1501-2000 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.

暦【こよみ】 calendar; almanac
劣【れつ】 sub-; inferior; minor
はす《蓮》 sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus / rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
廊【ろう】 corridor; passage; hall
波【なみ】 wave
脇【わき】 armpit; under one's arm; side; flank / beside; close to; near; by / aside; to the side; away; out of the way / off-track; off-topic / deuteragonist; supporting role / second verse (in a linked series of poems)
わし《鷲》 eagle (Accipitridae family)
陵【みささぎ】 imperial mausoleum; Emperor's tomb / big hill
厘【りん】 one-hundredth; 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun); 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari); 0.0375 grams (one-hundredth of a monme) / old monetary unit (0.001 yen)
累【るい】 trouble; evil influence; implication; involvement
峰【みね】 peak; summit; ridge; top / back of a blade
謡【うたい】 noh chanting; recitation
淀み【よどみ】 stagnation; deposit; sediment; backwater / faltering; hesitation; pause
薄物【うすもの】 lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk / Latin (language)
裸【はだか】 nakedness; nudity / bareness; nakedness; baldness; being uncovered / being penniless / concealing nothing; openness
嵐【あらし】 storm; tempest / storm; hullaballoo; uproar; winds (e.g. of change)
欄【らん】 column of text (e.g. in a newspaper) / field (in a form, web page, etc.)
蘭【らん】 orchid / Holland; The Netherlands
靴【くつ】 shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
粒【つぶ】 grain; bead; drop / counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
竜【りゅう】 dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon) / naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology / promoted rook
虜【とりこ】 captive; prisoner / victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
寮【りょう】 hostel; dormitory / bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system)
涼【りょう】 cool breeze; cool air; refreshing coolness
猟【りょう】 hunting; shooting / game; quarry
羊【ひつじ】 sheep (Ovis aries)
柳【やなぎ】 willow (any tree of genus Salix) / weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
なお《尚》 furthermore; still; yet; more; still more; in addition; greater; further
紋【もん】 (family) crest; coat of arms
弥【いや】 more and more; increasingly / extremely; very
盲【めくら】 blindness; blind person / illiteracy; illiterate person / ignorance; ignoramus
岬【みさき】 cape (on coast)
矛【ほこ】 long-handled Chinese spear; lance; pike / weapon; arms / grip of a bow / parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
霧【きり】 fog; mist / spray
まき《槙》 yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
膜【まく】 membrane; film
股【また】 crotch; crutch; groin; thigh / fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
また《又》 again; and; also; still (doing something)
穂【ほ】 ear (of plant); head (of plant) / point; tip / scion (in grafting); cion
俸【ほう】 salary
峰【みね】 peak; summit; ridge; top / back of a blade
泡【あわ】 bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
鵬【ほう】 peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish)
そば《側》 near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides; while / third person
坊【ぼう】 bonze; monk / monk's dwelling / boy; sonny / I; me / little / person who is ...
帽【ぼう】 hat; cap
墨【すみ】 sumi; India ink; Chinese ink; ink stick; ink-cake / squid ink; octopus ink / carpenter's inking string
えのき《榎》 Japanese hackberry (Celtis sinensis var. japonica); Chinese nettle tree / enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes); winter mushroom; velvet shank; enokitake; enokidake
おおよそ《大凡》 about; roughly; approximately / generally; on the whole; as a rule / completely; quite; entirely; altogether; totally; not at all (with neg. verb) / outline; gist
盆【ぼん】 tray / family; household / O-Bon; Bon Festival; Lantern Festival; Festival of the Dead
魔【ま】 demon; devil; evil spirit; evil influence / someone who (habitually) performs some (negative) act
遍【へん】 number of times
塀【へい】 wall / fence
幣【へい】 staff with plaited paper streamers
弊【へい】 bad habit; harm
癖【くせ】 habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency / peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; mannerism / crease; wrinkle; curl; kink
阜【つかさ】 mound; hill
淵【ふち】 deep pool; deep water; abyss / depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
客賓【まろうど】 visitor from afar; guest
瓶【びん】 bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
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
譜【ふ】 (sheet) music; (musical) note; (musical) score / genealogy; family tree / record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.
