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こう《斯う》 in this way; thus; such / uh...
アメリカ《亜米利加》 America / United States of America
付く【つく】 to be attached; to be connected with; to adhere; to stick; to cling / to remain imprinted; to scar; to stain; to dye / to bear (fruit, interest, etc.) / to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.) / to take root / to accompany; to attend; to follow; to study with / to side with; to belong to / to possess; to haunt / to be lit; to be lighted / to be settled; to be resolved; to be decided / to be given (of a name, price, etc.) / to be sensed; to be perceived / to be lucky / to become (a state, condition, etc.)
看護師【かんごし】 (hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
アフリカ《阿弗利加》 Africa
そんなに so much; so; like that
ああ like that (used for something or someone distant from both speaker and listener); so
ご覧になる【ごらんになる】 to see; to look; to watch / to try to
あっ ah; oh / hey!
あじあ《亜細亜》 Asia
サンダル sandal
スーツケース suitcase
スクリーン screen
ステーキ steak
チェック check; plaid; checkered / checking; monitoring; looking over; scrutinizing; inspecting / check (banking); cheque; bill (restaurant) / check (chess)
レジ (cash) register / cashier
降り出す【ふりだす】 to begin to rain; to begin to snow
おいでになる《お出でになる》 to be / to come / to go
おかげ《お蔭》 grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); blessing / assistance; help; aid / effects; influence
お見舞い【おみまい】 calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
お祭り【おまつり】 festival; feast; carnival
都【と】 metropolitan; municipal
泳ぎ方【およぎかた】 way of swimming
もうすぐ《もう直ぐ》 soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
お金持ち【おかねもち】 rich person
安全【あんぜん】 safety; security
意見【いけん】 opinion; view; comment
会議【かいぎ】 meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention; congress
関係【かんけい】 relation; relationship; connection / participation; involvement; concern / influence; effect / sexual relations; sexual relationship / related to; connected to
気【き】 spirit; mind; heart / nature; disposition / motivation; intention / mood; feelings / ambience; atmosphere; mood
技術【ぎじゅつ】 technology; engineering / technique; skill / art; craft
客【きゃく】 guest; visitor / customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger
教育【きょういく】 education; schooling; training; instruction; teaching; upbringing / culture; cultivation; education
空港【くうこう】 airport
形【かたち】 form; shape; figure / visage
経済【けいざい】 economics; business; finance; economy
警察【けいさつ】 police / police officer / police station
研究【けんきゅう】 study; research; investigation
原因【げんいん】 cause; origin; source
光【ひかり】 light / illumination; ray; beam; gleam; glow / happiness; hope / influence; power / vision; eyesight
高校【こうこう】 senior high school; high school
国際【こくさい】 international / diplomatic intercourse
最近【さいきん】 recently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now / nearest; closest
最後【さいご】 end; conclusion / last; final; latest; most recent / no sooner than; once; right after (often having negative consequences) / one's final moments
最初【さいしょ】 beginning; outset; first; onset
妻【つま】 wife / my dear; dear; honey / garnish (esp. one served with sashimi) / embellishment
産業【さんぎょう】 industry / livelihood; occupation
子【こ】 child / young (animal) / young woman; young geisha / offshoot / interest / new shares / player who is not a dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.) / bird egg / -er (often of young women)
市民【しみん】 citizen; citizenry; public / city inhabitant; townspeople / bourgeoisie; middle class
試合【しあい】 match; game; bout; contest
事故【じこ】 accident; incident; trouble / circumstances; reasons
事務所【じむしょ】 office
時代【じだい】 period; epoch; era; age / the times; those days / oldness; ancientness; antiquity / antique; period piece
自由【じゆう】 freedom; liberty; as it pleases you
社会【しゃかい】 society; public; community; the world / social studies
社長【しゃちょう】 company president; manager; director
十分【じゅうぶん】 enough; sufficient; plenty; adequate; satisfactory / sufficiently; fully; thoroughly; well; perfectly / division into ten
女性【じょせい】 woman; female / feminine gender
将来【しょうらい】 future (usually near); prospects
場所【ばしょ】 place; location; spot; position / room; space / basho; wrestling tournament
人口【じんこう】 population / common talk
世界【せかい】 the world; society; the universe / sphere; circle; world / renowned; world-famous; well-known outside of Japan / realm governed by one Buddha; space
政治【せいじ】 politics; government
生活【せいかつ】 living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
生産【せいさん】 production; manufacture
戦争【せんそう】 war
男性【だんせい】 man; male / masculine gender
特に【とくに】 particularly; especially
特別【とくべつ】 special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
反対【はんたい】 opposition; resistance; antagonism; hostility; objection; dissent / reverse; opposite; inverse; contrary
番組【ばんぐみ】 program (e.g. TV); programme
必要【ひつよう】 necessary; needed; essential; indispensable / necessity; need; requirement
夫【おっと】 husband
部長【ぶちょう】 head (chief, director) of a section or department / head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
文化【ぶんか】 culture; civilization; civilisation / Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
貿易【ぼうえき】 trade (foreign)
予定【よてい】 plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation; estimate
理由【りゆう】 reason; pretext; motive
歴史【れきし】 history
工場【こうじょう】 factory; plant; mill; workshop
行う【おこなう】 to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
気持ち【きもち】 feeling; sensation; mood / preparedness; readiness; attitude / thanks; solicitude; sympathy / just a little; somewhat; slightly
以内【いない】 within; inside of; less than
医学【いがく】 medical science; medicine
科学【かがく】 science
火【ひ】 fire; flame; blaze
課長【かちょう】 section manager; section chief
会場【かいじょう】 assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
簡単【かんたん】 simple; easy; uncomplicated / brief; quick; light
危険【きけん】 danger; peril; hazard / risk
機会【きかい】 chance; opportunity
競争【きょうそう】 competition; contest; rivalry; race / competition (between organisms or species)
交通【こうつう】 traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
工業【こうぎょう】 (manufacturing) industry
今度【こんど】 this time; now / next time; another time; shortly; soon / recently; previous; last
試験【しけん】 examination; exam; test / trial; experiment; test
寺【てら】 temple (Buddhist)
森【もり】 forest / shrine grove
親【おや】 parent; parents; mother and father / dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker / founder; inventor / (pet) owner / key; parent (organization); main / ancestor; forefather
昔【むかし】 olden days; former
説明【せつめい】 explanation; exposition
地震【じしん】 earthquake
島【しま】 island / territory (of a prostitute, organized crime gang, etc.); turf
彼女【かのじょ】 she; her / girlfriend
比べる【くらべる】 to compare; to make a comparison / to compete; to vie
普通【ふつう】 general; ordinary; usual / normally; generally; usually / local train; train that stops at every station
文学【ぶんがく】 literature
壁【かべ】 wall; partition / barrier; obstacle / Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
法律【ほうりつ】 law
夢【ゆめ】 dream
娘【むすめ】 (my) daughter / girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
利用【りよう】 use; utilization; utilisation; application
林【はやし】 woods; forest; copse; thicket / bunch; line (of something); collection
例えば【たとえば】 for example; for instance; e.g.
