1001-1500 of 2500 Kanji

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2,500 kanji ordered in a list that expresses the relative frequency of occurence of a character in the modern Japanese. The survey is based on newspaper articles.

淵【ふち】 deep pool; deep water; abyss / depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
れい《零》 zero; nought
魂【たましい】 soul; spirit
恋【こい】 (romantic) love
炉【ろ】 hearth; fireplace / furnace; kiln
賂【まいない】 bribe
腕【うで】 arm / skill; efforts; ability
糧【かて】 food; provisions / nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
緑【みどり】 green / greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
隣【となり】 neighbor (neighbour); next to (esp. living next door to)
涙【なみだ】 tear; tears; lachrymal secretion / sympathy
礼【れい】 thanks; gratitude / manners; etiquette / bow / reward; gift / ceremony; ritual
日【ひ】 day; days / sun; sunshine; sunlight / case (esp. unfortunate); event
翌【よく】 the following; next
翼【つばさ】 wing / Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) / counter for birds or bird wings
雷【かみなり】 lightning; thunder; thunderbolt / god of thunder; god of lightning / anger; fit of anger
卵【たまご】 eggs; egg; spawn; roe / hen egg / (an expert) in the making / beginning; origin; infancy
すもも《李》 Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum
なし《梨》 nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta); Japanese pear; Asian pear; sand pear; apple pear
里【り】 Japanese league; ri; old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles / neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes) / unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
竜【りゅう】 dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon) / naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology / promoted rook
いと《幼》 young child (esp. a young girl) / young
揺【ゆり】 vibration; flickering; jolting; tremor
ただ《唯》 ordinary; common; usual / free of charge / unaffected; as is; safe / only; merely; just; simply / but; however; nevertheless
勇【ゆう】 bravery; courage; heroism
柳【やなぎ】 willow (any tree of genus Salix) / weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
わけ《訳》 conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
静寂【せいじゃく】 silence; stillness; quietness
なり《也》 to be / to be (location) / sum of money
矢【や】 arrow / wedge; chock
毛【け】 hair / fur; wool / down; plumage; feathers
猛【もう】 greatly energetic / ferocious / extreme; severe
網【あみ】 net; netting / web
娘【むすめ】 (my) daughter / girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
銘【めい】 inscription; epitaph / (manufacturer's) engraved signature / motto; maxim; precept
免【めん】 dismissal
わた《綿》 cotton plant (Gossypium spp.) / batting; wadding; padding
脈【みゃく】 pulse / vein / chain (of mountains, etc.) / hope / thread (of an argument)
妙【みょう】 strange; weird; odd; curious / wonder; mystery; miracle; excellence / cleverness; adroitness; knack; skill
墓【はか】 gravesite; tomb
宝【たから】 treasure
銃【じゅう】 gun; rifle; small arms
棒【ぼう】 pole; rod; stick
謀【はかりごと】 plan; strategy
僕【ぼく】 I; me / you / manservant
牧【まき】 pasture; grazing land
没【ぼつ】 death / rejection (of a manuscript, etc.) / lacking; without
堀【ほり】 moat; fosse / canal; ditch
とばり《帳》 curtain; hanging; bunting
零し【こぼし】 waste-water container (tea ceremony)
麻【あさ】 cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant) / hemp (fiber); linen; flax; jute
妹【いもうと】 younger sister
舗【ほ】 shop; store / counter for foldable things such as maps, etc.
柄【がら】 pattern; design / body build; figure; physique / essential qualities; character; nature / appropriate to; fitting of; suitable for
壁【かべ】 wall; partition / barrier; obstacle / Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
偏【へん】 left-hand radical of a character
片【かた】 one (of a pair) / incomplete; imperfect; fragmentary / few; little / off-centre; remote / side; problem; question; matters
封【ふう】 seal
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.)