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)
旗【はた】 flag / pataka (banner)
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
鉢【はち】 bowl; pot; basin / flowerpot / crown; brainpan
鳩【はと】 pigeon; dove
帆【ほ】 sail
班【はん】 group; party; team / squad; section
藩【はん】 feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province; clan
岩【いわ】 rock; boulder / crag; cliff / anchor
妃【ひ】 princess; consort
扉【とびら】 door; gate; opening / title page
碑【いしぶみ】 stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations); stele; stela
樋【とい】 trough; gutter; water pipe; flume; chute / coulisse (of a sword blade)
鼻【はな】 nose
姫【ひめ】 young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.) / girl / small; cute; lesser (in names of species) / prostitute
姫【ひめ】 young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.) / girl / small; cute; lesser (in names of species) / prostitute
苗【なえ】 seedling; young plant / rice seedling
柏【かしわ】 oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata
かす《滓》 dregs; sediment; grounds; meal / lees (esp. sake) / leftovers; by-product / worthless item; thing of little to no value / dregs (e.g. of society); scum; dross / card only worth 1 point (in hanafuda)
舶【つむ】 large ship
はぎ《萩》 bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza) / dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn)
伯【はく】 count; earl / chief official of the Department of Worship / eldest brother / Brazil; Brazilian
くすのき《樟》 camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora); camphorwood; camphor laurel
尼【あま】 nun / bitch / Amagasaki, Hyogo / Amazon (online retailer)
如【にょ】 tathata (the ultimate nature of all things)
尿【にょう】 urine
忍【にん】 endurance; forbearance; patience; self-restraint
むしろ《寧ろ》 rather; better; instead
猫【ねこ】 cat / shamisen / geisha / wheelbarrow / clay bed-warmer / bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
乃【の】 possessive particle
束【たば】 bundle; bunch; sheaf
仲人【なこうど】 matchmaker / go-between; intermediary; middleman; mediator; intercessor
陶【すえ】 ceramics; pottery; porcelain
虚ろ【うつろ】 cavity; hollow; void / hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.); empty (words, heart, etc.)
胴【どう】 trunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist / plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo) / frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.); hull (of a ship)
金【かね】 money / metal
峠【とうげ】 (mountain) pass; ridge; peak / peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis; critical point; most difficult part
寅【とら】 third sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Tiger, 3am-5am, east-northeast, January)
トン《屯》 ton (now usu. a metric ton, i.e. 1,000kg); tonne
豚【ぶた】 pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) / fat person
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
灘【なだ】 open sea
鍋【なべ】 saucepan; pot / stew; hot pot
奴【やっこ】 servant (esp. a samurai's attendant) / chivalrous man (c. Edo period) / cubed tofu (often served cold) / kite shaped like a footman / Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants / enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime) / he; she; him; her
刀【かたな】 (single-edged) sword; katana / dagger; knife / scalpel / chisel; burin; graver / knife money; knife-shaped commodity money used in Zhou dynasty China
唐【とう】 Tang Dynasty (China, 618-907) / China; foreign country
塔【とう】 tower; steeple; spire / stupa; pagoda; dagoba
島【しま】 island / territory (of a prostitute, organized crime gang, etc.); turf
桃【もも】 peach (Prunus persica)
灯【ひ】 light; lamp; torch
筒【つつ】 pipe; tube; cylinder / gun barrel / gun; cannon / well lining; well curb
斗【と】 to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres / square bearing block (at the top of a pillar) / Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
賭け【かけ】 bet; wager; stake; gamble
彫り【ほり】 carving; engraving / chiselled features
腸【ちょう】 guts; bowels; intestines
鎮【ちん】 a weight / temple supervisor / town (of China)
しい《椎》 any beech tree of genus Castanopsis; chinquapin; chinkapin
辻【つじ】 intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street
つばき《椿》 common camellia; Camellia japonica / tea produced in the mountains
坪【つぼ】 tsubo; traditional unit of area, approx. 3.31 square meters
釣り【つり】 fishing; angling / change (e.g. for a purchase) / trolling; writing false posts online
