WOOO!

I just got news from my supervisor that I passed the Selection Exam for the JET’s Japanese Translation and Interpretation Course! YAY!

What does this mean? Well, it means that I am one of the limited number of JETs that was selected as to be of a proficient enough level to take part in the interpretation and translation course that is provided by the JET program.

In total, only 100 people out of the 4000 JETs in Japan can qualify for the course. To be fair though, you need to be in your second year in JET, pass the JET Advanced Level Japanese Course, as well as receive permission from your Board of Education to let you take the course. So, all in all, the number 4000 is wittled down to a few hundred.

Regardless though, I did all the above, and… PASSED!

YAY!

All I have to do is go through the motions, and I will end up on the other side with an interpretation/translation certificate! That’ll look good on the resume!

Did I mention I get to fly down to Shiga-ken (about an hour and a half east of Nagoya) for a weeks worth of classes?

HOO YA!

Omikoshi, from what I understand, is when the god from a local shrine is placed within a portable container and brought to all the businesses around town to bring happiness and luck…

I may be wrong, though!

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Anywho, last weekend I participated in Nayoro’s Omikoshi Festival instead of going to work. We drank beer and carried around that shrine all around town for about 6 hours. There were two girls there, Jasmine(18), and Avery (15), who are both here to spend the summer as exchange students in Nayoro. They are both from Lyndsay, Ontario, which is the sister city of Nayoro. They are both very sweet, and ended up helping them for most of the day.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cL4O5ixjC0]

 

For the last week before my contract ended and the new one began, I decided to use up my remaining vacation days to visit my Ayumi.

Yup, another trip down to Nagoya. That must have been the 15th time I have been to that area.

Anyway, to keep things short, me and Ayumi went sailing with her father (and were followed for about an hour by 10 dolphins), went to a water park, Toyota city’s Summer Festival, the Nagoya Aquarium, took a tour of the Toyota Factory, visited Ayumi’s workplace, and stayed with with her grandparents for a day.

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As always, I was well taken of by the Katos’s.

I appreciate their hospitality very much!

Well, as the title implies, I have completed one here year in Nayoro and still have one left to go.

In total I will have been living in Japan for 10 months as a student of Kansai Gaidai, and 1 year as an ALT for the JET program in Hokkaido.

Looking back, my initial impressions on my placement in Nayoro, before and while living here, were extremely negative. Not because this is an extraordinarily horrendous place to live, but rather at the fact that I was living so far away from Ayumi, as well as most likely not able to continue my planned career path in Japan. Being placed in Nayoro crushed my pre-placement plans of how I was to live out my days for the next several years.

To say the least, it was quite a blow.

In the end, after about 5 months of constant though I decided to stay here mainly as a career move. Another 12 months here would allow me time to plan out my next step in Japan more confidently, prove to my future employers that I am able to stick to a full-time position for more than 12 months, as well as allow me to benefit from the fruits of my first-year labors, seeing as that I am now adapted to living in Nayoro and working as an ALT.

Employment opportunities aside, I do indeed, depending on my mood and the weather, enjoy living in Nayoro, which also affected my decision to recontact. It is easy to say that I have had many positive experiences in the past 12 months.

During my first year here in Nayoro I was able to create true cross/intercultural friendships, learn how to adapt to a completely foreign work environment, and learn how to teach English to large/small classes of all grades ranging from 1st to 9th. I was able to become the Northern Representative for HAJET, get my own radio show, learn a bit of Judo, continue writing my blog, memorize 2042 kanji, maintain a long-distance relationship, and familiarize myself with my city, region, and the prefecture of Hokkaido. In other words, I was able to build many “somethings” from absolutely nothing.

All in all, I am both looking forward to what the next year has in store for me here in Nayoro, as well as slightly depressed at the fact that I have to be here for the next 12 months.

In the end though, I know that I will look back fondly at the experiences I had during my two years living here in Nayoro, Hokkaido, Japan.

Peace!

On the weekend of the 21st and 22nd of May, I decided with Vivian, the girl who works as an ALT in the town next to me, to head over to Akkeshi to visit my friend Corey. He was having a little get together to go along with the Oyster festival being held in his little fishing town.

We headed down to Akkeshi right after work at about 5ish and did not reach Akkeshi till 12 at night. Took us 7 hours! I swear I have never seen so many dear and foxes in one drive. We counted something like 50 dear and 14 foxes in total. It turns out that it is the eastern side of Hokkaido where the animals live. The only animals that live in Nayoro are crows, moths, and spiders. Anyway, On top of the animals hidding in the bush watiting to ambush my 20 year old car, the huge amounts of fog, the darkness, the lack of civilization, and the lack of road side lights, made the drive down to Akkeshi was pretty danm freaky. If we did not have my iphone we would have been lost beyond all hope! I’m not kidding!

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Anyway, by the time we got to Corey’s place there was little else to do than sleep. So we did, and the next day we headed out to the Oyster fest in Akkeshi.

The fresh oysters were delicious! I even had some Oyster BEER! (It tasted like Guiness)

OYSTER BEER!

Anywho, we ended up turning into a group of like 20 people. We enjoyed the oyster festival,  went out for supper, then Karaoke, and most of us ended up staying at Corey’s place. It was cramped!

Anyway, two things I learnt while at staying at Corey’s place for a second night, were: 1) DO NOT drink a large amount of cheap (3$ CAD for a mickey) Suntory whiskey, and, 2) DO NOT go drunkenly chasing deer outside in the rain until 5am when you have a 7 hour drive back home the next morning.

I got a speeding ticket on the way back home… I was going 25km/h above the limit cause I wanted to get back home in a hurry seeing how much I felt like ass. In total, it was 180$ CAD… DANMIT!

In the end, another fun weekend!

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So I have been doing my radio show, “Albums”, pretty consistently over the past four months and have recorded 8 episodes so far. I must say, I really enjoy doing the show as it allows me to practice my Japanese while introducing some awesome bands to this small town.

I did the first six shows with the wonderfully talkative Airi, a DJ from Air Tesshi (the radio station name), but because she has become to busy, she found a replacement for me. I now record with a dude named Naohiro, and I enjoy him almost as mush as I did Airi. I must admit though, she really did have talent for talk radio.

Anyway, my second episode is on the Black Keys’ album, “Brothers”, which is an amazing fusion of blues/rock that just screams “hipster”.

You can’t help but feeling cool when listening to this album.

Check out the show by clicking the link below.

The Black Keys – “Brothers”

So over the past couple of months I have been making it a habit of hitting up the local “recycle shop” (aka. thrift store) to check if they have any Super Famicon games for cheap. As playing SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) was one of my main hobbies as a child, I found it irresistible to build up a little Super Famicon (the Japanese version of the SNES) collection of the games that I played while I was young.

I was really into RPG’s (Role Playing Games) by the way.

Anyway, so over the time that I have been here I have managed to get my hands on some pretty rare ass games…. Well, rare back home, but not so much over here.

Yes, the nerds who can appreciate the following list will definitely be jealous!

All games are in Japanese of course!