粉【こな】 flour; meal; powder; dust
貧【ひん】 poverty; becoming poor; living in poverty
こわ《怖》 frightening; terrifying
敷き【しき】 spreading; laying out; covering / security deposit / Japanese mattress
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)
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)
罰【ばち】 (divine) punishment; curse; retribution
閥【ばつ】 clique; clan; faction
範【はん】 example; model
飯【めし】 cooked rice / meal; food / one's livelihood
晩【ばん】 evening / counter for nights
悲【ひ】 karuna (compassion)
皮【かわ】 skin; hide; pelt; fur / rind; peel; husk; bark / shell; sheath; wrapping / mask (hiding one's true nature); seeming
肥【こえ】 manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
微【び】 minuteness / one millionth
匹【ひき】 counter for small animals / counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size) / counter for horses / roll of cloth
彦【ひこ】 boy
ひし《菱》 Trapa japonica (species of plant closely related to water chestnut or water caltrop) / caltrop (weapon); caltrap
筆【ふで】 writing brush
俵【たわら】 straw bag; bale; sack / counter for sacks; counter for bales; counter for bags
氷【こおり】 ice / shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
秒【びょう】 second (unit of time)
拍【はく】 beat / mora
泊【はく】 counter for nights of a stay
すすき《薄》 Japanese pampas grass (Miscanthus sinensis); silver grass; zebra grass
軟【なん】 soft
乳【ちち】 milk / breast / loop / decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
これ《此れ》 this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic) / this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group) / now / here / I (me) / certainly
濃【のう】 dark (color) / concentrated; thick
覇【は】 supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; leadership / championship; victory
拝【はい】 bowing one's head (in respect or worship); worship / respectfully yours
排【はい】 anti-
杯【さかずき】 sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
肺【はい】 lung
輩【やから】 party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
梅【うめ】 Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; Chinese plum / lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
堂【どう】 temple; shrine; chapel / hall / company / front room
童【わらべ】 child
徳【とく】 virtue / benevolence / profit; benefit; advantage
毒【どく】 poison; toxicant / harm; evil influence / ill will; spite; malice / abusive language
とちのき《橡》 Japanese horse chestnut (Aesculus turbinata)
縄【なわ】 rope; cord / policeman's rope
豆【まめ】 legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, such as beans, peas, pulses, etc.); beans; peas / soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy / female genitalia (esp. the clitoris) / kidney / miniature; tiny / child
冬【ふゆ】 winter
棟【とう】 large building; building with a long roof / counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
湯【ゆ】 hot water / hot bath; hot spring / molten iron
糖【とう】 sugar
兆【ちょう】 10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion / sign; omen; indication; portent
とばり《帳》 curtain; hanging; bunting
潮【しお】 tide; current / sea water / opportunity; chance / thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
頂【いただき】 crown (of head); summit (of mountain); spire / easy win for one / something received
鳥【とり】 bird / bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
珍【ちん】 rare; curious; strange
津【つ】 harbour; harbor; port / ferry
鶴【つる】 crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
貞【てい】 firm adherence to one's principles / chastity (of a woman)
帝【みかど】 emperor (of Japan); mikado / (the gates of an) imperial residence
弟【おとうと】 younger brother; little brother; kid brother / pupil; apprentice
艇【てい】 boat
敵【てき】 opponent; rival; adversary / menace; danger; threat; enemy
哲【てつ】 sage; wise man; philosopher; disciple / sagacity; wisdom; intelligence
典【てん】 ceremony; celebration; law code
殿【しんがり】 rear; rear unit guard / anchor (man)
塗り【ぬり】 coating (esp. lacquering)
丁【ちょう】 counter for sheets, pages, leaves, etc. / counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant / counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc. / even number / 109.09 m
虫【むし】 insect; bug; cricket; moth; worm
柱【はしら】 pillar; post / support; prop; mainstay / counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
知【ち】 wisdom / jnana (higher knowledge)
茶【ちゃ】 tea / tea plant (Camellia sinensis) / tea preparation; making tea / brown / mockery
宙【ちゅう】 space; air; midair / (from) memory; (by) heart
忠【ちゅう】 loyalty; devotion; fidelity; faithfulness / inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)
昼【ひる】 noon; midday / daytime / lunch
暖【だん】 warming; warmth
卓【たく】 table; desk / counter for tables, desks, etc. / offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony) / tabletop incense burner
諾【だく】 agreement; assent / Norway
丹【に】 red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
炭【すみ】 charcoal / charred remains
肝【きも】 liver; innards / courage; spirit; pluck; guts / crux; essential point
滝【たき】 waterfall / rapids
袋【ふくろ】 bag; sack; pouch / skin of an orange (and other like fruits) / dead end / plot of land surrounded by water
タイ《泰》 Thailand
駄【だ】 poor; low-grade; trivial; insignificant; worthless / load; pack; horse load / packhorse
操【みさお】 fidelity; honour; honor; constancy / chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
窓【まど】 window
荘【しょう】 manor; villa
即【そく】 instantly; immediately; at once / that is (to say); namely
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
双【そう】 pair
蔵【くら】 warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown; depository; treasury; elevator
昔【むかし】 olden days; former
雪【ゆき】 snow
仙【せん】 hermit; wizard
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.)
