MIT Lesson 9 Kanji: 第９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:
- 朝
- Readings:
- あさ
- asa
- Meaning:
- morning
- Mnemonic:
- When the sun 日 comes out between grass, the moon 月 fades away.
- Usage Examples:
- 朝七時 (あさしちじ) 7:00 in the morning
- 毎朝 (まいあさ) every morning
- 今朝 (けさ) this morning
- Printed form:
- 晩
- Readings:
- バン
- BAN
- Meaning:
- night
- Mnemonic:
- The sun 日 and the kanji 免 "without". When the sun goes away,
the night begins.
- Usage Examples:
- 今晩 (こんばん) tonight
- 毎晩 (まいばん) every night
- Printed form:
- 週
- Readings:
- シュウ
- SHUU
- Meaning:
- week
- Mnemonic:
- 周 "to surround" and the radical for advance movement. A week is
completed when it advances from Sunday to Saturday.
- Usage Examples:
- 今週 (こんしゅう) this week
- 一週間 (いっしゅうかん) one week
- 来週 (らいしゅう) next week
- Printed form:
- 東
- Readings:
- トウ
- TOO
- Meaning:
- east
- Mnemonic:
- The sun rising behind a tree in the east.
- Usage Examples:
- 東京 (とうきょう) Tokyo
- Printed form:
- 京
- Readings:
- キョウ
- KYOO
- Meaning:
- capital
- Mnemonic:
- A picture of a house built on a small hill.
- Usage Examples:
- 京と (きょうと) Kyoto
- Printed form:
- 忙
- Readings:
- いそが(しい)
- isoga
- Meaning:
- busy
- Mnemonic:
- The heart radical (the contraction of 心) on the left and the
kanji
亡 for "to be lost; to die".
- Usage Examples:
- 忙しい (いそがしい) busy
- Printed form:
- 早
- Readings:
- はや(い)
- haya
- Meaning:
- early
- Mnemonic:
- The sun 日 seen just above grass 十 early in the morning.
- Usage Examples:
- 早い (はやい) early
- 朝早く (あさはやく) early in the morning
- お早うございます (おはようございます) good morning
- Printed form:
- 私
- Readings:
- わたし/わたくし
- watashi/watakushi
- Meaning:
- I; me
- Mnemonic:
- The radical of sheaf of rice 禾 and a picture of a person's nose
ム. A Japanese points his/her nose saying "It's me."
- Usage Examples:
- 私 (わたし/わたくし) I; me
- Printed form:
- 村
- Readings:
- むら
- mura
- Meaning:
- village
- Mnemonic:
- A tree 木 and a hand with a pulse 寸.
- Usage Examples:
- 今村さん (いまむらさん) (Mr/Ms) Imamura
- 中村さん (なかむらさん) (Mr/Ms) Nakamura
- 村田さん (むらたさん) (Mr/Ms) Murata
- Printed form:
- 友
- Readings:
- とも
- tomo
- Meaning:
- friend
- Mnemonic:
- Two hands together. [右(みぎ)"right"; 左(ひだり)"left"]
- Usage Examples:
- 友だち (ともだち) friend
- Printed form:
- 次
- Readings:
- つぎ
- tsugi
- Meaning:
- next
- Mnemonic:
- A person bending over 欠 two things.
- Usage Examples:
- 次 (つぎ) next
- Printed form:
- 上
- Readings:
- ジョウ (JOO)
- Meaning:
- up; above
- Mnemonic:
- The ideograph of something above the horizontal stroke.
- Usage Examples:
- 上手だ (じょうずだ) skillful
- 本の上 (ほのうえ) on the book
- Printed form:
- 寺
- Readings:
- てら
- tera
- Meaning:
- temple (See also L.6B Photographic Vocabulary Aid)
- Mnemonic:
- 土 soil and 寸 pulse.
- Usage Examples:
- お寺 (おてら) Buddhist temple
- 寺田さん (てらださん) (Mr/Ms) Terada
- 小寺さん (こでらさん) (Mr/Ms) Kodera
- Printed form:
- 明
- Readings:
- ミョウ
- MYOO
- Meaning:
- bright
- Mnemonic:
- The sun 日 and the moon 月.
- Usage Examples:
- 明日 (みょうにち/あした) tomorrow
- New Readings:
- 下手だ (へただ) unskillful
- 今月 (こんげつ) this month
- 来月 (らいげつ) next month
- 来年 (らいねん) next year
- 木村さん (きむらさん) (Mr/Ms) Kimura
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