Study Set: Detective Conan Vol. 4 (episodes 137 to 424)

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Detective Conan Vol. 4 (episodes 137 to 424)

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Vocab for episodes 137 to 424 of the animated series ‘Detective Conan’. This is volume 4/15. 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 より • ① from, out of, since, at ② than ③ other than, except, but ④ more

⑤ カップ • cup

⑤ カレー • curry

⑤ グラム • gram, gramme

⑤ シャワー • shower

⑤ デパート • department store

⑤ ナイフ • knife

⑤ ノート • ① notebook, copy-book, exercise book ② note ③ notebook PC

⑤ ハンカチ • handkerchief

⑤ ベッド • bed

⑤ ペン • pen

⑤ ボールペン • ball-point pen

⑤ 駅【えき】 • station

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

⑤ 七【なな】 • seven

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

⑤ 電車【でんしゃ】 • (electric) train

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

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

⑤ 毎週【まいしゅう】 • every week

⑤ か • ① indicates question (sentence end) ② indicates choice, doubt, etc.

⑤ 夏【なつ】 • summer

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

⑤ 兄弟【きょうだい】 • siblings, brothers and sisters

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 自動車【じどうしゃ】 • automobile

⑤ 質問【しつもん】 • question, inquiry, enquiry

⑤ 秋【あき】 • autumn, fall

⑤ 始め【はじめ】 • beginning, start, origin

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

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

⑤ 動物【どうぶつ】 • animal

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

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 夕べ【ゆうべ】 • ① evening ② last night

⑤ 夕方【ゆうがた】 • evening

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

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 家庭【かてい】 • home, family, household

⑤ 戸【と】 • door (esp. Japanese-style)

⑤ 細い【ほそい】 • thin, slender, fine

⑤ 皿【さら】 • ① plate, dish, platter, disc ② serving, helping, course ③ kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

⑤ 歯【は】 • tooth

⑤ 宿題【しゅくだい】 • homework

⑤ 晴れ【はれ】 • ① clear weather ② public, formal ③ cleared of suspicion

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

⑤ 美味しい【おいしい】 • ① delicious, tasty ② nice (move in sport, trick, etc., nuance of being easy or a bit lucky), sweet

⑤ 喫茶店【きっさてん】 • coffee lounge, coffee shop, (rather formal) cafe

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

⑤ 今晩【こんばん】 • tonight, this evening

⑤ 財布【さいふ】 • purse, handbag, wallet

⑤ 辞書【じしょ】 • dictionary, lexicon

⑤ 辛い【つらい】 • painful, bitter, heart-breaking

⑤ 生徒【せいと】 • pupil

⑤ 切符【きっぷ】 • ticket

⑤ 難しい【むずかしい】 • difficult

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

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

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 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 貼る【はる】 • to stick, to paste, to affix

⑤ 殆ど【ほとんど】 • mostly, almost

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

⑤ 煙草【たばこ】 • tobacco, cigarettes

⑤ お • honourable, honorable

④ けど • but, however, although

④ コーヒー • coffee

④ サンダル • sandal

④ 運転【うんてん】 • operation, motion, driving

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

④ 気分【きぶん】 • feeling, mood

④ 見物【けんぶつ】 • sightseeing, sightseer, watching, watcher

④ 止む【やむ】 • to cease, to stop, to be over

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

④ 赤ちゃん【あかちゃん】 • baby, infant

④ 村【むら】 • village

④ 知らせる【しらせる】 • to notify, to advise, to inform

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

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

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

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

④ 特別【とくべつ】 • special

④ 発音【はつおん】 • pronunciation

④ 味【あじ】 • ① flavor, flavour, taste ② charm, style ③ experience ④ smart, clever, witty, strange

④ 用事【ようじ】 • tasks, things to do, errand, business (to take care of), affairs, engagement

④ 旅館【りょかん】 • Japanese hotel, inn, ryokan

④ 売り場【うりば】 • place where things are sold, point of sale, POS, sales floor, counter (in shop)

④ 下りる【おりる】 • ① to descend (e.g. a mountain), to climb down, to go down, to come down ② to be granted, to be issued, to be given ③ to be discharged, to be passed (from the body; i.e. of a roundworm)

④ 台風【たいふう】 • typhoon, hurricane

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 石【いし】 • ① stone ② gem, jewel

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

④ 道具【どうぐ】 • implement, tool, means

④ 日記【にっき】 • diary, journal

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

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

④ 島【とう】 • island (in placenames)

④ 湖【こ】 • lake (in place names)

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

④ 景色【けしき】 • scenery, scene, landscape

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

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 国際【こくさい】 • international

④ 砂【すな】 • sand, grit

④ 枝【えだ】 • branch, bow, bough, twig, limb

④ 取り替える【とりかえる】 • to exchange, to replace

④ 政治【せいじ】 • politics, government

④ 赤ん坊【あかんぼう】 • baby

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

④ 髪【かみ】 • hair (on the head)

④ 比べる【くらべる】 • ① to compare, to make a comparison ② to compete, to vie

④ 布団【ふとん】 • ① futon (quilted Japanese-style mattress laid out on the floor) ② round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

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 暮れる【くれる】 • to get dark, to end, to come to an end, to close, to run out

④ 訪ねる【たずねる】 • to visit

④ 頂く【いただく】 • ① to receive, to get, to accept, to take, to buy ② to eat, to drink ③ to be crowned with, to wear (on one's head), to have (on top) ④ to have (as one's leader), to live under (a ruler), to install (a president)

④ 泥棒【どろぼう】 • thief, burglar, robber, theft

④ 乗り換える【のりかえる】 • to transfer (trains), to change (bus, train)

④ 見舞い【みまい】 • ① visiting ill or distressed people, writing get-well letters ② get-well gifts, get-well letters ③ expression of sympathy, expression of concern, enquiry, inquiry

④ 柔らかい【やわらかい】 • soft, tender, limp

④ 興味【きょうみ】 • interest (in something)

④ 鏡【かがみ】 • mirror

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

④ 趣味【しゅみ】 • hobby, tastes, preference

④ 釣る【つる】 • to fish

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

④ 踏む【ふむ】 • ① to step on, to tread on ② to experience, to undergo ③ to estimate, to value, to appraise ④ to rhyme ⑤ to follow (rules, morals, principles, etc.)

④ ご馳走【ごちそう】 • ① feast, treating (someone) ② to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)

④ おもちゃ • toy

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

④ または • or, otherwise

④ すり • pickpocket

③ さっぱり • ① feeling refreshed, feeling relieved ② neat, trimmed ③ plain, simple ④ completely, entirely ⑤ not in the least (in sentence with negative verb), not at all ⑥ completely ignorant, not doing at all

③ しつこい • insistent, obstinate

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 今日は【こんにちは】 • hello, good day (daytime greeting)

③ 週【しゅう】 • week

③ 女子【じょし】 • woman, girl

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

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

③ 男子【だんし】 • youth, young man

③ 分ける【わける】 • to divide, to separate, to make distinctions, to differentiate (between)

③ 万一【まんいち】 • by some chance, by some possibility, if by any chance, 10,000 to 1 odds

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

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

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

③ 年月【としつき】 • months and years

③ 生まれ【うまれ】 • birth, birthplace

③ にっこり • smile sweetly, smile, grin

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

③ 花火【はなび】 • fireworks

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

③ 楽【らく】 • comfort, ease

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

③ 見送る【みおくる】 • ① to see off (e.g. to the station, an airport, etc.), to escort (e.g. home), to farewell ② to see out, to send off ③ to let pass, to wait and see, to continue (e.g. in legal contexts) ④ to let a pitch go by (baseball), to watch a batted ball go into the stands

③ 作業【さぎょう】 • work, operation, manufacturing, fatigue duty

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

③ 質【しつ】 • quality

③ 手間【てま】 • time, labour, labor

③ 出会い【であい】 • meeting, rendezvous, encounter

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 代金【だいきん】 • price, payment, cost, charge, the money, the bill

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

③ 知らせ【しらせ】 • notice, notification

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 売れる【うれる】 • ① to sell (well) ② to be well known, to be popular, to be famous

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

③ 分野【ぶんや】 • field, sphere, realm, division, branch

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

③ 野【の】 • ① plain, field ② hidden (structural) member ③ wild ④ lacking a political post

③ 用いる【もちいる】 • to use, to make use of

③ 旅【たび】 • travel, trip, journey

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

③ 建つ【たつ】 • to be erected, to be built

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

③ お昼【おひる】 • lunch, noon

③ 営業【えいぎょう】 • business, trade, sales, operations

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

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

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

③ 活動【かつどう】 • action, activity

③ 観光【かんこう】 • sightseeing

③ 岩【いわ】 • rock, crag

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

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

③ 苦しい【くるしい】 • painful, difficult

③ 月曜【げつよう】 • Monday

③ 幸い【さいわい】 • happiness, blessedness

③ 車庫【しゃこ】 • garage, car shed, carport

③ 手伝い【てつだい】 • ① helper, assistant ② help

③ 終える【おえる】 • to finish

③ 宿【やど】 • inn, lodging

③ 出身【しゅっしん】 • ① person's origin (town, city, country, etc.) ② institution from which one graduated ③ director in charge of employee relations

③ 書類【しょるい】 • documents, official papers

③ 女王【じょおう】 • queen

③ 上等【じょうとう】 • superiority, first-class, very good

③ 場面【ばめん】 • scene, setting (e.g. of novel)

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

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

③ 生き物【いきもの】 • living thing, animal

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

③ 速度【そくど】 • speed, velocity, rate

③ 太陽【たいよう】 • sun, solar

③ 直ちに【ただちに】 • at once, immediately, directly, in person

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

③ 低下【ていか】 • fall, decline, lowering, deterioration, degradation

③ 当てはまる【あてはまる】 • to apply (a rule), to be applicable, to come under (a category), to fulfill

③ 板【いた】 • ① board, plank ② sheet (of metal), plate (of glass), pane, slab ③ cutting board, chopping board ④ stage (i.e. at a theatre)

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

③ 筆【ふで】 • writing brush

③ 表面【ひょうめん】 • surface, outside, face, appearance

③ 平ら【たいら】 • flatness, level, smooth, calm, plain, sitting tailor fashion

③ 防ぐ【ふせぐ】 • to defend (against), to protect, to prevent

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

③ 野球【やきゅう】 • baseball

③ 有能【ゆうのう】 • able, capable, efficient, skill

③ 昨夜【さくや】 • ① evening ② last night

③ 乗客【じょうきゃく】 • passenger

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

③ 明かり【あかり】 • ① light, illumination, glow, gleam ② lamp, light

③ 様々【さまざま】 • varied, various

③ 回り【まわり】 • ① circumference, perimeter, edge ② surroundings, locality, neighborhood ③ rotation, circulation

③ 満点【まんてん】 • perfect score

③ 虫歯【むしば】 • cavity, tooth decay, decayed tooth, caries

③ 勝ち【かち】 • win, victory

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

③ 色【しょく】 • counter for colours

③ 位【くらい】 • ① throne, crown, (nobleman's) seat ② government position, court rank ③ social standing, rank, class, echelon, rung ④ grade (of quality, etc.), level, tier, rank ⑤ digit (e.g. the tens, the hundreds, etc.), place ⑥ degree, extent, amount

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

③ 印【しるし】 • ① mark ② symbol ③ evidence

③ 演技【えんぎ】 • acting, performance

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

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

③ 関連【かんれん】 • relation, connection, relevance

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

③ 吸収【きゅうしゅう】 • absorption, suction, attraction

③ 共通【きょうつう】 • ① commonness, community ② -wide

③ 恐怖【きょうふ】 • fear, dread, dismay, terror

③ 傾向【けいこう】 • tendency, trend, inclination

③ 芸術【げいじゅつ】 • (fine) art, the arts

③ 肩【かた】 • shoulder

③ 交際【こうさい】 • company, friendship, association, society, acquaintance

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 刻む【きざむ】 • to mince, to carve, to engrave, to cut fine, to chop up, to hash, to chisel, to notch

③ 婚約【こんやく】 • engagement, betrothal

③ 混雑【こんざつ】 • confusion, congestion

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

③ 座席【ざせき】 • seat

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

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

③ 辞める【やめる】 • to resign, to retire, to quit, to leave (one's job, etc.)

