Learning Japanese

#N5 『出』 ◼Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude ◼Readings: Kunyomi: でる，で，だす，いでる，いだす Onyomi: シュツ，スイ

#N5 『十』 ◼Meanings: ten ◼Readings: Kunyomi: とお，と Onyomi: ジュウ，ジッ ，ジュッ

#N5 『五』 ◼Meanings: five ◼Readings: Kunyomi: いつ，いつつ Onyomi: ゴ

#N5 『分』 ◼Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, dury, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100 ◼Readings: Kunyomi: わける，わけ，わかれる，わかる，わかつ， Onyomi: ブン，フン，ブ

#N5 『万』 ◼Meanings: ten tousand, 10,000 ◼Readings: Kunyomi: よろず Onyomi: マン，バン

#N5 『休』 ◼Meanings: rest, day off, retire, sleep ◼Readings: Kunyomi: やすむ，やすまる，やすめる Onyomi: キュウ ◼Examples: 休む [やすむ] to take a day off, to be absent 休み [やすみ] rest, or "break", you might have heard of 夏休み [なつやすみ] "summer break", or 冬休み [ふゆやすみ] "winter break" 年休 [ねんきゅう] yearly paid vacation 休火山 [きゅうかざん] dormant volcano

#N5 『友』 ◼Meanings: friend ◼Readings: Kunyomi: とも Onyomi: コウ ◼Examples: 友達 [ともだち] friend, friends, companion, companions 親友 [しんゆう] which means "close friend", "buddy"

#N5 『母』 ◼Meanings: mother ◼Readings: Kunyomi: はは，も Onyomi: ボ ◼Examplse: 母親 [ははおや] mother お母さん [おかあさん] mother; mom 叔母さん [おばさん] aunt お祖母さん [おばあさん] grandmother 母国語 [ぼこくご] language of one's country; mother tongue 必要は発明の母 [ひつようははつめいのはは] necessity is the mother of invention

#N5 『日』 ◼Meanings: day, sun, japan, counter for days ◼Readings: Kunyomi: ひ，び，か Onyomi: ニチ，ジツ ◼Examplse: 今日 [きょう] today 日本 [にほん] Japan 明日 [あした] tomorrow 明後日 [あさって] overmorrow (the day after tomorrow) 一昨日 [おととい] ereyesterday (the day before yesterday) 昨日 [きのう] yesterday 毎日 [まいにち] every day 一日中 [いちにちじゅう] all day long 先日 [せんじつ] the other day その日 [そのひ] that day 休日 [きゅうじつ] holiday; day off 日々 [ひび] everyday; daily

#N5 『大』 ◼Meanings: large, big ◼Readings: Kunyomi: おお，おおきい，おおいに Onyomi: ダイ，タイ ◼Examples: 大変 [たいへん] very, or greatly (you might have heard it as "there's some trouble", though it's probably meant as "there's big trouble", however, in japanese the subject is often dropped, and inferred through context) 大きな [おおきな] big, used as a "-na" adjective, for example, 大きな声 [おおきなこえ] "loud voice" or "big voice" 大学 [だいがく] university 大好き [だいすき] loveable, very likeable (that's right, this is an adjective, you don't tell someone you "like them", you tell them "they are your liked person")

#N5 『天』 ◼Meanings: heavens, sky, imperial ◼Readings: Kunyomi: あまつ，あめ，あま Onyomi: テン ◼Examples: 天気 [てんき] weather (as in "today's weather") 天ぷら [てんぷら] tempura, battered and fried food (usually vegetables) 天皇 [てんのう] the emperor of Japan 天国 [てんごく] paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven 天体 [てんたい] heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object 天候 [てんこう] weather (this one is more as in "climate")

#N5 『火』 ◼Meanings: fire ◼Readings: Kunyomi: ひ，び，ほ Onyomi: カ ◼Examplse: 火山 [かざん] volcano 活火山 [かっかざん] active volcano 噴火 [ふんか] eruption 花火 [はなび] fireworks 花火大会 [はなびたいかい] display of fireworks 火がつく [ひがつく] to catch fire 火薬 [かやく] gunpowder; powder 火遊び [ひあそび] to play with fire (don't do this) 森林火災 [しんりんかさい] forset fire

#N5 『毎』 ◼Meanings: every ◼Readings: Kunyomi: ごと，ごとに Onyomi: マイ ◼Examplse: 毎日 [まいにち] every day 毎朝 [まいあさ] every morning 毎年 [まいとし] every year; yearly 毎週 [まいしゅう] every week 毎月 [まいつき] every month, each month 毎に [ごとに] one by one; each 毎晩 [まいばん] every night 毎度 [まいど] each time; always you might hear this when a shop gets a repeat customer 毎日用に [まいにちように] almost every day 年毎に [としごとに] annually, every year 毎夕 [まいゆう] every evening 事毎に [ことごとに] in everything

#N5 『雨』 ◼Meanings: rain ◼Readings: Kunyomi: あめ，あま，さめ Onyomi: ウ ◼Examplse: にわか雨 [にわかあめ] rain shower 大雨 [おおあめ] heavy rain 梅雨 [つゆ] raini season; rain during the rainy season 小雨 [こさめ] light rain; drizzle 雨上がり [あめあがり] after the rain 雨水 [あまみず] rain water 梅雨入り [つゆいり] entering the rainy season

#N5 『父』 ◼Meanings: father ◼Readings: Kunyomi: ちち Onyomi: フ ◼Examplse: 父親 [ちちおや] father お父さん [おとうさん] father; dad 叔父さん [おじさん] uncle; old man 祖父母 [そふぼ] grandparents 父母 [ふぼ] father and mother 父子 [ふし] father and child 父性愛 [ふせあい] paternal love

#N5 『読』 ◼Meanings: read ◼Readings: Kunyomi: よむ，よみ Onyomi: ドク，トク，トウ ◼Examplse: 読む よむ to read 読み終わる [よみおわる] to finish reading 読み方 [よみかた] way of reading 読み物 [よみもの] reading matter 読書家 [どくしょか] avid reader; bookworm 音読 [おんどく] reading aloud

#N5 『行』 ◼Meanings: going, journey, ◼Readings: Kunyomi: いく，ゆき，ゆく，いき，おこなう Onyomi: コウ，ギョウ，アン ◼Examples: 行く [いく] to go; to move 行る [やる] to do; to undertake 行う [おこなう] to perform; to do 旅行 [りょこう] travel; trip 飛行機 [ひこうき] aeroplane; airplane 行ける [いける] to be good; to go well

#N5 『時』 ◼Meanings: time, hour ◼Readings: Kunyomi: とき，どき Onyomi: ジ ◼Examples: 時 [とき] time; hour; moment 時間 [じかん] time (measured by seconds, minutes, hours, etc.); hours 何時も [いつも] always; usually 時に [ときに] by the way; incidentally 時計 [とけい] clock; watch; timepiece 時々 [ときどき] sometimes; at times 何時か [いつか] sometime; someday 時間がかかる [じかんがかかる] to make time 何時もの [いつもの] usual; habitual

#N5 『長』 ◼Meanings: long, leader ◼Readings: Kunyomi: ながい，おさ Onyomi: チョウ ◼Examples: 長い [ながい] long; lengthy 長い間 [ながいあいだ] long time; long interval 社長 [しゃちょう] company president 長さ [ながさ] length 長生き [ながいき] long life; longevity 部長 [ぶちょう] head of a section or department 長い目で見る [ながいめでみる] too look at the long term

#N5 『百』 ◼Meanings: hundred ◼Readings: Kunyomi: もも Onyomi: ヒャク，ビャク