| The Kanji |
| Readings
& Meanings |
Useful
and/or interesting words |
|
| 将 |
| しょう
- general officer |
将棋 shou gi - Japanese chess (game)
将軍 shou gun - Shogun, general
将来 shou rai - the future |
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| 紹 |
| しょう
- introduce |
紹介 shou kai - introduce, introduction
自己紹介 ji ko shou kai - self-introduction |
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| 状 |
| じょう
- form, letter |
果たし状
hatashi
jou - letter of
challenge, challenge to a duel
招待状 shou tai jou - invitation card |
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| 職 |
| しょく
- employment |
求職 kyuu shoku - seeking employment, looking for
work
辞職 ji shoku - resignation |
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| 信 |
| しん - believe, message |
確信 kaku shin - confidence, conviction
信仰 shin kou - faith, creed
遭難信号 sou nan shin gou
- distress signal,
SOS |
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| 制 |
| せい - system, control |
規制 ki sei - regulation
無制限 mu sei gen - limitless |
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| 製 |
| せい - manufactured, made in ~ |
アメリカ製
amerika
sei - made in
America
木製 moku sei - made of wood |
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| 税 |
| ぜい - tax |
関税 kan zei - customs, duty, tarrif
税制改革 zei sei kai kaku
- tax reform |
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| 席 |
| せき - seat |
運転席
un
ten seki - driver
seat
欠席 kesseki - absence, non-attendance |
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| 績 |
| せき - achievements |
実績 jisseki - actual results, achievements
成績表 sei seki hyou - report card |
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| 隻 |
| せき - one of a pair; counter for boats |
数隻の船
suu
seki no fune -
several boats
一隻 isseki - one (counter for boats) |
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| 籍 |
| せき - register |
国籍 koku seki - nationality
本籍地 hon seki chi - permanent residence |
|
| 線 |
| せん - a line |
境界線
kyou
kai sen - boundary
line
曲線 kyoku sen - curve |
|
| 祖 |
| そ - ancestor |
祖国 so koku - father land, native country
祖先 so sen - ancestor |
|
| 総 |
| そう - total, general |
総合的
sou
gou teki -
synthetic
総理大臣 sou ri dai jin - Prime Minister |
|
| 層 |
| そう - stratum, layer |
階層 kai sou - class, level
成層圏 sei sou ken - stratosphere |
|
| 燥 |
| そう - dry up |
乾燥 kan sou - dried, dehydrate
乾燥洗濯 kan sou sen taku
- dry cleaning |
|
| 像 |
| ぞう - image |
現像 gen zou - developing (film)
雪像 setsu zou - snow sculpture
想像 sou zou - imagination |
|
| 臓 |
| ぞう - internal organ, entrails |
肝臓 kan zou - liver (body part)
心臓の鼓動 shin zou no
kodou - heartbeat |
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| 則 |
| そく - a rule, law, to act on |
規則 ki soku - rule, regulation
不規則動詞 fu kisoku dou
shi - irregular
verb |
|
| 卒 |
| そつ - graduate |
卒業証書
sotsu
gyou shou sho -
diploma
高卒 kou sotsu - high school graduate |
|
| 第 |
| だい - rank, No. ~ |
安全第一
an
zen dai ichi -
safety first
第一印象 dai ichi in shou
- first impression |
|
| 宅 |
| たく - house, home |
自宅 ji taku - one's house
宅配便 taku hai bin - express home delivery |
|
| 濯 |
| たく - to rinse |
洗濯挟み
sentaku
basami - clothes
pin
洗濯物 sen taku mono - clothes to be washed |
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| 単 |
| たん - single |
単身赴任
tan
shin fu nin -
transfer without family; the father working in
another city
単独会見i tan doku kai ken - exclusive interview |
|
| 談 |
| だん - talk |
怪談 kai dan - ghost story
冗談抜き jou dan nuki
- no joking,
jesting aside |
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| 段 |
| だん - step |
手段 shu dan - means, way
段ボール dan bo-ru - cardboard |
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| 畜 |
| ちく - livestock |
家畜 ka chiku - domesticated animals, cattle
畜産 chiku san - stock breeding |
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| 宙 |
| ちゅう
- outer space |
宇宙基地
u
chuu ki chi -
space station
宇宙人 u chuu jin - alien, space man
宙返り chuu gaeri - somersault |
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