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This appendix is broken into sections corresponding to the ten columns of the gojūon kana ordering system. There a total of 1635 words. The frequency of the word is compiled from here.

あ行

Kanji Reading Meaning Frequency
相変わらず あいかわらず as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still 2629
アイデア idea 3314
曖昧 あいまい vague; ambiguous; unclear shady; disreputable fuzzy 3339
扇ぐ あおぐ to fan to incite; to instigate N/A
青白い あおじろい pale; pallid bluish-white N/A
呆れる あきれる to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated; to be fed up 4957
アクセント accent (on a syllable, word); stress; pitch accent intonation; inflection; cadence (language) accent (e.g. American, British) N/A
欠伸 あくび yawn; yawning kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76) N/A
飽くまで あくまで to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; stubbornly; persistently; consistently; to the utmost after all; it must be remembered; only; purely; simply 1482
明け方 あけがた dawn; daybreak N/A
憧れる あこがれる to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to; to admire; to adore 3389
足跡 あしあと footprints record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites) N/A
味わう あじわう to taste; to savor; to savour; to relish to appreciate; to enjoy; to relish; to digest to experience; to go through; to taste (e.g. victory); to know (e.g. pain) 1891
預かる あずかる to look after; to take care of; to keep; to hold on to; to keep in custody to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to be entrusted with to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment); to leave undecided 3749
温める あたためる to warm (up); to heat (up) to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to nurse; to mull over to renew (an old friendship) 2485
当たり前 あたりまえ natural; reasonable; obvious usual; common; ordinary; commonplace; the norm 1159
圧縮 あっしゅく compression condensing; shortening; summarizing compression (of data) N/A
厚かましい あつかましい impudent; shameless; brazen; cheeky; presumptuous N/A
当てはまる あてはまる to apply (of a rule); to be applicable (of standards, lessons, ideas, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a description); to fit; to be suitable (e.g. of a word); to meet (requirements); to fulfill (conditions); to come under (a heading) 4244
当てはめる あてはめる to apply; to adapt N/A
暴れる あばれる to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous N/A
溢れる あふれる to overflow; to brim over; to flood 1668
あぶら fat; tallow; lard; grease N/A
炙る あぶる to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry to toast; to grill; to broil; to roast; to scorch N/A
雨戸 あまど sliding storm shutter N/A
甘やかす あまやかす to pamper; to spoil N/A
余る あまる to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many 3459
編み物 あみもの knitting; knitted material; crochet N/A
編む あむ to knit; to plait; to braid to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit 3175
危うい あやうい dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt; in jeopardy; uncertain; insecure; concerning; worrying N/A
怪しい あやしい suspicious; dubious; questionable; dodgy; shady; fishy doubtful; unsure; uncertain; unlikely; implausible untrustworthy; unreliable; clumsy; awkward; shaky; poor 3788
荒い あらい rough; wild; violent; rude; coarse; harsh; fierce; heavy (e.g. breathing) immoderate; extravagant; reckless N/A
粗筋 あらすじ outline; summary; argument N/A
争う あらそう to compete; to contest; to contend to quarrel; to argue; to dispute; to be at variance; to oppose to deny (e.g. evidence) 3631
改めて あらためて another time; again; over again; once again; anew formally; especially; intentionally; deliberately 2044
改める あらためる to change; to alter; to revise; to replace to reform; to correct; to mend; to improve to examine; to check; to inspect 1841
著す あらわす to write; to publish N/A
有難い ありがたい grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude 2208
彼是 あれこれ this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that around; about; round about; roughly; nearly; almost 4229
慌ただしい あわただしい busy; hectic; hurried; rushed rapid; quick; sudden N/A
慌てる あわてる to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic to hurry; to rush; to hasten 1920
安易 あんい easy; simple easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic; irresponsible; careless; quick (to do) N/A
案外 あんがい unexpectedly; surprisingly unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen; surprising 4825
アンテナ antenna thing or method used to collect information or opinions N/A
言い出す いいだす to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to bring up; to come out with to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose 3922
言いつける いいつける to tell (to do); to order; to direct; to instruct to tell (on someone); to report; to snitch to often say; to be used to saying N/A
生き生き いきいき in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically 3607
行き成り いきなり abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning 1104
意義 いぎ meaning; significance 3388
育児 いくじ childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing 3822
幾分 いくぶん somewhat; to some extent; to some degree some; part; portion N/A
生け花 いけばな ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement fresh flower; natural flower Seika N/A
以降 いこう on and after; from ... onward; since N/A
イコール equal; equivalent equals sign; equality sign equals (as in "A equals B") 4417
以後 いご after this; from now on; hereafter thereafter; since (then); after 3810
勇ましい いさましい brave; valiant; gallant; courageous stirring; vigorous; rousing N/A
衣食住 いしょくじゅう food, clothing and shelter; necessities of life N/A
意地悪 いじわる malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty N/A
一々 いちいち one-by-one; separately every single; each and every; without omission; fully; in detail 3519
