| The Kanji |
Readings
& Meanings |
| 軒 |
| けん：のき
- eaves |
軒 noki - eaves (of a house)
軒下 noki shita - under the eaves |
|
| 原 |
| げん original：はら
- plain |
野原 no hara - a field
原因 gen in - the cause
原子 gen shi - atom |
|
| 減 |
| げん：へる：へらす
- decrease |
削減 saku gen - cut, reduction
腹減った hara hetta - I'm hungry. (my stomach is empty.) |
|
| 粉 |
| こ：ふん：こな
- powder |
花粉 ka fun - pollen
小麦粉 ko mugi ko - flour
火の粉 hi no ko - sparks (from a fire) |
|
| 戸 |
| こ：と
- door |
網戸 ami do - a screen door, window screen
江戸 e do - Edo, old name for Tokyo.
引き戸 hiki do - a sliding door |
|
| 湖 |
| こ：みずうみ
- lake |
人造湖
jin
zou ko - a man-made
lake
琵琶湖 bi wa ko - Lake Biwa, the largest inland lake
in Japan |
|
| 個 |
| こ - individual |
個人的
ko
jin teki -
personal, individual,
個人タクシー
ko
jin takushi- -
privately owned taxi |
|
| 呼 |
| こ：よぶ
- call |
呼吸 ko kyuu - breath, respiration
呼び出し yobi dashi - to call out, to call (someone or
something) |
|
| 雇 |
| こ：やとう
- employ, to hire |
雇い主
yatoi
nushi - an
employer
雇い人 yotoi nin - an employee
雇う yatou - to hire, to employ |
|
| 互 |
| ご：たがい
- reciprocal, mutual, each
other |
互いに
tagai
ni - together
with, mutually
交互 kou go - mutual, reciprocal, alternate |
|
| 恋 |
| こい：れん：こう：こいしい
- love |
初恋 hatsu koi - first love, puppy love
恋しい koishii - to miss..., beloved, dear
恋人 koi bito - lover, sweatheart |
|
| 濃 |
| こい：のう
- thick |
濃い koi - think, strong, deep (color)
濃淡 nou tan - light and shade (of colors),
shading |
|
| 光 |
| こう：ひかる：ひかり
- light |
栄光 ei kou - glory
稲光 ina bikari - a flash of lightning
観光 kan kou - sightseeing, tourism
竹光 take mitsu - a bamboo sword |
|
| 向 |
| こう：むく：むける：むかう：むこう
- turn toward |
方向 hou kou - direction, way
向こう mukou - over there, beyond, the other side
方向音痴 hou kou on chi - no sense of directions |
|
| 幸 |
| こう：さいわい：さち：しあわせ
- happiness, happy |
幸福 kou fuku - happiness
幸運 kou un - good fortune, happiness |
|
| 港 |
| こう：みなと
- port, harbor |
空港 kuu kou - airport
香港 hon kon - Hong Kong
海港 kai kou - a sea port |
|
| 好 |
| こう：このむ：すく
- like, favorable |
友好 yuu kou - friendship
色好い iro yoi - good, encouraging, friendly
大好き dai suki - like very much, love
好奇心 kou ki shin - curiosity, inquisitiveness |
|
| 航 |
| こう - navigate |
航海 kou kai - voyage, sailing
米国航空宇宙局
bei
koku kou kuu u chuu kyoku - NASA |
|
| 候 |
| こう：そうろう
- season, serve |
居候 i sourou - a lodger who pays nothing for his
stay
気候 ki kou - climate, weather conditions |
|
| 耕 |
| こう：たがやす
- till, plow, cultivate |
晴耕雨読
sei
kou u doku - on
fine days work the farm, on rainy days read a
book
耕作 kou saku - cultivation, farming |
|
鉱
|
| こう - ore, mine |
金鉱 kin kou - a gold mine
炭鉱 tan kou - a coal mine
鉱物学 kou butsu gaku - mineralogy |
|
| 講 |
| こう - lecture |
講演 kou en - lecture
講師 kou shi - lecturer
講談 kou dan - story-telling |
|
| 更 |
| こう：さら：ふける：ふかす
- renew, to change, to reform, |
夜更かし
yo
fukashi - stay up
late, a night owl
更に sara ni - furthermore, what's more, again...
更改 kou kai - reform, renewal, renovation |
|
| 肯 |
| こう - assent, consent |
首肯 shu kou - assent, consent
肯定的 kou tei teki - affirmative |
|
| 郊 |
| こう - suburb |
近郊 kin kou - suburbs, the outskirts
郊外 kou gai - suburbs, the outskirts |
|
| 号 |
| ごう - number, signal, sign |
青信号
ao
shin gou - a green
(blue) signal light
暗号 an gou - code, password, cryptic message
記号 ki gou - symbol, mark, code
背番号 se ban gou - number on player's back |
|
| 被 |
| こうむる：ひ
- be subject to, to suffer (damage),
to receive かぶる
- to
wear (a hat) |
被害 hi gai - damage
被害者 hi gai sha - a victim, sufferer |
|
| 声 |
| こえ：せい：しょう：こわ
- voice |
歌声 uta koe - singing voice
裏声 ura goe - falsetto
鼻声 hana goe - nasal voice, speaking through the
nose |
|
| 超 |
| こえる：ちょう：こす
- surpass, very |
超 chou - super, ultra, prefix meaning very
(kind of slangish)
超音速 chou on soku - supersonic speed |
|
| 氷 |
| こおり：ひょう：ひ
- ice |
かき氷
kaki
goori - chipped
ice (sweet dessert)
氷山 hyou zan - iceberg
氷柱 tsurara - icicle
氷点 hyou ten - freezing point |
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All the Kanji on the Level 2
Test: #12
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