This appendix is broken into sections corresponding to the ten columns of the gojūon kana ordering system. There a total of 1646 words.
あ行
edit| Kanji | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 愛 | あい | [1] love; affection; care [2] attachment; craving; desire [3] agape |
| 愛情 | あいじょう | [1] love; affection |
| アイスクリーム | [1] ice cream; icecream | |
| 愛する | あいする | [1] to love |
| 合図 | あいず | [1] sign; signal; cue |
| 相手 | あいて | [1] companion; partner; company [2] other party; addressee; counterparty [3] opponent (sports, etc.) |
| 生憎 | あいにく | [1] unfortunately; sorry, but ... |
| アイロン | [1] iron (for pressing clothes) [2] hair iron; hair tong; curling tong | |
| ＯＵＴ (ＯＵＴ) | アウト | [1] out (of a ball; in tennis, etc.); outside the line [2] out; putout [3] outer; external; outside |
| 明かり | あかり | [1] light; glow; gleam [2] (a) light; lights; lamp [3] proof (of innocence) |
| 空き | あき | [1] space; room; gap; emptiness [2] vacancy; opening; empty seat [3] free time; time to spare |
| 明らか | あきらか | [1] clear; obvious; evident; plain; definite [2] bright; light |
| 諦める | あきらめる | [1] to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to) |
| 飽きる | あきる | [1] to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to grow weary of; to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become bored with [2] to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill |
| 握手 | あくしゅ | [1] handshake [2] reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation |
| 悪魔 | あくま | [1] devil; demon; fiend [2] Satan; the Devil [3] Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment |
| 預ける | あずける | [1] to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to place (in someone's custody); to entrust (someone) with; to deposit [2] to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to let (someone) decide [3] to lean on; to put one's weight on |
| 汗 | あせ | [1] sweat; perspiration [2] moisture; condensation [3] gulp; oops |
| 値 | あたい | [1] price; cost [2] value; worth; merit [3] value |
| 与える | あたえる | [1] to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award [2] to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply [3] to assign |
| 辺り | あたり | [1] (in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearby; surroundings [2] around; about; or thereabouts [3] for instance; say; such as |
| 当たる | あたる | [10] to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.); to be afflicted [11] to be called on (e.g. by a teacher) [12] to treat (esp. harshly); to lash out at |
| 彼方此方 | あちこち | [1] here and there; various places; all around; all over; everywhere; throughout [2] muddled; confused; in the wrong order; back to front |
| 扱う | あつかう | [1] to deal with (a person); to treat; to handle; to take care of; to entertain [2] to deal with (a problem); to handle; to manage [3] to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to work |
| 集まり | あつまり | [1] gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance |
| 当てる | あてる | [1] to hit [2] to expose [3] to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to put against; to hold on; to hold against |
| 跡 | あと | [1] trace; tracks; mark; sign [2] site; remains; ruins [3] scar |
| 穴 | あな | [10] hiding place; hideout [1] hole; opening; orifice; perforation [2] pit; hollow; cavity; hole (e.g. in the ground) |
| 油 | あぶら | [1] oil |
| 誤り | あやまり | [1] error; mistake; slip; bug |
| 粗い | あらい | [1] coarse; rough |
| 嵐 | あらし | [1] storm; tempest [2] uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest); winds (e.g. of change) [3] pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu |
| 新た | あらた | [1] new; fresh; novel |
| 凡ゆる | あらゆる | [1] all; every |
| 表す | あらわす | [1] to represent; to signify; to stand for [2] to reveal; to show; to display [3] to express |
| 現れ | あらわれ | [1] embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication |
| 現れる | あらわれる | [1] to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize; to materialise [2] to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects) |
| 有難う | ありがとう | [1] thank you; thanks |
| 或る | ある | [1] a certain ...; some ... |
| 或いは | あるい | [1] or; either ... or [2] maybe; perhaps; possibly [3] some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ... |
| アルバム | [1] album | |
| 泡 | あわ | [1] bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer) |
| 合わせる | あわせる | [1] to match (rhythm, speed, etc.) [2] to join together; to unite; to combine; to add up [3] to face; to be opposite (someone) |
| 哀れ | あわれ | [1] pity; sorrow; grief; misery; compassion; pathos [2] pitiable; pitiful; pathetic; miserable [3] alack; alas |
| 案 | あん | [1] idea; plan; proposal; suggestion; (government) bill [2] draft; rough copy [3] expectation |
| 暗記 | あんき | [1] memorization; memorisation; learning by heart |
| 安定 | あんてい | [1] stability; steadiness; consistency; equilibrium; balance; composure [2] stable |
| 案内 | あんない | [1] guidance; leading (the way); showing around [2] information; notice; notification [3] announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival |
| あんなに | [1] to that extent; to that degree; so much; so | |
| 胃 | い | [1] stomach [2] Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) |
| 委員 | いいん | [1] committee member |
| 意外 | いがい | [1] unexpected; surprising |
| 息 | いき | [1] breath; breathing [2] concord; harmony; rapport [3] steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor; vapour |
| 行き | いき | [1] the way there; outbound leg; outbound trip; departing leg [2] bound for ... [3] outbound ticket |
| 勢い | いきおい | [1] force; vigor; vigour; energy; spirit; life [2] influence; authority; power; might [3] impetus; momentum; course (of events) |
| 生き物 | いきもの | [1] living thing; living creature; animal; life |
| いけない | [1] bad; wrong; naughty [2] must not (do, be); should not; ought not to [3] useless; no good; bad | |
| 意志 | いし | [1] will; volition; intention; intent; determination |
| 医師 | いし | [1] doctor; physician |
| 意思 | いし | [1] intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do) |
| 意識 | いしき | [1] consciousness [2] becoming aware (of); awareness; sense [3] mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information) |
| 維持 | いじ | [1] maintenance; preservation; improvement |
| 異常 | いじょう | [1] abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon |
| 泉 | いずみ | [1] spring; fountain |
| 何れ | いずれ | [1] which; where; who [2] all; both [3] anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case |
| 以前 | いぜん | [1] before; prior to; ago [2] the past; before; previously; former times |
| 板 | いた | [1] board; plank [2] sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); pane; slab [3] cutting board; chopping board |
| 悪戯 | いたずら | [1] mischief; prank; trick; practical joke [2] mischievous; naughty [3] pastime; hobby |
| 頂きます | いただきます | [1] thank you (for the meal just served); I receive (this meal) |
| 頂く | いただく | [1] to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy [2] to eat; to drink [3] to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head); to have (on top) |
| 痛み | いたみ | [1] pain; ache; soreness; grief; distress [2] damage; injury; wear; bruise; break |
| 至る | いたる | [1] to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to attain [2] to lead to (a place); to get to [3] in the extreme case of |
| 偉大 | いだい | [1] great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty |
| 抱く | いだく | [1] to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug [2] to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.); to harbor; to bear (a grudge, ill will, etc.); to entertain (hope, illusions, etc.); to cherish (e.g. an ambition) |
| 位置 | いち | [1] place; position; location [2] position; standing; status; situation |
| 市 | いち | [1] market; fair |
| 一時 | いちじ | [1] one o'clock [2] once; at one time; formerly; before [3] for a time; for a while; for the time being; for the moment; temporarily |
| 一度に | いちどに | [1] all at once |
| 市場 | いちば | [1] (town) market; (street) market; marketplace |
| 一家 | いっか | [1] a family; a household; a home; one's family; whole family [2] (one's own) style; school [3] gang; (yakuza) family |
| 一種 | いっしゅ | [1] a kind; a sort; a variety; a species [2] of sorts; something of a; a sort of [3] sort of; somewhat |
| 一瞬 | いっしゅん | [1] instant; moment; for an instant |
| 一生 | いっしょう | [1] whole life; a lifetime; all through life; one existence; a generation; an age; the whole world; the era [2] (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life |
| 一層 | いっそう | [1] even more; still more; all the more; more than ever [2] one layer [3] lowest floor (of a building) |
| 一体 | いったい | [1] (what) the heck; (why) in the world; (who) on earth [2] one object; one body; unity [3] one form; one style |
| 一致 | いっち | [1] agreement; accord; correspondence; consistency; coincidence; match [2] union; unity; cooperation [3] Icchi |
| 一般 | いっぱん | [1] general; universal [2] ordinary; average; common; non-celebrity [3] the same; no different; (just) as if |
| 一方 | いっぽう | [1] one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party [2] on the one hand; on the other hand [3] whereas; although; but at the same time; meanwhile; in turn |
| 何時か | いつか | [1] sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course; in time |
| 何時でも | いつでも | [1] always; all the time; at all times [2] (at) any time; whenever (you like) |
| 何時までも | いつまでも | [1] forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly; for a long time |
| 従兄弟 | いとこ | [1] cousin (male) |
| 移動 | いどう | [1] movement; transfer; migration; removal; travel [2] mobile; moving; traveling; travelling; roving |
| 稲 | いね | [1] rice plant (Oryza sativa) |
| 居眠り | いねむり | [1] nodding off (while sitting); dozing |
| 命 | いのち | [1] life; life force [2] lifetime; lifespan [3] most important thing; foundation; core |
| 違反 | いはん | [1] violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement; contravention |
| 衣服 | いふく | [1] clothes |
| 居間 | いま | [1] living room (Western style); sitting room |
| 今に | いまに | [1] before long; even now |
| 今にも | いまにも | [1] at any moment (now); at any minute; on the verge of (doing); just about to |
| 以来 | いらい | [1] since; henceforth |
| 依頼 | いらい | [1] request; commission; entrusting (with a matter) [2] dependence; reliance |
| 苛々 | いらいら | [1] to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience |
| いらっしゃい | [1] come; go; stay [2] welcome | |
| 医療 | いりょう | [1] medical treatment; medical care |
| 祝い | いわい | [1] congratulation; congratulations; celebration; festival [2] congratulatory gift; present |
| 祝う | いわう | [1] to celebrate; to congratulate; to observe (a festival) [2] to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration [3] to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for |
| 言わば | いわば | [1] so to speak; so to call it; as it were |
| 所謂 | いわゆる | [1] what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called |
| インク | [1] ink | |
| 印刷 | いんさつ | [1] printing |
| 印象 | いんしょう | [1] impression |
| 引退 | いんたい | [1] retirement |
| 引用 | いんよう | [1] quotation; citation; reference |
| ウイスキー | [1] whisky; whiskey | |
| 伺う | うかがう | [1] to call on someone; to call at a place; to pay a visit; to wait on someone [2] to ask; to inquire [3] to hear; to be told |
| 嗽 | うがい | [1] gargling; rinsing one's mouth |
| 受け取る | うけとる | [1] to receive; to get; to accept [2] to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand |
| 動かす | うごかす | [1] to move; to shift; to stir; to budge; to change position [2] to inspire; to rouse; to move (e.g. feeling); to influence [3] to change; to alter; to deny |
| 兎 | うさぎ | [1] rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids) |
| 牛 | うし | [1] cattle (Bos taurus); cow; bull; ox; calf [2] beef [3] Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) |
| 失う | うしなう | [1] to lose [2] to miss (a chance, opportunity) [3] to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of |
| 嘘 | うそ | [1] lie; fib; falsehood; untruth [2] mistake; error [3] unwise move; bad decision |
| 疑う | うたがう | [1] to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect |
| 宇宙 | うちゅう | [1] universe; cosmos; space |
| 訴える | うったえる | [1] to raise; to bring to (someone's attention) [2] to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to play on (one's sympathies) [3] to complain |
| 撃つ | うつ | [1] to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire |
| 移す | うつす | [1] to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to swap; to substitute [2] to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.) [3] to divert (one's attention) to |
| 唸る | うなる | [1] to groan; to moan [2] to roar; to howl; to growl [3] to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to whiz; to sough; to make a low, dull sound |
| 奪う | うばう | [1] to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to steal; to rob (someone) of; to dispossess of; to deprive of; to usurp [2] to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate; to charm; to dazzle |
| 馬 | うま | [1] horse [2] horse racing [3] promoted bishop |
| 上手い | うまい | [1] skillful; skilful; skilled; good; expert; clever (expression, trick, etc.); apt; appropriate [2] delicious; tasty; good; nice [3] good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable; promising; lucky; fortunate; successful; satisfactory; splendid |
| 生まれ | うまれ | [1] birth; birthplace [2] born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.) |
| 梅 | うめ | [1] Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; Chinese plum [2] lowest (of a three-tier ranking system) |
| 裏切る | うらぎる | [1] to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to go back on; to be unfaithful (to) [2] to disappoint; to let down |
| 得る | うる | [1] to be able to ...; can ... [2] to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain |
| 嬉しい | うれしい | [1] happy; glad; pleased; delighted; overjoyed [2] joyful; delightful; gratifying; pleasant |
| 売れる | うれる | [1] to sell (well) [2] to be well known; to be popular; to be famous |
| 噂 | うわさ | [1] rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk |
| 運 | うん | [1] fortune; luck; chance |
| 運転 | うんてん | [1] operation (of a machine); running; working [2] driving (a vehicle) [3] use (of capital, funds, etc.); management; investment |
| 運動 | うんどう | [1] exercise; physical training; workout; sports; athletics [2] appeal; campaign; drive; crusade; movement; lobbying [3] motion; movement |
| 柄 | え | [1] handle; grip [2] stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.) |
| 永遠 | えいえん | [1] eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality |
| 永久 | えいきゅう | [1] eternity; permanence; perpetuity [2] Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3) |
| 影響 | えいきょう | [1] influence; effect; impact |
| 営業 | えいぎょう | [1] business; trade; operations [2] sales |
| 衛星 | えいせい | [1] (natural) satellite; moon [2] (artificial) satellite |
| 栄養 | えいよう | [1] nutrition; nourishment |
| 笑顔 | えがお | [1] smiling face; smile |
| 描く | えがく | [1] to draw; to paint; to sketch [2] to depict; to describe [3] to picture in one's mind; to imagine |
| 餌 | えさ | [1] (animal) feed; fodder; pet food [2] bait; lure; enticement |
| エネルギー | [1] energy [2] energy; strength; power; stamina; get-up-and-go [3] energy source; energy resource | |
| 得る | える | [1] to get; to earn; to acquire; to procure; to gain; to secure; to attain; to obtain; to win [2] to understand; to comprehend [3] to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill) |
| 円 | えん | [1] yen (Japanese monetary unit) [2] circle |
| 縁 | えん | [1] fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together) [2] relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; link; connection [3] family ties; affinity |
| 演技 | えんぎ | [1] acting; performance |
| 援助 | えんじょ | [1] assistance; aid; support |
| エンジン | [1] engine | |
| 演説 | えんぜつ | [1] speech; address |
| 演奏 | えんそう | [1] musical performance |
| 老い | おい | [1] old age; old person; the old; the aged |
| 追いつく | おいつく | [1] to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to reach [2] to be compensated; to make up for one's losses |
| 王 | おう | [1] king; ruler; sovereign; monarch [2] tycoon; magnate; champion; master [3] king (of the senior player) |
| 追う | おう | [1] to chase; to run after; to pursue; to follow after [2] to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.) [3] to drive out; to get rid of; to oust; to expel |
| 王様 | おうさま | [1] king |
| 王子 | おうじ | [1] prince [2] subordinate Kumano shrine |
| 応じる | おうじる | [1] to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for |
| 横断 | おうだん | [1] crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); cutting across; intersecting (e.g. a railway track) [2] crossing (east-west); traversing; travelling across; flying across (e.g. the Pacific); sailing across [3] cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally |
| 終える | おえる | [1] to finish [2] to graduate |
| 大いに | おおいに | [1] very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly; a great deal; a lot; to one's heart's content |
| 覆う | おおう | [1] to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise |
| 大家 | おおや | [1] landlord; landlady |
| 丘 | おか | [1] hill; height; knoll; rising ground [2] bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game |
| 沖 | おき | [1] open sea [2] Okinawa |
| 奥 | おく | [1] inner part; interior; back (of a drawer, one's throat, etc.); depths (e.g. of a forest); recesses (e.g. of a cave); heart; end (of a road, garden, etc.) [2] living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room [3] recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart); behind (someone's words); mysteries (of an art) |
| 贈る | おくる | [1] to give (as a gift); to present [2] to confer; to bestow; to award |
| 起こる | おこる | [1] to occur; to happen |
| 幼い | おさない | [1] very young; little [2] childish; immature |
| 収める | おさめる | [1] to put (into); to put away (in); to put back (in); to keep (in); to store (in); to restore (to its place) [2] to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to publish (in); to capture (on film) [3] to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to get; to gain; to win; to make (a profit) |
| お喋り | おしゃべり | [1] chattering; talk; idle talk; chat; chitchat; gossip [2] chatty; talkative; chatterbox; blabbermouth |
| 汚染 | おせん | [1] pollution; contamination |
| 恐らく | おそらく | [1] probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid |
| 恐れる | おそれる | [1] to fear; to be afraid of |
| 恐ろしい | おそろしい | [1] terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening [2] surprising; startling; tremendous; amazing |
| お互い | おたがい | [1] each other; one another |
| 穏やか | おだやか | [1] calm; quiet; gentle; peaceful; mild [2] moderate; reasonable; amicable |
| 男の人 | おとこのひと | [1] man |
| 劣る | おとる | [1] to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind |
| 鬼 | おに | [1] ogre; demon; oni [2] spirit of a deceased person [3] ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.) |
