Kanji List
記
- kun: しる.す
- on: キ
- meaning: scribe, account, narrative
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 記事 きじ article, news story, report, account 記者 きしゃ reporter 記録 きろく record, minutes, document; a record (e.g. in sports), results, score; to record, to document; to set a record (e.g. in sports), to show a result, to reach a value 書記 しょき clerk, secretary 記念 きねん commemoration, memory 記憶 きおく memory, recollection, remembrance; storage 記す しるす, きす to write down, to note; to remember 記述 きじゅつ description, descriptor 記念日 きねんび holiday, anniversary, memorial day 日記 にっき diary, journal
点
- kun: つ.ける, つ.く, た.てる, さ.す, とぼ.す, とも.す, ぼち
- on: テン
- meaning: spot, point, mark, speck, decimal point
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 点 てん spot, mark; point, dot; mark (e.g. in exam), score, points; counter for goods or items 焦点 しょうてん focus (e.g. photographic), focal point 拠点 きょてん position, location, base, point 時点 じてん point in time, occasion 得点 とくてん score, points made, marks obtained, runs 視点 してん opinion, point of view, visual point 失点 しってん run charged to the pitcher 重点 じゅうてん important point, lay stress on, colon, emphasis 同点 どうてん deadlock, tie, draw 問題点 もんだいてん the point at issue
活
- kun: い.きる, い.かす, い.ける
- on: カツ
- meaning: lively, resuscitation, being helped, living
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 活動 かつどう action, activity 生活 せいかつ living, life (one's daily existence), livelihood 活発 かっぱつ vigor, vigour, active, lively 活性 かっせい activity 活躍 かつやく activity (esp. energetic), great efforts, conspicuous service; to flourish, to participate actively, to play an active role 復活 ふっかつ revival (e.g. musical), come-back; restoration, rebirth, resurrection 活用 かつよう practical use, application; conjugation, declension, inflection 活力 かつりょく vitality, energy 活動家 かつどうか (anti-war) activist 食生活 しょくせいかつ eating habits
原
- kun: はら
- on: ゲン
- meaning: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 原因 げんいん cause, origin, source 原則 げんそく principle, general rule 原子力 げんしりょく atomic energy 原告 げんこく plaintiff, accuser, prosecutor 原発 げんぱつ nuclear power plant, nuclear power supply 原油 げんゆ crude oil 原理 げんり principle, theory, fundamental truth 原点 げんてん origin (coordinates), starting point 原爆 げんばく atomic bomb, A-bomb 原案 げんあん original plan, original bill, motion, draft, draught
交
- kun: まじ.わる, まじ.える, ま.じる, まじ.る, ま.ざる, ま.ぜる, -か.う, か.わす, かわ.す, こもごも
- on: コウ
- meaning: mingle, mixing, association, coming & going
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 外交 がいこう diplomacy 交渉 こうしょう negotiations, discussions; connection 交流 こうりゅう intercourse, (cultural) exchange, intermingling; alternating current, AC 交換 こうかん exchange, interchange, switching, reciprocity, barter, substitution, replacement, clearing (of checks, cheques) 交通 こうつう communication, transportation, traffic, intercourse 国交 こっこう diplomatic relations 交代 こうたい alternation, change, relief, relay, shift, substitution (sports, etc.) 交付 こうふ delivering, handing over, furnishing (e.g. with copies), issuance, issuing 外交官 がいこうかん diplomat 交通事故 こうつうじこ traffic accident
組
- kun: く.む, くみ, -ぐみ
- on: ソ
- meaning: association, braid, plait, construct, assemble, unite, cooperate, grapple
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 組 くみ set (of items); group (of people), class (of students), company (esp. construction), family (i.e. mafia), team; typesetting, composition 組織 そしき organization, organisation; structure, construction; tissue; system 番組 ばんぐみ program (e.g. TV), programme 組合 くみあい association, union 労組 ろうそ, ろうくみ labor union, labour union 仕組み しくみ structure, construction, arrangement, contrivance; plan, plot, contrivance 枠組み わくぐみ frame, framework 取り組み とりくみ bout (in sports, etc.), match; effort, initiative, dealing with, grappling with, wrestling with 労働組合 ろうどうくみあい labor union, labour union 組長 くみちょう boss (yakuza)
引
- kun: ひ.く, ひ.き, ひ.き-, -び.き, ひ.ける
- on: イン
- meaning: pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 取引 とりひき transactions, dealings, business 引き下げ ひきさげ reduction, cut 引き上げ ひきあげ pulling up, drawing up, salvage, re-floatation; raising, increase, upward revision 引退 いんたい retire 隠し引き出し かくしひきだし secret withdrawal 強引 ごういん overbearing, coercive, pushy, forcible, high-handed 駆け引き かけひき bargaining, haggling; tactics, strategy 引き金 ひきがね trigger, gunlock 引き続き ひきつづき continuing for a long time, in succession, without a break 割引 わりびき discount, reduction, rebate, tenths discounted
直
- kun: ただ.ちに, なお.す, -なお.す, なお.る, なお.き, す.ぐ
- on: チョク, ジキ, ジカ
- meaning: straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 直 じき soon, in a moment, before long, shortly; nearby, close; direct; spot transaction, cash transaction 直ちに ただちに at once, immediately, directly, in person 見直し みなおし review, reconsideration, revision 直後 ちょくご immediately following 直接 ちょくせつ direct, immediate, personal, firsthand 直前 ちょくぜん just before 直面 ちょくめん confrontation 率直 そっちょく frankness, candour, candor, openheartedness 正直 しょうじき honesty, integrity, frankness; honestly, frankly 素直 すなお obedient, meek, docile, unaffected; honest, frank
対
- kun: あいて, こた.える, そろ.い, つれあ.い, なら.ぶ, むか.う
- on: タイ, ツイ
- meaning: vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 対応 たいおう interaction, correspondence, coping with, dealing with, support 対策 たいさく counter-plan, counter-measure 対象 たいしょう target, object (of worship, study, etc.), subject (of taxation, etc.) 反対 はんたい opposition, resistance, antagonism, hostility, contrast, objection, dissension, reverse, opposite, vice versa 対立 たいりつ confrontation, opposition, antagonism 対話 たいわ interactive, interaction, conversation, dialogue 対日 たいにち with respect to Japan, with Japan 国対 こくたい Committee of the National Diet 絶対 ぜったい absolutely, unconditionally; absolute, unconditional, unmistakable; absoluteness 対外 たいがい external, foreign
部
- kun: -べ
- on: ブ
- meaning: section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 一部 いちぶ one part, one portion, one section, some; one copy (e.g. of a document) 幹部 かんぶ management, (executive) staff, leaders, leadership, top brass, upper echelons 部長 ぶちょう head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club, head of a (school) team 部分 ぶぶん portion, section, part 部門 ぶもん class, group, category, department, field, branch 本部 ほんぶ headquarters 学部 がくぶ department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.) 内部 ないぶ interior, inside, internal 部屋 へや room; sumo stable 部隊 ぶたい force, unit, corps, echelon, element