Common Kanji Combinations You’ll Actually Use (Part 2)🇯🇵 🏙 Places, Travel & Transport East 東 (higashi / tō) + capital 京 (kyō) = 東京 (Tōkyō) → Tokyo Day 日 (hi / nichi) + origin 本 (hon) = 日本 (Nihon / Nippon) → Japan Electric 電 (den) + car 車 (kuruma / sha) = 電車 (densha) → train Electric 電 (den) + talk/speech 話 (wa) = 電話 (denwa) → telephone Book 本 (hon) + shop 屋 (ya) = 本屋 (hon’ya) → bookstore Outside 外 (gai) + country 国 (koku) + person 人 (jin) = 外国人 (gaikokujin) → foreigner Person 人 (jin) + mouth 口 (kuchi / kō) = 人口 (jinkō) → population 🍽 Daily Life & Actions Eat 食 (shoku / taberu) + thing 事 (koto) = 食事 (shokuji) → meal Big 大 (dai / ō) + like 好 (suki / kō) = 大好き (daisuki) → love / really like Work 仕 (shi) + thing 事 (koto) = 仕事 (shigoto) → job / work Go 行 (iku / kō) + move 動 (dō) = 行動 (kōdō) → action / behaviour See 見 (miru / ken) + study 学 (gaku) = 見学 (kengaku) → observation / study visit 🕒 Time & Date Now 今 (ima) + day 日 (nichi / hi) = 今日 (kyō) → today Last 先 (sen / saki) + week 週 (shū) = 先週 (senshū) → last week Next 来 (rai / kuru) + week 週 (shū) = 来週 (raishū) → next week Month 月 (tsuki / getsu) + day 日 (nichi) = 月日 (getsujitsu) → date / days & months ✨ These are just some of the most common kanji and how they combine into useful words. 💬 Have more examples? 👉 Drop them in the comments!