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化物語　上　まよいマイマイ

Second part of 化物語　上

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⑤ お金【おかね】 • money

⑤ お父さん【おとうさん】 • father

⑤ お母さん【おかあさん】 • mother

⑤ こんな • such (about something/someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or about ideas expressed by the speaker), like this

⑤ さあ • come, come now

⑤ さん • ① Mr, Mrs, Miss or Ms ② honorific used with occupational titles

⑤ じゃあ • ① then, well, so, well then ② combination of 'de' and 'wa' particles ③ plain copula

⑤ じゃ • ① then, well, so, well then ② combination of 'de' and 'wa' particles ③ plain copula

⑤ そう • ① so, really, seeming ② (after masu stem and adj-stem) appearing that, seeming that, looking like, having the appearance of

⑤ そんな • such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener), like that, that sort of

⑤ では • then, well, so, well then

⑤ でも • ① but, however, still, yet, although, even though ② even, even if ③ or something

⑤ どうも • ① thanks ② much (thanks), very (sorry), quite (regret) ③ quite, really ④ somehow ⑤ no matter how hard one may try ⑥ greetings, hello, goodbye

⑤ どんな • what, what kind of

⑤ はい • ① yes ② OK (used to get attention prior to an utterance), okay ③ giddy-up, giddap

⑤ もう • ① already, anymore ② soon, shortly ③ more, further, other, again ④ interjection used to strengthen expression of an emotion (often exasperation)

⑤ もっと • (some) more, even more, longer, further

⑤ ゆっくり • slowly, at ease, restful

⑤ より • ① from, out of, since, at ② than ③ other than, except, but ④ more

⑤ クラス • class

⑤ スカート • skirt

⑤ スポーツ • sport, sports

⑤ ゼロ • zero

⑤ テスト • test

⑤ デパート • department store

⑤ ナイフ • knife

⑤ バス • ① bus ② bath ③ bass

⑤ ペン • pen

⑤ ポケット • pocket

⑤ メートル • metre, meter, meter (i.e., a gauge), gauge

⑤ レコード • ① record (e.g. LP) ② record (e.g. athletics)

⑤ 安い【やすい】 • ① cheap, inexpensive ② calm, peaceful, quiet

⑤ 一【いち】 • ① one ② best in, the most (...) in (where an adjective follows)

⑤ 一つ【ひとつ】 • ① one ② for one thing (often used in itemized lists) ③ (after a noun) only ④ (with a verb in negative form) (not) even ⑤ just (i.e. "just try it")

⑤ 飲む【のむ】 • ① to drink, to gulp, to swallow ② to smoke (tobacco) ③ to engulf, to overwhelm ④ to keep down, to suppress ⑤ to accept (e.g. demand, condition) ⑥ to make light of, to conceal

⑤ 円【えん】 • ① Yen, money ② circle

⑤ 下【した】 • ① below, down, under ② bottom ③ beneath, underneath ④ just after, right after ⑤ inferiority, one's inferior (i.e. one's junior), younger (e.g. of siblings) ⑥ trade-in ⑦ preliminary, preparatory

⑤ 下手【へた】 • ① unskillful, poor, awkward ② imprudent, untactful

⑤ どうぞ • ① please, kindly ② by all means

⑤ 外【そと】 • ① outside, exterior ② open air ③ other place

⑤ 学校【がっこう】 • school

⑤ 休み【やすみ】 • ① rest, recess, respite ② vacation, holiday, absence, suspension ③ dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)

⑤ 休む【やすむ】 • ① to be absent, to take a day off ② to rest, to have a break ③ to go to bed, to (lie down to) sleep, to turn in, to retire ④ to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time, to suspend business

⑤ 空【そら】 • sky, the heavens

⑤ 見せる【みせる】 • to show, to display

⑤ 見る【みる】 • ① to see, to look, to watch, to view, to observe ② to look over, to look on, to assess, to examine, to judge ③ to look after, to keep an eye on, to take care of ④ to view (e.g. flowers, movie) ⑤ (usu. after the -te form of a verb) to try

⑤ 古い【ふるい】 • old (not person), aged, ancient, antiquated, stale, threadbare, outmoded, obsolete article

⑤ 五【ご】 • five

⑤ 午後【ごご】 • afternoon, p.m.

⑤ 午前【ごぜん】 • morning, a.m.

⑤ 後ろ【うしろ】 • back, behind, rear

⑤ 語【ご】 • ① language ② word

⑤ 口【くち】 • ① mouth ② opening, hole, gap, orifice ③ mouth (of a bottle), spout, nozzle, mouthpiece ④ gate, door, entrance, exit ⑤ speaking, speech, talk (i.e. gossip) ⑥ taste, palate ⑦ mouth (to feed) ⑧ opening (i.e. vacancy), available position ⑨ invitation, summons ⑩ kind, sort, type ⑪ opening (i.e. beginning) ⑫ counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), and swords

⑤ 高い【たかい】 • ① high, tall ② expensive

⑤ 今【いま】 • now, the present time, just now, soon, immediately, (one) more

⑤ 左【ひだり】 • left, left hand side

⑤ 三つ【みっつ】 • three

⑤ 山【やま】 • ① mountain ② pile, heap ③ climax, critical point ④ speculated area covered by an examination

⑤ 四つ【よっつ】 • four

⑤ 時【とき】 • ① time, hour ② occasion, moment

⑤ 時間【じかん】 • ① time ② hours

⑤ 耳【みみ】 • ① ear ② hearing ③ edge, crust ④ selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics), selvage

⑤ 七【なな】 • seven

⑤ 手【て】 • ① hand, arm ② handle ③ hand, worker, help ④ trouble, care, effort ⑤ means, way, trick, move, technique, workmanship ⑥ hand, handwriting ⑦ kind, type, sort ⑧ one's hands, one's possession ⑨ ability to cope ⑩ hand (of cards) ⑪ direction

⑤ 週間【しゅうかん】 • week, weekly

⑤ 出す【だす】 • ① to take out, to get out ② to put out, to reveal, to show ③ to submit (e.g. thesis), to turn in ④ to publish, to make public ⑤ to send (e.g. letter) ⑥ to produce (a sound), to start (fire) ⑦ to serve (food) ⑧ to begin

⑤ 出る【でる】 • ① to go out, to exit, to leave ② to appear, to come forth, to be published ③ to answer (the phone or door)

⑤ 出来る【できる】 • ① to be able (in a position) to do, to be up to the task ② to be ready, to be completed ③ to be made, to be built ④ to be good at, to be permitted (to do) ⑤ to become intimate, to take up (with somebody) ⑥ to grow, to be raised

⑤ 書く【かく】 • to write

⑤ 女【おんな】 • woman

⑤ 女の子【おんなのこ】 • girl

⑤ 小さい【ちいさい】 • small, little, tiny

⑤ 少し【すこし】 • ① small quantity, little, few, something ② little while ③ short distance

⑤ 上【うえ】 • ① above, up, over ② top, summit ③ surface, on ④ before, previous ⑤ superiority, one's superior (i.e. one's elder) ⑥ on top of that, besides, what's more ⑦ upon (further inspection, etc.), based on (and occurring after) ⑧ matters concerning..., as concerns ... ⑨ since (i.e. "for that reason") ⑩ suffix indicating higher social standing

⑤ 上げる【あげる】 • ① to raise, to elevate ② to do up (one's hair) ③ to fly (a kite, etc.), to launch (fireworks, etc.), to surface (a submarine, etc.) ④ to land (a boat) ⑤ to show someone (into a room) ⑥ (uk) to summon (for geishas, etc.) ⑦ to send someone (away) ⑧ to enrol (one's child in school) (enroll) ⑨ to increase (price, quality, status, etc.) ⑩ to make (a loud sound), to raise (one's voice) ⑪ to earn (something desirable) ⑫ to praise ⑬ to give (an example, etc.), to cite ⑭ to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.) ⑮ to arrest ⑯ to nominate ⑰ to give ⑱ to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.) ⑲ to bear (a child) ⑳ to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding) ○ (of the tide) to come in ○ to vomit ○ (after the -te form of a verb) to do for (the sake of someone else) ○ (after the -masu stem of a verb) to complete ○ used after the -masu stem of a humble verb to increase the level of humility

⑤ 食べる【たべる】 • to eat

⑤ 人【じん】 • ① -ian (e.g. Italian, etc.) (attaches to name of country to denote nationality), -er (e.g. performer, etc.) (attaches to name of occupation) ② (usu. in compound words) man, person, people

⑤ 生まれる【うまれる】 • to be born

⑤ 西【にし】 • west

⑤ 先【さき】 • ① previous, prior, former, some time ago, preceding ② point (e.g. pencil), tip, end, nozzle ③ head (of a line), front ④ ahead, the other side ⑤ the future, hereafter ⑥ destination ⑦ the other party

⑤ 先週【せんしゅう】 • last week, the week before

⑤ 千【せん】 • 1,000, thousand

⑤ 川【がわ】 • ① river, stream ② the .... river, (suffix used with the names of rivers)

⑤ 前【まえ】 • ① ago, before (some event), previously, (minutes) to (the hour) ② in front (of), before (e.g. the house) ③ head (of a line), front (e.g. of a bus), fore part ④ in the presence of ⑤ helping, portion ⑥ privates, private parts

⑤ 足【あし】 • ① foot ② leg ③ gait ④ pace

⑤ 大人【おとな】 • adult

⑤ 男【おとこ】 • man

⑤ 男の子【おとこのこ】 • boy, male child, baby boy

⑤ 中【なか】 • ① inside, in ② among, within ③ center (centre), middle ④ during, while

⑤ 長い【ながい】 • ① long (distance) ② long (time), lengthy

⑤ 電話【でんわ】 • telephone

⑤ 東【ひがし】 • east

⑤ 道【みち】 • ① road, street, way, path, course, route, lane ② distance, ways (e.g. "a long ways") ③ the way (of proper conduct, etc.), one's way, morals ④ teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist), dogma ⑤ field (of medicine, etc.), subject ⑥ way, method, means

⑤ 読む【よむ】 • to read

⑤ 二【に】 • two

⑤ 二つ【ふたつ】 • two

⑤ 日本語【にほんご】 • Japanese (language)

⑤ 入る【はいる】 • ① to enter ② to break into ③ to join, to enroll ④ to contain, to hold, to accommodate ⑤ to have (an income of)

⑤ 入れる【いれる】 • ① to put in, to let in, to take in, to bring in, to insert, to set (a jewel, etc.) ② to admit, to accept, to employ, to hire ③ to accept, to comply, to grant, to adopt (a policy, etc.), to take (advice, etc.), to listen to, to pay attention to ④ to include ⑤ to pay (one's rent, etc.) ⑥ to cast (a vote) ⑦ to make (tea, coffee, etc.) ⑧ to turn on (a switch, etc.) ⑨ to send (a fax), to call

⑤ 年【とし】 • ① year ② age

⑤ 買う【かう】 • ① to buy ② to value, to have a high opinion ③ to stir, to provoke

⑤ 白【しろ】 • ① white ② good guy, 'white hat'

⑤ 半【はん】 • half, semi-

⑤ 半分【はんぶん】 • half

⑤ 百【ひゃく】 • 100, hundred

⑤ 父【ちち】 • father

⑤ 分【ふん】 • minute

⑤ カタカナ • katakana, one of the Japanese syllabaries

⑤ 母【はは】 • mother

⑤ 本【ほん】 • ① book, volume ② main, head, this, our, present, real ③ counter for long cylindrical things

⑤ 毎日【まいにち】 • every day

⑤ 名前【なまえ】 • ① name, full name ② given name, first name

⑤ 木【き】 • tree, wood, timber

⑤ 来る【くる】 • ① to come (spatially or temporally), to approach, to arrive ② to come back, to do ... and come back ③ to come to be, to become, to get, to grow, to continue ④ to come from, to be caused by, to derive from ⑤ to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")

⑤ 来年【らいねん】 • next year

⑤ 話す【はなす】 • to speak

⑤ 何【なに】 • ① what ② how many (some counter)

⑤ 何【なん】 • ① what ② how many (some counter)

⑤ 九【きゅう】 • nine

⑤ 行く【いく】 • ① to go ② to proceed, to take place ③ to die, to pass away ④ to continue

⑤ 今日【きょう】 • today, this day

⑤ 今年【ことし】 • this year

⑤ 三【さん】 • three

⑤ 四【よん】 • four

⑤ 十【じゅう】 • 10, ten

⑤ 人【ひと】 • ① man, person ② human being, mankind, people ③ character, personality ④ man of talent, true man ⑤ other people ⑥ adult

⑤ 八【はち】 • eight

⑤ 八つ【やっつ】 • eight

⑤ 万【まん】 • ① 10,000, ten thousand ② myriads ③ everything, all

⑤ 六【ろく】 • six

⑤ 言う【いう】 • ① to say ② to call (i.e. to give a name)

⑤ 大きい【おおきい】 • big, large, great, loud

⑤ 聞く【きく】 • ① to hear ② to listen (e.g. to music) ③ to ask, to enquire, to query

⑤ 国【くに】 • ① country, (the) state ② region ③ home (i.e. hometown, home country)

⑤ 立つ【たつ】 • ① to stand, to rise, to stand up ② to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position) ③ to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

⑤ 話【はなし】 • ① talk, speech, chat, story, conversation ② discussions, negotiation, argument

⑤ 目【め】 • ① eye, eyeball ② eyesight ③ look ④ experience ⑤ viewpoint ⑥ ordinal number suffix ⑦ somewhat, -ish

⑤ 時【じ】 • ① hour, o'clock ② (specified) time, when ..., during ...

⑤ 日【にち】 • ① Sunday ② day (of the month) ③ counter for days

⑤ 年【ねん】 • ① year (e.g. AD) ② counter for years

⑤ いる • auxillary verb for continuing action or state

⑤ 人【にん】 • ① counter for people ② (usu. in compound words) person

⑤ 悪い【わるい】 • ① bad, poor, inferior ② evil, sinful ③ unprofitable, unbeneficial ④ at fault, to blame, in the wrong ⑤ sorry

⑤ 暗い【くらい】 • ① dark, gloomy ② dark (in colour), dull ③ depressed, dispirited ④ sorrowful, bitter (as in a dark past) ⑤ unclear, unfamiliar, unknown

⑤ 意味【いみ】 • meaning, significance

⑤ 引く【ひく】 • ① to pull ② to draw (attention, etc.), to attract (interest, etc.) ③ to draw back ④ to draw (a card) ⑤ to draw (plan, line, etc.) ⑥ to catch (cold) ⑦ to play (string instr.) ⑧ to look up (e.g. dictionary), to consult ⑨ to haul, to pull (vehicles) ⑩ to subtract ⑪ to ebb, to fade ⑫ to descend (from), to inherit (a characteristic) ⑬ to quote, to raise (as evidence) ⑭ to lay (a cable), to draw (a cable)

⑤ 英語【えいご】 • English (language)

⑤ 夏休み【なつやすみ】 • summer vacation, summer holiday

⑤ 家【いえ】 • ① house, residence, dwelling ② family, household ③ lineage, family name

⑤ 家族【かぞく】 • family, members of a family

⑤ 火曜日【かようび】 • Tuesday

⑤ 回【かい】 • ① counter for occurrences ② counter for innings (baseball)

⑤ 海【うみ】 • sea, beach

⑤ 楽しい【たのしい】 • enjoyable, fun

⑤ 漢字【かんじ】 • Chinese characters, kanji

⑤ 顔【かお】 • face (person)

⑤ 帰る【かえる】 • ① to return, to come home, to go home, to go back ② (of a guest, customer, etc.) to leave ③ (of a baseball player rounding the bases) to get home

⑤ 起きる【おきる】 • ① to get up, to rise ② to wake up ③ to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents), to happen, to take place

⑤ 去年【きょねん】 • last year

⑤ 強い【つよい】 • ① strong, powerful, mighty, potent ② resistant, resilient, durable

⑤ 教える【おしえる】 • to teach, to inform, to instruct

⑤ 近い【ちかい】 • near, close, short (distance)

⑤ 兄さん【にいさん】 • ① older brother, elder brother ② brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship) ③ (vocative) young man, buddy, fella, laddie

⑤ 軽い【かるい】 • ① light (i.e. not heavy), feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily) ② light (i.e. of foot), nimble, agile ③ non-serious, minor, unimportant, trivial ④ slight, small, gentle, soft ⑤ easy, simple ⑥ indiscriminate

⑤ 月【つき】 • ① moon ② month

⑤ 月曜日【げつようび】 • Monday

⑤ 犬【いぬ】 • ① dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris) ② snoop (i.e. a detective, a spy, etc.) ③ counterfeit, inferior, useless, wasteful

⑤ 元気【げんき】 • health(y), robust, vigor, vigour, energy, vitality, vim, stamina, spirit, courage, pep

⑤ ご飯【ごはん】 • ① cooked rice ② meal

⑤ 好き【すき】 • liking, fondness, love

⑤ 広い【ひろい】 • spacious, vast, wide

⑤ 考える【かんがえる】 • to consider, to think about

⑤ 黒【くろ】 • ① black ② dark ③ bad guy, 'black hat'

⑤ 黒い【くろい】 • ① black ② dark ③ illicit, wicked, underground

⑤ 使う【つかう】 • ① to use (a thing, method, etc.), to make use of, to put to use ② to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.), to employ, to handle, to manage, to manipulate ③ to use (time, money, etc.), to spend, to consume ④ to use (language), to speak ⑤ to take (one's lunch), to circulate (bad money)

⑤ 始まる【はじまる】 • to begin

⑤ 姉【あね】 • older sister, elder sister

⑤ 姉さん【ねえさん】 • ① elder sister ② (vocative) young lady ③ miss (referring to a waitress, etc.) ④ ma'am (used by geisha to refer to their superiors)

⑤ 死ぬ【しぬ】 • to die

⑤ 私【わたし】 • ① I, me ② private affairs, personal matter, secrecy ③ selfishness

⑤ 持つ【もつ】 • ① to hold, to carry ② to possess

⑤ 自転車【じてんしゃ】 • bicycle

⑤ 自分【じぶん】 • ① myself, yourself, oneself, himself, herself ② I, me

⑤ 写真【しゃしん】 • ① photograph, photo ② movie

⑤ 借りる【かりる】 • ① to borrow, to have a loan ② to rent, to hire

⑤ 弱い【よわい】 • weak, frail, delicate, tender, unskilled, weak (wine)

⑤ 習う【ならう】 • to learn

⑤ 住む【すむ】 • to live (of humans), to reside, to inhabit, to dwell, to abide

⑤ 少ない【すくない】 • few, a little, scarce, insufficient, seldom

⑤ 乗る【のる】 • ① to get on, to ride in, to board, to mount, to get up on ② to spread (paints), to be taken in ③ to share in, to join, to feel like doing, to be mentioned in, to be in harmony with ④ to appear (in print), to be recorded, to be found in (a dictionary)

⑤ 色【いろ】 • ① colour, color ② complexion ③ appearance, look ④ love, lust, sensuality, love affair, lover ⑤ kind, type, variety

⑤ 食べ物【たべもの】 • food

⑤ 新しい【あたらしい】 • new

⑤ 図書館【としょかん】 • library

⑤ 声【こえ】 • voice

⑤ 青い【あおい】 • ① blue, green ② pale ③ unripe, inexperienced

⑤ 赤い【あかい】 • ① red ② Red (i.e. communist)

⑤ 走る【はしる】 • ① to run ② to travel (movement of vehicles) ③ to hurry to ④ to retreat (from battle), to take flight ⑤ to run away from home ⑥ to elope ⑦ to tend heavily toward

⑤ 早い【はやい】 • ① fast, quick, hasty, brisk ② early (in the day, etc.), premature ③ (too) soon, not yet, (too) early ④ easy, simple, quick

⑤ 多い【おおい】 • many, numerous

⑤ 多分【たぶん】 • ① perhaps, probably ② generous, many, much, great

⑤ 太い【ふとい】 • ① fat, thick ② deep (of a voice) ③ daring, shameless, brazen

⑤ 体【からだ】 • ① body ② health

⑤ 待つ【まつ】 • ① to wait ② to await, to look forward to, to anticipate ③ (usu. in negative form) to depend on, to need

⑤ 貸す【かす】 • ① to lend, to loan ② to rent out, to hire out

⑤ 大きな【おおきな】 • big, large, great

⑤ 大好き【だいすき】 • loveable, very likeable, like very much

⑤ 大切【たいせつ】 • important, valuable, worthy of care

⑤ 短い【みじかい】 • short

⑤ 知る【しる】 • to know, to understand, to be acquainted with, to feel

⑤ 地図【ちず】 • map

⑤ 着く【つく】 • ① to arrive at, to reach ② to sit on, to sit at (e.g. the table)

⑤ 着る【きる】 • ① to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down), to put on ② to bear (guilt, etc.)

⑤ 昼【ひる】 • ① noon, midday ② daytime ③ lunch

⑤ 朝【あさ】 • morning

⑤ 低い【ひくい】 • low (height, tone, rank, degree, cost, etc.), short

⑤ 度【ど】 • ① degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.) ② counter for occurrences and times ③ strength (of alcohol)

⑤ 土曜日【どようび】 • Saturday

⑤ 答える【こたえる】 • to answer, to reply

⑤ 働く【はたらく】 • ① to work, to labor, to labour ② to function, to operate, to be effective, to work (i.e. ... works), to come into play ③ to commit (e.g. a crime), to perpetrate, to do, to act, to practise, to practice ④ to be conjugated

⑤ 動物【どうぶつ】 • animal

⑤ 同じ【おなじ】 • ① same, identical, equal, uniform, equivalent, similar, common (origin), changeless, alike ② (usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway, anyhow, in either case

⑤ 肉【にく】 • ① flesh ② meat ③ the physical body (as opposed to the spirit) ④ thickness ⑤ ink pad

⑤ 日曜日【にちようび】 • Sunday

⑤ 売る【うる】 • to sell

⑤ 病院【びょういん】 • hospital

⑤ 風【かぜ】 • wind, breeze

⑤ 服【ふく】 • ① clothes (esp. Western clothes) ② counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

⑤ 勉強【べんきょう】 • ① study ② diligence ③ discount, reduction

⑤ 歩く【あるく】 • to walk

⑤ 方【ほう】 • side, direction, way

⑤ 妹【いもうと】 • younger sister

⑤ 毎朝【まいあさ】 • every morning

⑤ 明るい【あかるい】 • ① bright, colourful ② cheerful ③ familiar (with), knowledgeable (about) ④ fair (e.g. politics), clean

⑤ 問題【もんだい】 • problem, question

⑤ 夜【よる】 • evening, night

⑤ 有名【ゆうめい】 • ① famous ② fame

⑤ 旅行【りょこう】 • travel, trip

⑤ 頭【あたま】 • ① head ② mind, brain, intellect ③ top ④ hair (on one's head) ⑤ bangs, fringe ⑥ top structural component of a kanji

⑤ 明日【あした】 • tomorrow

⑤ 開く【あく】 • ① to open (e.g. doors) ② to open (e.g. business, etc.)

⑤ 色々【いろいろ】 • various

⑤ 思う【おもう】 • ① to think, to consider, to believe ② to think (of doing), to plan (to do) ③ to judge, to assess, to regard ④ to imagine, to suppose, to dream ⑤ to expect, to look forward to ⑥ to feel, to desire, to want ⑦ to recall, to remember

⑤ 終わる【おわる】 • to finish, to end, to close

⑤ 買い物【かいもの】 • shopping, purchased goods

⑤ 作る【つくる】 • ① to make, to produce, to manufacture, to build, to construct ② to prepare (food), to brew (alcohol) ③ to raise, to grow, to cultivate, to train ④ to till ⑤ to draw up (a document), to make out, to prepare, to write ⑥ to create (an artistic work, etc.), to compose ⑦ to coin (a phrase), to organize, to organise, to establish, to found ⑧ to have (a child) ⑨ to make up (one's face, etc.) ⑩ to fabricate (an excuse, etc.) ⑪ to form (a line, etc.) ⑫ to set (a record) ⑬ to commit (a sin, etc.)

⑤ 町【まち】 • ① town, block, neighbourhood, neighborhood ② street, road ③ 109.09 m ④ 0.99 hectares

⑤ 屋【や】 • ① (something) shop ② somebody who sells (something) or works as (something) ③ somebody with a (certain) personality trait ④ house ⑤ roof

⑤ 小さな【ちいさな】 • small, little, tiny

⑤ 一番【いちばん】 • ① best, first, number one ② game, round, bout, fall, event (in a meet)

⑤ 横【よこ】 • ① horizontal (as opposed to vertical), lying down ② side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back), width, breadth ③ side (of a box, etc.) ④ beside, aside, next to ⑤ unconnected

⑤ 家庭【かてい】 • home, family, household

⑤ 荷物【にもつ】 • ① luggage, baggage ② burden ③ payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)

⑤ 絵【え】 • picture, drawing, painting, sketch

⑤ 階【かい】 • ① stories, storeys ② counter for storeys and floors of a building

⑤ 橋【はし】 • bridge

⑤ 言葉【ことば】 • ① language, dialect ② word, words, phrase, term, expression, remark ③ speech, (manner of) speaking

⑤ 交番【こうばん】 • ① police box ② alternation, alternating (e.g. current)

⑤ 公園【こうえん】 • (public) park

⑤ 向こう【むこう】 • ① opposite side, other side, opposite direction ② over there, that way, far away, beyond ③ the other party, the other person ④ future (starting now)

⑤ 歯【は】 • tooth

⑤ 次【つぎ】 • ① next, following, subsequent ② stage, station

⑤ 取る【とる】 • ① to take, to pick up, to harvest, to earn, to choose ② to steal ③ to eat, to have (a meal) ④ to remove (one's glasses, etc.)

⑤ 酒【さけ】 • alcohol, sake

⑤ 消える【きえる】 • to go out, to vanish, to disappear

⑤ 全部【ぜんぶ】 • all, entire, whole, altogether

⑤ 番号【ばんごう】 • number, series of digits

⑤ 鼻【はな】 • nose

⑤ 部屋【へや】 • ① room ② sumo stable

⑤ 返す【かえす】 • ① to return (something), to restore, to put back ② to pay back, to retaliate, to reciprocate

⑤ 方【かた】 • ① direction, way ② person, lady, gentleman ③ method of, manner of, way of ④ care of .. ⑤ person in charge of .. ⑥ side (e.g. "on my mother's side")

⑤ 本当【ほんとう】 • truth, reality

⑤ 面白い【おもしろい】 • interesting, amusing

⑤ 昨日【きのう】 • yesterday

⑤ 側【がわ】 • ① side (of something, or taking someone's side), part ② (watch) case

⑤ 両親【りょうしん】 • parents, both parents

⑤ 本当に【ほんとうに】 • really, truly

⑤ 番【ばん】 • ① number (in a series) ② (one's) turn ③ watch, guard, lookout ④ bout, match (sumo)

⑤ お腹【おなか】 • stomach

⑤ 違う【ちがう】 • ① to differ (from), to vary ② to not be in the usual condition ③ to not match the correct (answer, etc.) ④ to be different from promised

⑤ 一緒【いっしょ】 • ① together ② at the same time ③ same, identical

⑤ 奥さん【おくさん】 • wife, your wife, his wife, married lady, madam

⑤ 押す【おす】 • ① to push, to press ② to apply pressure from above, to press down ③ to stamp (i.e. a passport), to apply a seal

⑤ 覚える【おぼえる】 • ① to remember, to recollect, to memorize, to memorise ② to feel

⑤ 甘い【あまい】 • ① sweet, delicious ② fragrant (smelling), sweet (music) ③ lightly salted ④ naive, overly optimistic, soft on, generous, indulgent, easy-going ⑤ half-hearted, not finished properly ⑥ tempting (e.g. words), promising

⑤ 危ない【あぶない】 • ① dangerous, risky, hazardous, perilous, precarious ② in danger, in jeopardy, critical, grave, at risk ③ uncertain, unreliable, insecure, unsteady, doubtful ④ close (i.e. a close call), narrow ⑤ look out!, watch out!

⑤ 机【つくえ】 • desk

⑤ 靴【くつ】 • shoes, footwear

⑤ 靴下【くつした】 • socks, sock, stockings, stocking

⑤ 結構【けっこう】 • ① splendid, nice, wonderful, delicious, sweet ② sufficient, fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"), (by implication) no thank you ③ well enough, OK, tolerable ④ reasonably, fairly, tolerably

⑤ 結婚【けっこん】 • marriage

⑤ 個【こ】 • ① counter for articles ② counter for military units ③ individual

⑤ 呼ぶ【よぶ】 • ① to call out (to), to call, to invoke ② to summon (a doctor, etc.) ③ to invite ④ to designate, to name, to brand ⑤ to garner (support, etc.), to gather

⑤ 困る【こまる】 • to be troubled, to be worried, to be bothered, to be embarrassed, to be stumped

⑤ 座る【すわる】 • ① to sit, to squat ② to assume (a position) ③ to hold steady, to hold still

⑤ 歳【さい】 • ① -years-old ② ability, gift, talent, aptitude, genius

⑤ 財布【さいふ】 • purse, handbag, wallet

⑤ 咲く【さく】 • to bloom

⑤ 子供【こども】 • child, children

⑤ 授業【じゅぎょう】 • lesson, class work

⑤ 初めて【はじめて】 • ① for the first time ② only after ... is it ..., only when ... do you ...

