Glen Nolan Grant - Mastering Japanese Kanji: (JLPT Level N5) The Innovative Visual Method for Learning Japanese Characters (CD-ROM Included)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This book is the result of a collaborative effort. Sincere thanks to Eric Oey of Periplus Editions for steering everything in the right direction, as well as to Sandra Korinchak, Bob Graham, William Notte, and the entire editorial and design departments of Tuttle Publishing for their stellar work with the manuscript. Watai Yuko, Niimi Emiko, Nakano Mariko, Watai Fumiko, Murray Grant, Cathy Grant, Damon Vignale, and Shaun Culham all offered welcome assistance. Special thanks are also owed to Junko Lucas, for lending her voice to the sound recordings, Matt Pinneo, for his excellent job designing the , and to the very talented Ya-Wei Lin, whose wonderful illustrations helped bring each of the stories to life. This book is dedicated to Mr. (Henry Barrie) and Mrs. (Henry Barrie) and Mrs.

Wilma Grant, for their incredible support and encouragement.

ANSWER KEY FOR EXERCISES CHAPTER 1 Section A 1. e 2. c 3. g 4. b 6. f 7. a 8. j 9. h 10. d Section B 1. g 8 2. j 5 3. a 10 4. i 7 5. b 3 6. h 9 7. c 1 8. f 2 9. d 6 10. e 4 Section C 1. b/c/d 2. c 3. d/e 4. a/d 5. a/c/e Section D 1. d 2. e 3. b 4. d 5. b Section E 1. f 4 2. j 9 3. a 6 4. e 5 5. b 10 6. i 2 7. h 1 8. d 7 9. c 3 10. g - 8 CHAPTER 2 Section A 1. c 2. j 3. f 4. h 5. e 6. a 7. i 8. g 9. d 10. b Section B 1. d 10 2. f 4 3. a 2 4. j 9 5. h 1 6. b 3 7. g 8 8. e 7 9. c 6 10. i 5 Section C 1. a/b/d 2. a/b/d/e 3. b/d 4. d 5. a/b/c/d/e Section D 1. b 2. c 3. a 4. d 5. c Section E 1. g 1 2. j 6 3. a 10 4. f 3 5. i 7 6. c 2 7. h 9 8. d 5 9. b 8 10. e - 4 CHAPTER 3 Section A 1. d 2. h 3. j 4. b 5. i 6. g 7. c 8. f 9. a 10. e Section B 1. i 10 2. f 2 3. d 3 4. c 7 5. a 1 6. g 8 7. b 9 8. j 4 9. h 5 10. e 6 Section C 1. a/d 2. e 3. c/d 4. a/b/d 5. b/c/d Section D 1. b 2. b 3. a 4. c 5. d Section E 1. d 6 2. b 4 3. h 2 4. j 7 5. c 9 6. f 1 7. i 5 8. g 10 9. e 3 10. a 8 CHAPTER 4 Section A 1. c 2. j 3. f 4. h 5. b 6. g 7. d 8. i 9. a 10. e Section B 1. f 4 2. c 9 3. i 2 4. g 8 5. a 6 6. j 3 7. e 7 8. d 1 9. h 5 10. b 10 Section C 1. a/b 2. b/c 3. a/d/e 4. d 5. b/e Section D 1. d 2. b 3. c 4. d 5. a Section E 1. c 9 2. h 6 3. f 8 4. a 3 5. j 1 6. e 10 7. i 4 8. d 7 9. g 2 10. b 5 CHAPTER 5 Section A 1. h 2. b 3. e 4. g 5. c 6. j 7. f 8. i 9. d 10. a Section B 1. d 10 2. e 5 3. a 1 4. j 3 5. g 8 6. i 6 7. b 4 8. f 9 9. h 2 10. c 7 Section C 1. c/e 2. a/b/d 3. e 4. d 5. b/d/e Section D 1. b 2. c 3. d 4. b 5. d Section E 1. f 4 2. d 7 3. h 3 4. a 9 5. c 6 6. j 8 7. e 10 8. g 1 9. b 5 10. i 2 CUMULATIVE REVIEW FOR CHAPTERS 1 - 5 Section A 1. f 2. d 3. i 4. a 5. h 6. c 7. j 8. e 9. g 10. b Section B 1. c (not a body part) 2. a (not a person) 3. b (not something found in nature) 4. e (not a plant or animal) 5. a (not a direction) 6. d (not a number) 7. b (not a number) 8. c (not of water) 9. a (not a verb of motion) 10. h (not one of the kanji for days of the week) Section C 1. b 2. d 3. a 4. d 5. e 6. c 7. a 8. b 9. e 10. c Section D 1. d/c/a/e/b 2. b/d/a/e/c 3. c/e/d/a/b 4. c/b/e/a/d 5. a/e/d/c/b 6. b/c/d/e/a 7. e/c/a/d/b 8. a/d/b/e/c 9. c/b/d/a/e 10. b/a/d/e/c Section E 1. e 2. b 3. d 4. d 5. c Section F 1. a/b/e 2. a/b/d/e/f/g 3. a/b/c 4. a/b/c/d/e/g 5. a/b/c/e Section G 1. b 2. a 3. d 4. d 5. b 6. c 7. a 8. c 9. b 10. d Section H 1. k 3 2. e 10 3. h 14 4. m 6 5. b 12 6. f 4 7. c 9 8. n 15 9. l 7 10. g 13 11. i 2 12. o 8 13. a 5 14. j 11 15. d 1 CHAPTER 6 Section A 1. f 2. c 3. g 4. a 5. b 6. e 7. i 8. j 9. d 10. h Section B 1. i 7 2. f 2 3. h 6 4. c 10 5. a 5 6. j 3 7. d 8 8. e 9 9. g 4 10. b 1 Section C 1. b/e 2. a/d 3. c 4. d/e 5. a/c Section D 1. d 2. c 3. a 4. a 5. b/d Section E 1. g 3 2. d 10 3. h 1 4. j 7 5. i 5 6. b 6 7. a 4 8. e 