RPG:

• Chrono Trigger
• Mystic Quest
• Final Fantasy 4
• Final Fatasy 5
• Final Fatasy 6
• Dragon Quest 3
• Dragon Quest 4
• Dragon Quest 5
• Secret of Mana (2)
• Secret of Mana 3 (Seiken Densetsu 3)
• Super Mario RPG
• Front Mission
• Tactics Ogre
• Breath of Fire
• Earthbound (Mother 3)
• Tales of Phantasia
• Romancing Saga

Non-RPG

• Mega Man X
• Mega Man X2
• Star Fox
• Super Mario All Stars
• Gradius 3
• Kirby Super Deluxe

Makin' SNES Nerds Jealous!

I plan on playing none of these games seeing how I would feel like I am wasting my time now that I am an adult, but regardless, I plan on increasing my collection as I live out my time here in Japan!

It will be a great collection indeed!

I have been SOO busy! And, as a result, I have not been able to update my blog for the past couple of months. But, since I have personally set aside some quite time for the next couple of weeks, I am hoping that I will be able to get up to speed with some of the things I have been wanting to post.

Today, I will be writing a short bit about the weekend right after Ayumi’s visit to Hokkaido, which just so happens to be 14th and 15th of May…

Whoa, I really have fallen behind.

Anyway, this weekend in particular was rather eventful as we had t-shirt packing to do for a HAJET (Hokkaido Japanese Exchange and Teaching Association) fundraiser, a outing to a entertainment space called Round 1, and a community Easter Egg hunt.

First off, HAJET, the association here in Hokkaido which I serve as the Northern Representative, took the initiative a while back to raise money for disaster relief in Miyagi-ken following the recent eathquake and tsunami disasters. We ended up selling 300+ t-shirts, and raising about $3000 CAD. Me, Holly, and Will all gathered at Keri’s place in Uryu (a small town of about 3,000 two hours south of Nayoro), to box and send out the packages.

I Heart Japan!

After doing so, we decided it would be a good idea to meet up with some other JETs (Teressa, Mark, Sam, and Curtis) in the area to have a little fun at Round 1, an amusement space which I have already wrote about in my blog. Saving you the time of looking it up again, essentially Round 1 is a place where for $15 CAD you can such facilities as; a sports complex, a free arcade, a bowling alley, a comic library, a karaoke, casino slots, fishing, mini-bike racing, rollerblading, and of course… mechanical bulls, and massage chairs.

I wonder why we don’t have places like this in Canada?

Anyway, we ended up staying at Keri’s place that night in Uryu as she was holding a Easter Egg Hunt for the schools in her community the next day. All in all, about 30 JETs from around the region came to help with the hunt, which was amazing since there was only about 50 elementary school students participating. Each ALT had like 1.8 students, or something like that.

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The Easter Egg Hunt was so successful, that I borrowed some of the egg shells from Keri, and have since done hunts at two of my 4 elementary schools.

In the end, it was a great weekend worth mentioning.

I’ll try and keep up the pace on the updates!

Thanks for reading.

Today, my friends, marks a very special day in my Japanese language studies as I have finally completed my self-study course on the 2042 daily-use kanji found in Japanese writing system. I can now write-out and associate one English meaning to all characters that Japanese people must study from grade 1 till grade 9 with a 85% success rate on any given day.

Yup! I am proud of myself!

This is a huge accomplishment for me, seeing how I have always sucked at kanji, and because of that never expected to become able to read Japanese; and thus never become fully fluent and functional in the language. But, thanks to the “Heisig Method” and kanji.koohii.com, I was able to complete the almost insurmountable task of learning the Sino-Japanese writing system in under 6 months.

To give you an idea of how “impossible” it seems to a foreigner to learn these little squiggles, just take a look below, or, know that it takes a Japanese person, who is completely and utterly immersed in their own language, over nine years to fully and officially study all the 2042 everyday-use characters. Even then, most Japanese people, understandably, have trouble with writing their own characters.

Yep, a pretty miserable thing to consider when facing such a humongous task of learning the damn kanji…

But now, I walk around now staring at characters, and being all like “Oh, that’s a ‘extinguish’, ‘fire’, ‘plug’, that must mean ‘fire hydrant’. Hey, and over there it says ‘consume’, ‘smoke’, ‘room’…. and it smells like cigarettes! EUREKA!”.

Now, the only problem is that I do not know the pronunciation for all the characters, and that will take a while to sink in seeing how there can be several pronunciations for each kanji.

Anyway, I am now hoping to focus my energy on vocabulary. That way I will learn the compounds and pronunciations for all the characters, while improving the most important part of any language acquisition.

Oh, and before I finish, in the year 2010 they, the Minisrty of Education, added another bunch of kanji, so the actual everyday-use characters has risen from 2042 to 2136. Also, the Japanese actually use a little more than 3000 characters in their daily lives, but the last 1000 or so are not considered to be everyday-use. So, I still have a bit to go. But, according to my book, I’M DONE (for now)!

Ahh! It feels good to accomplish something!

Below are the 2041 everyday-use kanji and their English meaning from Heisig’s “Remembering the Kanji”. They are ordered by stroke number and get more complicated as you scroll down. It took me 6 months using the Heisig Method and kanji.koohii.com to complete studying these characters.

