Kanji List
民
- kun: たみ
- on: ミン
- meaning: people, nation, subjects
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 民 たみ nation, people 国民 こくみん nation, nationality, people, citizen 市民 しみん citizen, townspeople 住民 じゅうみん citizens, inhabitants, residents, population 民間 みんかん private, civilian, civil, popular, folk, unofficial 民主 みんしゅ democracy, popular sovereignty; democratic 民族 みんぞく people, race, nation 自民党 じみんとう Liberal Democratic Party, LDP 自民 じみん Liberal Democratic Party, LDP 人民 じんみん people, public
連
- kun: つら.なる, つら.ねる, つ.れる, -づ.れ
- on: レン
- meaning: take along, lead, join, connect, party, gang, clique
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 連 れん (taxonomical) tribe; quinella (quiniela); party, company, group; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper) 関連 かんれん relation, connection, relevance 国連 こくれん UN, United Nations 連合 れんごう union, alliance, combination 連続 れんぞく serial, consecutive, continuity, occurring in succession, continuing 連邦 れんぽう commonwealth, federation of states 連立 れんりつ alliance, coalition 連盟 れんめい league, union, alliance 連絡 れんらく to contact, to get in touch; contacting, getting in touch, communication, call, message; connection, coordination, junction; intercalary, intercalaris, internuncial 一連 いちれん series, chain, sequence; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse, stanza
選
- kun: えら.ぶ
- on: セン
- meaning: elect, select, choose, prefer
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 選 せん selection, choice, election; compilation, editing 選ぶ えらぶ to choose, to select 選挙 せんきょ election 選手 せんしゅ player (in game), team member 選手権 せんしゅけん championship, title (of champion) 総選挙 そうせんきょ general election (of the lower house) 当選 とうせん being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.) 予選 よせん nomination, primary, preliminary contest 小選挙区 しょうせんきょく small electoral district, single-member constituency 選考 せんこう selection, screening
関
- kun: せき, -ぜき, かか.わる, からくり, かんぬき
- on: カン
- meaning: connection, barrier, gateway, involve, concerning
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 関 せき barrier, gate 関係 かんけい relation, connection 関係者 かんけいしゃ authorized people, authorised people, person(s) concerned 関心 かんしん concern, interest 関連 かんれん relation, connection, relevance 機関 きかん mechanism, facility, engine; agency, organisation, institution, organ 関西 かんさい, かんせい Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka) 関税 かんぜい customs, duty, tariff 金融機関 きんゆうきかん financial institutions, banking facilities 関与 かんよ participation, taking part in, participating in, being concerned in
戦
- kun: いくさ, たたか.う, おのの.く, そよぐ, わなな.く
- on: セン
- meaning: war, battle, match
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 戦い たたかい battle, fight, struggle, conflict 戦争 せんそう war 戦後 せんご postwar period, period after Second World War 作戦 さくせん tactics, strategy; military or naval operations 戦闘 せんとう battle, fight, combat 戦略 せんりゃく strategy, tactics 停戦 ていせん armistice, ceasefire 冷戦 れいせん cold war 回戦 かいせん match, game 挑戦 ちょうせん challenge, defiance
最
- kun: もっと.も, つま
- on: サイ, シュ
- meaning: utmost, most, extreme
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 最も もっとも most, extremely 最近 さいきん latest, most recent, nowadays 最後 さいご last, end, conclusion; (after -tara form or -ta form followed by "ga") no sooner than, right after (often having negative consequences); one's final moments 最高 さいこう highest, supreme, the most 最終 さいしゅう last, final, closing 最初 さいしょ beginning, outset, first, onset 最大 さいだい greatest, largest, maximum 最高裁 さいこうさい Supreme Court 最低 さいてい least, lowest, worst; nasty, disgusting, horrible, yuck! 最終的 さいしゅうてき finally
約
- on: ヤク
- meaning: promise, approximately, shrink
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 契約 けいやく contract, compact, agreement 条約 じょうやく treaty, pact 公約 こうやく public commitment or promise 約束 やくそく arrangement, promise, appointment, pact, engagement; convention, rule 予約 よやく reservation, appointment, booking, advance order; contract, subscription, pledge 制約 せいやく limitation, restriction, condition, constraints 規約 きやく agreement, rules, code, protocol, convention 婚約 こんやく engagement, betrothal 締約 ていやく conclusion of a treaty 解約 かいやく cancellation of contract
法
- kun: のり
- on: ホウ, ハッ, ホッ, フラン
- meaning: method, law, rule, principle, model, system
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 憲法 けんぽう constitution 方法 ほうほう method, process, manner, way, means, technique 法案 ほうあん bill (law) 法人 ほうじん corporate body, corporation, (legal) person, (juridical) person 法律 ほうりつ law 司法 しほう administration of justice 手法 しゅほう technique 法廷 ほうてい courtroom 法的 ほうてき legality 立法 りっぽう legislation, lawmaking
的
- kun: まと
- on: テキ
- meaning: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 具体的 ぐたいてき concrete, tangible, definite, specific 積極的 せっきょくてき assertive, positive, active, proactive 目的 もくてき purpose, goal, aim, objective, intention 国際的 こくさいてき international 基本的 きほんてき fundamental, standard, basic 公的 こうてき public, official 政治的 せいじてき political 本格的 ほんかくてき full-blown, regular, genuine, earnest, normal, typical, fundamental, real 最終的 さいしゅうてき finally 圧倒的 あっとうてき overwhelming
要
- kun: い.る, かなめ
- on: ヨウ
- meaning: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 重要 じゅうよう important, momentous, essential, principal, major 必要 ひつよう necessary, needed, essential, indispensable; necessity, need, requirement 要求 ようきゅう demand, firm request, requisition, requirement, desire 主要 しゅよう chief, main, principal, major 需要 じゅよう demand, request 要請 ようせい claim, demand, request, application 必要性 ひつようせい necessity 要因 よういん main cause, primary factor 要員 よういん essential member, necessary person, personnel 要素 ようそ component, factor, item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array), member (e.g. data structure)