Kanji.damage

一 one/line radical
1 stroke
PK, DUH, PN
Number: 1
ONYOMI: ICHI, ITSU
"Eazy-e's debut album "EAZY duz it" was so good, IT'S going to go to number one on the charts."
DESCRIPTION:
KUNYOMI:
ひと*つ
one thingthinginginginginginginginginginginginging
JUKUGO:
もう一度 ( もういちど )
one more time!
一 (one) + 度 (times) = もう一度 (one more time!)
一緒に ( いっしょに)
together
一 (one) + 緒 (together) = 一緒 (together)
一人で ( ひとりで)
one person, alone (FP)
一 (one) + 人 (person) = 一人 (one person, alone)
一般的な ( いっぱんてきな)
One of many many Japanese words for 'normal.' The nuance of いっぱんてき is
ordinary, non-special - as opposed to a member of a special group of people of
things. 一般的な人 means, an average person. As in, 'an average person is not allowed
in this Yakuza bar.'
一般 (generally, commonly) + 的 (motivation / '-al') = 一般的 (ordinary)
一日 ( ついたち )
first day of the month (FP)
一 (one) + 日 (sun, day) = 一日 (first day of the month)
一番 ( いちばん )
the best! Number one! (NEO)
一 (one) + 番 (number) = 一番 (number one!)
USED IN: 子言上宅丸系千正丘本末未来王中虫戸革貫元酒夫及与衰帯天世午色
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1
二 two
2 strokes
DUH
三 three
3 strokes
PN, DUH
Number: 2
ONYOMI: NI
as in, "Vince NEIL has two chins."
KUNYOMI:
ふた*つ
two thingsthingingingingingingingingingingingss
JUKUGO:
二人で ( ふたりで)
two people (FP)
二 (two) + 人 (person) = 二人 (two people)
二月 ( にがつ )
February (KANA)
二 (two) + 月 (moon) = 二月 (February)
二日酔い ( ふつかよい )
hangover (literally: 'paying for your drink') (SARC)
二 (two) + 日 (sun, day) + 酔 (drunk) = 二日酔い (hangover)
二日 ( ふつか )
second day of the month
二 (two) + 日 (sun, day) = 二日 (second day of the month)
XXX 二重 (XXX にじゅう )
PREFIX meaning double, as in "double-chin" or "twin-engine plane." (PRE)
二 (two) + 重 (heavy / overlap) = 二重 (double-xxx)
USED IN: 示重霊云
Number: 3
ONYOMI: SAN
as in, "SANTA Claus has three wives ."
KUNYOMI:
み*つ
(also sometimes pronounced み*っつ) three things. Yes, it's got 2 pronunciationssomsomsomsometi
JUKUGO:
三人で ( さんにんで)
can you guess?!???
2

了 total
2 strokes
BETA, PK
三 (three) + 人 (person) = 三人 (can you guess?!???)
三月 ( さんがつ )
March (KANA)
三 (three) + 月 (moon) = 三月 (March)
三角 ( さんかく )
triangle
三 (three) + 角 (horn/corner) = 三角 (triangle)
USED IN: 言寿
Number: 4
ONYOMI: RYOU
as in, "We don't have the total number of parts, so we need to REORDER more."
To me it just looks like a broken coat hanger, which is totally useless.
JUKUGO:
完了する ( かんりょうする)
to finish work on a project - an annual report, a re-formatting of the database, etc.
(NP)
完 (complete) + 了 (total) = 完了 (finish)
了解 ( りょうかい )
roger that! ('I got it!') (originally used by military, but now often used when you text,
because of its brevity)!
了 (total) + 解 (solve / untie) = 了解 (OK, got it.)
終了 ( しゅうりょう )
to expire, to come to an end (used about contracts or subscriptions expiring) (NP)
終 (end) + 了 (total) = 終了 (expire)
- zero stars! -
LOOKALIKES:
Meaning Hint Radical
子 child the 'one' radical 一
了 total NO 'one' radical
予 beforehand katakana MA マ
A child is ONE year old.
The complete kanji is complete even WITHOUT the 'one' radical.
MAMA was around before baby.
USED IN: 子
Number: 5
3
子 child
3 strokes
PN
一 (one/line radical) + 了 (total)
ONYOMI: SHI
That poor child ーSHE has lived a total of one year!
DESCRIPTION: From now on, when you see a kanji with the onyomi of "KO", please use 子供 (KOdomo) for the
English keyword.
KUNYOMI:
こ
child
JUKUGO:
子供 ( こども )
child (KUNKUN)
子 (child) + 供 (accompany) = 子供 (child)
親子 ( おやこ )
parents and child together - also the rather cruel name for a traditional dish: boiled
chicken served with scrambled eggs. (KUNKUN, SARC)
親 (parents/kindness) + 子 (child) = 親子 (meat and eggs)
調子 ( ちょうし )
the condition something's in. Can be used with a living thing or object. Always used
only with いい or 悪い. Usually emphaizes the LONG TERM condition. Although
hungover people have been heard to remark, 調子が悪い!
調 (check out) + 子 (child) = 調子 (condition)
椅子 ( いす )
chair (FP, 1/2 KANA)
車椅子 ( くるまいす )
wheelchair (NEO, KUNKUN)
車 (car) + 子 (chair) = 車椅子 (wheelchair)
LOOKALIKES:
子 child the 'one' radical 一
了 total NO 'one' radical
予 beforehand katakana MA マ
A child is ONE year old.
The complete kanji is complete even WITHOUT the 'one' radical.
MAMA was around before baby.
USED IN: 好孫承字熟塾孝季遊浮教厚存猛乳学孤
Number: 6
4

女 woman
3 strokes
PK, SYMBOLIC
ONYOMI: JO
as in, "Jack Off."
It looks like a lady, tilting her head to one side and crossing her arms as she watches you JACK OFF. She
really disapproves of it!!!
KUNYOMI:
おんな
woman - but don't say it by itself, it's like saying 'That broad.'anan - b- b- bututut
JUKUGO:
女の子 ( おんなのこ )
girl . Newspapers use it for a female up through junior high, but guys talking about
'chicks,dude' might use it to refer to a 20 year old.
女 (woman) + 子 (child) = 女の子 (girl)
彼女 ( かのじょ )
her. Might also mean 'girlfriend' depending on context.
彼 (him) + 女 (woman) = 彼女 (her / girlfriend)
女の人 ( おんなのひと )
the polite- but not formal - way to say woman
女 (woman) + 人 (person) = 女の人 (woman)
少女 ( しょうじょ )
young girl - usually 5- 15 years old.
少 (a little (amount)) + 女 (woman) = 少女 (young girl)
女子 ( じょし )
PREFIX used about women from first grade through college. Used to refer to female
students as a group: "女子 line up on the left side of the class, 男子 (danshi) line up
on the right side." BOOBOO: You wouldn't say "She's a joshi." (PRE)
女 (woman) + 子 (child) = 女子 (female xxx / xxx for girls)
女性 ( じょせい )
female - emphasizes biology, (sex, rather than gender).
女 (woman) + 性 (sex / essential nature) = 女性 (female)
女子高生 ( じょしこうせい )
high school girl.
女
female students as a group: "女子 line up on the left side of the class, 男子 (danshi)
line up on the right side." BOOBOO: You wouldn't say "She's a joshi." ) + 高 (tall) +
生 (life / birth) = 女子高生 (high school girl.)
USED IN: 好姦姉奴妨安始妙接委妹妊要桜妥婦姫数威娘嬉姿婚娠嫁妻嫌娯妄姓
嬢
5
好 like
6 strokes
Number: 7
子 (child) + 女 (woman)
ONYOMI: KOU
Your Moms likes exercising her COLON on Youtube.
A woman and her child means 'like', huh? Think you can handle the linguistics by yourself, Noam Chomsky??
KUNYOMI:
( が ) す*き
to like
この*む
To have a preference for.
この*み
The noun form of 好む. You often say, 'That's my konomi,' meaning 'That's my favorite kind' . . . but it
also implies that you know a lot about that thing.(***)mplmplmplmplmplmplmplmplmplies
JUKUGO:
大好き ( だいすき )
really like
大 (big) + 好 (like) = 大好き (really like)
格好 ( かっこう )
literally, 'look' or 'shape,' as in 'He's dressed as a woman' : おんなの格好してる。
But usually it means 'coolness:' かっこいい (cool) or かっこうわるい (not).(when used in
the figurative, 'cool' sense, it is usually KANA) (1/2 KANA)
格 (character, aspect) + 好 (like) = 格好 (looks)
格好つける ( かっこうつける )
this is a rad one. it means "try too hard to be cool". (Literally "manufacturing
coolness") (KANA)
格 (character, aspect) + 好 (like) = 格好つける (try too hard to be cool)
好奇心 ( こうきしん )
curiosity
BOOBOO: if you want to say you're curious about a specific thing, you'd use 興味 (きょ
うみ) instead.
好奇心 usually means "curiosity-in-general": you have an inquiring personality, or a
gaze of curiosity on your face. You'd never say, "Oh, you play in a band? 好奇心ある!”
好 (like) + 奇 (strange) + 心 (heart) = 好奇心 (curiosity)
6

姦 rape
9 strokes
FR, ABU, BETA
口 mouth/small box radical
3 strokes
PK, DUH, SYMBOLIC, PN, JERK RADICAL
Number: 8
女 (woman)
ONYOMI: KAN
Genghis KHAN raped three women.
DESCRIPTION:By looking at the radicals you can see how Politically Incorrect Ancient China was when they
were inventing kanji. You see three women and you'd assume the kanji would mean something positive,
like sisterhood or a cheerleader human pyramid. Buuuuuut no.
JUKUGO:
強姦する ( ごうかんする)
rape (FP)
強 (burly) + 姦 (rape) = 強姦 (rape)
法定強姦 ( ほうていごうかん )
statuatory rape (NP)
法 (law) + 定 (plan) + 強姦 (rape) = 法定強姦 (statuatory rape)
- zero stars! -
近親相姦 ( きんしんそうかん )
incest (ABU)
近 (near) + 親 (parents/kindness) + 相 (partner) + 姦 (rape) = 近親相姦 (incest)
- zero stars! -
獣姦 ( じゅうかん )
bestiality (ABU)
獣 (beast) + 姦 (rape) = 獣姦 (bestiality)
- zero stars! -
死姦 ( しかん )
necrophilia (ABU)
死 (death) + 姦 (rape) = 死姦 (necrophilia)
- zero stars! -
Number: 9
ONYOMI: KOU, KU
- as in, "My KUchi on your COLON . " Disgusting? Yes!. . . but try forgetting this ON-yomi now.
You can think of this as an open mouth, just yelling at you . Always yelling! Again with the yelling JESUS
WOULD YOU SHUT UP ALREADY JUST SHUT UP. YEAH THAT'S RIGHT. JUST CALL THE COPS. GREAT!
DESCRIPTION: JERK RADICAL ALERT- although the kanji means 'mouth' the radical sometimes means "box".
Irritating but not totally a hassle when you consider that it looks more like a box than a mouth, anyway.
Also, jukugo with 口 tend to be KUNKUN for some reason.
KUNYOMI:
くち
7
品 products
9 strokes
BETA, PN, DUH
mouth
JUKUGO:
出口 ( でぐち )
exit. (KUNKUN)
出 (pull out / hand over) + 口 (mouth) = 出口 (exit.)
入り口 ( いりぐち )
entrance (often shortened to 入口) (NOKURI)
入 (put/go in) + 口 (mouth) = 入り口 (entrance)
悪口 ( わるぐち )
talking shit about someone. (KUNKUN)
悪 (bad) + 口 (mouth) = 悪口 (talking shit about someone.)
銀行口座 ( ぎんこうこうざ )
bank account
銀行 (bank) + 口 (mouth) + 座 (sit) = 銀行口座 (bank account)
人口 ( じんこう )
population
人 (person) + 口 (mouth) = 人口 (population)
窓口 ( まどぐち )
the kind of depressing place where you get a ticket or food from a person in a box
with usually a bulletproof plexiglas window between you and them. (KUNKUN)
窓 (window) + 口 (mouth) = 窓口 (service window)
口説く ( くどく )
pester someone, usually for sex
口 (mouth) + 説 (explain) = 口説く (pester)
口実 ( こうじつ )
a pretext. Like, "I'm studying to be a preacher, but that's just a pretext for me to
meet virgin dudes."
口 (mouth) + 実 (truth) = 口実 (pretext)
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Number: 10
口 (mouth/small box radical)
ONYOMI: HIN
8

言 say
7 strokes
SYMBOLIC half the time
Please show HIM the boxes of products. (he's the customer)
JUKUGO:
商品 ( しょうひん )
items for sale, merchandise
商 (merchandise) + 品 (products) = 商品 (items for sale, merchandise)
作品 ( さくひん )
artworks.
作 (make) + 品 (products) = 作品 (artworks.)
下品な ( げひんな)
crude. Like chicks sitting with their legs open or guys picking their nose.
下 (below) + 品 (products) = 下品 (crude)
新品 ( しんぴん )
brand new shit - just on the market
新 (new) + 品 (products) = 新品 (new items)
上品な ( じょうひんな)
can be used of people or things. It means graceful or sophisticated in a quiet or
understated way. When it comes to people, 上品 is usually used about women, I mean
'ladies.'
上 (above) + 品 (products) = 上品 (sophisticated)
LOOKALIKES:
品 products No 'BIG'
器 instrument BIG 大
A tuba is a BIG instrument.
USED IN: 繰操器臨
Number: 11
一 (one/line radical) + 三 (three) + 口 (mouth/small box radical)
ONYOMI: GEN
He used his mouth to say it 4 times already! If he says it AGAIN, I swear I'll stomp that ass.