③ 周辺【しゅうへん】 • ① circumference, outskirts, environs, around, in the area of, in the vicinity of ② (computer) peripheral

③ 週末【しゅうまつ】 • weekend

③ 出版【しゅっぱん】 • publication

③ 順【じゅん】 • order, turn

③ 順番【じゅんばん】 • turn (in line), order of things, sequential order

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

③ 笑い【わらい】 • ① laugh, laughter ② smile ③ sneer

③ 象【ぞう】 • elephant

③ 昇る【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)

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

③ 震える【ふるえる】 • to shiver, to shake, to quake, to tremble, to quaver, to quiver

③ 成人【せいじん】 • ① adult ② to grow up, to mature ③ to come of age

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

③ 説【せつ】 • theory

③ 絶えず【たえず】 • constantly, always, continually, steadily

③ 河【かわ】 • ① river, stream ② the .... river, (suffix used with the names of rivers)

③ 双子【ふたご】 • twins, a twin

③ 贈る【おくる】 • to send, to give to, to award to, to confer on

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

③ 知識【ちしき】 • knowledge, information

③ 仲良し【なかよし】 • intimate friend, close friend, bosom buddy, chum

③ 底【そこ】 • bottom, sole

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

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 泊める【とめる】 • to give shelter to, to lodge

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

③ 肌【はだ】 • ① skin ② body (in the context of intimate bodily contact) ③ surface, grain (e.g. of wood), texture ④ disposition, temperament, character, type

③ 髪の毛【かみのけ】 • hair (head)

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

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

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

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

③ 風景【ふうけい】 • scenery

③ 編む【あむ】 • ① to knit, to plait, to braid ② to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.), to edit

③ 包み【つつみ】 • bundle, package, parcel, bale

③ 法【ほう】 • ① law, act, principle ② method ③ mood ④ dharma

③ 毛布【もうふ】 • blanket

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

③ 幼児【ようじ】 • infant, baby, child

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

③ 陸【りく】 • land, shore

③ 連想【れんそう】 • association (of ideas), suggestion

③ 小包【こづつみ】 • parcel, package

③ 年齢【ねんれい】 • age, years

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

③ 包帯【ほうたい】 • bandage, dressing

③ もしも • if

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

③ 悪魔【あくま】 • devil, demon, fiend, Satan, evil spirit

③ 井戸【いど】 • water well

③ 影響【えいきょう】 • influence, effect

③ 栄養【えいよう】 • nutrition, nourishment

③ 援助【えんじょ】 • assistance, aid, support

③ 応募【おうぼ】 • subscription, application

③ 穏やか【おだやか】 • calm, gentle, quiet

③ 火災【かさい】 • conflagration, fire

③ 芽【め】 • sprout

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 貴重【きちょう】 • precious, valuable

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

③ 休暇【きゅうか】 • holiday, day off, furlough, absence (from work)

③ 急激【きゅうげき】 • sudden, precipitous, radical

③ 金銭【きんせん】 • money, cash

③ 金属【きんぞく】 • metal

③ 繰り返す【くりかえす】 • to repeat, to do something over again

③ 兼ねる【かねる】 • ① to be unable to (usu. kana), to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do (usu. kana) ② to simultaneously serve two or more functions or roles, to contain (or combine) two or more features ③ to simultaneously work in two or more jobs (positions, etc.), to do alongside ④ to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others) ⑤ to think of the future (as well as the present)

③ 誇り【ほこり】 • pride, boast

③ 至る【いたる】 • ① to arrive at (e.g. a decision), to reach (a stage), to attain ② to lead to (a place), to get to

③ 自慢【じまん】 • pride, boast

③ 主張【しゅちょう】 • claim, request, insistence, assertion, advocacy, emphasis, contention, opinion, tenet

③ 種【しゅ】 • ① kind, variety ② (biological) species ③ (logical) species

③ 収穫【しゅうかく】 • harvest, crop, ingathering

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

③ 従って【したがって】 • therefore, consequently, in accordance with

③ 唇【くちびる】 • lips

③ 診る【みる】 • to examine (medically)

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

③ 巣【す】 • ① nest, rookery, breeding place, hive ② den ③ haunt ④ (spider's) web

③ 滞在【たいざい】 • stay, sojourn

③ 眺める【ながめる】 • to view, to gaze at

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

③ 徹夜【てつや】 • all night, all-night vigil, sleepless night

③ 独立【どくりつ】 • independence (e.g. Independence Day), self-support

③ 虹【にじ】 • rainbow

③ 納得【なっとく】 • consent, assent, understanding, agreement, comprehension, grasp

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

③ 梅【うめ】 • ① plum, Japanese apricot, prunus mume ② lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

③ 敷く【しく】 • ① to spread out, to lay out ② to take a position ③ to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

③ 武器【ぶき】 • weapon, arms, ordnance

③ 保存【ほぞん】 • preservation, conservation, storage, saving (e.g., to disk), maintenance

③ 矛盾【むじゅん】 • contradiction, inconsistency

③ 免許【めんきょ】 • license, permit, licence, certificate

③ 余裕【よゆう】 • surplus, composure, margin, room, time, allowance, flexibility, scope, rope

③ 要素【ようそ】 • ① component, factor, item (e.g. in list) ② element (e.g. in array), member (e.g. data structure)

③ 理論【りろん】 • theory

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 刺激【しげき】 • stimulus, impetus, incentive, encouragement, motivation, provocation

③ 勧める【すすめる】 • to recommend, to advise, to encourage, to offer (wine)

③ 退屈【たいくつ】 • tedium, boredom

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

③ 寧ろ【むしろ】 • rather, better, instead

③ 履く【はく】 • ① to put on (or wear) lower-body clothing (i.e. pants, skirt, etc.), to put on (or wear) footwear ② to affix a sword to one's hip ③ to affix a bowstring to a bow

③ 恵まれる【めぐまれる】 • to be blessed with, to be rich in, to abound in

③ 餌【えさ】 • feed, bait

③ 我が儘【わがまま】 • ① selfishness, egoism, self-indulgence, wilfulness, willfulness ② disobedience ③ whim

③ 蓋【ふた】 • cover, lid, cap

③ しかる • to scold

③ それでも • but (still), and yet, nevertheless, even so, notwithstanding

③ そこで • so, accordingly, now, then, thereupon, therefore

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 物凄い【ものすごい】 • earth-shattering, staggering, to a very great extent, terrible, frightful, horrible

③ 枕【まくら】 • ① pillow, bolster ② introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story), lead-in

③ ほぼ • almost, roughly, approximately

③ 嗅ぐ【かぐ】 • to sniff, to smell

③ たびたび • often, repeatedly, frequently

③ 塞ぐ【ふさぐ】 • to stop up, to close up, to block (up), to occupy, to fill up, to take up, to stand in another's way, to plug up, to shut up

③ がち • apt to do, liable to do, tend to do (used to describe a negative tendency)

② すっきり • ① clearly, refreshed ② shapely, neatly, refinedly ③ cleanly, without trouble ④ clearly, plainly, distinctly ⑤ completely, thoroughly ⑥ not at all (with negative sentence), not even slightly

② せめて • at least, at most

② 見出し【みだし】 • heading, caption, subtitle, index

② 高める【たかめる】 • to raise, to lift, to boost, to enhance

② 入社【にゅうしゃ】 • entry to a company

② ヘソ【へそ】 • navel, belly button

② 下ろす【おろす】 • ① to take down (e.g. flag), to launch (e.g. boat), to drop, to lower (e.g. ladder), to let (a person) off, to unload, to discharge ② to drop off (a passenger from a vehicle), to let (a person) off ③ to withdraw money from an account ④ to wear (clothing) for the first time ⑤ to fillet (e.g. a fish)

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

② よいしょ • ① (expression of) effort or strain, Yo-heave-ho! ② to butter up, to suck up to

② はあ • ① yes, indeed, well ② ha! ③ what?, huh? ④ sigh

② 下【しも】 • ① lower reaches (of a river) ② bottom, lower part ③ lower half (of the body, esp. the privates), feces (faeces), urine, menses ④ end, far from the imperial palace (i.e. far from Kyoto, esp. of western Japan) ⑤ dirty (e.g. dirty jokes, etc.)

② 高【こう】 • ① High (abbreviation of "High School" following a school's name) ② high-

② 引き分け【ひきわけ】 • draw (in competition), tie game

② 休業【きゅうぎょう】 • closed (e.g. store), business suspended, shutdown, holiday

② 言い出す【いいだす】 • to start talking, to speak, to tell, to propose, to suggest, to break the ice

② とどまる • 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

② 真っ先【まっさき】 • the head, the foremost, beginning

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

② 生意気【なまいき】 • impertinent, saucy, cheeky, conceit, audacious, brazen

② ちぎる • to cut up fine, to pick (fruit)

② 早口【はやくち】 • fast-talking, rapid talking

② 転がす【ころがす】 • to roll

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

② 毎度【まいど】 • ① each time ② thank you for your continued patronage

② 名字【みょうじ】 • surname, family name

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 お早う【おはよう】 • Good morning

② 気味【ぎみ】 • -like, -looking, -looked

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

② 園【えん】 • ① garden (esp. man-made), orchard, park, plantation ② place, location

② 外科【げか】 • surgical department

② 見当【けんとう】 • aim, mark, estimate, guess, approximation, direction

② 口実【こうじつ】 • excuse, pretext

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

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 死期【しき】 • time of death

② 出勤【しゅっきん】 • going to work, at work

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

② 深夜【しんや】 • late at night

② 神様【かみさま】 • God

② 親指【おやゆび】 • thumb

② 線路【せんろ】 • line, track, roadbed

② 断定【だんてい】 • conclusion, decision

② 当日【とうじつ】 • appointed day, very day

② 満員【まんいん】 • full house, no vacancy, sold out, standing room only, full (of people), crowded

② 入れ物【いれもの】 • ① container, case, receptacle ② (euph. for) coffin, casket

② 係【かかり】 • official, duty, person in charge

② 係わる【かかわる】 • ① to be affected, to be influenced ② to be concerned with, to have to do with ③ to stick to (opinions)

② 交ざる【まざる】 • to be mixed (people, objects...), to associate with, to mingle with, to join

