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Most frequent words part 2

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③ うっかり • carelessly, thoughtlessly, inadvertently

③ しつこい • insistent, obstinate

③ じっと • ① motionlessly ② fixedly (e.g. of staring) ③ patiently ④ firmly (e.g. hold), restrained

③ そっと • softly, gently, quietly, secretly

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

③ ちゃんと • perfectly, properly, exactly

③ ぼんやり • absent-minded, blockhead, dim, faint, vague

③ まあ • you might say, Oh!, Wow!, Well!

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

③ オーバー • ① overcoat ② over, exceeding, going beyond, exaggeration ③ ball hit over the head of an outfielder (baseball)

③ 見上げる【みあげる】 • to look up at, to raise one's eyes, to admire

③ 左右【さゆう】 • ① left and right ② influence, control, domination

③ 週【しゅう】 • week

③ 女子【じょし】 • woman, girl

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

③ 生える【はえる】 • ① to grow, to spring up ② to cut (teeth)

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

③ 大半【たいはん】 • majority, mostly, generally

③ 中学【ちゅうがく】 • middle school, junior high school

③ 読書【どくしょ】 • reading

③ 年生【ねんせい】 • pupil in ... year, student in ... year

③ 半ば【なかば】 • middle, half, semi, halfway, partly

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

③ 毎【ごと】 • each respectively

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

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

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

③ 行動【こうどう】 • action, conduct, behaviour, behavior, mobilization, mobilisation

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

③ 国会【こっかい】 • National Diet, parliament, congress

③ 作家【さっか】 • author, writer, novelist, artist

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

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

③ 使用【しよう】 • use, application, employment, utilization, utilisation

③ 持ち上げる【もちあげる】 • to raise, to lift up, to flatter

③ 室【しつ】 • ① room ② Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

③ 質【しつ】 • quality

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

③ 小屋【こや】 • hut, cabin, shed, (animal) pen

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

③ 食品【しょくひん】 • commodity, foodstuff

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

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

③ 世間【せけん】 • world, society

③ 正午【しょうご】 • noon, mid-day

③ 青年【せいねん】 • youth, young man

③ 切れる【きれる】 • ① to cut well, to be sharp ② to break (off), to snap, to wear out ③ to be injured ④ to burst, to collapse ⑤ to be disconnected, to be out of, to expire, to sever (connections) with ⑥ to be shrewd, to have a sharp mind ⑦ to drop under (a certain figure), to beat (e.g. a time) ⑧ to flip, to lose one's temper ⑨ to be able to do completely

③ 前者【ぜんしゃ】 • the former

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

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

③ 大家【おおや】 • landlord, landlady

③ 大使【たいし】 • ambassador

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

③ 動かす【うごかす】 • ① to move, to shift, to operate, to set in motion, to mobilize, to mobilise ② to inspire, to rouse, to move (e.g. feeling), to influence ③ to deny, to change

③ 動作【どうさ】 • action, movements, motions, bearing, behaviour, behavior, execution, actuation, operation, manners

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

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

③ 注ぐ【そそぐ】 • ① to pour (into), to fill ② to sprinkle on from above, to shed (e.g. tears) ③ to concentrate one's spirit or strength on ④ to fall onto (of rain, snow)

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

③ 計る【はかる】 • ① to measure, to weigh, to survey, to time (sound, gauge, estimate) ② to conjecture, to infer, to surmise

③ 易い【やすい】 • easy

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

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

③ 横断【おうだん】 • ① crossing ② transverse

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

③ 家具【かぐ】 • furniture

③ 他【ほか】 • other (esp. places and things), the rest

③ 確かめる【たしかめる】 • to ascertain, to check, to make sure

③ 額【ひたい】 • forehead, brow

③ 期間【きかん】 • period, term, interval

③ 記入【きにゅう】 • entry, filling in of forms

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

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

③ 金曜【きんよう】 • Friday

③ 語る【かたる】 • to talk, to tell, to recite

③ 向け【むけ】 • intended for ..., oriented towards ..., aimed at ...

③ 考え【かんがえ】 • thinking, thought, ideas, intention

③ 号【ごう】 • ① number, edition, make, model, issue, part of that group ② sobriquet, pen-name

③ 合計【ごうけい】 • sum total, total amount

③ 合図【あいず】 • sign, signal

③ 国王【こくおう】 • king

③ 今回【こんかい】 • now, this time, lately

③ 根【ね】 • ① root (of a plant) ② root (of a tooth, hair, etc.), center (of a pimple, etc.) ③ root root (of all evil, etc.), source, origin, cause, basis ④ one's true nature ⑤ (fishing) reef

③ 参加【さんか】 • participation

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

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

③ 試す【ためす】 • to attempt, to test, to try out

③ 事情【じじょう】 • circumstances, consideration, conditions, situation, reasons

③ 実は【じつは】 • as a matter of fact, by the way, to tell you the truth, to be honest, frankly

③ 実験【じっけん】 • experiment

③ 実行【じっこう】 • practice, practise, performance, execution (e.g. program) (programme), realization, realisation, implementation

③ 取り出す【とりだす】 • ① to take out, to produce, to pick out ② to fetch, to retrieve

③ 守る【まもる】 • ① to protect, to guard, to defend ② to keep (i.e. a promise), to abide (by the rules), to observe, to obey, to follow

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

③ 終える【おえる】 • to finish

③ 集会【しゅうかい】 • meeting, assembly

③ 集中【しゅうちゅう】 • concentration, convergence, centralization, integration, gathering together

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

③ ところで • ① by the way, incidentally ② even if, no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

③ 書物【しょもつ】 • books

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

③ 助かる【たすかる】 • to be saved, to be rescued, to survive, to be helpful

③ 助手【じょしゅ】 • helper, helpmeet, assistant, tutor

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

③ 消費【しょうひ】 • consumption, expenditure

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

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

③ 常に【つねに】 • always, constantly

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

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

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

③ 身分【みぶん】 • social position, social status

③ 進学【しんがく】 • entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university

③ 人類【じんるい】 • mankind, humanity

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

③ 生命【せいめい】 • life, existence

③ 石油【せきゆ】 • oil, petroleum, kerosene

③ 組む【くむ】 • ① to cross (legs or arms), to link (arms) ② to put together, to construct, to assemble, to produce (e.g. TV program) ③ to braid, to plait ④ to grapple, to wrestle ⑤ to unite, to link up, to form an alliance ⑥ to set (e.g. type) ⑦ to issue (e.g. money order)

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

③ 単なる【たんなる】 • mere, simple, sheer

③ 単に【たんに】 • simply, merely, only, solely

③ 単語【たんご】 • word, vocabulary, (usually) single-character word

③ 調子【ちょうし】 • ① tune, tone, key, pitch, time, rhythm ② vein, mood, way, manner, style, knack ③ condition, state of health ④ impetus, spur of the moment, strain ⑤ trend

③ 長期【ちょうき】 • long time period

③ 追う【おう】 • ① to chase, to run after, to pursue ② to follow (i.e. a set order, a trend) ③ to drive out, to oust, to expel ④ to drive (i.e. a herd) ⑤ (in passive voice) to be pressed (for time, etc.)

③ 通【つう】 • ① connoisseur, authority ② counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.

③ 通じる【つうじる】 • to run to, to lead to, to communicate, to understand, to be well-informed

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

③ 鉄【てつ】 • iron

③ 鉄道【てつどう】 • railroad

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

③ 登山【とざん】 • mountain climbing

③ 都会【とかい】 • city

③ 当たり前【あたりまえ】 • ① natural, reasonable, obvious ② usual, common, ordinary

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

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

③ 日曜【にちよう】 • Sunday

③ 番目【ばんめ】 • cardinal number suffix

③ 飛ばす【とばす】 • ① to fly, to fire, to hurl ② to skip over, to omit, to drop (e.g. stitch) ③ to run or drive fast, to gallop ④ to spread a rumour (rumor), to tell a story ⑤ to remove, to get rid of, to transfer ⑥ to attack, to jeer at

③ 部【ぶ】 • ① department (in an organization), division, bureau ② club ③ part, component, element ④ category ⑤ counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine

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

③ 平等【びょうどう】 • equality, impartiality, evenness

③ 辺り【あたり】 • ① on the bank of, by the side of (e.g. a river, pond) ② (in the) neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity, nearby

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

③ 無事【ぶじ】 • safety, peace, quietness

③ 夜明け【よあけ】 • dawn, daybreak

③ 野球【やきゅう】 • baseball

③ 陽気【ようき】 • ① cheerful, merry ② season, weather

③ 理想【りそう】 • ideal, dream

③ 列【れつ】 • queue, line, row, column, sequence, string, train

③ 列車【れっしゃ】 • train (ordinary)

③ 話し合う【はなしあう】 • to discuss, to talk together

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

③ 流行【りゅうこう】 • fashion, fad, vogue, craze

③ 以降【いこう】 • on and after, as from, hereafter, thereafter, since

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

③ 違い【ちがい】 • difference, discrepancy

③ 鋭い【するどい】 • pointed, sharp

③ 演技【えんぎ】 • acting, performance

③ 煙【けむり】 • smoke, fumes

③ 可能【かのう】 • possible, practicable, feasible

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

③ 解ける【とける】 • ① to be solved ② to loosen, to come untied ③ to be removed (e.g. restrictions), to be cleared (e.g. misunderstandings), to be broken (e.g. spells, curses) ④ to melt

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

③ 完全【かんぜん】 • perfection, completeness

③ 缶【かん】 • can, tin

③ 観念【かんねん】 • ① idea, notion, conception ② sense (e.g. of duty) ③ resignation, preparedness, acceptance ④ observation and contemplation

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

③ 記念【きねん】 • commemoration, memory

③ 技師【ぎし】 • engineer, technician

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

③ 軍【ぐん】 • army, force, troops

③ 経由【けいゆ】 • go by the way, via

③ 迎え【むかえ】 • meeting, greeting, welcome

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

③ 現状【げんじょう】 • present condition, existing state, status quo

③ 呼吸【こきゅう】 • ① breath, respiration ② knack, trick, secret (of doing something)

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

③ 誤り【あやまり】 • error, mistake, slip, bug

③ 光景【こうけい】 • scene, spectacle

③ 効果【こうか】 • effect, effectiveness, efficacy, result

③ 更に【さらに】 • furthermore, again, after all, more and more, moreover

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

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

③ 航空【こうくう】 • aviation, flying

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

③ 講演【こうえん】 • lecture, address, speech

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

③ 刻む【きざむ】 • to mince, to carve, to engrave, to cut fine, to chop up, to hash, to chisel, to notch

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

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

③ 骨折【こっせつ】 • bone fracture

③ 困難【こんなん】 • difficulty, distress

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

③ 差【さ】 • difference, variation

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

③ 再び【ふたたび】 • again, once more, a second time

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

③ 最低【さいてい】 • ① least, lowest, worst ② nasty, disgusting, horrible, yuck!

