Kanji 203 - 206
Yes that's right, I'm upping the kanji intake to 4 a day. I know, almost as crazy Riggs from Lethal Weapon...念ネン Thoughts初ショ Firstはじ・め、はじ・めて、はつ beginning, for the first time, the first芸ゲイ Art弟ダイ、テイ、で Younger brotherおとうとExamples:疑念 ぎ・ねん Doubt, suspicion悪念 あく・ねん Bad thought, malicious motive本初 ほん・しょ Beginning, origin出初 でぞ・め Debut芸者 げい・しゃ Geisha芸人 げい・にん Player, performer, actor兄弟 きょう・だい Brothers and sisters, siblings門弟 もん・てい Disciple, pupil, follower
Kanji 201 - 202
200 kanji already covered! Probably only learnt 5 though :-)So here goes for another 2 kanji...置チ Placeお・く to put, place貸タイ Lendか・す to lend, loan, rentExamples:定置 てい・ち Fixed位置 い・ち Position, place金貸し かね・か・し Money lender貸間 かし・ま Room for rent貸家 かし・や House for rent
Kanji 199 - 200
絵カイ、エ Picture
比ヒ Compare
くら・べる to compare, contrast
Examples:絵画館 かい・が・かん picture gallery
絵図 え・ず illustration, drawing
絵物語 え・もの・がたり illustrated story
百分比 ひゃく・ぶん・ひ percentage
can't find any others that are suitable!
Kanji 197 - 198
環カン Ring, surround
短タン Short, brief
みじか・い
Examples:
金環 きん・かん Gold ring
環海 かん・かい Surrounding seas, surrounded by seas
環指 かん・し Ring finger
最短 さい・たん shortest
短信 たん・しん brief note
短大生 たん・だい・せい junior college student
Kanji 195 - 196
約ヤク Promise, contract, approximately留リュウ、ル Keep, stayと・める keep in place, retainExamples:口約 こう・やく Verbal promise成約 せい・やく Conclusion of a contract予約席 よ・やく・せき Reserved seat
約そくする やく・そくする to promise
予約する よ・やく・する to reserve
留め置く と・め・お・く to detain, to keep, to lock up, to retain留守 る・す absence, beign away from home
Kanji 193 - 194
夢ム Dreamゆめ 特とく SpecialExamples:悪夢 あく・む Nightmare甘夢 かん・む Sweet (pleasant) dreams白昼夢 はく・ちゅう・む Day dream特色 とく・しょく characteristic, feature特選 とく・せん specially selected, choice特売 とく・ばい special sale
Kanji 191 - 192
難ナン Difficultむずか・しい、かた・い difficult, troublesome, hard鏡キョウ Mirror, optical instrumentかがみ Examples:後難 こう・なん future problems受難 じゅ・なん suffering, agony, passion急難 きゅう・なん sudden or unexpected disaster円鏡 えん・きょう round mirror眼鏡 め・がね glassesNot sure about the above one, which bit is 'mirror'... can someone help?
Kanji 189- 190
祭サイ Festivalまつ・る、まつ・り to worship as God; enshrine, feast day石セキ、シャク、コク Stoneいし stone, small rock, pebbleExamples:映画祭 えい・が・さい Film festival前夜祭 ぜん・や・さい Christmas eve, the eve of the festival年祭 ねん・さい Anniversary小石 こ・いし pebble歯石 し・せき tartar, build up of calculus
Kanji 187 - 188
Two more kanji for this beautiful Saturday...畑はた、はたけ Field選セン Chooseえら・ぶ to choose, prefer, selectExamples:花畑 はな・ばたけ flower bed畑を作る はたけ・を・つく・る to farm, to cultivate a field畑地 はた・ち farm land公選 こう・せん public election選に入る せん・に・はい・る to be selected, to be chosen選集 せん・しゅう selection
Kanji 185 - 186
無ム、ブ Without, nothingな・い there is no, do not exist浮フ Floatう・く rise to the surfaceExamples:浮き上げる う・き・あ・げる to rise to the surface浮気者 う・わき・もの unfaithful person, adulterer...can't find any others that are suitable!
