関税 (かんぜい)
Meaning: customs | duty | tariff
愛想 (あいそう)
Meaning: civility | courtesy | compliments | sociability | graces
間柄 (あいだがら)
Meaning: relation(ship)
合間 (あいま)
Meaning: interval
敢えて (あえて)
Meaning: dare (to do) | challenge (to do)
垢 (あか)
Meaning: dirt | filth
赤字 (あかじ)
Meaning: deficit | go in the red
明かす (あかす)
Meaning: to pass | spend | to reveal | to divulge
赤らむ (あからむ)
Meaning: to become red | to redden | to blush
上がり (あがり)
Meaning: (1) ascent | rise | slope | (2) freshly-drawn green tea (esp. in sushi shops) | (3) advance income | crop yield | (4) death | spinning | completion | stop | finish | (5) after (rain) | ex (official, etc.)
あくどい (あくどい)
Meaning: (1) gaudy | showy | excessive | (2) vicious
顎 (あご)
Meaning: chin | jaw
麻 (あさ)
Meaning: flax | linen | hemp
浅ましい (あさましい)
Meaning: wretched | miserable | shameful | mean | despicable | abject
欺く (あざむく)
Meaning: to deceive
鮮やか (あざやか)
Meaning: vivid | clear | brilliant
嘲笑う (あざわらう)
Meaning: to sneer at | to ridicule
悪しからず (あしからず)
Meaning: don't take me wrong, but .. | I'm sorry
焦る (あせる)
Meaning: to be in a hurry | to be impatient
褪せる (あせる)
Meaning: to fade | to discolor
値 (あたい)
Meaning: (1) value | price | cost | worth | merit | (2) variable (computer programming)
値する (あたいする)
Meaning: to be worth | to deserve | to merit
悪化 (あっか)
Meaning: (suffer) deterioration | growing worse | aggravation | degeneration | corruption
呆気ない (あっけない)
Meaning: not enough | too quick (short, long, etc.)
あっさり (あっさり)
Meaning: easily | readily | quickly
圧迫 (あっぱく)
Meaning: pressure | coercion | oppression
誂える (あつらえる)
Meaning: to give an order | to place an order
圧力 (あつりょく)
Meaning: stress | pressure
当て (あて)
Meaning: object | aim | end | hopes | expectations
宛 (あて)
Meaning: addressed to (suffix)
当て字 (あてじ)
Meaning: phonetic-equivalent character | substitute character
宛名 (あてな)
Meaning: address | direction
宛てる (あてる)
Meaning: to address
跡継ぎ (あとつぎ)
Meaning: heir | successor
後回し (あとまわし)
Meaning: putting off | postponing
油絵 (あぶらえ)
Meaning: oil painting
甘える (あまえる)
Meaning: (1) to behave like a spoiled child | to fawn on | (2) to depend and presume upon another's benevolence
雨具 (あまぐ)
Meaning: rain gear
甘口 (あまくち)
Meaning: sweet flavour | mildness | flattery | stupidity
アマチュア (アマチュア)
Meaning: amateur
網 (あみ)
Meaning: net | network
操る (あやつる)
Meaning: to manipulate | to operate | to pull strings
危ぶむ (あやぶむ)
Meaning: to fear | to have misgivings | to be doubtful | to mistrust
あやふや (あやふや)
Meaning: uncertain | vague | ambiguous
改まる (あらたまる)
Meaning: (1) to be renewed | (2) to stand on ceremony | to be formal | (3) to take a turn for the worse
荒っぽい (あらっぽい)
Meaning: rough | rude
霰 (あられ)
Meaning: hail (i.e. falling iceballs)
有様 (ありさま)
Meaning: state | condition | circumstances | the way things are or should be | truth
有りのまま (ありのまま)
Meaning: the truth | fact | as it is | frankly
有触れる (ありふれる)
Meaning: common
アルカリ (アルカリ)
Meaning: alkali
アルミ (アルミ)
Meaning: aluminum (Al) | aluminium
合わす (あわす)
Meaning: to join together | to face | to unite | to be opposite | to combine | to connect | to add up | to mix | to match | to overlap | to compare | to check with
合わせ (あわせ)
Meaning: joint together | opposite | facing (suffix)
アンケート (アンケート)
Meaning: questionnaire (fr: enquete) | survey
アンコール (アンコール)
Meaning: encore
暗殺 (あんさつ)
Meaning: assassination
暗示 (あんじ)
Meaning: hint | suggestion
案じる (あんじる)
Meaning: to be anxious | to ponder
安静 (あんせい)
Meaning: rest
案の定 (あんのじょう)
Meaning: sure enough | as usual
いい加減 (いいかげん)
Meaning: moderate | right | random | not thorough | vague | irresponsible | halfhearted
言い訳 (いいわけ)
Meaning: (1) excuse | (2) explanation
医員 (いいん)
Meaning: medical staff | doctor
家出 (いえで)
Meaning: running away from home | leaving home
生かす (いかす)
Meaning: to revive | to resuscitate | to make use of
如何に (いかに)
Meaning: how? | in what way? | how much? | however | whatever
如何にも (いかにも)
Meaning: indeed | really | phrase meaning agreement
怒り (いかり)
Meaning: anger | hatred
粋 (いき)
Meaning: chic | style | purity | essence
異議 (いぎ)
Meaning: objection | dissent | protest
生き甲斐 (いきがい)
Meaning: something one lives for, very important
行き違い (いきちがい)
Meaning: misunderstanding | estrangement | disagreement | crossing without meeting | going astray
意気込む (いきごむ)
Meaning: to be enthusiastic about
育成 (いくせい)
Meaning: rearing | training | nurture | cultivation | promotion
幾多 (いくた)
Meaning: many | numerous
生ける (いける)
Meaning: to arrange (flowers)
異見 (いけん)
Meaning: different opinion | objection
意向 (いこう)
Meaning: intention | idea | inclination
移行 (いこう)
Meaning: switching over to
意地 (いじ)
Meaning: disposition | spirit | willpower | obstinacy | backbone | appetite
移住 (いじゅう)
Meaning: migration | immigration
弄る (いじる)
Meaning: to touch | to tamper with
異性 (いせい)
Meaning: the opposite sex
依然 (いぜん)
Meaning: still | as yet
依存 (いぞん)
Meaning: dependence | dependent | reliance
委託 (いたく)
Meaning: consign (goods (for sale) to a firm) | entrust (person with something) | commit
頂 (いただき)
Meaning: (1) crown (of head) | summit (of mountain) | spire | (2) easy win for one | (3) something received
至って (いたって)
Meaning: very much | exceedingly | extremely
炒める (いためる)
Meaning: to stir-fry
市 (いち)
Meaning: market | fair
一一 (いちいち)
Meaning: one by one | separately
一概に (いちがいに)
Meaning: unconditionally | as a rule
著しい (いちじるしい)
Meaning: remarkable | considerable
一同 (いちどう)
Meaning: all present | all concerned | all of us
一部分 (いちぶぶん)
Meaning: a part | a portion | a section
一別 (いちべつ)
Meaning: parting
一面 (いちめん)
Meaning: one side | one phase | front page | the other hand | the whole surface
一目 (いちもく)
Meaning: a glance | a look | a glimpse
一様 (いちよう)
Meaning: uniformity | evenness | similarity | equality | impartiality
一律 (いちりつ)
Meaning: evenness | uniformity | monotony | equality
一連 (いちれん)
Meaning: a series | a chain | a ream (of paper)
一括 (いっかつ)
Meaning: all together | batch | one lump | one bundle | summing up
一気 (いっき)
Meaning: drink! (said repeatedly as a party cheer)
一挙に (いっきょに)
Meaning: at a stroke | with a single swoop
一見 (いっけん)
Meaning: (1) look | glimpse | glance | (2) (adv) apparently | seemingly | (3) first meeting
一切 (いっさい)
Meaning: all | everything | without exception | the whole | entirely | absolutely
一心 (いっしん)
Meaning: one mind | wholeheartedness | the whole heart
いっそ (いっそ)
Meaning: rather | sooner | might as well
一帯 (いったい)
Meaning: region | zone | whole place
一変 (いっぺん)
Meaning: complete change | about-face
意図 (いと)
Meaning: intention | aim | design
異動 (いどう)
Meaning: change
営む (いとなむ)
Meaning: to carry on (e.g. in ceremony) | to run a business
挑む (いどむ)
Meaning: to challenge | to contend for | to make love to
稲光 (いなびかり)
Meaning: (flash of) lightning
鼾 (いびき)
Meaning: snoring
今更 (いまさら)
Meaning: now | at this late hour
未だ (いまだ)
Meaning: as yet | hitherto | (2) not yet (with negative verb)
移民 (いみん)
Meaning: (1) emigration | immigration | (2) emigrant | immigrant
嫌嫌 (いやいや)
Meaning: unwillingly | grudgingly | shaking head in refusal (to children)
卑しい (いやしい)
Meaning: greedy | vulgar | shabby | humble | base | mean | vile
いやに (いやに)
Meaning: awfully | terribly
厭やらしい (いやらしい)
Meaning: unpleasant | disgusting | repulsive | detestable | disagreeable | indecent | lewd | dirty | lascivious
意欲 (いよく)
Meaning: will | desire | ambition
衣料 (いりょう)
Meaning: clothing
威力 (いりょく)
Meaning: power | might | authority | influence
衣類 (いるい)
Meaning: clothes | clothing | garments
異論 (いろん)
Meaning: different opinion | objection
印鑑 (いんかん)
Meaning: stamp | seal
陰気 (いんき)
Meaning: gloom | melancholy
隠居 (いんきょ)
Meaning: (1) retirement | (2) retired person
インテリ (インテリ)
Meaning: egghead | intelligentsia
インフレ (インフレ)
Meaning: inflation
受かる (うかる)
Meaning: to pass (examination)
受け入れ (うけいれ)
Meaning: receiving | acceptance
受け入れる (うけいれる)
Meaning: to accept | to receive
受け継ぐ (うけつぐ)
Meaning: to inherit | to succeed | to take over
受け付ける (うけつける)
Meaning: to be accepted | to receive (an application)
受け止める (うけとめる)
Meaning: to catch | to stop the blow | to react to | to take
受身 (うけみ)
Meaning: passive | passive voice
受け持ち (うけもち)
Meaning: charge (of something) | matter in one's charge
渦 (うず)
Meaning: swirl
埋める (うずめる)
Meaning: to bury (e.g. one's face in hands)
転寝 (うたたね)
Meaning: dozing | napping (e.g. on the floor in one's clothes, in the train)
打ち明ける (うちあける)
Meaning: to be frank | to speak one's mind | to open one's heart
打ち切る (うちきる)
Meaning: to stop | to abort | to discontinue | to close
打消し (うちけし)
Meaning: negation | denial | negative
打ち込む (うちこむ)
Meaning: to drive in (e.g. nail, stake) | to devote oneself to | to shoot into | to smash | to throw into | to cast into
団扇 (うちわ)
Meaning: fan
内訳 (うちわけ)
Meaning: the items | breakdown | classification
訴え (うったえ)
Meaning: lawsuit | complaint
鬱陶しい (うっとうしい)
Meaning: gloomy | depressing
俯く (うつむく)
Meaning: to hang one's head for shame
空ろ (うつろ)
Meaning: blank | cavity | hollow | empty (space)
器 (うつわ)
Meaning: bowl | vessel | container
腕前 (うでまえ)
Meaning: ability | skill | facility
雨天 (うてん)
Meaning: rainy weather
促す (うながす)
Meaning: to urge | to press | to suggest | to demand | to stimulate | to quicken | to incite | to invite (attention to)
自惚れ (うぬぼれ)
Meaning: pretension | conceit | hubris
生まれつき (うまれつき)
Meaning: by nature | by birth | native
埋まる (うまる)
Meaning: to be buried | to be surrounded | to overflow | to be filled
産む (うむ)
Meaning: to give birth | to deliver | to produce
埋め込む (うめこむ)
Meaning: to bury
梅干し (うめぼし)
Meaning: dried plum	
売り出し (うりだし)
Meaning: (bargain) sale
売り出す (うりだす)
Meaning: to put on sale | to market | to become popular
潤う (うるおう)
Meaning: to be moist | to be damp | to get wet | to profit by | to be watered | to receive benefits | to favor | to charm | to steepen
上回る (うわまわる)
Meaning: to exceed
うんざり (うんざり)
Meaning: tedious | boring | being fed up with
運送 (うんそう)
Meaning: shipping | marine transportation
運賃 (うんちん)
Meaning: freight rates | shipping expenses | fare
云云 (うんぬん)
Meaning: and so on | and so forth | comment
運搬 (うんぱん)
Meaning: transport | carriage
運輸 (うんゆ)
Meaning: transportation
運用 (うんよう)
Meaning: making use of | application | investment | practical use
柄 (え)
Meaning: handle | grip
営 (えい)
Meaning: occupation
英字 (えいじ)
Meaning: English letter (character)
映写 (えいしゃ)
Meaning: projection
衛星 (えいせい)
Meaning: satellite
映像 (えいぞう)
Meaning: reflection | image
英雄 (えいゆう)
Meaning: hero | great man
液 (えき)
Meaning: liquid | fluid
閲覧 (えつらん)
Meaning: inspection | reading
獲物 (えもの)
Meaning: game | spoils | trophy
襟 (えり)
Meaning: neck | collar | lapel | neckband
円滑 (えんかつ)
Meaning: harmony | smoothness
縁側 (えんがわ)
Meaning: veranda | porch | balcony | open corridor
沿岸 (えんがん)
Meaning: coast | shore
婉曲 (えんきょく)
Meaning: euphemistic | circumlocution | roundabout | indirect | insinuating
演出 (えんしゅつ)
Meaning: production (e.g. play) | direction
演じる (えんじる)
Meaning: to perform (a play) | to play (a part) | to act (a part) | to commit (a blunder)
演ずる (えんずる)
Meaning: to perform | to play
沿線 (えんせん)
Meaning: along railway line
縁談 (えんだん)
Meaning: marriage proposal | engagement
遠方 (えんぽう)
Meaning: long way | distant place
円満 (えんまん)
Meaning: perfection | harmony | peace | smoothness | completeness | satisfaction | integrity
尾 (お)
Meaning: tail | ridge
追い込む (おいこむ)
Meaning: to herd | to corner | to drive
追い出す (おいだす)
Meaning: to expel | to drive out
於いて (おいて)
Meaning: at | in | on
負う (おう)
Meaning: to bear | to owe
黄金 (おうごん)
Meaning: gold
往診 (おうしん)
Meaning: doctor's visit | house call
応募 (おうぼ)
Meaning: subscription | application
大方 (おおかた)
Meaning: perhaps | almost all | majority
大柄 (おおがら)
Meaning: large build | large pattern
大げさ (おおげさ)
Meaning: grandiose | exaggerated
大筋 (おおすじ)
Meaning: outline | summary
大空 (おおぞら)
Meaning: heaven | firmament | the sky
大幅 (おおはば)
Meaning: full width | large scale | drastic
大まか (おおまか)
Meaning: rough | broad | generous | general
大水 (おおみず)
Meaning: flood
犯す (おかす)
Meaning: to commit | to perpetrate | to violate | to rape
侵す (おかす)
Meaning: to invade | to raid | to trespass | to violate | to intrude on
公 (おおやけ)
Meaning: official | public | formal | open | governmental
臆病 (おくびょう)
Meaning: cowardice | timidity
遅らす (おくらす)
Meaning: to retard | to delay
遅れ (おくれ)
Meaning: delay | lag
厳か (おごそか)
Meaning: austere | majestic | dignified | stately | awful | impressive
収まる (おさまる)
Meaning: (1) to be in one's place | to be installed | to settle into | (2) to be obtained | to be settled | to be paid | to be delivered
お産 (おさん)
Meaning: (giving) birth
教え (おしえ)
Meaning: teachings | precept | lesson | doctrine
押し切る (おしきる)
Meaning: to have one's own way
押し込む (おしこむ)
Meaning: to push into | to crowd into
押し寄せる (おしよせる)
Meaning: to push aside | to advance on
雄 (おす)
Meaning: male (animal)
お世辞 (おせじ)
Meaning: flattery | compliment
襲う (おそう)
Meaning: to attack
遅くとも (おそくとも)
Meaning: at the latest
恐れ (おそれ)
Meaning: fear | horror
恐れ入る (おそれいる)
Meaning: to be filled with awe | to feel small | to be amazed | to be surprised | to be disconcerted | to be sorry | to be grateful | to be defeated | to confess guilt
煽てる (おだてる)
Meaning: to stir up | to instigate | to flatter
落ち込む (おちこむ)
Meaning: to fall into | to feel down (sad)
落ち着き (おちつき)
Meaning: calm | composure
乙 (おつ)
Meaning: strange | quaint | stylish | chic | spicy | queer | witty | tasty | romantic
お使い (おつかい)
Meaning: (1) errand | (2) usage | (3) ability to use
おっかない (おっかない)
Meaning: frightening | huge
お手上げ (おてあげ)
Meaning: all over | given in | given up hope | bring to knees
おどおど (おどおど)
Meaning: coweringly | hesitantly
脅す (おどす)
Meaning: to threaten | to menace
訪れる (おとずれる)
Meaning: to visit
お供 (おとも)
Meaning: attendant | companion
衰える (おとろえる)
Meaning: to become weak | to decline | to wear | to abate | to decay | to wither | to waste away
同い年 (おないどし)
Meaning: of the same age
自ずから (おのずから)
Meaning: naturally | as a matter of course
怯える (おびえる)
Meaning: to become frightened | to have a nightmare
夥しい (おびただしい)
Meaning: abundantly | innumerably
脅かす (おびやかす)
Meaning: to threaten | to coerce
帯びる (おびる)
Meaning: to wear | to carry | to be entrusted | to have | to take on | to have a trace of | to be tinged with
お袋 (おふくろ)
Meaning: one's mother
覚え (おぼえ)
Meaning: memory | sense | experience
お宮 (おみや)
Meaning: Shinto shrine
お襁褓 (おむつ)
Meaning: diaper | nappy
思い付き (おもいつき)
Meaning: plan | idea | suggestion
趣 (おもむき)
Meaning: (1) meaning | tenor | gist | (2) effect | influence | (3) appearance | aspect | (4) taste | (5) grace | charm | refinement
赴く (おもむく)
Meaning: to go | to proceed | to repair to | to become
重んじる (おもんじる)
Meaning: to respect | to honor | to esteem | to prize
及び (および)
Meaning: and | as well as
及ぶ (およぶ)
Meaning: to reach | to come up to | to amount to | to befall | to happen to | to extend | to match | to equal
折 (おり)
Meaning: chance | suitable time
檻 (おり)
Meaning: cage | pen | jail cell
折り返す (おりかえす)
Meaning: to turn up | to fold back
織物 (おりもの)
Meaning: textile | fabric
織る (おる)
Meaning: to weave
愚か (おろか)
Meaning: foolish | stupid
疎か (おろそか)
Meaning: neglect | negligence | carelessness
負んぶ (おんぶ)
Meaning: carrying on one's back (e.g. baby)
温和 (おんわ)
Meaning: gentle | mild | moderate
街 (がい)
Meaning: .. street | .. quarters
改悪 (かいあく)
Meaning: deterioration | changing for the worse
海運 (かいうん)
Meaning: maritime | marine transportation
外貨 (がいか)
Meaning: imported goods | foreign money
改革 (かいかく)
Meaning: reform | reformation | innovation
貝殼 (かいがら)
Meaning: shell
外観 (がいかん)
Meaning: appearance | exterior | facade
階級 (かいきゅう)
Meaning: class | rank | grade
海峡 (かいきょう)
Meaning: channel
会見 (かいけん)
Meaning: interview | audience
介護 (かいご)
Meaning: nursing
開催 (かいさい)
Meaning: holding a meeting | open an exhibition
回収 (かいしゅう)
Meaning: collection | recovery
改修 (かいしゅう)
Meaning: repair | improvement
解除 (かいじょ)
Meaning: cancellation | rescinding | release | calling off
外相 (がいしょう)
Meaning: Foreign Minister
害する (がいする)
Meaning: to injure | to damage | to harm | to kill | to hinder
解説 (かいせつ)
Meaning: explanation | commentary
回送 (かいそう)
Meaning: forwarding
階層 (かいそう)
Meaning: class | level | stratum | hierarchy
開拓 (かいたく)
Meaning: reclamation (of wasteland) | cultivation | pioneer
会談 (かいだん)
Meaning: conversation | conference | discussion | interview
改訂 (かいてい)
Meaning: revision
改定 (かいてい)
Meaning: reform
街道 (かいどう)
Meaning: highway
該当 (がいとう)
Meaning: corresponding | answering to | coming under
街頭 (がいとう)
Meaning: in the street
介入 (かいにゅう)
Meaning: intervention
概念 (がいねん)
Meaning: general idea | concept | notion
開発 (かいはつ)
Meaning: development | exploitation
海抜 (かいばつ)
Meaning: height above sea level
介抱 (かいほう)
Meaning: nursing | looking after
解剖 (かいぼう)
Meaning: dissection | autopsy
外来 (がいらい)
Meaning: imported | outpatient clinic
回覧 (かいらん)
Meaning: circulation
概略 (がいりゃく)
Meaning: outline | summary | gist | in brief
海流 (かいりゅう)
Meaning: ocean current
改良 (かいりょう)
Meaning: improvement | reform
回路 (かいろ)
Meaning: circuit (electric)
海路 (かいろ)
Meaning: sea route
省みる (かえりみる)
Meaning: to reflect
顔付き (かおつき)
Meaning: (outward) looks | features | face | countenance | expression
課外 (かがい)
Meaning: extracurricular
掲げる (かかげる)
Meaning: (1) to publish | to print | to carry (an article) | (2) to put up | to hang out | to hoist | to fly (a sail) | to float (a flag)
踵 (かかと)
Meaning: (shoe) heel
垣根 (かきね)
Meaning: hedge
掻き回す (かきまわす)
Meaning: to stir up | to churn | to ransack | to disturb
欠く (かく)
Meaning: to lack | to break | to crack | to chip
角 (かく)
Meaning: (1) angle | (2) bishop (shogi)
核 (かく)
Meaning: nucleus | kernel
格 (かく)
Meaning: status | character | case
学芸 (がくげい)
Meaning: arts and sciences | liberal arts
格差 (かくさ)
Meaning: qualitative difference | disparity
拡散 (かくさん)
Meaning: scattering | diffusion
学士 (がくし)
Meaning: university graduate
各種 (かくしゅ)
Meaning: every kind | all sorts
隔週 (かくしゅう)
Meaning: every other week
確信 (かくしん)
Meaning: conviction | confidence
革新 (かくしん)
Meaning: reform | innovation
学説 (がくせつ)
Meaning: theory
確定 (かくてい)
Meaning: (1) decision | settlement | (2) (math) definition
獲得 (かくとく)
Meaning: acquisition | possession
確保 (かくほ)
Meaning: guarantee | ensure | maintain | insure | secure
革命 (かくめい)
Meaning: revolution
確立 (かくりつ)
Meaning: establishment
学歴 (がくれき)
Meaning: academic background
賭 (かけ)
Meaning: betting | gambling | a gamble
掛ける (かける)
Meaning: (1) to wear | to put on | to hang | to cover | (2) to sit down | (3) to make a phone call | (4) to multiply | (5) to turn on (a switch) | to play (a record) | (6) to begin to | (7) to pour (water)
崖 (がけ)
Meaning: cliff
駆け足 (かけあし)
Meaning: running fast | double time
家計 (かけい)
Meaning: household economy | family finances
駆けっこ (かけっこ)
Meaning: (foot) race
賭ける (かける)
Meaning: to wager | to bet | to risk | to stake | to gamble
駆ける (かける)
Meaning: to run (race, esp. horse) | to gallop | to canter
加工 (かこう)
Meaning: manufacturing | processing | treatment
化合 (かごう)
Meaning: chemical combination
嵩張る (かさばる)
Meaning: to be bulky | to be unwieldy | to grow voluminous
嵩む (かさむ)
Meaning: to pile up | to increase
箇条書き (かじょうがき)
Meaning: itemized form | itemization
頭 (かしら)
Meaning: head
微か (かすか)
Meaning: faint | dim | weak | indistinct | hazy | poor | wretched
霞む (かすむ)
Meaning: to grow hazy | to be misty
課する (かする)
Meaning: to impose
火星 (かせい)
Meaning: Mars (planet)
化石 (かせき)
Meaning: fossil | petrifaction | fossilization
河川 (かせん)
Meaning: rivers
化繊 (かせん)
Meaning: synthetic fibres
過疎 (かそ)
Meaning: depopulation
片 (かた)
Meaning: one sided
課題 (かだい)
Meaning: subject | theme | task
ー難い (ーかたい)
Meaning: difficult | hard
片思い (かたおもい)
Meaning: unrequited love
片言 (かたこと)
Meaning: a smattering | talk like a baby | speak haltingly
固める (かためる)
Meaning: to harden | to freeze | to fortify
傍ら (かたわら)
Meaning: beside(s) | while | nearby
花壇 (かだん)
Meaning: flower bed
家畜 (かちく)
Meaning: domestic animals | livestock | cattle
且つ (かつ)
Meaning: yet | and
画期 (かっき)
Meaning: epoch-making
がっくり (がっくり)
Meaning: heartbroken
合唱 (がっしょう)
Meaning: chorus | singing in a chorus
がっしり (がっしり)
Meaning: firmly | solidly | tough
がっちり (がっちり)
Meaning: solidly built | tightly | shrewd | calculating
嘗て (かつて)
Meaning: once | ever
合併 (がっぺい)
Meaning: combination | union | amalgamation | consolidation | merger | coalition | fusion | annexation | affiliation | incorporation
叶う (かなう)
Meaning: to come true (wish)
叶える (かなえる)
Meaning: to grant (request, wish)
敵わない (かなわない)
Meaning: (1) no match for | (2) unbearable | (3) unable | can't do
加入 (かにゅう)
Meaning: becoming a member | joining | entry | admission | subscription | affiliation | adherence | signing
予て (かねて)
Meaning: previously | already | lately
庇う (かばう)
Meaning: to protect someone | to take under one's wing | to plead for | to stick up for | to cover up for someone
株式 (かぶしき)
Meaning: stock (company)
気触れる (かぶれる)
Meaning: to react to | to be influenced by | to go overboard for
花粉 (かふん)
Meaning: pollen
貨幣 (かへい)
Meaning: money | currency | coinage
構え (かまえ)
Meaning: posture | pose | style
構える (かまえる)
Meaning: to set up
加味 (かみ)
Meaning: seasoning | flavoring
過密 (かみつ)
Meaning: crowded
噛み切る (かみきる)
Meaning: to bite off | to gnaw through
体付き (からだつき)
Meaning: body build | figure
絡む (からむ)
Meaning: (1) to entangle | to entwine | (2) to pick a quarrel | (3) to be involved with
狩り (かり)
Meaning: hunting
仮に (かりに)
Meaning: temporarily | provisionally | for example | for argument's sake
カルテ (カルテ)
Meaning: clinical records (de: Karte)
涸れる (かれる)
Meaning: to dry up | to run out
過労 (かろう)
Meaning: overwork | strain
辛うじて (かろうじて)
Meaning: barely | narrowly | just manage to do st
交す (かわす)
Meaning: to exchange (messages) | to dodge | to parry | to avoid | to turn aside
代わる代わる (かわるがわる)
Meaning: alternately
官 (かん)
Meaning: government service | the bureaucracy
管 (かん)
Meaning: pipe | tube
観 (かん)
Meaning: look | appearance | spectacle
簡易 (かんい)
Meaning: simplicity | easiness | quasi-
眼科 (がんか)
Meaning: ophthalmology
眼球 (がんきゅう)
Meaning: eyeball
玩具 (がんぐ)
Meaning: toy
簡潔 (かんけつ)
Meaning: brevity | conciseness | simplicity
還元 (かんげん)
Meaning: resolution | reduction | return to origins
看護 (かんご)
Meaning: nursing | (army) nurse
頑固 (がんこ)
Meaning: stubbornness | obstinacy
刊行 (かんこう)
Meaning: publication | issue
慣行 (かんこう)
Meaning: customary practice | habit | traditional event
勧告 (かんこく)
Meaning: advice | counsel | remonstrance | recommendation
監視 (かんし)
Meaning: observation | guarding | inspection | surveillance
慣習 (かんしゅう)
Meaning: usual (historical) custom
観衆 (かんしゅう)
Meaning: spectators | onlookers | members of the audience
願書 (がんしょ)
Meaning: written application or petition
干渉 (かんしょう)
Meaning: interference | intervention
頑丈 (がんじょう)
Meaning: solid | firm | stout | burly | strong | sturdy
感触 (かんしょく)
Meaning: sense of touch | feeling | sensation
肝心 (かんじん)
Meaning: essential | fundamental | crucial | vital | main
歓声 (かんせい)
Meaning: cheer | shout of joy
岩石 (がんせき)
Meaning: rock
感染 (かんせん)
Meaning: infection | contagion
幹線 (かんせん)
Meaning: main line | trunk line
簡素 (かんそ)
Meaning: simplicity | plain
寒点 (かんてん)
Meaning: cold points (of the skin)
感度 (かんど)
Meaning: sensitivity | severity (quake)
カンニング (カンニング)
Meaning: cunning | cheat
元年 (がんねん)
Meaning: first year (of a specific reign)
幹部 (かんぶ)
Meaning: management | (executive) staff | leaders
勘弁 (かんべん)
Meaning: pardon | forgiveness | forbearance
感無量 (かんむりょう)
Meaning: deep feeling | inexpressible feeling | filled with emotion
勧誘 (かんゆう)
Meaning: invitation | solicitation | canvassing | inducement | persuasion | encouragement
関与 (かんよ)
Meaning: participation | taking part in | participating in | being concerned in
慣用 (かんよう)
Meaning: common | customary
寛容 (かんよう)
Meaning: forbearance | tolerance | generosity
元来 (がんらい)
Meaning: originally | primarily | essentially | logically | naturally
観覧 (かんらん)
Meaning: viewing
官僚 (かんりょう)
Meaning: bureaucrat | bureaucracy
慣例 (かんれい)
Meaning: custom | precedent | of convention
還暦 (かんれき)
Meaning: 60th birthday
貫禄 (かんろく)
Meaning: presence | dignity
緩和 (かんわ)
Meaning: relief | mitigation
議案 (ぎあん)
Meaning: legislative bill
危害 (きがい)
Meaning: injury | harm | danger
企画 (きかく)
Meaning: planning | project
規格 (きかく)
Meaning: standard | norm
着飾る (きかざる)
Meaning: to dress up
気兼ね (きがね)
Meaning: hesitance | diffidence | feeling constraint | fear of troubling someone | having scruples about doing something
気軽 (きがる)
Meaning: cheerful | buoyant | lighthearted
器官 (きかん)
Meaning: organ (of body) | instrument
季刊 (きかん)
Meaning: quarterly (e.g. magazine)
危機 (きき)
Meaning: crisis
聞き取り (ききとり)
Meaning: listening comprehension
効き目 (ききめ)
Meaning: effect | virtue | efficacy | impression
帰京 (ききょう)
Meaning: returning to Tokyo
戯曲 (ぎきょく)
Meaning: play | drama
基金 (ききん)
Meaning: fund | foundation
喜劇 (きげき)
Meaning: comedy | funny show
議決 (ぎけつ)
Meaning: resolution | decision | vote
棄権 (きけん)
Meaning: abstain from voting | renunciation of a right
起源 (きげん)
Meaning: origin | beginning | rise
機構 (きこう)
Meaning: mechanism | organization
既婚 (きこん)
Meaning: marriage | married
気障 (きざ)
Meaning: affectation | conceit | snobbery
記載 (きさい)
Meaning: mention | entry
気質 (きしつ)
Meaning: spirit | character | trait | temperament | disposition
期日 (きじつ)
Meaning: fixed date | settlement date
軋む (きしむ)
Meaning: to jar | to creak | to grate
議事堂 (ぎじどう)
Meaning: Diet building
記述 (きじゅつ)
Meaning: describing | descriptor
気象 (きしょう)
Meaning: weather | climate
築く (きずく)
Meaning: to build | to pile up | to amass
傷つく (きずつく)
Meaning: to be hurt | to be wounded | to get injured
傷付ける (きずつける)
Meaning: to wound | to hurt someone's feelings
規制 (きせい)
Meaning: regulation
犠牲 (ぎせい)
Meaning: sacrifice
汽船 (きせん)
Meaning: steamship
寄贈 (きぞう)
Meaning: donation | presentation
偽造 (ぎぞう)
Meaning: forgery | falsification | fabrication | counterfeiting
議題 (ぎだい)
Meaning: topic of discussion | agenda
鍛える (きたえる)
Meaning: to forge | to drill | to temper | to train | to discipline
来る (きたる)
Meaning: to come | to arrive | to be due to | to be next | to be forthcoming
きちっと (きちっと)
Meaning: exactly | perfectly
几帳面 (きちょうめん)
Meaning: methodical | punctual | steady
きっかり (きっかり)
Meaning: exactly | precisely
きっちり (きっちり)
Meaning: precisely | tightly
きっぱり (きっぱり)
Meaning: clearly | plainly | distinctly
規定 (きてい)
Meaning: regulation | provisions
起点 (きてん)
Meaning: starting point
軌道 (きどう)
Meaning: (1) orbit | (2) railroad track
技能 (ぎのう)
Meaning: technical skill | ability | capacity
規範 (きはん)
Meaning: model | standard | pattern | norm | criterion | example
気品 (きひん)
Meaning: (1) elegance | refinement | grace | dignity | (2) aroma
気風 (きふう)
Meaning: character | traits | ethos
規模 (きぼ)
Meaning: scale | scope | plan | structure
気まぐれ (きまぐれ)
Meaning: whim | caprice | whimsy | fickle | moody | uneven temper
生真面目 (きまじめ)
Meaning: too serious | person who is too serious | honesty | sincerity
期末 (きまつ)
Meaning: end of term
決まり悪い (きまりわるい)
Meaning: feeling awkward | being ashamed
規約 (きやく)
Meaning: agreement | rules | code
脚色 (きゃくしょく)
Meaning: dramatization (e.g. film)
逆転 (ぎゃくてん)
Meaning: (sudden) change | reversal | turn-around | coming from behind (baseball)
脚本 (きゃくほん)
Meaning: scenario
華奢 (きゃしゃ)
Meaning: luxury | pomp | delicate | slender | gorgeous
客観 (きゃっかん)
Meaning: objective
キャリア (キャリア)
Meaning: career | career government employee
休学 (きゅうがく)
Meaning: temporary absence from school | suspension
究極 (きゅうきょく)
Meaning: ultimate | final | eventual
窮屈 (きゅうくつ)
Meaning: narrow | tight | stiff | rigid | uneasy | formal | constrained
球根 (きゅうこん)
Meaning: (plant) bulb
救済 (きゅうさい)
Meaning: relief | aid | rescue | salvation | help
給仕 (きゅうじ)
Meaning: office boy (girl) | page | waiter
給食 (きゅうしょく)
Meaning: school lunch | providing a meal
休戦 (きゅうせん)
Meaning: truce | armistice
宮殿 (きゅうでん)
Meaning: palace
窮乏 (きゅうぼう)
Meaning: poverty
丘陵 (きゅうりょう)
Meaning: hill
寄与 (きよ)
Meaning: contribution | service
驚異 (きょうい)
Meaning: wonder | miracle
教科 (きょうか)
Meaning: subject | curriculum
協会 (きょうかい)
Meaning: association | society | organization
共学 (きょうがく)
Meaning: coeducation
共感 (きょうかん)
Meaning: sympathy | response
協議 (きょうぎ)
Meaning: conference | consultation | discussion | negotiation
境遇 (きょうぐう)
Meaning: environment | circumstances
教訓 (きょうくん)
Meaning: lesson | precept | moral instruction
強行 (きょうこう)
Meaning: forcing | enforcement
強硬 (きょうこう)
Meaning: firm | vigorous | unbending | unyielding | strong | stubborn
教材 (きょうざい)
Meaning: teaching materials
凶作 (きょうさく)
Meaning: bad harvest | poor crop
共産 (きょうさん)
Meaning: communism
業者 (ぎょうしゃ)
Meaning: trader | merchant
享受 (きょうじゅ)
Meaning: reception | acceptance | enjoyment | being given
教習 (きょうしゅう)
Meaning: training | instruction
郷愁 (きょうしゅう)
Meaning: nostalgia | homesickness
恐縮 (きょうしゅく)
Meaning: shame | very kind of you | sorry to trouble
興じる (きょうじる)
Meaning: to amuse oneself | to make merry
強制 (きょうせい)
Meaning: obligation | coercion | compulsion | enforcement
行政 (ぎょうせい)
Meaning: administration
業績 (ぎょうせき)
Meaning: achievement | performance | results | work | contribution
共存 (きょうぞん)
Meaning: coexistence
協調 (きょうちょう)
Meaning: (1) cooperation | conciliation | harmony | (2) firm (market) tone
協定 (きょうてい)
Meaning: arrangement | pact | agreement
郷土 (きょうど)
Meaning: native place | birth-place | one's old home
脅迫 (きょうはく)
Meaning: threat | menace | coercion | terrorism
業務 (ぎょうむ)
Meaning: business | affairs | duties | work
共鳴 (きょうめい)
Meaning: resonance | sympathy
郷里 (きょうり)
Meaning: birth-place | home town
強烈 (きょうれつ)
Meaning: strong | intense | severe
共和 (きょうわ)
Meaning: republicanism | cooperation
局限 (きょくげん)
Meaning: limit | localize
極端 (きょくたん)
Meaning: extreme | extremity
居住 (きょじゅう)
Meaning: residence
拒絶 (きょぜつ)
Meaning: refusal | rejection
漁村 (ぎょそん)
Meaning: fishing village
拒否 (きょひ)
Meaning: denial | veto | rejection | refusal
許容 (きょよう)
Meaning: permission | pardon
清らか (きよらか)
Meaning: clean | pure | chaste
煌びやか (きらびやか)
Meaning: gorgeous | gaudy | dazzling | gay
義理 (ぎり)
Meaning: duty | sense of duty | honor | decency | courtesy | debt of gratitude | social obligation
切り返す (きりかえす)
Meaning: to slash or strike back | to counterattack
気流 (きりゅう)
Meaning: atmospheric current
切れ目 (きれめ)
Meaning: break | pause | gap | end | rift | interruption | cut | section | notch | incision | end (of a task)
疑惑 (ぎわく)
Meaning: doubt | misgivings | distrust | suspicion
極めて (きわめて)
Meaning: exceedingly | extremely
菌 (きん)
Meaning: germ | bacterium | bacillus
緊急 (きんきゅう)
Meaning: urgent | pressing | emergency
近郊 (きんこう)
Meaning: suburbs | outskirts
近視 (きんし)
Meaning: shortsightedness
禁じる (きんじる)
Meaning: to prohibit
勤勉 (きんべん)
Meaning: industry | diligence
吟味 (ぎんみ)
Meaning: testing | scrutiny | careful investigation
勤務 (きんむ)
Meaning: service | duty | work
勤労 (きんろう)
Meaning: labor | exertion | diligent service
区 (く)
Meaning: ward | district | section
食い違い (くいちがい)
Meaning: discrepancy | different or conflicting opinions
空腹 (くうふく)
Meaning: hunger
区画 (くかく)
Meaning: division | section | compartment | boundary | area | block
区間 (くかん)
Meaning: section (of track, etc)
茎 (くき)
Meaning: stalk
区切り (くぎり)
Meaning: an end | a stop | punctuation
潜る (くぐる)
Meaning: (1) to drive | to pass through | (2) to evade | to hide | (3) to dive (into or under water) | to go underground
籤 (くじ)
Meaning: lottery | lot
籤引 (くじびき)
Meaning: lottery | drawn lot
擽ったい (くすぐったい)
Meaning: ticklish
愚痴 (ぐち)
Meaning: idle complaint | grumble
口ずさむ (くちずさむ)
Meaning: to hum something | to sing to oneself
嘴 (くちばし)
Meaning: beak | bill
朽ちる (くちる)
Meaning: to rot
覆る (くつがえる)
Meaning: to topple over | to be overturned | to capsize
くっきり (くっきり)
Meaning: distinctly | clearly | boldly
ぐっと (ぐっと)
Meaning: firmly | fast | much | more
首飾り (くびかざり)
Meaning: necklace
首輪 (くびわ)
Meaning: necklace | choker
蔵 (くら)
Meaning: warehouse | cellar | magazine | granary | godown | depository | treasury | elevator
玄人 (くろうと)
Meaning: expert | professional | geisha | prostitute
黒字 (くろじ)
Meaning: balance (figure) in the black
群 (ぐん)
Meaning: (math) group
軍艦 (ぐんかん)
Meaning: warship | battleship
軍事 (ぐんじ)
Meaning: military affairs
君主 (くんしゅ)
Meaning: ruler | monarch
群衆 (ぐんしゅう)
Meaning: (social) group | crowd | throng | mob | multitude
軍備 (ぐんび)
Meaning: armaments | military preparations
軍服 (ぐんぷく)
Meaning: military or naval uniform
刑 (けい)
Meaning: penalty | sentence | punishment
芸 (げい)
Meaning: art | accomplishment | performance
経緯 (けいい)
Meaning: (1) details | whole story | sequence of events | particulars | how it started | how things got this way | (2) complications | position
経過 (けいか)
Meaning: passage | expiration | progress
軽快 (けいかい)
Meaning: rhythmical (e.g. melody) | casual (e.g. dress) | light | nimble
警戒 (けいかい)
Meaning: warning | admonition | vigilance
計器 (けいき)
Meaning: meter | gauge
契機 (けいき)
Meaning: opportunity | chance
敬具 (けいぐ)
Meaning: Sincerely yours
軽減 (けいげん)
Meaning: abatement
掲載 (けいさい)
Meaning: appearance (e.g. article in paper)
傾斜 (けいしゃ)
Meaning: inclination | slant | slope | bevel | list | dip
形成 (けいせい)
Meaning: formation
形勢 (けいせい)
Meaning: condition | situation | prospects
軽率 (けいそつ)
Meaning: rash | thoughtless | careless | hasty
携帯 (けいたい)
Meaning: (1) carrying something | (2) mobile telephone (abbr)
形態 (けいたい)
Meaning: form | shape | figure
刑罰 (けいばつ)
Meaning: judgement | penalty | punishment
経費 (けいひ)
Meaning: expenses | cost | outlay
警部 (けいぶ)
Meaning: police inspector
軽蔑 (けいべつ)
Meaning: scorn | disdain
経歴 (けいれき)
Meaning: personal history | career
汚らわしい (けがらわしい)
Meaning: filthy | unfair
劇団 (げきだん)
Meaning: troupe | theatrical company
激励 (げきれい)
Meaning: encouragement
獣 (けだもの)
Meaning: beast | brute
決 (けつ)
Meaning: decision | vote
決意 (けつい)
Meaning: decision | determination
結核 (けっかく)
Meaning: tuberculosis | tubercule
決議 (けつぎ)
Meaning: resolution | vote | decision
決行 (けっこう)
Meaning: doing (with resolve) | carrying out (i.e. a plan)
結合 (けつごう)
Meaning: combination | union
決算 (けっさん)
Meaning: balance sheet | settlement of accounts
月謝 (げっしゃ)
Meaning: monthly tuition fee
決勝 (けっしょう)
Meaning: decision of a contest | finals (in sports)
結晶 (けっしょう)
Meaning: crystal | crystallization
結成 (けっせい)
Meaning: formation
結束 (けっそく)
Meaning: union | unity
げっそり (げっそり)
Meaning: being disheartened | losing weight
月賦 (げっぷ)
Meaning: monthly installment
欠乏 (けつぼう)
Meaning: want | shortage | famine
蹴飛ばす (けとばす)
Meaning: to kick away | to kick off | to kick (someone) | to refuse | to reject
貶す (けなす)
Meaning: to speak ill of
煙たい (けむたい)
Meaning: smoky | feeling awkward
獣 (けもの)
Meaning: beast | brute
下痢 (げり)
Meaning: diarrhoea
蹴る (ける)
Meaning: to kick
件 (けん)
Meaning: matter | case | item
圏 (けん)
Meaning: sphere | circle | range
権威 (けんい)
Meaning: authority | power | influence
兼業 (けんぎょう)
Meaning: side line | second business
原形 (げんけい)
Meaning: original form | base form
原型 (げんけい)
Meaning: prototype | model | pattern | archetypal
権限 (けんげん)
Meaning: power | authority | jurisdiction
現行 (げんこう)
Meaning: present | current | in operation
健在 (けんざい)
Meaning: in good health | well
検事 (けんじ)
Meaning: public prosecutor
原子 (げんし)
Meaning: atom
元首 (げんしゅ)
Meaning: ruler | sovereign
原書 (げんしょ)
Meaning: original document
減少 (げんしょう)
Meaning: decrease | reduction | decline
健全 (けんぜん)
Meaning: health | soundness | wholesome
元素 (げんそ)
Meaning: chemical element
現像 (げんぞう)
Meaning: developing (film)
原則 (げんそく)
Meaning: principle | general rule
見地 (けんち)
Meaning: point of view
現地 (げんち)
Meaning: actual place | local
限定 (げんてい)
Meaning: limit | restriction
原点 (げんてん)
Meaning: origin (coordinates) | starting point
原典 (げんてん)
Meaning: original (text)
減点 (げんてん)
Meaning: subtract | give a demerit
原爆 (げんばく)
Meaning: atomic bomb
原文 (げんぶん)
Meaning: the text | original
厳密 (げんみつ)
Meaning: strict | close
賢明 (けんめい)
Meaning: wisdom | intelligence | prudence
倹約 (けんやく)
Meaning: thrift | economy | frugality
原油 (げんゆ)
Meaning: crude oil
兼用 (けんよう)
Meaning: multi-use | combined use | combination | serving two purposes
権力 (けんりょく)
Meaning: (political) power | authority | influence
言論 (げんろん)
Meaning: discussion
故 (こ)
Meaning: the late (deceased)
語彙 (ごい)
Meaning: vocabulary | glossary
甲 (こう)
Meaning: 1st in rank | first sign of the Chinese calendar | shell | instep | grade A
好意 (こうい)
Meaning: good will | favor | courtesy
行為 (こうい)
Meaning: act | deed | conduct
合意 (ごうい)
Meaning: agreement | consent | mutual understanding
交易 (こうえき)
Meaning: trade | commerce
後悔 (こうかい)
Meaning: regret | repentance
公開 (こうかい)
Meaning: presenting to the public
航海 (こうかい)
Meaning: sail | voyage
抗議 (こうぎ)
Meaning: protest | objection
合議 (ごうぎ)
Meaning: consultation | conference
皇居 (こうきょ)
Meaning: Imperial Palace
好況 (こうきょう)
Meaning: prosperous conditions | healthy economy
鉱業 (こうぎょう)
Meaning: mining industry
興業 (こうぎょう)
Meaning: industrial enterprise
高原 (こうげん)
Meaning: tableland | plateau
煌々と (こうこうと)
Meaning: brilliantly | brightly
考古学 (こうこがく)
Meaning: archaeology
広告 (こうこく)
Meaning: advertisement
工作 (こうさく)
Meaning: work | construction | handicraft | maneuvering
耕作 (こうさく)
Meaning: cultivation | farming
鉱山 (こうざん)
Meaning: mine (ore)
講習 (こうしゅう)
Meaning: short course | training
口述 (こうじゅつ)
Meaning: verbal statement
控除 (こうじょ)
Meaning: subsidy | deduction
交渉 (こうしょう)
Meaning: (1) negotiations | discussions | (2) connection
高尚 (こうしょう)
Meaning: high | noble | refined | advanced
向上 (こうじょう)
Meaning: elevation | rise | improvement | advancement | progress
行進 (こうしん)
Meaning: march | parade
香辛料 (こうしんりょう)
Meaning: spices
降水 (こうすい)
Meaning: rainfall | precipitation
洪水 (こうずい)
Meaning: flood
合成 (ごうせい)
Meaning: synthesis | composition | synthetic | composite | mixed | combined | compound
公然 (こうぜん)
Meaning: open (e.g. secret) | public | official
抗争 (こうそう)
Meaning: dispute | resistance
構想 (こうそう)
Meaning: plan | plot | idea | conception
拘束 (こうそく)
Meaning: restriction | restraint
後退 (こうたい)
Meaning: retreat | backspace (BS)
光沢 (こうたく)
Meaning: brilliance | polish | lustre | glossy finish (of photographs)
公団 (こうだん)
Meaning: public corporation
好調 (こうちょう)
Meaning: favourable | promising | satisfactory | in good shape
口頭 (こうとう)
Meaning: oral
購読 (こうどく)
Meaning: subscription (e.g. magazine)
講読 (こうどく)
Meaning: reading | translation
購入 (こうにゅう)
Meaning: purchase | buy
公認 (こうにん)
Meaning: official recognition | authorization | licence | accreditation
光熱費 (こうねつひ)
Meaning: cost of fuel and light
荒廃 (こうはい)
Meaning: ruin
購買 (こうばい)
Meaning: purchase | buy
好評 (こうひょう)
Meaning: popularity | favorable reputation
交付 (こうふ)
Meaning: delivering | furnishing (with copies)
降伏 (こうふく)
Meaning: capitulation | surrender | submission
興奮 (こうふん)
Meaning: excitement | stimulation | agitation | arousal
公募 (こうぼ)
Meaning: public appeal | public contribution
巧妙 (こうみょう)
Meaning: ingenious | skillful | clever | deft
公用 (こうよう)
Meaning: government business | public use | public expense
小売 (こうり)
Meaning: retail
効率 (こうりつ)
Meaning: efficiency
公立 (こうりつ)
Meaning: public (institution)
護衛 (ごえい)
Meaning: guard | convoy | escort
小柄 (こがら)
Meaning: short (build)
小切手 (こぎって)
Meaning: cheque | check
語句 (ごく)
Meaning: words | phrases
国産 (こくさん)
Meaning: domestic products
国定 (こくてい)
Meaning: state-sponsored | national
国土 (こくど)
Meaning: realm
告白 (こくはく)
Meaning: confession | acknowledgement
国防 (こくぼう)
Meaning: national defence
国有 (こくゆう)
Meaning: national ownership
極楽 (ごくらく)
Meaning: paradise
国連 (こくれん)
Meaning: U.N. | United Nations
焦げ茶 (こげちゃ)
Meaning: black tea
個々 (ここ)
Meaning: individual | one by one
心地 (ここち)
Meaning: feeling | sensation | mood
心掛ける (こころがける)
