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Your Very First KANJI Lesson | Learn Japanese (First Grader Level) Updated for 2021

by Travel Ambassador | Sep 11, 2020 | Hotels and Resorts | 45 comments

Updated: April 15, 2021



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Konnichiwa minasan~ What did you think of today’s Japanese lesson? Did you know these kanji already? If so, how did you come to grasp kun-yomi vs. on-yomi? Let me know in the comments as I’m sure it could help other Japanese learners, too!

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45 Comments

  1. Reina Scully
    Reina Scully on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    Donโ€™t be overwhelmed, although kanji is difficult, it DOES get easier ๐Ÿค“ For those of you that are just starting out in Japanese, check out Rosetta Stone ๐Ÿ“š
    https://rosettastone.com/reinascullyyt4

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  2. Junko E
    Junko E on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    I only knew water, tree, and gold. Half of my family is Japanese, but they never taught me anything that would be helpful. I know I know more but only when I panicking in Japan.

    Reply
  3. Haobin Li
    Haobin Li on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    ใ‚ใ‚ŠใŒใจใ†ใ€ๅ…ˆ็”Ÿ
    Chinese being my native language, I recognize all of the kanji in this lesson. However, I still need to mentally map ๆœˆ็ซๆฐดๆœจ้‡‘ๅœŸๆ—ฅ to each day of the week. ๐Ÿ˜…

    Reply
  4. Elena Woodbury
    Elena Woodbury on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    Could you do more of these?

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  5. Giselle Valadez
    Giselle Valadez on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    U just reminded me that I used to know 1-100 and now I donโ€™t know any๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜”

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  6. Deconverted Man
    Deconverted Man on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    My fav symbol is the one for "Ultra" it looks so cool.

    Reply
  7. Kane Danaher
    Kane Danaher on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    Holy shit it's Reina!

    Reply
  8. Barbara Bailey
    Barbara Bailey on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    When you get the time can you make a video explaining the currency? I'm hoping to go there after cov-19 is over! Love your videos and I'm sorry for your loss!

    Reply
  9. TerryTerryBouzu
    TerryTerryBouzu on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    Loved the video.
    Do you have a linguistics degree (or similar training)? This video really reminded me of sitting at the college bar with my dad and his linguistics and East Asian languages professor/ grad student friends.

    Regardless, I think this is a great presentation for people starting to learn the language.

    Reply
  10. benseac
    benseac on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    While I didn't know the pronunciation of any of the kanji, I knew a number of the meanings as I've been learning Mandarin for a little over a year now.

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  11. Andre Herdiawan
    Andre Herdiawan on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    i am currently studying Japanese. the only way i remember monday as getsuyobi (ๆœˆๆ›œๆ—ฅ) is by remembering the first thing Kurosaki Ichigo (from Bleach) learn his bankai name getsuga tensho.

    Reply
  12. keithabellanosa dec.11
    keithabellanosa dec.11 on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    Hey would you make this a series.

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  13. Yugioh Samurai
    Yugioh Samurai on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    when you can read the days of the week because of power rangers samurai and their elements….

    Reply
  14. foxi
    foxi on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    I learned Japanese for 6 years in high school (I'm Aussie, so high school is 6 years). I remember a lot, but not a lot of Kanji or their strokes. It's hard trying to get back into learning it as I'm not sure really where to start. A lot of beginner stuff is too easy, but then intermediate is too hard because I can't read the Kanji.

    Reply
  15. bananakwek
    bananakwek on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    i come across most of the kanji through being taught chinese here in singapore so is easier to understand the meaning the kanji but not the way it is being said

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  16. BallisticBucket
    BallisticBucket on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    Can't learn, teacher too gorgeous.

    Reply
  17. Purple Day
    Purple Day on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    Learning Japanese from an Asian woman who really wants to be white, lol.