③ 罪【つみ】 • crime, fault, indiscretion, sin

③ 作成【さくせい】 • framing, drawing up, making, producing, creating, creation, preparing, writing

③ 殺す【ころす】 • to kill

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

③ 支える【ささえる】 • ① to support, to prop, to sustain, to underlay, to hold up ② to hold at bay, to stem, to check

③ 支給【しきゅう】 • provision, supply, payment, allowance, grant

③ 支配【しはい】 • rule, control, direction

③ 支払う【しはらう】 • to pay

③ 死亡【しぼう】 • death, mortality

③ 資料【しりょう】 • materials, data, document

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

③ 時刻【じこく】 • instant, time, moment

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

③ 主要【しゅよう】 • chief, main, principal, major

③ 手段【しゅだん】 • means, way, measure

③ 種類【しゅるい】 • ① variety, kind, type, category ② counter for different sorts of things

③ 収入【しゅうにゅう】 • income, receipts, revenue

③ 周囲【しゅうい】 • ① surroundings, environs ② circumference

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

③ 集団【しゅうだん】 • group, mass

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

③ 宿泊【しゅくはく】 • lodging

③ 出版【しゅっぱん】 • publication

③ 述べる【のべる】 • to state, to express, to mention

③ 署名【しょめい】 • signature

③ 除く【のぞく】 • to remove, to exclude, to except

③ 承認【しょうにん】 • recognition, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, approval, consent, agreement

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

③ 常識【じょうしき】 • common knowledge, conventional wisdom, general knowledge, common sense

③ 職【しょく】 • employment

③ 職場【しょくば】 • one's post, place of work, workplace

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

③ 信じる【しんじる】 • to believe, to believe in, to place trust in, to confide in, to have faith in

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

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

③ 深刻【しんこく】 • serious

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

③ 神経【しんけい】 • nerve, sensitivity

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

③ 性【せい】 • ① nature (of a person) ② sex ③ gender ④ -ty (suffix indicating quality or condition), -ity, -ness

③ 性格【せいかく】 • character, personality

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

③ 税金【ぜいきん】 • tax, duty

③ 責める【せめる】 • to condemn, to blame, to criticize, to criticise

③ 設計【せっけい】 • plan, design, layout

③ 説【せつ】 • theory

③ 占める【しめる】 • ① to comprise (some part of the whole), to account for, to make up (of) ② to hold, to occupy

③ 相続【そうぞく】 • succession, inheritance

③ 孫【まご】 • grandchild

③ 大臣【だいじん】 • cabinet minister

③ 単位【たんい】 • ① unit, denomination ② credit (in school)

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

③ 地域【ちいき】 • area, region

③ 仲【なか】 • relation, relationship

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

③ 駐車【ちゅうしゃ】 • parking (e.g. car)

③ 泥【どろ】 • mud

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

③ 党【とう】 • ① party (political) ② faction, -ite

③ 塔【とう】 • tower, pagoda

③ 到着【とうちゃく】 • arrival

③ 働き【はたらき】 • work, workings, activity, ability, talent, function, labor, labour, action, operation, movement, motion, conjugation, inflection, achievement

③ 得意【とくい】 • ① triumph, prosperity ② pride ③ one's strong point, one's forte, one's specialty ④ frequent customer (client, etc.)

③ 突っ込む【つっこむ】 • ① to thrust something into something ② to plunge into, to go into deeply ③ to meddle, to interfere ④ to retort ⑤ to riposte

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

③ 南極【なんきょく】 • ① South Pole ② the Antarctic, Antarctica

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

③ 熱心【ねっしん】 • zeal, enthusiasm

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

③ 貧しい【まずしい】 • poor, needy

③ 夫妻【ふさい】 • man and wife, married couple

③ 風景【ふうけい】 • scenery

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

③ 閉じる【とじる】 • to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.), to shut

③ 法則【ほうそく】 • law, rule

③ 役割【やくわり】 • part, assigning (allotment of) parts, role, duties

③ 優れる【すぐれる】 • to surpass, to outstrip, to excel

③ 予測【よそく】 • prediction, estimation

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

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

③ 冷静【れいせい】 • calm, composure, coolness, serenity

③ 論じる【ろんじる】 • to argue, to discuss, to debate

③ 最中【さいちゅう】 • in the middle of, height of, in course of, midst

③ 夫婦【ふうふ】 • married couple, spouses, husband and wife, couple, pair

③ 包帯【ほうたい】 • bandage, dressing

③ 慰める【なぐさめる】 • to comfort, to console, to amuse

③ 井戸【いど】 • water well

③ 稲【いね】 • rice-plant

③ 隠れる【かくれる】 • to hide, to be hidden, to conceal oneself, to disappear

③ 温暖【おんだん】 • warmth

③ 穏やか【おだやか】 • calm, gentle, quiet

③ 家賃【やちん】 • rent

③ 芽【め】 • sprout

③ 街【がい】 • .. street, .. quarter, .. district

③ 覚悟【かくご】 • resolution, resignation, readiness, preparedness

③ 奇妙【きみょう】 • strange, queer, curious

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

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

③ 救助【きゅうじょ】 • relief, aid, rescue

③ 金銭【きんせん】 • money, cash

③ 欠陥【けっかん】 • ① defect, fault, deficiency, deformity ② shortage, gap

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

③ 憲法【けんぽう】 • constitution

③ 誇り【ほこり】 • pride, boast

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

③ 考慮【こうりょ】 • consideration, taking into account

③ 貢献【こうけん】 • contribution, services

③ 裁判【さいばん】 • trial, judgement, judgment

③ 姿【すがた】 • figure, shape, appearance

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

③ 資源【しげん】 • resources

③ 自慢【じまん】 • pride, boast

③ 芝居【しばい】 • play, drama

③ 主義【しゅぎ】 • doctrine, rule, principle

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

③ 就く【つく】 • ① to ascend (the throne), to accede ② to take (seat, position, course, etc.), to assume ③ to start (on a journey), to commence, to depart ④ to study (under teacher), to be an apprentice

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

③ 修正【しゅうせい】 • amendment, correction, revision, modification, alteration, retouching, update, fix

③ 臭い【くさい】 • ① stinking, smelly ② suspicious, fishy ③ clumsy

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

③ 銃【じゅう】 • gun, rifle, small arms

③ 助け【たすけ】 • assistance

③ 女房【にょうぼう】 • ① wife ② court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace

③ 徐々【じょじょ】 • ① gradually, steadily, quietly, slowly ② soon

③ 衝突【しょうとつ】 • collision, conflict

③ 障害【しょうがい】 • ① obstacle, impediment, hindrance, difficulty, barrier ② handicap, impairment, disability, disorder, malfunction

③ 条件【じょうけん】 • condition, conditions, term, terms, requirement, requirements

③ 食糧【しょくりょう】 • provisions, rations, food supply

③ 信仰【しんこう】 • (religious) faith, belief, creed

③ 申し訳【もうしわけ】 • apology, excuse

③ 真実【しんじつ】 • truth, reality

③ 睡眠【すいみん】 • sleep

③ 専攻【せんこう】 • major subject, special study

③ 善【ぜん】 • good, goodness, right, virtue

③ 訴える【うったえる】 • ① to sue (a person), to take someone to court ② to resort to (e.g. arms, violence) ③ to appeal to, to call for ④ to raise, to bring to (someone's attention) ⑤ to complain

③ 喪失【そうしつ】 • loss, forfeit

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

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

③ 騒ぎ【さわぎ】 • uproar, disturbance

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

③ 滞在【たいざい】 • stay, sojourn

③ 第【だい】 • ordinal

③ 張る【はる】 • ① to stick, to paste, to affix ② to stretch, to spread, to strain, to tighten ③ to form (e.g. ice on a pond) ④ to fill, to swell ⑤ to stick out, to put, to slap ⑥ to be expensive

③ 眺める【ながめる】 • to view, to gaze at

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

③ 哲学【てつがく】 • philosophy

③ 伝統【でんとう】 • tradition, convention

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

③ 統計【とうけい】 • statistics

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

③ 憧れる【あこがれる】 • to long for, to yearn after, to admire, to be attracted by

③ 特徴【とくちょう】 • feature, trait, characteristic, pecularity

③ 独身【どくしん】 • bachelorhood, single, unmarried, celibate

③ 独特【どくとく】 • peculiarity, uniqueness, characteristic

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

③ 拍手【はくしゅ】 • clapping hands, applause

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

③ 反抗【はんこう】 • opposition, resistance, insubordination, defiance, hostility, rebellion

③ 微笑む【ほほえむ】 • to smile

③ 分析【ぶんせき】 • analysis

③ 無視【むし】 • disregard, ignore

③ 矛盾【むじゅん】 • contradiction, inconsistency

③ 霧【きり】 • fog, mist

③ 迷惑【めいわく】 • trouble, bother, annoyance

③ 黙る【だまる】 • to be silent

③ 優秀【ゆうしゅう】 • superiority, excellence

③ 誘う【さそう】 • ① to invite, to ask, to call (for) ② to tempt, to lure, to induce

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

③ 利益【りえき】 • ① profit, gains ② benefit, advantage, interest (of the public, etc.) ③ grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.), blessing, miracle

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

③ 化粧【けしょう】 • make-up, cosmetics

③ 傷【きず】 • ① wound, injury, cut, gash, bruise, scratch, scrape, scar ② chip, crack, scratch, nick ③ flaw, defect, weakness, weak point ④ stain (on one's reputation), disgrace, dishonor, dishonour ⑤ (emotional) hurt, hurt feelings

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

③ 梅雨【つゆ】 • ① rainy season ② rain during the rainy season

③ 雷【かみなり】 • thunder

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

③ 丘【おか】 • hill, height, knoll, rising ground

③ 褒める【ほめる】 • to praise, to admire, to speak well

③ おしゃべり • chattering, talk, idle talk, chat, chitchat, gossip, chatty, talkative, chatterbox, blabbermouth

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

③ ぶつかる • to strike, to collide with, to bump into

③ たちまち • at once, in a moment, suddenly, all at once

③ しかる • to scold

③ ついに • ① finally, at last ② (with neg) in the end

③ ようやく • ① finally, at last ② barely, narrowly, hardly, only just ③ gradually, little by little, by degrees

③ しゃべる • to talk, to chat, to chatter

③ 潰す【つぶす】 • ① to smash, to crush ② to shut down ③ to thwart, to block ④ to kill (time) ⑤ to waste (e.g. talents)

③ 諦める【あきらめる】 • to give up, to abandon

③ 釘【くぎ】 • nail (i.e. small metal spike)

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

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

③ 鍋【なべ】 • saucepan, pot

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

③ 脇【わき】 • ① side, aside ② armpit ③ back-burner

③ 曖昧【あいまい】 • ① vague, ambiguous, unclear ② fuzzy

② しゃがむ • to squat, to crouch

② しゃぶる • to suck, to chew

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

② すっと • straight, quickly, directly, all of a sudden, quietly, gently, softly

② 何時の間にか【いつのまにか】 • before one knows, before one becomes aware of, unnoticed, unawares

② 学年【がくねん】 • year in school, grade in school

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

② 小学【しょうがく】 • elementary school, primary school, grade school

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

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

② 上下【じょうげ】 • high and low, up and down, unloading and loading, praising and blaming

② 前後【ぜんご】 • around, throughout, front and back, before and behind, before and after, about that (time), longitudinal, context, nearly, approximately

② 大小【だいしょう】 • ① sizes (various), large and small ② daisho (matched pair of long and short swords) ③ large and small drums ④ long months and short months

② 入社【にゅうしゃ】 • entry to a company

② 英文【えいぶん】 • ① sentence in English, article in English, English text ② English literature (study of)

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

② 強気【つよき】 • firm, strong

② とどまる • ① to stop, to halt ② to remain, to abide, to stay (in the one place) ③ to come to a halt ④ to be limited to

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

② 集まる【あつまる】 • to gather, to collect, to assemble

② 重ねる【かさねる】 • to pile up, to put something on another, to heap up, to add, to repeat

② 書道【しょどう】 • calligraphy (esp. Chinese)

② 青少年【せいしょうねん】 • youth, young person

② 切れ【きれ】 • ① piece, slice, strip, scrap ② cloth ③ sharpness ④ counter for scraps, pieces, etc.