Meaning: to bear in mind | to aim to do
志 (こころざし)
Meaning: will | intention | motive
志す (こころざす)
Meaning: to plan | to intend | to aspire to | to set aims (sights on)
心強い (こころづよい)
Meaning: heartening | reassuring
誤差 (ごさ)
Meaning: measurement error | calculation error
孤児 (こじ)
Meaning: orphan
胡椒 (こしょう)
Meaning: pepper
拗れる (こじれる)
Meaning: to get complicated | to grow worse
故人 (こじん)
Meaning: the deceased | old friend
擦る (こする)
Meaning: to rub | to scrub
個性 (こせい)
Meaning: individuality | personality | idiosyncrasy
戸籍 (こせき)
Meaning: census | family register
小銭 (こぜに)
Meaning: coins | small change
古代 (こだい)
Meaning: ancient times
炬燵 (こたつ)
Meaning: table with heater | (orig) charcoal brazier in a floor well
こだわる (こだわる)
Meaning: to fuss over | to be particular about | to be concerned about
誇張 (こちょう)
Meaning: exaggeration
骨 (こつ)
Meaning: knack | skill
滑稽 (こっけい)
Meaning: funny | humorous | comical | laughable | ridiculous | joking
国交 (こっこう)
Meaning: diplomatic relations
骨董品 (こっとうひん)
Meaning: curio
固定 (こてい)
Meaning: fixation | fixing (e.g. salary, capital)
事柄 (ことがら)
Meaning: matter | thing | affair | circumstance
悉く (ことごとく)
Meaning: altogether | entirely
言伝て (ことづて)
Meaning: message
殊に (ことに)
Meaning: especially | above all
事によると (ことによると)
Meaning: depending on the circumstances
粉粉 (こなごな)
Meaning: in very small pieces
好ましい (このましい)
Meaning: nice | likeable | desirable
碁盤 (ごばん)
Meaning: Go board
個別 (こべつ)
Meaning: particular case
誤魔化す (ごまかす)
Meaning: to deceive | to falsify | to misrepresent
細やか (こまやか)
Meaning: friendly
籠もる (こもる)
Meaning: to seclude oneself | to be confined in | to be implied | to be stuffy
固有 (こゆう)
Meaning: characteristic | tradition | peculiar | inherent | eigen-
雇用 (こよう)
Meaning: employment (long term) | hire
暦 (こよみ)
Meaning: calendar | almanac
凝らす (こらす)
Meaning: to concentrate | to devote | to apply | to strain | to rack
孤立 (こりつ)
Meaning: isolation | helplessness
懲りる (こりる)
Meaning: to learn by experience | to be disgusted with
根気 (こんき)
Meaning: (1) patience | (2) perseverance | energy
根拠 (こんきょ)
Meaning: basis | foundation
混血 (こんけつ)
Meaning: mixed race | mixed parentage
昆虫 (こんちゅう)
Meaning: insect | bug
根底 (こんてい)
Meaning: root | basis | foundation
混同 (こんどう)
Meaning: confusion | mixing | merger
根本 (こんぽん)
Meaning: origin | source | foundation | root | base | principle
佐 (さ)
Meaning: help
財 (ざい)
Meaning: fortune | riches
再会 (さいかい)
Meaning: another meeting | meeting again | reunion
細菌 (さいきん)
Meaning: bacillus | bacterium | germ
細工 (さいく)
Meaning: work | craftsmanship | tactics | trick
採掘 (さいくつ)
Meaning: mining
採決 (さいけつ)
Meaning: vote | roll call
再建 (さいけん)
Meaning: rebuilding | reconstruction | rehabilitation
再現 (さいげん)
Meaning: reappearance | reproduction | return | revival
財源 (ざいげん)
Meaning: source of funds | resources | finances
在庫 (ざいこ)
Meaning: stockpile | stock
採算 (さいさん)
Meaning: profit
採集 (さいしゅう)
Meaning: collecting | gathering
再生 (さいせい)
Meaning: playback | regeneration | resuscitation | return to life | rebirth | reincarnation | narrow escape | reclamation | regrowth
財政 (ざいせい)
Meaning: economy | financial affairs
最善 (さいぜん)
Meaning: the very best
採択 (さいたく)
Meaning: adoption | selection | choice
栽培 (さいばい)
Meaning: cultivation
再発 (さいはつ)
Meaning: return | relapse | reoccurrence
細胞 (さいぼう)
Meaning: cell (biology)
採用 (さいよう)
Meaning: use | adopt
遮る (さえぎる)
Meaning: to interrupt | to intercept | to obstruct
囀る (さえずる)
Meaning: to sing | to chirp | to twitter
冴える (さえる)
Meaning: to be clear | to be serene | to be cold | to be skillful
竿 (さお)
Meaning: rod | pole (e.g. for drying laundry)
栄える (さかえる)
Meaning: to prosper | to flourish
差額 (さがく)
Meaning: balance | difference | margin
杯 (さかずき)
Meaning: wine cups
逆立ち (さかだち)
Meaning: handstand | headstand
詐欺 (さぎ)
Meaning: fraud | swindle | graft
策 (さく)
Meaning: plan | policy
柵 (さく)
Meaning: fence | paling
削減 (さくげん)
Meaning: cut | reduction | curtailment
錯誤 (さくご)
Meaning: mistake
作戦 (さくせん)
Meaning: military or naval operations | tactics | strategy
裂ける (さける)
Meaning: to split | to tear | to burst
捧げる (ささげる)
Meaning: to lift up | to give | to offer | to consecrate | to devote | to sacrifice | to dedicate
差し掛かる (さしかかる)
Meaning: to come near to | to approach
指図 (さしず)
Meaning: instruction | mandate
差し出す (さしだす)
Meaning: to present | to submit | to tender | to hold out
差し支える (さしつかえる)
Meaning: to interfere | to hinder | to become impeded
差し引き (さしひき)
Meaning: deduction | subtraction | balance | ebb and flow | rise and fall
授ける (さずける)
Meaning: to grant | to award | to teach
摩る (さする)
Meaning: (1) to pat | to stroke | (2) to rub off | to polish | to grind | to graze | to scrape | (3) to be equal to | (4) to be about to reach
嘸 (さぞ)
Meaning: I am sure | certainly | no doubt
定まる (さだまる)
Meaning: to become settled | to be fixed
定める (さだめる)
Meaning: to decide | to establish | to determine
座談会 (ざだんかい)
Meaning: symposium | round-table discussion
雑 (ざつ)
Meaning: rough | crude
雑貨 (ざっか)
Meaning: miscellaneous goods | general goods | sundries
錯覚 (さっかく)
Meaning: optical illusion | hallucination
殺人 (さつじん)
Meaning: murder
察する (さっする)
Meaning: to guess | to sense | to presume | to judge | to sympathize with
雑談 (ざつだん)
Meaning: chatting | idle talk
さっと (さっと)
Meaning: quickly | suddenly
扨 (さて)
Meaning: well | now | then
悟る (さとる)
Meaning: to attain enlightenment | to perceive | to understand | to discern
最中 (さなか)
Meaning: in the middle of | height of | in course of | midst
裁く (さばく)
Meaning: to judge
座標 (ざひょう)
Meaning: coordinate(s)
左程 (さほど)
Meaning: (not) very | (not) much
寒気 (さむけ)
Meaning: (1) cold | frost | (2) a cold | a chill | shivering fit
然も (さも)
Meaning: with gusto | with satisfaction
作用 (さよう)
Meaning: action | operation | effect | function
拐う (さらう)
Meaning: to carry off | to run away with | to kidnap | to abduct
障る (さわる)
Meaning: to hinder | to interfere with | to affect | to do one harm | to be harmful to
酸 (さん)
Meaning: acid
酸化 (さんか)
Meaning: oxidation
山岳 (さんがく)
Meaning: mountains
参議院 (さんぎいん)
Meaning: House of Councillors
産休 (さんきゅう)
Meaning: maternity leave
残金 (ざんきん)
Meaning: remaining money
産後 (さんご)
Meaning: postpartum | after childbirth
残酷 (ざんこく)
Meaning: cruelty | harshness
産出 (さんしゅつ)
Meaning: yield | produce
参照 (さんしょう)
Meaning: reference | consultation | consultation
参上 (さんじょう)
Meaning: calling on | visiting
残高 (ざんだか)
Meaning: (bank) balance | remainder
サンタクロース (サンタクロース)
Meaning: Santa Claus
桟橋 (さんばし)
Meaning: wharf | bridge | jetty | pier
賛美 (さんび)
Meaning: praise | adoration | glorification
山腹 (さんぷく)
Meaning: hillside | mountainside
産婦人科 (さんふじんか)
Meaning: maternity and gynecology department
産物 (さんぶつ)
Meaning: product | result | fruit
山脈 (さんみゃく)
Meaning: mountain range
師 (し)
Meaning: (1) teacher | master | one's mentor | (2) the Reverend
次 (じ)
Meaning: order | sequence | times | next | below
児 (じ)
Meaning: child
仕上がる (しあがる)
Meaning: to be finished
飼育 (しいく)
Meaning: breeding | raising | rearing
強いて (しいて)
Meaning: by force
シート (シート)
Meaning: seat | sheet
ジーパン (ジーパン)
Meaning: jeans (trans: jeans pants) | dungarees
仕入れる (しいれる)
Meaning: to lay in stock | to replenish stock | to procure
強いる (しいる)
Meaning: to force | to compel | to coerce
潮 (しお)
Meaning: tide | ebb and flood | salt water | opportunity
歯科 (しか)
Meaning: dentistry
市街 (しがい)
Meaning: urban areas | the streets | town | city
自覚 (じかく)
Meaning: self-conscious
資格 (しかく)
Meaning: qualifications | requirements | capabilities
視覚 (しかく)
Meaning: sense of sight | vision
仕掛け (しかけ)
Meaning: device | trick | mechanism | gadget | (small) scale | half finished | commencement | set up | challenge
仕掛ける (しかける)
Meaning: to commence | to lay (mines) | to set (traps) | to wage (war) | to challenge
然しながら (しかしながら)
Meaning: however | nevertheless
仕来り (しきたり)
Meaning: custom | conventional practice | mores | ordinance
事業 (じぎょう)
Meaning: project | enterprise | business | industry | operations
仕切る (しきる)
Meaning: to partition | to divide | to mark off | to settle accounts | to toe the mark
資金 (しきん)
Meaning: funds | capital
しくじる (しくじる)
Meaning: to fail | to fall through | to blunder
軸 (じく)
Meaning: axis | stem | shaft | axle
仕組み (しくみ)
Meaning: (1) structure | construction | arrangement | contrivance | (2) plan | plot | contrivance
死刑 (しけい)
Meaning: death penalty | capital punishment
湿気る (しける)
Meaning: to be damp | to be moist
事項 (じこう)
Meaning: matter | item | facts
施行 (しこう)
Meaning: (1) execution | enforcing | carrying out
思考 (しこう)
Meaning: thought
志向 (しこう)
Meaning: intention | aim
嗜好 (しこう)
Meaning: taste | liking | preference
時刻表 (じこくひょう)
Meaning: table | diagram | chart | timetable | schedule
時差 (じさ)
Meaning: time difference
自在 (じざい)
Meaning: freely | at will
資産 (しさん)
Meaning: property | fortune | means | assets
支持 (しじ)
Meaning: support | maintenance
自主 (じしゅ)
Meaning: independence | autonomy
自首 (じしゅ)
Meaning: surrender | give oneself up
刺繍 (ししゅう)
Meaning: embroidery
市場 (しじょう)
Meaning: (the) market (as a concept)
辞職 (じしょく)
Meaning: resignation
滴 (しずく)
Meaning: drop (of water) | drip
沈める (しずめる)
Meaning: to sink | to submerge
施設 (しせつ)
Meaning: institution | establishment | facility | (army) engineer
事前 (じぜん)
Meaning: prior | beforehand | in advance
子息 (しそく)
Meaning: son
持続 (じぞく)
Meaning: continuation
自尊心 (じそんしん)
Meaning: self-respect | conceit
辞退 (じたい)
Meaning: refusal
慕う (したう)
Meaning: to yearn for | to miss | to adore | to love dearly
下心 (したごころ)
Meaning: secret intention | motive
下地 (したじ)
Meaning: groundwork | foundation | inclination | aptitude | elementary knowledge of | grounding in | prearrangement | spadework | signs | symptoms | first coat of plastering | soy
親しむ (したしむ)
Meaning: to be intimate with | to befriend
下調べ (したしらべ)
Meaning: preliminary investigation | preparation
仕立てる (したてる)
Meaning: to tailor | to make | to prepare | to train | to send (a messenger)
下取り (したどり)
Meaning: trade in | part exchange
下火 (したび)
Meaning: burning low | waning | declining
実家 (じっか)
Meaning: (one's parents') home
失格 (しっかく)
Meaning: disqualification | elimination | incapacity (legal)
質疑 (しつぎ)
Meaning: question
失脚 (しっきゃく)
Meaning: losing one's standing | being overthrown | falling
実業家 (じつぎょうか)
Meaning: industrialist | businessman
じっくり (じっくり)
Meaning: deliberately | carefully
躾ける (しつける)
Meaning: to train | to discipline | to teach manners
実質 (じっしつ)
Meaning: substance | essence
実情 (じつじょう)
Meaning: real condition | actual circumstances | actual state of affairs
実践 (じっせん)
Meaning: practice | put into practice
質素 (しっそ)
Meaning: simplicity | modesty | frugality
実態 (じったい)
Meaning: truth | fact
失調 (しっちょう)
Meaning: lack of harmony
嫉妬 (しっと)
Meaning: jealousy
実費 (じっぴ)
Meaning: actual expense | cost price
指摘 (してき)
Meaning: pointing out | identification
視点 (してん)
Meaning: opinion | point of view | visual point
自動詞 (じどうし)
Meaning: intransitive verb (no direct obj)
淑やか (しとやか)
Meaning: graceful
萎びる (しなびる)
Meaning: to wilt | to fade
嫋か (しなやか)
Meaning: supple | flexible | elastic
屎尿 (しにょう)
Meaning: excreta | raw sewage | human waste | night soil
地主 (じぬし)
Meaning: landlord
凌ぐ (しのぐ)
Meaning: to outdo | to surpass | to endure | to keep out (rain) | to stave off | to tide over | to pull through | to defy | to slight | to excel | to eclipse
芝 (しば)
Meaning: lawn | sod | turf
始発 (しはつ)
Meaning: first train
耳鼻科 (じびか)
Meaning: otolaryngology
渋い (しぶい)
Meaning: (1) tasteful (clothing) | "cool" | an aura of refined masculinity | (2) astringent | sullen | bitter (taste) | (3) grim | quiet | (4) sober | stingy
私物 (しぶつ)
Meaning: private property | personal effects
しぶとい (しぶとい)
Meaning: tenacious | stubborn
司法 (しほう)
Meaning: administration of justice
脂肪 (しぼう)
Meaning: fat | grease | blubber
志望 (しぼう)
Meaning: wish | desire | ambition
始末 (しまつ)
Meaning: (1) management | (2) dealing | settlement | (3) cleaning up afterwards
染みる (しみる)
Meaning: (1) to pierce | to permeate | (2) to be infected (with vice) | to be steeped (with prejudice)
凍みる (しみる)
Meaning: to freeze | to be frozen over | to congeal
市民 (しみん)
Meaning: citizen | townspeople
使命 (しめい)
Meaning: mission | errand | message
地元 (じもと)
Meaning: local
視野 (しや)
Meaning: field of vision | outlook
弱 (じゃく)
Meaning: weakness | the weak | little less then
社交 (しゃこう)
Meaning: social life | social intercourse
謝絶 (しゃぜつ)
Meaning: refusal
社宅 (しゃたく)
Meaning: company owned house
若干 (じゃっかん)
Meaning: some | few | number of
三味線 (しゃみせん)
Meaning: three-stringed Japanese guitar
斜面 (しゃめん)
Meaning: slope | slanting surface | bevel
砂利 (じゃり)
Meaning: gravel | ballast | pebbles
洒落る (しゃれる)
Meaning: to joke | to play on words | to dress stylishly
ジャンボ (ジャンボ)
Meaning: jumbo
種 (しゅ)
Meaning: kind | variety | species
衆 (しゅう)
Meaning: masses | great number | the people
私有 (しゆう)
Meaning: private ownership
収益 (しゅうえき)
Meaning: earnings | proceeds | returns
修学 (しゅうがく)
Meaning: learning
周期 (しゅうき)
Meaning: cycle | period
衆議院 (しゅうぎいん)
Meaning: Lower House | House of Representatives
就業 (しゅうぎょう)
Meaning: employment | starting work
従業員 (じゅうぎょういん)
Meaning: employee | worker
集計 (しゅうけい)
Meaning: totalization | aggregate
襲撃 (しゅうげき)
Meaning: attack | charge | raid
収支 (しゅうし)
Meaning: income and expenditure
終始 (しゅうし)
Meaning: (1) beginning and end | from beginning to end | doing a thing from beginning to end | (2) consistent(ly)
修士 (しゅうし)
Meaning: Masters degree program
従事 (じゅうじ)
Meaning: engaging | pursuing | following
充実 (じゅうじつ)
Meaning: fullness | completion | perfection | substantiality | enrichment
修飾 (しゅうしょく)
Meaning: (1) ornamentation | embellishment | decoration | adornment | polish up (writing) | (2) modification (gram)
十字路 (じゅうじろ)
Meaning: crossroads
執着 (しゅうちゃく)
Meaning: attachment | adhesion | tenacity
柔軟 (じゅうなん)
Meaning: flexible | lithe
重複 (じゅうふく)
Meaning: duplication | repetition | overlapping | redundancy | restoration
収容 (しゅうよう)
Meaning: (1) accommodation | reception | housing | (2) seating | (3) custody | (4) admission | (5) entering (in a dictionary)
従来 (じゅうらい)
Meaning: up to now | so far | traditional
修了 (しゅうりょう)
Meaning: completion (of a course)
守衛 (しゅえい)
Meaning: security guard | doorkeeper
主演 (しゅえん)
Meaning: starring | playing the leading part
主観 (しゅかん)
Meaning: subjectivity | subject | ego
修行 (しゅぎょう)
Meaning: pursuit of knowledge | studying | learning | training | ascetic practice | discipline
祝賀 (しゅくが)
Meaning: celebration | congratulations
宿命 (しゅくめい)
Meaning: fate | destiny | predestination
手芸 (しゅげい)
Meaning: handicrafts
主権 (しゅけん)
Meaning: sovereignty | supremacy | dominion
主催 (しゅさい)
Meaning: organization | sponsorship
取材 (しゅざい)
Meaning: choice of subject | collecting data
手指 (しゅし)
Meaning: finger
種々 (しゅじゅ)
Meaning: variety
主食 (しゅしょく)
Meaning: staple food
主人公 (しゅじんこう)
Meaning: (1) protagonist | main character | hero(ine) (of a story) | (2) head of household
主体 (しゅたい)
Meaning: subject | main constituent
主題 (しゅだい)
Meaning: subject | theme | motif
出演 (しゅつえん)
Meaning: performance | stage appearance
出血 (しゅっけつ)
Meaning: bleeding | haemorrhage
出現 (しゅつげん)
Meaning: appearance | arrival | make one's appearance
出産 (しゅっさん)
Meaning: (child)birth | delivery | production (of goods)
出社 (しゅっしゃ)
Meaning: arrival (in a country, at work, etc.)
出生 (しゅっしょう)
Meaning: birth
出世 (しゅっせ)
Meaning: promotion | successful career | eminence
出題 (しゅつだい)
Meaning: proposing a question
出動 (しゅつどう)
Meaning: sailing | marching | going out
出版 (しゅっぱん)
Meaning: publication
主導 (しゅどう)
Meaning: main leadership
主任 (しゅにん)
Meaning: person in charge | responsible official
首脳 (しゅのう)
Meaning: head | brains
守備 (しゅび)
Meaning: defense
手法 (しゅほう)
Meaning: technique
樹木 (じゅもく)
Meaning: trees and shrubs | arbour
樹立 (じゅりつ)
Meaning: establish | create
準急 (じゅんきゅう)
Meaning: local express (train, slower than an express)
準じる (じゅんじる)
Meaning: to follow | to conform | to apply to
私用 (しよう)
Meaning: personal use | private business
仕様 (しよう)
Meaning: way | method | resource | remedy | (technical) specification
症 (しょう)
Meaning: illness
情 (じょう)
Meaning: feelings | emotion | passion
上位 (じょうい)
Meaning: superior (rank not class) | higher order (e.g. byte) | host computer (of connected device)
上演 (じょうえん)
Meaning: performance (e.g. music)
城下 (じょうか)
Meaning: land near the castle
生涯 (しょうがい)
Meaning: one's lifetime (i.e., one's existence until death)
消去 (しょうきょ)
Meaning: elimination | erasing | dying out | melting away
消極的 (しょうきょくてき)
Meaning: passive
上空 (じょうくう)
Meaning: sky | the skies | high-altitude sky | upper air
衝撃 (しょうげき)
Meaning: shock | crash | impact | ballistic
証言 (しょうげん)
Meaning: evidence | testimony
証拠 (しょうこ)
Meaning: evidence | proof
照合 (しょうごう)
Meaning: collation | comparison
詳細 (しょうさい)
Meaning: detail | particulars
上司 (じょうし)
Meaning: superior authorities | boss
上昇 (じょうしょう)
Meaning: rising | ascending | climbing
昇進 (しょうしん)
Meaning: promotion
称する (しょうする)
Meaning: (1) to take the name of | to call oneself | (2) to pretend | to feign | to purport
情勢 (じょうせい)
Meaning: state of things | condition | situation
消息 (しょうそく)
Meaning: news | letter | circumstances
正体 (しょうたい)
Meaning: natural shape | one's true colors | true character | consciousness | senses
承諾 (しょうだく)
Meaning: consent | acquiescence | agreement
情緒 (じょうちょ)
Meaning: emotion | feeling
象徴 (しょうちょう)
Meaning: symbol
小児科 (しょうにか)
Meaning: pediatrics
使用人 (しようにん)
Meaning: employee | servant
証人 (しょうにん)
Meaning: witness
情熱 (じょうねつ)
Meaning: passion | enthusiasm | zeal
譲歩 (じょうほ)
Meaning: concession | conciliation | compromise
照明 (しょうめい)
Meaning: illumination
条約 (じょうやく)
Meaning: treaty | pact
勝利 (しょうり)
Meaning: victory | triumph | conquest | success | win
上陸 (じょうりく)
Meaning: landing | disembarkation
蒸留 (じょうりゅう)
Meaning: distillation
奨励 (しょうれい)
Meaning: encouragement | promotion | message | address
除外 (じょがい)
Meaning: exception | exclusion
植民地 (しょくみんち)
Meaning: colony
職務 (しょくむ)
Meaning: professional duties
諸君 (しょくん)
Meaning: Gentlemen! | Ladies!
徐行 (じょこう)
Meaning: going slowly
所在 (しょざい)
Meaning: whereabouts
所持 (しょじ)
Meaning: possession | owning
所属 (しょぞく)
Meaning: attached to | belong to
処置 (しょち)
Meaning: treatment
しょっちゅう (しょっちゅう)
Meaning: always | constantly
所定 (しょてい)
Meaning: fixed | prescribed
助動詞 (じょどうし)
Meaning: auxiliary verb
所得 (しょとく)
Meaning: income | earnings
処罰 (しょばつ)
Meaning: punishment
初版 (しょはん)
Meaning: first edition
書評 (しょひょう)
Meaning: book review
処分 (しょぶん)
Meaning: disposal | dealing | punishment
庶民 (しょみん)
Meaning: masses | common people
庶務 (しょむ)
Meaning: general affairs
所有 (しょゆう)
Meaning: one's possessions | ownership
記す (しるす)
Meaning: to note | to write down
指令 (しれい)
Meaning: orders | instructions | directive
陣 (じん)
Meaning: battle formation | camp | encampment
進化 (しんか)
Meaning: evolution | progress
人格 (じんかく)
Meaning: personality | character | individuality
進行 (しんこう)
Meaning: advance
新興 (しんこう)
Meaning: rising | developing | emergent
振興 (しんこう)
Meaning: promotion | encouragement
申告 (しんこく)
Meaning: report | statement | filing a return | notification
新婚 (しんこん)
Meaning: newly-wed
審査 (しんさ)
Meaning: judging | inspection | examination | investigation
人材 (じんざい)
Meaning: man of talent
紳士 (しんし)
Meaning: gentleman
信者 (しんじゃ)
Meaning: believer | adherent | devotee | Christian
進出 (しんしゅつ)
Meaning: advance | step forward
心情 (しんじょう)
Meaning: mentality
新人 (しんじん)
Meaning: new face | newcomer
申請 (しんせい)
Meaning: application | request | petition
神聖 (しんせい)
Meaning: holiness | sacredness | dignity
親善 (しんぜん)
Meaning: friendship
真相 (しんそう)
Meaning: truth | real situation
迅速 (じんそく)
Meaning: quick | fast | rapid | swift | prompt
人体 (じんたい)
Meaning: human body
新築 (しんちく)
Meaning: new building | new construction
慎重 (しんちょう)
Meaning: discretion | prudence
進呈 (しんてい)
Meaning: presentation
進展 (しんてん)
Meaning: progress | development
神殿 (しんでん)
Meaning: temple | sacred place
進度 (しんど)
Meaning: progress
振動 (しんどう)
Meaning: oscillation | vibration
新入生 (しんにゅうせい)
Meaning: freshman | first-year student
信任 (しんにん)
Meaning: trust | confidence | credence
神秘 (しんぴ)
Meaning: mystery
辛抱 (しんぼう)
Meaning: patience | endurance
人民 (じんみん)
Meaning: people | public
真理 (しんり)
Meaning: truth
侵略 (しんりゃく)
Meaning: aggression | invasion | raid
診療 (しんりょう)
Meaning: medical examination and treatment | diagnosis
酸い (すい)
Meaning: sour | acid
水源 (すいげん)
Meaning: source of river | fountainhead
水準 (すいじゅん)
Meaning: (1) water level | (2) level | standard
推進 (すいしん)
Meaning: propulsion | driving force
水素 (すいそ)
Meaning: hydrogen
水洗 (すいせん)
Meaning: flushing
吹奏 (すいそう)
Meaning: playing wind instruments
推測 (すいそく)
Meaning: guess | conjecture
水田 (すいでん)
Meaning: (water-filled) paddy field
推理 (すいり)
Meaning: reasoning | inference | mystery or detective genre (movie, novel, etc.)
数詞 (すうし)
Meaning: numeral
崇拝 (すうはい)
Meaning: worship | adoration | admiration | cult
据え付ける (すえつける)
Meaning: to install | to equip | to mount
清々しい (すがすがしい)
Meaning: fresh | refreshing
救い (すくい)
Meaning: help | aid | relief
掬う (すくう)
Meaning: to scoop | to ladle out
健やか (すこやか)
Meaning: vigorous | healthy | sound
進み (すすみ)
Meaning: progress
裾 (すそ)
Meaning: (trouser) cuff | (skirt) hem | cut edge of a hairdo | foot of mountain
スタジオ (スタジオ)
Meaning: studio
廃れる (すたれる)
Meaning: to go out of use | to become obsolete | to die out | to go out of fashion
スチーム (スチーム)
Meaning: steam
ストロー (ストロー)
Meaning: straw
すばしこい (すばしこい)
Meaning: nimble | smart | quick
素早い (すばやい)
Meaning: (1) fast | quick | prompt | (2) nimble | agile
ずばり (ずばり)
Meaning: decisively | decidedly | once and for all | unreservedly | frankly
ずぶ濡れ (ずぶぬれ)
Meaning: soaked | dripping wet
済ます (すます)
Meaning: (1) to finish | to get it over with | to conclude | (2) to settle | to pay back | (3) to get along (without something)
澄ます (すます)
Meaning: to clear | to make clear | to be unruffled | to look unconcerned | to look demure | to look prim | to put on airs
速やか (すみやか)
Meaning: speed
すらっと (すらっと)
Meaning: slender | slim
擦る (する)
Meaning: to rub | to chafe | to file | to frost (glass) | to strike (match)
滑 (ずれ)
Meaning: gap | slippage
擦れ違い (すれちがい)
Meaning: chance encounter
擦れる (すれる)
Meaning: to rub | to chafe | to wear | to become sophisticated
すんなり (すんなり)
Meaning: pass with no objection | slim | slender
生育 (せいいく)
Meaning: growth | development | breeding
成果 (せいか)
Meaning: results | fruits
正解 (せいかい)
Meaning: correct | right | correct interpretation (answer, solution)
正規 (せいき)
Meaning: regular | legal | formal | established | legitimate
正義 (せいぎ)
Meaning: justice | right | righteousness | correct meaning
生計 (せいけい)
Meaning: livelihood | living
政権 (せいけん)
Meaning: (political) administration | political power
精巧 (せいこう)
Meaning: elaborate | delicate | exquisite
星座 (せいざ)
Meaning: constellation
制裁 (せいさい)
Meaning: restraint | sanctions | punishment
製作 (せいさく)
Meaning: manufacture | production
清算 (せいさん)
Meaning: liquidation | settlement
静止 (せいし)
Meaning: stillness | repose | standing still
生死 (せいし)
Meaning: life and death
誠実 (せいじつ)
Meaning: sincere | honest | faithful
清純 (せいじゅん)
Meaning: purity | innocence
聖書 (せいしょ)
Meaning: Bible | scriptures
正常 (せいじょう)
Meaning: normalcy | normality | normal
制する (せいする)
Meaning: to control | to command | to get the better of
盛大 (せいだい)
Meaning: grand | prosperous | magnificent
清濁 (せいだく)
Meaning: good and evil | purity and impurity
制定 (せいてい)
Meaning: enactment | establishment | creation
静的 (せいてき)
Meaning: static
性的 (せいてき)
Meaning: sex | sexual | sexy
製鉄 (せいてつ)
Meaning: iron manufacture
晴天 (せいてん)
Meaning: fine weather
正当 (せいとう)
Meaning: just | justifiable | right | due | proper | equitable | reasonable | legitimate | lawful
成年 (せいねん)
Meaning: majority | adult age
制服 (せいふく)
Meaning: uniform
征服 (せいふく)
Meaning: conquest | subjugation | overcoming
製法 (せいほう)
Meaning: manufacturing method | recipe | formula
精密 (せいみつ)
Meaning: precise | exact | detailed | minute | close
税務署 (ぜいむしょ)
Meaning: tax office
声明 (せいめい)
Meaning: declaration | statement | proclamation
姓名 (せいめい)
Meaning: full name
制約 (せいやく)
Meaning: limitation | restriction | condition | constraints
生理 (せいり)
Meaning: physiology | menses
勢力 (せいりょく)
Meaning: influence | power | might | strength | potency | force | energy
整列 (せいれつ)
Meaning: stand in a row | form a line
急かす (せかす)
Meaning: to hurry | to urge on
伜 (せがれ)
Meaning: son | my son
責務 (せきむ)
Meaning: duty | obligation
世辞 (せじ)
Meaning: flattery | compliment
世帯 (せたい)
Meaning: household
是正 (ぜせい)
Meaning: correction | revision
世代 (せだい)
Meaning: generation | the world | the age
節 (せつ)
Meaning: node | section | occasion | time
切開 (せっかい)
Meaning: clearing (land) | opening up | cutting through
切実 (せつじつ)
Meaning: compelling | serious | severe | acute | earnest | pressing | urgent
接触 (せっしょく)
Meaning: touch | contact
接続詞 (せつぞくし)
Meaning: conjunction
設置 (せっち)
Meaning: establishment | institution
折衷 (せっちゅう)
Meaning: compromise | cross | blending | eclecticism
設定 (せってい)
Meaning: establishment | creation
説得 (せっとく)
Meaning: persuasion
切ない (せつない)
Meaning: painful | trying | oppressive | suffocating
絶版 (ぜっぱん)
Meaning: out of print
設立 (せつりつ)
Meaning: establishment | foundation | institution
攻め (せめ)
Meaning: attack | offence
世論 (せろん)
Meaning: public opinion
繊維 (せんい)
Meaning: fibre | fiber | textile
全快 (ぜんかい)
Meaning: complete recovery of health
選挙 (せんきょ)
Meaning: election
宣教 (せんきょう)
Meaning: religious mission
宣言 (せんげん)
Meaning: declaration | proclamation | announcement
先行 (せんこう)
Meaning: preceding | going first
戦災 (せんさい)
Meaning: war damage
選考 (せんこう)
Meaning: selection | screening
専修 (せんしゅう)
Meaning: specialization
戦術 (せんじゅつ)
Meaning: tactics
全盛 (ぜんせい)
Meaning: height of prosperity
先代 (せんだい)
Meaning: family predecessor | previous age | previous generation
先だって (せんだって)
Meaning: recently | the other day
先着 (せんちゃく)
Meaning: first arrival
前提 (ぜんてい)
Meaning: preamble | premise | reason | prerequisite
先天的 (せんてんてき)
Meaning: a priori | inborn | innate | inherent | congenital | hereditary
前途 (ぜんと)
Meaning: future prospects | outlook | the journey ahead
戦闘 (せんとう)
Meaning: battle | fight | combat
潜入 (せんにゅう)
Meaning: infiltration | sneaking in
全滅 (ぜんめつ)
Meaning: annihilation
専用 (せんよう)
Meaning: exclusive use | personal use
占領 (せんりょう)
Meaning: occupation | capture | possession | have a room to oneself
善良 (ぜんりょう)
Meaning: goodness | excellence | virtue
戦力 (せんりょく)
Meaning: war potential
前例 (ぜんれい)
Meaning: precedent
相 (そう)
Meaning: aspect | phase | countenance
沿う (そう)
Meaning: to run along | to follow
添う (そう)
Meaning: to accompany | to become married | to comply with
相応 (そうおう)
Meaning: suitability | fitness
総会 (そうかい)
Meaning: general meeting
創刊 (そうかん)
Meaning: launching (e.g. newspaper) | first issue
雑木 (ぞうき)
Meaning: various kinds of small trees | assorted trees
早急 (そうきゅう)
Meaning: urgent
増強 (ぞうきょう)
Meaning: augment | reinforce | increase
送金 (そうきん)
Meaning: remittance | sending money
走行 (そうこう)
Meaning: running a wheeled vehicle (e.g. car) | traveling
総合 (そうごう)
Meaning: synthesis | coordination | putting together | integration | composite
捜査 (そうさ)
Meaning: search (esp. in criminal investigations) | investigation
捜索 (そうさく)
Meaning: search (esp. for someone or something missing) | investigation
操縦 (そうじゅう)
Meaning: (1) flying (a plane) | (2) management | handling | control | manipulation
蔵相 (ぞうしょう)
Meaning: Minister of Finance
装飾 (そうしょく)
Meaning: ornament
増進 (ぞうしん)
Meaning: promoting | increase | advance
創造 (そうぞう)
Meaning: creation
相対 (そうたい)
Meaning: relative
壮大 (そうだい)
Meaning: magnificent | grand | majestic | splendid
騒動 (そうどう)
Meaning: strife | riot | rebellion
遭難 (そうなん)
Meaning: disaster | shipwreck | accident
相場 (そうば)
Meaning: market price | speculation | estimation
装備 (そうび)
Meaning: equipment
創立 (そうりつ)
Meaning: establishment | founding | organization
添える (そえる)
Meaning: to add to | to attach | to append | to accompany | to garnish | to imitate | to annex
即座に (そくざに)
Meaning: immediately | right away
促進 (そくしん)
Meaning: promotion | acceleration | encouragement | facilitation | spurring on
即する (そくする)
Meaning: to conform to | to agree with | to be adapted to | to be based on
束縛 (そくばく)
Meaning: restraint | shackles | restriction | confinement | binding
側面 (そくめん)
Meaning: side | flank | sidelight | lateral
損なう (そこなう)
Meaning: to harm | to hurt | to injure | to damage | to fail in doing
其処ら (そこら)
Meaning: everywhere | somewhere | approximately | that area | around there
素材 (そざい)
Meaning: raw materials | subject matter
阻止 (そし)
Meaning: obstruction | check | hindrance | prevention | interdiction
訴訟 (そしょう)
Meaning: litigation | lawsuit
育ち (そだち)
Meaning: breeding | growth
措置 (そち)
Meaning: measure | step
素気ない (そっけない)
Meaning: cold | short | curt | blunt
外方 (そっぽ)
Meaning: look (or turn) the other way
備え付ける (そなえつける)
Meaning: to provide | to furnish | to equip | to install
備わる (そなわる)
Meaning: (1) to be furnished with | to be endowed with | (2) to be among | to be one of | to be possessed of
聳える (そびえる)
Meaning: to rise | to tower | to soar
素朴 (そぼく)
Meaning: simplicity | artlessness | naivete
背く (そむく)
Meaning: to run counter to | to go against | to disobey | to infringe
染まる (そまる)
Meaning: to dye
染める (そめる)
Meaning: to dye | to colour
逸らす (そらす)
Meaning: to turn away | to avert
轌 (そり)
Meaning: sleigh | sled
反る (そる)
Meaning: (1) to warp | to be warped | to curve | to be curved | to be arched | (2) to bend (backward)
其れ故 (それゆえ)
Meaning: therefore | for that reason | so
ソロ (ソロ)
Meaning: solo
揃い (そろい)
Meaning: set | suit | uniform
算盤 (そろばん)
Meaning: abacus
ぞんざい (ぞんざい)
Meaning: rude | careless | slovenly
存続 (そんぞく)
Meaning: duration | continuance
他 (た)
Meaning: other (esp. people and abstract matters)
ダース (ダース)
Meaning: dozen
帯 (たい)
Meaning: band (e.g. conduction, valence)
隊 (たい)
Meaning: party | company | body (of troops) | corps
対応 (たいおう)
Meaning: interaction | correspondence | coping with | dealing with
大家 (たいか)
Meaning: expert
退化 (たいか)
Meaning: degeneration | retrogression
大概 (たいがい)
Meaning: in general | mainly
体格 (たいかく)
Meaning: physique | constitution
退学 (たいがく)
Meaning: dropping out of school
大気 (たいき)
Meaning: atmosphere
待遇 (たいぐう)
Meaning: treatment | reception
対決 (たいけつ)
Meaning: confrontation | showdown
体験 (たいけん)
Meaning: personal experience
太鼓 (たいこ)
Meaning: drum | tambourine
対抗 (たいこう)
Meaning: opposition | antagonism
退治 (たいじ)
Meaning: extermination
大衆 (たいしゅう)
Meaning: general public
対処 (たいしょ)
Meaning: deal with | cope
退職 (たいしょく)
Meaning: retirement (from office)
題する (だいする)
Meaning: to be titled (e.g. a book) | to be named
体勢 (たいせい)
Meaning: posture | stance
対談 (たいだん)
Meaning: talk | dialogue | conversation
対等 (たいとう)
Meaning: equivalent
台無し (だいなし)
Meaning: mess | spoiled | (come to) nothing
滞納 (たいのう)
Meaning: non-payment | default
対比 (たいひ)
Meaning: contrast | comparison
大部 (たいぶ)
Meaning: most (e.g. most part) | greater | fairly | a good deal | much
大便 (だいべん)
Meaning: feces | excrement | shit
代弁 (だいべん)
Meaning: pay by proxy | act for another | speak for another
待望 (たいぼう)
Meaning: expectant waiting
台本 (だいほん)
Meaning: libretto | scenario
怠慢 (たいまん)
Meaning: negligence | procrastination | carelessness
タイムリー (タイムリー)
Meaning: timely | run-batted-in (baseball) | RBI
対面 (たいめん)
Meaning: interview | meeting
代用 (だいよう)
Meaning: substitution
体力 (たいりょく)
Meaning: physical strength
対話 (たいわ)
Meaning: interactive | interaction | conversation | dialogue
堪える (たえる)
Meaning: (1) to bear | to stand | to endure | to put up with | (2) to support | to withstand | to resist | to brave | (3) to be fit for | to be equal to
絶える (たえる)
Meaning: (1) to die out | to peter out | to become extinct | (2) to cease | to be stopped | to be discontinued | to be cut off
打開 (だかい)
Meaning: break in the deadlock
高まる (たかまる)
Meaning: to rise | to swell | to be promoted
焚火 (たきび)
Meaning: (open) fire | bonfire
妥協 (だきょう)
Meaning: compromise | giving in
逞しい (たくましい)
Meaning: burly | strong | sturdy
巧み (たくみ)
Meaning: skill | cleverness
丈 (たけ)
Meaning: height | stature | length | measure | all (one has)
打撃 (だげき)
Meaning: (1) blow | shock | strike | damage | (2) batting (baseball)
妥結 (だけつ)
Meaning: agreement
駄作 (ださく)
Meaning: poor work | rubbish
足し算 (たしざん)
Meaning: addition
多数決 (たすうけつ)
Meaning: majority rule
携わる (たずさわる)
Meaning: to participate | to take part
直ちに (ただちに)
Meaning: at once | immediately | directly | in person
畳む (たたむ)
Meaning: to fold (clothes)
立ち去る (たちさる)
Meaning: to leave | to depart | to take one's leave
立ち寄る (たちよる)
Meaning: to stop by | to drop in for a short visit
達者 (たっしゃ)
Meaning: skillful | in good health
経つ (たつ)
Meaning: to pass | to lapse
盾 (たて)
Meaning: shield | buckler | escutcheon | pretext
立て替える (たてかえる)
Meaning: to pay in advance | to pay for another | to pay someone else's debt as a loan to him
建前 (たてまえ)
Meaning: face | official stance | public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts)
奉る (たてまつる)
Meaning: to offer | to present | to revere | to do respectfully
他動詞 (たどうし)
Meaning: transitive verb (direct obj)
辿り着く (たどりつく)
Meaning: to grope along to | to struggle on to | to arrive somewhere after a struggle
辿る (たどる)
Meaning: to follow (road) | to pursue (course) | to follow up
束ねる (たばねる)
Meaning: to tie up in a bundle | to govern | to manage | to control | to fold (one's arms) | to administer
だぶだぶ (だぶだぶ)
Meaning: loose | baggy
他方 (たほう)
Meaning: another side | different direction | (on) the other hand
多忙 (たぼう)
Meaning: busy | pressure of work
給う (たまう)
Meaning: to receive | to grant
賜る (たまわる)
Meaning: to grant | to bestow
保つ (たもつ)
Meaning: to keep | to preserve | to hold | to retain | to maintain | to support | to sustain | to last | to endure | to keep well (food) | to wear well | to be durable
容易い (たやすい)
Meaning: easy | simple | light
多様 (たよう)
Meaning: diversity | variety
怠い (だるい)
Meaning: sluggish | feel heavy | languid | dull
弛む (たるむ)
Meaning: to slacken | to loosen | to relax
垂れる (たれる)
Meaning: (1) to hang | to droop | to dangle | to sag | to lower | to pull down | (2) to leave behind (at death) | to give | to confer | (3) to drip | to ooze | to trickle | to drop
単 (たん)
Meaning: simply
単一 (たんいつ)
Meaning: single | simple | sole | individual | unitory
担架 (たんか)
Meaning: stretcher | litter
短気 (たんき)
Meaning: quick temper
団結 (だんけつ)
Meaning: unity | union | combination
探検 (たんけん)
Meaning: exploration | expedition
断言 (だんげん)
Meaning: assertion | declaration | affirmation
短縮 (たんしゅく)
Meaning: shortening | abbreviation | reduction
断然 (だんぜん)
Meaning: firmly | absolutely | definitely
炭素 (たんそ)
Meaning: carbon (C)
短大 (たんだい)
Meaning: junior college
団地 (だんち)
Meaning: multi-unit apartments
単調 (たんちょう)
Meaning: monotony | monotone | dullness
単独 (たんどく)
Meaning: sole | independence | single | solo (flight)
旦那 (だんな)
Meaning: master (of house) | husband (informal)
短波 (たんぱ)
Meaning: short wave
蛋白質 (たんぱくしつ)
Meaning: protein
断面 (だんめん)
Meaning: cross-section
弾力 (だんりょく)
Meaning: elasticity | flexibility
治安 (ちあん)
Meaning: public order
畜産 (ちくさん)
Meaning: animal husbandry
畜生 (ちくしょう)
Meaning: beast | brute | damn
蓄積 (ちくせき)
Meaning: accumulation | accumulate | store
地形 (ちけい)
Meaning: terrain | geographical features | topography
知性 (ちせい)
Meaning: intelligence
乳 (ちち)
Meaning: milk | breast | loop
縮まる (ちぢまる)
Meaning: to be shortened | to be contracted | to shrink
縮む (ちぢむ)
Meaning: to shrink | to be contracted
秩序 (ちつじょ)
Meaning: order | regularity | system | method
窒息 (ちっそく)
Meaning: suffocation
知的 (ちてき)
Meaning: intellectual
地名 (ちめい)
Meaning: place name
着手 (ちゃくしゅ)
Meaning: embarkation | launch
着色 (ちゃくしょく)
Meaning: colouring | coloring
着席 (ちゃくせき)
Meaning: sit down | seat
着目 (ちゃくもく)
Meaning: attention
着陸 (ちゃくりく)
Meaning: landing | alighting | touch down
着工 (ちゃっこう)
Meaning: start of (construction) work
茶の間 (ちゃのま)
Meaning: living room (Japanese-style)
茶の湯 (ちゃのゆ)
Meaning: tea ceremony
ちやほや (ちやほや)
Meaning: pamper | make a fuss of | spoil
宙返り (ちゅうがえり)
Meaning: somersault | looping-the-loop
中継 (ちゅうけい)
Meaning: relay | hook-up
忠告 (ちゅうこく)
Meaning: advice | warning
忠実 (ちゅうじつ)
Meaning: (1) faithful | loyal | devoted
中傷 (ちゅうしょう)
Meaning: slander | libel | defamation
中枢 (ちゅうすう)
Meaning: centre | pivot | mainstay | nucleus | backbone | central figure | pillar | key man
中断 (ちゅうだん)
Meaning: interruption | suspension | break
中毒 (ちゅうどく)
Meaning: poisoning
中腹 (ちゅうふく)
Meaning: mountain side | halfway up
中立 (ちゅうりつ)
Meaning: neutrality
中和 (ちゅうわ)
Meaning: neutralize | counteract
著 (ちょ)
Meaning: work
腸 (ちょう)
Meaning: guts | bowels | intestines
聴覚 (ちょうかく)
Meaning: the sense of hearing
長官 (ちょうかん)
Meaning: chief | (government) secretary
聴診器 (ちょうしんき)
Meaning: stethoscope
挑戦 (ちょうせん)
Meaning: challenge | defiance
調停 (ちょうてい)
Meaning: arbitration | conciliation | mediation
重複 (ちょうふく)
Meaning: duplication | repetition | overlapping | redundancy | restoration
長編 (ちょうへん)
Meaning: long (e.g. novel, film)
重宝 (ちょうほう)
Meaning: priceless treasure | convenience | usefulness
調理 (ちょうり)
Meaning: cooking
調和 (ちょうわ)
Meaning: harmony
ちょくちょく (ちょくちょく)
Meaning: often | frequently | now and then | occasionally
直面 (ちょくめん)
Meaning: confrontation
著書 (ちょしょ)
Meaning: literary work | book
貯蓄 (ちょちく)
Meaning: savings
直感 (ちょっかん)
Meaning: intuition | instinct | insight | hunch
著名 (ちょめい)
Meaning: well-known | noted | celebrated
ちらっと (ちらっと)
Meaning: at a glance | by accident
塵 (ちり)
Meaning: dust | dirt
塵取り (ちりとり)
Meaning: dustpan
治療 (ちりょう)
Meaning: medical treatment
賃金 (ちんぎん)
Meaning: wages
沈殿 (ちんでん)
Meaning: precipitation | deposition | settlement (e.g. of sediment)
沈没 (ちんぼつ)
Meaning: sinking | foundering
沈黙 (ちんもく)
Meaning: silence | reticence
対 (つい)
Meaning: pair | couple | set
追及 (ついきゅう)
Meaning: gaining on | carrying out | solving (crime)
追跡 (ついせき)
Meaning: pursuit
追放 (ついほう)
Meaning: exile | banishment
陳列 (ちんれつ)
Meaning: exhibition | display | show
費やす (ついやす)
Meaning: to spend | to devote | to waste
墜落 (ついらく)
Meaning: falling | crashing
痛感 (つうかん)
Meaning: feeling keenly | fully realizing
通常 (つうじょう)
Meaning: common | general | normal | usual
痛切 (つうせつ)
Meaning: keen | acute
杖 (つえ)
Meaning: cane | walking stick | staff
使い道 (つかいみち)
Meaning: use
仕える (つかえる)
Meaning: to serve | to work for
司る (つかさどる)
Meaning: to rule | to govern | to administer
束の間 (つかのま)
Meaning: moment | brief time | brief | transient
月並み (つきなみ)
Meaning: (1) every month | (2) trite | common
継ぎ目 (つぎめ)
Meaning: a joint | joining point
尽きる (つきる)
Meaning: to be used up | to be run out | to be exhausted | to be consumed | to come to an end
接ぐ (つぐ)
Meaning: (1) to join | (2) to piece together | (3) to set (bones) | (4) to graft (trees)
継ぐ (つぐ)
Meaning: to succeed (someone in a business or inheritance)
尽くす (つくす)
Meaning: (1) to exhaust | to run out | (2) to devote | to serve (a person) | to befriend
熟 (つくづく)
Meaning: completely | really | thoroughly | deeply | severely | intently
造り (つくり)
Meaning: make-up | structure | physique
繕う (つくろう)
Meaning: to mend | to repair | to fix | to patch up | to darn | to tidy up | to adjust | to trim
告げる (つげる)
Meaning: to inform
辻褄 (つじつま)
Meaning: coherence | consistency
筒 (つつ)
Meaning: pipe | tube
突く (つつく)
Meaning: (1) to thrust | to strike | to attack | (2) to poke | to nudge | to pick at
慎む (つつしむ)
Meaning: to be careful | to be chaste or discreet | to abstain or refrain
務まる (つとまる)
Meaning: to be fit for | to be equal to | to function properly
勤め先 (つとめさき)
Meaning: place of work
努めて (つとめて)
Meaning: make an effort! | work hard!