1 Stroke
一	1	one	乙	71	fish guts
2 Strokes
乃	686	from	了	97	complete	八	8	eight	十	10	ten
丁	91	street	二	2	two	刀	83	sword	又	696	or again
七	7	seven	人	951	person	力	858	power
九	9	nine	入	779	enter	匕	444	spoon
3 Strokes
之	1214	of	刃	84	blade	大	107	large	巳	2042	sign of the snake
丈	691	length	勺	68	ladle	女	98	woman	干	1648	dry
三	3	three	乞	462	beg	子	95	child	弓	1231	bow
上	49	above	千	40	thousand	寸	45	measurement	才	681	genius
下	50	below	及	688	reach out	小	105	little	与	1246	bestow
丸	44	round	口	11	mouth	山	768	mountain	万	64	ten thousand
久	1016	long time	土	150	soil	川	127	stream
亡	485	deceased	士	319	gentleman	工	76	craft
凡	62	mediocre	夕	109	evening	己	525	self
4 Strokes
不	1217	negative	凶	1490	villain	少	106	few	木	195	tree
中	39	in	分	781	part	尺	1070	shaku	止	370	stop
丹	2038	cinnabar	切	85	cut	幻	1862	phantasm	比	447	compare
乏	1215	destitution	刈	1488	reap	弔	1233	condolences	毛	1913	fur
勿	1049	not	匁	1027	monme	引	1232	pull	氏	1828	family name
互	757	mutually	化	1008	change	心	595	heart	水	130	water
五	5	five	匹	1695	equal	戸	1076	door	火	161	fire
井	1806	well	区	1696	ward	手	637	hand	屯	2033	barracks
廿	1190	twenty	午	568	noon	支	711	branch	爪	727	claw
仁	988	humanity	升	42	measuring box	収	1510	income	父	1274	father
仏	964	Buddha	厄	1415	unlucky	文	1725	sentence	片	1212	one-sided
介	250	jammed in	友	704	friend	斗	1177	Big Dipper	牛	245	cow
今	1587	now	反	722	anti-	斤	1125	ax	犬	238	dog
元	59	beginning	円	1811	circle	方	490	direction	王	255	king
内	1019	inside	天	428	heavens	牙	1904	tusk	欠	466	lack
公	784	public	太	120	plump	日	12	day	予	1593	beforehand
六	6	six	夫	838	husband	曰	578	sayeth	双	697	pair
冗	300	superfluous	孔	96	cavity	月	13	month	允	765	license
5 Strokes
且	2034	moreover	古	16	old	弘	1234	vast	申	1117	speaketh
世	28	generation	句	65	phrase	必	635	invariably	白	37	white
丘	1329	hill	召	86	seduce	打	653	strike	皮	802	pelt
丙	1020	third class	可	93	can	払	738	pay	皿	1447	dish
主	266	lord	史	692	history	斥	1138	reject	目	15	eye
仕	960	attend	右	78	right	旦	30	nightbreak	矛	1225	halberd
他	961	other	司	1863	director	未	216	not yet	矢	1220	dart
付	1000	adhere	囚	1018	captured	末	217	extremity	石	113	stone
仙	986	hermit	四	4	four	本	211	book	示	1086	show
代	1005	substitute	圧	152	pressure	札	212	tag	礼	1087	salutation
令	1401	orders	外	111	outside	正	379	correct	穴	1316	hole
以	1028	by means of	央	1740	center	母	101	mama	立	431	stand up
只	53	only	失	845	lose	民	1834	people	台	744	pedestal
兄	103	elder brother	奴	702	guy	氷	131	icicle	旧	35	olden times
冊	1826	tome	写	1247	copy	永	132	eternity	処	297	dispose
冬	427	winter	尼	1054	nun	汁	140	soup	号	1242	nickname
出	767	exit	左	77	left	犯	1414	crime	弁	742	valve
刊	1650	publish	巧	1241	adroit	玄	1383	mysterious	辻	279	crossing
功	863	achievement	巨	856	gigantic	玉	256	jewel	込	780	crowded
加	867	add	市	412	market	甘	1757	sweet	辺	284	environs
包	530	wrap	布	405	linen	生	1555	life	瓦	1031	tile
北	445	north	平	1484	even	用	1181	utilize	丑	2040	sign of the cow
半	1202	half	幼	1378	infancy	田	14	rice field	卯	2041	sign of the hare
占	48	fortune-telling	広	739	wide	由	1105	wherefore	凸	34	convex
去	750	gone	庁	591	government office	甲	1113	armor	凹	33	concave
6 Strokes
旭	27	rising sun	叫	1508	shout	州	128	state	争	1154	contend
亘	32	span	各	291	each	巡	285	patrol	当	1153	hit
亥	1519	sign of the hog	合	253	fit	帆	406	sail	百	38	hundred
交	1275	mingle	吉	320	good luck	年	1036	year	尽	1071	exhaust
瓜	1877	melon	圭	155	squared jewel	式	353	style	竹	937	bamboo
仰	1701	faceup	同	180	same	忙	618	busy	米	919	rice
仲	956	go-between	名	112	name	成	361	turn into	糸	1333	thread
件	959	affair	后	1861	empress	扱	690	handle	缶	1965	tin can
任	1003	responsibility	吏	693	officer	旨	455	delicious	羊	547	sheep
企	375	undertake	吐	151	spit	早	26	early	羽	573	feathers
伏	962	prostrated	向	183	yonder	旬	67	decameron	老	1251	old man
伐	994	fell	吸	689	suck	曲	1172	bend	考	1252	consider
休	965	rest	回	586	-times	会	752	meeting	耳	818	ear
仮	966	provisional	因	583	cause	有	79	possess	肉	1022	meat
伝	963	transmit	団	582	group	朱	221	vermilion	肌	66	texture
伊	1161	Italy	在	685	exist	朴	207	crude	自	36	oneself
充	761	allot	地	515	ground	朽	1243	decay	至	753	climax
兆	235	portent	壮	321	robust	机	210	desk	舌	41	tongue
先	248	before	多	108	many	次	471	next	舟	1868	boat
光	119	ray	好	99	fond	死	815	death	色	1753	color
全	263	whole	如	100	likeness	毎	458	every	芋	1655	potato
両	1168	both	妃	527	queen	気	1885	spirit	虫	517	insect
共	1795	together	妄	487	delusion	汗	1651	sweat	血	1448	blood
再	1815	again	字	185	character	汚	1245	dirty	行	873	going
刑	679	punish	存	684	suppose	江	139	creek	衣	396	garment
列	812	file	宅	1916	home	汐	110	eventide	西	1602	west
劣	862	inferiority	宇	1656	eaves	池	516	pond	弐	355	II (two)
匠	1693	artisan	守	186	guard	灯	165	lamp	迅	280	swift
印	1425	stamp	安	190	relax	灰	168	ashes
危	1416	dangerous	寺	158	Buddhist temple	芝	1216	turf
7 Strokes
乱	72	riot	吹	467	blow	快	1642	cheerful	秀	914	excel
亜	1809	Asia	串	603	shish kebab	応	607	apply	私	902	private
伯	967	chief	呂	24	spine	我	640	ego	究	1320	research
伴	1203	consort	告	247	revelation	戒	676	commandment	系	1391	lineage
伸	1118	expand	吾	17	I	戻	1081	re-	声	1896	voice
伺	1864	pay respects	困	579	quandary	扶	839	aid	肖	114	resemblance
似	1029	similar	囲	1807	surround	批	649	criticism	肝	1649	liver
但	953	however	図	1180	map	技	712	skill	臣	848	retainer