② 送料【そうりょう】 • postage, carriage

② 大学院【だいがくいん】 • graduate school

② 着せる【きせる】 • ① to put clothes on (someone) ② to plate, to gild, to veneer ③ to accuse (of some crime), to give (a bad name)

② 中世【ちゅうせい】 • Middle Ages, mediaeval times

② 電力【でんりょく】 • electric power

② 同時【どうじ】 • simultaneous(ly), concurrent, same time, synchronous, together

② 発電【はつでん】 • generation (e.g. power)

② 飯【めし】 • ① meals, food ② cooked rice ③ one's livelihood

② 安易【あんい】 • ① easy, simple ② easy-going

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

② 外科【げか】 • surgical department

② 曲げる【まげる】 • to bend, to crook, to lean, to yield (a point), to depart (from a principle)

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

② 合同【ごうどう】 • combination, incorporation, union, amalgamation, fusion, congruence

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

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

② 参考【さんこう】 • reference, consultation

② 指定【してい】 • designation, specification, assignment, appointment, pointing at

② 次ぐ【つぐ】 • to rank next to, to come after

② 主語【しゅご】 • subject

② 手首【てくび】 • wrist

② 重量【じゅうりょう】 • ① weight ② heavyweight boxer

② 少数【しょうすう】 • minority, few

② 消化【しょうか】 • ① digestion ② thorough understanding ③ selling accumulated (excess) products, dealing with a large amount of work ④ losing one's form and turning into something else

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

② 神話【しんわ】 • myth, legend

② 水準【すいじゅん】 • ① level, standard ② water level

② 水平【すいへい】 • level, horizontality

② 体育【たいいく】 • physical education, gymnastics, athletics

② 竹【たけ】 • ① bamboo ② middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

② 直後【ちょくご】 • immediately following

② 通勤【つうきん】 • commuting to work

② 通用【つうよう】 • ① popular use, circulation ② to pass as

② 定員【ていいん】 • fixed number of regular personnel, capacity (of boat, hall, aeroplane, airplane, etc.)

② 定期【ていき】 • ① fixed term ② fixed-term commutation pass ③ fixed-term deposit

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

② 能【のう】 • ① talent, gift, function ② noh (theatre)

② 飛行【ひこう】 • aviation

② 運河【うんが】 • canal, waterway

② 超す【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

② 灰【はい】 • ash, ashes

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

② 気圧【きあつ】 • atmospheric pressure

② 見舞う【みまう】 • to ask after (health), to visit

② 現す【あらわす】 • ① to reveal, to show, to display ② to express ③ to represent, to signify, to stand for ④ to make widely known

② 現に【げんに】 • actually, really

② 限度【げんど】 • limit, bounds

② 講師【こうし】 • lecturer

② 高層【こうそう】 • multistory, multistoried, high-rise, high, tall

② 腰掛ける【こしかける】 • to sit (down)

② 再三【さいさん】 • again and again, repeatedly

② 散る【ちる】 • ① to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves) ② to scatter, to be dispersed ③ to disappear, to dissolve, to break up ④ to spread, to run, to blur ⑤ to die a noble death

② 資本【しほん】 • funds, capital

② 児童【じどう】 • children, juvenile

② 自治【じち】 • self-government, autonomy

② 自宅【じたく】 • one's home

② 実績【じっせき】 • achievements, actual results

② 終了【しゅうりょう】 • end, close, termination

② 書籍【しょせき】 • book, publication

② 承る【うけたまわる】 • ① to hear, to be told, to know ② to receive (order), to undertake, to comply, to take (a reservation, etc.)

② 省略【しょうりゃく】 • omission, abbreviation, abridgment, abridgement

② 蒸気【じょうき】 • steam, vapour, vapor

② 職人【しょくにん】 • worker, mechanic, artisan, craftsman

② 制作【せいさく】 • work (film, book)

② 性能【せいのう】 • ability, performance, efficiency

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

② 浅い【あさい】 • shallow, superficial

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

② 窓口【まどぐち】 • ① ticket window, teller window, counter ② contact person, point of contact

② 増大【ぞうだい】 • enlargement, increase

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

② 停止【ていし】 • suspension, interruption, stoppage, ban, standstill, halt, hang-up, deadlock, stalemate, abeyance

② 灯台【とうだい】 • lighthouse

② 濃度【のうど】 • ① concentration, thickness, density ② cardinality

② 美容【びよう】 • beauty of figure or form

② 方程式【ほうていしき】 • equation, formula

② 輸送【ゆそう】 • transport, transportation

② 翌年【よくねん】 • following year

② 粒【つぶ】 • grain, bead

② 圧縮【あっしゅく】 • compression, condensation, constriction, compaction

② 下旬【げじゅん】 • month (last third of)

② 仮定【かてい】 • assumption, supposition, hypothesis

② 歌謡【かよう】 • song, ballad

② 過剰【かじょう】 • excess, over-

② 拡充【かくじゅう】 • expansion

② 括弧【かっこ】 • parenthesis, brackets

② 勘違い【かんちがい】 • misunderstanding, wrong guess

② 感激【かんげき】 • deep emotion, impression, inspiration

② 緩い【ゆるい】 • loose, lenient, slow

② 鑑賞【かんしょう】 • appreciation (e.g. of art), aesthetic sense

② 間隔【かんかく】 • space, interval, SPC

② 及ぼす【およぼす】 • to exert, to cause, to exercise

② 教養【きょうよう】 • culture, education, refinement, cultivation

② 句【く】 • ① section (i.e. of text), sentence, passage, paragraph ② phrase ③ verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry) ④ haiku, first 17 morae of a renga, etc. ⑤ maxim, saying, idiom, expression

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

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

② 攻める【せめる】 • to attack, to assault

② 綱【つな】 • ① rope ② sumo grand champion's braided belt

② 項目【こうもく】 • (data) item, entry

② 座敷【ざしき】 • tatami room

② 砕ける【くだける】 • to break, to be broken

② 削除【さくじょ】 • elimination, cancellation, deletion, erasure, DEL (key)

② 撮影【さつえい】 • photographing

② 殺人【さつじん】 • murder

② 司会【しかい】 • chairmanship, leading a meeting

② 姿勢【しせい】 • attitude, posture

② 市場【しじょう】 • (the) market (as a concept)

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

② 自衛【じえい】 • self-defense, self-defence

② 執筆【しっぴつ】 • writing (e.g. as a profession)

② 取り戻す【とりもどす】 • to take back, to regain, to get back, to recover

② 受け入れる【うけいれる】 • to accept, to receive

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

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

② 焦点【しょうてん】 • focus (e.g. photographic), focal point

② 鐘【かね】 • bell (often a large hanging bell), chime

② 載る【のる】 • ① to get on, to ride in, to board, to mount, to get up on ② to spread (paints), to be taken in ③ to share in, to join, to feel like doing, to be mentioned in, to be in harmony with ④ to appear (in print), to be recorded, to be found in (a dictionary)

② 新幹線【しんかんせん】 • bullet train (very high speed), Shinkansen

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

② 診断【しんだん】 • diagnosis

② 杉【すぎ】 • Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria japonica

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

② 整備【せいび】 • maintenance, servicing, outfitting

② 製作【せいさく】 • manufacture, production

② あう • ① to meet, to encounter ② to have an accident, to have a bad experience

② 妥当【だとう】 • valid, proper, right, appropriate

② 体操【たいそう】 • gymnastics, physical exercises, calisthenics

② 濁る【にごる】 • to become muddy, to get impure

② 但し【ただし】 • but, however, provided that

② 丁目【ちょうめ】 • district of a town, city block (of irregular size)

② 典型【てんけい】 • type, pattern, archetypal

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

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

② 統一【とういつ】 • unity, consolidation, uniformity, unification, compatible

② 特殊【とくしゅ】 • special, unique

② 独り【ひとり】 • alone, unmarried, solitary

② 犯す【おかす】 • ① to commit (e.g. crime), to perpetrate ② to transgress, to contravene ③ to violate, to ravish, to rape, to deflower

② 評論【ひょうろん】 • criticism, critique

② 膨らむ【ふくらむ】 • to expand, to swell (out), to get big, to become inflated

② 愉快【ゆかい】 • pleasant, happy

② 臨時【りんじ】 • temporary, special, extraordinary

② 鈴【すず】 • bell (often globular)

② 武士【ぶし】 • warrior, samurai

② 牧場【ぼくじょう】 • ① farm (livestock), ranch (US), station (Aus, NZ) ② pasture land, meadow, grazing land

② 瓦【かわら】 • roof tile

② 馴れる【なれる】 • ① to grow accustomed to, to get too familiar with ② to become domesticated, to become tame

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

② つながり • connection, link, relationship

② 軽蔑【けいべつ】 • scorn, disdain

② こする • to rub, to scrub

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

② 狙う【ねらう】 • to aim at

② すなわち • that is, namely, i.e.

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

② 頂戴【ちょうだい】 • ① receiving, reception, getting, being given ② eating, drinking, having ③ (also used after -te forms) please, please do for me

② 爪【つめ】 • ① nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail), claw, talon, hoof ② plectrum, pick ③ hook, clasp

② 呆れる【あきれる】 • to be amazed, to be shocked

② 瞼【まぶた】 • eyelid, eyelids

① ぐっと • firmly, fast, much, more

① でかい • huge, gargantuan

① ふらふら • unsteady on one's feet, stagger, reel, totter, dizzy

① ゆとり • elbowroom, leeway, room, reserve, margin, allowance, latitude, time

① 社【やしろ】 • shrine (usually Shinto)

① 持てる【もてる】 • ① to be able to possess (hold, get, etc.) ② to be well liked, to be popular, to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.), to be welcomed ③ to endure (the tests of time, the elements, etc.), to last ④ possessed ⑤ possessing riches, having wealth

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

① 動【どう】 • motion, change, confusion

① 同【どう】 • the same, the said, ibid.

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

① 準ずる【じゅんずる】 • to apply correspondingly, to correspond to, to be proportionate to, to conform to

① 商【しょう】 • ① quotient ② dealing, dealer, store ③ second degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) ④ Shang (dynasty of China)

① 由【よし】 • reason, significance, cause

① 演習【えんしゅう】 • practice, practise, exercises, manoeuvres, maneuvers, practicum

① 指示【しじ】 • indication, instruction, designation, directions

① 周【しゅう】 • ① Zhou (dynasty of China), Chou ② (geometric) perimeter ③ counter for laps or circuits

① 蒸す【むす】 • to steam, to poultice, to be sultry

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

① 安静【あんせい】 • rest

① 暗示【あんじ】 • hint, suggestion

① 衣装【いしょう】 • clothing, costume, outfit, garment, dress

① 一気【いっき】 • drink! (said repeatedly as a party cheer)

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

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

① 運賃【うんちん】 • freight rates, shipping expenses, fare

① 栄える【さかえる】 • to prosper, to flourish

① 衛生【えいせい】 • health, hygiene, sanitation, medical

① 閲覧【えつらん】 • ① inspection, reading ② browsing (the WWW, internet), web browsing

① 煙る【けむる】 • ① to smoke (e.g. fire) ② to be hazy

① 押し寄せる【おしよせる】 • to advance on, to close in, to march on, to descend on (the enemy), to move towards, to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.), to rush for (the door), to inundate, to overwhelm, to push aside

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

① 果てる【はてる】 • ① to end, to be finished, to be exhausted, to die, to perish ② indicates an extreme has been reached

① 火星【かせい】 • Mars (planet)

① 花びら【はなびら】 • (flower) petal

① 貨幣【かへい】 • money, currency, coinage

① 過労【かろう】 • overwork, strain

① 快い【こころよい】 • pleasant, agreeable

① 改訂【かいてい】 • revision

① 階層【かいそう】 • class, level, stratum, layer, hierarchy

① 外貨【がいか】 • ① foreign currency, foreign money, foreign exchange ② foreign goods, imported goods

① 外観【がいかん】 • appearance, exterior, facade

① 革新【かくしん】 • reform, innovation

① 学芸【がくげい】 • arts and sciences, liberal arts

① 学士【がくし】 • university graduate

① 幹線【かんせん】 • main line, trunk line

① 歓声【かんせい】 • cheer, shout of joy

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

① 簡易【かんい】 • simplicity, convenience, easiness, quasi-

① 丸める【まるめる】 • to make round, to round off, to roll up, to curl up, to seduce, to cajole, to explain away

① 寄与【きよ】 • contribution, service

① 棄権【きけん】 • ① abstaining from voting ② renunciation of a right

① 気軽【きがる】 • ① carefree, buoyant, lighthearted, sprightly ② ease

① 気障【きざ】 • affected, smug, pompous, conceited, snobby, pretentious

① 祈り【いのり】 • prayer, supplication

① 技能【ぎのう】 • technical skill, ability, capacity

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

① 議題【ぎだい】 • topic of discussion, agenda

① 丘陵【きゅうりょう】 • hill

① 宮殿【きゅうでん】 • palace

① 救済【きゅうさい】 • relief, aid, rescue, salvation, help

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

① 漁船【ぎょせん】 • fishing boat

① 共学【きょうがく】 • coeducation

① 共感【きょうかん】 • sympathy, empathy, response

① 強いる【しいる】 • to force, to compel, to coerce

① 教科【きょうか】 • subject, curriculum

① 教材【きょうざい】 • teaching materials

① 興業【こうぎょう】 • industrial enterprise

① 極端【きょくたん】 • extreme, extremity

① 君主【くんしゅ】 • ruler, monarch

① 軍備【ぐんび】 • armaments, military preparations

① 傾斜【けいしゃ】 • inclination, slant, slope, bevel, list, dip

① 契機【けいき】 • opportunity, chance

① 恵む【めぐむ】 • ① to bless, to show mercy to ② to give (money, etc.)