KUNYOMI:
( と ) い*う
to saysaysaysaysay
JUKUGO:
言葉 ( ことば )
ANY word - unlike the related term 単語(たんご)、言葉 can refer to compound words,
or onomonopoeia. Also 言葉 can mean "way of speaking." There are expressions like
"watch what you say!" that use 言葉 this way: 言葉使いが丁寧 (her way of speaking is
9
下 below
3 strokes
PK, DUH
very polite!) or 言葉大切につかいましょう (let's be careful how we speak!) (FP)
言 (say) + 葉 (leaf) = 言葉 (any word)
助言 ( じょげん )
advice
助 (save) + 言 (say) = 助言 (advice)
言語の壁 ( げんごのかべ )
the language barrier (NEO)
言 (say) + 語 (language) + 壁 (wall) = 言語の壁 (the language barrier )
片言 ( かたこと )
we say "He speaks broken English".Japanese say, "He speaks katakoto nihongo."
(KUNKUN, FP)
片 (fragment) + 言 (say) = 片言 (broken english / Japanese)
言葉遣い ( ことばづかい )
one's choice of words (KANA)
言 (say) + 葉 (leaf) + 遣 (apply) = 言葉遣い (one's choice of words)
USED IN: 計談訂信訪訟罰認評話誌詰諸誰護訳証誓訴課謎請謀読誘誇試識記誠
訓説詳議論詞討詩診誕許設諭誉獄譲講語謝調謙該誤警
Number: 12
ONYOMI: GE, KA
The GAY fella was below your CAR, cutting your brakes (FYI - you're Dr. Laura).
KUNYOMI:
した
below
( を ) さ*げる
I lower it (1/2 KANA)r ir ir ir ir ir it (t (t (t (t (t (t (
( が ) くだ*る
it gets lowereds loweoweowe
JUKUGO:
地下鉄 ( ちかてつ )
subway
地 (area) + 下 (below) + 鉄 (iron) = 地下鉄 (subway)
XXX が下手 (XXX がへた )
XXX is untalented, poorly performed, or poorly made. (FP)
下 (below) + 手 (hand) = 下手 (untalented / poor)
下痢 ( げり )
10

不 un
4 strokes
BETA, PRE
否 no
7 strokes
diarrhea
下 (below) + 痢 (diarrhea) = 下痢 (diarrhea )
USED IN: 不
Number: 13
下 (below) + 一 (one/line radical)
ONYOMI: FU
as in, "Doing meth is FUcking unlucky, and really FUcking unwise. "
below (下) + one stroke. You can think of 不運 (unlucky) or 不平等 (unfair) as being below or less than lucky
or fair.
JUKUGO:
不思議 ( ふしぎ )
a mystery or unexplainable thing. BOOBOO:NOT a mystery like Sherlock Holmes or
"Colonel Mustard, in the drawing room, with the double-headed dildo." A mystery like
how fat Americans are, or why Sting is famous. That's a fushigi.
不 (un) + 思 (think) + 議 (discussion) = 不思議 (mystery)
不安な ( ふあんな)
unease
不 (un) + 安 (cheap / safe) = 不安 (unease)
不便な ( ふべんな)
inconvenient
不 (un) + 便 (convenient / poop) = 不便 (inconvenient)
不足 ( ふそく )
To not have enough of a physical thing (money, time, nurses, teachers.) Also implies
that there is a specific amount that is required, For example -犬不足 (a dog shortage).
There's no particle or verb needed. (NP)
不 (un) + 足 (foot/ be enough) = 不足 (shortage of)
不倫 ( ふりん )
an affair - cheating
不 (un) + 倫 (principles) = 不倫 (affair)
USED IN: 歪杯衆否
Number: 14
不 (un) (Same-ON) + 口 (mouth/small box radical)
ONYOMI: HI
11
十 ten
2 strokes
PK, COUNTER
HE said no, when I asked if he'd get a tattoo of me and him holding hands naked.
The mouth is un-happy so it says no.
KUNYOMI:
いな
'No'. Usually used by older people. Or pretentious authors, who contradict themselves for rhetorical
effect: 'She was a proper woman, No, wait, perhaps I should rather say she was the kind of woman who
wanted to be seen as proper, A-ha-ha, I am so clever.'ted tototototo
JUKUGO:
否定形 ( ひていけい )
a negative sentence. 'He doesn't , we don't, I can not,' are examples of English
negatives. ひていけい is a good word to know if you want to ask your friends, 'How do
you use this word in the negative?'
否
否定形 (a negative sentence)
否定する ( ひていする)
a formal word for 'to deny' (the politician denied the allegations) (NP)
否 (no) + 定 (plan) = 否定 (a formal word for 'to deny' (the politician denied the
allegations))
拒否する ( きょひする)
absolute refusal- unlike 拒む (こばむ), 拒否 is always verbal - an exit line. Like if you
tell a guy 'no thanks' 10 times and he won't go away, you use 拒否. As in, '私がきょひ
した。’
Oh no you di'int! (ABU)
拒 (repel) + 否 (no) = 拒否 (refuse!!!!)
Number: 15
ONYOMI: JUU
JEWS gave us the ten commandments, the foundation of Western morality.
KUNYOMI:
とお
(also pronounced just と)ten things (yes, it has two pronunciations)propropropropropropropropropropropropropropropronounounou
JUKUGO:
十円 ( じゅうえん )
ten yen.
十 (ten) + 円 (yen/circle) = 十円 (ten yen.)
十月 ( じゅうがつ )
October ( FP, KANA)
12

古 old
5 strokes
PN
十 (ten) + 月 (moon) = 十月 (October)
十日 ( とおか )
the tenth day of the month
十 (ten) + 日 (sun, day) = 十日 (the tenth day of the month )
十ヶ月間 ( じゅっかげつかん )
ten months' time
十 (ten) + 月 (moon) + 間 (a period of time) = 十ヶ月間 (ten months' time)
二十歳 ( はたち )
twenty years old - traditionally the age at which Japanese turn into adults and get
presents, kimono, etc. So, naturally it has its own special pronunciation that doesn't
make any sense, since it SHOULD be called にじゅうさい。 Whatever. Tradition. (FP,
CCW)
二 (two) + 十 (ten) + 歳 (years old) = 二十歳 (twenty years old)
十戒 ( じっかい )
the ten commandments. (FP)
十 (ten) + 戒 (admonish / commandment) = 十戒 (the ten commandments.)
- zero stars! -
USED IN: 古叶計支汁朝市辛幸協索千準枠粋克憤噴酔単賊栽裁砕南針傘博載去
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Number: 16
十 (ten) + 口 (mouth/small box radical)
ONYOMI: KO
The KOdomo (子) will grow old someday with ten dentures in her mouth.
KUNYOMI:
ふる*い
old
JUKUGO:
中古のXXX ( ちゅうこのXXX)
used XXX (books, cars, your dad's condoms)
中 (middle) + 古 (old) = 中古 (used XXX )
古着 ( ふるぎ )
used clothes - a used clothes store is a 古着屋(ふるぎや) (KUNKUN)
古 (old) + 着 (wear / arrive) = 古着 (used clothes)
古典的な ( こてんてきな)
classical, like Shakespeare or Bach or Shunga something.
古 (old) + 典 (classic) + 的 (motivation / '-al') = 古典的 (classical)
13
叶 dream come true
5 strokes
SOLO
計 measure
9 strokes
DUPE
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LOOKALIKES:
早 early SUN 日
古 old NO SUN
里 village RICE FIELD 田
The SUN comes up early, but if there is NO SUN, the day is old.
The village is next to a RICE FIELD.
USED IN: 湖苦枯固居故
Number: 17
口 (mouth/small box radical) + 十 (ten)
ONYOMI:
Please grant my wish to have ten mouths. (That would be awesome. 3 for Cheetos, and 4 for Pringles, and
another 3 left over to swallow just fistfuls of MSG and benzene. )
KUNYOMI:
( が ) かな*う
one's dream comes true. Usually used like this: 夢が叶う-ゆめがかなう: my dream comes true!dredredredredredream
LOOKALIKES:
叶 dream come true TEN 十
吐 puke GROUND 土
If I got TEN wishes, I would wish to puke on the GROUND.(that would be like around #8. the first couple
would be world peace or something)
Number: 18
言 (say) + 十 (ten)
ONYOMI: KEI
it's OKAYYY to measure your pubic hair.
Measure SATAN!!!!! (say + ten) He's just huge, dude!!
KUNYOMI:
は*かる
measure temprature, height, depth. If you're measuring a chair or your mom's stretch marks, use this
one.
JUKUGO:
時計 ( とけい )
14

heel
PK
七 seven
2 strokes
PK
watch or clock (FP)
時 (time) + 計 (measure) = 時計 (watch or clock )
合計 ( ごうけい )
total
合 (to suit) + 計 (measure) = 合計 (total)
計画 ( けいかく )
Pretty close to 予定 (よてい) in meaning, but perhaps more elaborate - you'd use 計画
to say "I have a plan to get rich!" or to say "I planned out our whole vacation to 3
countries." . . but you wouldn't use 予定。 (FP)
計 (measure) + 画 (a drawing) = 計画 (plan)
余計な ( よけいな)
excessive, uncalled-for, and unnecessary (usually used in the context of 余計なお世話だ
よ! (よけいなおせわだよ!): 'Mind your own business!')
余 (excess) + 計 (measure) = 余計 (uncalled-for)
計算する ( けいさんする)
to calculate
計 (measure) + 算 (calculate) = 計算 (to calculate)
Number: 19
(right radical)
DESCRIPTION: Because it looks like a heel , and also because it's the katakana "HI"! (ヒ)
USED IN: 化宅切老雌紫蛇尼貨北頃叱匂旨比死疑七
Number: 20
(heel) + 一 (one/line radical)
ONYOMI: SHICHI
SHE CHEATS seven times.
Let's call the 'one' radical a dirty needle, for reasons which shall become clear.
You can tell the difference between heel and seven with the following mnemonic:
Seven heels get pierced with ONE dirty needle.
DESCRIPTION: '4' and '7' are numbers that don't follow the usual pronunciation rules. When counting time or
months, usually one uses the KUNs, but with 4 and 7 you use the ONs.
KUNYOMI:
15
比 compare
4 strokes
SIDEKICK, DUH
なな
seven
なな*つ
seven thingsen thithithithithithithingsngsngsngsngs
JUKUGO:
七月 ( しちがつ )
July (FP, KANA)
七 (seven) + 月 (moon) = 七月 (July )
七時 ( しちじ )
7 o'clock (FP)
七 (seven) + 時 (time) = 七時 (7 o'clock)
七千円 ( ななせんえん )
7,000 yen.
七 (seven) + 千 (thousand) + 円 (yen/circle) = 七千円 (7,000 yen.)
七日 ( なのか )
the seventh day of the month (FP)
七 (seven) + 日 (sun, day) = 七日 (the seventh day of the month)
七面鳥 ( しちめんちょう )
turkey
七 (seven) + 面 (front surface / face) + 鳥 (bird) = 七面鳥 (turkey )
- zero stars! -
LOOKALIKES:
七 seven ONE DIRTY NEEDLE
Seven heels get pierced with ONE DIRTY NEEDLE.
Number: 21
(heel) (Same-ON)
ONYOMI: HI
HE's comparing the two heels , to see which is better.
KUNYOMI:
くら*べる
compareparparparparparee
JUKUGO:
比較的 ( ひかくてき )
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叱 scold
5 strokes
SOLO
日 sun, day
4 strokes
SYMBOLIC, COCK, PK, COUNTER
comparatively (BOOBOO: you DON'T use a 'na' at the end, for some reason) (NP)
比
rocked the most, but you'd 比較 the GDP of developing nations.) + 的 (motivation / '-
al') = 比較的 (comparatively)
比較する ( ひかくする)
a more formal word for 'compare': You'd 比べる AC/DC albums to see which one
rocked the most, but you'd 比較 the GDP of developing nations. (NP)
比 (compare) + 較 (evaluate) = 比較 (compare)
比率 ( ひりつ )
ratio
比 (compare) + 率 (ratio) = 比率 (ratio)
USED IN: 皆能昆批
Number: 22
口 (mouth/small box radical) + (heel)
ONYOMI:
Mom's mouth scolded her for wearing high heels, and she 's only 12.
KUNYOMI:
しか*る
to scold
Number: 23
口 (mouth/small box radical)
ONYOMI: NICHI, JITSU
Frederich NIETSZHIE spends every day doing ju JITSU.
(all "Hiyahh!!!! Ubermench takedown!!" Philosophy was just a side-job; something he did to finance his bid for
Ultimate Fightin' Champion.)
You shouldn't need a damn story for this, but I am drunk so here goes: Two mouths. One yelling, "Don't look
at the sun you idiot." and the other yelling, "Dood it will be awesome, You can see sun men all hanging out in
there smoking sun -reefer, I swear to god, man, this dude told me it, go ahead."
DESCRIPTION: As a radical, it usually means "bright".
COCK: This kanji has not one but two ON-yomis, and as if that wasn't enough, most of the jukugo don't use
either of them! This is by far the worst kanji when it comes to not following the rules of pronunciation.
Luckily, most of the FP words you'll use every day, right from your first day in Noob Nihongo, so you'll
learn 'em without even trying.
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旨 the gist
6 strokes
COCK, SOLO
Also, it means "Japan" - a sort of contraction of 日本.
