Jōyō Kanji Grade 5

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The jōyō kanji is the guide to kanji characters announced officially by the Japanese Ministry of Education. Current jōyō kanji are those on a list of 1,945 characters issued on October 10, 1981. It is a slightly modified version of the tōyō kanji, which was the initial list of secondary school-level kanji standardized after World War II.

襟【えり】 collar; lapel; neckband; neck / nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
率【りつ】 rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
ほぼ《略》 almost; roughly; approximately
形【かたち】 form; shape; figure / visage
余【よ】 over; more than / I; me
わた《綿》 cotton plant (Gossypium spp.) / batting; wadding; padding
夢【ゆめ】 dream
墓【はか】 gravesite; tomb
報【ほう】 information; news; report
暴【ぼう】 violence; force
弁【べん】 speech; tongue; talk; eloquence / dialect; brogue; accent / bento; Japanese box lunch / petal / valve / Oversight Department; division of the daijokan under the ritsuryo system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices
編【へん】 compilation (of a text); editing / volume (of a text) / completed literary work
武【ぶ】 the art of war; martial arts; military arts / military force; the sword / valor; bravery / military officer; military man
また《又》 again; and; also; still (doing something)
複【ふく】 diplo-; double / doubles (tennis, etc.) / place betting (in horse racing, etc.)
仏【ほとけ】 Buddha; merciful person; Buddhist image / the dead; dead person; spirit of the dead
貧【ひん】 poverty; becoming poor; living in poverty
嫁【よめ】 wife; bride / (one's) daughter-in-law
富【とみ】 riches; wealth; fortune / resources / lottery
布【ぬの】 cloth / bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
判【はん】 seal; stamp; monogram signature / judgment; judgement / size (of paper or books)
版【はん】 edition; version; printing; impression; implementation (e.g. software) / plate; block; cast / editions of a publication
犯【はん】 perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
ころ《頃》 (approximate) time; around; about; toward / suitable time (or condition) / time of year; season
肥【こえ】 manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
非【ひ】 fault; error; mistake / going poorly; being disadvantageous; being unfavorable / un-; non-; an-
俵【たわら】 straw bag; bale; sack / counter for sacks; counter for bales; counter for bags
評【ひょう】 criticism; commentary; a council
任【にん】 obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
能【のう】 talent; gift; function / noh (theatre)
破【は】 (in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
導【しるべ】 guidance; guide
金【かね】 money / metal
徳【とく】 virtue / benevolence / profit; benefit; advantage
独【どく】 Germany
張【ちょう】 Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) / counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
ひさげ《提》 ceremonial sake decanter with a spout and semicircular handle
ほど《程》 degree; extent; bounds; limit / upper limit
敵【てき】 opponent; rival; adversary / menace; danger; threat; enemy
たまたま《偶々》 casually; unexpectedly; accidentally; by chance
築【ちく】 ... years since construction; ... years old (of a building) / built in ...
断【だん】 decision; judgment; resolution
団【だん】 body; group; party; company; troupe
貸し【かし】 loan; lending / favor; favour; debt; obligation / creditor; method of lending; credit side
体【てい】 appearance; air; condition; state; form
総【そう】 whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
像【ぞう】 image; figure; statue; picture; portrait / figure; form; shape; appearance / image
増【ぞう】 increase
則【そく】 counter for rules / rule; regulation
属【ぞく】 genus / generic
損【そん】 loss; damage; harm; unprofitable / disadvantage; handicap; drawback; unfavorable
元【もと】 origin; source / base; basis; foundation; root / cause / ingredient; material / (somebody's) side; (somebody's) location / original cost (or capital, principal, etc.) / (plant) root; (tree) trunk / first section of a waka / counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry) / handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.); grip
責【せき】 responsibility; duty; obligation
舌【した】 tongue / tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
銭【せん】 hundredth of a yen / coin made of non-precious materials / one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency) / one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
親【おや】 parent; parents; mother and father / dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker / founder; inventor / (pet) owner / key; parent (organization); main / ancestor; forefather
税【ぜい】 tax
政【まつりごと】 rule; government
精【せい】 spirit; sprite; nymph / energy; vigor (vigour); strength / fine details / semen
製【せい】 -made; make
制【せい】 system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation; control; government; suppression; restraint; holding back; establishment
勢い【いきおい】 force; vigor; vigour; energy; spirit; life / influence; authority; power; might / impetus; momentum; course (of events) / naturally; necessarily
性【せい】 nature (of a person) / sex / gender / -ty; -ity; -ness; -cy
永久【えいきゅう】 eternity; permanence; perpetuity / Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
情【じょう】 feelings; emotion; sentiment / compassion; sympathy / passion; affection; love / the way things really are; the actual situation
筋【すじ】 muscle; tendon; sinew / vein; artery / fiber; fibre; string / line; stripe; streak / reason; logic / plot; storyline / lineage; descent / school (e.g. of scholarship or arts) / aptitude; talent / source (of information, etc.); circle; channel / well-informed person (in a transaction) / logical move (in go, shogi, etc.) / ninth vertical line / seam on a helmet / gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.) / social position; status / on (a river, road, etc.); along / counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions / (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)
状【じょう】 shape; state / letter; correspondence
織り【おり】 weave; weaving; woven item
職【しょく】 job; work; employment; occupation; position / duties / trade; skill
ついで《序で》 opportunity; occasion
承【しょう】 second line of a four-line Chinese poem
印【しるし】 mark; sign / symbol; emblem / badge; crest; flag / evidence; proof / token (of gratitude, affection, etc.)
