VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

かど
hepburn kado

corner, angle

Part of speech · noun

Pattern visualization

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Examples

  1. 次の角を右へ。
    Right at the next corner.
  2. 机の角に当たった。
    I bumped into the corner of the desk.

Collocations

角 (kado, corner)角を曲がる (kado wo magaru, turn corner)曲がり角 (magarikado, corner)角度 (kakudo, angle)三角 (sankaku, triangle)

Mnemonic

Kado (角) is "corner" — Yamato kado (standalone), on-yomi kaku (kakudo, sankaku, chokkaku). Senses: (1) road (kado wo magaru, pair with magari-kado covered in magaru); (2) furniture (tsukue no kado); (3) horn (tsuno: shika no tsuno). Idiom kado ga tatsu (social friction) ties to wa (harmony) code. Korean motungi, Chinese jiao diverge. JLPT N5 kado pairs with kakudo / sankaku.

Quick check

  1. Metaphor kado ga tatsu?

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