KUNYOMI:
ひ
a dayay
JUKUGO:
昨日 ( きのう )
yesterday (FP)
昨 (yesterday) + 日 (sun, day) = 昨日 (yesterday)
今日 ( きょう )
today (FP)
今 (now) + 日 (sun, day) = 今日 (today)
明日 ( あした )
tomorrow (FP)
明 (bright) + 日 (sun, day) = 明日 (tomorrow)
xxx 曜日 (xxx ようび )
Day of the week (BOOBOO; in practice, most Japanese omit the final '日'.So, 木曜日(も
くようび) becomes simply 木曜 (もくよう)) (COUNTER, SUF)
曜 (day of the week) + 日 (sun, day) = 曜日 (day of week)
日米 ( にちべい )
add 日, (which is short for 日), to 米, (which somehow means "America"), and you
have a word which means "East-and-West" or "East meets West." Usually seen on
cultural exchange-related things.
日 (sun, day) + 米 (rice / America) = 日米 (east-and-west)
USED IN: 明慢漫暗音間昭景者暑踏是担最昨香映暮晴星替曜厚題春時暖婚遭易
晩曇湿旬渇温昇借昔普暴書暇旨昆唱晶旧早旦冒白得曽
Number: 24
(heel) + 日 (sun, day)
ONYOMI: SHI
SHE can't really put her heels over the sun, but the gist is she's tall!
DESCRIPTION:This is a COCK because the overwhelming majority of words which use 旨 mean "the gist of,"
but you'll never use those words! The only time you'll see it is in the context of 旨い(うまい)、which has
nothing to do with gists!
KUNYOMI:
う*まい
this is a really good word, meaning 'delicious!' or 'well done!' (1/2 KANA)
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昆 insect
8 strokes
BETA
唱 chant
11 strokes
SOLO
( XXXの ) むね
2 meanings: 1 -write to someone to the effect that xxx.
2: the main purpose or goal. Not so useful, but gives you a good idea of why this is called 'the gist.'
- zero stars! -
USED IN: 脂指
Number: 25
日 (sun, day) + 比 (compare)
ONYOMI: KON
as in, 'The insects are eating a pine CONE'
Although the bottom radical is "compare," it might be easier to think of it as two heels. Thus,
The sun shines down on the many heels of multi-legged insects scurrying around
DESCRIPTION: The normal word for insect is 虫 (むし). 昆 is a more formal, scientific term and is not used very
much.
JUKUGO:
昆虫 ( こんちゅう )
insect, (a more scientific term than 'むし') (NP)
昆 (insect) + 虫 (insizzect) = 昆虫 (insect)
LOOKALIKES:
皆 everyone WHITE 白
昆 insect SUN 陽
質 quality BAMBOO 竹
Everyone's heels trample on WHITE people,
but the SUN shines on insects that crawl on the high QUALITY bamboo.
USED IN: 混
Number: 26
口 (mouth/small box radical) + 日 (sun, day)
ONYOMI: SHOU
as in 'SHOW me a chanting monk on a street corner, I'll SHOW you a guy with his hand out for change. '
The monk's mouth is chanting a hymn to SHOW the infidels his belief that there are two suns;one which
illuminates the believers and one which burns the unclean!!! AIIIEEE THE END IS NIGH!!!
KUNYOMI:
とな*える
bunch of people chanting or reciting in unison - also, one person muttering something over and over in a
creepy way.wawa
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晶 crystal
12 strokes
PN, SIDEKICK
旧 former
5 strokes
BETA, PRE
早 early
6 strokes
DUPE, JERK, PN
Number: 27
日 (sun, day)
ONYOMI: SHOU
SHOW me a crystal as bright as 3 suns put together!!!
JUKUGO:
液晶 ( えきしょう )
liquid crystal display (NEO)
液 (liquid) + 晶 (crystal) = 液晶 (liquid crystal display)
Number: 28
一 (one/line radical) + 日 (sun, day)
ONYOMI: KYUU
One day I will re-unite with my CUTE former girlfriend.
DESCRIPTION:PREFIX meaning 'former.' It can be used with lots of different words, but unfortunately none of
them are really super-handy. For example . . .
JUKUGO:
旧制 ( きゅうせい )
maiden name
旧 (former) + 制 (system) = 旧制 (maiden name)
復旧する ( ふっきゅうする )
to resume service
復 (return or re-do) + 旧 (former) = 復旧する (to resume service)
- zero stars! -
USED IN: 児陥
Number: 29
日 (sun, day) + 十 (ten)
ONYOMI: SOU
You have to get up SO early tomorrow, ten minutes before sunrise.
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旦 danna (husband)
5 strokes
BETA
KUNYOMI:
はや*い
early, as in, 'get up early.' BOOBOO: this doesn't mean fast! that's the other hayai (速い)ly, asasasasasasasasas ininininininin, '
( を ) はや*める
to reschedule something (an appointment, a deadline) earlierchecheche
( が ) はや*まって
to be moved or rescheduled earlier in time -to be done in a hasty or premature way.
JUKUGO:
素早い ( すばやい )
physical speed or agility, but without any advanced kung-fu techniques. A fast bird or
lizard. Doing a simple task at the office, but very speedily.
素 (element) + 早 (early) = 素早い (agility)
早速 xxxしろ! ( さっそく xxxしろ!)
do XXX immediately! (FP, 1/2 KANA)
早 (early) + 速 (fast) = 早速 (do XXX immediately!)
LOOKALIKES:
早 early SUN 日
古 old NO SUN
里 village RICE FIELD 田
The SUN comes up early, but if there is NO SUN, the day is old.
The village is next to a RICE FIELD.
早 early SUN 陽
巣 habitat TREE 木
単 merely BABY BIRDS
The SUN rises early.
The habitat is in a TREE.
Merely has NO TREE because it is MERELY some baby birds.
USED IN: 朝草卓章
Number: 30
日 (sun, day) + 一 (one/line radical)
ONYOMI: TAN
Let's think of the line as a prone body. My danna is useless! He just lies down all day under the sun ,
working on his TAN.
JUKUGO:
旦那 ( だんな )
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白 white
5 strokes
STRONG
the more informal, spoken word for husband (your own or other peoples') -
(BOOBOO: if you're talking about someone else's man, say お旦那さん (more polite!))
(1/2 KANA)
一旦 xxxすると ( いったん xxxすると)
once you've started to do xxx . . . (i.e. once you've gotten married, you can't get
divorced! once you've promised, you can't go back on it!) (KANA)
一 (one) + 旦 (danna (husband)) = 一旦 (once you've started to do xxx . . .)
USED IN: 胆量宣昼
Number: 31
日 (sun, day) + 丶 (dot)
ONYOMI: HAKU
as in,"HACK up the white people into pieces!!! Dirty swine-eating slave-drivers!"
Sun plus a dot, which we'll call, say, a blunt of marijuana, for reasons which shall become clear shortly.
RAY is a white cat, but he talks black. RAY likes to smoke a Dutch.
Picture White Ray smoking a dutch (the dot). all day .
Thus: 白
KUNYOMI:
しろ*い
white
JUKUGO:
面白*い ( おもしろい )
interesting, (in a good way) but also can mean funny (as in, laughing at you!) this
deliberate ambiguity being a big thing with Japanese Sarcasm. Although in this case,
fully half the time people are being serious. (SARC)
面 (front surface / face) + 白 (white) = 面白*い (interesting)
白人 ( はくじん )
white people (do the Humpty Hump, they do the humpty hump) (NEO)
白 (white) + 人 (person) = 白人 (white people)
白黒 ( しろくろ )
black-and-white (KUNKUN)
白 (white) + 黒 (black) = 白黒 (black-and-white)
USED IN: 皆習泉泊綿拍迫皇激原良百的楽
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皆 everyone
9 strokes
水 water
4 strokes
SYMBOLIC, PK, PN, MR
Number: 32
比 (compare) + 白 (white)
ONYOMI: KAI
I compared everyone's KITES, and I think hers is the most white.
KUNYOMI:
みな ( さん )
(sometimes also pronounced みんな)everyone.metmetmetmetimeimeimeimeimeimes a
JUKUGO:
皆様 ( みんなさま )
a more formal way to say "everyone." (F, KUNKUN)
皆 (everyone) + 様 (important person) = 皆様 (everyone)
LOOKALIKES:
皆 everyone WHITE 白
昆 insect SUN 陽
質 quality BAMBOO 竹
Everyone's heels trample on WHITE people,
but the SUN shines on insects that crawl on the high QUALITY bamboo.
賛 agree MONEY 貝
替 substitute DAY 日
皆 everyone HEEL
Two husbands agree about MONEY (i.e. it is awesome)
but every DAY they substitute one for the other in a game of wife-swapping.
Everyone has a HEEL fetish.
USED IN: 階
Number: 33
(left radical radical)
MUTANTS:
waterleft
ONYOMI: SUI
After 4 days in the desert, the water tasted SWEET.
The vertical stroke is like a waterfall, with four drops of water splashing out from it.
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KUNYOMI:
みず
water
JUKUGO:
水曜日 ( すいようび )
Wednesday
水 (water) + 曜
final '日'.So, 木曜日(もくようび) becomes simply 木曜 (もくよう))) = 水曜日 (Wednesday)
水着 ( みずぎ )
swim-suit (KUNKUN)
水 (water) + 着 (wear / arrive) = 水着 (swim-suit)
水族館 ( すいぞくかん )
aquarium
水 (water) + 族 (family) + 館 (big hall) = 水族館 (aquarium)
水商売 ( みずしょうばい )
hostess clubs, host clubs,strip clubs, etc. (KUN ON)
水 (water) + 商
the clock business, etc.)) = 水商売 (hostess clubs, host clubs,strip clubs, etc.)
香水 ( こうすい )
perfume
香 (good smell) + 水 (water) = 香水 (perfume)
洪水 ( こうずい )
flood (be careful - the す is pronounced ず、which is really unusual.)
洪 (flood) + 水 (water) = 洪水 (flood)
水滴 ( すいてき )
a drop of water
水 (water) + 滴 (drop) = 水滴 (drop of water)
- zero stars! -
排水溝 ( はいすいこう )
big ditch. who cares.
排 (eliminate) + 水 (water) + 溝 (ditch) = 排水溝 (big ditch.)
- zero stars! -
LOOKALIKES:
氷 ice ONE SNOWFLAKE-DOT
水 water NO FLAKES AT ALL
永 forever TWO SNOWFLAKE-DOTS
Ice has the SNOWFLAKE on top, water doesn't. So you can say, "Water doesn't have a SNOWFLAKE because
water is warm."
If it has been icy for ever, there are TWO SNOWFLAKES piled up on top of each other!
USED IN: 承泉泳泊汁湖淡河済漫液沿治泣涼汗活準渉踏沢膝染漢漠潔注清海泥
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泉 spring
9 strokes
PN, SIDEKICK, DUH
氷 ice
8 strokes
尿涙況測浜深漂酒潜消浮浸緑濯汚激滴求源滅派浪洗滞減洋様沸録塗決薄満渡
濃湯法油漏湿滝泡渇温溢溶浴洪港暴溝池滑渋逮康沈混氷添演流涯没波浅落
Number: 34
白 (white) + 水 (water)
ONYOMI: SEN
as in 'SEND me to the spring, I need to get my soak on!'
The pure ,white water poured out of the hot spring.
KUNYOMI:
いずみ
spring, as in water popping out of the earth, a, a, a, as i
JUKUGO:
温泉 ( おんせん )
hot spring baths (although most onsen use artificially heated water from regular wells
these days)
温 (hot or warm thing) + 泉 (spring) = 温泉 (hot spring bath)
USED IN: 線
Number: 35
水 (water) + 丶 (dot)
ONYOMI: HYOU
as in, ' HE ONLY eats ice cream'
Like water (水), but with an extra little dot in the upper left side. We will call this little dot a SNOWFLAKE,
floating gently down to the surface of an icy lake in winter.
KUNYOMI:
こおり
ice
JUKUGO:
氷山 ( ひょうざん )
iceberg
氷 (ice) + 山 (mountain) = 氷山 (iceberg)
LOOKALIKES:
25
永 forever
5 strokes
PN, BETA
泳 swim
8 strokes
SOLO
water is warm."
USED IN: 永
Number: 36
氷 (ice) + 丶 (dot)
ONYOMI: EI
"Fonzie" is the keyword for the EI onyomi, because that was his catchphrase on the show. "EYYYY!" Back in
'78, that was the most coveted t-shirt: a half-sleeve jersey with The Fonz giving a thumbs-up and reciting
EYYYY!! That's right, I'm old. Didn't ever get that shirt, neither!
Anyway, mnemonic-wise, we can now say that. . .. Fonzie has been icy cool since forever.
永 consists of ice (氷) plus a dot, which we will, in a blaze of inspiration, call a second snowflake. So now we
can say, "It's been icy forever, so we have more than one snowflake. They're piled on top of each other! It's
been snowing forever!"
JUKUGO:
永遠に ( えいえんに)
the poetic 'forever': I'll hate you forever! We shall rule the world forever!
永 (forever) + 遠 (far) = 永遠 (poetic forever)
永久に ( えいきゅうに)
forever - the science word. (BOOBOO : the poetic word is 'eien'.(永遠))
永 (forever) + 久 (been a long time) = 永久 (forever )
LOOKALIKES:
water is warm."
USED IN: 泳
Number: 37
永 (forever) + (waterleft) (Same-ON)
ONYOMI: EI
Fonzie can swim in water for a long time!
DESCRIPTION: It's easy to tell apart from 永 or 氷 - since there's 2 water radicals. Because to swim you need
that much water!!!
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泊 stay for the night
8 strokes
汁 juice, soup
5 strokes
KUNYOMI:
およ*ぐ
swim
Number: 38
(waterleft) + 白 (white) (Same-ON)
ONYOMI: HAKU
Make the white devils spend the night in a wet puddle. (This inn is Japanese only! )
KUNYOMI:
( に ) と*まる
to stay somewhere overnighty sy sy sy sy sy sy sy sy s
( を ) と*める
to let your friends crash at your house.
