Kanji List
急
- kun: いそ.ぐ, いそ.ぎ
- on: キュウ
- meaning: hurry, emergency, sudden, steep
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 急 きゅう urgent, sudden, abrupt; sharp, steep, precipitous; rapid, swift, fast; emergency, crisis 急いで いそいで hurriedly 急きょ きゅうきょ hurriedly, in a hurry 緊急 きんきゅう urgent, pressing, emergency 急速 きゅうそく rapid (e.g. progress) 早急 さっきゅう, そうきゅう urgent 急激 きゅうげき sudden, precipitous, radical 急性 きゅうせい acute (e.g. illness) 急進 きゅうしん rapid progress, radical 急増 きゅうぞう explosion, proliferation, surge
送
- kun: おく.る
- on: ソウ
- meaning: escort, send
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 送る おくる to send (a thing), to dispatch, to despatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere), to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed), to bury; to spend (time), to live one's life; to pass (down the line); to affix okurigana 放送 ほうそう broadcast, broadcasting 輸送 ゆそう transport, transportation 送り おくり seeing off, sending off; funeral; escapement 先送り さきおくり postpone 見送り みおくり seeing one off, farewell, escort 見送る みおくる to see off (e.g. to the station, an airport, etc.), to escort (e.g. home), to farewell; to see out, to send off; to let pass, to wait and see, to continue (e.g. in legal contexts); to let a pitch go by (baseball), to watch a batted ball go into the stands 運送 うんそう transport, freight, shipping 送金 そうきん remittance, sending money 郵送 ゆうそう mailing
転
- kun: ころ.がる, ころ.げる, ころ.がす, ころ.ぶ, まろ.ぶ, うたた, うつ.る, くる.めく
- on: テン
- meaning: revolve, turn around, change
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 運転 うんてん operation, motion, driving 転換 てんかん convert, divert 逆転 ぎゃくてん (sudden) change, reversal, turn-around, coming from behind (baseball) 移転 いてん moving, transfer, demise 運転手 うんてんしゅ driver, chauffeur 自転車 じてんしゃ, じでんしゃ bicycle 回転 かいてん rotation (usu. around something), revolution, turning 転じる てんじる to turn, to shift, to alter, to distract 逆転勝ち ぎゃくてんがち winning after defeat seems certain, coming from behind to win 転勤 てんきん job transfer, job relocation, intra-company transfer
研
- kun: と.ぐ
- on: ケン
- meaning: polish, study of, sharpen
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 研究 けんきゅう study, research, investigation 研究所 けんきゅうしょ, けんきゅうじょ research establishment (institute, laboratory, etc.) 研修 けんしゅう training (esp. in-service), induction course 研究者 けんきゅうしゃ researcher 研究員 けんきゅういん researcher 研究室 けんきゅうしつ laboratory; seminar room; professor's office 研究家 けんきゅうか researcher, student (of) 経済研究所 けいざいけんきゅうしょ economics research centre, economics research center 研究官 けんきゅうかん research officer 国立予防衛生研究所 こくりつよぼうえいせいけんきゅうしょ National Institute of Health
究
- kun: きわ.める
- on: キュウ, ク
- meaning: research, study
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 研究 けんきゅう study, research, investigation 研究所 けんきゅうしょ, けんきゅうじょ research establishment (institute, laboratory, etc.) 研究者 けんきゅうしゃ researcher 究明 きゅうめい investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts) 研究員 けんきゅういん researcher 研究室 けんきゅうしつ laboratory; seminar room; professor's office 研究家 けんきゅうか researcher, student (of) 経済研究所 けいざいけんきゅうしょ economics research centre, economics research center 究極 きゅうきょく ultimate, extreme, final, eventual 研究官 けんきゅうかん research officer
起
- kun: お.きる, お.こる, お.こす, おこ.す, た.つ
- on: キ
- meaning: rouse, wake up, get up
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 起訴 きそ prosecution, indictment 起こす おこす to raise, to cause, to wake someone 起用 きよう appointment (to a position, job, etc.), being used for a role, promotion 起こる おこる to occur, to happen 提起 ていき bring suit, file a claim, raise a question 躍起 やっき desperation, eagerness 決起 けっき jump to one's feet, stand up against, rising to action 発起人 ほっきにん originator, promoter 起草 きそう drafting, draughting, drawing up a bill 不起訴 ふきそ nonprosecution or indictment
着
- kun: き.る, -ぎ, き.せる, -き.せ, つ.く, つ.ける
- on: チャク, ジャク
- meaning: don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 決着 けっちゃく conclusion, decision, end, settlement 着実 ちゃくじつ steady, sound, trustworthy, solid 落ち着いた おちついた quiet, calm, composed 癒着 ゆちゃく adhesion 着る きる to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down), to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.) 着工 ちゃっこう start of (construction) work 着陸 ちゃくりく landing, alighting, touch down 到着 とうちゃく arrival 着物 きもの clothing, clothes; kimono (or other trad. Japanese clothing) 下着 したぎ underwear
病
- kun: や.む, -や.み, やまい
- on: ビョウ, ヘイ
- meaning: ill, sick
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 病院 びょういん hospital 病気 びょうき illness, disease, sickness 水俣病 みなまたびょう Minamata disease 糖尿病 とうにょうびょう diabetes mellitus, sugar diabetes 白血病 はっけつびょう leukemia 病状 びょうじょう condition of a disease (patient) 病棟 びょうとう (hospital) ward 難病 なんびょう incurable disease 成人病 せいじんびょう adult diseases 心臓病 しんぞうびょう heart trouble, heart disease
待
- kun: ま.つ, -ま.ち
- on: タイ
- meaning: wait, depend on
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 期待 きたい expectation, anticipation, hope 招待 しょうたい invitation 待遇 たいぐう treatment, reception 待ち まち waiting, waiting time 接待 せったい reception, welcome, serving (food); business entertainment 期待感 きたいかん feeling of expectation 虐待 ぎゃくたい ill-treatment, oppression 待つ まつ to wait; to await, to look forward to, to anticipate; (usu. in negative form) to depend on, to need 待機 たいき alert, standby, await an opportunity, wait for orders 待望 たいぼう expectant waiting; long-awaited
族
- on: ゾク
- meaning: tribe, family
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 家族 かぞく family, members of a family 族 ぞく tribe, clan, band; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table) 民族 みんぞく people, race, nation 遺族 いぞく bereaved family 民族主義 みんぞくしゅぎ nationalism 親族 しんぞく relatives 一族 いちぞく family, relatives, dependents; household 部族 ぶぞく tribe, clan, house 家族計画 かぞくけいかく family planning 貴族 きぞく noble, aristocrat