on-yomi and kun-yomi readings in the box below.
Less Common Pronunciations
Less common ON reading: BOKU (ボク)
Less Common kun reading: ma (ま)
| COMMON WORDS AND COMPOUNDS | ||
| 目 | eye | me め |
| 目玉 | eye + jewel = eyeball | me·dama め.だま |
| 八回目 | eight + rotate + eye = the eighth time | HACHI.KAI·me ハチ·カイ·め |
| 目立つ | eye + stand = to stand out | me da.tsu めだ.つ |
| 注目 | pour + eye = notice | CHŪ·MOKU チュウ.モク |
| SAMPLE SENTENCE: | |||||
| 王子 | の | 目 | は | 青い | です。 |
| Ō·JI | no | me | wa | ao·i | desu. |
| prince | eye | blue | is | ||
| = The prince’s eyes are blue. |
KANJI #16
| 女 | WOMAN |
Meaning
Woman/Female. No story required.
Common Pronunciations
Common ON reading: JO (ジョ)
Common kun reading: onna (おんな)
kun-yomi suggestion: “own NA SA”
Create your on-yomi keyword and enter it in the table at the back of the book. After that, write your sentence to remember the on-yomi and kun-yomi readings in the box below.
Less Common Pronunciations
Less common ON reading: NYO (二ョ); NYŌ (ニョウ)
Less Common kun reading: me (め)
| COMMON WORDS AND COMPOUNDS | ||
| 女 | woman | onna おんな |
| 女王 | woman + king = queen | JO.Ō ジョ.オウ |
| 少女 | few + woman = girl | SHŌ.JO ショウ.ジョ |
| 女心 | woman + heart = a woman’s heart | onna.gokoro おんな.ごころ |
| 雪女 | snow + woman = snow fairy | yuki.onna ゆき.ぉんな |
| 男女 | man + woman = men and women | DAN.JO ダン.ジョ |
| SAMPLE SENTENCE: | ||||||||
| 女 | の | 人 | は | 木 | の | 下 | で | 止まりました。 |
| onna | no | hito | wa | ki | no | shita | de | to·marimashita. |
| woman | person | tree | under | stopped | ||||
| = The woman stopped under a tree. |
KANJI #17
| 大 | LARGE |
Meaning
Large/Big. The meanings of “important” and “great (not always in a positive sense)” can also be implied in words containing this kanji.
Remembering this kanji
Not many things are LARGER than a sumo wrestler, so we’ll use this image as our connection to the character from now on.
Common Pronunciations
Common ON reading: DAI (ダイ); TAI (タイ)
Common kun reading: ō (おお)
As DAI and TAI occur with equal frequency (ō much less often) when this kanji appears in the first position, this character presents a special challenge for students of Japanese. When it occupies other positions in a compound, however, DAI is far and away the more common reading.
kun-yomi suggestion: “o boe”
Create your on-yomi keywords and enter them in the table at the back of the book. After that, write your sentence to remember the on-yomi and kun-yomi readings in the box below.
Less Common Pronunciations
Less common ON reading: none
Less Common kun reading: none
Here is the irregular reading we met earlier in Entry 2.
| IRREGULAR READINGS |
