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Basic Kanji Book 1

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一 【いち】① one ② best in, the most (...) in (where an adjective follows)
円 【えん】① Yen, money ② circle
九つ 【ここのつ】nine
九日 【ここのか】① the ninth day of the month ② nine days
五 【ご】five
五つ 【いつつ】five
五日 【いつか】① the fifth day of the month ② five days
三つ 【みっつ】three
三日 【みっか】① the third day of the month ② three days
四つ 【よっつ】four
四日 【よっか】① fourth day of month ② four days
七 【なな】seven
七つ 【ななつ】seven
十日 【とおか】① the tenth day of the month ② ten days
千 【せん】1,000, thousand
二 【に】two
八日 【ようか】① the eighth day of the month ② eight days
百 【ひゃく】100, hundred
六日 【むいか】① sixth day of the month ② six days
一日 【いちにち】① one day ② first day of the month
九 【きゅう】nine
九 【く】nine
三 【さん】three
四 【よん】four
七日 【なのか】① the seventh day of the month ② seven days
十 【じゅう】10, ten
八 【はち】eight
八つ 【やっつ】eight
万 【まん】① 10,000, ten thousand ② myriads ③ everything, all
六 【ろく】six
六つ 【むっつ】six
八百屋 【やおや】greengrocer
四 【し】four
一番 【いちばん】① best, first, number one ② game, round, bout, fall, event (in a meet)
万年筆 【まんねんひつ】fountain pen
十分 【じゅうぶん】① plenty, enough, sufficient, satisfactory, adequate ② division into ten ③ perfectly, thoroughly, fully, in full
一度 【いちど】① once, one time, on one occasion ② temporarily, for a moment ③ one degree, one tone, one musical interval
万一 【まんいち】by some chance, by some possibility, if by any chance, 10,000 to 1 odds
一度に 【いちどに】all at once
円い 【まるい】① round, circular, spherical ② harmonious, calm
円 【まる】① Yen, money ② circle
三日月 【みかづき】new moon, crescent moon
一時 【いちじ】one hour, short time, once, a time, temporarily, at one time, twelfth part of a day
一々 【いちいち】one by one, separately
五十音 【ごじゅうおん】the Japanese syllabary
ちぎるto cut up fine, to pick (fruit)
四角 【しかく】square
四角い 【しかくい】square, rectangular
四季 【しき】four seasons
三角形 【さんかくけい】triangle, three-cornered polygon
円周 【えんしゅう】circumference
四捨五入 【ししゃごにゅう】rounding half up (i.e. fractions)
万歳 【ばんざい】① crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture) ② something worthy of celebration ③ giving up ④ banzai (a celebratory cheer), hurrah (hooray, hurray)
一段と 【いちだんと】greater, more, further, still more
一応 【いちおう】once, tentatively, in outline, for the time being, just in case
百科事典 【ひゃっかじてん】encyclopedia, encyclopaedia
一部 【いちぶ】① one part, one portion, one section, some ② one copy (e.g. of a document)
一概に 【いちがいに】unconditionally, as a rule
一同 【いちどう】all present, all concerned, all of us
一部分 【いちぶぶん】part, portion, section
一別 【いちべつ】parting
一面 【いちめん】① one face, one surface ② the whole surface ③ one aspect, one side ④ (on) the other hand ⑤ one broad, flat object ⑥ front page
一目 【いちもく】① (a) glance, (a) look, (a) glimpse ② (a) stone (in Go) ③ complete view, bird's-eye view
一様 【いちよう】uniformity, evenness, similarity, equality, impartiality, homogeneity
円満 【えんまん】perfection, harmony, peace, smoothness, completeness, satisfaction, integrity
十字路 【じゅうじろ】crossroads
円滑 【えんかつ】smooth, undisturbed, uninterrupted, harmonious
三味線 【しゃみせん】three-stringed Japanese guitar, shamisen
万人 【ばんにん】① all people, everybody ② ten thousand people
万能 【ばんのう】① all-purpose, utility ② almighty, omnipotent
つぶらround, rotund
百科辞典 【ひゃっかじてん】encyclopedia, encyclopaedia
一 【ひと】① one ② best in, the most (...) in (where an adjective follows)
いちかばちかsink or swim, high-stakes, desperate
一円 【いちえん】whole district, one yen, throughout
一月 【いちがつ】January
一時間 【いちじかん】one hour
一時金 【いちじきん】lump sum, bonus, one-off payment
一人前 【いちにんまえ】① becoming adult, attaining full manhood or womanhood, coming of age ② one helping, one portion
一大 【いちだい】one large ..., a great ...
