City life

school

#kanjikun-yomion-yomi
70校 がっこう学校school
71学 まなぶ学ぶto study in depthがくせい学生student
がっこう学校school
72本 もと本 source, originほん本 book
73文 あいふみあい文love letterぶん文 writing
てんもんがく天文学 astronomy
74字 じ字 character, word

‘Student’ is 学生 (がくせい) which means ‘learning life’; this 生 (せあ) is the same as in 先生 (せんせい, teacher), which means ‘before in life’.

architecture

#kanjikun-yomion-yomi
75田 た田 paddy fieldみずでん水田 water-filled paddy
76町 まち町 town; road, streetちょうみん町みん townpeople
77村 村村villageさんそん山村mountain village

Rice terraces in Kumamoto

Japan’s culture is intertwined with rice – ごはん – so much that the name for breakfast, lunch, and dinner became the あさごはん (morning-rice), ひるごはん (noon rice) and ばんごはん (evening rice). The kanji for a rice paddy, 田, shows up in many common Japanese last names, as either た, or だ, e.g.,

kanji
山田 
中田
田中
田村
石田
上田
森田
村田
本田
金田


kana
やまだ
なかだ・なかた
たなか
たむら
いちだ
うえだ
もりた
むらた
ほんだ
かねだ


kanji meaning
mountain + paddy
middle + paddy
paddy + middle
paddy + village
rock + paddy
above + paddy
forest + paddy
village + paddy
base + paddy
metal + paddy



and many more.

man-made

#kanjikun-yomion-yomi
78玉 たま玉 ball; jewel, jadeぎょく玉 precious stone
79糸 いと糸 silk, threadきんし金糸gold thread
80車 くるま車 car, cartでんしゃでん車electric train

Vocabulary

These are basic words that use only kanken-10 kanjis:


kanji
小学校
中学校

こう校
大学校

本だな
本と

町中
村人

玉子
じてん車


kana
しょうがっこう
ちゅがっこう

こうこう
だいがっこう

ほんだな
ほんとう

まちなか
むらびと

たまご
じてんしゃ


English
elementary (small school)
Junior high (mid school)

high school (tall school)
college (large school)

bookshelf
true

downtown (center middle)
villager (village person)

egg (ball child)
bycicle