一応 いちおう more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion; pretty much; roughly; so far as it goes; technically tentatively; for the time being just in case 415
一段 いちだん even more; still more; much more; further one step; one rung; one level; one grade; one rank one paragraph; one passage 4998
一流 いちりゅう first-class; first-rate; top-flight; top-ranking; leading; eminent; top characteristic (of); peculiar (to); unique (to) school (e.g. of flower arrangement) N/A
一昨昨日 いっさくさくじつ two days before yesterday; three days back (ago) N/A
一斉 いっせい simultaneous; all at once 3738
一旦 いったん once for a short time; briefly; temporarily one morning 1942
一定 いってい to fix; to settle; to standardize; to regularize constant; definite; uniform; defined; certain; prescribed 1657
行ってまいります いってまいります good bye; I'm off; see you later N/A
行ってらっしゃい いってらっしゃい have a good day; take care; see you N/A
いつ being comfortable; relaxing N/A
いつの間にか いつのまにか before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares N/A
移転 いてん moving; relocation; change of address transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise 3565
従姉妹 いとこ cousin (female) N/A
緯度 いど latitude N/A
井戸 いど water well 4722
威張る いばる to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy; to be pushy; to be proud; to be haughty; to be arrogant; to swagger; to boast; to brag N/A
嫌がる いやがる to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike 3095
いよいよ more and more; all the more; increasingly at last; finally; beyond doubt (at the) last moment; worst possible time 1612
炒る いる to roast; to parch; to toast; to boil down N/A
入れ物 いれもの container; case; receptacle coffin; casket N/A
インタビュー interview (on television, in a newspaper, etc.) 3647
引力 いんりょく attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull attractiveness; magnetism N/A
ウェイトレス waitress N/A
植木 うえき garden plant; garden tree potted plant N/A
飢える うえる to starve; to be famished; to be hungry to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for N/A
浮かぶ うかぶ to float; to be suspended to rise to the surface; to appear; to emerge; to show up; to loom (up) to come to mind; to have inspiration 1394
浮かべる うかべる to float; to set afloat; to launch to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.) to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to think of 2998
浮く うく to float to become merry; to be cheerful to become loose; to become unsteady 2904
承る うけたまわる to hear; to be told; to know to receive (order); to undertake; to comply; to take (a reservation, etc.) N/A
受け取り うけとり receiving; receipt N/A
受け持つ うけもつ to take (be in) charge of N/A
薄暗い うすぐらい dim; gloomy N/A
薄める うすめる to dilute; to water down N/A
打ち合わせ うちあわせ (preparatory) meeting; briefing session; (making) advance arrangements overlap (of a coat, etc.) making something match exactly 3948
打ち消す うちけす to deny; to contradict to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out N/A
うっかり carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently N/A
映す うつす to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow) N/A
映る うつる to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen) 2594
写る うつる to be photographed; to be projected 3999
饂飩 うどん udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles 4941
有無 うむ existence or nonexistence; presence or absence consent or refusal; yes or no 3899
埋める うめる to bury (e.g. in the ground) to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to bridge (a difference, a gap); to fill (a seat, a vacant position); to fill out (a form, a sheet) 2353
敬う うやまう to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem N/A
裏返す うらがえす to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over N/A
裏口 うらぐち backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit unauthorized; illicit; illegal N/A
占う うらなう to tell someone's fortune; to divine (the future) to predict; to forecast N/A
恨み うらみ resentment; grudge; malice; bitterness matter for regret; regret N/A
恨む うらむ to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards N/A
羨ましい うらやましい envious; jealous enviable (position, etc.) 3380
羨む うらやむ to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of N/A
売り上げ うりあげ amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover 3011
売り切れ うりきれ sold-out N/A
売り切れる うりきれる to be sold out N/A
売れ行き うれゆき sales; demand N/A
うろうろ restlessly; aimlessly; without purpose to loiter; to drift; to hang about doing nothing; to wander aimlessly; to be restless to be restless; to fuss; to be in a fidget N/A
運河 うんが (navigable) canal; waterway Unga N/A
うんと a great deal; very much; a lot with a great amount of effort N/A
ウーマン woman Uman (Russia) N/A
ウール wool Eure (France) N/A
英文 えいぶん English writing; English sentence; English text English literature; English lit N/A
英和 えいわ English-Japanese English-Japanese dictionary N/A
液体 えきたい liquid N/A
エチケット politeness; good manners; courtesy; etiquette (wine) label N/A
えっと let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ... 90
エプロン apron apron (airport) apron (stage) N/A
偉い えらい great; excellent; admirable; commendable; laudable; honorable; wonderful; outstanding; extraordinary distinguished; important; high-ranking; powerful; eminent; famous awful; terrible; serious; tremendous; great; mighty; severe 1720
宴会 えんかい party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner N/A
園芸 えんげい horticulture; gardening N/A
演劇 えんげき drama; theatre; theater; play 3207
円周 えんしゅう circumference N/A
遠足 えんそく school trip; field trip; excursion; outing long walk; excursion (on foot) N/A
延長 えんちょう extension; elongation; prolongation; lengthening (total) length extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation 3288
煙突 えんとつ chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); stovepipe carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter N/A
