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Most frequent words part 4

This continues the four compiled frequency lists. N4 and N5 are excluded. This gets us through approximately 10,000 words on each of the four frequency lists.

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③ その上【そのうえ】 • ① in addition, furthermore ② above (which), on top of (which)

③ 今にも【いまにも】 • at any time, soon

③ 大して【たいして】 • (not so) much, (not) very

③ 来【らい】 • ① next (year, etc.) ② since (last month, etc.)

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

③ 気体【きたい】 • vapour, vapor, gas

③ 空っぽ【からっぽ】 • empty, vacant, hollow

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

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

③ 立ち止まる【たちどまる】 • to stop, to halt, to stand still

③ 者【しゃ】 • someone of that nature, someone doing that work

③ 火曜【かよう】 • Tuesday

③ 活気【かっき】 • energy, liveliness

③ 黒板【こくばん】 • blackboard

③ 作物【さくもつ】 • produce (e.g. agricultural), crops

③ 式【しき】 • ① equation, formula, expression ② ceremony ③ style

③ 車庫【しゃこ】 • garage, car shed, carport

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

③ 知能【ちのう】 • intelligence, brains

③ 地平線【ちへいせん】 • horizon (related to land)

③ 長所【ちょうしょ】 • strong point, merit, virtue, advantage

③ 日光【にっこう】 • sunlight

③ 発明【はつめい】 • invention

③ 費用【ひよう】 • cost, expense

③ 飛び出す【とびだす】 • ① to jump out, to rush out, to fly out ② to appear (suddenly) ③ to protrude, to project ④ to butt in

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

③ 望む【のぞむ】 • to desire, to wish for, to see, to command (a view of)

③ 命【いのち】 • (mortal) life

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

③ 乗せる【のせる】 • ① to give (someone) a ride, to give a lift, to pick up, to help on board ② to deceive, to take for a ride

③ 衣服【いふく】 • clothes

③ 幾分【いくぶん】 • ① somewhat, to some extent, to some degree ② some, part, portion

③ 欠席【けっせき】 • absence, non-attendance

③ 支出【ししゅつ】 • expenditure, expenses

③ 女優【じょゆう】 • actress

③ 食欲【しょくよく】 • appetite (for food)

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

③ 制度【せいど】 • system, institution, organization, organisation

③ 性質【せいしつ】 • nature, property, disposition

③ 成長【せいちょう】 • growth, grow to adulthood

③ 双子【ふたご】 • twins, a twin

③ 尊重【そんちょう】 • respect, esteem, regard

③ 大層【たいそう】 • very much, exaggerated, very fine

③ 遅刻【ちこく】 • lateness, late coming

③ 適度【てきど】 • moderate

③ 頭痛【ずつう】 • headache

③ 毒【どく】 • poison, toxicant

③ 熱中【ねっちゅう】 • nuts!, enthusiasm, zeal, mania

③ 瓶【びん】 • bottle

③ 服装【ふくそう】 • garments, attire

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

③ 豊富【ほうふ】 • abundance, wealth, plenty, bounty

③ 郵送【ゆうそう】 • mailing

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

③ 凍る【こおる】 • to freeze, to be frozen over, to congeal

③ 蚊【か】 • mosquito

③ 掲示【けいじ】 • notice, bulletin, post, posting, placard

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

③ 穀物【こくもつ】 • grain, cereal, corn

③ 揚げる【あげる】 • ① to deep-fry ② to raise, to elevate ③ to fly (a kite, etc.), to launch (fireworks, etc.), to surface (a submarine, etc.) ④ to land (a boat) ⑤ to increase (price, quality, status, etc.) ⑥ to earn (something desirable) ⑦ (of the tide) to come in

③ 食器【しょっき】 • tableware

③ 清潔【せいけつ】 • ① clean, hygenic, sanitary ② pure, virtuous, immaculate

③ 絶滅【ぜつめつ】 • destruction, extinction

③ 組織【そしき】 • ① organization, organisation ② structure, construction ③ tissue ④ system

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

③ 提出【ていしゅつ】 • ① to present, to submit (e.g. a report or a thesis), to hand in, to file, to turn in ② presentation, submission, filing

