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Everyday Kanji (Kanji on the Street)
Learn from Real Japanese! ~ Kanji on the Street ~
Created byKazue Kaneko
Last updated 9/2020
English
What you'll learn
- One Kanji a lesson. Learn its Meaning, Reading, Writing and Usage (in a sentence & signboards)
- Learn Kanji stroke order in animation! Easy to follow
- How to read Japanese signboards that actually exist in Japan.
- Understand Japanese major signboards. It would be very useful when you actually visit Japan or living in Japan.
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Course content
11 sections • 101 lectures • 1h 47m total length
- Day1 出 exit0:38
Everyday Kanji ~Learn from Real Japanese~
Hello! Minasan Konnichiwa! My name is Kazue, I'm the instructor of this Everyday Kanji course. I created this course because in Japan, there are still so many signboards only written in Japanese, and I thought many of them are very important. For traffic signboards, it's crucial for you to understand them to avoid any traffic accidents. For shop and restaurant signboards, you might get a discount or receive any sort of benefits if you understand them.
This Everyday Kanji course introduces one Kanji a video. Introducing the meaning of the Kanji, reading (for both On-yomi and Kun-yomi) and stroke order of a Kanji in animation. In addition, example sentences of the Kanji and photos of real Japanese signboard, Kanban on the street are shown. All lessons are easy to follow as it's short and with light pop background music. :)
Occasionally there are review and summary sessions of the previous lessons so that you can enhance your memory and prepare for the day you will visit Japan. All lessons are practical as the signboards introduced in each lessons are actually used in real Japanese.
After finishing this course (100 Kanji), you'll understand many of Japanese signboards on the street! After taking this course and visiting Japan would be more interesting than not preparing at all. It's like solving puzzles! You'll understand the meaning of signboards that you might run across on the street in Japan!
Excited? See you in the lessons! :)
- Day2 口 mouth0:38
Explore the kanji 口 (mouth) in everyday kanji on the street, day 2, including writing order and street usage, with examples for exit and way out.
- Day3 入 enter0:53
explore the kanji 入, meaning enter, and its everyday usage as seen on the street or posters, with practice recognizing entrance concepts.
- Day4 店 shop0:43
practice kanji on the street every day and learn that the kanji 店 means shop; read and recognize it when you see it.
- Day5 酒 liquor0:44
Explore the kanji 酒, meaning liquor, and its everyday use for alcohol drinks on the street. Explain how context signals its Japanese usage.
- Day6 屋 shop1:05
- Day7 金 money0:52
- Day8 両 both0:59
Explore the kanji 両 (both) in everyday street contexts, with practical examples from daily life and Tokyo locations to help you recognize and read kanji on the street.
- Day9 替 exchange0:58
- Day10 車 car1:00
Learn the kanji for car (車) and its everyday street usage. Explore related vocabulary and phrases seen on the street and in daily life.
- Day11 空 empty1:02
Explore the kanji 空, meaning empty or sky, as an everyday kanji seen on the street and in places like parking lots, highlighting Japanese and Chinese readings.
- Day12 満 full1:03
Explore the kanji for full (満) in everyday street contexts, using signs from parking lots and door lists. Note its use in notices about no space or no seat.
- Day13 禁 prohibit0:58
Explore the kanji 禁, meaning prohibited, and learn how it signals warnings on everyday street signs, reinforcing recognition of this prohibition symbol in real-world contexts.
- Day14 止 stop1:10
Learn how the kanji for stop, 止, appears on street signs and in daily use, and how the word 禁止 conveys prohibited meaning, reinforcing everyday kanji recognition.
- Day15 停 stop1:05
Study the kanji 停 meaning 'stop' and its everyday usage on the street, with basic readings and practical notes on stopping, staying still, and daily life.
- Day16 煙 smoke1:07
Explore the kanji 煙 for smoke and learn common phrases like no smoking. Discover how to recognize non-smoking areas in Japan.
- Day17 駐 parking1:03
learn the kanji 駐 for parking and how no parking signs on streets indicate prohibition, building everyday kanji recognition on the street.
- Day18 場 place, spot1:13
Explore the kanji for place (場) and its street usage, including drinking place and entrance is prohibited, as seen on the street in Japan.
