Study Set: Crayon Shin-chan Vol. 4 (episodes 38 to 366)

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Crayon Shin-chan Vol. 4 (episodes 38 to 366)

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Vocab for episodes 38 to 366 of the animated series ‘Crayon Shin-chan’. This is volume 4/25. Vocab already listed in past volumes is not included. Check out the ‘Most Common Vocab’ set (vol 0) for a list of the most common terms throughout the series.

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⑤ カップ • cup

⑤ カメラ • camera

⑤ セーター • sweater, jumper

⑤ ゼロ • zero

⑤ ベッド • bed

⑤ ホテル • hotel

⑤ マッチ • ① match (contest, lighting fires. etc.) ② to match with, to go well with

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

⑤ レストラン • restaurant (esp. Western-style)

⑤ 駅【えき】 • station

⑤ 外国【がいこく】 • foreign country

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

⑤ 午後【ごご】 • afternoon, p.m.

⑤ 午前【ごぜん】 • morning, a.m.

⑤ 四つ【よっつ】 • four

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

⑤ 生まれる【うまれる】 • to be born

⑤ 先月【せんげつ】 • last month

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

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 百【ひゃく】 • 100, hundred

⑤ 来週【らいしゅう】 • next week

⑤ 二人【ふたり】 • two persons, two people, pair, couple

⑤ 八【はち】 • eight

⑤ 毎年【まいとし】 • every year, yearly, annually

⑤ は • ① topic marker particle ② indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated) ③ adds emphasis

⑤ 音楽【おんがく】 • music, musical movement

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

⑤ 寒い【さむい】 • ① cold (e.g. weather) ② dull, uninteresting, lame

⑤ 牛肉【ぎゅうにく】 • beef

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

⑤ 自転車【じてんしゃ】 • bicycle

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

⑤ 習う【ならう】 • to learn

⑤ 食べ物【たべもの】 • food

⑤ 青【あお】 • ① blue ② green ③ green light ④ black (horse coat color) ⑤ immature, unripe, young

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

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

⑤ 台所【だいどころ】 • kitchen

⑤ 短い【みじかい】 • short

⑤ 冬【ふゆ】 • winter

⑤ 病院【びょういん】 • hospital

⑤ 毎朝【まいあさ】 • every morning

⑤ 歌う【うたう】 • ① to sing ② to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.)

⑤ 飲み物【のみもの】 • drink, beverage

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 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 戸【と】 • door (esp. Japanese-style)

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

⑤ 歯【は】 • tooth

⑤ 雪【ゆき】 • snow

⑤ 速い【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 鳴く【なく】 • ① to sing (bird) ② to bark, to purr, to make sound (animal)

⑤ 真っ直ぐ【まっすぐ】 • ① straight (ahead), direct, upright, erect ② straightforward, honest, frank

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

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 果物【くだもの】 • fruit

⑤ 階段【かいだん】 • stairs, stairway, staircase

⑤ 厚い【あつい】 • ① thick, deep, heavy ② kind, cordial, hospitable, warm, faithful ③ serious (of an illness) ④ abundant

⑤ 紅茶【こうちゃ】 • black tea

⑤ 財布【さいふ】 • purse, handbag, wallet

⑤ 雑誌【ざっし】 • journal, magazine, periodical

⑤ 授業【じゅぎょう】 • lesson, class work

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

⑤ 磨く【みがく】 • ① to polish, to shine, to brush (e.g. teeth) ② to refine, to improve

⑤ 友達【ともだち】 • friend, companion

⑤ 浴びる【あびる】 • to bathe, to bask in the sun, to shower

⑤ 卵【たまご】 • ① eggs, egg, spawn, roe ② hen egg ③ (an expert) in the making

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

⑤ 暖かい【あたたかい】 • warm, mild, genial

⑤ 降りる【おりる】 • ① to alight (e.g. from bus), to get off, to disembark, to dismount ② to quit, to withdraw, to pull back (from a position, a job) ③ to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.)

⑤ 段々【だんだん】 • gradually, by degrees

⑤ 椅子【いす】 • ① chair ② post, office, position

⑤ 鞄【かばん】 • bag, satchel, briefcase, basket

⑤ 玄関【げんかん】 • entranceway, entry hall, vestibule, foyer

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

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

⑤ いかが • how, in what way, how about

④ コーヒー • coffee

④ ページ • page

④ コンサート • concert

④ サンドイッチ • sandwich

④ スーツケース • suitcase

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

④ 意見【いけん】 • opinion, view

④ 運動【うんどう】 • motion, exercise

④ 会場【かいじょう】 • assembly hall, meeting place, the grounds

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

④ 親切【しんせつ】 • kindness, gentleness

④ 水道【すいどう】 • water service, water supply

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 太る【ふとる】 • to grow fat (stout, plump), to become fat, to gain weight

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

④ 店員【てんいん】 • shop assistant, employee, clerk, salesperson

④ 入院【にゅういん】 • hospitalization, hospitalisation

④ 一度【いちど】 • ① once, one time, on one occasion ② temporarily, for a moment ③ one degree, one tone, one musical interval

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 空く【あく】 • ① to be empty ② to be vacant, to be available, to be free

④ 台風【たいふう】 • typhoon, hurricane

④ 引き出し【ひきだし】 • ① drawer ② withdrawal, drawing out

④ 以内【いない】 • within, inside of, less than

④ 家内【かない】 • ① (my) wife ② inside the home, one's family

④ 近所【きんじょ】 • neighbourhood, neighborhood

④ 湖【みずうみ】 • lake

④ 光る【ひかる】 • to shine, to glitter, to be bright

④ 坂【さか】 • slope, hill

④ 指【ゆび】 • finger, toe, digit

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

④ 焼ける【やける】 • ① to burn, to be roasted, to be heated, to be sunburnt, to fade (in the sun), to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset) ② to be jealous, to be envious

④ 申し上げる【もうしあげる】 • ① to say, to tell, to state ② to do for

④ 神社【じんじゃ】 • Shinto shrine

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

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

④ 道具【どうぐ】 • implement, tool, means

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 部長【ぶちょう】 • ① head (chief, director) of a section or department ② head of a (school) club, head of a (school) team

④ 葉【は】 • leaf

④ 理由【りゆう】 • reason, pretext, motive

④ 祭り【まつり】 • festival, feast

④ 汚れる【よごれる】 • ① to get dirty, to become dirty ② to become sullied

④ 億【おく】 • 10^8, 100,000,000, hundred million

④ 課長【かちょう】 • section manager, section chief

④ 会議【かいぎ】 • meeting, conference, session, assembly, council, convention, congress

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

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

④ 祈る【いのる】 • to pray, to wish

④ 技術【ぎじゅつ】 • art, craft, technique, technology, engineering, skill

④ 競争【きょうそう】 • ① competition, contest ② to compete

④ 経済【けいざい】 • economics, business, finance, economy

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 固い【かたい】 • ① hard, solid, tough ② stiff, tight, wooden, unpolished (e.g. writing) ③ strong, firm (not viscous or easily moved) ④ safe, steady, honest, steadfast ⑤ obstinate, stubborn ⑥ bookish, formal, stuffy

④ 原因【げんいん】 • cause, origin, source

④ 砂【すな】 • sand, grit

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

④ 召し上がる【めしあがる】 • to eat

④ 招待【しょうたい】 • invitation

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

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

④ 曇る【くもる】 • to become cloudy, to become dim

④ 復習【ふくしゅう】 • review, revision

④ 払う【はらう】 • ① to pay ② to brush, to wipe

④ 片付ける【かたづける】 • ① to tidy up, to put in order, to straighten up, to put away ② to settle (problem), to clear (dispute) ③ to finish, to bring something to an end ④ to marry off (e.g. a daughter) ⑤ to do away with someone, to bump someone off

④ 訪ねる【たずねる】 • to visit

④ 娘【むすめ】 • ① (my) daughter ② girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

④ 踊り【おどり】 • dance

④ 腕【うで】 • ① arm ② skill

④ 包む【つつむ】 • ① to wrap up, to tuck in, to pack, to do up, to cover with, to dress in ② to conceal, to hide, to be engulfed in, to be enveloped by

④ 受付【うけつけ】 • reception (desk), information desk

④ この頃【このごろ】 • recently, nowadays, these days

④ 鏡【かがみ】 • mirror

④ 先輩【せんぱい】 • senior (at work or school), superior, elder, older graduate, progenitor, old-timer

④ 騒ぐ【さわぐ】 • ① to make noise, to make racket, to be noisy ② to rustle, to swoosh ③ to make merry ④ to clamor, to clamour, to make a fuss, to kick up a fuss ⑤ to lose one's cool, to panic, to act flustered ⑥ to feel tense, to be uneasy, to be excited

④ 釣る【つる】 • to fish

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

④ それに • besides, moreover

④ すり • pickpocket

④ そうして • and, like that

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 ざっと • roughly, in round numbers

③ しつこい • insistent, obstinate

③ すると • thereupon, hereupon

③ ドキドキ • throb, beat (fast)

③ どんなに • how, how much

③ 下る【くだる】 • ① to descend, to go down, to come down ② to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.) ③ to pass (of time) ④ to surrender, to capitulate ⑤ (often in neg. form) to be less than, to be inferior to ⑥ to have the runs, to have diarrhea

③ 火山【かざん】 • volcano

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 大して【たいして】 • (not so) much, (not) very

③ 長【ちょう】 • chief, head

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

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

③ 以来【いらい】 • since, henceforth

③ 家事【かじ】 • ① housework, domestic chores ② family affairs, household matters

③ 歌手【かしゅ】 • singer

③ 海外【かいがい】 • foreign, abroad, overseas

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 空っぽ【からっぽ】 • empty, vacant, hollow

③ 作品【さくひん】 • work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.), opus, performance, production

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

③ 重大【じゅうだい】 • serious, important, significant, grave, weighty

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

③ 食料【しょくりょう】 • food

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

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

③ 世間【せけん】 • world, society

③ 早く【はやく】 • ① early, soon ② quickly, swiftly, rapidly, fast

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

③ 題【だい】 • ① title, subject, theme, topic ② problem (on a test), question ③ counter for questions (on a test)

③ 地方【ちほう】 • ① area, locality, district, region, province ② countryside, rural area ③ coast (esp. as seen from the water) ④ person singing ballads in Noh, person in charge of music in a Japanese dance performance

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 発【はつ】 • ① departure, departing (from ...), departing (at time ...) ② beginning ③ issued by (e.g. document) ④ counter for gunshots, counter for blows (punches)

③ 歩道【ほどう】 • footpath, walkway, sidewalk

③ 目立つ【めだつ】 • to be conspicuous, to stand out

③ 夕食【ゆうしょく】 • evening meal, dinner

③ 立ち上がる【たちあがる】 • ① to stand up, to get up ② to rise ③ to recover ④ to take action, to start ⑤ to make the initial charge (in sumo)

③ 姉妹【しまい】 • sisters

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

③ 足元【あしもと】 • ① at one's feet, underfoot ② gait, pace, step ③ you, thou

③ 少なくとも【すくなくとも】 • at least

③ 昼食【ちゅうしょく】 • ① lunch, midday meal ② food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)

③ 一流【いちりゅう】 • first-class, top grade, school (of art), foremost, top-notch, unique

