Title: 漢字
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Kanji: 一
Meaning: one
Backside: イチ、ひと

Kanji: 千
Meaning: thousand
Backside: セン、ち
千[せん] - thousand
千[ち]葉[ば]県[けん] - Chiba prefecture

Kanji: 三
Meaning: three
Backside: サン、みっ

Kanji: 本
Meaning: basis, book, this
Backside: ホン、もと
本[ほん]当[とう]に - truly
本[ほん]店[てん] - main store
本[ほん]年[ねん] - this year

Kanji: 十
Meaning: ten
Backside: ジュウ、とお

Kanji: 七
Meaning: seven
Backside: シチ、なな

Kanji: 八
Meaning: eight
Backside: ハチ、やっ
＊ 八百[やお]屋[や] - greengrocer / jack of all trades

Kanji: 大
Meaning: big
Backside: タイ、 -ダイ、おお.きい、おお-
大[おお]きい - big
大[だい]学[がく] - college
大[たい]切[せつ](な) - important
＊ 大人[おとな] - adult

Kanji: 小
Meaning: small
Backside: ショウ、ちい.さい, こ-, お-
小[ちい]さい - small
小[お]川[がわ] - small stream
小[しょう]学[がっ]校[こう] - primary school
小[こ]林[ばやし] - Mr/s Kobayashi

Kanji: 九
Meaning: nine
Backside: キュウ、ここの

Kanji: 万
Meaning: ten thousand
Backside: マン
百[ひゃく] 万[まん] - one million

Kanji: 先
Meaning: ahead, last
Backside: セン、さき
先[さき] - ahead
先[せん]生[せい] - teacher
先[せん]月[げつ] - last month
先[せん]週[しゅう] - last week

Kanji: 生
Meaning: life, be born, student
Backside: セイ、う.まれる、い.きる、なま
大[だい]学[がく]院[いん]生[せい] - graduate student
生[せい]年[ねん]月[がっ]日[ぴ] - birth date
生[う]まれる - to be born (一)
生[なま](の) - raw
生[い]きる - to live

Kanji: 行
Meaning: go, act, line
Backside: コウ、ギョウ、い.く、おこな.う
行[い]く - to go
行[おこな]う - to perform, to carry out
旅[りょ]行[こう] - trip
銀[ぎん]行[こう] - bank
二[に]行[ぎょう]目[め] - the second line
行[ぎょう]政[せい] - administration
通[つう]行[こう]止[ど]め - closed to traffic
言うは 易[やす]く 行[おこな]うは 難[かた]し。

Kanji: 来
Meaning: come
Backside: ライ、く.る
来[く]る - to come
来[らい]日[にち](する) - visit/to arrive in Japan
来[らい]年[ねん] - next year
来[らい]週[しゅう] - next week
来[らい]月[げつ] - next month

Kanji: 古
Meaning: old
Backside: コ、ふる.い、ふる-
古[ふる]い - old
古[こ]紙[し] - old paper
中[ちゅう]古[こ]車[しゃ] - second hand car

Kanji: 新
Meaning: new
Backside: シン、あたら.しい、あら.た
新[あたら]しい - new
新[あら]た(な) - new, fresh, novel (e.g. new day, fresh start)
新[シン]聞[ぶん] - newspaper
新[しん]年[ねん] - new year
新[しん]車[しゃ] - new car

Kanji: 田
Meaning: rice field
Backside: デン、た、 -だ
水[すい]田[でん] - rice field
田[た]んぼ - rice field
田[た]畑[はた] - fields and rice paddies

Kanji: 山
Meaning: mountain
Backside: サン、 -ザン、やま
火[か]山[ざん] - volcano

Kanji: 作
Meaning: make, work
Backside: サク、つく.る
作[つく]る - to make
作[つく]り 上[あ]げる - to fabricate, complete, construct
新[しん]作[さく] - latest work
作[さく]文[ぶん] - essay

Kanji: 百
Meaning: hundred
Backside: ヒャク
百[ひゃく] - hundred
＊ 八百[やお]屋[や] - greengrocer / jack of all trades

Kanji: 学
Meaning: study, educational institution
Backside: ガク、 ガッ-、 まな.ぶ
学[まな]ぶ - to learn (from someone, in depth)
学[がく]生[せい] - student
学[がっ]校[こう] - school

Kanji: 高
Meaning: high, costly
Backside: コウ、たか.い,
高[たか]い - costly, high
高[こう]校[こう] - high school
高[こう]速[そく] - high speed

Kanji: 校
Meaning: school, to correct
Backside: コウ
学[がっ]校[こう] - school
高[こう]校[こう]生[せい] - high school student

Kanji: 日
Meaning: sun, day
Backside: ニチ、ジツ、ひ、-び
日[ひ] - sun, day
日[ひ]本[ほん] - Japan
日[にち]曜[よう]日[び] - Sunday
月[がっ]日[ぴ] - the date
ある 日[ひ] - one day..
休[きゅう]日[じつ] - day off

Kanji: 四
Meaning: four
Backside: シ、よ、よっ、よん

Kanji: 五
Meaning: five
Backside: ゴ、いつ

Kanji: 六
Meaning: six
Backside: ロク、むい、むっ

Kanji: 何
Meaning: what, how many
Backside: カ、なん, なに

Kanji: 時
Meaning: time
Backside: ジ、とき、-どき
時[とき]々[どき] - sometimes
四[よ]時[じ] - four o'clock
九[く]時[じ] - nine o'clock
七[しち]時[じ]間[かん] - seven hours

Kanji: 分
Meaning: divide, part, minute
Backside: フン、わ.かる、わ.ける
分[わ]かる - to understand/be clear (五)
分[わ]ける - to divide, separate (e.g. cake, 一)
十[じゅっ]分[ぷん] - ten minutes
五[ご]分[ぶん]の 二[に] = 2/5

Kanji: 土
Meaning: soil
Backside: ト、ド、つち
土[つち] - soil
土[と]地[ち] - plot of land, soil
土[ど]曜[よう]日[び] - thursday

Kanji: 木
Meaning: tree, wood
Backside: モク、き
木[き] - tree
木[もく]目[め] - wood grain

Kanji: 火
Meaning: fire
Backside: カ、ひ
ひ - fire, flame
火[か]曜[よう]日[び] - Tuesday
火[か]事[じ] - Fire

Kanji: 休
Meaning: rest
Backside: キュウ、やす.む
休[やす]む - to rest
お 休[やす]み - vacation
休[きゅう]日[じつ] - day off
休[きょう]業[ぎょう] - suspension of business

Kanji: 半
Meaning: half
Backside: ハン
五[ご]時[じ]半[はん] - five and a half hours
半[はん]分[ぶん] - half (of something)
前[ぜん]半[はん] - the first half
後[こう]半[はん] - the last half

Kanji: 待
Meaning: wait
Backside: タイ、ま.つ
待[ま]つ - to wait
期[き]待[たい](する) - hope, expectation, anticipation
招[しょう]待[たい](する) - invitation

Kanji: 水
Meaning: water
Backside: スイ、みず

Kanji: 金
Meaning: metal, gold, money
Backside: キン、かね
お 金[かね] - money
金[きん] - gold

Kanji: 間
Meaning: interval, between
Backside: カン、ケン、あいだ、ま
あいだ - interval, space between
時[じ]間[かん] - time
人[にん]間[げん] - human being, humanity

Kanji: 人
Meaning: man, person
Backside: ニン、ジン、ひと、-り
一人[ひとり]、二人[ふたり]、三人[さんにん]
日本人[にほんじん] - a Japanese

Kanji: 月
Meaning: moon
Backside: ゲツ, ガツ、つき
月[がっ]日[ぴ] - the date
一月[いちがつ] - January,
四月[しがつ] - April,
七月[しちがつ] - July,
九月[くがつ] - September
一月[ひとつき] - one month
一ヶ月[いっかげつ] - one month
先[せん]月[げつ] - last month
来[らい]月[げつ] - next month

Kanji: 口
Meaning: mouth
Backside: コウ、くち、-ぐち
入[いり]口[ぐち] - entrance
出[で]口[ぐち] - exit
人[じん]口[こう] - population

Kanji: 車
Meaning: vehicle, wheel
Backside: ジャ、くるま
車[くるま] - car
電[でん]車[しゃ] - electric train

Kanji: 門
Meaning: gate
Backside: モン
門[もん] - gate
専[せん]門[もん] - specialty

Kanji: 子
Meaning: child, noun suffix for small things
Backside: シ、ス、こ、-こ
子[こ]供[ども] - child
お 子[こ]さん - child (polite)
女[おんな] の 子[こ] - girl
女[じょ]子[し]学[がく]生[せい] - girl student
利[り]子[し] - profit
様[よう]子[す] - apperance

Kanji: 女
Meaning: woman, female
Backside: ジョ、おんな
女[おんな]の 人[ひと] - woman
彼女[かのじょ] - she
男[だん]女[じょ] - men and women

Kanji: 私
Meaning: private, I
Backside: シ、わたし、わたくし
私[わたし] - I
私[し]的[てき]な - private, personal

Kanji: 年
Meaning: year
Backside: ネン、とし
今[こ]年[とし] - this year
来[らい]年[ねん]- next year
去[きょ]年[ねん]- last year

Kanji: 上
Meaning: above
Backside: ジョウ、うえ
上[あ]がる - to go up (eg price)
上[のぼ]る - to climb up / go up
上[あ]げる - to raise (一)
上[じょう]手[ず](な) - skillfull
上[のぼ]り - upward slope, uptrain

Kanji: 下
Meaning: below
Backside: カ、ゲ、した
下[さ]がる - to go down
下[さ]げる - to lower (一)
下[くだ]さる - to give
下[くだ]り - downward slope, downtrain
下[げ]車[しゃ]する - to get off
低[てい]下[か]する - the fall, decline

Kanji: 中
Meaning: inside, middle, throughout
Backside: チュウ、-ジュウ、なか
中[なか]- inside
中々[なかなか]- very
一[いち]日[にち]中[じゅう]- all day long
中[ちゅう]学[がく] - middle school

Kanji: 力
Meaning: power, ability, force
Backside: リョク、リキ、ちから
力[ちから]- ability
力[りょく]- power
力学[りきがく]- mechanics/ dynamics
水力[すいりょく]- water powered
火力[かりょく]- heat powered

Kanji: 二
Meaning: two
Backside: ニ、ふた

Kanji: 曜
Meaning: day of the week
Backside: ヨウ
月[げつ]曜[よう]日[び] - Monday

Kanji: 毎
Meaning: every
Backside: マイ
毎時[まいじ] - every hour
毎日[まいにち] - every day
毎朝[まいあさ] - every morning
毎週[まいしゅう] - every week
毎月[まいつき] - every month
毎年[まいとし] - every year

Kanji: 午
Meaning: noon
Backside: ゴ
午[ご]前[ぜん] - morning
午[ご]後[ご] - afternoon

Kanji: 前
Meaning: front, before
Backside: ゼン、まえ
午[ご]前[ぜん] - morning
前田さん - Mr. Maeda

Kanji: 後
Meaning: behind, after, later
Backside: ゴ、コウ、うし.ろ、のち、あと
後[うし]ろ - back, rear
午[ご]後[ご] - afternoon
後[あと] - after (time)
後[あと]五分です - there are 5mins left
今[こん]後[ご] - from now on
その 後[のち]、その 後[あと] - after that
後[こう]半[はん] - the last half
後[のち]ほど -later on, eventually

Kanji: 週
Meaning: week
Backside: シュウ
一[いっ]週間[しゅうかん]半[はん] - 1 1/2 weeks
毎[まい] 週間[しゅうかん] - every week

Kanji: 朝
Meaning: Morning
Backside: チョウ、あさ
朝[あさ] - morning
毎[まい]朝[あさ] - every morning
＊ 今朝[けさ] - this morning
朝[あさ]日[ひ] - the morning sun
朝[ちょう]食[しょく] - breakfast

Kanji: 君
Meaning: ruler, familiar title, you
Backside: クン、きみ
君[きみ] - you (familiar)
山田[やまだ] 君[くん] - Mr. Yamada

Kanji: 村
Meaning: village
Backside: ソン、むら
中[なか]村[むら]さん- Mr. Nakamura
山[さん]村[そん] - mountain village

Kanji: 今
Meaning: present, this
Backside: コン、いま
今週[こんしゅう] - this week
今月[こんげつ] - this month
今年[ことし] - this year
今[こん]度[ど] - this time; next time, another time
今[いま] - now
今田[いまだ]さん - Mr. Imada
＊ 今日[きょう] - today
＊ 今朝[けさ] - this morning

Kanji: 食
Meaning: eat, food
Backside: ショク、たべ.る
食[た]べる,  食[た]べます - to eat
食[しょく]- meal
昼食[ちゅうしょく]- lunch
飲[いん]食[しょく](する）- food and drink, eating and drinking

Kanji: 昼
Meaning: daytime
Backside: チュウ、ひる
昼[ひる] - noon, midday
お 昼[ひる] - lunch
昼食[ちゅうしょく] - lunch

Kanji: 飲
Meaning: drink
Backside: イン、の.む
飲[の]む - to drink
飲[いん]食[しょく](する）- food and drink, eating and drinking

Kanji: 明
Meaning: bright, clear
Backside: メイ、ミョウ、あ.かり、あか.るい、あき.らか
明[あか]るい - bright, also: cheerful (person)
説[せつ]明[めい]（する) - to explain
明[あ]かり - light
明[あき]らかな 事[じ]実[じつ] - a clear/obvious fact
＊ 明日[あした] - tomorrow (also: あさ）
明[みょう]日[にち] - tomorrow
明[みょう]後[ご]日[にち] - the day after tomorrow
明[みょう]晩[ばん] - tomorrow evening

Kanji: 体
Meaning: body, form
Backside: タイ、からだ
体[からだ] - body
体[たい]力[りょく] - physical strength

Kanji: 好
Meaning: like, favourable
Backside: コウ、す.き
好[す]き(な)- favorite
大[だい]好[す]き - lovable/likable, like very much
好[こう]物[ぶつ]- favorite food

Kanji: 男
Meaning: man, male
Backside: ダン、ナン、おとこ
男[おとこ] - a man
男[おとこ]の 子[こ] - a boy
男[だん]女[じょ] - men and women
男[だん]子[し]学生[がくせい] - boy student
長[ちょう]男[なん] - eldest son

Kanji: 林
Meaning: wood, grove
Backside: リン、はやし
林[りん]- a wood
小[こ]林[ばやし]さん - Mr/s Kobayashi

Kanji: 森
Meaning: thick woods
Backside: シン、もり
森[もり]- Forest
森田[もりた]- Morita
森林[しんりん]- Woods and forests

Kanji: 使
Meaning: to use, envoy
Backside: シ、つか.う
使[つか]う - to use
使[し]用[よう](する) - use, application, utilization
大[たい]使[し]館[かん] - embassy
天[てん]使[し] - angel

Kanji: 買
Meaning: to buy
Backside: バイ、か.う
買[か]う - to buy
売[ばい]買[ばい] - buying and selling, trade

Kanji: 早
Meaning: early, quick
Backside: ソウ、さっ、はや.い、はや.め
早[さっ]速[そく] - immediately, at once
早[はや]い - fast, hasty, (too soon), early (in the day)
早[はや]め - early
早[はや]起[お]き (する) - early rising
早[そう]朝[ちょう] - early morning

Kanji: 安
Meaning: peaceful, inexpensive
Backside: アン、やす.い
安[やす]い - cheap, peaceful
安[あん]全[ぜん](な) - safe
安[あん]心[しん](する) - to feel relieved

Kanji: 晩
Meaning: evening
Backside: バン
晩[ばん]- evening
今晩[こんばん]- this evening
毎晩[まいばん]- every evening

Kanji: 花
Meaning: flower
Backside: カ、はな
花[はな] - flower
花火[はなび] - fireworks
花[か]びん - vase

Kanji: 畑
Meaning: cultivated field
Backside: はたけ、はた
畑[はたけ]- cultivated field
花[はな]畑[ばたけ]- flower garden
田[た]畑[はた]- fields of rice and crops

Kanji: 岩
Meaning: rock
Backside: ガン、いわ
岩[いわ]- rock
岩[がん]石[せき]- rocks and stones
火[か]山[ざん]岩[がん]- volcanic rock

Kanji: 目
Meaning: eye, item
Backside: モク、め
目[め] - eye
目[もく]次[じ] - table of contents
目[め]上[うえ]の人 - one's superiors
目[め]下[した]の人 - one's inferiors
一つ 目[め] - the first one (etc..)

Kanji: 耳
Meaning: ear
Backside: みみ、ジ
耳[みみ]- an ear
耳[じ]目[もく]- eye and ear/ attention, interest

Kanji: 手
Meaning: hand, occupation suffix
Backside: シュ、ズ、て
手[て]- hand
手[て]前[まえ] - this side
手[て]紙[がみ] - letter
上[じょう]手[ず](な) - skillful
＊ 下[へ]手[た](な) - unskillful
歌[か]手[しゅ] - singer

Kanji: 足
Meaning: leg, suffice, counter for pair of footwear
Backside: ソク、あし、た.りる
足[あし] - a leg
一[いっ]足[そく] - one pair
二[に]足[そく] - two pairs
足[た]りる- to be enough
遠[えん]足[そく](する) - excursion

Kanji: 雨
Meaning: rain
Backside: ウ、あめ
雨[あめ]- rain
雨[う]天[てん]- rainy weather

Kanji: 次
Meaning: next
Backside: ジ、つぎ
次[つぎ] - next (..)
目[もく]次[じ] - table of contents
次[じ]回[かい] - next time

Kanji: 冷
Meaning: cold (for things)
Backside: レイ、つめ.たい、ひ.やす
冷[れい]蔵[ぞう]庫[こ] - fridge
冷[つめ]たい - cold
冷[ひ]やす - to cool

Kanji: 暖
Meaning: warm (climate)
Backside: ダン、あたた.かい
暖[あたた]かい - warm
暖[だん]冬[とう] - warm winter

Kanji: 春
Meaning: spring
Backside: シュン、はる
春[はる]- spring
昨[さく]春[しゅん]- last spring
来[らい]春[しゅん]- next spring
今[こん]春[しゅん]- this spring
春[しゅん]雨[う]- spring rain

Kanji: 秋
Meaning: fall (season)
Backside: シュウ、あき
秋[あき]- fall
昨[さく]秋[しゅう]- last fall
今[こん]秋[しゅう]- this fall
来[らい]秋[しゅう]- next fall

Kanji: 冬
Meaning: winter
Backside: トウ、ふゆ
冬[ふゆ]- winter
昨[さく]冬[とう]- last winter
今[こん]冬[とう]- this winter
来[らい] 冬[とう]- next winter

Kanji: 夏
Meaning: summer
Backside: カ、なつ
昨[さく]夏[か]- last summer
今[こん]夏[か]- this summer
来[らい]夏[か]- next summer

Kanji: 貝
Meaning: shellfish
Backside: かい
貝[かい] - shellfish
貝[かい]殻[がら] - shell

Kanji: 石
Meaning: stone
Backside: セキ、いし
石[いし] - stone
石[いし]川[かわ]さん - Mr/ s Ishikawa
岩[がん] 石[せき]- mountain stones

Kanji: 糸
Meaning: thread
Backside: いと
糸[いと] - thread

Kanji: 米
Meaning: rice, america
Backside: マイ、ベイ、こめ
米[こめ] - rice
新米[しんまい] - new rice
米国[べいこく]- USA

Kanji: 竹
Meaning: bamboo
Backside: チク、たけ
竹[たけ] - bamboo
竹[たけ]の 子[こ] - bamboo shoots
竹田[たけだ] - Mr/s Takeda
竹[ちく]林[りん] - bamboo forest

Kanji: 茶
Meaning: tea
Backside: チャ、サ
お 茶[ちゃ]- tea
日本[にほん]茶[ちゃ]- green tea
茶色[ちゃいろ]- brown
喫[きっ]茶[さ]店[てん]- tea and coffee shop

Kanji: 昨
Meaning: yesterday, last
Backside: サク
昨[さく]年[ねん]- last year
＊ 昨日[きのう]- yesterday

Kanji: 店
Meaning: shop
Backside: テン、みせ
お店[みせ] - shop
喫[きっ]茶[さ]店[てん] - tea shop
売[ばい]店[てん] - outdoors shop
本[ほん]店[てん] - main store
開店時間は何時ですか。

Kanji: 文
Meaning: letter, writings
Backside: モン、ブン
文[ぶん] - sentence, text
一[いち]文[ぶん] - one sentence
文[ぶん]学[がく] - literature
本[ほん]文[もん] - main part (e. g. email message body)
この 一[いち]文[ぶん]を 説明[せつめい]してください

Kanji: 字
Meaning: character (as in text)
Backside: ジ
字[じ] - a character
文[も]字[じ], 文[もん]字[じ] - letter (of alphabet)

Kanji: 物
Meaning: concrete thing
Backside: ブツ、モツ、もの
食[た]べ 物[もの] - food
買[か]い 物[もの] - purchased goods
好[こう]物[ぶつ] - favorite food
生[せい]物[ぶつ] - living thing
生[せい]物[ぶつ]学[がく] - biology
読[よ]み 物[もの] - reading material
(お) 荷[に]物[もつ] - baggage

Kanji: 肉
Meaning: flesh
Backside: ニク
肉[にく] - meat
肉[にく]屋[や] - butcher
鳥[とり]肉[にく] - chicken
肉[にく]体[たい] - the body
牛[ぎゅう]肉[にく] - beef

Kanji: 牛
Meaning: cow
Backside: ギュウ、うし
牛[うし]- cattle
牛[ぎゅう] 肉[にく]- beef

Kanji: 魚
Meaning: fish
Backside: ギョ、うお、さかな
魚[さかな] - fish (fished)
魚[うお] - fish (alive)
魚[さかな]屋[や] - fish store
焼[や]き 魚[ざかな] - grilled fish
金[きん]魚[ぎょ] - gold fish
魚[ぎょ]肉[にく] - fish meat

Kanji: 屋
Meaning: house, small shop, roof
Backside: オク、や
花[はな]屋[や] - flower shop
魚[さかな]屋[や] - fish shop
屋[おく]上[じょう] - rooftop

Kanji: 鳥
Meaning: bird
Backside: とり、チョウ
鳥[とり] 肉[にく] - chicken meat
焼[や]き 鳥[とり] - roast chicken
一[いっ]石[せき]二[に]鳥[ちょう] - two birds with one stone

Kanji: 馬
Meaning: horse
Backside: バ、うま
馬[うま]- a horse
馬[ば]力[りき]- horse power
馬[ば]肉[にく]- horse meat
馬[ば]車[しゃ]- horse carriage

Kanji: 色
Meaning: color
Backside: ショク、いろ
色[いろ] - color
茶[ちゃ]色[いろ] - brown
物[ぶっ]色[しょく]する - to look through
色々[いろいろ](な) - all sorts of (e.g. 色々な物)

Kanji: 冊
Meaning: counter for books
Backside: サツ
一[いっ] 冊[さつ] - one volumes
二[に] 冊[さつ] - two volumes

Kanji: 台
Meaning: stand, counter for machines & vehicles
Backside: ダイ、タイ
台[だい] - table, platform
一[いち] 台[だい] - one machine/vehicle
台[だい]所[どころ] - kitchen
台[たい]風[ふう] - a typhoon
台[だい]地[ち] - a plateau

Kanji: 点
Meaning: period, point
Backside: 十[じゅう] 二[に] 点[てん] 三[さん] 四[よん] = 12.34

Kanji: 回
Meaning: turn around, repetitions
Backside: カイ、まわ.る、まわ.す
回[まわ]る - to go around / visit several places, to turn/revolve (intransitive)
回[まわ]す - to turn, to circulate (e.g. salt, transitive)
回[まわ]り - surroundings
一[いっ] 回[かい] - one time
六[ろっ] 回[かい] - six times
八[はっ] 回[かい] - eight times

Kanji: 皿
Meaning: plate / counter for portions
Backside: さら、ざら
お 皿[さら] - plate, dish
一[ひと] 皿[さら] - one portion
二[に] 皿[さら] - two portions, etc
小皿[こざら] - small portion

Kanji: 枚
Meaning: counter for flat, thin object (e.g. paper)
Backside: マイ
一[いち] 枚[まい] - one long, thing object

Kanji: 度
Meaning: degree (extent+temp), times
Backside: ド、ト
今[こん]度[ど] - next time
速[そく]度[ど] - speed
何[なん]度[ど] - how many degrees (celsius)
もう 一[いち] 度[ど]- one more time　(vs 回, this is repetition of the same exact action)
誕[たん]生[じょう]日[び]   お 目[め]出[で]度[と]う! - happy birthday! (phonetic reading)

Kanji: 階
Meaning: floor/story, rank
Backside: カイ
階[かい]段[だん] - stairs
一[いっ] 階[かい] - first floor
三[さん] 階[がい] - third floor
六[ろっ] 階[かい] - sixth floor
八[はっ] 階[かい] - eight floor
何[なん] 階[がい] - which floor?

Kanji: 軒
Meaning: counter for houses
Backside: ケン
一[いっ] 軒[けん] - one house
三[さん] 軒[げん] - three houses
六[ろっ] 軒[けん] - six houses
八[はっ] 軒[けん] - eight houses
十[じゅっ] 軒[けん] - ten houses
何[なん]軒[げん] - how many houses

Kanji: 段
Meaning: step
Backside: タン、ダン
五[ご] 段[だん] - godan verb, fifth level
階[かい] 段[だん] - staircase

Kanji: 天
Meaning: heaven
Backside: テン
雨[う]天[てん] - rainy weather
天[てん]使[し] - angel
天[てん] - heaven, sky

Kanji: 入
Meaning: enter, put in
Backside: ニュウ、い.れる、はい.る
入[はい]る - to enter (五、Acc)
入[い]れる - to put into (transitive, 一)
入[いり]口[ぐち]、入[い]り口[ぐち] - entrance
入[にゅう]学[がく]する - to enter a school

Kanji: 出
Meaning: go out, come out, attend
Backside: シュツ、シュっ、で.る、だ.す
出[で]る - to go out, leave (一)
出[だ]す - to put out, publish, hand out (五, transitive)
外[がい]出[しゅつ](する)  - to go out / outing / trip
出[しゅっ]荷[か](する) - to ship goods
出[で]口[ぐち] - exit
授[じう]業[ぎょう]に 出[で]る - to attend a lecture
X(e.g. 電話[でんわ]) に 出[で]る - to answer the phone/door

Kanji: 東
Meaning: east
Backside: トウ、ひがし
東[ひがし] - east
東[とう]京[きょう] - Tokyo
東[ひがし]口[ぐち] - east gate
関[かん]東[とう] - the Kanto region

Kanji: 遅
Meaning: slow, late
Backside: チ、おそ.い、おく.れる
遅[おそ]い - to be late, slow
遅[おく]れる - to become late/ delayed (一)
遅[おそ]かれ 早[はや]かれ - sooner or later
遅[ち]刻[こく](する) - lateness, to come late

Kanji: 京
Meaning: capital
Backside: キョウ
東京[とうきょう]- Tokyo
京都府[きょうとふ] - Kyoto metropolitan area

Kanji: 駅
Meaning: Station
Backside: エキ
駅[えき] - station

Kanji: 書
Meaning: write, book
Backside: ショ、か.く
書[か]く- to write
読[どく]書[しょ](する) - act of reading books
書[しょ]店[てん] - a book shop
図[と]書[しょ]館[かん] - library
辞[じ]書[しょ] - dictionary

Kanji: 紙
Meaning: paper
Backside: シ、かみ
紙[かみ] - paper
手[て]紙[がみ] - letter
古[こ]紙[し] - old paper

Kanji: 見
Meaning: see, watch, look at
Backside: ケン、み.る、み.える、み.せる
見[み]る - to look at, see
見[み]せる - to show
見[み]える - to appear, show up
見[けん]学[がく](する) - inspect, field trip
見[けん]物[ぶつ](する) - sightseeing
花[はな]見[み] - cherry blossom viewing

Kanji: 掛
Meaning: to hang/suspend, require (time/money)
Backside: か
掛[か]ける - to suspend/ hang (一)
掛[か]かる - to require (time/ money)
田中さんに 電話[でんわ]を 掛[か]けた- I called Tanaka

Kanji: 丼
Meaning: bowl of food
Backside: 丼[どんぶり] - bowl of food

Kanji: 杯
Meaning: cup
Backside: はい
一[いっ] 杯[ぱい] - one cup
二[に] 杯[はい] - two cups (regular)
三[さん] 杯[ばい] - three cups
六[ろっ] 杯[ぱい] - six cups
八[はっ] 杯[ぱい] - eight cups

Kanji: 少
Meaning: few, little
Backside: ショウ、すこ.し、すく.ない
少[すこ]し- small quantity, little, few, little while/ distance
少[すく]ない- adjective version (can't be used to modify a noun)
少[しょう]年[ねん] - young boy
少々[しょうしょう] - just a minute, little quantity (a bit more formal)

Kanji: 長
Meaning: long, chief
Backside: チョウ、なが.い
長[なが]い - long
長[ちょう]男[なん] - eldest son
学[がく]長[ちょう] - university president
社[しゃ]長[ちょう] - company president

Kanji: 短
Meaning: short
Backside: タン、みじか.い
短[みじか]い - short, brief
短[たん]期[き] - short term

Kanji: 低
Meaning: low (height/rank/cost/quality, etc)
Backside: テイ、ひく.い
低[ひく]い - low
低[てい]下[か](する) - fall, decline, lowering

Kanji: 多
Meaning: many
Backside: タ、おお.い
多[おお]い - many, much (can' t directly modify noun)
多[おお]くの{noun} - many, much
多[た]数[すう] - a great number (countless..)
多[た]少[しょう] - more or less

Kanji: 暗
Meaning: dark
Backside: アン、くら.い
暗[あん]室[しつ] - dark room
暗[あん]黒[こく] - darkness
暗[くら]い - dark

Kanji: 夜
Meaning: night
Backside: ヤ、よる、よ
夜[よる] - night
夜[よ]中[なか] - midnight
今[こん]夜[や] - tonight
日[にち]夜[や] - day and night, always
一[いち]夜[や] - one night
先[せん]夜[や]- last night

