Study Set: Doraemon [‘ドラえもん’] Vol. 3: episodes 6 (2005/05/20)

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Doraemon [‘ドラえもん’] Vol. 3: episodes 6 (2005/05/20) to 20 (2005/09/02)

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Vocab for episodes 6 (2005/05/20) to 20 (2005/09/02) of the animated series ‘Doraemon’ [‘ドラえもん’]. This is volume 3/13. 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 グラム • gram, gramme

⑤ シャツ • shirt, singlet

⑤ スカート • skirt

⑤ ズボン • trousers

⑤ テスト • test

⑤ ドア • door (Western-style)

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

⑤ バター • butter

⑤ パーティー • party

⑤ パン • ① bread, pastries (e.g. croissants), pastry-based products ② pan, frying pan ③ panning (in a film)

⑤ プール • ① (swimming) pool ② pool (billiards) ③ pool (together)

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

⑤ ラジオ • radio

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

⑤ 右【みぎ】 • ① right, right hand side ② afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing), foregoing, forgoing, above

⑤ 雨【あめ】 • rain

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

⑤ 外国【がいこく】 • foreign country

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

⑤ 金【かね】 • ① money ② metal

⑤ 五【ご】 • five

⑤ 五つ【いつつ】 • five

⑤ 午後【ごご】 • afternoon, p.m.

⑤ 後ろ【うしろ】 • back, behind, rear

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

⑤ 今月【こんげつ】 • this month

⑤ 左【ひだり】 • left, left hand side

⑤ 三つ【みっつ】 • three

⑤ 七【なな】 • seven

⑤ 週間【しゅうかん】 • week, weekly

⑤ 女【おんな】 • woman

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

⑤ 上手【じょうず】 • ① skill, skillful, dexterity ② flattery

⑤ 足【あし】 • ① foot ② leg ③ gait ④ pace

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

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

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

⑤ 二【に】 • two

⑤ 白い【しろい】 • white

⑤ 半分【はんぶん】 • half

⑤ 父【ちち】 • father

⑤ 母【はは】 • mother

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

⑤ 来月【らいげつ】 • next month

⑤ 九【きゅう】 • nine

⑤ 今年【ことし】 • this year

⑤ 三【さん】 • three

⑤ 四【よん】 • four

⑤ 十【じゅう】 • 10, ten

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

⑤ 八【はち】 • eight

⑤ 六【ろく】 • six

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

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

⑤ で • ① indicates location of action, at, in ② indicates time of action ③ indicates means of action, cause of effect, by ④ and then, so

⑤ 山【さん】 • Mt (suffix used with the names of mountains), Mount

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

⑤ 音楽【おんがく】 • music, musical movement

⑤ 夏【なつ】 • summer

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

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

⑤ 教室【きょうしつ】 • classroom

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

⑤ 兄【あに】 • older brother

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

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

⑤ 仕事【しごと】 • ① work, job, business, occupation, employment, vocation, task ② work

⑤ 死ぬ【しぬ】 • to die

⑤ 自動車【じどうしゃ】 • automobile

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

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

⑤ 秋【あき】 • autumn, fall

⑤ 暑い【あつい】 • hot (weather, etc.), warm

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

⑤ 食べ物【たべもの】 • food

⑤ 図書館【としょかん】 • library

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

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

⑤ 洗う【あらう】 • ① to wash ② to investigate

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

⑤ 妹【いもうと】 • younger sister

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

⑤ 薬【くすり】 • ① medicine, pharmaceuticals, (legal) drugs ② efficacious chemical (i.e. gunpowder, pesticide, etc.) ③ (pottery) glaze ④ small bribe

⑤ 有名【ゆうめい】 • ① famous ② fame

⑤ 洋服【ようふく】 • Western-style clothes (cf traditional Japanese clothes)

⑤ 料理【りょうり】 • ① cooking, cookery, cuisine ② dealing with something, handling, administration, management

⑤ 四【し】 • four

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

⑤ 泳ぐ【およぐ】 • to swim

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

⑤ 登る【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)

⑤ 豚肉【ぶたにく】 • pork

⑤ 昨日【きのう】 • yesterday

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

⑤ お菓子【おかし】 • confections, sweets, candy

⑤ お祖母さん【おばあさん】 • ① grandmother ② female senior-citizen

⑤ お腹【おなか】 • stomach

⑤ 汚い【きたない】 • dirty, unclean, filthy

⑤ 皆【みな】 • ① all, everyone, everybody ② everything

⑤ 皆さん【みなさん】 • all, everyone, everybody

⑤ ほか • other (esp. places and things), the rest

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

⑤ 吸う【すう】 • ① to smoke, to breathe in, to inhale ② to suck, to sip, to slurp ③ to absorb, to soak up ④ to kiss

⑤ 狭い【せまい】 • narrow, confined, small

⑤ 警官【けいかん】 • policeman

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

⑤ 授業【じゅぎょう】 • lesson, class work

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

⑤ 掃除【そうじ】 • cleaning, sweeping

⑤ 窓【まど】 • window

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

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

⑤ 彼ら【かれら】 • they (usually male), them

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

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

⑤ 閉める【しめる】 • to close, to shut

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

⑤ 枚【まい】 • counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper)

⑤ 毎晩【まいばん】 • every night

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

⑤ 塩【しお】 • salt

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

⑤ いいえ • ① no, nay ② well, er, why

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

⑤ 鉛筆【えんぴつ】 • pencil

⑤ 砂糖【さとう】 • sugar

⑤ 傘【かさ】 • umbrella, parasol

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

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

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

⑤ 良い【よい】 • ① good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable ② sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer), ready, prepared ③ profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial ④ OK

⑤ 伯父【おじ】 • uncle (older than one's parent)

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

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

⑤ それから • and then, after that

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

⑤ それでは • ① well then ... ② in that situation, in which case

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

⑤ いかが • how, in what way, how about

⑤ 醤油【しょうゆ】 • soy sauce, shoyu

⑤ もう一度【もういちど】 • once more, again

④ ページ • page

④ ビル • ① building ② bill

④ プレゼント • ① present, gift ② to give a present or gift

④ 安心【あんしん】 • relief, peace of mind

④ 意見【いけん】 • opinion, view

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

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

④ 運動【うんどう】 • motion, exercise

④ 遠く【とおく】 • far away, distant, at a distance, distant place, by far

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

④ 会話【かいわ】 • conversation

④ 気分【きぶん】 • feeling, mood

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

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

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

④ 社会【しゃかい】 • society, public

④ 出発【しゅっぱつ】 • departure

④ 少年【しょうねん】 • boys, juveniles

④ 場合【ばあい】 • case, situation

④ 人口【じんこう】 • ① population ② common talk

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

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

④ 赤ちゃん【あかちゃん】 • baby, infant

④ 説明【せつめい】 • explanation, exposition

④ 太る【ふとる】 • to grow fat (stout, plump), to become fat, to gain weight

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

④ 答え【こたえ】 • response, reply, answer, solution

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

④ 品物【しなもの】 • goods, article, thing

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

④ 用意【ようい】 • preparation

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

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

④ 写す【うつす】 • ① to transcribe, to duplicate, to reproduce, to imitate, to trace ② to describe ③ to film, to picture, to photograph

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

④ 台風【たいふう】 • typhoon, hurricane

④ 安全【あんぜん】 • ① safety ② security

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

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

④ 近所【きんじょ】 • neighbourhood, neighborhood

④ 血【ち】 • blood, consanguinity

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

④ 光【ひかり】 • light

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

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

④ 指【ゆび】 • finger, toe, digit

④ 寺【てら】 • temple (Buddhist)

④ 拾う【ひろう】 • to pick up, to find, to gather

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

④ 勝つ【かつ】 • to win, to gain victory

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

④ 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 森【もり】 • ① forest ② shrine grove

④ 申す【もうす】 • to be called, to say

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

④ 人形【にんぎょう】 • doll, puppet, figure

④ 星【ほし】 • ① star, any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon) ② suspect (police slang)

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

④ 石【いし】 • ① stone ② gem, jewel

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

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

④ 悲しい【かなしい】 • sad, sorrowful

④ 美しい【うつくしい】 • beautiful, lovely

④ 鳴る【なる】 • to sound, to ring, to resound, to echo, to roar, to rumble

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

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 例えば【たとえば】 • for example, e.g.