追いかける おいかける to chase; to run after; to pursue subsequently; following that; (and) then 2931
追い越す おいこす to pass (e.g. car); to overtake to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of; to outdistance N/A
オイル oil; petroleum oil; lubricant; grease (cooking) oil N/A
応援 おうえん aid; assistance; help; support; reinforcement cheering; rooting (for); support 1775
王女 おうじょ princess N/A
応ずる おうずる to answer; to respond; to meet to satisfy; to accept 1122
応接 おうせつ reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with N/A
応対 おうたい dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving N/A
往復 おうふく making a round trip; going and returning; coming and going round-trip ticket; return ticket correspondence; exchanging (of letters) 4131
欧米 おうべい Europe and the United States; Europe and America; the West Europe & America 3304
応用 おうよう (practical) application; putting to practical use applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research) 4360
大雑把 おおざっぱ rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; sweeping; loose careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude N/A
大通り おおどおり main street; avenue; boulevard Oodoori N/A
大凡 おおよそ about; roughly; approximately generally; on the whole; as a rule completely; quite; entirely; altogether; totally; not at all (with neg. verb) N/A
お帰り おかえり return welcome home N/A
お掛け下さい おかけください please sit down; please have a seat N/A
お陰様で おかげさまで thankfully; fortunately; luckily; by God's grace; under the gods' shadow thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support; thanks to your efforts N/A
お菜 おかず small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish fill; fill-in (drumming) jack-off material; something to masturbate to 4735
お代わり おかわり another helping; second helping; seconds; refill other paw! N/A
拝む おがむ to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to do reverence (e.g. before a statue of the Buddha); to pay one's respects to beg; to make a supplication to see (something or someone of high status) N/A
お気の毒に おきのどくに my sympathies; that's too bad; my condolences N/A
補う おぎなう to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy) 4743
屋外 おくがい outdoors; outside N/A
送り仮名 おくりがな kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word; declensional kana ending N/A
怠る おこたる to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to fail to do; to leave undone; to avoid (doing); to shirk; to be unmindful of to improve (of an illness); to get better N/A
押さえる おさえる to pin down; to hold down; to press down; to hold in place; to hold steady to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to press (a body part) to get a hold of; to obtain; to seize; to catch; to arrest 1169
お先に おさきに before; previously ahead pardon me for leaving (before you) N/A
治める おさめる to rule; to govern; to reign over; to administer; to manage (e.g. a household) to subdue; to suppress; to quell; to settle (e.g. a dispute) N/A
惜しい おしい regrettable; disappointing; unfortunate precious; dear; valuable too good for; deserving better N/A
お洒落 おしゃれ stylish; fashionable; trendy; chic; smartly dressed; careful about one's appearance dressing (oneself) up; dressing smartly; dressing nicely; making oneself look attractive fashionable dresser; smartly dressed person 2182
お辞儀 おじぎ bow; bowing N/A
伯父さん おじさん uncle old man; mister manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus) 1108
お邪魔します おじゃまします please excuse the intrusion; I'm coming in N/A
教わる おそわる to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in 2733
お大事に おだいじに take care of yourself; get well soon N/A
落ち着く おちつく to calm down; to compose oneself; to regain presence of mind; to relax to calm down; to settle down; to die down; to become stable; to abate to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in 1116
お手伝いさん おてつだいさん maid N/A
お出かけ おでかけ about to start out; just about to leave or go out outing; trip N/A
落し物 おとしもの lost property; something dropped and left behind dropping something (without realising); losing something N/A
大人しい おとなしい gentle; quiet; mild; meek; obedient; docile; well-behaved; tame quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober 3161
脅かす おどかす to threaten; to menace; to intimidate to startle; to frighten; to scare N/A
驚かす おどろかす to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir N/A
お願いします おねがいします please N/A
お早う おはよう good morning 4410
お参り おまいり visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship N/A
お待たせしました おまたせしました thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting N/A
お待ちどおさま おまちどおさま I'm sorry to have kept you waiting N/A
お目出度い おめでたい (matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); joyous; auspicious naive; too good-natured; gullible; foolish; simple N/A
思いがけない おもいがけない unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual N/A
思い込む おもいこむ to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to feel sure (that); to assume (that) to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be determined (to do); to be bent on to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively 3682
思いっきり おもいっきり to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; with all one's strength; to the best of one's ability; to the utmost; with determination; hard; heavily resolution; decisiveness; determination; resignation N/A
思いつく おもいつく to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to be struck with an idea to remember; to recall 2586
お休み おやすみ holiday; day off; absence sleep; rest good night N/A
お八つ おやつ between-meal snack mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea N/A
親指 おやゆび thumb big toe N/A
オルガン organ (musical instrument) N/A
卸す おろす to sell wholesale to grate (e.g. vegetables) to cut up fish N/A
