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The Kanji Readings & Meanings
おぼえる:かく to remember; to understand 感覚 kan kaku - sense; sensation
目覚し時計 me zamashi to kei - alarm clock
目を覚めます me o samemasu - to wake up (eyes wake up)
おも face; surfaceめん side; phase; maskおもて face; outside; front 月面 getsu men - the surface of the moon
地面 ji men - ground; earth's surface
赤面 seki men - to blush (red face)
両面 ryou men - both sides
面接 men setsu - interview (for job...)
り:せつto break; to fold 折り紙 ori gami - paper folding, origami
右折 u setsu - to turn right
こうto fall (rain, snow)りる to get off; to come down 降雨 kou u - rainfall, rain
降参 kou san - to surrender, give into...
おんぎょ honorific prefix 御飯 go han - rice (rice is important)
御苦労様 go ku rou sama - thanks for your hard work
御馳走 go chi sou - feast! treating someone to food
か:こうきょう:かお:かおfragrance 香水 kou sui - perfume
香港 hon kon - Hong Kong
subject of study 学科 gakka - subject; course of study
科学 ka gaku - science
教科書 kyou ka sho - a textbook
 
:ばける:ばかす change (into) 国際化 koku sai ka - internationalization
地球温暖化 chi kyuu on dan ka - global warming
文化 bun ka - culture
お化け o bake - ghost
:に load 荷物 ni motsu - luggage, baggage
重荷 omo ni - a heavy load; burden
くわえる:くわわる add 参加 san ka - participation
増加 zou ka - an increase
:はたす:てる:fruit, end 効果 kou ka - effect, results
果たし状 hatashi jou - a letter of challenge (from an enemy)
果汁 ka juu - fruit juice
money, goods 金貨 kin ka - a gold coin
硬貨 kou ka - a coin
section, lesson 課長 ka chou - section chief
課税 ka zei - taxes, taxation
possible, approve 許可 kyo ka - permission, approval
可愛い kawaii - cute, pretty
不可能 fu ka nou - impossible
可能性 ka nou sei - possibility
:かわ river 銀河 gin ga - The Milky Way
氷河 hyou ga - a glacier
河馬 ka ba - hippopotamus
candy, confectionery お菓子 okashi - sweets, snack
菓子屋 kashi ya - confectionery shop
:くつ shoes 靴下 kutsu shita - socks
靴磨き kutsu migaki - shoe shine, shining shoes
かい shell; shellfish kai - a shell
貝塚 ka zuka - a shell mound (remains of ancient socities' dump)
かい (1st, 2nd) floor (of a building); rank; 音階 on kai - music scale
武士階級 bushi kai kyuu - warrior class
階段 kai dan - stairs
かい machine 機械 ki kai - a machine
機械翻訳 ki kai hon yaku - machine translation
かい:こころよpleasant 愉快 yu kai - pleasant, happy
快速 kai soku - express (train), high speed
かいexplanation く:かす:ける to solve; untie; dissolve 誤解 go kai - a misunderstanding
正解 sei kai - answers, solution
理解 ri kai - understanding, comprehension
問題解決 mon dai kai ketsu - solve a problem, problem-solving
かい:はい ashes 火山灰 ka zan bai - volcanic ash
灰色 hai iro - grey (color)
かい mediate; come between; to aid 紹介 shou kai - introduce
自己紹介 ji ko shou kai - self-introduction
かい:みな all; everything; everyone 皆さん mina san - everyone
皆既日食 kai ki nisshoku - total solar eclipse
がい harm; calamity 迫害 haku gai - persecution
煙害 en gai - smoke pollution
う:こうまじto be mixed まじわる to associate with 外交 gai kou - diplomacy
見交わす mi kawasu - to exchange glances, to look at each other
交換 kou kan - to exchange, trade
かえす:へんかえreturn 繰り返し kuri kaeshi - to repeat
息を吹き返す iki o fuki kaesu - to come back to life
返事 hen ji - reply, answer
かえりみる to reflect upon せい to look しょう suffix 'government department' はぶto omit; cut down 文部省 mon bu shou - Ministry of Education
各省 kaku shou - each ministry (of the govenment)
える:へんわる change; abnormal 相変わらず ai kawarazu - same as always; nothing changed
大変 tai hen - dreadful, terrible, very...
変身 hen shin - metamorphosis, transformation

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