Study Set: Most frequent words part 1

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Most frequent words part 1

From four different frequency lists. Excludes N5 and N4 vocabulary. These are from the first 4000 or so.

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1939 entries — Created by Ryan M. — Last modified: 2015-03-10 13:46:11

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

③ きちんと • precisely, accurately, neatly

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

③ こっそり • stealthily, secretly

③ こんなに • so, like this, in this way

③ さっさと • quickly

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

③ そっくり • all, altogether, entirely, just like, the spitting image of

③ たっぷり • full, in plenty, ample

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

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

③ どんなに • how, how much

③ のんびり • carefree, at leisure

③ ぴったり • exactly, neatly, sharp

③ 本の【ほんの】 • mere, only, just

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

③ 何か【なにか】 • something

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

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

③ 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 外れる【はずれる】 • to be disconnected, to get out of place, to be off, to be out (e.g. of gear)

③ 学ぶ【まなぶ】 • to study (in depth), to learn, to take lessons in

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 気に入る【きにいる】 • to be pleased with, to suit

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 見下ろす【みおろす】 • to overlook, to command a view of, to look down on something

③ 今後【こんご】 • from now on, hereafter

③ 人生【じんせい】 • (human) life (i.e. conception to death)

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

③ 男子【だんし】 • youth, young man

③ 長【ちょう】 • chief, head

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

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

③ 以来【いらい】 • since, henceforth

③ 意外【いがい】 • unexpected, surprising

③ 意思【いし】 • intention, purpose

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

③ 引用【いんよう】 • quotation, citation, reference

③ 運【うん】 • fortune, luck

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

③ 歌手【かしゅ】 • singer

③ 花火【はなび】 • fireworks

③ 画家【がか】 • painter, artist

③ 会員【かいいん】 • member, the membership

③ 会計【かいけい】 • account, finance, accountant, treasurer, paymaster, reckoning, bill

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

③ 学者【がくしゃ】 • scholar

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

③ 学問【がくもん】 • scholarship, study, learning

③ 楽【らく】 • comfort, ease

③ 起こる【おこる】 • to occur, to happen

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

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

③ 強力【きょうりょく】 • powerful, strong

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

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

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

③ 後者【こうしゃ】 • the latter

③ 公正【こうせい】 • justice, fairness, impartiality

③ 広場【ひろば】 • plaza

③ 国家【こっか】 • state, country, nation

③ 止す【よす】 • to cease, to abolish, to resign, to give up

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 書店【しょてん】 • bookshop, bookstore

③ 食料【しょくりょう】 • food

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

③ 地下【ちか】 • ① basement, cellar, underground place ② underground, below ground ③ secret, under cover

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

③ 注文【ちゅうもん】 • order, request

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

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

③ ところが • even so, however, still, whereupon, even though, nevertheless, on the contrary, as a matter of fact, despite

③ 安定【あんてい】 • stability, equilibrium

③ 委員【いいん】 • committee member

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

③ 引退【いんたい】 • retire

③ 横切る【よこぎる】 • to cross (e.g. road), to traverse

③ 王子【おうじ】 • prince

③ 王様【おうさま】 • king

③ 屋根【やね】 • roof

③ 温度【おんど】 • temperature

③ 化学【かがく】 • ① chemistry ② chemical company (e.g. Acme Chemical Co.)

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

③ 会合【かいごう】 • ① meeting, assembly ② association ③ (astronomical) conjunction

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

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

③ 絵画【かいが】 • picture, painting

③ 外交【がいこう】 • diplomacy

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

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

③ 活動【かつどう】 • action, activity

③ 活用【かつよう】 • ① practical use, application ② conjugation, declension, inflection

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

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

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

③ 感心【かんしん】 • admiration, Well done!

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

③ 観客【かんきゃく】 • audience, spectator, spectators

③ 観光【かんこう】 • sightseeing

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

③ 岸【きし】 • bank, coast, shore

③ 岩【いわ】 • rock, crag

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

③ 気温【きおん】 • atmospheric temperature

③ 記事【きじ】 • article, news story, report, account

③ 記者【きしゃ】 • reporter

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

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

③ 急速【きゅうそく】 • rapid (e.g. progress)

③ 旧【きゅう】 • ex-, former, old

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

③ 教科書【きょうかしょ】 • textbook, text book

③ 玉【たま】 • ① ball, sphere, globe, orb ② bead (of sweat, dew, etc.), drop, droplet ③ ball (in sports) ④ pile (of noodles, etc.) ⑤ bullet ⑥ bulb (i.e. a light bulb) ⑦ ens (of glasses, etc.) ⑧ bead (of an abacus) ⑨ egg ⑩ gem, jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively), pearl ⑪ female entertainer (e.g. a geisha) ⑫ person (when commenting on their nature), character ⑬ item, funds or person used as part of a plot ⑭ coin ⑮ precious, beautiful, excellent

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

③ 金額【きんがく】 • amount of money

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

③ 苦しい【くるしい】 • painful, difficult

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

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

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

③ 計算【けいさん】 • ① calculation, reckoning, count ② forecast

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 言語【げんご】 • language

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

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

③ 幸い【さいわい】 • happiness, blessedness

③ 幸福【こうふく】 • happiness, blessedness

③ 高速【こうそく】 • ① high speed, high gear ② highway, freeway, expressway, motorway

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

③ 思想【しそう】 • thought, idea, ideology

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 時期【じき】 • time, season, period

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

③ 取り上げる【とりあげる】 • ① to take up, to pick up ② to accept, to adopt, to listen to ③ to disqualify, to confiscate, to deprive ④ to adopt (child)

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

③ 手術【しゅじゅつ】 • surgical operation

③ 首都【しゅと】 • capital city, metropolis

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

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

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

③ 章【しょう】 • ① chapter, section ② medal

③ 植物【しょくぶつ】 • plant, vegetation

③ 進歩【しんぽ】 • progress, development

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

③ 全力【ぜんりょく】 • all one's power, whole energy

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

③ 太陽【たいよう】 • sun, solar

③ 身体【しんたい】 • ① body ② health

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

③ 地点【ちてん】 • site, point on a map, spot

③ 的【てき】 • -like, typical

③ 土曜【どよう】 • Saturday

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 波【なみ】 • wave

③ 犯人【はんにん】 • offender, criminal

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

③ 例外【れいがい】 • exception

③ 科目【かもく】 • (school) subject, curriculum, course

③ 等【ら】 • ① pluralizing suffix (often humble, derogatory or familiar), and others, et alios, and the like, and followers ② or so (rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.) ③ (after the stem of an adjective) nominalizing suffix

③ 打付ける【ぶつける】 • to knock, to run into, to nail on, to strike hard, to hit and attack, to try (an idea) on someone

③ 寄越す【よこす】 • ① to send, to forward ② to hand over (e.g. money)

③ 愛【あい】 • love, affection

③ 愛する【あいする】 • to love

③ 愛情【あいじょう】 • love, affection

③ 依頼【いらい】 • ① request, commission, dispatch, despatch ② dependence, trust

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

③ 偉大【いだい】 • greatness

③ 囲む【かこむ】 • to surround, to encircle

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

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

③ 胃【い】 • ① stomach ② Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

③ 違反【いはん】 • violation (of law), transgression, infringement, breach

③ 医師【いし】 • doctor, physician

③ 一種【いっしゅ】 • species, kind, variety

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

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

③ 印【しるし】 • ① mark ② symbol ③ evidence

③ 印刷【いんさつ】 • printing

③ 印象【いんしょう】 • impression

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

③ 液体【えきたい】 • liquid, fluid

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

③ 延期【えんき】 • postponement, adjournment

③ 演劇【えんげき】 • play (theatrical)

③ 演説【えんぜつ】 • speech, address

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

③ 温泉【おんせん】 • spa, hot spring, onsen

③ 課【か】 • ① lesson ② section (in an organization), division, department ③ counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)

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

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

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

③ 解散【かいさん】 • breakup, dissolution

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

③ 快適【かいてき】 • pleasant, agreeable, comfortable

③ 各【かく】 • each, every, all

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

③ 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 乾燥【かんそう】 • dry, arid, insipid, dehydrated

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

③ 患者【かんじゃ】 • (a) patient

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

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

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

③ 観察【かんさつ】 • observation, survey

③ 間違い【まちがい】 • mistake

③ 関心【かんしん】 • concern, interest

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

③ 願う【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 希望【きぼう】 • hope, wish, aspiration

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

③ 帰宅【きたく】 • returning home

③ 気の毒【きのどく】 • pitiful, unfortunate, (a) pity

③ 気候【きこう】 • climate

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

③ 疑問【ぎもん】 • question, problem, doubt, guess

③ 議会【ぎかい】 • Diet, congress, parliament

③ 議長【ぎちょう】 • chairman, speaker (e.g. of assembly), president (e.g. of council, senate, etc.), moderator (e.g. of a newsgroup)

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

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

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

③ 給料【きゅうりょう】 • salary, wages

③ 居間【いま】 • living room (western style)

③ 巨大【きょだい】 • huge, gigantic, enormous

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

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

③ 供給【きょうきゅう】 • supply, provision

③ 競技【きょうぎ】 • game, match, contest

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

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

③ 叫ぶ【さけぶ】 • to shout, to cry

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

③ 恐ろしい【おそろしい】 • terrible, dreadful

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

③ 教師【きょうし】 • teacher (classroom)

③ 胸【むね】 • breast, chest

③ 努める【つとめる】 • to endeavor (endeavour), to try, to strive, to make an effort, to exert oneself, to be diligent

③ 苦痛【くつう】 • pain, agony, bitterness

③ 苦労【くろう】 • troubles, hardships

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

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

③ 掘る【ほる】 • to dig, to excavate

③ 訓練【くんれん】 • practice, practise, training

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

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

③ 経つ【たつ】 • to pass, to lapse

③ 経営【けいえい】 • management, administration

③ 警告【けいこく】 • warning, advice

③ 芸術【げいじゅつ】 • (fine) art, the arts

③ 劇【げき】 • ① drama, play ② powerful drug

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

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

③ 建設【けんせつ】 • construction, establishment

③ 建築【けんちく】 • construction, architecture

③ 権利【けんり】 • right, privilege

③ 肩【かた】 • shoulder

③ 見解【けんかい】 • opinion, point of view

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

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

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

③ 現金【げんきん】 • cash, ready money, mercenary, self-interested

③ 現実【げんじつ】 • reality

③ 現象【げんしょう】 • phenomenon

③ 現場【げんば】 • actual spot, scene, scene of the crime

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

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

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

③ 限界【げんかい】 • limit, bound

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

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

③ 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 公務員【こうむいん】 • government worker, public (civil) servant