連絡【れんらく】 to contact; to get in touch / contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message / connection; coordination; junction / intercalary; intercalaris; internuncial
音【おと】 sound; noise; report / note / fame / Chinese-derived character reading
途中【とちゅう】 on the way; en route / in the middle of; midway
選ぶ【えらぶ】 to choose; to select
思う【おもう】 to think; to consider; to believe / to think (of doing); to plan (to do) / to judge; to assess; to regard / to imagine; to suppose; to dream / to expect; to look forward to / to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want / to recall; to remember
確か【たしか】 sure; certain; positive; definite / reliable; trustworthy; safe; sound; firm; accurate; correct; exact / If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly; If I remember rightly
気分【きぶん】 feeling; mood
急【きゅう】 sudden; abrupt; unexpected / urgent; pressing / steep; sharp; precipitous / rapid; swift; fast / emergency; crisis; danger / urgency; hurrying; haste / (in gagaku or noh) end of a song
空気【くうき】 air; atmosphere / mood; situation / someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
決して【けっして】 never; by no means; not in the least; in no way
血【ち】 blood; consanguinity
校長【こうちょう】 principal; headmaster
高校生【こうこうせい】 senior high school student
残念【ざんねん】 deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
住所【じゅうしょ】 address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
小学校【しょうがっこう】 primary school; elementary school; grade school
小説【しょうせつ】 novel; (short) story
息子【むすこ】 son / penis
卒業【そつぎょう】 graduation; completion (e.g. of a course) / outgrowing something; moving on (from)
日【ひ】 day; days / sun; sunshine; sunlight / case (esp. unfortunate); event
美術館【びじゅつかん】 art gallery; art museum
必ず【かならず】 always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively; invariably
複雑【ふくざつ】 complex; complicated; mixed (feelings)
変わる【かわる】 to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary / to move to / to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual
味【あじ】 flavor; flavour; taste / charm; style / experience / smart; clever; witty; strange
代わり【かわり】 substitute; replacement; substituting; replacing / stand-in; proxy; alternate; deputy; relief; successor / compensation; exchange; return / second helping; another cup; seconds / upcoming program; upcoming programme
首【くび】 neck / head / dismissal; discharge; firing (from a job)
割合【わりあい】 rate; ratio; percentage; proportion / comparatively / contrary to expectations
以下【いか】 not exceeding; and downward; ... and below / below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level) / the below-mentioned; the following; the rest
運転手【うんてんしゅ】 driver; chauffeur
会話【かいわ】 conversation
楽しみ【たのしみ】 enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby / anticipation; looking forward to
季節【きせつ】 season; time of year
興味【きょうみ】 interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
港【みなと】 harbour; harbor; port
郊外【こうがい】 suburb; outskirts
失敗【しっぱい】 failure; mistake; blunder
生きる【いきる】 to live; to exist / to make a living; to subsist / to be in effect; to be in use; to function / to come to life; to be enlivened / to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)
席【せき】 seat / location (of a gathering, etc.); place / position; post
線【せん】 line; stripe; stria / line (e.g. telephone line); wire / ray (e.g. X-ray); beam / line (e.g. of a railroad); track; route; lane / outline; contours; form / level / division / line (of action); position; approach; policy; principle / impression one leaves; air one gives off
中学校【ちゅうがっこう】 junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
注意【ちゅうい】 caution; being careful; attention (heed); warning; advice
答え【こたえ】 answer; reply; response; solution
入院【にゅういん】 hospitalization; hospitalisation
入学【にゅうがく】 entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
遊び【あそび】 playing / play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
葉【は】 leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
一度【いちど】 once; one time; on one occasion / temporarily; for a moment / one degree; one tone; one musical interval
仕方【しかた】 way; method; means; resource; course
台風【たいふう】 typhoon; hurricane
値段【ねだん】 price; cost
船【ふね】 ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship / tank; tub; vat; trough / counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
安心【あんしん】 relief; peace of mind
海岸【かいがん】 coast; beach
間【あいだ】 space (between); gap; interval; distance / time (between); pause; break / span (temporal or spatial); stretch; period (while) / relationship (between, among) / members (within, among) / due to; because of
教会【きょうかい】 church; congregation
故障【こしょう】 breakdown; failure; fault; accident; out of order / damage; hurt / objection; protest
公務員【こうむいん】 government worker; public servant; civil servant
枝【えだ】 branch; bow; bough; twig; limb
趣味【しゅみ】 hobby; pastime / tastes; preference; liking
柔道【じゅうどう】 judo
紹介【しょうかい】 introduction; presentation; referral; listing
新聞社【しんぶんしゃ】 newspaper company
神社【じんじゃ】 Shinto shrine
人形【にんぎょう】 doll; puppet; figure
星【ほし】 star; any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon) / offender; perpetrator / star point (in go); hoshi; intersection marked with a dot / circular symbol (said to be shaped like a shining star) / bullseye / one's star (out of the nine stars); the star that determines one's fate / small dot; spot / point; score
盛ん【さかん】 popular / prosperous / enthusiastic / energetic; vigorous
先輩【せんぱい】 senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
駐車場【ちゅうしゃじょう】 parking lot; parking place
点【てん】 spot; mark / point; dot / mark (e.g. in exam); score; points / comma / aspect; matter; respect / counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.