④ 礼【れい】 • thanking, expression of gratitude

④ 選ぶ【えらぶ】 • to choose, to select

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

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 割れる【われる】 • ① to break, to be smashed ② to split, to crack, to fissure, to be torn ③ to be divided, to cleave ④ to come to light

④ 関係【かんけい】 • relation, connection

④ 祈る【いのる】 • to pray, to wish

④ 久しぶり【ひさしぶり】 • a long time (since the last time), it's been a while (since I last saw, mailed, etc., you)

④ 景色【けしき】 • scenery, scene, landscape

④ 警察【けいさつ】 • police

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

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

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

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

④ 支度【したく】 • preparation, arrangements

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

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

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

④ 手袋【てぶくろ】 • glove, mitten, mitt

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

④ 触る【さわる】 • to touch, to feel

④ 政治【せいじ】 • politics, government

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

④ 戦争【せんそう】 • war

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

④ 男性【だんせい】 • ① man, male ② masculine gender

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

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

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

④ 熱【ねつ】 • fever, temperature

④ 背中【せなか】 • back (of body)

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

④ 髪【かみ】 • hair (on the head)

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

④ 必ず【かならず】 • always, without exception, necessarily, certainly, without fail, positively, invariably

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

④ 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 複雑【ふくざつ】 • complex, complicated

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

④ 法律【ほうりつ】 • law

④ 訪ねる【たずねる】 • to visit

④ 忘れ物【わすれもの】 • lost article, something forgotten

④ 眠る【ねむる】 • ① to sleep (not necessarily lying down) ② to die

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

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

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

④ 腕【うで】 • ① arm ② skill

④ 難い【にくい】 • difficult, hard

④ 遅れる【おくれる】 • to be late, to be delayed, to fall behind schedule, to be overdue

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

④ 捕まえる【つかまえる】 • to catch, to arrest, to seize

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

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

④ 沸く【わく】 • to grow hot (of water, etc.), to boil

④ お祝い【おいわい】 • congratulation, congratulations, celebration, festival, congratulatory gift

④ お嬢さん【おじょうさん】 • ① daughter ② young lady

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

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

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

④ 壊す【こわす】 • ① to break, to destroy, to demolish ② to wreck, to ruin, to spoil, to damage ③ to break (a bill, etc.)

④ 宜しい【よろしい】 • good, OK, all right, fine, very well, will do, may, can

④ 鏡【かがみ】 • mirror

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

④ 趣味【しゅみ】 • hobby, tastes, preference

④ 盛ん【さかん】 • ① popular ② prosperous ③ enthusiastic ④ energetic, vigorous

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 濡れる【ぬれる】 • to get wet

④ 味噌【みそ】 • ① miso, bean paste ② key (main) point

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

④ それで • and, thereupon, because of that

④ もし • if, in case, supposing

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

④ なるほど • I see, That's right!, Indeed

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

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 ざっと • roughly, in round numbers

③ すると • thereupon, hereupon

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

③ だらけ • ① implying (negatively) that something is full of (e.g. mistakes) ② covered all over (e.g. with blood)

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

③ ドキドキ • throb, beat (fast)

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

③ 本の【ほんの】 • mere, only, just

③ やって来る【やってくる】 • to come along, to come around, to turn up

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 間もなく【まもなく】 • ① soon, before long, in a short time ② (after verb) lacking time to ..., without time to ...

③ 金【きん】 • ① gold, golden (color), metaphor for (most) valuable, gold (medal, cup) ② money (written before an amount) ③ Friday ④ metal (fourth of the five elements) ⑤ Jin (dynasty of China; 1115-1234 CE) ⑥ gold general (shogi) ⑦ karat, carat

③ 今後【こんご】 • from now on, hereafter

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

③ 大いに【おおいに】 • very, much, greatly, a lot of

③ 本人【ほんにん】 • the person himself

③ 名【な】 • name, reputation

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

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

③ 生き生き【いきいき】 • vividly, lively

③ 生まれ【うまれ】 • birth, birthplace

③ 何でも【なんでも】 • any, whatever one likes, by all means, anything, everything

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

③ せっせと • diligently, assiduously

③ 間【かん】 • ① interval, period of time ② among, between, inter-

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

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

③ 以来【いらい】 • since, henceforth

③ 意外【いがい】 • unexpected, surprising

③ 意思【いし】 • intention, purpose

③ 花火【はなび】 • fireworks

③ 画家【がか】 • painter, artist

③ 楽【らく】 • comfort, ease

③ 起こる【おこる】 • to occur, to happen

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

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

③ 高度【こうど】 • ① altitude, height ② advanced, high-grade, strong

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

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

③ 自動【じどう】 • ① automatic, self-motion ② intransitive verb

③ 出来事【できごと】 • incident, affair, happening, event

③ 真っ赤【まっか】 • ① bright red, deep red, flushed (of face) ② downright (e.g. lie), complete, utter

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

③ 大会【たいかい】 • convention, tournament, mass meeting, rally

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

③ 度【たび】 • time (three times, each time, etc.), times

③ 特急【とっきゅう】 • ① limited express (train, faster than an express) ② great hurry

③ 年代【ねんだい】 • age, era, period, date

③ 売れる【うれる】 • ① to sell (well) ② to be well known, to be popular, to be famous

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 病【やまい】 • illness, disease

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

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

③ 味方【みかた】 • friend, ally, supporter

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 力【りょく】 • strength, power

③ 話題【わだい】 • topic, subject

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

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

③ 銀【ぎん】 • ① silver, silver coin, silver paint ② silver general (shogi)

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

③ その内【そのうち】 • eventually, sooner or later, of the previously mentioned

③ 王様【おうさま】 • king

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

③ 家具【かぐ】 • furniture

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

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

③ 活動【かつどう】 • action, activity

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

③ 感心【かんしん】 • admiration, Well done!

③ 丸【まる】 • ① circle ② full (e.g. month, day, etc.) ③ perfection, purity ④ suffix for ship names

③ 期間【きかん】 • period, term, interval

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

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

③ 教科書【きょうかしょ】 • textbook, text book

③ 苦しむ【くるしむ】 • to suffer, to groan, to be worried

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

③ 決心【けっしん】 • determination, resolution

③ 決定【けってい】 • decision, determination

③ 県【けん】 • ① prefecture (of Japan) ② county (of China)

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

③ 合図【あいず】 • sign, signal

③ 才能【さいのう】 • talent, ability

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

③ 試し【ためし】 • trial, test

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

③ 手術【しゅじゅつ】 • surgical operation

③ 首相【しゅしょう】 • Prime Minister, Chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.), Premier

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

③ 終える【おえる】 • to finish

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

③ 商売【しょうばい】 • trade, business, commerce, transaction, occupation

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

③ 新た【あらた】 • ① new, fresh, novel ② newly, freshly, re-

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

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

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

③ 数える【かぞえる】 • to count, to enumerate

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

③ 生物【せいぶつ】 • living things, creature

③ 実に【じつに】 • indeed, really, absolutely, truly, actually, very, quite

③ 選手【せんしゅ】 • player (in game), team member

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

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

③ 速度【そくど】 • speed, velocity, rate

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

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

③ 地面【じめん】 • ground, earth's surface

③ 鉄【てつ】 • iron

③ 伝わる【つたわる】 • to be handed down, to be introduced, to be transmitted, to be circulated, to go along, to walk along

③ 都会【とかい】 • city

③ 都市【とし】 • town, city, municipal, urban

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

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

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

③ 頭【とう】 • counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle)

③ 道路【どうろ】 • road, highway

③ 日光【にっこう】 • sunlight

③ 日曜【にちよう】 • Sunday

③ 農家【のうか】 • farmer, farm family

③ 農業【のうぎょう】 • agriculture

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 番目【ばんめ】 • cardinal number suffix

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

③ 美人【びじん】 • beautiful person (woman)

③ 表【ひょう】 • table (e.g. Tab 1), chart, list

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

③ 秒【びょう】 • second (60th min)

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

③ 物語【ものがたり】 • tale, story, legend

③ 文明【ぶんめい】 • ① civilization, civilisation, culture ② Bummei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)

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

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 満足【まんぞく】 • ① satisfaction ② sufficiency

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

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

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

③ 毎月【まいつき】 • every month, each month, monthly

③ 面【めん】 • ① face ② mask, face guard ③ (in kendo) striking the head ④ surface (esp. a geometrical surface) ⑤ page ⑥ aspect, facet, side ⑦ chamfer ⑧ counter for broad, flat objects, levels or stages, e.g. in a video game

③ 幸運【こううん】 • good luck, fortune

③ 知り合い【しりあい】 • acquaintance

③ 例える【たとえる】 • to compare, to liken, to speak figuratively, to illustrate, to use a simile

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

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

③ 満点【まんてん】 • perfect score

③ 王【おう】 • ① king, ruler, sovereign, monarch ② king (for senior player) (shogi)

③ 色【しょく】 • counter for colours

③ 愛【あい】 • love, affection

③ 愛情【あいじょう】 • love, affection

③ 一種【いっしゅ】 • species, kind, variety

③ 印刷【いんさつ】 • printing

③ 引っ掛かる【ひっかかる】 • to be caught in, to be stuck in, to be cheated

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

③ 奥【おく】 • interior, inner part, inside

③ 可愛らしい【かわいらしい】 • lovely, sweet

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

③ 割る【わる】 • to divide, to cut, to break, to halve, to separate, to split, to rip, to crack, to smash, to dilute

③ 巻く【まく】 • to wind, to coil, to roll

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

③ 完全【かんぜん】 • perfection, completeness

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

③ 観察【かんさつ】 • observation, survey

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 巨大【きょだい】 • huge, gigantic, enormous

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

③ 叫ぶ【さけぶ】 • to shout, to cry

③ 強盗【ごうとう】 • ① robber, mugger ② robbery, burglary

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

③ 胸【むね】 • breast, chest

③ 苦労【くろう】 • troubles, hardships

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

③ 掘る【ほる】 • to dig, to excavate

③ 軍【ぐん】 • army, force, troops

③ 景気【けいき】 • condition, state, business (condition)

③ 経つ【たつ】 • to pass, to lapse

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

③ 現象【げんしょう】 • phenomenon

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

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

③ 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 枯れる【かれる】 • to wither (plant), to be blasted, to die

③ 互い【たがい】 • mutual, reciprocal

③ 誤解【ごかい】 • misunderstanding

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

③ 好み【このみ】 • liking, taste, choice

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

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

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

③ 骨【ほね】 • bone

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

③ 済みません【すみません】 • sorry, excuse me, thank you

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

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

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

③ 実現【じつげん】 • implementation (e.g. of a system), materialization, materialisation, realization, realisation

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

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

③ 諸【しょ】 • various, many, several

③ 床【ゆか】 • ① floor ② stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player) ③ dining platform built across a river

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 食欲【しょくよく】 • appetite (for food)

③ 信用【しんよう】 • confidence, dependence, credit, faith, reliance, belief, credence

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

③ 人種【じんしゅ】 • race (of people)

③ 性格【せいかく】 • character, personality

③ 成績【せいせき】 • results, record, grades

③ 生産【せいさん】 • production, manufacture

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

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

③ 存じる【ぞんじる】 • to think, feel, consider, know, etc.