③ 好み【このみ】 • liking, taste, choice

③ 好む【このむ】 • to like, to prefer

③ 広告【こうこく】 • advertisement

③ 構成【こうせい】 • organization, organisation, configuration, composition

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

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

③ 最も【もっとも】 • most, extremely

③ 最終【さいしゅう】 • last, final, closing

③ 材料【ざいりょう】 • ingredients, material

③ 財産【ざいさん】 • property, fortune, assets

③ 札【さつ】 • note, paper money

③ 散歩【さんぽ】 • walk, stroll

③ 伺う【うかがう】 • ① to visit, to ask, to inquire, to hear, to be told ② to implore (a god for an oracle), to seek direction (from your superior) ③ to visit ④ to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)

③ 刺す【さす】 • to pierce, to stab, to prick, to thrust, to bite, to sting, to pin down, to stitch, to put (a runner) out, to pole (a boat), to catch (with a line), to stick

③ 支店【してん】 • branch store (office)

③ 自殺【じさつ】 • suicide

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

③ 失業【しつぎょう】 • unemployment

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

③ 住民【じゅうみん】 • citizens, inhabitants, residents, population

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

③ 順【じゅん】 • order, turn

③ 順調【じゅんちょう】 • favourable, favorable, doing well, OK, all right

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

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 招く【まねく】 • to invite

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

③ 笑顔【えがお】 • smiling face, smile

③ 象【ぞう】 • elephant

③ 職業【しょくぎょう】 • occupation, business

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

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

③ 寝室【しんしつ】 • bedroom

③ 心臓【しんぞう】 • heart

③ 人種【じんしゅ】 • race (of people)

③ 積む【つむ】 • to pile up, to stack, to load (car, ship, etc.), to pack

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

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

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

③ 増す【ます】 • to increase, to grow

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

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

③ 損【そん】 • loss, disadvantage

③ 損害【そんがい】 • damage, injury, loss

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

③ 大陸【たいりく】 • continent

③ 達する【たっする】 • to reach, to get to

③ 単純【たんじゅん】 • simplicity

③ 知識【ちしき】 • knowledge, information

③ 地位【ちい】 • (social) position, status

③ 貯金【ちょきん】 • (bank) savings

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

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

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 疲れ【つかれ】 • tiredness, fatigue

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

③ 布【ぬの】 • ① cloth ② bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

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

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

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

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

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

③ 維持【いじ】 • maintenance, preservation, improvement

③ 一瞬【いっしゅん】 • moment, instant

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

③ 一致【いっち】 • ① coincidence, agreement, union, match ② conformity, consistency ③ cooperation

③ 隠す【かくす】 • to hide, to conceal

③ 宇宙【うちゅう】 • universe, cosmos, space

③ 運命【うんめい】 • fate

③ 影響【えいきょう】 • influence, effect

③ 栄養【えいよう】 • nutrition, nourishment

③ 援助【えんじょ】 • assistance, aid, support

③ 猿【さる】 • ① monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata) ② sly person ③ sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut) ④ clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

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

③ 汚染【おせん】 • pollution, contamination

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

③ 応募【おうぼ】 • subscription, application

③ 殴る【なぐる】 • to strike, to hit

③ 沖【おき】 • open sea

③ 価格【かかく】 • price, value, cost

③ 価値【かち】 • value, worth, merit

③ 火災【かさい】 • conflagration, fire

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

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

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

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

③ 懐かしい【なつかしい】 • dear, desired, missed

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

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

③ 株【かぶ】 • share, stock, stump (of tree)

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

③ 堪らない【たまらない】 • ① intolerable, unbearable, unendurable ② cannot help (doing), cannot but do, anxious to do ③ tremendous, out of this world, irresistible

③ 感謝【かんしゃ】 • thanks, gratitude

③ 歓迎【かんげい】 • welcome, reception

③ 環境【かんきょう】 • environment, circumstance

③ 監督【かんとく】 • ① supervision, control, superintendence, direction ② director, superintendent, supervisor, coach, foreman, manager, overseer, controller, boss

③ 企業【きぎょう】 • enterprise, undertaking, corporation, business

③ 基礎【きそ】 • foundation, basis

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

③ 旗【はた】 • ① flag ② pataka (banner)

③ 既に【すでに】 • already, too late

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

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

③ 貴重【きちょう】 • precious, valuable

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

③ 鬼【おに】 • ① ogre, demon ② spirit of a deceased person ③ ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.) ④ it (i.e. in a game of tag) ⑤ Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

③ 儀式【ぎしき】 • ceremony, rite, ritual, service

③ 義務【ぎむ】 • duty, obligation, responsibility

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

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 教授【きょうじゅ】 • ① professor ② teaching, instruction

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

③ 響く【ひびく】 • ① to resound, to be heard far away ② to reverberate, to shake, to vibrate ③ to come (home), to remain (with someone) ④ to have an affect, to make an impression

③ 筋【すじ】 • ① muscle ② string, sinew, line, stripe ③ plot, plan ④ source (of business information) ⑤ reason, logic

③ 筋肉【きんにく】 • muscle, sinew

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

③ 金属【きんぞく】 • metal

③ 金融【きんゆう】 • financing, credit transacting, loaning of money, circulation of money

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

③ 軍隊【ぐんたい】 • army, troops

③ 刑事【けいじ】 • ① (police) detective ② criminal matter

③ 契約【けいやく】 • contract, compact, agreement

③ 撃つ【うつ】 • ① to shoot (at) ② to attack, to defeat, to destroy, to avenge

③ 穴【あな】 • ① hole ② deficit, shortage, missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.) ③ vacancy, opening ④ flaw ⑤ profitable place (or item, etc.) not well known by others ⑥ upset victory (with a large payoff)

③ 結ぶ【むすぶ】 • ① to tie, to bind, to link ② to bear (fruit)

③ 結局【けっきょく】 • after all, eventually, in the end

③ 結論【けつろん】 • conclusion

③ 件【けん】 • matter, case, item

③ 健康【けんこう】 • health, sound, wholesome

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

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

③ 懸命【けんめい】 • eagerness, earnestness, risking one's life

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

③ 検討【けんとう】 • consideration, examination, investigation, study, scrutiny, discussion

③ 原稿【げんこう】 • manuscript, copy

③ 虎【とら】 • ① tiger (feline, Panthera tigris) ② trouble

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

③ 克服【こくふく】 • subjugation, conquest, victory

③ 詩人【しじん】 • poet

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

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

③ 需要【じゅよう】 • demand, request

③ 宗教【しゅうきょう】 • religion

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

③ 従う【したがう】 • to abide (by the rules), to obey, to follow, to accompany

③ 出張【しゅっちょう】 • official tour, business trip

③ 瞬間【しゅんかん】 • moment, second, instant

③ 症状【しょうじょう】 • symptoms, condition

③ 証明【しょうめい】 • proof, verification

③ 詳しい【くわしい】 • knowing very well, detailed, full, accurate

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

③ 上司【じょうし】 • superior authorities, boss

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

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

③ 振る【ふる】 • ① to wave, to shake, to swing ② to sprinkle, to throw (dice) ③ to cast (actor), to allocate (work) ④ to turn down (somebody), to reject, to jilt, to dump ⑤ to abandon, to give up, to ruin ⑥ to add kana indicating a reading of a word ⑦ to slightly change headings, to change directions ⑧ to extract by broiling, to prepare an infusion of, to decoct ⑨ to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine) ⑩ to bring up the main topic ⑪ to replace, to substitute ⑫ to set up a joke for somebody else

③ 真剣【しんけん】 • ① seriousness, earnestness ② real sword (as opposed to unsharpened or wooden practice weapon) (practise)

③ 推薦【すいせん】 • recommendation

③ 酔う【よう】 • to get drunk, to become intoxicated

③ 世紀【せいき】 • century, era

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

③ 説得【せっとく】 • persuasion

③ 選択【せんたく】 • selection, choice, option

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

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

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 率【りつ】 • rate, ratio, proportion, percentage

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

③ 級【きゅう】 • class, grade, rank, school class, grade

③ しきりに • ① frequently, repeatedly, often, incessantly, constantly ② strongly, eagerly

③ それとも • or, or else

③ やがて • before long, soon, at length

③ 溢れる【あふれる】 • to overflow, to brim over, to flood

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

③ 餌【えさ】 • feed, bait

③ いつか • sometime, someday, one day, some time or other, the other day, in due course, in time

③ 蓋【ふた】 • cover, lid, cap

③ まるで • quite, entirely, completely, at all, as if, as though, so to speak, just like

③ よろしく • ① well, properly, suitably ② best regards, please remember me, please treat me favorably (favourably), please take care of

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

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

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

③ つなぐ • to tie, to fasten, to connect, to transfer (phone call)

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

③ 私【あたし】 • I, me

③ 蹴る【ける】 • ① to kick ② to refuse, to reject

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

③ 拭く【ふく】 • to wipe, to dry

③ 尻尾【しっぽ】 • tail (animal)

③ まさに • ① exactly, surely, certainly ② just (about to), on the verge (of doing or happening) ③ duly, naturally

③ 揃える【そろえる】 • to put things in order, to arrange, to make uniform, to get something ready

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

② あら • oh, ah

② おや • oh!, oh?, my!

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 下車【げしゃ】 • alighting (from train, bus, etc.), getting off

② 何しろ【なにしろ】 • at any rate, anyhow, anyway, in any case

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

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

② 小学生【しょうがくせい】 • elementary school student, primary school student, grade school student

② 大気【たいき】 • atmosphere

② 長女【ちょうじょ】 • eldest daughter

② しばしば • blinking repeatedly

② 以後【いご】 • ① after this, from now on, hereafter ② thereafter, since (verb) (after -te form of verb), after (time), since (then)

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

② 海洋【かいよう】 • ocean

② 開会【かいかい】 • opening of a meeting

② 学会【がっかい】 • scientific society, academic meeting, academic conference

② 気味【きみ】 • sensation, feeling

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

② 近代【きんだい】 • present day, modern times

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

② 空中【くうちゅう】 • sky, air

② 工事【こうじ】 • construction work, construction, work (related to construction, e.g. painting, concrete-pouring, etc.)