⑤ 寝る【ねる】 • ① to lie down ② to go to bed, to lie in bed ③ to sleep (lying down) ④ to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse) ⑤ to lie idle

⑤ 生徒【せいと】 • pupil

⑤ 大変【たいへん】 • ① very, greatly ② immense, enormous, great ③ serious, grave, dreadful, terrible ④ difficult, hard

⑤ 置く【おく】 • ① to put, to place ② to leave (behind) ③ to do something in advance (usu. following te-form verb)

⑤ 遅い【おそい】 • ① slow ② late (e.g. "late at night") ③ too late

⑤ 痛い【いたい】 • ① painful, sore ② exceeding

⑤ 渡る【わたる】 • ① to cross over, to go across ② to extend, to cover, to range, to span

⑤ 難しい【むずかしい】 • difficult

⑤ 猫【ねこ】 • ① cat ② shamisen ③ geisha ④ wheelbarrow ⑤ clay bed-warmer

⑤ 薄い【うすい】 • ① thin ② pale, light ③ watery, dilute, sparse ④ weak (taste, etc.) ⑤ slim (probability, etc.), small

⑤ 彼【かれ】 • ① he, him ② boyfriend

⑤ 彼ら【かれら】 • they (usually male), them

⑤ 彼女【かのじょ】 • ① she, her ② girl friend, girlfriend, sweetheart

⑤ 疲れる【つかれる】 • ① to get tired, to tire ② to be worn out (e.g. of well used objects)

⑤ 必要【ひつよう】 • ① necessary, needed, essential, indispensable ② necessity, need, requirement

⑤ 並ぶ【ならぶ】 • ① to line up, to stand in a line ② to rival, to match, to equal

⑤ 並べる【ならべる】 • ① to line up, to set up ② to enumerate, to itemize

⑤ 忘れる【わすれる】 • to forget, to leave carelessly, to be forgetful of, to forget about, to forget (an article)

⑤ 忙しい【いそがしい】 • busy, hectic, occupied, engaged

⑤ 友達【ともだち】 • friend, companion

⑤ 欲しい【ほしい】 • ① wanted, wished for, in need of, desired ② (after the -te form of a verb) I want (you) to

⑤ 頼む【たのむ】 • ① to request, to beg, to ask ② to call, to order, to reserve ③ to entrust to ④ to rely on

⑤ 涼しい【すずしい】 • cool (of weather), refreshing

⑤ 冷たい【つめたい】 • ① cold (to the touch), chilly, icy, freezing ② coldhearted, unfeeling

⑤ 塩【しお】 • salt

⑤ 可愛い【かわいい】 • ① cute, adorable, charming, lovely, pretty ② dear, precious, darling, pet ③ cute little, tiny

⑤ 居る【いる】 • ① to be (of animate objects), to exist ② to stay ③ (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)

⑤ ころ • ① (approximate) time, around, about, toward ② suitable time (or condition) ③ time of year, season

⑤ ごろ • ① (approximate) time, around, about, toward ② suitable time (or condition) ③ time of year, season

⑤ 余り【あまり】 • ① remainder, rest, balance, remains, scraps, residue, remnant ② not very (with negative sentence), not much ③ surplus, excess, fullness, too much ④ overjoyed, overwhelmed ⑤ more than, over

⑤ 達【たち】 • pluralizing suffix (esp. for people & animals; formerly honorific)

⑤ 嫌い【きらい】 • ① dislike, hate ② suspicion, tendency, smack (of)

⑤ 大丈夫【だいじょうぶ】 • safe, all right, OK, okay

⑤ 誰【だれ】 • who

⑤ 丁度【ちょうど】 • just, right, exactly

⑤ 締める【しめる】 • ① to tie, to fasten ② to total, to sum ③ to be strict with ④ to economize (economise), to cut down on

⑤ 僕【ぼく】 • ① I, me ② you (used addressing young children) ③ manservant

⑤ 立派【りっぱ】 • splendid, fine, handsome, elegant, imposing, prominent, legal, legitimate

⑤ 隣【となり】 • neighbor (neighbour), next to (esp. living next door to)

⑤ なぜ • why, how

⑤ 暇【ひま】 • ① spare time, free time, leisure ② time off, day off, vacation, holiday, leave ③ quitting (one's job), firing someone, divorcing (one's spouse) ④ (of one's time) free, (of one's business) slow ⑤ leaving, departing

⑤ 眼鏡【めがね】 • ① spectacles, glasses ② judgement, discrimination, discernment, insight

⑤ 丈夫【じょうぶ】 • healthy, robust, strong, solid, durable

⑤ 嫌【いや】 • disagreeable, detestable, unpleasant, reluctant

⑤ あれ • ① that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly) ② that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors) ③ hey (expression of surprise or suspicion), eh? ④ that (something mentioned before which is distant psychologically or in terms of time)

⑤ こちら • ① this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker), this direction ② here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is) ③ this one (something physically close to the speaker) ④ I, me ⑤ this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status)

⑤ こっち • ① this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker), this direction ② here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is) ③ this one (something physically close to the speaker) ④ I, me ⑤ this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status)

⑤ そして • and, and then, thus, and now

⑤ そちら • ① that way (direction distant from the speaker, close to the listener) ② there (place distant from the speaker, close to the listener) ③ that one (something close to the listener) ④ you, your family ⑤ that person (someone close to the listener)

⑤ そっち • ① that way (direction distant from the speaker, close to the listener) ② there (place distant from the speaker, close to the listener) ③ that one (something close to the listener) ④ you, your family ⑤ that person (someone close to the listener)

⑤ その • ① that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener), the ② um..., er..., uh...

⑤ それ • ① that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind), it ② that time, then

⑤ それから • and then, after that

⑤ つまらない • ① dull, uninteresting, boring ② insignificant, trifling

⑤ とても • ① very, awfully, exceedingly ② (before a negative form) (not) at all, by no means, simply (cannot)

⑤ どう • how, in what way, how about

⑤ どっち • ① which way, which direction, where ② which one (esp. of two alternatives) ③ who

⑤ どれ • ① which (of three or more) ② whichever, any ③ well, now, let me see

⑤ やる • ① to do ② to have sexual intercourse ③ to kill ④ to give (to inferiors, animals, etc.) ⑤ to do for (inferiors) ⑥ to send (e.g. somebody somewhere), to dispatch (e.g. letter) (despatch) ⑦ to move (something to), to row (a boat) ⑧ (used in place of other verb) to have (eat, drink, smoke), to study, to run or operate (a restaurant)

⑤ する • ① to do ② to cause to become, to make (into), to turn (into) ③ to serve as, to act as, to work as ④ to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.) ⑤ to judge as being, to view as being, to think of as, to treat as, to use as ⑥ to decide on, to choose ⑦ to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) ⑧ to be (in a state, condition, etc.) ⑨ to be worth, to cost ⑩ to pass (of time), to elapse ⑪ verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs") ⑫ creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go") ⑬ to be just about to, to be just starting to, to try to, to attempt to

⑤ ちょっと • ① just a minute, short time, just a little ② somewhat, easily, readily, rather ③ (before a verb in negative form) (will not) easily ④ hey!

⑤ いつ • when, how soon

⑤ いつも • ① always, usually, every time ② never (with neg. verb)

⑤ どちら • ① which way, which direction, where ② which one (esp. of two alternatives) ③ who

⑤ いくつ • ① how many? ② how old?

⑤ くれる • to give, to let one have, to do for one, to be given

⑤ ここ • ① here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining), this place ② these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker) ③ these next ... (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker), the next ...

⑤ ある • ① to be (usu. of inanimate objects), to exist, to live ② to have ③ to be located ④ to be equipped with ⑤ to happen, to come about

⑤ こと • thing, matter, fact, circumstances, business, reason, experience

⑤ なる • ① to become, to get, to grow, to be, to reach, to attain ② to result in, to prove to be ③ to consist of, to be composed of ④ to succeed, to be complete ⑤ to change into, to be exchanged for ⑥ to play a role ⑦ to be promoted (shogi)

⑤ どうして • why?, for what reason, how, in what way, for what purpose, what for

⑤ うるさい • ① noisy, loud ② fussy ③ annoying, troublesome, tiresome, importunate ④ bossy

⑤ あちら • ① that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener), over there, yonder ② that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener), that ③ that person (someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener) ④ there (place distant from both speaker and listener), over there, foreign country (esp. a Western nation)

⑤ あっち • ① that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener), over there, yonder ② that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener), that ③ that person (someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener) ④ there (place distant from both speaker and listener), over there, foreign country (esp. a Western nation)

⑤ まずい • ① unappetising, unappetizing, unpleasant (taste, appearance, situation) ② unskillful, unskilful, bungling, clumsy ③ ugly, homely, plain, unattractive ④ awkward, untimely, inopportune, unfavorable, unwise

⑤ しかし • however, but

⑤ また • again, and, also, still (doing something)

⑤ まだ • ① as yet, hitherto, still ② not yet (with negative verb)

⑤ もちろん • of course, certainly, naturally

⑤ どこ • ① where, what place ② how much (long, far), what extent

⑤ この • this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

⑤ よう • ① (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb) appearing ..., looking ... ② (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb) way to ..., method of ...ing ③ (usu. after a noun) form, style, design ④ (usu. after a noun) like, similar to ⑤ thing (thought or spoken)

⑤ つける • to turn on, to switch on, to light up

⑤ どの • which, what (way)

⑤ もう一度【もういちど】 • once more, again

⑤ そこ • ① there (place relatively near listener) ② there (place just mentioned), that place ③ then (of some incident just spoken of), that (of point just raised)

⑤ これ • ① this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic) ② this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group) ③ now

④ 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

④ いらっしゃる • ① to come, to go, to be (somewhere) ② (after a -te form, or the particle "de") is (doing), are (doing)

④ うん • ① yeah, uh huh ② some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)

④ かな • ① I wonder (sentence ending prt) ② should I? (question prt when thinking out loud), is it? ③ I wish that (with a negative), I hope that

④ けど • but, however, although

④ けれども • but, however, although

④ けれど • but, however, although

④ さっき • some time ago

④ すっかり • all, completely, thoroughly

④ だから • so, therefore

④ ちゃん • suffix for familiar person

④ はっきり • clearly, plainly, distinctly

④ やっと • at last, at length

④ そろそろ • ① gradually, steadily, quietly, slowly ② soon, momentarily, before long, any time now

④ 日本【にっぽん】 • Japan

④ カーテン • curtain, curtains

④ タイプ • ① type, kind, sort, style ② typewriter, typing

④ ビル • ① building ② bill

④ 安心【あんしん】 • relief, peace of mind

④ 以外【いがい】 • with the exception of, excepting

④ 以上【いじょう】 • ① not less than, ... and more, ... and upwards ② beyond ... (e.g. one's means), further (e.g. nothing further to say), more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that) ③ above-mentioned, foregoing ④ since ..., seeing that ... ⑤ this is all, that is the end, the end

④ 意見【いけん】 • opinion, view

④ 医学【いがく】 • medical science, medicine

④ 運ぶ【はこぶ】 • ① to carry, to transport, to move, to convey ② to come, to go ③ to wield (a tool, etc.), to use ④ to go (well, etc.), to proceed, to progress

④ 運動【うんどう】 • motion, exercise

④ 下げる【さげる】 • to hang, to lower, to move back, to wear, to dismiss, to grant

④ 下着【したぎ】 • underwear

④ 火【ひ】 • fire, flame, blaze

④ 会【かい】 • ① meeting, assembly, party ② association, club

④ 会話【かいわ】 • conversation

④ 開く【ひらく】 • ① to open (e.g. a bank-account, festival, etc.) ② to spread out, to open up (flower bud, umbrella, etc.), to widen (gap, distance, width) ③ to hold, to give (party, conference, etc.)

④ 帰り【かえり】 • return, coming back

④ 気【き】 • ① spirit, mind, heart ② nature, disposition ③ motivation, intention ④ mood, feelings ⑤ atmosphere, essence

④ 気分【きぶん】 • feeling, mood

④ 起こす【おこす】 • to raise, to cause, to wake someone

④ 急【きゅう】 • ① urgent, sudden, abrupt ② sharp, steep, precipitous ③ rapid, swift, fast ④ emergency, crisis ⑤ hurrying, haste ⑥ (in gagaku or noh) end of a song

④ 空気【くうき】 • air, atmosphere

④ 計画【けいかく】 • plan, project, schedule, scheme, program, programme

④ 見える【みえる】 • ① to be seen, to be in sight ② to look, to seem, to appear ③ to come

④ 好く【すく】 • to like, to love, to be fond of

④ 高校【こうこう】 • senior high school

④ 高校生【こうこうせい】 • senior high school student

④ 今度【こんど】 • now, this time, next time, another time

④ 始める【はじめる】 • ① to start, to begin, to commence, to initiate, to originate ② to open (e.g. a store), to start up, to establish (business. etc.) ③ to start (doing something), to begin to ...

④ 子【こ】 • ① child ② young (animal) ③ young woman, young geisha ④ offshoot ⑤ interest ⑥ new shares ⑦ (after a noun or -masu stem) -er (often of young women)

④ 思い出す【おもいだす】 • to recall, to remember

④ 止める【とめる】 • ① to stop (something or someone), to turn off ② to concentrate on, to pay attention to ③ to remember, to bear in mind ④ to fix into place ⑤ to park, to leave somewhere for a time

④ 止める【やめる】 • to end, to stop, to cease, to resign

④ 試合【しあい】 • match, game, bout, contest

④ 字【じ】 • ① character (i.e. kanji) ② hand-writing, penmanship ③ the ... word (i.e. "the L word" = "love")

④ 時代【じだい】 • ① period, epoch, era, age ② the times, those days ③ oldness, ancientness, antiquity ④ antique, period piece

④ 十分【じゅうぶん】 • ① plenty, enough, sufficient, satisfactory, adequate ② division into ten ③ perfectly, thoroughly, fully, in full

④ 小学校【しょうがっこう】 • primary school, elementary school, grade school

④ 少年【しょうねん】 • boys, juveniles

④ 場合【ばあい】 • case, situation

④ 心【こころ】 • ① mind, heart, spirit ② the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

④ 親【おや】 • ① parent, parents ② dealer (in cards) ③ founder ④ (pet) owner

④ 世界【せかい】 • the world, society, the universe

④ 世話【せわ】 • looking after, help, aid, assistance

④ 正しい【ただしい】 • right, just, correct, righteous, honest, truthful, proper, straightforward, perfect

④ 生きる【いきる】 • to live, to exist

④ 赤ちゃん【あかちゃん】 • baby, infant

④ 説明【せつめい】 • explanation, exposition

④ 送る【おくる】 • ① to send (a thing), to dispatch, to despatch ② to take or escort (a person somewhere), to see off (a person) ③ to bid farewell (to the departed), to bury ④ to spend (time), to live one's life ⑤ to pass (down the line) ⑥ to affix okurigana

④ 足す【たす】 • ① to add (numbers) ② to add (something), to top up (with something) ③ to take care of (e.g. one's business)

④ 足りる【たりる】 • ① to be sufficient, to be enough ② to be worth doing, to be worthy ③ to be sufficient, to answer, to do

④ 村【むら】 • village

④ 大事【だいじ】 • important, valuable, serious matter

④ 大体【だいたい】 • general, substantially, outline, main point, approximately, about

④ 着物【きもの】 • ① clothing, clothes ② kimono (or other trad. Japanese clothing)

④ 注意【ちゅうい】 • caution, being careful, attention (heed), warning, advice

④ 通う【かよう】 • ① to go back and forth, to ply between ② to commute, to attend (school, church, etc.)

④ 通り【とおり】 • avenue, street, way

④ 通る【とおる】 • to pass (by), to go through, to walk along, to pass exams, to attend (e.g. school)

④ 都合【つごう】 • circumstances, condition, convenience

④ 動く【うごく】 • ① to move, to stir, to shift, to shake, to swing ② to operate, to run, to go, to work ③ to be touched, to be influenced ④ to change, to vary, to fluctuate, to waver ⑤ certain, factual ⑥ to be transferred

④ 特に【とくに】 • particularly, especially

④ 特別【とくべつ】 • special

④ 日【ひ】 • ① day, days ② sun, sunshine, sunlight ③ case (esp. unfortunate), event

④ 別【べつ】 • distinction, difference, different, another, particular, separate, extra, exception

④ 別に【べつに】 • ① (not) particularly, nothing ② separately, apart

④ 用【よう】 • ① task, business ② use, duty, service ③ call of nature, excretion

④ 立てる【たてる】 • ① to stand (something) up, to erect (something) ② to make (a noise, a sound) ③ to put (tooth, claw, pointed object) to ④ to set (a plan, etc.), to decide (objective, schedule)

④ 力【ちから】 • ① force, strength, might, vigour (vigor), energy ② capability, ability, proficiency, capacity, faculty ③ efficacy, effect ④ effort, endeavours (endeavors), exertions ⑤ power, authority, influence, good offices, agency ⑥ support, help, aid, assistance ⑦ stress, emphasis ⑧ means, resources

④ 音【おと】 • ① sound, noise, report ② note (music) ③ fame

④ 行く【ゆく】 • ① to go ② to proceed, to take place ③ to die, to pass away ④ to continue

④ 夕飯【ゆうはん】 • evening meal

④ 行う【おこなう】 • to perform, to do, to conduct oneself, to carry out

④ 代わり【かわり】 • ① substitute, deputy, proxy, alternate, relief, compensation, second helping ② in place of, as a substitute for

④ 聞こえる【きこえる】 • ① to be heard, to be audible ② to be said to be, to be reputed

④ 気持ち【きもち】 • feeling, sensation, mood

④ 首【くび】 • ① neck ② head ③ unemployed person

④ 仕方【しかた】 • way, method, means, resource, course

④ 回る【まわる】 • ① to turn, to revolve ② to visit several places ③ to function well ④ to pass a certain time

④ 真ん中【まんなか】 • middle, centre, center, mid-way

④ 見つける【みつける】 • ① to discover, to find (e.g. an error in a book), to come across, to detect ② to locate, to find (e.g. something missing), to find fault ③ to be used to seeing, to be familiar with

④ 別れる【わかれる】 • to be divided, to part from, to separate, to bid farewell

④ 安全【あんぜん】 • ① safety ② security

④ 育てる【そだてる】 • to raise, to rear, to bring up

④ 科学【かがく】 • science

④ 泣く【なく】 • to cry, to weep, to sob, to howl

④ 教育【きょういく】 • training, education

④ 近所【きんじょ】 • neighbourhood, neighborhood

④ 形【かたち】 • ① form, shape, figure ② visage

④ 決して【けっして】 • never, by no means, decidedly, indisputably

④ 決める【きめる】 • to decide

④ 血【ち】 • blood, consanguinity

④ お礼【おれい】 • thanking, expression of gratitude

④ 交通【こうつう】 • communication, transportation, traffic, intercourse

④ 光【ひかり】 • light

④ 細かい【こまかい】 • ① small ② fine, minute ③ minor, trivial ④ sensitive, attentive

④ 参る【まいる】 • ① to go, to come, to call ② to be defeated, to collapse, to die ③ to be annoyed, to be nonplussed ④ to be madly in love ⑤ to visit (shrine, grave)

④ 残る【のこる】 • to remain, to be left

④ 指【ゆび】 • finger, toe, digit

④ 糸【いと】 • thread, yarn, string

④ 寺【てら】 • temple (Buddhist)

④ 自由【じゆう】 • freedom, liberty, as it pleases you

④ 受ける【うける】 • ① to receive, to accept, to get, to inherit ② to catch (e.g. a ball), to parry (e.g. a blow), to take (lesson, test, damage), to sustain (damage), to incur (loss) ③ to become popular, to be well-received, to go down well

④ 住所【じゅうしょ】 • address (e.g. of house), residence, domicile

④ 焼く【やく】 • ① to bake, to grill ② to develop (photos) ③ to suntan ④ to burn (in flames, down, CD, DVD, etc.), to scorch ⑤ to be jealous, to be envious

④ 場所【ばしょ】 • ① place, location, spot, position ② room, space ③ basho (sumo wrestling tournament)

④ 心配【しんぱい】 • ① worry, concern, anxiety ② care, help, aid, assistance

④ 深い【ふかい】 • deep, profound, thick, close

④ 真面目【まじめ】 • diligent, serious, honest, sober, grave, earnest, steady

④ 進む【すすむ】 • ① to advance, to go forward ② to precede, to go ahead (of) ③ to make progress, to improve ④ to deepen, to heighten ⑤ to do of one's own free will

④ 数学【すうがく】 • mathematics, arithmetic

④ 生活【せいかつ】 • living, life (one's daily existence), livelihood

④ 昔【むかし】 • olden days, former

④ 線【せん】 • line (also telephone, railway), wire, beam

④ 全然【ぜんぜん】 • ① not at all (with neg. verb) ② wholly, entirely, completely

④ 相談【そうだん】 • consultation, discussion

④ 打つ【うつ】 • ① to hit (something inanimate), to strike, to beat (on something) ② to type, to tap (e.g. a key) ③ to inject ④ to indulge in gambling ⑤ to visit (on a pilgrimage)

④ 虫【むし】 • insect, bug, cricket, moth, worm

④ 調べる【しらべる】 • to examine, to investigate, to check up, to sense, to study, to inquire, to search

④ 点【てん】 • ① spot, mark ② point, dot ③ mark (e.g. in exam), score, points ④ counter for goods or items

④ 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

④ 投げる【なげる】 • ① to throw, to cast away ② to face defeat, to give up

④ 湯【ゆ】 • ① hot water ② hot bath, hot spring

④ 反対【はんたい】 • opposition, resistance, antagonism, hostility, contrast, objection, dissension, reverse, opposite, vice versa

④ 悲しい【かなしい】 • sad, sorrowful

④ 美しい【うつくしい】 • beautiful, lovely

④ 文化【ぶんか】 • ① culture, civilization, civilisation ② Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

④ 返事【へんじ】 • reply, answer, response

④ 無くなる【なくなる】 • to disappear, to get lost

④ 無理【むり】 • unreasonable, impossible, overdoing

④ 毛【け】 • hair, fur

④ 役に立つ【やくにたつ】 • to be helpful, to be useful

④ 遊び【あそび】 • ① playing ② play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)

④ 落ちる【おちる】 • ① to fall down, to drop ② to fail (e.g. exam) ③ to crash, to degenerate, to degrade ④ to fade, to come out (e.g. a stain)

④ 理由【りゆう】 • reason, pretext, motive

④ 留守【るす】 • ① absence, being away from home ② house-sitting, house-sitter ③ being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.), neglecting

④ 両方【りょうほう】 • both sides, both parties

④ 礼【れい】 • thanking, expression of gratitude

④ 選ぶ【えらぶ】 • to choose, to select

④ 決まる【きまる】 • ① to be decided, to be settled ② to look good in (clothes)

④ 具合【ぐあい】 • condition, state, manner, health

④ 全て【すべて】 • all, the whole, entirely, in general, wholly, overall

④ 確か【たしか】 • ① certain, sure, definite ② if I'm not mistaken, if I remember correctly

④ 直す【なおす】 • ① to cure, to heal ② to fix, to correct, to repair ③ to do over again (after -masu base of verb) ④ to replace, to put back as it was ⑤ to convert (into a different state), to transform

④ 向かう【むかう】 • ① to face ② to go towards

④ 案内【あんない】 • ① information, guidance, leading ② to guide, to show (around), to conduct

④ 移る【うつる】 • ① to move (house), to transfer (department) ② to change the target of interest or concern ③ to elapse (passage of time) ④ to be permeated by a colour or scent ⑤ to be infected, to be contagious, to spread (as in fire)

④ 引っ越す【ひっこす】 • to move (house), to change residence

④ 過ぎる【すぎる】 • ① to pass through, to pass by, to go beyond ② to pass (i.e. of time), to elapse ③ to have expired, to have ended, to be over ④ to exceed, to surpass, to be above ⑤ to be no more than ... ⑥ (often used after adjective stems or the -masu stems of verbs) to be excessive, to be too much, to be too ...

④ 掛ける【かける】 • ① to hang (e.g. picture), to hoist (e.g. sail), to raise (e.g. flag) ② to sit ③ to be partway (verb), to begin (but not complete) ④ to take (time, money), to expend (money, time, etc.) ⑤ to make (a call) ⑥ to multiply ⑦ to secure (e.g. lock) ⑧ to put on (glasses, etc.) ⑨ to cover ⑩ to burden someone ⑪ to apply (insurance) ⑫ to turn on (an engine, etc.), to set (a dial, an alarm clock, etc.) ⑬ to put an effect (spell, anaesthetic, etc.) on ⑭ to hold an emotion for (pity, hope, etc.) ⑮ to bind ⑯ to pour (or sprinkle, spray, etc.) onto ⑰ to argue (in court), to deliberate (in a meeting), to present (e.g. idea to a conference, etc.) ⑱ to increase further ⑲ to catch (in a trap, etc.) ⑳ to set atop ○ to erect (a makeshift building) ○ to hold (a play, festival, etc.) ○ (after -masu stem of verb) indicates (verb) is being directed to (someone)

④ 慣れる【なれる】 • ① to grow accustomed to, to get too familiar with ② to become domesticated, to become tame

④ 簡単【かんたん】 • simple

④ 間違える【まちがえる】 • ① to make a mistake (in), to commit an error (e.g. in calculation) ② to confuse, to mistake something for something else

④ 関係【かんけい】 • relation, connection

④ 危険【きけん】 • ① danger, peril, hazard ② dangerous, hazardous

④ 喜ぶ【よろこぶ】 • ① to be delighted, to be glad, to be pleased ② to congratulate ③ to gratefully accept

④ 寄る【よる】 • to visit, to drop in, to approach

④ 機会【きかい】 • chance, opportunity

④ 機械【きかい】 • ① machine, mechanism ② instrument, appliance, apparatus

④ 経験【けいけん】 • experience

④ 迎える【むかえる】 • ① to go out to meet ② to receive, to welcome ③ to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family) ④ to call for, to summon, to invite ⑤ to approach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.)

④ 郊外【こうがい】 • suburb, outskirts

④ 最近【さいきん】 • latest, most recent, nowadays

④ 最後【さいご】 • ① last, end, conclusion ② (after -tara form or -ta form followed by "ga") no sooner than, right after (often having negative consequences)

④ 最初【さいしょ】 • beginning, outset, first, onset

④ 妻【つま】 • ① wife ② garnish (esp. one served with sashimi) ③ embellishment

④ 済む【すむ】 • ① to finish, to end, to be completed ② to merely result in something less severe than expected ③ to feel at ease ④ (neg) to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone, to be sorry

④ 残念【ざんねん】 • deplorable, bad luck, regret, disappointment

④ 市民【しみん】 • citizen, townspeople

④ 事故【じこ】 • ① accident, incident, trouble ② circumstances, reasons

④ 似る【にる】 • to resemble, to be similar

④ 失敗【しっぱい】 • failure, mistake, blunder

④ 失礼【しつれい】 • ① discourtesy, impoliteness ② Excuse me, Goodbye ③ to leave ④ to be rude

④ 捨てる【すてる】 • to throw away, to cast aside, to abandon, to resign, to break up with (someone)

④ 習慣【しゅうかん】 • custom, habit, manners

④ 柔道【じゅうどう】 • judo

④ 準備【じゅんび】 • preparation, setup, arrangements, provision, reserve

④ 女性【じょせい】 • ① woman, female ② feminine gender

④ 将来【しょうらい】 • future (usually near), prospects

④ 笑う【わらう】 • ① to laugh ② to smile ③ to sneer, to ridicule

④ 紹介【しょうかい】 • introduction, referral

④ 触る【さわる】 • to touch, to feel

④ 専門【せんもん】 • speciality, specialty, subject of study, expert

④ 続く【つづく】 • ① to continue, to last, to go on ② to be unbroken ③ to occur again and again ④ to lead to, to connect to

④ 続ける【つづける】 • to continue, to keep up, to keep on

④ 卒業【そつぎょう】 • graduation, completion (e.g. of a course)

④ 恥ずかしい【はずかしい】 • shy, ashamed, embarrassed

④ 珍しい【めずらしい】 • ① unusual, rare, curious ② new, novel ③ fine (e.g. gift)

④ 適当【てきとう】 • ① suitable, adequate, relevant, appropriate, fit ② random, halfhearted, on the spot, whatever works

④ 怒る【おこる】 • ① to get angry, to get mad ② to tell someone off, to scold ③ to be angular, to be square

④ 倒れる【たおれる】 • ① to fall, to collapse, to drop, to fall senseless ② to be forced to bed (by illness, etc.) ③ to die ④ to go bankrupt, to be ruined, to have a bad debt ⑤ to be defeated (in a game) ⑥ to fall (of governments, dictators, etc.)

④ 盗む【ぬすむ】 • to steal

④ 逃げる【にげる】 • to escape, to run away

④ 届ける【とどける】 • to deliver, to forward, to send, to report, to file notice (to the authorities)

④ 背中【せなか】 • back (of body)

④ 泊まる【とまる】 • ① to stay at (e.g. hotel) ② to be docked, to be berthed, to be moored

④ 髪【かみ】 • hair (on the head)

④ 付く【つく】 • ① to be attached, to be connected with, to adhere, to stick, to cling ② to remain imprinted, to scar, to stain, to dye ③ to bear (fruit, interest, etc.) ④ to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.), to increase (of strength, etc.) ⑤ to take root ⑥ to accompany, to attend, to follow, to study with ⑦ to side with, to belong to ⑧ to possess, to haunt ⑨ to be lit, to be lighted ⑩ to be settled, to be resolved, to be decided ⑪ to be given (of a name, price, etc.) ⑫ to be sensed, to be perceived ⑬ to be lucky ⑭ (after -masu stems, onomatopoeic and mimetic words) to become (a state, condition, etc.)