① 茎【くき】 • stalk

① 軽減【けいげん】 • abatement, reduction

① 結び付く【むすびつく】 • to be connected or related, to join together

① 健全【けんぜん】 • health, soundness, wholesome

① 権威【けんい】 • authority, power, influence

① 原爆【げんばく】 • atomic bomb, A-bomb

① 孤児【こじ】 • orphan

① 故人【こじん】 • the deceased, old friend

① 交える【まじえる】 • ① to mix, to combine ② to exchange (words, fire, etc.) ③ to cross (e.g. swords), to join together

① 公募【こうぼ】 • public appeal (e.g. for contributions), public offering (of securities), public advertisement (of a post)

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

① 広まる【ひろまる】 • to spread, to be propagated

① 控える【ひかえる】 • ① to be temperate in, to restrain oneself from excessive ... ② to make notes ③ to hold back ④ to be in preparation for, to be in waiting for ⑤ to be soon, to be in the offing ⑥ to be in a close relationship (e.g. as a backer, etc.)

① 控除【こうじょ】 • subtraction, deduction (e.g. tax), subsidy

① 洪水【こうずい】 • flood

① 購読【こうどく】 • paid subscription (e.g. magazine)

① 高原【こうげん】 • tableland, plateau

① 合唱【がっしょう】 • chorus, singing in a chorus

① 合成【ごうせい】 • synthesis, composition, synthetic, composite, mixed, combined, compound

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

① 国交【こっこう】 • diplomatic relations

① 黒字【くろじ】 • balance (figure) in the black

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

① 佐【さ】 • help

① 詐欺【さぎ】 • fraud, swindle, graft

① 再建【さいけん】 • rebuilding, reconstruction, rehabilitation

① 再生【さいせい】 • playback, regeneration, resuscitation, return to life, rebirth, reincarnation, refresh, narrow escape, reclamation, regrowth

① 採択【さいたく】 • adoption, selection, choice

① 済ます【すます】 • ① to finish, to get it over with, to conclude ② to settle, to pay back ③ to get along (without something), to make do with (without)

① 財源【ざいげん】 • source of funds, resources, finances

① 財政【ざいせい】 • financial affairs, public finance

① 冴える【さえる】 • to be clear, to be serene, to be cold, to be skillful

① 作【さく】 • a work, a harvest

① 作り【つくり】 • ① making, producing, manufacturing, building, construction, make, structure ② appearance (i.e. attire, make-up) ③ build (i.e. physique) ④ sashimi ⑤ forced (smile, etc.)

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

① 参照【さんしょう】 • reference, bibliographical reference, consultation, browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer), checking out

① 山脈【さんみゃく】 • mountain range

① 酸【さん】 • ① acid ② sourness, sour taste

① 酸化【さんか】 • oxidation

① 仕掛ける【しかける】 • to commence, to lay (mines), to set (traps), to wage (war), to challenge

① 仕様【しよう】 • ① way, method, means, resource, remedy ② (technical) specification

① 志【こころざし】 • will, intention, motive

① 思考【しこう】 • thought, consideration, thinking

① 指揮【しき】 • command, direction

① 指差す【ゆびさす】 • to point at

① 指摘【してき】 • pointing out, identification

① 支持【しじ】 • support, maintenance

① 施す【ほどこす】 • to donate, to give, to conduct, to apply, to perform

① 視野【しや】 • field of vision, outlook

① 試みる【こころみる】 • to try, to test

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

① 資金【しきん】 • funds, capital

① 歯科【しか】 • dentistry

① 事項【じこう】 • matter, item, facts

① 事前【じぜん】 • prior, beforehand, in advance

① 持続【じぞく】 • continuation

① 治療【ちりょう】 • medical treatment, cure

① 自己【じこ】 • self, oneself

① 自主【じしゅ】 • independence, autonomy

① 実【じつ】 • ① truth, reality ② sincerity, honesty, fidelity ③ content, substance ④ (good) result

① 実家【じっか】 • (one's parents') home

① 実践【じっせん】 • practice, practise, put into practice, put into practise

① 実態【じったい】 • true state, actual condition, reality

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

① 主催【しゅさい】 • organization, organisation, sponsorship

① 主人公【しゅじんこう】 • ① protagonist, main character, hero(ine) (of a story) ② head of household

① 主題【しゅだい】 • subject, theme, motif

① 主任【しゅにん】 • person in charge, responsible official, senior staff

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

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

① 取材【しゅざい】 • collecting data (e.g. for a newspaper article), covering an event

① 手元【てもと】 • ① (money) on hand or at home, one's purse (handbag) ② usual skill

① 手順【てじゅん】 • process, procedure, sequence, protocol, instruction

① 趣旨【しゅし】 • ① object, intent, aim ② meaning, point (e.g. of a statement)

① 受け入れ【うけいれ】 • receiving, acceptance

① 樹立【じゅりつ】 • establish, create

① 収支【しゅうし】 • income and expenditure

① 衆議院【しゅうぎいん】 • lower house, House of Representatives

① 襲撃【しゅうげき】 • attack, charge, raid

① 住【じゅう】 • dwelling, living

① 充実【じゅうじつ】 • ① fullness, completion, perfection, substantiality, enrichment ② replenishment, repletion

① 従事【じゅうじ】 • engaging, pursuing, following (e.g. profession or occupation)

① 従来【じゅうらい】 • up to now, so far, traditional, existing (e.g. equipment)

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

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

① 処分【しょぶん】 • disposal, dealing, punishment

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

① 所得【しょとく】 • income, earnings

① 所有【しょゆう】 • one's possessions, ownership

① 勝手【かって】 • ① one's own convenience, one's way ② convenience or ease of use, knowledge of how to use ③ circumstances, situation (e.g. financial), environment ④ kitchen ⑤ arbitrary

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

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

① 昇進【しょうしん】 • promotion

① 梢【こずえ】 • treetop, tip of a branch

① 沼【ぬま】 • swamp, bog, pond, lake

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

① 証言【しょうげん】 • evidence, testimony

① 証人【しょうにん】 • witness

① 詳細【しょうさい】 • detail, particulars

① 象徴【しょうちょう】 • symbol

① 上位【じょうい】 • ① superior (rank not class) ② higher order (e.g. byte) ③ host computer (of connected device)

① 上空【じょうくう】 • sky, the skies, high-altitude sky, upper air

① 上昇【じょうしょう】 • rising, ascending, climbing

① 上陸【じょうりく】 • landing, disembarkation

① 嬢【じょう】 • ① unmarried woman ② (after a name) Miss ③ (after a line of work) -ess, -ette

① 条約【じょうやく】 • treaty, pact

① 職務【しょくむ】 • professional duties

① 審査【しんさ】 • judging, inspection, examination, investigation

① 新人【しんじん】 • ① new face, newcomer ② modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)

① 深める【ふかめる】 • to deepen, to heighten, to intensify

① 真理【しんり】 • truth

① 神殿【しんでん】 • temple, sacred place

① 親しむ【したしむ】 • to be intimate with, to befriend

① 親父【おやじ】 • one's father, old man, one's boss

① 進化【しんか】 • evolution, progress

① 進行【しんこう】 • advance, progress

① 進展【しんてん】 • progress, development

① 震わせる【ふるわせる】 • to (make something) quiver, to shake, to tremble

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

① 人質【ひとじち】 • hostage, prisoner

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

① 推進【すいしん】 • ① propulsion, driving force ② implementation, promotion (e.g. of a government policy)

① 水田【すいでん】 • (water-filled) paddy field

① 据える【すえる】 • ① to place (in position), to fix, to set (e.g. table), to lay (foundation) ② to install, to seat (someone) ③ to settle (upon something), to fix (e.g. one's gaze) ④ to apply (moxa)

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

① 制定【せいてい】 • enactment, establishment, creation

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

① 生理【せいり】 • ① physiology ② menstruation, one's period, menses

① 声明【せいめい】 • declaration, statement, proclamation

① 設ける【もうける】 • to create, to establish

① 設定【せってい】 • ① establishment, creation ② options or preference settings (in computer software), configuration, assignment, setup

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

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

① 戦術【せんじゅつ】 • tactics

① 染まる【そまる】 • to be dyed

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

① 繊維【せんい】 • fibre, fiber, textile

① 選考【せんこう】 • selection, screening

① 鮮やか【あざやか】 • vivid, clear, brilliant

① 素材【そざい】 • raw materials, subject matter

① 組み込む【くみこむ】 • to insert, to include, to cut in (printing)

① 創刊【そうかん】 • launching (e.g. newspaper), first issue

① 創造【そうぞう】 • creation

① 創立【そうりつ】 • establishment, founding, organization, organisation

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

① 捜索【そうさく】 • search (esp. for someone or something missing), investigation

① 争い【あらそい】 • dispute, strife, quarrel, dissension, conflict, rivalry, contest

① 相応【そうおう】 • suitability, fitness

① 相場【そうば】 • ① market price ② speculation (e.g. on stocks) ③ reputation (according to conventional wisdom), estimation, esteem

① 総会【そうかい】 • general meeting

① 装飾【そうしょく】 • ornament

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

① 損失【そんしつ】 • loss (e.g. assets or profits)

① 打ち切る【うちきる】 • to stop, to abort, to discontinue, to close

① 体験【たいけん】 • personal experience

① 対決【たいけつ】 • confrontation, showdown

① 対処【たいしょ】 • deal with, cope

① 大幅【おおはば】 • full width, large scale, drastic

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

① 短大【たんだい】 • junior college

① 知的【ちてき】 • intellectual

① 地獄【じごく】 • hell

① 畜生【ちくしょう】 • ① beast (i.e. any animal other than man) ② person reborn into the animal realm ③ brute (i.e. a contemptible human being) ④ son of a bitch, for Christ's sake, damn it

① 秩序【ちつじょ】 • order, regularity, system, method

① 着手【ちゃくしゅ】 • ① to start work (on), to undertake ② embarkation, launch

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

① 中立【ちゅうりつ】 • neutrality

① 著しい【いちじるしい】 • remarkable, considerable

① 著名【ちょめい】 • well-known, noted, celebrated

① 挑む【いどむ】 • ① to challenge, to throw down the gauntlet, to contend for, to tackle ② to pressure someone for sex, to woo, to make love to

