Japanese4Schools

Japanese GCSE Course

2017 Syllabus
Higher Tier

Kanji Book

Anne Rajakumar

©Anne Rajakumar

First Published 2018

The author would like to thank Nabiko Abe for her kind permission to use kanji graphics from
About.com in this book; and Sakai Sensei for permission to use his font
 Minimum GCSE kanji for writing:
Higher Level
These are the kanji you must know for your Japanese GCSE HL exams. You
need to learn how to write them correctly and to become familiar with
their meanings and pronunciation. Please learn them in the correct stroke
order!

Numbers [1-16]
Weekdays [17-24]
Time [25-37]
Adjective stems
[38-54]

Position [55-63]
People [64-77]

Body [78-83]
Nature, Weather
[84-96]
Verb stems
[97-128]

Seasons [129-132]
Directions [133-136]
Learning [137-150]
Geog. admin.
[151-159]
Town / transport
[160-166]
Buildings, Places
[167-181]
Animals [182-185]
Others [186-200]

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classroom-based kanji tests, or the GCSE exam itself. Ganbatte!

Chinese(音読み） and The kanji in its printed form

Japanese（訓読み） & its core meaning
These are the words to be learned with their
readings and kanji hiragana equivalents. The shaded boxes include
stroke order kanji which are introduced later in the course.

The name of each

component.

The official Japanese core

element (radical).

An example sentence with the most commonly used

kanji word or compound from the list above.

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 one
1. one, first one
one yen
one
one person
all day long
Radical: one long thin
ichi (one) thing
1st of the
month
January
one o’clock

2. two, second
two
two two
two yen
Radical: two people
ni (two) two long thin things
2nd of the month
February
two o’clock

three
3. three, third three
three yen
one/ two
three people
three long thin
Radical: things
ichi (one) 3rd of the month
March
three o’clock

four
4. four, fourth four
four yen
enclosed/human legs
four people
Radical: four long thin things
kuni gamae
4th of the month
(enclosure)
April
four o’clock

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5. five, fifth
five
five
five five yen
Radical: five people
ichi (one) five long thin things
5th of the month
May
5th floor
five o’clock

6. six, sixth
six
cap/ eight six
six yen
Radical:
ten-ichi six people
(dash-one/cap) six long thin things
6th of the month
June
six o’clock

seven
7. seven,
seven
seventh
seven yen
seven
seven people
Radical: seven long thin
ichi (one) things
7th of the month
July
seven o’clock

eight
8. eight, eight
eighth eight yen
eight people
eight long thin
eight
things
Radical: 8th of the month
hachi (eight) August
eight o’clock

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9. nine, ninth nine

‘no’/ 2nd class nine

nine yen
Radical: nine people
katakana ‘no’
nine long thin things
9th of the month
September
nine o’clock

ten

10. ten, tenth ten

ten yen
ten ten people
ten long thin things
Radical: 10th of the month
juu (ten)
October
ten o’clock

100
11. 300
hundred 400
600
one/ white
800
900 yen
Radical:
greengrocer
ichi (one)

Do you have 500 yen?

12. thousand
1000
‘no’/ ten 1000
2000
Radical:
katakana ‘no’ 3000
kanmuri 1000 yen
5000 yen

May I have 2,600 pounds?

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13. ten
10,000
thousand
30,000
one/ fat man’s tummy 100,000
1,000,000
Radical: 10 000 000
ichi (one) 10,000 yen

That coat is 10,000 yen.

14. circle, yen ten yen

upside-down box/ cap fifty yen
hundred yen
Radical:
kei gamae
(upside-down box That will be 100 yen.

15. talent, age

suffix 12 years old
a genius
one/ hook/ katakana ‘no’

Radical:
My younger brother is 5 years old.
kagi (hook)

number 1, most
16. numeral number (eg
order, to watch telephone number)
first
katakana ‘no’/ rice second
grain/ rice field
telephone number
Radical:
ta (rice field)

I like tennis best.