④ 夫【おっと】 • husband

④ 普通【ふつう】 • ① general, ordinary, usual ② normally, generally, usually ③ train that stops at every station

④ 複雑【ふくざつ】 • complex, complicated

④ 文法【ぶんぽう】 • grammar, syntax

④ 壁【かべ】 • ① wall, barrier ② Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

④ 変【へん】 • ① strange, odd, peculiar, weird, curious, queer, eccentric, funny, suspicious, fishy ② unexpected ③ change ④ incident, disturbance, disaster, accident ⑤ flat (music)

④ 変える【かえる】 • to change, to alter, to vary, to convert, to revise, to amend, to transform

④ 変わる【かわる】 • to change, to be transformed, to vary, to be revised, to be different, to move location

④ 法律【ほうりつ】 • law

④ 訪ねる【たずねる】 • to visit

④ 眠い【ねむい】 • sleepy, drowsy, somnolent

④ 夢【ゆめ】 • dream

④ 戻る【もどる】 • to turn back, to return, to go back, to recover, to rebound

④ 約束【やくそく】 • ① arrangement, promise, appointment, pact, engagement ② convention, rule

④ 優しい【やさしい】 • tender, kind, gentle, graceful, affectionate, amiable, suave

④ 利用【りよう】 • use, utilization, utilisation, application

④ 裏【うら】 • ① bottom (or another side that is hidden from view), undersurface, opposite side, reverse side ② rear, back, behind (the house) ③ lining, inside ④ out of sight, behind the scenes ⑤ proof ⑥ opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.) ⑦ inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.) ⑧ bottom (of an inning), last half (of an inning)

④ 冷える【ひえる】 • to grow cold, to get chilly, to cool down

④ 歴史【れきし】 • history

④ 連れる【つれる】 • to lead, to take (a person)

④ 連絡【れんらく】 • ① to contact, to get in touch ② contacting, getting in touch, communication, call, message ③ connection, coordination, junction ④ intercalary, intercalaris, internuncial

④ 腕【うで】 • ① arm ② skill

④ 途中【とちゅう】 • ① on the way, en route ② in the middle of, midway

④ 格好【かっこう】 • ① shape, form, posture, appearance, manner ② suitability, moderateness (in price)

④ 込む【こむ】 • ① to be crowded, to be packed ② to be complex ③ to go into, to put into, to remain (seated), to be plunged into (silence), to do thoroughly ④ to do intently ⑤ to continue in the same state

④ 怖い【こわい】 • ① scary, frightening, eerie, dreadful ② (I'm) afraid

④ ご存じ【ごぞんじ】 • ① knowing ② (an) acquaintance

④ 探す【さがす】 • to search (for something desired, needed), to look for

④ 治る【なおる】 • to be cured, to get well, to be healed

④ 増える【ふえる】 • to increase, to multiply

④ 割合【わりあい】 • ① rate, ratio, percentage, proportion ② comparatively ③ contrary to expectations

④ 背【せ】 • ① back, spine ② reverse, rear side ③ height ④ ridge (of a mountain)

④ 挨拶【あいさつ】 • ① greeting, greetings, salutation, salute ② speech (congratulatory or appreciative), address ③ reply, response ④ a fine thing to say (used as part of a sarcastic response to a rude remark) ⑤ (orig. meaning) dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment)

④ 嘘【うそ】 • lie, falsehood, incorrect fact

④ 壊れる【こわれる】 • ① to be broken, to break ② to fall through, to come to nothing

④ 滑る【すべる】 • ① to glide, to slide (e.g. on skis), to slip ② to bomb (when telling a joke)

④ 噛む【かむ】 • ① to bite, to chew, to gnaw ② to fumble or falter with one's words

④ 頑張る【がんばる】 • to persist, to insist on, to stand firm, to try one's best

④ 興味【きょうみ】 • interest (in something)

④ 鏡【かがみ】 • mirror

④ 驚く【おどろく】 • to be surprised, to be astonished

④ 喧嘩【けんか】 • quarrel, brawl, fight, squabble, scuffle

④ 厳しい【きびしい】 • ① severe, strict, rigid, unsparing, relentless ② stern, austere, grave, solemn, majestic ③ intense (cold)

④ 謝る【あやまる】 • to apologize, to apologise

④ 邪魔【じゃま】 • hindrance, intrusion

④ 趣味【しゅみ】 • hobby, tastes, preference

④ 随分【ずいぶん】 • ① very, extremely, surprisingly, considerably ② contemptible, reprehensible

④ 駄目【だめ】 • useless, no good, hopeless

④ 丁寧【ていねい】 • polite, courteous, careful, care, kind, close, thorough, conscientious

④ 田舎【いなか】 • ① rural area, countryside, the sticks ② hometown

④ 漫画【まんが】 • comic, cartoon

④ 揺れる【ゆれる】 • to shake, to sway

④ 寂しい【さびしい】 • lonely, lonesome, solitary, desolate

④ きっと • surely, undoubtedly, almost certainly, most likely (e.g. 90 percent)

④ こう • ① in this way (used for something or someone close to the speaker, including the speaker himself, or for the opinions of the speaker), thus, such ② uh... (interjection used as a verbal pause)

④ これから • after this

④ それで • and, thereupon, because of that

④ それに • besides, moreover

④ それほど • to that degree, extent

④ もし • if, in case, supposing

④ やっぱり • also, as I thought, still, in spite of, absolutely, of course

④ やはり • also, as I thought, still, in spite of, absolutely, of course

④ おかしい • strange, funny, amusing, ridiculous

④ いじめる • to tease, to torment, to persecute, to chastise

④ びっくり • ① to be surprised, to be amazed, to be frightened, to be astonished ② surprise (e.g. surprise party) ③ surprise

④ しばらく • ① little while, short while, moment, instant ② a while, quite a time ③ it's been a long time

④ しまう • to finish, to close, to do something completely, to put away, to put an end to

④ すごい • ① terrible, dreadful ② amazing (e.g. of strength), great (e.g. of skills), wonderful, terrific ③ to a great extent, vast (in numbers)

④ なるほど • I see, That's right!, Indeed

④ つもり • ① intention, plan ② conviction, belief

④ ぶつ • to hit (a person), to strike, to beat

④ とうとう • finally, at last, reaching a head

④ はず • ① 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 ② nock (of a bow) ③ nock (of an arrow) ④ nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger) (Sumo)

④ もらう • ① to receive, to take, to accept ② to get somebody to do something (follows a verb in "te" form)

④ わけ • conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard, reason, cause, meaning, circumstances, situation

④ まま • ① as it is, as one likes, because, as ② condition, state

④ なかなか • ① very, considerably, easily, readily, fairly, quite, highly, rather ② by no means (with negative verb)

④ のど • ① throat ② singing voice

④ ひどい • cruel, awful, severe, very bad, serious, terrible, heavy, violent

④ 間違う【まちがう】 • to make a mistake, to be incorrect, to be mistaken

③ うっかり • carelessly, thoughtlessly, inadvertently

③ お前【おまえ】 • ① you (masc) (formerly honorific, now sometimes derog. term referring to an equal or inferior) ② presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)

③ がっかり • feel disappointed, dejected, lose heart, feel emotionally drained, feel let down

③ きちんと • precisely, accurately, neatly

③ きつい • ① intense, severe, hard ② determined, forceful, formidable ③ strong ④ tight, close

③ こっそり • stealthily, secretly

③ こんなに • so, like this, in this way

③ さっさと • quickly

③ じっと • ① motionlessly ② fixedly (e.g. of staring) ③ patiently ④ firmly (e.g. hold), restrained

③ すると • thereupon, hereupon

③ ずっと • ① continuously in some state (for a long time, distance), throughout, all along, the whole time, all the way ② much (better, etc.), by far, far and away ③ far away, long ago ④ direct, straight

③ そっと • softly, gently, quietly, secretly

③ たっぷり • full, in plenty, ample

③ だけど • however

③ ちゃんと • perfectly, properly, exactly

③ だって • ① after all, because ② but, however ③ even, even if ④ too, as well, also ⑤ they say, I hear, you mean

③ どうせ • anyhow, in any case, at any rate, after all, at best, at most, at all

③ どんどん • ① drumming (noise) ② rapidly, steadily

③ どんなに • how, how much

③ なんか • things like ..., or something like that ... (often derogatory)

③ ぶつぶつ • ① grunt, grumble, complaint, mutter ② pimples, spots, eruption, rash ③ cutting into small pieces ④ simmering

③ まあ • you might say, Oh!, Wow!, Well!

③ 何とか【なんとか】 • ① something, something or other, so-and-so ② somehow, anyhow, one way or another

③ 何とも【なんとも】 • nothing (with neg. verb), quite, not a bit

③ 外す【はずす】 • ① to unfasten, to undo ② to remove, to take off, to deinstall ③ to leave, to step out, to slip away ④ to miss (a target)

③ 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)

③ 見上げる【みあげる】 • to look up at, to raise one's eyes, to admire

③ 今にも【いまにも】 • at any time, soon

③ 今後【こんご】 • from now on, hereafter

③ 女子【じょし】 • woman, girl

③ 上【じょう】 • ① from the standpoint of, as a matter of (e.g. fact), in the field of, being of the type of ② aboard (a ship or vehicle), on top of, on, above ③ first volume (e.g. book) ④ superior quality, best, top, high class ⑤ going up ⑥ governmental, imperial ⑦ presenting, showing

③ 人間【にんげん】 • ① human being, man, person ② character (of a person)

③ 生【なま】 • ① raw, uncooked, fresh ② natural, unedited, unprocessed, crude ③ live (i.e. not recorded) ④ inexperienced, unpolished, green ⑤ impudence, sauciness ⑥ unpasteurized beer, draft beer, draught beer ⑦ partially, somewhat, half-, semi-

③ 生じる【しょうじる】 • ① to produce, to yield ② to result from, to arise, to be generated

③ 大した【たいした】 • considerable, great, important, significant, a big deal

③ 大半【たいはん】 • majority, mostly, generally

③ 男子【だんし】 • youth, young man

③ 中学【ちゅうがく】 • middle school, junior high school

③ 長【ちょう】 • chief, head

③ 読み【よみ】 • reading

③ 年間【ねんかん】 • year (period of)

③ 年生【ねんせい】 • pupil in ... year, student in ... year

③ 半ば【なかば】 • middle, half, semi, halfway, partly

③ 本来【ほんらい】 • ① originally, primarily ② essentially, naturally, by nature, in (and of) itself ③ proper, legal

③ 名【な】 • name, reputation

③ 話しかける【はなしかける】 • to accost a person, to talk (to someone)

③ 一生【いっしょう】 • ① whole life, a lifetime, all through life, one existence, a generation, an age, the whole world, the era ② (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

③ 行き【いき】 • ① bound for ... ② going (to)

③ 食う【くう】 • ① to eat ② to live, to make a living, to survive ③ to bite, to sting (as insects do) ④ to tease, to torment, to taunt, to make light of, to make fun of ⑤ to encroach on, to eat into, to consume ⑥ to defeat a superior, to threaten a position ⑦ to consume time and-or resources ⑧ to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time

③ 見つめる【みつめる】 • to stare at, to gaze at, to look hard at, to watch intently, to fix one's eyes on

③ 何で【なんで】 • ① why?, what for? ② how?, by what means?

③ 中【ちゅう】 • ① medium, average, middle ② moderation ③ middle school ④ China ⑤ in, out of (e.g. three out of ten people) ⑥ during (a certain time when one did or is doing something), under (construction, etc.), while

③ どうか • please, somehow or other

③ 学【がく】 • learning, scholarship, erudition, knowledge

③ あんなに • to that extent, to that degree

③ そんなに • so much, so, like that

③ みたい • -like, sort of, similar to, resembling

③ だが • but, however, (and) yet, nevertheless, still, for all that

③ 大【だい】 • ① the large part of ② big, large, great ③ approximate size, no larger than ④ -university ⑤ large (e.g. serving size), loud (e.g. volume setting)

③ 生【せい】 • ① life, living ② I, me, myself

③ なんて • ① such as, (things) like ② exclamation

③ 後【ご】 • after

③ 名【めい】 • ① counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such) ② first name ③ famous, great

③ 以前【いぜん】 • ago, since, before, previous

③ 以来【いらい】 • since, henceforth

③ 意外【いがい】 • unexpected, surprising

③ 意思【いし】 • intention, purpose

③ 一体【いったい】 • ① ...the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"), ...in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"), ...on earth (e.g. "who on earth?") ② one object, one body, unity ③ one form, one style ④ one Buddhist image (or carving, etc.) ⑤ generally, in general

③ 一方【いっぽう】 • ① one (esp. of two), the other, one way, the other way, one direction, the other direction, one side, the other side, one party, the other party ② on the one hand, on the other hand ③ whereas, although, but at the same time, meanwhile, in turn ④ (after noun, adjective-stem or plain verb) just keeps, being inclined to ..., tending to be ..., tending to do ..., continuously ..., just keeps on ...ing, only

③ 運【うん】 • fortune, luck

③ 下がる【さがる】 • to hang down, to abate, to retire, to fall, to step back

③ 開始【かいし】 • start, commencement, beginning, initiation

③ 学習【がくしゅう】 • study, learning, tutorial

③ 楽【らく】 • comfort, ease

③ 起こる【おこる】 • to occur, to happen

③ 牛【うし】 • ① cattle, cow, ox, oxen ② beef ③ Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

③ 去る【さる】 • ① to leave, to go away ② to pass, to elapse ③ to be distant ④ to send away, to drive off, to divorce ⑤ (after a -masu stem, esp. of a suru verb) ... completely ⑥ last ... (e.g. "last April")

③ 強力【きょうりょく】 • powerful, strong

③ 見事【みごと】 • ① splendid, magnificent, beautiful, admirable ② praiseworthy act, feat, commendable deed

③ 言わば【いわば】 • so to speak, so to call it, as it were

③ 広場【ひろば】 • plaza

③ 行動【こうどう】 • action, conduct, behaviour, behavior, mobilization, mobilisation

③ 思わず【おもわず】 • unintentionally, reflexively, spontaneously, involuntarily, instinctively

③ 自ら【みずから】 • for one's self, personally

③ 者【もの】 • person (rarely used w.o. a qualifier)

③ 場【ば】 • ① place ② occasion, situation ③ field (physics)

③ 親しい【したしい】 • intimate, close (e.g. friend)

③ 図【ず】 • figure (e.g. Fig 1), drawing, picture, illustration

③ 世の中【よのなか】 • society, the world, the times

③ 切れる【きれる】 • ① to cut well, to be sharp ② to break (off), to snap, to wear out ③ to be injured ④ to burst, to collapse ⑤ to be disconnected, to be out of, to expire, to sever (connections) with ⑥ to be shrewd, to have a sharp mind ⑦ to drop under (a certain figure), to beat (e.g. a time) ⑧ to flip, to lose one's temper ⑨ to be able to do completely

③ 体重【たいじゅう】 • body weight (usu. one's own)

③ 代理【だいり】 • representation, agency, proxy, deputy, agent, attorney, substitute, alternate, acting (principal, etc.)

③ 台【だい】 • ① stand, rack, table ② support ③ belt ④ counter for machines, incl. vehicles ⑤ setting (e.g. in jewellery)

③ 地【ち】 • ① earth, ground, land, soil ② place ③ territory ④ bottom (of a package, book, etc.) ⑤ earth (one of the five elements)

③ 中止【ちゅうし】 • suspension, stoppage, discontinuance, interruption

③ 中心【ちゅうしん】 • center, centre, middle, heart, core, focus, pivot, emphasis, balance

③ 土地【とち】 • plot of land, lot, soil

③ 動かす【うごかす】 • ① to move, to shift, to operate, to set in motion, to mobilize, to mobilise ② to inspire, to rouse, to move (e.g. feeling), to influence ③ to deny, to change

③ 年代【ねんだい】 • age, era, period, date

③ 不安【ふあん】 • anxiety, uneasiness, insecurity, suspense

③ 父親【ちちおや】 • father

③ 風【ふう】 • ① method, manner, way, style ② appearance, air ③ tendency ④ folk song (genre of the Shi Jing) ⑤ wind (one of the five elements)

③ 文【ぶん】 • sentence, text

③ 文字【もじ】 • ① letter (of alphabet), character ② literal

③ 別れ【わかれ】 • parting, separation, farewell, (lateral) branch, fork, offshoot, division, section

③ 母親【ははおや】 • mother

③ 立場【たちば】 • standpoint, position, situation

③ 旅【たび】 • travel, trip, journey

③ 料金【りょうきん】 • fee, charge, fare

③ 力【りょく】 • strength, power

③ 話題【わだい】 • topic, subject

③ 一家【いっか】 • a house, a home, a family, a household, one's family, one's folks, a style

③ 一言【ひとこと】 • single word

③ 姉妹【しまい】 • sisters

③ 少女【しょうじょ】 • young lady, little girl, virgin, maiden, daughter

③ 転ぶ【ころぶ】 • to fall down, to fall over

③ 言う【ゆう】 • ① to say ② to call (i.e. to give a name)

③ 思い出【おもいで】 • memories, recollections, reminiscence

③ 少なくとも【すくなくとも】 • at least

③ 出会う【であう】 • to meet by chance, to come across, to happen to encounter, to hold a rendezvous, to have a date

③ 計る【はかる】 • ① to measure, to weigh, to survey, to time (sound, gauge, estimate) ② to conjecture, to infer, to surmise

③ 広がる【ひろがる】 • to spread (out), to extend, to stretch, to reach to, to get around, to fill (e.g. a space)

③ 始まり【はじまり】 • origin, beginning

③ 不【ふ】 • un-, non-, negative prefix

③ 者【しゃ】 • someone of that nature, someone doing that work

③ 元【もと】 • former, ex-

③ 委員【いいん】 • committee member

③ 育つ【そだつ】 • to be raised (e.g. child), to be brought up, to grow (up)

③ 羽【はね】 • ① feather, plume, wing ② blade (fan, propeller, etc.)

③ 屋根【やね】 • roof

③ 加える【くわえる】 • to append, to sum up, to add (up), to include, to increase, to inflict

③ 回す【まわす】 • ① to turn, to rotate, to gyrate ② to circulate, to send around ③ to surround ④ to put something to a new use (e.g. leftovers) ⑤ (after the -masu stem of a verb) ... around (i.e. to chase someone around) ⑥ to dial (e.g. telephone number)

③ 回転【かいてん】 • rotation (usu. around something), revolution, turning

③ 他【ほか】 • other (esp. places and things), the rest

③ 確実【かくじつ】 • certainty, reliability, soundness

③ 額【がく】 • ① picture (framed) ② amount or sum (of money)

③ 感じ【かんじ】 • feeling, sense, impression

③ 感じる【かんじる】 • to feel, to sense, to experience

③ 感情【かんじょう】 • emotion, feeling, feelings, sentiment

③ 感心【かんしん】 • admiration, Well done!

③ 感動【かんどう】 • being deeply moved emotionally, excitement, passion, deep emotion, impression

③ 期間【きかん】 • period, term, interval

③ 期待【きたい】 • expectation, anticipation, hope

③ 記録【きろく】 • ① record, minutes, document ② a record (e.g. in sports), results, score ③ to record, to document ④ to set a record (e.g. in sports), to show a result, to reach a value

③ 逆【ぎゃく】 • ① reverse, opposite ② converse (of a hypothesis, etc.)

③ 逆らう【さからう】 • to go against, to oppose, to disobey, to defy

③ 求める【もとめる】 • to seek, to request, to demand, to want, to wish for, to search for, to pursue (pleasure), to hunt (a job), to buy

③ 強調【きょうちょう】 • emphasis, highlight, stress, stressed point

③ 教科書【きょうかしょ】 • textbook, text book

③ 禁止【きんし】 • prohibition, inhibition, ban

③ 区別【くべつ】 • distinction, differentiation, classification

③ 苦手【にがて】 • poor (at), weak (in), dislike (of)

③ 型【かた】 • ① model, type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.) ② type, style, pattern ③ mold (mould), template, model ④ kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.) ⑤ form (i.e. customary procedure) ⑥ size (i.e. clothing, shoes)

③ 欠ける【かける】 • ① to be chipped, to be damaged, to be broken ② to be lacking, to be missing ③ to be insufficient, to be short, to be deficient, to be negligent toward ④ (of the moon) to wane, to go into eclipse

③ 決定【けってい】 • decision, determination

③ 月曜【げつよう】 • Monday

③ 言語【げんご】 • language

③ 語る【かたる】 • to talk, to tell, to recite

③ 公平【こうへい】 • fairness, impartial, justice

③ 向く【むく】 • ① to face ② to turn toward ③ to be suited to, to be fit for

③ 向ける【むける】 • to turn towards, to point

③ 幸い【さいわい】 • happiness, blessedness

③ 幸福【こうふく】 • happiness, blessedness

③ 合わせる【あわせる】 • ① to match (rhythm, speed, etc.) ② to join together, to unite, to combine, to add up ③ to face, to be opposite (someone) ④ to compare, to check with ⑤ to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate) ⑥ to place together, to connect, to overlap ⑦ to mix, to combine ⑧ to put blade to blade, to fight

③ 今回【こんかい】 • now, this time, lately

③ 根【ね】 • ① root (of a plant) ② root (of a tooth, hair, etc.), center (of a pimple, etc.) ③ root root (of all evil, etc.), source, origin, cause, basis ④ one's true nature ⑤ (fishing) reef

③ 残り【のこり】 • remnant, residue, remaining, left-over

③ 指す【さす】 • ① to point ② to nominate, to select someone, to specify some person ③ to identify, to indicate, to point out

③ 試し【ためし】 • trial, test

③ 試す【ためす】 • to attempt, to test, to try out

③ 事実【じじつ】 • fact, truth, reality

③ 事情【じじょう】 • circumstances, consideration, conditions, situation, reasons

③ 時期【じき】 • time, season, period

③ 自身【じしん】 • by oneself, personally

③ 自然【しぜん】 • ① nature, spontaneity ② naturally, spontaneously

③ 実【み】 • ① fruit, nut ② seed ③ (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc. ④ content, substance

③ 実は【じつは】 • as a matter of fact, by the way, to tell you the truth, to be honest, frankly

③ 取り出す【とりだす】 • ① to take out, to produce, to pick out ② to fetch, to retrieve

③ 取り消す【とりけす】 • to cancel, to revoke

③ 取れる【とれる】 • ① to come off, to be removed ② (of pain, a fever, etc.) to disappear ③ to be caught, to be harvested ④ to be interpreted (as), to be taken as ⑤ (of balance, etc.) to be attained ⑥ to be obtainable

③ 受け取る【うけとる】 • ① to receive, to get, to accept ② to take, to interpret, to understand

③ 集中【しゅうちゅう】 • concentration, convergence, centralization, integration, gathering together

③ ところで • ① by the way, incidentally ② even if, no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

③ 助かる【たすかる】 • to be saved, to be rescued, to survive, to be helpful

③ 助ける【たすける】 • to help, to save, to rescue, to give relief to, to spare (life), to reinforce, to promote, to abet

③ 勝負【しょうぶ】 • victory or defeat, match, contest, game, bout

③ 消費【しょうひ】 • consumption, expenditure

③ 常に【つねに】 • always, constantly

③ 神【かみ】 • god, deity, divinity, spirit, kami

③ 身【み】 • ① body ② oneself ③ one's place, one's position ④ main part, meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.), wood (as opposed to bark), blade (as opposed to its handle), container(as opposed to its lid)

③ 身長【しんちょう】 • height (of body), stature

③ 進める【すすめる】 • to advance, to promote, to hasten

③ 人物【じんぶつ】 • character, personality, person, man, personage, talented man

③ 人類【じんるい】 • mankind, humanity

③ 数字【すうじ】 • numeral, figure, digit, numeric character

③ 正確【せいかく】 • accurate, punctual, exact, authentic, veracious

③ 正式【せいしき】 • due form, official, formality

③ 正直【しょうじき】 • ① honesty, integrity, frankness ② honestly, frankly

③ 生き物【いきもの】 • living thing, animal

③ 全【ぜん】 • all, whole, entire, complete, overall, pan-

③ 全く【まったく】 • ① really, truly, entirely, completely, wholly, perfectly ② indeed ③ good grief (expression of exasperation)

③ 全員【ぜんいん】 • all members (unanimity), all hands, the whole crew, everyone, everybody

③ 全身【ぜんしん】 • ① whole (body), full-length (e.g. portrait) ② systemic

③ 全体【ぜんたい】 • whole, entirety, whatever (is the matter)

③ 相手【あいて】 • ① companion, partner, company ② other party, addressee ③ opponent (sports, etc.)

③ 相当【そうとう】 • ① befitting, becoming, worthy of, proportionate, in keeping with, suitable ② considerable, substantial ③ to be worthy of, to be proportionate to ④ to correspond to (in meaning, function, etc.), to be equivalent ⑤ extremely, considerably

③ 息【いき】 • ① breath, breathing ② tone, mood

③ 速度【そくど】 • speed, velocity, rate

③ 太陽【たいよう】 • sun, solar

③ 身体【しんたい】 • ① body ② health

③ 体温【たいおん】 • temperature, body temperature (human, animal)

③ 対【たい】 • ① opposite, opposition ② versus, vs ③ to (i.e. "we won the game five to three") ④ equal footing, equal terms ⑤ against ..., anti-, toward ..., to ...

③ 単なる【たんなる】 • mere, simple, sheer

③ 単に【たんに】 • simply, merely, only, solely

③ 断る【ことわる】 • ① to refuse, to reject, to dismiss, to turn down, to decline ② to inform, to give notice, to tell in advance ③ to ask leave, to excuse oneself (from)

③ 知能【ちのう】 • intelligence, brains

③ 地球【ちきゅう】 • the earth, the globe

③ 地面【じめん】 • ground, earth's surface

③ 調子【ちょうし】 • ① tune, tone, key, pitch, time, rhythm ② vein, mood, way, manner, style, knack ③ condition, state of health ④ impetus, spur of the moment, strain ⑤ trend

③ 追う【おう】 • ① to chase, to run after, to pursue ② to follow (i.e. a set order, a trend) ③ to drive out, to oust, to expel ④ to drive (i.e. a herd) ⑤ (in passive voice) to be pressed (for time, etc.)

③ 通じる【つうじる】 • to run to, to lead to, to communicate, to understand, to be well-informed

③ 通学【つうがく】 • commuting to school, school commute

③ 的【てき】 • -like, typical

③ 鉄【てつ】 • iron

③ 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

③ 当たり前【あたりまえ】 • ① natural, reasonable, obvious ② usual, common, ordinary

③ 当たる【あたる】 • ① to be hit, to strike ② to touch, to be in contact, to be affixed ③ to be equivalent to, to be applicable, to apply to ④ to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.) ⑤ to be selected (in a lottery, etc.), to win ⑥ to be successful, to go well, to be a hit ⑦ to face, to confront ⑧ to lie (in the direction of) ⑨ to undertake, to be assigned ⑩ to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.), to be afflicted ⑪ to be called upon (by the teacher) ⑫ to treat (esp. harshly), to lash out at ⑬ to be unnecessary ⑭ (in baseball) to be hitting well, to be on a hitting streak ⑮ (in fishing) to feel a bite ⑯ (of fruit, etc.) to be bruised, to spoil ⑰ to feel (something) out, to probe into, to check (i.e. by comparison) ⑱ to shave

③ 当てる【あてる】 • ① to hit ② to expose ③ to apply (e.g. patch) ④ to allot, to call on someone (e.g. in class) ⑤ to guess (an answer) ⑥ to make a hit (e.g. in a lottery)

③ 等しい【ひとしい】 • equal, similar, like, equivalent

③ 道路【どうろ】 • road, highway

③ 内【うち】 • ① inside, within ② while ③ among, amongst, between ④ we (referring to one's in-group, i.e. company, etc.), our ⑤ my spouse ⑥ I (primarily used by women and children), me

③ 能力【のうりょく】 • ability, faculty

③ 配る【くばる】 • to distribute, to deliver, to deal (cards)

③ 皮【かわ】 • ① skin, hide, pelt, fur ② rind, peel, husk, bark ③ shell, sheath, wrapping

③ 皮肉【ひにく】 • cynicism, sarcasm, irony, satire

③ 表情【ひょうじょう】 • facial expression

③ 秒【びょう】 • second (60th min)

③ 不幸【ふこう】 • unhappiness, sorrow, misfortune, disaster, accident, death

③ 不満【ふまん】 • dissatisfaction, displeasure, discontent, complaints, unhappiness, disgruntled

③ 物語【ものがたり】 • tale, story, legend

③ 物事【ものごと】 • things, everything

③ 平気【へいき】 • coolness, calmness, composure, unconcern

③ 平等【びょうどう】 • equality, impartiality, evenness

③ 平和【へいわ】 • peace, harmony

③ 辺り【あたり】 • ① on the bank of, by the side of (e.g. a river, pond) ② (in the) neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity, nearby

③ 方向【ほうこう】 • ① direction, orientation, bearing, way ② course (e.g. of action)

③ 望み【のぞみ】 • ① wish, desire, hope ② prospect, expectation, (one's) hopes

③ 望む【のぞむ】 • to desire, to wish for, to see, to command (a view of)

③ 満足【まんぞく】 • ① satisfaction ② sufficiency

③ 無事【ぶじ】 • safety, peace, quietness

③ 命【いのち】 • (mortal) life

③ 明らか【あきらか】 • obvious, evident, clear, plain

③ 迷う【まよう】 • ① to lose one's way ② to waver, to hesitate, to be of two minds over, to be puzzled, to be perplexed ③ to give into temptation, to lose control of oneself ④ to turn in one's grave

③ 迷子【まいご】 • lost (stray) child

③ 目指す【めざす】 • to aim at, to have an eye on

③ 目的【もくてき】 • purpose, goal, aim, objective, intention

③ 野球【やきゅう】 • baseball

③ 役【やく】 • ① use, service, role ② post, position ③ scoring combination (e.g. in mahjong, card games, etc.), hand

③ 友情【ゆうじょう】 • friendship, fellowship, camaraderie

③ 様子【ようす】 • ① state, state of affairs, situation, circumstances ② appearance, look, aspect ③ sign, indication

③ 陽気【ようき】 • ① cheerful, merry ② season, weather

③ 流れ【ながれ】 • stream, current, flow

③ 例外【れいがい】 • exception

③ 話し合う【はなしあう】 • to discuss, to talk together

③ 数【かず】 • number, amount

③ 数【すう】 • ① several, a number of ② number, numeral, figure ③ destiny, fate ④ law

③ 全国【ぜんこく】 • country-wide, nation-wide, whole country, national

③ 他人【たにん】 • another person, unrelated person, outsider, stranger

③ 例【れい】 • ① custom, practice, habit, usual ② said, aforementioned ③ instance, example, case, illustration, usage ④ precedent ⑤ annual

③ 表す【あらわす】 • ① to reveal, to show, to display ② to express ③ to represent, to signify, to stand for ④ to make widely known

③ 幸運【こううん】 • good luck, fortune

③ 幸せ【しあわせ】 • happiness, good fortune, luck, blessing

③ 知り合い【しりあい】 • acquaintance

③ 残す【のこす】 • to leave (behind, over), to bequeath, to save, to reserve

③ 乗せる【のせる】 • ① to give (someone) a ride, to give a lift, to pick up, to help on board ② to deceive, to take for a ride

③ 引き受ける【ひきうける】 • ① to be responsible for ② to take over, to take up ③ to guarantee, to undertake ④ to contract (a disease)

③ 勝ち【かち】 • win, victory

③ 他【た】 • other (esp. people and abstract matters)

③ 感【かん】 • feeling, sensation, emotion, admiration, impression

③ 無【む】 • ① nothing, naught, nought, nil, zero ② un-, non-

③ 化【か】 • action of making something, -ification

③ 両【りょう】 • ① both (e.g. both shoulders, etc.) ② ryo (obsolete unit of currency) ③ 41-42 g (one sixteenth of a kin) ④ 2 tan (measure of fabric size) ⑤ counter for carriages (e.g. in a train)

③ 内【ない】 • inside, within

③ 愛情【あいじょう】 • love, affection

③ 以降【いこう】 • on and after, as from, hereafter, thereafter, since

③ 偉い【えらい】 • ① great, excellent, admirable, remarkable, distinguished, important, celebrated, famous, eminent ② awful, terrible

③ 偉大【いだい】 • greatness

③ 囲む【かこむ】 • to surround, to encircle

③ 意識【いしき】 • ① consciousness ② awareness, sense ③ mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)

③ 移動【いどう】 • ① removal, migration, movement ② mobile (e.g. communications)

③ 違い【ちがい】 • difference, discrepancy

③ 一種【いっしゅ】 • species, kind, variety

③ 一層【いっそう】 • ① much more, still more, all the more, (would) rather, sooner, might as well ② single layer (or storey, etc.)

