かぶき座 |
kabukiza |
|
Kabuki theater |
|
152 |
アメリカ式 |
amerikashiki |
|
american style |
|
119 |
タクシー代 |
taxi-dai |
|
taxi fare |
the money replaces the service |
117 |
一 |
ichi |
|
one |
|
34 |
一番 |
ichiban |
|
the best, number one |
|
105 |
一馬力 |
ichibariki |
|
One horsepower |
|
88 |
丁 |
|
chou |
unit of measure |
|
41 |
万 |
man |
|
ten thousand |
from the hindu (backwards) swastika |
108 |
三 |
san |
|
three |
|
34 |
上 |
ue, a(garu), a(geru) |
jo |
up, above, atop, to go up, to give, to put up |
|
44 |
上映中 |
|
jooeichuu |
Now Playing |
|
45 |
下 |
shita |
ge |
down, below, beneath, to go down, to put down, to give |
|
44 |
下宿 |
geshuku |
|
boardinghouse |
lower-hotel |
107 |
下水 |
|
gesui |
sewage |
down-water |
45 |
不 |
|
fu |
anti-, not-, in-, un- |
bird flying up but blocked |
95 |
不便 |
fuben |
|
inconvenient |
|
95 |
不利 |
furi |
|
unprofitable |
|
113 |
不明 |
fumei |
|
unclear |
|
95 |
中 |
naka |
naka, chuu |
middle, inside |
|
37 |
中古品 |
|
chuukohin |
secondhand goods |
middle old goods |
40 |
中国 |
chuugoku |
|
China |
|
130 |
中国 |
chugoku |
|
region of Japan around Hiroshima |
|
130 |
中央 |
|
chuuou |
middle, center |
|
38 |
中止 |
chuushi |
|
suspended, cancelled |
|
67 |
中立 |
|
chuuritsu |
neutral |
|
37 |
中間 |
chuukan |
|
midway |
middle-between |
86 |
主 |
|
shu |
lord, master |
altar flame burned in reverence |
132 |
主人 |
(go)shujin |
|
husband |
|
132 |
主力 |
shuryoku |
|
main force |
|
132 |
乳 |
nyuu |
|
milk |
hand holding a bottle against a breast |
97 |
争 |
arasou |
sou |
struggle, dispute |
|
63 |
事 |
koto, ji |
|
thing, happening, affair |
brush up, ready for anything |
65 |
二 |
ni |
|
two |
|
34 |
二宮 |
Ninomiya |
|
Second-shrine (town on the Tokkaido) |
|
135 |
五 |
go |
|
five |
|
35 |
亜 |
|
a |
hunchback, less-than-best |
two hunchbacks facing each other |
127 |
京 |
|
kyou, kei |
capital, capital district |
lantern |
29 |
京王 |
Keiou |
|
Capital King (department store name) |
|
128 |
京王線 |
Keiousen |
|
Railroad line that runs west from Shinjuku |
|
128 |
人 |
hito |
jin, nin |
person, species mankind |
|
32 |
人事 |
jinji |
|
personnel (department) |
|
65 |
人工 |
jinkou |
|
man-made |
|
57 |
付 |
tsu(ku), tsu(keru) |
|
to attach, to be attached |
|
61 |
代 |
ka(waru) |
dai, yo |
to replace, replacement, substitute, renewal |
in war, an axe can sometimes replace a man |
116 |
代書屋 |
daishoya |
|
scribe |
replace-write-tradesman |
117 |
休 |
yasu(mu) |
kyuu |
to rest |
person leaning against tree |
56 |
会 |
a(u) |
kai |
to meet, meeting |
two noses under one roof |
139 |
会員 |
kaiin |
|
members of the meeting, member |
|
140 |
会場 |
kaijou |
|
meeting place |
|
139 |
会社 |
kaisha |
|
company, firm |
|
141 |
会話 |
kaiwa |
|
conversation |
meet-speak |
140 |
会長 |
kaichou |
|
meeting chief |
|
140 |
会食 |
kaishoku |
|
banquet, dinner party |
|
140 |
会館 |
kaikan |
|
meeting hall |
|
138 |
住 |
su(mu) |
juu |
to live, to dwell |
man is the master of his dwelling |
133 |
住友 |
Sumitomo |
|
Living Friend (financial firm) |
|
133 |
住所 |
juusho |
|
address |
dwell-place |
133 |
体 |
karada |
tai |
body |
body-root |
56 |
体温計 |
taionkei |
|
thermometer |
body-warmth-measure |
103 |
便 |
ben, bin |
|
mail, departure, convienence, feces |
man standing by a horse ready to mount |
89 |
信 |
shin |
|
trust |
a man and his word |
42 |
傘 |
kasa |
|
umbrella |
people under umbrella |
148 |
働 |
hatara(ku) |
dou |
to work |
add man to move |
82 |
兄 |
(o)nii(san) |
|
older brother |
|
76 |
光 |
hika(ru), hika(ri) |
kou |
rays of light, to shine, to sparkle |
|
51 |
光線 |
kousen |
|
light beams |
|
103 |
入 |
i(reru), hai(ru) |
nyuu |
to put in, to enter |
|
36 |
入口 |
|
iriguchi |
entrance |
