Today’s #kanji is 陽, which is listed under its semantic element of #こざとへん, which means a hill, the earth, etc. Its phonetic element is 昜.
~にかわって/~にかわり
~に代わって/~に代わり means “in place of ~,” “in lieu of ~,” or “on behalf of ~.” ~に代わって sounds slightly more casual than ~に代わり but they are interchangeable.
~にかぎりがある/~にかぎりがない
かぎり in かぎりがある/ない means “limits” or “bounds.” so ~にかぎりがある means “there is a limit to ~.” ~にかぎりがない means “There is no limit to ~.”
限
Today’s #kanji is 限, which is listed under its semantic element of #こざとへん(阝), a hill. Its phonetic element is 艮 although 限 and 艮 don’t share a sound in Japanese
~において/~における
Today’s grammar point is ~において/~における. They mean almost the same but while ~において makes an adverbial phrase, ~における is an adjectival phrase.
~なんて/とは/って/は、あんまりだ
If あんまり is used without a negative ending, it is a なadjective meaning “awful” or “unreasonable.” It usually follows phrases like “~なんて,” “~とは,””~って” or “~は.”
変
Today’s #kanji is 変, which is listed under the radical of #すいにょう(夊). 変 used to be written as 變 and 䜌 is the phonetic element though 変 and 䜌 don’t share a sound.
~なおす
直す itself is a transitive verb meaning “to mend,” “to correct,” etc. but it can be used after the stem of a verb and ~なおす means “to do ~ again” or “to re do ~.”
~など/~なんか/~なんて
~など、~なんか、~なんて all mean something like “such as ~,” “something like ~,” etc. This is my attempt to explain the differences among these three.
泳
Today’s #kanji is 泳, which is listed under its semantic element of #さんずいへん(氵), which suggests a connection with water. Its phonetic element is 永.
消
Today’s #kanji is 消, which is listed under its semantic element of #さんずいへん(氵), water. Its phonetic element is 肖, which has the meaning of “small (quantity).”
流
Today’s #kanji is 流, which is listed under the radical of #さんずいへん(氵), water. 流 is a compound ideograph made of 水 (water) and 㐬 whose meaning is …
吸
Today’s #kanji is 吸, which is listed under its semantic element of #くちへん(口). Its phonetic element is 及. 及 apparently has the meaning of “to suck.”
渡
Today’s #kanji is 渡, which is listed under its semantic element of #さんずいへん(氵), water. Its phonetic element is 度 although 渡 and 度 don’t quite share a sound.
済
Today’s #kanji is 済, which is listed under its semantic element of #さんずいへん(氵), water. 済 used to be written as 濟 and 齊 is its phonetic element. 齊 means “pure.”
法
Today’s #kanji is 法, which is listed under 氵. 法 used to be written as 灋, which is a compound ideograph made of 水 (being fair), 廌 (holy animal) and 去 (to leave).
酒
Today’s #kanji is 酒, which is listed under its phonetic element of #ひよみのとり(酉), which means “sake container”. Its semantic element is #さんずいへん(氵), water.
治
Today’s #kanji is 治, which is listed under its semantic element of #さんずいへん(氵), water. Its phonetic element is 台, although 治 and 台 do not share a sound.
除
Today’s #kanji is 除, which is listed under its semantic element of #こざとへん(阝),a hill. Its phonetic element is 余, although 除 and 余 don’t share a sound in Japanese
降
Today’s #kanji is 降, which is listed under its semantic element of #こざとへん(阝), a hill. Its phonetic element is 夅, which has the meaning of “descending.”