JLPT N1 vocabulary
N1 is the top level, for advanced and abstract Japanese. Its list has 2699 words, and 119 of them are taught in the lessons on this site, each in everyday sentences with audio. Tap a lesson code to open it.
Taught in the lessons (119)
| Word | Meaning | Lessons |
|---|---|---|
| 雨具 あまぐ | rain gear | S22·1 S22·4 |
| 安静 あんせい | rest | L4·4 |
| 印鑑 いんかん | stamp, seal | L6·1 L6·3 L6·9 |
| 受かる うかる | to pass (examination) | S11·3 S11·4 |
| 受身 うけみ | passive, passive voice | S11·1 |
| 雨天 うてん | rainy weather | E6·6 E6·8 L5·7 |
| 運賃 うんちん | freight rates, shipping expenses, (passenger) fare | L3·1 L3·3 |
| 追い出す おいだす | to expel, to drive out | L13·5 |
| おごる (ゆうしょくを~) | to give (someone) a treat | E4·2 E4·7 L2·8 |
| 落ち込む おちこむ | to get depressed | L9·1 |
| おまけ | a discount; something additional | E4·1 |
| 開催 かいさい | holding a meeting, open an exhibition | S2·4 |
| 回収 かいしゅう | collection, recovery | L1·6 |
| 確定 かくてい | fixed, decision | S6·3 S6·4 |
| 駆けっこ かけっこ | (foot) race | L5·7 |
| 傾ける かたむける | to incline, to tilt, to bend | S7·1 |
| カット | cut, cutting | L2·10 L2·11 |
| 加入 かにゅう | becoming a member, admission | L6·2 |
| 花粉 かふん | pollen | L7·4 |
| 構える かまえる | to set up | S11·2 S11·4 |
| 棄権 きけん | abstain from voting, renunciation of a right | S15·3 S15·4 S17·3 S17·4 S21·3 |
| 議題 ぎだい | topic of discussion, agenda | L8·2 |
| 鍛える きたえる | to forge, to train, to discipline | S19·2 |
| 逆転 ぎゃくてん | (sudden) change, reversal, turn-around | S1·4 S1·6 S3·1 S3·3 S3·4 S5·3 S5·4 S13·3 S13·4 S14·3 S14·4 S16·3 S16·4 S17·3 S17·4 |
| 業者 ぎょうしゃ | trader, merchant | L1·7 |
| 区間 くかん | section | S12·3 |
| 月謝 げっしゃ | monthly tuition fee | L5·6 L5·9 S11·3 S11·4 |
| 決勝 けっしょう | finals (in sports) | S1·4 S6·3 S6·4 S8·1 S8·4 S15·3 S15·4 S16·3 S16·4 S18·3 |
| 下痢 げり | diarrhea | L4·2 |
| 限定 げんてい | limit, restriction | L13·6 |
| 皇居 こうきょ | Imperial Palace | S12·1 |
| 控除 こうじょ | subsidy, deduction | L6·7 |
| 告白 こくはく | confession, acknowledgment | L13·6 |
| 採決 さいけつ | vote, roll call | L4·7 |
| 在庫 ざいこ | stockpile, stock | E6·7 L2·4 L2·11 |
| サイズ | size | L2·3 |
| 作戦 さくせん | military operations, tactics, strategy | S6·3 |
| 寒気 さむけ | chill, shiver, cold | L4·2 |
| 残高 ざんだか | (bank) balance, remainder | L3·1 L6·3 L6·4 L6·9 |
| 時刻表 じこくひょう | timetable, (train) schedule | L3·3 |
| 時差 じさ | time difference | S1·5 S15·3 S15·4 |
| 実家 じっか | (one's parents') home | L1·1 L13·2 |
| 失格 しっかく | disqualification, elimination, incapacity (legal) | S6·1 |
| 芝 しば | lawn | S4·1 S15·3 |
| 始発 しはつ | first train | L3·2 |
| 染みる しみる | to soak; pierce | L4·6 L4·10 |
| 地元 じもと | local | L7·5 S1·4 S2·3 S6·3 S6·4 S14·3 S14·4 |
| ジャンプ | jump | S8·2 |
| 塾 じゅく | after-school (cram) school | L5·6 |
| 出血 しゅっけつ | bleeding | L5·2 L5·9 |
| 昇進 しょうしん | promotion | S10·3 S10·4 |
| 審議 しんぎ | deliberation | S6·3 S6·4 |
| 審査 しんさ | judging, inspection, examination | L6·8 |
| スタジオ | studio | S19·3 |
| 税務署 ぜいむしょ | tax office | L6·7 |
| セール | sale | L2·3 |
| 設置 せっち | establishment, institution | L2·4 |
| 総会 そうかい | general meeting | L5·4 L7·2 |
| 総合 そうごう | synthesis, generalization | S8·2 S8·4 |
| 染める そめる | to dye, to color | L2·10 |
| ダース | dozen | S17·2 |
| 体験 たいけん | personal experience | L5·6 S11·3 S11·4 S17·2 S17·4 S19·1 S19·3 S19·4 |
| タイム | time | S8·2 S12·2 S12·3 S12·4 S18·3 |
| だったら | if it's the case | E5·4 E5·8 |
| だるい | sluggish, feel heavy (tired), languid | L4·2 |
| 中継 ちゅうけい | relay, hook-up | S4·3 S4·4 S8·1 S9·4 S9·5 S10·2 S10·4 S13·3 S13·4 S16·3 S16·4 S21·3 |
| 抽選 ちゅうせん | lottery, raffle, drawing (of lots) | S5·1 S12·2 S12·4 S15·2 S15·4 S17·2 S17·4 |
| 津波 つなみ | tsunami, tidal wave | L4·8 |
| 定食 ていしょく | fixed-price lunch, set meal, dinner | L2·7 |
| 点検 てんけん | inspection, examination, checking | L1·7 |
| 電源 でんげん | source of electricity, power (e.g., button on TV) | L2·5 |
| 展示 てんじ | exhibition, display | L5·7 S5·2 S5·4 |
| 胴 どう | trunk, body, frame | S11·2 |
| 道場 どうじょう | (arch) dojo, hall used for martial arts training, mandala | S11·1 S11·3 |
| 登録 とうろく | registration, register, record | S17·2 |
| 得点 とくてん | score, points made | S6·2 S6·4 |
| 土俵 どひょう | arena | S10·1 S10·4 |
| 徒歩 とほ | walking, going on foot | L6·8 |
| ドライバー | driver, screwdriver | S8·1 S8·2 S8·4 S9·1 S9·3 |
| とりあえず | at once, first of all, for the time being | L2·8 L2·11 |
| ナイター | game under lights (e.g., baseball), night game | S1·3 S5·3 S7·2 S7·3 S15·2 S15·4 |
| 雪崩 なだれ | avalanche | S20·3 |
| 粘る ねばる | to be sticky, to be adhesive, to persist, to stick to | S15·3 S15·4 S17·3 |
| バット | bat, vat | S1·2 |
| はまる | to get into, to go into, to fit, to be fit for, to suit | L9·2 L9·6 |
| 早める はやめる | to hasten, to quicken, to accelerate | L8·5 |
| 腫れる はれる | to swell (from inflammation, to become swollen) | L4·6 |
| パンク | puncture, bursting; punk | L3·6 L3·7 S8·2 S21·1 S21·4 |
| 避難 ひなん | taking refuge, finding shelter | E6·5 L4·8 |
| 日焼け ひやけ | sunburn | S20·3 S20·4 |
| ファン | fan | S1·3 S3·3 S6·3 S13·3 S16·3 |
| ブーツ | boots | S20·1 S20·4 |
| フォーム | foam; form | S19·3 S19·4 |
| 扶養 ふよう | support, maintenance | L6·2 L6·7 |
| フロント | front | S9·2 |
| ペア | pair, pear | S15·1 S17·3 |
| 返還 へんかん | return, restoration | S5·2 S5·4 |
| ポイント | point | S8·1 |
| ホール | hall; hole | S9·1 |
| 補給 ほきゅう | supply, supplying, replenishment | S21·2 S21·4 |
| 保険 ほけん | insurance, guarantee | L4·6 L4·10 L6·2 |
| 母校 ぼこう | alma mater | S1·4 |
| ポジション | position | S3·2 S3·4 S13·1 |
| 麻酔 ますい | anesthesia | L4·6 |
| 待ち合わせ まちあわせ | appointment | S7·2 S7·3 |
| 見合わせる みあわせる | to exchange glances; to postpone | E6·5 E6·8 |
| 面会 めんかい | interview | L4·7 L4·10 |
| 免除 めんじょ | exemption, exoneration, discharge | L6·2 |
| モニター | (computer) monitor | S5·3 |
| 盛り上がる もりあがる | to rouse, to swell, to rise | S1·3 S2·4 S3·3 S3·4 S4·3 S4·4 S13·3 S13·4 S17·3 S17·4 |
| ユニフォーム | uniform | S1·2 S2·3 S14·3 |
| 横綱 よこづな | sumo grand champion | S10·1 S10·3 S10·4 |
| 汚れ よごれ | dirt, filth | L2·5 |
| 了解 りょうかい | comprehension, consent, understanding | L8·6 L8·7 |
| 両立 りょうりつ | compatibility, coexistence, standing together | L5·6 |
| レース | race; lace | S4·1 |
| レギュラー | regular | S1·2 |
| レッスン | lesson | S9·3 S9·5 S19·3 S20·2 |
| レントゲン | X-ray (lit: Roentgen) | L4·7 |
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| Word | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| (花を〜) 生ける, 活ける (はなを~) いける | to arrange (flowers) | |
| ~宛 ~あて | for…(e.g., In a letter) | |
| ~合せ ~あわせ | in all | |
| ~営 ~えい | ~ run | |
| ~界 ~かい | world, circle, kingdom | |
| ~街 ~がい | town | |
| ~画 ~かく | ~ strokes | |
| ~掛け ~かけ | rack, hanger | |
| ~狂 ~きょう | maniac, fan, freak | |
| ~きり | only | |
| ~光 ~こう | light | |
| ~宗 ~しゅう | sect | |
| ~署 ~しょ | department | |
| ~症 ~しょう | disease | |
| ~証 ~しょう | proof, certificate | |
| ~嬢 ~じょう | young woman | |
| ~心 ~しん | mind of ~ | |
| ~著 ~ちょ | written by ~ | |
| ~どころか | rather, far from | |
| ~なんか | in the least ~ | |
| ~派 ~は | group, party, section (mil) | |
| ~増し ~まし | ~increase | |
| ~まみれ | covered with (by, in) ~ | |
| ~味 ~み | ~ cast (sense of taste) | |
| ~網 ~もう | ~ network | |
| ~薬 ~やく | medicine | |
| ~油 ~ゆ | ~ oil | |
| ~寄り ~より | near to ~ (e.g., North by East) | |
| ~割 ~わり | ~ percent | |
| 愛想 あいそう | sociability | |
| 間柄 あいだがら | relationship | |
| 合間 あいま | interval | |
| 敢えて あえて | dare (to do), venture (to do), challenge (to do) | |
| 仰ぐ あおぐ | to look up (to), to respect; to ask for | |
| 垢 あか | dirt, filth | |
| 赤字 あかじ | deficit, go in the red | |
| 明かす あかす | to reveal; to stay up | |
| 赤らむ あからむ | to become red, to blush | |
| 上がり あがり | ascent; income; completion, stop | |
| 諦め あきらめ | resignation, reconciliation, consolation | |
| アクセル | (abbr.) accelerator | |
| あくどい | gaudy vicious | |
| 顎 あご | chin | |
| 憧れ あこがれ | yearning, longing, aspiration | |
| 麻 あさ | hemp | |
| あざ | birthmark, bruise | |
| 浅ましい あさましい | shameful, mean, despicable | |
| 欺く あざむく | to deceive | |
| 鮮やか あざやか | vivid, clear | |
| 嘲笑う あざわらう | to sneer at, to ridicule | |
| 悪しからず あしからず | don't take me wrong, but..., I'm sorry | |
| 味わい あじわい | flavor, relish | |
| 焦る あせる | to be in a hurry, to be impatient | |
| あせる (こえが~) | to fade, to discolor | |
| 値 あたい | value, price, worth | |
| 値する あたいする | to be worth, to deserve | |
| 悪化 あっか | deterioration, worsen | |
| 扱い あつかい | treatment, service | |
| 呆気ない あっけない | not enough, too quick (short, long, etc.) | |
| あっさり | easily, readily, quickly | |
| 斡旋 あっせん | kind offices, mediation | |
| 圧倒 あっとう | overwhelm, overpower | |
| 圧迫 あっぱく | pressure, coercion, oppression | |
| あつらえる | to give an order, to place an order | |
| 圧力 あつりょく | stress, pressure | |
| 当て あて | expectations; depend | |
| 当て字 あてじ | phonetic-equivalent character, substitute character | |
| 跡継ぎ あとつぎ | heir, successor | |
| 後回し あとまわし | putting off, postponing | |
| 油絵 あぶらえ | oil painting | |
| アプローチ | approach (in golf) | |
| あべこべ | contrary, opposite, inverse | |
| 甘える あまえる | to behave like a spoiled child, to fawn on | |
| 甘口 あまくち | sweet flavor | |
| アマチュア | amateur | |
| 網 あみ | net | |
| 操る あやつる | to manipulate, to operate, to pull strings | |
| 危ぶむ あやぶむ | to fear, to have misgivings, to be doubtful | |
| あやふや | uncertain, vague, ambiguous | |
| 過ち あやまち | fault, error, indiscretion | |
| 誤る あやまる | to make a mistake | |
| 歩み あゆみ | step, progress, history | |
| 歩む あゆむ | to walk | |
| 予め あらかじめ | in advance, previously | |
| 荒らす あらす | to damage; to invade | |
| 争い あらそい | dispute, quarrel, conflict | |
| 改まる あらたまる | to be renewed; to be formal | |
| 荒っぽい あらっぽい | rough, rude | |
| アラブ | Arab | |
| 霰 あられ | hail (e.g., falling ice balls) | |
| 有り様 ありさま | state, condition | |
| ありのまま | the truth, as it is, frankly | |
| ありふれる | common, ordinary, routine | |
| アルカリ | alkali | |
| アルミ | aluminum (Al, aluminum) | |
| アワー | hour | |
| 合わす あわす | to join together, to face, to unite | |
| アンコール | encore | |
| 暗殺 あんさつ | assassination | |
| 暗算 あんざん | mental arithmetic | |
| 暗示 あんじ | hint, suggestion | |
| 案じる あんじる | to be anxious, to ponder | |
| 案の定 あんのじょう | sure enough, as usual | |
| いい加減 いいかげん | random, irresponsible | |
| 言い訳 いいわけ | excuse, explanation | |
| イェス | yes; Jesus | |
| 家出 いえで | running away from home | |
| 生かす いかす | to keep something alive; to make use of | |
| いかに | how, in what way | |
| いかにも | truly (same as 実に (じつに)) | |
| 異議 いぎ | objection, dissent, protest | |
| 生き甲斐 いきがい | something one lives for, very important | |
| 意気込む いきごむ | to be enthusiastic about | |
| 行き違い いきちがい | misunderstanding, disagreement | |
| 育成 いくせい | rearing, training, cultivation | |
| 幾多 いくた | many, numerous | |
| 異見 いけん | different opinion, objection | |
| 意向 いこう | intention, idea, inclination | |
| 移行 いこう | switching over to | |
| いざ | now, come (now), crucial moment | |
| 移住 いじゅう | migration, immigration | |
| 衣装 いしょう | clothing, costume, outfit | |
| いじる | to touch, to tamper with | |
| 異性 いせい | the opposite sex | |
| 遺跡 いせき | historic ruins | |
| 依存 いぞん | dependence, dependent, reliance | |
| 委託 いたく | consign (goods (for sale) to a firm), entrust | |
| いたって | very much, exceedingly, extremely | |
| いたわる | to sympathize with, to console, to care for | |
| 一概に いちがいに | unconditionally, necessarily | |
| 著しい いちじるしい | remarkable, considerable | |
| 一同 いちどう | all present, all concerned, all of us | |
| 一部分 いちぶぶん | a part, a portion | |
| 一別 いちべつ | parting | |
| 一面 いちめん | one side, the other hand | |
| 一目 いちもく | a glance, a look, a glimpse | |
| 一様 いちよう | uniform, similar, equal | |
| 一律 いちりつ | even, uniform, equal | |
| 一連 いちれん | a series, a chain, a ream (of paper) | |
| 一括 いっかつ | all together, batch | |
| 一気 いっき | at one push, in one gulp | |
| 一挙に いっきょに | at a stroke, with a single swoop | |
| 一見 いっけん | a look, a glimpse, glance; first meeting | |
| 一切 いっさい | without exception, the whole | |
| 一心 いっしん | one mind, with rapt attention | |
| いっそ | rather, sooner, might as well | |
| 一変 いっぺん | complete change | |
| 意図 いと | intention, aim, design | |
| 営む いとなむ | to carry on (e.g., in ceremony), to run a business | |
| 挑む いどむ | to challenge | |
| 稲光 いなびかり | (flash of) lightning | |
| 祈り いのり | prayer, supplication | |
| いびき | snoring | |
| 今更 いまさら | now, again | |
| 未だ いまだ | yet, still | |
| 移民 いみん | emigrant, immigrant | |
| 嫌々 いやいや | reluctantly, by no means, unwillingly | |
| 卑しい いやしい | greedy, vulgar, shabby | |
| いやに | awfully, terribly | |
| いやらしい | unpleasant, disgusting, indecent | |
| 意欲 いよく | will, desire, ambition | |
| 威力 いりょく | power, might, authority | |
| 衣類 いるい | clothes, clothing, garments | |
| 異論 いろん | different opinion, objection | |
| 陰気 いんき | gloom, melancholy | |
| 隠居 いんきょ | retirement; retired person | |
| インターチェンジ | interchange | |
| インターナショナル | international | |
| インターフォン | entry phone, intercom | |
| インテリ | (abbr.) egghead, intelligentsia | |
| インフォメーション | information | |
| インフレ | (abbr.) inflation | |
| 受け入れ うけいれ | receiving, acceptance | |
| 受け入れる うけいれる | to accept, to receive | |
| 受け継ぐ うけつぐ | to inherit, to succeed | |
| 受け付ける うけつける | to be accepted, to receive (an application) | |
| 受け止める うけとめる | to catch, to react to, to take | |
| 受持ち うけもち | charge (of something), matter in one's charge | |
| 動き うごき | movement, activity, trend | |
| 埋める うずめる | to bury, to fill | |
| 嘘つき うそつき | liar | |
| うたた寝 うたたね | dozing, napping | |
| 打ち明ける うちあける | to confess, to be open | |
| 打ち切る うちきる | to stop, to abort, to discontinue, to close | |
| 打ち消し うちけし | (gram) negation, denial, negative | |
| 打ち込む うちこむ | to devote oneself to, to shoot into | |
| 団扇 うちわ | fan | |
