| Kanji | Hiragana | English |
| あっ | Ah!,Oh! | |
| 愛 | あい | love |
| 挨拶 | あいさつ | greeting,salutation |
| 愛情 | あいじょう | love,affection |
| 合図 | あいず | sign,signal |
| アイスクリーム | ice cream | |
| 愛する | あいする | to love |
| 相手 | あいて | companion,partner,company |
| あいにく | unfortunately,Sorry, but.... | |
| アイロン | (electric) iron | |
| アウト | out | |
| 明かり | あかり | lamplight,light (in general),brightness |
| 空き | あき | room,time to spare,emptiness |
| 明らか | あきらか | obvious,evident,clear |
| 諦める | あきらめる | to give up,to abandon |
| 飽きる | あきる | to get tired of,to lose interest in,to have enough |
| 握手 | あくしゅ | handshake |
| 悪魔 | あくま | devil,demon,evil spirit |
| 明ける | あける | to dawn,to become daylight |
| あした | tomorrow | |
| 預ける | あずける | to give into custody,to entrust,to deposit |
| 汗 | あせ | sweat,perspiration |
| 与える | あたえる | to give,to present,to award |
| 暖かい | あたたか(い) | warm,mild |
| 辺り | あたり | vicinity,nearby |
| 当たる | あたる | to be hit,to be successful,to be equivalent to |
| あちこち | here and there | |
| 扱う | あつかう | to handle,to deal with,to treat |
| 集まり | あつまり | gathering,meeting,assembly,collection |
| 当てる | あてる | to hit,to apply a patch |
| 跡 | あと | (1) trace,tracks,mark,sign,(2) remains,ruins,(3) scar |
| あと | (1) trace,tracks,(2) remains,ruins,(3) scar | |
| 穴 | あな | hole |
| 浴びる | あびる | to bathe,to bask in the sun,to shower |
| 油 | あぶら | oil |
| 余り | あまり | not very (used as adverb),not much |
| 誤り | あやまり | error |
| 粗 | あら | defect,flaw,blemish,weak point |
| 嵐 | あらし | storm,tempest |
| 新た | あらた | new,fresh,novel |
| あらゆる | all,every | |
| 表す | あらわす | to express,to show,to reveal |
| 現す | あらわす | to show,to indicate,to display |
| 現れ | あらわれ | embodiment,materialization |
| 現れる | あらわれる | (1) to appear,to come in sight,to become visible,(2) to express oneself |
| ありがとう | (conj,exp,int) Thank you | |
| 有る | ある | to be,to have |
| 或 | ある | a certain...,some... |
| あるいは | or,possibly | |
| アルバム | album | |
| 泡 | あわ | bubble,foam,froth,head on beer |
| 合わせる | あわせる | to join together,to be opposite,to face,to unite |
| 哀れ | あわれ | helpless,pity,sorrow,grief |
| 案 | あん | plan,suffix meaning draft |
| 暗記 | あんき | memorization,learning by heart |
| 安定 | あんてい | stability,equilibrium |
| 案内 | あんない | information,guidance,leading |
| あんなに | to that extent,to that degree | |
| あんまり | not very,not much,remainder,rest | |
| 胃 | い | stomach |
| いい | good | |
| よい | good,nice,pleasant,ok | |
| いえ | いえ | TODO same as いいえ? |
| 委員 | いいん | committee member |
| 言う | ゆう | to say |
| 意外 | いがい | unexpected,surprising |
| 行き | いき | going |
| 行き | ゆき | going |
| 息 | いき | breath,tone |
| 勢い | いきおい | force,vigor,energy,spirit |
| 生き物 | いきもの | living thing,animal |
| 幾つ | いくつ | how many?,how old? |
| 幾ら | いくら | how much?,how many? |
| いけない | must not do,bad,wrong,not good | |
| 医師 | いし | doctor,physician |
| 意思 | いし | intention,purpose |
| 意志 | いし | will,volition |
| 維持 | いじ | maintenance,preservation |
| 意識 | いしき | consciousness,senses |
| 異常 | いじょう | strangeness,abnormality,disorder |
| 椅子 | いす | chair |
| 泉 | いずみ | spring,fountain |
| いずれ | where,which,who | |
| 以前 | いぜん | ago,since,before,previous |
| 板 | いた | board,plank |
| 偉大 | いだい | greatness |
| 抱く | いだく | (sl) to embrace,to hug,to harbour,to entertain |
| いたずら | tease,prank,trick,practical joke | |
| いただきます | expression of gratitude before meals | |
| 頂く | いただく | to receive,to take food or drink (hum) |
| 痛み | いたみ | pain,ache,sore,grief,distress |
| 至る | いたる | to come,to arrive |
| いち | market,fair | |
| 位置 | いち | place,situation,position,location |
| 一時 | いちじ | moment,time |
| 一度に | いちどに | all at once |
| 市場 | いちば | (the) market (as a concept) |
| 一番 | いちばん | best,first,number one |
| いつか | sometime,someday,one day | |
| 一家 | いっか | a house,a home,a family,a household |
| 一種 | いっしゅ | a species,a kind,a variety |
| 一瞬 | いっしゅん | a moment,an instant |
| 一生 | いっしょう | whole life,a lifetime,all through life |
| 一層 | いっそう | much more,still more,all the more |
| 一体 | いったい | (1) one object,one body,(2) what on earth?,really?,(3) generally |
| 一致 | いっち | (1) coincidence,agreement,(2) conformity |
| いつでも | (at) any time,always,at all times,never (neg) | |
| 一般 | いっぱん | general,liberal,universal,ordinary,average |
| 一方 | いっぽう | (1) on the other hand,(2) meanwhile,(3) only,simple,in turn |
| いつまでも | forever,for good,eternally,as long as one likes,indefinitely | |
| いつも | いつも | always,usually,every time,never (with neg. verb) |
| 移動 | いどう | removal,migration,movement |
| 従兄弟 | いとこ | cousin (male) |
| 稲 | いね | rice-plant |
| 居眠り | いねむり | dozing,nodding off |
| 命 | いのち | command,decree,life,destiny |
| 違反 | いはん | violation (of law),transgression,infringement,breach |
| 衣服 | いふく | clothes |
| 居間 | いま | living room (western style) |
| 今に | いまに | before long,even now |
| 今にも | いまにも | at any time,soon |
| 否 | いや | no,the noes |
| 以来 | いらい | since,henceforth |
| 依頼 | いらい | (1) request,commission,dispatch,(2) dependence,trust |
| いらいら | getting nervous,irritation | |
| いらっしゃい | welcome | |
| 医療 | いりょう | medical care,medical treatment |
| 岩 | いわ | rock,crag |
| 祝い | いわい | celebration,festival |
| 祝う | いわう | to congratulate,to celebrate |
| 言わば | いわば | so to speak |
| いわゆる | the so-called,so to speak | |
| インク | ink | |
| 印刷 | いんさつ | printing |
| 印象 | いんしょう | impression |
| 引退 | いんたい | retire |
| 引用 | いんよう | quotation,citation |
| ウイスキー | whisky | |
| 上 | うわ | upper,outer,surface |
| 魚 | うお | fish |
| うがい | gargle,rinse mouth | |
| 伺う | うかがう | (hon) to visit,to ask,to inquire |
| 受け取る | うけとる | to receive,to get,to accept,to take |
| 動かす | うごかす | to move,to shift |
| 兎 | うさぎ | rabbit,hare,cony |
| 牛 | うし | cattle,cow |
| 失う | うしなう | to lose,to part with |
| 後 | うしろ | afterwards,since then,in the future |
| 嘘 | うそ | lie,falsehood,incorrect fact,inappropriate |
| 疑う | うたがう | to doubt,to distrust,to be suspicious of,to suspect |
| 内 | うち | inside |
| 宇宙 | うちゅう | universe,cosmos,space |
| 撃つ | うつ | to attack,to defeat,to destroy |
| 移す | うつす | to remove,to transfer,to infect |
| 訴える | うったえる | to sue (a person),to resort to,to appeal to |
| うなる | to groan,to moan | |
| 奪う | うばう | to snatch away |
| 馬 | うま | (1) horse,(2) promoted bishop (shogi) |
| うまい | うまい | delicious |
| 生まれ | うまれ | birth,birth-place |
| 梅 | うめ | plum,plum-tree,lowest (of a three-tier ranking system) |
| 裏切る | うらぎる | to betray,to turn traitor to,to double-cross |
| うるさい | noisy,loud,fussy | |
| 嬉しい | うれしい | happy,glad,pleasant |
| 売れる | うれる | to be sold |
| 噂 | うわさ | rumour,report,gossip,common talk |
| うん | (感) | fortune,luck |
| 運 | うん | fortune,luck |
| 運転 | うんてん | operation,motion,driving |
| 運動 | うんどう | motion,exercise |
| 柄 | え | handle,grip |
| 永遠 | えいえん | eternity,perpetuity,immortality,permanence |
| 永久 | えいきゅう | eternity,perpetuity,immortality |
| 影響 | えいきょう | influence,effect |
| 営業 | えいぎょう | business,trade,management |
| 衛星 | えいせい | satellite |
| 栄養 | えいよう | nutrition,nourishment |
| 笑顔 | えがお | smiling face |
| 描く | えがく | to draw,to paint,to sketch,to depict,to describe |
| 餌 | えさ | feed,bait |
| エネルギー | (n) energy (de: Energie) | |
| 得る | える | to get,to gain,to win |
| 得る | うる | to get,to gain,to win |
| 円 | えん | circle,money |
| 延期 | えんき | postponement,adjournment |
| 演技 | えんぎ | acting,performance |
| 援助 | えんじょ | assistance,aid,support |
| エンジン | engine | |
| 演説 | えんぜつ | speech,address |
| 演奏 | えんそう | musical performance |
| 遠慮 | えんりょ | diffidence,restraint,reserve |
| 御 | お | honourable |
| 老い | おい | old age,old person,the old,the aged |
| 追い付く | おいつく | to overtake,to catch up (with) |
| 王 | おう | king,ruler,sovereign,monarch |
| 追う | おう | to chase,to run after |
| 王様 | おうさま | king |
| 王子 | おうじ | prince |
| 応じる | おうじる | to respond,to satisfy,to accept,to comply with,to apply for |
| 横断 | おうだん | crossing |
| 終える | おえる | to finish |
| 大いに | おおいに | very,much,greatly |
| 覆う | おおう | to cover,to hide,to conceal,to wrap,to disguise |
| オーバー | (1) overcoat,(2) over | |
| 大家 | おおや | rich family,distinguished family |
| 丘 | おか | hill,height,knoll,rising ground |
| 沖 | おき | open sea |
| 奥 | おく | interior,inner part |
| 贈る | おくる | to send,to give to,to award to,to confer on |
| 起こる | おこる | to occur,to happen |
| 幼い | おさない | very young,childish |
| 収める | おさめる | to obtain,to reap,to pay,to supply,to accept |
| おじいさん | grandfather,male senior-citizen | |
| おしゃべり | chattering,talk,idle talk | |
| 汚染 | おせん | pollution,contamination |
| おそらく | perhaps | |
| 恐れる | おそれる | to fear,to be afraid of |
| 恐ろしい | おそろしい | terrible,dreadful |
| お互い | おたがい | mutual,reciprocal,each other |
| 穏やか | おだやか | calm,gentle,quiet |
| 男の人 | おとこのひと | man |
| 劣る | おとる | to fall behind,to be inferior to |
| お腹 | おなか | stomach |
| 鬼 | おに | ogre,demon,it (i.e., in a game of tag) |
| 帯 | おび | band (e.g. conduction, valence) |
| お昼 | おひる | lunch,noon |
| オフィス | office | |
| 溺れる | おぼれる | to be drowned,to indulge in |
| おまえ | (fam) you (sing),presence (of a high personage) | |
| おめでとう | Congratulations!,an auspicious occasion! | |
| お目に掛かる | おめにかかる | |
| 思い出 | おもいで | memories,recollections,reminiscence |