② 混ざる【まざる】 • to be mixed (colours, liquids, odours...), to be blended with, to associate with, to mingle with, to join

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

② 移す【うつす】 • ① to change, to swap, to substitute, to transfer ② to change the object of one's interest or focus ③ to spend or take time ④ to infect ⑤ to permeate something with the smell or colour of something ⑥ to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

② 延長【えんちょう】 • ① extension, elongation, prolongation, lengthening ② Enchou era (923.4.11-931.4.26)

② 改めて【あらためて】 • another time, again, over again, anew, formally

② 改札【かいさつ】 • ① examination of tickets ② ticket gate, ticket barrier

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

② 海水浴【かいすいよく】 • sea bathing, seawater bath

② 各地【かくち】 • every place, various places

② 覚ます【さます】 • ① to awaken ② to disabuse ③ to sober up

② 観測【かんそく】 • observation

② 関西【かんさい】 • Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka)

② 議員【ぎいん】 • member of the Diet, congress or parliament

② 詰まる【つまる】 • ① to be blocked, to be packed ② to hit the ball near the handle of the bat (baseball)

② 競馬【けいば】 • horse racing

② 警備【けいび】 • defense, defence, guard, policing, security

② 芸能【げいのう】 • public entertainment, accomplishments, attainments

② 血液【けつえき】 • blood

② 荒い【あらい】 • rough, rude, wild

② 刺さる【ささる】 • to stick, to be stuck

② 自宅【じたく】 • one's home

② 失恋【しつれん】 • disappointed love, broken heart, unrequited love, being lovelorn

② 湿る【しめる】 • to be wet, to become wet, to be damp

② 出迎える【でむかえる】 • to meet, to greet

② 蒸発【じょうはつ】 • ① evaporation ② disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts), unexplained disappearance

② 針金【はりがね】 • wire

② 性別【せいべつ】 • distinction by sex, sex, gender

② 清掃【せいそう】 • cleaning

② 生存【せいぞん】 • ① existence, being, survival ② to exist, to live, to survive

② 先程【さきほど】 • some time ago

② 争う【あらそう】 • ① to compete, to contest, to contend ② to quarrel, to argue, to dispute, to be at variance, to oppose ③ (usu. in negative form) to deny (e.g. evidence)

② 担ぐ【かつぐ】 • ① to shoulder, to carry on one's shoulder ② to take (someone) for a ride, to deceive, to take in

② 頂点【ちょうてん】 • top, summit

② 定規【じょうぎ】 • (measuring) ruler

② 当初【とうしょ】 • at first

② 突き【つき】 • a thrust, a pass, a lunge, a stab

② 革【かわ】 • leather

② 美容【びよう】 • beauty of figure or form

② 副【ふく】 • ① assistant, associate, vice-, sub-, deputy, substitute, auxiliary, supplementary, additional, collateral ② duplicate, copy

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

② 目印【めじるし】 • mark, sign, landmark

② 予備【よび】 • preparation, preliminaries, reserve, spare

② 翌日【よくじつ】 • next day

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

② 裏口【うらぐち】 • backdoor, rear entrance

② 冷める【さめる】 • ① to become cool, to come down (fever) ② to cool down (interest), to abate, to subside, to dampen

② 連れ【つれ】 • companion, company

② 浴衣【ゆかた】 • yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)

② 押さえる【おさえる】 • ① to pin something down, to hold something down, to hold something back, to stop, to restrain, to curb ② to seize, to grasp, to arrest ③ to gain control of something, to govern, to keep down (e.g. information), to suppress ④ to catch happening, to determine (important points), to find (proof), to understand

② すれ違う【すれちがう】 • to pass by one another, to disagree, to miss each other

② 造る【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.)

② 出掛ける【でかける】 • to depart, to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing), to set out, to start, to be going out

② 年寄り【としより】 • ① old people, the aged ② sumo coaches

② 延ばす【のばす】 • to postpone

② 乗り換え【のりかえ】 • transfer (trains, buses, etc.)

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

② 位【い】 • ① place, rank ② decimal place ③ counter for ghosts

② 省【しょう】 • ① ministry, department ② province (of China) ③ saving, conserving

② 哀れ【あわれ】 • ① pity, sorrow, grief, misery, compassion, pathos ② pitiable, pitiful, pathetic, miserable ③ alack, alas

② 恩【おん】 • favour, favor, obligation, debt of gratitude

② 拡張【かくちょう】 • expansion, extension, enlargement, escape, ESC

② 確信【かくしん】 • conviction, belief, confidence

② 看病【かんびょう】 • nursing (a patient)

② 愚か【おろか】 • foolish, stupid

② 後輩【こうはい】 • junior (at work or school)

② 御覧【ごらん】 • ① (after the -te form of a verb) (please) try to ② (please) look ③ seeing, looking, watching

② 高級【こうきゅう】 • high class, high grade

② 紺【こん】 • navy blue, deep blue

② 鎖【くさり】 • chain, chains

② 紫【むらさき】 • ① purple, violet ② Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell) ③ type of soy sauce

② 煮る【にる】 • to boil, to cook

② 醜い【みにくい】 • ① ugly, unattractive ② unsightly, unseemly

② 順序【じゅんじょ】 • order, sequence, procedure

② 申請【しんせい】 • application, request, petition

② 酢【す】 • vinegar

② 澄む【すむ】 • to clear (e.g. weather), to become transparent

② 製作【せいさく】 • manufacture, production

② 節【ふし】 • ① joint, knuckle ② tune, melody ③ knot (in wood), node in a bamboo stem ④ part, notable characteristic

② 染み【しみ】 • stain, spot

② 素人【しろうと】 • amateur, novice

② 彫る【ほる】 • ① to carve, to engrave, to sculpt, to chisel ② to tattoo

② 日陰【ひかげ】 • shade, shadow

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

② 保健【ほけん】 • health preservation, hygiene, sanitation

② 本気【ほんき】 • seriousness, truth, sanctity

② 載せる【のせる】 • to load (luggage), to carry, to take on board

② 密【みつ】 • ① density, thickness ② secrecy ③ minute, fine

② いったん • ① once ② for a moment, temporarily

② 襖【ふすま】 • fusuma (Japanese sliding screen)

② 癌【がん】 • cancer

② 軽蔑【けいべつ】 • scorn, disdain

② とん • ton (now usu. a metric ton, i.e. 1,000kg)

② かぶせる • to cover (with something), to put on (e.g. on someone else's head), to plate something (with a metal), to pour or dash a liquid (on something), to charge (a person with a guilt)

② 儲かる【もうかる】 • to be profitable, to yield a profit

② こぼれる • ① to spill, to fall out of, to overflow ② to peek through, to become visible (although normally not) ③ to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

② いずれ • ① where, which, who ② anyway, anyhow, at any rate, sooner or later, eventually, at some future date or time

② はめる • ① to insert, to put in (such that there is a snug fit) ② to pigeonhole (into a particular category) ③ to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs) ④ to entrap, to set someone up (i.e. frame them for a crime, etc.)

② ふざける • to romp, to gambol, to frolic, to joke, to make fun of, to flirt, to mess around, to screw around, to josh

② 眩しい【まぶしい】 • dazzling, radiant

② やや • a little, partially, somewhat, a short time, a while

② はさみ • scissors, tongs

② 蘇る【よみがえる】 • ① to be resurrected, to be resuscitated, to be rehabilitated, to be revived, to be refreshed, to be restored ② to be recalled (e.g. memories), to be brought back

② くわえる • to hold in one's mouth

① しょっちゅう • always, constantly, frequently, often

① ちらっと • at a glance, by accident

① てっきり • surely, certainly, beyond doubt

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

① やけに • awfully, frightfully, desperately, violently

① ややこしい • puzzling, tangled, complicated, complex

① はる • to do

① 業【ごう】 • karma (i.e. actions committed in a former life)

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

① 体【てい】 • appearance, air, condition, state, form

① 音【おん】 • ① sound, noise, report ② note (music) ③ Chinese-derived character reading

① 原【げん】 • original, primitive, primary, fundamental, raw

① 交わす【かわす】 • ① to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.) ② to intersect, to cross ③ to dodge, to parry, to avoid, to turn aside

① 輪【りん】 • counter for wheels and flowers

① 悪【あく】 • evil, wickedness

① 悪化【あっか】 • (suffer) deterioration, growing worse, aggravation, degeneration, corruption

① 圧迫【あっぱく】 • pressure, coercion, oppression

① 暗示【あんじ】 • hint, suggestion

① 案の定【あんのじょう】 • just as one thought, as usual

① 育ち【そだち】 • breeding, growth

① 一見【いっけん】 • ① look, glimpse, glance ② to glance, to glimpse ③ apparently, seemingly

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

① 引きずる【ひきずる】 • ① to drag along, to pull ② to force someone along ③ to prolong, to drag out ④ to influence strongly, to seduce

① 沿う【そう】 • ① to run along, to run beside ② to follow (a plan, etc.), to act in accordance with

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 火花【ひばな】 • spark

① 課題【かだい】 • subject, theme, task, challenge, issue, matter

① 解除【かいじょ】 • cancellation, rescinding, release, calling off, lifting (sanctions), delisting

① 解剖【かいぼう】 • ① dissection, autopsy ② analysis

① 回収【かいしゅう】 • collection, recovery, withdrawal, retrieval

① 街道【かいどう】 • highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period), main road

① 確定【かくてい】 • ① decision, settlement ② definition

① 確保【かくほ】 • guarantee, maintain, ensure, insure, secure, reservation

① 覚え【おぼえ】 • memory, sense, experience

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

① 耐える【たえる】 • 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

① 甘える【あまえる】 • ① to behave like a spoiled child, to behave like a spoilt child, to fawn on ② to depend and presume upon another's benevolence

① 看護【かんご】 • nursing, (army) nurse

① 緩やか【ゆるやか】 • ① loose, slack ② gentle, easy, slow ③ lenient, liberal, lax

① 関与【かんよ】 • participation, taking part in, participating in, being concerned in

① 幾多【いくた】 • many, numerous

① 機構【きこう】 • mechanism, organization, organisation

① 軌道【きどう】 • ① orbit, trajectory ② railroad track

① 義理【ぎり】 • duty, sense of duty, honor, honour, decency, courtesy, debt of gratitude, social obligation

① 休める【やすめる】 • to rest, to suspend, to give relief

① 急かす【せかす】 • to hurry, to urge on

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

① 朽ちる【くちる】 • to rot

① 強硬【きょうこう】 • firm, vigorous, unbending, unyielding, strong, stubborn

① 強烈【きょうれつ】 • strong, intense, severe

① 業務【ぎょうむ】 • business, affairs, duties, work, procedure, task, action, function

① 均衡【きんこう】 • equilibrium, balance

① 禁じる【きんじる】 • to prohibit

① 緊急【きんきゅう】 • urgent, pressing, emergency

① 系【けい】 • ① system, lineage, group ② corollary ③ (geological) system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period) ④ (taxonomical) series

① 経費【けいひ】 • expenses, cost, outlay

① 激励【げきれい】 • encouragement

① 見晴らし【みはらし】 • view, prospect, outlook

① 現像【げんぞう】 • developing (film)