位	955	rank	坂	723	slope	抄	647	extract	良	1468	good
体	957	body	均	160	level	把	1752	grasp	花	1009	flower
低	1831	lower	坊	492	boy	抑	1700	repress	芳	493	perfumed
住	954	dwell	坑	306	pit	投	706	throw	芸	421	technique
佐	952	assistant	壱	457	I (one)	抗	648	confront	見	57	see
何	1012	what	寿	1565	longevity	折	1130	fold	角	1812	angle
作	1142	make	妊	507	pregnancy	抜	705	slip out	言	335	say
来	1884	come	妙	123	exquisite	択	1074	choose	谷	788	valley
克	104	overcome	妥	728	gentle	改	528	reformation	豆	1440	beans
児	58	newborn babe	妨	491	disturb	攻	330	aggression	貝	54	shellfish
兵	1331	soldier	孝	1253	filial piety	更	694	grow late	売	323	sell
冷	1404	cool	完	187	perfect	杏	203	apricot	赤	1743	red
初	404	first time	対	1726	vis-a-vis	杉	1713	cedar	走	384	run
判	1205	judgment	尾	1915	tail	材	683	lumber	足	1279	leg
別	90	separate	尿	1053	urine	村	208	town	身	1248	somebody
利	906	profit	局	1066	bureau	束	1664	bundle	車	286	car
助	1782	help	岐	772	branch off	条	298	twig	辛	1496	spicy
努	865	toil	希	1489	hope	求	934	request	辰	2008	sign of the dragon
労	860	labor	床	592	bed	汽	1886	vapor	迎	1702	welcome
励	866	encourage	序	1594	preface	沈	1888	sink	近	1129	near
却	1395	instead	廷	508	courts	没	707	drown	返	725	return
卵	1422	egg	弟	1240	younger brother	沖	138	open sea	邦	1848	home country
即	1462	instant	形	1711	shape	沢	1072	swamp	医	1694	doctor
君	1162	old boy	役	884	duty	災	167	disaster	酉	1427	sign of the bird
吟	1589	versify	忌	599	mourning	状	239	status quo	里	173	ri
否	1218	negate	忍	597	endure	狂	260	lunatic	防	1302	ward off
含	1588	include	志	600	intention	男	859	man	阪	1294	Heights
呈	262	display	忘	596	forget	町	92	village	余	1657	too much
呉	1897	give	決	1641	decide	社	1092	company	麦	1533	barley
8 Strokes
乳	729	milk	始	747	commence	拘	654	arrest	炎	162	inflammation
事	1156	matter	姓	1557	surname	拙	769	bungling	炉	1080	hearth
享	308	receive	委	913	committee	招	650	beckon	版	1213	printing block
京	312	capital	季	912	seasons	拝	1564	worship	牧	329	breed
佳	970	excellent	学	324	study	担	668	shouldering	物	1050	thing
使	990	use	宗	1100	religion	拠	669	foothold	画	1170	brush stroke
例	972	example	宛	1417	address	拡	740	broaden	的	69	bull’s eye
侍	976	waiter	官	1271	bureaucrat	放	496	set free	盲	486	blind
供	1796	submit	宙	1109	mid-air	昆	448	descendants	知	1223	know
依	971	reliant	定	382	determine	昇	43	rise up	祈	1128	pray
侮	989	scorn	宜	1783	best regards	昌	25	prosperous	祉	1091	welfare
併	1030	join	実	1572	reality	明	20	bright	空	1317	empty
価	1603	value	宝	257	treasure	易	1051	easy	突	1319	stab
免	1972	excuse	虎	1990	tiger	昔	1184	once upon a time	並	1785	row
具	74	tool	尚	184	esteem	服	1399	clothing	者	1256	someone
典	1827	code	居	1063	reside	杯	1219	cupfuls	肢	714	limb
函	1902	bin	届	1110	deliver	東	504	east	肥	1756	fertilizer
岡	1961	Mount	屈	1060	yield	松	785	pine tree	肩	1077	shoulder
到	755	arrival	岩	770	boulder	板	724	plank	肪	494	obese
制	418	system	岬	1115	headland	析	1126	chop	肯	374	agreement
刷	1069	printing	岸	1653	beach	林	196	grove	育	759	bring up
券	1206	ticket	岳	1330	Point	枚	332	sheet of	朋	19	companion
刺	417	thorn	幸	1505	happiness	枠	200	frame	舎	316	cottage
刻	1521	engrave	底	1833	bottom	枝	713	bough	苗	234	seedling
効	1276	merit	店	588	store	枢	1697	hinge	若	223	young
劾	1523	censure	府	1002	municipality	果	1121	fruit	苦	225	suffering
卒	1025	graduate	延	392	prolong	欧	1699	Europe	英	1741	England
卓	51	eminent	弦	1386	bowstring	殴	1698	assault	芽	1905	bud
協	872	co-	彼	883	he	歩	371	walk	茂	360	overgrown
参	1720	visit	往	880	journey	武	377	warrior	茎	715	stalk
叔	718	uncle	征	881	subjugate	毒	1531	poison	表	1546	surface
取	819	take	径	882	diameter	沫	218	splash	迫	282	urge
受	735	accept	忠	602	loyalty	河	146	river	迭	847	alternate
周	317	circumference	念	1590	wish	苑	1419	garden	述	1524	mention
味	219	flavor	怖	623	dreadful	沸	1237	seethe	邸	1841	residence
呼	1485	call	性	1558	sex	油	1107	oil	邪	1906	wicked
命	1400	fate	怪	716	suspicious	治	746	reign	直	73	straightaway
和	897	harmony	房	1078	tassel	沼	137	marsh	金	269	gold
固	580	harden	所	1127	place	沿	795	run alongside	長	1920	long
国	581	country	承	1901	acquiesce	況	145	but of course	門	1616	gates
坪	1486	two-mat area	披	805	expose	泊	147	overnight	阿	1295	Africa
垂	1582	droop	抱	645	embrace	泌	636	ooze	阻	1780	thwart
夜	1037	night	抵	1832	resist	法	751	method	附	1303	affixed
奇	126	strange	押	1114	push	泡	533	bubble	雨	422	rain
奉	1573	dedicate	抽	1106	pluck	波	803	waves	青	1534	blue
奔	1196	bustle	抹	644	rub	泣	432	cry	非	1632	un-
奈	1094	Nara	拐	656	kidnap	泥	1055	mud	斉	1729	adjusted
妹	220	younger sister	拍	652	clap	注	267	pour
妻	1889	wife	拒	857	repel	泳	136	swim
姉	413	elder sister	拓	651	clear the land	炊	468	cook
9 Strokes
乗	1585	ride	度	1194	degrees	泉	133	spring	肺	414	lungs
亭	311	pavilion	建	391	build	洋	549	ocean	胃	29	stomach
侯	1639	marquis	弧	1878	arc	洗	249	wash	背	446	stature
侵	1148	encroach	待	879	wait	洞	181	den	胎	748	womb
係	1392	person in charge	律	874	rhythm	津	328	haven	胞	531	placenta
便	991	convenience	後	1379	behind	洪	1799	deluge	胆	31	gall bladder
促	1280	stimulate	怒	703	angry	活	143	lively	臭	122	stinking
俊	1014	sagacious	思	605	think	派	1855	faction	茨	472	briar
俗	968	vulgar	怠	745	neglect	海	461	sea	茶	252	tea
保	997	protect	急	1146	hurry	浄	1155	clean	草	224	grass
信	969	faith	恒	620	constancy	浅	369	shallow	荒	488	laid waste
