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一 【いち】① one ② best in, the most (...) in (where an adjective follows)
雨 【あめ】rain
駅 【えき】station
円 【えん】① Yen, money ② circle
下 【した】① below, down, under ② bottom ③ beneath, underneath ④ just after, right after ⑤ inferiority, one's inferior (i.e. one's junior), younger (e.g. of siblings) ⑥ trade-in ⑦ preliminary, preparatory
会社 【かいしゃ】① company, corporation ② workplace
学校 【がっこう】school
学生 【がくせい】student (esp. a university student)
金 【かね】① money ② metal
五 【ご】five
午前 【ごぜん】morning, a.m.
後 【あと】① behind, rear ② after, later ③ after one's death ④ remainder, the rest ⑤ descendant, successor, heir ⑥ more (i.e. five more minutes)
語 【ご】① language ② word
口 【くち】① mouth ② opening, hole, gap, orifice ③ mouth (of a bottle), spout, nozzle, mouthpiece ④ gate, door, entrance, exit ⑤ speaking, speech, talk (i.e. gossip) ⑥ taste, palate ⑦ mouth (to feed) ⑧ opening (i.e. vacancy), available position ⑨ invitation, summons ⑩ kind, sort, type ⑪ opening (i.e. beginning) ⑫ counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), and swords
今 【いま】now, the present time, just now, soon, immediately, (one) more
時間 【じかん】① time ② hours
七 【しち】seven
車 【くるま】① car, automobile, vehicle ② wheel
女 【おんな】woman
上 【うえ】① above, up, over ② top, summit ③ surface, on ④ before, previous ⑤ superiority, one's superior (i.e. one's elder) ⑥ on top of that, besides, what's more ⑦ upon (further inspection, etc.), based on (and occurring after) ⑧ matters concerning..., as concerns ... ⑨ since (i.e. "for that reason") ⑩ suffix indicating higher social standing
上手 【じょうず】① skill, skillful, dexterity ② flattery
新聞 【しんぶん】newspaper
人 【じん】① -ian (e.g. Italian, etc.) (attaches to name of country to denote nationality), -er (e.g. performer, etc.) (attaches to name of occupation) ② (usu. in compound words) man, person, people
先 【さき】① previous, prior, former, some time ago, preceding ② point (e.g. pencil), tip, end, nozzle ③ head (of a line), front ④ ahead, the other side ⑤ the future, hereafter ⑥ destination ⑦ the other party
千 【せん】1,000, thousand
川 【がわ】① river, stream ② the .... river, (suffix used with the names of rivers)
足 【あし】① foot ② leg ③ gait ④ pace
男 【おとこ】man
白 【しろ】① white ② good guy, 'white hat'
北 【きた】north
木 【き】tree, wood, timber
魚 【さかな】fish
九 【きゅう】nine
九 【く】nine
三 【さん】three
十 【じゅう】10, ten
国 【くに】① country, (the) state ② region ③ home (i.e. hometown, home country)
時 【じ】① hour, o'clock ② (specified) time, when ..., during ...
山 【さん】Mt (suffix used with the names of mountains), Mount
家 【いえ】① house, residence, dwelling ② family, household ③ lineage, family name
家族 【かぞく】family, members of a family
歌 【うた】① song ② classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka) ③ modern poetry
回 【かい】① counter for occurrences ② counter for innings (baseball)
海 【うみ】sea, beach
顔 【かお】face (person)
去年 【きょねん】last year
銀行 【ぎんこう】bank
兄 【あに】older brother
兄弟 【きょうだい】siblings, brothers and sisters
犬 【いぬ】① dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris) ② snoop (i.e. a detective, a spy, etc.) ③ counterfeit, inferior, useless, wasteful
黒 【くろ】① black ② dark ③ bad guy, 'black hat'
仕事 【しごと】① work, job, business, occupation, employment, vocation, task ② work
姉 【あね】older sister, elder sister
紙 【かみ】paper
写真 【しゃしん】① photograph, photo ② movie
秋 【あき】autumn, fall
色 【いろ】① colour, color ② complexion ③ appearance, look ④ love, lust, sensuality, love affair, lover ⑤ kind, type, variety
水曜日 【すいようび】Wednesday
声 【こえ】voice
青 【あお】① blue ② green ③ green light ④ black (horse coat color) ⑤ immature, unripe, young
切手 【きって】stamp (postage), merchandise certificate
体 【からだ】① body ② health
池 【いけ】pond
朝 【あさ】morning
風 【かぜ】wind, breeze
妹 【いもうと】younger sister
薬 【くすり】① medicine, pharmaceuticals, (legal) drugs ② efficacious chemical (i.e. gunpowder, pesticide, etc.) ③ (pottery) glaze ④ small bribe
四 【し】four
頭 【あたま】① head ② mind, brain, intellect ③ top ④ hair (on one's head) ⑤ bangs, fringe ⑥ top structural component of a kanji
赤 【あか】① red, crimson, scarlet ② red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange) ③ red light ④ red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading), (in) the red ⑤ complete, total, perfect, obvious
一番 【いちばん】① best, first, number one ② game, round, bout, fall, event (in a meet)
家庭 【かてい】home, family, household
絵 【え】picture, drawing, painting, sketch
階 【かい】① stories, storeys ② counter for storeys and floors of a building
角 【かど】① corner (e.g. desk, pavement) ② edge
君 【きみ】you, buddy, pal
言葉 【ことば】① language, dialect ② word, words, phrase, term, expression, remark ③ speech, (manner of) speaking
皿 【さら】① plate, dish, platter, disc ② serving, helping, course ③ kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
酒 【さけ】alcohol, sake
大勢 【おおぜい】many, crowd, great number of people
方 【かた】① direction, way ② person, lady, gentleman ③ method of, manner of, way of ④ care of .. ⑤ person in charge of .. ⑥ side (e.g. "on my mother's side")
一昨日 【おととい】day before yesterday
一昨年 【いっさくねん】year before last
一昨年 【おととし】year before last
黄色 【きいろ】yellow, amber
昨日 【きのう】yesterday
側 【がわ】① side (of something, or taking someone's side), part ② (watch) case
弟 【おとうと】younger brother
果物 【くだもの】fruit
靴 【くつ】shoes, footwear
個 【こ】① counter for articles ② counter for military units ③ individual
今晩 【こんばん】tonight, this evening
歳 【さい】① -years-old ② ability, gift, talent, aptitude, genius
冊 【さつ】counter for books
雑誌 【ざっし】journal, magazine, periodical
授業 【じゅぎょう】lesson, class work
生徒 【せいと】pupil
洗濯 【せんたく】washing, laundry
彼 【かれ】① he, him ② boyfriend
塩 【しお】salt
いいえ① no, nay ② well, er, why
椅子 【いす】① chair ② post, office, position
丈夫 【じょうぶ】healthy, robust, strong, solid, durable
明後日 【あさって】day after tomorrow
嫌 【いや】disagreeable, detestable, unpleasant, reluctant
伯父 【おじ】uncle (older than one's parent)
叔母 【おば】aunt (younger than one's parent)
あれ① that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly) ② that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors) ③ hey (expression of surprise or suspicion), eh? ④ that (something mentioned before which is distant psychologically or in terms of time)
honourable, honorable
ことthing, matter, fact, circumstances, business, reason, experience
あちら① that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener), over there, yonder ② that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener), that ③ that person (someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener) ④ there (place distant from both speaker and listener), over there, foreign country (esp. a Western nation)
あっち① that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener), over there, yonder ② that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener), that ③ that person (someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener) ④ there (place distant from both speaker and listener), over there, foreign country (esp. a Western nation)
以上 【いじょう】① not less than, ... and more, ... and upwards ② beyond ... (e.g. one's means), further (e.g. nothing further to say), more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that) ③ above-mentioned, foregoing ④ since ..., seeing that ... ⑤ this is all, that is the end, the end
員 【いん】member
運転 【うんてん】operation, motion, driving
運転手 【うんてんしゅ】driver, chauffeur
下着 【したぎ】underwear
家 【うち】① house, home (one's own) ② (one's) family, (one's) household
会 【かい】① meeting, assembly, party ② association, club
間 【あいだ】① space (between), gap, interval, distance ② time (between), pause, break ③ span (temporal or spatial), stretch, period (while) ④ relationship (between, among) ⑤ members (within, among)
気 【き】① spirit, mind, heart ② nature, disposition ③ motivation, intention ④ mood, feelings ⑤ atmosphere, essence
気分 【きぶん】feeling, mood
急 【きゅう】① urgent, sudden, abrupt ② sharp, steep, precipitous ③ rapid, swift, fast ④ emergency, crisis ⑤ hurrying, haste ⑥ (in gagaku or noh) end of a song
急行 【きゅうこう】① moving at high speed ② express (e.g. train that bypasses many stations)
空気 【くうき】air, atmosphere
計画 【けいかく】plan, project, schedule, scheme, program, programme
研究 【けんきゅう】study, research, investigation
高校 【こうこう】senior high school
高校生 【こうこうせい】senior high school student
今度 【こんど】now, this time, next time, another time
今夜 【こんや】this evening, tonight
子 【こ】① child ② young (animal) ③ young woman, young geisha ④ offshoot ⑤ interest ⑥ new shares ⑦ (after a noun or -masu stem) -er (often of young women)
試験 【しけん】examination, test, study, trial, experiment
字 【じ】① character (i.e. kanji) ② hand-writing, penmanship ③ the ... word (i.e. "the L word" = "love")
時代 【じだい】① period, epoch, era, age ② the times, those days ③ oldness, ancientness, antiquity ④ antique, period piece
社会 【しゃかい】society, public
出発 【しゅっぱつ】departure
小学校 【しょうがっこう】primary school, elementary school, grade school
少年 【しょうねん】boys, juveniles
心 【こころ】① mind, heart, spirit ② the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
親 【おや】① parent, parents ② dealer (in cards) ③ founder ④ (pet) owner
人口 【じんこう】① population ② common talk
世界 【せかい】the world, society, the universe
世話 【せわ】looking after, help, aid, assistance
正月 【しょうがつ】New Year, New Year's Day, the first month, January
西洋 【せいよう】the west, Western countries
着物 【きもの】① clothing, clothes ② kimono (or other trad. Japanese clothing)
味 【あじ】① flavor, flavour, taste ② charm, style ③ experience ④ smart, clever, witty, strange
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
音 【おと】① sound, noise, report ② note (music) ③ fame
工場 【こうじょう】factory, plant, mill, workshop
首 【くび】① neck ② head ③ unemployed person
仕方 【しかた】way, method, means, resource, course
雲 【くも】cloud
科学 【かがく】science
客 【きゃく】① guest, visitor ② customer, client, shopper, spectator, audience, tourist, sightseer, passenger
教育 【きょういく】training, education
君 【くん】Mr (junior), master, boy
形 【かたち】① form, shape, figure ② visage
交通 【こうつう】communication, transportation, traffic, intercourse
高等学校 【こうとうがっこう】senior high school
坂 【さか】slope, hill
市 【し】city
糸 【いと】thread, yarn, string
自由 【じゆう】freedom, liberty, as it pleases you
生活 【せいかつ】living, life (one's daily existence), livelihood
製 【せい】-made, make
石 【いし】① stone ② gem, jewel
線 【せん】line (also telephone, railway), wire, beam
草 【くさ】grass
島 【しま】① island ② territory (of a prostitute, organized crime gang, etc.), turf
表 【おもて】① surface ② face (i.e. the visible side of an object) ③ front (of a building, etc.), obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin ④ outside, exterior ⑤ appearance ⑥ public ⑦ first half (of an innings), top (of an inning) ⑧ cover (for tatami mats, etc.) ⑨ foreground
米 【こめ】(husked grains of) rice
毛 【け】hair, fur
様 【さま】① Mr, Mrs or Ms ② used (gen. in fixed expressions) to make words more polite ③ manner, kind, appearance
具合 【ぐあい】condition, state, manner, health
湖 【こ】lake (in place names)
一杯 【いっぱい】① amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. a cupful, spoonful, etc.), a drink (i.e. an alcoholic beverage) ② full ③ one squid, octopus, crab, etc., one boat ④ fully, to capacity ⑤ a lot, much ⑥ all of ..., the entire ...
億 【おく】10^8, 100,000,000, hundred million
会議 【かいぎ】meeting, conference, session, assembly, council, convention, congress
会議室 【かいぎしつ】conference room, council room
関係 【かんけい】relation, connection
機会 【きかい】chance, opportunity
機械 【きかい】① machine, mechanism ② instrument, appliance, apparatus
技術 【ぎじゅつ】art, craft, technique, technology, engineering, skill
隅 【すみ】corner, nook, recess
景色 【けしき】scenery, scene, landscape
経験 【けいけん】experience
経済 【けいざい】economics, business, finance, economy
警察 【けいさつ】police
郊外 【こうがい】suburb, outskirts
国際 【こくさい】international
砂 【すな】sand, grit
再来週 【さらいしゅう】week after next
枝 【えだ】branch, bow, bough, twig, limb
失礼 【しつれい】① discourtesy, impoliteness ② Excuse me, Goodbye ③ to leave ④ to be rude
将来 【しょうらい】future (usually near), prospects
招待 【しょうたい】invitation
紹介 【しょうかい】introduction, referral
政治 【せいじ】politics, government
席 【せき】① seat ② location (of a gathering, etc.), place ③ position, post
専門 【せんもん】speciality, specialty, subject of study, expert
戦争 【せんそう】war
朝寝坊 【あさねぼう】oversleeping, late riser
髪 【かみ】hair (on the head)
夫 【おっと】husband
壁 【かべ】① wall, barrier ② Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
裏 【うら】① bottom (or another side that is hidden from view), undersurface, opposite side, reverse side ② rear, back, behind (the house) ③ lining, inside ④ out of sight, behind the scenes ⑤ proof ⑥ opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.) ⑦ inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.) ⑧ bottom (of an inning), last half (of an inning)
腕 【うで】① arm ② skill
背 【せ】① back, spine ② reverse, rear side ③ height ④ ridge (of a mountain)
鏡 【かがみ】mirror
随分 【ずいぶん】① very, extremely, surprisingly, considerably ② contemptible, reprehensible
honourable, honorable
火山 【かざん】volcano
外出 【がいしゅつ】outing, trip, going out
金 【きん】① gold, golden (color), metaphor for (most) valuable, gold (medal, cup) ② money (written before an amount) ③ Friday ④ metal (fourth of the five elements) ⑤ Jin (dynasty of China; 1115-1234 CE) ⑥ gold general (shogi) ⑦ karat, carat
行 【ぎょう】① line (i.e. of text), row, verse ② carya (austerities) ③ samskara (formations) ④ running script (a semi-cursive style of kanji)
今後 【こんご】from now on, hereafter
週 【しゅう】week
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
毎 【ごと】each respectively
学 【がく】learning, scholarship, erudition, knowledge
社 【しゃ】① company, association, society ② regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour) ③ counter for companies, shrines, etc.
