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(3 ) thing, matter,
employee

case, matter
accident
housework
answer
personal affairs
(8 strokes)

(abstract) thing
work
excellent, superb
incident

An employee decides important matters, such as

(113) which skewer he will eat first! (alt)
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326 (3 ) institution,
center

hospital
to be admitted to
hospital
to leave the hospital
postgraduate
course (10 strokes)
monastery
beauty salon
study, drawing room

(5th) The place where a knife is used under a roof is the

medical center: the origin of life.
(5th)
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Kanji in MangaLand 2
floor (of a (2 )
building)

first/ground floor
third fllor
stairs
grade, rank
musical scale
(12 strokes)
social class,
social stratum

What about this knife? It fell from the floor where (Jõyõ)
) cowboys and Indians confront each other with this
white weapon. (5th)

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to learn, habit,
custom
(3 )
328

exercise, practice
review
custom
practice/ drill
rehearsal, tactical,
(11 strokes) exercises, training
maneuvers

( )

to learn
to follow
another’s example

The bird learned to fly thanks to its feathers of white; (Jõyõ)

i (alt) now it’s a habit.
(6º)
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(2 ) previously,
beforehand

plan, program
premonition
reservation, booking
to prevent, to take
precautionary measures
to anticipate,
(4 strokes)
to expect
to foretell, to predict

( )

previously

(76)
In a duel, the magician cowboy always attacks his
(5th) rival beforehand (look at his holster). (ant)
(Jõyõ)
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330 (2 ) chapter, badge

first chapter
sentence,
composition
preface
poetry and prose
coat of arms,
(11 strokes)
crest
badge, medal
seal, emblem
armband

(69) This is how the chapter starts: “The vulture arrived

there very early.”
(331)
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Kanji in MangaLand 2
child, children (2 )

children’s story
pictures for children
child
innocence
cherub
(12 strokes)
Special
/

kappa (mythological
being, half turtle and half frog)

The vulture in this village is the children’s story- (330)

t) teller.
(225)

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end, to finish (3 )
332
final stop, terminus
from beginning
to end
completion
end of the war
termination, stop
(11 strokes)
( / )

to come to an end

( )

finally

(525)
i (alt) When the thread doesn’t freeze, winter has finished. (333)
(Jõyõ)
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(2 ) rank, class

first class, top rank

beginner’s class
intermediate class
upper class
high-grade, high-class
(9 strokes)
school class
classmate
rank, category

(332) To be promoted to a higher rank, the pigeon must

take the thread as high as it can. i (alt)
(Jõyõ )
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334 (2 ) to practice

practice
exercise, training
to train, to forge
swimming practice
dexterity, skill
(14 strokes)
training, drill
military drill

( )

to knead, to refine,
to polish up

(Jõyõ) Such a luxury for the seamstress to practice with

thread from the East. i (alt)
(Jõyõ )
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green (2 )

chlorophyll
tree planting
evergreen
green tea, Japanese tea

(14 strokes)
green
green color
yellowish green

With thread, you will tie the trident to the ground

i (alt) until it takes root and becomes part of the green (119)
flora.

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ball, sphere (2 )
336

light bulb
baseball
the Earth
firmament,
celestial sphere
(11 strokes) hemisphere
(plant) bulb

ball

What is the king doing with those complaining (482)

roots that ask for a water increase? He’s crushing
them with a heavy ball! (481)
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4.
3.
2.
1.
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Exercises
1. Develop the stroke order of the following kanji.

2. Choose the correct reading for each kanji or kanji combination.

a)
Thanks to the visit to the Earth Tree Planting center, I learned a few things.
:
:
:
b)

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If you do the exercises and review, I’m sure you’ll be able to enter gradschool.
:
:
:
c)
Since I was admitted to hospital, I have not been able to work. That is why I
haven’t been able to answer those emails either.
:
:
:
3. Write the kanji (one or more) and the meaning of the following words.

4. Correct either the reading or the writing mistakes in the following words.
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Answers to exercises
1. (Check them in the corresponding kanji table: #325, #329, #332, and #335)
2. a) :2| :3| : 4 / b) :1| :2| : 1 / c) :2| :4| :2
3. : , housework | : , incident | : , first floor |
: , plan, program | : , sentence, composition | : , chil-
dren´s story
4. | | | |
|

Manga translation
Young doctor: Once I finished university and my internship, I graduated, and became
a doctor.
Young doctor: This is the first time I’ve worked in a hospital...
Young doctor: Second floor, a green door... It must be here, pediatrics...
Young doctor: My problem is... my face.
Young doctor: Even though I’m a first-class doctor, if I frighten the children, we will get
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nowhere...
Young doctor: Well, it can’t be helped.
Young doctor: Hi, little ones! Do you like playing ball? Or would you prefer me to read
you a chapter of a story?
Doctor: Oh, doctor. I was looking for you. I’m sorry, but there has been a change of
plans. It’s been decided that you will take care of geriatrics instead.

News elements
parliament (build-
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