③ 笛【ふえ】 • flute, pipe, whistle

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

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

③ 同意【どうい】 • ① agreement, consent, same opinion, approval ② same meaning

③ 道徳【どうとく】 • morals

③ 虹【にじ】 • rainbow

③ 離す【はなす】 • to part, to divide, to separate, to release

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

③ 引っ張る【ひっぱる】 • ① to pull, to draw, to stretch, to drag ② to pull the ball (baseball)

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

③ いとこ • male cousin

③ かく • ① to scratch ② to perspire ③ to shovel, to paddle

③ 袖【そで】 • sleeve

③ おとなしい • obedient, docile, quiet

③ 覗く【のぞく】 • ① to peek (though a keyhole, gap, etc.) ② to look down into (a ravine, etc.) ③ to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.) ④ to sneak a look at, to take a quick look at ⑤ to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.) ⑥ to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.), to peek through (sky though a forest canopy, etc.)

③ 莫大【ばくだい】 • enormous, vast

③ 物凄い【ものすごい】 • earth-shattering, staggering, to a very great extent, terrible, frightful, horrible

③ ただ • ① ordinary, common, usual ② free of charge ③ unaffected, as is, safe ④ only, merely, just, simply ⑤ but, however, nevertheless

③ 騙す【だます】 • to trick, to cheat, to deceive

③ かかる • to suffer from

② うろうろ • loiteringly, aimless wandering

② のろのろ • slowly, sluggishly

② ぶら下げる【ぶらさげる】 • to hang, to suspend, to dangle, to swing, to carry

② 見本【みほん】 • sample

② 出来上がる【できあがる】 • ① to be completed, to be finished, to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat) ② to be very drunk

② 大木【たいぼく】 • large tree

② 長男【ちょうなん】 • eldest son

② 日時【にちじ】 • date and time

② ローマ字【ろーまじ】 • Latin alphabet, transliteration of Japanese in "Roman" or Latin letters, romanization, romanisation, romaji

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

② 屋外【おくがい】 • outdoors, alfresco

② 下町【したまち】 • Shitamachi, lower parts of town

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

② 火口【かこう】 • crater, caldera

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

② 広める【ひろめる】 • to broaden, to propagate

② 仕上がる【しあがる】 • to be finished, to be completed, to be done

② 重たい【おもたい】 • heavy, massive, serious, important, severe, oppressed

② 重力【じゅうりょく】 • gravity

② 上品【じょうひん】 • elegant, refined, polished

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

② 地名【ちめい】 • place name

② 注【ちゅう】 • annotation, explanatory note, comment

② 転がる【ころがる】 • to roll, to tumble

② 名作【めいさく】 • masterpiece

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

② 近々【ちかぢか】 • soon, nearness, before long

② 館【かん】 • house, hall, building

② 雨戸【あまど】 • sliding storm shutter

② 下線【かせん】 • underline, underscore

② 活字【かつじ】 • printing type

② 客間【きゃくま】 • parlor, parlour, guest room

② 曲線【きょくせん】 • curve

② 光線【こうせん】 • beam, light ray

② 校庭【こうてい】 • schoolyard, campus

② 算数【さんすう】 • arithmetic

② 留める【とめる】 • ① to stop (something or someone), to turn off ② to concentrate on, to pay attention to ③ to remember, to bear in mind ④ to fix into place ⑤ to park, to leave somewhere for a time

② 歯車【はぐるま】 • gear, cog-wheel

② 次いで【ついで】 • next, secondly, subsequently

② 実る【みのる】 • to bear fruit, to ripen

② 実物【じつぶつ】 • real thing, original, actual

② 実例【じつれい】 • example, illustration, precedent

② 弱点【じゃくてん】 • weak point, weakness

② 小指【こゆび】 • ① little finger, pinky ② little toe

② 心身【しんしん】 • mind and body

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

② 深まる【ふかまる】 • to deepen, to heighten, to intensify

② 親指【おやゆび】 • thumb

② 人通り【ひとどおり】 • pedestrian traffic

② 正門【せいもん】 • main gate, main entrance

② 線路【せんろ】 • line, track, roadbed

② 電流【でんりゅう】 • electric current

② 当日【とうじつ】 • appointed day, very day

② 内科【ないか】 • ① internal medicine, i.e. treatment by medical procedures rather than surgical procedures ② department of internal medicine (hospital, etc.)