③ 一般【いっぱん】 • general, liberal, universal, ordinary, average

③ 印象【いんしょう】 • impression

③ 永遠【えいえん】 • eternity, perpetuity, immortality, permanence

③ 鋭い【するどい】 • pointed, sharp

③ 越す【こす】 • ① to cross over (e.g. mountain), to go across ② to go over (e.g. with audience) ③ to pass time (e.g. a winter) ④ to surpass, to be better than, to exceed ⑤ to move house ⑥ to go, to come

③ 汚す【よごす】 • ① to pollute, to contaminate, to soil, to make dirty, to stain ② to disgrace, to dishonour, to dishonor, to defile

③ 加減【かげん】 • ① addition and subtraction ② allowance for ③ degree, extent, measure ④ condition, state of health ⑤ seasoning, flavor, flavour, moderation, adjustment ⑥ influence (of the weather) ⑦ chance

③ 可能【かのう】 • possible, practicable, feasible

③ 過ごす【すごす】 • ① to pass (time), to spend ② to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption), to drink (alcohol) ③ to overdo, to do too much ④ to ... without acting on it

③ 過去【かこ】 • the past, bygone days, the previous

③ 解く【とく】 • ① to solve, to answer ② to untie ③ to comb, to untangle (hair)

③ 解ける【とける】 • ① to be solved ② to loosen, to come untied ③ to be removed (e.g. restrictions), to be cleared (e.g. misunderstandings), to be broken (e.g. spells, curses) ④ to melt

③ 解決【かいけつ】 • settlement, solution, resolution

③ 回復【かいふく】 • recovery (from illness), improvement, rehabilitation, restoration, convalescence

③ 害【がい】 • injury, harm, evil influence, damage

③ 確認【かくにん】 • affirmation, confirmation, validation

③ 完全【かんぜん】 • perfection, completeness

③ 感覚【かんかく】 • sense, sensation, feeling, intuition

③ 汗【あせ】 • ① sweat, perspiration ② moisture, condensation

③ 観察【かんさつ】 • observation, survey

③ 観念【かんねん】 • ① idea, notion, conception ② sense (e.g. of duty) ③ resignation, preparedness, acceptance ④ observation and contemplation

③ 間違い【まちがい】 • mistake

③ 含む【ふくむ】 • ① to contain, to comprise, to have, to hold, to include, to embrace ② to hold in the mouth ③ to bear in mind, to understand, to harbor (grudge, etc.), to harbour ④ to express (emotion, etc.), to imply

③ 願い【ねがい】 • desire, wish, request, prayer, petition, application

③ 願う【ねがう】 • ① to desire, to wish, to hope ② to beg, to request, to implore, to pray ③ to have something done for oneself

③ 幾分【いくぶん】 • ① somewhat, to some extent, to some degree ② some, part, portion

③ 機能【きのう】 • function, facility, faculty, feature

③ 疑う【うたがう】 • to doubt, to distrust, to be suspicious of, to suspect

③ 議論【ぎろん】 • argument, discussion, dispute, controversy

③ 詰める【つめる】 • ① to pack, to fill, to plug, to stop up ② to shorten (length or distance), to move over, to make room (for someone) ③ to work out (details)

③ 許す【ゆるす】 • ① to permit, to allow, to approve ② to exempt (from fine), to excuse (from), to pardon, to forgive, to release, to let off ③ to confide in ④ to give up, to yield

③ 許可【きょか】 • permission, approval, authorization

③ 共に【ともに】 • sharing with, participate in, both, alike, together, along with, with, including

③ 叫ぶ【さけぶ】 • to shout, to cry

③ 恐らく【おそらく】 • perhaps, likely, probably, I dare say

③ 教師【きょうし】 • teacher (classroom)

③ 胸【むね】 • breast, chest

③ 備える【そなえる】 • ① to furnish, to provide for, to equip, to install ② to have ready, to prepare for ③ to possess, to have, to be endowed with, to be armed with

③ 偶然【ぐうぜん】 • (by) chance, unexpectedly, suddenly, accident, fortuity

③ 経つ【たつ】 • to pass, to lapse

③ 経由【けいゆ】 • go by the way, via

③ 券【けん】 • ticket, coupon, bond, certificate

③ 権利【けんり】 • right, privilege

③ 肩【かた】 • shoulder

③ 減る【へる】 • to decrease (in size or number), to diminish, to abate

③ 現れる【あらわれる】 • ① to appear, to come in sight, to become visible, to come out, to embody, to materialize, to materialise ② to be expressed (e.g. emotions), to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

③ 現在【げんざい】 • now, current, present, present time, as of

③ 現実【げんじつ】 • reality

③ 現象【げんしょう】 • phenomenon

③ 現状【げんじょう】 • present condition, existing state, status quo

③ 現代【げんだい】 • nowadays, modern era, modern times, present-day

③ 限り【かぎり】 • ① limit, limits, bounds ② degree, extent, scope ③ as far as possible, as much as possible, to the best of one's ability ④ unless (after neg. verb) ⑤ the end, the last

③ 限る【かぎる】 • to restrict, to limit, to confine

③ 個人【こじん】 • individual, private person, personal, private

③ 呼吸【こきゅう】 • ① breath, respiration ② knack, trick, secret (of doing something)

③ 誤解【ごかい】 • misunderstanding

③ 光景【こうけい】 • scene, spectacle

③ 好み【このみ】 • liking, taste, choice

③ 更に【さらに】 • furthermore, again, after all, more and more, moreover

③ 構う【かまう】 • ① to mind, to care about, to be concerned about ② to care for, to look after ③ to prepare for ④ to intefere with, to meddle in ⑤ to tease

③ 合格【ごうかく】 • success, passing (e.g. exam), eligibility

③ 国民【こくみん】 • nation, nationality, people, citizen

③ 腰【こし】 • ① back, lower back, waist, hips, lumbar region ② body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.), resilience, spring

③ 骨【ほね】 • bone

③ 混乱【こんらん】 • disorder, chaos, confusion, mayhem

③ 差【さ】 • difference, variation

③ 差す【さす】 • ① to raise (e.g. hands, umbrella), to stretch out ② to be tinged ③ to wear at one's side (e.g. sword) ④ to shine ⑤ to provoke a feeling

③ 再び【ふたたび】 • again, once more, a second time

③ 最高【さいこう】 • highest, supreme, the most

③ 最終【さいしゅう】 • last, final, closing

③ 最低【さいてい】 • ① least, lowest, worst ② nasty, disgusting, horrible, yuck!

③ 済ませる【すませる】 • to finish, to make an end of, to get through with, to let end

③ 際【さい】 • on the occasion of, circumstances

③ 罪【つみ】 • crime, fault, indiscretion, sin

③ 殺す【ころす】 • to kill

③ 散歩【さんぽ】 • walk, stroll

③ 支払う【しはらう】 • to pay

③ 似合う【にあう】 • to suit, to match, to become, to be like

③ 時刻【じこく】 • instant, time, moment

③ 失う【うしなう】 • to lose, to part with

③ 失望【しつぼう】 • disappointment, despair

③ 実際【じっさい】 • ① practicality, practical ② reality, actuality, actual conditions ③ bhutakoti (limit of reality)

③ 手段【しゅだん】 • means, way, measure

③ 種類【しゅるい】 • ① variety, kind, type, category ② counter for different sorts of things

③ 周囲【しゅうい】 • ① surroundings, environs ② circumference

③ 住宅【じゅうたく】 • residence, housing, residential building

③ 重要【じゅうよう】 • important, momentous, essential, principal, major

③ 祝い【いわい】 • congratulation, congratulations, celebration, festival, congratulatory gift

③ 祝う【いわう】 • to congratulate, to celebrate

③ 出席【しゅっせき】 • ① attendance, presence, appearance ② to attend, to be present, to appear

③ 述べる【のべる】 • to state, to express, to mention

③ 処理【しょり】 • processing, dealing with, treatment, disposition, disposal

③ 照らす【てらす】 • to shine on, to illuminate

③ 笑顔【えがお】 • smiling face, smile

③ 常識【じょうしき】 • common knowledge, conventional wisdom, general knowledge, common sense

③ 情報【じょうほう】 • ① news, gossip, (military) intelligence ② information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.)

③ 状況【じょうきょう】 • state of affairs (around you), situation, circumstances

③ 触れる【ふれる】 • ① to touch, to feel ② to experience, to come in contact with, to be emotionally moved (by), to perceive ③ to touch on a subject, to allude to ④ to be in conflict (with), to violate (law, copyright, etc.) ⑤ to proclaim

③ 信じる【しんじる】 • to believe, to believe in, to place trust in, to confide in, to have faith in

③ 信号【しんごう】 • traffic lights, signal, semaphore

③ 信頼【しんらい】 • reliance, trust, faith, confidence

③ 心臓【しんぞう】 • heart

③ 深刻【しんこく】 • serious

③ 真似【まね】 • mimicry, imitation, behavior, behaviour, pretense, pretence

③ 制限【せいげん】 • restriction, restraint, limitation, limit

③ 制度【せいど】 • system, institution, organization, organisation

③ 性【せい】 • ① nature (of a person) ② sex ③ gender ④ -ty (suffix indicating quality or condition), -ity, -ness

③ 性格【せいかく】 • character, personality

③ 成績【せいせき】 • results, record, grades

③ 精神【せいしん】 • mind, soul, heart, spirit, intention

③ 積もる【つもる】 • ① to pile up, to accumulate ② to estimate

③ 責める【せめる】 • to condemn, to blame, to criticize, to criticise

③ 責任【せきにん】 • ① duty, responsibility (incl. supervision of staff) ② liability, onus

③ 接する【せっする】 • ① to come in contact with, to touch, to connect (with) ② to attend (to) ③ to receive (visitors)

③ 絶対【ぜったい】 • ① absolutely, unconditionally ② absolute, unconditional, unmistakable ③ absoluteness

③ 想像【そうぞう】 • imagination, guess

③ 相変わらず【あいかわらず】 • as ever, as usual, the same

③ 存在【そんざい】 • existence, being

③ 対象【たいしょう】 • target, object (of worship, study, etc.), subject (of taxation, etc.)

③ 達する【たっする】 • to reach, to get to

③ 単純【たんじゅん】 • simplicity

③ 担当【たんとう】 • (in) charge (of an area of responsibility, but not necessarily supervision of staff)

③ 知識【ちしき】 • knowledge, information

③ 地域【ちいき】 • area, region

③ 遅刻【ちこく】 • lateness, late coming

③ 仲【なか】 • relation, relationship

③ 仲間【なかま】 • company, fellow, colleague, associate, comrade, mate, group, circle of friends, partner

③ 調査【ちょうさ】 • investigation, examination, inquiry, enquiry, survey

③ 直接【ちょくせつ】 • direct, immediate, personal, firsthand

③ 沈む【しずむ】 • to sink, to feel depressed

③ 通り過ぎる【とおりすぎる】 • to pass, to pass through

③ 底【そこ】 • bottom, sole

③ 程度【ていど】 • degree, amount, grade, standard, of the order of (following a number)

③ 努力【どりょく】 • great effort, exertion, endeavour, endeavor, effort

③ 怒鳴る【どなる】 • to shout, to yell

③ 倒す【たおす】 • ① to throw down, to bring down, to blow down, to fell, to knock down ② to kill, to defeat, to beat ③ to overthrow, to trip up, to ruin ④ to leave unpaid, to cheat

③ 到着【とうちゃく】 • arrival

③ 動詞【どうし】 • verb

③ 得る【うる】 • ① (after the -masu stem of a verb) to be able to ..., can ... ② to get, to acquire, to obtain, to procure, to earn, to win, to gain, to secure, to attain

③ 得意【とくい】 • ① triumph, prosperity ② pride ③ one's strong point, one's forte, one's specialty ④ frequent customer (client, etc.)

③ 突っ込む【つっこむ】 • ① to thrust something into something ② to plunge into, to go into deeply ③ to meddle, to interfere ④ to retort ⑤ to riposte

③ 突然【とつぜん】 • abrupt, sudden, unexpected, all at once

③ 届く【とどく】 • ① to reach, to arrive, to get through, to get at ② to be attentive, to pay attention ③ to be delivered, to carry (e.g. sound)

③ 内容【ないよう】 • subject, contents, matter, substance, detail, import

③ 任せる【まかせる】 • ① to entrust (e.g. a task) to another, to leave to ② to passively leave to someone else's facilities ③ to leave to take its natural course ④ to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim) ⑤ to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

③ 認める【みとめる】 • ① to recognize, to recognise, to appreciate ② to observe, to notice ③ to admit, to approve

③ 悩む【なやむ】 • to be worried, to be troubled

③ 濃い【こい】 • ① deep (colour), dark ② strong (flavour, smell, etc.) ③ thick (consistency), dense ④ strong (possibility, etc.) ⑤ thick (i.e. "as thick as thieves"), close, deep (love, etc.)

③ 爆発【ばくはつ】 • explosion, detonation, eruption

③ 髪の毛【かみのけ】 • hair (head)

③ 抜く【ぬく】 • ① to extract, to omit, to surpass, to overtake, to draw out, to unplug ② to do something to the end

③ 抜ける【ぬける】 • ① to come out, to fall out, to be omitted, to be missing, to escape ② to exit (a program loop)

③ 判断【はんだん】 • judgement, judgment, decision, adjudication, conclusion, decipherment, divination

③ 販売【はんばい】 • sales, selling, marketing

③ 否定【ひてい】 • ① negation, denial, repudiation ② NOT operation

③ 悲劇【ひげき】 • tragedy, disaster

③ 疲れ【つかれ】 • tiredness, fatigue

③ 被る【かぶる】 • ① to wear (on head, usu. one's own), to put on (over head, usu. one's own), to crown (oneself) ② to pour or dash water, dust, etc. (on oneself) ③ to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.) ④ to overlap

③ 被害【ひがい】 • damage

③ 非【ひ】 • ① fault, error, mistake ② going poorly, being disadvantageous, being unfavorable ③ un-, non-

③ 非常【ひじょう】 • emergency, extraordinary, unusual

③ 表現【ひょうげん】 • ① expression, presentation ② representation, notation

③ 不思議【ふしぎ】 • wonder, miracle, strange, mystery, marvel, curiosity

③ 付き合い【つきあい】 • association, socializing, socialising, fellowship

③ 付ける【つける】 • ① to attach, to join, to add, to append, to affix, to stick, to glue, to fasten, to sew on, to apply (ointment) ② to furnish (a house with) ③ to wear, to put on ④ to keep a diary, to make an entry ⑤ to appraise, to set (a price) ⑥ to bring alongside ⑦ to place (under guard or doctor) ⑧ to follow, to shadow ⑨ to load, to give (courage to) ⑩ to keep (an eye on) ⑪ to establish (relations or understanding) ⑫ to turn on (light)

③ 普段【ふだん】 • usual, habitual, ordinary, everyday, always

③ 浮かべる【うかべる】 • ① to float ② to express, to look (sad, glad) ③ to think, to imagine, to remember

③ 浮かぶ【うかぶ】 • ① to float, to be suspended ② to rise to surface ③ to come to mind, to have inspiration

③ 風景【ふうけい】 • scenery

③ 幅【はば】 • width, breadth

③ 腹【はら】 • ① abdomen, belly, stomach ② one's mind, one's real intentions, one's true motive ③ loop (physics) ④ counter for hard roe

③ 捕まる【つかまる】 • ① to be caught, to be arrested ② to hold on to, to grasp ③ to find (e.g. proof), to get (e.g. a taxi) ④ to be detained by

③ 暮らす【くらす】 • ① to live, to get along ② to spend (time)

③ 抱える【かかえる】 • ① to hold or carry under or in the arms ② to have (esp. problems, debts, etc.) ③ to employ, to engage, to hire

③ 方法【ほうほう】 • method, process, manner, way, means, technique

③ 法則【ほうそく】 • law, rule

③ 棒【ぼう】 • pole, rod, stick

③ 埋める【うめる】 • ① to bury (e.g. in the ground) ② to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall), to fill (a seat, a vacant position) ③ to plug gaps, to stop a gap ④ to make amends, to cover up for something ⑤ to put cold water in a bath ⑥ to cover, to scatter something over

③ 末【すえ】 • end, close, future, finally, tip, top, trivialities, posterity, youngest child

③ 面倒【めんどう】 • trouble, difficulty, care, attention

③ 戻す【もどす】 • to restore, to put back, to return, to give back

③ 役割【やくわり】 • part, assigning (allotment of) parts, role, duties

③ 優れる【すぐれる】 • to surpass, to outstrip, to excel

③ 優勝【ゆうしょう】 • overall victory, championship

③ 予測【よそく】 • prediction, estimation

③ 余る【あまる】 • to remain, to be left over, to be in excess, to be too many

③ 余計【よけい】 • too much, unnecessary, extraneous, abundance, surplus, excess, superfluity

③ 与える【あたえる】 • ① to give (esp. to someone of lower status), to bestow, to grant, to confer, to present, to award ② to provide, to afford, to offer, to supply ③ to assign ④ to cause ⑤ to pass (a variable to a function)

③ 幼い【おさない】 • ① very young ② childish, immature

③ 容易【ようい】 • easy, simple, plain

③ 溶ける【とける】 • to melt, to thaw, to fuse, to dissolve

③ 要するに【ようするに】 • in a word, after all, the point is ..., in short ...

③ 要求【ようきゅう】 • demand, firm request, requisition, requirement, desire

③ 理解【りかい】 • understanding, comprehension, appreciation, sympathy

③ 裏切る【うらぎる】 • to betray, to turn traitor to, to double-cross

③ 輪【わ】 • ① ring, circle, loop ② hoop ③ wheel

③ 冷静【れいせい】 • calm, composure, coolness, serenity

③ 恋【こい】 • love, tender passion

③ 恋人【こいびと】 • lover, sweetheart

③ 居る【おる】 • ① to be (animate), to be, to exist ② (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing) ③ (after -masu base of verb) indicates contempt or disdain for another's actions

③ 最中【さいちゅう】 • in the middle of, height of, in course of, midst

③ 夫婦【ふうふ】 • married couple, spouses, husband and wife, couple, pair

③ 抱く【いだく】 • ① to embrace, to hold in the arms (e.g. a baby), to hug ② to harbour (e.g. grudge) (harbor), to bear (e.g. a grudge), to entertain (e.g. suspicion) ③ to sleep with ④ to sit on eggs

③ 痛み【いたみ】 • pain, ache, sore, grief, distress

③ 位置【いち】 • place, situation, position, location

③ 得る【える】 • ① to get, to acquire, to obtain, to procure, to earn, to win, to gain, to secure, to attain ② (after the -masu stem of a verb) to be able to ..., can ...

③ 収める【おさめる】 • ① to dedicate, to make an offering, to pay (fees) ② to supply ③ to store ④ to finish, to bring to a close ⑤ to restore (something to its place) ⑥ to achieve (e.g. a result)

③ 恐れる【おそれる】 • to fear, to be afraid of

③ 香り【かおり】 • aroma, fragrance, scent, smell

③ 気付く【きづく】 • to notice, to recognize, to recognise, to become aware of, to perceive, to realize, to realise

③ 越える【こえる】 • ① to cross over, to cross, to pass through, to pass over (out of) ② to exceed

③ 凍る【こおる】 • to freeze, to be frozen over, to congeal

③ 頼る【たよる】 • to rely on, to have recourse to, to depend on

③ 付き合う【つきあう】 • ① to associate with, to keep company with, to go out with, to go steady with, to get on with ② to go along with, to follow someone's lead, to accompany someone, to compromise

③ 年齢【ねんれい】 • age, years

③ 伸ばす【のばす】 • ① to grow long (beard, hair, etc.) ② to lengthen, to extend, to stretch ③ to reach out, to hold out ④ to straighten, to smooth out ⑤ to spread evenly (dough, cream, etc.) ⑥ to dilute, to thin out ⑦ to postpone ⑧ to prolong ⑨ to strengthen, to develop, to expand

③ 必死【ひっし】 • ① frantic, desperate ② inevitable death ③ brinkmate (inevitable checkmate) (shogi)

③ 労働【ろうどう】 • ① manual labor, manual labour, toil, work ② Labour Party

③ 論【ろん】 • ① argument, discussion, dispute, controversy, discourse, debate ② theory, doctrine ③ essay, treatise, comment

③ お互い【おたがい】 • mutual, reciprocal, each other

③ 軒【けん】 • houses, buildings

③ 悪戯【いたずら】 • tease, prank, trick, practical joke, mischief

③ 握る【にぎる】 • to grasp, to seize, to mould sushi, to mold sushi

③ 扱う【あつかう】 • to handle, to deal with, to treat

③ 案【あん】 • ① idea, plan, thought ② draft plan, motion, rough copy ③ expectation

③ 意志【いし】 • will, volition, intention, intent, determination

③ 異常【いじょう】 • strangeness, abnormality, disorder

③ 一瞬【いっしゅん】 • moment, instant

③ 隠す【かくす】 • to hide, to conceal

③ 隠れる【かくれる】 • to hide, to be hidden, to conceal oneself, to disappear

③ 影響【えいきょう】 • influence, effect

③ 遠慮【えんりょ】 • diffidence, restraint, reserve, discretion, tact, thoughtfulness

③ 応じる【おうじる】 • to respond, to satisfy, to accept, to comply with, to apply for

③ 殴る【なぐる】 • to strike, to hit

③ 穏やか【おだやか】 • calm, gentle, quiet

③ 価値【かち】 • value, worth, merit

③ 稼ぐ【かせぐ】 • to earn income, to labor, to labour

③ 我慢【がまん】 • patience, endurance, perseverance, tolerance, self-control, self-denial

③ 解釈【かいしゃく】 • explanation, interpretation

③ 怪我【けが】 • injury (to animate object), hurt

③ 改善【かいぜん】 • ① betterment, improvement ② kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

③ 街【がい】 • .. street, .. quarter, .. district

③ 覚悟【かくご】 • resolution, resignation, readiness, preparedness

③ 感謝【かんしゃ】 • thanks, gratitude

③ 環境【かんきょう】 • environment, circumstance

③ 企業【きぎょう】 • enterprise, undertaking, corporation, business

③ 器用【きよう】 • skillful, handy

③ 基本【きほん】 • foundation, basis, standard

③ 奇妙【きみょう】 • strange, queer, curious

③ 既に【すでに】 • already, too late

③ 機嫌【きげん】 • humour, humor, temper, mood

③ 記憶【きおく】 • ① memory, recollection, remembrance ② storage

③ 貴重【きちょう】 • precious, valuable

③ 輝く【かがやく】 • to shine, to glitter, to sparkle

③ 鬼【おに】 • ① ogre, demon ② spirit of a deceased person ③ ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.) ④ it (i.e. in a game of tag) ⑤ Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

③ 儀式【ぎしき】 • ceremony, rite, ritual, service

③ 義務【ぎむ】 • duty, obligation, responsibility

③ 救う【すくう】 • to rescue from, to help out of, to save

③ 響く【ひびく】 • ① to resound, to be heard far away ② to reverberate, to shake, to vibrate ③ to come (home), to remain (with someone) ④ to have an affect, to make an impression

③ 金銭【きんせん】 • money, cash

③ 繰り返す【くりかえす】 • to repeat, to do something over again

③ 結ぶ【むすぶ】 • ① to tie, to bind, to link ② to bear (fruit)

③ 結果【けっか】 • ① result, consequence, outcome, effect ② coming to fruition, bearing fruit

③ 結局【けっきょく】 • after all, eventually, in the end

③ 件【けん】 • matter, case, item

③ 健康【けんこう】 • health, sound, wholesome

③ 嫌う【きらう】 • to hate, to dislike, to loathe

③ 検査【けんさ】 • inspection (e.g. customs, factory), examination, scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)

③ 攻撃【こうげき】 • attack, strike, offensive, criticism, censure

③ 考慮【こうりょ】 • consideration, taking into account

③ 姿【すがた】 • figure, shape, appearance

③ 至る【いたる】 • ① to arrive at (e.g. a decision), to reach (a stage), to attain ② to lead to (a place), to get to

③ 自慢【じまん】 • pride, boast

③ 主義【しゅぎ】 • doctrine, rule, principle

③ 修正【しゅうせい】 • amendment, correction, revision, modification, alteration, retouching, update, fix

③ 臭い【くさい】 • ① stinking, smelly ② suspicious, fishy ③ clumsy

③ 瞬間【しゅんかん】 • moment, second, instant

③ 衝突【しょうとつ】 • collision, conflict

③ 証明【しょうめい】 • proof, verification

③ 詳しい【くわしい】 • knowing very well, detailed, full, accurate

③ 冗談【じょうだん】 • jest, joke

③ 条件【じょうけん】 • condition, conditions, term, terms, requirement, requirements

③ 状態【じょうたい】 • current status, condition, situation, circumstances, state

③ 譲る【ゆずる】 • to turn over, to assign, to hand over, to transmit, to convey, to sell, to dispose of, to yield, to surrender

③ 唇【くちびる】 • lips

③ 振り向く【ふりむく】 • to turn one's face, to turn around, to look over one's shoulder

③ 振る【ふる】 • ① to wave, to shake, to swing ② to sprinkle, to throw (dice) ③ to cast (actor), to allocate (work) ④ to turn down (somebody), to reject, to jilt, to dump ⑤ to abandon, to give up, to ruin ⑥ to add kana indicating a reading of a word ⑦ to slightly change headings, to change directions ⑧ to extract by broiling, to prepare an infusion of, to decoct ⑨ to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine) ⑩ to bring up the main topic ⑪ to replace, to substitute ⑫ to set up a joke for somebody else

③ 新鮮【しんせん】 • fresh

③ 申し訳【もうしわけ】 • apology, excuse

③ 真剣【しんけん】 • ① seriousness, earnestness ② real sword (as opposed to unsharpened or wooden practice weapon) (practise)

③ 真実【しんじつ】 • truth, reality

③ 成功【せいこう】 • success, hit

③ 整理【せいり】 • sorting, arrangement, organization, putting in order, adjustment, regulation, liquidation

③ 誓う【ちかう】 • to swear, to vow, to take an oath, to pledge

③ 説得【せっとく】 • persuasion

③ 舌【した】 • ① tongue ② tongue-like object, clapper (of a bell), talon (of a lock)

③ 選択【せんたく】 • selection, choice, option

③ 素敵【すてき】 • lovely, dreamy, beautiful, great, fantastic, superb, cool, capital

③ 組織【そしき】 • ① organization, organisation ② structure, construction ③ tissue ④ system

③ 訴える【うったえる】 • ① to sue (a person), to take someone to court ② to resort to (e.g. arms, violence) ③ to appeal to, to call for ④ to raise, to bring to (someone's attention) ⑤ to complain

③ 態度【たいど】 • attitude, manner, behaviour

③ 大抵【たいてい】 • ① mostly, ordinarily, usually, generally ② probably ③ most, almost all ④ (before a neg. form) ordinary ⑤ proper, appropriate, moderate

③ 第【だい】 • ordinal

③ 奪う【うばう】 • to snatch away, to dispossess, to steal

③ 忠告【ちゅうこく】 • advice, warning

③ 張る【はる】 • ① to stick, to paste, to affix ② to stretch, to spread, to strain, to tighten ③ to form (e.g. ice on a pond) ④ to fill, to swell ⑤ to stick out, to put, to slap ⑥ to be expensive

③ 眺める【ながめる】 • to view, to gaze at

③ 抵抗【ていこう】 • electrical resistance, resistance, opposition

③ 提案【ていあん】 • proposal, proposition, suggestion

③ 徹底【てってい】 • thoroughness, completeness, consistency

③ やつ • ① (derog) fellow, guy, chap ② thing, object ③ (derogatory or familiar) he, she, him, her

③ 当然【とうぜん】 • natural, as a matter of course

③ 豆【まめ】 • ① legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, such as beans, peas, pulses, etc.), beans, peas ② soya bean (soybean), soy (Glycine max) ③ miniature, tiny ④ child

③ 同意【どうい】 • ① agreement, consent, same opinion, approval ② same meaning

③ 憧れる【あこがれる】 • to long for, to yearn after, to admire, to be attracted by

③ 道徳【どうとく】 • morals

③ 納得【なっとく】 • consent, assent, understanding, agreement, comprehension, grasp

③ 迫る【せまる】 • to draw near, to press (someone for something)

③ 発展【はってん】 • ① development, growth, advancement, unfurling ② expansion, extension, enlargement ③ playing around, having an active sex life

③ 反抗【はんこう】 • opposition, resistance, insubordination, defiance, hostility, rebellion

③ 範囲【はんい】 • extent, scope, sphere, range, span

③ 秘密【ひみつ】 • secret, secrecy

③ 微笑む【ほほえむ】 • to smile

③ 微妙【びみょう】 • ① delicate, subtle, sensitive ② difficult, delicate (situation), complicated ③ doubtful, questionable, dicey

③ 評価【ひょうか】 • ① valuation, estimation, assessment, evaluation ② to value, to assess, to estimate value ③ to appreciate, to value highly, to acknowledge the value (of something)

③ 雰囲気【ふんいき】 • atmosphere (e.g. musical), mood, ambience, ambiance

③ 文句【もんく】 • ① phrase ② complaint

③ 癖【くせ】 • a habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice), peculiarity

③ 訪れる【おとずれる】 • to visit

③ 冒険【ぼうけん】 • risk, venture, adventure

③ 魅力【みりょく】 • charm, fascination, glamour, glamor, attraction, appeal

③ 無視【むし】 • disregard, ignore

③ 無駄【むだ】 • futility, uselessness, pointlessness

③ 迷惑【めいわく】 • trouble, bother, annoyance

③ 免許【めんきょ】 • license, permit, licence, certificate

③ 黙る【だまる】 • to be silent

③ 厄介【やっかい】 • trouble, burden, care, bother, worry, dependence, support, kindness, obligation

③ 訳す【やくす】 • to translate, to interpret

③ 唯一【ゆいいつ】 • only, sole, unique

③ 誘う【さそう】 • ① to invite, to ask, to call (for) ② to tempt, to lure, to induce

③ 余裕【よゆう】 • surplus, composure, margin, room, time, allowance, flexibility, scope, rope

③ 翼【つばさ】 • ① wing ② Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

③ 裸【はだか】 • naked, nude, bare

③ 利益【りえき】 • ① profit, gains ② benefit, advantage, interest (of the public, etc.) ③ grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.), blessing, miracle

③ 離す【はなす】 • to part, to divide, to separate, to release

③ 離れる【はなれる】 • to be separated from, to leave, to go away, to be a long way off

③ 離婚【りこん】 • divorce

③ 率【りつ】 • rate, ratio, proportion, percentage

③ 逸れる【それる】 • to stray (turn) from subject, to get lost, to go astray

③ 化粧【けしょう】 • make-up, cosmetics

③ 傷【きず】 • ① wound, injury, cut, gash, bruise, scratch, scrape, scar ② chip, crack, scratch, nick ③ flaw, defect, weakness, weak point ④ stain (on one's reputation), disgrace, dishonor, dishonour ⑤ (emotional) hurt, hurt feelings

③ 敵【てき】 • ① opponent, rival, adversary ② menace, danger, threat, enemy

③ 避ける【さける】 • ① to avoid (physical contact with) ② to avoid (situation) ③ to ward off, to avert

③ 飽きる【あきる】 • to get tired of, to lose interest in, to have enough

③ 怪しい【あやしい】 • ① suspicious, dubious, doubtful, dodgy ② charming, bewitching

③ あらゆる • all, every

③ 影【かげ】 • ① shadow, silhouette ② reflection, image ③ presence, sign ④ light (stars, moon)

③ 絞る【しぼる】 • to press, to wring, to squeeze, to narrow (down), to whittle (down), to tighten

③ 事態【じたい】 • situation, (present) state of affairs, circumstances

③ 馬鹿【ばか】 • ① fool, idiot, trivial matter, folly, absurdity ② foolish, stupid, dull, absurd, ridiculous

③ 引っ張る【ひっぱる】 • ① to pull, to draw, to stretch, to drag ② to pull the ball (baseball)

③ 褒める【ほめる】 • to praise, to admire, to speak well

③ 途端【とたん】 • just (now, at the moment, etc.)