津波 (つなみ)
Meaning: tsunami | tidal wave
抓る (つねる)
Meaning: to pinch
募る (つのる)
Meaning: to invite | to solicit help, participation, etc.
唾 (つば)
Meaning: saliva | spit | sputum
呟く (つぶやく)
Meaning: to mutter | to murmur
円 (つぶら)
Meaning: round | rotund
瞑る (つぶる)
Meaning: to close the eyes
壷 (つぼ)
Meaning: jar | pot | vase
蕾 (つぼみ)
Meaning: bud | flower bud
摘む (つまむ)
Meaning: to pinch | to hold | to pick up
摘む (つむ)
Meaning: to pluck | to pick | to trim
露 (つゆ)
Meaning: dew
強まる (つよまる)
Meaning: to get strong | to gain strength
強める (つよめる)
Meaning: to strengthen | to emphasize
連なる (つらなる)
Meaning: to extend | to stretch out | to stand in a row
貫く (つらぬく)
Meaning: to go through
連ねる (つらねる)
Meaning: to link | to join | to put together
釣鐘 (つりがね)
Meaning: hanging bell
吊革 (つりかわ)
Meaning: strap (to hang onto)
手当て (てあて)
Meaning: allowance | compensation | treatment | medical care
定義 (ていぎ)
Meaning: definition
定期 (ていき)
Meaning: fixed term
提供 (ていきょう)
Meaning: offer | tender | program sponsoring | furnishing
提携 (ていけい)
Meaning: cooperation | tie-up | joint business | link-up
体裁 (ていさい)
Meaning: decency | style | form | appearance | show | get-up | format
提示 (ていじ)
Meaning: presentation | exhibit | suggest | citation
定食 (ていしょく)
Meaning: set meal | special (of the day)
訂正 (ていせい)
Meaning: correction | revision
停滞 (ていたい)
Meaning: stagnation | tie-up | congestion | retention | accumulation | falling into arrears
邸宅 (ていたく)
Meaning: mansion | residence
停電 (ていでん)
Meaning: failure of electricity
堤防 (ていぼう)
Meaning: bank | weir
手遅れ (ておくれ)
Meaning: (1) being (too) late | (2) belated treatment
手がける (てがける)
Meaning: to make | to do | to produce | to work on
手数 (てかず)
Meaning: number of moves | trouble
手軽 (てがる)
Meaning: easy | simple | informal | offhand | cheap
適応 (てきおう)
Meaning: adaptation | accommodation | conformity
適宜 (てきぎ)
Meaning: suitability
適性 (てきせい)
Meaning: aptitude
出来物 (できもの)
Meaning: tumour | growth | boil | ulcer | abscess | rash | pimple
手際 (てぎわ)
Meaning: performance | skill | tact
出くわす (でくわす)
Meaning: to happen to meet | to come across
手順 (てじゅん)
Meaning: process | procedure | protocol
手錠 (てじょう)
Meaning: handcuffs | manacles
手数 (てすう)
Meaning: trouble | labor | handling
デコレーション (デコレーション)
Meaning: decoration
手近 (てぢか)
Meaning: near | handy | familiar
天辺 (てっぺん)
Meaning: top | summit | apex | scalp
鉄棒 (てつぼう)
Meaning: iron rod | crowbar | horizontal bar (gymnastics)
出直し (でなおし)
Meaning: adjustment | touch up
掌 (てのひら)
Meaning: the palm (of one's hand)
手配 (てはい)
Meaning: arrangement | search (by police)
手筈 (てはず)
Meaning: arrangement | plan | programme
手引き (てびき)
Meaning: guidance | guide | introduction
手本 (てほん)
Meaning: model | pattern
手元 (てもと)
Meaning: (1) (money) on hand or at home | one's purse | (2) usual skill
照り返す (てりかえす)
Meaning: to reflect | to throw back light
手分け (てわけ)
Meaning: division of labour
田園 (でんえん)
Meaning: country | rural districts
天下 (てんか)
Meaning: the world | whole country | descent from heaven | having one's own way | the public | the ruling power
点火 (てんか)
Meaning: ignition | lighting | set fire to
転回 (てんかい)
Meaning: revolution | rotation
転換 (てんかん)
Meaning: convert | divert
転居 (てんきょ)
Meaning: moving | changing residence
転勤 (てんきん)
Meaning: transfer | transmission
電源 (でんげん)
Meaning: source of electricity | power (button on TV, etc.)
天候 (てんこう)
Meaning: weather
伝言 (でんごん)
Meaning: verbal message | rumor | word
天災 (てんさい)
Meaning: natural calamity | disaster
展示 (てんじ)
Meaning: exhibition | display
点線 (てんせん)
Meaning: dotted line | perforated line
転じる (てんじる)
Meaning: to turn | to shift | to alter | to distract
天体 (てんたい)
Meaning: heavenly body
伝達 (でんたつ)
Meaning: transmission (e.g. news) | communication | delivery
てんで (てんで)
Meaning: (not) at all | altogether | entirely
転任 (てんにん)
Meaning: change of post
展望 (てんぼう)
Meaning: view | outlook | prospect
伝来 (でんらい)
Meaning: ancestral | hereditary | imported | transmitted | handed down
転落 (てんらく)
Meaning: fall | degradation | slump | spill
問う (とう)
Meaning: (1) to ask | to question | to charge (i.e. with a crime) | to accuse | (2) without regard to (with negative verb)
棟 (とう)
Meaning: place | section | building
胴 (どう)
Meaning: trunk | body | frame
同意 (どうい)
Meaning: agreement | consent | same meaning | same opinion | approval
動員 (どういん)
Meaning: mobilization
どうか (どうか)
Meaning: please | somehow or other
同感 (どうかん)
Meaning: agreement | same opinion | same feeling | sympathy | concurrence
陶器 (とうき)
Meaning: pottery | ceramics
党議 (とうぎ)
Meaning: a party council | party conference
動機 (どうき)
Meaning: motive | incentive
等級 (とうきゅう)
Meaning: grade | class
同居 (どうきょ)
Meaning: living together
登校 (とうこう)
Meaning: attendance (at school)
統合 (とうごう)
Meaning: integration | unification | synthesis
動向 (どうこう)
Meaning: trend | tendency | movement | attitude
倒産 (とうさん)
Meaning: (corporate) bankruptcy | insolvency
投資 (とうし)
Meaning: investment
同士 (どうし)
Meaning: fellow | companion | comrade
同志 (どうし)
Meaning: same mind | comrade | kindred soul
同情 (どうじょう)
Meaning: sympathy | compassion | sympathize | pity | feel for
道場 (どうじょう)
Meaning: dojo | hall used for martial arts training | mandala
統制 (とうせい)
Meaning: regulation | control
当選 (とうせん)
Meaning: being elected | winning the prize
逃走 (とうそう)
Meaning: flight | desertion | escape
統率 (とうそつ)
Meaning: command | lead | generalship | leadership
到達 (とうたつ)
Meaning: reaching | attaining | arrival
同調 (どうちょう)
Meaning: sympathy | agree with | alignment | tuning
到底 (とうてい)
Meaning: (cannot) possibly
動的 (どうてき)
Meaning: dynamic | kinetic
尊い (とうとい)
Meaning: precious | valuable | priceless | noble | exalted | sacred
同等 (どうとう)
Meaning: equality | equal | same rights | same rank
堂々 (どうどう)
Meaning: magnificent | grand | impressive
道徳 (どうとく)
Meaning: morals
尊ぶ (とうとぶ)
Meaning: to value | to prize | to esteem
どうにか (どうにか)
Meaning: in some way or other | one way or another
投入 (とうにゅう)
Meaning: throw | investment | making (an electrical circuit)
導入 (どうにゅう)
Meaning: introduction | bringing in | leading in
当人 (とうにん)
Meaning: the one concerned | the said person
同封 (どうふう)
Meaning: enclosure (e.g. in a letter)
逃亡 (とうぼう)
Meaning: escape
冬眠 (とうみん)
Meaning: hibernation | winter sleep
同盟 (どうめい)
Meaning: alliance | union | league
どうやら (どうやら)
Meaning: it seems like | somehow or other
動力 (どうりょく)
Meaning: power | motive power | dynamic force
登録 (とうろく)
Meaning: registration | register | entry | record
討論 (とうろん)
Meaning: debate | discussion
遠ざかる (とおざかる)
Meaning: to go far off
遠回り (とおまわり)
Meaning: detour | roundabout way
トーン (トーン)
Meaning: tone
兎角 (とかく)
Meaning: anyhow | anyway | somehow or other | generally speaking | in any case | this and that | many | be apt to
溶かす (とかす)
Meaning: to melt | to dissolve
咎める (とがめる)
Meaning: to blame | to find fault | to take someone to task | to aggravate (an injury)
時折 (ときおり)
Meaning: sometimes
途切れる (とぎれる)
Meaning: to pause | to be interrupted
説く (とく)
Meaning: to explain | to advocate | to preach | to persuade
研ぐ (とぐ)
Meaning: to sharpen | to grind | to scour | to hone | to polish | to wash (rice)
特技 (とくぎ)
Meaning: special skill
独裁 (どくさい)
Meaning: dictatorship | despotism
特産 (とくさん)
Meaning: specialty | special product
独自 (どくじ)
Meaning: original | peculiar | characteristic
読者 (どくしゃ)
Meaning: reader
特集 (とくしゅう)
Meaning: feature (e.g. newspaper) | special edition | report
独占 (どくせん)
Meaning: monopoly
独創 (どくそう)
Meaning: originality
得点 (とくてん)
Meaning: score | points made | marks obtained | runs
特派 (とくは)
Meaning: send specially | special envoy
特有 (とくゆう)
Meaning: characteristic (of) | peculiar (to)
遂げる (とげる)
Meaning: to accomplish | to achieve | to carry out
所か (どころか)
Meaning: (1) far from | (2) on the contrary | not at all | (3) not to speak of | let alone
年頃 (としごろ)
Meaning: age | marriageable age | age of puberty | adolescence | for some years
戸締り (とじまり)
Meaning: closing up | fastening the doors
年寄り (としより)
Meaning: old people | the aged
綴じる (とじる)
Meaning: to bind | to file
土台 (どだい)
Meaning: foundation | base | basis
途絶える (とだえる)
Meaning: to stop | to cease | to come to an end
特許 (とっきょ)
Meaning: special permission | patent
咄嗟に (とっさに)
Meaning: at once
突如 (とつじょ)
Meaning: suddenly | all of a sudden
突破 (とっぱ)
Meaning: breaking through | breakthrough | penetration
滞る (とどこおる)
Meaning: to stagnate | to be delayed
整える (ととのえる)
Meaning: (1) to put in order | to arrange | to adjust | (2) to get ready | to prepare | (3) to raise money
留める (とどめる)
Meaning: to stop | to cease | to put an end to
唱える (となえる)
Meaning: to recite | to chant | to call upon
殿様 (とのさま)
Meaning: feudal lord
溝 (どぶ)
Meaning: ditch | drain | gutter | gap
徒歩 (とほ)
Meaning: walking | going on foot
土木 (どぼく)
Meaning: public works
惚ける (とぼける)
Meaning: (1) to play dumb | to feign ignorance | to play innocent | to have a blank facial expression | (2) to play the fool | (3) to be in one's dotage
乏しい (とぼしい)
Meaning: meagre | scarce | limited | destitute | hard up | scanty | poor
富 (とみ)
Meaning: wealth | fortune
富む (とむ)
Meaning: to be rich | to become rich
共稼ぎ (ともかせぎ)
Meaning: working together | (husband and wife) earning a living together
伴う (ともなう)
Meaning: to accompany | to bring with | to be accompanied by | to be involved in | to be consequent upon
共働き (ともばたらき)
Meaning: dual income
取り扱う (とりあつかう)
Meaning: to treat | to handle | to deal in
鳥居 (とりい)
Meaning: torii (Shinto shrine archway)
取替 (とりかえ)
Meaning: swap | exchange
取り組む (とりくむ)
Meaning: to tackle | to wrestle with | to engage in a bout | to come to grips with | to make effort | to strive for
取り締まり (とりしまり)
Meaning: control | management | supervision
取り締まる (とりしまる)
Meaning: to manage | to control | to supervise
取り調べる (とりしらべる)
Meaning: to investigate | to examine
取り立て (とりたて)
Meaning: collection (of a debt) | patronage
取り付ける (とりつける)
Meaning: to furnish | to install | to get someone's agreement
取り除く (とりのぞく)
Meaning: to remove | to take away | to set apart
取り巻く (とりまく)
Meaning: to surround | to circle | to enclose
取り混ぜる (とりまぜる)
Meaning: to mix | to put together
取り戻す (とりもどす)
Meaning: to take back | to regain
取り寄せる (とりよせる)
Meaning: to order | to send away for
トリル (トリル)
Meaning: trill
取り分け (とりわけ)
Meaning: especially | above all
蕩ける (とろける)
Meaning: to be enchanted with
鈍感 (どんかん)
Meaning: thickheadedness | stolidity
とんだ (とんだ)
Meaning: terrible | awful | serious | preposterous | absolutely not 
度忘れ (どわすれ)
Meaning: lapse of memory | forget for a moment
問屋 (とんや)
Meaning: wholesale store
内閣 (ないかく)
Meaning: cabinet | (government) ministry
乃至 (ないし)
Meaning: from .. to | between .. and | or
内心 (ないしん)
Meaning: innermost thoughts | real intention | inmost heart | one's mind | in the heart
内臓 (ないぞう)
Meaning: internal organs | intestines | viscera
ナイター (ナイター)
Meaning: game under lights (e.g. baseball) (trans: nighter) | night game
内部 (ないぶ)
Meaning: interior | inside | internal
内乱 (ないらん)
Meaning: civil war | insurrection | rebellion | domestic conflict
内陸 (ないりく)
Meaning: inland
苗 (なえ)
Meaning: rice seedling
尚更 (なおさら)
Meaning: all the more | still less
長々 (ながなが)
Meaning: long | drawn-out | very long
中程 (なかほど)
Meaning: middle | midway
渚 (なぎさ)
Meaning: water's edge | beach | shore
嘆く (なげく)
Meaning: to sigh | to lament | to grieve
仲人 (なこうど)
Meaning: go-between | matchmaker
和やか (なごやか)
Meaning: mild | calm | gentle | quiet | harmonious
名残 (なごり)
Meaning: remains | traces | memory
情け (なさけ)
Meaning: sympathy | compassion
情け深い (なさけぶかい)
Meaning: tender-hearted | compassionate
詰る (なじる)
Meaning: to rebuke | to scold | to tell off
雪崩 (なだれ)
Meaning: avalanche
懐く (なつく)
Meaning: to become emotionally attached
名付ける (なづける)
Meaning: to name (someone)
何気ない (なにげない)
Meaning: casual | unconcerned
何卒 (なにとぞ)
Meaning: (1) please | kindly | (2) by all means
名札 (なふだ)
Meaning: name plate | name tag
生臭い (なまぐさい)
Meaning: smelling of fish or blood | fish or meat
生温い (なまぬるい)
Meaning: lukewarm | halfhearted
生身 (なまみ)
Meaning: living flesh | flesh and blood | the quick
鉛 (なまり)
Meaning: lead (the metal)
並 (なみ)
Meaning: average | medium | common | ordinary
滑らか (なめらか)
Meaning: smoothness | glassiness
悩ましい (なやましい)
Meaning: seductive | melancholy | languid
悩ます (なやます)
Meaning: to afflict | to torment | to harass | to molest
悩み (なやみ)
Meaning: trouble(s) | worry | distress | anguish | agony | problem
慣らす (ならす)
Meaning: to accustom
並びに (ならびに)
Meaning: and
成り立つ (なりたつ)
Meaning: (1) to consist of | (2) to be practical (logical, feasible, viable) | to be concluded | to hold true
成る丈 (なるたけ)
Meaning: as much as possible | if possible
慣れ (なれ)
Meaning: practice | experience
馴れ馴れしい (なれなれしい)
Meaning: over-familiar
難 (なん)
Meaning: difficulty | hardships | defect
何だか (なんだか)
Meaning: a little | somewhat | somehow
なんだかんだ (なんだかんだ)
Meaning: something or other
何と (なんと)
Meaning: what | how | whatever
何なり (なんなり)
Meaning: any | anything | whatever
荷 (に)
Meaning: load | baggage | cargo
似通う (にかよう)
Meaning: to resemble closely
面皰 (にきび)
Meaning: pimple | acne
賑わう (にぎわう)
Meaning: to prosper | to flourish | to do thriving business | to be crowded with people
憎しみ (にくしみ)
Meaning: hatred
肉体 (にくたい)
Meaning: the body | the flesh
西日 (にしび)
Meaning: westering sun
滲む (にじむ)
Meaning: to run | to blur | to spread | to blot | to ooze
荷造り (にづくり)
Meaning: packing | baling | crating
担う (になう)
Meaning: to carry on shoulder | to bear (burden) | to shoulder (gun)
鈍る (にぶる)
Meaning: to become less capable | to grow dull | to become blunt | to weaken
にも拘らず (にもかかわらず)
Meaning: in spite of | nevertheless
入社 (にゅうしゃ)
Meaning: entry to a company
入手 (にゅうしゅ)
Meaning: obtaining | coming to hand
入賞 (にゅうしょう)
Meaning: winning a prize or place (in a contest)
入浴 (にゅうよく)
Meaning: bathe | bathing
尿 (にょう)
Meaning: urine
認識 (にんしき)
Meaning: recognition | cognizance
人情 (にんじょう)
Meaning: (1) humanity | empathy | kindness | sympathy | human nature | (2) common sense | customs and manners
妊娠 (にんしん)
Meaning: conception | pregnancy
任務 (にんむ)
Meaning: duty | function | office | mission | task
任命 (にんめい)
Meaning: appointment | nomination | ordination | commission | designation
抜け出す (ぬけだす)
Meaning: to slip out | to sneak away | to excel
盗み (ぬすみ)
Meaning: stealing
沼 (ぬま)
Meaning: swamp | bog | pond | lake
音 (ね)
Meaning: sound | note
値 (ね)
Meaning: (1) value | price | cost | worth | merit | (2) variable (computer programming)
音色 (ねいろ)
Meaning: tone color | tone quality | timbre | synthesizer patch
値打ち (ねうち)
Meaning: value | worth | price | dignity
ネガ (ネガ)
Meaning: (photographic) negative
寝かせる (ねかせる)
Meaning: to put to bed | to lay down | to ferment
ねじ回し (ねじまわし)
Meaning: screwdriver
捩れる (ねじれる)
Meaning: to twist | to wrench | to screw
妬む (ねたむ)
Meaning: to be jealous | to be envious
強請る (ねだる)
Meaning: to tease | to coax | to solicit | to demand
熱意 (ねつい)
Meaning: zeal | enthusiasm
熱湯 (ねっとう)
Meaning: boiling water
熱量 (ねつりょう)
Meaning: temperature
粘り (ねばり)
Meaning: stickiness | viscosity
粘る (ねばる)
Meaning: to be sticky | to be adhesive | to persevere | to persist | to stick to
値引き (ねびき)
Meaning: price reduction | discount
根回し (ねまわし)
Meaning: making necessary arrangements
眠たい (ねむたい)
Meaning: sleepy
練る (ねる)
Meaning: to knead | to work over | to polish up
念 (ねん)
Meaning: sense | idea | thought | feeling | desire | concern | attention | care
年賀 (ねんが)
Meaning: New Year's greetings | New Year's card
年鑑 (ねんかん)
Meaning: yearbook
念願 (ねんがん)
Meaning: one's heart's desire | earnest petition
年号 (ねんごう)
Meaning: name of an era | year number
燃焼 (ねんしょう)
Meaning: burning | combustion
年長 (ねんちょう)
Meaning: seniority
燃料 (ねんりょう)
Meaning: fuel
年輪 (ねんりん)
Meaning: annual tree ring
ノイローゼ (ノイローゼ)
Meaning: neurosis (de: Neurose)
農耕 (のうこう)
Meaning: farming | agriculture
農場 (のうじょう)
Meaning: farm (agriculture)
農地 (のうち)
Meaning: agricultural land
納入 (のうにゅう)
Meaning: payment | supply
逃す (のがす)
Meaning: to let loose | to set free | to let escape
逃れる (のがれる)
Meaning: to escape
軒並み (のきなみ)
Meaning: row of houses
臨む (のぞむ)
Meaning: to look out on | to face | to deal with | to attend (function)
乗っ取る (のっとる)
Meaning: to capture | to occupy | to usurp
罵る (ののしる)
Meaning: to speak ill of | to abuse
延べ (のべ)
Meaning: futures | credit (buying) | stretching | total
飲み込む (のみこむ)
Meaning: to gulp down | to swallow deeply | to understand | to take in | to catch on to | to learn | to digest
乗り込む (のりこむ)
Meaning: (1) to board | to embark on | to get into (a car) | to ship (passengers) | to man (a ship) | to help (someone) into | (2) to march into | to enter
刃 (は)
Meaning: edge (of a sword)
把握 (はあく)
Meaning: grasp | catch | understanding
肺 (はい)
Meaning: lung
廃棄 (はいき)
Meaning: annulment | disposal | abandon | scrap | discarding | repeal
配給 (はいきゅう)
Meaning: distribution (e.g. films, rice)
ばい菌 (ばいきん)
Meaning: bacteria | germ(s)
配偶者 (はいぐうしゃ)
Meaning: spouse | wife | husband
拝啓 (はいけい)
Meaning: Dear (so and so)
背景 (はいけい)
Meaning: background | scenery | setting | circumstance
背後 (はいご)
Meaning: back | rear
廃止 (はいし)
Meaning: abolition | repeal
拝借 (はいしゃく)
Meaning: borrowing
廃除 (はいじょ)
Meaning: (legal) exclusion or removal
賠償 (ばいしょう)
Meaning: reparations | indemnity | compensation
排水 (はいすい)
Meaning: drainage
敗戦 (はいせん)
Meaning: defeat | losing a war
配置 (はいち)
Meaning: arrangement (of resources) | disposition
配布 (はいふ)
Meaning: distribution
配分 (はいぶん)
Meaning: distribution | allotment
敗北 (はいぼく)
Meaning: defeat (as a verb it means 'to be defeated')
倍率 (ばいりつ)
Meaning: diameter | magnification
配慮 (はいりょ)
Meaning: consideration | concern | forethought
配列 (はいれつ)
Meaning: arrangement | array (programming)
映える (はえる)
Meaning: to shine | to look attractive | to look pretty
破壊 (はかい)
Meaning: destruction
捗る (はかどる)
Meaning: to make progress | to move right ahead (with the work) | to advance
儚い (はかない)
Meaning: fleeting | transient | short-lived | momentary | vain | fickle | miserable | empty | ephemeral
図る (はかる)
Meaning: to plot | to attempt | to plan | to take in | to deceive | to devise | to design | to refer A to B
諮る (はかる)
Meaning: to consult with | to confer
破棄 (はき)
Meaning: revocation | annulment | breaking (e.g. treaty)
剥ぐ (はぐ)
Meaning: to tear off | to peel off | to rip off | to strip off | to skin | to flay | to disrobe | to deprive of
迫害 (はくがい)
Meaning: persecution
薄弱 (はくじゃく)
Meaning: feebleness | weakness | weak
白状 (はくじょう)
Meaning: confession
漠然 (ばくぜん)
Meaning: obscure | vague | equivocal
爆弾 (ばくだん)
Meaning: bomb
爆破 (ばくは)
Meaning: blast | explosion | blow up
曝露 (ばくろ)
Meaning: disclosure | exposure | revelation
励ます (はげます)
Meaning: to encourage | to cheer | to raise (the voice)
励む (はげむ)
Meaning: to be zealous | to brace oneself | to endeavour | to strive | to make an effort
剥げる (はげる)
Meaning: to come off | to be worn off | to fade | to discolor
派遣 (はけん)
Meaning: dispatch | send
恥 (はじ)
Meaning: shame | embarrassment
弾く (はじく)
Meaning: to flip | to snap
恥じらう (はじらう)
Meaning: to feel shy | to be bashful | to blush
恥じる (はじる)
Meaning: to feel ashamed
橋渡し (はしわたし)
Meaning: "bridge building" | mediation
弾む (はずむ)
Meaning: to spring | to bound | to bounce | to be stimulated | to be encouraged | to get lively | to treat oneself to | to splurge on
破損 (はそん)
Meaning: damage
叩く (はたく)
Meaning: to strike | to clap | to dust | to beat
裸足 (はだし)
Meaning: barefoot
果たす (はたす)
Meaning: to accomplish | to fulfill | to carry out | to achieve
閥 (ばつ)
Meaning: clique | clan | faction
発芽 (はつが)
Meaning: burgeoning
発生 (はっせい)
Meaning: outbreak | spring forth | occurrence | incidence | origin
発病 (はつびょう)
Meaning: attack (disease)
果て (はて)
Meaning: the end | the extremity | the limit(s) | the result
果てる (はてる)
Meaning: to end | to be finished | to be exhausted | to die | to perish
ばてる (ばてる)
Meaning: to be exhausted | to be worn out
甚だ (はなはだ)
Meaning: very | greatly | exceedingly
花弁 (はなびら)
Meaning: (flower) petal
阻む (はばむ)
Meaning: to keep someone from doing | to stop | to prevent | to check | to hinder | to obstruct | to oppose | to thwart
嵌まる (はまる)
Meaning: to get into | to go into | to fit | to be fit for | to suit | to fall into | to plunge into | to be deceived | to be taken in | to fall into a trap | to be addicted to | to be deep into
生やす (はやす)
Meaning: to grow | to cultivate | to wear beard
早める (はやめる)
Meaning: to hasten | to quicken | to expedite | to precipitate | to accelerate
腹立ち (はらだち)
Meaning: anger
原っぱ (はらっぱ)
Meaning: open field | empty lot | plain
はらはら (はらはら)
Meaning: (1) flutter down | (2) keeping on tenterhooks | suspense | (3) exciting | thrilling
散蒔く (ばらまく)
Meaning: to disseminate | to scatter | to give money freely
遥か (はるか)
Meaning: far | far away | distant | remote | far off
腫れる (はれる)
Meaning: to swell (from inflammation) | to become swollen
班 (はん)
Meaning: group | party | section (mil)
判 (はん)
Meaning: seal | stamp | monogram signature | judgment
繁栄 (はんえい)
Meaning: prospering | prosperity | thriving | flourishing
版画 (はんが)
Meaning: art print
反感 (はんかん)
Meaning: antipathy | revolt | animosity
反響 (はんきょう)
Meaning: echo | reverberation | repercussion | reaction | influence
判決 (はんけつ)
Meaning: judicial decision | judgement | sentence | decree
反射 (はんしゃ)
Meaning: reflection | reverberation
繁盛 (はんじょう)
Meaning: prosperity | flourishing | thriving
繁殖 (はんしょく)
Meaning: breed | multiply | increase | propagation
反する (はんする)
Meaning: to be inconsistent with | to oppose | to contradict | to transgress | to rebel
判定 (はんてい)
Meaning: judgement | decision | award | verdict
万人 (ばんにん)
Meaning: (1) all people | everybody | (2) ten thousand people
晩年 (ばんねん)
Meaning: (one's) last years
反応 (はんのう)
Meaning: reaction | response
半端 (はんぱ)
Meaning: remnant | fragment | incomplete set | fraction | odd sum | incompleteness
反発 (はんぱつ)
Meaning: repelling | rebound | recover | oppose
反乱 (はんらん)
Meaning: insurrection | mutiny | rebellion | revolt | uprising
氾濫 (はんらん)
Meaning: overflowing | flood
延いては (ひいては)
Meaning: not only .. but also | in addition to | consequently
控室 (ひかえしつ)
Meaning: waiting room
控える (ひかえる)
Meaning: to draw in | to hold back | to make notes | to be temperate in
引き上げる (ひきあげる)
Meaning: to withdraw | to leave | to pull out | to retire
率いる (ひきいる)
Meaning: to lead | to spearhead (a group) | to command (troops)
引き起こす (ひきおこす)
Meaning: to cause
引き下げる (ひきさげる)
Meaning: to pull down | to lower | to reduce | to withdraw
引きずる (ひきずる)
Meaning: to seduce | to drag along | to pull | to prolong | to support
引き取る (ひきとる)
Meaning: to take charge of | to take over | to retire to a private place
非行 (ひこう)
Meaning: delinquency | misconduct
日頃 (ひごろ)
Meaning: normally | habitually
悲惨 (ひさん)
Meaning: (1) tragedy | disaster | (2) misery | wretched | pitiful
比重 (ひじゅう)
Meaning: specific gravity
微笑 (びしょう)
Meaning: smile
歪む (ひずむ)
Meaning: to warp | to swerve | to deflect | to be crooked | to be distorted | to be bent | to incline | to slant | to be perverted | to be gross-grained | to get bent | to be strained
密か (ひそか)
Meaning: secret | private | surreptitious
浸す (ひたす)
Meaning: to soak | to dip | to drench
只管 (ひたすら)
Meaning: nothing but | earnestly | intently
左利き (ひだりきき)
Meaning: left-handedness | sake drinker | left-hander
引っ掻く (ひっかく)
Meaning: to scratch
必修 (ひっしゅう)
Meaning: required (subject)
びっしょり (びっしょり)
Meaning: wet through | drenched
必然 (ひつぜん)
Meaning: inevitable | necessary
匹敵 (ひってき)
Meaning: comparing with | match | rival | equal
一息 (ひといき)
Meaning: breath | pause | effort
人影 (ひとかげ)
Meaning: man's shadow | soul
人柄 (ひとがら)
Meaning: personality | character | personal appearance | gentility
人気 (ひとけ)
Meaning: sign of life
一頃 (ひところ)
Meaning: once | some time ago
人質 (ひとじち)
Meaning: hostage | prisoner
日取り (ひどり)
Meaning: fixed date | appointed day
日向 (ひなた)
Meaning: sunny place | in the sun
非難 (ひなん)
Meaning: blame | attack | criticism
避難 (ひなん)
Meaning: taking refuge | finding shelter
日の丸 (ひのまる)
Meaning: the Japanese flag
火花 (ひばな)
Meaning: spark
悲鳴 (ひめい)
Meaning: shriek | scream
冷やかす (ひやかす)
Meaning: to banter | to make fun of | to jeer at | to cool | to refrigerate
日焼け (ひやけ)
Meaning: sunburn
表 (ひょう)
Meaning: table (e.g. Tab 1) | chart | list
票 (ひょう)
Meaning: label | ballot | ticket | sign
描写 (びょうしゃ)
Meaning: depiction | description | portrayal
ひょっと (ひょっと)
Meaning: possibly | accidentally
平たい (ひらたい)
Meaning: flat | even | level | simple | plain
びり (びり)
Meaning: last on the list | at the bottom
昼飯 (ひるめし)
Meaning: lunch (masc.) | midday meal
比例 (ひれい)
Meaning: proportion
疲労 (ひろう)
Meaning: fatigue | weariness
広まる (ひろまる)
Meaning: to spread | to be propagated
敏感 (びんかん)
Meaning: sensibility | susceptibility | sensitive (to) | well attuned to
貧困 (ひんこん)
Meaning: poverty | lack
品質 (ひんしつ)
Meaning: quality
貧弱 (ひんじゃく)
Meaning: poor | meagre | insubstantial
品種 (ひんしゅ)
Meaning: brand | kind | description
頻繁 (ひんぱん)
Meaning: frequency
貧乏 (びんぼう)
Meaning: poverty | destitute | poor
不意 (ふい)
Meaning: sudden | abrupt | unexpected | unforeseen
封 (ふう)
Meaning: seal
封鎖 (ふうさ)
Meaning: (1) blockade | (2) freezing (funds)
風車 (ふうしゃ)
Meaning: (1) windmill
風習 (ふうしゅう)
Meaning: custom
風土 (ふうど)
Meaning: natural features | topography | climate | spiritual features
部下 (ぶか)
Meaning: subordinate person
不可欠 (ふかけつ)
Meaning: indispensable | essential
ぶかぶか (ぶかぶか)
Meaning: too big | baggy
深める (ふかめる)
Meaning: to deepen | to heighten | to intensify
不吉 (ふきつ)
Meaning: ominous | sinister | bad luck | ill omen | inauspiciousness
不況 (ふきょう)
Meaning: recession | depression | slump
布巾 (ふきん)
Meaning: tea-towel | dish cloth
複合 (ふくごう)
Meaning: composite | complex
福祉 (ふくし)
Meaning: (1) welfare | social security | (2) well-being
膨れる (ふくれる)
Meaning: to get cross | to get sulky | to swell (out) | to expand | to be inflated | to distend | to bulge
不景気 (ふけいき)
Meaning: business recession | hard times | depression | gloom | sullenness | cheerlessness
富豪 (ふごう)
Meaning: wealthy person | millionaire
布告 (ふこく)
Meaning: edict | ordinance | proclamation
不在 (ふざい)
Meaning: absence
相応しい (ふさわしい)
Meaning: appropriate
不順 (ふじゅん)
Meaning: irregularity | unseasonableness
負傷 (ふしょう)
Meaning: injury | wound
侮辱 (ぶじょく)
Meaning: insult | contempt | slight
不審 (ふしん)
Meaning: incomplete understanding | doubt | question | distrust | suspicion | strangeness | infidelity
不振 (ふしん)
Meaning: dullness | depression | slump | stagnation
武装 (ぶそう)
Meaning: arms | armament | armed
札 (ふだ)
Meaning: (1) token | label | (2) ticket | card | (3) charm | talisman
負担 (ふたん)
Meaning: burden | charge | responsibility
不調 (ふちょう)
Meaning: bad condition | not to work out (i.e. a deal) | disagreement | break-off | disorder | slump | out of form
復活 (ふっかつ)
Meaning: revival (e.g. musical) | restoration | come-back
物議 (ぶつぎ)
Meaning: public discussion (criticism)
復旧 (ふっきゅう)
Meaning: restoration | restitution | rehabilitation
復興 (ふっこう)
Meaning: revival | renaissance | reconstruction
物資 (ぶっし)
Meaning: goods | materials
仏像 (ぶつぞう)
Meaning: Buddhist image (statue)
物体 (ぶったい)
Meaning: body | object
沸騰 (ふっとう)
Meaning: boiling | seething
不敗 (ふはい)
Meaning: invincibility
不評 (ふひょう)
Meaning: bad reputation | disgrace | unpopularity
普遍 (ふへん)
Meaning: universality | ubiquity | omnipresence
踏まえる (ふまえる)
Meaning: to be based on | to have origin in
踏み込む (ふみこむ)
Meaning: to step into (someone else's territory) | to break into | to raid
部門 (ぶもん)
Meaning: class | group | category | department | field | branch
扶養 (ふよう)
Meaning: support | maintenance
ふらふら (ふらふら)
Meaning: unsteady on one's feet | stagger | reel | totter | dizzy
ぶらぶら (ぶらぶら)
Meaning: dangle heavily | swing | sway to and fro | aimlessly | idly | lazily | loiter | loaf | be idle | stroll idly
振り (ふり)
Meaning: pretence | show | appearance
振り返る (ふりかえる)
Meaning: to turn head | to look over one's shoulder | to turn around | to look back
振り出し (ふりだし)
Meaning: outset | starting point | drawing or issuing (draft)
浮力 (ふりょく)
Meaning: buoyancy | floating power
武力 (ぶりょく)
Meaning: armed might | military power | the sword | force
ブルー (ブルー)
Meaning: blue
震わせる (ふるわせる)
Meaning: to be shaking | to be trembling
無礼 (ぶれい)
Meaning: impolite | rude
付録 (ふろく)
Meaning: appendix | supplement
憤慨 (ふんがい)
Meaning: indignation | resentment
文化財 (ぶんかざい)
Meaning: cultural assets | cultural property
分業 (ぶんぎょう)
Meaning: division of labor | specialization | assembly-line production
分散 (ぶんさん)
Meaning: dispersion | decentralization | variance (statistics)
分子 (ぶんし)
Meaning: numerator | molecule
紛失 (ふんしつ)
Meaning: losing something
噴出 (ふんしゅつ)
Meaning: spewing | gushing | spouting | eruption | effusion
文書 (ぶんしょ)
Meaning: document | writing | letter | note | records | archives
紛争 (ふんそう)
Meaning: dispute | trouble | strife
奮闘 (ふんとう)
Meaning: hard struggle | strenuous effort
分配 (ぶんぱい)
Meaning: division | sharing
分母 (ぶんぼ)
Meaning: denominator
粉末 (ふんまつ)
Meaning: fine powder
分離 (ぶんり)
Meaning: separation | detachment | segregation | isolation
分裂 (ぶんれつ)
Meaning: split | division | break up
並行 (へいこう)
Meaning: (going) side by side | concurrent | abreast | at the same time | occurring together | parallel | parallelism
閉口 (へいこう)
Meaning: shut mouth
閉鎖 (へいさ)
Meaning: closing | closure | shutdown | lockout | unsociable
兵士 (へいし)
Meaning: soldier
平常 (へいじょう)
Meaning: normal | usual
平方 (へいほう)
Meaning: square (e.g. metre) | square
並列 (へいれつ)
Meaning: arrangement | parallel | abreast
辟易 (へきえき)
Meaning: wince | shrink back | succumbing to | being frightened | disconcerted
謙る (へりくだる)
Meaning: to deprecate oneself and praise the listener | to abase oneself
弁解 (べんかい)
Meaning: explanation | justification | defence | excuse
変革 (へんかく)
Meaning: (1) change | reform | revolution | upheaval | (2) Reformation
返還 (へんかん)
Meaning: return | restoration
便宜 (べんぎ)
Meaning: convenience | accommodation | advantage | expedience
偏見 (へんけん)
Meaning: prejudice | narrow view
弁護 (べんご)
Meaning: defense | pleading | advocacy
変更 (へんこう)
Meaning: change | modification | alteration
返済 (へんさい)
Meaning: repayment
弁償 (べんしょう)
Meaning: next word | compensation | reparation | indemnity | reimbursement
変遷 (へんせん)
Meaning: change | transition | vicissitudes
返答 (へんとう)
Meaning: reply
変動 (へんどう)
Meaning: change | fluctuation
弁論 (べんろん)
Meaning: discussion | debate | argument
穂 (ほ)
Meaning: ear (of plant) | head (of plant)
保育 (ほいく)
Meaning: nursing | nurturing | rearing | lactation | suckling
ボイコット (ボイコット)
Meaning: boycott
法案 (ほうあん)
Meaning: bill (law)
防衛 (ぼうえい)
Meaning: defense | protection | self-defense
防火 (ぼうか)
Meaning: fire prevention | fire fighting | fire proof
崩壊 (ほうかい)
Meaning: collapse | decay (physics) | crumbling | breaking down | caving in
妨害 (ぼうがい)
Meaning: disturbance | obstruction | hindrance | jamming | interference
法学 (ほうがく)
Meaning: law | jurisprudence
放棄 (ほうき)
Meaning: abandonment | renunciation | abdication (responsibility, right)
封建 (ほうけん)
Meaning: feudalistic
豊作 (ほうさく)
Meaning: abundant harvest | bumper crop
方策 (ほうさく)
Meaning: plan | policy
奉仕 (ほうし)
Meaning: attendance | service
方式 (ほうしき)
Meaning: form | method | system
放射 (ほうしゃ)
Meaning: radiation | emission
放射能 (ほうしゃのう)
Meaning: radioactivity
報酬 (ほうしゅう)
Meaning: remuneration | recompense | reward | toll
放出 (ほうしゅつ)
Meaning: release | emit
報じる (ほうじる)
Meaning: to inform | to report
紡績 (ぼうせき)
Meaning: spinning
呆然 (ぼうぜん)
Meaning: dumbfounded | overcome with surprise | in blank amazement
放置 (ほうち)
Meaning: leave as is | leave to chance | leave alone | neglect
膨脹 (ぼうちょう)
Meaning: expansion | swelling | increase | growth
法廷 (ほうてい)
Meaning: courtroom
報道 (ほうどう)
Meaning: information | report
冒頭 (ぼうとう)
Meaning: beginning | start | outset
暴動 (ぼうどう)
Meaning: insurrection | rebellion | revolt | riot | uprising
褒美 (ほうび)
Meaning: reward | prize
暴風 (ぼうふう)
Meaning: storm | windstorm | gale
葬る (ほうむる)
Meaning: to bury | to inter | to entomb | to consign to oblivion | to shelve
放り込む (ほうりこむ)
Meaning: to throw into
放り出す (ほうりだす)
Meaning: to throw out | to fire | to expel | to give up | to abandon | to neglect
飽和 (ほうわ)
Meaning: saturation
保温 (ほおん)
Meaning: retaining warmth | keeping heat in | heat insulation
保管 (ほかん)
Meaning: charge | custody | safekeeping | deposit | storage
補給 (ほきゅう)
Meaning: supply | supplying | replenishment
補強 (ほきょう)
Meaning: compensation | reinforcement
募金 (ぼきん)
Meaning: fund-raising | collection of funds
牧師 (ぼくし)
Meaning: pastor | minister | clergyman
捕鯨 (ほげい)
Meaning: whaling | whale fishing
保険 (ほけん)
Meaning: insurance | guarantee
保護 (ほご)
Meaning: care | protection | shelter | guardianship | favor | patronage
母校 (ぼこう)
Meaning: alma mater
母国 (ぼこく)
Meaning: one's homeland
干 (ほし)
Meaning: dried
干物 (ほしもの)
Meaning: laundry on the line | clothes for drying
保守 (ほしゅ)
Meaning: conservative | maintaining
補充 (ほじゅう)
Meaning: supplementation | supplement | replenishment | replenishing
補助 (ほじょ)
Meaning: assistance | support | aid | auxiliary
保障 (ほしょう)
Meaning: guarantee | security | assurance | pledge | warranty
補償 (ほしょう)
Meaning: compensation | reparation
補足 (ほそく)
Meaning: supplement | complement
墓地 (ぼち)
Meaning: cemetery | graveyard
発作 (ほっさ)
Meaning: fit | spasm
没収 (ぼっしゅう)
Meaning: forfeited
発足 (ほっそく)
Meaning: starting | inauguration
ほっと (ほっと)
Meaning: feel relieved
ぼつぼつ (ぼつぼつ)
Meaning: gradually | here and there | spots | pimples
没落 (ぼつらく)
Meaning: ruin | fall | collapse
解ける (ほどける)
Meaning: to come untied | to come apart
施す (ほどこす)
Meaning: to donate | to give | to conduct | to apply | to perform
辺り (ほとり)
Meaning: (in the) neighbourhood | vicinity | nearby
ぼやく (ぼやく)
Meaning: to grumble | to complain
保養 (ほよう)
Meaning: health preservation | recuperation | recreation
捕虜 (ほりょ)
Meaning: prisoner (of war)
滅ぼす (ほろぼす)
Meaning: to destroy | to overthrow | to wreck | to ruin
本格 (ほんかく)
Meaning: propriety | fundamental rules
本館 (ほんかん)
Meaning: main building
本国 (ほんごく)
Meaning: one's own country
本質 (ほんしつ)
Meaning: essence | true nature | reality
本体 (ほんたい)
Meaning: substance | real form | object of worship
本音 (ほんね)
Meaning: real intention | motive
本能 (ほんのう)
Meaning: instinct
本場 (ほんば)
Meaning: home | habitat | center | best place | genuine
ポンプ (ポンプ)
Meaning: pump
本文 (ほんぶん)
Meaning: text (of document) | body (of letter)
本名 (ほんみょう)
Meaning: real name
ぼんやり (ぼんやり)
Meaning: absent-minded | blockhead | dim | faint | vague
埋蔵 (まいぞう)
Meaning: buried property | treasure trove
真上 (まうえ)
Meaning: just above | right overhead
前売り (まえうり)
Meaning: advance sale | booking
前置き (まえおき)
Meaning: preface | introduction
前もって (まえもって)
Meaning: in advance | beforehand | previously
負かす (まかす)
Meaning: to defeat
任す (まかす)
Meaning: to entrust | to leave to a person
紛らわしい (まぎらわしい)
Meaning: confusing | misleading | equivocal | ambiguous
紛れる (まぎれる)
Meaning: to be diverted | to slip into
膜 (まく)
Meaning: membrane | film
真心 (まごころ)
Meaning: sincerity | devotion
まごつく (まごつく)
Meaning: to be confused | to be flustered
誠 (まこと)
Meaning: truth | faith | fidelity | sincerity | trust | confidence | reliance | devotion
誠に (まことに)
Meaning: indeed | really | absolutely | truly | actually
正しく (まさしく)
Meaning: surely | no doubt | evidently
勝る (まさる)
Meaning: to excel | to surpass | to outrival
交える (まじえる)
Meaning: to mix | to converse with | to cross (swords)
真下 (ました)
Meaning: right under | directly below
況して (まして)
Meaning: (1) still more | to say nothing of | not to mention | (2) still less (with neg. verb)
交わる (まじわる)
Meaning: to cross | to intersect | to associate with | to mingle with | to interest | to join
麻酔 (ますい)
Meaning: anaesthesia
マスコミ (マスコミ)
Meaning: mass communication
股 (また)
Meaning: groin | crotch | thigh
跨がる (またがる)
Meaning: to extend over or into | to straddle
待ち遠しい (まちどおしい)
Meaning: looking forward to
待ち望む (まちのぞむ)
Meaning: to look anxiously for | to wait eagerly for
区々 (まちまち)
Meaning: (1) several | various | divergent | conflicting | different | diverse | (2) trivial
末 (まつ)
Meaning: the end of | powder
真っ二つ (まっぷたつ)
Meaning: in two equal parts
的 (まと)
Meaning: mark | target
纏まり (まとまり)
Meaning: conclusion | settlement | consistency
纏め (まとめ)
Meaning: settlement | conclusion
免れる (まぬかれる)
Meaning: to escape from | to be rescued from | to avoid | to evade | to avert | to elude | to be exempted | to be relieved from pain | to get rid of
招く (まねく)
Meaning: to invite
瞬き (まばたき)
Meaning: wink | twinkling (of stars) | flicker (of light)
麻痺 (まひ)
Meaning: paralysis | palsy | numbness | stupor
眉 (まゆ)
Meaning: eyebrow
鞠 (まり)
Meaning: ball
丸ごと (まるごと)
Meaning: in its entirety | whole | wholly
丸っきり (まるっきり)
Meaning: completely | perfectly | just as if
丸まる (まるまる)
Meaning: completely
丸める (まるめる)
Meaning: to make round | to round off | to roll up | to curl up | to seduce | to cajole | to explain away
満月 (まんげつ)
Meaning: full moon
満場 (まんじょう)
Meaning: unanimous | whole audience
見合わせる (みあわせる)
Meaning: to exchange glances | to postpone | to suspend operations | to refrain from performing an action
見落とす (みおとす)
Meaning: to overlook | to fail to notice
未開 (みかい)
Meaning: savage land | backward region | uncivilized
味覚 (みかく)
Meaning: taste | palate | sense of taste
見かける (みかける)
Meaning: to (happen to) see | to notice | to catch sight of
幹 (みき)
Meaning: (tree) trunk
見苦しい (みぐるしい)
Meaning: unsightly | ugly
見込み (みこみ)
Meaning: forecast | prospects | expectation | hope
未婚 (みこん)
Meaning: unmarried
未熟 (みじゅく)
Meaning: inexperience | unripeness | raw | unskilled | immature | inexperienced
微塵 (みじん)
Meaning: particle | atom
見窄らしい (みすぼらしい)
Meaning: shabby | seedy
見せびらかす (みせびらかす)
Meaning: to show off | to flaunt
見せ物 (みせもの)
Meaning: show | exhibition
溝 (みぞ)
Meaning: ditch | drain | gutter | gap
満たす (みたす)
Meaning: (1) to fill (e.g. a cup) | (2) to satisfy | to ingratiate | to fulfill
乱す (みだす)
Meaning: to throw out of order | to disarrange | to disturb
乱れる (みだれる)
Meaning: to get confused | to be disordered | to be disturbed
未知 (みち)
Meaning: not yet known
身近 (みぢか)
Meaning: near oneself | close to one | familiar
道順 (みちじゅん)
Meaning: itinerary | route
密度 (みつど)
Meaning: density
見積り (みつもり)
Meaning: estimation | quotation
未定 (みてい)
Meaning: not yet fixed | undecided | pending
見通し (みとおし)
Meaning: perspective | unobstructed view | outlook | forecast | prospect | insight
源 (みなもと)
Meaning: source | origin
見習う (みならう)
Meaning: to follow another's example
身なり (みなり)
Meaning: personal appearance
峰 (みね)
Meaning: peak | ridge
身の上 (みのうえ)
Meaning: one's future | one's welfare | one's personal history
見逃す (みのがす)
Meaning: to miss | to overlook | to leave at large
身の回り (みのまわり)
Meaning: one's personal appearance | personal belongings
見計らう (みはからう)
Meaning: to choose at one's own discretion
見晴らし (みはらし)
Meaning: view
身振り (みぶり)
Meaning: gesture
脈 (みゃく)
Meaning: pulse
未練 (みれん)
Meaning: lingering affection | attachment | regret(s) | reluctance
見渡す (みわたす)
Meaning: to look out over | to survey (scene) | to take an extensive view of
民宿 (みんしゅく)
Meaning: private home providing lodging for travelers
民族 (みんぞく)
Meaning: people | race | nation | racial customs | folk customs
民俗 (みんぞく)
Meaning: people | race | nation | racial customs | folk customs
無意味 (むいみ)
Meaning: nonsense | no meaning
無口 (むくち)
Meaning: reticence
婿 (むこ)
Meaning: son-in-law
向こう (むこう)
Meaning: beyond | over there | opposite direction | the other party