間 【かん】① interval, period of time ② among, between, inter-
大 【おお】big, large
中 【じゅう】① through, throughout, in the course of ② all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
生 【せい】① life, living ② I, me, myself
月 【がつ】month (of the year), used after number or question word (e.g. nan or nani)
後 【ご】after
以前 【いぜん】ago, since, before, previous
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
運 【うん】fortune, luck
家事 【かじ】① housework, domestic chores ② family affairs, household matters
画家 【がか】painter, artist
会員 【かいいん】member, the membership
会計 【かいけい】account, finance, accountant, treasurer, paymaster, reckoning, bill
海外 【かいがい】foreign, abroad, overseas
学者 【がくしゃ】scholar
牛 【うし】① cattle, cow, ox, oxen ② beef ③ Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
空 【から】emptiness, vacuum, blank
後者 【こうしゃ】the latter
公正 【こうせい】justice, fairness, impartiality
行動 【こうどう】action, conduct, behaviour, behavior, mobilization, mobilisation
国家 【こっか】state, country, nation
作家 【さっか】author, writer, novelist, artist
使用 【しよう】use, application, employment, utilization, utilisation
自動 【じどう】① automatic, self-motion ② intransitive verb
室 【しつ】① room ② Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
質 【しつ】quality
借金 【しゃっきん】debt, loan, liabilities
小屋 【こや】hut, cabin, shed, (animal) pen
食品 【しょくひん】commodity, foodstuff
食料 【しょくりょう】food
人工 【じんこう】artificial, manmade, human work, human skill, artificiality
図 【ず】figure (e.g. Fig 1), drawing, picture, illustration
生地 【きじ】① cloth, material, texture ② one's true character ③ unglazed pottery ④ uncooked dough, batter
大家 【おおや】landlord, landlady
一家 【いっか】a house, a home, a family, a household, one's family, one's folks, a style
姉妹 【しまい】sisters
主人 【しゅじん】① head (of a household), proprietor (of a store), proprietress, landlord, landlady ② one's husband ③ (one's) employer, (one's) master ④ host, hostess
品 【しな】① thing, article, goods ② dignity, class, quality ③ counter for meal courses ④ flirtatiousness, coquetry
少々 【しょうしょう】just a minute, small quantity
銀 【ぎん】① silver, silver coin, silver paint ② silver general (shogi)
者 【しゃ】someone of that nature, someone doing that work
委員 【いいん】committee member
引退 【いんたい】retire
営業 【えいぎょう】business, trade, sales, operations
遠足 【えんそく】excursion, outing, trip
温度 【おんど】temperature
会合 【かいごう】① meeting, assembly ② association ③ (astronomical) conjunction
額 【がく】① picture (framed) ② amount or sum (of money)
活用 【かつよう】① practical use, application ② conjugation, declension, inflection
岸 【きし】bank, coast, shore
岩 【いわ】rock, crag
記者 【きしゃ】reporter
記入 【きにゅう】entry, filling in of forms
記録 【きろく】① record, minutes, document ② a record (e.g. in sports), results, score ③ to record, to document ④ to set a record (e.g. in sports), to show a result, to reach a value
逆 【ぎゃく】① reverse, opposite ② converse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
旧 【きゅう】ex-, former, old
教科書 【きょうかしょ】textbook, text book
禁止 【きんし】prohibition, inhibition, ban
金額 【きんがく】amount of money
金庫 【きんこ】safe, vault, treasury, provider of funds
型 【かた】① model, type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.) ② type, style, pattern ③ mold (mould), template, model ④ kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.) ⑤ form (i.e. customary procedure) ⑥ size (i.e. clothing, shoes)
計算 【けいさん】① calculation, reckoning, count ② forecast
欠点 【けってん】faults, defect, weakness
決心 【けっしん】determination, resolution
県 【けん】① prefecture (of Japan) ② county (of China)
幸福 【こうふく】happiness, blessedness
号 【ごう】① number, edition, make, model, issue, part of that group ② sobriquet, pen-name
国王 【こくおう】king
作物 【さくもつ】produce (e.g. agricultural), crops
昨 【さく】last (year), yesterday
市場 【いちば】① (town) market ② (the) marketplace
時期 【じき】time, season, period
自身 【じしん】by oneself, personally
自然 【しぜん】① nature, spontaneity ② naturally, spontaneously
式 【しき】① equation, formula, expression ② ceremony ③ style
車庫 【しゃこ】garage, car shed, carport
州 【しゅう】① state, province, county (UK), department (of ancient China) ② continent
書物 【しょもつ】books
書類 【しょるい】documents, official papers
女王 【じょおう】queen
商品 【しょうひん】commodity, article of commerce, goods, stock, merchandise
小麦 【こむぎ】wheat
消費 【しょうひ】consumption, expenditure
章 【しょう】① chapter, section ② medal
植物 【しょくぶつ】plant, vegetation
食物 【しょくもつ】food, foodstuff
神 【かみ】god, deity, divinity, spirit, kami
身長 【しんちょう】height (of body), stature
正確 【せいかく】accurate, punctual, exact, authentic, veracious
正式 【せいしき】due form, official, formality
正直 【しょうじき】① honesty, integrity, frankness ② honestly, frankly
生命 【せいめい】life, existence
選手 【せんしゅ】player (in game), team member
全 【ぜん】all, whole, entire, complete, overall, pan-
全員 【ぜんいん】all members (unanimity), all hands, the whole crew, everyone, everybody
組合 【くみあい】association, union
息 【いき】① breath, breathing ② tone, mood
身体 【しんたい】① body ② health
地面 【じめん】ground, earth's surface
内 【うち】① inside, within ② while ③ among, amongst, between ④ we (referring to one's in-group, i.e. company, etc.), our ⑤ my spouse ⑥ I (primarily used by women and children), me
馬 【うま】① horse ② promoted bishop (shogi)
板 【いた】① board, plank ② sheet (of metal), plate (of glass), pane, slab ③ cutting board, chopping board ④ stage (i.e. at a theatre)
皮 【かわ】① skin, hide, pelt, fur ② rind, peel, husk, bark ③ shell, sheath, wrapping
氷 【こおり】① ice ② shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
命 【いのち】(mortal) life
油 【あぶら】oil
商人 【しょうにん】trader, shopkeeper, merchant
乗客 【じょうきゃく】passenger
数 【かず】number, amount
数 【すう】① several, a number of ② number, numeral, figure ③ destiny, fate ④ law
全国 【ぜんこく】country-wide, nation-wide, whole country, national
科目 【かもく】(school) subject, curriculum, course
幸運 【こううん】good luck, fortune
王 【おう】① king, ruler, sovereign, monarch ② king (for senior player) (shogi)
感 【かん】feeling, sensation, emotion, admiration, impression
化 【か】action of making something, -ification
色 【しょく】counter for colours
愛 【あい】love, affection
以降 【いこう】on and after, as from, hereafter, thereafter, since
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
依頼 【いらい】① request, commission, dispatch, despatch ② dependence, trust
意識 【いしき】① consciousness ② awareness, sense ③ mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
胃 【い】① stomach ② Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
医師 【いし】doctor, physician
一般 【いっぱん】general, liberal, universal, ordinary, average
印 【しるし】① mark ② symbol ③ evidence
印刷 【いんさつ】printing
印象 【いんしょう】impression
液体 【えきたい】liquid, fluid
延期 【えんき】postponement, adjournment
煙 【けむり】smoke, fumes
奥 【おく】interior, inner part, inside
温泉 【おんせん】spa, hot spring, onsen
加減 【かげん】① addition and subtraction ② allowance for ③ degree, extent, measure ④ condition, state of health ⑤ seasoning, flavor, flavour, moderation, adjustment ⑥ influence (of the weather) ⑦ chance
課 【か】① lesson ② section (in an organization), division, department ③ counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
過失 【かしつ】① error, blunder, accident ② fault, defect
回復 【かいふく】recovery (from illness), improvement, rehabilitation, restoration, convalescence
害 【がい】injury, harm, evil influence, damage
各 【かく】each, every, all
完全 【かんぜん】perfection, completeness
患者 【かんじゃ】(a) patient
感覚 【かんかく】sense, sensation, feeling, intuition
汗 【あせ】① sweat, perspiration ② moisture, condensation
管理 【かんり】control, management (e.g. of a business)
缶 【かん】can, tin
関心 【かんしん】concern, interest
希望 【きぼう】hope, wish, aspiration
記念 【きねん】commemoration, memory
疑問 【ぎもん】question, problem, doubt, guess
給料 【きゅうりょう】salary, wages
恐怖 【きょうふ】fear, dread, dismay, terror
教師 【きょうし】teacher (classroom)
苦痛 【くつう】pain, agony, bitterness
訓練 【くんれん】practice, practise, training
軍 【ぐん】army, force, troops
傾向 【けいこう】tendency, trend, inclination
敬意 【けいい】respect, honour, honor
景気 【けいき】condition, state, business (condition)
芸術 【げいじゅつ】(fine) art, the arts
劇 【げき】① drama, play ② powerful drug
券 【けん】ticket, coupon, bond, certificate
建設 【けんせつ】construction, establishment
建築 【けんちく】construction, architecture
肩 【かた】shoulder
現金 【げんきん】cash, ready money, mercenary, self-interested
現実 【げんじつ】reality
現象 【げんしょう】phenomenon
現状 【げんじょう】present condition, existing state, status quo
現代 【げんだい】nowadays, modern era, modern times, present-day
個人 【こじん】individual, private person, personal, private
呼吸 【こきゅう】① breath, respiration ② knack, trick, secret (of doing something)
交際 【こうさい】company, friendship, association, society, acquaintance
効果 【こうか】effect, effectiveness, efficacy, result
広告 【こうこく】advertisement
航空 【こうくう】aviation, flying
国境 【こっきょう】national or state border
国民 【こくみん】nation, nationality, people, citizen
腰 【こし】① back, lower back, waist, hips, lumbar region ② body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.), resilience, spring
困難 【こんなん】difficulty, distress
婚約 【こんやく】engagement, betrothal
差 【さ】difference, variation
差別 【さべつ】discrimination, distinction, differentiation
最高 【さいこう】highest, supreme, the most
最低 【さいてい】① least, lowest, worst ② nasty, disgusting, horrible, yuck!
際 【さい】on the occasion of, circumstances
材料 【ざいりょう】ingredients, material
作成 【さくせい】framing, drawing up, making, producing, creating, creation, preparing, writing
札 【さつ】note, paper money
死亡 【しぼう】death, mortality
資料 【しりょう】materials, data, document
事務 【じむ】business, office work
時刻 【じこく】instant, time, moment
自殺 【じさつ】suicide
失業 【しつぎょう】unemployment
失望 【しつぼう】disappointment, despair
実現 【じつげん】implementation (e.g. of a system), materialization, materialisation, realization, realisation
種類 【しゅるい】① variety, kind, type, category ② counter for different sorts of things
住宅 【じゅうたく】residence, housing, residential building
出版 【しゅっぱん】publication
順 【じゅん】order, turn
順番 【じゅんばん】turn (in line), order of things, sequential order
処理 【しょり】processing, dealing with, treatment, disposition, disposal
諸 【しょ】various, many, several
女優 【じょゆう】actress
賞 【しょう】prize, award
上達 【じょうたつ】improvement, advance, progress
城 【しろ】castle
情報 【じょうほう】① news, gossip, (military) intelligence ② information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.)
畳 【じょう】① counter for tatami mats ② measure of room size (in mat units)
職 【しょく】employment
職業 【しょくぎょう】occupation, business
信頼 【しんらい】reliance, trust, faith, confidence
心臓 【しんぞう】heart
深刻 【しんこく】serious
性 【せい】① nature (of a person) ② sex ③ gender ④ -ty (suffix indicating quality or condition), -ity, -ness
成人 【せいじん】① adult ② to grow up, to mature ③ to come of age
成績 【せいせき】results, record, grades
成長 【せいちょう】growth, grow to adulthood
政府 【せいふ】government, administration
精神 【せいしん】mind, soul, heart, spirit, intention
責任 【せきにん】① duty, responsibility (incl. supervision of staff) ② liability, onus
跡 【あと】① trace, tracks, mark, sign ② remains, ruins ③ scar
設計 【せっけい】plan, design, layout
説 【せつ】theory
河 【かわ】① river, stream ② the .... river, (suffix used with the names of rivers)
背 【せい】height, stature
粉 【こな】flour, meal, powder
末 【すえ】end, close, future, finally, tip, top, trivialities, posterity, youngest child
恋 【こい】love, tender passion
永久 【えいきゅう】① eternity, perpetuity, immortality ② Eikyuu era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
最中 【さいちゅう】in the middle of, height of, in course of, midst
小包 【こづつみ】parcel, package
最 【さい】① the most, the extreme ② prime, conspicuous
軒 【けん】houses, buildings
史 【し】history (e.g. of some country)
税 【ぜい】tax
案 【あん】① idea, plan, thought ② draft plan, motion, rough copy ③ expectation
意志 【いし】will, volition, intention, intent, determination
井戸 【いど】water well
宇宙 【うちゅう】universe, cosmos, space
栄養 【えいよう】nutrition, nourishment
応募 【おうぼ】subscription, application
火災 【かさい】conflagration, fire
解釈 【かいしゃく】explanation, interpretation
街 【がい】.. street, .. quarter, .. district
拡大 【かくだい】magnification, enlargement, expansion
株 【かぶ】share, stock, stump (of tree)
感謝 【かんしゃ】thanks, gratitude
企業 【きぎょう】enterprise, undertaking, corporation, business
機嫌 【きげん】humour, humor, temper, mood
記憶 【きおく】① memory, recollection, remembrance ② storage
休暇 【きゅうか】holiday, day off, furlough, absence (from work)
休憩 【きゅうけい】rest, break, recess, intermission
教授 【きょうじゅ】① professor ② teaching, instruction
筋 【すじ】① muscle ② string, sinew, line, stripe ③ plot, plan ④ source (of business information) ⑤ reason, logic
筋肉 【きんにく】muscle, sinew
傑作 【けっさく】① masterpiece, best work ② blunder, boner
結論 【けつろん】conclusion
件 【けん】matter, case, item
健康 【けんこう】health, sound, wholesome
憲法 【けんぽう】constitution
高価 【こうか】high price
死 【し】death, decease
資源 【しげん】resources
主義 【しゅぎ】doctrine, rule, principle
種 【しゅ】① kind, variety ② (biological) species ③ (logical) species
需要 【じゅよう】demand, request
宗教 【しゅうきょう】religion
修正 【しゅうせい】amendment, correction, revision, modification, alteration, retouching, update, fix
重視 【じゅうし】importance, stress, serious consideration
状態 【じょうたい】current status, condition, situation, circumstances, state
慎重 【しんちょう】discretion, prudence, caution, care
真剣 【しんけん】① seriousness, earnestness ② real sword (as opposed to unsharpened or wooden practice weapon) (practise)
成功 【せいこう】success, hit
製品 【せいひん】manufactured goods, finished goods, product
節約 【せつやく】economising, saving
説得 【せっとく】persuasion
舌 【した】① tongue ② tongue-like object, clapper (of a bell), talon (of a lock)
相撲 【すもう】① sumo wrestling ② sumo wrestler, rikishi
霧 【きり】fog, mist
助言 【じょげん】advice, suggestion
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
値 【あたい】① price, cost ② value, worth, merit ③ variable (computer programming, programing) ④ value, count, number ⑤ to have value, to have merit
雷 【かみなり】thunder
陰 【かげ】① shade, shadow ② other side, back, background
可哀相 【かわいそう】poor, pitiable, pathetic, pitiful
級 【きゅう】class, grade, rank, school class, grade
詩 【し】poem, verse of poetry
氏 【し】① Mr ② clan ③ he, him ④ counter for people
ごく① quite, very ② quindecillion (US), octillion (Europe), 10^48
私 【あたし】I, me
親戚 【しんせき】relative
いやno, nay, well
籠 【かご】basket, cage
下水 【げすい】① drainage, ditch, gutter, sewerage ② sewage, black water
学年 【がくねん】year in school, grade in school
小学 【しょうがく】elementary school, primary school, grade school
小学生 【しょうがくせい】elementary school student, primary school student, grade school student
前 【ぜん】① the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. "the last mayor"), previous, one-time, former ② (before the name of an era) pre- (e.g. "premodern") ③ before, earlier
前後 【ぜんご】around, throughout, front and back, before and behind, before and after, about that (time), longitudinal, context, nearly, approximately
一時 【いちじ】one hour, short time, once, a time, temporarily, at one time, twelfth part of a day
先々月 【せんせんげつ】month before last
先々週 【せんせんしゅう】week before last
下 【しも】① lower reaches (of a river) ② bottom, lower part ③ lower half (of the body, esp. the privates), feces (faeces), urine, menses ④ end, far from the imperial palace (i.e. far from Kyoto, esp. of western Japan) ⑤ dirty (e.g. dirty jokes, etc.)
小 【しょう】① smallness, small item ② short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days) ③ elementary school ④ younger or inferior (of two items or people with the same name)
高 【こう】① High (abbreviation of "High School" following a school's name) ② high-
以後 【いご】① after this, from now on, hereafter ② thereafter, since (verb) (after -te form of verb), after (time), since (then)
英文 【えいぶん】① sentence in English, article in English, English text ② English literature (study of)
屋外 【おくがい】outdoors, alfresco
下町 【したまち】Shitamachi, lower parts of town
下品 【げひん】vulgarity, meanness, indecency, coarseness
家 【け】house (e.g. of Tokugawa), family
家屋 【かおく】house, building
火口 【かこう】crater, caldera
気味 【きみ】sensation, feeling
休業 【きゅうぎょう】closed (e.g. store), business suspended, shutdown, holiday
強引 【ごういん】overbearing, coercive, pushy, forcible, high-handed
近代 【きんだい】present day, modern times
空中 【くうちゅう】sky, air
五十音 【ごじゅうおん】the Japanese syllabary
工員 【こういん】factory worker
私立 【しりつ】private (establishment)
自習 【じしゅう】self-study
習字 【しゅうじ】penmanship
書道 【しょどう】calligraphy (esp. Chinese)
心理 【しんり】mentality
真空 【しんくう】vacuum, hollow, empty
青少年 【せいしょうねん】youth, young person
赤道 【せきどう】equator
地味 【じみ】plain, simple, subdued, sober
会館 【かいかん】meeting hall, assembly hall
重体 【じゅうたい】seriously ill, serious condition, critical state
気味 【ぎみ】-like, -looking, -looked
館 【かん】house, hall, building
空 【くう】① empty air, sky ② shunya (emptiness, the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phemomenon) ③ air force ④ fruitlessness, meaninglessness ⑤ void (one of the five elements)
業 【ぎょう】① work, business ② study
安易 【あんい】① easy, simple ② easy-going
園 【えん】① garden (esp. man-made), orchard, park, plantation ② place, location
王女 【おうじょ】princess
黄金 【こがね】gold
温帯 【おんたい】temperate zone
下線 【かせん】underline, underscore
加速 【かそく】① acceleration, speed up ② accelerator
回数 【かいすう】number of times, frequency, count
回答 【かいとう】reply, answer
開通 【かいつう】opening, open, taking effect, becoming active
貝 【かい】shell, shellfish
外科 【げか】surgical department
角 【かく】① angle ② square (or cube) ③ bishop (shogi) ④ third degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) ⑤ Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ⑥ jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
活字 【かつじ】printing type
感想 【かんそう】impressions, thoughts
期 【き】① period, time ② (geological) age
記号 【きごう】symbol, code, sign, notation
強化 【きょうか】strengthen, intensify, reinforce, solidify, enhancement
局 【きょく】① channel (i.e. TV or radio), station, department ② affair, situation
曲 【きょく】tune, piece of music
曲線 【きょくせん】curve
苦情 【くじょう】complaint, troubles, objection, grievance
苦心 【くしん】pain, trouble, anxiety, diligence, hard work
空想 【くうそう】daydream, fantasy, fancy, vision
原始 【げんし】origin, primeval
交流 【こうりゅう】① intercourse, (cultural) exchange, intermingling ② alternating current, AC
光線 【こうせん】beam, light ray
公式 【こうしき】① formality, formal, official ② formula
公表 【こうひょう】official announcement, proclamation
口実 【こうじつ】excuse, pretext
校 【こう】① school ② proof (of a book, document, etc.), counter for proofs
校庭 【こうてい】schoolyard, campus
高等 【こうとう】high class, high grade
国語 【こくご】① Japanese (language) ② national language ③ native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
山林 【さんりん】mountain forest, mountains and forest
算数 【さんすう】arithmetic
四角 【しかく】square
始終 【しじゅう】continuously, from beginning to end, from first to last
指定 【してい】designation, specification, assignment, appointment, pointing at
寺院 【じいん】temple
持参 【じさん】bringing, taking, carrying
時速 【じそく】speed (per hour)
実感 【じっかん】feelings (actual, true)
実習 【じっしゅう】practice, practise, training (esp. practical and hands-on), drill
実例 【じつれい】example, illustration, precedent
社会科学 【しゃかいかがく】social science
主語 【しゅご】subject
主役 【しゅやく】leading part, leading actor (actress)
終点 【しゅうてん】terminus, last stop (e.g. train)
集合 【しゅうごう】① gathering, assembly, meeting ② set
重点 【じゅうてん】important point, lay stress on, colon, emphasis
重役 【じゅうやく】director, high executive, (person with) heavy responsibilities
商社 【しょうしゃ】trading company, firm
商店 【しょうてん】shop, small store, business, firm
小指 【こゆび】① little finger, pinky ② little toe
少数 【しょうすう】minority, few
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
消防 【しょうぼう】fire fighting, fire department
乗車 【じょうしゃ】taking a train, bus, etc., entraining
心身 【しんしん】mind and body
森林 【しんりん】forest, woods
深夜 【しんや】late at night
神様 【かみさま】God
親指 【おやゆび】thumb
親類 【しんるい】relation, kin
人命 【じんめい】(human) life
図形 【ずけい】figure, shape, graphic
図表 【ずひょう】chart, diagram, graph, figure
水準 【すいじゅん】① level, standard ② water level
水平 【すいへい】level, horizontality
水平線 【すいへいせん】horizon (related to sea or lakes)
水面 【すいめん】water's surface
水曜 【すいよう】Wednesday
正方形 【せいほうけい】square
組 【くみ】① set (of items) ② group (of people), class (of students), company (esp. construction), family (i.e. mafia), team ③ typesetting, composition
早速 【さっそく】at once, immediately, without delay, promptly
帯 【おび】① obi (kimono sash) ② paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.