| 内訳 うちわけ | the items, breakdown, classification | |
| 写し うつし | copy, duplicate | |
| 訴え うったえ | lawsuit, complaint | |
| うっとうしい | weary, annoying | |
| うつむく | to look downward, to stoop | |
| 空ろ うつろ | blank, hollow, empty | |
| 器 うつわ | bowl, vessel, container | |
| 腕前 うでまえ | ability, skill, facility | |
| 促す うながす | to urge, to suggest, to demand | |
| うぬぼれ | pretension, conceit, hubris | |
| 生まれつき うまれつき | by nature, by birth, native | |
| 埋め込む うめこむ | to embed, implant | |
| 梅干し うめぼし | dried plum | |
| 裏返し うらがえし | inside out, reverse | |
| 売り出し うりだし | (bargain) sale | |
| 売り出す うりだす | to put on sale, to market | |
| 潤う うるおう | to be moist; to profit by | |
| 浮気 うわき | affair, to cheat | |
| 上回る うわまわる | to exceed | |
| 植わる うわる | to be planted | |
| 運営 うんえい | management, administration, operation | |
| うんざり | tedious, boring, being fed up with | |
| 運送 うんそう | shipping, freight | |
| 云々 うんぬん | and so on, and so forth | |
| 運搬 うんぱん | transport, carriage | |
| 運命 うんめい | fate | |
| 運輸 うんゆ | transportation | |
| 運用 うんよう | making use of, application, practical use | |
| エアメール | air mail | |
| 英字 えいじ | English letter (character) | |
| 映写 えいしゃ | projection | |
| 映像 えいぞう | reflection, image | |
| 英雄 えいゆう | hero, great man | |
| 液 えき | liquid, fluid | |
| 閲覧 えつらん | inspection, reference, browse | |
| 獲物 えもの | game, spoils, trophy | |
| 襟 えり | neck, collar | |
| エレガント | elegant | |
| 円滑 えんかつ | harmony, smoothness | |
| 縁側 えんがわ | veranda, porch, balcony, open corridor | |
| 沿岸 えんがん | coast, shore | |
| 婉曲 えんきょく | euphemistic, indirect, insinuating | |
| エンジニア | engineer | |
| 演出 えんしゅつ | production (erg. play, direction) | |
| 演じる えんじる | to perform, to play (a part), to act | |
| 演ずる えんずる | to perform, to play (a part), to act | |
| 沿線 えんせん | along railway line | |
| 縁談 えんだん | marriage proposal | |
| 遠方 えんぽう | long way, distant place | |
| 円満 えんまん | harmony, peace, smoothness | |
| 追い込む おいこむ | to herd, to corner, to drive | |
| 於いて おいて | at, in, on | |
| 老いる おいる | to age, to grow old | |
| 応急 おうきゅう | emergency | |
| 黄金 おうごん | gold | |
| 往診 おうしん | doctor's visit, house call | |
| 応募 おうぼ | subscription, application | |
| おおい (かん) | hey | |
| 大方 おおかた | almost all, majority | |
| 大柄 おおがら | large build, large pattern | |
| おおげさ | grandiose, exaggerated | |
| 大筋 おおすじ | outline, summary | |
| 大空 おおぞら | heaven, the sky | |
| オートマチック | automatic | |
| 大幅 おおはば | full width, large scale, drastic | |
| おおまかな | rough, approximate | |
| 大水 おおみず | flood | |
| 公 おおやけ | public | |
| 犯す おかす | to perpetrate, to violate | |
| 侵す おかす | to invade, to raid, to trespass | |
| 臆病 おくびょう | cowardice, timidity | |
| 遅らす おくらす | to retard, to delay | |
| 厳か おごそか | majestic, dignified | |
| 行い おこない | conduct, behavior, action | |
| 収まる おさまる | to settle into; to be obtained | |
| 納まる おさまる | to settle into; to be obtained | |
| 治まる おさまる | to be at peace, to calm down | |
| お産 おさん | (giving) birth | |
| 押し切る おしきる | to have one's own way | |
| 押し込む おしこむ | to push into, to crowd into | |
| 惜しむ おしむ | to be frugal, to value, to regret | |
| 押し寄せる おしよせる | to push aside, to advance on | |
| 雄 おす | male (animal) | |
| 御世辞 おせじ | flattery, compliment | |
| 襲う おそう | to attack | |
| 遅くとも おそくとも | at the latest | |
| 恐れ おそれ | fear, horror | |
| 恐れ入る おそれいる | to be filled with awe, to feel small | |
| おだてる | to flatter | |
| 落ち着き おちつき | calm, composure | |
| 落葉 おちば | fallen leaves | |
| 乙 おつ | 2nd in rank | |
| お使い おつかい | errand | |
| おっかない | frightening, scary | |
| お手上げ おてあげ | given in, given up hope | |
| おどおど | coweringly, hesitantly | |
| 脅す おどす | to threaten, to menace | |
| 訪れる おとずれる | to visit | |
| お供 おとも | attendant, companion | |
| 衰える おとろえる | to become weak, to decline | |
| 同い年 おないどし | of the same age | |
| 自ずから おのずから | naturally, as a matter of course | |
| 怯える おびえる | to become frightened | |
| おびただしい | abundantly, innumerably | |
| 脅かす おびやかす | to threaten, to coerce | |
| 帯びる おびる | to bear, to carry, to be entrusted | |
| お袋 おふくろ | mother | |
| 覚え おぼえ | memory, sense, experience | |
| お宮 おみや | Shinto shrine | |
| おむつ | diaper, nappy | |
| 思い付き おもいつき | plan, idea, suggestion | |
| 趣 おもむき | flavor, appearance, quaint | |
| 赴く おもむく | to go, to proceed | |
| 重んじる おもんじる | to respect, to honor, to esteem, to prize | |
| 重んずる おもんずる | to honor, to respect, to value | |
| 親父 おやじ | one's father, old man, one's boss | |
| 及び および | and, as well as | |
| 及ぶ およぶ | to reach, to extend | |
| 折 おり | chance, occasion | |
| 檻 おり | cage, pen, jail cell | |
| オリエンテーション | orientation | |
| 折り返す おりかえす | to turn up, to fold back | |
| 織物 おりもの | textile, fabric | |
| 俺 おれ | I (ego) (boastful first-person pronoun) | |
| 愚か おろか | foolish, stupid | |
| おろそか | neglect, negligence, carelessness | |
| おんぶ | carrying on one's back (erg. Baby) | |
| オンライン | on-line | |
| 温和 おんわ | gentle, mild, moderate | |
| 我 が~ | ego | |
| カーペット | carpet | |
| 改悪 かいあく | deterioration, changing for the worse | |
| 海運 かいうん | marine transportation | |
| 外貨 がいか | foreign money | |
| 改革 かいかく | reform, reformation, innovation | |
| 貝殻 かいがら | shell | |
| 外観 がいかん | appearance, exterior, facade | |
| 階級 かいきゅう | class, rank, grade | |
| 海峡 かいきょう | channel | |
| 会見 かいけん | interview, conference | |
| 介護 かいご | nursing | |
| 改修 かいしゅう | repair, improvement | |
| 怪獣 かいじゅう | monster | |
| 解除 かいじょ | cancellation, release, cancel | |
| 外相 がいしょう | Foreign Minister | |
| 害する がいする | to harm, to offend | |
| 概説 がいせつ | general statement, outline | |
| 回送 かいそう | forwarding | |
| 階層 かいそう | class, level, stratum, hierarchy | |
| 開拓 かいたく | cultivation, pioneer | |
| 会談 かいだん | conversation, interview | |
| 改定 かいてい | reform | |
| 改訂 かいてい | revision | |
| ガイド | guide | |
| 街道 かいどう | highway | |
| 該当 がいとう | corresponding, answering to, coming under | |
| 街頭 がいとう | in the street | |
| ガイドブック | guidebook | |
| 介入 かいにゅう | intervention | |
| 概念 がいねん | general idea, concept, notion | |
| 開発 かいはつ | development, exploitation | |
| 海抜 かいばつ | height above sea level | |
| 介抱 かいほう | nursing, looking after | |
| 解剖 かいぼう | dissection, autopsy | |
| 外来 がいらい | (abbr.) imported, outpatient clinic | |
| 回覧 かいらん | circulation | |
| 概略 がいりゃく | outline, summary, gist | |
| 海流 かいりゅう | ocean current | |
| 改良 かいりょう | improvement, reform | |
| 回路 かいろ | circuit (electric) | |
| 海路 かいろ | sea route | |
| 省みる かえりみる | to reflect | |
| 顧みる かえりみる | to look back, to turn around, to review | |
| 顔付き かおつき | facial expression | |
| 課外 かがい | extracurricular | |
| 掲げる かかげる | to hoist, to fly (a sail), to float (a flag) | |
| かかと | shoe heel | |
| 書き取る かきとる | to write down, to take dictation | |
| 掻き回す かきまわす | to stir up, to churn, to disturb | |
| かく (はじを) | to humiliate oneself | |
| 学芸 がくげい | arts and sciences, liberal arts | |
| 格差 かくさ | difference, disparity | |
| 拡散 かくさん | scattering, diffusion | |
| 学士 がくし | university graduate | |
| 各種 かくしゅ | every kind, all sorts | |
| 隔週 かくしゅう | every other week | |
| 確信 かくしん | conviction, confidence | |
| 革新 かくしん | reform, innovation | |
| 学説 がくせつ | theory | |
| カクテル | cocktail | |
| 獲得 かくとく | acquisition, possession | |
| 楽譜 がくふ | score (music, sheet music) | |
| 確保 かくほ | guarantee, insure, secure | |
| 革命 かくめい | revolution | |
| 確立 かくりつ | establishment | |
| 賭 かけ | betting, gambling, a gamble | |
| 崖 がけ | cliff | |
| 掛~ かけ~ | credit | |
| 駆け足 かけあし | running fast, double time | |
| 家計 かけい | household economy, family finances | |
| 加工 かこう | manufacturing, processing, treatment | |
| 化合 かごう | chemical combination | |
| かさばる | to be bulky | |
| かさむ | to pile up, to increase | |
| 箇条書 かじょうがき | itemized form, itemization | |
| 頭 かしら | head, chief | |
| 微か かすか | faint, dim, weak | |
| 霞む かすむ | to grow hazy, to be misty | |
| 擦る かする | to rub, to chafe | |
| 火星 かせい | Mars | |
| 化石 かせき | fossil, petrifaction, fossilization | |
| 河川 かせん | rivers | |
| 化繊 かせん | synthetic fibers | |
| 過疎 かそ | depopulation | |
| 片~ かた~ | single ~ | |
| 片言 かたこと | broken (in reference to speaking style, e.g., Japanese) | |
| 固める かためる | to harden, to freeze, to fortify | |
| 傍ら かたわら | beside(s, while, nearby | |
| 花壇 かだん | flower bed | |
| 家畜 かちく | domestic animals, livestock, cattle | |
| 且つ かつ | yet, and | |
| がっくり | heartbroken | |
| 合唱 がっしょう | chorus, singing in a chorus | |
| がっしり | firmly, solidly, tough | |
| 合致 がっち | agreement, concurrence, conforming to | |
| がっちり | solidly built, tightly | |
| 勝手 かって | kitchen; one's way, selfishness | |
| かつて | once, before, formerly | |
| 活発 かっぱつ | vigor, active | |
| 合併 がっぺい | combination, amalgamation, merger | |
| カテゴリー | category | |
| 叶う かなう | to come true | |
| 叶える かなえる | to grant (request, wish) | |
| 金槌 かなづち | (iron) hammer | |
| かなわない | be beyond one's power, be unable | |
| 予て かねて | previously, already, lately | |
| 庇う かばう | to protect someone, to cover up for someone | |
| 株式 かぶしき | stock | |
| かぶれる | to react to; to be influenced by | |
| 貨幣 かへい | money, currency, coinage | |
| 噛み切る かみきる | to bite off, to gnaw through | |
| 過密 かみつ | crowded | |
| カムバック | comeback | |
| カメラマン | cameraman | |
| 粥 かゆ | rice porridge | |
| 体付き からだつき | body build, figure | |
| 絡む からむ | to entangle, to entwine | |
| かりに | temporarily; if, for argument's sake | |
| カルテ | clinical records (GER: Karte) | |
| ガレージ | garage (at house) | |
| 過労 かろう | overwork, strain | |
| かろうじて | barely, narrowly | |
| 交す かわす | to exchange | |
| 代る代る かわるがわる | alternately | |
| 簡易 かんい | simplicity, easiness, quasi- | |
| 眼科 がんか | ophthalmology | |
| 灌漑 かんがい | irrigation | |
| 眼球 がんきゅう | eyeball | |
| 玩具 がんぐ | toy | |
| 簡潔 かんけつ | brevity, concise, simple | |
| 還元 かんげん | resolution, reduction, return | |
| 看護 かんご | nursing | |
| 漢語 かんご | Chinese word, Sino-Japanese word | |
| 頑固 がんこ | stubbornness, obstinacy | |
| 勧告 かんこく | advice, counsel | |
| 換算 かんさん | conversion, change, exchange | |
| 監視 かんし | observation, guarding, surveillance | |
| 慣習 かんしゅう | usual (historical) custom | |
| 観衆 かんしゅう | spectators, audience | |
| 願書 がんしょ | application form | |
| 干渉 かんしょう | interference, intervention | |
| 頑丈 がんじょう | solid, firm, strong | |
| 感触 かんしょく | sense of touch, feeling, sensation | |
| 肝心 かんじん | essential, fundamental, crucial | |
| 肝腎 かんじん | essential, fundamental, crucial | |
| 関税 かんぜい | customs, duty, tariff | |
| 岩石 がんせき | rock | |
| 感染 かんせん | infection, contagion | |
| 幹線 かんせん | main line, trunk line | |
| 簡素 かんそ | simplicity, plain | |
| 観点 かんてん | point of view | |
| 感度 かんど | sensitivity, severity (quake) | |
| カンニング | cunning, cheat | |
| 元年 がんねん | first year (of a specific reign) | |
| 幹部 かんぶ | management, executive | |
| 完ぺき かんぺき | perfection, completeness, flawless | |
| 勘弁 かんべん | pardon, forgiveness, forbearance | |
| 感無量 かんむりょう | deep feeling, filled with emotion | |
| 勧誘 かんゆう | invitation, canvassing, inducement | |
| 関与 かんよ | participation, taking part in | |
| 寛容 かんよう | forbearance, tolerance, generosity, involvement | |
| 元来 がんらい | originally, naturally | |
| 観覧 かんらん | viewing | |
| 慣例 かんれい | custom, precedent, of convention | |
| 還暦 かんれき | 60th birthday | |
| 貫禄 かんろく | presence, dignity | |
| 緩和 かんわ | relief, mitigation | |
| 議案 ぎあん | legislative bill | |
| 危害 きがい | injury, harm, danger | |
| 企画 きかく | planning, project | |
| 規格 きかく | standard, norm | |
| 着飾る きかざる | to dress up | |
| 気兼ね きがね | hesitance, diffidence, feeling constraint | |
| 気軽 きがる | cheerful, buoyant, lighthearted | |
| 危機 きき | crisis | |
| 聞き取り ききとり | listening comprehension | |
| 効き目 ききめ | effect, virtue, efficacy | |
| 帰京 ききょう | returning to Tokyo | |
| 戯曲 ぎきょく | play, drama | |
| 基金 ききん | fund, foundation | |
| 喜劇 きげき | comedy, funny show | |
| 議決 ぎけつ | resolution, decision, vote | |
| 既婚 きこん | married | |
| 気障 きざ | affectation, conceit, snobbery | |
| 記載 きさい | mention, entry | |
| 兆 きざし | sign, omen, indication | |
| 気質 きしつ | character, trait, temperament | |
| 期日 きじつ | fixed date, settlement date | |
| 議事堂 ぎじどう | Diet building | |
| きしむ | to jar, to creak, to grate | |
| 記述 きじゅつ | describing, descriptor | |
| 気象 きしょう | weather, climate | |
| 傷付く きずつく | to be hurt, to be wounded, to get injured | |
| 傷付ける きずつける | to wound, to hurt someone's feelings | |
| 犠牲 ぎせい | sacrifice | |
| 汽船 きせん | steamship | |
| 寄贈 きぞう | donation, presentation | |
| 偽造 ぎぞう | forgery, fabrication, counterfeiting | |
| 貴族 きぞく | noble, aristocrat | |
| 気立て きだて | good-natured, kind-hearted | |
| 来る きたる | to come, to approach, | |
| きちっと | exactly, perfectly | |
| 几帳面 きちょうめん | methodical, punctual, steady | |
| きっかり | exactly, precisely | |
| きっちり | precisely, tightly | |
| きっぱり | clearly, plainly, distinctly | |
| 規定 きてい | regulation, provisions | |
| 起点 きてん | starting point | |
| 軌道 きどう | orbit; track | |
| 技能 ぎのう | technical skill, ability, capacity | |
| 規範 きはん | model, standard, example | |
| 気品 きひん | grace, elegance | |
| 気風 きふう | character, traits, ethos | |
| 起伏 きふく | undulation | |
| 規模 きぼ | scale, scope, plan, structure | |
| 気まぐれ きまぐれ | whim, caprice, uneven temper | |
| 生真面目 きまじめ | serious, sincerity | |
| 期末 きまつ | (end of the season or term) | |
| きまりわるい | feeling awkward, being ashamed | |
| 記名 きめい | signature, register | |
| 規約 きやく | agreement, rules, code | |
| 脚色 きゃくしょく | dramatization (e.g., film | |
| 脚本 きゃくほん | scenario | |
| 華奢 きゃしゃ | delicate, slender | |
| 客観 きゃっかん | objective | |
| キャッチ | catch | |
| キャリア | career, career government employee | |
| 救援 きゅうえん | relief, rescue, reinforcement | |
| 休学 きゅうがく | temporary absence from school, suspension | |