繊【せん】 daikon julienne; julienned daikon / one ten-millionth
薦【こも】 woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves) / beggar / Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
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)
曾【ひい】 great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
礎【いしずえ】 foundation stone; cornerstone
親【おや】 parent; parents; mother and father / dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker / founder; inventor / (pet) owner / key; parent (organization); main / ancestor; forefather
斉【せい】 Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
晴れ【はれ】 clear weather; fine weather / formal; ceremonial; public / cleared of suspicion
贄【にえ】 offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.) / gift / sacrifice
聖【せい】 Saint; St.; S. / sacred; holy; pure
誠【まこと】 truth; reality / sincerity; honesty; integrity; fidelity / that's right
杉【すぎ】 Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
瀬【せ】 shallows; shoal / rapids; current; torrent / position; place / chance; opportunity
これ《此れ》 this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic) / this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group) / now / here / I (me) / certainly
終【つい】 end; final / end of life; death / never; not at all
寝【ね】 sleep
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
仁【じん】 benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; compassion; humanity; charity / human / kernel / nucleolus
尋【ひろ】 fathom
尽【じん】 last day (of the month)
あまつさえ《剰え》 besides; moreover; in addition
純【じゅん】 innocent; chaste; naive / pure; genuine
巡【じゅん】 counter for tours, cycles, rounds, circuits, etc.
暑【しょ】 heat / midsummer
ついで《序で》 opportunity; occasion
床【ゆか】 floor / stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player) / dining platform built across a river
沼【ぬま】 marsh; swamp; wetland; bog; pond
症【しょう】 illness
丈【たけ】 height; stature / length (esp. of clothing) / all (one has); everything / magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
盾【たて】 shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
準【じゅん】 semi-; quasi-; associate
旬【しゅん】 season (e.g. fruit, fish) / in vogue; popular; fresh; up to date
祝い【いわい】 congratulation; congratulations; celebration; festival; congratulatory gift
塾【じゅく】 coaching school; cramming school; juku
つくづく《熟》 deeply; keenly; severely; completely; utterly / intently; carefully; closely; attentively
俊【しゅん】 excellence; genius
重ね【かさね】 pile; heap; layers (e.g. of clothing); set (e.g. of boxes); course (e.g. of stones) / counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.) / layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat / combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
やわ《柔》 soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial
渋【しぶ】 astringent (puckery) juice (of unripe persimmons)
縦【たて】 the vertical; height / front-to-back; length / north-to-south / vertical (relationship); hierarchy / (weaving) warp
銃【じゅう】 gun; rifle; small arms
趣【おもむき】 meaning; tenor; gist / effect; influence / appearance; aspect / taste / grace; charm; refinement
酒【さけ】 alcohol; sake
寿【ことぶき】 congratulations; felicitations; best wishes / longevity; long life
十【じゅう】 ten
異【こと】 difference (from one another); different thing; other / unusual; extraordinary
芝【しば】 lawn; sod; turf
舎【しゃ】 hut; house / (in the ancient Chinese army) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
耳【みみ】 ear / hearing / edge; crust / selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
軸【じく】 axis; shaft; axle / center; centre; focal point; key point / stalk; stem / hanging scroll
歌【うた】 song / classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka) / modern poetry
歯【は】 tooth
旨【むね】 principle; aim; main purpose; central part; pillar / purport; gist; drift; meaning / instructions; orders; intention; wishes
枝【えだ】 branch; bow; bough; twig; limb
糸【いと】 thread; yarn; string
姉【あね】 older sister; elder sister
惨【さん】 appalling
酢【す】 vinegar
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
刷り【すり】 printing
索【さく】 rope; cord
桜【さくら】 cherry tree; cherry blossom / decoy; fake buyer; shill / hired applauder / horse meat
冊【さつ】 counter for books / volume
菜【な】 greens; vegetables / rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
剤【ざい】 medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
砂【すな】 sand; grit / gold dust; silver dust
鎖【くさり】 chain; chains
歳【さい】 -years-old
祭【まつり】 festival; feast
祝い【いわい】 congratulation; congratulations; celebration; festival; congratulatory gift
粗金【あらがね】 ore
鋼【はがね】 steel
剛【ごう】 strong; hard; manly
腰【こし】 back; lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region / body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
ねんごろ《懇ろ》 kind; courteous; hospitable; warmly respectful / intimate / becoming intimate; having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)
甲【きのえ】 first sign of the Chinese calendar
硬【こう】 hardness
稿【こう】 manuscript; version; draft
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
綱【つな】 rope / grand champion's braided belt
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
孝【こう】 filial piety
お《御》 honorific/polite/humble prefix
誤【ご】 mistake; error
湖【みずうみ】 lake
孤児【こじ】 orphan
俺【おれ】 I; me
くじら《鯨》 whale (Cetacea spp.)
穴【あな】 hole / deficit; shortage; missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.) / vacancy; opening / flaw / profitable place (or item, etc.) not well known by others / upset victory (with a large payoff) / pit (of a theater) / hiding place / underbelly (of society, etc.)