| お昼 | おひる | [1] lunch [2] noon; midday [3] daytime |
| 帯 | おび | [1] obi (kimono sash) [2] obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product) [3] band; belt; strip |
| オフィス | [1] office | |
| 溺れる | おぼれる | [1] to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown [2] to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted; to wallow in |
| お前 | おまえ | [1] you [2] before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of |
| 御目出度う | おめでと | [1] congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best! |
| 思い出 | おもいで | [1] memories; recollections; reminiscence |
| 主に | おもに | [1] mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly |
| 思わず | おもわず | [1] unconsciously; involuntarily; instinctively; reflexively; spontaneously; unintentionally; in spite of oneself |
| 泳ぎ | およぎ | [1] swimming |
| 凡そ | およそ | [1] about; roughly; approximately [2] generally; on the whole; as a rule [3] completely; quite; entirely; altogether; totally; not at all (with neg. verb) |
| 及ぼす | およぼす | [1] to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend; to have an effect (on) |
| 居る | おる | [1] to be (animate); to be; to exist [2] to be ...-ing [3] to (have the audacity to) do |
| 下ろす | おろす | [1] to take down; to bring down; to lower (a hand, flag, shutter, etc.); to drop (an anchor, curtain, etc.); to let down (hair); to launch (a boat) [2] to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to unload (goods, a truck, etc.); to offload; to discharge [3] to withdraw (money) |
| 恩 | おん | [1] favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude |
| 温暖 | おんだん | [1] warm; mild; temperate |
| 温度 | おんど | [1] temperature |
| オーバー | [1] overcoat [2] exceeding; going over; going beyond [3] exaggerated; overdone; over the top |
か行
edit| Kanji | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 課 | か | [1] lesson [2] section (in an organization); division; department [3] counter for lessons and chapters (of a book) |
| 可 | か | [1] acceptable; satisfactory; allowed; permitted [2] approval; being in favour; (a) vote in favour; aye [3] Pass (grade); Fair; C; D |
| 回 | かい | [1] counter for occurrences [2] a time; an instance [3] inning (baseball); round; game |
| 会 | かい | [1] meeting; assembly; party; gathering; conference; athletic meet [2] society; association; club |
| 会員 | かいいん | [1] member; the membership |
| 絵画 | かいが | [1] painting; picture |
| 海外 | かいがい | [1] foreign; abroad; overseas |
| 会計 | かいけい | [1] accounting; finance; account; reckoning [2] bill (at a restaurant); check [3] accountant; treasurer; paymaster; cashier |
| 解決 | かいけつ | [1] settlement; solution; resolution |
| 会合 | かいごう | [1] meeting; assembly; gathering [2] association [3] conjunction |
| 開始 | かいし | [1] start; commencement; beginning; initiation |
| 解釈 | かいしゃく | [1] interpretation; explanation; reading; construction |
| 改善 | かいぜん | [1] betterment; improvement [2] kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement) |
| 快適 | かいてき | [1] pleasant; agreeable; comfortable |
| 回復 | かいふく | [1] restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; return; improvement [2] recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence |
| 飼う | かう | [1] to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed |
| 替える | かえる | [1] to replace; to convert; to change [2] to exchange; to interchange; to renew [3] to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.) |
| 香り | かおり | [1] aroma; fragrance; scent; smell |
| 抱える | かかえる | [1] to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to carry under one's arm; to hold (one's head) in one's hands [2] to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to be burdened with (e.g. care of a family member); to have (children, etc.) to provide for [3] to employ; to have (on one's staff); to hire |
| 価格 | かかく | [1] price; value; cost |
| 係 | かかり | [1] charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk [2] connection; linking |
| 罹る | かかる | [1] to contract (a disease); to suffer from |
| 化学 | かがく | [1] chemistry |
| 輝く | かがやく | [1] to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glitter; to glisten [2] to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam; to glow |
| 限る | かぎる | [1] to restrict; to limit; to confine [2] to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be confined to [3] to be best (for); to be the best plan; to be the only way (to) |
| 覚悟 | かくご | [1] readiness; (mental) preparedness [2] resolution; determination [3] resignation (to one's fate) |
| 確実 | かくじつ | [1] certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid; safe; secure |
| 隠す | かくす | [1] to hide; to conceal |
| 拡大 | かくだい | [1] expansion; extension [2] magnification; enlargement [3] escalation; spread |
| 確認 | かくにん | [1] confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation; identification |
| 隠れる | かくれる | [1] to hide; to conceal oneself; to take cover [2] to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to be covered; to go out of sight [3] to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world) |
| 家具 | かぐ | [1] furniture |
| 欠ける | かける | [1] to chip; to be chipped; to break (off); to be damaged [2] to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to become lost [3] to be lacking (in); to be short (of); to be deficient; to be wanting (in) |
| 影 | かげ | [1] shadow; silhouette; figure; shape [2] reflection; image [3] ominous sign |
| 陰 | かげ | [1] shade; shadow [2] behind (something); other side; back [3] the background; behind the scenes; behind someone's back |
| 加減 | かげん | [1] degree; extent; amount; balance; state; condition [2] (health) condition; state of health [3] adjustment; moderation; regulation |
| 過去 | かこ | [1] the past; bygone days [2] one's past (that one would prefer remained secret) [3] past (tense); preterit; preterite |
| 籠 | かご | [1] basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage |
| 菓子 | かし | [1] confectionery; sweets; candy; cake |
| 賢い | かしこい | [1] wise; clever; smart [2] well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good |
| 歌手 | かしゅ | [1] singer |
| 家事 | かじ | [1] housework; domestic chores [2] family affairs; household matters |
| 数 | かず | [1] number; amount |
| 稼ぐ | かせぐ | [1] to earn (income); to make (money) [2] to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to play (for time) [3] to work hard (at one's job); to labor; to labour; to toil |
| 数える | かぞえる | [1] to count; to enumerate |
| 肩 | かた | [1] shoulder |
| 型 | かた | [1] type; style; model; pattern [2] mold; mould; model; pattern; template; impression [3] kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); form |
| 方々 | かたがた | [1] people; (all) persons; everyone; ladies and gentlemen [2] you (usu. plural) |
| 刀 | かたな | [1] sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana [2] scalpel [3] chisel; burin; graver |
| 語る | かたる | [1] to talk about; to speak of; to tell; to narrate [2] to recite; to chant [3] to indicate; to show |
| 価値 | かち | [1] value; worth; merit |
| 勝ち | かち | [1] win; victory |
| 活気 | かっき | [1] energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life; animation |
| 格好 | かっこう | [1] shape; form; figure; posture; pose [2] appearance [3] state; situation |
| 活動 | かつどう | [1] activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation [2] moving picture |
| 活用 | かつよう | [1] practical use; application; making good use of; putting to good use; capitalizing on [2] conjugation; inflection |
| 悲しむ | かなしむ | [1] to be sad; to mourn for; to regret |
| 必ずしも | かならずしも | [1] (not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all |
| 可也 | かなり | [1] considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty |
| 金 | かね | [1] money [2] metal |
| 可能 | かのう | [1] possible; potential; practicable; feasible |
| 株 | かぶ | [1] stock; share [2] stump [3] (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem |
| 被る | かぶる | [10] to be deceived [1] to put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself) [2] to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to dash on oneself; to ship water |
| 構う | かまう | [1] to mind; to care about; to be concerned about; to have a regard for [2] to be an issue; to matter; to create inconvenience [3] to keep company; to care for; to look after; to entertain; to pay attention to; to spend time with |
| 神 | かみ | [1] god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami [2] incredible; fantastic; amazing [3] Emperor (of Japan) |
| 上 | かみ | [1] upper reaches (of a river); upper stream [2] top; upper part; upper half (of the body) [3] long ago |
| 雷 | かみなり | [1] lightning; thunder; thunderbolt [2] god of thunder; god of lightning [3] anger; fit of anger |
| 髪の毛 | かみのけ | [1] hair (on the head); (a) hair |
| 科目 | かもく | [1] (school) subject; curriculum; course [2] item; heading; entry |
| かも知れない | かもしれない | [1] may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly |
| 火曜 | かよう | [1] Tuesday |
| 空 | から | [1] emptiness; being empty [2] not carrying anything; unburdened; empty-handed [3] dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false; no-show (reservation); put-on (cheeriness, courage, etc.); empty (compliments); insincere |
| 刈る | かる | [1] to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear; to reap; to harvest |
| 彼ら | かれら | [1] they; them |
| 皮 | かわ | [1] skin; hide; pelt; fur [2] rind; peel; husk; bark [3] shell; sheath; wrapping |
| 革 | かわ | [1] leather |
| 可哀想 | かわいそう | [1] poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful |
| 可愛らしい | かわいらしい | [1] lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable |
| 缶 | かん | [1] can; tin [2] canned food |
| 勘 | かん | [1] perception; intuition; the sixth sense |
| 管 | かん | [1] pipe; tube |
| 感覚 | かんかく | [1] sense; sensation; feeling; intuition |
| 考え | かんがえ | [1] thinking; thought; view; opinion; concept [2] idea; notion; imagination [3] intention; plan; design |
| 観客 | かんきゃく | [1] spectator; audience |
| 環境 | かんきょう | [1] environment; surroundings; circumstances |
| 歓迎 | かんげい | [1] welcome; (warm) reception |
| 観光 | かんこう | [1] sightseeing; tourism |
| 観察 | かんさつ | [1] observation; survey; watching |
| 感謝 | かんしゃ | [1] thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness |
| 関心 | かんしん | [1] concern; interest |
| 感心 | かんしん | [1] admiration; being impressed [2] admirable; praiseworthy [3] astonishment; being appalled |
| 感じ | かんじ | [1] feeling; sense; impression |
| 患者 | かんじゃ | [1] patient |
| 感情 | かんじょう | [1] emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment |
| 勘定 | かんじょう | [1] calculation; computation; counting; reckoning; count [2] bill; check; account; payment (of a bill); settlement (of an account) [3] consideration; allowance |
| 感じる | かんじる | [1] to feel; to sense; to experience [2] to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to be impressed (by); to respond (to) [3] to become infected with (an illness); to catch |
| 関する | かんする | [1] to concern; to be related |
| 完成 | かんせい | [1] completion; perfection; accomplishment |
| 完全 | かんぜん | [1] perfect; complete |
| 監督 | かんとく | [1] supervision; control; superintendence; direction [2] director; superintendent; supervisor; coach; foreman; manager; overseer; controller; boss |
| 感動 | かんどう | [1] being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression |
| 管理 | かんり | [1] control; management (e.g. of a business) |
| 完了 | かんりょう | [1] completion; conclusion [2] perfect (tense) |
| 関連 | かんれん | [1] relation; connection; relevance |
| カー | [1] car | |
| カード | [1] card (information, filing, etc.) [2] card (greetings, congratulations, etc.) [3] (Western) playing cards | |
| 害 | がい | [1] injury; harm; evil influence; damage |
| 外交 | がいこう | [1] diplomacy [2] selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing |
| 外出 | がいしゅつ | [1] going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.) [2] Sotode |
| 画家 | がか | [1] painter; artist |
| 額 | がく | [1] (picture) frame; framed picture [2] amount (esp. of money); sum |
| 学 | がく | [1] learning; scholarship; study; erudition; knowledge; education [2] study of ...; -ology; -ics |
| 学者 | がくしゃ | [1] scholar; academic; scientist [2] learned person; person of learning |
| 学習 | がくしゅう | [1] learning; study |
| 学問 | がくもん | [1] study; scholarship; learning; education; knowledge [2] discipline; branch of learning; (a) science |
| がっかり | [1] to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to be discouraged; to be disheartened; to lose heart; to feel let down [2] to feel exhausted; to feel drained | |
| 学期 | がっき | [1] school term; semester |
| 我慢 | がまん | [1] endurance; patience; perseverance; bearing (with something) [2] self-control; self-restraint |
| 柄 | がら | [1] pattern; design [2] body build; figure; physique [3] essential qualities; character; nature |
| 記憶 | きおく | [1] memory; recollection; remembrance [2] memory; storage |
| 気温 | きおん | [1] (air) temperature |
| 機械 | きかい | [1] machine; mechanism [2] instrument; appliance; apparatus |
| 期間 | きかん | [1] period; term; interval |
| 機関 | きかん | [1] engine [2] agency; organisation; organization; institution; organ; body [3] system; facility; facilities |
| 企業 | きぎょう | [1] enterprise; business; company; corporation |
| 効く | きく | [1] to be effective; to take effect; to be good (for) [2] to work; to function well [3] to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to |
| 機嫌 | きげん | [1] humour; humor; temper; mood; spirits [2] safety; health; well-being; one's situation [3] in a good mood; in high spirits; happy; cheery; merry; chipper |
| 気候 | きこう | [1] climate |
| 岸 | きし | [1] bank; coast; shore |
| 記者 | きしゃ | [1] reporter; journalist |
| 記事 | きじ | [1] article; news story; report; account |
| 生地 | きじ | [1] cloth; fabric; material; texture [2] dough; batter [3] inherent quality; one's true character; one's true colours |
| 傷 | きず | [1] wound; injury; cut; gash; bruise; scratch; scrape; scar [2] chip; crack; scratch; nick [3] flaw; defect; weakness; weak point |
| 期待 | きたい | [1] expectation; anticipation; hope [2] promising; rising; up-and-coming |
| 帰宅 | きたく | [1] returning home; going home; coming home; getting home |
| 貴重 | きちょう | [1] precious; valuable |
| きちんと | [1] properly; accurately; exactly; precisely; regularly [2] neatly; tidily; orderly | |
| きつい | [1] tough; hard; severe; demanding; harsh [2] determined; strong-minded; forceful; formidable; fierce [3] strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe; intense | |
| 気づく | きづく | [1] to notice; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of); to perceive; to sense; to suspect [2] to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round |
| 気に入る | きにいる | [1] to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy |
| 記入 | きにゅう | [1] entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out |
| 記念 | きねん | [1] commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memory; honoring the memory of [2] memento; souvenir; keepsake |
| 機能 | きのう | [1] function; facility; faculty; feature |
| 気の毒 | きのどく | [1] pitiful; unfortunate; poor; miserable; wretched [2] unpardonable; regrettable |
| 寄付 | きふ | [1] contribution; donation [2] Kifu |
| 基本 | きほん | [1] basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation |
| 希望 | きぼう | [1] hope; wish; aspiration [2] (bright) prospects; expectation |
| 決まり | きまり | [1] rule; regulation [2] settlement; conclusion; end; agreement; arrangement [3] habit; custom; habitual way |
| 気味 | きみ | [1] sensation; feeling [2] tendency; propensity |
| 奇妙 | きみょう | [1] strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious |
| キャプテン | [1] captain | |
| キャンプ | [1] camp; camping | |
| 九 | きゅう | [1] nine; 9 |
| 級 | きゅう | [1] (school) grade; year; class [2] class; grade; rank; level [3] kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.) |
| 旧 | きゅう | [1] old; former; ex- [2] the old; old things; old customs [3] old times; bygone days |
| 球 | きゅう | [1] sphere; globe; ball; bulb [2] ball; sphere [3] counter for pitches |
| 休憩 | きゅうけい | [1] rest; break; recess; intermission |
| 急激 | きゅうげき | [1] sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical |
| 吸収 | きゅうしゅう | [1] absorption; suction; attraction |
| 救助 | きゅうじょ | [1] relief; aid; rescue |
| 急速 | きゅうそく | [1] rapid (e.g. progress) |
| 急に | きゅうに | [1] swiftly; rapidly; quickly; immediately; hastily; hurriedly [2] suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly [3] sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply |
| 給料 | きゅうりょう | [1] salary; wages; pay |
| 教科書 | きょうかしょ | [1] textbook; coursebook; schoolbook |
| 供給 | きょうきゅう | [1] supply; provision |
| 競技 | きょうぎ | [1] game; match; contest; competition; sport; (sporting) event |
| 教師 | きょうし | [1] teacher; instructor |
| 教授 | きょうじゅ | [1] professor [2] teaching; instruction |
| 強調 | きょうちょう | [1] emphasis; stress; highlighting; underlining; underscoring [2] accentuating (a feature or certain part); accenting [3] strong tone (of the market); firm tone |
| 共通 | きょうつう | [1] common; shared; mutual [2] to be common (to); to be shared (by) [3] -wide |
| 共同 | きょうどう | [1] cooperation; collaboration; association; partnership; (acting in) unison [2] community; communal use; common possession; sharing [3] Kyoudou |
| 恐怖 | きょうふ | [1] fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare; panic |
| 協力 | きょうりょく | [1] cooperation; collaboration; help; support |
| 強力 | きょうりょく | [1] powerful; strong |
| 許可 | きょか | [1] permission; approval; authorization; license |
| 局 | きょく | [1] bureau; department [2] office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); channel; exchange [3] affair; situation |
| 極 | きょく | [1] pole [2] climax; extreme; extremity; culmination; height; zenith; nadir |
| 巨大 | きょだい | [1] huge; gigantic; enormous |
| 器用 | きよう | [1] skillful; skilful; adroit; dexterous; dextrous; deft; nimble; handy [2] clever; shrewd; ingenious |
| 嫌う | きらう | [1] to hate; to dislike; to loathe |
| 霧 | きり | [1] fog; mist [2] spray |
| 切れ | きれ | [1] piece; slice; strip; scrap [2] cloth [3] sharpness |
| 切れる | きれる | [10] to be sharp-minded; to be keen; to be shrewd; to be quick-witted; to be able [11] to be short of; to drop under (a certain figure); to beat (e.g. a record time) [12] to dry off |
| 記録 | きろく | [1] record; document; minutes; recording; putting on record; keeping a record (of); writing down [2] record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.) |
| 金 | きん | [10] Jin dynasty (of China; 1115-1234); Chin dynasty; Jurchen dynasty [11] gold general [12] testicles |
| 禁煙 | きんえん | [1] abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking [2] prohibition of smoking [3] No Smoking; Smoking Prohibited |
| 金庫 | きんこ | [1] safe; strongbox; cashbox; vault; strongroom [2] depository; cash office; treasury; provider of funds |
| 金銭 | きんせん | [1] money; cash |
| 金属 | きんぞく | [1] metal [2] Kinzoku |
