Beginner’s kanji

English translation: one can be read as: ichi, itsu, or hito-

English translation: two can be read as: ni, futa-

English translation: three can be read as: san, mi-

English translation: four can be read as: shi, yon, yo-

English translation: five can be read as: go, itsu-

English translation: six can be read as: roku, mu-

English translation: seven can be read as: shichi, nana-

English translation: eight can be read as: hachi, ya-

English translation: nine can be read as: kyuu, ku, kokono-

English translation: ten can be read as: juu, tou

English translation: (one) hundred can be read as: hyaku, byaku, pyaku,

English translation: (one) thousand can be read as: sen, chi

English translation: ten thousand*, myriad can be read as: man, ban

English translation: I, private, personal can be read as: watashi, watakushi, shi

English translation: woman can be read as: onna, jo, nyou, nyo, me

English translation: man, male can be read as: otoko, dan, nan

English translation: child can be read as: ko, shi, su

English translation: person, people can be read as: jin, nin, hito

English translation: mountain can be read as: yama, san

English translation: river can be read as: kawa, gawa, sen

English translation: rice field can be read as: ta, da, den

English translation: book, true, root, this, cylinder-counter can be read as: hon, moto,

*language marker English translation: tell, speak, talk can be read as: go, kataru

English translation: sun, day can be read as: nichi, jitsu, hi, bi, -ka

English translation: moon, month can be read as: gestu, gatsu, tsuki

English translation: fire can be read as: ka, hi

English translation: water can be read as: sui, mizu

English translation: tree, wood can be read as: ki, moku, boku, ko-

English translation: gold, money, metal can be read as: kin, kon, kane, kana-

English translation: earth, soil, ground can be read as: do, to, tsuchi

English translation: day of the week* can be read as: you

English translation: time, hour can be read as: ji, toki

English translation: space, gap can be read as: kan, ken, aida, ma

English translation: half (of an hour), middle can be read as: han, nakaba

English translation: minute, divide, understand can be read as: fun, bun, PUN, bu, wakaru/keru

English translation: year can be read as: nan, toshi

English translation: now can be read as: ima, kon, kin

English translation: yen, round can be read as: EN, marui

English translation: right can be read as: u, yuu, MIGI

English translation: left can be read as: HIDARI, sa

English translation: up, top, over can be read as: ue, jou, kami, uwa-, noboru, agaru/geru

English translation: down, base, under, lower can be read as: ka, ge, SHITA, shimo, moto, kudasaru/ru, sagaru, oriru

English translation: inside, middle can be read as: naka, chuu

English translation: big can be read as: tai, dai, ooki

English translation: small can be read as: shou, ko-, o-, chiisai