亭【てい】 arbor; arbour; bower; pavilion / suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers / suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
堤【つつみ】 bank; embankment; dike
泥【どろ】 mud; slush; (wet) dirt; mire / thief
笛【ふえ】 flute; fife; pipe; recorder; flageolet; shakuhachi; clarinet / whistle
いのしし《猪》 wild boar
恥【はじ】 shame; embarrassment; disgrace
痴【ち】 foolishness; fool / moha (ignorance, folly)
若【わか】 youth / child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing) / young; new
辰【たつ】 fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Dragon, 7am-9am, east-southeast, March)
棚【たな】 shelf; shelves; ledge; rack / trellis
樽【たる】 cask; barrel
誰【だれ】 who
嘆【たん】 sigh / grief; lamentation
壇【だん】 platform; podium; rostrum; pulpit / (ceremonial) mound / world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles / mandala
たか《鷹》 falcon (Falconidae spp.); hawk
胎【たい】 womb
巣【す】 nest; rookery; breeding place; hive / den / haunt / (spider's) web
船【ふね】 ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship / tank; tub; vat; trough / counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
俗【ぞく】 layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; man of the world; the world / local manners; modern customs / common; popular / vulgar; low
袖【そで】 sleeve / wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
それ《其れ》 that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it / that time; then / there (indicating a place near the listener) / you
酥【そ】 condensed milk / Soviet Union
僧【そう】 monk; priest
壮【そう】 vibrancy; strength; bravery; manliness / (esp. of men) one's prime (approx. age 30)
あたら《可惜》 alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically
拙【せつ】 poor; weak / I; me
舌【した】 tongue / tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
扇【おうぎ】 folding fan
禅【ぜん】 dhyana (profound meditation) / Zen (Buddhism)
疎【そ】 sparse / distant (of a relationship); estranged; alienated
ほぼ《略》 almost; roughly; approximately
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.
枢【くるる】 pivot hinge (using extensions on the top & bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame) / sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
すげ《菅》 sedge (Cyperaceae spp., esp. members of genus Carex)
雀【すずめ】 tree sparrow (Passer montanus) / talkative person; knowledgeable person
寸【すん】 sun (approx. 3.03 cm)
姓【せい】 surname; family name / hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
しちょう《四丁》 ladder (in go)
酢【す】 vinegar
四手【しで】 zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects / hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
眠り【ねむり】 sleep; sleeping / inactivity / death
粋【いき】 chic; smart; stylish; tasteful; refined; sophisticated; worldly (esp. in terms of being familiar with the red light district, geishas and actors) / considerate; understanding; sympathetic / essence; the best; the cream
瑞【みず】 youth; freshness; purity; luster (lustre); beauty / good omen / Sweden / Switzerland
髄【ずい】 medulla; marrow; pith
畳【たたみ】 tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
錠【じょう】 lock; padlock / tablet; lozenge; pill
恥【はじ】 shame; embarrassment; disgrace
尻【しり】 buttocks; behind; rump; bottom / undersurface; bottom / last place; end / consequence
唇【くちびる】 lips
晋【しん】 Jin (dynasty of China, 265-420 CE)
秦【しん】 Qin (dynasty of China; 221-206 BCE); Ch'in
辛【かのと】 8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
刃【は】 edge (of a knife or sword) / prong (of an electrical plug)
腎【じん】 kidney
曙【あけぼの】 dawn; daybreak; beginning
匠【たくみ】 workman; artisan; mechanic; carpenter / craft; skill / means; idea
なお《尚》 furthermore; still; yet; more; still more; in addition; greater; further
荘【しょう】 manor; villa
手のひら【てのひら】 palm (of one's hand)
鐘【かね】 bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
冗【じょう】 uselessness
臭【しゅう】 -smell; stinking of / smacking of; hinting of
船【ふね】 ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship / tank; tub; vat; trough / counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
汁【しる】 juice; sap / soup; broth / (dipping) sauce
獣【けもの】 beast; brute; animal
州【しゅう】 state; province; county; oblast; department (of ancient China) / continent / dear
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
狩り【かり】 hunting / harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
