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102 kanji · JLPT N5
JLPT N5 kanji
Kanji 31–40
ten thousand
新しいかばんは一万円です。
あたらしい かばん は いちまんえん です。
The new bag costs ten thousand yen.
💡 Break 万 down and you get 一 (one / a line) — a single line, the very first mark. Picture an open ledger book ruled into counted columns, put 万 inside it, and let that scene stand for "ten thousand" — ten thousand. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
yen / circle
この水は百円です。
この みず は ひゃくえん です。
This water is one hundred yen.
💡 Break 円 down and you get 冂 (enclosure) — an open-bottomed frame around the middle. Picture a wall drawn right around what it holds, put 円 inside it, and let that scene stand for "yen" — yen / circle. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
month / moon
今月は仕事が多いです。
こんげつ は しごと が おおい です。
There is a lot of work this month.
💡 A crescent moon shape. 月 means moon, and by extension a month — one cycle of the moon.
fire
火曜日に日本語を勉強します。
かようび に にほんご を べんきょう します。
I study Japanese on Tuesdays.
💡 A figure with sparks flying off to the sides — flames. 火 means fire.
tree / wood
公園に大きい木があります。
こうえん に おおきい き が あります。
There is a big tree in the park.
💡 A tree with branches reaching up and roots spreading down. 木 means tree or wood.
earth / soil
今週の土曜日はひまです。
こんしゅう の どようび は ひま です。
I am free this Saturday.
💡 A mound of earth pushed up from the ground. 土 means earth or soil.
day of the week
日曜日に友だちの家へ行きます。
にちようび に ともだち の いえ へ いきます。
I will go to my friend's house on Sunday.
💡 Break 曜 down and you get 日 (sun / day) — the sun framed by four strokes, marking one day. Picture the sun shining in a clear sky, put 曜 inside it, and let that scene stand for "day of the week" — day of the week. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
book / origin
日本語の本を読んでいます。
にほんご の ほん を よんでいます。
I am reading a Japanese book.
💡 A tree (木) with a line at its base marking the root — the origin. 本 means origin, root, and also book.
child
うちの子供は五歳です。
うち の こども は ごさい です。
Our child is five years old.
💡 A baby with outstretched arms wrapped up. 子 means child.
woman
受付に女の人がいます。
うけつけ に おんなのひと が います。
There is a woman at the reception desk.
💡 A figure of a kneeling woman. 女 means woman.
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