一男 【いちなん】boy, eldest son
一読 【いちどく】perusal, one reading
一日一日 【いちにちいちにち】① gradually, day by day ② every day, each day
一日中 【いちにちじゅう】throughout the day
一年間 【いちねんかん】(period of) one year
一年生 【いちねんせい】① annual (plant) ② first-year university or high-school student (esp. US), freshman
一年中 【いちねんじゅう】all year round
一分 【いちぶ】one tenth, one hundredth, one percent, one tenth of a sun, one quarter ryou (an old coin)
円やか 【まろやか】① round, circular, spherical ② mild (taste), mellow (voice)
円高 【えんだか】high-valued yen, exchange in favor (favour) of the yen
円み 【まるみ】roundness, rotundity
九九 【くく】multiplication table, times table
九々 【くく】multiplication table, times table
九月 【くがつ】September
九分 【くぶ】nine parts, nine percent, almost
五 【いつ】five
五 【い】five
五月 【ごがつ】May
五分 【ごぶ】① half, 50%, tie, evenness ② 5 parts, 5%
五分五分 【ごぶごぶ】as likely as not, 50-50, even match, tie
三つ子 【みつご】① three-year-old ② triplets
三月 【さんがつ】March
三国 【さんごく】① three countries ② Japan, China & India, Japan, Korea & China, all the world ③ Three Kingdoms (of ancient China: Wei, Shu, Wu)
三時 【さんじ】① 3 o'clock ② 3 o'clock snack
三十日 【さんじゅうにち】① 30 days ② 30th, the thirtieth of the month
三女 【さんじょ】third daughter
三食 【さんしょく】three meals (a day)
三人 【さんにん】three people
三人 【みたり】three people
三千 【さんぜん】① 3000 ② many
三男 【さんなん】three men, third son
三日天下 【みっかてんか】short-lived rule, being in power only for a brief period, brief championship
三百 【さんびゃく】① 300, three hundred ② 300 mon, trifling amount, two-bit item ③ shyster
三本 【さんぼん】three (long cylindrical things)
四つんばい 【よっつんばい】(crawl) on all fours, on one's hands and feet, falling flat
四月 【しがつ】April
四国 【しこく】Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
四時 【よじ】4 o'clock
四六時中 【しろくじちゅう】around the clock, day and night (Note: 4 x 6 = 24)
七 【な】seven
七月 【しちがつ】July
十一 【じゅういち】① 11, eleven ② Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax)
十一月 【じゅういちがつ】November
十九 【じゅうきゅう】19, nineteen
十月 【じゅうがつ】October
十五 【じゅうご】15, fifteen
十三 【じゅうさん】13, thirteen
十中八九 【じっちゅうはっく】8 or 9 cases out of ten, in all probability
十二 【じゅうに】12, twelve
十二月 【じゅうにがつ】December
十二分 【じゅうにぶん】more than enough
十八 【じゅうはち】18, eighteen
十分 【じっぷん】10 minutes
十分の一 【じゅうぶんのいち】tenth, tithe
十万 【じゅうまん】100,000, hundred thousand
十六 【じゅうろく】16, sixteen
千 【ち】1,000, thousand
千円 【せんえん】1000 yen
千年 【ちとせ】millennium, one thousand years
千万 【せんまん】10,000,000, ten million, myriad
八月 【はちがつ】August
八百長 【やおちょう】match fixing, put-up job, fixed game
百 【もも】100, hundred
百万 【ひゃくまん】① 1,000,000, one million, million ② many