Kanji: 焼
Meaning: burn
Backside: ショウ、や.く、や.ける (watch out)
焼[や]く- to bake (e. g. cookies), grill (yakitori)
焼[や]ける - to be burned (一)
焼[しょう]酎[ちゅう] - Japanese "vodka"
ステーキはよく 焼[や]けました - the steak is well done

Kanji: 帰
Meaning: return
Backside: キ、かえ.る、かえ.す
帰[かえ]る - to return home (五)
帰[かえ]す - to send someone back home
帰[き]国[こく]する- to return to one' s country
帰[き]宅[たく]する- to return home

Kanji: 聞
Meaning: hear
Backside: ブン、き.く、き.こえる
聞[き]く- to hear/ ask
聞[き]こえる, 聞こえます - to be audible
新[しん]聞[ぶん] - newspaper
よく聞こえません - I can't hear you well

Kanji: 読
Meaning: read
Backside: ドク、トク、よ.む
読[よ]む - to read
読[よ]み - reading
読[どく]書[しょ](する) - act of reading books
音[おん]読[どく](する) - to read aloud

Kanji: 話
Meaning: speak
Backside: ワ、はな.す
話[はな]す、 話[はな]します - to speak
話[はな]せる、 話[はな]せます - to be understanding, to be sensible
話[ばなし] - story
電[でん]話[わ] - telephone
会[かい]話[わ] - conversation

Kanji: 教
Meaning: teach, religion
Backside: キョウ、おし.える、おそ.わる
教[おし]える - to teach (一)
教[おそ]わる - to be taught (五)
教[きょう]会[かい] - church
教[きょう]室[しつ] - classroom

Kanji: 赤
Meaning: red
Backside: セキ、あか
赤[あか] - red (nominal)
赤[あか]い - red (adjectival)
赤[せき]面[めん](する) - to blush
赤[あか]ちゃん - baby

Kanji: 才
Meaning: talent, age suffix
Backside: サイ
一[いっ]才[さい] - one year old
はたち - twenty years old

Kanji: 事
Meaning: affair, abstract thing
Backside: ジ、こと
事[こと] - thing, matter
仕[し]事[ごと] - work
火[か]事[じ] - fire

Kanji: 夕
Meaning: evening
Backside: ゆう
夕[ゆう]べ - last night
夕[ゆう]方[がた] - evening
夕[ゆう]食[しょく] - supper, dinner

Kanji: 方
Meaning: direction, way
Backside: ホウ、かた、ーがた
方[かた] - person (polite)
方[ほう] - direction
夕[ゆう]方[がた] - evening

Kanji: 泳
Meaning: swim
Backside: エイ、およ.ぐ
泳[およ]ぐ - to swim
泳[およ]ぎ - swimming
水[すい]泳[えい] - swimming

Kanji: 野
Meaning: field
Backside: ヤ、の
野[の]- field, plain
上[うえ]野[の] - Ueno
分[ぶん]野[や] - field (e. g. CS)

Kanji: 白
Meaning: white
Backside: ハク、しろ
白[しろ] - white (noun)
白[しろ]い - white (adj)
面[おも]白[しろ]い - interesting, amusing
白[はく]人[じん] - white person
白[はく]紙[し] - white/blank paper
白[はく]鳥[ちょう] - a swan

Kanji: 参
Meaning: participate, visit a holy place
Backside: サン、まい.る
参[まい]る - to go/come (humble)
参[さん]加[か] - to join

Kanji: 漢
Meaning: chinese, fellow
Backside: カン
漢[かん]字[じ] - kanzi

Kanji: 面
Meaning: face
Backside: メン、おも
面[めん] - face
面[おも]白[しろ]い - interesting, amusing
赤[せき]面[めん]する- to blush

Kanji: 映
Meaning: reflect, project
Backside: エイ
映[えい]画[が] - movie

Kanji: 画
Meaning: picture, draw up a plan
Backside: ガ、カク
映[えい]画[が] - movie
画[が]面[めん] - screen (on computer)
画[かく]数[すう] - stroke count
計[けい]画[かく](する) - plan, schedule

Kanji: 英
Meaning: england, distinguished
Backside: エイ
英語[えいご]- English
英[えい]姿[し] - majestic apperance

Kanji: 歩
Meaning: walk
Backside: ホ、ある.く
歩[ある]く- to walk on foot
歩[ほ]道[どう] - sidewalk

Kanji: 名
Meaning: name, famous
Backside: メイ、な
名[な]前[まえ] - name
四[よん]名[めい] - four persons (person counter for reservations etc. honorific)
名[めい]人[じん] - master, expert
有[ゆう]名[めい] - famous
名[めい]所[しょ] - famous places
名[めい]物[ぶつ] - famous product, specialty
名[な]古[ご]屋[や] - Nagoya

Kanji: 油
Meaning: oil
Backside: ユ、あぶら
油[あぶら] - oil (e.g. olive oil)
石[せき]油[ゆ] - petroleum

Kanji: 言
Meaning: say
Backside: ゲン、い.う、こと
言[い]う- to say
言[げん]語[ご] - language
言[こと]葉[ば] - word, language, expression

Kanji: 葉
Meaning: leaf
Backside: ヨウ、は
葉[よう]緑[りょく]素[そ] - chlorophyll
言[こと]葉[ば] - word, expression, language
三つ葉[ば] - mitsuba

Kanji: 海
Meaning: sea
Backside: カイ、うみ
海[うみ] - the sea, the ocean
日[に]本[ほん]海[かい] - the Japanese sea
海[かい]水[すい] - sea water
海[かい]外[がい] - oversea

Kanji: 酒
Meaning: alcohol
Backside: シュ、さけ、さか-
(お) 酒[さけ] - liquor
酒[さか]屋[や] - liquor shop
日[に]本[ほん]酒[しゅ] - Japanese wine
梅[うめ]酒[しゅ] - Ume liquor

Kanji: 飯
Meaning: cooked rice, meal
Backside: ハン、めし
ご 飯[はん] - cooded rice, a meal
飯[めし] - colloquial version for males
夕[ゆう]飯[はん] - supper

Kanji: 計
Meaning: plan, compute, measure
Backside: ケイ、はか.る
計[けい]画[かく](する) - plan, schedule
時計[とけい] - a watch, a clock
計[はか]る - to compute, calculate, measure

Kanji: 汁
Meaning: juice, soup
Backside: ジュウ、しる、-しる
肉[にく]汁[じゅう] - meat juices
みそ 汁[しる] - miso soup

Kanji: 宅
Meaning: dwelling house
Backside: タク
お 宅[たく] - house (out- group)
自[じ]宅[たく] - my house
帰[き]宅[たく](する) - to go home
住[じゅう]宅[たく] - housing

Kanji: 客
Meaning: visitor, customer
Backside: キャク
客[きゃく] - guest, customer
お 客[きゃく]様[さま] - guest, customer (honorific)

Kanji: 室
Meaning: room
Backside: シツ
教[きょう]室[しつ] - class room
室[しつ]内[ない] - indoors

Kanji: 家
Meaning: house, family
Backside: カ、いえ、や
家[いえ] - house
大[おお]家[や] - landlord
家[か]族[ぞく] - family
家[か]内[ない] - wife

Kanji: 薬
Meaning: drug
Backside: ヤク、くすり
薬[くすり] - medicine
目[め]薬[ぐすり] - eye lotion
薬[くすり]屋[や] - chemist's shop / drug store
薬[やく]物[ぶつ] - drugs (i.e. bad ones)
薬[やっ]局[きょく] - pharmacy

Kanji: 会
Meaning: meet, society
Backside: カイ、あ.う
会[あ]う - to meet
会[かい]社[しゃ] - a company
会[かい]話[わ] - conversation
教[きょう]会[かい] - church

Kanji: 雪
Meaning: snow
Backside: セツ、ゆき
雪[ゆき] - snow
降[こう]雪[せつ] - snowfall

Kanji: 雲
Meaning: cloud
Backside: くも
雲[くも] - cloud

Kanji: 電
Meaning: electricity
Backside: デン
電[でん]気[き] - electricity / electric light
電[でん]話[わ] - telephone
電[でん]車[しゃ] - electric train
電[でん]力[りょく] - electric power

Kanji: 売
Meaning: sell
Backside: バイ、う.る
売[う]る - to sell
売[ばい]店[てん] - stand/ stall

Kanji: 島
Meaning: island
Backside: トウ、しま
広[ひろ]島[しま]- Hiroshima
寺[てら]島[しま]- Terashima
半[はん]島[とう]- Peninsula

Kanji: 広
Meaning: wide
Backside: コウ、ひろ.い
広[ひろ]い - wide
広[こう]告[こく] - advertisement
広[こう]大[だい](な) - huge, extensive, grand

Kanji: 国
Meaning: country
Backside: コク、くに
国[くに] - country
外[がい]国[こく]人[じん]- foreigner

Kanji: 困
Meaning: be in trouble
Backside: コン、こま.る
困[こま]る - to be upset / worried
困[こん]難[なん](な) - difficulty, distress

Kanji: 開
Meaning: open
Backside: カイ、あ.く、あ.ける、ひら.く
開[ひら]く - to open (五段、in the sense of a flower opening, revealing the center, intransitive+transitive, ex: ドアが 開[ひら]く、本を 開[ひら]く)
開[あ]く - to be opened (五段、in the sense of removing an obstruction / opening a lid, intransitive, ex: 口が開く)
開[あ]ける - to open (一段、transitive equivalent, ex: 店を開ける)
開[かい]店[てん](する) - opening of a shop
開[かい]会[かい](する) - opening of a meeting

Kanji: 疲
Meaning: tired
Backside: つか.れる
疲[つか]れる - to be tired (一段)
疲[づか]れ - tiredness

Kanji: 病
Meaning: illness
Backside: ビョウ
病[びょう]気[き]- sickness
病[びょう]人[にん]- a sick person
病[びょう]院[いん]- a hospital

Kanji: 招
Meaning: invite
Backside: ショウ
招[しょう]待[たい](する) - invitation

Kanji: 梅
Meaning: Plum
Backside: バイ、うめ
梅[うめ]酒[しゅ] - Plum wine
梅[ばい]雨[う] - rainy season
＊ 梅雨[つゆ] - rainy season

Kanji: 寺
Meaning: buddhist temple
Backside: ジ、てら
お 寺[てら] - temple
東[とう]大[だい]寺[じ] - Tōdai-ji temple

Kanji: 痛
Meaning: pain
Backside: ツウ、いた.い、いた.む
痛[iいた]い - painful
痛[いた]む - to ache
痛[いた]み - pain
頭[ず]痛[つう] - headache
痛[いた]み 止[ど]め - pain killer

Kanji: 閉
Meaning: close
Backside: ヘイ、し.まる、し.める、と.じる
閉[し]まる - to be closed (五段、intransitive、閉まっているドア, linear motion)
閉[し]める - to close (一段、transitive)
閉[と]じる - to close/shut (一段、meeting, eyes, book, flower)
閉[へい]店[てん](する) - to close a store
閉[へい]会[かい](する) - to close a meeting

Kanji: 内
Meaning: inner, within, inside
Backside: ナイ、うち
内[うち]側[がわ] - inside
国[こく]内[ない] - the interior
家[か]内[ない] - my wife

Kanji: 主
Meaning: main, master
Backside: シュ、おも、ぬし
主[おも]な - main
主[しゅ]人[じん] - head of a household
持[も]ち 主[ぬし] - proprietor, owner

Kanji: 知
Meaning: know, aware, intelligence
Backside: チ、し.る
知[し]る - to find out, get to know (五段)
知っている - to know (gerund)
知[し]らせる - to notify, advise, inform (一段)
知[ち]人[じん] - acquintance
知[ち]覚[かく] - perception, sensation

Kanji: 存
Meaning: exist / know (honorific/humble)
Backside: ゾン
存[ぞん]じている - to know (humble)
保[ほ]存[ぞん]する - to preserve, conserve
ご 存[ぞん]じ - to know (noun, honorific)

Kanji: 青
Meaning: blue, green (lights, vegatation), unripe
Backside: セイ、あお
青[あお]い - blue
青[あお]信[しん]号[ごう] - green light
青[せい]年[ねん] - a youth/young man

Kanji: 道
Meaning: street, way
Backside: ドウ、みち
道[みち] - a way, street
歩[ほう]道[どう] - sidewalk, footpath
車[しゃ]道[どう] - roadway (fahrbahn)

Kanji: 静
Meaning: quiet, still
Backside: セイ、しず.か
静[しず]か(な) - quiet
静[しず]まる - to calm down (五段, intransitive)
静[せい]止[し](する) - to stand still
画[が]面[めん]静[せい]止[し] - screenshot

Kanji: 速
Meaning: speedy
Backside: ソク、はや.い
早[さっ]速[そく] - immediately, at once
速[そく]度[ど] - speed
速[そく]達[たつ] - speed delivery
速[そく]度[ど]は 時[じ]速[そく]何[なん]キロですか - how many km/h
速[はや]い - fast (vs, 早, which focuses more on earlyness)

Kanji: 近
Meaning: near, recent
Backside: キン、ちか.い
近[ちか]い - nearby
近[ちか]く - neighborhod, vicinity (noun)
近[きん]所[じょ] - neighborhood

Kanji: 所
Meaning: place, particle of nominalization
Backside: ショ、ところ
所[ところ] - place
事[じ]務[む]所[しょ] - office
近[きん]所[じょ] - neighborhood
台[だい]所[どころ] - kitchen (ど)
所[しょ]有[ゆう](する) - to have, own (nominalized 有る)

Kanji: 円
Meaning: circle, yen, round
Backside: エン
円[えん] - yen, circle

Kanji: 遠
Meaning: distant
Backside: エン、とお.い、とお.ざける
遠[とお]い
遠[とお]く - far away (noun)
遠[えん]足[そく](する) - excursion, outing
遠[とお]ざける - keep at distance

Kanji: 歌
Meaning: song
Backside: カ、うた
歌[うた] - a song
歌[うた]う - to sing
歌[か]手[しゅ] - singer
国[こっ]歌[か] - national anthem

Kanji: 兄
Meaning: elder brother
Backside: ケイ、キョウ、あに
兄[あに] - one's elder brother
＊お 兄[にい]さん - elder brother (out-group)
兄[きょう]弟[だい] - siblings
父[ふ]兄[けい] - guardians; parents and older brothers

Kanji: 姉
Meaning: elder sister
Backside: シ、あね
姉[あね] - one's elder sister
＊お 姉[ねえ]さん - elder sister (out-group)
姉[し]妹[まい] - sisters

Kanji: 思
Meaning: to think
Backside: シ、おも.う
思[おも]う - to think
思[おも]い 出[だ]す - to recall / remember
思[おも]い 出[で] - memories, recollections
思[し]考[こう]力[りょく] - ability to think

Kanji: 友
Meaning: friend
Backside: ユウ、とも
友[とも] - friend
親[しん]友[ゆう] - a close friend
友[ゆう]情[じょう] - friendship
友[ゆう]人[じん] - a friend

Kanji: 晴
Meaning: fine weather
Backside: セイ、は.れ
晴[は]れ - fine wather
晴[は]れる - to clear up (一)
晴[せい]天[てん] - fine weather

Kanji: 持
Meaning: hold
Backside: ジ、も.つ
持[も]つ - to hold, to own
持[も]ち 主[ぬし] - proprietor, owner
持[も]ち 物[もの] - one's property
気[き]持[も]ち - a feeling, sensation, mood
持[じ]続[ぞく](する) - continuation
持って行く - to take (something)
持って来る - to bring (something)

Kanji: 荷
Meaning: load, cargo
Backside: カ、に
荷[に]物[もつ] - luggage, a package
手[て]荷[に]物[もつ]  - hand baggage
荷[に]作[づく]り(する) - to pack
出[しゅっ]荷[か](する) - to ship goods

Kanji: 父
Meaning: father
Backside: フ、ちち
父[ちち] - father
父[ちち]親[おや] - father
お 父[とう]さん - father (out-group)
父[ふ]兄[けい] - guardians; parents and older brothers
父[ふ]母[ぼ] - parents

Kanji: 母
Meaning: mother
Backside: ボ、はは
母[はは] - one's own mother
母[はは]親[おや] - mother
お 母[かあ]さん - mother (out-group)
母[ぼ]国[こく] - motherland
父[ふ]母[ぼ] - parents (in-group)

Kanji: 彼
Meaning: third person pronoun
Backside: かの、かれ
彼[かれ] - he
彼[かの]女[じょ] - she
彼[かれ]ら - they (usually male)

Kanji: 弟
Meaning: younger brother
Backside: テイ、ダイ、おとうと
弟[おとうと] - one's younger brother
弟[おとうと]さん - younger brother (out-group)
兄[きょう]弟[だい] - siblings
子[し]弟[てい] - young(er) people

Kanji: 妹
Meaning: younger sister
Backside: マイ、いもうと
妹[いもうと] - younger sister
妹[いもうと]さん - younger sister
姉[し]妹[まい] - sisters

Kanji: 社
Meaning: company, society, shrine
Backside: シャ、-ジャ
会[かい]社[しゃ] - a company
社[しゃ]会[かい] - society, community, the world
社[しゃ]長[ちょう] - company president
神[じん]社[じゃ] - a Shinto shrine

Kanji: 当
Meaning: the present, hit
Backside: トウ、あ.たる
当たる - to be hit
当[とう]ホテル - this hotel
当[とう]時[じ] - at that time
当[とう]面[めん](の) - impending, current, urgent
本[ほん]当[とう] - truth

Kanji: 妻
Meaning: wife
Backside: サイ、つま
妻[つま] - one's wife
夫[ふ]妻[さい] - Mr & Mrs. ~
「スミスご 夫[ふ]妻[さい]がおいでになりました」

Kanji: 夫
Meaning: husband, man laboror
Backside: フ、おっと
夫[おっと] - one's husband
＊ 夫[ふう]婦[ふ] - married couple
大[だい]丈[じょう]夫[ぶ] - safe, sure, all right
～ 夫[ふ]人[じん] - Madam~, Mrs~, Lady (honorific)
夫[ふ]妻[さい] - Mr & Mrs. ~
「スミスご 夫[ふ]妻[さい]がおいでになりました」

Kanji: 奥
Meaning: inner part
Backside: おく
奥[おく] - interior, inner part, inside
奥[おく]さん - your/his wife (honorific)
奥[おく]様[さま] - super-polite

Kanji: 元
Meaning: origin, beginning
Backside: ゲン、ガン、もと
元[げん]気[き](な) - healthy, fine
元[がん]日[じつ] - New Year's day
火[ひ]の 元[もと] - origin of the fire
元[がん]年[ねん] - first year of an era

Kanji: 気
Meaning: spirit, mind, atmosphere
Backside: キ
天[てん]気[き] - weather
元[げん]気[き] - healthy, fine
病[びょう]気[き] - sickness
気[き]分[ぶん] - a mood, a state of mind
電[でん]気[き] - electricity, electric light
気[き]持[も]ち - a feeling (e.g. of guilt, air on a warm summer day)

Kanji: 忙
Meaning: busy
Backside: ボウ、いそが.しい
忙[いそが]しい - busy
多[た]忙[ぼう](な) - very busy

Kanji: 有
Meaning: have, possess, exist
Backside: ユウ、あ.る
有[あ]る - to exist, to have
有[ゆう]力[りょく](な) - powerful, influential
有[ゆう]名[めい](な) - famous
所[しょ]有[ゆう](する) - one's possessions, ownership
有[ゆう]利[り](な) - advantageous

Kanji: 親
Meaning: parent, relatives, intimate
Backside: シン、おや、した.しい
親[おや] - parent
父[ちち]親[おや] - father
親[した]しい - intimate / close (friend)
親[しん]切[せつ](な) - kind
親[しん]友[ゆう] - close friend

Kanji: 切
Meaning: cut
Backside: セツ、き.る、き.らす、きっー、
切[き]る - to cut through (e.g. cheese)
切[き]らす - to be out of, to run out of
大[たい]切[せつ](な) - important
親[しん]切[せつ](な) - kind
切[きっ]手[て] - a postage stamp
切[きっ]符[ぷ] - a ticket

Kanji: 若
Meaning: young
Backside: わか.い
若[わか]い - young
若[わか]者[もの] - a young man
若[わか]さ- youthfulness

Kanji: 不
Meaning: not
Backside: フ、ブ
不[ふ]便[べん](な) - inconvenient
不[ふ]足[そく]する - to lack of
不[ふ]利[り](な) - disadvantageous
不[ふ]安[あん](な) - uneasy
不[ふ]親[しん]切[せつ](な) - unkind

Kanji: 利
Meaning: advantage, profit
Backside: リ
便[べん]利[り](な) - convenient
利[り]子[し] - (bank) interest
有[ゆう]利[り](な) - advantageous
利[り]用[よう](する) - to use

Kanji: 便
Meaning: conenient, post, excreta
Backside: ベン、ビン、たよ.り
便[たよ]り - news, correspondence, letter
航[こう]空[くう]便[びん] - air mail
便[べん]所[じょ] - a toilet
便[べん]利[り]な - convenient
郵[ゆう]便[びん]局[きょく] - postal office

Kanji: 乗
Meaning: ride, get on
Backside: ジョウ、の.る、の.せる
乗[の]る - to ride
乗[の]り 物[もの] - vehicle, transport
乗[じょう]客[きゃく] - a passenger
乗[じょう]車[しゃ]券[けん] - a train ticket

Kanji: 止
Meaning: stop
Backside: シ、と.める、と.まる
止[と]まる - to stop
止[と]める - to stop something/someone
通[つう]行[こう]止[ど]め - closed to traffic
中[ちゅう]止[し](する) - to close / cancel
痛[いた]み 止[ど]め - pain killers

Kanji: 走
Meaning: run
Backside: ソウ、はし.る
走[はし]る - to run (五)
走[そう]者[しゃ] - a runner

Kanji: 働
Meaning: to work
Backside: ドウ、はたら.く
働[はたら]く - to work
労[ろう]働[どう] - manual labor
労[ろう]働[どう]者[しゃ] - labourer/blue-collar worker (sensitive)

Kanji: 着
Meaning: wear, arrive
Backside: ちゃく、つ.く、き.る
着[つ]く - to arrive
着[き]る - to wear
着[き]物[もの] - a kimono
到[とう]着[ちゃく](する) - to arrive

Kanji: 動
Meaning: move
Backside: ドウ、うご.く、うご.かす
動[うご]く - to move (intransitive)
動[うご]かす- to move (transitive)
自[じ]動[どう]車[しゃ] - a car
行[こう]動[どう](する) - conduct, behavior
動[どう]物[ぶつ] - animal

Kanji: 降
Meaning: descend, precipitate
Backside: コウ、お.りる、お.ろす、ふ.る
降[お]りる - to disembark, descend, come down (一)
降[お]ろす - to drop somebody off
降[ふ]る - to precipitate
降[こう]雪[せつ] - snowfall

Kanji: 渡
Meaning: cross
Backside: ト、わた.る、わた.す
渡[わた]る - to cross
渡[わた]す - to hand something over
渡[と]米[べい]する - to visit USA

Kanji: 通
Meaning: pass, communicate
Backside: ツウ、とう.る、かよ.う
通[とお]る - to go past, to pass through
通[かよ]う - to commute / go back and forth
通[どお]り - street
交[こう]通[つう] - traffic
通[つう]じる - to get through
通[つう]学[がく](する) - to go to school

Kanji: 右
Meaning: right
Backside: ウ、ユウ、みぎ
右[みぎ] - the right
右[みぎ]手[て] - the right hand
右[う]折[せつ](する) - to turn right
左[さ]右[ゆう] - right and left

Kanji: 左
Meaning: left
Backside: サ、ひだり
左[ひだり] - the left
左[ひだり]手[て] - the left hand
左[ひだり]側[がわ] - the left side
左[さ]折[せつ](する) - to turn left

Kanji: 西
Meaning: west
Backside: セイ、サイ、にし
西[にし] - the west
西[にし]口[ぐち] - the west gate
西[せい]洋[よう] - the western countries
関[かん]西[さい] - the Kansai region

Kanji: 外
Meaning: out, outer, foreign
Backside: ガイ、ゲ、そと
外[そと] - outside
外[がい]国[こく] - foreign country
外[がい]出[しゅつ](する) - to go out / outing
外[げ]科[か] - surgery

Kanji: 旅
Meaning: travel
Backside: リョ、たび
(旅[たび] - trip) - old
旅[りょ]行[こう](する) - travel
旅[りょ]館[かん] - an inn

Kanji: 世
Meaning: generation, world
Backside: セイ、セ
世[せい] - counter for generations
お 世[せ]話[わ] - assistance, help, looking after
世[せ]界[かい] - world
出[しゅっ]世[せ](する) - success in life

Kanji: 館
Meaning: public building
Backside: カン
映[えい]画[が]館[かん] - movie theatre
図[と]書[しょ]館[かん] - library
大[たい]使[し]館[かん] - embassy

Kanji: 申
Meaning: speak humbly
Backside: もう
申[もう]す - to say / be called (humble)
申[もう]し 訳[わけ] - excuse, explanation

Kanji: 番
Meaning: numerical order, watch/guard
Backside: バン
一[いち]番[ばん] - number 1
番[ばん]号[ごう] - a number
交[こう]番[ばん] - police box
番[ばん]組[ぐみ] - program (e.g. on the TV)
留[る]守[す]番[ばん] - caretaking during absence

Kanji: 号
Meaning: number, designation, sign
Backside: ゴウ
記[き]号[ごう] - sign, symbol
信[しん]号[ごう] - traffic light
電[でん]話[わ]番[ばん]号[ごう] - telephone number

Kanji: 数
Meaning: a number / numbers
Backside: スウ、かず、かぞ.える
数[かず] - number
数[すう]字[じ] - number/numeral
数[すう]学[がく] - mathematics
数[すう]人[にん] - several people
数[かぞ]える - to count (一)
多[た]数[すう] - countless

Kanji: 弱
Meaning: weak
Backside: ジャク、よわ.い、よわ.る
弱[よわ]い - weak
弱[よわ]る - to weaken
弱[よわ]々[よわ]しい - fragile, vulnerable
弱[じゃく]点[てん] - weak point

Kanji: 強
Meaning: strong
Backside: キョウ、つよ.い
強[つよ]い - strong
勉[べん]強[きょう](する) - to study
強[きょう]調[ちょう](する) - to emphasize

Kanji: 勉
Meaning: endeavour
Backside: ベン
勉[べん]強[きょう](する) - study

Kanji: 北
Meaning: north
Backside: ホク、ホッー、きた
北[きた] - the north
北[ほく]米[べい] - north america
北[きた]口[ぐち] - north gate
北[ほっ]海[かい]道[どう] - Hokkaido

Kanji: 南
Meaning: south
Backside: ナン、みなみ
南[みなみ] - the south
南[なん]米[べい] - South america
南[みなみ]口[ぐち] - the south gate
南[なん]北[ぼく] - north and south

Kanji: 院
Meaning: institution
Backside: イン
病[びょう]院[いん] - hospital
入[にゅう]院[いん]する - to be in a hospital
大[だい]学[がく]院[いん]生[せい] - graduate student

Kanji: 鰻
Meaning: eel
Backside: うなぎ
鰻[うなぎ] - eel

Kanji: 泊
Meaning: stay overnight
Backside: と.める、と.まる、ハク
泊[と]まる - to stay at (e.g. hotel)
泊[と]める - to shelter
二[に]泊[はく] - two nights
三[さん]泊[ぱく]の旅 - a three night-long trip

Kanji: 部
Meaning: section, part
Backside: ブ
〜 部[ぶ] - ~section, club, department
部[ぶ]分[ぶん] - a part, a section
全[ぜん]部[ぶ] - everything
＊ 部[へ]屋[や] - room

Kanji: 地
Meaning: ground, place
Backside: チ、ジ
地[ち]下[か] - underground
土[と]地[ち] - plot of land
地[ち]方[ほう] - a locality, a district
地[じ]震[しん] - earth quake

Kanji: 鉄
Meaning: iron
Backside: テツ
鉄[てつ] - iron
鉄[てつ]道[どう] - a railroad
地[ち]下[か]鉄[てつ] - a subway
私[し]鉄[てつ] - a private railroad

Kanji: 忘
Meaning: forget
Backside: ボウ、わす.れる
忘[わす]れる - to forget
忘[わす]れ 物[もの] - a thing left behind
忘[ぼう]年[ねん]会[かい] - year-end party

Kanji: 図
Meaning: diagram, devise
Backside: ズ、ト
地[ち]図[ず] - a map
天[てん]気[き]図[ず] - a weather map
図[と]書[しょ]館[かん] - library

Kanji: 公
Meaning: public, official
Backside: コウ
公[こう]園[えん] - public park
公[こう]開[かい](する) - to open to the public
公[こう]立[りつ] - public

Kanji: 園
Meaning: garden
Backside: エン
動[どう]物[ぶつ]園[えん] - a zoo
公[こう]園[えん] - a park
遊[ゆう]園[えん]地[ち] - an amusement park

Kanji: 住
Meaning: live
Backside: ジュウ、す.む
住[す]む - to live
住[じゅう]所[しょ] - address
住[じゅう]民[みん] - inhabitants
住[じゅう]宅[たく] - housing

Kanji: 場
Meaning: place, scene
Backside: ジョウ、ば
場[ば]所[しょ] - a place
広[ひろ]場[ば] - a square
運[うん]動[どう]場[じょう] - playground
場[ば]合[あい] - case, situation

Kanji: 都
Meaning: capital, big city
Backside: ト、ツ
都[と]市[し] - big city
東[とう]京[きょう]都[と] - Tokyo (metropolis)
都[と]会[かい] - an urban area
都[つ]合[ごう] - convenience, circumstances

Kanji: 用
Meaning: employ, things to do
Backside: ヨウ、もち.いる
用[よう]事[じ] - things to do
用[よう]具[ぐ] - a tool
利[り]用[よう](する) - to use
使[し]用[よう](する) - use, application, utilization
用[よう]意[い] - preparations, arrangements
用[もち]いる - to utilize, to make use of (e.g. a natural resource, 一)
用[よう]例[れい] - example usage (e.g. of a word)

Kanji: 願
Meaning: wish, ask a favor
Backside: ガン、ねが.う
願[ねが]う - to request
願[ねが]い - a wish
願[がん]書[しょ] - an application

Kanji: 仕
Meaning: serve, do
Backside: シ
仕[し]事[ごと] - a job, work
仕[し]方[かた] - how to, a method