- zero stars! -
JUKUGO:
一泊 ( いっぱく )
a COUNTER for the number of nights you stay. You use this when making a
reservation at a hotel. Ippaku is , of course, one night. (COUNTER)
一 (one) + 泊 (stay for the night) = 一泊 (one night's stay)
二泊 ( にはく )
to stay somewhere for two nights.
二 (two) + 泊 (stay for the night) = 二泊 (to stay somewhere for two nights.)
に宿泊する (にしゅくはくする)
the act of staying the night -(kind of formal; you might read it in a hotel guidebook,
but you wouldn't say "Let's 宿泊 over there, guys!" (NP)
宿 (lodge at) + 泊 (stay for the night) = 宿泊 (stay the night)
- zero stars! -
Number: 39
(waterleft) + 十 (ten) (Same-ON)
ONYOMI: JUU
as in:JEWS are frequently down with a juice called Manichewitz!
There's like ten different liquids in this juice. -- lemon, pineapple, apple, and so on.
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混 mix
11 strokes
DUPE
KUNYOMI:
しる
SUFFIX which means juice, or soup (as in味噌汁:みそしる; (miso soup)) , . . .also semen (ABU, SUF)FIXFIXFIX whwhwhwhwhwhwhwh
JUKUGO:
果汁 ( かじゅう )
fruit juice
果 (fruit / result) + 汁 (juice, soup) = 果汁 (fruit juice)
LOOKALIKES:
汁 juice, soup TEN 十
汗 sweat DRY 干
I drink juices one through TEN, but I sweat until I'm DRY again.
Number: 40
(waterleft) + 昆 (insect) (Same-ON)
ONYOMI: KON
Mix the insects in a bowl with water and some pine CONEs, for some free and fun soup!
KUNYOMI:
( を ) ま*ぜる
I blend the ingredients (BOOBOO: unlike the other まぜる (交ぜる), this word is used for technical stuff-
science or cooking.
( が ) ま*ざる
it gets mixed
( が ) こ*む
to be crowded (usually in the present perfect: こんでる!)
( が ) ま*じる
get mixed up in a situation: wrong place, wrong time.
JUKUGO:
混乱する ( こんらんする)
What you are experiencing right now while studying Japanese!
混 (mix) + 乱 (disorder) = 混乱 (confusion)
LOOKALIKES:
混 mix INSECTS 昆
潜 lurk HUSBAND 夫
You mix INSECTS in your bug-shake (mmmm!!) but a lurking HUSBAND steals it from you. Yoink.
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月 moon/organ
4 strokes
SYMBOLIC, PK, PN, JERK RADICAL, COUNTER
Number: 41
(left radical)
ONYOMI: GETSU
The United States had to GET TO the moon before the Russians, because whoever got freaky with Moon
Bitches first would get so much rep, the other country's game would never recover.
DESCRIPTION: JERK RADICAL ALERT: by itself, it means month or moon, but usually as a radical it has an
entirely different meaning :"organ of the body." Some dudes will point out that the 月 Radical is actually a
MUTANT RADICAL for 肉、but who cares? Stop being so pedantic with your pale ass.
BOOBOO: when you say the actual proper names of months, you pronounce it GATsu!!!That really is hard to
remember.
In fact, I still mix the two up 90% of the time.
So, for my own benefit as much as your own, here's a mnemonic: You GOT TO leave in January, if you want
your rocket to GET TO the moon.
KUNYOMI:
つき
the moon
JUKUGO:
三月 ( さんがつ )
March (KANA)
三 (three) + 月 (moon) = 三月 (March)
先月 ( せんげつ )
last month
先 (earlier/ the tip) + 月 (moon) = 先月 (last month)
来月 ( らいげつ )
next month
来 (come/future) + 月 (moon) = 来月 (next month)
今月 ( こんげつ )
this month
今 (now) + 月 (moon) = 今月 (this month)
三ヶ月間 ( さんかげつかん )
three months' time, three months' duration
三 (three) + 月 (moon) + 間 (a period of time) = 三ヶ月間 (three months' time)
正月 ( しょうがつ )
the New Year - (BOOBOO: in Japan, that means not just January first but the whole
first week)
正 (correct) + 月 (moon) = 正月 (the New Year)
USED IN: 胆湖明脂朝胃肺肪能脅絹肝肯筋棚膝望青肩臓脈背崩膨脱勝脳胸腫有
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湖 big lake
12 strokes
SOLO, PN
明 bright
8 strokes
PN, DUH
肥豚徹撤育肌股胞腕服腹散骨期腰前龍
Number: 42
(waterleft) + 古 (old) + 月 (moon/organ)
ONYOMI: KO
KOdomos ( 子 ) play by the lake.
The old man gets wet in the lake once a month.
KUNYOMI:
みずうみ
big lake
Number: 43
月 (moon/organ) + 日 (sun, day)
ONYOMI: MEI
When the sun or the moon is full, it MAY get bright!
KUNYOMI:
あか*るい
bright , sunny weather / person with a sunny disposition.ghtghtghtghtghtghtght ,,,,,,,,, sunsunsunsun
あき*らか ( な or に )
an obvious, clear difference between two thingsiouiou
JUKUGO:
説明する ( せつめいする)
Explanation / to explain
説 (explain) + 明 (bright) = 説明 (explain)
不明な or の ( ふめいな or の)
unknown, unclear. (the body's identity remains unknown / an unknown tribe made
these carvings of your mama's ass) (NP)
不 (un) + 明 (bright) = 不明 (unknown, unclear)
明けましておめでとう ( あけましておめでとう! )
Happy new year! (only noobs say this before Jan 1st. In the last part of December,
we say, "良いお年を!" (よいおとしを!) (BOOBOO)
USED IN: 盟
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脂 animal fat
10 strokes
DUPE
胆 gall bladder / daring
9 strokes
SIDEKICK, JERK
Number: 44
旨 (the gist) (Same-ON) + 月 (moon/organ)
ONYOMI: SHI
Your Moms got so much animal fat, SHE squirts lipids out of her blow-hole!
Animal fat is not an organ, but you get the gist!!
KUNYOMI:
あぶら
animal fat
JUKUGO:
脂肪 ( しぼう )
grease or fat (refers to both the kind used in cooking, AND the kind that makes your
mama's neighbors take out earthquake insurance )
脂 (animal fat) + 肪 (fatty food) = 脂肪 ( grease or fat)
LOOKALIKES:
脂 animal fat ORGAN 月
指 finger / point at HAND 手
Animal fat is an ORGAN, but fingers are attached to your HAND.
Number: 45
旦 (danna (husband)) + 月 (moon/organ)
ONYOMI: TAN
The daring husband went to the moon and came back with a good TAN.
DESCRIPTION:No, you won't be saying 'gallbladder' very often, but you still need this kanji to describe daring
daytime bank robberies or mad ninja feats: Americans say "That takes balls," but Japanese apparently say,
"That takes gallbladders!"
JUKUGO:
大胆な ( だいたんな)
daring or bold, - not just courageous, but taking risks when you don't need to. Not
just a bank-robbery, but a bank robbery at high noon, while wearing Hirohito masks!.
大 (big) + 胆 (gall bladder / daring) = 大胆 (daring or bold)
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朝 morning
12 strokes
PN
火 fire
4 strokes
PK, SYMBOLIC, MR
Number: 46
十 (ten) + 早 (early) + 月 (moon/organ)
ONYOMI: CHOU
For Margaret CHO, getting up at ten AM is very early in the morning. She swears that she can still see the
moon from the night before.
KUNYOMI:
あさ
morninggggggggg
JUKUGO:
朝ごはん ( あさごはん )
breakfast
朝日 ( あさひ )
rising sun. As in, 'land of the. . .' Also as in Asahi beer. (KUNKUN)
朝 (morning) + 日 (sun, day) = 朝日 (rising sun)
朝刊 ( ちょうかん )
morning edition
朝 (morning) + 刊 (edition) = 朝刊 (morning edition)
USED IN: 乾幹
Number: 47
人 (person) + 丶 (dot)
MUTANTS:
fireleft
firebottom
ONYOMI: KA
as in : 'my CAR caught on fire the other day. (FYI : It was a Pinto. ) '
A person on fire, surrounded by 2 sparks.
KUNYOMI:
ひ
flame
JUKUGO:
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炎 flame
8 strokes
DUH
淡 faint
11 strokes
SOLO
火曜日 ( かようび )
Tuesday
火 (fire) + 曜
'日'.So, 木曜日(もくようび) becomes simply 木曜 (もくよう))) = 火曜日 (Tuesday)
火事 ( かじ )
A fire - not like the fire in your stepdad's crackpipe; like the fire that spreads from his
crackpipe and engulfs your whole trailer.
火 (fire) + 事 (action/ incident) = 火事 (fire)
花火 ( はなび )
fireworks (KUNKUN)
花 (flower) + 火 (fire) = 花火 (fireworks)
USED IN: 炎談淡灯点熊照熟黒煮焦無秋黙然魚煙炊灰滅炭庶熱烈爆災畑燃焼添
Number: 48
火 (fire)
ONYOMI: EN
as in, 'ENjoy this flame-broiled food!! '
Such a big flame, they had to use two fire kanji to make it!
KUNYOMI:
ほのお
a big fire, but not a harmful one. Like a campfire or bonfirefire,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,
JUKUGO:
炎症 ( えんしょう )
inflammation, swelling
炎 (flame) + 症 (symptom) = 炎症 (inflammation)
Number: 49
火 (fire) + (waterleft)
ONYOMI: TAN
as in,"His TAN faded to pale after so many weeks indoors. "
The water pretty much doused the flame, leaving only a faint, pale flickering.
KUNYOMI:
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談 consult
15 strokes
BETA
丁 nail
2 strokes
PK, STRONG, BETA, MR
あわ*い
faint color. (薄い also means faint, but 淡い carries the connotation of, it's faint because it's weak or
sickly)
Number: 50
言 (say) + 火 (fire)
ONYOMI: DAN
You need to consult with Glen DANzig. Say to him, why did he start that flame? (hint: Satan)
JUKUGO:
冗談 ( じょうだん )
a joke - you'll often hear: "冗談じゃない!” ('I'm not kidding!') (1/2 KANA)
冗 (joke) + 談 (consult) = 冗談 (joke)
相談する ( そうだんする)
a consultation - it doesn't have to be formal. If you want to see your teacher after
class, that's a soudan.
相 (partner) + 談 (consult) = 相談 (consult)
Number: 51
MUTANTS:
nailright
ONYOMI: CHOU
The only time Margaret CHO ever could make me laugh was when she stepped on a rusty nail and had to get
tetanus. That was a good bit.
DESCRIPTION: it's important to not confuse the MUTANT RADICAL for NAIL ( )with the "open scissors" (
)radical:
Open scissors doesn't have a 'nail-head' protruding from the right-side, and it's got no bendy bit at the bottom.
JUKUGO:
xxx 丁目 (xxx ちょうめ )
a COUNTER for - roughly, 'city block.' 3丁目, 4丁目, etc. You need to know this if you
ever want to read an address. (COUNTER, KUN ON)
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灯 streetlight
6 strokes
丁 (nail) + 目 (eye) = 丁目 (city block)
丁度 ( ちょうど )
exactly, precisely. Just right. (1/2 KANA)
丁 (nail) + 度 (times) = 丁度 (just right)
丁寧な ( ていねいな)
polite (1/2 KANA)
包丁 ( ほうちょう )
kitchen knife, cutlery
包 (wrap) + 丁 (nail) = 包丁 (kitchen knife, cutlery)
USED IN: 灯可訂町亭打頂両庁予再貯行
Number: 52
丁 (nail) + (fireleft)
ONYOMI: TOU
as in, 'The old man walked home drunk and stubbed his TOE on a streetlight. '
The streetlight stood straight like a big nail with a little electric fire on top of it.
JUKUGO:
街灯 ( がいとう )
streetlight
街 (shopping district) + 灯 (streetlight) = 街灯 (streetlight)
電灯 ( でんとう )
lamp -(BOOBOO: in practice, everyone just says でんき) (NP)
電 (electricity) + 灯 (streetlight) = 電灯 (lamp -(BOOBOO: in practice, everyone just
says でんき) )
- zero stars! -
懐中電灯 ( かいちゅうでんとう )
flashlight
懐 (nostalgia) + 中 (middle) + 電
でんき) ) = 懐中電灯 (flashlight)
- zero stars! -
LOOKALIKES:
灯 streetlight NAIL 丁
炊 cook rice LACK 欠
A streetlight is on top of a pole or a NAIL,
but you LACK water to boil some delicious kale.
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可 possible
5 strokes
BETA, PN, STRONG
河 stream
8 strokes
DUPE, NUBI, PN
Number: 53
(nailright) + 口 (mouth/small box radical)
ONYOMI: KA
It's possible to get a CAR for cheap,if you cram a nail into the mouth of the salesman!
JUKUGO:
可愛い ( かわいい )
cute! (1/2 KANA)
可 (possible) + 愛 (love) = 可愛い (cute!)
可能性の or が ( かのうせいの or が)
possibility
可 (possible) + 能 (talent) + 性 (sex / essential nature) = 可能性 (possibility)
許可 ( きょか )
permission
許 (allow) + 可 (possible) = 許可 (permission)
不可能な or です。 ( ふかのうな or です。)
not possible
不 (un) + 可 (possible) + 能 (talent) = 不可能 (not possible)
可燃ゴミ ( かねんごみ )
burnable garbage
可 (possible) + 燃 (burn) = 可燃ゴミ (burnable garbage)
LOOKALIKES:
可 possible NAIL 丁
司 administer HITLER
同 same LINE on both the left and right
It's possible to NAIL your mouth shut, but HITLER will administer that butt.
Same (同)looks like administer, but it's symmetrical - it's got the SAME LINE on both the left and right.
