Kakimashou - Kanji in Context

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Lesson 142

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20 Kanji

乙 the latter 丙 third class 厘 rin 壱 one (in documents) 弐 II 坪 two-mat area 斤 axe 升 measuring box 屯 barracks 隻 vessels 斗 Big Dipper 凸 convex 凹 concave 但 however 且 moreover 嚇 menacing 隆 hump 坑 pit 呉 give 艇 rowboat

26 Vocabulary

お	つ
乙

(the) second (party, rank, etc.) ②stylish ③strange ④thank you ⑤see you

お	と
乙

め
女

(young) girl

へ	い
丙

third rank ②third sign of the Chinese calendar

り	ん
厘

one-hundredth ②rin (monetary unit; 0.001 yen)

いち
壱

まん
万

えん
円

10,000 yen

に
弐

two

ま	ん
万

10,000 ②myriad ③everything ④various

え	ん
円

yen (Japanese monetary unit) ②circle

つ	ぼ
坪

tsubo ②tsubo ③tsubo ④cubic tsubo (approx. 6 cubic meters)

き	ん
斤

kin ②pound (unit of weight) ③loaf (of bread)

しょ	う
升

shō

ま	す
升

measuring container ②box (seating at a theater, etc.) ③square on a grid ④square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)

ちゅ	う
駐

と	ん
屯

ち
地

garrison

せき
隻

counter for ships ②counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen) ③counter for items carried in a bundle (e.g. fish, birds, arrows)

ほ	く
北

と
斗

し	ち
七

せ	い
星

the Big Dipper (asterism)

と	つ
凸


レ


ン


ズ

convex lens

お	う
凹


レ


ン


ズ

concave lens

お	う
凹

と	つ
凸

unevenness ②imbalance

で	こ
凸

ぼ	こ
凹

unevenness ②inequality

た	だ
但


し

but

か
且


つ

and

い
威

か	く
嚇

threat

りゅ	う
隆

せ	い
盛

prosperity

た	ん
炭

こ	う
坑

coal mine ②coal-mine shaft

ご
呉

ふ	く
服

cloth (for Japanese clothes) ②silk fabrics

きょ	う
競

て	い
艇

kyōtei