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All the Kanji on the Level 2 Test with ONE reading: #5
NOTE:
Actually, most of these kanji DO have more than one reading, however they are rarely used

The Kanji
Reading & Meanings Useful and/or interesting words
ちゅう - stationed 駐車場 chuu sha jou - parking lot
駐屯所 chuu ton jo - military station, post
ちょ - lay up 貯金 cho kin - savings, save money
貯水池 cho sui chi - reservoir (of water)
ちょう - government agency 環境庁 kan kyou chou - environmental agency
県庁 ken chou - prefectural headquarters
てい - stop, halt バス停 basu tei - bus stop
停学 tei gaku - suspend from school
てき - suitable 快適 kai teki - pleasant, comfortable
不適当 fu teki tou - inadequacy, unfitness
てつ - iron 地下鉄 chi ka tetsu - subway, underground train
鉄棒 tetsu bou - iron bar, crowbar
てん - point, marks, dot 凝固点 gyou ko ten - freezing point
交差点 kou sa ten - intersection, crossing
- follower 使徒 shi to - apostle, disciple
偶像教徒的 guu zou kyou to teki - idolatrous
- way 途中 to chuu - on the way
前途有望 zen to yuu bou - a promising future
とう - party, sect, group 反対党 han tai tou - opposition party
民主党 min shu tou - Democratic party
とう - arrive 人跡未踏 jin seki mi tou - unexplored
到着 tou chaku - arrival
とう - tower 管制塔 kan sei tou - control tower
バベルの塔 baberu no tou - the Tower of Babel
どう - copper, bronze 銅メダル dou medaru - a bronze medal
銅山 dou zan - copper mine
どく - poison 働き中毒 hataraki chuu doku - workaholic, work poisoning
毒見 doku mi - tasting for poison (for a king...)
解毒剤 ge doku zai - antidote
ねん - toughts, remembering 記念 ki nen - commemoration, in memory
望郷の念 bou kyou no nen - a sense of nostalgia
のう - farming 農家 nou ka - farmer, farm family
農場 nou jou - farm
のう - ability 日本語能力試験 nihongo nou ryoku shi ken - the Japanese Language Proficiency Test
人工知能 jin kou chi nou - AI, Artificial Intelligence
不可能 fu ka nou - impossible
のう - brain 洗脳 sen nou - brain washing
頭脳 zu nou - head, brains, intellect
ばい - times X, double 二倍 ni bai - twice, double x2
倍増 bai zou - double
ばく - to explode 原爆 gen baku - atomic bomb
爆弾 baku dan - bomb
爆発 baku hatsu - explosion
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)
はだ - skin 鳥肌 tori hada - goose bumps, get goose pimples
肌寒い hada samui - chilly
はん - print, publishing 英語版 ei go ban - English edition
吹き替え版 fuki kae ban - dubbed version (videos...)
はん - to sort, generally 一般的 ippan teki - generally, typically
全般的 zen pan teki - universally
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
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
ばん - evening 一昨晩 issaku ban - night before last
一晩中 hito ban chuu - all night, over night
- 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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By
Clay & Yumi Boutwell

Last updated:
Thursday, September 21, 2000