毛皮 【けがわ】① fur, skin, pelt ② kanji "fur" radical
有無 【うむ】① existence or nonexistence, presence or absence ② consent or refusal, yes or no ③ flag indicator, presence or absence marker
一昨日 【いっさくじつ】day before yesterday
植木 【うえき】garden shrubs, trees, potted plant
係 【かかり】official, duty, person in charge
書留 【かきとめ】① registered mail ② registration (e.g. of mail), writing down, putting on record, recording, making a note of
集 【しゅう】collection, compilation
港 【こう】harbour (in location names)
移転 【いてん】moving, transfer, demise
衣食住 【いしょくじゅう】necessities of life (food, clothing & shelter)
医療 【いりょう】medical care, medical treatment
運河 【うんが】canal, waterway
応接間 【おうせつま】reception room, parlor, parlour
下降 【かこう】downward, descent, fall, drop, subsidence
加熱 【かねつ】heating
可 【か】passable, acceptable, tolerable, fair
可決 【かけつ】approval, adoption (e.g. motion, bill), passage
過程 【かてい】process
過半数 【かはんすう】majority
解答 【かいとう】answer, solution
解放 【かいほう】① release, unleashing, liberation, emancipation, setting free ② deallocation (of computer memory)
海水浴 【かいすいよく】sea bathing, seawater bath
各地 【かくち】every place, various places
乾電池 【かんでんち】dry cell, battery
缶詰 【かんづめ】packing (in cans), canning, canned goods, tin can
関西 【かんさい】Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka)
幾 【いく】① some, several ② many ③ how many?, how much?
機関 【きかん】① engine ② agency, organisation, organization, institution, organ ③ system, facility, facilities
機関車 【きかんしゃ】locomotive, engine
議員 【ぎいん】member of the Diet, congress or parliament
競馬 【けいば】horse racing
境 【さかい】border, boundary, mental state
形容詞 【けいようし】(true) adjective, i-adjective
形容動詞 【けいようどうし】na-adjective (adj-na), quasi-adjective, adjectival noun, nominal adjective
経度 【けいど】longitude
芸能 【げいのう】public entertainment, accomplishments, attainments
原産 【げんさん】place of origin, habitat
限度 【げんど】limit, bounds
交差 【こうさ】① crossing, intersection ② (genetic) crossing over
交通機関 【こうつうきかん】transportation facilities
候補 【こうほ】① candidate, contender, prospect, pick, choice, list ② candidacy, candidature, nomination
公害 【こうがい】pollution, public nuisance, contamination
公共 【こうきょう】public, community, public service, society, communal
公務 【こうむ】official business, public business
工芸 【こうげい】industrial arts
工夫 【くふう】① scheme, device, scheming, devising, figuring out, coming up with, solving ingeniously ② dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
肯定 【こうてい】positive, affirmation
鉱物 【こうぶつ】mineral
座布団 【ざぶとん】zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
再 【さい】re-, again, repeated
再三 【さいさん】again and again, repeatedly
材木 【ざいもく】lumber, timber
作法 【さほう】manners, etiquette, propriety
雑音 【ざつおん】noise (jarring, grating)
産地 【さんち】producing area
刺身 【さしみ】sashimi (sliced raw fish)
四捨五入 【ししゃごにゅう】rounding half up (i.e. fractions)
子孫 【しそん】descendants, posterity, offspring
脂 【あぶら】fat, tallow, lard, grease
児童 【じどう】children, juvenile
時間割 【じかんわり】timetable, schedule
失恋 【しつれん】disappointed love, broken heart, unrequited love, being lovelorn
社説 【しゃせつ】editorial, leading article
終了 【しゅうりょう】end, close, termination
純情 【じゅんじょう】pure heart, naivete, self-sacrificing devotion
初歩 【しょほ】elements, rudiments, ABCs of ...
勝敗 【しょうはい】victory or defeat, issue (of battle), outcome
消極的 【しょうきょくてき】negative, half-hearted, passive, unmotivated, pessimistic
消毒 【しょうどく】disinfection, sterilization, sterilisation
消防署 【しょうぼうしょ】fire station
蒸気 【じょうき】steam, vapour, vapor
人造 【じんぞう】man-made, synthetic, artificial
水筒 【すいとう】canteen, flask, water bottle, thermos
姓 【せい】① surname, family name ② hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
性能 【せいのう】ability, performance, efficiency
性別 【せいべつ】distinction by sex, sex, gender
成立 【せいりつ】① coming into existence, arrangements, establishment, conclusion, completion ② to come into existence, to be true, to hold (i.e. hold true)
税関 【ぜいかん】customs house
接近 【せっきん】getting closer, drawing nearer, approaching
接続 【せつぞく】① connection, attachment, union, join, joint, link ② changing trains ③ conjunction
先程 【さきほど】some time ago
泉 【いずみ】spring, fountain
革 【かわ】leather
管 【くだ】pipe, tube
小便 【しょうべん】urine, piss, pee
寝台 【しんだい】bed, couch
足跡 【あしあと】footprints
白髪 【しらが】white or grey hair (gray), trendy hair bleaching
共同 【きょうどう】doing together (as equals), sharing, common (land, etc.), joint (statement, etc.), cooperation, co-operation, collaboration, association
住居 【じゅうきょ】dwelling, house, residence, address
各々 【おのおの】each, every, either, respectively, severally
欧米 【おうべい】Europe and America, the West
巻 【かん】volume (of book), reel (of film)
隻 【せき】counter for ships
現 【げん】present, current
位 【い】① place, rank ② decimal place ③ counter for ghosts
戦 【せん】match, competition
省 【しょう】① ministry, department ② province (of China) ③ saving, conserving
産 【さん】① (giving) birth, childbirth, delivery, confinement ② native of, product of ③ assets, property, fortune
家 【か】-ist (used after a noun indicating someone's occupation, pursuits, disposition, etc.), -er
為替 【かわせ】① money order, draft ② exchange (e.g. foreign)
応対 【おうたい】receiving, dealing with
恩 【おん】favour, favor, obligation, debt of gratitude
概論 【がいろん】introduction, outline, general remarks
殻 【から】shell, husk, hull, pod, chaff
確率 【かくりつ】probability, likelihood, chances
楽器 【がっき】musical instrument
活躍 【かつやく】① activity (esp. energetic), great efforts, conspicuous service ② to flourish, to participate actively, to play an active role
勘 【かん】perception, intuition, the sixth sense
器械 【きかい】① machine, mechanism ② instrument, appliance, apparatus
器具 【きぐ】utensil, apparatus, implement, device, gadget
勤勉 【きんべん】industry, diligence
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
継続 【けいぞく】continuation
激増 【げきぞう】sudden increase
娯楽 【ごらく】pleasure, amusement
御覧 【ごらん】① (after the -te form of a verb) (please) try to ② (please) look ③ seeing, looking, watching
公衆 【こうしゅう】the public, general public
校舎 【こうしゃ】school building
災難 【さいなん】calamity, misfortune, disaster
酸性 【さんせい】① acidity ② acidic
市 【いち】market, fair
市場 【しじょう】(the) market (as a concept)
至急 【しきゅう】urgent, pressing
磁石 【じしゃく】① magnet ② compass
執筆 【しっぴつ】writing (e.g. as a profession)
受話器 【じゅわき】(telephone) receiver
寿命 【じゅみょう】life span
順序 【じゅんじょ】order, sequence, procedure
初級 【しょきゅう】elementary level
初旬 【しょじゅん】first 10 days of the month
新幹線 【しんかんせん】bullet train (very high speed), Shinkansen
診断 【しんだん】diagnosis
図鑑 【ずかん】illustrated reference book, illustrated encyclopedia (esp. for children), picture book
随筆 【ずいひつ】essays, miscellaneous writings, literary jottings
寸法 【すんぽう】measurement, size, extent, dimension
整備 【せいび】maintenance, servicing, outfitting
宣伝 【せんでん】propaganda, publicity, advertisement, advertising
扇風機 【せんぷうき】electric fan
洗剤 【せんざい】detergent, washing material
蛍光灯 【けいこうとう】① fluorescent lamp, fluorescent light ② person who is slow to react, someone slow on the uptake
咳 【せき】cough, coughing, tussis
癌 【がん】cancer
屑 【くず】① waste, scrap, garbage ② chad
軽蔑 【けいべつ】scorn, disdain
かなJapanese syllabary (alphabets), kana
紙屑 【かみくず】wastepaper, paper scraps, paper waste
上 【かみ】① upper reaches (of a river), upper stream ② top, upper part, upper half (of the body) ③ long ago ④ beginning, first ⑤ person of high rank (e.g. the emperor) ⑥ government, imperial court ⑦ imperial capital (i.e. Kyoto), capital region (i.e. Kansai), region (or direction of) the imperial palace ⑧ head (of a table) ⑨ wife, mistress (of a restaurant)
生 【き】pure, undiluted, raw, crude
長 【おさ】chief, head
東 【あずま】① eastern Japan ② six-stringed Japanese zither ③ my spouse
下 【げ】① lowness (of degree, value, etc.), inferiority ② second volume (of two), third volume (of three)
会心 【かいしん】congeniality, satisfaction
業 【ごう】karma (i.e. actions committed in a former life)
古 【いにしえ】antiquity, ancient times
公開 【こうかい】open to the public, exhibit
字 【あざ】section of village
主 【おも】① chief, main, principal, important ② main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
正味 【しょうみ】net (weight)
代 【しろ】① substitution ② material ③ price ④ margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.), area required for something
答 【こたえ】response, reply, answer, solution
音 【おん】① sound, noise, report ② note (music) ③ Chinese-derived character reading
工場 【こうば】factory, plant, mill, workshop
弟 【おと】younger brother
風車 【かざぐるま】① windmill, pinwheel ② leather flower, Clematis patens
着 【ぎ】clothes, outfit, uniform, gi
重 【じゅう】greater degree, heavy, serious
加速度 【かそくど】acceleration
原 【げん】original, primitive, primary, fundamental, raw
実質 【じっしつ】substance, essence
助 【じょ】help, rescue, assistant
商 【しょう】① quotient ② dealing, dealer, store ③ second degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) ④ Shang (dynasty of China)
相 【あい】together, mutually, fellow
身体 【からだ】① body ② health
地形 【じぎょう】terrain, geographical features, topography
商人 【あきうど】trader, shopkeeper, merchant
門 【かど】① gate ② branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master ③ (biological) division ④ counter for cannons
実情 【じつじょう】real condition, actual circumstances, actual state of affairs
戸 【こ】counter for houses
玉 【ぎょく】① precious stone (esp. jade) ② egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping) ③ stock or security being traded, product being bought or sold ④ position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer) ⑤ geisha ⑥ time charge for a geisha ⑦ king (shogi)
形 【かた】① shape, appearance ② collateral ③ obverse of an old "zeni" coin
一敗 【いっぱい】one defeat
印 【いん】① seal, stamp, mark, print ② mudra (symbolic hand gesture) ③ India
演習 【えんしゅう】practice, practise, exercises, manoeuvres, maneuvers, practicum
下位 【かい】low rank, subordinate, lower order (e.g. byte), low-end
家宅 【かたく】domicile, premises
喫茶 【きっさ】tea drinking, tea house
共産党 【きょうさんとう】Communist Party
権 【けん】authority, right (to do something)
雇用 【こよう】employment (long term), hire
耕地 【こうち】arable land
国境 【くにざかい】national or state border
際 【きわ】① edge, brink, verge, side ② time, moment of
児 【こ】① child ② young (animal) ③ young woman, young geisha ④ offshoot ⑤ interest ⑥ new shares ⑦ (after a noun or -masu stem) -er (often of young women)
周 【しゅう】① Zhou (dynasty of China), Chou ② (geometric) perimeter ③ counter for laps or circuits
殿 【しんがり】① rear, rear unit guard ② anchor (man)
末 【うら】top end, tip
依存 【いそん】dependence, dependent, reliance
塩 【えん】salt
銅 【あかがね】copper
戦 【いくさ】war, battle, campaign, fight
種々 【くさぐさ】variety
悪 【あく】evil, wickedness
悪化 【あっか】(suffer) deterioration, growing worse, aggravation, degeneration, corruption
圧倒 【あっとう】overwhelm, overpower, overwhelming
圧迫 【あっぱく】pressure, coercion, oppression
安静 【あんせい】rest
暗算 【あんざん】mental arithmetic
暗示 【あんじ】hint, suggestion
依然 【いぜん】still, as yet, as it has been
意図 【いと】intention, aim, design
移住 【いじゅう】migration, immigration
移民 【いみん】① emigration, immigration ② emigrant, immigrant
衣装 【いしょう】clothing, costume, outfit, garment, dress
医院 【いいん】doctor's office (surgery), clinic, dispensary
一帯 【いったい】region, zone, whole place
一様 【いちよう】uniformity, evenness, similarity, equality, impartiality, homogeneity
印鑑 【いんかん】stamp, seal
雨具 【あまぐ】rain gear
運営 【うんえい】management, administration, operation
運輸 【うんゆ】transportation
映写 【えいしゃ】projection
映像 【えいぞう】reflection, image, picture (e.g. on a television), shot, clip
英字 【えいじ】English letter, alphabetic character
液 【えき】liquid, fluid
円満 【えんまん】perfection, harmony, peace, smoothness, completeness, satisfaction, integrity
演出 【えんしゅつ】production (e.g. play), direction
縁 【えん】① fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together) ② relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection ③ family ties, affinity ④ opportunity, chance (to meet someone and start a relationship) ⑤ pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes) ⑥ narrow open-air veranda
縁談 【えんだん】marriage proposal, engagement
遠方 【えんぽう】long way, distant place
応急 【おうきゅう】emergency, first-aid
黄金 【おうごん】gold
金 【こがね】gold
臆病 【おくびょう】cowardice, timidity
化石 【かせき】fossil, petrifaction, fossilization, fossilisation
加入 【かにゅう】becoming a member, joining, entry, admission, subscription, affiliation, adherence, signing
家畜 【かちく】domestic animals, livestock, cattle
花粉 【かふん】pollen
課外 【かがい】extracurricular
課題 【かだい】subject, theme, task, challenge, issue, matter
貨幣 【かへい】money, currency, coinage
過労 【かろう】overwork, strain
画 【かく】stroke (of a kanji, etc.)
