JLPT Kanji Level 2

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The Japanese Language Proficiency Test, or JLPT, is a standardized criterion-referenced test to evaluate and certify the Japanese language proficiency of non-native speakers. It is held twice a year in East Asia and once a year in other regions. The JLPT has four levels, with Level 4 the most basic and Level 1 the most difficult.

れい《零》 zero; nought
齢【よわい】 (one's) age
歴【れき】 history of; experience of
列【れつ】 row; line; file; column; queue; rank; procession / company (of someone); group; ranks / sequence / counter for rows
恋【こい】 (romantic) love
連【れん】 two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets of paper / stanza; verse / tribe (in taxonomy) / quinella; quiniela / party; company; group; set / counter for things strung in a line, e.g. pearls, dried fish, spans of a bridge, etc. / counter for falcons
道【みち】 road; path; street; lane; passage / route; way / distance; journey / road (e.g. to victory); course / way (of living, proper conduct, etc.); moral principles / teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma / field (e.g. of medicine); subject; speciality / means; way; method
労【ろう】 labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work; effort; striving
老【ろう】 old age; age; old people; the old; the aged; senior; elder
録【ろく】 record; transcript
論【ろん】 argument; discussion; dispute; controversy; discourse; debate / theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine / essay; treatise; comment
和【わ】 sum / harmony; peace / Japan; Japanese-style
湾【わん】 bay; gulf; inlet
腕【うで】 arm / skill; efforts; ability
良【りょう】 good / B grade (in an A, B, C ... system)
量【りょう】 quantity; amount; volume; portion (of food)
襟【えり】 collar; lapel; neckband; neck / nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
緑【みどり】 green / greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
林【はやし】 woods; forest; copse; thicket / bunch; line (of something); collection
輪【わ】 ring; circle; loop / hoop / wheel / circle (e.g. of friends)
涙【なみだ】 tear; tears; lachrymal secretion / sympathy
たぐい《類い》 kind; sort; type / equal; match; peer
令【れい】 command; order; dictation
例【れい】 custom; practice; habit; usual / said; aforementioned / instance; example; case; illustration; usage / precedent
冷や【ひや】 cold water / cold sake / cold; cool; chilled; unheated
礼【れい】 thanks; gratitude / manners; etiquette / bow / reward; gift / ceremony; ritual
かなめ《要》 pivot / vital point; cornerstone; keystone / Japanese photinia
日【ひ】 day; days / sun; sunshine; sunlight / case (esp. unfortunate); event
欲【よく】 greed; craving; desire; avarice; wants
翌【よく】 the following; next
落ち【おち】 slip; omission / outcome; final result; the end / punch line (of a joke)
乱【らん】 revolt; rebellion; war
卵【たまご】 eggs; egg; spawn; roe / hen egg / (an expert) in the making / beginning; origin; infancy
利【り】 advantage; benefit; profit; interest
裏【うら】 opposite side; bottom; other side; side hidden from view; undersurface; reverse side / rear; back; behind / lining; inside / in the shadows; behind the scenes; offstage; behind one's back / more (to something than meets the eye); hidden side (e.g. of one's personality); unknown circumstances; different side / proof / opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.); contrary / inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.) / bottom (of an inning); last half (of an inning)
六【ろく】 six
律【りつ】 law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation / vinaya (rules for the monastic community) / Ritsu (school of Buddhism) / lushi (style of Chinese poem) / (musical) pitch / six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale / Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) / (in traditional Eastern music) step (corresponding to a Western semitone)
ほぼ《略》 almost; roughly; approximately
流【りゅう】 fashion; way; style; manner / school (of thought) / class; rank; rate / current (electrical, water, etc.); flow; stream
粒【つぶ】 grain; bead; drop / counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
了【りょう】 finish; completion; understanding
両【りょう】 both (e.g. both shoulders, etc.) / ryo (obsolete unit of currency) / 41-42 g (one sixteenth of a kin) / 2 tan (measure of fabric size) / counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles
涼【りょう】 cool breeze; cool air; refreshing coolness
葉【は】 leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
いと《幼》 young child (esp. a young girl) / young
形【かたち】 form; shape; figure / visage
よう《様》 appearing ...; looking ... / way to ...; method of ...ing / form; style; design / like; similar to / thing (thought or spoken)
与【むた】 together with ...
