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

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 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 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 右【みぎ】 • ① right, right hand side ② afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing), foregoing, forgoing, above

⑤ 円【えん】 • ① Yen, money ② circle

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

⑤ 花【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

⑤ 会社【かいしゃ】 • ① company, corporation ② workplace

⑤ 外国【がいこく】 • foreign country

⑤ 学校【がっこう】 • school

⑤ 学生【がくせい】 • student (esp. a university student)

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 九つ【ここのつ】 • nine

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 五つ【いつつ】 • 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 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 今月【こんげつ】 • this month

⑤ 今週【こんしゅう】 • this week

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 七つ【ななつ】 • seven

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 出口【でぐち】 • exit, gateway, way out, outlet, leak, vent

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 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 上手【じょうず】 • ① skill, skillful, dexterity ② flattery

⑤ 食べる【たべる】 • to eat

⑤ 新聞【しんぶん】 • newspaper

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 先月【せんげつ】 • last month

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

⑤ 先生【せんせい】 • ① teacher, master, doctor ② with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific

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 大学【だいがく】 • ① post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc. ② the Great Learning - one of the Four Books

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

⑤ 天気【てんき】 • ① weather, the elements ② fair weather, fine weather

⑤ 電気【でんき】 • ① electricity ② (electric) light

⑤ 電車【でんしゃ】 • (electric) train

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 南【みなみ】 • south

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 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 母【はは】 • mother

⑤ 北【きた】 • north

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 来月【らいげつ】 • next month

⑤ 来年【らいねん】 • next year

⑤ 話す【はなす】 • to speak

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 毎年【まいとし】 • every year, yearly, annually

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

⑤ 六【ろく】 • six

⑤ 六つ【むっつ】 • 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 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 目【め】 • ① eye, eyeball ② eyesight ③ look ④ experience ⑤ viewpoint ⑥ ordinal number suffix ⑦ somewhat, -ish

⑤ 分かる【わかる】 • ① to be understood, to be comprehended, to be grasped ② to become clear, to be known, to be discovered, to be realized, to be realised, to be found out

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 山【さん】 • Mt (suffix used with the names of mountains), Mount

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 お茶【おちゃ】 • ① tea (usu. green) ② tea break (at work) ③ tea ceremony

⑤ 医者【いしゃ】 • (medical) doctor, physician

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 音楽【おんがく】 • music, musical movement

⑤ 夏【なつ】 • summer

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

⑤ 会う【あう】 • ① to meet, to encounter ② to have an accident, to have a bad experience

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

⑤ 海【うみ】 • sea, beach

⑤ 開ける【あける】 • ① to open (a door, etc.), to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package) ② to open (for business, etc.)

⑤ 楽しい【たのしい】 • enjoyable, fun

⑤ 漢字【かんじ】 • Chinese characters, kanji

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 牛肉【ぎゅうにく】 • beef

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 教室【きょうしつ】 • classroom

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 兄弟【きょうだい】 • siblings, brothers and sisters

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 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 広い【ひろい】 • spacious, vast, wide

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

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

⑤ 有る【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 作文【さくぶん】 • ① writing (an essay, prose, etc.), composition ② formal writing with little real meaning

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 止まる【とまる】 • ① to stop, to halt ② to remain, to abide, to stay (in the one place) ③ to come to a halt ④ to be limited to

⑤ 死ぬ【しぬ】 • to die

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

⑤ 手紙【てがみ】 • letter

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 重い【おもい】 • ① heavy, massive ② serious, important, severe, oppressed

⑤ 始め【はじめ】 • beginning, start, origin

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 新しい【あたらしい】 • new

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

⑤ 切る【きる】 • ① to cut (usu. to cut through) ② to sever (connections, ties) ③ to turn off (i.e. the light) ④ to terminate (i.e. a conversation), to hang up (the phone), to disconnect ⑤ to punch (a ticket), to tear off (a stub) ⑥ to open (something sealed) ⑦ to start ⑧ to set (a limit) ⑨ to reduce, to decrease, to discount ⑩ to shake off (water, etc.), to let drip-dry (or drain) ⑪ to cross ⑫ to do (something noticeable) ⑬ to turn (a vehicle) ⑭ to cut (the ball) ⑮ to shuffle (cards) ⑯ to trump ⑰ (in Go) to isolate (an opponent's stone) ⑱ (after the -masu stem of a verb) to finish, to complete