8 9. f 2 10. c 9 CHAPTER 7 Section A 1. a 2. f 3. j 4. c 5. h 6. e 7. d 8. i 9. b 10. g Section B 1. c 5 2. h 4 3. f 1 4. i 10 5. a 7 6. j 3 7. b 9 8. d 2 9. g 8 10. e 6 Section C 1. b/c 2. a/e 3. c/d 4. d 5. a/e Section D 1. b 2. d 3. c 4. a 5. a Section E 1. i 4 2. g 9 3. e 1 4. a 7 5. c 5 6. b 8 7. f 3 8. d 10 9. j 2 10. h 6 CHAPTER 8 Section A 1. b 2. d 3. a 4. i 5. g 6. j 7. f 8. c 9. e 10. h Section B 1. j 10 2. b 1 3. f 9 4. h 4 5. c 8 6. e 7 7. a 5 8. i 3 9. d 6 10. g 2 Section C 1. b/e 2. d 3. a/c 4. d/e 5. a/c/d Section D 1. d 2. b 3. a 4. a 5. c Section E 1. b 5 2. h 3 3. a 9 4. f 1 5. j 6 6. d 10 7. g 8 8. i 2 9. c 4 10. e 7 CHAPTER 9 Section A 1. g 2. b 3. f 4. j 5. h 6. c 7. i 8. d 9. e 10. a Section B 1. a 8 2. e 4 3. i 9 4. g 2 5. c 1 6. h 10 7. f 6 8. b 5 9. j 3 10. d 7 Section C 1. a/c 2. b/e 3. b/d 4. c 5. a/b/c Section D 1. d 2. a 3. b 4. c 5. d Section E 1. j 8 2. d 3 3. g 2 4. c 10 5. a 5 6. i 9 7. h 4 8. e 6 9. f 1 10. b 7 CHAPTER 10 Section A 1. h 2. i 3. e 4. b 5. c 6. j 7. a 8. g 9. f 10. d Section B 1. d 9 2. j 3 3. a 6 4. g 10 5. h 5 6. c 2 7. i 4 8. e 7 9. b 1 10. f 8 Section C 1. d/e 2. a/d 3. e 4. b/c 5. a/b/d/e Section D 1. c 2. a 3. d 4. b 5. d Section E 1. i 7 2. h 10 3. e 1 4. g 3 5. b 8 6. a 6 7. j 2 8. d 9 9. c 4 10. f 5 CUMULATIVE REVIEW FOR CHAPTERS 1 - 10 Section A 1. f 2. e 3. g 4. c 5. i 6. b 7. h 8. j 9. a 10. d Section B 1. d (not a time measurement) 2. b (not a color) 3. c (not a season) 4. c (not a population center) 5. a (not an animal) 6. e (not a direction) 7. b (not a body part) 8. a (not a time of the day) 9. d (not a man-made object) 10. e (not a positive thing) Section C 1. e 2. c 3. a 4. d 5. c 6. d 7. b 8. d 9. e 10. b Section D 1. b/c/d/a/e 2. a/d/e/b/c 3. c/b/a/d/e 4. c/a/b/d/e 5. e/c/d/b/a 6. e/d/c/b/a 7. c/d/a/e/b 8. d/b/a/c/e 9. b/e/c/d/a 10. d/c/b/e/a Section E 1. e 2. c 3. e 4. d 5. a Section F 1. a 2. d 3. b 4. e 5. b Section G 1. b 2. d 3. a 4. a 5. c 6. d 7. a 8. c 9. b 10. d Section H 1. c 8 2. h 1 3. a 11 4. f 14 5. o 5 6. k 7 7. m 4 8. d 12 9. i 3 10. e 15 11. n 6 12. g 13 13. b 9 14. l 2 15. j 10 How to Download the Bonus Material of this Book.
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CHAPTER 1 (KANJI 1-20) KANJI 1 MOUNTAIN MEANING Mountain. Our first kanji is one of those wonderful characters whose meaning is obvious at a glance.

As kanji such as these are best learned from a simple picture, there is no need for an accompanying story. A number of characters in the book will fall into this category. COMMON PRONUNCIATIONS Common ON reading: SAN ( ) Common kun reading: yama ( ) This kanji has only one on-yomi and one kun-yomi (the pronunciation of which together with all others in this book can be heard on the ). To suggest these sounds, lets use the word SAN DWICH for SAN , and yam a ttack for yama . As sandwich will now be a permanent keyword for all kanji sharing the reading SAN , turn to the on-yomi table in the back of the book and write Sandwich in the space next to SAN . Remember that only on-yomi (not kun-yomi ) should be entered in the table.

We now need to link the meaning of the kanji to its sounds by using the words mountain, sandwich, and yam attack in a sentence. Lets try this: On the Mountain I had a yam a ttack, so I ate a SAN DWICH. For future review, write this sentence in the box below. Now for some common words that make use of this kanji. Theres no need to worry for the moment about being unable to recognize the other characters, as they will all be learned over the course of the book; at this stage, try to see how the meanings of individual kanji combine to form more complex words (look especially at the fourth example below). This is a useful skill, as it will help foster an intuitive feel for the meanings of unfamiliar compounds that you encounter in the future.