③ 横断【おうだん】 • ① crossing ② transverse

③ 王子【おうじ】 • prince

③ 加わる【くわわる】 • to join in, to accede to, to increase, to gain in (influence)

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

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

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 観光【かんこう】 • sightseeing

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 計算【けいさん】 • ① calculation, reckoning, count ② forecast

③ 欠点【けってん】 • faults, defect, weakness

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

③ 指導【しどう】 • ① leadership, guidance, coaching ② shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)

③ 自身【じしん】 • by oneself, personally

③ 手術【しゅじゅつ】 • surgical operation

③ 終える【おえる】 • to finish

③ 集会【しゅうかい】 • meeting, assembly

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

③ 進歩【しんぽ】 • progress, development

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

③ 生命【せいめい】 • life, existence

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

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

③ 代表【だいひょう】 • representative, representation, delegation, type, example, model

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 地球【ちきゅう】 • the earth, the globe

③ 通す【とおす】 • to let pass, to overlook, to continue, to keep, to make way for, to persist in

③ 通知【つうち】 • notice, notification, report, posting

③ 鉄【てつ】 • iron

③ 電池【でんち】 • battery

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 当時【とうじ】 • at that time, in those days

③ 能力【のうりょく】 • ability, faculty

③ 波【なみ】 • wave

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

③ 番目【ばんめ】 • cardinal number suffix

③ 悲しむ【かなしむ】 • to be sad, to mourn for, to regret

③ 氷【こおり】 • ① ice ② shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

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

③ 部分【ぶぶん】 • portion, section, part

③ 物語【ものがたり】 • tale, story, legend

③ 物質【ぶっしつ】 • material, substance

③ 平和【へいわ】 • peace, harmony

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 防ぐ【ふせぐ】 • to defend (against), to protect, to prevent

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

③ 無事【ぶじ】 • safety, peace, quietness

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 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 油【あぶら】 • oil

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

③ 理想【りそう】 • ideal, dream

③ 流行る【はやる】 • ① to be popular, to come into fashion ② to be prevalent, to spread widely (e.g. disease), to be endemic ③ to flourish, to thrive

③ 留学【りゅうがく】 • studying abroad (usu. at university level)

③ 例外【れいがい】 • exception

③ 列車【れっしゃ】 • train (ordinary)

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 谷【たに】 • valley

③ 様々【さまざま】 • varied, various

③ 知り合い【しりあい】 • acquaintance

③ 満ちる【みちる】 • ① to be full ② to wax (e.g. moon) ③ to rise (e.g. tide) ④ to mature, to expire

③ 向かい【むかい】 • facing, opposite, across the street, other side

③ 羽【わ】 • counter for birds and rabbits

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 印象【いんしょう】 • impression

③ 温泉【おんせん】 • spa, hot spring, onsen

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 可愛がる【かわいがる】 • to love, to be affectionate

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

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

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

③ 覚める【さめる】 • ① to wake, to wake up ② to become sober, to sober up, to regain consciousness (e.g. after anaesthesia) ③ to come to one's senses, to be disillusioned

③ 完成【かんせい】 • ① complete, completion ② perfection, accomplishment

③ 完了【かんりょう】 • ① completion, conclusion ② perfective (form, aspect)

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

③ 管理【かんり】 • control, management (e.g. of a business)

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

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

③ 気候【きこう】 • climate

③ 巨大【きょだい】 • huge, gigantic, enormous

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

③ 掘る【ほる】 • to dig, to excavate

③ 劇場【げきじょう】 • theatre, theater, playhouse

③ 建設【けんせつ】 • construction, establishment

③ 減らす【へらす】 • to abate, to decrease, to diminish, to shorten

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

③ 現実【げんじつ】 • reality

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

③ 限界【げんかい】 • limit, bound

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

③ 呼び出す【よびだす】 • ① to summon, to call (e.g. phone), to convene, to decoy, to lure ② to invoke (e.g. subroutine), to call

③ 交換【こうかん】 • exchange, interchange, switching, reciprocity, barter, substitution, replacement, clearing (of checks, cheques)

③ 広告【こうこく】 • advertisement

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 硬い【かたい】 • ① hard, solid, tough ② stiff, tight, wooden, unpolished (e.g. writing) ③ strong, firm (not viscous or easily moved) ④ safe, steady, honest, steadfast ⑤ obstinate, stubborn ⑥ bookish, formal, stuffy

③ 荒れる【あれる】 • to be stormy, to be rough, to lose one's temper

③ 国境【こっきょう】 • national or state border

③ 差【さ】 • difference, variation

③ 差別【さべつ】 • discrimination, distinction, differentiation

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

③ 最終【さいしゅう】 • last, final, closing

③ 殺す【ころす】 • to kill

③ 賛成【さんせい】 • approval, agreement, support, favour, favor

③ 支配【しはい】 • rule, control, direction

③ 主婦【しゅふ】 • housewife, mistress (of the house), homemaker

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 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 順番【じゅんばん】 • turn (in line), order of things, sequential order

③ 笑顔【えがお】 • smiling face, smile

③ 城【しろ】 • castle

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

③ 伸びる【のびる】 • ① to stretch, to extend, to lengthen, to spread ② to make progress, to grow (beard, body height) ③ to grow stale (soba) ④ to be straightened, to be flattened, to be smoothed ⑤ to be exhausted ⑥ to be postponed, to be prolonged

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

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

③ 針【はり】 • ① needle, pin, hook ② stinger, thorn ③ hand (e.g. clock, etc.), pointer ④ staple (for a stapler) ⑤ needlework, sewing ⑥ malice ⑦ counter for stitches

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

③ 性格【せいかく】 • character, personality

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 絶えず【たえず】 • constantly, always, continually, steadily

③ 双子【ふたご】 • twins, a twin

③ 増す【ます】 • to increase, to grow

③ 存在【そんざい】 • existence, being

③ 大陸【たいりく】 • continent

③ 知識【ちしき】 • knowledge, information

③ 地域【ちいき】 • area, region

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

③ 仲直り【なかなおり】 • reconciliation, make peace with

③ 貯金【ちょきん】 • (bank) savings

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

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

③ 泥【どろ】 • mud

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 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 南極【なんきょく】 • ① South Pole ② the Antarctic, Antarctica

③ 髪の毛【かみのけ】 • hair (head)

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 犯罪【はんざい】 • crime

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

③ 舞台【ぶたい】 • ① stage (theatre, theater) ② scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

③ 便り【たより】 • ① news, tidings, information, correspondence, letter ② news from ...

③ 報告【ほうこく】 • report, information

③ 豊か【ゆたか】 • abundant, wealthy, plentiful, rich, affluent

③ 未来【みらい】 • ① the future (usually distant) ② future tense ③ the world to come

③ 毛布【もうふ】 • blanket

③ 約【やく】 • ① approximately, about ② promise ③ shortening, reduction, simplification ④ contraction (in phonetics)

③ 有効【ゆうこう】 • validity, legality, availability, effectiveness

③ 預かる【あずかる】 • ① to look after, to take care of, to keep, to hold on to, to keep in custody ② to take charge of, to be entrusted with, to receive on deposit ③ to reserve (judgment), to leave undecided

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

③ 要点【ようてん】 • gist, main point

③ 利口【りこう】 • clever, shrewd, bright, sharp, wise, intelligent

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

③ 連続【れんぞく】 • serial, consecutive, continuity, occurring in succession, continuing

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

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 捜す【さがす】 • to search (for something lost), to seek (a suspect in a crime)

③ 精々【せいぜい】 • at the most, at best, to the utmost, as much (far) as possible

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

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

③ 郵便【ゆうびん】 • mail, postal service

③ もしも • if

③ 泊【はく】 • counter for nights of a stay

③ 最【さい】 • ① the most, the extreme ② prime, conspicuous

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

③ 史【し】 • history (e.g. of some country)

③ 税【ぜい】 • tax

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

③ 異なる【ことなる】 • to differ, to vary, to disagree

③ 一瞬【いっしゅん】 • moment, instant

③ 一斉【いっせい】 • simultaneous, all at once

③ 宇宙【うちゅう】 • universe, cosmos, space

③ 価格【かかく】 • price, value, cost

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

③ 勘定【かんじょう】 • calculation, counting, consideration, reckoning, settlement of an account, allowance

③ 歓迎【かんげい】 • welcome, reception

③ 基本【きほん】 • foundation, basis, standard

③ 記憶【きおく】 • ① memory, recollection, remembrance ② storage

③ 輝く【かがやく】 • to shine, to glitter, to sparkle

③ 却って【かえって】 • on the contrary, rather, all the more, instead

③ 狂う【くるう】 • ① to go mad ② to get out of order, to go amiss

③ 緊張【きんちょう】 • tension, mental strain, nervousness

③ 結果【けっか】 • ① result, consequence, outcome, effect ② coming to fruition, bearing fruit

③ 件【けん】 • matter, case, item

③ 憲法【けんぽう】 • constitution

③ 検査【けんさ】 • inspection (e.g. customs, factory), examination, scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)

③ 慌てる【あわてる】 • ① to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised), to be flustered, to panic ② to be in a hurry, to rush

③ 攻撃【こうげき】 • attack, strike, offensive, criticism, censure

③ 行儀【ぎょうぎ】 • manners, behavior, behaviour

③ 豪華【ごうか】 • wonderful, gorgeous, splendor, splendour, pomp, extravagance

③ 酸っぱい【すっぱい】 • sour, acid

③ 自慢【じまん】 • pride, boast

③ 芝居【しばい】 • play, drama

③ 就職【しゅうしょく】 • finding employment, inauguration

③ 修理【しゅうり】 • repairing, mending, servicing

③ 渋滞【じゅうたい】 • congestion (e.g. traffic), delay, stagnation

③ 瞬間【しゅんかん】 • moment, second, instant

③ 挙げる【あげる】 • ① to raise, to elevate ② to show someone (into a room) ③ to send someone (away) ④ to increase (price, quality, status, etc.) ⑤ to praise ⑥ to give (an example, etc.), to cite ⑦ to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.) ⑧ to arrest ⑨ to nominate ⑩ to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding)

③ 冗談【じょうだん】 • jest, joke

③ 侵入【しんにゅう】 • penetration, invasion, raid, aggression, trespass

③ 診察【しんさつ】 • medical examination

③ 成功【せいこう】 • success, hit

③ 製品【せいひん】 • manufactured goods, finished goods, product

③ 節約【せつやく】 • economising, saving

③ 舌【した】 • ① tongue ② tongue-like object, clapper (of a bell), talon (of a lock)

③ 喪失【そうしつ】 • loss, forfeit

③ 態度【たいど】 • attitude, manner, behaviour

③ 大統領【だいとうりょう】 • president, chief executive

③ 奪う【うばう】 • to snatch away, to dispossess, to steal

③ 釣り【つり】 • ① fishing, angling ② change (e.g. for a purchase)

③ 提案【ていあん】 • proposal, proposition, suggestion

③ 徹底【てってい】 • thoroughness, completeness, consistency

③ 伝統【でんとう】 • tradition, convention

③ 俳優【はいゆう】 • actor, actress, player, performer

③ 秘密【ひみつ】 • secret, secrecy

③ 微妙【びみょう】 • ① delicate, subtle, sensitive ② difficult, delicate (situation), complicated ③ doubtful, questionable, dicey

③ 評判【ひょうばん】 • ① fame, reputation, popularity ② rumour (rumor), talk

③ 腐る【くさる】 • to rot, to go bad, to corrode

③ 武器【ぶき】 • weapon, arms, ordnance

③ 墓【はか】 • gravesite, tomb

③ 魅力【みりょく】 • charm, fascination, glamour, glamor, attraction, appeal

③ 目下【もっか】 • at present, now

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 嵐【あらし】 • storm, tempest

③ 離れる【はなれる】 • to be separated from, to leave, to go away, to be a long way off

③ 礼儀【れいぎ】 • manners, courtesy, etiquette

③ 逸れる【それる】 • to stray (turn) from subject, to get lost, to go astray

③ 火傷【やけど】 • burn, scald

③ 敵【てき】 • ① opponent, rival, adversary ② menace, danger, threat, enemy

③ 飽きる【あきる】 • to get tired of, to lose interest in, to have enough

③ 覆う【おおう】 • to cover, to hide, to conceal, to wrap, to disguise

③ 影【かげ】 • ① shadow, silhouette ② reflection, image ③ presence, sign ④ light (stars, moon)

③ 保証【ほしょう】 • guarantee, security, assurance, pledge, warranty

③ 眺め【ながめ】 • scene, view, prospect, outlook

③ ぬるい • lukewarm, tepid

③ 蓋【ふた】 • cover, lid, cap

③ 僅か【わずか】 • only, merely, (a) little, small quantity

③ つながる • to be tied together, to be connected to, to be related to

③ いわゆる • what is called, as it is called, the so-called, so to speak

③ 親戚【しんせき】 • relative

③ あいにく • unfortunately, Sorry, but ...