| 主に | おもに | mainly,primarily |
| 思わず | おもわず | unintentional,spontaneous |
| おや | parents | |
| 泳ぎ | およぎ | swimming |
| およそ | about,roughly,as a rule,approximately | |
| 及ぼす | およぼす | to exert,to cause,to exercise |
| 居る | おる | to be (animate),to be,to exist |
| 下す | おろす | to lower,to let go down |
| 降ろす | おろす | to take down,to launch,to drop |
| 終 | おわり | the end |
| 音 | おん | sound,note |
| 恩 | おん | favour,obligation,debt of gratitude |
| 温暖 | おんだん | warmth |
| 温度 | おんど | temperature |
| 可 | か | passable |
| 課 | か | counter for chapters (of a book) |
| カー | car | |
| カード | card,curd | |
| 会 | かい | meeting,assembly,party,association,club |
| 回 | かい | counter for occurrences |
| 害 | がい | injury,harm,evil influence,damage |
| 会員 | かいいん | member,the membership |
| 絵画 | かいが | picture |
| 海外 | かいがい | foreign,abroad,overseas |
| 会計 | かいけい | account,finance,accountant |
| 解決 | かいけつ | settlement,solution,resolution |
| 会合 | かいごう | meeting,assembly |
| 外交 | がいこう | diplomacy |
| 開始 | かいし | start,commencement,beginning |
| 解釈 | かいしゃく | explanation,interpretation |
| 外出 | がいしゅつ | outing,going out |
| 改善 | かいぜん | betterment,improvement |
| 快適 | かいてき | pleasant,agreeable,comfortable |
| 回復 | かいふく | recovery (from illness),improvement,rehabilitation,restoration |
| 飼う | かう | to keep,to raise,to feed |
| 替える | かえる | to exchange,to interchange,to substitute,to replace |
| 換える | かえる | to exchange,to interchange,to substitute,to replace |
| 香り | かおり | aroma,fragrance,scent,smell |
| 画家 | がか | painter,artist |
| 抱える | かかえる | to hold or carry under or in the arms |
| 価格 | かかく | price,value,cost |
| 化学 | かがく | chemistry |
| 輝く | かがやく | to shine,to glitter,to sparkle |
| 係 | かかり | official,duty,person in charge |
| 掛かる | かかる | to take (e.g. time, money, etc),to hang |
| 罹る | かかる | to suffer from |
| 鍵 | かぎ | key |
| 限る | かぎる | to restrict,to limit,to confine |
| 描く | かく | to draw,to paint,to sketch,to depict,to describe |
| 家具 | かぐ | furniture |
| 学 | がく | learning,scholarship,erudition,knowledge |
| 額 | がく | forehead,brow |
| 覚悟 | かくご | resolution,resignation,readiness,preparedness |
| 確実 | かくじつ | certainty,reliability,soundness |
| 学者 | がくしゃ | scholar |
| 学習 | がくしゅう | study,learning |
| 隠す | かくす | to hide,to conceal |
| 拡大 | かくだい | magnification,enlargement |
| 確認 | かくにん | affirmation,confirmation |
| 学問 | がくもん | scholarship,study,learning |
| 隠れる | かくれる | to hide,to be hidden,to conceal oneself,to disappear |
| 影 | かげ | shade,shadow,other side |
| 陰 | かげ | shade,shadow,other side |
| 欠ける | かける | to be lacking |
| 加減 | かげん | addition and subtraction,allowance for |
| 過去 | かこ | the past,bygone days,the previous |
| 籠 | かご | basket,cage |
| 囲む | かこむ | to surround,to encircle |
| 火災 | かさい | conflagration,fire |
| 貸し | かし | loan,lending |
| 菓子 | かし | pastry |
| 家事 | かじ | housework,domestic chores |
| 賢い | かしこい | wise,clever,smart |
| 歌手 | かしゅ | singer |
| 数 | かず | number,figure |
| 稼ぐ | かせぐ | to earn income,to labor |
| 数える | かぞえる | to count |
| 型 | かた | mold,model,style,shape,data-type |
| 肩 | かた | shoulder |
| 硬い | かたい | solid,hard (esp. metal, stone),unpolished writing |
| 方々 | かたがた | persons,this and that,here and there,everywhere |
| 刀 | かたな | sword,saber,knife,engraving tool |
| 語る | かたる | to talk,to tell,to recite |
| 勝ち | かち | win,victory |
| 価値 | かち | value,worth,merit |
| がっかり | feel disappointed,be dejected,lose heart | |
| 活気 | かっき | energy,liveliness |
| 学期 | がっき | term (school) |
| 格好 | かっこう | shape,form,posture,suitability |
| 活動 | かつどう | action,activity |
| 活用 | かつよう | conjugation,practical use |
| 悲しむ | かなしむ | to be sad,to mourn for,to regret |
| 必ずしも | かならずしも | (not) always,(not) necessarily,(not) all,(not) entirely |
| かなり | considerably,fairly,quite | |
| 金 | かね | (1) gold,(2) gold general (shogi) (abbr) |
| 金持ち | かねもち | rich man |
| 可能 | かのう | possible,practicable,feasible |
| 株 | かぶ | share,stock,stump (of tree) |
| 被る | かぶる | to suffer |
| 構う | かまう | to mind,to care about,to be concerned about |
| 我慢 | がまん | patience,endurance,perseverance |
| 上 | かみ | (1) first volume,(2) superior quality,(3) governmental |
| 神 | かみ | god |
| 雷 | かみなり | thunder |
| 髪の毛 | かみのけ | hair (head) |
| 科目 | かもく | (school) subject,curriculum,course |
| かもしれない | may,might,perhaps,may be,possibly | |
| 火曜 | かよう | (abbr) Tuesday |
| 空 | から | sky |
| 柄 | がら | hilt (of a sword),haft (of a dagger),handgrip |
| 刈る | かる | to cut (hair),to mow (grass),to harvest |
| 彼等 | かれら | they (usually male) |
| 川 | かわ | river |
| 河 | かわ | river,stream |
| 皮 | かわ | skin,hide,leather,fur,pelt,bark,shell |
| 革 | かわ | leather |
| かわいそう | poor,pitiable,pathetic | |
| かわいらしい | lovely,sweet | |
| 缶 | かん | can,tin |
| 勘 | かん | perception,intuition,the sixth sense |
| 考え | かんがえ | thinking,thought,ideas,intention |
| 感覚 | かんかく | sense,sensation |
| 観客 | かんきゃく | audience,spectator(s) |
| 環境 | かんきょう | environment,circumstance |
| 歓迎 | かんげい | welcome,reception |
| 観光 | かんこう | sightseeing |
| 観察 | かんさつ | observation,survey |
| 感じ | かんじ | feeling,sense,impression |
| 感謝 | かんしゃ | thanks,gratitude |
| 患者 | かんじゃ | a patient |
| 勘定 | かんじょう | calculation,counting,consideration |
| 感情 | かんじょう | emotion(s),feeling(s),sentiment |
| 感じる | かんじる | to feel,to sense,to experience |
| 感心 | かんしん | admiration,Well done! |
| 関心 | かんしん | concern,interest |
| 関する | かんする | to concern,to be related |
| 完成 | かんせい | (1) complete,completion,(2) perfection,accomplishment |
| 完全 | かんぜん | perfection,completeness |
| 感動 | かんどう | being deeply moved,excitement,impression,deep emotion |
| 監督 | かんとく | supervision,control,superintendence |
| 管理 | かんり | control,management (e.g. of a business) |
| 完了 | かんりょう | completion,conclusion |
| 関連 | かんれん | relation,connection,relevance |
| 議員 | ぎいん | member of the Diet, congress or parliament |
| 記憶 | きおく | memory,recollection,remembrance |
| 気温 | きおん | temperature |
| 機械 | きかい | machine,mechanism |
| 議会 | ぎかい | Diet,congress,parliament |
| 期間 | きかん | period,term |
| 機関 | きかん | organ,mechanism,facility,engine |
| 企業 | きぎょう | enterprise,undertaking |
| 効く | きく | to be effective |
| 機嫌 | きげん | humour,temper,mood |
| 気候 | きこう | climate |
| 岸 | きし | bank,coast,shore |
| 生地 | きじ | birthplace |
| 記事 | きじ | article,news story,report,account |
| 技師 | ぎし | engineer,technician |
| 記者 | きしゃ | reporter |
| 傷 | きず | wound,injury,hurt,cut |
| 期待 | きたい | expectation,anticipation,hope |
| 帰宅 | きたく | returning home |
| 貴重 | きちょう | precious,valuable |
| 議長 | ぎちょう | chairman |
| きちんと | precisely,accurately | |
| きつい | tight,close,intense | |
| 気付く | きづく | to notice,to recognize,to become aware of |
| 気に入る | きにいる | to be pleased with,to suit |
| 記入 | きにゅう | entry,filling in of forms |
| 記念 | きねん | commemoration,memory |
| 機能 | きのう | function,faculty |
| 気の毒 | きのどく | pitiful,a pity |
| 寄付 | きふ | contribution,donation |
| 希望 | きぼう | hope,wish,aspiration |
| 基本 | きほん | foundation,basis,standard |
| 決まり | きまり | settlement,conclusion,regulation,rule |
| 気味 | きみ | -like,-looking,-looked |
| 奇妙 | きみょう | strange,queer,curious |
| 義務 | ぎむ | duty,obligation,responsibility |
| 疑問 | ぎもん | question,problem,doubt,guess |
| 逆 | ぎゃく | reverse,opposite |
| キャプテン | captain | |
| キャンプ | camp | |
| 九 | きゅう | nine |
| 旧 | きゅう | ex- |
| 級 | きゅう | class, grade, rank,school class, grade |
| 球 | きゅう | globe,sphere,ball |
| 休暇 | きゅうか | holiday,day off,furlough |
| 休憩 | きゅうけい | rest,break,recess,intermission |
| 急激 | きゅうげき | sudden,precipitous,radical |
| 吸収 | きゅうしゅう | absorption,suction,attraction |
| 救助 | きゅうじょ | relief,aid,rescue |
| 急速 | きゅうそく | rapid (e.g. progress) |
| 急に | きゅうに | |
| 給料 | きゅうりょう | salary,wages |
| 器用 | きよう | skillful,handy |
| 教科書 | きょうかしょ | text book |
| 競技 | きょうぎ | game,match,contest |
| 行儀 | ぎょうぎ | manners |
| 供給 | きょうきゅう | supply,provision |
| 教師 | きょうし | teacher (classroom) |
| 教授 | きょうじゅ | teaching,instruction,professor |
| 強調 | きょうちょう | emphasis,stress,stressed point |
| 共通 | きょうつう | commonness,community |
| 共同 | きょうどう | cooperation,association,collaboration,joint |
| 恐怖 | きょうふ | be afraid,dread,dismay,terror |
| 協力 | きょうりょく | cooperation,collaboration |
| 強力 | きょうりょく | herculean strength,mountain carrier-guide |
| 許可 | きょか | permission,approval |
| 局 | きょく | court lady,lady in waiting |
| 巨大 | きょだい | huge,gigantic,enormous |
| 嫌う | きらう | to hate,to dislike,to loathe |
| 霧 | きり | fog,mist |
| 切れ | きれ | cloth,piece,cut,chop |
| 切れる | きれる | (1) to cut well,to be sharp,(2) to break (off) |
| キロ | (abbr) kilo-,kilogram,kilometre,10x3 | |
| 記録 | きろく | record,minutes,document |
| 議論 | ぎろん | argument,discussion,dispute |
| 金 | きん | (1) gold,(2) gold general (shogi) (abbr) |
| 銀 | ぎん | (1) silver,silver coin,silver paint |
| 禁煙 | きんえん | No Smoking! |
| 金額 | きんがく | amount of money |
| 金庫 | きんこ | safe,vault,treasury,provider of funds |
| 禁止 | きんし | prohibition,ban |
| 金銭 | きんせん | money,cash |
| 金属 | きんぞく | metal |
| 近代 | きんだい | present day |
| 緊張 | きんちょう | tension,mental strain,nervousness |
| 筋肉 | きんにく | muscle,sinew |
| 金融 | きんゆう | monetary circulation,credit situation |
| 金曜 | きんよう | (abbr) Friday |
| 九 | く | nine |
| 句 | く | sentence |
| 食う | くう | (male) (vulg) to eat |
| 偶然 | ぐうぜん | (by) chance,unexpectedly,suddenly |
| 臭い | くさい | odour,scent,smell,stench |
| 鎖 | くさり | chain |
| 腐る | くさる | to rot,to go bad |
| 癖 | くせ | a habit (often a bad habit),peculiarity |
| 管 | くだ | pipe,tube |
| 具体 | ぐたい | concrete,tangible,material |
| 下さる | くださる | (hon) to give,to confer |
| 下り | くだり | down-train (going away from Tokyo) |
| 苦痛 | くつう | pain,agony |
| ぐっすり | sound asleep,fast asleep | |
| 区別 | くべつ | distinction,differentiation,classification |
| 組 | くみ | class,group,team,set |
| 組合 | くみあい | association,union |
| 組む | くむ | to put together |
| 曇 | くもり | cloudiness,cloudy weather,shadow |
| 位 | くらい | grade,rank,about |
| 暮らし | くらし | living,livelihood,subsistence,circumstances |
| クラシック | classic(s) | |
| 暮らす | くらす | to live,to get along |
| グラス | (1) glass,(2) grass | |
| グランド | gland,grand,(electrical) ground | |
| クリーム | cream | |
| 繰り返す | くりかえす | to repeat,to do something over again |
| クリスマス | Christmas | |
| 狂う | くるう | to go mad,to get out of order |
| グループ | group | |
| 苦しい | くるしい | painful,difficult |
| 苦しむ | くるしむ | to suffer,to groan,to be worried |
| 暮れ | くれ | year end,sunset,nightfall,end |
| 苦労 | くろう | troubles,hardships |
| 加える | くわえる | to append,to sum up,to add (up) |
| 詳しい | くわしい | knowing very well,detailed,full,accurate |
| 加わる | くわわる | to join in,to accede to,to increase,to gain in (influence) |
| 訓 | くん | native Japanese reading of a Chinese character |
| 軍 | ぐん | army,force,troops |
| 軍隊 | ぐんたい | army,troops |
| 訓練 | くんれん | practice,training |
| 下 | げ | under,below,beneath |
| 計 | けい | plan |
| 敬意 | けいい | respect,honour |
| 経営 | けいえい | management,administration |
| 計画 | けいかく | plan,project,schedule,scheme,program |
| 景気 | けいき | condition,state,business (condition) |
| 経験 | けいけん | experience |
| 傾向 | けいこう | tendency,trend,inclination |
| 警告 | けいこく | warning,advice |
| 計算 | けいさん | calculation,reckoning |
| 掲示 | けいじ | notice,bulletin |
| 刑事 | けいじ | criminal case,(police) detective |
| 芸術 | げいじゅつ | (fine) art,the arts |
| 契約 | けいやく | contract,compact,agreement |
| 経由 | けいゆ | go by the way,via |
| ケース | case | |
| ゲーム | game | |
| 怪我 | けが | injury (to animate object),hurt |
| 劇 | げき | drama,play |
| 劇場 | げきじょう | theatre,playhouse |
| 化粧 | けしょう | make-up (cosmetic) |
| けち | stinginess,miser,miserliness | |
| 結果 | けっか | result,consequence |
| 欠陥 | けっかん | defect,fault,deficiency |
| 結局 | けっきょく | after all,eventually |
| 決心 | けっしん | determination,resolution |
| 欠席 | けっせき | absence,non-attendance |
| 決定 | けってい | decision,determination |
| 欠点 | けってん | faults,defect,weakness |
| 月曜 | げつよう | Monday |
| 結論 | けつろん | conclusion |
| 煙 | けむり | smoke,fumes |
| 券 | けん | ticket,coupon,bond,certificate |
| 県 | けん | prefecture |
| 軒 | けん | eaves |
| 喧嘩 | けんか | quarrel,(drunken) brawl,failure |
| 見解 | けんかい | opinion,point of view |
| 限界 | げんかい | limit,bound |
| 現金 | げんきん | cash,ready money,mercenary,self-interested |
| 言語 | げんご | language |
| 健康 | けんこう | health,sound,wholesome |
| 検査 | けんさ | inspection (e.g. customs, factory),examination |
| 現在 | げんざい | present,up to now,nowadays,modern times,current |
| 現実 | げんじつ | reality |
| 現象 | げんしょう | phenomenon |
| 現状 | げんじょう | present condition,existing state,status quo |
| 建設 | けんせつ | construction,establishment |
| 現代 | げんだい | nowadays,modern times,present-day |
| 建築 | けんちく | construction,architecture |
| 見当 | けんとう | be found,aim,estimate,guess,approx |
| 検討 | けんとう | consideration,examination,investigation,study,scrutiny |
| 現場 | げんば | actual spot,scene,scene of the crime |
| 憲法 | けんぽう | constitution |
| 権利 | けんり | right,privilege |
| 後 | ご | afterwards,since then,in the future |
| 語 | ご | language,word |
| 恋 | こい | love,tender passion |
| 濃い | こい | thick (as of color, liquid),dense,strong |
| 恋人 | こいびと | lover,sweetheart |
| 幸運 | こううん | good luck,fortune |
| 講演 | こうえん | lecture,address |
| 効果 | こうか | effect,effectiveness,efficacy,result |
| 硬貨 | こうか | coin |
| 高価 | こうか | high price |
| 豪華 | ごうか | wonderful,gorgeous,splendor,pomp,extravagance |
| 合格 | ごうかく | success,passing (e.g. exam),eligibility |
| 交換 | こうかん | exchange,interchange,reciprocity |
| 航空 | こうくう | aviation,flying |
| 光景 | こうけい | scene,spectacle |
| 合計 | ごうけい | sum total,total amount |
| 攻撃 | こうげき | attack,strike,offensive,criticism,censure |
| 貢献 | こうけん | contribution,services |
| 広告 | こうこく | advertisement |
| 交際 | こうさい | company,friendship,association,society,acquaintance |
| 後者 | こうしゃ | the latter |
| 工場 | こうば | factory,plant,mill,workshop |
| 構成 | こうせい | organization,composition |
| 高速 | こうそく | high speed,high gear |
| 行動 | こうどう | action,conduct,behaviour,mobilization |
| 強盗 | ごうとう | robbery,burglary |
| 幸福 | こうふく | happiness,blessedness |
| 公平 | こうへい | fairness,impartial,justice |
| 候補 | こうほ | candidacy |
| 考慮 | こうりょ | consideration,taking into account |
| 越える | こえる | to exceed,to cross over,to cross |
| コーチ | coach | |
| コード | code,cord,chord | |
| 氷 | こおり | ice,hail |
| 凍る | こおる | to freeze,to be frozen over,to congeal |
| ゴール | goal | |
| 誤解 | ごかい | misunderstanding |
| 語学 | ごがく | language study |
| 呼吸 | こきゅう | breath,respiration |
| 故郷 | こきょう | home town,birthplace,old village,historic village |
| 極 | ごく | quite,very |
| 国語 | こくご | national language |
| 黒板 | こくばん | blackboard |
| 克服 | こくふく | subjugation,conquest |
| 国民 | こくみん | national,people,citizen |
| 穀物 | こくもつ | grain,cereal,corn |
| ここ | ここ | here |
| 腰 | こし | hip |
| 故障 | こしょう | break-down,failure,accident,out of order |
| 個人 | こじん | individual,private person,personal,private |
| 越す | こす | to go over (e.g. with audience) |
| 国家 | こっか | state,country,nation |
| 国会 | こっかい | National Diet,parliament,congress |
| 国境 | こっきょう | national or state border |
| 骨折 | こっせつ | bone fracture |
| 小包 | こづつみ | parcel,package |
| 事 | こと | thing,matter,fact,circumstances |
| 異なる | ことなる | to differ,to vary,to disagree |
| 諺 | ことわざ | proverb,maxim |
| 断る | ことわる | to refuse,to decline,to dismiss |
| 粉 | こな | flour,meal,powder |
| この | この | this |
| 好み | このみ | liking,taste,choice |
| 好む | このむ | to like,to prefer |
| コピー | (1) a (photo)copy,(2) blurb on a book jacket | |
| 塵 | ごみ | dust,dirt |
| 小麦 | こむぎ | wheat |
| ごめんなさい | I beg your pardon,excuse me | |
| 小屋 | こや | hut,cabin,shed,(animal) pen |
| これら | these | |
| 頃 | ころ | time,about,toward,approximately (time) |
| 殺す | ころす | to kill |
| 転ぶ | ころぶ | to fall down,to fall over |
| 今回 | こんかい | now,this time,lately |
| 今後 | こんご | from now on,hereafter |
| 混雑 | こんざつ | confusion,congestion |
| こんなに | so,like this,in this way | |
| 困難 | こんなん | difficulty,distress |
| 今日 | こんにち | today,this day |
| こんにちは | hello,good day (daytime greeting, id) | |
| コンピューター | computer | |
| 婚約 | こんやく | engagement,betrothal |
| 混乱 | こんらん | disorder,chaos,confusion,mayhem |
| 差 | さ | difference,variation |
| サービス | (1) service,support system,(2) goods or services without charge | |
| 際 | さい | on the occasion of,circumstances |
| 最高 | さいこう | highest,supreme,the most |
| 財産 | ざいさん | property,fortune,assets |
| 最終 | さいしゅう | last,final,closing |
| 最中 | さいちゅう | in the middle of |
| 最低 | さいてい | least,lowest,worst |
| 才能 | さいのう | talent,ability |
| 裁判 | さいばん | trial,judgement |
| 材料 | ざいりょう | ingredients,material |
| 幸い | さいわい | happiness,blessedness |
| サイン | (1) autograph,(2) sign,(3) sine | |
| 境 | さかい | border,boundary,mental state |
| 逆らう | さからう | to go against,to oppose,to disobey,to defy |
| 盛り | さかり | helping,serving |
| 作業 | さぎょう | work,operation,manufacturing,fatigue duty |
| 昨 | さく | last (year),yesterday |
| 作品 | さくひん | work,opus,performance,production |
| 作物 | さくもつ | produce (e.g. agricultural),crops |
| 桜 | さくら | cherry blossom,cherry tree |
| 酒 | さけ | alcohol,sake |
| 叫ぶ | さけぶ | to shout,to cry |
| 避ける | さける | (1) to avoid (physical contact ),(2) to ward off,to avert |
| 支える | ささえる | to be blocked,to choke,to be obstructed |
| 指す | さす | to point,to put up umbrella,to play |
| 座席 | ざせき | seat |
| 誘う | さそう | (1) to invite,to ask,(2) to tempt,to lure,to induce |
| 札 | さつ | (1) token,label,(2) ticket,(3) charm |
| 作家 | さっか | author,writer,novelist,artist |
| 作曲 | さっきょく | composition,setting (of music) |
| ざっと | roughly,in round numbers | |
| さっぱり | feeling refreshed,feeling relieved,neat,trimmed | |
| さて | well,now,then | |
| 砂漠 | さばく | desert |
| 差別 | さべつ | discrimination,distinction,differentiation |
| 作法 | さほう | manners,etiquette,propriety |
| 様々 | さまざま | varied,various |
| 覚ます | さます | to awaken |
| 覚める | さめる | to wake,to wake up |
| 左右 | さゆう | (1) left and right,(2) influence,control,domination |
| 皿 | さら | plate,dish |
| 更に | さらに | furthermore,again,after all,more and more,moreover |
| 去る | さる | to leave,to go away |
| 猿 | さる | monkey |
| 騒ぎ | さわぎ | uproar,disturbance |
| 参加 | さんか | participation |
| 参考 | さんこう | reference,consultation |
| 賛成 | Uӣ[い | approval,agreement,support,favour |
| 酸素 | さんそ | oxygen |
| 散歩 | さんぽ | walk,stroll |
| 四 | し | four |
| 氏 | し | family name,lineage,birth |
| 詩 | し | poem,verse of poetry |
| 幸せ | しあわせ | happiness,good fortune,luck,blessing |
| ジーンズ | jeans | |
| ジェット機 | ジェットき | jet aeroplane |
| 直に | じかに | immediately,readily,directly |
| しかも | moreover,furthermore,nevertheless,and yet | |
| 叱る | しかる | to scold |
| 式 | しき | equation,formula,ceremony |
| 直 | じき | earnestly,immediately,exactly |
| 時期 | じき | time,season,period |
| 支給 | しきゅう | payment,allowance |
| しきりに | frequently,repeatedly,incessantly,eagerly | |
| 刺激 | しげき | stimulus,impetus,incentive |
| 資源 | しげん | resources |
| 事件 | じけん | event,affair,incident |
| 時刻 | じこく | instant,time,moment |
| 自殺 | じさつ | suicide |
| 事実 | じじつ | fact,truth,reality |
| 支出 | ししゅつ | expenditure,expenses |
| 事情 | じじょう | circumstances,consideration,conditions,situation,reasons |
| 詩人 | しじん | poet |
| 自身 | じしん | by oneself,personally |
| 沈む | しずむ | to sink,to feel depressed |
| 自然 | しぜん | nature,spontaneous |
| 思想 | しそう | thought,idea |
| 舌 | した | tongue |
| 次第 | しだい | (1) order,precedence,(2) circumstances,(3) immediate(ly) |
| 事態 | じたい | situation,present state of affairs |
| 従う | したがう | to abide (by the rules),to obey,to follow,to accompany |
| したがって | したがって | therefore,consequently,in accordance with |
| 支度 | したく | preparation |
| 親しい | したしい | intimate,close (e.g. friend) |
| 七 | しち | seven |
| 質 | しつ | quality,nature (of person) |
| 失業 | しつぎょう | unemployment |
| 実験 | じっけん | experiment |
| 実現 | じつげん | implementation,materialization,realization |
| 実行 | じっこう | practice,performance,execution (e.g. program),realization |
| 実際 | じっさい | practical,actual condition,status quo |
| 実施 | じっし | enforcement,enact,put into practice,carry out,operation |
| じっと | fixedly,firmly,patiently,quietly | |
| 実に | じつに | indeed,truly,surely |
| 実は | じつは | as a matter of fact,by the way |
| 失望 | しつぼう | disappointment,despair |
| 支店 | してん | branch store (office) |
| 指導 | しどう | leadership,guidance,coaching |
| 自動 | じどう | automatic,self-motion |
| 品 | しな | thing,article,goods,dignity,article (goods),counter for meal courses |
| 支配 | しはい | rule,control,direction |
| 芝居 | しばい | play,drama |
| しばしば | often,again and again,frequently | |
| 芝生 | しばふ | lawn |
| 支払 | しはらい | payment |
| 支払う | しはらう | to pay |
| 死亡 | しぼう | death,mortality |
| 資本 | しほん | funds,capital |
| しまい | (終わり) | sisters |
| 姉妹 | しまい | sisters |
| しまう | (終わる) | to finish,to close,to do something completely |
| しまった | (感) | Damn it! |
| 自慢 | じまん | pride,boast |
| 事務 | じむ | business,office work |
| 示す | しめす | to denote,to show,to point out,to indicate |
| 占める | しめる | (1) to comprise,to account for,to make up (of),(2) to hold,to occupy |
| 下 | しも | under,below,beneath |
| 霜 | しも | frost |
| じゃあ | well,well then | |
| 借金 | しゃっきん | debt,loan,liabilities |
| しゃべる | to talk,to chat,to chatter | |
| 邪魔 | じゃま | hindrance,intrusion |
| 週 | しゅう | week |
| 州 | しゅう | sandbank |
| 十 | じゅう | 10,ten |
| 銃 | じゅう | gun |
| 周囲 | しゅうい | surroundings,circumference,environs |
| 収穫 | しゅうかく | harvest,crop,ingathering |
| 週間 | しゅうかん | week,weekly |
| 宗教 | しゅうきょう | religion |
| 重視 | じゅうし | importance,stress,serious consideration |
| 就職 | しゅうしょく | finding employment,inauguration |
| ジュース | juice,soft drink,deuce | |
| 修正 | しゅうせい | amendment,correction,revision,modification |
| 渋滞 | じゅうたい | congestion (e.g. traffic),delay,stagnation |
| 重大 | じゅうだい | serious,important,grave,weighty |
| 住宅 | じゅうたく | resident,housing |
| 集団 | しゅうだん | group,mass |
| 集中 | しゅうちゅう | concentration,focusing the mind |
| 収入 | しゅうにゅう | income,receipts,revenue |
| 住民 | じゅうみん | citizens,inhabitants,residents,population |
| 重要 | じゅうよう | important,momentous,essential,principal,major |
| 修理 | しゅうり | repairing,mending |
| 主義 | しゅぎ | doctrine,rule,principle |
| 宿泊 | しゅくはく | lodging |
| 手術 | しゅじゅつ | surgical operation |
| 首相 | しゅしょう | Prime Minister |
| 手段 | しゅだん | means,way,measure |
| 主張 | しゅちょう | claim,request,insistence,assertion |
| 出身 | しゅっしん | graduate from,come from |
| 出席 | しゅっせき | attendance,presence |
| 出発 | しゅっぱつ | departure |
| 出版 | しゅっぱん | publication |
| 首都 | しゅと | capital city |
| 主婦 | しゅふ | housewife,mistress |
| 主要 | しゅよう | chief,main,principal,major |
| 需要 | じゅよう | demand,request |
| 種類 | しゅるい | variety,kind,type |
| 順 | じゅん | order,turn |
| 瞬間 | しゅんかん | moment,second,instant |
| 順調 | じゅんちょう | favourable,doing well,O.K.,all right |
| 順番 | じゅんばん | turn (in line),order of things |
| 準備 | じゅんび | preparation,arrangements,provision,reserve |
| 使用 | しよう | use,application,employment,utilization |
| 小 | しょう | |
| 章 | しょう | (1) chapter,section,(2) medal |
| 賞 | しょう | prize,award |
| 上 | じょう | (1) first volume,(2) superior quality,(3) governmental |
| 障害 | しょうがい | obstacle,impediment (fault),damage |
| 奨学金 | しょうがくきん | scholarship |
| 乗客 | じょうきゃく | passenger |
| 上京 | じょうきょう | proceeding to the capital (Tokyo) |
| 状況 | じょうきょう | state of affairs,situation,circumstances |
| 条件 | じょうけん | conditions,terms |
| 正午 | しょうご | noon,mid-day |
| 正直 | しょうじき | honesty,integrity,frankness |
| 常識 | じょうしき | common sense |
| 少女 | しょうじょ | daughter,young lady,virgin,maiden,little girl |
| 少々 | しょうしょう | just a minute,small quantity |
| 症状 | しょうじょう | symptoms,condition |
| 生じる | しょうじる | to produce,to yield,to result from,to arise,to be generated |
| 招待 | しょうたい | invitation |
| 状態 | じょうたい | condition,situation,circumstances,state |
| 上達 | じょうたつ | improvement,advance,progress |
| 冗談 | じょうだん | jest,joke |
| 承知 | しょうち | consent,acceptance,assent,admitting |
| 上等 | じょうとう | superiority,first class,very good |
| 衝突 | しょうとつ | collision,conflict |
| 商人 | しょうにん | trader,shopkeeper,merchant |
| 承認 | しょうにん | recognition,acknowledgement,approval,consent,agreement |
| 少年 | しょうねん | boys,juveniles |
| 商売 | しょうばい | trade,business,commerce,transaction,occupation |
| 消費 | しょうひ | consumption,expenditure |
| 商品 | しょうひん | commodity,article of commerce,goods,stock,merchandise |
| 消防 | しょうぼう | fire fighting,fire department |
| 情報 | じょうほう | information,(military) intelligence |
| 証明 | しょうめい | proof,verification |
| 女王 | じょおう | queen |
| 職 | しょく | employment |
| 職業 | しょくぎょう | occupation,business |
| 食事 | しょくじ | meal |
| 食卓 | しょくたく | dining table |
| 食品 | しょくひん | commodity,foodstuff |
| 植物 | しょくぶつ | plant,vegetation |
| 食物 | しょくもつ | food,foodstuff |
| 食欲 | しょくよく | appetite (for food) |
| 食料 | しょくりょう | food |
| 食糧 | しょくりょう | provisions,rations |
| 書斎 | しょさい | study |
| 女子 | じょし | woman,girl |
| 助手 | じょしゅ | helper,helpmeet,assistant,tutor |
| 徐々に | じょじょに | slowly,little by little,gradually,steadily,quietly |
| 署名 | しょめい | signature |
| 書物 | しょもつ | books |
| 女優 | じょゆう | actress |
| 処理 | しょり | processing,dealing with,treatment,disposition,disposal |
| 書類 | しょるい | documents,official papers |
| 知らせ | しらせ | notice |
| 尻 | しり | buttocks,bottom |
| 印 | しるし | (1) mark,(2) symbol,(3) evidence |
| 城 | しろ | castle |
| 進学 | しんがく | going on to university |
| 神経 | しんけい | nerve,sensitivity |
| 真剣 | しんけん | seriousness,earnestness |
| 信仰 | しんこう | (religious) faith,belief,creed |
| 信号 | しんごう | traffic lights,signal,semaphore |
| 人工 | じんこう | artificial,manmade,human work,human skill,artificiality |
| 深刻 | しんこく | serious |
| 診察 | しんさつ | medical examination |
| 人種 | じんしゅ | race (of people) |
| 信じる | しんじる | to believe,to place trust in |
| 人生 | じんせい | (human) life (i.e. conception to death) |
| 親戚 | しんせき | relative |
| 新鮮 | しんせん | fresh |
| 心臓 | しんぞう | heart |
| 身体 | しんたい | the body |
| 身長 | しんちょう | height (of body),stature |
| 慎重 | しんちょう | discretion,prudence |
| 心配 | しんぱい | worry,concern,anxiety,care |
| 審判 | しんぱん | refereeing,trial,judgement,umpire,referee |
| 人物 | じんぶつ | character,personality,person,man,personage,talented man |
| 進歩 | しんぽ | progress,development |
| 親友 | しんゆう | close friend,buddy |
| 信用 | しんよう | confidence,dependence,credit,faith |
| 信頼 | しんらい | reliance,trust,confidence |
| 心理 | しんり | mentality |
| 人類 | じんるい | mankind,humanity |
| 巣 | す | nest,rookery,breeding place,beehive,cobweb |
| 図 | ず | figure (e.g. Fig 1),drawing,picture,illustration |
| 水準 | すいじゅん | (1) water level,(2) level,standard |
| 推薦 | すいせん | recommendation |
| スイッチ | switch | |
| 随分 | ずいぶん | extremely |
| 睡眠 | すいみん | sleep |
| 数 | すう | number,figure |
| 数字 | すうじ | numeral,figure |
| スープ | (Western) soup | |
| 末 | すえ | the end of,powder |
| 姿 | すがた | figure,shape,appearance |
| スキー | skiing | |
| 空く | すく | (1) to open,to become empty,(2) to be less crowded |
| 救う | すくう | to rescue from,to help out of |
| 優れる | すぐれる | to surpass,to outstrip,to excel |
| スケート | skate(s),skating | |
| すごい | terrible,dreadful,terrific,amazing,great | |
| 少しも | すこしも | anything of,not one bit |
| 過ごす | すごす | to pass,to spend,to go through,to tide over |
| 筋 | すじ | muscle,string,line |
| 進める | すすめる | to advance,to promote,to hasten |
| 勧める | すすめる | to recommend,to advise,to encourage,to offer (wine) |
| スター | star | |
| スタイル | style | |
| スタンド | stand | |
| 頭痛 | ずつう | headache |
| ずっと | consecutively,throughout,a lot | |
| すてき | lovely,dreamy,beautiful,great | |
| 既に | すでに | already,too late |
| すなわち | that is,namely,i.e. | |
| 素晴らしい | すばらしい | wonderful,splendid,magnificent |
| スピーチ | speech | |
| 全て | すべて | all,the whole,entirely,in general,wholly |
| 済ませる | すませる | to be finished |
| 角 | すみ | horn |
| すみません | (感) | sorry,excuse me |
| 為る | する | to change,to be of use,to reach to |
| すると | すると | thereupon,hereupon |
| 鋭い | するどい | pointed,sharp |
| 背 | せい | height,stature |
| 正 | せい | (logical) true,regular |
| 生 | せい | (1) draft (beer),(2) raw,unprocessed |
| 性 | せい | sex,gender |
| 所為 | せい | cause,reason,fault |
| 税 | ぜい | |
| 性格 | せいかく | character,personality |
| 正確 | せいかく | accurate,punctuality,exactness,authenticity,veracity |
| 世紀 | せいき | century,era |
| 請求 | せいきゅう | claim,demand,application,request |
| 税金 | ぜいきん | tax,duty |
| 清潔 | せいけつ | clean |
| 制限 | せいげん | restriction,restraint,limitation |
| 成功 | せいこう | success,hit |
| 生産 | せいさん | production,manufacture |
| 正式 | せいしき | due form,official,formality |
| 精神 | せいしん | mind,soul,heart,spirit,intention |
| 成人 | せいじん | adult |
| 精々 | せいぜい | at the most,at best,to the utmost,as much (far) as possible |
| 成績 | せいせき | results,record |
| 製造 | せいぞう | manufacture,production |
| 贅沢 | ぜいたく | luxury,extravagance |
| 成長 | せいちょう | growth,grow to adulthood |
| 制度 | せいど | system,institution,organization |
| 青年 | せいねん | youth,young man |
| 製品 | せいひん | manufactured goods,finished goods |
| 政府 | せいふ | government,administration |
| 生物 | せいぶつ | raw food |
| 生命 | せいめい | life,existence |
| 整理 | せいり | sorting,arrangement,adjustment,regulation |
| 咳 | せき | cough |
| 石炭 | せきたん | coal |
| 責任 | せきにん | duty,responsibility |
| 石油 | せきゆ | oil,petroleum,kerosene |
| 世間 | せけん | world,society |
| 説 | せつ | theory |
| 積極的 | せっきょくてき | positive,active,proactive |
| 設計 | せっけい | plan,design |
| 絶対 | ぜったい | absolute,unconditional,absoluteness |
| セット | set | |
| 設備 | せつび | equipment,device,facilities,installation |
| 絶滅 | ぜつめつ | destruction,extinction |
| 節約 | せつやく | economising,saving |
| 是非 | ぜひ | certainly,without fail |
| 責める | せめる | to condemn,to blame,to criticize |
| 世話 | せわ | looking after,help,aid,assistance |
| 善 | ぜん | good,goodness,right,virtue |
| 全 | ぜん | all,whole,entire,complete,overall,pan |
| 全員 | ぜんいん | all members (unanimity),all hands,the whole crew |
| 専攻 | せんこう | major subject,special study |
| 全国 | ぜんこく | country-wide,nation-wide,whole country,national |
| 先日 | せんじつ | the other day,a few days ago |
| 前者 | ぜんしゃ | the former |
| 選手 | せんしゅ | (1) player (in game),(2) team |
| 前進 | ぜんしん | advance,drive,progress |
| 全然 | ぜんぜん | (1) wholly,entirely,completely,(2) not at all (with neg. verb) |
| センター | a center | |
| 全体 | ぜんたい | whole,entirety,whatever (is the matter) |
| 選択 | せんたく | selection,choice |
| そう | そう | so |
| 象 | ぞう | elephant |
| 騒音 | そうおん | noise |
| 増加 | ぞうか | increase,addition |
| 操作 | そうさ | operation,management,processing |
| 掃除 | そうじ | cleaning,sweeping |
| 想像 | そうぞう | imagination,guess |
| 相続 | そうぞく | succession,inheritance |
| 相談 | そうだん | consultation,discussion |
| 装置 | そうち | equipment,installation,apparatus |
| 相当 | そうとう | suitable,fair,tolerable,proper |
| 速度 | そくど | speed,velocity,rate |
| そこ | そこ | bottom,sole |
| 底 | そこ | bottom,sole |
| そこで | so (conj),accordingly,now,then,thereupon | |
| 組織 | そしき | (1) organization,(2) structure,construction,(3) tissue,(4) system |
| そして | and | |
| 注ぐ | そそぐ | to pour (into),to irrigate,to pay,to fill,to feed (e.g. a fire) |
| 育つ | そだつ | to raise (child),to be brought up,to grow (up) |
| そっくり | all,altogether,entirely,be just like,the splitting image of | |
| そっと | face of the earth | |
| 袖 | そで | sleeve |
| 備える | そなえる | to furnish,to provide for,to equip,to install |
| その | その | the,that |
| そのうち | eventually,sooner or later,of the previously mentioned | |
| そのまま | without change,as it is (i.e. now) | |
| 側 | そば | side,edge,third person |
| ソファー | sofa,couch | |
| 粗末 | そまつ | crude,rough,plain,humble |
| それ | (接。感) | it,that |
| それぞれ | each,every,either,respectively,severally | |
| それでも | but (still),and yet,nevertheless,even so,notwithstanding | |
| それと | ||
| それとも | or,or else | |
| 損 | そん | loss,disadvantage |
| 損害 | そんがい | damage,injury,loss |
| 尊敬 | そんけい | respect,esteem,reverence,honour |
| 存在 | そんざい | existence,being |
| 尊重 | そんちょう | respect,esteem,regard |
| 田 | た | rice field |
| 他 | た | other (esp. places and things) |
| 対 | たい | pair,couple,set |
| 大 | だい | |
| 台 | だい | stand,rack,table,support |
| 題 | だい | title,subject,theme,topic |
| 体育 | たいいく | physical education,gymnastics,athletics |
| 体温 | たいおん | temperature (body) |
| 大会 | たいかい | convention,tournament,mass meeting,rally |
| 大気 | たいき | atmosphere |
| 代金 | だいきん | price,payment,cost,charge |
| 退屈 | たいくつ | tedium,boredom |
| 滞在 | たいざい | stay,sojourn |
| 大使 | たいし | ambassador |
| 大した | たいした | considerable,great,important,significant,a big deal |
| 対象 | たいしょう | target,object (of worship, study, etc),subject (of taxation, etc) |
| 大臣 | だいじん | cabinet minister |
| 対する | たいする | to face,to confront,to oppose |
| 大戦 | たいせん | great war,great battle |
| 大抵 | たいてい | usually,generally |
| 態度 | たいど | attitude,manner |
| 大統領 | だいとうりょう | president,chief executive |
| 大半 | たいはん | majority,mostly,generally |
| 代表 | だいひょう | representative,representation,delegation,type,example,model |
| 大部分 | だいぶぶん | most part,greater part,majority |
| タイプライター | typewriter | |
| 大変 | たいへん | awful,dreadful,terrible,very |
| 逮捕 | たいほ | arrest,apprehension,capture |
| ダイヤ | (1) dyer,(2) diagram,(3) (railway) schedule,(4) diamond | |
| 太陽 | たいよう | sun,solar |
| 平ら | たいら | flatness,level,smooth,calm,plain |
| 代理 | だいり | representation,agency,proxy,deputy,agent |
| 大陸 | たいりく | continent |
| 倒す | たおす | to throw down,to beat,to bring down,to blow down |
| タオル | (hand) towel | |
| だが | だが | |
| 互い | たがい | mutual,reciprocal |
| 宝 | たから | treasure |
| だから | だから | so,therefore |
| 宅 | たく | house,home,husband |
| だけど | however | |
| 確かめる | たしかめる | to ascertain |
| 多少 | たしょう | more or less,somewhat,a little,some |
| 助ける | たすける | to help,to save,to rescue |
| ただ | free of charge,mere,only | |
| 唯 | ただ | free of charge,mere,sole,only,usual,common |
| 戦い | たたかい | battle,fight,struggle,conflict |
| 戦う | たたかう | to fight,to battle,to combat |
| 叩く | たたく | to strike,to clap,to dust,to beat |
| 直ちに | ただちに | at once,immediately,directly,in person |
| 立ち上がる | たちあがる | to stand up |
| 立場 | たちば | standpoint,position,situation |
| 経つ | たつ | to pass,to lapse |
| 達する | たっする | to reach,to get to |
| 唯 | たった | free of charge,mere,sole,only,usual,common |
| だって | but,because,even,also,too | |
| たっぷり | full,in plenty,ample | |
| 縦 | たて | length,height |
| たとえ | simile,metaphor,allegory | |
| 谷 | たに | valley |
| 他人 | たにん | another person,unrelated person,outsider,stranger |
| 種 | たね | (1) seed,(2) material,(3) cause,source |
| 束 | たば | handbreadth,bundle |
| 度 | たび | counter for occurrences |
| 旅 | たび | travel,trip,journey |
| たびたび | often,repeatedly,frequently | |
| 多分 | たぶん | perhaps,probably |
| 玉 | たま | ball,sphere,coin |
| 球 | たま | globe,sphere,ball |
| 弾 | たま | bullet,shot,shell |
| 偶 | たま | even number,couple,man and wife,friend |
| 偶々 | たまたま | casually,unexpectedly,accidentally,by chance |
| たまらない | intolerable,unbearable,unendurable | |
| 黙る | だまる | to be silent |
| 駄目 | だめ | useless,no good,hopeless |
| 試し | ためし | trial,test |
| 試す | ためす | to attempt,to test |
| 便り | たより | news,tidings,information,correspondence,letter |
| 頼る | たよる | to rely on,to have recourse to,to depend on |
| 誰か | だれか | someone,somebody |
| 段 | だん | step,stair,flight of steps,grade,rank,level |
| 単位 | たんい | unit,denomination,credit (in school) |
| 単語 | たんご | word,vocabulary,(usually) single-character word |
| 男子 | だんし | youth,young man |
| 単純 | たんじゅん | simplicity |
| 誕生 | たんじょう | birth |
| ダンス | dance | |
| 団体 | だんたい | organization,association |
| 担当 | たんとう | (in) charge |
| 単なる | たんなる | mere,simple,sheer |
| 単に | たんに | simply,merely,only,solely |
| 地 | ち | earth |
| 地位 | ちい | (social) position,status |
| 地域 | ちいき | area,region |
| チーズ | cheese | |
| チーム | team | |
| 知恵 | ちえ | wisdom,wit,sagacity,sense,intelligence,advice |
| 地下 | ちか | basement,underground |
| 違い | ちがい | difference,discrepancy |
| 違いない | ちがいない | (phrase) sure,no mistaking it,for certain |
| 近頃 | ちかごろ | lately,recently,nowadays |
| 地球 | ちきゅう | the earth |
| 地区 | ちく | district,section,sector |
| 遅刻 | ちこく | lateness,late coming |
| 知事 | ちじ | prefectural governor |
| 知識 | ちしき | knowledge,information |
| 父親 | ちちおや | father |
| 知能 | ちのう | intelligence,brains |
| 地平線 | ちへいせん | horizon |
| 地方 | ちほう | area,locality,district,region,the coast |
| 茶 | ちゃ | tea |
| チャンス | chance,opportunity | |
| ちゃんと | perfectly,properly,exactly | |
| 中 | ちゅう | inside,middle,among |
| 注 | ちゅう | annotation,explanatory note |
| 中央 | ちゅうおう | centre,central,center,middle |
| 中学 | ちゅうがく | middle school,junior high school |
| 中古 | ちゅうこ | (1) used,second-hand,old |
| 中止 | ちゅうし | suspension,stoppage,discontinuance,interruption |
| 駐車 | ちゅうしゃ | parking (e.g. car) |
| 昼食 | ちゅうしょく | lunch,midday meal |
| 中心 | ちゅうしん | center,core,heart,pivot,emphasis,balance |
| 注目 | ちゅうもく | notice,attention,observation |
| 注文 | ちゅうもん | order,request |
| 長期 | ちょうき | long time period |