万が一 【まんがいち】if by any chance, just in case, in the worst case, lit: 10000 to 1
万が一 【まんがいつ】if by any chance, just in case, in the worst case, lit: 10000 to 1
万一 【まんいつ】by some chance, by some possibility, if by any chance, 10,000 to 1 odds
万円 【まんえん】10000 yen
万国 【ばんこく】all countries, the whole world, universal, all nations
万年 【まんねん】① ten thousand years ② eternity
万分の一 【まんぶんのいち】one ten-thousandth
万来 【ばんらい】many guests
六月 【ろくがつ】June
一行 【いちぎょう】line, row, troupe, party
一食 【いちじき】one meal (a day)
一人 【いちにん】one person
一年 【いちねん】one year, some time ago
九 【ここの】nine
九 【この】nine
九 【ここ】nine
九十 【きゅうじゅう】ninety
九十 【くじゅう】ninety
三 【み】three
四 【よ】four
七十 【しちじゅう】seventy
七十 【ななじゅう】seventy
七十 【ななそ】seventy
十 【と】10, ten
十 【とお】10, ten
十四 【じゅうし】14, fourteen
十四 【じゅうよん】14, fourteen
十七 【じゅうしち】17, seventeen
十七 【じゅうなな】17, seventeen
八 【やっつ】eight
八 【や】eight
八 【やつ】eight
万人 【ばんじん】① all people, everybody ② ten thousand people
万人 【まんにん】① all people, everybody ② ten thousand people
六 【む】six
六 【むう】six
三々五々 【さんさんごご】in groups of twos and threes, in small groups
七七日 【しちしちにち】49th day after death
七々日 【しちしちにち】49th day after death
七七日 【なななぬか】49th day after death
七七日 【なななのか】49th day after death
千金 【せんきん】1000 pounds, 1000 kan, 1000 yen, 1000 pieces of gold, great weight, pricelessness
三十日 【みそか】last day of month
三十日 【つごもり】last day of month
一女 【いちじょ】daughter, the eldest daughter, woman
十四日 【じゅうよっか】fourteenth day of the month
八十 【はちじゅう】eighty
八十 【やそ】eighty
四十 【よんじゅう】forty
四十 【しじゅう】forty
四十 【よそ】forty
五十 【ごじゅう】fifty
五十 【いそ】fifty
五十 【い】fifty
一二 【いちに】the first and second, a few
四千 【よんせん】four thousand
四百 【よんひゃく】four hundred
三日間 【みっかかん】three days
三年 【さんねん】three years
六十 【ろくじゅう】sixty
六十 【むそ】sixty
三十 【さんじゅう】thirty
三十 【みそ】thirty
三分の一 【さんぶんのいち】one third, a third part
四年生 【よねんせい】student in his (her) fourth year, fourth-year student
四人 【よにん】four people
四本 【よんほん】four (long cylindrical things)
五本 【ごほん】five (long cylindrical things)
五分の一 【ごぶんのいち】one fifth part
九生 【きゅうしょう】nine lives (of a cat)
一年前 【いちねんまえ】one year ago
一万 【いちまん】10,000, ten thousand
三日ばしか 【みっかばしか】rubella, German measles, three day measles;
一万円 【いちまんえん】10,000 Yen
百八 【ひゃくはち】① 108, one hundred and eight ② the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions ③ the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year
三時のおやつ 【さんじのおやつ】afternoon refreshment, afternoon tea
十字キーcross-key (directional keypad on video game controller)
一年半 【いちねんはん】one year and a half
一パイント 【いちぱいんと】one pint
三大 【さんだい】the big three ...
