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The Kanji Readings & Meanings
びん - bottle, かめ - vase 花瓶 ka bin - a flower vase
空き瓶 aki bin - an empty bottle
- prefecture, agency 大阪府 oo saka fu - Osaka prefecture
政府 sei fu - government
- a woman 看護婦 kan go fu - nurse
夫婦 fuu fu - husband and wife
- symbol 引用符 in you fu - quotation marks ""
切符 kippu - ticket
- wide, universal, general 普段着 fu dan gi - everyday clothes
普通列車 fu tsuu ressha - regular local train
- skin 皮膚科 hi fu ka - dermatology
完膚なきまで kan pu naki made - completely, thoroughly
- a department, section 倶楽部 ku ra bu - (school) club
警部 kei bu - police inspector
部屋 heya - room (irregular reading)
- military 武家 bu ke - a warrior family, samurai
武器 bu ki - weapon
武士階級 bu shi kai kyuu - warrior class
う:まい - dance お見舞い o mi mai - visiting the sick, a visit
舞台 bu tai - stage
舞踏会 bu tou kai - a dance, a ball
ふうほう - seal 開封 kai fuu - breaking a seal (on a letter), sending an unsealed letter
封筒 fuu tou - envelope
ふく - fortune 祝福 shuku fuku - blessing
福井県 fukui ken - Fukui prefecture
福引き fuku biki - lottery, drawing
福音 fuku in - the Gospel, the Good News
福祉 fuku shi - welfare
ふく - secondary 副詞 fuku shi - adverb
副社長 fuku sha chou - vice-president (of company)
ふく - return to, again 往復 ou fuku - round trip, return ticket
回復 kai fuku - recovery (from an illness)
復習 fuku shuu - review (studies)
復讐 fuku shuu - revenge
ふく - compound, complex 複雑 fuku zatsu - complex, complicated
複数 fuku suu - plural (grammar...)
複製 fuku sei - reproduction, reprinting, duplication
ふせぐ:ぼう - prevent 国防 koku bou - national defence
予防 yo bou - prevention
防音室 bou on shitsu - sound-proof room
消防車 shou bou sha - fire engine, fire truck
ふつく:かす - to boil 沸点 futten - boiling point
湯沸かし yu wa kashi - tea pot, teakettle
ぶつほとけ - buddha, France 仏教 bukkyou - buddhism
仏文 futsu bun - French literature, French writtings
ほうむくいる - inform, information 警報 kei hou - warning, alarm
個人情報 ko jin jou hou - personal information
天気予報 ten ki yo hou - weather report, weather forecast
ほうゆた- plentiful, in abundance 豊作 hou saku - an abundant crop, good harvest
豊富 hou fu - abundance, wealth
貿
ぼう - trade 貿易会社 bou eki gai sha - trading company
交換貿易制 kou kan bou eki sei - barter system
ぼうわすれる - to forget 忘れっぽい wasureppoi - forgetful
忘れ物 wasure mono - lost item, forgotten thing
ぼう - a stick, rod 指揮棒 shi ki bou - conductor's stick
泥棒 doro bou - theif, robber
用心棒 you jin bou - a bodygaurd
ぼうぼっ - boy, priest 赤ん坊 akan bou - a baby
朝寝坊 asa ne bou - oversleeping in the morning, late riser
隠れん坊 kakuren bou - hide and go seek (game)
ぼう - headgear 脱帽 datsu bou - take off one's hat; my hat's off to you
麦藁帽子 mugi wara bou shi - straw hat
しい:よくほっする - to desire, want 食欲 shoku yoku - appetite
物欲しげ mono hoshi ge - greedy
まが- to polish, brush (teeth) 歯磨き ha migaki - toothpaste
靴磨き kutsu migaki - shoe polish
まい - counter for sheets (of paper) 一枚 ichi mai - one flat object (paper)
三枚目 san mai me - a comedian, comic actor
二枚目 ni mai me - a love scene's actor, handsome man
まよう:めい - perplexed, lost 迷子 mai go - a lost child (irregular pronunciation)
迷宮 mei kyuu - labyrinth, maze
迷惑 mei waku - trouble, annoyance
まんちる:たす - full 満タン man tan - full tank (car)
満員 man in - full house, no vacancy, sold out
満月 man getsu - full moon
満足 man zoku - satisfaction
- not yet, still to come 未確認飛行物体 mi kaku nin hi kou buttai - UFO
未知 mi chi - unknown, not known yet
未来型 mi rai gata - futuristic

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