Sunday, January 9, 2011

LANGUAGE: New Kanji, new language study methods

 I wish I had thought out how to show language studies this well at the beginning. Even though it's starting late in the game, in the entries I will show the characters I learn and vocabulary that goes along with them. Remembering the vocabulary does better to reinforce learning the character over simply trying to remember a character and its various phonetic readings.

- Point. Burn, be lighted. Turn on (a lamp). Catch (fire).
Words: 点火-tenka- ignite. 点字-tenji- Braille. 点灯-tentou- light (a lamp).
- Oppress, tyranize over.
Words: 虐待- gyakutai- treat cruelly, mistreat. 虐殺- gyakusatsu- massacre. 残虐- cruelty, atrocity, brutality.
- Be distorted/warped. Distortion. Be strained, warp. Strain, deformation.
Words: 歪む- yugamu- be distorted/warped. 歪める- yugameru- distort, bend. 歪む- hizumu- be strained, warp. 歪- ibitsu- oval, elliptical; distorted, warped.
- Empty. Vain, futile. Cavity, hollow, hole.
Words: 虚実- kyojitsu- truth or falsehood; clever fighting, using every strategy. 虚栄心- kyoeishin- vanity.
- Fear, concern, risk.
Words: 虞れ- osore- fear, concern, risk.
- Captive, prisoner of war; barbarian. Captive, slave.
Words: 虜- toriko- captive, slave. 虜囚- ryoshuu- captive, prisoner (of war). 捕虜- horyo- captive, prisoner (of war).
- Doubt, distrust, be suspicious of. Doubtful, suspicious.
Words: 疑似- giji- (suffix) suspected, sham, pseudo-, dummy, simulated.
- Skin.
Words: 膚色- hadairo- flesh-colored. 
- Kanji repetition symbol.
Words: 人々-hitobito- people.
- Color. Erotic passion.
Words: 色っぽい- iroppoi- sexy, seductive, fascinating. 色気- iroke- sexiness, sexuality, amorousness, romance. 十人十色- juu-nin-to-iro- to each his own. Tastes differ.

Kanji count: 680

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