兼【けん】 cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
剣【けん】 sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade / bayonet / swordsmanship / stinger; ovipositor; dart
圏【けん】 sphere; circle; range / category (in the context of category theory)
堅【けん】 strength; solidity; firmness / armour; armor
嫌【いや】 disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
犬【いぬ】 dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris) / snoop (i.e. a detective, a spy, etc.) / loser; asshole / counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful
肩【かた】 shoulder
賢【けん】 intelligence; genius; scholarship; virtue
軒【のき】 eaves / narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
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
敬【けい】 reverence; respect
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
駒【こま】 piece (in shogi, chess, etc.) / horse; foal / bridge (of a violin, etc.)
熊【くま】 bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
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
兄【あに】 elder brother; older brother
狂【きょう】 (some type of) enthusiast / somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
狭【せ】 narrowness; being cramped; being almost full
胸【むね】 chest; breast / breasts; bosom; bust / heart / lungs / stomach / heart; mind; feelings
里【さと】 village; hamlet / countryside; country / home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown / one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past
錦【にしき】 brocade / fine dress; fine clothes
空【そら】 sky; the air; the heavens / weather / far-off place; distant place / state of mind; feeling / (from) memory; (by) heart / falsehood; lie / somehow; vaguely / fake
蹴爪【けづめ】 fetlock (horse, etc.); spur (chicken, etc.); cockspur; dewclaw (dog, etc.)
漁【りょう】 fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed) / catch (e.g. of fish); haul
魚【さかな】 fish
牛【うし】 cattle (Bos taurus); cow; bull; ox; calf / beef / Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
亀【かめ】 tortoise; turtle / heavy drinker / turtle crest; turtle mon
偽【にせ】 imitation; fake; phony; counterfeit; forged; bogus; sham / pseudo-
菊【きく】 chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
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
足【あし】 foot / leg / gait / pace / bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji / means of transportation / money; coin
丘【おか】 hill; height; knoll; rising ground / bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
奇【き】 strange; unconventional
巷【ちまた】 the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street") / street; district; quarters / location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage) / divide (e.g. between life and death) / fork (in a road); crossroads
旗【はた】 flag / pataka (banner)
碁【ご】 go; board game of capturing territory
頑な【かたくな】 obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
鑑【かがみ】 model; pattern
肝【きも】 liver; innards / courage; spirit; pluck; guts / crux; essential point
艦【かん】 warship
貫【かん】 kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb) / kan (obs. unit of currency) / pieces of sushi
干し【ほし】 drying; dried
寒【かん】 midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
勘【かん】 perception; intuition; the sixth sense
寛【かん】 lenient; gentle
干し【ほし】 drying; dried
歓【かん】 joy; enjoyment; delight; pleasure
漢【おとこ】 man among men; man's man
戒【かい】 admonition; commandment / sila (precept)
みんな《皆》 all; everyone; everybody / everything
隔【かく】 every other; second; alternate
岳【たけ】 peak / mountain
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
笠【かさ】 conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat / something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap; pileus
舵【かじ】 rudder; helm
潟【かた】 lagoon
快【かい】 pleasure; delight; enjoyment
懐【ふところ】 bosom; bust / (breast) pocket; purse; handbag
雲【くも】 cloud
鋭【えい】 sharpness / sharp weapon; blade / fine soldier
汁【しる】 juice; sap / soup; broth / (dipping) sauce
炎【ほのお】 flame; blaze / flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
煙【けむり】 smoke; fumes
縁【ふち】 rim; brim; edge; brink
塩【しお】 salt (i.e. sodium chloride); common salt; table salt / salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.) / hardship; toil; trouble / saltiness
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
黄【き】 yellow
恩【おん】 favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
仮【かり】 temporary; provisional; interim / fictitious; assumed (name); alias / hypothetical; theoretical
暇【ひま】 spare time; free time; leisure / time (e.g. time it takes to do something) / time off; day off; vacation; holiday; leave / quitting (one's job); firing someone; divorcing (one's spouse) / (of one's time) free; (of one's business) slow / leaving; departing
荷【に】 load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods / burden; responsibility
花【はな】 flower; blossom; bloom; petal / cherry blossom / beauty / blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms) / ikebana / hanafuda / (the) best / glorious; lovely
賀【が】 congratulation
雅【みやび】 refinement; elegance; grace
くま《隈》 corner; nook; recess / shadow; shade / dark circles (e.g. around one's eyes)
朝日【あさひ】 morning sun
縅【おどし】 leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
横糸【よこいと】 weft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom)
衣【ころも】 clothes; garment / gown; robe / coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
磯【いそ】 (rocky) beach; seashore
稲【いね】 rice plant
茨【いばら】 thorny shrub / wild rose; briar / thorn / cusp
陰【かげ】 shade; shadow / other side; back; background