JLPT N2 Words

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• 盆地【ぼんち】 basin (e.g. between mountains)
• 毎度【まいど】 each time; always; often / thank you for your continued patronage
• 枕【まくら】 pillow; bolster / introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
• 味わう【あじわう】 to taste; to savor; to savour; to relish / to appreciate; to enjoy; to relish; to digest / to experience; to go through; to taste (e.g. victory); to know (e.g. pain)
• 無地【むじ】 plain; unfigured
• 名詞【めいし】 noun
• 命ずる【めいずる】 to order; to command / to appoint
• 明け方【あけがた】 dawn
• 迷信【めいしん】 superstition; superstitious belief
• 鳴らす【ならす】 to ring; to sound; to chime; to beat; to snort (nose); to snap (fingers) / to be popular; to be esteemed; to be reputed / to state; to insist; to complain / to fart (loudly)
• 姪【めい】 niece
• 免税【めんぜい】 tax exemption; duty exemption
• 茂る【しげる】 to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
• 毛糸【けいと】 knitting wool; woollen yarn
• 目印【めじるし】 mark; sign; landmark; benchmark
• 目覚まし【めざまし】 alarm clock / waking up; keeping oneself awake / type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap
• 目指す【めざす】 to aim at; to have an eye on / to go toward; to head for
• 目次【もくじ】 table of contents
• 目上【めうえ】 superior; superiors; senior
• 目立つ【めだつ】 to be conspicuous; to stand out
• もち《餅》 mochi; (sticky) rice cake
• 問答【もんどう】 questions and answers; dialogue
• 矢印【やじるし】 arrow (mark or symbol); directional marker or indicator
• 薬局【やっきょく】 pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop) / hospital pharmacy; dispensary
• 薬指【くすりゆび】 ring finger; fourth finger
• 訳す【やくす】 to translate; to interpret
• 油断【ゆだん】 negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
• 輸血【ゆけつ】 blood transfusion
• 勇ましい【いさましい】 brave; valiant; gallant; courageous / stirring; vigorous; rousing
• ありがたい《有り難い》 grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
• 遊園地【ゆうえんち】 amusement park
• 夕日【ゆうひ】 evening sun; setting sun
• 夕立【ゆうだち】 (sudden) evening shower (rain)
• 余る【あまる】 to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
• 預かる【あずかる】 to look after; to take care of; to keep; to hold on to; to keep in custody / to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to be entrusted with / to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment); to leave undecided / to take upon oneself (to do); to settle (a matter) oneself
• 幼稚【ようち】 infancy / childish; infantile; immature; primitive
• 容積【ようせき】 capacity; volume
• 溶け込む【とけこむ】 to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into / to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to; to integrate
• 羊毛【ようもう】 wool
• 欲張り【よくばり】 greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
• 頼もしい【たのもしい】 reliable; trustworthy / hopeful; promising
• 落第【らくだい】 failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year) / falling short of the standard; not making the grade
• 乱暴【らんぼう】 violence; assault; running riot / rough (e.g. handling); reckless; careless; coarse; rude; unreasonable (e.g. demand); wild (e.g. argument) / rape; sexual assault
• 裏口【うらぐち】 backdoor; rear entrance
• 裏返す【うらがえす】 to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
• 立ち止まる【たちどまる】 to stop; to halt; to stand still
• 留守番【るすばん】 care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; staying at home / caretaker; house-sitter
• 領収【りょうしゅう】 receipt (of money); receiving
• 冷める【さめる】 to cool down; to get cold / to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to dampen; to fade; to wane / to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
• 冷やす【ひやす】 to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to refrigerate / to calm down; to cool off; to regain one's composure; to relax / to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
• 恋しい【こいしい】 yearned for; longed for; missed
• 論ずる【ろんずる】 to discuss; to talk about; to deal with (a topic) / to argue; to dispute / to take into consideration; to make an issue of
• 和英【わえい】 Japanese-English
• 和服【わふく】 Japanese clothes
• 椀【わん】 bowl (wooden)
• 丼【どんぶり】 porcelain bowl / bowl of rice with food on top
• 曖昧【あいまい】 vague; ambiguous; unclear / fuzzy
• 洒落【しゃれ】 joke; pun; jest; witticism; wordplay / smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious; refined
• まぶた《瞼》 eyelid; eyelids
• やけど《火傷》 burn; scald
• 脅かす【おどかす】 to threaten; to menace; to intimidate / to startle; to frighten; to scare
• 紅葉【こうよう】 autumn colours; fall colors; leaves changing color (colour) / leaves turning red; red leaves / leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves / (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum) / venison / layered colors in garments, resembling autumn colors
• 小便【しょうべん】 urine; piss; pee / breaking a contract
• 消耗【しょうもう】 exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
• 寝台【しんだい】 bed; couch
• 真っ白【まっしろ】 pure white / blank (e.g. mind, paper)
• 中指【なかゆび】 middle finger; long finger; second finger; tall finger / middle toe; third toe
• 凸凹【でこぼこ】 unevenness; roughness; ruggedness / inequality
• 鈍い【にぶい】 dull (e.g. a knife); blunt / thickheaded; obtuse; stupid / dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light) / slow; sluggish; inert; lethargic / indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting
• 燃やす【もやす】 to burn / to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
• 白髪【しらが】 white hair; grey hair; gray hair
• 末っ子【すえっこ】 youngest child
• 浴衣【ゆかた】 yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
• さじ《匙》 spoon
• 温まる【あたたまる】 to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
• 編み物【あみもの】 knitting; knitted material; crochet
• 怪しい【あやしい】 suspicious; dubious; doubtful; dodgy; suspicious (referring to a potential amorous relation); dangerous (e.g. financial situation); ominous (e.g. weather); strange; shady; fishy / charming; bewitching; mysterious
• 生け花【いけばな】 ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement / fresh flower; natural flower
• 入れ物【いれもの】 container; case; receptacle / coffin; casket
• 植木【うえき】 garden shrubs; trees; potted plant
• 映す【うつす】 to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
• 落ち着く【おちつく】 to calm down; to compose oneself; to regain presence of mind / to calm down; to settle down; to die down; to become stable; to abate / to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in / to be settled; to be fixed; to have been reached / to harmonize with; to harmonise with; to match; to suit; to fit / to be unobtrusive; to be quiet; to be subdued
• 落とし物【おとしもの】 lost property; something dropped and left behind
• 思いつく【おもいつく】 to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to be struck with an idea / to remember; to recall
• 偏る【かたよる】 to lean (to one side); to incline / to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be concentrated on / to be partial; to be biased; to be prejudiced
• 替わる【かわる】 to succeed; to relieve; to replace / to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent; to hand over (telephone) / to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switch
• 乾杯【かんぱい】 toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something) / drinking one's glass dry / cheers
• 飢饉【ききん】 famine; drought; shortage; crop failure
• 区切る【くぎる】 to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to mark off; to cut off / to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
• 悔しい【くやしい】 vexing; annoying; frustrating; regrettable; mortifying
• 蛍光灯【けいこうとう】 fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light / person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
• 差し支え【さしつかえ】 hindrance; impediment
• 錆【さび】 rust
• 静まる【しずまる】 to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down / to calm down; to die down; to subside; to abate; to be suppressed
• 締め切る【しめきる】 to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors) / to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
• 芯【しん】 wick; marrow; staple (for stapler); (pencil) lead; stuffing; pith / core; heart; centre; center
• 騒々しい【そうぞうしい】 noisy; loud; boisterous; clamorous; raucous / turbulent; unsettled; restless
• 蓄える【たくわえる】 to store; to save up; to stock up on; to lay in stock; to set aside / to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to develop (e.g. one's skills) / to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
• 建つ【たつ】 to be erected; to be built
• 例える【たとえる】 to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
• 着々【ちゃくちゃく】 steadily
• 付き合う【つきあう】 to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go steady with; to get on with / to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone; to compromise
• 出入り口【でいりぐち】 exit and entrance
• 所々【ところどころ】 here and there; some parts (of something); several places
• 飛び込む【とびこむ】 to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to dive / to burst in; to barge in
• 採る【とる】 to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to decide on / to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to catch (e.g. insects) / to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample) / to assume (an attitude) / to take on (workers, students); to employ; to hire / to draw in (e.g. water); to let in (e.g. light from a window)
• ならう《倣う》 to imitate; to follow; to emulate
• 挟む【はさむ】 to hold between; to grip with (from both sides); to nip; to catch (e.g. one's finger in a door) / to put between; to sandwich between; to insert; to interpose; to interject / to be on either side of (a road, table, etc.); to be across (a street, river, etc.); to have between each other
• 歯磨き【はみがき】 dental brushing; brushing one's teeth / dentifrice; toothpaste; tooth powder
• 万歳【ばんざい】 crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture) / something worthy of celebration / giving up / long time / eternal life (and prosperity) / banzai (a celebratory cheer); hurrah (hooray, hurray)
• 日当たり【ひあたり】 exposure to the sun; sunny place / per day
• 引き受ける【ひきうける】 to take on; to undertake; to accept; to take charge of; to assume responsibility for / to take over; to inherit / to guarantee; to vouch for / to contract (a disease)
• 百科事典【ひゃっかじてん】 encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
• 増やす【ふやす】 to increase; to add to; to augment
• 振る舞う【ふるまう】 to behave; to conduct oneself / to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
• 包帯【ほうたい】 bandage; dressing
• 干す【ほす】 to air; to dry; to desiccate / to drain (off) / to drink up / to deprive of a role, job, etc.
• 坊ちゃん【ぼっちゃん】 son (of others); boy; young master / green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
• 混ざる【まざる】 to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
• 混じる【まじる】 to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest; to join
• 真っ青【まっさお】 deep blue; bright blue / ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
• まれ《稀》 rare; seldom
• 見かけ【みかけ】 outward appearance / apparent
• 名字【みょうじ】 surname; family name
• もともと《元々》 originally; by nature; from the start
• 悠々【ゆうゆう】 quiet; calm; leisurely / distant; far off; boundless; endless / easily; comfortably; without difficulty
• 若々しい【わかわかしい】 youthful; young; young-looking
• 嫌がる【いやがる】 to hate; to dislike
• 打ち消す【うちけす】 to deny; to contradict / to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
• 応ずる【おうずる】 to answer; to respond; to meet / to satisfy; to accept
• 感ずる【かんずる】 to feel; to sense
• 塩辛い【しおからい】 salty (taste); briny
• 思いがけない【おもいがけない】 unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
• 長引く【ながびく】 to be prolonged; to drag on
• 残らず【のこらず】 all; entirely; completely; without exception
• 日日【ひにち】 the number of days; date
• ふもと《麓》 foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
• 岬【みさき】 cape (on coast)
• 道順【みちじゅん】 itinerary; route
• 申し訳ない【もうしわけない】 I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; I feel guilty / thank you very much (for help, etc.)
• 地下水【ちかすい】 underground water
• 各々【おのおの】 each / you (plural)
• おしゃれ《御洒落》 smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious / someone smartly dressed / to dress up; to be fashionable
• その他【そのほか】 etc.; otherwise; besides; in addition; the rest; the others; and so forth
• アイデア idea
• アクセント accent (on a syllable, word); stress; pitch accent / intonation; inflection; cadence / (language) accent (e.g. American, British) / accent (e.g. in a design); highlight; emphasis / accent (on a note)
• アンテナ antenna / thing or method used to collect information or opinions
• インタビュー interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
• ウール wool
• エチケット politeness; good manners; courtesy; etiquette
• オーケストラ orchestra
• オートメーション automation
• オルガン organ (musical instrument)
• カーブ curve; turn; bend / curveball; curve ball / (wine) cellar
• カセット cassette (tape) / game cartridge
• カバー cover; covering; dust jacket / cover song; cover version / coverage / to compensate for (a loss); to offset (a weakness); to back up
• カラー collar / color; colour / hair colouring (coloring) / calla (variety of arum lily)
• カロリー calorie
• キャンパス campus
• クーラー cooler; air conditioner
• クリーニング cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service
• コース course (route, trail, course of study, course of action, plan, option) / full course meal (multiple dishes served in sequence); prix fixe meal
• コック cook; chef / tap; spigot; faucet; cock / cock (male fowl) / cock (penis)
• コンクール competition; contest
• こんくりいと《混凝土》 concrete
• コンセント electrical outlet; wall socket; power plug
• ゴム《護謨》 gum; rubber / eraser / condom
• サークル group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle / circle (shape)
• サイレン siren
• サラリーマン office worker; company employee; company man
• シーズン season (fruits and vegetables, sporting, holidays)
• シーツ sheet; bed sheet
• シャッター camera shutter / shutter (door, window, etc.)