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 ほぼ • almost, roughly, approximately

③ からかう • to ridicule, to tease, to mock, to chaff, to razz, to banter with, to make fun of, to poke fun at, to make cracks about

③ 贅沢【ぜいたく】 • ① luxury, extravagance ② to live in luxury

③ たびたび • often, repeatedly, frequently

③ ふもと • the foot, the bottom, the base (of a mountain)

③ あれこれ • one thing or another, this and that, this or that

② 見学【けんがく】 • inspection, study by observation, field trip

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 上る【のぼる】 • ① to ascend, to go up, to climb ② to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun), to rise ③ to go to (the capital) ④ to be promoted ⑤ to add up to ⑥ to advance (in price) ⑦ to swim up (a river), to sail up ⑧ to come up (on the agenda)

② 長女【ちょうじょ】 • eldest daughter

② 長男【ちょうなん】 • eldest son

② 入社【にゅうしゃ】 • entry to a company

② お休み【おやすみ】 • ① holiday, day off, absence ② sleep, rest ③ Good night

② うんと • ① a great deal, very much, a lot ② with a great amount of effort

② 映る【うつる】 • to be reflected, to harmonize with (harmonise), to come out (photo), to be projected

② 下品【げひん】 • vulgarity, meanness, indecency, coarseness

② 火口【かこう】 • crater, caldera

② 強引【ごういん】 • overbearing, coercive, pushy, forcible, high-handed

② 近づける【ちかづける】 • to bring near, to put close, to let come near, to associate with

② 空中【くうちゅう】 • sky, air

② 行方【ゆくえ】 • ① (one's) whereabouts ② course, direction

② 死体【したい】 • dead body, corpse, cadaver

② 写る【うつる】 • to be photographed, to be projected

② 手前【てまえ】 • ① before, this side ② one's standpoint, one's appearance ③ we ④ you

② 水着【みずぎ】 • bathing suit, swimsuit, swimmers

② 転がる【ころがる】 • to roll, to tumble

② 特売【とくばい】 • special sale

② 日帰り【ひがえり】 • day trip

② 発売【はつばい】 • sale, offering for sale, release (for sale), launch (product)

② 夕日【ゆうひ】 • (in) the evening sun, setting sun

② 引き止める【ひきとめる】 • to detain, to check, to restrain

② 空き【あき】 • ① space, room, emptiness, gap ② opening, vacancy, empty seat ③ free time, time to spare ④ disuse, unused thing

② 長引く【ながびく】 • to be prolonged, to drag on

② 持ち【もち】 • ① hold, charge, keep possession, in charge ② wear, durability, life, draw ③ usage

② 問【もん】 • counter for questions

② お参り【おまいり】 • worship, shrine visit

② 引き返す【ひきかえす】 • to repeat, to send back, to bring back, to retrace one's steps

② 感想【かんそう】 • impressions, thoughts

② 期【き】 • ① period, time ② (geological) age

② 見直す【みなおす】 • to look again, to get a better opinion of

② 光線【こうせん】 • beam, light ray

② 行列【ぎょうれつ】 • ① line, procession ② matrix

② 合流【ごうりゅう】 • confluence, union, linking up, merge, recombining

② 国語【こくご】 • ① Japanese (language) ② national language ③ native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)

② 算数【さんすう】 • arithmetic

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 次ぐ【つぐ】 • to rank next to, to come after

② 実る【みのる】 • to bear fruit, to ripen

② 主役【しゅやく】 • leading part, leading actor (actress)

② 受け取り【うけとり】 • receipt

② 集合【しゅうごう】 • ① gathering, assembly, meeting ② set

② 重役【じゅうやく】 • director, high executive, (person with) heavy responsibilities

② 乗車【じょうしゃ】 • taking a train, bus, etc., entraining

② 心当たり【こころあたり】 • having some knowledge of, happening to know

② 森林【しんりん】 • forest, woods

② 深夜【しんや】 • late at night

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 退ける【どける】 • to remove, to take away, to dislodge, to put something out of the way

② 退院【たいいん】 • leaving hospital, discharge from hospital

② 直前【ちょくぜん】 • just before

② 電柱【でんちゅう】 • telephone pole, telegraph pole, lightpole

② 登場【とうじょう】 • ① entry (on stage), appearance (on screen) ② entrance, introduction (into a market)

② 反【はん】 • anti-, opposite, antithesis, antagonism

② 防犯【ぼうはん】 • prevention of crime

② 本部【ほんぶ】 • headquarters, head office, main office

② 等【とう】 • ① class, order, rank ② et cetera (etc.), and the like ③ equal

② 逆さま【さかさま】 • inversion, upside down

② 決まり【きまり】 • ① rule, regulation ② settlement, conclusion, end, agreement, arrangement ③ habit, custom

② ご苦労さま【ごくろうさま】 • thank you very much for your ..., I appreciate your efforts

② 育児【いくじ】 • childcare, nursing, upbringing

② 引っ込む【ひっこむ】 • to draw back, to sink, to cave in

② 煙い【けむい】 • smoky

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 改造【かいぞう】 • ① remodeling, remodelling, restructuring ② modding

② 関東【かんとう】 • Kantou (eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo)

② 機関【きかん】 • ① engine ② agency, organisation, organization, institution, organ ③ system, facility, facilities

② 血液【けつえき】 • blood

② 険しい【けわしい】 • ① precipitous, rugged, inaccessible, impregnable, steep ② grim, severe, stern

② 現す【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

② 現に【げんに】 • actually, really

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 香水【こうすい】 • perfume

② 腰掛け【こしかけ】 • seat, bench

② 再【さい】 • re-, again, repeated

② 採点【さいてん】 • marking, grading, looking over

② 刺身【さしみ】 • sashimi (sliced raw fish)

② 車輪【しゃりん】 • (car) wheel

② 寝坊【ねぼう】 • sleeping in late

② 人造【じんぞう】 • man-made, synthetic, artificial

② 先程【さきほど】 • some time ago

② 泉【いずみ】 • spring, fountain

② 探る【さぐる】 • to search, to look for, to sound out

② 薄暗い【うすぐらい】 • dim, gloomy

② 付近【ふきん】 • neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity, environs

② 物置【ものおき】 • storage room, storeroom, lumber room

② 編【へん】 • ① compilation (of a text), editing ② volume (of a text) ③ completed literary work

② 暴れる【あばれる】 • to act violently, to rage, to struggle, to be riotous

② 予報【よほう】 • forecast, prediction

② 頼もしい【たのもしい】 • reliable, trustworthy, hopeful, promising

② 冷ます【さます】 • to cool, to dampen, to let cool, to throw a damper on, to spoil

② 管【くだ】 • pipe, tube

② 鈍い【のろい】 • dull (e.g. a knife), thickheaded, obtuse, slow, stupid

② 編み物【あみもの】 • knitting, knitted material, crochet

② 続々【ぞくぞく】 • successively, one after another

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 日差し【ひざし】 • sunlight, rays of the sun

② 引っ越し【ひっこし】 • moving (dwelling, office, etc.), changing residence

② 辛い【づらい】 • difficult to (do something)

② 案外【あんがい】 • unexpectedly

② 衛星【えいせい】 • satellite

② 果たす【はたす】 • to accomplish, to fulfill, to carry out, to achieve

② 街角【まちかど】 • street corner

② 楽器【がっき】 • musical instrument

② 活躍【かつやく】 • ① activity (esp. energetic), great efforts, conspicuous service ② to flourish, to participate actively, to play an active role

② 器具【きぐ】 • utensil, apparatus, implement, device, gadget

② 愚か【おろか】 • foolish, stupid

② 恨み【うらみ】 • ① resentment, grudge, malice, bitterness ② matter for regret, regret

② 鎖【くさり】 • chain, chains

② 砕ける【くだける】 • to break, to be broken

② 縦【たて】 • ① the vertical, height ② front-to-back, length

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 蒸し暑い【むしあつい】 • humid, sultry

② 展開【てんかい】 • ① development ② expansion (opposite of compression)

② 刀【かたな】 • (single-edged) sword, katana

② 透明【とうめい】 • transparency, cleanness

② 瞳【ひとみ】 • ① pupil (of eye) ② eye

② 普及【ふきゅう】 • diffusion, spread

② 物騒【ぶっそう】 • dangerous, disturbed, insecure

② 縫う【ぬう】 • ① to sew, to stitch ② to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

② 膨らます【ふくらます】 • to swell, to expand, to inflate, to bulge

② 欄【らん】 • ① column of text (e.g. in a newspaper) ② field (in a form, web page, etc.)

② 脅かす【おどかす】 • ① to threaten, to menace ② to startle, to surprise

② 凸凹【でこぼこ】 • unevenness, roughness, ruggedness

② 締め切り【しめきり】 • closing, cut-off, end, deadline, Closed, No Entrance

② 響き【ひびき】 • echo, sound, reverberation, noise

② 堪える【こらえる】 • ① to bear, to stand, to endure, to put up with ② to support, to withstand, to resist, to brave ③ to be fit for, to be equal to

② 屑【くず】 • ① waste, scrap, garbage ② chad

② 稽古【けいこ】 • practice, practise, training, study

② こしょう • pepper

② いきなり • abruptly, suddenly, all of a sudden, without warning

② こする • to rub, to scrub

② でたらめ • ① irresponsible utterance, nonsense, bullshit, codswallop ② random, haphazard, unsystematic

② すなわち • that is, namely, i.e.