熱【ねつ】 heat / fever; temperature / zeal; passion; enthusiasm / mania; craze; rage
漫画【まんが】 cartoon; comic; comic strip
無理【むり】 unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable / impossible / forcible; forced; compulsory / excessive (work, etc.); immoderate / to work too hard; to try too hard / no way; not a chance; never; dream on / irrational
約束【やくそく】 promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact; appointment; engagement; date / convention; rule / destiny; fate
用意【ようい】 preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
裏【うら】 opposite side; bottom; other side; side hidden from view; undersurface; reverse side / rear; back; behind / lining; inside / in the shadows; behind the scenes; offstage; behind one's back / more (to something than meets the eye); hidden side (e.g. of one's personality); unknown circumstances; different side / proof / opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.); contrary / inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.) / bottom (of an inning); last half (of an inning)
腕【うで】 arm / skill; efforts; ability
終わり【おわり】 the end
周り【まわり】 circumference; girth / surroundings; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
一生懸命【いっしょうけんめい】 very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; for dear life
運ぶ【はこぶ】 to carry; to transport; to move; to convey / to come; to go / to wield (a tool, etc.); to use / to go (well, etc.); to proceed; to progress
雲【くも】 cloud
おかしい《可笑しい》 funny; amusing; comical; laughable; ridiculous / strange; odd; funny; peculiar; weird; unusual; eccentric / improper; unsuitable; unbecoming / suspicious
規則【きそく】 rule; regulation
鏡【かがみ】 mirror; looking-glass / barrel head
近所【きんじょ】 neighbourhood; neighborhood
砂【すな】 sand; grit / gold dust; silver dust
指【ゆび】 finger; toe; digit
習慣【しゅうかん】 habit / custom; cultural practice
水道【すいどう】 water supply; water service; waterworks / channel; strait / water course; waterway
赤ちゃん【あかちゃん】 baby; infant
草【くさ】 grass; weed; herb; thatch / ninja / not genuine; substandard / laughter; LOL
送る【おくる】 to send (a thing); to dispatch; to despatch; to transmit / to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person) / to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury / to spend (time); to live one's life / to pass (down the line) / to affix okurigana
打つ【うつ】 to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound / to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.) / to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.) / to move; to impress; to touch / to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject / to type; to send; to transmit / to insert; to write in; to mark / to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare / to till (soil) / to sprinkle; to throw; to cast / to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.) / to pay (a deposit, etc.) / to visit (on a pilgrimage) / to line (a coat) / to bind (a criminal)
虫【むし】 insect; bug; cricket; moth; worm
適当【てきとう】 suitable; proper; appropriate; adequate; fit / noncommittal; vague; equivocal; unserious; irresponsible
湯【ゆ】 hot water / hot bath; hot spring / molten iron
髪【かみ】 hair (on the head)
表【おもて】 surface / face (i.e. the visible side of an object) / front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin / outside; exterior / appearance / public / first half (of an inning); top (of an inning) / cover (for tatami mats, etc.) / foreground
訪ねる【たずねる】 to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
翻訳【ほんやく】 translation / de-encryption; deciphering / rendering
毛【け】 hair / fur; wool / down; plumage; feathers
予約【よやく】 reservation; appointment; booking; advance order / contract; subscription; pledge / programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
包む【つつむ】 to wrap up; to tuck in; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in / to conceal; to hide; to be engulfed in; to be enveloped by
売り場【うりば】 place where things are sold; point of sale; POS; sales floor; counter (in shop) / favorable time to sell; good time to sell
下げる【さげる】 to hang; to suspend; to wear (e.g. decoration) / to lower; to reduce; to bring down / to demote; to move back; to pull back / to clear (plates); to remove (food, etc. from table or altar)
帰り【かえり】 return; coming back
久しぶり【ひさしぶり】 a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
糸【いと】 thread; yarn; string
集める【あつめる】 to collect; to assemble; to gather
水泳【すいえい】 swimming
店員【てんいん】 shop assistant; employee; clerk; salesperson
都合【つごう】 circumstances; condition; convenience / to arrange; to manage / to lend money; to raise money / in all; in total; all told
動物園【どうぶつえん】 zoo; zoological gardens
道具【どうぐ】 tool; implement; instrument; utensil; apparatus; device / means / furniture
日記【にっき】 diary; journal
背中【せなか】 back (of body)
僕【ぼく】 I; me / you / manservant
両方【りょうほう】 both; both sides; both parties
具合【ぐあい】 condition; state / health; state (of health) / way; manner / circumstance; luck / face; dignity; decency; propriety
湖【みずうみ】 lake
講義【こうぎ】 lecture
合う【あう】 to come together; to merge; to unite; to meet / to fit; to match; to suit; to agree with; to be correct / to be profitable; to be equitable / to do ... to each other; to do ... together
西洋【せいよう】 the west; Western countries
大事【だいじ】 important; serious; crucial / valuable; precious / serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis / great undertaking; great enterprise; great thing / safe; OK
展覧会【てんらんかい】 exhibition
内【うち】 inside; within / while / among; amongst; between / we; our / my spouse / imperial palace grounds / emperor / I; me
美しい【うつくしい】 beautiful; lovely
返事【へんじ】 reply; answer; response
踊り【おどり】 dance
昼間【ひるま】 daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
二階建て【にかいだて】 two-storied building
真ん中【まんなか】 middle; centre; center; mid-way
ため《為》 good; advantage; benefit; welfare / sake; purpose; objective; aim / consequence; result; effect / affecting; regarding; concerning
会議室【かいぎしつ】 conference room; council room
隅【すみ】 corner; nook; recess / downstage right (on a noh stage)
研究室【けんきゅうしつ】 laboratory / seminar room / professor's office
細かい【こまかい】 small / fine; minute / minor; trivial / sensitive; attentive
坂【さか】 slope; hill
場合【ばあい】 case; situation
数学【すうがく】 mathematics; arithmetic
祖父【そふ】 grandfather / old man / kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
着物【きもの】 clothing; clothes / kimono (or other trad. Japanese clothing)
注射【ちゅうしゃ】 injection
丁寧【ていねい】 polite; courteous; civil / careful; close; thorough; conscientious
田舎【いなか】 rural area; countryside; the sticks / hometown
盗む【ぬすむ】 to steal
倍【ばい】 twice; double / times; -fold
旅館【りょかん】 ryokan; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
受付【うけつけ】 reception (desk); information desk / receipt; acceptance
屋上【おくじょう】 rooftop
火事【かじ】 fire; conflagration
考える【かんがえる】 to think about; to take into consideration / to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something) / to intend; to decide (to do); to plan / to come up with; to devise; to scheme / to predict; to anticipate; to expect / to suspect; to doubt / to consider (somebody to be something); to look on
講堂【こうどう】 auditorium; lecture hall