| 調査 | ちょうさ | investigation,examination,inquiry,survey |
| 調子 | ちょうし | tune,tone,key |
| 頂上 | ちょうじょう | top,summit,peak |
| ちょうだい | (1) please do for me (preceded by -te),(2) reception,being given,get | |
| 貯金 | ちょきん | (bank) savings |
| 直接 | ちょくせつ | direct,immediate,personal,firsthand |
| 著者 | ちょしゃ | author,writer |
| 遂に | ついに | finally,at last |
| 通過 | つうか | passage through,passing |
| 通学 | つうがく | commuting to school |
| 通行 | つうこう | passage,passing |
| 通じる | つうじる | to run to,to lead to,to communicate,to understand |
| 通信 | つうしん | correspondence,communication,news,signal |
| 捕まる | つかまる | to be caught,to be arrested |
| 掴む | つかむ | to seize,to catch,to grasp |
| 疲れ | つかれ | tiredness,fatigue |
| 月 | つき | moon,month |
| 付き合い | つきあい | association,socializing,fellowship |
| 次々 | つぎつぎ | in succession,one by one |
| 就く | つく | to settle in (place),to take (seat, position),to study (under teacher) |
| 注ぐ | つぐ | to pour (into),to irrigate,to pay |
| 付ける | つける | to attach,to join,to add,to append |
| 土 | つち | earth,soil |
| 続き | つづき | sequel,continuation |
| 包み | つつみ | bundle,package,parcel,bale |
| 勤め | つとめ | (1) service,duty,business,responsibility,task,(2) Buddhist religious services |
| 務め | つとめ | (1) service,duty,(2) Buddhist religious services |
| 繋ぐ | つなぐ | to tie,to fasten,to connect,to transfer (phone call) |
| 常に | つねに | always,constantly |
| 翼 | つばさ | wings |
| つまり | in short,in brief,in other words | |
| 罪 | つみ | crime,fault,indiscretion |
| 詰める | つめる | to pack,to shorten,to work out (details) |
| 積もる | つもる | to pile up |
| 梅雨 | つゆ | rainy season,rain during the rainy season |
| 辛い | つらい | painful,heart-breaking |
| 釣 | つり | |
| 連れ | つれ | companion,company |
| で | outflow,coming (going) out,graduate (of) | |
| 出会い | であい | meeting,rendezvous,encounter |
| 出会う | であう | to meet by chance,to come across,to happen to encounter |
| 提案 | ていあん | proposal,proposition,suggestion |
| 定期 | ていき | fixed term |
| 抵抗 | ていこう | electrical resistance,resistance,opposition |
| 提出 | ていしゅつ | presentation,submission,filing |
| 程度 | ていど | degree,amount,grade,standard,of the order of (following a number) |
| 停留所 | ていりゅうじょ | bus or tram stop |
| デート | date,go on a date | |
| 敵 | てき | enemy,rival |
| 出来事 | できごと | incident,affair,happening,event |
| 適する | てきする | to fit,to suit |
| 適切 | てきせつ | pertinent,appropriate,adequate,relevance |
| 適度 | てきど | moderate |
| 適用 | てきよう | applying |
| できる | (可能。出現。発生) | to be able to,to be ready,to occur |
| 出来るだけ | できるだけ | if at all possible |
| できれば | ||
| 手品 | てじな | sleight of hand,conjuring trick,magic,juggling |
| ですから | therefore | |
| 鉄 | てつ | iron |
| 哲学 | てつがく | philosophy |
| 手伝い | てつだい | help,helper,assistant |
| 徹底 | てってい | thoroughness,completeness |
| 鉄道 | てつどう | railroad |
| 徹夜 | てつや | all night,all night vigil,sleepless night |
| では | では | chance of going out,opportunity (to succeed),moment of departure,beginning of work |
| 手間 | てま | time,labour |
| でも | でも | but,however |
| デモ | (abbr) demo,demonstration | |
| 典型 | てんけい | type,pattern,archetypal |
| 天候 | てんこう | weather |
| 電子 | でんし | electron |
| テント | tent | |
| 伝統 | でんとう | tradition,convention |
| 天然 | てんねん | nature,spontaneity |
| 度 | ど | counter for occurrences |
| 問い | とい | question,query |
| 党 | とう | party (political) |
| 塔 | とう | tower,pagoda |
| どう | (接。副) | child,servant,foolishness |
| 答案 | とうあん | examination paper,examination script |
| 同一 | どういつ | identity,sameness,similarity |
| どうか | copper coin | |
| 当時 | とうじ | at that time,in those days |
| 動詞 | どうし | verb |
| 同時 | どうじ | simultaneous(ly),concurrent,same time,synchronous |
| どうしても | by all means,at any cost,no matter what | |
| 到着 | とうちゃく | arrival |
| 道徳 | どうとく | morals |
| 投票 | とうひょう | voting,poll |
| 同様 | どうよう | identical,equal to,same (kind),like |
| 同僚 | どうりょう | coworker,colleague,associate |
| 道路 | どうろ | road,highway |
| 十 | とお | 10,ten |
| 通す | とおす | to let pass,to overlook,to continue |
| 通り | とおり | in accordance with ~,following ~,~ Street,~ Avenue |
| 通り過ぎる | とおりすぎる | to pass,to pass through |
| 都会 | とかい | city |
| 時 | とき | (1) time,hour,(2) occasion,moment |
| 解く | とく | to unfasten |
| 毒 | どく | poison,toxicant |
| 得意 | とくい | pride,triumph,prosperity |
| 読書 | どくしょ | reading |
| 独身 | どくしん | bachelorhood,single,unmarried,celibate |
| 特徴 | とくちょう | feature,characteristic |
| 独特 | どくとく | peculiarity,uniqueness,characteristic |
| 独立 | どくりつ | independence (e.g. Ind. Day),self-support |
| 解ける | とける | to come untied,to come apart |
| どこか | somewhere,anywhere | |
| ところが | however,while,even if | |
| ところで | by the way,even if,no matter what | |
| 登山 | とざん | mountain-climbing |
| 都市 | とし | town,city,municipal,urban |
| 年月 | としつき | months and years |
| 図書 | としょ | books |
| 年寄 | としより | old people,the aged |
| 閉じる | とじる | to close (e.g. book, eyes),to shut |
| 途端 | とたん | just (now, at the moment, etc.) |
| 土地 | とち | plot of land,lot,soil |
| 突然 | とつぜん | abruptly,suddenly,unexpectedly,all at once |
| トップ | top | |
| 届く | とどく | to reach |
| とにかく | anyhow,at any rate,anyway,somehow or other,generally speaking,in any case | |
| 飛ばす | とばす | to skip over,to omit |
| 飛び出す | とびだす | to jump out,to rush out,to fly out |
| 留める | とめる | to fasten,to turn off,to detain |
| 友 | とも | friend,companion,pal |
| 共に | ともに | sharing with,participate in |
| 土曜 | どよう | Saturday |
| 虎 | とら | tiger |
| ドライブ | drive,trip by car,driving | |
| トラック | (1) truck,(2) (running) track | |
| ドラマ | drama | |
| トランプ | playing cards (lit: trump) | |
| 取り上げる | とりあげる | to take up,to pick up,to disqualify,to confiscate,to deprive |
| 努力 | どりょく | great effort,exertion,endeavour,effort |
| どれ | どれ | well,now,let me see,which (of three or more) |
| ドレス | dress | |
| 取れる | とれる | to come off,to be taken off,to be removed |
| 泥 | どろ | mud |
| とん | (1000 | ton |
| とんでもない | unexpected,offensive,What a thing to say!,No way! | |
| どんな | what,what kind of | |
| どんなに | how,how much | |
| トンネル | tunnel | |
| 名 | な | name,reputation |
| 内容 | ないよう | subject,contents,matter,substance,detail,import |
| なお | straight,mischief,ordinary,common | |
| 仲 | なか | relation,relationship |
| 流す | ながす | to drain,to float,to shed (blood, tears),to cruise (e.g. taxi) |
| なかなか | very,considerably,easily | |
| 半ば | なかば | middle,half,semi,halfway,partly |
| 仲間 | なかま | company,fellow,colleague,associate |
| 眺め | ながめ | scene,view,prospect,outlook |
| 眺める | ながめる | to view,to gaze at |
| 流れ | ながれ | stream,current |
| 流れる | ながれる | to stream,to flow,to run (ink),to be washed away |
| 無し | なし | without |
| なぜなら | because | |
| 謎 | なぞ | riddle,puzzle,enigma |
| 納得 | なっとく | consent,assent,understanding |
| 等 | など | et cetera,etc.,and the like |
| 七 | なな | seven |
| 何 | なに | what |
| 何 | なん | what |
| 何か | なにか | something |
| なにも | nothing | |
| 鍋 | なべ | saucepan,pot |
| 生 | なま | (1) draft (beer),(2) raw,unprocessed |
| 怠ける | なまける | to be idle,to neglect |
| 波 | なみ | wave |
| 涙 | なみだ | tear |
| 悩む | なやむ | to be worried,to be troubled |
| 為る | なる | to change,to be of use,to reach to |
| 成る | なる | to become |
| 縄 | なわ | rope,hemp |
| 何で | なんで | Why?,What for? |
| 何でも | なんでも | by all means,everything |
| 何とか | なんとか | somehow,anyhow,one way or another |
| 似合う | にあう | to suit,to match,to become,to be like |
| 匂い | におい | odour,scent,smell,stench |
| 苦手 | にがて | poor (at),weak (in),dislike (of) |
| 握る | にぎる | to grasp,to seize,to mould sushi |
| 日 | にち | sun,sunshine,day |
| 日常 | にちじょう | ordinary,regular,everyday,usual |
| 日曜 | にちよう | Sunday |
| 日光 | にっこう | sunlight |
| 日中 | にっちゅう | daytime,broad daylight |
| にっこり | smile sweetly,smile,grin | |
| 日本 | にっぽん | Japan |
| 日本 | にほん | Japan |
| 入院 | にゅういん | hospitalization |
| 入学 | にゅうがく | entry to school or university,matriculation |
| 入場 | にゅうじょう | entrance,admission,entering |
| 人気 | にんき | sign of life |
| 人間 | にんげん | human being,man,person |
| 抜く | ぬく | to extract,to omit,to surpass,to draw out,to unplug |
| 抜ける | ぬける | to come out,to fall out,to be omitted |
| 布 | ぬの | cloth |
| 濡れる | ぬれる | to get wet |
| ね | (感) | value,price,cost,worth,merit |
| 根 | ね | root |
| 値 | ね | value,price,cost |
| 願い | ねがい | desire,wish,request |
| 願う | ねがう | to desire,to wish,to request |
| 鼠 | ねずみ | (1) mouse,rat,(2) dark gray,slate color |
| 値段 | ねだん | price,cost |
| 熱心 | ねっしん | zeal,enthusiasm |
| 熱帯 | ねったい | tropics |
| 熱中 | ねっちゅう | nuts!,enthusiasm,zeal,mania |
| 年間 | ねんかん | year |
| 年月 | ねんげつ | months and years |
| 年中 | ねんじゅう | whole year,always,everyday |
| 年代 | ねんだい | age,era,period,date |
| 年齢 | ねんれい | age,years |
| 野 | の | field |
| 能 | のう | being skilled in,nicely,properly |
| 農家 | のうか | farmer,farm family |
| 農業 | のうぎょう | agriculture |
| 農民 | のうみん | farmers,peasants |
| 能力 | のうりょく | ability,faculty |
| ノー | (no) | |
| 軒 | のき | eaves |
| 残す | のこす | to leave (behind, over),to bequeath,to save,to reserve |
| 残り | のこり | remnant,residue,remaining,left-over |
| 乗せる | のせる | to place on (something),to take on board,to give a ride |
| 除く | のぞく | to remove,to exclude,to except |
| 望み | のぞみ | wish,desire,(a) hope |
| 望む | のぞむ | to desire,to wish for,to see,to command (a view of) |
