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6691 - 暑
| Meaning | hot (air temperature) |
| Onyomi | SHO |
| Kunyomi | atsu(i) |
| Strokes | 12 (click on the pick to start the video) |
Vocabulary
| Kanji | Furigana | Romaji | Meaning | JLPT |
| 暑い | あつい | atsui | hot (air) | 5 |
| 暑中見舞い | しょちゅうみまい | shochuumimai | summer greeting card, visit during hot summer time | – |
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Radicals
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Furigana: ばしょ
Romaji: basho
Meaning: place, location
Level: JLPT N4
Word Type: noun
Writing
| Kanji | Meaning | Onyomi | Kunyomi | JLPT |
| 場 | place | JOU | ba | 4 |
| 所 | place | SHO | tokoro | 5 |
Examples
| Kanji | 新しい場所で会いましょう。 |
| Furigana | あたらしいばしょであいましょう。 |
| Romaji | atarashii basho de aimashou. |
| English | Let’s meet at a new place. |
Vocabulary
Synonym
| Kanji | Furigana |
Romaji | Meaning | JLPT |
| 所 | ところ | tokoro | place | 5 |
Opposite
| Kanji | Furigana |
Romaji | Meaning | JLPT |
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Related words
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Romaji | Meaning | JLPT |
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Japanese i-adjectives also can express situations in the past. Whereas in English you have to use “was” in front of the word, i-adjectives can build the past on its own. Remove the い (i) at the end of the plain form and add かった (katta) to the stem of the i-adjective as described in the following examples:
| Plain Form | Romaji | Meaning | Negation | Romaji | Meaning |
| 高い | takai | high | 高かった | takakatta | it was high |
| 安い | yasui | cheap | 安かった | yasukatta | it was cheap |
| 美味しい | oishii | tasty | 美味しかった | oishikatta | it was tasty |
| 広い | hiroi | spacious | 広かった | hirokatta | it was spacious |
| 寂しい | sabishii | lonely | 寂しかった | sabishikatta | it was lonely |
Example
| Kanji | この話はあまり面白くなかったです。 |
| Furigana | このはなしはあまりおもしろくなかったです。 |
| Romaji | kono hanashi wa amari omoshirokunanakatta desu. |
| English | This story was not very interesting. |
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