大きい
| SAMPLE SENTENCE: | |||||
| あの | 森 | には | 大木 | が | 多い。 |
| ano | mori | ni wa | TAI·BOKU | ga | ō·i. |
| that | forest | large trees | many | ||
| = There are many large trees in that forest. |
COMPONENT #18
KANJI #18
| 中 | MIDDLE |
Meaning
A versatile character that expresses the ideas of “middle”, “medium”, and “average”, etc. This kanji can also serve as an abbreviation for China; “日” is used as the equivalent with respect to Japan.
Remembering this kanji
I approached the sleeping vampire with the pole shaking in my hands: it was now or never. Raising the weapon over his feet I prepared to bring it down, but at the last moment the master’s words came back: “How many times must we go over this? Drive it through the MIDDLE of the vampire! The MIDDLE!” Yes, I thought, placing the pole over the vampire’s stomach, it would all go perfectly now.
Common Pronunciations
Common ON reading: CHŪ (チュウ)
Common kun reading: naka (なか)
kun-yomi suggestion: “knack ’a”
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: JŪ (ジュウ)
Less Common kun reading: none
| COMMON WORDS AND COMPOUNDS | ||
| 中 | middle | naka なか |
| 中心 | middle + heart = center | CHŪ.SHIN チュウ.シン |
| 中米 | middle + rice (America) = central America | CHŪ.BEI チュウ.ベイ |
| 中国 | middle + country = China | CHŪ.GOKU チュウ.ゴク |
| 中立 | middle + stand = neutrality | CHŪ.RITSU チュウ.リツ |
| 中古 | middle + old = secondhand | CHŪ.KO チュウ.コ |
| 水中 | water + middle = underwater/in the water | SUI.CHŪ スイ.チュウ |
| SAMPLE SENTENCE: | |||||||
| 車 | の | 中 | に | なに | が | あります | か。 |
| kuruma | no | naka | ni | nani | ga | arimasu | ka. |
| car | middle | what | is | ||||
| = What is in your car? |
KANJI #19
| 八 | EIGHT |
Meaning
Eight.
Remembering this kanji
This is another kanji in the manner of “one” and “mouth” for which it is useful to assign an external meaning, in this case, a volcano: “I can’t be sure, but I think the Krakatoa volcano (which erupted in the 1880’s) was one of the EIGHT wonders of the ancient world.”
Common Pronunciations
Common ON reading: HACHI (ハチ)
Common kun reading: none
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Less Common Pronunciations