• シリーズ series
• ジャーナリスト journalist
• スクール school
• スケジュール schedule
• スタート start
• スチュワーデス stewardess; (female) flight attendant
• ステージ stage / performance
• ストップ stop
• スピーカー speaker
• スマート smart; stylish / slim
• スライド slide / change (in value or situation); proportional change / to slide; to slip / to change (in value, e.g. with a sliding scale); to change (in situation)
• セメント cement
• センチ centimeter; centimetre / centi-; 10^-2 / sentimental
• ダイヤモンド diamond (mineral, gemstone) / diamond; infield / diamond (card suit)
• ダイヤル dial (e.g. telephone, radio, clock, gauge)
• ダブル double / double bed; hotel room with a double bed / double-breasted / double-cuffed / double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters) / doubles (e.g. in tennis) / biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage
• ダム dam / dumb
• チョーク chalk / choke / chock
• テーマ theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
• テンポ tempo
• トレーニング training
• ナイロン nylon
• ナンバー number / number plate; license plate
• ネックレス necklace
• ハンドル handle / steering wheel / (bicycle) handlebar
• バケツ bucket; pail / skip
• バック back / backing; going backwards; reversing / background; background colour (color) / backhand / backer; supporter / refunding / backstroke (swimming) / doggy style (sexual position)
• バランス balance
• パターン pattern / behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability; force of habit
• パンツ underpants; pants; briefs; panties; shorts; knickers / trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches; pants; trunks (e.g. swimming)
• ビタミン vitamin
• ビニール vinyl / vinyl record
• ピストル pistol
• ピンク pink / erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
• ファスナー fastener; zipper
• フライパン fry pan; frying pan
• ブラウス blouse
• プラスチック plastic
• プラットホーム platform
• プリント print; copy / handout; flyer
• プログラム program; programme
• ヘリコプター helicopter
• ベテラン person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
• ボーナス bonus
• ポスター poster
• マイナス minus; negative (quantity); subtraction; taking away / deficit / disadvantage; drawback; handicap / negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
• マスク (face) mask / (facial) features; looks / mask (e.g. for circuit etching)
• マフラー muffler; scarf; comforter / muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
• マラソン marathon; long-distance race / malathion
• マンション condominium (often mid-rise or high-rise concrete); apartment building; apartment house; apartment; flat
• ミシン sewing machine
• ミリ milli-; 10^-3 / millimetre; millimeter
• メーター meter; gauge / metre (i.e. 100 cm); meter / animator
• メニュー menu / schedule; program; programme / (computer) menu
• モーター motor
• モダン modern
• モデル model; dummy; mock-up / model (profession); fashion model / model (of a car, etc.); make; version / model; example; template; standard / model (in model theory); theory / person a fictional character was modeled on; inspiration
• ラッシュアワー rush hour
• ランチ lunch / (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; lunch set / launch (boat); motorboat / ranch
• ランニング running / tank top
• リズム rhythm
• リットル litre
• リボン ribbon
• レジャー leisure
• レベル level; standard; amount; degree; grade; rank; class / level (plane); floor; storey (story); layer; stratum / spirit level; (surveyor's) level / minor release sequence number (software versioning) / rebel
• レンズ lens
• ロッカー locker / rocker
• ロビー lobby; lounge
• ワンピース dress
• いつの間にか【いつのまにか】 before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
• 歌謡【かよう】 song; ballad
• おかげさまで《お蔭様で》 (I'm fine) thank you; thanks to you; fortunately; under the gods' shadow
• ごちそうさま《ご馳走さま》 thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal / thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
• ご無沙汰【ごぶさた】 not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
• ごらん《ご覧》 (please) try to / (please) look / seeing; looking; watching
• 合流【ごうりゅう】 confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; junction; joining / union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging; coming together
• 斬る【きる】 to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
• 初めに【はじめに】 first; firstly; first of all; to begin with; in the beginning; at the beginning / Introduction; Preface
• 人命【じんめい】 (human) life
• 先ほど【さきほど】 some time ago; not long ago; just now
• 送料【そうりょう】 postage; carriage; shipping charge
• 楕円【だえん】 ellipse
• 抽象【ちゅうしょう】 abstraction
• 気をつける【きをつける】 to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
• どく《退く》 to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way / to resign; to retire; to quit; to secede
• 絨毯【じゅうたん】 carpet; rug; runner
• ため息【ためいき】 sigh
• のんき《暢気》 carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky; easygoing; thoughtless
• 追いかける【おいかける】 to chase; to run after; to pursue
• ブラシ brush / brushy / blush
• 転々【てんてん】 moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly / rolling about
• うっかり carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
• うろうろ loiteringly; aimless wandering; restlessly
• お手伝いさん【おてつだいさん】 maid
• かしこまりました《畏まりました》 certainly!
• ぎっしり tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
• くしゃみ《嚏》 sneeze / spoken twice in response to someone sneezing as a charm against an early death
• くたびれる《草臥れる》 to get tired; to be exhausted / to wear out; to be battered from long use
• くっつく《くっ付く》 to adhere to; to stick to; to cling to / to keep close to; to go along with / to get involved with; to be thick with; to become intimate
• くっつける《くっ付ける》 to attach; to stick together; to paste; to glue / to place together; to put side-by-side / to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
• こっそり stealthily; secretly
• さっさ promptly; immediately; quickly; without delay / indifferently
• しつこい《執拗い》 insistent; obstinate; persistent; tenacious / too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy; greasy
• しゃがむ to squat; to crouch
• しゃっくり《吃逆》 hiccough; hiccup
• すっきり refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (a weight) off one's shoulder / shapely; neatly; refinedly / cleanly; without trouble / clearly; plainly; distinctly / completely; thoroughly / not at all (with negative sentence); not even slightly
• ずらす《滑らす》 to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way) / to put off; to delay; to postpone; to stagger (e.g. working hours)
• そそっかしい careless; thoughtless; hasty; rash
• そっと softly; gently; quietly / secretly; stealthily / to leave alone; to leave as it is
• その上【そのうえ】 in addition; furthermore / above (which); on top of (which)
• だらしない《だらし無い》 slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; undisciplined; careless; loose; slack / weak; feeble; weak-willed; gutless
• どうせ anyhow; in any case; at any rate; after all; at all; no matter what / at best; at most
• ドキドキ thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; pitapat; pitter-patter / to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound; to palpitate
• のろのろ slowly; sluggishly
• ピカピカ with a glitter; with a sparkle / brand new; shiny and new
• ぶつかる《打つかる》 to strike against; to collide with; to bump into; to conflict / to encounter; to meet / to clash
• ぶつぶつ grunt; grumble; complaint; mutter / pimples; spots; eruption; rash / cutting into small pieces / simmering
• ぶら下げる【ぶらさげる】 to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
• まあまあ so-so; passable / now, now / my, my
• まごまご confused; flustered; at a loss
• めっきり remarkably
• もしかしたら《若しかしたら》 perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
• もしかすると《若しかすると》 perhaps; maybe; by some chance
• やっぱり《矢っ張り》 too; also; likewise; either / still; as before / even so; either way; after all; nonetheless; in any event; all the same / as expected
• よこす《寄越す》 to send; to forward / to hand over (e.g. money)
• ニコニコ with a friendly grin; smilingly
• ばね《発条》 spring (e.g. coil, leaf); mainspring; power spring
• フワフワ lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly / soft; fluffy; spongy / unsteadily; flightily; fickly; frivolously
• ペンチ cutting pliers; lineman's pliers; combination pliers
• レインコート raincoat; mackintosh; macintosh; trench coat
• レクリエーション recreation / re-creation
• ローマ字【ローマじ】 romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet / Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet
• 慰める【なぐさめる】 to comfort; to console; to amuse
• 一休み【ひとやすみ】 (short) rest; breather; break
• いったん《一旦》 once / for a short time; briefly; temporarily / one morning
• あふれる《溢れる》 to overflow; to brim over; to flood
• よる《因る》 to be due to; to be caused by / to depend on; to turn on / to be based on; to come from / to be based at (a location, an organization); to be headquartered at
• ひっくり返る【ひっくりかえる】 to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to capsize / to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over; to lie on one's back
• 円周【えんしゅう】 circumference
• 煙い【けむい】 smoky
• 凹む【へこむ】 to be dented; to be indented; to yield to; to give; to sink; to collapse; to cave in / to be overwhelmed; to feel down; to be forced to yield; to be daunted; to be snubbed
• くだらない《下らない》 good-for-nothing; stupid; trivial; worthless
• 仮名遣い【かなづかい】 kana orthography; syllabary spelling
• 可愛がる【かわいがる】 to love; to cherish; to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to dote on / to show favouritism to; to be partial to / to fondle; to caress; to pet / to be tough on; to be rough with; to torment; to train harshly
• ほどく《解く》 to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
• 各地【かくち】 every place; various places
• 裂く【さく】 to tear; to rip up / to cut up; to cleave; to cut open (esp. the abdomen) / to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers) / to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something / to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
• かっこ《括弧》 parentheses; brackets
• 渇く【かわく】 to be thirsty; to feel thirsty / to thirst for; to crave
• 巻く【まく】 to wind; to coil; to roll; to wear (e.g. turban, scarf) / to envelope; to shroud / to outflank; to skirt / to link (verse) / to move ahead (three hours, etc.); to move up
• やかましい《喧しい》 noisy; loud; clamorous; boisterous / much talked of; much-discussed; vexed / strict; severe; stern / particular; fussy; fastidious; fault-finding; carping
• 漢和【かんわ】 China and Japan / Chinese and Japanese (languages) / Chinese Character-Japanese dictionary
• 含める【ふくめる】 to include (in a group or scope) / to instruct; to make one understand / to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication) / to put in (someone's) mouth / to permeate with flavor
• かえって《却って》 on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
• 客間【きゃくま】 drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
• 汲む【くむ】 to draw (water); to ladle; to dip up; to scoop up; to pump / to pour (into a cup); to drink (together) / to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with; to intuit; to understand / to draw upon; to inherit
• 響く【ひびく】 to resound; to be heard far away / to reverberate; to shake; to vibrate / to come (home); to remain (with someone) / to have an effect; to make an impression
• くず《屑》 waste; scrap; garbage; dregs / chad
• 敬う【うやまう】 to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
• つながり《繋がり》 connection; link; relationship
• つながる《繋がる》 to be tied together; to be connected to; to be linked to / to lead to; to be related to / to be related (by blood)
• あくび《欠伸》 yawn; yawning / kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
• みっともない《見っともない》 shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
• 謙遜【けんそん】 modesty; humility; being humble
• こしょう《胡椒》 pepper
• またぐ《跨ぐ》 to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stride across; to cross / to stretch over; to span; to bridge; to saddle; to straddle
• くれぐれも《呉れ呉れも》 sincerely; earnestly / repeatedly; over and over; again and again
• 御中【おんちゅう】 and Company; Messrs; for the attention of ...
• ごめん《御免》 your pardon; sorry; no thanks / not wanting; objecting to; being fed up with; wishing to avoid / permission; leave; dismissal; discharge
• ごめんください《ご免ください》 may I come in? / please forgive me; I'm sorry
• 厚かましい【あつかましい】 impudent; shameless; brazen
• たちまち《忽ち》 in an instant; in a moment; immediately; right away; at once / suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
• こんばんは《今晩は》 good evening
• さようなら《左様なら》 farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
• 砕く【くだく】 to break; to smash
• 砕ける【くだける】 to break (into pieces); to be broken; to be smashed / to collapse; to crumble; to decline; to cool (e.g. enthusiasm); to dampen (e.g. one's will to fight) / to become less formal; to throw off reserve; to become affable / to become easy to understand (e.g. a story) / to be worried
• 祭日【さいじつ】 national holiday; festival day
• こする《擦る》 to rub; to scrub; to scrape
• 雑巾【ぞうきん】 house-cloth; dust cloth
• 錆びる【さびる】 to rust; to become rusty
• まく《撒く》 to scatter; to sprinkle; to strew / to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.) / to give the slip; to throw off; to shake off; to lose
• 散らかす【ちらかす】 to scatter around; to leave untidy
• 四つ角【よつかど】 four corners / crossroads; intersecting street; street corner
• とっくに《疾っくに》 long ago; already; a long time ago
• 射す【さす】 to shine
• 煮える【にえる】 to be boiled; to be cooked
• 取り入れる【とりいれる】 to harvest; to reap / to take in; to gather in / to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to introduce; to borrow (e.g. word)
• 蹴る【ける】 to kick / to refuse; to reject
• 重たい【おもたい】 heavy; massive; serious; important; severe; oppressed
• 縮める【ちぢめる】 to shorten; to reduce; to condense; to shrink / to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle / to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs); to duck (one's head)
• 縮れる【ちぢれる】 to be wavy; to be curled; to be frizzled
• 出迎える【でむかえる】 to meet; to greet
• でたらめ《出鱈目》 nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; hogwash; rubbish / random; haphazard; unsystematic
• 小数【しょうすう】 fraction (part of); decimal fraction
• 消防署【しょうぼうしょ】 fire station
• たたむ《畳む》 to fold (clothes, umbrella) / to close (a shop, business) / to vacate
• 拭く【ふく】 to wipe; to dry
• しっぽ《尻尾》 tail (animal)
• ふりがな《振り仮名》 furigana; kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation
• 真似る【まねる】 to mimic; to imitate
• 瀬戸物【せともの】 earthenware; porcelain; china; pottery; crockery
• 整数【せいすう】 integer
• 清書【せいしょ】 clean copy
• 生える【はえる】 to grow; to spring up; to sprout / to cut (teeth)
• 生ずる【しょうずる】 to produce; to yield; to cause / to result from; to arise; to be generated
• 絶えず【たえず】 constantly; always; continually; steadily
• ちぎる《千切る》 to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to tear up / to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to tear off / to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily; to do ... vigorously
• 尖る【とがる】 to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp / to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge; to be touchy
• うらやましい《羨ましい》 envious (feeling, etc.); jealous / enviable (position, etc.)
• ようやく《漸く》 finally; at last / barely; narrowly; hardly; only just / gradually; little by little; by degrees
• さかのぼる《遡る》 to go upstream / to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to; to make retroactive
• さわやか《爽やか》 fresh; refreshing; invigorating / clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
• 掃く【はく】 to sweep; to brush; to clean / to gather silkworms
• かく《掻く》 to scratch / to perspire / to shovel; to paddle
• 送り仮名【おくりがな】 kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word; declensional kana ending
• 憎らしい【にくらしい】 odious; hateful; detestable; horrible / (speaking ironically) darling
• 揃う【そろう】 to be complete; to be all present; to make a full set; to be satisfied (of conditions) / to be equal; to be uniform; to be even; to match; to agree / to gather; to assemble; to be collected
• 揃える【そろえる】 to collect; to gather; to get together; to complete (a collection) / to arrange; to put in order; to prepare; to get ready / to make uniform; to make even; to match
• 待合室【まちあいしつ】 waiting room
• 退ける【のける】 to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside / to remove; to exclude; to take away / to set aside; to keep apart / to remove (someone) from the group; to shun / to do well despite difficulties; to accomplish despite adversity / to do resolutely; to do boldly
• たいして《大して》 (not so) much; (not) very
• おとなしい《大人しい》 obedient; docile; quiet
• たいそう《大層》 very; extremely; exceedingly; greatly; terribly / extreme; excessive; great many; large number of / splended; impressive; tremendous; immense / exaggerated
• 第一【だいいち】 first; foremost; number one
• ただし《但し》 but; however; provided that
• 単数【たんすう】 singular number
• 淡水【たんすい】 fresh water (i.e. not salt water)
• 仲直り【なかなおり】 reconciliation; make peace with
• 著す【あらわす】 to write; to publish
• しぼむ《萎む》 to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag; to deflate
• 潰す【つぶす】 to smash; to crush; to flatten / to shut down; to put out of business; to force (a company) to close up shop / to wreck; to break; to block; to thwart / to butcher; to slaughter; to kill (livestock, for food) / to kill (time); to while away (the time) / to waste (e.g. talents)
• 潰れる【つぶれる】 to be crushed; to be smashed; to be broken; to collapse / to become useless; to cease functioning; to be wasted (e.g. time) / to go bankrupt; to go out of business; to fail
• 吊るす【つるす】 to hang; to hang up
• 吊る【つる】 to hang; to suspend; to sling; to wear (e.g. a sword); to put up (e.g. a shelf) / to hang oneself / to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth / to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes) / to pucker (e.g. of a seam); to be pulled tight
• 釣り合う【つりあう】 to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium / to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
• かみそり《剃刀》 razor
• はしご《梯子》 ladder / stairs / going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
• まとめる《纏める》 to collect; to put (it all) together; to integrate; to consolidate; to unify / to summarize; to aggregate / to bring to a conclusion; to finalize; to settle; to put in order / to establish; to decide
• つく《点く》 to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted / to catch fire
• 田んぼ【たんぼ】 paddy field; farm
• ともかく《兎も角》 anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may
• 凍える【こごえる】 to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
• 当てはまる【あてはまる】 to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
• 憧れる【あこがれる】 to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
• ひとりでに《独りでに》 by itself; automatically; naturally
• 突き当たり【つきあたり】 end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
• 突く【つく】 to prick; to stab / to poke; to prod; to push; to thrust; to nudge; to hit; to strike / to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with; to press against (the floor, etc.) / to attack / to brave (the rain, etc.)