しめ(Shinto) rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
一員 【いちいん】person, member
一元 【いちげん】unitary
一事 【いちじ】one thing
一字 【いちじ】letter, character
一人物 【いちじんぶつ】man of some importance, character
一族 【いちぞく】① family, relatives, dependents ② household
一代 【いちだい】generation, lifetime, age
一台 【いちだい】one machine, one vehicle
一堂 【いちどう】one building (hall, temple, shrine, room)
一文 【いちもん】something insignificant, one mon (10th sen)
一味 【いちみ】clan, partisans, conspirators, gang, crew
円安 【えんやす】cheap yen
円建て 【えんだて】denominated in yen, yen-denominated, yen base
円味 【まるみ】roundness, rotundity
九重 【ここのえ】ninefold, imperial palace, the Court
五十歩百歩 【ごじゅっぽひゃっぽ】six of one and a half dozen of the other, scant difference
三重 【さんじゅう】triple, treble, threefold, three-ply, triplicate
三文 【さんもん】cheapness, farthing
三味 【さみ】three-stringed guitar
三洋 【さんよう】Sanyo (company)
四つ足 【よつあし】four-footed (animal)
四方 【しほう】every direction
四方 【よも】every direction
四方八方 【しほうはっぽう】in all directions
十字 【じゅうじ】cross, crossed, cruciform
十文字 【じゅうもんじ】a cross, cruciform
千秋楽 【せんしゅうらく】concluding festivities, final day of a sumo tournament, concluding program, concluding programme
千切り 【せんぎり】small pieces or strips of vegetables
ちどりplover
八千代 【やちよ】eternity, thousands of years
八方 【はっぽう】all sides
百花 【ひゃっか】all varieties of flowers, many flowers
百万長者 【ひゃくまんちょうじゃ】millionaire, multimillionaire
万引き 【まんびき】shoplifting, shoplifter
万事 【ばんじ】all, everything
万有引力 【ばんゆういんりょく】universal gravitation
一言 【いちげん】single word
一言 【いちごん】single word
一日千秋 【いちじつせんしゅう】(waiting) impatiently, (spending) many a weary day, each moment seeming like an eternity
一夜 【いちや】one night, all night, overnight, one evening
三方 【さんぼう】① three sides ② small offering stand
三方 【さんぽう】① three sides ② small offering stand
七色 【なないろ】the seven prismatic colors (colours)
七夕 【たなばた】Festival of the Weaver (July 7th), Star Festival
七夕 【しちせき】Festival of the Weaver (July 7th), Star Festival
千代 【せんだい】① thousand years ② very long period, forever
千代 【ちよ】① thousand years ② very long period, forever
万代 【ばんだい】thousands of years, eternity, all generations
十代 【じゅうだい】the teens (10-19), teenage, the tenth generation
十台 【じゅうだい】the teens (10-19), teenage, the tenth generation
万事休す 【ばんじきゅうす】There is nothing more that can be done
一問 【いちもん】a question
三者 【さんしゃ】three persons, three parties
三代 【さんだい】① three generations, three periods ② third generation
三度 【さんど】three times
八重 【やえ】multilayered, doubled
百八十度 【ひゃくはちじゅうど】180 degrees, complete change
一時帰休 【いちじききゅう】temporary layoff
千九百年代 【せんきゅうひゃくねんだい】the 1900s
四の五の言う 【しのごのいう】to grumble about something (trivial)
十字を切る 【じゅうじをきる】to make the sign of the cross, to bless oneself, to cross oneself
一分野 【いちぶんや】one field, a division, a branch (e.g. of study, etc.)
万病の元 【まんびょうのもと】the source of all kinds of diseases
一度も 【いちども】never (in sentence with neg. verb)
一度ならず 【いちどならず】not just once, more than once, many times, again and again
一丸 【いちがん】lump, (into) one
一期 【いちご】one's life time, lifetime
一期一会 【いちごいちえ】once-in-a-lifetime encounter (hence should be cherished as such)
一元化 【いちげんか】unification, centralization, centralisation
一語 【いちご】one word
一語一語 【いちごいちご】word for word, one word
一時的 【いちじてき】temporary
一助 【いちじょ】help, assistance
一打 【いちだ】stroke, blow
一定 【いちじょう】fixed, settled, constant, definite, uniform, regularized, regularised, defined, standardized, standardised, certain, prescribed
一倍 【いちばい】one share, one amount
一番手 【いちばんて】first player, first worker
一番乗り 【いちばんのり】leader of a charge, first to arrive
一秒 【いちびょう】one second
一部始終 【いちぶしじゅう】full particulars, the whole story, from beginning to end
一文無し 【いちもんなし】penniless
一命 【いちめい】(a) life, (a) command
一門 【いちもん】family, dependents, household, kin, clan, group of related sumo stables
九州 【きゅうしゅう】Kyushu (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
五感 【ごかん】the five senses
五十三次 【ごじゅうさんつぎ】the 53 Toukaidou stages
五倍 【ごばい】five times
三回 【さんかい】three times
三階 【さんかい】third floor
三角 【さんかく】triangle, triangular
三原色 【さんげんしょく】three primary colors (colours), trichromatic
三次元 【さんじげん】three dimensions, three dimensional, 3D, 3-D
三十八度線 【さんじゅうはちどせん】the Thirty-eighth Parallel
三人組 【さんにんぐみ】trio, gang of three, threesome
三選 【さんせん】third-term election
三倍 【さんばい】three-fold, three times
三役 【さんやく】three highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc.)