② 揃う【そろう】 • ① to become complete, to be all present, to be a full set, to have everything at one's disposal ② to be equal, to be uniform ③ to gather, to assemble

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 這う【はう】 • to creep, to crawl

② 溜める【ためる】 • ① to amass, to accumulate, to store ② to leave unpaid

② 丼【どんぶり】 • ① porcelain bowl ② bowl of rice with food on top

② 皺【しわ】 • ① wrinkle, crease ② ripple

② うどん • udon (thick Japanese wheat noodles)

② きっかけ • chance, start, cue, excuse, motive, impetus, occasion

② 匂う【におう】 • ① to be fragrant, to smell (good) ② to stink, to smell (bad) ③ to glow, to be bright

② 紙屑【かみくず】 • wastepaper, paper scraps, paper waste

② くわえる • to hold in one's mouth

① くっきり • distinctly, clearly, boldly

① しくじる • to fail, to fall through, to blunder

① しぶとい • tenacious, stubborn

① じっくり • deliberately, carefully

① どうにか • in some way or other, one way or another

① びっしょり • wet through, drenched

① 長【おさ】 • chief, head

① 古【いにしえ】 • antiquity, ancient times

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 主【おも】 • ① chief, main, principal, important ② main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)

① 風車【かざぐるま】 • ① windmill, pinwheel ② leather flower, Clematis patens

① 着【ぎ】 • clothes, outfit, uniform, gi

① 一部【いちぶ】 • ① one part, one portion, one section, some ② one copy (e.g. of a document)

① 巻【まき】 • ① roll (e.g. of cloth) ② winding ③ volume (of book)

① 初【はつ】 • first, new

① 付き【つき】 • ① furnished with, including ② attached to ③ impression, appearance ④ luck ⑤ sociality ⑥ under, assistant (e.g. to a manager) ⑦ soup base

① 仕掛け【しかけ】 • device, contrivance, trick, mechanism, gadget, (small) scale, half finished, commencement, set up, challenge, attack

① 御負け【おまけ】 • ① freebie (e.g. with a purchase), something additional, bonus, an extra ② (on the spot) price reduction ③ exaggeration

① お産【おさん】 • (giving) birth, childbirth, delivery, confinement

① 委託【いたく】 • consign (goods (for sale) to a firm), entrust (person with something), commit

① 意地【いじ】 • disposition, spirit, willpower, obstinacy, backbone, appetite

① 一切【いっさい】 • all, everything, without exception, the whole, entirely, absolutely

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

① 引き起こす【ひきおこす】 • to cause, to induce

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 押し込む【おしこむ】 • ① to push into, to crowd into ② to break in, to burglarize

① 化ける【ばける】 • ① to appear in disguise, to take the form of ② to change for the worse, to corrupt

① 何より【なにより】 • most, best, above all

① 家出【いえで】 • running away from home, leaving home

① 火星【かせい】 • Mars (planet)

① 過疎【かそ】 • depopulation

① 過労【かろう】 • overwork, strain

① 回覧【かいらん】 • circulation

① 開拓【かいたく】 • ① reclamation (of wasteland), cultivation ② pioneering, pathfinding, trail-blazing

① 叶える【かなえる】 • to grant (request, wish)

① 干し物【ほしもの】 • things dried in the sun, esp. clothes, died cloth, etc.

① 観点【かんてん】 • point of view

① 丸っきり【まるっきり】 • completely, perfectly, just as if

① 丸ごと【まるごと】 • in its entirety, whole, wholly

① 頑固【がんこ】 • stubbornness, obstinacy

① 企画【きかく】 • planning, project, plan, design

① 器【うつわ】 • ① bowl, vessel, container ② ability, capacity, calibre, caliber

① 祈り【いのり】 • prayer, supplication

① 久しい【ひさしい】 • long, long-continued, old (story)

① 救い【すくい】 • help, aid, relief, salvation

① 拒否【きょひ】 • denial, veto, rejection, refusal

① 叫び【さけび】 • shout, scream, outcry

① 強いて【しいて】 • by force

① 強める【つよめる】 • to strengthen, to emphasize, to emphasise

① 恐れ【おそれ】 • fear, horror, anxiety, concern, uneasiness

① 教え【おしえ】 • teachings, precept, lesson, doctrine

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 空間【くうかん】 • space, room, airspace

① 携帯【けいたい】 • something carried (in the hand), handheld

① 経費【けいひ】 • expenses, cost, outlay

① 茎【くき】 • stalk

① 欠く【かく】 • to lack, to break, to crack, to chip

① 見習う【みならう】 • to follow another's example

① 原作【げんさく】 • original work

① 固定【こてい】 • fixation, fixing (e.g. salary, capital)

① 孤独【こどく】 • isolation, loneliness, solitude

① 故【ゆえ】 • reason, cause, circumstances

① 護衛【ごえい】 • guard, convoy, escort

① 公【おおやけ】 • official, public, formal, open, governmental

① 公演【こうえん】 • ① public performance ② sumo exhibition in a foreign country

① 攻め【せめ】 • ① attack, offence, offense ② dominant partner of a homosexual relationship ③ a barrage of, a flood of

① 合わせ【あわせ】 • joint together, opposite, facing

① 国産【こくさん】 • domestic products

① 再現【さいげん】 • reappearance, reproduction, return, revival

① 最早【もはや】 • already, now

① 財【ざい】 • ① fortune, riches ② goods

① 作戦【さくせん】 • ① tactics, strategy ② military or naval operations

① 雑貨【ざっか】 • miscellaneous goods, general goods, sundries

① 使用人【しようにん】 • employee, servant

① 指令【しれい】 • orders, instructions, directive, command

① 資格【しかく】 • qualifications, requirements, capabilities

① 歯科【しか】 • dentistry

① 侍【さむらい】 • warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period), samurai

① 式場【しきじょう】 • ceremonial hall, place of ceremony (e.g. marriage)

① 弱【じゃく】 • weakness, the weak, little less than

① 主【ぬし】 • ① head (of a household, etc.), leader, master ② owner, proprietor, proprietress ③ subject (of a rumour, etc.), doer (of a deed) ④ guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers), long-time resident (or employee, etc.) ⑤ husband ⑥ you

① 取り扱う【とりあつかう】 • to treat, to handle, to deal in

① 取り寄せる【とりよせる】 • to order, to send away for

① 守備【しゅび】 • defense, defence

① 手配【てはい】 • arrangement, search (by police)

① 殊に【ことに】 • especially, particularly, unusually, above all

① 授ける【さずける】 • to grant, to award, to teach

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 出産【しゅっさん】 • (child)birth, delivery, production (of goods)

① 盾【たて】 • shield, buckler, escutcheon, pretext

① 所持【しょじ】 • possession, owning

① 渚【なぎさ】 • water's edge, beach, shore

① 唱える【となえる】 • ① to recite, to chant ② to call upon

① 小銭【こぜに】 • coins, small change

① 承諾【しょうだく】 • consent, acquiescence, agreement

① 衝撃【しょうげき】 • shock, crash, impact, ballistic

① 上がり【あがり】 • ① ascent, rise, slope ② freshly-drawn green tea (esp. in sushi shops) ③ advance income, crop yield ④ death, spinning, completion, stop, finish ⑤ after (rain), ex (official, etc.) ⑥ (end) results (e.g. of crafts like painting, pottery, etc.), how something comes out

① 上陸【じょうりく】 • landing, disembarkation

① 乗り込む【のりこむ】 • ① to board, to embark on, to get into (a car), to ship (passengers), to man (a ship), to help (someone) into ② to march into, to enter

① 職員【しょくいん】 • staff member, personnel

① 心細い【こころぼそい】 • helpless, forlorn, hopeless, unpromising, lonely, discouraging, disheartening

① 新婚【しんこん】 • newly-wed

① 真珠【しんじゅ】 • pearl

① 身なり【みなり】 • personal appearance

① 身近【みぢか】 • near oneself, close to one, familiar

① 進行【しんこう】 • advance, progress

① 人格【じんかく】 • personality, character, individuality

① 雛【ひな】 • ① young bird, chick ② doll ③ green, wet behind the ears, juvenile

① 世帯【せたい】 • household, home, family, housekeeping

① 勢力【せいりょく】 • influence, power, might, strength, potency, force, energy

① 征服【せいふく】 • conquest, subjugation, overcoming

① 生死【せいし】 • ① life and death ② samsara (cycle of death and rebirth) ③ death

① 惜しむ【おしむ】 • ① to be frugal, to be sparing ② to value, to hold dear ③ to regret (e.g. a loss), to feel sorry (for) ④ to be unwilling, to be reluctant

① 赤字【あかじ】 • ① deficit, (being in or going into) the red ② red text, red letters

① 切り【きり】 • limits, end, bounds, period, place to leave off, closing sentence, all there is, only, since

① 先【せん】 • the future, priority, precedence, former, previous, old, late

① 先行【せんこう】 • preceding, going first, leading, going ahead, taking priority

① 染みる【しみる】 • ① to pierce, to penetrate, to soak in, to permeate ② to (enter a wound or sensitive area and) sting ③ to be infected (with vice), to be steeped (with prejudice)

① 前提【ぜんてい】 • preamble, premise, reason, prerequisite, condition, assumption, hypothesis, given

① 阻止【そし】 • obstruction, check, hindrance, prevention, interdiction

① 捜査【そうさ】 • search (esp. in criminal investigations), investigation, inquiry, enquiry

① 相応しい【ふさわしい】 • appropriate

① 装飾【そうしょく】 • ornament

① 足し算【たしざん】 • addition

① 速やか【すみやか】 • speedy, prompt, smooth

① 対抗【たいこう】 • opposition, antagonism

① 待遇【たいぐう】 • treatment, reception

① 待望【たいぼう】 • ① expectant waiting ② long-awaited

① 台本【だいほん】 • script, libretto, scenario

① 大衆【たいしゅう】 • general public

① 鍛える【きたえる】 • to forge, to drill, to temper, to train, to discipline

① 築く【きずく】 • to build, to pile up, to amass

① 張り紙【はりがみ】 • paper patch, paper backing, poster

① 腸【ちょう】 • guts, bowels, intestines

① 長閑【のどか】 • tranquil, calm, quiet, peaceful

① 追い出す【おいだす】 • to expel, to drive out

① 提供【ていきょう】 • offer, tender, program sponsoring, programme sponsoring, furnishing, provisioning, supply

① 天下【てんか】 • the world, whole country, descent from heaven, having one's own way, the public, the ruling power

① 展望【てんぼう】 • view, outlook, prospect

① 転勤【てんきん】 • job transfer, job relocation, intra-company transfer

① 伝説【でんせつ】 • tradition, legend, folklore

① 到底【とうてい】 • (cannot) possibly, no matter how

① 逃げ出す【にげだす】 • to run away, to escape from

① 同感【どうかん】 • agreement, same opinion, same feeling, sympathy, concurrence

① 特技【とくぎ】 • special skill

① 日夜【にちや】 • day and night, always

① 任務【にんむ】 • duty, function, office, mission, task

① 念【ねん】 • sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, concern, attention, care

① 罰【ばち】 • (divine) punishment, curse, retribution

① 罰【ばつ】 • punishment, penalty

① 抜かす【ぬかす】 • ① to omit, to leave out ② to say, to speak

① 班【はん】 • group, party, section (mil)

① 悲鳴【ひめい】 • shriek, scream

① 秘書【ひしょ】 • (private) secretary

① 微笑【びしょう】 • smile

① 不明【ふめい】 • unknown, obscure, indistinct, uncertain, ambiguous, ignorant, lack of wisdom, anonymous, unidentified

① 負う【おう】 • ① to bear, to carry on one's back ② to take responsibility for, to accept a duty ③ to be injured ④ to owe

