags)
278
着物
きもの
wear-thing
279
一色
one color
いっしょく
280
意み
いみ
meaning
| from 意 (idea)
281
駅
station
えき
The radical on the left is the kanji for horse
282
楽
comfort; music
たの（しい）/ らく / がく
283
犬
dog
いぬ / けん
| (It looks like the mouth of a dog.)
284
父親
father
ちちおや
285
洋
ocean; Western (style)
よう
286
さく夜
さくや
last night
287
人気
popular
person-spirit
にんきん
288
読書
reading books
どくしょ
289
手
hand
て / しゅ
(It looks like the lines on your palm.)
290
お茶
tea
おちゃ
291
気持ち
a feeling
きもち
spirit-hold
292
日本語
Japanese language
にほんご
293
勉強
べんきょう
study
294
車
car; vehicle
くるま / しゃ
295
強
きょう / つよ（い）
strong
296
料理
cooking
りょうり
material-logic
297
毎晩
every night
まいばん
298
明
bright
あか（るい） / あ / めい
299
店
a shop
みせ / てん
(This kanji looks like someone selling a product at a desk under a roof.)
300
名
name / reputation
な / めい
301
合
to fit; to suit; to match
あ（う） / ごう
looks similar to "to meet", 会 あ(う)
(looks like a Japanese teacup with a fitted cover.)
302
業
business / work (as in the place where you work)
ぎょう
(looks like a tall tower with 4 people on the roof!)
303
名前
name
なまえ
304
有名
famous
ゆうめい（な）
305
名し
a business card
めいし
306
明日
tomorrow
two readings: あした; あす (more formal)
bright-day
307
そつ業する
to graduate
そつぎょうする
the kanji means business / work
308
店いん
a shop clerk
てんいん
309
店内
inside of a shop
てんない
shop-inside
310
店長
a store manager
てんちょう
311
合けい
in total
ごうけい
312
合かくする / 合格する
to pass an exam
ごうかくする
313
じゅ業
a lesson
じゅぎょう
314
えい業
business; sales
えいぎょう
315
聞く
きく
means both "to listen" and "to ask.
