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Level 4 Kanjilist
Level 4 Kanjilist
ichi - one, the number one ichi ban - #1, the best sei kai ichi - the best in the world hitori - one person, alone ni - two dai ni - the second ni gatsu - February [the 2nd month]
NI futa(tsu) ( )
two, second
SAN mit(tsu) ( )
three, third
san - three san kaku - triangle san gatsu - March [the 3rd month]
four, fourth
yon or shi - four yon kyuu - 4th grade shi gatsu - April [the 4th month]
GO itsu(tsu) ( )
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ROKU mut(tsu) ( )
roku - six mui ka - the 6th of the month raku gatsu - June [the 6th month]
shichi or nana - seven nana fushigi - the seven wonders shichi gatsu - July [the 7th month]
HACHI yat(tsu) ( )
hachi -eight hachi nen kan - 8 years hachi gatsu - August [the 8th month]
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JUU too
ten
juu - ten juu kyuu - 19 [lit. 10 & 9] kyuu juu - 90 [lit. 9 & 10] juu ni gatsu - December [the 12th month
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HYAKU momo
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SEN chi
a thousand
issen en - 1000 yen san sen ni hyaku - 2,200 ni sen nen - the year 2000, 2 millennium
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ten thousand
hyaku man - a million (1,000,000) [100 &10,000] ichi man en - 10,000 yen (about $100 US) ban zai - hurrah! banzai! hooray!
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FU , HO , TOU ,, chichi
father, dad
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mother, mom
okaa san - a mother, mommy haha no hi - Mother's Day ho bo - a kindergarten teacher, a nurse
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YUU tomo
a friend
tomo dachi - friends, a friend yuu jou - friendship yuu kou koku - a friendly nation
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dan jo - men & women otoko rashi - manly, like a man yuki otoko - the abominable snowman
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ni hon jin - a Japanese person otona - adult, a grown-up [irregular] bi jin - a beautiful woman
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SHI, SU , ko
ko domo - children, child a child, a kid, children, the young otoko no ko - a boy [man's child = boy] ko neko - kitten [child cat] okashi - candy, sweets
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NICHI, JITSU , hi , ka ,
aru hi - one day mai nichi - everyday kyou - today [irregular] nichi you bi - Sunday ichi gatsu - January [lit. 1st month] kon getsu - this month tsuki - the moon getsu you bi - Monday hana bi - fireworks hi bana - sparks ka zan - volcano [lit. fire mountain] ka you bi - Tuesday oo mizu - flood [lit. big water] mizu gi - swimsuit, bathing suit sui you bi - Wednesday
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KA hi
fire, light
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SUI mizu
water
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MOKU, BOKU , ki , ko ,
tree, wood
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gold , money
okane - money [note: the o is added for 'respect.' ] shou kin - prize money kin you bi - Friday nen do - clay to chi - ground, area, soil do you bi - Saturday
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DO, TO , tsuchi
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HON moto
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KYUU yasumu
rest, vacation
natsu yasumi - summer vacation hiru yasumi - lunch break oyasuminasai - 'Good night!'
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GO katari , kata(ru) , ()
ni hon go - Japanese mono gatari - a story, tale, legend koku go - national language (in Japan, Japanese)
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NEN toshi
year
ichi nen - one year ne nen mae - two years ago kyo nen - last year
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GO uma
noon
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ZEN mae
na mae - name mae gaki - preface [lit. before the writing] ne nen mae - two years ago-
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behind , after
sai go - the last, the end, conclusion ushiro - behind ata gaki - postscript, afterword
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JI toki
time
ji kan - time toki doki - sometimes e do ji dai - the Edo period nan ji desu ka? - What time is it?
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each , every
mai nichi - everyday mai asa - every morning mai shuu - every week
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SEN saki
previous, ahead
sen sei - teacher douzo, osaki ni - Please go first. sen jitsu - the other day
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kon getsu - this month kon ban wa - Good night [lit. as for this night] kon do - next time
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KA nani , nan ,
nan nin - how many people? nani ka - something nani? - What? nan ji desu ka? - What time is it?