① 負んぶ【おんぶ】 • carrying on one's back (e.g. baby)

① 物好き【ものずき】 • (idle) curiosity

① 物足りない【ものたりない】 • unsatisfied, unsatisfactory

① 物体【ぶったい】 • body, object

① 返答【へんとう】 • reply

① 保管【ほかん】 • charge, custody, safekeeping, deposit, storage

① 保険【ほけん】 • insurance, guarantee

① 保護【ほご】 • care, protection, shelter, safeguard, guardianship, favor, favour, patronage

① 報酬【ほうしゅう】 • remuneration, recompense, reward, toll

① 報道【ほうどう】 • information, report, journalism

① 奉仕【ほうし】 • attendance, service, ministry, church work

① 抱っこ【だっこ】 • (child's) hug, carrying a baby in one's arms

① 防衛【ぼうえい】 • defense, defence, protection, self-defense, self-defence

① 没収【ぼっしゅう】 • forfeiture, seizure, confiscation, impounding

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 味わい【あじわい】 • ① flavour, flavor ② meaning, significance

① 無茶【むちゃ】 • absurd, unreasonable, excessive, rash, absurdity, nonsense

① 無礼【ぶれい】 • impolite, rude

① 名札【なふだ】 • name plate, name tag, label

① 野生【やせい】 • wild, growing wild

① 役職【やくしょく】 • post, managerial position, official position

① 揺さぶる【ゆさぶる】 • to shake, to jolt, to rock, to swing

① 養成【ようせい】 • training, development

① 和やか【なごやか】 • mild, calm, gentle, quiet, harmonious

① 駆ける【かける】 • ① to soar, to fly ② to run, to dash

① 管【かん】 • pipe, tube

① 人目【ひとめ】 • public gaze, public notice

① 早急【そうきゅう】 • urgent

① 生かす【いかす】 • ① to make (the best) use of, to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.), to capitalise on (experience, etc) ② to let live, to keep alive ③ to revive, to resuscitate

① 威力【いりょく】 • power, might, authority, influence

① 切替【きりかえ】 • exchange, conversion, replacement, switching (to), switchover

① 見なす【みなす】 • to consider as, to regard (as equivalent), to deem (as), to equate

① 世【よ】 • world, society, age, generation

① 官【かん】 • government service, the bureaucracy

① 闇【やみ】 • darkness, the dark, black-marketeering, dark, shady, illegal

① こたつ • table with heater, (orig) charcoal brazier in a floor well

① あえて • dare (to do something), venture (often overcoming reluctance, or in the face of probable failure), take upon oneself, challenge, presume, (there is no) need to, (don't) go as far as, definitely (not)

① どもる • to stammer, to stutter

① 怯える【おびえる】 • to become frightened, to be frightened (of), to be scared (of)

① おむつ • diaper, nappy

① 語彙【ごい】 • vocabulary, lexicon, lexis, terminology

① 誤魔化す【ごまかす】 • to deceive, to falsify, to misrepresent

① うぬぼれ • pretension, conceit, hubris

① もしくは • or, otherwise

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 揃い【そろい】 • set, suit, uniform

① まとめ • settlement, conclusion, summary

① 返る【かえる】 • ① to return, to come back, to go back ② (after the -masu stem of a verb) (to become) extremely, (to become) completely

① 捧げる【ささげる】 • to lift up, to give, to offer, to consecrate, to devote, to sacrifice, to dedicate

① くじびき • lottery, drawn lot

① 躾ける【しつける】 • to train, to discipline, to teach manners

① 打ち合わせる【うちあわせる】 • ① to knock together ② to arrange (e.g. a meeting)

① 気まぐれ【きまぐれ】 • whim, caprice, whimsy, fickle, moody, uneven temper

① 混む【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

① よって • therefore, consequently, accordingly, because of

① ろくな • satisfactory, decent

お天気【おてんき】 • ① weather ② temper, mood

ずらす • to shift, to slide (e.g., something away from something else), to move (e.g., something out of the way), to put off, to delay

そうだ • ① that is so, that is right, it looks to me, I am of the impression ② people say that (after plain verb, adj), it is said that, I hear that

ちぐはぐ • mismatched

ちゃっかり • shrewd, calculating, nervy, cheeky

ちゃり • bicycle;

ちょっぴり • very little bit, just a smidgin, wee bit

ドジ • blunder, bungle, clumsiness

ニヤニヤ • grinning, broad grin, smirk

ねた • ① material, joke material, contents, proof ② topping of nigiri sushi

ばれる • to leak out (a secret), to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.) (behavior)

パクリ • ① gaping (esp. mouth) ② snapping into, biting into ③ cribbing, lifting, plagiarism, rip-off

ひっそり • quiet, still, silent, deserted

むかつく • to feel sick, to feel irritated, to feel offended, to feel angry

やばい • ① awful (young persons' slang), terrible, crap ② terrific (young persons' slang), amazing, cool

アイスクリーム • ice cream, icecream

アイテム • ① item ② something that one "just has to have"

アイデア • idea

アクセサリー • accessory

アタック • attack

アニメ • ① animated film, animated cartoon, anime (when referring to Japanese cartoons) ② animation

アプローチ • ① approach ② approach shot

インタビュー • interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)

ウインク • wink

エアコン • air-conditioner, air-conditioning

エスカレート • escalate, escalation

エバ • ever

エピソード • episode

エプロン • apron

オーディション • audition

オムレツ • omelette, omelet

オリジナル • original

カール • ① curl ② cwm, cirque, corrie

カーン • ① kern ② Kahn

カップル • couple

カンガルー • kangaroo

キス • kiss

キャッチ • catch

キャンディ • candy, sweets

キャンドル • candle

キャンバス • ① canvas ② base (in baseball)

クイズ • quiz

クリア • clear

グー • ① good ② goo ③ rock (in rock-paper-scissors game)

グッズ • goods, promotional items

ケーキ • cake

ケチャップ • ketchup, catsup

ゲーム • game

コーラ • cola

コアラ • koala

コミュニケーション • communication

コメント • ① comment ② (blog) comment

コントロール • control

コンピューター • computer

サーフィン • surfing

サバンナ • savanna, sahel

サラダ • salad

サロン • ① salon ② sarong

サンバ • samba

シーン • scene

シベリア • Siberia

シャン • beautiful

シュークリーム • chou a la creme, cream-filled pastry

ショー • show

ショック • shock

シリーズ • series

シロップ • syrup

シン • thin

ジャー • jar

スイッチ • switch

スキー • ① skiing ② ski, skis

スコップ • ① shovel, spade, scoop ② SCOP

スター • star

スタイル • ① style ② (female) figure

ステーション • station

ストーリー • story

ストック • ① stock ② ski pole

ストレート • ① straight ② straightforward, direct, straight out, blunt

スナック • ① snack ② snack bar

スパイ • spy

スパイダー • spider

スピード • speed

スペース • space

スポーツカー • sports car

スロープ • slope

セーフ • safe

セクシー • sexy

セッティング • setting

タイミング • timing

タレント • star (esp. television) (from talent), personality

タワー • tower

ダイエット • ① diet ② losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)

チーム • team

チャレンジ • self-challenge, trying hard to do something

テーマパーク • theme park

テクニック • technique

テンポ • tempo

データ • data, datum

トイレットペーパー • toilet paper

トマト • tomato

トライ • try

トレーニング • training

トンネル • ① tunnel ② fielding error (baseball)

ドライブ • ① drive, trip by car, driving ② to (go for a) drive, to go on a trip by car ③ to drive (e.g. a car) ④ to drive (innovation, change, etc.), to propel

ドラマ • ① drama ② TV drama, teledrama, play

ナンバー • number

ネックレス • necklace

ノブ • ① knob ② doorknob

ハウス • ① house ② plastic greenhouse ③ house music

ハネムーン • honeymoon

バージョン • version

バイキング • ① Viking ② smorgasbord, all-you-can-eat buffet

バナナ • banana

バランス • balance

バリケード • barricade

パーセント • percent, percentage

パーツ • parts (as in computer parts)

パスポート • passport

パチンコ • ① pachinko (Japanese pinball) ② slingshot, catapult

パフォーマンス • performance

ヒロイン • heroine

ヒント • hint

ビーチ • beach

ビスケット • biscuit

ビッグ • big

ビデオカメラ • video camera, video camcorder

ピアノ • piano

ピンチ • ① pinch, crisis ② clothespin

ファースト • ① first ② first baseman, first base ③ fast

ファイト • fight

フル • full

フルコース • complete meal

フレンド • friend

フワフワ • light, airy, fluffy

ブーム • boom

ブイ • buoy

ブラウス • blouse

ブラジャー • bra, brassiere

ブランド • ① brand ② bland

プレイボーイ • playboy

プンプン • ① intense smell (hanging around) ② state of being furious or angry

ベテラン • person with a lot of experience, old hand, veteran (in a particular field)

ベルト • Belt for western clothes

ペダル • pedal

ホール • ① hall ② hole ③ whole

ホップ • ① hop ② hops (Humulus lupulus)

ホン • phon (unit of loudness)

ボーナス • bonus

マイ • my, one's own, personal, privately owned

マイペース • doing things at one's own pace

マウス • ① (lab) mouse ② mouse ③ mouth

マシン • machine

マスク • mask

マット • ① mat ② matte (metallurgical) ③ matte, matt, mat (finish, etc.)

マニア • ① enthusiast ② mania, enthusiasm

マヨネーズ • mayonnaise

マンモス • mammoth

ミサイル • missile

メロメロ • ① madly in love ② falling down drunk

モニター • ① (computer) monitor ② consumer who comments on products, television programs, etc. (programmes) ③ program or utility that monitors a program or activity

ヨット • yacht (usually only used for a sailing boat with one mast)

ライオン • lion

ライター • ① lighter ② writer

ラップ • ① lap ② wrap ③ cling film ④ rap

ランク • rank, standing

リアクション • reaction

リアル • real

リハーサル • rehearsal

レギュラー • ① regular ② regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.) ③ regular (petrol, gasoline)

レジ • (cash) register

レスキュー • rescue

レッスン • lesson

レンタル • rental

ロボット • robot

ワイン • wine

ワゴン • wagon

アメリカ • America

一気に【いっきに】 • at once, at a breath (stroke, sitting)

一月【いちがつ】 • January

一大【いちだい】 • one large ..., a great ...

下す【くだす】 • ① to make (a decision), to pass (judgement, etc.), to hand down (orders, etc.) ② to let go down, to lower ③ to do oneself, to do by oneself

なんだかんだ • something or other, one thing or another, this or that

何やら【なにやら】 • something, for some reason

外見【がいけん】 • outward appearance

大いなる【おおいなる】 • big, large, great

今時【いまどき】 • present day, today, recently, these days, nowadays, at this hour

女【じょ】 • ① woman, girl, daughter ② Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

女子高【じょしこう】 • girls' high school

小山【こやま】 • hill, knoll

大まか【おおまか】 • ① rough (e.g. sketch, approximation), broad ② generous, openhanded

長さ【ながさ】 • length

天【あま】 • ① sky ② heaven ③ svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth) ④ deva (divine being of Buddhism)

日本人【にっぽんじん】 • Japanese person, Japanese people

父上【ちちうえ】 • father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

聞き出す【ききだす】 • to get information out of a person, to begin listening

聞き入れる【ききいれる】 • to grant (a wish), to accede, to comply with

北上【ほくじょう】 • going north

おびき出す【おびきだす】 • ① to lure out of, to decoy out of ② to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.), to evoke (sympathy, etc.)