|
53 |
入門 |
nyuumon |
|
elementary, primer |
entrance gate |
84 |
全 |
|
zen |
all |
heaven+earth+man+ruler |
130 |
全体 |
zentai |
|
entirely |
all-body |
131 |
全国 |
zenkoku |
|
all-nation |
|
131 |
全日本 |
zennihon |
|
All-Japan |
|
131 |
全米 |
zenbei |
|
All-America |
|
131 |
公 |
|
kou |
public |
split-nose, not private |
74 |
共 |
|
kyou |
together |
|
63 |
共同 |
Kyoudou |
|
Together-Same (news service name) |
|
136 |
共和国 |
kyouwakoku |
|
republic |
joint peace country |
129 |
共立 |
kyouritsuu |
|
cooperative, joint, common |
|
63 |
内 |
uchi |
nai |
entered, inside, within, during, among |
house + enter |
135 |
内海 |
naikai |
|
inland sea |
|
135 |
円 |
yen |
|
yen (normal) |
bank teller's cage |
84 |
冬 |
fuyu |
|
winter |
icicles hanging from eaves |
104 |
出 |
de(ru) |
de, shutsu |
to come out |
|
53 |
出口 |
|
deguchi |
exit |
|
53 |
刀 |
katana |
|
knife, sword |
|
111 |
分 |
wa(keru), wa(karu) |
fun |
to divide into parts, minute, to understand |
knife cutting in two |
111 |
別 |
betsu |
|
to separate, separate |
knife separating flesh from bones |
113 |
別館 |
betsukan, bekkan |
|
annex |
separate-building |
138 |
利 |
|
ri |
profit |
cutting the rice (or pie) |
112 |
利口 |
rikou |
|
clever, smart, shrewd |
profit-mouth |
113 |
利回 |
rimawari |
|
yearly interest paid on bonds |
profit-go-round |
113 |
力 |
chikara |
ryoku, riki |
power, strength |
hand pushing down |
30 |
動 |
ugo(ku) |
dou |
to move |
power applied to heaviness |
81 |
化 |
|
ka, ke |
change from one form to another |
person standing + person seated |
125 |
化学 |
kagaku |
|
chemistry |
change-study |
125 |
化粧 |
keshou |
|
makeup |
change paint |
125 |
化粧品 |
keshouhin |
|
makeup |
|
125 |
化粧室 |
keshoushitsu |
|
powder room |
|
125 |
北 |
kita |
hoku |
north |
two men back-to-back |
126 |
北海 |
hokkai |
|
north sea (of Japan) |
|
126 |
区 |
|
ku |
district, section, ward |
|
41 |
医 |
|
i |
doctor |
pull-arrow-out-of-chest |
109 |
十 |
juu |
|
ten |
|
35 |
十円玉 |
juuendama |
|
10-yen coin |
|
129 |
十分 |
juubun |
|
enough (note special pronounciation) |
|
112 |
千 |
sen |
chi |
thousand |
ten + men |
107 |
協 |
|
kyou |
to join together, to unite |
|
35 |
協会 |
kyoukai |
|
association, society |
|
140 |
協力 |
kyouryoku |
|
cooperation |
|
35 |
危 |
abu(nai) |
ki |
dangerous |
man looking over cliff at friend who lies below |
124 |
卵 |
tamago |
|
egg (archaic writing) |
two sperm |
129 |
友 |
|
tomo, yuu |
friend-related |
hands clasping |
57 |
友達 |
|
tomodachi |
friend |
|
57 |
反 |
|
han |
against, anti- |
|
66 |
反共 |
hankyou |
|
anti-communist |
|
66 |
反語 |
hango |
|
irony |
|
66 |
取 |
to(ru) |
|
to take |
hand tearing off ear |
72 |
受 |
u(keru) |
ju |
to receive |
|
62 |
受付 |
uketsuke |
|
receptionist |
|
62 |
受付中 |
uketsukechuu |
|
For Rent |
|
62 |
口 |
kuchi, guchi |
kou |
mouth, opening |
|
37 |
古 |
furu(i) |
ko |
old |
many mouths |
40 |
右 |
migi |
u |
right (the direction) |
hand and mouth |
58 |
右折 |
usetsu |
|
right turn |
|
114 |
右折禁止 |
usetsukinshi |
|
No Right Turn |
|
145 |
同 |
ona(ji) |
dou |
same |
house with everyone speaking from a single mouth |
136 |
名 |
na |
mei |
name |
call out the name in the evening |
49 |
名人 |
|
meijin |
famous person |
name-person |
50 |
名物 |
meibutsu |
|
souvenier |
name-article |
96 |
名画座 |
meigaza |
|
art theater |
masterpiece-theater |
151 |
和 |
wa |
|
peaceful, placid, tranquil, harmony |
rice in mouth |
75 |
和室 |
washitsu |
|
Japanese-style room |
|
93 |
品 |
shina |
shina, hin |
goods |
|
40 |
品質 |
hinshitsu |
|
quality of goods |
|
116 |
員 |
|
in |
-employee |
man-who-speaks-of-money |
83 |
商 |
|
shou |
business |
merchant opening box to display wares |
143 |
商人 |
