Category Archives: 漢字 Kanji

とびら 第三課 漢字 part I

 

kanji: 発
meaning: departure; emit start
vocabulary:
発音「はつおん」pronunciation
発達する「はったつする」to develop
発表「はっぴょう」presentation
出発する「しゅっぱつする」to depart
発明する「はつめいする」to invent
発見する「はっけんする」to discover
kanji: 他
meaning: other; another
vocabulary:
他に「ほかに」in addition to
他には「ほかには」except for
kanji: 首
meaning: neck; head; chief; first
vocabulary:
部首「ぶしゅ」kanji radicals
首「くび」neck 手首「てくび」wrist
首都「しゅと」capital city
首位「しゅい」first place/leading position
kanji: 声
meaning: voice; reputation
vocabulary:
音声「おんせい」sound
声「こえ」voice
名声「めいせい」fame; reputation
大声「おおごえ」loud voice
kanji: 集
meaning: gather; meet; collect
vocabulary:
集める「あつめる」to collect
集会「しゅうかい」meeting
集中する「しゅうちゅうする」to concentrate
集まる「あつまる」x gathers/collects (intrans. verb)
kanji: 供
meaning: offer; treat; attendant;accompany
vocabulary:
供給「きょうきゅう」service
子供「こども」child
kanji: 泣
meaning: cry; weep
vocabulary:
泣く「なく」to cry
泣き出す「なきだす」to burst into tears
kanji: 両
meaning: both
vocabulary:
両親「りょうしん」parents
両方「りょうほう」both sides
両手「りょうて」both hands
両替する「りょうがえする」to exchange (money related)
kanji: 当
meaning: hit; be equal; that ‘time/person’
vocabulary:
本当「ほんとう」real; actual
当たる「あたる」to hit
当然な「とうぜんな」as a matter of course; natural
当たり前な「あたりまえな」natural; obvious’ reasonable
当時「ようじ」that appointed/particular time
当日「とうじつ」that appointed/particular time
kanji: 解
meaning: untie; solve; understanding
vocabulary:
理解する「りかいする」to understand
解く「とく」to solve
解説「かいせつ」explanation; commentary
kanji: 念
meaning: thought; desire; attention
vocabulary:
残念「ざんねん」unfortunate; disappointing
記念「きねん」memorial; commemoration
~に 専念する「せんねんする」to dedicate/devote one’s attention to x
kanji: 笑
meaning: laugh
vocabulary:
笑う「わらう」to laugh
笑顔「えがお」smiling face; a smile
kanji: 法
meaning: law; rule; method; way
vocabulary:
文法「ぶんぽう」grammar
方法「ほうほう」method
x~法「ほう」how to x
違法「いほう」illegal; unlawful
kanji: 直
meaning: straight; immediately; repair; re~
vocabulary:  *written and typed are a little bit different but both mean the same*
直接「ちょくせつ」directly
直す「なおす」to fix/correct
直後「ちょくご」immediately following
直前「ちょくぜん」just before
正直な「しょうじきな」honesty; integrity; frankness
見直す「みなおす」to look again; to get another opinion
kanji: 苦
meaning: hard; difficult; bitter
vocabulary:
苦情「くじょう」complaint
苦しい「くるしい」physically difficult/laboring; painful
苦手な「にがてな」to be poor/weak/not good at
苦しむ「くるしむ」x suffers (intransitive verb)
苦い「にがい」bitter taste
苦しめる「くるしめる」to torment; to harass; to inflict pain
kanji: 助
meaning: help; save
vocabulary:
助手「じょしゅ」assistant
助かる「たすかる」x to be saved (intransitive verb)
助教授「じょきょうじゅ」assistant professor
助け「たすけ」assistance
kanji: 呼
meaning: call; invite; breathe
vocabulary:
呼ぶ「よぶ」to call (a name)
personを placeに 呼ぶ「よぶ」to invite someone somewhere

all credits: Tobira and jisho.org