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 khanji and romanji: Hikaru GENJI (The kanji component, hikaru, means light (as illumination); GENJI, always capitalized, seems to be a literary allusion to Lady Shikumi Murasaki's c. A.D. 1000 novel The Tale of Genji, Genji being the male protagonist.)

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

  • • Pure Japanese name written in kanji: Otokogumi (Warriors' Group)

  • 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."

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


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