Readings, stroke counts, common words, and example sentences for each character — focused on kanji you will meet at work.
102 kanji · JLPT N5
JLPT N5 kanji
Kanji 41–50
man
男の人が二人、店の前にいます。
おとこのひと が ふたり、みせ の まえ に います。
Two men are in front of the shop.
💡 Power (力) used in the rice field (田) — historically the man's role. 男 means man.
eye
兄は目が大きいです。
あに は め が おおきい です。
My older brother has big eyes.
💡 An eye stood on its end, with the pupil lines inside. 目 means eye.
mouth
口を大きく開けてください。
くち を おおきく あけて ください。
Please open your mouth wide.
💡 An open square like an open mouth. 口 means mouth or opening.
hand
姉は歌が上手です。
あね は うた が じょうず です。
My older sister is good at singing.
💡 A hand with fingers and a wrist. 手 means hand.
foot / leg
足が痛いですから、今日は休みます。
あし が いたい です から、きょう は やすみます。
My leg hurts, so I will rest today.
💡 A knee and foot together. 足 means foot or leg, and also "to be enough."
ear
うさぎの耳は長いです。
うさぎ の みみ は ながい です。
A rabbit has long ears.
💡 耳 is the picture: an ear turned towards the sound. Set it against an ear turned towards an incoming sound and the shape carries its meaning, "ear", with it.
up / above
姉は歌が上手です。
あね は うた が じょうず です。
My older sister is good at singing.
💡 A mark sitting above the baseline. 上 means up or above.
down / below
私は料理が下手です。
わたし は りょうり が へた です。
I am bad at cooking.
💡 A mark hanging below the baseline. 下 means down or below.
middle / inside
電車の中で本を読みます。
でんしゃ の なか で ほん を よみます。
I read a book on the train.
💡 A line drawn through the center of a box. 中 means middle or inside.
outside
外は寒いです。
そと は さむい です。
It is cold outside.
💡 Break 外 down and you get 夕 (evening) — the thin moon that shows early in the evening, and beside it 卜 (divining / mark) — a mark made to read what it means. Picture the moon in a night sky, put 外 inside it, and let that scene stand for "outside" — outside. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
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