USED IN: 河何奇歌
Number: 54
可 (possible) + (waterleft)
ONYOMI: KA
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訂 revise
9 strokes
BETA
田 rice field
5 strokes
BETA, PK, PN
It's possible to drive your car into the water of the stream. All it takes is a CAR and some booze.
KUNYOMI:
( xxx ) かわ
xxx-river (proper noun!) (SUF)(p(p(p(p(p(p(p
JUKUGO:
河童 ( かっぱ )
a traditional monster, one you'll still see all the time in illustrations or storefronts.
They used to be crazy vicious, jumping up out of the lake and eating your intestines
while you're still alive, but now they're more like cute, mischievous mascots -
(KANA)
河 (stream) + 童 (kid) = 河童 (the green frog-monster)
Number: 55
言 (say) + 丁 (nail)
ONYOMI: TEI
I'm saying to the carpenter, TAKE that nail back and revise the construction.
JUKUGO:
訂正 ( ていせい )
to correct or revise some written thing - lyrics, a report, an article, or even (god
forbid) a Kanji book.
訂 (revise) + 正 (correct) = 訂正 ( correct or revise )
Number: 56
ONYOMI:
DESCRIPTION: You'll probably see this more in people's names than you ever will see rice paddies.
KUNYOMI:
た
Only used in peoples' names: 田中(たなか) is the Japanese version of Smith.
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町 neighborhood, small town
7 strokes
PN, SOLO
畑 cultivated field
9 strokes
SOLO, DUH, SUF
胃 stomach
9 strokes
SOLO
JUKUGO:
田舎 ( いなか )
the countryside,hicksville (FP)
田 (rice field) + 舎 (hut) = 田舎 (countryside)
USED IN: 町胃思男畜細里描挿果東番奮魚獣単界留申雷猫猥畳鼻異更畑略
曽
Number: 57
田 (rice field) + 丁 (nail) (Same-ON)
ONYOMI: CHOU
The rice 'hood is next to the nail district.
KUNYOMI:
( xxx ) まち
a small town - but also a SUFFIX which means xxx-town. Like Levittown or Funkytown. (SUF)
Number: 58
田 (rice field) + (fireleft)
ONYOMI:
(SIGH) ok, look: They burn the field to clear it, then they plant crops. Whatever.
KUNYOMI:
( XXX ) はたけ
SUFFIX meaning, "field of a particular crop". like いちごはたけ、(field of strawberries) or すいかはたけ
(field of watermelons). You don't need an article like 'no' or 'na'.
.You know what? It's weird that we don't have a word for this in English. (SUF, KUNKUN)
Number: 59
田 (rice field) + 月 (moon/organ)
ONYOMI:
When I eat rice from the field, I keep it in the organ called the stomach.
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入 put/go in
2 strokes
PK
KUNYOMI:
い
stomach
LOOKALIKES:
畳 tatami mat ABE'S HAT
胃 stomach ORGAN 月
鼻 nose YOURSELF 自
ABE'S HAT is as big as a tatami mat!
The stomach is an ORGAN.
Your nose belongs to YOURSELF.
USED IN: 膚
Number: 60
ONYOMI: NYUU
Unlike the lookalike 'person' kanji (人), the top of 入 bends left, so you can say,
'I take my NEW axe and put it in your left side, you bourgeois pig!!!! '
KUNYOMI:
( に / を ) い*れる
I put it in (I put the dog in the doghouse)(I(I(I
( に / が ) はい*る
it goes in (The dog goes in the doghouse)goe n (n (n (n (n (n (n (n (n (
JUKUGO:
入り口 ( いりぐち )
entrance (often shortened to 入口) (NOKURI)
入 (put/go in) + 口 (mouth) = 入り口 (entrance)
に入院する (ににゅういんする)
check into the hospital - not for a simple exam, but like you have to stay there at
least one night, you're too sick to leave.
入 (put/go in) + 院 (institution) = 入院 (check in hospital)
に入学 (ににゅうがく )
to start school at a new school
入 (put/go in) + 学 (knowledge) = 入学 (to start school at a new school)
入館料 ( にゅうかんりょう )
admission fee (NP)
入 (put/go in) + 館 (big hall) + 料 (ingredients / fees) = 入館料 (admission fee)
LOOKALIKES:
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人 person
2 strokes
PK, MR
入 put/go in TOP FACES LEFT
人 person TOP FACES RIGHT
The top of 'put in' faces left and - at least in larger fonts - the top little yoink of 'person' faces right.
That's because most people are RIGHT-wing bastards, and the bullets of the LEFTIST, glorious people's
revolution will enter the LEFT side of their heads. !Viva Mao!
USED IN: 込
Number: 61
MUTANTS:
personleft
ONYOMI: NIN, JIN
NINjas wear JEANS on casual friday. It is kind of awkward at first, but you'll get used to it.
DESCRIPTION: In most fonts, the tippy-top leans to the RIGHT, like this :
That's how you tell 人 apart from 入, which leans to the LEFT.
KUNYOMI:
ひと
person
JUKUGO:
xxx人 ( じん )
SUFFIX meaning 'person from XXX country.' AmerikaJIN, FranceJIN, etc. (SUF, KUN
ON)
人気 ( にんき )
famous - usually used like this: 人気がある!
人 (person) + 気 (mood) = 人気 (famous)
人間 ( にんげん )
human (FP)
人 (person) + 間 (a period of time) = 人間 (human)
人生 ( じんせい )
Life, as in someone's entire life, or life in general:. "He lived a quiet life." "Life is a
bitch." "Life span."
人 (person) + 生 (life / birth) = 人生 (life (in general))
名人 ( めいじん )
an expert
(name, famous) + (person) = (an expert)
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何 what?!?
7 strokes
名人名人
大人 ( おとな )
adult, as opposed to minor, not as opposed to 'with clothes on.' (FP)
大 (big) + 人 (person) = 大人 (adult)
人口 ( じんこう )
population
人 (person) + 口 (mouth) = 人口 (population)
目上の人のひと ( めうえのひと)
someone who out-ranks you - at work, school, or in society. (KUNKUN)
目 (eye) + 上 (above) + 人 (person) = 目上の人 (higher person)
人食い xxx ( ひとくい xxx)
a man-eating XXX.
人 (person) + 食 (eat) = 人食い (a man-eating XXX.)
LOOKALIKES:
入 put/go in TOP FACES LEFT
人 person TOP FACES RIGHT
The top of 'put in' faces left and - at least in larger fonts - the top little yoink of 'person' faces right.
That's because most people are RIGHT-wing bastards, and the bullets of the LEFTIST, glorious people's
revolution will enter the LEFT side of their heads. !Viva Mao!
USED IN: 内何信化肉停夜仏位億伴係仕促作体休保伏倹囚個任住侮仲貨偵側価
侵伐欠備仮倍優宿催儀傘偏倫伺付侍働俳座件傷像伝例便僚伸偶僕俺仰俗借供
偉使他僧償似偽卒火久代依候修低行倒値健
Number: 62
(personleft) + 可 (possible) (Same-ON)
ONYOMI: KA, but you don't need to learn it.
When you say " WHAAT????", you are asking that person if what they just said is really possible.
KUNYOMI:
なに
what
JUKUGO:
何時 ( なんじ )
what time is it?
何 (what?!?) + 時 (time) = 何時 (what time is it?)
何とか xxx ( なんとか xxx)
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信 believe
9 strokes
something like XXX
何だコイツ ( なんだこいつ )
THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM??? (ABU)
幾何学 ( きかがく )
geometry (I like this because it seems that even the Chinese sages who made up this
word were confused by geometry. It's like 'the science of what the fuck??') (FR, FP)
幾 (how much?) + 何 (what?!?) + 学 (knowledge) = 幾何学 (geometry)
LOOKALIKES:
何 what?!? MOUTH 口
伺 formal visit / question HITLER
You said you were going to pay a formal visit to Herr HITLER.
I opened my MOUTH and said "WHAAAAT??"
USED IN: 荷
Number: 63
(personleft) + 言 (say)
ONYOMI: SHIN
If they've got a SHINy halo, it's safe to believe what that person has to say .
KUNYOMI:
しん*じる
believe
JUKUGO:
自信 ( じしん )
self-confidence
自 (my own) + 信 (believe) = 自信 (self-confidence)
信号 ( しんごう )
signal, i.e. traffic signal
信 (believe) + 号 (number) = 信号 (signal)
迷信 ( めいしん )
superstition
迷 (perplexed) + 信 (believe) = 迷信 (superstition)
Number: 64
42

化 transform
4 strokes
SUF
花 flower
7 strokes
MR, PN, DUPE
(personleft) + (heel)
ONYOMI: KA
The CAR transforms into Optimus Prime.
OK, I know he's supposed to be a truck or whatever, but I never liked that show anyway. I was fucking with
Papa Smurf and Raydeen and shit.
The witch transformed that person into a giant heel.
DESCRIPTION: You'll often see 化 as a suffix, meaning "xxx - ization." For instance, 機械化(きかいか)means "the
mechanization of society. The industrial revolution." Most of these words are not worth learning, but there's
a LOT of them, so at least learn the suffix meaning.
KUNYOMI:
( が/に ) ば*ける
transform - this is ONLY used in the context of a person changing to a ghost, or a curse transforming a
person into a werewolf. In other words, it is not used that often.
JUKUGO:
変化する ( へんかする)
transformation, change
変 (change) + 化 (transform) = 変化 (transformation, change)
文化 ( ぶんか )
culture
文 (culture/ sentence) + 化 (transform) = 文化 (culture)
進化 ( しんか )
evolution
進 (progress) + 化 (transform) = 進化 (evolution)
機械化 ( きかいか )
the mechanization of a society or of an industry.
機
activated. A computer is not a 機会, but a robot arm is. ) + 化 (transform) = 機械化
(mechanization )
USED IN: 花靴傾
Number: 65
(flowertop) + 化 (transform) (Same-ON)
MUTANTS:
flowertop
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苦 suffer
8 strokes
ONYOMI: KA
You can think of the top part as the bottom of your nose, with 2 little puffs of pollen going in as you smell the
flower.
the Wizard transforms your CAR into a flower. (Actually the wizard's kind of a hater.)
KUNYOMI:
はな
flower
JUKUGO:
見 ( はなみ )
cherry-blossom looking-at-and-getting-bombed parties (KUNKUN)
花 (flower) + 見 (look) = 花見 (sakura-viewing party)
花火 ( はなび )
fireworks (KUNKUN)
花 (flower) + 火 (fire) = 花火 (fireworks)
LOOKALIKES:
花 flower POLLEN
死 death EVENING 夕
For the sake of this mnemonic, let's call the 2 vertical strokes on the flower's top radical . . . 2 spores of
pollen.
The poison flower has POLLEN that you're breathing,
and then it makes you die in the EVENING.
USED IN: 花苦草荷夢蓄芋著護描菓菜菌憤噴備蔵荒茶搭薄葉満華若遭芸敬猫獲
葬薬芝蒸英塔落
Number: 66
(flowertop) + 古 (old)
ONYOMI: KU
as in, 'My KUCHI ( 口 ) was suffering from too much candy. '
The old flower was suffering : wilting, turning brown, being eaten by aphids.
KUNYOMI:
にが*い
bitter taste ー medicine, okra. Can also be used figuratively - the bitter taste of defeat.
( が ) くる*しい
adjective describing mental suffering - which is caused BY 痛み (physical pain). i.e. 'My throat is 痛い、 so
talking or swallowing is 苦しい’g og og og og og og og or sr s
( xxxに ) くる*しむ
to hurt or suffer from XXX
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草 grass
9 strokes
SOLO
荷 luggage
10 strokes
COCK, SIDEKICK
JUKUGO:
苦労 ( くろう )
hardships
苦 (suffer) + 労 (labor) = 苦労 (hardships)
xxxは苦手 (xxxはにがて )
this has 2 meanings. One is "I'm not good at this" and the second is "I don't like this"
Clever Japanese! (KUNKUN)
苦 (suffer) + 手 (hand) = 苦手 (this is not my thing!)
苦情 ( くじょう )
a grievance or complaint
苦 (suffer) + 情 (emotion) = 苦情 (a grievance or complaint )
- zero stars! -
Number: 67
(flowertop) + 早 (early)
ONYOMI: SOU
The flowers of the grass bloom SO early in the sun.
KUNYOMI:
くさ
grass - tall, uncut grass.(BOOBOO: In practice, though, most people use 芝生 (しばふ))- t- t- tall
Number: 68
(flowertop) (Same-ON) + 何 (what?!?)
ONYOMI: KA
What kind of idiot puts a flower in the luggage in their CAR??? It'll get crushed for sure!
DESCRIPTION: COCK: 99% of the time the onyomi is KA- but the one jukugo that anyone ever fuckin' actually
USES, the onyomi is NI.
JUKUGO:
荷物 ( にもつ )
luggage or belongings. Also, cargo (if you're a ship's captain). Also, emotional
baggage, or a metaphorical burden (FP)
荷 (luggage) + 物 (animal / thing) = 荷物 (luggage)
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George Michael's Moustache
PK, AMAZING
内 the inside
4 strokes
PN
Number: 69
(big radical)
DESCRIPTION:
QED, chump.
USED IN: 内肉市亭夢索用策刺奥央属受愛浸侵写寝憂南同両軍冗畳瞬円離雨
Number: 70
(George Michael's Moustache) + 人 (person)
ONYOMI: NAI
It's NICE to be a person trapped inside George Michael's stache?
KUNYOMI:
うち
inside a thing, OR inside of a certain time frame(eat it while it's hot! 温かい内に食べて!) Also, it's a slang
term for 'us.'