③ 級【きゅう】 • class, grade, rank, school class, grade

③ おしゃべり • chattering, talk, idle talk, chat, chitchat, gossip, chatty, talkative, chatterbox, blabbermouth

③ くっつく • to adhere to, to keep close to

③ それとも • or, or else

③ ぶつかる • to strike, to collide with, to bump into

③ やがて • before long, soon, at length

③ 噂【うわさ】 • rumour, rumor, report, hearsay, gossip, common talk

③ いつか • sometime, someday, one day, some time or other, the other day, in due course, in time

③ まるで • quite, entirely, completely, at all, as if, as though, so to speak, just like

③ よろしく • ① well, properly, suitably ② best regards, please remember me, please treat me favorably (favourably), please take care of

③ ごく • ① quite, very ② quindecillion (US), octillion (Europe), 10^48

③ つながる • to be tied together, to be connected to, to be related to

③ つなぐ • to tie, to fasten, to connect, to transfer (phone call)

③ おめでとう • congratulations!, an auspicious occasion!

③ しかる • to scold

③ 蹴る【ける】 • ① to kick ② to refuse, to reject

③ いとこ • male cousin

③ 尻【しり】 • ① buttocks, behind, rump, bottom ② undersurface, bottom ③ last place, end ④ consequence

③ まさか • by no means, never!, well, I never!, you don't say!

③ 親戚【しんせき】 • relative

③ ついに • ① finally, at last ② (with neg) in the end

③ まさに • ① exactly, surely, certainly ② just (about to), on the verge (of doing or happening) ③ duly, naturally

③ 羨ましい【うらやましい】 • ① envious (feeling, etc.), jealous ② enviable (position, etc.)

③ ようやく • ① finally, at last ② barely, narrowly, hardly, only just ③ gradually, little by little, by degrees

③ かく • ① to scratch ② to perspire ③ to shovel, to paddle

③ そのまま • without change, as it is (i.e. now)

③ それでも • but (still), and yet, nevertheless, even so, notwithstanding

③ そこで • so, accordingly, now, then, thereupon, therefore

③ 揃える【そろえる】 • to put things in order, to arrange, to make uniform, to get something ready

③ わざと • on purpose

③ 叩く【たたく】 • ① to strike, to clap, to dust, to beat ② to play drums ③ to abuse, to flame (e.g. on the Internet), to insult ④ to use up money

③ しゃべる • to talk, to chat, to chatter

③ すぐ • ① immediately, at once, directly ② soon, before long, shortly ③ easily, without difficulty ④ right (near), nearby, just (handy)

③ 潰す【つぶす】 • ① to smash, to crush ② to shut down ③ to thwart, to block ④ to kill (time) ⑤ to waste (e.g. talents)

③ 諦める【あきらめる】 • to give up, to abandon

③ とにかく • anyhow, at any rate, anyway, somehow or other, generally speaking, in any case

③ ともかく • anyhow, anyway, somehow or other, generally speaking, in any case, be that as it may

③ どうしても • by all means, at any cost, no matter what, after all, in the long run, cravingly, at any rate, surely

③ 覗く【のぞく】 • ① to peek (though a keyhole, gap, etc.) ② to look down into (a ravine, etc.) ③ to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.) ④ to sneak a look at, to take a quick look at ⑤ to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.) ⑥ to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.), to peek through (sky though a forest canopy, etc.)

③ 莫大【ばくだい】 • enormous, vast

③ ひじ • elbow

③ ふと • suddenly, casually, accidentally, incidentally, unexpectedly, unintentionally

③ しかも • moreover, furthermore, nevertheless, and yet

③ みょう • ① strange, unusual ② (something) superb, (something) excellent

③ ただ • ① ordinary, common, usual ② free of charge ③ unaffected, as is, safe ④ only, merely, just, simply ⑤ but, however, nevertheless

③ ほぼ • almost, roughly, approximately

③ 脇【わき】 • ① side, aside ② armpit ③ back-burner

③ 囁く【ささやく】 • to whisper, to murmur

③ 曖昧【あいまい】 • ① vague, ambiguous, unclear ② fuzzy

③ 贅沢【ぜいたく】 • ① luxury, extravagance ② to live in luxury

③ いや • no, nay, well

③ 頬【ほお】 • cheek (of face)

③ ある • a certain ..., some ...

③ かなり • considerably, fairly, quite

③ せっかく • with trouble, at great pains, long-awaited

③ 匂い【におい】 • ① odour, odor, scent, smell, stench ② aura, whiff, smacks of ..., sense, flavour, flavor

③ まれ • rare, seldom

③ かかる • to suffer from

③ せい • cause, reason, fault

③ つまり • in short, in brief, in other words, that is to say, in the long run, after all, blockade, stuffing, ultimate

③ あれこれ • one thing or another, this and that, this or that

② うろうろ • loiteringly, aimless wandering

② おや • oh!, oh?, my!

② すっと • straight, quickly, directly, all of a sudden, quietly, gently, softly

② 学年【がくねん】 • year in school, grade in school

② 見本【みほん】 • sample

② 語り【かたり】 • talking

② 出来上がる【できあがる】 • ① to be completed, to be finished, to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat) ② to be very drunk

② 小学【しょうがく】 • elementary school, primary school, grade school

② 小学生【しょうがくせい】 • elementary school student, primary school student, grade school student

② 上下【じょうげ】 • high and low, up and down, unloading and loading, praising and blaming

② 前【ぜん】 • ① the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. "the last mayor"), previous, one-time, former ② (before the name of an era) pre- (e.g. "premodern") ③ before, earlier

② 前後【ぜんご】 • around, throughout, front and back, before and behind, before and after, about that (time), longitudinal, context, nearly, approximately

② 長男【ちょうなん】 • eldest son

② 分【ぶん】 • ① part, segment, share, ration ② rate ③ degree, one's lot, one's status, relation, duty, kind, lot ④ in proportion to, just as much as

② 下ろす【おろす】 • ① to take down (e.g. flag), to launch (e.g. boat), to drop, to lower (e.g. ladder), to let (a person) off, to unload, to discharge ② to drop off (a passenger from a vehicle), to let (a person) off ③ to withdraw money from an account ④ to wear (clothing) for the first time ⑤ to fillet (e.g. a fish)

② がる • ① to feel (on adj-stem to represent a third party's apparent emotion) ② to behave as if one were

② それなのに • and yet, despite this, but even so, but even then, however, nevertheless, for all that, notwithstanding that

② はあ • ① yes, indeed, well ② ha! ③ what?, huh? ④ sigh

② 下【しも】 • ① lower reaches (of a river) ② bottom, lower part ③ lower half (of the body, esp. the privates), feces (faeces), urine, menses ④ end, far from the imperial palace (i.e. far from Kyoto, esp. of western Japan) ⑤ dirty (e.g. dirty jokes, etc.)

② 小【しょう】 • ① smallness, small item ② short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days) ③ elementary school ④ younger or inferior (of two items or people with the same name)

② とく • to do something in readiness for, to get something (needful) done

② 映る【うつる】 • to be reflected, to harmonize with (harmonise), to come out (photo), to be projected

② 学力【がくりょく】 • scholarship, knowledge, literary ability

② 強引【ごういん】 • overbearing, coercive, pushy, forcible, high-handed

② 言い出す【いいだす】 • to start talking, to speak, to tell, to propose, to suggest, to break the ice

② 使い【つかい】 • errand, message, messenger, bearer, use, usage, trainer, tamer, mission, familiar spirit, going as envoy

② 思い切り【おもいきり】 • with all one's strength, with all one's heart, resignation, resolution

② 死体【したい】 • dead body, corpse, cadaver

② 写る【うつる】 • to be photographed, to be projected

② 集まる【あつまる】 • to gather, to collect, to assemble

② 重なる【かさなる】 • to be piled up, lie on top of one another, overlap each other

② 重ねる【かさねる】 • to pile up, to put something on another, to heap up, to add, to repeat

② 上品【じょうひん】 • elegant, refined, polished

② 生意気【なまいき】 • impertinent, saucy, cheeky, conceit, audacious, brazen

② 切れ【きれ】 • ① piece, slice, strip, scrap ② cloth ③ sharpness ④ counter for scraps, pieces, etc.

② 通りかかる【とおりかかる】 • to happen to pass by

② 転がる【ころがる】 • to roll, to tumble

② 着ける【つける】 • ① to attach, to join, to add, to append, to affix, to stick, to glue, to fasten, to sew on, to apply (ointment) ② to furnish (a house with) ③ to wear, to put on ④ to keep a diary, to make an entry ⑤ to appraise, to set (a price) ⑥ to bring alongside ⑦ to place (under guard or doctor) ⑧ to follow, to shadow ⑨ to load, to give (courage to) ⑩ to keep (an eye on) ⑪ to establish (relations or understanding) ⑫ to turn on (light)

② 歩【ほ】 • ① step, stride ② counter for steps

② 方言【ほうげん】 • dialect

② 代える【かえる】 • ① to replace ② to exchange, to interchange ③ to substitute

② 持ち【もち】 • ① hold, charge, keep possession, in charge ② wear, durability, life, draw ③ usage

② 安易【あんい】 • ① easy, simple ② easy-going

② 園【えん】 • ① garden (esp. man-made), orchard, park, plantation ② place, location

② 角度【かくど】 • angle

② 感想【かんそう】 • impressions, thoughts

② 形式【けいしき】 • ① form (as opposed to substance), formality ② method, system, style ③ format, mode, appearance, form (something takes) ④ math expression

② 見当【けんとう】 • aim, mark, estimate, guess, approximation, direction

② 原理【げんり】 • principle, theory, fundamental truth

② 口実【こうじつ】 • excuse, pretext

② 国語【こくご】 • ① Japanese (language) ② national language ③ native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)

② 参考【さんこう】 • reference, consultation

② 指定【してい】 • designation, specification, assignment, appointment, pointing at

② 留める【とめる】 • ① to stop (something or someone), to turn off ② to concentrate on, to pay attention to ③ to remember, to bear in mind ④ to fix into place ⑤ to park, to leave somewhere for a time

② 寺院【じいん】 • temple

② 次いで【ついで】 • next, secondly, subsequently

② 実感【じっかん】 • feelings (actual, true)

② 手首【てくび】 • wrist

② 受験【じゅけん】 • taking an examination

② 神様【かみさま】 • God

② 勢い【いきおい】 • ① force, vigor, vigour, energy, spirit, life ② influence, authority, power, might ③ impetus, momentum, course (of events) ④ naturally, necessarily

② 正面【しょうめん】 • front, frontage, facade, main

② 組【くみ】 • ① set (of items) ② group (of people), class (of students), company (esp. construction), family (i.e. mafia), team ③ typesetting, composition

② 竹【たけ】 • ① bamboo ② middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

② 直後【ちょくご】 • immediately following

② 直線【ちょくせん】 • straight line

② 直前【ちょくぜん】 • just before

② 通用【つうよう】 • ① popular use, circulation ② to pass as

② 電波【でんぱ】 • electro-magnetic wave, radio wave

② 登場【とうじょう】 • ① entry (on stage), appearance (on screen) ② entrance, introduction (into a market)

② 当番【とうばん】 • being on duty

② 日常【にちじょう】 • ordinary, regular, everyday, usual

② 畑【はたけ】 • ① field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.), cultivated land, vegetable plot, kitchen garden, plantation ② field (of specialization), sphere, area

② 発想【はっそう】 • expression (e.g. in music), idea, conception

② 表紙【ひょうし】 • front cover, binding

② 平日【へいじつ】 • ① weekday, ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday) ② kanji radical 73

② 方角【ほうがく】 • direction, way, compass point

② 方面【ほうめん】 • ① direction, district, area ② field (e.g. of study)

② 役目【やくめ】 • duty, business, role

② 用語【ようご】 • term, terminology

② 温かい【あたたかい】 • warm, mild, genial

② ため息【ためいき】 • sigh

② 中身【なかみ】 • contents, interior, substance, filling, (sword) blade

② 混ざる【まざる】 • to be mixed (colours, liquids, odours...), to be blended with, to associate with, to mingle with, to join

② 混じる【まじる】 • to be mixed, to be blended with, to associate with, to mingle with, to interest, to join

② 集まり【あつまり】 • gathering, meeting, assembly, collection

② ご苦労さま【ごくろうさま】 • thank you very much for your ..., I appreciate your efforts

② 移す【うつす】 • ① to change, to swap, to substitute, to transfer ② to change the object of one's interest or focus ③ to spend or take time ④ to infect ⑤ to permeate something with the smell or colour of something ⑥ to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

② 解く【ほどく】 • to unfasten, to untie, to unwrap (e.g. parcel)

② 解放【かいほう】 • ① release, unleashing, liberation, emancipation, setting free ② deallocation (of computer memory)

② 改めて【あらためて】 • another time, again, over again, anew, formally

② 各地【かくち】 • every place, various places

② 覚ます【さます】 • ① to awaken ② to disabuse ③ to sober up

② 観測【かんそく】 • observation

② 関西【かんさい】 • Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka)

② 含める【ふくめる】 • to include, to instruct, to make one understand, to put in one's mouth

② 寄せる【よせる】 • ① to come near, to let someone approach ② to collect, to gather, to receive ③ to add ④ to put aside

② 近寄る【ちかよる】 • to approach, to draw near

② 形容詞【けいようし】 • (true) adjective, i-adjective

② 血圧【けつあつ】 • blood pressure

② 血液【けつえき】 • blood

② 限度【げんど】 • limit, bounds

② 呼びかける【よびかける】 • to call out to, to accost, to address (crowd), to appeal

② 固まる【かたまる】 • ① to harden, to solidify ② to become firm, to become certain ③ to gather (together), to assemble, to huddle together

② 構造【こうぞう】 • structure, construction

② 肯定【こうてい】 • positive, affirmation

② 腰掛ける【こしかける】 • to sit (down)

② 再【さい】 • re-, again, repeated

② 再三【さいさん】 • again and again, repeatedly

② 散らす【ちらす】 • to scatter, to disperse, to distribute

② 刺さる【ささる】 • to stick, to be stuck

② 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

② 児童【じどう】 • children, juvenile

② 終了【しゅうりょう】 • end, close, termination

② 姓【せい】 • ① surname, family name ② hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)

② 成立【せいりつ】 • ① coming into existence, arrangements, establishment, conclusion, completion ② to come into existence, to be true, to hold (i.e. hold true)

② 浅い【あさい】 • shallow, superficial

② 探る【さぐる】 • to search, to look for, to sound out

② 段階【だんかい】 • gradation, grade, stage, steps, order, class, phase

② 中途【ちゅうと】 • in the middle, half-way

② 定規【じょうぎ】 • (measuring) ruler

② 突く【つく】 • ① to prick, to stab ② to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike ③ to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.) ④ to attack ⑤ to brave (the rain, etc.)

② 破れる【やぶれる】 • to get torn, to wear out

② 背負う【せおう】 • to be burdened with, to carry on back or shoulder

② 反省【はんせい】 • reflection, reconsideration, introspection, meditation, contemplation

② 付近【ふきん】 • neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity, environs

② 浮く【うく】 • ① to float ② to become merry ③ to become loose

② 片付く【かたづく】 • ① to be put in order, to be put to rights ② to be disposed of, to be solved ③ to be finished ④ to be married (off)

② 未満【みまん】 • less than, insufficient

② 民間【みんかん】 • private, civilian, civil, popular, folk, unofficial

② 迷信【めいしん】 • superstition

② 翌日【よくじつ】 • next day

② 裏返す【うらがえす】 • to turn inside out, to turn the other way, to turn (something) over

② 略す【りゃくす】 • ① to abbreviate, to omit ② to take, to capture

② 冷める【さめる】 • ① to become cool, to come down (fever) ② to cool down (interest), to abate, to subside, to dampen

② 抱く【だく】 • ① to embrace, to hold in the arms (e.g. a baby), to hug ② to harbour (e.g. grudge) (harbor), to bear (e.g. a grudge), to entertain (e.g. suspicion) ③ to sleep with ④ to sit on eggs

② 押さえる【おさえる】 • ① to pin something down, to hold something down, to hold something back, to stop, to restrain, to curb ② to seize, to grasp, to arrest ③ to gain control of something, to govern, to keep down (e.g. information), to suppress ④ to catch happening, to determine (important points), to find (proof), to understand

② 超える【こえる】 • ① to cross over, to cross, to pass through, to pass over (out of) ② to exceed

② すれ違う【すれちがう】 • to pass by one another, to disagree, to miss each other

② 出掛ける【でかける】 • to depart, to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing), to set out, to start, to be going out

② 捕らえる【とらえる】 • ① to seize, to capture, to arrest ② to grasp, to perceive, to treat (as)

② 挟む【はさむ】 • to interpose, to hold between, to insert

② 果たして【はたして】 • ① as was expected, just as one thought, sure enough, as a result ② really? (in questions), ever?

② 引っ越し【ひっこし】 • moving (dwelling, office, etc.), changing residence

② 人差し指【ひとさしゆび】 • index finger

② 増やす【ふやす】 • to increase, to add to, to augment

② 歴然【れきぜん】 • evident, plain, distinct, clear

② 家【か】 • -ist (used after a noun indicating someone's occupation, pursuits, disposition, etc.), -er

② 哀れ【あわれ】 • ① pity, sorrow, grief, misery, compassion, pathos ② pitiable, pitiful, pathetic, miserable ③ alack, alas

② 案外【あんがい】 • unexpectedly

② 一応【いちおう】 • once, tentatively, in outline, for the time being, just in case

② 艶【つや】 • gloss, glaze

② 凹む【へこむ】 • ① to be dented, to be indented, to yield to, to give, to sink, to collapse, to cave in ② to be snubbed, to be overwhelmed, to feel down, to be forced to yield

② 恩【おん】 • favour, favor, obligation, debt of gratitude

② 果たす【はたす】 • to accomplish, to fulfill, to carry out, to achieve

② 過剰【かじょう】 • excess, over-

② 確信【かくしん】 • conviction, belief, confidence

② 勘【かん】 • perception, intuition, the sixth sense

② 勘違い【かんちがい】 • misunderstanding, wrong guess

② 看板【かんばん】 • sign, signboard, doorplate, poster, billboard, appearance, figurehead, policy, attraction, closing time

② 及ぼす【およぼす】 • to exert, to cause, to exercise

② 興奮【こうふん】 • excitement, stimulation, agitation, arousal

② 愚か【おろか】 • foolish, stupid

② 継続【けいぞく】 • continuation

② 古典【こてん】 • old book, classics, classic

② 後悔【こうかい】 • regret, repentance

② 孝行【こうこう】 • filial piety

② 鎖【くさり】 • chain, chains

② 削る【けずる】 • ① to shave (wood or leather), to sharpen, to plane, to whittle, to pare, to scrape off ② to cross out, to reduce, to curtail, to remove, to erase, to delete

② 殺人【さつじん】 • murder

② 姿勢【しせい】 • attitude, posture

② 受け入れる【うけいれる】 • to accept, to receive

② 縮める【ちぢめる】 • to shorten, to reduce, to boil down, to shrink

② 熟語【じゅくご】 • ① kanji compound ② idiom, idiomatic phrase

② 純粋【じゅんすい】 • pure, true, genuine, unmixed

② 巡る【めぐる】 • ① to go around ② to return ③ to surround ④ to concern (usu. of disputes)

② 小遣い【こづかい】 • pocket money, spending money, pin money, allowance

② 載る【のる】 • ① to get on, to ride in, to board, to mount, to get up on ② to spread (paints), to be taken in ③ to share in, to join, to feel like doing, to be mentioned in, to be in harmony with ④ to appear (in print), to be recorded, to be found in (a dictionary)

② 振り【ふり】 • ① pretence (pretense), show ② appearance, behaviour ③ swing, swinging ④ lacking a reservation or introduction (at a restaurant, etc.) ⑤ unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment

② 惜しい【おしい】 • ① regrettable, disappointing ② precious, dear, valuable ③ too good for, deserving better ④ almost but not quite

② 素人【しろうと】 • amateur, novice

② 素直【すなお】 • ① obedient, meek, docile, unaffected ② honest, frank

② 妥当【だとう】 • valid, proper, right, appropriate

② 体操【たいそう】 • gymnastics, physical exercises, calisthenics

② 対策【たいさく】 • counter-plan, counter-measure

② 遅れ【おくれ】 • delay, lag, postponement, falling behind

② 定価【ていか】 • list price, regular price, established price

② 展開【てんかい】 • ① development ② expansion (opposite of compression)

② 吐く【はく】 • ① to breathe ② to tell (lies) ③ to vomit, to disgorge

② 怒り【いかり】 • anger, hatred, rage, wrath

② 刀【かたな】 • (single-edged) sword, katana

② 統一【とういつ】 • unity, consolidation, uniformity, unification, compatible

② 特殊【とくしゅ】 • special, unique

② 独り言【ひとりごと】 • soliloquy, monologue, speaking to oneself

② 敷地【しきち】 • site, plot, lot, grounds

② 文脈【ぶんみゃく】 • context

② 本気【ほんき】 • seriousness, truth, sanctity

② 愉快【ゆかい】 • pleasant, happy

② 幼稚園【ようちえん】 • kindergarten

② 牧場【ぼくじょう】 • ① farm (livestock), ranch (US), station (Aus, NZ) ② pasture land, meadow, grazing land

② 塊【かたまり】 • lump, mass, bundle, clump, clod, cluster

② しゃっくり • hiccough, hiccup

② いったん • ① once ② for a moment, temporarily

② よる • ① to be due to, to be caused by ② to depend on, to turn on ③ to be based on, to come from

② 咳【せき】 • cough, coughing, tussis

② 瓦【かわら】 • roof tile

② 馴れる【なれる】 • ① to grow accustomed to, to get too familiar with ② to become domesticated, to become tame

② そば • ① buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) ② soba (Japanese buckwheat noodles)

② 軽蔑【けいべつ】 • scorn, disdain

② 隙間【すきま】 • crevice, crack, gap, opening

② 桁【けた】 • ① column, beam ② digit, decade, order of magnitude

② みっともない • shameful, indecent

② 謙遜【けんそん】 • humble, humility, modesty

② ごめん • your pardon, declining (something), dismissal, permission

② いきなり • abruptly, suddenly, all of a sudden, without warning

② こする • to rub, to scrub

② 錆びる【さびる】 • to rust, to become rusty

② とっくに • long ago, already, a long time ago

② いとこ • cousin (female)

② でたらめ • ① irresponsible utterance, nonsense, bullshit, codswallop ② random, haphazard, unsystematic

② 尖る【とがる】 • ① to taper to a point, to become sharp ② to look displeased, to look sour

② 煎る【いる】 • to parch, to fry, to fire, to broil, to roast, to boil down (in oil)

② 羨む【うらやむ】 • to envy

② 狙い【ねらい】 • aim

② 狙う【ねらう】 • to aim at

② すなわち • that is, namely, i.e.

② それなら • If that's the case ..., If so ..., That being the case ...

② 頂戴【ちょうだい】 • ① receiving, reception, getting, being given ② eating, drinking, having ③ (also used after -te forms) please, please do for me

② つぶれる • ① to be smashed ② to become useless, to cease functioning ③ to go bankrupt

② 爪【つめ】 • ① nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail), claw, talon, hoof ② plectrum, pick ③ hook, clasp

② 吊る【つる】 • to hang, to suspend (something from something), to be hanged (by the neck)

② 剥く【むく】 • to peel, to skin, to pare, to hull

② 撫でる【なでる】 • to brush gently, to stroke, to caress

② 呆れる【あきれる】 • to be amazed, to be shocked

② さすが • ① as one would expect ② still, all the same ③ even... (e.g. "even a genius...")