回収 【かいしゅう】collection, recovery, withdrawal, retrieval
回路 【かいろ】circuit (electric)
改悪 【かいあく】deterioration, changing for the worse
改革 【かいかく】reform, reformation, innovation
改定 【かいてい】reform
改良 【かいりょう】improvement, reform
海運 【かいうん】maritime, marine transportation
海流 【かいりゅう】ocean current
海路 【かいろ】sea route
開発 【かいはつ】development, exploitation
貝殻 【かいがら】shell
概略 【がいりゃく】outline, summary, gist, in brief
街頭 【がいとう】in the street
各種 【かくしゅ】every kind, all sorts
拡散 【かくさん】scattering, diffusion, spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
格 【かく】status, character, case
格差 【かくさ】qualitative difference, disparity
核 【かく】① pit (of a fruit), stone ② core ③ nucleus, nuclear ④ nuclear weaponry
革新 【かくしん】reform, innovation
革命 【かくめい】① revolution ② 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in onmyou-dou)
学芸 【がくげい】arts and sciences, liberal arts
学説 【がくせつ】theory
楽譜 【がくふ】score (music)
活発 【かっぱつ】vigor, vigour, active, lively
株式 【かぶしき】stock (company)
幹線 【かんせん】main line, trunk line
感無量 【かんむりょう】deep feeling, inexpressible feeling, filled with emotion
慣習 【かんしゅう】usual (historical) custom
換算 【かんさん】conversion (e.g. yen to dollars), change, exchange, translation (numerical)
簡易 【かんい】simplicity, convenience, easiness, quasi-
緩和 【かんわ】relief, mitigation, alleviation, relaxation, softening
観 【かん】① look, appearance ② spectacle, sight ③ observation meditation ④ outlook on ..., view of ...
観衆 【かんしゅう】spectators, onlookers, members of the audience
還元 【かんげん】resolution, reduction, return to origins
関税 【かんぜい】customs, duty, tariff
岩石 【がんせき】rock
頑固 【がんこ】stubbornness, obstinacy
企画 【きかく】planning, project, plan, design
危害 【きがい】injury, harm, danger
喜劇 【きげき】comedy, funny show
器 【うつわ】① bowl, vessel, container ② ability, capacity, calibre, caliber
幾多 【いくた】many, numerous
既婚 【きこん】marriage, married
棄権 【きけん】① abstaining from voting ② renunciation of a right
機構 【きこう】mechanism, organization, organisation
帰京 【ききょう】returning to Tokyo
気象 【きしょう】weather, climate
汽船 【きせん】steamship, steamboat, steamer
規格 【きかく】standard, norm
規制 【きせい】regulation, (traffic) policing, control, restriction
規定 【きてい】regulation, provisions
規模 【きぼ】scale, scope, plan, structure
規約 【きやく】agreement, rules, code, protocol, convention
起点 【きてん】starting point, origin
起伏 【きふく】① undulation ② ups and downs, highs and lows
偽造 【ぎぞう】forgery, falsification, fabrication, counterfeiting
戯曲 【ぎきょく】play, drama
技能 【ぎのう】technical skill, ability, capacity
議題 【ぎだい】topic of discussion, agenda
客観 【きゃっかん】object (as opposed to subject)
逆転 【ぎゃくてん】(sudden) change, reversal, turn-around, coming from behind (baseball)
球根 【きゅうこん】(plant) bulb
給仕 【きゅうじ】office boy (girl), page, waiter
給食 【きゅうしょく】school lunch, providing a meal
居住 【きょじゅう】residence
拒絶 【きょぜつ】refusal, rejection
許容 【きょよう】permission, pardon
共感 【きょうかん】sympathy, empathy, response
共鳴 【きょうめい】resonance, sympathetic (sound), (being in) sympathy
協議 【きょうぎ】conference, consultation, discussion, negotiation
協調 【きょうちょう】① cooperation, conciliation, harmony ② firm (market) tone
境遇 【きょうぐう】environment, circumstances
強行 【きょうこう】① forcing, enforcement ② forced, enforced
強制 【きょうせい】obligation, coercion, compulsion, enforcement
教科 【きょうか】subject, curriculum
教訓 【きょうくん】lesson, precept, moral instruction
教材 【きょうざい】teaching materials
業績 【ぎょうせき】achievement, performance, results, work, contribution
業務 【ぎょうむ】business, affairs, duties, work, procedure, task, action, function
極楽 【ごくらく】① Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land) ② paradise
勤務 【きんむ】service, duty, work
勤労 【きんろう】labor, labour, exertion, diligent service
均衡 【きんこう】equilibrium, balance
緊急 【きんきゅう】urgent, pressing, emergency
区 【く】ward, district, section
区間 【くかん】section (of track, etc.), segment, dimension
空間 【くうかん】space, room, airspace
屈折 【くっせつ】① bending, indentation ② refraction ③ inflection ④ warping (e.g. of opinion, reasoning, etc.), distortion
群 【ぐん】① group (of animals) ② group
軍備 【ぐんび】armaments, military preparations
軍服 【ぐんぷく】military or naval uniform
刑 【けい】penalty, sentence, punishment
形勢 【けいせい】condition, situation, prospects
携帯 【けいたい】something carried (in the hand), handheld
経緯 【けいい】① details, whole story, sequence of events, chronology, particulars, how it started, how things got this way ② complications, position
経費 【けいひ】expenses, cost, outlay
経路 【けいろ】① course, route, path, channel ② process, means
警部 【けいぶ】police inspector
軽減 【けいげん】abatement, reduction
軽率 【けいそつ】rash, thoughtless, careless, hasty
劇団 【げきだん】troupe, theatrical company
欠乏 【けつぼう】want, shortage, famine
決議 【けつぎ】resolution, vote, decision
決算 【けっさん】balance sheet, settlement of accounts, reporting (of accounts)
決勝 【けっしょう】decision of a contest, finals (in sports)
決断 【けつだん】decision, determination
血管 【けっかん】blood vessel
健在 【けんざい】in good health, well, going strong
懸賞 【けんしょう】offering prizes, winning, reward
権威 【けんい】authority, power, influence
権限 【けんげん】power, authority, jurisdiction
元首 【げんしゅ】ruler, sovereign
元年 【がんねん】first year (of a specific reign)
原則 【げんそく】principle, general rule
原油 【げんゆ】crude oil
減少 【げんしょう】decrease, reduction, decline
限定 【げんてい】limit, restriction
個性 【こせい】individuality, personality, idiosyncrasy
個別 【こべつ】particular case, discrete, individual, separate
古代 【こだい】ancient times
戸籍 【こせき】census, family register
後退 【こうたい】① retreat ② backspace, BS
光沢 【こうたく】brilliance, polish, lustre, luster, glossy finish (of photographs)
光熱費 【こうねつひ】cost of fuel and light
公 【おおやけ】official, public, formal, open, governmental
公演 【こうえん】① public performance ② sumo exhibition in a foreign country
公然 【こうぜん】open (e.g. secret), public, official, overt
公団 【こうだん】public corporation
公募 【こうぼ】public appeal (e.g. for contributions), public offering (of securities), public advertisement (of a post)
口頭 【こうとう】oral
工作 【こうさく】work, construction, handicraft, maneuvering, manoeuvering
抗争 【こうそう】dispute, resistance
控除 【こうじょ】subtraction, deduction (e.g. tax), subsidy
構想 【こうそう】plan, plot, idea, conception
皇居 【こうきょ】Imperial Palace
耕作 【こうさく】cultivation, farming
考古学 【こうこがく】archaeology, archeology
航海 【こうかい】sail, voyage
行政 【ぎょうせい】administration
講習 【こうしゅう】short course, training
講読 【こうどく】reading, translation
購読 【こうどく】paid subscription (e.g. magazine)
鉱業 【こうぎょう】mining industry
鉱山 【こうざん】mine (ore)
降水 【こうすい】rainfall, precipitation
降伏 【こうふく】capitulation, surrender, submission
香辛料 【こうしんりょう】spices
告白 【こくはく】① confession, acknowledgement, acknowledgment ② profession of love ③ confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
国防 【こくぼう】national defence, national defense
国連 【こくれん】UN, United Nations
黒字 【くろじ】balance (figure) in the black
根気 【こんき】patience, perseverance, persistence, tenacity, energy
根本 【こんぽん】root, source, origin, foundation, base, principle
根底 【こんてい】root, basis, foundation
混血 【こんけつ】mixed race, mixed parentage
混同 【こんどう】confusion, mixing, merger
砂利 【じゃり】gravel, ballast, pebbles
座談会 【ざだんかい】symposium, round-table discussion
再建 【さいけん】rebuilding, reconstruction, rehabilitation
再生 【さいせい】playback, regeneration, resuscitation, return to life, rebirth, reincarnation, refresh, narrow escape, reclamation, regrowth
再発 【さいはつ】return, relapse, reoccurrence
採掘 【さいくつ】mining
採決 【さいけつ】vote, roll call
採算 【さいさん】profit
採集 【さいしゅう】collecting, gathering
災害 【さいがい】calamity, disaster, misfortune
細工 【さいく】work, craftsmanship, tactics, trick
財 【ざい】① fortune, riches ② goods
財政 【ざいせい】financial affairs, public finance
作 【さく】a work, a harvest
作戦 【さくせん】① tactics, strategy ② military or naval operations
策 【さく】plan, policy
雑 【ざつ】① rough, crude, sloppy, messy ② miscellaneous
雑貨 【ざっか】miscellaneous goods, general goods, sundries
雑談 【ざつだん】chatting, idle talk
参議院 【さんぎいん】House of Councillors
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
参上 【さんじょう】calling on, visiting
山岳 【さんがく】mountains
山脈 【さんみゃく】mountain range
産物 【さんぶつ】product, result, fruit
賛美 【さんび】praise, adoration, glorification
酸 【さん】① acid ② sourness, sour taste
酸化 【さんか】oxidation
残金 【ざんきん】remaining money
残高 【ざんだか】(bank) balance, remainder
残酷 【ざんこく】cruelty, harshness
仕様 【しよう】① way, method, means, resource, remedy ② (technical) specification
使命 【しめい】mission, errand, message
使用人 【しようにん】employee, servant
始発 【しはつ】first train
始末 【しまつ】① management, dealing, settlement ② cleaning up, getting rid of ③ end result (usu. bad)
子息 【しそく】son
志 【こころざし】will, intention, motive
志望 【しぼう】wish, desire, ambition
思考 【しこう】thought, consideration, thinking
支持 【しじ】support, maintenance
死刑 【しけい】death penalty, capital punishment
氏 【うじ】family name, lineage, birth
私物 【しぶつ】private property, personal effects
私有 【しゆう】private ownership
私用 【しよう】① personal use ② private business
脂肪 【しぼう】fat, grease, blubber
視覚 【しかく】sense of sight, vision
視野 【しや】field of vision, outlook
資格 【しかく】qualifications, requirements, capabilities
資産 【しさん】property, fortune, means, assets
飼育 【しいく】breeding, raising, rearing
歯科 【しか】dentistry
児 【じ】child
時刻表 【じこくひょう】table, diagram, chart, timetable, schedule
自覚 【じかく】self-consciousness, self-awareness
自己 【じこ】self, oneself
自在 【じざい】freely, at will
自首 【じしゅ】surrender, give oneself up
辞職 【じしょく】resignation
辞退 【じたい】declining, refusal, nonacceptance, turning down, withdrawal (e.g. candidacy), pulling out (e.g. race), excusing oneself
質疑 【しつぎ】① question ② interpellation
実 【じつ】① truth, reality ② sincerity, honesty, fidelity ③ content, substance ④ (good) result
実費 【じっぴ】actual expense, cost price
社宅 【しゃたく】company owned house
謝絶 【しゃぜつ】refusal
弱 【じゃく】weakness, the weak, little less than
主 【しゅ】① (one's) master ② Lord (Christian ref. to Jesus or God) ③ the main thing, the majority, the primary concern
主権 【しゅけん】sovereignty, supremacy, dominion
主題 【しゅだい】subject, theme, motif
主導 【しゅどう】main leadership
守衛 【しゅえい】security guard, doorkeeper
守備 【しゅび】defense, defence
手芸 【しゅげい】handicrafts
首脳 【しゅのう】head, brains, leading spirit
首輪 【くびわ】necklace, choker
収益 【しゅうえき】earnings, proceeds, returns, revenue
収支 【しゅうし】income and expenditure
収容 【しゅうよう】① accommodation, reception, housing ② seating ③ custody ④ admission ⑤ entering (in a dictionary)
周期 【しゅうき】cycle, period
修了 【しゅうりょう】completion (of a course)
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
終日 【しゅうじつ】all day, for a whole day
衆 【しゅう】masses, great number, the people
衆議院 【しゅうぎいん】lower house, House of Representatives
住 【じゅう】dwelling, living
十字路 【じゅうじろ】crossroads
柔軟 【じゅうなん】flexible, lithe, soft, pliable
重 【え】-fold, -ply
出演 【しゅつえん】① performance, stage appearance ② to act (in a play)
出血 【しゅっけつ】bleeding, haemorrhage, hemorrhage
出題 【しゅつだい】proposing a question
出費 【しゅっぴ】expenses, disbursements
準急 【じゅんきゅう】semi-express train (slower than an express), local express train
処置 【しょち】treatment, measure, step
処分 【しょぶん】disposal, dealing, punishment
初版 【しょはん】first edition
所在 【しょざい】whereabouts
所得 【しょとく】income, earnings
助詞 【じょし】particle, postposition
除外 【じょがい】exception, exclusion
勝利 【しょうり】victory, triumph, conquest, success, win
小児科 【しょうにか】pediatrics
消息 【しょうそく】① news (from somebody), letter, contact ② (somebody's) whereabouts, (somebody's) movements
照合 【しょうごう】collation, comparison
症 【しょう】illness
証 【あかし】① proof, evidence, testimony ② to testify (usu. Christian religious context)
象徴 【しょうちょう】symbol
上位 【じょうい】① superior (rank not class) ② higher order (e.g. byte) ③ host computer (of connected device)
上昇 【じょうしょう】rising, ascending, climbing
城下 【じょうか】land near the castle
情 【じょう】feelings, emotion, passion
情勢 【じょうせい】state of things, state of affairs, condition, situation, circumstances
情熱 【じょうねつ】passion, enthusiasm, zeal
条約 【じょうやく】treaty, pact
譲歩 【じょうほ】concession, conciliation, compromise
職員 【しょくいん】staff member, personnel
職務 【しょくむ】professional duties
信任 【しんにん】trust, confidence, credence
新興 【しんこう】rising, developing, emergent
新人 【しんじん】① new face, newcomer ② modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
新築 【しんちく】new building, new construction
申告 【しんこく】report, statement, filing a return, notification
真珠 【しんじゅ】pearl
神聖 【しんせい】holiness, sacredness, dignity
神殿 【しんでん】temple, sacred place
神秘 【しんぴ】mystery
辛抱 【しんぼう】patience, endurance
進出 【しんしゅつ】advance, step forward
進展 【しんてん】progress, development
人民 【じんみん】people, public
推進 【すいしん】① propulsion, driving force ② implementation, promotion (e.g. of a government policy)
推測 【すいそく】guess, conjecture
水洗 【すいせん】flushing
世辞 【せじ】flattery, compliment
世帯 【せたい】household, home, family, housekeeping
世代 【せだい】generation, the world, the age
制 【せい】system, organization, organisation, imperial command, laws, regulation, control, government, suppression, restraint, holding back, establishment
制裁 【せいさい】restraint, sanctions, punishment
制服 【せいふく】uniform
制約 【せいやく】limitation, restriction, condition, constraints
成果 【せいか】results, fruits
整列 【せいれつ】standing in a row, forming a line, alignment
星座 【せいざ】constellation
正常 【せいじょう】normalcy, normality, normal
清純 【せいじゅん】purity, innocence
清濁 【せいだく】① good and evil, purity and impurity ② voiced and unvoiced consonants
生育 【せいいく】growth, development, breeding
生死 【せいし】① life and death ② samsara (cycle of death and rebirth) ③ death
盛装 【せいそう】dressed up, wearing rich clothes
製鉄 【せいてつ】iron manufacture
製法 【せいほう】manufacturing method, recipe, formula
青春 【せいしゅん】youth, springtime of life, adolescent
静的 【せいてき】static
税務署 【ぜいむしょ】tax office
赤字 【あかじ】① deficit, (being in or going into) the red ② red text, red letters
接触 【せっしょく】touch, contact
接続詞 【せつぞくし】conjunction
折 【おり】chance, suitable time
折衷 【せっちゅう】compromise, cross, blending, eclecticism
設置 【せっち】establishment, institution
設定 【せってい】① establishment, creation ② options or preference settings (in computer software), configuration, assignment, setup
設立 【せつりつ】establishment, foundation, incorporation (of a business)
節 【せつ】① occasion, time ② section (of a literary work), verse, stanza ③ node (of a plant stem) ④ clause ⑤ (taxonomical) section
先 【せん】the future, priority, precedence, former, previous, old, late
先天的 【せんてんてき】a priori, inborn, innate, inherent, congenital, hereditary
占領 【せんりょう】occupation, capture, possession, have a room to oneself
戦術 【せんじゅつ】tactics
戦闘 【せんとう】battle, fight, combat
船舶 【せんぱく】ship
選考 【せんこう】selection, screening
全快 【ぜんかい】complete recovery of health
禅 【ぜん】① dhyana (profound meditation) ② Zen (Buddhism)
潮 【しお】① tide, current ② salt water ③ opportunity
杯 【さかずき】sake cup, cup for alcoholic beverages
尾 【お】tail, ridge
片言 【かたこと】a smattering, talk like a baby, speak haltingly
麻 【あさ】flax, linen, hemp
油絵 【あぶらえ】oil painting
愛想 【あいそう】civility, courtesy, compliments, sociability, graces
依存 【いぞん】dependence, dependent, reliance
円滑 【えんかつ】smooth, undisturbed, uninterrupted, harmonious
管 【かん】pipe, tube
寄贈 【きぞう】donation, presentation, gift
敵 【かたき】① rival, opponent, adversary ② foe, enemy
共存 【きょうぞん】coexistence
最中 【さなか】in the middle of, height of, in course of, midst
三味線 【しゃみせん】three-stringed Japanese guitar, shamisen
重複 【じゅうふく】duplication, repetition, overlapping, redundancy, restoration
早急 【さっきゅう】urgent
頭 【かしら】① head ② mind, brain, intellect ③ top ④ hair (on one's head) ⑤ bangs, fringe ⑥ top structural component of a kanji
雷 【いかずち】thunder
育成 【いくせい】rearing, training, nurture, cultivation, promotion
運送 【うんそう】transport, freight, shipping
起源 【きげん】origin, beginning, rise
切替 【きりかえ】exchange, conversion, replacement, switching (to), switchover
区画 【くかく】division, section, compartment, boundary, area, block
蔵 【くら】warehouse, cellar, magazine, granary, godown, depository, treasury, elevator
個々 【ここ】individual, one by one, separate
仕組 【しくみ】① structure, construction, arrangement, contrivance ② plan, plot, contrivance
収集 【しゅうしゅう】gathering up, collection, accumulation
種々 【しゅじゅ】variety
心 【しん】① heart, mind ② spirit, vitality, inner strength ③ Chinese "Heart" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
世論 【せろん】public opinion
衣類 【いるい】clothes, clothing, garments
共和 【きょうわ】republicanism, cooperation
座標 【ざひょう】coordinate, coordinates
芸 【げい】art, craft, accomplishment, artistic skill, technique, performance
決 【けつ】decision, vote
宗 【しゅう】sect
官 【かん】government service, the bureaucracy
強 【きょう】① a little over, a little more than ② powerhouse, one of the biggest, one of the most powerful
苦 【く】① pain, anguish, suffering, distress, anxiety, worry, trouble, difficulty, hardship ② duhkha (suffering)
書 【しょ】① document, book ② penmanship, handwriting, calligraphy (esp. Chinese)
条 【じょう】① article (in document), provision ② stripe, streak, line
意 【い】① feelings, thoughts ② meaning
界 【かい】① (biological) kingdom ② erathem (rock layer corresponding to the era in which it was deposited) ③ partition of land ④ the world of (some category)
あからさまplain, frank, candid, open, direct, straightforward, unabashed, blatant, flagrant
下品 【かひん】inferior article;
慣用 【かんよう】common, customary
くだん① the above-mentioned, the said, (man, incident, etc.) in question ② the usual
減点 【げんてん】subtract, give a demerit
垢 【あか】dirt, filth, grime
こつknack, skill, trick, secret, know-how, the ropes, hang
今更 【いまさら】now (after such a long time), at this late hour (i.e. it is too late for something)
作物 【さくぶつ】literary work
刺繍 【ししゅう】embroidery
蒸留 【じょうりゅう】distillation
蒸溜 【じょうりゅう】distillation
頂 【いただき】crown (of head), summit (of mountain), spire
婉曲 【えんきょく】euphemistic, circumlocution, roundabout, indirect
科 【しな】① thing, article, goods ② dignity, class, quality ③ counter for meal courses ④ flirtatiousness, coquetry
空間 【あきま】vacancy, room for rent or lease
一月 【いちがつ】January
一千 【いっせん】1,000, one thousand
一男 【いちなん】boy, eldest son
円高 【えんだか】high-valued yen, exchange in favor (favour) of the yen
休 【きゅう】rest, taking a day off, being finished, being absent, retire, sleep
九月 【くがつ】September
五 【いつ】five
五 【い】five
午 【うま】seventh sign of Chinese zodiac (The Horse, 11am-1pm, south, May)
午前中 【ごぜんちゅう】this morning, in the morning, throughout the morning
後日 【ごじつ】in the future, another day, later
後日 【ごにち】in the future, another day, later
国土 【こくど】country, territory, domain, realm
今 【こん】① the current ..., this ② today's ...