Kanji: 席
Meaning: seat
Backside: セキ
席[せき] - seat
座[ざ]席[せき] - seat (more concrete, i.e. the actual chair)
出[しゅっ]席[せき](する) - to attend / be present
指[し]定[てい]席[せき] - a reserved seat

Kanji: 末
Meaning: last part
Backside: マツ、(すえ)
週[しゅう]末[まつ] - weekend
(夏[なつ]の 末[すえ] - end of summer)

Kanji: 涼
Meaning: refreshing, cool
Backside: リョウ、すず.しい、すず.む
涼[すず]む - to cool oneself
涼[すず]しい - cool, refreshing
涼[りょう]風[ふう] - cool breeze

Kanji: 工
Meaning: manufacture, construction
Backside: コウ
工[こう]場[じょう] - a factory
工[こう]学[がく] - engineering
工[こう]事[じ] - construction
工[こう]業[ぎょう] - manufacturing industry

Kanji: 様
Meaning: manner, formal title
Backside: ヨウ、さま
〜 様[さま] - Mr., Mrs., Ms.
様[さま]々[ざま](な) - various
様[よう]子[す] - appearance/behavior of someone, situation
様[よう]式[しき] - style, form (e.g. style of building)

Kanji: 同
Meaning: same
Backside: おな.じ、ドウ
同[おな]じ - same
同[どう]時[じ](に) - at the same time
同[どう]情[じょう](する) - to sympathize
同[どう]意[い](する) - to agree

Kanji: 覚
Meaning: awake, perceive, commit to memory
Backside: カク、おぼ.える、さ.ます、さ.める
覚[おぼ]える - to memorize
覚[さ]める - to wake up (一, intransitive)
目[め]覚[ざ]める - to wake up (一, intransitive)
目[め]覚[ざ]まし 時[と]計[けい] - alarm clock
知[ち]覚[かく] - perception
感[かん]覚[かく] - a sense, feeling, intuition

Kanji: 変
Meaning: change, strange
Backside: ヘン、か.わる
変[か]わる - to change (五, intransitive)
変[か]える - to change (一, transitive)
お 変[か]わり - change (polite)
変[へん](な) - strange, funny
大[たい]変[へん](な) - serious, awful, terrible
変[へん]化[か](する) - to change (e.g. climate)

Kanji: 黒
Meaning: black
Backside: コク、くろ.い
黒[くろ] - black color
黒[くろ]い - black
黒[くろ]字[じ] - profit, surplus
暗[あん]黒[こく] - darkness
黒[こく]板[ばん] - blackboard

Kanji: 市
Meaning: city, market
Backside: シ、いち
市[し] - city
都[と]市[し] - big city
市[いち]場[ば] - town market
市[し]長[ちょう] - mayor
市[し]民[みん] - citizen

Kanji: 町
Meaning: town
Backside: チョウ、まち
町[まち] - a town
下[した]町[まち] - low-lying part of a town
町[ちょう]長[ちょう] - town headman

Kanji: 区
Meaning: district, ward
Backside: ク
区[く] - a ward
地[ち]区[く] - a district
区[く]別[べつ](する) - differentiation, classification

Kanji: 県
Meaning: prefecture
Backside: ケン
千[ち]葉[ば]県[けん] - Chiba prefecture

Kanji: 府
Meaning: administrative prefecture
Backside: フ
大[おお]阪[さか]府[ふ] - Osaka prefecture
京[きょう]都[と]府[ふ] - Kyoto prefecture
政[せい]府[ふ] - the government

Kanji: 風
Meaning: wind, manner
Backside: フウ、フ、かぜ
風[かぜ] - wind
北[きた]風[かぜ] - north wind
涼[りょう]風[ふう] - cold wind
台[たい]風[ふう] - typhoon
和[わ]風[ふう] - Japanese style
洋[よう]風[ふう] - Western style
お 風[ふ]呂[ろ] - bath

Kanji: 呂
Meaning: phonetic ろ
Backside: ロ
風[ふ]呂[ろ]敷[しき] - furosiki
風[ふ]呂[ろ] - bath
お 風[ふ]呂[ろ]に 入[はい]る - to take a bath

Kanji: 苔
Meaning: moss
Backside: こけ、タイ
苔[こけ] - moss
海苔[のり] - nori

Kanji: 典
Meaning: standard work, canon
Backside: テン
英[えい]和[わ]辞[じ]典[てん] - English-Japanese dictionary
漢[かん]和[わ]辞[じ]典[てん] - Chines-Japanese character directionary
古[こ]典[てん] - Classics of literature

Kanji: 和
Meaning: harmonious, peace, Japan, sum
Backside: ワ
和[わ] - sum (e.g. of all angles)
平[へい]和[わ] - peace, harmony
和[わ]食[しょく] - Japanese food
和[わ]服[ふく] - Japanese kimono
和[わ]語[ご] - native japanese words

Kanji: 泉
Meaning: spring, fountain
Backside: セン、いずみ
泉[いずみ] - spring, fountain
温[おん]泉[せん] - hot spring
大[だい]辞[じ]泉[せん] - Daijisen dictionary

Kanji: 辞
Meaning: term, resign
Backside: や.める、ジ
辞[や]める- (止める: to stop, cease, 辞める: to quit, leave one's job)
辞[じ]書[しょ] - a dictionary
英[えい]和[わ]辞[じ]典[てん] - E/J dictionary

Kanji: 保
Meaning: preserve
Backside: ホ、たも.つ
保[たも]つ - to maintain unchanged
平和を保ち - to maintain peace
保[ほ]持[じ](する) - to maintain, preserve, retain
保[ほ]有[ゆう](する) - to posess
保[ほ]存[ぞん](する) - preserve, conserve, maintain

Kanji: 訳
Meaning: translate, sense/reason
Backside: ヤク、わけ
訳[やく] - translation
訳[やく]す - to translate
訳[やく]者[しゃ] - translator
申[もう]し 訳[わけ] - excuse, apology
訳[わけ]の分からない言葉 - words that make no sense

Kanji: 定
Meaning: fix, settle
Backside: テイ、さだ.める、さだ.まる
定[さだ]まる - to be decided
定[さだ]まった 場[ば]所[しょ] - decided place
定[てい]食[しょく] - fixed menu / day's special
定[てい]期[き] - commuter's pass
定[てい]員[いん] - admission limit

Kanji: 決
Meaning: decide
Backside: ケツ、けっー、き.まる、き.める
決[き]める - to decide (一)
決[けっ]心[しん](する) - to make up one's mind
決[けっ]定[てい] - decision, conclusion

Kanji: 解
Meaning: take apart, dissolve, clarify
Backside: カイ
解[かい]体[たい] - dismantling (of a machine), dissection
解[かい]説[せつ] - explanation

Kanji: 説
Meaning: explain, theory
Backside: セツ、セッ
説[せつ]明[めい](する) - to explain
解[かい]説[せつ] - explanation, commentary
小[しょう]説[せつ] - a novel
説[せっ]教[きょう](する) - to preach
学[がく]説[せつ] - theory

Kanji: 例
Meaning: example
Backside: レイ、たと.える
例える - to illustrate, give an example
例[たと]えば - for example
例[れい]文[ぶん] - illustrative sentence
用[よう]例[れい] - illustration (use of a word)

Kanji: 検
Meaning: examine, inspect
Backside: 車[しゃ]検[けん] - automobile inspection
検[けん]索[さく](する) - to look up a word in a dictionary

Kanji: 索
Meaning: search for, rope
Backside: サク
索[さく] - cable, rope
索[さく]引[いん] - index
検[けん]索[さく] - to look up a word
思[し]索[さく](する) - speculation, thinking

Kanji: 池
Meaning: pond, reservoir
Backside: チ、いけ
池[いけ] - pond
電[でん]池[ち] - battery

Kanji: 源
Meaning: source
Backside: ゲン、みなもと
源[げん]泉[せん] - fountainhead, source
電[でん]源[げん] - source of power
その 源[みなもと]は 明[あき]らかじゃない - it is of obscure origin (明らか: clear)
根[こん]源[げん] - origin, beginning

Kanji: 消
Meaning: extinguish, erase
Backside: ショウ、き.える、け.す
消[き]える - to be extinguished, disappear (一)
消[け]す - to extinguish, switch off, remove from
消[しょう]火[か](する) - to extinguish
消[しょう]費[ひ](する) - to consume
消[き]えた 火[ひ]  -  extinguished fire
消[け]しゴム - eraser

Kanji: 声
Meaning: voice, sound
Backside: セイ、こえ
声[こえ] - voice
音[おん]声[せい] - sound (the concept, e.g. on a computer)

Kanji: 直
Meaning: straight, fix
Backside: チョク、ジキ、なお.す、なお.る、-なお.す
直[ちょく]線[せん] - straight line
直[ちょく]後[ご] - straight afterwards
直[なお]す - to fix / mend
直[なお]る - to be fixed / mended
書[か]き 直[なお]す - to write again
正[しょう]直[じき] - honest

Kanji: 科
Meaning: subject of study, department
Backside: カ
教[きょう]科[か]書[しょ] - a textbook
科[か]学[がく] - science
外[げ]科[か] - department of surgery
理[り]科[か] - science department

Kanji: 練
Meaning: to train
Backside: レン
練[れん]習[しゅう]する - to train
訓[くん]練[れん] - training

Kanji: 習
Meaning: learn
Backside: シュウ、なら.う
習[なら]う - to take lessons
学[がく]習[しゅう](する) - study, learning, tutorial
習[しゅう]慣[かん] - a habit, custom
練[れん]習[しゅう](する) - to practice

Kanji: 質
Meaning: quality, matter
Backside: シツ
質[しつ] - quality
性[せい]質[しつ] - character, nature
質[しつ]問[もん] - question
物[ぶっ]質[しつ] - substance, matter

Kanji: 音
Meaning: sound
Backside: オン、おと
音[おと] - sound, noises
足[あし]音[おと] - footsteps
発[はつ]音[おん] - pronounciation
音[おん]読[よ]み - 'ON' reading

Kanji: 問
Meaning: question
Backside: モン、とい
問[とい] - question
質[しつ]問[もん] - question
問[もん]題[だい] - a question problem
訪[ほう]問[もん] - to visit / call upon s.o. at their house

Kanji: 答
Meaning: answer
Backside: トウ、こた.え、こた.える
答[こた]える - to answer
答[こたえ] / 答[こた]え - an answer
返[へん]答[とう](する) - to reply

Kanji: 留
Meaning: keep, stay
Backside: リュウ、ル、と.まる、と.める
留[る]守[す] - absence from home
留[りゅう]学[がく](する) - to study abroad
書[かき]留[とめ] - registered letter
留[と]める - another kanji for e.g park/keep in place, etc

Kanji: 絵
Meaning: picture
Backside: カイ、え
絵[え] - picture
絵[え]本[ほん] - picture book
絵[かい]画[が] - pictures, paintings, drawings

Kanji: 姿
Meaning: figure, form, shape
Backside: シ、すがた
容[よう]姿[し] - face and figure, apperance
英[えい]姿[し] - majestic figure
姿[すがた] - a figure, form
絵[え]姿[すがた] - portrait
パジャマ 姿[すがた]で - in pyjamas

Kanji: 線
Meaning: line
Backside: セン
直[ちょく]線[せん] - straight line
曲[きょく]線[せん] - curved line
山手[やまのて]線[せん] - Yamanote line (yamanote: foothills)

Kanji: 授
Meaning: confer, award
Backside: ジュ、さず.かる、さず.ける
授[じゅ]業[ぎょう] - teaching, instruction
教[きょう]授[じゅ] - professor
学[がく]位[い]を 授[さず]ける - to award a university degree
賞[しょう]を 授[さず]かる - to be awarded a prize

Kanji: 業
Meaning: work, business, industry
Backside: ギョウ
授[じゅ]業[ぎょう] - instruction, lesson
工[こう]業[ぎょう] - manufacture
農[のう]業[ぎょう] - agriculture
商[しょう]業[ぎょう] - commerce
産[さん]業[ぎょう] - industry

Kanji: 代
Meaning: substitution, period, fee
Backside: ダイ、か.わる
代[か]わる - to substitute
代[だい]用[よう]する - to use in place
時[じ]代[だい] - an era
世[せ]代[だい] - generation
代[だい]金[きん] - charge, fee
部[へ]屋[や]代[だい] - room fee

Kanji: 研
Meaning: grind, research
Backside: ケン
研[けん]究[きゅう](する) - to study, research
研[けん]修[しゅう](する) - to study and train
研[けん]究[きゅう]所[しょ] - research institute

Kanji: 究
Meaning: to carry to extremity
Backside: キュウ
研[けん]究[きゅう]者[しゃ] -  a researcher

Kanji: 題
Meaning: title, topic, problem
Backside: ダイ
題[だい]名[めい] - a title (e.g. of a novel)
話[わ]題[だい] - a topic
宿[しゅく]題[だい] - homework
問[もん]題[だい] - a problem question

Kanji: 実
Meaning: real, fruit
Backside: ジツ、みの.る
実[じつ] - truth, reality
事[じ]実[じつ] - as a matter of fact
明[あき]らかな 事[じ]実[じつ] - obvious fact
実[じつ]用[よう] - practial use
実[じっ]家[か] - place where one was born
実[みの]る - to bear fruit (リンゴが赤く実った)
実[じっ]験[けん]する - to experiment

Kanji: 守
Meaning: protect
Backside: シュ、ス、まも.る
留[る]守[す] - absence from home
守[まも]る - to protect, defend, guard
約[やく]束[そく]を 守[まも]る - to keep one's promise

Kanji: 頼
Meaning: to rely on, ask
Backside: ライ、たの.む
信[しん]頼[らい]する - to rely on, have trust in
頼[たの]む - to ask, request

Kanji: 未
Meaning: not yet
Backside: ミ
未[み]来[らい] - future (distant)
未[み]定[てい] − undecided
Don't confuse with 末、夫

Kanji: 宿
Meaning: lodge
Backside: シュク、やど.る
宿[やど]屋[や] - an inn
宿[しゅく]題[だい] - homework
宿[しゅく]泊[はく](する) - to stay overnight / be lodged

Kanji: 医
Meaning: medicine, doctor
Backside: イ
医[い]者[しゃ] - doctor
医[い]院[いん] - clinic
医[い]学[がく] - medical science

Kanji: 史
Meaning: history
Backside: シ
史[し]学[がく] - history
近[きん]代[だい]史[し] - modern history
世[せ]界[かい]史[し] - world history
日[に]本[ほん]史[し] - Japanese history

Kanji: 訓
Meaning: instruct
Backside: クン
訓[くん]練[れん] - training
訓[くん]読[どく] - kun reading

Kanji: 注
Meaning: pour, concentrate
Backside: チュウ
注[ちゅう]入[にゅう]する - to pour
注[ちゅう]文[もん] - to place an order
注[ちゅう]目[もく] - attention （注目く下さい!)

Kanji: 去
Meaning: go away, last ~
Backside: キョ、さ.る
去[きょ]年[ねん] - last year
去[さ]る〜 - the past / last 〜
去[さ]る - to leave, go away (遠くに去る)

Kanji: 悪
Meaning: bad
Backside: アク、わる.い
悪[あく]事[じ] - evil deed
悪[あく]質[しつ]な - malignant
悪[わる]口[ぐち] - slander, speaking ill
悪[わる]い - bad (悪い知らせ: bad news)

Kanji: 理
Meaning: reason, basic principle
Backside: リ
物[ぶつ]理[り] - physics
理[り]由[ゆう] - reason, cause
料[りょう]理[り]する - to cook
地[ち]理[り]学[がく] - geography
理[り]論[ろん] - a theory
...の理由を説明した - I explained the reasons for ...

Kanji: 化
Meaning: change into, -ization
Backside: カ
化[か]学[がく] - chemistry
近[きん]代[だい]化[か] - modernization
近[きん]代[だい]化[か]する - modernize
変[へん]化[か] - change
文[ぶん]化[か] - culture

Kanji: 具
Meaning: equipment, instrument
Backside: グ
道[どう]具[ぐ] - tool, utensil
用[よう]具[ぐ] - tool, utensil
具[ぐ]合[あい] - condition, state, health
家[か]具[ぐ] - furniture
雨[あま]具[ぐ] - raingear (ま!）
文[ぶん]房[ぼう]具[ぐ] - stationary, writing material

Kanji: 合
Meaning: combine, fit/suit
Backside: ゴウ、あい
合[ごう]計[けい]する - to add up / total
都[つ]合[ごう] - convenience, circumstances
具[ぐ]合[あい] - condition, health
体[からだ]によく 合[あ]う - to fit a person well

Kanji: 調
Meaning: tone, research, investigate
Backside: チョウ、しら.べる
調[しら]べる - to check
調[ちょう]子[し] - condition (personal), tone (sound)
調[ちょう]和[わ] - harmony

Kanji: 丁
Meaning: town subsection
Backside: チョウ、てい
二[に]丁[ちょう]目[め] - 2-chome
丁[ちょう]度[ど] - exactly, just if
丁[てい]寧[ねい](な) - polite

Kanji: 歴
Meaning: career
Backside: レキ
歴[れき]史[し] - history (e.g. 日本の歴史)
履[り]歴[れき]書[しょ] - one's personal history
学[がく]歴[れき] - one's educational background

Kanji: 済
Meaning: settle, finish
Backside: サイ、-ザイ、す.む、す.ます
済[す]む - to be settled/finished (intransitive)
済[す]ます - to settle/finish (e.g. a bill, transitive)
返[へん]済[さい]する - to pay, reimburse
経[けい]済[ざい]学[がく] - economics
仕事を済ます - finish one's work

Kanji: 論
Meaning: debate, theory
Backside: ロン
議[ぎ]論[ろん]する - to argue
理[り]論[ろん] - a theory
論[ろん]文[ぶん] - thesis
結[けつ]論[ろん] - conclusion

Kanji: 拝
Meaning: worship, humbly
Backside: ハイ、おが.む
拝[はい]啓[けい] - Dear Sir, dear Madam
拝[おが]む - to make a bow, worship, pay one's respect with joned hands

Kanji: 啓
Meaning: enlighten
Backside: ケイ
拝[はい]啓[けい] - Dear Sir, Dear Madam

Kanji: 敬
Meaning: respect
Backside: ケイ, うやま.う
敬[けい]語[ご] - honorific language
敬[けい]具[ぐ] - yours respectfully
敬[うやま]う - to respect, revere, honor

Kanji: 政
Meaning: political administration
Backside: セイ
政[せい]治[じ] - politics
政[せい]府[ふ] - government
行[ぎょう]政[せい] - administration

Kanji: 治
Meaning: govern, heal
Backside: ジ、おさ.める、おさ.まる、なお.す、なお.る
治[なお]す - to cure / heal (vs: 直す: fix)
治[おさ]める - to govern
政[せい]治[じ]家[か] - politician
明[めい]治[じ] - Meji Era

Kanji: 経
Meaning: pass through, manage
Backside: ケイ、た.つ
三年が 経[た]ちました。- Three years have passed
経[けい]済[ざい] - economy
経[けい]営[えい] - management
経[けい]由[ゆ]する - to pass through, go via

Kanji: 育
Meaning: raise, breed
Backside: イク、そだ.つ、そだ.てる
育[そだ]つ - to grow
育[そだ]てる - to bring up
教[きょう]育[いく] - education
体[たい]育[いく] - physical training

Kanji: 写
Meaning: copy
Backside: シャ、うつ.る、うつ.す
写[うつ]る - to be photographed
写[うつ]す - to copy / take a photograph
写[しゃ]真[しん] - a photograph
彼女の写真を 撮[と]りました。- I took her photo

Kanji: 真
Meaning: true, genuine
Backside: シン、ま、まっ-
真[ま]夜[よ]中[なか] - midnight
真[しん]理[り] - truth
真[まっ]白[しろ] - real/pure white
写[しゃ]真[しん] - photograph

Kanji: 楽
Meaning: pleasure, comfortable, music
Backside: ガク、ラク、たの.しむ、たの.しみ
楽[たの]しい - enjoyable
楽[たの]しむ - to enjoy
音[おん]楽[がく] - music
楽[らく]な - easy, comfortable

Kanji: 料
Meaning: fee, materials
Backside: リョウ
料[りょう]理[り] - cooking
材[ざい]料[りょう] - ingredients (vs  最[さい]良[りょう](の) - the best, most excellent)
料[りょう]金[きん] - a fee, a charge
原[げん]料[りょう] - raw material

Kanji: 組
Meaning: organize, assemble, set
Backside: ソ、く.む、くみ
組[く]み 合[あ]わせ - a combination
組[くみ] - a group, a set
〜 組[くみ] - ~sets
番[ばん]組[ぐみ] - a TV/movie program

Kanji: 寝
Meaning: sleep
Backside: シン、ね.る
寝[ね]る - to sleep
寝[しん]室[しつ] - a bedroom
寝[しん]台[だい]車[しゃ] - a sleeping car

Kanji: 立
Meaning: stand, establish
Backside: リツ、た.つ、たち-
立[た]つ - to stand
立[たち]場[ば] - a standpoint
国[こく]立[りつ] - national
公[こう]立[りつ] - public
私[し]立[りつ] - private

Kanji: 始
Meaning: begin, start
Backside: シ、はじ.まる、はじ.める
始[はじ]まる - to start (intrans)
始[はじ]める - to start something (trans)
開[かい]始[し]する - to begin

Kanji: 起
Meaning: rise, initiate
Backside: キ、お.きる、お.こす、おこ.る
起[お]きる - to rise to one's feet, get out of bed (一)
起[お]こす - to cause, wake someone up
起[お]こる - to happen, to occur
起[き]立[りつ]する - to stand up, rise
遅くまで起きている - to stay up late

Kanji: 遊
Meaning: play
Backside: ユウ、あそ.ぶ
遊[あそ]ぶ - to play
遊[ゆう]園[えん]地[ち] - amusement park
遊[あそ]び - play, recreation

Kanji: 座
Meaning: seat, sit
Backside: ザ、すわ.る
座[ざ]席[せき] - a seat
座[すわ]る - to sit
正[せい]座[ざ]する - to sit up straight (formal style)

Kanji: 終
Meaning: end
Backside: シュウ、お.わる、お.える
終[お]わる - to end
終[お]える - to finish something (一)
終[お]わり - end(ing), conclusion
終[しゅう]電[でん] - the last train
終[しゅう]点[てん] - the last stop, terminus
..おわる - e.g. 読み終わる - finish reading

Kanji: 借
Meaning: borrow
Backside: シャク、シャっ、か.りる
借[か]りる - to borrow
借[しゃっ]金[きん] - a debt
借[しゃく]用[よう]書[しょ] - an IOU

Kanji: 返
Meaning: return s.th, back
Backside: ヘン、かえ.る、かえ.す
返[かえ]す - to send back / return something
返[へん]事[じ] - an answer
返[へん]信[しん]する - to reply

Kanji: 貸
Meaning: lend out
Backside: か.す
貸[か]す - to lend
貸[か]し 出[だ]し - to loan out

Kanji: 送
Meaning: send
Backside: ソウ、おく.る
送[おく]る - to send
見[み]送[おく]る - to send off
送[そう]別[べつ]会[かい] - a farewell party
送[そう]料[りょう] - postage

Kanji: 誰
Meaning: who
Backside: 誰か - someone, somebody

Kanji: 川
Meaning: river
Backside: かわ
川[かわ] - river, stream, brook
小[お]川[がわ] - brook, streamlet

Kanji: 結
Meaning: to tie, conclude
Backside: ケツ、むす.ぶ
結[むす]ぶ - to tie, join, link
結[けっ]婚[こん]する - to marry
結[けつ]論[ろん] - conclusion
結[けっ]果[か] - outcome, consequence

Kanji: 婚
Meaning: marry
Backside: コン
結[けっ]婚[こん] - marriage
婚[こん]約[やく]する - to get engaged
新[しん]婚[こん]旅[りょ]行[こう] - a honeymoon

Kanji: 離
Meaning: separate
Backside: リ、はな.れる、はな.す
離[り]婚[こん]する - to divorce
離[はな]す - to part, to detach (trans)
離[はな]れる - to separate (intrans)

Kanji: 欠
Meaning: lack, defect
Backside: ケツ、か.ける、か.く
欠[か]ける - to be missing, to be short of
欠[けっ]席[せき]する - to be absent

Kanji: 予
Meaning: in advance
Backside: ヨ
予[よ]定[てい] - plan, schedule
天[てん]気[き]予[よ]報[ほう] - weather forecast
予[よ]約[やく]する - to reserve
予[よ]備[び] - a spare

Kanji: 洋
Meaning: ocean, western
Backside: ヨウ
西[せい]洋[よう] - the West
洋[よう]服[ふく] - western clothes
東[とう]洋[よう] - the East, the Orient
洋[よう]食[しょく] - Western food

Kanji: 式
Meaning: style, ceremony
Backside: シキ
式[しき] - a ceremony, a formula
公[こう]式[しき] - a formality
結[けっ]婚[こん]式[しき] - a wedding
正[せい]式[しき]な - formal, official

Kanji: 活
Meaning: active, living
Backside: カツ
生[せい]活[かつ] - life, existence
活[かっ]発[ぱつ]な - active
活[かつ]動[どう] - activity
活[かつ]用[よう]形[けい] - conjugation form

Kanji: 暑
Meaning: hot (for climate)
Backside: ショ、あつ.い
暑[あつ]い - hot
暑[あつ]さ - heat, hotness
暑[しょ]気[き] - hot weather

Kanji: 熱
Meaning: hot (for things)
Backside: ネツ、あつ.い
熱[ねつ] - fever, heat
高[こう]熱[ねつ] - great heat / fever
熱[ねっ]心[しん]な - eager, enthusiastic
熱[あつ]い - hot

Kanji: 寒
Meaning: cold (for climate)
Backside: カン、さむ.い
寒[さむ]い - cold
寒[さむ]さ - coldness
寒[かん]暖[だん]計[けい] - thermometer

Kanji: 温
Meaning: warm (for things)
Backside: オン、あたた.かい
温[あたた]かい - warm
温[おん]度[ど] - temperature
温[おん]室[しつ] - greenhouse
温[おん]泉[せん] - a hot spring

Kanji: 者
Meaning: person
Backside: シャ、もの
者[もの] - a person
若[わか]者[もの] - a young person
医[い]者[しゃ] - a doctor
科[か]学[がく]者[しゃ] - a scientist
学[がく]者[しゃ] - a scholar

Kanji: 運
Meaning: carry, move, fortune
Backside: ウン、はこ.ぶ
運[うん]送[そう] - transportation
運[うん] - fortune, luck
運[うん]動[どう] - exercise, sports
運[うん]動[どう]場[じょう] - sports ground
運[はこ]ぶ - to carry

Kanji: 転
Meaning: roll, turn
Backside: テン、ころ.ぶ
転[ころ]ぶ - to fall down
自[じ]転[てん]車[しゃ] - a bicycle
運[うん]転[てん]する - to drive
回[かい]転[てん]する - to rotate

Kanji: 選
Meaning: choose
Backside: セン、えら.ぶ
選[えら]ぶ - to select
選[せん]挙[きょ] - an election
選[せん]択[たく]する - to select (vs  洗[せん]濯[たく] - laundry)
選[せん]考[こう] - selection, screening

Kanji: 記
Meaning: write down
Backside: キ、 しる.す
記[しる]す - to write down
記[き]者[しゃ] - a reporter
記[き]号[ごう] - symbol, mark, sign
記[き]事[じ] - an article
日[にっ]記[き] - a diary

Kanji: 議
Meaning: discuss, legislative body
Backside: ギ
会[かい]議[ぎ] - conference
議[ぎ]会[かい] - Parliament
議[ぎ]論[ろん]する - to discuss
議[ぎ]長[ちょう] - a chairman

Kanji: 員
Meaning: member
Backside: イン
社[しゃ]員[いん] - staff member
会[かい]員[いん] - member of an association
店[てん]員[いん] - sales person
定[てい]員[いん] - admission limit

Kanji: 商
Meaning: trade
Backside: ショウ
商[しょう]店[てん] - a store
商[しょう]品[ひん] - goods
商[しょう]売[ばい] - trade
商[しょう]社[しゃ] - trading company

Kanji: 農
Meaning: farming
Backside: ノウ
農[のう]村[そん] - farming village
農[のう]民[みん] - a farmer
農[のう]家[か] - a farmer
農[のう]業[ぎょう] - agriculture

Kanji: 良
Meaning: good
Backside: リョウ、よ.い
良[よ]い - good
良[りょう]心[しん] - conscience
最[さい]良[りょう](の) - the best, most excellent (vs  材[ざい]料[りょう] - ingredients)

Kanji: 正
Meaning: correct, right
Backside: セイ、ショウ、ただ.しい
正[ただ]しい - correct, reight
正[しょう]月[がつ] - the New year
正[しょう]直[じき](な) - honest

Kanji: 適
Meaning: suitable
Backside: テキ
適[てき](した) - suitable
適[てき]当[とう]な - suitable, fit
適[てき]切[せつ]な - appropriate

Kanji: 違
Meaning: differ, violate
Backside: イ、ちが.う
違[ちが]う - to be different
違[ちが]い - a difference
間[ま]違[ちが]い - a mistake
違[い]反[はん] - violation

Kanji: 難
Meaning: difficult, disaster
Backside: ナン、むずか.しい
難[むずか]しい - difficult
困[こん]難[なん]な - difficult
住[じゅう]宅[たく]難[なん] - housing shortage
海[かい]難[なん] - disaster at sea
難[なん]問[もん] - difficult problem

Kanji: 形
Meaning: shape
Backside: ケイ、ギョウ、かたち
形[かたち] - a shape
形[けい]式[しき] - a form
人[にん]形[ぎょう] - a doll
活[かつ]用[よう]形[けい] - conjugation form

Kanji: 味
Meaning: taste
Backside: ミ、あじ
味[あじ] - taste
味[あじ]わう - to enjoy the taste
味[み]覚[かく] - sense of taste
趣[しゅ]味[み] - hobby
興[きょう]味[み] - interest in something

Kanji: 試
Meaning: try, test
Backside: シ、こころ.みる、ため.す
試[こころ]みる - to try, attempt, test
試[ため]す - try, test, experiment
試[し]合[あい] - a game
試[し]着[ちゃく]室[しつ] - dressing/fitting room

Kanji: 験
Meaning: proof, examine
Backside: ケン
試[し]験[けん] - an examination
実[じっ]験[けん] - to experiment
受[じゅ]験[けん]する - to take the exam
経[けい]験[けん]する - to experience

