| The Kanji |
Readings & Meanings |
| 望 |
| のぞむ:ぼう:もう
- hope, desire, to expect |
願望 gan bou - desire, wish, aspiration
失望 shitsu bou - disappointment, despair
ハッブル望遠鏡
habburu
bou en kyou - the
Hubble telescope |
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| 葉 |
| は:よう
leaf, leaves |
合い言葉
ai
kotoba - password
押し葉 oshi ba - a pressed leaf
葉書 ha gaki - post card |
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| 破 |
| は:やぶる:やぶれる
- to tear, break |
読破 doku ha - read through a book, finish a book
島破り shima yaburi - escape from exile on an island |
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| 敗 |
| はい:やぶれる
- be defeated |
失敗 shippai - mistake, blunder
連戦連敗 ren sen ren pai - succession of defeats |
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| 倍 |
| ばい - times X, double |
二倍 ni bai - twice, double x2
倍増 bai zou - double |
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| 量 |
| はかる:りょう
- quantity |
雨量 u ryou - rainfall, amound of rain
記憶容量 ki oku you ryou - memory capacity
~量 ryou - amount, quantity (of something) |
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| 麦 |
| ばく:むぎ
- wheat |
小麦 ko mugi - wheat
蕎麦 so ba - soba, buckwheat noodles
麦茶 mugi cha - barley tea |
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| 爆 |
| ばく - to explode |
原爆 gen baku - atomic bomb
爆弾 baku dan - bomb
爆発 baku hatsu - explosion |
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| 箱 |
| はこ - box |
ごみ箱
gomi
bako - garbage
box, trash can
主の箱 shu no hako - the Ark of the Lord
巣箱 su bako - nest, hive (bees) |
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| 畑 |
| はた:はたけ
- a field |
畑地 hata chi - farmland
野菜畑 yasai batake - vegetable garden |
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| 肌 |
| はだ
- skin |
鳥肌 tori hada - goose bumps, get goose pimples
肌寒い hada samui - chilly |
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| 法 |
| はっ:ほう:ほっ
- law |
憲法 ken pou - constitution
忍法 nin pou - the ninja arts
無法者 mu hou sha - an outlaw |
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| 鼻 |
| はな:び
- nose |
鼻が高い
hana
ga takai - to be
proud
鼻血 hana ji - nose bleed |
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| 放 |
| はなす:ほう:はなつ:はなれる
- let go, separate |
解放 kai hou - liberation, release
追放 tsui hou - exile, banishment
放射性 hou sha sei - radioactive
火炎放射器 ka en hou sha ki
- flame thrower
生放送 nama hou sou - live broadcast |
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| 幅 |
| はば:ふく
- width |
増幅器
zou
fuku ki -
amplifier
幅跳び haba tobi - the long jump |
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| 林 |
| はやし:りん
- woods, forest |
林間 rin kan - in the forest
林檎 rin go - apple (kanji not used)
林道 rin dou - nature path, trail through the
woods |
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| 腹 |
| はら:ふく
- belly, stomach |
空腹 kuu fuku - hunger, empty stomach
復笑い fuku warai - a Japanese game like 'pin the tail
on the donkey' |
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| 払 |
| はらう:ふつ
- to pay, to clear away |
支払い
shi
harai - payment
酔っ払い yopparai - drunkard |
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| 判 |
| はん:ばん
- judge |
小判 ko ban - Koban, old Japanese coin
裁判 sai ban - judgement, trial
評判 hyou ban - reputation, fame |
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| 版 |
| はん - print, publishing |
英語版
ei
go ban - English
edition
吹き替え版 fuki kae ban - dubbed version (videos...) |
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| 般 |
| はん - to sort, generally |
一般的
ippan
teki - generally,
typically
全般的 zen pan teki - universally |
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| 販 |
| はん - to sell |
自動販売機
ji
dou han bai ki -
vending machine
通信販売 tsuu shin han
bai - mail order |
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| 番 |
| ばん - order, turn, watch |
一番 ichi ban - #1, the best, favorite
交番 kou ban - police box
夜番 yo ban - night watch |
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| 晩 |
| ばん - evening |
一昨晩
issaku
ban - night before
last
一晩中 hito ban chuu - all night, over night |
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| 非 |
| ひ - not, not good |
是非 ze hi - certainly, of course
非金属 hi kin zoku - non-metal
非常に hi jou ni - extremely, very |
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| 匹 |
| ひき
- counter for small animals :ひつ
- equal, comparable |
一匹 ippiki - one animal
馬匹 ba hitsu - horses |
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| 筆 |
| ひつ:ふで
- brush, writing |
悪筆 aku hitsu - poor handwriting
万年筆 man nen hitsu - fountain pen |
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| 兵 |
| ひょう:へい
- a soldier |
伏兵 fuku hei - soldiers in an ambush
兵営 hei ei - barracks |
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| 秒 |
| びょう
- a second |
数秒 suu byou - a few seconds
秒読み byou yomi - countdown |
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| 貧 |
| ひん:びん:まずしい
- poor, poverty |
貧乏 bin bou - poverty, poor
貧血 hin ketsu - anemia |
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