Land, home & society

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Green - a component that hints at the meaning.

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#1

Meaning

cultivate, plow

Components

Example words
こうさく

cultivation, farming

のうこう

agriculture, tillage

たがや

to plow, to till

#2

Meaning

boundary, border

Components

Example words
かんきょう

environment

こっきょう

national border

きょうかい

boundary

#3

Meaning

even, equal

Components

Example words
へいきん

average

きんとう

equality, uniformity

きんいつ

uniform, flat (rate)

#4

Meaning

exist, be located

Components

Example words
そんざい

existence

げんざい

the present, now

ざい

stock, inventory

#5

Meaning

reside, be present

Components

Example words
じゅうきょ

residence, dwelling

living room

to be (present), to exist

#6

Meaning

hall, temple

Components

Example words
しょくどう

cafeteria, dining hall

こうどう

auditorium

どう

dignified, imposing

#7

Meaning

guide, lead

Components

Example words
どう

guidance, instruction

どうにゅう

introduction, adoption

みちび

to guide, to lead

#8

Meaning

occasion; edge; contact

Components

Example words
こくさい

international

じっさい

actual, in practice

こうさい

association, dating

#9

Meaning

belong to, genus

Components

Example words
しょぞく

belonging (to a group)

きんぞく

metal

ぞくせい

attribute, property

#10

Meaning

loss, damage

Components

Example words
そんがい

damage, harm

そんしつ

loss

そん

breakage, damage

#11

Meaning

to surround, to enclose

Components

Example words
かこ

to surround

しゅう

surroundings

the game of Go

Practice

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