恩恵 おんけい grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit N/A
温室 おんしつ greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse N/A
温泉 おんせん hot spring onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa 1697
温帯 おんたい temperate zone N/A
女の人 おんなのひと woman N/A
オーケストラ orchestra N/A
オートメーション automation N/A
オーバーコート overcoat N/A

か行

Kanji Reading Meaning Frequency
mosquito 4055
開会 かいかい opening of a meeting N/A
会館 かいかん meeting hall; assembly hall N/A
解散 かいさん breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd) dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; disbandment; split-up dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.) 3515
海水浴 かいすいよく swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean N/A
回数 かいすう number of times; frequency; count 4029
回数券 かいすうけん coupon tickets; discount tickets; book of tickets N/A
改正 かいせい revision; amendment; alteration 2091
快晴 かいせい clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather N/A
解説 かいせつ explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation 2478
改造 かいぞう remodeling; remodelling; reconstruction; conversion; alteration; renovation; modification; reshuffling (e.g. a cabinet); reorganization; restructuring modding N/A
開通 かいつう opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services reopening (e.g. of a road to traffic); resumption of services N/A
回転 かいてん rotation; revolution; turn; spin working (e.g. of one's mind); function turnover (of goods, funds, etc.); circulation; flow (of customers) 3517
回答 かいとう reply; answer 1443
解答 かいとう answer; solution N/A
開放 かいほう opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access N/A
解放 かいほう release; unleashing; liberation; emancipation; setting free deallocation (of computer memory) 2922
海洋 かいよう ocean; sea Kaiyou N/A
帰す かえす to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home N/A
却って かえって on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more 2021
返る かえる to return; to come back; to go back to turn over to become extremely; to become completely 197
家屋 かおく house; building N/A
関わる かかわる to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to concern oneself (with); to take part (in); to interfere (in) to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to concern; to have to do with to (seriously) affect; to concern; to have a serious bearing (on) 665
書き取り かきとり writing down from other written material; writing kanji text from hiragana transcription (of spoken material); dictation N/A
垣根 かきね hedge; fence border; limit N/A
掻く かく to scratch to perspire to shovel; to paddle N/A
架空 かくう fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; fabricated aerial; overhead N/A
各自 かくじ each (person); everyone; individual; respective N/A
拡充 かくじゅう expansion N/A
各地 かくち each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.) 2582
角度 かくど angle 3527
格別 かくべつ particular; special; exceptional; especial particularly; especially; exceptionally N/A
確率 かくりつ probability; likelihood; chances 3576
嗅ぐ かぐ to sniff; to smell N/A
掛け算 かけざん multiplication N/A
可決 かけつ approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage N/A
() ばつ x (mark); cross MDMA; ecstasy; molly N/A
火口 かこう (volcanic) crater; caldera burner (of a boiler) N/A
下降 かこう descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence N/A
重なる かさなる to be piled up; to lie on top of one another to come one after another; to happen over and over; to pile up (e.g. stress); to accumulate to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time; to happen simultaneously 2581
重ねる かさねる to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to put on top of another to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate 1582
飾り かざり decoration; ornament; trimmings N/A
火山 かざん volcano N/A
畏まりました かしこまりました certainly! N/A
過失 かしつ accident (caused by negligence); error; blunder fault; defect N/A
貸間 かしま room to let; room for rent N/A
貸家 かしや house for rent N/A
果実 かじつ fruit; nut; berry fruits; profit N/A
過剰 かじょう excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance N/A
齧る かじる to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to munch; to crunch to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of; to have a smattering of N/A
カセット cassette (tape) game cartridge N/A
下線 かせん underline; underscore N/A
課税 かぜい taxation N/A
加速 かそく acceleration; speeding up N/A
加速度 かそくど acceleration N/A
片仮名 カタカナ katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords N/A
片付く かたづく to be put in order; to be put to rights to be disposed of; to be solved to be finished N/A
固まり かたまり lump; mass; bundle; clump; clod; cluster group; crowd embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification 2939
固まる かたまる to harden; to solidify to become firm; to become certain to gather (together); to assemble; to huddle together 3064
片道 かたみち one-way (trip) one-way ticket N/A
傾く かたむく to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to heel over; to be disposed to; to trend toward; to be prone to to go down (sun, moon); to sink to decline; to wane; to ebb; to fall away N/A
偏る かたよる to lean (to one side); to incline to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be concentrated on to be partial; to be biased; to be prejudiced N/A
括弧 かっこ brackets; parentheses N/A
担ぐ かつぐ to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive; to take in 4548
活字 かつじ printing type; movable type printed text; print N/A
活躍 かつやく activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation walking about with great vigor 1447
活力 かつりょく vitality; energy; dynamism N/A
過程 かてい process; course; mechanism 1918
課程 かてい course; curriculum N/A
仮定 かてい assumption; supposition; hypothesis supposition 4021
仮名 かな kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana) N/A