- Day19 無 nothing0:55
On Day 19, explore the kanji 無, which means nothing, through everyday street examples and casual phrases.
- Day20 料 fee0:55
Learn the kanji 料, meaning fee or price, in day 20 of everyday kanji, and explore how this character signals cost or charging in context.
- Day21 乗 ride1:02
Discover the kanji meaning to ride, board, or get on. Practice using it in everyday street contexts and simple phrases.
- Day22 輪 wheel1:13
Day 22 introduces the kanji 輪, meaning wheel or circle, and links its use to street scenes, bicycles, and parking concepts in everyday kanji practice.
- Day23 自 self1:04
Explore the kanji 自, meaning self, and see examples of words using 自 to express oneself or myself, plus a quick review of kanji learned so far.
- Day24 動 move0:59
Explore the kanji 動 meaning move in everyday life, using street and store examples such as candy and automatic doors, with light humor and practical usage notes.
- Day25 進 proceed0:59
Learn how the kanji 進 means progress and proceed, and link it to street signs. Identify no entry and prohibited signs as cues for entering being restricted.
- Day26 転 fall, convert0:45
Learn the kanji 転, meaning roll or fall, with examples like fall down or fall over; use street imagery of bicycles and cars to illustrate motion and change.
- Day27 銀 silver1:04
- Day28 行 go1:09
Explore the kanji 行, read as 'go,' and its meanings such as to go and to perform, with examples like ginkō 'bank' to show its street-level usage.
- Day29 歩 walk0:56
- Day30 者 person1:02
- Day31 薬 medicine1:01
Discover the kanji 薬 meaning medicine through everyday street cues, including a mnemonic with candy, and learn how its parts relate to herbs.
- Day32 通 pass0:52
- Day33 可 possible1:23
- Day34 注 attention, pour0:59
In this lecture, we examine the kanji 注, its meanings of attention and to pour, and observe how it appears on the street in everyday usage.
- Day35 意 meaning1:02
Explore the meaning of the kanji 意 and its stroke order through street-level examples and related words, reinforcing memory of today’s daily practice.
- Day36 横 side, lateral, across1:03
- Day37 断 cut off1:07
Explore everyday kanji on the street, focusing on 断 meaning cut off, which signals crossing, judgment, or decision, and observe street signs and the note that Ocho 280 means dejection.
- Day38 時 time1:08
- Day39 間 between1:02
Master the kanji for 'between' (間) and see how it appears in everyday street language, including time expressions like eight hours and eight o'clock.
- Day40 分 minute, divide1:01
Explore the kanji 分, meaning minute and divide, in day 40 of everyday kanji on the street, highlighting how this character appears in everyday use.
- Day41 営 operation0:53
Practice everyday kanji on the street by labeling familiar candy concepts and reviewing what you've learned so far, exploring how many you can sell.
- Day42 業 business1:01
Discover the kanji 業 and its meaning as business or industry, and explore related terms like business hours.
- Day43 中 middle1:13
Explore the kanji 中 meaning middle, with practical phrases like 'meet in the middle' and 'the shop is open,' illustrating how 中 functions in everyday usage.
- Day44 席 seat1:14
- Day45 飲 drink1:17
Study the kanji 飲, meaning drink, beverage, or alcohol, and its everyday usage in phrases. Learn street examples showing drinking alcohol is prohibited.
- Day46 食 eat1:04
Learn the kanji 食 meaning eat or eating, with street-life examples, sugar signifying drinking and eating, and notes on the opposite concept 'e shock' in everyday use.
- Day47 肉 meat0:58
Explore the kanji for meat through street scenes and everyday phrases, including butcher signs and vegetarian contrasts, to reinforce practical reading and vocabulary.
- Day48 円 yen, circle0:53
Study the kanji 円, which represents yen and circle, and observe its form and meaning in everyday Japanese seen on the street.
- Day49 税 tax0:57
Explore the kanji 税 meaning tax and its street-level usage in everyday money vocabulary. Practice recalling tax-related words seen on the street and apply them in daily conversations.
- Day50 寿 congratulations1:26
Explore kanji 寿, meaning celebration or longevity, and its reading kotobuki. See these kanji on the street and note their use in happy occasions like weddings.