無言 (むごん)
Meaning: silence
無邪気 (むじゃき)
Meaning: innocence | simple-mindedness
結び (むすび)
Meaning: ending | conclusion | union
結び付く (むすびつく)
Meaning: to be connected or related | to join together
結び付ける (むすびつける)
Meaning: to combine | to join | to tie on | to attach with a knot
無線 (むせん)
Meaning: wireless | radio
無駄遣い (むだづかい)
Meaning: waste money on | squander money on | flog a dead horse
無断 (むだん)
Meaning: without permission | without notice
無茶 (むちゃ)
Meaning: absurd | unreasonable | excessive | rash | absurdity | nonsense
無茶苦茶 (むちゃくちゃ)
Meaning: confused | jumbled | mixed up | unreasonable
空しい (むなしい)
Meaning: vacant | futile | vain | void | empty | ineffective | lifeless
無念 (むねん)
Meaning: chagrin | regret
無能 (むのう)
Meaning: inefficiency | incompetence
無闇に (むやみに)
Meaning: unreasonably | absurdly | recklessly | indiscreetly | at random
無用 (むよう)
Meaning: useless | futility | needlessness | unnecessariness
斑 (むら)
Meaning: unevenness | inconsistancy | erraticness | irregularity
群がる (むらがる)
Meaning: to swarm | to gather
無論 (むろん)
Meaning: of course | naturally
名産 (めいさん)
Meaning: noted product
名称 (めいしょう)
Meaning: name
命中 (めいちゅう)
Meaning: a hit
明白 (めいはく)
Meaning: obvious | overt | plainly | frankly
明瞭 (めいりょう)
Meaning: clarity
明朗 (めいろう)
Meaning: bright | clear | cheerful
メーカー (メーカー)
Meaning: maker
目方 (めかた)
Meaning: weight
恵み (めぐみ)
Meaning: blessing
恵む (めぐむ)
Meaning: to bless | to show mercy to
捲る (めくる)
Meaning: to turn over | to turn pages of a book | to tear off | to strip off
目覚まし (めざまし)
Meaning: alarm clock
目覚める (めざめる)
Meaning: to wake up
召す (めす)
Meaning: (1) to call | to send for | (2) to put on | to wear | to take (a bath) | to ride in | to buy | to eat | to drink | to catch (a cold)
雌 (めす)
Meaning: female (animal)
目付き (めつき)
Meaning: look | expression of the eyes | eyes
滅亡 (めつぼう)
Meaning: downfall | ruin | collapse | destruction
目途 (めど)
Meaning: goal | outlook
目盛 (めもり)
Meaning: scale | gradations
面会 (めんかい)
Meaning: interview
免除 (めんじょ)
Meaning: exemption | exoneration | discharge
面する (めんする)
Meaning: to face on | to look out on to
申し入れ (もうしいれ)
Meaning: proposal | offer | report | proposition | notice
申出 (もうしで)
Meaning: proposal | request | claim | report | notice
申し出る (もうしでる)
Meaning: to report to | to tell | to suggest | to submit | to request | to make an offer | to come forward with information
申し分 (もうしぶん)
Meaning: objection | shortcomings
盲点 (もうてん)
Meaning: blind spot
猛烈 (もうれつ)
Meaning: violent | vehement | rage
藻掻く (もがく)
Meaning: to struggle | to wriggle | to be impatient
目録 (もくろく)
Meaning: catalogue | catalog | list
目論見 (もくろみ)
Meaning: a plan | a scheme | a project | a program | intention | goal
模型 (もけい)
Meaning: model | dummy | maquette
模索 (もさく)
Meaning: groping (for)
齎らす (もたらす)
Meaning: to bring | to take | to bring about
持ち切り (もちきり)
Meaning: hot topic | talk of the town
目下 (もっか)
Meaning: at present | now
専ら (もっぱら)
Meaning: wholly | solely | entirely
持て成す (もてなす)
Meaning: to entertain | to make welcome
物好き (ものずき)
Meaning: (idle) curiosity
最早 (もはや)
Meaning: already | now
模範 (もはん)
Meaning: exemplar | exemplification | exemplum | model | example
模倣 (もほう)
Meaning: imitation | copying
紅葉 (もみじ)
Meaning: (1) (Japanese) maple
揉む (もむ)
Meaning: to rub | to crumple (up) | to wrinkle | to massage | to be troubled about | to worry over | to train | to coach
揉める (もめる)
Meaning: to disagree | to dispute
催す (もよおす)
Meaning: to hold (a meeting) | to give (a dinner) | to feel | to show signs of | to develop symptoms of | to feel (sick)
漏らす (もらす)
Meaning: to let leak | to reveal
盛り上がる (もりあがる)
Meaning: to rouse | to swell | to rise
漏る (もる)
Meaning: to leak | to run out
漏れる (もれる)
Meaning: to leak out | to escape | to come through | to shine through | to filter out | to be omitted
脆い (もろい)
Meaning: brittle | fragile | tender-hearted
諸に (もろに)
Meaning: completely | all the way | altogether | bodily
野外 (やがい)
Meaning: fields | outskirts | open air | suburbs
夜具 (やぐ)
Meaning: bedding
役場 (やくば)
Meaning: town hall
屋敷 (やしき)
Meaning: mansion
養う (やしなう)
Meaning: to rear | to maintain | to cultivate
野心 (やしん)
Meaning: ambition | aspiration | designs | treachery
安っぽい (やすっぽい)
Meaning: cheap-looking | tawdry | insignificant
休める (やすめる)
Meaning: to rest | to suspend | to give relief
野生 (やせい)
Meaning: wild
薬局 (やっきょく)
Meaning: pharmacy | chemist | drugstore
野党 (やとう)
Meaning: opposition party
闇 (やみ)
Meaning: darkness | the dark | black-marketeering | dark | shady | illegal
ややこしい (ややこしい)
Meaning: puzzling | tangled | complicated | complex
遣り通す (やりとおす)
Meaning: to carry through | to achieve | to complete
やり遂げる (やりとげる)
Meaning: to accomplish
和らげる (やわらげる)
Meaning: to soften | to moderate | to relieve
優 (ゆう)
Meaning: actor | superiority | gentleness
優位 (ゆうい)
Meaning: predominance | ascendancy | superiority
憂鬱 (ゆううつ)
Meaning: depression | melancholy | dejection | gloom
有益 (ゆうえき)
Meaning: beneficial | profitable
優越 (ゆうえつ)
Meaning: supremacy | predominance | being superior to
勇敢 (ゆうかん)
Meaning: brave | heroic | gallant
有機 (ゆうき)
Meaning: organic
夕暮れ (ゆうぐれ)
Meaning: evening | (evening) twilight
融資 (ゆうし)
Meaning: financing | loan
有する (ゆうする)
Meaning: to own | to be endowed with
優勢 (ゆうせい)
Meaning: superiority | superior power | predominance | preponderance
優先 (ゆうせん)
Meaning: preference | priority
誘導 (ゆうどう)
Meaning: guidance | leading | induction | introduction | incitement | inducement
融通 (ゆうずう)
Meaning: lending (money) | accommodation | adaptability | versatility | finance
優美 (ゆうび)
Meaning: grace | refinement | elegance
有望 (ゆうぼう)
Meaning: good prospects | full of hope | promising
遊牧 (ゆうぼく)
Meaning: nomadism
夕焼け (ゆうやけ)
Meaning: sunset
有力 (ゆうりょく)
Meaning: (1) influence | prominence | (2) potent
幽霊 (ゆうれい)
Meaning: ghost | specter | apparition | phantom
誘惑 (ゆうわく)
Meaning: temptation | allurement | lure
故に (ゆえに)
Meaning: therefore | consequently
揺さぶる (ゆさぶる)
Meaning: to shake | to jolt | to rock | to swing
濯ぐ (ゆすぐ)
Meaning: to rinse | to wash out
輸送 (ゆそう)
Meaning: transport | transportation
ゆとり (ゆとり)
Meaning: reserve | affluence | room | time (to spare)
指差す (ゆびさす)
Meaning: to point at
揺らぐ (ゆらぐ)
Meaning: to swing | to sway | to shake | to tremble
緩む (ゆるむ)
Meaning: to become loose | to slacken
緩める (ゆるめる)
Meaning: to loosen | to slow down
緩やか (ゆるやか)
Meaning: lenient
要因 (よういん)
Meaning: primary factor | main cause
溶液 (ようえき)
Meaning: solution (liquid)
用件 (ようけん)
Meaning: business
養護 (ようご)
Meaning: protection | nursing | protective care
用紙 (ようし)
Meaning: blank form
要請 (ようせい)
Meaning: claim | demand | request | application
養成 (ようせい)
Meaning: training | development
様相 (ようそう)
Meaning: aspect
洋品 (ようひん)
Meaning: Western-style apparel and accessories | haberdashery
洋風 (ようふう)
Meaning: western style
用法 (ようほう)
Meaning: directions | rules of use
要望 (ようぼう)
Meaning: demand for | request
余暇 (よか)
Meaning: leisure | leisure time | spare time
予感 (よかん)
Meaning: presentiment | premonition
余興 (よきょう)
Meaning: side show | entertainment
預金 (よきん)
Meaning: deposit | bank account
欲 (よく)
Meaning: greed | wants
抑圧 (よくあつ)
Meaning: check | restraint | oppression | suppression
浴室 (よくしつ)
Meaning: bathroom | bath
抑制 (よくせい)
Meaning: control | restraint | suppression
欲深い (よくふかい)
Meaning: greedy
欲望 (よくぼう)
Meaning: desire | appetite
避ける (よける)
Meaning: (1) to avoid (physical contact with) | (2) to ward off | to avert
予言 (よげん)
Meaning: prediction | promise | prognostication
善し悪し (よしあし)
Meaning: good or bad | merits or demerits | quality | suitability
余所見 (よそみ)
Meaning: looking away | looking aside
余地 (よち)
Meaning: place | room | margin | scope
仍って (よって)
Meaning: therefore | consequently | accordingly | because of
与党 (よとう)
Meaning: government party | (ruling) party in power | government
呼び止める (よびとめる)
Meaning: to challenge | to call somebody to halt
夜更かし (よふかし)
Meaning: staying up late | keeping late hours | sitting up late at night | nighthawk
夜更け (よふけ)
Meaning: late at night
余程 (よほど)
Meaning: very | greatly | much | to a large extent | quite
読み上げる (よみあげる)
Meaning: to read out loud (and clearly) | to call a roll
寄り掛かる (よりかかる)
Meaning: to lean against | to recline on | to lean on | to rely on
世論 (よろん)
Meaning: public opinion
世論 (せろん)
Meaning: public opinion
弱める (よわめる)
Meaning: to weaken
弱る (よわる)
Meaning: to weaken | to be troubled | to be downcast | to be emaciated | to be dejected | to be perplexed | to impair
来場 (らいじょう)
Meaning: attendance
酪農 (らくのう)
Meaning: dairy (farm)
落下 (らっか)
Meaning: fall | drop | come down
楽観 (らっかん)
Meaning: optimism
濫用 (らんよう)
Meaning: abuse | misuse | misappropriation | using to excess
リード (リード)
Meaning: read(ing) | lead (in a game) | being in the lead
理屈 (りくつ)
Meaning: theory | reason
利子 (りし)
Meaning: interest (bank)
利潤 (りじゅん)
Meaning: profit | returns
理性 (りせい)
Meaning: reason | sense
利息 (りそく)
Meaning: interest (bank)
率 (りつ)
Meaning: rate | ratio | proportion | percentage
立方 (りっぽう)
Meaning: cube
立法 (りっぽう)
Meaning: legislation | lawmaking
利点 (りてん)
Meaning: advantage | point in favor
略奪 (りゃくだつ)
Meaning: pillage | plunder | looting | robbery
略語 (りゃくご)
Meaning: abbreviation | acronym
流通 (りゅうつう)
Meaning: circulation of money or goods | flow of water or air | distribution
領域 (りょういき)
Meaning: area | domain | territory | field | region | regime
領海 (りょうかい)
Meaning: territorial waters
良好 (りょうこう)
Meaning: favorable | satisfactory
良識 (りょうしき)
Meaning: good sense
良質 (りょうしつ)
Meaning: good quality | superior quality
了承 (りょうしょう)
Meaning: acknowledgement | understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation")
良心 (りょうしん)
Meaning: conscience
領地 (りょうち)
Meaning: territory | dominion
領土 (りょうど)
Meaning: dominion | territory | possession
両立 (りょうりつ)
Meaning: compatibility | coexistence | standing together
旅客 (りょかく)
Meaning: passenger (transport)
旅券 (りょけん)
Meaning: passport
履歴 (りれき)
Meaning: personal history | background | career | log
理論 (りろん)
Meaning: theory
林業 (りんぎょう)
Meaning: forestry
類 (るい)
Meaning: kind | sort | class | family | genus
類推 (るいすい)
Meaning: (1) analogy | (2) analogical reasoning
類似 (るいじ)
Meaning: analogous
冷酷 (れいこく)
Meaning: cruelty | coldheartedness | relentless | ruthless
冷蔵 (れいぞう)
Meaning: cold storage | refrigeration
冷淡 (れいたん)
Meaning: coolness | indifference
レギュラー (レギュラー)
Meaning: regular
連休 (れんきゅう)
Meaning: consecutive holidays
連日 (れんじつ)
Meaning: every day | prolonged
連帯 (れんたい)
Meaning: solidarity
連中 (れんちゅう)
Meaning: colleagues | company | a lot
連盟 (れんめい)
Meaning: league | union | alliance
老衰 (ろうすい)
Meaning: senility | senile decay
朗読 (ろうどく)
Meaning: reading aloud | recitation
浪費 (ろうひ)
Meaning: waste | extravagance
労力 (ろうりょく)
Meaning: labour | effort | toil | trouble
ロープウエー (ロープウエー)
Meaning: ropeway
碌な (ろくな)
Meaning: satisfactory | decent
露骨 (ろこつ)
Meaning: (1) frank | blunt | plain | outspoken | (2) conspicuous | open | (3) broad | suggestive
論議 (ろんぎ)
Meaning: discussion
技 (わざ)
Meaning: art | technique
煩わしい (わずらわしい)
Meaning: troublesome | annoying | complicated
和風 (わふう)
Meaning: Japanese style
和文 (わぶん)
Meaning: Japanese text | sentence in Japanese
藁 (わら)
Meaning: straw
悪者 (わるもの)
Meaning: bad fellow | rascal | ruffian | scoundrel
我 (われ)
Meaning: me | oneself | self | ego
愛情 (あいじょう)
Meaning: love | affection
合図 (あいず)
Meaning: sign | signal
仰ぐ (あおぐ)
Meaning: to look up (to) | to respect | to depend on | to ask for | to seek | to revere | to drink | to take
青白い (あおじろい)
Meaning: pale | pallid
明り (あかり)
Meaning: lamplight | light (in general) | brightness
空き (あき)
Meaning: room | time to spare | emptiness | vacant
明らか (あきらか)
Meaning: obvious | evident | clear | plain
飽きる (あきる)
Meaning: to get tired of | to lose interest in | to have enough
呆れる (あきれる)
Meaning: to be amazed | to be shocked
握手 (あくしゅ)
Meaning: handshake
欠伸 (あくび)
Meaning: yawn | yawning (and stretching)
明くる (あくる)
Meaning: next | following
明け方 (あけがた)
Meaning: dawn
憧れる (あこがれる)
Meaning: to long for | to yearn after | to admire | to be attracted by
浅い (あさい)
Meaning: shallow | superficial
足跡 (あしあと)
Meaning: footprints
足元 (あしもと)
Meaning: (1) at one's feet | underfoot | (2) gait | pace | step
味わう (あじわう)
Meaning: to taste | to savor | to relish
与える (あたえる)
Meaning: to give | to present | to award
温まる (あたたまる)
Meaning: to warm oneself | to sun oneself | to warm up | to get warm
当り前 (あたりまえ)
Meaning: usual | common | ordinary | natural | reasonable | obvious
当たる (あたる)
Meaning: to be hit | to be successful | to face (confront) | to lie (in the direction of) | to undertake | to treat | to be equivalent to | to apply to | to be applicable | to be assigned
彼方此方 (あちこち)
Meaning: here and there
扱う (あつかう)
Meaning: to handle | to deal with | to treat
厚かましい (あつかましい)
Meaning: impudent | shameless | brazen
圧縮 (あっしゅく)
Meaning: compression | condensation | pressure
当てはまる (あてはまる)
Meaning: to apply (a rule) | to be applicable | to come under (a category) | to fulfill
当てはめる (あてはめる)
Meaning: to apply | to adapt
当てる (あてる)
Meaning: to hit | to apply a patch
跡 (あと)
Meaning: (1) trace | tracks | mark | sign | (2) remains | ruins | (3) scar
暴れる (あばれる)
Meaning: to act violently | to rage | to struggle | to be riotous
油 (あぶら)
Meaning: oil
脂 (あぶら)
Meaning: fat | tallow | lard
炙る (あぶる)
Meaning: to scorch
溢れる (あふれる)
Meaning: to flood | to overflow | to brim over
あべこべ (あべこべ)
Meaning: contrary | opposite | inverse
雨戸 (あまど)
Meaning: sliding storm door
甘やかす (あまやかす)
Meaning: to pamper | to spoil
余る (あまる)
Meaning: to remain | to be left over | to be in excess | to be too many
編物 (あみもの)
Meaning: knitting | web
飴 (あめ)
Meaning: (hard) candy
綾糸 (あやいと)
Meaning: colored thread | thread of cat's cradle | heddle thread
誤り (あやまり)
Meaning: error
謝る (あやまる)
Meaning: to apologize
荒い (あらい)
Meaning: rough | rude | wild
粗い (あらい)
Meaning: coarse | rough
粗筋 (あらすじ)
Meaning: outline | summary
争う (あらそう)
Meaning: to dispute | to argue | to be at variance | to compete
新た (あらた)
Meaning: new | fresh | novel
改める (あらためる)
Meaning: to change | to alter | to reform | to revise
改めて (あらためて)
Meaning: another time | again | over again | anew | formally
あらゆる (あらゆる)
Meaning: all | every
表わす (あらわす)
Meaning: to express | to show | to reveal
著す (あらわす)
Meaning: to write | to publish
現わす (あらわす)
Meaning: to show | to indicate | to display
現われる (あらわれる)
Meaning: (1) to appear | to come in sight | to become visible | to come out | to embody | to materialize | (2) to express oneself
現れ (あらわれ)
Meaning: embodiment | materialization
有難い (ありがたい)
Meaning: grateful | thankful | welcome | appreciated | evoking gratitude
在る (ある)
Meaning: (v5r-i) to live | to be
或 (ある)
Meaning: a certain .. | some ..
或いは (あるいは)
Meaning: or | possibly
あれこれ (あれこれ)
Meaning: one thing or another | this and that | this or that
荒れる (あれる)
Meaning: to be stormy | to be rough | to lose one's temper
合わせる (あわせる)
Meaning: to join together | to be opposite | to face | to unite | to combine | to connect | to add up | to mix | to match | to overlap | to compare | to check with
哀れ (あわれ)
Meaning: helpless | pathos | pity | sorrow | grief | misery | compassion
案 (あん)
Meaning: plan | suffix meaning draft
安易 (あんい)
Meaning: easy-going
案外 (あんがい)
Meaning: unexpectedly
諳記 (あんき)
Meaning: memorization | learning by heart
安定 (あんてい)
Meaning: stability | equilibrium
余り (あんまり)
Meaning: not very (this form only used as adverb) | not much | remainder | rest | remnant | surplus | balance | excess | remains | scraps | residue | fullness | other | too much
言い出す (いいだす)
Meaning: to start talking | to speak | to tell | to propose | to suggest | to break the ice
言い付ける (いいつける)
Meaning: to tell | to tell on (someone) | to order | to charge | to direct
委員 (いいん)
Meaning: committee member
意外 (いがい)
Meaning: unexpected | surprising
意義 (いぎ)
Meaning: meaning | significance
生き生き (いきいき)
Meaning: vividly | lively
勢い (いきおい)
Meaning: force | vigor | energy | spirit | life | authority | influence | power | might | impetus | course (of events) | tendency | necessarily
幾 (いく)
Meaning: some | several | how many? | how much?
育児 (いくじ)
Meaning: childcare | nursing | upbringing
幾分 (いくぶん)
Meaning: somewhat
いけない (いけない)
Meaning: must not do | bad | wrong | not good
意見 (いけん)
Meaning: opinion | view
以降 (いこう)
Meaning: on and after | hereafter | thereafter
イコール (イコール)
Meaning: equal
勇ましい (いさましい)
Meaning: brave | valiant | gallant | courageous
医師 (いし)
Meaning: doctor | physician
意思 (いし)
Meaning: intention | purpose
維持 (いじ)
Meaning: maintenance | preservation
意識 (いしき)
Meaning: consciousness | senses
衣装 (いしょう)
Meaning: clothing | costume | outfit | garment | dress
異常 (いじょう)
Meaning: strangeness | abnormality | disorder
衣食住 (いしょくじゅう)
Meaning: necessities of life (food, clothing, etc.)
泉 (いずみ)
Meaning: spring | fountain
孰 (いずれ)
Meaning: where | which | who | anyway | anyhow | at any rate
遺跡 (いせき)
Meaning: historic ruins (remains, relics)
板 (いた)
Meaning: board | plank
偉大 (いだい)
Meaning: greatness
抱く (いだく)
Meaning: to embrace | to hug | to harbour | to entertain | to sleep with
致す (いたす)
Meaning: to do
悪戯 (いたずら)
Meaning: tease | prank | trick | practical joke | mischief
痛み (いたみ)
Meaning: pain | ache | sore | grief | distress
痛む (いたむ)
Meaning: to hurt | to feel a pain | to be injured
痛める (いためる)
Meaning: to hurt | to injure | to cause pain | to worry | to bother | to afflict | to be grieved over
位置 (いち)
Meaning: place | situation | position | location
一応 (いちおう)
Meaning: once | tentatively | in outline | for the time being
一時 (いちじ)
Meaning: one hour | short time | once | a time | temporarily | at one time | twelfth part of a day
一段と (いちだんと)
Meaning: greater | more | further | still more
一度に (いちどに)
Meaning: all at once
市場 (いちば)
Meaning: (1) (town) market | (2) (the) marketplace
一流 (いちりゅう)
Meaning: first-class | top grade | school (of art) | foremost | top-notch | unique
一昨日 (いっさくじつ)
Meaning: day before yesterday
一昨年 (いっさくねん)
Meaning: year before last
一種 (いっしゅ)
Meaning: species | kind | variety
一瞬 (いっしゅん)
Meaning: moment | instant
一緒 (いっしょ)
Meaning: together | meeting | company
一生 (いっしょう)
Meaning: whole life | a lifetime | all through life | one existence | a generation | an age | the whole world | the era
一斉に (いっせいに)
Meaning: simultaneously | all at once
一層 (いっそう)
Meaning: much more | still more | all the more
一体 (いったい)
Meaning: (1) one object | one body | (2) what on earth? | really? | (3) generally
一旦 (いったん)
Meaning: once | for a moment | one morning | temporarily
一致 (いっち)
Meaning: (1) coincidence | agreement | union | match | (2) conformity | consistency | (3) cooperation
一定 (いってい)
Meaning: fixed | settled | definite | uniform | regularized | defined | standardized | certain | prescribed
何時の間にか (いつのまにか)
Meaning: before one knows | unnoticed | unawares
一般に (いっぱんに)
Meaning: in general
一方 (いっぽう)
Meaning: (1) on the other hand | one side | one way | one direction | one party | the other party | (2) meanwhile | (3) only | simple | in turn
何時までも (いつまでも)
Meaning: forever | for good | eternally | as long as one likes | indefinitely
一転 (いってん)
Meaning: turn | complete change
井戸 (いど)
Meaning: water well
緯度 (いど)
Meaning: latitude (nav.)
移動 (いどう)
Meaning: removal | migration | movement
従弟 (いとこ)
Meaning: cousin (male, younger than the writer)
稲 (いね)
Meaning: rice-plant
居眠り (いねむり)
Meaning: dozing | nodding off
威張る (いばる)
Meaning: to be proud | to swagger
違反 (いはん)
Meaning: violation (of law) | transgression | infringement | breach
衣服 (いふく)
Meaning: clothes
今に (いまに)
Meaning: before long | even now
今にも (いまにも)
Meaning: at any time | soon
嫌がる (いやがる)
Meaning: to hate | to dislike
愈愈 (いよいよ)
Meaning: more and more | all the more | increasingly | at last | beyond doubt
以来 (いらい)
Meaning: since | henceforth
依頼 (いらい)
Meaning: (1) request | commission | dispatch | (2) dependence | trust
苛々 (いらいら)
Meaning: getting nervous | irritation
医療 (いりょう)
Meaning: medical care | medical treatment
煎る (いる)
Meaning: to parch | to fry | to fire | to broil | to roast | to boil down (in oil)
入れ物 (いれもの)
Meaning: container | case | receptacle
祝い (いわい)
Meaning: celebration | festival
祝う (いわう)
Meaning: to congratulate | to celebrate
言わば (いわば)
Meaning: so to speak | so to call it | as it were
所謂 (いわゆる)
Meaning: the so-called | so to speak
印刷 (いんさつ)
Meaning: printing
印象 (いんしょう)
Meaning: impression
引退 (いんたい)
Meaning: retire
引用 (いんよう)
Meaning: quotation | citation
引力 (いんりょく)
Meaning: gravity
ウーマン (ウーマン)
Meaning: woman
植木 (うえき)
Meaning: garden shrubs | trees | potted plant
飢える (うえる)
Meaning: to starve
魚 (うお)
Meaning: fish
含嗽 (うがい)
Meaning: gargle | rinse mouth
浮かぶ (うかぶ)
Meaning: to float | to rise to surface | to come to mind
浮かべる (うかべる)
Meaning: to float | to express | to look (sad, glad)
浮く (うく)
Meaning: to float | to become merry | to become loose
承る (うけたまわる)
Meaning: to hear | to be told | to know
受取り (うけとり)
Meaning: receipt
受け取る (うけとる)
Meaning: to receive | to get | to accept | to take | to interpret | to understand
受け持つ (うけもつ)
Meaning: to take (be in) charge of
動かす (うごかす)
Meaning: to move | to shift | to set in motion | to operate | to inspire | to rouse | to influence | to mobilize | to deny | to change
薄暗い (うすぐらい)
Meaning: dim | gloomy
薄める (うすめる)
Meaning: to dilute | to water down
疑う (うたがう)
Meaning: to doubt | to distrust | to be suspicious of | to suspect
打ち合わせ (うちあわせ)
Meaning: business meeting | previous arrangement | appointment
打ち合わせる (うちあわせる)
Meaning: to knock together | to arrange
打消す (うちけす)
Meaning: to deny | to negate | to contradict
打つ (うつ)
Meaning: to hit | to strike
うっかり (うっかり)
Meaning: carelessly | thoughtlessly | inadvertently
移す (うつす)
Meaning: to remove | to transfer | to infect
訴える (うったえる)
Meaning: to sue (a person) | to resort to | to appeal to
移る (うつる)
Meaning: (1) to move (house) | to transfer (department) | (2) to be infected | to be contagious
饂飩 (うどん)
Meaning: noodles (Japanese)
唸る (うなる)
Meaning: to groan | to moan | to roar | to howl | to growl | to hum | to buzz | to sough
有無 (うむ)
Meaning: yes or no | existence | flag indicator (comp) | presence or absence marker
埋める (うめる)
Meaning: (1) to bury | (2) to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall) | to fill (a seat, a vacant position) | (3) to plug gaps | to stop a gap | (4) to make amends | to cover up for something | (5) to put cold water in a bath
敬う (うやまう)
Meaning: to show respect | to honour
裏返す (うらがえす)
Meaning: to turn inside out | to turn the other way | to turn (something) over
裏切る (うらぎる)
Meaning: to betray | to turn traitor to | to double-cross
裏口 (うらぐち)
Meaning: backdoor | rear entrance
占う (うらなう)
Meaning: to forecast | to predict
恨み (うらみ)
Meaning: resentment
恨む (うらむ)
Meaning: to curse | to feel bitter
羨む (うらやむ)
Meaning: to envy
売り上げ (うりあげ)
Meaning: amount sold | proceeds
売り切れ (うりきれ)
Meaning: sold-out
売れ行き (うれゆき)
Meaning: sales
売れる (うれる)
Meaning: to be sold
うろうろ (うろうろ)
Meaning: loiteringly | aimless wandering
上 (うわ)
Meaning: upper | upward | outer | surface | top
上着 (うわぎ)
Meaning: coat | tunic | jacket | outer garment
噂 (うわさ)
Meaning: rumour | report | gossip | common talk
植わる (うわる)
Meaning: to be planted
運 (うん)
Meaning: fortune | luck
運営 (うんえい)
Meaning: management | administration | operation
運河 (うんが)
Meaning: canal | waterway
うんと (うんと)
Meaning: a great deal | very much | a lot
永久 (えいきゅう)
Meaning: eternity | perpetuity | immortality
影響 (えいきょう)
Meaning: influence | effect
営業 (えいぎょう)
Meaning: business | trade | sales | operations
衛生 (えいせい)
Meaning: health | hygiene | sanitation | medical
英文 (えいぶん)
Meaning: sentence in English
栄養 (えいよう)
Meaning: nutrition | nourishment
英和 (えいわ)
Meaning: English-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
描く (えがく)
Meaning: to draw | to paint | to sketch | to depict | to describe
液体 (えきたい)
Meaning: liquid | fluid
エチケット (エチケット)
Meaning: etiquette
絵の具 (えのぐ)
Meaning: colors | paints
偉い (えらい)
Meaning: great | celebrated | eminent | terrible | awful | famous | remarkable | excellent
得る (うる)
Meaning: to obtain | to acquire
得る (える)
Meaning: to get | to gain | to win
宴会 (えんかい)
Meaning: party | banquet
延期 (えんき)
Meaning: postponement | adjournment
演技 (えんぎ)
Meaning: acting | performance
演芸 (えんげい)
Meaning: entertainment | performance
演劇 (えんげき)
Meaning: play (theatrical)
演習 (えんしゅう)
Meaning: practice | exercises | manoeuvers | practicum
援助 (えんじょ)
Meaning: assistance | aid | support
演説 (えんぜつ)
Meaning: speech | address
演奏 (えんそう)
Meaning: musical performance
遠足 (えんそく)
Meaning: trip | hike | picnic
延長 (えんちょう)
Meaning: extension | elongation | prolongation | lengthening
煙突 (えんとつ)
Meaning: chimney
甥 (おい)
Meaning: nephew
追い掛ける (おいかける)
Meaning: to chase or run after someone | to run down | to pursue
追い越す (おいこす)
Meaning: to pass (e.g. car) | to outdistance | to outstrip
追い付く (おいつく)
Meaning: to overtake | to catch up (with)
追う (おう)
Meaning: to chase | to run after
応急 (おうきゅう)
Meaning: emergency
王様 (おうさま)
Meaning: king
王子 (おうじ)
Meaning: prince
王女 (おうじょ)
Meaning: princess
応じる (おうじる)
Meaning: to respond | to satisfy | to accept | to comply with | to apply for
応ずる (おうずる)
Meaning: to answer | to respond | to meet | to satisfy | to accept
応接 (おうせつ)
Meaning: reception
応対 (おうたい)
Meaning: receiving | dealing with
横断 (おうだん)
Meaning: crossing
往復 (おうふく)
Meaning: round trip | coming and going | return ticket
欧米 (おうべい)
Meaning: Europe and America | the West
応用 (おうよう)
Meaning: application | put to practical use
終える (おえる)
Meaning: to finish
大いに (おおいに)
Meaning: very | much | greatly
覆う (おおう)
Meaning: to cover | to hide | to conceal | to wrap | to disguise
大ざっぱ (おおざっぱ)
Meaning: rough (as in not precise) | broad | sketchy
大通り (おおどおり)
Meaning: main street
大屋 (おおや)
Meaning: landlord | landlady
大凡 (おおよそ)
Meaning: about | roughly | as a rule | approximately
丘 (おか)
Meaning: hill | height | knoll | rising ground
お数 (おかず)
Meaning: side dish | accompaniment for rice dishes
御構いなく (おかまいなく)
Meaning: please don't fuss over me
拝む (おがむ)
Meaning: to worship | to beg | to make a supplication
沖 (おき)
Meaning: open sea
補う (おぎなう)
Meaning: to compensate for
お気の毒 (おきのどく)
Meaning: pitiful | pity
億 (おく)
Meaning: 100,000,000 | hundred million
屋外 (おくがい)
Meaning: outdoors
送り仮名 (おくりがな)
Meaning: kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word (may inflect)
贈る (おくる)
Meaning: to send | to give to | to award to | to confer on
起す (おこす)
Meaning: to raise | to cause | to wake someone
怠る (おこたる)
Meaning: to neglect | to be off guard | to be feeling better
行い (おこない)
Meaning: deed | conduct | behavior | action | asceticism
押さえる (おさえる)
Meaning: to stop | to restrain | to seize | to repress | to suppress | to press down
収める (おさめる)
Meaning: to obtain | to reap | to pay | to supply | to accept
御辞儀 (おじぎ)
Meaning: bow
惜しむ (おしむ)
Meaning: (1) to be frugal | to be sparing | (2) to value | to hold dear | (3) to regret (e.g. a loss) | to feel sorry (for) | (4) to be unwilling | to be reluctant
御洒落 (おしゃれ)
Meaning: smartly dressed | someone smartly dressed | fashion-conscious
お嬢さま (おじょうさま)
Meaning: (term of respect for) another's daughter | daughter of a high-class family
汚染 (おせん)
Meaning: pollution | contamination
恐らく (おそらく)
Meaning: perhaps
恐れる (おそれる)
Meaning: to fear | to be afraid of
恐ろしい (おそろしい)
Meaning: terrible | dreadful
教わる (おそわる)
Meaning: to be taught
穏やか (おだやか)
Meaning: calm | gentle | quiet
落ち着く (おちつく)
Meaning: to calm down | to settle down | to be steady | to settle in | to take up one's residence | to harmonize with | to match | to restore presence of mind
お手伝いさん (おてつだいさん)
Meaning: maid
脅かす (おどかす)
Meaning: to threaten | to coerce
落とし物 (おとしもの)
Meaning: lost property
一昨年 (おととし)
Meaning: year before last
脅かす (おどかす)
Meaning: to threaten | to coerce
各々 (おのおの)
Meaning: each | every | either | respectively | severally
帯 (おび)
Meaning: obi (kimono sash)
溺れる (おぼれる)
Meaning: to be drowned | to indulge in
お参り (おまいり)
Meaning: worship | shrine visit
お待ち遠様 (おまちどおさま)
Meaning: I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
お目に掛かる (おめにかかる)
Meaning: to see (someone) | to meet someone
思い掛けない (おもいがけない)
Meaning: unexpected | casual
思い切り (おもいきり)
Meaning: with all one's strength (heart) | resignation | resolution
思い込む (おもいこむ)
Meaning: to be under impression that | to be convinced that | to imagine that | to set one's heart on | to be bent on
思い付く (おもいつく)
Meaning: to think of | to hit upon | to come into one's mind | to be struck with an idea
思い出 (おもいで)
Meaning: memories | recollections | reminiscence
重たい (おもたい)
Meaning: heavy | massive | serious | important | severe | oppressed
表 (おもて)
Meaning: surface | front | right side | face | exterior | outside | the street | mat covers | head (of a coin) | first half (of an innings)
重 (おも)
Meaning: main | principal | important
思わず (おもわず)
Meaning: unintentional | spontaneous
親指 (おやゆび)
Meaning: thumb
凡そ (およそ)
Meaning: about | roughly | as a rule | approximately
及ぼす (およぼす)
Meaning: to exert | to cause | to exercise
折れる (おれる)
Meaning: to break | to be folded | to give in | to turn (a corner)
卸す (おろす)
Meaning: to sell wholesale | grated (vegetables)
下す (おろす)
Meaning: to take down | to launch | to drop | to lower | to let (a person) off | to unload | to discharge
恩 (おん)
Meaning: favour | obligation | debt of gratitude
恩恵 (おんけい)
Meaning: grace | favor | blessing | benefit
温室 (おんしつ)
Meaning: greenhouse
温帯 (おんたい)
Meaning: temperate zone
温暖 (おんだん)
Meaning: warmth
御中 (おんちゅう)
Meaning: and Company | Messrs
可 (か)
Meaning: passable
蚊 (か)
Meaning: mosquito
絵画 (かいが)
Meaning: picture
害 (がい)
Meaning: injury | harm | evil influence | damage
開会 (かいかい)
Meaning: opening of a meeting
海岸 (かいがん)
Meaning: coast | beach
会計 (かいけい)
Meaning: account | finance | accountant | treasurer | paymaster | reckoning | bill
解決 (かいけつ)
Meaning: settlement | solution | resolution
会合 (かいごう)
Meaning: meeting | assembly
外交 (がいこう)
Meaning: diplomacy
改札 (かいさつ)
Meaning: examination of tickets
解散 (かいさん)
Meaning: breakup | dissolution
開始 (かいし)
Meaning: start | commencement | beginning
解釈 (かいしゃく)
Meaning: explanation | interpretation
外出 (がいしゅつ)
Meaning: outing | going out
会場 (かいじょう)
Meaning: assembly hall | meeting place | the grounds
海水浴 (かいすいよく)
Meaning: sea bathing | seawater bath
回数券 (かいすうけん)
Meaning: book of tickets
改姓 (かいせい)
Meaning: changing one's family name
快晴 (かいせい)
Meaning: good weather
改善 (かいぜん)
Meaning: betterment | improvement | incremental and continuous improvement
改造 (かいぞう)
Meaning: (1) remodeling | (2) modding (comp)
開通 (かいつう)
Meaning: opening | open
快適 (かいてき)
Meaning: pleasant | agreeable | comfortable
廻転 (かいてん)
Meaning: rotation | revolution | turning
回答 (かいとう)
Meaning: reply | answer
外部 (がいぶ)
Meaning: the outside | external
回復 (かいふく)
Meaning: recovery (from illness) | improvement | rehabilitation | restoration
解放 (かいほう)
Meaning: release | liberation | emancipation
開放 (かいほう)
Meaning: open | throw open | liberalization
海容 (かいよう)
Meaning: forgiveness
概論 (がいろん)
Meaning: intro | outline | general remarks
却って (かえって)
Meaning: on the contrary | rather | all the more | instead
家屋 (かおく)
Meaning: house | building
抱える (かかえる)
Meaning: to hold or carry under or in the arms
価格 (かかく)
Meaning: price | value | cost
科学 (かがく)
Meaning: science
化学 (かがく)
Meaning: chemistry
係 (かかり)
Meaning: official | duty | person in charge
係わる (かかわる)
Meaning: to concern oneself in | to have to do with | to affect | to influence | to stick to (opinions)
書留 (かきとめ)
Meaning: writing down | putting on record | recording | making a note of | registration (of mail)
書き取り (かきとり)
Meaning: dictation
限る (かぎる)
Meaning: to restrict | to limit | to confine
掻く (かく)
Meaning: to scratch | (2) to perspire | (3) to shovel | to paddle
嗅ぐ (かぐ)
Meaning: to sniff | to smell
家具 (かぐ)
Meaning: furniture
額 (がく)
Meaning: (1) picture (framed) | (2) amount or sum (of money)
架空 (かくう)
Meaning: aerial | overhead | fiction | fanciful
覚悟 (かくご)
Meaning: resolution | resignation | readiness | preparedness
各自 (かくじ)
Meaning: individual | each
確実 (かくじつ)
Meaning: certainty | reliability | soundness
学者 (がくしゃ)
Meaning: scholar
拡充 (かくじゅう)
Meaning: expansion
学習 (がくしゅう)
Meaning: study | learning
学術 (がくじゅつ)
Meaning: science | learning | scholarship
隠す (かくす)
Meaning: to hide | to conceal
拡大 (かくだい)
Meaning: magnification | enlargement
各地 (かくち)
Meaning: every place | various places
拡張 (かくちょう)
Meaning: expansion | extension | enlargement | escape (ESC)
角度 (かくど)
Meaning: angle
学年 (がくねん)
Meaning: year in school | grade in school
学部 (がくぶ)
Meaning: department of a university | undergraduate
格別 (かくべつ)
Meaning: exceptional
学問 (がくもん)
Meaning: scholarship | study | learning
確率 (かくりつ)
Meaning: probability
隠れる (かくれる)
Meaning: to hide | to be hidden | to conceal oneself | to disappear
掛け算 (かけざん)
Meaning: multiplication
可決 (かけつ)
Meaning: approval | adoption (e.g. motion, bill) | passage
欠ける (かける)
Meaning: to be lacking
加減 (かげん)
Meaning: (1) addition and subtraction | (2) allowance for | (3) degree | extent | measure | (4) condition | state of health | (5) seasoning | flavor | moderation | adjustment | (6) influence (of the weather) | (7) chance
過去 (かこ)
Meaning: the past | bygone days | the previous
籠 (かご)
Meaning: basket | cage
火口 (かこう)
Meaning: crater
下降 (かこう)
Meaning: downward | descent | fall | drop | subsidence
囲む (かこむ)
Meaning: to surround | to encircle
火災 (かさい)
Meaning: conflagration | fire
重なる (かさなる)
Meaning: to be piled up | lie on top of one another | overlap each other
重ねる (かさねる)
Meaning: to pile up | to put something on another | to heap up | to add | to repeat
火山 (かざん)
Meaning: volcano
菓子 (かし)
Meaning: pastry
貸し (かし)
Meaning: loan | lending
家事 (かじ)
Meaning: housework | domestic chores
賢い (かしこい)
Meaning: wise | clever | smart
貸し出し (かしだし)
Meaning: lending | loaning
過失 (かしつ)
Meaning: error | blunder | accident
果実 (かじつ)
Meaning: fruit | nut | berry
貸間 (かしま)
Meaning: room to let
貸家 (かしや)
Meaning: house for rent
箇所 (かしょ)
Meaning: passage | place | point | part
過剰 (かじょう)
Meaning: excess | over-
噛る (かじる)
Meaning: to chew | to bite (at) | to gnaw | to nibble | to munch | to crunch | to have a smattering of
数 (かず)
Meaning: number | figure
課税 (かぜい)
Meaning: taxation
下線 (かせん)
Meaning: underline | underscore
稼ぐ (かせぐ)
Meaning: to earn income | to labor
数える (かぞえる)
Meaning: to count
加速 (かそく)
Meaning: acceleration
型 (かた)
Meaning: mold | model | style | shape | data type
固い (かたい)
Meaning: stubborn | firm (not viscous or easily moved) | certain | solemn
塊 (かたまり)
Meaning: lump | mass | clod | cluster
傾く (かたむく)
Meaning: to incline toward | to slant | to lurch | to heel over | to be disposed to | to trend toward | to be prone to | to go down (sun) | to wane | to sink | to decline
片寄る (かたよる)
Meaning: to be one-sided | to incline | to be partial | to be prejudiced | to lean | to be biased
語る (かたる)
Meaning: to talk | to tell | to recite
勝ち (かち)
Meaning: win | victory
学科 (がっか)
Meaning: study subject | course of study
学会 (がっかい)
Meaning: scientific society | academic meeting
がっかり (がっかり)
Meaning: feel disappointed | be dejected | lose heart | feel emotionally drained | feel let down
活気 (かっき)
Meaning: energy | liveliness
楽器 (がっき)
Meaning: musical instrument
学期 (がっき)
Meaning: term (school)
学級 (がっきゅう)
Meaning: grade in school
担ぐ (かつぐ)
Meaning: to shoulder | to carry on shoulder
括弧 (かっこ)
Meaning: parenthesis | brackets
活字 (かつじ)
Meaning: printing type
活動 (かつどう)
Meaning: action | activity
活躍 (かつやく)
Meaning: activity
活用 (かつよう)
Meaning: conjugation | practical use
活力 (かつりょく)
Meaning: vitality | energy
家内 (かない)
Meaning: wife
仮定 (かてい)
Meaning: assumption | supposition | hypothesis
家庭 (かてい)
Meaning: home | family | household
過程 (かてい)
Meaning: process
課程 (かてい)
Meaning: course | curriculum
仮名 (かな)
Meaning: Japanese syllabary (alphabets) | kana
悲しむ (かなしむ)
Meaning: to be sad | to mourn for | to regret
仮名遣い (かなづかい)
Meaning: kana orthography | syllabary spelling
金槌 (かなづち)
Meaning: (iron) hammer
必ずしも (かならずしも)
Meaning: (not) always | (not) necessarily | (not) all | (not) entirely
鐘 (かね)
Meaning: bell | chime
加熱 (かねつ)
Meaning: heating
兼ねる (かねる)
Meaning: to hold (position) | to serve | to be unable | to be beyond one's ability | to combine with | to use with | cannot | to hesitate to | to be impatient
カバー (カバー)
Meaning: cover (e.g. book)
過半数 (かはんすう)
Meaning: majority
黴 (かび)
Meaning: mold | mildew
株 (かぶ)
Meaning: share | stock | stump (of tree)
被せる (かぶせる)
Meaning: to cover (with something) | to plate something (with a metal) | to pour or dash a liquid (on something) | to charge (a person with a guilt)
被る (かぶる)
Meaning: to wear | to put on (head) | to pour or dash water (on oneself)
上 (かみ)
Meaning: top | head | upper part | upper stream | emperor | a superior | upper part of the body | the above
紙屑 (かみくず)
Meaning: wastepaper
剃刀 (かみそり)
Meaning: razor
雷 (かみなり)
Meaning: thunder
科目 (かもく)
Meaning: (school) subject | curriculum | course
貨物 (かもつ)
Meaning: (1) cargo | freight | (2) money or assets
痒い (かゆい)
Meaning: itchy | itching
粥 (かゆ)
Meaning: (rice) gruel
歌謡 (かよう)
Meaning: song | ballad
殻 (から)
Meaning: shell | husk | hull | chaff
柄 (がら)
Meaning: pattern | design
カラー (カラー)
Meaning: (1) collar | (2) color | colour
揶揄う (からかう)
Meaning: to ridicule | to tease | to banter with | to make fun of
空っぽ (からっぽ)
Meaning: empty | vacant | hollow
刈る (かる)
Meaning: to cut (hair) | to mow (grass) | to harvest | to clip | to shear | to reap | to trim | to prune
軽い (かるい)
Meaning: light | non-serious | minor
骨牌 (かるた)
Meaning: playing cards (pt: carta)
枯れる (かれる)
Meaning: to wither | to die (plant) | to be blasted (plant)
可愛がる (かわいがる)
Meaning: to love | to be affectionate
可愛らしい (かわいらしい)
Meaning: lovely | sweet
乾かす (かわかす)
Meaning: to dry (clothes, etc.) | to desiccate
乾く (かわく)
Meaning: to get dry
為替 (かわせ)
Meaning: money order | exchange
瓦 (かわら)
Meaning: roof tile
代りに (かわりに)
Meaning: instead of
缶 (かん)
Meaning: can | tin
勘 (かん)
Meaning: perception | intuition | the sixth sense
ー刊 (ーかん)
Meaning: publish
巻 (かん)
Meaning: volume | reel (of film)
館 (かん)
Meaning: house | hall | building | hotel | inn | guesthouse
感覚 (かんかく)
Meaning: sense | sensation
間隔 (かんかく)
Meaning: space | interval | SPC
換気 (かんき)
Meaning: ventilation
観客 (かんきゃく)
Meaning: audience | spectator(s)
環境 (かんきょう)
Meaning: environment | circumstance
関係 (かんけい)
Meaning: relation | connection
歓迎 (かんげい)
Meaning: welcome | reception
感激 (かんげき)
Meaning: deep emotion | impression | inspiration
漢語 (かんご)
Meaning: Chinese word | Sino-Japanese word
観光 (かんこう)
Meaning: sightseeing
関西 (かんさい)
Meaning: Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka)
観察 (かんさつ)
Meaning: observation | survey
換算 (かんさん)
Meaning: conversion | change | exchange
元日 (がんじつ)
Meaning: New Year's Day
感謝 (かんしゃ)
Meaning: thanks | gratitude
患者 (かんじゃ)
Meaning: a patient
勘定 (かんじょう)
Meaning: calculation | counting | consideration | reckoning | settlement of an account | allowance
感情 (かんじょう)
Meaning: emotion(s) | feeling(s) | sentiment
感ずる (かんずる)
Meaning: to feel | to sense
感心 (かんしん)
Meaning: admiration | Well done!