冒	18	risk	恨	1460	resentment	炭	771	charcoal	荘	322	villa
冠	304	crown	悔	625	repent	為	1918	do	虹	520	rainbow
則	88	rule	怨	1420	grudge	牲	1559	animal sacrifice	虐	1998	tyrannize
削	118	plane	括	661	fasten	狩	243	hunt	要	1604	need
前	290	in front	拷	1255	torture	狭	1266	cramped	訂	339	revise
勅	1667	imperial order	拾	667	pick up	独	522	single	計	337	plot
勇	1407	courage	持	660	hold	珍	1723	rare	変	1745	unusual
卑	1511	lowly	指	659	finger	甚	1768	tremendously	貞	55	upright
南	1613	south	挑	658	challenge	界	251	world	負	63	defeat
巻	1207	scroll	挟	1267	sandwiched	畑	166	farm	赴	386	proceed
厘	178	rin	政	381	politics	疫	1689	epidemic	軌	288	rut
厚	125	thick	故	333	happenstance	発	1705	discharge	軍	301	army
咲	2018	blossom	叙	1660	confer	皆	449	all	迷	924	astray
哀	401	pathetic	施	1045	alms	皇	261	emperor	追	1268	chase
品	23	goods	星	1556	star	盆	1449	basin	退	1465	retreat
単	1928	simple	映	1742	reflect	盾	1853	shield	送	2016	send off
型	680	mould	春	1568	springtime	省	124	focus	逃	283	escape
垣	154	hedge	昨	1140	yesterday	看	638	watch over	逆	1959	inverted
城	362	castle	昭	87	shining	砂	117	sand	郊	1844	outskirts
奏	1571	play music	是	388	just so	研	675	polish	郎	1851	son
契	1549	pledge	昼	1075	daytime	砕	116	smash	重	1675	heavy
姻	584	matrimony	県	513	prefecture	祖	1779	ancestor	限	1466	limit
姿	474	figure	枯	206	wither	祝	1089	celebrate	面	1892	mask
威	364	intimidate	架	869	erect	神	1119	gods	革	1893	leather
孤	1879	orphan	柏	199	oak	秋	900	autumn	頁	60	page
客	294	guest	柄	1021	design	科	1179	department	音	479	sound
宣	188	proclaim	栃	514	horse chestnut	秒	899	second	風	524	wind
室	754	room	染	509	dye	窃	1322	stealth	飛	1887	fly
封	156	seal	柔	1226	tender	彦	1716	lad	食	1472	eat
専	46	specialty	査	1781	investigate	糾	1509	twist	首	70	neck
屋	1058	roof	某	1759	so-and-so	紀	1354	chronicle	香	911	incense
峠	773	mountain pass	柱	268	pillar	約	1362	promise	点	169	spot
峡	1265	gorge	柳	1421	willow	紅	1355	crimson	衷	1891	inmost
帝	435	sovereign	相	209	inter-	級	1353	class	卸	1397	wholesale
帥	1270	commander	栄	326	flourish	美	548	beauty
幽	1380	faint	段	1859	grade	耐	1164	-proof
10 Strokes
烏	1944	crow	帯	415	sash	殺	1493	kill	脇	870	armpit
修	1722	discipline	座	1024	sit	泰	1570	peaceful	脈	1856	vein
俳	1633	haiku	庫	589	warehouse	流	764	current	致	756	doth
俵	1547	bag	庭	590	courtyard	浦	1837	bay	航	1870	navigate
倉	1630	godown	弱	1236	weak	浪	1470	wandering	般	1871	carrier
俸	1574	stipend	徐	1659	gradually	浮	730	floating	荷	1013	baggage
値	978	price	徒	878	junior	浴	789	bathe	華	1581	splendor
個	973	individual	従	877	accompany	浸	1149	immersed	荻	242	reed
倍	992	double	恐	613	fear	消	144	extinguish	蚊	1728	mosquito
倒	980	overthrow	恥	823	shame	涙	1082	tears	蚕	523	silkworm
候	1640	climate	恩	606	grace	浜	1332	seacoast	衰	1890	decline
借	1186	borrow	恭	1803	respect	烈	814	ardent	被	807	incur
倣	979	emulate	息	610	breath	特	246	special	袖	1108	sleeve
倫	1821	ethics	悦	619	ecstasy	珠	258	pearl	討	340	chastise
倹	1674	frugal	悟	622	enlightenment	班	1229	squad	訓	341	instruction
兼	1597	concurrently	恵	612	favor	畔	1204	paddy ridge	託	1917	consign
准	560	quasi-	悩	1935	trouble	留	1423	detain	記	529	scribe
凍	506	frozen	恋	1748	romance	畜	1384	livestock	財	682	property
剖	478	divide	扇	1079	fan	畝	1017	furrow	貢	81	tribute
剛	1964	sturdy	振	2011	shake	疲	1688	tired	起	526	rouse
剤	1730	dose	挿	1116	insert	疾	1686	rapidly	軒	1652	flats
剣	1671	saber	捕	1836	catch	病	1682	ill	辱	2009	embarrass
勉	1975	exertion	捜	1120	search	症	1685	symptoms	透	915	transparent
匿	1692	hide	挙	1938	raise	益	1881	benefit	逐	539	pursue
原	134	meadow	敏	459	cleverness	真	75	true	途	1661	route
員	56	employee	料	1178	fee	眠	1835	sleep	通	1408	traffic
哲	1131	philosophy	旅	1048	trip	砲	532	cannon	逝	1132	departed
唆	766	tempt	既	1481	previously	破	806	rend	速	1669	quick
唇	2013	lips	時	159	time	秘	904	secret	造	281	create
唐	1157	T’ang	書	327	write	祥	1088	auspicious	連	287	take along
埋	179	bury	朕	2027	majestic plural	租	1778	tariff	逓	1858	parcel post
夏	296	summer	朗	1469	melodious	秩	903	regularity	郡	1843	county
姫	849	princess	栓	264	plug	称	905	appellation	酌	1429	bartending
娘	1471	daughter	校	1278	exam	笑	938	laugh	配	1436	distribute
娯	1898	recreation	株	222	stocks	粉	920	flour	酒	1428	sake
娠	2012	with child	核	1520	nucleus	粋	925	chic	針	274	needle
孫	1393	grandchild	根	1461	root	紋	1727	family crest	降	1308	descend
宮	1033	Shinto shrine	格	292	status	納	1356	settlement	陛	1310	highness
宰	1499	superintend	桟	367	scaffold	純	1494	genuine	院	1304	Inst.
害	1551	harm	桃	236	peach tree	紙	1829	paper	陣	1305	camp
宴	191	banquet	梅	460	plum	紛	1358	distract	除	1658	exclude
宵	189	wee hours	桜	1932	cherry tree	素	1532	elementary	陥	1315	collapse
家	541	house	案	214	plan	紡	1357	spinning	隻	699	vessels
容	790	contain	桑	698	mulberry	索	1365	cord	飢	1475	hungry
射	1249	shoot	桂	198	Japanese Judas-tree	翁	786	venerable old man	馬	1978	horse
将	731	leader	桐	204	paulownia	耕	1808	till	骨	1288	skeleton
展	1925	unfold	栗	1609	chestnut	耗	1914	decrease	高	307	tall
峰	1562	summit	栽	358	plantation	胴	182	trunk	鬼	2019	ghost
島	1948	island	帰	1230	homecoming	胸	1491	bosom	党	797	party
差	554	distinction	殉	809	martyrdom	能	2004	ability	竜	536	dragon
師	1269	expert	殊	810	particularly	脂	456	fat
席	1193	seat	残	808	remainder	脅	871	threaten
11 Strokes
