| The Kanji |
Readings
& Meanings |
| 忙 |
| いそがしい：ぼう
busy |
忙しい
isogashii
- busy
多忙 ta bou - busy |
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| 板 |
| いた：はん：ばん
board (wood); plate |
看板 kan ban - sign, billboard
板挟み ita basami - a dilemma, caught between a rock
and a hard place |
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| 痛 |
| いたい：つう：いたむ
pain |
片腹痛い
kata
hara itai -
absurd, ridiculous, laughable
痛み止め itami dome - a painkiller |
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| 抱 |
| いだく：ほう：だく：かかえる
hug; hold |
抱擁 hou you - hug, embrace
辛抱 shin bou - patience, to put up with...
抱腹絶倒 hou fuku zettou - convulsed with laughter, split
one's sides laughing |
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| 頂 |
| いただき：ちょう：いただく
summit; receive |
頂上 chou jou - peak, summit (of a mountain)
頂戴 chou dai - please, give me...
頂く itadaku - receive (something) |
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| 市 |
| いち
market：し city |
大阪市
oosaka
shi - Osaka City
姉妹都市 shimai toshi - sister cities
市場 ichi ba - market, marketplace |
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| 糸 |
| いと：し
thread |
糸 ito - thread, yarn, string
釣り糸 tsuri ito - fishing line |
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| 営 |
| いとなむ：えい
manage; barracks |
兵営 hei ei - barracks
営業 ei gyou - business, management
営業中 ei gyou chuu - in business |
|
| 否 |
| いな：ひ
no; denial |
賛否 san pi - pros and cons, approval and
disapproval
不定的 fu tei teki - negative, contradictory |
|
| 命 |
| いのち
life：めい：みょう
order |
一生懸命
isshou
ken mei - with
utmost effort, with all one's might
運命 un mei - fate,destiny
革命 kaku mei - revolution
使命 shi mei - a mission
寿命 ju myou - a life span |
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| 祈 |
| いのる：き
to pray |
祈り inori - a prayer
主の祈り shu no inori - the Lord's Prayer |
|
| 要 |
| いる：よう
require; necessary |
重要 juu you - important, momentous, major
必要 hitsu you - necessary
要求 you kyuu - demands, request |
|
| 居 |
| いる：きょ
reside |
紙芝居
kami
shi bai - a
picture play, telling a story with pictures
人形芝居 nin gyou shi bai
- a puppet show
居間 i ma - a living room |
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| 岩 |
| いわ：がん
rock; crag |
溶岩 you gen - volcanic lava
岩手県 iwate ken - Iwate prefecture
岩登り iwa nobori - rock climbing |
|
| 祝 |
| いわう：しゅく：しゅう
celebrate |
祝い iwai - celebration, congratulations
祝祭日 shuku sai jitsu - a festival day
祝福 shuku fuku - a blessing |
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| 引 |
| いん：ひく：ひける
draw; pull |
割引 wari biki - a discount, reduction
綱引き tsuna hiki - tug-of-war
引き出し hiki dashi - a drawer (from a desk)
引越し hikkoshi - to move
引用 in you - a quotation, citation |
|
| 印 |
| いん：しるし
sign; mark |
印象づける
in
shou zukeru - to
impress someone
印象的 in shou teki - impressive
印度人 in do jin - a person from India |
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| 因 |
| いん：よる
cause |
原因 gen in - cause, source
因って yotte - because of, accordingly |
|
| 羽 |
| う:は:はね feather, wing |
羽 hane - a feather
羽 wa - a counter for birds
一羽 ichi wa - one (bird) |
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| 宇 |
| う universe, eaves, house |
宇宙 u chuu - the universe, space
宇宙人 u chuu jin - an alien
宇宙飛行士 u chuu hi kou
shi - an astronaut
宇宙旅行 u chuu ryo kou - Space travel |
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| 初 |
| うい:しょ:はつ first、はじめ
beginning |
最初 sai sho - first, from the beginning, onset
初場所 hatsu basho - New Year's Sumo tournament |
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| 植 |
| うえる：うわる：しょく
to plant; to set up |
田植え
ta
ue - rice planting
植物 shoku butsu - plants,vegetation
植民地 shoku min chi - a colony |
|
| 伺 |
| うかがう:し to ask; to visit; to hear |
伺う ukagau - to visit, to ask, inquire (honorific) |
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| 浮 |
| うかぶ
to float; to come to mind：ふ：うく
to float, to be left over |
浮く uku - to float
浮世絵 uki yo e - Ukiyoe (pictures of everyday life
in the Edo Period) |
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| 受 |
| うかる
to receive：じゅ：うけ
popularity; receptacle |
授受 ju ju - give and receive
受ける ukeru - to be received, become popular, to
catch on
受験 ju ken - taking a test
受け身 ukemi - the passive (grammar) |
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| 承 |
| うけたまわる：しょう
to hear; to agree to |
承知 shou chi - know, say yes, consent
承認 shou nin - recognition, acknowledgement |
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| 失 |
| うしなう：しつ
to lose; slip |
失業 shitsu gyou - unemployment
失敗 shippai - failure, mistake
失望 shitsu bou - disappointment
失礼 shitsu rei - rude, impolite, excuse me |
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| 薄 |
| うすい：はく
thin; light; weak; pale |
薄々 usu usu - dimly, slightly
薄荷 hakka - peppermint |
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| 疑 |
| うたがう
to doubt; suspect：ぎ：うたがい
doubt; suspicion |
懐疑 kai gi - doubt, skepticism
疑う utagau - to doubt |
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| 内 |
| うち：ない：だい
inside |
案内 an nai - information, guidance
県内 ken nai - within a prefecture
内緒 nai sho - secret, confidential, privacy |
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All the Kanji on the Level 2
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