③ 損害【そんがい】 • damage, injury, loss

③ 大臣【だいじん】 • cabinet minister

③ 単純【たんじゅん】 • simplicity

③ 団体【だんたい】 • organization, organisation, association

③ 地位【ちい】 • (social) position, status

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

③ 頂上【ちょうじょう】 • top, summit, peak

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

③ 泥【どろ】 • mud

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

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 働き【はたらき】 • work, workings, activity, ability, talent, function, labor, labour, action, operation, movement, motion, conjugation, inflection, achievement

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

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

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

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

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

③ 泊める【とめる】 • to give shelter to, to lodge

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

③ 髪の毛【かみのけ】 • hair (head)

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

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

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

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

③ 被害【ひがい】 • damage

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

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

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

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

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

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

③ 宝石【ほうせき】 • gem, jewel

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

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

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

③ 命令【めいれい】 • ① order, command, decree, directive ② (software) instruction, statement

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

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

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

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

③ 涙【なみだ】 • ① tear, tears, lachrymal secretion ② sympathy

③ 恋【こい】 • love, tender passion

③ 恋しい【こいしい】 • yearned for, longed for, missed

③ 恋人【こいびと】 • lover, sweetheart

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 降ろす【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)

③ 偶々【たまたま】 • casually, unexpectedly, accidentally, by chance

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

③ 雇う【やとう】 • ① to employ ② to hire, to charter

③ 続き【つづき】 • sequel, continuation, (also suffix) continuation (in time and space), second series, succession, spell

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

③ 軒【けん】 • houses, buildings

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

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

③ 井戸【いど】 • water well

③ 一瞬【いっしゅん】 • moment, instant

③ 稲【いね】 • rice-plant

③ 運命【うんめい】 • fate

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

③ 遠慮なく【えんりょなく】 • without reservation

③ 沖【おき】 • open sea

③ 拡大【かくだい】 • magnification, enlargement, expansion

③ 刈る【かる】 • to cut (hair), to mow (grass), to harvest, to clip, to shear, to reap, to trim, to prune

③ 感謝【かんしゃ】 • thanks, gratitude

③ 既に【すでに】 • already, too late

③ 機嫌【きげん】 • humour, humor, temper, mood

③ 貴重【きちょう】 • precious, valuable

③ 休憩【きゅうけい】 • rest, break, recess, intermission

③ 救う【すくう】 • to rescue from, to help out of, to save

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

③ 筋肉【きんにく】 • muscle, sinew

③ 嫌う【きらう】 • to hate, to dislike, to loathe

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 次第【しだい】 • ① dependent upon ② as soon as, immediately (upon) ③ circumstances ④ order, precedence, program, programme, agenda

③ 自慢【じまん】 • pride, boast

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

③ 瞬間【しゅんかん】 • moment, second, instant

③ 助け【たすけ】 • assistance

③ 冗談【じょうだん】 • jest, joke

③ 状態【じょうたい】 • current status, condition, situation, circumstances, state

③ 譲る【ゆずる】 • to turn over, to assign, to hand over, to transmit, to convey, to sell, to dispose of, to yield, to surrender

③ 慎重【しんちょう】 • discretion, prudence, caution, care

③ 振り【ぶり】 • ① style, manner ② after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year)

③ 世紀【せいき】 • century, era

③ 成功【せいこう】 • success, hit

③ 誓う【ちかう】 • to swear, to vow, to take an oath, to pledge

③ 素敵【すてき】 • lovely, dreamy, beautiful, great, fantastic, superb, cool, capital

③ 相撲【すもう】 • ① sumo wrestling ② sumo wrestler, rikishi

③ 騒音【そうおん】 • noise

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

③ 逮捕【たいほ】 • arrest, apprehension, capture

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

③ 第【だい】 • ordinal

③ 誕生【たんじょう】 • birth, creation, formation

③ 知恵【ちえ】 • ① wisdom, wit, sagacity, sense, intelligence ② prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

③ 眺める【ながめる】 • to view, to gaze at

③ 当然【とうぜん】 • natural, as a matter of course

③ 答案【とうあん】 • examination paper, examination script

③ 豆【まめ】 • ① legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, such as beans, peas, pulses, etc.), beans, peas ② soya bean (soybean), soy (Glycine max) ③ miniature, tiny ④ child

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

③ 博物館【はくぶつかん】 • museum

③ 拍手【はくしゅ】 • clapping hands, applause

③ 発展【はってん】 • ① development, growth, advancement, unfurling ② expansion, extension, enlargement ③ playing around, having an active sex life

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

③ 貧乏【びんぼう】 • poverty, destitute, poor

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 癖【くせ】 • a habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice), peculiarity

③ 幕【まく】 • ① curtain, bunting ② act (in play)

③ 優秀【ゆうしゅう】 • superiority, excellence

③ 抑える【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

③ 裸【はだか】 • naked, nude, bare

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

③ 描く【えがく】 • to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe

③ あらゆる • all, every

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

③ 砂漠【さばく】 • desert

③ 刺激【しげき】 • stimulus, impetus, incentive, encouragement, motivation, provocation

③ 退屈【たいくつ】 • tedium, boredom

③ 激しい【はげしい】 • violent, vehement, intense, furious, tempestuous

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

③ ますます • increasingly, more and more

③ 我が【わが】 • my, our, one's own

③ 演奏【えんそう】 • musical performance

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

③ くっつく • to adhere to, to keep close to

③ それとも • or, or else

③ やがて • before long, soon, at length

③ 噂【うわさ】 • rumour, rumor, report, hearsay, gossip, common talk

③ ごく • ① quite, very ② quindecillion (US), octillion (Europe), 10^48

③ おめでとう • congratulations!, an auspicious occasion!

③ 撒く【まく】 • to scatter, to sprinkle, to sow (seeds)

③ 尻【しり】 • ① buttocks, behind, rump, bottom ② undersurface, bottom ③ last place, end ④ consequence

③ 親戚【しんせき】 • relative

③ そのまま • without change, as it is (i.e. now)

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

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

③ 叩く【たたく】 • ① to strike, to clap, to dust, to beat ② to play drums ③ to abuse, to flame (e.g. on the Internet), to insult ④ to use up money

③ 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 纏める【まとめる】 • to put in order, to collect, to bring to a conclusion, to put (it all) together

③ うさぎ • rabbit, hare, cony

③ ともかく • anyhow, anyway, somehow or other, generally speaking, in any case, be that as it may

③ 謎【なぞ】 • ① riddle, puzzle, enigma, mystery ② enigmatic, mysterious

③ どうしても • by all means, at any cost, no matter what, after all, in the long run, cravingly, at any rate, surely

③ ふと • suddenly, casually, accidentally, incidentally, unexpectedly, unintentionally

③ しかも • moreover, furthermore, nevertheless, and yet

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

③ 籠【かご】 • basket, cage

③ あちこち • ① here and there ② to get things in the wrong order (back to front), to become muddled up

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

③ おじさん • ① uncle ② old man, mister (vocative)

② せめて • at least, at most

② 下り【くだり】 • ① down-train (going away from Tokyo) ② down-slope, downward going

② 前【ぜん】 • ① the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. "the last mayor"), previous, one-time, former ② (before the name of an era) pre- (e.g. "premodern") ③ before, earlier

② 東西【とうざい】 • ① East and West ② whole country ③ Orient and Occident, Western and Eastern ④ Your attention, please!

② 南北【なんぼく】 • south and north

② 分【ぶん】 • ① part, segment, share, ration ② rate ③ degree, one's lot, one's status, relation, duty, kind, lot ④ in proportion to, just as much as

② 帰す【かえす】 • to send (someone) back, to send (someone) home

② 強気【つよき】 • firm, strong

② 空中【くうちゅう】 • sky, air

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 工事【こうじ】 • construction work, construction, work (related to construction, e.g. painting, concrete-pouring, etc.)

