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Words I can't read - yudantaiteki - 2013-02-19
I'm giving a presentation in a few weeks so today I had to read my 読み原稿 for practice; afterwards the professor pointed out some words I had read incorrectly. This really shows that the grade level of a kanji doesn't have much to do with how well you know it -- here's the list of words I messed up on, so you can all see how much better you are than me (some of these are from cited things, some are from sentences the professor suggested; I think except for the embarrassing 1st one I could read all the kanji from the parts I actually wrote myself.)
１８５４年
版木屋
先駆性
摂取 (I misread the second kanji here embarrassingly enough; I was probably thinking of 摂政 as I read it.)
上木 (meaning "to print a woodblock")
意図
踏襲
主として
分析
先人
Back to Japanese 101 for me!
Words I can't read - Zgarbas - 2013-02-19
What are 版木屋 and 先駆性 supposed to be? (reading and meaning)
Words I can't read - yudantaiteki - 2013-02-19
はんぎや (a woodblock printing company -- of course it's はんぎや but then 上木 is じょうぼく. I hate kanji
)せんくせい (pioneering)
Words I can't read - SendaiDan - 2013-02-19
yudantaiteki Wrote:I hate kanjiI couldn't agree more somedays.
I think as long as Japanese people continue to make mistakes with kanji readings we should be allowed to as well
Words I can't read - eslang - 2013-02-19
Hi YDTT, i feel equally embarrass or silly when i read it the wrong way too. Actually, the Aso (former Japanese PM) have problems with Kanji reading as well. Hopefully this makes you feel much better now.
For example:
身体傷害 【からだしょうがい】
身体障害 【しんたいしょうがい】
Just 身体 is enough to drive almost anyone up the wall with the Kanji proper readings! (lol)
Only 丸暗記 works for me.
Words I can't read - dizmox - 2013-02-19
I don't think 身体傷害 is read as からだしょうがい... they should be both be read the same. But the first one isn't really used.
Words I can't read - HonyakuJoshua - 2013-02-19
i can read all of these perfectly... but my grasp of grammar is still shoddy. My biggest mistake was not studying grammar and overloading on kanji...
Words I can't read - Marumaru - 2013-02-19
@yudantaiteki Dude, what you need is rikaichan for the speech.
@HonyakuJoshua I hope you are studying grammar now.
Words I can't read - Tzadeck - 2013-02-19
yudantaiteki Wrote:１８５４年Wait, how did you read 1854年?
版木屋
先駆性
摂取 (I misread the second kanji here embarrassingly enough; I was probably thinking of 摂政 as I read it.)
上木 (meaning "to print a woodblock")
意図
踏襲
主として
分析
先人
意図 and 分析 are the only other ones that I would be a bit embarassed by since I see those words a lot.
Words I can't read - yudantaiteki - 2013-02-19
I said よんねん instead of よねん. I've taught that in class before so I'm ashamed that I messed it up...but it's not the kind of thing you really notice, I guess.
Words I can't read - eslang - 2013-02-20
dizmox Wrote:I don't think 身体傷害 is read as からだしょうがい... they should be both be read the same. But the first one isn't really used.身体傷害
読み方：からだしょうがい
http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E8%BA%AB%E4%BD%93%E5%82%B7%E5%AE%B3
例文:
怪我または身体傷害を引き起こす
cause injuries or bodily harm to
I think in the grammar sense, it should be written as 身体を傷害... However in speech form, を is often "unspoken" (or left-out) most of the time. The distinction between personal injury [からだしょうがい] and (physical) handicap [しんたいしょうがい] is used in the insurance industry.
Another example like 私立と市立, both are read as しりつ, but when there is a need to distinguish them... 「市立」 is read/spoken as 「いちりつ」, especially over the phone calls.