関心 (かんしん)
Meaning: concern | interest
関する (かんする)
Meaning: to concern | to be related
完成 (かんせい)
Meaning: (1) complete | completion | (2) perfection | accomplishment
間接 (かんせつ)
Meaning: indirection | indirectness
完全 (かんぜん)
Meaning: perfection | completeness
乾燥 (かんそう)
Meaning: dry | arid | insipid | dehydrated
感想 (かんそう)
Meaning: impressions | thoughts
観測 (かんそく)
Meaning: observation
寒帯 (かんたい)
Meaning: frigid zone
官庁 (かんちょう)
Meaning: government office | authorities
勘違い (かんちがい)
Meaning: misunderstanding | wrong guess
缶詰 (かんづめ)
Meaning: packing (in cans) | canning | canned goods | tin can
乾電池 (かんでんち)
Meaning: dry cell | battery
感動 (かんどう)
Meaning: being deeply moved emotionally | excitement | impression | deep emotion
監督 (かんとく)
Meaning: supervision | control | superintendence
観念 (かんねん)
Meaning: (1) idea | notion | conception | (2) sense (e.g. of duty) | (3) resignation | preparedness | acceptance
看板 (かんばん)
Meaning: sign | signboard | doorplate | poster | billboard | appearance | figurehead | policy | attraction | closing time
看病 (かんびょう)
Meaning: nursing (a patient)
冠 (かんむり)
Meaning: (1) crown | diadem | first | best | peerless | cap | (2) naming | designating | initiating on coming of age | (3) top character radical
管理 (かんり)
Meaning: control | management (e.g. of a business)
完了 (かんりょう)
Meaning: completion | conclusion
関連 (かんれん)
Meaning: relation | connection | relevance
漢和 (かんわ)
Meaning: Chinese Character-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
気圧 (きあつ)
Meaning: atmospheric pressure
議員 (ぎいん)
Meaning: member of the Diet, congress or parliament
記憶 (きおく)
Meaning: memory | recollection | remembrance
気温 (きおん)
Meaning: temperature
機会 (きかい)
Meaning: chance | opportunity
機械 (きかい)
Meaning: machine | mechanism
議会 (ぎかい)
Meaning: Diet | congress | parliament
着替える (きがえる)
Meaning: to change one's clothes
期間 (きかん)
Meaning: period | term
機関 (きかん)
Meaning: organ | mechanism | facility | engine
機関車 (きかんしゃ)
Meaning: locomotive | engine
企業 (きぎょう)
Meaning: enterprise | undertaking
飢饉 (ききん)
Meaning: famine
効く (きく)
Meaning: to be effective
器具 (きぐ)
Meaning: utensil
期限 (きげん)
Meaning: term | period
気候 (きこう)
Meaning: climate
記号 (きごう)
Meaning: symbol | code
兆し (きざし)
Meaning: signs | omen | symptoms
刻む (きざむ)
Meaning: to mince | to carve | to engrave | to cut fine | to chop up | to hash | to chisel | to notch
岸 (きし)
Meaning: bank | coast | shore
生地 (きじ)
Meaning: (1) cloth | material | texture | (2) ones true character | (3) unglazed pottery
記事 (きじ)
Meaning: article | news story | report | account
技師 (ぎし)
Meaning: engineer | technician
儀式 (ぎしき)
Meaning: ceremony | rite | ritual | service
記者 (きしゃ)
Meaning: reporter
技術 (ぎじゅつ)
Meaning: art | technique | technology | skill
基準 (きじゅん)
Meaning: standard | basis | criteria | norm
起床 (きしょう)
Meaning: rising | getting out of bed
着せる (きせる)
Meaning: to put on clothes
基礎 (きそ)
Meaning: foundation | basis
規則 (きそく)
Meaning: rule | regulations
貴族 (きぞく)
Meaning: noble | aristocrat
期待 (きたい)
Meaning: expectation | anticipation | hope
気体 (きたい)
Meaning: vapour | gas
帰宅 (きたく)
Meaning: returning home
気立て (きだて)
Meaning: disposition | nature
基地 (きち)
Meaning: base
貴重 (きちょう)
Meaning: precious | valuable
議長 (ぎちょう)
Meaning: chairman
きちんと (きちんと)
Meaning: precisely | accurately
切掛 (きっかけ)
Meaning: chance | start | cue | excuse | motive | impetus | occasion
喫茶 (きっさ)
Meaning: tea drinking | tea house
ぎっしり (ぎっしり)
Meaning: tightly | fully
記入 (きにゅう)
Meaning: entry | filling in of forms
記念 (きねん)
Meaning: commemoration | memory
基盤 (きばん)
Meaning: foundation | basis
寄付 (きふ)
Meaning: contribution | donation
希望 (きぼう)
Meaning: hope | wish | aspiration
基本 (きほん)
Meaning: foundation | basis | standard
気味 (きみ)
Meaning: sensation | feeling
奇妙 (きみょう)
Meaning: strange | queer | curious
義務 (ぎむ)
Meaning: duty | obligation | responsibility
記名 (きめい)
Meaning: signature | register
疑問 (ぎもん)
Meaning: question | problem | doubt | guess
客席 (きゃくせき)
Meaning: guest seating
客間 (きゃくま)
Meaning: parlor | guest room
旧 (きゅう)
Meaning: ex-
休暇 (きゅうか)
Meaning: holiday | day off | furlough
休業 (きゅうぎょう)
Meaning: closed (e.g. store) | business suspended | shutdown | holiday
休憩 (きゅうけい)
Meaning: rest | break | recess | intermission
急激 (きゅうげき)
Meaning: sudden | precipitous | radical
休講 (きゅうこう)
Meaning: lecture cancelled
吸収 (きゅうしゅう)
Meaning: absorption | suction | attraction
救助 (きゅうじょ)
Meaning: relief | aid | rescue
急速 (きゅうそく)
Meaning: rapid (e.g. progress)
休息 (きゅうそく)
Meaning: rest | relief | relaxation
旧知 (きゅうち)
Meaning: old friend | old friendship
給与 (きゅうよ)
Meaning: allowance | grant | supply
休養 (きゅうよう)
Meaning: rest | break | recreation
給料 (きゅうりょう)
Meaning: salary | wages
行 (ぎょう)
Meaning: (1) line | row | (2) verse
強化 (きょうか)
Meaning: strengthen | intensify | reinforce | solidify
境界 (きょうかい)
Meaning: boundary
教科書 (きょうかしょ)
Meaning: text book
競技 (きょうぎ)
Meaning: game | match | contest
行儀 (ぎょうぎ)
Meaning: manners
供給 (きょうきゅう)
Meaning: supply | provision
教師 (きょうし)
Meaning: teacher (classroom)
凶事 (きょうじ)
Meaning: calamity | misfortune
教授 (きょうじゅ)
Meaning: teaching | instruction | professor
競争 (きょうそう)
Meaning: competition | contest
強調 (きょうちょう)
Meaning: emphasis | stress | stressed point
共通 (きょうつう)
Meaning: commonness | community
共同 (きょうどう)
Meaning: cooperation | association | collaboration | joint
恐怖 (きょうふ)
Meaning: be afraid | dread | dismay | terror
教養 (きょうよう)
Meaning: culture | education | refinement | cultivation
協力 (きょうりょく)
Meaning: cooperation | collaboration
強力 (きょうりょく)
Meaning: powerful | strong
行列 (ぎょうれつ)
Meaning: (1) line | procession | (2) (math) matrix
許可 (きょか)
Meaning: permission | approval
漁業 (ぎょぎょう)
Meaning: fishing (industry)
曲 (きょく)
Meaning: tune | piece of music
曲線 (きょくせん)
Meaning: curve
漁船 (ぎょせん)
Meaning: fishing boat
巨大 (きょだい)
Meaning: huge | gigantic | enormous
距離 (きょり)
Meaning: distance | range
嫌う (きらう)
Meaning: to hate | to dislike | to loathe
気楽 (きらく)
Meaning: at ease | comfortable
霧 (きり)
Meaning: fog | mist
規律 (きりつ)
Meaning: order | rules | law
斬る (きる)
Meaning: to behead | to murder
切れる (きれる)
Meaning: (1) to cut well | to be sharp | (2) to break (off) | to snap | to wear out | (3) to be injured | (4) to burst | to collapse | (5) to be disconnected | to be out of | to expire | to sever (connections) with | (6) to be shrewd | to have a sharp mind
記録 (きろく)
Meaning: record | minutes | document
劇論 (げきろん)
Meaning: heated discussion
禁煙 (きんえん)
Meaning: No Smoking!
金額 (きんがく)
Meaning: amount of money
近眼 (きんがん)
Meaning: nearsightedness | shortsightedness | myopia
金庫 (きんこ)
Meaning: safe | vault | treasury | provider of funds
均衡 (きんこう)
Meaning: equilibrium | balance
近所 (きんじょ)
Meaning: neighbourhood
金銭 (きんせん)
Meaning: money | cash
金属 (きんぞく)
Meaning: metal
近代 (きんだい)
Meaning: present day
緊張 (きんちょう)
Meaning: tension | mental strain | nervousness
筋肉 (きんにく)
Meaning: muscle | sinew
禁物 (きんもつ)
Meaning: taboo | forbidden thing
金融 (きんゆう)
Meaning: monetary circulation | credit situation
句 (く)
Meaning: phrase | clause | sentence | passage | paragraph | expression | line | verse | stanza | 17-syllable poem
区域 (くいき)
Meaning: limits | boundary | domain | zone | sphere | territory
偶数 (ぐうすう)
Meaning: even number
空想 (くうそう)
Meaning: daydream | fantasy | fancy | vision
空中 (くうちゅう)
Meaning: sky | air
釘 (くぎ)
Meaning: nail
区切る (くぎる)
Meaning: to punctuate | to cut off | to mark off | to stop | to put an end to
鎖 (くさり)
Meaning: chain
腐る (くさる)
Meaning: to rot | to go bad
嚏 (くしゃみ)
Meaning: sneeze
苦情 (くじょう)
Meaning: complaint | troubles | objection
苦心 (くしん)
Meaning: pain | trouble | anxiety | diligence | hard work
屑 (くず)
Meaning: waste | scrap
崩す (くずす)
Meaning: to destroy | to pull down | to make change (money)
薬指 (くすりゆび)
Meaning: ring finger
崩れる (くずれる)
Meaning: to collapse | to crumble
癖 (くせ)
Meaning: a habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice) | peculiarity
管 (くだ)
Meaning: pipe | tube
具体 (ぐたい)
Meaning: concrete | tangible | material
砕く (くだく)
Meaning: to break | to smash
砕ける (くだける)
Meaning: to break | to be broken
草臥れる (くたびれる)
Meaning: to get tired | to wear out
下り (くだり)
Meaning: down-train (going away from Tokyo)
下る (くだる)
Meaning: to get down | to descend
苦痛 (くつう)
Meaning: pain | agony
靴下 (くつした)
Meaning: socks
くっ付く (くっつく)
Meaning: to adhere to | to keep close to
くっ付ける (くっつける)
Meaning: to attach
ぐっすり (ぐっすり)
Meaning: sound asleep | fast asleep
諄い (くどい)
Meaning: verbose | importunate | heavy (taste)
句読点 (くとうてん)
Meaning: punctuation marks
配る (くばる)
Meaning: to distribute | to deliver
工夫 (くふう)
Meaning: device | scheme
区分 (くぶん)
Meaning: division | section | demarcation | (traffic) lane | compartment | classification | sorting
区別 (くべつ)
Meaning: distinction | differentiation | classification
組 (くみ)
Meaning: class | group | team | set
組合 (くみあい)
Meaning: association | union
組合せ (くみあわせ)
Meaning: combination
組み立てる (くみたてる)
Meaning: to assemble | to set up | to construct
組む (くむ)
Meaning: to put together
汲む (くむ)
Meaning: (1) to draw (water) | to ladle | to dip | to scoop | to pump | (2) to have a drink together | (3) to consider | to sympathize with
酌む (くむ)
Meaning: to serve sake
雲 (くも)
Meaning: cloud
曇る (くもる)
Meaning: to become cloudy | to become dim
悔しい (くやしい)
Meaning: regrettable | mortifying | vexing
悔やむ (くやむ)
Meaning: to mourn
位 (くらい)
Meaning: grade | rank | court order | dignity | nobility | situation | throne | crown | occupying a position | about | almost | as | rather | at least | enough to
暗い (くらい)
Meaning: dark | gloomy
暮らし (くらし)
Meaning: living | livelihood | subsistence | circumstances
狂う (くるう)
Meaning: to go mad | to get out of order
苦しめる (くるしめる)
Meaning: to torment | to harass | to inflict pain
包む (くるむ)
Meaning: to be engulfed in | to be enveloped by | to wrap up | to tuck in | to pack | to do up | to cover with | to dress in | to conceal
暮れ (くれ)
Meaning: year end | sunset | nightfall | end
呉れ呉れも (くれぐれも)
Meaning: repeatedly | sincerely | earnestly
加える (くわえる)
Meaning: to append | to sum up | to add (up) | to include | to increase | to inflict
銜える (くわえる)
Meaning: to hold in one's mouth
加わる (くわわる)
Meaning: to join in | to accede to | to increase | to gain in (influence)
訓 (くん)
Meaning: native Japanese reading (rendering) of a Chinese character
軍隊 (ぐんたい)
Meaning: army | troops
訓練 (くんれん)
Meaning: practice | training
家 (け)
Meaning: house | family
計 (けい)
Meaning: plan
形 (けい)
Meaning: shape
系 (けい)
Meaning: (1) system | lineage | group | (2) type of person
敬意 (けいい)
Meaning: respect | honour
経営 (けいえい)
Meaning: management | administration
警官 (けいかん)
Meaning: policeman
景気 (けいき)
Meaning: condition | state | business (condition)
敬語 (けいご)
Meaning: honorific | term of respect
稽古 (けいこ)
Meaning: practice | training | study
傾向 (けいこう)
Meaning: tendency | trend | inclination
蛍光灯 (けいこうとう)
Meaning: fluorescent lamp | person who is slow to react
警告 (けいこく)
Meaning: warning | advice
経済 (けいざい)
Meaning: economics | business | finance | economy
警察 (けいさつ)
Meaning: police
計算 (けいさん)
Meaning: calculation | reckoning
掲示 (けいじ)
Meaning: notice | bulletin
刑事 (けいじ)
Meaning: criminal case | (police) detective
形式 (けいしき)
Meaning: form | formality | format | math expression
芸術 (げいじゅつ)
Meaning: (fine) art | the arts
継続 (けいぞく)
Meaning: continuation
毛糸 (けいと)
Meaning: knitting wool
経度 (けいど)
Meaning: longitude
系統 (けいとう)
Meaning: system | family line | geological formation | lineage | ancestry
芸能 (げいのう)
Meaning: public entertainment | accomplishments | attainments
警備 (けいび)
Meaning: defense | guard | policing | security
経由 (けいゆ)
Meaning: go by the way | via
契約 (けいやく)
Meaning: contract | compact | agreement
形容詞 (けいようし)
Meaning: "true" adjective
形容動詞 (けいようどうし)
Meaning: adjectival noun | quasi-adjective
外科 (げか)
Meaning: surgical department
毛皮 (けがわ)
Meaning: fur | skin | pelt
劇場 (げきじょう)
Meaning: theatre | playhouse
激増 (げきぞう)
Meaning: sudden increase
今朝 (けさ)
Meaning: this morning
下車 (げしゃ)
Meaning: alighting | getting off
下宿 (げしゅく)
Meaning: boarding | lodging | boarding house
下旬 (げじゅん)
Meaning: month (last third of)
下水 (げすい)
Meaning: drainage | sewage | ditch | gutter | sewerage
削る (けずる)
Meaning: (1) to shave (wood or leather) | to sharpen | to plane | to whittle | to pare | to scrape off | (2) to cross out | to reduce | to curtail | to remove | to erase
桁 (けた)
Meaning: column | beam | digit
下駄 (げた)
Meaning: (Japanese footwear) | wooden clogs
吝嗇 (けち)
Meaning: stinginess | miser | miserliness | skinflint | tightwad | niggard | pinching pennies
血圧 (けつあつ)
Meaning: blood pressure
血液 (けつえき)
Meaning: blood
欠陥 (けっかん)
Meaning: defect | fault | deficiency
血管 (けっかん)
Meaning: blood vessel
月給 (げっきゅう)
Meaning: monthly salary
傑作 (けっさく)
Meaning: masterpiece | best work | boner | blunder
決して (けっして)
Meaning: never | by no means
決心 (けっしん)
Meaning: determination | resolution
欠席 (けっせき)
Meaning: absence | non-attendance
決断 (けつだん)
Meaning: decision | determination
欠点 (けってん)
Meaning: faults | defect | weakness
月末 (げつまつ)
Meaning: end of the month
結論 (けつろん)
Meaning: conclusion
気配 (けはい)
Meaning: indication | market trend | worry
下品 (げひん)
Meaning: vulgarity | meanness | indecency | coarseness
煙い (けむい)
Meaning: smoky
煙 (けむり)
Meaning: smoke | fumes
険しい (けわしい)
Meaning: inaccessible place | impregnable position | steep place | sharp eyes
券 (けん)
Meaning: ticket | coupon | bond | certificate
原因 (げんいん)
Meaning: cause | origin | source
見解 (けんかい)
Meaning: opinion | point of view
限界 (げんかい)
Meaning: limit | bound
見学 (けんがく)
Meaning: inspection | study by observation | field trip
謙虚 (けんきょ)
Meaning: modesty | humility
現金 (げんきん)
Meaning: cash | ready money | mercenary | self-interested
言語 (げんご)
Meaning: language
原稿 (げんこう)
Meaning: manuscript | copy
健康 (けんこう)
Meaning: health | sound | wholesome
検査 (けんさ)
Meaning: inspection (e.g. customs, factory) | examination
現在 (げんざい)
Meaning: present | up to now | nowadays | modern times | current
原作 (げんさく)
Meaning: original work
原産 (げんさん)
Meaning: place of origin | habitat
現実 (げんじつ)
Meaning: reality
減収 (げんしゅう)
Meaning: fall | decrease (in income)
厳重 (げんじゅう)
Meaning: strict | rigour | severe | firm | strong | secure
現象 (げんしょう)
Meaning: phenomenon
懸賞 (けんしょう)
Meaning: offering prizes | winning | reward
建設 (けんせつ)
Meaning: construction | establishment
謙遜 (けんそん)
Meaning: humble | humility | modesty
現代 (げんだい)
Meaning: nowadays | modern times | present-day
建築 (けんちく)
Meaning: construction | architecture
県庁 (けんちょう)
Meaning: prefectural office
限度 (げんど)
Meaning: limit | bounds
見当 (けんとう)
Meaning: be found | aim | mark | estimate | guess | approximation | direction
検討 (けんとう)
Meaning: consideration | examination | investigation | study | scrutiny
現に (げんに)
Meaning: actually | really
現場 (げんば)
Meaning: actual spot | scene | scene of the crime
顕微鏡 (けんびきょう)
Meaning: microscope
憲法 (けんぽう)
Meaning: constitution
懸命 (けんめい)
Meaning: eagerness | earnestness | risking one's life
権利 (けんり)
Meaning: right | privilege
原理 (げんり)
Meaning: principle | theory | fundamental truth
原料 (げんりょう)
Meaning: raw materials
個 (こ)
Meaning: counter for mil. units | individual
湖 (こ)
Meaning: RIVER|lagoon
濃い (こい)
Meaning: thick (as of color, liquid) | dense | strong
恋しい (こいしい)
Meaning: (1) dear | beloved | darling | (2) yearned for
岡 (こう)
Meaning: hill | height | knoll | rising ground
行員 (こういん)
Meaning: bank clerk
強引 (ごういん)
Meaning: overbearing | coercive | pushy | forcible | high-handed
幸運 (こううん)
Meaning: good luck | fortune
効果 (こうか)
Meaning: effect | effectiveness | efficacy | result
硬貨 (こうか)
Meaning: coin
高価 (こうか)
Meaning: high price
豪華 (ごうか)
Meaning: wonderful | gorgeous | splendor | pomp | extravagance
郊外 (こうがい)
Meaning: suburb | outskirts
公害 (こうがい)
Meaning: public nuisance | pollution
工学 (こうがく)
Meaning: engineering
交換 (こうかん)
Meaning: exchange | interchange | reciprocity | barter | substitution | clearing (of checks)
講義 (こうぎ)
Meaning: lecture
高級 (こうきゅう)
Meaning: high class | high grade
公共 (こうきょう)
Meaning: public | community | public service | society | communal
工業 (こうぎょう)
Meaning: (manufacturing) industry
航空 (こうくう)
Meaning: aviation | flying
光景 (こうけい)
Meaning: scene | spectacle
工芸 (こうげい)
Meaning: industrial arts
合計 (ごうけい)
Meaning: sum total | total amount
攻撃 (こうげき)
Meaning: attack | strike | offensive | criticism | censure
貢献 (こうけん)
Meaning: contribution | services
交互 (こうご)
Meaning: mutual | reciprocal | alternate
孝行 (こうこう)
Meaning: filial piety
交際 (こうさい)
Meaning: company | friendship | association | society | acquaintance
交差点 (こうさてん)
Meaning: crossing | intersection
講師 (こうし)
Meaning: lecturer
工事 (こうじ)
Meaning: construction work
公式 (こうしき)
Meaning: formula | formality | official
口実 (こうじつ)
Meaning: excuse
校舎 (こうしゃ)
Meaning: school building
後者 (こうしゃ)
Meaning: the latter
公衆 (こうしゅう)
Meaning: the public
工場 (こうじょう)
Meaning: factory | plant | mill | workshop
香水 (こうすい)
Meaning: perfume
公正 (こうせい)
Meaning: justice | fairness | impartiality
構成 (こうせい)
Meaning: organization | composition
功績 (こうせき)
Meaning: achievements | merit | meritorious service | meritorious deed
光線 (こうせん)
Meaning: beam | light ray
高層 (こうそう)
Meaning: upper
構造 (こうぞう)
Meaning: structure | construction
高速 (こうそく)
Meaning: high speed | high gear
交替 (こうたい)
Meaning: alternation | change | relief | relay | shift
耕地 (こうち)
Meaning: arable land
交通機関 (こうつうきかん)
Meaning: transportation facilities
校庭 (こうてい)
Meaning: campus
肯定 (こうてい)
Meaning: positive | affirmation
高度 (こうど)
Meaning: altitude | height | advanced
高等 (こうとう)
Meaning: high class | high grade
行動 (こうどう)
Meaning: action | conduct | behaviour | mobilization
講堂 (こうどう)
Meaning: auditorium
強盗 (ごうとう)
Meaning: robbery | burglary
合同 (ごうどう)
Meaning: combination | incorporation | union | amalgamation | fusion | congruence
高等学校 (こうとうがっこう)
Meaning: senior high school
後輩 (こうはい)
Meaning: junior (at work or school)
公表 (こうひょう)
Meaning: official announcement | proclamation
幸福 (こうふく)
Meaning: happiness | blessedness
鉱物 (こうぶつ)
Meaning: mineral
公平 (こうへい)
Meaning: fairness | impartial | justice
候補 (こうほ)
Meaning: candidacy
公務 (こうむ)
Meaning: official business | public business
項目 (こうもく)
Meaning: item
紅葉 (こうよう)
Meaning: (1) autumn colours | (2) (Japanese) maple
合理 (ごうり)
Meaning: rational
交流 (こうりゅう)
Meaning: alternating current | intercourse | (cultural) exchange | intermingling
合流 (ごうりゅう)
Meaning: confluence | union | linking up | merge
考慮 (こうりょ)
Meaning: consideration | taking into account
効力 (こうりょく)
Meaning: effect | efficacy | validity | potency
越える (こえる)
Meaning: to exceed | to cross over | to cross | to pass through | to pass over (out of)
コース (コース)
Meaning: course
コーラス (コーラス)
Meaning: chorus
氷 (こおり)
Meaning: ice | shaved ice
誤解 (ごかい)
Meaning: misunderstanding
語学 (ごがく)
Meaning: language study
焦がす (こがす)
Meaning: to burn | to scorch | to singe | to char
呼吸 (こきゅう)
Meaning: (1) breath | respiration | (2) knack | trick | secret (of doing something)
故郷 (こきょう)
Meaning: home town | birthplace | old village | historic village | native place | one's old home
漕ぐ (こぐ)
Meaning: to row | to scull | to paddle | to pedal
国王 (こくおう)
Meaning: king
国際 (こくさい)
Meaning: international
国籍 (こくせき)
Meaning: nationality
克服 (こくふく)
Meaning: subjugation | conquest
国民 (こくみん)
Meaning: national | people | citizen
穀物 (こくもつ)
Meaning: grain | cereal | corn
国立 (こくりつ)
Meaning: national
焦げる (こげる)
Meaning: to burn | to be burned
凍える (こごえる)
Meaning: to freeze | to be chilled | to be frozen
心当たり (こころあたり)
Meaning: having some knowledge of | happening to know
心得る (こころえる)
Meaning: to be informed | to have thorough knowledge
腰 (こし)
Meaning: hip
腰掛 (こしかけ)
Meaning: seat | bench
腰掛る (こしかける)
Meaning: to sit (down)
五十音 (ごじゅうおん)
Meaning: the Japanese syllabary
拵える (こしらえる)
Meaning: to make | to manufacture
個人 (こじん)
Meaning: individual | private person | personal | private
越す (こす)
Meaning: to go over (e.g. with audience)
超す (こす)
Meaning: to cross | to pass | to tide over
固体 (こたい)
Meaning: solid (body)
国家 (こっか)
Meaning: state | country | nation
国会 (こっかい)
Meaning: National Diet | parliament | congress
小遣い (こづかい)
Meaning: personal expenses | pocket money | spending money | incidental expenses | allowance
国境 (こっきょう)
Meaning: national or state border
コック (コック)
Meaning: (1) cook (nl: kok) | (2) tap | spigot | faucet | cock | (3) cock (male fowl)
骨折 (こっせつ)
Meaning: bone fracture
こっそり (こっそり)
Meaning: stealthily | secretly
古典 (こてん)
Meaning: old book | classics | classic
琴 (こと)
Meaning: Koto (Japanese harp)
毎 (ごと)
Meaning: each respectively
孤独 (こどく)
Meaning: isolation | loneliness | solitude
言付ける (ことづける)
Meaning: to send word | to send a message
異なる (ことなる)
Meaning: to differ | to vary | to disagree
言葉遣い (ことばづかい)
Meaning: speech | expression | wording
諺 (ことわざ)
Meaning: proverb | maxim
断る (ことわる)
Meaning: (1) to refuse | to reject | to dismiss | to turn down | to decline | (2) to inform | to give notice | (3) to ask leave | to excuse oneself (from)
粉 (こな)
Meaning: flour | meal | powder
この間 (このあいだ)
Meaning: the other day | lately | recently
好み (このみ)
Meaning: liking | taste | choice
好む (このむ)
Meaning: to like | to prefer
零す (こぼす)
Meaning: to spill
零れる (こぼれる)
Meaning: to overflow | to spill
小麦 (こむぎ)
Meaning: wheat
込める (こめる)
Meaning: to include | to put into
小屋 (こや)
Meaning: hut | cabin | shed | (animal) pen
小指 (こゆび)
Meaning: little finger
堪える (こらえる)
Meaning: (1) to bear | to stand | to endure | to put up with
娯楽 (ごらく)
Meaning: pleasure | amusement
凝る (こる)
Meaning: to grow stiff | to be absorbed in | to be devoted to | to be a fanatic | to elaborate
此れ等 (これら)
Meaning: these
転がす (ころがす)
Meaning: to roll
転ぶ (ころぶ)
Meaning: to fall down | to fall over
紺 (こん)
Meaning: navy blue | deep blue
コンクール (コンクール)
Meaning: contest (fr: concours)
今後 (こんご)
Meaning: from now on | hereafter
混合 (こんごう)
Meaning: mixing | mixture
混雑 (こんざつ)
Meaning: confusion | congestion
献立 (こんだて)
Meaning: menu | program | schedule
困難 (こんなん)
Meaning: difficulty | distress
婚約 (こんやく)
Meaning: engagement | betrothal
混乱 (こんらん)
Meaning: disorder | chaos | confusion | mayhem
差 (さ)
Meaning: difference | variation
サークル (サークル)
Meaning: circle | sports club (i.e. at a company)
際 (さい)
Meaning: on the occasion of | circumstances
再 (さい)
Meaning: re- | again | repeated
祭 (さい)
Meaning: ritual
災害 (さいがい)
Meaning: calamity | disaster | misfortune
在学 (ざいがく)
Meaning: (enrolled) in school
再三 (さいさん)
Meaning: again and again | repeatedly
財産 (ざいさん)
Meaning: property | fortune | assets
祭日 (さいじつ)
Meaning: national holiday | festival day
最終 (さいしゅう)
Meaning: last | final | closing
催促 (さいそく)
Meaning: request | demand | claim | urge (action) | press for
最中 (さいちゅう)
Meaning: in the middle of | height of | in course of | midst
最低 (さいてい)
Meaning: (1) least | lowest | worst | (2) nasty | disgusting | horrible | yuck!
採点 (さいてん)
Meaning: marking | grading | looking over
災難 (さいなん)
Meaning: calamity | misfortune
裁判 (さいばん)
Meaning: trial | judgement
裁縫 (さいほう)
Meaning: sewing
材木 (ざいもく)
Meaning: lumber | timber
材料 (ざいりょう)
Meaning: ingredients | material
幸い (さいわい)
Meaning: happiness | blessedness
坂 (さか)
Meaning: slope | hill
境 (さかい)
Meaning: border | boundary | mental state
逆さ (さかさ)
Meaning: reverse | inversion | upside down
逆様 (さかさま)
Meaning: inversion | upside down
遡る (さかのぼる)
Meaning: to go back | to go upstream | to make retroactive
酒場 (さかば)
Meaning: bar | bar-room
逆らう (さからう)
Meaning: to go against | to oppose | to disobey | to defy
盛り (さかり)
Meaning: summit | peak | prime | be at one's best
一昨々日 (さきおととい)
Meaning: two days before yesterday
先程 (さきほど)
Meaning: some time ago
作業 (さぎょう)
Meaning: work | operation | manufacturing | fatigue duty
裂く (さく)
Meaning: to tear | to split
昨 (さく)
Meaning: last (year) | yesterday
索引 (さくいん)
Meaning: index | indices
作者 (さくしゃ)
Meaning: author | authoress
削除 (さくじょ)
Meaning: elimination | cancellation | deletion | erasure
作成 (さくせい)
Meaning: frame | draw up | make | producing | creating | preparing | writing
作製 (さくせい)
Meaning: manufacture
作物 (さくもつ)
Meaning: produce (e.g. agricultural) | crops
探る (さぐる)
Meaning: to search | to look for | to sound out
避ける (さける)
Meaning: (1) to avoid (situation) | (2) to ward off | to avert
支える (ささえる)
Meaning: to support | to prop
囁く (ささやく)
Meaning: to whisper | to murmur
刺さる (ささる)
Meaning: to stick | to be stuck
匙 (さじ)
Meaning: spoon
座敷 (ざしき)
Meaning: tatami room
差し引く (さしひく)
Meaning: to deduct
注す (さす)
Meaning: to pour (drink) | to serve (drinks)
射す (さす)
Meaning: to shine | to strike
刺す (さす)
Meaning: to pierce | to stab | to prick | to thrust | to bite | to sting | to pin down | to stitch | to put (a runner) out | to pole (a boat) | to catch (with a line) | to stick
流石 (さすが)
Meaning: clever | adept | good | expectations | as one would expect
座席 (ざせき)
Meaning: seat
誘う (さそう)
Meaning: to invite | to call out
札 (さつ)
Meaning: note | paper money
撮影 (さつえい)
Meaning: photographing
雑音 (ざつおん)
Meaning: noise (jarring, grating)
作家 (さっか)
Meaning: author | writer | novelist | artist
作曲 (さっきょく)
Meaning: composition | setting (of music)
さっき (さっき)
Meaning: some time ago
さっさと (さっさと)
Meaning: quickly
ざっと (ざっと)
Meaning: roughly | in round numbers
さっぱり (さっぱり)
Meaning: feeling refreshed | feeling relieved | neat | trimmed
砂漠 (さばく)
Meaning: desert
錆び (さび)
Meaning: rust (colour)
錆びる (さびる)
Meaning: to rust | to become rusty
座布団 (ざぶとん)
Meaning: cushion (Japanese) | square cushion used when sitting on one's knees in a tatami-mat floor
差別 (さべつ)
Meaning: discrimination | distinction | differentiation
作法 (さほう)
Meaning: manners | etiquette | propriety
様様 (さまさま)
Meaning: agreeable condition
冷ます (さます)
Meaning: to cool | to dampen | to let cool | to throw a damper on | to spoil
覚ます (さます)
Meaning: (1) to awaken | (2) to disabuse | (3) to sober up
妨げる (さまたげる)
Meaning: to disturb | to prevent
冷める (さめる)
Meaning: to become cool | to wear off | to abate | to subside | to dampen | to cool down (interest) | to come down (fever)
覚める (さめる)
Meaning: to wake | to wake up
左右 (さゆう)
Meaning: (1) left and right | (2) influence | control | domination
更に (さらに)
Meaning: furthermore | again | after all | more and more | moreover
去る (さる)
Meaning: to leave | to go away
騒がしい (さわがしい)
Meaning: noisy
爽やか (さわやか)
Meaning: fresh | refreshing | invigorating | clear | fluent | eloquent
参加 (さんか)
Meaning: participation
三角 (さんかく)
Meaning: triangle | triangular
産業 (さんぎょう)
Meaning: industry
参考 (さんこう)
Meaning: reference | consultation
算数 (さんすう)
Meaning: arithmetic
賛成 (さんせい)
Meaning: approval | agreement | support | favour
酸性 (さんせい)
Meaning: acidity
酸素 (さんそ)
Meaning: oxygen
産地 (さんち)
Meaning: producing area
山林 (さんりん)
Meaning: mountain forest | mountains and forest
明明後日 (しあさって)
Meaning: (in) three days time (two days after tomorrow)
詩 (し)
Meaning: poem | verse of poetry
寺 (てら)
Meaning: temple
シーツ (シーツ)
Meaning: sheet
寺院 (じいん)
Meaning: temple
しいんと (しいんと)
Meaning: silent (as the grave) | (deathly) quiet
自衛 (じえい)
Meaning: self-defense
ジェット機 (ジェットき)
Meaning: jet aeroplane
塩辛い (しおからい)
Meaning: salty (taste)
司会 (しかい)
Meaning: chairmanship
四角 (しかく)
Meaning: square
直に (じかに)
Meaning: directly | in person | headlong
然も (しかも)
Meaning: moreover | furthermore | nevertheless | and yet
式 (しき)
Meaning: equation | formula | ceremony
支給 (しきゅう)
Meaning: payment | allowance
至急 (しきゅう)
Meaning: urgent | pressing
頻りに (しきりに)
Meaning: frequently | repeatedly | incessantly | eagerly
敷く (しく)
Meaning: (1) to spread out | to lay out | (2) to take a position | (3) to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
刺激 (しげき)
Meaning: stimulus | impetus | incentive | excitement | irritation | encouragement | motivation
茂る (しげる)
Meaning: to grow thick | to luxuriate | to be luxurious
資源 (しげん)
Meaning: resources
事件 (じけん)
Meaning: event | affair | incident | case | plot | trouble | scandal
自殺 (じさつ)
Meaning: suicide
視察 (しさつ)
Meaning: inspection | observation
持参 (じさん)
Meaning: bringing | taking | carrying
指示 (しじ)
Meaning: indication | instruction | directions
事実 (じじつ)
Meaning: fact | truth | reality
磁石 (じしゃく)
Meaning: magnet
四捨五入 (ししゃごにゅう)
Meaning: rounding up (esp. fractions)
始終 (しじゅう)
Meaning: continuously | from beginning to end
自習 (じしゅう)
Meaning: self-study
支出 (ししゅつ)
Meaning: expenditure | expenses
事情 (じじょう)
Meaning: circumstances | consideration | conditions | situation | reasons
詩人 (しじん)
Meaning: poet
自信 (じしん)
Meaning: self-confidence
自身 (じしん)
Meaning: by oneself | personally
静まる (しずまる)
Meaning: to quieten down | to calm down | to subside | to die down | to abate | to be suppressed
沈む (しずむ)
Meaning: to sink | to feel depressed
姿勢 (しせい)
Meaning: attitude | posture
自然科学 (しぜんかがく)
Meaning: natural science
自然に (しぜんに)
Meaning: naturally | smoothly | spontaneously
思想 (しそう)
Meaning: thought | idea | ideology
時速 (じそく)
Meaning: speed (per hour)
子孫 (しそん)
Meaning: descendants | posterity | offspring
死体 (したい)
Meaning: corpse
次第に (しだいに)
Meaning: gradually
次第 (しだい)
Meaning: (1) order | precedence | (2) circumstances | (3) immediate(ly) | as soon as | dependent upon
事態 (じたい)
Meaning: situation | present state of affairs | circumstances
字体 (じたい)
Meaning: type | font | lettering
従う (したがう)
Meaning: to abide (by the rules) | to obey | to follow | to accompany
下書き (したがき)
Meaning: rough copy | draft
従って (したがって)
Meaning: therefore | consequently | in accordance with
支度 (したく)
Meaning: preparation
自宅 (じたく)
Meaning: one's home
親しい (したしい)
Meaning: intimate | close (e.g. friend)
下町 (したまち)
Meaning: Shitamachi | lower parts of town
自治 (じち)
Meaning: self-government | autonomy
質 (しつ)
Meaning: quality
確り (しっかり)
Meaning: firmly | tightly | reliable | level-headed | steady
実感 (じっかん)
Meaning: feelings (actual, true)
失業 (しつぎょう)
Meaning: unemployment
湿気 (しっけ)
Meaning: moisture | humidity | dampness
実験 (じっけん)
Meaning: experiment
実現 (じつげん)
Meaning: implementation | materialization | realization
しつこい (しつこい)
Meaning: insistent | obstinate
実行 (じっこう)
Meaning: practice | performance | execution (e.g. program) | realization
実際 (じっさい)
Meaning: practical | actual condition | status quo
実施 (じっし)
Meaning: enforcement | enact | put into practice | carry out | operation
実習 (じっしゅう)
Meaning: practice | training
実績 (じっせき)
Meaning: achievements | actual results
湿度 (しつど)
Meaning: level of humidity
じっと (じっと)
Meaning: fixedly | firmly | patiently | quietly
実に (じつに)
Meaning: indeed | truly | surely
執筆 (しっぴつ)
Meaning: writing
実物 (じつぶつ)
Meaning: real thing | original
失望 (しつぼう)
Meaning: disappointment | despair
実用 (じつよう)
Meaning: practical use | utility
実力 (じつりょく)
Meaning: merit | efficiency | arms | force
実例 (じつれい)
Meaning: example | illustration
失恋 (しつれん)
Meaning: disappointed love | broken heart | unrequited love | be lovelorn
指定 (してい)
Meaning: designation | specification | assignment | pointing at
私鉄 (してつ)
Meaning: private railway
支店 (してん)
Meaning: branch store (office)
辞典 (じてん)
Meaning: dictionary
自転 (じてん)
Meaning: rotation | spin
指導 (しどう)
Meaning: leadership | guidance | coaching
自動 (じどう)
Meaning: automatic | self-motion
児童 (じどう)
Meaning: children | juvenile
支配 (しはい)
Meaning: rule | control | direction
芝居 (しばい)
Meaning: play | drama
屡々 (しばしば)
Meaning: often | again and again | frequently
芝生 (しばふ)
Meaning: lawn
縛る (しばる)
Meaning: to tie | to bind
地盤 (じばん)
Meaning: (the) ground
痺れる (しびれる)
Meaning: to become numb | to go to sleep (i.e., a limb)
紙幣 (しへい)
Meaning: paper money | notes | bills
死亡 (しぼう)
Meaning: death | mortality
萎む (しぼむ)
Meaning: to wither | to fade (away) | to shrivel | to wilt
絞る (しぼる)
Meaning: to press | to wring | to squeeze
資本 (しほん)
Meaning: funds | capital
自慢 (じまん)
Meaning: pride | boast
地味 (じみ)
Meaning: plain | simple
沁み沁みと (しみじみと)
Meaning: earnestly | keenly | fully | heartily | seriously
事務 (じむ)
Meaning: business | office work
氏名 (しめい)
Meaning: full name | identity
締め切る (しめきる)
Meaning: to shut up
締め切り (しめきり)
Meaning: closing | cut-off | end | deadline | Closed | No Entrance
示す (しめす)
Meaning: to denote | to show | to point out | to indicate
占めた (しめた)
Meaning: I've got it | all right | fine
占める (しめる)
Meaning: (1) to comprise | to account for | to make up (of) | (2) to hold | to occupy
湿る (しめる)
Meaning: to be wet | to become wet | to be damp
締める (しめる)
Meaning: to tie | to fasten
地面 (じめん)
Meaning: ground | earth's surface
霜 (しも)
Meaning: frost
社会科学 (しゃかいかがく)
Meaning: social science
しゃがむ (しゃがむ)
Meaning: to squat
蛇口 (じゃぐち)
Meaning: faucet | tap
弱点 (じゃくてん)
Meaning: weak point | weakness
車庫 (しゃこ)
Meaning: garage | car shed
車掌 (しゃしょう)
Meaning: (train) conductor
写生 (しゃせい)
Meaning: sketching | drawing from nature | portrayal | description
社説 (しゃせつ)
Meaning: editorial | leading article
借金 (しゃっきん)
Meaning: debt | loan | liabilities
吃逆 (しゃっくり)
Meaning: hiccough | hiccup
しゃぶる (しゃぶる)
Meaning: to suck | to chew
車輪 (しゃりん)
Meaning: (car) wheel
洒落 (しゃれ)
Meaning: joke | pun | witticism
州 (しゅう)
Meaning: state | province
周囲 (しゅうい)
Meaning: surroundings | circumference | environs
集会 (しゅうかい)
Meaning: meeting | assembly
収穫 (しゅうかく)
Meaning: harvest | crop | ingathering
住居 (じゅうきょ)
Meaning: dwelling | house | residence | address
宗教 (しゅうきょう)
Meaning: religion
集金 (しゅうきん)
Meaning: money collection
集合 (しゅうごう)
Meaning: (1) gathering | assembly | meeting | (2) (math) set
習字 (しゅうじ)
Meaning: penmanship
重視 (じゅうし)
Meaning: importance | stress | serious consideration
住所 (じゅうしょ)
Meaning: address (e.g. of house) | residence | domicile
就職 (しゅうしょく)
Meaning: finding employment | inauguration
修正 (しゅうせい)
Meaning: amendment | correction | revision | modification | alteration | retouching | update
修繕 (しゅうぜん)
Meaning: repair | mending
重体 (じゅうたい)
Meaning: seriously ill | serious condition | critical state
渋滞 (じゅうたい)
Meaning: congestion (e.g. traffic) | delay | stagnation
重大 (じゅうだい)
Meaning: serious | important | grave | weighty
住宅 (じゅうたく)
Meaning: resident | housing
集団 (しゅうだん)
Meaning: group | mass
絨緞 (じゅうたん)
Meaning: carpet
集中 (しゅうちゅう)
Meaning: concentration | focusing the mind
終点 (しゅうてん)
Meaning: terminus | last stop (e.g train)
重点 (じゅうてん)
Meaning: important point | lay stress on | colon | emphasis
収入 (しゅうにゅう)
Meaning: income | receipts | revenue
就任 (しゅうにん)
Meaning: inauguration | assumption of office
周辺 (しゅうへん)
Meaning: circumference | outskirts | environs | (computer) peripheral
住民 (じゅうみん)
Meaning: citizens | inhabitants | residents | population
重役 (じゅうやく)
Meaning: director | high executive
重要 (じゅうよう)
Meaning: important | momentous | essential | principal | major
終了 (しゅうりょう)
Meaning: end | close | termination
重量 (じゅうりょう)
Meaning: (1) weight | (2) heavyweight boxer
重力 (じゅうりょく)
Meaning: gravity
主義 (しゅぎ)
Meaning: doctrine | rule | principle
熟語 (じゅくご)
Meaning: idiom | idiomatic phrase | kanji compound
祝日 (しゅくじつ)
Meaning: national holiday
縮小 (しゅくしょう)
Meaning: reduction | curtailment
宿泊 (しゅくはく)
Meaning: lodging
受験 (じゅけん)
Meaning: taking an examination
主語 (しゅご)
Meaning: subject
手術 (しゅじゅつ)
Meaning: surgical operation
首相 (しゅしょう)
Meaning: Prime Minister | Chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.)