JUKUGO:
内容 ( ないよう )
the contents (of a box or a book or whatever)
内 (the inside) + 容 (appearance) = 内容 (contents)
案内する ( あんないする)
a guide - usually in the form of a map, or an information kiosk. Also if a clerk shows
you around a store pointing out things you might want to buy, that 's annai.
案 (guide/proposal) + 内 (the inside) = 案内 (guide)
xxx 以内 (xxx いない )
within xxx (as in, "I'll be there within 10 minutes!")
以 (compared to) + 内 (the inside) = 以内 (within)
内緒 ( ないしょ )
46

肉 meat
6 strokes
BETA, DUH
usually defined as 'confidential,' but that makes it sound more serious than it is - like
a spy document or something. Actually, 内緒 is kind of a kids' word. "Keep this
information between us two." (KIDS)
内 (the inside) + 緒 (together) = 内緒 (confidential)
USED IN: 納
Number: 71
(George Michael's Moustache) + 人 (person)
ONYOMI: NIKU
George has got two men's meat trapped in his 'stache. He particularly NEEds COOlio's meat. Of course it
might just be easier to think of it as 2 pork chops, but I prefer the more lurid imagery.
KUNYOMI:
にく
meat, muscle (LAZY)t, musmusmusmusmusmusmusmusmusmusmusmuscle
JUKUGO:
筋肉 ( きんにく )
muscle
筋 (muscle) + 肉 (meat) = 筋肉 (muscle)
皮肉 ( ひにく )
sarcasm OR irony. Japanese DO have a sense of sarcasm,(for example, calling the
traditional chicken-and-scrambled-eggs dish "parents and child") but it is so different
than the Western say-the-opposite-of-what-you-mean style that Japanese don't have
a word for western sarc. So they seem to have taken their word for Irony and
pressed it into service for sarcasm as well. (SARC)
皮 (skin) + 肉 (meat) = 皮肉 (sarcasm/irony)
豚肉 ( ぶたにく )
pork (KUNKUN)
豚 (pig) + 肉 (meat) = 豚肉 (pork )
焼肉 ( やきにく )
roast meat, usually beef. (NOKURI)
焼 (roast / grill) + 肉 (meat) = 焼肉 (roast meat, usually beef.)
牛肉 ( ぎゅうにく )
beef
牛 (cow) + 肉 (meat) = 牛肉 (beef)
USED IN: 腐
Number: 72
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円 yen/circle
4 strokes
DUPE, JERK, COUNTER
市 small city/dagger radical
5 strokes
BETA, JERK RADICAL
(George Michael's Moustache) + ??? (???)
ONYOMI: EN
This one consists of George Michael's Moustache, plus 2 boxes, which we'll call his gleaming front teeth.
If you ENjoyed George Michael's Moustache, please tip him one yen.
In response, he smiles, you can see his two front teeth peeking at you from under the 'stache.
KUNYOMI:
まる*い
circircular (not used! People use the OTHER まるい (丸い) instead)cular
えん
yen!
JUKUGO:
十円 ( じゅうえん )
ten yen.
十 (ten) + 円 (yen/circle) = 十円 (ten yen.)
七千円 ( ななせんえん )
7,000 yen.
七 (seven) + 千 (thousand) + 円 (yen/circle) = 七千円 (7,000 yen.)
百円 ( ひゃくえん )
100 yen
百 (hundred) + 円 (yen/circle) = 百円 (100 yen)
一億円 ( いちおくえん )
100,000,000 YEN, AKA what Maneki-neko wants!
一 (one) + 億 (a hundred million) + 円 (yen/circle) = 一億円 (100,000,000 YEN)
USED IN: 錆
Number: 73
(right radical)
(George Michael's Moustache) + 十 (ten)
ONYOMI: SHI
Since SHE lives in a small city, she carries a dagger for protection.
DESCRIPTION: JERK RADICAL ALERT: the kanji means small city, but I have arbitrarily decided that the radical
means dagger. Why would I do that? The following math equation should explain my decision with utmost
logic:
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肺 lung
9 strokes
SOLO
姉 older sister
8 strokes
市= >
JUKUGO:
市長 ( しちょう )
mayor
市 (small city) + 長 (long / boss) = 市長 (mayor)
市民 ( しみん )
citizens of a city
市 (small city) + 民 (folk) = 市民 (citizens of a city)
xxx 市 (xxx し )
Suffix meaning, "xxx City" (SUF)
株式市場 ( かぶしきしじょう )
株式(stocks)+地場(marketplace)=the stock market! (NEO)
株
public' or 'stock amoritization' and the like) + 市 (small city) + 場 (place) = 株式市場
(stock market)
USED IN: 姉肺帽綿幕刷制帳飾布席幅師常屯
Number: 74
月 (moon/organ) + 市 (small city/dagger radical)
ONYOMI: HAI
Will I thrust a dagger into your lung-organs? HAI!
DESCRIPTION: basically SOLO unless you are a doctor
KUNYOMI:
はい
lung
Number: 75
女 (woman) + 市 (small city/dagger radical)
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目 eye
5 strokes
DUH, PK, SYMBOLIC 1/3 of the time
ONYOMI: SHI
SHE's my older sister.
My older sister is a woman with a dagger!! (she's kind of a すけばん!)
KUNYOMI:
あね
my older sister
おねえさん
someone else's older sister.
JUKUGO:
お姉ちゃん ( おねえちゃん )
a disrespectful way for a guy to yell at a lady he doesn't know. Kind of like, 'Hey
sweetheart, go make me some tea!' (ABU)
お姉妹 (おしまい )
sisters
姉 (older sister) + 妹 (little sister) = 姉妹 (sisters)
Number: 76
ONYOMI: MOKU
It's MORE COOL if you wear sunglasses over your eyes.
DESCRIPTION: This one don't get a mnemonic because:
Winky winky!!!!
KUNYOMI:
め
eye
JUKUGO:
目的 ( もくてき )
motive, not only for crimes.
目 (eye) + 的 (motivation / '-al') = 目的 (motive, not only for crimes.)
目立つ ( めだつ )
to stand out in a crowd.
目 (eye) + 立 (stand up) = 目立つ (to stand out in a crowd.)
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冒 risk
9 strokes
帽 hat
12 strokes
SIDEKICK
XXX 番目のYYY (XXX ばんめのYYY)
this is a term used in counting things in a row. For instance, in English we'd say
"Second book from the right" or "Third shelf from the top" in Japanese, they'd say:
2番目のbook OR 4番目のshelf. (COUNTER, KUNKUN)
番 (number) + 目 (eye) = 番目 (thing in a row)
駄目 ( だめ )
this has so many meanings: useless, bad, 'stop!' or just 'no way!' (KANA, KUNKUN)
駄 (bad quality) + 目 (eye) = 駄目 (no way!)
目次 ( もくじ )
table of contents
目 (eye) + 次 (next) = 目次 (table of contents)
目撃者 ( もくげきしゃ )
a witness to a crime. (NP)
目 (eye) + 撃 (charge) + 者 (professional) = 目撃者 (a witness to a crime.)
- zero stars! -
USED IN: 盲督相見貝具眼着観睡眠県算瞬眺其省冒自看
Number: 77
目 (eye) + 日 (sun, day)
ONYOMI: BOU
You shouldn't risk going BOWling with Walter.
It's risky to look at the sun with your eye.
KUNYOMI:
( xxxを ) おか*す
to risk xxx (grave danger/ your life/ your anal virginity) doing crazy shit
JUKUGO:
冒険 ( ぼうけん )
adventure
冒 (risk) + 険 (steep) = 冒険 (adventure)
USED IN: 帽
Number: 78
市 (small city/dagger radical) + 冒 (risk) (Same-ON)
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自 my own
6 strokes
BETA, ILL PAIR
ONYOMI: BOU
I wear a special BOWLing hat which I claim gives me more strikes.
Wear a hat to protect yourself from danger such as daggers.
JUKUGO:
帽子 ( ぼうし )
hat
帽 (hat) + 子 (child) = 帽子 (hat)
Number: 79
目 (eye) + 丶 (dot)
ONYOMI: JI
自 is "eye" plus a dot, which we'll call a splinter.
JESUS said, before you make fun of the splinter in my eye, take check out the huge-ass log in YOUR OWN
eye. Then he sort of muttered, "Ass!"
KUNYOMI:
みずか*ら
to do something one's own self, in person
JUKUGO:
自由な ( じゆうな)
freedom
自 (my own) + 由 (freedom / reason) = 自由 (freedom)
自分の ( じぶんの)
one's own (dog, blunt, fungus, etc.) - BOOBOO: sometimes it also is used to mean
"you" or "she", as in "She did it herself, as opposed to having others do it for her."
自 (my own) + 分 (understand / divide / minute) = 自分 (one's own)
自信 ( じしん )
self-confidence
自 (my own) + 信 (believe) = 自信 (self-confidence)
自衛隊 ( じえいたい )
Japan's army, in English called the SDF (self-defense forces)
自
隊 (troop) = 自衛隊 (Japan's army)
自業自得 ( じごうじとく )
"I brought this on myself!"
自 (my own) + 業 (business) + 得 (bargain / obtain) = 自業自得 ("I brought this on
myself!")
USED IN: 息臭鼻身
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beret
PK
亭 restaurant
9 strokes
SIDEKICK
停 bring to a halt
11 strokes
BETA
Number: 80
(top radical)
USED IN: 亭文亡夜六立熟京玄塾求衣裏褒哀交抗航高率卒方離
Number: 81
(beret) + 口 (mouth/small box radical) + (George Michael's Moustache) +
丁 (nail)
ONYOMI: TEI
TAKE me to a restaurant - I'm a DINNER WHORE.
The dude with the beret and the stache opens his mouth at the restaurant and bites a big ole nail. Madd
lawsuits ensue!
JUKUGO:
xxx 亭 (xxx てい )
SUFFIX, meaning 'name of restaurant' . So you can tell "Joe's亭" (Joe's diner) apart
from "Joe's本屋" (Joe's bookstore) (SUF)
USED IN: 停
Number: 82
(personleft) + 亭 (restaurant) (Same-ON)
ONYOMI: TEI
The police person brings a halt to the restaurant because too many people got a damn nail in their
sandwitch and what the hell kind of deal is that, anyway? Imagine the pain!!
JUKUGO:
バス停 ( ばすてい )
bus stop
停止する ( ていしする)
suspension or stoppage (i.e. they cut my electricity because I didn't pay the bill). This
is usually used in official announcements or bills. You wouldn't say to your friend, "I
停止-ed watching TV." (NP)
停 (bring to a halt) + 止 (stop) = 停止 (suspension or stoppage)
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卒 graduate
8 strokes
SIDEKICK
方 direction / method / person
4 strokes
JERK, STRONG
各駅停車 ( かくえきていしゃ )
sure this is a scary and long word, but if you live here, you'll use it everyday: It
means "local train" (literally, "stopping at each station train")
各 (each) + 駅 (train station) + 停 (bring to a halt) + 車 (car) = 各駅停車 (local train)
Number: 83
(beret) + 人 (person) + 十 (ten)
ONYOMI: SOTSU
Out of the ten people in class, only two people managed to graduate, and SO-TWO were issued the
customary berets.
JUKUGO:
卒業する ( そつぎょうする)
to graduate
卒 (graduate) + 業 (business) = 卒業 (to graduate)
Number: 84
(beret) + ク (katakana 'ku')
ONYOMI: HOU
You go in that direction of a a fine-looking HOE who is wearin' a beret!
DESCRIPTION: a big JERK - it also means METHOD and PERSON.
Although, not so bad if you look at the equivalent English: When you want to learn how to use your new
toy, you do what? Read the DIRECTIONS.
KUNYOMI:
かた
two meanings:
1) method.
2) a somewhat formal, polite term for person (i.e. 日本の方 means 'a person from Japan') (F)
JUKUGO:
xxx 方 (xxx かた )
SUFFIX meaning, 'way to do.' for instance, ギターを弾く; means 'to play the guitar.'
so,ギターの弾き方; means 'the way to play the guitar.' (SUF)
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万 10000
3 strokes
COUNTER
方法 ( ほうほう )
method
方 (direction / method / person) + 法 (law) = 方法 (method )
仕方 ( しかた )
way to do something. (Most often used in the negative: 'Shikata ga nai.' as in, 'fuck
it.' )
仕 (work) + 方 (direction / method / person) = 仕方 (way to do something. (Most
often used in the negative: 'Shikata ga nai.' as in, 'fuck it.' ))
方向 ( ほうこう )
direction
方 (direction / method / person) + 向 (turn to face) = 方向 (direction)
一方に ( いっぽうに)
one-sided, one-way. Often used in the phrase : xxx 一方だ! (meaning, more and more
xxx - i.e. "more and more hot", "more and more popular," etc.)
一 (one) + 方 (direction / method / person) = 一方 (one-sided)
LOOKALIKES:
方 direction / method / person HEAD
万 10000 EVEN ON TOP
方 means 'person', so naturally it has a little 'head' stiking up on top - you can think of that as the person's
beret!
万 is a number, so naturally it has NO HEAD. It's EVEN on top - which makes sense because 10,000 is an even
number.
USED IN: 訪妨肪坊遊房放激旅防敷族旗施
Number: 85
一 (one/line radical) + ク (katakana 'ku')
ONYOMI: MAN
You can think of this as the katakana KU (ク) plus the number one over it.
A MAN touches your KUchie with ONE finger. ten thousand times!!
DESCRIPTION:Japanese count big money in units of 10,000. They don't for instance, have a word for 'million.' -
- a million is actually called 100万. Which would be logical if it were written with 万-sized commas:
100,0000 . . . but it's written with rest-of-the-planet commas, like this: 1,000,000. I'm sure some asshole
thought he was doing the rest of the world a favor with this compromise, but actually that just makes it
more confusing for everyone. Probably it was the same motherless douche who decided to import all the
on-yomi from China and get them all wrong.