① 挑戦【ちょうせん】 • challenge, defiance

① 調理【ちょうり】 • cooking, food preparation

① 提携【ていけい】 • cooperation, tie-up, joint business, link-up

① 提示【ていじ】 • presentation, exhibit, suggest, citation

① 訂正【ていせい】 • correction, revision, amendment

① 適宜【てきぎ】 • ① suitable, appropriate ② appropriately

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

① 天井【てんじょう】 • ceiling, ceiling price

① 転換【てんかん】 • convert, divert

① 転落【てんらく】 • fall, degradation, slump, spill

① 点検【てんけん】 • inspection, examination, checking

① 登校【とうこう】 • attendance (at school), going to school

① 投資【とうし】 • investment

① 当選【とうせん】 • ① being elected ② being selected (to win a prize, etc.) ③ winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)

① 等級【とうきゅう】 • ① grade, class ② (astronomical) magnitude

① 統合【とうごう】 • ① integration, unification, synthesis ② integrated, built-in

① 到達【とうたつ】 • reaching, attaining, arrival

① 踏まえる【ふまえる】 • to be based on, to have origin in

① 逃れる【のがれる】 • to escape

① 動員【どういん】 • mobilization, mobilisation

① 動機【どうき】 • motive, incentive, motif

① 動向【どうこう】 • trend, tendency, movement, attitude

① 動揺【どうよう】 • disturbance, unrest, shaking, trembling, pitching, rolling, oscillation, agitation, excitement, commotion

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

① 同等【どうとう】 • equality, equal, same rights, same rank, equivalence

① 道場【どうじょう】 • ① dojo (hall used for martial arts training) ② manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

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

① 特集【とくしゅう】 • feature (e.g. newspaper), special edition, report

① 独裁【どくさい】 • dictatorship, despotism

① 突破【とっぱ】 • breaking through, breakthrough, penetration

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

① 乳【ちち】 • ① milk ② breast ③ loop ④ decorative bump (on a hanging bell)

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

① 認識【にんしき】 • recognition, cognizance, cognisance

① 把握【はあく】 • grasp, catch, understanding

① 肺【はい】 • lung

① 配置【はいち】 • arrangement (of resources), deployment, stationing, posting, disposition

① 配布【はいふ】 • distribution

① 配分【はいぶん】 • distribution, allotment

① 配列【はいれつ】 • ① arrangement, disposition ② array (programming, programing)

① 伴う【ともなう】 • to accompany, to bring with, to be accompanied by, to be involved in, to be consequent upon

① 反撃【はんげき】 • counterattack, counteroffensive, counterblow

① 反発【はんぱつ】 • ① to repel, to oppose, to revolt, to react sharply (against) ② opposition, rebellion, resistance, backlash ③ rally, recovery (e.g. in stock prices), rebound ④ to rally, to recover, to rebound

① 比率【ひりつ】 • ratio, proportion, percentage

① 避難【ひなん】 • taking refuge, finding shelter, evacuation, escape

① 尾【お】 • tail, ridge

① 頻繁【ひんぱん】 • frequent, incessant

① 不振【ふしん】 • dullness, depression, slump, stagnation

① 不当【ふとう】 • injustice, impropriety, unreasonableness, undeserved, unfair, invalid

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

① 富【とみ】 • wealth, fortune

① 物体【ぶったい】 • body, object

① 分散【ぶんさん】 • dispersion, decentralization, decentralisation, variance (statistics), distribution, dissemination, allocation

① 閉鎖【へいさ】 • closing, closure, shutdown, lockout, unsociable

① 変動【へんどう】 • change, fluctuation

① 片仮名【かたかな】 • katakana, one of the Japanese syllabaries

① 返還【へんかん】 • return, restoration

① 弁護【べんご】 • defense, defence, pleading, advocacy

① 保育【ほいく】 • nursing, nurturing, rearing, lactation, suckling

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

① 補給【ほきゅう】 • supply, supplying, replenishment

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

① 放り出す【ほうりだす】 • to throw out, to fire, to expel, to give up, to abandon, to neglect

① 放置【ほうち】 • leave as is, leave to chance, leave alone, neglect

① 望ましい【のぞましい】 • desirable, hoped for

① 冒頭【ぼうとう】 • beginning, start, outset

① 本質【ほんしつ】 • essence, true nature, substance, reality

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

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

① 未知【みち】 • not yet known

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

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

① 名誉【めいよ】 • honor, honour, credit, prestige

① 滅亡【めつぼう】 • downfall, ruin, collapse, destruction

① 猛烈【もうれつ】 • violent, vehement, rage

① 網【あみ】 • ① net, netting ② web

① 予め【あらかじめ】 • beforehand, in advance, previously

① 余地【よち】 • place, room, margin, scope

① 預金【よきん】 • deposit, bank account

① 遥か【はるか】 • far, far away, distant, remote, far off

① 落ち込む【おちこむ】 • ① to feel down (sad) ② to be in a slump (e.g. business, economy), to be in an unfavourable condition ③ to fall into (e.g. a hole)

① 立法【りっぽう】 • legislation, lawmaking

① 連休【れんきゅう】 • consecutive holidays

① 論議【ろんぎ】 • discussion, argument, debate

① 管【かん】 • pipe, tube

① 魂【たましい】 • soul, spirit

① 重複【じゅうふく】 • duplication, repetition, overlapping, redundancy, restoration

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

① 墓地【ぼち】 • cemetery, graveyard

① 本文【ほんぶん】 • text (of document), body (of letter)

① 意向【いこう】 • intention, idea, inclination

① 産む【うむ】 • to give birth, to deliver, to produce

① 箇所【かしょ】 • passage, place, point, part

① 手当【てあて】 • ① allowance, compensation ② treatment, medical care

① ことごとく • altogether, entirely

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

① 汚す【けがす】 • to disgrace, to dishonour, to dishonor, to defile

① 近付く【ちかづく】 • ① to approach, to draw near, to get close ② to get acquainted with, to get closer to, to get to know

① 今更【いまさら】 • now (after such a long time), at this late hour (i.e. it is too late for something)

① もしくは • or, otherwise

① 膳【ぜん】 • ① small dining table (usu. for a single person), serving tray (with legs) ② meal, food, serving ③ counter for bowlfuls of rice, counter for pairs of chopsticks

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

① まとめ • settlement, conclusion, summary

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

① しなやか • supple, flexible, elastic

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

あっという間に【あっというまに】 • just like that (lit: in the time it takes to say "Ah!"), in the twinkling of an eye, in the blink of an eye

ぎゅっと • hard, tight(ly)

ぎょっと • being startled

ぎりぎり • ① at the last moment, just barely ② grinding sound

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

ぐるぐる • ① turning round and round, going around in circles ② wrapped around

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

そこそこ • ① reasonably, fairly well ② or so, about

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

ひっそり • quiet, still, silent, deserted

らっしゃる • to be, to come, to go

アーケード • arcade

アイドル • ① idol ② idle

アカデミー • academia, academy

アクション • action

アップル • ① apple ② Apple (computer company)

アマチュア • amateur

アメリカン • ① American ② American coffee (weaker than regular Japanese coffee)

アラブ • Arab

アルゴリズム • algorithm

イースト • ① east ② yeast

イエス • ① Jesus ② yes

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

インディアン • Indian

インドネシア • Indonesia

インパクト • impact

ウェールズ • Wales

ウエア • ① -ware ② -wear (clothing), (sports) wear

ウエスト • ① waist ② west ③ waste

ウッド • wood

エッセイ • essay

エピソード • episode

エンジニア • engineer

オークション • auction

オーダー • order

オーディション • audition

オート • ① auto, automobile, automatic ② oat, oats

オイル • oil, engine oil, kerosene

オフィス • office

オレンジ • orange

オンライン • on-line

カール • ① curl ② cwm, cirque, corrie

カテゴリー • category

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

カンザス • Kansas

キー • ① key ② long squealing sound

キス • kiss

キッチン • ① kitchen ② chitin

キリスト教 • Christianity

ギャラリー • gallery

ギルド • guild

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

クリスマス • Christmas

クロアチア • Croatia

クロス • ① cross ② gross ③ cloth

グラウンド • sports ground, sports oval

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

グランプリ • Grand Prix

ケンタッキー • Kentucky

ゲイ • gay

ゲスト • guest

ゲリラ • guerrilla

コマンド • ① (computer) command ② commando

コミック • comic books, comics

コミュニケーション • communication

コレクション • ① collection ② correction

コロニー • colony

コンテスト • contest

サウンド • sound

サラダ • salad

サンフランシスコ • San Francisco

シート • ① seat ② sheet

シアター • theater, theatre

シェア • (market) share

シフト • shift

シャトル • shuttle

シュート • ① shoot ② chute

ショート • ① short (e.g. a circuit) ② short stop (baseball)

ショック • shock

ショット • ① shot (in films) ② shot (of alcohol) ③ hitting a ball (e.g. in tennis) ④ shoot (in basketball)

ショッピング • shopping

ショップ • shop

シン • thin

シングルス • singles

シンボル • symbol

ジム • gym, gymnasium

ジュネーブ • Geneva

スーツ • suit

スイッチ • switch

スキャンダル • scandal

スクリーン • screen

スケート • skate, skates, skating

スタジアム • stadium

スタンド • stand

ストア • ① store ② stoa (classical Greek colonnade or portico)

スパイ • spy

スピーカー • speaker

スペース • space

スペシャル • special

スポークスマン • spokesman

スポット • ① spot ② spot advertisement, spot advertising ③ spot news ④ spotlight

スポンサー • sponsor

スムーズ • smooth

スリル • thrill

セキュリティ • security

セクション • section

セックス • sexual intercourse

セッション • ① session ② jam session, jam

セミナー • seminar

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

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

ソビエト • Soviet Union

ソフトウェア • software

ソロ • solo

ソング • song

ターミナル • terminal

タイミング • timing

タイム • ① time ② thyme

タイヤ • tire, tyre

タウン • town

タッチ • ① touch ② being involved in

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

タワー • tower

タンク • tank

ダイヤ • ① diamond ② (railway) schedule ③ diagram ④ dyer

ダメージ • damage

チェーン • chain

チップ • ① gratuity, tip ② chip

チベット • Tibet

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

チャンス • chance, opportunity

チャンピオン • champion

チョコ • choco(late)

チョコレート • chocolate

ツール • ① tool (esp. software, etc.) ② tour (e.g. Tour de France)

テクニック • technique

テクノロジー • technology

テネシー • Tennessee

デザイナー • designer

デスク • ① desk ② copy editor

トーナメント • tournament

トマト • tomato

トライ • try

トラブル • trouble

トレード • trade

トレーニング • training

ドラフト • draft, draught

ドラム • ① drum ② dram, drachm

ナウ • now, "in", trendy

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

ノーベル • Nobel

ノミネート • nominate

ハウス • ① house ② plastic greenhouse ③ house music

ハム • ① ham (cured pig meat) ② ham (amateur radio enthusiast) ③ hum

ハンドル • ① handle ② steering wheel ③ (bicycle) handlebar

バイト • ① work (esp. part time or casual) ② byte, octet ③ bite ④ cutting tool, bit

バグダッド • Baghdad

バスケットボール • basketball

バス停 • bus stop

バトン • baton (relay, orchestral conducting, etc.)