shounin |
|
merchant |
|
143 |
商品 |
shouhin |
|
trade goods |
|
143 |
商店 |
shouten |
|
shop |
|
143 |
商店街 |
shoutengai |
|
shopping district |
|
143 |
商社 |
shousha |
|
trading company |
|
143 |
器 |
|
ki |
-ware or -vessel |
four mouths around a dog (from when dogmeat was a delicacy) |
104 |
回 |
mawasu, mawaru |
kai |
to turn, to rotate, counter for times |
|
78 |
国 |
kuni |
koku |
country, nation |
jewel in a boundary |
129 |
国内 |
kokunai |
|
domestic |
inside-country |
135 |
国宝 |
kokuhou |
|
national treasure |
|
130 |
国王 |
kokuou |
|
king |
|
129 |
国際 |
kokusai |
|
international |
country-boundary |
147 |
圓 |
yen |
|
yen (formal) |
clerk backed up against coin |
84 |
土 |
tsuchi |
to, do |
earth, place |
|
52 |
土器 |
doki |
|
earthenware |
|
105 |
土木 |
|
doboku |
civil engineering |
|
52 |
坂 |
saka |
|
hill |
|
66 |
場 |
|
ba, jou |
place where things happen |
ground, sun, and flags |
114 |
売 |
uru |
bai |
to sell |
coming out of buying |
83 |
売店 |
baiten |
|
stall at station or park |
|
94 |
売物 |
urimono |
|
for sale |
|
96 |
売買 |
baibai |
|
trade |
buy-sell |
83 |
夕 |
yuu, yuube |
|
evening |
moon behind mountain |
49 |
夕焼 |
yuuyake |
|
sunset |
burnt evening |
120 |
夕食 |
yuushoku |
|
supper, dinner |
|
136 |
外 |
soto, hoka |
gai |
outside, outdoors, besides |
evening-divining rod |
49 |
外人 |
gaijin |
|
foreigner |
|
129 |
外国 |
gaikoku |
|
foreign country |
|
129 |
外国人 |
gaikokujin |
|
foreigner |
|
129 |
多 |
oo(i) |
ta |
many |
many moons |
50 |
大 |
oki(i) |
ou, dai |
big |
man with arms outstretched |
33 |
大和 |
yamato |
|
Japan |
big rice in mouth |
76 |
大宮 |
Oomiya |
|
Big-shrine (Tokyo area) |
|
135 |
大工 |
daiku |
|
carpenter |
|
57 |
大水 |
|
oumizu |
flood |
|
36 |
大西洋 |
taiseiyou |
|
Atlantic Ocean |
|
98 |
央 |
|
ou |
exact middle |
|
38 |
女 |
onna |
jo |
female, woman |
|
31 |
女中 |
|
jochuu |
housemaid |
|
38 |
好 |
su(ku), su(ki) |
|
to love, loved, liked |
woman + child |
33 |
子 |
ko |
shi |
child |
|
33 |
子牛 |
koushi |
|
calf |
|
95 |
子犬 |
koinu |
|
puppy |
|
104 |
子音 |
shiin |
|
consonant |
child-sound |
70 |
学 |
mana(bu) |
gaku |
to learn |
place where knowledge is put in children |
63 |
守 |
mamo(ru) |
shu |
to guard, to protect |
law under a roof |
59 |
安 |
yasui |
an |
peace, cheap, inexpensive |
a woman under a roof |
101 |
安全第一 |
anzen daiichi |
|
Safety First |
all-tranquil number one |
131 |
安売 |
yasuuri |
|
rummage sale |
|
101 |
安物 |
yasumono |
|
inferior goods |
|
101 |
官 |
|
kan |
bureaucrat, government employee |
man with full belly sleeping under a roof |
138 |
宝 |
takara |
hou |
treasure |
jewel under a roof |
130 |
宝石 |
houseki |
|
jewels (more elegant than tama) |
|
130 |
室 |
|
shitsu |
room |
arriving under a roof |
92 |
宮 |
miya |
gu |
shrine, place |
one-story palace |
134 |
宮下 |
Miyashita |
|
Below-shrine (family name) |
|
135 |
宮川 |
Miyakawa |
|
Shrine-river (family name) |
|
135 |
宮本 |
Miyamoto |
|
Shrine-origin (family name) |
|
135 |
家 |
ie |
ka |
house |
originally pig-house, now all |
101 |
宿 |
yado |
shuku |
hotel |
a hundred men under a roof |
107 |
宿屋 |
yadoya |
|
hotel |
|
107 |
寸 |
sun |
|
measure of distance, measure of justice |
|
58 |
寺 |
tera |
ji |
temple |
law-place |
60 |
小 |
chii(sai) |
ko, shou, o |
small |
man with arms down at sides |
34 |
小心 |
shoshin |
|
faint-hearted, timidity, cautiousness |
small of heart |
70 |
小説 |
shousetsu |
|
novel |
small-story |
76 |
屋 |
|
ya |
tradesman's shop |
man with headband plus arrive |
93 |
山 |
yama |
san |
mountain |
|
46 |
山王 |
Sannou |
|
Mountain King (hotel name) |
|
128 |
島 |
shima |
to |
island |
bird flying over mountain |
90 |
川 |
|
kawa, gawa |
river |
|
35 |
工 |
|