手段 (しゅだん)
Meaning: means | way | measure
主張 (しゅちょう)
Meaning: claim | request | insistence | assertion | advocacy | emphasis | contention | opinion | tenet
出勤 (しゅっきん)
Meaning: going to work | at work
述語 (じゅつご)
Meaning: predicate
出場 (しゅつじょう)
Meaning: (stage) appearance | participation | performance
出席 (しゅっせき)
Meaning: attendance | presence
出張 (しゅっちょう)
Meaning: official tour | business trip
首都 (しゅと)
Meaning: capital city
主婦 (しゅふ)
Meaning: housewife | mistress
寿命 (じゅみょう)
Meaning: life span
主役 (しゅやく)
Meaning: leading part | leading actor (actress)
主要 (しゅよう)
Meaning: chief | main | principal | major
需要 (じゅよう)
Meaning: demand | request
受話器 (じゅわき)
Meaning: (telephone) receiver
順 (じゅん)
Meaning: order | turn
瞬間 (しゅんかん)
Meaning: moment | second | instant
循環 (じゅんかん)
Meaning: circulation | rotation | cycle
巡査 (じゅんさ)
Meaning: police | policeman
順々 (じゅんじゅん)
Meaning: in order | in turn
順序 (じゅんじょ)
Meaning: order | sequence | procedure
純情 (じゅんじょう)
Meaning: pure heart | naivete | self-sacrificing devotion
純粋 (じゅんすい)
Meaning: pure | true | genuine | unmixed
順調 (じゅんちょう)
Meaning: favourable | doing well | O.K. | all right
順番 (じゅんばん)
Meaning: turn (in line) | order of things
助 (じょ)
Meaning: help | rescue | assistant
使用 (しよう)
Meaning: use | application | employment | utilization
章 (しょう)
Meaning: (1) chapter | section | (2) medal
賞 (しょう)
Meaning: prize | award
商 (しょう)
Meaning: quotient
上 (じょう)
Meaning: (1) first volume | (2) superior quality | (3) governmental | imperial | top | best | high class | going up | presenting | showing | aboard a ship or vehicle | from the standpoint of | as a matter of (fact)
状 (じょう)
Meaning: shape
畳 (じょう)
Meaning: -tatami mats (counter)
嬢 (じょう)
Meaning: young woman
消化 (しょうか)
Meaning: digestion
障害 (しょうがい)
Meaning: obstacle | impediment (fault) | damage
奨学金 (しょうがくきん)
Meaning: scholarship
蒸気 (じょうき)
Meaning: steam | vapour
定規 (じょうぎ)
Meaning: (measuring) ruler
乗客 (じょうきゃく)
Meaning: passenger
上級 (じょうきゅう)
Meaning: advanced level | high grade | senior
商業 (しょうぎょう)
Meaning: commerce | trade | business
上京 (じょうきょう)
Meaning: proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
状況 (じょうきょう)
Meaning: state of affairs (around you) | situation | circumstances
賞金 (しょうきん)
Meaning: prize | monetary award
上下 (じょうげ)
Meaning: high and low | up and down | unloading and loading | praising and blaming
条件 (じょうけん)
Meaning: conditions | terms
正午 (しょうご)
Meaning: noon | mid-day
障子 (しょうじ)
Meaning: paper sliding door
常識 (じょうしき)
Meaning: common sense
正直 (しょうじき)
Meaning: honesty | integrity | frankness
商社 (しょうしゃ)
Meaning: trading company | firm
乗車 (じょうしゃ)
Meaning: taking a train | entraining
上旬 (じょうじゅん)
Meaning: first 10 days of month
少々 (しょうしょう)
Meaning: just a minute | small quantity
症状 (しょうじょう)
Meaning: symptoms | condition
小数 (しょうすう)
Meaning: fraction (part of) | decimal
小説 (しょうせつ)
Meaning: novel | story
上達 (じょうたつ)
Meaning: improvement | advance | progress
商店 (しょうてん)
Meaning: shop | business firm
焦点 (しょうてん)
Meaning: focus | point
上等 (じょうとう)
Meaning: superiority | first-class | very good
消毒 (しょうどく)
Meaning: disinfection | sterilization
衝突 (しょうとつ)
Meaning: collision | conflict
商人 (しょうにん)
Meaning: trader | shopkeeper | merchant
承認 (しょうにん)
Meaning: recognition | acknowledgement | approval | consent | agreement
少年 (しょうねん)
Meaning: boys | juveniles
勝敗 (しょうはい)
Meaning: victory or defeat | issue (of battle)
商売 (しょうばい)
Meaning: trade | business | commerce | transaction | occupation
蒸発 (じょうはつ)
Meaning: evaporation | unexplained disappearance
消費 (しょうひ)
Meaning: consumption | expenditure
商品 (しょうひん)
Meaning: commodity | article of commerce | goods | stock | merchandise
賞品 (しょうひん)
Meaning: prize | trophy
上品 (じょうひん)
Meaning: elegant | refined | polished
勝負 (しょうぶ)
Meaning: victory or defeat | match | contest | game | bout
丈夫 (じょうぶ)
Meaning: (1) hero | gentleman | warrior | manly person | (2) good health | robustness | strong | solid | durable
小便 (しょうべん)
Meaning: urine | piss | pee
消防 (しょうぼう)
Meaning: fire fighting | fire department
消防署 (しょうぼうしょ)
Meaning: fire station
情報 (じょうほう)
Meaning: (1) information | news | (2) (military) intelligence | (3) gossip
正味 (しょうみ)
Meaning: net (weight)
証明 (しょうめい)
Meaning: proof | verification
消耗 (しょうもう)
Meaning: exhaustion | consumption
省略 (しょうりゃく)
Meaning: omission | abbreviation | abridgment
女王 (じょおう)
Meaning: queen
初級 (しょきゅう)
Meaning: elementary level
助教授 (じょきょうじゅ)
Meaning: assistant professor
職 (しょく)
Meaning: employment
色 (しょく)
Meaning: color look
職員 (しょくいん)
Meaning: staff member | personnel
食塩 (しょくえん)
Meaning: table salt
職業 (しょくぎょう)
Meaning: occupation | business
食卓 (しょくたく)
Meaning: dining table
職人 (しょくにん)
Meaning: worker | mechanic | artisan | craftsman
職場 (しょくば)
Meaning: one's post | place of work | workplace
食物 (しょくもつ)
Meaning: food | foodstuff
食欲 (しょくよく)
Meaning: appetite (for food)
食料 (しょくりょう)
Meaning: food
助言 (じょげん)
Meaning: advice | suggestion
書斎 (しょさい)
Meaning: study
食糧 (しょくりょう)
Meaning: provisions | rations
女子 (じょし)
Meaning: woman | girl
女史 (じょし)
Meaning: Ms
助詞 (じょし)
Meaning: particle | postposition
助手 (じょしゅ)
Meaning: helper | helpmeet | assistant | tutor
初旬 (しょじゅん)
Meaning: first 10 days of the month
徐々に (じょじょに)
Meaning: slowly | little by little | gradually | steadily | quietly
女性 (じょせい)
Meaning: woman
書籍 (しょせき)
Meaning: book | publication
食器 (しょっき)
Meaning: tableware
書店 (しょてん)
Meaning: bookshop | bookstore
初歩 (しょほ)
Meaning: elements | rudiments | ABCs of ..
署名 (しょめい)
Meaning: signature
書物 (しょもつ)
Meaning: books
女優 (じょゆう)
Meaning: actress
処理 (しょり)
Meaning: processing | dealing with | treatment | disposition | disposal
白髪 (しらが)
Meaning: white or grey hair | trendy hair bleaching
知らせ (しらせ)
Meaning: notice
調べ (しらべ)
Meaning: preparation | investigation | inspection
知り合い (しりあい)
Meaning: acquaintance
私立 (しりつ)
Meaning: private (establishment)
自立 (じりつ)
Meaning: independence | self-reliance
資料 (しりょう)
Meaning: materials | data
汁 (しる)
Meaning: juice | sap | soup | broth
印 (しるし)
Meaning: (1) mark | (2) symbol | (3) evidence
素人 (しろうと)
Meaning: amateur | novice
皺 (しわ)
Meaning: wrinkles | creases
芯 (しん)
Meaning: core | heart | wick | marrow
進学 (しんがく)
Meaning: going on to university
真空 (しんくう)
Meaning: vacuum | hollow | empty
神経 (しんけい)
Meaning: nerve | sensitivity
真剣 (しんけん)
Meaning: seriousness | earnestness
信仰 (しんこう)
Meaning: (religious) faith | belief | creed
人工 (じんこう)
Meaning: artificial | manmade | human work | human skill | artificiality
診察 (しんさつ)
Meaning: medical examination
人事 (じんじ)
Meaning: personnel affairs | human affairs
神社 (じんじゃ)
Meaning: Shinto shrine
人種 (じんしゅ)
Meaning: race (of people)
心身 (しんしん)
Meaning: mind and body
人生 (じんせい)
Meaning: (human) life (i.e. conception to death)
親戚 (しんせき)
Meaning: relative
親切 (しんせつ)
Meaning: kindness | gentleness
心臓 (しんぞう)
Meaning: heart
人造 (じんぞう)
Meaning: man-made | synthetic | artificial
身体 (しんたい)
Meaning: (1) body | (2) health
寝台 (しんだい)
Meaning: bed | couch
診断 (しんだん)
Meaning: diagnosis
心中 (しんじゅう)
Meaning: double suicide | lovers suicide
侵入 (しんにゅう)
Meaning: penetration | invasion | raid | aggression | trespass
審判 (しんぱん)
Meaning: refereeing | trial | judgement | umpire | referee
人物 (じんぶつ)
Meaning: character | personality | person | man | personage | talented man
人文科学 (じんぶんかがく)
Meaning: social sciences | humanities
進歩 (しんぽ)
Meaning: progress | development
人命 (じんめい)
Meaning: (human) life
深夜 (しんや)
Meaning: late at night
親友 (しんゆう)
Meaning: close friend | bosom (old, intimate) friend | buddy | crony | chum
信用 (しんよう)
Meaning: confidence | dependence | credit | faith | reliance | belief | credence
信頼 (しんらい)
Meaning: reliance | trust | confidence
心理 (しんり)
Meaning: mentality
親類 (しんるい)
Meaning: relation | kin
人類 (じんるい)
Meaning: mankind | humanity
進路 (しんろ)
Meaning: course | route
神話 (しんわ)
Meaning: myth | legend
巣 (す)
Meaning: nest | rookery | breeding place | beehive | cobweb | den | haunt
図 (ず)
Meaning: figure (e.g. Fig 1) | drawing | picture | illustration
水産 (すいさん)
Meaning: marine products | fisheries
炊事 (すいじ)
Meaning: cooking | culinary arts
水蒸気 (すいじょうき)
Meaning: water vapour | steam
推薦 (すいせん)
Meaning: recommendation
水素 (すいそ)
Meaning: hydrogen
垂直 (すいちょく)
Meaning: vertical | perpendicular
推定 (すいてい)
Meaning: presumption | assumption | estimation
水滴 (すいてき)
Meaning: drop of water
水筒 (すいとう)
Meaning: canteen | flask | water bottle
随筆 (ずいひつ)
Meaning: essays | miscellaneous writings
水分 (すいぶん)
Meaning: moisture
水平 (すいへい)
Meaning: water level | horizon
水平線 (すいへいせん)
Meaning: horizon
睡眠 (すいみん)
Meaning: sleep
水面 (すいめん)
Meaning: water's surface
図々しい (ずうずうしい)
Meaning: impudent | shameless
末 (すえ)
Meaning: end | close | future | finally | tip | top | trivialities | posterity | youngest child
末っ子 (すえっこ)
Meaning: youngest child
据える (すえる)
Meaning: to set (table) | to lay (foundation) | to place (gun) | to apply (moxa)
図鑑 (ずかん)
Meaning: picture book
隙 (すき)
Meaning: (1) chance or opportunity | chink (in one's armor) | (2) interval | gap
杉 (すぎ)
Meaning: Japanese cedar
好き嫌い (すききらい)
Meaning: likes and dislikes | taste
好き好き (すきずき)
Meaning: matter of taste
透き通る (すきとおる)
Meaning: to be(come) transparent
隙間 (すきま)
Meaning: crevice | crack | gap | opening
直ぐに (すぐに)
Meaning: instantly | immediately
救う (すくう)
Meaning: to rescue from | to help out of
尠くとも (すくなくとも)
Meaning: at least
優れる (すぐれる)
Meaning: to surpass | to outstrip | to excel
図形 (ずけい)
Meaning: figure
少しも (すこしも)
Meaning: anything of | not one bit
筋 (すじ)
Meaning: muscle | string | line | stripe | plot | plan | sinew
鈴 (すず)
Meaning: bell
濯ぐ (すすぐ)
Meaning: to rinse | to wash out
涼む (すずむ)
Meaning: to cool oneself | to cool off | to enjoy evening cool
進める (すすめる)
Meaning: to advance | to promote | to hasten
スチュワーデス (スチュワーデス)
Meaning: stewardess
頭痛 (ずつう)
Meaning: headache
すっかり (すっかり)
Meaning: all | completely | thoroughly
すっと (すっと)
Meaning: straight | quickly | directly | all of a sudden | quietly | gently | softly
酸っぱい (すっぱい)
Meaning: sour | acid
既に (すでに)
Meaning: already | too late
即ち (すなわち)
Meaning: that is | namely | i.e.
頭脳 (ずのう)
Meaning: head | brains | intellect
図表 (ずひょう)
Meaning: chart | diagram | graph
住居 (すまい)
Meaning: dwelling | house | residence | address
済ませる (すませる)
Meaning: to be finished
済まない (すまない)
Meaning: sorry (phrase)
隅 (すみ)
Meaning: corner | nook
墨 (すみ)
Meaning: ink
澄む (すむ)
Meaning: to clear (e.g. weather) | to become transparent
相撲 (すもう)
Meaning: sumo wrestling
ずらす (ずらす)
Meaning: to put off | to delay
スラックス (スラックス)
Meaning: slacks
ずらりと (ずらりと)
Meaning: in a row
掏摸 (すり)
Meaning: pickpocket
刷る (する)
Meaning: to print
ずるずる (ずるずる)
Meaning: sound or act of dragging | loose | inconclusive but unwanted situation | trailingly
鋭い (するどい)
Meaning: pointed | sharp
滑れる (ずれる)
Meaning: to slide | to slip off
擦れ違う (すれちがう)
Meaning: to pass by one another | to disagree | to miss each other
寸法 (すんぽう)
Meaning: measurement | size | dimension
姓 (せい)
Meaning: surname | family name
性 (せい)
Meaning: sex | gender
所為 (しょい)
Meaning: act | deed | one's doing
税 (ぜい)
Meaning: tax  | tax 
性格 (せいかく)
Meaning: character | personality
正確 (せいかく)
Meaning: accurate | punctual | exact | authentic | veracious
税関 (ぜいかん)
Meaning: customs house
世紀 (せいき)
Meaning: century | era
請求 (せいきゅう)
Meaning: claim | demand | application | request
税金 (ぜいきん)
Meaning: tax | duty
清潔 (せいけつ)
Meaning: clean
制限 (せいげん)
Meaning: restriction | restraint | limitation
生産 (せいさん)
Meaning: production | manufacture
生死 (せいし)
Meaning: life and death
正式 (せいしき)
Meaning: due form | official | formality
性質 (せいしつ)
Meaning: nature | property | disposition
清書 (せいしょ)
Meaning: clean copy
青少年 (せいしょうねん)
Meaning: youth | young person
精神 (せいしん)
Meaning: mind | soul | heart | spirit | intention
成人 (せいじん)
Meaning: adult
整数 (せいすう)
Meaning: integer
製造 (せいぞう)
Meaning: manufacture | production
生存 (せいぞん)
Meaning: existence | being | survival
贅沢 (ぜいたく)
Meaning: luxury | extravagance
制度 (せいど)
Meaning: system | institution | organization
政党 (せいとう)
Meaning: (member of) political party
青年 (せいねん)
Meaning: youth | young man
生年月日 (せいねんがっぴ)
Meaning: birth date
性能 (せいのう)
Meaning: ability | efficiency
整備 (せいび)
Meaning: adjustment | completion | consolidation
製品 (せいひん)
Meaning: manufactured goods | finished goods
政府 (せいふ)
Meaning: government | administration
生物 (せいぶつ)
Meaning: living things | creature
成分 (せいぶん)
Meaning: ingredient | component | composition
性別 (せいべつ)
Meaning: distinction by sex | sex | gender
正方形 (せいほうけい)
Meaning: square
生命 (せいめい)
Meaning: life | existence
正門 (せいもん)
Meaning: main gate | main entrance
整理 (せいり)
Meaning: sorting | arrangement | adjustment | regulation
成立 (せいりつ)
Meaning: coming into existence | arrangements | establishment | completion
西暦 (せいれき)
Meaning: Christian Era | anno domini (A.D.)
背負う (せおう)
Meaning: to be burdened with | to carry on back or shoulder
石炭 (せきたん)
Meaning: coal
赤道 (せきどう)
Meaning: equator
責任 (せきにん)
Meaning: duty | responsibility
石油 (せきゆ)
Meaning: oil | petroleum | kerosene
世間 (せけん)
Meaning: world | society
説 (せつ)
Meaning: theory
折角 (せっかく)
Meaning: with trouble | at great pains | long-awaited
積極的 (せっきょくてき)
Meaning: positive | active | proactive
接近 (せっきん)
Meaning: getting closer | drawing nearer | approaching
設計 (せっけい)
Meaning: plan | design 
接する (せっする)
Meaning: to come in contact with | to connect | to attend | to receive
せっせと (せっせと)
Meaning: diligently | assiduously
接続 (せつぞく)
Meaning: (1) connection | union | join | link | (2) changing trains
設備 (せつび)
Meaning: equipment | device | facilities | installation
絶滅 (ぜつめつ)
Meaning: destruction | extinction
節約 (せつやく)
Meaning: economising | saving
瀬戸物 (せともの)
Meaning: earthenware | crockery | china
是非とも (ぜひとも)
Meaning: by all means (with sense of not taking "no" for an answer)
迫る (せまる)
Meaning: to draw near | to press
せめて (せめて)
Meaning: at least | at most
攻める (せめる)
Meaning: to attack | to assault
ゼリー (ゼリー)
Meaning: (1) jelly
台詞 (せりふ)
Meaning: speech | words | one's lines | remarks
栓 (せん)
Meaning: stopper | cork | stopcock
全 (ぜん)
Meaning: all | whole | entire | complete | overall | pan
禅 (ぜん)
Meaning: Zen (Buddhism)
膳 (ぜん)
Meaning: (small) table | tray | meal
前後 (ぜんご)
Meaning: around | throughout | front and back | before and behind | before and after | about that (time) | longitudinal | context | nearly | approximately
専攻 (せんこう)
Meaning: major subject | special study
全国 (ぜんこく)
Meaning: country-wide | nation-wide | whole country | national
洗剤 (せんざい)
Meaning: detergent | washing material
前者 (ぜんしゃ)
Meaning: the former
選手 (せんしゅ)
Meaning: (1) player (in game) | (2) team
全集 (ぜんしゅう)
Meaning: complete works
全身 (ぜんしん)
Meaning: the whole body | full-length (portrait)
前進 (ぜんしん)
Meaning: advance | drive | progress
扇子 (せんす)
Meaning: folding fan
潜水 (せんすい)
Meaning: diving
専制 (せんせい)
Meaning: despotism | autocracy
先先月 (せんせんげつ)
Meaning: month before last
先祖 (せんぞ)
Meaning: ancestor
戦争 (せんそう)
Meaning: war
全体 (ぜんたい)
Meaning: whole | entirety | whatever (is the matter)
選択 (せんたく)
Meaning: selection | choice
先端 (せんたん)
Meaning: pointed end | tip | fine point | spearhead | cusp | vanguard | advanced | leading edge
センチ (センチ)
Meaning: centimeter | centi- | 10^-2
宣伝 (せんでん)
Meaning: propaganda | publicity
先頭 (せんとう)
Meaning: head | lead | vanguard | first
全般 (ぜんぱん)
Meaning: (the) whole | universal | wholly | general
扇風機 (せんぷうき)
Meaning: electric fan
洗面 (せんめん)
Meaning: wash up (one's face) | have a wash
全力 (ぜんりょく)
Meaning: all one's power | whole energy
線路 (せんろ)
Meaning: line | track | roadbed
相違 (そうい)
Meaning: difference | discrepancy | variation
そういえば (そういえば)
Meaning: which reminds me ..
騒音 (そうおん)
Meaning: noise
増加 (ぞうか)
Meaning: increase | addition
雑巾 (ぞうきん)
Meaning: house-cloth | dust cloth
増減 (ぞうげん)
Meaning: increase and decrease | fluctuation
倉庫 (そうこ)
Meaning: storehouse | warehouse | godown
相互 (そうご)
Meaning: mutual | reciprocal
操作 (そうさ)
Meaning: operation | management | processing
創作 (そうさく)
Meaning: production | literary creation | work
葬式 (そうしき)
Meaning: funeral
造船 (ぞうせん)
Meaning: shipbuilding
騒々しい (そうぞうしい)
Meaning: noisy | boisterous
相続 (そうぞく)
Meaning: succession | inheritance
増大 (ぞうだい)
Meaning: enlargement
装置 (そうち)
Meaning: equipment | installation | apparatus
相当 (そうとう)
Meaning: (1) suitable | fair | tolerable | proper | (2) extremely
送別 (そうべつ)
Meaning: farewell | send-off
草履 (ぞうり)
Meaning: zoori (Japanese footwear) | sandals
総理大臣 (そうりだいじん)
Meaning: Prime Minister
送料 (そうりょう)
Meaning: postage | carriage
属する (ぞくする)
Meaning: to belong to | to come under | to be affiliated with | to be subject to
速達 (そくたつ)
Meaning: express | special delivery
測定 (そくてい)
Meaning: measurement
速度 (そくど)
Meaning: speed | velocity | rate
測量 (そくりょう)
Meaning: measurement | surveying
速力 (そくりょく)
Meaning: speed
底 (そこ)
Meaning: bottom | sole
其処で (そこで)
Meaning: so | accordingly | now | then | thereupon
組織 (そしき)
Meaning: (1) organization | (2) structure | construction | (3) tissue | (4) system
素質 (そしつ)
Meaning: character | qualities | genius
然して (そして)
Meaning: and
祖先 (そせん)
Meaning: ancestor
注ぐ (そそぐ)
Meaning: to pour (into) | to irrigate | to pay | to fill | to feed (e.g. a fire)
そそっかしい (そそっかしい)
Meaning: careless | thoughtless
育つ (そだつ)
Meaning: to raise (child) | to be brought up | to grow (up)
そっくり (そっくり)
Meaning: all | altogether | entirely | be just like | the spitting image of
率直 (そっちょく)
Meaning: frankness | candour | openheartedness
そっと (そっと)
Meaning: softly | secretly
袖 (そで)
Meaning: sleeve
備える (そなえる)
Meaning: (1) to furnish | to provide for | to equip | to install | (2) to have ready | to prepare for | (3) to possess | to have | to be endowed with | to be armed with
その上 (そのうえ)
Meaning: in addition | furthermore
その内 (そのうち)
Meaning: eventually | sooner or later | of the previously mentioned
素朴 (そぼく)
Meaning: simplicity | artlessness | naivete
粗末 (そまつ)
Meaning: crude | rough | plain | humble
剃る (そる)
Meaning: to shave
夫れ夫れ (それぞれ)
Meaning: each | every | either | respectively | severally
其れでは (それでは)
Meaning: in that situation | well then ..
逸れる (それる)
Meaning: to stray (turn) from subject | to get lost | to go astray
揃う (そろう)
Meaning: to become complete | to be equal | to be all present | to gather
揃える (そろえる)
Meaning: to put things in order | to arrange | to make uniform | to get something ready
存続 (そんぞく)
Meaning: duration | continuance
損害 (そんがい)
Meaning: damage | injury | loss
尊敬 (そんけい)
Meaning: respect | esteem | reverence | honour
損失 (そんしつ)
Meaning: loss (e.g. assets or profits)
損じる (そんじる)
Meaning: to harm | to hurt | to injure | to damage
尊重 (そんちょう)
Meaning: respect | esteem | regard
損得 (そんとく)
Meaning: loss and gain | advantage and disadvantage
田圃 (たんぼ)
Meaning: paddy field | farm
対 (たい)
Meaning: ratio | versus | against | opposition
台 (だい)
Meaning: stand | rack | table | support
題 (だい)
Meaning: title | subject | theme | topic
体育 (たいいく)
Meaning: physical education | gymnastics | athletics
体温 (たいおん)
Meaning: temperature (body)
大学院 (だいがくいん)
Meaning: graduate school
大金 (たいきん)
Meaning: great cost
代金 (だいきん)
Meaning: price | payment | cost | charge | the money | the bill
大工 (だいく)
Meaning: carpenter
体系 (たいけい)
Meaning: system | organization
滞在 (たいざい)
Meaning: stay | sojourn
対策 (たいさく)
Meaning: counter-plan | counter-measure
大使 (たいし)
Meaning: ambassador
大した (たいした)
Meaning: considerable | great | important | significant | a big deal
大して (たいして)
Meaning: (not so) much | (not) very
体重 (たいじゅう)
Meaning: one's body weight
対象 (たいしょう)
Meaning: target | object (of worship, study, etc) | subject (of taxation, etc)
対照 (たいしょう)
Meaning: contrast | antithesis | comparison
大小 (だいしょう)
Meaning: size
大臣 (だいじん)
Meaning: cabinet minister
対する (たいする)
Meaning: to face | to confront | to oppose
体制 (たいせい)
Meaning: order | system | structure | set-up | organization
体積 (たいせき)
Meaning: capacity | volume
大戦 (たいせん)
Meaning: great war | great battle
大層 (たいそう)
Meaning: very much | exaggerated | very fine
体操 (たいそう)
Meaning: gymnastics | physical exercises | calisthenics
大胆 (だいたん)
Meaning: bold | daring | audacious
態度 (たいど)
Meaning: attitude | manner
大統領 (だいとうりょう)
Meaning: president | chief executive
大半 (たいはん)
Meaning: majority | mostly | generally
代表 (だいひょう)
Meaning: representative | representation | delegation | type | example | model
大分 (だいぶ)
Meaning: considerably | greatly | a lot
大部分 (だいぶぶん)
Meaning: most part | greater part | majority
逮捕 (たいほ)
Meaning: arrest | apprehension | capture
大木 (たいぼく)
Meaning: large tree
題名 (だいめい)
Meaning: title
代名詞 (だいめいし)
Meaning: pronoun
ダイヤ (ダイヤ)
Meaning: (1) dyer | (2) diagram | (3) (railway) schedule | (4) diamond
平ら (たいら)
Meaning: flatness | level | smooth | calm | plain | sitting tailor fashion
代理 (だいり)
Meaning: representation | agency | proxy | deputy | agent | attorney | substitute | alternate | acting (principal, etc.)
大陸 (たいりく)
Meaning: continent
対立 (たいりつ)
Meaning: confrontation | opposition | antagonism
田植え (たうえ)
Meaning: rice planting
絶えず (たえず)
Meaning: constantly
楕円 (だえん)
Meaning: ellipse
高める (たかめる)
Meaning: to raise | to lift | to boost
滝 (たき)
Meaning: waterfall
炊く (たく)
Meaning: to boil | to cook
蓄える (たくわえる)
Meaning: to store | to lay in stock
多少 (たしょう)
Meaning: more or less | somewhat | a little | some
助かる (たすかる)
Meaning: to be saved | to be rescued | to survive | to be helpful
叩く (たたく)
Meaning: to strike | to clap | to dust | to beat
但し (ただし)
Meaning: but | however | provided that
立ち上がる (たちあがる)
Meaning: to stand up
立ち止まる (たちどまる)
Meaning: to stop | to halt | to stand still
忽ち (たちまち)
Meaning: at once | in a moment | suddenly | all at once
建つ (たつ)
Meaning: to erect | to be erected | to be built
発つ (たつ)
Meaning: to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
たった (たった)
Meaning: only | merely | but | no more than
だって (だって)
Meaning: but | because | even | also | too
たっぷり (たっぷり)
Meaning: full | in plenty | ample
縦 (たて)
Meaning: length | height
妥当 (だとう)
Meaning: valid | proper | right | appropriate
谷 (たに)
Meaning: valley
種 (たね)
Meaning: (1) seed | pip | kind | variety | quality | tone | (2) material | matter | subject | theme | (news) copy | (3) cause | source | trick | secret | inside story
頼み (たのみ)
Meaning: request | favor | reliance | dependence
頼もしい (たのもしい)
Meaning: reliable | trustworthy | hopeful | promising
束 (たば)
Meaning: bundle | bunch | sheaf | coil
足袋 (たび)
Meaning: Japanese socks (with split toe)
度々 (たびたび)
Meaning: often | repeatedly | frequently
ダブる (ダブる)
Meaning: to coincide (fall on the same day) | to have two of something | to repeat a school year after failing
弾 (たま)
Meaning: bullet | shot | shell
魂 (たま)
Meaning: soul | spirit
卵 (たまご)
Meaning: (1) egg(s) | spawn | roe | (2) (an expert) in the making
ダム (ダム)
Meaning: dumb
溜息 (ためいき)
Meaning: a sigh
試し (ためし)
Meaning: trial | test
躊躇う (ためらう)
Meaning: to hesitate
溜まる (たまる)
Meaning: to collect | to gather | to save
便り (たより)
Meaning: news | tidings | information | correspondence | letter
頼る (たよる)
Meaning: to rely on | to have recourse to | to depend on
だらしない (だらしない)
Meaning: slovenly | loose | sluttish | slatternly
弛み (たるみ)
Meaning: slack | slackening | dullness | letdown
段 (だん)
Meaning: step | stair | flight of steps | grade | rank | level
団 (だん)
Meaning: body | group | party | company | troupe
単位 (たんい)
Meaning: (1) unit | denomination | (2) credit (in school)
段階 (だんかい)
Meaning: gradation | grade | stage
短期 (たんき)
Meaning: short term
炭鉱 (たんこう)
Meaning: coal mine | coal pit
男子 (だんし)
Meaning: youth | young man
単純 (たんじゅん)
Meaning: simplicity
短所 (たんしょ)
Meaning: (1) defect | demerit | weak point | (2) disadvantage
誕生 (たんじょう)
Meaning: birth
箪笥 (たんす)
Meaning: chest of drawers | bureau
淡水 (たんすい)
Meaning: fresh water
断水 (だんすい)
Meaning: water outage
単数 (たんすう)
Meaning: singular (number)
断定 (だんてい)
Meaning: conclusion | decision
担当 (たんとう)
Meaning: (in) charge
単なる (たんなる)
Meaning: mere | simple | sheer
単に (たんに)
Meaning: simply | merely | only | solely
短編 (たんぺん)
Meaning: short (e.g. story, film)
地位 (ちい)
Meaning: (social) position | status
地域 (ちいき)
Meaning: area | region
知恵 (ちえ)
Meaning: wisdom | wit | sagacity | sense | intelligence | advice
違いない (ちがいない)
Meaning: (phrase) sure | no mistaking it | for certain
近頃 (ちかごろ)
Meaning: lately | recently | nowadays
地下水 (ちかすい)
Meaning: underground water
近々 (ちかぢか)
Meaning: nearness | before long
近づく (ちかづく)
Meaning: to approach | to get near | to get acquainted with | to get closer
近づける (ちかづける)
Meaning: to bring near | to put close | to let come near | to associate with
近寄る (ちかよる)
Meaning: to approach | to draw near
千切る (ちぎる)
Meaning: to cut up fine | to pick (fruit)
地区 (ちく)
Meaning: district | section | sector
知事 (ちじ)
Meaning: prefectural governor
知識 (ちしき)
Meaning: knowledge | information
地質 (ちしつ)
Meaning: geological features
知人 (ちじん)
Meaning: friend | acquaintance
地帯 (ちたい)
Meaning: area | zone
縮める (ちぢめる)
Meaning: to shorten | to reduce | to boil down | to shrink
縮れる (ちぢれる)
Meaning: to be wavy | to be curled
些とも (ちっとも)
Meaning: not at all (neg. verb)
地点 (ちてん)
Meaning: site | point on a map
知能 (ちのう)
Meaning: intelligence | brains
地平線 (ちへいせん)
Meaning: horizon
地方 (ちほう)
Meaning: area | locality | district | region | the coast
着 (ちゃく)
Meaning: (1) counter for suits of clothing | (2) arriving at ..
著 (ちゃく)
Meaning: (1) counter for suits of clothing | (2) arriving at ..
着々 (ちゃくちゃく)
Meaning: steadily
中央 (ちゅうおう)
Meaning: centre | central | center | middle
中間 (ちゅうかん)
Meaning: middle | midway | interim
中古 (ちゅうこ)
Meaning: (1) used | second-hand | old | (2) Middle Ages
中旬 (ちゅうじゅん)
Meaning: second third of a month
抽象 (ちゅうしょう)
Meaning: abstract
昼食 (ちゅうしょく)
Meaning: lunch | midday meal
中心 (ちゅうしん)
Meaning: center | core | heart | pivot | emphasis | balance
中世 (ちゅうせい)
Meaning: Middle Ages | mediaeval times
中性 (ちゅうせい)
Meaning: neuter gender | neutral (chem.) | indifference | sterility
抽選 (ちゅうせん)
Meaning: lottery | raffle | drawing (of lots)
中途 (ちゅうと)
Meaning: in the middle | half-way
中年 (ちゅうねん)
Meaning: middle-aged
注目 (ちゅうもく)
Meaning: notice | attention | observation
兆 (ちょう)
Meaning: sign | omen | indication | portent | 1,000,000,000,000 | trillion (American) | billion (British)
超過 (ちょうか)
Meaning: excess | being more than
長期 (ちょうき)
Meaning: long time period
彫刻 (ちょうこく)
Meaning: carving | engraving | sculpture
調査 (ちょうさ)
Meaning: investigation | examination | inquiry | survey
調子 (ちょうし)
Meaning: tune | tone | key | pitch | time | rhythm | vein | mood | way | manner | style | knack | condition | state of health | strain | impetus | spur of the moment | trend
長所 (ちょうしょ)
Meaning: (1) strong point | merit | (2) advantage
長女 (ちょうじょ)
Meaning: eldest daughter
頂上 (ちょうじょう)
Meaning: top | summit | peak
調整 (ちょうせい)
Meaning: regulation | adjustment | tuning
調節 (ちょうせつ)
Meaning: regulation | adjustment | control
長短 (ちょうたん)
Meaning: (1) length | (2) long and short | advantages and disadvantages | pluses and minuses | strong and weak points | merits and demerits
頂点 (ちょうてん)
Meaning: top | summit
長男 (ちょうなん)
Meaning: eldest son
長方形 (ちょうほうけい)
Meaning: rectangle | oblong
調味料 (ちょうみりょう)
Meaning: condiment | seasoning
丁目 (ちょうめ)
Meaning: district of a town | city block (of irregular size)
チョーク (チョーク)
Meaning: chock | chalk
直後 (ちょくご)
Meaning: immediately following
直接 (ちょくせつ)
Meaning: direct | immediate | personal | firsthand
直線 (ちょくせん)
Meaning: straight line
直前 (ちょくぜん)
Meaning: just before
直通 (ちょくつう)
Meaning: direct communication
直流 (ちょくりゅう)
Meaning: direct current
著者 (ちょしゃ)
Meaning: author | writer
貯蔵 (ちょぞう)
Meaning: storage | preservation
直角 (ちょっかく)
Meaning: right angle
直径 (ちょっけい)
Meaning: diameter
散らかす (ちらかす)
Meaning: to scatter around | to leave untidy
散らかる (ちらかる)
Meaning: to be in disorder | to lie scattered around
散らす (ちらす)
Meaning: to scatter | to disperse | to distribute
塵紙 (ちりがみ)
Meaning: tissue paper | toilet paper
散る (ちる)
Meaning: to fall | to scatter (e.g. blossoms)
遂に (ついに)
Meaning: finally | at last
追加 (ついか)
Meaning: addition | supplement | appendix
一日 (ついたち)
Meaning: (1) first of month
序で (ついで)
Meaning: opportunity | occasion
通過 (つうか)
Meaning: passage through | passing
通学 (つうがく)
Meaning: commuting to school
通勤 (つうきん)
Meaning: commuting to work
通行 (つうこう)
Meaning: passage | passing
通じる (つうじる)
Meaning: to run to | to lead to | to communicate | to understand | to be well-informed
通信 (つうしん)
Meaning: correspondence | communication | news | signal
通知 (つうち)
Meaning: notice | notification
通帳 (つうちょう)
Meaning: passbook
通訳 (つうやく)
Meaning: interpretation
通路 (つうろ)
Meaning: passage | pathway
遣い (つかい)
Meaning: errand | message | messenger | bearer | use | usage | trainer | tamer | mission | familiar spirit | going as envoy
掴む (つかむ)
Meaning: to seize | to catch | to grasp | to grip | to grab | to hold | to catch hold of | to lay one's hands on
付き合い (つきあい)
Meaning: association | socializing | fellowship
付き合う (つきあう)
Meaning: to associate with | to keep company with | to get on with
突き当たる (つきあたる)
Meaning: to run into | to collide with
突き当たり (つきあたり)
Meaning: end (e.g. of street)
次々に (つぎつぎに)
Meaning: one by one | one after another | successively
月日 (つきひ)
Meaning: time | years | days
点く (つく)
Meaning: (1) to catch fire | (2) to be lit, e.g. electricity comes on
突く (つく)
Meaning: (1) to thrust | to strike | to attack | (2) to poke | to nudge | to pick at
就く (つく)
Meaning: to settle in (place) | to take (seat, position) | to study (under teacher)
付け加える (つけくわえる)
Meaning: to add one thing to another
付ける (つける)
Meaning: (1) to attach | to join | to add | to append | to affix | to stick | to glue | to fasten | to sew on | to apply (ointment) | (2) to furnish (a house with) | (3) to wear | to put on | (4) to keep a diary | to make an entry | (5) to appraise | to set (a price) | (6) to bring alongside | (7) to place (under guard or doctor) | (8) to follow | to shadow | (9) to load | to give (courage to) | (10) to keep (an eye on) | (11) to establish (relations or understanding)
浸ける (つける)
Meaning: to dip in | to soak
土 (つち)
Meaning: earth | soil
突っ込む (つっこむ)
Meaning: (1) to thrust something into something | (2) to plunge into | to go into deeply | (3) to meddle | to interfere
突っ張る (つっぱる)
Meaning: to support | to become stiff | to become taut | to thrust (one's opponent) | to stick to (one's opinion) | to insist on
包み (つつみ)
Meaning: bundle | package | parcel | bale
綱 (つな)
Meaning: rope
繋がり (つながり)
Meaning: connection | link | relationship
繋がる (つながる)
Meaning: to be tied together | to be connected to | to be related to
繋ぐ (つなぐ)
Meaning: to tie | to fasten | to connect | to transfer (phone call)
常に (つねに)
Meaning: always | constantly
粒 (つぶ)
Meaning: grain
潰す (つぶす)
Meaning: to smash | to waste
潰れる (つぶれる)
Meaning: to be smashed | to go bankrupt
躓く (つまずく)
Meaning: to stumble | to trip
詰まる (つまる)
Meaning: (1) to be blocked | to be packed | (2) to hit the ball near the handle of the bat (baseball)
積む (つむ)
Meaning: to pile up | to stack
爪 (つめ)
Meaning: fingernail or toenail | claw | talon | hoof
詰める (つめる)
Meaning: to pack | to shorten | to work out (details)
積もる (つもる)
Meaning: to pile up
艶 (つや)
Meaning: gloss | glaze
梅雨 (つゆ)
Meaning: rainy season | rain during the rainy season
強気 (つよき)
Meaning: firm | strong
釣り合う (つりあう)
Meaning: to balance | to be in harmony | to suit
吊る (つる)
Meaning: to hang
吊るす (つるす)
Meaning: to hang
連れ (つれ)
Meaning: companion | company
連れる (つれる)
Meaning: to lead | to take (a person)
低い (ひくい)
Meaning: short | low | humble | low (voice)
提案 (ていあん)
Meaning: proposal | proposition | suggestion
定員 (ていいん)
Meaning: fixed number of regular personnel | capacity (of boat, hall, aeroplane, etc.)
定価 (ていか)
Meaning: established price
低下 (ていか)
Meaning: fall | decline | lowering | deterioration
定期券 (ていきけん)
Meaning: commuter pass | season ticket
定休日 (ていきゅうび)
Meaning: regular holiday
抵抗 (ていこう)
Meaning: electrical resistance | resistance | opposition
停止 (ていし)
Meaning: suspension | interruption | stoppage | ban | standstill | deadlock | stalemate | abeyance
停車 (ていしゃ)
Meaning: stopping (e.g. train)
提出 (ていしゅつ)
Meaning: presentation | submission | filing
定年 (ていねん)
Meaning: retirement age
程度 (ていど)
Meaning: degree | amount | grade | standard | of the order of (following a number)
出入り (でいり)
Meaning: in and out | coming and going | free association | income and expenditure | debits and credit
出入口 (でいりぐち)
Meaning: exit and entrance
停留所 (ていりゅうじょ)
Meaning: bus or tram stop
手入れ (ていれ)
Meaning: repairs | maintenance
テーマ (テーマ)
Meaning: theme | project | topic (de: Thema)
出掛ける (でかける)
Meaning: to depart | to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing) | to set out | to start | to be going out
出来上がる (できあがる)
Meaning: (1) to be finished | to be ready | by definition | (2) to be very drunk
的確 (てきかく)
Meaning: precise | accurate
出来事 (できごと)
Meaning: incident | affair | happening | event
適する (てきする)
Meaning: to fit | to suit
適切 (てきせつ)
Meaning: pertinent | appropriate | adequate | relevance
適度 (てきど)
Meaning: moderate
適用 (てきよう)
Meaning: applying
凸凹 (でこぼこ)
Meaning: unevenness | roughness | ruggedness
手頃 (てごろ)
Meaning: moderate | handy
弟子 (でし)
Meaning: pupil | disciple | adherent | follower | apprentice | young person | teacher's student-helper
手品 (てじな)
Meaning: sleight of hand | conjuring trick | magic | juggling
出鱈目 (でたらめ)
Meaning: irresponsible utterance | nonsense | nonsensical | (2) random | haphazard | unsystematic
手帳 (てちょう)
Meaning: notebook
哲学 (てつがく)
Meaning: philosophy
鉄橋 (てっきょう)
Meaning: railway bridge | iron bridge
てっきり (てっきり)
Meaning: surely | certainly | beyond doubt
鉄鋼 (てっこう)
Meaning: iron and steel
デッサン (デッサン)
Meaning: rough sketch (fr: dessin)
徹する (てっする)
Meaning: to sink in | to penetrate | to devote oneself | to believe in | to go through | to do intently and exclusively
手続き (てつづき)
Meaning: procedure | (legal) process | formalities
徹底 (てってい)
Meaning: thoroughness | completeness
鉄砲 (てっぽう)
Meaning: gun
徹夜 (てつや)
Meaning: all night | all-night vigil | sleepless night
手拭い (てぬぐい)
Meaning: (hand) towel
手間 (てま)
Meaning: time | labour
手前 (てまえ)
Meaning: before | this side | we | you
手回し (てまわし)
Meaning: preparations | arrangements
出迎える (でむかえる)
Meaning: to meet | to greet
照らす (てらす)
Meaning: to shine on | to illuminate
照る (てる)
Meaning: to shine
店員 (てんいん)
Meaning: shop assistant | employee | clerk | salesperson
展開 (てんかい)
Meaning: develop | expansion (opposite of compression)
電気 (でんき)
Meaning: electricity | (electric) light
伝記 (でんき)
Meaning: biography | life story
電球 (でんきゅう)
Meaning: light bulb
典型 (てんけい)
Meaning: type | pattern | archetypal
点検 (てんけん)
Meaning: inspection | examination | checking
電子 (でんし)
Meaning: (1) electron | (2) (esp. as a prefix) electronic | electronics
天井 (てんじょう)
Meaning: ceiling | ceiling price
点数 (てんすう)
Meaning: marks | points | score | runs | number of items | credits
伝染 (でんせん)
Meaning: contagion
転々 (てんてん)
Meaning: rolling about | moving from place to place | being passed around repeatedly
点々 (てんてん)
Meaning: here and there | little by little | sporadically | scattered in drops | dot | spot
電柱 (でんちゅう)
Meaning: telephone pole | telegraph pole | lightpole
電灯 (でんとう)
Meaning: electric light
天然 (てんねん)
Meaning: nature | spontaneity
天皇 (てんのう)
Meaning: Emperor of Japan
電波 (でんぱ)
Meaning: electro-magnetic wave
電報 (でんぽう)
Meaning: telegram
電流 (でんりゅう)
Meaning: electric current
電力 (でんりょく)
Meaning: electric power
都 (と)
Meaning: metropolitan | municipal
問い (とい)
Meaning: question | query
問い合わせる (といあわせる)
Meaning: to enquire | to seek information
党 (とう)
Meaning: (1) party (political) | (2) faction | -ite
塔 (とう)
Meaning: tower | pagoda
頭 (とう)
Meaning: counter for large animals
等 (とう)
Meaning: et cetera | etc. | and the like
銅 (どう)
Meaning: copper
同 (どう)
Meaning: the same | the said | ibid.
答案 (とうあん)
Meaning: examination paper | examination script
統一 (とういつ)
Meaning: unity | consolidation | uniformity | unification | compatible
同一 (どういつ)
Meaning: identity | sameness | similarity | equality | fairness
同格 (どうかく)
Meaning: the same rank | equality | apposition
峠 (とうげ)
Meaning: ridge | (mountain) pass | difficult part
統計 (とうけい)
Meaning: statistics
動作 (どうさ)
Meaning: action | movements | motions | bearing | behaviour | manners
東西 (とうざい)
Meaning: (1) East and West | (2) whole country | (3) Orient and Occident | (4) Your attention, please!