⑤ 切手【きって】 • stamp (postage), merchandise certificate

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

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

⑤ 地図【ちず】 • map

⑤ 茶色【ちゃいろ】 • light brown, tawny

⑤ 朝【あさ】 • morning

⑤ 鳥【とり】 • ① bird ② bird meat (esp. chicken meat), fowl, poultry

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

⑤ 冬【ふゆ】 • winter

⑤ 答える【こたえる】 • to answer, to reply

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 売る【うる】 • to sell

⑤ 病院【びょういん】 • hospital

⑤ 病気【びょうき】 • illness, disease, sickness

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

⑤ 歩く【あるく】 • to walk

⑤ 妹【いもうと】 • younger sister

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 夜【よる】 • evening, night

⑤ 有名【ゆうめい】 • ① famous ② fame

⑤ 夕べ【ゆうべ】 • ① evening ② last night

⑤ 明日【あした】 • tomorrow

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 赤【あか】 • ① red, crimson, scarlet ② red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange) ③ red light ④ red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading), (in) the red ⑤ complete, total, perfect, obvious

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 泳ぐ【およぐ】 • to swim

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

⑤ 曲がる【まがる】 • ① to bend, to curve, to warp, to wind, to twist ② to turn ③ to be awry, to be askew, to be crooked

⑤ 君【きみ】 • you, buddy, pal

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

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 皿【さら】 • ① plate, dish, platter, disc ② serving, helping, course ③ kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

⑤ 酒【さけ】 • alcohol, sake

⑤ 雪【ゆき】 • snow

⑤ 地下鉄【ちかてつ】 • underground train, subway

⑤ 番号【ばんごう】 • number, series of digits

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 鳴く【なく】 • ① to sing (bird) ② to bark, to purr, to make sound (animal)

⑤ 黄色【きいろ】 • yellow, amber

⑤ 弟【おとうと】 • younger brother

⑤ 丸い【まるい】 • ① round, circular, spherical ② harmonious, calm

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

⑤ 丁度【ちょうど】 • just, right, exactly

⑤ どう • how, in what way, how about

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

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

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

おおい • ① hey!, oi! ② me

とき • regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

シアトル • Seattle

ハート • heart

フランス語 • French (language)

一月【いちがつ】 • January

外人【がいじん】 • foreigner

休日【きゅうじつ】 • holiday, day off

月見【つきみ】 • viewing the moon

見分ける【みわける】 • ① to distinguish, to recognize, to recognise, to tell apart, to differentiate (both figuratively and visually) ② to identify (whether an object is positive or negative in some aspect), to know the difference between something of superior and inferior quality (on sight or figuratively)

五月【ごがつ】 • May

四月【しがつ】 • April

四国【しこく】 • Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

十月【じゅうがつ】 • October

中学生【ちゅうがくせい】 • junior high school student, middle school pupil

中国【ちゅうごく】 • ① China ② South-west most region of Honshu, middle of a country, the Hiroshima area

中東【ちゅうとう】 • Middle East

東北【とうほく】 • ① north-east ② Northern most six prefectures of Honshu

二月【にがつ】 • February

年下【としした】 • younger, junior

年上【としうえ】 • older, senior

年来【ねんらい】 • for some years

白人【はくじん】 • white person, Caucasian

北西【ほくせい】 • northwest

六月【ろくがつ】 • June

南東【なんとう】 • southeast

生む【うむ】 • to give birth, to deliver, to produce

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

時半【じはん】 • ① about an hour, short time ② half past (the hour)

そら • look!, look out!, look at me!

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

かね • interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

だい • ① marks wh-question (what, where, who) ② strengthens one's judgment or conclusion

うむ • yea, uh huh;

なる • ① who is called, that is called ② that is

下【か】 • under (being in said condition or environment)

外【がい】 • outside of, not covered by

土【ど】 • ① Saturday ② earth (third of the five elements)

お知らせ【おしらせ】 • notice, notification

安売り【やすうり】 • discount, bargain sale, selling cheaply

医大【いだい】 • medical university, medical school, med school

右手【みぎて】 • right hand

開ける【ひらける】 • ① to become opened up, to improve, to get better ② to develop, to progress, to become civilized (civilised), to be up-to-date ③ to be enlightened, to be sensible

