2 kyuu Kanji with One Pronunciation Page 4

All the Kanji on the Level 2 Test with ONE reading: #4
NOTE: Actually, most of these kanji DO have more than one reading, however they are rarely used

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
紹
しょう - introduce 紹介 shou kai - introduce, introduction
自己紹介 ji ko shou kai - self-introduction
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
職
しょく - employment 求職 kyuu shoku - seeking employment, looking for work
辞職 ji shoku - resignation
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
制
せい - system, control 規制 ki sei - regulation
無制限 mu sei gen - limitless
製
せい - manufactured, made in ~ アメリカ製 amerika sei - made in America
木製 moku sei - made of wood
税
ぜい - tax 関税 kan zei - customs, duty, tarrif
税制改革 zei sei kai kaku - tax reform
席
せき - seat 運転席 un ten seki - driver seat
欠席 kesseki - absence, non-attendance
績
せき - achievements 実績 jisseki - actual results, achievements
成績表 sei seki hyou - report card
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)
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
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
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
段
だん - step 手段 shu dan - means, way
段ボール dan bo-ru - cardboard
畜
ちく - livestock 家畜 ka chiku - domesticated animals, cattle
畜産 chiku san - stock breeding
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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