② 行事【ぎょうじ】 • event, function

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

② 国立【こくりつ】 • national

② 私立【しりつ】 • private (establishment)

② 心理【しんり】 • mentality

② 人事【じんじ】 • personnel affairs, human affairs, human resources, HR

② 青白い【あおじろい】 • ① pale, pallid ② bluish-white

② 知人【ちじん】 • friend, acquaintance

② 中古【ちゅうこ】 • ① used, second-hand, old ② Middle Ages

② 方言【ほうげん】 • dialect

② 気味【ぎみ】 • -like, -looking, -looked

② 一定【いってい】 • fixed, settled, constant, definite, uniform, regularized, regularised, defined, standardized, standardised, certain, prescribed

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

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

② 王女【おうじょ】 • princess

② 加速【かそく】 • ① acceleration, speed up ② accelerator

② 回数【かいすう】 • number of times, frequency, count

② 回答【かいとう】 • reply, answer

② 開通【かいつう】 • opening, open, taking effect, becoming active

② 開放【かいほう】 • open, throw open, liberalization, liberalisation

② 外部【がいぶ】 • ① the outside ② external

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 角度【かくど】 • angle

② 学科【がっか】 • study subject, course of study

② 学術【がくじゅつ】 • science, learning, scholarship

② 感想【かんそう】 • impressions, thoughts

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

② 気配【けはい】 • ① indication, sign, hint, presence, trend ② quotation (esp. stock market)

② 記号【きごう】 • symbol, code, sign, notation

② 強化【きょうか】 • strengthen, intensify, reinforce, solidify, enhancement

② 局【きょく】 • ① channel (i.e. TV or radio), station, department ② affair, situation

② 曲【きょく】 • tune, piece of music

② 区分【くぶん】 • division, section, demarcation, partition, segmentation, subdivision, (traffic) lane, compartment, classification, sorting

② 形式【けいしき】 • ① form (as opposed to substance), formality ② method, system, style ③ format, mode, appearance, form (something takes) ④ math expression

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

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

② 原【はら】 • field, plain, prairie, tundra, moor, wilderness

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

② 交流【こうりゅう】 • ① intercourse, (cultural) exchange, intermingling ② alternating current, AC

② 公式【こうしき】 • ① formality, formal, official ② formula

② 公表【こうひょう】 • official announcement, proclamation

② 校【こう】 • ① school ② proof (of a book, document, etc.), counter for proofs

② 高等【こうとう】 • high class, high grade

② 作曲【さっきょく】 • composition, setting (of music)

② 実感【じっかん】 • feelings (actual, true)

② 実力【じつりょく】 • ① (real) ability, true strength, merit, efficiency, competency ② arms, force

② 取り入れる【とりいれる】 • ① to harvest, to reap ② to take in, to gather in ③ to adopt

② 酒場【さかば】 • bar, bar-room

② 受験【じゅけん】 • taking an examination

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

② 重点【じゅうてん】 • important point, lay stress on, colon, emphasis

② 商業【しょうぎょう】 • commerce, trade, business

② 商社【しょうしゃ】 • trading company, firm

② 商店【しょうてん】 • shop, small store, business, firm

② 森林【しんりん】 • forest, woods

② 深夜【しんや】 • late at night

② 早速【さっそく】 • at once, immediately, without delay, promptly

② 短期【たんき】 • short term

② 直前【ちょくぜん】 • just before

② 天然【てんねん】 • ① nature, spontaneity ② natural airhead

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 夜間【やかん】 • at night, nighttime

② 役目【やくめ】 • duty, business, role

② 交じる【まじる】 • to be mixed, to be blended with, to associate with, to mingle with, to interest, to join

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

② 移転【いてん】 • moving, transfer, demise

② 医療【いりょう】 • medical care, medical treatment

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

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

② 可【か】 • passable, acceptable, tolerable, fair

② 可決【かけつ】 • approval, adoption (e.g. motion, bill), passage

② 課税【かぜい】 • taxation

② 課程【かてい】 • course, curriculum

② 貨物【かもつ】 • ① cargo, freight ② money or assets

② 過程【かてい】 • process

② 過半数【かはんすう】 • majority

② 解説【かいせつ】 • explanation, commentary, exposition, elucidation

② 解放【かいほう】 • ① release, unleashing, liberation, emancipation, setting free ② deallocation (of computer memory)

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

② 改める【あらためる】 • ① to change, to alter, to revise, to replace ② to reform, to correct, to mend, to improve ③ to examine, to check, to inspect ④ to do properly, to do formally

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

② 改正【かいせい】 • revision, amendment, alteration

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

② 灰色【はいいろ】 • grey, gray, ashen

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

② 官庁【かんちょう】 • government office, authorities

② 観測【かんそく】 • observation

② 関する【かんする】 • to concern, to be related

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

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

② 含める【ふくめる】 • to include, to instruct, to make one understand, to put in one's mouth

② 寄せる【よせる】 • ① to come near, to let someone approach ② to collect, to gather, to receive ③ to add ④ to put aside

② 幾【いく】 • ① some, several ② many ③ how many?, how much?

② 期限【きげん】 • ① term, period, time frame ② time limit, deadline, cutoff (date)

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

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

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

② 給与【きゅうよ】 • pay, salary, wages, allowance, grant, supply

② 漁業【ぎょぎょう】 • fishing (industry)

② 競馬【けいば】 • horse racing

② 境【さかい】 • border, boundary, mental state

② 境界【きょうかい】 • boundary

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 近寄る【ちかよる】 • to approach, to draw near

② 区域【くいき】 • ① limits, boundary, domain, zone, sphere, territory ② area (e.g. in programming languages)

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

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

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

② 血液【けつえき】 • blood

② 月末【げつまつ】 • end of the month

② 軒【のき】 • ① eaves ② narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

② 個体【こたい】 • an individual

② 呼びかける【よびかける】 • to call out to, to accost, to address (crowd), to appeal

② 固まる【かたまる】 • ① to harden, to solidify ② to become firm, to become certain ③ to gather (together), to assemble, to huddle together

② 交差【こうさ】 • ① crossing, intersection ② (genetic) crossing over

② 候補【こうほ】 • ① candidate, contender, prospect, pick, choice, list ② candidacy, candidature, nomination

② 公共【こうきょう】 • public, community, public service, society, communal

② 工夫【くふう】 • ① scheme, device, scheming, devising, figuring out, coming up with, solving ingeniously ② dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

② 構造【こうぞう】 • structure, construction

② 国籍【こくせき】 • nationality

② 再【さい】 • re-, again, repeated

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

② 賞金【しょうきん】 • prize, monetary award

② 心得る【こころえる】 • to be informed, to have thorough knowledge

② 成分【せいぶん】 • ingredient, component, composition

② 政党【せいとう】 • political party

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

② 大戦【たいせん】 • great war, great battle

② 宅【たく】 • house, home, husband

② 団地【だんち】 • multi-unit apartments

② 段階【だんかい】 • gradation, grade, stage, steps, order, class, phase

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

② 傾く【かたむく】 • to incline toward, to slant, to lurch, to heel over, to be disposed to, to trend toward, to be prone to, to go down (sun), to wane, to sink, to decline

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

② 案外【あんがい】 • unexpectedly

② 意義【いぎ】 • meaning, significance

② 為す【なす】 • to do, to perform

② 為替【かわせ】 • ① money order, draft ② exchange (e.g. foreign)

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

② 衛星【えいせい】 • satellite

② 艶【つや】 • gloss, glaze

② 往復【おうふく】 • round trip, coming and going, return ticket

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 下駄【げた】 • geta (Japanese footwear), wooden clogs

② 嫁【よめ】 • ① wife, bride ② (one's) daughter-in-law

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

② 架空【かくう】 • aerial, overhead, fiction, fanciful

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

② 殻【から】 • shell, husk, hull, pod, chaff

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

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

② 楽器【がっき】 • musical instrument

② 裂く【さく】 • ① to tear, to rip up ② to cut up, to cleave, to cut open (esp. the abdomen) ③ to forcibly separate (i.e. two lovers) ④ to spare (time, money, etc.), to use part of something

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 勘【かん】 • perception, intuition, the sixth sense

② 看板【かんばん】 • sign, signboard, doorplate, poster, billboard, appearance, figurehead, policy, attraction, closing time

② 基地【きち】 • base

② 基盤【きばん】 • foundation, basis, base, footing

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

② 仰ぐ【あおぐ】 • ① to look up (at) ② to look up (to), to respect, to revere ③ to ask for, to seek ④ to turn to someone, to depend on ⑤ to drink, to take

② 郡【ぐん】 • ① district, county ② district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the Ritsuryo period)

② 系統【けいとう】 • system, family line, geological formation, lineage, ancestry

② 継続【けいぞく】 • continuation

② 研修【けんしゅう】 • training (esp. in-service), induction course

② 古典【こてん】 • old book, classics, classic

② 後悔【こうかい】 • regret, repentance

② ご免なさい【ごめんなさい】 • I beg your pardon, excuse me

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

② 拘置【こうち】 • detention, confinement, arrest

② 校舎【こうしゃ】 • school building

② 高級【こうきゅう】 • high class, high grade

② 紺【こん】 • navy blue, deep blue

② 斜め【ななめ】 • ① slanting, tilted, sloping, diagonal, oblique ② unusual, slanted (view of the world), bad (mood)

② 縮小【しゅくしょう】 • reduction, curtailment

② 純粋【じゅんすい】 • pure, true, genuine, unmixed

② 先端【せんたん】 • pointed end, tip, fine point, spearhead, cusp, vanguard, advanced, leading edge

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

② 素人【しろうと】 • amateur, novice

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

② 倉庫【そうこ】 • storehouse, warehouse, godown

② 体系【たいけい】 • system, organization, organisation, architecture

② 滝【たき】 • waterfall

② 弾【たま】 • ① ball, sphere, globe, orb ② bead (of sweat, dew, etc.), drop, droplet ③ ball (in sports) ④ pile (of noodles, etc.) ⑤ bullet ⑥ bulb (i.e. a light bulb) ⑦ ens (of glasses, etc.) ⑧ bead (of an abacus) ⑨ egg ⑩ gem, jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively), pearl ⑪ female entertainer (e.g. a geisha) ⑫ person (when commenting on their nature), character ⑬ item, funds or person used as part of a plot ⑭ coin ⑮ precious, beautiful, excellent

② 遅れ【おくれ】 • delay, lag, postponement, falling behind

② 中旬【ちゅうじゅん】 • middle of a month, second third of a month

② 透明【とうめい】 • transparency, cleanness

② 発射【はっしゃ】 • firing, shooting, discharge, catapult, ejaculation (sl)

② 非難【ひなん】 • blame, attack, criticism

② 直径【ちょっけい】 • diameter

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

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

② よる • ① to be due to, to be caused by ② to depend on, to turn on ③ to be based on, to come from

② 釜【かま】 • iron pot, kettle

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

② 癌【がん】 • cancer

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

② 櫛【くし】 • comb

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

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

② 桁【けた】 • ① column, beam ② digit, decade, order of magnitude

② 糊【のり】 • paste, glue, starch

② ごめん • your pardon, declining (something), dismissal, permission

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

① あっさり • easily, readily, quickly

① いざ • now, come (now), well

① じっくり • deliberately, carefully

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

① どうやら • it seems like, it appears that, somehow or other

① ひょっと • possibly, accidentally

① ほっと • feeling relieved, (sigh of) relief

① 間【ま】 • space, room, time, pause

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

① 見方【みかた】 • viewpoint

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

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

① 引き下げる【ひきさげる】 • to pull down, to lower, to reduce, to withdraw

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

① 向き【むき】 • direction, orientation, aspect, situation, exposure, suitability, tendency

① 実質【じっしつ】 • substance, essence

① 下位【かい】 • low rank, subordinate, lower order (e.g. byte), low-end

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

① 共産党【きょうさんとう】 • Communist Party

① 権【けん】 • authority, right (to do something)