| 近代 | きんだい | [1] present day; modern times; recent times [2] early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II) |
| 緊張 | きんちょう | [1] tension; strain; nervousness; stress [2] tensions (between countries, groups, etc.) [3] tonus; muscle tone |
| 筋肉 | きんにく | [1] muscle |
| 金融 | きんゆう | [1] finance; financing; credit transacting; loaning of money; circulation of money [2] monetary; financial; credit |
| 金曜 | きんよう | [1] Friday |
| 議員 | ぎいん | [1] member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress |
| 議会 | ぎかい | [1] congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly |
| 技師 | ぎし | [1] engineer; technician |
| 義務 | ぎむ | [1] duty; obligation; responsibility |
| 疑問 | ぎもん | [1] doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness |
| 逆 | ぎゃく | [1] reverse; opposite [2] converse (of a hypothesis, etc.) [3] inverse (function) |
| 行儀 | ぎょうぎ | [1] manners; behavior; behaviour |
| 議論 | ぎろん | [1] argument; discussion; dispute; controversy |
| 銀 | ぎん | [1] silver (Ag) [2] silver (color) [3] silver (medal, prize, etc.) |
| 句 | く | [1] section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph [2] phrase [3] verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry) |
| 食う | くう | [1] to eat [2] to live; to make a living; to survive [3] to bite; to sting (as insects do) |
| 臭い | くさい | [1] stinking; smelly [2] suspicious; fishy [3] clumsy; unskilled |
| 鎖 | くさり | [1] chain; chains [2] Kusari |
| 腐る | くさる | [1] to rot; to go bad; to decay; to spoil; to fester; to decompose; to turn sour (e.g. milk) [2] to corrode; to weather; to crumble [3] to become useless; to blunt; to weaken (from lack of practice) |
| 癖 | くせ | [1] habit (usu. a bad one); tendency [2] peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; mannerism; quirk [3] crease; wrinkle; curl; kink |
| 下さる | くださる | [1] to give; to confer; to bestow [2] to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor |
| 下り | くだり | [1] down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route [2] down-slope; downward going [3] downbound (esp. away from Tokyo) |
| 苦痛 | くつう | [1] pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment |
| 区別 | くべつ | [1] distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference |
| 組 | くみ | [1] class (of students) [2] group (of people); party; team; crew [3] lot; bunch; set |
| 組合 | くみあい | [1] association; union; guild |
| 組む | くむ | [1] to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms) [2] to put together; to construct; to assemble; to produce (e.g. TV program) [3] to braid; to plait |
| 位 | くらい | [1] throne; crown; (nobleman's) seat [2] government position; court rank [3] social standing; rank; class; echelon; rung |
| 暮らし | くらし | [1] (way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances |
| クラシック | [1] classical music [2] classic; classical [3] classic (work); the classics | |
| 暮らす | くらす | [1] to live; to get along [2] to spend (time) |
| 繰り返す | くりかえす | [1] to repeat; to do over again |
| クリスマス | [1] Christmas | |
| クリーム | [1] cream [2] ice cream | |
| 狂う | くるう | [1] to go mad; to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to go insane [2] to get out of order; to go amiss; to malfunction; to become imprecise [3] to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through; to get mixed up |
| 苦しい | くるしい | [1] painful; difficult; tough; hard [2] distressing; (psychologically) difficult; stressful; awkward (e.g. position) [3] straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation); needy; struggling |
| 苦しむ | くるしむ | [1] to suffer; to groan; to be worried |
| 暮れ | くれ | [1] sunset; sundown; nightfall; dusk [2] end; close [3] year-end; end of the year |
| 苦労 | くろう | [1] trouble; hardship; difficulty; labour; labor; toil; pains [2] anxiety; worry; concern; cares |
| 加える | くわえる | [1] to add; to add up; to sum up; to append; to annex [2] to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to pick up [3] to include; to count in; to let join |
| 詳しい | くわしい | [1] detailed; full; minute [2] knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with); well-informed (about); familiar (with) |
| 加わる | くわわる | [1] to be added to; to be appended [2] to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate [3] to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence); to grow; to gather (speed) |
| 訓 | くん | [1] native Japanese reading of a Chinese character [2] precept; lesson; one's teachings |
| 訓練 | くんれん | [1] training; drill; practice; discipline |
| 偶然 | ぐうぜん | [1] coincidence; chance; accident; fortuity [2] by chance; unexpectedly; accidentally [3] contingency |
| 具体 | ぐたい | [1] concreteness; embodiment |
| ぐっすり | [1] soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep) | |
| グラス | [1] glass (drinking vessel) [2] glass (material) [3] glasses (eyewear) | |
| グランド | [1] grand; large | |
| グループ | [1] group (usu. of people) | |
| 軍 | ぐん | [1] army; armed forces; troops [2] military authorities [3] team; group; troupe |
| 軍隊 | ぐんたい | [1] armed forces; military; troops |
| 敬意 | けいい | [1] respect; honour; honor |
| 経営 | けいえい | [1] management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting |
| 計画 | けいかく | [1] plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme |
| 景気 | けいき | [1] business conditions; the market; economic activity; economic climate [2] good (economic) times; prosperity; boom [3] liveliness; energy; vigour; vigor; spirit |
| 経験 | けいけん | [1] experience |
| 傾向 | けいこう | [1] tendency; trend; inclination |
| 警告 | けいこく | [1] warning; caution; admonition [2] keikoku (penalty in judo) |
| 計算 | けいさん | [1] calculation; computation; reckoning; counting; adding up; working out; figures [2] consideration; calculation; estimation; expectation |
| 刑事 | けいじ | [1] (police) detective [2] criminal matter |
| 掲示 | けいじ | [1] notice; bulletin; post; posting; placard |
| 契約 | けいやく | [1] contract; compact; agreement |
| 経由 | けいゆ | [1] going through; going via; going by way of |
| 怪我 | けが | [1] injury; wound [2] mistake; accident; loss |
| 化粧 | けしょう | [1] make-up; makeup; cosmetics [2] decoration; dressing; veneer |
| ケチ | [1] stinginess; miserliness; penny-pinching; miser; pinchpenny; skinflint; cheapskate; tightwad; niggard [2] shabby; cheap; mangy; poor; paltry [3] petty; narrow-minded; mean-spirited; small-minded | |
| 結果 | けっか | [1] result; consequence; outcome; effect [2] as a result of ...; as a consequence of ...; after ...; following ... [3] bearing fruit; fruiting |
| 結局 | けっきょく | [1] after all; in the end; ultimately; eventually [2] conclusion; end [3] end of a game of go, shogi, etc. |
| 決心 | けっしん | [1] determination; resolution |
| 決定 | けってい | [1] decision; determination |
| 欠点 | けってん | [1] fault; defect; flaw; weak point; weakness; shortcoming; drawback [2] failure (in an examination); failing grade |
| 結論 | けつろん | [1] conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.) [2] conclusion |
| 煙 | けむり | [1] smoke; fumes |
| 県 | けん | [1] prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.) |
| 券 | けん | [1] ticket; coupon; bond; certificate |
| 軒 | けん | [1] counter for buildings (esp. houses) [2] suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc. |
| 見解 | けんかい | [1] opinion; point of view |
| 健康 | けんこう | [1] health [2] healthy; sound; fit; wholesome |
| 検査 | けんさ | [1] inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit |
| 建設 | けんせつ | [1] construction; establishment |
| 建築 | けんちく | [1] construction; architecture (of buildings) |
| 検討 | けんとう | [1] consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion; analysis; review |
| 見当 | けんとう | [1] estimate; guess; conjecture; aim [2] direction; bearings [3] registration mark (printing) |
| 憲法 | けんぽう | [1] constitution [2] rules; regulation |
| 権利 | けんり | [1] right; privilege |
| ケース | [1] case (container) [2] case (instance, situation) [3] case | |
| 下 | げ | [1] lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority [2] second volume (of two); third volume (of three) |
| 芸術 | げいじゅつ | [1] art; the arts |
| 劇 | げき | [1] drama; play [2] powerful drug |
| 劇場 | げきじょう | [1] theatre; theater; playhouse |
| 月曜 | げつよう | [1] Monday |
| 限界 | げんかい | [1] limit; bound |
| 現金 | げんきん | [1] cash; ready money; money on hand; currency [2] mercenary; self-interested; calculating |
| 言語 | げんご | [1] language |
| 現在 | げんざい | [1] the present; present time; now [2] as of [3] present tense |
| 現象 | げんしょう | [1] phenomenon |
| 現実 | げんじつ | [1] reality; actuality; hard fact |
| 現状 | げんじょう | [1] present condition; existing state; status quo; current state |
| 現代 | げんだい | [1] present age; present day; today [2] modern era; modern times |
| 現場 | げんば | [1] actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.) [2] (on) site; (on) the ground; (in) the field; job site [3] filming location; (movie) set |
| ゲーム | [1] game | |
| 恋 | こい | [1] (romantic) love |
| 濃い | こい | [1] deep (colour); dark [2] strong (flavour, smell, etc.) [3] thick (consistency); dense |
| 恋人 | こいびと | [1] lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend |
| 幸運 | こううん | [1] good luck; fortune |
| 講演 | こうえん | [1] lecture; address; speech |
| 硬貨 | こうか | [1] coin [2] hard currency |
| 高価 | こうか | [1] highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly |
| 効果 | こうか | [1] effect; effectiveness; efficacy; result [2] effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects) |
| 交換 | こうかん | [1] exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution; replacement; clearing (of checks, cheques) |
| 航空 | こうくう | [1] aviation; flying |
| 光景 | こうけい | [1] scene; spectacle; sight; view |
| 貢献 | こうけん | [1] contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause) [2] paying tribute; tribute |
| 攻撃 | こうげき | [1] attack; assault; raid; onslaught; offensive [2] criticism; censure; denunciation; condemnation |
| 広告 | こうこく | [1] advertisement; advertising [2] announcement; notice |
| 後者 | こうしゃ | [1] the latter; the second [2] successor; descendant |
| 構成 | こうせい | [1] composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization; organisation |
| 高速 | こうそく | [1] high-speed; rapid; express [2] highway; freeway; expressway; motorway |
| 行動 | こうどう | [1] action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation |
| 幸福 | こうふく | [1] happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness |
| 公平 | こうへい | [1] fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity |
| 候補 | こうほ | [1] candidate; contender; prospect; pick; choice; list [2] candidacy; candidature; nomination |
| 考慮 | こうりょ | [1] consideration; taking into account |
| 越える | こえる | [1] to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to pass over (out of); to go beyond; to go past [2] to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than) |
| 氷 | こおり | [1] ice [2] shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup) |
| 凍る | こおる | [1] to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over |
| 呼吸 | こきゅう | [1] breathing; respiration [2] knack; trick; secret (of doing something) [3] harmony; balance; synchronization; accord |
| 国語 | こくご | [1] national language [2] Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan) [3] one's native language; mother tongue |
| 黒板 | こくばん | [1] blackboard |
| 克服 | こくふく | [1] conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control |
| 国民 | こくみん | [1] people (of a country); nation; citizen; national [2] Democratic Party for the People |
| 穀物 | こくもつ | [1] grain; cereal; corn |
| 腰 | こし | [1] lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region [2] body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring |
| 個人 | こじん | [1] individual; private person; personal; private [2] natural person |
| 越す | こす | [1] to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across [2] to get over (e.g. hardship) [3] to pass time (e.g. a winter) |
| 国家 | こっか | [1] state; country; nation |
| 国会 | こっかい | [1] National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-) [2] Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947) [3] legislative assembly; parliament; congress |
| 国境 | こっきょう | [1] border (between countries); national border [2] Kunizakai |
| 骨折 | こっせつ | [1] bone fracture |
| 小包 | こづつみ | [1] parcel; package |
| 事 | こと | [10] you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ... [1] thing; matter [2] incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis |
| 異なる | ことなる | [1] to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge |
| 諺 | ことわざ | [1] proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim |
| 断る | ことわる | [1] to refuse; to reject; to dismiss; to turn down; to decline [2] to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance [3] to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from) |
| 粉 | こな | [1] flour; meal; powder; dust |
| 好み | このみ | [1] liking; taste; fancy; fondness [2] wish; desire; choice; preference |
| 好む | このむ | [1] to like; to prefer |
| 小麦 | こむぎ | [1] wheat |
| 小屋 | こや | [1] hut; cabin; shed; (animal) pen [2] small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; circus tent; booth [3] one's own house |
| これ等 | これら | [1] these |
| 頃 | ころ | [1] (approximate) time; around; about; toward [2] suitable time (or condition) [3] time of year; season |
| 殺す | ころす | [1] to kill; to slay; to murder; to slaughter [2] to suppress; to block; to hamper; to destroy (e.g. talent); to eliminate (e.g. an odour); to spoil (e.g. a flavour); to kill (e.g. one's speed) [3] to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back; to stifle (a yawn, laugh, etc.); to hold (one's breath) |
| 転ぶ | ころぶ | [1] to fall down; to fall over [2] to turn out; to play out [3] to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize |
| 今回 | こんかい | [1] this time; now |
| 今後 | こんご | [1] from now on; hereafter |
| 混雑 | こんざつ | [1] congestion; crush; crowding; jam [2] confusion; disorder |
| こんなに | [1] so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent | |
| 困難 | こんなん | [1] difficulty; hardship; trouble; distress [2] infeasibility; inability (to carry out) |
| 今日は | こんにちは | [1] hello; good day; good afternoon |
| 婚約 | こんやく | [1] engagement; betrothal |
| 混乱 | こんらん | [1] disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem |
| コーチ | [1] coach | |
| コード | [1] code; program [2] code; regulation; rules [3] code; symbol set | |
| 後 | ご | [1] after |
| 語 | ご | [1] word; term [2] language [3] speech |
| 御 | ご | [1] honorific/polite/humble prefix [2] honorific suffix |
| 豪華 | ごうか | [1] extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid; fancy; gorgeous |
| 合格 | ごうかく | [1] passing (an exam); pass; success; passing grade [2] meeting (specifications, standards, etc.); passing (inspection); qualification; being found eligible |
| 合計 | ごうけい | [1] sum total; total amount |
| 強盗 | ごうとう | [1] robber; mugger [2] robbery; burglary |
| 誤解 | ごかい | [1] misunderstanding |
| 語学 | ごがく | [1] study of foreign languages [2] linguistics |
| ゴミ | [1] rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter | |
| 御免なさい | ごめんなさい | [1] I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me |
| ゴール | [1] goal (in soccer, hockey, etc.); basket (in basketball) [2] finish line; finishing line; winning post [3] reaching the finish line; finishing (a race) |
さ行
edit| Kanji | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 差 | さ | [1] difference; variation [2] difference |
| 際 | さい | [1] occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when |
| 最高 | さいこう | [1] best; supreme; wonderful; finest [2] highest; maximum; most; uppermost; supreme |
| 最終 | さいしゅう | [1] last; final; closing [2] last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day) |
| 最中 | さいちゅう | [1] (in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of |
| 最低 | さいてい | [1] least; lowest; minimum [2] worst [3] awful; horrible; nasty; disgusting |
| 才能 | さいのう | [1] talent; ability |
| 裁判 | さいばん | [1] trial; judgement; judgment |
| 幸い | さいわい | [1] happiness; blessedness; luck; fortune; felicity [2] luckily; fortunately |
| サイン | [1] autograph; signature [2] sign; signal; indication | |
| 境 | さかい | [1] border; boundary [2] turning point; watershed [3] area; region; spot; space; environment |
| 逆らう | さからう | [1] to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy |
| 盛り | さかり | [1] height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); (in) season; full bloom; full swing (of a party, etc.) [2] prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; bloom [3] (being in) heat; rut |
| 作業 | さぎょう | [1] work; operation; task |
| 作品 | さくひん | [1] work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus |
| 作物 | さくもつ | [1] crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products |
| 桜 | さくら | [1] cherry tree; cherry blossom [2] fake buyer; paid audience; shill; seat filler [3] hired applauder |
| 酒 | さけ | [1] alcohol; sake |
| 叫ぶ | さけぶ | [1] to shout; to cry; to scream; to shriek; to yell; to exclaim [2] to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against) |
| 避ける | さける | [1] to avoid (physical contact with) [2] to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to shirk (one's responsibilities) [3] to ward off; to avert |
| 支える | ささえる | [1] to support; to prop; to sustain; to underlay; to hold up; to defend [2] to hold at bay; to stem; to check |
| 指す | さす | [1] to point [2] to nominate; to select someone; to specify some person [3] to identify; to indicate; to point out |
| 誘う | さそう | [1] to invite; to ask (someone to do); to call (for); to take (someone) along [2] to tempt; to lure; to entice; to seduce [3] to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy); to provoke |
| 作家 | さっか | [1] author; writer; novelist; artist |
| 作曲 | さっきょく | [1] composition (of music); setting; writing music |
| さっぱり | [1] feeling refreshed; feeling relieved [2] neat; tidy; clean [3] frank; open-hearted; plain; simple; light | |
| 札 | さつ | [1] banknote; bill; note; paper money |
| 偖 | さて | [1] well; now; then |
| 砂漠 | さばく | [1] desert |
| 差別 | さべつ | [1] distinction; differentiation; discrimination [2] discrimination (against people) |
| 作法 | さほう | [1] manners; etiquette; propriety [2] manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making |
| 様々 | さまざま | [1] various; varied; diverse; all sorts of |
| 覚ます | さます | [1] to awaken; to arouse from sleep [2] to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of) [3] to sober up |
| 覚める | さめる | [1] to wake; to wake up [2] to become sober; to sober up; to regain consciousness (e.g. after anaesthesia) [3] to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned |
| 左右 | さゆう | [1] left and right; right and left [2] (asserting) control; influence; domination [3] one's attendants; people accompanying one |
| 皿 | さら | [1] plate; dish; platter; disc [2] serving; helping; course [3] kanji radical 108 (at the bottom) |
| 更に | さらに | [1] furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more |
| 猿 | さる | [1] monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate [2] sly person [3] idiot; hick |