Kanji: 接
Meaning: connect, contact
Backside: セツ、(つぐ)
接[つ]ぐ - to connect, contact
接[せっ]する -  to touch, adjoin
直[ちょく]接[せつ] - directly
面[めん]接[せつ] - an interview
接[せっ]する - to touch, to adjoin (e.g. a country)

Kanji: 果
Meaning: fruit
Backside: カ、くだもの
果[か]実[じつ] - fruit, berry
結[けっ]果[か] - outcome, result
＊ 果[くだ]物[もの] - fruit
効[こう]果[か] - an effect
成[せい]果[か] - an outcome

Kanji: 格
Meaning: norm, status
Backside: カク
合[ごう]格[かく]する - to pass
資[し]格[かく] - a qualification
性[せい]格[かく] - character
価[か]格[かく] - price

Kanji: 落
Meaning: fall, drop
Backside: ラク、ラッ、お.とす、お.ちる
落[お]ちる - to fall (一)
落[お]とす - to drop
落[らく]第[だい]する - to fail in an exam
落[らっ]下[か]する - to fall, to drop

Kanji: 受
Meaning: receive
Backside: ジュ、う.かる、う.ける
受[う]ける - to receive
受[うけ]付[つけ] - reception
受[じゅ]験[けん]する - to take an exam

Kanji: 残
Meaning: remain, ruthless
Backside: ザン、のこ.る、のこ.す
残[のこ]す - to leave
残[のこ]る - to remain
残[ざん]高[だか] - balance, remainder
残[ざん]業[ぎょう] - overtime work

Kanji: 念
Meaning: thoughts, desires
Backside: ネン
記[き]念[ねん] - memory, a memento
残[ざん]念[ねん]な - regrettable

Kanji: 法
Meaning: law, method
Backside: ほう
方[ほう]法[ほう] - method, way, system
使[し]用[よう]法[ほう] - like  使[つか]い 方[かた]
文[ぶん]法[ぽう] - grammar

Kanji: 基
Meaning: base / basic
Backside: キ
基[き]地[ち] - base
基[き]本[ほん] - basis, foundation

Kanji: 指
Meaning: finger, to point
Backside: シ、ゆび、さ.す
指[ゆび] - a finger
指[さ]すor  指[ゆび]差[さ]す - to point at
親[おや]指[ゆび] - a thumb
指[し]定[てい]席[せき] - a reserved seat

Kanji: 折
Meaning: break off, fold
Backside: セツ、お.る
折[お]る - to fold, to break
折[お]り 紙[がみ] - paper folding
右[う]折[せつ] - right turn
左[さ]折[せつ] - left turn

Kanji: 払
Meaning: clear away, pay
Backside: はら.う
払[はら]う - to pay
支[し]払[はら]い - payment
前[まえ]払[ばら]い - pay in advance

Kanji: 投
Meaning: throw, send in
Backside: トウ、な.げる
投[な]げる - to throw (一)
投[とう]資[し]する - to invest
投[とう]書[しょ]する - to send a letter to the editor

Kanji: 打
Meaning: strike, hit
Backside: ダ、う.つ
打[う]つ - to hit
打[う]ち 合[あ]わせ - a preliminary meeting
打[だ]楽[がっ]器[き] - a percussion instrument

Kanji: 深
Meaning: deep
Backside: シン、ふか.い、ふか.まる
深[しん]遠[えん](な) - deep, profound
深[しん]夜[や] - deep night
深[ふか]い - deep
深[ふか]まる - to become deep

Kanji: 洗
Meaning: wash
Backside: セン、あ.らう
洗[あら]う - to wash
洗[せん]面[めん]所[しょ] - a washroom, toilet
お 手[て]洗[あら]い - a washroom, toilet
洗[せん]濯[たく] - laundry (vs  選[せん]択[たく] - selection)
洗[せん]剤[ざい] - detergent

Kanji: 流
Meaning: flow, current, style
Backside: リュウ、なが.れる
流[なが]れ - a stream
流[なが]れる - to stream
流[りゅう]行[こう] - fashion
流[りゅう]通[つう]する - to circulate

Kanji: 街
Meaning: city quarter
Backside: ガイ、カイ、まち
街[まち] - (busy) city quarter
一[いち]番[ばん]街[がい] - first avenue

Kanji: 婦
Meaning: adult woman, lady
Backside: フ
夫[ふう]婦[ふ] - married couple

Kanji: 笑
Meaning: laugh
Backside: ショウ、わら.う
笑[わら]い - laughter
笑[わら]う - to laugh
笑[わら]い 話[ばなし]- funny story
一[いっ]笑[しょう]する - to laugh a laugh

Kanji: 緒
Meaning: outset
Backside: ショ
一[いっ]緒[しょ]に - together

Kanji: 伺
Meaning: inquire
Backside: うかが.う
伺[うかが]う - to inquire (humbly)
..と 伺[うかが]った - I heard that ...

Kanji: 差
Meaning: difference, emphatic prefix
Backside: サ、さ.す
大[たい]差[さ] - big difference
指[ゆび]差[さ]す - to point (with finger)
差[さ]し 上[あ]げる - to give (to superior)

Kanji: 頃
Meaning: about, approximately
Backside: ころ、ごろ
頃[ごろ] - about (suffix)

Kanji: 位
Meaning: rank, position, about
Backside: イ、くらい
地[ち]位[い] - position, status, social standing
学[がく]位[い] - academic degree
位[くらい] - about, approximately

Kanji: 興
Meaning: rise to prosperity, amusement
Backside: コウ、キョウ
新[しん]興[こう]の - rising
興[きょう]味[み] - interest

Kanji: 的
Meaning: target, suffix to make な-adjectives
Backside: テキ
目[もく]的[てき] - a purpose, and aim
私[し]的[てき] - private
文[ぶん]化[か]的[てき]な - cultural

Kanji: 空
Meaning: sky, air, empty
Backside: クウ、そら、あ.く、す.く
空[くう]間[かん] - space
空[くう]席[せき] - a vacant seat
空[くう]気[き] - air
空[あ]く - be vacant/vacated (空いている部屋 - same sound as 開く)
お 腹[なか]が 空[す]いたでしょう - you must be hungry

Kanji: 危
Meaning: dangerous
Backside: キ、あぶ.ない
危[き]難[なん] - danger, distress, hazard
危[あぶ]ない - dangerous, perilous

Kanji: 講
Meaning: university lecture
Backside: コウ
講[こう]義[ぎ] - 大学の授業
講[こう]演[えん] - talk, presentation

Kanji: 桜
Meaning: cherry
Backside: オウ、さくら
桜[おう]花[か] - cherry blossoms
桜[さくら] - Sakura

Kanji: 紅
Meaning: crimson
Backside: コウ、べに
＊ 紅[こう]葉[よう] - autumn leaves
紅[こう]茶[ちゃ] - black tee
紅[べに] - crimson

Kanji: 季
Meaning: season
Backside: キ
季[き]節[せつ] - season

Kanji: 節
Meaning: joint (i.e. knee), season of the year
Backside: セツ、ふし
季[き]節[せつ] - season
関[かん]節[せつ] - joint (knee, elbow)
節[ふし]々[ぶし] - joints

Kanji: 髪
Meaning: hair
Backside: ハツ、かみ
白[はく]髪[はつ] - white / grey hair
散[さん]髪[ぱつ] - barber
髪[かみ] - hair

Kanji: 椅
Meaning: chair
Backside: イ
椅[い]子[す] - chair, stool

Kanji: 急
Meaning: urgent, hurry, sudden
Backside: キュウ、いそ.ぐ
急[きゅう]行[こう] - express train/bus
急[きゅう]用[よう] - urgent business
急[きゅう]な - urgent, hasty
急[いそ]ぐ - hurry up, hasten
大[おお]急[いそ]ぎで - in a great hurry

Kanji: 鏡
Meaning: mirror, optical instrument
Backside: かがみ
＊ 眼鏡[めがね] - glasses
鏡[かがみ] - mirror

Kanji: 欲
Meaning: desire
Backside: ヨク、ほっ.する、ほ.しい
食[しょく]欲[よく] - appetite for food
欲[ほっ]する - desire, wish for
平[へい]和[わ]を 欲[ほっ]する - to wish for peace
欲[ほ]しい - want

Kanji: 過
Meaning: pass by, exceed
Backside: カ、すぎ.る
通[つう]過[か]する - to pass
過[か]去[こ] - the past
過[す]ぎる - pass by, go past, exceed (五十を過ぎる)
食[た]べ 過[す]ぎる - overeat
二[に]時[じ]過[す]ぎ - after 2 o'clock

Kanji: 約
Meaning: promise, approximate
Backside: ヤク
約[やく]束[そく]する - to promise
予[よ]約[やく]する - to reserve
婚[こん]約[やく] - an engagement
約[やく]〜 - about ~

Kanji: 案
Meaning: proposal
Backside: アン
案[あん] - an idea, a proposal
名[めい]案[あん] - a good idea
案[あん]内[ない]する - to guide
案[あん]内[ない]所[じょ] - information desk
提[てい]案[あん]する - to propose

Kanji: 準
Meaning: standard, level, quasi-
Backside: ジュン
準[じゅん]備[び]する - to prepare
準[じゅん]急[きゅう] - a local express (train)
水[すい]準[じゅん] - level, standard, water level

Kanji: 備
Meaning: provide
Backside: ビ
設[せつ]備[び] - equipment
準[じゅん]備[び] - preparation
予[よ]備[び] - reserve, a spare

Kanji: 相
Meaning: face-to-face, minister
Backside: ソウ、ショウ、あい- (prefix: "mutual")
相[あい]手[て] - an opponent, a partner
相[そう]談[だん]する - to consult
首[しゅ]相[しょう] - a Prime Minister

Kanji: 談
Meaning: talk
Backside: ダン
相[そう]談[だん]する - to consult, discuss
対[たい]談[だん] - face to face talk
談[だん]合[ごう] - consultation, negotiation
談[だん]話[わ]室[しつ] - a lounge
会[かい]談[だん]する - to hold a conference (vs: 階[かい]段[だん] - staircase)

Kanji: 連
Meaning: to link, in succession
Backside: レン、つ.れる
国[こく]連[れん] - United Nations
連[れん]日[じつ] - day after day
連[つ]れてくる - to bring (someone)
連[つ]れて行く - to take (someone)
連[れん]絡[らく]する - to get in touch

Kanji: 絡
Meaning: interlink, intertwine
Backside: ラク
連[れん]絡[らく]する - to contact, to inform

Kanji: 特
Meaning: special
Backside: トク
特[とく]に - particularly, especially
特[とく]別[べつ]な - special
特[とっ]急[きゅう] - special express
特[とく]色[しょく] - characteristic
特[とく]上[じょう] - first class plus, extra special

Kanji: 発
Meaning: start, emit
Backside: ハツ、ハッ、−パツ
出[しゅっ]発[ぱつ] - departure
発[はつ]音[おん] - pronunciation
発[はっ]表[ぴょう]する - to announce
発[はつ]売[ばい] - a sale
発[はっ]行[こう] - publication
発[はっ]着[ちゃく] - departure and arrival

Kanji: 到
Meaning: arrive
Backside: トウ
到[とう]着[ちゃく] - arrival
到[とう]達[たつ]する - to reach, to attain

Kanji: 交
Meaning: intercourse, interchange
Backside: コウ、ま.じる、まじ.わる
交[ま]じる - to be mixed (一)
交[まじ]わる - to cross, to have friendly relations with
交[こう]通[つう] - traffic
外[がい]交[こう] - diplomacy
交[こう]番[ばん] - police box

Kanji: 機
Meaning: machinery, opportunity
Backside: キ
機[き]械[かい] - a machine
機[き]会[かい] - an opportunity, a chance
飛[ひ]行[こう]機[き] - airplane
ジェット 機[き] - jet airplane
機[き]能[のう] - function, feature

Kanji: 関
Meaning: concern, barrier, joint
Backside: カン
関[かん]東[とう]地[ち]方[ほう] - the Kanto district
関[かん]節[せつ] - joint
機[き]関[かん] - engine, machine, organ
関[かん]係[けい]する - to relate

Kanji: 局
Meaning: section, bureau
Backside: キョク
薬[やっ]局[きょく] - drugstore, pharmacy
郵[ゆう]便[びん]局[きょく] - post office

Kanji: 信
Meaning: believe, message
Backside: シン
信[しん]じる - to believe (一)
信[しん]用[よう] - trust, confidence
信[しん]頼[らい] - reliance, confidence, trust
信[しん]号[ごう] - a signal
通[つう]信[しん] - correspondence

Kanji: 路
Meaning: road, route
Backside: ロ
路[ろ]線[せん] - route
進[しん]路[ろ] - a course, a route
線[せん]路[ろ] - railroad track
道[どう]路[ろ] - a road, a street
通[つう]路[ろ] - a passage

Kanji: 辺
Meaning: vincinity, borderland
Backside: ヘン、あた.り
この 辺[へん] - this neighborhood
辺[あた]り - neighborhood
家の辺りに - around the house

Kanji: 比
Meaning: compare
Backside: ヒ、くら.べる
比[ひ]較[かく](する) - comparison, to compare
比[ひ]例[れい] - proportion, ratio
比[くら]べる - compare, contrast

Kanji: 他
Meaning: other
Backside: タ、ほか
他[た]人[にん] - another person, stranger
他[ほか] - something other than, the rest
他[ほか]に - in addition

Kanji: 課
Meaning: section, lesson
Backside: カ
課[か]長[ちょう] - section manager
ニ[に]課[か] - two lessons
第[だい]五[ご]課[か] - the fifth lesson

Kanji: 戸
Meaning: door, household
Backside: コ、と
戸[こ]外[がい] - outdoors
雨[あま]戸[ど] - shutter
網[あみ]戸[ど] - screen doar

Kanji: 窓
Meaning: window
Backside: ソウ、まど
同[どう]窓[そう]生[せい] - fellow student, alumnus
窓[まど] - window
窓[まど]口[ぐち] - ticket/teller window

Kanji: 取
Meaning: take
Backside: シュ、と.る
所[しゅ]得[とく]する - to acquire
取[と]る - take a hold of, seize
気を取り直す - to pull oneself together, regain control

Kanji: 置
Meaning: to place
Backside: チ、お.く
設[せっ]置[ち] - establishment, installation (of equipment)
置[お]く - to place, install, set

Kanji: 故
Meaning: old, the late
Backside: コ
事[じ]故[こ] - accident
故[こ]障[しょう]する - to break down
故[こ]人[じん] - the deceased

Kanji: 意
Meaning: mind, meaning
Backside: イ
意[い]見[けん] - opinion
意[い]味[み] - meaning
注[ちゅう]意[い]する - to warn

Kanji: 押
Meaning: push
Backside: お.す
押[お]す - to push
押[お]し 入[い]れ - a closet
押[お]し 倒[たお]す - throw over

Kanji: 引
Meaning: to pull
Backside: イン、ひ.く
引[ひ]く - to pull, to draw
引[いん]用[よう]する - to cite
引[ひ]き 出[だ]し - a drawer
引[いん]力[りょく] - gravitational force
一[いち]割[わり]引[ひ]き - 10% off
風邪[かぜ]を 引[ひ]いている - to have a cold

Kanji: 割
Meaning: divide, 10% counter
Backside: カツ、わ.る、わ.れる
割[わ]る  - to cut, break, crack
一 割[わり]引[ひ]き - 10% off
分[ぶん]割[かつ] - division
分[ぶん]割[かつ]払[ばら]い - pay in installments
割[わり]合[あい] - rate, a ratio

Kanji: 営
Meaning: manage, barracks
Backside: エイ
経[けい]営[えい]する - to manage, administer
営[えい]業[ぎょう] - business, trade, sales
運[うん]営[えい] - management, administration

Kanji: 自
Meaning: self
Backside: ジ、し、みずから
自[し]然[ぜん] - nature, natural
自[じ]分[ぶん](の) - one's own
自[じ]信[しん] - self confidence
自[じ]由[ゆう] - freedom, liberty
自[みずか]ら(の) - personal, one's own

Kanji: 由
Meaning: reason
Backside: ユ、ユウ
経[けい]由[ゆ]する - by way of, via
理[り]由[ゆう] - reason
自[じ]由[ゆう] - freedom

Kanji: 求
Meaning: seek
Backside: キュウ、もと.める
求[もと]める - to seek for, search, desire
求[きゅう]人[じん]広[こう]告[こく] - help wanted sign
要[よう]求[きゅう]する - require, demand

Kanji: 象
Meaning: phenomenon, elephant
Backside: ショウ、ゾウ
象[ぞう]さん - elephant
現[げん]象[しょう] - phenomenon
対[たい]象[しょう] - object (of study), subject, target

Kanji: 歳
Meaning: age
Backside: サイ、セイ
歳[さい]末[まつ] - year end
何[なん]歳[さい] - how old
二十歳[はたち] - 20 years old
万[ばん]歳[ざい] - banzai!
similar to 才

Kanji: 氷
Meaning: ice
Backside: ひょう、こおり
氷[ひょう]山[ざん] - iceberg
氷[こおり] - ice

Kanji: 器
Meaning: vessel, instrument
Backside: キ、うつわ
器[うつわ] - a container
楽[がっ]器[き] - a musical instrument
打[だ]楽[がっ]器[き] - percussion instrument
食[しょっ]器[き] - tableware
器[き]具[ぐ] - utensil

Kanji: 服
Meaning: clothes, obey
Backside: フク
服[ふく] - clothes
服[ふく]用[よう]する - to take medicine
和[わ]服[ふく] - Japanese clothes
洋[よう]服[ふく] - Western clothes

Kanji: 雑
Meaning: miscellanous, mixed
Backside: ザツ、ザっ
雑[ざつ]音[おん] - noise
雑[ざつ]用[よう] - miscellaneous duties
雑[ざっ]誌[し] - a magazine
複[ふく]雑[ざつ]な - complicated

Kanji: 誌
Meaning: magazine
Backside: シ
雑[ざっ]誌[し] - a magazine
週[しゅう]刊[かん]誌[し] - a weekly magazine
日[にっ]誌[し] - diary

Kanji: 銀
Meaning: silver
Backside: ギン
銀[ぎん] - silver
銀[ぎん]行[こう] - a bank
水[すい]銀[ぎん] - mercury
銀[ぎん]座[ざ] - Ginza

Kanji: 資
Meaning: resources
Backside: シ
資[し]本[ほん] - a capital, a fund
資[し]料[りょう] - data, materials
投[とう]資[し]する - to invest
資[し]格[かく] - qualification

Kanji: 品
Meaning: article, goods
Backside: ヒン、しな
品[しな]物[もの] - goods, articles
食[しょく]料[りょう]品[ひん] - food
上[じょう]品[ひん]な - elegant
商[しょう]品[ひん] - a commodity

Kanji: 個
Meaning: individual, general counter for small objects
Backside: コ
個[こ]人[じん] - an individual
一[いっ]個[こ] - one (small object)
個[こ]室[しつ] - a private room
個[こ]々[こ](の/に) - individual

Kanji: 価
Meaning: price, value
Backside: カ
価[か]格[かく] - a price
物[ぶっ]価[か] - commodity prices
評[ひょう]価[か] - to evaluate
高[こう]価[か]な - expensive

Kanji: 産
Meaning: to produce, give birth
Backside: サン、う.まれる、う.む
産[う].む - to give birth
(産[う]まれる - to be born - 生まれる preferred)
産[さん]業[ぎょう] - industry
生[せい]産[さん]する - to produce
産[さん]地[ち] - producing area

Kanji: 期
Meaning: term, period, expect
Backside: キ
期[き]間[かん] - a period
学[がっ]期[き] - semester
定[てい]期[き] - a commuter's pass
期[き]待[たい]する - to expect / anticipate for

Kanji: 報
Meaning: inform, to reward
Backside: ホウ
報[ほう]道[どう] - news
予[よ]報[ほう] - forecast
天[てん]気[き]予[よ]報[ほう] - weather forecast
情[じょう]報[ほう] - information
報[ほう]告[こく]する - to inform

Kanji: 告
Meaning: to notify
Backside: コク
報[ほう]告[こく]する - to report
報[ほう]告[こく]書[しょ] - a report
広[こう]告[こく] - an advertisement

Kanji: 寄
Meaning: contribute, draw near
Backside: キ、よ.る
寄[よ]る - to stop in
お 年[とし]寄[よ]りの人 - an old person
寄[き]付[ふ] - a donation

Kanji: 歯
Meaning: tooth
Backside: シ、は
歯[し]科[か] - dentistry
歯[は]医[い]者[しゃ] - dentist

Kanji: 務
Meaning: duty
Backside: ム
事[じ]務[む]所[しょ] - office
業[ぎょう]務[む] - business, affairs

Kanji: 師
Meaning: master
Backside: シ
教[きょう]師[し] - teacher
技[ぎ]師[し] - engineer

Kanji: 僕
Meaning: I, manservant
Backside: ボク
家[か]僕[ぼく] - man servant
僕[ぼく] - I

Kanji: 心
Meaning: heart
Backside: シン、こころ
心[こころ] - heart, mind
心[しん]理[り]学[がく] - Psychology
関[かん]心[しん](ある) - concern, interest
心[しん]配[ぱい]する - to be worried

Kanji: 感
Meaning: sense, feel
Backside: カン
感[かん]じる - to feel, to sense
感[かん]覚[かく] - a sense
感[かん]心[しん]する - to be impressed
感[かん]謝[しゃ]する - to thank
感[かん]情[じょう] - emotion

Kanji: 情
Meaning: emotion, state of affairs
Backside: ジョウ、なさ.け
情[なさ]け - pity, sympathy, compassion
情[なさ]けない - miserable
感[かん]情[じょう] - emotion, feeling
情[じょう]報[ほう] - news, gossip, information
愛[あい]情[じょう] - love, affection

Kanji: 悲
Meaning: sorrow
Backside: ヒ、かな.しい、かな.しむ
悲[かな]しい - sad
悲[ひ]劇[げき] - tragedy
悲[かな]しむ - to feel sad

Kanji: 泣
Meaning: cry
Backside: な.く
泣[な]く- to cry (animal's cry = 鳴[な]く)

Kanji: 頭
Meaning: head
Backside: トウ、ズ、あたま
頭[あたま] - a head
頭[あたま]金[きん] - downpayment
頭[ず]痛[つう] - a headache
頭[とう]部[ぶ] - the head

Kanji: 考
Meaning: logical thinking
Backside: コウ、かんが.える
考[かんが]える - to think
考[かんが]え - an idea
考[こう]古[こ]学[がく] - archeology
選[せん]考[こう]する - to select

Kanji: 狐
Meaning: fox
Backside: きつね
狐[きつね] - fox

Kanji: 井
Meaning: well
Backside: い
井[い]戸[ど] - water well

Kanji: 呼
Meaning: call
Backside: コ、よ.ぶ
呼[よ]ぶ - to call
呼[こ]吸[きゅう] - breath
呼[よ]び 出[だ]し - a calling (out)

Kanji: 曲
Meaning: to bend, curve, musical composition
Backside: キョク、ま.げる、ま.がる
曲[ま]げる - to bend (trans)
曲[ま]がる - to curve (intrans)
曲[きょく]線[せん] - curved line
作[さっ]曲[きょく]家[か] - a composer

Kanji: 伝
Meaning: transmit
Backside: デン、つた.わる、つた.える
伝[つた]える - to transmit
伝[つた]わる - to be transmitted/handed down
伝[でん]記[き] - a bibliography
伝[でん]言[ごん] - a message (verbal)
手[て]伝[つだ]う - to help

Kanji: 脱
Meaning: remove, escape from
Backside: ダツ、ダッ、ぬぐ
脱[ぬ]ぐ - to remove (one's clothes)
脱[ぬ]げる - to come off (e.g. shoes, 一、intransitive)
脱[だつ]落[らく]する - to drop out
脱[だっ]出[しゅつ]する - to escape

Kanji: 別
Meaning: separate, another
Backside: ベツ、わか.れる
別[わか]れる - to part from
特[とく]別[べつ](な) - special
別[べつ]の - another
区[く]別[べつ] - distinction

Kanji: 集
Meaning: collect
Backside: シュウ、あつ.まる、あつ.める
集[あつ]める - to collect (一)
集[あつ]まる - to gather
集[しゅう]合[ごう] - gathering, assembly
集[しゅう]中[ちゅう]する - to concentrate
収[しゅう]集[しゅう]する - to collect
情報を収集しなければならない

Kanji: 並
Meaning: line up
Backside: ヘイ、なら.ぶ、なら.べる、なみ
並[なら]ぶ - to line up (intrans)
並[なら]べる - to line up (trans, 一)
並[へい]列[れつ] - parallel
並[なみ](の) - ordinary

Kanji: 喜
Meaning: happy
Backside: キ、よろこ.ぶ
喜[よろこ]ぶ - to be glad
喜[よろこ]び - a pleasure
喜[き]劇[げき] - a comedy

Kanji: 驚
Meaning: surprise
Backside: キョウ、おどろ.く
驚[おどろ]く - to be surprise
驚[おどろ]き - surprise
驚[きょう]異[い] - a wonder

Kanji: 細
Meaning: slender, minute
Backside: サイ、ほそ.い、こま.かい
細[ほそ]い - slender, fine, thin, narrow
細[こま]かい - minute, small, detailed
細[さい]部[ぶ] - details
細[さい]分[ぶん]化[か]する - to subdivide

Kanji: 太
Meaning: great, fat
Backside: タイ、ふと.い、ふと.る
太[ふと]い - fat, thick
太[ふと]る - to get fack
太[たい]陽[よう] - the sun
太[たい]平[へい]洋[よう] - the pacific ocean

Kanji: 重
Meaning: heavy, duplicate
Backside: ジュウ、おも.い
重[おも]い - heavy
重[じゅう]大[だい](な) - important
重[じゅう]要[よう](な) - important
体[たい]重[じゅう] - weight
重[じゅう]力[りょく] - gravity

Kanji: 軽
Meaning: light (weight)
Backside: ケイ、かる.い
軽[かる]い - light
軽[けい]食[しょく] - a light snack
軽[けい]自[じ]動[どう]車[しゃ] - a small car

Kanji: 狭
Meaning: narrow
Backside: キョウ、せま.い
狭[せま]い - narrow, small
狭[きょう]小[しょう]な - cramped, small-sized
狭[きょう]義[ぎ] - a narrow sense

Kanji: 眠
Meaning: sleep
Backside: ミン、ねむ.い、ねむ.る
眠[ねむ]い - sleepy
眠[ねむ]る - to sleep
冬[とう]眠[みん] - hibernation
安[あん]眠[みん] - a good sleep

Kanji: 苦
Meaning: suffering, bitter
Backside: ク、くる.しい、くる.しむ、にが.い
苦[くる]しい - painful, hard
見[み]苦[ぐる]しい - unsightly, ugly
苦[くる]しむ - to suffer
苦[にが]い - bitter taste
苦[く]痛[つう] - pain

Kanji: 簡
Meaning: simple
Backside: カン
簡[かん]単[たん](な) - simple, easy
簡[かん]明[めい](な) - terse, concise, simple and clear

Kanji: 単
Meaning: single
Backside: タン
単[たん]に - merely, simply
単[たん]位[い] - a unit
単[たん]語[ご] - a word
簡[かん]単[たん]な - simple, easy

Kanji: 昔
Meaning: former times
Backside: セキ、むかし
昔[せき]時[じ] - former times
昔[むかし] - former times
昔[むかし]風[ふう](の) - old-fashioned

Kanji: 湖
Meaning: lake
Backside: みずうみ
湖[みずうみ] - lake

Kanji: 隣
Meaning: neighbor
Backside: リン、とな.る、となり
XはYに 隣[りん]接[せつ]している - neighboring, adjoining
隣[りん]人[じん] - neighboring house
隣[とな]り 合[あ]う - to adjoin, be next door to eachother
隣[とな]り 合[あ]わせの - adjoining
隣[となり] - neighboring, adjacent

Kanji: 描
Meaning: depict
Backside: ビョウ、えが.く、か.く
描[びょう]画[が]する  - draw a picture, paint
描[びょう]写[しゃ] - depiction
描[えが]く, 描[えが]く - to paint, sketch

Kanji: 達
Meaning: attain
Backside: タツ、-たち
到[とう]達[たつ] - arrival, attainment
達[たつ]人[じん] - expert
速[そく]達[たつ] - special delivery, express
目的を 達[たっ]する - to attain one's goal
友[とも]達[だち] - friend
私[わたし]達[たち] - we

Kanji: 港
Meaning: port, harbor
Backside: コウ、みなと
港[みなと] - a harbor, a port
空[くう]港[こう] - airport
港[みなと]町[まち] - a port city
出[しゅっ]港[こう]する - to leave port

Kanji: 飛
Meaning: to fly
Backside: ヒ、と.ぶ
飛[ひ]行[こう]機[き] - airplane
飛[ひ]行[こう]場[じょう] - an airfield
飛[と]ぶ - to fly

Kanji: 建
Meaning: build
Backside: ケン、た.てる
建[た]つ - to be built
建[た]てる - to build
建[たて]物[もの] - building
建[けん]設[せつ]する - to build/erect

Kanji: 設
Meaning: set up
Backside: セツ、セッ-
設[せっ]計[けい]する - to plan, to design
設[せっ]置[ち]する - to install equipment
設[せつ]備[び] - equipment
設[せつ]立[りつ]する - to establish
建[けん]設[せつ]する - to erect, construct

Kanji: 完
Meaning: complete
Backside: カン
完[かん]全[ぜん](な) - perfect, whole
完[かん]成[せい]する - to complete
完[かん]了[りょう]する - to finish, to complete

Kanji: 成
Meaning: form, emerge, become
Backside: セイ、な.る、なり
成[せい]人[じん] - an adult
成[せい]功[こう]する - to succeed
成[せい]立[りつ] - to be organized
成[なり]田[た] - Narita
完[かん]成[せい] - perfection, completion

Kanji: 費
Meaning: expense
Backside: ヒ
費[ひ]用[よう] - an expense
食[しょく]費[ひ] - food expense
交[こう]通[つう]費[ひ] - travel expenses
学[がく]費[ひ] - tuition

Kanji: 放
Meaning: let go
Backside: ホウ
放[ほう]出[しゅつ]する - to release
開[かい]放[ほう] - to open
放[ほう]送[そう]する - to broadcast