準【じゅん】 semi-; quasi-; associate
術【じゅつ】 art; technique / means; way / trick; trap; plot; stratagem / magic
舎【しゃ】 hut; house / (in the ancient Chinese army) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
識【しき】 acquaintanceship / vijnana; consciousness / written by...
質【しつ】 quality; value / nature; inherent quality; character / logical quality
似【に】 takes after (either of one's parents)
支【し】 China
枝【えだ】 branch; bow; bough; twig; limb
師【し】 teacher; master; one's mentor / religious leader / specialist / five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
志【こころざし】 will; resolution; intention; ambition; aim; goal / kindness; goodwill; kind offer / gift (as a token of gratitude)
賛【さん】 praise; tribute / inscription (on a painting)
酢【す】 vinegar
雑【ざつ】 rough; crude; sloppy; messy / miscellaneous
桜【さくら】 cherry tree; cherry blossom / decoy; fake buyer; shill / hired applauder / horse meat
際【さい】 on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
在【ざい】 country; countryside / outskirts; suburbs / situated in; resident in
罪【つみ】 crime; sin; wrongdoing; indiscretion / penalty; sentence; punishment / fault; responsibility; culpability / thoughtlessness; lack of consideration
宝【たから】 treasure
再【さい】 re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
妻【つま】 wife / my dear; dear; honey / garnish (esp. one served with sashimi) / embellishment
講【こう】 (Buddhist) lecture meeting / religious association / mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
粗金【あらがね】 ore
構え【かまえ】 structure; construction; appearance / posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; stance / readiness; determination; preparedness / kanji enclosure type radical (must enclose at least two sides of the kanji)
甲斐【かい】 effect; result; worth; use; avail
厚【あつ】 thickness
切り【きり】 end; finish; stop / bounds; limits / delivery date (of a futures contract) / finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville) / counter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (e.g. fish, meat) / only; just / since; after / remaining (in a particular state)
箇【か】 counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi
元【もと】 former; ex-; past; one-time
縦【たて】 the vertical; height / front-to-back; length / north-to-south / vertical (relationship); hierarchy / (weaving) warp
くだん《件》 the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the above-mentioned; the aforesaid / the usual
券【けん】 ticket; coupon; bond; certificate
険【けん】 steepness; steep place / harsh (look); sharp (tongue)
減【げん】 reduction
現つ【うつつ】 reality; consciousness
句【く】 section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph / phrase / verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry) / haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc. / maxim; saying; idiom; expression
群【ぐん】 group; bunch; crowd; throng; swarm; band / group
興【きょう】 interest; entertainment; pleasure / implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
禁【きん】 ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
境【さかい】 border; boundary / turning point; watershed / area; region; spot; space; environment / psychological state; mental state / cognitive object; something perceptible by the sense organs or mind
下【もと】 under (esp. influence or guidance)
居【きょ】 residence
旧【きゅう】 ex-; former; old
技【わざ】 technique; art; skill
義【ぎ】 morality; righteousness; justice; honour (honor) / meaning / teachings; doctrine / nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws) / prosthesis
逆【ぎゃく】 reverse; opposite / converse (of a hypothesis, etc.) / inverse (function)
元【もと】 origin; source / base; basis; foundation; root / cause / ingredient; material / (somebody's) side; (somebody's) location / original cost (or capital, principal, etc.) / (plant) root; (tree) trunk / first section of a waka / counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry) / handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.); grip
目【め】 eye; eyeball / eyesight; sight; vision / look; stare; glance / an experience / viewpoint / stitch; texture; weave / ordinal number suffix / somewhat; -ish
刊【かん】 publication; edition (e.g. morning, evening, special); published in (year); publication frequency (e.g. daily, monthly)
幹【みき】 (tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
格【かく】 status; position; rank / method; way; style / rule; regulation; law / grammatical case / figure (syllogism)
確か【たしか】 sure; certain; positive; definite / reliable; trustworthy; safe; sound; firm; accurate; correct; exact / If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly; If I remember rightly
額【がく】 picture (framed) / amount or sum (of money)
快【かい】 pleasure; delight; enjoyment
永久【えいきゅう】 eternity; permanence; perpetuity / Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
汁【しる】 juice; sap / soup; broth / (dipping) sauce
ますます《益々》 increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
応【おう】 agreement; affirmative / aye; yes; OK; okay; yeah; all right
恩【おん】 favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
仮【かり】 temporary; provisional; interim / fictitious; assumed (name); alias / hypothetical; theoretical
値【あたい】 price; cost / value; worth; merit / value
可【か】 passable; acceptable; tolerable; fair
川【かわ】 river; stream / River; the ... river
過【か】 surplus- (attaches to start of Sino-Japanese words); excess-; over- / per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
賀【が】 congratulation
解【かい】 solution (of equation)
圧【あつ】 pressure; force
易【えき】 divination; fortune-telling
由【よし】 reason; significance; cause / piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...