仮名遣い かなづかい kana orthography; syllabary spelling N/A
かね bell (often a large hanging bell); chime 4765
加熱 かねつ heating; application of heat N/A
兼ねる かねる to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside 3567
過半数 かはんすう majority N/A
カバー cover; covering; dust jacket; wrapper covering (a song); cover; cover version coverage 3975
被せる かぶせる to cover (with something) to put on (e.g. someone's head) to pour liquid (on something); to dash liquid (over something) N/A
かま iron pot; kettle N/A
紙くず かみくず wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps N/A
神様 かみさま God; god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami ace; king; superior person; god (amongst men) 2447
剃刀 かみそり razor N/A
貨物 かもつ cargo; freight money or assets N/A
痒い かゆい itchy 4849
歌謡 かよう song; ballad N/A
から shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff N/A
揶揄う からかう to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid; to joke; to banter; to pull someone's leg N/A
空っぽ からっぽ empty; vacant; hollow N/A
カラー color; colour color; character; characteristics; atmosphere coloring (one's hair); dyeing 4869
歌留多 カルタ karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta N/A
枯れる かれる to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.) 4715
カロリー calorie N/A
可愛がる かわいがる to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to dote on; to show one's love (for); to cherish to show favouritism to; to be partial to to fondle; to caress; to pet 3181
乾かす かわかす to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate N/A
渇く かわく to be thirsty; to feel thirsty to thirst for; to crave N/A
為替 かわせ money order; draft exchange (e.g. foreign) N/A
かわら roof tile N/A
替わる かわる to succeed; to relieve; to replace to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent; to hand over (telephone) to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switch N/A
間隔 かんかく space; interval space character; whitespace N/A
換気 かんき ventilation N/A
感激 かんげき deep emotion; impression; inspiration 2903
関西 かんさい Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures) Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era) Kansei 3337
鑑賞 かんしょう appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.) N/A
間接 かんせつ indirection; indirectness N/A
感想 かんそう impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions 1887
乾燥 かんそう dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); dehydration; desiccation insipidity 2775
観測 かんそく observation; survey; measurement opinion; prediction; thinking N/A
寒帯 かんたい frigid zone N/A
勘違い かんちがい misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess 3637
官庁 かんちょう government office; government agency; authorities N/A
缶詰 かんづめ canned food; tinned food confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work) being stuck in a confined space 3229
乾電池 かんでんち dry cell battery N/A
関東 かんとう Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures) Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era) 3714
観念 かんねん idea; notion; concept; conception sense (e.g. of duty) resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; preparedness N/A
看板 かんばん signboard; sign; billboard; hoarding; doorplate draw; attraction; feature; highlight; spokesman; figurehead reputation (of a shop); name 3451
看病 かんびょう nursing (a patient) N/A
かんむり traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers crown; diadem; coronet top kanji radical N/A
漢和 かんわ China and Japan Chinese and Japanese (languages) dictionary with Japanese definitions of kanji and kanji compounds; kanji dictionary N/A
カーブ curve; turn; bend curveball; curve ball N/A
外部 がいぶ outside (e.g. of a building); exterior outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world 3719
概論 がいろん introduction; outline; general remarks N/A
学術 がくじゅつ science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits N/A
学年 がくねん academic year; school year year in school; grade in school 4806
学部 がくぶ department (of a university); faculty; school; college 4670
学力 がくりょく scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability N/A
学科 がっか subject (of study); course of study department (of a university) N/A
学会 がっかい learned society; scientific society; academy; academic meeting; academic conference N/A
楽器 がっき musical instrument 1751
学級 がっきゅう (school) class N/A
ガム chewing gum gum; rubber N/A
気圧 きあつ atmospheric pressure N/A
機関車 きかんしゃ locomotive; engine N/A
着替え きがえ changing clothes; change of clothes N/A
飢饉 ききん famine; crop failure chronic shortage (e.g. of water) N/A
期限 きげん term; period; time frame time limit; deadline; cutoff (date) 4865
記号 きごう sign; symbol; mark N/A
刻む きざむ to mince; to cut fine; to chop up; to hash; to shred to carve; to engrave; to chisel; to notch to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to record the passing moments 3163
起床 きしょう rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed N/A
基準 きじゅん standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge; basis 1600
着せる きせる to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to clothe to cover; to coat; to plate; to gild; to veneer to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame); to charge (with an offence); to give (a bad name); to remind someone of (their indebtedness) 4852
基礎 きそ foundation; basis 2398
気体 きたい gas; vapour; vapor; gaseous body N/A
基地 きち base (military, expedition, etc.) N/A
切っ掛け きっかけ chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus; occasion Kikkake 811
基盤 きばん base; basis; foundation; footing; infrastructure bedrock platform 3621
客席 きゃくせき guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi) audience N/A
客間 きゃくま drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room N/A
キャンパス campus N/A
休業 きゅうぎょう suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday N/A