Anyway.
KUNYOMI:
( 一 ) まん
10,000 (LAZY)000000 ((((((((
JUKUGO:
( まんがいち )
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訪 formal visit
11 strokes
万が一
just in case (literally, 'on the one-in-10,000 chance that something goes wrong')
(NP)
万 (10000) + 一 (one) = 万が一 (just in case)
万歳 ( ばんざい! )
Fuckin' banzai, man!!!! (literally '10,000 years', meaning, 'May the Emperor live
10,000 years!' is what you shout as you charge into battle) (1/2 KANA)
万 (10000) + 歳 (years old) = 万歳 (banzai!)
万引き ( まんびき )
shoplift. (SARC)
万 (10000) + 引 (pull) = 万引き (shoplift.)
LOOKALIKES:
方 direction / method / person HEAD
万 10000 EVEN ON TOP
方 means 'person', so naturally it has a little 'head' stiking up on top - you can think of that as the person's
beret!
万 is a number, so naturally it has NO HEAD. It's EVEN on top - which makes sense because 10,000 is an even
number.
USED IN: 励
Number: 86
言 (say) + 方 (direction / method / person) (Same-ON)
ONYOMI: HOU
Go in the direction of the HOE to talk to her and visit her.
KUNYOMI:
たず*ねる
an important person visits another important person (an official state visit, visit the pope, etc.)
訪れる, (おとず*れる)
same as above, used more in newspapers and so on
JUKUGO:
訪問 ( ほうもん )
same as たずねる,(訪ねる), but it's a noun. (NP)
訪 (formal visit) + 問 (question, problem) = 訪問 (a formal visit)
LOOKALIKES:
妨 prevent GIRL 女
訪 formal visit TALK 言
坊 boy / monk GROUND 土
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妨 prevent
7 strokes
8 strokes
放 release DIRECTOR
防 ward off TOWN
You prevent the GIRL to go,
From visiting and TALKING to her beau.
(because you're jealous)
The boy stands on the GROUND
Until the DIRECTOR releases the hounds.
and then he's warded away from that TOWN.
Number: 87
女 (woman) + 方 (direction / method / person) (Same-ON)
ONYOMI: BOU
The stern woman prevents you from going in the direction of the BOWLing alley.
KUNYOMI:
さまた*げる
obstruct / hamper.
Unlike the related words 阻む (habamu) and 防ぐ (fusegu), 妨げる carries the nuance of 'interrupt' or
'disrupt', like 'The guys at the next table are hampering our conversation,' or 'The corporate extortionist
kept interrupting the shareholders' meeting.'
JUKUGO:
妨害 ( ぼうがい )
obstacle
妨 (prevent) + 害 (damage) = 妨害 (obstacle)
LOOKALIKES:
妨 prevent GIRL 女
訪 formal visit TALK 言
坊 boy / monk GROUND 土
放 release DIRECTOR
防 ward off TOWN
You prevent the GIRL to go,
From visiting and TALKING to her beau.
(because you're jealous)
The boy stands on the GROUND
Until the DIRECTOR releases the hounds.
and then he's warded away from that TOWN.
Number: 88
57
肪 fatty food SIDEKICK
又 again/crotch radical
2 strokes
PK, SOLO, JERK RADICAL
双 pair
4 strokes
COCK, SIDEKICK
月 (moon/organ) + 方 (direction / method / person) (Same-ON)
ONYOMI: BOU
Yo Mama's so fat, BOwling balls are pulled in the direction of her meat by gravity.
DESCRIPTION: 肪 actually refers to the fat in food, not as in fat person.
JUKUGO:
脂肪 ( しぼう )
grease or fat (refers to both the kind used in cooking, AND the kind that makes your
mama's neighbors take out earthquake insurance )
脂 (animal fat) + 肪 (fatty food) = 脂肪 ( grease or fat)
Number: 89
(right radical)
ONYOMI:
The official meaning is "again" but, come on. It is clearly a crotch of someone sitting Indian-style.
Anyway, how about a mnemonic which combines both the meaning and the keyword?
"Can you show me your crotch again? That would be awesome."
KUNYOMI:
また
again
( xxx ) また ( はyyy )
2 meanings:
a) in other words.
b) either XXX or YYY. (XXX 又は YYY)
USED IN: 奴支双文収慢漫寂督護取騒受浸侵極緊賢堅反寝友度痩捜獲暇
Number: 90
又 (again/crotch radical)
ONYOMI: SOU
You guys look SO alike, you could be a pair of twins!
it looks like a pair of crotches.
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奴 servant / dood
5 strokes
FR, JERK
QED, ne?
DESCRIPTION: This one's a CLASSIC cock because there's a lot of jukugo which use the そう reading:
(双方: (both sides)、双ロール鋳造 (twin roll casting), 双一次Z変換 (bilinear Z-transform), and so on)
. .but the only word you'll ever encounter is the one word that DOESN'T use the そう reading!
JUKUGO:
双子 ( ふたご )
twins (FP, KUNKUN)
双 (pair) + 子 (child) = 双子 (twins)
LOOKALIKES:
奴 servant / dood WOMAN 女
双 pair 2 CROTCHES 又
The WOMAN is the slave to fashion, but a a pair of CROTCHES can smoosh with passion.
Uncomfortable!
Number: 91
女 (woman) + 又 (again/crotch radical)
ONYOMI: DO
Q: I am so obsessed with that woman's crotch. DO I want to be her servant?
A: Only if she got fI' dollas.
KUNYOMI:
やつ
dood, homeboy, (can also be rude if he's not actually your homeboy and he hears you) - also an
informal term for 'thing,' kind of like the spanish "ese." ("Pass me that thing, ese!") (KANA, ABU)
JUKUGO:
奴隷 ( どれい )
slave
奴等 ( やつら )
"Those dudes." One of the only plurals in Japanese! (KUNKUN)
奴 (servant / dood) + 等 (equal /etc./plural) = 奴等 (Those dudes)
LOOKALIKES:
奴 servant / dood WOMAN 女
双 pair 2 CROTCHES 又
The WOMAN is the slave to fashion, but a a pair of CROTCHES can smoosh with passion.
Uncomfortable!
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文 culture/ sentence
4 strokes
JERK, BETA
斉 unison
8 strokes
PN, SIDEKICK, STRONG
USED IN: 怒努
Number: 92
(beret) + 又 (again/crotch radical)
ONYOMI: BUN, MON
I've never seen a cultured BUNny that could hold a MONocle whilst playing bridge.
Culture is, like a beret on a crotch, a way to dress up humanity's essentially vulgar nature.
JUKUGO:
文化 ( ぶんか )
culture
文 (culture/ sentence) + 化 (transform) = 文化 (culture)
文字 ( もじ )
a letter- whether kana, kanji, or alphabet. (FP)
文 (culture/ sentence) + 字 (letter) = 文字 (a letter)
注文する ( ちゅうもんする)
to order an item - both in a store and by mail. Also, if you ask your friend to do an
annoying and detailed favor, like, "Could you do the laundry again with this other kind
of soap!", that's chuumon.
注 (pour / be careful) + 文 (culture/ sentence) = 注文 (order)
文学 ( ぶんがく )
literature
文 (culture/ sentence) + 学 (knowledge) = 文学 (literature)
LOOKALIKES:
文 culture/ sentence CROTCH 又
交 combine BERET
父 dad NO BERET
You write a sentence about CROTCHES.
I combine a BERET with crutches, to make the fashion hit of the season.
Dad has NO BERET, because he's not French.
USED IN: 蚊斉
Number: 93
文 (culture/ sentence) + ??? (???)
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済 economy / to be over
11 strokes
JERK
ONYOMI: SEI
Let's call that weird bit below "sentence" a ladder - it kind of looks like a ladder. So. . .
If you SAY the same thing in unison with everyone else, you can move up the ladder of culture.
DESCRIPTION: STRONG RADICAL for ZAI or SAI.
JUKUGO:
一斉にxxx ( いっせいにxxx)
together, in unison
一 (one) + 斉 (unison) = 一斉 (together, in unison)
LOOKALIKES:
済 economy / to be over WET 水
斉 unison CULTURE 文
剤 type of medicine SWORD 刀
The economy is all WET. Our CULTURE cries out in unison for some medicine in the form of a SWORD to cut
deficits.
USED IN: 済剤
Number: 94
(waterleft) + 斉 (unison)
ONYOMI: SAI
Alan Greenspan played the economy like a XYLOPHONE.
Water moving in unison can be harnessed by electric dams to power the economy. Boring!
DESCRIPTION: JERK - the SOLO meaning is 'to be over,' but the jukugo usually have to do with the economy.
KUNYOMI:
( を ) す*ます
to get through doing something (usually a chore or homework); to finally pay off debts. Sometimes used
like this: xxxをすませる。('Finish your xxx!')
( が ) す*む
something is finally over, something is finally finished (1/2 KANA)ethinginginginginginginging
JUKUGO:
経済 ( けいざい )
the economy (経済学(けいざいがく)= economics)
経 (experience) + 済 (economy / to be over) = 経済 (the economy (経済学(けいざいが
く)= economics))
LOOKALIKES:
済 economy / to be over WET 水
斉 unison CULTURE 文
剤 type of medicine SWORD 刀
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numeral 4
PK
収 get
4 strokes
DUPE
The economy is all WET. Our CULTURE cries out in unison for some medicine in the form of a SWORD to cut
deficits.
Number: 95
(right radical)
DESCRIPTION: I have nothing to add.
USED IN: 収叫卑
Number: 96
(numeral4) + 又 (again/crotch radical)
ONYOMI: SHUU
Four crotches get kicked with SHOES!!!
(On a DVD available here!)
KUNYOMI:
おさ*める
to get, obtain (a good grade, success, a victory), o, o, o, o, o, o
JUKUGO:
領収書 ( りょうしゅうしょ )
receipt
領 (territory) + 収 (get) + 書 (write) = 領収書 (receipt)
収入 ( しゅうにゅう )
all income (job pay as well as 401k, stocks, allowance, etc.)
収 (get) + 入 (put/go in) = 収入 (income)
吸収する ( きゅうしゅうする)
absorb
吸 (suck) + 収 (get) = 吸収 (absorb)
LOOKALIKES:
叫 shout MOUTH 口
収 get CROTCHes 又
4 mouths shout "Hey, nice ass!" and 4 CROTCHES get kicked.
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叫 shout
6 strokes
SOLO
心 heart
4 strokes
SYMBOLIC, PK, MR
Number: 97
口 (mouth/small box radical) + (numeral4)
ONYOMI: KYOU
Today(今日=KYOU), I shouted with my mouth 4 times!
KUNYOMI:
( と ) さけ*ぶ
to exclaim! If you're surprised and go AAAAAA or HOLY COW WHAT THE HELL MAN, that's 叫ぶ。
Unlike the related word 喚く (わめく) 叫ぶ is not always out of anger -you can use this for shouting
slogans or screaming your friend's name.
JUKUGO:
絶叫する ( ぜっきょうする)
to scream. usually from enjoyment - think, roller coaster.
絶 (extinct) + 叫 (shout) = 絶叫 (to scream)
LOOKALIKES:
叫 shout MOUTH 口
収 get CROTCHes 又
4 mouths shout "Hey, nice ass!" and 4 CROTCHES get kicked.
Number: 98
心 (heart)
MUTANTS:
leftheart
bottomheart
ONYOMI: SHIN
Imagine the SHINING sacred heart(心) in all those Mexican pictures:
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必 surely
5 strokes
DESCRIPTION: There are TWO separate mutant radicals. All 3 心 radicals are SYMBOLIC for 'emotions.'
KUNYOMI:
こころ
heart, metaphorically. 'All my heart' and that kind of good shit.rt,rt,rt, taptaptaptaptap
JUKUGO:
心配する ( しんぱいする)
worry
心 (heart) + 配 (distribute) = 心配 (worry)
心臓 ( しんぞう )
heart
心 (heart) + 臓 (internal organ) = 心臓 (heart)
安心 ( あんしん )
a feeling of relief
安 (cheap / safe) + 心 (heart) = 安心 (a feeling of relief)
愛国心 ( あいこくしん )
patriotism
愛 (love) + 国 (country) + 心 (heart) = 愛国心 (patriotism)
USED IN: 心怒息思忙忘慢悪怠態意憶忍憧志恥想愁恩憲情悔忠憤窓愛急穏惑憾
恨隠憂感慌赤恋念快慰恵悩悲怪怖惨応惚惚怯恐慎懸癒愉愚惜悟憎聴懐徳慨必
総性慣
Number: 99
心 (heart) + 一 (one/line radical)
ONYOMI: HITSU
必 is basically "heart" plus a line crossing it.
He's crossing his heart and swearing to surely never do HITS of acid again.
KUNYOMI:
かなら*ず
always, certainlyaysaysaysaysays, c, c, c, c, c, c
JUKUGO:
必要な ( ひつような)
super important
必 (surely) + 要 (important) = 必要 (super important)
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怒 get mad
9 strokes
息 son / breath
10 strokes
JERK
必死に ( ひっしに)
desperately, as if one's life depended on it.
必 (surely) + 死 (death) = 必死 (desperately, as if one's life depended on it.)
USED IN: 秘密
Number: 100
奴 (servant / dood) + (bottomheart)
ONYOMI: DO
DOn't get mad at your servant if they stab your heart - it serves you right, you caste-system, Pharaoh,
decadent slave-driving douche!
KUNYOMI:
おこ*る
to get madgetgetgetget mamamamamamadd
いか*り
anger, wrath (slightly more formal than おこる - dropping a hammer on your foot is おこる, but getting
mad about politics is いかり)aboutoutoutoutoutout
JUKUGO:
怒鳴る ( どなる )
to tear someone a new one. (KUN ON)
怒 (get mad) + 鳴 (animal cry) = 怒鳴る (to tear someone a new one.)