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

② 写生【しゃせい】 • sketching, drawing from nature, portrayal, description

② 転がる【ころがる】 • to roll, to tumble

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

② 方言【ほうげん】 • dialect

② 料【りょう】 • material, charge, rate, fee

② 代わる【かわる】 • to take the place of, to relieve, to be substituted for, to be exchanged, to change places with, to take turns, to be replaced

② 真っ黒【まっくろ】 • pitch black

② 名字【みょうじ】 • surname, family name

② 元々【もともと】 • originally, by nature, from the start

② 問【もん】 • counter for questions

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

② 角【かく】 • ① angle ② square (or cube) ③ bishop (shogi) ④ third degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) ⑤ Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ⑥ jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

② 感想【かんそう】 • impressions, thoughts

② 球【たま】 • ① ball (in sports) ② bulb (i.e. a light bulb)

② 曲【きょく】 • tune, piece of music

② 曲線【きょくせん】 • curve

② 苦心【くしん】 • pain, trouble, anxiety, diligence, hard work

② 原始【げんし】 • origin, primeval

② 原理【げんり】 • principle, theory, fundamental truth

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 受験【じゅけん】 • taking an examination

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

② 神様【かみさま】 • God

② 清い【きよい】 • clear, pure, noble

② 大通り【おおどおり】 • main street

② 直線【ちょくせん】 • straight line

② 電波【でんぱ】 • electro-magnetic wave, radio wave

② 当番【とうばん】 • being on duty

② 童話【どうわ】 • fairy-tale

② 畑【はたけ】 • ① field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.), cultivated land, vegetable plot, kitchen garden, plantation ② field (of specialization), sphere, area

② 留守番【るすばん】 • ① care-taking, house-sitting, house-watching ② caretaker, house-sitter

② 所々【ところどころ】 • here and there, some parts (of something), several places

② 中身【なかみ】 • contents, interior, substance, filling, (sword) blade

② 集まり【あつまり】 • gathering, meeting, assembly, collection

② くっ付ける【くっつける】 • to attach

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

② 課する【かする】 • to levy, to charge, to assess, to impose, to assign

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

② 灰色【はいいろ】 • grey, gray, ashen

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

② 乾かす【かわかす】 • to dry (clothes, etc.), to desiccate

② 務める【つとめる】 • ① to work (for), to be employed (at), to serve (in) ② to serve (as), to act (as), to fill (the position of), to play the role (of) ③ to conduct a religious service

② 群れ【むれ】 • group, crowd, flock, herd, bevy, school, swarm, cluster (of stars), clump

② 原産【げんさん】 • place of origin, habitat

② 耕す【たがやす】 • to till, to plow, to plough, to cultivate

② 散らす【ちらす】 • to scatter, to disperse, to distribute

② 子孫【しそん】 • descendants, posterity, offspring

② 思い込む【おもいこむ】 • to be under impression that, to be convinced that, to imagine that, to set one's heart on, to be bent on

② 賞品【しょうひん】 • prize, trophy

② 延びる【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

② 水筒【すいとう】 • canteen, flask, water bottle, thermos

② 接近【せっきん】 • getting closer, drawing nearer, approaching

② 先祖【せんぞ】 • ancestor

② 泉【いずみ】 • spring, fountain

② いただきます • expression of gratitude before meals

② 着替え【きがえ】 • changing clothes, change of clothes

② 通信【つうしん】 • correspondence, communication, transmission, news, signal

② 凍える【こごえる】 • to freeze, to be chilled, to be frozen

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

② 浮く【うく】 • ① to float ② to become merry ③ to become loose

② 北極【ほっきょく】 • ① North Pole ② the Arctic

② 面積【めんせき】 • area

② 勇ましい【いさましい】 • ① brave, valiant, gallant, courageous ② stirring, vigorous, rousing

② 粒【つぶ】 • grain, bead

② 冷やす【ひやす】 • to cool, to chill, to refrigerate

② 足跡【あしあと】 • footprints

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

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

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

② 静まる【しずまる】 • to quieten down, to calm down, to subside, to die down, to abate, to be suppressed

② 好き好き【すきずき】 • matter of taste

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

② 果たして【はたして】 • ① as was expected, just as one thought, sure enough, as a result ② really? (in questions), ever?

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

② 増やす【ふやす】 • to increase, to add to, to augment

② 余所【よそ】 • another place, somewhere else, strange parts

② 老い【おい】 • old age, old person, the old, the aged

② 戦【せん】 • match, competition

② お辞儀【おじぎ】 • bow, bowing

② どう致しまして【どういたしまして】 • you are welcome, don't mention it, not at all, my pleasure

② 案外【あんがい】 • unexpectedly

② 一応【いちおう】 • once, tentatively, in outline, for the time being, just in case

② 応援【おうえん】 • aid, assistance, help, reinforcement, rooting, barracking, support, cheering

② 応用【おうよう】 • application, put to practical use

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

② 確率【かくりつ】 • probability, likelihood, chances

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 基地【きち】 • base

② 興奮【こうふん】 • excitement, stimulation, agitation, arousal

② 驚かす【おどろかす】 • to surprise, to frighten, to create a stir

② 厳重【げんじゅう】 • strict, rigour, rigor, severe, firm, strong, secure

② ご免ください【ごめんください】 • may I come in?

② 碁【ご】 • Go (board game of capturing territory)

② 功績【こうせき】 • achievements, merit, meritorious service, meritorious deed

② 攻める【せめる】 • to attack, to assault

② 高級【こうきゅう】 • high class, high grade

② 恨む【うらむ】 • ① to resent, to curse, to feel bitter, to blame, to bear a grudge ② to regret

② 紺【こん】 • navy blue, deep blue

② 座敷【ざしき】 • tatami room

② 撮影【さつえい】 • photographing

② 蛇口【じゃぐち】 • faucet, tap

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

② 将棋【しょうぎ】 • shogi, Japanese chess, xianqi

② 障子【しょうじ】 • shoji (paper sliding door)

② 飾り【かざり】 • decoration

② 杉【すぎ】 • Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria japonica

② 宣伝【せんでん】 • propaganda, publicity, advertisement, advertising

② 素直【すなお】 • ① obedient, meek, docile, unaffected ② honest, frank

② 調整【ちょうせい】 • regulation, coordination, adjustment, tuning, modification, alteration

② 跳ぶ【とぶ】 • ① to jump, to leap, to spring, to bound, to hop ② to fly, to soar

② 天才【てんさい】 • genius, prodigy, natural gift

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

② 鉢【はち】 • ① bowl, pot, basin ② flowerpot ③ crown, brainpan

② 半径【はんけい】 • radius

② 不潔【ふけつ】 • unclean, dirty, filthy, impure

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

② 兵隊【へいたい】 • soldier, sailor

② 柄【がら】 • pattern, design

② 茂る【しげる】 • to grow thickly, to be in full leaf, to be rampant, to luxuriate, to be luxurious

② 愉快【ゆかい】 • pleasant, happy

② 要旨【ようし】 • point, essentials, gist, summary, fundamentals

② 落第【らくだい】 • failure, dropping out of a class

② 廊下【ろうか】 • corridor

② 武士【ぶし】 • warrior, samurai

② 騒々しい【そうぞうしい】 • noisy, boisterous

② くだらない • good-for-nothing, stupid, trivial, worthless

② そば • ① buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) ② soba (Japanese buckwheat noodles)

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

② つながり • connection, link, relationship

② 軽蔑【けいべつ】 • scorn, disdain

② 隙間【すきま】 • crevice, crack, gap, opening

② 糊【のり】 • paste, glue, starch

② くれぐれも • repeatedly, sincerely, earnestly

② とっくに • long ago, already, a long time ago

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

② なお • furthermore, still, yet, more, still more, in addition, greater, further

② 狙い【ねらい】 • aim

② 狙う【ねらう】 • to aim at

② 濡らす【ぬらす】 • to wet, to soak, to dip

② もち • sticky rice cake

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

② 唸る【うなる】 • to groan, to moan, to roar, to howl, to growl, to hum, to buzz, to sough

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

② 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 はさみ • scissors, tongs

② さて • well, now, then

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

② のんき • carefree, optimistic, careless, reckless, heedless, happy-go-lucky, easygoing

② くわえる • to hold in one's mouth

② 叔母さん【おばさん】 • aunt (younger than one's parent)

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

① でかい • huge, gargantuan

① とんだ • ① unthinkable, unimaginable, inconceivable, unexpected ② terrible, awful, serious

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

① 間【ま】 • space, room, time, pause

① 公開【こうかい】 • open to the public, exhibit

① 問答【もんどう】 • questions and answers, dialogue

① 引き取る【ひきとる】 • to take charge of, to take over, to retire to a private place

① 苦しめる【くるしめる】 • to torment, to harass, to inflict pain

① 由【よし】 • reason, significance, cause

① 殿【しんがり】 • ① rear, rear unit guard ② anchor (man)

