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
岩 いわ iwa rock –
溶岩 ようがん yougan lava –
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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 –
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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
切 to cut, come to an end SETSU, SAI ki(ru), i(reru) 4
符 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
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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 –
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