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17. day of the
week
Monday
sun, wings, big bird which day?

Radical:
hi (sun)

day
One day…..
1st of the month
2nd of the month
3rd of the month
18. sun, day
Sunday
sun
all day
Radical:
today
hi (sun)
this day
every day

On Sunday I go to the pool.

moon
January
19. moon, for one month
month April
moon for four months
Monday
Radical:
tsuki (moon) what month?
this month
last month
next month
moon viewing

In April I will go to France.

fire/ flame
20. fire Tuesday
fireworks
fire fire (destructive)
volcano
Radical:
hi (fire)
On Tuesday I do dance

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 21. water water
Wednesday
water
swimming

Radical:
mizu (water) I like Wednesdays.

22. tree, wood

tree
tree Thursday

Radical: I don’t like Thursdays.

ki (tree)

money
23. metal, gold, gold
money Friday
steep roof/ one/ land/ rich man
pieces of gold gold fish

Radical: fee
kane (metal)
On Friday I (go) shopping.

24. soil,
soil, earth
earth, land
Saturday
earth

Radical:
tsuchi (earth) On Saturday I go to see a film.

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 now
25. now, this, today
present
This month
steep roof/ one/ This morning
katakana mouth This week
Radical: This year
hito yane
(person – roof)
What’s the time (now)?

when (I) …
sometimes
26. time, hour
one o’clock
sun/ Buddhist temple for one
[earth/ measurement hour
of good &evil] 1st period
at the same
Radical: time
hi (sun) what time?
for how
long?
which
period?

Sometimes I go to bed at 8 o’clock.

week
27. week this week
last week
circumference/
move along the road next week
every week
for two weeks
Radical:
shinnyu for how many
(move along the weeks?
road) weekend

This week I will not go to school.

year, age
3 years
28. year
for 3 years
person, barrier this year
last year
Radical: next year
katakana ‘no’ Year 1 student
New Year
a youth

I will not go to Japan this year.

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 between
A and B
29. interval,
for 3 hours
between
for 3 days
gate/ sun for 3 weeks

Radical: for 3 years

mongamae for how many
(gate) weeks?
human being
during the day

Yesterday I did karate for three hours.

every day
30. every
every week
person, mother
every month
Radical: every year
haha
(mother)
I play tennis every week.

half
31. half half past 10
half a day
half
half a year
hemisphere
Radical:
juu (ten) half

Every day I get up at half past seven.

to understand

half
32. divide,
ten minutes
minute
health/
eight/ sword condition
oneself
part
Radical:
hachi (eight)
I don’t understand Spanish.

I always go to bed at 9:15.

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 33. noon
(originally horse)
a.m.
horse [person/ ten]
p.m.
Radical:
juu (ten)

morning
every
34. morning morning
this morning
fog [ten/ sun/ ten]/ breakfast
moon (casual)
breakfast
(formal)
Radical:
tsuki (moon)
This morning I ate toast.

35. evening evening

sun/ escape this evening
evening meal

Radical:
hi (sun)
Last night I watched a film.

36. daytime, daytime

noon daytime

measure (1 foot)/ lunch (casual)

sunrise [sun/ one] lunch break
lunch (formal)
Radical:
ichi (one)
I ate lunch at my friend’s house.

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 37. night, night
evening tonight
midnight
lid/ person/
walking legs/ drop
Let’s study this evening.
Radical:
yuube
(evening)

38. big, great big

university
big university
student

Radical: adult
ookii (big) important/
valuable
large meeting/
tournament

My school is big.

39. small small

primary
school
small primary
school pupil

Radical:
chiisai (small) My school is not small.

40. new new

New Year
stand/ tree/ axe
newspaper

Radical:
ono (axe) I bought a new notebook.

