Kanji List
通
- kun: とお.る, とお.り, -とお.り, -どお.り, とお.す, とお.し, -どお.し, かよ.う
- on: ツウ, ツ
- meaning: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 通り どおり in accordance with ..., following ...; .. Street, .. Avenue 通信 つうしん correspondence, communication, transmission, news, signal 見通し みとおし perspective, unobstructed view, outlook, forecast, prospect, insight, foresight, visibility 共通 きょうつう commonness, community 交通 こうつう communication, transportation, traffic, intercourse 通貨 つうか currency 通常 つうじょう common, general, normal, usual 普通 ふつう general, ordinary, usual; normally, generally, usually; train that stops at every station 通産省 つうさんしょう (former) Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), MITI 通算 つうさん total
言
- kun: い.う, こと
- on: ゲン, ゴン
- meaning: say
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 言わば いわば so to speak, so to call it, as it were 言う いう, ゆう to say; to call (i.e. to give a name) 言 げん, こと word, remark, statement 言葉 ことば, けとば language, dialect; word, words, phrase, term, expression, remark; speech, (manner of) speaking 宣言 せんげん declaration, proclamation, announcement 発言 はつげん utterance, speech, proposal 証言 しょうげん evidence, testimony 提言 ていげん proposal, motion 言語 げんご, ごんご language 一言 ひとこと, いちげん, いちごん single word
理
- kun: ことわり
- on: リ
- meaning: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 理 り reason, principle, logic; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos 管理 かんり control, management (e.g. of a business) 理事 りじ director, board of directors 理由 りゆう reason, pretext, motive 処理 しょり processing, dealing with, treatment, disposition, disposal 総理 そうり prime minister, leader, overseer (of national affairs), president 理解 りかい understanding, comprehension 料理 りょうり cooking, cookery, cuisine; dealing with something, handling, administration, management 代理 だいり representation, agency, proxy, deputy, agent, attorney, substitute, alternate, acting (principal, etc.) 理念 りねん idea
体
- kun: からだ, かたち
- on: タイ, テイ
- meaning: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 体 からだ, しんたい body; health 具体的 ぐたいてき concrete, tangible, definite, specific 全体 ぜんたい whole, entirety, whatever (is the matter) 体制 たいせい order, system, structure, set-up, organization, organisation 団体 だんたい organization, organisation, association 共同体 きょうどうたい cooperative body, cooperative system, collective, community 自治体 じちたい self-governing body, municipality, autonomous entity 体験 たいけん personal experience 遺体 いたい corpse, remains 具体 ぐたい concrete, tangible, material
作
- kun: つく.る, つく.り, -づく.り
- on: サク, サ
- meaning: make, production, prepare, build
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 作 さく a work, a harvest 作る つくる to make, to produce, to manufacture, to build, to construct; to prepare (food), to brew (alcohol); to raise, to grow, to cultivate, to train; to till; to draw up (a document), to make out, to prepare, to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.), to compose; to coin (a phrase), to organize, to organise, to establish, to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.) 作り つくり making, producing, manufacturing, building, construction, make, structure; appearance (i.e. attire, make-up); build (i.e. physique); sashimi; forced (smile, etc.) 作業 さぎょう work, operation, manufacturing, fatigue duty 作品 さくひん work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.), opus, performance, production 作家 さっか author, writer, novelist, artist 作戦 さくせん tactics, strategy; military or naval operations 制作 せいさく work (film, book) 工作 こうさく work, construction, handicraft, maneuvering, manoeuvering 作曲 さっきょく composition, setting (of music)
用
- kun: もち.いる
- on: ヨウ
- meaning: utilize, business, service, use, employ
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 雇用 こよう employment (long term), hire 採用 さいよう use, adoption, acceptance; appointment, employment, engagement 使用 しよう use, application, employment, utilization, utilisation 費用 ひよう cost, expense 利用 りよう use, utilization, utilisation, application 運用 うんよう making use of, application, investment, practical use 乗用車 じょうようしゃ passenger vehicle, automobile 信用 しんよう confidence, dependence, credit, faith, reliance, belief, credence 適用 てきよう applying 利用者 りようしゃ user, end-user, consumer
強
- kun: つよ.い, つよ.まる, つよ.める, し.いる, こわ.い
- on: キョウ, ゴウ
- meaning: strong
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 強さ つよさ strength, power 強化 きょうか strengthen, intensify, reinforce, solidify, enhancement 強制 きょうせい obligation, coercion, compulsion, enforcement 勉強 べんきょう study; diligence; discount, reduction 強める つよめる to strengthen, to emphasize, to emphasise 強硬 きょうこう firm, vigorous, unbending, unyielding, strong, stubborn 強力 きょうりょく powerful, strong 強盗 ごうとう robber, mugger; robbery, burglary 強み つよみ forte 強気 つよき firm, strong
足
- kun: あし, た.りる, た.る, た.す
- on: ソク
- meaning: leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 足 あし foot; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation 不足 ふそく insufficiency, shortage, deficiency, lack, dearth 発足 ほっそく, はっそく starting, inauguration, launch, founding, establishment, start-up 満足 まんぞく satisfaction; sufficiency 足並み あしなみ pace, step 足元 あしもと, そっか at one's feet, underfoot; gait, pace, step; you, thou 手足 てあし one's hands and feet, limbs 足跡 あしあと, そくせき footprints 出足 であし start, turnout; constant forward movement (sumo) 足場 あしば scaffold, footing, foothold
公
- kun: おおやけ
- on: コウ, ク
- meaning: public, prince, official, governmental
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 公園 こうえん (public) park 公演 こうえん public performance; sumo exhibition in a foreign country 公開 こうかい open to the public 公共 こうきょう public, community, public service, society, communal 公式 こうしき formality, formal, official; formula 公明党 こうめいとう New Komeito (Japanese political party), New Clean Government Party, Justice Party 公的 こうてき public, official 公判 こうはん public hearing, trial 公民 こうみん citizen, freemen 公明 こうめい fairness, justice
野
- kun: の, の-
- on: ヤ, ショ
- meaning: plains, field, rustic, civilian life
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 野 の, や, ぬ plain, field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post 分野 ぶんや field, sphere, realm, division, branch 野球 やきゅう baseball 野党 やとう opposition party, political opposition, opposition 与野党 よやとう (political) parties in and out of power, majority and minority parties 野菜 やさい vegetable 上野 うえの section of Tokyo 視野 しや field of vision, outlook 野生 やせい wild, growing wild; I 大野 おおの large field