② 内線【ないせん】 • phone extension, indoor wiring, inner line

② 南米【なんべい】 • South America

② 半島【はんとう】 • peninsula

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

② 無数【むすう】 • countless number, infinite number

② 名所【めいしょ】 • ① famous place ② name of a part (of an instrument, etc.) ③ name and address

② ため息【ためいき】 • sigh

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

② 集【しゅう】 • collection, compilation

② くっ付ける【くっつける】 • to attach

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

② 園芸【えんげい】 • horticulture, gardening

② 下降【かこう】 • downward, descent, fall, drop, subsidence

② 格別【かくべつ】 • exceptional

② 規律【きりつ】 • ① order, observance, discipline ② rules, law, regulations

② 客席【きゃくせき】 • guest seating

② 極力【きょくりょく】 • to the utmost, to the best of one's ability

② 偶数【ぐうすう】 • even number

② 血圧【けつあつ】 • blood pressure

② 公害【こうがい】 • pollution, public nuisance, contamination

② 公務【こうむ】 • official business, public business

② 効力【こうりょく】 • effect, efficacy, validity, potency

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

② 雑音【ざつおん】 • noise (jarring, grating)

② 刺身【さしみ】 • sashimi (sliced raw fish)

② 脂【あぶら】 • fat, tallow, lard, grease

② 治める【おさめる】 • ① to govern, to manage ② to subdue

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

② 湿度【しつど】 • level of humidity

② 出迎える【でむかえる】 • to meet, to greet

② 勝敗【しょうはい】 • victory or defeat, issue (of battle), outcome

② 畳む【たたむ】 • ① to fold (clothes) ② to close (a shop) ③ to vacate

② 水滴【すいてき】 • drop of water

② 先祖【せんぞ】 • ancestor

② 占う【うらなう】 • to tell someone's fortune, to forecast, to predict, to divine

② 代名詞【だいめいし】 • ① pronoun ② synonym, classic example, pattern, byword, representative

② 中途【ちゅうと】 • in the middle, half-way

② 昼寝【ひるね】 • nap (afternoon), siesta

② 貯蔵【ちょぞう】 • storage, preservation

② 超過【ちょうか】 • excess, being more than

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

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

② 停車【ていしゃ】 • stopping (e.g. train)

② 停電【ていでん】 • power outage, electricity outage, blackout, failure of electricity supply

② 頭脳【ずのう】 • head, brains, intellect

② 突き当たる【つきあたる】 • to run into, to collide with

② 農産物【のうさんぶつ】 • agricultural produce

② 背負う【せおう】 • to be burdened with, to carry on back or shoulder

② 判事【はんじ】 • judge, judiciary

② 分解【ぶんかい】 • ① disassembly, dismantling, disaggregating, analysis, disintegrating, decomposing, degrading ② factorization ③ decomposition, resolution ④ deblocking

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

② 報【ほう】 • information, news, report

② 名詞【めいし】 • noun

② 有り難い【ありがたい】 • grateful, thankful, welcome, appreciated, evoking gratitude

② 夕刊【ゆうかん】 • evening paper

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

② 挟む【はさむ】 • to interpose, to hold between, to insert

② 干す【ほす】 • ① to air, to dry, to desiccate ② to drain (off) ③ to drink up ④ to deprive of a role, job, etc. (usu. in the passive)

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

② 緯度【いど】 • latitude (nav.)

② 応対【おうたい】 • receiving, dealing with

② 卸す【おろす】 • ① to sell wholesale ② to grate (e.g. vegetables) ③ to cut up fish

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

② 飢える【うえる】 • to starve, to thirst, to be hungry

② 謙虚【けんきょ】 • modesty, humility

② 賢明【けんめい】 • wisdom, intelligence, prudence

② 戸棚【とだな】 • cupboard, locker, closet, wardrobe

② 催し【もよおし】 • event, festivities, function, social gathering, auspices, opening, holding (a meeting)

② 催促【さいそく】 • request, demand, claim, urge (action), press for

② 災難【さいなん】 • calamity, misfortune, disaster

② 紙幣【しへい】 • paper money, notes, bills

② 棄てる【すてる】 • to throw away, to cast aside, to abandon, to resign, to break up with (someone)