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41. high, high, expensive
expensive senior high school
senior high school
watch tower/ upside- student
down box/ mouth

Radical: Mrs/Mr Yamada’s pen is expensive.

takai (tall)

42. white
white (noun)
white (adjective)
white

Radical: I bought a white coat.

shiro (white)

43. black
black (noun)
black (adjective)
countryside/ cooking
fire
Do you have any black shoes?
Radical:
kuro (black)

44. red red (noun)

red red (adjective)

baby

Radical:
aka (red)
Please write with a red pen.

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45. blue, blue/green (noun)
green, youthful blue/green (adjective)
youth
blue

Radical:
ao (blue) I like that blue skirt.

46. few few/ little

few/ not many
small/ katakana
‘no’ youth

Radical: I can speak (do) a little Japanese.

chiisai (small)

47. many many/ a lot

perhaps
evening/ evening

Radical: There is a lot of rain in the UK.

yuube (evening)

48. near near

nearby
move along the road/
axe neighbourhood

Radical:
shinnyu Japan is close to China.
(move along the road)

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 49. old
old
old

I hate old movies.

Radical:
juu (ten)

50. peaceful,
cheap
cheap
safe, secure
house/ woman to feel
relieved

Radical:
u kanmuri
That skirt was cheap.
(katakana u)

51. like (I) like….

(I) like
woman/ child very
much.
Radical:
onna hen
(woman)
I love both France and Japan.

long

eldest son
52. long,
eldest
chief daughter
Long hair/ long Headteacher
legs
chairman
Radical: (of meeting)
nagai (long) President
(of company)

Mia has long hair.

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 53. strong,
tough, severe,
force strong
bow/ myself/ insect study

Radical:
yumi hen Tarzan is strong.
(bow – as in
bow and arrow)

54. pleasure, fun,

comfortable, music enjoyable
music
white/ very much/ tree

Radical: School is fun.

ki (tree)

above, on
to go up
(plain form)
55. up, raise, to go up
rise (masu form)
to give (plain
divining rod/ one form)
to give
(masu form)
Radical: skilful, good
ichi (one) at

The pen is on top of the desk.

I went up the stairs.

below, under
Please (give me)
56. lower, down,
to go down
give to an inferior
to give
one/ diving rod underground
(train)
Radical: not good at
ichi (one)

The pen is under the desk.

May I have a pen please?

 inside
57. middle,
all day long
in, inside
Junior High
middle School
Junior High
Radical: School
bou (stick) student
China
centre
busy
(phone)

The pen is inside the desk.

58. before, front, in front of,

former before
a.m.
horns/ part of the body/
sword name

Radical:
It’s 3:30 a.m.
rittou
(standing sword)

*a variation of Please stand in front of the desk.

afterwards, after
59. after, later,
p.m.
back
behind, the back
step/ thread/ march
It’s 3:30 p.m.
Radical:
gyou nin ben
(going man)
After school I watched TV.

60. outside,
outside
foreign, to
foreign
exclude country
evening/ divining foreigner
rod foreign
language
Radical:
yuube (evening) Let’s play outside.
61. right, right right
wing right hand
arm by side/ mouth

Radical: The pen is to the right of the desk.

kuchi (mouth)

62. left, left wing

left
arm by side
/carpenter’s square left hand

The pen is to the left of the desk.

Radical:
takumi
(carpenter’s square)

63. ahead, last week

before, first, last month
last (week, etc.) teacher

cow/ human legs Headteacher

Radical:
hitoashi
(human legs)
Last week I went to London.

person
64. human three people
being, person, adult
man, personality Japanese
person
person
friend (formal)
human being
Radical:
population
hito (person)

That person is Japanese.

I have 3 friends.
 female
65. woman,
woman
female, girl
eldest
woman daughter
girl
Radical:
onna
(woman)
Is Tanaka san a woman?

66. man, male male

man
rice field/ power eldest
son
Radical:
ta boy
(rice field)

Is Tanaka san a man?

67. child, noun child

suffix boy
girl
child

Radical: There are 2 children.

ko (child) (I have 2 children.)