② 唸る【うなる】 • to groan, to moan, to roar, to howl, to growl, to hum, to buzz, to sough

② いずれ • ① where, which, who ② anyway, anyhow, at any rate, sooner or later, eventually, at some future date or time

② 揉む【もむ】 • to rub, to crumple (up), to wrinkle, to massage, to be troubled about, to worry over, to train, to coach

② 洒落【しゃれ】 • ① joke, pun, witticism ② smartly dressed, stylish, fashion-conscious, refined

② もたらす • to bring, to take, to bring about

② かつて • ① once, before, formerly, ever, former, ex- ② never (with negative verb)

② ねじ • ① screw ② key (of a clock, watch, etc.), spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)

② あるいは • or, possibly

② いよいよ • ① more and more, all the more, increasingly ② at last, finally, beyond doubt ③ (at the) last moment, worst possible time

② かな • Japanese syllabary (alphabets), kana

② 錆【さび】 • rust

② 剥がす【はがす】 • 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

② めでたい • ① happy, auspicious, propitious, joyous ② naive

② なる • to bear fruit

② うなずく • to nod, to bow one's head in assent

① あっさり • easily, readily, quickly

① おっかない • ① frightening, scary ② extreme, exaggerated, huge

① しょっちゅう • always, constantly, frequently, often

① じっくり • deliberately, carefully

① てっきり • surely, certainly, beyond doubt

① どうにか • in some way or other, one way or another

① どうやら • it seems like, it appears that, somehow or other

① ひょっと • possibly, accidentally

① びっしょり • wet through, drenched

① ほっと • feeling relieved, (sigh of) relief

① ぼやける • to become dim, to become blurred

① やけに • awfully, frightfully, desperately, violently

① ややこしい • puzzling, tangled, complicated, complex

① なんだかんだ • something or other

① 入る【いる】 • to get in, to go in, to come in, to flow into, to set, to set in

① はる • to do

① 一目【ひとめ】 • ① (a) glance, (a) look, (a) glimpse ② (a) stone (in Go) ③ complete view, bird's-eye view

① 間【ま】 • space, room, time, pause

① 持てる【もてる】 • ① to be able to possess (hold, get, etc.) ② to be well liked, to be popular, to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.), to be welcomed ③ to endure (the tests of time, the elements, etc.), to last ④ possessed ⑤ possessing riches, having wealth

① 答【こたえ】 • response, reply, answer, solution

① 問答【もんどう】 • questions and answers, dialogue

① 有【ゆう】 • ① existence ② possession, having ③ limited company

① 重【じゅう】 • greater degree, heavy, serious

① 引き取る【ひきとる】 • to take charge of, to take over, to retire to a private place

① 向き【むき】 • direction, orientation, aspect, situation, exposure, suitability, tendency

① 申し出【もうしで】 • proposal, request, claim, report, notice

① 交わす【かわす】 • ① to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.) ② to intersect, to cross ③ to dodge, to parry, to avoid, to turn aside

① 巻【まき】 • ① roll (e.g. of cloth) ② winding ③ volume (of book)

① 権【けん】 • authority, right (to do something)

① 初【はつ】 • first, new

① 頼み【たのみ】 • request, favor, favour, reliance, dependence

① 悪【あく】 • evil, wickedness

① 扱い【あつかい】 • treatment, service

① 安っぽい【やすっぽい】 • cheap-looking, tawdry, insignificant

① 意図【いと】 • intention, aim, design

① 意地【いじ】 • disposition, spirit, willpower, obstinacy, backbone, appetite

① 違える【ちがえる】 • to change

① 一見【いっけん】 • ① look, glimpse, glance ② to glance, to glimpse ③ apparently, seemingly

① 一切【いっさい】 • all, everything, without exception, the whole, entirely, absolutely

① 逸らす【そらす】 • to turn away, to avert

① 引きずる【ひきずる】 • ① to drag along, to pull ② to force someone along ③ to prolong, to drag out ④ to influence strongly, to seduce

① 渦【うず】 • swirl

① 演じる【えんじる】 • to perform (a play), to play (a part), to act (a part), to commit (a blunder)

① 縁【えん】 • ① fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together) ② relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection ③ family ties, affinity ④ opportunity, chance (to meet someone and start a relationship) ⑤ pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes) ⑥ narrow open-air veranda

① 遠回り【とおまわり】 • detour, roundabout way

① 押し寄せる【おしよせる】 • to advance on, to close in, to march on, to descend on (the enemy), to move towards, to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.), to rush for (the door), to inundate, to overwhelm, to push aside

① 下心【したごころ】 • ① secret intention, ulterior motive ② kanji "heart" radical at bottom

① 何だか【なんだか】 • (a) little, somewhat, somehow

① 何より【なにより】 • most, best, above all

① 家畜【かちく】 • domestic animals, livestock, cattle

① 花びら【はなびら】 • (flower) petal

① 解ける【ほどける】 • to come untied, to come apart

① 開発【かいはつ】 • development, exploitation

① 貝殻【かいがら】 • shell

① 外観【がいかん】 • appearance, exterior, facade

① 外来【がいらい】 • ① external origin, imported ② outpatient

① 概念【がいねん】 • general idea, concept, notion

① 学歴【がくれき】 • academic background

① 掛け【かけ】 • ① credit ② partially, half

① 叶う【かなう】 • to come true (wish)

① 叶える【かなえる】 • to grant (request, wish)

① 勘弁【かんべん】 • pardon, forgiveness, forbearance

① 寛容【かんよう】 • forbearance, tolerance, generosity

① 感触【かんしょく】 • sense of touch, feeling, sensation, texture (of food while chewing)

① 慣らす【ならす】 • to accustom

① 監視【かんし】 • observation, guarding, inspection, surveillance

① 緩む【ゆるむ】 • to become loose, to slacken

① 間柄【あいだがら】 • relation(ship)

① 危害【きがい】 • injury, harm, danger

① 危機【きき】 • crisis

① 器【うつわ】 • ① bowl, vessel, container ② ability, capacity, calibre, caliber

① 寄与【きよ】 • contribution, service

① 規制【きせい】 • regulation, (traffic) policing, control, restriction

① 規定【きてい】 • regulation, provisions

① 記す【しるす】 • ① to write down, to note ② to remember

① 技【わざ】 • technique, art

① 義理【ぎり】 • duty, sense of duty, honor, honour, decency, courtesy, debt of gratitude, social obligation

① 脚色【きゃくしょく】 • dramatization (e.g. film), dramatisation

① 及び【および】 • and, as well as

① 救い【すくい】 • help, aid, relief, salvation

① 究極【きゅうきょく】 • ultimate, extreme, final, eventual

① 拒絶【きょぜつ】 • refusal, rejection

① 距離【きょり】 • distance, range

① 享受【きょうじゅ】 • reception, acceptance, enjoyment, being given

① 強める【つよめる】 • to strengthen, to emphasize, to emphasise

① 教科【きょうか】 • subject, curriculum

① 橋渡し【はしわたし】 • bridge building, mediation, go-between, intermediary, (through the) good offices (of someone)

① 郷愁【きょうしゅう】 • nostalgia, homesickness

① 驚き【おどろき】 • surprise, astonishment, wonder

① 凝る【こる】 • ① to grow stiff ② to be absorbed in, to be devoted to, to be a fanatic, to elaborate

① 勤務【きんむ】 • service, duty, work

① 禁じる【きんじる】 • to prohibit

① 吟味【ぎんみ】 • testing, scrutiny, careful investigation

① 愚痴【ぐち】 • ① idle complaint, grumble ② moha (ignorance, folly)

① 空間【くうかん】 • space, room, airspace

① 軍服【ぐんぷく】 • military or naval uniform

① 契機【けいき】 • opportunity, chance

① 形成【けいせい】 • formation, molding, taking form

① 形態【けいたい】 • form, shape, figure

① 携帯【けいたい】 • something carried (in the hand), handheld

① 系【けい】 • ① system, lineage, group ② corollary ③ (geological) system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period) ④ (taxonomical) series

① 経緯【けいい】 • ① details, whole story, sequence of events, chronology, particulars, how it started, how things got this way ② complications, position

① 警戒【けいかい】 • ① vigilance, precaution, watch, lookout, alertness ② to be vigilant, to be cautious, to guard (against)

① 欠く【かく】 • to lack, to break, to crack, to chip

① 決意【けつい】 • decision, determination

① 血管【けっかん】 • blood vessel

① 圏【けん】 • ① sphere, circle, range ② category (only in the context of "category theory")

① 権力【けんりょく】 • (political) power, authority, influence

① 見計らう【みはからう】 • to choose at one's own discretion

① 見習う【みならう】 • to follow another's example

① 見渡す【みわたす】 • to look out over, to survey (scene), to take an extensive view of

① 基【もと】 • base, foundation

① 元来【がんらい】 • originally, primarily, essentially, logically, naturally

① 誇張【こちょう】 • exaggeration

① 交渉【こうしょう】 • ① negotiations, discussions ② connection

① 公立【こうりつ】 • public (institution)

① いい加減【いいかげん】 • ① irresponsible, perfunctory, careless ② lukewarm, half-baked, halfhearted, vague ③ reasonable, moderate (usu. in suggestions or orders) ④ considerably, quite, rather, pretty

① 構える【かまえる】 • ① to set up (e.g. a building) ② to prepare in advance (e.g. a meal), to prepare to use something (e.g. a camera) ③ to plan, to scheme ④ to fabricate in order to deceive ⑤ to stiffen, to become formal

① 行為【こうい】 • act, deed, conduct

① 合わす【あわす】 • ① to match (rhythm, speed, etc.) ② to join together, to unite, to combine, to add up ③ to face, to be opposite (someone) ④ to compare, to check with ⑤ to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate) ⑥ to place together, to connect, to overlap ⑦ to mix, to combine ⑧ to put blade to blade, to fight

① 合わせ【あわせ】 • joint together, opposite, facing

① 合致【がっち】 • agreement, concurrence, conformance, compliance

① 告げる【つげる】 • to inform

① 告白【こくはく】 • ① confession, acknowledgement, acknowledgment ② profession of love ③ confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

① 根拠【こんきょ】 • basis, foundation

① 差し出す【さしだす】 • to present, to submit, to tender, to hold out

① 最早【もはや】 • already, now

① 済ます【すます】 • ① to finish, to get it over with, to conclude ② to settle, to pay back ③ to get along (without something), to make do with (without)

① 作戦【さくせん】 • ① tactics, strategy ② military or naval operations

① 作用【さよう】 • action, operation, effect, function

① 酸化【さんか】 • oxidation

① 残酷【ざんこく】 • cruelty, harshness

① 仕掛ける【しかける】 • to commence, to lay (mines), to set (traps), to wage (war), to challenge

① 仕切る【しきる】 • ① to partition, to divide, to mark off, to itemize ② to direct, to take control, to manage, to take responsibility ③ to settle accounts ④ to toe the mark

① 仕立てる【したてる】 • to tailor, to make, to prepare, to train, to send (a messenger)

① 始末【しまつ】 • ① management, dealing, settlement ② cleaning up, getting rid of ③ end result (usu. bad)

① 思考【しこう】 • thought, consideration, thinking

① 視点【してん】 • opinion, point of view, visual point

① 試み【こころみ】 • trial, experiment

① 試みる【こころみる】 • to try, to test

① 資格【しかく】 • qualifications, requirements, capabilities

① 自覚【じかく】 • self-consciousness, self-awareness

① 自己【じこ】 • self, oneself

① 自主【じしゅ】 • independence, autonomy

① 軸【じく】 • axis, stem, shaft, axle

① 実家【じっか】 • (one's parents') home

① 遮る【さえぎる】 • to interrupt, to intercept, to obstruct

① 若干【じゃっかん】 • some, few, number of

① 弱まる【よわまる】 • to abate, to weaken, to be emaciated, to be dejected, to be perplexed

① 弱る【よわる】 • to weaken, to be troubled, to be downcast, to be emaciated, to be dejected, to be perplexed, to impair

① 主導【しゅどう】 • main leadership

① 手軽【てがる】 • easy, simple, informal, offhand, cheap

① 手元【てもと】 • ① (money) on hand or at home, one's purse (handbag) ② usual skill

① 手際【てぎわ】 • performance, skill, tact

① 受け継ぐ【うけつぐ】 • to inherit, to succeed, to take over

① 受け止める【うけとめる】 • to catch, to stop the blow, to react to, to take

① 収まる【おさまる】 • ① to be in one's place, to be installed, to settle into ② to be delivered, to be obtained, to be paid ③ to be settled, to be sorted out ④ to lessen (e.g. of storms, pain), to calm down ⑤ to be fit tightly into (e.g. a frame), to be sheathed (in a scabbard)

① 襲う【おそう】 • ① to attack, to assail, to make an assault, to strike, to hunt down ② to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.) ③ to make a sudden visit

① 充実【じゅうじつ】 • ① fullness, completion, perfection, substantiality, enrichment ② replenishment, repletion

① 宿命【しゅくめい】 • fate, destiny, predestination

① 塾【じゅく】 • coaching school, cramming school, juku

① 出世【しゅっせ】 • promotion, successful career, eminence

① 盾【たて】 • shield, buckler, escutcheon, pretext

① 所有【しょゆう】 • one's possessions, ownership

① 助詞【じょし】 • particle, postposition

① 助動詞【じょどうし】 • auxiliary verb

① 勝手【かって】 • ① one's own convenience, one's way ② convenience or ease of use, knowledge of how to use ③ circumstances, situation (e.g. financial), environment ④ kitchen ⑤ arbitrary

① 勝利【しょうり】 • victory, triumph, conquest, success, win

① 宵【よい】 • evening, early night hours

① 尚更【なおさら】 • all the more, still less

① 承諾【しょうだく】 • consent, acquiescence, agreement

① 焦る【あせる】 • to be in a hurry, to be impatient

① 称する【しょうする】 • ① to take the name of, to call oneself ② to pretend, to feign, to purport

① 衝撃【しょうげき】 • shock, crash, impact, ballistic

① 詳細【しょうさい】 • detail, particulars

① 象徴【しょうちょう】 • symbol

① 障る【さわる】 • to hinder, to interfere with, to affect, to do one harm, to be harmful to

① 上昇【じょうしょう】 • rising, ascending, climbing

① 丈【たけ】 • height, stature, length, measure, all (one has)

① 嬢【じょう】 • ① unmarried woman ② (after a name) Miss ③ (after a line of work) -ess, -ette

① 情熱【じょうねつ】 • passion, enthusiasm, zeal

① 食い違う【くいちがう】 • to cross each other, to run counter to, to differ, to clash, to go awry

① 人格【じんかく】 • personality, character, individuality

① 人材【じんざい】 • man of talent, capable person, talented person

① 人体【じんたい】 • human body

① 尽きる【つきる】 • to be used up, to be run out, to be exhausted, to be consumed, to come to an end

① 迅速【じんそく】 • quick, fast, rapid, swift, prompt, streamlined, expedited, expeditious

① 推測【すいそく】 • guess, conjecture

① 澄ます【すます】 • to clear, to make clear, to be unruffled, to look unconcerned, to look demure, to look prim, to put on airs

① 世代【せだい】 • generation, the world, the age

① 制服【せいふく】 • uniform

① 征服【せいふく】 • conquest, subjugation, overcoming

① 成果【せいか】 • results, fruits

① 正しく【まさしく】 • surely, no doubt, evidently

① 正解【せいかい】 • correct, right, correct interpretation (answer, solution)

① 正体【しょうたい】 • natural shape, one's true colors, one's true colours, true character, consciousness, senses

① 正当【せいとう】 • just, justifiable, right, due, proper, equitable, reasonable, legitimate, legal, lawful

① 生理【せいり】 • ① physiology ② menstruation, one's period, menses

① 精密【せいみつ】 • precise, exact, detailed, minute, close

① 切実【せつじつ】 • compelling, serious, severe, acute, earnest, pressing, urgent

① 接触【せっしょく】 • touch, contact

① 折り返す【おりかえす】 • ① to turn up, to fold back ② to loopback (a signal, a message)

① 設置【せっち】 • establishment, institution

① 設定【せってい】 • ① establishment, creation ② options or preference settings (in computer software), configuration, assignment, setup

① 節【せつ】 • ① occasion, time ② section (of a literary work), verse, stanza ③ node (of a plant stem) ④ clause ⑤ (taxonomical) section

① 絶える【たえる】 • ① to die out, to peter out, to become extinct ② to cease, to be stopped, to be discontinued, to be cut off

① 先行【せんこう】 • preceding, going first, leading, going ahead, taking priority

① 占領【せんりょう】 • occupation, capture, possession, have a room to oneself

① 宣言【せんげん】 • declaration, proclamation, announcement

① 戦闘【せんとう】 • battle, fight, combat

① 善良【ぜんりょう】 • goodness, excellence, virtue

① 全快【ぜんかい】 • complete recovery of health

① 相応しい【ふさわしい】 • appropriate

① 遭難【そうなん】 • disaster, shipwreck, accident, being stranded

① 憎しみ【にくしみ】 • hatred

① 打ち切る【うちきる】 • to stop, to abort, to discontinue, to close

① 打撃【だげき】 • ① blow, shock, strike, damage ② batting (baseball)

① 体格【たいかく】 • physique, constitution

① 体験【たいけん】 • personal experience

① 対応【たいおう】 • ① interaction, correspondence, coping with, dealing with, support ② software support, ability of a computer system to run specific software

① 対処【たいしょ】 • deal with, cope

① 対等【たいとう】 • equivalent

① 退化【たいか】 • degeneration, retrogression

① 退学【たいがく】 • dropping out of school

① 退治【たいじ】 • extermination

① 台無し【だいなし】 • mess, spoiled, spoilt, (come to) nothing

① 大概【たいがい】 • ① in general, almost all ② mainly, mostly, most likely ③ moderately, suitably

① 大胆【だいたん】 • bold, daring, audacious

① 達成【たっせい】 • achievement

① 断言【だんげん】 • assertion, declaration, affirmation

① 知性【ちせい】 • intelligence

① 知的【ちてき】 • intellectual

① 地元【じもと】 • ① home area, home town ② local

① 地獄【じごく】 • hell

① 恥【はじ】 • shame, embarrassment

① 恥じらう【はじらう】 • to feel shy, to be bashful, to blush

① 畜生【ちくしょう】 • ① beast (i.e. any animal other than man) ② person reborn into the animal realm ③ brute (i.e. a contemptible human being) ④ son of a bitch, for Christ's sake, damn it

① 蓄積【ちくせき】 • accumulation, accumulate, store

① 中傷【ちゅうしょう】 • slander, libel, defamation

① 中断【ちゅうだん】 • interruption, suspension, break

① 腸【ちょう】 • guts, bowels, intestines

① 調和【ちょうわ】 • harmony

① 直感【ちょっかん】 • intuition, instinct, insight, hunch

① 追及【ついきゅう】 • ① investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt), questioning, pressing, hounding, pinning down ② catching up, overtaking

① 痛感【つうかん】 • feeling keenly, fully realizing

① 通常【つうじょう】 • common, general, normal, usual

① 訂正【ていせい】 • correction, revision, amendment

① 的【まと】 • mark, target

① 天下【てんか】 • the world, whole country, descent from heaven, having one's own way, the public, the ruling power

① 転換【てんかん】 • convert, divert

① 吐く【つく】 • ① to breathe ② to tell (lies) ③ to vomit, to disgorge

① 徒歩【とほ】 • walking, going on foot

① 投げ出す【なげだす】 • to throw down, to abandon, to sacrifice, to throw out

① 当人【とうにん】 • the one concerned, the said person

① 逃げ出す【にげだす】 • to run away, to escape from

① 逃す【のがす】 • to let loose, to set free, to let escape

① 動き【うごき】 • movement, activity, trend, development, change

① 動揺【どうよう】 • disturbance, unrest, shaking, trembling, pitching, rolling, oscillation, agitation, excitement, commotion

① 同士【どうし】 • fellow, mutual, companion, comrade, bonding

① 胴【どう】 • ① trunk, torso, body, abdomen, waist ② plastron (in kendo), touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo) ③ frame (of a drum, etc.), sound box (of a shamisen, etc.), hull (of a ship)

① 読み上げる【よみあげる】 • to read out loud (and clearly), to call a roll

① 突如【とつじょ】 • suddenly, all of a sudden

① 内緒【ないしょ】 • ① secrecy, confidentiality, privacy, secret ② one's circumstances (esp. fiscal) ③ inner realization, personal enlightenment ④ kitchen

① 内心【ないしん】 • innermost thoughts, real intention, inmost heart, one's mind, in the heart

① 肉体【にくたい】 • the body, the flesh

① 乳【ちち】 • ① milk ② breast ③ loop ④ decorative bump (on a hanging bell)

① 入手【にゅうしゅ】 • obtaining, coming to hand

① 認識【にんしき】 • recognition, cognizance, cognisance

① 悩み【なやみ】 • trouble, troubles, worry, distress, sorrows, anguish, agony, problem

① 脳【のう】 • brain, memory

① 馬鹿馬鹿しい【ばかばかしい】 • stupid

① 背景【はいけい】 • background, scenery, setting, circumstance

① 背後【はいご】 • ① back, rear ② background, behind the scenes

① 肺【はい】 • lung

① 配布【はいふ】 • distribution

① 迫害【はくがい】 • persecution

① 漠然【ばくぜん】 • obscure, vague, equivocal

① 発育【はついく】 • (physical) growth, development

① 発言【はつげん】 • utterance, speech, proposal

① 発生【はっせい】 • ① outbreak, spring forth, occurrence, incidence, origin ② ontogeny, development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

① 反応【はんのう】 • reaction, response

① 反撃【はんげき】 • counterattack, counteroffensive, counterblow

① 反射【はんしゃ】 • ① reflection, reverberation ② reflex (medical)

① 悲惨【ひさん】 • disastrous, tragic, miserable, wretched, pitiful

① 費やす【ついやす】 • to spend, to devote, to waste

① 微笑【びしょう】 • smile

① 眉【まゆ】 • eyebrow, eyebrows

① 美【び】 • beauty

① 必然【ひつぜん】 • inevitable, necessary

① 不意【ふい】 • sudden, abrupt, unexpected, unforeseen

① 不当【ふとう】 • injustice, impropriety, unreasonableness, undeserved, unfair, invalid

① 不明【ふめい】 • unknown, obscure, indistinct, uncertain, ambiguous, ignorant, lack of wisdom, anonymous, unidentified

① 不良【ふりょう】 • badness, inferiority, delinquency, failure, defect, blemish

① 付け加える【つけくわえる】 • to add one thing to another

① 風習【ふうしゅう】 • custom

① 物体【ぶったい】 • body, object

① 偏【へん】 • left-hand radical of a character

① 偏見【へんけん】 • prejudice, narrow view

① 舗装【ほそう】 • pavement, road surface

① 奉仕【ほうし】 • attendance, service, ministry, church work

① 崩壊【ほうかい】 • ① collapse, crumbling, breaking down, caving in ② decay (physics)

① 放置【ほうち】 • leave as is, leave to chance, leave alone, neglect

① 暴力【ぼうりょく】 • violence, mayhem

① 防衛【ぼうえい】 • defense, defence, protection, self-defense, self-defence

① 本音【ほんね】 • real intention, motive

① 本格【ほんかく】 • ① original method or procedure ② serious, orthodox, classical, genuine

① 本質【ほんしつ】 • essence, true nature, substance, reality

① 本体【ほんたい】 • ① substance, real form ② body (of a machine) ③ object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.) ④ noumenon

① 本能【ほんのう】 • instinct

① 埋める【うずめる】 • ① to cover, to bury (e.g. one's face in hands), to submerge ② to fill (completely), to stuff, to pack, to cram, to fill up

① 味わい【あじわい】 • ① flavour, flavor ② meaning, significance

① 未だ【いまだ】 • ① as yet, hitherto, still ② not yet (with negative verb)

① 密度【みつど】 • density

① 無意味【むいみ】 • nonsense, no meaning, meaningless

① 無言【むごん】 • silence

① 無口【むくち】 • reticence, taciturnity

① 無駄遣い【むだづかい】 • wasting ... on (e.g. money), squandering, waste, frittering away

① 無茶【むちゃ】 • absurd, unreasonable, excessive, rash, absurdity, nonsense

① 無難【ぶなん】 • safety, security

① 無論【むろん】 • of course, naturally

① 名札【なふだ】 • name plate, name tag, label

① 名称【めいしょう】 • name, title

① 明瞭【めいりょう】 • clarity, clearness

① 網【あみ】 • ① net, netting ② web

① 幽霊【ゆうれい】 • ghost, specter, spectre, apparition, phantom

① 有様【ありさま】 • state, condition, circumstances, the way things are or should be, truth

① 予想【よそう】 • expectation, anticipation, prediction, forecast, conjecture

① 余地【よち】 • place, room, margin, scope

① 様相【ようそう】 • aspect

① 用件【ようけん】 • business, thing to be done, something that should be perfomed, information that should be conveyed

① 遥か【はるか】 • far, far away, distant, remote, far off

① 欲【よく】 • greed, craving, desire, avarice, wants

① 欲望【よくぼう】 • desire, appetite, lust

① 絡む【からむ】 • ① to entangle, to entwine ② to pick a quarrel, to find fault ③ to be involved with, to be influenced by, to develop a connection with

① 落ち込む【おちこむ】 • ① to feel down (sad) ② to be in a slump (e.g. business, economy), to be in an unfavourable condition ③ to fall into (e.g. a hole)

① 落ち着き【おちつき】 • ① calmness, composure, presence of mind ② stability, steadiness

① 理性【りせい】 • reason, sense

① 裏返し【うらがえし】 • inside out, upside down

① 立ち去る【たちさる】 • to leave, to depart, to take one's leave

① 領地【りょうち】 • territory, dominion

① 類【るい】 • kind, sort, class, family, genus

① 励ます【はげます】 • to encourage, to cheer, to raise (the voice)

① 暦【こよみ】 • calendar, almanac

① 裂ける【さける】 • to split, to tear, to burst

① 恋愛【れんあい】 • love, love-making, passion, emotion, affections

① 連中【れんちゅう】 • colleagues, company, a lot, those guys (slightly impolite)

① 露骨【ろこつ】 • ① frank, blunt, plain, outspoken ② conspicuous, open ③ broad, suggestive, lewd

① 論理【ろんり】 • ① logic ② logical

① 枠【わく】 • frame, slide, border

① 駆ける【かける】 • ① to soar, to fly ② to run, to dash

① 管【かん】 • pipe, tube

① 魂【たましい】 • soul, spirit

① 瞬き【まばたき】 • wink, twinkling (of stars), flicker (of light), blink (of light)

① 情緒【じょうちょ】 • ① emotion, feeling ② spirit

① 打ち込む【うちこむ】 • to drive in (e.g. nail, stake), to devote oneself to, to shoot into, to smash, to throw into, to cast into

① 伝言【でんごん】 • verbal message, rumor, rumour, word

① 難い【がたい】 • difficult, hard

① 避ける【よける】 • ① to avoid (physical contact with) ② to avoid (situation) ③ to ward off, to avert

① 万能【ばんのう】 • ① all-purpose, utility ② almighty, omnipotent

① 融通【ゆうずう】 • ① lending (money), finance ② adaptability, versatility, flexibility, accommodation

① 言い訳【いいわけ】 • ① excuse ② explanation

① 箇所【かしょ】 • passage, place, point, part

① 肝心【かんじん】 • essential, fundamental, crucial, vital, main

① 起源【きげん】 • origin, beginning, rise

① 傷つく【きずつく】 • ① to be wounded, to get injured ② to get hurt feelings ③ to chip, to scratch, to damage

① 綺麗【きれい】 • ① pretty, lovely, beautiful, fair ② clean, clear, pure, tidy, neat ③ completely, entirely

① 区画【くかく】 • division, section, compartment, boundary, area, block

① 心【しん】 • ① heart, mind ② spirit, vitality, inner strength ③ Chinese "Heart" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

① 擦る【する】 • ① to rub, to chafe, to strike (match), to file, to frost (glass) ② to lose (e.g. a match), to forfeit, to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

① 添える【そえる】 • ① to garnish, to accompany (as a card does a gift) ② to add to as support, to prop up ③ to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.)

① 止める【とどめる】 • ① to stop, to stay (e.g. the night), to cease, to put an end to ② to contain, to keep (in position, in place), to limit ③ to record (e.g. a fact), to retain

① 堂々【どうどう】 • ① magnificent, grand, impressive, dignified, majestic, imposing, stately ② fair, square, open ③ grandly, boldly, confidently ④ fairly, squarely ⑤ unreservedly, without apology, without hesitation

① 担う【になう】 • to carry on shoulder, to bear (burden), to shoulder (gun)

① 飲み込む【のみこむ】 • ① to gulp down, to swallow deeply ② to understand, to take in, to catch on to, to learn, to digest

① 図る【はかる】 • ① to plot, to attempt, to plan, to devise, to design ② to take in, to deceive ③ to aim for, to have something in mind ④ to refer A to B

① 引き上げる【ひきあげる】 • ① to pull up, to drag up, to lift up ② to increase, to raise (e.g. taxes) ③ to withdraw, to leave, to pull out, to retire ④ to return home

① 見逃す【みのがす】 • to miss, to overlook, to leave at large

① 世【よ】 • world, society, age, generation

① 理屈【りくつ】 • theory, reason

① 割【わり】 • ① rate, ratio, proportion, percentage ② profit ③ assignment ④ 10%, unit of ten percent ⑤ sumo match, schedule of sumo matches ⑥ diluted with (of drinks), mixed with

① 行ける【いける】 • to look (taste, etc.) good

① 座標【ざひょう】 • coordinate, coordinates

① 芸【げい】 • art, craft, accomplishment, artistic skill, technique, performance

① 著【ちょ】 • ① work, book ② (a book) by ③ obvious, striking

① あからさま • plain, frank, candid, open, direct, straightforward, unabashed, blatant, flagrant

① もろに • completely, all the way, altogether, bodily

① よし • common reed (Phragmites australis)

① 闇【やみ】 • darkness, the dark, black-marketeering, dark, shady, illegal

① 嘘つき【うそつき】 • liar (sometimes said with not much seriousness), fibber

① 汚す【けがす】 • to disgrace, to dishonour, to dishonor, to defile

① 滑稽【こっけい】 • funny, humorous, humourous, comical, laughable, ridiculous, joking

① まして • ① still more, to say nothing of, not to mention ② still less (with neg. verb)

① 凝る【こごる】 • to congeal, to freeze

① 近付く【ちかづく】 • ① to approach, to draw near, to get close ② to get acquainted with, to get closer to, to get to know

① 戸惑う【とまどう】 • to be bewildered, to be perplexed

① 誤魔化す【ごまかす】 • to deceive, to falsify, to misrepresent

① 今更【いまさら】 • now (after such a long time), at this late hour (i.e. it is too late for something)

① 差し引く【さしひく】 • ① to deduct, to take away, to dock ② to make allowances for something, to bear something in mind ③ to ebb and flow

① ついで • opportunity, occasion

① 漕ぐ【こぐ】 • ① to row, to scull, to paddle ② to pedal (e.g. bicycle) ③ to swing (on a swing) ④ to operate a hand pump ⑤ to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)

① 叩く【はたく】 • ① to strike, to clap, to dust, to beat ② to play drums ③ to abuse, to flame (e.g. on the Internet), to insult ④ to use up money

① 辿る【たどる】 • to follow (road), to pursue (course), to follow up, to follow (hyperlink)

① ちょう • super-, ultra-, hyper-, very, really (conversational)

① つつく • ① to poke (repeatedly, lightly), to nudge ② to peck at (one's food), to pick at ③ to peck at (someone's faults, etc.) ④ to egg on, to put up to

① 年頃【としごろ】 • ① approximate age, apparent age ② marriageable age (esp. of a woman), age of independence, age of adulthood ③ (after modifying phrase) appropriate age (to ...), old enough (to ...)

① 微塵【みじん】 • particle, atom

① むちゃくちゃ • confused, jumbled, mixed up, unreasonable

① 流暢【りゅうちょう】 • fluent (language skill), flowing

① 俯く【うつむく】 • to hang one's head in shame, to look downward, to cast one's eyes down

① 呟く【つぶやく】 • to mutter, to murmur

① 咄嗟【とっさ】 • moment, instant

① 嗜好【しこう】 • taste, liking, preference

① くじ • lottery, lot

① あつらえる • to give an order, to place an order

① かかと • heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)

① かつて • ① once, before, formerly, ever, former, ex- ② never (with negative verb)

① いやいや • reluctantly, by no means, unwillingly

① 云々【うんぬん】 • ① and so on, and so forth ② comment, criticism

① おもなる • main, principal, important

① 完璧【かんぺき】 • perfect, complete, flawless

① こもる • ① to seclude oneself, to be confined in ② to be filled (e.g. with emotion, satire, etc.), to be heavy (with) ③ to be stuffy ④ to be implied

① すがすがしい • fresh, refreshing

① 留める【とどめる】 • ① to stop, to stay (e.g. the night), to cease, to put an end to ② to contain, to keep (in position, in place), to limit ③ to record (e.g. a fact), to retain

① とりあえず • at once, first of all, for the time being, for now

① ねじれる • to twist, to wrench, to screw

① 憂鬱【ゆううつ】 • depression, melancholy, dejection, gloom

① よっぽど • ① very, greatly, much, to a large extent, quite ② just about to

① わざわざ • expressly, specially, doing something especially rather than incidentally

① ねじる • ① to screw, to twist ② to distort, to parody, to make a pun ③ to torture, to wrest

① ろくな • satisfactory, decent

あしらう • to arrange, to treat, to handle, to deal with

あどけない • innocent, cherubic

いかす • to be smart, to be cool, to be sharp, to be stylish

おい • ① hey!, oi! ② me

おたおた • shocked speechless

おっさん • ① rude term for middle-aged man ② Buddhist priest

ぎょっと • being startled

ぎりぎり • ① at the last moment, just barely ② grinding sound

くらくら • dizziness, giddiness

ぐるぐる • ① turning round and round, going around in circles ② wrapped around

こだわり • ① obsession, fixation, hangup ② determination, fastidiousness, pickiness about (trait, style, etc.)

