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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.
あの日、私は新しい話を練習していました。
Ano hi, watashi wa atarashii hanashi o renshuu shite imashita.
That day, I was rehearsing a new story.
ロールプレイでカラオケみたいに練習したり、いろんなモードのフラッシュカードで単語を覚えたりもできる。
You can practice roleplay like karaoke, and memorize vocabulary with flashcards in different interactive modes.
こうして、感謝の食事は、二人の新しい習慣の言い訳になったのでした。
Koushite, kansha no shokuji wa, futari no atarashii shuukan no iiwake ni natta no deshita.
And so, the thank-you dinner became an excuse for a new habit of theirs.
「カランゴリンゴ」なら、字幕・ふりがな・翻訳つきでセリフを復習できるし、
With Calangolingo, you can review the dialogue with subtitles, furigana, and translation, and even download the episode's PDF and audio.
じゃあ、私も見習います。
Jaa, watashi mo minaraimasu.
Well then, I'll follow your example too.
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