① 戸締り【とじまり】 • closing up, fastening the doors

① 故【ゆえ】 • reason, cause, circumstances

① 碁盤【ごばん】 • Go board

① 護衛【ごえい】 • guard, convoy, escort

① 好意【こうい】 • good will, favor, favour, courtesy

① 工作【こうさく】 • work, construction, handicraft, maneuvering, manoeuvering

① 巧み【たくみ】 • skill, cleverness

① 拘束【こうそく】 • restriction, restraint, binding

① 購入【こうにゅう】 • purchase, buy

① 合間【あいま】 • interval

① 告白【こくはく】 • ① confession, acknowledgement, acknowledgment ② profession of love ③ confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

① 根回し【ねまわし】 • making necessary arrangements, laying the groundwork

① 根気【こんき】 • patience, perseverance, persistence, tenacity, energy

① 再会【さいかい】 • another meeting, meeting again, reunion

① 最早【もはや】 • already, now

① 採用【さいよう】 • ① use, adoption, acceptance ② appointment, employment, engagement

① 細胞【さいぼう】 • cell (biology)

① 作【さく】 • a work, a harvest

① 削減【さくげん】 • cut, reduction, curtailment

① 司法【しほう】 • administration of justice

① 志向【しこう】 • intention, aim

① 思い付き【おもいつき】 • plan, idea, suggestion

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

① 視察【しさつ】 • inspection, observation

① 治まる【おさまる】 • to be at peace, to clamp down, to lessen (storm, terror, anger)

① 実家【じっか】 • (one's parents') home

① 写し【うつし】 • copy, duplicate, facsimile, transcript

① 取り調べる【とりしらべる】 • to investigate, to examine

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

① 収益【しゅうえき】 • earnings, proceeds, returns, revenue

① 出演【しゅつえん】 • ① performance, stage appearance ② to act (in a play)

① 所属【しょぞく】 • attached to, belong to, member

① 召す【めす】 • ① to call, to invite, to send for, to summon ② to eat, to drink ③ to put on, to wear ④ to ride ⑤ to catch (a cold), to take (a bath), to tickle (one's fancy), to put on (years), to commit (seppuku) ⑥ to do

① 奨励【しょうれい】 • encouragement, promotion, message, address, inducement, incitement, stimulation

① 小銭【こぜに】 • coins, small change

① 消去【しょうきょ】 • elimination, erasure, dying out, clearing, purge, melting away

① 証【あかし】 • ① proof, evidence, testimony ② to testify (usu. Christian religious context)

① 丈【たけ】 • height, stature, length, measure, all (one has)

① 職務【しょくむ】 • professional duties

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

① 垂れる【たれる】 • ① to hang, to droop, to dangle, to sag, to lower, to pull down ② to leave behind (at death), to give, to confer ③ to drip, to ooze, to trickle, to drop

① 世代【せだい】 • generation, the world, the age

① 制する【せいする】 • to control, to command, to get the better of

① 制服【せいふく】 • uniform

① 星座【せいざ】 • constellation

① 正しく【まさしく】 • surely, no doubt, evidently

① 正解【せいかい】 • correct, right, correct interpretation (answer, solution)

① 生やす【はやす】 • to grow, to cultivate, to wear a beard

① 生臭い【なまぐさい】 • fishy, raw, smelling of fish or blood

① 節【せつ】 • ① occasion, time ② section (of a literary work), verse, stanza ③ node (of a plant stem) ④ clause ⑤ (taxonomical) section

① 先代【せんだい】 • family predecessor, previous age, previous generation

① 戦力【せんりょく】 • war potential

① 染める【そめる】 • to dye, to colour, to color

① 像【ぞう】 • statue, image, figure, picture, portrait

① 体格【たいかく】 • physique, constitution

① 帯びる【おびる】 • ① to wear (sword, decoration, etc.), to carry ② to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission), to take on ③ to have a trace of, to be tinged with

① 待ち合わせ【まちあわせ】 • appointment

① 退職【たいしょく】 • retirement (from office)

① 大方【おおかた】 • perhaps, almost all, majority

① 単独【たんどく】 • sole, independence, single, solo (flight)

① 地元【じもと】 • ① home area, home town ② local

① 地獄【じごく】 • hell

① 昼飯【ひるめし】 • lunch, midday meal

① 聴講【ちょうこう】 • lecture attendance, auditing

① 追い込む【おいこむ】 • to herd, to corner, to drive

① 追い出す【おいだす】 • to expel, to drive out

① 追放【ついほう】 • exile, banishment

① 通常【つうじょう】 • common, general, normal, usual

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

① 天国【てんごく】 • paradise, heaven, Kingdom of Heaven

① 天体【てんたい】 • heavenly body

① 土手【どて】 • embankment, bank

① 投資【とうし】 • investment

① 導く【みちびく】 • ① to guide, to lead, to show the way, to conduct ② to derive, to deduce

① 導入【どうにゅう】 • introduction, bringing in, leading in, installation

① 得点【とくてん】 • score, points made, marks obtained, runs

① 独占【どくせん】 • ① monopoly ② to monopolize, to hog

① 内蔵【ないぞう】 • internal (e.g. disk), built-in, equipped (with)

① 任す【まかす】 • to entrust, to leave to a person

① 破壊【はかい】 • ① destruction, disruption ② (application) crash

① 馬鹿馬鹿しい【ばかばかしい】 • stupid

① 拝借【はいしゃく】 • borrowing

① 背後【はいご】 • ① back, rear ② background, behind the scenes

① 売り出す【うりだす】 • to put on sale, to market, to become popular

① 反感【はんかん】 • antipathy, revolt, animosity

① 繁盛【はんじょう】 • prosperity, flourishing, thriving

① 備え付ける【そなえつける】 • to provide, to furnish, to equip, to install

① 苗【なえ】 • seedling

① 浜辺【はまべ】 • beach, foreshore

① 頻繁【ひんぱん】 • frequent, incessant

① 不良【ふりょう】 • badness, inferiority, delinquency, failure, defect, blemish

① 富【とみ】 • wealth, fortune

① 腐敗【ふはい】 • decay, depravity

① 復活【ふっかつ】 • ① revival (e.g. musical), come-back ② restoration, rebirth, resurrection

① 物体【ぶったい】 • body, object

① 柄【え】 • ① handle, grip ② stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)

① 弁【べん】 • Oversight Department (division of the daijokan responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices)

① 暴力【ぼうりょく】 • violence, mayhem

① 本格【ほんかく】 • ① original method or procedure ② serious, orthodox, classical, genuine

① 本体【ほんたい】 • ① substance, real form ② body (of a machine) ③ object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.) ④ noumenon

① 本名【ほんみょう】 • real name

① 麻【あさ】 • flax, linen, hemp

① 未だ【いまだ】 • ① as yet, hitherto, still ② not yet (with negative verb)

① 無口【むくち】 • reticence, taciturnity

① 無邪気【むじゃき】 • innocence, simple-mindedness

① 盲点【もうてん】 • blind spot

① 目覚める【めざめる】 • to wake up

① 問い合わせる【といあわせる】 • to enquire, to inquire, to seek information

① 勇敢【ゆうかん】 • brave, heroic, gallant

① 誘導【ゆうどう】 • guidance, leading, induction, introduction, incitement, inducement

① 用紙【ようし】 • ① blank form ② sheets of paper, sheet of paper

① 抑制【よくせい】 • control, restraint, suppression, constraint, curtailment, inhibition, check, curb

① 立ち去る【たちさる】 • to leave, to depart, to take one's leave

① 了解【りょうかい】 • comprehension, consent, understanding, roger (on the radio)

① 冷やかす【ひやかす】 • ① to banter, to make fun of, to jeer at ② to cool, to refrigerate

① 溝【みぞ】 • ditch, drain, gutter, gap

① 魂【たましい】 • soul, spirit

① 打ち込む【うちこむ】 • to drive in (e.g. nail, stake), to devote oneself to, to shoot into, to smash, to throw into, to cast into

① 伝言【でんごん】 • verbal message, rumor, rumour, word

① 綺麗【きれい】 • ① pretty, lovely, beautiful, fair ② clean, clear, pure, tidy, neat ③ completely, entirely

① 収集【しゅうしゅう】 • gathering up, collection, accumulation

① 添える【そえる】 • ① to garnish, to accompany (as a card does a gift) ② to add to as support, to prop up ③ to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.)

① 取っ手【とって】 • handle, grip, knob

① 届【とどけ】 • report, notification, registration

① 取り替え【とりかえ】 • swap, exchange

① 左利き【ひだりきき】 • left-handedness, sake drinker, left-hander

① 前もって【まえもって】 • in advance, beforehand, previously

① 見掛ける【みかける】 • to (happen to) see, to notice, to catch sight of

① 寄り掛かる【よりかかる】 • to lean against, to recline on, to lean on, to rely on, to depend on

① 理屈【りくつ】 • theory, reason

① 官【かん】 • government service, the bureaucracy

① 異【い】 • ① difference (of opinion) ② strange, odd, unusual ③ different

① だるい • sluggish, feel heavy, languid, dull

① 嘘つき【うそつき】 • liar (sometimes said with not much seriousness), fibber

① 崖【がけ】 • cliff

① 粥【かゆ】 • thin rice porridge, watery cooked rice, rice gruel

① まして • ① still more, to say nothing of, not to mention ② still less (with neg. verb)

① 股【また】 • ① crotch, crutch, groin, thigh ② fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.), tines (of a fork)

① ついで • opportunity, occasion

① さも • really, extremely

① 辿る【たどる】 • to follow (road), to pursue (course), to follow up, to follow (hyperlink)

① 弛み【たるみ】 • slack, slackening, dullness, letdown

① 賭ける【かける】 • to wager, to bet, to risk, to stake, to gamble

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 濠【ほり】 • moat, canal, ditch

① 役立つ【やくだつ】 • to be useful, to be helpful, to serve the purpose

① たやすい • easy, simple, light

① 流暢【りゅうちょう】 • fluent (language skill), flowing

① 奢る【おごる】 • to give (someone) a treat

① 洒落る【しゃれる】 • to joke, to play on words, to dress stylishly

① 歪む【いがむ】 • to warp, to swerve, to deflect, to be crooked, to be distorted, to be bent, to incline, to slant, to be perverted, to be gross-grained, to get bent, to be strained

① 類【たぐい】 • ① kind, sort, type ② equal, match, peer

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

① よっぽど • ① very, greatly, much, to a large extent, quite ② just about to

おおい • ① hey!, oi! ② me

おっさん • ① rude term for middle-aged man ② Buddhist priest

ぐったり • completely exhausted, dead tired, limp, senseless

こだわり • ① obsession, fixation, hangup ② determination, fastidiousness, pickiness about (trait, style, etc.)

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

それら • those over there

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

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

ぱっと • suddenly, in a flash, rapidly, nimbly, alertly

ひょっこり • all of a sudden, suddenly, by chance, unexpectedly

ブーブー • ① bugling sound, honking, oinking ② grumbling, complaining ③ car, automobile

やれやれ • exclamation of relief or disappointment

アクセサリー • accessory

アクセス • access

アベック • a couple (of lovers, etc.)