| 究極 きゅうきょく | ultimate, final, eventual | |
| 窮屈 きゅうくつ | narrow, tight, formal | |
| 球根 きゅうこん | (plant) bulb | |
| 救済 きゅうさい | relief, aid, rescue | |
| 給仕 きゅうじ | waiter | |
| 給食 きゅうしょく | school lunch, providing a meal | |
| 休戦 きゅうせん | truce, armistice | |
| 旧知 きゅうち | old friend, old friendship | |
| 宮殿 きゅうでん | palace | |
| 窮乏 きゅうぼう | poverty | |
| 寄与 きよ | contribution, service | |
| 強 きょう | strong | |
| 驚異 きょうい | wonder, miracle | |
| 教科 きょうか | subject, curriculum | |
| 協会 きょうかい | association, society, organization | |
| 共学 きょうがく | coeducation | |
| 共感 きょうかん | sympathy, response | |
| 境遇 きょうぐう | environment, circumstances | |
| 教訓 きょうくん | lesson, precept, moral instruction | |
| 強行 きょうこう | forcing, enforcement | |
| 強硬 きょうこう | firm, vigorous, stubborn | |
| 教材 きょうざい | teaching materials | |
| 凶作 きょうさく | bad harvest, poor crop | |
| 教習 きょうしゅう | training, instruction | |
| 郷愁 きょうしゅう | nostalgia, homesickness | |
| 教職 きょうしょく | teaching profession | |
| 興じる きょうじる | to amuse oneself, to make merry | |
| 強制 きょうせい | obligation, compulsion, enforcement | |
| 行政 ぎょうせい | administration | |
| 業績 ぎょうせき | achievement, work, contribution | |
| 共存 きょうぞん | coexistence | |
| 協定 きょうてい | arrangement, pact, agreement | |
| 郷土 きょうど | homeland | |
| 脅迫 きょうはく | threat, coercion | |
| 業務 ぎょうむ | business, duties, work | |
| 共鳴 きょうめい | resonance, sympathy | |
| 郷里 きょうり | birth-place, home town | |
| 強烈 きょうれつ | strong, intense, severe | |
| 共和 きょうわ | republicanism, cooperation | |
| 局限 きょくげん | limit, localize | |
| 極端 きょくたん | extreme, extremity | |
| 居住 きょじゅう | residence | |
| 拒絶 きょぜつ | refusal, rejection | |
| 漁船 ぎょせん | fishing boat | |
| 漁村 ぎょそん | fishing village | |
| 拒否 きょひ | denial, rejection, refusal | |
| 許容 きょよう | permission, pardon | |
| 清らか きよらか | clean, pure, chaste | |
| きらびやか | gorgeous, gaudy, dazzling | |
| 義理 ぎり | debt of gratitude, obligation | |
| 切替 きりかえ | exchange, conversion, switchover | |
| 気流 きりゅう | atmospheric current | |
| 切れ目 きれめ | break, pause, gap | |
| 疑惑 ぎわく | doubt, misgivings, suspicion | |
| 極めて きわめて | exceedingly, extremely (written expression) | |
| 近眼 きんがん | nearsightedness | |
| 緊急 きんきゅう | urgent, pressing, emergency | |
| 近郊 きんこう | suburbs, outskirts | |
| 均衡 きんこう | equilibrium, balance | |
| 禁じる きんじる | to prohibit | |
| 勤勉 きんべん | industry, diligence | |
| 吟味 ぎんみ | examination, careful investigation | |
| 勤務 きんむ | service, duty, work | |
| 禁物 きんもつ | taboo, forbidden thing | |
| 勤労 きんろう | labor, exertion, diligent service | |
| クイズ | quiz | |
| 食い違う くいちがう | to cross each other, to differ | |
| 空間 くうかん | space, room, airspace | |
| 空腹 くうふく | hunger | |
| 区画 くかく | division, section, area | |
| 茎 くき | stalk | |
| 区切り くぎり | an end, a stop, punctuation | |
| くぐる | to pass through; to go around | |
| くじ (~をひく) | lottery, lot | |
| くじびき | lottery, drawn lot | |
| くすぐったい | ticklish | |
| 愚痴 ぐち | idle complaint, grumble | |
| 口吟む くちずさむ | to humble | |
| 嘴 くちばし | beak, bill | |
| 朽ちる くちる | to rot | |
| 覆す くつがえす | to overturn, to upset, to overthrow | |
| くっきり | distinctly, clearly, boldly | |
| 屈折 くっせつ | bending, indentation, refraction | |
| ぐっと | firmly, fast, more | |
| 首飾り くびかざり | necklace | |
| 首輪 くびわ | necklace, choker | |
| 組み合わせる くみあわせる | to join together, to combine, to join up | |
| 組み込む くみこむ | to insert, to include, to cut in (printing) | |
| 蔵 くら | warehouse, cellar | |
| グレー | grey, gray | |
| クレーン | crane | |
| 玄人 くろうと | expert, professional | |
| 黒字 くろじ | balance (figure) in the black | |
| 軍艦 ぐんかん | warship, battleship | |
| 軍事 ぐんじ | military affairs | |
| 君主 くんしゅ | ruler, monarch | |
| 群集 ぐんしゅう | (social) group, crowd, mob | |
| 群衆 ぐんしゅう | (social) group, crowd, mob | |
| 軍備 ぐんび | armaments, military preparations | |
| 軍服 ぐんぷく | military or naval uniform | |
| 芸 げい | art, accomplishment, performance | |
| 経過 けいか | passage, progress | |
| 軽快 けいかい | lively, casual, light | |
| 警戒 けいかい | warning, admonition, vigilance | |
| 敬具 けいぐ | Sincerely (used at the end of letter) | |
| 軽減 けいげん | reduction, lessening | |
| 掲載 けいさい | appearance (e.g., article in paper) | |
| 傾斜 けいしゃ | inclination, slope, dip | |
| 形成 けいせい | formation | |
| 形勢 けいせい | condition, situation, prospects | |
| 軽率 けいそつ | thoughtless, careless, hasty | |
| 刑罰 けいばつ | judgment, penalty, punishment | |
| 経費 けいひ | expenses, cost, outlay | |
| 警部 けいぶ | police inspector | |
| 軽蔑 けいべつ | scorn, disdain | |
| 経歴 けいれき | personal history, career | |
| 経路 けいろ | course, route, channel | |
| けがらわしい | filthy, unfair | |
| 劇団 げきだん | troupe, theatrical company | |
| 激励 げきれい | encouragement | |
| ゲスト | guest | |
| 獣 けだもの | beast, brute | |
| 決 けつ | decision, vote | |
| 決意 けつい | decision, determination | |
| 結核 けっかく | tuberculosis | |
| 決議 けつぎ | resolution, vote, decision | |
| 結合 けつごう | combination, union | |
| 決算 けっさん | balance sheet, settlement of accounts | |
| 結晶 けっしょう | crystal, crystallization | |
| 結成 けっせい | formation | |
| 結束 けっそく | union, unity | |
| げっそり | being disheartened, losing weight | |
| 決断 けつだん | decision, determination | |
| 月賦 げっぷ | monthly installment | |
| 欠乏 けつぼう | shortage | |
| 蹴飛ばす けとばす | to kick away, to kick (someone) | |
| けなす | to speak ill of | |
| 煙たい けむたい | smoky, feeling awkward | |
| 煙る けむる | to smoke (e.g., fire) | |
| 獣 けもの | beast, brute | |
| 家来 けらい | retainer, retinue, servant | |
| 権威 けんい | authority, power, influence | |
| 兼業 けんぎょう | holding two jobs at the same time | |
| 原形 げんけい | original form, base form | |
| 原型 げんけい | prototype, model, archetypal | |
| 権限 けんげん | power, authority, jurisdiction | |
| 現行 げんこう | present, current, in operation | |
| 健在 けんざい | in good health, well | |
| 原作 げんさく | original work | |
| 検事 けんじ | public prosecutor | |
| 原子 げんし | atom | |
| 元首 げんしゅ | ruler, sovereign | |
| 原書 げんしょ | original document | |
| 懸賞 けんしょう | offering prizes, winning, reward | |
| 健全 けんぜん | health, soundness, wholesome | |
| 元素 げんそ | element | |
| 現像 げんぞう | developing (film) | |
| 原則 げんそく | principle, general rule | |
| 見地 けんち | point of view | |
| 現地 げんち | actual place, local | |
| 原点 げんてん | origin (coordinates, starting point) | |
| 原典 げんてん | original, source | |
| 原爆 げんばく | atomic bomb | |
| 原文 げんぶん | the text, original | |
| 厳密 げんみつ | strict, close | |
| 賢明 けんめい | wisdom, intelligence, prudence | |
| 倹約 けんやく | thrift, economy, frugality | |
| 原油 げんゆ | crude oil | |
| 兼用 けんよう | multi-use, combined use | |
| 権力 けんりょく | (political) power, authority, influence | |
| 言論 げんろん | discussion, speech | |
| 故~ こ~ | deceased, late | |
| 語彙 ごい | vocabulary, glossary | |
| 恋する こいする | to fall in love with, to love | |
| 甲 こう | 1st in rank; shell | |
| 好意 こうい | good will, favor, courtesy | |
| 行為 こうい | act, deed, conduct | |
| 合意 ごうい | agreement, consent, mutual understanding | |
| 工学 こうがく | engineering | |
| 抗議 こうぎ | protest, objection | |
| 合議 ごうぎ | consultation, conference | |
| 好況 こうきょう | prosperous conditions, healthy economy | |
| 鉱業 こうぎょう | mining industry | |
| 興業 こうぎょう | starting a business; industry | |
| 高原 こうげん | tableland, plateau | |
| 交互 こうご | mutual, reciprocal, alternate | |
| 煌々と こうこうと | brightly | |
| 考古学 こうこがく | archeology | |
| 工作 こうさく | handicraft, maneuvering | |
| 耕作 こうさく | cultivation, farming | |
| 鉱山 こうざん | mine | |
| 講習 こうしゅう | short course, training | |
| 口述 こうじゅつ | verbal statement | |
| 交渉 こうしょう | negotiation | |
| 高尚 こうしょう | high, noble, refined | |
| 向上 こうじょう | rise, improvement, progress | |
| 行進 こうしん | march, parade | |
| 香辛料 こうしんりょう | spices | |
| 降水 こうすい | rainfall, precipitation | |
| 洪水 こうずい | flood | |
| 合成 ごうせい | synthetic, mixed | |
| 公然 こうぜん | openly | |
| 抗争 こうそう | dispute, resistance | |
| 構想 こうそう | plan, plot, idea, conception | |
| 後退 こうたい | retreat, backspace | |
| 光沢 こうたく | luster, glossy finish (of photographs) | |
| 公団 こうだん | public corporation | |
| 好調 こうちょう | satisfactory, in good shape | |
| 口頭 こうとう | oral | |
| 講読 こうどく | reading | |
| 購読 こうどく | subscription | |
| 購入 こうにゅう | purchase, buy | |
| 公認 こうにん | official recognition, authorization | |
| 光熱費 こうねつひ | cost of fuel and light | |
| 購買 こうばい | purchase, buy | |
| 好評 こうひょう | popularity, favorable reputation | |
| 交付 こうふ | delivering, furnishing (with copies) | |
| 公募 こうぼ | public appeal, public contribution | |
| 巧妙 こうみょう | ingenious, skillful, clever | |
| 公用 こうよう | government business, public use, public expense | |
| 小売 こうり | retail | |
| 効率 こうりつ | efficiency | |
| 公立 こうりつ | public institution | |
| 護衛 ごえい | guard, convoy, escort | |
| コーナー | corner | |
| 小柄 こがら | small, diminutive | |
| 小切手 こぎって | cheque, check | |
| 国産 こくさん | domestic products | |
| 国定 こくてい | state-sponsored, national | |
| 国防 こくぼう | national defense | |
| 国有 こくゆう | national ownership | |
| 極楽 ごくらく | paradise | |
| 国連 こくれん | U.N., United Nations | |
| 焦げ茶 こげちゃ | dark brown | |
| 語源 ごげん | word root, word derivation, etymology | |
| 心地 ここち | feeling, sensation, mood | |
| 心得 こころえ | knowledge, information | |
| 心掛け こころがけ | readiness, intention, aim | |
| 心掛ける こころがける | to bear in mind, to aim to do | |
| 志 こころざし | will, intention, motive | |
| 志す こころざす | to plan, to intend, to aspire to | |
| 心強い こころづよい | heartening, reassuring | |
| 心細い こころぼそい | helpless, hopeless, discouraging | |
| 試み こころみ | trial, experiment | |
| 試みる こころみる | to try, to test | |
| 快い こころよい | pleasant, agreeable | |
| 誤差 ごさ | error | |
| ございます (かん) | to be (polite, to exist) | |
| 孤児 こじ | orphan | |
| こじれる | to get complicated, to grow worse | |
| こす (みずを~) | to strain, to filter | |
| 梢 こずえ | treetop | |
| 個性 こせい | individuality, personality, idiosyncrasy | |
| 戸籍 こせき | census, family register | |
| 古代 こだい | ancient times | |
| こたつ | table with heater, (originally) charcoal brazier in a floor well | |
| こだわる | to fuss over, to be particular about | |
| 誇張 こちょう | exaggeration | |
| こつ (をつかむ) | secret, trick, hang | |
| 滑稽 こっけい | funny, humorous, comical | |
| 国交 こっこう | diplomatic relations | |
| 骨董品 こっとうひん | curio | |
| 固定 こてい | fixation, fixing (e.g., salary, capital) | |
| 事柄 ことがら | matter, thing, affair, circumstance | |
| 孤独 こどく | isolation, loneliness, solitude | |
| ことごとく | altogether, entirely | |
| 言付け ことづけ | to leave a message | |
| 殊に ことに | especially, above all | |
| 粉々 こなごな | in very small pieces | |
| 好ましい このましい | nice, likable, desirable | |
| 碁盤 ごばん | Go board | |
| 個別 こべつ | particular case | |
| コマーシャル | a commercial | |
| ごまかす | to deceive, to falsify, to misrepresent | |
| 細やか こまやか | meager, modest | |
| 込める こめる | to include, to put into | |
| コメント | comment | |
| 籠もる こもる | to seclude oneself, to be confined in | |
| 固有 こゆう | characteristic, tradition, peculiar | |
| 暦 こよみ | calendar, almanac | |
| 凝らす こらす | to concentrate, to devote, to peer into | |
| ごらんなさい (かん) | look, (please) try to do | |
| 孤立 こりつ | isolation, helplessness | |
| 懲りる こりる | to learn by experience, to be disgusted with | |
| 凝る こる | to stiffen, to harden | |
| 根気 こんき | patience; perseverance, energy | |
| 根拠 こんきょ | basis, foundation | |
| 混血 こんけつ | mixed race, mixed parentage | |
| コンタクト (レンズ) | contact; contact lens | |
| 昆虫 こんちゅう | insect, bug | |
| 根底 こんてい | root, basis, foundation | |
| 混同 こんどう | confusion, mixing, merger | |
| コントラスト | contrast | |
| コントロール | control | |
| コンパス | compass | |
| 根本 こんぽん | foundation, root, base | |
| 財 ざい | fortune, riches | |
| 再会 さいかい | meeting again, reunion | |
| 災害 さいがい | calamity, disaster, misfortune | |
| 細菌 さいきん | bacillus, bacterium, germ | |
| 細工 さいく | work, craftsmanship, trick | |
| 採掘 さいくつ | mining | |
| サイクル | cycle | |
| 再建 さいけん | (temple or shrine) rebuilding | |
| 再現 さいげん | reproduction, return, revival | |
| 財源 ざいげん | source of funds, resources, finances | |
| 採算 さいさん | profit | |
| 再生 さいせい | playback, regeneration, resuscitation | |
| 財政 ざいせい | economy, financial affairs | |
| 最善 さいぜん | the very best | |
| 採択 さいたく | adoption, selection, choice | |
| 栽培 さいばい | cultivation | |
| 再発 さいはつ | return, relapse, reoccurrence | |
| 細胞 さいぼう | cell | |
| 採用 さいよう | use, adopt | |
| 遮る さえぎる | to interrupt, to intercept, to obstruct | |
| さえずる | to sing, to chirp, to twitter | |
| 冴える さえる | to be clear, to be bright, to be skillful | |
| 竿 さお | rod, pole (e.g., for drying laundry) | |
| 栄える さかえる | to flourish, to prosper, to thrive | |
| 差額 さがく | balance, difference, margin | |
| 杯 さかずき | wine cup | |
| 逆立ち さかだち | handstand, headstand | |
| 詐欺 さぎ | fraud, swindle | |
| さきに (いぜん) | before, earlier than, previously | |
| 削減 さくげん | cut, reduction | |
| 錯誤 さくご | mistake | |
| 叫び さけび | shout, scream, outcry | |
| 捧げる ささげる | to lift up, to give, to offer | |
| 差し掛かる さしかかる | to come near to, to approach | |
| 指図 さしず | instruction, mandate | |
| 差し出す さしだす | to present, to submit, to hold out | |
| 差し支える さしつかえる | to interfere, to hinder | |
| 授ける さずける | to grant, to award, to teach | |
| 摩する さする | to rub, to stroke | |
| さぞ (さぞや。さぞかし) | I am sure, certainly, no doubt | |
| 定まる さだまる | to become settled, to be fixed | |
| 定める さだめる | to decide, to determine | |
| 座談会 ざだんかい | symposium, round-table discussion | |
| 雑 ざつ | rough, crude | |
| 雑貨 ざっか | miscellaneous goods, general goods | |
| 早急 さっきゅう | urgent | |
| 殺人 さつじん | murder | |
| 察する さっする | to guess, to sense, to judge | |
| 雑談 ざつだん | chatting, idle talk | |
| さっと | suddenly, smoothly | |
| さっぱりする | to refresh | |
| 悟る さとる | to attain enlightenment, to understand | |
| 最中 さなか | in the middle of, midst | |
| 座標 ざひょう | coordinates | |
