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Learning Japanese Kanji

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 Left


This is the Kanji Memories 'Memory Card'.


Left Memory Card


... and here is our new video for the JLPT N5 Kanji 左 'left' for teachers of Japanese.#japanese #kanji #jlpt pic.twitter.com/WqmHFxSNvG

— Kanji Memories (@kanjimemories) July 13, 2023

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

"The left side of the pitch is very muddy today."

ピッチの 左側 が今日はとてもぬかるんできたな

ぴっちのひだりがわがきょうはとてもぬかるんできたな

Picchi no hidarigawa ga kyou wa totemo nukarunde kita na.

"You have an ink stain on your left arm."

左腕 にインクの汚れがある

ひだりうでにいんくのよごれがある

Hidariude ni inku no yogore ga aru.