当時 (とうじ)
Meaning: at that time | in those days
動詞 (どうし)
Meaning: verb
同時 (どうじ)
Meaning: simultaneous(ly) | concurrent | same time | synchronous
同日 (どうじつ)
Meaning: the same day
如何しても (どうしても)
Meaning: by all means | at any cost | no matter what | after all | in the long run | cravingly | at any rate | surely
登場 (とうじょう)
Meaning: (1) entry (on stage) | appearance (on screen) | (2) entrance | introduction (into a market)
どうせ (どうせ)
Meaning: anyhow | in any case | at any rate | after all | at best | at most | at all
灯台 (とうだい)
Meaning: lighthouse
盗難 (とうなん)
Meaning: theft | robbery
当番 (とうばん)
Meaning: being on duty
投票 (とうひょう)
Meaning: voting | poll
等分 (とうぶん)
Meaning: division into equal parts
透明 (とうめい)
Meaning: transparency | cleanness
灯油 (とうゆ)
Meaning: lamp oil | kerosene
東洋 (とうよう)
Meaning: Orient
同様 (どうよう)
Meaning: identical | equal to | same (kind) | like
童謡 (どうよう)
Meaning: children's song | nursery rhyme
同僚 (どうりょう)
Meaning: coworker | colleague | associate
道路 (どうろ)
Meaning: road | highway
童話 (どうわ)
Meaning: fairy-tale
通す (とおす)
Meaning: to let pass | to overlook | to continue | to keep | to make way for | to persist in
通り (とおり)
Meaning: avenue | street | way
通りかかる (とおりかかる)
Meaning: to happen to pass by
通り過ぎる (とおりすぎる)
Meaning: to pass | to pass through
通る (とおる)
Meaning: to pass (by) | to go through | to walk along | to pass exams
都会 (とかい)
Meaning: city
尖る (とがる)
Meaning: to taper to a point | to become sharp | to be sour | to look displeased
溶く (とく)
Meaning: to dissolve (paint)
解く (とく)
Meaning: to solve | to answer | to untie
退く (どく)
Meaning: (1) to retreat | to recede | to withdraw
得意 (とくい)
Meaning: pride | triumph | prosperity | one's strong point | one's forte | one's specialty | customer | client
特殊 (とくしゅ)
Meaning: special | unique
読書 (どくしょ)
Meaning: reading
特色 (とくしょく)
Meaning: characteristic | feature
特徴 (とくちょう)
Meaning: feature | characteristic
特定 (とくてい)
Meaning: specific | special | particular
独特 (どくとく)
Meaning: peculiarity | uniqueness | characteristic
特売 (とくばい)
Meaning: special sale
独立 (どくりつ)
Meaning: independence (e.g. Ind. Day) | self-support
溶け込む (とけこむ)
Meaning: to melt into
溶ける (とける)
Meaning: to melt | to thaw | to fuse | to dissolve
解ける (とける)
Meaning: to loosen
退ける (どける)
Meaning: to remove | to take away | to dislodge | to put something out of the way
床の間 (とこのま)
Meaning: alcove
所が (ところが)
Meaning: however | while | even if
所々 (ところどころ)
Meaning: here and there | some parts (of something)
登山 (とざん)
Meaning: mountain climbing
都市 (とし)
Meaning: town | city | municipal | urban
年月 (としつき)
Meaning: months and years
途上 (とじょう)
Meaning: en route | half-way
閉じる (とじる)
Meaning: to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.) | to shut
都心 (としん)
Meaning: heart (of city)
戸棚 (とだな)
Meaning: cupboard | locker | closet | wardrobe
途端 (とたん)
Meaning: just (now, at the moment, etc.)
土地 (とち)
Meaning: plot of land | lot | soil
特権 (とっけん)
Meaning: privilege | special right
疾っくに (とっくに)
Meaning: long ago | already | a long time ago
突然 (とつぜん)
Meaning: abruptly | suddenly | unexpectedly | all at once
どっと (どっと)
Meaning: suddenly
整う (ととのう)
Meaning: to be prepared | to be in order | to be put in order | to be arranged
留まる (とどまる)
Meaning: (1) to remain | to abide | to stay (in the one place) | (2) to come to a halt | (3) to be limited to | (4) to stop
怒鳴る (どなる)
Meaning: to shout | to yell
飛ばす (とばす)
Meaning: to skip over | to omit
兎も角 (ともかく)
Meaning: anyhow | anyway | somehow or other | generally speaking | in any case
共に (ともに)
Meaning: sharing with | participate in | both | alike | together | along with | with | including
虎 (とら)
Meaning: tiger
捕らえる (とらえる)
Meaning: to seize | to grasp | to capture | to arrest
取敢えず (とりあえず)
Meaning: at once | first of all | for the time being
取り上げる (とりあげる)
Meaning: to take up | to pick up | to disqualify | to confiscate | to deprive
取り入れる (とりいれる)
Meaning: to harvest | to take in | to adopt
取り消す (とりけす)
Meaning: to cancel
取り出す (とりだす)
Meaning: to take out | to produce | to pick out
努力 (どりょく)
Meaning: great effort | exertion | endeavour | effort
採る (とる)
Meaning: (1) to adopt (measure, proposal) | (2) to pick (fruit) | (3) to assume (attitude)
捕る (とる)
Meaning: to take | to catch (fish) | to capture
取れる (とれる)
Meaning: to come off | to be taken off | to be removed | to be obtained | to leave | to come out (e.g. photo) | to be interpreted
泥 (どろ)
Meaning: mud
とんでもない (とんでもない)
Meaning: unexpected | offensive | outrageous | what a thing to say! | no way!
丼 (どんぶり)
Meaning: porcelain bowl | bowl of rice with food on top
名 (な)
Meaning: name | reputation
内科 (ないか)
Meaning: internist clinic | internal medicine
内線 (ないせん)
Meaning: phone extension | indoor wiring | inner line
内容 (ないよう)
Meaning: subject | contents | matter | substance | detail | import
尚 (なお)
Meaning: furthermore | still | yet | more | still more | greater | further | less
流す (ながす)
Meaning: to drain | to float | to shed (blood, tears) | to cruise (e.g. taxi)
仲直り (なかなおり)
Meaning: reconciliation | make peace with
半ば (なかば)
Meaning: middle | half | semi | halfway | partly
長引く (ながびく)
Meaning: to be prolonged | to drag on
仲間 (なかま)
Meaning: company | fellow | colleague | associate | comrade | mate | group | circle of friends | partner
中身 (なかみ)
Meaning: contents | interior | substance | filling | (sword) blade
仲良く (なかよく)
Meaning: making friends with | getting along well with | on cordial terms
流れ (ながれ)
Meaning: stream | current
慰める (なぐさめる)
Meaning: to comfort | to console
殴る (なぐる)
Meaning: to strike | to hit
投げる (なげる)
Meaning: to throw | to cast away
無し (なし)
Meaning: without
為す (なす)
Meaning: to accomplish | to do
何故ならば (なぜならば)
Meaning: because | for | the reason why is ..
納得 (なっとく)
Meaning: consent | assent | understanding | agreement | comprehension | grasp
撫でる (なでる)
Meaning: to brush gently | to stroke
斜め (ななめ)
Meaning: obliqueness
何しろ (なにしろ)
Meaning: at any rate | anyhow | anyway | in any case
何分 (なにぶん)
Meaning: anyway | please
生 (なま)
Meaning: (1) draft (beer) | (2) raw | unprocessed
怠ける (なまける)
Meaning: to be idle | to neglect
波 (なみ)
Meaning: wave
並木 (なみき)
Meaning: roadside tree | row of trees
涙 (なみだ)
Meaning: tear
悩む (なやむ)
Meaning: to be worried | to be troubled
鳴らす (ならす)
Meaning: to ring | to sound | to chime | to beat | to snort (nose
生る (なる)
Meaning: to bear fruit
縄 (なわ)
Meaning: rope | hemp
南極 (なんきょく)
Meaning: south pole | Antarctic
何となく (なんとなく)
Meaning: somehow or other | for some reason or another
何とも (なんとも)
Meaning: nothing (with neg. verb) | quite | not a bit
ナンバー (ナンバー)
Meaning: number
南米 (なんべい)
Meaning: South America
匂う (におう)
Meaning: to be fragrant | to smell | to stink | to glow | to be bright
逃がす (にがす)
Meaning: to let loose | to set free | to let escape
握る (にぎる)
Meaning: to grasp | to seize | to mould sushi
憎い (にくい)
Meaning: (1) hateful | abominable | poor-looking | detestable | (2) (with irony) lovely, lovable, wonderful, etc.
憎む (にくむ)
Meaning: to hate | to detest
憎らしい (にくらしい)
Meaning: odious | hateful
日時 (にちじ)
Meaning: date and time
日常 (にちじょう)
Meaning: ordinary | regular | everyday | usual
日夜 (にちや)
Meaning: day and night | always
日用品 (にちようひん)
Meaning: daily necessities
日課 (にっか)
Meaning: daily lesson | daily work | daily routine
日光 (にっこう)
Meaning: sunlight
日中 (にっちゅう)
Meaning: (1) daytime | during the day | (2) Sino-Japanese
にっこり (にっこり)
Meaning: smile sweetly | smile | grin
日程 (にってい)
Meaning: agenda
鈍い (にぶい)
Meaning: dull (e.g. a knife) | thickheaded | slow (opposite of fast) | stupid
入学 (にゅうがく)
Meaning: entry to school or university | matriculation
入場 (にゅうじょう)
Meaning: entrance | admission | entering
女房 (にょうぼう)
Meaning: wife
睨む (にらむ)
Meaning: to glare at | to scowl at | to keep an eye on
煮る (にる)
Meaning: to boil | to cook
俄に (にわかに)
Meaning: suddenly
縫う (ぬう)
Meaning: to sew
抜かす (ぬかす)
Meaning: to omit | to leave out
抜く (ぬく)
Meaning: to extract | to omit | to surpass | to draw out | to unplug
抜ける (ぬける)
Meaning: to come out | to fall out | to be omitted | to be missing | to escape
主 (ぬし)
Meaning: owner | master | lover | god
布 (ぬの)
Meaning: cloth
濡らす (ぬらす)
Meaning: to wet | to soak | to dip
塗る (ぬる)
Meaning: to paint | to plaster | to lacquer | to varnish
温い (ぬるい)
Meaning: lukewarm | tepid
捩る (ねじる)
Meaning: (1) to screw | to twist | (2) to distort | (3) to torture | to wrest
値段 (ねだん)
Meaning: price | cost
熱する (ねっする)
Meaning: to heat
熱帯 (ねったい)
Meaning: tropics
熱中 (ねっちゅう)
Meaning: nuts! | enthusiasm | zeal | mania
狙う (ねらう)
Meaning: to aim at
年月 (ねんげつ)
Meaning: months and years
年中 (ねんじゅう)
Meaning: whole year | always | everyday
年代 (ねんだい)
Meaning: age | era | period | date
年度 (ねんど)
Meaning: year | fiscal year | school year | term
年齢 (ねんれい)
Meaning: age | years
野 (の)
Meaning: field
能 (のう)
Meaning: talent | gift | function | Noh play
農家 (のうか)
Meaning: farmer | farm family
農業 (のうぎょう)
Meaning: agriculture
農産物 (のうさんぶつ)
Meaning: agricultural produce
農村 (のうそん)
Meaning: agricultural community | farm village | rural
濃度 (のうど)
Meaning: concentration | brightness
農薬 (のうやく)
Meaning: agricultural chemicals
能率 (のうりつ)
Meaning: efficiency
能力 (のうりょく)
Meaning: ability | faculty
軒 (のき)
Meaning: eaves
鋸 (のこぎり)
Meaning: saw
残らず (のこらず)
Meaning: all | entirely | completely | without exception
残り (のこり)
Meaning: remnant | residue | remaining | left-over
乗せる (のせる)
Meaning: to place on (something) | to take on board | to give a ride | to let (one) take part | to impose on | to record | to mention | to load (luggage) | to publish | to run (an ad)
除く (のぞく)
Meaning: to remove | to exclude | to except
伸ばす (のばす)
Meaning: to lengthen | to stretch | to reach out | to postpone | to prolong | to extend | to grow (beard)
延びる (のびる)
Meaning: (1) to stretch | to extend | to lengthen | to spread | (2) to make progress | to grow (beard, body height) | (3) to grow stale (soba) | (4) to be postponed | to be prolonged | (5) to be straightened | to be flattened | to be smoothed | (6) to be exhausted
述べる (のべる)
Meaning: to state | to express | to mention
糊 (のり)
Meaning: paste | starch
乗り越し (のりこし)
Meaning: riding past (one's station)
載る (のる)
Meaning: (1) to get on | to ride in | to board | to mount | to get up on | to spread (paints) | to be taken in | (2) to share in | to join | to be found in (a dictionary) | to feel like doing | to be mentioned in | to be in harmony with | (3) to appear (in print) | to be recorded
鈍い (のろい)
Meaning: dull (e.g. a knife) | thickheaded | slow (opposite of fast) | stupid
のろのろ (のろのろ)
Meaning: slowly | sluggishly
呑気 (のんき)
Meaning: carefree | optimistic | careless | reckless | heedless | happy-go-lucky | easygoing
派 (は)
Meaning: clique | faction | school
場 (ば)
Meaning: place | field (physics)
灰 (はい)
Meaning: ash
倍 (ばい)
Meaning: twice | times | -fold | double | be doubled | increase
灰色 (はいいろ)
Meaning: grey | gray | ashen
黴雨 (ばいう)
Meaning: rainy season | rain during the rainy season
俳句 (はいく)
Meaning: haiku poetry (17-syllable poem usually in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables)
配達 (はいたつ)
Meaning: delivery | distribution
売店 (ばいてん)
Meaning: shop | stand
売買 (ばいばい)
Meaning: trade | buying and selling
俳優 (はいゆう)
Meaning: actor | actress | player | performer
這う (はう)
Meaning: to creep | to crawl
生える (はえる)
Meaning: (1) to grow | to spring up | (2) to cut (teeth)
墓 (はか)
Meaning: gravesite | tomb
剥がす (はがす)
Meaning: to tear off | to peel off | to rip off | to strip off | to skin | to flay | to disrobe | to deprive of | to detach | to disconnect
博士 (はかせ)
Meaning: doctorate | PhD
馬鹿らしい (ばからしい)
Meaning: absurd
秤 (はかり)
Meaning: scales | weighing machine
計る (はかる)
Meaning: to measure | to weigh | to survey | to time (sound, gauge, estimate)
吐き気 (はきけ)
Meaning: nausea | sickness in the stomach
はきはき (はきはき)
Meaning: lucidly
吐く (はく)
Meaning: (1) to breathe | (2) to tell (lies) | (3) to vomit | to disgorge
泊 (はく)
Meaning: counter for nights of a stay
掃く (はく)
Meaning: to sweep | to brush | to gather up
拍手 (はくしゅ)
Meaning: clapping hands | applause
莫大 (ばくだい)
Meaning: enormous | vast
爆発 (ばくはつ)
Meaning: explosion | detonation | eruption
博物館 (はくぶつかん)
Meaning: museum
歯車 (はぐるま)
Meaning: gear | cog-wheel
挟まる (はさまる)
Meaning: to get between | to be caught in
破産 (はさん)
Meaning: (personal) bankruptcy
端 (はし)
Meaning: end (e.g. of street) | edge | tip | margin | point
梯子 (はしご)
Meaning: ladder | stairs
柱 (はしら)
Meaning: pillar | post
外す (はずす)
Meaning: (1) to unfasten | (2) to remove | (3) to bump off (sl)
外れる (はずれる)
Meaning: to be disconnected | to get out of place | to be off | to be out (e.g. of gear)
旗 (はた)
Meaning: flag
肌 (はだ)
Meaning: skin | body | grain | texture | disposition
裸 (はだか)
Meaning: naked | nude | bare
肌着 (はだぎ)
Meaning: underwear | lingerie | singlet | chemise
果たして (はたして)
Meaning: as was expected | really
働き (はたらき)
Meaning: work | workings | activity | ability | talent | function | labor | action | operation | movement | motion | conjugation | inflection | achievement
鉢 (はち)
Meaning: a bowl | a pot | a basin | a flowerpot | a crown | a brainpan
発 (はつ)
Meaning: departure | beginning | counter for gunshots
発育 (はついく)
Meaning: (physical) growth | development
発音 (はつおん)
Meaning: pronunciation
発揮 (はっき)
Meaning: exhibition | demonstration | utilization | display
発掘 (はっくつ)
Meaning: (1) excavation | exhumation | (2) discovery (e.g. new talent)
発見 (はっけん)
Meaning: discovery | detection | finding
発行 (はっこう)
Meaning: issue (publications)
発車 (はっしゃ)
Meaning: departure of a vehicle
発射 (はっしゃ)
Meaning: firing | shooting | discharge | catapult
罰する (ばっする)
Meaning: to punish | to penalize
発想 (はっそう)
Meaning: expression (music) | conceptualization
発達 (はったつ)
Meaning: development | growth
ばったり (ばったり)
Meaning: with a clash (thud) | with a bang | plump | flop | suddenly | abruptly | unexpectedly
発展 (はってん)
Meaning: development | growth
発電 (はつでん)
Meaning: generation (e.g. power)
発売 (はつばい)
Meaning: sale
発表 (はっぴょう)
Meaning: announcement | publication
発明 (はつめい)
Meaning: invention
派手 (はで)
Meaning: showy | loud | gay | flashy | gaudy
話し合い (はなしあい)
Meaning: discussion | conference
話し合う (はなしあう)
Meaning: to discuss | to talk together
話し掛ける (はなしかける)
Meaning: to accost a person | to talk (to someone)
甚だしい (はなはだしい)
Meaning: extreme | excessive | terrible | intense | severe | serious | tremendous | heavy (damage)
華々しい (はなばなしい)
Meaning: brilliant | magnificent | spectacular
発条 (ばね)
Meaning: spring (e.g. coil, leaf)
跳ねる (はねる)
Meaning: to jump | to leap | to prance | to spring up | to bound | to hop
幅 (はば)
Meaning: width | breadth
省く (はぶく)
Meaning: to omit | to eliminate | to curtail | to economize
破片 (はへん)
Meaning: fragment | splinter | broken piece
歯磨き (はみがき)
Meaning: dentifrice | toothpaste
嵌める (はめる)
Meaning: to get in | to insert | to put on | to make love
場面 (ばめん)
Meaning: scene | setting (e.g. of novel)
早口 (はやくち)
Meaning: fast-talking
流行る (はやる)
Meaning: to flourish | to thrive | to be popular | to come into fashion
原 (はら)
Meaning: field | plain | prairie | tundra | moor | wilderness
払い込む (はらいこむ)
Meaning: to deposit | to pay in
払い戻す (はらいもどす)
Meaning: to repay | to pay back
鍼 (はり)
Meaning: needle | acupuncture
針金 (はりがね)
Meaning: wire
張り切る (はりきる)
Meaning: to be in high spirits | to be full of vigor | to be enthusiastic | to be eager | to stretch to breaking point
晴れる (はれる)
Meaning: to be sunny | to clear away | to stop raining
バン (バン)
Meaning: bun | van (caravan) | VAN (value-added network)
範囲 (はんい)
Meaning: extent | scope | sphere | range
反映 (はんえい)
Meaning: reflection | influence
半径 (はんけい)
Meaning: radius
反撃 (はんげき)
Meaning: counterattack | counteroffensive | counterblow
反抗 (はんこう)
Meaning: opposition | resistance | insubordination | defiance | hostility | rebellion
番号 (ばんごう)
Meaning: number | series of digits
万歳 (ばんざい)
Meaning: hurrah | long life | congratulations | cheers
判事 (はんじ)
Meaning: judge | judiciary
反省 (はんせい)
Meaning: reflection | reconsideration | introspection | meditation | contemplation
判断 (はんだん)
Meaning: judgement | decision | adjudication | conclusion | decipherment | divination
番地 (ばんち)
Meaning: house number | address
半島 (はんとう)
Meaning: peninsula
販売 (はんばい)
Meaning: sale | selling | marketing
非 (ひ)
Meaning: faulty- | non-
日当たり (ひあたり)
Meaning: exposure to the sun | sunny place
冷える (ひえる)
Meaning: to grow cold | to get chilly | to cool down
被害 (ひがい)
Meaning: damage
日帰り (ひがえり)
Meaning: day trip
比較 (ひかく)
Meaning: comparison
比較的 (ひかくてき)
Meaning: comparatively | relatively
日陰 (ひかげ)
Meaning: shadow
光る (ひかる)
Meaning: to shine | to glitter | to be bright
悲観 (ひかん)
Meaning: pessimism | disappointment
引き受ける (ひきうける)
Meaning: to undertake | to take up | to take over | to be responsible for | to guarantee | to contract (disease)
引き返す (ひきかえす)
Meaning: to repeat | to send back | to bring back | to retrace one's steps
引き算 (ひきざん)
Meaning: subtraction
引き出す (ひきだす)
Meaning: to pull out | to take out | to draw out | to withdraw
引き止める (ひきとめる)
Meaning: to detain | to check | to restrain
卑怯 (ひきょう)
Meaning: cowardice | meanness | unfairness
引き分け (ひきわけ)
Meaning: a draw (in competition) | tie game
弾く (ひく)
Meaning: to play (piano, guitar)
轢く (ひく)
Meaning: to run somebody over (with vehicle) | to knock someone down
悲劇 (ひげき)
Meaning: tragedy
否決 (ひけつ)
Meaning: rejection | negation | voting down
飛行 (ひこう)
Meaning: aviation
膝 (ひざ)
Meaning: knee | lap
日射し (ひざし)
Meaning: sunlight | rays of the sun
肘 (ひじ)
Meaning: elbow
非常に (ひじょうに)
Meaning: very | extremely | exceedingly
額 (ひたい)
Meaning: forehead | brow
引っ掛かる (ひっかかる)
Meaning: to be caught in | to be stuck in | to be cheated
引っ掛ける (ひっかける)
Meaning: (1) to hang (something) on (something) | to throw on (clothes) | (2) to hook | to catch | to trap | to ensnare | (3) to cheat | to evade payment | to jump a bill | (4) to drink (alcohol) | (5) to spit at (a person) | (6) to hit the ball off the end of the bat (baseball)
筆記 (ひっき)
Meaning: (taking) notes | copying
引っ繰り返す (ひっくりかえす)
Meaning: to turn over | to overturn | to knock over | to upset | to turn inside out
日付 (ひづけ)
Meaning: date | dating
引っ込む (ひっこむ)
Meaning: to draw back | to sink | to cave in
必死 (ひっし)
Meaning: inevitable death | desperation | frantic | inevitable result
筆者 (ひっしゃ)
Meaning: writer | author
必需品 (ひつじゅひん)
Meaning: necessities | necessary article | requisite | essential
引っ張る (ひっぱる)
Meaning: (1) to pull | to draw | to stretch | to drag | (2) to pull the ball (baseball)
否定 (ひてい)
Meaning: negation | denial | repudiation
一言 (ひとこと)
Meaning: single word
人込み (ひとごみ)
Meaning: crowd of people
人差指 (ひとさしゆび)
Meaning: index finger
等しい (ひとしい)
Meaning: equal | similar | like | equivalent
一筋 (ひとすじ)
Meaning: a line | earnestly | blindly | straightforwardly
一通り (ひととおり)
Meaning: ordinary | usual | in general | briefly
人通り (ひとどおり)
Meaning: pedestrian traffic
一先 (ひとまず)
Meaning: for the present | once | in outline
人目 (ひとめ)
Meaning: public gaze | public notice
一休み (ひとやすみ)
Meaning: rest
独り言 (ひとりごと)
Meaning: a soliloquy | a monologue | speaking to oneself
独りでに (ひとりでに)
Meaning: by itself | automatically | naturally
一人一人 (ひとりひとり)
Meaning: one by one | each | one at a time
ビニール (ビニール)
Meaning: vinyl
皮肉 (ひにく)
Meaning: cynicism | sarcasm | irony | satire
日にち (ひにち)
Meaning: the number of days | date
捻る (ひねる)
Meaning: to turn (a switch) on or off | to twist | to puzzle over
日の入り (ひのいり)
Meaning: sunset
日の出 (ひので)
Meaning: sunrise
批判 (ひはん)
Meaning: criticism | judgement | comment
罅 (ひび)
Meaning: crack | (skin) fissure | flaw or roughness (esp. in skin) | (2) chaps
響 (ひびき)
Meaning: echo | sound | reverberation | noise
響く (ひびく)
Meaning: to resound
批評 (ひひょう)
Meaning: criticism | review | commentary
皮膚 (ひふ)
Meaning: skin
微妙 (びみょう)
Meaning: delicate | subtle
紐 (ひも)
Meaning: (1) string | cord | (2) pimp
冷やす (ひやす)
Meaning: to cool | to refrigerate
百科辞典 (ひゃっかじてん)
Meaning: encyclopedia
費用 (ひよう)
Meaning: cost | expense
美容 (びよう)
Meaning: beauty of figure or form
秒 (びょう)
Meaning: second (60th min)
評価 (ひょうか)
Meaning: valuation | estimation | assessment | evaluation
表現 (ひょうげん)
Meaning: (1) expression | presentation | (2) (math) representation
標語 (ひょうご)
Meaning: motto | slogan | catchword
表紙 (ひょうし)
Meaning: front cover | binding
標識 (ひょうしき)
Meaning: sign | mark
標準 (ひょうじゅん)
Meaning: standard | level
表情 (ひょうじょう)
Meaning: facial expression
平等 (びょうどう)
Meaning: equality (a) | impartiality | evenness
評判 (ひょうばん)
Meaning: fame | reputation | popularity | arrant
標本 (ひょうほん)
Meaning: example | specimen
評論 (ひょうろん)
Meaning: criticism | critique
ビラ (ビラ)
Meaning: villa | handbill | poster
昼間 (ひるま)
Meaning: daytime | during the day
拾う (ひろう)
Meaning: to pick up | to find | to gather
広がる (ひろがる)
Meaning: to spread (out) | to extend | to stretch | to reach to | to get around
広場 (ひろば)
Meaning: plaza
広々 (ひろびろ)
Meaning: extensive | spacious
広める (ひろめる)
Meaning: to broaden | to propagate
品 (ひん)
Meaning: thing | article | goods | dignity | article (goods) | counter for meal courses
瓶 (びん)
Meaning: bottle
貧 (びん)
Meaning: poverty | becoming poor | living in poverty
便 (びん)
Meaning: mail | post | flight (e.g. airline flight) | service | opportunity | chance | letter
便箋 (びんせん)
Meaning: writing paper | stationery
瓶詰 (びんづめ)
Meaning: bottling | bottled
分 (ぶ)
Meaning: rate | part | percentage | one percent | thickness | odds | chance of winning | one-hundredth of a shaku | one-quarter of a ryou
部 (ぶ)
Meaning: department | part | category | counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
不安 (ふあん)
Meaning: anxiety | uneasiness | insecurity | suspense
風 (ふう)
Meaning: method | manner | way
風景 (ふうけい)
Meaning: scenery
風船 (ふうせん)
Meaning: balloon
風俗 (ふうぞく)
Meaning: (1) manners | customs | (2) sex service | sex industry
不運 (ふうん)
Meaning: unlucky | misfortune | bad luck | fate
笛 (ふえ)
Meaning: flute | pipe
不可 (ふか)
Meaning: wrong | bad | improper | unjustifiable | inadvisable
深まる (ふかまる)
Meaning: to deepen | to heighten | to intensify
武器 (ぶき)
Meaning: weapon | arms | ordinance
不規則 (ふきそく)
Meaning: irregularity | unsteadiness | disorderly
普及 (ふきゅう)
Meaning: diffusion | spread
付近 (ふきん)
Meaning: neighbourhood | vicinity | environs
拭く (ふく)
Meaning: to wipe | to dry
副 (ふく)
Meaning: duplicate | copy | assistant | associate | vice- | sub- | deputy | substitute | auxiliary | supplementary | additional | collateral
副詞 (ふくし)
Meaning: adverb
複写 (ふくしゃ)
Meaning: copy | duplicate
復習 (ふくしゅう)
Meaning: review | revision
複数 (ふくすう)
Meaning: plural | multiple
服装 (ふくそう)
Meaning: garments
含む (ふくむ)
Meaning: to hold in the mouth | to bear in mind | to understand | to cherish | to harbor | to contain | to comprise | to have | to hold | to include | to embrace | to be charged or loaded with | to be dripping with | to be full of | to be suffused with
含める (ふくめる)
Meaning: to include | to instruct | to make one understand | to put in one's mouth
覆面 (ふくめん)
Meaning: mask | veil | disguise
膨らます (ふくらます)
Meaning: to swell | to expand | to inflate | to bulge
膨らむ (ふくらむ)
Meaning: to expand | to swell (out) | to get big | to become inflated
不潔 (ふけつ)
Meaning: unclean | dirty | filthy | impure
更ける (ふける)
Meaning: to get late | to advance | to wear on
耽る (ふける)
Meaning: to indulge in | to give oneself up to | to be obsessed by | to be engrossed in | to be lost in | to be absorbed in
老ける (ふける)
Meaning: to age
不幸 (ふこう)
Meaning: unhappiness | sorrow | misfortune | disaster | accident | death
塞がる (ふさがる)
Meaning: to be plugged up | to be shut up
塞ぐ (ふさぐ)
Meaning: to stop up | to close up | to block (up) | to occupy | to fill up | to take up | to stand in another's way | to plug up | to shut up
不山戯る (ふざける)
Meaning: to romp | to gambol | to frolic | to joke | to make fun of | to flirt
節 (ふし)
Meaning: joint | knuckle | tune | melody
武士 (ぶし)
Meaning: warrior | samurai
無事 (ぶじ)
Meaning: safety | peace | quietness
部首 (ぶしゅ)
Meaning: radical (of a kanji character)
不自由 (ふじゆう)
Meaning: discomfort | disability | inconvenience | destitution
夫人 (ふじん)
Meaning: wife | Mrs | madam
婦人 (ふじん)
Meaning: woman | female
襖 (ふすま)
Meaning: sliding screen
不正 (ふせい)
Meaning: injustice | unfairness | iniquity | impropriety | irregularity | dishonesty | illegality
防ぐ (ふせぐ)
Meaning: to defend (against) | to protect | to prevent
不足 (ふそく)
Meaning: insufficiency | shortage | deficiency | lack | dearth
付属 (ふぞく)
Meaning: attached | belonging | affiliated | annexed | associated | subordinate | incidental | dependent | auxiliary
蓋 (ふた)
Meaning: cover | lid | cap
舞台 (ぶたい)
Meaning: (1) stage (theatre) | (2) scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
再び (ふたたび)
Meaning: again | once more | a second time
普段 (ふだん)
Meaning: usually | habitually | ordinarily | always
縁 (ふち)
Meaning: (surrounding) edge
打つ (ぶつ)
Meaning: to hit | to strike
不通 (ふつう)
Meaning: suspension | interruption | stoppage | tie-up | cessation
物価 (ぶっか)
Meaning: prices of commodities | prices (in general) | cost-of-living
物質 (ぶっしつ)
Meaning: material | substance
物騒 (ぶっそう)
Meaning: dangerous | disturbed | insecure
ぶつぶつ (ぶつぶつ)
Meaning: grumbling | complaining in a small voice
物理 (ぶつり)
Meaning: physics
筆 (ふで)
Meaning: writing brush
吹雪 (ふぶき)
Meaning: snow storm
不平 (ふへい)
Meaning: complaint | discontent | dissatisfaction
父母 (ふぼ)
Meaning: father and mother | parents
踏切 (ふみきり)
Meaning: railway crossing | level crossing | starting line | scratch | crossover
麓 (ふもと)
Meaning: the foot | the bottom | the base (of a mountain)
増やす (ふやす)
Meaning: to increase | to add to | to augment
ぶら下がる (ぶらさがる)
Meaning: to hang from | to dangle | to swing
ブラシ (ブラシ)
Meaning: brushy | brush
プラス (プラス)
Meaning: plus
プラスチック (プラスチック)
Meaning: plastic
プラットホーム (プラットホーム)
Meaning: platform
不利 (ふり)
Meaning: disadvantage | handicap | unfavorable | drawback
振り (ぶり)
Meaning: style | manner
振り出し (ふりだし)
Meaning: outset | starting point | drawing or issuing (draft)
振り向く (ふりむく)
Meaning: to turn one's face | to turn around
不良 (ふりょう)
Meaning: badness | delinquent | inferiority | failure
古 (ふる)
Meaning: used | secondhand
震える (ふるえる)
Meaning: to shiver | to shake | to quake
古里 (ふるさと)
Meaning: home town | birthplace | old village | historic village | native place | one's old home
振る舞う (ふるまう)
Meaning: to behave | to conduct oneself | to entertain
触れる (ふれる)
Meaning: to touch | to be touched | to touch on a subject | to feel | to violate (law, copyright, etc.) | to perceive | to be emotionally moved
風呂敷 (ふろしき)
Meaning: wrapping cloth | cloth wrapper
フワフワ (フワフワ)
Meaning: light | airy
噴火 (ふんか)
Meaning: eruption
分解 (ぶんかい)
Meaning: analysis | disassembly
文学 (ぶんがく)
Meaning: literature
文芸 (ぶんげい)
Meaning: literature | art and literature | belles-lettres
文献 (ぶんけん)
Meaning: literature | books (reference)
文語 (ぶんご)
Meaning: written language | literary language
文章 (ぶんしょう)
Meaning: sentence | article
分数 (ぶんすう)
Meaning: fraction (in math)
分析 (ぶんせき)
Meaning: analysis
文体 (ぶんたい)
Meaning: literary style
ふんだん (ふんだん)
Meaning: plentiful | abundant | lavish
分担 (ぶんたん)
Meaning: apportionment | sharing
分布 (ぶんぷ)
Meaning: distribution
文法 (ぶんぽう)
Meaning: grammar
文房具 (ぶんぼうぐ)
Meaning: stationery
文脈 (ぶんみゃく)
Meaning: context
文明 (ぶんめい)
Meaning: civilization | culture
分野 (ぶんや)
Meaning: field | sphere | realm | division | branch
分量 (ぶんりょう)
Meaning: amount | quantity
分類 (ぶんるい)
Meaning: classification
塀 (へい)
Meaning: wall | fence
閉会 (へいかい)
Meaning: closure
兵器 (へいき)
Meaning: arms | weapons | ordinance
平均 (へいきん)
Meaning: equilibrium | balance | average | mean
平行 (へいこう)
Meaning: (going) side by side | concurrent | abreast | at the same time | occurring together | parallel | parallelism
平日 (へいじつ)
Meaning: weekday | ordinary days
兵隊 (へいたい)
Meaning: soldier | sailor
平凡 (へいぼん)
Meaning: common | commonplace | ordinary | mediocre
平野 (へいや)
Meaning: plain | open field
平和 (へいわ)
Meaning: peace | harmony
凹む (へこむ)
Meaning: to be dented | to be indented | to yield to | to give | to sink | to collapse | to cave in | to be snubbed
臍 (へそ)
Meaning: navel | belly button
隔たる (へだたる)
Meaning: to be distant
隔てる (へだてる)
Meaning: to be shut out | to separate | to isolate
別荘 (べっそう)
Meaning: holiday house | villa
別々 (べつべつ)
Meaning: separately | individually
減らす (へらす)
Meaning: to abate | to decrease | to diminish | to shorten
経る (へる)
Meaning: to pass | to elapse | to experience
編 (へん)
Meaning: compilation | editing | completed poem | book | part of book
偏 (へん)
Meaning: side | left radical of a character | inclining | inclining toward | biased
便 (べん)
Meaning: convenience | facility | excreta | stools | evacuation
変化 (へんか)
Meaning: change | variation | alteration | mutation | transition | transformation | transfiguration | metamorphosis | variety | diversity | inflection | declension | conjugation
ペンキ (ペンキ)
Meaning: paint (nl: pek)
編集 (へんしゅう)
Meaning: editing | compilation | editorial (e.g. committee)
ペンチ (ペンチ)
Meaning: pliers (trans: pinchers)
歩 (ほ)
Meaning: a step | a stride | counter for steps
棒 (ぼう)
Meaning: pole | rod | stick
望遠鏡 (ぼうえんきょう)
Meaning: telescope
方角 (ほうがく)
Meaning: direction | way | compass point
方言 (ほうげん)
Meaning: dialect
冒険 (ぼうけん)
Meaning: risk | venture | adventure
方向 (ほうこう)
Meaning: direction | course | way
報告 (ほうこく)
Meaning: report | information
坊さん (ぼうさん)
Meaning: Buddhist priest | monk
防止 (ぼうし)
Meaning: prevention | check
方針 (ほうしん)
Meaning: objective | plan | policy
宝石 (ほうせき)
Meaning: gem | jewel
包装 (ほうそう)
Meaning: packing | wrapping
法則 (ほうそく)
Meaning: law | rule
包帯 (ほうたい)
Meaning: bandage | dressing
膨大 (ぼうだい)
Meaning: huge | bulky | enormous | extensive | swelling | expansion
庖丁 (ほうちょう)
Meaning: kitchen knife | carving knife
方程式 (ほうていしき)
Meaning: equation
防犯 (ぼうはん)
Meaning: prevention of crime
豊富 (ほうふ)
Meaning: abundance | wealth | plenty | bounty
方面 (ほうめん)
Meaning: direction | district | field (e.g., of study)
訪問 (ほうもん)
Meaning: call | visit
坊や (ぼうや)
Meaning: boy
暴力 (ぼうりょく)
Meaning: violence | mayhem
放る (ほうる)
Meaning: (1) to let go | to abandon | to leave undone | (2) to throw | to toss | to fling
吠える (ほえる)
Meaning: to bark | to bay | to howl | to bellow | to roar | to cry
捕獲 (ほかく)
Meaning: capture | seizure
朗らか (ほがらか)
Meaning: brightness | cheerfulness | melodious
牧畜 (ぼくちく)
Meaning: stock-farming
惚ける (ぼける)
Meaning: to grow senile | to fade
保健 (ほけん)
Meaning: health preservation | hygiene | sanitation
誇り (ほこり)
Meaning: pride
埃 (ほこり)
Meaning: dust
誇る (ほこる)
Meaning: to boast of | to be proud of
綻びる (ほころびる)
Meaning: to come apart at the seams | to begin to open | to smile broadly
保証 (ほしょう)
Meaning: guarantee | security | assurance | pledge | warranty
舗装 (ほそう)
Meaning: pavement | road surface
保存 (ほぞん)
Meaning: preservation | conservation | storage | maintenance
北極 (ほっきょく)
Meaning: North Pole
坊ちゃん (ぼっちゃん)
Meaning: son (of others)
歩道 (ほどう)
Meaning: footpath | walkway | sidewalk
解く (ほどく)
Meaning: to unfasten
仏 (ほとけ)
Meaning: Buddha | merciful person | Buddhist image | the dead
炎 (ほのお)
Meaning: flame | blaze
頬 (ほほ)
Meaning: cheek (of face)
略 (ほぼ)
Meaning: almost | roughly | approximately
微笑む (ほほえむ)
Meaning: to smile
堀 (ほり)
Meaning: moat | canal
掘る (ほる)
Meaning: to dig | to excavate
彫る (ほる)
Meaning: to carve | to engrave | to sculpture | to chisel
藍褸 (ぼろ)
Meaning: rag | scrap | tattered clothes | fault (esp. in a pretense) | defect | run-down or junky
盆 (ぼん)
Meaning: Lantern Festival | Festival of the Dead | tray
盆地 (ぼんち)
Meaning: basin (e.g. between mountains)
本部 (ほんぶ)
Meaning: headquarters
本来 (ほんらい)
Meaning: essentially | naturally | by nature | in (and of) itself | originally
迷子 (まいご)
Meaning: lost (stray) child
枚数 (まいすう)
Meaning: the number of flat things
舞う (まう)
Meaning: to dance | to flutter about | to revolve
蒔く (まく)
Meaning: to sow (seeds)
枕 (まくら)
Meaning: pillow | bolster
曲げ (まげ)
Meaning: flexure | bending
曲げる (まげる)
Meaning: to bend | to crook | to lean
まごまご (まごまご)
Meaning: confused
摩擦 (まさつ)
Meaning: friction | rubbing | rubdown | chafe
正に (まさに)
Meaning: correctly | surely
増し (まし)
Meaning: extra | additional | less objectionable | better | preferable
混じる (まじる)
Meaning: to be mixed | to be blended with | to associate with | to mingle with | to interest | to join
増す (ます)
Meaning: to increase | to grow
貧しい (まずしい)
Meaning: poor | needy
益々 (ますます)
Meaning: increasingly | more and more
混ぜる (まぜる)
Meaning: to mix | to stir
跨ぐ (またぐ)
Meaning: to straddle
待合室 (まちあいしつ)
Meaning: waiting room
待ち合わせる (まちあわせる)
Meaning: to rendezvous | to meet at a prearranged place and time
街角 (まちかど)
Meaning: street corner
真っ赤 (まっか)
Meaning: deep red | flushed (of face)
末期 (まっき)
Meaning: closing years (period, days) | last stage
真っ暗 (まっくら)
Meaning: total darkness | shortsightedness | pitch dark
真っ青 (まっさお)
Meaning: deep blue | ghastly pale
真っ先 (まっさき)
Meaning: the head | the foremost | beginning
祭る (まつる)
Meaning: to deify | to enshrine
纏まる (まとまる)
Meaning: to be collected | to be settled | to be in order
纏める (まとめる)
Meaning: to put in order | to collect | to bring to a conclusion
学ぶ (まなぶ)
Meaning: to study (in depth) | to learn | to take lessons in
真似 (まね)
Meaning: mimicry | imitation | behavior | pretense
眩しい (まぶしい)
Meaning: dazzling | radiant
瞼 (まぶた)
Meaning: eyelids
豆 (まめ)
Meaning: (1) beans | peas | (2) (as a prefix) miniature | tiny
稀 (まれ)
Meaning: rare | seldom
回り道 (まわりみち)
Meaning: detour | diversion
万が一 (まんがいち)
Meaning: if by any chance | 10000 to 1
真ん前 (まんまえ)
Meaning: right in front | under the nose
真ん丸い (まんまるい)
Meaning: perfectly circular
実 (み)
Meaning: fruit | nut | seed | content | good result
未 (み)
Meaning: not yet
見上げる (みあげる)
Meaning: to look up at | to raise one's eyes | to admire
見送る (みおくる)
Meaning: (1) to see off | to farewell | (2) to escort | (3) to let pass | to wait and see | (4) to let a pitch go by (baseball) | to watch a batted ball go into the stands
見下ろす (みおろす)
Meaning: to overlook | to command a view of | to look down on something
見掛け (みかけ)
Meaning: outward appearance
見方 (みかた)
Meaning: viewpoint
味方 (みかた)
Meaning: friend | ally | supporter
三日月 (みかづき)
Meaning: new moon | crescent moon
岬 (みさき)
Meaning: cape (on coast)
惨め (みじめ)
Meaning: miserable
自ら (みずから)
Meaning: for one's self | personally
店屋 (みせや)
Meaning: store | shop
見出し (みだし)
Meaning: heading | caption | subtitle | index
満ちる (みちる)
Meaning: to be full | to rise (tide) | to mature | to expire
蜜 (みつ)
Meaning: nectar | honey
見付かる (みつかる)
Meaning: to be found | to be discovered
見付ける (みつける)
Meaning: to be familiar | to discover | to find fault | to detect | to find out | to locate
密集 (みっしゅう)
Meaning: crowd | close formation | dense
密接 (みっせつ)
Meaning: related | connected | close | intimate
見っともない (みっともない)
Meaning: shameful | indecent
見詰める (みつめる)
Meaning: to stare at | to gaze at | to look hard at | to watch intently | to fix one's eyes on
認める (みとめる)
Meaning: to recognize | to appreciate | to approve | to admit | to notice
見直す (みなおす)
Meaning: to look again | to get a better opinion of
見慣れる (みなれる)
Meaning: to become used to seeing | to be familiar with
実る (みのる)
Meaning: to bear fruit | to ripen
身分 (みぶん)
Meaning: social position | social status
見本 (みほん)
Meaning: sample
見舞い (みまい)
Meaning: enquiry | expression of sympathy | expression of concern
見舞う (みまう)
Meaning: to ask after (health) | to visit
未満 (みまん)
Meaning: less than | insufficient
都 (みやこ)
Meaning: capital
妙 (みょう)
Meaning: strange | unusual
明後日 (みょうごにち)
Meaning: day after tomorrow
苗字 (みょうじ)
Meaning: surname | family name
未来 (みらい)
Meaning: (1) the future (usually distant) | (2) future tense | (3) the world to come
ミリ (ミリ)
Meaning: milli- | 10^-3
診る (みる)
Meaning: to examine (medical)
民間 (みんかん)
Meaning: private | civilian | civil | popular | folk | unofficial
民主 (みんしゅ)
Meaning: democratic | the head of the nation
民謡 (みんよう)
Meaning: folk song | popular song
無 (む)
Meaning: nothing | naught | nil | zero
向き (むき)
Meaning: direction | situation | exposure | aspect | suitability
向け (むけ)
Meaning: (intended) for .. | oriented towards ..
