Words I can't read

yudantaiteki Member

Registered: 2009-10-03 Posts: 3619

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!

Last edited by yudantaiteki (2013 February 19, 4:26 am)

Zgarbas Watchman

From: 名古屋 Registered: 2011-10-09 Posts: 1210 Website

What are 版木屋 and 先駆性 supposed to be? (reading and meaning)

yudantaiteki Member

Registered: 2009-10-03 Posts: 3619

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)

Last edited by yudantaiteki (2013 February 19, 4:44 am)

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SendaiDan Member

From: Australia Registered: 2009-08-24 Posts: 201 Website

yudantaiteki wrote:
I hate kanji

I 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

Last edited by SendaiDan (2013 February 19, 7:10 am)

eslang Member

Registered: 2012-01-27 Posts: 98

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.

dizmox Member

Registered: 2007-08-11 Posts: 1149

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.

HonyakuJoshua Member

From: The Unique City of Liverpool Registered: 2011-06-03 Posts: 617 Website

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...

Marumaru Banned

From: ◯ Registered: 2013-01-03 Posts: 104

@yudantaiteki Dude, what you need is rikaichan for the speech.

@HonyakuJoshua I hope you are studying grammar now.

Last edited by Marumaru (2013 February 19, 5:20 pm)

Tzadeck Member

From: Kinki Registered: 2009-02-21 Posts: 2484

yudantaiteki wrote:
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

Wait, how did you read 1854年?

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.

yudantaiteki Member

Registered: 2009-10-03 Posts: 3619

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.

eslang Member

Registered: 2012-01-27 Posts: 98

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 … 7%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.

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