Search Kanji for Grade 8

Tips: joujou characters (Kanji characters to be learned at schools in Japan) are highlighted.
Also note that the English meaning under each Kanji is just one of many other possible senses.

the latter

Meaning: the latter; duplicate; strange; witty; fishhook radical (no. 5)
Kun-yomi: おと-/きのと
On-yomi: オツ/イツ

complete

Meaning: complete; finish
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: リョウ

or again

Meaning: or again; furthermore; on the other hand
Kun-yomi: また/また-/また.の-
On-yomi: ユウ

reach out

Meaning: reach out; exert; exercise; cause
Kun-yomi: およ.ぶ/およ.び/および/およ.ぼす
On-yomi: キュウ

mediocre

Meaning: mediocre
Kun-yomi: およ.そ/おうよ.そ/すべ.て
On-yomi: ボン/ハン

beg

Meaning: beg; invite; ask
Kun-yomi: こ.う
On-yomi: コツ/キツ/キ/キケ/コチ

towel

Meaning: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50)
Kun-yomi: おお.い/ちきり/きれ
On-yomi: キン/フク

length

Meaning: length; 10feet; measure; Mr.; Ms.; height; stature; all (one has); only; that's all; merely
Kun-yomi: たけ/だけ
On-yomi: ジョウ

blade

Meaning: blade; sword; edge
Kun-yomi: は/やいば/き.る
On-yomi: ジン/ニン

bestow

Meaning: bestow; participate in; give; award; impart; provide; cause; gift; godsend
Kun-yomi: あた.える/あずか.る/くみ.する/ともに
On-yomi:

destitution

Meaning: destitution; scarce; limited
Kun-yomi: とぼ.しい/とも.しい
On-yomi: ボウ

tusk

Meaning: tusk; fang; tusk radical (no. 92)
Kun-yomi: きば/は
On-yomi: ガ/ゲ

phantasm

Meaning: phantasm; vision; dream; illusion; apparition
Kun-yomi: まぼろし
On-yomi: ゲン

rust-colored

Meaning: rust-colored; red; red lead; pills
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: タン

jammed in

Meaning: jammed in; shellfish; mediate; concern oneself with
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カイ

gigantic

Meaning: gigantic; big; large; great
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: キョ

measuring box

Meaning: measuring box; 1.8 liter
Kun-yomi: ます
On-yomi: ショウ

mutually

Meaning: mutually; reciprocally; together
Kun-yomi: たが.い/かたみ.に
On-yomi:

equal

Meaning: equal; head; counter for small animals; roll of cloth
Kun-yomi: ひき
On-yomi: ヒツ

villain

Meaning: villain; evil; bad luck; disaster
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: キョウ

well

Meaning: well; well crib; town; community
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: セイ/ショウ

barracks

Meaning: barracks; police station; camp
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トン

be bent

Meaning: be bent; slope; capture
Kun-yomi: かぎ/ま.がる
On-yomi: コウ/ク

cavity

Meaning: cavity; hole; slit; very; great; exceedingly
Kun-yomi: あな
On-yomi: コウ

condolences

Meaning: condolences; mourning; funeral
Kun-yomi: とむら.う/とぶら.う
On-yomi: チョウ

axe

Meaning: axe; 1.32 lb; catty; counter for loaves of bread; axe radical (no. 69)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: キン

fragrant

Meaning: fragrant; stink; glow; insinuate; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: にお.う/にお.い/にお.わせる
On-yomi:

superfluous

Meaning: superfluous; uselessness
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ジョウ

pair

Meaning: pair; set; comparison; counter for pairs
Kun-yomi: ふた/たぐい/ならぶ/ふたつ
On-yomi: ソウ

reap

Meaning: reap; cut; clip; trim; prune
Kun-yomi: か.る
On-yomi: ガイ/カイ

claw

Meaning: claw; nail; talon
Kun-yomi: つめ/つま-
On-yomi: ソウ

unlucky

Meaning: unlucky; misfortune; bad luck; disaster
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヤク

crowded

Meaning: crowded; mixture; in bulk; included; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: -こ.む/こ.む/こ.み/-こ.み/こ.める
On-yomi:

Big Dipper

Meaning: Big Dipper; 10 sho (vol); sake dipper; dots and cross radical (no. 68)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ト/トウ

patrol

Meaning: patrol; go around; circumference
Kun-yomi: めぐ.る/めぐ.り
On-yomi: ジュン

hill

Meaning: hill; knoll
Kun-yomi: おか
On-yomi: キュウ

mysterious

Meaning: mysterious; occultness
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ゲン

reject

Meaning: reject; retreat; recede; withdraw; repel; repulse
Kun-yomi: しりぞ.ける
On-yomi: セキ

daybreak

Meaning: daybreak; dawn; morning
Kun-yomi: あき.らか/あきら/ただし/あさ/あした
On-yomi: タン/ダン

hermit

Meaning: hermit; wizard; cent
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: セン/セント

seduce

Meaning: seduce; call; send for; wear; put on; ride in; buy; eat; drink; catch (cold)
Kun-yomi: め.す
On-yomi: ショウ

