Victory!?!
Yeah, no, not really. But hopefully this will be useful to others.
I’ve been browsing through the NHK News Easy site, but there’s constantly been Kanji that I don’t know, so I’ve decided to try something a bit different.
I’m going to start finding small articles and looking up the levels of the Kanji on WK and post them here. That way I can start to determine a very rough average of what level we need to be to read at least most of an article on the site.
So the first one I decided to try didn’t have any Kanji that weren’t covered in WK, but there was a Level 60 included. Next highest level was 50, then 49, a couple at 36, then 21, 17, and the rest were 15 or below.
So what I’ll do is:
- Suggest a WK level for attempting to read the text based on the average level of the Kanji
- Paste the text here without furigana
- Post the link to the original article
- List any words that are made with Kanji from WK, but don’t actually show up as a vocabulary word with Kanji Level, Reading, and Meaning
- List the Kanji that are higher than the suggested WK reading level with Level, Reading, and Meaning
When I’m posting the meanings of the kanji, I will only be listing the base forms of verbs and adjectives, as I’m not confident enough in my grammar abilities to make sure my translations are accurate.
Once I have a few of them done (no idea how often I’ll post them) I’ll link to them in the OP.
So here’s the first one:
Suggested Reading Level: 15+
米を育てる農家の手伝いをするロボット
[5月28日 12時00分]
山形県鶴岡市の会社が、薬を使わないで米を育てる農家の手伝いをするロボットを作りました。
ロボットの大きさは、幅が1.2m、高さが20cmぐらいです。ソーラーパネルとGPSがついていて、太陽の光から作った電気を使って、自動で動きます。
このロボットを田んぼに入れて、スクリューを回すと、水が濁ります。水の中に光が入らなくなって、米が育つのに邪魔になる草が大きくなりません。
ロボットを作った人は「将来、米を育てる農家の仕事を少なくすることが必要になります。田んぼの草をとるのは大変な仕事なので、ロボットで手伝いたいです」と話していました。
Kanji Covered but Not Included in WK Vocabulary List:
Level 1, 5, 9: 山形県 - やまがたけん - Yamagata Prefecture
Level 2: 田んぼ - たんぼ - Paddy field; Farm
Level 2, 15: 手伝い - てつだい - Helper
Level 10, 7: 農家 - のうか - Farmhouse
Level 49, 21, 7: 鶴岡市 - つるおかし - Tsuruoka (city)
Kanji Above Level 15:
Level 17: 薬 - くすり - Medicine
Level 36: 幅 - はば - Width
Level 36: 将来 - しょうらい - Future
Level 49, 21, 7: 鶴岡市 - つるおかし - Tsuruoka (city)
Level 50: 邪魔 - じゃま - Hindrance
Level 60: 濁る - にごる - To become muddy
Let me know if you notice any errors.
Also feel free to use this thread to post your attempts at a translation of the text or ask any questions about translations. My grammar is terrible, but someone else may be able to help! ^ _ ^
If you attempt to read it, let me know how you went!
