Click on the image to see he big version. Today not many kanji’s to explain but rather the meaning of the whole. As you might expect the image explains half of the sign.
だれかがきっとみているぞ
あやしい人見つけたら
110番
We’ll only handle this part of the text. As you can see on he image, it clearly shows a ninja sneaking in a large hallway. Of course this is forbidden in Japan.
だれかがきっとみているぞ
Somebody is almost certainly looking at you!
あやしい人見つけたら
If you see a suspicious person (あやしい人)
110番
Number 110.
Thus meaning, if you see a suspicious character, dial 110!
The kanji in this lesson are
人 ひと (hito) or にん (nin) which means: “Person, man. It can be used for a counter like 二人 (futa-ri) - 2 Persons. Or you can use it as a person from a country. F.e. American – アメリカ人 (America-Jin).
the other kanji is
見 from 見つけたら which comes from the word 見つける (mitsukeru) which means: Find, locate, discover, to detect. 見 on its own has a similar yet a different meaning: 見る(miru) – to look, to see, to watch or to view, which are the most common meanings for this kanji. 見 and 人 are very important kanji’s and you will often see these around.
Here are some common words that make use of the same kanji:
外人 – がいじん – Gaijin = Foreigner
一人 – ひとり – Hitori – Alone, by oneself
見物 – けんぶつ – Kenbutsu – Sightseeing
花見 – はなみ – Hanami – (Cherryblossom) flowerviewing
見学 – けんがく – Kengaku – Fieldtrip
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