| Kanji | reading.....meaning |
| 一 | ichi......
one |
| 二 | ni.....
two |
| 三 | san.....
three |
| 日 | hi,bi,nichi,ni.....
day, date, Sun, Sunday |
| 本 | hon,bon,pon.....
book, basis, origin |
| 日本 | Nihon.....
Japan |
| 目 | me, moku.....
eye |
| 来 | ki (masu) .....
to come |
| 四 | shi,yon.....
four |
| 五 | go.....
five |
| 六 | roku.....
six |
| 七 | nana,shichi.....
seven |
| 八 | hachi.....
eight |
| 九 | kyu.....
nine |
| 十 | ju, tou.....
ten |
| 百 | hyaku.....
hundred |
| 千 | sen.....
thousand |
| 人 | jin, hito.....
person |
| 日本人 | nihon jin.....
Japanese (person) |
| 月 | tsuki, gatsu, getsu.....
moon, month |
| 年 | nen, toshi.....
year, age |
| 一年 | ichi nen.....
one year, first year |
| 大 | oo(kii), dai.....
big, large |
| 学 | mana(bimasu), gaku.....
to learn |
| 大学 | daigaku.....
university, college |
| 生 | nama, sei, i(kimasu).....
raw, life, to be born, birth, to live |
| 学生 | gakusei.....
student |
| 学年 | gakunen.....
academic year |
| 先 | saki, sen.....
ahead, previous, advance |
| 先生 | sensei.....
teacher, master |
| 分 | fun, pun, wa(karimasu).....
to divide, minute |
| 間 | kan, ma.....
between, duration |
| 三分間 | san pun kan.....
three minitues |
| 時 | toki, ji.....
time, o'clock |
| 五時間 | go ji kan.....
five hours |
| 上 | ue, jo, kami, a(garimasu).....
above, on the top of, advance, higher, to move up |
| 下 | shita, ge, ka, o(rimasu), kuda(rimasu), sa(garimasu).....
below, down, under, lower, to move down, to decline, to step back |
| 小 | chii(sai), sho.....
small |
| 中 | chu, naka.....
middle, center |
| 外 | soto, ge, gai....
outer, outside, foreign |
| 半 | han.....
half, semi- |
| 好 | su(kina), kou.....
to like, favorite |
| 田 | ta, da, den.....
rice field, paddy |
| 町 | machi, cho.....
town |
| 右 | migi, u.....
right (side) |
| 左 | hidari, sa.....
left (side) |
| 山 | yama, san, zan.....
mountain |
| 口 | kuchi, kou, guchi.....
mouth |
| 万 | man.....
ten thousand |
| 近 | chika(i), kin, kon.....
near, close, recent |
| 朝 | asa, cho.....
morning |
| 明 | aka(rui), mei, myo.....
bright |
| 昼 | hiru, chu.....
noon, afternoon |
| 来 | ki(maru), rai.....
to come |
| 行 | i(kimasu), okona(imasu), ko, gyo.....
to go, to take place, to hold |
| 聞 | ki(kimasu), ken, bun, mon.....
to listen, to hear |
| 食 | ta(bemasu), shoku.....
to eat |
| 飲 | no(mimasu), in.....
to drink |
| 休 | yasu(mimasu), kyu.....
to rest |
| 今 | ima, kon.....
now, current |
| 今日 | kyo.....
today |
| 毎日 | mainichi.....
everyday |
| 見 | mi(masu), ken.....
to see, to watch |
| 火 | ka, hi.....
fire, Tuesday |
| 水 | mizu, sui.....
water, Wednesday |
| 木 | ki, moku, boku.....
tree, Thursday |
| 金 | kane, kin, gon.....
money, gold, Friday |
| 土 | tsuchi, do.....
ground, soil, Saturday |
