Kanji List
良
- kun: よ.い, -よ.い, い.い, -い.い
- on: リョウ
- meaning: good, pleasing, skilled
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 良 りょう good; B grade (in an A, B, C ... system) 良かったら よかったら if you like 良い よい, いい good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer), ready, prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial; OK 良さ よさ merit, virtue, good quality 不良 ふりょう badness, inferiority, delinquency, failure, defect, blemish 改良 かいりょう improvement, reform 優良 ゆうりょう superior, excellent, fine 良好 りょうこう favorable, favourable, satisfactory 良き よき goodness; good 仲良く なかよく making friends with, getting along well with, on cordial terms
響
- kun: ひび.く
- on: キョウ
- meaning: echo, also N5116, sound, resound, ring, vibrate
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 響 ひびき echo, sound, reverberation, noise 影響 えいきょう influence, effect 反響 はんきょう echo, reverberation, repercussion, reaction, influence 音響 おんきょう sound, noise, echo, acoustic(s) 交響曲 こうきょうきょく symphony 交響楽 こうきょうがく symphony (orchestra) 交響 こうきょう reverberation 交響詩 こうきょうし symphonic poem 響き渡る ひびきわたる to resound 地響き じひびき subterranean rumbling, earth tremor
阪
- kun: さか
- on: ハン
- meaning: heights, slope
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 阪神 はんしん Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.) 阪 さか slope, hill 下阪 げはん proceeding from Tokyo to Osaka 京阪 けいはん Kyoto-Osaka 京阪神 けいはんしん Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe 阪神大震災 はんしんだいしんさい Great Hanshin Earthquake (Jan 1995) 大阪市 おおさかし Osaka city 大阪府 おおさかふ Osaka (Oosaka) (metropolitan area) 来阪 らいはん coming to Osaka 大阪場所 おおさかばしょ Osaka (March) sumo tournament
帰
- kun: かえ.る, かえ.す, おく.る, とつ.ぐ
- on: キ
- meaning: homecoming, arrive at, lead to, result in
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 帰り かえり return, coming back 帰国 きこく return to one's country 復帰 ふっき return, comeback, reinstatement; carriage return, CR 帰還 きかん repatriation, return; (electrical) feedback 帰宅 きたく returning home 帰属 きぞく belonging to 回帰 かいき return (to), revolution, recurrence, recursion, comeback, revival 里帰り さとがえり returning home, visiting one's parents, new bride's first visit to parents 帰省 きせい homecoming, returning home 帰途 きと on the way back, returning
針
- kun: はり
- on: シン
- meaning: needle, pin, staple, stinger
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 針 はり needle, pin, hook; stinger, thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.), pointer; staple (for a stapler); needlework, sewing; malice; counter for stitches 方針 ほうしん objective, plan, policy 指針 ししん compass needle (cursor), guideline, pointer 針金 はりがね wire 針路 しんろ course, direction, compass bearing 針葉樹 しんようじゅ conifer, needle-leaved tree 縫い針 ぬいばり sewing needle 羅針盤 らしんばん compass 釣り針 つりばり fish hook かぎ針 かぎばり hook, crochet needle
専
- kun: もっぱ.ら
- on: セン
- meaning: specialty, exclusive, mainly, solely
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 専務 せんむ managing director, special duty, conductor 専門 せんもん speciality, specialty, subject of study, expert 専門家 せんもんか specialist 専攻 せんこう major subject, special study 専用 せんよう exclusive use, personal use, dedicated; private (e.g. network) 専門学校 せんもんがっこう, せんもんガッコウ, せんもんガッコ vocational school, technical school 専業 せんぎょう special occupation, principal occupation, specialty, monopoly 専門店 せんもんてん specialist shops 専修 せんしゅう specialization, specialisation 専任 せんにん full-time service
推
- kun: お.す
- on: スイ
- meaning: conjecture, infer, guess, suppose, support
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 推進 すいしん propulsion, driving force; implementation, promotion (e.g. of a government policy) 推薦 すいせん recommendation 推定 すいてい presumption, assumption, estimation 推移 すいい transition, change 推計 すいけい estimate, estimation 推す おす to infer, to conclude, to support 推理 すいり reasoning, inference, mystery or detective genre (movie, novel, etc.) 推奨 すいしょう recommendation, endorsement 推測 すいそく guess, conjecture 推理小説 すいりしょうせつ mystery or detective novel
谷
- kun: たに, きわ.まる
- on: コク
- meaning: valley
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 谷 たに valley 谷川 たにがわ mountain stream 谷間 たにま, たにあい valley, ravine, chasm, dell; cleavage 渓谷 けいこく valley, ravine, canyon 峡谷 きょうこく glen, ravine, gorge, canyon 谷底 たにそこ, たにぞこ bottom of valley or ravine 谷地 やち marsh land, swamp 谷あい たにま, たにあい valley, ravine, chasm, dell; cleavage 谿谷 けいこく valley, ravine, canyon 千仭の谷 せんじんのたに bottomless ravine
古
- kun: ふる.い, ふる-, -ふる.す
- on: コ
- meaning: old
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 古 いにしえ antiquity, ancient times 古代 こだい ancient times 古典 こてん old book, classics, classic 古墳 こふん ancient (mound) tomb 考古学 こうこがく archaeology, archeology 古い ふるい old (not person), aged, ancient, antiquated, stale, threadbare, outmoded, obsolete article 中古 ちゅうこ, ちゅうぶる used, second-hand, old; Middle Ages 古書 こしょ old book, rare book 最古 さいこ the oldest 中古車 ちゅうこしゃ used car, secondhand car
候
- kun: そうろう
- on: コウ
- meaning: climate, season, weather
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 候補 こうほ candidate, contender, prospect, pick, choice, list; candidacy, candidature, nomination 立候補 りっこうほ announcing candidacy 気候 きこう climate 天候 てんこう weather 症候群 しょうこうぐん syndrome 兆候 ちょうこう sign, indication, omen, symptom 悪天候 あくてんこう bad weather 測候所 そっこうじょ weather measurement station 居候 いそうろう lodger who pays nothing for room and board, freeloader, sponger 候 こう season, weather