休講 きゅうこう cancellation (of a lecture, class, etc.) N/A
休息 きゅうそく rest; relief; relaxation Kyuusoku N/A
給与 きゅうよ pay; salary; wages allowance; grant; supply; providing with N/A
強化 きょうか strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification reinforcement 1877
境界 きょうかい boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier N/A
恐縮 きょうしゅく feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; being thankful feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); feeling embarrassed (e.g. by someone's compliments, hospitality, etc.) shrinking back in fear N/A
教養 きょうよう (understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement N/A
曲線 きょくせん curve N/A
清い きよい clean; clear pure; honest; clean; innocent; platonic; chaste N/A
規律 きりつ order; observance; discipline rules; law; regulations N/A
斬る きる to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off) N/A
気をつける きをつける to be careful; to pay attention; to take care N/A
金魚 きんぎょ goldfish (Carassius auratus) N/A
儀式 ぎしき ceremony; rite; ritual; service Gishiki 4637
ぎっしり tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed N/A
ギャング gang gangster N/A
行事 ぎょうじ event; function 2481
行列 ぎょうれつ line; queue; procession; parade matrix 4491
漁業 ぎょぎょう fishing industry; fishery N/A
区域 くいき area; zone; district; quarter; section; limits; boundary N/A
空想 くうそう daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision N/A
空中 くうちゅう sky; air; mid-air N/A
くぎ nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin N/A
区切る くぎる to divide; to separate; to partition; to demarcate; to delimit; to mark off to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud); to space one's words N/A
くし comb N/A
くしゃみ sneeze spoken twice in response to someone sneezing as a charm against an early death N/A
苦情 くじょう complaint; troubles; objection; grievance 4433
薬指 くすりゆび ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (in piano-playing) fourth toe N/A
くず waste; scrap; garbage; dregs scum; piece of trash; loser N/A
崩す くずす to destroy; to demolish; to pull down; to tear down; to level to disturb; to put into disorder; to throw off balance; to make shaky to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease 3402
崩れる くずれる to collapse; to crumble to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to become disorganized; to become untidy to break down; to be thrown into disarray 2794
草臥れる くたびれる to get tired; to become exhausted; to grow weary to become worn out; to become battered (from long use) to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with N/A
砕ける くだける to break (into pieces); to be broken; to be smashed to collapse; to crumble; to decline; to cool (e.g. enthusiasm); to dampen (e.g. one's will to fight) to become less formal; to throw off reserve; to become affable N/A
下らない くだらない trivial; trifling; insignificant; not worth bothering with; worthless; useless; good-for-nothing stupid; nonsensical; absurd; foolish; silly N/A
下る くだる to descend; to go down; to come down to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.) to pass (of time) 2157
くちびる lip; lips 2139
口紅 くちべに lipstick N/A
くっ付く くっつく to adhere to; to stick to; to cling to to keep close to; to go along with to get involved with; to be thick with; to become intimate 3352
くっ付ける くっつける to attach; to stick together; to paste; to glue to place together; to put side by side to make (someone) get married; to get (someone) hitched N/A
句読点 くとうてん punctuation mark N/A
配る くばる to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to deal out; to serve out to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.); to station 2603
工夫 くふう devising (a way); contriving; inventing; thinking up; figuring out; coming up with; working out device; design; idea; plan; invention dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation) 1698
区分 くぶん division; section; demarcation; partition; segmentation; compartment; (traffic) lane classification; sorting; grouping; segmentation division 4756
組み合わせ くみあわせ combination; assortment; set matching (in a contest); pairing combination 3168
組み立てる くみたてる to assemble; to put together; to set up; to construct; to build; to compose (a story, poem, etc.) to form (words, sentences, etc.) 4824
汲む くむ to draw (water); to ladle; to dip up; to scoop up; to pump to pour (into a cup); to drink (together) to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with; to intuit; to understand N/A
酌む くむ to pour (sake); to serve; to drink (together) to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with; to intuit; to understand N/A
悔しい くやしい frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed; frustrating; annoying; regrettable 2448
悔やむ くやむ to mourn; to lament to be sorry; to regret; to repent N/A
クリーニング cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service N/A
呉れ呉れも くれぐれも sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly repeatedly; over and over; again and again N/A
咥える くわえる to hold in one's mouth to bring with; to take along N/A
クーラー air conditioner cooler N/A
偶数 ぐうすう even number N/A
ぐん district; county district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryō period) commandery (in China) N/A
稽古 けいこ practice; practising; training; study Keiko 4246
蛍光灯 けいこうとう fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake N/A
敬語 けいご honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language N/A
形式 けいしき form (as opposed to substance) format; form; style; manner formality; form 3765
継続 けいぞく continuation; continuance; going on 2651
系統 けいとう system lineage; ancestry; family line group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); party; school (of thought) N/A
経度 けいど longitude N/A
競馬 けいば horse racing 3403