| 後 | のち | afterwards,since then,in the future |
| ノック | (1) knock,(2) fungo (baseball) | |
| 喉 | のど | throat |
| 伸ばす | のばす | to lengthen,to stretch,to reach out,to grow (beard) |
| 伸びる | のびる | to stretch,to extend,to make progress,to grow (beard, body height) |
| 述べる | のべる | to state,to express,to mention |
| 昇る | のぼる | to arise,to ascend,to go up |
| のんびり | carefree,at leisure | |
| 場 | ば | place,field (physics) |
| はあ | (感) | |
| パーセント | percent | |
| はい | (感) | wear,put on (sword) |
| 灰 | はい | ash |
| 梅雨 | ばいう | rainy season,rain during the rainy season |
| バイオリン | violin | |
| ハイキング | hiking | |
| 配達 | はいたつ | delivery,distribution |
| パイプ | (1) pipe,tube,(2) channels, official or otherwise | |
| 俳優 | はいゆう | actor,actress,player,performer |
| パイロット | pilot | |
| 墓 | はか | grave,tomb |
| 馬鹿 | ばか | fool,idiot,trivial matter,folly |
| 博士 | はかせ | doctorate,PhD |
| 計る | はかる | to measure,to weigh,to survey |
| 履く | はく | to wear,to put on (lower body) |
| 吐く | はく | (1) to breathe,(2) to tell (lies),(3) to vomit,to disgorge |
| 拍手 | はくしゅ | clapping hands,applause |
| 莫大 | ばくだい | enormous,vast |
| 爆発 | ばくはつ | explosion,detonation,eruption |
| 博物館 | はくぶつかん | museum |
| 激しい | はげしい | violent,vehement,intense |
| はさみ | scissors | |
| 破産 | はさん | (personal) bankruptcy |
| 端 | はし | end (e.g. of street),edge,tip,margin,point |
| 始まり | はじまり | origin,beginning |
| パス | path,pass (in games) | |
| 外す | はずす | to unfasten,to remove |
| パスポート | passport | |
| 旗 | はた | flag |
| 肌 | はだ | skin |
| 裸 | はだか | naked,nude |
| 畑 | はたけ | field |
| 二十 | はたち | 20 years old,20th year |
| 働き | はたらき | work,labor |
| バッグ | bag,bug | |
| 発見 | はっけん | discovery,detection,finding |
| 発行 | はっこう | issue (publications) |
| 発車 | はっしゃ | departure of a vehicle |
| 罰する | ばっする | to punish,to penalize |
| 発達 | はったつ | development,growth |
| ばったり | with a clash (thud),with a bang,plump,flop | |
| 発展 | はってん | development,growth |
| 発表 | はっぴょう | announcement,publication |
| 発明 | はつめい | invention |
| 話し合う | はなしあう | to discuss,to talk together |
| 離す | はなす | to part,divide,separate |
| 放す | はなす | to separate,to set free |
| 離れる | はなれる | to be separated from,to leave,to go away,to be a long way off |
| 羽 | はね | counter for birds,counter for rabbits |
| 幅 | はば | width,breadth |
| 母親 | ははおや | mother |
| 省く | はぶく | to omit,to eliminate,to curtail,to economize |
| 場面 | ばめん | scene,setting (e.g. of novel) |
| 腹 | はら | abdomen,belly,stomach |
| 原 | はら | field,plain,prairie,tundra,moor,wilderness |
| 針 | はり | needle,hand (e.g. clock) |
| 張る | はる | to stick,to paste |
| 番 | ばん | |
| バン | bun,van (caravan),VAN (value-added network) | |
| 範囲 | はんい | extent,scope,sphere,range |
| 反抗 | はんこう | opposition,resistance |
| 犯罪 | はんざい | crime |
| ハンサム | handsome | |
| 判断 | はんだん | judgement,decision |
| 犯人 | はんにん | offender,criminal |
| 販売 | はんばい | sale,selling,marketing |
| 灯 | ひ | light |
| ビール | beer | |
| 被害 | ひがい | damage |
| 比較 | ひかく | comparison |
| 轢く | ひく | to run somebody over (with vehicle),to knock someone down |
| ピクニック | picnic | |
| 悲劇 | ひげき | tragedy |
| 飛行 | ひこう | aviation |
| 膝 | ひざ | knee,lap |
| 非常 | ひじょう | emergency,extraordinary,unusual |
| 美人 | びじん | beautiful person (woman) |
| 額 | ひたい | forehead,brow |
| びっくり | be surprised,be amazed,be frightened,astonishment | |
| 日付 | ひづけ | date,dating |
| 必死 | ひっし | inevitable death,desperation,frantic,inevitable result |
| ぴったり | exactly,neatly,sharp | |
| 引っ張る | ひっぱる | (1) to pull,to draw,to stretch,to drag,(2) to pull the ball (baseball) |
| 否定 | ひてい | negation,denial,repudiation |
| ビデオ | video | |
| 一言 | ひとこと | single word |
| 人込み | ひとごみ | crowd of people |
| 等しい | ひとしい | equal |
| 独り | ひとり | alone,unmarried |
| 一人一人 | ひとりひとり | one by one,each,one at a time |
| 批判 | ひはん | criticism,judgement,comment |
| 批評 | ひひょう | criticism,review,commentary |
| 秘密 | ひみつ | secret,secrecy |
| 微妙 | びみょう | delicate,subtle |
| 紐 | ひも | (1) string,cord,(2) pimp |
| 費用 | ひよう | cost,expense |
| 表 | ひょう | table (e.g. Tab 1),chart,list |
| 秒 | びょう | second (60th min) |
| 評価 | ひょうか | valuation,estimation,assessment,evaluation |
| 表現 | ひょうげん | expression,presentation,representation (math) |
| 表情 | ひょうじょう | facial expression |
| 平等 | びょうどう | equality (a),impartiality,evenness |
| 評判 | ひょうばん | fame,reputation,popularity,arrant |
| 表面 | ひょうめん | surface,outside,face,appearance |
| 広がる | ひろがる | to spread (out),to extend,to stretch,to reach to,to get around |
| 品 | ひん | thing,article,goods,dignity,article (goods),counter for meal courses |
| 瓶 | びん | bottle |
| 便 | びん | way,means |
| ピン | pin | |
| 不 | ふ | un,non,negative prefix |
| 不 | ぶ | un,non,negative prefix |
| 無 | ぶ | nothing,naught,nil,zero |
| 分 | ぶ | dividing,part |
| 不安 | ふあん | anxiety,uneasiness,insecurity,suspense |
| 風景 | ふうけい | scenery |
| 夫婦 | ふうふ | married couple,husband and wife |
| 笛 | ふえ | flute,pipe |
| 不可 | ふか | wrong,bad,improper,unjustifiable,inadvisable |
| 武器 | ぶき | weapon,arms,ordinance |
| 服装 | ふくそう | garments |
| 含む | ふくむ | to hold in the mouth,to bear in mind |
| 袋 | ふくろ | bag,sack |
| 不幸 | ふこう | unhappiness,sorrow,misfortune,disaster,accident,death |
| 節 | ふし | tune,tone,knot,knob,point |
| 無事 | ぶじ | safety,peace,quietness |
| 不思議 | ふしぎ | mystery,curiosity |
| 不自由 | ふじゆう | discomfort,disability,inconvenience,destitution |
| 夫人 | ふじん | wife,Mrs,madam |
| 婦人 | ふじん | woman,female |
| 不正 | ふせい | injustice,unfairness |
| 防ぐ | ふせぐ | to defend (against),to protect,to prevent |
| 不足 | ふそく | insufficiency,shortage,deficiency,lack,dearth |
| 舞台 | ぶたい | stage (theatre) |
| 双子 | ふたご | twins,a twin |
| 再び | ふたたび | again,once more,a second time |
| 普段 | ふだん | usually,habitually,ordinarily,always |
| 縁 | ふち | a means, e.g. of living |
| 打つ | ぶつ | to hit,to strike |
| 物価 | ぶっか | prices of commodities,prices (in general) |
| 物質 | ぶっしつ | material,substance |
| 物理 | ぶつり | physics |
| 筆 | ふで | writing brush |
| ふと | (副) | suddenly,casually,accidentally,incidentally,unexpectedly,unintentionally |
| 船 | ふね | ship,boat,watercraft,shipping,vessel,steamship |
| 部分 | ぶぶん | portion,section,part |
| 不平 | ふへい | complaint,discontent,dissatisfaction |
| 不満 | ふまん | dissatisfaction,displeasure,discontent,complaints,unhappiness |
| プラス | plus | |
| プラン | plan | |
| 不利 | ふり | disadvantage,handicap,unfavorable,drawback |
| 振る | ふる | (1) to wave,to shake,to swing,(2) to sprinkle,(3) to cast (actor),to allocate (work) |
| 震える | ふるえる | to shiver,to shake,to quake |
| ブレーキ | a brake | |
| 触れる | ふれる | to touch,to be touched,to touch on a subject,to feel,to violate (law, copyright, etc.),to perceive,t |
| 風呂 | ふろ | bath |
| プロ | professional | |
| 分 | ぶん | dividing,part,segment |
| 文 | ぶん | sentence |
| 雰囲気 | ふんいき | atmosphere (e.g. musical),mood,ambience |
| 分析 | ぶんせき | analysis |
| 文明 | ぶんめい | civilization,culture |
| 分野 | ぶんや | field,sphere,realm,division,branch |
| 塀 | へい | wall,fence |
| 平均 | へいきん | equilibrium,balance,average,mean |
| 平和 | へいわ | peace,harmony |
| 別に | べつに | (not) particularly,nothing |
| 減らす | へらす | to abate,to decrease,to diminish,to shorten |
| 減る | へる | to decrease (in size or number),to diminish,to abate |
| ベルト | Belt for western clothes | |
| 変化 | へんか | goblin,ghost,apparition,bugbear |
| ペンキ | (n) paint (nl: pek) | |
| 勉強 | べんきょう | study,diligence,discount,reduction |
| 変更 | へんこう | change,modification,alteration |
| ベンチ | bench | |
| 弁当 | べんとう | box lunch |
| 方 | ほう | side |
| 法 | ほう | Act (law: the X Act) |
| 棒 | ぼう | pole,rod,stick |
| 冒険 | ぼうけん | risk,venture,adventure |
| 方向 | ほうこう | direction,course,way |
| 報告 | ほうこく | report,information |
| 宝石 | ほうせき | gem,jewel |
| 放送 | ほうそう | broadcast,broadcasting |
| 豊富 | ほうふ | abundance,wealth,plenty,bounty |
| 方法 | ほうほう | method,manner,way,means,technique |
| 方々 | ほうぼう | persons,this and that,here and there,everywhere |
| 訪問 | ほうもん | call,visit |
| 吠える | ほえる | to bark,to bay,to howl,to bellow,to roar,to cry |
| ボーイ | boy | |
| ボート | rowing boat | |
| ホーム | (1) platform,(2) home | |
| ボール | ball,bowl | |
| 他 | ほか | other (esp. places and things) |
| 外 | ほか | other place,the rest |
| 誇り | ほこり | pride |
| 埃 | ほこり | dust |
| 保証 | ほしょう | guarantee,security,assurance,pledge,warranty |
| 保存 | ほぞん | preservation,conservation,storage,maintenance |
| 程 | ほど | degree,extent,bounds,limit |
| 歩道 | ほどう | footpath,walkway,sidewalk |
| 仏 | ほとけ | Buddha,merciful person,Buddhist image,the dead |
| 骨 | ほね | bone |
| 炎 | ほのお | flame |
| 頬 | ほほ | cheek (of face) |
| 頬 | ほお | cheek (of face) |
| ほぼ | almost,roughly,approximately | |
| 微笑む | ほほえむ | to smile |
| 褒める | ほめる | to praise,to admire,to speak well |
| 濠 | ほり | moat |
| 本当 | ほんと | truth,reality |
| 本当 | ほんとう | truth,reality |
| 本人 | ほんにん | the person himself |
| 本物 | ほんもの | genuine article |
| ぼんやり | absent-minded,block-head,dim,faint,vague | |
| 間 | ま | space,room,time,pause |
| まあ | (female) you might say | |
| マーケット | market | |
| マイク | mike | |
| 迷子 | まいご | lost (stray) child |
| 任せる | まかせる | to entrust to another,to leave to |
| 幕 | まく | curtain,bunting,act (in play) |
| 負け | まけ | defeat,loss,losing (a game) |