乾	463	drought	得	876	gain	猟	1940	game hunting	術	1525	art
曽	501	formerly	悠	958	remote	率	1737	ratio	袋	1006	sack
偵	981	spy	患	604	afflicted	現	259	present	規	841	standard
偏	1823	partial	悼	621	lament	球	935	ball	視	1093	inspection
停	977	halt	情	1537	feelings	理	265	logic	訟	787	sue
健	974	healthy	惜	1187	pity	瓶	1032	flower pot	訪	495	call on
側	975	side	悪	1810	bad	産	1560	products	設	708	establishment
偶	1955	accidentally	惨	1721	wretched	略	293	abbreviation	許	569	permit
偽	1919	falsehood	捨	655	discard	異	1797	uncommon	訳	1073	translate
剰	1586	surplus	据	1064	set	盛	1457	boom	豚	538	pork
副	89	vice-	掃	1152	sweep	盗	1451	steal	貧	782	poverty
動	1676	move	授	736	impart	眺	237	stare	貨	1010	freight
勘	1769	intuition	排	1634	repudiate	眼	1467	eyeball	販	726	marketing
務	1227	task	掘	1061	dig	票	1606	ballot	貫	102	pierce
喝	454	hoarse	掛	674	hang	祭	1102	ritual	責	1541	blame
唯	556	solely	採	733	pick	移	898	shift	赦	1744	pardon
唱	21	chant	探	1327	grope	窒	1321	plug up	軟	470	soft
商	439	make a deal	接	672	touch	窓	749	window	転	420	revolve
問	1617	question	控	1318	withdraw	章	433	badge	逮	1160	apprehend
啓	1085	disclose	推	663	conjecture	笛	1111	flute	週	318	week
域	356	range	措	1188	set aside	符	1001	token	進	561	advance
執	1506	tenacious	描	670	sketch	第	1239	No.	逸	1973	elude
培	477	cultivate	掲	673	put up a notice	笠	939	bamboo hat	部	1845	section
基	1767	fundamentals	教	1254	teach	笹	940	bamboo grass	郭	1842	enclosure
堀	1062	ditch	救	936	salvation	粒	922	grains	郵	1847	mail
堂	798	hall	敗	331	failure	粗	1777	coarse	都	1846	metropolis
婆	804	old woman	斜	1662	diagonal	粘	921	sticky	郷	1849	hometown
婚	1830	marriage	断	1136	severance	累	1364	accumulate	酔	1435	drunk
婦	1151	lady	旋	1046	rotation	細	1363	dainty	曹	1173	cadet
宿	995	inn	族	1222	tribe	紳	1361	sire	釈	1908	interpretation
寂	720	loneliness	望	489	ambition	紹	1359	introduce	野	1596	plains
寄	192	draw near	械	677	contraption	紺	1758	navy blue	釣	273	angling
密	775	secrecy	欲	792	longing	終	1352	end	閉	1623	closed
寅	2006	sign of the tiger	殻	710	husk	組	1776	association	陪	1299	auxiliary
尉	1095	military officer	渉	372	ford	経	1360	sutra	陰	1592	shade
崇	1101	adore	涯	157	horizon	翌	575	the following	隆	1561	hump
埼	153	cape	液	1038	fluid	習	574	learn	陳	1301	line up
崎	778	promontory	涼	313	refreshing	粛	1733	solemn	陵	1518	mausoleum
崩	774	crumble	淑	721	graceful	脚	1396	shins	陶	1966	pottery
梢	201	treetops	淡	164	thin	脱	498	undress	陸	1513	land
梓	1498	catalpa	深	1328	deep	脳	1934	brain	険	1672	precipitous
梨	907	pear tree	混	450	mix	舶	1869	liner	雪	1143	snow
巣	1927	nest	清	1539	pure	船	1874	ship	頂	94	place on the head
帳	1922	notebook	添	634	annexed	菊	927	chrysanthemum	魚	171	fish
常	799	usual	渇	451	thirst	菱	1517	diamond	鳥	1941	bird
庶	1191	commoner	渓	840	mountain stream	菌	918	germ	鹿	1999	deer
康	1159	sane	渚	1263	strand	菓	1122	confectionary	麻	593	hemp
庸	1182	comfortable	渋	1738	astringent	菜	734	vegetable	黄	1750	yellow
張	1921	lengthen	済	1731	finish	著	1258	renowned	黒	174	black
強	1235	strong	猛	1456	fierce	虚	1993	void	斎	1732	purification
彩	1714	coloring	猪	1262	boar	蛇	519	snake	亀	534	tortoise
彫	1710	carve	猫	244	cat	蛍	518	lightning bug
12 Strokes
偉	1643	admirable	扉	1638	front door	焼	1200	bake	評	1487	evaluate
傍	1015	bystander	掌	801	manipulate	営	1034	occupation	詞	1865	parts of speech
傘	1026	umbrella	提	665	propose	猶	1438	waver	詠	345	recitation
備	1183	equip	揚	664	hoist	琴	1591	harp	証	380	evidence
割	1553	proportion	搭	646	board	番	1909	turn	象	1976	elephant
創	1631	genesis	替	842	exchange	畳	1784	tatami mat	貯	194	savings
勝	1209	victory	握	1059	grip	疎	1668	alienate	貴	1771	precious
募	861	recruit	援	1951	abet	痘	1684	pox	買	831	buy
勤	1577	diligence	揮	662	brandish	痛	1690	pain	貸	1007	lend
博	47	Dr.	揺	1967	swing	痢	1687	diarrhea	費	1238	expense
善	1035	virtuous	敢	826	daring	登	1703	ascend	貿	1424	trade
喚	1042	yell	散	1189	scatter	短	1442	short	賀	868	congratulations
喜	1445	rejoice	敬	334	awe	硝	115	nitrate	超	385	transcend
喪	1926	miss	晩	1974	nightfall	硫	763	sulfur	越	387	surpass
喫	1550	consume	普	1786	universal	硬	695	stiff	距	1281	long-distance
圏	1208	sphere	景	314	scenery	税	895	tax	軸	1112	axis
堅	853	strict	晴	1538	clear up	程	894	extent	軽	717	lightly
堤	390	dike	智	1224	wisdom	童	436	juvenile	遂	540	consummate
堪	1770	withstand	晶	22	sparkle	筆	943	writing brush	遇	1956	interview
報	1507	report	暑	1260	sultry	等	945	etc.	遊	1047	play
場	545	location	暁	1201	daybreak	筋	941	muscle	運	303	carry
堕	1314	degenerate	換	1043	interchange	筒	944	cylinder	遍	1824	everywhere
塔	254	pagoda	最	821	utmost	答	947	solution	過	1293	overdo
塚	1039	hillock	朝	52	morning	策	948	scheme	道	277	road-way
塀	1056	fence	期	1765	period	粧	923	cosmetics	達	552	accomplished
塁	1734	bases	棋	1763	chess piece	結	1351	tie	遅	1067	slow
奥	928	core	棒	1575	rod	絶	1754	discontinue	酢	1434	vinegar
婿	395	bridegroom	棟	505	ridgepole	絞	1348	strangle	殖	811	augment
媒	1761	mediator	森	197	forest	絡	1350	entwine	量	177	quantity
媛	1950	beautiful woman	棺	1272	coffin	給	1349	salary	鈍	1495	dull
富	193	wealth	植	205	plant	統	1347	overall	開	1622	open
寒	1526	cold	棚	202	shelf	絵	1346	picture	閑	1625	leisure
蜜	776	honey	極	1903	poles	紫	1375	purple	間	1620	interval
尊	1439	revered	検	1673	examination	着	555	don	陽	1300	sunshine
尋	1145	inquire	欺	1762	deceit	脹	1923	dilate	隅	1958	corner