• 日の入り【ひのいり】 sunset
• 濡らす【ぬらす】 to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
• ひねる《捻る》 to twist; to wrench; to turn (a switch on or off, etc.); to wring (a neck) / to puzzle over / to defeat easily
• 覗く【のぞく】 to peek (though a keyhole, gap, etc.) / to look down into (a ravine, etc.) / to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.) / to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at / to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.) / to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.); to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, etc.) / to examine (an expression); to study (a face) / to face
• 破れる【やぶれる】 to get torn; to tear; to rip; to break; to wear out / to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse; to fall into ruin
• 売り切れ【うりきれ】 sold-out
• 売り切れる【うりきれる】 to be sold out
• 這う【はう】 to creep; to crawl
• 秤【はかり】 scales; weighing machine
• むく《剥く》 to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
• はんこ《判子》 seal (used for signature)
• かぶせる《被せる》 to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
• 肘【ひじ】 elbow
• 必需品【ひつじゅひん】 necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials
• 敷く【しく】 to spread out; to lay out / to take a position / to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
• 浮く【うく】 to float / to become merry; to be cheerful / to become loose; to become unsteady / to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you); to feel out of place / to be frivolous; to be uncertain / to have (time, money, etc.) left over; to be saved (e.g. money) / to have no basis; to be unreliable
• 撫でる【なでる】 to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to pat; to rub / to comb (hair); to smooth down
• 風呂敷【ふろしき】 wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
• 副詞【ふくし】 adverb
• ものすごい《物凄い》 earth-shattering; staggering; to a very great extent / terrible; frightful; horrible; ghastly
• 分数【ぶんすう】 fraction
• 呆れる【あきれる】 to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
• 放れる【はなれる】 to get free (from); to be freed; to be released
• めいめい《銘々》 each; individual
• めちゃくちゃ《目茶苦茶》 absurd; unreasonable; nonsensical; preposterous; incoherent / extreme; senseless; reckless; wanton / disorder; confusion; mess; wreck
• めんどくさい《面倒臭い》 bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
• 儲かる【もうかる】 to be profitable; to yield a profit
• 儲ける【もうける】 to profit; to get; to earn; to gain / to have (bear, beget) a child / to have a stroke of luck
• やたら《矢鱈》 indiscriminately; blindly; at random; recklessly; thoughtlessly; excessively; profusely / indiscriminate; random; excessive
• 溶く【とく】 to dissolve (paint); to scramble (eggs); to melt (metal, etc.); to mix (water with flour, etc.)
• 溶ける【とける】 to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
• 略す【りゃくす】 to abbreviate; to omit / to take; to capture
• 流行る【はやる】 to be popular; to come into fashion / to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to be endemic / to flourish; to thrive
• さすが《流石》 as one would expect / still; all the same / even... (e.g. "even a genius...")
• 溜める【ためる】 to amass; to accumulate; to store / to leave unpaid
• たまる《溜まる》 to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
• 涼む【すずむ】 to cool oneself; to cool off; to enjoy the cool air
• 冷ます【さます】 to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool / to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
• こぼす《零す》 to spill; to drop; to shed (tears) / to grumble; to complain / to let one's feelings show
• こぼれる《零れる》 to spill; to fall out of; to overflow / to peek through; to become visible (although normally not) / to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
• れんが《煉瓦》 brick
• 朗らか【ほがらか】 cheerful; merry; sunny; melodious / bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
• ろうそく《蝋燭》 candle
• もたれる《凭れる》 to lean against; to lean on; to recline on / to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
• 嗅ぐ【かぐ】 to sniff; to smell
• ささやく《囁く》 to whisper; to murmur / to rumor; to rumour
• はめる《嵌める》 to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to button; to put on (something that envelops, e.g. gloves, ring) / to have sex; to fuck / to pigeonhole (into a particular category) / to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs) / to entrap; to set someone up (e.g. frame them for a crime, etc.)
• ふざける《巫山戯る》 to joke; to jest; to kid; to josh / to make fun of; to laugh at; to play a prank / to romp; to gambol; to frolic; to frisk; to mess around; to fool around; to screw around / to neck; to make out
• ほうき《箒》 broom
• こしらえる《拵える》 to make; to manufacture
• もむ《揉む》 to rub; to crumple / to massage / to argue; to have a heated discussion / to train; to coach / to jostle; to crowd; to shake; to rock / to have various experiences (out in the world)
• からかう《揶揄う》 to ridicule; to tease; to mock; to chaff; to razz; to banter with; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make cracks about
• ずるい《狡い》 sly; cunning; dishonest; sneaky; crafty; unfair / miserly
• かゆい《痒い》 itchy
• しびれる《痺れる》 to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb) / to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock) / to be excited; to be titillated; to be mesmerized; to be enthralled
• 眩しい【まぶしい】 dazzling; radiant
• めまい《目眩》 dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
• にらむ《睨む》 to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at / to stare intensely at; to examine carefully / to estimate; to guess; to suspect; to judge / to keep an eye on someone (e.g. a suspicious or untrustworthy person); to watch / to take account of; to take into consideration
• へそ《臍》 navel; belly button / protrusion or depression in the middle of an object / center; centre; most important part; main point
• 茹でる【ゆでる】 to boil (something in hot water) / to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
• くどい《諄い》 verbose; importunate; wordy; repetitious; long-winded / heavy (taste); rich; strong; cloying; gaudy; loud
• ためらう《躊躇う》 to hesitate; to waver
• つまずく《躓く》 to stumble; to trip / to fail
• うどん《饂飩》 udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
• 騙す【だます】 to trick; to cheat; to deceive / to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
• それる《逸れる》 to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to swerve from; to miss (e.g. a target) / to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to to go astray; to wander
• 傾く【かたむく】 to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to heel over; to be disposed to; to trend toward; to be prone to / to go down (sun); to wane; to sink; to decline
• 剃る【そる】 to shave
• 温める【あたためる】 to warm; to heat
• 宛名【あてな】 (addressee's) name; (recipient's) name and address
• 当てはめる【あてはめる】 to apply; to adapt
• いよいよ《愈々》 more and more; all the more; increasingly / at last; finally; beyond doubt / (at the) last moment; worst possible time
• 打ち合わせ【うちあわせ】 advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; briefing session / overlap (of a coat, etc.) / making something match exactly
• おやつ《お八つ》 between-meal snack / mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
• 関わる【かかわる】 to be affected; to be influenced / to be concerned with; to have to do with / to stick to (opinions)
• 書き取り【かきとり】 writing down from other written material; writing kanji text from hiragana / transcription (of spoken material)
• 掛け算【かけざん】 multiplication
• 仮名【かな】 kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
• 組み合わせ【くみあわせ】 combination; assortment; set / matching (in a contest); pairing / combination
• 言付ける【ことづける】 to have someone send (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (via someone else); to leave (a message) with someone / to use as an excuse; to make a pretext of
• 好き好き【すきずき】 matter of taste
• 図々しい【ずうずうしい】 impudent; shameless
• せっかく《折角》 with trouble; at great pains / rare; valuable; precious; long-awaited / kind; generous / specially; especially; expressly
• そろばん《算盤》 abacus
• 炊く【たく】 to cook (grains, e.g. rice) / to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
• 焚く【たく】 to burn; to kindle; to light (a fire); to make (a fire) / to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to stoke (a boiler) / to use (a camera flash)
• なぞなぞ《謎々》 riddle; puzzle; enigma
• なんとなく《何となく》 somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
• 匂う【におう】 to be fragrant; to smell (good) / to stink; to smell (bad) / to glow; to be bright / to smack of; to show hints of
• にわか《俄》 sudden; abrupt; unexpected; improvised; hasty; offhand / impromptu skit
• はがす《剥がす》 to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay; to disrobe; to deprive of; to detach; to disconnect
• 引き算【ひきざん】 subtraction
• 引き止める【ひきとめる】 to detain; to check; to restrain
• 人差し指【ひとさしゆび】 index finger; forefinger
• ひとまず《一まず》 for the present; once; in outline
• ふさがる《塞がる》 to be closed; to be blocked; to be healed (e.g. wound); to be shut up / to be clogged; to be plugged up / to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
• 塞ぐ【ふさぐ】 to stop up; to close up; to block (up); to plug up; to shut up; to cover (ears, eyes, etc.); to close (eyes, mouth) / to stand in the way; to obstruct / to occupy; to fill up; to take up / to perform one's role; to do one's duty / to feel depressed; to be in low spirits; to mope
• 真っ黒【まっくろ】 pitch black
• もったいない《勿体ない》 impious; profane; sacrilegious / too good; more than one deserves; unworthy of / wasteful
• やかん《薬缶》 kettle
• よそ《余所》 another place; somewhere else; strange parts / outside (one's family or group); those people / unrelated matter
• 湧く【わく】 to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to spring out; to surge / to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.) / to feel emotions form (joy, bravery, etc.) / to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
• 詫びる【わびる】 to apologize; to apologise
• 割り算【わりざん】 division
• めでたい《目出度い》 happy; auspicious; propitious; joyous / naive
• 扇ぐ【あおぐ】 to fan / to incite; to instigate
• 欧米【おうべい】 Europe and America; the West
• 貸間【かしま】 room to let; room for rent
• 紙屑【かみくず】 wastepaper; paper scraps; paper waste
• 注す【さす】 to pour; to add (liquid); to serve (drinks) / to put on (lipstick, etc.); to apply; to colour; to dye / to light (a fire); to burn
• すまない《済まない》 inexcusable; unjustifiable; unpardonable / sorry; remorseful; apologetic; conscience-stricken; contrite / excuse me; (I'm) sorry; thank you
• 是非とも【ぜひとも】 by all means (with sense of not taking "no" for an answer)
• ねじる《捩る》 to screw; to twist / to distort; to parody; to make a pun / to torture; to wrest
• まとまる《纏まる》 to find resolution; to be settled; to be agreed on; to be completed / to be collected; to be assembled; to be brought together / to be well arranged; to be in order; to be unified; to take shape; to be coherent
• 恵まれる【めぐまれる】 to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
• やむを得ない【やむをえない】 cannot be helped; unavoidable
• 湯のみ【ゆのみ】 teacup
• 割合に【わりあいに】 comparatively
• あれこれ《彼此》 this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that / around; about; round about; roughly; nearly; almost
• お休み【おやすみ】 holiday; day off; absence / sleep; rest / Good night
• ちり紙【ちりがみ】 tissue paper; toilet paper
• お帰り【おかえり】 return / welcome home
• お代わり【おかわり】 second helping; another cup; seconds / command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
• おはよう《お早う》 good morning
• 馬鹿らしい【ばからしい】 absurd
• 蒔く【まく】 to sow; to plant; to seed / to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
• 載る【のる】 to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to be loaded on / to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded; to be reported; to be given
• とどまる《止まる》 to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place) / to be limited to; to be confined to
• ぶつける《打付ける》 to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to crash into / to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand) / to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
• くるむ《包む》 to wrap up; to tuck in; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in
• 亡くす【なくす】 to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
• えっと let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
• お願いします【おねがいします】 please
• お大事に【おだいじに】 take care of yourself; get well soon; God bless you; bless you
• どっと bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); roaring; whooping / in a rush; in a surge; flooding in; pouring in / suddenly; all of a sudden
• ウェイトレス waitress
• 加熱【かねつ】 heating; application of heat
• 原産【げんさん】 place of origin; habitat
• 個体【こたい】 individual; specimen
• 交通機関【こうつうきかん】 transportation facilities
• 工員【こういん】 factory worker
• しょうがない《仕様がない》 it can't be helped; it is inevitable; nothing can be done; there's no point (in doing something); there's no reason (to do something)
• 思いっきり【おもいっきり】 with all one's strength; with all one's heart; to the utmost / resolution; decisiveness
• 手ごろ【てごろ】 moderate; handy; convenient; reasonable
• 酒場【さかば】 bar; pub; tavern
• 集金【しゅうきん】 money collection
• いとこ《従姉妹》 cousin (female)
• 女の人【おんなのひと】 woman
• 食塩【しょくえん】 table salt
• 真空【しんくう】 vacuum; hollow; empty
• 図鑑【ずかん】 pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide
• 貸家【かしや】 house for rent
• 吐き気【はきけ】 nausea; sickness in the stomach
• 膨らます【ふくらます】 to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
• 領事【りょうじ】 consul
• 近々【ちかぢか】 soon; nearness; before long
• ねじ《捻子》 screw / key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
• 広々【ひろびろ】 extensive; spacious
• 栓【せん】 stopper; cork; stopcock
• そういえば《そう言えば》 which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
• 割と【わりと】 relatively; comparatively
• ずらり in a row
• せっせと diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
• いってらっしゃい《行ってらっしゃい》 have a good day; take care; see you
• イコール equal / the equality sign (=) / equals (A equals B)
• ウーマン woman
• エプロン apron / apron (airport) / apron (stage)
• オイル oil; engine oil; kerosene
• ガム chewing gum / gum; rubber
• ギャング gang / gangster
• コーラス chorus
• コレクション collection / correction
• サンプル sample; example; specimen / display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
• ショップ shop
• スカーフ scarf
• ストッキング stockings
• ゼミ seminar
• ダイアグラム diagram
• チップ gratuity; tip / chip
• テニスコート tennis court
• バンド band / to perform in a band; to create a (pop) band / The Bund (Shanghai, China)
• ビルディング building
• フリー free (of restraint, controls, etc.) / free (of cost) / freelance / one-size
• ブローチ brooch
• モノレール monorail
• 専制【せんせい】 despotism; autocracy
• 悔やむ【くやむ】 to mourn; to lament / to be sorry; to regret; to repent
• 挟まる【はさまる】 to get between; to be caught in
• 耕地【こうち】 arable land
• 主語【しゅご】 subject
• 習字【しゅうじ】 penmanship
• 焦がす【こがす】 to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
• 正味【しょうみ】 net weight / useful part; actual content / real; effective; full
• 憎い【にくい】 hateful; abominable; poor-looking; detestable / amazing; fantastic; admirable; lovely; wonderful
• 足袋【たび】 tabi; Japanese socks (with split toe)
• 速力【そくりょく】 speed
• 特長【とくちょう】 forte; merit
• 部首【ぶしゅ】 radical (of a kanji character)
• 零点【れいてん】 zero (points, marks); no marks / zero (of a function); root / zero degrees (Celsius); freezing point
• 夜行【やこう】 walking around at night; night train; night travel
• 請う【こう】 to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
• 見慣れる【みなれる】 to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
• 言いつける【いいつける】 to tell (to do); to order; to charge; to direct / to tell on (someone); to tattle; to report / to often say
• 通りかかる【とおりかかる】 to happen to pass by
• あくまで《飽く迄》 to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; stubbornly; persistently; consistently; to the utmost / after all; it must be remembered; only; purely; simply
• おかず《御数》 side dish; okazu; side dish (meat, fish, pickles, etc.) accompanying the rice in a typical Japanese meal / food for thought (esp. in the context of conversation, or material for assisting arousal during masturbation) / fill; fill-in (drumming)
• かるた《歌留多》 karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
• 逆さま【さかさま】 inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
• 明々後日【しあさって】 in three days' time; two days after tomorrow
• くわえる《銜える》 to hold in one's mouth
• かじる《噛る》 to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to munch; to crunch / to dabble in; to have a smattering of
• やっつける《やっ付ける》 to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
• 加速度【かそくど】 acceleration
• 針路【しんろ】 course; direction
• 激増【げきぞう】 sudden increase
• 仕上がる【しあがる】 to be finished; to be completed; to be done
• 煎る【いる】 to parch; to fry; to fire; to broil; to roast; to boil down (in oil)
• 直流【ちょくりゅう】 direct current; DC
• 同格【どうかく】 the same rank; equality / apposition
• 坊や【ぼうや】 boy
• 何々【なになに】 such and such (when being vague, placeholder, etc.); this and that / What?; What is the matter?; What are the items?
• 話し中【はなしちゅう】 busy (phone)
• 養分【ようぶん】 nourishment; nutrient
• お邪魔します【おじゃまします】 excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
• お先に【おさきに】 before; previously / ahead / Pardon me for leaving (before you)
• お待ち遠様【おまちどおさま】 I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
• こちらこそ it is I who should say so
• こないだ《此間》 the other day; lately; recently
• しみじみ《沁み沁み》 keenly; deeply; fully; heartily; seriously; earnestly / calmly; quietly; softly / fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
• しゃぶる to suck; to lick
• じゃんけん《じゃん拳》 rock, paper, scissors game
• そのため《その為》 hence; for that reason
• どうぞよろしく《どうぞ宜しく》 pleased to meet you; how do you do / my regards (to someone); my greetings; best wishes; remember me to
• はきはき briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly
• オーバコート overcoat
• タイア tire; tyre
• 下線【かせん】 underline; underscore
• 火口【かこう】 crater; caldera / burner (e.g. on a furnace)
• 寒帯【かんたい】 frigid zone
• 関東【かんとう】 Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures / Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
• 形容動詞【けいようどうし】 adjectival noun (Japanese); quasi-adjective; nominal adjective; na-, taru-, nari- and tari-adjective
• つなげる《繋げる》 to tie; to fasten; to connect; to transfer (phone call)
• 酌む【くむ】 to pour (sake); to serve; to drink together
• お出掛け【おでかけ】 about to start out; just about to leave or go out / outing; trip
• 述語【じゅつご】 predicate
• 順々【じゅんじゅん】 in order; in turn
• 羨む【うらやむ】 to envy
• 挿す【さす】 to insert; to put in / to plant (a cutting); to strike / to arrange (flowers) / to wear (a sword) in one's belt / to shut; to close; to lock; to fasten
• 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
• 碗【わん】 bowl (ceramic, porcelain)
• あぶる《炙る》 to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry / to toast; to grill; to broil; to roast; to scorch
• ぼろ《襤褸》 rag; scrap; tattered clothes / fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect / run-down; shabby; junky
• 一昨昨日【いっさくさくじつ】 two days before yesterday; three days back (ago)
• 佚【いつ】 being comfortable; relaxing
• すれ違う【すれちがう】 to pass by one another / to miss meeting each other; to miss each other / to disagree
• 先々月【せんせんげつ】 month before last
• 点々【てんてん】 here and there; little by little; sporadically; scattered in drops / dots; spots
• ひっくり返す【ひっくりかえす】 to turn over; to turn upside down; to turn up; to turn inside out; to turn out / to knock over; to tip over / to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset; to reverse
• 潜る【もぐる】 to dive (into or under water) / to get under; to get into; to get in; to creep into; to crawl under; to bury oneself; to burrow into; to dig oneself into; to snuggle under / to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself; to go underground
• はじめまして《初めまして》 How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
• しんと silent (as the grave); deadly silent
• なだらか《傾らか》 gently sloping; gentle; easy / smooth
• おめでたい《お目出度い》 special; auspicious; happy / naive; innocent; good-natured; gullible; foolish
• 無沙汰【ぶさた】 not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.); failing to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
• 攻め手【せめて】 offense; offence; method of attack
• 洋品店【ようひんてん】 shop that handles Western-style apparel and accessories
• 先先週【せんせんしゅう】 week before last
• 店屋【みせや】 store; shop
• 存ずる【ぞんずる】 to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
• 茶色い【ちゃいろい】 light brown; tawny
• 通ずる【つうずる】 to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to communicate (with) / to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to get through to / to be understood; to be comprehended / to be honored; to be good / to be well versed in; to be well-informed / to communicate clandestinely; to keep in touch (e.g. with the enemy) / to form a liaison; to be intimate
• 破く【やぶく】 to tear; to rip
• バイバイ bye-bye; good-bye; see you; so long / saying goodbye; parting
• うんと a great deal; very much; a lot / with a great amount of effort
• こうして《斯うして》 thus; in this way
• それなのに and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that
• 斜【はす】 diagonal
• 行ってまいります【いってまいります】 good bye; I'm off; see you later
• お待たせしました【おまたせしました】 Thank you for waiting; Have I kept you waiting?
• お気の毒に【おきのどくに】 my sympathies; that's too bad; my condolences
• ばつ x-mark / impossibility; futility; uselessness
• おかけください《お掛け下さい》 please sit down; please have a seat
• その頃【そのころ】 at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
• こらえる《堪える》 to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with / to restrain; to control; to keep a check on / to forgive; to put up with; to pardon
• 応援【おうえん】 aid; assistance; help; reinforcement; rooting; barracking; support; cheering
• 下車【げしゃ】 alighting (from train, bus, etc.); getting off
• 課税【かぜい】 taxation
• 過程【かてい】 process; course; mechanism
• 解放【かいほう】 release; unleashing; liberation; emancipation; setting free / deallocation (of computer memory)
• 関西【かんさい】 Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures / Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
• 基盤【きばん】 foundation; basis; base; footing; infrastructure / bedrock / substrate (circuit board)
• 期限【きげん】 term; period; time frame / time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
• 継続【けいぞく】 continuation
• 講師【こうし】 lecturer
• 合同【ごうどう】 combination; union; incorporation; amalgamation; fusion / congruence
• 撮影【さつえい】 photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
• 指定【してい】 designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
• 氏名【しめい】 full name; identity
• 私立【しりつ】 private (establishment)
• 児童【じどう】 children; juvenile
• 勝負【しょうぶ】 victory or defeat / match; contest; game; bout
• 新幹線【しんかんせん】 Shinkansen; bullet train
• 申請【しんせい】 application; request; petition
• 制作【せいさく】 work (film, book) / production; creation; turning (something) out; development
• 相撲【すもう】 sumo wrestling / wrestler; rikishi
• 追加【ついか】 addition; supplement; appending; appendix
• 低下【ていか】 fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
• 電力【でんりょく】 electric power
• 東西【とうざい】 east and west / Orient and Occident; East and West / Ladies and Gentlemen!; Your attention, please!; roll-up, roll-up
• 特定【とくてい】 specific; particular; designated; special / specifying; designating; identifying; pinpointing
• 年度【ねんど】 fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year / academic year; school year / product year
• 売買【ばいばい】 trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
• 迫る【せまる】 to approach; to draw near; to be imminent / to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
• 発売【はつばい】 sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
• 付近【ふきん】 neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; environs / approaching
• 普及【ふきゅう】 diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
• 部品【ぶひん】 parts; accessories; components
• 複数【ふくすう】 plural; multiple; several
• 本来【ほんらい】 originally; primarily / essentially; naturally; by nature; in (and of) itself / proper; legal
• 友好【ゆうこう】 friendship
• 来日【らいにち】 arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan
• 会館【かいかん】 meeting hall; assembly hall
• きっかけ《切っ掛け》 chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus; occasion
• 交代【こうたい】 alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.); taking turns
• 話し合い【はなしあい】 discussion; conference
• 意義【いぎ】 meaning; significance
• 移転【いてん】 moving; relocation; change of address / transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise
• 演劇【えんげき】 drama; theatre; theater; play
• 火山【かざん】 volcano
• 過半数【かはんすう】 majority
• 解説【かいせつ】 explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
• 改造【かいぞう】 remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; reconstruction; reshuffling (e.g. cabinet) / modding
• 開会【かいかい】 opening of a meeting
• 学会【がっかい】 scientific society; academic meeting; academic conference
• 活躍【かつやく】 activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service / to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
• 感想【かんそう】 impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
• 研修【けんしゅう】 training (esp. in-service); induction course
• 原理【げんり】 principle; theory; fundamental truth
• 公害【こうがい】 pollution; public nuisance; contamination
• 項目【こうもく】 (data) item; heading; clause / headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.)
• 高級【こうきゅう】 high class; high grade / high rank; seniority
• 重点【じゅうてん】 important point; emphasis; stress; importance; priority / iteration mark / colon (punctuation)
• 書店【しょてん】 bookshop; bookstore
• 助教授【じょきょうじゅ】 assistant professor; associate professor
• 商業【しょうぎょう】 commerce; trade; business
• 商社【しょうしゃ】 trading company; firm
• 小学生【しょうがくせい】 elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
• 賞金【しょうきん】 prize; monetary award
• 森林【しんりん】 forest; woods
• 深夜【しんや】 late at night
• 正面【しょうめん】 front; frontage; facade; main
• 製作【せいさく】 manufacture; production
• 窓口【まどぐち】 ticket window; teller window; counter / contact person; point of contact
• 大学院【だいがくいん】 graduate school
• 短期【たんき】 short-term
• 知人【ちじん】 friend; acquaintance
• 地帯【ちたい】 area; zone; belt (of land)
• 竹【たけ】 bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae) / middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
• 長女【ちょうじょ】 eldest daughter; first-born daughter
• 定員【ていいん】 fixed number of regular personnel; staff quota; complement / capacity (of boat, hall, aeroplane, airplane, etc.)
• 東洋【とうよう】 Orient
• 統計【とうけい】 statistics
• 特殊【とくしゅ】 special; particular; peculiar; unique
• 入社【にゅうしゃ】 joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
• 農村【のうそん】 agricultural community; farm village / rural
• 発想【はっそう】 idea; conception; way of thinking / expression
• 反省【はんせい】 reflection; reconsideration; introspection; meditation; contemplation / regret; repentance; remorse; being sorry
• 標準【ひょうじゅん】 standard; level; norm
• 夫妻【ふさい】 man and wife; married couple
• 保健【ほけん】 health preservation; hygiene; sanitation
• 募集【ぼしゅう】 recruitment; invitation; selection; advertisement; taking applications / raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; subscription; solicitation / flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
• 摩擦【まさつ】 friction; rubbing; chafing / discord; friction; strife; conflict
• 面積【めんせき】 square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
• 予備【よび】 reserve; spare / preparation; preliminaries
• 先頭【せんとう】 head; lead; vanguard; first
• 中身【なかみ】 contents; interior; substance; filling; (sword) blade
• 育児【いくじ】 childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing
• 一斉【いっせい】 simultaneous; all at once
• 一段【いちだん】 more; much more; still more; all the more / step; rung; level; rank / paragraph; passage / ichidan (verb, verb conjugation)
• 下旬【げじゅん】 last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
• 回数【かいすう】 number of times; frequency; count
• 海洋【かいよう】 ocean
• 官庁【かんちょう】 government office; government agency; authorities
• 看板【かんばん】 signboard; sign; billboard; hoarding; doorplate / draw; attraction; feature; highlight; spokesman; figurehead / reputation (of a shop) / appearance; look / closing time
• まもなく《間もなく》 soon; before long; in a short time / lacking time to ...; without time to ...
• 給与【きゅうよ】 pay; salary; wages / allowance; grant; supply; providing with
• 漁業【ぎょぎょう】 fishing (industry)
• 競馬【けいば】 horse racing
• 琴【こと】 koto (13-stringed Japanese zither) / stringed instrument / zheng (Chinese zither); guzheng
• 形式【けいしき】 form (as opposed to substance); formality / method; system; style / format; mode; appearance; form (something takes) / math expression
• 警備【けいび】 defense; defence; guard; policing; security
• 芸能【げいのう】 public entertainment; performing arts / accomplishments; attainments
• 血液【けつえき】 blood
• 公表【こうひょう】 official announcement; proclamation
• 工夫【くふう】 scheme; device; scheming; devising; figuring out; coming up with; solving ingeniously / dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
• 広場【ひろば】 plaza; (public) square; piazza; forum; open space
• 行事【ぎょうじ】 event; function
• 主役【しゅやく】 leading part; leading actor; leading actress
• 終了【しゅうりょう】 end; close; termination
• 商店【しょうてん】 shop; small store; business; firm
• 将棋【しょうぎ】 shogi; Japanese chess; xianqi
• 消極的【しょうきょくてき】 negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
• 上下【じょうげ】 top and bottom; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends; up and down / going up and down; rising and falling; fluctuating / going and coming back / upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled; the government and the people / first and second volumes
• 診断【しんだん】 diagnosis; medical examination
• 推定【すいてい】 presumption; assumption / estimation
• 宣伝【せんでん】 publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
• 地点【ちてん】 site; point on a map; spot
• 中旬【ちゅうじゅん】 middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
• 電波【でんぱ】 electromagnetic wave; radio wave; reception; signal / saying strange things
• 登場【とうじょう】 entry (on stage); appearance (on screen) / entrance; introduction (into a market)
• 都心【としん】 city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis
• 当日【とうじつ】 appointed day; very day
• 透明【とうめい】 transparent; clear
• 農薬【のうやく】 agricultural chemical (i.e. pesticide, herbicide, fungicide, etc.); agrochemical; agrichemical
• 俳句【はいく】 haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
• 発電【はつでん】 generation (e.g. power) / sending a telegram; telegraphing
• 未満【みまん】 less than; insufficient
• 要旨【ようし】 point; essentials; gist; summary; fundamentals
• 例外【れいがい】 exception
• 率直【そっちょく】 frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
• 付属【ふぞく】 attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed; associated; subordinate; incidental; dependent; auxiliary
• 以後【いご】 after this; from now on; hereafter / thereafter; since (then); after
• 往復【おうふく】 making a round trip; going and returning; coming and going / round-trip ticket; return ticket / correspondence; exchanging (letters) / socializing; visiting one another
• 温泉【おんせん】 hot spring / onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
• 貨物【かもつ】 cargo; freight / money or assets
• 外部【がいぶ】 outside (e.g. of a building); exterior / outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
• 学科【がっか】 study subject; course of study / department (university, etc.)
• 気配【けはい】 indication; sign; hint; presence; trend / quotation (esp. stock market)
• 強気【つよき】 confident; assured; self-assured; firm; strong; cocksure / bullish (e.g. market)
• 努める【つとめる】 to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent; to be committed (to doing something)
• 区域【くいき】 limits; boundary; domain; zone; sphere; territory / area (e.g. in programming languages)
• 原稿【げんこう】 manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
• 高層【こうそう】 multistory; multistoried; high-rise; high; tall
• 高度【こうど】 altitude; height; elevation / high-degree; high-grade; advanced; sophisticated; strong
• 高等【こうとう】 high class; high grade
• 国王【こくおう】 king
• 作者【さくしゃ】 author; authoress; writer; composer; artist
• 作成【さくせい】 drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing; creating; creation
• 死体【したい】 dead body; corpse; cadaver
• 実用【じつよう】 practical use; utility
• 縮小【しゅくしょう】 reduction; curtailment
• 前後【ぜんご】 front and rear; front and back; before and behind; back and forth / before and after / around; about; approximately / order; context / consequences / just when; around the time of / inversion; reversion; getting out of order / co-occurring
• 全身【ぜんしん】 whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait) / systemic
• 彫刻【ちょうこく】 carving; engraving; sculpture
• 通勤【つうきん】 commuting to work
• 当たり前【あたりまえ】 natural; reasonable; obvious / usual; common; ordinary; commonplace; the norm
• 判事【はんじ】 judge; judiciary
• 半島【はんとう】 peninsula / Korea
• 敷地【しきち】 site; plot; lot; grounds
• 父母【ふぼ】 father and mother; parents
• 噴火【ふんか】 eruption; volcanic eruption
• 文芸【ぶんげい】 literature / the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
• 放る【ほうる】 to throw; to fling; to hurl; to toss / to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone; to give up on; to leave undone; to leave unfinished
• 方面【ほうめん】 direction; district; area / field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter; aspect; angle
• 夜間【やかん】 night; nighttime
• 役所【やくしょ】 government office; public office
• 欄【らん】 column of text (e.g. in a newspaper) / field (in a form, web page, etc.)
• 列島【れっとう】 archipelago; chain of islands
• 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.
• 銅【どう】 copper (Cu) / bronze (medal)
• 締め切り【しめきり】 deadline; closing; cut-off; end / cofferdam / closed (door, window, etc.)
• 果たして【はたして】 as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough / really; actually; ever
• 膨大【ぼうだい】 huge; vast; enormous; colossal; extensive; large / swelling; expansion
• 地盤【じばん】 ground; crust (earth); bed (gravel, river, etc.) / foundation (building, etc.); base / constituency; power base; support (electoral); footing; foothold
• 農産物【のうさんぶつ】 agricultural produce
• 売れ行き【うれゆき】 sales; demand
• 安易【あんい】 easy; simple / easy-going
• 一流【いちりゅう】 first-class; top grade; foremost; top-notch; leading / characteristic; peculiar; unique / school (e.g. of a performance art) / one flag; one banner; one streamer
• 架空【かくう】 aerial; overhead / fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; fabricated
• 回転【かいてん】 rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
• 外科【げか】 surgery / department of surgery (hospital, etc.)
• 楽器【がっき】 musical instrument
• 休業【きゅうぎょう】 closed (e.g. store); business suspended; shutdown; holiday
• 苦情【くじょう】 complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
• 空中【くうちゅう】 sky; air; mid-air
• 原料【げんりょう】 raw materials
• 限度【げんど】 limit; bounds
• 古典【こてん】 classic (work, esp. book); the classics
• 公正【こうせい】 justice; fairness; impartiality
• 再三【さいさん】 again and again; repeatedly
• 産地【さんち】 producing area
• 時速【じそく】 speed (per hour)
• 自衛【じえい】 self-defense; self-defence
• 重量【じゅうりょう】 weight / heavyweight boxer
• 出張【しゅっちょう】 official tour; business trip
• 書道【しょどう】 calligraphy
• 姓【せい】 surname; family name / hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
• 成分【せいぶん】 ingredient; component; composition
• 生存【せいぞん】 existence; being; survival / to exist; to live; to survive
• 先端【せんたん】 pointed end; tip; point; cusp (of a leaf, crescent moon, etc.); apex (of a curve) / forefront; vanguard; spearhead; leading edge
• 全般【ぜんぱん】 (the) whole; entirety; wholly; as a whole; generally; universally
• 素直【すなお】 obedient; meek; docile; unaffected / honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
• 倉庫【そうこ】 storehouse; warehouse; godown
• 相変わらず【あいかわらず】 as ever; as usual; the same; still
• 体系【たいけい】 system; organization; organisation; architecture
• 体操【たいそう】 gymnastics; physical exercises; calisthenics
• 大工【だいく】 carpenter
• 通知【つうち】 notice; notification; report; posting
• 通訳【つうやく】 interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
• 特色【とくしょく】 characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; personal colour / spot color (in printing)
• 矛盾【むじゅん】 contradiction; inconsistency
• 面接【めんせつ】 interview (e.g. for a job)
• 木材【もくざい】 lumber; timber; wood
• 役者【やくしゃ】 actor; actress / man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
• 有無【うむ】 existence or nonexistence; presence or absence / consent or refusal; yes or no
• 有料【ゆうりょう】 fee-charging; paid; not free
• 幼児【ようじ】 young child; toddler / child over 1 but not yet of school age
• 幼稚園【ようちえん】 kindergarten
• 容器【ようき】 container; receptacle; vessel
• 用語【ようご】 term; terminology / wording; choice of words; phraseology
• 寮【りょう】 hostel; dormitory / bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system)
• 広げる【ひろげる】 to spread; to extend; to expand; to enlarge; to widen; to broaden / to unfold; to open; to unroll; to unwrap / to scatter about; to spread around / to make flourish; to cause to prosper
• なる《生る》 to bear fruit
• 過失【かしつ】 error; blunder; accident / fault; defect
• 過剰【かじょう】 excess; surplus; over-
• 学術【がくじゅつ】 science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
• 活力【かつりょく】 vitality; energy; dynamism
• 強引【ごういん】 overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
• 教養【きょうよう】 cultivation; refinement; culture; education
• 見学【けんがく】 inspection; study by observation; field trip
• 見出し【みだし】 heading; headline; title; caption / index / headword
• 見送る【みおくる】 to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home) / to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight / to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to let a pitch go by (baseball); to watch a batted ball go into the stands / to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone / to have someone related or close to you die; to bury someone / to take care of somebody until he dies / to wait and see; to continue (e.g. in legal contexts)
• 見舞う【みまう】 to ask after (someone's health); to visit / to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune; to suffer an attack
• 後輩【こうはい】 junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
• 工芸【こうげい】 industrial arts; craft
• 広さ【ひろさ】 extent
• 校舎【こうしゃ】 school building
• 酸性【さんせい】 acidity / acidic
• 司会【しかい】 leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairmanship / chairman; presenter; host; moderator; master of ceremonies
• 寺院【じいん】 temple
• 執筆【しっぴつ】 writing (e.g. as a profession)
• 実感【じっかん】 real feeling; actual feeling / to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
• 手前【てまえ】 before; this side / one's standpoint; one's appearance / we / you
• 神話【しんわ】 myth; legend
• 親類【しんるい】 relation; kin
• 性能【せいのう】 ability; performance; efficiency
• 青少年【せいしょうねん】 youth; young person
• 創作【そうさく】 creativity; creation; original work (novel, movie, etc.)
• 増大【ぞうだい】 enlargement; increase
• 造船【ぞうせん】 shipbuilding
• 測定【そくてい】 measurement
• 団地【だんち】 multi-unit apartments; apartment complex
• 中年【ちゅうねん】 middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
• 頂点【ちょうてん】 top; summit / vertex
• 南米【なんべい】 South America
• 濃度【のうど】 concentration; thickness; density / cardinality
• 派手【はで】 showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
• 皮膚【ひふ】 skin
• 評論【ひょうろん】 criticism; critique
• 別荘【べっそう】 holiday house; vacation home; villa / prison; jail
• 崩れる【くずれる】 to collapse; to crumble / to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to become disorganized; to become untidy / to break down; to be thrown into disarray / to crash (stock market); to slump; to decline / to break money into small change / to turn bad (e.g. weather); to change for the worse; to deteriorate
• 盆【ぼん】 tray / family; household / O-Bon; Bon Festival; Lantern Festival; Festival of the Dead
• 目安【めやす】 criterion; standard; yardstick; reference; aim / rough estimate; approximation
• 役人【やくにん】 government official
• 夕刊【ゆうかん】 evening paper
• 利害【りがい】 advantages and disadvantages; interest
• 押さえる【おさえる】 to pin down; to hold down; to press down / to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to press (a body part) / to get a hold of; to obtain; to seize; to catch; to arrest / to grasp (a point); to comprehend / to quell; to subdue; to suppress; to repress; to hold back; to check; to curb; to contain
• 貸し出し【かしだし】 lending; loaning
• 住まい【すまい】 dwelling; house; residence; address
• 続々【ぞくぞく】 successively; one after another
• 水産【すいさん】 aquatic products; fisheries
• 井戸【いど】 water well
• 一応【いちおう】 more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion; pretty much; roughly; so far as it goes / tentatively; for the time being / just in case / once
• 応用【おうよう】 (practical) application; putting to practical use / applied
• 恩恵【おんけい】 grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
• 加速【かそく】 acceleration; speeding up
• 拡充【かくじゅう】 expansion
• 角度【かくど】 angle
• 瓦【かわら】 roof tile
• 寄せる【よせる】 to come near; to let someone approach / to bring near; to bring together; to collect; to gather / to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to contribute; to donate / to let someone drop by / to add (numbers) / to have feelings for (love, goodwill, trust, etc.) / to rely upon for a time; to depend on / to use as a pretext / to put aside / to press; to push; to force / to include; to welcome (in a group); to let in
• 儀式【ぎしき】 ceremony; rite; ritual; service
• 境界【きょうかい】 boundary
• 厳重【げんじゅう】 strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm; strong; secure
• 娯楽【ごらく】 pleasure; amusement
• 攻める【せめる】 to attack; to assault; to assail
• 在学【ざいがく】 attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
• 私鉄【してつ】 private railway
• 寿命【じゅみょう】 life span
• 集合【しゅうごう】 gathering; assembly; meeting / set
• 重ねる【かさねる】 to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to put on top of another / to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
• 純粋【じゅんすい】 pure; true; genuine; unmixed
• 巡査【じゅんさ】 police officer; policeman; constable
• 書籍【しょせき】 book; publication
• 上旬【じょうじゅん】 first 10 days of month
• 職人【しょくにん】 worker; mechanic; artisan; craftsman
• 身分【みぶん】 social position; social status
• 性別【せいべつ】 gender; distinction of sex; sex
• 清掃【せいそう】 cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
• 接近【せっきん】 getting closer; drawing nearer; approaching / being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.) / becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
• 素人【しろうと】 amateur; layman; ordinary person; novice / respectable woman (not a prostitute, hostess, geisha, etc.) / unlicensed prostitute
• 総理大臣【そうりだいじん】 prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
• 地味【じみ】 plain; simple; subdued; sober / reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quiet; unobtrusive
• 長短【ちょうたん】 (relative) length / advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points; merits and demerits
• 的確【てきかく】 precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
• 南極【なんきょく】 South Pole / the Antarctic; Antarctica
• 発射【はっしゃ】 firing; shooting; discharge; catapult / ejaculation
• 平日【へいじつ】 weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday) / kanji radical 73
• 平野【へいや】 plain; open field
• 埋める【うめる】 to bury (e.g. in the ground) / to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed / to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to bridge (a difference, a gap); to fill (a seat, a vacant position); to fill out / to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends; to compensate for / to put cold water (in a bath) / to cover; to scatter something over
• 満員【まんいん】 full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
• 溶岩【ようがん】 lava
• 用途【ようと】 use; service; purpose
• 理科【りか】 science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science / science department (university); science course / science (as a school subject)
• 録音【ろくおん】 (audio) recording
• 足跡【あしあと】 footprints / record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
• 塊【かたまり】 lump; mass; bundle; clump; clod; cluster / group; crowd / embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
• 知り合い【しりあい】 acquaintance
• 手帳【てちょう】 notebook; memo pad; (pocket) diary / certificate / identification card
• 響き【ひびき】 echo; reverberation / sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise / quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound; emotion or feeling inspired by something heard or read
• 割引【わりびき】 discount; reduction; rebate; (after a number) tenths discounted; tenths reduced
• 下町【したまち】 low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.) / Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
• 何とも【なんとも】 quite; really; very; extremely / nothing; not a bit; not at all
• 花火【はなび】 fireworks
• 課程【かてい】 course; curriculum
• 確率【かくりつ】 probability; likelihood; chances
• 学年【がくねん】 academic year; school year / year in school; grade in school
• 活字【かつじ】 printing type; movable type / printed text; print
• 気圧【きあつ】 atmospheric pressure
• 客席【きゃくせき】 guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi) / audience
• 系統【けいとう】 system / lineage; ancestry; family line / group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); party; school (of thought) / close (evolutionary) relationship / a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics); strain (e.g. bacterial)
• 血圧【けつあつ】 blood pressure
• 県庁【けんちょう】 prefectural office
• 功績【こうせき】 achievements; merit; meritorious service; meritorious deed
• 肯定【こうてい】 affirmation / affirmative (logic)
• 高める【たかめる】 to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
• 四季【しき】 four seasons
• 紙幣【しへい】 paper money; note; bill
• 紫【むらさき】 purple; violet / Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell) / type of soy sauce
• 祝日【しゅくじつ】 national holiday; public holiday
• 女房【にょうぼう】 wife (esp. one's own wife) / court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace / woman (esp. as a love interest)
• 勝敗【しょうはい】 victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
• 上り【のぼり】 ascent; climbing; ascending (path); climb / up-train (e.g. going to Tokyo) / northward (towards Tokyo)
• 上級【じょうきゅう】 advanced level; high grade; senior
• 心身【しんしん】 mind and body
• 神様【かみさま】 God; god / ace; king; superior person; god (amongst men)
• 水曜【すいよう】 Wednesday
• 性質【せいしつ】 nature; property; disposition
• 接する【せっする】 to touch; to come in contact with; to border on; to adjoin; to be adjacent; to be close / to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to serve; to take care of; to look after; to deal with; to see / to receive (news); to get; to hear / to encounter; to come across / to be tangent to / to make touch; to bring into contact with; to bring adjacent to; to bring close; to connect
• 線路【せんろ】 railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
• 相違【そうい】 difference; discrepancy; variation
• 滝【たき】 waterfall / rapids
• 中世【ちゅうせい】 Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods ); medieval times; mediaeval times
• 定価【ていか】 list price; regular price; established price
• 点数【てんすう】 marks; points; score; grade; runs (baseball) / number of items; number of articles
• 投書【とうしょ】 letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader / contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
• 童話【どうわ】 children's story; fairy tale
• 日時【にちじ】 date and time
• 表紙【ひょうし】 cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding / appearing on the cover of a magazine
• 物語る【ものがたる】 to tell; to indicate
• 包丁【ほうちょう】 kitchen knife; carving knife / cooking; food
• 名作【めいさく】 masterpiece
• 名刺【めいし】 business card
• 役目【やくめ】 duty; role; function
• 薬品【やくひん】 medicine; chemicals
• 粒【つぶ】 grain; bead; drop / counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
• 冷凍【れいとう】 freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
• いちいち《一一》 one-by-one; separately / every single; each and every; without omission; fully; in detail
• 別々【べつべつ】 separately; individually
• 分かれる【わかれる】 to branch; to fork; to diverge / to separate; to split; to divide / to disperse; to scatter
• 圧縮【あっしゅく】 compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
• 英文【えいぶん】 English writing; English sentence; English text / English literature; English lit
• 液体【えきたい】 liquid; fluid
• 殴る【なぐる】 to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
• 可決【かけつ】 approval; adoption (e.g. motion, bill); passage
• 家屋【かおく】 house; building
• 改める【あらためる】 to change; to alter; to revise; to replace / to reform; to correct; to mend; to improve / to examine; to check; to inspect / to do properly; to do formally
• 貝【かい】 shellfish / seashell; shell
• 拡張【かくちょう】 expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
• 学級【がっきゅう】 (school) class
• 学力【がくりょく】 scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
• 間隔【かんかく】 space; interval; SPC
• 器具【きぐ】 utensil; apparatus; implement; device; gadget
• 規律【きりつ】 order; observance; discipline / rules; law; regulations
• 群れ【むれ】 group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school; swarm; cluster (e.g. of stars); clump; pack (e.g. of dogs)
• 碁【ご】 go; board game of capturing territory
• 公務【こうむ】 official business; public business
• 綱【つな】 rope / grand champion's braided belt
• 行列【ぎょうれつ】 line; queue; procession; parade / matrix
• 合理【ごうり】 rationality
• 紺【こん】 navy blue; deep blue
• 催し【もよおし】 event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening; holding (a meeting)
• 子孫【しそん】 descendant; posterity; offspring
• 実習【じっしゅう】 practice (in the field); training (esp. practical and hands-on); practical exercise; drill
• 社説【しゃせつ】 editorial; leading article; leader
• 弱点【じゃくてん】 weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot; tender spot
• 汁【しる】 juice; sap / soup; broth / (dipping) sauce
• 循環【じゅんかん】 circulation; rotation; cycle
• 初旬【しょじゅん】 first 10 days of the month
• 蒸気【じょうき】 steam; vapour; vapor / steamboat; steam locomotive
• 飾り【かざり】 decoration
• 真っ暗【まっくら】 total darkness; pitch dark / bleak future; poor prospects
• 水素【すいそ】 hydrogen (H)
• 水分【すいぶん】 water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap; juice
• 杉【すぎ】 Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
• 税関【ぜいかん】 customs; customs house
• 洗剤【せんざい】 detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent; washing material
• 全集【ぜんしゅう】 complete works
• 争う【あらそう】 to compete; to contest; to contend / to quarrel; to argue; to dispute; to be at variance; to oppose / to deny (e.g. evidence)
• 属する【ぞくする】 to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
• 太鼓【たいこ】 drum
• 中途【ちゅうと】 in the middle; half-way
• 電池【でんち】 battery; cell
• 内科【ないか】 internal medicine, i.e. treatment by medical procedures rather than surgical procedures / department of internal medicine (hospital, etc.)
