Readings, stroke counts, common words, and example sentences for each character — focused on kanji you will meet at work.
205 kanji · JLPT N1
JLPT N1 kanji
Kanji 131–140
mourning / abhor
祖父の一周忌に家族が集まりました。
そふ の いっしゅうき に かぞく が あつまりました。
The family gathered on the first anniversary of my grandfather’s death.
💡 Break 忌 down and you get 己 (self) — a shape curled back on itself, and beside it 心 (heart / feeling) — a heart, the seat of how you feel. Picture a person sitting cross-legged on the ground, put 忌 inside it, and let that scene stand for "mourning" — mourning / abhor. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
grudge
怨みを持たずに前へ進みたいです。
うらみ を もたず に まえ へ すすみたい です。
I want to move forward without holding a grudge.
💡 Break 怨 down and you get 心 (heart / feeling) — a heart, the seat of how you feel. Picture a heart-shaped lantern glowing on its string, put 怨 inside it, and let that scene stand for "grudge" — grudge. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
resentment
失敗した自分を恨んでも仕方がありません。
しっぱい した じぶん を うらんで も しかた が ありません。
There is no point in resenting yourself for failing.
💡 Break 恨 down and you get 忄 (heart / feeling) — a heart standing upright at the left, and beside it 艮 (stubborn / firm) — a figure looking back over its shoulder, feet planted and refusing to move. Picture a heart with a heartbeat pulse line running through it, put 恨 inside it, and let that scene stand for "resentment" — resentment. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
regret
悔しさを努力に昇華させました。
くやしさ を どりょく に しょうか させました。
He sublimated his frustration into effort.
💡 Break 悔 down and you get 忄 (heart / feeling) — a heart standing upright at the left, and beside it 毎 (every / each time) — a lid pressed down evenly over the same figure, again and again. Picture a heart-shaped lantern glowing on its string, put 悔 inside it, and let that scene stand for "regret" — regret. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
leisurely / distant
広い川が悠々と流れています。
ひろい かわ が ゆうゆう と ながれて います。
The broad river flows serenely along.
💡 Break 悠 down and you get 攸 (guided / far off) — a person nudged gently forward by a hand at their back, and beside it 心 (heart / feeling) — a heart, the seat of how you feel. Picture a heart-shaped lantern glowing on its string, put 悠 inside it, and let that scene stand for "leisurely" — leisurely / distant. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
afflicted / patient
患者に薬が投与されました。
かんじゃ に くすり が とうよ されました。
The medicine was administered to the patient.
💡 Break 患 down and you get 心 (heart / feeling) — a heart, the seat of how you feel. Picture a heart-shaped lantern glowing on its string, put 患 inside it, and let that scene stand for "afflicted" — afflicted / patient. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
mourn
会社は関係者の死を深く哀悼しました。
かいしゃ は かんけいしゃ の し を ふかく あいとう しました。
The company deeply mourned the death of a colleague.
💡 Break 悼 down and you get 忄 (heart / feeling) — a heart standing upright at the left. Picture a heart with a heartbeat pulse line running through it, put 悼 inside it, and let that scene stand for "mourn" — mourn. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
regrettable / precious
時間を惜しんで練習を続けました。
じかん を おしんで れんしゅう を つづけました。
I kept practising, grudging every spare minute.
💡 Picture a cut jewel catching the light: that is what 惜 means — regrettable / precious. Now find the part that anchors it in the character itself, 忄 (heart / feeling) — a heart standing upright at the left, and beside it 昔 (olden times) — the sun sitting beneath layers of stacked, dried grass. Drop that part into the picture and the shape stops being something separate to memorise.
grief / lament
秋の景色にどこか愁いを感じます。
あき の けしき に どこ か うれい を かんじます。
There is something melancholy about the autumn scenery.
💡 Break 愁 down and you get 心 (heart / feeling) — a heart, the seat of how you feel. Picture a heart with a heartbeat pulse line running through it, put 愁 inside it, and let that scene stand for "grief" — grief / lament. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
lament / deplore
結果を見て感慨深い気持ちになりました。
けっか を みて かんがいぶかい きもち に なりました。
Seeing the result filled me with deep emotion.
💡 Break 慨 down and you get 忄 (heart / feeling) — a heart standing upright at the left, and beside it 既 (already) — a bowl already emptied, the eater turning away from it. Picture a heart, standing for how something feels, put 慨 inside it, and let that scene stand for "lament" — lament / deplore. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
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