② 車掌【しゃしょう】 • (train) conductor

② 初級【しょきゅう】 • elementary level

② 初旬【しょじゅん】 • first 10 days of the month

② 上旬【じょうじゅん】 • first 10 days of month

② 酢【す】 • vinegar

② 水素【すいそ】 • hydrogen

② 寸法【すんぽう】 • measurement, size, extent, dimension

② 惜しい【おしい】 • ① regrettable, disappointing ② precious, dear, valuable ③ too good for, deserving better ④ almost but not quite

② 洗剤【せんざい】 • detergent, washing material

② 染み【しみ】 • stain, spot

② 粗筋【あらすじ】 • outline, summary

② 草履【ぞうり】 • zori (Japanese footwear sandals)

② 太鼓【たいこ】 • drum

② 脱線【だっせん】 • derailment, digression

② 定価【ていか】 • list price, regular price, established price

② 吐き気【はきけ】 • nausea, sickness in the stomach

② 瞳【ひとみ】 • ① pupil (of eye) ② eye

② 標準【ひょうじゅん】 • standard, level, norm

② 風呂敷【ふろしき】 • wrapping cloth, cloth wrapper

② 包丁【ほうちょう】 • kitchen knife, carving knife

② 摩擦【まさつ】 • friction, rubbing, rubdown, chafe

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

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

② 浴室【よくしつ】 • bathroom, bath

② 炊く【たく】 • to cook (esp. grain, pulses, etc., such as rice or beans), to boil

② 草臥れる【くたびれる】 • to get tired, to wear out

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

② 跨ぐ【またぐ】 • to straddle

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

② 尖る【とがる】 • ① to taper to a point, to become sharp ② to look displeased, to look sour

② 遡る【さかのぼる】 • to go back, to go upstream, to make retroactive

② それなら • If that's the case ..., If so ..., That being the case ...

② おおよそ • about, roughly, as a rule, approximately

② つぶれる • ① to be smashed ② to become useless, to cease functioning ③ to go bankrupt

② もち • sticky rice cake

① がっくり • heartbroken, crestfallen

① がっちり • solidly built, tightly, shrewd, calculating

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

① すんなり • pass with no objection, slim, slender

① ずるずる • sound or act of dragging, loose, inconclusive but unwanted situation, trailingly

① ちらっと • at a glance, by accident

① てっきり • surely, certainly, beyond doubt

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

① ぼやく • to grumble, to complain

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

① 文【ふみ】 • letter, writings

① 申し出【もうしで】 • proposal, request, claim, report, notice

① 喫茶【きっさ】 • tea drinking, tea house

① お供【おとも】 • attendant, companion

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

① 意気込む【いきごむ】 • to be enthusiastic about

① 異議【いぎ】 • objection, dissent, protest

① 異性【いせい】 • the opposite sex

① 医院【いいん】 • doctor's office (surgery), clinic, dispensary

① 一別【いちべつ】 • parting

① 一様【いちよう】 • uniformity, evenness, similarity, equality, impartiality, homogeneity

① 陰気【いんき】 • gloom, melancholy

① 押し切る【おしきる】 • ① to face down the opposition, to overcome resistance, to have one's own way ② to press and cut

① 乙【おつ】 • ① second (party to an agreement), the B party (e.g. in a contract), the latter ② strange, quaint, stylish, chic, spicy, queer, witty, tasty, romantic

① 課外【かがい】 • extracurricular

① 過ち【あやまち】 • fault, error, indiscretion, faux pas

① 霞む【かすむ】 • ① to grow hazy, to be misty ② to be overshadowed

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

① 回送【かいそう】 • forwarding

① 海運【かいうん】 • maritime, marine transportation

① 海抜【かいばつ】 • height above sea level

① 概説【がいせつ】 • general statement, outline

① 核心【かくしん】 • kernel, core

① 楽譜【がくふ】 • score (music)

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

① 勧誘【かんゆう】 • invitation, solicitation, canvassing, canvasing, inducement, persuasion, encouragement

① 寛容【かんよう】 • forbearance, tolerance, generosity

① 感慨【かんがい】 • strong feelings, deep emotion

① 感度【かんど】 • sensitivity, reception (e.g. radio and television), severity (quake)

