Lesson 6 Kanji: 第６課の漢字
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In the following definitions, on (Chinese-based) readings
are represented by katakana, and by capital romaji letters;
kun (native Japanese-based) readings are represented by
hiragana, and by lower-case romaji letters. This is a common
dictionary convention, and does not have any bearing on meaning.
- Printed form:
- 先
- Readings:
- さき/セン
- saki/SEN
- Meaning:
- ahead; previous
- Mnemonic:
- A picture of a leader holding a flag and walking with big steps.
- Usage Examples:
- この先 (このさき) ahead of this
- Printed form:
- 生
- Readings:
- セイ
- SEE
- Meaning:
- birth; life
- Mnemonic:
- Young grass is sprouting from the ground.
- Usage Examples:
- 先生 (せんせい) teacher
- Printed form:
- 学
- Readings:
- ガク
- GAKU
- Meaning:
- Mnemonic:
- A smart child 子 wearing a fancy hat.
- Usage Examples:
- 学生 (がくせい) student
- Printed form:
- 出
- Readings:
- で/で-
- de / de-
- Meaning:
- to go (come) out; leave
- Mnemonic:
- A sketch of plants coming out from the ground.
- Usage Examples:
- 出口 (でぐち) exit
- 出かけます (でかけます) [I] (will) go out
- Printed form:
- 入
- Readings:
- い- (i-) - enter
- はい(る) (hairu) - to go in
- Mnemonic:
- A course of a river entering into the ocean.
- Usage Examples:
- 入り口 (いりぐち) entrance
- 入ります (はいります) (will) go in
- Printed form:
- 口
- Readings:
- くち/ぐち
- kuti/guti
- Meaning:
- mouth
- Mnemonic:
- A wide-opened mouth.
- Usage Examples:
- 入口 (いりぐち) entrance
- 山口 (やまぐち) (Mr./Ms.) Yamaguchi
- Printed form:
- 前
- Readings:
- まえ
- mae
- Meaning:
- front; before
- Mnemonic:
- A lord wearing a helmet with horns leading his worriors under
the moon 月 carrying swords.
- Usage Examples:
- 店の前 (みせのまえ) in front of a store
- 前の入り口 (まえのいりぐち) front entrance
- Printed Form:
- 間
- Readings:
- あいだ (aida) - (space) between
- カン (KAN) - interval; space; between; (as suffix) between, among
- Mnemonic:
- The sun 日 shining into a space between double paneled doors 門.
- Usage Examples:
- 電話と出口の間 (でんわとでぐちのあいだ) between a telephone and an exit
- 一時間 (いちじかん) one hour
- Printed form:
- 右
- Readings:
- みぎ
- migi
- Meaning:
- right
- Mnemonic:
- A hand ナ which brings food to the mouth 口.
- Usage Examples:
- 右 (みぎ) right
- Printed form:
- 左
- Readings:
- ひだり
- hidari
- Meaning:
- left
- Mnemonic:
- A hand ナ to hold a ruler エ.
- Usage Examples:
- 左 (ひだり) left
- Printed form:
- 店
- Readings:
- みせ
- mise
- Meaning:
- shop; store
- Mnemonic:
- A store with a curtain in front and a fortune-teller 占 inside.
- Usage Examples:
- 店 (みせ) A store
- Printed form:
- 電
- Readings:
- デン
- DEN
- Meaning:
- electricity
- Mnemonic:
- When it rains 雨 hard, a lightening (a dragon 竜 in the sky) may
be accompanied.
- Usage Examples:
- 電車 (でんしゃ) electric train
- Printed form:
- 話
- Readings:
- ワ
- WA
- Meaning:
- talk; speech
- Mnemonic:
- The radical for "words" 言 and "a tongue" 舌 which produces a
thousand 千 words.
- Usage Examples:
- 電話 (でんわ) telephone
- Printed form:
- 方
- Readings:
- ホウ (HOO) direction; side
- かた (kata) direction, person, method
- Mnemonic:
- 万 means "all possible directions" and the top stroke determines
one designated direction.
- Usage Examples:
- 右の方 (みぎのほう) the right-hand side
- こちらの方 (こちらのほう) this direction
- この方 (このかた) this person
- あの方 (あのかた) that person
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