① 輪【りん】 • counter for wheels and flowers

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

① 割り当て【わりあて】 • ① allotment, assignment, allocation, quota, rationing ② binding

① 悪者【わるもの】 • bad fellow, rascal, ruffian, scoundrel

① 異議【いぎ】 • objection, dissent, protest

① 移住【いじゅう】 • migration, immigration

① 一息【ひといき】 • ① one breath, pause, rest ② one go (i.e. in a short time) ③ small amount of effort

① 映像【えいぞう】 • reflection, image, picture (e.g. on a television), shot, clip

① 沿岸【えんがん】 • coast, shore, littoral

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

① 家来【けらい】 • retainer, retinue, servant

① 果て【はて】 • the end, the extremity, the limit, the limits, the result

① 火星【かせい】 • Mars (planet)

① 過労【かろう】 • overwork, strain

① 快い【こころよい】 • pleasant, agreeable

① 開催【かいさい】 • holding a meeting, open an exhibition

① 寒気【さむけ】 • ① chill, the shivers, shivering fit ② cold, coldness, cold air

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

① 危機【きき】 • crisis

① 気兼ね【きがね】 • hesitance, diffidence, feeling constraint, fear of troubling someone, having scruples about doing something

① 規模【きぼ】 • scale, scope, plan, structure

① 逆転【ぎゃくてん】 • (sudden) change, reversal, turn-around, coming from behind (baseball)

① 逆立ち【さかだち】 • handstand, headstand

① 究極【きゅうきょく】 • ultimate, extreme, final, eventual

① 強烈【きょうれつ】 • strong, intense, severe

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

① 極端【きょくたん】 • extreme, extremity

① 駆けっこ【かけっこ】 • (foot) race, sprint

① 愚痴【ぐち】 • ① idle complaint, grumble ② moha (ignorance, folly)

① 結晶【けっしょう】 • crystal, crystallization, crystallisation

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

① 原作【げんさく】 • original work

① 限定【げんてい】 • limit, restriction

① 好評【こうひょう】 • popularity, favorable reputation, favourable reputation

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

① 根本【こんぽん】 • root, source, origin, foundation, base, principle

① 栽培【さいばい】 • cultivation

① 作【さく】 • a work, a harvest

① 残酷【ざんこく】 • cruelty, harshness

① 使命【しめい】 • mission, errand, message

① 弱る【よわる】 • to weaken, to be troubled, to be downcast, to be emaciated, to be dejected, to be perplexed, to impair

① 主演【しゅえん】 • starring, playing the leading part

① 取り組む【とりくむ】 • to tackle, to wrestle with, to engage in a bout, to come to grips with, to make effort, to strive for, to deal with

① 手近【てぢか】 • near, handy, within reach, familiar

① 手分け【てわけ】 • division of labour, division of labor

① 手本【てほん】 • ① copybook ② model, pattern

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 出くわす【でくわす】 • to happen to meet, to come across

① 出世【しゅっせ】 • promotion, successful career, eminence

① 諸君【しょくん】 • Gentlemen!, Ladies!

① 勝利【しょうり】 • victory, triumph, conquest, success, win

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

① 焦る【あせる】 • to be in a hurry, to be impatient

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

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

① 真心【まごころ】 • sincerity, devotion

① 進化【しんか】 • evolution, progress

① 世辞【せじ】 • flattery, compliment

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

① 整列【せいれつ】 • standing in a row, forming a line, alignment

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

① 誠実【せいじつ】 • sincere, honest, faithful

① 青春【せいしゅん】 • youth, springtime of life, adolescent

① 折【おり】 • chance, suitable time

① 戦闘【せんとう】 • battle, fight, combat

① 繕う【つくろう】 • to mend, to repair, to fix, to patch up, to darn, to tidy up, to adjust, to trim

① 操縦【そうじゅう】 • ① flying (a plane) ② management, handling, control, manipulation

① 騒動【そうどう】 • strife, riot, rebellion, turmoil

① 増強【ぞうきょう】 • augment, reinforce, increase

① 対【つい】 • ① pair, couple, set ② antithesis ③ counter for items that come in pairs ④ counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)

① 対応【たいおう】 • ① interaction, correspondence, coping with, dealing with, support ② software support, ability of a computer system to run specific software

① 脱出【だっしゅつ】 • escape

① 嘆く【なげく】 • to sigh, to lament, to grieve

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

① 値打ち【ねうち】 • value, worth, price, dignity

① 恥じる【はじる】 • to feel ashamed

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

① 着陸【ちゃくりく】 • landing, alighting, touch down

① 挑戦【ちょうせん】 • challenge, defiance

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

① 追跡【ついせき】 • pursuit, tracking (e.g. in computer graphics), keeping records on, tracing

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 天井【てんじょう】 • ceiling, ceiling price

① 殿様【とのさま】 • feudal lord

① 土俵【どひょう】 • ① arena, esp. in sumo ② forum (e.g. for discussion) ③ sandbag, gabion

① 投げ出す【なげだす】 • to throw down, to abandon, to sacrifice, to throw out

① 動き【うごき】 • movement, activity, trend, development, change

① 同士【どうし】 • fellow, mutual, companion, comrade, bonding

① 憧れ【あこがれ】 • yearning, longing, aspiration

① 独裁【どくさい】 • dictatorship, despotism

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

① 任命【にんめい】 • appointment, nomination, ordination, commission, designation

① 乃至【ないし】 • ① from ... to, between ... and ② or

① 悩み【なやみ】 • trouble, troubles, worry, distress, sorrows, anguish, agony, problem

① 馬鹿馬鹿しい【ばかばかしい】 • stupid

① 発生【はっせい】 • ① outbreak, spring forth, occurrence, incidence, origin ② ontogeny, development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

① 抜け出す【ぬけだす】 • ① to slip out, to sneak away, to excel ② to break (out of a loop)

① 反応【はんのう】 • reaction, response

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

① 扉【とびら】 • ① door, gate, opening ② title page

① 美【び】 • beauty

① 不吉【ふきつ】 • ominous, sinister, bad luck, ill omen, inauspiciousness

① 分子【ぶんし】 • ① numerator ② molecule ③ member, element

① 砲【ほう】 • gun, cannon, artillery, ordnance

① 褒美【ほうび】 • reward, prize

① 暴力【ぼうりょく】 • violence, mayhem

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

① 無念【むねん】 • ① chagrin, regret ② free from obstructive thoughts

① 無用【むよう】 • useless, futility, needlessness, unnecessariness

① 無礼【ぶれい】 • impolite, rude

① 無論【むろん】 • of course, naturally

① 面目【めんぼく】 • face, honour, honor, reputation, prestige, dignity, credit

① 矢【や】 • arrow

① 優勢【ゆうせい】 • superiority, superior power, predominance, preponderance

① 勇敢【ゆうかん】 • brave, heroic, gallant

① 夕暮れ【ゆうぐれ】 • evening, (evening) twilight

① 予感【よかん】 • presentiment, premonition

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

① 乱れる【みだれる】 • ① to be disordered, to be disarranged, to be disarrayed, to be disheveled, to be dishevelled ② to be discomposed, to be upset, to get confused, to be disturbed ③ to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)

① 立体【りったい】 • ① solid body, three-dimensional object ② multi-storey car park

① 励ます【はげます】 • to encourage, to cheer, to raise (the voice)

① 励む【はげむ】 • to be zealous, to brace oneself, to endeavour, to endeavor, to strive, to make an effort

① 腕前【うでまえ】 • ability, skill, facility

① 脅かす【おびやかす】 • ① to intimidate, to scare ② to jeopardize, to endanger, to imperil

① 魂【たましい】 • soul, spirit

① 打ち明ける【うちあける】 • to be frank, to speak one's mind, to open one's heart

① 微か【かすか】 • faint, dim, weak, indistinct, hazy, poor, wretched

① 専用【せんよう】 • ① exclusive use, personal use, dedicated ② private (e.g. network)

① 探検【たんけん】 • exploration, expedition

① 研ぐ【とぐ】 • ① to sharpen, to hone, to whet, to grind ② to wash (rice) ③ to scour, to polish, to burnish

① 情無い【なさけない】 • miserable, pitiable, shameful, deplorable

① 飲み込む【のみこむ】 • ① to gulp down, to swallow deeply ② to understand, to take in, to catch on to, to learn, to digest

① 日焼け【ひやけ】 • ① sunburn ② suntan

① 見通し【みとおし】 • perspective, unobstructed view, outlook, forecast, prospect, insight, foresight, visibility

① 見逃す【みのがす】 • to miss, to overlook, to leave at large

① 屋敷【やしき】 • residence, estate, grounds, premises, mansion

① 陣【じん】 • battle formation, camp, encampment

① いかにも • indeed, really, phrase meaning agreement

① くすぐったい • ① ticklish ② embarrassing

① こだわる • ① to fuss over, to be particular about ② to be obsessive, to be fixated

① さっと • ① quickly (esp. actions) ② suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)

① 以て【もって】 • ① with, by ② by means of, because, in view of

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

① 捲る【まくる】 • ① to turn up, to roll up (e.g. sleeves) ② verb suffix to indicate reckless abandon to the activity

① 構え【かまえ】 • posture (e.g. in martial arts), pose, style, stance

① 諦め【あきらめ】 • resignation, acceptance, consolation

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 滲む【にじむ】 • to run, to blur, to spread, to blot, to ooze