① 雇用【こよう】 • employment (long term), hire

① 了【りょう】 • finish, completion, understanding

① 悪【あく】 • evil, wickedness

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

① 圧倒【あっとう】 • overwhelm, overpower, overwhelming

① 圧力【あつりょく】 • stress, pressure

① 扱い【あつかい】 • treatment, service

① 暗殺【あんさつ】 • assassination

① 依然【いぜん】 • still, as yet, as it has been

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

① 意図【いと】 • intention, aim, design

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

① 移行【いこう】 • switching over to, migration

① 移住【いじゅう】 • migration, immigration

① 移民【いみん】 • ① emigration, immigration ② emigrant, immigrant

① 遺跡【いせき】 • historic ruins (remains, relics)

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

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

① 一帯【いったい】 • region, zone, whole place

① 一同【いちどう】 • all present, all concerned, all of us

① 一目【いちもく】 • ① (a) glance, (a) look, (a) glimpse ② (a) stone (in Go) ③ complete view, bird's-eye view

① 一連【いちれん】 • ① series, chain, sequence ② two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper) ③ verse, stanza

① 逸らす【そらす】 • to turn away, to avert

① 引き起こす【ひきおこす】 • to cause, to induce

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

① 隠居【いんきょ】 • ① retirement ② retired person

① 渦【うず】 • swirl

① 運営【うんえい】 • management, administration, operation

① 運輸【うんゆ】 • transportation

① 運用【うんよう】 • making use of, application, investment, practical use

① 営む【いとなむ】 • to carry on (e.g. in ceremony), to run a business

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

① 英雄【えいゆう】 • hero, great man

① 液【えき】 • liquid, fluid

① 延べ【のべ】 • ① futures ② credit (buying) ③ stretching ④ total, gross

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

① 沿岸【えんがん】 • coast, shore, littoral

① 沿線【えんせん】 • along railway line

① 演じる【えんじる】 • to perform (a play), to play (a part), to act (a part), to commit (a blunder)

① 演ずる【えんずる】 • to perform, to play

① 演出【えんしゅつ】 • production (e.g. play), direction

① 縁【えん】 • ① fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together) ② relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection ③ family ties, affinity ④ opportunity, chance (to meet someone and start a relationship) ⑤ pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes) ⑥ narrow open-air veranda

① 遠ざかる【とおざかる】 • to go far off

① 横綱【よこづな】 • yokozuna (sumo grand champion)

① 黄金【おうごん】 • gold

① 化合【かごう】 • chemical combination

① 何だか【なんだか】 • (a) little, somewhat, somehow

① 何より【なにより】 • most, best, above all

① 加工【かこう】 • manufacturing, processing, treatment, machining

① 加入【かにゅう】 • becoming a member, joining, entry, admission, subscription, affiliation, adherence, signing

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

① 河川【かせん】 • rivers

① 火花【ひばな】 • spark

① 荷【に】 • ① load, baggage, cargo, freight, goods ② burden, responsibility

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

① 我【われ】 • ① I, me ② oneself

① 介護【かいご】 • nursing

① 介入【かいにゅう】 • intervention

① 会見【かいけん】 • interview, audience

① 会談【かいだん】 • conversation, conference, discussion, interview

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

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

① 回路【かいろ】 • circuit (electric)

① 怪獣【かいじゅう】 • monster

① 改革【かいかく】 • reform, reformation, innovation

① 改修【かいしゅう】 • repair, improvement

① 改定【かいてい】 • reform

① 改良【かいりょう】 • improvement, reform

① 海峡【かいきょう】 • channel (e.g. between two land masses), strait

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

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

① 開発【かいはつ】 • development, exploitation

① 階級【かいきゅう】 • class, rank, grade

① 外相【がいしょう】 • Foreign Minister

① 概念【がいねん】 • general idea, concept, notion

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

① 該当【がいとう】 • corresponding, answering to, coming under, applying to

① 各種【かくしゅ】 • every kind, all sorts

① 拡散【かくさん】 • scattering, diffusion, spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)

① 格【かく】 • status, character, case

① 格差【かくさ】 • qualitative difference, disparity

① 核【かく】 • ① pit (of a fruit), stone ② core ③ nucleus, nuclear ④ nuclear weaponry

① 獲得【かくとく】 • acquisition, possession

① 獲物【えもの】 • game, spoils, trophy

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

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

① 確立【かくりつ】 • ① establishment, settlement ② to establish, to settle

① 革命【かくめい】 • ① revolution ② 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in onmyou-dou)

① 掛け【かけ】 • ① credit ② partially, half

① 活発【かっぱつ】 • vigor, vigour, active, lively

① 株式【かぶしき】 • stock (company)

① 刊行【かんこう】 • publication, issue

① 勧告【かんこく】 • advice, counsel, remonstrance, recommendation

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

① 官僚【かんりょう】 • bureaucrat, bureaucracy

① 幹部【かんぶ】 • management, (executive) staff, leaders, leadership, top brass, upper echelons

① 感触【かんしょく】 • sense of touch, feeling, sensation, texture (of food while chewing)

① 感染【かんせん】 • infection, contagion

① 監視【かんし】 • observation, guarding, inspection, surveillance

① 看護【かんご】 • nursing, (army) nurse

① 緩和【かんわ】 • relief, mitigation, alleviation, relaxation, softening

① 観【かん】 • ① look, appearance ② spectacle, sight ③ observation meditation ④ outlook on ..., view of ...

① 観点【かんてん】 • point of view

① 貫く【つらぬく】 • to go through

① 還元【かんげん】 • resolution, reduction, return to origins

① 関税【かんぜい】 • customs, duty, tariff

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

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

① 危機【きき】 • crisis

① 基金【ききん】 • fund, foundation

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

① 気象【きしょう】 • weather, climate

① 規格【きかく】 • standard, norm

① 規制【きせい】 • regulation, (traffic) policing, control, restriction

① 規定【きてい】 • regulation, provisions

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

① 記す【しるす】 • ① to write down, to note ② to remember

① 記載【きさい】 • record, statement, description, mention, listing, registration, booking, entry

① 記述【きじゅつ】 • description, descriptor

① 貴族【きぞく】 • noble, aristocrat

① 起点【きてん】 • starting point, origin

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

① 偽造【ぎぞう】 • forgery, falsification, fabrication, counterfeiting

① 技【わざ】 • technique, art

① 犠牲【ぎせい】 • victim, sacrifice, scapegoat

① 疑惑【ぎわく】 • doubt, misgivings, distrust, suspicion

① 鞠【まり】 • ball

① 客観【きゃっかん】 • object (as opposed to subject)

① 脚本【きゃくほん】 • script, screenplay, scenario

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

① 及び【および】 • and, as well as

① 及ぶ【およぶ】 • ① to reach, to amount to, to befall, to happen to, to extend ② to be up to the task, to come up to ③ to compare with, to be a match (for) ④ to commit (a crime) ⑤ to require (to do) (usu. used in the negative)

① 弓【ゆみ】 • bow (and arrow)

① 救援【きゅうえん】 • relief, rescue, reinforcement

① 朽ちる【くちる】 • to rot

① 給う【たまう】 • ① to grant, to bestow, to award ② semi-polite or endearing auxiliary verb indicating reception by the speaker (suffixed to the -masu stem of another verb)

① 居住【きょじゅう】 • residence

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

① 距離【きょり】 • distance, range

① 協会【きょうかい】 • association, society, organization, organisation

① 協議【きょうぎ】 • conference, consultation, discussion, negotiation

① 協調【きょうちょう】 • ① cooperation, conciliation, harmony ② firm (market) tone

① 協定【きょうてい】 • arrangement, pact, agreement

① 叫び【さけび】 • shout, scream, outcry

① 強まる【つよまる】 • to get strong, to gain strength

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

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

① 強制【きょうせい】 • obligation, coercion, compulsion, enforcement

① 強烈【きょうれつ】 • strong, intense, severe

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

① 驚き【おどろき】 • surprise, astonishment, wonder

① 凝る【こる】 • ① to grow stiff ② to be absorbed in, to be devoted to, to be a fanatic, to elaborate

① 業者【ぎょうしゃ】 • ① trader, merchant ② manufacturer, contractor

① 業績【ぎょうせき】 • achievement, performance, results, work, contribution

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

① 極めて【きわめて】 • exceedingly, extremely, decisively

① 勤務【きんむ】 • service, duty, work

① 禁じる【きんじる】 • to prohibit

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

① 近郊【きんこう】 • suburbs, outskirts

① 区【く】 • ward, district, section

① 区間【くかん】 • section (of track, etc.), segment, dimension

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

① 空間【くうかん】 • space, room, airspace

① 群【ぐん】 • ① group (of animals) ② group

① 軍事【ぐんじ】 • military affairs

① 傾ける【かたむける】 • to incline, to list, to bend, to lean, to tip, to tilt, to slant, to concentrate on, to ruin (a country), to squander, to empty

① 刑【けい】 • penalty, sentence, punishment

① 形成【けいせい】 • formation, molding, taking form

① 形態【けいたい】 • form, shape, figure

① 恵み【めぐみ】 • blessing, grace

① 掲げる【かかげる】 • ① to publish, to print, to carry (an article) ② to put up, to hang out, to hoist, to fly (a sail), to float (a flag), to tout ③ to set forth (provision)

① 掲載【けいさい】 • ① publication (e.g. article in paper), appearance, insertion ② to insert (e.g. an article), to run (e.g. in a newspaper)

① 携わる【たずさわる】 • to engage in, to participate, to take part

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

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

① 経る【へる】 • to pass, to elapse, to experience

① 経緯【けいい】 • ① details, whole story, sequence of events, chronology, particulars, how it started, how things got this way ② complications, position

① 経過【けいか】 • passage, expiration, progress, transition

① 経費【けいひ】 • expenses, cost, outlay

① 経歴【けいれき】 • personal history, career

① 経路【けいろ】 • ① course, route, path, channel ② process, means

① 継ぐ【つぐ】 • to succeed (someone in a business or inheritance)

① 警戒【けいかい】 • ① vigilance, precaution, watch, lookout, alertness ② to be vigilant, to be cautious, to guard (against)

① 警部【けいぶ】 • police inspector

① 劇団【げきだん】 • troupe, theatrical company

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

① 決意【けつい】 • decision, determination

① 決議【けつぎ】 • resolution, vote, decision

① 決算【けっさん】 • balance sheet, settlement of accounts, reporting (of accounts)

① 決勝【けっしょう】 • decision of a contest, finals (in sports)

① 決断【けつだん】 • decision, determination

① 結合【けつごう】 • combination, union, binding, catenation, coupling, joining

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

① 結成【けっせい】 • formation, combination

① 圏【けん】 • ① sphere, circle, range ② category (only in the context of "category theory")

① 検事【けんじ】 • public prosecutor

① 権限【けんげん】 • power, authority, jurisdiction

① 権力【けんりょく】 • (political) power, authority, influence

① 見合わせる【みあわせる】 • ① to exchange glances, to look at each other ② to postpone, to suspend operations, to refrain from performing an action

① 見渡す【みわたす】 • to look out over, to survey (scene), to take an extensive view of

① 基【もと】 • base, foundation

① 元年【がんねん】 • first year (of a specific reign)