三男 【さんなん】three men, third son
三百 【さんびゃく】① 300, three hundred ② 300 mon, trifling amount, two-bit item ③ shyster
山川 【さんせん】mountains and rivers
七月 【しちがつ】July
十九 【じゅうきゅう】19, nineteen
十五 【じゅうご】15, fifteen
十三 【じゅうさん】13, thirteen
十八 【じゅうはち】18, eighteen
十万 【じゅうまん】100,000, hundred thousand
十六 【じゅうろく】16, sixteen
出入 【しゅつにゅう】in and out, income and expenses, free associations, run of the house
出来 【しゅったい】occurrence, happening, taking place
女 【じょ】① woman, girl, daughter ② Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
上 【うわ】upper, upward, outer, surface, top
前 【さき】① previous, prior, former, some time ago, preceding ② point (e.g. pencil), tip, end, nozzle ③ head (of a line), front ④ ahead, the other side ⑤ the future, hereafter ⑥ destination ⑦ the other party
先々 【さきざき】① distant future, inevitable future ② places one goes to
川 【かわ】① river, stream ② the .... river, (suffix used with the names of rivers)
大雨 【おおあめ】heavy rain
天 【あめ】① sky ② heaven ③ svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth) ④ deva (divine being of Buddhism)
天 【あま】① sky ② heaven ③ svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth) ④ deva (divine being of Buddhism)
一時 【いっとき】one hour, short time, once, a time, temporarily, at one time, twelfth part of a day
一人 【いちにん】one person
雨水 【あまみず】① rain water ② "rain water" solar term (approx. Feb 19)
雨水 【うすい】① rain water ② "rain water" solar term (approx. Feb 19)
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
七十 【しちじゅう】seventy
十七 【じゅうしち】17, seventeen
十七 【じゅうなな】17, seventeen
入 【じゅ】go in
北東 【きたひがし】northeast
時半 【じはん】① about an hour, short time ② half past (the hour)
五十 【ごじゅう】fifty
五十 【いそ】fifty
五十 【い】fifty
食 【しょく】① meal, (one's) diet, food, foodstuff, foodstuffs ② eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.)
seeming, giving the appearance of, giving one the feeling of
生 【うぶ】① innocent, naive, unsophisticated, inexperienced, green, wet behind the ears ② birth-
日 【か】① day of month ② counter for days
西日 【せいにち】Spanish-Japanese (gen. for translations and dictionaries)
月 【げつ】Monday
小 【こ】① small, little, slight ② slightly less than, just about ③ somewhat, somehow ④ minor (sometimes derogatory), petty
水 【すい】① Wednesday ② shaved ice (served with flavored syrup) ③ water (fifth of the five elements)
下 【か】under (being in said condition or environment)
外 【がい】outside of, not covered by
気 【け】① sign, indication, trace, touch, feeling ② somehow, for some reason, seeming to be
意気 【いき】spirit, heart, disposition
医 【い】medicine, the healing art, healing, curing, doctor
医大 【いだい】medical university, medical school, med school
一堂 【いちどう】one building (hall, temple, shrine, room)
験 【しるし】① mark ② symbol ③ evidence
飲料 【いんりょう】(a) drink
飲料水 【いんりょうすい】drinking water
英文学 【えいぶんがく】study of English literature
家主 【いえぬし】landlord
家族計画 【かぞくけいかく】family planning
歌集 【かしゅう】anthology, book of poetry
歌人 【かじん】(Japanese) poet
会 【え】gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)
会堂 【かいどう】church, chapel, synagogue, tabernacle
海水 【かいすい】ocean water
開業 【かいぎょう】opening of business or practice (practise)
開業医 【かいぎょうい】private clinician, physician in private practice
学界 【がっかい】academic or scientific world
漢文 【かんぶん】① Chinese classical literature ② literature written entirely in kanji
帰国 【きこく】return to one's country
究明 【きゅうめい】investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)
去年 【こぞ】last year
京 【けい】① imperial capital (esp. Kyoto) ② final word of an iroha-uta ③ 10^16, 10,000,000,000,000,000, ten quadrillion (American), (obs) ten thousand billion (British)
京 【きょう】① imperial capital (esp. Kyoto) ② final word of an iroha-uta ③ 10^16, 10,000,000,000,000,000, ten quadrillion (American), (obs) ten thousand billion (British)
界 【さかい】border, boundary, mental state
兄弟 【けいてい】siblings, brothers and sisters
計 【けい】① plan ② meter, measuring device ③ (in) total, total (of)
研究員 【けんきゅういん】researcher
公安 【こうあん】public safety, public welfare
公会堂 【こうかいどう】town hall, public hall
公社 【こうしゃ】public corporation
校歌 【こうか】school song
国歌 【こっか】national anthem
黒海 【こっかい】Black Sea
黒人 【こくじん】black person
黒木 【くろき】unbarked lumber
三味 【さみ】three-stringed guitar
姉弟 【してい】older sister and younger brother
子弟 【してい】young(er) people
死去 【しきょ】death
死者 【ししゃ】casualty, deceased
私 【あたくし】I, me
私 【あたい】I, me
私 【あて】I, me
試作 【しさく】trial manufacture, experiment, test piece, prototype
室長 【しつちょう】room monitor
写 【しゃ】photograph, copy, transcribe, duplicate, reproduce, trace, describe, picture
借地 【しゃくち】leased land
秋口 【あきぐち】beginning of autumn, beginning of fall
住友 【すみとも】Sumitomo (company)
住友銀行 【すみともぎんこう】Sumitomo Bank
十字 【じゅうじ】cross, crossed, cruciform
春秋 【しゅんじゅう】① spring and autumn, spring and fall, months and years ② the Chronicles of Lu or the Spring and Autumn Annals - one of the Five Classics
上映 【じょうえい】① screening (a movie), showing ② to screen a movie
上手 【じょうて】① skill, skillful, dexterity ② flattery
上手 【じょうしゅ】① skill, skillful, dexterity ② flattery
上田 【じょうでん】high rice field, very fertile rice field
心理学 【しんりがく】psychology
心理学者 【しんりがくしゃ】psychologist
新聞紙 【しんぶんし】newsprint, newspaper
真 【しん】① truth, reality, genuineness ② seriousness ③ logical TRUE ④ printed style writing ⑤ star performer
水銀 【すいぎん】mercury
水族館 【すいぞくかん】aquarium
世界一 【せかいいち】best in the world
正 【せい】① (logical) true, regular ② 10^40 ③ original ④ positive, greater than zero
生死 【しょうし】① life and death ② samsara (cycle of death and rebirth) ③ death
生死 【しょうじ】① life and death ② samsara (cycle of death and rebirth) ③ death
大事 【おおごと】important, valuable, serious matter
地方 【じかた】① area, locality, district, region, province ② countryside, rural area ③ coast (esp. as seen from the water) ④ person singing ballads in Noh, person in charge of music in a Japanese dance performance
朝 【あした】morning
朝日 【あさひ】morning sun
肉 【しし】① flesh ② meat ③ the physical body (as opposed to the spirit) ④ thickness ⑤ ink pad
白黒 【しろくろ】① black and white, monochrome ② good and evil, right and wrong, guilt and innocence
白鳥 【しろとり】① swan (Cygnus Bechstein, Cygnus ssp.) ② white-feathered bird
白鳥 【しらとり】① swan (Cygnus Bechstein, Cygnus ssp.) ② white-feathered bird
一家 【いっけ】a house, a home, a family, a household, one's family, one's folks, a style
川口 【かわぐち】mouth of river, estuary
魚 【うお】fish
兄妹 【けいまい】older brother and younger sister
姉妹 【きょうだい】sisters
借家 【しゃくや】house for rent, rented house, renting a house
借屋 【しゃくや】house for rent, rented house, renting a house
借家 【しゃっか】house for rent, rented house, renting a house
借家 【かりや】house for rent, rented house, renting a house
借家 【かりいえ】house for rent, rented house, renting a house
主人 【あるじ】head (of a household), proprietor (of a store), proprietress, landlord, landlady, master (of a servant)
上院 【しょういん】Upper House, Senate, Lords
上院 【じょういん】Upper House, Senate, Lords
上手 【かみて】① upper part ② upper stream, upper course of a river ③ right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV), stage left (actor's POV) ④ skillful (only in comparisons), dexterity (only in comparisons) ⑤ over-arm grip on opponent's belt (sumo)
千代 【せんだい】① thousand years ② very long period, forever
弟 【おとと】younger brother
入口 【いりぐち】entrance, entry, gate, approach, mouth
入口 【いりくち】entrance, entry, gate, approach, mouth
売行 【うれゆき】sales, demand
英知 【えいち】intelligence
買手 【かいて】buyer
貸出 【かしだし】lending, loaning
小牛 【こうし】calf
銀 【しろがね】① silver, silver coin, silver paint ② silver general (shogi)
英明 【えいめい】intelligent, wise, bright, brilliant, clear-sighted
貸金 【かしきん】loan
新春 【しんしゅん】New Year (Spring)
試験場 【しけんじょう】examination hall (room), laboratory
国家試験 【こっかしけん】state examination
写真集 【しゃしんしゅう】collection of photographs, photoalbum
出走 【しゅっそう】entry in a race
帰休 【ききゅう】(military) leave, furlough
研究家 【けんきゅうか】researcher, student (of)
新田 【しんでん】a new rice field
青山 【せいざん】① blue or green mountain ② grave, burial place
青木 【あおき】① Japanese laurel, spotted laurel, Aucuba japonica ② live tree
青田 【あおた】green paddy
世界銀行 【せかいぎんこう】World Bank
世銀 【せぎん】World Bank
始発駅 【しはつえき】starting station
貸出用 【かしだしよう】circulation or lending (e.g. library books)
言 【げん】word, remark, statement
picture, drawing, painting, sketch
借入 【しゃくにゅう】borrowing
英 【えい】Britain, British
世 【せい】① counter for generations ② (geological) epoch
地 【じ】① ground, land, earth, soil ② the region in question, the local area ③ skin ④ texture, fabric, material, weave ⑤ base, background ⑥ one's true nature ⑦ narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story) ⑧ real life, actuality ⑨ (in the game of go) captured territory ⑩ Noh chorus ⑪ (in Japanese dance) accompaniment music ⑫ (in Japanese music) basic phrase (usu. repetitive) ⑬ base part (of multiple shamisens)
主 【あるじ】head (of a household), proprietor (of a store), proprietress, landlord, landlady, master (of a servant)
暗号 【あんごう】code, password, cipher
委員会 【いいんかい】committee, commission, board, panel, committee meeting
医薬 【いやく】① medicine ② Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau
医薬品 【いやくひん】medical supplies
一階 【いっかい】one floor, first floor
一糸 【いっし】string
一秒 【いちびょう】one second
飲酒 【いんしゅ】drinking alcohol (sake)
羽毛 【うもう】feathers, plumage, down
横転 【おうてん】turning sideways, barrel roll
王国 【おうこく】kingdom, monarchy
王室 【おうしつ】royal family
王者 【おうじゃ】king, monarch, ruler
黄 【き】yellow
黄金 【きがね】gold
黄金 【くがね】gold
音速 【おんそく】speed of sound
加 【か】① addition, increase ② Canada
家庭科 【かていか】home economics
科 【か】① department, section ② (taxonomical) family
歌曲 【かきょく】melody, tune, song
快調 【かいちょう】harmony, excellent condition
海辺 【うみべ】beach, seashore
海辺 【かいへん】beach, seashore
絵具 【えのぐ】colors, colours, paints
学園 【がくえん】academy, campus
額面 【がくめん】face value, par
寒波 【かんぱ】cold wave
寒風 【かんぷう】cold wind
岸辺 【きしべ】bank (of a river)
顔色 【かおいろ】complexion, countenance, expression
顔色 【がんしょく】complexion, countenance, expression
記 【き】① account, history, chronicle, annals, record ② Records of Ancient Matters
起草 【きそう】drafting, draughting, drawing up a bill
客観 【かっかん】object (as opposed to subject)
客観 【かくかん】object (as opposed to subject)
逆風 【ぎゃくふう】head wind, adverse wind
球 【きゅう】① sphere ② counter for balls (in baseball)
球場 【きゅうじょう】baseball stadium
旧式 【きゅうしき】old type, old style
旧正月 【きゅうしょうがつ】lunisolar New Year, Chinese New Year, Vietnamese Tet
旧来 【きゅうらい】traditional, from ancient times, formerly
協 【きょう】cooperation
局長 【きょくちょう】bureau director, office chief
局面 【きょくめん】checkerboard, aspect, situation
金庫 【かねぐら】safe, vault, treasury, provider of funds
具 【ぐ】① tool, means, ingredients ② counter for armor (armour), suits, sets of furniture
君子 【くんし】man of virtue, person of high rank, wise man
型 【がた】① model, type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.) ② type, style, pattern ③ mold (mould), template, model ④ kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.) ⑤ form (i.e. customary procedure) ⑥ size (i.e. clothing, shoes)
軽油 【けいゆ】① diesel oil, gas oil ② light oil
軽量 【けいりょう】light weight
欠員 【けついん】vacancy, vacant position
月額 【げつがく】monthly amount (sum)
県営 【けんえい】prefectural, under prefectural management
県道 【けんどう】prefectural road
県立 【けんりつ】prefectural (institution)
湖上 【こじょう】on the lake
湖水 【こすい】lake
湖面 【こめん】lake surface
語 【かたり】talking
交易 【こうえき】trade, commerce
公営 【こうえい】public management
公庫 【こうこ】finance corporation
公選 【こうせん】public election
幸 【さち】① good luck, fortune, happiness ② harvest, yield
校章 【こうしょう】school badge
港内 【こうない】inside the harbour, inside the harbor
高額 【こうがく】large sum (money)
号車 【ごうしゃ】classifier for naming train cars
合宿 【がっしゅく】lodging together, training camp, boarding house
国庫 【こっこ】national treasury
国勢 【こくせい】state (condition, strength) of a country
黒星 【くろぼし】① black spot, black dot, bull's-eye ② failure mark (sumo)
混迷 【こんめい】turmoil, chaos, confusion
左記 【さき】undermentioned (statement), following
才気 【さいき】wisdom
才 【さい】① -years-old ② ability, gift, talent, aptitude, genius
坂道 【さかみち】hill road
昨年 【さくねん】last year
三角 【さんかく】triangle, triangular
参院 【さんいん】House of Councillors
参観 【さんかん】visit, inspection
参列 【さんれつ】attendance, participation, presence
姉妹都市 【しまいとし】sister cities
市営 【しえい】municipal management
市町村 【しちょうそん】cities, towns and villages, municipalities
市長 【しちょう】mayor
市内 【しない】(within a) city, local
指数 【しすう】index, index number, exponent (e.g. in floating-point representation), characteristic
試験勉強 【しけんべんきょう】cramming for exams
次期 【じき】① next term, next period ② next version, next release
自営 【じえい】independent, self-employed, self-supporting, operating own business
自筆 【じひつ】one's own handwriting
自由化 【じゆうか】liberalization, liberalisation, freeing
実 【じち】① truth, reality ② sincerity, honesty, fidelity ③ content, substance ④ (good) result
実兄 【じっけい】one's own elder brother
弱者 【じゃくしゃ】weak person, the weak
主犯 【しゅはん】principal offence, principal offense, principal offender
受取 【うけとり】receipt
集録 【しゅうろく】① compilation, editing ② recording
集荷 【しゅうか】collection of cargo, cargo booking
重役 【おもやく】director, high executive, (person with) heavy responsibilities
出港 【しゅっこう】departure, clearance (of a ship)
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
すべway, method, means
準決勝 【じゅんけっしょう】semifinal (in sports)
女湯 【おんなゆ】women's bath
小島 【こじま】small island, islet
小麦色 【こむぎいろ】light (cocoa) brown
植林 【しょくりん】afforestation
新 【しん】① new, neo- ② Gregorian calendar ③ Xin (dynasty of China)
新型 【しんがた】new style, new model
新緑 【しんりょく】fresh verdure, new green leaves
申 【さる】ninth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Monkey, 3pm-5pm, west-southwest, July)
神童 【しんどう】prodigy, wonder child
身辺 【しんぺん】one's person, around one's person
人的 【じんてき】human, personal
数秒 【すうびょう】several seconds
清算 【せいさん】liquidation, settlement
声楽 【せいがく】vocal music
声高 【こわだか】with a loud voice
青森県 【あおもりけん】Aomori prefecture (Touhoku area)
昔日 【せきじつ】old days
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)
石橋 【いしばし】stone bridge
石橋 【せっきょう】stone bridge
先導 【せんどう】guidance, leadership
川岸 【かわぎし】① river bank, riverside ② fish market
船長 【せんちょう】ship's captain
全額 【ぜんがく】total, full amount, sum
欠氷 【かきごおり】shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup), Italian ice, Sno-cone, snow cone
草原 【くさはら】grass-covered plain, grasslands, meadows, savannah, prairie, steppe
様 【ざま】① mess, sorry state, plight, sad sight ② way, manner
大昔 【おおむかし】great antiquity, old-fashioned, long ago
炭 【すみ】charcoal
島根 【しまね】island country
白羽 【しらは】white feather
曲 【くせ】a habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice), peculiarity
木箱 【きばこ】wooden box
落 【おち】① slip, omission ② outcome, final result, the end ③ punch line (of a joke)
一昨昨日 【さきおととい】two days before yesterday, three days back (ago)
右側 【うそく】right side, right hand
黄色 【こうしょく】yellow, amber
黄色 【おうしょく】yellow, amber
勤 【きん】be fit for, be equal to, serve
勤 【ごん】be fit for, be equal to, serve
研究所 【けんきゅうしょ】research establishment (institute, laboratory, etc.)
