Category Archives: Today’s Kanji

Page Kanji Reading Meaning Comment 1 押収 ōsyū seizure 押 = push 収 = take in 1 注射器 chūshaki injection syringe 注射 = injection, shot 器 = instrument, container 1 殺虫剤 sacchūzai insecticide 殺虫 = kill an insect 剤 = … Continue reading →

Page Kanji Reading Meaning Comment 1 独断 dokudan arbitrary decision 独 = alone 断 = decision, decline, cut off 1 解任 kainin dismissal, discharge 解 = dissolved 任 = duty 1 撤回 tekkai withdrawal 撤 = withdraw 回 = turn … Continue reading →

Page Kanji Reading Meaning Comment 1 日豪 nichigō Japan-Australia 日 = Japan 豪 = Australia 1 締結 teiketsu conclusion 締 = conclude (a treaty) 結 = tie, bind 2 過度 kado exessive、exceeding 過 = exceed 度 = degree, time 2 … Continue reading →

Page Kanji Reading Meaning Comment 2 国際 kokusai international 国 = country 際 = verge, occasion 2 貢献 kōken contribution 貢 = support, tribute 献 = offer, present 3 官僚 kanryō bureaucrat, the bureaucracy 官 = government 僚 = colleague … Continue reading →

Page Kanji Reading Meaning Comment 1 集金 shūkin collection of money 集 = gather, collect 金 = money, metal 1 購入 kōnyū purchase 購 = purchase, money 入 = enter, put in 1 献金 kenkin (political) contribution, donation 献 = … Continue reading →

Page Kanji Reading Meaning Comment 1 失業率 shitsugyōritsu jobless rate 失業 = unemployment 失 = lose 業 = business 率 = rate 1 実態 jittai actual condition, reality 実 = reality 態 = attitude, state 2 競争 kyōsō competition, race … Continue reading →

Page Kanji Reading Meaning Comment 1 衆院 shūin House of Representatives 衆院 = 衆議院 shūgiin 衆 = multitude 議 = consultation 院 = institution 1 解散 kaisan dissolution 解 = dissolve 散 = scatter 1 総選挙 sousenkyo general election 総 … Continue reading →

Page Kanji Reading Meaning Comment 1 農水省 nōsuishō Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 農水省 = 農林水産省 農 = farming 林 = forestry, forest 水産 = fishery 省 = omit, ministry 1 処分 shobun expulsion, disposal 処 = treat, dispose … Continue reading →

Page Kanji Reading Meaning Comment 1 企業間 kigyōkan business-to-business 企業 = company, enterprise 間 = between 1 売買 baibai buying and selling trade 売 = sell 買 = buy, net, money 1 可能 kanou -ability 可 = possibility, approval 能 … Continue reading →