Kanji: 横
Meaning: side
Backside: オウ、よこ
横[よこ] - the side
横[よこ]浜[はま] - Yokohama
横[おう]断[だん]する - to cross, traverse
横[おう]断[だん]歩[ほ]道[どう]- pedestrian crossing
横[おう]転[てん]する - to turn over

Kanji: 美
Meaning: beautiful
Backside: ビ、ミ、うつく.しい
美[び]人[じん] - beautiful woman
美[び]女[じょ] - beautiful woman/girl
美[び]味[み] - good flavor, delicacy
▲ 美味[おい]しい - tasty, good, nice
美[うつく]しい - beauty, grace, charm

Kanji: 穂
Meaning: spike
Backside: すい、ほ
穂[ほ]先[さき] - ear (e.g. of wheat), spearhead
花[か]穂[すい] - spike of a plant

Kanji: 捨
Meaning: discard
Backside: す.てる
捨[す]てる - to throw away
ゴミ 捨[す]て 場[ば] - garbage dump

Kanji: 首
Meaning: neck, leader
Backside: シュ、くび
首[しゅ]都[と] - capital city
首[しゅ]相[しょう] - prime minister
部[ぶ]首[しゅ] - Kanji radical
首[くび] - neck
首[くび]になる - to be fired

Kanji: 算
Meaning: calculate
Backside: サン
計[けい]算[さん] - computation
計[けい]算[さん]機[き] - calculator

Kanji: 助
Meaning: help
Backside: ジョ、たす.ける、たす.かる
助[じょ]手[しゅ] - assistant, helper
助[じょ]手[しゅ]席[せき] - passenger seat
助[たす]ける - to rescue, save
助[たす]かる - to become rescued, saved

Kanji: 犬
Meaning: dog
Backside: いぬ
犬[いぬ] - dog
子[こ]犬[いぬ] - little dog

Kanji: 常
Meaning: normal, regular
Backside: ジョウ、つね
常[じょう]識[しき] - common sense
常[じょう]態[たい] - state
常[じょう]連[れん] - frequent visitors, frequenters
日[にち]常[じょう] - daily, everyday
非[ひ]常[じょう] - emergency
非[ひ]常[じょう]に - extremely
常[つね]に - always, at all times

Kanji: 非
Meaning: is not
Backside: ヒ
非[ひ]常[じょう] - emergency, calamity
非[ひ]常[じょう]に - extremely

Kanji: 恋
Meaning: love
Backside: レン、こい
恋[れん]愛[あい] - love
恋[れん]情[じょう] - love, attachment
恋[こい]人[びと] - lover

Kanji: 顔
Meaning: face
Backside: ガン、かお
顔[がん]面[めん] - face
顔[かお] - face

Kanji: 壁
Meaning: wall
Backside: ヘキ、かべ
壁[かべ] - wall
壁[かべ]紙[がみ] - wallpaper
障[しょう]壁[へき] - hindrance (abstract)

Kanji: 最
Meaning: most
Backside: サイ、もっと.も
最[さい]高[こう]の - maximum, extreme
最[さい]初[しょ] - beginning, outset, first
最[さい]後[ご] - the last
最[もっと]も 重[じゅう]要[よう]なこと - the most important thing

Kanji: 死
Meaning: die
Backside: シ、し.ぬ
死[し]人[にん] - dead person, corpse
死[し]ぬ - to die

Kanji: 乳
Meaning: milk
Backside: ニュウ、ちち
母[ぼ]乳[にゅう] - mother's milk
牛[ぎゅう]乳[にゅう] - cow's milk
乳[ちち]牛[うし] - milk cow
乳[ちち]首[くび] - teat, nipple

Kanji: 配
Meaning: distribute, concern
Backside: ハイ、くば.る
配[はい]達[たつ] - delivery
心[しん]配[ぱい] - anxiety, concern
配[くば]る - to distribute, apportion

Kanji: 頑
Meaning: stubborn
Backside: ガン
頑[がん]固[こ]な - stubborn
頑[がん]張[ば]る - to persist, be tenacious

Kanji: 張
Meaning: spread, strain
Backside: チョウ、は.る、-ばる
出[しゅっ]張[ちょう] - travel on official business
引[ひ]っ 張[ぱ]る - pull, draw, drag
頑[がん]張[ば]る -to persist, be tenacious

Kanji: 虫
Meaning: insect
Backside: チュウ、むし
虫[むし] - insect
昆[こん]虫[ちゅう] - insect

Kanji: 草
Meaning: grass
Backside: ソウ、くさ
雑[ざっ]草[そう] - weed
草[くさ] - grass

Kanji: 王
Meaning: king
Backside: オウ
王[おう]様[さま] - king
王[おう]国[こく] - kingdom, monarchy

Kanji: 玉
Meaning: gem
Backside: ギョウ、たま
玉[たま] - gem, jewel, precious stone

Kanji: 失
Meaning: to lose, slip
Backside: シツ、うしな.う
失[うしな]う - to lose
失[しつ]業[ぎょう]する - to lose one's job
失[しつ]礼[れい] - rudeness
失[しつ]言[げん] - slip of the tongue

Kanji: 州
Meaning: state (of country)
Backside: シュウ
本[ほん]州[しゅう] - main island of Japan
九[きゅう]州[しゅう] - Kyushu

Kanji: 丈
Meaning: stout, stature
Backside: ジョウ
丈[じょう]夫[ぶ]な - healty, robust
大[だい]丈[じょう]夫[ぶ] - safe, all right

Kanji: 預
Meaning: deposit
Backside: ヨ、あず.かる、あず.ける
預[よ]金[きん] - bank account
預[あず]ける - to deposit, leave with
預[あず]かる - to take charge of

Kanji: 券
Meaning: ticket, certificate
Backside: ケン
食[しょっ]券[けん] - food ticket
乗[じょう]車[しゃ]券[けん] - railway ticket
旅[りょ]券[けん] - passport

Kanji: 表
Meaning: express, surface, table
Backside: ヒョウ、おもて
表[ひょう]明[めい]する - to express, state, show
表[ひょう]面[めん] - surface, face
表[ひょう]示[じ] - sign
表[おもて] - surface, face

Kanji: 裏
Meaning: rear
Backside: リ、うら
裏[り]面[めん] - back, reverse side
裏[うら] - back, reverse side

Kanji: 初
Meaning: first
Backside: ショ、はじ、はつ
初[しょ]日[にち] - first day
最[さい]初[しょ] - first, outset, beginning
初[しょ]心[しん]者[しゃ] - beginner
初[はじ]めて - for the first time
Xを初め、 - including X, as well as X
初[はつ]恋[こい] - first love

Kanji: 性
Meaning: nature, sex, -ity
Backside: セイ
性[せい]格[かく] - character, personality
女[じょ]性[せい] - female
男[だん]性[せい] - man
性[せい]的[てき] - sexual

Kanji: 向
Meaning: turn towards
Backside: コウ、む.く
向[む]く - to turn toward
向[む]こう - on the other side, over there
向[む]こう 側[がわ] - the side beyond
南[みなみ]向[む]き - facing south
方[ほう]向[こう] - a direction

Kanji: 原
Meaning: plain/field, original
Backside: ゲン、はら
野[の]原[はら] - a field
秋[あき]葉[は]原[ばら] - Akihabara
原[げん]料[りょう] - raw material
原[げん]子[し] - an atom
原[げん]因[いん] - a cause, a factor
高[こう]原[げん] - highlands

Kanji: 平
Meaning: flat, even
Backside: ヘイ、ビョウ、たい.ら
平[たい]ら(な) - flat, even
平[へい]和[わ] - peace
平[へい]日[じつ] - a weekdey
平[びょう]等[どう] - equality

Kanji: 両
Meaning: both
Backside: リョウ
両[りょう]親[しん] - both
両[りょう]方[ほう] - both
両[りょう]替[がえ] - exchange of money

Kanji: 橋
Meaning: bridge
Backside: キョウ、はし
橋[はし] - bridge
歩[ほ]道[どう]橋[きょう] - pedestrian bridge
鉄[てっ]橋[きょう] - an iron bridge

Kanji: 老
Meaning: aged
Backside: ロウ、お.いる
老[お]いる - to get old
老[ろう]人[じん] - an old man
敬[けい]老[ろう]の 日[ひ] - respect for the aged

Kanji: 族
Meaning: family
Backside: ゾク
家[か]族[ぞく] - family
水[すい]族[ぞく]館[かん] - an aquarium
民[みん]族[ぞく] - a race, a people

Kanji: 術
Meaning: practical art
Backside: ジュツ
技[ぎ]術[じゅつ] - art, skill
芸[げい]術[じゅつ]家[か] - an artist
手[しゅ]術[じゅつ] - a surgical operation
美[び]術[じゅつ] - fine arts

Kanji: 退
Meaning: retreat
Backside: タイ
退[たい]院[いん]する - to leave the hospital
退[たい]社[しゃ]する - to leave the office
退[たい]学[がく]する - to drop out of school

Kanji: 効
Meaning: effect
Backside: コウ、き.く
効[き]く - to work on, to be effective
効[こう]果[か] - an effect
有[ゆう]効[こう] - validity
無[む]効[こう] - invalidity

Kanji: 民
Meaning: people
Backside: ミン
国[こく]民[みん] - a people
市[し]民[みん] - a citizen
難[なん]民[みん] - refugees

Kanji: 訪
Meaning: visit
Backside: ホウ、おとず.れる、たず.ねる
訪[おとず]れる - to visit (a place)
訪[たず]ねる - to visit (a person)
訪[ほう]問[もん]する- to pay a visit
訪[ほう]米[べい]する - to visit the USA

Kanji: 幹
Meaning: trunk (e.g. tree), main part
Backside: カン、みき
新[しん]幹[かん]線[せん] - shinkansen / new main line
幹[みき] - tree trunk

Kanji: 卒
Meaning: graduate
Backside: ソツ
卒[そつ]業[ぎょう] - graduation
卒[そつ]業[ぎょう]生[せい] - a graduate
大[だい]学[がく]卒[そつ] - a college graduate

Kanji: 必
Meaning: without fail
Backside: ヒツ、かなら.ず
必[かなら]ず - without fail, surely
必[ひつ]要[よう]な - necessary, indispensible

Kanji: 要
Meaning: important, summarize, require
Backside: ヨウ、い.る
要[い]る - to need
重[じゅう]要[よう](な) - important
必[ひつ]要[よう] - to be required
要[よう]点[てん] - gist, main point
要[よう]求[きゅう](する) - to demand

Kanji: 類
Meaning: kind
Backside: ルイ
種[しゅ]類[るい] - variety, kind, type, category
書[しょ]類[るい] - papers, documents
分[ぶん]類[るい](する) - to classify/sort
親[しん]類[るい] - relatives

Kanji: 得
Meaning: acquire, gain
Backside: トク、え.る
得[え]る - to gain, to acquire
取[しゅ]得[とく]する - to acquire
得[とく]意[い]な - to be good at
所[しょ]得[とく] - income
説[せっ]得[とく]する - to persuade

Kanji: 礼
Meaning: etiquette, rite
Backside: レイ
礼[れい] - etiquette, bow
お 礼[れい] - thanks
失[しつ]礼[れい] - impoliteness
礼[れい]服[ふく] - ceremonial dress

Kanji: 増
Meaning: increase
Backside: ゾウ、ふ.える、ふ.やす
増[ふ]える - to increase, grow (自)
増[ふ]やす - to add, to increase (他)
増[ぞう]加[か]する - to increase

Kanji: 加
Meaning: add
Backside: カ、くわ.わる、くわ.える
加[くわ]わる - to join in, participate
加[くわ]える - to add, append
参[さん]加[か]する - to join, take part in
増[ぞう]加[か]する - to increment, increase
加[か]工[こう] - processing, manufactoring

Kanji: 減
Meaning: decrease
Backside: ゲン、へ.る、へ.らす
減[へ]る - to decrease, to diminish (自、五段)
減[へ]らす - to decrease (他)
減[げん]少[しょう]する - to decrease

Kanji: 移
Meaning: shift, transfer
Backside: イ、うつ.る、うつ.す
移[うつ]る - to move
移[うつ]す - to move something
移[い]動[どう]する - to move, remove
移[い]民[みん] - an immigrant

Kanji: 続
Meaning: continue
Backside: ゾク、つづ.く、つづ.ける
続[つづ]く - to continue
続[つづ]ける - to continue s. th.
連[れん]続[ぞく]する - to continue
相[そう]続[ぞく]する - to inherit

Kanji: 進
Meaning: advance
Backside: シン、すす.む、すす.める
進[すす]む - to advance, to progress (自)
進[すす]める - to advance, to progress (他)
進[しん]歩[ぽ](する) - to progress

Kanji: 以
Meaning: to the ... of, by means of
Backside: イ
以[い]上[じょう] - more than
以[い]下[か] - less than
以[い]前[ぜん] - previously
以[い]後[ご] - after that

Kanji: 角
Meaning: corner
Backside: カク、かど
角[かく]度[ど] - angle
三[さん]角[かく] - triangle
直[ちょっ]角[かく] - right angle
角[かど] - corner, edge

Kanji: 較
Meaning: contrast
Backside: カク
比[ひ]較[かく]する - to compare with, draw a comparison

Kanji: 反
Meaning: counter-, anti-
Backside: ハン
反[はん]応[のう] - a reaction, response
反[はん]対[たい]する - to object, to oppose
違[い]反[はん] - violation of a rule
反[はん]〜 - anti~

Kanji: 対
Meaning: opposite, oppose
Backside: タイ、ツイ
〜に 対[たい]して - against 〜 (彼は人に対して親切だ)
反[はん]対[たい]する - to oppose

Kanji: 賛
Meaning: approve of, praise
Backside: サン
〜に 賛[さん]成[せい]する - to agree with ~
〜に 賛[さん]同[どう]する - to approve of ~

Kanji: 共
Meaning: common, together
Backside: キョウ
共[きょう]通[つう]の - common (as in community), shared
共[きょう]和[わ]国[こく] - republic
共[きょう]同[どう] - cooperation
公[こう]共[きょう] - public, common

Kanji: 現
Meaning: actual, appear
Backside: ゲン、あらわ.れる
現[あらわ]れる - to appear, to emerge, to become visible
表[ひょう]現[げん] - an expression
現[げん]金[きん] - cash
現[げん]代[だい] - modern times
現[げん]在[ざい] - the present
現[げん]象[しょう] - phenomenon

Kanji: 無
Meaning: without, nothing
Backside: ム、ブ、な.い
無[な]い - not exist
無[む]理[り] - impossible, unreasonable
無[む]制[せい]限[げん] - limitless
無[ぶ]事[じ] - safety, peace, quietness
無[む]効[こう] - invalid

Kanji: 第
Meaning: ordinal number prefix
Backside: ダイ
第[だい]一[いち] - No. 1
次[し]第[だい]に - gradually

Kanji: 制
Meaning: system, control
Backside: セイ
制[せい]度[ど] - a system
会[かい]員[いん]制[せい] - membership system
制[せい]服[ふく] - uniform

Kanji: 喫
Meaning: ingest
Backside: キツ
喫[きっ]茶[さ]店[てん] - coffee shop

Kanji: 御
Meaning: general honorific term
Backside: ゴ、おー
御[ご]飯[はん] - boiled rice
御[ご]座[ざ]います - to be, to exist
御[お]美[うつく]しい - beautiful, lovely

Kanji: 専
Meaning: exclusive
Backside: セン、もっぱ.ら
専[せん]用[よう] - exclusive/private use
専[せん]門[もん]分[ぶん]野[や] - specialty, profession
専[もっぱ]ら - exclusively

Kanji: 咳
Meaning: cough
Backside: せ.く、せき
咳[せ]く - to cough
咳[せき] - a cough

Kanji: 種
Meaning: variety, seed
Backside: シュ
種[しゅ]類[るい] - kind
種[しゅ]々[じゅ]の - various, diverse

Kanji: 傘
Meaning: umbrella
Backside: サン、かさ
傘[かさ] - umbrella
落[らっ]下[か]傘[さん] - parachute

Kanji: 詞
Meaning: words (syntactic elements)
Backside: シ
歌[か]詞[し] - words/lyrics of a song
動[どう]詞[し] - verb
名[めい]詞[し] - noun
副[ふく]詞[し] - adverb

Kanji: 副
Meaning: secondary
Backside: フク
副[ふく]作[さ]用[よう] - secondary effect, reaction
副[ふく]詞[し] - adverb

Kanji: 寿
Meaning: longetivity, congratulations
Backside: ジュ、ス、ことぶき
寿[じゅ]命[みょう] - life span
寿[す]司[し] - sushi
新[しん]年[ねん]の 寿[ことぶき] - New year's greetings

Kanji: 司
Meaning: officiate
Backside: シ
上[じょう]司[し] - superior officer
寿[す]司[し] - sushi

Kanji: 陽
Meaning: sun, positive
Backside: ヨウ、ひ
太[たい]陽[よう] - sun
陽[よう]子[し] - proton

Kanji: 郵
Meaning: mail
Backside: ユウ
郵[ゆう]便[びん]局[きょく] - post office

Kanji: 猫
Meaning: cat
Backside: ねこ
猫[ねこ] - cat

Kanji: 愛
Meaning: love
Backside: アイ、いと.しい
恋[れん]愛[あい] - love
同[どう]性[せい]愛[あい] - homosexuality
愛[いと]しい - darling, beloved, dear

Kanji: 華
Meaning: magnificent, china
Backside: カ、ケ、はな
中[ちゅう]華[か]料[りょう]理[り] - Chinese food
華[はな]々[ばな]しい - brilliant, magnificent

Kanji: 刀
Meaning: sword
Backside: トウ、かたな
刀[とう]剣[けん] - sword, dagger, knife
刀[かたな] - Katana

Kanji: 景
Meaning: scene
Backside: ケイ
背[はい]景[けい] - background, (stage) scenery, setting
＊ 景[け]色[しき] - view

Kanji: 択
Meaning: select
Backside: タク
選[せん]択[たく]する - to select, choose

Kanji: 布
Meaning: cloth, spread
Backside: フ、ぬの
布[ふ]告[こく]する - to proclaim, declare
布[ふ]団[とん] - futon
布[ぬの] - cloth
＊ 若[わか]布[め] - wakame
財[さい]布[ふ] - purse

Kanji: 机
Meaning: desk
Backside: キ、つくえ
机[き]上[じょう] - top of the desk, academic, theoretical
机[つくえ] - desk

Kanji: 碗
Meaning: ceramic bowl
Backside: ワン
茶[ちゃ]碗[わん] - teacup, rice bowl

Kanji: 仏
Meaning: buddha, france
Backside: ブツ、フツ、ほとけ
仏[ぶっ]教[きょう] - buddhism
仏[ほとけ] - the buddha, a benevolent soul
仏[ぶつ]像[ぞう] - buddha statue
南[なん]仏[ふつ] - southern france

Kanji: 独
Meaning: alone, germany
Backside: ドク、ひと.り
独[どく]立[りつ]する - to become independent
独[どく]身[しん] - unmarried
独[どく]特[とく]な - unique, special
独[どく]文[ぶん] - German literature

Kanji: 印
Meaning: seal, mark
Backside: イン、しるし
目[め]印[じるし] - mark, sign, landmark
印[いん]刷[さつ]する - to print
印[いん]度[ど] - India (phonetic)

Kanji: 欧
Meaning: Europe
Backside: オウ
欧[おう]州[しゅう] - Europa
東[とう]欧[おう] - eastern Europe
1990年、東欧の会社 体制が大きく変化した。- in 1990, the company structure in Eastern Europe underwent a big change

Kanji: 省
Meaning: ministry, omit, ponder
Backside: セイ、ショウ、かえり.みる、はぶ.く
省[はぶ]く - to exclude, to omit
反[はん]省[せい]する - to reflect upon
省[かえり]みる - to reflect upon
〜 省[しょう] - ministry of ~
省[しょう]略[りゃく]する - to omit

Kanji: 庁
Meaning: government agency
Backside: チョウ
県[けん]庁[ちょう] - prefectural office
官[かん]公[こう]庁[ちょう] - government office
気[き]象[しょう]庁[ちょう] - meteorological agency
〜 庁[ちょう] - ~ agency

Kanji: 係
Meaning: connect, person in charge
Backside: ケイ、かかり、かか.る
関[かん]係[けい]する - to be connected with
係[けい]数[すう] - coefficient (math)
会[かい]計[けい]係[がかり] - accountant
係[かかり]長[ちょう] - chief clerk

Kanji: 厚
Meaning: thick, kindness
Backside: コウ、あつ.い
厚[あつ]い - thick (e.g. ice, glasses)
温[おん]厚[こう]な - gentle and sincere
濃[のう]厚[こう]な - concentrated, deep
厚[こう]生[せい]省[しょう] - ministry of health and welfare
この辞書は厚くて、とても重い。
彼は温厚な性格で、誰からも好かれる。- Having a gentle character, he is loved by everyone.

Kanji: 薄
Meaning: thin
Backside: ハク、うす.い、うす.れる、うす.らく、うす.まる
薄[はく]弱[じゃく]な - weak
薄[うす]着[ぎ] - light dress
薄[うす]い - thin, light (color)
薄[うす]める - weaken
軽[けい]薄[はく]な - frivolous
浅[せん]薄[ぱく]な - superficial
薄[はく]情[じょう]な - inconsiderate
薄い青いシャツを着ている。
彼は 意[い]志[し]薄[はく]弱[じゃく]で 頼[たよ]りにならない。- Being weak-willed, he does not become independent.

Kanji: 濃
Meaning: concentrated
Backside: ノウ、こ.い
濃[のう]縮[しゅく]する - to concentrate (liquid)
濃[のう]厚[こう]な - concentrated, deep
濃[のう]度[ど] - density
濃[こ]い - strong (liquid), dark (color)
その男がやったという 疑[うたが]いが濃厚だ。 - I deeply doubt that the guy did it.

Kanji: 硬
Meaning: hard (as in stone)
Backside: コウ、かた.い
硬[かた]い - stiff (esp. metal/stone)
強[きょう]硬[こう]な - stiff
硬[こう]貨[か] - coin
硬[こう]直[ちょく]する - to become stiff
硬[こう]度[ど] - hardness
相手の強硬な 態[たい]度[ど]は変わらない。The stiff attitude of the partner will not change.

Kanji: 軟
Meaning: soft
Backside: ナン、やわ.らかい
軟[やわ]らかい、 軟[やわ]らかな  - soft (mushy)
軟[なん]弱[じゃく] - week, feeble
軟[なん]化[か] - to soften, to be mollified
柔[じゅう]軟[なん]な - flexible
彼は考え方が柔軟だ。
彼女の体は 骨[ほね]がないような軟らかさだ。

Kanji: 浅
Meaning: shallow
Backside: セン、あさ.い
浅[あさ]い - shallow, superficial
浅[せん]薄[ぱく]な - superficial, shallow
浅[あさ]草[くさ] - Asakusa
浅薄な 知[ち]識[しき]しか持っていない。- I don't anything but shallow knowledge.
この川は浅くて、流れが速い。

Kanji: 貧
Meaning: poor
Backside: ヒン、＊ビン、まず.しい
貧[まず]しい - poor
貧[ひん]困[こん]な - poor
＊ 貧[びん]乏[ぼう] - poverty, destitution
＊ 貧[びん]乏[ぼう]人[にん] - poor person, the poor
貧[ひん]富[ぷ] - rich and poor
この国は 貧[びん]富[ぷ]の 差[さ]が大きい。
国は貧しいが人々の心は 豊[ゆた]かだ. - the country is poor, but the hearts of many people are rich.

Kanji: 戦
Meaning: war
Backside: セン、たたか.う
戦[せん]争[そう] - war
対[たい]戦[せん]する - to fight against
内[ない]線[せん] - civil war
戦[たたか]う - to fight
冷[れい]戦[せん] - cold war
第一次世界大戦 - first world war
第一次世界大戦で日本と米国が戦った.

Kanji: 争
Meaning: dispute, argue
Backside: ソウ、あらそ.う
争[あらそ]う - to dispute, to argue
南[なん]北[ぼく]戦[せん]争[そう] - US civil war
論[ろん]争[そう]する - to argue
競[きょう]争[そう]する - to compete

Kanji: 際
Meaning: verge, side
Backside: サイ、きわ
水[みず]際[きわ] - beach, waterside
実[じっ]際[さい]の - true, real, actual, practical
この 際[さい] - on this occasion, now
交[こう]際[さい]する - to associate with
Nに 際[さい]して - when ~ happens, in case of ~
国[こく]際[さい]的[てき]な - international

Kanji: 可
Meaning: -able, approve
Backside: 許[きょ]可[か]する - to permit
可[か]能[のう]な - possible (vs 不可能な)
可[か]能[のう]性[せい] - possibility
立ち入りには警察の許可が必要だ.- To enter, you need permission from the police.

Kanji: 能
Meaning: ability, noh drama
Backside: ノウ
知[ち]能[のう] - intelligence
機[き]能[のう]する - to function
有[ゆう]能[のう]な - to be able/competent (vs 無[む]能な)
可[か]能[のう]性[せい] - possibility
放[ほう]射[しゃ]能[のう] - radioactivity
能[のう]力[りょく] - ability, capacity, faculty
知能ロボットの開発が進んでいる。- the development of the intelligent robot is progressing.

Kanji: 収
Meaning: take in
Backside: シュウ、おさ.める、おさ.まる
収[しゅう]集[しゅう]する - to collect
収[しゅう]容[よう]する - to accomodate
収[おさ]める - to collect, to obtain
収[しゅう]入[にゅう] - income
領[りょう]収[しゅう]書[しょ] - receipt
彼の 趣[しゅ]味は切手の収集だ。

Kanji: 支
Meaning: support, branch
Backside: シ、ささ.える
支[し]配[はい]する - to manage, to control
支[し]店[てん] - branch office
支[し]出[しゅつ] - expenditure
収[しゅう]支[し] - revenue and expenditure
支[ささ]える - to support (prop up / financial)
支[し]払[はら]う - to pay

Kanji: 圧
Meaning: pressure
Backside: アツ
圧[あっ]倒[とう]する - to overwhelm
電[でん]圧[あつ] - voltage
圧[あつ]力[りょく] - pressure
気[き]圧[あつ] - atmospheric pressure

Kanji: 量
Meaning: quantity
Backside: リョウ、はか.る
計量[けいりょう]する - to measure
測量[そくりょう]する - to measure
熱[ねつ]量[りょう] - calories
量[はか]る - to measure, to weigh (mainly: 計る)
音[おん]量[りょう] - volume
大[たい]量[りょう]生[せい]産[さん] - mass production
重[じゅう]量[りょう] - weight

Kanji: 層
Meaning: stratum
Backside: ソウ
上[じょう]層[そう] - upper class (vs 下層)
高[こう]層[そう]ビル - skyscrape
新宿には高層ビルが立ち並んでいる。

Kanji: 了
Meaning: finish, comprehend
Backside: リョウ
了[りょう]解[かい]する - to understand
完[かん]了[りょう]する - to complete
終[しゅう]了[りょう]する - to finish, to complete
修[しゅう]了[りょう]する - to finish (a course)
手術をするには家族の了解が必要だ。- it's important to have the understanding of the entire family when having an operation.

