Today’s second #kanji is #強. I can’t explain why but it’s made of 弓（ゆみ/a bow）+ “ム” + 虫（むし/an insect）. Altogether 11 strokes.
勉
Today’s first #kanji is #勉. It’s made of 免（メン）and 力（ちから/power）.免 usually means “to escape”, “to permit”, etc. but it also…
園
Today’s second #kanji is #園. It’s made of #くにがまえ（囗）and 袁. In Japanese 袁 is not usually used alone but it…
公
Today’s first #kanji is #公. It’s made of #はちがしら（八） and ム. You can remember it as ハム written vertically! Meaning:…
州
Today’s second #kanji is #州. It has one short stroke next to each stroke of #川, so this character’s original…
県
Today’s first #kanji is #県 . Its radical is #目, not #日, so make sure you draw 2 lines inside,…
区
Today’s second kanji is #区. Apparently its radical is #かくしがまえ（匸）, not #はこがまえ（匚）and the inside is currently written as メ but…
市
Today’s first kanji is #市. It is made of #なべぶた（亠）（なべ= a pot + ふた= a lid） and #巾 (“cloth” or…
漢
Meaning: the Han dynasty (China), the name of a river in China Reading: カン 漢字（カンジ）: a kanji, a Chinese…
英
Meaning: excellence Reading: エイ 英語（エイゴ）: the English language英雄（エイユウ）: a hero, a heroic fugure英才（エイサイ）: talent, genius, brilliance英知（エイチ）: wisdom, intelligence英断（エイダン）: an…
都
Meaning: the Metropolis (of Tokyo), a city, a town Reading: ト、ツ、みやこ 都会（トカイ）: a city, an urban area都市（トシ）: a city,…
京
Meaning: a capital, a metropolis Reading: キョウ、ケイ 京都（キョウト）: Kyoto (an ancient capital of Japan)東京（トウキョウ）: Tokyo (the current capital of…
色
Meaning: colour Reading: ショク、シキ（ジキ）、いろ 一色（イッショク）: one colour異色（イショク）（の）: unique, distinctive, individual特色（トクショク）: a characteristic, a specific feature黄色（オウショク/コウショク）: yellow五色（ゴショク）: five colours 色盲（シキモウ）:…
和える
和える（あえる/aeru） is a Japanese verb to mean “to dress [main ingredient] (with {a sauce})” and it’s often used in the…
場
Meaning: a place, a spot, a space Reading: ジョウ、ば 会場（カイジョウ）: a venue, a meeting place工場（コウジョウ）: a factory農場（ノウジョウ）: a farm,…
しゅか、しゅうか、しゅっか
Today’s set of confusing sounds are: 主家（しゅか）* one’s employer’s house 集荷（しゅうか） to pick up, to collect (produce) 出荷（しゅっか） to ship…
所
Meaning: place Reading: ショ（ジョ）、ところ（どころ） 所管（ショカン）: jurisdiction, control所長（ショチョウ）: the head of an office, the chief of a laboratory所轄（ショカツ）の警察（けいさつ）: the police…
住
Meaning: to dwell Reading: ジュウ、す 住所（ジュウショ）: an address住居（ジュウキョ）: a house, a dwelling, a residence住宅（ジュウタク）: a house, a dwelling, living…
屋
Meaning: a house, a roof Reading: オク、や 屋上（オクジョウ）: a rooftop, a roof屋外（オクガイ）: the open (air), outdoors家屋（カオク）: a house, a…
トマトソース
he word トマトソース comes from the English phrase “tomato sauce” and in Australia (as well as the Commonwealth of Nations)…