行き来【いきき】 • ① coming and going, keeping in touch, visiting each other ② street traffic, highway

前半【ぜんはん】 • first half

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

上上【じょうじょう】 • the best, great, superb

見かけ【みかけ】 • outward appearance

長生き【ながいき】 • longevity, long life

何にも【なんにも】 • nothing at all

チョッキ • waistcoat, vest

あっと • in a surprising way

リストラ • (corporate) restructuring, downsizing

大人気【だいにんき】 • great popularity, high favour

でっちあげる • ① to fabricate, to invent, to make up (a story), to hoax, to pull a hoax ② to frame someone

サラダ油【さらだゆ】 • salad oil

長電話【ながでんわ】 • long telephone conversation

ぐるみ • (together) with, -wide, including

食わせる【くわせる】 • ① to feed ② to provide ③ to inflict ④ to cheat

さては • and then, besides, on top of that

でないと • without, but if

ひょっとしたら • possibly, by some possibility, perhaps

ほっそり • being slim, slender

めげる • to be discouraged, to shrink from

ゆったり • ① comfortable, easy, calm ② loose, spacious

たら • ① indicates supposition, if ... then ② (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation

オリーブ • olive

ワンパターン • repetitive, one track mind, being in a rut

どっかり • plunk (down something heavy), flump (into a chair)

セレブ • wealthy socialite, celebrity

ビーフストロガノフ • beef stroganoff

どん • ① very, totally ② polite suffix used after a person's name (often of an apprentice; used much more broadly in southern Kyushu) ③ bang (e.g. of large drum, signal pistol, etc.), with a thud, sound when slamming something down

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

っぷり • manner, style;

あーあ • oh no (used as an expression of despair or when giving up), sigh of boredom or disgust, oh boy

モチ • motivation

ガクッ • (sound effect for) collapsing, losing strength, slumping

外【がい】 • outside of, not covered by

マリー • mallee (var. of eucalyptus)

分間【ふんかん】 • ~ minutes interval

やり方【やりかた】 • manner of doing, way, method, means

カット • cut, cutting

ガール • girl

ガイド • tour guide

グラス • ① glass ② grass

ジン • gin, jin

バット • ① bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.) ② tray (from fre: bateau or eng: vat)

パー • ① par ② paper (in rock-paper-scissors game) ③ apiece, each ④ percent

パート • ① part ② part-timer ③ part-time (work)

プラン • plan

ペース • pace

ボード • board

メイド • maid

リング • ring

悪人【あくにん】 • bad man, villain

安らか【やすらか】 • peaceful, tranquil, calm, restful

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

安物【やすもの】 • cheap article, poor quality article

一族【いちぞく】 • ① family, relatives, dependents ② household

引き立つ【ひきたつ】 • ① to become active ② to look better

気楽【きらく】 • at ease, comfortable

起立【きりつ】 • standing up

口下手【くちべた】 • defective speech, slowness of speech, poor talker, tongue-tied person

口元【くちもと】 • the mouth, shape of the mouth, near an entrance

広大【こうだい】 • huge, very large, vast, extensive, magnificent, grand

思いっきり【おもいっきり】 • with all one's strength, with all one's heart, resignation, resolution

死者【ししゃ】 • casualty, deceased

試食【ししょく】 • sampling food

時間切れ【じかんぎれ】 • ① being out of time, passing the deadline ② time-out

社員【しゃいん】 • ① company employee ② company stockholders (esp. in legal contexts), members of a corporation

手料理【てりょうり】 • home cooking

小言【こごと】 • scolding, fault-finding

食い止める【くいとめる】 • to check, to hold back

真夏【まなつ】 • midsummer

真冬【まふゆ】 • midwinter

人使い【ひとづかい】 • handling one's workmen

送り【おくり】 • ① seeing off, sending off ② funeral ③ escapement

族【ぞく】 • ① tribe, clan, band ② (taxonomical) tribe ③ group (of the periodic table)

体質【たいしつ】 • constitution (physical), genetic make-up, predisposition (to disease)

大物【おおもの】 • important person, big-shot, big game (animal, fish)

知れる【しれる】 • to become known, to come to light, to be discovered

地道【じみち】 • steady, honest, sober, straightforward

茶道【さどう】 • tea ceremony, Way of Tea

長者【ちょうじゃ】 • millionaire

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

田【た】 • rice field

同じく【おなじく】 • similarly, same (idea), same (name)

堂【どう】 • ① temple, shrine, hall ② prefix to building meaning "magnificent"

道ばた【みちばた】 • roadside, wayside

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

肉食【にくしょく】 • ① meat eating, eating of meat, meat diet ② carnivorous

買い出し【かいだし】 • purchase, buying in quantity

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

八方【はっぽう】 • all sides

風通し【かぜとおし】 • ventilation

分別【ふんべつ】 • discernment, discretion, judgement, judgment, discrimination

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

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

味つけ【あじつけ】 • seasoning, flavour, flavor

名手【めいしゅ】 • expert

立ち【たち】 • stand

旅立つ【たびだつ】 • to begin a trip

目まい【めまい】 • dizziness, giddiness, vertigo

一世【いっせ】 • a lifetime, a generation, foreign immigrant, Japanese immigrant to USA

店【てん】 • -store, -shop

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

万代【ばんだい】 • thousands of years, eternity, all generations

赤々【あかあか】 • bright red, bright

家々【いえいえ】 • every house or family

ただ者【ただもの】 • ordinary person (usu. in neg. sentences)

持ち主【もちぬし】 • owner, proprietor

使える【つかえる】 • to be useful, to be serviceable

着地【ちゃくち】 • landing

待ち【まち】 • waiting, waiting time

自家用【じかよう】 • for private or home use

手中【しゅちゅう】 • in one's hands, in one's control

手出し【てだし】 • meddling, interfering

世界中【せかいじゅう】 • around or throughout the world

大目【おおめ】 • large eyes, magnanimity

キャラ • character (e.g. in a manga, anime, game, etc.)

ありとあらゆる • every single (piece of furniture), every possible (excuse)

待たす【またす】 • to keep (a person) waiting

何の道【どのみち】 • anyway, anyhow, at any rate, in any case

急く【せく】 • to hurry, to rush

世にも【よにも】 • extremely, very

大金持ち【おおがねもち】 • very rich person

引き【ひき】 • ① pull, patronage, influence ② tug ③ discount

度目【どめ】 • (after a number N) the Nth time

ドッグフード • dog food

名古屋【なごや】 • Nagoya (city)

姉ちゃん【ねえちゃん】 • elder sister, girl

世【せい】 • ① counter for generations ② (geological) epoch

帰す【きす】 • ① to come to (in the end), to end in ② to attribute, to blame

お返し【おかえし】 • ① return gift, return favour (favor) ② revenge ③ change (in a cash transaction)

か弱い【かよわい】 • frail, feeble

その他【そのた】 • etc., otherwise, besides, in addition, the rest, the others, and so forth

悪役【あくやく】 • villain, baddie, the villain's part

暗号【あんごう】 • code, password, cipher

一回り【ひとまわり】 • ① one turn, one round ② (a) size ③ to go around, to make a circuit, to take a turn

一戸建て【いっこだて】 • (separate) house

一直線【いっちょくせん】 • straight line

王国【おうこく】 • kingdom, monarchy

音声【おんせい】 • voice, (the concept of) sound

音頭【おんど】 • workmen's songs, marching songs

絵本【えほん】 • picture book

楽勝【らくしょう】 • easy victory

泣かせる【なかせる】 • ① to make someone cry, to move someone to tears ② to let cry ③ to grieve

泣き虫【なきむし】 • crybaby, blubberer

泣ける【なける】 • to shed tears, to be moved to tears

苦しみ【くるしみ】 • pain, anguish, distress, suffering, hardship

見当たる【みあたる】 • to be found

後期【こうき】 • latter period, final

考え直す【かんがえなおす】 • to reconsider, to rethink, to reassess

高波【たかなみ】 • high waves

合体【がったい】 • ① union, coalescence, amalgamation, combination, alliance, annexation, incorporation ② copulation, penetration

根っから【ねっから】 • ① by nature, from the very beginning, through and through, at heart ② (followed by a verb in negative form) absolutely (not), (not) at all

細か【こまか】 • small, fine, detailed, stingy

参観【さんかん】 • visit, inspection

仕打ち【しうち】 • (poor) treatment, (bad) behavior, behaviour, action, act

子守【こもり】 • ① babysitter, nursemaid ② babysitting

次回【じかい】 • next time (occasion)

次元【じげん】 • ① dimension ② perspective, point of reference, level (of something)

自動的【じどうてき】 • automatic

実業【じつぎょう】 • industry, business

車内【しゃない】 • inside a carriage

宿屋【やどや】 • inn

出し物【だしもの】 • program (e.g. theatre, theater), programme, performance

出直す【でなおす】 • to come again, to call again, to make a fresh start

術【じゅつ】 • art, means, technique

商会【しょうかい】 • firm, company

くわしい • knowing very well, detailed, full, accurate

乗り切る【のりきる】 • to weather, to get over, to tide over, to overcome, to get through, to ride across, to sail across

図面【ずめん】 • drawing, diagram, plans, blueprint

まとも • ① the front ② honesty, uprightness, directness ③ decency, normality

西部【せいぶ】 • the west, western part, the West

雪だるま【ゆきだるま】 • snowman

船長【せんちょう】 • ship's captain

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

相乗【そうじょう】 • multiplication, synergism

草取り【くさとり】 • weeding, weeder, weeding fork

足取り【あしどり】 • ① gait, manner of walking (swimming) ② trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal)

打ち勝つ【うちかつ】 • ① to conquer (e.g. an enemy), to defeat ② to overcome (a difficulty) ③ to out-hit

体形【たいけい】 • form, figure

体調【たいちょう】 • physical condition

大型【おおがた】 • large, large scale, big, jumbo

大勢【たいせい】 • general trend, current thought

たたき • ① mince (minced meat or fish) ② hard-packed dirt (clay, gravel, etc.) floor, concrete floor

単身【たんしん】 • alone, unaided, away from home

直行【ちょっこう】 • through, non-stop

追いやる【おいやる】 • ① to drive away, to order off, to chase away ② to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)

通りすがり【とおりすがり】 • on the way, passing, that happen to pass by

通行人【つうこうにん】 • passerby, pedestrian, foot passenger

転げ落ちる【ころげおちる】 • to fall off, to tumble down

転校生【てんこうせい】 • transfer student, student changing schools

東部【とうぶ】 • eastern part

当局【とうきょく】 • ① authorities ② this office

同然【どうぜん】 • similar to, same, right, proper, just, natural

導き出す【みちびきだす】 • to derive

内気【うちき】 • bashfulness, shyness, reserve, timidity

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

白身【しろみ】 • ① white of egg ② white meat, sapwood ③ white-fleshed fish for sushi and sashimi (e.g. tai, hirame, karei)