上がる【あがる】 to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised / to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in / to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade / to get out (of water); to come ashore / to increase / to improve; to make progress / to be promoted; to advance / to be made (of profit, etc.) / to occur (esp. of a favourable result) / to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.) / to be finished; to be done; to be over / (of rain) to stop; to lift / to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die / to win (in a card game, etc.) / to be arrested / to turn up (of evidence, etc.) / to be deep fried / to be spoken loudly / to get stage fright / to be offered (to the gods, etc.) / to go; to visit / to eat; to drink / to be listed (as a candidate) / to serve (in one's master's home) / to go north / to be complete; to finish
食料品【しょくりょうひん】 foodstuff; groceries
祖母【そぼ】 grandmother
地理【ちり】 geography
倒れる【たおれる】 to fall (over, down); to collapse; to take a fall; to topple / to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to cave in; to crumble; to give away / to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to break down (e.g. from overwork) / to die; to be killed / to go bankrupt (of a company, bank, etc.); to fail; to collapse; to go under / to be defeated (in a game); to lose / to fall (of a government, dictator, etc.); to be overthrown
特急【とっきゅう】 limited express (train, faster than an express) / great hurry
布団【ふとん】 futon (quilted Japanese-style mattress laid out on the floor) / round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
落ちる【おちる】 to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money) / to be omitted; to be missing / to decrease; to sink / to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.) / to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind / to become indecent (of a conversation) / to be ruined; to go under / to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list) / to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession / to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick) / to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee / to fall; to be defeated; to surrender / to come to (in the end); to end in / to fall (in love, asleep, etc.) / to swoon (judo) / to consent; to understand / to crash; to freeze / to die / to move to the depths
辞典【じてん】 dictionary; lexicon
下着【したぎ】 underwear
苦い【にがい】 bitter
だいぶ《大分》 considerably; greatly; a lot
棚【たな】 shelf; shelves; ledge; rack / trellis
留守【るす】 absence; being away from home / house-sitting; house-sitter / being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
引き出し【ひきだし】 drawer / withdrawal (of money from an account) / variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
見つかる【みつかる】 to be found; to be discovered
以上【いじょう】 not less than; ... and more; ... and upwards / beyond ... (e.g. one's means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that) / above-mentioned; foregoing / since ...; seeing that ... / this is all; that is the end; the end
花見【はなみ】 cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
絹【きぬ】 silk
消しゴム【けしゴム】 eraser; India rubber
畳【たたみ】 tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
飾る【かざる】 to decorate; to ornament; to adorn
退院【たいいん】 leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
暮れる【くれる】 to get dark; to grow dark / to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to close / to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought); to be overcome with
冷房【れいぼう】 cooling; air-conditioning
起こす【おこす】 to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up / to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken / to cause; to bring about; to lead to; to trigger; to give rise to; to create; to generate (e.g. heat, electricity); to produce / to start; to begin; to launch; to establish; to found; to set up; to open / to plough; to plow; to till / to fall ill with / to transcribe; to write down (what is spoken) / to turn over (a card)
硬い【かたい】 hard; solid; tough / stiff; tight; wooden; unpolished (e.g. writing) / strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved) / safe; steady; honest; steadfast / obstinate; stubborn / bookish; formal; stuffy
だいたい《大体》 outline; main point; gist / general; substantially; approximately; about / in the first place; to begin with; from the start
贈り物【おくりもの】 present; gift
ご存じ【ごぞんじ】 knowing / (an) acquaintance
景色【けしき】 scenery; scene; landscape
見物【けんぶつ】 sightseeing; watching; viewing / sightseer; watcher; spectator
指輪【ゆびわ】 (finger) ring
受ける【うける】 to receive; to get / to catch (e.g. a ball) / to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.) / to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence) / to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge) / to be given (e.g. life, talent) / to find funny; to find humorous; to be amused (by) / to follow; to succeed; to be descended from / to face (south, etc.) / to be modified by / to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee / to be well-received; to become popular; to go down well
赤ん坊【あかんぼう】 baby; infant
騒ぐ【さわぐ】 to make noise; to make racket; to be noisy / to rustle; to swoosh / to make merry / to clamor; to clamour; to make a fuss; to kick up a fuss / to lose one's cool; to panic; to act flustered / to feel tense; to be uneasy; to be excited
通る【とおる】 to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of / to run (between); to operate (between); to connect / to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in / to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through / to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout / to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far / to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed / to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted / to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for / to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense / to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood / to be straight (e.g. wood grain) / to be well-informed; to be wise / to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly
漬ける【つける】 to soak; to seep; to dip in / to pickle
電報【でんぽう】 telegram
飛行場【ひこうじょう】 airfield; airport
品物【しなもの】 goods; article; thing
優しい【やさしい】 tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
寂しい【さびしい】 lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
決まる【きまる】 to be decided; to be settled / to look good in (clothes)
回る【まわる】 to turn; to revolve / to visit several places / to function well / to pass a certain time
お嬢さん【おじょうさん】 (another's) daughter / young lady
以外【いがい】 with the exception of; excepting
移る【うつる】 to move (house); to transfer (department) / to change the target of interest or concern / to elapse (passage of time) / to be permeated by a colour or scent / to be infected; to be contagious; to spread (as in fire)
一杯【いっぱい】 amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic) / full / one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat / fully; to capacity / a lot; much / all of ...; the entire ...
