/H^flHiA L (Kanji Topics)
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Abstract ideas like numbers are indicated with the fingers and other signs. Look at the following signs, "-o" is the Hiragana ending.
Sign
Kanji       "KUN"       "ON" Meaning
--/ff- one
two
Äo-o three
E3 -t
2+2
-ft
Cm)
four
^1	1 3+2^ Irr*		£.			five
u						six
			-t		•>f-	seven
					Mf	eight
				3 Z <7)--o	9	nine
						ten
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B3i£<D%lZA,M¥ (Basic Kanji)
2-1   iM^ptDtPi* tPfz (Writing Kanji) •*"
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—		one																
																		
																		
																		
																		
— (U £ ) O one (thing)                               —         £> • January —■A.(^'J) one (person)                           —J^-(^£>-fa/C) one year																		
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,___.			two				(2)								
															
															
															
._(>>>/;) O two (things) _(IC-j^'o) February JH^A^C^Tc'J) two (people)                          JTLj^-(I-• fa/L) twoyears															
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		three				(3)								
														
														
														
—. (<&o)0 three (things)                            jn ft ( - ^' ^~?) March JZ. H        *^') the 3rd day, three days            JEL^C*three years														
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		four				J; 0-J:								(5)
1 |.....		"7	y, 1											
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EH(=t o)0 four (things) EH Q U 0 -t^) the 4th day, four days								ESjf-(J:-fa/C) fouryears E3j^ (l'J*«o) April						
			five							(4)								
																		
																		
																		
																		
j5.(^o)0 five(things)                               J5. ^ (Z*-tJ<o) May i0     0 • fr) the 5th day, five days                        (Z'-faL) five years																		
			six							(4)								
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^(ijo)O six (things)                              ^ ^ (-*> < -^o) June B (t^-tfO the 6th day, six days                          < ' fa D six years																		
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^ seven													
													
													
													
													
•t C^fr) "3 seven (things)                           "t     ( L ^ ■ July * -t H {t£<0-^) the 7th day, seven days         "t( L %> • fa /0) seven years													
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			eight				(2)										
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;K{K,-r>)^> eight (things)                                     (li^-^o) August #/\. Q (J: ? -fr) the 8th day, eight days          /\if=-([i t, ■ faX,) eightyears																	
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1^ nine 7L							zz<n                       *^<y (2)												
;		^7																	
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^(Z Z<7))0 nine (things)                                   ( < -^':>) September Q (Z Z <D • tJO the 9th day, nine days          ^L~@" (£ * "5 " ^ * <) 900																			
		ten				y.y- (2)								
														
														
														
														
~\~ ( £ fc) ten (things)                                  H"~ 3 ( C    9 • *o) October -f* 0 (£    •      the 10th day, ten days              ~\~^ ( U •* 7 ■   >C) 10 years														
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			hundred				/-M\-'J (6)											
						if?						.....|.....	.....	.....	.....!.....		.....	
				li														
																		
																		
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V* <) 200 §g" <) 300
600
/VgfCli-rtf* <) 800
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			thousand					(3)												
																				
																				
																				
																				
^f-^(^-li') ChibaPrefecture JEL^f-(^--tfX) 3,000
one thousand yen
77			ten thousand all, every					(3)														
																						
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-—~Jj p]     £> • £ L • 7L L) ten thousand yen r ( • £/C• [Z As) one million people																						
			circle yen						(4)														
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circle, yen                                     "g" p| (£A ^ < • X/C) 100 yen i^fl (-••^/C-^.X.) 5,000yen																							
			year age					£ I (6)												
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ij=-(£ I) year,age                                           jf=-( £ J: • fa/C) lastyear ^Jl(£ L-9      older                              ^^-(h^'ftL) next year																				
2-2   £ fa tl A, Is ti> J (Reading Exercises) **........................................
Write the readings of the following kanji in Hiragana. (Read vertically from the right.)
8.	7.	6.	5.
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0	\z	a	li
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1. the 3rd of March      2. the 24th of June 3. the year 1985 4. 03-3469-8251
5. Today is Wednesday, the 9th of September.
6. The 5th of May is Children's Day.
7. The population of this country is about 60,000,000 people.
8. The 7th of February is not a Friday.
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1. ¥100      2. ¥6,900     3. ¥600 4. ¥17,000 5. 4 months 6. 8 years
7. Professor Yamada's age is 49.
8. This car costs ¥450,000.
9. That mountain is 2,000 meters high. 10. One year has 365 days.
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2-3   & c* tl ^ L 0> 9 (Writing Exercises)
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate kanji.
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8.
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1. ¥20
5. ¥520
9. 100 years 12. three people 15. the 1st of January 18. the 4th of April 21. the 7th of July 24. the 10th of Octber 27. Date of birth
2. ¥300 6. ¥850 10. one person
3. ¥6,000 7. ¥47,000 11. two people
13. four people
16. the 2nd of February
19. the 5th of May
22. the 8th of August
25. November
28. April 27th 1965
4. ¥80,000 8. 10 years
14. one month
17. the 3rd of March
20. the 6th of June
23. the 9th of September
26. December
(Do you know these kanji? Can you use them?)
<fillS £    — J. — (Prices and menus) >
te fcA.
I.  AHS (At the Greengrocer's)
f  is f
1. 'J /C btt^o
apple
2. M-L\±, —50 < bTi-7&\
mandarin orange
3. ^£"9 li, — Jnu x < b T-f #\>
grapes one plate
4. l-^?Hi, —^x < h X'irfr*
watermelon
banana "il^
6. $       -7  'J 11,   —< btt^\
cucumber
7. Mi, bt't^o
tomato
8. KLtLit, -^^{ btt^,
carrot
9. fcifclfli,--^ < bft^,
onion
io. * + -<vii, —3o < br~r ^<
cabbage
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t) 'J     11       thin buckwheat noodles served on a bamboo tray ^ X. Kj   thin white noodles served on a bamboo tray
noodles in hot soup noodles with fried bean curd, served in hot soup
("3 fa means "a fox" and it is believed that fried bean curd is the favorite food of the fox.)
noodles with bits of deep-fried tempura batter, served in hot soup (tz    * means "a badger.")
noodles with an egg, served in hot soup (^JL means "moon-viewing. ) noodles with fried vegetables and prawns, served in hot soup
the daily special, usually served with a bowl of rice, soy-bean soup and some pickled vegetables
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