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Kanji Life Shiritori
Shiritori 1
| Kanji | Kana | English |
|---|---|---|
| 一言 | ひとこと | single word; a few words; brief comment |
| 言 | こと | word; remark; statement |
| 言葉 | ことば | language; dialect \ word; phrase; expression; term \ speech; (manner of) speaking; (use of) language \ words; remark; statement; comment \ learning to speak; language acquisition \ |
| 葉 | は\ば | leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece |
| 葉書 | はがき | postcard \ memo; note; card |
| 書 | Kun: か.く、 -が.き、 -がき | write |
| 書留 | かきとめ | registered mail; registered post; registration (of mail) \ (putting on) record; writing down; noting down; registry |
| 留 | Kun: と.める、 と.まる、 とど.める、 とど.まる、 るうぶる | detain, fasten, halt, stop |
| 留め金 | とめがね | clasp; latch; catch; fastener |
| 金儲け | かねもうけ | moneymaking; earning money |
| 儲 | Kun: もう.ける、 もう.かる、 もうけ、 たくわ.える | be profitable, yield profit |
| 儲け話 | もうけばなし | (talk of a) moneymaking scheme; moneymaking idea; get-rich-quick proposal |
| 話し合う | はなしあう | to discuss; to talk together |
| 合わせる顔がない | あわせるかおがない | too ashamed to meet |
| 顔色 | かおいろ | complexion; one's colour; one's color \ countenance; expression; one's face |
| 色気 | いろけ | 1. colouring; coloring; shade of color 2. sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; sexual allure; seductiveness 3. interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; sexual urge 4. charm; elegance; romance; graciousness 5. feminine presence 6. desire; interest; ambition; inclination |
| 気配 | けはい | 1. indication; sign; hint; sensation; feeling 2. tone (of the market) |
| 配達 | はいたつ | delivery |
| 達 | On: タツ、 ダ | accomplished, reach, arrive, attain |
| 達人 | たつじん | master; expert |
| 人種 | じんしゅ | race (of people) \ type of person (colloquial) |
| 種 | しゅ | kind; variety \ (biological) species \ (logical) species |
| 種類 | しゅるい | variety; kind; type; category \ counter for kinds, species, etc. |
| 類 | るい | kind; sort; type; class; genus; order; family \ similar example; parallel; the like |
| 類推 | るいすい | analogy \ analogical reasoning; analogical inference |
| 推 | On: スイ | conjecture, infer, guess, suppose, support, push (for) |
| 推薦 | すいせん | recommendation; referral; endorsement |
| 薦 | On: セン | recommend, mat, advise, encourage, offer |
| 薦挙 | せんきょ | recommendation |
| 挙 | きょ | action; behavior; behaviour; move |
| 挙式 | きょしき | holding a ceremony; wedding ceremony |
| 式 | しき | 1. way; style; fashion; method; system; form; type 2. ceremony; rite; ritual; celebration 3. wedding (ceremony) 4. equation; formula; expression 5. enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō legal codes) |
| 式典 | しきてん | ceremony; rites |
| 典 | てん | 1. ceremony; celebration 2. law code 3. Sweden |
| 典型 | てんけい | type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype; perfect example |
| 典型的 | てんけいてき | typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model |