① 襤褸【ぼろ】 • rag, scrap, tattered clothes, fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence), defect, run-down or junky

① いやいや • reluctantly, by no means, unwillingly

① 完璧【かんぺき】 • perfect, complete, flawless

① こもる • ① to seclude oneself, to be confined in ② to be filled (e.g. with emotion, satire, etc.), to be heavy (with) ③ to be stuffy ④ to be implied

① とりあえず • at once, first of all, for the time being, for now

① はまる • ① to fit, to get into, to go into ② to be fit for (a job, etc.), to be suited for, to satisfy (conditions) ③ to fall into, to plunge into, to get stuck, to get caught ④ to be deceived, to be taken in, to fall into a trap ⑤ to be addicted to, to be deep into, to be crazy about, to be stuck on

① 麻痺【まひ】 • paralysis, palsy, numbness, stupor

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

① よほど • ① very, greatly, much, to a large extent, quite ② just about to

① わざわざ • expressly, specially, doing something especially rather than incidentally

いかす • to be smart, to be cool, to be sharp, to be stylish

お休みなさい【おやすみなさい】 • good night

かしら • I wonder

くよくよ • worry about, mope, brood over

さえ • even, if only, if just, as long as, the only thing needed

させる • to make (someone) do

ぞっと • shiver, shudder

たった • only, merely, but, no more than

だらける • to be lazy, to be slack, to feel dull, to feel languid, to feel listless

ぼろぼろ • ① worn-out, torn, crumbling, tattered ② tears or grain of rice falling

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

やんちゃ • naughty, mischievous

らっしゃる • to be, to come, to go

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

アイデア • idea

アカデミー • academia, academy

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

アルバム • album

イブ • eve (esp. Christmas Eve), the night before

インチキ • ① cheating, fake, bogus ② travelling seller of trinkets, magic tricks, etc. (traveling)

エネルギー • energy

オーラ • aura

オール • ① oar ② all

オペラ • opera

オリジナル • original

オリンピック • Olympics

オレンジ • orange

カンニング • cheating

キャッチ • catch

クーデター • coup d'etat, coup

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

クライマックス • climax

グランド • ① gland ② grand ③ ground (e.g. land, electrical, base material of textiles, etc.)

ケーキ • cake

コイン • coin

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

コレクション • ① collection ② correction

コンサートホール • concert hall

コントロール • control

コンピューター • computer

ゴリラ • gorilla

サイズ • size

サイダー • ① carbonated beverage, esp. fruit flavored ② cider

サイン • ① autograph, signature ② sign ③ sine

サッカー • ① soccer ② seersucker

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

スーパー • ① super ② supermarket ③ superimpose ④ superheterodyne ⑤ (film with) subtitles

ストーリー • story

スパイ • spy

スピード • speed

スリル • thrill

スローガン • slogan

セット • ① set ② set meal

ソース • ① sauce (esp. Worcestershire sauce) ② source

ソロ • solo

ダンプカー • dump truck

チャック • ① chuck (device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill) ② fastener, zipper

チョコレート • chocolate

テント • tent

テンポ • tempo

デザイン • design

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

ナイト • ① night ② knight

ナポレオン • Napoleon

ニコニコ • smile

バイブル • Bible

バッジ • badge

パイロット • pilot

パンツ • ① underpants, pants, briefs, panties, shorts, knickers ② trousers (esp. women's), jodhpurs, breeches, pants, trunks (e.g. swimming)

ビスケット • biscuit

ビタミン • vitamin

ビッグ • big

ビニール • vinyl

ピアノ • piano

ファッションモデル • fashion model

フライ • ① fried seafood or vegetables in general (fry) ② fly

ブーム • boom

プリント • handout, flyer

プロ • professional

ホームラン • home run

ホール • ① hall ② hole ③ whole

ホラー • horror

マジック • ① magic ② magic marker

ミネラル • mineral

ムード • mood

メモ • memorandum

メロディー • ① melody ② chime

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

メロン • melon

モード • mode, fashion

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

ラッキー • lucky

ランプ • ① lamp, light ② ramp ③ rump

ルート • ① root ② route

レア • ① rare ② rhea (flightless South American bird of family Rheidae)

ローン • ① loan ② roan ③ lawn (i.e. short grass) ④ lawn (type of cotton cloth)

ロケット • ① locket ② rocket

ロック • ① lock ② rock ③ roc

ワークブック • workbook

何かと【なにかと】 • one way or another

か月【かげつ】 • (number of) months

外れ【はずれ】 • ① end, verge, extremity, tip, outskirts ② miss, failure

九月【くがつ】 • September

今さら【いまさら】 • now (after such a long time), at this late hour (i.e. it is too late for something)

子ども【こども】 • child, children

食パン • plain bread, white bread

東南【とうなん】 • south-east

日ごろ【ひごろ】 • normally, habitually

八月【はちがつ】 • August

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

母子【ぼし】 • mother and child

北西【ほくせい】 • northwest

友だち【ともだち】 • friend, companion

ケチケチ • stingy, tightfisted, miserly

なにせ • at any rate, anyhow

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

見かけ【みかけ】 • outward appearance

見る見る【みるみる】 • very fast, in a twinkle, before one's eyes

たった今【たったいま】 • just now, a moment ago, this very minute

かむ • to blow (one's nose)

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

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

つまみ食い【つまみぐい】 • ① eating with one's fingers ② snitching food, snatched food, secret eating, food snatched and eaten without the meal starting ③ embezzlement, misappropriation, exploiting something ④ flirting

出【で】 • ① coming out, going out, outflow, efflux, rising (of the sun or moon) ② attending (work), appearing (on stage), one's turn to go on ③ start, beginning ④ origins, background, person (or item) originating from ..., graduate of ..., native of ..., member of ... (lineage) ⑤ architectural member that projects outward ⑥ highest point of the stern of a ship ⑦ amount (comprising something), amount of time or effort required to do something

何の【なんの】 • what kind, what sort

キャッチボール • playing catch

そら • look!, look out!, look at me!

すいません • excuse me;

何かしら【なにかしら】 • somehow or other, something or other

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

しまいに • at the end, finally

そうね • Oh well

人間らしい【にんげんらしい】 • human, humane

じゃう • to do something completely

たり • ① -ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going") ② (used adverbially) doing such things as... ③ expresses a command

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

ひょんな • strange, unexpected, (by) chance, unusual, curious

アポロ • ① (Project) Apollo ② Apollo (god of Greek and Roman mythology)

アマゾン • ① the Amazon river ② Amazon (woman of Greek mythology)

かね • interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

うむ • yea, uh huh;

どやす • to shout at

かよ • sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

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

分の【ぶんの】 • denominator bun no numerator (in writing common fractions), X Yth's (Y bun no X)

ありがと • Thank you

ふむ • hmm, I see, hrm

ちまう • to do something completely;

ウフッ • chuckle, chuckling

外【がい】 • outside of, not covered by

分間【ふんかん】 • ~ minutes interval

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

カーブ • ① curve ② curve ball (baseball)

ジュース • ① juice ② soft drink (any (sweet) non-alcoholic beverage, carbonated or uncarbonated) ③ deuce

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

バンド • ① band ② to perform in a band, to create a (pop) band ③ The Bund (Shanghai, China)

ペット • ① pet ② trumpet

ポーズ • ① pose ② pause

モデル • model

意気【いき】 • spirit, heart, disposition

一服【いっぷく】 • (a) dose, (a) puff, (a) smoke, lull, short rest

下手【したて】 • ① humble position, inferior ② underarm grip on opponent's belt (sumo)

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

強国【きょうこく】 • strong nation, powerful country

言い聞かせる【いいきかせる】 • to tell someone to do something, to warn, to persuade, to instruct

ご用【ごよう】 • your order, your business, official business

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

持ち歩く【もちあるく】 • to carry

手足【てあし】 • one's hands and feet, limbs

新作【しんさく】 • new work, new production

親子【おやこ】 • parent and child

人家【じんか】 • house, houses, human habitation

世界一【せかいいち】 • best in the world

足音【あしおと】 • footsteps (sound)

大急ぎ【おおいそぎ】 • urgent, pressing

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

茶【ちゃ】 • ① tea ② tea plant (Camellia sinensis) ③ tea preparation, making tea ④ brown

天使【てんし】 • angel

天文学【てんもんがく】 • astronomy

店長【てんちょう】 • shop manager

冬休み【ふゆやすみ】 • winter vacation

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

ひとりでに • by itself, automatically, naturally

百花【ひゃっか】 • all varieties of flowers, many flowers

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

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

万引き【まんびき】 • shoplifting, shoplifter

目前【もくぜん】 • before one's very eyes, under one's nose, imminence, close at hand

夕【ゆう】 • ① evening ② last night

旅人【たびびと】 • traveller, traveler, wayfarer, tourist

力持ち【ちからもち】 • muscleman, strong man

ひと言【ひとこと】 • single word

少女【おとめ】 • young lady, little girl, virgin, maiden, daughter

店【てん】 • -store, -shop

別人【べつじん】 • different person, someone else, changed man

家々【いえいえ】 • every house or family

生き方【いきかた】 • way of life, how to live

引っぱる【ひっぱる】 • ① to pull, to draw, to stretch, to drag ② to pull the ball (baseball)