ku, koo |
-build, -builder |
ruler |
57 |
工事 |
kouji |
|
construction |
|
65 |
工事中 |
koujichuu |
|
Under Construction |
|
65 |
工員 |
kouin |
|
factory hand |
|
83 |
工場 |
kouba |
|
factory |
build-place |
114 |
工場 |
koujou |
|
factory |
|
114 |
工場長 |
koujouchou |
|
factory manager |
|
127 |
左 |
hidari |
sa |
left |
hand holding ruler |
57 |
左折 |
sasetsu |
|
left turn |
|
114 |
帽 |
|
bou |
-hat |
a man measuring cloth to shield the eyes from the sun |
71 |
帽子 |
boushi |
|
hat |
|
71 |
店 |
mise |
ten |
shop |
long-nosed clerk under a lean-to |
94 |
座 |
|
za |
place where people gather |
two people seated on the ground under a shed |
151 |
庫 |
|
ko |
-shed |
cart under roof |
79 |
式 |
|
shiki |
style, method, ceremony |
axe and ruler |
119 |
式場 |
shikijou |
|
ceremony hall |
|
119 |
引 |
hi(ku) |
in |
to pull |
bow and arrow |
108 |
引力 |
inryoku |
|
gravity |
pulling-power |
108 |
待 |
ma(tsu) |
tai |
to wait |
go to the temple and wait |
77 |
心 |
kokoro |
shin |
heart |
|
69 |
心中 |
shinjuu |
|
double suicide |
|
70 |
心付 |
kokorozuke |
|
tip (advice), tip (gratuity) |
|
70 |
急 |
iso(gu) |
kyuu |
to hurry, sudden, urgent, emergency |
two hands held over the heart |
71 |
急行 |
kyuukou |
|
express |
hurry-go |
77 |
悪 |
waru(i) |
aku |
bad |
hunchback + heart |
128 |
悪化 |
akka |
|
to worsen |
bad-change |
128 |
悪口 |
waruguchi |
|
malign, slander |
or badmouth! |
128 |
意 |
|
i |
mind, spirit, feelings, thoughts |
sound of the heart |
71 |
戸 |
|
to |
door |
|
88 |
所 |
tokoro |
sho, jo |
place |
door + hacksaw |
113 |
手 |
te |
|
hand |
|
57 |
折 |
o(ru) |
setsu |
to bend, to turn, to fold, to crease |
hand + hacksaw |
114 |
持 |
mo(tsu) |
ji |
to have, to hold, to own |
temple-handed |
61 |
支 |
|
shi |
branch (as in office) |
holding up a branch |
64 |
支店 |
shiten |
|
branch store |
|
94 |
支店長 |
shitenchou |
|
branch manager |
|
127 |
支持 |
shiji |
|
support |
|
64 |
新 |
atara(shii) |
shin |
new |
each new stand of timber will be cut |
115 |
新宿 |
shinjuku |
|
new hotel (place name in Tokyo) |
|
115 |
新聞 |
shinbun |
|
newspaper |
new hearings |
115 |
新館 |
shinkan |
|
new building |
|
138 |
日 |
hi |
nichi |
sun, day |
|
27 |
日中 |
|
nitchuu |
in the daytime |
|
37 |
日本 |
nippon, nihon |
|
Japan (the country) |
sun-origin |
28 |
日本国内 |
Nihon Kokunai |
|
Japan's (former) domestic airways |
|
136 |
日本式 |
nihonshiki |
|
japanese style |
|
119 |
日本海 |
nihonkai |
|
Japan Sea |
|
100 |
日本画 |
|
nihonga |
Japanese-style painting |
|
39 |
日本酒 |
nihonshu |
|
Japanese sake |
|
110 |
日本銀行 |
Nihon Ginkou |
|
Bank of Japan |
|
151 |
日本間 |
nihonma |
|
Japanese-style room |
room = space between walls |
86 |
日比谷 |
hibiya |
|
park in Tokyo |
comparative-sun-valley |
126 |
日米協会 |
Nichibei Kyoukai |
|
Japan-America Society |
|
140 |
早 |
haya(i) |
|
early, fast, quick |
flower-sun |
51 |
明 |
aka(rui) |
mei |
bright |
|
50 |
映 |
utsu(su), utsu(ru) |
ei |
to reflect an image on, to be reflected on |
|
39 |
映画 |
|
eiga |
movie |
|
39 |
時 |
toki |
ji |
time, hour |
sundial at temple |
61 |
時事 |
jiji |
|
current events |
time-things |
65 |
時間 |
jikan |
|
time |
|
85 |
曜 |
|
you |
day-of-week |
sun-flying-by-on-bird's-wings |
91 |
書 |
ka(ku) |
sho |
to write, written things |
hand holding brush to paper |
64 |
書店 |
shoten |
|
bookstore |
|
94 |
月 |
tsuki |
getsu, gatsu |
moon, month |
|
48 |
有 |
a(ru) |
yuu |
to have, to exist |
hand holding meat |
58 |
有名 |
|
yuumei |
famous |
has-name |
58 |
有楽座 |
Yuurakuza |
|
Yuraku Theater |
|
151 |
有楽町 |
Yuurakuchou |
|
Have-Pleasure-Town (district near Ginza) |
|
146 |
朝 |
asa |
|
morning |
two-flower-sun |
52 |
木 |
ki |
moku |
tree, wood |
|
27 |
木馬 |
mokuba |
|