(my) father
68. father (someone else’s
honourable)
father father
Radical: Father, Dad
chichi
(father)
Is your father well?
 69. mother (my) mother
(someone else’s
mother honourable)
mother
Radical: Mother, Mum
haha
(mother)
Is your mother well?

older
brother
70. older (someone
brother else’s) older
brother
mouth/human legs Older
Brother
Radical: male
ninnyou siblings
(human legs)

Do you have any older brothers?

younger
71. younger brother
brother, (someone
disciple else’s) younger
brother
animal horns/ siblings
bow/ line/
katakana no
I have a younger brother.
Radical:
yumi
(bow)
How many siblings do you have?

(my) older sister

72. older
sister (someone
else’s) older
sister
woman/ city
Older Sister
Radical:
onna hen
(woman)
Yesterday I met your older sister.
73. (my) younger
younger sister sister
(someone else’s)
woman/ not yet younger sister

Radical:
onna hen
(woman) I received it from my younger sister.

74. friend
friend (casual)
arm by side/ again friend (formal)

Radical:
mata I want to go with my friend.
(again)

75. private, I
I
2-branch tree/
myself
My favourite colour is red.
Radical:
nogi hen
(2-branch tree)

76. self, oneself, oneself,

by itself one’s own
automobile
between the eye -
nose
I did it by myself.
Radical:
mizukara
(oneself – dotted eye)
77. family, race,
tribe
direction/ person/ arrow family

Radical:
kata
(direction)

78. body, form

body
person/ source
P.E.

Radical:
nin ben Bananas are good for you.
(person)

79. mouth mouth

entrance
mouth
exit
population
Radical:
Radical:
kuchi (mouth) Mouths are below the eyes.

80. eye, eye

*rd the 1st day
the 1st period
eye
the 2nd period
Radical:
me (eye)
1st period is P.E.
 hand
skilful

81. hand to help

hand karate
stamp
Radical:
te (hand) letter

My friend is good at Japanese.

My father eats sushi with his hands.

82. ear
ear
ear

Radical: My friend has big ears.

mimi (ear)

heart
83. heart, spirit, center
center, feelings to be relieved
(masu form)
heart

Radical:
kokoro
(heart) Nottingham is in the heart of
England.

mountain
volcano
84. Mr/Ms
mountain, Nakayama
peak, climax mountain
climbing
mountain
Mt Fuji
Radical: Mr/Ms
yama Yamada
(mountain)

Did you see a volcano in Japan?

 rice field
Mr/Ms
Tanaka
Mr/Ms
85. rice field Yamada

Mr/Ms Honda
rice field
Mr/Ms
Radical: Tamura
ta (rice field)

Yamada san is my mother’s friend.

86. river, river

stream Mr/Ms
Yamakawa
river Mr/Ms
Nakagawa
Radical:
sanbon gawa
(3-stroke river) I went swimming with my friend in the river.

87. sea, ocean sea

overseas
water/ person/ mother
Sea of Japan
Radical: Hokkaido
sanzui
(water – )
I went to the beach by myself.

88. electricity electricity/

electric light
rain/ lightning telephone

Radical: mobile phone

ame kanmuri
(rain) train
89. rain, rain
rainfall
it will rain
rain

Radical: Yesterday it rained all through the day.

ame (rain)

90. snow
snow
rain/ broom
it will snow
Radical:
ame kanmuri
(rain) I love snow.

91. heaven, weather

sky, weather, weather
nature forecast

one/ big

Radical: According to the weather forecast,

ichi (one) tomorrow will be rainy.

electricity/
electric light
weather
92. gas, spirit, to be careful
vitality,
atmosphere illness/ ill
air
steam/ dagger
healthy/ well
Radical: feeling
ki gamae
(steam)
Please turn on the light.

Please be careful.
93. flower, flower

blossom fireworks
flower
grass/ change viewing

Radical:
kusa kanmuri In Japan they do flower viewing in April.

