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The Kanji Readings & Meanings
けんのき - eaves noki - eaves (of a house)
軒下 noki shita - under the eaves
げん originalはら - plain 野原 no hara - a field
原因 gen in - the cause
原子 gen shi - atom
げんる:らす - decrease 削減 saku gen - cut, reduction
腹減った hara hetta - I'm hungry. (my stomach is empty.)
ふんこな - powder 花粉 ka fun - pollen
小麦粉 ko mugi ko - flour
火の粉 hi no ko - sparks (from a fire)
- door 網戸 ami do - a screen door, window screen
江戸 e do - Edo, old name for Tokyo.
引き戸 hiki do - a sliding door
みずうみ - lake 人造湖 jin zou ko - a man-made lake
琵琶湖 bi wa ko - Lake Biwa, the largest inland lake in Japan
- individual 個人的 ko jin teki - personal, individual,
個人タクシー ko jin takushi- - privately owned taxi
- call 呼吸 ko kyuu - breath, respiration
呼び出し yobi dashi - to call out, to call (someone or something)
やと- employ, to hire 雇い主 yatoi nushi - an employer
雇い人 yotoi nin - an employee
雇う yatou - to hire, to employ
たが- reciprocal, mutual, each other 互いに tagai ni - together with, mutually
交互 kou go - mutual, reciprocal, alternate
こいれんう:こいしい - love 初恋 hatsu koi - first love, puppy love
恋しい koishii - to miss..., beloved, dear
恋人 koi bito - lover, sweatheart
い:のう - thick 濃い koi - think, strong, deep (color)
濃淡 nou tan - light and shade (of colors), shading
こうひかる:ひかり - light 栄光 ei kou - glory
稲光 ina bikari - a flash of lightning
観光 kan kou - sightseeing, tourism
竹光 take mitsu - a bamboo sword
こうく:ける:かう:こう - turn toward 方向 hou kou - direction, way
向こう mukou - over there, beyond, the other side
方向音痴 hou kou on chi - no sense of directions
こうさいわい:さちしあわ- happiness, happy 幸福 kou fuku - happiness
幸運 kou un - good fortune, happiness
こうみなと - port, harbor 空港 kuu kou - airport
香港 hon kon - Hong Kong
海港 kai kou - a sea port
こうこのむ:- like, favorable 友好 yuu kou - friendship
色好い iro yoi - good, encouraging, friendly
大好き dai suki - like very much, love
好奇心 kou ki shin - curiosity, inquisitiveness
こう - navigate 航海 kou kai - voyage, sailing
米国航空宇宙局 bei koku kou kuu u chuu kyoku - NASA
こう:そうろう - season, serve 居候 i sourou - a lodger who pays nothing for his stay
気候 ki kou - climate, weather conditions
こうたがや- till, plow, cultivate 晴耕雨読 sei kou u doku - on fine days work the farm, on rainy days read a book
耕作 kou saku - cultivation, farming

こう - ore, mine 金鉱 kin kou - a gold mine
炭鉱 tan kou - a coal mine
鉱物学 kou butsu gaku - mineralogy
こう - lecture 講演 kou en - lecture
講師 kou shi - lecturer
講談 kou dan - story-telling
こうさらける:かす - renew, to change, to reform, 夜更かし yo fukashi - stay up late, a night owl
更に sara ni - furthermore, what's more, again...
更改 kou kai - reform, renewal, renovation
こう - assent, consent 首肯 shu kou - assent, consent
肯定的 kou tei teki - affirmative
こう - suburb 近郊 kin kou - suburbs, the outskirts
郊外 kou gai - suburbs, the outskirts
ごう - number, signal, sign 青信号 ao shin gou - a green (blue) signal light
暗号 an gou - code, password, cryptic message
記号 ki gou - symbol, mark, code
背番号 se ban gou - number on player's back
こうむる: - be subject to, to suffer (damage), to receive かぶ- to wear (a hat) 被害 hi gai - damage
被害者 hi gai sha - a victim, sufferer
こえせいしょうこわ - voice 歌声 uta koe - singing voice
裏声 ura goe - falsetto
鼻声 hana goe - nasal voice, speaking through the nose
える:ちょう- surpass, very chou - super, ultra, prefix meaning very (kind of slangish)
超音速 chou on soku - supersonic speed
こおりひょう - ice かき氷 kaki goori - chipped ice (sweet dessert)
氷山 hyou zan - iceberg
氷柱 tsurara - icicle
氷点 hyou ten - freezing point

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