wooden horse (carousel or Trojan) |
|
88 |
本 |
hon |
hon, moto |
root, origin, book |
bottom of tree |
28 |
本店 |
honten |
|
main store |
|
94 |
本館 |
honkan |
|
main building |
|
138 |
村 |
mura |
son |
village |
jungle + law = village |
59 |
東 |
higashi |
tou, azuma |
east |
sun behind tree |
28 |
東京会館 |
Tokyo Kaikan |
|
Tokyo Hall |
|
139 |
東京銀行新宿支店 |
Tokyou Ginkou Shinjuku Shiten |
|
Shinjuku branch of the Bank of Tokyo |
|
151 |
東京電力株式会社 |
Toukyou Denryoku Kabushiki Kaisha |
|
Tokyo Electric Co. |
|
149 |
東宝 |
touhou |
|
Eastern Treasure moviehouse chain |
|
130 |
東洋人 |
touyoujin |
|
Easterner |
|
98 |
松 |
matsu |
|
pine tree |
public tree |
74 |
林 |
hayashi |
|
woods |
|
55 |
果 |
ka |
|
fruit, result (fruit of your effort) |
tree bearing fruit |
55 |
枝 |
eda |
|
branch of a tree |
branch + tree |
64 |
株 |
kabu |
|
tree-stump, stock (as in shares) |
two trees (see book) |
142 |
株主 |
kabunushi |
|
stockholder |
stock-master |
143 |
株式会社 |
kabushiki kaisha |
|
corporation (abbreviated K.K.) |
stock-style association-undertaking |
142 |
森 |
mori |
|
forest |
|
55 |
楽 |
tano(shii) |
gaku, raku |
enjoyment, music |
chinese drum and cymbal set |
146 |
楽器 |
gakki |
|
musical instrument |
music-utensil |
146 |
次 |
tsugi |
ji |
next |
man w/open mouth + 2 |
137 |
次回 |
jikai |
|
next time, Playing Next |
next around |
137 |
次官 |
jikan |
|
assistant chief |
|
138 |
次長 |
jichou |
|
assistant chief |
|
137 |
止 |
to(maru), to(meru) |
shi |
to stop, to be stopped |
|
67 |
正 |
tada(shii) |
sei, shou |
righteous, correct, upright, legitimate |
toe the line |
68 |
歯 |
ha |
|
teeth |
|
73 |
母 |
(o)kaa(san) |
bo |
mother |
|
31 |
母音 |
boin |
|
vowel |
mother-sound |
70 |
毎 |
mai |
|
every |
every man has a mother |
32 |
毒 |
doku |
|
poison |
leaves + mother (?) |
123 |
比 |
kura(beru) |
hi |
to compare |
two men facing the same way |
126 |
毛 |
ke |
mo |
-hair |
|
73 |
毛糸 |
keito |
|
woolen thread |
|
101 |
気 |
ki |
|
spirit, energy |
vapor +rice for life |
150 |
気体 |
kitai |
|
gas (i.e., not solid or liquid) |
vapor-body |
150 |
水 |
mizu |
sui, mizu |
water |
squeeze a river |
36 |
水銀 |
suigin |
|
mercury |
liquid-silver |
151 |
水門 |
suimon |
|
sluice gate |
|
84 |
汽 |
|
ki |
steam |
water + vapor |
150 |
汽車 |
kisha |
|
train (steam train) |
|
150 |
油 |
abura |
yu |
oil |
|
48 |
泉 |
izumi |
sen |
natural spring |
white (=pure) water |
102 |
注 |
|
chuu |
to pour, to concentrate |
put water on the altar flame |
132 |
注意 |
chuui |
|
pay attention, be careful, beware |
concentrate-your-mind-on |
132 |
洋 |
|
you |
ocean |
sheep are in the land beyond the ocean |
97 |
洋式 |
youshiki |
|
western style |
|
119 |
洋菓子 |
yougashi |
|
Western-style sweets |
|
99 |
洋酒 |
youshu |
|
Western liquor |
|
110 |
洋間 |
youma |
|
Western-style room |
|
98 |
活 |
katsu |
|
life, energy |
water-tongue |
44 |
海 |
umi |
kai |
sea |
every water |
100 |
海上 |
kaijou |
|
maritime |
on-the-sea |
100 |
温 |
|
on |
warm |
sun warming water on a plate |
102 |
温室 |
onshitsu |
|
greenhouse, hothouse |
warm-room |
103 |
温泉 |
onsen |
|
hot springs |
|
102 |
火 |
hi |
ka |
fire-related |
|
120 |
火事 |
kaji |
|
fire, "Fire!" |
fire-affair |
120 |
火山 |
kazan |
|
volcano |
|
120 |
炎 |
honou |
en |
flame |
two fires |
120 |
無 |
nai, nashi |
mu |
nothing |
what's left after you burn a bundle of grass |
121 |
無口 |
mukuchi |
|
taciturn, silent |
|
122 |
無線 |
musen |
|
wireless |
|
122 |
無線車 |
musensha |
|
taxi with a radio |
|
122 |
焼 |
ya(ku), ya(keru) |
|
to bake, to burn, to roast |
fire added to earth on a table (early ceramics) |
120 |
焼場 |
yakiba |
|
crematorium |
burning-place |
120 |
焼肉 |
yakuniku |
|
Japanese food |
|