① 原作【げんさく】 • original work

① 原子【げんし】 • atom

① 原則【げんそく】 • principle, general rule

① 原油【げんゆ】 • crude oil

① 厳密【げんみつ】 • strict, close

① 減少【げんしょう】 • decrease, reduction, decline

① 源【みなもと】 • source, origin

① 現行【げんこう】 • present, current, in operation

① 現地【げんち】 • actual place, local

① 限定【げんてい】 • limit, restriction

① 個性【こせい】 • individuality, personality, idiosyncrasy

① 個別【こべつ】 • particular case, discrete, individual, separate

① 古代【こだい】 • ancient times

① 固める【かためる】 • to harden, to freeze, to fortify

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

① 固有【こゆう】 • characteristic, tradition, peculiar, inherent, native, eigen-

① 故【こ】 • the late (deceased)

① 故【ゆえ】 • reason, cause, circumstances

① 誇る【ほこる】 • to boast of, to be proud of

① 後退【こうたい】 • ① retreat ② backspace, BS

① 悟る【さとる】 • ① to understand, to comprehend, to realize, to perceive, to sense, to discern ② to attain enlightenment

① 誤る【あやまる】 • ① to make a mistake, to err ② to mislead, to misguide

① 護衛【ごえい】 • guard, convoy, escort

① 交渉【こうしょう】 • ① negotiations, discussions ② connection

① 交付【こうふ】 • delivering, handing over, furnishing (e.g. with copies), issuance, issuing

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

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

① 公認【こうにん】 • official recognition, authorization, authorisation, licence, license, accreditation

① 公立【こうりつ】 • public (institution)

① 効率【こうりつ】 • efficiency, efficacy, performance, utility factor

① 口述【こうじゅつ】 • dictation, verbal statement

① 向上【こうじょう】 • elevation, rise, improvement, advancement, progress

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

① 好調【こうちょう】 • favourable, favorable, promising, satisfactory, in good shape

① 工学【こうがく】 • engineering

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

① 抗議【こうぎ】 • protest, objection

① 抗争【こうそう】 • dispute, resistance

① 構える【かまえる】 • ① to set up (e.g. a building) ② to prepare in advance (e.g. a meal), to prepare to use something (e.g. a camera) ③ to plan, to scheme ④ to fabricate in order to deceive ⑤ to stiffen, to become formal

① 構想【こうそう】 • plan, plot, idea, conception

① 航海【こうかい】 • sail, voyage

① 行為【こうい】 • act, deed, conduct

① 行政【ぎょうせい】 • administration

① 購入【こうにゅう】 • purchase, buy

① 鉱山【こうざん】 • mine (ore)

① 高まる【たかまる】 • to rise, to swell, to be promoted

① 合意【ごうい】 • agreement, consent, mutual understanding

① 告げる【つげる】 • to inform

① 国防【こくぼう】 • national defence, national defense

① 国有【こくゆう】 • national ownership

① 国連【こくれん】 • UN, United Nations

① 込める【こめる】 • to include, to put into

① 根拠【こんきょ】 • basis, foundation

① 差し出す【さしだす】 • to present, to submit, to tender, to hold out

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

① 最早【もはや】 • already, now

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

① 災害【さいがい】 • calamity, disaster, misfortune

① 細胞【さいぼう】 • cell (biology)

① 在庫【ざいこ】 • inventory, stock, stockpile

① 財【ざい】 • ① fortune, riches ② goods

① 作用【さよう】 • action, operation, effect, function

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

① 策【さく】 • plan, policy

① 司法【しほう】 • administration of justice

① 志向【しこう】 • intention, aim

① 施設【しせつ】 • ① institution, establishment, facility ② (army) engineer

① 死刑【しけい】 • death penalty, capital punishment

① 視察【しさつ】 • inspection, observation

① 視点【してん】 • opinion, point of view, visual point

① 試み【こころみ】 • trial, experiment

① 資産【しさん】 • property, fortune, means, assets

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

① 治安【ちあん】 • public order

① 自立【じりつ】 • independence, self-reliance

① 軸【じく】 • axis, stem, shaft, axle

① 質疑【しつぎ】 • ① question ② interpellation

① 芝【しば】 • lawn, sod, turf

① 遮る【さえぎる】 • to interrupt, to intercept, to obstruct

① 若干【じゃっかん】 • some, few, number of

① 主権【しゅけん】 • sovereignty, supremacy, dominion

① 主体【しゅたい】 • ① main constituent, core, nucleus ② subject (philosophical), protagonist

① 主導【しゅどう】 • main leadership

① 守備【しゅび】 • defense, defence

① 手法【しゅほう】 • technique

① 受け止める【うけとめる】 • to catch, to stop the blow, to react to, to take

① 収まる【おさまる】 • ① to be in one's place, to be installed, to settle into ② to be delivered, to be obtained, to be paid ③ to be settled, to be sorted out ④ to lessen (e.g. of storms, pain), to calm down ⑤ to be fit tightly into (e.g. a frame), to be sheathed (in a scabbard)

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

① 収容【しゅうよう】 • ① accommodation, reception, housing ② seating ③ custody ④ admission ⑤ entering (in a dictionary)

① 修了【しゅうりょう】 • completion (of a course)

① 衆【しゅう】 • masses, great number, the people

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 柔軟【じゅうなん】 • flexible, lithe, soft, pliable

① 塾【じゅく】 • coaching school, cramming school, juku

① 出現【しゅつげん】 • appearance, arrival, make one's appearance

① 出産【しゅっさん】 • (child)birth, delivery, production (of goods)

① 庶民【しょみん】 • masses, common people

① 小柄【こがら】 • short (build)

① 照明【しょうめい】 • illumination

① 症【しょう】 • illness

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 証拠【しょうこ】 • evidence, proof

① 上演【じょうえん】 • performance (e.g. music, theatre, opera), staging

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

① 職員【しょくいん】 • staff member, personnel

① 振興【しんこう】 • promotion, encouragement

① 申告【しんこく】 • report, statement, filing a return, notification

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

① 進出【しんしゅつ】 • advance, step forward

① 尽くす【つくす】 • ① to exhaust, to run out ② to devote, to serve (a person), to befriend ③ to do to exhaustion

① 推測【すいそく】 • guess, conjecture

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

① 制【せい】 • system, organization, organisation, imperial command, laws, regulation, control, government, suppression, restraint, holding back, establishment

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

① 成り立つ【なりたつ】 • ① to consist of ② to be practical (logical, feasible, viable), to be concluded, to hold true

① 成果【せいか】 • results, fruits

① 正規【せいき】 • regular, normal, legal, formal, established, legitimate

① 正義【せいぎ】 • justice, right, righteousness, correct meaning

① 盛り上がる【もりあがる】 • ① to swell, to rise, to bulge, to be piled up ② to rouse, to get excited

① 接触【せっしょく】 • touch, contact

① 折【おり】 • chance, suitable time

① 仙【せん】 • hermit, wizard

① 宣言【せんげん】 • declaration, proclamation, announcement

① 戦力【せんりょく】 • war potential

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

① 僧【そう】 • monk, priest

① 相応しい【ふさわしい】 • appropriate

① 相対【そうたい】 • relative

① 促す【うながす】 • to urge, to press, to prompt, to suggest, to demand, to stimulate, to quicken, to incite, to invite (attention to)

① 促進【そくしん】 • promotion, acceleration, encouragement, facilitation, spurring on

① 側面【そくめん】 • side, flank, sidelight, lateral

① 存続【そんぞく】 • duration, continuance

① 帯【たい】 • band (e.g. conduction, valence), belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)

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

① 大衆【たいしゅう】 • general public

① 大胆【だいたん】 • bold, daring, audacious

① 脱出【だっしゅつ】 • escape

① 旦那【だんな】 • husband (informal), master (of house, shop, etc.), word used to address a male patron or customer (sir, boss, master, governor), patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess

① 炭素【たんそ】 • carbon (C)

① 短縮【たんしゅく】 • shortening, abbreviation, reduction

① 地形【ちけい】 • terrain, geographical features, topography

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

① 著書【ちょしょ】 • literary work, book

① 長官【ちょうかん】 • secretary (government), director, chief

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

① 展望【てんぼう】 • view, outlook, prospect

① 転じる【てんじる】 • to turn, to shift, to alter, to distract

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

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

① 難【なん】 • difficulty, hardships, defect

① 入賞【にゅうしょう】 • winning a prize or place (in a contest)

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

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

① 廃棄【はいき】 • annulment, disposal, abandon, scrap, discarding, repeal

① 賠償【ばいしょう】 • reparations, indemnity, compensation

① 美【び】 • beauty

① 敏感【びんかん】 • sensibility, susceptibility, sensitive (to), well attuned to

① 物資【ぶっし】 • goods, materials

① 兵器【へいき】 • arms, weapons, ordnance

① 名簿【めいぼ】 • register of names

① 目覚める【めざめる】 • to wake up

① 融資【ゆうし】 • financing, loan

① 担う【になう】 • to carry on shoulder, to bear (burden), to shoulder (gun)

① 菌【きん】 • ① fungus ② germ, bacterium, bacillus

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

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

① ひたすら • nothing but, earnest, intent, determined, set on (something)

① もしかして • perhaps, possibly

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

① 崖【がけ】 • cliff

① 顎【あご】 • chin, jaw

① かつ • yet, moreover, and

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

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

① 駈ける【かける】 • ① to run (race, esp. horse), to dash ② to gallop (one's horse), to canter

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 捲る【めくる】 • to turn over, to turn pages of a book, to tear off, to strip off

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

① 垢【あか】 • dirt, filth, grime

① ついで • opportunity, occasion

① 杖【つえ】 • cane, walking stick, staff

① 唾【つば】 • saliva, spit, sputum

① 弄る【いじる】 • ① to touch, to tamper with ② to grope about, to feel for something

おい • ① hey!, oi! ② me

かしら • I wonder

そうすると • having done that, if that is done, if it is done in that way

その後【そのご】 • after that, afterwards, thereafter

それら • those over there

たった • only, merely, but, no more than

つい • ① just (now) ② quite (near) ③ unintentionally, unconsciously, by mistake, against one's better judgement (judgment)

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

なら • ① if, in case, if it is the case that, if it is true that ② as for, on the topic of ③ if possible, if circumstances allow

ほら • look!, look out!, look at me!

