Archive | October 2012

Kanji Kanban #32

新台入替

Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photo if you need help reading the words on this sign.  Click on the photo to enlarge it.

The numbers below refer to the kanji I’ve transcribed below the photo, and correspond to their order of appearance in both Heisig’s Remembering the Kanji and Kanji in Context.

To learn more about how to work with this information and get the most out of my daily Kanji Kanban series, please read this.

Heisig(H1502, H744, H779, H842)

Kanji In Context(KIC85, KIC532, KIC186, KIC375)

Kanji Kanban #31

消火器

Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photo if you need help reading these characters.

The numbers below refer to the kanji I’ve transcribed below the photo, and correspond to their order of appearance in both Heisig’s Remembering the Kanji and Kanji in Context.

To learn more about how to work with this information and get the most out of my daily Kanji Kanban series, please read this.

Heisig(H144, H161, H121)

Kanji In Context(KIC219, KIC18, KIC682)

Kanji Kanban #30

自転車注意

Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photo if you need help reading the words on this sign.

The numbers below refer to the kanji I’ve transcribed below the photo, and correspond to their order of appearance in both Heisig’s Remembering the Kanji and Kanji in Context.

To learn more about how to work with this information and get the most out of my daily Kanji Kanban series, please read this.

Heisig(H36, H420, H286, H267, H608)
Kanji In Context(KIC63, KIC65, KIC62, KIC290, KIC291)

Kana Kanban

ソフトクリーム

If you’re studying katakana, try reading this Kyoto cafe’s sign.

Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photo if you need help.

Kanji Kanban #29

焼きたて ぱん

Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photo if you need help reading the words on this sign that I noticed in front of a small bakery in Kyoto. Click on the photo to enlarge it.

The numbers below refer to the kanji I’ve transcribed below the photo, and correspond to their order of appearance in both Heisig’s Remembering the Kanji and Kanji in Context.

To learn more about how to work with this information and get the most out of my daily Kanji Kanban series, please read this.

Heisig(H1200)

Kanji In Context(KIC218)

Kana Kanban

ひつじcafe

If you’re studying hiragana, try reading this Kyoto shop sign.

Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photo if you need help.

Kanji Kanban #28

Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photo if you need help reading the kanji character that this fashionable Kyoto shop has chosen for its name.  A glance at the shop’s window will also help! The graphic on the sign is a reference to a common meaning of this character.

Heisig(H1425)

Kanji In Context(KIC1136)

Kanji Kanban #27

原発のない やさしい未来を 放射能から子どもたちをまもろう 日本共産党

Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photo if you need help reading the words on this campaign poster produced by the Japanese Communist Party(JPC).

The numbers below refer to the kanji I’ve transcribed below the photo, and correspond to their order of appearance in both Heisig’s Remembering the Kanji and Kanji in Context.

To learn more about how to work with this information and get the most out of my daily Kanji Kanban series, please read this.

Heisig(H134, H1705, H216, H1884, H496, H1249, H2004, H95, H12, H211, H1795, H1560, H797)
Kanji In Context(KIC405, KIC286, KIC583, KIC133, KIC723, KIC1015, KIC411, KIC69, KIC16, KIC37, KIC419, KIC574, KIC710)

Kanji Kanban #26

がんばれ!Fight! 運動会

Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photo if you need help reading the words on this poster that I noticed taped to a meat shop’s sign on a shopping street in Kyoto. Click on the photo to enlarge it.

The numbers below refer to the kanji I’ve transcribed below the photo, and correspond to their order of appearance in both Heisig’s Remembering the Kanji and Kanji in Context.

To learn more about how to work with this information and get the most out of my daily Kanji Kanban series, please read this.

Heisig(H303, H1676, H752)

Kanji In Context(KIC304, KIC64, KIC59)

Kanji Kanban #25

手洗いのように、どこまでもやさしく。

たいせつな愛車を洗うなら、エクスプレス。

Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photo if you need help reading the words on this gas station’s sign.  Click on the photo to enlarge it.

The numbers below refer to the kanji I’ve transcribed below the photo, and correspond to their order of appearance in both Heisig’s Remembering the Kanji and Kanji in Context.

To learn more about how to work with this information and get the most out of my daily Kanji Kanban series, please read this.

Heisig(H637, H249, H737, H286, H249)

Kanji In Context(KIC170, KIC198, KIC1079, KIC62, KIC198)

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