| さほど | not so, not that much | |
| サボる | to cut (skip) classes; to loaf on the job; to idle away one's time | |
| 様 さま | state; way (a person does something); Mr. or Mrs. | |
| 侍 さむらい | samurai | |
| さも | with gusto, with satisfaction | |
| 作用 さよう | operation, effect, function | |
| さらう (こどもを~) | to kidnap | |
| 障る さわる | to hinder, to interfere with, to affect | |
| 酸 さん | acid | |
| 山岳 さんがく | mountains | |
| 参議院 さんぎいん | House of Councilors | |
| サンキュー | thank you | |
| 産休 さんきゅう | maternity leave | |
| 残金 ざんきん | remaining money | |
| 産後 さんご | postpartum, after childbirth | |
| 残酷 ざんこく | cruelty, harshness | |
| 産出 さんしゅつ | yield, produce | |
| 参照 さんしょう | reference, consultation, consultation | |
| 参上 さんじょう | calling on, visiting | |
| サンタクロース | Santa Claus | |
| 桟橋 さんばし | wharf, jetty, pier | |
| 賛美 さんび | praise, adoration, glorification | |
| 山腹 さんぷく | hillside, mountainside | |
| 産婦人科 さんふじんか | maternity and gynecology department | |
| 産物 さんぶつ | product, result, fruit | |
| 山脈 さんみゃく | mountain range | |
| 仕上がり しあがり | finish, end, completion | |
| 仕上 しあげ | end, finishing touches | |
| 仕上げる しあげる | to finish up, to complete | |
| 飼育 しいく | breeding, raising, rearing | |
| 強いて しいて | to dare, to insist | |
| シート | seat; sheet | |
| ジーパン | jeans | |
| 強いる しいる | to force, to compel, to coerce | |
| 仕入れる しいれる | to lay in stock, to replenish stock, to procure | |
| 潮 しお | tide | |
| 歯科 しか | dentistry | |
| 自我 じが | self, ego | |
| 自覚 じかく | self-conscious | |
| 仕掛 しかけ | device, trick, mechanism | |
| 仕掛ける しかける | to lay, to set, to wage | |
| しかしながら | however, nevertheless | |
| 色彩 しきさい | color | |
| 式場 しきじょう | ceremonial hall, place of ceremony (e.g., marriage) | |
| しきたり | custom, conventional practice, tradition | |
| 事業 じぎょう | project, enterprise, business | |
| 仕切る しきる | to partition, to divide, to mark off | |
| 資金 しきん | funds, capital | |
| 軸 じく | axis, stem, shaft | |
| しくじる | to fail, to fall through, to blunder | |
| 仕組 しくみ | structure, mechanism | |
| 死刑 しけい | death penalty | |
| 湿気る しける | to be damp, to be moist | |
| 施行 しこう | enforcement, operation | |
| 思考 しこう | thought | |
| 志向 しこう | intention, aim | |
| 嗜好 しこう | taste, liking, preference | |
| 事項 じこう | matter(s), item(s), facts | |
| 地獄 じごく | hell | |
| 自在 じざい | freely, at will | |
| 視察 しさつ | inspection, observation | |
| 資産 しさん | property, fortune, assets | |
| 支持 しじ | support | |
| 自主 じしゅ | independence, autonomy | |
| 自首 じしゅ | surrender, give oneself up | |
| 刺繍 ししゅう | embroidery | |
| 市場 しじょう | (the) market (as a concept) | |
| 辞職 じしょく | resignation | |
| 雫 しずく | drop (of water) | |
| システム | system | |
| 沈める しずめる | to sink, to submerge | |
| 施設 しせつ | establishment, facility | |
| 事前 じぜん | prior, beforehand, in advance | |
| 子息 しそく | (hon.) son | |
| 持続 じぞく | continuation, endurance | |
| 自尊心 じそんしん | self-respect, conceit | |
| 慕う したう | to yearn to adore | |
| 下心 したごころ | secret intention, motive | |
| 下地 したじ | groundwork, foundation | |
| 親しむ したしむ | to be intimate with, to befriend | |
| 下調べ したしらべ | preliminary investigation | |
| 仕立てる したてる | to tailor, to make, to prepare | |
| 下取り したどり | trade in, part exchange | |
| 下火 したび | burning low, waning, declining | |
| 実 じつ | fruit, good result | |
| 質疑 しつぎ | question | |
| 失脚 しっきゃく | losing one's standing, being overthrown, falling | |
| 実業家 じつぎょうか | industrialist, businessman | |
| シック | chic | |
| じっくり | deliberately, carefully | |
| 躾 しつけ | discipline, training | |
| 躾ける しつける | to discipline, to teach manners | |
| 実践 じっせん | practice, put into practice | |
| 質素 しっそ | simplicity, modesty, frugality | |
| 実態 じったい | truth, fact | |
| 失調 しっちょう | lack of harmony, imbalance | |
| 嫉妬 しっと | jealousy | |
| 実費 じっぴ | actual expense, cost price | |
| 指摘 してき | pointing out, identification | |
| 自転 じてん | rotation, spin | |
| 淑やか しとやか | graceful | |
| 萎びる しなびる | to shrivel, to fade | |
| しなやか | supple, flexible, elastic | |
| シナリオ | scenario | |
| 屎尿 しにょう | human waste | |
| 地主 じぬし | landlord | |
| 凌ぐ しのぐ | to outdo, to surpass; to endure | |
| 耳鼻科 じびか | otolaryngology | |
| 私物 しぶつ | private property, personal effects | |
| しぶとい | tenacious, stubborn | |
| 司法 しほう | administration of justice | |
| 始末 しまつ | disposal; cleaning up afterwards | |
| 使命 しめい | mission, errand, message | |
| 視野 しや | field of vision, outlook | |
| 弱 じゃく | delicate, supple | |
| 社交 しゃこう | social life | |
| ジャズ | jazz | |
| 謝絶 しゃぜつ | refusal | |
| 社宅 しゃたく | company owned house | |
| 若干 じゃっかん | some, few, number of | |
| 三味線 しゃみせん | three-stringed Japanese guitar | |
| 斜面 しゃめん | slope, slanting surface, bevel | |
| 砂利 じゃり | gravel, ballast, pebbles | |
| 洒落る しゃれる | to joke, to play on words; stylish | |
| ジャンパー | jacket, jumper | |
| ジャンボ | jumbo | |
| ジャンル | genre | |
| 主 しゅ | owner, master, god | |
| 種 しゅ | seed; variety | |
| 私有 しゆう | private ownership | |
| 収益 しゅうえき | earnings, proceeds, returns | |
| 修学 しゅうがく | learning | |
| 周期 しゅうき | cycle, period | |
| 衆議院 しゅうぎいん | Lower House, House of Representatives | |
| 就業 しゅうぎょう | employment, starting work | |
| 従業員 じゅうぎょういん | employee, worker | |
| 集計 しゅうけい | totalization, aggregate | |
| 襲撃 しゅうげき | attack, charge, raid | |
| 収支 しゅうし | income and expenditure | |
| 終始 しゅうし | from beginning to end; consistent(ly) | |
| 修士 しゅうし | Masters degree program | |
| 従事 じゅうじ | engaging, pursuing, following | |
| 終日 しゅうじつ | all day | |
| 充実 じゅうじつ | fullness, perfection | |
| 執着 しゅうじゃく | attachment, adhesion, tenacity | |
| 収集 しゅうしゅう | gathering up, collection | |
| 十字路 じゅうじろ | crossroads | |
| 執着 しゅうちゃく | attachment, adhesion, tenacity | |
| 柔軟 じゅうなん | flexible | |
| 重複 じゅうふく | duplication, repetition, overlapping | |
| 収容 しゅうよう | accommodation; seating; custody | |
| 従来 じゅうらい | up to now, so far, traditional | |
| 守衛 しゅえい | security guard, doorkeeper | |
| 主演 しゅえん | starring, playing the leading part | |
| 主観 しゅかん | subjectivity, subject, ego | |
| 修行 しゅぎょう | pursuit of knowledge, training, ascetic practice | |
| 祝賀 しゅくが | celebration, congratulations | |
| 宿命 しゅくめい | fate, destiny, predestination | |
| 手芸 しゅげい | handicrafts | |
| 主権 しゅけん | sovereignty | |
| 主催 しゅさい | organization, sponsorship, to host | |
| 取材 しゅざい | coverage, collecting data | |
| 趣旨 しゅし | object, meaning | |
| 種々 しゅじゅ | variety | |
| 主食 しゅしょく | staple food | |
| 主人公 しゅじんこう | protagonist | |
| 主体 しゅたい | subject, main constituent | |
| 主題 しゅだい | subject, theme, motif | |
| 出演 しゅつえん | leading performer, stage appearance | |
| 出現 しゅつげん | appearance, arrival | |
| 出産 しゅっさん | childbirth | |
| 出社 しゅっしゃ | come to work | |
| 出生 しゅっしょう | birth | |
| 出世 しゅっせ | promotion, successful career, eminence | |
| 出生 しゅっせい | birth | |
| 出題 しゅつだい | proposing a question | |
| 出動 しゅつどう | mobilization, action | |
| 出費 しゅっぴ | expenses, disbursements | |
| 出品 しゅっぴん | exhibit, display | |
| 主導 しゅどう | main leadership | |
| 主任 しゅにん | person in charge, responsible official | |
| 首脳 しゅのう | head, leader | |
| 守備 しゅび | defense | |
| 手法 しゅほう | technique | |
| 樹木 じゅもく | trees and shrubs, arbor | |
| 樹立 じゅりつ | establish, create | |
| 準急 じゅんきゅう | local express (train, slower than an express) | |
| 準じる じゅんじる | to follow, to conform, to apply to | |
| 上位 じょうい | superior, higher order | |
| 上演 じょうえん | art performance | |
| 城下 じょうか | land near the castle | |
| 消去 しょうきょ | elimination, erasing | |
| 上空 じょうくう | sky, high-altitude sky, upper air | |
| 衝撃 しょうげき | shock, crash, impact, ballistic | |
| 証言 しょうげん | evidence, testimony | |
| 証拠 しょうこ | evidence, proof | |
| 照合 しょうごう | check, verification | |
| 詳細 しょうさい | detail, particulars | |
| 情緒 じょうしょ | emotion, feeling | |
| 上昇 じょうしょう | rising, ascending, climbing | |
| 称する しょうする | to take the name of, to call oneself | |
| 情勢 じょうせい | state of things, condition, situation | |
| 消息 しょうそく | news, letter, circumstances | |
| 承諾 しょうだく | consent, agreement | |
| 情緒 じょうちょ | emotion, feeling | |
| 象徴 しょうちょう | symbol | |
| 小児科 しょうにか | pediatrics | |
| 使用人 しようにん | employee, servant | |
| 情熱 じょうねつ | passion, enthusiasm, zeal | |
| 譲歩 じょうほ | concession, conciliation, compromise | |
| 条約 じょうやく | treaty, pact | |
| 勝利 しょうり | victory, triumph, win | |
| 上陸 じょうりく | landing, disembarkation | |
| 蒸溜 じょうりゅう | distillation | |
| 奨励 しょうれい | encouragement, promotion | |
| ショー | show | |
| 除外 じょがい | exception, exclusion | |
| 職員 しょくいん | staff member, personnel | |
| 植民地 しょくみんち | colony | |
| 職務 しょくむ | professional duties | |
| 諸君 しょくん | Gentlemen!, Ladies! | |
| 助言 じょげん | advice, suggestion | |
| 徐行 じょこう | going slowly | |
| 所在 しょざい | whereabouts | |
| 所持 しょじ | possession, owning | |
| 所属 しょぞく | attached to, belong to | |
| 処置 しょち | treatment | |
| しょっちゅう | always, constantly | |
| 所定 しょてい | fixed, prescribed | |
| 助動詞 じょどうし | auxiliary verb | |
| 所得 しょとく | income | |
| 処罰 しょばつ | punishment | |
| 初版 しょはん | first edition | |
| 書評 しょひょう | book review | |
| 処分 しょぶん | disposal, dealing, punishment | |
| 庶民 しょみん | masses, common people | |
| 庶務 しょむ | general affairs | |
| 所有 しょゆう | one's possessions, ownership | |
| 調べ しらべ | investigation, inspection | |
| 自立 じりつ | independence, self-reliance | |
| 記す しるす | to note, to write down | |
| 指令 しれい | orders, instructions, directive | |
| 陣 じん | battle formation, camp, encampment | |
| 進化 しんか | evolution, progress | |
| 人格 じんかく | personality, character | |
| 新婚 しんこん | newly-wed | |
| 人材 じんざい | man of talent | |
| 紳士 しんし | gentleman | |
| 真実 しんじつ | truth, reality | |
| 信者 しんじゃ | believer, devotee | |
| 真珠 しんじゅ | pearl | |
| 心中 しんじゅう | double suicide | |
| 進出 しんしゅつ | advancement | |
| 心情 しんじょう | mentality | |
| 新人 しんじん | new face, newcomer | |
| 神聖 しんせい | holiness, sacredness, dignity | |
| 親善 しんぜん | friendship | |
| 真相 しんそう | truth, real situation | |
| 迅速 じんそく | quick, fast, prompt | |
| 人体 じんたい | human body | |
| 新築 しんちく | new building, new construction | |
| 進呈 しんてい | presentation | |
| 進展 しんてん | progress, development | |
| 神殿 しんでん | temple, sacred place | |
| 進度 しんど | progress | |
| 振動 しんどう | oscillation, vibration | |
| 新入生 しんにゅうせい | new student, first-year student, freshman | |
| 信任 しんにん | trust, confidence, credence | |
| 神秘 しんぴ | mystery | |
| 辛抱 しんぼう | patience, endurance | |
| 人民 じんみん | people, public | |
| 侵略 しんりゃく | aggression, invasion, raid | |
| 診療 しんりょう | medical examination and treatment | |
| 粋 すい | essence | |
| 水源 すいげん | source of river | |
| 推進 すいしん | propulsion, driving force | |
| 吹奏 すいそう | playing wind instruments | |
| 推測 すいそく | guess, conjecture | |
| 水田 すいでん | (water-filled) paddy field | |
| 推理 すいり | reasoning, inference, mystery or detective genre | |
| 数詞 すうし | numeral | |
| 崇拝 すうはい | worship, adoration | |
| 据え付ける すえつける | to install, to equip, to mount | |
| 据える すえる | to set, to lay, to place | |
| すがすがしい | fresh, refreshing | |
| 救い すくい | help, aid, relief | |
| すくう (みずを~) | to scoop | |
| 健やか すこやか | vigorous, healthy, sound | |
| 濯ぐ すすぐ | to rinse, to wash out | |
| 進み すすみ | progress | |
| 裾 すそ | (trouser) cuff, (skirt) hem, cut edge of a hairdo | |
| スチーム | steam | |
| スト | (abbr.) strike | |
| ストライキ | strike | |
| ストロー | straw | |
| ストロボ | stroboscope (literally: strobo, strobe lamp, stroboscopic lamp) | |
| すばしこい | nimble, smart, quick | |
| 素早い すばやい | fast, quick | |
| ずばり | decisively, unreservedly, frankly | |
| ずぶぬれ | soaked, dripping wet | |
| スプリング | spring | |
| スペース | space | |
| スポーツカー | sports car | |
| 澄ます すます | to clear, to make clear, to listen for | |
| 清ます すます | to clear, to make clear, to listen for | |
| 済ます すます | to finish; to settle; to do without | |
| すみやか | speedy | |
| スラックス | slacks | |
| ずらっと | in a line, in a row | |
| ずるずる | dragging on, sound of sniffling | |
| ずれ | difference, gap | |
| すれちがい | chance encounter | |
| 擦れる すれる | to rub, to chafe | |
| すんなり | pass with no objection, slim, slender | |
| 生育 せいいく | growth, development, breeding | |
| 成育 せいいく | growth, raising | |
| 成果 せいか | results, fruits | |
| 正解 せいかい | correct, right answer, solution | |
| 正義 せいぎ | justice, right, righteousness | |
| 生計 せいけい | livelihood, living | |
| 政権 せいけん | (political) administration, political power | |
| 星座 せいざ | constellation | |
| 制裁 せいさい | restraint, sanctions, punishment | |
| 政策 せいさく | political measures, policy | |
| 生死 せいし | life and death | |
| 静止 せいし | stillness, repose, standing still | |
| 誠実 せいじつ | sincere, honest, faithful | |
| 成熟 せいじゅく | maturity, ripeness | |
| 青春 せいしゅん | youth, springtime of life, adolescent | |
| 清純 せいじゅん | purity, innocence | |
| 聖書 せいしょ | Bible | |
| 正常 せいじょう | normalcy, normality, normal | |
| 制する せいする | to control, to command | |
| 整然 せいぜん | orderly, regular, well-organized | |
| 盛装 せいそう | be dressed up, wear rich clothes | |
| 盛大 せいだい | grand, prosperous, magnificent | |
| 清濁 せいだく | good and evil, purity and impurity | |
| 制定 せいてい | enactment, establishment, creation | |
| 静的 せいてき | static | |
| 製鉄 せいてつ | iron manufacture | |
| 晴天 せいてん | fine weather | |
| 正当 せいとう | just, due, proper | |
| 制服 せいふく | uniform | |
| 征服 せいふく | conquest, subjugation, overcoming | |
| 製法 せいほう | manufacturing method, recipe, formula | |
| 精密 せいみつ | precise, exact, detailed, minute | |
| 制約 せいやく | limitation, constraints | |
| 勢力 せいりょく | influence, power, might, strength | |
| 整列 せいれつ | stand in a row, form a line | |
| 急かす せかす | to hurry, to urge on | |
| 伜 せがれ | son, my son | |
| 責務 せきむ | duty, obligation | |
| セクション | section | |
| 世辞 せじ | flattery, compliment | |
| 是正 ぜせい | correction, revision | |
| 世帯 せたい | household | |
