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All of our Japanese Kanji videos can be seen on our YouTube channel Kanji Memories and its Learning Japanese Kanji playlist. Alternatively, there is a link below to the YouTube video for this particular Japanese Kanji. There is also an embedded copy of the video towards the bottom of the page, but that may not be available on your device for technical reasons. See also the text translations and the Kanji memories memory card.

This is the YouTube link to the Japanese Kanji for Parent.


This is the Kanji Memories 'Memory Card'.


Parent Memory Card


Good to see our YouTube channel topping 50 subscribers already. 🧐 This is our video for the Kanji 親 'parent'. Designed for teachers of Japanese language to use as part of their lessons. #learn #japanese #kanji #teach #jlpt #jlpt4 #jlptn4 pic.twitter.com/9fPGijIufW

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These are the translations (English, with Kanji, just Hiragana and Katakana, Romanji) used in the video.

"The people in this town are very kind."

この街の人たちは、とても 親切

このまちのひとたちは、とてもしんせつだ

Kono machi no hitotachi wa, totemo shinsetsu da.

"My best friend is coming to visit me."

親友 が遊びに来るんだ

しんゆうがあそびにくるんだ

Shinyuu ga asobi ni kurun da.