| 去る | さる | [1] to leave; to go away [2] to pass; to elapse [3] to be distant |
| 騒ぎ | さわぎ | [1] uproar; disturbance |
| 参加 | さんか | [1] participation; joining; entry |
| 参考 | さんこう | [1] reference; consultation |
| 賛成 | さんせい | [1] approval; agreement; support; favour; favor |
| 酸素 | さんそ | [1] oxygen (O) |
| サービス | [1] service; help; assistance; care; concern [2] discount; discounted item [3] free service; freebie; gift | |
| 財産 | ざいさん | [1] property; fortune; assets |
| 材料 | ざいりょう | [1] materials; ingredients [2] material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter [3] grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis; evidence; data |
| 座席 | ざせき | [1] seat |
| ざっと | [1] roughly; approximately; round about; more or less [2] cursorily; briefly; quickly; lightly; roughly | |
| 詩 | し | [1] poem; poetry; verse [2] Chinese poem |
| 氏 | し | [1] Mr; Mrs; Ms; Miss [2] clan [3] he; him |
| 幸せ | しあわせ | [1] happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing |
| 然も | しかも | [1] moreover; furthermore [2] nevertheless; and yet |
| 叱る | しかる | [1] to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand |
| 式 | しき | [1] way; style; fashion; method; system; form; type [2] ceremony; rite; ritual; celebration [3] wedding (ceremony) |
| 支給 | しきゅう | [1] provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant |
| 頻りに | しきりに | [1] frequently; repeatedly; often; incessantly; constantly [2] eagerly; keenly; strongly; intently [3] hard; terribly; extremely; severely |
| 刺激 | しげき | [1] stimulus; stimulation; irritation (esp. of the body, e.g. skin, eyes) [2] impetus; impulse; stimulus; spur; incentive; encouragement; stimulation; motivation; provocation [3] excitement; thrill |
| 資源 | しげん | [1] resources |
| 支出 | ししゅつ | [1] expenditure; disbursement; expenses |
| 詩人 | しじん | [1] poet |
| 沈む | しずむ | [1] to sink; to go under; to submerge [2] to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to descend [3] to feel depressed; to become subdued; to become somber |
| 自然 | しぜん | [1] nature [2] natural; spontaneous; automatic [3] naturally; spontaneously; automatically |
| 思想 | しそう | [1] thought; idea; ideology |
| 舌 | した | [1] tongue [2] tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock); reed (of a musical instrument) |
| 従う | したがう | [1] to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow; to observe; to conform to; to yield to [2] to follow (a person); to accompany; to go with [3] to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign) |
| 従って | したがって | [1] therefore; consequently; accordingly |
| 支度 | したく | [1] preparation; arrangements |
| 親しい | したしい | [1] close (e.g. friend); familiar; friendly; intimate [2] familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one) [3] close (relatives); closely related |
| 次第 | しだい | [1] depending on [2] as soon as; immediately after; upon [3] as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand") |
| 失業 | しつぎょう | [1] unemployment [2] losing one's job; becoming unemployed |
| 失望 | しつぼう | [1] disappointment; despair |
| 支店 | してん | [1] branch office; branch store |
| 指導 | しどう | [1] guidance; leadership; instruction; direction; coaching [2] shido (minor penalty in judo) |
| 品 | しな | [1] article; item; thing; goods; stock [2] quality [3] flirtatiousness; coquetry |
| 支配 | しはい | [1] rule; domination; control [2] direction; management; guidance [3] control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing; influence; sway |
| 支払う | しはら | [1] to pay |
| 支払い | しはらい | [1] payment |
| 芝居 | しばい | [1] play; drama |
| 屡々 | しばしば | [1] often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly |
| 芝生 | しばふ | [1] lawn; grass |
| 資本 | しほん | [1] funds; capital |
| 死亡 | しぼう | [1] death; dying; mortality |
| 姉妹 | しまい | [1] sisters |
| 仕舞う | しまう | [1] to finish; to stop; to end; to put an end to; to bring to a close [2] to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to shut down; to shut up [3] to put away; to put back; to keep; to store |
| 仕舞った | しまった | [1] darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no! |
| 示す | しめす | [1] to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to tell; to exemplify; to make apparent [2] to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.) [3] to indicate; to show; to represent; to signify; to display |
| 占める | しめる | [1] to occupy; to hold [2] to account for; to make up; to take up |
| 霜 | しも | [1] frost [2] white hair; grey hair; gray hair |
| 下 | しも | [1] lower reaches (of a river) [2] bottom; lower part [3] lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); urine; menses |
| 借金 | しゃっきん | [1] debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money [2] number of games under the .500 mark |
| 喋る | しゃべる | [1] to talk; to chat; to chatter |
| 週 | しゅう | [1] week |
| 州 | しゅう | [1] state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); county (e.g. of the UK); region (e.g. of Italy); canton; oblast [2] continent [3] province (of Japan) |
| 周囲 | しゅうい | [1] surroundings; environs [2] circumference |
| 収穫 | しゅうかく | [1] harvest; crop; ingathering [2] fruits (of one's labors); gain; result; returns [3] catch (fishing); bag (hunting); haul |
| 週間 | しゅうかん | [1] week |
| 宗教 | しゅうきょう | [1] religion; religious affiliation; belief; faith; creed [2] religious activity |
| 就職 | しゅうしょく | [1] finding employment; getting a job |
| 修正 | しゅうせい | [1] amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching; update; fix |
| 集団 | しゅうだん | [1] group; mass [2] Shuudan |
| 集中 | しゅうちゅう | [1] concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention [2] concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; convergence; focus (of a debate, questions, etc.) [3] within a collection of works |
| 収入 | しゅうにゅう | [1] income; earnings; revenue; proceeds; takings; receipts |
| 修理 | しゅうり | [1] repair; mending; fixing; servicing |
| 主義 | しゅぎ | [1] doctrine; rule; principle; -ism |
| 宿泊 | しゅくはく | [1] accommodation; lodging |
| 首相 | しゅしょう | [1] prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier |
| 手術 | しゅじゅつ | [1] surgery; operation; procedure [2] skill with one's hands; sleight of hand |
| 手段 | しゅだん | [1] means; way; measure |
| 主張 | しゅちょう | [1] claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet |
| 出身 | しゅっしん | [1] one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school) |
| 出席 | しゅっせき | [1] attendance; presence; appearance |
| 出発 | しゅっぱつ | [1] departure; leaving; setting off |
| 出版 | しゅっぱん | [1] publication |
| 首都 | しゅと | [1] capital (city); metropolis |
| 主婦 | しゅふ | [1] housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker |
| 主要 | しゅよう | [1] chief; main; principal; major |
| 種類 | しゅるい | [1] variety; kind; type; category [2] counter for kinds, species, etc. |
| 瞬間 | しゅんかん | [1] moment; second; instant |
| 賞 | しょう | [1] prize; award |
| 小 | しょう | [1] smallness; small item [2] short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days) [3] elementary school |
| 章 | しょう | [1] chapter; section [2] medal; badge; insignia |
| 障害 | しょうがい | [1] obstacle; impediment; hindrance; barrier; difficulty [2] disorder; defect; disability; handicap; impairment; dysfunction [3] steeplechase |
| 奨学金 | しょうがくきん | [1] scholarship; stipend; bursary; grant-in-aid [2] student loan |
| 正午 | しょうご | [1] noon; midday |
| 少々 | しょうしょう | [1] just a minute; small quantity |
| 正直 | しょうじき | [1] honest; frank; candid; straightforward [2] honestly; frankly [3] Shoujiki |
| 少女 | しょうじょ | [1] girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady [2] female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period) |
| 症状 | しょうじょう | [1] symptoms; condition (of a patient) |
| 生じる | しょうじる | [1] to produce; to yield; to cause [2] to result from; to arise; to be generated |
| 招待 | しょうたい | [1] invitation |
| 承知 | しょうち | [1] knowledge; awareness [2] acceptance; consent; assent; agreement; compliance; acknowledgment; acknowledgement [3] forgiving; pardoning; excusing |
| 衝突 | しょうとつ | [1] collision; crash; impact; running into [2] clash; skirmish; conflict; discord; quarrel; brush |
| 商人 | しょうにん | [1] merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper [2] Akindo |
| 承認 | しょうにん | [1] recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement |
| 少年 | しょうねん | [1] boy [2] juvenile; child |
| 商売 | しょうばい | [1] trade; business; commerce [2] occupation; calling; profession; job |
| 消費 | しょうひ | [1] consumption; expenditure; spending |
| 商品 | しょうひん | [1] commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise |
| 消防 | しょうぼう | [1] fire fighting [2] fire department; fire brigade; firefighter |
| 証明 | しょうめい | [1] proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification |
| 職 | しょく | [1] job; work; employment; occupation; position [2] duties [3] trade; skill |
| 職業 | しょくぎょう | [1] occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling; business |
| 食事 | しょくじ | [1] meal; dinner [2] diet |
| 食卓 | しょくたく | [1] dining table |
| 食品 | しょくひん | [1] food; food products; foodstuffs |
| 植物 | しょくぶつ | [1] plant; vegetation |
| 食欲 | しょくよく | [1] appetite (for food) |
| 食料 | しょくりょう | [1] food |
| 食糧 | しょくりょう | [1] food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply |
| 書斎 | しょさい | [1] study; library; den; home office; reading room |
| 署名 | しょめい | [1] signature |
| 書物 | しょもつ | [1] book; volume |
| 処理 | しょり | [1] processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal |
| 書類 | しょるい | [1] document; papers |
| 使用 | しよう | [1] use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation |
| 知らせ | しらせ | [1] news; word; tidings; notice; notification; information [2] omen; foreboding; premonition |
| 尻 | しり | [1] buttocks; behind; rump; bottom; hips [2] undersurface; bottom [3] last place; end |
| 印 | しるし | [1] mark; sign [2] symbol; emblem [3] badge; crest; flag |
| 城 | しろ | [1] castle |
| 進学 | しんがく | [1] advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.) |
| 真剣 | しんけん | [1] serious; earnest [2] real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon) |
| 信仰 | しんこう | [1] (religious) faith; belief; creed |
| 深刻 | しんこく | [1] serious; severe; grave; acute |
| 信号 | しんごう | [1] signal; signalling; signaling [2] traffic light; traffic signal |
| 診察 | しんさつ | [1] medical examination; checkup; consultation |
| 信じる | しんじる | [1] to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in |
| 親戚 | しんせき | [1] relative; relation; kin |
| 新鮮 | しんせん | [1] fresh |
| 心臓 | しんぞう | [1] heart [2] guts; nerve; cheek; gall; spine [3] heart (of something); central part |
| 慎重 | しんちょう | [1] careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate |
| 身長 | しんちょう | [1] height (of a person); stature |
| 心配 | しんぱい | [1] worry; concern; anxiety; uneasiness; fear [2] care; help; aid; assistance |
| 審判 | しんぱん | [1] judgement; judgment; decision; verdict; sentence [2] refereeing; umpiring; judging [3] judgement (of God) |
| 進歩 | しんぽ | [1] progress; advance; improvement; development |
| 親友 | しんゆう | [1] close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum |
| 信用 | しんよう | [1] confidence; trust; faith; reputation [2] credit |
| 信頼 | しんらい | [1] trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance |
| 心理 | しんり | [1] state of mind; mentality; psychology |
| ジェット機 | ジェットき | [1] jet aeroplane; jet airplane |
| 直に | じかに | [1] directly; in person; firsthand |
| 時期 | じき | [1] time; season; period; phase; stage |
| 事件 | じけん | [1] event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal |
| 時刻 | じこく | [1] time; (the) hour [2] favourable time; opportunity; chance |
| 自殺 | じさつ | [1] suicide |
| 事実 | じじつ | [1] fact; truth; reality |
| 事情 | じじょう | [1] circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs |
| 事態 | じたい | [1] situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances |
| 実験 | じっけん | [1] experiment; experimentation |
| 実行 | じっこう | [1] execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; action; implementation; fulfillment; realization [2] execution (of a program); run |
| 実際 | じっさい | [1] reality; actuality; truth; fact; actual conditions [2] practice (as opposed to theory) [3] truly; really; indeed; actually |
| 実施 | じっし | [1] enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters); enactment |
| 凝乎と | じっと | [1] motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still [2] fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think) [3] patiently (endure); stoically |
| 実現 | じつげん | [1] implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization; actualisation |
| 実は | じつは | [1] as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly |
| 自動 | じどう | [1] automatic [2] intransitive verb |
| 自慢 | じまん | [1] pride; boast |
| 事務 | じむ | [1] office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs |
| 邪魔 | じゃま | [1] hindrance; obstacle; nuisance; disturbance; interruption; interference [2] to visit (someone's home) [3] demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour |
| 銃 | じゅう | [1] gun; rifle; small arms |
| 渋滞 | じゅうたい | [1] (traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock [2] delay; stagnation |
| 住宅 | じゅうたく | [1] residence; housing; residential building |
| 重大 | じゅうだい | [1] serious; important; significant; grave; weighty |
| 住民 | じゅうみん | [1] inhabitant; resident; citizen; population |
| 重要 | じゅうよう | [1] important; essential; significant; major; key; principal |
| 需要 | じゅよう | [1] demand; request |
| 順 | じゅん | [1] order; turn; sorting [2] obedient; docile; submissive; meek |
| 順調 | じゅんちょう | [1] favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right |
| 順番 | じゅんばん | [1] order; turn |
| 準備 | じゅんび | [1] preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving |
| ジュース | [1] juice [2] soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink | |
| 上 | じょう | [1] from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; with respect to; in terms of; as a matter of; in view of; so far as ... is concerned [2] on; above; on top of; aboard (a ship or vehicle) [3] the best; top; first class; first grade |
| 乗客 | じょうきゃく | [1] passenger |
| 状況 | じょうきょう | [1] state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances |
| 上京 | じょうきょう | [1] going (up) to the capital; going to Tokyo |
| 条件 | じょうけん | [1] condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite |
| 常識 | じょうしき | [1] common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice; social etiquette |
| 状態 | じょうたい | [1] state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances |
| 上達 | じょうたつ | [1] improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress [2] communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank |
| 冗談 | じょうだん | [1] joke; jest; funny story |
| 上等 | じょうとう | [1] superior; first-class; excellent; top quality [2] (that's) just fine!; bring it on! |
| 情報 | じょうほう | [1] information; news; report; intelligence [2] information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.) |
| 女王 | じょおう | [1] queen [2] female champion |
| 助手 | じょしゅ | [1] assistant; helper [2] assistant (to a professor); research assistant |
| 徐々 | じょじょ | [1] slow; gradual; steady [2] calm; composed; relaxed |
| 女優 | じょゆう | [1] actress; female actor |
| 人工 | じんこう | [1] artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality |
| 人種 | じんしゅ | [1] race (of people) [2] type of person |
| 人生 | じんせい | [1] (one's) life |
| 人物 | じんぶつ | [1] person; character; figure; personage; man; woman [2] one's character; one's personality [3] able person; talented person |
| 人類 | じんるい | [1] mankind; humanity |
| ジーンズ | [1] jeans [2] denim; jean | |
| 巣 | す | [1] nest; rookery; breeding place; hive [2] den [3] haunt |
| 州 | す | [1] sandbank; sandbar |
| 水準 | すいじゅん | [1] level; standard [2] water level |
| 推薦 | すいせん | [1] recommendation; referral; endorsement |
| スイッチ | [1] switch [2] switch; points [3] switch (from one thing to another); change | |
| 数 | すう | [1] several; a few; a number of [2] number; quantity; amount [3] counting; calculation; figures; numbers |
| 数字 | すうじ | [1] numeral; digit; numeric character [2] figure; number [3] a few characters |
| 末 | すえ | [1] end; tip; top [2] end (of the year, month, etc.); close [3] youngest child |
| 姿 | すがた | [1] figure; form; shape [2] appearance; dress; guise [3] state; condition; picture; image |
| スキー | [1] skiing [2] ski; skis | |
| 空く | すく | [1] to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty [2] to be hungry |
| 救う | すくう | [1] to rescue from; to help out of; to save |
| 優れる | すぐれる | [1] to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent |
| スケート | [1] skating (esp. ice); skate; skates | |
| 少しも | すこしも | [1] (not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest |
| 過ごす | すごす | [1] to spend (time); to pass; to lead (a life); to live [2] to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to carry too far; to carry to excess [3] to take care of; to support |
| 筋 | すじ | [10] source (of information, etc.); circle; channel [11] well-informed person (in a transaction) [12] logical move (in go, shogi, etc.) |
| 勧める | すすめる | [1] to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to encourage; to urge [2] to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest [3] to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.) |
| 進める | すすめる | [1] to advance; to move forward; to put (a clock, watch) forward [2] to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to make progress in; to further; to advance; to hasten; to speed up [3] to raise; to elevate; to promote; to develop; to stimulate (e.g. one's appetite) |
| スタイル | [1] (one's) figure; build; physique; shape [2] style | |
| スタンド | [1] stands; bleachers [2] stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter) [3] stand (e.g. inkstand) | |
| スター | [1] star (actor, athlete, etc.); celebrity [2] star (symbol); asterisk [3] (celestial) star | |
| 素敵 | すてき | [1] lovely; wonderful; nice; great; splendid; marvellous; fantastic; superb |
| 既に | すでに | [1] already [2] previously; before [3] undeniably; unmistakably; in the first place |
| 即ち | すなわち | [1] that is (to say); namely; i.e. [2] precisely; exactly; just; nothing but; neither more nor less [3] (and) then |
| 素晴らしい | すばらしい | [1] wonderful; splendid; magnificent |
| スピーチ | [1] speech | |
| 全て | すべて | [1] everything; all; the whole [2] entirely; completely; wholly; all |
| 済ませる | すませる | [1] to finish; to make an end of; to get through with; to let end [2] to make do (with); to manage (with) [3] to resolve; to settle; to bring to a conclusion |
| 済みません | すみません | [1] excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; I beg your pardon [2] thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much |
| 鋭い | するどい | [1] sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed [2] sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; stabbing; cutting (remark, criticism, etc.); stinging; biting; fierce (attack); pointed (question, look, etc.); piercing (gaze); shrill (sound) [3] keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute; sharp (eye, mind, etc.); astute; shrewd; discerning; penetrating (insight, question, etc.); perceptive |
