53Cards
BeginnerDifficulty
80 minTime
Fire and HeatThemes
Overview
Use it as a simple checkpoint for fire, heat, and burning before moving to another theme.
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Cards in This Deck
53 Cards
- 01火fire火 gives this fire deck its simplest anchor before cards like 炎, 焼, and 熱.
- 02熱heat, temperature, fever熱 captures the concept of heat and temperature for everyday words like 熱帯.
- 03燃burn, blaze, glow燃 describes the act of burning, essential for reading terms like 燃料 and 燃やす.
- 04焼bake, burning焼 adds cooking methods to the heat theme, appearing on menus in dishes like 焼き肉 and 焼き鳥.
- 05炎inflammation, flame, blazeCombining two fire radicals, 炎 captures the intense heat of a blazing flame or inflammation.
- 06煙smoke煙 shifts the focus from the fire itself to the smoke it produces, covering concepts like smoldering.
- 07炭charcoal, coal炭 introduces the fuel needed to keep fires burning, meaning charcoal or coal.
- 08炉hearth, furnace, kiln炉 provides the structure for heat, bringing in concepts like a hearth, furnace, or reactor.
- 09灯lamp, a light, light灯 illuminates the collection with the meaning of a lamp or light source.
- 10灰ashes, puckery juice, cremate灰 represents what remains after burning, providing the character for ashes and the color gray.
- 11災disaster, calamity, woe災 highlights the destructive power of nature, pairing a fire radical with the meaning of disaster or calamity.
- 12爆bomb, burst open, pop爆 describes violent outbursts of heat and energy, forming terms related to bombs and explosions.
- 13焦char, hurry, impatient焦 links the physical act of scorching or charring to the emotional feeling of impatience or hurrying.
- 14照illuminate, shine, compare照 focuses on the light produced by a heat source, meaning to illuminate or shine.
- 15沸seethe, boil, ferment沸 captures the state of liquids reacting to intense heat, translating to boiling or seething.
- 16炊cook, boil炊 specifically addresses the preparation of food with fire and heat, such as boiling rice.
- 17炒broil, fry, parch炒 narrows the culinary theme to cooking methods like frying, roasting, or broiling.
- 18煎broil, parch, roast煎 introduces methods of boiling or roasting often used for tea, seen in words like 煎茶.
- 19煮boil, cook煮 covers the slow boiling or simmering of ingredients over heat.
- 20蒸steam, heat, sultry蒸 closes this batch by exploring the vapor produced by heat, meaning steam or sultriness.
- 21燥parch, dry upThe kanji 燥 connects heat to the concept of drying up, anchoring the common word 乾燥 for drying.
- 22燈counter for lights, lamp, light燈 represents a lamp or light, closely tied to the theme of fire through vocabulary like 灯台 for a lighthouse.
- 23燎burn, bonfire燎 captures the intense energy of a bonfire or a burning field in the word 燎原.
- 24燦brilliant燦 focuses on the brilliant, dazzling shine of light and fire, often used to describe something radiant.
- 25燿shine燿 broadens the focus on heat to include the specific, dazzling shine of a brightly burning flame.
- 26煥shine煥 shares the theme of shining brightness, forming 煥発 to describe a sudden spark of brilliance.
- 27煕shine煕 offers another variation for shining light, rounding out the deck's luminous concepts before moving to other kanji.
- 28熙bright, sunny, prosperous熙 extends the idea of shining heat to describe bright, sunny weather and concepts of prosperity.
- 29底bottom, sole, depthThe kanji 底 provides a grounded physical contrast to rising flames, focusing on the bottom or depth of something.
- 30布linen, cloth, spread布 introduces the concept of cloth, which ties into physical warmth through everyday words like 布団 for a futon mattress.
- 31巨gigantic, big, large巨 introduces the idea of gigantic scale, useful for describing massive natural forces like large fires or powerful elements.
- 32札tag, paper money, counter for bondsLearning 札 for tags and paper money provides a practical vocabulary shift among the intense nature kanji.
- 33譲defer, turnover, transfer譲 introduces the concept of transferring or deferring, expanding your knowledge into crucial interpersonal actions.
- 34綱hawser, class (genus), rope綱 shifts the focus to ropes and cables, teaching a tangible physical object to contrast with the formless heat.
- 35忠loyalty, fidelity, faithfulnessThe kanji 忠 introduces the abstract concept of loyalty, offering a mental break from the physical environment.
- 36脅threaten, coerce脅 represents threatening and coercion, capturing the sense of danger often associated with an uncontrolled blaze.
- 37縦vertical, length, height縦 teaches the concept of verticality, building foundational spatial vocabulary alongside the fiery elements.
- 38倫ethics, companion倫 introduces concepts of ethics and morals, bringing essential social principles into your vocabulary mix.
- 39寛tolerant, leniency, generosity寛 connects to the comfort of warmth through the verb 寛ぐ, which describes relaxing and feeling at ease.
- 40屈yield, bend, flinch屈 deals with bending and yielding, providing a dynamic physical action word to complement the energy of heat.
- 41妨disturb, prevent, hamperAs the deck moves into denser kanji, 妨 teaches the concept of preventing or obstructing for words like 妨害.
- 42奮stirred up, be invigorated, flourish奮 brings the meaning of being stirred up or invigorated, which you will use to read 奮う.
- 43把grasp, faggot, bunchThe kanji 把 represents a grasp or a bundle, expanding your vocabulary with the counter 把 (わ) for bundles.
- 44洞den, cave, excavation洞 introduces the concept of a cave or den, providing the foundation for reading 洞窟 (どうくつ) and 洞穴 (ほらあな).
- 45伽nursing, attending, entertainerContinuing through the denser kanji, 伽 covers nursing and attending, which helps when encountering 伽藍 (がらん).
- 46瀕brink, shore, verge瀕 adds the meaning of a brink or verge, allowing you to recognize terms like 瀕死 (ひんし).
- 47淘selectThe kanji 淘 teaches the action of selecting or washing, forming the word 淘汰 (とうた).
- 48鉾arms, festival float, halberd鉾 represents a halberd or festival float, expanding your knowledge of traditional arms and tools.
- 49弛relax, slacken弛 introduces the concept of relaxing or slackening, useful for understanding words like 弛む (たるむ) and 弛緩 (しかん).
- 50苛torment, scold, chastiseNearing the end of the set, 苛 means to torment or scold, giving you the characters to read 苛々 (いらいら).
- 51唾saliva, sputum唾 covers the meaning of saliva, providing the exact character you need to read 唾 (つば).
- 52遜humble, modest遜 introduces the concept of being humble or modest, which is essential for understanding 遜色 (そんしょく).
- 53絃string, cord, samisen musicCompleting this deck, 絃 teaches the concept of a string or cord, commonly associated with samisen music.