| 世代 せだい | generation | |
| 切開 せっかい | opening up, cutting through | |
| セックス | sex | |
| 切実 せつじつ | compelling, serious, severe, acute | |
| 接触 せっしょく | touch, contact | |
| 接続詞 せつぞくし | conjunction | |
| 折衷 せっちゅう | compromise, cross, blending, eclecticism | |
| 設定 せってい | establishment, creation | |
| 説得 せっとく | persuasion | |
| 切ない せつない | painful, trying, sad | |
| 絶版 ぜっぱん | out of print | |
| 設立 せつりつ | establishment, foundation, institution | |
| 攻め せめ | attack, offense | |
| ゼリー | jelly | |
| セレモニー | ceremony | |
| 世論 せろん | public opinion | |
| 先 せん | priority, precedence, previous | |
| 繊維 せんい | fiber, fiber, textile | |
| 全快 ぜんかい | complete recovery of health | |
| 宣教 せんきょう | religious mission | |
| 宣言 せんげん | declaration, proclamation, announcement | |
| 戦災 せんさい | war damage | |
| 専修 せんしゅう | specialization | |
| 戦術 せんじゅつ | tactics | |
| センス | sense (for music, style, tact, etc.) | |
| 潜水 せんすい | diving | |
| 全盛 ぜんせい | height of prosperity | |
| 先代 せんだい | family predecessor, previous age, previous generation | |
| 先だって せんだって | recently, the other day | |
| 先着 せんちゃく | first arrival | |
| 前提 ぜんてい | preamble, premise, prerequisite | |
| 先天的 せんてんてき | inherent, congenital, hereditary | |
| 前途 ぜんと | future prospects, outlook, the journey ahead | |
| 戦闘 せんとう | battle, fight, combat | |
| 潜入 せんにゅう | infiltration, sneaking in | |
| 船舶 せんぱく | ship | |
| 全滅 ぜんめつ | annihilation | |
| 専用 せんよう | exclusive use, personal use | |
| 占領 せんりょう | occupation, possession, have a room to oneself | |
| 善良 ぜんりょう | goodness, excellence, virtue | |
| 戦力 せんりょく | war potential | |
| 前例 ぜんれい | precedent | |
| 相応 そうおう | suitability, fitness | |
| 創刊 そうかん | launching (e.g., newspaper, first issue) | |
| 雑木 ぞうき | various kinds of small trees, assorted trees | |
| 早急 そうきゅう | urgent | |
| 増強 ぞうきょう | reinforce, increase | |
| 送金 そうきん | remittance, sending money | |
| 走行 そうこう | running a wheeled vehicle (e.g., car, traveling) | |
| 捜索 そうさく | search (esp. for someone or something missing, investigation) | |
| 蔵相 ぞうしょう | Minister of Finance | |
| 装飾 そうしょく | ornament | |
| 増進 ぞうしん | promoting, increase, advance | |
| 相対 そうたい | relative | |
| 壮大 そうだい | magnificent, grand, majestic | |
| 騒動 そうどう | strife, riot, rebellion | |
| 遭難 そうなん | disaster, shipwreck, accident | |
| 相場 そうば | market price, speculation, estimation | |
| 装備 そうび | equipment | |
| 創立 そうりつ | establishment, founding | |
| 添える そえる | to add to, to attach, to accompany | |
| ソース | source | |
| 即座に そくざに | immediately, right away | |
| 促進 そくしん | promotion, acceleration, encouragement | |
| 即する そくする | to conform to, to agree with, to be adapted to, | |
| 束縛 そくばく | restraint, restriction, confinement | |
| 側面 そくめん | side, sidelight, lateral | |
| 損う そこなう | to harm, to hurt | |
| そこら | everywhere, somewhere | |
| 素材 そざい | raw materials, subject matter | |
| 阻止 そし | obstruction, check, hindrance | |
| 訴訟 そしょう | litigation, lawsuit | |
| 育ち そだち | breeding, growth | |
| 措置 そち | measure, step | |
| ソックス | socks | |
| 素っ気無い そっけない | cold, short, curt, blunt | |
| 外方 そっぽ | look (or turn) the other way | |
| 備え付ける そなえつける | to provide, to equip, to install | |
| 備わる そなわる | to be furnished with | |
| 具わる そなわる | to be furnished with | |
| 聳える そびえる | to rise, to tower, to soar | |
| 素朴 そぼく | simplicity, artlessness, naivety | |
| 染まる そまる | to be dyed | |
| 背く そむく | to run counter to, to go against | |
| そらす | to bend, to warp | |
| そり (~にのる) | sleigh, sled | |
| 反る そる | to warp, to be warped, to curve | |
| それゆえ | therefore, for that reason, so | |
| ソロ | solo | |
| 揃い そろい | set, suit, uniform | |
| ぞんざい | rude, careless, slovenly | |
| 損失 そんしつ | loss | |
| 存続 そんぞく | duration, continuance | |
| 対応 たいおう | dealing with | |
| 大家 たいか | rich family, distinguished family | |
| 退化 たいか | degeneration, retrogression | |
| 大概 たいがい | in general, mainly | |
| 体格 たいかく | physique, constitution | |
| 大金 たいきん | large amount of money | |
| 待遇 たいぐう | treatment, reception | |
| 対決 たいけつ | confrontation, showdown | |
| 対抗 たいこう | opposition, antagonism | |
| 退治 たいじ | extermination | |
| 大衆 たいしゅう | general public | |
| 対処 たいしょ | deal with, cope | |
| 退職 たいしょく | retirement (from office) | |
| 題する だいする | to title | |
| 態勢 たいせい | attitude, conditions, tendency | |
| 対談 たいだん | talk, dialogue | |
| 大胆 だいたん | bold, daring, audacious | |
| 対等 たいとう | equivalent | |
| 台無し だいなし | mess, spoiled, (come to) nothing | |
| 滞納 たいのう | non-payment, default | |
| 対比 たいひ | contrast, comparison | |
| タイピスト | typist | |
| 大部 たいぶ | most (e.g., most part, greater, fairly, a good deal, much) | |
| 大便 だいべん | feces | |
| 代弁 だいべん | speak for another | |
| 待望 たいぼう | long-expected, waiting | |
| 台本 だいほん | libretto, scenario | |
| タイマー | timer | |
| 怠慢 たいまん | negligence, carelessness | |
| タイミング | timing | |
| タイムリー | timely, run-batted-in (baseball), RBI | |
| 対面 たいめん | interview, meeting | |
| 代用 だいよう | substitution | |
| 体力 たいりょく | physical strength | |
| タイル | tile | |
| 対話 たいわ | conversation, dialogue | |
| 耐える たえる | to endure, to put up with | |
| 堪える たえる | to endure, to put up with | |
| 絶える たえる | to die out, to become extinct | |
| 断える たえる | to cease, to become extinct | |
| 打開 だかい | solution, breakthrough | |
| 焚火 たきび | (open) fire | |
| 妥協 だきょう | compromise, giving in | |
| たくましい | burly, strong, sturdy | |
| 巧み たくみ | skill, cleverness | |
| 丈 たけ | length, height | |
| 打撃 だげき | blow, damage; batting (baseball) | |
| 妥結 だけつ | agreement | |
| 駄作 ださく | poor work | |
| 足し算 たしざん | addition | |
| 多数決 たすうけつ | majority rule | |
| 助け たすけ | assistance | |
| 携わる たずさわる | to engage, to involve | |
| 漂う ただよう | to drift about, to float, to hang in air | |
| 立ち去る たちさる | to leave, to depart | |
| 立ち寄る たちよる | to stop by, to drop in for a short visit | |
| 抱っこ だっこ | (child's) hug | |
| 達者 たっしゃ | skillful, in good health | |
| 脱出 だっしゅつ | escape | |
| 脱する だっする | to escape from, to get out | |
| 達成 たっせい | achievement | |
| 脱退 だったい | secession, withdrawal | |
| 立て替える たてかえる | to pay in advance, to pay for another | |
| 建前 たてまえ | position; stance one takes in public; principle | |
| 奉る たてまつる | to offer, to do respectfully | |
| だと | if it's the case | |
| 他動詞 たどうし | transitive verb (direct object) | |
| 辿り着く たどりつく | to reach, to make it somehow | |
| 辿る たどる | to follow (road, to pursue (course), to follow up | |
| 束ねる たばねる | to tie up in a bundle, to control | |
| だぶだぶ | loose, baggy | |
| 他方 たほう | another side, on the other hand | |
| 多忙 たぼう | busy | |
| 給う たまう | to receive, to grant | |
| 魂 たましい | soul, spirit | |
| 溜まり たまり | collected things, gathering place, arrears | |
| 賜る たまわる | to grant, to bestow | |
| 保つ たもつ | to keep, to preserve, to sustain | |
| たやすい | easy, simple, light | |
| 多様 たよう | diversity, variety | |
| 弛み たるみ | slack, slackening | |
| 弛む たるむ | to slacken, to loosen, to relax | |
| 垂れる たれる | to hang, to droop; to drip | |
| タレント | talent, star, personality | |
| タワー | tower | |
| 単一 たんいつ | single, simple, sole | |
| 短歌 たんか | 31-syllable Japanese poem | |
| 担架 たんか | stretcher, litter | |
| 短気 たんき | quick temper | |
| 団結 だんけつ | unity, union, solidarity | |
| 探検 たんけん | exploration, expedition | |
| 断言 だんげん | assertion, declaration, affirmation | |
| 短縮 たんしゅく | shortening, abbreviation, reduction | |
| 断然 だんぜん | firmly, absolutely, definitely | |
| 炭素 たんそ | carbon (C) | |
| 短大 たんだい | junior college | |
| 単調 たんちょう | monotony, monotone, dullness | |
| 単独 たんどく | sole, single | |
| 旦那 だんな | master (of house), husband (informal) | |
| 短波 たんぱ | short wave | |
| 蛋白質 たんぱくしつ | protein | |
| ダンプ | dump truck | |
| 断面 だんめん | cross section | |
| 弾力 だんりょく | elasticity, flexibility | |
| 治安 ちあん | public order, security | |
| チームワーク | teamwork | |
| チェンジ | change | |
| 違える ちがえる | to change | |
| 畜産 ちくさん | animal husbandry | |
| 畜生 ちくしょう | beast, brute, damn | |
| 蓄積 ちくせき | accumulation, accumulate, store | |
| 地形 ちけい | landform, geographical features, topography | |
| 知性 ちせい | intelligence | |
| 乳 ちち | milk, breast, loop | |
| 縮まる ちぢまる | to be shortened, to be contracted, to shrink | |
| 秩序 ちつじょ | order, regularity | |
| 窒息 ちっそく | suffocation | |
| 知的 ちてき | intellectual | |
| 着手 ちゃくしゅ | embarkation, launch | |
| 着色 ちゃくしょく | coloring, coloring | |
| 着席 ちゃくせき | sit down, seat | |
| 着目 ちゃくもく | attention | |
| 着陸 ちゃくりく | landing, touch down | |
| 着工 ちゃっこう | start of (construction) work | |
| 茶の間 ちゃのま | living room (Japanese style) | |
| 茶の湯 ちゃのゆ | tea ceremony | |
| ちやほや | pamper, make a fuss of, spoil | |
| チャンネル | a channel | |
| 宙返り ちゅうがえり | somersault, looping-the-loop | |
| 忠告 ちゅうこく | advice, warning | |
| 中傷 ちゅうしょう | slander, libel, defamation | |
| 中枢 ちゅうすう | center, mainstay, nucleus | |
| 中断 ちゅうだん | interruption, suspension, break | |
| 中毒 ちゅうどく | poisoning | |
| 中腹 ちゅうふく | mountain side, halfway up | |
| 中立 ちゅうりつ | neutrality | |
| 中和 ちゅうわ | neutralize, counteract | |
| 腸 ちょう | bowels, intestines | |
| 蝶 ちょう | butterfly | |
| 超 ちょう | super-, ultra-, hyper- | |
| 調印 ちょういん | signature, sign, sealing | |
| 聴覚 ちょうかく | the sense of hearing | |
| 長官 ちょうかん | chief, (government) secretary | |
| 聴講 ちょうこう | lecture attendance, auditing | |
| 徴収 ちょうしゅう | collection, levy | |
| 聴診器 ちょうしんき | stethoscope | |
| 調停 ちょうてい | arbitration, conciliation, mediation | |
| 重複 ちょうふく | duplication, repetition, overlapping, redundancy, restoration | |
| 長編 ちょうへん | long (e.g., novel, film) | |
| 重宝 ちょうほう | convenient, useful | |
| 調理 ちょうり | cooking | |
| 調和 ちょうわ | harmony | |
| ちょくちょく | often, frequently, now and then, occasionally | |
| 直面 ちょくめん | confrontation | |
| 著書 ちょしょ | literary work, book | |
| 貯蓄 ちょちく | savings | |
| 直感 ちょっかん | intuition, instinct | |
| 著名 ちょめい | well-known, noted, celebrated | |
| ちらっと | at a glance, by accident | |
| 塵 ちり | dust, dirt | |
| 塵取り ちりとり | dustpan | |
| 賃金 ちんぎん | wages | |
| 沈殿 ちんでん | precipitation, deposition, settlement | |
| 沈没 ちんぼつ | sinking, foundering | |
| 沈黙 ちんもく | silence, reticence | |
| 陳列 ちんれつ | exhibition, display, show | |
| 追及 ついきゅう | investigation, inquiry | |
| 追跡 ついせき | pursuit | |
| 追放 ついほう | exile, banishment | |
| 費やす ついやす | to spend, to devote, to waste | |
| 墜落 ついらく | falling, crashing | |
| 痛感 つうかん | feeling keenly, fully realizing | |
| 通常 つうじょう | common, normal, usual | |
| 痛切 つうせつ | keen, deep | |
| 杖 つえ | cane | |
| 使い道 つかいみち | use | |
| 仕える つかえる | to serve, to work for | |
| 司る つかさどる | to rule, to govern, to administer | |
| つかの間 つかのま | moment, brief time, | |
| 月並 つきなみ | conventional, trite, common | |
| 継目 つぎめ | joint, seam | |
| 尽きる つきる | to be used up, to be run out | |
| 尽くす つくす | to exhaust, to run out; to devote, to serve | |
| つくづく | completely, really | |
| 作り つくり | make up, structure, physique | |
| 造り つくり | make up, structure, physique | |
| 繕う つくろう | to mend, to repair | |
| 付け加える つけくわえる | to add one thing to another | |
| 告げる つげる | to inform | |
| つじつま (はなしの~) | coherence, consistency | |
| 筒 つつ | pipe, tube | |
| 突く つつく | to thrust, to strike, to attack; to poke, to nudge, to pick at | |
| 謹む つつしむ | to be careful, to be chaste or discreet | |
| 突っ突く つっつく | to prompt someone | |
| 突っ張る つっぱる | to support, to become stiff; to thrust (ones opponent), to stick to (ones opinion), to insist on | |
| 務まる つとまる | be equal, be fit | |
| 勤め先 つとめさき | place of work | |
| 努めて つとめて | make an effort!, work hard! | |
| つねる | to pinch | |
| 角 つの | horn | |
| 募る つのる | to invite, to solicit help, participation, etc | |
| 唾 つば | saliva, spit, sputum | |
| 呟く つぶやく | to mutter, to murmur | |
| つぶら | round, rotund | |
| つぶる (めを~) | to close the eyes | |
| 壷 つぼ | jar, pot, vase | |
| 蕾 つぼみ | bud, flower bud | |
| 連なる つらなる | to extend, to stretch out, to stand in a row | |
| 貫く つらぬく | to go through | |
| 連ねる つらねる | to link, to join, to put together | |
| 釣り鐘 つりがね | temple bell (for striking) | |
| 吊り革 つりかわ | strap | |
| 手当 てあて | allowance, compensation; treatment | |
| 定義 ていぎ | definition | |
| 提供 ていきょう | offer, program sponsoring | |
| 提携 ていけい | cooperation, tie-up, joint business | |
| 体裁 ていさい | decency, style, form, appearance | |
| 提示 ていじ | presentation, exhibit, suggest, citation | |
| ティシュペーパー | tissue | |
| 訂正 ていせい | correction, revision | |
| 停滞 ていたい | stagnation, tie-up, congestion, retention | |
| 邸宅 ていたく | mansion, residence | |
| 定年 ていねん | retirement age | |
| 堤防 ていぼう | bank, weir | |
| 手遅れ ておくれ | being (too); belated treatment | |
| でかい | huge | |
| 手掛かり てがかり | hint, clue, key | |
| 手掛ける てがける | to handle, to manage, to work with | |
| 手数 てかず | trouble, labor, handling | |
| 手軽 てがる | easy, simple, cheap | |
| 適応 てきおう | adaptation, accommodation, conformity | |
| 適宜 てきぎ | suitability | |
| 適性 てきせい | aptitude | |
| できもの | boil, rash | |
| 手際 てぎわ | performance, skill, tact | |
| 出くわす でくわす | to happen to meet, to come across | |
| デコレーション | decoration | |
| 手順 てじゅん | process, procedure, protocol | |
| 手錠 てじょう | handcuffs, manacles | |
| 手数 てすう | trouble, labor, handling | |
| 手近 てぢか | near, handy, familiar | |
| てっきり | surely, certainly, beyond doubt | |
| 鉄鋼 てっこう | iron and steel | |
| デッサン | rough sketch (FRE: dessin) | |
| 徹する てっする | to devote oneself, to believe in | |
| てっぺん | top, summit, apex | |
| 鉄棒 てつぼう | iron rod, crowbar, horizontal bar (gymnastics) | |
| 出直し でなおし | adjustment, touch up | |
| 掌 てのひら | the palm | |
| 手配 てはい | arrangement, search (by police) | |
| 手筈 てはず | arrangement, plan, program | |
| 手引 てびき | guidance, guide, introduction | |
| 手本 てほん | model, pattern | |