アルコール • alcohol

アルファベット • alphabet

イエス • ① Jesus ② yes

イコール • ① equal ② the equality sign (=)

イニシャル • ① initial, the first ② (one's) initials

イメージ • ① (one's) image ② (computer) image ③ artist's impression

インク • ink

イングランド • England

エース • ace

エアコン • air-conditioner, air-conditioning

エスカレート • escalate, escalation

エンジニア • engineer

エンスト • engine stall

オーナー • owner

カー • car

カール • ① curl ② cwm, cirque, corrie

カウボーイ • cowboy

カセットテープ • cassette tape

カップル • couple

カラー • ① collar ② color, colour ③ calla (variety of arum lily)

カンカン • can-can

キャプテン • captain

クーラー • cooler, air conditioner

クッキー • ① cookie, biscuit ② cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)

クラシック • ① classical music ② classic, classical ③ (the) classics

クラブ • ① club (e.g. golf, tennis) ② clubs (card suit) ③ crab

クレジット • credit

グッズ • goods, promotional items

グロテスク • grotesque

ケーブル • cable

コーラ • cola

コック • ① cook ② tap, spigot, faucet, cock ③ cock (male fowl) ④ cock (penis)

コピー • ① copy, photocopy ② blurb on a book jacket ③ catch copy

コメント • ① comment ② (blog) comment

コンセント • ① electrical outlet (concentric plug) ② consent ③ concentric

コンタクト • ① contact ② contact lens

コンピュータ • computer

ゴルフ • golf

サイズ • size

サイト • ① site (usu. website) ② sight ③ payable on sight

サイドブレーキ • hand brake

サスペンス • suspense

サボる • to be truant, to play hooky, to skip school, to skip out, to be idle, to sabotage by slowness

サポート • support

シーズンオフ • off-season

シェリー • sherry

シカゴ • Chicago

システム • system

シチュー • stew

シミュレーション • simulation

シャッポ • hat

シャン • beautiful

シャンデリア • chandelier

ショップ • shop

ショルダーバッグ • shoulder bag

シンプル • simple

ジャングル • jungle

スーパーマン • superman

スープ • (Western) soup

スケート • skate, skates, skating

スト • strike

スナップ • ① snap ② snapshot (esp. of people)

スピーカー • speaker

スペース • space

スポンサー • sponsor

スマート • ① smart, stylish ② slim

スライド • ① slide ② change (in value or situation), proportional change ③ to slide, to slip ④ to change (in value, e.g. with a sliding scale), to change (in situation)

スルー • through

セール • sale

センス • good taste (for music, style, tact, etc.) (from sense)

ソフト • ① soft ② soft hat ③ software

タイトル • title

タイミング • timing

タイヤ • tire, tyre

タオル • (hand) towel

タフ • tough

タンク • tank

ダイレクト • direct

ダム • ① dam ② dumb

チーム • team

ティッシュ • (facial) tissues

テク • technology

データベース • database

ディスク • disk

デザイナー • designer

デスク • ① desk ② copy editor

トーナメント • tournament

トイレットペーパー • toilet paper

トップ • ① top ② top position ③ senior management, senior bureaucrat

トライ • try

トレーナー • ① trainer (someone who works with sports athletes) ② sweatshirt

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

ニュー • ① new ② newly purchased item

ネーム • ① name ② storyboard (esp. of manga and doujinshi)

ネット • net

ノブ • ① knob ② doorknob

ハーフ • ① half ② someone of mixed race

ハンガー • ① (aircraft) hangar ② (coat) hanger ③ hunger

ハンバーガー • hamburger (on a bun)

パーマ • permanent wave, perm

パジャマ • pajamas, pyjamas

パスタ • pasta

パフェ • parfait

パンダ • panda

パンフレット • brochure, pamphlet

パンプス • pumps

ヒール • ① heel ② heel (pro-wrestling) ③ heal

ピストル • pistol

ピン • pin, dowel

ピンク • pink

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

ファイル • file

フォワード • forward (in a ball game, contract, etc.)

フランス語 • French (language)

フルコース • complete meal

フレンド • friend

ブーツ • boots

ブラックリスト • blacklist

ブランド • ① brand ② bland

ブレスレット • bracelet

プライベート • private

プログラマー • programmer

プロレス • professional wrestling

ペンション • pension (Western-style boardinghouse)

ホーム • ① platform ② home

ホイール • wheel

ホワイト • white

ポテト • potato

ポルシェ • Porsche (German car brand)

ポロ • polo

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

マナー • manners

ミサ • (Catholic) mass

ミスター • mister, Mr

ライオン • lion

ライン • line

ラック • ① rack ② ruck ③ luck

ラップ • ① lap ② wrap ③ cling film ④ rap

ランチ • ① lunch ② launch ③ ranch

リビング • ① living, lifestyle ② living room

リフォーム • renovation (e.g. a house), redecoration, makeover, updating

リンク • ① link, directory entry ② rink

レース • ① race ② lace ③ lathe

レシート • receipt, docket (e.g. cash register)

レバー • ① lever, joystick ② liver

レンタル • rental

レンタルビデオ • rental video

ロング • long

ワゴン • wagon

何でもかんでも【なんでもかんでも】 • anything and everything, all sorts of things, by all means

外人【がいじん】 • foreigner

気長【きなが】 • patient, leisurely

休【きゅう】 • rest, taking a day off, being finished, being absent, retire, sleep

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)

見聞【けんぶん】 • information, observation

行き先【ゆきさき】 • ① destination ② whereabouts, address

今ごろ【いまごろ】 • about this time

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

七月【しちがつ】 • July

出し【だし】 • ① dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp) ② pretext, excuse, pretense (pretence), dupe, front man

女らしい【おんならしい】 • womanly, ladylike, feminine

女子高【じょしこう】 • girls' high school

人前【ひとまえ】 • the public, company

生ビール • unpasteurized beer, draft beer, draught beer

生前【せいぜん】 • while alive, during one's lifetime

前日【ぜんじつ】 • previous day, the day before

大雨【おおあめ】 • heavy rain

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

長年【ながねん】 • long time, many years

つり上げる【つりあげる】 • ① to raise, to lift, to hang up, to suspend ② to (artificially, deliberately) raise prices ③ to pull in (fish)

入れ【いれ】 • container, receptacle

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

北西【ほくせい】 • northwest

万円【まんえん】 • 10000 yen

雨水【あまみず】 • ① rain water ② "rain water" solar term (approx. Feb 19)

気がつく【きがつく】 • ① to notice, to become aware, to perceive, to realize, to realise ② to recover consciousness, to come to oneself

何にも【なんにも】 • nothing at all

ちらつく • to flicker, to flit, to litter, to be dazzled

かむ • to blow (one's nose)

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

ホームページ • web site, home page

アポ • appointment

ファミレス • family restaurant

ノースリーブ • sleeveless

合コン • joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges), combined party, mixer, two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party

アップルパイ • apple pie

そら • look!, look out!, look at me!

この上ない【このうえない】 • the most, the best, peerless, the greatest, first-rate

げ • seeming, giving the appearance of, giving one the feeling of

いちゃもん • quibble, false charge

ばあちゃん • granny, grandma, gran, female senior-citizen (familiar form of address)

じゃう • to do something completely

へえ • oh, yes?, really?

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

なり • ① or, whether or not ② (after dictionary form verb) as soon as, right after ③ (after past tense verb) while still, with previous state still in effect

ぜ • (sentence end, mainly masc.) adds force, indicates command

ダイバー • diver

ノー • no

たる • (those) who are, (that) which is, often used in relation to qualifications and requirements for a position, in the capacity of

かも • may, might, perhaps, may be, possibly

ふむ • hmm, I see, hrm

ウフッ • chuckle, chuckling

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

だからと言って【だからといって】 • while it may be true that, just because, nevertheless, not necessarily

エンジェル • angel

カード • ① card ② curd

ジン • gin, jin

ダウン • ① down (feathers) ② down (opposite of up), becoming lower ③ down (e.g. with a cold) and unable to continue (work) ④ not running (e.g. of servers) ⑤ download, downstream

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

パイ • pie, tart

パス • ① path ② pass (e.g. skipping a move, passing an examination, ticket to allow entry, etc.)

ビーフ • beef

ブラック • black

プラス • plus

ペット • ① pet ② trumpet

ポーズ • ① pose ② pause

ポスト • ① post, position ② postbox, mail box, pillar box ③ post-

悪質【あくしつ】 • bad quality, malignancy, vicious, malignant

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

意気【いき】 • spirit, heart, disposition

医【い】 • medicine, the healing art, healing, curing, doctor

一員【いちいん】 • person, member

一室【いっしつ】 • one room

運び出す【はこびだす】 • to carry out

駅員【えきいん】 • station attendant

海上【かいじょう】 • (by, at, on) sea, maritime, marine

空ける【あける】 • to empty, to clear out, to make space, to make room

帰り道【かえりみち】 • the way back or home, return trip

気持ちいい【きもちいい】 • good feeling, feeling good

起す【おこす】 • to raise, to cause, to wake someone

古びる【ふるびる】 • to look old, to get old

後方【こうほう】 • behind, in the rear, in back

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

左足【ひだりあし】 • left foot

作り【づくり】 • ① making, forming, cultivating, growing ② form, appearance

仕事場【しごとば】 • place where one works, construction site, working area

使い切る【つかいきる】 • to use up, to exhaust, to wear out

思いやり【おもいやり】 • consideration, sympathy

死後【しご】 • after death

持ち運ぶ【もちはこぶ】 • to carry, to bring (to a place)

持ち場【もちば】 • job, station, position, post, route

自体【じたい】 • itself

自白【じはく】 • confession, acknowledgement, acknowledgment

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

車体【しゃたい】 • body (of car), frame

車道【しゃどう】 • roadway

主力【しゅりょく】 • main force, chief object, mainline

手洗い【てあらい】 • ① washing one's hands, water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands ② restroom, lavatory, toilet ③ hand-washing (laundry, etc.)