警備 けいび defense; defence; guard; policing; security N/A
形容詞 けいようし adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese) N/A
形容動詞 けいようどうし adjectival noun (in Japanese); quasi-adjective; nominal adjective; na-, taru-, nari- or tari-adjective N/A
毛皮 けがわ fur; skin; pelt kanji "fur" radical N/A
削る けずる to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; to erode to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to reduce to delete; to erase; to remove; to cross out; to strike out 2213
けた column; beam; girder; crossbeam; spar; yard digit; decade; order of magnitude N/A
傑作 けっさく masterpiece; masterwork; chef d'oeuvre; fine piece of work (unintentionally) hilarious; absurd (e.g. blunder); outrageous; wild N/A
血圧 けつあつ blood pressure N/A
血液 けつえき blood 3093
蹴る ける to kick to refuse; to reject to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something) 3823
険しい けわしい precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; impregnable; steep grim; severe; stern N/A
見学 けんがく inspection; study by observation; field trip; tour; review sitting out (e.g. PE class) 3358
謙虚 けんきょ modest; humble N/A
研修 けんしゅう training (esp. in-service); induction course 2942
県庁 けんちょう prefectural office Kenchou N/A
顕微鏡 けんびきょう microscope N/A
芸能 げいのう public entertainment; performing arts accomplishments; attainments N/A
外科 げか surgery (branch of medicine) department of surgery N/A
激増 げきぞう sharp increase; sudden rise N/A
下車 げしゃ alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car) N/A
下水 げすい drainage; ditch; gutter; sewerage sewage; black water N/A
下駄 げた geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character net; geta N/A
月給 げっきゅう monthly salary N/A
下品 げひん vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude N/A
原稿 げんこう manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution 3354
原産 げんさん place of origin; habitat N/A
原始 げんし origin; beginning; genesis primeval; primordial; primitive N/A
現に げんに actually; really 3776
原理 げんり principle; theory; fundamental truth 4173
原料 げんりょう raw materials; ingredient 4405
恋しい こいしい yearned for; longed for; missed N/A
乞う こう to beg; to ask; to request; to invite to pray; to wish N/A
斯うして こうして thus; in this way N/A
工員 こういん factory worker N/A
公害 こうがい pollution; public nuisance; contamination N/A
高級 こうきゅう high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-end; luxury high-ranking; high-level; senior N/A
公共 こうきょう public (facilities, service, etc.); communal 4539
工芸 こうげい industrial arts; craft N/A
孝行 こうこう filial piety showing devotion (to someone) N/A
交差 こうさ crossing; intersection (genetic) crossing over N/A
講師 こうし speaker; lecturer lecturer (at a university or college); instructor part-time teacher 2637
公式 こうしき official; formal formula (e.g. mathematical) official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.) N/A
校舎 こうしゃ school building; schoolhouse N/A
公衆 こうしゅう the public; general public N/A
工事 こうじ construction work 2876
香水 こうすい perfume; scent N/A
公正 こうせい justice; fairness; impartiality N/A
光線 こうせん beam; light ray N/A
高層 こうそう high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; tall high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.) N/A
構造 こうぞう structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern 1926
交代 こうたい change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift; relief; taking turns 3976
耕地 こうち arable land; plantation; farmland fazenda; hacienda; large estate N/A
交通機関 こうつうきかん (means of) transportation; transport; transportation facilities; transportation system; transit system N/A
校庭 こうてい schoolyard; school playground; school grounds; campus N/A
高等 こうとう high class; high grade N/A
高度 こうど altitude; height; elevation high-degree; high-grade; advanced; sophisticated; strong 2924
後輩 こうはい junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student 3530
公表 こうひょう official announcement; proclamation 3383
鉱物 こうぶつ mineral N/A
公務 こうむ official business; public business N/A
項目 こうもく item; heading; category; clause headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry 2897
紅葉 こうよう leaves turning red (in autumn); red leaves; autumn colours; fall colors 3298
交流 こうりゅう exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; mingling; mixing; coming together alternating current; AC 1893
効力 こうりょく effect; efficacy; validity; potency 4714
焦がす こがす to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char N/A
国王 こくおう king; queen; monarch; sovereign the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne N/A
国籍 こくせき nationality; citizenship nationality (ship, airplane, etc.); registration; flag N/A
国立 こくりつ national; founded and run by the central government N/A
心当たり こころあたり having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling N/A
心得る こころえる to know; to understand; to be aware of; to regard as; to take for to (understand and) accept (a responsibility) to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of; to know (how to do) N/A
腰掛け こしかけ seat; bench temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries N/A
腰掛ける こしかける to sit (down) N/A
胡椒 こしょう pepper N/A
拵える こしらえる to make; to manufacture N/A
擦る こする to rub; to scrub; to scrape 4634
個体 こたい individual; specimen N/A
こちらこそ it is I who should say so N/A
コック cook; chef N/A
こっそり stealthily; secretly; in secret 4822
小遣い こづかい pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance N/A
古典 こてん classic (work, esp. book); the classics N/A
こと koto (13-stringed Japanese zither) stringed instrument zheng (Chinese zither); guzheng N/A
言付ける ことづける to have someone send (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (via someone else); to leave (a message) with someone to use as an excuse; to make a pretext of N/A
此間 こないだ the other day; lately; recently N/A