| 手回し てまわし | preparations, arrangements | |
| 手元 てもと | (money) on hand or at home, one's purse; usual skill | |
| デモンストレーション | demonstration | |
| 照り返す てりかえす | to reflect, to throw back light | |
| テレックス | telex, teletypewriter exchange | |
| 手分け てわけ | division of labor | |
| 天 てん | heaven, sky | |
| 田園 でんえん | country, rural districts | |
| 天下 てんか | the world, whole country | |
| 転回 てんかい | revolution, rotation | |
| 転換 てんかん | convert, divert | |
| 転居 てんきょ | moving, changing residence | |
| 転勤 てんきん | transfer (to another office of a company) | |
| 天国 てんごく | paradise, heaven, Kingdom of Heaven | |
| 天才 てんさい | a genius | |
| 天災 てんさい | natural calamity, disaster | |
| 転じる てんじる | to turn, to shift | |
| 転ずる てんずる | to turn, to shift | |
| 伝説 でんせつ | tradition, legend, folklore | |
| 点線 てんせん | dotted line | |
| 天体 てんたい | heavenly body | |
| 伝達 でんたつ | transmission (e.g., news, communication, delivery) | |
| 天地 てんち | heaven and earth, the universe | |
| てんで | (not) at all, altogether, entirely | |
| 転任 てんにん | change of post | |
| 展望 てんぼう | view, outlook, prospect | |
| 伝来 でんらい | ancestral, hereditary, imported | |
| 転落 てんらく | fall, degradation | |
| 問い合わせる といあわせる | to inquire, to seek information | |
| 当~ とう~ | Our ~ (e.g., Hotel, plane, etc.) | |
| 同意 どうい | agreement, consent; same meaning | |
| 動員 どういん | mobilization | |
| 同感 どうかん | agreement, same opinion, same feeling | |
| 陶器 とうき | pottery, ceramics | |
| 討議 とうぎ | debate, discussion | |
| 動機 どうき | motive, incentive | |
| 等級 とうきゅう | grade, class | |
| 同級 どうきゅう | the same grade, same class | |
| 同居 どうきょ | living together | |
| 登校 とうこう | attendance (at school) | |
| 統合 とうごう | integration, unification, synthesis | |
| 動向 どうこう | trend, tendency, movement, attitude | |
| 投資 とうし | investment | |
| 同情 どうじょう | sympathy, compassion, sympathize | |
| 統制 とうせい | regulation, control | |
| 当選 とうせん | being elected, winning the prize | |
| 逃走 とうそう | flight, desertion, escape | |
| 統率 とうそつ | command, generalship, leadership | |
| 到達 とうたつ | reaching, attaining, arrival | |
| 統治 とうち | rule, reign, governing | |
| 同調 どうちょう | sympathy, agree with, alignment | |
| 到底 とうてい | (cannot) possibly | |
| 動的 どうてき | dynamic, kinetic | |
| 尊い とうとい | precious, valuable, noble | |
| 貴い とうとい | precious, valuable, noble | |
| 同等 どうとう | equality, equal, same rank | |
| 堂々 どうどう | magnificent, grand, impressive | |
| 尊ぶ とうとぶ | to value, to prize, to esteem | |
| どうにか | in some way or other, one way or another | |
| 投入 とうにゅう | throw, investment, making (an electrical circuit) | |
| 導入 どうにゅう | introduction, bringing in, leading in | |
| 当人 とうにん | the one concerned, the said person | |
| 同封 どうふう | enclosure (e.g., in a letter) | |
| 逃亡 とうぼう | escape | |
| 冬眠 とうみん | hibernation, winter sleep | |
| 同盟 どうめい | alliance, union, league | |
| どうやら | it seems like, somehow or other | |
| 動力 どうりょく | power, motive power, dynamic force | |
| 討論 とうろん | discussion; debate | |
| 遠ざかる とおざかる | to go far off | |
| 遠回り とおまわり | detour, roundabout way | |
| トーン | tone | |
| とかく | anyhow, anyway, in any case | |
| とがめる | to blame, to rebuke | |
| 時折 ときおり | sometimes | |
| とぎれる | to pause, to be interrupted | |
| 研ぐ とぐ | to sharpen, to grind, to polish | |
| 特技 とくぎ | special talent; skill | |
| 独裁 どくさい | dictatorship, despotism | |
| 特産 とくさん | specialty, special product | |
| 独自 どくじ | original, peculiar, characteristic | |
| 特集 とくしゅう | feature (e.g., newspaper, special edition, report) | |
| 独占 どくせん | monopoly | |
| 独創 どくそう | originality | |
| 特派 とくは | send specially, special envoy | |
| 特有 とくゆう | characteristic (of, peculiar (to)) | |
| とげ (をさす) | thorn | |
| 遂げる とげる | to accomplish, to achieve, to carry out | |
| 年頃 としごろ | age, marriageable age, adolescence | |
| 戸締り とじまり | closing up, locking the doors | |
| 途上 とじょう | en/in route, half way | |
| 土台 どだい | foundation, base, basis | |
| 途絶える とだえる | to stop, to cease, to come to an end | |
| 特許 とっきょ | special permission, patent | |
| 特権 とっけん | privilege, special right | |
| とっさに | at once | |
| 突如 とつじょ | suddenly, all of a sudden | |
| とって | handle, grip, knob | |
| 突破 とっぱ | breaking through, breakthrough, penetration | |
| 土手 どて | embankment, bank | |
| 届 とどけ | report, notification, registration | |
| 滞る とどこおる | to stagnate, to be delayed | |
| 整える ととのえる | to put in order, to arrange, to adjust; to get ready, to prepare; to raise money | |
| 止める とどめる | to end, to stop, to cease, to resign | |
| 唱える となえる | to recite, to chant, to call upon | |
| 殿様 とのさま | feudal lord | |
| 扉 とびら | door, opening | |
| 溝 どぶ | ditch, drain, gap | |
| 土木 どぼく | public works | |
| とぼける | to play dumb, to feign ignorance, to play innocent, to have a blank facial expression; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage | |
| 乏しい とぼしい | meager, scarce, hard up, poor | |
| 富 とみ | wealth, fortune | |
| 富む とむ | to be rich, to become rich | |
| 共稼ぎ ともかせぎ | working together, (husband and wife) earning a living together | |
| 伴う ともなう | to accompany, to bring with | |
| 共働き ともばたらき | dual income (husband and wife both working) | |
| ドライ | dry | |
| ドライクリーニング | dry cleaning | |
| ドライブイン | drive in | |
| トラブル | trouble (sometimes used as a verb) | |
| トランジスター | transistor | |
| 取扱 とりあつかい | treatment, handling, management | |
| 取り扱う とりあつかう | to treat, to handle, to deal in | |
| 鳥居 とりい | Shinto shrine archway | |
| 取り替え とりかえ | swap, exchange | |
| 取り組む とりくむ | to tackle, to engage in a bout, to come to grips with | |
| 取締り とりしまり | control, crackdown, supervision | |
| 取り締まる とりしまる | to crack down, to control, to supervise | |
| 取り調べる とりしらべる | to investigate, to examine | |
| 取り立てる とりたてる | to collect, to extort | |
| 取り次ぐ とりつぐ | to act as an agent for, to announce (someone), to convey (a message) | |
| 取り付ける とりつける | to furnish, to install; to get someone's agreement | |
| 取り除く とりのぞく | to remove, to take away, to set apart | |
| 取引 とりひき | transactions, dealings, business | |
| 取り巻く とりまく | to surround, to circle, to enclose | |
| 取り混ぜる とりまぜる | to mix, to put together | |
| 取り戻す とりもどす | to take back, to regain | |
| 取り寄せる とりよせる | to order, to send away for | |
| ドリル | drill | |
| 副 とりわけ | especially, above all | |
| とろける | melt; to be enchanted with | |
| 度忘れ どわすれ | lapse of memory, forget for a moment | |
| 鈍感 どんかん | thickheadedness, stolidity | |
| とんだ | terrible, awful, serious, absolutely not | |
| 問屋 とんや | wholesale store | |
| 内閣 ないかく | cabinet, (government) | |
| 乃至 ないし | from...to, between...and, or | |
| 内緒 ないしょ | secrecy, privacy, secret | |
| 内心 ないしん | innermost thoughts, real intention, inmost heart | |
| 内蔵 ないぞう | internal organ; built-in | |
| 内部 ないぶ | interior, inside, internal | |
| 内乱 ないらん | civil war, domestic conflict | |
| 内陸 ないりく | inland | |
| 苗 なえ | rice seedling | |
| なおさら | all the more, still less | |
| 流し ながし | sink | |
| 長々 ながなが | long, drawn-out, very long | |
| 中程 なかほど | middle, midway | |
| 渚 なぎさ | water's edge, beach, shore | |
| 嘆く なげく | to sigh, to lament, to grieve | |
| 投げ出す なげだす | to abandon, to throw out | |
| 仲人 なこうど | go-between, matchmaker | |
| 和やか なごやか | mild, calm, harmonious | |
| 名残 なごり | remains, traces, memory | |
| 情け なさけ | sympathy, compassion | |
| 情無い なさけない | miserable, pitiable, shameful | |
| 情深い なさけぶかい | tender-hearted, compassionate | |
| 詰る なじる | to rebuke, to scold, to tell off | |
| 名高い なだかい | famous, celebrated, well-known | |
| 懐く なつく | to become emotionally attached | |
| 名付ける なづける | to name | |
| 何気ない なにげない | casual, unconcerned | |
| なにとぞ | please, kindly, by all means | |
| なにより | most, best | |
| ナプキン | napkin | |
| 名札 なふだ | name plate, name tag | |
| 生臭い なまぐさい | smelling of fish or blood, fish or meat | |
| 生温い なまぬるい | lukewarm, halfhearted | |
| 生身 なまみ | living flesh, flesh and blood, the quick | |
| 鉛 なまり | lead (the metal) | |
| 滑らか なめらか | smoothness, glassiness | |
| 嘗める なめる | to lick; to experience; to make fun of | |
| 悩ましい なやましい | seductive, melancholy, languid | |
| 悩ます なやます | to bother, to harass, to molest | |
| 悩み なやみ | trouble(s), worry, distress | |
| 並びに ならびに | and | |
| 成り立つ なりたつ | to consist of; to be practical (logical, feasible, viable), to be concluded, to hold true | |
| なるたけ | as much as possible, if possible | |
| 慣れ なれ | practice, experience | |
| 馴々しい なれなれしい | familiar, make free with | |
| ナンセンス | nonsense | |
| 何だか なんだか | a little, somewhat, somehow | |
| なんだかんだ | something or other | |
| なんなり | anything, whatever | |
| 荷 に | load, baggage, cargo | |
| 似通う にかよう | to resemble closely | |
| にきび | pimple, acne | |
| 賑わう にぎわう | to prosper, to flourish, to be crowded with people | |
| 憎しみ にくしみ | hatred | |
| 肉親 にくしん | blood relationship, blood relative | |
| 肉体 にくたい | the body, the flesh | |
| 逃げ出す にげだす | to run away, to escape from | |
| 西日 にしび | westering sun | |
| 滲む にじむ | to run, to blur, to spread | |
| にせ物 にせもの | imitation, counterfeit | |
| 日夜 にちや | day and night, always | |
| 荷造り にづくり | packing, baling, crating | |
| 担う になう | to carry on shoulder, to bear (burden), to shoulder (gun) | |
| 鈍る にぶる | to become less capable, to grow dull, to become blunt, to weaken | |
| にも関わらず にもかかわらず | in spite of, nevertheless | |
| ニュアンス | nuance | |
| ニュー | new | |
| 入手 にゅうしゅ | obtaining, coming to hand | |
| 入賞 にゅうしょう | winning a prize or place (in a contest | |
| 入浴 にゅうよく | bathe, bathing | |
| 尿 にょう | urine | |
| 認識 にんしき | recognition, cognizance | |
| 妊娠 にんしん | conception, pregnancy | |
| 任務 にんむ | duty, mission, task | |
| 任命 にんめい | appointment, nomination, ordination | |
| 抜かす ぬかす | to omit, to leave out | |
| 抜け出す ぬけだす | to slip out, to sneak away, to excel | |
| 主 ぬし | owner, master, god | |
| 沼 ぬま | swamp, bog, pond | |
| 音色 ねいろ | tone color, timbre | |
| 値打ち ねうち | value, worth, price | |
| ネガ | (photographic) negative | |
| 寝かせる ねかせる | to put to bed, to lay down, to ferment | |
| ねじまわし | screwdriver | |
| 捩れる ねじれる | twist, strain | |
| 妬む ねたむ | to be jealous, to be envious | |
| ねだる | to nag, to demand | |
| 熱意 ねつい | zeal, enthusiasm | |
| 熱湯 ねっとう | boiling water | |
| 熱量 ねつりょう | calorific value | |
| 粘り ねばり | stickiness, viscosity | |
| 値引き ねびき | price reduction, discount | |
| 根回し ねまわし | making necessary arrangements | |
| 眠たい ねむたい | sleepy | |
| 練る ねる | to knead, to work over, to polish up | |
| 念 ねん | sense, feeling, desire | |
| 年賀 ねんが | New Year's greetings, New Year's card | |
| 念願 ねんがん | one's heart's desire, earnest petition | |
| 年号 ねんごう | name of an era, year number | |
| 燃焼 ねんしょう | burning, combustion | |
| 年長 ねんちょう | seniority | |
| 燃料 ねんりょう | fuel | |
| 年輪 ねんりん | annual tree ring | |
| ノイローゼ | neurosis (GER: Neurose) | |
| 農耕 のうこう | farming, agriculture | |
| 農場 のうじょう | farm | |
| 農地 のうち | agricultural land | |
| 納入 のうにゅう | payment, supply | |
| 逃す のがす | to let loose, to set free, to let escape | |
| 逃れる のがれる | to escape | |
| 軒並 のきなみ | row of houses; uniformly | |
| 望ましい のぞましい | desirable, hoped for | |
| 乗っ取る のっとる | to capture, to occupy, to take over | |
| のどか | tranquil, calm, quiet | |
| 罵る ののしる | to speak ill of, to abuse | |
| 延べ のべ | futures, credit (buying), stretching, total | |
| 飲み込む のみこむ | to gulp down, to swallow deeply, to understand | |
| 乗り込む のりこむ | to board, to get into (a car); to march into, to enter | |
| 刃 は | blade, sword | |
| バー | bar | |
| 把握 はあく | grasp, catch, understanding | |
| パート | part-time job | |
| 廃棄 はいき | disposal, abandon, discarding | |
| 配給 はいきゅう | distribution (e.g., films, rice | |
| ばい菌 ばいきん | bacteria, germ(s) | |
| 配偶者 はいぐうしゃ | spouse | |
| 拝啓 はいけい | -- a formal greeting used at the beginning of a letter -- | |
| 背景 はいけい | background, scenery, setting | |
| 背後 はいご | back, rear | |
| 廃止 はいし | abolition, repeal | |
| 拝借 はいしゃく | (humble) (polite) borrowing | |
| 排除 はいじょ | exclusion, removal, rejection | |
| 賠償 ばいしょう | reparations, indemnity, compensation | |
| 排水 はいすい | drainage | |
| 敗戦 はいせん | defeat, losing a war | |
| 配置 はいち | arrangement (of resources), disposition | |
| 配布 はいふ | distribution | |
| 配分 はいぶん | distribution, allotment | |
| 敗北 はいぼく | defeat (as a verb it means 'to be defeated') | |
| 倍率 ばいりつ | diameter, magnification | |
| 配慮 はいりょ | consideration, concern, forethought | |
| 配列 はいれつ | arrangement, array (programming) | |
| 破壊 はかい | destruction | |
| 捗る はかどる | to make progress, to move right ahead (with the work), to advance | |
| はかない | short-lived, momentary, ephemeral | |
| ばかばかしい | stupid | |
| 破棄 はき | revocation, annulment, breaking (e.g., treaty) | |
| 剥ぐ はぐ | to tear off, to peel off, to rip off | |
| 迫害 はくがい | persecution | |
| 薄弱 はくじゃく | feebleness, weakness, weak | |
| 白状 はくじょう | confession | |
| 漠然 ばくぜん | obscure, vague, equivocal | |
| 爆弾 ばくだん | bomb | |
| 爆破 ばくは | blast, explosion, blow up | |
| 暴露 ばくろ | disclosure, exposure, revelation | |
| 励ます はげます | to encourage, to cheer, to raise (the voice) | |
| 励む はげむ | to be zealous, to make an effort | |
| 剥げる はげる | to come off, to be worn off, to fade, to discolor | |
| 化ける ばける | to disguise, to take the form of | |
| 派遣 はけん | dispatch, send | |
| 恥 はじ | shame, embarrassment | |
| 弾く はじく | to play (piano, guitar) | |
| パジャマ | pajamas | |
| 恥じらう はじらう | to feel shy, to be bashful, to blush | |
| 恥じる はじる | to feel ashamed | |
| 橋渡し はしわたし | bridge building', mediation | |
| 弾む はずむ | to bounce, to be encouraged, to splurge on | |
| 破損 はそん | damage | |
| 叩く はたく | to strike, to clap, to dust, to beat | |
| 裸足 はだし | barefoot | |
