Konnichiwa Minasan,
Today we'll learn our next set of Kanji and also look at how to use a useful word 'kara'. First lets get the Kanji done and dusted.
Kanji
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Kanji
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English (plus other meanings)
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Japanese Pronunciation
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目
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Eye
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Me
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口
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Mouth, Opening
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Kuchi
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耳
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Ear
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Mimi
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鼻
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Nose
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Hana
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頭
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Head, top, counter for large animal
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Atama, Kashira
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顔
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Face
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Kao
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足
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Foot, leg, to suffice, sufficient
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Oshi (to suffice=Tarimasu)
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体
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Body,
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Karada
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背
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Back, Height, Betrayal
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Se
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手
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Hand, Person
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Te
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広
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Spacious, Wide
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Hiro(i)
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静
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Quiet, Serene
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Shizu(ka)
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低
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Low, Short in Stature
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Hiku(i)
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Kara ’から’
We use Kara to state a reason, for example in the case of, I like Koalas because they are cute. Kara can be seen as 'because'
How To Use
The basic sentence structure comes down to...
1. 'Sentence' OR 'Noun' + Kara + 'Sentence' OR 'Noun'
Let's learn how to say 'I like Koalas because they are cute.' in Japanese.
Koala は kawaii desu kara suki desu.
Kawaii = Cute
Kara = 'because' 'the reason for' 'Therefore' etc (In this case it's probably more correct to see it as 'Therefore')
Suki = 'Like'
Basically it comes out in English as 'Koala is cute, therefore I like it.' But we would probably just say 'I like Koalas because they are cute.' as this sounds more casual.
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