余【よ】 over; more than / I; me
余【よ】 over; more than / I; me
由【よし】 reason; significance; cause / piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
優【やさ】 gentle; affectionate
勇【ゆう】 bravery; courage; heroism
油【あぶら】 oil
役【やく】 use; service; role / post; position / scoring combination (e.g. in mahjong, card games, etc.); hand
約【やく】 approximately; about / promise / shortening; reduction; simplification / contraction (in phonetics)
薬【くすり】 medicine; pharmaceuticals; (legal) drugs; pill; ointment; salve / efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.) / (pottery) glaze / small bribe
門【もん】 gate / branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master / division; phylum / counter for cannons
毛【け】 hair / fur; wool / down; plumage; feathers
娘【むすめ】 (my) daughter / girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
命【いのち】 life; life force / lifetime; lifespan / most important thing; foundation; core / paired tattoos of the "life" kanji on the upper arms of a man and woman (indicating unwavering love) / fate; destiny; karma
わた《綿》 cotton plant (Gossypium spp.) / batting; wadding; padding
面【めん】 face / mask; face guard / (in kendo) striking the head / surface (esp. a geometrical surface) / page / aspect; facet; side / chamfer / counter for broad, flat objects, levels or stages, e.g. in a video game
満【まん】 full (years, etc.) / whole; all / fully enough; not lacking / Manchuria
未【ひつじ】 eighth sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Ram, 1pm-3pm, south-southwest, June)
民【たみ】 people; citizens; subjects; folk
夢【ゆめ】 dream
無【む】 nothing; naught; nought; nil; zero / un-; non-
枚【まい】 counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper)
末【すえ】 tip; top / end; close (e.g. close of the month) / youngest child / descendants; offspring; posterity / future / finally / trivialities
補【ほ】 assistant ...; probationary ...
暮れ【くれ】 sunset; sundown; nightfall; dusk / end; close / year-end; end of the year
包【パオ】 yurt
報【ほう】 information; news; report
宝【たから】 treasure
法【ほう】 law; act; principle / method / mood / dharma
坊【ぼう】 bonze; monk / monk's dwelling / boy; sonny / I; me / little / person who is ...
帽【ぼう】 hat; cap
暴【ぼう】 violence; force
望【ぼう】 full moon / 15th day of the lunar month
棒【ぼう】 pole; rod; stick
便【びん】 flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); service / mail; post; letter / opportunity; chance
戦【いくさ】 war; battle; campaign; fight / troops; forces
平【ひら】 something broad and flat / common; ordinary; plain; rank-and-file / low-ranking employee; freshman; novice; private
並【なみ】 average; medium; common; ordinary / mid-grade (item); regular grade / same level as; equal to; equivalent to; on par with / each (e.g. month); every / row of (teeth, houses, etc.); line of
メートル《米》 metre; meter / meter; gauge
変【へん】 strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy / unexpected / change / incident; disturbance; disaster; accident / flat
片【かた】 one (of a pair) / incomplete; imperfect; fragmentary / few; little / off-centre; remote / side; problem; question; matters
編【へん】 compilation (of a text); editing / volume (of a text) / completed literary work
辺【へん】 area; vicinity; region / side; edge / circumstances
負【ふ】 negative; minus
武【ぶ】 the art of war; martial arts; military arts / military force; the sword / valor; bravery / military officer; military man
舞【まい】 dancing; dance
部【ぶ】 department (in an organization); division; bureau / club / part; component; element / category / counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
封【ふう】 seal
副【ふく】 assistant; associate; vice-; sub-; deputy; substitute; auxiliary; supplementary; additional; collateral / duplicate; copy / adverb
また《又》 again; and; also; still (doing something)
幅【はば】 width; breadth / freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude / gap; difference (e.g. in price); range (e.g. of voice)
福【ふく】 good fortune
腹【はら】 abdomen; belly; stomach / womb / one's mind; one's real intentions; one's true motive / courage; nerve; willpower / generosity; magnanimity / feelings; emotions / wide middle part; bulging part / inside; interior; inner part / anti-node / counter for hard roe / counter for containers with bulging middles (pots, vases, etc.)
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
粉【こな】 flour; meal; powder; dust
貧【ひん】 poverty; becoming poor; living in poverty
瓶【びん】 bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
付き【つき】 furnished with; including / attached to / impression; appearance / luck / sociality / under; assistant (e.g. to a manager) / soup base
妻【つま】 wife / my dear; dear; honey / garnish (esp. one served with sashimi) / embellishment
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)
府【ふ】 (metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto) / the centre or seat (of) (center) / (government) office
こわ《怖》 frightening; terrifying
符【ふ】 charm; talisman; amulet / tally / sign; mark; note / fu; unit used in calculation of a hand's score
肌【はだ】 skin / body (in the context of intimate bodily contact) / surface; grain (e.g. of wood); texture / disposition; temperament; character; type
麦【むぎ】 wheat; barley; oat (oats)
箱【はこ】 box; case; chest; package; pack; crate / car (of a train, etc.) / shamisen case; shamisen / public building; community building / man who carries a geisha's shamisen / receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces) / counter for boxes (or boxed objects)
肌【はだ】 skin / body (in the context of intimate bodily contact) / surface; grain (e.g. of wood); texture / disposition; temperament; character; type
畑【はたけ】 field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; vegetable plot; kitchen garden; plantation / field (of specialization); sphere; area / womb; birth; birthplace
髪【かみ】 hair (on the head)
判【はん】 seal; stamp; monogram signature / judgment; judgement / size (of paper or books)
反【たん】 variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; for haori: at least 7.27 m in length; for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length / 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres) / six ken (10.91 m)
板【いた】 board; plank / sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); pane; slab / cutting board; chopping board / chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook / stage (i.e. at a theatre)
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
晩【ばん】 evening / counter for nights
番【ばん】 number (in a series) / (one's) turn / watch; guard; lookout / bout; match
いいえ《否》 no; nay / well; er; why / you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
あれ《彼》 that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly) / that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors) / over there / down there (i.e. one's genitals) / period; menses / hey (expression of surprise, suspicion, etc.); huh?; eh? / that (something mentioned before which is distant psychologically or in terms of time)
悲【ひ】 karuna (compassion)
ころ《頃》 (approximate) time; around; about; toward / suitable time (or condition) / time of year; season
皮【かわ】 skin; hide; pelt; fur / rind; peel; husk; bark / shell; sheath; wrapping / mask (hiding one's true nature); seeming
被【ひ】 indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
費【ひ】 cost; expense
非【ひ】 fault; error; mistake / going poorly; being disadvantageous; being unfavorable / un-; non-; an-
飛【ひ】 rook
美【び】 beauty
鼻【はな】 nose
匹【ひき】 counter for small animals / counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size) / counter for horses / roll of cloth
必【ひつ】 definiteness; certainty
筆【ふで】 writing brush
氷【こおり】 ice / shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
表【おもて】 surface / face (i.e. the visible side of an object) / front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin / outside; exterior / appearance / public / first half (of an inning); top (of an inning) / cover (for tatami mats, etc.) / foreground
秒【びょう】 second (unit of time)
泊【はく】 counter for nights of a stay
すすき《薄》 Japanese pampas grass (Miscanthus sinensis); silver grass; zebra grass
爆【ばく】 burst of laughter; roar of laughter
軟【なん】 soft
難【なん】 difficulty; trouble; hardship / accident; disaster; danger / fault; defect / criticism
乳【ちち】 milk / breast / loop / decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
任【にん】 obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
猫【ねこ】 cat / shamisen / geisha / wheelbarrow / clay bed-warmer / bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
熱【ねつ】 heat / fever; temperature / zeal; passion; enthusiasm / mania; craze; rage
念【ねん】 sense; idea; thought; feeling / desire; concern / attention; care
濃【のう】 dark (color) / concentrated; thick
能【のう】 talent; gift; function / noh (theatre)
脳【のう】 brain / brains; mind
農【のう】 farming; agriculture
波【なみ】 wave
破【は】 (in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
馬【うま】 horse / horse racing / promoted bishop
拝【はい】 bowing one's head (in respect or worship); worship / respectfully yours
敗【はい】 loss; defeat / counter for losses
杯【さかずき】 sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
背【せ】 back; spine / reverse; rear side / height; stature / ridge (of a mountain)
倍【ばい】 twice; double / times; -fold
頭【あたま】 head / hair (on one's head) / mind; brains; intellect / leader; chief; boss; captain / top; tip / beginning; start / head; person / top structural component of a kanji / pair
導【しるべ】 guidance; guide
童【わらべ】 child
金【かね】 money / metal
得【とく】 profit; advantage; benefit; gain / rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
毒【どく】 poison; toxicant / harm; evil influence / ill will; spite; malice / abusive language
取っ【とっ】 very; much
届【とどけ】 report; notification; registration
曇り【くもり】 cloudiness; cloudy weather / fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); blur; mist; shadow; dimness / gloom; dejection
鈍【どん】 dull; slow; stupid; dull-brained
内【うち】 inside; within / while / among; amongst; between / we; our / my spouse / imperial palace grounds / emperor / I; me
逆さま【さかさま】 inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
党【とう】 party (political) / faction; -ite
塔【とう】 tower; steeple; spire / stupa; pagoda; dagoba
島【しま】 island / territory (of a prostitute, organized crime gang, etc.); turf
投【とう】 pitching ability / counter for pitches
湯【ゆ】 hot water / hot bath; hot spring / molten iron
灯【ひ】 light; lamp; torch
当【とう】 this (business organisation or place)
など《等》 et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth / or something / the likes of
筒【つつ】 pipe; tube; cylinder / gun barrel / gun; cannon / well lining; well curb
無駄【むだ】 futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
道【みち】 road; path; street; lane; passage / route; way / distance; journey / road (e.g. to victory); course / way (of living, proper conduct, etc.); moral principles / teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma / field (e.g. of medicine); subject; speciality / means; way; method
都【と】 metropolitan; municipal
ゆめ《努》 never; by no means
塗り【ぬり】 coating (esp. lacquering)
兆【ちょう】 10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion / sign; omen; indication; portent
庁【ちょう】 government office; agency; board
調【ちょう】 pitch; tone; key / time; tempo / mood; tendency; style / tax paid in kind (ritsuryo period); first a tax on rice fields and households, then on individuals
超【ちょう】 super-; ultra-; hyper-; very; really / over (after a number or counter); more than
頂【いただき】 crown (of head); summit (of mountain); spire / easy win for one / something received
直【なお】 straight / ordinary; common / doing nothing
珍【ちん】 rare; curious; strange
痛【いた】 ouch; ow; that hurt
さだ《定》 certainly; truly
底【そこ】 bottom; sole
庭【にわ】 garden; yard; courtyard / field (of action); area
ほど《程》 degree; extent; bounds; limit / upper limit
泥【どろ】 mud; slush; (wet) dirt; mire / thief
滴【しずく】 drop (e.g. of water); drip
的【てき】 -like; typical
たまたま《偶々》 casually; unexpectedly; accidentally; by chance
鉄【てつ】 iron (Fe) / strong and hard (as iron) / railway / railway enthusiast
点【てん】 spot; mark / point; dot / mark (e.g. in exam); score; points / comma / aspect; matter; respect / counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.
つて《伝》 means of making contact; intermediary; go-between / connections; influence; pull; good offices
殿【しんがり】 rear; rear unit guard / anchor (man)
虫【むし】 insect; bug; cricket; moth; worm
著【ちょ】 work; book / (a book) by / obvious; striking
柱【はしら】 pillar; post / support; prop; mainstay / counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
段【だん】 step; stair; (flight of) steps; (row of) stitches; columns (of print) / grade; rank; level / counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.) / dan; senior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
談【だん】 talk; story; conversation
値【ね】 price; cost / value; worth; merit
恥【はじ】 shame; embarrassment; disgrace
池【いけ】 pond
築【ちく】 ... years since construction; ... years old (of a building) / built in ...
竹【たけ】 bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae) / middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
仲【なか】 relation; relationship
断【だん】 decision; judgment; resolution
宅【たく】 house; home / one's husband
たち《達》 pluralizing suffix (esp. for people & animals; formerly honorific)
谷【たに】 valley
一重【ひとえ】 one layer; single layer
炭【すみ】 charcoal / charred remains
短【たん】 fault; defect; weak point / minor
団【だん】 body; group; party; company; troupe
袋【ふくろ】 bag; sack; pouch / skin of an orange (and other like fruits) / dead end / plot of land surrounded by water
帯【おび】 obi; kimono sash / paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.
対【つい】 pair; couple; set / antithesis / counter for items that come in pairs / counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
層【そう】 layer; seam; bed; stream; class; stratum / sheaf / storey (of a building); story; floor
想【そう】 conception; idea; thought / samjna (perception)
相【あい】 together; mutually; fellow
窓【まど】 window
総【そう】 whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
草【くさ】 grass; weed; herb; thatch / ninja / not genuine; substandard / laughter; LOL
装【そう】 clothing / binding (of a book)
像【ぞう】 image; figure; statue; picture; portrait / figure; form; shape; appearance / image
増【ぞう】 increase
臓【ぞう】 viscera; bowels
蔵【くら】 warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown; depository; treasury; elevator
そば《側》 near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides; while / third person
則【そく】 counter for rules / rule; regulation
息子【むすこ】 son / penis
束【たば】 bundle; bunch; sheaf
速【そく】 gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
続【ぞく】 continuation; sequel
卒【そつ】 low-ranking soldier / graduation; outgrowing; moving on (from) / low-ranking samurai (1870-1872) / death (of a noble, etc.)
孫【まご】 grandchild
尊【そん】 zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze) / honorific prefix referring to the listener / counter for buddhas
損【そん】 loss; damage; harm; unprofitable / disadvantage; handicap; drawback; unfavorable
村【むら】 village
他【ほか】 other (place, thing, person); the rest / outside; beyond / nothing except; nothing but; nothing apart from; nothing aside from; no choice (but to) / besides...; in addition to...
太【ふと】 fat; fatty / grand; magnificent; excellent
ダース《打》 dozen
組【くみ】 set (of items) / group (of people); class (of students); company (esp. construction); family (i.e. mafia); team / typesetting; composition
双【そう】 pair
席【せき】 seat / location (of a gathering, etc.); place / position; post
昔【むかし】 olden days; former
石【いし】 stone / gem; jewel
積【せき】 product / volume; area
籍【せき】 one's family register; one's domicile / nationality / membership (club, party, etc.)
責【せき】 responsibility; duty; obligation
跡【あと】 trace; tracks; mark; sign / site; remains; ruins / scar
折【おり】 opportunity; chance; occasion; time / folding; fold; pleat; crease / small food box (wooden or cardboard) / counter for folds / counter for items (esp. food) packed in an oribako
説【せつ】 theory; doctrine / opinion; view / rumour; rumor; gossip; hearsay
雪【ゆき】 snow
卜【うら】 fortune-telling; divination
専【せん】 having a fetish for ...; specializing in ...; majoring in ... / first; foremost; number one priority / doing as one pleases; acting selfishly / fired brick
戦【いくさ】 war; battle; campaign; fight / troops; forces
泉【いずみ】 spring; fountain
澄まし【すまし】 primness; prim person / clear soup / water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)
線【せん】 line; stripe; stria / line (e.g. telephone line); wire / ray (e.g. X-ray); beam / line (e.g. of a railroad); track; route; lane / outline; contours; form / level / division / line (of action); position; approach; policy; principle / impression one leaves; air one gives off
船【ふね】 ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship / tank; tub; vat; trough / counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
選【せん】 selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
然【ぜん】 -like
全【ぜん】 all; whole; entire; complete; overall / pan-; omni-; toti-
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
隻【せき】 counter for ships (large boats) / counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen) / counter for fish, birds, arrows, etc.
政【まつりごと】 rule; government
星【ほし】 star; any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon) / offender; perpetrator / star point (in go); hoshi; intersection marked with a dot / circular symbol (said to be shaped like a shining star) / bullseye / one's star (out of the nine stars); the star that determines one's fate / small dot; spot / point; score
晴れ【はれ】 clear weather; fine weather / formal; ceremonial; public / cleared of suspicion
清【しん】 Qing (dynasty of China, 1616-1912); Ch'ing
精【せい】 spirit; sprite; nymph / energy; vigor (vigour); strength / fine details / semen
声【こえ】 voice / singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); hoot / voice; opinion (as expressed in words); view; wish; attitude; will / sound / sense (of something's arrival); feeling / voice; voiced sound
静【せい】 stillness / quiet; peacefulness
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
姓【せい】 surname; family name / hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
性【せい】 nature (of a person) / sex / gender / -ty; -ity; -ness; -cy
数【かず】 number; amount
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
状【じょう】 shape; state / letter; correspondence
畳【たたみ】 tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
職【しょく】 job; work; employment; occupation; position / duties / trade; skill
触れ【ふれ】 proclamation; official notice / touch; contact
信【しん】 honesty; sincerity; fidelity / trust; reliance; confidence / (religious) faith; devotion / counter for received messages
寝【ね】 sleep
森【もり】 forest / shrine grove
御【み】 august / beautiful
申【さる】 ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Monkey, 3pm-5pm, west-southwest, July)
神【かみ】 god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami / incredible; fantastic / emperor of Japan / thunder
臣【おみ】 retainer; attendant / Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight) / I; me
身【み】 body / oneself / one's place; one's position / main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.); wood (as opposed to bark); blade (as opposed to its handle); container (as opposed to its lid)
辛【かのと】 8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
針【はり】 needle; pin / hook / stinger; thorn / hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer / staple (for a stapler) / needlework; sewing / malice / counter for stitches
震【しん】 zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
城【しろ】 castle
純【じゅん】 innocent; chaste; naive / pure; genuine
順【じゅん】 order; turn / obedient; docile; submissive; meek
ところ《所》 place; spot; scene; site / address / district; area; locality / one's house / point; aspect; side; facet / passage (in text); part / space; room / thing; matter / whereupon; as a result / about to; on the verge of / was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing
初【はつ】 first; new
ところ《所》 place; spot; scene; site / address / district; area; locality / one's house / point; aspect; side; facet / passage (in text); part / space; room / thing; matter / whereupon; as a result / about to; on the verge of / was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing
糸口【いとぐち】 thread end / beginning / clue
署【しょ】 station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
諸【しょ】 various; many; several
助【じょ】 help; rescue; assistant
勝【しょう】 win; victory / beautiful scenery; scenic spot / counter for wins
商【しょう】 quotient / dealing; dealer; store / second degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) / Shang (dynasty of China)
将【しょう】 commander; general; leader
床【ゆか】 floor / stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player) / dining platform built across a river
承【しょう】 second line of a four-line Chinese poem
焼き【やき】 cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating / tempering / -ware
省【しょう】 ministry; department / province (of China) / saving; conserving
章【しょう】 chapter; section / medal
ｗ【わら】 LOL; haha
象【ぞう】 elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
賞【しょう】 prize; award
乗【じょう】 (nth) power / counter for vehicles / multiplication / Buddha's teachings
準【じゅん】 semi-; quasi-; associate
祝い【いわい】 congratulation; congratulations; celebration; festival; congratulatory gift
術【じゅつ】 art; technique / means; way / trick; trap; plot; stratagem / magic
船【ふね】 ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship / tank; tub; vat; trough / counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
やわ《柔》 soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial
宿【やど】 lodging; inn; hotel / house; home; dwelling / home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
酒【さけ】 alcohol; sake
首【くび】 neck / head / dismissal; discharge; firing (from a job)
受【じゅ】 vedana (sensation)
周【しゅう】 Zhou (dynasty of China); Chou / perimeter / counter for laps or circuits
州【しゅう】 state; province; county; oblast; department (of ancient China) / continent / dear
十【じゅう】 ten
種【たね】 seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kind; variety; quality; tone / material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject; theme; (news) copy / ingredient; leaven (bread); main ingredient of a sushi / cause; source / trick; secret; magician's trick; inside story / paternal blood; lineage / breed (of a stock); sperm; semen
守り【まもり】 protection; defense; defence / providence / amulet; charm; talisman
取り【とり】 taking; taker; collecting; collector; remover; removal / last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day / active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration) / emphatic or formal prefix
弱【じゃく】 little less than; fewer than; under / weakness; the weak
若【わか】 youth / child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing) / young; new
耳【みみ】 ear / hearing / edge; crust / selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
言葉【ことば】 language; dialect / word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark / speech; (manner of) speaking / learning to speak; language acquisition
式【しき】 equation; formula; expression / ceremony / style / enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
識【しき】 acquaintanceship / vijnana; consciousness / written by...