| スープ | [1] (Western) soup | |
| 図 | ず | [1] drawing; picture; diagram; figure; illustration; chart; graph; map [2] sight; scene |
| 随分 | ずいぶん | [1] very; extremely; surprisingly; fairly; quite; considerably; awfully; terribly [2] terrible; horrid; contemptible; reprehensible [3] remarkable; extraordinary |
| ずっと | [1] continuously; the whole time; all the way; throughout [2] much (more); (by) far; far and away; a lot; a great deal [3] far (away); long (ago, before, after) | |
| 頭痛 | ずつう | [1] headache |
| 性 | せい | [1] nature (of a person) [2] sex; gender [3] sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.) |
| 所為 | せい | [1] consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault |
| 正 | せい | [1] (logical) true; regular [2] 10^40; ten duodecillion [3] original |
| 背 | せい | [1] height; stature |
| 正確 | せいかく | [1] accurate; correct; precise; exact |
| 性格 | せいかく | [1] character (of a person); personality; disposition; nature [2] characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.) |
| 世紀 | せいき | [1] century [2] era [3] of the century (e.g. fight of the century) |
| 請求 | せいきゅう | [1] claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service) |
| 清潔 | せいけつ | [1] clean; hygienic; sanitary [2] pure; virtuous; immaculate |
| 成功 | せいこう | [1] success; achievement [2] succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity |
| 正式 | せいしき | [1] formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities) |
| 精神 | せいしん | [1] mind; spirit; soul; heart; ethos [2] attitude; mentality; will; intention [3] spirit (of a matter); essence; fundamental significance |
| 成人 | せいじん | [1] adult; grownup [2] becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman) |
| 成績 | せいせき | [1] results; record; grades; marks |
| 精々 | せいぜい | [1] at the most; at best [2] to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can |
| 製造 | せいぞう | [1] manufacture; production |
| 成長 | せいちょう | [1] growth; development; growing up; becoming an adult [2] growth (of a company, the economy, etc.) |
| 制度 | せいど | [1] system; institution; organization; organisation |
| 青年 | せいねん | [1] youth; young man |
| 製品 | せいひん | [1] manufactured goods; finished goods; product |
| 政府 | せいふ | [1] government; administration; ministry |
| 生物 | せいぶつ | [1] living thing; organism; creature; life [2] biology |
| 生命 | せいめい | [1] life; existence [2] (one's) working life; career [3] life force; lifeblood; soul; essence |
| 整理 | せいり | [1] sorting; arrangement; organization; putting in order; adjustment; regulation [2] liquidation; settlement; consolidation; clearance (e.g. debt); paying off [3] retrenchment; curtailment; cutting down; disposal |
| 咳 | せき | [1] cough; coughing; tussis |
| 石炭 | せきたん | [1] coal |
| 責任 | せきにん | [1] duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff) [2] liability; onus |
| 石油 | せきゆ | [1] oil; petroleum [2] kerosene; paraffin |
| 世間 | せけん | [1] world; society; people; the public |
| 積極的 | せっきょくてき | [1] positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive |
| 設計 | せっけい | [1] plan; design; layout |
| セット | [1] set (of things); combo [2] setting up; preparing; arranging; placing; positioning; configuring; setting (e.g. an alarm) [3] setting (hair) | |
| 説 | せつ | [1] theory; doctrine [2] opinion; view [3] rumour; rumor; gossip; hearsay |
| 節約 | せつやく | [1] economising; saving |
| 責める | せめる | [1] to condemn; to blame; to criticize; to criticise; to reproach; to accuse [2] to urge; to press; to pester [3] to torture; to torment; to persecute |
| 世話 | せわ | [1] care; looking after; help; assistance; aid [2] trouble; bother [3] good offices; recommendation; introduction |
| 専攻 | せんこう | [1] major subject; special study |
| 選手 | せんしゅ | [1] player (of a sport); athlete; team member |
| 先日 | せんじつ | [1] the other day; a few days ago |
| 選択 | せんたく | [1] choice; selection; option |
| センター | [1] centre; center [2] center fielder [3] Senta | |
| 税 | ぜい | [1] tax |
| 税金 | ぜいきん | [1] tax; duty |
| 贅沢 | ぜいたく | [1] luxury; extravagance [2] to live in luxury; to indulge oneself [3] lavish (use of something); abundant; copious; wasteful |
| 絶対 | ぜったい | [1] absolutely; definitely; unconditionally [2] absolute; unconditional; unmistakable [3] absoluteness |
| 是非 | ぜひ | [1] certainly; without fail [2] right and wrong; pros and cons |
| 善 | ぜん | [1] good; goodness; right; virtue |
| 全員 | ぜんいん | [1] all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew |
| 全国 | ぜんこく | [1] the whole country |
| 前者 | ぜんしゃ | [1] the former; the first |
| 前進 | ぜんしん | [1] advance; moving forward; progress |
| 全然 | ぜんぜん | [1] (not) at all; (not) in the slightest [2] wholly; entirely; completely; totally [3] extremely; very |
| 全体 | ぜんたい | [1] whole; entirety [2] to begin with; in the first place [3] ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?") |
| 騒音 | そうおん | [1] noise; din |
| 操作 | そうさ | [1] operation; management; handling [2] manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing |
| 想像 | そうぞう | [1] imagination; supposition; guess |
| 相続 | そうぞく | [1] succession [2] inheritance |
| 相談 | そうだん | [1] consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice |
| 装置 | そうち | [1] equipment; device; installation; apparatus [2] stage setting |
| 相当 | そうとう | [1] corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to [2] appropriate; suitable; befitting; proportionate [3] to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with; to be deserving of; to be worthy of |
| 速度 | そくど | [1] speed; velocity; pace; rate [2] velocity |
| 底 | そこ | [1] bottom; sole |
| 其処で | そこで | [1] so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore |
| 組織 | そしき | [1] organization; organisation; formation [2] structure; construction; setup; constitution [3] system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.) |
| 注ぐ | そそぐ | [1] to pour (into) [2] to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to pour onto; to spray [3] to shed (tears) |
| 育つ | そだつ | [1] to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up) |
| そっくり | [1] all; altogether; entirely; completely [2] exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical; strikingly similar | |
| 率土 | そっと | [1] ends of the earth; outer reaches; borderland |
| 袖 | そで | [1] sleeve [2] wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.) [3] flap (of a dust jacket) |
| 備える | そなえる | [1] to furnish with; to equip with; to provide; to install [2] to prepare for; to make preparations for; to make provision for [3] to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with; to be equipped with |
| その内 | そのうち | [1] before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later [2] of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them; among others |
| 其のまま | そののまま | [1] without change; as is [2] just like; extremely similar [3] immediately; just after; without a pause |
| ソファ | [1] sofa; couch | |
| 粗末 | そまつ | [1] crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby; poor-quality; low-quality |
| 其れとも | それ | [1] or; or else |
| 其れでも | それ | [1] but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding |
| 其れ其れ | それぞれ | [1] each; respectively |
| 損 | そん | [1] loss; damage; harm; unprofitable [2] disadvantage; handicap; drawback; unfavorable |
| 損害 | そんがい | [1] damage; injury; loss |
| 尊敬 | そんけい | [1] respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor |
| 存在 | そんざい | [1] existence; being; presence |
| 尊重 | そんちょう | [1] respect; esteem; regard |
| 象 | ぞう | [1] elephant (Elephantidae spp.) |
| 増加 | ぞうか | [1] increase; rise; growth; addition; increment |
た行
edit| Kanji | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 田 | た | [1] rice field |
| 他 | た | [1] other (esp. people and abstract matters) |
| 体育 | たいいく | [1] physical education; PE; gym (class) |
| 体温 | たいおん | [1] body temperature |
| 大会 | たいかい | [1] mass meeting; convention; rally; conference; assembly; gathering [2] tournament; competition; contest; meet [3] grand event |
| 退屈 | たいくつ | [1] tedious; boring; dull; uninteresting; tiresome; monotonous [2] to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of) |
| 滞在 | たいざい | [1] stay; sojourn |
| 大使 | たいし | [1] ambassador |
| 大した | たいした | [1] considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal |
| 対象 | たいしょう | [1] target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage |
| 対する | たいする | [1] to face (each other); to be facing [2] to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to be related to [3] to receive (a client, etc.) |
| 大戦 | たいせん | [1] great war; great battle [2] world war |
| 態度 | たいど | [1] attitude; manner; behaviour; demeanour; bearing [2] attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance; stand |
| 大半 | たいはん | [1] majority; more than half; most (of) [2] mostly; largely; mainly; predominately; nearly |
| タイプライター | [1] typewriter | |
| 逮捕 | たいほ | [1] arrest; apprehension; capture |
| 太陽 | たいよう | [1] Sun |
| 平ら | たいら | [1] flat; level; even; smooth [2] calm; tranquil; placid; composed; stable [3] relaxed (sitting posture); comfortable |
| 大陸 | たいりく | [1] continent [2] continental Asia (esp. mainland China) [3] continental Europe |
| タオル | [1] towel | |
| 宝 | たから | [1] treasure |
| 互い | たがい | [1] each other; one another |
| 宅 | たく | [1] house; home [2] one's house; one's home [3] one's husband |
| 確かめる | たしかめる | [1] to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify |
| 助ける | たすける | [1] to save; to rescue; to spare [2] to help; to assist [3] to support (financially); to contribute (to); to provide aid |
| 戦い | たたかい | [1] battle; war; fight; conflict [2] fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); war (e.g. on drugs); battle (e.g. against nature) [3] contest; competition; match; game |
| 戦う | たたかう | [1] to make war (on); to wage war (against); to go to war (with); to fight (with); to do battle (against) [2] to compete (against) [3] to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight; to contend; to resist |
| 叩く | たたく | [1] to strike; to hit; to beat; to knock; to pound; to bang; to slap; to spank; to tap; to pat; to clap (one's hands); to play (the drums) [2] to attack; to bash; to criticize; to censure; to flame (on the Internet) [3] to sound out (someone's views) |
| 只 | ただ | [1] ordinary; common; usual [2] free of charge [3] unaffected; as is; safe |
| 直ちに | ただちに | [1] at once; immediately; right away; without delay [2] directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.) |
| 立ち上がる | たちあがる | [1] to stand up; to get up; to rise (to one's feet) [2] to recover; to regain one's energy; to rise [3] to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to start (doing) |
| 立場 | たちば | [1] position; situation [2] viewpoint; standpoint; point of view |
| 達する | たっする | [1] to reach; to get to; to arrive at |
| たった | [1] only; merely; but; no more than | |
| たっぷり | [1] plentifully; amply; abundantly; copiously; generously; fully; a lot [2] loosely; with room to spare; with enough space; (large) enough [3] a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full; at least; no less than | |
| 経つ | たつ | [1] to pass (of time); to elapse |
| 例え | たとえ | [1] example [2] simile; metaphor; allegory; fable; parable |
| 谷 | たに | [1] valley |
| 他人 | たにん | [1] another person; other people; others [2] unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood) [3] outsider; stranger |
| 種 | たね | [1] seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kernel; stone (e.g. of a peach) [2] progeny; offspring; issue; breed [3] paternal blood; lineage |
| 束 | たば | [1] bundle; bunch; sheaf |
| 旅 | たび | [1] travel; trip; journey |
| 度 | たび | [1] time (three times, each time, etc.); times |
| 度々 | たびたび | [1] often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently |
| 玉 | たま | [10] gem; jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively); pearl [11] female entertainer (e.g. a geisha) [12] person (when commenting on their nature); character |
| 偶々 | たまたま | [1] by chance; by accident; accidentally; happen to (be, do); unexpectedly; casually [2] occasionally; once in a while; now and then |
| 堪らない | たまらない | [1] intolerable; unbearable; unendurable [2] irresistible; tremendous; out of this world [3] cannot help (doing); cannot but do; anxious to do; cannot get enough of |
| 試し | ためし | [1] trial; test |
| 試す | ためす | [1] to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test |
| 便り | たより | [1] news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter |
| 頼る | たよる | [1] to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help) |
| 単位 | たんい | [1] unit; denomination [2] credit (in school) [3] in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of |
| 単語 | たんご | [1] word; vocabulary |
| 誕生 | たんじょう | [1] birth; creation; formation |
| 担当 | たんとう | [1] being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.) |
| 単なる | たんなる | [1] mere; simple; sheer |
| 単に | たんに | [1] simply; merely; only; solely |
| 題 | だい | [1] title; subject; theme; topic [2] problem (on a test); question [3] counter for questions (on a test) |
| 台 | だい | [1] stand; rest; base; pedestal; platform; table; holder; support; rack [2] setting (of a gem); mounting [3] stock (in grafting) |
| 代金 | だいきん | [1] price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee |
| 大臣 | だいじん | [1] cabinet minister |
| 大統領 | だいとうりょう | [1] president (of a country) [2] big man; boss; buddy; mate |
| 大部分 | だいぶぶん | [1] most part; greater part; majority |
| ダイヤ | [1] diamond | |
| 代理 | だいり | [1] representation; agency; proxy [2] proxy; agent; representative; deputy; substitute; surrogate; stand-in |
| だが | [1] but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that | |
| だけど | [1] but; however; although | |
| だって | [1] after all; because [2] but [3] even | |
| 黙る | だまる | [1] to be silent; to say nothing |
| 駄目 | だめ | [1] no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken [2] hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless [3] cannot; must not; not allowed |
| 段 | だん | [10] matter; occasion [11] degree; extent [12] counter for breaks in written language or speech |
| 男子 | だんし | [1] boy [2] man; male |
| ダンス | [1] dance; dancing | |
| 団体 | だんたい | [1] group; party; team [2] organization; organisation; association; group; body; society [3] Dantai |
| 地 | ち | [1] earth; ground; land; soil [2] place [3] territory |
| 地位 | ちい | [1] (social) position; status; standing [2] position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank |
| 地域 | ちいき | [1] area; region; district; locality |
| 地下 | ちか | [1] underground; below the ground [2] world of the dead; the grave [3] underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret; illegal; in hiding |
| 近頃 | ちかごろ | [1] lately; recently; nowadays [2] terribly; awfully; extremely |
| 違い | ちがい | [1] difference; distinction; discrepancy [2] mistake; error |
| 違いない | ちがいない | [1] sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt |
| 地球 | ちきゅう | [1] Earth; the globe |
| 地区 | ちく | [1] district; area; zone; quarter; section; region |
| 遅刻 | ちこく | [1] lateness; tardiness; arriving late |
| 知識 | ちしき | [1] knowledge; information |
| 知事 | ちじ | [1] prefectural governor |
| 父親 | ちちおや | [1] father |
| 知能 | ちのう | [1] intelligence; intellect; brains |
| 地平線 | ちへいせん | [1] horizon (related to land) |
| 地方 | ちほう | [1] district; region; area; locality [2] the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area [3] civilian society |
| 茶 | ちゃ | [1] tea [2] tea plant (Camellia sinensis) [3] tea preparation; making tea |
| チャンス | [1] chance; opportunity | |
| ちゃんと | [1] diligently; seriously; earnestly; reliably; steadily; legitimately [2] perfectly; properly; exactly; orderly; punctually; regularly; safely; in good condition [3] sufficiently; satisfactorily | |
| 注 | ちゅう | [1] annotation; explanatory note; comment |
| 中 | ちゅう | [1] medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); middle [2] in; within; out of (e.g. ten people); among [3] during; while; in (the course of); within (a period); throughout |
| 中央 | ちゅうおう | [1] centre; center; middle; heart [2] capital; seat of government [3] Chuuou |
| 中学 | ちゅうがく | [1] junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school |
| 中古 | ちゅうこ | [1] used; second-hand; old [2] Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period) |
| 中止 | ちゅうし | [1] interruption; discontinuance; suspension; stoppage [2] cancellation (of a planned event); calling off |
| 駐車 | ちゅうしゃ | [1] parking (a vehicle) |
| 昼食 | ちゅうしょく | [1] lunch; midday meal |
| 中心 | ちゅうしん | [1] center; centre; middle; heart; core; focus; pivot; emphasis; balance [2] -centered; -centred; -focused; -oriented; centered on; focused on |
| 注目 | ちゅうもく | [1] notice; attention; observation |
| 注文 | ちゅうもん | [1] order (for an item) [2] request; demand; condition |
| 長期 | ちょうき | [1] long-term |
| 調査 | ちょうさ | [1] investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey |
| 調子 | ちょうし | [1] tune; tone; key; pitch; time; rhythm [2] vein; mood; way; manner; style; knack [3] condition; state of health; shape |
| 頂上 | ちょうじょう | [1] top; summit; peak |
| 頂戴 | ちょうだい | [1] receiving; getting; accepting; being given [2] eating; drinking; having [3] please (give me; do for me) |
| 貯金 | ちょきん | [1] putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank) [2] accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank |
| 直接 | ちょくせつ | [1] direct; immediate; personal; firsthand |
| 著者 | ちょしゃ | [1] author (usu. of a particular book); writer |
| チーズ | [1] cheese [2] tee (piping); T-joint [3] cheese (said when taking a photograph) | |
| チーム | [1] team | |
| 対 | つい | [1] pair; couple; set [2] antithesis [3] counter for items that come in pairs |
| 遂に | ついに | [1] finally; in the end; at last [2] in the end; after all; never (happened) |
| 通過 | つうか | [1] passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); transit [2] passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage [3] passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing; getting through (a preliminary round); qualification |
| 通行 | つうこう | [1] passage (of people or vehicles); passing (through); traffic [2] common usage; widespread use |
| 通信 | つうしん | [1] correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications |
| 通じる | つうじる | [1] to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to communicate (with) [2] to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to get through to [3] to be understood; to be comprehended |
| 捕まる | つかまる | [1] to be caught; to be arrested [2] to hold on to; to grasp [3] to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi) |
