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Adventures in Japanese 1 > Lesson 5
4th Edition
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Kunyomi:
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: ひ
Radical
fire
Mnemonics
That
person
is frantically waving his
arms
because he is on fire!
Written by: gillianfaith
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Two wooden
sticks
with little
flames
above
Written by:
Feel the hea-t ひ and hear the ca-rackle カ of the
fire
.
Written by: Wolfenspace
looks like a literal
fire
Written by: スキス イス
The
*fire*
gives off "heat"「HI ひ」as the
flames
cook our beef "kabobs"「KA カ」.
the
looks like a cat face, *the
mouth
and the
eyes
*, and the cat is on fire.
Written by: アツシュ :0
Self discriptive. Looks like a
fire
, means fire. Kinda wish all kanjis were this easy.
Written by: non0230
The waving
arms
of a
person
on fire.
Written by: アストレアル
With the fire
of life, a
person
irradiate
rays of light
Written by: マ×
Looks like a
pile of wood
with
sparks
and fire.
Written by:
A
campfire
🔥
with
sparks of fire
flying from it.
Written by: ミリア♡
A
bonfire
.
Written by: AidanRyota
all a
person
needs to make a fire is
two sticks
Written by: スフィクス
Pictogram: A
flame
.
Written by: フバフバ
WOW, did you see that? That
person
just waved his
hands
and summoned fire!
Written by: AsleepForever
A
person
stood in despair, watching their car{ka} consumed by fire, a wave of sadness engulfing their heart.
Written by: なないで
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/ - (noun) fire, flame, blaze
/ ひばな - (noun) spark
/ かようび - (noun/adverb) Tuesday
/ かじ - (noun) fire, conflagration
/ かよう - (noun/adverb) Tuesday
Kunyomi: みず
Onyomi: スイ
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: みず
Radical
water
Mnemonics
you will create
splashes
when you dip a feathered
stick
in water
Written by: ドみにく
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If you were to squeeze a river , the river would bunch up , and the water would pour out of the river.
Written by: かわうそ
The kanji for
*water*
is easy to remember if you have seen the kanji for ice at kakigōri shaved ice stands at festivals. Kakigōri is made with "mizuame"「MIZU みず」, or '*water* candy' syrup. Also, "suika"「SUI スイ」is *water*melon, as well as the name of the Japanese train pass card.
Leaky
water
pipe
.
Written by: ヒァン
I'd love to meet you みず down by the water for a swi-m スイ later. I'll bring my
surfboard
if the
waves
are good.
Written by: Wolfenspace
SUIKA スイ🍉 is mostly just water
—hence the name.
The water character is originally from one larger
line
and four smaller
splashes
of water. Really descriptive if you asked me.
Written by: non0230
Sui
cune
is a water-type Pokémon!
Written by: クダリ
Water
splashes
on the
boat
I may as well suim
Written by: リアンカ
In the lively sushi restaurant, I ordered a refreshing glass of mizu while enjoying delicious fish dishes, as a person named Sui ventured to the aquarium, attempting to catch a vibrant
fish
with a tempting
bait
.
Written by: なないで
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/ みず - (noun) water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue), liquid; flood, floodwaters; {sumo} water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; {sumo} break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
/ きよみずでら - (noun) temple in Kyoto
/ すいようび - (noun/adverb) Wednesday
/ すいえい - (noun/する verb) swimming
/ すいどう - (noun) water supply, water service, waterworks, tap water; channel, strait; water course, waterway
Kunyomi: , こ-
Onyomi: ボク, モク
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: き
Radical
tree, wood
Mnemonics
One horizontal stroke for the
ground
, one vertical stroke for the
trunk
and the
main root
, and 2 more roots
Written by: Nicolas2
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The "key"「KI き」to happiness is sitting under a *tree*, resting against the *wood* of its
trunk
under its green
branches
where it is "more cool"「MOKU モク」.
We chopped down this tree, but be careful, we didn't make to book yet, so it's one less stroke.
Written by: チュリップ
I ボク know the key き to good barbeque is getting a good s-moke モク from the right wood of a
tree
.
Written by: Wolfenspace
Did you know that this
line
is supposed to represent tree branches? Which means that all
these
are the roots, and a teeny tiny part above the is the actual stem of the tree. Crazy, right? Wait until you realize where
came from. See the entry
to learn more.
Written by: non0230
In a magical forest, a key{ki} unlocked the ancient
tree
, revealing its hidden moco{moku} treasure.
Written by: なないで
tree
gives shade, which is Ki
to being MO-re KU-l
モク
Written by: YoImLive
There is a key "き" hanging from a
tree
. The tree mocks "モク" you for not being able to reach it.