三流 【さんりゅう】3rd rate
四つ角 【よつかど】four corners, crossroads
四角形 【しかくけい】quadrilateral, quadrangle, tetragon
四球 【しきゅう】four balls, base on balls (baseball), a walk
四苦八苦 【しくはっく】① being in dire distress, being hard put to it ② the four and eight kinds of suffering
四半期 【しはんき】quarter (of a year)
七面鳥 【しちめんちょう】turkey
十両 【じゅうりょう】second highest sumo division, wrestlers of the second highest sumo division
千島 【ちしま】Kurile Islands
たたき① mince (minced meat or fish) ② hard-packed dirt (clay, gravel, etc.) floor, concrete floor
八つ当たり 【やつあたり】outburst of anger
八角形 【はっかくけい】eight-sided shape, octagon
八方美人 【はっぽうびじん】one who is affable to everybody, a flunky, person beautiful from all angles, everybody's friend, person who shows people what they want to see
百合 【ゆり】lily, Lilium
百倍 【ひゃくばい】hundredfold
百薬 【ひゃくやく】sundry remedies
一物 【いちぶつ】① plot, ulterior motive, secret intention ② thing, article ③ penis
円形 【えんけい】① round shape, circle ② circular form
円形 【まるがた】① round shape, circle ② circular form
三角形 【さんかっけい】triangle, three-cornered polygon
三組 【さんくみ】set of three, three sets, three classes
三味線 【さみせん】three-stringed Japanese guitar, shamisen
十八番 【じゅうはちばん】① No. 18, eighteenth ② repertoire of 18 kabuki plays ③ one's favourite stunt (favorite), one's specialty
十八番 【おはこ】① No. 18, eighteenth ② repertoire of 18 kabuki plays ③ one's favourite stunt (favorite), one's specialty
万全 【ばんぜん】perfection, flawlessness
万能 【まんのう】① all-purpose, utility ② almighty, omnipotent
万能薬 【ばんのうやく】cure-all, panacea
万物 【ばんぶつ】all things, all creation
一望 【いちぼう】one sweep (of the eye), an unbroken view
万才 【ばんざい】① crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture) ② something worthy of celebration ③ giving up ④ banzai (a celebratory cheer), hurrah (hooray, hurray)
万才 【まんざい】comedian, comic dialogue
万点 【まんてん】perfect score
一時期 【いちじき】a period (of time)
円相場 【えんそうば】yen exchange rate
三次 【さんじ】three times, cubic
三部 【さんぶ】three parts, three copies
三部作 【さんぶさく】trilogy
四死球 【ししきゅう】four dead balls (baseball)
四天王 【してんのう】① the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana) ② the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
千島列島 【ちしまれっとう】Kurile Islands
一丸となって 【いちがんとなって】in a body, in a lump
五大湖 【ごだいこ】the Great Lakes
一番上 【いちばんうえ】topmost
三者面談 【さんしゃめんだん】parent and child meeting (with teacher for course, career guidance, etc.)
一次試験 【いちじしけん】first stage examination
九谷焼 【くたにやき】kutani-ware (var. of porcelain)
十八禁 【じゅうはちきん】18 certificate, R-18, restricted to those 18 years or older
三回生 【さんかいせい】third year (college) student, junior
四回生 【よんかいせい】fourth year (college) student, senior
百円玉 【ひゃくえんだま】100 yen coin
一位 【いちい】① first place, first rank, unit's position ② Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
一因 【いちいん】cause
一億 【いちおく】100,000,000, one hundred million
一群 【いちぐん】① group, flock, crowd, herd ② wide expanse (of flowers)
一軍 【いちぐん】an army, the whole army, first string players (sports)
一芸 【いちげい】an art, one talent
一座 【いちざ】① party, those present, troupe ② first seat
一団 【いちだん】body, group, party, gang, troupe
一段 【いちだん】① more, much more, still more, all the more ② part (of a talk) ③ Japanese verb group ④ first rank (in martial arts, etc.)