| 果たす はたす | to accomplish, to fulfill, to carry out, to achieve | |
| 蜂蜜 はちみつ | honey | |
| パチンコ | pachinko (Japanese pinball) | |
| 罰 ばつ | punishment, penalty | |
| 発育 はついく | (physical) growth, development | |
| 発芽 はつが | germination | |
| 発掘 はっくつ | excavation, exhumation; discovery (e.g., new talent) | |
| 発言 はつげん | utterance, speech, proposal | |
| バッジ | badge | |
| 発生 はっせい | outbreak, spring forth, occurrence | |
| バッテリー | battery | |
| 発病 はつびょう | attack, to become sick | |
| 初耳 はつみみ | something heard for the first time | |
| 果て はて | the end, the extremity, the limit(s) | |
| 果てる はてる | to end, to be finished, to be exhausted | |
| ばてる | to be exhausted, to be worn out | |
| パトカー | patrol car | |
| 甚だ はなはだ | very, greatly, exceedingly | |
| 華々しい はなばなしい | brilliant, magnificent, spectacular | |
| 花びら はなびら | (flower) petal | |
| 華やか はなやか | brilliant, gorgeous, florid | |
| 阻む はばむ | to keep someone from doing, to stop, to oppose | |
| 浜 はま | beach, seashore | |
| 浜辺 はまべ | beach, foreshore | |
| 腹立ち はらだち | anger | |
| 原っぱ はらっぱ | open field, empty lot, plain | |
| はらはら | feel nervous | |
| ばらまく | to disseminate, to scatter | |
| 張り紙 はりがみ | notice, poster | |
| 遥か はるか | far, far-away, distant | |
| 破裂 はれつ | explosion, rupture, break off | |
| 繁栄 はんえい | prospering, prosperity, flourishing | |
| 版画 はんが | art print | |
| ハンガー | (coat) hanger | |
| 反感 はんかん | antipathy, revolt, animosity | |
| 反響 はんきょう | echo, reverberation, repercussion | |
| 反撃 はんげき | counterattack, counteroffensive, counterblow | |
| 判決 はんけつ | judicial decision, judgment, sentence, decree | |
| 反射 はんしゃ | reflection, reverberation | |
| 繁盛 はんじょう | prosperity, flourishing, thriving | |
| 繁殖 はんしょく | breed, multiply, propagation | |
| 反する はんする | to be inconsistent with, to oppose, to contradict | |
| 判定 はんてい | judgment, decision, award, verdict | |
| 万人 ばんにん | all people, everybody, 10000 people | |
| 晩年 ばんねん | (one's) last years | |
| 反応 はんのう | reaction, response | |
| 万能 ばんのう | all-purpose, almighty, omnipotent | |
| 半端 はんぱ | fragment, fraction, incompleteness | |
| 反発 はんぱつ | repelling, rebound, oppose | |
| 反乱 はんらん | rebellion, revolt, uprising | |
| 氾濫 はんらん | overflowing, flood | |
| 美 び | beauty | |
| ひいては | not only…but also, in addition to, consequently | |
| ビールス | virus | |
| 控室 ひかえしつ | waiting room | |
| 控える ひかえる | to hold back; to make notes | |
| 悲観 ひかん | pessimism, disappointment | |
| 引き上げる ひきあげる | to withdraw, to leave, to pull out | |
| 率いる ひきいる | to lead, to spearhead (a group), to command (troops) | |
| 引き起こす ひきおこす | to cause | |
| 引下げる ひきさげる | to pull down, to lower, to reduce, to withdraw | |
| 引きずる ひきずる | to drag along, to pull, to prolong | |
| 引取る ひきとる | to take back; to adopt; to leave | |
| 否決 ひけつ | rejection, negation, voting down | |
| 日頃 ひごろ | normally, habitually | |
| 久しい ひさしい | long, long-continued, old (story) | |
| 悲惨 ひさん | tragedy, disaster; misery, wretched, pitiful | |
| ビジネス | business | |
| 比重 ひじゅう | specific gravity | |
| 美術 びじゅつ | art, fine arts | |
| 秘書 ひしょ | (private) secretary | |
| 微笑 びしょう | smile | |
| 歪む ひずむ | to warp, to be distorted | |
| 密か ひそか | secret, private, surreptitious | |
| 浸す ひたす | to soak, to dip, to drench | |
| ひたすら | nothing but, earnestly, intently | |
| 左利き ひだりきき | left-handedness, sake drinker, left-hander | |
| 引っ掻く ひっかく | to scratch | |
| 必修 ひっしゅう | required (subject) | |
| びっしょり | wet through, drenched | |
| 必然 ひつぜん | inevitable, necessary | |
| 匹敵 ひってき | comparing with, rival, equal | |
| 一息 ひといき | a breath, a pause, an effort | |
| 人影 ひとかげ | man's shadow, soul | |
| 人柄 ひとがら | personality, character | |
| 人気 ひとけ | sign of life | |
| 一頃 ひところ | once, some time ago | |
| 人質 ひとじち | hostage | |
| 一筋 ひとすじ | a line, earnestly, blindly, straightforwardly | |
| 人目 ひとめ | glimpse, public gaze | |
| 日取り ひどり | fixed date, appointed day | |
| 雛 ひな | young bird, chick, doll | |
| 日向 ひなた | sunny place, in the sun | |
| 雛祭 ひなまつり | Girls' (dolls') Festival | |
| 非難 ひなん | blame, attack, criticism | |
| 日の丸 ひのまる | the Japanese flag | |
| 火花 ひばな | spark | |
| ひび (かべの~) | crack, fissure, flaw | |
| 悲鳴 ひめい | shriek, scream | |
| 冷やかす ひやかす | to banter, to make fun of, to jeer at, to cool, to refrigerate | |
| 標語 ひょうご | motto, slogan, catchword | |
| 描写 びょうしゃ | depiction, description, portrayal | |
| ひょっと | possibly, accidentally | |
| びら | handout, leaflet | |
| 平たい ひらたい | flat, even, level | |
| びり | last on the list, at the bottom | |
| 比率 ひりつ | ratio, proportion, percentage | |
| 微量 びりょう | minuscule amount, extremely small quantity | |
| 昼飯 ひるめし | lunch (mid-day meal) | |
| 比例 ひれい | proportion | |
| 疲労 ひろう | fatigue, weariness | |
| 敏感 びんかん | sensibility, susceptibility, sensitive (to) | |
| 貧困 ひんこん | poverty, lack | |
| 品質 ひんしつ | quality | |
| 貧弱 ひんじゃく | poor, meager, insubstantial | |
| 品種 ひんしゅ | breed, type, variety | |
| ヒント | hint | |
| 頻繁 ひんぱん | frequency | |
| 貧乏 びんぼう | poverty, destitute, poor | |
| ファイト | fight | |
| ファイル | file; portfolio | |
| 不意 ふい | sudden, abrupt, unexpected | |
| フィルタ | filter | |
| 封 ふう | seal | |
| 封鎖 ふうさ | blockade, freezing (funds) | |
| 風車 ふうしゃ | windmill | |
| 風習 ふうしゅう | custom | |
| 風俗 ふうぞく | manners, customs; sex industry | |
| 風土 ふうど | natural features, climate | |
| ブーム | boom | |
| 部下 ぶか | one's subordinate | |
| 不可欠 ふかけつ | indispensable, essential | |
| ぶかぶか | too big, baggy | |
| 不吉 ふきつ | ominous, sinister, bad luck, ill omen | |
| 不況 ふきょう | recession, depression, slump | |
| 布巾 ふきん | dish cloth | |
| 複合 ふくごう | composite, complex | |
| 福祉 ふくし | welfare, well-being | |
| 覆面 ふくめん | mask, veil, disguise | |
| 膨れる ふくれる | to swell (out), to be inflated, to bulge | |
| 不景気 ふけいき | business recession, hard times, depression | |
| 耽る ふける | to indulge in, to give oneself up to, to be absorbed in | |
| 老ける ふける | to age | |
| 富豪 ふごう | wealthy person, millionaire | |
| 布告 ふこく | edict, ordinance, proclamation | |
| ブザー | buzzer | |
| 負債 ふさい | debt, liabilities | |
| 不在 ふざい | absence | |
| ふさわしい | appropriate | |
| 不順 ふじゅん | irregularity, unseasonableness | |
| 負傷 ふしょう | injury, wound | |
| 侮辱 ぶじょく | insult, contempt, slight | |
| 不審 ふしん | suspicious, doubt, infidelity | |
| 不振 ふしん | dullness, slump, stagnation | |
| 武装 ぶそう | arms, armament, armed | |
| 札 ふだ | token, label; ticket, card; charm, talisman | |
| 負担 ふたん | burden; load | |
| 不調 ふちょう | bad condition, disorder, slump | |
| 復活 ふっかつ | revival (e.g., musical), restoration | |
| 物議 ぶつぎ | public discussion (criticism) | |
| 復旧 ふっきゅう | restoration, restitution, rehabilitation | |
| 復興 ふっこう | revival, renaissance, reconstruction | |
| 物資 ぶっし | goods, materials | |
| 仏像 ぶつぞう | Buddhist image (statue) | |
| 物体 ぶったい | object | |
| 沸騰 ふっとう | boiling, seething | |
| 不当 ふとう | injustice, impropriety, unfair | |
| 不動産 ふどうさん | real estate | |
| 無難 ぶなん | safety, security | |
| 赴任 ふにん | (proceeding to) new appointment | |
| 腐敗 ふはい | decay, depravity | |
| 不評 ふひょう | bad reputation, disgrace, unpopularity | |
| 不服 ふふく | dissatisfaction, discontent, disapproval | |
| 普遍 ふへん | universality, ubiquity, omnipresence | |
| 踏まえる ふまえる | to be based on, to have origin in | |
| 踏み込む ふみこむ | to step into (someone else's territory, to break into, to raid | |
| 不明 ふめい | unknown, ambiguous | |
| 部門 ぶもん | class, group, category, department, field, branch | |
| ふらふら | unsteady on one's feet, totter, dizzy | |
| ぶらぶら | dangle heavily, sway to and fro, stroll idly | |
| 振り返る ふりかえる | to turn head, to turn around, to look back | |
| 振り出し ふりだし | outset, starting point, drawing or issuing (draft) | |
| 不良 ふりょう | badness, delinquent, failure | |
| 浮力 ふりょく | buoyancy | |
| 武力 ぶりょく | armed might, military power, the sword, force | |
| ブル | bull | |
| 震わせる ふるわせる | to be shaking, to be trembling | |
| 無礼 ぶれい | impolite, rude | |
| 付録 ふろく | appendix, supplement | |
| 憤慨 ふんがい | indignation, resentment | |
| 文化財 ぶんかざい | cultural assets, cultural property | |
| 分業 ぶんぎょう | division of labor, specialization, assembly-line production | |
| 文語 ぶんご | written language, literary language | |
| 分散 ぶんさん | dispersion, decentralization, variance (statistics) | |
| 分子 ぶんし | numerator, molecule | |
| 紛失 ふんしつ | losing something | |
| 噴出 ふんしゅつ | spewing, gushing, spouting | |
| 文書 ぶんしょ | document, writing | |
| 紛争 ふんそう | dispute, trouble, strife | |
| ふんだん | plentiful, abundant, lavish | |
| 分担 ぶんたん | apportionment, sharing | |
| 奮闘 ふんとう | hard struggle, strenuous effort | |
| 分配 ぶんぱい | division, sharing | |
| 分母 ぶんぼ | denominator | |
| 粉末 ふんまつ | fine powder | |
| 分離 ぶんり | separation, detachment, segregation | |
| 分裂 ぶんれつ | split, division, break up | |
| 兵器 へいき | arms, weapons, ordinance | |
| 閉口 へいこう | shut mouth | |
| 閉鎖 へいさ | closing, closure, shutdown | |
| 兵士 へいし | soldier | |
| 平常 へいじょう | normal, usual | |
| 平方 へいほう | square (e.g., meter, square) | |
| 並列 へいれつ | arrangement, parallel, abreast | |
| ベース | base, bass | |
| 辟易 へきえき | wince, shrink back, succumbing to, being frightened | |
| ぺこぺこ | fawn, be very hungry | |
| ベスト | best; vest | |
| ベストセラー | best-seller | |
| 隔たる へだたる | to be distant | |
| 縁 へり | edge | |
| へりくだる | to deprecate oneself and praise the listener | |
| 弁解 べんかい | explanation, justification, excuse | |
| 変革 へんかく | change, reform(the) Reformation | |
| 便宜 べんぎ | convenience, accommodation | |
| 偏見 へんけん | prejudice, narrow view | |
| 弁護 べんご | defense, pleading, advocacy | |
| 返済 へんさい | repayment | |
| 弁償 べんしょう | compensation, reparation, reimbursement | |
| 変遷 へんせん | change, transition, vicissitudes | |
| 返答 へんとう | reply | |
| 変動 へんどう | change, fluctuation | |
| 弁論 べんろん | discussion, debate, argument | |
| 穂 ほ | ear (of plant), head (of plant) | |
| 保育 ほいく | nursing, nurturing, rearing | |
| ボイコット | boycott | |
| 法案 ほうあん | bill (law) | |
| 防衛 ぼうえい | defense, protection, self-defense | |
| 防火 ぼうか | fire prevention, fire fighting, fire proof | |
| 崩壊 ほうかい | collapse, decay (physics), crumbling | |
| 妨害 ぼうがい | disturbance, obstruction, interference | |
| 法学 ほうがく | law, jurisprudence | |
| 封建 ほうけん | feudalistic | |
| 豊作 ほうさく | abundant harvest, bumper crop | |
| 方策 ほうさく | plan, policy | |
| 奉仕 ほうし | attendance, service | |
| 方式 ほうしき | form, method, system | |
| 放射 ほうしゃ | radiation, emission | |
| 放射能 ほうしゃのう | radioactivity | |
| 報酬 ほうしゅう | remuneration, recompense, reward | |
| 放出 ほうしゅつ | release, emit | |
| 報じる ほうじる | to inform, to report | |
| 報ずる ほうずる | to inform, to report | |
| 紡績 ぼうせき | spinning | |
| 呆然 ぼうぜん | dumbfounded, overcome with surprise | |
| 放置 ほうち | leave as is, leave alone, neglect | |
| 膨張 ぼうちょう | expansion, swelling, increase | |
| 法廷 ほうてい | courtroom | |
| 報道 ほうどう | coverage, report | |
| 冒頭 ぼうとう | beginning, start, outset | |
| 暴動 ぼうどう | insurrection, riot, uprising | |
| 褒美 ほうび | reward, prize | |
| 暴風 ぼうふう | storm, windstorm, gale | |
| 葬る ほうむる | to bury, to entomb | |
| 放り込む ほうりこむ | to throw into | |
| 放り出す ほうりだす | to throw out, to give up, to abandon | |
| 暴力 ぼうりょく | violence | |
| 飽和 ほうわ | saturation | |
| ホース | hose | |
| ポーズ | pause | |
| 保温 ほおん | retaining warmth, keeping heat in, heat insulation | |
| 捕獲 ほかく | capture, seizure | |
| 保管 ほかん | custody, safekeeping, storage | |
| 補強 ほきょう | reinforcement | |
| 募金 ぼきん | fund-raising, collection of funds | |
| 牧師 ぼくし | pastor, minister, clergyman | |
| 捕鯨 ほげい | whaling | |
| 惚ける ぼける | to grow senile, to fade | |
| 母国 ぼこく | one's home country (same as 自分の国 (じぶんのくに)) | |
| 誇る ほこる | to boast of, to be proud of | |
| 綻びる ほころびる | to come apart at the seams, to smile broadly | |
| 干し~ ほし~ | dried ~ | |
| 干し物 ほしもの | dried washing (clothes | |
| 保守 ほしゅ | conservative, maintaining | |
| 補充 ほじゅう | supplementation, replenishment, replenishing | |
| 補助 ほじょ | assistance, support, auxiliary | |
| 舗装 ほそう | pavement, road surface | |
| 補足 ほそく | supplement, complement | |
| 墓地 ぼち | cemetery, graveyard | |
| 発作 ほっさ | fit, attack | |
| 没収 ぼっしゅう | forfeited | |
| 発足 ほっそく | starting, inauguration | |
| ポット | pot | |
| ほっぺた | cheek | |
| ぼつぼつ | gradually, here and there, spots | |
| 没落 ぼつらく | ruin, fall, collapse | |
| 解ける ほどける | to come untied, to come apart | |
| 施す ほどこす | to give, to conduct, to perform | |
| ほとり | vicinity of lake; river | |
| ぼやく | to grumble, to complain | |
| ぼやける | to become dim, to become blurred | |
| 保養 ほよう | health preservation, recuperation, recreation | |
| 捕虜 ほりょ | prisoner of war | |
| ボルト | volt; bolt | |
| 滅びる ほろびる | to be ruined, to perish, to be destroyed | |
| 滅ぼす ほろぼす | to destroy, to overthrow, to ruin | |
| 本格 ほんかく | propriety, full-scale | |
| 本館 ほんかん | main building | |
| 本気 ほんき | seriousness, truth, sanctity | |
| 本国 ほんごく | one's own country | |
| 本質 ほんしつ | essence, true nature, reality | |
| 本体 ほんたい | substance, body, trunk | |
| 本音 ほんね | (one's) real intention, motive | |
| 本能 ほんのう | instinct | |
| 本場 ほんば | home, best place, genuine | |
| ポンプ | pump | |
| 本文 ほんぶん | text (of document), body (of letter) | |
| 本名 ほんみょう | real name | |
| マーク | mark | |
| マイ~ | my ~, one's own ~ | |
| マイクロフォン | microphone | |
| 埋蔵 まいぞう | buried property, treasure trove | |
| 舞う まう | to dance, to flutter about, to revolve | |
| 真上 まうえ | just above, right overhead | |
| 前売 まえうり | advance sale, booking | |
| 前置き まえおき | preface, introduction | |
| 任す まかす | to entrust, to leave to a person | |
| 負かす まかす | to defeat | |
| 賄う まかなう | to give board to, to provide meals, to pay | |
| 紛らわしい まぎらわしい | confusing, misleading, ambiguous | |
| 紛れる まぎれる | to be diverted, to slip into | |
