Learn these kanji to pass JLPT N4: 色, 英, 茶, 菜, 薬
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| Hi, everyone! Welcome to Kanji Time! |
| 今日は、N4の漢字を勉強します。 |
| (Kyō wa, N4 no kanji o benkyō shimasu.) |
| N4レベル。。。 (N4 reberu…) |
| N4レベルの漢字を勉強したいと思います。 |
| (N4 reberu no kanji o benkyō shitai to omoimasu.) |
| Let’s go! |
| If you want to do the quiz first, please go to… 🎵these times!🎵 |
| This kanji means “color, counter for colors.” |
| The On-reading for this kanji is シキ, ショク (shiki, shoku), like in 色彩 (shikisai), which means “color, tinge.” |
| 色彩 豊か (shikisai yutaka) “colorful” |
| And the Kun-reading is いろ (iro), as in 黄色 (kiiro), which means “yellow.” |
| This kanji means “England, English, honor, good.” |
| The On-reading for this kanji is エイ (ei), like in 英国 (eikoku), which means “United Kingdom” or “Britain” and 英知 (eichi), which means “wisdom.” |
| This kanji means “tea, brown.” |
| Brown? |
| The On-reading for this kanji is チャ, サ (cha, sa), like in 紅茶 (kōcha), which means “black tea.” |
| 紅茶 (kōcha) |
| 紅茶 (kōcha) “black tea” |
| 緑茶 (ryokucha) “green tea” |
| And 茶道 (sadō) “Way of Tea” or “tea ceremony.” |
| This kanji means “vegetable.” |
| The On-reading for this kanji is サイ (sai), like in 野菜 (yasai), which means “vegetable.” |
| 🎵Carrot, onion, cucumber, potato.🎵 |
| And the Kun-reading is な (na), like in 菜の花 (nanohana), which means “canola flowers.” |
| 日本では。。。 (Nihonde wa…) |
| 日本では春になると、この菜の花がたくさん咲き誇ります。 |
| (Nihonde wa haru ni naru to, kono nanohana ga takusan sakihokorimasu.) |
| 菜の花は、黄色いお花です。(Nanohana wa, kiiroi o-hana desu.) |
| This kanji means “medicine, chemical.” |
| The On-reading for this kanji is ヤク (yaku), like in 薬局 (yakkyoku), which means “pharmacy, the drug store.” |
| And the Kun-reading is くすり (kusuri), like in 薬指 (kusuriyubi), which means “ring finger.” |
| 薬指 (kusuriyubi) |
| 親指、人差し指、中指、薬指、小指。 (Oyayubi, hitosashiyubi, nakayubi, kusuriyubi, koyubi.) |
| 薬指は結婚指輪をはめる指ですね。 (Kusuriyubi wa kekkon yubiwa o hameru yubi desu ne.) |
| Quiz time! |
| Say the reading of the following kanji: |
| 色彩 (shikisai) |
| 薬局 (yakkyoku) |
| 紅茶 (kōcha) |
| 英国 (eikoku) |
| 野菜 (yasai) |
| Now, say the meaning of the following words: |
| 薬指 (kusuriyubi) “ring finger” |
| 黄色 (kiiro) “yellow” |
| 茶道 (sadō) “Way of Tea, tea ceremony” |
| 英知 (eichi) “wisdom” |
| 菜の花 (nanohana) “canola flowers” |
| That’s all for today’s lesson! I hope you enjoyed this video. How was the quiz? Did you get it? If you didn’t, you need to review it again. I’ll see you next time. Bye-bye! |
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