① 慣例【かんれい】 • custom, precedent, of convention

① 観衆【かんしゅう】 • spectators, onlookers, members of the audience

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

① 眼球【がんきゅう】 • eyeball

① 岩石【がんせき】 • rock

① 危ぶむ【あやぶむ】 • to fear, to have misgivings, to be doubtful, to mistrust

① 気質【きしつ】 • spirit, character, trait, temperament, turn of mind, disposition

① 気流【きりゅう】 • atmospheric current, air current, airflow

① 休戦【きゅうせん】 • truce, armistice

① 享受【きょうじゅ】 • reception, acceptance, enjoyment, being given

① 共鳴【きょうめい】 • resonance, sympathetic (sound), (being in) sympathy

① 境遇【きょうぐう】 • environment, circumstances

① 強請る【ねだる】 • ① to tease, to coax ② to solicit, to demand, to extort

① 恐れ入る【おそれいる】 • ① to be sorry, to feel small ② to be grateful ③ to be amazed, to be filled with awe, to be surprised ④ to be disconcerted, to be embarrassed

① 教習【きょうしゅう】 • training, instruction

① 郷里【きょうり】 • birth-place, home town

① 驚異【きょうい】 • wonder, miracle

① 凝らす【こらす】 • to concentrate, to devote, to apply, to strain, to rack

① 勤労【きんろう】 • labor, labour, exertion, diligent service

① 吟味【ぎんみ】 • testing, scrutiny, careful investigation

① 空しい【むなしい】 • vacant, futile, vain, void, empty, ineffective, lifeless

① 空腹【くうふく】 • hunger

① 群がる【むらがる】 • to swarm, to gather

① 軍服【ぐんぷく】 • military or naval uniform

① 結び【むすび】 • ending, conclusion, union

① 結核【けっかく】 • tuberculosis, tubercule

① 懸賞【けんしょう】 • offering prizes, winning, reward

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

① 見地【けんち】 • point of view

① 元首【げんしゅ】 • ruler, sovereign

① 戸籍【こせき】 • census, family register

① 誤差【ごさ】 • measurement error, calculation error

① 交わる【まじわる】 • to cross, to intersect, to associate with, to mingle with, to interest, to join

① 交互【こうご】 • mutual, reciprocal, alternate

① 光沢【こうたく】 • brilliance, polish, lustre, luster, glossy finish (of photographs)

① 公用【こうよう】 • ① government business, official business ② public, official, governmental

① 口頭【こうとう】 • oral

① 慌ただしい【あわただしい】 • busy, hurried, confused, flurried

① 考古学【こうこがく】 • archaeology, archeology

① 鉱業【こうぎょう】 • mining industry

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

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

① 合致【がっち】 • agreement, concurrence, conformance, compliance

① 国定【こくてい】 • state-sponsored, national

① 昆虫【こんちゅう】 • insect, bug

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

① 混血【こんけつ】 • mixed race, mixed parentage

① 差額【さがく】 • balance, difference, margin

① 砂利【じゃり】 • gravel, ballast, pebbles

① 最善【さいぜん】 • the very best

① 採決【さいけつ】 • vote, roll call

① 採集【さいしゅう】 • collecting, gathering

① 細菌【さいきん】 • bacillus, bacterium, germ

① 察する【さっする】 • ① to guess, to sense, to presume, to judge ② to sympathize with, to sympathise with

① 雑【ざつ】 • ① rough, crude, sloppy, messy ② miscellaneous

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

① 産物【さんぶつ】 • product, result, fruit

① 残酷【ざんこく】 • cruelty, harshness

① 仕切る【しきる】 • ① to partition, to divide, to mark off, to itemize ② to direct, to take control, to manage, to take responsibility ③ to settle accounts ④ to toe the mark

① 仕入れる【しいれる】 • to lay in stock, to replenish stock, to procure

① 仕立てる【したてる】 • to tailor, to make, to prepare, to train, to send (a messenger)

① 使用人【しようにん】 • employee, servant

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

① 指図【さしず】 • instruction, mandate, directions

① 私有【しゆう】 • private ownership

① 脂肪【しぼう】 • fat, grease, blubber

① 飼育【しいく】 • breeding, raising, rearing

① 児【じ】 • child

① 時差【じさ】 • time difference

① 自我【じが】 • self, the ego

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

① 弱まる【よわまる】 • to abate, to weaken, to be emaciated, to be dejected, to be perplexed

