Tuesday 1 July 2014

Carrying on with Second Year Kanji Hell

These kanji are the second half of what was my final exam mega-revision list, all coming from the book series Minna no Nihongo Chukyuu 1. Instead of having a dedicated kanji book like the first two in the series, we instead were given kanji to learn from the reading section of the textbook - meaning we had to learn random-ass kanji I don't think I'll ever even see again (here's looking at you, 産児 and 経緯度). Again, this is nowhere near all of what we had to learn, but it's every one we were tested on during the year - so more of a highlight list.

(めずら)しい
Rare
非常(ひじょう)
Emergency
興味(きょうみ)
Interest
居間(いま)
Living room
座布団(ざぶとん)
Cushion
(たたみ)
Tatami
材料(ざいりょう)
Material
(やわ)らかい
Soft
素足(すあし)
Barefoot
快適(かいてき)
Comfortable
清潔(せいけつ)
Cleanliness


反対(はんたい)
Opposite
必要(ひつよう)
Necessary
簡単(かんたん)
Simple, easy
相手(あいて)
Partner
間違(まちが)
Mistake
(ぼく)
I (for a guy)
宇宙(うちゅう)
Space
自身(じしん)
Own
(まぎ)らわしい
Misleading, confusing
普通(ふつう)
Usually


過去(かこ)
Past
寝坊(ねぼう)
Sleeping in late
遅刻(ちこく)
Late
一生懸命(いっしょうけんめい)
Trying hard, trying with all your effort
危険(きけん)
Risk, dangerous
意識(いしき)
Consciousness
傾向(けいこう)
Trend
調(しら)べる
Investigate, find
失敗(しっぱい)
Failure
悲観(ひかん)
Pessimism
(くらい)
Place


(かれ)
Him
結構(けっこう)
Fine
葬式(そうしき)
Funeral
()てる
To stand up
(はら)
Stomach, abdomen
結局(けっきょく)
After all, eventually, in the end
(すす)
Recommendation, advice, suggestion
(きら)
Dislike
(はや)
Early, soon, quickly
無意識(むいしき)
Unconciousness
数日(すうじつ)
Few days
販売機(はんばいき)
Vending machine


留学生(りゅうがくせい)
Foreign students
南半球(みなみはんきゅう)
Southern hemisphere
(むずか)しい
Difficult
経緯度(けいいど)
Longitude and latitude
教師(きょうし)
Teacher
(めん)
Mask, surface
観察(かんさつ)
Observation
差別(さべつ)
Discrimination
(じつ)
Actually
努力(どりょく)
Effort


将来(しょうらい)
Future
記者(きしゃ)
Reporter
理想(りそう)
Ideal
不思議(ふしぎ)
Strange, mysterious
(まよ)って
To lose one’s way
成功(せいこう)
Success
雑誌(ざっし)
Magazine
解決(かいけつ)
Resolution
(しずか)
Quiet
()めて
Close
現在(げんざい)
Current


(あま)
Sweet
(まる)
Circular, round
本当(ほんとう)
True, really
()り当てる
To strike, find, dig up
()
Turn off
次々(つぎつぎ)
After another
()えて
Die away
(わら)
Laugh
(しん)
Believe
(つぎ)
Next
(かみなり)
Thunder
(こわ)
Scary, fear
地震(じしん)
Earthquake
(ふる)えて
Fall (rain)
()
Deep (colour), dark, strong, thick


発展途上国(はってんとじょうこく)
Developing country
経済(けいざい)
Economy
素晴(すば)らしい
Great
()
Picture
共通語(きょうつうご)
Lingua franca, common language
健康(けんこう)
Health
(かみ)
Hair
()びた
Stretch, extend, lengthen
(かがや)いて
Shine, glitter, sparkle
国際(こくさい)
International


喫茶店(きっさてん)
Coffee shop
誕生日(たんじょうび)
Birthday
成人(せいじん)
Adult
家庭(かてい)
Home, household
(ほこ)
Boast
患者(かんじゃ)
Patient
確認(かくにん)
Confirmation
結果(けっか)
Result
偶数(ぐうすう)
Even
地域(ちいき)
Region


(てのひら)
Palm (of hand)
太陽(たいよう)
Sun
(こわ)れて
Broken
配慮(はいりょ)
Consideration
(きび)しい
Strict, severe
条件(じょうけん)
Conditions
(うかが)
Ask
屋根(やね)
Roof
(かたち)
Form, shape, figure
完成(かんせい)
Complete
(まち)
Neighbourhood, street
騒音(そうおん)
Noise
(まど)
Window
(ふく)まれて
Include