Japanese Lessons: Part 5½

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    Lesson 1: hiragana
    Lesson 2: katakana
    Lesson 3: more kana

    Lesson 4: grammar intro

    Lesson 5: kanji



    If you saw my last blog lesson you'd have seen a whole bunch of kanji on it, most of which I didn't bother to identify. I'm doing that now. I've got all 79 of them here with pronunciation guides in both kana and romaji, and basic glosses.


    This is just a followup post in case you want to do some extra studying. A more real lesson will come later.
    But these are good ones to go over a couple of times since some of them you'll be seeing a lot of when you get to reading Japanese.


    : イチイツひとひと. "one"
    ICHI, ITSU, hito, hito.tsu


    : ふたふた.ふたた. "two"
    NI, JI, futa, futa.tsu, futata.bi


    : サン.みっ. "three"
    SAN, mi, mi.tsu, mit.tsu


    : .よっ.、よん "four"
    SHI, yo, yo.tsu, yot.tsu, yon


    : いついつ. "five"
    GO, itsu, itsu.tsu


    : ロクリク.むっ. "six"
    ROKU, RIKU, mu, mu.tsu, mut.tsu


    : シチなななな.なの "seven"
    SHICHI, nana, nana.tsu, nano


    : ハチ.やっ.よう "eight"
    HACHI, ya, ya.tsu, yat.tsu, you


    : キュウここのここの. "nine"
    KYUU, KU, kokono, kokono.tsu


    : ジュウとお"ten"
    JUU, too, to


    : セン"thousand"
    SEN, chi


    : ジンニンひと "person"
    JIN, NIN, hito


    : コウくち"mouth"
    KOU, KU, kuchi


    : サン、やま"mountain"
    SAN, yama


    : ジョウショウうえかみ.げる.がるのぼ.のぼ.せるのぼ. "up; above"
    JOU, SHOU, ue, kami, a.geru, a.garu, nobo.ru, nobo.seru, nobo.su


    : したしももと.げる.がるくだ.くだ..ろす.りる "down; below"
    KA, GE, shita, shimo, moto, sa.geru, sa.garu, kuda.ru, kuda.su, o.rosu, o.riru


    : ショウちい.さい "small; little"
    SHOU, chii.sai, ko, o


    : ダイタイおおおお.きい "big; large"
    DAI, TAI, oo, oo.kii


    : ニチジツ "day; sun"
    NICHI, JITSU, hi, bi, ka


    : ゲツガツつき "month; moon"
    GETSU, GATSU, tsuki


    : "fire"
    KA, hi, bi


    : スイ、みず"water"
    SUI, mizu


    : ボクモク "tree, wood"
    BOKU, MOKU, ki


    : キン、コン、ゴン、かね、かな "gold"
    KIN, KON, GON, kane, kana


    : つち "soil; earth"
    DO, TO, tsuchi


    : ニュウジュ..れるはい. "enter"
    NYUU, JU, i.ru, i.reru, hai.ru


    : リョクリキちから "strength, power"
    RYOKU, RIKI, chikara


    : "child"
    SHI, SU, ko, ne


    : ジョニョニョウおんな"woman"
    JO, NYO, NYOU, onna, me


    : センかわ "river; stream"
    SEN, kawa


    : シュ "hand"
    SHU, ZU, te


    : オウノウ "king; rule"
    OU, NOU


    : ケンいぬ "dog"
    KEN, inu


    : チュウなかうちあた. "in, inside, middle"
    CHUU, naka, uchi, ata.ru


    : テンあまつあめあま "sky, heavens"
    TEN, amatsu, ame, ama


    : ブンモンふみあや "literature, style, plan, culture"
    BUN, MON, fumi, aya


    : シュツ、スイ、で.る、だ.す "exit"
    SHUTSU, SUI, de.ru, da.su


    : シャひだり "left"
    SA, SHA, hidari


    : ユウみぎ "right"
    U, YUU, migi


    : ギョクたま "ball; jewell"
    GYOKU, tama


    : デン "rice paddy"
    DEN, ta


    : セキシャクいし "stone"
    SEKI, SHAKU, ishi


    : セイショウただ.しいただ.まさ "correct, justice"
    SEI, SHOU, tada.shii, tada.su, masa


    : セイ、ショウ、い.きる、い.かす、い.ける、う.まれる、う.む、なま "life; birth"
    SEI, SHOU, i.kiru, i.kasu, i.keru, u.mareru, u.mu, nama


    : ハク、ビャク、しろ、しろ.い "white"
    HAKU, BYAKU, shiro, shiro.i


    : ホンもと "book; origin; real"
    HON, moto


    : モクボク"eye; look"
    MOKU, BOKU, me


    : リツ、リュウ、た.つ、た.てる、たて "stand; rise; erect"
    RITSU, RYUU, ta.tsu, ta.teru, tate


    : みみ"ear"
    JI, mimi


    : あざあざな "character; letter"
    JI, aza, azana


    : キュウやす.やす.まるやす.める "rest"
    KYUU, yasu.mu, yasu.maru, yasu.meru


    : ネンとし "year"
    NEN, toshi


    : チクたけ "bamboo"
    CHIKU, take


    : センさき. "ahead; before"
    SEN, saki, ma.zu


    : ソウはや.はや.まるはや.める "fast; early"
    SOU, haya.i, haya.maru, haya.meru, sa


    : ヒャクビャクもも "hundred"
    HYAKU, BYAKU, momo


    : メイミョウ"name"
    MEI, MYOU, na


    : シャくるま "car"
    SHA, kuruma


    : カ、ケ、はな "flower"
    KA, KE, hana


    : バイかい "shell"
    BAI, kai


    : ケン..える.せる "see"
    KEN, mi.ru, mi.eru, mi.seru


    : チョウまち "town"
    CHOU, machi


    : ダンナンおとこ "man"
    DAN, NAN, otoko, o


    : セキシャクあかあか. "red"
    SEKI, SHAKU, aka, aka.i


    : ソクあし.りる "leg, foot, be sufficient"
    SOKU, ashi, ta.riru


    : ソンむら "village"
    SON, mura


    : あめあま "rain"
    U, ame, ama


    : クウそら..けるから..かすむな.しい "empty, sky"
    KUU, sora, a.ku, a.keru, kara, su.ku, su.kasu, muna.shii


    : セイショウあおあお. "blue; green"
    SEI, SHOU, ao, ao.i


    : リンはやし "grove; forest"
    RIN, hayashi


    : シンもり "forest; woods"
    SHIN, mori


    : オンインノンおと "sound"
    ON, IN, NON, oto, ne


    : ソウくさ"grass"
    SOU, kusa


    : コウ、キョウ、めん "school"
    KOU, KYOU, men


    : エンまる.まるまどまど. "circle; yen"
    EN, maru.i, maru, mado, mado.ka


    : ガク、まな.ぶ "study"
    GAKU, mana.bu


    : いき "air: spirit; mind"
    KI, KE, iki


    : いと "thread"
    SHI, ito


    : チュウむし "insect"
    CHUU, KI, mushi



    Stay tuned for more lesson-y stuff.
     
    Memorize ALL the Kanji!!!

    ...Memorize ALL the Kanji?
     
    Gah! So many kanji, and this is just the tip of the iceberg! Still, if I can learn these, then that's definite step in the right direction.
     
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