ごちゃごちゃ • ① jumble, mix up ② complaining about various things

させる • to make (someone) do

そこそこ • ① reasonably, fairly well ② or so, about

その後【そのご】 • after that, afterwards, thereafter

それら • those over there

たった • only, merely, but, no more than

だらだら • ① pouring liquid ② prevaricating ③ long, gentle slope ④ sluggishly, endlessly

チャラ • forgiving a debt, getting even;

つい • ① just (now) ② quite (near) ③ unintentionally, unconsciously, by mistake, against one's better judgement (judgment)

とき • regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

どきどき • throb, beat (fast)

ねた • ① material, joke material, contents, proof ② topping of nigiri sushi

はっと • taken aback

ばれる • to leak out (a secret), to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.) (behavior)

へらへら • frivolous

ほら • look!, look out!, look at me!

やばい • ① awful (young persons' slang), terrible, crap ② terrific (young persons' slang), amazing, cool

やれやれ • exclamation of relief or disappointment

やんちゃ • naughty, mischievous

らっしゃる • to be, to come, to go

アイスクリーム • ice cream, icecream

アスファルト • asphalt

イベント • event

イメージ • ① (one's) image ② (computer) image ③ artist's impression

イラスト • illustration

インターネット • the Internet

エピソード • episode

エプロン • apron

エリート • elite

エンジン • engine

カーネーション • carnation

カバー • ① cover (e.g. book) ② kava (Piper methysticum)

カンカン • can-can

キー • ① key ② long squealing sound

キープ • ① keep ② quipu, quippu

キス • kiss

クール • ① cool (temperature, color, etc.) ② cool (i.e. calm and collected) ③ cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.) ④ course (of medical treatment) ⑤ season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)

クイズ • quiz

クッション • cushion

クリーム • cream

クリア • clear

クリスマス • Christmas

グループ • group (usu. of people)

ケース • ① case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.) ② Computer-Aided Software Engineering, CASE

ゲーム • game

コーティング • coating

コンディション • condition

ゴールデンウィーク • Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)

サッカー • ① soccer ② seersucker

シーン • scene

シチュエーション • situation

シャンプー • shampoo

ショート • ① short (e.g. a circuit) ② short stop (baseball)

ショック • shock

ショッピング • shopping

ストッキング • stockings

ストレート • ① straight ② straightforward, direct, straight out, blunt

スペル • spelling

セクハラ • sexual harassment

センス • good taste (for music, style, tact, etc.) (from sense)

センチメンタル • sentimental

タイミング • timing

タイム • ① time ② thyme

タイヤ • tire, tyre

タッチ • ① touch ② being involved in

タブー • taboo

ダイエット • ① diet ② losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)

ダウンロード • download

ダメージ • damage

チェーン • chain

チェック • check, plaid

チャーミング • charming

チャレンジ • self-challenge, trying hard to do something

データ • data, datum

デリケート • delicate

トップ • ① top ② top position ③ senior management, senior bureaucrat

トラブル • trouble

ドン • Don (Spanish honorific)

ニュアンス • nuance

ハンドバッグ • handbag, purse

バイト • ① work (esp. part time or casual) ② byte, octet ③ bite ④ cutting tool, bit

バランス • balance

バレンタインデー • Valentine's Day

パターン • pattern

パワー • power

パントマイム • pantomime

ヒット • hit, success, safe hit (baseball), being a hit

ビデオ • video

ビデオテープ • video tape

ファースト • ① first ② first baseman, first base ③ fast

ファッション • fashion

フィーリング • feeling

フェンス • fence

フォロー • ① follow ② followup (e.g. netnews) ③ backing-up, covering for

フレーム • ① frame ② flame (abusive or threatening message)

ブルー • ① blue (colour, color) ② sad, down (in the dumps)

ブレーキ • brake

プライベート • private

プラスチック • plastic

ベンチ • bench

ペダル • pedal

ボス • boss

マーカー • marker

マイナー • minor

マシン • machine

マジック • ① magic ② magic marker

マニア • ① enthusiast ② mania, enthusiasm

マニアック • maniac (as in rabid sport fan), enthusiast

ミス • ① mistake, error, failure ② Miss ③ myth

メモ • memorandum

メンバー • member, participant, attendee, lineup (sport)

ユーモア • humor, humour

ライト • ① light ② right ③ right field, right fielder

ライン • line

リアクション • reaction

リスト • ① list ② wrist

リハビリ • rehabilitation

リュックサック • rucksack, knapsack, backpack

ルート • ① root ② route

ルール • rule

レート • ① rate ② late

レベル • ① level ② rebel ③ revel

ローラー • roller

一気に【いっきに】 • at once, at a breath (stroke, sitting)

一日中【いちにちじゅう】 • throughout the day

なんだかんだ • something or other, one thing or another, this or that

何と【なんと】 • what, how, whatever

何やら【なにやら】 • something, for some reason

何一つ【なにひとつ】 • (not) one (usu. in neg. phrases)

いつの間にか【いつのまにか】 • before one knows, before one becomes aware of, unnoticed, unawares

何ら【なんら】 • ① whatever, what, what sort of, any kind of ② nothing whatever (with neg. verb)

外れ【はずれ】 • ① end, verge, extremity, tip, outskirts ② miss, failure

外見【がいけん】 • outward appearance

気さく【きさく】 • frank, sociable, good humored, good humoured, candid, openhearted, ready, willing

休日【きゅうじつ】 • holiday, day off

五月【ごがつ】 • May

後【のち】 • ① later, afterwards, since ② future ③ after one's death

あとで • afterwards

後日【ごじつ】 • in the future, another day, later

行間【ぎょうかん】 • line-spacing in text, between the lines

今や【いまや】 • now

だし • festival car (float)

四国【しこく】 • Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

出し【だし】 • ① dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp) ② pretext, excuse, pretense (pretence), dupe, front man

女子高【じょしこう】 • girls' high school

生前【せいぜん】 • while alive, during one's lifetime

先ほど【さきほど】 • some time ago

男女【だんじょ】 • man and woman, men and women

中学生【ちゅうがくせい】 • junior high school student, middle school pupil

つま先【つまさき】 • tiptoe

年下【としした】 • younger, junior

年上【としうえ】 • older, senior

父子【ふし】 • father and child (son)

話せる【はなせる】 • to be understanding, to be sensible

いずれ • ① where, which, who ② anyway, anyhow, at any rate, sooner or later, eventually, at some future date or time

なにせ • at any rate, anyhow

見え【みえ】 • show, display, appearance, vanity, charm, attraction

行き来【いきき】 • ① coming and going, keeping in touch, visiting each other ② street traffic, highway

入【にゅう】 • go in

生む【うむ】 • to give birth, to deliver, to produce

行い【おこない】 • deed, act, action, conduct, behavior, behaviour, asceticism

なかなか • ① very, considerably, easily, readily, fairly, quite, highly, rather ② by no means (with negative verb)

見かける【みかける】 • to (happen to) see, to notice, to catch sight of

山々【やまやま】 • ① very much, great deal ② many mountains

お気に入り【おきにいり】 • ① favorite, favourite, pet (e.g. teacher's pet) ② bookmark (in web browser)

おいおい • ① Hey!, Wait a minute!, Whoa! ② boohoo, waaaa

とも • ① certainly, of course, to be sure, rather ② even if, no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how) ③ at the (least, earliest, etc.)

ふん • ① hmm, well ..., humph, huh, pshaw, pish ② roughly, harshly, violently

リストラ • (corporate) restructuring, downsizing

大人気【だいにんき】 • great popularity, high favour

高学年【こうがくねん】 • upper grade or classes (in schools)

一人っ子【ひとりっこ】 • an only child

からきし • quite, utterly, (not) at all, completely

とことん • (to) the end, thoroughly

マウンテンバイク • mountain bicycle, mountain bike

何かしら【なにかしら】 • somehow or other, something or other

いとも • extremely

さては • and then, besides, on top of that

そうね • Oh well

それにしても • nevertheless, at any rate, even so

だからこそ • for this reason

ともすれば • apt to (do), liable to, prone to

ひょっとしたら • possibly, by some possibility, perhaps

人間らしい【にんげんらしい】 • human, humane

ちゃう • to do something completely

じゃう • to do something completely

じろじろ • staringly, scrutinizing, scrutinising

たい • ① (after the -masu stem of a verb) want to ... do something, would like to ... ② (at sentence-end) indicates emphasis ③ (after a noun or the -masu stem of a verb) very ...

かい • marks yes-no question

へえ • oh, yes?, really?

ですが • but, however, (and) yet, nevertheless, still, for all that

ごねる • to grumble, to make difficulties

ノー • no

っぽい • -ish, -like

やあ • ① Yo! (greeting) ② Wow! (expression of surprise)

たる • (those) who are, (that) which is, often used in relation to qualifications and requirements for a position, in the capacity of

だい • ① marks wh-question (what, where, who) ② strengthens one's judgment or conclusion

びしっと • ① with a snap, (break) cleanly ② (reject) sternly, flatly ③ smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)

なんだ • What!

うむ • yea, uh huh;

かよ • sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

そりゃ • ① very, extremely ② that is

なる • ① who is called, that is called ② that is

さらり • ① sleek, smooth ② thin (of a liquid) ③ without hesitation or delay

分の【ぶんの】 • denominator bun no numerator (in writing common fractions), X Yth's (Y bun no X)

ふむ • hmm, I see, hrm

えっ • Huh?, What's up?

あーあ • oh no (used as an expression of despair or when giving up), sigh of boredom or disgust, oh boy

ちまう • to do something completely;

これ • (used to get the attention of one's equals or inferiors) hey, oi, yo

それ • there! (used to call someone's attention to something)

うーん • hmm, well

しめ • (Shinto) rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil

言える【いえる】 • to be possible to say, to be able to say

ジュース • ① juice ② soft drink (any (sweet) non-alcoholic beverage, carbonated or uncarbonated) ③ deuce

バイク • bike, motorcycle

バッグ • bag

バット • ① bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.) ② tray (from fre: bateau or eng: vat)

フレンドリー • friendly

プライド • pride

プラス • plus

ホット • hot

ボール • ① ball ② bowl ③ board (e.g. cardboard, pasteboard)

メイド • maid

悪意【あくい】 • ① ill will, spite, evil intention ② bad meaning ③ (criminal) malice ④ mala fides (criminal intent to deceive)

悪気【わるぎ】 • ill will, malice, evil intent, ill feeling, distrust

悪質【あくしつ】 • bad quality, malignancy, vicious, malignant

安らか【やすらか】 • peaceful, tranquil, calm, restful

一朝一夕【いっちょういっせき】 • in a day, in a brief space of time

一品【いっぴん】 • ① item, article ② dish, course

引け目【ひけめ】 • weakness, drawing back

会長【かいちょう】 • president (of a society), chairman

間近【まぢか】 • proximity, nearness, soon, nearby

帰り道【かえりみち】 • the way back or home, return trip

起き上がる【おきあがる】 • to rise, to erect, to get up

空手【からて】 • ① karate ② empty handed

見知らぬ【みしらぬ】 • unknown, unacquainted, strange

元【もと】 • ① origin, source ② base, foundation ③ cause ④ ingredient ⑤ (somebody's) side, (somebody's) location ⑥ original cost (or capital, principal, etc.) ⑦ trunk ⑧ first section of a waka ⑨ counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry)

言い聞かせる【いいきかせる】 • to tell someone to do something, to warn, to persuade, to instruct

言い方【いいかた】 • way of talking, speaking style

口下手【くちべた】 • defective speech, slowness of speech, poor talker, tongue-tied person

考え方【かんがえかた】 • way of thinking

行き着く【ゆきつく】 • to arrive at, to end up

行使【こうし】 • use, exercise

作動【さどう】 • operation, functioning, running

思いとどまる【おもいとどまる】 • to give up (a plan or idea), to desist from (doing)

思い切る【おもいきる】 • ① to give up all thoughts of, to abandon, to despair of ② to make up one's mind, to take a momentous decision

思える【おもえる】 • to seem, to appear likely

死後【しご】 • after death

私有地【しゆうち】 • demesne, estate, private land, private property

自体【じたい】 • itself

自力【じりき】 • by oneself, self-made

手持ち【てもち】 • holdings, goods on hand

手書き【てがき】 • ① handwriting ② skilled penman

住人【じゅうにん】 • dweller, inhabitant, resident

春休み【はるやすみ】 • spring break, spring vacation

心外【しんがい】 • wholly unexpected, regrettable, unthinkable

心がける【こころがける】 • to keep in mind, to bear in mind, to try, to aim to do, to endeavor, to endeavour

真【しん】 • ① truth, reality, genuineness ② seriousness ③ logical TRUE ④ printed style writing ⑤ star performer

真夜中【まよなか】 • dead of night, midnight

人見知り【ひとみしり】 • shyness, fear of strangers, stranger anxiety

青色【あおいろ】 • blue

先手【せんて】 • ① the first move, forestalling, initiative ② black player (shogi)

前方【ぜんぽう】 • forward, frontward

早起き【はやおき】 • early rising

足らず【たらず】 • just under, a little less than, just short of

多大【ただい】 • heavy, much

着用【ちゃくよう】 • have on, wearing

朝食【ちょうしょく】 • breakfast

通り【どおり】 • ① in accordance with ..., following ... ② .. Street, .. Avenue

通話【つうわ】 • ① telephone call, talking, calling ② counter for telephone calls

動転【どうてん】 • ① being upset, being surprised and stunned ② transition, changing, moving

同時に【どうじに】 • coincident with, while, simultaneously

読み方【よみかた】 • way of reading, how to read

発する【はっする】 • to fire (a gun), to emit, to give forth

文字通り【もじどおり】 • ① literal ② literally

目前【もくぜん】 • before one's very eyes, under one's nose, imminence, close at hand

立ち【たち】 • stand

手のひら【てのひら】 • the palm (of one's hand)

店【てん】 • -store, -shop

入り口【いりくち】 • entrance, entry, gate, approach, mouth

思い【おもい】 • thought, mind, heart, feelings, emotion, sentiment, love, affection, desire, wish, hope, expectation, imagination, experience

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

近道【ちかみち】 • short way, shortcut

持ち主【もちぬし】 • owner, proprietor

使える【つかえる】 • to be useful, to be serviceable

言いがかり【いいがかり】 • false accusation, pretext, commitment

いろんな • various

着地【ちゃくち】 • landing

品行【ひんこう】 • (moral) conduct, behaviour, behavior, deportment

待ち【まち】 • waiting, waiting time

物言い【ものいい】 • ① manner of speaking ② verbal argument ③ objection, protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee) ④ rumor, rumour

私服【しふく】 • civilian clothes, plain clothes

世界中【せかいじゅう】 • around or throughout the world

女心【おんなごころ】 • woman's heart, female instincts or psychology

道中【どうちゅう】 • along the way, journey

聞き上手【ききじょうず】 • good listener

立ち入る【たちいる】 • ① to enter, to trespass ② to interfere, to meddle, to pry into

キャラ • character (e.g. in a manga, anime, game, etc.)

言【げん】 • word, remark, statement

早【はや】 • already, now, by this time

この世【このよ】 • this world, the present life

もう少し【もうすこし】 • a bit more, a bit longer

そういった • like that, this type

どっちみち • anyway, either way, one way or the other

世にも【よにも】 • extremely, very

知【ち】 • ① wisdom ② jnana (higher knowledge)

安【やす】 • cheap

二度と【にどと】 • never again (with negative verb)

引き【びき】 • -off (price reduction)

あり • existence (at the present moment)

道【どう】 • ① road ② way ③ Buddhist teachings ④ Taoism ⑤ modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido) ⑥ historical administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.) ⑦ province (Tang-era administrative region of China) ⑧ province (modern administrative region of Korea)

姉ちゃん【ねえちゃん】 • elder sister, girl

お化け【おばけ】 • goblin, apparition, monster, ghost

お子様【おこさま】 • child (someone else's)

お返し【おかえし】 • ① return gift, return favour (favor) ② revenge ③ change (in a cash transaction)

その他【そのた】 • etc., otherwise, besides, in addition, the rest, the others, and so forth

やり取り【やりとり】 • giving and taking, exchange (of letters), arguing back and forth, (conversational) exchange

意味合い【いみあい】 • implication, nuance

一体全体【いったいぜんたい】 • ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"), ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"), ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")

一直線【いっちょくせん】 • straight line

羽目【はめ】 • ① panel, wainscoting, wainscotting ② plight, fix, bind, awkward situation, difficult situation, mess

遠回し【とおまわし】 • indirect (roundabout) expression

横たわる【よこたわる】 • to lie down, to stretch out

下り坂【くだりざか】 • descent, downhill, decline, waning

回し【まわし】 • sumo wrestler's loincloth

開き直る【ひらきなおる】 • to become defiant, to turn upon, to become serious

外角【がいかく】 • outside corner, external angle

学区【がっく】 • school district (area)

間合い【まあい】 • interval, distance between opponents (kendo)

間断【かんだん】 • break in time, interruption, pause

顔色【かおいろ】 • complexion, countenance, expression

顔つき【かおつき】 • (outward) looks, features, face, countenance, expression

顔面【がんめん】 • face (of person)

顔立ち【かおだち】 • looks, features

気取る【きどる】 • to affect, to put on airs

急所【きゅうしょ】 • ① vitals, tender spot ② key (of a problem), crux, essential point, secret

禁ずる【きんずる】 • to forbid, to suppress

型【がた】 • ① model, type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.) ② type, style, pattern ③ mold (mould), template, model ④ kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.) ⑤ form (i.e. customary procedure) ⑥ size (i.e. clothing, shoes)

決する【けっする】 • to decide, to determine

決めつける【きめつける】 • ① to fix upon (one-sidedly), to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case ② to scold, to take (a person) to task

決定的【けっていてき】 • definite, final, decisive, conclusive

言い当てる【いいあてる】 • to guess right

言い返す【いいかえす】 • to repeat, to talk back, to answer back

後ろ向き【うしろむき】 • back facing, turning one's back to, pessimistic

口調【くちょう】 • tone (e.g. of voice, etc.), (verbal) expression

向き合う【むきあう】 • to be opposite, to face each other

校内【こうない】 • within a school

行き交う【ゆきかう】 • to come and go, to go back and forth

合理【ごうり】 • rational

仕草【しぐさ】 • action, acting, gesture, bearing, treatment, behavior, behaviour

仕打ち【しうち】 • (poor) treatment, (bad) behavior, behaviour, action, act

しまう • to finish, to close, to do something completely, to put away, to put an end to

思い当たる【おもいあたる】 • to come to mind, to recall, to think of

指先【ゆびさき】 • fingertip

死語【しご】 • dead language, obsolete word

歯切れ【はぎれ】 • the feel when biting, manner of enunciation

時点【じてん】 • point in time, occasion

質量【しつりょう】 • mass

重苦しい【おもくるしい】 • heavy, gloomy, awkward, cumbrous, oppressive, leaden

術【じゅつ】 • art, means, technique

回る【めぐる】 • ① to go around ② to return ③ to surround ④ to concern (usu. of disputes)

助っ人【すけっと】 • helper, supporter, second, backer

上半身【じょうはんしん】 • upper half of body, bust

乗り【のり】 • ① riding, ride ② spread (of paints) ③ (two)-seater ④ mood (as in to pick up on and join in with someone's mood)

身じろぐ【みじろぐ】 • to stir, to move

人伝【ひとづて】 • hearsay, message

正反対【せいはんたい】 • bipolar, polar, polarity, exactly opposite

まとも • ① the front ② honesty, uprightness, directness ③ decency, normality

赤面【せきめん】 • ① blushing, getting red in the face ② embarassment

先回り【さきまわり】 • going on ahead, forestalling, anticipating, arrival before another

先導【せんどう】 • guidance, leadership

前向き【まえむき】 • facing forward, front-facing, forward-looking, positive, proactive

全面【ぜんめん】 • whole surface, entire

足取り【あしどり】 • ① gait, manner of walking (swimming) ② trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal)

足首【あしくび】 • ankle

他者【たしゃ】 • another person, others

体内【たいない】 • inside the body

大根【だいこん】 • ① daikon radish (Raphanus sativus) ② ham actor

大勢【たいせい】 • general trend, current thought

大声【おおごえ】 • large voice

たたき • ① mince (minced meat or fish) ② hard-packed dirt (clay, gravel, etc.) floor, concrete floor

知り合う【しりあう】 • to get to know (someone), to make acquaintance

通りすがり【とおりすがり】 • on the way, passing, that happen to pass by

定住【ていじゅう】 • settlement

伝導【でんどう】 • conduction, transmission

当たり【あたり】 • hit, success, reaching the mark, per ..., vicinity, neighborhood, neighbourhood

頭皮【とうひ】 • scalp

頭部【とうぶ】 • ① head, cranium ② cephalic

頭文字【かしらもじ】 • ① initials, initialism ② first letter of a word ③ acronym ④ capital letter

読み取る【よみとる】 • ① to read (someone's) mind, to read between the lines ② to read (a calibration, a tape, etc.), to read (out)

内実【ないじつ】 • the facts

内側【うちがわ】 • inside, interior, inner part

内面【ないめん】 • inside, interior

入り組む【いりくむ】 • to be or become complicated

反動【はんどう】 • reaction, recoil, kick, backlash

氷点下【ひょうてんか】 • below freezing

病弱【びょうじゃく】 • weak constitution

不安定【ふあんてい】 • instability, insecurity, crankiness

不向き【ふむき】 • unfit, unsuitable, unmarketable

不死身【ふじみ】 • invulnerability, immortality, insensibility to pain

不都合【ふつごう】 • inconvenience, inexpedience, trouble, harm, impropriety, wrongdoing

不和【ふわ】 • friction, discord, trouble, dissension, disagreement

風化【ふうか】 • weathering

風速【ふうそく】 • wind speed

しかし • however, but

平手【ひらて】 • ① palm, open hand ② equality, lack of handicap (e.g. in a game)

平然【へいぜん】 • calm, composed, cool, quiet

本命【ほんめい】 • ① favorite, favourite, sure thing, likely winner, certainty ② one's heart's desire

無名【むめい】 • unsigned, nameless, anonymous, anonymity

無力【むりょく】 • powerlessness, helplessness, incompetent

名乗り出る【なのりでる】 • to introduce oneself, to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought), to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)

名乗る【なのる】 • to call oneself (name, label, etc.), to give one's name (as), to impersonate or claim (to be someone)

明快【めいかい】 • clarion, clarity

目玉【めだま】 • ① eyeball ② special feature, centerpiece, showpiece, drawcard ③ special program, loss leader

由来【ゆらい】 • origin, source, history, derivation, reason, destiny

落ち【おち】 • ① slip, omission ② outcome, final result, the end ③ punch line (of a joke)

力量【りきりょう】 • ability, physical strength, capacity, tact

化す【かす】 • to change into, to convert to, to transform, to be reduced, to influence, to improve (someone)

どこ • ① where, what place ② how much (long, far), what extent

外側【そとがわ】 • exterior, outside

日数【にっすう】 • a number of days

両足【りょうあし】 • ① both feet ② both legs

追いつく【おいつく】 • to overtake, to catch up (with)

悲しみ【かなしみ】 • sadness, sorrow, grief

気合【きあい】 • scream, yell, fighting spirit

決着【けっちゃく】 • conclusion, decision, end, settlement

すがすがしい • fresh, refreshing

不幸せ【ふしあわせ】 • unhappiness, misfortune, ill luck

向かい合う【むかいあう】 • to be opposite, to face each other

回る【もとおる】 • to wander around

やり直し【やりなおし】 • redoing

やり直す【やりなおす】 • to do over again, to redo, to start over, to remake, to resume, to recommence

弱み【よわみ】 • weakness

低温【ていおん】 • low temperature

耳元【みみもと】 • close to the ear

お手伝い【おてつだい】 • ① maid ② help

気落ち【きおち】 • discouraged, dispirited, despondent

落着【らくちゃく】 • being settled, coming to a conclusion

的外れ【まとはずれ】 • out of focus, off the point, miss the mark

息苦しい【いきぐるしい】 • choking, oppressive, suffocating

混じり【まじり】 • mixed, mingled

迷い【まよい】 • ① hesitation, bewilderment, doubt, indecision ② inability to reach enlightenment

満ち足りる【みちたりる】 • to be content, to have enough, to be happy, to be sufficient, to be satisfied

図星【ずぼし】 • bull's-eye, mark

受け【うけ】 • ① popularity, favour, favor, reception ② defense, defence, reputation ③ agreement ④ submissive partner of a homosexual relationship ⑤ receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)

知能指数【ちのうしすう】 • intelligence quotient, IQ

聞き耳【ききみみ】 • straining one's ears

気取る【けどる】 • to suspect, to sense

短期間【たんきかん】 • short term, short time

取っ組み合い【とっくみあい】 • grapple, scuffle

合【ごう】 • ① 0.18039 litres (liters) ② 0.3306 metres square (meters) ③ one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain ④ (astronomical) conjunction ⑤ counter for covered containers ⑥ counter for matches, battles, etc.

こく • ① to let loose (e.g. a fart) ② to utter (e.g. a lie)

犯【はん】 • perpetrators of (some) crime, (some type of) crime

ぶつ • ① stock, products ② stolen goods, loot, spoils

名前負け【なまえまけ】 • failing to live up to one's name, being beaten by one's name

さして • (with negative sentence) not much

遊具【ゆうぐ】 • play equipment, playground equipment

お疲れ様【おつかれさま】 • ① thank you, many thanks, much appreciated ② that's enough for today

しがみつく • to cling

それどころか • on the contrary

愛好【あいこう】 • love, adoration

愛車【あいしゃ】 • (one's) beloved car

圧倒的【あっとうてき】 • overwhelming

安産【あんざん】 • easy delivery, easy childbirth

偉業【いぎょう】 • great enterprise, exploits

囲う【かこう】 • to enclose

違和感【いわかん】 • ① uncomfortable feeling, feeling out of place, sense of discomfort ② malaise, physical unease

一人娘【ひとりむすめ】 • an only daughter

ちょっと • ① just a minute, short time, just a little ② somewhat, easily, readily, rather ③ (before a verb in negative form) (will not) easily ④ hey!