研究所 【けんきゅうじょ】research establishment (institute, laboratory, etc.)
合板 【ごうはん】veneer board, plywood, joint publication
合板 【ごうばん】veneer board, plywood, joint publication
左側 【さそく】left, left (hand) side
昨日 【さくじつ】yesterday
三味線 【さみせん】three-stringed Japanese guitar, shamisen
次 【じ】① next ② hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence) ③ order, sequence, time, times
重荷 【おもに】load, heavy burden, encumbrance, heavy freight, heavy responsibility
重荷 【じゅうか】load, heavy burden, encumbrance, heavy freight, heavy responsibility
助言 【じょごん】advice, suggestion
商人 【あきんど】trader, shopkeeper, merchant
商人 【あきゅうど】trader, shopkeeper, merchant
商人 【あきびと】trader, shopkeeper, merchant
乗客 【じょうかく】passenger
全国 【ぜんごく】country-wide, nation-wide, whole country, national
直 【じき】① soon, in a moment, before long, shortly ② nearby, close ③ direct ④ spot transaction, cash transaction
島国 【しまぐに】island country (sometimes used as a metaphor for Japan)
落葉 【おちば】fallen leaves, leaf litter, defoliation, shedding leaves
合言葉 【あいことば】password, watchword
係員 【かかりいん】official (e.g. customs), clerk in charge
夏期 【かき】summer season
夏季 【かき】summer season
側 【かたわら】① side, edge, beside, besides, nearby ② while (doing)
協同 【きょうどう】doing together (as equals), sharing, common (land, etc.), joint (statement, etc.), cooperation, co-operation, collaboration, association
組立 【くみたて】construction, framework, erection, assembly, organization, organisation
逆様 【さかさま】inversion, upside down
先登 【せんとう】head, lead, vanguard, first
歌声 【うたごえ】singing voice
新橋 【しんばし】Shinbashi (section of Tokyo)
営業所 【えいぎょうしょ】business office, place of business
術後 【じゅつご】postoperative
小型 【こがた】small size, tiny
青葉 【あおば】fresh leaves
教育委員会 【きょういくいいんかい】Board of Education
県外 【けんがい】outside the prefecture
子午線 【しごせん】the meridian
焼死 【しょうし】death by fire
船橋 【せんきょう】① pontoon bridge, temporary bridge made using ships ② bridge (of a ship)
京都 【きょうと】Kyoto
社会科 【しゃかいか】social studies
数倍 【すうばい】several times (as large, over)
宿駅 【しゅくえき】post town, relay station, stage
水深 【すいしん】depth of water
高所 【こうしょ】high altitude, heights, elevation, broad view
国分寺 【こくぶんじ】(Nara Era) state-supported provincial temples
昨秋 【さくしゅう】autumn of last year, fall of last year
山陽 【さんよう】south side of a mountain, Sanyo district
自由形 【じゆうがた】freestyle (e.g. swimming event)
自由型 【じゆうがた】freestyle (e.g. swimming event)
守勢 【しゅせい】(being on the) defensive
秋季 【しゅうき】fall, autumn
酒店 【さかだな】alcohol-selling shop
酒店 【さかみせ】alcohol-selling shop
酒店 【しゅてん】alcohol-selling shop
酒店 【さけてん】alcohol-selling shop
逆手 【ぎゃくて】① underhand or backhand grip (e.g. in tennis) ② unexpected twist, turning the tables (on an opponent)
逆手 【さかて】① underhand or backhand grip (e.g. in tennis) ② unexpected twist, turning the tables (on an opponent)
泳者 【えいしゃ】a swimmer
新進 【しんしん】rising, up-and-coming
新薬 【しんやく】a new medicine
記録的 【きろくてき】record(-setting)
選手村 【せんしゅむら】athlete's village (during Olympics)
糸目 【いとめ】① fine line ② weight of thread ③ slit-eyed
岩場 【いわば】rocky area, rockface, rock wall
白星 【しろぼし】① white circle, white star ② victory mark (sumo)
白馬 【しろうま】① white horse ② unrefined sake
白馬 【あおうま】① white horse ② unrefined sake
公安委員会 【こうあんいいんかい】public safety commission
幸福感 【こうふくかん】feeling of happiness, sense of well-being, euphoria
姉妹校 【しまいこう】sister school (to)
季 【き】season, season word or phrase (in haiku)
禁 【きん】ban (e.g. on smoking), prohibition
軽 【けい】light
合 【ごう】① 0.18039 litres (liters) ② 0.3306 metres square (meters) ③ one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain ④ (astronomical) conjunction ⑤ counter for covered containers ⑥ counter for matches, battles, etc.
選 【せん】① selection, choice, election ② compilation, editing
活 【かつ】① living, life ② judo art of resuscitation
乗 【じょう】① (nth) power ② counter for vehicles ③ multiplication ④ Buddha's teachings
確 【かく】certain, definite
しかcertainly (for certain) (used in negative sense)
頭 【がしら】① (after a noun) top of .., head of .. ② (after the -masu stem of a verb) the moment that ..
形 【けい】form, tense
大箱 【おおばこ】large box, chest
察 【さつ】police;
愛国 【あいこく】love of (one's) country, patriotism
愛妻 【あいさい】beloved wife
悪天候 【あくてんこう】bad weather
圧倒的 【あっとうてき】overwhelming
安否 【あんぴ】safety, welfare, well-being
安眠 【あんみん】quiet sleep
依頼者 【いらいしゃ】client
偉業 【いぎょう】great enterprise, exploits
偉人 【いじん】great man
意気消沈 【いきしょうちん】depressed in spirits, dispirited, disheartened, rejection
移植 【いしょく】transplanting, porting, implantation, engrafting
移籍 【いせき】changing household registry, transfer (e.g. of one's name in the register)
胃袋 【いぶくろ】① stomach, breadbasket, inner man ② dietary needs
胃痛 【いつう】stomach-ache, stomach pain, gastralgia
胃薬 【いぐすり】stomach medicine
衣 【ころも】① clothes, garment ② gown, robe ③ coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
衣食 【いしょく】① food and clothing, livelihood, living ② to feed and clothe
違犯 【いはん】violation (of law), transgression, infringement, breach
医師会 【いしかい】medical association
域外 【いきがい】outside the area
一軒 【いっけん】one house
一刻 【いっこく】① minute, moment, an instant ② stubborn, hot-headed
一冊 【いっさつ】one copy (e.g. book)
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.)
一滴 【いってき】drop (of fluid)
一泊 【いっぱく】stopping one night
一般人 【いっぱんじん】an ordinary person
一匹 【いっぴき】one animal (small)
一夫多妻 【いっぷたさい】polygamy, polygyny
一枚 【いちまい】one thin flat object, one sheet
一枚岩 【いちまいいわ】monolithic
印刷業 【いんさつぎょう】printing business
印刷術 【いんさつじゅつ】printing art
印刷物 【いんさつぶつ】printed matter
印象的 【いんしょうてき】impressive
因果 【いんが】cause and effect, karma, fate
因子 【いんし】factor, divisor, element
引責 【いんせき】taking responsibility
右腕 【うわん】right arm
運航 【うんこう】operating (e.g. ships, aircraft)
運輸省 【うんゆしょう】Ministry of Transport
永続 【えいぞく】permanence, continuation
永代 【えいたい】permanence, eternity
鋭利 【えいり】sharpness
液化 【えきか】liquefaction
円筒 【えんとう】cylinder
延命 【えんめい】① long life, longevity ② macrobiotics
煙 【けぶり】smoke, fumes
煙 【けむ】smoke, fumes
煙 【けぶ】smoke, fumes
塩化 【えんか】chloride
塩田 【えんでん】saltpan, field for drying salt
塩味 【しおあじ】salty taste, saltiness
奥様 【おくさま】wife, your wife, his wife, married lady, madam
欧州 【おうしゅう】Europe
欧米諸国 【おうべいしょこく】the various countries of Europe and America
王将 【おうしょう】① king ② king (for senior player) (shogi)
億円 【おくえん】100,000,000 yen
億万長者 【おくまんちょうじゃ】billionaire
温床 【おんしょう】hotbed, breeding ground
音符 【おんぷ】① musical note, note symbol ② phonetic symbol (inc. the kanji and kana-doubling symbols, vowel-lengthening symbol, etc.) ③ part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the pronunciation (as opposed to the meaning)
仮 【かり】① temporary, provisional, interim ② fictitious, assumed (name), alias
可否 【かひ】① propriety, right and wrong, advisability ② pro and con, ayes and noes
家庭教師 【かていきょうし】tutor, coach
科学技術 【かがくぎじゅつ】① science and technology ② scientific technique
科学技術庁 【かがくぎじゅつちょう】Science and Technology Agency
果物 【かぶつ】fruit
歌劇 【かげき】opera
火山灰 【かざんばい】volcanic ash
菓子 【かし】pastry, confectionery
画像 【がぞう】image, picture, portrait
介在 【かいざい】mediation, interposition, intervention
解禁 【かいきん】lifting a ban
快復 【かいふく】recovery (from illness), improvement, rehabilitation, restoration, convalescence
改姓 【かいせい】changing one's family name
改築 【かいちく】structural alteration of building, reconstruction
海域 【かいいき】area of ocean
海軍 【かいぐん】navy
海水浴場 【かいすいよくじょう】swimming area (in the ocean), swimming beach, seawater baths
海綿 【かいめん】sponge
皆無 【かいむ】nothing
皆目 【かいもく】entirely
絵巻 【えまき】picture scroll
開示 【かいじ】disclosure (legal)
外務 【がいむ】foreign affairs
外務省 【がいむしょう】Ministry of Foreign Affairs
外務大臣 【がいむだいじん】Minister for Foreign Affairs
害虫 【がいちゅう】harmful insect, noxious insect
各駅 【かくえき】every station
各駅停車 【かくえきていしゃ】train that stops at every station, local train
各国 【かっこく】① each nation ② many nations, many countries
格安 【かくやす】cheap, reasonable
学卒 【がくそつ】college graduate
割 【かつ】divide, cut, halve, separate, split, rip, break, crack, smash, dilute
活況 【かっきょう】activity, briskness, prosperity
完封 【かんぷう】complete blockade (seal), baseball shutout
干満 【かんまん】ebb and flow
換算 【かんざん】conversion (e.g. yen to dollars), change, exchange, translation (numerical)
管制 【かんせい】control
管制塔 【かんせいとう】control tower
管内 【かんない】within the jurisdiction of
管理職 【かんりしょく】management
簡略 【かんりゃく】simple, simplicity
間接 【かんせつ】indirection, indirectness
関 【せき】barrier, gate
関係者 【かんけいしゃ】authorized people, authorised people, person(s) concerned, officials, staff
関西 【かんせい】Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka)
含有 【がんゆう】contain, include
含有量 【がんゆうりょう】content (of a mineral, etc.)