94. sky, air,

empty sky
hole/ carpenter’s air
square Karate

Radical:
ana kanmuri Can you do karate?
(hole)

god
95. God,
Shinto shrine
mind, social
Shinto
status religion
divine wind
altar/humbly say

Radical:
shimesu hen
(to show – this is a Japanese Gods are different to
picture of an altar) English Gods.

wind
96. wind,
divine wind
manner, elegance,
Western style
scenery
typhoon
wind, drop. insect Japanese
style
Radical:
kaze
(wind)
The wind is strong today isn’t it?
 to see
to be
visible
97. see,
to show
look, view,
examine, show to find
flower
eye/ human legs viewing
moon
Radical: viewing
miru sight-
(to see) seeing

Let’s go to see a film tonight.

to go/come
out
98. go out, to put out/
put out to submit
to go out
mountain/ mountain (for people)
exit
Radical:
kannyou to recall
(open box)

Shall we go out at 8 o’clock?

99. to enter, to enter

to put in, to be to put in
admitted entrance
enter to enter a
school/ uni
Radical:
iru
(to enter)
Do you put milk in your coffee?

to eat
breakfast
100. to eat, lunch
food dinner
Western
roof/ good food
food
Radical:
shoku Japanese
food
(eat)
to have a
meal

What do you eat for breakfast?

 101. to drink
to drink
eat/ lack drinks

Radical:
shoku hen
(eat) How about a drink?

102. to hear, to listen

hearsay to ask
newspaper
gate/ ear

Radical: Please ask your mother about that.

mimi (ear)

to go (to)
103. go to go to welcome
/collect someone
crossroads
to take along
Radical:
gyou ninben
(going man) to travel

bank

I will go to London by bus.

to come
104. to
come, the next, to be able to
since next week
next month
one/ rice next year

Radical: to bring
ki (tree)

Please come next week.

 to speak

105. to busy
(phone)
speak, story telephone
word/ tongue mobile
phone
telephone
Radical: number
gonben conversation
(word)
Please speak on the telephone.

106. to
write, book, to write
reading
documents
books
brush/ lined library
paper
Please write slowly.
Radical:
hirabi
(sunlight)

107. buy to buy

net/ shell fish to go

(money) shopping

Radical:
kai I bought an interesting newspaper.
(shellfish)

to cut
postage
108. cut stamp
important/
seven/ sword valuable
to value
Radical: kind
katana
(sword)
Please value your brothers and sisters.
 to be born (in)
raw
pupil
109. live, be teacher
born, life 2nd year pupil
uni student
living senior high
student
middle
Radical: student
umareru primary
(be born) student
biology

The teacher was born in Leicester.

110.
to meet
meet, conversation
meeting,
church
association company/
business
roof/ cloud
society
Radical:
hito Yesterday I met my friend.
(person)

111. rest, rest/ take a

holiday
holiday rest/ break/
holiday
person/ tree holiday
Radical:
nin ben
(person) I rested for two hours.

112. exist

arm by side/ moon famous

or part of body person

Radical: famous
tsuki
(moon)
 113. say,
word to say

word [blah blah

blah mouth]
That person said “konnichiwa”.

Radical:
kotoba
(word)

114. live * to live in.. *

address
person/ master

Radical: I live in London.

nin ben *This verb is usually used in the continuous
(person)
( ) form.

115. sell to sell

kiosk/ small
shop
samurai/ table/
human legs counter in a
shop
Radical:
samurai
They don’t sell sushi in small towns.

to know*

116. know to not know

to inform/
tell
arrow/ mouth

Radical: I know that.

ya hen *This verb is usually used in the
(arrow)
continuous (
) form in the positive, but in the
negative it remains .
 to think

to recall
117. to think,
to consider
brain/ heart I finally remembered that telephone
number.
Radical:
kokoro(heart)

I think tennis is fun.

to hold/
have*
to take
118. hold, along
have, possess
to bring
hand/ temple
feeling
Radical: rich
te hen people
(hand)
Did you bring your notebook?
*This verb is usually used in the continuous
( ) form.