引っ越す【ひっこす】 to move (house); to change residence
遠慮【えんりょ】 reserve; constraint; restraint; modesty; diffidence; hesitation; holding back; discretion; tact; thoughtfulness / declining; refraining / forethought; foresight
汚れる【よごれる】 to get dirty; to become dirty / to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
億【おく】 10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
下がる【さがる】 to come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower / to hang; to dangle / to move back; to step back; to withdraw; to retire / to deteriorate; to fall off; to be downgraded / to get closer to the present day / to go south
下宿【げしゅく】 boarding; lodging; boarding house
家内【かない】 (my) wife / inside the home; one's family
過ぎる【すぎる】 to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond / to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse / to have expired; to have ended; to be over / to exceed; to surpass; to be above / to be no more than ... / to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ...
壊す【こわす】 to break; to destroy; to demolish / to wreck; to ruin; to spoil; to damage / to break (a bill, etc.)
壊れる【こわれる】 to be broken; to break / to fall through; to come to nothing
楽しむ【たのしむ】 to enjoy (oneself)
かける《掛ける》 to hang up (e.g. a picture on the wall); to let hang; to suspend (from); to hoist (e.g. sail); to raise (e.g. flag) / to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to cover / to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.) / to make (a call) / to spend (time, money); to expend; to use / to pour (liquid) onto; to sprinkle (powder or spices) onto; to splash; to throw (e.g. water) onto somebody / to turn on (an engine, radio, etc.); to set (a dial, an alarm clock, etc.); to put on (a DVD, a song, etc.) / to cause (somebody inconvenience, trouble, etc.); to burden (someone); to impose / to multiply (arithmetic operation) / to secure (e.g. lock) / to take a seat; to sit; to rest (something on something else); to support (something on something else) / to bind / to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble / to put an effect (spell, anaesthetic, etc.) on / to hold (a play, festival, etc.) / to hold an emotion for (pity, hope, etc.) / to argue (in court); to deliberate (in a meeting); to present (e.g. idea to a conference, etc.) / to increase further / to catch (in a trap, etc.) / to set atop / to erect (a makeshift building) / to apply (insurance) / to pun (on a word); to use (a word) as a pivot word; to play on words / to be partway doing ...; to begin (but not complete) ...; to be about to ... / to address (someone); to direct (something, to someone); to do (something, to someone)
滑る【すべる】 to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to slip / to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke) / to drop; to go down; to come down; to fall (e.g. in status)
慣れる【なれる】 to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become familiar with / to become skilled in; to become experienced at / to become tame; to become domesticated / to get used to doing
間に合う【まにあう】 to be in time for / to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
間違える【まちがえる】 to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation) / to confuse; to mistake something for something else
おもちゃ《玩具》 toy; plaything
喜ぶ【よろこぶ】 to be delighted; to be glad; to be pleased / to congratulate / to gratefully accept
寄る【よる】 to approach; to draw near; to come near; to be close to / to gather (in one place); to come together; to meet / to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to make a short visit / to grow old; to grow high (number, etc.) / to grow (wrinkly) / to lean against; to recline on / to push one's opponent while holding their belt / to decide on a price and come to a deal / to be swayed by (a person); to yield to
汽車【きしゃ】 train (esp. long distance train) / steam train
祈る【いのる】 to pray; to wish
急ぐ【いそぐ】 to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
急行【きゅうこう】 hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening / express (train)
迎える【むかえる】 to go out to meet / to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail; to reach; to approach; to enter (a phase, era, etc.) / to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family) / to call for; to summon; to invite / to approach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.)
決める【きめる】 to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix / to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match) / to persist in doing; to go through with / to always do; to have made a habit of / to take for granted; to assume / to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines / to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing / to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.) / to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs
喧嘩【けんか】 quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
見える【みえる】 to be seen; to be in sight / to look; to seem; to appear / to come
厳しい【きびしい】 severe; strict; rigid; unsparing; relentless / intense (e.g. cold); harsh; tough
お礼【おれい】 thanks; gratitude / manners; etiquette / bow / reward; gift / ceremony; ritual
光る【ひかる】 to shine; to glitter; to be bright
高等学校【こうとうがっこう】 senior high school; high school
今夜【こんや】 this evening; tonight
差し上げる【さしあげる】 to give; to offer / to lift up; to hold up; to raise
済む【すむ】 to finish; to end; to be completed / to merely result in something less severe than expected / to feel at ease / to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
まいる《参る》 to go; to come; to call / to be defeated; to collapse; to die / to be annoyed; to be nonplussed / to be madly in love / to visit (shrine, grave)
残る【のこる】 to remain; to be left
始める【はじめる】 to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate / to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.) / to start ...; to begin to ...