120 |
煙 |
|
en |
smoke |
fire on the ground blown by the prevailing west wind |
121 |
牛 |
ushi |
gyuu |
cow, cattle |
|
95 |
牛乳 |
gyuunyuu |
|
cow's milk |
|
97 |
牛肉 |
gyuuniku |
|
beef |
|
95 |
物 |
mono |
butsu |
things, articles |
cow +elephant |
96 |
物語 |
monogatari |
|
stories, tales |
tell-things |
96 |
特 |
|
toku |
special- |
bull in the temple (that's special!) |
97 |
特急 |
tokkyuu |
|
special express |
|
97 |
犬 |
inu |
|
dog |
|
104 |
犬小屋 |
inugoya |
|
doghouse |
dog-small-house |
104 |
玉 |
tama |
|
jewel, round object |
king with a treasure |
129 |
玉子 |
tamago |
|
egg |
little-jewel |
129 |
王 |
|
oo |
king |
holding together heaven, man, and earth |
128 |
王国 |
oukoku |
|
kingdom |
|
129 |
生 |
u(mu), u(mareru) |
|
to give birth, to be born |
|
54 |
生 |
nama |
|
raw, draft (for beer) |
|
54 |
生 |
sei |
|
life |
|
54 |
生花 |
ikebana |
|
Japanese flower arranging |
living flowers |
126 |
用品店 |
youhinten |
|
Western goods store |
|
98 |
田 |
|
ta, da |
rice paddy |
|
30 |
男 |
otoko |
dan |
male, man |
rice paddy + power |
30 |
町 |
machi |
machi, chou |
town, section of a ward |
|
41 |
画 |
ga |
|
picture, boundary |
|
39 |
番 |
|
ban |
-number, to guard |
wild beast's footprint |
105 |
番人 |
bannin |
|
watchman |
|
105 |
白 |
shiro(i) |
haku |
white |
single grain of rice |
55 |
百 |
hyaku |
|
hundred |
one bag of rice weighs a hundred pounds |
107 |
皆 |
mina, minna |
|
everyone |
me plus two other men |
147 |
皿 |
sara |
|
plate, dish |
|
102 |
目 |
me |
|
eye |
|
71 |
目玉 |
medama |
|
eyeball |
|
129 |
目玉焼き |
medamayaki |
|
sunny side up eggs |
eyeball-style-food |
129 |
矢 |
|
ya |
arrow |
|
109 |
知 |
shi(ru) |
chi |
to know |
arrow-speaking |
109 |
知事 |
chiji |
|
governor |
know-things |
109 |
知人 |
chijin |
|
acquaintance |
|
109 |
知名 |
chimei |
|
well-known |
|
109 |
石 |
ishi |
seki |
stone |
hold up against the hill |
47 |
石油 |
|
sekiyu |
petroleum |
rock-oil |
48 |
社 |
|
sha |
place where people meet to undertake a social project |
sacrfice on altar with earth |
141 |
社会 |
shakai |
|
society |
|
141 |
社員 |
shain |
|
employee |
|
141 |
神 |
kami |
shin, jin |
god |
sacrificial altar plus god in the center of the sun |
144 |
神宮 |
jinguu |
|
important shinto shrine |
|
144 |
神社 |
jinja |
|
shinto shrine |
god-shrine |
144 |
祭 |
matsuri |
|
festival |
hand holding meat over altar |
145 |
禁 |
|
kin |
prohibition |
don't enter the (king's) holy forest |
144 |
禁煙 |
kinen |
|
No Smoking |
|
145 |
私 |
watakushi |
shi |
I, private, mine |
my rice |
75 |
私立 |
shiritsu |
|
privately operated |
|
75 |
秋 |
aki |
|
autumn |
burning rice |
121 |
秋田 |
akita |
|
Japanese dog breed |
burning field dog |
121 |
税 |
zei |
|
-tax |
rice stalk being inspected by big brother with horns |
76 |
税関 |
zeikan |
|
Customs House |
tax-barrier |
87 |
立 |
ta(tsu) |
ritsu, tachi |
to stand, standing |
|
34 |
立入禁止 |
tachiirikinshi |
|
Keep Out |
|
145 |
竹 |
take |
|
bamboo |
|
106 |
第 |
dai |
|
-ordinal |
bamboo abacus |
106 |
第一 |
daiichi |
|
first |
|
106 |
米 |
kome |
bei |
uncooked rice, America |
bundled rice stalks |
54 |
米国 |
beikoku |
|
America |
|
130 |
米国人 |
beikokujin |
|
American |
|
130 |
米軍 |
beigun |
|
American Army |
|
79 |
粧 |
|
shou |
to apply paint to, to apply powder to, to embellish |
rice (original cosmetic) plus earth stored under a lean-to |
125 |
糸 |
ito |
|
thread |
silkworm's coccoon |
101 |
終 |
owaru, owari |
|
to end, ending |
the "winter" of a thread |
104 |
線 |
sen |
|
line |
line the falling water from a spring makes |
103 |
羊 |
hitsuji |
you |
sheep |
|
97 |
羊毛 |
youmou |
|
wool |
|
97 |
美 |
utsukushi |
bi |
beautiful |
you know, like a big sheep |
100 |
美人 |