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
寂【さび】 patina; antique look / elegant simplicity / well-trained voice
斜め【ななめ】 slanting; tilted; sloping; diagonal; oblique / distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood); amiss; awry
煮【に】 simmered with; cooked with / boiling; boiled dish
蛇【へび】 snake / serpent; large snake
邪【よこしま】 wicked; evil
尺【しゃく】 shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm) / rule; measure; scale / length
笹【ささ】 bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
柴【しば】 brushwood; firewood
七【しち】 seven / hepta-
言葉【ことば】 language; dialect / word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark / speech; (manner of) speaking / learning to speak; language acquisition
めす《雌》 female (animal)
侍【さむらい】 warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai / man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer
紫【むらさき】 purple; violet / Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell) / type of soy sauce
脂【あぶら】 fat; tallow; lard; grease
皿【さら】 plate; dish; platter; disc / serving; helping; course / kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
傘【かさ】 umbrella; parasol / something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap; pileus
擦り【こすり】 rubbing; scrubbing; scraping
笹【ささ】 bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
砂【すな】 sand; grit / gold dust; silver dust
くびき《頸木》 yoke / constraints; oppression
剛【ごう】 strong; hard; manly
麹【こうじ】 kōji; malted rice; malt; malt-like material from growing mold on rice, barley, beans, etc. (used as a starter to make sake, miso, soy sauce, etc.)
酷【こく】 severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
獄【ごく】 jail; gaol; prison
跡【あと】 trace; tracks; mark; sign / site; remains; ruins / scar
紺【こん】 navy blue; deep blue
魂【こん】 Yang energy; spirit
溝【こう】 10^32; hundred nonillion
後【ご】 after
我【われ】 I; me / oneself / you / prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
碁【ご】 go; board game of capturing territory
胡【こ】 barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China
虎【とら】 tiger (Panthera tigris) / drunkard; drunk; sot
鼓【つづみ】 hand drum
五【ご】 five
豆汁【ご】 go; soy beans soaked and mashed to a creamy paste (ingredient of tofu and soy milk)
桂【かつら】 katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
鶏【にわとり】 (domestic) chicken / chicken (meat)
拳【こぶし】 fist
絹【きぬ】 silk
露【あらわ】 exposed; scanty; bare; unconcealed; naked / public; open
幻【まぼろし】 phantom; vision; illusion; dream; apparition
弦【つる】 bowstring / string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.) / bail (arched pot handle) / diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
憩い【いこい】 rest; relaxation
菌【きん】 fungus / germ; bacterium; bacillus
愚【ぐ】 foolishness; silliness; stupidity; folly / I; me
たまたま《偶々》 casually; unexpectedly; accidentally; by chance
隅【すみ】 corner; nook; recess / downstage right (on a noh stage)
釧【くしろ】 bracelet (usu. dating from the Kofun period)
靴【くつ】 shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
窪【くぼ】 hollow; cavity; sunken place / vagina; female genitalia
くり《栗》 Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
桑【くわ】 mulberry (tree)
勲【いさお】 distinguished service; meritorious service
香り【かおり】 aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
鏡【かがみ】 mirror; looking-glass / barrel head
しこり《凝り》 muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders) / lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; hardening; lesion / lingering discomfort; uneasiness; bad aftertaste; unpleasant feeling
暁【あかつき】 dawn; daybreak / event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
桐【きり】 paulownia tree; Paulownia tomentosa
琴【こと】 koto (13-stringed Japanese zither) / stringed instrument / zheng (Chinese zither); guzheng
峡【かい】 gorge; ravine
凶【きょう】 bad luck; bad fortune / evil; wickedness
騎【き】 counter for horsemen
鬼【おに】 oni; ogre; demon / spirit of a deceased person / ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.) / it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.) / Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) / very; extremely; super-
宜【むべ】 truly; indeed
戯【あじゃら】 pleasantry; joke; tomfoolery
もどき《擬き》 -like; pseudo-; mock ...; imitation ...; in the style of ... / comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts) / criticism; censure
弓【ゆみ】 bow (and arrow) / archery / bow (for a violin, etc.)