Written by: Vitor Conte
A
man
carrying a big tree
log
with his
hands
Written by: AsleepForever
The
trunk
and
leaves
. How can someone mess this up?
Written by: ジョアオ003
The
tenth
tree named "Trik" has a
person
in the middle of it.
ten
people
are watching a tree.
Written by: アルバルト
Looks like a tree, and trees are made of wood. There is a
trunk
and
branches
.
Written by:
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/ - (noun) tree, shrub, bush; wood, timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
のみ / このみ - (noun) fruit of a tree, nut, berry
/ たいぼく - (noun) large tree
/ もくようび - (noun/adverb) Thursday
/ もくよう - (noun/adverb) (abbrev) Thursday
Kunyomi: かね, かな-
Onyomi: キン, コン
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: かね
Radical
gold
Mnemonics
At the
mountain
, I dig the
ground
and find 2
gold bars
.
Written by: ネコダ
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those
two gold nuggets
lying on the
ground
can be used to buy a big
house
Written by: ドみにく
The
KING
{キン} sits on his golden
throne
in the
palace
.
Written by: ヒァン
People
are KEEN キン on finding
sugar CANE
かね in the
ground
. Why? Because they could sell it for tons of gold!
Written by: ・サラ
The
king
at the foot of the
mountain
has
two gold bars
. Can they かね give some to my kin キン?
Written by: Wolfenspace
Looks like a shrine where you leave a gold donation at.
Written by: NotYour
I am keen
キン
on finding a gold can
かね
with a cone
コン
Written by: MSummer
When I die can they かね give my gold to my kin きん
Written by: リアンカ
Depicts a gold
bell
/キン on a
stand
with
ringing sounds
beneath. Alternately, are veins of gold ore—originally copper—buried in the ground . Alternately, according to Maxim Persikov, the bottom was originally , presumably to smelt the ore.
I went to the
shrine
with my old, Scottish uncle to see the *gold*
statue
inside. He was "keen"「KIN キン」to see it, but when we got there, he said ""I cannae"「KANE かね」make it up this hill!"
Don't worry the
gold bars
are safely hidden on
shelves
, under a
roof
𠆢
Written by: スキス イス
If you
dig
the
dry
ground
near the
mountain
, you CAN Extract {かね} some gold.
Written by: ヒァン
The only
person
that lives with his
かね
, two gold bars, is the キン
king
.
Written by: Omoide
Such a big
house
must be as expensive as gold
Written by: チュリップ
There are 2 gold
bars
inside the
vault
Written by: チイちゃん
You feel the {GON}g's vibrations in your heart, the {KANA}bis incense is so thick that you and your {KIN}dred spirits can't see the
roof
anymore. The monk is an old
dry
man but he's standing in front of the golden
fins
calmly, leaning on his {KANE}. If it wasn't for the {KON}fidence of what you all have to {GANE} for succeeding this mission, you're sure you'd all already be corpses laying on the
ground
at his feet.
Written by: LeBran
The
king
sits under the
roof
and guards his
gold
.
Written by: DanLearningJapanese
The
King
lives
under a big house
and in his hands he holds
2 gold nuggets
always bragging about how much gold he has
Written by: 3Emily
A
bank
stores
gold bars
deep in the basement under the
ground
.
The
person
who is
king
wears gold
earrings
.
Written by: embrio
At the
entrance
of shops, you pay the
owner/ruler
money/gold
coins
so you can きん、かね buy things
Written by: かわうそ
Your next of KIN
キン
will inherit the gold/money
Written by: アリシャ313
In Minecraft, a
villager's
king
gets
gold ingots
.
Written by: AidanRyota
Some crazy
person
on a
jackhammer
drilling for gold
Written by: Takai.i
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/ おかね - (noun) {pol} money
ダライ / かなダライ - (noun) metal basin
/ きんようび - (noun/adverb) Friday
/ こんじき - (noun) gold (colour, color)
/ かね - (noun) money; metal
Kunyomi: つち
Onyomi: ,
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: つち
Radical
soil, earth, ground, Turkey
Mnemonics
The
cross
planted in the
ground
has a shorter span than the earth below. Watch out for !
Written by: lightmotif
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This
grave
belongs to つち、and . They were buried together, six feet in the ground
Written by: チェイスです
Do-n't ド search つち in the soil in the
ground
under the
cross
, you might find toe-s ト!
Written by: Wolfenspace
I get "touchy"「TSUCHI つち」about
graves
on hallowed *ground*. Please "don't"「DOド」walk on the
*soil*
where people are buried, either in *Turkey* or anywhere on *Earth*.