出歩く【であるく】 • to go out, to take a stroll, to go about

上映【じょうえい】 • ① screening (a movie), showing ② to screen a movie

新作【しんさく】 • new work, new production

真【しん】 • ① truth, reality, genuineness ② seriousness ③ logical TRUE ④ printed style writing ⑤ star performer

真っ昼間【まっぴるま】 • broad daylight

真夏【まなつ】 • midsummer

青空【あおぞら】 • blue sky

切り上げる【きりあげる】 • ① to close, to finish ② to round up (a number) ③ to revalue (a currency)

早朝【そうちょう】 • early morning

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

たどり着く【たどりつく】 • to struggle on to, to arrive somewhere after a struggle, to grope along to, to barely manage to reach, to finally arrive at, to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

着用【ちゃくよう】 • have on, wearing

天使【てんし】 • angel

天文【てんもん】 • astronomy

天文学【てんもんがく】 • astronomy

動転【どうてん】 • ① being upset, being surprised and stunned ② transition, changing, moving

同行【どうこう】 • ① accompanying, travelling together, traveling together ② same bank

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

白昼【はくちゅう】 • daytime, midday

白鳥【しらとり】 • ① swan (Cygnus Bechstein, Cygnus ssp.) ② white-feathered bird

発する【はっする】 • to fire (a gun), to emit, to give forth

発注【はっちゅう】 • ordering (materials), placing an order, order

不十分【ふじゅうぶん】 • insufficient, inadequate, imperfect, shortage

服用【ふくよう】 • taking medicine, dosing

聞き手【ききて】 • ① hearer, listener, audience ② interviewer, questioner

北海道【ほっかいどう】 • Hokkaido (northernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

有名人【ゆうめいじん】 • celebrity

来店【らいてん】 • coming to the store

立ち【たち】 • stand

立ち話【たちばなし】 • standing around talking

旅先【たびさき】 • ① destination, goal (of travel) ② place one stays during a journey

力不足【ちからぶそく】 • strong weakness, great insufficiency

赤色【あかいろ】 • red

明く【あく】 • ① to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.) ② to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.) ③ to come to an end ④ to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

思いつく【おもいつく】 • to think of, to hit upon, to come into one's mind, to be struck with an idea

終る【おわる】 • to finish, to end, to close

気持【きもち】 • feeling, sensation, mood

多々【たた】 • very much, very many, more and more

もめ事【もめごと】 • quarrel, trouble, dispute, friction (between people)

いろんな • various

見ず知らず【みずしらず】 • ① strange, unfamiliar, unknown, new ② unfamiliarity, strangeness, stranger

飲める【のめる】 • ① to be able to drink ② to be worth drinking

見せ場【みせば】 • highlight scene (of play)

買い【かい】 • ① buying, shopping ② buyer ③ purchase

待ち【まち】 • waiting, waiting time

紙上【しじょう】 • on paper, in the newspapers, in a letter

後ろ手【うしろで】 • ① hands behind one's back, hands tied behind one's back ② behind (e.g. someone), rear, back ③ appearance from behind

金使い【かねづかい】 • (way of) spending money

新品【しんぴん】 • (brand-)new article

もってこい • ① just right, ideal, perfectly suitable ② fetch!, bring me ...

大目【おおめ】 • large eyes, magnanimity

休館【きゅうかん】 • library or museum closure

たまり場【たまりば】 • gathering spot, haunt, rendezvous, meeting place, hang-out

風見【かざみ】 • weather vane

立ち入り【たちいり】 • entering

安く【やすく】 • inexpensively

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

口うるさい【くちうるさい】 • nagging, faultfinding, carping, captious

本真【ほんま】 • truth, reality

そういった • like that, this type

大発見【だいはっけん】 • breakthrough, great discovery

動き出す【うごきだす】 • to come alive, to get going, to start to move

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

たて • ① central, main, head, chief ② just (done), freshly (baked), indicates activity only just occurred ③ counter for consecutive losses

あり • existence (at the present moment)

道【どう】 • ① road ② way ③ Buddhist teachings ④ Taoism ⑤ modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido) ⑥ historical administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.) ⑦ province (Tang-era administrative region of China) ⑧ province (modern administrative region of Korea)

真に【しんに】 • ① indeed, really, absolutely, truly, actually, very, quite ② irateness, anger

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

足【そく】 • counter for pairs (of socks, shoes, etc.)

一点【いってん】 • speck, dot, point, only a little, particle, only one

横行【おうこう】 • ① walking sideways, staggering, striding ② being rampant, being widespread, being prevalent

下回る【したまわる】 • to be less than, to be lower than, to fall just short of, to be just under

下校【げこう】 • coming home from school, end of school day

夏物【なつもの】 • summer goods

回線【かいせん】 • circuit, line

海辺【うみべ】 • beach, seashore

楽勝【らくしょう】 • easy victory

かんづく • to apprehend, to get an inkling (of something), to smell (danger)

帰化【きか】 • naturalization, naturalisation

決め手【きめて】 • ① person who decides ② deciding factor, clincher, trump card, winning move

後部【こうぶ】 • rear, stern

高飛車【たかびしゃ】 • high-handed, domineering, on one's high horse

坂道【さかみち】 • hill road

三角【さんかく】 • triangle, triangular

山の幸【やまのさち】 • mountain vegetables

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

市内【しない】 • (within a) city, local

指先【ゆびさき】 • fingertip

指南【しなん】 • instruction, teaching, pointing south

歯形【はがた】 • tooth-mark, impression of the teeth, dental mold

時点【じてん】 • point in time, occasion

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

自費【じひ】 • one's own expense, out-of-pocket expense

車内【しゃない】 • inside a carriage

車両【しゃりょう】 • rolling stock, railroad cars, vehicles

弱気【よわき】 • timid, faint-hearted, bearish sentiment

出向く【でむく】 • to go to, to proceed to, to leave for

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

女神【めがみ】 • goddess

女流【じょりゅう】 • woman writer

小石【こいし】 • pebble

乗り合わせる【のりあわせる】 • to happen to ride together, to share a vehicle, to (operate a) carpool

ふき取る【ふきとる】 • to wipe off, to wipe up

身元【みもと】 • person's identity, ID, past, background

石【こく】 • ① measure of volume (approx. 180.39 liters, 6.37 cub. ft.) ② measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

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

前線【ぜんせん】 • front line, (weather) front

全焼【ぜんしょう】 • burned down, entirely destroyed

足首【あしくび】 • ankle

多額【たがく】 • large amount of money

多数【たすう】 • ① great number ② countless, majority

体内【たいない】 • inside the body

様【ざま】 • ① mess, sorry state, plight, sad sight ② way, manner

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

断じて【だんじて】 • absolutely, positively, decidedly

直し【なおし】 • ① correction, rectification ② mending, repair

追い返す【おいかえす】 • to turn away, to send away

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

定着【ていちゃく】 • establishing

転向【てんこう】 • conversion, shift, about-face, switch

点字【てんじ】 • Braille

電化【でんか】 • electrification

都内【とない】 • metropolitan area

度数【どすう】 • ① frequency, number of times, incidence ② degree (e.g. temperature), strength (e.g. alcohol, lens, etc.)

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

頭上【ずじょう】 • overhead, high in sky

動き回る【うごきまわる】 • to move around

同期【どうき】 • ① contemporary, corresponding period, same period, same class ② synchronous, synchronization

麦【むぎ】 • wheat, barley, oat (oats)

飛行船【ひこうせん】 • airship, blimp

百合【ゆり】 • lily, Lilium

表記【ひょうき】 • writing (something), giving an address, declaration, inscribing on the face of, publishing (info), listing (prices), addressing (a package)

不確か【ふたしか】 • unreliable, uncertain, indefinite, unclear

部員【ぶいん】 • staff, member

物的【ぶってき】 • material, physical

平【ひら】 • ① something broad and flat, palm of the hand ② common, ordinary ③ low-ranking employee, freshman, novice, private

放つ【はなつ】 • ① to fire (e.g. an arrow), to hit (e.g. baseball), to break wind ② to free, to release ③ to give off (e.g. a scent), to emit (e.g. light)

放火【ほうか】 • arson, set fire to

放水【ほうすい】 • hose down, drainage

本数【ほんすう】 • number of long thin objects (movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc.) (programmes)

無名【むめい】 • unsigned, nameless, anonymous, anonymity

落ち合う【おちあう】 • ① to meet, to gather, to rendezvous ② to join (of roads, rivers, etc.), to flow together

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

路線【ろせん】 • route, line, alignment

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.)

和食【わしょく】 • Japanese-style meal

すい星【すいせい】 • comet

左側【ひだりがわ】 • left, left (hand) side

手の平【てのひら】 • the palm (of one's hand)

人数【にんずう】 • the number of people

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

夜中【やちゅう】 • during the night, at night

落し物【おとしもの】 • lost property

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

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

直々【じきじき】 • personal, direct

速める【はやめる】 • to hasten, to quicken, to expedite, to precipitate, to accelerate

１１０番【ひゃくとおばん】 • police emergency tel. no. (in Japan)

見放す【みはなす】 • to desert, to abandon, to give up

一向に【いっこうに】 • (not) at all

見所【みどころ】 • highlight, promise

放流【ほうりゅう】 • ① discharge (e.g. of water from a dam) ② liberation, stocking (e.g. a river with fish)

投げ【なげ】 • a throw, a fall

県外【けんがい】 • outside the prefecture

毛深い【けぶかい】 • hairy, thickly haired, shaggy

新月【しんげつ】 • a new moon, a crescent moon

開けっ放し【あけっぱなし】 • ① leaving open, leaving ajar ② outspoken, frank

船客【せんきゃく】 • passenger

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

練り直す【ねりなおす】 • ① to knead again ② to rework, to revise, to polish

体勢【たいせい】 • posture, stance

短期間【たんきかん】 • short term, short time

組み【くみ】 • ① set (of items) ② group (of people), class (of students), company (esp. construction), family (i.e. mafia), team ③ typesetting, composition

暗ます【くらます】 • ① to abscond, to conceal oneself ② to deceive, to dissemble, to fool

助く【たすく】 • to help, to save, to rescue

集め【あつめ】 • collecting, assembling

しがみつく • to cling

どん底【どんぞこ】 • very bottom

愛好【あいこう】 • love, adoration

愛車【あいしゃ】 • (one's) beloved car

愛人【あいじん】 • lover, mistress

成す【なす】 • ① to build up, to establish ② to form, to become (a state)

移籍【いせき】 • changing household registry, transfer (e.g. of one's name in the register)

胃袋【いぶくろ】 • ① stomach, breadbasket, inner man ② dietary needs

右腕【うわん】 • right arm

運び込む【はこびこむ】 • to carry in, to bring in

奥歯【おくば】 • molars, back teeth

押し掛ける【おしかける】 • to intrude on

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

河童【かっぱ】 • ① kappa (mythical water-dwelling creatures) ② excellent swimmer ③ cucumber ④ rolled sushi containing a stick of cucumber

過つ【あやまつ】 • to err

画像【がぞう】 • image, picture, portrait

解雇【かいこ】 • discharge, dismissal

解明【かいめい】 • clarification, elucidation, explication

改装【かいそう】 • remodelling, remodeling, reorganization, reorganisation

開封【かいふう】 • unsealed letter, breaking the seal

各紙【かくし】 • every newspaper (magazine)

活性【かっせい】 • activity

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

観戦【かんせん】 • watching a (sports) game

寄り道【よりみち】 • dropping in on the way, breaking one's journey, making a stopover, going out of one's way

気象台【きしょうだい】 • meteorological observatory

疑わしい【うたがわしい】 • doubtful, questionable, uncertain, disputable, suspicious

球団【きゅうだん】 • baseball team

給水【きゅうすい】 • water supply

供述【きょうじゅつ】 • affidavit, deposition, testimony

苦戦【くせん】 • hard fight, close game

経理【けいり】 • management, accounting

警察官【けいさつかん】 • policemen, policeman, police officer

警報【けいほう】 • alarm, warning

見越す【みこす】 • to anticipate, to foresee

見捨てる【みすてる】 • to abandon, to fail, to desert, to forsake

言い寄る【いいよる】 • to court, to woo, to approach defiantly

言い渡す【いいわたす】 • to announce, to tell, to sentence, to order

呼び寄せる【よびよせる】 • to call, to summon, to send for, to call together

いいかげん • ① irresponsible, perfunctory, careless ② lukewarm, half-baked, halfhearted, vague ③ reasonable, moderate (usu. in suggestions or orders) ④ considerably, quite, rather, pretty