bijin |
|
beautiful woman |
|
100 |
羽 |
|
hane |
wings |
|
29 |
習 |
nara(u) |
shuu |
to learn |
fly-on-your-own-wings |
73 |
耳 |
mimi |
|
ear |
|
72 |
聖 |
|
sei |
saintly, holy |
ear next to the mouth of the king |
131 |
聖人 |
seijin |
|
saint |
|
131 |
聖書 |
seisho |
|
Bible, holy book |
|
131 |
聞 |
ki(ku) |
bun |
to ask, to hear |
ear at gate |
85 |
肉 |
|
niku |
meat |
|
58 |
肉屋 |
nikuya |
|
Butcher's shop |
|
93 |
自 |
|
ji |
-self |
also picture of nose |
73 |
自動車 |
jidousha |
|
automobile |
self-move-car |
81 |
至 |
itaru |
|
to arrive (archaic) |
bird diving to ground |
92 |
舌 |
shita |
|
tongue |
moist mouth |
43 |
色 |
iro |
|
color, things erotic |
peeping tom on roof |
124 |
色目 |
irome |
|
make eyes at |
|
124 |
花 |
hana |
ka |
flower |
plants + changing form |
125 |
花屋 |
hanaya |
|
flower shop |
|
125 |
花火 |
hanabi |
|
fireworks |
flower flames |
126 |
菓 |
|
ka |
confectionary-related |
with bushes |
56 |
菓子 |
|
kashi |
candy |
|
56 |
薬 |
kusuri |
|
medicine |
pleasure + plants |
146 |
薬品 |
yakuhin |
|
medical products |
?? |
146 |
薬屋 |
kusuriya |
|
pharmacy |
|
146 |
行 |
i(ku) |
kou |
to go |
crossroads |
77 |
街 |
|
kai, gai |
avenue |
crossroads widened with earth |
77 |
西 |
nishi |
sei, sai |
west |
bird returning to nest at dusk |
91 |
西日本 |
nishinihon |
|
far west Japan |
|
91 |
西洋 |
seiyou |
|
The West |
|
98 |
西洋人 |
seiyoujin |
|
Westerner |
|
98 |
見 |
mi(ru) |
|
to see |
eye on a man |
72 |
見本 |
mihon |
|
sample |
see-original |
72 |
見習 |
minarai |
|
apprentice, on-the-job-trainee |
see-learn |
74 |
言 |
i(u) |
|
to say |
mouth speaking its lines |
42 |
計 |
haka(ru) |
kei |
to count, to measure |
|
42 |
詩 |
shi |
|
poem |
temple-speaking |
60 |
話 |
hana(su) |
wa |
to talk |
to talk requires more than to say |
43 |
語 |
|
go |
language |
said by many |
44 |
説 |
setsu |
|
thoery, opinion, story |
the sayings of big brother with horns |
76 |
説明 |
setsumei |
|
explanation |
theory-clear |
76 |
説明書 |
setsumeisho |
|
instruction sheet |
explanation-writing |
76 |
読 |
yo(mu) |
doku |
to read |
to sell speaking |
83 |
谷 |
tani |
tani, ya |
valley |
opening in the mountains |
47 |
豚 |
buta |
ton |
pig |
meat + pig |
100 |
貝 |
|
kai |
shell (seashell) |
|
82 |
買 |
ka(u) |
bai |
to buy |
gather shells with a net |
83 |
買物 |
kaimono |
|
shopping |
|
96 |
貸 |
ka(su), ka(shi) |
|
to lend, to rent |
replace goods for money |
118 |
貸室受付中 |
kashishitsu uketsukechuu |
|
office for rent |
|
118 |
質 |
|
shitsu, shichi |
nature, quality, character, to pawn |
two hacksaws above a shell, ready to cut it open |
116 |
質問 |
shitsumon |
|
question |
asking-the-nature |
116 |
質屋 |
shichiya |
|
pawn shop |
|
116 |
赤 |
aka, aka(i) |
seki |
red |
flame below the earth |
123 |
赤外線 |
sekigaisen |
|
infrared ray |
red-outside-line |
123 |
赤玉 |
Akadama |
|
Red-ball Wine, oldest domestic wine |
|
129 |
足 |
ashi |
|
leg, foot |
|
67 |
足音 |
ashioto |
|
footstep |
|
70 |
車 |
kuruma |
sha |
car, cart |
|
78 |
車庫 |
shako |
|
garage |
car-shed |
79 |
軍 |
|
gun |
military |
cart with iron bumper on front |
79 |
軍人 |
gunjin |
|
military person |
|
79 |
近 |
chikai |
kin |
nearby, close |
hacksaw taking off some of the movement |
115 |
近代 |
kindai |
|
modern times |
|
117 |
近所 |
kinjo |
|
neighborhood |
|
115 |
近日公開 |
kinjitsu koukai |
|
Opening Soon |
near-days-public-opening |
115 |
近東 |
kintou |
|
Middle East |
near east |
115 |
送 |
oku(ru) |
sou |
to send |
to transport around the barrier |
80 |
運 |
hako(bu) |
un |
to transport, to carry, fate, destiny, luck |
the (armored) cart goes |
79 |
運動 |
undou |
|
exercise, political movement |
|
82 |
運動場 |
undoujou |
|
playground |
exercise-place |
