Kanji for Chapter 2-2:

 

The letter and the number after each Kanji indicates the L = Lesson and  # = number assigned to each kanji in the kanji book “Basic Kanji Book vol.1.”  Please refer to the kanji book for stroke order and how kanji is developed, which may help you to memorize the kanji.  Some kanji below are not included in the kanji book.  We will go over the stroke order in class or guess how to write it and ask the instructor.

Kanji words:

L11#113、家L12#125、世、話L9#95、忙L16#181、何L4#45、所L19#215、作L11#110、物L7#71、思L5#46
Write many times every day until you remember them!

Kanji words:

(あか)るいbright, cheerful

明日(あした)tomorrow

海外(かいがい)abroad, oversea

(うみ)ocean, sea

(いえ)home, house

()ぞくfamily

()(なか)the way life (thing) is, the world

世話(せわ) care

きん(じょ)neighborhood

(ところ)place

でん() telephone

(はなし)story, talk

(はな)to talk

(いそが)しい busy

(なに)をしますか what do you do?

(なん)ですか what is it?

(つく)to make

好物(こうぶつ)favorite

()(もの)shopping

生物(せいぶつ)living creature, biology

(おも) to think

 

Please write the following words in Kanji and Hiragana.  Highlight the blue area to see the answer.

bright, cheerful 明るい  あかるい
tomorrow 明日  あした
abroad, oversea 海外  かいがい
ocean, sea 海  うみ
home, house 家  いえ
family 家ぞく  かぞく
the way life is, the world 世の中  よのなか
care 世話  せわ
neighborhood 近じょ  きんじょ
place 所  ところ
telephone でん話  でんわ
story, talk 話  はなし
to talk 話す  はなす
busy 忙しい  いそがしい
what do you do? 何をしますか なにをしますか
what is it? 何ですか  なんですか
to make 作る  つくる
favorite 好物 こうぶつ
shopping 買い物  かいもの
living creature, biology 生物  せいぶつ
to think 思う  おもう

 

Please write the reading of the following Kanji in Hiragana, and give their English meanings.  Highlight the blue area to see the answer.

明るい   あかるい  bright, cheerful
明日   あした  tomorrow
海外   かいがい  abroad, oversea
海   うみ  ocean, sea
家   いえ  home, house
家ぞく   かぞく  family
世の中   よのなか  the way life is, the world
世話   せわ  care
近じょ   きんじょ  neighborhood
所   ところ  place
でん話   でんわ  telephone
話   はなし  story, talk
話す   はなす  to talk
忙しい   いそがしい  busy
何をしますか  なにをしますか  what do you do?
何ですか   なんですか  what is it?
作る   つくる  to make
好物  こうぶつ  favorite
買い物   かいもの  shopping
生物   せいぶつ  living creature, biology
思う   おもう  to think

 

Please write the following Hiragana words in Kanji, and give their English meanings.  Highlight the blue area to see the answer.

あかるい 明るい  bright, cheerful
あした 明日  tomorrow
かいがい 海外  abroad, oversea
うみ 海  ocean, sea
いえ 家  home, house
かぞく 家ぞく  family
よのなか 世の中  the way life is, the world
せわ 世話  care
きんじょ 近じょ  neighborhood
ところ 所  place
でんわ でん話  telephone
はなし 話  story, talk
はなす 話す  to talk
いそがしい 忙しい  busy
なにをしますか 何をしますか what do you do?
なんですか 何ですか  what is it?
つくる 作る  to make
こうぶつ 好物 favorite
かいもの 買い物  shopping
せいぶつ 生物  living creature, biology
おもう 思う  to think

 Refer to the kanji index (under all the lesson links) for entire kanji this semester as well as the last semester.