119. to wait
to wait
going man/
temple Please wait a moment.

Radical:
gyou ninben
(going man) I waited for my mother.

120. to return,
to conclude return
home
standing sword/
broom

Radical:
rittou From Monday to Friday I return
(standing sword) home at half past 3.
*a variation of
121. teach to teach
church
ground/ slash/ Christianity
child/ action man
classroom
Radical:
nobun
The teacher taught us hiragana.
(action)

to move
122. move automobile
heavy/ power animal
zoo
Radical:
chikara
(power)
My cat doesn’t move very much.

123. work to work

person/move

Radical: My dad works at the post office.

nin ben
(person)

124. read to read

reading
word/sell books

Radical: My hobby is reading.

gonben
(word)
125. to
to make
make
essay,
person/ generate composition

Radical:
ninben Please write your essay long.
(person)

use
126. use,
ambassador
messenger how to use,
directions for
person/ one, mouth, use
almost
person(anofficial)

Radical:
ninben
(person) Please use a pencil when you write kanji.

127. to to swim
swim
swimming
water/eternal

Radical:
sanzui
(water) Can I swim in the pool?

128. end, to
to end
come to an end
thread/ winter

The party finished at 10 o’clock.

Radical:
Itohen
(thread)
129. spring
spring
fact/ sun

Radical: It becomes spring in March.

hi (sun)

130. summer
summer
one/ nose/ march

Radical: Summer is hot.

natsu-ashi
(summer legs)

131. autumn
autumn
2-branch tree/ fire

Radical: Autumn is cool.

nogi hen
(2-branch tree)

132. winter

march/ ice winter

Radical: Winter is cold.

nisui
(2-stroke water)
133. north north
Hokkaido
2 men sitting back
to back

Radical:
Scotland is north of England.
sajinohi
(spoon)

134. south
south
ten/ upside-down
box/ yen

Radical:
England is south of Scotland.
juu (ten)

135. east
east
tree/ sun Tokyo

Radical:
ki (tree) Europe is east of the UK.

136. west
west
one/ four
(bird in the nest)

Radical: The UK is west of Europe.

nishi
(west)
 university
university
student
primary
pupil
137. study, middle
learn, school school
pupil
school house/ child to enter
school/ uni
Radical:
ko chemistry
(child) literature

My older brother entered university in

April.

school
primary
138. school school
middle
tree/ intermingle school
senior high
school
Radical: Head
ki (tree) teacher
school yard

I go to school everyday on foot.

book
139. Japan
source, book, 2 long thin
things
counter for long Mr/Ms
thin things Yamamoto
book shop
tree/ ground
Honshu
Radical:
ki (tree)
May I have 2 umbrellas please?

Japanese
language
French
140. language
language English
language
word/ five/ mouths national
language
Radical: (Japanese)
gonben foreign
(word) language

Can you speak (do) Japanese?

 what
141. what, how many long
how many thin things
how many people
person/ can
what month
Radical:
nin ben
(person) How many people came to school?

thing
food
142. object, drink
thing shopping
animal
cow/ elephant biology
tusks
zoo
Radical: physics
ushi hen
(cow)
I love animals.

143. name, name

reputation famous

moon/ mouth

Radical: What is your name?

kuchi
mouth

144. change,
transform chemistry
person/ katakana hi culture

Radical:
nin ben
I think chemistry is interesting.
(person)
145. literature,
culture
sentence, culture literature
lid/ crossed legs essay

Radical:
bun At university I want to study literature.
(letter)

146. character, letter

Latin script
letter (our letters)
house/ child kanji

Radical: Your characters are really good, aren’t

ko (child) they?

paper
147. paper letter

thread/ family
I wrote a letter to my mother.
Radical:
ito hen
(thread)
May I have two pieces of paper?

