Essential Japanese Kanji Volume 2. University of Tokyo, Kanji Research Group
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礼
rei
レイ bow, thanks, etiquette
礼 combines shrine ネ, and a line
| 礼 | れい | rei | bow, thanks, etiquette |
| 礼金 | れいきん | reikin | key money |
| お礼 | おれい | orei | thanks |
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| 無礼 | ぶれい | burei | rudeness |
| 祭礼 | さいれい | sairei | religious festival |
| 目礼 | もくれい | mokurei | nod, greet by eyes |
| 非礼 | ひれい | hirei | impolite |
| 洗礼 | せんれい | senrei | baptism |
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身
mi, shin
み、シン body
This is a pictograph resembling a pregnant woman. Thus it means to be filled with many things like muscles; a body.
| 身分 | みぶん | mibun | status |
| 身分証明書 | みぶん しょうめいしょ | mibun shōmeisho | identification card |
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| 出身地 | しゅっしんち | shusshinchi | hometown |
| 中身 | なかみ | nakami | contents |
| 終身 | しゅうしん | shūshin | for life |
| 自身 | じしん | jishin | oneself |
| 前身 | ぜんしん | zenshin | antecedents |
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向
mu-ku, kō
む・く、コウ face toward
The air flows out through the window 口 of a house toward one direction.
| 南向き | みなみむき | minamimuki | facing south |
| 方向 | ほうこう | hōkō | direction |
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| 前向きに | まえむきに | maemuki ni | positively |
| 外人向け | がいじんむけ | gaijin muke | for foreigners |
| 向学心 | こうがくしん | kōgakushin | love of learning |
| 向上心 | こうじょうしん | kōjōshin | desire to improve oneself |
| 意向 | いこう | ikō | intention |
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好
su-ki, kō
す・き、コウ fond
Women 女 like 好 children 子.
| 好きな | すきな | suki na | fond |
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| 好物 | こうぶつ | kōbutsu | favorite food |
| 好意 | こうい | kōi | good will |
| 好意的 | こういてき |
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