① 手際【てぎわ】 • performance, skill, tact

① 手錠【てじょう】 • handcuffs, manacles

① 手数【てすう】 • trouble, labor, labour, handling

① 周期【しゅうき】 • cycle, period

① 修士【しゅうし】 • Masters degree program (programme)

① 終始【しゅうし】 • ① beginning and end, from beginning to end, doing a thing from beginning to end ② consistently, the whole time

① 祝賀【しゅくが】 • celebration, congratulations

① 出くわす【でくわす】 • to happen to meet, to come across

① 出題【しゅつだい】 • proposing a question

① 出動【しゅつどう】 • sailing, marching, going out, dispatch

① 準急【じゅんきゅう】 • semi-express train (slower than an express), local express train

① 処置【しょち】 • treatment, measure, step

① 処罰【しょばつ】 • punishment

① 初版【しょはん】 • first edition

① 所定【しょてい】 • fixed, prescribed, certain, given

① 宵【よい】 • evening, early night hours

① 小切手【こぎって】 • cheque, check

① 小銭【こぜに】 • coins, small change

① 消息【しょうそく】 • ① news (from somebody), letter, contact ② (somebody's) whereabouts, (somebody's) movements

① 城下【じょうか】 • land near the castle

① 情【じょう】 • feelings, emotion, passion

① 情け【なさけ】 • ① pity, sympathy, compassion ② affection

① 織物【おりもの】 • textile, fabric

① 食い違う【くいちがう】 • to cross each other, to run counter to, to differ, to clash, to go awry

① 寝かせる【ねかせる】 • to put to bed, to lay down, to ferment

① 心掛ける【こころがける】 • to keep in mind, to bear in mind, to try, to aim to do, to endeavor, to endeavour

① 心情【しんじょう】 • sentiment, emotions, one's feelings, one's heart

① 心得【こころえ】 • knowledge, information

① 振り返る【ふりかえる】 • to turn head, to look over one's shoulder, to turn around, to look back

① 振動【しんどう】 • oscillation, vibration

① 真珠【しんじゅ】 • pearl

① 真上【まうえ】 • just above, right overhead

① 進度【しんど】 • progress

① 人柄【ひとがら】 • personality, character, personal appearance, gentility

① 迅速【じんそく】 • quick, fast, rapid, swift, prompt, streamlined, expedited, expeditious

① 推理【すいり】 • reasoning, inference, mystery or detective genre (movie, novel, etc.)

① 崇拝【すうはい】 • worship, adoration, admiration, cult

① 澄ます【すます】 • to clear, to make clear, to be unruffled, to look unconcerned, to look demure, to look prim, to put on airs

① 政策【せいさく】 • political measures, policy

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

① 生身【なまみ】 • ① living flesh, flesh and blood ② physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva

① 盛大【せいだい】 • grand, prosperous, magnificent

① 精密【せいみつ】 • precise, exact, detailed, minute, close

① 製法【せいほう】 • manufacturing method, recipe, formula

① 責務【せきむ】 • duty, obligation

① 絶える【たえる】 • ① to die out, to peter out, to become extinct ② to cease, to be stopped, to be discontinued, to be cut off

① 潜水【せんすい】 • diving

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

① 前途【ぜんと】 • future prospects, outlook, the journey ahead

① 措置【そち】 • measure, measures, step

① 素早い【すばやい】 • ① fast, quick, prompt, nimble, agile ② quick (to understand), sharp (judgement)

① 壮大【そうだい】 • magnificent, grand, majestic, splendid

① 多忙【たぼう】 • busy, pressure of work

① 多様【たよう】 • diverse, varied

① 対比【たいひ】 • contrast, comparison

① 対面【たいめん】 • interview, meeting

① 対話【たいわ】 • interactive, interaction, conversation, dialogue

① 待ち合わせ【まちあわせ】 • appointment

① 待遇【たいぐう】 • treatment, reception

① 代用【だいよう】 • substitution

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

① 大柄【おおがら】 • large build, large pattern

① 達者【たっしゃ】 • skillful, in good health

① 達成【たっせい】 • achievement

① 単一【たんいつ】 • single, simple, sole, individual, unitary

① 単調【たんちょう】 • monotony, monotone, dullness

① 断面【だんめん】 • cross-section

① 地主【じぬし】 • landlord, landowner

① 恥じる【はじる】 • to feel ashamed

① 着目【ちゃくもく】 • attention

① 中継【ちゅうけい】 • relay, hook-up

① 中傷【ちゅうしょう】 • slander, libel, defamation

① 腸【ちょう】 • guts, bowels, intestines

① 直面【ちょくめん】 • ① confrontation ② to face, to confront, to encounter

① 沈める【しずめる】 • to sink, to submerge

① 追放【ついほう】 • exile, banishment

① 定まる【さだまる】 • to become settled, to be fixed

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

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

① 転居【てんきょ】 • moving, changing residence

① 電源【でんげん】 • ① source of electricity, electrical power ② power (button on TV, etc.)

