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Sentences Request (May be expanded) - Smackle - 2009-03-10
I might need some help every now and then. Basically, I want to have sentences for certain kanji. At the moment, it's just 桂. I need a simple and natural sentence that uses 桂 in a word other than 肉桂.
In case you're wondering, the sentence I have for 肉桂 is
林の中は肉桂のような匂いがいっぱいでした。
Sentences Request (May be expanded) - wrightak - 2009-03-10
Haven't got one for that kanji but you may want to check out this:
http://wrightak.googlepages.com/
Sentences Request (May be expanded) - NickT - 2009-03-10
If you play Go or Shogi then けいま【桂馬】 is your best bet for a useful word using that kanji. I don't have any examples, but you will find it used on websites that deal with those subjects and you can get any number of examples from there.
けいま【桂馬】
【将棋】 a knight;《口》 a horse; 【囲碁】 a stone placed one or two squares diagonally away from a stone one has previously put in play.
Failing that, it is found in the name "Katsura" as in these following sentances:
桂さんは1963年に関西大学に入学しました。
Katsura enrolled in Kansai University in 1963.
桂さんは「ユーモアとは何か」や「笑いの歴史」について講義します。初授業は5月24日です。
Katsura will give lectures on "What is humor?" and "the history of laughter". The first lesson will be on May 24th.
Sentences Request (May be expanded) - ghinzdra - 2009-03-10
why don't you go to alc dictionnary ?http://www.alc.co.jp/ there are pages and pages of sentences exemples
or use the tanaka corpus ? (I must warn you though : it's said to be slighlty flawed )
or look for the kanji in google or 2ch : you're sure to get some real japanese.
I don't think anyone minds about giving you some example.... but there are so many kanjis and you need so many sentences exemples to have some mastering over a single kanji..... A forum is very unhandy for this kind of need.
Sentences Request (May be expanded) - nac_est - 2009-03-10
Instead of answering your specific question, maybe it's better to tell you how I go about it in general.
I usually go here, search for the kanji and then click on "search the current dictionary for compounds of the selected kanji", with the options "any position" and "common words only".
This way I can find a word that is common and contains the desired kanji. However I DON'T use the sentences given there. Instead I use good 'ol google, Japanese version, for sentences containing the desired compound. Sometimes I find it useful to include in the search a particle, based on what kind of word it is (and using the quotes).
For example, if I wanted a sentence with 殺風景, I'd search for things like "殺風景な" or "が殺風景". Then I'd look for a sentence I like, making sure it comes from a real Japanese site and verify it doesn't sound wrong (you need some experience in the language for this, though).
The inclusion of the particles is a way to exclude Chinese results and to restrict a little the kind of sentences you get.
However I almost never need to do this kind of search, because I usually input words that I've encountered in context. I can therefore add the true sentences in which I've found them. This creates a natural frequency ranking in my deck. The most obscure and rare kanji won't be added for a long time, but that means I will not need them until then.
Sentences Request (May be expanded) - woodwojr - 2009-03-10
江戸時代後期から明治時代中ごろまでに歌壇の主流をなした桂園派の時代を呼ぶ。
~J