114 |
運送 |
unsou |
|
moving |
|
80 |
酒 |
sake |
shu |
alcohol |
jar containing alcohol plus water to show the jar is full |
110 |
酒場 |
sakaba |
|
bar (traditional) |
|
110 |
酒家 |
shuka |
|
chinese restaurant that serves liquor |
wine-house |
111 |
酒屋 |
sakaya |
|
liquor store |
|
110 |
重 |
omo(i) |
juu |
heavy |
man with heavy pack (or, cart with doubled wheels) |
81 |
金 |
kane |
kin |
metal, ore, gold, money |
lots of ore in the ground under a mound |
150 |
金庫 |
kinko |
|
safe |
money-storehouse |
151 |
金曜日 |
kinyoubi |
|
Friday |
|
150 |
金魚 |
kingyo |
|
goldfish |
|
150 |
銀 |
|
gin |
silver |
two people eyeball to eyeball plus gold |
151 |
銀座 |
Ginza |
|
Silver-seat (Tokyo shopping area) |
|
152 |
銀行 |
ginkou |
|
bank |
silver-go |
151 |
長 |
naga(i) |
chou |
long, senior (long service) |
old man w/cane, hair blowing in wind |
127 |
長女 |
choujo |
|
eldest daughter |
|
127 |
長官 |
choukan |
|
chief of a government bureau |
|
138 |
長男 |
chounan |
|
eldest son |
|
127 |
門 |
|
mon |
gate |
|
84 |
門番 |
monban |
|
gatekeeper |
|
105 |
閉 |
to(jiru) |
hei |
to close |
a gate with the bar firmly in place |
87 |
開 |
a(keru), hira(ku) |
kai |
to open |
two hands removing the bar from the gate |
87 |
間 |
aida |
kan, ma |
interval, space, space between, time between |
sun shining through the space between the gates |
85 |
関 |
seki |
kan |
barrier |
barrier at the gate |
86 |
関東 |
kantou |
|
Eastern Japan |
east of the barrier |
86 |
関西 |
kansai |
|
Western Japan |
west of the barrier |
86 |
階 |
|
-kai |
-floor, -rank, -grade |
everybody in a terrace |
147 |
際 |
|
sai |
boundary, border |
edge of the festival |
147 |
雨 |
ame |
|
rain |
|
148 |
雪 |
yuki |
|
snow |
rain + broom |
148 |
電 |
|
den |
lightning, electricity |
lightning amidst the rain |
149 |
電力 |
denryoku |
|
electric power |
|
149 |
電気 |
denki |
|
electricity |
electric energy |
150 |
電線 |
densen |
|
electric line |
|
149 |
電話 |
denwa |
|
telephone |
electric-speaking |
149 |
電車 |
densha |
|
train |
|
149 |
青 |
ao, ao(i) |
|
blue, green |
moon rising through foliage |
123 |
音 |
oto |
on, in |
sound |
when the sun rises the sound of life begins |
70 |
音楽 |
ongaku |
|
music |
sound-music |
146 |
食 |
ta(beru) |
shoku |
to eat, food, meal |
rice being cooked on a flame under a roof |
136 |
食人 |
shokujin |
|
cannabilism |
|
137 |
食品 |
shokuhin |
|
food (at a store) |
|
136 |
食器 |
shokki |
|
tableware, cutlery |
|
136 |
飲 |
no(mu) |
in |
to drink, beverage |
eat + person w/open mouth |
137 |
飲水 |
nomimizu |
|
drinking water (potable water) |
|
137 |
飲物 |
nomimono |
|
beverages |
|
137 |
館 |
|
kan |
-meeting hall, public building |
bureaucrat + eat (official residence) |
138 |
馬 |
uma |
ba |
horse |
|
88 |
馬肉 |
baniku |
|
Horsemeat |
|
88 |
馬車 |
basha |
|
carriage |
|
88 |
駅 |
eki |
|
station |
man with a shovel next to his horse |
89 |
駅長 |
ekichou |
|
station chief |
|
127 |
駐 |
|
chu |
to stop or stay |
leave your horse at a dwelling |
133 |
駐車 |
chuusha |
|
park your car |
|
133 |
駐車場 |
chuushajou |
|
parking lot |
|
133 |
駐車禁止 |
chuushakinshi |
|
No Parking |
|
145 |
高 |
taka(i) |
kou |
high, expensive, high-quality |
two-story palace |
133 |
高島屋 |
Takashimaya |
|
Tall-Island-Shop (department store name) |
|
134 |
高松 |
Takamatsu |
|
High-pine (city on Shikoku) |
|
134 |
高知 |
Koochi |
|
Lofty-Wisdom (prefecture on Shikoku) |
|
134 |
魚 |
sakana |
|
fish |
|
101 |
魚屋 |
sakanaya |
|
fish monger |
|
93 |
鳥 |
tori |
|
bird |
|
89 |
黒い |
kuro(i) |
koku |
black |
window darkened by soot from a fire |
122 |
鼻 |
hana |
|
nose |
|
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(c) Leo Hourvitz www.stoneschool.com.