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 61–70
year
今年、日本語の試験を受けます。
ことし、にほんご の しけん を うけます。
I will take a Japanese exam this year.
💡 A person carrying the harvest, marking the passing of a year. 年 means year.
minute / part / understand
先生の話がよく分かりました。
せんせい の はなし が よく わかりました。
I understood the teacher's talk well.
💡 Break 分 down and you get 八 (eight / split) — two strokes opening away from each other, and beside it 刀 (blade / divide) — a clean line splitting something in two. Picture a block split cleanly into two halves, put 分 inside it, and let that scene stand for "minute" — minute / part / understand. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
half
会議は十時半に始まります。
かいぎ は じゅうじはん に はじまります。
The meeting starts at half past ten.
💡 Break 半 down and you get 丶 (dot) — a single dot marking the spot, and beside it 二 (two) — two lines laid one above the other. Picture an abacus with beads slid along its rods, put 半 inside it, and let that scene stand for "half" — half. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
now
今日は日曜日です。
きょう は にちようび です。
Today is Sunday.
💡 Break 今 down and you get 人 (person) — a person standing on two legs. Picture a person sitting cross-legged on the ground, put 今 inside it, and let that scene stand for "now" — now. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
what
これは何ですか。
これ は なん です か。
What is this?
💡 Break 何 down and you get 亻 (person) — a person standing at the left of the scene. Picture a person carrying a box held in both arms, put 何 inside it, and let that scene stand for "what" — what. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
come
来週の月曜日にテストがあります。
らいしゅう の げつようび に てすと が あります。
There is a test next Monday.
💡 Grain ripening, drawing people to come for the harvest. 来 means to come.
return
六時に家へ帰ります。
ろくじ に いえ へ かえります。
I go home at six.
💡 A person turning back along the path home. 帰 means to return home.
hear / ask
毎日、音楽を聞きます。
まいにち、おんがく を ききます。
I listen to music every day.
💡 An ear (耳) at the gate (門), listening. 聞 means to hear or ask.
read
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.
💡 Words (言) being sold/spread (売) — reading aloud. 読 means to read.
write
毎日、日記を書きます。
まいにち、にっき を かきます。
I write in my diary every day.
💡 A hand with a brush writing lines on paper. 書 means to write.
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