硬直【こうちょく】 • stiffening, rigidity, rigor, stiffness, ossification, petrification

高値【たかね】 • high price

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

最悪【さいあく】 • the worst

最期【さいご】 • one's last moment, one's time of death

最新【さいしん】 • latest, newest, late-breaking (news)

採血【さいけつ】 • drawing blood, collecting blood

殺意【さつい】 • intent to kill, intent to murder

殺到【さっとう】 • rush, flood

仕込み【しこみ】 • training, stocking up, preparation

仕込む【しこむ】 • ① to train, to teach, to educate ② to acquire (information), to learn, to cram ③ to stock, to stock up on ④ to prepare (esp. ingredients for brewing) ⑤ to insert, to build into, to fit

刺し身【さしみ】 • sashimi (sliced raw fish)

指し示す【さししめす】 • to indicate, to show, to point to

停める【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

自業自得【じごうじとく】 • paying for one's mistakes, getting one's just deserts, suffering the consequences (of one's own actions), reap what you sow

若者【わかもの】 • young man, youth, lad

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

手違い【てちがい】 • mistake, blunder

手編み【てあみ】 • hand knitting

酒造【しゅぞう】 • sake brewing

収拾【しゅうしゅう】 • control, settling, coping

周到【しゅうとう】 • scrupulous, meticulous, careful

周年【しゅうねん】 • whole year, anniversary

初め【はじめ】 • beginning, start, origin

書き込む【かきこむ】 • ① to fill in (field, entry, etc.), to fill out (form) ② to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board) ③ to store

笑み【えみ】 • smile

乗り降り【のりおり】 • getting on and off

食い違い【くいちがい】 • discrepancy, different or conflicting opinions

寝不足【ねぶそく】 • lack of sleep

人違い【ひとちがい】 • mistaking one person for another

人殺し【ひとごろし】 • murder, murderer

人達【ひとたち】 • people

吹き飛ぶ【ふきとぶ】 • ① to be blown off, to blow off, to blow away ② to vanish, to disappear

吹っ飛ぶ【ふっとぶ】 • to blow off, to be blown off

性分【しょうぶん】 • nature, disposition

石灰【せっかい】 • lime, quicklime, caustic lime

責め【せめ】 • persecution, blame, responsibility

折り合い【おりあい】 • mutual relations, compromise

絶好【ぜっこう】 • best, ideal, perfect

専念【せんねん】 • absorption, give undivided attention, devote oneself to

専務【せんむ】 • managing director, special duty, conductor

祖母【おおば】 • grandmother

探し求める【さがしもとめる】 • to search for, to seek for, to look for

送信【そうしん】 • transmission, sending

増資【ぞうし】 • increase of capital

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

対戦【たいせん】 • waging war, competition

待機【たいき】 • alert, standby, await an opportunity, wait for orders

着衣【ちゃくい】 • one's clothes

貯める【ためる】 • to save (i.e. in a bank)

貯水【ちょすい】 • storage of water

朝刊【ちょうかん】 • morning newspaper

追突【ついとつ】 • rear-end collision

通告【つうこく】 • announcement, notice

点滴【てんてき】 • ① raindrops, falling drop of water ② intravenous drip

殿【どの】 • form of address used for official letters and business letters, and in letters to inferiors, Mr

塗料【とりょう】 • paints, painting material

投げ込む【なげこむ】 • to throw into

突きつける【つきつける】 • to thrust before, to thrust at

二の舞【にのまい】 • ... all over again (repeating the same failure)

入れ違い【いれちがい】 • passing each other

入団【にゅうだん】 • enrollment, enrolment

任意【にんい】 • any, arbitrary, optional, discretion, non-specific, unspecified, free will

のぞき込む【のぞきこむ】 • to look into, to peer in

薄れる【うすれる】 • to fade, to become dim

薄着【うすぎ】 • lightly dressed

発信【はっしん】 • dispatch, despatch, transmission, submission

抜群【ばつぐん】 • ① preeminence, distinction, extraordinariness ② outstanding, excellent, exceptional, surpassing, extraordinary, distinguished

比【ひ】 • ① ratio, proportion ② match, equal ③ explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing) ④ Philippines

百貨店【ひゃっかてん】 • (department) store, (department) stores

表示【ひょうじ】 • indication, representation, manifestation

不仲【ふなか】 • discord

浮かび上がる【うかびあがる】 • to rise to the surface

浮き【うき】 • float (fishing), buoy

武者【むしゃ】 • warrior

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

復元【ふくげん】 • restoration (to original state), reconstruction

並び【ならび】 • line, row, rank, list

閉店【へいてん】 • closing shop

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

返信【へんしん】 • reply

抱き合う【だきあう】 • to embrace each other

無関係【むかんけい】 • unrelated

無職【むしょく】 • without an occupation

無責任【むせきにん】 • irresponsibility

余白【よはく】 • blank space, margin

容体【ようだい】 • condition (usually animate)

用心棒【ようじんぼう】 • bodyguard

乱入【らんにゅう】 • ① trespassing, intrusion ② to barge into, to burst into, to trespass

裏切り者【うらぎりもの】 • betrayer, traitor, turncoat, informer

連【れん】 • ① (taxonomical) tribe ② quinella (quiniela) ③ party, company, group ④ two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper)

連れ去る【つれさる】 • to take away, to kidnap

連れ戻す【つれもどす】 • to bring back

論外【ろんがい】 • out of the question

腕時計【うでどけい】 • wristwatch

ひき殺す【ひきころす】 • to kill by running over

ひきにげ • hit-and-run accident causing personal injury

愛想【あいそ】 • civility, courtesy, compliments, sociability, graces

永久【とわ】 • ① eternity, perpetuity, immortality ② Eikyuu era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)

有難う【ありがとう】 • Thank you

関わり【かかわり】 • relation, connection

河原【かわら】 • dry river bed, river beach

替わる【かわる】 • ① to succeed, to relieve, to replace ② to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent ③ to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch

磨る【する】 • ① to rub, to chafe, to strike (match), to file, to frost (glass) ② to lose (e.g. a match), to forfeit, to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

各々【それぞれ】 • each, every, either, respectively, severally

手掛り【てがかり】 • ① clue, key, trail, scent, track, contact ② handhold, on hand

手造り【てづくり】 • handmade, homegrown, hand-crafted, homemade

届け【とどけ】 • report, notification, registration

久々【ひさびさ】 • (in a) long time, long time (ago), while (ago), long ago, long while (ago), (in a) long while

町並み【まちなみ】 • street (of stores and houses), townscape, (look of) stores and houses on street

見比べる【みくらべる】 • to compare with the eye

未成年【みせいねん】 • minor, not of age

見破る【みやぶる】 • to see through another's thoughts, to have a sharp eye, to penetrate, to fathom

祖母さん【ばあさん】 • ① grandmother ② female senior citizen

腹一杯【はらいっぱい】 • bellyful, full stomach, to one's heart's content

やり過ごす【やりすごす】 • ① to let something (or somebody) go past ② to do too much

掛け持ち【かけもち】 • holding two or more positions concurrently

白骨【はっこつ】 • white (bleached) bone, skeleton

呼ばわり【よばわり】 • to call (e.g. somebody a thief), to denounce, to brand as

赤信号【あかしんごう】 • red light (traffic)

小娘【こむすめ】 • young girl, lass, adolescent female

成り済まし【なりすまし】 • ① identity fraud, forgery (e.g. of email) ② a masquerade

水位【すいい】 • water level

咲かせる【さかせる】 • to make bloom

夢物語【ゆめものがたり】 • ① account of a dream ② fantastic story, wild tale, empty dream, pipe dream

うたた寝【うたたね】 • dozing, napping (e.g. on the floor in one's clothes, in the train)

通り掛かり【とおりがかり】 • passing (along the way)

取り越し苦労【とりこしぐろう】 • overanxiety, needless worry

絶品【ぜっぴん】 • unique or superb article

消沈【しょうちん】 • depression, low spirits, dejection

積み木【つみき】 • (toy) building blocks, bricks

出来損ない【できそこない】 • failure, dead loss, washout, badly done, good-for-nothing

甘えん坊【あまえんぼう】 • pampered or spoiled child (spoilt)

置き忘れる【おきわすれる】 • to leave behind, to misplace, to forget

捜し出す【さがしだす】 • to locate, to discover

幾らでも【いくらでも】 • as many (much) as one likes

県境【けんきょう】 • prefectural border, prefectural boundary

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

府警【ふけい】 • prefectural police

師【し】 • ① teacher, master, one's mentor ② religious leader ③ specialist

封じる【ふうじる】 • ① to seal (letter) ② to prevent, to forbid, to block

お越し【おこし】 • coming or leaving

左肩【ひだりかた】 • left shoulder

お祖父ちゃん【おじいちゃん】 • grandpa, grandad;

戦ぐ【そよぐ】 • to rustle, to stir, to flutter

抜き【ぬき】 • ① without, not including, dispensed with ② (beating) in succession

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

刻み込む【きざみこむ】 • to etch (name, etc.), to carve (design)

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

翌【よく】 • the following, next

そもそも • in the first place, to begin with, from the start, originally, ab initio

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

伊達【だて】 • ① elegance, dandyism, sophistication, having style ② affectation, showing off, putting on an air, appearances, just for show

囲碁【いご】 • Go (board game of capturing territory)

遺恨【いこん】 • grudge, ill will, enmity

遺書【いしょ】 • will, testament, testamentary letter

遺品【いひん】 • articles of the deceased

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

引き継ぐ【ひきつぐ】 • to take over, to hand over

陰謀【いんぼう】 • plot intrigue, conspiracy

羽織る【はおる】 • to put on

雲隠れ【くもがくれ】 • disappearance

沿道【えんどう】 • route, course, roadside

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

恩人【おんじん】 • benefactor, patron

音沙汰【おとさた】 • news, letter

華麗【かれい】 • splendor, splendour, magnificence

がき • ① brat, kids ② preta (hungry ghost), ghoul

外傷【がいしょう】 • external wound, (physical) trauma

渇き【かわき】 • thirst

幹事【かんじ】 • executive secretary, coordinator, organizer, person in charge of making arrangements

陥れる【おとしいれる】 • ① to trick someone into (committing a crime, etc.), to hatch a plan and deceive someone ② to assault (a castle, etc.) ③ to drop something and have it fall into something

陥没【かんぼつ】 • cave-in, subsidence

棋譜【きふ】 • record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.

