Kanji List
史
- on: シ
- meaning: history, chronicle
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 歴史 れきし history 史上 しじょう historical 歴史的 れきしてき historic, historical, traditional 女史 じょし Ms (nuance of status), Miss, Madame; highbrow (woman), cerebral 史料 しりょう historical records, archives 史跡 しせき historical landmark 史家 しか historian 史学 しがく study of history 史実 しじつ historical fact 戦史 せんし military history or annals
天
- kun: あまつ, あめ, あま-
- on: テン
- meaning: heavens, sky, imperial
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 天 てん, あめ, あま sky; heaven; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism) 天皇 てんのう, すめらぎ, すめろぎ Emperor of Japan 天気 てんき weather, the elements; fair weather, fine weather 天皇陛下 てんのうへいか His Majesty the Emperor 天井 てんじょう ceiling, ceiling price 天然 てんねん nature, spontaneity; natural airhead 天候 てんこう weather 天然ガス てんねんガス natural gas 天下り あまくだり retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation 天国 てんごく paradise, heaven, Kingdom of Heaven
階
- kun: きざはし
- on: カイ
- meaning: storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 階 かい stories, storeys; counter for storeys and floors of a building 段階 だんかい gradation, grade, stage, steps, order, class, phase 一階 いっかい one floor, first floor 二階 にかい second floor, upstairs 階級 かいきゅう class, rank, grade 階段 かいだん stairs, stairway, staircase 二階建て にかいだて two-storied building 現段階 げんだんかい present stage, current phase; current rank, present grade 階層 かいそう class, level, stratum, layer, hierarchy 中産階級 ちゅうさんかいきゅう middle class, bourgeoisie
程
- kun: ほど, -ほど
- on: テイ
- meaning: extent, degree, law, formula, distance, limits, amount
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 程度 ていど degree, amount, grade, standard, of the order of (following a number) 日程 にってい schedule, program, programme, agenda 過程 かてい process 課程 かてい course, curriculum 射程 しゃてい range (e.g. of a rifle, missile, etc.) 工程 こうてい manufacturing process, work schedule, amount of work 余っ程 よっぽど, よほど very, greatly, much, to a large extent, quite; just about to 程 ほど degree, extent, bounds, limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum, upper limit 修士課程 しゅうしかてい master's course 規程 きてい official regulations, inner rules
満
- kun: み.ちる, み.つ, み.たす
- on: マン, バン
- meaning: full, fullness, enough, satisfy
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 不満 ふまん dissatisfaction, displeasure, discontent, complaints, unhappiness, disgruntled 満塁 まんるい bases loaded (baseball) 未満 みまん less than, insufficient 満足 まんぞく satisfaction; sufficiency 満たす みたす to satisfy, to ingratiate, to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to reach (a certain number) 満員 まんいん full house, no vacancy, sold out, standing room only, full (of people), crowded 満了 まんりょう expiration, termination 満点 まんてん perfect score 肥満 ひまん corpulence, fatness, obesity 満々 まんまん full of, brimming with
敗
- kun: やぶ.れる
- on: ハイ
- meaning: failure, defeat, reversal
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 腐敗 ふはい decay, depravity 失敗 しっぱい failure, mistake, blunder 連敗 れんぱい consecutive defeats, series of defeats 敗戦 はいせん defeat, losing a war 敗北 はいぼく defeat; to be defeated 勝敗 しょうはい victory or defeat, issue (of battle), outcome 敗因 はいいん cause of defeat 惨敗 さんぱい, ざんぱい ignominious defeat, crushing failure, utterly beaten, overwhelming defeat 一敗 いっぱい one defeat 敗者 はいしゃ the defeated, vanquished, loser
管
- kun: くだ
- on: カン
- meaning: pipe, tube, wind instrument, drunken talk
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 管 かん, くだ pipe, tube 管理 かんり control, management (e.g. of a business) 管理職 かんりしょく management 管内 かんない within the jurisdiction of 血管 けっかん blood vessel 食管法 しょっかんほう law governing food quality 保管 ほかん charge, custody, safekeeping, deposit, storage 管制 かんせい control 管轄 かんかつ jurisdiction, control 所管 しょかん jurisdiction
値
- kun: ね, あたい
- on: チ
- meaning: price, cost, value
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 値 あたい, ね price, cost; value, worth, merit; variable (computer programming, programing); value, count, number; to have value, to have merit 価値 かち value, worth, merit 値上げ ねあげ price hike, mark-up 終値 おわりね closing price (stock exchange, etc.) 値段 ねだん price, cost 数値 すうち numerical value, numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.) 価値観 かちかん values 値下げ ねさげ cut in price 偏差値 へんさち deviation, deviation value; academic performance relative to the group average 高値 たかね high price
歌
- kun: うた, うた.う
- on: カ
- meaning: song, sing
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 歌 うた song; classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka); modern poetry 歌手 かしゅ singer 歌舞伎 かぶき kabuki, Japanese classical drama 短歌 たんか tanka, 31-syllable Japanese poem 歌劇 かげき opera 歌人 かじん (Japanese) poet 歌詞 かし song lyrics, words of a song, libretto 歌集 かしゅう anthology, book of poetry 歌う うたう to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.) 演歌 えんか enka, traditional-style Japanese popular ballad
買
- kun: か.う
- on: バイ
- meaning: buy
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 買い かい buying, buyer, purchase 売買 ばいばい trade, buying and selling 買う かう to buy; to value, to have a high opinion; to stir, to provoke 買収 ばいしゅう buying, purchase; corruption, bribery 買い物 かいもの shopping, purchased goods 買い取り かいとり purchase, sale (transaction) 買い占め かいしめ buying up of goods, cornering (market) 買い付け かいつけ buying, purchasing 買い手 かいて buyer 買い上げ かいあげ buying, purchasing