| 掴む | つかむ | [1] to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to clutch; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on [2] to obtain; to acquire; to get; to win; to capture [3] to understand; to grasp; to comprehend |
| 疲れ | つかれ | [1] tiredness; fatigue |
| 月 | つき | [1] Moon [2] month [3] moonlight |
| 付き合い | つきあい | [1] association; socializing; socialising; fellowship |
| 次々 | つぎつぎ | [1] in succession; one by one |
| 就く | つく | [1] to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to be hired; to be employed [2] to ascend (the throne); to accede [3] to start (on a journey); to commence; to depart |
| 注ぐ | つぐ | [1] to pour (into a vessel); to fill (a cup, bowl, etc.) with; to dish out (food or drink) |
| 土 | つち | [1] earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud [2] the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land [3] low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud) |
| 包み | つつみ | [1] bundle; package; parcel [2] counter for wrapped objects |
| 続き | つづき | [1] continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); next installment; sequel [2] flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story) [3] succession (of); sequence; series; spell; stretch; streak; run |
| 勤め | つとめ | [1] service; duty; business; responsibility; task [2] Buddhist religious services |
| 繋ぐ | つなぐ | [1] to connect; to link together [2] to tie; to fasten; to restrain [3] to maintain; to preserve; to keep |
| 常に | つねに | [1] always; constantly |
| 角 | つの | [1] horn; antler [2] antenna; feeler; tentacle (e.g. of a snail) [3] horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream) |
| 翼 | つばさ | [1] wing [2] Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) [3] counter for birds or bird wings |
| 詰まり | つまり | [1] that is to say; that is; in other words; I mean; that (this, it) means [2] in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it; basically [3] clogging; obstruction; stuffing; (degree of) blockage |
| 罪 | つみ | [1] crime; sin; wrongdoing; indiscretion [2] penalty; sentence; punishment [3] fault; responsibility; culpability |
| 詰める | つめる | [10] to do completely; to do thoroughly [11] to force someone into a difficult situation by ... [1] to stuff into; to jam; to cram; to pack; to fill; to plug; to stop up |
| 梅雨 | つゆ | [1] (East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July) [2] rain during the rainy season |
| 辛い | つらい | [1] painful; bitter; heart-breaking; difficult (emotionally) [2] tough; difficult; hard (usu. of situations) [3] cruel; harsh; cold |
| 釣り | つり | [1] fishing; angling [2] change (for a purchase) [3] clickbaiting |
| 連れ | つれ | [1] companion; company [2] tritagonist; second supporting character |
| 提案 | ていあん | [1] proposal; proposition; suggestion |
| 定期 | ていき | [1] fixed period; fixed term [2] regular; periodic; periodical [3] fixed-term commuter pass |
| 抵抗 | ていこう | [1] resistance; opposition; standing up to [2] reluctance; repulsion; repugnance [3] resistance; drag; friction |
| 提出 | ていしゅつ | [1] presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in |
| 程度 | ていど | [1] degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about; approximately |
| 停留所 | ていりゅうじょ | [1] stop (bus, tram, etc.); station; stopping place |
| 敵 | てき | [1] opponent; rival; adversary [2] menace; danger; threat; enemy |
| 適する | てきする | [1] to fit; to suit |
| 適切 | てきせつ | [1] appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right; pertinent; relevant |
| 適度 | てきど | [1] moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable |
| 適用 | てきよう | [1] application (of a rule, law, method, etc.) |
| 手品 | てじな | [1] magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand |
| 徹底 | てってい | [1] thoroughness; completeness; consistency [2] thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception |
| 鉄 | てつ | [1] iron (Fe) [2] steel [3] iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.) |
| 哲学 | てつがく | [1] philosophy |
| 手伝い | てつだい | [1] helper; assistant [2] help; assistance |
| 鉄道 | てつどう | [1] railroad; railway; rail transport |
| 徹夜 | てつや | [1] staying up all night |
| 手間 | てま | [1] time; labour; labor |
| 典型 | てんけい | [1] type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype; perfect example |
| 天候 | てんこう | [1] weather |
| テント | [1] tent | |
| 天然 | てんねん | [1] nature; spontaneity [2] natural airhead |
| 出会い | であい | [1] meeting; rendezvous; encounter [2] meeting for the first time; coming across [3] confluence |
| 出会う | であう | [1] to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon [2] to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.) [3] to emerge and engage (an enemy) |
| 出来事 | できごと | [1] occurrence; happening; incident; event |
| 出来るだけ | できるだけ | [1] as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible |
| ですから | [1] so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why; for that reason | |
| デモ | [1] demonstration; protest [2] (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation | |
| 電子 | でんし | [1] electron [2] electronic |
| 伝統 | でんとう | [1] tradition; convention |
| デート | [1] date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night [2] date (day) | |
| と | [1] if; when [2] and [3] with | |
| ト | [1] 7th (in a sequence denoted by the iroha system) [2] G (note) | |
| 問い | とい | [1] question; query |
| 塔 | とう | [1] tower; steeple; spire [2] stupa; pagoda; dagoba |
| 党 | とう | [1] party (political) [2] person who is fond of; fan of |
| 答案 | とうあん | [1] examination paper; examination script; answer sheet [2] answer (to an exam question) |
| 当時 | とうじ | [1] at that time; in those days [2] Touji |
| 到着 | とうちゃく | [1] arrival |
| 投票 | とうひょう | [1] voting; ballot; poll; vote |
| 通す | とおす | [10] to force to accept; to force agreement [11] to continue (in a state); to persist in [12] to do to the entirety of; to cover all of; to span the whole ... |
| 通り | とおり | [10] Toori [1] street; road; avenue; thoroughfare [2] traffic; coming and going |
| 通り過ぎる | とおりすぎる | [1] to go past; to pass; to pass by |
| 都会 | とかい | [1] city [2] Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly |
| 時 | とき | [1] time; hour; moment [2] occasion; case [3] chance; opportunity; season |
| 解く | とく | [1] to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo; to unbind; to unpack [2] to unsew; to unstitch [3] to solve; to work out; to answer |
| 得意 | とくい | [1] satisfaction; pride; triumph; elation [2] one's strong point; one's forte; one's specialty [3] regular customer; regular client; patron |
| 特徴 | とくちょう | [1] feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction |
| 解ける | とける | [1] to be solved; to be resolved [2] to loosen; to come untied; to come undone [3] to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban); to be broken (spells, curses, etc.) |
| 所が | ところが | [1] even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless; on the contrary; as a matter of fact; despite |
| 所で | ところで | [1] by the way; incidentally; well; now [2] even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.) |
| 登山 | とざん | [1] mountain climbing; mountaineering; ascent of a mountain |
| 都市 | とし | [1] town; city; municipal; urban |
| 年月 | としつき | [1] months and years |
| 図書 | としょ | [1] books |
| 年寄り | としより | [1] old person; elderly person; senior citizen [2] trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay [3] senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate) |
| 閉じる | とじる | [1] to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut |
| 途端 | とたん | [1] just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that |
| 土地 | とち | [1] plot of land; lot; soil [2] locality; region; place |
| トップ | [1] top [2] top position [3] senior management; senior bureaucrat | |
| 突然 | とつぜん | [1] abrupt; sudden; unexpected |
| 届く | とどく | [1] to reach; to touch; to get to; to carry (of sound) [2] to be delivered; to arrive [3] to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to be thorough |
| 兎に角 | とにかく | [1] anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case; at least; just [2] setting aside ...; regardless of ... [3] really; truly; certainly; definitely; undeniably |
| 飛ばす | とばす | [10] to attack (e.g. with a leg manoeuvre) [11] to do vigorously; to do roughly; to do energetically [1] to let fly; to make fly; to send flying; to blow off (e.g. in the wind); to launch; to fire; to hurl; to shoot |
| 飛び出す | とびだす | [1] to jump out; to leap out; to fly out; to run out; to rush out; to bolt out [2] to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to come out [3] to protrude; to project; to jut out; to stick out |
| 友 | とも | [1] friend; companion; comrade; pal [2] accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement; accessory |
| 共に | ともに | [1] together; jointly [2] at the same time; with; as ...; including; along with [3] both |
| トラック | [1] truck; lorry | |
| トランプ | [1] (Western) playing cards | |
| 取り上げる | とりあげる | [1] to pick up [2] to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to accept; to listen to [3] to take issue with; to make a problem of; to bring up (as a point of criticism) |
| 取れる | とれる | [1] to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.) [2] to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to come out (of a stain); to come off (e.g. of dust); to be removed (e.g. of wrinkles) [3] to be harvested; to be picked; to be produced; to be caught (of fish); to be obtained; to be extracted |
| 屯 | トン | [1] ton (esp. a metric ton, i.e. 1000 kg); tonne |
| とんでもない | [1] unthinkable; unexpected; absurd; outrageous; preposterous; terrible [2] absolutely not!; far from it!; impossible!; preposterous!; what a thing to say!; no way! [3] (it was) no bother at all; not at all; don't mention it | |
| トンネル | [1] tunnel [2] to tunnel (through a potential barrier) [3] letting a grounder go through one's legs | |
| 度 | ど | [1] degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.) [2] counter for occurrences [3] strength (of glasses); glasses prescription |
| 度 | ど | [1] precisely; exactly; plumb; totally; very much [2] damn; stupid; cursed |
| 同一 | どういつ | [1] identical; same; one and the same; equal [2] fair; equal treatment; without discrimination |
| 銅貨 | どうか | [1] copper coin |
| 動詞 | どうし | [1] verb |
| 如何しても | どうしても | [1] by all means; at any cost; no matter what; at any rate; surely [2] whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; willy-nilly [3] on no account; by no means |
| 同時 | どうじ | [1] same time [2] simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous |
| 道徳 | どうとく | [1] morals; morality |
| 同様 | どうよう | [1] same; similar; (just) like; equal |
| 同僚 | どうりょう | [1] coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate |
| 道路 | どうろ | [1] road; highway |
| 毒 | どく | [1] poison; toxicant [2] harm; evil influence [3] ill will; spite; malice |
| 読書 | どくしょ | [1] reading (books) |
| 独身 | どくしん | [1] single; unmarried |
| 独特 | どくとく | [1] peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic [2] understood only by oneself |
| 独立 | どくりつ | [1] independence; self-reliance; supporting oneself; being on one's own [2] independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom [3] separation; isolation |
| 何処か | どこか | [1] somewhere [2] in some respects; in some way |
| ドライブ | [1] drive; trip by car; driving [2] to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car [3] to drive (e.g. a car) | |
| ドラマ | [1] (non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; play [2] drama; dramatic incident; spectacle; tragedy [3] Dhrama (Greece) | |
| 努力 | どりょく | [1] effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving |
| ドレス | [1] dress | |
| 泥 | どろ | [1] mud; (wet) dirt [2] thief [3] Android (mobile operating system) |
| どんな | [1] what kind of; what sort of; what [2] no matter what (kind of); whatever; any; all | |
| どんなに | [1] how; how much; to what extent [2] no matter how (much); however |
な行
edit| Kanji | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 名 | な | [1] name; given name [2] title [3] fame; renown; reputation |
| 直 | なお | [1] straight [2] ordinary; common [3] doing nothing |
| 仲 | なか | [1] relation; relationship |
| 中々 | なかなか | [1] very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather [2] by no means; not readily [3] middle; half-way point |
| 半ば | なかば | [1] middle; halfway; midway [2] half (of); one half [3] half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly; in part; partially |
| 仲間 | なかま | [1] companion; fellow; friend; mate; comrade; partner; colleague; coworker; associate [2] group; company; circle; set; gang [3] member of the same category (family, class) |
| 流す | ながす | [10] to exile; to banish [11] to hit (the ball) to the opposite field [12] to do inattentively; to do without concentrating; to put little effort into doing |
| 眺め | ながめ | [1] scene; view; prospect; outlook |
| 眺める | ながめる | [1] to look at; to gaze at; to watch; to stare at [2] to look out over; to get a view of; to admire (e.g. the scenery) [3] to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch; to observe |
| 流れ | ながれ | [1] flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; current [2] flow (of people, things); passage (of time); tide; passing; (changing) trends; tendency [3] course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; process |
| 流れる | ながれる | [1] to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to run (ink) [2] to be washed away; to be carried [3] to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to wander; to stray |
| 無し | なし | [1] without [2] unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory [3] nonexistent |
| 何故なら | なぜなら | [1] because; the reason is; if you want to know why |
| 謎 | なぞ | [1] riddle; puzzle; enigma; mystery [2] enigmatic; mysterious |
| 納得 | なっとく | [1] consent; agreement; acceptance [2] understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced |
| 何か | なにか | [1] something; some; any [2] somehow; for some reason [3] (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)? |
| 何も | なにも | [1] (not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any; nothing [2] and everything else; and all [3] (not) at all; (not) in the least; (not) especially; (not) to that extent |
| 鍋 | なべ | [1] pan; pot; saucepan [2] stew; hot pot |
| 生 | なま | [10] insufficient; incomplete; half-baked; half-hearted; perfunctory [11] cash [12] tipsiness |
| 怠ける | なまける | [1] to be lazy; to be idle; to slack [2] to neglect (e.g. one's work); to be neglectful of; to skip (e.g. school) |
| 波 | なみ | [1] wave [2] ups and downs |
| 涙 | なみだ | [1] tear; tears; lachrymal secretion [2] sympathy |
| 悩む | なやむ | [1] to be worried; to be troubled |
| 何で | なんで | [1] why?; what for? [2] how?; by what means? |
| 何でも | なんでも | [1] any; anything; whatever; whatever one likes; everything; all [2] I am told; I hear; I understand; they say |
| 何とか | なんとか | [1] something; something or other; so-and-so [2] somehow; anyhow; one way or another |
| 似合う | にあう | [1] to suit; to match; to become; to be like |
| 匂い | におい | [1] smell; scent; odour; odor; stench [2] aura; whiff; smack; flavour; flavor; mood [3] faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword |
| 苦手 | にがて | [1] poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at) [2] not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite |
| 日 | にち | [1] Sunday [2] nth day (of the month) [3] counter for days |
| 日常 | にちじょう | [1] everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular |
| 日曜 | にちよう | [1] Sunday |
| 日光 | にっこう | [1] sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams [2] Nikkō (city in Tochigi) |
| にっこり | [1] sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning) | |
| 日中 | にっちゅう | [1] daytime; during the day [2] Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese [3] Nicchuu |
| 日本 | にほん | [1] Japan |
| 入場 | にゅうじょう | [1] entrance; entering; admission; admittance |
| 人気 | にんき | [1] popularity; public favor [2] condition (e.g. market); tone; character; nature |
| 人間 | にんげん | [1] human being; human; person; man; mankind; humankind [2] character (of a person) |
| 抜く | ぬく | [10] to cut out (a shape); to create (a pattern) by dying the surrounding area [11] to seize; to capture; to reduce [12] to scoop (a story) |
| 抜ける | ぬける | [1] to come out; to fall out; to be omitted; to be missing; to escape; to come loose [2] to fade; to discolour [3] to wear a hole (e.g. clothes) |
| 根 | ね | [1] root (of a plant) [2] root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.) [3] root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis |
| 願い | ねがい | [1] desire; wish; hope [2] request; entreaty; plea; appeal [3] prayer |
| 願う | ねがう | [1] to desire; to wish; to hope [2] to beg; to request; to implore; to pray [3] to have something done for oneself |
| 鼠 | ねずみ | [1] mouse; rat [2] dark gray; slate gray |
| 熱心 | ねっしん | [1] zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager |
| 熱帯 | ねったい | [1] tropics |
| 熱中 | ねっちゅう | [1] being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to |
| 年間 | ねんかん | [1] (period of) a year [2] during the era (of) |
| 年中 | ねんじゅう | [1] whole year; all year round; throughout the year [2] always; all the time; perpetually [3] during an era |
| 年代 | ねんだい | [1] age; era; period; date |
| 年齢 | ねんれい | [1] age; years |
| 野 | の | [1] plain; field [2] hidden (structural) member [3] wild |
| 能 | のう | [1] talent; gift; function [2] noh (theatre) |
| 農家 | のうか | [1] farmer; farming family [2] farmhouse [3] School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists |
| 農業 | のうぎょう | [1] agriculture; farming |
| 農民 | のうみん | [1] farmer; peasant |
| 能力 | のうりょく | [1] ability; faculty |
| 軒 | のき | [1] eaves [2] narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building |
| 残す | のこす | [1] to leave (behind) [2] to leave (undone); to not finish [3] to save; to set aside; to reserve |
| 残り | のこり | [1] remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers |
| 乗せる | のせる | [1] to place on (something) [2] to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up; to help on board [3] to load (luggage); to carry; to take on board |
| 除く | のぞく | [1] to remove; to get rid of; to take away; to eliminate [2] to exclude; to except; to leave out; to omit [3] to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.) |
| 望み | のぞみ | [1] wish; desire; hope [2] prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes |
| 望む | のぞむ | [1] to desire; to want; to wish for; to hope for [2] to expect (of someone); to hope for; to look forward to [3] to see; to command (a view of); to overlook |
| 後 | のち | [1] later; afterwards [2] future [3] after one's death |
| ノック | [1] knock; knocking [2] fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice [3] tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil) | |
| 喉 | のど | [1] throat [2] singing voice [3] gutter (inner margins of a book) |
| 伸ばす | のばす | [1] to grow long (e.g. hair, nails) [2] to lengthen; to extend; to stretch [3] to reach out; to hold out |