輝き【かがやき】 • radiance

巨匠【きょしょう】 • master, masterhand, maestro

供養【くよう】 • memorial service for the dead, holding a service

興行【こうぎょう】 • entertainment industry, show business

駆け寄る【かけよる】 • to rush over, to run up to

熊【くま】 • bear (animal)

繰り出す【くりだす】 • ① to draw (a thread), to let out (e.g. a rope) ② to sally forth ③ to send out, to dispatch ④ to lunge, to unleash

勲章【くんしょう】 • decoration, order, medal

兄貴【あにき】 • one's senior, elder brother

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

見張る【みはる】 • to watch, to (stand) guard, to look out, to open one's eyes wide

お節介【おせっかい】 • meddling, meddlesomeness, nosiness, interference, officiousness

光り輝く【ひかりかがやく】 • to shine, to glitter

広範囲【こうはんい】 • extensive, vast range, wide scope

恒久【こうきゅう】 • permanent, perpetuity

江戸【えど】 • old name of Tokyo

豪快【ごうかい】 • hearty, exciting, stirring, lively, heroic, largehearted, splendid

錯乱【さくらん】 • confusion, distraction, derangement

思惟【しい】 • thought, thinking, speculation

視界【しかい】 • field of vision

視力【しりょく】 • eyesight

次第に【しだいに】 • ① gradually (progress into a state) ② in sequence, in order, in turn

偲ぶ【しのぶ】 • to recollect, to remember

狩る【かる】 • to hunt (e.g. animals), to go looking for (e.g. flowers, etc.), to gather (e.g. mushrooms), to pick (e.g. fruit)

収賄【しゅうわい】 • accepting bribes, corruption, graft

熟す【じゅくす】 • to ripen, to mature, to be in common use, to come to sound natural

熟知【じゅくち】 • being familiar with, having a thorough knowledge of, being well-informed about

巡り合う【めぐりあう】 • to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend), to meet by chance, to happen across

処刑【しょけい】 • execution

償う【つぐなう】 • to make up for, to recompense, to redeem (one's faults), to compensate for, to indemnify, to atone for

商売敵【しょうばいがたき】 • business rival, professional jealousy

小惑星【しょうわくせい】 • asteroid

なおかつ • besides, and yet

振り払う【ふりはらう】 • to shake off

振幅【しんぷく】 • amplitude (of vibration), swing of pendulum

人為【じんい】 • human work, human agency, art, artificiality

尋常【じんじょう】 • common, usual

尽かす【つかす】 • ① to use completely, to use up, to exhaust ② to exhaust somebody's civility, to give up (on someone)

垂れ【たれ】 • ① hanging, something hanging (i.e. a flap, lappet, etc.) ② sauce (for dipping, pouring over, etc.) ③ (in kendo) loin guard ④ kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character ⑤ -ass (used after a noun or na-adjective indicating someone's nature), -head

水槽【すいそう】 • water tank, cistern, fish tank

寸前【すんぜん】 • on the verge, just in front of

生粋【きっすい】 • pure, genuine, natural-born

盛り上がり【もりあがり】 • ① climax, uprush ② bulge

請け負う【うけおう】 • to contract, to undertake

節水【せっすい】 • conservation of water

潜伏【せんぷく】 • concealment, hiding, ambush, incubation

素足【すあし】 • bare feet

葬儀【そうぎ】 • funeral service

増殖【ぞうしょく】 • increase, multiplication, propagation

即死【そくし】 • instant death

脚【あし】 • ① foot ② leg ③ gait ④ pace ⑤ bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji ⑥ means of transportation

待ち焦がれる【まちこがれる】 • to long for

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

卓【たく】 • table, desk, high

辰【たつ】 • fifth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Dragon, 7am-9am, east-southeast, March)

脱げる【ぬげる】 • to come off, to slip down, to slip off

探索【たんさく】 • search, lookup, hunt, (item of) research, exploration, investigation

暖炉【だんろ】 • fireplace, hearth, stove

痴漢【ちかん】 • masher, molester, pervert

中華【ちゅうか】 • Chinese (e.g. food)

抽象【ちゅうしょう】 • abstract

懲らしめる【こらしめる】 • to chastise, to punish, to discipline

挑発【ちょうはつ】 • provocation, stirring up, arousal

直撃【ちょくげき】 • direct hit

追悼【ついとう】 • mourning, memorial

堤【つつみ】 • bank, embankment, dike

敵対【てきたい】 • hostility, antagonism, opposition

吐き出す【はきだす】 • to vomit, to spit out

吐息【といき】 • sigh, long breath

桃【もも】 • peach, prunus persica (tree)

忍ぶ【しのぶ】 • ① to conceal oneself, to hide ② to endure

納期【のうき】 • appointed day of delivery, time for payment

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)

彼氏【かれし】 • boyfriend

かなしい • sad, sorrowful

標的【ひょうてき】 • target

不摂生【ふせっせい】 • neglect of health, intemperance

扶助【ふじょ】 • aid, help, assistance, support

陛下【へいか】 • your Majesty, his (or her) Majesty

縫い包み【ぬいぐるみ】 • stuffed toy, plush toy, plush toys, soft toy, cuddly toy

芳香【ほうこう】 • perfume, fragrance, aroma, balm

魔法【まほう】 • magic, witchcraft, sorcery

妙技【みょうぎ】 • exquisite skill, wonderful performance

無為【むい】 • idleness, inactivity

銘柄【めいがら】 • ① brand, make, description ② trading name of stocks and securities

免じる【めんじる】 • to dismiss, to exempt

盲腸【もうちょう】 • cecum, caecum, blind gut

木陰【こかげ】 • shade of tree, bower

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

ひえしょう • sensitivity to cold

老婆【ろうば】 • old woman

戯言【たわごと】 • nonsense, bullshit, silly things, joke

修行【しゅぎょう】 • pursuit of knowledge, studying, learning, training, ascetic practice, ascetic practise, discipline

俵【たわら】 • ① straw bag, bale, sack ② counter for bags

盲【めくら】 • ① blindness, blind person ② illiteracy, illiterate person ③ ignorance, ignoramus

揺する【ゆする】 • to shake, to jolt, to rock (cradle), to swing

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

慰謝【いしゃ】 • consolation

かわいそう • poor, pitiable, pathetic, pitiful

傷跡【きずあと】 • scar, cicatrix

奇跡【きせき】 • miracle, wonder, marvel

偽装【ぎそう】 • disguise, camouflage, masquerade

倉【くら】 • warehouse, cellar, magazine, granary, godown, depository, treasury, elevator

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

締め出す【しめだす】 • to shut out, to bar, to lock out, to exclude

徐々に【じょじょに】 • slowly, little by little, gradually, steadily, quietly

装丁【そうてい】 • binding (book), format

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

独り占め【ひとりじめ】 • monopoly

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

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

我ら【われら】 • we, us

飽き【あき】 • weariness, tiresomeness

託す【たくす】 • ① to entrust ② to make an excuse of

揺るがす【ゆるがす】 • to shake, to swing, to sway, to shock

よくも • How dare ...

巻き添え【まきぞえ】 • getting involved (entangled) in, getting mixed up in, involvement, by-blow

布陣【ふじん】 • battle formation, lineup

刃渡り【はわたり】 • length of a (sword) blade, walking on the edge of a sword

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

頑として【がんとして】 • firmly, stubbornly

鮮血【せんけつ】 • fresh blood

宿帳【やどちょう】 • hotel register

隠れ家【かくれが】 • hiding place, refuge

立ち往生【たちおうじょう】 • bring to a standstill, stalling, stranding

棺【かん】 • coffin, casket

ちょっとした • trifling, petty

糧【かて】 • food, provisions

振るう【ふるう】 • ① to swing, to wield (physically), to exert ② to exercise, to wield (metaphorically) ③ to flourish, to prosper, to thrive

雅び【みやび】 • refinement, elegance

宮【みや】 • ① shrine ② palace, imperial residence ③ member of the imperial family

甲子園【こうしえん】 • Koshien (location of Koshien Stadium, where the Japan National High School Baseball Tournament is held)

それなり • in itself, as it is

とび • ① black kite (bird of prey, Milvus migrans) ② construction worker, scaffold erector, firefighter ③ Inverness cape

リーグ • league

一転【いってん】 • turn, complete change

隠蔽【いんぺい】 • concealment, suppression, hiding

碓【うす】 • mill-stone, mortar

骸骨【がいこつ】 • skeleton

恰も【あたかも】 • as if, as it were

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

見頃【みごろ】 • best time to see

肴【さかな】 • ① appetizer or snack served with drinks ② performance to liven up a bar, conversation to liven up a party

鮫【さめ】 • shark

斬新【ざんしん】 • novel, original, newness

四面楚歌【しめんそか】 • being surrounded by enemies on all sides, being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody

呪い【のろい】 • curse, spell, malediction

焼酎【しょうちゅう】 • shochu (Japanese liquor similar to vodka)

鞘【さや】 • scabbard

そばかす • freckles

閃く【ひらめく】 • ① to flash (lightning, etc.), to flicker (lights), to glitter ② to wave, to undulate ③ to hit on a good idea, to occur to someone

唾液【だえき】 • saliva, sputum

苔【こけ】 • ① moss ② short plants resembling moss (inc. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)

頭蓋骨【ずがいこつ】 • skull, cranium

匂わす【におわす】 • to give out an odor, scent or perfume (odour), to suggest, to insinuate

脳味噌【のうみそ】 • brains, brain tissue

芒【すすき】 • Japanese pampas grass (Miscanthus sinensis), silver grass, zebra grass

蔑む【さげすむ】 • to scorn, to despise

埜【や】 • ① plain, field ② hidden (structural) member ③ wild ④ lacking a political post

りんご • ① apple ② apple tree (Malus pumila)

劈【へき】 • break, tear, pierce, split, burst

揶揄【やゆ】 • banter, raillery, tease, ridicule, banter with

あぶる • ① to warm (i.e. one's hands over a fire), to dry ② to scorch, to broil, to toast, to grill

狡猾【こうかつ】 • sly, cunning, crafty

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

耄碌【もうろく】 • senility, second childhood

脾臓【ひぞう】 • spleen

ばら • rose

蠕動【ぜんどう】 • vermiculation, peristalsis, crawling like a worm

なまり • ① accent (of one's speech) ② dialect, provincialism, patois ③ corrupted form (e.g. of word), mispronunciation

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

霍乱【かくらん】 • sunstroke, heatstroke

剃る【する】 • to shave

宛先【あてさき】 • address, destination

えらぶ • to choose, to select

凄まじい【すさまじい】 • terrific, fierce, terrible, tremendous, dreadful, awful, amazing, absurd, cutthroat, intense

出揃う【でそろう】 • to appear all together, to be all present

つかえる • to be blocked, to choke, to be obstructed, to feel a pressure on one's chest

樽【たる】 • cask, barrel

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

口髭【くちひげ】 • moustache, mustache

瞥見【べっけん】 • glance, glimpse, cursory view

蜚語【ひご】 • baseless rumor, baseless rumour, gossip, false report

山姥【やまうば】 • mountain witch

緇素【しそ】 • old term for Buddhist priesthood and the common people (since they used to wear black and white clothing respectively)

掴み【つかみ】 • grip

痔【じ】 • hemorrhoids, piles

眩む【くらむ】 • ① to be dazzled by, to be dizzied by, to be disoriented by ② to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)

もてあそぶ • ① to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.), to fiddle with ② to toy with (one's emotions, etc.), to trifle with ③ to do with something as one pleases ④ to appreciate

お馴染み【おなじみ】 • familiar, well-known, regular (e.g. customer), old stand-by

さぞかし • certainly, surely

ねぐら • roost, nesting place

背凭れ【せもたれ】 • back (of a chair)

隱語【いんご】 • secret word, code word

栲【たえ】 • cloth (esp. cloth made from fibers of the paper mulberry tree);

苫【とま】 • woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)

それと • and then, even so, and

面晤【めんご】 • face-to-face conversation, interview

愈【いよ】 • more and more, increasingly; extremely, very;