一段落 【いちだんらく】completing the first stage, reaching a point where one can pause
一難 【いちなん】one difficulty, one danger
一任 【いちにん】entrusting
一枚 【いちまい】one thin flat object, one sheet
一枚岩 【いちまいいわ】monolithic
一目散に 【いちもくさんに】at full speed
一卵性双生児 【いちらんせいそうせいじ】identical twins
円筒 【えんとう】cylinder
三越 【みつこし】Mitsukoshi (department store)
三角関数 【さんかくかんすう】trigonometric function
三権 【さんけん】the three powers of government (legislative, executive and judicial)
三省 【さんせい】frequent reflection (meditation)
三途の川 【さんずのかわ】Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
三日坊主 【みっかぼうず】one who can stick to nothing, unsteady worker
三枚 【さんまい】① three flat objects (e.g. tickets, pieces of cloth, etc.) ② filleting (a fish)
三枚目 【さんまいめ】① comedian, actor who plays comic roles ② figure of fun, laughing stock
三輪 【さんりん】three wheels
四畳半 【よじょうはん】4.5 tatami mats
四輪車 【よんりんしゃ】automobile, car
七不思議 【ななふしぎ】seven wonders (of a particular area)
十億 【じゅうおく】1,000,000,000, billion (American), (obs) milliard (British)
十進法 【じっしんほう】decimal system
千円札 【せんえんさつ】1,000 Yen bill
千差万別 【せんさばんべつ】an infinite variety of, multifarious, being extremely varied and wide-ranging
千歳 【ちとせ】millennium, one thousand years
八分音符 【はちぶおんぷ】8th note
百億 【ひゃくおく】10,000,000,000, ten billion (American), (obs) ten milliard (British)
百貨店 【ひゃっかてん】(department) store, (department) stores
百害 【ひゃくがい】great damage
百姓 【ひゃくしょう】① farmer, peasant, country bumpkin ② farming ③ the common people
万歳 【まんざい】strolling comic dancer
万難 【ばんなん】many obstacles, innumerable difficulties
六十四分音符 【ろくじゅうしぶおんぷ】64th note
三位 【さんい】third place, third rank
五輪 【ごりん】the Olympics
万歳 【ばんぜい】① crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture) ② something worthy of celebration ③ giving up ④ banzai (a celebratory cheer), hurrah (hooray, hurray)
七転八倒 【しちてんばっとう】tossing oneself about in great pain, writhing in agony
一目置く 【いちもくおく】to take off one's hat to a person, to acknowledge anothers superiority, to give a piece or stone
一時停止 【いちじていし】suspension, pause
三種 【さんしゅ】three kinds, three varieties
五十肩 【ごじゅうかた】① stiff shoulders (owing to age) ② frozen shoulder
一時解雇 【いちじかいこ】a layoff
一途 【いちず】wholeheartedly, earnestly
三等賞 【さんとうしょう】third prize
九死に一生を得る 【きゅうしにいっしょうをうる】to have a narrow escape from death
一段上 【いちだんうえ】a cut above, one step above
一難去ってまた一難 【いちなんさってまたいちなん】(it's been) one thing after another
一案 【いちあん】idea, plan
一往 【いちおう】once, tentatively, in outline, for the time being, just in case
一義 【いちぎ】① reason, principle, meaning ② first meaning, first principle, first consideration
一撃 【いちげき】blow, hit, poke
一言居士 【いちげんこじ】person who is ready to comment on every subject, ready critic
一汁一菜 【いちじゅういっさい】one-plate meal, simple meal, austerity diet
一条 【いちじょう】streak, matter, quotation
一錠 【いちじょう】① one tablet or pill ② tray, salver
一陣 【いちじん】① gust of wind ② vanguard
一姫二太郎 【いちひめにたろう】It's good to have a girl first and then a boy
一文惜しみ 【いちもんおしみ】stinginess, miserliness
一枚看板 【いちまいかんばん】(a) leading player, one's sole Sunday best, the best item one has (to show)