幾【いく】 some; several / many / how many?; how much?
忌み【いみ】 mourning; abstinence / taboo / religious purification / pure; holy
机【つくえ】 desk
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
岩【いわ】 rock; boulder / crag; cliff / anchor
目【め】 eye; eyeball / eyesight; sight; vision / look; stare; glance / an experience / viewpoint / stitch; texture; weave / ordinal number suffix / somewhat; -ish
缶【かん】 can; tin / canned food
葛【くず】 kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot / Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
くさび《楔》 wedge; chock; linchpin; lynchpin / tie; bond
かば《樺》 birch (esp. Japanese white birch)
がま《蒲》 common cattail (Typha latifolia); common bulrush; common reedmace
釜【かま】 iron pot; kettle
鎌【かま】 sickle / sickle-and-chain (weapon) / spear with curved cross-blades / gooseneck tenon and mortise joint / noisiness / part of a fish around the gills
かも《鴨》 duck / easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
茅【かや】 grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
刈【かり】 cut; clip; shear; reap; trim; prune
グラム《瓦》 gram; gramme
冠【かんむり】 traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers / crown; diadem; coronet / top kanji radical / first verse of a haikai, etc. / best; peerless; first / name; title; named sponsorship of a program, event, team, etc.
款【かん】 title; heading; article / benevolence; friendly feeling
汗【あせ】 sweat; perspiration / moisture; condensation
灰【はい】 ash; ashes
ごみ《塵》 rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
貝【かい】 shellfish / seashell; shell
涯【はて】 horizon
該【がい】 said; matter in question
垣【かき】 fence; hedge; barrier; wall; railing
柿【かき】 kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
殻【から】 shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
廓【くるわ】 district; quarter / enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork / red-light district / wide and empty
喝【かつ】 exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen) / scolding or threatening with a shout
渇【かつ】 thirst
怪【かい】 mystery; wonder
塊【かたまり】 lump; mass; bundle; clump; clod; cluster / group; crowd / embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
渦【うず】 whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
悦【えつ】 self-satisfaction; rejoicing
閲【えつ】 inspection (esp. of a document); stamp of approval (for a document)
えのき《榎》 Japanese hackberry (Celtis sinensis var. japonica); Chinese nettle tree / enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes); winter mushroom; velvet shank; enokitake; enokidake
堰【せき】 dam; weir; barrier; sluice
宴【うたげ】 party; banquet; feast
さる《猿》 monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate / sly person / idiot; hick / sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut) / clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook / bathhouse prostitute
鉛【なまり】 lead (Pb)
荻【おぎ】 Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
乙【おつ】 second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); the latter; defendant / stylish; chic; spicy; witty; tasty; romantic / strange; quaint; queer / thank you; good job; goodbye; goodnight
俺【おれ】 I; me
卸【おろし】 wholesale
佳【か】 beautiful; good; excellent
嫁【よめ】 wife; bride / (one's) daughter-in-law
架【か】 rack; mount; stand
菓【か】 fruit / counter for fruit
かすみ《霞》 haze (esp. in spring); mist / dimness (of sight)
芽【め】 sprout
亜【あ】 sub- / -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite
あし《葦》 common reed (Phragmites australis)
あや《綾》 figure; design / twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes / style (of writing); figure (of speech) / design; plot; plan / minor market fluctuation; technical correction / cat's cradle / lease rod (in a loom)
闇【やみ】 darkness; the dark; dark / bewilderment; despair; hopelessness / black-marketeering; shady; illegal; under-the-table
偉【い】 greatness
胃【い】 stomach / Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
一【いっち】 most