Kanji List
物
- kun: もの, もの-
- on: ブツ, モツ
- meaning: thing, object, matter
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 人物 じんぶつ character, personality, person, man, personage, talented man 動物 どうぶつ animal 建物 たてもの building 物価 ぶっか prices of commodities, prices (in general), cost-of-living 物語 ものがたり tale, story, legend 物質 ぶっしつ material, substance 植物 しょくぶつ plant, vegetation 生物 せいぶつ living things, creature 博物館 はくぶつかん museum 物資 ぶっし goods, materials
使
- kun: つか.う, つか.い, -つか.い, -づか.い
- on: シ
- meaning: use
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 使わす つかわす to send, to dispatch, to despatch 使う つかう to use (a thing, method, etc.), to make use of, to put to use; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.), to employ, to handle, to manage, to manipulate; to use (time, money, etc.), to spend, to consume; to use (language), to speak; to take (one's lunch), to circulate (bad money) 使用 しよう use, application, employment, utilization, utilisation 大使 たいし ambassador 行使 こうし use, exercise 大使館 たいしかん embassy 使い つかい errand, message, messenger, bearer, use, usage, trainer, tamer, mission, familiar spirit, going as envoy 使途 しと purpose for which money is spent, the way money is spent 特使 とくし special envoy 労使 ろうし labour and management, labor and management
品
- kun: しな
- on: ヒン, ホン
- meaning: goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 作品 さくひん work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.), opus, performance, production 商品 しょうひん commodity, article of commerce, goods, stock, merchandise 製品 せいひん manufactured goods, finished goods, product 食品 しょくひん commodity, foodstuff 部品 ぶひん parts, accessories 医薬品 いやくひん medical supplies 品質 ひんしつ (material) quality 用品 ようひん articles, supplies, parts 品種 ひんしゅ kind (of goods), brand; (taxonomical) form; breed, cultivar 品目 ひんもく list of articles
死
- kun: し.ぬ, し.に-
- on: シ
- meaning: death, die
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 死 し death, decease; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation) 死者 ししゃ casualty, deceased 脳死 のうし brain death 死亡 しぼう death, mortality 二死 にし two out (e.g. in baseball), two down (and one to go) 死去 しきょ death 死刑 しけい death penalty, capital punishment 必死 ひっし frantic, desperate; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate) (shogi) 死後 しご after death 死体 したい dead body, corpse, cadaver
始
- kun: はじ.める, -はじ.める, はじ.まる
- on: シ
- meaning: commence, begin
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 開始 かいし start, commencement, beginning, initiation 始まり はじまり origin, beginning 終始 しゅうし beginning and end, from beginning to end, doing a thing from beginning to end; consistently, the whole time 始める はじめる to start, to begin, to commence, to initiate, to originate; to open (e.g. a store), to start up, to establish (business. etc.); to start (doing something), to begin to ... 始め はじめ beginning, start, origin 年始 ねんし New Year's call, beginning of the year, New Year's greetings 始末 しまつ management, dealing, settlement; cleaning up, getting rid of; end result (usu. bad) 原始 げんし origin, primeval 始発 しはつ first train 手始め てはじめ outset
運
- kun: はこ.ぶ
- on: ウン
- meaning: carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 運 うん fortune, luck 運ぶ はこぶ to carry, to transport, to move, to convey; to come, to go; to wield (a tool, etc.), to use; to go (well, etc.), to proceed, to progress 運動 うんどう motion, exercise 運営 うんえい management, administration, operation 運転 うんてん operation, motion, driving 運輸 うんゆ transportation 運輸省 うんゆしょう Ministry of Transport 運用 うんよう making use of, application, investment, practical use 運び はこび progress, pace, carriage, step, stage 運転手 うんてんしゅ driver, chauffeur
終
- kun: お.わる, -お.わる, おわ.る, お.える, つい, つい.に
- on: シュウ
- meaning: end, finish
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 終わり おわり the end 最終 さいしゅう last, final, closing 終える おえる to finish 終結 しゅうけつ end, close 最終的 さいしゅうてき finally 終値 おわりね closing price (stock exchange, etc.) 終了後 しゅうりょうご after the end (of something) 終戦 しゅうせん end of war, cessation of hostilities 終日 しゅうじつ, ひねもす, ひめもす, ひもすがら all day, for a whole day 終盤 しゅうばん endgame, final stage
住
- kun: す.む, す.まう, -ず.まい
- on: ジュウ, ヂュウ, チュウ
- meaning: dwell, reside, live, inhabit
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 住 じゅう dwelling, living 住宅 じゅうたく residence, housing, residential building 住民 じゅうみん citizens, inhabitants, residents, population 住所 じゅうしょ address (e.g. of house), residence, domicile 在住 ざいじゅう resident 居住 きょじゅう residence 住み心地 すみごこち comfort (in living place) 先住 せんじゅう previous priest or resident 住宅地 じゅうたくち housing district, residential district 住友 すみとも Sumitomo (company)
真
- kun: ま, ま-, まこと
- on: シン
- meaning: true, reality, Buddhist sect
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 写真 しゃしん photograph, photo; movie 真の しんの true, real, genuine, proper, utter 真相 しんそう truth, real situation 真実 しんじつ, さな, さね truth, reality 真ん中 まんなか, まなか middle, centre, center, mid-way 真意 しんい real intention, true motive, true meaning 写真集 しゃしんしゅう collection of photographs, photoalbum 真理 しんり truth 真っ暗 まっくら total darkness, pitch dark; bleak future, poor prospects 真珠湾 しんじゅわん Pearl Harbor
有
- kun: あ.る
- on: ユウ, ウ
- meaning: possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 有 ゆう existence; possession, having; limited company 有効 ゆうこう validity, legality, availability, effectiveness 有力 ゆうりょく influential, prominent; strong, likely, plausible, potent 有権者 ゆうけんしゃ voter, constituent, (electoral) franchise-holder, (the) electorate, eligible voters 有名 ゆうめい famous; fame 保有 ほゆう possession, retention, maintenance 有利 ゆうり advantageous, better, profitable, lucrative 所有 しょゆう one's possessions, ownership 有罪 ゆうざい guilt, culpability 有価証券 ゆうかしょうけん marketable securities, stocks and bonds