開業【かいぎょう】 • opening of business or practice (practise)

学院【がくいん】 • institute, academy

休止【きゅうし】 • pause, cessation, rest

究明【きゅうめい】 • investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)

魚屋【さかなや】 • fish market, fish dealer

近づく【ちかづく】 • to approach, to get near, to get acquainted with, to get closer

近日【きんじつ】 • soon, in a few days

近年【きんねん】 • recent years

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)

言い方【いいかた】 • way of talking, speaking style

古来【こらい】 • from time immemorial, ancient, time-honoured, time-honored

公社【こうしゃ】 • public corporation

考え方【かんがえかた】 • way of thinking

黒人【こくじん】 • black person

左手【ひだりて】 • left hand

作り方【つくりかた】 • ① style of building, construction, workmanship, way of making ② recipe ③ how to grow (something)

住人【じゅうにん】 • dweller, inhabitant, resident

水色【みずいろ】 • light blue

正す【ただす】 • ① to correct, to reform, to amend, to redress ② to adjust, to straighten ③ to ascertain, to confirm, to verify, to make sure of ④ to enquire of someone about something (inquire), to question

青空【あおぞら】 • blue sky

体【たい】 • ① body, physique, posture ② shape, form, style ③ substance, identity, reality ④ field ⑤ counter for humanoid forms (e.g. dolls, statues, corpses, etc.)

大作【たいさく】 • epic

茶屋【ちゃや】 • tea house, tea dealer

朝日【あさひ】 • morning sun

通り【どおり】 • ① in accordance with ..., following ... ② .. Street, .. Avenue

転送【てんそう】 • transfer, transmission, (telephone call, e-mail, etc.) forwarding

田【た】 • rice field

冬休み【ふゆやすみ】 • winter vacation

東京【とうきょう】 • Tokyo (current capital of Japan)

東口【ひがしぐち】 • east entrance

東方【とうほう】 • ① eastern direction ② the Orient

同日【どうじつ】 • the same day

読み方【よみかた】 • way of reading, how to read

南口【みなみぐち】 • south entrance

肉屋【にくや】 • butcher

白黒【しろくろ】 • ① black and white, monochrome ② good and evil, right and wrong, guilt and innocence

白鳥【はくちょう】 • ① swan (Cygnus Bechstein, Cygnus ssp.) ② white-feathered bird

病人【びょうにん】 • sick person, patient

不人気【ふにんき】 • unpopular

本屋【ほんや】 • ① bookstore, bookshop ② publisher ③ main building

本社【ほんしゃ】 • ① head office, main office, headquarters ② main shrine ③ this company, this shrine

川口【かわぐち】 • mouth of river, estuary

店【てん】 • -store, -shop

入り口【いりくち】 • entrance, entry, gate, approach, mouth

売り手【うりて】 • seller, vendor

子犬【こいぬ】 • puppy

早々【そうそう】 • ① early, all in good time ② quickly, promptly ③ just- (opened, started, etc.)

手作り【てづくり】 • handmade, homegrown, hand-crafted, homemade

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)

名古屋【なごや】 • Nagoya (city)

はだける • ① to open, to bare, to expose ② to stretch

楽勝【らくしょう】 • easy victory

客室【きゃくしつ】 • drawing room, guest room

玉ねぎ【たまねぎ】 • onion (edible plant, Allium cepa)

九州【きゅうしゅう】 • Kyushu (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

月光【げっこう】 • moonlight, moonbeam

戸口【とぐち】 • door, doorway

光年【こうねん】 • light year

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

算定【さんてい】 • calculation, estimation, computation

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

仕返し【しかえし】 • being even with, reprisal, tit for tat, retaliation, revenge

市立【しりつ】 • municipal, city

次回【じかい】 • next time (occasion)

社内【しゃない】 • within a company, in-house

車内【しゃない】 • inside a carriage

回る【めぐる】 • ① to go around ② to return ③ to surround ④ to concern (usu. of disputes)

助力【じょりょく】 • assistance, support

勝者【しょうしゃ】 • winner, victor

先回り【さきまわり】 • going on ahead, forestalling, anticipating, arrival before another

前回【ぜんかい】 • previous time, last time, previous installment, previous instalment, previous session

