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 ...