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The Kanji Readings & Meanings
凍
こおる:とう:こごえる - to freeze 冷凍 rei tou - refrigeration, freezing
凍結機 tou ketsu ki - freezer
谷
こく:たに - valley 谷間 tani ai - valley
谷底 tani soko - the bottom of a valley
告
こく:つげる - notify 警告 kei koku - a warning
広告 kou koku - advertisement
報告 hou koku - report, information
腰
こし:よう - waist, hip 腰掛け koshi kake - a bench, stool, chair
腰弱 koshi yowa - weak kneed
骨
こつ:ほね - bone 拳骨 gen kotsu - a fist
顎骨 ago bone - jaw bone
断
ことわる:だん:たつ - cut off, resolve 横断 ou dan - cross (a street)
決断 ketsu dan - decision, determination
細
こまか:こまかい small, fine, minute:さい:ほそい:ほそる - slender, thin 細菌 sai kin - germs
細工 sai ku - workmanship, craft (used as a suffix for type of workmanship)
委細面談 i sai men dan - details when we meet. (official sounding)
困
こまる:こん - be in trouble 困難 kon nan - difficulty,distress
困惑 - bewilderment
込
こむ:こめる - into, be crowded 折り込み iri komi - a foldout, insertion
税込み zei komi - tax included
飛び込み tobi komi - a leap, jump,plunge, dive
米
こめ:べい:まい - rice, America 中米 chuu bei - Central America
日米 nichi bei - Japan and America
殺
ころす:さつ:さい:せつ - kill 暗殺 an satsu - assassination
必殺 hissatsu - a certain kill
怖
こわい:ふ - fearful, scared 恐怖 kyou fu - dread, terror, fear
怖じ気 oji ke - a fear
根
こん:ね - root 語根 go kon - the root (origin) of a word
大根 dai kon - Japanese radish
屋根 ya ne - roof, housetop
混
こん:まじる:まざる:まぜる - mix, blend, associate with 混乱 kon ran - confusion,chaos, disorder
混ぜる mazeru - to mix
婚
こん - marry, marriage 結婚 kekkon - marriage
新婚 shin kon - newly wed
婚約 kon yaku - engagement
差
さ:さす - difference 時差 ji sa - time difference
人差し指 hito sashi yubi - index finger
差し上げる sashi ageru - to offer, to give (polite)
指差す yubi sasu - to point at
時差ぼけ ji sa boke - jet lag
査
さ - look into 検査 ken sa - inspection, examination
捜査 sou sa - search, investigation
探査機 tan sa ki - a probe (space)
砂
さ:しゃ:すな - sand 砂岩 sa gan - sand stone
砂糖 sa tou - sugar
砂漠 sa baku - desert
再
さ:さい:ふたたび - repeat, another time, again 再建 sai ken - rebuilding, reconstruction
再犯 sai han - second offense
座
ざ:すわる - seat, sit down 星座 sei za - a constellation (stars)
正座 sei za - sitting Japanese style, sitting correctly
座席 za seki - a seat
才
さい - talent 天才 ten sai - genius, natural gift
才媛 sai en - a talented woman
祭
さい:まつり:まつる - festival 文化祭 bun ka sai - Culture Day
夏祭 natsu matsuri - Summer festival
祭日 sai jitsu - national holiday
菜
さい:な - vegetable 野菜 ya sai - vegetables
山菜 san sai - edible wild plants
最
さい:もっとも - most, -est 最悪 sai aku - the worst
最近 sai kin - recently, these days
最高 sai kou (not psycho) - the highest, the best, the supreme
妻
さい:つま - wife 愛妻 ai sai - beloved wife
稲妻 ina zuma - lightning
採
さい:とる - pick, gather 採取 sai shu - picking, collecting, gathering, harvesting
採点 sai ten - grading, marking
済
さい:すむ:すます - settle, relieve 経済 kei zai - economics, business, economy
救済 kyuu sai - relief, rescue, help
歳
さい:せい - year, age suffix 何歳 nan sai - how old?
万歳 ban zai - Hurrah!, Cheers! live 10,000 years!
財
さい:ざい - wealth  私財 shi zai - private property
財産 zai san - property, fortune, assets
財布 sai fu - wallet
材
ざい - timber, materials 教材 kyou zai - teaching materials
木材 moku zai - lumber, timber, wood

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Last updated:
Tuesday, October 03, 2000