全米【ぜんべい】 • all-America, pan-American

かき氷【かきごおり】 • shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup), Italian ice, Sno-cone, snow cone

走り回る【はしりまわる】 • to run around

足首【あしくび】 • ankle

村人【むらびと】 • villager

体内【たいない】 • inside the body

対外【たいがい】 • external, foreign

大声【おおごえ】 • large voice

直行【ちょっこう】 • through, non-stop

電鉄【でんてつ】 • electric railway

当たり【あたり】 • hit, success, reaching the mark, per ..., vicinity, neighborhood, neighbourhood

入所【にゅうしょ】 • entrance, admission, imprisonment, internment

年次【ねんじ】 • ① annual ② fiscal year, school year ③ year (in some sequence)

年内【ねんない】 • by the end of the year

農【のう】 • farming, agriculture

馬力【ばりき】 • horse-power, h.p., HP

麦【むぎ】 • wheat, barley, oat (oats)

平安【へいあん】 • ① peace, tranquility, tranquillity ② Heian era (794-1185)

米国【べいこく】 • America, USA

本州【ほんしゅう】 • Honshu (largest of the four main islands of Japan)

毎回【まいかい】 • every time, each round

名曲【めいきょく】 • famous music

毛虫【けむし】 • ① hairy caterpillar, woolly bear ② pest, nudnik (nudnick)

目玉【めだま】 • ① eyeball ② special feature, centerpiece, showpiece, drawcard ③ special program, loss leader

両者【りょうしゃ】 • pair, the two, both persons, both things

両手【りょうて】 • ① (with) both hands ② approvingly

両日【りょうじつ】 • both days, two days

路地【ろじ】 • ① alley, alleyway, lane ② bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof) ③ teahouse garden ④ path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)

化ける【ふける】 • to age, to grow old

和室【わしつ】 • Japanese-style room

和食【わしょく】 • Japanese-style meal

和風【わふう】 • Japanese style

研究所【けんきゅうじょ】 • research establishment (institute, laboratory, etc.)

出所【しゅっしょ】 • ① birthplace, origin, source, authority ② release (discharge) from prison, exit, point of departure, time to take action

人数【にんずう】 • the number of people

回る【もとおる】 • to wander around

弱々しい【よわよわしい】 • frail, slender, feminine

対する【たいする】 • ① to face (each other), to be facing ② to be directed toward (the future, etc.), to be in response to, to be related to ③ to receive (a client, etc.) ④ to compare with, to contrast with, to be in opposition with, to be opposed to ⑤ to confront, to oppose, to compete with

青葉【あおば】 • fresh leaves

自決【じけつ】 • ① self-determination ② suicide

大役【たいやく】 • important task or role or duty

耳打ち【みみうち】 • whispering into a person's ear

全日本【ぜんにほん】 • All-Japan

こく • ① to let loose (e.g. a fart) ② to utter (e.g. a lie)

ぶつ • ① stock, products ② stolen goods, loot, spoils

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

支局【しきょく】 • branch office

年末【ねんまつ】 • end-of-year

必勝【ひっしょう】 • certain victory

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

未決【みけつ】 • pending, undecided

見付ける【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

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

たま • occasional, rare

ちり • Chile

あおい • ① mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae) ② Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger)

仮に【かりに】 • temporarily, provisionally, for example, for argument's sake

あく • ① lye ② harsh taste ③ scum (formed when cooking some foods) ④ (excessive) strength of will

たのしい • enjoyable, fun

たかい • ① high, tall ② expensive

うしなう • to lose, to part with

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)

たい • ① sea bream (Sparidae), porgy ② tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)

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

羊【ひつじ】 • sheep

里心【さとごころ】 • homesickness, nostalgia

仮名【かめい】 • alias, pseudonym, pen name, nom de plume

ただす • to ascertain, to confirm, to verify, to make sure of

たい • Thailand

かける • to suspend between two points, to build (a bridge, etc.), to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)

あし • common reed (Phragmites australis)

くも • spider

ちょうど • just, right, exactly

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)

かえる • ① frog ② kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)

ある • a certain ..., some ...

ただす • to ascertain, to confirm, to verify, to make sure of

わし • I, me (used by elderly males)

ひさし • ① eaves (of roof) ② narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building ③ visor or peak (of cap) ④ classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle