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Came from Chinese. It usually shows up when the kanji is joined to another, forming a compound word.
It is Japanese. It usually shows up when the kanji stands alone or is followed by hiragana.
The order matters: it is what makes handwriting come out legible, and it is how dictionaries index the character.
Visual decomposition, for recognising and comparing — not always the character's origin.
Where it appears is highlighted — the translation doesn't always make that visible.
うーん…これ、よさそう。でも、予算に入るかな?
Uun… kore, yosasou. Demo, yosan ni hairu kana?
Hmm... this one looks good. But will it fit the budget?
そんなに心配する前に、天気予報を見てみようよ。
Sonna ni shinpai suru mae ni, tenki yohou wo mite miyou yo.
Let's see what the forecast says before you worry that much.
ゆきさんの助けで、ルーカスは予算内に収めることができました。
Yuki-san no tasuke de, Rūkasu wa yosannai ni osameru koto ga dekimashita.
With Yuki's help, Lucas managed to keep the bill within budget.
こうして、怖い夜は、もっと美味しい月曜日の朝に変わりました——そして、誰も予想しなかったサトウの一面を見せたのでした。
Koushite, kowai yoru wa, motto oishii getsuyoubi no asa ni kawarimashita — soshite, dare mo yosou shinakatta Satou no ichimen wo miseta no deshita.
And that's how a scary night turned into a much sweeter Monday morning — and revealed a side of Sato nobody expected.
ほらね?予報より早く過ぎたでしょう。
Hora ne? Yohou yori hayaku sugita deshou.
See? It passed faster than the forecast said.
テレビでは、気象予報士が日本の地図を見せていました。
Terebi de wa, kishou yohoushi ga Nihon no chizu wo misete imashita.
On TV, the weather announcer was showing the map of Japan.
お母さん、今度の土曜日、予定ある?
Okaasan, kondo no doyoubi, yotei aru?
Mom, do you have any plans this Saturday?
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Decomposition: KRADFILE · Both from Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data from 2026-10-22 · Strokes: KanjiVG, Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0