Example sentences for: kanji

How can you use “kanji” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • • Pure Japanese name written in kanji and hiragana: Kaguya-hime (literally, Princess Sparkle, from a classic Japanese nursery tale.)

  • Previous years' kanji have not been much cheerier: In 1995 "earthquake" took the honors; in 1996 a mass food poisoning scandal led to the victory of "food"; and 1997 was represented by "bankruptcy."

  • Japanese daily Asahi Shimbun declares that "[g]loom and despondency sum up 1998, according to the kanji chosen by the public to symbolize the year now drawing to an end.

  • In Japan, individuals have long been accustomed to elaborating upon the way their basic names are written in kanji characters--personalizing names with a flourish of extra characters or with added or subtracted strokes.

  • the kanji for 'doku' (poison) was the overwhelming favorite."


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