Learning Japanese

#N5 『出』 ◼Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude ◼Readings: Kunyomi: でる，で，だす，いでる，いだす Onyomi: シュツ，スイ

#N5 『十』 ◼Meanings: ten ◼Readings: Kunyomi: とお，と Onyomi: ジュウ，ジッ ，ジュッ

#N5 『五』 ◼Meanings: five ◼Readings: Kunyomi: いつ，いつつ Onyomi: ゴ

#N5 『分』 ◼Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, dury, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100 ◼Readings: Kunyomi: わける，わけ，わかれる，わかる，わかつ， Onyomi: ブン，フン，ブ

#N5 『万』 ◼Meanings: ten tousand, 10,000 ◼Readings: Kunyomi: よろず Onyomi: マン，バン

#N5 『休』 ◼Meanings: rest, day off, retire, sleep ◼Readings: Kunyomi: やすむ，やすまる，やすめる Onyomi: キュウ ◼Examples: 休む [やすむ] to take a day off, to be absent 休み [やすみ] rest, or "break", you might have heard of 夏休み [なつやすみ] "summer break", or 冬休み [ふゆやすみ] "winter break" 年休 [ねんきゅう] yearly paid vacation 休火山 [きゅうかざん] dormant volcano

#N5 『友』 ◼Meanings: friend ◼Readings: Kunyomi: とも Onyomi: コウ ◼Examples: 友達 [ともだち] friend, friends, companion, companions 親友 [しんゆう] which means "close friend", "buddy"

#N5 『母』 ◼Meanings: mother ◼Readings: Kunyomi: はは，も Onyomi: ボ ◼Examplse: 母親 [ははおや] mother お母さん [おかあさん] mother; mom 叔母さん [おばさん] aunt お祖母さん [おばあさん] grandmother 母国語 [ぼこくご] language of one's country; mother tongue 必要は発明の母 [ひつようははつめいのはは] necessity is the mother of invention

#N5 『日』 ◼Meanings: day, sun, japan, counter for days ◼Readings: Kunyomi: ひ，び，か Onyomi: ニチ，ジツ ◼Examplse: 今日 [きょう] today 日本 [にほん] Japan 明日 [あした] tomorrow 明後日 [あさって] overmorrow (the day after tomorrow) 一昨日 [おととい] ereyesterday (the day before yesterday) 昨日 [きのう] yesterday 毎日 [まいにち] every day 一日中 [いちにちじゅう] all day long 先日 [せんじつ] the other day その日 [そのひ] that day 休日 [きゅうじつ] holiday; day off 日々 [ひび] everyday; daily

#N5 『大』 ◼Meanings: large, big ◼Readings: Kunyomi: おお，おおきい，おおいに Onyomi: ダイ，タイ ◼Examples: 大変 [たいへん] very, or greatly (you might have heard it as "there's some trouble", though it's probably meant as "there's big trouble", however, in japanese the subject is often dropped, and inferred through context) 大きな [おおきな] big, used as a "-na" adjective, for example, 大きな声 [おおきなこえ] "loud voice" or "big voice" 大学 [だいがく] universit…

#N5 『天』 ◼Meanings: heavens, sky, imperial ◼Readings: Kunyomi: あまつ，あめ，あま Onyomi: テン ◼Examples: 天気 [てんき] weather (as in "today's weather") 天ぷら [てんぷら] tempura, battered and fried food (usually vegetables) 天皇 [てんのう] the emperor of Japan 天国 [てんごく] paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven 天体 [てんたい] heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object 天候 [てんこう] weather (this one is more as in "climate")

#N5 『火』 ◼Meanings: fire ◼Readings: Kunyomi: ひ，び，ほ Onyomi: カ ◼Examplse: 火山 [かざん] volcano 活火山 [かっかざん] active volcano 噴火 [ふんか] eruption 花火 [はなび] fireworks 花火大会 [はなびたいかい] display of fireworks 火がつく [ひがつく] to catch fire 火薬 [かやく] gunpowder; powder 火遊び [ひあそび] to play with fire (don't do this) 森林火災 [しんりんかさい] forset fire