向ける (むける)
Meaning: to turn towards | to point
無効 (むこう)
Meaning: invalid | no effect | unavailable
無視 (むし)
Meaning: disregard | ignore
無地 (むじ)
Meaning: plain | unfigured
虫歯 (むしば)
Meaning: cavity | tooth decay | decayed tooth | caries
矛盾 (むじゅん)
Meaning: contradiction | inconsistency
寧ろ (むしろ)
Meaning: rather | better | instead
蒸す (むす)
Meaning: to steam | to poultice | to be sultry
無数 (むすう)
Meaning: countless number | infinite number
結ぶ (むすぶ)
Meaning: to tie | to bind | to link
夢中 (むちゅう)
Meaning: daze | (in a) trance | ecstasy | delirium | engrossment
無料 (むりょう)
Meaning: free | no charge
群れ (むれ)
Meaning: group | crowd | flock | herd | bevy | school | swarm | cluster (of stars) | clump
芽 (め)
Meaning: sprout
姪 (めい)
Meaning: niece
明確 (めいかく)
Meaning: clear up | clarify | define
名作 (めいさく)
Meaning: masterpiece
名詞 (めいし)
Meaning: noun
名所 (めいしょ)
Meaning: famous place
命じる (めいじる)
Meaning: to order | to command | to appoint
迷信 (めいしん)
Meaning: superstition
名人 (めいじん)
Meaning: master | expert
名物 (めいぶつ)
Meaning: famous product | special product | speciality | specialty
名簿 (めいぼ)
Meaning: register of names
銘々 (めいめい)
Meaning: each | individual
名誉 (めいよ)
Meaning: honor | credit | prestige
目上 (めうえ)
Meaning: superior(s) | senior
恵まれる (めぐまれる)
Meaning: to be blessed with | to be rich in
巡る (めぐる)
Meaning: to go around
目指す (めざす)
Meaning: to aim at | to have an eye on
飯 (めし)
Meaning: meals | food
目下 (めした)
Meaning: subordinate(s) | inferior(s) | junior
目印 (めじるし)
Meaning: mark | sign | landmark
目立つ (めだつ)
Meaning: to be conspicuous | to stand out
滅茶苦茶 (めちゃくちゃ)
Meaning: absurd | unreasonable | excessive | messed up | spoiled | wreaked
めっきり (めっきり)
Meaning: remarkably
滅多に (めったに)
Meaning: rarely (with neg. verb) | seldom
目出度い (めでたい)
Meaning: happy | simple soul | propitious | joyous
目眩 (めまい)
Meaning: dizziness | giddiness
目安 (めやす)
Meaning: criterion | aim
面 (めん)
Meaning: face | mug | surface | facial features | mask | face guard | side or facet | corner | page
綿 (めん)
Meaning: raw cotton
免許 (めんきょ)
Meaning: license | permit | licence | certificate
免税 (めんぜい)
Meaning: tax exemption | duty exemption
面積 (めんせき)
Meaning: area
面倒臭い (めんどうくさい)
Meaning: bother to do | tiresome
面目 (めんぼく)
Meaning: face | honour | reputation | prestige | dignity | credit
儲かる (もうかる)
Meaning: to be profitable | to yield a profit
儲ける (もうける)
Meaning: to get | to earn | to gain | to have (bear, beget) a child
設ける (もうける)
Meaning: to create | to establish
申し込む (もうしこむ)
Meaning: to apply for | to make an application | to propose (marriage) | to offer (mediation) | to make an overture (of peace) | to challenge | to lodge (objections) | to request (an interview) | to subscribe for | to book | to reserve
毛布 (もうふ)
Meaning: blanket
木材 (もくざい)
Meaning: lumber | timber | wood
目次 (もくじ)
Meaning: table of contents
目標 (もくひょう)
Meaning: mark | objective | target
潜る (もぐる)
Meaning: (1) to drive | to pass through | (2) to evade | to hide | (3) to dive (into or under water) | to go underground
文字 (もんじ)
Meaning: letter (of alphabet) | character
若しかすると (もしかすると)
Meaning: perhaps | maybe | by some chance
若しくは (もしくは)
Meaning: or | otherwise
若しも (もしも)
Meaning: if
凭れる (もたれる)
Meaning: to lean against | to lean on | to recline on | to lie heavy (on the stomach)
モダン (モダン)
Meaning: modern
餅 (もち)
Meaning: sticky rice cake
持ち (もち)
Meaning: (1) hold | charge | keep possession | in charge | (2) wear | durability | life | draw | (3) usage (suff)
持ち上げる (もちあげる)
Meaning: to raise | to lift up | to flatter
用いる (もちいる)
Meaning: to use | to make use of
以て (もって)
Meaning: (1) with | by | (2) by means of | because | in view of
尤も (もっとも)
Meaning: quite right | plausible | natural | but then | although
最も (もっとも)
Meaning: most | extremely
持てる (もてる)
Meaning: to be well liked | to be popular
基づく (もとづく)
Meaning: to be grounded on | to be based on | to be due to | to originate from
求める (もとめる)
Meaning: to seek | to request | to demand | to want | to wish for | to search for | to pursue (pleasure) | to hunt (a job) | to buy
元々 (もともと)
Meaning: originally | by nature | from the start
物置き (ものおき)
Meaning: storeroom
物音 (ものおと)
Meaning: sounds
物語る (ものがたる)
Meaning: to tell | to indicate
物事 (ものごと)
Meaning: things | everything
物差し (ものさし)
Meaning: ruler | measure
モノレール (モノレール)
Meaning: monorail
腿 (もも)
Meaning: thigh | femur
燃やす (もやす)
Meaning: to burn
催し (もよおし)
Meaning: event | festivities | function | social gathering | auspices | opening | holding (a meeting)
盛る (もる)
Meaning: (1) to serve (food, etc.) | (2) to fill up | (3) to prescribe
問答 (もんどう)
Meaning: questions and answers | dialogue
矢 (や)
Meaning: arrow
軈て (やがて)
Meaning: before long | soon | at length
喧しい (やかましい)
Meaning: (1) noisy | (2) strict | fussy
夜間 (やかん)
Meaning: at night | nighttime
薬缶 (やかん)
Meaning: kettle
約 (やく)
Meaning: approximately | about | some
役者 (やくしゃ)
Meaning: actor | actress
役所 (やくしょ)
Meaning: government office | public office
役職 (やくしょく)
Meaning: post | managerial position | official position
訳す (やくす)
Meaning: to translate
役立つ (やくだつ)
Meaning: to be useful | to be helpful | to serve the purpose
役人 (やくにん)
Meaning: government official
薬品 (やくひん)
Meaning: medicine(s) | chemical(s)
役目 (やくめ)
Meaning: duty | business
役割 (やくわり)
Meaning: part | assigning (allotment of) parts | role | duties
火傷 (やけど)
Meaning: burn | scald
焼ける (やける)
Meaning: to burn | to be roasted | to be sunburnt
夜行 (やこう)
Meaning: walking around at night | night train | night travel
易しい (やさしい)
Meaning: easy | plain | simple
矢印 (やじるし)
Meaning: directing arrow
痩せる (やせる)
Meaning: to become thin | to lose weight | to reduce (one's) weight | to slim
矢鱈に (やたらに)
Meaning: randomly | recklessly | blindly
厄介 (やっかい)
Meaning: trouble | burden | care | bother | worry | dependence | support | kindness | obligation
やっ付ける (やっつける)
Meaning: to beat | to attack (an enemy) | to do away with | to finish off
宿 (やど)
Meaning: inn | lodging
雇う (やとう)
Meaning: to employ | to hire
家主 (やぬし)
Meaning: landlord
屋根 (やね)
Meaning: roof
破く (やぶく)
Meaning: to tear | to violate | to defeat | to smash | to destroy
破る (やぶる)
Meaning: to tear | to violate | to defeat | to smash | to destroy
破れる (やぶれる)
Meaning: to get torn | to wear out
病む (やむ)
Meaning: to fall ill | to be ill
止むを得ない (やむをえない)
Meaning: cannot be helped | unavoidable
稍 (やや)
Meaning: a little | partially | somewhat | a short time | a while
唯一 (ゆいいつ)
Meaning: only | sole | unique
遊園地 (ゆうえんち)
Meaning: amusement park
夕刊 (ゆうかん)
Meaning: evening paper
友好 (ゆうこう)
Meaning: friendship
有効 (ゆうこう)
Meaning: validity | availability | effectiveness
優秀 (ゆうしゅう)
Meaning: superiority | excellence
優勝 (ゆうしょう)
Meaning: overall victory | championship
友情 (ゆうじょう)
Meaning: friendship | fellowship
友人 (ゆうじん)
Meaning: friend
郵送 (ゆうそう)
Meaning: mailing
夕立 (ゆうだち)
Meaning: (sudden) evening shower (rain)
有能 (ゆうのう)
Meaning: able | capable | efficient | skill
夕日 (ゆうひ)
Meaning: (in) the evening sun | setting sun
ユーモア (ユーモア)
Meaning: humor
悠々 (ゆうゆう)
Meaning: quiet | calm | leisurely
有利 (ゆうり)
Meaning: advantageous | better | profitable | lucrative
床 (ゆか)
Meaning: floor
愉快 (ゆかい)
Meaning: pleasant | happy
歪む (ゆがむ)
Meaning: to warp | to swerve | to deflect | to be crooked | to be distorted | to be bent | to incline | to slant | to be perverted | to be gross-grained | to get bent | to be strained
行方 (ゆくえ)
Meaning: one's whereabouts
湯気 (ゆげ)
Meaning: steam | vapour
輸血 (ゆけつ)
Meaning: blood transfusion
輸出 (ゆしゅつ)
Meaning: export
譲る (ゆずる)
Meaning: to turn over | to assign | to hand over | to transmit | to convey | to sell | to dispose of | to yield | to surrender
輸送 (ゆそう)
Meaning: transport | transportation
豊か (ゆたか)
Meaning: abundant | wealthy | plentiful | rich
油断 (ゆだん)
Meaning: negligence | unpreparedness
茹でる (ゆでる)
Meaning: to boil
輸入 (ゆにゅう)
Meaning: importation | import | introduction
湯飲み (ゆのみ)
Meaning: teacup
緩い (ゆるい)
Meaning: loose | lenient | slow
揺れる (ゆれる)
Meaning: to shake | to sway
夜明け (よあけ)
Meaning: dawn | daybreak
様 (よう)
Meaning: way | manner | kind | sort | appearance | like | such as | so as to | in order to | so that | yang
酔う (よう)
Meaning: to get drunk | to become intoxicated
用意 (ようい)
Meaning: preparation
容易 (ようい)
Meaning: easy | simple | plain
溶岩 (ようがん)
Meaning: lava
容器 (ようき)
Meaning: container | vessel
陽気 (ようき)
Meaning: season | weather | cheerfulness
要求 (ようきゅう)
Meaning: request | demand | requisition
用語 (ようご)
Meaning: term | terminology
要旨 (ようし)
Meaning: gist | essentials | summary | fundamentals
幼児 (ようじ)
Meaning: infant | baby | child
様式 (ようしき)
Meaning: style | form | pattern
用心 (ようじん)
Meaning: care | precaution | guarding | caution
様子 (ようす)
Meaning: aspect | state | appearance
要する (ようする)
Meaning: to demand | to require | to take
要するに (ようするに)
Meaning: in a word | after all | the point is .. | in short ..
容積 (ようせき)
Meaning: capacity | volume
要素 (ようそ)
Meaning: element
幼稚 (ようち)
Meaning: infancy | childish | infantile
要点 (ようてん)
Meaning: gist | main point
用途 (ようと)
Meaning: use | usefulness
曜日 (ようび)
Meaning: day of the week
洋品店 (ようひんてん)
Meaning: shop which handles Western-style apparel and accessories
養分 (ようぶん)
Meaning: nourishment | nutrient
羊毛 (ようもう)
Meaning: wool
漸く (ようやく)
Meaning: gradually | finally | hardly
要領 (ようりょう)
Meaning: point | gist | essentials | outline
予期 (よき)
Meaning: expectation | assume will happen | forecast
欲張り (よくばり)
Meaning: avarice | covetousness | greed
余計 (よけい)
Meaning: too much | unnecessary | abundance | surplus | excess | superfluity
横切る (よこぎる)
Meaning: to cross (e.g. arms) | to traverse
寄越す (よこす)
Meaning: (1) to send | to forward | (2) to hand over (e.g. money)
汚す (よごす)
Meaning: (1) to disgrace | to dishonour | (2) to pollute | to contaminate | to soil | to make dirty | to stain
汚れ (よごれ)
Meaning: dirt | filth
予算 (よさん)
Meaning: estimate | budget
予習 (よしゅう)
Meaning: preparation for a lesson
止す (よす)
Meaning: to cease | to abolish | to resign | to give up
寄せる (よせる)
Meaning: to collect | to gather | to add | to put aside
予想 (よそう)
Meaning: expectation | anticipation | prediction | forecast
予測 (よそく)
Meaning: prediction | estimation
四つ角 (よつかど)
Meaning: four corners | crossroads
酔っ払い (よっぱらい)
Meaning: drunkard
予定 (よてい)
Meaning: plans | arrangement | schedule | program | expectation | estimate
夜中 (よなか)
Meaning: midnight | dead of night
世の中 (よのなか)
Meaning: society | the world | the times
予備 (よび)
Meaning: preparation | preliminaries | reserve | spare
呼び掛ける (よびかける)
Meaning: to call out to | to accost | to address (crowd) | to appeal
余分 (よぶん)
Meaning: extra | excess | surplus
予防 (よぼう)
Meaning: prevention | precaution | protection against
読み (よみ)
Meaning: reading
蘇る (よみがえる)
Meaning: to be resurrected | to be revived | to be resuscitated | to be rehabilitated
予約 (よやく)
Meaning: reservation | contract | subscription | booking | pledge | advance order
嫁 (よめ)
Meaning: bride | daughter-in-law
余裕 (よゆう)
Meaning: surplus | composure | margin | room | time | allowance | scope | rope
因る (よる)
Meaning: to come from
寄る (よる)
Meaning: to visit | to drop in | to approach
宜しい (よろしい)
Meaning: good | OK | all right | fine | very well | will do | may | can
来日 (らいにち)
Meaning: arrival in Japan | coming to Japan | visit to Japan
楽 (らく)
Meaning: comfort | ease
落第 (らくだい)
Meaning: failure | dropping out of a class
欄 (らん)
Meaning: column of text (e.g. as in a newspaper)
利益 (りえき)
Meaning: profits | gains | (political, economic) interest
理科 (りか)
Meaning: science
理解 (りかい)
Meaning: understanding | comprehension
利害 (りがい)
Meaning: advantages and disadvantages | interest
陸 (りく)
Meaning: land | shore
利口 (りこう)
Meaning: clever | shrewd | bright | sharp | wise | intelligent
離婚 (りこん)
Meaning: divorce
理想 (りそう)
Meaning: ideal
リットル (リットル)
Meaning: litre
略す (りゃくす)
Meaning: to abbreviate
理由 (りゆう)
Meaning: reason | pretext | motive
流 (りゅう)
Meaning: style of | method of | manner of | school (of thought)
流域 (りゅういき)
Meaning: (river) basin
流行 (りゅうこう)
Meaning: fashionable | fad | in vogue | prevailing
利用 (りよう)
Meaning: use | utilization | application
量 (りょう)
Meaning: quantity | amount | volume | portion (of food)
寮 (りょう)
Meaning: hostel | dormitory
料 (りょう)
Meaning: material | charge | rate | fee
両側 (りょうがわ)
Meaning: both sides
料金 (りょうきん)
Meaning: fee | charge | fare
漁師 (りょうし)
Meaning: fisherman
領事 (りょうじ)
Meaning: consul
領収 (りょうしゅう)
Meaning: receipt | voucher
臨時 (りんじ)
Meaning: temporary | special | extraordinary
例外 (れいがい)
Meaning: exception
礼儀 (れいぎ)
Meaning: manners | courtesy | etiquette
冷静 (れいせい)
Meaning: calm | composure | coolness | serenity
冷凍 (れいとう)
Meaning: freezing | cold storage | refrigeration
冷房 (れいぼう)
Meaning: cooling | air-conditioning
レジャー (レジャー)
Meaning: leisure
列 (れつ)
Meaning: queue | line | row
列車 (れっしゃ)
Meaning: train (ordinary)
列島 (れっとう)
Meaning: chain of islands
煉瓦 (れんが)
Meaning: brick
連合 (れんごう)
Meaning: union | alliance
連想 (れんそう)
Meaning: association (of ideas) | suggestion
連続 (れんぞく)
Meaning: serial | consecutive | continuity | occurring in succession | continuing
連邦 (れんぽう)
Meaning: commonwealth | federation of states
蝋燭 (ろうそく)
Meaning: candle
労働 (ろうどう)
Meaning: manual labor | toil | work
録音 (ろくおん)
Meaning: (audio) recording
ロビー (ロビー)
Meaning: lobby
論 (ろん)
Meaning: (1) argument | discussion | dispute | controversy | discourse | debate | (2) theory | doctrine | (3) essay | treatise | comment
和 (わ)
Meaning: sum | harmony | peace
和英 (わえい)
Meaning: Japanese-English
我 (わが)
Meaning: my | our | one's own
沸かす (わかす)
Meaning: to boil | to heat
別れ (わかれ)
Meaning: parting | separation | farewell | (lateral) branch | fork | offshoot | division | section
若々しい (わかわかしい)
Meaning: youthful | young
脇 (わき)
Meaning: side
沸く (わく)
Meaning: to boil | to grow hot | to get excited | to gush forth
枠 (わく)
Meaning: frame | slide
惑星 (わくせい)
Meaning: planet
分ける (わける)
Meaning: to divide | to separate | to make distinctions | to differentiate (between)
僅か (わずか)
Meaning: only | merely | a little | small quantity
綿 (わた)
Meaning: cotton | padding
話題 (わだい)
Meaning: topic | subject
詫びる (わびる)
Meaning: to apologize
和服 (わふく)
Meaning: Japanese clothes
割合に (わりあいに)
Meaning: comparatively
割当て (わりあて)
Meaning: allotment | assignment | allocation | quota | rationing
割込む (わりこむ)
Meaning: to cut in | to thrust oneself into | to wedge oneself in | to muscle in on | to interrupt | to disturb
割り算 (わりざん)
Meaning: (math) division
割り引き (わりびき)
Meaning: discount | reduction | rebate | tenths discounted
悪口 (わるぐち)
Meaning: abuse | insult | slander | evil speaking
我我 (われわれ)
Meaning: we
碗 (わん)
Meaning: bowl
湾 (わん)
Meaning: bay | gulf | inlet





教諭 (きょうゆ) :: (licensed) teacher
脱法 (だっぽう) :: evasion of the law | circumvention of the law
遭難 (そうなん) :: disaster | shipwreck | accident | being stranded
文面 (ぶんめん) :: content of a letter
辞任 (じにん) :: to resign |  resignation
不祥事 (ふしょうじ) :: scandal | deplorable event
製菓 (せいか) :: confectionery
筋が通る (すじがとおる) :: to make sense | to be consistent | to be logical | to stand to reason | to be coherent
首相 (しゅしょう) :: Prime Minister | Chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.) | Premier
人聞き (ひとぎき) :: reputation | respectability
鍋 (なべ) :: saucepan | pot | (n-suf) stew | hot pot
嗅覚 (きゅうかく) :: sense of smell | olfaction
在宅 (ざいたく) :: being in | being at home
代表的 (だいひょうてき) :: representative | exemplary | model
訛 (なまり) :: accent (of one's speech) | dialect | provincialism | patois | (3) corrupted form (e.g. of word) | mispronunciation
支援 (しえん) :: support | backing | aid | assistance
低下 (ていか) :: fall | decline | lowering | deterioration | degradation
色彩 (しきさい) :: colour | color | hue | tints
有給休暇 (ゆうきゅうきゅうか) :: paid vacation | leave
首都圏 (しゅとけん) :: the capital city (often Tokyo) area (typically within 50 km of city's centre) (center)
練り直す (ねりなおす) :: to knead again | to rework | to revise | to polish
遠のく (とおのく) :: to become distant | to recede
湖 (みずうみ) :: lake
故郷 (こきょう) :: home town | birthplace | old village | historic village | native place | one's old home
方針 (ほうしん) :: objective | plan | policy
理想論 (りそうろん) :: idealistic thought (argument)
添付 (てんぷ) :: attachment (e.g. email) | appendix (e.g. of a report, document, etc) | annex | appendage | annexure
共有 (きょうゆう) :: share | joint ownership | co-ownership
道理で (どうりで) :: indeed | it's no wonder
混雑 (こんざつ) :: confusion | congestion
古本 (こほん) :: secondhand book | ancient book | antiquarian books
板ばさみ (いたばさみ) :: being stuck between a rock and a hard place | being in a dilemma | being torn between conflicting demands
仕組む (しくむ) :: to devise | to arrange | to plan | to plot
思い詰める (おもいつめる) :: to think hard | to brood over | to worry too much (about) | to torment oneself (with the thought of)
夫 (おっと) :: husband
規則 (きそく) :: rules | regulations | conventions
悔い (くい) :: regret | repentance
年配 (ねんぱい) :: elderly | age | years
新設 (しんせつ) :: newly organized or established (organised)
親戚 (しんせき) :: relative | relation | kin
行楽地 (こうらくち) :: tourist resort | holiday resort
大人数 (おおにんず) :: large number of people
休憩 (きゅうけい) :: rest | break | recess | intermission
肝心 (かんじん) :: essential | fundamental | crucial | vital | main
屏風 (びょうぶ) :: folding screen
育む (はぐくむ) :: to raise | to rear | to bring up
何時ぞや (いつぞや) :: once | some time ago
湯水のごとく (ゆみずのごとく) :: like water | like it grows on trees
刻限 (こくげん) :: time | appointed time
出没 (しゅつぼつ) :: appearing frequently | infesting | appearance and disappearance
出払う (ではらう) :: to be all out
蛇口 (じゃぐち) :: faucet | tap
現物 (げんぶつ) :: actual article or goods | spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.) | (3) (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
工事費 (こうじひ) :: construction costs | installation cost
完走 (かんそう) :: running the race | staying the course
明日 (あした) :: tomorrow
調整 (ちょうせい) :: regulation | coordination | adjustment | tuning | modification | alteration
収まる (おさまる) :: to be in one's place | to be installed | to settle into | to be delivered | to be obtained | to be paid | (3) to be settled | to be sorted out | (4) to lessen (e.g. of storms, pain) | to calm down | (5) to be fit tightly into (e.g. a frame) | to be sheathed (in a scabbard)
ざっくり (ざっくり) :: roughly | approximately | loosely | cutting or breaking apart with vigour | (3) deeply (cut or split) | (4) rough (woollens, etc., as adjectival phrase with (to)shita) | (5) sound of treading on pebbles
点検 (てんけん) :: inspection | examination | checking
至る (いたる) :: to arrive at (e.g. a decision) | to reach (a stage) | to attain | to lead to (a place) | to get to | (3) to come | to arrive | to result in
着用 (ちゃくよう) :: wearing (e.g. uniform, seat belt) | having on
緩む (ゆるむ) :: to become loose | to slacken (e.g. rope) | to become less tense | to relax | to let one's guard down | (3) to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision) | to become lax | (4) to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression) | (of ice) to partially melt | (5) to decrease (e.g. speed) | (6) (of a market price) to go down slightly
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大金 (おおがね) :: large amount of money | great cost
店 (たな) :: (abbr) merchant's home | rented home | (3) store | shop
融資 (ゆうし) :: financing | loan
赴任 (ふにん) :: moving to a different location to start a new job | (proceeding to) new appointment
括る (くくる) :: to tie up | to tie together | to bind | to bundle | to fasten | to hang (oneself) | (3) to summarize | to put (it all) together | to consolidate | (4) to estimate | to expect | (5) to tie-dye | (6) to detain | to check | to restrain
告発 (こくはつ) :: indictment | prosecution | complaint
腹黒い (はらぐろい) :: mean | malicious | scheming | wicked | black-hearted
戦 (いくさ) :: war | battle | campaign | fight |  troops | forces
束 (たば) :: bundle | bunch | sheaf
政治 (せいじ) :: politics | government
専念 (せんねん) :: absorption | giving undivided attention | devoting oneself (to)
選挙 (せんきょ) :: election
立候補 (りっこうほ) :: announcing candidacy | becoming a candidate
著書 (ちょしょ) :: literary work | book
天候不順 (てんこうふじゅん) :: unseasonable weather | fickle weather | bad weather
招き (まねき) :: invitation
衝撃 (しょうげき) :: shock | crash | impact | ballistic
冷夏 (れいか) :: a cool summer
近場 (ちかば) :: nearby place
偽造 (ぎぞう) :: forgery | falsification | fabrication | counterfeiting
輸送 (ゆそう) :: transport | transportation
ニーズ (ニーズ) :: needs
紙幣 (しへい) :: paper money | notes | bills
指す (さす) :: to point | to nominate | to select someone | to specify some person | (3) to identify | to indicate | to point out | (4) to play (shogi) | (5) to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance)
派遣切り (はけんきり) :: downsizing by laying off part-time and temp. workers
営業員 (えいぎょういん) :: salesperson | sales personnel | sales representative
人手 (ひとで) :: starfish (any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea) | asteroid (taxonomic class) | sea star | northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis) | (3) someone else's hands | other hands | (4) hand (worker) | aide
外回り (そとまわり) :: circumference | perimeter | outer tracks (in a loop or curve) | outside work
気さく (きさく) :: frank | sociable | good humored | good humoured | candid | openhearted | ready | willing
親 (おや) :: parent | parents | dealer (in cards) | (3) founder | (4) (pet) owner
激しい (はげしい) :: violent | vehement | intense | furious | tempestuous
苦 (く) :: pain | anguish | suffering | distress | anxiety | worry | trouble | difficulty | hardship | (Buddh) duhkha (suffering)
賜る (たまわる) :: (hum) to be given | to be granted | to be honored with | to be honoured with | (hon) to give | to bestow | to confer | to honor | to honour
披露宴 (ひろうえん) :: reception (wedding)
盛大 (せいだい) :: grand | prosperous | magnificent
漕ぎ着ける (こぎつける) :: to row (a boat) up to (a pier) | to attain | to reach (a certain stage) | to manage to do
努力 (どりょく) :: great effort | exertion | endeavour | endeavor | effort
褒め言葉 (ほめことば) :: words of praise | eulogy | compliment
開く (ひらく) :: to open (e.g. a bank-account, festival, etc.) | (v5k,vi) to spread out | to open up (flower bud, umbrella, etc.) | to widen (gap, distance, width) | (3) to hold | to give (party, conference, etc.)
甲斐 (かい) :: effect | result | worth | use | avail
与る (あずかる) :: to participate in | to take part in | to receive | to enjoy | to be given
取り組む (とりくむ) :: to tackle | to wrestle with | to engage in a bout | to come to grips with | to make effort | to strive for | to deal with
末永い (すえながい) :: very long | many years of
魅かれる (ひかれる) :: (v1) to be charmed by | to be attracted to | to be taken with | to be drawn to
本日 (ほんじつ) :: today
移住 (いじゅう) :: migration | immigration
繁栄 (はんえい) :: prospering | prosperity | thriving | flourishing
新郎 (しんろう) :: bridegroom
入場 (にゅうじょう) :: entrance | admission | entering
友人 (ゆうじん) :: friend
年来 (ねんらい) :: for some years
築く (きずく) :: to build | to pile up | to amass
幸福 (こうふく) :: happiness | blessedness | joy | well-being
代える (かえる) :: to replace | to exchange | to interchange | (3) to substitute
出稼ぎ (でかせぎ) :: working away from home
田舎 (いなか) :: (n,adj-no) (sens) rural area | countryside | the sticks | hometown
薄情 (はくじょう) :: unfeeling | heartless | cold-hearted | cruel
きっぱり (きっぱり) :: (on-mim) clearly | plainly | decisively | distinctly | flatly
親子 (おやこ) :: parent and child
信仰心 (しんこうしん) :: (religious) piety
絆される (ほだされる) :: to be moved by affection | to be moved by kindness
ぼろ儲け (ぼろもうけ) :: easy money | easy gain
金回り (かねまわり) :: the circulation of money | one's financial standing
低金利 (ていきんり) :: low interest
利息 (りそく) :: interest (bank)
素 (ソ ス もと) :: elementary | principle | naked | uncovered ~ 4147 U7d20 B120 G5 S10 F660 J1 N3511 V4456 H2458 DK1590 L1532 K717 O1707 DO797 MN27300 MP8.0978 E737 IN271 DS658 DF1623 DH759 DT716 DC500 DJ636 DG1506 DM1546 P2-4-6 I6a4.12 Q5090.3 DR1441 Ysu4 Wso
鉄則 (てっそく) :: ironclad regulation | inviolable rule
頃合 (ころあい) :: suitable time | good time | propriety | moderation
昆布 (こぶ) :: kombu (any kelp of genus Laminaria) (konbu) | devil's apron
正確 (せいかく) :: accurate | punctual | exact | authentic | veracious
牡蠣 (かき) :: oyster | oyster shell
人事 (じんじ) :: personnel affairs | human affairs | human resources | HR
前例 (ぜんれい) :: precedent
衣 (きぬ) :: clothing | garment | dress
馬鹿げた (ばかげた) :: absurd | foolish
監督 (かんとく) :: supervision | control | superintendence | direction |  director | superintendent | supervisor | coach | foreman | manager | overseer | controller | boss
優勝 (ゆうしょう) :: overall victory | championship
誤る (あやまる) :: to make a mistake | to err | to mislead | to misguide
無作為 (むさくい) :: at random | unintentional
刑事裁判 (けいじさいばん) :: criminal trial
被告人 (ひこくにん) :: accused | defendant | prisoner at the bar
司法 (しほう) :: administration of justice
判決文 (はんけつぶん) :: judgment paper | judgement paper
刑 (けい) :: penalty | sentence | punishment
提出 (ていしゅつ) :: to present | to submit (e.g. a report or a thesis) | to hand in | to file | to turn in |  presentation | submission | filing
飲料 (いんりょう) :: beverage | drink
意義 (いぎ) :: meaning | significance
死刑 (しけい) :: death penalty | capital punishment
無期懲役 (むきちょうえき) :: life imprisonment
負担 (ふたん) :: burden | charge | responsibility
急務 (きゅうむ) :: urgent business
禁固 (きんこ) :: imprisonment | confinement
記入 (きにゅう) :: entry | filling in of forms
裁判 (さいばん) :: trial | judgement | judgment
頂戴 (ちょうだい) :: (hum) receiving | reception | getting | being given | (hum) eating | drinking | having | (exp) (3) (fam) (fem) please | please do for me
変更 (へんこう) :: change | modification | alteration | revision | amendment
私ども (わたくしども) :: (hum) we | us | I | me | my store (business, etc.)
使い勝手 (つかいかって) :: ease of use | user-friendliness | usability
構築 (こうちく) :: construction | architecture (systems, agreement, etc)
事例 (じれい) :: example | precedent | case
数値 (すうち) :: numerical value | numerics | reading (on a meter, etc.)
滴 (しずく) :: drop (of water) | drip
一滴 (いってき) :: drop (of fluid)
手編み (てあみ) :: hand knitting
脈 (みゃく) :: pulse | vein | (3) chain (of mountains, etc.) | (4) hope | (5) thread (of an argument)
競合 (きょうごう) :: contention | competition | rivalry | quarrel
疎い (うとい) :: distant | estranged | disinterested | poorly informed | unfamiliar | ignorant
遣り込める (やりこめる) :: to talk down | to corner someone in an argument
先方 (せんぽう) :: companion | other party (side) | he | she | they | destination | (3) person in front
解除 (かいじょ) :: cancellation | rescinding | release | calling off | lifting (sanctions) | delisting
後ほど (のちほど) :: later on | eventually | afterwards
掲載 (けいさい) :: publication (e.g. article in paper) | appearance | insertion | (vs) to insert (e.g. an article) | to run (e.g. in a newspaper) | to carry (e.g. an article)
検索 (けんさく) :: looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) | retrieval (e.g. data) | searching for | referring to
了承 (りょうしょう) :: acknowledgement | acknowledgment | understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation") | noting | acceptance
前日 (ぜんじつ) :: previous day | day before | eve | prior day | preceding day
後日 (ごじつ) :: in the future | another day | later
両替 (りょうがえ) :: change | money exchange
嵩む (かさむ) :: to pile up | to increase
収める (おさめる) :: to dedicate | to make an offering | to pay (fees) | to supply | (3) to store | (4) to finish | to bring to a close | (5) to restore (something to its place) | (6) to achieve (e.g. a result)
削る (けずる) :: to shave (wood or leather) | to sharpen | to plane | to whittle | to pare | to scrape off | to shave off (e.g. a budget, expenses, a salary, etc.) | to curtail | to cut down | (3) to cross out | to reduce | to curtail | to remove | to erase | to delete
検討 (けんとう) :: consideration | examination | investigation | study | scrutiny | discussion
土台 (どだい) :: foundation | base | basis | (adv) from the beginning | from the outset | by nature
お仕着せ (おしきせ) :: uniforms supplied to employees | an allotment
重要案件 (じゅうようあんけん) :: important matter (for discussion (deliberations))
課 (カ) :: chapter | lesson | section | department | division | counter for chapters (of a book) ~ 325D U8ab2 B149 G4 S15 F455 J2 N4389 V5644 H1573 DK1057 L1123 K531 DO568 MN35589 MP10.0498 E433 IN488 DS564 DF905 DH456 DT623 DJ669 DB2.5 DG1693 DM1132 P1-7-8 I7a8.2 Q0669.4 DR3064 Yke4 Wgwa for chapters (of a book)}
補足 (ほそく) :: supplement | complement
見解 (けんかい) :: opinion | point of view
再度 (さいど) :: twice | again | second time
修正版 (しゅうせいばん) :: (comp) revised version
就きましては (つきましては) :: in line with this | therefore
納期 (のうき) :: appointed day of delivery | time for payment
切り札 (きりふだ) :: trump card
条件 (じょうけん) :: condition | conditions | term | terms | requirement | requirements
遅くとも (おそくとも) :: at the latest
就職先 (しゅうしょくさき) :: place of employment
誠実 (せいじつ) :: sincere | honest | faithful
折り入って (おりいって) :: earnestly
畏まる (かしこまる) :: to obey respectfully | to humble oneself | to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
蒸かす (ふかす) :: to steam
郵送 (ゆうそう) :: mailing
所属 (しょぞく) :: attached to | belong to | member
差益 (さえき) :: marginal profits
還元 (かんげん) :: resolution | reduction | return to origins
為替 (かわせ) :: money order | draft | exchange (e.g. foreign)
預金 (よきん) :: deposit | bank account
換える (かえる) :: to replace | to exchange | to interchange | (3) to substitute
惜しい (おしい) :: regrettable | disappointing | precious | dear | valuable | (3) too good for | deserving better | (4) almost but not quite
情勢 (じょうせい) :: state of things | state of affairs | condition | situation | circumstances
修業 (しゅうぎょう) :: pursuit of knowledge | studying | learning | training | completing a course
豚カツ (とんカツ) :: pork cutlet
大工 (だいく) :: carpenter
代打 (だいだ) :: pinch-hitting
出来心 (できごころ) :: sudden impulse | passing fancy
親身になって (しんみになって) :: warmly | cordially | with tender care
所詮 (しょせん) :: after all
誠心誠意 (せいしんせいい) :: in all sincerity | with one's whole heart | whole-hearted devotion
遺伝 (いでん) :: heredity | inherent
新卒 (しんそつ) :: new (recent) graduate
訪問 (ほうもん) :: call | visit
沈む (しずむ) :: to sink | to feel depressed | to descend
適性 (てきせい) :: aptitude
通る (とおる) :: to go by | to go past | to go along | to travel along | to pass through | to use (a road) | to take (a route) | to go via | to go by way of | to run (between) | to operate (between) | to connect | (3) to go indoors | to go into a room | to be admitted | to be shown in | to be ushered in | to come in | (4) to penetrate | to pierce | to skewer | to go through | to come through | (5) to permeate | to soak into | to spread throughout | (6) to carry (e.g. of a voice) | to reach far | (7) to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen) | to be relayed | to be conveyed | (8) to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.) | to be approved | to be accepted | (9) to go by (a name) | to be known as | to be accepted as | to have a reputation for | (10) to be coherent | to be logical | to be reasonable | to be comprehensible | to be understandable | to make sense | (11) to get across (e.g. of one's point) | to be understood | (12) to be straight (e.g. wood grain) | (13) to be well-informed | to be wise | (suf,v5r) (14) to do ... completely | to do ... thoroughly
就活 (しゅうかつ) :: (abbr) job hunting | job searching
後悔 (こうかい) :: regret | repentance
一戸建て (いっこだて) :: (separate) house
郊外 (こうがい) :: suburb | outskirts
経理 (けいり) :: management | accounting
強請る (ねだる) :: to tease | to coax | to solicit | to demand | to extort
居所 (いどこ) :: whereabouts | address
祟り (たたり) :: curse
次々 (つぎつぎ) :: in succession | one by one
唐辛子 (とうがらし) :: capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers) | chili pepper (chile, chilli) | cayenne | red pepper
恵み (めぐみ) :: blessing | grace
分散 (ぶんさん) :: dispersion | breakup | scattering | decentralization | decentralisation | distribution | (math) variance | (3) (chem) (physics) dispersion
申請 (しんせい) :: application | request | petition
実情 (じつじょう) :: real condition | actual circumstances | actual state of affairs
表彰 (ひょうしょう) :: public acknowledgment | public acknowledgement | public recognition | commendation | awarding
事故 (じこ) :: accident | incident | trouble | circumstances | reasons
豊富 (ほうふ) :: abundance | wealth | plenty | bounty
旧 (きゅう) :: ex- | former | old
頂上 (ちょうじょう) :: top | summit | peak
研修 (けんしゅう) :: training (esp. in-service) | induction course
許可 (きょか) :: permission | approval | authorization | license | (vs) to permit | to authorize
停留所 (ていりゅうじょ) :: bus stop | tram stop | stop | station
巨大 (きょだい) :: huge | gigantic | enormous
再来週 (さらいしゅう) :: week after next
主婦 (しゅふ) :: housewife | mistress (of the house) | homemaker
無免許 (むめんきょ) :: unlicensed | without a license (licence)
降り出す (ふりだす) :: to begin to rain
遣り掛け (やりかけ) :: unfinished | in progress
言い付ける (いいつける) :: to tell (to do) | to order | to charge | to direct | to tell on (someone) | to report | (3) to often say
受け持つ (うけもつ) :: to take (be in) charge of
追い越す (おいこす) :: to pass (e.g. car) | to overtake | to surpass | to outstrip | to get ahead of | to outdistance
片寄る (かたよる) :: to be one-sided | to incline | to be partial | to be prejudiced | to lean | to be biased | to be biassed
組み立てる (くみたてる) :: to assemble | to set up | to construct
溶け込む (とけこむ) :: to melt into | to merge into | to fit in | to adapt | to blend
取り上げる (とりあげる) :: to pick up | to take up | to adopt | to accept | to listen to | (3) to take away | to confiscate | to deprive | to disqualify | (4) to deliver (a child)
払い込む (はらいこむ) :: to deposit | to pay in
払い戻す (はらいもどす) :: to repay | to pay back
見上げる (みあげる) :: to look up at | to raise one's eyes | to look up to | to admire | to respect
持ち上げる (もちあげる) :: to elevate | to raise | to lift up | to flatter | to extol | to praise to the sky
呼び出し (よびだし) :: call | summons |  sumo usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc. | (3) (abbr) telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached | (4) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse) | (5) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period) | (6) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
出迎える (でむかえる) :: to meet | to greet
飛び掛かる (とびかかる) :: to spring at | to leap upon | to swoop down on | to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
抱き合う (だきあう) :: to embrace each other
駆け付ける (かけつける) :: to run to | to come running | to rush (someplace) | to hasten
覆い隠す (おおいかくす) :: to mask | to cover
食べ歩く (たべあるく) :: to try out the food at various restaurants
平等 (びょうどう) :: equality | impartiality | evenness
有利 (ゆうり) :: advantageous | better | profitable | lucrative
光景 (こうけい) :: scene | spectacle | sight | view
拡張 (かくちょう) :: expansion | extension | enlargement | escape | ESC
収穫 (しゅうかく) :: harvest | crop | ingathering
成功を収める (せいこうをおさめる) :: to achieve success
ミス (ミス) :: mistake | error | failure |  Miss | (3) myth
油断 (ゆだん) :: negligence | unpreparedness
図図しい (ずうずうしい) :: impudent | shameless
めっきり (めっきり) :: remarkably
傾らか (なだらか) :: gently-sloping | gentle | easy
纏まった (まとまった) :: large | heavy | massed | quite a lot | large amount | sizable (e.g. sum) | definite | coherent | congruous | unitary
緩和 (かんわ) :: relief | mitigation | alleviation | relaxation | softening
何かと (なにかと) :: one way or another
夜間 (やかん) :: at night | nighttime
破目 (はめ) :: plight | fix | bind | awkward situation | difficult situation | mess
雇用 (こよう) :: employment (long term) | hire
促進 (そくしん) :: promotion | acceleration | encouragement | facilitation | spurring on
安定 (あんてい) :: stability | equilibrium
代休 (だいきゅう) :: compensatory holiday
販売 (はんばい) :: sales | selling | marketing
補償 (ほしょう) :: compensation | reparation
付近 (ふきん) :: neighbourhood | neighborhood | vicinity | environs | (obsc) approaching
地方 (じかた) :: area | locality | district | region | province | 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
太平洋 (たいへいよう) :: Pacific Ocean
環礁 (かんしょう) :: atoll | circular coral reef
全治 (ぜんち) :: complete recovery | healing
配送 (はいそう) :: delivery
酸性雨 (さんせいう) :: acid rain
経済 (けいざい) :: economics | business | finance | economy
駐在員 (ちゅうざいいん) :: resident employee | local staff | representative of a local office | employee assigned to an office
殿 (どの) :: form of address used for official letters and business letters, and in letters to inferiors | Mr
快適 (かいてき) :: pleasant | agreeable | comfortable
理屈 (りくつ) :: theory | reason
見当 (けんとう) :: aim | mark | estimate | guess | approximation | direction
黄色い (きいろい) :: yellow | high-pitched (voice) | shrill
厭味 (いやみ) :: disagreeableness | disagreeability | gaudiness | sarcasm
腹痛 (はらいた) :: stomach ache | abdominal pain
行列 (ぎょうれつ) :: line | procession |  (math) matrix
餃子 (ぎょうざ) :: gyoza (crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables)
生産性 (せいさんせい) :: fecundity | productivity
銀河系 (ぎんがけい) :: galaxy | galactic system
外資 (がいし) :: foreign capital (e.g. in a company) | foreign investment
欧米 (おうべい) :: Europe and America | the West
典型的 (てんけいてき) :: typical | prototypical | representative | stereotypical | model | ideal
毒性 (どくせい) :: toxicity | toxic | virulence | virulent
容疑者 (ようぎしゃ) :: suspect (person)
謀る (はかる) :: to plot | to attempt | to plan | to devise | to design | to take in | to deceive | (3) to aim for | to have something in mind | (4) to refer A to B
通行人 (つうこうにん) :: passerby | pedestrian | foot passenger
痩せる (やせる) :: to become thin | to lose weight | to reduce (one's) weight | to slim | to be barren | to be infertile | to be sterile
幻想的 (げんそうてき) :: fantastic | magical | wondrous | whimsical | fairytale-like | romantic
評論家 (ひょうろんか) :: critic | reviewer | commentator
雰囲気 (ふいんき) :: atmosphere (e.g. musical) | mood | ambience | ambiance
百聞 (ひゃくぶん) :: hearing a hundred times
改善 (かいぜん) :: betterment | improvement |  kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
技術面 (ぎじゅつめん) :: technical side
活躍 (かつやく) :: activity (esp. energetic) | great efforts | conspicuous service | (vs) to flourish | to participate actively | to play an active role
甲子園 (こうしえん) :: Koshien (location of Koshien Stadium, where the Japan National High School Baseball Tournament is held)
答案 (とうあん) :: examination paper | examination script
頂辺 (てっぺん) :: top | summit | apex | peak
爪先 (つまさき) :: tiptoe
失言 (しつげん) :: verbal gaffe | verbal slip | slip of the tongue | using improper words
周年 (しゅうねん) :: whole year | anniversary
記事 (きじ) :: article | news story | report | account
否定 (ひてい) :: negation | denial | repudiation | (comp) NOT operation
司会者 (しかいしゃ) :: chairman | moderator | toastmaster | master of ceremonies | chairperson | host (of a TV show, etc.)
夜中 (よなか) :: midnight | dead of night
三寸 (さんずん) :: eloquent
鼓 (つづみ) :: hand drum
消費税 (しょうひぜい) :: consumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)
手法 (しゅほう) :: technique
遠隔 (えんかく) :: distant | remote | isolated
関心 (かんしん) :: concern | interest
整える (ととのえる) :: to put in order | to arrange | to adjust | to get ready | to prepare | (3) to raise money
つつも (つつも) :: even though | despite
願書 (がんしょ) :: written application or petition | application form
名門 (めいもん) :: noted family | noble family | prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
入試 (にゅうし) :: (abbr) entrance examination
締め切り (しめきり) :: deadline | closing | cut-off | end | cofferdam | (adj-no,n) (3) closed (door, window, etc.)
甲乙つけがたい (こうおつつけがたい) :: it is difficult to say which of the two is better
改良 (かいりょう) :: improvement | reform
書留 (かきとめ) :: (abbr) registered mail | registration (e.g. of mail) | writing down | putting on record | recording | making a note of
筆記 (ひっき) :: (taking) notes | copying
志望 (しぼう) :: wish | desire | ambition
出題 (しゅつだい) :: setting a question (for an exam) | setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
万端 (ばんたん) :: all | everything
効率的 (こうりつてき) :: efficient
提示 (ていじ) :: presentation | exhibit | suggest | citation
簡潔 (かんけつ) :: brevity | conciseness | simplicity
連携 (れんけい) :: cooperation | coordination | link
一覧表 (いちらんひょう) :: list | table | schedule | catalogue | catalog
くよくよ (くよくよ) :: (on-mim) worry about | mope | brood over
縦 (ジュウ たて) :: vertical | length | height | self-indulgent | wayward ~ 3D44 U7e26 B120 G6 S16 XJ06554 F1258 J1 N3597 V4571 H1408 DK952 L1338 K1383 DO1559 MN27804P MP8.1151 E892 IN1483 DF1644 DH903 DT994 DJ1300 DG1556 DM1350 P1-6-10 I6a10.2 Q2898.1 DR2770 Yzong4 Wjong Wchong
政策 (せいさく) :: political measures | policy
関わる (かかわる) :: to be affected | to be influenced | to be concerned with | to have to do with | (3) to stick to (opinions)
看板 (かんばん) :: signboard | sign | billboard | hoarding | doorplate | draw | attraction | feature | highlight | spokesman | figurehead | (3) reputation (of a shop) | (4) appearance | look | (5) closing time
確保 (かくほ) :: guarantee | maintain | ensure | insure | secure | reservation
騒ぐ (さわぐ) :: to make noise | to make racket | to be noisy | to rustle | to swoosh | (3) to make merry | (4) to clamor | to clamour | to make a fuss | to kick up a fuss | (5) to lose one's cool | to panic | to act flustered | (6) to feel tense | to be uneasy | to be excited
秘訣 (ひけつ) :: secret (method, trick, etc.) | mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.) | key (e.g. to success) | recipe
低迷 (ていめい) :: hanging low (over) | hovering around (price level) | low hanging (e.g. clouds) | sluggish (e.g. economy) | slump | recession
抑える (おさえる) :: to pin something down | to hold something down | to hold something back | to stop | to restrain | to curb | to seize | to grasp | to arrest | (3) to gain control of something | to govern | to keep down (e.g. information) | to suppress | (4) to catch happening | to determine (important points) | to find (proof) | to understand
志向 (しこう) :: intention | aim | preference (for)
風刺 (ふうし) :: satire | irony | sarcasm
従兄弟 (いとこ) :: cousin (male)
机 (つくえ) :: desk
植物 (しょくぶつ) :: plant | vegetation
上司 (じょうし) :: superior authorities | boss
解約 (かいやく) :: cancellation of contract
手狭 (てぜま) :: narrow | small | cramped
更新 (こうしん) :: renewal | update | innovation | improvement
指示 (しじ) :: indication | instruction | designation | directions
新鮮 (しんせん) :: fresh
音声 (おんじょう) :: voice | (the concept of) sound
入力 (にゅうりょく) :: input | (data) entry
示談 (じだん) :: settlement out of court
放射能 (ほうしゃのう) :: radioactivity
建設 (けんせつ) :: construction | establishment
最も (もっとも) :: most | extremely
遺跡 (いせき) :: historic ruins (remains, relics)
接近 (せっきん) :: getting closer | drawing nearer | approaching | being not much different | being near (age, skill, etc.) | (3) becoming close (i.e. friendly) | becoming intimate
衛星 (えいせい) :: satellite
彗星 (すいせい) :: comet
打ち上げる (うちあげる) :: to launch | to shoot up | (of waves) to dash | to wash up (ashore) | (3) to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament) | to close | (4) to report (to boss, etc.)
年老いる (としおいる) :: to grow old
障子 (しょうじ) :: shoji (paper sliding door)
生命体 (せいめいたい) :: life-form
看護士 (かんごし) :: nurse (may be male nurse)
闘志 (とうし) :: fighting spirit | (will to) fight
どん底 (どんぞこ) :: very bottom
躁鬱 (そううつ) :: manic-depressive (bipolar) | mood swing
服用 (ふくよう) :: taking medicine | dosing
副作用 (ふくさよう) :: reaction | secondary effect | side effect
動悸 (どうき) :: palpitation (e.g. heart) | pulsation | throbbing
歯科医師 (しかいし) :: dentist
聴診器 (ちょうしんき) :: stethoscope
衰弱 (すいじゃく) :: weakness | debility | breakdown | prostration
点滴注射 (てんてきちゅうしゃ) :: intravenous drip infusion
目印 (めじるし) :: mark | sign | landmark
犬猿 (けんえん) :: dogs and monkeys (esp. as an example of a bad relationship, like that between cats and dogs)
日和 (びより) :: (n-suf) ideal weather (for some action, event, etc.) | perfect day
秘書 (ひしょ) :: (private) secretary |  treasured book | secret book
余興 (よきょう) :: side show | entertainment
競う (きそう) :: to compete with | to emulate
怖じ気付く (おじけづく) :: to be seized with fear | to be intimidated | to lose one's nerve | to be frightened | to get cold feet | to have the wind up
根性 (こんじょう) :: will-power | guts | temper | nature | spirit
穏便 (おんびん) :: gentle | peaceable | amicable | quiet | without fuss | simply
意地 (いじ) :: disposition | spirit | willpower | obstinacy | backbone | appetite
程度 (ていど) :: degree | amount | grade | standard | of the order of (following a number)
面子 (メンツ) :: face (chi: mianzi) | honour | honor | combination of three tiles that form a set in mahjong | (3) personnel | members | lineup | (4) making up a four to play mahjong
凍る (こおる) :: to freeze | to be frozen over | to congeal
余震 (よしん) :: aftershock
宿泊 (しゅくはく) :: lodging
生憎 (あいにく) :: unfortunately | Sorry, but ...
吹雪 (ふぶき) :: snow storm | blizzard
係り (かかり) :: charge | duty | person in charge | official | clerk | (ling) connection | linking
一泊 (いっぱく) :: stopping one night
送迎 (そうげい) :: seeing off and meeting on return
一切 (いっさい) :: all | everything | the whole | lock, stock, and barrel | (n-adv) absolutely not (with negative) | without exception | entirely not
従業員 (じゅうぎょういん) :: employee | worker
親父 (おやじ) :: one's father | old man | one's boss
女将 (おかみ) :: mistress | landlady | hostess | proprietress
浴場 (よくじょう) :: bath (tub, bath-house)
散策 (さんさく) :: walking | strolling
戴く (いただく) :: (hum) to receive | to get | to accept | to take | to buy | (hum) to eat | to drink | (3) to be crowned with | to wear (on one's head) | to have (on top) | (4) to have (as one's leader) | to live under (a ruler) | to install (a president)
貴重 (きちょう) :: precious | valuable
渋滞 (じゅうたい) :: congestion (e.g. traffic) | delay | stagnation
相次ぐ (あいつぐ) :: to follow in succession | to happen one after another
断続的 (だんぞくてき) :: intermittent
横転 (おうてん) :: turning sideways | barrel roll
後備 (こうび) :: rear guard | second reserve
追突 (ついとつ) :: rear-end collision
宿 (やど) :: lodging | inn | hotel | house | home | dwelling | (3) home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
現状 (げんじょう) :: present condition | existing state | status quo
背景 (はいけい) :: background | scenery | backdrop | setting | circumstance | context | backing | support (from behind the scenes)
疾患 (しっかん) :: disease | ailment | illness
象徴 (しょうちょう) :: symbol
鬱病 (うつびょう) :: melancholia | depression
発症 (はっしょう) :: outbreak of an illness | time where the first symptoms of an illness appear | crisis