パーク • park

パイプ • ① pipe, tube ② channels, official or otherwise, (business) connections ③ tobacco pipe

パスワード • (computer) password

パワー • power

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

ヒス • hysteria

ヒロイン • heroine

ビジョン • vision

ピーク • ① peak ② peek

ピアニスト • pianist

ピアノ • piano

ピン • pin, dowel

ピンク • pink

フィル • fill

フェア • ① fair ② fare ③ fear

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

フランス語 • French (language)

フル • full

ブラウス • blouse

ブリッジ • bridge

ブルース • blues

ブレーキ • brake

プライバシー • privacy

プライベート • private

プラットフォーム • platform

プリント • handout, flyer

プログラミング • programming, programing

プロセス • process

プロダクション • production

プロレス • professional wrestling

ヘリコプター • helicopter

ベール • veil

ベルト • Belt for western clothes

ベンチャー • ① venture ② bencher (baseball)

ホスト • host

ボーイング • ① bowing (of a string instrument) ② Boeing (Company)

ボクサー • boxer

ボス • boss

ボックス • box

ボランティア • volunteer

ポスター • poster

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

マイク • mike, mic, microphone

マイナー • minor

マイナス • minus

マスク • mask

マスコミ • mass communication, the media

マックス • ① maximum, max ② mux (multiplexor)

マネージャー • ① manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.) ② in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work

マンション • large apartment (from mansion), apartment house

ミーティング • meeting

ミサイル • missile

ミス • ① mistake, error, failure ② Miss ③ myth

ミステリー • mystery

ミュージック • music

ミラー • mirror

メカニズム • mechanism

メニュー • menu

メモリ • memory

モジュール • module

ユー • you

ユナイテッド • united

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

ライセンス • license, licence

ラグビー • rugby

ラスト • last

ラッキー • lucky

ラッシュ • ① rush ② rush hour ③ rush print ④ lighter aboard ship, LASH

リーダーシップ • leadership

リスト • ① list ② wrist

リゾート • resort

リボン • ribbon

リレー • relay

ルート • ① root ② route

ルール • rule

レール • rail

レジャー • leisure

レスリング • wrestling

レンタル • rental

ローブ • robe

ロサンゼルス • Los Angeles

ロボット • robot

ワット • watt

ワンピース • dress

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

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

か月【かげつ】 • (number of) months

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

学長【がくちょう】 • university president

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

見出す【みいだす】 • to find out, to discover, to notice, to select

おいで • ① coming, going, being (somewhere) ② come (used as an imperative, usu. to children and one's inferiors), go, stay

三月【さんがつ】 • March

四月【しがつ】 • April

子ども【こども】 • child, children

七月【しちがつ】 • July

出土【しゅつど】 • archeological excavation (archaeological)

女中【じょちゅう】 • maid, female servant;

小川【おがわ】 • streamlet, brook

上【うわ】 • upper, upward, outer, surface, top

水中【すいちゅう】 • underwater

生み出す【うみだす】 • ① to create, to bring forth, to produce ② to invent, to think up and bring into being ③ to give birth to, to bear

前年【ぜんねん】 • the preceding year, the previous year, last year

男女【だんじょ】 • man and woman, men and women

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

中東【ちゅうとう】 • Middle East

東南【とうなん】 • south-east

二月【にがつ】 • February

入り【いり】 • ① entering ② setting (of the sun) ③ containing, content, audience ④ income ⑤ beginning

年上【としうえ】 • older, senior

お知らせ【おしらせ】 • notice, notification

ヤクザ • ① professional gambler or ruffian (esp. a member of the Japanese mafia), yakuza (member) ② uselessness, purposelessness

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

ガイド • tour guide

グラス • ① glass ② grass

グラフ • graph

グリーン • green, environmentally friendly

ゴール • goal

サイド • side

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

バイク • bike, motorcycle

バレー • ① volley ② volleyball ③ valley ④ ballet

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

パイ • pie, tart

ブラック • black

プラス • plus

プラン • plan

プレート • plate (often as in "tectonic plate")

ポーズ • ① pose ② pause

メイト • mate

リメイク • remake

一口【ひとくち】 • ① mouthful, bite, sip, draft, draught ② one word

飲食【いんしょく】 • food and drink, eating and drinking

院長【いんちょう】 • director

英会話【えいかいわ】 • ① English conversation ② school for English conversation

英国【えいこく】 • Great Britain, the United Kingdom

海水【かいすい】 • ocean water

海中【かいちゅう】 • in the sea

開館【かいかん】 • ① opening a hall for that day's business (museum, library, such like buildings) ② opening of new hall (museum, etc.)

開校【かいこう】 • opening a school

間近【まぢか】 • proximity, nearness, soon, nearby

気力【きりょく】 • willpower, energy, vitality

起き上がる【おきあがる】 • to rise, to erect, to get up

起工【きこう】 • setting to work

起動【きどう】 • startup, activation, starting (e.g. engine, computer), launch

強度【きょうど】 • strength, intensity

近世【きんせい】 • recent times

空手【からて】 • ① karate ② empty handed

計上【けいじょう】 • ① including a sum of money in one's calculations ② appropriation (a sum of money)

見開く【みひらく】 • to open one's eyes

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

公社【こうしゃ】 • public corporation

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

行使【こうし】 • use, exercise

黒人【こくじん】 • black person

今夏【こんか】 • this summer, next summer, last summer

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

作り上げる【つくりあげる】 • to make up, to fabricate, to build up, to complete, to construct

子会社【こがいしゃ】 • subsidiary (company)

思い切る【おもいきる】 • ① to give up all thoughts of, to abandon, to despair of ② to make up one's mind, to take a momentous decision

思える【おもえる】 • to seem, to appear likely

死後【しご】 • after death

死者【ししゃ】 • casualty, deceased

自体【じたい】 • itself

室長【しつちょう】 • room monitor

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

手足【てあし】 • one's hands and feet, limbs

出力【しゅつりょく】 • output (e.g. of dynamo)

書き方【かきかた】 • ① way of writing, manner of writing ② penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks), calligraphy ③ format (e.g. of a report) ④ stroke order of a character

上場【じょうじょう】 • listing a stock

心持ち【こころもち】 • feeling, mood, somewhat, slightly

ふり • ① pretence (pretense), show ② appearance, behaviour ③ swing, swinging ④ lacking a reservation or introduction (at a restaurant, etc.) ⑤ unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment

新作【しんさく】 • new work, new production

新年【しんねん】 • New Year

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

人員【じんいん】 • number of persons, personnel

正【せい】 • ① (logical) true, regular ② 10^40 ③ original ④ positive, greater than zero

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

先発【せんぱつ】 • ① forerunner, advance party, going on ahead ② being in a (team sports) match or game from the start, starting

先方【せんぽう】 • ① companion, other party (side), he, she, they ② destination ③ person in front

早朝【そうちょう】 • early morning

走者【そうしゃ】 • runner

台車【だいしゃ】 • push car, flatcar, bogie

大手【おおて】 • ① front castle gate ② both arms open, outstretched arms ③ major companies

大正【たいしょう】 • Taisho era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)

大地【だいち】 • ground, earth, the solid earth, the (vast) land

朝食【ちょうしょく】 • breakfast

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

天使【てんし】 • angel

店長【てんちょう】 • shop manager

電動【でんどう】 • electric

同月【どうげつ】 • the same month

同年【どうねん】 • that year, same year, same age

発送【はっそう】 • sending, forwarding, shipping

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

母体【ぼたい】 • ① mother's body, esp. when pregnant or after giving birth ② parent body, parent organization, heartland

名目【めいもく】 • ① name, title, appellation, (something) nominal ② (under the) pretext (of), pretense

正気【しょうき】 • true character, true heart, true spirit, sanity, consciousness, soberness

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

お母様【おかあさま】 • mother

っ放し【っぱなし】 • keep -ing, have been -ing, to leave

やり取り【やりとり】 • giving and taking, exchange (of letters), arguing back and forth, (conversational) exchange

暗号【あんごう】 • code, password, cipher

委ねる【ゆだねる】 • to entrust to, to devote oneself to, to abandon oneself to

易者【えきしゃ】 • fortuneteller, diviner

医学部【いがくぶ】 • medical faculty

育て【そだて】 • bringing up, raising

一角【いっかく】 • ① corner, section, point ② one horn ③ narwhal (Monodon monoceros)

一例【いちれい】 • example, an instance

横たわる【よこたわる】 • to lie down, to stretch out

下記【かき】 • the following

火薬【かやく】 • gunpowder, powder

荷台【にだい】 • (truck) load-carrying tray, (bicycle) luggage carrier, roof rack

回線【かいせん】 • circuit, line

快楽【かいらく】 • pleasure

海面【かいめん】 • sea level, (surface of) sea

絵本【えほん】 • picture book

開局【かいきょく】 • opening of post-office or telephone exchange

階下【かいか】 • ① lower floor, downstairs ② bottom of the stairs, foot of the stairs

学区【がっく】 • school district (area)

楽園【らくえん】 • pleasure garden, paradise

楽章【がくしょう】 • (musical) movement

顔面【がんめん】 • face (of person)

球体【きゅうたい】 • sphere, globe, orb

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

軽量【けいりょう】 • light weight

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

見回す【みまわす】 • to look around, to survey

見返す【みかえす】 • to look (stare) back at, to triumph over

言明【げんめい】 • declaration, statement, assertion

国営【こくえい】 • state management

国勢【こくせい】 • state (condition, strength) of a country

昨年【さくねん】 • last year

参院【さんいん】 • House of Councillors

参入【さんにゅう】 • coming, visiting, going

残業【ざんぎょう】 • overtime (work)

市内【しない】 • (within a) city, local

指先【ゆびさき】 • fingertip

指名【しめい】 • name, nominate, designate

試算【しさん】 • trial calculation, preliminary calculation

事例【じれい】 • example, precedent

次回【じかい】 • next time (occasion)

次期【じき】 • ① next term, next period ② next version, next release

守【もり】 • ① babysitting, babysitter ② protecting, keeping, keeper

集落【しゅうらく】 • village, community, settlement, town, colony (animals, etc.)

出荷【しゅっか】 • shipping, outgoing freight, forwarding

出馬【しゅつば】 • ① going on horseback ② going in person ③ running for election

術【じゅつ】 • art, means, technique

所長【しょちょう】 • chief, head

小島【こじま】 • small island, islet

上記【じょうき】 • above-mentioned, above-named, above

乗り出す【のりだす】 • ① to set out, to set sail ② to embark on (a new venture), to set out (to achieve something) ③ to begin to ride ④ to lean forward

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

乗用車【じょうようしゃ】 • passenger vehicle, automobile

心不全【しんふぜん】 • heart failure

新型【しんがた】 • new style, new model

申【さる】 • ninth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Monkey, 3pm-5pm, west-southwest, July)

神父【しんぷ】 • Catholic priest, abbe

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

清算【せいさん】 • liquidation, settlement

清水【しみず】 • ① spring water ② clear (pure) water

生息【せいそく】 • inhabiting, living

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

船長【せんちょう】 • ship's captain

前向き【まえむき】 • facing forward, front-facing, forward-looking, positive, proactive

全長【ぜんちょう】 • over-all length, span

早期【そうき】 • early stage

打ち上げる【うちあげる】 • ① to launch, to shoot up ② (of waves) to dash, to wash up (ashore) ③ to finish, to close ④ to report (to boss, etc.)

打線【だせん】 • baseball lineup

体内【たいない】 • inside the body

退ける【しりぞける】 • to repel, to drive away, to repulse, to reject

退社【たいしゃ】 • ① resignation, leaving office ② leaving work (e.g. at the end of the day)

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

談話【だんわ】 • a talk, conversation

中退【ちゅうたい】 • leaving school during a term

中島【なかじま】 • island in a pond or river

中部【ちゅうぶ】 • ① center, centre, middle, heart ② Chubu region (inc. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)

通算【つうさん】 • total

定数【ていすう】 • ① constant ② literal ③ quorum (for an assembly) ④ fate

電化【でんか】 • electrification

電鉄【でんてつ】 • electric railway

登記【とうき】 • registry, registration

冬季【とうき】 • (season of) winter

島根【しまね】 • island country

投手【とうしゅ】 • (baseball) pitcher

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

当事者【とうじしゃ】 • person concerned, interested party, related party

特例【とくれい】 • special case, exception

内側【うちがわ】 • inside, interior, inner part

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

入植【にゅうしょく】 • settlement, immigration

農【のう】 • farming, agriculture

馬力【ばりき】 • horse-power, h.p., HP

配当【はいとう】 • dividend, share

半面【はんめん】 • half the face, one side, half, the other side, the reverse, the contrary

不安定【ふあんてい】 • instability, insecurity, crankiness

不自然【ふしぜん】 • unnatural, artificial, affected, strained

部員【ぶいん】 • staff, member

文庫【ぶんこ】 • ① library, book collection ② paperback book

放映【ほうえい】 • televising

本番【ほんばん】 • ① performance, take, going before an audience or on-air ② game, season, crucial moment ③ actual sexual intercourse (i.e. not simulated)

面白【おもしろ】 • amusing, interesting

有数【ゆうすう】 • prominent, leading

予選【よせん】 • nomination, primary, preliminary contest

流用【りゅうよう】 • diversion, appropriation (e.g. of funds), misappropriation

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

例年【れいねん】 • average (normal, ordinary) year, every year, annually

外側【そとがわ】 • exterior, outside

次【じ】 • ① next ② hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence) ③ order, sequence, time, times

昨年度【さくねんど】 • previous year (fiscal, academic, etc.)

お袋【おふくろ】 • one's mother;

しがみつく • to cling

それどころか • on the contrary

悪夢【あくむ】 • nightmare, bad dream

依然として【いぜんとして】 • still, as yet, as of old

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

違和感【いわかん】 • ① uncomfortable feeling, feeling out of place, sense of discomfort ② malaise, physical unease

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

右腕【うわん】 • right arm

押し【おし】 • push, pressure, authority, audacity

押収【おうしゅう】 • seizure, confiscation

降る【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

仮【かり】 • ① temporary, provisional, interim ② fictitious, assumed (name), alias

菓子【かし】 • pastry, confectionery

貨車【かしゃ】 • freight car, van

解禁【かいきん】 • lifting a ban

解任【かいにん】 • dismissal

改行【かいぎょう】 • ① new line, new paragraph ② newline (e.g. LF, CR, CRLF)

改編【かいへん】 • reorganization, reorganisation

海底【かいてい】 • ① bottom of the ocean ② undersea, submarine

開示【かいじ】 • disclosure (legal)

開戦【かいせん】 • outbreak of war, starting a war

開閉【かいへい】 • opening and shutting

外資【がいし】 • foreign capital (e.g. in a company), foreign investment

各国【かっこく】 • ① each nation ② many nations, many countries

格子【こうし】 • (crystal) lattice, grid pattern

学位【がくい】 • (university) degree

割り当てる【わりあてる】 • to assign, to allot, to allocate, to divide among, to distribute, to prorate, to apportion

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

完封【かんぷう】 • complete blockade (seal), baseball shutout

感性【かんせい】 • sensitivity, sensitiveness, sense

観戦【かんせん】 • watching a (sports) game

間接【かんせつ】 • indirection, indirectness

含み【ふくみ】 • implication, hidden meaning, latitude, atmosphere, tone, sentiment, inclusion

いくらか • ① some, (a) little ② somewhat, to some extent, in part

机上【きじょう】 • ① on the desk ② theoretical, academic

気象庁【きしょうちょう】 • Meteorological Agency

喫煙【きつえん】 • smoking

吸い込む【すいこむ】 • ① to inhale, to breathe in, to suck up, to imbibe ② to absorb, to soak up

吸いこむ【すいこむ】 • ① to inhale, to breathe in, to suck up, to imbibe ② to absorb, to soak up

給付【きゅうふ】 • ① payment, provision, benefit, present, delivery ② performance

旧制【きゅうせい】 • old system, old order

巨体【きょたい】 • large build

競う【きそう】 • ① to compete with ② to emulate

競合【きょうごう】 • contention, competition, rivalry, quarrel

共和党【きょうわとう】 • Republican Party

叫び声【さけびごえ】 • shout, yell, scream

境内【けいだい】 • compound, grounds

業種【ぎょうしゅ】 • type of industry

極東【きょくとう】 • Far East

軍部【ぐんぶ】 • military authorities, army circles

軍用【ぐんよう】 • for military use

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

警察庁【けいさつちょう】 • National Police Agency

芸人【げいにん】 • player, performer, actor

決戦【けっせん】 • decisive battle, deciding match, play-off

件数【けんすう】 • number (of things)

県民【けんみん】 • citizens of a prefecture

公示【こうじ】 • edict, public announcement

工程【こうてい】 • manufacturing process, work schedule, amount of work

構図【こうず】 • composition

構築【こうちく】 • construction

講座【こうざ】 • lectureship, chair, course

降下【こうか】 • fall, descent, (plane) landing, (atmos.) depression

高齢【こうれい】 • advanced (old) age

告示【こくじ】 • notice, bulletin

告知【こくち】 • notice, announcement

座長【ざちょう】 • chairman

再婚【さいこん】 • second marriage

最古【さいこ】 • the oldest

最小【さいしょう】 • smallest, least

在籍【ざいせき】 • enrollment, enrolment

在宅【ざいたく】 • being in, being at home

財界【ざいかい】 • financial world

財務【ざいむ】 • financial affairs

作詞【さくし】 • (writing) song lyrics

殺害【さつがい】 • killing, murder

参戦【さんせん】 • participation in a war

山頂【さんちょう】 • summit (e.g. mountain)

残存【ざんそん】 • remaining, survival, residue, residual

史上【しじょう】 • historical

市議【しぎ】 • city councillor, city councilor, city assemblyman

師団【しだん】 • (army) division

支局【しきょく】 • branch office

支流【しりゅう】 • tributary, branch

誌【し】 • magazine

持ち込む【もちこむ】 • to lodge, to take something into ..., to bring in

次官【じかん】 • vice-minister, undersecretary

自治体【じちたい】 • self-governing body, municipality, autonomous entity

自信【じしん】 • self-confidence

実況【じっきょう】 • real condition

実務【じつむ】 • practical business, practical work experience, practicum, practice

若者【わかもの】 • young man, youth, lad

主席【しゅせき】 • ① head, chief ② chairman, governor, president ③ top student, head of the class ④ top seat, first desk (in orchestra)

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

取得【しゅとく】 • acquisition

終戦【しゅうせん】 • end of war, cessation of hostilities

出航【しゅっこう】 • departure, sailing, shipping out, putting out to sea, takeoff, leaving port

順位【じゅんい】 • order, rank, position (e.g. in a race), precedence

順次【じゅんじ】 • in order, sequential, seriatim

初め【はじめ】 • beginning, start, origin

初回【しょかい】 • ① first time, first innings, initial attempt ② first, initial

初期【しょき】 • ① early (days), initial stage ② initial

初頭【しょとう】 • beginning (of a century, etc.)

所管【しょかん】 • jurisdiction

諸国【しょこく】 • various countries (often used as suffix)

諸島【しょとう】 • archipelago, group of islands

除去【じょきょ】 • removal, getting rid of

昇格【しょうかく】 • raising of status

消極【しょうきょく】 • negative, conservative

省庁【しょうちょう】 • ministries and government offices, the authorities

笑み【えみ】 • smile

乗降【じょうこう】 • getting on and off

常任【じょうにん】 • standing, regular, permanent

常務【じょうむ】 • ① managing director, executive director ② routine business, regular business

状【じょう】 • ① shape, state ② letter, correspondence

植民【しょくみん】 • colonization, colonisation

心底【しんそこ】 • one's innermost depths, completely (from the bottom of one's heart)

新規【しんき】 • ① new, fresh ② new customer ③ new rules or regulations

新設【しんせつ】 • newly organized or established (organised)

深呼吸【しんこきゅう】 • deep breath

人権【じんけん】 • human rights, civil liberties

吹き飛ばす【ふきとばす】 • ① to blow away, to blow off, to blow up ② to dispel, to drive away ③ to talk big

制圧【せいあつ】 • gaining total control (of people or counties), suppression, oppression, control, mastery, ascendancy, supremacy

政局【せいきょく】 • political situation

精一杯【せいいっぱい】 • with all one's might

税収【ぜいしゅう】 • tax yields, revenue

絶叫【ぜっきょう】 • exclamation, scream, shout

絶望【ぜつぼう】 • despair, hopelessness

占い【うらない】 • fortune-telling, divination

戦死【せんし】 • death in action, killed in action, KIA

選手権【せんしゅけん】 • championship, title (of champion)

総額【そうがく】 • sum total, total amount

総長【そうちょう】 • (college) president, secretary-general

台湾【たいわん】 • Taiwan

大賞【たいしょう】 • big prize, first prize

大蔵省【おおくらしょう】 • (former) Ministry of Finance (succeeded by zaimushou in 2000)

駐留【ちゅうりゅう】 • stationing (e.g. of troops), garrison

珍【ちん】 • rare, curious, strange

通告【つうこく】 • announcement, notice

適正【てきせい】 • reasonable, suitable

電機【でんき】 • electrical machinery, appliances

塗れる【まみれる】 • to be smeared, to be covered

渡り【わたり】 • ferry

東欧【とうおう】 • Eastern Europe

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

内戦【ないせん】 • civil war

内務【ないむ】 • internal or domestic affairs

難色【なんしょく】 • disapproval

日経【にっけい】 • Nikkei (newspaper, share index)

日産【にっさん】 • ① daily output ② Nissan (Japanese car company)

入札【にゅうさつ】 • bid, bidding

認可【にんか】 • approval, license, licence, permission

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

判明【はんめい】 • establishing, proving, identifying, confirming

かなた • beyond, across, the other side, the distance

被爆【ひばく】 • bombed, A-bombed, nuked

付加【ふか】 • addition, annexation, appendage

文部省【もんぶしょう】 • Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

片隅【かたすみ】 • corner, nook

編成【へんせい】 • composition, formation, organization, organisation, compilation

歩み寄る【あゆみよる】 • to step up, to compromise, to meet halfway

法人【ほうじん】 • corporate body, corporation, (legal) person, (juridical) person

法的【ほうてき】 • legality

亡命【ぼうめい】 • emigration, exile, flight from one's country, defection

防御【ぼうぎょ】 • defense, defence, safeguard, protection

未だに【いまだに】 • still, even now, until this very day

民営【みんえい】 • private management

民事【みんじ】 • civil affairs, civil case

無罪【むざい】 • innocence

容疑【ようぎ】 • suspect, charge

欲求【よっきゅう】 • desire

略【りゃく】 • abbreviation, omission

略歴【りゃくれき】 • brief personal record, short curriculum vitae, short CV

療法【りょうほう】 • remedy, medical treatment

歴代【れきだい】 • successive generations, successive emperors

連動【れんどう】 • ① operating together, working together, gearing, linkage ② linked, coupled, interlocking

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

労働党【ろうどうとう】 • Labour Party, Labor Party, worker's party

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

信【しん】 • ① honesty, fidelity ② trust, reliance ③ (religious) faith ④ counter for received messages

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

いな • no, nay, well

捕える【とらえる】 • ① to seize, to capture, to arrest ② to grasp, to perceive, to treat (as)

みつめる • to stare at, to gaze at, to look hard at, to watch intently, to fix one's eyes on

新法【しんぽう】 • new method, new law

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

そそる • to excite, to incite, to stimulate, to arouse, to tempt, to stir up

ゆかり • related to (some place), affinity, connection

安価【あんか】 • low price, cheapness

案件【あんけん】 • matter in question, subject

維新【いしん】 • restoration (e.g. Meiji), reformation, revolution

遺憾【いかん】 • regrettable, unsatisfactory

遺伝【いでん】 • heredity, inherent

一貫【いっかん】 • ① consistency, coherence, integration ② one kan (8.333 lbs)