一抹 【いちまつ】① (a) touch of, tinge of, wreath (e.g. of smoke) ② one stroke, one brush
一網打尽 【いちもうだじん】(a) big haul, roundup, wholesale arrest, catching the whole herd with one throw
一目瞭然 【いちもくりょうぜん】apparent, obvious, very clear
一夜漬け 【いちやづけ】① last-minute cramming, overnight cramming ② (vegetables) salted just overnight
一躍 【いちやく】(at) one bound
一翼 【いちよく】(a) part
一覧 【いちらん】① at a glance, (a) look, (a) glance, (a) summary ② (school) catalog, catalogue
一覧表 【いちらんひょう】list, table, schedule, catalogue, catalog
円借款 【えんしゃっかん】international yen loan
円熟 【えんじゅく】ripeness, mellowness, maturity, perfection
円陣 【えんじん】circle, ring
円卓 【えんたく】round table
円盤 【えんばん】① disk, discus, platter ② flying saucer
円墳 【えんぷん】round burial mound
五里霧中 【ごりむちゅう】totally at a loss, lose one's bearings, in a maze, in a fog, all at sea, up in the air, mystified, bewildered
五輪旗 【ごりんき】Olympic Flag
三顧の礼 【さんこのれい】special confidence (in someone)
三者凡退 【さんしゃぼんたい】out in 1-2-3 order (baseball)
三振 【さんしん】strike out (baseball), fanning out
三人寄れば文殊の知恵 【さんにんよればもんじゅのちえ】two heads are better than one
三塁 【さんるい】third base
三塁手 【さんるいしゅ】third baseman
三塁打 【さんるいだ】three-base hit, triple
四重奏 【しじゅうそう】instrumental quartet
十字架 【じゅうじか】cross, the Cross (of Christ)
千羽鶴 【せんばづる】(string of) many (traditionally 1000) paper cranes
千載一遇 【せんざいいちぐう】once in a lifetime (opportunity), (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years
千里 【せんり】1000 ri, (a) long distance
百獣 【ひゃくじゅう】all kinds of animals
万策 【ばんさく】all means
万雷 【ばんらい】heavy thunder
万里 【ばんり】thousands of miles
円滑 【えんこつ】smooth, undisturbed, uninterrupted, harmonious
三段跳び 【さんだんとび】triple jump, hop, step and jump
八丁 【はっちょう】skillfulness
一言一句 【いちごんいっく】every single word and phrase, word by word
十把一絡げ 【じっぱひとからげ】lumping together all sorts of things, making sweeping generalizations, dealing with various things under one head
三冠馬 【さんかんば】winner of Japan's three main horse races
一陣の風 【いちじんのかぜ】gust of wind
四十七士 【しじゅうしちし】The 47 Ronin
一罰百戒 【いちばつひゃっかい】punishing a crime to make an example for others
一日一善 【いちにちいちぜん】doing a good deed each day, doing one good turn a day
万歳三唱 【ばんざいさんしょう】three cheers (lit: shout 'banzai' three times)
八方手を尽くす 【はっぽうてをつくす】to try all possible means
三つ子の魂百まで 【みつごのたましいひゃくまで】the child is father to the man, lit: the soul of a child of three (is the same) at 100
しゃんぺんchampagne
一膳 【いちぜん】① bowl (of rice) ② pair (of chopsticks)
一瞥 【いちべつ】(a) glance, (a) look
円錐形 【えんすいけい】cone, cone-shaped
五臓六腑 【ごぞうろっぷ】the internal organs
三叉路 【さんさろ】three-forked road, junction of three roads
四面楚歌 【しめんそか】being surrounded by enemies on all sides, being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody
八方塞がり 【はっぽうふさがり】all doors closed, blocked in every direction, cornered
うるさい① noisy, loud ② fussy ③ annoying, troublesome, tiresome, importunate ④ bossy
八挺 【はっちょう】skillfulness
八幡 【はちまん】① Hachiman (God of War) ② Hachiman shrine
一枚噛む 【いちまいかむ】to participate in (as a member), to get involved in