思い出す【おもいだす】 to recall; to remember; to recollect
歯医者【はいしゃ】 dentist
似る【にる】 to resemble; to look like; to take after / to be similar (in status, condition, etc.); to be close; to be alike; to be like
捨てる【すてる】 to throw away; to cast away; to dump; to discard / to abandon; to desert; to leave / to give up; to resign
謝る【あやまる】 to apologize; to apologise
取り替える【とりかえる】 to exchange; to replace
手袋【てぶくろ】 glove; mitten; mitt
手伝う【てつだう】 to help; to assist; to aid / to contribute to; to be a factor in
拾う【ひろう】 to pick up; to find; to gather
集まる【あつまる】 to gather; to collect; to assemble
勝つ【かつ】 to win; to gain victory
召し上がる【めしあがる】 to eat; to drink
小鳥【ことり】 small bird; little bird
笑う【わらう】 to laugh / to smile / to sneer; to ridicule / to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
植える【うえる】 to plant; to grow; to raise / to insert; to transplant; to implant; to set (type) / to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent) / to instill (idea, value, etc.); to instil; to inculcate
触る【さわる】 to touch; to feel
深い【ふかい】 deep / profound / dense; thick / close (relationship) / intense; strong / late
申し上げる【もうしあげる】 to say; to tell; to state; to express; to offer; to extend (greetings, congratulations, etc.) / to do
申す【もうす】 to say; to be called / to do
親切【しんせつ】 kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
進む【すすむ】 to advance; to go forward / to precede; to go ahead (of) / to make progress; to improve / to deepen; to heighten / to be fast (of a clock); to be ahead / to do of one's own free will
尋ねる【たずねる】 to ask; to enquire; to inquire / to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate
正しい【ただしい】 right; correct / proper; righteous; just; honest; truthful; lawful
つもり《積もり》 intention; plan / conviction; belief
折る【おる】 to break; to fracture; to break off; to snap off; to pick (e.g. flowers) / to fold; to bend / to make (origami) / to interrupt; to end
浅い【あさい】 shallow; superficial / slight (wound); light (sleep); pale (colour); inadequate (knowledge) / short (time); early; young
足す【たす】 to add (numbers) / to add (something); to top up (with something) / to take care of (e.g. one's business)
足りる【たりる】 to be sufficient; to be enough / to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to deserve / to do (the job); to serve; to answer
太る【ふとる】 to grow fat (stout, plump); to become fat; to gain weight
たいてい《大抵》 mostly; ordinarily; usually; generally / probably / most; almost all / ordinary / proper; appropriate; moderate
暖房【だんぼう】 (indoor) heating
恥ずかしい【はずかしい】 embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; humiliated; shy / disgraceful; shameful
いたす《致す》 to do
昼休み【ひるやすみ】 lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
調べる【しらべる】 to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study; to inquire; to search
珍しい【めずらしい】 unusual; rare; curious / new; novel / fine (e.g. gift)
通う【かよう】 to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to run between (e.g. bus, train, etc.); to ply between / to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to commute; to frequent / to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought) / to resemble
釣る【つる】 to fish; to angle; to catch / to lure in; to tempt; to attract; to entice; to allure
電灯【でんとう】 electric light
塗る【ぬる】 to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear; to put up (wallpaper)
怒る【おこる】 to get angry; to get mad / to tell someone off; to scold / to be angular; to be square
投げる【なげる】 to throw; to cast away / to face defeat; to give up
踏む【ふむ】 to step on; to tread on; to trample on / to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to visit / to experience; to undergo / to follow (rules, principles, etc.); to go through (e.g. formalities); to complete / to estimate; to guess; to judge; to value; to appraise / to rhyme / to succeed to (e.g. the throne)
逃げる【にげる】 to escape; to run away
濡れる【ぬれる】 to get wet
拝見【はいけん】 seeing; looking at
泊まる【とまる】 to stay at (e.g. hotel) / to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
はず《筈》 expectation that something took place, will take place or was in some state; it should be so; bound to be; expected to be; must be / nock (of a bow) / nock (of an arrow) / nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger) / wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
発音【はつおん】 pronunciation / production of sound
悲しい【かなしい】 sad; sorrowful
不便【ふべん】 inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
負ける【まける】 to lose; to be defeated / to succumb; to give in; to surrender; to yield / to be inferior to / to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.) / to reduce the price; to give a discount; to throw in (something extra) for free
ぶどう《葡萄》 grape; grapevine
復習【ふくしゅう】 review; revision
払う【はらう】 to pay (e.g. money, bill) / to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches) / to drive away (e.g. one's competitors) / to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of / to pay (e.g. attention); to show (e.g. respect, concern) / to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice); to expend; to exert / to move out (of one's own place); to vacate / to sweep (e.g. one's legs); to knock aside / to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy) / to reset (an abacus)
沸かす【わかす】 to boil; to heat / to excite / to melt (metal)
文法【ぶんぽう】 grammar; syntax
変【へん】 strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy / unexpected / change / incident; disturbance; disaster; accident / flat
片付ける【かたづける】 to tidy up; to put in order; to straighten up; to put away / to settle (problem); to clear (dispute) / to finish; to bring something to an end / to marry off (e.g. a daughter) / to do away with someone; to bump someone off
忘れ物【わすれもの】 lost article; something forgotten
または《又は》 or; otherwise
味噌【みそ】 miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans / innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso / key (main) point; good part (of something) / weakling; weak person
眠い【ねむい】 sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
眠る【ねむる】 to sleep (not necessarily lying down) / to die / to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to be dormant; to be unused / to close one's eyes
鳴る【なる】 to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
木綿【もめん】 cotton (material) / red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
戻る【もどる】 to turn back (e.g. half-way) / to return; to go back / to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned / to rebound; to spring back
役に立つ【やくにたつ】 to be helpful; to be useful
わけ《訳》 conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
予習【よしゅう】 preparation for a lesson
用事【ようじ】 tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
冷える【ひえる】 to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