148.
Chinese
kanji
water/ grass/
mouth/ 2/ person
Kanji are difficult,aren’t they?
Radical:
sanzui
(water – )
 English
149. brilliant, England
talented, English (formal)

grass/ centre
I live in the UK.
Radical:
kusa kanmuri
(grass)
I can speak (do) English a little.

150. to
endeavour to study
escape/ power

Radical: I am studying Japanese every day.

chikara
(power)

prefecture
Yamaguchi
151. prefecture Prefecture

eye/ corner/ small Japan is divided into (prefectures)

This kanji is often used in addresses.
Radical:
me
(eye)
Yamaguchi prefecture is famous.

Yamaguchi-
152. city, city
market market
city
lid/ a balance

Radical:
ten-ichi Yamaguchi city is in Yamaguchi
(dash-one/ lid) Prefecture.
153. province,
state Kyushu
drops (sandbanks) Honshu
in a river

Radical: Honshu is bigger than Kyushu.

sanbongawa
(3-stroke river)

154. capital
Tokyo
lid/ mouth/ small
(looks like a stone Kyoto
lantern)

Radical: I have been to Tokyo.

ten-ichi
(dash-one/cap)

155. capital,
metropolis Tokyo-city
Kyoto
working person/ city
large village

Radical: Kyoto is a very old city.

oozato
(large village)

country
foreign
country
156. country foreigner
foreign
enclosed/ gem language
China
Radical:
kunigamae Shikoku
(enclosure) UK
National
Language

Japan is a smaller country than China.

157. ground,
map
place, earth underground
railway
earth/ wriggly snake

Radical: geography
tsuchi hen (earth)

158. drawing,
diagram map
library
enclosed/ drop/
drop/ scissors
Excuse me, but do you have a map?
Radical:
kunigamae
(enclosure)

159. village village

Ms/Mr
tree/ measure Kawamura
(right and wrong)

Radical: How many people are there in this

ki (tree) village?

160. town,
quarter town
downtown
rice field/ block

Let’s go to town together.

Radical:
ta (rice field)
 161. station
station
horse/ measure
(1 foot)

Radical: Let’s meet at 3 o’clock at the station.

uma hen
(horse)

162. shop, store shop

kiosk
building/ divining rod

Radical: I bought some stationery at the school

madare kiosk.
(rooftop)

163. wheel, car, car, wheel

vehicle train
aerial view of cart automobile

Radical:
kuruma It’s best to take the train into town.
(wheel)

164. iron
underground railway
metal/ lose railway

Radical:
kane hen London’s underground is famous.
(metal)
165. street,
road, path, way
road
neck (horns & railway
nose)/ move along
Shinto religion
the road
Hokkaido

Radical:
shinnyu Please go straight along this street.
(move along the
road)

166. trip, trip, travel

travel
travel company
direction/ person/ Japanese style
far inn
Radical:
kata
Next year I will travel to China.
(direction)

167. yard,
garden
garden
school yard
building/ porter/ big home/
step household

Radical:
Radical: Children like playing in the garden.
madare
(rooftop)

company/
168. shrine, firm
company, firm travel
company
altar/ earth
society
Radical: Shinto shrine
shimesu hen
(to show – this is a
picture of an altar) My mother is a company employee.
 place
169. place
address
door/ axe neighbourhood
kitchen
Radical: place
tobiranoto
(door)
Please write your name and address.

170. part,
section part, section
stand/ mouth/ room
large village

Radical: I don’t understand this part.

oozato
(large village)

bookstore
171. roof,
greengrocer/
house, shop vegetable store
bread shop
corpse/ arrive
(one/ myself/ room
earth)

Radical: I study Japanese in my room everyday.

shikabane
(corpse)
Can I go to the bookstore?

