Kanji Scrabble #11: Have Fun Learning with Kanji Scrabble: a Kanji Game Just for Twitter!
Monday, June 29th, 2009The Kanji for this week are as follows: (Remember, each compound must use the Kanji in the brackets [ ].)
Kanji Scrabble #11 [本] 気、言、国、人、手、社、生、一、会、道 (Learn How to Play Here)
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| Kanji | Kana | English |
|---|---|---|
| 一本 | いっぽん | (n) (1) one long cylindrical thing/(2) one version/(3) (a) certain book/(4) (a) blow/(5) an experienced geisha/(P)/ |
| 一本気 | いっぽんぎ | (adj-na,n) (a) one-track mind/monotony/ |
| 一本道 | いっぽんみち | (n) direct unforked road/straight path/ |
| 国本 | こくほん | (n) foundation of the nation/ |
| 手本 | てほん | (n) (1) copybook/(2) model/pattern/(P)/ |
| 本人 | ほんにん | (n,adj-no) the person himself/(P)/ |
| 本会 | ほんかい | (n) formal meeting (committee, etc.)/session/ |
| 本国 | ほんごく | (n) one’s own country/(P)/ |
| 本国人 | ほんごくじん | (n) native/citizen/ |
| 本手 | ほんて | (n) one’s true ability/the right way/professional/ |
| 本本 | もともと | (adv,adj-no) originally/by nature/from the start/ |
| 本気 | ほんき | (adj-na,n,adj-no) seriousness/truth/sanctity/(P)/ |
| 本社 | ほんしゃ | (n) (1) head office/main office/headquarters/(2) main shrine/(3) this company/this shrine/(P)/ |
| 本道 | ほんどう | (n) highway/main road/the right road/ |
| 生一本 | きいっぽん | (adj-na,n) straight-forwardness/honesty/purity/ |
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June 30th, 2009 at 7:36 am
So is the key kanji 本 or 後? Twitter says the first but the blog post says the second.
June 30th, 2009 at 9:34 am
Sorry about the confusion! The key kanji is [本].