実【み】 fruit; nut / seed / (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc. / content; substance
言葉【ことば】 language; dialect / word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark / speech; (manner of) speaking / learning to speak; language acquisition
誌【し】 magazine
歯【は】 tooth
似【に】 takes after (either of one's parents)
子【こ】 child / young (animal) / young woman; young geisha / offshoot / interest / new shares / player who is not a dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.) / bird egg / -er (often of young women)
寺【てら】 temple (Buddhist)
次【つぎ】 next; following; subsequent / stage; station
指【ゆび】 finger; toe; digit
支【し】 China
枝【えだ】 branch; bow; bough; twig; limb
糸【いと】 thread; yarn; string
脂【あぶら】 fat; tallow; lard; grease
史【し】 history
市【し】 city
師【し】 teacher; master; one's mentor / religious leader / specialist / five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
皿【さら】 plate; dish; platter; disc / serving; helping; course / kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
三【さん】 three / tri-
ばら《散》 loose articles (not packaged with other things); bulk items; individual items / coins; small change
うぶ《初》 innocent; naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears / birth-
算【さん】 divining sticks / counting; calculation
賛【さん】 praise; tribute / inscription (on a painting)
残【ざん】 remaining; left-over; excess
伺い【うかがい】 call; visit / inquiry; enquiry; question
刺【とげ】 thorn; spine; prickle / splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone) / biting words
雑【ざつ】 rough; crude; sloppy; messy / miscellaneous
刷り【すり】 printing
さつ《察》 cops; police
札【さつ】 note; paper money
冊【さつ】 counter for books / volume
細【さい】 detail; details
菜【な】 greens; vegetables / rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
際【さい】 on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
在【ざい】 country; countryside / outskirts; suburbs / situated in; resident in
材【ざい】 wood; lumber; timber / man of talent / (raw) material; ingredients
罪【つみ】 crime; sin; wrongdoing; indiscretion / penalty; sentence; punishment / fault; responsibility; culpability / thoughtlessness; lack of consideration
宝【たから】 treasure
坂【さか】 slope; hill
昨【さく】 last (year); yesterday
差【さ】 difference; variation / difference
砂【すな】 sand; grit / gold dust; silver dust
座【ざ】 seat; place; position / status / gathering; group / stand; pedestal; platform / (historical) trade guild / attaches to the names of theatres, theatrical troupes, and constellations / counter for theatres, deities, Buddhist images, tall mountains, and satokagura songs
再【さい】 re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
最【さい】 the most; the extreme / prime; conspicuous
妻【つま】 wife / my dear; dear; honey / garnish (esp. one served with sashimi) / embellishment
歳【さい】 -years-old
年【とし】 year / age; years / past one's prime; old age
済み【ずみ】 arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
祭【まつり】 festival; feast
あら《粗》 remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting) / flaw (esp. of a person); fault; defect / rice chaff / rough / crude; raw; natural; wild
講【こう】 (Buddhist) lecture meeting / religious association / mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
粗金【あらがね】 ore
香り【かおり】 aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
号【ごう】 number; edition; make; model; issue; part of that group / sobriquet; pen-name / suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
合【ごう】 gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres / gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square / one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain / conjunction / counter for covered containers / counter for matches, battles, etc.
時【とき】 time; hour; moment / occasion; case / chance; opportunity; season / the times; the age; the day / tense
腰【こし】 back; lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region / body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
骨【ほね】 bone / frame / outline; core / backbone; spirit; fortitude / laborious; troublesome; difficult
夜這い【よばい】 creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
根【ね】 root (of a plant) / root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.) / root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis / one's true nature / (fishing) reef
こもごも《交々》 alternately; in succession
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)
港【みなと】 harbour; harbor; port
硬【こう】 hardness
赤【あか】 red; crimson; scarlet / red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange) / Red (i.e. communist) / red light (traffic) / red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red / complete; total; perfect; obvious / copper
甲斐【かい】 effect; result; worth; use; avail
厚【あつ】 thickness
よしみ《誼》 friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
幸【さち】 good luck; fortune; happiness / harvest; yield
お《御》 honorific/polite/humble prefix
誤【ご】 mistake; error
こもごも《交々》 alternately; in succession
候【こう】 season; weather
光【ひかり】 light / illumination; ray; beam; gleam; glow / happiness; hope / influence; power / vision; eyesight
湖【みずうみ】 lake
雇い【やとい】 employee; employment
現つ【うつつ】 reality; consciousness
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
蔵【くら】 warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown; depository; treasury; elevator
戸【と】 door (esp. Japanese-style) / shutter; window shutter / entrance (to a home) / narrows
縦【たて】 the vertical; height / front-to-back; length / north-to-south / vertical (relationship); hierarchy / (weaving) warp
軽【けい】 light (e.g. vehicle, aircraft, etc.)
