“A different language is a different vision of life.” – Federico Fellini 

 

Hi everyone. Hope you are all enjoying the summer and longer days.  Love how we can still enjoy the outdoors in later hours to go for a walk or enjoy after dinner activities. 🙂

This month, I received a request to write about the Japanese Kanji’s based on topics that will hopefully give you a good “introduction” if you are new to Kanji’s or “refresher” if you had already studied them before. Based on each of the category, I will pick the most popular and important ones for you to focus on.  Sounds interesting enough? Let’s get started the first article for this month. (although it’s already a mid month.. sorry everyone! ) Read on~.

 

Kanji Challenge Series 1 – Family

 

These are the 8 basic must know Kanji’s related to “Family”.

 

Family = Kazoku  

家族，かぞく

 

There are 6 people in my family.

Watashi no Kazoku wa roku nin kazoku desu.

わたしの　かぞくは　ろくにん　かぞく　です。

（私の　家族は，六人　家族　です。）

 

 

Father = chichi, otōsan

父，ちち，お父さん，おとうさん

 

My father is a high school teacher.

Watashi no chichi wa kōkō no sensei desu.

わたしの　ちちは　こうこうの　せんせい　です。

（私の父は　高校の　先生です。）

 

 

Mother = haha, okāsan

母，はは，お母さん，おかあさん

 

My mother is 55 years old.

Watashi no haha wa gojyūgo sai desu.

わたしの　はは　は　ごじゅうご　さいです。

（私の母は，五十五　歳です。）

 

 

Older brother =ani, onīchan, onīsan

兄，あに，お兄ちゃん，おにいちゃん，お兄さん，おにいさん

 

I have two older brothers.

Boku ni wa onīchan ga futari imasu.

ぼくには，　おにいちゃんが　ふたり　います。

（僕には，お兄ちゃんが　二人　います。）

 

 

Younger brother = otōto, 

弟，おとうと

 

My younger brother is in 3rd grade.

Watashi no otōto wa san nensei desu.

わたしの　おとうとは　さんねんせい　です。

（私の弟は，三年生です。）

 

 

Older sister = ane, onēchan, onēsan 

姉，あね，お姉ちゃん，おねえちゃん，お姉さん，おねえさん，

 

I wish I had an older sister.

Onēsan ga itara iina.

おねえさんが　いたら　いいなぁ。

（お姉さんが　いたらい　いいなぁ。）

 

 

Younger sister = imōto, 

妹，いもうと

 

My younger sister is only 5 years old.

Watashi no imōto wa mada go sai desu.

わたしの　いもうとは　まだ　ごさい　です。

（私の　妹は　まだ　五歳　です。）

 

 

 

Grandfather = sofu, ojīchan, ojīsan

祖父，そふ，お爺ちゃん，おじいちゃん，お爺さん，おじいさん

 

My grandfather lives in Japan.

Watashi no sofu wa nihon ni sunde imasu.

わたしの　そふは　にほんに  すんでいます。

（私の祖父は　日本に　住んでいます。）

 

 

Grandmother = sobo, obāchan, obāsan

My gradmother loves knitting.

Watashi no sobo wa amimono ga daisuki desu.

わたしの　そぼは　あみものが　だいすきです。

（私の祖母は，編み物が　だいすきです。）

 

So, here is a quick summary of the Kanji’s from today’s lesson.

父，母，兄，弟，姉，妹，祖父，祖母

not too bad right!? 😉