Kanji: 昇
Meaning: ascend (sun, rise in company)
Backside: ショウ、のぼ.る
昇[しょう]進[しん]する - to be promoted
上[じょう]昇[しょう]する - to rise
昇[のぼ]る - to rise, to go up
昇[しょう]降[こう]口[ぐち] - a hatch
年々物価が上昇している。

Kanji: 俺
Meaning: I
Backside: おれ
俺[おれ] - intimiate/poss. vulgar "I" used by men

Kanji: 許
Meaning: permit
Backside: キョ、ゆる.す
許[きょ]可[か] - permission
許[ゆる]す - to permit (結婚を..)
許[ゆる]し - permission

Kanji: 箱
Meaning: box
Backside: はこ
箱[はこ] - box
箱[ほこ]入[い]り 娘[むすめ] - naive girl of a good family
ゴミ 箱[ばこ] - trash can

Kanji: 届
Meaning: deliver, reach
Backside: とど.ける、とど.く
届[とど]ける - to deliver
届[とど]く - to be delivered

Kanji: 普
Meaning: widespread, habitual
Backside: フ
普[ふ]通[つう]の - normal, regular
普[ふ]段[だん]の - everday, habitual

Kanji: 付
Meaning: attach
Backside: フ、つ.ける、つ.く
添[てん]付[ぷ] - email attachment/appendix/annex
寄[き]付[ふ]する - to donate
受[うけ]付[つ]け - reception
付[つ]ける - to attach
付[つ]く - to attach itself, stick
片[かた]付[づ]ける - to make tidy, put in order

Kanji: 在
Meaning: be (inanimate)
Backside: ザイ、あ.る
現[げん]在[ざい](の) - present time
在[あ]る - to be in place

Kanji: 示
Meaning: show
Backside: ジ、シ、しめ.す
表[ひょう]示[じ] - indicate, show, express
展[てん]示[じ] - exhibition
示[しめ]す - to show, display, present

Kanji: 邪
Meaning: evil
Backside: ジャ
邪[じゃ]悪[あく] - wickedness
邪[じゃ]魔[ま] - hindrance, obstruction, impediment
＊ 風邪[かぜ] - common cold

Kanji: 魔
Meaning: demon
Backside: マ
悪[あく]魔[ま] - devil, demon, fiend, satan
魔[ま]法[ほう] - magic
邪[じゃ]魔[ま] - hindrance, obstruction, impediment

Kanji: 趣
Meaning: flavor, intent
Backside: シュ
趣[しゅ]味[み] - hobby
趣[しゅ]旨[し] - goal, intent

Kanji: 徒
Meaning: follower
Backside: ト
信[しん]徒[と] - believer (don't confuse with 神道 religion)
生[せい]徒[と] - pupil, student

Kanji: 舌
Meaning: tongue
Backside: ゼツ、した
舌[せっ]戦[せん] - war of words
舌[した] - tongue

Kanji: 床
Meaning: bed, floor
Backside: ショウ、とこ、ゆか
起[き]床[しょう]する - to get up
床[とこ] - bed, sickbed
床[ゆか] - floor

Kanji: 豚
Meaning: pig
Backside: トン、ぶた
豚[とん]カツ - pork cutlet
豚[ぶた]肉[にく] - pork meat

Kanji: 又
Meaning: again
Backside: また
又[また]は... - "or"/in other words

Kanji: 丸
Meaning: round
Backside: ガン、まる、まる.い、まる.める
丸[がん]薬[やく] - pill
丸[まる] - circle
丸[まる]い - round
雪を 丸[まる]める - make a snowball

Kanji: 再
Meaning: another time
Backside: サイ、サ、ふたた.び
再[さい]度[ど] - a second time
再[さ]来[らい]週[しゅう]- the week after the next
再[ふたた]び - again, a second time

Kanji: 恩
Meaning: grace, debt of gratitude
Backside: オン
恩[おん]返[がえ]し - repaying another's kindness
恩[おん]恵[けい] - benefit, favor
恩[おん]義[ぎ] - obligation, debt of gratitude

Kanji: 黄
Meaning: yellow
Backside: コウ、オウ、き
黄[こう]海[かい] - yellow sea
卵[らん]黄[おう] - egg yolk
黄[おう]金[ごん] - gold
黄[き]色[いろ]い - yellow

Kanji: 途
Meaning: way
Backside: ト
途[と]中[ちゅう] - on the way
用[よう]途[と] - application, way of using

Kanji: 寂
Meaning: lonesome
Backside: さび.しい
寂[さび]しい - lonesome
寂[さび]しさ - loneliness

Kanji: 乏
Meaning: scanty (spärlich)
Backside: ボウ、とぼ.しい
貧[びん]乏[ぼう] - poor, destitute
欠[けつ]乏[ぼう] - shortage
Xが 乏[とぼ]しい - scarce, meager, short of

Kanji: 幸
Meaning: good fortune, happyness
Backside: コウ、さいわ.い、しあわ.せ
幸[こう]運[うん] - good fortune, good luck
幸[さいわ]い(な) - happiness, blessing, fortune
幸[しあわ]せ- happiness, blessing, fortune

Kanji: 暮
Meaning: dusk, live
Backside: ボ、く.れ、く.らす
暮[ぼ]色[しょく] - dusk, twilight scene
暮[く]れ - dusk, twilight, nightfall
今年も 暮[く]れた - this year has come to and end
暮[く]らす - to live one's live

Kanji: 咲
Meaning: bloom
Backside: さ.く
咲[さ]く - to bloom

Kanji: 羽
Meaning: feather, counter for birds/rabbits
Backside: わ、はね
一[いち]羽[わ] - one bird/rabbit
羽[はね] - feather

Kanji: 怪
Meaning: mysterious, phonetic ke
Backside: カイ、ケ、あや.しい、あや.しむ
怪[かい]物[ぶつ] - monster, ghost, goblin
怪[け]我[が] - injury, wound
怪[あや]しい - strange, mysterious, uncanny
怪[あや]しむ - to be suspicious, to suspect

Kanji: 我
Meaning: self, phnetic ga
Backside: ガ、われ、わが-
我[われ]知[し]らず - unconciously
我[わ]がまま - selfishness
怪[け]我[が] - injury

Kanji: 絶
Meaning: break off, come to and end
Backside: ゼツ、た.える
中[ちゅう]絶[ぜつ] - interruption
絶[ぜっ]対[たい](に) - absolutely, unconditionally
絶[た]える - to come to an end, cease to exist (一)

Kanji: 恥
Meaning: shame
Backside: チ、は.じる、は.ずかしい
恥[ち]辱[じょく] - disgrace, dishonor, shame
恥[は]じる - to feel ashamed (一)
恥[は]ずかしい - ashamed, shy

Kanji: 富
Meaning: rich
Backside: フ、フウ、と.む
富[ふ]有[ゆう](な) - rich, wealthy
富[ふ]士[じ]山[さん] - Mt. Fuji
富[と]む - to be rich
日本は美しい景色に富んでいる。

Kanji: 士
Meaning: military man / samurai, profession suffix
Backside: シ
武[ぶ]士[し] - samurai, warrior
同[どう]士[し] - fellow
博[はか]士[せ] /  博[はく]士[し] - Ph. D
富[ふ]士[じ]山[さん] - Mt. Fuji

Kanji: 芸
Meaning: art
Backside: ゲイ
芸[げい]術[じゅつ] - art, the arts
木[き]の 工[こう]芸[げい]品[ひん] - woodcraft
芸[げい]者[しゃ] - geisha
芸[げい]をする犬 - dog that does tricks

Kanji: 毛
Meaning: hair, fur
Backside: モウ、げ
毛[もう]髪[はつ] - hair
毛[もう]布[ふ] - blanket
赤[あか]毛[げ] - red-haired

Kanji: 毒
Meaning: poison
Backside: ドク
毒[どく]物[ぶつ] - poisonous substance
毒[どく] - poison

Kanji: 負
Meaning: to bear, to lose
Backside: フ、ま.ける、ま.かす
負[ふ]荷[か]がかかる - burden: backpack, cpu time, electricity, etc.
負[ま]ける - to lose a game, be defeated in war
負[ま]かす - to defeat someone in game

Kanji: 輸
Meaning: transport
Backside: ユ
輸[ゆ]出[しゅつ] - to export
輸[ゆ]入[にゅう] - to import
運[うん]輸[ゆ] - transportation
アラブ 諸[しょ]国[こく]は石油を輸出している。
父は運輸省に 勤[つと]める.

Kanji: 拡
Meaning: enlarge
Backside: カク
拡[かく]大[だい]する - magnify, enlarge, expand
拡[かく]張[ちょう]する - expand, extend, enlarge
このコピー機は拡大も縮小もできる。
来年度は事業を拡張する予定だ。In the next fiscal year, a business expansion is planned.

Kanji: 縮
Meaning: shrink
Backside: シュク、ちぢ.む、ちぢ.まる
縮[しゅく]小[しょう]する - to reduce, shrink
縮[しゅく]減[げん]する - to reduce, diminish
濃[のう]縮[しゅく]する - concentrate (liquid)
縮[ちぢ]まる - to be shortened
縮[ちぢ]む - to shorten, contract
縮[ちぢ]れ 毛[げ] - curly hair
これは濃縮ジュースです。

Kanji: 複
Meaning: compound
Backside: フク
複[ふく]雑[ざつ]な - complicated
複[ふく]写[しゃ]する - to copy
複[ふく]数[すう] - plural
複[ふく]合[ごう] - compound
日本語には単数、複数の区別がない。

Kanji: 純
Meaning: pure, innocent
Backside: ジュン
純[じゅん]粋[すい]な - naive, pure
単[たん]純[じゅん]な - simple
純[じゅん]情[じょう]な - pure-hearted
不[ふ]純[じゅん]な - impure, dishonest
単純な計算を間違えてしまった。- I made an error in a simple calculation.
若いうちは考えが純粋だ。

Kanji: 功
Meaning: merit
Backside: コウ
成[せい]功[こう]する - to succeed
不[ふ]成[せい]功[こう] - failure
彼は大きな事業に成功した。

Kanji: 勝
Meaning: win, excel
Backside: ショウ、か.つ、まさ.る
勝[しょう]利[り] - winner
勝[しょう]者[しゃ] - winner
自[じ]分[ぶん]勝[かっ]手[て]な - selfish
〜に 勝[か]つ - to win <=> 〜に 負[ま]ける
〜に 勝[まさ]る - to be superior <=> 〜に 劣[おと]ける
勝者は決勝に進むことができる。- The winner can advance to the final.

Kanji: 敗
Meaning: be defeated
Backside: ハイ、やぶ.れる
失[しっ]敗[ぱい]する - to fail
腐[ふ]敗[はい]する - to decompose, to decay
敗[やぶ]れる =  負[ま]ける <=>  勝[か]つ
失敗しても、やり直せば良い. Even if you fail, it's fine if you retry.

Kanji: 塩
Meaning: salt
Backside: エン、しお
塩[えん]水[すい] - salt water
塩[しお] - salt

Kanji: 砂
Meaning: sand
Backside: サ、すな
砂[さ]漠[ばく] - desert
砂[さ]糖[とう] - sugar
砂[すな] - sand

Kanji: 糖
Meaning: sugar
Backside: トウ
砂[さ]糖[とう] - sugar
糖[とう]尿[にょう]病[びょう] - diabetes
果[か]糖[とう] - fructose

Kanji: 鼻
Meaning: nose
Backside: はな
鼻[はな]血[ぢ] - nosebleed

Kanji: 血
Meaning: blood
Backside: ケツ、ち
血[けつ]液[えき] - blood
血[けつ]圧[あつ] - blood pressure
血[ち] - blood
鼻[はな]血[ぢ] - nosebleed

Kanji: 陰
Meaning: shade
Backside: イン、かげ
陰[かげ] - shade
戸の 陰[かげ]に 隠[かく]れる - to hide behind the door
陰[いん]影[えい] - shadow

Kanji: 影
Meaning: shadow
Backside: えい、かげ
陰[いん]影[えい] - shadow, gloom
影[かげ] - shadow

Kanji: 込
Meaning: move inward, emphatic verbal suffix
Backside: -こむ、こ.む
乗[の]り 込[こ]む - to board, go on board
申[も]し 込[こ]む - propose (marriage)
込[こ]んでいる - to be crowded

Kanji: 汚
Meaning: dirty
Backside: オ、きたな.い、よご.す、けが.らわしい
汚[お]水[すい] - sewage, dirty water
汚[よご]す - to stain, soil
汚[けが]らわしい - dirty, filthy, detestable
汚[きたな]い - dirty, soiled

Kanji: 輩
Meaning: fellow
Backside: ハイ
先[せん]輩[ぱい] - senior, elder
後[こう]輩[はい] - junior, younger generation
同[どう]輩[はい] - fellow, comrade

Kanji: 販
Meaning: engage in sales
Backside: ハン
販[はん]売[ばい]する - engage in sales
自[じ]動[どう]販[はん]売[ばい]機[き] - electric vending machine

Kanji: 娘
Meaning: daughter, girl
Backside: むすめ
娘[むすめ] - daughter, girl

Kanji: 息
Meaning: breath
Backside: ソク、いき
嘆[たん]息[そく] - sigh
彼は 息[いき]を止めた - he stopped breathing
＊ 息[むす]子[こ] - son

Kanji: 豆
Meaning: (soy) bean
Backside: トウ、ズ、まめ
豆[とう]腐[ふ] - tofu
大[だい]豆[ず] - soybean
豆[とう]乳[にゅう] - soymilk
納[なっ]豆[とう] - fermented soybean
豆[まめ] - bean, pea
＊ 小豆[あずき] - Adzuki bean

Kanji: 緑
Meaning: green
Backside: リョク、みどり
緑[りょく]茶[ちゃ] - green tea
葉[よう]緑[りょく]素[そ] - chlorophyll
緑[みどり] - green

Kanji: 材
Meaning: timber, material
Backside: ザイ
材[ざい]木[もく] - timber, wood, logs
材[ざい]料[りょう] - ingredients; material

Kanji: 湯
Meaning: hot water
Backside: トウ、ゆ
熱[ねっ]湯[とう] - boiling water
湯[ゆ]飲[の]み - teacup

Kanji: 煮
Meaning: boil
Backside: に.る
煮[に]る - to boil, to cook (一、他)
水が 煮[に]える - to be boiled, cooked (一、自動)

Kanji: 勧
Meaning: urge
Backside: カン、すす.める
勧[かん]告[こく] - advice, counsel
勧[すす]める - to urge, recommend, advise

Kanji: 脂
Meaning: fat (oil)
Backside: シ、あぶら
油[ゆ]脂[し] - fats and oils
脂[あぶら] - fat

Kanji: 居
Meaning: reside
Backside: キョ、い.る、お.る
居[きょ]住[じゅう]する - live, dwell
居[い]る - animated existence

Kanji: 賃
Meaning: wage, charges
Backside: チン
家[や]賃[ちん] - house rent
賃[ちん]金[ぎん] - wage
賃[ちん]上[あ]げ - wage raise

Kanji: 健
Meaning: robust, healthy
Backside: ケン、すこ.やか
健[すこ]やか(な) - healthy, sound
健[けん]康[こう] - health
健[けん]康[こう]な - healthy, sound, well
健[けん]康[こう]保[ほ]険[けん] - health insurance

Kanji: 志
Meaning: ambition
Backside: シ、こころざ.す
意[い]志[し] - will, volition
志[し]願[がん]する - volunteer, apply for
志[こころざ]す - to have an ambition for
学[がく]問[もん]に 志[こころざ]す - to set one's heart on learning

Kanji: 隠
Meaning: hide
Backside: かく.す、かく.れる
隠[かく]す - to hide
隠[かく]れる - to be hidden

Kanji: 卵
Meaning: egg
Backside: ラン、たまご
卵[らん]黄[おう] - eggyolk
卵[たまご] - egg
卵[たまご]焼[や]き - fried egg, omelette

Kanji: 周
Meaning: periphery
Backside: シュウ、まわ.り
周[しゅう]辺[へん] - outskirts, circumference
周[まわ]り - periphery, surroundings
周[まわ]りの人 - surrounding people

Kanji: 為
Meaning: do, .. sake of
Backside: イ、ため、な.す
行[こう]為[い] - act, deed, conduct
自分の 為[ため]に - for myself
為[な]さい (from 為す) - do, 敬語

Kanji: 充
Meaning: filled
Backside: ジュウ
充[じゅう]満[まん]する - to be fill, filled with
充[じゅう]実[じつ] - full, complete, rich
充[じゅう]電[でん] - charging

Kanji: 胸
Meaning: chest
Backside: キョウ、むね
胸[きょう]裏[り] - one's bosom, one's innermost feelings
胸[きょう]骨[こつ] - breat bone
胸[むね] - chest, breast

Kanji: 腕
Meaning: arm
Backside: ワン、うで
手[しゅ]腕[わん] - ability, skill
腕[うで] - arm, skill, ability

Kanji: 腹
Meaning: belly
Backside: フク、はら
空[くう]腹[ふく] - empty stomach
切[せっ]腹[ぷく] - suicide by disembowelment
腹[はら] - belly, abdomen, womb

Kanji: 頂
Meaning: summit, receive humbly
Backside: チョウ、いただ.く
頂[ちょう]点[てん] - apex, peak
山[さん]頂[ちょう] - summit
頂[いただ]く - receive humbly
頂[ちょう]戴[だい]する - to receive

Kanji: 敷
Meaning: to lay
Backside: しく、-しき
敷[し]く - spread over a surface, lay down, pave
風[ふ]呂[ろ]敷[しき] - furoshiki
布[ふ]団[とん]を 敷[し]く - to make a bed

Kanji: 団
Meaning: body (general)
Backside: ダン、トン
団[だん]長[ちょう] - leader of a body/party
公[こう]団[だん] - public corporation
布[ふ]団[とん] - futon

Kanji: 光
Meaning: light (physical)
Backside: コウ、ひか.る、ひかり
光[こう]線[せん] - ray of light, beam
光[こう]景[けい] - spectacle, sight, scene
光[ひかる]る - shine, emit light, glitter
光[ひかり] - light
観[かん]光[こう]客[きゃく] - tourist

Kanji: 競
Meaning: compete
Backside: キョウ、きそ.う
競[きょう]争[そう]する - compete, contend
競[きょう]技[ぎ] - game, match
競[きそ]う - to compete

Kanji: 札
Meaning: tag
Backside: サツ、ふだ
改[かい]札[さつ]口[ぐち] - ticket barrier
お 札[さつ] - paper bill
札[ふだ] - tag

Kanji: 茸
Meaning: mushroom
Backside: きのこ、たけ
茸[きのこ] - mushroom
椎[しい]茸[たけ] - Shiitake

Kanji: 己
Meaning: oneself
Backside: コ
自[じ]己[こ] - oneself, ego

Kanji: 博
Meaning: extensive, doctoral
Backside: ハク、バク
博[はく]士[し] = 博[はか]士[せ] - Ph. D.
博[はく]物[ぶつ]館[かん] - museum

Kanji: 皆
Meaning: all (pers)
Backside: カイ、みな、みんな
皆[かい]目[もく] - altogether, wholly
皆[みな]さん - everybody
皆[みんな] - colloquial form of みな

Kanji: 添
Meaning: add to
Backside: テン、そ.える
添[てん]付[ぷ] - attachment (e.g. email)
添[そ]える - to add to, attach

Kanji: 菓
Meaning: confectionery
Backside: カ
お 菓[か]子[し] - confectionery, cakes, sweets
和[わ]菓[が]子[し] - Japanese-style confection

Kanji: 匂
Meaning: smell
Backside: にお.う、にお.い
匂[にお]う - to give out a smell (sweet/fragrance)
匂[にお]い - smell

Kanji: 郎
Meaning: Young man, male name suffix
Backside: ロウ
一[いち]郎[ろう] - Ichiro (first son)
次[じ]郎[ろう] - Jiro (second son)

Kanji: 身
Meaning: body, one's person
Backside: シン、み
身[しん]体[たい] - body (special reading: からだ)
成[なり]田[た]出[しゅっ]身[しん] - a person from Narita
中[なか]身[み] - contents, interior (concrete!)

Kanji: 軍
Meaning: army
Backside: グン
軍[ぐん]隊[たい] - army
女[じょ]性[せい]軍[ぐん] - Women's team

Kanji: 界
Meaning: world, bounds
Backside: カイ
業[ぎょう]界[かい] - business world, industry
世[せ]界[かい] - world, universe

Kanji: 神
Meaning: god, mind
Backside: シン、ジン、かみ
神[しん]道[とう] - Shinto, the way of the gods
神[じん]社[じゃ] - church
神[かみ]様[さま] - god
神[かみ]風[かぜ] - divine wind, kamikaze

Kanji: 兵
Meaning: soldier
Backside: ヘイ
兵[へい]士[し] - soldier

Kanji: 然
Meaning: modifier forming suffix, so
Backside: ゼン
突[とつ]然[ぜん] - abruptly, unexpectedly
自[し]然[ぜん] - natural
偶[ぐう]然[ぜん] - accidental

Kanji: 背
Meaning: back (of body)
Backside: ハイ、せ
背[はい]部[ぶ] - back
背[せ]中[なか] - back

Kanji: 賭
Meaning: wager
Backside: ト、か.ける
賭[と]博[ばく] - gambling
賭[か]け - bet

Kanji: 衣
Meaning: garment
Backside: イ、ころも
衣[い]服[ふく] - clothes, dress, clothing
衣[ころも] - outer garment, gown

Kanji: 幅
Meaning: width
Backside: はば
幅[はば] - width, breadth, range
選択の幅が広い - there are many choices

Kanji: 素
Meaning: element, constituent
Backside: ソ、もと
要[よう]素[そ] - essential element, constituent
葉[よう]緑[りょく]素[そ] - chlorophyll
スプの 素[もと] - soup stock (raw material)

Kanji: 康
Meaning: health
Backside: コウ
健[けん]康[こう] - health

Kanji: 寧
Meaning: courteous
Backside: ネイ
丁[てい]寧[ねい] - polite, courteous

Kanji: 嬉
Meaning: glad
Backside: 嬉[うれ]しい - joy, delight, glad

Kanji: 谷
Meaning: valley
Backside: コク、たに
峡[きょう]谷[こく] - gorge
谷[たに] - valley, gorge, ravine

Kanji: 汽
Meaning: steam, vapour
Backside: キ
汽[き]船[せん] - steam ship
汽[き]圧[あつ] - steam pressure

Kanji: 弓
Meaning: bow
Backside: キュウ、ゆみ
弓[きゅう]道[どう] - archery
弓[ゆみ] - bow, archery

Kanji: 星
Meaning: star
Backside: セイ、ほし
惑[わく]星[せい] - planet
星[ほし] - star, planet

Kanji: 船
Meaning: ship
Backside: セン、ふね
船[せん]長[ちょう] - ship caption
船[ふね] - boat

Kanji: 麦
Meaning: wheat
Backside: むぎ
麦[むぎ] - wheat
小[こ]麦[むぎ]粉[こ] - wheat flour

Kanji: 矢
Meaning: arrow
Backside: や
矢[や] - arrow
矢[や]張[は]り - after all (phonetic use)

Kanji: 里
Meaning: hamlet, village
Backside: さと
里[さと] - hamlet, village
古[ふる]里[さと] - hometown, birthplace

Kanji: 互
Meaning: reciprocal
Backside: ゴ、たが.い
交[こう]互[ご]に - mutually, reciprocally
互[たが]い - mutual, reciprocal
互[たが]い 違[ちが]いに - alternately

Kanji: 揚
Meaning: raise high, glamorize
Backside: ヨウ、あ.げる、あ.がる
揚[よう]力[りょく] - lifting power
揚[あ]げる - to raise (a flag), fly a kite, shoot fireworks
揚[あ]げる - fry in deep fat

Kanji: 易
Meaning: easy, exchange
Backside: エキ、イ、やさ.しい、やす.い
安[あん]易[い]な - easy, easygoing
貿[ぼう]易[えき] - trade, commerce
易[やさ]しい - easy
易[やす]い - easy to do

Kanji: 腸
Meaning: intenstines
Backside: チョウ
小[しょう]腸[ちょう] - small intenstine
盲[もう]腸[ちょう] - appendix

Kanji: 賜
Meaning: deign to give
Backside: たまわ.る
賜[たまわ]る - deign to give, to bestow, grant
賜[たまわ]り 物[もの] - boon (gefälligkeit), gift

Kanji: 郊
Meaning: suburb
Backside: コウ
郊[こう]外[がい] - suburbs, outskirts

Kanji: 刻
Meaning: mince, point in time, engrave
Backside: コク、きざ.む
刻[こく]印[いん] - carved seal, stamp
遅[ち]刻[こく] - tardiness, lateness
刻[きざ]む - cut fine, chop up

Kanji: 証
Meaning: prove, certificate
Backside: ショウ
証[しょう]明[めい] - proof, evidence
免[めん]許[きょ]証[しょう] - license

Kanji: 製
Meaning: manufacture
Backside: 製[せい]品[ひん] - manufactured goods
日[に]本[ほん]製[せい]の - made in Japan

Kanji: 炉
Meaning: furnace
Backside: ロ
原[げん]子[し]炉[ろ] - nuclear reactor
暖[だん]炉[ろ] - fireplace

Kanji: 炭
Meaning: charcoal
Backside: タン、すみ
石[せき]炭[たん] - coal
炭[たん]素[そ] - carbon
炭[すみ] - charcoal

Kanji: 恐
Meaning: fear
Backside: キョウ、おそ.れる
恐[きょう]怖[ふ] - fear
恐[おそ]れる - to fear, dread
恐[おそ]ろしい - dreadful, terrible

Kanji: 怖
Meaning: fearful
Backside: フ、こわ.い
恐[きょう]怖[ふ] - fear
怖[こわ]い - scary

Kanji: 距
Meaning: distance
Backside: キョ
距[きょ]離[り] - distance
遠[えん]距[きょ]離[り]恋[れん]愛[あい] - long distance relationship

Kanji: 役
Meaning: service
Backside: ヤク、エキ
市[し]役[やく]所[しょ] - municipal city office
役[やく]者[しゃ] - actor
兵[へい]役[えき] - military service

Kanji: 免
Meaning: exempt
Backside: メン
御 免[めん]なさい - I'm sorry, excuse me
免[めん]許[きょ] - license, permit

Kanji: 往
Meaning: journey
Backside: オウ
往[おお]復[ふく] - round trip
往[おお]路[ろ] - way to the destination

Kanji: 登
Meaning: climb
Backside: トウ、ト、のぼ.る
登[と]山[ざん] - mountain climbing
登[とう]頂[ちょう] - climbing to the summit
登[のぼ]る - to climb, mount, ascend

Kanji: 倍
Meaning: times, double
Backside: バイ
三[さん]倍[ばい] - three times, triple
倍[ばい]にして返す - to repay double the amount

Kanji: 整
Meaning: put in order
Backside: セイ、ととの.える、ととの.う
整[せい]理[り]する - put in order
整[せい]数[すう] - integer
整[ととの]える - to arrange, tidy up
整[ととの]う- be in order, be made up properly
服[ふく]装[そう]が 整[ととの]っている - to be properly dressed

Kanji: 総
Meaning: total
Backside: ソウ
総[そう]会[かい] - general meeting
総[そう]数[すう] - total number
総[そう]画[かく] - total number of strokes

Kanji: 倒
Meaning: topple
Backside: トウ、たう.れる、たお.す
圧[あっ]倒[とう]する - to overwhelm
卒[そっ]倒[とう]する - to faint
倒[たお]れる - to topple
押[おし]し 倒[たお]す - to push down, knock down

Kanji: 致
Meaning: bring about, do humbly
Backside: チ、いた.す
致[ち]死[し]の - leathal
致[いた]す - to do humbly, perform an action with humility

Kanji: 戴
Meaning: receive humbly
Backside: タイ、いただ.く
頂[ちょう]戴[だい]する - to receive, accept
戴[いただ]く - to humbly receive

Kanji: 技
Meaning: skill
Backside: ギ、わざ
技[ぎ]術[じゅつ] - technique, art
競[きょう]技[ぎ] - contest
技[ぎ]師[し] - engineer
技[わざ] - skill, ability

Kanji: 甘
Meaning: sweet
Backside: カン、うま.い、あま.い
甘[かん]味[み]料[りょう] - sweetener
甘[あま]い - sweet

Kanji: 辛
Meaning: pungent, hard
Backside: シン、から.い
辛[しん]抱[ぼう] - patience
辛[しん]酸[さん] - hardships
辛[から]い - pungent, hot
辛[から]子[し] - mustard

Kanji: 嫌
Meaning: dislike
Backside: ケン、きら.い、きら.う、いや
嫌[けん]悪[お] - hatred, dislike
交際を 嫌[きら]う - to shun society
嫌[きら]い(な) - to dislike
嫌[いや] - disagreeable;  detestable;  unpleasant

Kanji: 腐
Meaning: rot
Backside: フ、くさ.る
豆[とう]腐[ふ] - Tofu
腐[ふ]敗[はい]する - to rot, decay, become corrupt
腐[くさ]る - to rot, decompose

Kanji: 帳
Meaning: notebook
Backside: チョウ
帳[ちょう]面[めん] - notebook
日[にっ]記[き]帳[ちょう] - diary

Kanji: 臭
Meaning: bad smell
Backside: シュウ、くさ.い、にお.う
体[たい]臭[しょう] - body smell
臭[くさ]い - ill-smelling, stinking
臭[にお]う - stink, reek
臭[にお]い 消[け]し - deodorant

Kanji: 介
Meaning: mediate
Backside: カイ
介[かい]入[にゅう] - intervention
紹[しょう]介[かい] - introduction, presentation

Kanji: 氏
Meaning: courtesy title, family name
Backside: シ、うじ
田[た]中[なか]氏[し] - Mr. Tanaka
氏[し]族[ぞく] - clan, family
氏[うじ] - family name

Kanji: 衛
Meaning: guard
Backside: エイ
衛[えい]生[せい] - hygiene, sanitation
衛[えい]生[せい]的[てき] - hygienic
自[じ]衛[えい]  - self protection
守[じゅ]衛[えい] - door guard

Kanji: 演
Meaning: perform
Backside: エン
演[えん]劇[げき] - drama, play
講[こう]演[えん] - talk
演[えん]じる - to play a part
予行演習 - dry run, rehearsal
彼女は卒業講演で 主[しゅ]役[やく]を演じた。(leading part)

Kanji: 宝
Meaning: treasure
Backside: ホウ、たから
宝[ほう]石[せき] - gem, jewel
宝[ほう]飾[しょく] - jewelry
宝[たから] - treasure

Kanji: 飾
Meaning: decorate
Backside: ショク、かざ.る
宝[ほう]飾[しょく] - jewelry
飾[かざ]る - to decorate

Kanji: 輪
Meaning: ring, wheel
Backside: リン、わ
車[しゃ]輪[りん] - wheel
指[ゆび]輪[わ] - finger ring

Kanji: 列
Meaning: row
Backside: レツ
行[ぎょう]列[れつ] - procession, line
並[へい]列[れつ] - parallel
普[ふ]通[つう]列[れっ]車[しゃ] - ordinary train
don't mix up with  例[たと]えば

Kanji: 粉
Meaning: powder
Backside: フン、こ、こな
粉[ふん]末[まつ] - powder
小[こ]麦[むぎ]粉[こ] - wheat flower
粉[こな] - powder, dust, flour

Kanji: 確
Meaning: certain
Backside: カク、たし.か
正[せい]確[かく]な - precise, exact
確[かく]実[じつ]な - certain, sure, reliable
確[たし]か.. - if I remember correctly
確[たし]かな - certain, positive, reliable
確[たし]かめる - to confirm, make sure of

Kanji: 構
Meaning: construct, mind
Backside: コウ、かま.える、かま.う
強[きょう]調[ちょう]構[こう]文[ぶん] - sentence construction, syntax
結[けっ]構[こう] - fine, great, quite
構[かま]える - to set up (a house)
構[かま]う - to mind, care about

Kanji: 承
Meaning: agree to, consent to
Backside: 承[しょう]知[ち]する - to consent to
承[しょう]知[ち]の 上[うえ]で - knowingly

Kanji: 曇
Meaning: cloudy
Backside: ドン、くも.り
曇[どん]天[てん] - cloudy weather
曇[くも]り - cloudy weather

Kanji: 吹
Meaning: blow
Backside: ふ.く
吹[ふ]く - to blow

Kanji: 鳴
Meaning: cry, sound
Backside: メイ、な.く、な.らす
悲[ひ]鳴[めい] - shriek, scream
鳴[な]く - cry (of animals)
鳴[な]らす - to ring (e.g. a bell)

Kanji: 勢
Meaning: power, energy
Backside: セイ、いきお.い
勢[せい]力[りょく] - influence, power
大[おお]勢[ぜい]の - a great number of (e.g. people)
勢[いきお]い - force, vigor, energy (名詞)

Kanji: 容
Meaning: apperance, contain
Backside: ヨウ
内[ない]容[よう] - contents (abstract)
容[よう]姿[し] - face and figure, appearance
容[よう]量[りょう] - capacity, volume

Kanji: 散
Meaning: scatter
Backside: サン、ち.る、ち.らす
散[さん]歩[ぽ] - a stroll
散[さん]発[ぱつ]的[てき]な - sporadic
散[さん]髪[ぱつ] - haircut
散[ち]る - scatter, disperse (五)
散[ち]らす - to scatter/disperse (他動詞)

Kanji: 慣
Meaning: habitual practice
Backside: カン、な.れる
習[しゅう]慣[かん] - custom, habit
慣[な]れる - to get used to