    Reply
  18. c122 h122
    c122 h122 on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    I have been learning Japanese for about a year I feel so overwhelmed and I am not learning any Japanese feel like I am struggling

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  19. C Nuen
    C Nuen on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    I haven't studied Japanese in so long but this was so incredibly clear, wonderfully paced and engaging. Thank you so much Reina! You're very skilled at explaining in an easy to understand way <3

    Reply
  20. Sheridan Wolf
    Sheridan Wolf on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    My mom has been pushing me to learn

    Reply
  21. Spartan 343x
    Spartan 343x on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    My brain shut down by the 2 minute mark of this video….Im never learning kanji lol *sigh

    Reply
  22. Eunastic
    Eunastic on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    Kanji is actually chinese characters but different pronouncation and some different meaning im actually lucky that my second language is chinese so kanji is easier to learn and i am already struggling to remember chinese characters.

    Reply
  23. Nurlan Kambarov
    Nurlan Kambarov on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜˜

    Reply
  24. vernon wungnema
    vernon wungnema on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    Thanks you for the kanji lesson. Lots of kanji to learn! Practice reading Japanese, run into kanji, BAM! I am stuuucck! "Mausu mausu pasocon mausu…"

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  25. Kimberly Cauthen
    Kimberly Cauthen on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    So hard

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  26. i_am_another_duckhead
    i_am_another_duckhead on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    Any news about Mecha-Ude?

    Reply
  27. bunnybones
    bunnybones on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    The video:"Monday is getsuyoubi and when this kanji ๆœˆ is alone it is read as tsuki which means moon" *insert other weekdays+kanji here *

    My brain:"moon day, fire day, water day, tree day, money day, earth day, day day"

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  28. Rima Aouadi
    Rima Aouadi on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    Kanji makes Japanese much easier ! When you see ใ‚ใฎใฒใจใฏใซใปใ‚“ใ˜ใ‚“ใงใ™ you have to actually read the sentence to understand ! However if you see ใ‚ใฎไบบใฏๆ—ฅๆœฌไบบใงใ™ you can quickly understand what's the meaning of the sentence without having to actually read each word and since there is no space in Japanese it males everything much cleaner
    Also if you wanna say 1489 in Hiragana you have to say ใ›ใ‚“ใ‚ˆใ‚“ใฒใ‚ƒใใฏใกใ—ใ‚…ใ†ใใ‚‡ใ† (: however if you use kanji it's ๅƒๅ››็™พๅ…ซๅไน (: much easier to recognize the number

    Reply
  29. Danielle Marie
    Danielle Marie on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    This reminds me why I changed minors in college lol kanji is so hard and nitpicky ๐Ÿ˜ญ

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  30. LunaBianca1805
    LunaBianca1805 on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    I already learned most of those for my Chinese class (no hating, please, I meant to take Japanese, too ๐Ÿ™„, it just collided with the one and only actual course that was mandatory in my last semester :/) so Kanji always feel like a familiar and safe place to me. I usually don't feel that much trouble with stroke orders or knowing what they mean (especially with those basic ones, they often retain quite a similarity to that original picture they were derived from and I seem to have a knack for remembering those) – but the pinyin writings and the pronunciation usually give me a harder time. Those tones really aren't working so well with the way German (or for that matter most roman/Germanic languages) structure an pronounce their sentences ^^'

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  31. Yash Saxena
    Yash Saxena on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    I saw the face, I clicked.

    No no it's a joke.. I really want to study Japanese so don't be spamming my reply section

    Reply
  32. GundamBarbatos9 Veterans
    GundamBarbatos9 Veterans on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    Thank you for the info Reina sensei ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Šโค๏ธโค๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต

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  33. Rami
    Rami on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    ใจใฆใ‚‚ใƒŠใ‚คใ‚นใชๅ‹•็”ปใงใ™๏ผI had a lot of trouble with kanji starting out, and I definitely could have used this video! Keep your motivation in mind and set easy-to-reach goals. (*ยดฯ‰`*) ็š†ใ•ใ‚“ใ‚’็ฟ’ใฃใฆใซใŒใ‚“ใฐใฃใฆใญใ€‚๐Ÿ‘

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  34. Jonathan Diaz
    Jonathan Diaz on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    Kanji are difficult because study methods introduced to all of us are all pretty inefficient. That's why even Japanese people struggle: the methods need a serious update.