① 登録【とうろく】 • registration, accession, register, entry, record

① 途絶える【とだえる】 • to stop, to cease, to come to an end

① 土台【どだい】 • foundation, base, basis

① 土木【どぼく】 • public works

① 当て【あて】 • object, aim, end, hopes, expectations

① 統治【とうち】 • rule, reign, government, governing

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

① 討議【とうぎ】 • debate, discussion

① 踏み込む【ふみこむ】 • ① to step into (e.g. someone else's territory), to break into, to raid ② to come to grips with, to get to the core of

① 逃す【のがす】 • to let loose, to set free, to let escape

① 逃走【とうそう】 • flight, desertion, escape

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

① 同居【どうきょ】 • coexistence, living together

① 同調【どうちょう】 • sympathy, agreement with, alignment, conformity, tuning

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

① 特権【とっけん】 • privilege, special right

① 独自【どくじ】 • original, peculiar, characteristic, proprietary

① 独創【どくそう】 • originality

① 読み上げる【よみあげる】 • to read out loud (and clearly), to call a roll

① 内心【ないしん】 • innermost thoughts, real intention, inmost heart, one's mind, in the heart

① 肉体【にくたい】 • the body, the flesh

① 年長【ねんちょう】 • seniority

① 倍率【ばいりつ】 • magnification, leverage, amplification, scaling factor, scale factor

① 発言【はつげん】 • utterance, speech, proposal

① 発病【はつびょう】 • attack (disease)

① 微笑【びしょう】 • smile

① 不在【ふざい】 • absence

① 不服【ふふく】 • dissatisfaction, discontent, disapproval, objection, complaint, protest, disagreement

① 浮気【うわき】 • ① extramarital sex, affair, fooling around ② infidelity, wantonness, unfaithfulness, inconstancy, fickleness, caprice

① 侮辱【ぶじょく】 • insult, contempt, slight

① 風俗【ふうぞく】 • ① manners, customs ② sex service, sex industry

① 分配【ぶんぱい】 • division, sharing, distribution, dissemination, allocation

① 文化財【ぶんかざい】 • cultural assets, cultural property

① 平方【へいほう】 • square (e.g. metre), square

① 偏見【へんけん】 • prejudice, narrow view

① 便宜【べんぎ】 • convenience, accommodation, advantage, expedience

① 弁解【べんかい】 • justification, rationalization, pretext, explanation, exculpation, defence, defense, excuse

① 補充【ほじゅう】 • ① supplementation, supplement, replenishment, replenishing, replacement, refilling ② to replace, to refill, to replenish

① 報ずる【ほうずる】 • to inform, to report

① 放り込む【ほうりこむ】 • to throw into

① 放出【ほうしゅつ】 • release, emit

① 褒美【ほうび】 • reward, prize

① 本国【ほんごく】 • one's own country

① 麻【あさ】 • flax, linen, hemp

① 膜【まく】 • membrane, film

① 密度【みつど】 • density

① 民謡【みんよう】 • folk song, popular song

① 明かす【あかす】 • ① to pass (e.g. the night), to spend ② to reveal, to divulge

① 免除【めんじょ】 • exemption, exoneration, discharge

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

① 野外【やがい】 • fields, outskirts, open air, suburbs

① 野心【やしん】 • ambition, aspiration, designs, treachery

① 有する【ゆうする】 • to own, to be endowed with

① 有益【ゆうえき】 • beneficial, profitable

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

① 用品【ようひん】 • articles, supplies, parts

① 要する【ようする】 • to need, to demand, to take, to require

① 養う【やしなう】 • to rear, to maintain, to support (e.g. family), to cultivate

① 落下【らっか】 • fall, drop, come down

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

① 利子【りし】 • interest (bank)