就	1969	concerning	款	1097	goodwill	腕	1418	arm	隊	1306	regiment
属	1953	belong	減	366	dwindle	落	299	fall	階	1309	story
嵐	777	storm	渡	1195	transit	葉	228	leaf	随	1298	follow
帽	408	cap	渦	1292	whirlpool	葬	816	interment	雄	743	male
幅	407	hanging scroll	測	149	fathom	蛮	1747	barbarian	集	559	gather
幾	1381	how many	港	1800	harbor	衆	1857	masses	雇	1083	employ
廊	1852	corridor	湖	148	lake	街	890	boulevard	雰	2028	atmosphere
廃	1706	abolish	湯	546	hot water	裁	397	tailor	雲	423	cloud
弾	1931	bullet	温	1452	warm	裂	813	split	項	82	paragraph
復	875	restore	滋	1388	nourishing	装	398	attire	順	129	obey
御	1398	honorable	満	1169	full	裕	793	abundant	須	1718	ought
循	1854	sequential	湿	1788	damp	補	1840	supplement	飲	1474	drink
悲	1635	sad	湾	1749	gulf	覚	325	memorize	飯	1473	meal
惑	614	beguile	無	1775	nothingness	訴	1139	accusation	歯	1171	tooth
惰	629	lazy	焦	557	char	診	1724	checkup
愉	628	pleasure	然	241	sort of thing	詐	1141	lie
慌	624	disconcerted	煮	1257	boil	詔	342	imperial edict
13 Strokes
傑	999	greatness	搾	1324	squeeze	福	1090	blessing	賄	80	bribe
催	987	sponsor	摂	1739	vicarious	禅	1930	Zen	資	473	assets
債	1544	bond	数	929	number	稚	896	immature	賊	357	burglar
傷	996	wound	新	1502	new	節	1464	node	跡	1746	tracks
傾	1011	lean	暇	1882	spare time	絹	1368	silk	路	1282	path
働	1678	work	暖	1949	warmth	継	1370	inherit	跳	1284	hop
僧	982	Buddhist priest	暗	480	darkness	続	1345	continue	践	1286	tread
勢	1515	forces	幌	410	canopy	罪	1636	guilt	較	1277	contrast
勧	864	persuade	棄	758	abandon	置	832	placement	載	359	load
嗣	1867	heir	業	1792	profession	署	1259	signature	辞	1497	resign
嘆	1579	sigh	楽	1735	music	群	1163	flock	農	2014	agriculture
園	585	park	楼	930	watchtower	義	641	righteousness	違	1644	difference
塊	2024	clod	歳	512	year-end	羨	553	envious	遠	402	distant
塑	1960	model	殿	1805	Mr.	聖	825	holy	遣	1773	dispatch
塗	1663	paint	源	142	source	腰	1605	loins	酬	1432	repay
墓	231	grave	準	564	semi-	腸	544	intestines	酪	1433	dairy products
夢	305	dream	溝	1819	gutter	腹	464	abdomen	鈴	1406	small bell
奨	732	exhort	溶	791	melt	艇	1876	rowboat	鉛	794	lead (metal)
嫁	542	marry into	滅	365	destroy	蒲	1838	bullrush	鉢	271	bowl
嫌	1598	dislike	滑	1289	slippery	蒸	1900	steam	鉄	846	iron
寝	1150	lie down	滞	416	stagnate	蓄	1385	amass	鉱	741	mineral
寛	226	tolerant	漠	230	vague	虜	1991	captive	隔	1312	isolate
幕	409	curtain	漢	1578	Sino-	虞	1995	uneasiness	零	1402	zero
幹	1654	tree trunk	滝	537	waterfall	裏	399	back	雷	425	thunder
廉	1601	bargain	煙	1612	smoke	裸	1124	naked	電	535	electricity
微	889	delicate	照	170	illuminate	褐	453	brown	靴	1894	shoes
想	609	concept	煩	163	anxiety	解	1814	unravel	預	1595	deposit
愁	901	distress	猿	403	monkey	触	1813	contact	頑	61	stubborn
意	608	idea	献	1615	offering	試	354	test	頒	783	partition
愚	1957	foolish	痴	1683	stupid	詩	346	poem	飼	1866	domesticate
愛	737	love	盟	1450	alliance	詰	343	packed	飽	1480	sated
感	615	emotion	睡	1583	drowsy	話	344	tale	飾	1477	decorate
慈	1389	mercy	睦	1514	intimate	該	1522	above-stated	塩	1458	salt
慎	630	humility	督	719	coach	詳	550	detailed	鼓	1444	drum
慨	1483	rue	碁	1766	Go	誇	1244	boast	鳩	1946	pigeon
戦	1929	war	椿	1569	camellia	誠	363	sincerity	雅	1907	gracious
損	666	damage	楠	1614	camphor tree	誉	1939	reputation
搬	1873	conveyor	禁	1098	prohibition	豊	1443	bountiful
携	687	portable	禍	1291	calamity	賃	1004	fare
14 Strokes
像	1977	statue	概	1482	outline	緑	1371	green	酵	1430	fermentation
僕	1794	me	模	229	imitation	維	1341	fiber	酷	1431	cruel
僚	1707	colleague	様	933	Esq.	綱	1963	hawser	酸	1437	acid
塾	309	cram school	歌	469	song	網	1373	netting	銀	1459	silver
境	484	boundary	歴	376	curriculum	綿	1367	cotton	銃	762	gun
増	502	increase	滴	442	drip	緒	1344	thong	銅	272	copper
墨	175	black ink	漁	172	fishing	練	1343	practice	銑	270	pig iron
奪	566	rob	漂	1607	drift	総	1366	general	銘	275	inscription
嫡	440	legitimate wife	漆	932	lacquer	罰	833	penalty	銭	368	coin
察	1103	guess	漏	1068	leak	聞	1626	hear	閣	1624	tower
寡	617	widow	演	2007	performance	腐	1023	rot	閥	1619	clique
寧	834	rather	漫	830	loose	膜	233	membrane	関	2017	connection
窪	1323	depression	漬	1545	pickling	蔦	1945	vine	際	1296	occasion
層	1065	stratum	漸	1135	steadily	製	419	made in…	障	1297	hinder
裳	800	skirt	漕	1175	rowing	複	465	duplicate	隠	1313	conceal
彰	1715	patent	熊	2003	bear	誌	601	document	雑	562	miscellaneous
徴	887	indications	獄	338	prison	認	598	acknowledge	需	1165	demand
徳	885	benevolence	疑	1410	doubt	誓	1133	vow	静	1540	quiet
態	2005	attitude	碑	1512	tombstone	誘	916	entice	領	1405	jurisdiction
慕	633	pining	磁	1390	magnet	語	347	word	駄	1986	burdensome
慢	829	ridicule	種	1679	species	誤	1899	mistake	駆	1983	drive
慣	627	accustomed	稲	910	rice plant	説	499	explanation	駅	1984	station
憎	626	hate	穀	917	cereals	読	348	read	髪	1924	hair of the head
摘	657	pinch	端	1167	edge	豪	543	overpowering	魂	2021	soul
旗	1764	national flag	箇	2029	item	踊	1409	jump	鳴	1942	chirp
暮	232	livelihood	算	946	calculate	適	441	suitable	鼻	678	nose
暦	213	calendar	管	1273	pipe	遭	1174	encounter	雌	563	female
構	1818	posture	精	1535	refined	遮	1192	intercept
15 Strokes
儀	984	ceremony	撲	1793	slap	箱	942	box	賜	1052	grant
億	983	hundred million	撃	709	beat	範	1413	pattern	賞	796	prize
劇	1997	drama	敵	443	enemy	緊	1374	tense	賠	476	compensation
勲	1677	meritorious deed	敷	1883	spread	線	1339	line	賦	378	levy