ちなみに • by the way, in this connection, incidentally, in passing

因果【いんが】 • cause and effect, karma, fate

引き抜く【ひきぬく】 • ① to extract, to uproot, to pull out ② to headhunt, to lure away

引き連れる【ひきつれる】 • to take along with

右腕【みぎうで】 • right arm

永続【えいぞく】 • permanence, continuation

温厚【おんこう】 • gentle

どことなく • somehow, for some reason, vaguely

過度【かど】 • excess, immoderation

解消【かいしょう】 • cancellation, liquidation, resolution, reduction (e.g. of stress)

皆無【かいむ】 • nothing

皆目【かいもく】 • entirely

外資【がいし】 • foreign capital (e.g. in a company), foreign investment

かなう • ① to come true (wish) ② to be suited ③ to match (implies competition), to rival, to bear (e.g. I can't bear the heat)

巻き【まき】 • ① roll (e.g. of cloth) ② winding ③ volume (of book)

巻き込む【まきこむ】 • to roll up, to involve, to enfold, to swallow up, to drag into

いくらか • ① some, (a) little ② somewhat, to some extent, in part

机上【きじょう】 • ① on the desk ② theoretical, academic

気絶【きぜつ】 • faint, swoon

詰め【つめ】 • ① stuffing, packing ② end (esp. the foot of a bridge) ③ lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony ④ tea master ⑤ endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively) ⑥ sweet eel sauce ⑦ appointment to a particular workplace ⑧ using as the sole ground of judgement (judgment) ⑨ (after the -masu stem of a verb) continuing, keep doing for period of time

強要【きょうよう】 • coercion, extortion, compulsion, force

近付ける【ちかづける】 • to bring near, to put close, to let come near, to associate with

軍人【ぐんじん】 • military personnel, soldier

形容【けいよう】 • form, figure, qualification, description, modifying, figure of speech

軽薄【けいはく】 • frivolous, superficial

見捨てる【みすてる】 • to abandon, to fail, to desert, to forsake

険悪【けんあく】 • dangerous, serious, gloomy, perilous, threatening, stormy

現時点【げんじてん】 • present point (i.e. in history), at the present time

お互い様【おたがいさま】 • we are of equal status in this regard

御飯【ごはん】 • ① cooked rice ② meal

光栄【こうえい】 • honour, honor, glory, privilege

効【こう】 • efficacy, benefit, efficiency, effect, result, success

口論【こうろん】 • dispute, quarrel

校則【こうそく】 • school regulations

いきなり • abruptly, suddenly, all of a sudden, without warning

刻【こく】 • ① archaic period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac) ② carving, engraving, cutting, mincing ③ victory ④ strictness, cruelty

根性【こんじょう】 • will-power, guts, temper, nature, spirit

差し込む【さしこむ】 • ① to insert, to put in, to thrust in, to plug in ② to shine in, to flow in ③ to jam a batter (with an inside pitch) (baseball)

砂場【すなば】 • sand pit

再度【さいど】 • twice, again, second time

最大【さいだい】 • greatest, largest, maximum

際限【さいげん】 • limits, end, bounds

罪悪【ざいあく】 • crime, sin, vice

しまう • to finish, to close, to do something completely, to put away, to put an end to

史上【しじょう】 • historical

指し示す【さししめす】 • to indicate, to show, to point to

歯並び【はならび】 • row of teeth, set of teeth, dentition

事象【じしょう】 • event, phenomenon, matter

自業自得【じごうじとく】 • paying for one's mistakes, getting one's just deserts, suffering the consequences (of one's own actions), reap what you sow

自信【じしん】 • self-confidence

自販機【じはんき】 • vending machine

取り違える【とりちがえる】 • to take by mistake

取得【しゅとく】 • acquisition

手渡す【てわたす】 • to hand over, to surrender

純真【じゅんしん】 • purity, sincerity

処女【しょじょ】 • virgin, maiden

初対面【しょたいめん】 • first meeting, first interview with

女児【じょじ】 • baby girl, primary schoolgirl

照れる【てれる】 • to be shy, to feel awkward

笑み【えみ】 • smile

場違い【ばちがい】 • out-of-place, inappropriate, sticking out like a sore thumb

情景【じょうけい】 • spectacle, sight, scene

触れ合う【ふれあう】 • to come into contact with, to touch (each other), to have a brush with

食い込む【くいこむ】 • ① to eat into, to encroach, to erode ② to be wedged (a girl), i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks

のしかかる • ① to lean on, to weigh on ② to bend over, to lean forward

寝床【ねどこ】 • bed, berth, crib, cot, kip

心境【しんきょう】 • mental state

水際【みずぎわ】 • beach, water's edge

性急【せいきゅう】 • impatience, a quick temper

精【せい】 • ① spirit, sprite, nymph ② energy, vigor (vigour), strength ③ fine details ④ semen

精一杯【せいいっぱい】 • with all one's might

積極【せっきょく】 • positive, progressive

説教【せっきょう】 • propound, preach, sermon

絶叫【ぜっきょう】 • exclamation, scream, shout

絶頂【ぜっちょう】 • summit, peak, climax

浅学【せんがく】 • superficial knowledge, superficiality

前触れ【まえぶれ】 • previous notice, herald, harbinger, portent

前髪【まえがみ】 • forelock, bangs

装着【そうちゃく】 • equipping, installing, mounting, laying down

送り込む【おくりこむ】 • to send in

造形【ぞうけい】 • molding, moulding, modelling (i.e. plastic arts), modeling

打ち解ける【うちとける】 • to open one's heart, to throw off reserve, to be frank

宅地【たくち】 • building lot, residential land

置き換える【おきかえる】 • to replace, to move, to change the position of

着衣【ちゃくい】 • one's clothes

仲良く【なかよく】 • making friends with, getting along well with, on cordial terms

伝承【でんしょう】 • transmission, hand down (information), legend, tradition, folklore

途方【とほう】 • way, destination, reason

怒る【いかる】 • ① to get angry, to get mad ② to tell someone off, to scold ③ to be angular, to be square

怒鳴りつける【どなりつける】 • to shout at

投げ掛ける【なげかける】 • to throw at, to turn, to raise

盗人【ぬすびと】 • thief, robber

道程【どうてい】 • ① distance, journey, itinerary ② way, process

得【とく】 • ① profit, advantage, benefit, gain ② rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana

得難い【えがたい】 • hard to get

突き破る【つきやぶる】 • to break through, to penetrate, to pierce

乳歯【にゅうし】 • milk (baby) tooth, first set of teeth

歳【とし】 • ① year ② age

脳裏【のうり】 • one's mind

髪型【かみがた】 • hairdo

判明【はんめい】 • establishing, proving, identifying, confirming

半殺し【はんごろし】 • half killed

反則【はんそく】 • foul play (sport), transgression, default, balk, irregularity

反論【はんろん】 • objection, refutation, rebuttal

あなた • beyond, across, the other side, the distance

必勝【ひっしょう】 • certain victory

表示【ひょうじ】 • indication, representation, manifestation

病状【びょうじょう】 • condition of a disease (patient)

品性【ひんせい】 • character

貧血【ひんけつ】 • anemia, anaemia

不純【ふじゅん】 • impurity, adulteration, dishonesty, irregularity

付け込む【つけこむ】 • to take advantage of, to impose on, to make an entry

部位【ぶい】 • part, position (in a whole, i.e. body)

物腰【ものごし】 • manner, demeanour, demeanor, bearing

平静【へいせい】 • calm, serenity, tranquillity, tranquility

並び【ならび】 • line, row, rank, list

閉ざす【とざす】 • to shut, to close, to lock, to fasten, to plunge (in grief)

閉じ込める【とじこめる】 • to lock up, to shut up, to imprison

変身【へんしん】 • metamorphosis, disguise, transformation

抱き合う【だきあう】 • to embrace each other

放任【ほうにん】 • noninterference, leaving something to take its own course, giving someone a free hand with something

暴れだす【あばれだす】 • to grow restive, to begin to act violently

本性【ほんしょう】 • true character, real nature

また • again, and, also, still (doing something)

未だに【いまだに】 • still, even now, until this very day

夢見る【ゆめみる】 • to dream (of)

無意識【むいしき】 • ① unconsciousness ② the unconscious

無造作【むぞうさ】 • ① casual, off-hand, careless, easy-going ② artless, simple

無欲【むよく】 • unselfish, disinterested, unavaricious, free of avarice

野暮【やぼ】 • ① unrefinedness, uncouthness, boorishness ② tasteless, boorish, unrefined, thoughtless, dumb

優等生【ゆうとうせい】 • honor student, honours student

夕刻【ゆうこく】 • evening, evening hour

あまりに • too much, excessively, too

あずかる • ① to participate in, to take part in ② to receive, to enjoy, to be given

欲求【よっきゅう】 • desire

浴びせる【あびせる】 • to pour on

来訪【らいほう】 • visit, call

頼り【たより】 • reliance, dependence

落差【らくさ】 • a head (of water), a difference

裏切り者【うらぎりもの】 • betrayer, traitor, turncoat, informer

裏腹【うらはら】 • opposite, reverse, contrary

裏目【うらめ】 • ① reverse side, opposite (of the expected), backfire ② purl stitch (knitting)

立腹【りっぷく】 • anger, offence, offense, rage, taking offense, taking offence

労【ろう】 • labor, labour, toil, trouble, pains, work, effort, striving

和解【わかい】 • ① reconciliation, settlement, accommodation, compromise, mediation, rapprochement ② (legal) settlement

格好いい【かっこういい】 • attractive, good-looking, stylish, "cool"

現存【げんそん】 • living, existing, Real Presence, extant

前輪【ぜんりん】 • ① front wheel ② saddle fork

打ち込む【ぶちこむ】 • to drive in (e.g. nail, stake), to devote oneself to, to shoot into, to smash, to throw into, to cast into

暴言【ぼうげん】 • reckless remark, rash remark, abusive language, thoughtless words

いやいや • reluctantly, by no means, unwillingly

関わる【かかわる】 • ① to be affected, to be influenced ② to be concerned with, to have to do with ③ to stick to (opinions)

かなり • considerably, fairly, quite

失神【しっしん】 • faint, trance, swoon, stupefaction

卒倒【そっとう】 • fainting, swooning

ねころぶ • to lie down, to throw oneself down

引き換え【ひきかえ】 • ① exchange, conversion ② on the contrary, on the other hand

人並み【ひとなみ】 • being average (capacity, looks, standard of living), ordinary

一周【いっしゅう】 • once around, a revolution, a lap, a turn, a round, one full year

町並み【まちなみ】 • street (of stores and houses), townscape, (look of) stores and houses on street

まれ • rare, seldom

見比べる【みくらべる】 • to compare with the eye

未成年【みせいねん】 • minor, not of age

みつめる • to stare at, to gaze at, to look hard at, to watch intently, to fix one's eyes on

よい • ① good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable ② sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer), ready, prepared ③ profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial ④ OK

いい • ① good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable ② sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer), ready, prepared ③ profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial ④ OK

よっぽど • ① very, greatly, much, to a large extent, quite ② just about to

めでたい • ① happy, auspicious, propitious, joyous ② naive

行き過ぎる【いきすぎる】 • to go too far, to go to extremes

立て続け【たてつづけ】 • succession

つまり • in short, in brief, in other words, that is to say, in the long run, after all, blockade, stuffing, ultimate

言い換える【いいかえる】 • to say in other words, to put another way, to express in different words, to reword, to rephrase

恥知らず【はじしらず】 • shameless (person)

無害【むがい】 • harmlessness

寝ぼける【ねぼける】 • to be half asleep, to be still only half awake

浮遊【ふゆう】 • floating, wandering, suspension

いただける • ① to receive (potential) ② to be pretty good, to be exquisite, to be approvable

居場所【いばしょ】 • whereabouts

居心地【いごこち】 • comfort

講じる【こうじる】 • ① to take measures, to work out a plan ② to lecture, to read aloud ③ to confer

講ずる【こうずる】 • ① to take measures, to work out a plan ② to lecture, to read aloud ③ to confer

ほぐす • ① to unravel, to untie, to untangle, to loosen ② to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.) ③ to relax, to ease

呼ばわり【よばわり】 • to call (e.g. somebody a thief), to denounce, to brand as

抱え込む【かかえこむ】 • to hold (carry) a thing in one's arm, to embrace (a baby), to take upon oneself

極まりない【きわまりない】 • extremely, in the extreme, boundless, limitless

座り【すわり】 • ① sitting ② stability

思い浮かべる【おもいうかべる】 • to be reminded of, to call to mind

自販【じはん】 • automobile sales

実戦【じっせん】 • combat, actual fighting

片足【かたあし】 • one leg, one-legged

絶え絶え【たえだえ】 • feeble, faint

利発【りはつ】 • intelligence

紙背【しはい】 • reverse side of a paper, (read) between the lines

気位【きぐらい】 • pride, haughtiness

生半可【なまはんか】 • superficial, half-hearted

言い逃れる【いいのがれる】 • to explain away, to talk one's way out of, to excuse oneself, to evade

ついてる • to be lucky, to be in luck

根付く【ねづく】 • to take root, to strike

対極【たいきょく】 • ① antipodes ② other (opposite) extreme, opposite, antithesis

域【いき】 • region, limits, stage, level

籍【せき】 • one's family register, one's domicile

良【りょう】 • ① good ② B grade (in an A, B, C ... system)

封じる【ふうじる】 • ① to seal (letter) ② to prevent, to forbid, to block

ある程度【あるていど】 • to some extent, to a certain extent

許【もと】 • under (esp. influence or guidance)

しゃがみこむ • to squat, to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)

肩越し【かたごし】 • over one's shoulder

お願い【おねがい】 • ① request, wish ② please

機【き】 • ① chance, opportunity ② machine ③ aircraft ④ counter for aircraft ⑤ counter for remaining lives (in video games)

たま • occasional, rare

よぎる • to go by, to cross, to pass by, to float across

ぬけぬけ • freely, impudently, brazenly, shamelessly, however one wishes

いかがわしい • ① suspicious, dubious, unreliable ② indecent, unseemly

お陰【おかげ】 • (your) backing, assistance, thanks or owing to

させる • ① to make (someone) do ② to allow (someone) to

そもそも • in the first place, to begin with, from the start, originally, ab initio

ついでに • incidentally, taking the opportunity, while (you) are at it, on the occasion

どういう • somehow, how, in what way, why, what kind of

握り締める【にぎりしめる】 • to grasp tightly

伊達【だて】 • ① elegance, dandyism, sophistication, having style ② affectation, showing off, putting on an air, appearances, just for show

威嚇【いかく】 • ① menace, threat, intimidation ② to threaten, to intimidate

意地っ張り【いじっぱり】 • obstinacy, obstinate person

一撃【いちげき】 • blow, hit, poke

逸脱【いつだつ】 • deviation, omission, departure

逸品【いっぴん】 • article of rare beauty, gem

因縁【いんねん】 • ① hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things) ② fate, destiny ③ connection, origin ④ pretext

渦巻く【うずまく】 • to whirl, to eddy, to swirl, to curl (smoke)

液晶【えきしょう】 • liquid crystal

応える【こたえる】 • ① to respond, to live up to, to reward ② to take its toll, to strike home

沖縄【おきなわ】 • Okinawa (one of the Japanese Ryukyu islands)

恩人【おんじん】 • benefactor, patron

下劣【げれつ】 • base, mean, vulgar

仮に【かりに】 • temporarily, provisionally, for example, for argument's sake

華【はな】 • ① flower, blossom, bloom, petal ② blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms), cherry blossom ③ ikebana ④ Japanese playing cards ⑤ beauty ⑥ (the) best

過激【かげき】 • extreme, radical

芽生える【めばえる】 • to bud, to sprout

懐【ふところ】 • ① bosom, bust ② (breast) pocket, purse, handbag

おおむね • ① in general, generally, mostly, roughly, largely, mainly, on the whole, by and large ② gist, point, main idea

括る【くくる】 • ① to tie up, to tie together, to bundle, to fasten ② to hang (oneself) ③ to summarize (e.g. information)

渇く【かわく】 • to be thirsty

肝【きも】 • ① liver, innards ② courage, spirit, pluck, guts

閑静【かんせい】 • quiet (e.g. neighbourhood, neighborhood)

陥る【おちいる】 • to fall, to trap, to cave in, to collapse

頑強【がんきょう】 • dogged, tenacious, stubborn

たくらむ • to scheme, to plan, to play a trick, to invent, to conspire, to frame up

器量【きりょう】 • looks, features, personal beauty

奇抜【きばつ】 • novel, original, striking, strange, eccentric, fantastic

気遣い【きづかい】 • consideration, concern, fear, worry, solicitude

気遣う【きづかう】 • to worry about, to feel anxious about, to have apprehensions of

よろしく • ① well, properly, suitably ② best regards, please remember me, please treat me favorably (favourably), please take care of

義兄【ぎけい】 • brother-in-law

びっくり • ① to be surprised, to be amazed, to be frightened, to be astonished ② surprise (e.g. surprise party) ③ surprise

虐待【ぎゃくたい】 • ill-treatment, oppression, abuse

久し振り【ひさしぶり】 • a long time (since the last time), it's been a while (since I last saw, mailed, etc., you)

吸血鬼【きゅうけつき】 • vampire, bloodsucker

救い出す【すくいだす】 • to rescue, to free

泣き崩れる【なきくずれる】 • to break down crying

仰る【おっしゃる】 • to say, to speak, to tell, to talk

仰天【ぎょうてん】 • being amazed, being horrified, being taken aback

筋違い【すじちがい】 • ① cramp, sprain, crick, strain (muscle) ② unreasonableness, absurdity ③ illogical, unreasonable ④ misdirected, misplaced, wrong (of estimate, guess)

緊迫【きんぱく】 • tension, strain

屈託【くったく】 • ① worry, care, concern ② ennui, boredom

くり • Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)

繰り出す【くりだす】 • ① to draw (a thread), to let out (e.g. a rope) ② to sally forth ③ to send out, to dispatch ④ to lunge, to unleash

系列【けいれつ】 • ① series, sequence, system, order of succession ② keiretsu (conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings)

鶏【にわとり】 • ① (domestic) chicken ② chicken (meat)

欠如【けつじょ】 • lack, privation, deficiency

潔白【けっぱく】 • innocence (i.e. not guilty), purity, uprightness

結う【ゆう】 • to do up (hair), to braid, to fasten, to fix

結末【けつまつ】 • end, conclusion

嫌悪【けんお】 • disgust, hate, repugnance

拳【こぶし】 • fist

検索【けんさく】 • looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary), retrieval (e.g. data), searching for, referring to

見透かす【みすかす】 • to see through

素【もと】 • ingredient

幻想【げんそう】 • illusions

呼応【こおう】 • ① hailing each other ② acting in concert ③ agreement, concord

戸惑い【とまどい】 • being at sea, losing one's bearings, confusion, wonderment

ゆえに • therefore, consequently

お節介【おせっかい】 • meddling, meddlesomeness, nosiness, interference, officiousness

ごめん • your pardon, declining (something), dismissal, permission

語尾【ごび】 • (inflected) end of a word

光り輝く【ひかりかがやく】 • to shine, to glitter

口振り【くちぶり】 • way of speaking, intimation

ひまわり • sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

甲斐【かい】 • effect, result, worth, use, avail

甲斐性【かいしょう】 • resourcefulness, ability

鋼鉄【こうてつ】 • steel

拷問【ごうもん】 • torture, the rack, third degree

婚姻【こんいん】 • marriage, matrimony

根源【こんげん】 • root, source, origin, foundation, base, principle

禍【わざわい】 • calamity, catastrophe

擦る【かする】 • to touch lightly, to take a percentage (from)

散策【さんさく】 • walking, strolling

暫定【ざんてい】 • tentative, temporary

思案【しあん】 • thought, consideration, meditation, ponder

旨【むね】 • ① center (centre), pillar, principle ② purport, gist, drift, meaning

至福【しふく】 • beatitude, supreme bliss

視界【しかい】 • field of vision

視線【しせん】 • one's eyes, glance, look

視力【しりょく】 • eyesight

自滅【じめつ】 • ruining oneself, destroying oneself, self-destruction

射る【いる】 • to shoot

謝罪【しゃざい】 • apology

遮断【しゃだん】 • isolation, cut off, blockade, quarantine, interception, deprivation

秀才【しゅうさい】 • prodigy

十字架【じゅうじか】 • cross, the Cross (of Christ)

いとこ • male cousin

いとこ • cousin (female)

だし • ① dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp) ② pretext, excuse, pretense (pretence), dupe, front man

巡礼【じゅんれい】 • pilgrimage, pilgrim

ついで • opportunity, occasion

傷口【きずぐち】 • wound

傷つける【きずつける】 • ① to wound, to injure ② to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.) ③ to damage, to chip, to scratch

焦り【あせり】 • impatience

称号【しょうごう】 • title, name, degree

衝動【しょうどう】 • impulse, impetus, urge

振り回す【ふりまわす】 • to wield, to brandish, to flourish, to wave (about), to swing, to display, to show off, to abuse

浸る【ひたる】 • to be soaked in, to be flooded, to be immersed in

神妙【しんみょう】 • meek, faithful, quiet

親孝行【おやこうこう】 • filial piety

寸前【すんぜん】 • on the verge, just in front of

瀬戸際【せとぎわ】 • brink, critical moment

なる • ① to become, to get, to grow, to be, to reach, to attain ② to result in, to prove to be ③ to consist of, to be composed of ④ to succeed, to be complete ⑤ to change into, to be exchanged for ⑥ to play a role ⑦ to be promoted (shogi)

誠意【せいい】 • sincerity, good faith

絶妙【ぜつみょう】 • exquisite, superb, perfect, miraculous

千里【せんり】 • 1000 ri, (a) long distance

戦士【せんし】 • soldier, combatant, warrior

繊細【せんさい】 • delicate, dainty, fine, slim, sensitive, subtle

選択肢【せんたくし】 • choices, alternatives, options

素振り【そぶり】 • behavior, behaviour, manner, attitude, bearing

阻害【そがい】 • obstruction, inhibition

遭遇【そうぐう】 • encounter

即答【そくとう】 • immediate reply

即日【そくじつ】 • same day

脚【あし】 • ① foot ② leg ③ gait ④ pace ⑤ bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji ⑥ means of transportation

属性【ぞくせい】 • attribute, property, context

対称【たいしょう】 • symmetry

たい • ① sea bream (Sparidae), porgy ② tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)

大嫌い【だいきらい】 • very dislikeable, hate, loathe, abhor

第三者【だいさんしゃ】 • third person, outsider, disinterested person

脱帽【だつぼう】 • removing one's hat

嘆息【たんそく】 • sigh, grief, deploring

淡い【あわい】 • light, faint, pale, fleeting

張り合う【はりあう】 • to rival, to compete with

張り裂ける【はりさける】 • to burst (open), to break, to split

跳ね返る【はねかえる】 • to rebound, to recoil, to spring back up

泥沼【どろぬま】 • bog, marsh

撤去【てっきょ】 • ① withdrawal, revocation, repeal ② demolition, removal

転嫁【てんか】 • second marriage, remarriage, imputation, blame

吐き出す【はきだす】 • to vomit, to spit out

奴隷【どれい】 • ① slave, servant ② slavery

踏み外す【ふみはずす】 • to miss one's footing

透ける【すける】 • to be transparent, to show through

同級生【どうきゅうせい】 • classmate, classmates

童貞【どうてい】 • (Catholic) nun

道義【どうぎ】 • morality, moral principles

得策【とくさく】 • profitable plan, good plan

毒舌【どくぜつ】 • wicked tongue, abusive language

忍者【にんじゃ】 • ninja (persons in feudal Japan who used ninjutsu for the purposes of espionage, assassination, sabotage, etc.)

浪【なみ】 • wave

博識【はくしき】 • extensive knowledge

批難【ひなん】 • blame, attack, criticism

披露【ひろう】 • announcement, show, display, introduction

較べる【くらべる】 • ① to compare, to make a comparison ② to compete, to vie

疲弊【ひへい】 • exhaustion, impoverishment, ruin

不機嫌【ふきげん】 • pout, displeasure, ill humor, ill humour, sullenness

不健康【ふけんこう】 • poor health, ill health, unhealthy

不愉快【ふゆかい】 • discomfort, unpleasantness, disagreeableness, unhappiness

風潮【ふうちょう】 • ① tide, current ② tendency

服従【ふくじゅう】 • obedience, submission, resignation

保持【ほじ】 • retention, maintenance, preservation

保身【ほしん】 • self-protection

妨げ【さまたげ】 • obstruction, hindrance

魔王【まおう】 • devil king

また • again, and, also, still (doing something)

妙案【みょうあん】 • ingenious idea, excellent plan, bright idea

無条件【むじょうけん】 • unconditional

無理矢理【むりやり】 • forcibly, against one's will

銘柄【めいがら】 • ① brand, make, description ② trading name of stocks and securities

滅法【めっぽう】 • extraordinary, absurd, very, in chaos, incoherent

黙り込む【だまりこむ】 • to say no more, to sink into silence

黙秘【もくひ】 • keep silent, keep a secret

目隠し【めかくし】 • ① something used to cover the eyes, blindfold, blinder, blinker, eye bandage ② concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside

目撃【もくげき】 • ① to observe, to witness ② eye-witness

野郎【やろう】 • rascal

諭す【さとす】 • to admonish, to persuade, to warn, to remonstrate

なだめる • to soothe, to calm, to pacify

誘い【さそい】 • ① invitation, introduction ② temptation

誘う【いざなう】 • ① to invite, to ask, to call (for) ② to tempt, to lure, to induce

誘拐【ゆうかい】 • abduction, kidnapping, kidnaping

容赦【ようしゃ】 • ① pardon, forgiveness, mercy ② leniency, going easy (on someone)

揺らす【ゆらす】 • to rock, to shake, to swing

羊【ひつじ】 • sheep

羅列【られつ】 • enumeration

ほぼ • almost, roughly, approximately

倫理【りんり】 • ethics, morals

霊【れい】 • soul, spirit, departed soul, ghost

暦【れき】 • calendar, almanac

劣化【れっか】 • deterioration, degradation, drop in quality

連載【れんさい】 • serialization, serialisation, serial story

固執【こしつ】 • adherence (negative nuance), persistence, insistence, stubbornness

妄想【もうそう】 • wild idea, delusion

大袈裟【おおげさ】 • grandiose, exaggerated

恩義【おんぎ】 • obligation, favour, favor, debt of gratitude

奇跡【きせき】 • miracle, wonder, marvel

凶悪【きょうあく】 • atrocious, fiendish, brutal, villainous

徐々に【じょじょに】 • slowly, little by little, gradually, steadily, quietly

滑り台【すべりだい】 • ① (playground) slide ② (ship) launching platform, sliding bed

ただただ • absolutely, only, emphatic modifier

淡々【たんたん】 • disinterested, unconcerned, indifferent, plain, light

とりあえず • at once, first of all, for the time being, for now

縄張り【なわばり】 • roping off, stretching rope, demarcation, one's turf, domain, territory, sphere of influence

縄張【なわばり】 • roping off, stretching rope, demarcation, one's turf, domain, territory, sphere of influence

噴き出す【ふきだす】 • ① to spout out, to spurt out, to gush out, to jet out ② to sprout, to bud ③ to burst into laughter ④ to blow (smoke, etc.) ⑤ to send out shoots (of a tree)

眼【め】 • ① eye, eyeball ② eyesight ③ look ④ experience ⑤ viewpoint ⑥ ordinal number suffix ⑦ somewhat, -ish

よい • ① good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable ② sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer), ready, prepared ③ profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial ④ OK

いい • ① good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable ② sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer), ready, prepared ③ profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial ④ OK

我【わが】 • my, our, one's own

わざわざ • expressly, specially, doing something especially rather than incidentally

音痴【おんち】 • ① tone-deafness, amusia, having no ear for music ② tone-deaf, off-key ③ having no sense (of something), being hopeless (when it comes to something)

飽き【あき】 • weariness, tiresomeness

何故か【なぜか】 • somehow, for some reason, without knowing why

水臭い【みずくさい】 • stand-offish, distant, not frank, reserved, watery

あれこれ • one thing or another, this and that, this or that

うやむや • indefinite, hazy, vague

隠れ【かくれ】 • hidden, underground, crypto

これ • ① this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic) ② this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group) ③ now

魔【ま】 • ① demon, devil, evil spirit, evil influence ② someone who (habitually) performs some (negative) act

受動態【じゅどうたい】 • passive voice

道案内【みちあんない】 • guidepost, guidance, guide, street map

背筋【せすじ】 • ① the muscles along the spine, dorsal muscles ② spinal column ③ seam in the back, back seam

お嬢様【おじょうさま】 • (term of respect for) another's daughter, daughter of a high-class family

磁力【じりょく】 • magnetism, magnetic force

奇声【きせい】 • strange voice

寝癖【ねぐせ】 • ① bed hair, hair disarranged during sleep ② habit of moving around in one's sleep, sleeping habit

毅然【きぜん】 • fortitude, firmness, resolution

好奇【こうき】 • inquisitiveness

たい • Thailand

ちょっとした • trifling, petty

馬鹿げる【ばかげる】 • to look foolish

巡り【めぐり】 • ① circumference, girth ② tour, pilgrimage ③ circulation (e.g. of blood)

滑る【ぬめる】 • ① to be slippery, to be slimy ② to behave charmingly, to walk merrily

振るう【ふるう】 • ① to swing, to wield (physically), to exert ② to exercise, to wield (metaphorically) ③ to flourish, to prosper, to thrive

忍【にん】 • endurance, forbearance, patience, self-restraint;

かける • to suspend between two points, to build (a bridge, etc.), to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)

たまる • to bear (often adds emphasis), to endure

そいつ • ① that person (guy, fellow) ② that (one)

そこら • everywhere, somewhere, approximately, that area, around there

そして • and, and then, thus, and now

それだけ • that much, as much, to that extent, only that, that alone, no more than that

それなり • in itself, as it is

それら • those (near the second person)

とてつもない • extravagant, absurd, unbelievable, preposterous, unreasonable

さながら • just like

引き摺る【ひきずる】 • ① to drag along, to pull ② to force someone along ③ to prolong, to drag out ④ to influence strongly, to seduce

鵜呑み【うのみ】 • swallowing (food, story)

暇潰し【ひまつぶし】 • waste of time, killing time

牙【きば】 • tusk, fang

蟹【かに】 • crab

噛み合う【かみあう】 • ① to gear (engage) with, to be in gear (mesh) ② to bite each other

惚れる【ほれる】 • to fall in love, to be in love, to be charmed with, to lose one's heart to

痕跡【こんせき】 • trace, traces, vestige, vestiges

些細【ささい】 • trivial, slight

しばらく • ① little while, short while, moment, instant ② a while, quite a time ③ it's been a long time

呪う【のろう】 • to curse, to put a curse on, to detest intensely

終焉【しゅうえん】 • demise

所詮【しょせん】 • after all

真摯【しんし】 • sincerity, earnestness

相槌【あいづち】 • sounds given during a conversation to indicate comprehension, back-channeling

そのまま • without change, as it is (i.e. now)

たたき • ① mince (minced meat or fish) ② hard-packed dirt (clay, gravel, etc.) floor, concrete floor

長袖【ながそで】 • long sleeves

ねぎ • Welsh onion (species of scallion, Allium fistulosum), green onion, spring onion

破綻【はたん】 • failure, bankruptcy

罵倒【ばとう】 • abuse, disparagement

はず • ① 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 ② nock (of a bow) ③ nock (of an arrow) ④ nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger) (Sumo)

反芻【はんすう】 • ① chewing the cud, rumination ② to ruminate on, to think over

うるさい • ① noisy, loud ② fussy ③ annoying, troublesome, tiresome, importunate ④ bossy

侮蔑【ぶべつ】 • scorn, disdain, contempt, slight

片鱗【へんりん】 • portion, part, snapshot, glimpse

あくまで • to the end, to the bitter end, to the last, stubbornly, persistently, to the utmost

ほとんど • mostly, almost

ます • trout, sea trout

妖怪【ようかい】 • ghost, apparition, phantom, spectre, specter, demon, monster, goblin

鱗【うろこ】 • ① scale (of fish) ② serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

脇腹【わきばら】 • flank

傲慢【ごうまん】 • pride, haughtiness, arrogance, insolence, hubris

嗅覚【きゅうかく】 • the sense of smell

坩堝【るつぼ】 • crucible, (melting) pot

くさび • ① wedge ② linchpin, lynchpin

かんちょう • ① (giving an) enema ② prank where the anal region of another person is poked with index fingers

つる • to cramp, to be cramped, to contract

ばら • rose

かぎゅう • ① snail ② cochlea

つぐむ • to shut one's mouth, to hold one's tongue, to keep silent

黄昏【たそがれ】 • dusk, twilight

こいつ • this fellow, this guy, this person

ねじ • ① screw ② key (of a clock, watch, etc.), spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)

まま • ① as it is, as one likes, because, as ② condition, state

ある • a certain ..., some ...

あるいは • or, possibly

萎縮【いしゅく】 • withering, atrophy, contraction, dwarf

厭【いや】 • disagreeable, detestable, unpleasant, reluctant

いよいよ • ① more and more, all the more, increasingly ② at last, finally, beyond doubt ③ (at the) last moment, worst possible time

きじ • green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor), Japanese pheasant

晒す【さらす】 • ① to expose (to the air, to the public, to danger, etc.) ② to bleach, to refine

棘【とげ】 • thorn, splinter, spine, biting words

大蒜【にんにく】 • garlic (edible plant, Allium sativum)

のど • ① throat ② singing voice

跨る【またがる】 • ① to extend over or into ② to straddle

穿く【はく】 • ① to put on (or wear) lower-body clothing (i.e. pants, skirt, etc.), to put on (or wear) footwear ② to affix a sword to one's hip ③ to affix a bowstring to a bow

いささか • a little, a bit, somewhat

ろくな • satisfactory, decent

龍【りゅう】 • ① dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon) ② naga (semidivine human-cobra chimera in Indian mythology) ③ promoted rook (shogi)

ここら • hereabouts, around here

大股【おおまた】 • ① straddle ② long (great, swinging) stride, long (big) steps ③ thigh-scooping body drop (sumo)

牢獄【ろうごく】 • prison, jail, gaol

喉元【のどもと】 • throat

宵闇【よいやみ】 • dusk, twilight

誰彼【だれかれ】 • this or that person, anybody, many people

瘡蓋【かさぶた】 • crust, scab

こうして • thus, in this way

さぞかし • certainly, surely

とある • a certain ...

それと • and then, even so, and