芸【げい】 art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
劇【げき】 drama; play / powerful drug
あくび《欠伸》 yawn; yawning / kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
決【けつ】 decision; vote
血【ち】 blood; consanguinity
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
権【けん】 right (to do something) / authority; power
県【けん】 prefecture (of Japan) / county (of China)
肩【かた】 shoulder
賢【けん】 intelligence; genius; scholarship; virtue
軒【のき】 eaves / narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
険【けん】 steepness; steep place / harsh (look); sharp (tongue)
原【はら】 field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
減【げん】 reduction
型【かた】 model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.) / type; style; pattern / mold (mould); template; model / kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.) / form (i.e. customary procedure) / size (i.e. clothing, shoes) / inch (in diagonal display size) / (taxonomical) form
形【かたち】 form; shape; figure / visage
敬【けい】 reverence; respect
影【かげ】 shadow; silhouette; figure; shape / reflection; image / ominous sign / light (stars, moon) / trace; shadow (of one's former self)
禁【きん】 ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
区【く】 ward; district; section
苦【く】 pain; anguish; suffering; distress; anxiety; worry; trouble; difficulty; hardship / duhkha (suffering)
妻【つま】 wife / my dear; dear; honey / garnish (esp. one served with sashimi) / embellishment
たまたま《偶々》 casually; unexpectedly; accidentally; by chance
隅【すみ】 corner; nook; recess / downstage right (on a noh stage)
靴【くつ】 shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
君【きみ】 you; buddy; pal / monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master
訓【くん】 native Japanese reading of a Chinese character / precept; lesson; one's teachings
群【ぐん】 group; bunch; crowd; throng; swarm; band / group
軍【ぐん】 army; force; troops
係【かかり】 charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk / connection; linking
斜め【ななめ】 slanting; tilted; sloping; diagonal; oblique / distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood); amiss; awry
橋【はし】 bridge
胸【むね】 chest; breast / breasts; bosom; bust / heart / lungs / stomach / heart; mind; feelings
局【きょく】 bureau; department / office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); channel; exchange / affair; situation / game (of go, shogi, etc.)
曲【きょく】 composition; piece of music; song; track (on a record) / tune; melody; air / enjoyment; fun; interest; pleasure
極【きょく】 pole / climax; extreme; extremity; culmination; height; zenith; nadir
玉【たま】 ball; sphere; globe; orb / bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; droplet / ball (in sports) / pile (of noodles, etc.) / bullet / bulb (i.e. a light bulb) / lens (of glasses, etc.) / bead (of an abacus) / ball (i.e. a testicle) / gem; jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively); pearl / female entertainer (e.g. a geisha) / person (when commenting on their nature); character / item, funds or person used as part of a plot / egg / coin / precious; beautiful; excellent
こわ《怖》 frightening; terrifying
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)
漁【りょう】 fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed) / catch (e.g. of fish); haul
供【とも】 companion; follower; attendant; retinue
競【くら】 contest; match
ごと《共》 including...; with ...; inclusive of; ...and all
居【きょ】 residence
給【きゅう】 wage; recompense
旧【きゅう】 ex-; former; old
季【き】 season / seasonal word or phrase (in haiku) / year
記【き】 account; history; chronicle; annals; record / Records of Ancient Matters
技【わざ】 technique; art; skill
疑【ぎ】 doubt; distrust; suspicion (of)
議【ぎ】 discussion; deliberation / thought; opinion
詰め【つめ】 stuffing; packing / end (esp. the foot of a bridge) / lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony / tea master / endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively) / sweet eel sauce / middle-aged woman / appointment to a particular workplace / using as the sole ground of judgement (judgment) / continuing; keep doing for period of time
客【きゃく】 guest; visitor / customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger
逆【ぎゃく】 reverse; opposite / converse (of a hypothesis, etc.) / inverse (function)
球【きゅう】 sphere / counter for balls
機【はた】 loom
まれ《稀》 rare; seldom
幾【いく】 some; several / many / how many?; how much?
机【つくえ】 desk
期【き】 period; time / age / term (e.g. in office); period / session (e.g. of parliament) / stage (e.g. disease)
関【せき】 barrier; gate / seki (in go); mutual life
丸【まる】 circle / entirety; whole; full; complete / money; dough; moola / enclosure inside a castle's walls / soft-shelled turtle / suffix for ship names; suffix for names of people (esp. infants); suffix for names of swords, armour, musical instruments, etc.; suffix for names of dogs, horses, etc.
