Here’s what I’ve done in the past week and a half!
WaniKani - Level 9 Kanji
Character | Meaning | Onyomi | Kunyomi |
---|---|---|---|
重 | heavy | じゅう, ちょう | おも, かさ, え |
負 | lose | ふ | ま, お |
物 | thing | ぶつ, もつ | もの |
新 | new | しん | あたら, あら, にい |
勝 | win | しょう | か |
予 | beforehand | よ | あらかじ |
具 | tool | ぐ | |
送 | send | そう | おく |
談 | discuss | だん | |
美 | beauty, beautiful | び, み | うつく |
表 | express | ひょう | あらわ, おもて |
界 | world | かい | |
発 | departure | はつ | |
部 | part, department, club | ぶ | へ |
事 | action, matter, thing | じ | こと, つか |
受 | accept, receive | じゅ | う |
実 | truth, reality | じつ | み |
相 | mutual | そう, しょう | あい |
屋 | roof, shop, store | おく | や |
要 | need | よう | い, かなめ |
定 | determine | てい, じょう | さだ |
乗 | ride | じょう | の |
使 | use | し | つか |
返 | return | へん | かえ |
度 | degrees, occurrence | ど, たく | たび |
客 | guest | きゃく | |
県 | prefecture | けん | |
和 | peace, japanese style | わ, お | なご, やわ |
持 | hold | じ | も |
待 | wait | たい | ま |
服 | clothes, clothing | ふく | |
泳 | swim | えい | およ |
始 | begin, start | し | はじ |
苦 | suffering | く | くる, にが |
仮 | temporary | か | かり |
Instead of showing just my current WaniKani level Kanji, I’ll also show the vocabulary I’m working on for level 9. There are over 100 entries, so the table defaults to showing 10 entries, you can tab through them all if you like.
WaniKani Level 9 Vocabulary
Character | Kana | Meaning |
---|---|---|
物 | もの | thing |
予定 | よてい | a plan, plan |
泳ぐ | およぐ | to swim |
勝者 | しょうしゃ | winner, victor |
和風 | わふう | japanese style |
待つ | まつ | to wait |
乗る | のる | to ride |
美人 | びじん | beautiful woman |
服 | ふく | clothes, clothing |
お客さん | おきゃくさん | guest, visitor, customer |
用事 | ようじ | errand, business |
中学校 | ちゅうがっこう | middle school, junior high school |
待たせる | またせる | to make someone wait, to keep someone waiting, to make wait, to keep waiting |
〜県 | けん | prefecture |
毎度 | まいど | each time, frequently, every time |
勝負 | しょうぶ | match, showdown, contest |
仮に | かりに | temporarily, suppose |
相談 | そうだん | consultation, discussion, advice |
本屋 | ほんや | bookstore, book shop |
食事 | しょくじ | meal |
不自由 | ふじゆう | discomfort, inconvenience, disability, impairment, poverty, destitution |
全部 | ぜんぶ | all, entire, whole |
天使 | てんし | angel |
新年 | しんねん | new year |
食べ物 | たべもの | food |
火事 | かじ | fire |
発表 | はっぴょう | announcement, presentation |
記事 | きじ | article, news story, report, account, news article |
仮定 | かてい | assumption, hypothesis |
通り | とおり | avenue, street, road, way |
気を付けて | きをつけて | be careful, take care |
苦い | にがい | bitter tasting, bitter |
体重 | たいじゅう | body weight |
肉屋 | にくや | butcher shop, meat shop, meat store |
対談 | たいだん | conversation, dialogue, talk |
決定 | けってい | decision, determination |
〜度 | ど | degrees |
出発 | しゅっぱつ | departure |
発見 | はっけん | discovery |
二重 | にじゅう | double, dual |
楽勝 | らくしょう | easy victory, easy win |
重要 | じゅうよう | essential, important, necessary |
魚屋 | さかなや | fish shop, fish market, fish dealer, fish store, fishmonger |
発売 | はつばい | for sale, selling, item for sale, sale |
表 | おもて | front, surface, exterior, face, outside, appearance |
家具 | かぐ | furniture |
客室 | きゃくしつ | guest room |
高校生 | こうこうせい | high school student, high schooler |
家事 | かじ | housework, chores |
何度 | なんど | how many times, how often, what temperature |
大事 | だいじ | important, valuable, serious matter |
和食 | わしょく | japanese style food, japanese food |
仮名 | かな | kana |
必要 | ひつよう | necessary, needed, essential |
新しい | あたらしい | new |
苦しい | くるしい | painful, agonizing, agonising |
相手 | あいて | partner, companion |
弱々しい | よわよわしい | weak looking, frail, weak seeming, seemingly weak |
住民 | じゅうみん | residents, citizens |
〜屋 | や | store, shop |
必勝 | ひっしょう | sure victory, certain victory, sure win, sure victory, certain win |
泳ぎ | およぎ | swimming, swim |
茶屋 | ちゃや | tea shop, tea store, tea house |
〜部 | ぶ | department, club, category |
和室 | わしつ | japanese style room |
本物 | ほんもの | the real thing, real deal, the real deal, real thing, genuine article, the genuine article |
持つ | もつ | to hold, to bring, to carry |
事 | こと | thing, matter, action |
今度 | こんど | this time, next time |
工事 | こうじ | construction |
返事 | へんじ | reply, response |
付く | つく | to be attached |
実力 | じつりょく | true strength, true ability, true power |
道具 | どうぐ | tool |
勝つ | かつ | to win |
受ける | うける | to receive, to accept, to catch |
和服 | わふく | japanese style clothes, japanese clothing, japanese style clothing, japanese clothes |
始めに | はじめに | in the beginning, to begin with, to start with |
部屋 | へや | room |
始まる | はじまる | to begin, something begins, to start, something starts |
