Kanji
漢字
Culture 文化
Translation:
Japanese → English
Tourism 観光
Translation:
English → Japanese
100

Meaning: person

ON readings: ジン, ニン

Kun readings: ひと, -り, -と

100

Japan’s famous expensive beef

Wagyu beef 和牛

Kobe beef too 神戸ビーフもあり

100

大学

だいがく

daigaku

University

100

That big volcano/ mountain in the middle of Japan

Mount Fuji 富士山

100

I love you

大好き

愛してる

月が綺麗ですね?😘

200

Meaning: house, home, family, professional, expert, performer

ON readings: カ, ケ

Kun readings: いえ, や, うち

200

Name of the artist who painted this

葛飾北斎 Katsushika Hokusai

200

交流

こうりゅう

kouryuu

exchange (e.g. cultural)

 mixing, interchange

200

“Electric town” otaku culture centre

Akihabara 秋葉原

200

This is a pen!

これはペンです

kore wa pen (desu)

400

Meaning: line, track

ON readings: セン

Kun readings: すじ

400

Japanese equivalent to “LOL”

草 / www

わろた

400

有給休暇

ゆうきゅうきゅうか

Paid vacation, leave

400

That prefecture where you feed せんべい 🍘 to deer

奈良 Nara

400

liver

肝臓

かんぞう

600

Meaning: elementary, principle, naked, uncovered

ON readings: ソ, ス

Kun readings: もと

600

Festival celebrated on July 7

Tanabata 七夕

600

皆無

かいむ

nonexistent, none

600

A volcanic valley located in a certain town famous for hot springs, black boiled eggs, and its appearance in Neon Genesis Evangelion.

大涌谷 Owakudani “Great Boiling Valley” in Hakone

600

torture

拷問

ごうもん

1000

Meaning: gloom, depression, melancholy, luxuriant

ON readings: ウツ

Kun readings: うっする, ふさぐ, しげる

1000

Annual New Year’s Eve television special where various famous artists are invited to perform.

NHK紅白歌合戦

1000

心血管疾患

Cardiovascular disease

1000

A traditional village located in the Gifu Prefecture. Recognized as one of UNESCO’s World Heritage Site.

Showcases a building style known as 合掌造り


白川郷

Shirakawa-gō

1000

Life is fickle

人生は儚いよ

じんせいははかないよ

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