LOOKALIKES:
怒 get mad WOMAN 女
恐 dread CRAFTY 工
努 make an effort STRENGTH 力
The WOMAN gets mad, but I dread a CRAFTY man.
Making an effort takes all your STRENGTH.
Number: 101
自 (my own) + (bottomheart)
ONYOMI: SOKU
I bought my son SOCKS for his birthday. I am a lame dad!
My own son is as dear to me as my own heart!
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思 think
9 strokes
DESCRIPTION: JERK. - it has 3 different meanings, AND the most commonly used meaning has a fucked-up
unorthodox pronunciation (sigh)!!
KUNYOMI:
いき
breath
JUKUGO:
息子 ( むすこ )
son (FP)
息 (son / breath) + 子 (child) = 息子 (son)
利息 ( りそく )
interest on a loan, bank account, CD or a bond.(BOOBOO: but not a stock! Stocks
pay dividends, or 配当金 (はいとうきん))
利 (handy) + 息 (son / breath) = 利息 (interest)
USED IN: 憩
Number: 102
田 (rice field) + (bottomheart)
ONYOMI: SHI
SHE's so into rice, when she thinks about a paddy, her heart starts racing.
KUNYOMI:
( と ) おも*う
To think (BOOBOO: 思う should not be confused with the other 'think' (考える (かんがえる)). 思う is like, "I
think your Moms is the source of the fungus." "I think the theater is over there." 考える is more like
thinking to solve a problem: thinking about physics or math.ngngngngngng
JUKUGO:
思い出す ( おもいだす )
to remember something
This word uses the particle を (even though plain ole' 思う uses と !!)
(BOOBOO: don't do like me and spend 3 years confusing 思い出す with 覚える、 which
means 'to memorize.')
思 (think) + 出 (pull out / hand over) = 思い出す (remember)
思い出 ( おもいで )
a specific memory (BOOBOO : GENERAL memory - as in, "I'm losing my memory!" -
is a different word : 記憶 (きおく))
思 (think) + 出 (pull out / hand over) = 思い出 (a memory)
思い出せない ( おもいだせない )
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L loser
PK, SYMBOLIC
亡 dying
3 strokes
STRONG
忙 busy
6 strokes
SOLO
I don't remember
思 (think) + 出 (pull out / hand over) = 思い出せない (I don't remember)
USED IN: 慮
Number: 103
(left radical)
DESCRIPTION:I'm calling it "loser" rather than other "L" words (llama, labia, Luftwaffe, etc.) for a reason! Most
of the kanji which use "L" have something to do with loss and death.
USED IN: 亡断継世県直
Number: 104
(beret) + L (loser)
ONYOMI: BOU
The loser died from losing a game of BOWLing with the Devil . . .and was buried with his beret on.
KUNYOMI:
( が ) な*くなる
a polite way of saying die, like the English phrase "pass on."waywaywaywaywayway
JUKUGO:
滅亡 ( めつぼう )
the downfall of a civilization or the dying-out of a certain ethnic group. But it doesn't
have 'downfall's moral judgement.
滅 (annihilate) + 亡 (dying) = 滅亡 (downfall)
未亡人 ( みぼうじん )
widow.I'm not including this because it's useful, but because it's one of the most
spectacularly non-PC words: the literal translation is:'not yet dead person'! (FR)
未 (not yet) + 亡 (dying) + 人 (person) = 未亡人 (widow)
- zero stars! -
USED IN: 忙忘盲望荒妄
Number: 105
(leftheart) + 亡 (dying) (Same-ON)
ONYOMI: BOU
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忘 forget
7 strokes
I'm too busy to go BOWLing with my compadres, so my heart is dying inside.
KUNYOMI:
いそが*しい
busy (1/2 KANA)y (
LOOKALIKES:
忙 busy NO TIME LEFT
忘 forget BOTTOM OF YOUR HEART
Both kanji are"heart + dying," but, in busy (忙). . .the heart is on the LEFT, because you're so busy you have
no time LEFT.
With forget(忘), the heart is on the bottom, because you are apologizing to your boss FROM THE BOTTOM OF
YOUR heart for forgetting to bring the report to the big meeting.
Number: 106
亡 (dying) (Same-ON) + (bottomheart)
ONYOMI: BOU
If you forget to turn on your pacemaker, your heart will die.
KUNYOMI:
わす*れる
forgetgetgetget
わす*れっぽい
describes someone's personality: absent minded, someone who always leaves their umbrella on the train.
JUKUGO:
忘年会 ( ぼうねんかい )
an end-of-the-year party. Sort of like new year's eve parties, but they happen all
throughout the last half of December.
忘 (forget) + 年 (year) + 会 (big meeting) = 忘年会 (end-of-the-year party)
忘れ物 ( わすれもの )
stuff you left behind,lost or forgotten things.
忘 (forget) + 物 (animal / thing) = 忘れ物 (stuff you left behind,lost or forgotten
things. )
LOOKALIKES:
忙 busy NO TIME LEFT
忘 forget BOTTOM OF YOUR HEART
Both kanji are"heart + dying," but, in busy (忙). . .the heart is on the LEFT, because you're so busy you have
no time LEFT.
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盲 blind, ignorant
8 strokes
FR, SIDEKICK
妄 without reason or permission
6 strokes
BETA
With forget(忘), the heart is on the bottom, because you are apologizing to your boss FROM THE BOTTOM OF
YOUR heart for forgetting to bring the report to the big meeting.
Number: 107
亡 (dying) + 目 (eye)
ONYOMI: MOU
MOMAR Kadaffi is an ignorant dictator.
KUNYOMI:
めくら
( don't use! it's a term of prejudice used against blind people) (ABU)
- zero stars! -
JUKUGO:
盲点 ( もうてん )
a blind spot, a loophole
盲 (blind, ignorant) + 点 (point) = 盲点 (a blind spot, a loophole )
Number: 108
亡 (dying) + 女 (woman)
ONYOMI: MOU
If that woman does that any MO without permission, she's going to be dying.
JUKUGO:
妄想 ( もうそう )
A delusion - something impossible: "I am currently dating Michael Jackson!" "Jewish
aliens are following me in an invisible robot!"
妄 (without reason or permission) + 想 (idea/imagination) = 妄想 (A delusion)
被害妄想 ( ひがいもうそう )
paranoia!
Although most Japanese will say パラノイア in casual conversation. (NEO, NP)
被
and crimes. ) + 妄
Michael Jackson!" "Jewish aliens are following me in an invisible robot!") = 被害妄想
(paranoia!)
- zero stars! -
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net
PK
慢 neglect/ egotistic
14 strokes
BETA, COCK, JERK
Number: 109
(top radical)
DESCRIPTION: Imagine a net stretched out, all waiting to catch something.
USED IN: 慢漫夢罰署憲環罪置亜買
Number: 110
(leftheart) + 日 (sun, day) + (net) + 又 (again/crotch radical)
ONYOMI: MAN
The egotistical MAN neglected his heart and let the sun shine on his crotch instead.
DESCRIPTION:COCK: 90% of the words using this kanji mean egotistical, neglectful OR even chronic (for
example, 怠慢,meaning negligence, dereliction )
But of course since this is Japanese, the one exception - '我慢' (meaning 'patience') is used 90% of the time!!
JUKUGO:
我慢する ( がまんする)
to endure, to bear something. Often translated as 'patience,' but that is not quite
right. You have patience if you can do data entry on a fucking kanji dictionary for 5
hours straight, but you gaman with your overtime or while taking final exams with a
burst appendix.
Masochists tend to gaman when they're fed worms while tied up.
Sometimes the concept of gaman DOES overlap with the English idea of patience,
though: Little kids have to gaman if they find out that Disneyland is still 4 hours
away.
One possible way to make GAMAN fit with the theme of 'neglect' is to remember that
the 'ga' part means 'self.' So GAMAN means 'neglect yourself,' or, more poetically,
'Stop feeling the pain of your body and mind, and concentrate on the task at hand.'
(CCW, 1/2 KANA)
我 (we) + 慢 (neglect/ egotistic) = 我慢 (persevere)
自慢する ( じまんする)
to brag
自 (my own) + 慢 (neglect/ egotistic) = 自慢 (to brag)
LOOKALIKES:
慢 neglect/ egotistic HEART 心
漫 manga WET 水
You neglect your lover with your cheating HEART, but it takes WET ink to make manga art.
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漫 manga
14 strokes
BETA
亜 sub-
7 strokes
PRE, PK
Number: 111
(waterleft) + 日 (sun, day) + (net) + 又 (again/crotch radical)
ONYOMI: MAN
The main difference between this and the other "まん” kanji (慢) is that the left-hand radical of 漫 is WATER.
So picture a MAN using a net to haul old manga out of the water and dry them in the sun so he can read
them.
JUKUGO:
漫画 ( まんが )
what's that??? (1/2 KANA)
漫 (manga) + 画 (a drawing) = 漫画 (manga)
漫画家 ( まんがか )
manga artist
漫画 (what's that??? ) + 家 (home) = 漫画家 (manga artist)
LOOKALIKES:
慢 neglect/ egotistic HEART 心
漫 manga WET 水
You neglect your lover with your cheating HEART, but it takes WET ink to make manga art.
Number: 112
(net) + ??? (???)
ONYOMI: A
As for the shape, I got nothing!
Well. . . there's a net and what looks like a roman numeral II. So if you're an ancient Roman, you have your
regular net which you use to catch your prey, and if that breaks, then you have your #II net, a sub-net, which
you keep in reserve.
DESCRIPTION: BOOBOO: people think this means "ASIA," but it doesn't. A while ago, just as a pun, some
Japanese decided to spell the word "ASIA" phonetically, using kanji, like so: 亜細亜:あじあ: but this custom
never caught on. And besides, the 亜 kanji was only chosen for its sound, not for its meaning.
亜 is used in a lot of names of elements, like chalk or zinc, but unless you're a research chemist or
terrorist, this doesn't concern you.
亜種:あしゅ: subspecies
亜熱帯:あねったい: subtropical region
See what I mean?
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悪 bad
11 strokes
USED IN: 悪
Number: 113
亜 (sub-) + (bottomheart)
ONYOMI: AKU
You can remember the Onyomi because the Japanese word for "demon" is AKUma!
A heart that is sub-normal is bad.
KUNYOMI:
( が ) わる*い
bad
JUKUGO:
気持ち悪い ( きもちわるい )
has two meanings: If you say it about yourself, it means you feel terrible. If you say
it about someone/thing else, it means,"That's gross and pathetic."
気 (mood) + 持 (hold) + 悪 (bad) = 気持ち悪い (pathetic / gross)
最悪のXXX ( さいあくのXXX)
the worst XXX EVAR.
最 (most) + 悪 (bad) = 最悪 (the worst XXX EVAR.)
悪人 ( あくにん )
(say hi to) the Bad Guy
悪 (bad) + 人 (person) = 悪人 ((say hi to) the Bad Guy
)
悪口 ( わるぐち )
talking shit about someone. (KUNKUN)
悪 (bad) + 口 (mouth) = 悪口 (talking shit about someone.)
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夕 evening
3 strokes
BETA, ILL PAIR, PK, COCK
多 many
6 strokes
Number: 114
ONYOMI: TA
That's right - it is the katakana "ta" character ! Unfortunately, it's pronounced "YUU." How's that for a
contradiction?
Anyway. When the Japanese come home in the evening after work they say TA-daima! to YOUUU.
KUNYOMI:
ゆう
evening (see below!) (NUBI)g (g (g (g (g (g (g (g (g (g (g (g (
JUKUGO:
夕べ ( ゆうべ )
last night (BOOBOO: it's NOT pronounced "tabe!!", even though it looks like it!)
(KUNKUN, FP)
夕方 ( ゆうがた )
evening (KUNKUN)
夕 (evening) + 方 (direction / method / person) = 夕方 (evening)
夕焼け ( ゆうやけ )
sunset
夕 (evening) + 焼 (roast / grill) = 夕焼け (sunset)
夕刊 ( ゆうかん )
evening edition
夕 (evening) + 刊 (edition) = 夕刊 (evening edition)
USED IN: 夢夜名外然腕多死
Number: 115
夕 (evening) (Same-ON)
ONYOMI: TA
Many evenings, we visited the glory hole in the restroom at Sears.
KUNYOMI:
おお*い
manyy
- zero stars! -
JUKUGO:
( たぶん )
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夢 dream
13 strokes
PN
夜 late night
8 strokes
ILL PAIR
多分
maybe (1/2 KANA)
多 (many) + 分 (understand / divide / minute) = 多分 (maybe)
多数の xxx ( たすうの xxx)
a big number of XXX
多 (many) + 数 (number, to count) = 多数 (a big number of XXX)
多すぎる ( おおすぎる )
too damn many. Too damn many gaijin if you ask me. Always doing crimes. They
need to just buy our products and get out.
USED IN: 移
Number: 116
(flowertop) + (net) + (George Michael's Moustache) + 夕 (evening)
ONYOMI: MU
Last evening I had this dream: a MOOING flower was caught inside a net. Perfectly clear, eh?
KUNYOMI:
ゆめ
dream
JUKUGO:
夢中で or に ( むちゅうで or に)
to be totally crazy about or obsessed with or rapturous about something/someone.
(literally: lost in a dream)
夢 (dream) + 中 (middle) = 夢中 (crazy about something/one)
悪夢 ( あくむ )
nightmare
悪 (bad) + 夢 (dream) = 悪夢 (nightmare)
Number: 117
(beret) + (personleft) + 夕 (evening)
ONYOMI: YA
Late at night, I start to YAWN.
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