| The Kanji |
Readings & Meanings |
| 瓶 |
| びん
- bottle, かめ - vase |
花瓶 ka bin - a flower vase
空き瓶 aki bin - an empty bottle |
|
| 府 |
| ふ
- prefecture,
agency |
大阪府
oo
saka fu - Osaka
prefecture
政府 sei fu - government |
|
| 婦 |
| ふ
- a woman |
看護婦
kan
go fu - nurse
夫婦 fuu fu - husband and wife |
|
| 符 |
| ふ
- symbol |
引用符
in
you fu - quotation
marks ""
切符 kippu - ticket |
|
| 普 |
| ふ
- wide,
universal, general |
普段着
fu
dan gi - everyday
clothes
普通列車 fu tsuu ressha - regular local train |
|
| 膚 |
| ふ
- skin |
皮膚科
hi
fu ka -
dermatology
完膚なきまで
kan
pu naki made -
completely, thoroughly |
|
| 部 |
| ぶ
- a
department, section |
倶楽部
ku
ra bu - (school)
club
警部 kei bu - police inspector
部屋 heya - room (irregular reading) |
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| 武 |
| ぶ：む
- military |
武家 bu ke - a warrior family, samurai
武器 bu ki - weapon
武士階級 bu shi kai kyuu - warrior class |
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| 舞 |
| ぶ：まう：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 |
|
| 封 |
| ふう：ほう
- seal |
開封
kai fuu -
breaking a seal (on a letter), sending an
unsealed letter
封筒 fuu tou - envelope |
|
| 福 |
| 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 |
|
| 副 |
| ふく - secondary |
副詞
fuku shi -
adverb
副社長 fuku
sha chou -
vice-president (of company) |
|
| 復 |
| 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 |
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| 複 |
| ふく - compound, complex |
複雑
fuku zatsu -
complex, complicated
複数 fuku suu - plural (grammar...)
複製 fuku sei -
reproduction, reprinting, duplication |
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| 防 |
| 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 |
|
| 沸 |
| ふつ：わく：わかす
- to boil |
沸点
futten -
boiling point
湯沸かし yu
wa kashi -
tea pot, teakettle |
|
| 仏 |
| ぶつ：ほとけ
- buddha, France |
仏教
bukkyou -
buddhism
仏文 futsu bun
- French
literature, French writtings |
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| 報 |
| 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 |
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| 豊 |
| ほう：ゆたか
- 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 |
|
| 忘 |
| ぼう：わすれる
- to forget |
忘れっぽい
wasureppoi -
forgetful
忘れ物 wasure
mono - lost
item, forgotten thing |
|
| 棒 |
| 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 |
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| 坊 |
| 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) |
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| 帽 |
| 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 |
|
| 欲 |
| ほしい：よく：ほっする
- to desire, want |
食欲
shoku yoku -
appetite
物欲しげ
mono hoshi ge -
greedy |
|
| 磨 |
| ま：まがく
- to polish, brush (teeth) |
歯磨き
ha migaki -
toothpaste
靴磨き kutsu
migaki -
shoe polish |
|
| 枚 |
| 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 |
|
| 迷 |
| 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 |
|
| 満 |
| まん：みちる：みたす
- 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 |
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| 未 |
| み - 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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All the Kanji on the Level 2
Test: #24