持ち主【もちぬし】 • owner, proprietor

映し出す【うつしだす】 • to project, to reflect

言いがかり【いいがかり】 • false accusation, pretext, commitment

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

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

地中海【ちちゅうかい】 • Mediterranean Sea

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

売り【うり】 • ① sale, selling ② selling point, gimmick

待ちくたびれる【まちくたびれる】 • to get tired of waiting

止まれ【とまれ】 • stop sign

あんなふうに • in that way, like that, that way

走り出る【はしりでる】 • to run out (e.g. of the room)

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

早め【はやめ】 • early

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

姉ちゃん【ねえちゃん】 • elder sister, girl

ひとで • ① starfish (any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea), asteroid, sea star ② northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis) ③ someone else's hands, other hands ④ hand (worker), aide

兄ちゃん【にいちゃん】 • familiar form of "older brother"

お化け【おばけ】 • goblin, apparition, monster, ghost

お客様【おきゃくさま】 • guest, visitor, customer

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

ごみ箱【ごみばこ】 • garbage can, garbage box, rubbish bin, trash can, dust bin, dustbin

一体全体【いったいぜんたい】 • ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"), ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"), ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")

雨宿り【あまやどり】 • taking shelter from rain

化身【けしん】 • incarnation, impersonation, personification, avatar

科【か】 • ① department, section ② (taxonomical) family

学童【がくどう】 • school child, pupil

客船【きゃくせん】 • passenger boat

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

曲がり角【まがりかど】 • street corner, road turn, bend in the road, turning point

曲る【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

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

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

形見【かたみ】 • memento, souvenir

決定的【けっていてき】 • definite, final, decisive, conclusive

見合う【みあう】 • ① to exchange glances ② to correspond, to counterbalance

細々【こまごま】 • minutely, in detail, with particular attention

細やか【ささやか】 • meagre, meager, modest

弱虫【よわむし】 • coward, weakling

取り返す【とりかえす】 • to regain, to recover, to get back

手間取る【てまどる】 • to meet unexpected difficulties, to take time, to be delayed

助け合う【たすけあう】 • to help each other, to cooperate

助け出す【たすけだす】 • to help out of (trouble), to extricate

女神【めがみ】 • goddess

登り【のぼり】 • ① ascent, climbing, ascending (path), climb ② up-train (e.g. going to Tokyo) ③ northward (towards Tokyo)

身代わり【みがわり】 • substitute (for), sacrifice (of, to), scapegoat (for)

生き残る【いきのこる】 • to survive

生き返る【いきかえる】 • to revive, to come to oneself, to be restored to life

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)

然るに【しかるに】 • however, still, but

全額【ぜんがく】 • total, full amount, sum

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

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

断ち切る【たちきる】 • ① to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.) ② to sever (ties), to break off (a relationship) ③ to cut off (an enemy's retreat), to block (a road, etc.), to disconnect

知り合う【しりあう】 • to get to know (someone), to make acquaintance

あっぱれ • ① splendid, praiseworthy, admirable, brilliant ② well done!, bravo!

動き回る【うごきまわる】 • to move around

農作業【のうさぎょう】 • farmwork

農林【のうりん】 • agriculture and forestry

飛び立つ【とびたつ】 • to jump up, to start up, to leap to one's feet, to fly away, to take off

美少女【びしょうじょ】 • beautiful girl

百合【ゆり】 • lily, Lilium

文部【もんぶ】 • Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

面白【おもしろ】 • amusing, interesting

目玉焼き【めだまやき】 • sunny-side-up fried eggs

遊び場【あそびば】 • playground

落書き【らくがき】 • scrawl, scribble, graffiti

三角形【さんかっけい】 • triangle, three-cornered polygon

面【つら】 • ① face (often derog. or vulg.), mug ② surface

夜中【やちゅう】 • during the night, at night

合言葉【あいことば】 • password, watchword

夏期【かき】 • summer season

川原【かわら】 • dry river bed, river beach

組み立て【くみたて】 • construction, framework, erection, assembly, organization, organisation

仕組み【しくみ】 • ① structure, construction, arrangement, contrivance ② plan, plot, contrivance

飛び切り【とびきり】 • extraordinary, superior, choice

取り消し【とりけし】 • cancellation, withdrawal, abolition, revocation, cancel, CAN

まん丸【まんまる】 • perfect circle

満々【まんまん】 • full of, brimming with

やり直し【やりなおし】 • redoing

弱み【よわみ】 • weakness

お手伝い【おてつだい】 • ① maid ② help

草むしり【くさむしり】 • weeding, weeder, weeding fork

紙切れ【かみきれ】 • scrap of paper

心温まる【こころあたたまる】 • to be heart-warming

迷い【まよい】 • ① hesitation, bewilderment, doubt, indecision ② inability to reach enlightenment

速球【そっきゅう】 • fastball

受け【うけ】 • ① popularity, favour, favor, reception ② defense, defence, reputation ③ agreement ④ submissive partner of a homosexual relationship ⑤ receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)

高鳴る【たかなる】 • to throb, to beat fast

取り立て【とりたて】 • ① collection (of a debt) ② patronage, promotion ③ fresh (e.g. freshly picked)

大船【おおぶね】 • large boat

たちどころに • at once, there and then

追って【おって】 • ① later on, shortly, presently, afterwards, in due course, by and by ② P.S.

地球人【ちきゅうじん】 • earthling, earthman

組み直す【くみなおす】 • to reschedule, to recompose, to recross (one's legs), to reset

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

言い表せる【いいあらわせる】 • to be able to be expressed in words, to be sayable

お仕舞い【おしまい】 • the end, closing, being done for

御寝小【おねしょ】 • bed-wetting

一個【いっこ】 • piece, fragment, one (object)

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

一滴【いってき】 • drop (of fluid)

家宝【かほう】 • heirloom

楽団【がくだん】 • orchestra, band

巻き込む【まきこむ】 • to roll up, to involve, to enfold, to swallow up, to drag into

気掛かり【きがかり】 • anxiety, concern, worry

気絶【きぜつ】 • faint, swoon

居候【いそうろう】 • lodger who pays nothing for room and board, freeloader, sponger

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

見違える【みちがえる】 • to be beyond recognition, to be quite different

後戻り【あともどり】 • backtrack

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

御用【ごよう】 • your order, your business, official business

刻【こく】 • ① archaic period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac) ② carving, engraving, cutting, mincing ③ victory ④ strictness, cruelty

根性【こんじょう】 • will-power, guts, temper, nature, spirit

砂場【すなば】 • sand pit

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

在宅【ざいたく】 • being in, being at home

すり抜ける【すりぬける】 • to slip through, to make one's way through quickly

殺し【ころし】 • a murder

散らばる【ちらばる】 • to be scattered about

使い込む【つかいこむ】 • to embezzle, to misappropriate, to peculate, to accustom oneself to using, to use for a long time

刺し【さし】 • ① sharpened tube for testing rice in bags ② sashimi (sliced raw fish)

資材【しざい】 • (raw) material

辞意【じい】 • intention to resign

実在【じつざい】 • reality, existence

若者【わかもの】 • young man, youth, lad

取り込む【とりこむ】 • to take in, to capture (e.g. image), to introduce, to be busy

手加減【てかげん】 • going easy on someone, take situational peculiarities into consideration, rough estimate, making an allowance for

出任せ【でまかせ】 • random speech

寝込む【ねこむ】 • to stay in bed, to sleep, to be laid up for a long time

新種【しんしゅ】 • new species, new variety

性分【しょうぶん】 • nature, disposition

折り畳み【おりたたみ】 • folding (desk, chair)

説教【せっきょう】 • propound, preach, sermon

戦国【せんごく】 • belligerent country, country in civil war, warring states

戦場【せんじょう】 • battlefield, battleground

総理【そうり】 • prime minister, leader, overseer (of national affairs), president

大群【たいぐん】 • large crowd, large herd, large flock, large school, large shoal

大笑い【おおわらい】 • great laughter, burst of laughter

置き場【おきば】 • a place for something, storehouse

仲間割れ【なかまわれ】 • split among friends, falling out, internal discord

仲良く【なかよく】 • making friends with, getting along well with, on cordial terms

貯める【ためる】 • to save (i.e. in a bank)

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

渡航【とこう】 • voyage

投げ込む【なげこむ】 • to throw into

銅像【どうぞう】 • bronze statue

突入【とつにゅう】 • rushing, breaking into

入り込む【はいりこむ】 • ① to go into, to come into, to penetrate, to get in, to step in (a house) ② to become complicated

買い戻す【かいもどす】 • to buy back, to redeem

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

付け【つけ】 • ① fixed ② bill, bill of sale ③ tab (for later payment), credit

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

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

腹立たしい【はらだたしい】 • irritating

閉じ込める【とじこめる】 • to lock up, to shut up, to imprison

閉じこもる【とじこもる】 • to seclude oneself, to shut oneself away

変身【へんしん】 • metamorphosis, disguise, transformation

まだまだ • still some way to go before the goal, still more to come, much more, not yet

民主【みんしゅ】 • ① democracy, popular sovereignty ② democratic

夢見る【ゆめみる】 • to dream (of)

なくす • ① to lose something ② to get rid of ③ to lose someone (wife, child, etc.)

