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This stands for fish, and pronounce "sakana". There are many kanji including this symbol. By  putting "魚" to it, a kanji get to have a meaning that it is related to fish.

We, Japanese eat row fish, sashimi or sushi, but I heard that people in other countries don't. If you came to Japan, you should get to be able to eat row fish before the trip to enjoy Japan more.



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We pronounce it "tomi", meaning rich. And this kanji doesn't necessarily mean money, but also indicates abundance of something.

And, this kanji is a part of "富士山(fuji-san)". You know what? It is Mt. Fuji. So I guess Mt. Fuji was a symbol of being rich at the time when it got the name.

Note that kanji has some pronunciation. "富" is called "tomi" or "fu". These are only pronunciation as a noun. "富む(tomu)" is  a verb, for example. Please don't get confused.



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This kanji means "world" in Kanji and it is pronounced "sekai".
"世(yo)" means "An environment around you". "この世(kono-yo) means "a real world" and "あの世(ano-yo)" means "heaven"."界(kai)" indicate "a border".
 So we might say a world is a environment around us separated apart from heaven/universe.


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This kanji means a mobile phone as a noun, and also you can say "携帯する(keitai-suru)" meaning "to bring something".
A mobile phone is "携帯電話(keitai-denwa)" correctly. But in the most case, we skip "電話(denwa)" which means "a phone".
"携(kei)" means "to hold something". "帯(obi)" means "a strip" or  "something to wear". In sum, "携帯(keitai)" is something to bring around your body, equals to a mobile phone.


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This kanji means alcohol.
"氵" stands for　liquid and "酉" stands for a pot.
A Japanese style bar is called "居酒屋(izakaya)".You can understand somehow what "居酒屋" mean from now on.


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This kanji stands for Japan.
"日(nichi)" means "a day", and "本(hon)" means "a book". You can say "nihon".
The two kanji are very basic, so you may see many times when you read Japanese.


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