    Reply
  35. Oscar Ruelas
    Oscar Ruelas on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    Complete mind fuck me Iโ€™ll have to watch it again like five times

    Reply
  36. The God Emperor
    The God Emperor on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    Hehe Mangetsu is the name of the MC in Granbelm ๐Ÿ˜› fitting

    Reply
  37. Jasjeet Singh
    Jasjeet Singh on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    I used to think the same way that kanji are useless. But at this point, reading ในใ‚“ใใ‚‡ใ†ใ™ใ‚‹ seems so much more difficult than reading ๅ‹‰ๅผทใ™ใ‚‹ and I am only a beginner. Kanji are actually wonderful

    Reply
  38. Jasjeet Singh
    Jasjeet Singh on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    After trying out many sources, finally WaniKani worked for me. It's super fun.

    Reply
  39. ArtixtXCC 1900
    ArtixtXCC 1900 on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    This is literaly what I have left to learn Japanese to the fulles. Kanji is a lot harder to remember then what I expected.

    Reply
  40. ultimate ossas
    ultimate ossas on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    How I learned the days of the week is that:

    ๆœˆ is pronounced as Getsu, which means moon. ๆœˆๆ›œๆ—ฅ is basically the day of the moon (or call it moonday)
    ็ซ is pronounced as Ka, which means fire. ็ซๆ›œๆ—ฅ can be called fire day, or imagine that it gets really hot on tuesdays.
    ๆฐด can be called as mizu, but the other reading of this is Sui. ๆฐดๆ›œๆ—ฅ is the day of water. Wednesday starts with w, and you can incorporate that with water (or another technique is to imagine that in order to put out the fire (tuesday), you need water (water).
    ๆœจ is pronounced as Moku, and the meaning can vary. The kanji means tree, but the from what I've known, thursday is referred to as the day of the wood. If you play tekken, there's this character called Mokujin, which is a wooden dummy. Jin (ไบบ) means person, so basically a wood person.
    ้‡‘ is pronounced as Kin, which means gold. Imagine that every friday, you get paid by your company. You can also imagine that every friday night, you get together with your friends and have a golden moment!
    ๅœŸ is pronounced as Do (doh), which means dirt. I would incorporate it with farming, where I imagine harvesting crops every saturday.
    ๆ—ฅ is pronounced as Nichi, which means sun. You guessed it, it's sunday!

    Another way is to make connections with these kanjis. Let's start with Sunday:
    When the ๆ—ฅ sets, the ๆœˆ rises.
    When a ็ซ starts, put it out with ๆฐด.
    What ๆœจ you plant, ้‡‘ is what you get from the ๅœŸ.

    Also learn radicals. There are about 214 of them, and understanding them will help you understand almost every kanji there is, since they are built by the radicals. Reading the kanji is a different thing though.

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  41. Miraculous Aly-bug
    Miraculous Aly-bug on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    I actually got excited when you were counting because I learned that in karate and seem to be incapable of forgetting ๐Ÿคฃ I can apparently speak one language and count to ten in four languages, so, there's something cool, I guess

    Reply
  42. ZEUS AMV
    ZEUS AMV on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    try to add music to your videoes

    Reply
  43. Samuel Baughman
    Samuel Baughman on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    I'm just now starting to get down my basic Kanji… You're telling me I need to learn 3000+ individual kana, plus the onyomi, and some of them have more than just two pronunciations/uses… ใใ ๐Ÿ˜ข

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  44. Marius _
    Marius _ on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    This is awesome!

    Reply
  45. RainaVi
    RainaVi on September 11, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    Me as a Chinese-Canadian in JAPN101 just BREEZING THROUGH the Kanji test… but then tripping up on Kun/On Yomi. ๐Ÿ˜…

    Reply

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