| 孫 | まご | grandchild |
| まさか | by no means | |
| まさに | correctly,surely | |
| 真面目 | まじめ | diligent,serious,honest |
| 増す | ます | to increase,to grow |
| 先ず | まず | first (of all),to start with,about,almost,hardly (with neg. verb) |
| 貧しい | まずしい | poor,needy |
| マスター | proprietor,manager,barowner,master (e.g. arts, science) | |
| ますます | increasingly,more and more | |
| 又 | また | again,and |
| 未だ | まだ | yet,still,more,besides |
| 街 | まち | (1) town,(2) street,road |
| 間違い | まちがい | mistake |
| 松 | まつ | (1) pine tree,(2) highest (of a three-tier ranking system) |
| 真っ赤 | まっか | deep red,flushed (of face) |
| 真っ直ぐ | まっすぐ | straight (ahead),direct,upright |
| 全く | まったく | really,truly,entirely,completely |
| 祭 | まつり | festival,feast |
| 学ぶ | まなぶ | to study (in depth),to learn,to take lessons in |
| 真似 | まね | mimicry,imitation,behavior,pretense |
| 招く | まねく | to invite |
| ママ | Mama | |
| 豆 | まめ | beans,peas |
| 守る | まもる | to protect,to obey,to guard,to abide (by the rules) |
| 丸 | まる | circle,full (month),perfection,purity,suffix for ship names |
| 円 | まる | circle,money |
| 丸い | まるい | round,circular,spherical |
| まるで | quite,entirely,completely | |
| 回す | まわす | to turn,to revolve |
| 回り | まわり | circumference,surroundings,circulation |
| 万一 | まんいち | by some chance,by some possibility,if by any chance,10E4:1 odds |
| 満足 | まんぞく | satisfaction |
| 身 | み | body,main part,oneself,sword |
| 実 | み | fruit,nut,seed,content,good result |
| 見送り | みおくり | seeing one off,farewell,escort |
| 味方 | みかた | friend,ally,supporter |
| 見事 | みごと | splendid,magnificent,beautiful,admirable |
| ミス | miss (mistake, error, failure),Miss | |
| 満ちる | みちる | to be full,to rise (tide),to mature,to expire |
| 密 | みつ | |
| 認める | みとめる | to recognize,to appreciate,to approve,to admit,to notice |
| 皆 | みんな | all,everyone,everybody |
| 見舞い | みまい | enquiry,expression of sympathy,expression of concern |
| 土産 | みやげ | present,souvenir |
| 都 | みやこ | capital |
| 妙 | みょう | strange,unusual |
| 明後日 | みょうごにち | day after tomorrow |
| 未来 | みらい | future (life, tense) |
| 魅力 | みりょく | charm,fascination,glamour |
| 見る | みる | to see,to watch |
| ミルク | milk | |
| 無 | む | nothing,naught,nil,zero |
| 向かい | むかい | facing,opposite,across the street,other side |
| 迎え | むかえ | meeting,person sent to pick up an arrival |
| 向く | むく | to face |
| 向ける | むける | to turn towards,to point |
| 無視 | むし | disregard,ignore |
| 虫歯 | むしば | cavity,tooth decay,decayed tooth,caries |
| 寧ろ | むしろ | rather,better,instead |
| 結ぶ | むすぶ | to tie,to bind,to link |
| 無駄 | むだ | futility,uselessness |
| 夢中 | むちゅう | daze,(in a) trance,ecstasy,delirium,engrossment |
| 胸 | むね | breast,chest |
| 無料 | むりょう | free,no charge |
| 芽 | め | sprout |
| 明確 | めいかく | clear up,clarify,define |
| 命じる | めいじる | to order,to command,to appoint |
| 名人 | めいじん | master,expert |
| 命令 | めいれい | order,command,decree,directive,(software) instruction |
| 迷惑 | めいわく | trouble,bother,annoyance |
| 飯 | めし | (sl) meals,food |
| 滅多に | めったに | rarely (with neg. verb),seldom |
| メモ | memorandum | |
| 面 | めん | face,mug,surface,facial features,mask,face guard,side or facet,corner,page |
| 綿 | めん | cotton,padding |
| 免許 | めんきょ | license,permit,licence,certificate |
| 面倒 | めんどう | trouble,difficulty,care,attention |
| メンバー | member | |
| 申し込む | もうしこむ | to apply for,to make an application |
| 申し訳 | もうしわけ | apology,excuse |
| 毛布 | もうふ | blanket |
| 燃える | もえる | to burn |
| 目的 | もくてき | purpose,goal,aim,objective,intention |
| 目標 | もくひょう | mark,objective,target |
| 木曜 | もくよう | Thursday |
| 文字 | もじ | letter (of alphabet),character |
| 文字 | もんじ | letter (of alphabet),character |
| もしも | if | |
| 持ち上げる | もちあげる | to raise,to lift up,to flatter |
| 用いる | もちいる | to use,to make use of |
| 勿論 | もちろん | of course,certainly,naturally |
| 最も | もっとも | most,extremely |
| 尤も | もっとも | quite right,plausible,natural,but then,although |
| 元 | もと | (1) origin,original,(2) former |
| 基 | もと | basis |
| 素 | もと | prime |
| 戻す | もどす | to restore,to put back,to return |
| 基づく | もとづく | to be grounded on,to be based on,to be due to,to originate from |
| 求める | もとめる | to seek,to request,to demand,to want,to wish for,to search for,to pursue (pleasure),to hunt (a job), |
| 者 | もの | person |
| 物音 | ものおと | sounds |
| 物語 | ものがたり | tale,story,legend |
| 物事 | ものごと | things,everything |
| 模様 | もよう | pattern,figure,design |
| 貰う | もらう | to receive |
| 文句 | もんく | phrase,complaint |
| やがて | before long,soon,at length | |
| 役 | やく | use,service,role,position |
| 約 | やく | approximately,about,some |
| 訳 | やく | meaning,reason,circumstances,can be deduced,situation |
| 役割 | やくわり | part,assigning (allotment of) parts,role,duties |
| 家賃 | やちん | rent |
| 厄介 | やっかい | trouble,burden,care,bother |
| 宿 | やど | inn,lodging |
| 雇う | やとう | to employ,to hire |
| 屋根 | やね | roof |
| やはり | also,as I thought,still,in spite of,absolutely,of course | |
| 破る | やぶる | to tear,to violate,to defeat,to smash,to destroy |
| 辞める | やめる | to retire |
| やや | a little,partially,somewhat,a short time,a while | |
| 唯一 | ゆいいつ | only,sole,unique |
| 勇気 | ゆうき | courage,bravery,valour,nerve,boldness |
| 有効 | ゆうこう | validity,availability,effectiveness |
| 優秀 | ゆうしゅう | superiority,excellence |
| 優勝 | ゆうしょう | overall victory,championship |
| 友情 | ゆうじょう | friendship,fellowship |
| 友人 | ゆうじん | friend |
| 有能 | ゆうのう | able,capable,efficient,skill |
| 郵便 | ゆうびん | mail,postal service |
| 夕べ | ゆうべ | evening |
| ユーモア | humor | |
| 有利 | ゆうり | advantageous,better,profitable,lucrative |
| 床 | ゆか | floor |
| 愉快 | ゆかい | pleasant,happy |
| 輸出 | ゆしゅつ | export |
| 譲る | ゆずる | to turn over,to assign,to hand over |
| 豊か | ゆたか | abundant,wealthy,plentiful,rich |
| ゆっくり | slowly,at ease | |
| 輸入 | ゆにゅう | importation,import,introduction |
| 許す | ゆるす | to permit,to allow,to approve |
| 夜 | よ | evening,night |
| 夜明け | よあけ | dawn,daybreak |
| 様 | よう | way,manner,kind |
| 酔う | よう | to get drunk,to become intoxicated |
| 容易 | ようい | easy,simple,plain |
| 陽気 | ようき | season,weather,cheerfulness |
| 要求 | ようきゅう | request,demand,requisition |
| 用心 | ようじん | care,precaution,guarding,caution |
| 様子 | ようす | aspect,state,appearance |
| 要するに | ようするに | in a word,after all,the point is ..,in short .. |
| 要素 | ようそ | element |
| 要点 | ようてん | gist,main point |
| 曜日 | ようび | day of the week |
| ヨーロッパ | Europe | |
| 予期 | よき | expectation,assume will happen,forecast |
| 横切る | よこぎる | to cross (e.g. arms),to traverse |
| 予算 | よさん | estimate,budget |
| 止す | よす | to cease,to abolish,to resign,to give up |
| 予測 | よそく | prediction,estimation |
| ヨット | yacht | |
| 夜中 | よなか | midnight,dead of night |
| 世の中 | よのなか | society,the world,the times |
| 余分 | よぶん | extra,excess,surplus |
| 予報 | よほう | forecast,prediction |
| 予防 | よぼう | prevention,precaution,protection against |
| 読み | よみ | reading |
| 嫁 | よめ | bride,daughter-in-law |
| 余裕 | よゆう | surplus,composure,margin,room,time,allowance,scope,rope |
| より | twist,ply | |
| よると | according to | |
| 喜び | よろこび | (a) joy,(a) delight,rapture,pleasure,gratification,rejoicing,congratulations,felicitations |
| 宜しい | よろしい | (hon) good,OK,all right,fine,very well,will do,may,can |
| よろしく | (感) | well,properly,suitably,best regards,please remember me |
| 四 | よん | four |
| 来 | らい | ,for (10 days),next (year) |
| ライター | lighter,rider,writer | |
| 楽 | らく | comfort,ease |
| ラケット | paddle,racket | |
| 利益 | りえき | profits,gains,(political, economic) interest |
| 理解 | りかい | understanding,comprehension |
| 陸 | りく | six (used in legal documents) |
| 利口 | りこう | clever,shrewd,bright,sharp,wise,intelligent |
| 離婚 | りこん | divorce |
| 理想 | りそう | ideal |
| 率 | りつ | rate,ratio,proportion,percentage |
| 立派 | りっぱ | splendid,fine,handsome,elegant,imposing,prominent,legal,legitimate |
| 留学 | りゅうがく | studying abroad |
| 流行 | りゅうこう | fashionable,fad,in vogue,prevailing |
| 量 | りょう | quantity,amount,volume,portion (of food) |
| 両替 | りょうがえ | change,money exchange |
| 料金 | りょうきん | fee,charge,fare |
| 例 | れい | instance,example,case |
| 礼 | れい | expression of gratitude |
| 礼儀 | れいぎ | manners,courtesy,etiquette |
| 冷静 | れいせい | calm,composure,coolness,serenity |
| 列 | れつ | queue,line,row |
| 列車 | れっしゃ | train (ordinary) |
| レポート | report,paper | |
| 練習 | れんしゅう | practice |
| 連想 | れんそう | association (of ideas),suggestion |
| 連続 | れんぞく | serial,consecutive,continuity,continuing |
| 老人 | ろうじん | the aged,old person |
| 労働 | ろうどう | manual labor,toil,work |
| ロケット | locket,rocket | |
| 論じる | ろんじる | to argue,to discuss,to debate |
| 論争 | ろんそう | controversy,dispute |
| 論文 | ろんぶん | thesis,essay,treatise,paper |
| 輪 | わ | ring,hoop,circle |
| ワイン | wine | |
| わがまま | selfishness,egoism,wilfulness,disobedience,whim | |
| 別れ | わかれ | parting,separation,farewell |
| 脇 | わき | side |
| 分ける | わける | to divide,to separate |
| わざと | on purpose | |
| 僅か | わずか | only,merely,a little,small quantity |
| 綿 | わた | cotton,padding |
| 話題 | わだい | topic,subject |
| 笑い | わらい | laugh,laughter,smile |
| 割る | わる | to divide,to cut,to break,to halve |
| 悪口 | わるくち | abuse,insult,slander,evil speaking |
| 我々 | われわれ | we |
| 湾 | わん | bay,gulf,inlet |