| Month | Kanji and reading | Alternate version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 睦月 | むつき | 孟春 | もうしゅん |
| February | 如月 | きさらぎ | ||
| March | 弥生 | やよい | 上巳 | じょうし |
| April | 卯月 | うつき | 孟夏 | もうか |
| May | 五月 | さつき | ||
| June | 水無月 | みなつき | ||
| July | 文月 | ふみづき | ||
| August | 葉月 | はづき | ||
| September | 菊月 | きくづき | 長月 | ながつき |
| October | 亥月 | がいげつ | 神無月 | かみなづき |
| November | 霜月 | しもつき | ||
| December | 師走 | しわす | ||
| Number | Kanji |
|---|---|
| 1 | 壱 |
| 2 | 弐 |
| 3 | 参 |
| 4 | 肆 |
| 5 | 伍 |
| 6 | 陸 |
| 7 | 漆 |
| 8 | 捌 |
| 9 | 玖 |
| 10 | 拾 |
| 100 | 佰 |
| 1000 | 阡 |
| 10000 | 萬 |
| Rank | Kanji | On-yomi | Kun-yomi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 甲 | こう | きのえ |
| 2. | 乙 | おつ | きのと |
| 3. | 丙 | へい | ひのえ |
| 4. | 丁 | てい | ひのと |
| 5. | 戊 | ぼ | つちのえ |
| 6. | 己 | き | つちのと |
| 7. | 庚 | こう | かのえ |
| 8. | 辛 | しん | かのと |
| 9. | 壬 | じん | みずのえ |
| 10. | 癸 | き | みずのと |
| Kanji | Reading | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| 私 | わたし | Most common pronunciation |
| 私 | わたくし | Formal version of the above |
| 私 | あたし | Female variant |
| 儂 | わし | Might be usde by older people (the kanji is uncommon though) |
| 僕 | ぼく | Informal, mainly used by males |
| 俺 | おれ | Very informal, exclusively used by males |
| 自分 | じぶん | Usually means "self" |
| 我 | われ | Usually doubled as in われわれ and then means "us" |
| 我 | わ | Usually succeeded by が as in 我が, meaning "our" |
| 内 | うち | Usually followed by の as in うちの meaning "my" or "our" |
| 小生 | しょうせい | Humble, sometimes used in business correspondence |
| Kanji | Reading | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| 朕 | ちん | Used by the Emperor until the end of World War II |
| 予, 余 | よ | |
| 己 | おのれ | Can also mean (insulting) "you" |
| 己 | おら | Dialectal (Akita pref.) |
| 己 | おの, おら | |
| 我 | わ | Northern dialect, variant of われ |
| 私 | あたくし | Variant of わたくし |
| 私 | あだし | Variant of あたし |
| 私 | あたい, わい, わん | |
| 俺 | おい | Variant of おれ |
| 我, 吾 | あ | |
| 我 | あれ | |
| 己 | おら | Dialectal |
| 愚生 | ぐせい | |
| 拙 | せつ | |
| 拙者 | せっしゃ | Used by samurai when talking with social equals or inferiors. |
| 拙僧 | せっそう | |
| 某 | それがし | |
| 何某, 某 | なにがし | |
| 麻呂, 麿 | まろ | Can also mean "you" |
| 身共 | みども | |
| 予, 余 | よ | |
| 妾 | わらわ | Humble feminine |
| 我輩, 吾輩 | わがはい | |
| わたす, わて | ||
| おいでん, おで | ||
| あちき, あっし |
| Kanji | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 敷地 | しきち | Site |
| 欲張り | よくばり | Greed |
| 馬鹿 | ばか | Fool (note, the on-yomi reading of 鹿 is ロク) |
| 本屋 | ほんや | Book shop |
| 頑張る | がんばる | Persist, do one's best |
| 訓読み | くんよみ | Japanese reading (of a kanji) |
| 盆踊り | ぼんおどり | O-bon festival dance |
| 支払う | しはらう | Pay |
| 赤ん坊 | あかんぼう | Baby |
| 仕事 | しごと | Work |
| 仕組み | しくみ | A construction, plan, plot |
| 仕上げる | しあげる | Finish up |
| 駅前 | えきまえ | In front of the station |
| 車代 | くるまだい | Car fare |
| 台場 | だいば | Fort, battery |
| 見本 | みほん | Example |
| 片方 | かたほう | One side |
| 組員 | くみいん | Henchman |
(Many more exist though!)