Kanji 183 - 184
止シ Stopと・まる、や・める come to a stop, stop (performing an action)温オン Warmあたた・かい、あたた・まる Warm, warm oneselfExamples:取り止める とり・や・める to cancel, to call off立ち止まる た・ち・ど・まる to stop, to halt, to stand still海水温 かい・すい・おん seawater temperature室温 しつ・おん room temperature温泉 おん・せん spa, hot spring, onsen
Kanji 181 - 182
法ホウ Law, method相ソウ、ショウ Phase, mutual, ministerあいー each other, together, mutual(ly)Examples:英文法 えい・ぶん・ぽう English grammar慣習法 かん・しゅう・ほう Common law外国法 がい・ごく・ほう Foreign law海相 かい・しょう Navy minister三相 さん・そう Three phases相違なく そう・い・なく Certainly, surely
Kanji 179 - 180
林リン Forestはやし thick woods, groove
泳エイ Swimおよ・ぐ to swimExamples:
雨林 う・りん Rain forest竹林 ちく・りん Bamboo thicket林道 りん・どう path through forest, woodland path力泳 りき・えい Powerful swimming泳ぎ方 およ・ぎ・かた Way of swimming水泳着 すい・えい・ぎ Swim wear
Kanji 177 - 178
景ケイ Scene暗イン Dark, dimくら・い
Examples:
海景 かい・けい Seascape
実景 じ・っけい Actual view
風景 ふう・けい Scenary
明暗 めい・あん Light and darkness, light and shade
暗い色 くら・い・いろ Dark colour
暗雲 あん・うん Dark clouds
Kanji 175 - 176
I turned the big two six yesterday, hence the lack of kanji. Today we're back on with the kanji...昨サク Yesterday, last星セイ、ショウ Starほし
Examples:
昨夏 さく・か Last summer
昨今 さ・っこん Nowadays, recently
昨年来 さく・れん・らい Since last year
星学 せい・がく Astronomy
星型 ほし・がた Star shaped, pentagram
星宿 せい・しゅく Constellation
Photos of my All Japan tour 2006!
Check the blog here
Kanji 173 - 174
Two more kanji for Good Friday...
授ジュ Confer, teach, instruct
さず・ける to give, to hand over
昭ショウ Luminous
Kanji 171 - 172
御ギョ、ご General honorific termお、おん honorific prefix抜バツ Pull out, stand outめ・く、めけ・る pull out, leave out
火曜日の日本語の授業からノト
咲く さ・く to flower桜 さくら spring blossom flower散る ち・る to fall (mainly associated with flowers falling from branches etc...)Ending and beginning an action:base 2 + 初める (はじ・める) = beginning the actionbase 2 + 終わる (お・わる) = ending the actionNote the kanji used for begin. It is not 始める
To start flowering 咲き初めるWhen Matt arrived in Tokyo, the sakura had started flowering, but when Matt returned to Tokyo, the sakura had finished flowering.マットが東京に着いた時、桜が咲き初めりました、が東京に帰ってきた時、桜は咲き終わりました。Or, we can switch the ending to something more natural sounding...the spring blossom had started falling桜は散り初める。Notes on the above:
- To specify 'when', use the past tense of the action, followed by 時 (とき). いつ is only used when asking questions.
- To state 'returning to a place where you started from', use 帰ってきた, literally 'return and came' I guess (!)
To say 'at first' or 'beginning' we can use 最初 さい・しょ
Now onto something completely different...
whilst doing ながら or 間に （あいだ・に）朝ご飯を食べている間に新聞を読みます。
Rule:
event A 間に/ながら
event BThere is a difference between ながら and 間に though...
Use 間に when event B takes a shorter time than event A. For example...
英語を見ている間にお茶を飲みます Whilst watching a film, I drink tea
仕事に運転しているながらラジオを聞きます Whilst driving to work, I listen to the radio
宿題：P184 元気ＩＩ
P191 元気ＩＩ Difference between てあります and おきます
P192 元気ＩＩ Use of 間に. President and chauffeur
Kanji 169 - 170
打 ダ Strike う・つ strike, hit, beat
批 ひ Criticise
Kanji 167 - 168
Two more for today, taken straight from the syllabus...断ダン Cut off, resolveた・つ； ことわ・る cut off, sever; refuse, reject
易エキ、イ Easy, exchangeやさ・しい、やす・い easy, simple
Kanji 165 - 166
As per Kenjis advice, I'm going to try and add examples of each kanji's usage. Apparently this will make them easy to remember or something. Any volunteers for helping out with examples??
対タイ、ツイ Opposite, oppose慣カン Habitual practiceな・れる、なら・す get used to, be experienced in
I'm back baby!
2kanji a day is back on full steam! After a brief 3 week absence, due to a trip to Japan, we now need to get on with a rigorous training programme for the exam on 9th June.Pictures of the ２００６全部の日本の観光旅行 (All Japan tour 2006) will be added shortly...
