Saturday, February 9, 2008

Kanji Chi (Ground or Base)

Hello mina-san. Long time no see. Gobusatashiteorimasu. OK, lets continue our lesson on how to write Kanji a japanese character. Today we are going to learn on how to draw kanji chi or ji that means Ground or Base. There are 6 strokes in this kanji. As usual refer to the uploaded video on the step to write this kanji.



Kun-yomi for the above kanji is "Chi" or "Ji"
A few words that use kanji "地" are:-

Chikyuu (地球) = Earth
Jishin (地震) = Earthquake
Jinushi (地主) = Landlord
Chiiki (地域) = Region
Chizu (地図) = Map

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Kanji (Shin or Atara(shi))

Good night everybody (mina-san, konbanwa). Today we are going to learn on how to write Kanji or Japanese Character for vocab "Shin" or "Atara(shi)" that means "New" or "Fresh". There are 12 strokes in this kanji and this kanji is in level 1. As usual refer to the uploaded video on the step to write this kanji.



Kun-yomi for the above kanji is "Atara" or "Ara" or "Nii".
On-yomi for the above kanji is "Shin".

A few words that use kanji "新" are:-

Atarashii (新しい) = New
Shinsen (新鮮) = Fresh
Shingata (新型) = New model
Shinkansen (新幹線) = Bullet Train

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Kanji (Bun)

Good morning, ohayou gozaimasu mina-sama. Today lets learn another new kanji. The kanji that we are going to learn today is kanji "bun" that means "part" or "division". An also this kanji is used as "Fun" that means "minute". There are only 4 strokes in this kanji (so, i hope it is easy for you to remember it). As usual, please refer to the uploaded video fo the details on how to write this kanji.:-




Kun-yomi for the above kanji is "Wa" or "Waka"
On-yomi for the above kanji is "Bu" or "Fun" or "Pun" or "Bun"

A few words that use kanji "分" are:-
Wakeru (分ける) = Divide or part
Wakaru (分かる) = Understand
Bunseki (分析) = Analysis
Ippun (分) = One minute

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Kanji (Ba)

Good nite, konbanwa mina-sama. Today lets learn another new japanese character. Today`s lesson is on how to write kanji "Ba" that means "Place". There are 12 strokes in this kanji and this kanji is in level 1 of kanji level in japanese language.
As usual, please refer to the uploaded video for the details:-




Kun-yomi for the above kanji is "Ba".
On-yomi for the above kanji is "Jou".

A few words that use kanji "場" are:-
Basho (場所) = Place
Bamen (場面) = Scene
Baai (場合) = Case

Saturday, September 8, 2007

Kanji (Manabu)

Today we are going to learn on how to write Kanji "Manabu". Manabu means study or learn. You can see this kanji in school or university, because when combined with other kanji "Kou", the meanings become school.
There are 7 strokes in this kanji. Please refer to the uploaded video for the details on how to write this japanese character.



Kun-yomi for the above kanji is "Mana".
On-yomi for the above kanji is "Gaku".

A few words that use kanji "学" are:-
Manabu (学ぶ) = Learn or study
Gakusha (学者) = Scholar
Gakkou (学校) = School
Daigaku (大学) = University

Saturday, September 1, 2007

Kanji Yashiro (Shrine)

Good morning everybody. Today we are going to learn on how to write kanji "Yashiro". Yashiro means "Shrine". This kanji is in level 1 in japanese kanji. There are 7 strokes in this kanji. For the details on how to write this kanji please refer to the uploaded video:-



Kun-yomi for the above kanji is "Yashiro".
On-yomi for the above kanji is "Sha" or "Ja"

A few words that use kanji "社" are:-
Yashiro (社) = Shrine
Shuppansha (出版社)= Publishing Company
Shain (社員) = Company employee
Shachou (社長) = President of a company

Monday, August 27, 2007

Kanji Koto (Fact)

Good nite everybody, today we are going to learn on how to write japanese character "Koto". Koto means affair or matter or fact. There are 8 strokes in this kanji. For the details on how to write this kanji, please refer to the uploaded video:-



Kun-yomi for the above kanji is "Koto" or "Goto"
On-yomi for the above kanji is "Ji" or "Zu"

A few words that use kanji "事" are:-
Jiken (事件) = Incident or event or affair or case
Jiko (事故) = Accident
Jijitsu (事実) = Fact
Jitai (事態) = Situation