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JLPT N5 · Kanji Unit 09
Everyday Action Verbs
A unit of pure doing — 書 聞 読 見 話 買 (write, listen, read, see, speak, buy) plus 起 帰 (wake up, go home) and 友 達 (friends). The verbs you'll use in almost every sentence.
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書聞読見話買起帰音読み — on'yomiChinese-derived reading. Used in compound words — e.g. 日本 (にほん)
訓読み — kun'yomiNative Japanese reading. Used alone or with kana — e.g. 日々 (ひび)
write
onしょkunか-く
と書かんとしょかんlibrary
書るいしょるいdocuments
hear / listen / ask
onぶん・もんkunき-く
新聞しんぶんnewspaper
聞こえるきこえるto be audible
read
onどくkunよ-む
読書どくしょreading
読みかたよみかたhow to read
see / look / watch
onけんkunみ-る
見物けんぶつsightseeing
見るみるto see; to watch
speak / talk / story
onわkunはな-す・はなし
電わでんわtelephone
話すはなすto speak; to talk
buy
onばいkunか-う
かい物かいものshopping
買うかうto buy
wake up / occur / rise
onきkunお-きる・お-こる
起きるおきるto wake up; to get up
起こすおこすto wake someone up
return home / go back
onきkunかえ-る
帰るかえるto return home
帰国きこくreturning to one's home country
friend
onゆうkunとも
友達ともだちfriend
友人ゆうじんfriend
reach / arrive / plural suffix
onたつ・だち
子ども達こどもたちchildren
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