| 伸びる | のびる | [1] to stretch; to extend; to lengthen; to grow (of hair, height, grass, etc.) [2] to straighten out; to be flattened; to become smooth [3] to spread (of paint, cream, etc.) |
| 述べる | のべる | [1] to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention |
| のんびり | [1] at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully | |
| ノー | [1] no [2] no; without; not needed; not allowed |
は行
edit| Kanji | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| はあ | [1] yes; indeed; well [2] ha! [3] what?; huh? | |
| 灰 | はい | [1] ash; ashes |
| ハイキング | [1] hiking | |
| 配達 | はいたつ | [1] delivery |
| 俳優 | はいゆう | [1] actor; actress; player; performer |
| 墓 | はか | [1] grave; gravesite; tomb |
| 博士 | はかせ | [1] expert; learned person [2] doctor; PhD; Dr. [3] instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period) |
| 計る | はかる | [1] to measure; to weigh; to survey; to time (sound, gauge, estimate) [2] to conjecture; to infer; to surmise |
| 履く | はく | [1] to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear [2] to affix (a sword to one's hip) [3] to affix (a bowstring to a bow) |
| 吐く | はく | [1] to vomit; to throw up; to spit up [2] to emit; to send forth; to breathe out [3] to give (an opinion); to make (a comment); to express; to tell |
| 拍手 | はくしゅ | [1] clapping hands; applause [2] clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine) |
| 博物館 | はくぶつかん | [1] museum [2] Hakubutsukan |
| 激しい | はげしい | [1] violent; furious; tempestuous [2] extreme; intense; fierce; strong [3] fervent; vehement |
| 鋏 | はさみ | [1] scissors; shears; clippers [2] hole punch |
| 破産 | はさん | [1] bankruptcy; insolvency |
| 端 | はし | [1] end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge; margin [2] beginning; start; first [3] odds and ends; scrap; odd bit; least |
| 始まり | はじまり | [1] origin; beginning; start |
| 外す | はずす | [1] to remove; to take off; to detach; to unfasten; to undo [2] to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to exclude; to expel [3] to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to step out; to slip away |
| 旗 | はた | [1] flag [2] pataka (banner) [3] banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia) |
| 畑 | はたけ | [1] field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; vegetable plot; kitchen garden; plantation [2] field (of specialization); sphere; area; line [3] womb; birth; birthplace |
| 働き | はたらき | [1] work; labor; labour [2] achievement; performance; ability; talent [3] salary; income; earnings |
| 肌 | はだ | [1] skin [2] body (in the context of intimate bodily contact) [3] surface; grain (e.g. of wood); texture |
| 裸 | はだか | [1] nakedness; nudity [2] bareness; nakedness; baldness; being uncovered [3] being penniless |
| 発見 | はっけん | [1] discovery; detection; finding |
| 発行 | はっこう | [1] publication (of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); issue [2] issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.) [3] raising (an event) |
| 発車 | はっしゃ | [1] departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving |
| 発達 | はったつ | [1] development; growth |
| 発展 | はってん | [1] development; growth; expansion; extension; flourishing [2] development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; progression; unfolding [3] playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life |
| 発表 | はっぴょう | [1] announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known; breaking (news story); expressing (one's opinion); releasing; unveiling |
| 発明 | はつめい | [1] invention [2] intelligent; clever; smart |
| 話し合う | はなしあう | [1] to discuss; to talk together |
| 放す | はなす | [1] to release; to let go; to free; to set free; to let loose; to turn loose [2] to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc. |
| 離す | はなす | [1] to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart |
| 離れる | はなれる | [1] to be separated; to be apart; to be distant [2] to leave; to go away [3] to leave (a job, etc.); to quit; to give up |
| 羽 | はね | [1] feather; plume; down [2] wing [3] blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.) |
| 母親 | ははおや | [1] mother |
| 幅 | はば | [1] width; breadth [2] freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude [3] gap; difference (e.g. in price); range (e.g. of voice) |
| 省く | はぶく | [1] to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to eliminate [2] to curtail; to save; to cut down; to economize; to economise |
| 腹 | はら | [10] counter for hard roe [11] counter for containers with bulging middles (pots, vases, etc.) [1] abdomen; belly; stomach |
| 原 | はら | [1] field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness |
| 針 | はり | [1] needle; pin [2] hook [3] stinger; thorn |
| 範囲 | はんい | [1] extent; scope; sphere; range; span |
| 反抗 | はんこう | [1] opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion |
| ハンサム | [1] handsome | |
| 犯罪 | はんざい | [1] crime; offence; offense |
| 判断 | はんだん | [1] judgment; judgement; decision; conclusion; adjudication [2] divination [3] judgement |
| 犯人 | はんにん | [1] offender; criminal; culprit |
| 販売 | はんばい | [1] sale; sales; selling; marketing |
| 場 | ば | [1] place; spot; space [2] field; discipline; sphere; realm [3] occasion; situation |
| バイオリン | [1] violin | |
| 馬鹿 | ばか | [1] idiot; moron; fool [2] stupid; foolish; dull; absurd; ridiculous [3] trivial; insignificant; disappointing |
| 麦酒 | ばくしゅ | [1] beer |
| 莫大 | ばくだい | [1] vast; huge; immense; enormous; colossal [2] malva nut (Scaphium affine) |
| 爆発 | ばくはつ | [1] explosion; detonation; blast; blowing up; eruption [2] outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent) |
| バッグ | [1] bag | |
| 罰する | ばっする | [1] to punish; to penalize; to penalise |
| ばったり | [1] with a clash; with a thud; with a bang; with a flop; plump [2] unexpectedly (meeting someone) [3] suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt) | |
| 場面 | ばめん | [1] scene; setting; place (where something happens); scenario; case [2] scene (in a movie, play); shot [3] state of the market |
| 番 | ばん | [1] number (in a series) [2] (one's) turn [3] watch; guard; lookout |
| バン | [1] bun (hairstyle) [2] Van (Turkey); Bang; Wend | |
| パイプ | [1] pipe; tube [2] (tobacco) pipe [3] cigarette holder | |
| パイロット | [1] pilot | |
| パス | [1] passing (an examination, inspection, etc.) [2] pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket [3] pass (of a ball) | |
| パスポート | [1] passport | |
| パーセント | [1] percent; per cent; percentage | |
| 灯 | ひ | [1] light; lamp |
| 比較 | ひかく | [1] comparison |
| 被害 | ひがい | [1] (suffering) damage; injury; harm |
| 轢く | ひく | [1] to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down |
| 悲劇 | ひげき | [1] tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play [2] tragedy; calamity; disaster |
| 飛行 | ひこう | [1] flight; flying; aviation |
| 膝 | ひざ | [1] knee [2] lap; knee and thigh (while sitting) |
| 非常 | ひじょう | [1] emergency [2] extreme; great; extraordinary; remarkable; unusual; terrible; severe |
| 額 | ひたい | [1] forehead; brow |
| 引っ張る | ひっぱる | [10] to quote; to cite; to reference [11] to pull the ball [12] to wear; to put on |
| 日付 | ひづけ | [1] date; dating |
| 否定 | ひてい | [1] denial; negation; repudiation; disavowal [2] negation [3] NOT operation |
| 一言 | ひとこと | [1] single word; a few words; brief comment |
| 人ごみ | ひとごみ | [1] crowd of people |
| 等しい | ひとしい | [1] equal; identical; the same [2] no different (from); just like; equivalent |
| 一人一人 | ひとりひとり | [1] each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn |
| 批判 | ひはん | [1] criticism; judgement; judgment; comment |
| 批評 | ひひょう | [1] criticism; critique; review; commentary |
| 秘密 | ひみつ | [1] secret; secrecy; confidentiality; privacy [2] mystery [3] secret (e.g. to success) |
| 紐 | ひも | [1] string; cord [2] leash [3] man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; pimp |
| 表 | ひょう | [1] table; chart; list [2] memorial to an emperor |
| 評価 | ひょうか | [1] valuation; appraisal; evaluation; assessment; estimation; rating; judging [2] appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement; rating highly; praising |
| 表現 | ひょうげん | [1] expression; representation; description [2] representation (of a group) |
| 表情 | ひょうじょう | [1] facial expression; countenance [2] look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.) |
| 評判 | ひょうばん | [1] reputation; (public) estimation; popularity [2] rumour; rumor; talk (e.g. of the town) [3] fame; notoriety |
| 表面 | ひょうめん | [1] surface; face [2] outside; exterior [3] appearances; superficiality |
| 費用 | ひよう | [1] cost; expense |
| 広がる | ひろがる | [1] to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space) |
| 品 | ひん | [1] elegance; grace; refinement; class; dignity [2] article; item [3] counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant) |
| 美人 | びじん | [1] beautiful woman; (a) beauty |
| 吃驚 | びっくり | [1] to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be astonished; to get startled; to jump [2] surprise (e.g. surprise party) |
| ビデオ | [1] video (esp. a televised image) [2] videotape; VHS tape; videocassette [3] videocassette recorder; VCR | |
| 微妙 | びみょう | [1] subtle; delicate; fine [2] difficult; complex; tricky; delicate (situation, position, etc.); close (e.g. decision) [3] doubtful; questionable; dicey |
| 秒 | びょう | [1] second (unit of time) [2] arc second |
| 平等 | びょうどう | [1] equality; impartiality; evenness [2] Byoudou |
| 便 | びん | [1] flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); service [2] mail; post; letter [3] opportunity; chance |
| 瓶 | びん | [1] bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial |
| ビール | [1] beer [2] Biel (Switzerland); Bir (India); Beal; Beale; Bier | |
| ピクニック | [1] picnic [2] outing; hike | |
| ぴったり | [1] tightly; closely [2] exactly; precisely [3] suddenly (stopping) | |
| ピン | [1] pin (e.g. hairpin, safety pin) [2] (bowling) pin [3] pin; flagstick | |
| 不 | ふ | [1] un-; non- |
| 不安 | ふあん | [1] anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity; suspense |
| 風景 | ふうけい | [1] scenery; scene; landscape; view; sight [2] scene (e.g. of a crime) |
| 夫婦 | ふうふ | [1] married couple; husband and wife; man and wife |
| 笛 | ふえ | [1] flute; fife; pipe; recorder; flageolet; shakuhachi; clarinet [2] whistle |
| 不可 | ふか | [1] wrong; bad; improper; unjustifiable; inadvisable [2] not allowed; not possible [3] failing grade |
| 服装 | ふくそう | [1] attire; dress; clothes; clothing; costume; garb |
| 含む | ふくむ | [1] to contain; to comprise; to have; to hold; to include; to embrace [2] to hold in the mouth [3] to bear in mind; to understand; to harbor (grudge, etc.); to harbour |
| 袋 | ふくろ | [1] bag; sack; pouch [2] skin of an orange (and other like fruits) [3] dead end |
| 不幸 | ふこう | [1] unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; disaster; accident [2] death (usu. of a relative); bereavement |
| 節 | ふし | [1] joint; knuckle [2] tune; melody [3] node (of a plant stem); joint; knot (in wood); knob |
| 不思議 | ふしぎ | [1] wonderful; marvelous; strange; incredible; amazing; curious; miraculous; mysterious [2] strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason; curiously |
| 不自由 | ふじゆう | [1] discomfort; inconvenience [2] poverty; want; destitution; lack [3] inability; disability; impairment (physical, mental, etc.); nonfluency (in a language) |
| 婦人 | ふじん | [1] woman; lady; adult female |
| 夫人 | ふじん | [1] wife; Mrs; madam [2] wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.) [3] consort of the emperor |
| 不正 | ふせい | [1] injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity; dishonesty; illegality; fraud |
| 防ぐ | ふせぐ | [1] to defend against; to protect against [2] to prevent; to avert; to avoid |
| 不足 | ふそく | [1] insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; lack; scarcity; deficit [2] dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint |
| 双子 | ふたご | [1] twins; twin [2] Futago |
| 再び | ふたたび | [1] again; once more; a second time |
| 普段 | ふだん | [1] usual; normal; everyday; habitual; ordinary [2] usually; normally; generally; habitually; always |
| 縁 | ふち | [1] rim; brim; edge; brink |
| 筆 | ふで | [1] writing brush; paintbrush; pen [2] writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; penmanship; something drawn with a brush [3] writing (composing text); the written word |
| 不図 | ふと | [1] suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally |
| 不平 | ふへい | [1] discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance |
| 不満 | ふまん | [1] dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness |
| 不利 | ふり | [1] disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position |
| 振る | ふる | [10] to bring up a topic; to lead to a topic [11] to replace; to substitute [12] to set up a joke for someone else |
| 震える | ふるえる | [1] to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver |
| 故郷 | ふるさと | [1] hometown; birthplace; native place; one's old home [2] ruins; historic remains |
| 触れる | ふれる | [1] to touch; to feel [2] to touch (with) [3] to experience; to come in contact with; to perceive |
| 雰囲気 | ふんいき | [1] atmosphere; mood; ambience; ambiance; aura; feel [2] a certain air; presence; special aura; something (about someone) [3] (Earth's) atmosphere |
| 分 | ぶ | [1] one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun); 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale) [2] one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency) [3] thickness |
| 無 | ぶ | [1] un-; non- [2] bad ...; poor ... |
| 武器 | ぶき | [1] weapon; arms; ordnance [2] weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset |
| 無事 | ぶじ | [1] safety; security; peace; quiet [2] safely; without incident; successfully [3] good health |
| 舞台 | ぶたい | [1] stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); (stage) performance [2] setting (of a story); scene [3] sphere (of activity); stage (e.g. political stage); scene; arena; world |
| 物価 | ぶっか | [1] prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living |
| 物質 | ぶっしつ | [1] material; substance [2] matter |
| 打つ | ぶつ | [1] to hit (someone); to strike; to beat [2] to make (a speech); to give (an address) [3] to gamble |
| 部分 | ぶぶん | [1] portion; section; part |
| ブレーキ | [1] brake [2] (a) stop (to a development, behavior, etc.); (the) brakes | |
| 分 | ぶん | [1] part; portion; share [2] amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); enough (for) [3] one's means; one's place; one's lot; one's social position |
| 文 | ぶん | [1] sentence [2] composition; text; writings [3] the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; literature |
| 分析 | ぶんせき | [1] analysis |
| 文明 | ぶんめい | [1] civilization; civilisation; culture [2] Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20) |
| 分野 | ぶんや | [1] field; sphere; realm; division; branch |
| プラス | [1] plus; addition [2] positive (number) [3] plus sign; positive symbol | |
| プラン | [1] plan; scheme [2] (payment) plan; package; deal; offer | |
| プロ | [1] professional; pro [2] program [3] production | |
| 塀 | へい | [1] wall [2] fence |
| 平均 | へいきん | [1] average; mean [2] balance; equilibrium |
| 平和 | へいわ | [1] peace; harmony |
| 減らす | へらす | [1] to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten |
| 減る | へる | [1] to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate |
| 変化 | へんか | [1] change; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; transformation; transfiguration; metamorphosis [2] variety; diversity [3] inflection; declension; conjugation |
| 変更 | へんこう | [1] change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment |
| 別に | べつに | [1] (not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially [2] separately; apart; additionally; extra |
| ベルト | [1] belt (worn around the waist) [2] (machine) belt [3] belt; zone; area | |
| ベンチ | [1] bench | |
| 弁当 | べんとう | [1] bento; Japanese box lunch |
| ペンキ | [1] paint | |
| 方 | ほう | [1] direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction) [2] side (of an argument, etc.); one's part [3] type; category |
| 法 | ほう | [1] law; act; principle [2] method [3] mood |
| 方向 | ほうこう | [1] direction; orientation; bearing; way [2] course (e.g. of action) |
| 報告 | ほうこく | [1] report; information |
| 宝石 | ほうせき | [1] gem; jewel; precious stone |
| 放送 | ほうそう | [1] broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement |
| 豊富 | ほうふ | [1] abundant; plentiful; rich; ample |
| 方法 | ほうほう | [1] method; way; manner; process; procedure; means; measure |
| 方々 | ほうぼう | [1] here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over |
| 訪問 | ほうもん | [1] call; visit |
| 吠える | ほえる | [1] to bark; to howl; to bay; to roar; to yelp; to yap [2] to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea) [3] to yell; to shout; to cry; to moan |
| 頬 | ほお | [1] cheek (of the face) |
| 埃 | ほこり | [1] dust [2] Hokori |
| 誇り | ほこり | [1] pride; boast; credit (to) |
| 保証 | ほしょう | [1] guarantee; security; assurance; pledge [2] warranty |
| 保存 | ほぞん | [1] preservation; conservation; storage; maintenance [2] saving (e.g. to disk) |
| 仏 | ほとけ | [1] Buddha; Shakyamuni [2] Buddhist image; figure of Buddha [3] the dead; dead person; departed soul |
| 程 | ほど | [1] extent; degree; measure [2] limit; bounds [3] (span of) time |
| 歩道 | ほどう | [1] footpath; walkway; sidewalk; pavement |
| 骨 | ほね | [1] bone [2] frame [3] outline; core |
| 炎 | ほのお | [1] flame; blaze [2] flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion |
| 微笑む | ほほえむ | [1] to smile |
| 略 | ほぼ | [1] almost; roughly; approximately; about; around |
| 堀 | ほり | [1] moat; fosse [2] canal; ditch |
| 本人 | ほんにん | [1] the person in question; the person themselves; said person |
| 本物 | ほんもの | [1] genuine article; real thing; real deal |
| ホーム | [1] platform | |
| 棒 | ぼう | [1] pole; rod; stick; baton [2] line; dash [3] spoken monotonously |
| 冒険 | ぼうけん | [1] adventure; venture [2] venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger; hazard; risk |
| ぼんやり | [1] dimly; faintly; indistinctly; vaguely [2] absentmindedly; vacantly; carelessly [3] idly; aimlessly | |
| ボーイ | [1] boy [2] bellboy; porter; waiter | |
| ボート | [1] boat; rowing boat | |
| ボール | [1] ball [2] ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone) |
ま行
edit| Kanji | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 間 | ま | [1] time; pause [2] space [3] room |
| まあ | [1] just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now [2] tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably; fairly; rather; somewhat [3] well...; I think...; it would seem...; you might say...; Hmmm, I guess so... | |
| マイク | [1] mike; mic; microphone | |
| 迷子 | まいご | [1] lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child |
| 任せる | まかせる | [1] to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to entrust (someone) with [2] to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to let (happen); to give (oneself to something) [3] to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely; to use without reserve |
