雑 - miscellaneous - miscelanea

Word:

• 雑誌 ZASshi (ざっし)
• English: magazine
• Spanish: revista

Sentence:

• 彼女は雑誌にざっと目を通した
• kanojo ha zasshi ni zatto me wo tooshita
• She glanced though the magazine
• Ella echo una ojeada a la revista

Mnemonics:

• The main components of this Kanji are old bird 隹, nine 九 and tree 木
• I prefer to associate the Kanji with continuation 進 rather than bird. This way I can think of a TV magazine, made of paper/tree, that I can check to know when the next chapter of my favourite series will continue. The magazine is released every 9 days.

程 - extent - grado de

Word:

• 程度　TEIdo
• English: what degree of.., to what extent..
• Spanish: que grado de.., hasta que punto..

Sentence:

• 自分たちがどの程度他人に依存しているのかを悟っていない
• jibun-tachi ga donoteido tanin ni izon-shite iru no ka wo satotte nai
• We don't see the extent to which we depend on others
• No percibimos el grado en que dependemos de otras personas

Mnemonics:

• The kanji is composed of rice plant 禾, mouth 口 and king 王. We will use the example sentence to say that the king doesn't realize to which extent he depends on normal people to bring rice to his mouth!!

断 - severance - division

Word:

• 判断　hanDAN
• English: judge
• Spanish: juzgar

Sentence:

• 本を表紙で判断するな
• hon wo hyōshi de handan suru na
• Don't judge a book by its cover
• No juzges un libro por la portada

Mnemonics:

• The right part is an axe 斤 and the left part contains rice 米. Imagine that there is a fight between two neighbors because they both say they own a certain rice field. The judge comes and uses an axe to divide the rice field in two parts!!