• 内線【ないせん】 phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line
• 筆者【ひっしゃ】 writer; author
• 文献【ぶんけん】 literature; books (reference); document
• 閉会【へいかい】 closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)
• 包装【ほうそう】 packing; wrapping
• 名所【めいしょ】 famous place / name of a part (of an instrument, etc.) / name and address
• 目下【めした】 subordinate; subordinates; inferior; inferiors; junior
• 流域【りゅういき】 (river) basin
• 牧場【ぼくじょう】 farm (livestock); ranch (US); station (Aus, NZ) / pasture land; meadow; grazing land
• 炭鉱【たんこう】 coal mine; coal pit
• 直径【ちょっけい】 diameter
• 満点【まんてん】 perfect score; full marks / extremely; very; quite
• 生き生き【いきいき】 in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
• 引き分け【ひきわけ】 draw (in competition); tie game
• 宴会【えんかい】 party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
• 屋外【おくがい】 outdoors; alfresco
• 乾燥【かんそう】 dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); dehydration; desiccation / insipidity
• 感激【かんげき】 deep emotion; impression; inspiration
• 鑑賞【かんしょう】 appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
• 間接【かんせつ】 indirection; indirectness
• 区分【くぶん】 division; section; demarcation; partition; segmentation; subdivision; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification; sorting
• 見直す【みなおす】 to look at again / to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review / to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light / to improve; to recover (market, illness, etc.)
• 現に【げんに】 actually; really
• 混合【こんごう】 mixing; mixture; meld / miscegenation
• 山林【さんりん】 mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest / mountains and forest
• 車庫【しゃこ】 garage; carport; depot (trains, buses, etc.)
• 重力【じゅうりょく】 gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
• 出勤【しゅっきん】 attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); going to work; reporting for work
• 消化【しょうか】 digestion (of food) / digestion (of information); assimilation; thorough understanding / consumption; absorption; using up; meeting (e.g. a quota); completion / losing one's form and turning into something else
• 鐘【かね】 bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
• 食器【しょっき】 tableware
• 侵入【しんにゅう】 invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass; penetration
• 先祖【せんぞ】 ancestor
• 大小【だいしょう】 sizes (various); large and small / daisho (matched pair of long and short swords) / large and small drums / long months and short months / sic bo (Macau dice game); tai sai; dai siu; big and small
• 貯蔵【ちょぞう】 storage; preservation
• 直線【ちょくせん】 straight line
• 停電【ていでん】 power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply
• 動作【どうさ】 action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior; execution; actuation; operation; manners
• 破片【はへん】 fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
• 縛る【しばる】 to tie; to bind; to fasten / to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
• 美容【びよう】 beauty of figure or form
• 防犯【ぼうはん】 prevention of crime
• 民謡【みんよう】 folk song; popular song
• 無数【むすう】 countless number; infinite number; innumerable
• 名物【めいぶつ】 famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
• 郵送【ゆうそう】 mailing; posting
• 余計【よけい】 too many; too much; excessive; superfluous; superabundant; extra; spare; surplus / unnecessary; needless; uncalled-for; otiose / abundantly; excessively; needlessly; all the more
• 要領【ようりょう】 point; gist; essentials; tenets; outline / knack; trick; the ropes
• 絞る【しぼる】 to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze / to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk / to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice) / to extort; to exploit / to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke / to drill into; to train / to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down / to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring) / to stop down (lens) / to turn down (e.g. radio) / to bend (bow); to draw / to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize
• 重体【じゅうたい】 seriously ill; serious condition; critical state
• 引っ越し【ひっこし】 moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
• 園芸【えんげい】 horticulture; gardening
• 温室【おんしつ】 greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse
• 果実【かじつ】 fruit; nut; berry
• 改札【かいさつ】 examination of tickets / ticket gate; ticket barrier
• 灰色【はいいろ】 grey; gray; ashen
• 殻【から】 shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
• 逆さ【さかさ】 inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
• 休養【きゅうよう】 rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
• 傑作【けっさく】 masterpiece; best work / amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
• 月給【げっきゅう】 monthly salary
• 謙虚【けんきょ】 modest; humble
• 効力【こうりょく】 effect; efficacy; validity; potency
• 口実【こうじつ】 excuse; pretext
• 孝行【こうこう】 filial piety
• 採点【さいてん】 marking; grading; scoring
• 三角【さんかく】 triangle; triangular
• 手入れ【ていれ】 care; looking after; repair; maintenance; tending; trimming; grooming / (police) raid; crackdown
• 出入り【でいり】 going in and out; entering and exiting / visiting regularly; frequenting; having regular dealings with / income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings / increase and decrease; surplus and deficit; fluctuation / fight; trouble; quarrel; dispute / indentations (e.g. of a coastline)
• 小遣い【こづかい】 pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
• 唇【くちびる】 lips
• 狙う【ねらう】 to aim at / to be after (something); to have an eye on
• 葬式【そうしき】 funeral
• 題名【だいめい】 title
• 超過【ちょうか】 excess; being more than
• 通路【つうろ】 passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
• 盗難【とうなん】 theft; robbery
• 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
• 半径【はんけい】 radius
• 分布【ぶんぷ】 distribution; allocation
• 望遠鏡【ぼうえんきょう】 telescope
• 墨【すみ】 sumi; India ink; Chinese ink; ink stick; ink-cake / squid ink; octopus ink / carpenter's inking string
• 枚数【まいすう】 the number of flat things / win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
• 鈴【すず】 bell (often globular)
• 箇所【かしょ】 passage; place; point; part
• 捉える【とらえる】 to catch; to capture; to seize; to arrest; to grab; to catch hold of / to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to capture (e.g. features) / to captivate; to move (one's heart)
• 反映【はんえい】 reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting / influence; application (e.g. of an update)
• 踏切【ふみきり】 railway crossing; railroad crossing; train crossing; level crossing / starting line; scratch / determination / stepping over the edge of the ring
• ご苦労様【ごくろうさま】 thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
• 以降【いこう】 on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
• なす《為す》 to build up; to establish / to form; to become (a state) / to accomplish; to achieve; to succeed in / to change into / to do; to perform / to intend to; to attempt; to try
• 引っかかる【ひっかかる】 to be caught in; to be stuck in / to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to be delayed; to take time / to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to be involved with / to fall for (a trick); to be deceived; to be cheated / to be on one's mind; to worry one; to be bothered by; to feel uneasy / to be obstructed; to be hindered / to splash
• 応接【おうせつ】 reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with
• 応対【おうたい】 dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
• 下降【かこう】 descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
• 街角【まちかど】 street corner
• 垣根【かきね】 hedge; fence
• 缶詰【かんづめ】 canned food; tinned food / confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work) / being stuck in a confined space
• 危うい【あやうい】 dangerous; risky; hazardous; perilous; precarious / in danger; in jeopardy; critical; grave; at risk / uncertain; unreliable; insecure; unsteady; doubtful / close (i.e. a close call); narrow
• 記号【きごう】 symbol; code; sign; notation
• 漁師【りょうし】 fisherman
• 近づける【ちかづける】 to bring near; to bring close; to let go near / to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
• 呼びかける【よびかける】 to call out to; to hail; to address / to appeal
• 刻む【きざむ】 to mince; to cut fine; to chop up; to hash; to shred / to carve; to engrave; to chisel; to notch / to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to record the passing moments / to etch (into one's mind); to remember distinctly / to have tattooed / to torment
• 混ぜる【まぜる】 to mix; to stir; to blend
• 祭る【まつる】 to deify; to enshrine / to pray; to worship
• 刺身【さしみ】 sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
• 実例【じつれい】 example; illustration; precedent
• 受取り【うけとり】 receiving; receipt
• 真っ先【まっさき】 the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front
• 酢【す】 vinegar
• 大雑把【おおざっぱ】 rough (as in not precise); broad; sketchy
• 地名【ちめい】 place name
• 頭脳【ずのう】 head; brains / intellect; understanding
• 独り言【ひとりごと】 soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
• 配る【くばる】 to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to deal out; to serve out / to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.); to station
• 皮肉【ひにく】 cynicism; sarcasm; irony; satire
• 風船【ふうせん】 balloon (esp. small, toy variety) / airship; blimp
• 分類【ぶんるい】 classification; categorization; sorting
• 兵隊【へいたい】 soldier; sailor
• 方言【ほうげん】 dialect
• 無限【むげん】 infinity; infinitude; eternity / infinite; limitless
• 毛皮【けがわ】 fur; skin; pelt / kanji "fur" radical
• 溶かす【とかす】 to dissolve / to melt
• 力強い【ちからづよい】 powerful; strong; forceful; vigorous / reassuring; encouraging
• 話しかける【はなしかける】 to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone) / to begin to talk; to start a conversation
• 武士【ぶし】 warrior; samurai
• 両側【りょうがわ】 both sides
• 書留【かきとめ】 registered mail; registered post; registration (of mail) / (putting on) record; writing down; noting down; registry
• 短編【たんぺん】 short (e.g. story, film)
• 手ぬぐい【てぬぐい】 (hand) towel
• 整う【ととのう】 to be ready; to be prepared; to be arranged / to be in order; to be put in order; to be well-ordered; to be well-proportioned; to be harmonious / to be adjusted; to be regulated; to be refined (e.g. of a face) / to be settled (e.g. treaty, contract); to be completed
• 並木【なみき】 roadside tree; row of trees
• 乗り換え【のりかえ】 transfer (trains, buses, etc.); connection; connexion / switching (stock) / chromosomal crossover; crossing over
• 日差し【ひざし】 sunlight; rays of the sun
• 蘇る【よみがえる】 to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be revived; to be refreshed; to be restored / to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
• お参り【おまいり】 visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
• お辞儀【おじぎ】 bow; bowing
• 案外【あんがい】 unexpectedly; surprisingly / unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen; surprising
• えらい《偉い》 great; excellent; admirable; remarkable; distinguished; important; celebrated; famous; eminent / very troublesome; awful; terrible / tiring; tough / very; extremely
• 威張る【いばる】 to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy; to be pushy; to be proud; to be haughty; to be arrogant; to swagger; to boast; to brag
• 意地悪【いじわる】 malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
• 緯度【いど】 latitude (nav.)