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top, above, on
tsukue no ue - on (the) desk [lit. desk's above] jou zu - to be good at something [lit upper hand] toshi ue - older, old (in years)
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kutsu shita - socks [lit. shoes under] chi ka - underground, basement toshi shita - junior, younger, young
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SA hidari
left
hidari te - left hand hidari ashi - left leg tsukue no hidari - to the left of the desk
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U, YUU , migi
right
migi me - right eye migi pe-ji - right page (of a book) migi te - right hand
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east
chuu tou - the Middle East higashi ajia - East Asia tou kyou - Tokyo
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west
nishi guchi - west entrance kan sai - Osaka and surrounding area, Kansai nishi doitsu - West Germany tai sei you - the Atlantic tou nan ajia - Southeast Asia nan kyoku - the South Pole, Antarctic nan bei - South America
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NAN minami
south
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HOKU,BOKU , kita
north
kita amerika - North America pekin - Bei jin (In China) nan boku sen sou - the (US) Civil War hokkai dou - Hokkaido gai koku jin - foreigner gai koku go - foreign language soto de asobou - Let's play outside!
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outside, foreign
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MEI na
na mae - name yuu mei - famous hiragana - Hiragana watashi no namae wa ... desu. - My name is
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sai kou - the highest, the best, supreme kou kou sei - a high school student takai biru - a tall building
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SHOU chiisai ( )
small, little
shou gakkou - elementary school chiisai ie - a small house shou setsu - a novel, a story (fiction)
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CHUU naka
ichi nichi juu - all day long ie no naka - inside the house ben kyou chuu - while studying, in the midst of studying dai gaku - university, college ookii kokoro - a big heart tai kai - big meet, convention, rally
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leader , long
kou chou sensei - principal (of school) sha chou - a company president nagai michi - a long road
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HAN nakaba ()
half
han ka getsu - half a month han getsu - a half moon han tou - peninsula [lit. half island]
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BUN,FUN, , wakeru ( )
han bun - half a part, share, to divide, separate bu bun - a part ki bun - feeling, mood to understand wakarimashita - I understand learning, science, to learn ka gaku - science chuu gakkou - middle school, JHS suu gaku - math, arithmetic
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KOU
school
gakkou - school kou kou - senior high school kou nai - within the school, on school grounds kaku sei - a student isshou - all life, a lifetime jin sei - life (human) sen sei - teacher, master, doctor...
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SAN yama
mountain
ka zan - a volcano [lit. fire mountain] fu ji san - Mt. fuji gomi no yama - a mountain of garbage yama - a mountain kawa - a river ishi kawa ken - Ishikawa prefecture (on Honshu) o gawa - a stream [lit. small river]
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SEN kawa
a river, stream
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HAKU shiroi ()
white
shiroi - the color white shiro ari - termite [lit. white ant] haku chou - swan [lit. white bird]
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ten jou - ceiling ten ki - weather ten goku - heaven, paradise ten sai - genius
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U ame, ama ,
rain
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den sha - (electric) train den chi - a battery den wa - a telephone den ki - electricity, light (from light bulb...)
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KI , KE , iki
kuu ki - air, atmosphere gen ki - genki, healthy, full of spirit nin ki - popular
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SHA kuruma
car, vehicle
ji ten sha - bicycle den sha - train kyuu kyuu sha - ambulance
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KOKU kuni
country, a nation
kan koku - Korea gai koku - foreign country chuu goku - China
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EN marui ()
a circle, yen
sen en - 1000 yen en daka - a high yen rate en o kaku - draw a circle
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WA hanashi , hanasu ()
ei kai wa - English conversation (class) mukashi banashi - an old tale, legend shu wa - sign language [lit. hand talk]
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shin bun - newspaper kiite kudasai - please listen asa hi shin bun - the Asahi newspaper
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tabe mono - food [lit. eating thing] tabetai - (I) want to eat shoku ji - a meal
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DOKU yo (mu ) ()
to read
yomi yasui - easy to read doku sho - reading yonde kudasai - please read
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to come
mi rai - the future [lit. not yet come] rai getsu - next month de ki ru - able to do something, ready for
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SHO ka ( ku ) ()
book, document
to sho kan - library sei sho - the Bible [lit. holy book] ji sho - dictionary
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to see, to show
misete - show me! hana mi - flower viewing, watching cherry blossoms in April mieru - be able to see, visible ikimashou - Let's go! gin kou - bank ryo kou - a trip, travel
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to go
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to go out, leave
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naka iri - intermission (of a play) iri guchi - an entrance te ni iru - to obtain, to get your hands on ...
Compiled by Shan
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