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

あまりに • too much, excessively, too

欲する【ほっする】 • to want, to desire

頼り【たより】 • reliance, dependence

裏切り【うらぎり】 • treachery, betrayal, perfidy

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

連れ去る【つれさる】 • to take away, to kidnap

連れ出す【つれだす】 • to take out

連れ戻す【つれもどす】 • to bring back

労【ろう】 • labor, labour, toil, trouble, pains, work, effort, striving

全治【ぜんち】 • complete recovery, healing

大将【たいしょう】 • general, admiral, boss, leader

いえ • no, nay, well

荒れ果てる【あれはてる】 • to fall into ruin, to be desolated

行き渡る【いきわたる】 • to diffuse, to spread through

香る【かおる】 • to smell sweet, to be fragrant

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)

河原【かわら】 • dry river bed, river beach

河原【かわはら】 • dry river bed, river beach

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

散々【さんざん】 • ① severely, harshly, utterly, terrible ② scattered, disconnected

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

取り込み【とりこみ】 • ① taking in, capturing ② confusion, bustle

一周【いっしゅう】 • once around, a revolution, a lap, a turn, a round, one full year

払い【はらい】 • ① payment, bill, account ② sweeping, clearing away ③ sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)

巻き起こす【まきおこす】 • to create (a sensation), to give rise to (controversy)

男児【だんじ】 • boy, son, man

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

逃げ【にげ】 • escape, getaway, evasion

署長【しょちょう】 • chief (of police), head (of office)

程好い【ほどよい】 • moderate, proper, just right

意地汚い【いじきたない】 • gluttonous, greedy

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

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

熱風【ねっぷう】 • hot wind

お祖父ちゃん【おじいちゃん】 • grandpa, grandad;

寝転がる【ねころがる】 • to lie down, to throw oneself down

大忙し【おおいそがし】 • very busy (person or thing)

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

洗い【あらい】 • ① washing ② sashimi chilled in iced water

もしや • perhaps, possibly, by some chance, by some possibility

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

威勢【いせい】 • power, might, authority

異端【いたん】 • heresy

一級【いっきゅう】 • one grade, first-class, primary

宇宙船【うちゅうせん】 • space ship

円盤【えんばん】 • ① disk, discus, platter ② flying saucer

恩人【おんじん】 • benefactor, patron

怪談【かいだん】 • ghost story

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

渇く【かわく】 • to be thirsty

かつお節【かつおぶし】 • katsuobushi (small pieces of sliced dried bonito)

鑑定【かんてい】 • judgement, judgment, expert opinion

丸刈り【まるがり】 • close clipping

岩盤【がんばん】 • bedrock

菊【きく】 • chrysanthemum, Chrysantemum morifolium

橘【たちばな】 • tachibana (inedible citrus, Citrus tachibana)

空襲【くうしゅう】 • air-raid

勲章【くんしょう】 • decoration, order, medal

決闘【けっとう】 • duel, shoot-out

拳銃【けんじゅう】 • pistol, handgun, revolver

やり遂げる【やりとげる】 • to accomplish

古臭い【ふるくさい】 • stale, old fashioned, hackneyed, trite

己【おのれ】 • ① I (or me) ② you ③ by oneself (itself, etc.) ④ interjection expressing anger or chagrin

合奏【がっそう】 • concert, ensemble

国旗【こっき】 • national flag

剤【ざい】 • medicine, agent, (chemical) substance, drug, dose

姿見【すがたみ】 • dresser, full-length mirror

事典【じてん】 • cyclopedia, encyclopedia

護る【まもる】 • ① to protect, to guard, to defend ② to keep (i.e. a promise), to abide (by the rules), to observe, to obey, to follow

手柄【てがら】 • achievement, feat, meritorious deed, distinguished service

朱【あけ】 • ① scarlet, red ② blood

狩人【かりゅうど】 • hunter

出陣【しゅつじん】 • departure for the front

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

ふりかける • to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)

刃物【はもの】 • edged tool, cutlery

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

盛り上げる【もりあげる】 • ① to pile up, to heap up ② to stir up, to enliven, to bring to a climax

静粛【せいしゅく】 • silent

折衝【せっしょう】 • negotiation

疎開【そかい】 • dispersal, evacuation, deployment

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

ぶち壊す【ぶちこわす】 • to destroy, to spoil, to crush, to break by striking, to wreck

第一歩【だいいっぽ】 • first step

蓄音機【ちくおんき】 • gramophone

張り合う【はりあう】 • to rival, to compete with

懲役【ちょうえき】 • penal servitude, imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)

鉄筋【てっきん】 • rebar, (concrete) iron reinforcing bar

唐辛子【とうがらし】 • ① capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers), chili pepper (chile, chilli), cayenne, red pepper ② Guinea pepper

盗聴【とうちょう】 • interception (email), wiretap, bug

踏み出す【ふみだす】 • to step forward, to advance

忍び寄る【しのびよる】 • to creep, to steal up, to draw near unnoticed

忍者【にんじゃ】 • ninja (persons in feudal Japan who used ninjutsu for the purposes of espionage, assassination, sabotage, etc.)

年貢【ねんぐ】 • annual tribute, land tax

不愉快【ふゆかい】 • discomfort, unpleasantness, disagreeableness, unhappiness

噴射【ふんしゃ】 • jet, spray, injection, jet propulsion

奮発【ふんぱつ】 • ① strenuous exertion, spurt ② splurge

弁慶【べんけい】 • strong man

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

堀【ほり】 • moat, canal

盆栽【ぼんさい】 • bonsai

魔法【まほう】 • magic, witchcraft, sorcery

魔法使い【まほうつかい】 • magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch

万里【ばんり】 • thousands of miles

滅入る【めいる】 • to feel depressed

猛獣【もうじゅう】 • wild animal, beast of prey

盲腸【もうちょう】 • cecum, caecum, blind gut

木陰【こかげ】 • shade of tree, bower

野蛮【やばん】 • savage, uncivilized, uncivilised

野郎【やろう】 • rascal

洋裁【ようさい】 • (Western) dressmaking

両端【りょうたん】 • both ends, either end, both edges, sitting on the fence

隣国【りんごく】 • neighbouring country, neighboring country, neighbouring state, neighboring state

豪勢【ごうせい】 • luxury, magnificence, extravagance

臭い【におい】 • ① odour, odor, scent, smell, stench ② aura, whiff, smacks of ..., sense, flavour, flavor

張りつける【はりつける】 • ① to paste, to stick, to affix ② to station, to post

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

我が家【わがや】 • our house, our home

頑張り【がんばり】 • tenacity, endurance

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

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

石器【せっき】 • stone implement

敵陣【てきじん】 • enemy camp or line

大気圏【たいきけん】 • the atmosphere

隠れ家【かくれが】 • hiding place, refuge

透かさず【すかさず】 • without a moment's delay

あんた • you (familiar form of anata)

源【げん】 • source, origin

ちょっとした • trifling, petty

態とらしい【わざとらしい】 • unnatural, affected, studied, forced

おら • first person pronoun (usually male)

粗衣【そい】 • simple clothes, humble clothes

器【き】 • ① device, instrument ② vessel, container

たまる • to bear (often adds emphasis), to endure

うろたえる • to be flustered, to lose one's presence of mind

おまじない • ① good luck charm ② uttered when using magic, abracadabra, presto

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

そこら • everywhere, somewhere, approximately, that area, around there

ドス • ① dagger (esp. in yakuza slang) ② disk operating system, DOS

バン • ① bun ② van (caravan) ③ value-added network, VAN

鎧【よろい】 • armor, armour

骨董【こっとう】 • antique, curio

呪文【じゅもん】 • spell, charm, incantation, magic word

洞窟【どうくつ】 • cave

薙鉈【なぎなた】 • halberd, long sword

廃墟【はいきょ】 • ruins, abandoned building

斧【おの】 • axe, hatchet

ほとんど • mostly, almost

やたら • at random, thoughtlessly, recklessly, excessively

枷【かせ】 • ① shackles, fetters, irons, handcuffs, restraint, constraint ② bonds (e.g. family), ties, binding relationship, binding relationships, encumbrance

蝙蝠【こうもり】 • ① bat (animal) ② umbrella ③ opportunist

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

鰓【えら】 • gills, branchia

罌粟【けし】 • poppy

凄まじい【すさまじい】 • terrific, fierce, terrible, tremendous, dreadful, awful, amazing, absurd, cutthroat, intense

不羇【ふき】 • freedom, liberty, independence

藪【やぶ】 • thicket, bush, grove, scrub

褞袍【どてら】 • padded kimono

こうして • thus, in this way

しがない • poor, humble

べろべろ • ① licking ② drunken

たらい • tub

爺さん【じいさん】 • ① grandfather (may be used after name as honorific) ② male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

苫【とま】 • woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)

霏々【ひひ】 • incessant falling (e.g. rain, snow), prolonged continuation (of something)