Kanji: 値
Meaning: value
Backside: チ、ね、あたい
平[へい]均[きん]値[ち] - average value
値[ね]段[だん] - price
値[あたい] - value, worth, merit

Kanji: 似
Meaning: resemble
Backside: に.る
似[に]合[あ]う - to match well, to suit
似[に]る - to resemble

Kanji: 探
Meaning: probe, search
Backside: タン、さが.す、さぐ.る
探[たん]求[きゅう] - quest, search, pursuit
探[さぐ]る - to probe, search into, explore
探[さが]す - to search for (something desired)

Kanji: 替
Meaning: replace
Backside: タイ、か.える、か.わる
交[こう]替[たい] - alternation, shift, change (also:交代)
替[か]える - replace
両[りょう]替[がえ] - money changing
替[か]わる - to be replaced

Kanji: 松
Meaning: pine
Backside: まつ
松[まつ] - pine

Kanji: 給
Meaning: supply, pay
Backside: キュウ
配[はい]給[きゅう] - distribution, rationing
給[きゅう]料[りょう] - wage, salary

Kanji: 官
Meaning: government official
Backside: カン
外[がい]交[こう]官[かん] - diplomat
警[けい]官[かん] - policeman
裁[さい]判[ばん]官[かん] - judge

Kanji: 努
Meaning: exert
Backside: ド、つと.める
努[ど]力[りょく] - excertion
努[つと]める - to work diligently

Kanji: 復
Meaning: the return
Backside: フク
復[ふく]路[ろ] - return trip
往[おお]復[ふく] - roundtrip

Kanji: 側
Meaning: side of
Backside: ソク、がわ、かわ
側[そく]面[めん] - side, flank
向[む]こう 側[がわ] - the side beyond

Kanji: 担
Meaning: bear on shoulder, undertake
Backside: タン、かつ.ぐ、にな.う
分[ぶん]担[たん]する - to bear one's share
担[たん]当[とう]する - undertake, be incharge of
担[かつ]ぐ - to carry on shoulders
(担[にな]う - to bear on one's shoulder)
残りの仕事は皆で分担しよう。

Kanji: 断
Meaning: cut off, resolve
Backside: だん、た.つ、ことわ.る
横[おう]断[だん] - crossing, traversing
断[だん]定[てい] - decision
決[けつ]断[だん] - decision, resolution
断[だん]片[ぺん] - fragment
無[む]断[だん] - without notice
断[た]つ - to detach by severing
断[ことわ]る - to decline, refuse
無断欠席はしないこと。

Kanji: 更
Meaning: change, moreover
Backside: コウ、さら
変[へん]更[こう]する - to change, to alter
更[こう]新[しん]する - to renew
更[さら]に -  moreover
入国 管[かん]理でビザを更新する。

Kanji: 片
Meaning: fragment, one of two
Backside: ヘン、かた
断[だん]片[ぺん] - fragment, piece
雪[せっ]片[ぺん] - snowflake
片[かた]面[めん] - one side
片[かた]仮[か]名[な] - katakana
片[かた]付[づ]く - to be put in order
片[かた]付[づ]ける - to put in order

Kanji: 改
Meaning: reform, renew
Backside: カイ、あらた.める、あらた.まる
改[かい]善[ぜん] - to improve, ameliorate
改[かい]札[さつ] - ticket examination
改[あらた]める - to reform, rectify
改[あらた]まる - to be reformed, to be rectified
改[あらた]めて - over again

Kanji: 訂
Meaning: revise
Backside: テイ
改[かい]訂[てい]する - to revise, edit
訂[てい]正[せい]する - to correct, amend, revise

Kanji: 修
Meaning: cultivate/cherish, repair
Backside: シュウ、おさ.める、おさ.まる
修[しゅう]士[し] - master's degree
修[しゅう]理[り] - repair, mending
修[おさ]める - to cultivate, pursue
修[おさ]まる - to conduct oneself well

Kanji: 療
Meaning: to treat illness
Backside: リョウ
治[ち]療[りょう]する - to treat, cure
医[い]療[りょう] - medical care

Kanji: 停
Meaning: halt
Backside: テイ、と.める、と.まる
停[てい]止[し]する - to stop, to suspend
停[てい]留[りゅう]所[じょ] - bus/tram/train stop
停[てい]学[がく] - suspension from school
停[と]める - to bring a vehicle to a halt

Kanji: 満
Meaning: full
Backside: マン、み.ちる、み.たす
満[まん]月[げつ] - full moon
充[じゅう]満[まん]する - to be filled (一)
満[み]ちる - to be filled
満[み]たす - to fill up / pack
彼は 野[や]心[しん]に満ちている。(He is filled with ambition)

Kanji: 怒
Meaning: get angry
Backside: ド、いか.る、おこ.る
怒[ど]鳴[な]る - to shout, yell
怒[おこ]る - to get angry
( 怒[いか]る - to get angry)

Kanji: 惑
Meaning: bewildered
Backside: ワク
迷[めい]惑[わく] - trouble, annoyance
困[こん]惑[わく] - embarassment, perplexity
惑[わく]星[せい] - planet

Kanji: 仮
Meaning: temporary
Backside: カ、かり
仮[か]設[せつ](の) - provisional, temporary
仮[か]名[な] - kana
仮[かり]に - provisionally, temporarily

Kanji: 嬢
Meaning: young lady
Backside: ジョウ
お 嬢[じょう]さん - young lady, your daughter

Kanji: 浜
Meaning: beach
Backside: ヒン、はま
海[かい]浜[ひん] - seashore, seaside, beach
浜[はま] - beach, coast
砂[すな]浜[はま] - sandy beach

Kanji: 坊
Meaning: sonnyboy, colloquial person suffix
Backside: ボウ、ボッ-
坊[ぼっ]ちゃん - young master, sonny boy
赤[あか]ん 坊[ぼう] - baby
朝[あさ]寝[ね]坊[ぼう] - sleepyhead
坊[ぼう]さん - buddhist priest

Kanji: 観
Meaning: view
Backside: カン
観[かん]光[こう] - sightseeing
観[かん]客[きゃく] - audience
観[かん]光[こう]客[きゃく] - tourist
観[かん]点[てん] - point of view

Kanji: 突
Meaning: dash, thrust
Backside: トツ、つ.く
突[とつ]入[にゅう]する - dash into, thrust into
突[とつ]然[ぜん] - suddenly
突[つ]く - stab, prick, poke
突き当たり - end of street/corridor

Kanji: 殺
Meaning: kill
Backside: サツ、ころ.す
殺[さつ]人[じん] - murder, homicide
自[じ]殺[さつ] - suicide
殺[ころ]す - to kill

Kanji: 振
Meaning: swing
Backside: ふ.る
振[ふ]る - to wave, shake, swing
振[ふ]り 仮[が]名[な] - furigana

Kanji: 視
Meaning: regard
Backside: シ、み.る
視[し]点[てん] - viewpoint
視[み]る - look over, examine

Kanji: 撃
Meaning: strike
Backside: ゲキ、う.つ
反[はん]撃[げき] - counterattack
撃[う]つ - to shoot, fire, discharge

Kanji: 警
Meaning: guard against, warn
Backside: ケイ
警[けい]察[さつ] - police station
警[けい]官[かん] - police officer
警[けい]視[し]庁[しょう] - metropolitan police office
警[けい]備[び]員[いん] - guard, security officer

Kanji: 均
Meaning: average
Backside: キン
平[へい]均[きん] - average
平[へい]均[きん]値[ち] - average value / expectation
均[きん]質[しつ] - homogeneous, homogeneity

Kanji: 束
Meaning: bundle, tie up
Backside: ソク、たば、たば.ねる
束[そく]髪[はつ] - hair done up in a bun
約[やく]束[そく] - promise
束[たば] - bundle
花[はな]束[たば] - bunch of flowers
束[たば]ねる - to tie up in a bundle

Kanji: 砲
Meaning: heavy gun
Backside: ホウ
大[たい]砲[ほう] - artillery
鉄[てっ]砲[ぽう] - gun, firearm
無[む]鉄[てっ]砲[ぽう] - recklessness

Kanji: 譲
Meaning: cede
Backside: ジョウ、ゆず.る
譲[じょう]歩[ほ] - concession, compromise
譲[ゆず]る - to transfer, assign, relinquish
親[おや]譲[ゆず]り - inheritance from a parent (concrete or traits)

Kanji: 供
Meaning: to offer
Backside: キョウ、ク、そな.える、とも、-ども
供[きょう]給[きゅう]する - to supply, furnish, provide
供[そな]える - to offer to god
供[とも] - attendant
子[こ]供[ども] - child, kind, son, daughter
牛は私たちに牛乳を供給してくれる。

Kanji: 損
Meaning: loss
Backside: ソン、そこ.なう
損[そん]失[しつ] - loss
損[そん] - loss, damage, disadvantage
損[そん]する - to lose, suffer loss
損[そこ]なう-  to be harmed, injured, damaged
健康を損なう - to lose one's health
仕[し]損[そこ]なう - blunder

Kanji: 築
Meaning: fabricate, architect
Backside: チク
建[けん]築[ちく] - architecture
建[けん]築[ちく]家[か] - architect
築[きず]く - to build, construct, erect

Kanji: 駐
Meaning: stationed
Backside: チュウ
駐[ちゅう]留[りゅう]する - to be stationed
駐[ちゅう]車[しゃ]場[じょう] - parking lot

Kanji: 祭
Meaning: festival
Backside: サイ、まつ.る、まつ.り
祭[さい]日[じつ] - national festival day
祭[まつ]る - worship
祭[まつ]り - festival

Kanji: 宮
Meaning: royal palace, shinto shrine
Backside: キュウ、グウ、みや
宮[きゅう]殿[でん] - palace (of a royal person)
神[じん]宮[ぐう] - shinto shrine
(お) 宮[みや] - shinto shrine

Kanji: 庫
Meaning: storage chamber
Backside: コ、くら
車[しゃ]庫[こ] - garage
国[こっ]庫[こ] - national treasury
庫[くら] - warehouse (for merchandise), storeroom

Kanji: 央
Meaning: center
Backside: オウ
中[ちゅう]央[おう] - center
中[ちゅう]央[おう]線[せん] - Chuo line in tokyo

Kanji: 岸
Meaning: shore
Backside: ガン、きし
海[かい]岸[がん] - seashore
岸[きし]-  shore, bank, coast

Kanji: 級
Meaning: grade
Backside: キュウ
同[どう]級[きゅう]生[せい] - classmate
級[きゅう] - grade, class
上の級に 進[すす]む - to move up a grade

Kanji: 根
Meaning: root
Backside: コン、ね
大[だい]根[こん] - Japanese radish
球[きゅう]根[こん] - bulb of plant
根[こん]源[げん] - root, source, origin
根[ね] - root, source, origin
屋[や]根[ね] - roof (phonetic use)

Kanji: 球
Meaning: ball
Backside: キュウ、たま
地[ち]球[きゅう] - planet earth
球[きゅう] - globe, sphere, ball
球[たま] - ball (in a sports game)
球[きゅう]根[こん] - bulb of a plant

Kanji: 坂
Meaning: slope
Backside: さか
坂[さか] - slope, incline, hill

Kanji: 全
Meaning: whole
Backside: ゼン、まった.く、すべ.て
全[ぜん]部[ぶ] - all, the whole
全[ぜん]員[いん] - all members, entire staff
全[ぜん]然[ぜん] - (not) at all
全[まった]く - entirely, completely, wholly
全[すべ]て - everything, the whole

Kanji: 拾
Meaning: pick up
Backside: ひろ.う
拾[ひろ]う - to pick up

Kanji: 詩
Meaning: poetry
Backside: シ
詩[し]人[じん] - poet
詩[し]を 作[つく]る - to compose a poem

Kanji: 章
Meaning: chapter, badge
Backside: ショウ
印[いん]章[しょう] - seal, stamp
章[しょう] - chapter

Kanji: 植
Meaning: plant
Backside: ショク、う.える、う.わる
植[しょく]物[ぶつ] - plant, vegetation
植[しょく]物[ぶつ]園[えん] - botanical garden
植[う]える - to plant, raise (一)
植[うえ]木[き] - garden plant, pot plant
植[う]わる - to be planted

Kanji: 紹
Meaning: introduce
Backside: ショウ
紹[しょう]介[かい]する - introduce, present
紹[じょう]介[かい]状[じょう] - letter of introduction

Kanji: 状
Meaning: form, condition, letter
Backside: ジョウ
状[じょう]態[たい] - state, condition, appearance (体や気持ち)
状[じょう]況[きょう] - state of affairs, conditions (時間や機会)
形[けい]状[じょう] - shape, form, configuration
現[げん]状[じょう] - present condition
招[しょう]待[たい]状[じょう] - letter of invitation

Kanji: 況
Meaning: conditions
Backside: キョウ
状[じょう]況[きょう] - state of affairs, conditions

Kanji: 態
Meaning: state
Backside: タイ
状[じょう]態[たい] - state, condition, appearance
事[じ]態[たい] - situation, state of affairs

Kanji: 貿
Meaning: trade
Backside: ボウ
貿[ぼう]易[えき] - trade, commerce

Kanji: 善
Meaning: good
Backside: ゼン、よ.い
善[ぜん]悪[あく] - good and evil
改[かい]善[ぜん] - improvement
善[よ]い - (morally) good, upright
赤ん坊は善悪について何も知らない。

Kanji: 贈
Meaning: present a gift
Backside: ゾウ、ソウ、おく.る
贈[ぞう]答[とう]品[ひん] - present, gift
贈[おく]る - to present (a gift), give a present

Kanji: 菜
Meaning: vegetable
Backside: サイ
野[や]菜[さい] - vegetables
菜[さい]食[しょく]主[しゅ]義[ぎ]者[しゃ] - vegetarian

Kanji: 堂
Meaning: hall
Backside: ドウ
食[しょく]堂[どう] - dining hall
講[こう]堂[どう] - lecture hall
大[だい]聖[せい]堂[どう] - cathedral
don't confuse with 常 (normal)

Kanji: 聖
Meaning: holy, saint
Backside: セイ
聖[せい]書[しょ] - bible
大[だい]聖[せい]堂[どう] - cathedral

Kanji: 旧
Meaning: former / old style
Backside: キュウ
旧[きゅう]市[し]街[がい] - old town
旧[きゅう]式[しき] - old style

Kanji: 順
Meaning: sorting order, obey
Backside: ジュン
順[じゅん]番[ばん] - order, turn
筆[ひつ]順[じゅん] - stroke order
順[じゅん]調[ちょう] - favorable condition, smooth progress
順[じゅん]に並べる - to put into order

Kanji: 腰
Meaning: waist
Backside: ヨウ、こし
腰[よう]部[ぶ] - waist, hips
腰[こし] - waist, hips
腰[こし]掛[か]ける - to sit down

Kanji: 曽
Meaning: great-
Backside: ソウ、ひい-
曽[そう]遊[ゆう] - previous visit
曽[ひい] 祖母[ばば] - great-grandmother
曽[ひい] 祖父[じじ] - great-grandfather

Kanji: 照
Meaning: illuminate
Backside: ショウ、て.る、て.らす
照[しょう]明[めい] - illumination, lighting
参[さん]照[しょう] - reference
照[て]る - shine (五)
照[て]らす - to illuminate, shine on

Kanji: 査
Meaning: to review
Backside: サ
調[ちょう]査[さ] - investigation, examination, inquiry
査[さ]読[どく] - to review

Kanji: 岳
Meaning: high mountain
Backside: ガク、たけ
山[さん]岳[がく] - mountains
朝[あさ]日[ひ]岳[だけ] - Mt. Asahi

Kanji: 岡
Meaning: hill, height
Backside: おか
福[ふく]岡[おか] - Fukuoka
静[しず]岡[おか] - Shizuoka

Kanji: 丘
Meaning: hill
Backside: キュウ、おか
砂[さ]丘[きゅう] - sand dune
丘[おか] - hill

Kanji: 祖
Meaning: ancestor
Backside: ソ
祖[そ]父[ふ] - grandfather
＊お 祖父[じい]さん - grandfather
祖[そ]母[ぼ] - grandmother
＊お 祖母[ばあ]さん - grandmother

Kanji: 迷
Meaning: perplexed
Backside: メイ、まよ.う
迷[めい]惑[わく] - trouble, annoyance
迷[めい]信[しん] - superstition
迷[めい]路[ろ] - labyrinth, maze
迷[まよ]う - be perplexed, puzzled

Kanji: 黙
Meaning: silently
Backside: モク、だま.る
黙[もく]読[どく]する - read silently
黙[だま]る - become slient, shut one's mouth
黙[だま]って歩く - walks silently

Kanji: 酸
Meaning: acid, oxygen
Backside: サン、す.い
硫[りゅう]酸[さん] - sulfuric acid
塩[えん]酸[さん] - hydrochloric acid
遺[い]産[さん] - stomach acid
酸[さん]素[そ] - oxygen
酸[さん]化[か] - oxidation
酸[す]い - sour
酸[す]っぱい - sour

Kanji: 酔
Meaning: become intoxicated
Backside: スイ、よ.う、よ.い
酔[すい]態[たい] - drunkenness, intoxication
酔[よ]う - get drunk
酔っ 払[ぱら]う - get drunk
酔[よ]い - drunkenness, intoxication
e.g.  二日[ふつか]酔[よ]い - hangover

Kanji: 瞬
Meaning: instant
Backside: シュン、またた.く
瞬[しゅん]間[かん] - moment
瞬[またた]く - twinkle, flicker, blink
瞬[またた]く 間[ま]に - in the twinkling of an eye

Kanji: 触
Meaning: touch
Backside: ショク、ふ.れる、さわ.る
接[せっ]触[しょく] - contact, touch
Xに 触[ふ]れる - to be touched, feel, come in contact with (自、一)
手を 触[ふ]れるな - hands off!
触[さわ]る - touch, feel (他)

Kanji: 叫
Meaning: shout
Backside: キョウ、さけ.ぶ
絶[ぜっ]叫[きょう] - to shout, to scream
叫[さけ]ぶ - to shout

Kanji: 賞
Meaning: prize
Backside: ショウ
賞[しょう]金[きん] - prize, award
賞[しょう]品[ひん] - prize, trophy
ノーベル 賞[しょう] - Nobel prize
賞[しょう] - prize

Kanji: 眼
Meaning: ocular
Backside: ガン、まなこ
眼[がん]球[きゅう] - eyeball
眼[まなこ] - eye
＊ 眼鏡[めがね] - glasses

Kanji: 粧
Meaning: apply makeup
Backside: ショウ
化[け]粧[しょう]品[ひん] - makeup
化[け]粧[しょう]する - to apply makeup

Kanji: 剣
Meaning: sword
Backside: ケン、つるぎ
刀[とう]剣[けん] - sword
剣[つるぎ] - double-edged sword

Kanji: 抜
Meaning: pull out, stand out
Backside: バツ、ぬ.く
抜[ばっ]刀[とう] - drawing a sword
選[せん]抜[ばつ]する - to make a choice, single out
抜[ぬ]く - to pull out, draw out, extract

Kanji: 想
Meaning: conceive
Backside: ソウ
想[そう]像[ぞう] - imagination
予[よ]想[そう] - expectation, conjecture
感[かん]想[そう] - thoughts, impression

Kanji: 戻
Meaning: return
Backside: レイ、もど.る、もど.す
返[へん]戻[れい] - return, give back
戻[もど]す - return s.th. to its original position
戻[もど]る - to return
戻[もど]してしまった - I threw up

Kanji: 浮
Meaning: float
Backside: フ、う.く、うか.ぶ
浮[ふ]浪[ろう]者[しゃ] - vagabond, loafer, hobo
浮[う]かぶ - to float, rise to the surface
浮[う]く - float, rise to the surface
忘れていた顔がXさんの頭に浮かんできた.

Kanji: 穴
Meaning: hole
Backside: ケツ、あな
墓[ぼ]穴[けつ] - grave
穴[あな] - hole

Kanji: 巨
Meaning: huge
Backside: キョ
巨[きょ]大[だい]な - huge, gigantic
巨[きょ]人[じん] - giant, great person

Kanji: 髭
Meaning: beard
Backside: ひげ
口[くち]髭[ひげ] - moustache

Kanji: 鶴
Meaning: crane
Backside: つる
鶴[つる] - crane

Kanji: 装
Meaning: dress, equip
Backside: 正[せい]装[そう]する - dress up
服[ふく]装[そう] - clothes
装[そう]備[び] - equipment
装[よそお]う - dress oneself, wear

Kanji: 認
Meaning: acknowledge, recognize
Backside: ニン、みと.める
誤[ご]認[にん] - mistake, misconception
確[かく]認[にん] - confirmation, ascertainment
認[にん]可[か]する - to approve, authorize
認[みと]める - recognize, acknowledge

Kanji: 展
Meaning: unfold, display
Backside: テン
展[てん]開[かい] - unfolding, development
展[てん]示[じ]する - to put on display, exhibit
展[てん]覧[らん]会[かい] - exhibition

Kanji: 射
Meaning: shoot, shine
Backside: シャ、い.る、さ.す
放[ほう]射[しゃ]能[のう] - radioactivity
射[い]る - to shoot (an arrow、一)
射[さ]す - to shine on

Kanji: 障
Meaning: hindrance
Backside: ショウ、さわ.る
障[しょう]子[じ] - paper sliding door
故[こ]障[しょう] - malfunction, breakdance
支[し]障[しょう] - obstacle, hindrance
障[さわ]る - hinder, interfere with (vs 触る)

Kanji: 骨
Meaning: bone
Backside: コツ、ほね
骨[こっ]折[せつ] - bone fracture
骨[ほね]を 折[お]る - take pains, break one's bones
胸[きょう]骨[こつ] - breast bone

Kanji: 隊
Meaning: party, army
Backside: タイ
軍[ぐん]隊[たい] - army
隊[たい]員[いん] - member of the group
隊[たい]長[ちょう] - captain, leader
自[じ]衛[えい]隊[たい] - self defence forces

Kanji: 陸
Meaning: land
Backside: リク
陸[りく]地[ち] - land
陸[りく]上[じょう]競[きょう]技[ぎ] - land/track&field competition
大[たい]陸[陸] - continent
陸[りく]を行く - go by land, travel over land

Kanji: 語
Meaning: language
Backside: ゴ、かた.る
語[ご]学[がく] - linguistic
言[げん]語[ご] - language
国[こく]語[ご] - national language / Japanese
標[ひょう]準[じゅん]語[ご] - standard language (speech)
語[かた]る - tell a story, narrate, relate

Kanji: 締
Meaning: conclude, tighten
Backside: テイ、し.まる、し.める
締[てい]結[けつ]する - conclude, enter contract
締[し]まる - to become tight / fastened
締[し]める - to tighten / fasten
締[し]め 切[き]り - deadline

Kanji: 箸
Meaning: chopsticks
Backside: はし
箸[はし]置[お]き- chopstick holder

Kanji: 浪
Meaning: billow, wander
Backside: ロウ
風[ふう]浪[ろう] - wind and waves, heavy seas
浮[ふ]浪[ろう]者[しゃ] - vagabond, loafer
浪[ろう]人[にん] - lordless samurai

Kanji: 及
Meaning: reach to
Backside: キュウ、およ.ぶ、およ.び
及[きゅう]第[だい]する - to pass an examination
及[きゅう]落[らく]する - to fail an examination
及[およ]ぶ - reach to, amount to, come up to
及[およ]び - and, as well as
太陽及び地球 - the sun as well as the earth

Kanji: 追
Meaning: chase, supplementary
Backside: ツイ、お.う
追[つい]求[きゅう]する - to pursue
追[つい]加[か] - addition, appendix, supplement
追[お]う - to chase, pursue, follow
追[お]い 掛[か]ける - to chase after, run after
追[お]い 付[つ]く - to overtake, catch up with

Kanji: 因
Meaning: cause
Backside: イン、よ.る
死[し]因[いん] - cause of death
因[いん]果[が] - cause and effect
因[いん]子[し] - factor
風邪に因る発熱 - fever caused by a cold

Kanji: 識
Meaning: discriminate, knowledge
Backside: シキ
識[しき]別[べつ]する - discriminate, discern, recognize
認[にん]識[しき] - congnition, perception, understanding
知[ち]識[しき] - knowledge
常[じょう]識[しき] - common sense

Kanji: 統
Meaning: overall, relationship
Backside: トウ、す.べる
統[とう]一[いつ] - unity, consolidation
統[とう]計[けい] - statistics
伝[でん]統[とう] - tradition
伝[でん]統[とう]的[てき]な - traditional
統[す]べる - to unite, gather into one (一)

Kanji: 峡
Meaning: gorge
Backside: キョウ
峡[きょう]谷[こく] - gorge, ravine
海[かい]峡[きょう] - strait, sound (geol.)

Kanji: 撮
Meaning: photograph
Backside: サツ、と.る
撮[さつ]影[えい] - photographing / shooting of a video
特[とく]殊[しゅ]撮[さつ]影[えい] - special effects
写[しゃ]真[しん]を 撮[と]る - to take a picture

Kanji: 殊
Meaning: unusual
Backside: シュ、こと
特[とく]殊[しゅ]な - special, unique
殊[こと]に - especially, distinctly, above all
殊[こと]更[さら]に - especially, intentionally, deliberately

Kanji: 滝
Meaning: waterfall
Backside: たき
滝[たき] - waterfall

Kanji: 竜
Meaning: dragon
Backside: リュウ、たつ
traditional: 龍
竜[りゅう]神[じん] - dragon god
竜[たつ] - dragon

Kanji: 編
Meaning: compile, knit
Backside: ヘン、あ.む、-あ.み
編[へん]集[しゅう] - editing, compilation
編[へん]者[しゃ] - editor, compiler
予[よ]告[こく]編[へん] - film trailer
浅田先生編 - edited by Prof. Asada
編[あ]む - to knit, braid
編[あ]み 物[もの] - knitted goods

Kanji: 湿
Meaning: damp
Backside: シツ、しめ.る、しめ.す
湿[しっ]気[け] - moisture, dampness, humidity
湿[しつ]度[ど] - humidity
湿[しめ]る - to become damp (五！)
湿[しめ]す - to dampen
(not to confuse with 示す、締める、閉める)

Kanji: 乾
Meaning: dry
Backside: カン、かわ.く、かわ.かす
乾[かん]燥[そう]する - to dry, dessicate (vs 感想する)
乾[かん]杯[ぱい]する - drink a toast
乾[かわ]く - to become dried up, run dry
乾[かわ]かす - to dry, to desiccate

Kanji: 逃
Meaning: escape, run away
Backside: トウ、に.げる、に.がす、のが.す
逃[とう]走[そう] - flight, escape
逃[とう]亡[ぼう] - escape, abscond, desert
逃[に]げる - escape, run away, flee
逃[に]がす / 逃[のが]す - to free, let go, let scape

Kanji: 労
Meaning: labour
Backside: ロウ
労[ろう]働[どう] - (manual) labor, toil
労[ろう]働[どう]者[しゃ] - laborer, worker
御[ご]苦[く]労[ろう]様[さま] - I appreciate your efforts

Kanji: 雷
Meaning: thunder
Backside: ライ、かみなり
雷[らい]電[でん] - thunder and lightning
雷[かみなり] - thunder

Kanji: 件
Meaning: a matter  (e.g. business)
Backside: ケン
一[いっ]件[けん] - matter, affair, item
(ご) 用[よう]件[けん] - matter of business, things to be done
事[じ]件[けん] - incident, affair
例[れい]の 件[けん] - the matter you have been talking about

Kanji: 測
Meaning: measure, conjecture
Backside: ソク、はか.る
測[そく]定[てい]する - measure, gauge
予[よ]測[そく] - estimate, forecast, prediction
推[すい]測[そく] - conjecture, supposition
測[はか]る - measure the physical dimensions of, gauge

Kanji: 覧
Meaning: look over
Backside: ラン
御[ご]覧[らん] - look, see, try (honorific)
観[かん]覧[らん]車[しゃ] - ferris wheel
展[てん]覧[らん]する - to exhibit, show
博[はく]覧[らん]会[かい] - exhibition, fair

Kanji: 害
Meaning: harm
Backside: ガイ
害[がい]毒[どく] - harm, evil influence
被[ひ]害[がい] - damage, harm
公[こう]害[がい] - environmental pollution (vs 郊外)
障[しょう]害[がい] - obstacle, physical disorder
indep:  害[がい]する - to harm / injure / damage
飲[いん]酒[しゅ]の 害[がい] - harmful effects of drinking

Kanji: 被
Meaning: be subjected to
Backside: ヒ、こうむ.る
被[ひ]害[がい] - damage, harm
被[ひ]告[こく]人[にん] - defendant
損[そん]害[がい]を 被[こうむ]る - to suffer a loss

Kanji: 秘
Meaning: secret
Backside: ヒ、ひ.める
秘[ひ]密[みつ] - secret, mystery
秘[ひ]伝[でん] - secret, mystery
神[しん]秘[ぴ] - mystery
秘[ひ]術[じゅつ] - secret art, the best of one's skill
秘[ひ]める - to keep secret, conceal (一)

Kanji: 密
Meaning: dense, secret
Backside: ミツ
密[みっ]集[しょう]する - crowd, swarm, aggregate densely
秘[ひ]密[みつ] - secret
密[みつ]売[ばい] - smuggling
密[みつ]度[ど] - density

Kanji: 筆
Meaning: brush, writing
Backside: ヒツ、ふで
画[が]筆[ひつ] - paintbrush
鉛[えん]筆[ぴつ] - pencil
万[まん]年[ねん]筆[ひつ] - fountain pen
執[しっ]筆[ぴつ]する - writiting
筆[ふで] - writing brush, paint brush

Kanji: 弁
Meaning: speak eloquently
Backside: ベン
弁[べん]士[し] - speaker, talker
熱[ねつ]弁[べん] - fervent speech, passionate eloquence
東[とう]北[ほく]弁[べん] - tohoku dialect
弁[べん]護[ご]士[し] - lawyer, attourney
弁[べん]当[とう]  - box lunch
花[か]弁[べん] = 花びら = flowerpetal

Kanji: 環
Meaning: ring, surround
Backside: カン
環[かん]状[じょう]の - ring-shaped, circular
環[かん]境[きょう] - environment, surroundings

