| The Kanji |
Readings & Meanings |
| 凍 |
| こおる：とう：こごえる
- to freeze |
冷凍 rei tou - refrigeration, freezing
凍結機 tou ketsu ki - freezer |
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| 谷 |
| こく：たに
- valley |
谷間 tani ai - valley
谷底 tani soko - the bottom of a valley |
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| 告 |
| こく：つげる
- notify |
警告 kei koku - a warning
広告 kou koku - advertisement
報告 hou koku - report, information |
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| 腰 |
| こし：よう
- waist, hip |
腰掛け
koshi
kake - a bench,
stool, chair
腰弱 koshi yowa - weak kneed |
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| 骨 |
| こつ：ほね
- bone |
拳骨 gen kotsu - a fist
顎骨 ago bone - jaw bone |
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| 断 |
| ことわる：だん：たつ
- cut off, resolve |
横断 ou dan - cross (a street)
決断 ketsu dan - decision, determination |
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| 細 |
| こまか：こまかい
small, fine, minute：さい：ほそい：ほそる
- slender, thin |
細菌 sai kin - germs
細工 sai ku - workmanship, craft (used as a
suffix for type of workmanship)
委細面談 i sai men dan - details when we meet. (official
sounding) |
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| 困 |
| こまる：こん
- be in trouble |
困難 kon nan - difficulty,distress
困惑 - bewilderment |
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| 込 |
| こむ：こめる
- into, be crowded |
折り込み
iri
komi - a foldout,
insertion
税込み zei komi - tax included
飛び込み tobi komi - a leap, jump,plunge, dive |
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| 米 |
| こめ：べい：まい
- rice, America |
中米 chuu bei - Central America
日米 nichi bei - Japan and America |
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| 殺 |
| ころす：さつ：さい：せつ
- kill |
暗殺 an satsu - assassination
必殺 hissatsu - a certain kill |
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| 怖 |
| こわい：ふ
- fearful, scared |
恐怖 kyou fu - dread, terror, fear
怖じ気 oji ke - a fear |
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| 根 |
| こん：ね
- root |
語根 go kon - the root (origin) of a word
大根 dai kon - Japanese radish
屋根 ya ne - roof, housetop |
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| 混 |
| こん：まじる：まざる：まぜる
- mix, blend, associate with |
混乱 kon ran - confusion,chaos, disorder
混ぜる mazeru - to mix |
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| 婚 |
| こん - marry, marriage |
結婚 kekkon - marriage
新婚 shin kon - newly wed
婚約 kon yaku - engagement |
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| 差 |
| さ：さす
- difference |
時差 ji sa - time difference
人差し指 hito sashi yubi - index finger
差し上げる sashi ageru - to offer, to give (polite)
指差す yubi sasu - to point at
時差ぼけ ji sa boke - jet lag |
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| 査 |
| さ - look into |
検査 ken sa - inspection, examination
捜査 sou sa - search, investigation
探査機 tan sa ki - a probe (space) |
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| 砂 |
| さ：しゃ：すな
- sand |
砂岩 sa gan - sand stone
砂糖 sa tou - sugar
砂漠 sa baku - desert |
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| 再 |
| さ：さい：ふたたび
- repeat, another time, again |
再建 sai ken - rebuilding, reconstruction
再犯 sai han - second offense |
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| 座 |
| ざ：すわる
- seat, sit down |
星座 sei za - a constellation (stars)
正座 sei za - sitting Japanese style, sitting
correctly
座席 za seki - a seat |
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| 才 |
| さい - talent |
天才 ten sai - genius, natural gift
才媛 sai en - a talented woman |
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| 祭 |
| さい：まつり：まつる
- festival |
文化祭
bun
ka sai - Culture
Day
夏祭 natsu matsuri - Summer festival
祭日 sai jitsu - national holiday |
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| 菜 |
| さい：な
- vegetable |
野菜 ya sai - vegetables
山菜 san sai - edible wild plants |
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| 最 |
| さい：もっとも
- most, -est |
最悪 sai aku - the worst
最近 sai kin - recently, these days
最高 sai kou (not
psycho) - the
highest, the best, the supreme |
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| 妻 |
| さい：つま
- wife |
愛妻 ai sai - beloved wife
稲妻 ina zuma - lightning |
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| 採 |
| さい：とる
- pick, gather |
採取 sai shu - picking, collecting, gathering,
harvesting
採点 sai ten - grading, marking |
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| 済 |
| さい：すむ：すます
- settle, relieve |
経済 kei zai - economics, business, economy
救済 kyuu sai - relief, rescue, help |
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| 歳 |
| さい：せい
- year, age suffix |
何歳 nan sai - how old?
万歳 ban zai - Hurrah!, Cheers! live 10,000 years! |
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| 財 |
| さい：ざい
- wealth |
私財
shi
zai - private
property
財産 zai san - property, fortune, assets
財布 sai fu - wallet |
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| 材 |
| ざい - timber, materials |
教材 kyou zai - teaching materials
木材 moku zai - lumber, timber, wood |
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All the Kanji on the Level 2
Test: #13