fortune-telling

Meaning: fortune-telling; divining; forecasting; occupy; hold; have; get; take
Kun-yomi: し.める/うらな.う
On-yomi: セン

convex

Meaning: convex; beetle brow; uneven
Kun-yomi: でこ
On-yomi: トツ

adroit

Meaning: adroit; skilled; ingenuity
Kun-yomi: たく.み/たく.む/うま.い
On-yomi: コウ

halberd

Meaning: halberd; arms; festival float
Kun-yomi: ほこ
On-yomi: ム/ボウ

moreover

Meaning: moreover; also; furthermore
Kun-yomi: か.つ
On-yomi: ショ/ソ/ショウ

nun

Meaning: nun
Kun-yomi: あま
On-yomi:

armor

Meaning: armor; high (voice); A grade; first class; former; instep; carapace
Kun-yomi: きのえ
On-yomi: コウ/カン/カ

tile

Meaning: tile; gram
Kun-yomi: かわら/ぐらむ
On-yomi:

scold

Meaning: scold; reprove
Kun-yomi: しか.る
On-yomi: シツ/シチ

buttocks

Meaning: buttocks; hips; butt; rear
Kun-yomi: しり
On-yomi: コウ

pay

Meaning: pay; clear out; prune; banish; dispose of
Kun-yomi: はら.う/-はら.い/-ばら.い
On-yomi: フツ/ヒツ/ホツ

bowl

Meaning: bowl; bowl of food
Kun-yomi: どんぶり
On-yomi: トン/タン/ショウ/セイ

sweet

Meaning: sweet; coax; pamper; be content; sugary
Kun-yomi: あま.い/あま.える/あま.やかす/うま.い
On-yomi: カン

third class

Meaning: third class; 3rd; 3rd calendar sign
Kun-yomi: ひのえ
On-yomi: ヘイ

concave

Meaning: concave; hollow; sunken
Kun-yomi: くぼ.む/へこ.む/ぼこ
On-yomi: オウ

swift

Meaning: swift; fast
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ジン

captured

Meaning: captured; criminal; arrest; catch
Kun-yomi: とら.われる
On-yomi: シュウ

soup

Meaning: soup; juice; broth; sap; gravy; pus
Kun-yomi: しる/-しる/つゆ
On-yomi: ジュウ

guy

Meaning: guy; slave; manservant; fellow
Kun-yomi: やつ/やっこ
On-yomi:

spread out

Meaning: spread out; wide
Kun-yomi: ひろ.がる
On-yomi: ハン

decameron

Meaning: decameron; 10-day period; season (for specific products)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ジュン/シュン

busy

Meaning: busy; occupied; restless
Kun-yomi: いそが.しい/せわ.しい/おそ.れる/うれえるさま
On-yomi: ボウ/モウ

queen

Meaning: queen; princess
Kun-yomi: きさき
On-yomi:

decay

Meaning: decay; rot; remain in seclusion
Kun-yomi: く.ちる
On-yomi: キュウ

handle

Meaning: handle; entertain; thresh; strip
Kun-yomi: あつか.い/あつか.う/あつか.る/こ.く
On-yomi: ソウ/キュウ

crude

Meaning: crude; simple; plain; docile
Kun-yomi: ほう/ほお/えのき
On-yomi: ボク

artisan

Meaning: artisan; workman; carpenter
Kun-yomi: たくみ
On-yomi: ショウ

shout

Meaning: shout; exclaim; yell
Kun-yomi: さけ.ぶ
On-yomi: キョウ

delicious

Meaning: delicious; relish; show a liking for; purport; will; clever; expert
Kun-yomi: むね/うま.い
On-yomi:

potato

Meaning: potato
Kun-yomi: いも
On-yomi:

what?

Meaning: what?
Kun-yomi: なに/なんぞ/いかん
On-yomi: ナ/ダ

face-up

Meaning: face-up; look up; depend; seek; respect; rever; drink; take
Kun-yomi: あお.ぐ/おお.せ/お.っしゃる/おっしゃ.る
On-yomi: ギョウ/コウ

inferiority

Meaning: inferiority; be inferior to; be worse
Kun-yomi: おと.る
On-yomi: レツ

II

Meaning: II; two; second
Kun-yomi: ふた.つ/そえ
On-yomi: ニ/ジ

creek

Meaning: creek; inlet; bay
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コウ

mortar

Meaning: mortar
Kun-yomi: うす/うすづ.く
On-yomi: キュウ/グ

robust

Meaning: robust; manhood; prosperity
Kun-yomi: さかん
On-yomi: ソウ

likeness

Meaning: likeness; like; such as; as if; better; best; equal
Kun-yomi: ごと.し
On-yomi: ジョ/ニョ

delusion

Meaning: delusion; unnecessarily; without authority; reckless
Kun-yomi: みだ.りに
On-yomi: モウ/ボウ

prostrated

Meaning: prostrated; bend down; bow; cover; lay (pipes)
Kun-yomi: ふ.せる/ふ.す
On-yomi: フク

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