Kanji: 境
Meaning: boundary, situation
Backside: キョウ、さかい
境[きょう]界[かい] - boundary, border
国[こっ]境[きょう] - national border
環[かん]境[きょう] - environment, surroundings
境[さかい] - boundary, border
生[せい]死[し]の 境[さかい] - between life and death

Kanji: 犯
Meaning: offense (law)
Backside: ハン、おか.す
犯[はん]罪[ざい] - offense, crime
犯[はん]行[こう] - criminal act
殺[さつ]人[じん]犯[はん] - murderer
犯[おか]す - offend against, violate, infringe upon
罪[つみ]を 犯[おか]す - commit a crime

Kanji: 罪
Meaning: crime
Backside: ザイ、つみ
犯[はん]罪[ざい] - crime
有[ゆう]罪[ざい](の) - guilty
無[む]罪[ざい](の) - not guilty
罪[つみ] - crime, offense

Kanji: 導
Meaning: guide
Backside: ドウ、みちび.く
指[し]導[どう]する - guide, lead
導[どう]入[にゅう] - lead into, bring into
半[はん]導[どう]体[たい] - semiconductor
導[みちび]く - to guide, lead

Kanji: 壊
Meaning: break down
Backside: カイ、こわ.す、こわ.れる
破[は]壊[かい]する - break down, destroy, wreck
倒[とう]壊[かい]する - to collapse, be destroyed
壊[こわ]す - to destroy, smash
壊[こわ]れる - to break down
壊[こわ]れ 物[もの] - fragile article

Kanji: 漁
Meaning: fishery
Backside: ギョ、リョウ
漁[ぎょ]船[せん] - fishing boat
漁[りょう]師[し] - fisherman

Kanji: 勘
Meaning: check, intuitive perception
Backside: カン
(お) 勘[かん]定[じょう]  - calculation, account (vs 環状)
勘[かん]違[ちが]い - wrong guess

Kanji: 抽
Meaning: draw out
Backside: チュウ
抽[ちゅう]出[しゅつ] - extract, abstract
抽[ちゅう]象[しょう]的[てき] - abstract
抽[ちゅう]象[しょう]化[か]する - to abstract

Kanji: 派
Meaning: sect, dispatch
Backside: ハ
党[とう]派[は] - a party
田[た]中[なか]派[は] - Tanaka faction
派[は]出[じゅつ]する - to send out, dispatch
派[は]手[で] - showy, flashy
立[りっ]派[ぱ]な - fine, excellent, admirable

Kanji: 党
Meaning: party (e.g. political)
Backside: とう
党[とう]員[いん] - party member
党[とう]派[は] - party

Kanji: 奈
Meaning: phonetic 'na'
Backside: ナ
奈[な]良[ら]県[けん] - Nara prefecture
神[か]奈[な]川[がわ]県[けん] - Kanagawa prefecture
加[か]奈[な]陀[だ] - Canada

Kanji: 震
Meaning: quake
Backside: シン、ふる.える
地[じ]震[しん] - earthquake (vs 自信)
震[しん]災[さい] - earthquake disaster
震[ふる]える - tremble, quiver, shudder

Kanji: 災
Meaning: natural calamity
Backside: サイ、わざわ.い
災[さい]難[なん] - calamity, disaster, accident
震[しん]災[さい] - earthquake disaster
災[わざわ]い - calamity, misfortune

Kanji: 嘆
Meaning: sigh
Backside: タン、なげ.く
嘆[たん]息[そく] - sigh
悲[ひ]嘆[たん] - grief, sorrow
嘆[なげ]く - sigh (in grief or despair)

Kanji: 症
Meaning: pathological condition
Backside: ショウ
不[ふ]眠[みん]症[しょう] - insomnia
症[しょう]状[じょう] - condition
ダウン 症[しょう] - down syndrome

Kanji: 望
Meaning: hope, look afar
Backside: ボウ、のぞ.む
絶[ぜつ]望[ぼう] - despair, hopelessness
希[き]望[ぼう]する - hope, wish, aspire to
欲[よく]望[ぼう] - desire, craving
望[ぼう]遠[えん]鏡[きょう] - telescope
望[のぞ]む - desire, wish, crave for

Kanji: 鈴
Meaning: bell
Backside: リン、すず
呼[よび]鈴[りん] - doorbell
鈴[すず] - bell (that jingles)
鈴[すず]木[き] - Suzuki

Kanji: 微
Meaning: slight
Backside: ビ、かす.か
微[び]細[さい]な - minute, fine, detailed
微[び]生[せい]物[ぶつ] - microorganism
微[び]笑[しょう]する - smile
微[かす]か(な) - faint, dim, slight

Kanji: 迎
Meaning: welcome
Backside: ゲイ、むか.える
迎[げい]賓[ひん] - welcoming honoured guests (esp. overseas)
送[そう]迎[げい] - sending off and meeting on return
迎[むか]える - welcome, greet, receive

Kanji: 標
Meaning: mark
Backside: ヒョウ
座[ざ]標[ひょう] - coordinates
標[ひょう]的[てき] - target, mark
標[ひょう]準[じゅん] - standard, norm
標[ひょう]識[しき] - sign, mark

Kanji: 墓
Meaning: grave
Backside: ボ、はか
墓[ぼ]穴[けつ] - grave (esp. hole)
墓[ぼ]地[ち] - grave yard
お 墓[はか] - grave

Kanji: 漠
Meaning: desert, obscure
Backside: バク
砂[さ]漠[ばく]- desert
漠[ばく]然[ぜん] - obscure

Kanji: 除
Meaning: rid of
Backside: ジョ、ジ、のぞ.く
大[おお]掃[そう]除[じ] - cleaning
除[じょ]去[きょ]する- rid of, remove, elminate
解[かい]除[じょ]する - cancellation (of sanctions), rescinding,  release
削[さく]除[じょ]する - delete, eliminate, cancel
除[のぞ]く - rid of, remove, exclude

Kanji: 掃
Meaning: sweep
Backside: ソウ、は.く
掃[そう]除[じ] - cleaning
掃[そう]除[じ]機[き] - vacuum cleaner
掃[は]く- sweep, brush, clean up

Kanji: 械
Meaning: mechanical contrivance
Backside: カイ
機[き]械[かい] - machine, mechanism
器[き]械[かい] - instrument, apparatus, appliance

Kanji: 削
Meaning: cut by chipping
Backside: サク、けず.る
削[さく]除[じょ] - deletion, elimination
削[けず]る- cut by chipping, sharpen

Kanji: 汰
Meaning: sift out
Backside: タ
沙[さ]汰[た] - instructions, tidings, rumor
ご 無[ぶ]沙[さ]汰[た] - not writing or contacting for a while

Kanji: 沙
Meaning: sand, grit
Backside: サ、すな
沙[さ]漠[ばく] - sand dune, hill
沙[さ]汰[た] - instructions, tidings, rumor
沙[すな] - sand
essentially identical to 砂 but less frequently used.

Kanji: 領
Meaning: territory
Backside: リョウ
領[りょう]土[ど] - territory, domain
領[りょう]事[じ]館[かん] - consulate
領[りょう]有[ゆう] - possession

Kanji: 刊
Meaning: publish
Backside: カン
発[はっ]刊[かん] - publication, issue
週[しゅう]刊[かん]- weekly

Kanji: 溶
Meaning: dissolve, melt
Backside: ヨウ、と.ける、と.かす
溶[よう]解[かい] - dissolution, liquefaction
溶[よう]媒[ばい] - solvent
溶[と]ける - dissolve, melt, thaw (自)
溶[と]かす- dissolve, melt, thaw (他)

Kanji: 靴
Meaning: shoes
Backside: くつ
靴[くつ] - shoes, boots
靴[くつ]下[した] - socks, stockings

Kanji: 慮
Meaning: consider
Backside: リョ
考[こう]慮[りょ]する - consider, deliberate, give thought to
(ご) 遠[えん]慮[りょ] - to be reserved, hesitate

Kanji: 諦
Meaning: give up
Backside: テイ、あきら.める
締[てい]念[ねん] - feeling of resignation
諦[あきら]める - give up, abandon, resign
don't confuse with 締：( 締[し]める、 締[てい]結[けつ])

Kanji: 刺
Meaning: stab
Backside: シ、さ.す、さ.さる
刺[し]殺[さつ]する - stab to death
刺[さ]す - stab, pierce, thrust
刺[さ]さる - stick, be stuck
刺[さし]身[み] - sashimi

Kanji: 潰
Meaning: crush
Backside: カイ、つぶ.す、つぶ.れる
潰[かい]滅[めつ]する - be destroyed, annihilated
Xを 潰[つぶ]す - to crush
時間を 潰[つぶ]す - crush time

Kanji: 底
Meaning: bottom
Backside: テイ、そこ
海[かい]底[てい] - sea bottom
根[こん]底[てい] - root, basis, foundation
底[そこ] - bottom, sole, bed
箱[はこ]の 底[そこ] - bottom of a box

Kanji: 翻
Meaning: turn over, render
Backside: ホン、ひるがえ.る、ひるがえ.す
翻[ほん]訳[やく]する - translate, render
翻[ほん]案[あん] - adaptation
翻[ひるがえ]る - turn over, wave, flutter
翻[ひるがえ]す - change one's mind, reverse a decision

Kanji: 吐
Meaning: spew
Backside: ト、は.く
吐[と]出[しゅつ] - spew, vomit, disgorge
吐[は]く- spew, vomit, exhale
吐[は]き 気[け] - nausea

Kanji: 久
Meaning: long time
Backside: キュウ、ひさ.しい
永[えい]久[きゅう]の - permanent, eternal, lasting
久[ひさ]しい -  long, longstanding
久[ひさ]し 振[ぶ]り - after a long time

Kanji: 鹿
Meaning: deer
Backside: しか、か
鹿[しか] - deer, stag
馬[ば]鹿[か]-  fool, nonsense (used phonetically as か)

Kanji: 武
Meaning: military
Backside: ブ
武[ぶ]道[どう] - martial arts
武[ぶ]士[し] - samurai, warrior
武[ぶ]器[き] - weapon, arms

Kanji: 柔
Meaning: soft
Backside: ジュウ、やわ.らか、やわ.らかい
柔[じゅう]軟[なん]な - soft, pliable, flexible
柔[じゅう]道[どう] - judo
柔[じゅう]術[じゅつ] - jujutsu
柔[やわ]らか(な) - soft, tender (e.g. 風)
柔[やわ]らかい - soft, tender

Kanji: 柚
Meaning: Yuzu
Backside: ユウ、ユ、ゆず
柚[ゆ]子[ず] - Yuzu
柚[ゆず] - Yuzu

Kanji: 粋
Meaning: refined
Backside: スイ、いき
純[じゅん]粋[すい]な - pure, genuine
無[ぶ]粋[すい]な - lacking in polish, inelegant
粋[いき](な) - smartness, stylishness

Kanji: 昆
Meaning: insect
Backside: コン
昆[こん]虫[ちゅう] - insect
昆[こん]布[ぶ] - kelp

Kanji: 麺
Meaning: noodles
Backside: メン
麺[めん]類[るい] - noodles
拉[らー]麺[めん] - ramen
乾[かん]麺[めん] - dried noodles
麺[めん] - noodles

Kanji: 城
Meaning: castle
Backside: ジョウ、き (hist)、しろ
城[じょう]壁[へき] - castle wall
城[じょう]下[か]町[まち] - castle town
城[しろ] - castle
茨[いばら]城[き]県[けん] - Ibaraki prefecture

Kanji: 鰹
Meaning: bonito
Backside: かつお
鰹[かつお]節[ぶし] - dried bonito flakes

Kanji: 殿
Meaning: palace, formal honorific title
Backside: デン、テン、との、-どの
殿[でん]堂[どう] - hall, palace, shrine
宮[きゅう]殿[でん] - palace of a royal person
殿[との] - lord, my lord
山[やまだ]田[だ]殿[どの] - Yamada Esq.

Kanji: 漫
Meaning: ramble (stroll about), comic
Backside: マン
漫[まん]遊[ゆう]する - make a leasurly tour
漫[まん]画[が] - comic, cartoon script

Kanji: 納
Meaning: pay, accept, put away
Backside: ノウ、ナッ、トウ、
納[のう]税[ぜい] - tax payment
納[のう]期[き] - payment date
受[じゅ]納[のう] - acceptance, receipt
取得
納[なっ]豆[とう] - Natto (meaning: put away)
納[おさ]める - pay to the authorities, deliver to a customer
納[おさ]まる - be paid, delivered

Kanji: 籍
Meaning: register
Backside: セキ
国[こく]籍[せき] - nationality, citizenship
党[とう]籍[せき] - party membership

Kanji: 朱
Meaning: vermilion (zinnoberrot)
Backside: シュ、あけ
朱[しゅ]色[いろ] - vermilion, Chinese red
朱[しゅ]書[しょ]する - write in red
朱[あけ] - blood red

Kanji: 燥
Meaning: dry up
Backside: ソウ
乾[かん]燥[そう]する - dry up, dessicate

Kanji: 喉
Meaning: throat
Backside: コウ、のど
咽[いん]喉[こう] - throat
喉[のど] - throat
喉[のど]が乾[かわ]く - to be thirsty

Kanji: 希
Meaning: rare, aspire
Backside: キ、まれ
希[き]少[しょう]な - rare, scarce
希[き]望[ぼう]する - hope for, wish, aspiration
希[き]求[きゅう]する - aspire to, seek, demand
希[まれ](な) - rare, uncommon, scarce

Kanji: 灰
Meaning: ash
Backside: カイ、はい
灰[かい]白[はく]色[しょく] - ash lightgrey color
灰[はい] - ash(es)
灰[はい]皿[ざら] - ashtray
灰[はい]色[いろ]の - ashen, gray

Kanji: 鞄
Meaning: bag
Backside: かばん
鞄[かばん] - bag, brief, suitcase

Kanji: 請
Meaning: request
Backside: セイ、シン、こ.う、う.ける
請[せい]求[きゅう] - demand, request, claim
請[せい]願[がん] - petition
申[しん]請[せい] - application, petition
請[こ]う - ask, request, solicit (寄付を請う)
請[う]ける - undertake, take upon onself

Kanji: 系
Meaning: system, lineage
Backside: ケイ
系[けい]統[とう] - system, lineage, ancestry
系[けい]図[ず] - genealogy, pedigree
日[にっ]系[けい]人[じん] - foreigner of japanese descent

Kanji: 盗
Meaning: steal
Backside: トウ、ぬす.む
盗[とう]難[なん] - burglery, robbery
窃[せっ]盗[とう] - theft, larceny
盗[ぬす]む - steal, rob
盗[ぬす]人[びと] - thief (also: 泥棒)

Kanji: 職
Meaning: employment
Backside: ショク
職[しょく]業[ぎょう] - occupation, vocation
職[しょく] - employment, occupation

Kanji: 載
Meaning: load, put in print
Backside: サイ、の.せる、の.る
満[まん]載[さい]する - to be loaded to capacity with
掲[けい]載[さい] - publication, insertion, printing
載[の]せる - to load (vehicle or ship with cargo), put in print
載[の]る - to be placed upon, to appear in print

Kanji: 異
Meaning: different
Backside: イ、こと、こと.なる
驚[きょう]異[い] - a wonder
異[こと] - difference (異にする: be different)
異[こと]なる - be different (二つの異なる点)
異[い]邦[ほう]人[じん] - foreigner, stranger

Kanji: 辱
Meaning: humiliate
Backside: ショク
侮[ぶ]辱[じょく] - insult, treat with contempt
恥[ち]辱[じょく] - discreate, dishonour
辱[はずかし]める - humiliate, put to shame, disgrace (e.g. 家名)

Kanji: 浴
Meaning: bathe
Backside: ヨク、あ.びる、あ.びせる
浴[よく]場[じょう] - bath house
浴[よく]室[しつ] - bathroom
浴[よく]槽[そう] - bathtub
入[にゅう]浴[よく]する - take a bath
海[かい]水[すい]浴[よく] - sea bathing
浴[あ]びる - to take a bath
浴[あ]びせる - pour (water) on; subject to, shower (abuse) upon

Kanji: 孝
Meaning: filial piety (respect wrt. parents)
Backside: コウ
孝[こう]行[こう] - filial piety

Kanji: 酢
Meaning: vinegar
Backside: サク、す
酢[さく]酸[さん] - acetic acid
酢[す]の 物[もの] - pickled fish
酢[す]蛸[だこ] - sliced and pickled octopus

Kanji: 漬
Meaning: pickle (immerse)
Backside: つ.ける、つ.かる、-づ.け、-づけ
漬[つ]け 物[もの] - pickles, pickled vegetables
湯[ゆ]に 漬[つ]かる - to have a dip in the bath tup
塩[しお]漬[づ]け - salted pickled food

Kanji: 型
Meaning: type
Backside: ケイ、かた、-がた
型[けい]式[しき] - model (not to confuse with  景[け]色[しき])
典[てん]型[けい] - type, pattern, exemplar (典型的: typical)
型[かた] - type, kind, pattern, form
新[しん]型[がた] - new style, new model

Kanji: 煙
Meaning: smoke, fumes
Backside: エン、けむ.る、けむり、けむ.い
禁[きん]煙[えん] - no smoking
喫[きつ]煙[えん] - smoking
煙草[たばこ] - tobacco
煙[けむ]る - to smoke
煙[けむり] - smoke
煙[けむ]い - smoky

Kanji: 禁
Meaning: prohibit
Backside: キン
禁[きん]止[し]する - to prohibit, forbid, ban
禁[きん]煙[えん] - no smoking!
厳[げん]禁[きん]する - prohibit strictly, taboo
禁[きん]欲[よく]的[てき] - abstentious, self-denying, ascetic
禁[きん]固[こ] - imprisonment
禁[きん]じる - prohibit, forbid

Kanji: 沈
Meaning: sink
Backside: チン、しず.む、しず.める
沈[ちん]下[か] - subsidence, sinking
沈[しず]む - to sink, submerge, go down (自)
沈[しず]める - to sink, submerge, send to bottom (他)

Kanji: 頻暑中
Meaning: frequently
Backside: ヒン
頻[ひん]発[ぱつ] - occur frequently
頻[ひん]度[ど] - frequency
頻[ひん]繁[ぱん]に - frequently, very often

Kanji: 採
Meaning: pick, gather
Backside: サイ、と.る
採[さい]取[しゅ] - picking, collecting, harvesting
採[さい]用[よう] - adoption, acceptance, appointment
採[さい]択[たく]する - adopt, select
採[と]る - gather, collect, extract (oil), produce (wine)

Kanji: 程
Meaning: extent, established order of doing things
Backside: テイ、ほど
程[てい]度[ど] - degree, extend, standard
(博士) 課[か]程[てい] - course, curriculum
方[ほう]程[てい]式[しき] - equation
程[ほど]無[な]く - soon (afterwards)
ここは 奴[やつ]にそんな質問をする程バカじゃない - I'm not so stupid as to ask him such a question

Kanji: 奴
Meaning: slave, guy
Backside: ド、やつ
奴[ど]隷[れい] - slave
黒[こく]奴[ど] - black slave
奴[やつ] - slang: guy, fellow, chap
彼奴[あいつ]  - that guy, he, she, that one

Kanji: 臣
Meaning: retainer
Backside: シン、ジン
臣[しん]下[か] - retainer, subject, vassal
臣[しん]民[みん] - subjects
大[だい]臣[じん] - minister (of state)

Kanji: 慢
Meaning: arrogant, sluggish
Backside: マン
慢[まん]心[しん] - pride, self-conceit
自[じ]慢[まん] - pride, self-praise, vanity
高[こう]慢[まん](な) - haughty, arrogand, proud
慢[まん]性[せい](の) - chronic
緩[かん]慢[まん](な) - slack, slow-moving, dull, inactive

Kanji: 誕
Meaning: be born
Backside: タン
誕[たん]生[じょう] - birth, nativity
誕[たん]生[じょう]日[び] - birthday
キリストの 降[こう]誕[たん] - the Nativity, the Advent

Kanji: 紀
Meaning: era, morale
Backside: キ
世[せい]紀[き] - century
風[ふう]紀[き] - public morale

Kanji: 暴
Meaning: violent
Backside: ボウ、バク、あば.く、あば.れる
暴[ぼう]力[りょく] - violence
暴[ぼう]行[こう] - act of violence, assault
暴[ぼう]落[らく] - crash, heavy decline (in prices)
(秘密を) 暴[あば]く - disclose (a secret), expose (a crime), lay bare
暴[あば]れる - act violently, rage about
暴[あば]れ 者[もの] - rowdy, roughneck

Kanji: 殴
Meaning: beat
Backside: オウ、なぐ.る
殴[おう]打[だ] - blow
殴[おう]殺[さつ] - beat to death
殴[なぐ]る - beat up, strike, hit
殴[なぐ]り 倒[たお]す - knock down

Kanji: 猿
Meaning: monkey
Backside: さる
猿[さる] - monkey

Kanji: 旗
Meaning: flag
Backside: キ、はた
国[こっ]旗[き] - national flag
日[にっ]章[しょう]旗[き] - Rising Sun flag
旗[はた] - flag, banner, standard

Kanji: 催
Meaning: hold an event, press for
Backside: サイ、もよお.す
開[かい]催[さい]する - hold an event, open an exhibition
催[さい]促[そく] - press for, urge, demand
催[もよお]す - hold an event/meeting, give a dinner, put on a show
催[もよお]し - event, festivity, function, gathering

Kanji: 泥
Meaning: mud
Backside: デイ、どろ
泥[でい]土[ど] - mud
泥[どろ] - mud, mire, shlush
泥[どろ]棒[ぼう] - thief, crook
自[じ]動[どう]車[しゃ]泥[どろ] - car thief

Kanji: 棒
Meaning: rod, tough guy
Backside: ボウ
棒[ぼう]状[じょう] - cylinder or rod-shaped
泥[どろ]棒[ぼう] - thief, crook
棒[ぼう] - rod, stick, bar
チョコレートの 棒[ぼう] - chocolate bar

Kanji: 控
Meaning: hold back
Backside: コウ、ひか.える、ひか.え
控[こう]除[じょ] - tax deduction, subtraction
控[ひか]える - to hold back, be moderate
控[ひが]え 書[が]き - notes, memo

Kanji: 羊
Meaning: sheep
Backside: ヨウ、ひつじ
羊[よう]肉[にく] - mutton
羊[よう]毛[もう] - wool
羊[ひつじ] - sheep

Kanji: 滅
Meaning: destroy
Backside: メツ、ほろ.びる、ほろ.ぼす
滅[めっ]菌[きん] - sterilization
撃[げき]滅[めつ]する - destroy, exterminate
絶[ぜつ]滅[めつ] -extermination, eradication, extinction
滅[めっ]多[た]な - reckless, careless
滅[ほろ]びる - go to ruin, cease to exist
滅[ほろ]ぼす - destroy, ruin, annihilate

Kanji: 敵
Meaning: enemy
Backside: テキ、かたき
敵[てき]国[こく] - enemy country
敵[てき]意[い] - hostility, enmity
敵[てき] - enemy, foe
敵[かたき] - enemy, foe

Kanji: 誘
Meaning: induce
Backside: ユウ、さそ.う
誘[ゆう]致[ち]する - lure, entice, bring about
誘[ゆう]惑[わく] - temptation, seduction
誘[さそ]う - invite, ask
誘[さそ]い - temptation, allurement, enticement

Kanji: 評
Meaning: comment
Backside: ヒョウ
評[ひょう]論[ろん]-  comment, criticism
評[ひょう]判[ばん] - fame, reputation
評[ひょう]者[しゃ] - critic, reviewer
評[ひょう] - comment, criticism

Kanji: 判
Meaning: judge
Backside: ハツ、バツ
判[はん]決[けつ] - judicial decision, judgment
判[はん]事[じ] - judge
評[ひょう]判[ばん] - fame, reputation
判[はん]明[めい]する - be come clear, be confirmed
判[はん](を押す) - affix a personal seal

Kanji: 像
Meaning: image
Backside: ゾウ
画[が]像[ぞう] (を合[ご]成[せい]する) - to synthesize images
想[そう]像[ぞう]する - to imagine, to guess
仏[ぶつ]像[ぞう] - image of Buddha, Buddhist statue

Kanji: 秒
Meaning: second
Backside: 三[さん]十[じゅう]五[ご]秒[びょう] - 35 sec
秒[びょう]速[そく] - speed per second

Kanji: 貯
Meaning: lay up
Backside: チョ
貯[ちょ]金[きん] - savings, deposity
預[よ]貯[ちょ]金[きん] - deposits and savings, bank account
貯[ちょ]蔵[ぞう]する - store, preserve, set aside

Kanji: 応
Meaning: respond
Backside: オウ、こた.える
反[はん]応[のう] - reception
応[おう]接[せつ] - reception
応[おう]答[とう] - answer, response, reply
応[おう]募[ぼ] - application, subscription, enlistment
応[こた]える - come home to, have an effect (暑さが応える - feel the heat very much)

Kanji: 則
Meaning: rule
Backside: ソク、のり
規[き]則[そく] - rule, regulation
法[ほう]則[そく] - law, rule
則[のり] - law, rule, regulation

Kanji: 福
Meaning: fortune
Backside: フク
福[ふく]徳[とく] - fortune, happyness and prosperity
福[ほく]利[り] - public welfare, prosperity

Kanji: 昭
Meaning: luminous
Backside: ショウ
昭[しょう]和[わ] - Showa era

Kanji: 庭
Meaning: court, garden
Backside: テイ、にわ
校[こう]庭[てい] - court, schoolyard
家[かてい]庭[てい] - home, family, husehold
庭[にわ] - garden, court, courtyard

Kanji: 柱
Meaning: pillar
Backside: チュウ、はしら
門[むん]柱[ちゅう] - gate post, pier
柱[はしら] - pillar, post, column, prop

Kanji: 波
Meaning: wave
Backside: ハ、なみ
波[は]浪[ろう] - wave, billows
電[でん]磁[じ]波[は] - electromagnetic waves
波[は]長[ちょう] - wavelength
波[なみ] - wave, billows, ripple
津[つ]波[なみ] - tidal wave

Kanji: 皮
Meaning: skin
Backside: ヒ、かわ
皮[ひ]膚[ふ] - skin
皮[かわ] - skin, hide, pelt, fur

Kanji: 等
Meaning: equal, class
Backside: トウ、ひと.しい、-ら
等[とう]号[ごう] - equal sign
等[とう]級[きゅう] - class, grade, rank, magnitude
上[じょう]等[とう]の - first-class, superior
等[ひと]しい - equal, same, alike (XはYに等しい)
彼[かれ]等[ら] - plural suffix with derogatory undertone

Kanji: 賢
Meaning: wise
Backside: ケン、かしこ.い
賢[けん]明[めい]な - wise, intelligent
賢[けん]者[じゃ] - wise man
賢[かしこ]い - wise, intelligent
賢[かしこ]さ - wisdom, intelligence

Kanji: 批
Meaning: criticize
Backside: ヒ
批[ひ]判[はん] - criticism
批[ひ]評[ひょう] - criticism
批[ひ]評[ひょう]家[か] - critic

Kanji: 柄
Meaning: character, pattern
Backside: ヘイ、がら、え
人[ひと]柄[がら] - character, personality
花[はな]柄[がら] - flower pattern
柄[がら]物[もの] - patterned cloth

Kanji: 詳
Meaning: detailed
Backside: ショウ、くわ.しい
詳[しょう]細[さい] - details, particular
詳[しょう]密[みつ]な - minute, detailed, elobrate
詳[くわ]しい - detailed, minute, complete

Kanji: 偉
Meaning: great
Backside: イ、えら.い
偉[い]大[だい]な - great, mighty, grand
偉[い]業[ぎょう] - great work / achievement
偉[えら]い - great, grand, famous, eminent

Kanji: 疑
Meaning: doubt
Backside: ギ、うたが.う
疑[ぎ]惑[わく] - doubt, suspicion
疑[ぎ]問[もん] - question, problem, doubt
疑[うたが]う - doubt, be suspicious, distrust

Kanji: 妙
Meaning: marvellous
Backside: ミョウ
妙[みょう]薬[やく] - miracle drug, golden remedy
微[び]妙[みょう] - subtle, delicate
奇[き]妙[みょう] - strange, queer, curious
妙[みょう] - mystery, miracle, wonder

Kanji: 財
Meaning: wealth
Backside: ザイ、サイ
財[ざい]貨[か] -  wealth, money and properties
財[さい]布[ふ] - purse, wallet
財[ざい]界[かい] - business world
財[ざい]を成[な]す - build a fortune

Kanji: 揺
Meaning: shake
Backside: ヨウ、ゆ.れる、ゆ.る
動[どう]揺[よう] - shaking, trembling, restlessness
揺[ゆ]れる - shake, sway, vibrate
揺[ゆ]る - jolt, to be rocked

Kanji: 滞
Meaning: stagnate, stay
Backside: タイ、とどこお.る
停[てい]滞[たい] - delay, retardation, stagnation
渋[じゅう]滞[たい] - delay, retardation
交[こう]通[つう]渋[じゅう]滞[たい] - traffic jam
滞[たい]在[ざい] - stay, sojourn
滞[とどこお]る - stagnate, be left undone

Kanji: 夢
Meaning: dream
Backside: ム、ゆめ
夢[む]想[そう] - dream, vision, daydream
夢[ゆめ] - dream

Kanji: 鍵
Meaning: key
Backside: かぎ
鍵[かぎ] - key, lock
鍵[がき]穴[あな] - keyhole

Kanji: 握
Meaning: grasp
Backside: アク、にぎ.る
握[あく]力[りょく] - grasping power
握[あく]手[しゅ] - handshake
握[にぎ]る - grasp, seize, clasp
握[にぎ]り - squeeze, hand-rolled sushi

Kanji: 緊
Meaning: tighten, urgent
Backside: キン
緊[きん]急[きゅう]な - urgent, pressing
緊[きん]要[よう]な - important, momentuous
緊[きん]張[ちょう]する - become tense, strained, be keyed up

Kanji: 袋
Meaning: bag
Backside: タイ、ふくろ
郵[ゆう]袋[たい] - mailbag
袋[ふくろ] - bag, sag, pouch
紙[かみ]袋[ぶくろ] - paper bag (!)

Kanji: 珍
Meaning: rare
Backside: チン、めずら.しい
珍[ちん]味[み] - food of delicate flavor, delicacy
珍[ちん]品[ぴん] - rare article, curio
珍[めずら]しい - rare, infrequent, unusual