• 衣食住【いしょくじゅう】 necessities of life (food, clothing & shelter)
• 一通り【ひととおり】 (in) general; broad (e.g. knowledge); the basics / ordinary; usual; common / briefly; roughly / one method
• 引き返す【ひきかえす】 to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
• 引っ込む【ひっこむ】 to draw back; to sink; to cave in / to be set back (e.g. from a road) / to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere); to stay indoors; to butt out; to stay out of it
• 引力【いんりょく】 attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull / attractiveness; magnetism
• 雨戸【あまど】 sliding storm shutter
• 運河【うんが】 canal; waterway
• 映る【うつる】 to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
• 英和【えいわ】 English-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
• 煙突【えんとつ】 chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); stovepipe / carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
• 艶【つや】 gloss; luster; lustre; shine; sheen; polish / mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin) / interest; appeal; charm; color; colour; feeling / romance; love; sexiness
• 遠足【えんそく】 excursion; outing; trip
• 汚す【よごす】 to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to make dirty; to stain / to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor; to defile
• 王女【おうじょ】 princess
• 襖【ふすま】 fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
• 卸す【おろす】 to sell wholesale / to grate (e.g. vegetables) / to cut up fish
• 温帯【おんたい】 temperate zone
• 下る【くだる】 to descend; to go down; to come down / to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.) / to pass (of time) / to surrender; to capitulate / to be less than; to be inferior to / to have the runs; to have diarrhea / to pass (in stool); to be discharged from the body / to depreciate oneself; to be humble
• 下書き【したがき】 draft; rough copy
• 下水【げすい】 drainage; ditch; gutter; sewerage / sewage; black water
• 下駄【げた】 geta; Japanese wooden clogs / turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
• 下品【げひん】 vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
• 仮定【かてい】 assumption; supposition; hypothesis
• なにしろ《何しろ》 at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know; for you see
• 何分【なにぶん】 some; any; (a) little; of some kind; of some sort / please / anyway; anyhow; at any rate; after all
• 家主【やぬし】 landlord; landlady / house owner; home owner; head of the household
• 花嫁【はなよめ】 bride
• 蚊【か】 mosquito
• 解答【かいとう】 answer; solution
• 回り道【まわりみち】 detour; diversion
• 回数券【かいすうけん】 book of tickets
• 快晴【かいせい】 clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
• 懐かしい【なつかしい】 dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
• 改めて【あらためて】 another time; again; over again; once again; anew / formally; especially; intentionally; deliberately
• 海水浴【かいすいよく】 swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean
• 絵の具【えのぐ】 paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
• 開通【かいつう】 opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services / reopening (e.g. a road to traffic); resumption of services
• 外れる【はずれる】 to be disconnected; to get out of place; to be off; to be out (e.g. of gear)
• 概論【がいろん】 introduction; outline; general remarks
• ふた《蓋》 cover; lid; cap
• 各自【かくじ】 each (person); everyone; individual; respective
• 格別【かくべつ】 particular; special; exceptional; especial / particularly; especially; exceptionally
• 隔てる【へだてる】 to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to partition; to divide / to interpose; to have between / to alienate; to estrange
• 釜【かま】 iron pot; kettle
• 乾かす【かわかす】 to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
• 乾電池【かんでんち】 dry cell; battery
• 勘違い【かんちがい】 misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
• 換気【かんき】 ventilation
• 甘やかす【あまやかす】 to pamper; to spoil
• 看病【かんびょう】 nursing (a patient)
• 緩い【ゆるい】 loose / lenient; lax / gentle (curve, slope, etc.) / slow; weak / soft; not firm / difficult; hard
• 観念【かんねん】 idea; notion; concept; conception / sense (e.g. of duty) / resignation; preparedness; acceptance / observation and contemplation; meditation
• 幾分【いくぶん】 somewhat; to some extent; to some degree / some; part; portion
• 機関車【きかんしゃ】 locomotive; engine
• 帰す【かえす】 to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
• 気体【きたい】 gas; vapour; vapor; gaseous body
• 起床【きしょう】 rising; getting out of bed
• 飢える【うえる】 to starve; to be famished; to be hungry / to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
• 詰まる【つまる】 to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.) / to be blocked (road, pipe, etc.); to be clogged; to be plugged up / to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to narrow / to be at a loss; to be hard pressed / to end up; to be settled / to become a geminate consonant / to hit the ball near the handle of the bat
• 休講【きゅうこう】 cancellation (of a lecture, class, etc.)
• 休息【きゅうそく】 rest; relief; relaxation
• のこぎり《鋸》 saw / musical saw
• 恐縮【きょうしゅく】 feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; being sorry; being ashamed / shrinking back in fear
• 教わる【おそわる】 to be taught (by); to learn from
• そば《蕎麦》 buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) / soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
• 驚かす【おどろかす】 to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
• 曲げる【まげる】 to bend; to crook; to bow; to curve; to curl / to lean; to tilt; to incline; to slant / to bend (the truth); to distort; to twist; to pervert / to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to ignore (what one really thinks) / to pawn
• 曲線【きょくせん】 curve
• 近寄る【ちかよる】 to approach; to draw near
• 金魚【きんぎょ】 goldfish
• 句読点【くとうてん】 punctuation mark
• 苦心【くしん】 pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
• 空っぽ【からっぽ】 empty; vacant; hollow
• 空想【くうそう】 daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
• 偶数【ぐうすう】 even number
• 櫛【くし】 comb
• 掘る【ほる】 to dig; to excavate; to hollow / to delve into / to dig up (e.g. vegetables) / (for two men) to have anal sex
• 郡【ぐん】 district; county / district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
• 形容詞【けいようし】 adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
• 敬語【けいご】 honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
• 稽古【けいこ】 practice; practising; training; study
• 経度【けいど】 longitude
• 隙間【すきま】 crevice; crack; gap; opening; clearance / spare moment; interval; break; pause; spare time / chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness; carelessness
• 桁【けた】 column; beam; girder; crossbeam; spar; yard / digit; decade; order of magnitude
• 月日【つきひ】 time; years; days
• 月末【げつまつ】 end of the month
• かねる《兼ねる》 to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do / to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features / to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside / to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others) / to think of the future (as well as the present)
• 献立【こんだて】 menu; bill of fare / program; programme; schedule
• 見下ろす【みおろす】 to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on / to despise; to look down on
• 見本【みほん】 sample; specimen; pattern / model; example
• 険しい【けわしい】 precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; impregnable; steep / grim; severe; stern
• 顕微鏡【けんびきょう】 microscope
• 原始【げんし】 origin; beginning; genesis / primeval; primordial; primitive
• 言い出す【いいだす】 to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to bring up; to come out with / to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
• 言葉遣い【ことばづかい】 speech; expression; wording; language
• 呼び出す【よびだす】 to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to decoy; to lure / to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
• 固まる【かたまる】 to harden; to solidify / to become firm; to become certain / to gather (together); to assemble; to huddle together
• 戸棚【とだな】 cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
• 枯れる【かれる】 to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die / to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
• 糊【のり】 paste; glue / clothing starch
• 五十音【ごじゅうおん】 the Japanese syllabary
• 交差【こうさ】 crossing; intersection / (genetic) crossing over
• 光線【こうせん】 beam; light ray
• 公衆【こうしゅう】 the public; general public
• 口紅【くちべに】 lipstick
• 好き嫌い【すききらい】 likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
• 広める【ひろめる】 to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to disseminate / to broaden; to extend; to widen; to enlarge
• 慌ただしい【あわただしい】 busy; hurried; confused; flurried
• 慌てる【あわてる】 to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic / to be in a hurry; to rush
• 更ける【ふける】 to get late; to advance; to wear on
• 校庭【こうてい】 schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
• 耕す【たがやす】 to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
• 荒い【あらい】 rough; wild; violent; rude; coarse; harsh; fierce; heavy (e.g. breathing) / immoderate; extravagant; reckless
• いきなり《行き成り》 abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
• 鉱物【こうぶつ】 mineral
• 香水【こうすい】 perfume
• 腰掛ける【こしかける】 to sit (down)
• 腰掛け【こしかけ】 seat; bench
• 恨み【うらみ】 resentment; grudge; malice; bitterness / matter for regret; regret
• 恨む【うらむ】 to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
• 差し引き【さしひき】 deduction; subtraction; balance / ebb and flow; rise and fall
• 座布団【ざぶとん】 zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
• 座敷【ざしき】 tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room / dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
• 催促【さいそく】 pressing; urging; demanding; demand
• 災難【さいなん】 calamity; misfortune; disaster
• 裁縫【さいほう】 sewing; needlework
• 材木【ざいもく】 lumber; timber
• 作製【さくせい】 manufacture
• 削る【けずる】 to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; to erode / to cut down (budget, expenses, salary, etc.); to curtail; to reduce / to delete; to erase; to remove; to cross out; to strike out
• 削除【さくじょ】 deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
• 索引【さくいん】 index (in a book)
• 刷る【する】 to print / to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
• 雑音【ざつおん】 noise (usu. unpleasant) / interference (e.g. radio); static; noise / gossip; irresponsible criticism
• 三日月【みかづき】 new moon; crescent moon
• 惨め【みじめ】 miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
• 散らかる【ちらかる】 to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
• 散らす【ちらす】 to scatter; to cause a shower of / to disperse; to distribute; to spread / to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve; to get rid of; to cure / to distract; to divert / to do ... wildly (i.e. disorderly or frequently); to do ... all over the place
• 散る【ちる】 to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves) / to scatter; to be dispersed / to disappear; to dissolve; to break up / to spread; to run; to blur / to die a noble death
• 算数【さんすう】 arithmetic
• 酸っぱい【すっぱい】 sour; acid
• 刺さる【ささる】 to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to get stuck (in); to lodge (in)
• 刺す【さす】 to pierce; to stab; to prick; to stick; to thrust / to sting; to bite / to sew; to stitch; to embroider / to pole (a boat) / to catch (with a limed pole) / to put (a runner) out; to pick off
• 四角【しかく】 quadrilateral; square
• 四角い【しかくい】 square; rectangular
• 四捨五入【ししゃごにゅう】 rounding (fractions); rounding half up
• 始終【しじゅう】 continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
• 思い込む【おもいこむ】 to be under impression that; to be convinced that; to imagine that; to set one's heart on; to be bent on
• 脂【あぶら】 fat; tallow; lard; grease
• 至急【しきゅう】 urgent; pressing; immediate; prompt; express / urgently; promptly; at once; right away; without delay; as soon as possible
• 歯車【はぐるま】 gear; cogwheel
• 持参【じさん】 bringing; taking; carrying
• 時間割【じかんわり】 timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable); schedule
• 次ぐ【つぐ】 to rank next to; to come after
• 治める【おさめる】 to govern; to manage / to subdue
• 磁石【じしゃく】 magnet / compass
• 自習【じしゅう】 self-study; teaching oneself
• 自然科学【しぜんかがく】 natural science
• 失恋【しつれん】 disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
• 湿る【しめる】 to become damp; to become moist; to become wet / to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits; to feel depressed
• 湿気【しっけ】 moisture; humidity; dampness
• 湿度【しつど】 level of humidity
• 実る【みのる】 to bear fruit; to ripen
• 実物【じつぶつ】 real thing; original; actual
• 縞【しま】 stripe; bar; streak
• 写る【うつる】 to be photographed; to be projected
• 写生【しゃせい】 sketching; drawing from nature; portrayal; description
• 斜め【ななめ】 slanting; tilted; sloping; diagonal; oblique / distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood); amiss; awry
• 煮る【にる】 to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
• 社会科学【しゃかいかがく】 social science
• 車掌【しゃしょう】 (train) conductor
• 車輪【しゃりん】 (car) wheel
• 蛇口【じゃぐち】 faucet; tap
• 取り出す【とりだす】 to take out; to produce; to pick out / to fetch; to retrieve
• 取り消す【とりけす】 to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
• 手首【てくび】 wrist
• 手洗い【てあらい】 washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands / restroom; lavatory; toilet / hand-washing (laundry, etc.)
• 受け持つ【うけもつ】 to take (be in) charge of
• 受話器【じゅわき】 (telephone) receiver
• 修繕【しゅうぜん】 repair; mending
• 終点【しゅうてん】 terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
• 醜い【みにくい】 ugly; unattractive / unsightly; unseemly
• 重なる【かさなる】 to be piled up; to lie on top of one another / to come one after another; to happen over and over; to pile up (e.g. stress); to accumulate / to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time; to happen simultaneously
• 重役【じゅうやく】 (company) director; executive; top management / important post; role with heavy responsibilities
• 縮む【ちぢむ】 to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
• 熟語【じゅくご】 kanji compound / idiom; idiomatic phrase
• 出迎え【でむかえ】 meeting; reception
• 出来上がり【できあがり】 completion; finish / workmanship; result; outcome
• 出来上がる【できあがる】 to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat) / to be very drunk
• 純情【じゅんじょう】 pure heart; naivete; innocence
• めぐる《巡る》 to go around / to return / to surround / to concern (usu. of disputes)
• 順序【じゅんじょ】 order; sequence; procedure
• 初級【しょきゅう】 elementary level; beginner level
• 助かる【たすかる】 to be saved; to be rescued; to survive / to escape harm; to be spared damage / to be helped; to be saved trouble
• ついで《序で》 opportunity; occasion
• 小指【こゆび】 little finger; pinky / little toe
• 床の間【とこのま】 tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
• 承る【うけたまわる】 to hear; to be told; to know / to receive (order); to undertake; to comply; to take (a reservation, etc.)
