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32 fish kanji... How many can you read? Restaurant Kanji 1

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Fish, fish, lots of fish... I found this cloth with fish kanji... So we have 32 characters here all with the same radical 魚 (fish.) Some of these characters even most Japanese won`t know as they are usually written in kana, such as octopus, but some you will see in restaurants and sushi shops... As a kanji 魚　is read さかな (sakana) （other readings include ギョ、うお　and ~ざかな) gyo, uo, zakana, and as a radical it is called うお　(uo) Then we have another part of the character on the other side so everything will be something fish. So from left to right and top to bottom: 鮗 winter fish このしろ (konoshiro)　konoshiro gizzard shad (type of sardine) 鯏　profit fish　 あさり   (asari) Manila Clam (also written 浅利） 鮹　resemblance fish たこ　(tako) octopus 鮃 flat fish ひらめ　(hirame) flounder 鱈 snow fish たら　(tara) cod 鰻 (no  stand alone kanji) sun, net again fish! うなぎ　(unagi) eel 鰈  (no  stand alone kanji) World tree fish かれい　(karei) righteye flounder 鮟鱇 (my PC and phone don`t...
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Train Signs 2

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電車が到着いたします Reading:　でんしゃがとうちゃくいたします Meaning:　The train is arriving　（Densha ga touchaku itashimasu) 電　electricity grade: 2 frequency: 268 JLPT: 5 電話　telephone (call) でん・わ　(denwa) 電気　electricity でん・き　(denki) 車　car シャ、くるま grade: 1 frequency: 333 JLPT: 5 自動車　car, automobile じ・どう・しゃ　(jidousha) 救急車　ambulance きゅう・きゅう・しゃ　（kyuukyuusha 到　arrival, proceed, reach トウ、　いた（る） grade: 7-9 frequency: 1032 JLPT: 2 到来　arrival とう・らい　(tourai) 着　arrive, wear チャク、　ジャク、　き（る）、つ（く） grade:3 frequency:376 JLPT: 4 着物　clothing, clothes, Kimono き・もの　(kimono) 下着　underwear した・ぎ　(shitagi) いたす　（itasu） is the polte　form of する (suru) to do Kanjisigns4U Directory Page
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寿司　Japanese Shops 3

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First lets look at the writing in black, this is the name of the shop and is also written in romaji at the bottom "nigiri CHOJIRO". Nigiri is sushi made of rice with a topping (fish, egg etc) on top.  This is the first image Japanese people have of sushi, as opposed to the rolled sushi with seaweed around it (which is called maki zushi).  Sushi shops sell both types, but nigiri sushi is slightly more popular than maki zushi.   長次郎 (ちょう・じ・ろう）　is just the name, and it is made up of; 長　(long)、次 (next),  郎　(son) 次郎 by itself is a very common traditional name, meaning second son. First son is 一郎　（いち・ろう）　(Ichiro) Third son is 三郎　（さぶ・ろう）(Saburo)  Now lets look at the white writing on red. There are three words on three lines, the first line at the top says; 活魚 Reading; かつ・ぎょ　(katsugyo) Meaning;　live fish 活　lively, living, かつ、い（きる）、い（かす）、い（ける）（Katsu, ikiru, ikasu, ikeru) grade: 2 frequency: 171 JLPT level:...
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