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Apr 6, 2020

N5

Reading

コウ、キョウ

Meaning

exam, school, printing, proof, correction

Words

学校、小学校、中学校、高校、校

N4

Reading

ガ、カク、エ、カイ、えが.く、かく.する、かぎ.る...

Meaning

brush-stroke, picture

Words

画像、映画、計画、漫画、企画

N3

Reading

キン、ゴン、つと.める、-づと.め、つと.まる、い...

Meaning

diligence, become employed, serve

Words

勤務、勤める、通勤、非常勤、勤労

N2

Reading

コウ、ク、べに、くれない、あか.い

Meaning

crimson, deep red

Words

紅、紅白、紅葉、紅茶、紅蓮

N1

Reading

ショウ、きず、いた.む、いた.める

Meaning

wound, hurt, injure, impair, pain, injury, cut, gash, scar, weak point

Words

負傷、傷、損傷、重傷、傷付ける

Daily Kanji History

Apr 6, 2020

N5

わたし、わたくし

Definition

I, me, private affairs, personal matter, secrecy, selfishness

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N4

げんいん

Definition

cause, origin, source

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N3

はってん

Definition

development, growth, advancement, unfurling, expansion, extension, enlargement, playing around, having an active sex life

Examples

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N2

はかる

Definition

to measure, to weigh, to survey, to time (sound, gauge, estimate), to conjecture, to infer, to surmise

Examples

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N1

しなびる

Definition

to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin), to wilt, to fade, to wither, to be wizened

Examples

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