器	121	utensil	暫	1134	temporarily	締	1340	tighten	質	1137	substance
噴	1197	erupt	暴	1801	outburst	縁	1372	affinity	賛	843	approve
嘱	1954	entrust	槽	1176	vat	編	1825	compilation	趣	820	gist
嬌	430	attractive	標	1608	signpost	緩	1952	slacken	賭	1264	gamble
墜	1307	crash	横	1751	sideways	縄	1377	straw rope	踏	1287	step
墳	1198	tomb	権	571	authority	罷	2032	quit	輝	302	radiance
審	1910	hearing	歓	570	delight	膚	1992	skin	輩	1637	comrade
寮	1708	dormitory	潔	1548	undefiled	舗	1839	shop	輪	1822	wheel
導	278	guidance	潜	844	submerge	舞	1774	dance	遵	2031	abide by
履	1057	footgear	潟	2039	lagoon	蝶	521	butterfly	遷	1610	transition
幣	1040	cash	潤	1627	wet	蔵	850	storehouse	選	1804	elect
弊	1041	abuse	潮	141	tide	衝	1680	collide	遺	1772	bequeath
影	1712	shadow	澄	1704	lucidity	褒	998	praise	鋭	500	pointed
徹	886	penetrate	熟	310	mellow	課	1123	chapter	鋳	1566	casting
慮	1996	prudence	熱	1516	heat	調	349	tune	閲	1618	review
慰	1096	consolation	監	1453	oversee	談	350	discuss	震	2010	quake
慶	2001	jubilation	盤	1872	tray	請	1536	solicit	霊	1791	spirits
憂	616	melancholy	確	567	assurance	論	1820	argument	養	1479	foster
憤	1199	aroused	稼	893	earnings	誕	393	nativity	餓	1476	starve
戯	1994	frolic	稿	892	draft	諸	1261	various	駐	1982	parking
摩	639	chafe	穂	909	ear of a plant	諾	351	consent	駒	1979	pony
撤	760	remove	窮	1326	hard up	謁	452	audience	魅	2023	fascination
撮	822	snapshot	窯	1325	kiln	賓	511	V.I.P.	黙	240	silence
16 Strokes
儒	1166	Confucian	樹	1446	timber-trees	縦	1338	vertical	頼	1665	trust
凝	1412	congeal	橋	429	bridge	繁	1337	luxuriant	輸	289	transport
墾	1971	groundbreaking	機	1382	mechanism	膨	1719	swell	避	1501	evade
壁	1500	wall	激	497	violent	興	1426	entertain	還	837	send back
壌	1529	lot	濁	835	voiced	薄	227	dilute	鋼	1962	steel
壇	587	podium	濃	2015	concentrated	薪	1503	firewood	録	1144	record
壊	400	demolition	燃	510	burn	薦	2000	recommend	錘	1584	spindle
奮	565	stirred up	獲	701	seize	薫	1681	fragrant	錠	383	lock
嬢	1530	lass	獣	1933	animal	薬	1736	medicine	錯	1185	confused
憩	611	recess	磨	594	grind	融	1044	dissolve	錬	2030	tempering
操	671	maneuver	積	1543	volume	衛	1646	defense	隣	1311	neighboring
整	1670	organize	穏	1147	calm	衡	891	equilibrium	錦	411	brocade
曇	424	cloudy weather	築	950	fabricate	親	1504	parent	隷	2036	slave
憲	1554	constitution	篤	1988	fervent	諭	352	rebuke	頭	1441	head
憶	632	recollection	糖	1158	sugar	諮	475	consult with	館	1478	Bldg.
憾	631	remorse	緯	1645	horizontal	謀	1760	conspire
懐	828	pocket	縛	1376	truss	謡	1968	Noh chanting
擁	1387	hug	縫	1563	sew	賢	852	intelligent
17 Strokes
償	985	reparation	爵	1463	baron	繊	1790	slender	購	1817	subscription
優	993	tenderness	矯	1221	rectify	翼	1798	wing	頻	373	repeatedly
嚇	2026	upbraid	犠	643	sacrifice	聴	827	listen	轄	1552	control
厳	1936	stern	環	836	ring	覧	855	perusal	醜	2020	ugly
懇	1970	sociable	療	1709	heal	謄	1211	facsimilie	鍛	1860	forge
擦	1104	grate	瞳	437	pupil	謙	1600	self-effacing	霜	426	frost
擬	1411	mimic	礁	558	reef	講	1816	lecture	鮮	551	fresh
濯	577	laundry	績	1542	exploits	謝	1250	apologize	齢	1403	age
燥	215	parch	縮	1336	shrink	謹	1576	discreet
18 Strokes
韓	1647	Korea	糧	926	provisions	観	572	outlook	類	931	sort
懲	888	penal	織	1334	weave	贈	503	presents	顕	1789	appear
曜	576	weekday	繕	1335	darning	鎖	1937	chain	翻	1911	flip
濫	1454	overflow	繭	1880	cocoon	鎮	276	tranquillize	騎	1981	equestrian
癒	2037	healing	職	824	post	鎌	1599	sickle	騒	1985	boisterous
癖	1691	mannerism	臨	854	look to	難	1580	difficult	験	1980	verification
瞬	817	wink	藩	1912	clan	離	1492	detach	鯉	176	carp
礎	394	cornerstone	藤	1210	wisteria	題	389	topic	闘	1629	fight
穫	908	harvest	襟	1099	collar	額	295	forehead
簡	1621	simplicity	覆	1611	capsize	顔	1717	face
19 Strokes
瀬	1666	rapids	臓	851	entrails	警	336	admonish	髄	1290	marrow
爆	1802	bomb	藻	2035	seaweed	鏡	483	mirror	鯨	315	whale
簿	949	register	覇	1895	hegemony	霧	1228	fog	鶏	1947	chicken
繰	1369	winding	識	482	discriminating	韻	481	rhyme	艶	1755	glossy
羅	1342	gauze	譜	1787	musical score	願	135	petition	麗	2002	lovely
20 Strokes
欄	1628	column	議	642	deliberation	醸	1527	brew	騰	1989	inflation
競	434	vie	護	700	safeguard	鐘	438	bell	懸	1394	suspend
籍	1567	enroll	譲	1528	defer	響	1850	echo
21 Strokes
艦	1875	warship	露	1283	dew	鶴	1943	crane
躍	1285	leap	顧	1084	look back	魔	2022	witch
22 Strokes
驚	1987	wonder	襲	2025	attack
23 Strokes
鑑	1455	specimen

As mentioned in one of my more recent posts, Golden Week is a series of national holidays in Japan that result in a rather short work week. This year, if you were to take 2 days of vacation time, you would be able to get 11 days of vacation. So, that is what I did.

Ayumi ended up coming up to Hokkaido for the last half of Golden Week for about 6 days.

While in Nayoro we found  a prefectural park (with a huge lake that just so happens to be 20 minutes away from my place), went hiking, made yummy food, ate lunch with my coworkers, and drank with my friends. After the 2.5 days we spent in Nayoro we headed to Sapporo and Otaru for some sightseeing.

It was so nice to see Ayumi again after 5 months. After she left I almost cried because I knew I would be going back to living alone in Nayoro…

I miss her very much! 

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