やれやれ • exclamation of relief or disappointment

アート • art

アイス • ① ice ② ice cream, icecream

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

アイデア • idea

アウト • out

アクセス • access

アップ • ① increasing ② uploading ③ close-up ④ finishing shooting (of a film, etc.) ⑤ up (i.e. of a woman's hair) ⑥ being up (i.e. leading in sports) ⑦ warming up ⑧ being over, being finished

アドバイス • advice

アドレス • ① address ② email address

アナウンサー • announcer

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

アピール • ① appeal ② to attract, to appeal (to)

アプリケーション • application

アプローチ • ① approach ② approach shot

アルコール • alcohol

アルバム • album

アレンジ • ① to arrange ② (musical) arrangement

イスラエル • Israel

イベント • event

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

イラク • Iraq

イラスト • illustration

イン • ① in ② inn

イングランド • England

インターネット • the Internet

インフレ • inflation

ウイルス • ① virus ② viral

エース • ace

エネルギー • energy

エンジン • engine

オーケストラ • orchestra

オーストラリア • Australia

オーナー • owner

オーラ • aura

オール • ① oar ② all

オハイオ • Ohio

オプション • option

オペラ • opera

オリジナル • original

オリンピック • Olympics

カー • car

カウンター • ① counter ② service counter (e.g. at a bank) ③ counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.) ④ automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)

カップル • couple

カバー • ① cover (e.g. book) ② kava (Piper methysticum)

カリフォルニア • California

カレッジ • college

キーボード • keyboard

キャリア • ① career ② career government employee ③ carrier

キャンプ • camp

キャンペーン • campaign

クーデター • coup d'etat, coup

クウェート • Kuwait

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

クリア • clear

クリック • click

クレジット • credit

グッズ • goods, promotional items

グループ • group (usu. of people)

ケーキ • cake

ケース • ① case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.) ② Computer-Aided Software Engineering, CASE

ケーブル • cable

ゲーム • game

コース • course

コーチ • coach

コーナー • corner

コール • ① call ② coal ③ cold

コスト • cost

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

コミュニティ • community

コメント • ① comment ② (blog) comment

コラム • column (e.g. in newspaper), stand-alone feature article framed by a box

コンクール • contest

コンサルタント • ① consultant ② concertante (music)

コンセプト • concept

コントロール • control

コンピュータ • computer

コンピューター • computer

ゴルフ • golf

サービス • ① service, support system ② goods or services without charge

サイクル • cycle

サイズ • size

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

サイン • ① autograph, signature ② sign ③ sine

サウジアラビア • Saudi Arabia

サッカー • ① soccer ② seersucker

サポート • support

サミット • summit

サンプル • sample

シーズン • season (fruits and vegetables, sporting, holidays)

シーン • scene

システム • system

シドニー • Sydney

シナリオ • scenario

シベリア • Siberia

ショー • show

シリーズ • series

シングル • ① single ② single-digit handicap (e.g. golf)

ジェット • jet

ジャーナリスト • journalist

ジャカルタ • Jakarta

ジャケット • ① jacket ② book jacket, dust cover

ジャパン • Japan

ジャンプ • jump

ジョン • John

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

スープ • (Western) soup

スキー • ① skiing ② ski, skis

スクール • school

スケジュール • schedule

スコア • score

スター • star

スタート • start

スタイル • ① style ② (female) figure

スタジオ • studio

スタッフ • ① staff ② stuff

ステーション • station

ステージ • ① stage ② performance

ステップ • ① step ② steppe

スト • strike

ストーリー • story

ストリート • street

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

ストレス • stress

スピード • speed

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

セット • ① set ② set meal

センター • centre, center

センチ • ① centimeter ② centi-, 10^-2 ③ sentimental

ソニー • Sony

ソフト • ① soft ② soft hat ③ software

ソ連【それん】 • (former) Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR

タイトル • title

タオル • (hand) towel

タグ • tag

ダウンロード • download

ダム • ① dam ② dumb

ダンス • dance

チーム • team

チェック • check, plaid

チャンネル • channel

ツアー • tour

テーマ • topic, theme, project

テニス • tennis

テロ • terror, terrorism

データ • data, datum

デート • date, go on a date

ディスク • disk

デザイン • design

デジタル • digital

デビュー • debut

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

トラック • ① truck ② track (running, CD, DVD, etc.)

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

ドキュメンタリー • documentary

ドライバー • ① driver (of a vehicle) ② screwdriver ③ driver (golf) ④ driver (device driver)

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

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

ドル • ① dollar ② doll

ドレス • dress

ドン • Don (Spanish honorific)

ナイト • ① night ② knight

ナチス • Nazi, Nationalsozialist

ナポレオン • Napoleon

ナンバー • number

ニュー • ① new ② newly purchased item

ニューヨーク • New York

ネット • net

ネットワーク • network

ノウハウ • know-how

ノック • ① knock ② fungo (baseball)

ハート • heart

バー • ① bar ② VAR

バージョン • version

バブル • bubble

バランス • balance

バレエ • ballet

パーセント • percent, percentage

パートナー • partner

パイロット • pilot

パソコン • personal computer

パターン • pattern

パッケージ • package

パトロール • patrol

パネル • panel

ヒーロー • hero

ヒット • hit, success, safe hit (baseball), being a hit

ヒトラー • Hitler

ヒント • hint

ビジネス • business

ビッグ • big

ビデオ • video

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

ファイル • file

ファッション • fashion

ファミリー • family

ファン • ① fan ② fun

フィールド • field

フェスティバル • festival

フォード • ① ford ② Ford (car)

フットボール • football

フランク • frank

フレーム • ① frame ② flame (abusive or threatening message)

ブーム • boom

ブランド • ① brand ② bland

プレー • ① play ② pray ③ prey

プレーヤー • ① player ② prayer

プレス • press

プロ • professional

プログラム • program, programme

プロジェクト • project

プロフィール • profile

ヘルメット • helmet, hard hat, protective headgear

ベース • ① base ② bass

ベスト • ① best ② vest

ベンチ • bench

ホーム • ① platform ② home

ホール • ① hall ② hole ③ whole

ホワイト • white

ホンダ • Honda

ボート • boat, rowing boat

ボーナス • bonus

ボストン • Boston

ボスニア • Bosnia

ポイント • ① point ② points (of a railway), switch

ポジション • position

マーク • ① mark ② markup ③ Mach (OS kernel)

マーケット • market

マイクロ • micro, micro-, 10^-6

マイル • mile

マガジン • magazine

マシン • machine

マスター • ① to master, to learn ② proprietor, manager, bar-owner ③ master (e.g. arts, science)

マニュアル • manual

マネジメント • management

マレーシア • Malaysia

ミニ • mini

ミュージカル • musical

ミリ • ① milli-, 10^-3 ② millimetre, millimeter

メーカー • manufacturer, maker

メール • ① email ② mail (usu. in phrases and compound words) ③ male

メタル • metal

メッセージ • message

メディア • media

メモ • memorandum

メリット • advantage, benefit, merit

メンバー • member, participant, attendee, lineup (sport)

モード • mode, fashion

モスクワ • Moscow

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

モンスター • monster

ユーゴスラビア • Yugoslavia

ユーザー • user

ユーロ • ① Euro- ② euro (the currency)

ユニーク • unique, individual, original, unusual

ユニット • unit

ライト • ① light ② right ③ right field, right fielder

ライバル • rival, competition

ライフ • life

ライブ • ① live (esp. concert, show, etc.), live performance ② alive

ライン • line

ラウンド • round (esp. in sports, negotiations, etc.), rounds (e.g. nurse, security guard, etc.)

ラリー • rally

ランキング • ① ranking ② toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)

ランク • rank, standing

ランチ • ① lunch ② launch ③ ranch

ランプ • ① lamp, light ② ramp ③ rump

リーダー • ① leader ② reader

リアル • real

リスク • risk

リズム • rhythm

リリース • release

リンク • ① link, directory entry ② rink

ルー • ① roux (mixture of butter and flour used to make sauces), sauce made from such a mixture ② (Japanese) curry powder, curry sauce made from this powder

レース • ① race ② lace ③ lathe

レーダー • radar

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

レベル • ① level ② rebel ③ revel

レポート • report, paper

レンズ • lens

ローラー • roller

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

ロゴ • ① logo ② logotype

ロス • ① loss ② Los Angeles

ロック • ① lock ② rock ③ roc

ロング • long

ワイン • wine

ワシントン • Washington

アメリカ • America

アメリカ合衆国 • the United States of America

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

一月【いちがつ】 • January

何と【なんと】 • what, how, whatever

いつの間にか【いつのまにか】 • before one knows, before one becomes aware of, unnoticed, unawares

カ月【かげつ】 • (number of) months

外見【がいけん】 • outward appearance

休日【きゅうじつ】 • holiday, day off

九月【くがつ】 • September

五月【ごがつ】 • May

後【のち】 • ① later, afterwards, since ② future ③ after one's death

後年【こうねん】 • future years, in (one's) later years

後半【こうはん】 • second half, latter half

国土【こくど】 • country, territory, domain, realm

今【こん】 • ① the current ..., this ② today's ...

十一月【じゅういちがつ】 • November

十二月【じゅうにがつ】 • December

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

中小【ちゅうしょう】 • small to medium

中日【ちゅうにち】 • ① China and Japan ② the middle day ③ the equinoctial day

白書【はくしょ】 • white paper

白人【はくじん】 • white person, Caucasian

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

ダブルス • doubles (e.g. in tennis)

じゃう • to do something completely

となる • to become, to amount to

なんだ • What!

うーん • hmm, well

こう言う【こういう】 • such, like this

言える【いえる】 • to be possible to say, to be able to say

オープン • open

カード • ① card ② curd

カーブ • ① curve ② curve ball (baseball)

キャンパス • campus

コード • ① code ② cord ③ chord

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

ダブル • double

デモ • demo, demonstration

ハード • ① hard ② hardware ③ hard disk

バック • ① back ② to go backwards, to reverse ③ to refund a customer

バッグ • bag

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

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

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

パパ • Papa

ブロック • ① to block (e.g. the way) ② block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.) ③ bloc ④ block, physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape)

ペース • pace

ボード • board

ボール • ① ball ② bowl ③ board (e.g. cardboard, pasteboard)

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

ポンド • pound

メイド • maid

メイン • ① main ② mane

メダル • medal

モデル • model

リード • ① lead (in a game, dance, etc.), being in the lead ② reed ③ read, reading

リング • ring

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

一員【いちいん】 • person, member

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

引き下げ【ひきさげ】 • reduction, cut

右手【みぎて】 • right hand

運行【うんこう】 • ① service (bus, train), operation ② motion, revolution, movement

駅前【えきまえ】 • in front of station

下院【かいん】 • lower house, lower (legislative) body

何事【なにごと】 • ① what, something, everything ② nothing (with neg. verb)

何者【なにもの】 • who, what kind of person

家電【かでん】 • consumer electronics, consumer electrical appliances

会長【かいちょう】 • president (of a society), chairman

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

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

学院【がくいん】 • institute, academy

帰国【きこく】 • return to one's country

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

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

起用【きよう】 • appointment (to a position, job, etc.), being used for a role, promotion

休止【きゅうし】 • pause, cessation, rest

京【きょう】 • ① imperial capital (esp. Kyoto) ② final word of an iroha-uta ③ 10^16, 10,000,000,000,000,000, ten quadrillion (American), (obs) ten thousand billion (British)

界【さかい】 • border, boundary, mental state

教員【きょういん】 • teaching staff

業界【ぎょうかい】 • industry, business

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

近年【きんねん】 • recent years

銀色【ぎんいろ】 • silver (color, colour)