写す【うつす】 to transcribe; to duplicate; to reproduce; to imitate; to trace / to describe / to film; to picture; to photograph
遅れる【おくれる】 to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue
落とす【おとす】 to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind / to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape / to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election) / to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances / to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with / to download; to copy from a computer to another medium / to make someone swoon (judo) / to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line) / to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)
聞こえる【きこえる】 to be heard; to be audible / to be said to be; to be reputed
込む【こむ】 to be crowded; to be packed / to be complex / to go into; to put into; to remain (seated); to be plunged into (silence); to do thoroughly / to do intently / to continue in the same state
怖い【こわい】 scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful / (I'm) afraid
探す【さがす】 to search (for something desired, needed); to look for / to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime)
捕まえる【つかまえる】 to catch; to arrest; to seize
泥棒【どろぼう】 thief; burglar; robber / theft; burglary; robbery
治す【なおす】 to cure; to heal / to fix; to correct; to repair / to do over again / to replace; to put back as it was / to convert (into a different state); to transform
治る【なおる】 to be cured; to get well; to be healed / to get mended; to be repaired; to be fixed
乗り換える【のりかえる】 to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train) / to change one's mind; to move on to (e.g. a new love interest); to change methods; to change one's way of thinking
乗り物【のりもの】 vehicle; conveyance; transport / ride (playground, fair, carnival); playground facility
引き出す【ひきだす】 to pull out; to take out; to draw out; to withdraw
増える【ふえる】 to increase; to multiply
褒める【ほめる】 to praise; to admire; to speak well of someone
見つける【みつける】 to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to come across; to detect; to spot / to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to find fault / to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
向かう【むかう】 to face / to go towards; to head towards
柔らかい【やわらかい】 soft; tender; pliant; supple; limber; limp / gentle; mild; mellow / informal; light; flexible (e.g. thinking)
別れる【わかれる】 to part (usu. of people); to part from; to part with; to be apart from / to separate (of a couple); to break up; to divorce / to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
それほど《其れ程》 to that degree; to that extent; that much
アクセサリー accessory
アナウンサー announcer; presenter; broadcaster; reporter / in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows
アルコール alcohol
アルバイト part-time job; side job / part-time worker / albite
エスカレーター escalator
オートバイ motorcycle
カーテン curtain; curtains
ガス《瓦斯》 gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas) / gasoline; gas; petrol / dense fog; thick fog / gas stove; gas cooker; gas range / flatulence; gas; wind; fart
ガソリン gasoline; petrol
ガソリンスタンド gas station; petrol station
ガラス《硝子》 glass; pane / vitreous
ケーキ cake
コンサート concert
コンピュータ computer
サラダ salad
サンドイッチ sandwich
ジャム jam
スーツ suit (clothing) / suit (playing cards)
ステレオ stereo
ソフト soft / software / soft hat; felt hat / soft serve ice cream / softball
タイプ type; kind; sort; style / type (of person); (ideal) type; one's type / typewriter / typing
テキスト text / textbook
テニス tennis
ハンドバッグ handbag; purse
パート part / part-timer / part-time (work)
パソコン personal computer
ビル multi-floor building; multi-storey building / bill
ピアノ piano
プレゼント present; gift / to give a present or gift
ベル bell / bel; B
レポート report; paper
ワープロ word processor
なるほど《成程》 I see; that's right; indeed
変える【かえる】 to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary / to reform; to revise; to amend
あんな such (about something or someone distant from both speaker and listener, or about a situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener); so; that; sort of
いらっしゃる to come; to go; to be (somewhere) / to be (doing)
お宅【おたく】 your house; your home; your family / your husband / your organization / you (referring to someone of equal status with whom one is not especially close)
お土産【おみやげ】 present; souvenir
きっと《屹度》 surely; undoubtedly; almost certainly; most likely (e.g. 90 percent) / sternly; severely / having no slack; rigid; stiff; tight / suddenly; abruptly; instantly
けど but; however; although
この間【このあいだ】 the other day; lately; recently; during this period / meanwhile; in the meantime
この頃【このごろ】 recently; nowadays; these days; now; at present
これから《此れから》 after this
さっき some time ago; just now
すっかり all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
すっと straight; quickly; directly; all of a sudden / quietly; gently; softly / to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
すると thereupon; hereupon
そう so; really; seeming / appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
それで《其れで》 and; thereupon; because of that
それに《其れに》 besides; in addition; also; moreover
そんな such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
だから so; therefore
ちっとも《些とも》 not at all (neg. verb)
ちゃん suffix for familiar person
どんどん drumming (noise); beating; pounding; banging; booming; stamping / rapidly; quickly; steadily / continuously; one after the other; in succession
はっきり clearly; plainly; distinctly / to be clear; to be definite; to be certain; to be exact; to become clear; to clear up
もし《若し》 if; in case; supposing
やっと at last; at length / barely; narrowly; just; by the skin of one's teeth
ファックス fax; facsimile
なさる《為さる》 to do
育てる【そだてる】 to raise; to rear; to bring up / to train; to teach; to educate / to promote the growth of; to nurture; to foster; to develop
遠く【とおく】 far away; distant; at a distance; distant place; by far
いじめる《苛める》 to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to pick on; to tease; to be cruel to; to persecute / to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
開く【ひらく】 to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack / to bloom; to unfold; to spread out / to open (for business, e.g. in the morning) / to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen / to hold (meeting, etc.); to give; to open / to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start / to open (ports, borders, etc.) / to open (an account) / to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop / to open (a file, etc.) / to extract (root); to reduce (equation) / to cut open (fish) / to change (kanji into hiragana) / to flare (e.g. skirt) / to slacken (into a poor posture)
割れる【われる】 to break; to be smashed / to split; to crack; to fissure; to be torn / to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party) / to come to light; to become clear; to be identified; to be revealed / to be distorted (of a sound) / to be divisible (without a remainder) / to go below a minimum