発進【はっしん】 • departure, takeoff

番茶【ばんちゃ】 • coarse tea

美少女【びしょうじょ】 • beautiful girl

負け犬【まけいぬ】 • ① loser ② unmarried woman (with no children) over the age of 30

放題【ほうだい】 • as much as you would like to, as much as one likes

明朝【みょうちょう】 • tomorrow morning

鳴き声【なきごえ】 • cry (esp. animal), roar

面白【おもしろ】 • amusing, interesting

野次【やじ】 • hooting, jeering, heckling

野望【やぼう】 • ambition, aspiration, designs, treachery

役員【やくいん】 • officer, official, executive, staff

由来【ゆらい】 • origin, source, history, derivation, reason, destiny

和歌【わか】 • waka (classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 mora)

さ迷う【さまよう】 • to loiter, to putter, to prowl, to wander about, to roam about, to knock around

一筆【いっぴつ】 • a few lines, stroke of pen

直【ちょく】 • ① direct, in person, frankness, honesty, simplicity, cheerfulness, correctness, being straight ② night duty, shift (e.g. in a factory)

暗黒【あんこく】 • darkness

雨期【うき】 • rainy season

絵葉書【えはがき】 • picture postcard

追いつく【おいつく】 • to overtake, to catch up (with)

か所【かしょ】 • passage, place, point, part

画期的【かっきてき】 • ground-breaking, epoch-making

気合い【きあい】 • scream, yell, fighting spirit

決着【けっちゃく】 • conclusion, decision, end, settlement

検算【けんざん】 • verification of accounts, checking figures, arithmetic check

取り引き【とりひき】 • transactions, dealings, business

情けない【なさけない】 • miserable, pitiable, shameful, deplorable

一向に【いっこうに】 • (not) at all

葉っぱ【はっぱ】 • leaf

その物【そのもの】 • the very thing, itself

気配り【きくばり】 • care, attentiveness, attention, consideration

投げ【なげ】 • a throw, a fall

よりによって • of all things, expression used to criticize a poor decision

お断わり【おことわり】 • declining, nonacceptance, declination, refusal, rejection, turndown

よじ登る【よじのぼる】 • to climb, to clamber (over, up), to scramble (up), to scale, to claw one's way up

落ち着ける【おちつける】 • to quiet, to calm down, to compose oneself, to settle down

手放し【てばなし】 • without holding on, without using the hands, letting go one's hold, lack of reserve or restraint, openly

お調子者【おちょうしもの】 • flip, luck-pusher, frivolous person, person who readily chimes in with others, person who gets carried away easily

都営【とえい】 • operated by the metropolitan government

物入れ【ものいれ】 • place or container into which to put things

日直【にっちょく】 • day duty, day shift

船体【せんたい】 • hull

大当たり【おおあたり】 • big hit, big prize, bumper crop, striking it rich, right on the mark, bonanza

目線【めせん】 • ① one's gaze ② from the point of view of

物言う【ものいう】 • to talk, to carry meaning

選【せん】 • ① selection, choice, election ② compilation, editing

手の物【てのもの】 • one's speciality, one's forte, one's own thing

ぶり返す【ぶりかえす】 • to come back, to return, to recur

根こそぎ【ねこそぎ】 • root and branch, thoroughly, by the roots

追っかけ【おっかけ】 • ① chase scene ② groupie, paparazzo ③ soon, by-and-by

集め【あつめ】 • collecting, assembling

人組み【にんぐみ】 • a ~-man group (after number ~), a group of ~ people

御寝小【おねしょ】 • bed-wetting

ご苦労さん【ごくろうさん】 • I appreciate your efforts

愛犬【あいけん】 • pet dog

愛妻【あいさい】 • beloved wife

一刻【いっこく】 • ① minute, moment, an instant ② stubborn, hot-headed

引き連れる【ひきつれる】 • to take along with

奥深い【おくふかい】 • profound, deep

押し付ける【おしつける】 • to press, to push, to force

過信【かしん】 • trusting too much, overestimating ability

解消【かいしょう】 • cancellation, liquidation, resolution, reduction (e.g. of stress)

解読【かいどく】 • deciphering, decoding

各紙【かくし】 • every newspaper (magazine)

格安【かくやす】 • cheap, reasonable

甘え【あまえ】 • depending on other's kindness

間際【まぎわ】 • on the verge of, just before, on the point of

関知【かんち】 • concern, business

気絶【きぜつ】 • faint, swoon

詰め込む【つめこむ】 • to cram, to stuff, to jam, to squeeze, to compress, to pack, to crowd

急性【きゅうせい】 • acute (e.g. illness)

居残る【いのこる】 • to stay behind, to remain, to work overtime

居所【いどころ】 • ① whereabouts, address ② place of temporary residence

銀座【ぎんざ】 • ① Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo) ② (Edo period) silver mint

芸者【げいしゃ】 • geisha, Japanese singing and dancing girl

芸人【げいにん】 • player, performer, actor

肩こり【かたこり】 • stiff shoulders

元祖【がんそ】 • originator, founder, pioneer, inventor

呼び戻す【よびもどす】 • to call back, to call home

ご苦労【ごくろう】 • trouble (I have put you through)

更新【こうしん】 • renewal, update, innovation, renovation

講座【こうざ】 • lectureship, chair, course

号令【ごうれい】 • order, command

再開【さいかい】 • reopening, resumption, restarting

再選【さいせん】 • re-election

最寄り【もより】 • nearest, neighbouring, neighboring, nearby

最強【さいきょう】 • strongest

山頂【さんちょう】 • summit (e.g. mountain)

仕官【しかん】 • government service, samurai's service

使い果たす【つかいはたす】 • to use up, to squander

思い過ごす【おもいすごす】 • to think too much of, to make too much of

誌【し】 • magazine

次席【じせき】 • associate, junior, assistant, runner-up

実演【じつえん】 • stage show, performance

取り囲む【とりかこむ】 • to surround, to crowd around

習性【しゅうせい】 • trait

週刊【しゅうかん】 • published weekly

将軍【しょうぐん】 • general, shogun

笑い声【わらいごえ】 • laughter

乗り越える【のりこえる】 • to climb over, to ride across, to surmount

乗り遅れる【のりおくれる】 • to miss (train, bus, etc.)

心労【しんろう】 • anxiety, worry, fear

精一杯【せいいっぱい】 • with all one's might

石段【いしだん】 • (flight of) stone steps

絶望【ぜつぼう】 • despair, hopelessness

戦車【せんしゃ】 • tank (military vehicle)

洗面【せんめん】 • wash up (one's face), have a wash

前触れ【まえぶれ】 • previous notice, herald, harbinger, portent

相棒【あいぼう】 • partner, pal, accomplice

損ねる【そこねる】 • ① to harm, to hurt, to injure, to wreck ② to miss out, despite wanting to do

替え【かえ】 • change, alteration, substitute

追い払う【おいはらう】 • to drive away

底値【そこね】 • bottom price

倒れ【たおれ】 • ① bad debt ② collapse (esp. pref.)

盗み【ぬすみ】 • stealing

逃げ回る【にげまわる】 • to run from place to place

逃げ込む【にげこむ】 • to take refuge in, to succeed in running away

働き者【はたらきもの】 • hard worker, hardworking person

得【とく】 • ① profit, advantage, benefit, gain ② rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana

突き止める【つきとめる】 • to make sure, to locate, to find out, to ascertain

突入【とつにゅう】 • rushing, breaking into

内輪【うちわ】 • ① moderate, private matter, family circle, the inside ② conservative ③ pigeon-toed

難解【なんかい】 • difficult to understand, unintelligible, abstruse

任【にん】 • obligation, duty, charge, responsibility

年末【ねんまつ】 • end-of-year

燃費【ねんぴ】 • fuel consumption, gas mileage

濃厚【のうこう】 • density, richness, concentration, tension

白熱【はくねつ】 • ① white heat, incandescence ② climax

爆笑【ばくしょう】 • roar of laughter

発散【はっさん】 • letting feelings out, emitting, emanating, divergence (physics)

発令【はつれい】 • official announcement, proclamation

彼岸【ひがん】 • ① equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held) ② Buddhist services during the equinoctial week ③ nirvana

飛び付く【とびつく】 • to jump at, to be attracted by

必ずや【かならずや】 • certainly, surely, definitely

不可能【ふかのう】 • impossible

付与【ふよ】 • grant, allowance, endowment, bestowal, assignment, conferment

復帰【ふっき】 • ① return, comeback, reinstatement ② carriage return, CR

平熱【へいねつ】 • normal temperature

変装【へんそう】 • disguise, masquerade

暮れ【くれ】 • year end, sunset, nightfall, end

満腹【まんぷく】 • filling the stomach, full stomach

戻り【もどり】 • ① return, reaction, recovery ② return (from a procedure)

勇者【ゆうしゃ】 • hero, the brave, man of valour (valor)

預け【あずけ】 • custody, keeping

連れ去る【つれさる】 • to take away, to kidnap

うなずく • to nod, to bow one's head in assent

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

夫婦【めおと】 • married couple, spouses, husband and wife, couple, pair

相性【あいしょう】 • affinity, compatibility

熱熱【あつあつ】 • ① piping hot ② passionately in love

掛け声【かけごえ】 • yell used to time or encourage activity (e.g. "Heave ho!", "On three ... One, two, three!" in English), enthusiastic shout from the audience (e.g. in kabuki), shouting (in concerts)

利く【きく】 • ① to be effective, to show effect ② to do its work, to carry out its function well ③ to be possible to use

届け【とどけ】 • report, notification, registration

伸び【のび】 • ① growth, development ② stretching (e.g. body when waking up) ③ spread, elongation, extension, carry (e.g. of sound), sustain

引き渡す【ひきわたす】 • to deliver, to extradite, to stretch across, to hand over

双葉【ふたば】 • bud, sprout

甘味【あまみ】 • sweetness, sugary taste

恐るべき【おそるべき】 • dreadful, terrible, horrible, deplorable

まんざら • (not) altogether, (not) wholly

寝ぼける【ねぼける】 • to be half asleep, to be still only half awake

可笑しな【おかしな】 • ridiculous, odd

左腕【さわん】 • ① left arm ② left-handed (baseball pitcher)

手薄【てうす】 • short of hands, insufficient

いただける • ① to receive (potential) ② to be pretty good, to be exquisite, to be approvable

見逃し【みのがし】 • overlooking, letting a good ball go by

赤信号【あかしんごう】 • red light (traffic)

逃げ腰【にげごし】 • preparing to flee, being ready to run away

買い置き【かいおき】 • a stock (of goods)

入れ替え【いれかえ】 • replacement, substitution, change

差し向ける【さしむける】 • to send or direct a person to

泊まり【とまり】 • stay, stopover, anchorage, night duty

府警【ふけい】 • prefectural police

跡地【あとち】 • site (of a demolished building)

景気付け【けいきづけ】 • putting life into, animating, cheering up

憎たらしい【にくたらしい】 • ① odious, hateful ② (speaking ironically) darling

名演技【めいえんぎ】 • fine performance, tour de force

杯【はい】 • ① sake cup, cup for alcoholic beverages ② counter for cupfuls ③ counter for ships, octopuses and squid

機【き】 • ① chance, opportunity ② machine ③ aircraft ④ counter for aircraft ⑤ counter for remaining lives (in video games)

よそう • to serve, to dish up, to prepare

給え【たまえ】 • please (imperative form of an auxiliary verb, suffixed to the -masu stem of another verb)

産する【さんする】 • ① to bear (a child), to be born ② to produce, to yield, to be produced, to be yielded

お勧め【おすすめ】 • recommendation, advice, suggestion, encouragement

あん摩【あんま】 • ① massage, esp. the Anma Japanese type of massage ② masseur, masseuse

暗黙【あんもく】 • tacit, implicit

慰め【なぐさめ】 • comfort, consolation, diversion

異状【いじょう】 • something wrong, accident, change, abnormality, aberration

異色【いしょく】 • unique, different color, different colour, novelty

異様【いよう】 • bizarre, strange, eccentric, odd, queer

一挙【いっきょ】 • one effort, one action

一刀両断【いっとうりょうだん】 • cutting in two with a single stroke, taking decisive (drastic) measure, cutting the (Gordian) knot

芋【いも】 • ① tuber, taro, potato ② yokel, bumpkin

渦巻き【うずまき】 • whirlpool, eddy, coil

沖縄【おきなわ】 • Okinawa (one of the Japanese Ryukyu islands)

恩返し【おんがえし】 • requital of a favour (favor), repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)

稼げる【かせげる】 • to work, to earn income

怪物【かいぶつ】 • monster

いるか • dolphin (or other small toothed whales, such as porpoises, belugas, etc.)

