Do you know Japanese gestures – Vol.3?

Japanese gestures

Japanese have their body language and gestures. This video introduces you to one very typical gesture. There are more to come.

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Kanji Card – 岩

岩

5CA9 - 岩

Meaning rock
Onyomi GAN
Kunyomi iwa
Strokes 8 (click on the pick to start the video)

Vocabulary

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning JLPT
いわ iwa rock
溶岩 ようがん yougan lava

Radicals

Radical Radical name Meaning
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Anime – サザエさん第1話

Practice your listening with the サザエさん (sazae-san) anime. This is one of the most popular and eldest Japanese anime series featuring daily life in Japan. The Japanese also is very nice. 頑張って!

Kanji Card – 丸

丸

4E38 - 丸

Meaning round, suffix for ship names
Onyomi GAN
Kunyomi kmaru(i), maru(meru), ~maru
Strokes 3 (click on the pick to start the video)

Vocabulary

Kanji Furigana Romaji Meaning JLPT
丸い まるい marui round 5
 丸ごと まるごと marugoto in it’s entity

Radicals

Radical Radical name Meaning
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Vocabulary Card – 切符 – kippu

Furigana: きっぷ

Romaji: kippu

Meaning: ticket

Level: JLPT N5

Word Type: noun


Writing

Kanji Meaning Onyomi Kunyomi JLPT
to cut, come to an end SETSU, SAI ki(ru), i(reru) 4
mark, sign FU

Examples

Kanji 切符売場はどこですか?
Furigana きっぷうりばはどこですか?
Romaji kippu uriba wa doko desu ka?
English Where is the sales point for tickets?

Vocabulary

Synonym

Kanji Furigana
Romaji Meaning JLPT

Opposite

Kanji Furigana
Romaji Meaning JLPT
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Related words

Kanji Furigana
Romaji Meaning JLPT
改札口 かいさつぐち kaisatsuguchi ticket barrier