| 真心 まごころ | sincerity, devotion | |
| まごつく | to be confused, to be flustered | |
| 誠 まこと | truth, faith, fidelity | |
| 誠に まことに | indeed, really (very polite), absolutely | |
| まさしく | surely, no doubt, evidently | |
| 勝る まさる | to excel, to surpass, to out-rival | |
| 交える まじえる | to mix, to converse with, to cross (swords) | |
| 真下 ました | right under, directly below | |
| まして | still more, still less (with neg. verb), to say nothing of | |
| 交わる まじわる | to cross, to intersect, to mingle with, | |
| またがる (うまを~) | to straddle | |
| 待ち遠しい まちどおしい | looking forward to | |
| 待ち望む まちのぞむ | to look anxiously for, to wait eagerly for | |
| まちまち | various, different | |
| 末期 まっき | deathbed, hour of death | |
| 真っ二つ まっぷたつ | in two equal parts | |
| まと | mark, target | |
| 纏まり まとまり | conclusion, settlement, consistency | |
| 纏め まとめ | settlement, conclusion | |
| 免れる まぬがれる | to escape from, to be exempted | |
| 招き まねき | invitation | |
| 瞬き まばたき | wink, twinkling (of stars), flicker (of light) | |
| 麻痺 まひ | paralysis, palsy, numbness | |
| 眉 まゆ | eyebrow | |
| 鞠 まり | ball | |
| 丸ごと まるごと | in its entirety, whole, wholly | |
| まるっきり | completely, perfectly, just as if | |
| 丸々 まるまる | completely | |
| 丸める まるめる | to make round, to round off, to roll up | |
| 満月 まんげつ | full moon | |
| 満場 まんじょう | unanimous, whole audience | |
| 真ん前 まんまえ | right in front, under the nose | |
| 真ん丸い まんまるい | perfectly circular | |
| 真ん円い まんまるい | perfectly round | |
| 見合い みあい | formal marriage interview | |
| 見落とす みおとす | to overlook, to fail to notice | |
| 未開 みかい | savage land, backward region, uncivilized | |
| 味覚 みかく | taste, palate, sense of taste | |
| 幹 みき | (tree) trunk | |
| 見苦しい みぐるしい | unsightly, ugly | |
| 見込み みこみ | prospects, expectation, hope | |
| 未婚 みこん | unmarried | |
| 未熟 みじゅく | inexperience, unskilled, immature | |
| 微塵 みじん | particle, atom | |
| 水気 みずけ | moisture, dampness | |
| ミスプリント | misprint | |
| みすぼらしい | shabby, seedy | |
| ミセス | Mrs. | |
| 見せびらかす みせびらかす | to show off, to flaunt | |
| 見せ物 みせもの | show, exhibition | |
| 溝 みぞ | ditch, drain, gutter, gap | |
| 満たす みたす | to satisfy, to ingratiate, to fill, to fulfill | |
| 乱す みだす | to throw out of order, to disarrange, to disturb | |
| 乱れる みだれる | to get confused, to be disordered, to be disturbed | |
| 未知 みち | not yet known | |
| 身近 みぢか | near oneself, close to one, familiar | |
| 導く みちびく | to be guided, to be shown | |
| 密集 みっしゅう | crowd, close formation, dense | |
| 密接 みっせつ | connected, close, intimate | |
| 密度 みつど | density | |
| 見積もり みつもり | estimation, quotation | |
| 未定 みてい | not yet fixed, undecided, pending | |
| 見通し みとおし | perspective, unobstructed view, prospect | |
| 見なす みなす | to consider as, to regard | |
| 源 みなもと | source, origin | |
| 見習う みならう | to follow another's example | |
| 身なり みなり | personal appearance | |
| 峰 みね | peak, ridge | |
| 身の上 みのうえ | one's future, one's welfare, one's personal history | |
| 見逃す みのがす | to miss, to overlook, to leave at large | |
| 身の回り みのまわり | one's personal appearance, personal belongings | |
| 見計らう みはからう | to choose at one's own discretion | |
| 見晴らし みはらし | view | |
| 身振り みぶり | gesture | |
| 脈 みゃく | pulse | |
| ミュージック | music | |
| 未練 みれん | lingering affection, attachment, regret(s) | |
| 見渡す みわたす | to look out over, to survey (scene), to take an extensive view of | |
| 民宿 みんしゅく | private house providing lodging and meals to tourists | |
| 民族 みんぞく | people, race | |
| 民俗 みんぞく | folk customs | |
| 無意味 むいみ | nonsense, no meaning | |
| ムード | mood | |
| 無口 むくち | reticence | |
| 婿 むこ | son-in-law | |
| 無効 むこう | invalid, no effect, unavailable | |
| 無言 むごん | silence | |
| 無邪気 むじゃき | innocence, simple-mindedness | |
| むしる | to pluck, to pick, to tear | |
| 結び むすび | ending, conclusion, union | |
| 結び付き むすびつき | connection, relation | |
| 結び付く むすびつく | to be connected or related, to join together | |
| 結び付ける むすびつける | to combine, to join, to tie on, to attach with a knot | |
| 無線 むせん | wireless, radio | |
| 無駄遣い むだづかい | waste money on, squander money on | |
| 無断 むだん | without permission, without notice | |
| 無知 むち | ignorance | |
| 無茶 むちゃ | absurd, unreasonable | |
| 無茶苦茶 むちゃくちゃ | confused, jumbled, mixed up, unreasonable | |
| 空しい むなしい | vacant, futile, vain | |
| 無念 むねん | chagrin, regret | |
| 無能 むのう | inefficiency, incompetence | |
| 無闇に むやみに | unreasonably, absurdly, at random | |
| 無用 むよう | useless, needlessness, unnecessariness | |
| 斑 むら | unevenness, inconsistency, irregularity | |
| 群がる むらがる | to swarm, to gather | |
| 無論 むろん | of course, naturally | |
| 名産 めいさん | noted product | |
| 名称 めいしょう | name | |
| 命中 めいちゅう | a hit | |
| 明白 めいはく | obvious, clear | |
| 名簿 めいぼ | register of names | |
| 名誉 めいよ | honor, credit, prestige | |
| 明瞭 めいりょう | clarity | |
| 明朗 めいろう | bright, clear, cheerful | |
| メーカー | manufacturer | |
| 目方 めかた | weight | |
| 恵み めぐみ | blessing | |
| 恵む めぐむ | to bless, to show mercy to | |
| 目覚しい めざましい | brilliant, remarkable | |
| 目覚める めざめる | to wake up | |
| 召す めす | to call, to send for, to put on | |
| 雌 めす | female (animal) | |
| 目付き めつき | look, expression of the eyes, eyes | |
| 滅亡 めつぼう | downfall, collapse, destruction | |
| メディア | media | |
| 目途 めど | goal, outlook | |
| 目盛 めもり | scale, gradations | |
| メロディー | melody | |
| 面する めんする | to face on, to look out on to | |
| 面目 めんぼく | face, honor, reputation | |
| 面目 めんもく | face, honor, reputation | |
| 設ける もうける | to create, to establish | |
| 申し入れる もうしいれる | to propose, to suggest | |
| 申込 もうしこみ | application, request, proposal | |
| 申出 もうしで | request, claim, report | |
| 申し出る もうしでる | to report to, to tell, to suggest | |
| 申し分 もうしぶん | objection, shortcomings | |
| 盲点 もうてん | blind spot | |
| 猛烈 もうれつ | violent, vehement, rage | |
| モーテル | motel | |
| もがく | to struggle, to wriggle, to be impatient | |
| 目録 もくろく | catalogue, catalog, list | |
| 目論見 もくろみ | a plan, a scheme, intention | |
| 模型 もけい | model, dummy, marquette | |
| 模索 もさく | groping (for) | |
| もしかして | perhaps, possibly | |
| もしくは | or, otherwise | |
| もたらす | to bring, to take, to bring about | |
| 持ち切り もちきり | hot topic, talk of the town | |
| 目下 もっか | at present, now | |
| 専ら もっぱら | wholly, solely, entirely | |
| もてなす | to entertain, to make welcome | |
| もてる | to be well liked, to be popular | |
| 物好き ものずき | (idle) curiosity | |
| 物足りない ものたりない | unsatisfied, unsatisfactory | |
| もはや | already, now | |
| 模範 もはん | model, example | |
| 模倣 もほう | imitation, copying | |
| もめる | to disagree, to dispute | |
| 股 もも | thigh, femur | |
| 腿 もも | thigh, femur | |
| 催す もよおす | to hold (a meeting), to give (a dinner) | |
| 漏らす もらす | to let leak, to reveal | |
| 漏る もる | to leak, to run out | |
| 漏れる もれる | to leak out, to escape, to filter out | |
| 脆い もろい | brittle, fragile, tender-hearted | |
| もろに | completely, altogether, bodily | |
| 矢 や | arrow | |
| 野外 やがい | fields, outskirts, open air, suburbs | |
| 夜具 やぐ | bedding | |
| 役職 やくしょく | post, managerial position, official position | |
| 役場 やくば | town hall | |
| やけに | sure, very | |
| 屋敷 やしき | mansion | |
| 養う やしなう | to rear, to maintain, to cultivate | |
| 野心 やしん | ambition, aspiration | |
| 安っぽい やすっぽい | cheap-looking, tawdry | |
| 休める やすめる | to rest, to suspend, to give relief | |
| 野生 やせい | wild | |
| 奴 やつ | (vulg.) fellow, guy, chap | |
| 闇 やみ | darkness, shady, illegal | |
| 病む やむ | to fall ill, to be ill | |
| ややこしい | puzzling, tangled, complicated, complex | |
| やりとおす | to carry through, to achieve, to complete | |
| やりとげる | to accomplish | |
| 和らげる やわらげる | to soften, to moderate, to relieve | |
| ヤング | young | |
| 優位 ゆうい | predominance, ascendancy, superiority | |
| 憂鬱 ゆううつ | depression, melancholy | |
| 有益 ゆうえき | beneficial, profitable | |
| 優越 ゆうえつ | supremacy, predominance, being superior to | |
| 勇敢 ゆうかん | bravery, heroism, gallantry | |
| 夕暮れ ゆうぐれ | evening, (evening) twilight | |
| 融資 ゆうし | financing, loan | |
| 融通 ゆうずう | adaptability, versatility, finance | |
| 有する ゆうする | to own, to be endowed with | |
| 優勢 ゆうせい | superiority, superior power, predominance | |
| 優先 ゆうせん | preference, priority | |
| 誘導 ゆうどう | guidance, leading, inducement | |
| 優美 ゆうび | grace, refinement, elegance | |
| 有望 ゆうぼう | good prospects, full of hope, promising | |
| 遊牧 ゆうぼく | nomadism | |
| 夕焼け ゆうやけ | sunset | |
| 有力 ゆうりょく | influence, prominence; potent | |
| 幽霊 ゆうれい | ghost, specter, phantom | |
| 誘惑 ゆうわく | temptation, allurement, lure | |
| 故 ゆえ | reason, cause, circumstances | |
| 歪む ゆがむ | to warp, to be crooked, to be distorted | |
| 揺さぶる ゆさぶる | to shake, to jolt, to rock, to swing | |
| 濯ぐ ゆすぐ | to rinse, to wash out | |
| ゆとり | reserve, affluence, time (to spare) | |
| ユニーク | unique | |
| 指差す ゆびさす | to point at | |
| 弓 ゆみ | bow | |
| 揺らぐ ゆらぐ | to swing, to sway, to shake | |
| 緩む ゆるむ | to become loose, to slacken | |
| 緩める ゆるめる | to loosen, to slow down | |
| 緩やか ゆるやか | lenient | |
| 要因 よういん | primary factor, main cause | |
| 溶液 ようえき | solution | |
| 用件 ようけん | business | |
| 養護 ようご | protection, nursing, protective care | |
| 用紙 ようし | a form | |
| 様式 ようしき | style, form, pattern | |
| 要する ようする | to demand, to require, to take | |
| 要請 ようせい | claim, demand, request, application | |
| 様相 ようそう | aspect | |
| 用品 ようひん | articles, supplies, parts | |
| 洋風 ようふう | western style | |
| 用法 ようほう | directions, rules of use | |
| 要望 ようぼう | demand for, request | |
| 余暇 よか | leisure, leisure time, spare time | |
| 予感 よかん | presentiment, premonition | |
| 余興 よきょう | side show, entertainment | |
| 預金 よきん | deposit, bank account | |
| 欲 よく | greed, wants | |
| 抑圧 よくあつ | restraint, oppression, suppression | |
| 浴室 よくしつ | bathroom, bath | |
| 抑制 よくせい | control, restraint, suppression | |
| 欲深い よくふかい | greedy | |
| 欲望 よくぼう | desire, appetite | |
| 避ける よける | to avoid (physical contact with; to ward off, to avert | |
| 予言 よげん | prediction, promise, prognostication | |
| 良し よし | all right! | |
| よし (かん) | all right! | |
| 善し悪し よしあし | good or bad, merits or demerits, quality | |
| 余所見 よそみ | looking away, looking aside | |
| 余地 よち | place, room, margin | |
| よって (よりどころ) | therefore, consequently | |
| 与党 よとう | government party, (ruling) party in power, government | |
| 呼び止める よびとめる | to flag down | |
| 夜更し よふかし | staying up late, keeping late hours | |
| 夜更け よふけ | late at night | |
| 余程 よほど | very, much, to a large extent, quite | |
| 読み上げる よみあげる | to read out loud (and clearly), to call a roll | |
| 寄り掛かる よりかかる | to lean against, to recline on, to lean on, to rely on | |
| 世論 よろん | public opinion | |
| 弱る よわる | to weaken, to be troubled, to be emaciated | |
| 来場 らいじょう | attendance | |
| ライス | rice | |
| 酪農 らくのう | dairy farming | |
| 落下 らっか | fall, drop, come down | |
| 楽観 らっかん | optimism | |
| ランプ | lamp; ramp | |
| 濫用 らんよう | abuse, misuse, using to excess | |
| リード | lead; reed | |
| 理屈 りくつ | theory, reason | |
| 利子 りし | interest (bank) | |
| 利潤 りじゅん | profit, returns | |
| 理性 りせい | reason, sense | |
| 利息 りそく | interest (bank) | |
| 立体 りったい | solid body | |
| 立方 りっぽう | cube | |
| 立法 りっぽう | legislation, lawmaking | |
| 利点 りてん | advantage, point in favor | |
| 略語 りゃくご | abbreviation, acronym | |
| 略奪 りゃくだつ | pillage, looting, robbery | |
| 流通 りゅうつう | circulation of money or goods, distribution | |
| 領域 りょういき | area, territory, region | |
| 領海 りょうかい | territorial waters | |
| 両極 りょうきょく | both extremities, north and south poles | |
| 良好 りょうこう | favorable, satisfactory | |
| 良識 りょうしき | good sense | |
| 良質 りょうしつ | good quality, superior quality | |
| 了承 りょうしょう | acknowledgment, understanding | |
| 良心 りょうしん | conscience | |
| 領地 りょうち | territory | |
| 領土 りょうど | territory, possession | |
| 旅客 りょかく | passenger | |
| 旅券 りょけん | passport | |
| 履歴 りれき | personal history, background, log | |
| 理論 りろん | theory | |
| 林業 りんぎょう | forestry | |
| 類 るい | kind, class, family | |
| 類似 るいじ | analogous | |
| 類推 るいすい | analogy | |
| ルーズ | loose | |
| 冷酷 れいこく | cruelty, coldheartedness, ruthless | |
| 冷蔵 れいぞう | refrigeration | |
| 冷淡 れいたん | coolness, indifference | |
| レディー | lady | |
| レバー | lever; liver | |
| 恋愛 れんあい | love, romance | |
| 連休 れんきゅう | consecutive holidays | |
| レンジ | range, stove | |
| 連日 れんじつ | every day | |
| 連帯 れんたい | solidarity | |
| レンタカー | rented car | |
| 連中 れんちゅう | colleagues, company, a lot | |
| 連邦 れんぽう | commonwealth, federation of states | |
| 連盟 れんめい | league, union, alliance | |
| 老衰 ろうすい | senility, senile decay | |
| 朗読 ろうどく | reading aloud, recitation | |
| 浪費 ろうひ | waste, extravagance | |
| 労力 ろうりょく | labor, effort, trouble | |
| ロープ | rope | |
| ロープウエイ | ropeway, aerial tram | |
| ろくな | satisfactory, decent | |
| 露骨 ろこつ | blunt, outspoken; conspicuous; broad, suggestive | |
| ロマンチック | romantic | |
| 論議 ろんぎ | discussion | |
| 論理 ろんり | logic | |
| 惑星 わくせい | planet | |
| 技 わざ | art, technique | |
| わざわざ | take the trouble (to do), doing something especially rather than incidentally | |
| 煩わしい わずらわしい | burdensome, troublesome, complicated | |
| 渡り鳥 わたりどり | migratory bird, bird of passage | |
| ワット | watt | |
| 詫び わび | apology | |
| 和文 わぶん | Japanese text, sentence in Japanese | |
| 藁 わら | straw | |
| 割当 わりあて | allotment, allocation, quota | |
| 割込む わりこむ | to cut in, to disturb | |
| 悪者 わるもの | bad fellow, rascal | |
| 我 われ | me, oneself, self, ego |
Word lists: Jonathan Waller's JLPT lists (tanos.co.uk), via the open-source Open Anki JLPT Decks (MIT licence). The JLPT has published no official vocabulary lists since 2010, so these are a guide, not the test's own list.