空母【くうぼ】 • aircraft carrier

計【けい】 • ① plan ② meter, measuring device ③ (in) total, total (of)

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

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

公明【こうめい】 • fairness, justice

考え方【かんがえかた】 • way of thinking

国道【こくどう】 • national highway

左手【ひだりて】 • left hand

山地【さんち】 • mountainous district

四方【しほう】 • every direction

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

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

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

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

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

朝日【あさひ】 • morning sun

田【た】 • rice field

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

北京【ぺきん】 • Beijing (China), Peking

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

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

安打【あんだ】 • safe hit (baseball)

医薬品【いやくひん】 • medical supplies

横目【よこめ】 • sidelong glance

王国【おうこく】 • kingdom, monarchy

王者【おうじゃ】 • king, monarch, ruler

王朝【おうちょう】 • dynasty

黄【き】 • yellow

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

下等【かとう】 • inferior, base, vulgar, low grade, lower class

下部【かぶ】 • ① substructure, lower part ② subordinate (office), good and faithful servant

下落【げらく】 • depreciation, decline, fall, slump

下流【かりゅう】 • ① downstream, lower reaches of a river ② lower classes

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

画面【がめん】 • terminal screen, scene, picture, the field (in TV), photo

会期【かいき】 • session (of a legislature)

快感【かいかん】 • pleasant feeling

快速【かいそく】 • high speed, celerity, mobility, express (train that bypasses many stations)

確かに【たしかに】 • surely, certainly

学園【がくえん】 • academy, campus

楽曲【がっきょく】 • musical composition, tune

感知【かんち】 • perception

顔色【かおいろ】 • complexion, countenance, expression

記【き】 • ① account, history, chronicle, annals, record ② Records of Ancient Matters

求人【きゅうじん】 • offer of job (situation)

球場【きゅうじょう】 • baseball stadium

協【きょう】 • cooperation

局長【きょくちょう】 • bureau director, office chief

局面【きょくめん】 • checkerboard, aspect, situation

近鉄【きんてつ】 • Kinki Nippon Tetsudou (railway co.)

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

区内【くない】 • in the ward or borough

具【ぐ】 • ① tool, means, ingredients ② counter for armor (armour), suits, sets of furniture

具体【ぐたい】 • concrete, tangible, material

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

県知事【けんちじ】 • prefectural governor

県道【けんどう】 • prefectural road

県内【けんない】 • within the prefecture

県立【けんりつ】 • prefectural (institution)

みる • ① to see, to look, to watch, to view, to observe ② to look over, to look on, to assess, to examine, to judge ③ to look after, to keep an eye on, to take care of ④ to view (e.g. flowers, movie) ⑤ to try ⑥ to see that..., to find that...

見守る【みまもる】 • to watch over, to watch attentively

見直し【みなおし】 • review, reconsideration, revision

原子力【げんしりょく】 • atomic energy

原発【げんぱつ】 • nuclear power plant, nuclear power supply

戸口【とぐち】 • door, doorway

後期【こうき】 • latter period, final

語【かたり】 • talking

公的【こうてき】 • public, official

口調【くちょう】 • tone (e.g. of voice, etc.), (verbal) expression

国鉄【こくてつ】 • national railway (esp. Japan National Railways)

国内【こくない】 • internal, domestic

残留【ざんりゅう】 • ① residual, residue ② stay behind, stay back

四球【しきゅう】 • four balls, base on balls (baseball), a walk

子育て【こそだて】 • raising children

市町村【しちょうそん】 • cities, towns and villages, municipalities

市長【しちょう】 • mayor

市立【しりつ】 • municipal, city

指数【しすう】 • index, index number, exponent (e.g. in floating-point representation), characteristic

時点【じてん】 • point in time, occasion

自動的【じどうてき】 • automatic

質量【しつりょう】 • mass

社内【しゃない】 • within a company, in-house

車線【しゃせん】 • traffic lane, road lane

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

主流【しゅりゅう】 • main current (stream), mainline, mainstream

手数料【てすうりょう】 • handling charge, commission

書記【しょき】 • clerk, secretary

女神【めがみ】 • goddess

先進【せんしん】 • seniority, advance, leadership

選定【せんてい】 • selection

前期【ぜんき】 • first term, first half-year, preceding period, early period

全米【ぜんべい】 • all-America, pan-American

全面【ぜんめん】 • whole surface, entire

想定【そうてい】 • hypothesis, supposition, assumption

村長【そんちょう】 • village headman

打者【だしゃ】 • batter (baseball)

体調【たいちょう】 • physical condition

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

谷間【たにま】 • ① valley, ravine, chasm, dell ② cleavage

中庭【なかにわ】 • courtyard, quadrangle, middle court

追求【ついきゅう】 • ① pursuing (goal), pursuit, seeking, search ② to pursue (e.g. goal), to seek

東部【とうぶ】 • eastern part

本当【ほんと】 • truth, reality

両足【りょうあし】 • ① both feet ② both legs

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

圧倒的【あっとうてき】 • overwhelming

移管【いかん】 • transfer of control

移植【いしょく】 • transplanting, porting, implantation, engrafting

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

衣【ころも】 • ① clothes, garment ② gown, robe ③ coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)

違法【いほう】 • illegal, illegality, invalid, unlawfulness

ちなみに • by the way, in this connection, incidentally, in passing

引き寄せる【ひきよせる】 • to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)

運航【うんこう】 • operating (e.g. ships, aircraft)

運輸省【うんゆしょう】 • Ministry of Transport

汚職【おしょく】 • corruption

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

欧州【おうしゅう】 • Europe

王位【おうい】 • the throne, the crown

王座【おうざ】 • throne

歌劇【かげき】 • opera

歌詞【かし】 • song lyrics, words of a song, libretto

画像【がぞう】 • image, picture, portrait

解雇【かいこ】 • discharge, dismissal

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

解体【かいたい】 • disassembly, dismantling, deconstruction, dissolution, demolishing

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

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

海域【かいいき】 • area of ocean

海軍【かいぐん】 • navy

皆様【みなさま】 • everyone

辛子【からし】 • mustard

開設【かいせつ】 • establishment, opening

外務【がいむ】 • foreign affairs

外務省【がいむしょう】 • Ministry of Foreign Affairs

各社【かくしゃ】 • all companies, each company

楽団【がくだん】 • orchestra, band

活性【かっせい】 • activity

かなう • ① to come true (wish) ② to be suited ③ to match (implies competition), to rival, to bear (e.g. I can't bear the heat)

管区【かんく】 • jurisdiction

関【せき】 • barrier, gate

機種【きしゅ】 • type of equipment, model

機体【きたい】 • fuselage, airframe

機動【きどう】 • maneuver, manoeuvre

気筒【きとう】 • cylinder

技法【ぎほう】 • technique

疑い【うたがい】 • doubt, question, uncertainty, skepticism, scepticism, suspicion, distrust

議席【ぎせき】 • parliamentary seat

喫する【きっする】 • ① to eat, to drink, to smoke, to take ② to suffer (e.g. defeat), to receive a blow

急性【きゅうせい】 • acute (e.g. illness)

急増【きゅうぞう】 • explosion, proliferation, surge

球団【きゅうだん】 • baseball team

巨額【きょがく】 • great sum

巨人【きょじん】 • ① giant, great man ② Tokyo Giants (baseball team)

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

供与【きょうよ】 • giving, provision, furnishing

競る【せる】 • to compete, to bid, to sell at auction

競走【きょうそう】 • race

競輪【けいりん】 • keirin, cycle racing event, usu. 2km with a paced start and sprint finish

共【ども】 • ① first-person plural (or singular) ② second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

共演【きょうえん】 • appearing together, co-acting, co-starring

共産【きょうさん】 • ① communism ② Communist Party

共有【きょうゆう】 • share, joint ownership, co-ownership

教徒【きょうと】 • believer, adherent

金利【きんり】 • interest rates

銀河【ぎんが】 • ① Milky Way ② galaxy

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

空軍【くうぐん】 • Air Force

軍人【ぐんじん】 • military personnel, soldier

軍団【ぐんだん】 • army corps

形状【けいじょう】 • shape, form

経団連【けいだんれん】 • Federation of Economic Organizations (Organisation)

月刊【げっかん】 • monthly publication, monthly issue

建造【けんぞう】 • building, construction

県議【けんぎ】 • prefectural assembly

県警【けんけい】 • prefectural police

見込む【みこむ】 • to anticipate, to estimate

原告【げんこく】 • plaintiff, accuser, prosecutor

減税【げんぜい】 • tax reduction

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

現職【げんしょく】 • present post, current office, (an) incumbent

現役【げんえき】 • active duty, active service

呼び掛ける【よびかける】 • to call out to, to accost, to address (crowd), to appeal

互いに【たがいに】 • mutually, with each other, reciprocally, together

後任【こうにん】 • successor

公判【こうはん】 • public hearing, trial

公民【こうみん】 • citizen, freemen

公約【こうやく】 • public commitment or promise

厚生【こうせい】 • ① welfare, public welfare, social welfare ② (former) Ministry of Health and Welfare

厚生省【こうせいしょう】 • Ministry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)

口座【こうざ】 • account (e.g. bank)

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

考察【こうさつ】 • consideration, inquiry, enquiry

講談【こうだん】 • story-telling

香港【ほんこん】 • Hong Kong (China)

告別【こくべつ】 • farewell, leave-taking

国政【こくせい】 • political situation, statecraft, body politic

国務【こくむ】 • affairs of state

査察【ささつ】 • inspection (for compliance), investigation (tax, etc.)

