Kanji characters migrating from 4th and 5th grades to6th grade＊Listed below is an English translation of the newly added kanji characters and sample sentences, as well as modified sample sentences, in the new revision of Kanji Daisuki (6) based onNEXT's updated Curriculum Formulation.
** Reading Chapter vocabulary on top and Writing Chapter vocabulary on bottom*** [R] stands for Reading Practice. [W] stands for Writing Chapter（sample sentences for learning kanji) or Writing
Practice.
**** Page numbers are for corresponding pages in the new revision of Kanji Daisuki (6).

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Chapter 1
TongueLook at someone's tongue to see if his or her
stomach and intestines are in good shape.
Show me your tongue.
When [we are] healthy, the color of the tongue is

The intestines

red, but it turns to white when [we] catch a cold.
Look at someone's tongue to see if his or her
stomach and intestines are in good shape.
The intestine/s is/are long.
There are [two intestines], the large intestine and thesmall intestine.

[R] p.5

The stomach

Look at someone's tongue to see if his or her
stomach and intestines are in good shape.

[R] p.5[W] p.91

The stomach is on the upper side of the abdomen.

[W] p.92[W] p.97

I ate too much. I have a slight stomachache.

[W] p.96[R] p.5[W] p.92[W] p.97

Chapter 3
Two 50 sen coins make 1 In the past, apparently there was a smaller currency
yenunit below the yen: the sen. "A taxi ride cost thirty

Mother agreed to it /[R] p.18yen", said my grandmother.
Two 50 sen coins make 1 yen.

"Shochi shimashita," means I understand very well.
[R] p.18

Mother is aware[W] p.109

To have someone agree [to something]/ to allow[W] p.109

My mother allowed me to have a dog.

[W] p.112

My grandfather said, "This is old money and isSen
Other changes

called 10 sen", and showed me [some] coins madeof copper.
When I visited a temple, I prayed for my family to be
forever happy and healthy.

[W] p.112

Agree[R] p.17

As I won, I made an impression
on my father.
p.13

Chapter 5
Other changes
The Diet session is extended for
30 days (The Diet session will beextended)

p.28

Chapter 7
Enemy

Both teams played really well at the game today.

[R] p.45

Enemies and allies[W] p.136

In class we learned, "Yesterday's enemy is today'sfriend." Several examples in history illustrate this.
Other changes

Please wear comfortable clothes for the excursion.

[W] p.139

Arena/sumo ring

The ring

The crowd got excited and erupted in cheers, whensumo wrestlers collided in the sumo ring.

[R] p.45

The sumo ring[W] p.137

Sumo wrestlers are practicing in the ring.

[W] p.139[R] p.45

Chapter 10
Other changes

On Sunday I visited a temple which is a nationaltreasure. This temple is also preciously protected as

We visited temples in Nara and Kyoto on our school[R] p.67

a cultural asset.

museums. We also saw armors and helmets.

Chapter 11
To leave early /Early departure

Early departure is to leave school earlier than usual.

[R] p.74

Mari-chan left [school] early.

[W] p.160

I developed a headache around the second period,
Other changes

so I left [school] early.
Every day, we take turns to keep the class journal.
Tanaka's turn comes before me; his writing isinteresting.

trip. We saw Buddhist sculptures and paintings in[W] p.162[R] p.74[W] p.153

Chapter 13
To buy a train ticket

To deposit money

As I have to go to Hiroshima, and am buying around-trip ticket. I checked the train times and fareson the Shinkansen timetable guide. The fare havehanding my money over to my mother, so that I willgone up.

Voucher / (Food ticket /To buy a voucher for a curry-and-rice meal

one's life to someoneBenefactor

To deposit money

Depositrescued me. Tom's father saved my life.

[R] p.86

I owe my life to this person.

[W] p.172

Tom's father saved my brother’s life.

[W] p.175

6th Grade Kanji
p.202
139. Food tastes great, when my digestive system is in good order.
140. Check someone's tongue to see if he or she is healthy.
141. "Sen" is an old currency.
142. The class breaks up into two competing teams, whenever there is a game.
143. Sumo wrestlers sprinkle salt on the sumo ring.
144. I left school early, because I had a stomach ache.
145. I purchased a round-trip shinkansen ticket.
146. My mother agreed to let me get a dog.

[R] p.85

not spend it all.
[W] p.170

Meal voucher)
Save someone's life/Owe When I was almost drowning at sea, Tom's father

As my father less work, his income has decreased.
My allowance was cut back too. I'm in trouble. I am

[R] p.85

Large stations have coin lockers for people to leave
their luggage.

[W] p.172[W] p.175