MIT Lesson 9 Kanji: $BBh#92]$N4A;z(B

In the following definitions, on (Chinese-based) readings are represented by katakana, and by capital romaji letters; kun (native Japanese-based) readings are represented by hiragana, and by lower-case romaji letters. This is a common dictionary convention, and does not have any bearing on meaning.

Printed form:: $BD+(B
Readings:: $B$"$5(B; asa
Meaning:: morning
Mnemonic:: When the sun $BF|(B comes out between grass, the moon $B7n(B fades away.
Usage Examples:: $BD+<7;~(B ($B$"$5$7$A$8(B) 7:00 in the morning; $BKhD+(B ($B$^$$$"$5(B) every morning; $B:#D+(B ($B$1$5(B) this morning

Printed form:: $BHU(B
Readings:: $B%P%s(B; BAN
Meaning:: night
Mnemonic:: The sun $BF|(B and the kanji $BLH(B "without". When the sun goes away, the night begins.
Usage Examples:: $B:#HU(B ($B$3$s$P$s(B) tonight; $BKhHU(B ($B$^$$$P$s(B) every night

Printed form:: $B=5(B
Readings:: $B%7%e%&(B; SHUU
Meaning:: week
Mnemonic:: $B<~(B "to surround" and the radical for advance movement. A week is completed when it advances from Sunday to Saturday.
Usage Examples:: $B:#=5(B ($B$3$s$7$e$&(B) this week; $B0l=54V(B ($B$$$C$7$e$&$+$s(B) one week; $BMh=5(B ($B$i$$$7$e$&(B) next week

Printed form:: $BEl(B
Readings:: $B%H%&(B; TOO
Meaning:: east
Mnemonic:: The sun rising behind a tree in the east.
Usage Examples:: $BEl5~(B ($B$H$&$-$g$&(B) Tokyo

Printed form:: $B5~(B
Readings:: $B%-%g%&(B; KYOO
Meaning:: capital
Mnemonic:: A picture of a house built on a small hill.
Usage Examples:: $B5~$H(B ($B$-$g$&$H(B) Kyoto

Printed form:: $BK;(B
Readings:: $B$$$=$,(B($B$7$$(B); isoga
Meaning:: busy
Mnemonic:: The heart radical (the contraction of $B?4(B) on the left and the kanji $BK4(B for "to be lost; to die".
Usage Examples:: $BK;$7$$(B ($B$$$=$,$7$$(B) busy

Printed form:: $BAa(B
Readings:: $B$O$d(B($B$$(B); haya
Meaning:: early
Mnemonic:: The sun $BF|(B seen just above grass $B==(B early in the morning.
Usage Examples:: $BAa$$(B ($B$O$d$$(B) early; $BD+Aa$/(B ($B$"$5$O$d$/(B) early in the morning; $B$*Aa$&$4$6$$$^$9(B ($B$*$O$h$&$4$6$$$^$9(B) good morning

Printed form:: $B;d(B
Readings:: $B$o$?$7(B/$B$o$?$/$7(B; watashi/watakushi
Meaning:: I; me
Mnemonic:: The radical of sheaf of rice $B2S(B and a picture of a person's nose $B%`(B. A Japanese points his/her nose saying "It's me."
Usage Examples:: $B;d(B ($B$o$?$7(B/$B$o$?$/$7(B) I; me

Printed form:

$BB<(B

Readings:

$B$`$i(B

mura

Meaning:

village

Mnemonic:

A tree $BLZ(B and a hand with a pulse $B@#(B.

Usage Examples:

$B:#B<$5$s(B ($B$$$^$`$i$5$s(B) (Mr/Ms) Imamura

$BCfB<$5$s(B ($B$J$+$`$i$5$s(B) (Mr/Ms) Nakamura

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Printed form:: $BM'(B
Readings:: $B$H$b(B; tomo
Meaning:: friend
Mnemonic:: Two hands together. [$B1&(B($B$_$.(B)"right"; $B:8(B($B$R$@$j(B)"left"]
Usage Examples:: $BM'$@$A(B ($B$H$b$@$A(B) friend

Printed form:

$BReadings:

$B$D$.(B

tsugi

Meaning:

Mnemonic:

A person bending over $B7g(B two things.

Usage Examples:

Printed form:: $B>e(B
Readings:: $B%8%g%&(B (JOO)
Meaning:: up; above
Mnemonic:: The ideograph of something above the horizontal stroke.
Usage Examples:: $B>e$BK\$N>e(B ($B$[$N$&$((B) on the book

Printed form:: $B;{(B
Readings:: $B$F$i(B; tera
Meaning:: temple (See also L.6B Photographic Vocabulary Aid)
Mnemonic:: $BEZ(B soil and $B@#(B pulse.
Usage Examples:: $B$*;{(B ($B$*$F$i(B) Buddhist temple; $B;{ED$5$s(B ($B$F$i$@$5$s(B) (Mr/Ms) Terada; $B>.;{$5$s(B ($B$3$G$i$5$s(B) (Mr/Ms) Kodera

Printed form:: $BL@(B
Readings:: $B%_%g%&(B; MYOO
Meaning:: bright
Mnemonic:: The sun $BF|(B and the moon $B7n(B.
Usage Examples:: $BL@F|(B ($B$_$g$&$K$A(B/$B$"$7$?(B) tomorrow

New Readings:: $B2<$B:#7n(B ($B$3$s$2$D(B) this month; $BMh7n(B ($B$i$$$2$D(B) next month; $BMhG/(B ($B$i$$$M$s(B) next year; $BLZB<$5$s(B ($B$-$`$i$5$s(B) (Mr/Ms) Kimura

MIT Lesson 9 Kanji: $BBh#92]$N4A;z(B

MIT Lesson 9 Kanji: $BBh#92]$N4A;z(B