If a tree falls on the ground
and there's no one to hear it, DOes it make a sound?
Written by: Pharmacia
You know who likes to dig in the soil? Dogs
. They dig to
find two cheeses
つち
. How will those dogs ever find those two cheeses?
Written by: チェシャ
Supposedly a lump of
clay
on a
potter’s wheel
. Its texture is like DOUGH →ド.
Very similar to ♁, the Unicode symbol for earth つち.
The association with Turkey is from , ateji for Portuguese turco “Turk”
looks like
ground
larger than a
crossed post
placed in it; the ground / soil / earth is wider to symbolize its importance over what is placed in it.
{Meanwhile, looks like ground smaller than a person standing on it; the arms of the person are wider than the ground to symbolize the command that scholars / gentlemen / samurai have over the world around them.}
Written by:
An
arrow
pointing upwars from the
ground
Written by: エリンʕ·ᴥ·ʔ
Hands in the soil, nurturing the
ground
,
Cultivating life, where the
trees
are found.
Written by: なないで
Jane Doe
is buried in a
grave
in the ground with Stanley Tucci
Written by: スメルビアス
Ten
flowers are sitting on the
ground
.
Written by: AidanRyota
I struck the
cross
into the
ground
, which made a loud 'DO'.
Written by: ゴルフィ Golfy
Plant
growing in the
ground
.
Written by: ジョアオ003
The
stuff
that is on the
ground
is soil.
Written by: non0230
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/ つち - (noun) earth, soil, dirt, clay, mud; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens), the ground, the land; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
/ どようび - (noun/adverb) Saturday
/ とち - (noun) plot of land, lot, soil; locality, region, place
/ どよう - (noun/adverb) Saturday
/ どひょう - (noun) {sumo} (wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag, gabion
Kunyomi: もと
Onyomi: ホン
Stroke count: 5
Radical name: き
Radical
book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Mnemonics
You need to chop down a
tree
to make a book.
Written by: Jessica_Ilha
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Read a book ほん that’s my motto もと
Written by: リアンカ
He sits on ホン the
base
of the
tree
with a book because he still has more to もと learn.
Written by: Wolfenspace
A
cross section
of a
tree
holds a book worth of historical value.
Written by: Nanako7
The
roots
are the *origin* of the
tree
. Trees can be homes for "honey"「HON ホン」bees, and can be used to make *books*, and even "motor"「MOTO もと」boats!
To make a book you need to cut the
cross section
of a
tree
.
Written by: [Akemi]
We chopped the
tree
and made the book, so we added an extra stroke.
Written by: チュリップ
In order to make
one
thick book
, you need to cut down a
tree
.
Written by: くん
For every book, you must cut down
one
tree
. Save the planet—avoid reading! That's my HONEST ホン MOTTO もと.
Fred Flintstone bought a DIY book on how to make a car out of
timber
and sabertooth tiger skins. The
one
thing that it lacked was a motor {もと}.
The true thing is that
one
tree
Written by: ポポスくべ
The truth is that the main part of the
tree
is the
trunk
which is
cut
since it is the origin of the wood used to make the paper for books.
Written by:
A picture of a
tree
that emphasizes the roots; the roots are origin/beginning/source of a tree.
Written by: NickKnackSnack
This character is the
tree
, but the focus is on the
root
. Books are the root and origin to sharpen/hone(ほん)your knowledge, just as roots are the root and origin of the tree.
Written by: かわうそ
If you have a
tree
, it's only
one
step to make a book
Written by: Bertlimaria
There's a forest where you can count long cylindrical
tree
s
, and if you get the real number you're granted the {HON}or of
cutting
one down to gain a book about the main origin of your present self. {MOre TO}mes can be acquired if you're true to yourself.
Written by: LeBran
This line
highlights the root of a
tree
. It can also represent the origin, things at its core, aka how real things are etc.

Take a look at its counterpart
which uses a line to highlight the top.
Written by: non0230
Books are made from
trees
Written by: Astarlia
Books are the source of knowledge, just as a
root
is the source of a
tree
.
Written by: つる
trees are used for wood
and wood can make enough paper for books every
single
day
Written by: weirdkeichan
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さん / やまもとさん - (noun) Mr./Ms. Yamamoto
/ もとき - (noun) original stock
/ ほんだな - (noun) bookshelves, bookshelf, bookcase
/ きほん - (noun) basics, fundamentals, basis, foundation
/ ほんにん - (noun) the person in question, the person themselves, said person
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