噛む【かむ】 to bite; to chew; to gnaw / to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore) / to engage (of cogs, zippers, etc.); to mesh; to fit together / to be involved in / to fumble one's words (during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words / to strongly confute; to argue down; to rebuke; to scold harshly
乾く【かわく】 to get dry
泣く【なく】 to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
驚く【おどろく】 to be surprised; to be astonished
おっしゃる《仰る》 to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
君【きみ】 you; buddy; pal / monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master
君【くん】 Mr (junior); master; boy
建てる【たてる】 to build; to construct
くれる《呉れる》 to give; to let one have; to do for one; to be given
ご主人【ごしゅじん】 your husband; her husband
お釣り【おつり】 change (for a purchase)
再来月【さらいげつ】 month after next
再来週【さらいしゅう】 week after next
しばらく《暫く》 for a moment; for a minute / for a while; for some time / for the time being; for now / it's been a long time; long time no see
市【し】 city
止む【やむ】 to cease; to stop; to be over
止める【とめる】 to stop; to turn off / to park / to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to hold back (tears); to hold (one's breath); to relieve (pain) / to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade; to forbid; to prohibit / to notice; to be aware of; to concentrate on; to pay attention to; to remember; to bear in mind / to fix (in place); to fasten; to tack; to pin; to nail; to button; to staple / to detain; to keep in custody
やめる《止める》 to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to end; to quit / to cancel; to abandon; to give up; to abolish; to abstain; to refrain
字【じ】 character (i.e. kanji) / hand-writing; penmanship / the ... word (i.e. "the L word" = "love")
そろそろ slowly; quietly; steadily; gradually; gingerly / soon; momentarily; before long; any time now
床屋【とこや】 barbershop; barber
焼く【やく】 to burn / to roast; to broil; to grill; to bake; to toast; to barbecue / to heat; to heat up / to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake; to fire; to burn / to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn / to print (a photo); to burn (an optical disc) / to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
焼ける【やける】 to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset) / to be jealous; to be envious
寝坊【ねぼう】 sleeping in late; oversleeping / late riser; sleepyhead
心【こころ】 mind; heart; spirit / the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
すごい《凄い》 terrible; dreadful / amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); wonderful; terrific / to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
なるべく《成るべく》 as much as possible; wherever practicable; if possible
石【いし】 stone / gem; jewel
折れる【おれる】 to break; to be broken; to snap; to fracture / to be folded / to give in; to back down; to yield; to submit / to turn (a corner)
続く【つづく】 to continue; to last; to go on / to continue (without a break); to be unbroken / to occur again and again / to lead to; to connect to; to adjoin / to come after; to follow; to succeed; to rank next to / to hold out; to keep; to last
続ける【つづける】 to continue; to keep up; to keep on
大学生【だいがくせい】 university student; college student
知らせる【しらせる】 to notify; to advise; to inform
天気予報【てんきよほう】 weather forecast; weather report
伝える【つたえる】 to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach; to bequeath
とうとう《到頭》 finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
動く【うごく】 to move; to stir; to shift; to shake; to swing / to operate; to run; to go; to work / to be touched; to be influenced / to change; to vary; to fluctuate; to waver / certain; factual / to be transferred
届ける【とどける】 to deliver; to forward; to send / to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities); to give notice; to register
彼【かれ】 he; him / boyfriend
非常に【ひじょうに】 very; extremely; exceedingly
米【こめ】 (husked grains of) rice / 88 years old
別【べつ】 distinction; difference; different; another; particular; separate; extra; exception
亡くなる【なくなる】 to die
ほとんど《殆ど》 mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost
なくなる《無くなる》 to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing / to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to be reduced to zero; to not occur any more / to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
踊る【おどる】 to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
揺れる【ゆれる】 to shake; to sway; to waver
用【よう】 business; task; errand; engagement / use; purpose / for the use of ...; used for ...; made for ... / call of nature; excretion
立てる【たてる】 to stand up; to put up; to set up; to erect; to raise / to thrust into; to bury into; to dig into / to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to raise (a cloud of dust, etc.); to cause / to make; to establish; to set up; to develop; to formulate / to put up (a political candidate); to make (one's leader) / to treat with respect; to give (someone) their due; to make (someone) look good; to avoid embarrassing (someone) / to sharpen; to make clear / to shut; to close / to make tea (matcha); to perform the tea ceremony / to divide by / to do ... vigorously
力【ちから】 force; strength; might; vigour (vigor); energy / capability; ability; proficiency; capacity; faculty / efficacy; effect / effort; endeavours (endeavors); exertions / power; authority; influence; good offices; agency / support; help; aid; assistance / stress; emphasis / means; resources
すり《掏摸》 pickpocket
押し入れ【おしいれ】 closet
ご馳走【ごちそう】 feast; treating (someone) / to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
しっかり《確り》 tightly (holding on); firmly; securely / strongly (built); solidly; sturdily; steadily / properly; well; sufficiently; hard (working, etc.); fully; completely / reliably; dependably; levelheadedly; shrewdly; wisely; cleverly
ひげ《髭》 moustache; beard; whiskers / whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); (chin) tuft / extremely short pulse appearing on an electrical signal
ひどい《酷い》 cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe / violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme / very bad; terrible; awful / excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust
痩せる【やせる】 to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to slim / to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
沸く【わく】 to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil / to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to be in a ferment; to take place energetically / to ferment / to melt (of metal)
お祝い【おいわい】 congratulation; congratulations; celebration; festival; congratulatory gift
たまに《偶に》 occasionally; once in a while
うん yes; yeah; uh huh / hum; hmmm; well; erm / oof