tree; wood

From Lesson 2:Kanji 1·Japanese

Usages of tree; wood

tree; wood
book; origin

To make a book, you need approximately one tree.

grain
component

Mnemonic: the grain is so heavy that it bends the tree it grows on.

ki
tree; wood
rice

Are those horns on that tree? No, they're giant grains of rice!

box

You find a box made of bamboo, containing a tree and an eye.

desk

You need an extra tree to turn a table into a desk.

cherry tree

The cherry tree blossoms for everyone, even for an ostensibly insignificant woman.

もくようmokuyoubi
Thursday
rest

A person leaning against a tree is taking a rest.

comfort
school

Between the trees, children mingle in a school.

vegetable

To grow a vegetable, plant grass near a tree and use your fingernail to tend it.

flat object counter
miscellaneous

You see a pretty miscellaneous collection of nine small birds in a tree.

east

Behind a tree, the sun rises in the east.

sideways

Once the trees start to look yellow, you know things are going sideways.

natural forest

A natural forest has more trees than a manmade forest, because less are cut away.

manmade forest

A manmade forest only has a few trees, because many are cut away by humans.

village
floor

On a cliff, you cut down a tree you will use to make a floor.

last
fruit

In the rice paddy there's a tree that's bearing fruit.

chair

A curious mind used a tree to craft the first chair.

leaf

In the world of trees, there are many leaves.

bridge

Building a bridge requires trees that are lofty.

not yet

One tree is not yet a forest.

machine

How many trees do you need to build a machine?

bundle

The trees look so tasty, your mouth starts to bundle saliva just looking at them.

shelf

A tree found a companion in a shelf.

relative

Your relatives have the annoying disposition to stand in a tree and look down on you.

trouble

If you enclose a tree, it's in trouble.

posture

The tree in your inner palace has excellent posture.

cupful

A cupful of tree is not drinkable.

gather; collect

You see some small birds gather in a tree.

amazed

You are amazed by the fact that trees have mouths.

rod

You dedicate yourself to turning trees into rods.

status

Each and every tree has more status than you.

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Japanese verbs conjugate based on tense, politeness, and mood. For example, the polite present form adds ‑ます to the verb stem, while the past tense uses ‑ました. Unlike English, Japanese verbs don't change based on the subject — the same form works for "I", "you", and "they".

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