Statistically Kanji-ing...
For the test one Wednesday, we have to know 172 new words comprised of 271 different characters and a total of 344. Here are the top four kanji by frequency:
Character | Count | Chinese readings | Japanese readings | English meanings
的 7 テキ まと bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending
迷 5 メイ まよ(う) astray, be perplexed, in doubt, lost, err, illusion
地 5 チ／ジ ground, earth
動 4 ドウ うご(く)／うご(かす) move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
Character | Count | Chinese readings | Japanese readings | English meanings
的 7 テキ まと bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending
迷 5 メイ まよ(う) astray, be perplexed, in doubt, lost, err, illusion
地 5 チ／ジ ground, earth
動 4 ドウ うご(く)／うご(かす) move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
posted by William at
11/23/2008 10:09:00 PM
9 Comments:
That is a lot! Good lucks with that!
So, a target on the earth for a stray, moving object?
I'll be breaking up the romanizations by character, which makes for a lot of hyphens. Romanization standard usually only include these with clear suffixes, if at all. See "-chan" and "-san".
The first one is usually used with nouns to turn them into adjectives. An example:
To start off, you need to know that 軍隊 guntai means "military".
You can say 軍隊的 gun-tai-teki and you get "of, relating to, or seeming like, the military".
In other words, it translates best as "-ish".
軍隊的 = "military-ish"
車的 = "car-ish"
忍者的 = "ninja-ish"
迷 means "lost", and is part of the word for "camoflage", 迷彩 mei-sai. Also the word for "to be lost", 迷う mayou.
地 has so many meanings and usages that I'm just not going to get into it.
動 means "movement", and is used for "working" (働く hatara-ku), "animals" (動物 dou-butsu), and "sneakers" (運動靴 un-dou-gutsu.
Komitadjie, you are good at making that kind of connection with ANYTHING that you see...
Not surprisingly, my big test tomorrow contains some of those same kanji in various compounds. 地 is one of my favorite kanji, but I write it horribly. I keep trying to make it look nice, and I am mis-balancing it or something.
Hey, did I say anything at all about targeted asteroid strikes?
Yes. You've been reading too much Japanese culture stuff and they were implied.
Oh well, I doubt that's anything I can't fix with targeted asteroid strikes.
Is there anything you can't fix with...oh, wait. I don't think you need any MORE suggestions. Hehehe.
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