概して【がいして】 • generally, as a rule

渇き【かわき】 • thirst

たくらむ • to scheme, to plan, to play a trick, to invent, to conspire, to frame up

奇異【きい】 • odd, strange, wonderful

気遣い【きづかい】 • consideration, concern, fear, worry, solicitude

輝かしい【かがやかしい】 • brilliant, glorious, glittering

輝き【かがやき】 • radiance

鬼ごっこ【おにごっこ】 • game of tag

救出【きゅうしゅつ】 • rescue, extricate, reclaim, deliverance

強敵【きょうてき】 • formidable enemy

暁【あかつき】 • dawn, daybreak, in the event of

くり • Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)

繰り広げる【くりひろげる】 • to unfold, to unroll, to open

兄貴【あにき】 • one's senior, elder brother

討つ【うつ】 • ① to shoot (at) ② to attack, to defeat, to destroy, to avenge

結婚式【けっこんしき】 • marriage ceremony, wedding

検索【けんさく】 • looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary), retrieval (e.g. data), searching for, referring to

素【もと】 • ingredient

後ろ姿【うしろすがた】 • retreating figure, appearance from behind

ごめん • your pardon, declining (something), dismissal, permission

侯爵【こうしゃく】 • marquis, marquess

公爵【こうしゃく】 • prince, duke

恒例【こうれい】 • established practice, established practise, custom

控え【ひかえ】 • ① reserve, spare, backup ② note, memorandum ③ duplicate, copy, stub (of a ticket, etc.) ④ waiting one's turn

黒幕【くろまく】 • black curtain, wire puller, political fixer

祭典【さいてん】 • festival

司令【しれい】 • command, control, commander

示唆【しさ】 • suggestion, hint, implication

射撃【しゃげき】 • firing, shooting, fire, gunshot, marksmanship

斜視【しゃし】 • squint, strabismus

朱【あけ】 • ① scarlet, red ② blood

熟成【じゅくせい】 • mature, ripen, cure, ferment

暑苦しい【あつくるしい】 • sultry, sweltering

昭和【しょうわ】 • Showa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)

消滅【しょうめつ】 • ① lapse, annihilation (physics) ② extinguishment, termination (e.g. of legal representation) ③ vanishing

推奨【すいしょう】 • recommendation, endorsement

遂行【すいこう】 • accomplishment, execution

戦士【せんし】 • soldier, combatant, warrior

素顔【すがお】 • ① face with no make-up, unpainted face ② honesty, frankness

代償【だいしょう】 • compensation, indemnification, reparation, consideration

大嫌い【だいきらい】 • very dislikeable, hate, loathe, abhor

丁【ちょう】 • ① counter for sheets, pages, leaves, etc. ② counter for blocks of tofu, counter for servings in a restaurant ③ counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc. ④ even number ⑤ 109.09 m

帳【ちょう】 • book, register

桃【もも】 • peach, prunus persica (tree)

藤【ふじ】 • wisteria, Wisteria floribunda

同級生【どうきゅうせい】 • classmate, classmates

同伴【どうはん】 • company, accompany, going with

匿名【とくめい】 • anonymity, pseudonym

凪【なぎ】 • calm, lull

年賀状【ねんがじょう】 • New Year's card

粘土【ねんど】 • clay

納豆【なっとう】 • natto (fermented soybeans)

はぎ • ① bush clover, Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza) ② dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn)

伯爵【はくしゃく】 • count, earl

伐採【ばっさい】 • lumbering, felling, deforestation

藩【はん】 • fiefdom, domain (precursor to current prefectures)

微笑ましい【ほほえましい】 • pleasant, charming

百獣【ひゃくじゅう】 • all kinds of animals

不名誉【ふめいよ】 • dishonor, dishonour, disgrace, shame

富士山【ふじさん】 • Mt Fuji

布施【ふせ】 • alms, offerings

防災【ぼうさい】 • disaster prevention

没【ぼつ】 • ① discard ② death ③ rejection (of a manuscript, etc.) ④ lacking, without

魔力【まりょく】 • magical power, charm

めちゃくちゃ • ① absurd, unreasonable, nonsensical, preposterous, incoherent ② extreme, senseless, reckless, wanton ③ disorder, confusion, mess, wreck

野郎【やろう】 • rascal

利己【りこ】 • self-interest

療養【りょうよう】 • recuperation, medical treatment

烈火【れっか】 • raging fire, conflagration

露天風呂【ろてんぶろ】 • open air bath, rotemburo

浪人【ろうにん】 • ① ronin, wandering samurai without a master to serve ② out of work ③ waiting for another chance to enter a university

隠れん坊【かくれんぼ】 • hide and seek (the game)

価【あたい】 • ① price, cost ② value, worth, merit ③ variable (computer programming, programing) ④ value, count, number ⑤ to have value, to have merit

博【ばく】 • ① doctor, PhD ② exposition, fair, exhibition

墓参り【はかまいり】 • visit to a grave

空巣【あきす】 • ① prowler, sneak thief, cat burglar ② empty nest

杏【あんず】 • apricot, Prunus armenica, apricot tree

案ずる【あんずる】 • ① to be anxious or concerned about, to ponder (anxiously), to fear ② to investigate, to consider, to plan ③ to pat, to rub, to take a sword in one's hand

往々【おうおう】 • sometimes, often

飼い主【かいぬし】 • shepherd, (pet) owner

凶悪【きょうあく】 • atrocious, fiendish, brutal, villainous

恐竜【きょうりゅう】 • dinosaur

偽装【ぎそう】 • disguise, camouflage, masquerade

検視【けんし】 • autopsy, inquest, investigation of death

激論【げきろん】 • heated discussion

姫【ひめ】 • ① princess, young lady of noble birth ② girl ③ small & lovely

脱走【だっそう】 • desertion, escape

老眼【ろうがん】 • presbyopia, age-related longsightedness, farsightedness

こなす • to break to pieces, to digest, to handle easily

豊穣【ほうじょう】 • good harvest, abundant crop

脅し【おどし】 • threat

見張り【みはり】 • watch-keeping, guard, lookout

素早く【すばやく】 • quickly, nimbly, agilely

魔【ま】 • ① demon, devil, evil spirit, evil influence ② someone who (habitually) performs some (negative) act

おめでたい • ① special, auspicious, happy ② naive, inncocent, good-natured

社葬【しゃそう】 • company funeral

特価【とっか】 • special price, bargain price

墓場【はかば】 • graveyard, cemetery

芝刈り【しばかり】 • lawn mowing

隠れ家【かくれが】 • hiding place, refuge

染め【そめ】 • dyeing, printing

磯【いそ】 • (rocky) beach, seashore

ちょっとした • trifling, petty

萌える【もえる】 • to burst into bud, to sprout

巡り【めぐり】 • ① circumference, girth ② tour, pilgrimage ③ circulation (e.g. of blood)

宣する【せんする】 • to announce, to declare

おなら • wind, gas, fart

ぎゅうぎゅう • packing in tightly, creaking leather, door, etc.

しおしお • in low spirits, dejected, sad

そいつ • ① that person (guy, fellow) ② that (one)

それなり • in itself, as it is

ガンガン • sound of large bell, sound of scolding voice, (pounding of) headache, intense

ジュール • joule

茨【いばら】 • ① thorny shrub ② wild rose, briar ③ thorn ④ (architectural) cusp

遠吠え【とおぼえ】 • howling

牙【きば】 • tusk, fang

噛み付く【かみつく】 • to bite (at), to snap at, to snarl at

ひるむ • to falter, to flinch (from), to recoil (from), to quail (at)

袴【はかま】 • man's formal divided skirt

合祀【ごうし】 • enshrining together

榊【さかき】 • ① sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica) ② evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)

鮫【さめ】 • shark

斬る【きる】 • to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.), to slice (off), to lop (off), to cut (off)

斬新【ざんしん】 • novel, original, newness

夙【しゅく】 • outcasts (those from Kamakura period to the Edo period, common around the Kyoto region)

凄腕【すごうで】 • go-getter, live wire, resourceful person, remarkable ability

かじ • paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)

大晦日【おおみそか】 • New Year's Eve, December 31st

くも • spider

鼎【かなえ】 • three-legged kettle

憧憬【しょうけい】 • longing, aspiration

椴【とど】 • Sakhalin fir (Abies sachalinensis)

熱燗【あつかん】 • hot sake

白堊【はくあ】 • ① chalk (mineral) ② white wall

みかん • mandarin orange (esp. the satsuma mandarin, Citrus unshiu)

麺【めん】 • noodles

籾【もみ】 • unhulled rice

妖精【ようせい】 • fairy, sprite, elf

泄れ【もれ】 • omission, leakage, oversight

掟【おきて】 • a law

炸裂【さくれつ】 • explosion

罠【わな】 • ① snare, trap (for catching wild game, etc.) ② trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

すね • shin, shank, lower leg

蠱惑【こわく】 • fascination, glamour, glamor, enchantment, seduction

鉋【かんな】 • plane (for working with wood)

韲える【あえる】 • to dress vegetables (salad)

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

凧【たこ】 • kite

梃子【てこ】 • lever

仄か【ほのか】 • faint, indistinct, stupid, few

やせる • ① to become thin, to lose weight, to reduce (one's) weight, to slim ② to be barren, to be infertile, to be sterile

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

粗忽【そこつ】 • careless, thoughtless, rash, rude, at fault

食べ頃【たべごろ】 • good for eating, ripe enough for eating, in season

ここら • hereabouts, around here

ソード • sword

諜報【ちょうほう】 • secret information, intelligence

掴み【つかみ】 • grip

撓わ【たわわ】 • (of a branch heavily laden with fruit, etc.) drooping, bending

奢り【おごり】 • luxury, treat, extravagance

いと • greatly, really

瘧【おこり】 • ague, intermittent fever, the shakes

ガーン • sound effect for shock (usu. the disappointing kind);

栲【たえ】 • cloth (esp. cloth made from fibers of the paper mulberry tree);

菰【こも】 • ① woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves) ② beggar

婬する【いんする】 • ① to overdo, to go to excess, to indulge ② to act licentiously

愈【いよ】 • more and more, increasingly; extremely, very;

霏々【ひひ】 • incessant falling (e.g. rain, snow), prolonged continuation (of something)