172. room

house/ arrive classroom

(one/ myself/
earth)
Please come to the small classroom.
Radical:
u kanmuri
(katakana u)
173. sickness,
illness illness,
disease
sickness/ 3rd class hospital
(one/ inside)

Radical:
yamaidare My father became ill.
sickness

174. institution hospital

to enter
small village/ hospital
complete (house/
beginning)

Radical:
kozato hen Mei’s mother was admitted to hospital.
(small village)

house,
household
175. house, home
family family
house/ pig home, family
housework
Radical:
u kanmuri
(katakana u)
How many people are there in your
family?

place
factory
176. place meeting
place
earth/ heat (sun, sales
one, never) counter
admission
market
Radical: entry fee
tsuchi hen
(earth)
I work in a Japanese factory.
 177. public

eight/ myself
park
Radical:
hachi
(eight)

178. yard
park
enclosed/ earth/ zoo
mouth/ far

Radical:
kunigamae
Children love both parks and zoos.
(enclosure)

179. building, Japanese-

style inn
hall library
eat/ house/ fat cat cinema
(official)

Radical:
shoku hen At the library you can read books and
(eat) magazines etc.

180. temple (honourable)

Buddhist temple
earth/ measure
(right and wrong)
I think Japanese temples are splendid.
Radical:
sun
Japanese inch)
181. silver bank
metal/ almost good

Radical:
kane hen The bank is to the right of the post
(metal) office.

182. cow, cow

bull beef
cow

Radical: There was a cow in the park.

ushi (cow)

183. dog
dog
big/ drop

Radical: I have (take care of) 5 dogs.

inu
(dog)

184. meat meat

inside/ person beef

chicken (meat)
Radical:
niku
(meat) English people often eat beef.
186. fish

This is a picture fish

of a fish with goldfish
head on top and
tail at the
bottom.
Meat is more delicious than fish.
Radical:
uo (fish)

186. origin,
foundation healthy,
active
two/ human legs
How are you? (Are you well?)
Radical:
hitoashi
(human legs)

187. same, the same

similar, together at the same
time
upside-down box/
one/ mouth
Sam and I are (in) the same class.
Radical:
keigamae
(upside-down box Please say it at the same time.

188. reflect,
project film
sun/ centre cinema

Radical:
hi (sun)
189. draw, film
picture, stroke cinema

one/ paddy
field/container

Radical: Every Sunday I go to the cinema to

watch a film.
ta (rice field)

things
(abstract)
meal
190. thing
important
(abstract) housework
fire
one/ mouth/
(destructive)
(paintbrush)

Radical:
I do housework every week with my
kagi (hook)
brother.

191. Japanese
peace, Japan food
Japanese-
2-branch tree/ style room
mouth

Radical:
nogihen Do you have any Japanese-style rooms
(2-branch tree) in this hotel?

192. sound
sound
stand/ sun music

Radical:
oto What kind of music do you like?
(sound)
193. to
copy, to portray
stand/ sun photograph

Radical:
wakanmuri

196. true,
real, right photograph
right in the
ten/ middle
eye/ table legs
(tool)
I took lots of photos yesterday.
Radical:
juu (ten)

195. materials,
fee, charge fee, charge
cooking
rice grain/ bucket

Radical: How much is the charge?

tomasu
(unit of measure)

196. geography
reason, logic, cooking
principle
physics
king/ countryside

Radical:
Between geography and physics,
tama hen
which is more difficult?
(jewel)
 Japanese
197. tea green tea

grass/ steep roof/ brown

katakana ‘ho’

Radical:
kusakanmuri
(grass) You should drink Japanese green tea.

boiled rice,
meal
breakfast
198. cooked lunch
rice, meal dinner, supper

Radical:
shokuhen What’s today’s supper?
(to eat)

I ate lunch at 1:30 p.m.

199. ritual,
celebrate festival

meat/ again/ alter

Have you ever been to a Japanese

Radical: festival?
shimesu (show)

Wedding
200. Ceremony
ceremony, style, Graduation
formula Ceremony
School
craft/ stake Entrance
Ceremony
Radical:
shikigamae
The School Entrance Ceremony starts at
11 o’clock.