| 幕 | まく | [1] curtain [2] act (in a play) [3] falling of the curtain; end (of a scene) |
| 負け | まけ | [1] defeat; loss; losing (a game) [2] failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.) [3] discount; loss (on a sale) |
| 誠に | まことに | [1] indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very; quite |
| 孫 | まご | [1] grandchild |
| 真逆 | まさか | [1] by no means; never!; well, I never!; you don't say!; certainly (not) [2] something unexpected; emergency [3] currently; for the time being; presently; for now |
| 正に | まさに | [1] exactly; just; precisely; really; truly; surely; certainly; without doubt [2] right (when); just (as) [3] just (about to); on the point of; on the verge of; on the brink of |
| 真面目 | まじめ | [1] serious; earnest; sober; grave [2] honest; sincere |
| 増す | ます | [1] to increase; to grow |
| マスター | [1] to master (a skill) [2] proprietor; manager; owner; barkeeper [3] leader; chief; head | |
| 益々 | ますます | [1] increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less |
| 先ず | まず | [1] first (of all); firstly; to begin with; before anything else [2] probably; most likely; almost certainly; virtually [3] more or less (satisfactory); on the whole; reasonably |
| 貧しい | まずしい | [1] poor; needy [2] lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate |
| 間違い | まちがい | [1] mistake; error; blunder [2] accident; mishap; trouble [3] improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion |
| 真っ赤 | まっか | [1] bright red; deep red; flushed (of face) [2] downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter |
| 全く | まったく | [1] really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly [2] indeed [3] good grief |
| 松 | まつ | [1] pine tree (Pinus spp.) [2] highest (of a three-tier ranking system) |
| 祭り | まつり | [1] festival; feast; matsuri [2] harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; flaming [3] galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy; mania |
| 学ぶ | まなぶ | [1] to learn; to study; to take lessons in |
| 真似 | まね | [1] imitating; copying; mimicry [2] behavior; behaviour; action; conduct |
| 招く | まねく | [1] to invite; to ask [2] to beckon; to wave someone in; to gesture to [3] to call in; to send for; to summon |
| ママ | [1] mom; mommy; mum; mummy; mother; mama; mamma [2] female proprietress (of a bar, etc.) | |
| 豆 | まめ | [1] legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; pea [2] soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy [3] female genitalia (esp. the clitoris) |
| 守る | まもる | [1] to protect; to guard; to defend [2] to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow |
| 丸 | まる | [1] circle [2] entirety; whole; full; complete [3] money; dough; moola |
| 丸で | まるで | [1] quite; entirely; completely; at all [2] as if; as though; just like |
| 回り | まわり | [1] rotation [2] making the rounds [3] spreading |
| 万一 | まんいち | [1] (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); 10000 to 1 [2] (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that |
| 満足 | まんぞく | [1] satisfaction; contentment; gratification [2] sufficient; satisfactory; enough; adequate; proper; decent [3] satisfying (an equation) |
| マーケット | [1] market [2] Marquette; Marquat | |
| 実 | み | [1] fruit; nut [2] seed [3] (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc. |
| 身 | み | [1] one's body; one's person [2] oneself; one's appearance [3] one's place (in society, etc.); one's position |
| 見送り | みおくり | [1] seeing (someone) off; send-off [2] deferment; postponement; shelving [3] letting a pitch go by |
| 味方 | みかた | [1] friend; ally; supporter [2] taking sides (with); supporting; standing by; backing up |
| 見事 | みごと | [1] splendid; magnificent; excellent; fine; superb; beautiful; admirable [2] utter (esp. defeat); total; complete [3] something worth seeing; sight; spectacle |
| ミス | [1] mistake; error; blunder | |
| 満ちる | みちる | [1] to fill; to become full (of); to be filled (with); to brim (with) [2] to wax (of the moon) [3] to rise (of the tide); to flow; to come in |
| 密 | みつ | [1] dense; thick; crowded [2] close (relationship); intimate [3] minute; fine; careful |
| 認める | みとめる | [1] to recognize; to recognise; to observe; to notice [2] to deem; to judge; to assess [3] to approve; to deem acceptable; to allow |
| 見舞い | みまい | [1] visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; inquiry (about someone's health); expression of sympathy [2] letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; get-well letter; gift (in token of one's sympathy) |
| 土産 | みやげ | [1] local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling [2] present brought by a visitor [3] something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift; disservice |
| 都 | みやこ | [1] capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government [2] capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light) [3] location of the Imperial Palace |
| 妙 | みょう | [1] strange; weird; odd; curious [2] wonder; mystery; miracle; excellence [3] cleverness; adroitness; knack; skill |
| 未来 | みらい | [1] (distant) future [2] future existence; world beyond the grave; the world to come [3] future (tense) |
| 魅力 | みりょく | [1] charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal |
| ミルク | [1] milk [2] infant formula; formula; baby milk [3] condensed milk | |
| 無 | む | [1] nothing; naught; nought; nil; zero [2] un-; non- |
| 向い | むかい | [1] facing; opposite; across the street; other side |
| 迎え | むかえ | [1] meeting; greeting; welcome [2] person sent to meet a visitor |
| 向く | むく | [1] to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.) [2] to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to front (on) [3] to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.) |
| 向ける | むける | [1] to turn (towards); to face; to point; to aim; to direct to [2] to head to; to go towards [3] to allot; to allocate |
| 無視 | むし | [1] disregarding; ignoring |
| 虫歯 | むしば | [1] tooth decay; cavity; decayed tooth; dental caries |
| 寧ろ | むしろ | [1] rather; better; instead; if anything |
| 結ぶ | むすぶ | [1] to tie; to bind; to link [2] to bear (fruit) [3] to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to conclude |
| 無駄 | むだ | [1] futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness |
| 夢中 | むちゅう | [1] absorbed in; immersed in; crazy about; obsessed with; devoted to [2] forgetting oneself; daze; trance; ecstasy; delirium [3] within a dream; while dreaming |
| 胸 | むね | [1] chest; breast [2] breasts; bosom; bust [3] heart |
| 無料 | むりょう | [1] free (of charge); gratuitous |
| 芽 | め | [1] sprout; shoot; bud [2] germinal disk (in an egg) |
| 明確 | めいかく | [1] clear; precise; definite; distinct |
| 命じる | めいじる | [1] to order; to command [2] to appoint |
| 名人 | めいじん | [1] master; expert [2] Meijin (professional title) |
| 命令 | めいれい | [1] order; command; decree; directive [2] (software) instruction; statement |
| 迷惑 | めいわく | [1] trouble; bother; annoyance; nuisance; inconvenience [2] to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by) |
| 飯 | めし | [1] cooked rice [2] meal; food [3] one's living; livelihood |
| 滅多に | めった | [1] rarely; seldom |
| メモ | [1] note; memo; memorandum | |
| 面 | めん | [1] face [2] mask; face guard [3] striking the head (in kendo) |
| 綿 | めん | [1] cotton |
| 免許 | めんきょ | [1] license; licence; permission; permit; certificate |
| 面倒 | めんどう | [1] trouble; bother [2] trouble; difficulty [3] care; attention |
| メンバー | [1] member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport) [2] Memba | |
| 申し込む | もうしこむ | [1] 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 |
| 申し訳 | もうしわけ | [1] apology; excuse |
| 毛布 | もうふ | [1] blanket |
| 燃える | もえる | [1] to burn; to get fired up |
| 目的 | もくてき | [1] purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention |
| 目標 | もくひょう | [1] goal; target; aim; objective [2] mark; sign; landmark |
| 木曜 | もくよう | [1] Thursday |
| 若しも | もしも | [1] if; in case; supposing |
| 文字 | もじ | [1] letter (of an alphabet); character [2] writing |
| 持ち上げる | もちあげる | [1] to elevate; to raise; to lift up [2] to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky |
| 用いる | もちいる | [1] to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise |
| 勿論 | もちろん | [1] of course; certainly; naturally |
| 最も | もっとも | [1] most; extremely |
| 尤も | もっとも | [1] but then; although; though [2] reasonable; natural; just |
| 元 | もと | [10] counter for plants or trees [11] counter for falcons (in falconry) [1] origin; source; beginning |
| 元 | もと | [1] former; ex-; past; one-time [2] earlier times; the past; previous state [3] formerly; previously; originally; before |
| 基づく | もとづく | [1] to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be in accordance (with) [2] to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from); to originate (in) |
| 求める | もとめる | [1] to want; to wish for [2] to request; to demand; to require; to ask for [3] to seek; to search for; to look for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job); to find (a solution) |
| 戻す | もどす | [1] to put back; to return; to give back; to restore (to a previous state, e.g. defrosting, reconstituting, reconciling); to turn back (e.g. clock hand) [2] to vomit; to throw up [3] to recover (of a market price) |
| 者 | もの | [1] person |
| 物音 | ものおと | [1] noise; sound |
| 物語 | ものがたり | [1] story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend |
| 物事 | ものごと | [1] things; everything |
| 模様 | もよう | [1] pattern; figure; design [2] state; condition [3] conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems |
| 貰う | もらう | [1] to receive; to take; to accept [2] to get someone to do something [3] to have in one's pocket (a fight, match) |
| 文句 | もんく | [1] complaint; grumbling; objection [2] phrase; words; expression |
や行
edit| Kanji | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 軈て | やがて | [1] before long; soon; shortly [2] almost; nearly [3] finally; in the end; eventually |
| 役 | やく | [1] role; assignment; responsibility; duty; function; job; service [2] position (of responsibility); post; office [3] part (in a play, film, etc.); role; character |
| 約 | やく | [1] approximately; about [2] promise; appointment; engagement [3] shortening; reduction; simplification |
| 訳 | やく | [1] translation; version (e.g. "English version") |
| 役割 | やくわり | [1] part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties |
| 厄介 | やっかい | [1] trouble; burden; nuisance; bother; worry [2] care; dependence; support; kindness; obligation; staying (with a person) |
| 雇う | やとう | [1] to employ; to hire; to take on [2] to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire |
| 宿 | やど | [1] lodging; inn; hotel [2] house; home; dwelling [3] home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.) |
| 屋根 | やね | [1] roof |
| 矢張り | やは | [1] as expected; sure enough; just as one thought [2] after all (is said and done); in the end; as one would expect; in any case [3] too; also; as well; likewise; (not) either |
| 辞める | やめる | [1] to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.) |
| 稍 | やや | [1] a little; partially; somewhat; slightly; semi-; -ish; on the ... side; a short time; a while |
| 唯一 | ゆいいつ | [1] only; sole; unique |
| 勇気 | ゆうき | [1] courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness |
| 有効 | ゆうこう | [1] valid; effective [2] yuko (judo) |
| 優秀 | ゆうしゅう | [1] superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding |
| 優勝 | ゆうしょう | [1] overall victory; championship; winning the title [2] (being in) heaven; bliss; perfect contentment |
| 友情 | ゆうじょう | [1] friendship; fellowship; camaraderie |
| 友人 | ゆうじん | [1] friend |
| 有能 | ゆうのう | [1] able; capable; competent; talented; efficient |
| 郵便 | ゆうびん | [1] mail service; postal service; mail; post [2] mail; postal matter; postal items |
| 有利 | ゆうり | [1] advantageous; favourable; better; stronger [2] profitable; lucrative; gainful; paying |
| 床 | ゆか | [1] floor [2] stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player) [3] dining platform built across a river |
| 愉快 | ゆかい | [1] pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing; happy |
| 輸出 | ゆしゅつ | [1] export; exportation [2] efferent |
| 譲る | ゆずる | [1] to hand over; to transfer; to turn over; to assign; to convey; to bequeath [2] to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way [3] to yield; to concede; to give ground; to surrender |
| 豊か | ゆたか | [1] abundant; plentiful; rich; ample [2] rich; wealthy; affluent; well-off [3] open (mind); relaxed; easy |
| 輸入 | ゆにゅう | [1] import; importation; introduction [2] afferent |
| 許す | ゆるす | [1] to permit; to allow; to approve; to consent to [2] to forgive; to pardon; to excuse; to tolerate [3] to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to release; to let off |
| ユーモア | [1] humor; humour; joke | |
| 夜明け | よあけ | [1] dawn; daybreak |
| 様 | よう | [1] appearing ...; looking ... [2] way to ...; method of ...ing [3] form; style; design |
| 酔う | よう | [1] to get drunk; to become intoxicated [2] to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated [3] to be elated; to be exalted; to be spellbound; to be in raptures |
| 容易 | ようい | [1] easy; simple; plain |
| 陽気 | ようき | [1] cheerful; jovial; merry; lively [2] weather; season [3] spirit of yang |
| 要求 | ようきゅう | [1] demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire |
| 用心 | ようじん | [1] care; precaution; guarding; caution |
| 様子 | ようす | [1] state (of affairs); situation; circumstances [2] appearance; look(s); air; manner; behaviour; demeanor [3] sign; indication |
| 要するに | ようするに | [1] in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all |
| 要素 | ようそ | [1] component; factor; item (e.g. in list) [2] element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure) |
| 要点 | ようてん | [1] gist; main point |
| 曜日 | ようび | [1] day of the week |
| 予期 | よき | [1] expectation; anticipation; forecast |
| 横切る | よこぎる | [1] to cross (e.g. road); to traverse |
| 予算 | よさん | [1] estimate (of costs); budget |
| 止す | よす | [1] to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up; to quit |
| ヨット | [1] yacht (esp. a sailing boat with one mast); sailing boat; sailboat | |
| 夜中 | よなか | [1] middle of the night; dead of night [2] Yonaka |
| 世の中 | よのなか | [1] society; the world; the times |
| 余分 | よぶん | [1] extra; excess; surplus |
| 予報 | よほう | [1] forecast; prediction |
| 予防 | よぼう | [1] prevention; protection (against); precaution |
| 読み | よみ | [1] reading [2] reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading) [3] reading (e.g. of a situation); insight; judgment; interpretation; prediction; calculation |
| 嫁 | よめ | [1] bride [2] (one's) daughter-in-law [3] wife |
| 余裕 | よゆう | [1] surplus; margin; leeway; room; space; time; allowance; flexibility; scope [2] composure; placidity; complacency; calm |
| 喜び | よろこび | [1] joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing; congratulations; felicitations |
| 宜しい | よろしい | [1] good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do; may; can |
| 宜しく | よろしく | [1] well; properly; suitably [2] best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of; please do [3] just like ...; as though one were ... |
| 欧羅巴 | ヨーロッパ | [1] Europe [2] Europe |
ら行
edit| Kanji | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ライター | [1] lighter | |
| 楽 | らく | [1] comfort; ease; relief; (at) peace; relaxation [2] easy; simple; without trouble; without hardships [3] (economically) comfortable |
| ラケット | [1] racket; paddle (in table-tennis) | |
| 利益 | りえき | [1] profit; gains [2] benefit; advantage; good; interests (e.g. of society) [3] grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing; miracle |
| 理解 | りかい | [1] understanding; comprehension; appreciation [2] sympathy |
| 陸 | りく | [1] land; shore |
| 利口 | りこう | [1] clever; intelligent; bright; smart; wise; sensible; shrewd [2] well-behaved (esp. of children and pets); obedient; good |
| 離婚 | りこん | [1] divorce |
| 理想 | りそう | [1] ideal; ideals |
| 率 | りつ | [1] rate; ratio; proportion; percentage |
| 留学 | りゅうがく | [1] studying abroad [2] (temporarily) studying at another school (to learn a specific skill) |
| 流行 | りゅうこう | [1] fashion; trend; vogue; craze; fad; popularity [2] prevalence (of a disease); epidemic |
| 量 | りょう | [1] quantity; amount; volume; capacity; portion (of food) [2] generosity; magnanimity; tolerance [3] pramana (means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge; in Indian philosophy) |
| 両替 | りょうがえ | [1] change; money exchange |
| 料金 | りょうきん | [1] fee; charge; fare |
| 例 | れい | [1] example; instance; illustration; case [2] precedent [3] custom; habit; practice; usage |
| 冷静 | れいせい | [1] calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind |
| 列車 | れっしゃ | [1] train; railway train |
| 列 | れつ | [1] row; line; file; column; queue; rank; procession [2] company (of someone); group; ranks [3] sequence |
| 連想 | れんそう | [1] association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion |
| 連続 | れんぞく | [1] continuation; succession; series |
| 老人 | ろうじん | [1] old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly |
| 労働 | ろうどう | [1] labor; labour; work [2] Labour Party |
| ロケット | [1] rocket | |
| 論じる | ろんじる | [1] to discuss; to talk about; to deal with (a topic) [2] to argue; to dispute [3] to take into consideration; to make an issue of |
| 論争 | ろんそう | [1] dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue |
| 論文 | ろんぶん | [1] thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article |
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edit| Kanji | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 輪 | わ | [1] ring; circle; loop [2] hoop [3] wheel |
| ワイン | [1] wine | |
| 別れ | わかれ | [1] parting; separation; farewell |
| 我儘 | わがまま | [1] selfish; egoist [2] self-indulgent; wilful; willful |
| 脇 | わき | [1] armpit; under one's arm; side; flank [2] beside; close to; near; by [3] aside; to the side; away; out of the way |
| 分ける | わける | [1] to divide (into); to split (into); to part; to separate; to divide up; to classify; to sort out; to divide out [2] to share; to distribute; to deal out; to dish out [3] to distinguish; to discriminate; to differentiate (between) |
| 態と | わざと | [1] on purpose; deliberately; intentionally |
| 僅か | わずか | [1] a little; a few; small; slight; trifling; meagre; meager; narrow (margin) [2] only; just; merely; no more than |
| 綿 | わた | [1] cotton plant (Gossypium spp.) [2] batting; wadding; padding |
| 話題 | わだい | [1] topic; subject [2] much talked about; topical; in the news; hot |
| 笑い | わらい | [1] laugh; laughter [2] smile [3] sneer |
| 割る | わる | [1] to divide [2] to cut; to halve; to separate; to split; to rip [3] to break; to crack; to smash |
| 悪口 | わるぐち | [1] (verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing; name-calling; slander; abusive language; insulting remarks |
| 我々 | われわれ | [1] we |
| 湾 | わん | [1] bay; gulf; inlet |
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