寄生虫 【きせいちゅう】parasite
幾何 【きか】geometry
幾何学 【きかがく】geometry
机上 【きじょう】① on the desk ② theoretical, academic
機械化 【きかいか】① mechanization, mechanisation ② computerization
気宇 【きう】breadth of mind
気象庁 【きしょうちょう】Meteorological Agency
気筒 【きとう】cylinder
気付 【きづけ】care of, CO
祈願 【きがん】prayer
祈念 【きねん】prayer
希少 【きしょう】scarce, rare
起爆 【きばく】exploding
技 【ぎ】technique, art
技術者 【ぎじゅつしゃ】engineer, technical expert, technician, crafts-person
疑念 【ぎねん】doubt, suspicion, misgivings, scruples
疑問符 【ぎもんふ】question mark
議院 【ぎいん】congress or parliament
議席 【ぎせき】parliamentary seat
喫煙 【きつえん】smoking
喫煙者 【きつえんしゃ】smoker
急上昇 【きゅうじょうしょう】sudden rise, steep climb, zoom
求職 【きゅうしょく】job hunting, seeking employment
給 【きゅう】wage, recompense
旧姓 【きゅうせい】one's former (maiden) name
巨額 【きょがく】great sum
巨体 【きょたい】large build
漁港 【ぎょこう】fishing harbour, fishing harbor
漁場 【ぎょじょう】fishing grounds, permitted fishing zone
漁場 【ぎょば】fishing grounds, permitted fishing zone
魚介類 【ぎょかいるい】marine products, seafood, fish and shellfish
供述 【きょうじゅつ】affidavit, deposition, testimony
供与 【きょうよ】giving, provision, furnishing
競合 【きょうごう】contention, competition, rivalry, quarrel
競売 【きょうばい】auction
競売 【けいばい】auction
競輪 【けいりん】keirin, cycle racing event, usu. 2km with a paced start and sprint finish
共栄 【きょうえい】mutual prosperity
共産 【きょうさん】① communism ② Communist Party
境内 【けいだい】compound, grounds
恐怖政治 【きょうふせいじ】politics of fear
曲折 【きょくせつ】windings, meanderings, complications
極右 【きょくう】extreme right
均一 【きんいつ】uniformity, equality
均一 【きんいち】uniformity, equality
禁固 【きんこ】imprisonment, confinement
禁輸 【きんゆ】embargo
金髪 【きんぱつ】blond hair
苦境 【くきょう】trouble, crisis, predicament, squeeze, pinch
空軍 【くうぐん】Air Force
空包 【くうほう】blank shot or cartridge, blank ammunition
空輸 【くうゆ】air transport
偶発 【ぐうはつ】sudden outbreak, accidental, incidental
偶発的 【ぐうはつてき】accidental, incidental, occasional, casual
訓示 【くんじ】instruction, direction
群像 【ぐんぞう】sculptured group
群島 【ぐんとう】island group, archipelago
軍部 【ぐんぶ】military authorities, army circles
容 【かたち】① form, shape, figure ② visage
形跡 【けいせき】traces, evidence
形容 【けいよう】form, figure, qualification, description, modifying, figure of speech
敬愛 【けいあい】respect and affection
敬遠 【けいえん】① pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant from him ② keeping at a distance ③ kicking upstairs, giving a batter an "intentional walk"
敬老 【けいろう】respect for the aged
景観 【けいかん】scenery
景品 【けいひん】gift, premium
経済界 【けいざいかい】economic world, financial circles
計測 【けいそく】measurement, measure, instrumentation
警察署 【けいさつしょ】police station
警察庁 【けいさつちょう】National Police Agency
警棒 【けいぼう】baton
軽震 【けいしん】weak earthquake
芸術家 【げいじゅつか】artist
迎合 【げいごう】ingratiation, going along with somebody's views, adjusting oneself (to something, to somebody), flattery
劇的 【げきてき】dramatic
欠損 【けっそん】deficit, shortage, loss, damage
月刊 【げっかん】monthly publication, monthly issue
月刊誌 【げっかんし】monthly magazine
県警 【けんけい】prefectural police
肩幅 【かたはば】shoulder width (breadth)
賢者 【けんじゃ】wise man, sage
賢人 【けんじん】wise man
険悪 【けんあく】dangerous, serious, gloomy, perilous, threatening, stormy
原水爆 【げんすいばく】atom and hydrogen bomb
減税 【げんぜい】tax reduction
減段 【げんたん】reduction (of crop size), reduction of acreage (under cultivation)
現況 【げんきょう】present condition
個人的 【こじんてき】individualistic, personal, self-centred, self-centered
互角 【ごかく】equality, evenness, par, good match
互換 【ごかん】transposition, interchangeable, compatible (e.g. PC)
御年玉 【おとしだま】New Year's gift
御飯 【ごはん】① cooked rice ② meal
誤算 【ごさん】miscalculation
誤認 【ごにん】misrecognition, mistaking (x for y)
効 【こう】efficacy, benefit, efficiency, effect, result, success
効果的 【こうかてき】effective, successful
厚生 【こうせい】① welfare, public welfare, social welfare ② (former) Ministry of Health and Welfare
厚生省 【こうせいしょう】Ministry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
工作機械 【こうさくきかい】machine tools
工程 【こうてい】manufacturing process, work schedule, amount of work
更新 【こうしん】renewal, update, innovation, renovation
港湾 【こうわん】harbours, harbors
硬式 【こうしき】hardball (tennis, baseball)
紅白 【こうはく】red and white, colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors)
航空券 【こうくうけん】airline ticket, plane ticket, air ticket
航路 【こうろ】course, (sea) route, run
荒波 【あらなみ】stormy seas, raging waves
荒木 【あらき】logs in bark, rough wood
荒涼 【こうりょう】desolate, dreary, bleak
行革 【ぎょうかく】administrative reform
講座 【こうざ】lectureship, chair, course
降雨 【こうう】rainfall, rain
降雪 【こうせつ】snowfall, snow
高官 【こうかん】high official
合否 【ごうひ】success or failure, result
刻 【こく】① archaic period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac) ② carving, engraving, cutting, mincing ③ victory ④ strictness, cruelty
告示 【こくじ】notice, bulletin
国際化 【こくさいか】internationalization, internationalisation, i18n (in IT)
国際的 【こくさいてき】international
国際法 【こくさいほう】international laws
国税 【こくぜい】national tax
国税庁 【こくぜいちょう】National Tax Agency (Japan), Internal Revenue Service (USA), IRS
国宝 【こくほう】national treasure
骨子 【こっし】bones, marrow, essentials
査察 【ささつ】inspection (for compliance), investigation (tax, etc.)
査定 【さてい】assessment, investigation, audit, revision
砂防 【さぼう】erosion control
砂利 【ざり】gravel, ballast, pebbles
座 【ざ】① seat, one's place, position ② attaches to the names of theatres and constellations
再考 【さいこう】reconsideration
再婚 【さいこん】second marriage
再燃 【さいねん】recurrence, revival, resuscitation
再販 【さいはん】resale
再編 【さいへん】reorganization, reorganisation, reshuffle
再来 【さいらい】return, second coming, second advent, reincarnation
最新 【さいしん】latest, newest, late-breaking (news)
歳月 【さいげつ】time, years
歳入 【さいにゅう】annual revenue or income
歳暮 【せいぼ】end of the year, year-end gift
菜園 【さいえん】vegetable garden
在籍 【ざいせき】enrollment, enrolment
在宅 【ざいたく】being in, being at home
罪悪 【ざいあく】crime, sin, vice
罪状 【ざいじょう】charges, nature of offence, nature of offense
罪人 【ざいにん】criminal, sinner
財界 【ざいかい】financial world
財団 【ざいだん】foundation
冊数 【さっすう】number of books
察知 【さっち】sense, infer
札束 【さつたば】roll of banknotes
殺意 【さつい】intent to kill, intent to murder
殺到 【さっとう】rush, flood
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
参拝 【さんぱい】visit to a shrine or temple, paying homage at a shrine or temple
散発 【さんぱつ】sporadic, scattering
賛辞 【さんじ】eulogy, compliment
使徒 【しと】apostle, disciple
史家 【しか】historian
史学 【しがく】study of history
史料 【しりょう】historical records, archives
師団 【しだん】(army) division
支柱 【しちゅう】prop, brace, fulcrum
死亡者 【しぼうしゃ】the deceased, deaths, persons killed
師子 【しし】① lion ② left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
緒 【いとぐち】thread end, beginning, clue
脂身 【あぶらみ】fat meat
試掘 【しくつ】prospecting, trial digging
誌 【し】magazine
資材 【しざい】(raw) material
事務次官 【じむじかん】permanent vice-president, undersecretary, vice-minister
児童心理学 【じどうしんりがく】child psychology
持久 【じきゅう】endurance, persistence
時代劇 【じだいげき】historical play, period drama
次官 【じかん】vice-minister, undersecretary
辞令 【じれい】notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.)
識者 【しきしゃ】well-informed person, thinking person, intelligent person
失跡 【しっせき】absconding, disappearance
湿原 【しつげん】marshy grassland, wetlands
湿地 【しっち】wetland, wetlands
実況 【じっきょう】real condition
実効 【じっこう】practical effect, efficacy, efficiency
社会党 【しゃかいとう】Socialist Party
主因 【しゅいん】primary cause, main factor
主導権 【しゅどうけん】hegemony, leadership, initiative
受賞 【じゅしょう】winning (a prize)
受精卵 【じゅせいらん】fertilized eggs, fertilised eggs
受動喫煙 【じゅどうきつえん】passive smoking (i.e. second-hand smoking)
授賞 【じゅしょう】awarding a prize
収拾 【しゅうしゅう】control, settling, coping
周 【ぐるり】surroundings
周知 【しゅうち】common knowledge, (something) well-known
周到 【しゅうとう】scrupulous, meticulous, careful
周年 【しゅうねん】whole year, anniversary
周波数 【しゅうはすう】frequency (of waves)
週刊 【しゅうかん】published weekly
週刊誌 【しゅうかんし】weekly publication, weekly magazine
柔軟性 【じゅうなんせい】compatibility, pliability, softness, elasticity
重責 【じゅうせき】heavy responsibility
祝辞 【しゅくじ】congratulatory address
祝電 【しゅくでん】congratulatory telegram
祝杯 【しゅくはい】toast, congratulatory cup
祝福 【しゅくふく】blessing
出版物 【しゅっぱんぶつ】publications
純金 【じゅんきん】pure gold, solid gold
純度 【じゅんど】purity (of a substance)
順位 【じゅんい】order, rank, position (e.g. in a race), precedence
処女 【しょじょ】virgin, maiden
緒 【お】cord, strap, thong
諸国 【しょこく】various countries (often used as suffix)
諸問題 【しょもんだい】many problems, various problems
女児 【じょじ】baby girl, primary schoolgirl
除去 【じょきょ】removal, getting rid of
商品券 【しょうひんけん】gift certificate
将校 【しょうこう】commissioned officer
将来像 【しょうらいぞう】vision of the future
小児 【しょうに】young child, infant
小麦粉 【こむぎこ】wheat flour
招待状 【しょうたいじょう】written invitation
昇給 【しょうきゅう】salary raise
昇任 【しょうにん】promotion
消極 【しょうきょく】negative, conservative
消費税 【しょうひぜい】consumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)
照準 【しょうじゅん】alignment
省令 【しょうれい】ministerial ordinance
紹介者 【しょうかいしゃ】person who introduces someone, introducer
象 【しょう】phenomenon
賞状 【しょうじょう】honorable certificate, honourable certificate
上述 【じょうじゅつ】above-mentioned, foregoing, forgoing
上層 【じょうそう】upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys)
城下町 【じょうかまち】castle town, town around castle
娘 【じょう】① unmarried woman ② (after a name) Miss ③ (after a line of work) -ess, -ette
常駐 【じょうちゅう】staying permanently, being stationed, resident
情景 【じょうけい】spectacle, sight, scene
状勢 【じょうせい】state of things, state of affairs, condition, situation, circumstances
情報処理 【じょうほうしょり】data processing
状 【じょう】① shape, state ② letter, correspondence
触発 【しょくはつ】touching off something, provocation
食管法 【しょっかんほう】law governing food quality
信販会社 【しんぱんがいしゃ】credit company
信頼性 【しんらいせい】credibility, authenticity, confidence, reliability
心境 【しんきょう】mental state
新鋭 【しんえい】freshly picked, newly produced
新刊 【しんかん】new book, new publication
新進気鋭 【しんしんきえい】young and energetic, up-and-coming
深刻化 【しんこくか】becoming more serious or severe (problem)
震度 【しんど】Japanese earthquake scale (level 1: weak to level 7: devastation)
震動 【しんどう】shock, tremor, impact
人件費 【じんけんひ】① personnel expenses, labor cost, labour cost ② indirect labour costs, indirect labor costs
人骨 【じんこつ】human bones
図版 【ずはん】plate, illustration, figure
数億年 【すうおくねん】several hundred million years
数冊 【すうさつ】several volumes (books)
姓 【しょう】① surname, family name ② hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
性 【さが】① one's nature, one's destiny ② custom, tradition, habit
成績表 【せいせきひょう】report card, result sheet
政界 【せいかい】political world
政治家 【せいじか】politician, statesman
正則 【せいそく】correct, proper, formal, regular, systematic, normal
清貧 【せいひん】honourable poverty, honorable poverty
清涼 【せいりょう】cool, refreshing
清涼飲料 【せいりょういんりょう】cool drink
清涼飲料水 【せいりょういんりょうすい】soft drink
精 【せい】① spirit, sprite, nymph ② energy, vigor (vigour), strength ③ fine details ④ semen
精液 【せいえき】semen
精子 【せいし】sperm
精神薄弱 【せいしんはくじゃく】mental retardation, mentally retarded
西欧 【せいおう】Western Europe
西武 【せいぶ】Seibu (conglomerate: stores, railway, etc.), Western military
青菜 【あおな】greens
青銅 【せいどう】bronze
静観 【せいかん】watchful waiting, careful supervision
税務 【ぜいむ】taxation business
席上 【せきじょう】at the meeting
石灰 【せっかい】lime, quicklime, caustic lime
石灰 【いしばい】lime, quicklime, caustic lime
積 【せき】product
積極 【せっきょく】positive, progressive
積雪 【せきせつ】fallen snow
赤貧 【せきひん】extreme poverty
赤帽 【あかぼう】redcap, porter
絶叫 【ぜっきょう】exclamation, scream, shout
絶頂 【ぜっちょう】summit, peak, climax
専務 【せんむ】managing director, special duty, conductor
専門家 【せんもんか】specialist
河 【がわ】① river, stream ② the .... river, (suffix used with the names of rivers)
戦略 【せんりゃく】strategy, tactics
浅学 【せんがく】superficial knowledge, superficiality
洗濯機 【せんたくき】washing machine (laundry)
洗濯機 【せんたっき】washing machine (laundry)
洗濯物 【せんたくもの】clothes to be washed, the washing
洗礼 【せんれい】baptism
選抜 【せんばつ】selection, choice, picking out
全域 【ぜんいき】the whole area
祖父 【じじ】① grandfather ② old man ③ kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
祖父 【じい】① grandfather ② old man ③ kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
祖父 【おおじ】① grandfather ② old man ③ kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
祖父 【おじ】① grandfather ② old man ③ kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
足腰 【あしこし】legs and loins
替玉 【かえだま】① substitute, double ② second serving (ball) of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)
大枝 【おおえだ】large branch
大掃除 【おおそうじ】major cleanup, spring cleaning
大蔵 【おおくら】Ministry of Finance
大蔵省 【おおくらしょう】(former) Ministry of Finance (succeeded by zaimushou in 2000)
大蔵大臣 【おおくらだいじん】Minister of Finance
痛手 【いたで】serious wound, hard blow
滴 【しずく】drop (of water), drip
鉄棒 【かなぼう】iron rod, crowbar, horizontal bar (gymnastics)
中 【うち】① inside, within ② while ③ among, amongst, between ④ we (referring to one's in-group, i.e. company, etc.), our ⑤ my spouse ⑥ I (primarily used by women and children), me
日付 【かづけ】date, dating
背番号 【せばんごう】number on player's back
肌理 【きめ】grain, (skin) texture
かなたbeyond, across, the other side, the distance
あなたbeyond, across, the other side, the distance
浮世絵 【うきよえ】ukiyoe (color print of everyday life in the Edo period) (colour)
粉 【こ】flour, meal, powder
片隅 【かたすみ】corner, nook
片手 【かたて】one hand
有頂天 【うちょうてん】ecstasy
裏金 【うらがね】① bribe ② secret fund, slush fund, money for bribery
裏腹 【うらはら】opposite, reverse, contrary
陸 【おか】land, shore
恋文 【こいぶみ】love-letter
腕時計 【うでどけい】wristwatch
愛想 【あいそ】civility, courtesy, compliments, sociability, graces
愛憎 【あいぞう】love and hate, likes and dislikes
依頼人 【いらいにん】client
奥地 【おうち】interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions
奥地 【おくち】interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions
河口 【かこう】mouth of river, estuary
河口 【かわぐち】mouth of river, estuary
願望 【がんぼう】desire, wish, aspiration
願望 【がんもう】desire, wish, aspiration
寄贈 【きそう】donation, presentation, gift
共存 【きょうそん】coexistence
軍兵 【ぐんぴょう】armed forces, battle troops
軍兵 【ぐんぺい】armed forces, battle troops
軍兵 【ぐんびょう】armed forces, battle troops
紅 【くれない】① deep red, crimson ② rouge, lipstick
刷子 【さっし】brush, commutator brush
出処 【しゅっしょ】① birthplace, origin, source, authority ② release (discharge) from prison, exit, point of departure, time to take action
信 【しん】① honesty, fidelity ② trust, reliance ③ (religious) faith ④ counter for received messages
大河 【おおかわ】river, stream
いいやno, nay, well
いえno, nay, well
いなno, nay, well
匹 【き】① counter for small animals ② counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size) ③ roll of cloth
恋心 【こいごころ】one's love, awakening of love
空瓶 【あきびん】empty bottle
軍 【いくさ】war, battle, campaign, fight
一軒家 【いっけんや】① detached house, single house ② isolated house
偉力 【いりょく】power, might, authority, influence
浮世 【うきよ】fleeting life, this transient world, sad world
埋立地 【うめたてち】reclaimed land
裏付 【うらづけ】backing, support, endorsement, collateral, security, guarantee, proof, substantiation, foundation, lining (something), something lined
