The Kanji |
Readings
& Meanings |
給 |
きゅう
supply, pay |
給食 kyuu shoku - school lunch
給料日 kyuu ryou bi - pay day |
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久 |
きゅう:く:ひさしい
long time |
久しぶり
hisashiburi
- it's been a long
time
永久歯 ei kyuu shi - permanant tooth |
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旧 |
きゅう
old, former |
復旧 fukkyuu - restoration, rehabilitation
旧姓 kyuu sei - maiden name (former name)
旧約聖書 kyuu yaku sei
sho - the Old
Testament |
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吸 |
きゅう:すう
suck, breathe in |
深呼吸
shin
ko kyuu - deep
breath
人工呼吸 jin kou ko kyuu - artificial respiration, mouth to
mouth |
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許 |
きょ:ゆるす
permit, pardon, forgive |
運転免許
un
ten men kyo -
drivers licence
許し yurushi - pardon, forgiveness, permission
許可 kyo ka - permission, approval |
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漁 |
ぎょ:
りょう fish |
漁業 gyo gyou - the fishing industry
漁師 ryou shi - fisherman
漁船 gyo sen - fishing boat |
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清 |
きよい:せい:しょう:きよまる:きよめる
clean, clear, pure |
清水 shi mizu - spring water
清明 sei mei - pure & clean |
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橋 |
きょう:はし
bridge |
石橋 ishi bashi - stone bridge
歩道橋 ho dou kyou - pedestrian bridge |
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共 |
きょう:とも
together |
公共 kou kyou - public, community
と共に to tomo ni - together with
共産 kyou san - communist |
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協 |
きょう
cooperate |
協会 kyou kai - association,society, organization
日本放送協会
nippon
hou sou kyou kai -
NHK (public television in Japan) |
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経 |
きょう:へる
manage, passage けい:circles of longitude |
経営 kei ei - management
経験 kei ken - experience
経済 kei zai - economics, business |
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境 |
きょう:けい:さかい
boundary, border line,
situation |
環境 kan kyou - environment
境界 kyou kai - boundary |
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供 |
きょう:く:とも
attendant :そなえる
offer |
子供 kodomo - child, children
供給 kyou kyuu - supply, provision
供え物 sonae mono - an offering |
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胸 |
きょう:むね:むな
chest (body part) |
胸毛 muna ge - chest hairs
胸部 kyou bu - chest area |
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叫 |
きょう:さけぶ
shout |
叫び sakebi - a shout, scream
雄叫び otakebi - a war cry,roar |
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況 |
きょう
conditions, state of things,
still more |
状況 jyou kyou - circumstances, situation
準備状況 jun bi jyou kyou
- preliminary
conditions, initial conditions |
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狭 |
きょう:せまい:せばめる:せばまる
narrow |
狭苦しい
sema
kurushii -
cramped, to small of a place
肩身が狭い kata mi ga semai
- feeling ashamed |
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挟 |
きょう:はさむ:はさまる
hold between, clasp |
洗濯挟み
sentaku
basami - clothes
pin
小耳に挟む ko mimi ni
hasamu - to happen
to overhear |
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曲 |
きょく:まがる:まげる
music, song, curve, turn |
一曲 ikkyoku - a tune, one song
カバー曲 kaba- kyoku - a cover, remake of a song
曲がり道 magari michi - a winding road |
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局 |
きょく
bureau, segment |
結局 kekkyoku - after all, in the end
米航空宇宙局
bei
kou kuu u chuu kyoku - NASA (USA)
放送局 hou sou kyoku - broadcasting office |
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極 |
きょく:ごく:きわめる:きわまる:きわみ
extreme, pole (north and south) |
積極 sekkyoku - positive
南極 nan kyoku - the South Pole, Antarctic
北極 hokkyoku - the North Pole |
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玉 |
ぎょく:たま
gem, jewel, round object |
五百円玉
go
hyaku en dama -
500 yen coin
水玉 mizu tama - a drop of water
お手玉 o te dama - juggling |
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際 |
きわ:さい
verge, occation |
交際 kou sai - company, association
国際 koku sai - international
実際 jissai - actual condition, practical |
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均 |
きん even, level |
平均 hei kin - equilibrium, balance,average
平均寿命 heikin jyu myou - life expectancy |
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禁 |
きん prohibit, not allowed |
禁煙 kin en - no smoking!
禁煙車 kin en sha - non-smoking car
禁止 kin shi - prohibited, not allowed |
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勤 |
きん:ごん:つとめる:つとまる
service |
勤務 kin mu - duty, service
勤務者 kin mu sha - workers, men on duty
勤労 kin rou - labor, exertion |
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区 |
く - district, ward |
行政区
gyou
sei ku -
administrative district
区別 ku betsu - distinction, to make a distinction |
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苦 |
く:くるしい:くるしむ:くるしめる:にがい:にがる
- suffering; bitter; painful |
労苦 rou ku - labor, toil, hardship
暑苦しい atsu kurushii - sweltering hot
寝苦しい ne gurushii - unable to sleep well
御苦労様 go ku rou sama - good work! Thanks for your labors |
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庫 |
く:こ
- storehouse |
倉庫 sou kou - a warehouse
冷蔵庫 rei zou ko - refrigerator |
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紅 |
く:こう:べに:くれない
- crimson |
口紅 kuchi beni - lipstick
紅海 kou kai - the Red Sea |
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