• 消毒【しょうどく】 disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
• 焦げる【こげる】 to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
• 照らす【てらす】 to shine on; to illuminate / to compare (with); to refer to
• 照る【てる】 to shine / to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
• 省略【しょうりゃく】 omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
• 賞品【しょうひん】 prize; trophy
• 障子【しょうじ】 shoji (paper sliding door)
• 乗車【じょうしゃ】 boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
• 蒸し暑い【むしあつい】 humid; sultry
• 蒸す【むす】 to steam (food, towel, etc.) / to be hot and humid; to be sultry
• 蒸発【じょうはつ】 evaporation / disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
• 信ずる【しんずる】 to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
• 寝巻き【ねまき】 sleep-wear; nightclothes; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown; nightdress
• 心当たり【こころあたり】 having in mind; happening to know of; idea
• 心得る【こころえる】 to know; to understand; to be aware of; to regard as; to take for / to consent; to agree
• 深まる【ふかまる】 to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
• 親指【おやゆび】 thumb
• 診る【みる】 to examine (medically)
• 針金【はりがね】 wire
• 人造【じんぞう】 artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic
• 人通り【ひとどおり】 pedestrian traffic
• 人文科学【じんぶんかがく】 humanities; social sciences; liberal arts
• 甚だしい【はなはだしい】 extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious; tremendous; heavy (damage)
• 図形【ずけい】 figure; shape; graphic
• 図表【ずひょう】 chart; diagram; graph; figure
• 吹雪【ふぶき】 snow storm; blizzard
• 垂直【すいちょく】 vertical / perpendicular
• 水蒸気【すいじょうき】 water vapour; water vapor; steam
• 水滴【すいてき】 drop of water / vessel for replenishing inkstone water
• 水筒【すいとう】 canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos
• 水平【すいへい】 horizontal; level; even
• 水平線【すいへいせん】 horizon (related to sea or lakes)
• 炊事【すいじ】 cooking; kitchen work
• 酔っ払い【よっぱらい】 drunkard
• 随筆【ずいひつ】 essays; miscellaneous writings; literary jottings
• 澄む【すむ】 to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent / to resonate clearly (e.g. voice) / to become serene; to become tranquil; to be free of worries / to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
• 寸法【すんぽう】 measurement; size; extent; dimension / plan; intention; arrangement; schedule
• 正方形【せいほうけい】 square
• 正門【せいもん】 main gate; main entrance
• 清い【きよい】 clear; pure; noble
• 生意気【なまいき】 impertinent; saucy; cheeky; conceit; audacious; brazen; feisty
• 生長【せいちょう】 growth (of a plant)
• 生年月日【せいねんがっぴ】 birth date; date of birth; DOB
• 盛る【もる】 to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to dish up; to fill (a bowl) with / to pile up; to heap up; to fill up; to stack up / to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to prescribe / to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement) / to mark out (e.g. scale); to graduate (e.g. thermometer) / to exaggerate; to apply heavy makeup
• 西暦【せいれき】 Common Era; CE; Christian Era; anno domini; AD / Western (Gregorian) calendar
• 誓う【ちかう】 to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
• 青白い【あおじろい】 pale; pallid / bluish-white
• 惜しい【おしい】 regrettable; disappointing; unfortunate / precious; dear; valuable / too good for; deserving better / almost (but not quite); close (but no cigar)
• 積む【つむ】 to pile up; to stack / to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack / to acquire; to accumulate
• 赤道【せきどう】 equator
• 接続【せつぞく】 connection; attachment; union; join; joint; link / changing trains / conjunction
• 占う【うらなう】 to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
• 扇子【せんす】 folding fan
• 扇風機【せんぷうき】 electric fan
• 船便【ふなびん】 surface mail (ship); sea mail / ferry service; steamer service
• 祖先【そせん】 ancestor
• あらすじ《粗筋》 outline; summary; argument
• 素質【そしつ】 character; qualities; genius; the makings of
• 組み立てる【くみたてる】 to assemble; to set up; to construct
• 早口【はやくち】 fast-talking; rapid talking
• 早速【さっそく】 at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
• 草履【ぞうり】 zori; Japanese sandals
• 送別【そうべつ】 farewell; send-off
• 騒がしい【さわがしい】 noisy; boisterous / turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
• 増減【ぞうげん】 increase and decrease; fluctuation
• 憎む【にくむ】 to hate; to detest
• 測量【そくりょう】 measurement; surveying
• 足る【たる】 to be sufficient; to be enough / to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to deserve / to do (the job); to serve; to answer
• 速達【そくたつ】 express; special delivery
• 存じる【ぞんじる】 to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
• 損得【そんとく】 loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
• 妥当【だとう】 valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
• 体積【たいせき】 capacity; volume
• 対照【たいしょう】 contrast; antithesis; comparison
• 待ち合わせる【まちあわせる】 to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
• 怠る【おこたる】 to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
• 代名詞【だいめいし】 pronoun / synonym; classic example; pattern; byword; representative
• 大通り【おおどおり】 main street
• 大木【たいぼく】 large tree
• 濁る【にごる】 to become muddy; to become cloudy; to get impure (of a liquid, gas, etc.) / to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse / to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted; to be polluted / to become voiced; to add voiced consonant marks
• 脱線【だっせん】 derailment / digression; deviation
• 担ぐ【かつぐ】 to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder / to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative / to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive; to take in / to be caught up in superstition
• 探る【さぐる】 to feel around for; to fumble for; to grope for; to search for; to look for / to investigate; to probe into; to spy on; to sound out / to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
• 短所【たんしょ】 defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
• たんす《箪笥》 chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
• 断水【だんすい】 suspension of water supply; water outage
• 断定【だんてい】 conclusion; decision; judgement; declaration / affirmative
• 地質【ちしつ】 geological features
• 着せる【きせる】 to put clothes on (someone) / to plate; to gild; to veneer / to accuse (of some crime); to give (a bad name)
• 着替え【きがえ】 changing clothes; change of clothes
• 中性【ちゅうせい】 neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference / sexlessness; androgyny; androgyne; neuter / neuter gender
• 仲良し【なかよし】 intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
• 昼寝【ひるね】 nap (afternoon); siesta
• 張り切る【はりきる】 to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
• 彫る【ほる】 to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to chisel / to tattoo
• 調節【ちょうせつ】 regulation; adjustment; control
• 調味料【ちょうみりょう】 seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment
• 跳ねる【はねる】 to jump; to leap; to prance; to spring up; to bound; to hop / to break up; to close; to come to an end / to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
• 長所【ちょうしょ】 strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
• 長方形【ちょうほうけい】 rectangle; oblong
• 直角【ちょっかく】 right angle; perpendicular
• 直通【ちょくつう】 direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service
• 追い越す【おいこす】 to pass (e.g. car); to overtake / to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of; to outdistance
• 通帳【つうちょう】 passbook; bankbook
• 通用【つうよう】 popular use; circulation / to pass as; to pass for
• 爪【つめ】 nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; talon; hoof / plectrum; pick / hook; clasp
• 停車【ていしゃ】 stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
• 定期券【ていきけん】 commuter pass; season ticket
• 定規【じょうぎ】 (measuring) ruler
• 定休日【ていきゅうび】 regular holiday; fixed day off; regular closing day
• 釘【くぎ】 nail (i.e. small metal spike)
• 鉄橋【てっきょう】 railway bridge; iron bridge
• 鉄砲【てっぽう】 gun / wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice / fugu
• 転がす【ころがす】 to roll / to turn over; to tip over; to throw down / to leave / to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
• 転がる【ころがる】 to roll; to tumble / to fall over; to roll over / to lie down / to be scattered about; to be lying around / (of a situation or outcome) to change; to turn out / to come easily; to be common; to fall into one's hands; to grow on trees
• 伝わる【つたわる】 to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
• 伝記【でんき】 biography; life story
• 伝染【でんせん】 contagion; infection
• 田植え【たうえ】 rice planting
• 電球【でんきゅう】 light bulb
• 電柱【でんちゅう】 utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole; lightpole
• 電流【でんりゅう】 electric current
• 怒鳴る【どなる】 to shout; to yell
• 湯気【ゆげ】 steam; vapour; vapor
• 灯台【とうだい】 lighthouse / old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
• 灯油【とうゆ】 lamp oil; kerosene
• 当番【とうばん】 being on duty; person on duty
• 等分【とうぶん】 division into equal parts; equal parts
• 逃がす【にがす】 to set free; to let go; to release / to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away; to fail to catch
• 透き通る【すきとおる】 to be transparent; to be see-through / to be clear (voice)
• 瞳【ひとみ】 pupil (of eye) / eye
• 特売【とくばい】 special sale
• 突き当たる【つきあたる】 to run into; to collide with; to crash into; to bump against / to come to the end of (a street) / to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
• 突っ込む【つっこむ】 to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to stuff; to shove / to plunge into; to charge into; to rush into; to ram into; to crash into / to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to get to the heart (of something) / to press (someone) about; to point out (e.g. an inconsistency); to question sharply; to grill / to get involved with; to meddle in; to poke one's nose into / to riposte; to retort; to quip
• 虹【にじ】 rainbow
• 日の出【ひので】 sunrise
• 日陰【ひかげ】 shade; shadow / sunshine
• 日課【にっか】 daily lesson; daily work; daily routine
• 日帰り【ひがえり】 day trip
• 日用品【にちようひん】 daily necessities
• 熱する【ねっする】 to heat; to heat up
• 能率【のうりつ】 efficiency / moment (i.e. magnetic moment)
• 拝む【おがむ】 to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to do reverence (e.g. before a statue of the Buddha); to pay one's respects / to beg; to make a supplication / to see (something or someone of high status)
• 背負う【せおう】 to carry on one's back / to be burdened with; to take responsibility for / to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something) / to be conceited; to think highly of oneself
• 売店【ばいてん】 stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store
• 泊める【とめる】 to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
• 薄める【うすめる】 to dilute; to water down
• 薄暗い【うすぐらい】 dim; gloomy
• 肌着【はだぎ】 underwear; underclothes; lingerie; chemise; singlet
• 鉢【はち】 bowl; pot; basin / flowerpot / crown; brainpan
• 発揮【はっき】 show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
• 番地【ばんち】 house number; address
• 卑怯【ひきょう】 cowardice; meanness; unfairness
• 比較的【ひかくてき】 comparatively; relatively
• 筆記【ひっき】 (taking) notes; copying
• 標識【ひょうしき】 sign; mark; flag
• 標本【ひょうほん】 example; specimen; sample
• 瓶詰め【びんづめ】 bottling; bottled
• 不運【ふうん】 misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
• 不規則【ふきそく】 irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
• 不潔【ふけつ】 unclean; dirty; unsanitary; filthy / indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene; immoral
• 不通【ふつう】 suspension; interruption; stoppage; tie-up; cessation
• 浮かべる【うかべる】 to float; to set afloat; to launch / to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.) / to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to think of
• 浮かぶ【うかぶ】 to float; to be suspended / to rise to surface / to come to mind; to have inspiration
• 符号【ふごう】 sign; mark; symbol; code / sign (e.g. positive, negative)
• 複写【ふくしゃ】 copying; duplication; reproduction; copy
• 払い込む【はらいこむ】 to deposit; to pay in
• 払い戻す【はらいもどす】 to repay; to pay back; to refund; to reimburse
• 物指【ものさし】 ruler; measure
• 物騒【ぶっそう】 dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
• 物置【ものおき】 storage room; storeroom; lumber room
• 分解【ぶんかい】 disassembly; dismantling; disaggregating; analysis; disintegrating; decomposing; degrading / factorization / decomposition; resolution / deblocking
• 分量【ぶんりょう】 amount; quantity
• 噴水【ふんすい】 water fountain
• 文体【ぶんたい】 literary style
• 文房具【ぶんぼうぐ】 stationery
• 文脈【ぶんみゃく】 context
• ひらがな《平仮名》 hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
• 平気【へいき】 coolness; calmness; composure; unconcern / all right; fine; OK; okay
• 平凡【へいぼん】 ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished; uneventful
• 並行【へいこう】 going side-by-side; going abreast / running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
• かたかな《片仮名》 katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
• 片道【かたみち】 one-way (trip) / one-way ticket
• 片付く【かたづく】 to be put in order; to be put to rights / to be disposed of; to be solved / to be finished / to be married (off)
• 編む【あむ】 to knit; to plait; to braid / to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
• 返る【かえる】 to return; to come back; to go back / to turn over / to become extremely; to become completely
• 便所【べんじょ】 toilet; lavatory; rest room; latrine; comfort station
• 便箋【びんせん】 writing paper; stationery
• 捕る【とる】 to take; to catch; to capture
• 補う【おぎなう】 to compensate for; to supplement
• 崩す【くずす】 to destroy; to demolish; to pull down; to tear down; to level / to disturb; to put into disorder; to throw off balance; to make shaky / to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease / to break (a bill); to change; to make change / to write in cursive style; to write in running style / to break into a smile; to let off a smile / to lower (a price)
• 方角【ほうがく】 direction; way / point of the compass; cardinal direction; bearing / method; means; approach
• 方程式【ほうていしき】 equation; formula / method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result
• 法則【ほうそく】 law; rule
• 縫う【ぬう】 to sew; to stitch / to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
• 坊さん【ぼうさん】 Buddhist priest; monk / boy
• 妨げる【さまたげる】 to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
• 暴れる【あばれる】 to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
• 膨らむ【ふくらむ】 to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
• 北極【ほっきょく】 North Pole / the Arctic
• 牧畜【ぼくちく】 stock-farming
• 改正【かいせい】 revision; amendment; alteration
• 強化【きょうか】 strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
• 交流【こうりゅう】 (cultural) exchange; interchange; interaction; (inter-) mingling; (social, etc.) networking; intercourse / alternating current; AC
• 構造【こうぞう】 structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
• 姿勢【しせい】 posture; pose; position; stance; carriage (of the body) / attitude; approach; stance
• 周辺【しゅうへん】 circumference; outskirts; environs; around; in the area of; in the vicinity of / (computer) peripheral
• 政党【せいとう】 political party
• 体制【たいせい】 order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
• 対策【たいさく】 measure; provision; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove
• 段階【だんかい】 grade; level; stage; class; phase; steps; order; gradation
• 調整【ちょうせい】 adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing; tailoring
• 長男【ちょうなん】 eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
• 統一【とういつ】 unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
• 方針【ほうしん】 policy; plan; course; principle; objective / magnetic needle
• 本部【ほんぶ】 headquarters; head office; main office
• 民間【みんかん】 private; non-governmental; non-official; civilian; civil / folk; popular
• 連合【れんごう】 union; alliance; combination / RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
• 基準【きじゅん】 standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
• 延長【えんちょう】 extension; elongation; prolongation; lengthening / Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
• 解散【かいさん】 breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd) / dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; disbanding / dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
• 回答【かいとう】 reply; answer
• 開放【かいほう】 opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open / opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
• 学部【がくぶ】 department of a university / undergraduate (course, program, etc.)
• 観測【かんそく】 observation; survey; measurement
• 基礎【きそ】 foundation; basis
• 基地【きち】 base (military, expedition, etc.)
• 公共【こうきょう】 public; community; public service; society; communal
• 公式【こうしき】 formal; official / formula (e.g. mathematical)
• 工事【こうじ】 construction work
• 国籍【こくせき】 nationality; citizenship / nationality (ship, airplane, etc.); registration; flag
• 国立【こくりつ】 national
• 資料【しりょう】 materials; data; document
• 自治【じち】 self-government; autonomy / local (governmental) autonomy
• 実績【じっせき】 achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
• 実力【じつりょく】 (real) ability; true strength; merit; efficiency; competency / arms; force
• 受験【じゅけん】 taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
• 就任【しゅうにん】 assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
• 集会【しゅうかい】 meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
• 焦点【しょうてん】 focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
• 成立【せいりつ】 formation; establishment; materialization; coming into existence / conclusion (e.g. of a deal); approval; completion; arrangement / being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding; applying
• 整備【せいび】 maintenance; servicing / putting in place; establishment; development; preparation; provision; outfitting
• 狙い【ねらい】 aim
• 対立【たいりつ】 confrontation; opposition; antagonism
• 中間【ちゅうかん】 middle; midway; interim
• 直後【ちょくご】 immediately following
• 直前【ちょくぜん】 just before
• 通貨【つうか】 currency
• 停止【ていし】 suspension; interruption; stoppage; ban; standstill; halt; hang-up; deadlock; stalemate; abeyance / suspension of music, dance, etc. as a sign of mourning for a prominent person
• 展開【てんかい】 development; evolution; progressing; unfolding; (plot) twist / expansion; spreading out; extending; deployment; building up / expansion / extraction (e.g. files); decompression; unpacking
• 南北【なんぼく】 north and south; north to south / South Korea and North Korea
• 日程【にってい】 schedule; program; programme; agenda
• 防止【ぼうし】 prevention; check
• 輸送【ゆそう】 transport; transportation
• 臨時【りんじ】 temporary; provisional; interim / special; extraordinary; extra
• 天皇【てんのう】 Emperor of Japan
• 売り上げ【うりあげ】 amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
• 少なくとも【すくなくとも】 at least
• 相互【そうご】 mutual; reciprocal
• 手続き【てつづき】 procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
• 問い合わせ【といあわせ】 enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
• 編集【へんしゅう】 editing; compilation
• 為替【かわせ】 money order; draft / exchange (e.g. foreign)
• 一定【いってい】 fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized; regularised; defined; standardized; standardised; certain; prescribed