- Day51 司 control, administer0:55
Explore the kanji 司, meaning control or administer, through everyday examples and playful sushi-themed celebrations to reinforce recognition and practical usage.
- Day52 鮨 sushi1:18
Introduce the kanji 鮨 sushi, explain its meaning as delicious fish, and show how two separate characters combine to form sushi.
- Day53 売 sell0:55
- Day54 買 buy1:07
Learn the kanji for buy (買) and its meaning through examples of buying and selling on the street, reinforcing daily practice and street recognition.
- Day55 販 sales1:03
Explore everyday candy sales on the street, merchandising strategies, and the role of Japanese vending machines in selling candy.
- Day56 切 cut1:04
Learn the kanji 切, meaning cut, and explore its usage while contrasting with the opposite meaning eat through street-based examples and daily practice.
- Day57 準 associate, semi-1:01
- Day58 備 preparation1:10
Learn day 58 備 preparation by associating and combining kanji elements, and apply practical preparation techniques for everyday kanji use.
- Day59 手 hand1:03
Learn the kanji 手, meaning hand, through everyday street examples, and explore its connections to automatic and manual concepts.
- Day60 洗 wash1:00
Explore the kanji 洗 wash and its everyday usage, including meanings like bathroom or toilet, and spot these characters on street signage in daily life.
- Day61 便 mail, convenience, feces1:20
Examine the kanji 便, its meanings of mail, convenience, and feces, and how it appears in street-level context and everyday Japanese usage.
- Day62 所 place1:13
Explore the kanji for place (所) in everyday street contexts, and see how it appears in words for shop and country; highlight its katakana form for recognition.
- Day63 喫 eat, drink, smoke1:16
the lecture introduces 喫, a kanji that means eat, drink, or smoke, and shows its stroke order and how it connects to the verb phrase meaning to smoke.
- Day64 茶 tea1:15
Learn the kanji 茶 for tea and its use in everyday street conversations, including 'would you like to have a tea' and the usual Japanese setting for coffee or tea.
- Day65 室 room1:12
Explore the kanji 室 meaning room and its street-level usage, including connections to coffee shops and cozy tea rooms, as discussed today.
- Day66 国 country1:14
Explore the kanji for country (国) through stroke order practice, with notes on related terms like tax (税) and lands by government, all in a street-style kanji lesson.
- Day67 祭 festival1:07
Explore the kanji for festival on the street, examine posters about cities in Japan, and note how summer in Japan appears in street visuals.
- Day68 際 edge, occasion1:00
demonstrates everyday kanji on the street, highlighting the nuance of 際 as edge or occasion, with examples from daily street life and today’s learning.
- Day69 話 talk1:07
- Day70 利 utilize, profit1:13
- Day71 用 things to do, business1:15
Learn the kanji 用, meaning to use or utilize, and see how it appears in everyday life for things to do and business, including on the street.
- Day72 牛 cow, bull1:15
- Day73 丼 bowl1:00
- Day74 得 benefit0:59
Explore the kanji 得, meaning profit or benefit, through everyday street examples and money value contexts to grasp how this character signals value and gain.
- Day75 急 sudden1:04
Learn the kanji 急 meaning sudden and how it conveys a sudden stop in everyday contexts, including train stations and express trains.
- Day76 特 special1:05
Explore how the kanji 特 (special) appears in everyday street talk and candy imagery. Learn express train and queue usage and station talk from day 76.
- Day77 別 separate1:10
Explore the kanji 別, meaning separate, and how it conveys distance and distinction in everyday phrases, with examples of its use and related concepts.
- Day78 受 receive0:57
Learn the kanji for receive, 受, through everyday usage, review prior lessons, and prepare for future lessons as you practice applying the concept again.
- Day79 付 attach1:11
Explore the kanji 付, meaning to attach or add, and its use in indicating inclusion in everyday street language. Learn how Day79 links attach and inclusion to real-world kanji usage.
- Day80 専 exclusive, special1:22
Explore the kanji 専, meaning exclusive or special, and learn how the particle yo signals 'only for' in practical phrases like 'exclusively for customers'.
- Day81 門 gate1:08
Learn the kanji for gate and its related concepts, including entrance and door, and see how yesterday's kanji combines to form speciality terms and shops, using everyday street contexts.