座【ざ】 • ① seat, one's place, position ② attaches to the names of theatres and constellations

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

再編【さいへん】 • reorganization, reorganisation, reshuffle

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

最大【さいだい】 • greatest, largest, maximum

最適【さいてき】 • optimum, the most suitable

在住【ざいじゅう】 • resident

在日【ざいにち】 • ① in Japan ② people in Japan (esp. Koreans living in Japan, often used as a slur)

財団【ざいだん】 • foundation

支部【しぶ】 • branch, subdivision

辞意【じい】 • intention to resign

若手【わかて】 • young person

受講【じゅこう】 • taking (attending) lectures

周年【しゅうねん】 • whole year, anniversary

週刊【しゅうかん】 • published weekly

出資【しゅっし】 • investment, contribution, financing

初演【しょえん】 • first performance

初日【しょにち】 • first or opening day

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

人達【ひとたち】 • people

積【せき】 • product

戦線【せんせん】 • (war) front

戦前【せんぜん】 • pre-war days

全域【ぜんいき】 • the whole area

全般【ぜんぱん】 • (the) whole, universal, wholly, general

総務【そうむ】 • general business (affairs), manager, director, adjutant general (mil)

装着【そうちゃく】 • equipping, installing, mounting, laying down

増税【ぞうぜい】 • tax increase

題材【だいざい】 • subject, theme

団長【だんちょう】 • leader of a delegation (body, party)

断念【だんねん】 • abandoning (hope, plans), giving up

転職【てんしょく】 • change of occupation

塗装【とそう】 • coating, painting

都道府県【とどうふけん】 • administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Hokkai-do, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu and remaining prefectures

特性【とくせい】 • special characteristic, special quality

脳裏【のうり】 • one's mind

買収【ばいしゅう】 • ① buying, purchase ② corruption, bribery

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

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

分割【ぶんかつ】 • partition, division, separation, segmenting, splitting

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

容量【ようりょう】 • capacity, electrical capacitance

理念【りねん】 • idea

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

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

割り【わり】 • ① rate, ratio, proportion, percentage ② profit ③ assignment ④ 10%, unit of ten percent ⑤ sumo match, schedule of sumo matches ⑥ diluted with (of drinks), mixed with

材【ざい】 • ① wood, lumber, timber ② man of talent ③ (raw) material, ingredients

お陰【おかげ】 • (your) backing, assistance, thanks or owing to

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

どういう • somehow, how, in what way, why, what kind of

がらす • glass, pane

愛称【あいしょう】 • pet name

安保【あんぽ】 • US-Japan Security Treaty, safety, security

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

慰安【いあん】 • solace, relaxation

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

異例【いれい】 • exception, illness, singular, exceptional, unprecedented

違憲【いけん】 • unconstitutionality

遺産【いさん】 • inheritance, bequest, legacy, heritage

遺族【いぞく】 • bereaved family

遺体【いたい】 • corpse, remains

遺伝子【いでんし】 • gene, genetic

一環【いっかん】 • link (e.g. a part of a larger plan)

一覧【いちらん】 • ① at a glance, (a) look, (a) glance, (a) summary ② (school) catalog, catalogue

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

右翼【うよく】 • ① right-wing ② right field (e.g. in sport), right flank, right wing

浦【うら】 • inlet

遠征【えんせい】 • ① expedition, campaign, (performer's) tour ② away series (baseball)

往来【おうらい】 • coming and going, road, correspondence, street traffic, highway

応える【こたえる】 • ① to respond, to live up to, to reward ② to take its toll, to strike home

王宮【おうきゅう】 • royal palace

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

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

仮面【かめん】 • ① mask ② disguise

加盟【かめい】 • participation, affiliation

歌舞伎【かぶき】 • kabuki, Japanese classical drama

吾【われ】 • ① I, me ② oneself

解析【かいせき】 • ① analysis, analytical study ② parsing, parse

回避【かいひ】 • evasion, avoidance

怪物【かいぶつ】 • monster

悔い【くい】 • regret, repentance

懐【ふところ】 • ① bosom, bust ② (breast) pocket, purse, handbag

海賊【かいぞく】 • pirate, sea robber

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

開票【かいひょう】 • counting ballots, tally (of votes)

開幕【かいまく】 • raising the curtain

おおむね • ① in general, generally, mostly, roughly, largely, mainly, on the whole, by and large ② gist, point, main idea

概要【がいよう】 • outline, summary, abridgment, synopsis

核兵器【かくへいき】 • nuclear weapons

閣議【かくぎ】 • cabinet meeting

閣僚【かくりょう】 • cabinet ministers

株価【かぶか】 • stock prices

株式会社【かぶしきがいしゃ】 • public company, corporation, KK, formula for an incorporated public company

株主【かぶぬし】 • shareholder, stockholder

甲【かぶと】 • helmet (of armor, armour), headpiece

喚問【かんもん】 • summons

官邸【かんてい】 • official residence

官房【かんぼう】 • government secretariat

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

環境庁【かんきょうちょう】 • Environment Agency

管轄【かんかつ】 • jurisdiction, control

艦【かん】 • warship

艦隊【かんたい】 • (naval) fleet, armada

陥る【おちいる】 • to fall, to trap, to cave in, to collapse

陥落【かんらく】 • fall, sinking, surrender, capitulation

奇怪【きかい】 • strange, wonderful, weird, outrageous, mysterious

既存【きそん】 • existing

機器【きき】 • machinery and tools

器機【きき】 • machinery and tools

帰還【きかん】 • ① repatriation, return ② (electrical) feedback

紀元【きげん】 • ① era ② AD (Christian era)

貴様【きさま】 • you

起訴【きそ】 • prosecution, indictment

輝き【かがやき】 • radiance

騎士【きし】 • knight

騎手【きしゅ】 • horseman, rider

亀【かめ】 • tortoise, turtle

偽【にせ】 • imitation, fake, phony, counterfeit, forged, bogus, sham

儀【ぎ】 • ① ceremony ② matter, affair ③ with regard to (used after a person's name, a personal pronoun, etc. in epistolary style), as for, as concerns

義母【ぎぼ】 • mother-in-law, foster mother, step mother

拠点【きょてん】 • position, location, base, point

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

仰る【おっしゃる】 • to say, to speak, to tell, to talk

凝視【ぎょうし】 • stare, gaze, fixation

桐【きり】 • paulownia tree, Paulownia tomentosa

錦【にしき】 • ① brocade ② fine dress, fine clothes

近隣【きんりん】 • neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity

駆る【かる】 • to drive (car), to spur on, to impel

駆動【くどう】 • driving force

駒【こま】 • ① piece (in shogi, chess, etc.) ② bridge (of a violin, etc.)

空襲【くうしゅう】 • air-raid

屈辱【くつじょく】 • disgrace, humiliation

熊【くま】 • bear (animal)

繰り返し【くりかえし】 • ① repetition, reiteration, iteration, cycle ② repeatedly

繰る【くる】 • ① to reel, to wind, to spin (thread) ② to turn (pages), to flip through (a book), to leaf through (a book), to consult (a dictionary), to refer to (an encyclopedia) ③ to count (e.g. the days) ④ to open one-by-one, to close one-by-one (e.g. shutters)

勲章【くんしょう】 • decoration, order, medal

軍縮【ぐんしゅく】 • disarmament, limitation of arms

かつら • Japanese Judas tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum)

系列【けいれつ】 • ① series, sequence, system, order of succession ② keiretsu (conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings)

継承【けいしょう】 • inheritance, succession, accession

警視庁【けいしちょう】 • Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)

激化【げっか】 • intensification, aggravation

激突【げきとつ】 • crash into, clash

健【けん】 • health, strength, stick-to-itiveness

兼【けん】 • and, in addition, concurrently

剣道【けんどう】 • kendo (lit: way of the sword), swordmanship, fencing

堅持【けんじ】 • holding on to, sticking to

懸念【けねん】 • worry, fear, anxiety, concern

拳【こぶし】 • fist

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

検察【けんさつ】 • examination, prosecutor

検証【けんしょう】 • verification, inspection

献金【けんきん】 • donation, contribution, offering

素【もと】 • ingredient

幻【まぼろし】 • phantom, vision, illusion, dream

言及【げんきゅう】 • reference, allusion

古墳【こふん】 • ancient (mound) tomb

呼称【こしょう】 • ① naming, giving a name, designation, denomination ② nominal

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

顧問【こもん】 • adviser, advisor, consultant

後援【こうえん】 • support, backing

後継【こうけい】 • successor

孝【こう】 • filial piety

江戸【えど】 • old name of Tokyo

皇帝【こうてい】 • emperor

項【こう】 • ① clause, paragraph, item ② term

左翼【さよく】 • left-wing

差益【さえき】 • marginal profits

債権【さいけん】 • credit, claim

斎【とき】 • meals exchanged by parishioners and priests

裁判官【さいばんかん】 • judge

裁判所【さいばんしょ】 • court, courthouse

策定【さくてい】 • decision, settling on

三振【さんしん】 • strike out (baseball), fanning out

暫定【ざんてい】 • tentative, temporary

思惑【おもわく】 • ① expectation, prediction, forecast ② anticipation, speculation

施策【しさく】 • policy, measure

旨【むね】 • ① center (centre), pillar, principle ② purport, gist, drift, meaning

視聴【しちょう】 • attention, viewing

鹿【しか】 • deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon)

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

首筋【くびすじ】 • nape of the neck, back of the neck, scruff of the neck

寿【ことぶき】 • congratulations!, long life!

修道院【しゅうどういん】 • monastery, convent, cloister, abbey

終結【しゅうけつ】 • end, close

充てる【あてる】 • to assign, to set aside

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

竣工【しゅんこう】 • completion (e.g. of construction)

処刑【しょけい】 • execution

傷つける【きずつける】 • ① to wound, to injure ② to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.) ③ to damage, to chip, to scratch

小僧【こぞう】 • ① youngster ② young Buddhist priest

松【まつ】 • ① pine tree ② highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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

衝動【しょうどう】 • impulse, impetus, urge

仁【じん】 • ① benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism), consideration, compassion, humanity, charity ② human ③ kernel ④ nucleolus

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

制覇【せいは】 • conquest, domination, mastery

税率【ぜいりつ】 • ① tariff ② tax rate

総裁【そうさい】 • president

隊員【たいいん】 • group members

大佐【たいさ】 • colonel, (navy) captain

卓【たく】 • table, desk, high

脱税【だつぜい】 • tax evasion

探偵【たんてい】 • detective, sleuth, investigator

東芝【とうしば】 • Toshiba (company)

盤【ばん】 • ① record ② tray, shallow bowl ③ grid, board (e.g. in shogi)

表彰【ひょうしょう】 • public acknowledgment, public acknowledgement, public recognition, commendation, awarding

不透明【ふとうめい】 • opacity

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

竜【りゅう】 • ① dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon) ② naga (semidivine human-cobra chimera in Indian mythology) ③ promoted rook (shogi)

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

独【どく】 • Germany

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

そこら • everywhere, somewhere, approximately, that area, around there

それだけ • that much, as much, to that extent, only that, that alone, no more than that

シンガー • singer

ポート • port

リーグ • league

愛撫【あいぶ】 • caress, loving dearly

あし • common reed (Phragmites australis)

安堵【あんど】 • relief

暗闇【くらやみ】 • darkness, the dark

いか • cuttlefish, squid

碓【うす】 • mill-stone, mortar

厭う【いとう】 • to dislike, to hate, to grudge (doing), to spare (oneself), to be weary of, to take (good) care of

つばめ • ① swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family), martin ② barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) ③ younger man involved with an older woman

甥【おい】 • nephew

桶【おけ】 • bucket

韓国【かんこく】 • (South) Korea

卿【きょう】 • ① lord, sir ② state minister (i.e. under the ritsuryo system)

近畿【きんき】 • Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)

狐【きつね】 • ① fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes) ② fox (i.e. a sly person) ③ soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu ④ light brown

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

痔瘻【じろう】 • anal fistula

閃光【せんこう】 • flash, glint

くも • spider

椴【とど】 • Sakhalin fir (Abies sachalinensis)

ふち • deep pool, abyss, the depths

妖精【ようせい】 • fairy, sprite, elf

洩らす【もらす】 • to let leak, to reveal

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

東瀛【とうえい】 • ① the pacific side of Japan, eastern sea ② of or about Japan