kanji kentei – level 9

The kanji kentei is the official test for native Japanese speakers.

lv. 9: 2nd grade (7-year olds)

math

まん – 10,000 ばん – number in a series てん – decimal point, spot
くみ – set (of items) かい – -times

visual arts

いろ – color き – yellow くろ – black
画く えがく – brush-stroke; picture え – picture, painting
はかる – map, drawing, plan

animals

け – fur はね – feather にく – meat
つの – horn, antlers うま – horse うし – cow
さかな – fish とり – bird, chicken く – chirp, bark, honk

parts of the body

からだ – body こころ – heart, mind, spirit
あたま – head かお – face くび – neck

school

かず – number, math ことわり – logic, reason
答え こたえ – solution, answer さん – calculation, counting
える おしえる – to teach る – to know

plants

ちゃ – tea むぎ – barley, wheat こめ – rice, USA, meter

adjectives

まる – round, whole おなじ – same; agree, equal
ながい – long おおい – many, much; frequent
るい あかるい – bright, light たかい – tall, expensive
すこし – few, little ふとい – plump, thick
しい たのしい – fun

adjectives – oposites

ひろい – wide ほそい – narrow
つよい – strong よわい – weak, frail
しい あたらしい – new ふるい – old
ちかい – near とおい – far

person

おや – parent ちち – father はは – mother
あに – older brother おね – older sister とも – friend
おとうと – younger brother いもうと – younger sister おおやけ – prince; public
さい – genius, years old

time

いま – now とき, じ – hour; time ふん – minute; part
もと – beginning, origin しゅう – week よう – weekday

time – periods of the day

あさ – morning うま – noon ひる – noon よる – night

time – seasons

ふゆ – winter なつ – summer はる – spring あき – autumn

verbs

う – to fit, join う – to meet
わる まじわる – to mingle, mixing る – to cut, be sharp
く – to pull, jerk はかる – to measure
たる あたる – to hit; right つくる – to make, build
れる れる – to clear up べる べる – to eat
める める – to quit いる もちいる – to use
う – to buy る – to sell
おもう – to think える かんがえる – to think about

verbs – language

く – to listen う – to say
はなす – to talk たかる – to talk about
む – to read
く – to write しるす – to write down

verbs – motion

る – to come く – to go かえる – to return
はしる – to run あるく – to walk まる まる – to stop
とおる – to go by

Earth

し, じ – ground, Earth はら – prairie; primitive いわ – boulder, rock; cliff
たに – valley の – plain; field

sky

ほし – star, spot, mark かぜ – wind, air, style
ゆき – snow くも – cloud でん – electricity

water

うみ – sea いけ – pond, cistern き – vapor, steam

space

ば – location, place まえ – in front; before はん – half, middle
うしろ、まえ – behind; later そと, がい – outside かん – interval

cardinal directions

きた – North みなみ – South ほう – direction
ひがし – East 西 にし – West; Spain

architecture

うち – house, home; inside いえ – house, home むろ – room, apt., chamber
てら – Buddhist temple ろう – craft, work いち – market; city, town
みせ – store, shop と – door かど, もん – gate
その, えん – park, garden みち – road, street っさと – hometown
やしろ – company; shrine

man-made

くに – country きょう – capital か – depart., section
だい, たい – pedestal, stand かみ – paper
や – dart, arrow かたな – sword, knife ゆみ – bow (archery, violin)
ふね – ship, boat

nature

ひかり – ray, light こえ – voice うた – song

other

なに – what かた – shape, form ごと, まい – every
いきる – lively, living ちに ただちに – honesty, fix, repair
せん – line, track じ – self-