- Day82 額 volume, sum, forehead1:07
- Day83 半 half1:10
Learn how the kanji half (半) represents half in everyday street dialogue. Explore examples from meat purchases and half-price expressions encountered on the street.
- Day84 持 hold, carry1:07
Explore the kanji 持, meaning hold and carry, within the context of everyday kanji on the street, and see practical examples for daily use.
- Day85 帰 go home, return1:19
Learn the kanji 帰, meaning go home or return, with examples like taking something home (motorcade) and going back to your own country when combined with country terms.
- Day86 危 danger0:59
Explore the kanji 危 for danger, with on-street examples and its reading, and practice recognizing the character in daily contexts.
- Day87 険 harshness1:05
- Day88 物 thing, object1:09
Learn how the kanji 物 means thing or object and see everyday street examples that connect it to cheap things, drinking and eating, and dangerous materials.
- Day89 込 included1:14
Explore the kanji 込 meaning included and practice everyday phrases for prohibitions, such as bringing items in or taking them out at places like restaurants and airports.
- Day90 願 wish1:02
Explore the kanji 願, meaning 'wish', and see how it appears on everyday street signs. Learn to recognize this character in real-life contexts.
- Day91 遠 far1:03
Discover the kanji 遠, meaning far, as part of the everyday kanji on the street series, day 91, and explore its meaning and practical usage in daily context.
- Day92 慮 consideration1:19
Explore the kanji 慮 meaning consideration, and learn how its softer phrasing can politely request not to do something, with everyday street examples.
- Day93 全 all1:19
Explore the kanji 全 (all) in day 93 of everyday kanji, linking it to related words like country, nationwide, total amount, seat, receipt, and no smoking for street-level comprehension.
- Day94 常 usual, always1:00
- Day95 非 non-, un-, misdeed1:00
- Day96 内 inside1:09
Explore the kanji 内 meaning inside through everyday scenes like interior and store contexts. Practice recognizing night and candy on the street as practical examples of inside usage.
- Day97 火 fire0:55
Identify the kanji 火, meaning fire, and practice recognizing it as it appears on the street in daily life.
- Day98 気 spirit1:03
Explore the kanji 気, meaning spirit or life energy, through everyday examples on the street and learn its high-spirited uses.
- Day99 厳 harsh, strict1:05
Explore the kanji 厳, meaning harsh or strict, through everyday street scenarios and examples of prohibition. Learn how rules like no entry with shoes on illustrate strict behavior.
- Day100 徐 slow1:15
Explore the kanji 徐, meaning slow, and its use on road signs in everyday kanji on the street; this lesson marks the series' last session and invites feedback.
Requirements
- Basic Japanese. Especially Japanese scripts, Hiragana and Katakana.
Description
Everyday Kanji introduces 1 Kanji a video. Introducing the meaning of the Kanji, reading (for both On-yomi and Kun-yomi) and stroke order of a Kanji in animation. In addition, example sentences of the Kanji and real Japanese signboard, Kanban on the street are shown. Therefore this course is easy to follow and quite practical as well.
Occasionally there are review and summary of the lessons so that you can enhance your memory and prepare for the day you're visiting Japan. All lessons are practical as it's really used in real Japanese.
What is Kanji?
Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters that are used in the Japanese writing system. They are used alongside the Japanese syllabic scripts: hiragana and katakana.
Kanji (漢字), one of the three scripts used in the Japanese language, are Chinese characters, which were first introduced to Japan in the 5th century via the Korean peninsula.
Kanji are ideograms, i.e. each character has its own meaning and corresponds to a word. By combining characters, more words can be created. For example, the combination of "buy(買)" with "thing(物)" means "shopping（買物）".
Kanji are used for writing nouns, adjectives, adverbs and verbs. Unlike the Chinese language, Japanese cannot be written entirely in kanji. For grammatical endings and words without corresponding kanji, two additional, syllable-based scripts are being used, hiragana and katakana, each consisting of 46 syllables.
Who this course is for:
- Anyone coming to Japan soon
- Anyone who want to learn Japanese Kanji
- Anyone who want to learn practical Japanese
- Anyone studying Japanese right now. Great way to learn real Japanese.