The Peace Preservation Law, aimed at rooting out socialists and communists, was promulgated 100 years ago, while a new museum for kanji was opened in Kyoto 25 years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/05/japan/history/peace-law-womens-week-minobe-kanji-history-1925-1950-1975-2000/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #law #freedomofspeech #feminism #womensrights #ryokichiminobe #ryoichikuroda #kanji #kyoto

Can anyone tell me what this means or recognise enough of the shape to identify different parts of the kanji? This is impenetrable to me.
#japanese #kanji

Kanji: 疑

doubt, distrust, be suspicious, question

ギ
うたが.う

容疑者 (ようぎしゃ) — suspect
容疑 (ようぎ) — suspicion
疑問 (ぎもん) — doubt
疑い (うたがい) — doubt
疑惑 (ぎわく) — doubt
疑念 (ぎねん) — doubt
疑う (うたがう) — to doubt
質疑 (しつぎ) — question
懐疑 (かいぎ) — doubt
質疑応答 (しつぎおうとう) — question and answer session

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小6

My thread earlier about romaji reminded me of this post I wrote a little while ago, you may find it interesting. It's still about the Japanese language, but it's about kanji this time:

https://www.liminalweb.site/why-is-the-japanese-language-still-using-kanji/

Kanji: 粘

sticky, glutinous, greasy, persevere

ネン
ねば.る

粘り (ねばり) — stickiness
粘り強い (ねばりづよい) — tenacious
粘土 (ねばつち) — clay
粘る (ねばる) — to be sticky
粘膜 (ねんまく) — mucous membrane
粘着 (ねんちゃく) — cohesion
粘着テープ (ねんちゃくテープ) — adhesive tape
粘菌 (ねんきん) — myxomycete
粘り気 (ねばりけ) — stickiness
粘液 (ねんえき) — mucus

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中学

Kanji: 凶

villain, evil, bad luck, disaster

キョウ

凶悪 (きょうあく) — atrocious
凶器 (きょうき) — dangerous weapon
凶暴 (きょうぼう) — ferocious
元凶 (げんきょう) — ringleader
凶悪犯罪 (きょうあくはんざい) — atrocious crime
凶行 (きょうこう) — violence
吉凶 (きっきょう) — good or bad luck
豊凶 (ほうきょう) — rich or poor harvest
凶弾 (きょうだん) — assassin's bullet
凶作 (きょうさく) — bad harvest

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中学

Kanji: 慌

disconcerted, be confused, lose one's head

コウ
あわ.てる　あわ.ただしい

世界恐慌 (せかいきょうこう) — worldwide financial crisis
大恐慌 (だいきょうこう) — Great Depression
慌てる (あわてる) — to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised)
恐慌 (きょうこう) — panic
慌ただしい (あわただしい) — busy
大慌て (おおあわて) — great haste
昭和恐慌 (しょうわきょうこう) — Showa Depression (Japanese part of the Great Depression)
金融恐慌 (きんゆうきょうこう) — financial panic
世界大恐慌 (せかいだいきょうこう) — Great Depression (1929-1939)
慌しい (あわただしい) — busy

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中学

Kanji: 弄

play with, tamper, trifle with

ロウ　ル
いじく.る　ろう.する　いじ.る　ひねく.る　たわむ.れる　もてあそ.ぶ

翻弄 (ほんろう) — having at one's mercy
弄する (ろうする) — to play with
愚弄 (ぐろう) — mockery
弄る (いじくる) — to finger
弄ぶ (もてあそぶ) — to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.)
弄花 (ろうか) — gambling with hanafuda
弄り (いじり) — meddling
嘲弄 (ちょうろう) — scorn
諧謔を弄する (かいぎゃくをろうする) — to crack jokes
詭弁を弄する (きべんをろうする) — to use sophistry

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中学

Kanji: 妥

gentle, peace, depravity

ダ

妥協 (だきょう) — compromise
妥当 (だとう) — valid
妥結 (だけつ) — settlement
妥当性 (だとうせい) — validity
妥協点 (だきょうてん) — common (meeting) ground
妥協案 (だきょうあん) — compromise plan
説明的妥当性 (せつめいてきだとうせい) — explanatory adequacy
記述的妥当性 (きじゅつてきだとうせい) — descriptive adequacy
普遍妥当性 (ふへんだとうせい) — ability to fit into any situation
普遍妥当 (ふへんだとう) — universal validity

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中学

I was trying to revise my #Kanji with #Wanikani, but I've ended up #YakShaving and have actually spent more time recently thinking about #Romaji, reading up on #JapaneseLanguage entry methods, and filing documentation bug reports on alternative keyboard layouts and a Linux IME that I don't even use (yet?)