領 【えり】neck, collar, lapel, neckband
課目 【かもく】(school) subject, curriculum, course
枯木 【かれき】dead tree, dry wood
枯葉 【かれは】dead leaf, dry leaves
河原 【かわら】dry river bed, river beach
河原 【かわはら】dry river bed, river beach
乾季 【かんき】dry season
効目 【ききめ】effect, virtue, efficacy, impression
希薄 【きはく】thin (e.g. air), lean, rarified, diluted, sparse, weak, rarefied
切札 【きりふだ】trump card
疑似 【ぎじ】suspected, pseudo, sham, quasi, false, mock
曇 【くもり】cloudiness, cloudy weather, shadow
消印 【けしいん】postmark, (postal) cancellation mark
更衣 【ころもがえ】① seasonal change of clothing, changing (one's) dress for the season ② renovation, facelift, changing appearance
五輪 【ごりん】the Olympics
史跡 【しせき】historical landmark
支払 【しはらい】payment
主位 【しゅい】first place, head position, leading position
出版社 【しゅっぱんしゃ】publisher
出版者 【しゅっぱんしゃ】publisher
賞賛 【しょうさん】praise, admiration, commendation, approbation
実状 【じつじょう】real condition, actual circumstances, actual state of affairs
若年 【じゃくねん】youth
住居 【すまい】dwelling, house, residence, address
隅々 【すみずみ】every nook and corner
浅学非才 【せんがくひさい】one's lack of learning or ability, shallow learning and limited ability
占用 【せんよう】① exclusive use, personal use, dedicated ② private (e.g. network)
自民党 【じみんとう】Liberal Democratic Party, LDP
甘味 【あまみ】sweetness, sugary taste
幾度 【いくど】(how) many times, (how) often
要 【かなめ】① pivot ② vital point, cornerstone, keystone ③ Japanese photinia
辛口 【からくち】① dry taste (e.g. sake, wine) ② salty (taste) ③ harsh, scathing
経済的 【けいざいてき】economic, economical
食中毒 【しょくちゅうどく】food poisoning
水爆 【すいばく】hydrogen bomb
介助 【かいじょ】① help, assistance, aid ② to assist, to help, to aid
完投 【かんとう】going the whole distance, pitching a whole game
完売 【かんばい】sold out
気鋭 【きえい】spirited, energetic
急伸 【きゅうしん】sudden rise (esp. of stock prices), jump
純 【じゅん】pure, innocent, chaste
巨木 【きょぼく】big tree
漁民 【ぎょみん】fishermen
競馬場 【けいばじょう】racecourse, race track
強行採決 【きょうこうさいけつ】steamroller voting, steamrollering
禁止法 【きんしほう】negative statute, law against something
近著 【きんちょ】recent work
芸術祭 【げいじゅつさい】art festival
建設省 【けんせつしょう】Ministry of Construction
建築学 【けんちくがく】architecture
好成績 【こうせいせき】good results
行政処分 【ぎょうせいしょぶん】administrative measures (disposition)
鉱区 【こうく】mining area, mine lot
実像 【じつぞう】real image, one's real life
喫煙席 【きつえんせき】smoking seat
婚約者 【こんやくしゃ】fiance, fiancee
責任感 【せきにんかん】sense of responsibility
戦績 【せんせき】war or military record, score, military achievements, results
雇用者 【こようしゃ】① employee ② employer, person hiring others
署長 【しょちょう】chief (of police), head (of office)
署員 【しょいん】staff member, station employee, official
国勢調査 【こくせいちょうさ】(national) census
国土庁 【こくどちょう】(Japanese) National Land Agency
作況指数 【さっきょうしすう】rice-crop index
賛意 【さんい】approval, assent
自民 【じみん】Liberal Democratic Party, LDP
首脳部 【しゅのうぶ】executives, top management, governing body
州政府 【しゅうせいふ】state government
終了後 【しゅうりょうご】after the end (of something), post-
完全雇用 【かんぜんこよう】full employment
荒療治 【あらりょうじ】drastic measure or treatment
恐怖心 【きょうふしん】fear, terror
雇用主 【こようぬし】employer
専門学校 【せんもんがっこう】vocational school, technical school
蒸気機関 【じょうききかん】steam engine
純白 【じゅんぱく】pure or snow white
船籍 【せんせき】ship's nationality, ship's country of registration
水浴 【すいよく】a bath, bathing
招待客 【しょうたいきゃく】invitee
消沈 【しょうちん】depression, low spirits, dejection
精神的 【せいしんてき】mental, emotional
幾何 【いくばく】how many, how much
幾夜 【いくよ】number of nights
機械工 【きかいこう】machinist, mechanic
大詰 【おおづめ】final scene, the end, finale
心臓外科 【しんぞうげか】heart surgery
月刊雑誌 【げっかんざっし】monthly magazine
川幅 【かわはば】width of a river
呼吸困難 【こきゅうこんなん】labored breathing, laboured breathing, dyspnea, dyspnoea
根菜 【こんさい】root crops
柔毛 【じゅうもう】① soft hair ② villus (intestinal)
女生徒 【じょせいと】girl student, schoolgirl
生徒数 【せいとすう】number of pupils
香 【きょう】lance (shogi)
温泉宿 【おんせんやど】hot-spring hotel
家庭菜園 【かていさいえん】kitchen garden
喫煙所 【きつえんしょ】smoking area (corner)
訓練生 【くんれんせい】trainee
上昇傾向 【じょうしょうけいこう】upward tendency, rising trend
西欧諸国 【せいおうしょこく】West European countries
紹介文 【しょうかいぶん】introductory essay
新卒 【しんそつ】new (recent) graduate
域 【いき】region, limits, stage, level
願 【がん】prayer, wish, vow
極 【きょく】① pole ② climax, extreme, extremity, culmination, height, zenith, nadir
訓 【くん】native Japanese reading (rendering) of a Chinese character
経 【きょう】sutra, Buddhist scriptures
賛 【さん】① praise, tribute ② inscription (on a painting)
師 【し】① teacher, master, one's mentor ② religious leader ③ specialist
将 【しょう】commander, general, leader
籍 【せき】one's family register, one's domicile
永久凍土 【えいきゅうとうど】permafrost
時針 【じしん】hour hand (watch, clock)
初 【うぶ】① innocent, naive, unsophisticated, inexperienced, green, wet behind the ears ② birth-
英仏 【えいふつ】Britain and France, Anglo-French
機 【き】① chance, opportunity ② machine ③ aircraft ④ counter for aircraft ⑤ counter for remaining lives (in video games)
減 【げん】reduction
枝 【し】counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
材 【ざい】① wood, lumber, timber ② man of talent ③ (raw) material, ingredients
城 【じょう】castle (in place names)
幾何学的 【きかがくてき】geometrical
世界各地 【せかいかくち】all over the world
経験豊富 【けいけんほうふ】experienced, well-versed
種類豊富 【しゅるいほうふ】rich in variety, diverse, wide-ranging, multifarious
世界各国 【せかいかっこく】countries all over the world, all the countries of the world
最新鋭 【さいしんえい】state-of-the-art, cutting-edge
署 【しょ】station (esp. a police station), office (i.e. tax office)
格安航空券 【かくやすこうくうけん】discount airline ticket
個 【か】counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted), a noun read using its on-yomi
こわfrightening, terrifying
衣 【きぬ】clothing;
簡易住宅 【かんいじゅうたく】prefab, prefabricated house
大汗 【おおあせ】heavy sweating, a great deal of sweat
共 【ごと】with the rest, all of, the whole
依拠 【いきょ】dependence
一喜一憂 【いっきいちゆう】now rejoicing, now worrying, swinging from joy to sorrow, glad and sad by turns, alternating hope and fear, unable to put one's mind at ease
一酸化炭素 【いっさんかたんそ】carbon monoxide
標 【しるし】① mark ② symbol ③ evidence
徴 【しるし】① mark ② symbol ③ evidence
陰湿 【いんしつ】① malicious, spiteful, vicious ② devious, underhanded, sly ③ damp and shady
韻律 【いんりつ】rhythm, metre (poet)
宇宙空間 【うちゅうくうかん】the void of space
雲散霧消 【うんさんむしょう】vanishing like mist
栄誉 【えいよ】honour, honor
栄養士 【えいようし】nutritionist
鋭敏 【えいびん】sharpness, keenness, sensitiveness, mental acumen
液晶 【えきしょう】liquid crystal
駅弁 【えきべん】① boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty) ② variety of sexual position
沿海 【えんかい】coast, shore, inshore, coastal waters
塩素 【えんそ】chlorine (Cl)
応接 【おうせつ】reception
応募者 【おうぼしゃ】applicant
欧洲 【おうしゅう】Europe
仮称 【かしょう】temporary name
詩 【うた】① song ② classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka) ③ modern poetry
花粉症 【かふんしょう】hay fever, pollinosis (allergy to pollen)
懐柔 【かいじゅう】winning over, placation, gentle persuasion
皆既日食 【かいきにっしょく】total solar eclipse
核燃料 【かくねんりょう】atomic fuel
感嘆 【かんたん】admiration, wonder
感嘆符 【かんたんふ】exclamation point, exclamation mark
歓喜 【かんき】delight, great joy
漢詩 【かんし】Chinese poetry
肝 【きも】① liver, innards ② courage, spirit, pluck, guts
肝硬変 【かんこうへん】cirrhosis of the liver
岩盤 【がんばん】bedrock
かたくなobstinate
喜怒哀楽 【きどあいらく】human emotions (joy, anger, pathos, and humor) (humour)
紀律 【きりつ】① order, observance, discipline ② rules, law, regulations
偽 【ぎ】(logic) false
儀 【ぎ】① ceremony ② matter, affair ③ with regard to (used after a person's name, a personal pronoun, etc. in epistolary style), as for, as concerns
義兄 【ぎけい】brother-in-law
義姉 【ぎし】sister-in-law (elder), stepsister (elder)
虐殺 【ぎゃくさつ】atrocity, massive killing
宮城 【きゅうじょう】Imperial Palace
救急 【きゅうきゅう】first-aid, emergency (aid)
巨匠 【きょしょう】master, masterhand, maestro
供養 【くよう】memorial service for the dead, holding a service
挟撃 【きょうげき】pincer movement, pincer attack
狂犬 【きょうけん】mad dog
筋 【きん】① muscle ② string, sinew, line, stripe ③ plot, plan ④ source (of business information) ⑤ reason, logic
勲章 【くんしょう】decoration, order, medal
君臨 【くんりん】① reigning, controlling ② to reign, to dictate, to control
傾聴 【けいちょう】listening closely
兄貴 【あにき】one's senior, elder brother
憩 【いこい】rest
敬称 【けいしょう】title of honour, title of honor
渓谷 【けいこく】valley, ravine, canyon
経緯 【いきさつ】① details, whole story, sequence of events, chronology, particulars, how it started, how things got this way ② complications, position
鶏 【かけ】① (domestic) chicken ② chicken (meat)
鶏 【くたかけ】① (domestic) chicken ② chicken (meat)
鶏卵 【けいらん】hens egg
迎撃 【げいげき】intercept, interception, counter attack
迎賓館 【げいひんかん】reception hall
鯨 【くじら】whale
激怒 【げきど】rage, indignation, exasperation
健 【けん】health, strength, stick-to-itiveness
健康保険 【けんこうほけん】health insurance
検察 【けんさつ】examination, prosecutor
検証 【けんしょう】verification, inspection
検定 【けんてい】official certification, approval, inspection
源泉 【げんせん】source
呼吸器 【こきゅうき】respiratory organs
己 【おのれ】① I (or me) ② you ③ by oneself (itself, etc.) ④ interjection expressing anger or chagrin
呉 【ご】giving, doing (something) for
呉越同舟 【ごえつどうしゅう】bitter enemies (placed by fate) in the same boat
ごめんyour pardon, declining (something), dismissal, permission
拘泥 【こうでい】adherence to, being a stickler
硬派 【こうは】tough elements, hard-liners, stalwarts
高所恐怖症 【こうしょきょうふしょう】fear of heights, acrophobia
酷寒 【こっかん】severe (intense) cold, depth of winter
困窮 【こんきゅう】poverty, distress
砂浜 【すなはま】sandy beach
債 【さい】debt, loan
催 【さい】hold (a meeting)
催涙弾 【さいるいだん】tear-gas bomb
祭典 【さいてん】festival
剤 【ざい】medicine, agent, (chemical) substance, drug, dose
枝葉末節 【しようまっせつ】unimportant details (lit: branches and leaves), inessentials
自己紹介 【じこしょうかい】self-introduction
疾患 【しっかん】disease, ailment
煮沸 【しゃふつ】boiling up
社会福祉 【しゃかいふくし】social welfare
寿 【ことぶき】congratulations!, long life!
授業料 【じゅぎょうりょう】tuition fee, course fee
授与 【じゅよ】award, conferment
樹脂 【じゅし】resin, rosin
樹齢 【じゅれい】age of a tree
洲 【しゅう】① state, province, county (UK), department (of ancient China) ② continent
秀才 【しゅうさい】prodigy
宿舎 【しゅくしゃ】lodging house
祝儀 【しゅうぎ】congratulations, celebration, congratulatory gift, tip
熟練 【じゅくれん】skill, dexterity, proficiency
旬 【しゅん】season (e.g. fruit, fish)
旬 【じゅん】ten-day period
純益 【じゅんえき】clear profit, net income, net profit
召喚 【しょうかん】summons
召還 【しょうかん】recall, calling someone back, summons (home)
症候群 【しょうこうぐん】syndrome
障壁 【しょうへき】enclosing wall, barrier
城壁 【じょうへき】rampart, castle walls
振幅 【しんぷく】amplitude (of vibration), swing of pendulum
森羅万象 【しんらばんしょう】all things in nature, the whole creation
真珠湾 【しんじゅわん】Pearl Harbor
酸 【す】vinegar
生命保険 【せいめいほけん】life insurance
製鋼 【せいこう】steel manufacture
製薬 【せいやく】medicine manufacture, drug manufacture
扇 【おうぎ】folding fan
扇 【おおぎ】folding fan
旋律 【せんりつ】melody, tune
銭 【せん】① hundredth of a yen ② coin made of non-precious materials
銭湯 【せんとう】bath-house, public bath
鮮魚 【せんぎょ】fresh fish
沢 【さわ】① swamp, marsh ② mountain stream, valley, dale
潮 【うしお】① tide, current ② salt water ③ opportunity
彼氏 【かれし】boyfriend
樹 【き】tree, wood, timber
益 【えき】① benefit, use, good, advantage, gain ② profit, gains
円滑 【えんこつ】smooth, undisturbed, uninterrupted, harmonious
己 【おれ】(masc) I, me (rough or arrogant-sounding first-person pronoun, formerly also used by women)
仮名 【かめい】alias, pseudonym, pen name, nom de plume
仮名 【かりな】alias, pseudonym, pen name, nom de plume
仮名 【けみょう】alias, pseudonym, pen name, nom de plume
暇 【いとま】① spare time, free time, leisure ② time off, day off, vacation, holiday, leave ③ quitting (one's job), firing someone, divorcing (one's spouse) ④ (of one's time) free, (of one's business) slow ⑤ leaving, departing
幹 【かん】(tree) trunk, (arrow) shaft, (tool) handle, backbone, base
眼鏡 【がんきょう】① spectacles, glasses ② judgement, discrimination, discernment, insight
興 【きょう】① interest, entertainment, pleasure ② implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
舎 【しゃ】hut, house
舎 【せき】inn, hut, house, mansion
傷 【しょう】wound, injury, cut, gash, bruise, scratch, hurt, scar, chip, crack, scratch, (emotional) hurt, hurt feelings, weak point, flaw
丈夫 【じょうふ】hero, manly person, warrior
価 【あたい】① price, cost ② value, worth, merit ③ variable (computer programming, programing) ④ value, count, number ⑤ to have value, to have merit
面 【おもて】① face ② surface ③ mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
依嘱 【いしょく】entrusting (with)
憶測 【おくそく】guess, speculation, supposition
仮設 【かせつ】temporary, provisional
恐竜 【きょうりゅう】dinosaur
邦 【くに】① country, (the) state ② region ③ home (i.e. hometown, home country)
挿絵 【さしえ】(book) illustration
仕上 【しあげ】end, finishing touches, being finished
招請 【しょうせい】calling together, invitation
吸殻 【すいがら】cigarette end (butt), tobacco ashes
叔母 【しゅくぼ】aunt (younger than one's parent)
宇宙開発 【うちゅうかいはつ】space development
簡易保険 【かんいほけん】postal life insurance
簡裁 【かんさい】summary court, court of summary offences, court of summary offenses
酷 【こく】① severe, harsh, stringent, rigorous, strict, unfair ② body (esp. of food, wine, etc.), weight, substance
紅潮 【こうちょう】flush, blush
催涙 【さいるい】lachrymal
賜杯 【しはい】Emperor's cup, trophy given by the Emperor
授賞式 【じゅしょうしき】award ceremony
宇宙科学 【うちゅうかがく】cosmo-chemistry, space science
昇華 【しょうか】sublimation
建築士 【けんちくし】(authorized) architect and builder (authorised)
拡大均衡 【かくだいきんこう】an expanded or expanding equilibrium
鉱物資源 【こうぶつしげん】mineral resources
沿海州 【えんかいしゅう】(Russian) maritime provinces
青銅器 【せいどうき】bronze ware
煮沸消毒 【しゃふつしょうどく】sterilization by boiling, sterilisation by boiling
一般大衆 【いっぱんたいしゅう】ordinary people, general public, public at large
井 【い】well
森林火災 【しんりんかさい】forest fire
企業業績 【きぎょうぎょうせき】corporate earnings, corporate performance
救急医療 【きゅうきゅういりょう】emergency medicine
源 【げん】source, origin
呼吸器疾患 【こきゅうきしっかん】respiratory illness
素 【す】① plain, unadorned, undecorated, unadulterated, au naturel ② (before a noun) mere, poor ③ (before an adjective) exceedingly
おらfirst person pronoun (usually male)
狂 【きょう】① (some type of) enthusiast ② somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
おんどら(insulting) you (Hyougo Banshu dialect)
かどcharge, grounds, suspicion
器 【き】① device, instrument ② vessel, container
銭 【ぜに】① coin made of non-precious materials ② money
授業参観 【じゅぎょうさんかん】parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)
叙述用法 【じょじゅつようほう】predicative (use), descriptive (use)
胃癌 【いがん】stomach cancer
隔靴掻痒 【かっかそうよう】being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe), having an itch that one cannot scratch
靴紐 【くつひも】shoelace, bootlace
谿谷 【けいこく】valley, ravine, canyon
腎臓 【じんぞう】kidney
切磋琢磨 【せっさたくま】cultivate one's character by studying hard, diligent application
狼 【おおかみ】wolf (carnivore, Canis lupus)
乾咳 【からせき】① dry cough, hacking cough ② intentional cough (i.e. to get someone's attention)
危惧 【きぐ】fear, misgivings
仔牛 【こうし】calf
尖塔 【せんとう】spire, steeple, pinnacle, minaret
一匹狼 【いっぴきおおかみ】lone wolf, loner, self-reliant person
心臓麻痺 【しんぞうまひ】cardioplegia, heart attack