一挙【いっきょ】 • one effort, one action

一撃【いちげき】 • blow, hit, poke

一塁【いちるい】 • first base, (a) fort

右派【うは】 • right wing

液晶【えきしょう】 • liquid crystal

沿道【えんどう】 • route, course, roadside

応答【おうとう】 • reply, answer, response

王妃【おうひ】 • queen

音響【おんきょう】 • sound, noise, echo, acoustics

仮称【かしょう】 • temporary name

仮想【かそう】 • imagination, supposition, virtual, potential (enemy)

家系【かけい】 • family lineage

歌唱【かしょう】 • song, singing

華【はな】 • ① flower, blossom, bloom, petal ② blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms), cherry blossom ③ ikebana ④ Japanese playing cards ⑤ beauty ⑥ (the) best

過激【かげき】 • extreme, radical

会釈【えしゃく】 • nod, salutation, greeting, recognition, bow

壊滅【かいめつ】 • destruction, annihilation, devastation, catastrophe

格闘【かくとう】 • hand-to-hand fighting, grappling, scuffling

かっこう • common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

括る【くくる】 • ① to tie up, to tie together, to bundle, to fasten ② to hang (oneself) ③ to summarize (e.g. information)

滑走【かっそう】 • glide, volplane

褐色【かっしょく】 • brown

わめく • to shout, to cry, to scream, to clamour

堪能【かんのう】 • ① proficient, skillful ② satisfaction ③ fortitude

感嘆【かんたん】 • admiration, wonder

環状【かんじょう】 • annulation, ring-forming

肝臓【かんぞう】 • liver

艦艇【かんてい】 • military vessel, war fleet

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

眼差し【まなざし】 • (a) look, gaze

基調【きちょう】 • basis, keynote

棄却【ききゃく】 • rejection, dismissal, abandoning, renunciation, waiver

飢餓【きが】 • hunger, starvation

騎馬【きば】 • horse-riding

亀裂【きれつ】 • crack, crevice, fissure, chap

菊【きく】 • chrysanthemum, Chrysantemum morifolium

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

虐殺【ぎゃくさつ】 • atrocity, massive killing

虐待【ぎゃくたい】 • ill-treatment, oppression, abuse

吸血鬼【きゅうけつき】 • vampire, bloodsucker

宮廷【きゅうてい】 • imperial court, royal court

魚雷【ぎょらい】 • torpedo

協奏曲【きょうそうきょく】 • concerto

教諭【きょうゆ】 • teacher

脅威【きょうい】 • threat, menace

仰向け【あおむけ】 • face up

緊迫【きんぱく】 • tension, strain

駆逐【くちく】 • extermination, expulsion, destruction

屈む【かがむ】 • to stoop, to lean over, to bend down, to crouch

くり • Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)

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

軍曹【ぐんそう】 • sergeant

刑務所【けいむしょ】 • prison, penitentiary

兄貴【あにき】 • one's senior, elder brother

掲示板【けいじばん】 • bulletin board, display board, notice board, electronic bulletin board, BBS

渓谷【けいこく】 • valley, ravine, canyon

経企庁【けいきちょう】 • Economic Planning Agency

経済企画庁【けいざいきかくちょう】 • Economic Planning Agency

鶏【にわとり】 • ① (domestic) chicken ② chicken (meat)

鯨【くじら】 • whale

撃墜【げきつい】 • shooting down (aircraft)

撃破【げきは】 • crushing

決裂【けつれつ】 • breakdown, rupture

結びつく【むすびつく】 • to be connected or related, to join together

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

健闘【けんとう】 • ① fighting bravely, strenuous efforts ② good luck!, good fight

憲章【けんしょう】 • charter

懸案【けんあん】 • pending question, pending problem

検出【けんしゅつ】 • detection, sense (e.g. sensor)

検定【けんてい】 • official certification, approval, inspection

古銭【こせん】 • old coin

侯【こう】 • marquis, lord, daimyo

恒星【こうせい】 • (fixed) star (i.e. not a planet, meteorite, etc.)

甲斐【かい】 • effect, result, worth, use, avail

皇后【こうごう】 • (Japanese) empress, queen

皇太子【こうたいし】 • crown prince

合弁【ごうべん】 • joint management, pool

国債【こくさい】 • national debt, national securities, government bonds, government securities

懇談【こんだん】 • informal talk

左派【さは】 • left wing

債【さい】 • debt, loan

債務【さいむ】 • debt, liabilities

彩り【いろどり】 • coloring, colouring, coloration, colouration, assortment, color scheme, colour scheme, makeup

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

錯覚【さっかく】 • ① optical illusion, hallucination ② misapprehension, delusion

参謀【さんぼう】 • staff officer, participating in planning

司令【しれい】 • command, control, commander

士官【しかん】 • officer (military)

市街【しがい】 • urban areas, the streets, town, city

師範【しはん】 • instructor, (fencing) teacher, model

思案【しあん】 • thought, consideration, meditation, ponder

支援【しえん】 • support, backing, aid, assistance

肢体【したい】 • limbs, members, body

視線【しせん】 • one's eyes, glance, look

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

示唆【しさ】 • suggestion, hint, implication

自衛隊【じえいたい】 • ① self-defence force, self-defense force ② Japan Self-Defence Force, JSDF

執行【しっこう】 • ① enforcement, performance, execution, exercise, service ② pursuit of knowledge, studying, learning, training, ascetic practice (practise), discipline

疾患【しっかん】 • disease, ailment

蛇【へび】 • ① snake ② serpent, large snake

勺【しゃく】 • ① 18 ml (one-tenth of a go) ② 0.033 meters square (one-hundredth of a tsubo) ③ dip, ladle

主宰【しゅさい】 • supervision, chairmanship

需給【じゅきゅう】 • supply and demand

就航【しゅうこう】 • going into commission (e.g. ships)

終盤【しゅうばん】 • endgame, final stage

従軍【じゅうぐん】 • campaign

証券【しょうけん】 • securities, bonds, certificates

条例【じょうれい】 • regulations, rules, laws, acts, ordinance

浸透【しんとう】 • ① permeation, penetration, soaking ② osmosis

尽力【じんりょく】 • efforts, assistance

陣営【じんえい】 • camp (group of same ideological beliefs)

瀬【せ】 • ① shallows, shoal ② rapids, current, torrent ③ position, place ④ chance, opportunity

生態【せいたい】 • ① mode of life, ecology ② (animal) territory

舌打ち【したうち】 • smacking lips, clicking tongue, tut-tut

戦士【せんし】 • soldier, combatant, warrior

潜在【せんざい】 • potentiality, dormancy, latency

創業【そうぎょう】 • establishment (of a business, etc.)

即位【そくい】 • enthronement

即座【そくざ】 • immediate, right there on the spot, impromptu

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

打率【だりつ】 • batting average

第三者【だいさんしゃ】 • third person, outsider, disinterested person

鷹【たか】 • falcon (Falconidae family), hawk

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

弾圧【だんあつ】 • oppression, suppression, pressure

地価【ちか】 • the price of land

中尉【ちゅうい】 • first lieutenant, lieutenant junior grade

中盤【ちゅうばん】 • middle (stage)

帳【ちょう】 • book, register

朝鮮【ちょうせん】 • Korea

旭【あさひ】 • morning sun

直轄【ちょっかつ】 • direct control

追悼【ついとう】 • mourning, memorial

塚【つか】 • mound

偵察【ていさつ】 • scout out, reconnaissance

帝国【ていこく】 • empire, imperial

提起【ていき】 • bring suit, file a claim, raise a question

提言【ていげん】 • proposal, motion

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

徹底的【てっていてき】 • thorough, complete

撤去【てっきょ】 • ① withdrawal, revocation, repeal ② demolition, removal

搭載【とうさい】 • ① loading (on board), equipping ② equipped (with), built-in

踏み切る【ふみきる】 • to make a bold start, to take a plunge, to take off

闘争【とうそう】 • strife, conflict

特典【とくてん】 • special favor, special favour, privilege

豚【ぶた】 • pig

内需【ないじゅ】 • domestic demand

粘膜【ねんまく】 • mucous membrane

浪【なみ】 • wave

売却【ばいきゃく】 • sale, disposal by sale

伯爵【はくしゃく】 • count, earl

爆撃【ばくげき】 • bombing (raid)

罰金【ばっきん】 • fine, penalty

端【たん】 • ① variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width), for kimonos: at least 10 m in length, for haori: at least 7.27 m in length, for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length ② 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres) ③ six ken (10.91 m)

帆【ほ】 • sail

布施【ふせ】 • alms, offerings

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

併設【へいせつ】 • establishment, link

弊社【へいしゃ】 • our firm (company)

保持【ほじ】 • retention, maintenance, preservation

保全【ほぜん】 • preservation, integrity, conservation, maintenance

防災【ぼうさい】 • disaster prevention

僕ら【ぼくら】 • we

麻薬【まやく】 • narcotic drugs, narcotic, opium, dope

名義【めいぎ】 • ① name ② in the name of

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

茂み【しげみ】 • thicket

目撃【もくげき】 • ① to observe, to witness ② eye-witness

優雅【ゆうが】 • elegance, grace, refinement

融合【ゆうごう】 • agglutination, adhesion, fusion, unite

揺らす【ゆらす】 • to rock, to shake, to swing

抑留【よくりゅう】 • internment, detainment, detention

硫黄【いおう】 • sulfur (S), sulphur

連載【れんさい】 • serialization, serialisation, serial story

興【きょう】 • ① interest, entertainment, pleasure ② implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)

弦【つる】 • ① bowstring ② string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.) ③ bail (arched pot handle) ④ diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu

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

妄想【もうそう】 • wild idea, delusion

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

監査【かんさ】 • inspection, audit, judgement, judgment

それなり • in itself, as it is

ひび • ① crack, (skin) fissure, flaw or roughness (esp. in skin) ② chaps

よろめく • ① to stagger ② to misconduct oneself, to have a love affair, to waver, to feel some inclination

こーひー • coffee

セーブ • save

ドラゴン • dragon (as depicted in Western myths)

ハイ • high

バン • ① bun ② van (caravan) ③ value-added network, VAN

ポール • ① pole ② poll

マジ • cannot, should not, will not, must not

ローズ • rose

庵【あん】 • hermitage, retreat

一揆【いっき】 • (a) riot, an insurrection

呑む【のむ】 • ① to drink, to gulp, to swallow ② to smoke (tobacco) ③ to engulf, to overwhelm ④ to keep down, to suppress ⑤ to accept (e.g. demand, condition) ⑥ to make light of, to conceal

烏【からす】 • crow, raven

苛斂【かれん】 • oppression (e.g. taxation)

牙【きば】 • tusk, fang

鎧【よろい】 • armor, armour

笠【かさ】 • ① conical hat (East-Asian style), coolie hat ② something shaped like a conical hat, shade (of a lamp)

諱む【いむ】 • ① to avoid, to refrain from, to shun ② to detest

蟻【あり】 • ant

急遽【きゅうきょ】 • hurriedly, in a hurry

京阪【けいはん】 • Kyoto-Osaka

橋梁【きょうりょう】 • bridge

今頃【いまごろ】 • about this time

阪神【はんしん】 • ① Osaka-Kobe ② Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)

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

呪文【じゅもん】 • spell, charm, incantation, magic word

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

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

傷痍【しょうい】 • wound, injury

鞘【さや】 • scabbard

雀【すずめ】 • ① tree sparrow (Passer montanus) ② talkative person, knowledgeable person

かじ • paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)

辻【つじ】 • street, crossroad

纏う【まとう】 • to put on, to wear, to be clad in

破綻【はたん】 • failure, bankruptcy

柏木【かしわぎ】 • oak-tree

斧【おの】 • axe, hatchet

淵【ふち】 • deep pool, abyss, the depths

蜂【はち】 • ① bee ② wasp

ます • trout, sea trout

やたら • at random, thoughtlessly, recklessly, excessively

うずくまる • to crouch, to squat, to cower

蜜【みつ】 • nectar, honey

椣【しで】 • ① zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects ② hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)