岸【きし】 bank; coast; shore
岩【いわ】 rock; boulder / crag; cliff / anchor
顔【かお】 face; visage / look; expression; countenance / honor; honour; face / influence; notoriety
願【がん】 prayer; wish; vow
危【き】 danger / Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
管【かん】 pipe; tube
札【ふだ】 ticket; token; check; receipt / label; tag / sign; card; plate / playing card / charm; talisman / slip of paper posted on shrine pillars by pilgrims
缶【かん】 can; tin / canned food
観【かん】 look; appearance / spectacle; sight / observation meditation / outlook on ...; view of ...
干し【ほし】 drying; dried
寒【かん】 midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
刊【かん】 publication; edition (e.g. morning, evening, special); published in (year); publication frequency (e.g. daily, monthly)
巻【まき】 roll (e.g. of cloth) / winding / volume (of book)
完【かん】 The End; Finis / completion; conclusion; end / providing fully
官【かん】 government service; the bureaucracy
干し【ほし】 drying; dried
感【かん】 feeling; sensation; emotion; admiration; impression / interjection
汗【あせ】 sweat; perspiration / moisture; condensation
改【かい】 revision
灰【はい】 ash; ashes
みんな《皆》 all; everyone; everybody / everything
絵【え】 picture; drawing; painting; sketch
品【しな】 article; item; thing; goods; stock / quality / flirtatiousness; coquetry
貝【かい】 shellfish / seashell; shell
害【がい】 injury; harm; evil influence; damage
各々【おのおの】 each / you (plural)
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
さとり《覚》 Satori; folklore monster that can read minds
角【かど】 corner (e.g. desk, pavement) / edge
革【かわ】 leather
額【がく】 picture (framed) / amount or sum (of money)
掛け【かけ】 credit / money owed on an account; bill / hot noodles in broth / proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price) / in the midst of / rest; rack; hanger
割【わり】 rate; ratio; proportion; percentage / profit / assignment / 10%; unit of ten percent / match; schedule of matches / diluted with (of drinks); mixed with
活【かつ】 living; life / judo art of resuscitation / action; activity
快【かい】 pleasure; delight; enjoyment
軒【のき】 eaves / narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
羽【はね】 feather; plume; down / wing / blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.) / shuttlecock / arrow feathers
雲【くも】 cloud
ロン《栄》 winning by picking up a discarded tile
永久【えいきゅう】 eternity; permanence; perpetuity / Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
鋭【えい】 sharpness / sharp weapon; blade / fine soldier
汁【しる】 juice; sap / soup; broth / (dipping) sauce
越【えつ】 Yue; kingdom in ancient China (6th c. - 334 BCE)
園【その】 garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; plantation / place; location
煙【けむり】 smoke; fumes
遠【とお】 distant
塩【しお】 salt (i.e. sodium chloride); common salt; table salt / salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.) / hardship; toil; trouble / saltiness
よごれ《汚》 oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
央【おう】 middle; centre; center
奥【おく】 inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart); recesses; heart
横【よこ】 horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down / side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; breadth / side (of a box, etc.) / beside; aside; next to / unconnected
王【おう】 king; ruler; sovereign; monarch / tycoon; magnate; champion; master / king (of the senior player)
黄【き】 yellow
億【おく】 10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
温【ぬく】 idiot; dummy; slow person
化【か】 action of making something; -ification
加【か】 addition; increase / Canada
可【か】 passable; acceptable; tolerable; fair
品【しな】 article; item; thing; goods; stock / quality / flirtatiousness; coquetry
果【か】 phala (attained state, result) / enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice) / fruit / counter for pieces of fruit
川【かわ】 river; stream / River; the ... river
荷【に】 load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods / burden; responsibility
菓【か】 fruit / counter for fruit
課【か】 lesson / section (in an organization); division; department / counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
宝【たから】 treasure
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)
解【かい】 solution (of equation)
回【かい】 counter for occurrences / a time; an instance / inning (baseball); round; game / episode; chapter; instalment / Hui (people) / Islam
愛【あい】 love; affection; care / attachment; craving; desire
圧【あつ】 pressure; force
位【くらい】 throne; crown; (nobleman's) seat / government position; court rank / social standing; rank; class; echelon; rung / grade (of quality, etc.); level; tier; rank / digit (e.g. the tens, the hundreds, etc.); place / degree; extent; amount
偉【い】 greatness
易【えき】 divination; fortune-telling
胃【い】 stomach / Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
衣【ころも】 clothes; garment / gown; robe / coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
域【いき】 region; limits; stage; level
印【しるし】 mark; sign / symbol; emblem / badge; crest; flag / evidence; proof / token (of gratitude, affection, etc.)
由【よし】 reason; significance; cause / piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...