Kanji: 滞

stagnate, be delayed, overdue, arrears

タイ　テイ
とどこお.る

滞在 (たいざい) — stay
渋滞 (じゅうたい) — congestion
滞納 (たいのう) — falling behind (with a payment)
停滞 (ていたい) — stagnation
滞在中 (たいざいちゅう) — during a stay
滞納者 (たいのうしゃ) — non-payer
交通渋滞 (こうつうじゅうたい) — traffic congestion
滞留 (たいりゅう) — stagnation
滞る (とどこおる) — to stagnate
滞り (とどこおり) — stagnation

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中学

Kanji: 恐

fear, dread, awe

キョウ
おそ.れる　おそ.る　おそ.ろしい　こわ.い　こわ.がる

恐れ (おそれ) — fear
恐怖 (きょうふ) — fear
恐れがある (おそれがある) — to be in danger of
恐らく (おそらく) — probably
恐ろしい (おそろしい) — terrible
恐竜 (きょうりゅう) — dinosaur
恐縮 (きょうしゅく) — feeling (much) obliged
恐い (こわい) — scary
恐れる (おそれる) — to fear
恐怖心 (きょうふしん) — fear

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中学

Kanji: 劇

drama, play

ゲキ

劇場版 (げきじょうばん) — movie version (based on TV series, anime, etc.)
劇場 (げきじょう) — theater
演劇 (えんげき) — drama
悲劇 (ひげき) — tragedy
劇団 (げきだん) — troupe
劇的 (げきてき) — dramatic
時代劇 (じだいげき) — historical play
劇中 (げきちゅう) — during a play
劇作家 (げきさくか) — playwright
喜劇 (きげき) — comedy

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小6

Kanji: 悩

trouble, worry, in pain, distress, illness

ノウ
なや.む　なや.ます　なや.ましい　なやみ

悩み (なやみ) — trouble
悩む (なやむ) — to be worried
苦悩 (くのう) — agony
伸び悩む (のびなやむ) — to be sluggish
悩ましい (なやましい) — seductive
悩みの種 (なやみのたね) — source of worry
思い悩む (おもいなやむ) — to worry about
子煩悩 (こぼんのう) — cherishing one's children
悩み事 (なやみごと) — matter causing distress
煩悩 (ぼんのう) — worldly desires

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中学

One of the world’s most inventive cultures should have a better phrase to define 2024 than "futehodo". https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/12/31/japan/japans-word-of-the-year/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #nihongo #vocabulary #2024inreview #kanji #language #buzzwords

Kanji: 松

pine tree

ショウ
まつ

浜松 (はままつ) — Hamamatsu (city)
松原 (まつばら) — pine grove
若松 (わかまつ) — young pine
赤松 (あかまつ) — Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora)
小松菜 (こまつな) — Japanese mustard spinach (Brassica rapa var. perviridis)
市松 (いちまつ) — check (pattern)
松林 (まつばやし) — pine forest
松葉 (まつば) — pine needle
門松 (かどまつ) — New Year's pine decoration
松明 (しょうめい) — torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.)

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小4

Proposal to add two abbreviated Japanese ideographs to UAX #45
https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2024/24266-abbrev-japanese-ideo-uax45.pdf

Han-Latin hybrid forms often used to write 慶應大学 (Keiō University) in an abbreviated way.

Kanji: 勃

suddenness, rise

ボツ　ホツ
おこ.る　にわかに

勃発 (ぼっぱつ) — outbreak (e.g., of war)
勃起 (ぼっき) — erection (of the penis)
勃興 (ぼっこう) — sudden rise to power
勃起不全 (ぼっきふぜん) — erectile dysfunction
鬱勃 (うつぼつ) — pent-up (energy, enthusiasm, etc.)
勃起障害 (ぼっきしょうがい) — erectile dysfunction
勃然 (ぼつぜん) — suddenly
勃勃 (ぼつぼつ) — spirited
勃勃 (ぼつぼつ) — spirited
勃つ (たつ) — to have an erection

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中学