寺 is an important part of Japanese culture and is used in many kanji as a つくり (the right hand side radical).

寺 is an important part of Japanese culture and is used in many kanji as a つくり (the right hand side radical).
Mum: Dinner’s ready.ごはんできたよ! Me: Coming! いま____! If you have to say いきます or きます, which would be better? いきます/いく and…
Meaning: all, whole, total Reading: ゼン、すべ、まった 全員(ゼンイン): everybody, all the people全体(ゼンタイ)(の): whole, entire全然(ゼンゼン)~ない: not at all全力(ゼンリョク): all one’s strength,…
Meaning: a direction, a method Reading: ホウ(ポウ)、かた(がた) 方向(ホウコウ): a direction, a course方法(ホウホウ): a method, a way方角(ホウガク): a direction, a…
Meaning: a thing, a matter Reading: ジ、こと(ごと) 事故(ジコ): an accident, an incident事業(ジギョウ): a business, a project, an enterprise事情(ジジョウ): circumstances,…
Meaning: to serve Reading: シ(ジ)、つか 仕事(シごと): work, a job, business 仕官(シカン)する: to enter government service 仕入れ(シいれ): stocking, buying-in 仕上げ(シあげ): a…
Meaning: town, block Reading: チョウ、まち 町名(チョウメイ): the name of a town町人(チョウニン): [historical] commoner, merchant, townspeople町内(チョウナイ): the town, the street,…
When you look at recipes, measurements such as “1 cup” or “2 Tablespoons” etc. are used for measuring volumes but…
Meaning: ability, talent Reading: サイ 才人(サイジン): a clever person, an accomplished person才女(サイジョ): an intelligent woman, a woman of ability才知(サイチ):…
Today’s set of similar sounding words are: 余生(よせい) the rest of one’s life 寄席(よせ) a vaudeville show 養成(ようせい) nurture 祖父は余生を寄席芸人の養成に捧げた。…
I’m posting more kanji for the next few weeks, so that I can cover all the HSC prescribed characters before…
Meaning: a member Reading: イン 員数(インスウ): a total number, a quota 人員(ジンイン): the number of people, the personnel 会員(カイイン): a…
Your content goes here…Meaning: a person Reading: ジン、ニン、ひと(びと) 人工(ジンコウ)(の): artificial, man-made人格(ジンカク): character, personality, indivuduality人権(ジンケン): human rights日本人(ニッポンジン、ニホンジン): a Japanese person何人(なにジン):…
During the typhoon season, you hear たいふうでダイヤがみだれた a lot on television. If you hear it often enough, you would know…
Which fits better in the following sentences, は or が? A: あそこ に おとこのこ (A) います。 B: その おとこのこ(B) 8さい…
meaning: ten thousand (10000) reading: マン、バン、よろず 万年筆(マンネンヒツ): a fountain pen万病(マンビョウ): all kinds of diseases一万(イチマン): 10000(ten thousand) 万国共通(バンコクキョウツウ): universal, common…
Nowadays almost everybody eats meat in Japan. However, eating meat, especially beef, had been a taboo in Japan for a…
Today’s set of similar sounding words are: 実証(じっしょう) 実証された = verified 事象(じしょう) = event, phenomenon 自書(じしょ)する = to write in…
meaning: thousand reading: セン(ゼン)、ち 千(セン): a thousand千客万来(センキャクバンライ)である:have a great number of visitors/customers千金(センキン)(の): priceless. worth a thousand dollars千里眼(センリガン): clairvoyance海千山千(うみセンやまセン)(の): hard-bitten, tested…
ワンピース is the transliteration of the English phrase “one piece” but ワンピース only refers to a one-piece “dress” for women…