角度 | かくど | angle |
弱虫 | よわむし | weakling, coward |
始める | はじめる | to begin, to start, to begin something, to start something |
気持ち | きもち | feeling |
小学校 | しょうがっこう | elementary school, primary school, grade school |
名物 | めいぶつ | famous product, special product, famous goods, special goods, famous item, special item |
世界 | せかい | the world, society, the universe |
見付ける | みつける | to find, to find something |
美しい | うつくしい | beautiful |
要点 | ようてん | main point, gist, main idea, essence |
負ける | まける | to lose, to be defeated |
重い | おもい | heavy |
高さ | たかさ | height |
白黒 | しろくろ | black and white, white and black |
乗せる | のせる | to give a ride, to give someone a ride, to place on |
部室 | ぶしつ | clubroom |
通す | とおす | to let pass, to overlook, to continue, to keep, to make way for, to persist in |
欠かす | かかす | to miss, to fail, to fail to attend |
要る | いる | to need |
返す | かえす | to return, to return something |
使う | つかう | to use |
事実 | じじつ | truth, fact, reality |
実 | じつ | truth, reality |
乗り物 | のりもの | vehicle |
発音 | はつおん | pronunciation |
部分 | ぶぶん | portion, section, part |
教え | おしえ | teaching, instruction, teachings, lesson, doctrine |
付近 | ふきん | neighborhood, neighbourhood, vicinity, environs, nearby, locality |
部首 | ぶしゅ | radical |
表す | あらわす | to express |
ハート形 | ハートがた, はーとがた | heart shaped |
丁度 | ちょうど | exactly, just |
具合 | ぐあい | condition, health |
生物 | せいぶつ | living things, creatures, bio |
送る | おくる | to send |
名古屋 | なごや | nagoya |
平和 | へいわ | peace, harmony |
見物 | けんぶつ | sightseeing, sightseer, watching, watcher, viewing, viewer |
金持ち | かねもち | rich person, rich, wealthy |
NihongoMaster
I spent several days reviewing particle usage due to getting too many drills wrong relating to particles. I’ve increased my accuracy a lot, but still need to work on them more. I caved and made a OneNote on particle grammar (after I said I only write down notes in a notebook). Now I have pages for each particle, complete with examples!
I also decided to add all the verbs I’ve learned in NihongoMaster, since I can search and sort the tables. Here is my Godan verb page.
I didn’t think I’d get much done with all this particle and verb review, but luckily, all the lessons covered kanji or vocab I already learned in WaniKani. But in NihongoMaster, I get to see and work with them in actual sentences!
You’ll notice a lot of my grammar lessons involve counters in both NihongoMaster and Human Japanese. Japanese have counters for everything it seems! You can’t just say two cats or two papers. There are special “counter” words for everything.
NihongoMaster Lessons
- Combining two ideas using verb stems, particle に, and motion verbs:
Topic は Location に {Object を Verb Stem に} 行きます - Kanji used in days of the week: 月 (moon for Monday), 火 (fire for Tuesday), 水 (water for Wednesday), 木 (tree for Thursday), 金 (gold for Friday), 土 (soil for Saturday) and 曜 (for weekday)
- Days of the month counters
- Months and, combined with days of the month, how to describe a date
- かぞく (family) and Extended family terms – おばさん (aunt), おじさん (uncle), おばあさん (grandmother), おじいさん (grandfather) – and using these when addressing strangers. Siblings: いもうと (younger sister) and おとうと (younger brother)
- Kanji: 来 (come, next), 今 (now), 年 (year), 週 (week) and combining these words for vocabulary
- People counters, ordinal numbers, “the best”
- も particles
- Kanji: 社 (company, corporation), 見 (see), 高 (high, tall), 円 (yen, circle), 毎 (every) and related vocabulary
HUMAN JAPANESE
Still mostly reviewing all previous chapters, trying to “Master” all the quizzes. But most of the below is a review on what I’ve already learned with NihongoMaster or WaniKani.
- Chapter 32: Counting Objects
Teaches how to use numbers in sentences, which requires devices called counters, which are akin to English words like a loaf of bread, a pound of flour, and a bottle of wine. - Chapter 33: But…
Examines how to create compound sentences with the negative conjunction. - Chapter 34: Adjectives
Introduces adjectives in Japanese, along with the surprising fact that, like verbs, they conjugate to indicate tense. -
Chapter 35: More Adjectives
A vocab building lesson that adds dozens more adjectives to the student’s repertoire. Includes a dialogue.
JapanesePod101 Listening Practice
I finally settled on a learning track and finished Absolute Beginner Season 1 (25 lessons) and am a quarter of the way through Absolute Beginner Season 2. I plan to go over what I learned in more detail in another post.