零す こぼす to spill; to drop; to shed (tears) to grumble (about); to complain (of) to let (one's feelings) show N/A
零れる こぼれる to spill; to fall out of; to overflow to peek through; to become visible (although normally not) to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.) N/A
小指 こゆび little finger; pinky little toe N/A
コレクション collection (of art, stamps, etc.); collecting collection (i.e. a range of new clothes); fashion show N/A
転がす ころがす to roll; to wheel; to trundle; to drive (a car) to turn over; to tip over; to throw down to leave N/A
転がる ころがる to roll; to tumble to fall over; to roll over to lie down 4409
こん navy blue; deep blue N/A
混凝土 コンクリート concrete 4376
コンクール competition; contest N/A
混合 こんごう mixing; mixture; meld miscegenation N/A
コンセント (electrical) outlet; (wall) socket; power point N/A
献立 こんだて menu; bill of fare program; programme; schedule N/A
今晩は こんばんは good evening N/A
コース course; route; trail course (of study); program lane (in running, swimming, etc.) 2029
コーラス chorus N/A
go (board game) N/A
強引 ごういん overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed N/A
合同 ごうどう combination; union; joining; incorporation; amalgamation; merger; fusion combined; joint; united; shared congruence N/A
合理 ごうり rationality N/A
合流 ごうりゅう confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up; merging (e.g. of traffic); meeting (up) Gouryuu N/A
ご苦労様 ごくろうさま thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts N/A
五十音 ごじゅうおん the Japanese syllabary N/A
ご馳走様 ごちそうさま thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour) N/A
ご無沙汰 ごぶさた not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence N/A
護謨 ゴム gum; rubber eraser condom N/A
御免 ごめん I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me may I come in? permission; leave; license 3228
ごめん下さい ごめんください may I come in? please forgive me; I'm sorry N/A
ご覧 ごらん (please) try to (please) look seeing; looking; watching 2144

さ行

Kanji Reading Meaning Frequency
再三 さいさん again and again; repeatedly N/A
祭日 さいじつ national holiday; festival day N/A
催促 さいそく pressing; urging; demanding; demand N/A
採点 さいてん marking; grading; scoring N/A
災難 さいなん calamity; misfortune; disaster N/A
裁縫 さいほう sewing; needlework N/A
サイレン siren N/A
逆さま さかさま inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round N/A
遡る さかのぼる to go upstream; to go up (a river) to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to); to be retroactive (to) 3554
酒場 さかば bar; pub; tavern N/A
先ほど さきほど a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago 478
裂く さく to tear; to rip up to cut up; to cleave; to cut open (esp. the abdomen) to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers) N/A
索引 さくいん index (in a book) N/A
作者 さくしゃ creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright; dramatist 3711
削除 さくじょ deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out 2088
作成 さくせい making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.) 994
作製 さくせい manufacture; production N/A
探る さぐる to feel around for; to fumble for; to grope for; to search for; to look for to investigate; to probe into; to spy on; to sound out to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty) 3210
囁く ささやく to whisper; to murmur to rumor; to rumour 4527
刺さる ささる to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to get stuck (in); to lodge (in) to resonate emotionally; to move N/A
差し支え さしつかえ hindrance; impediment N/A
差し引き さしひき deduction; subtraction; balance ebb and flow; rise and fall N/A
刺身 さしみ sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans) 4734
さじ spoon N/A
射す さす to shine 825
刺す さす to pierce; to stab; to prick; to stick; to thrust to sting; to bite to sew; to stitch; to embroider N/A
挿す さす to insert; to put in to plant (a cutting); to strike to arrange (flowers) N/A
流石 さすが as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone) still; all the same; after all even ... (e.g. "even a genius") 1048
早速 さっそく at once; immediately; without delay; promptly 1905
撮影 さつえい photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording 1324
さび rust N/A
錆びる さびる to rust; to become rusty N/A
冷ます さます to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil N/A
妨げる さまたげる to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder N/A
冷める さめる to cool down; to get cold to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to dampen; to fade; to wane to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed 4336
左様なら さようなら farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long N/A
サラリーマン office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman 2215
騒がしい さわがしい noisy; boisterous turbulent (era, etc.); troubled N/A
爽やか さわやか fresh; refreshing; invigorating; pleasant; delightful clear (voice); fluent (speech); eloquent 4664
三角 さんかく triangle; triangular shape N/A
算数 さんすう arithmetic calculation N/A
酸性 さんせい acidity acidic N/A
産地 さんち producing area N/A
サンプル sample; example; specimen display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants) N/A
山林 さんりん mountain forest; forest on a mountain; forest land; woodland mountains and forests N/A
サークル group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle circle (shape) Circle 2238
材木 ざいもく wood (for building); lumber; timber N/A
座敷 ざしき tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends) N/A
雑音 ざつおん noise (usu. unpleasant) interference (e.g. radio); static; noise gossip; irresponsible criticism N/A
座布団 ざぶとん zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular N/A
仕上がる しあがる to be finished; to be completed; to be done N/A
明々後日 しあさって in three days' time; two days after tomorrow N/A
塩辛い しおからい salty (taste); briny N/A
司会 しかい leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairmanship chairman; presenter; host; moderator; master of ceremonies 4705
四角 しかく quadrilateral; square N/A
四角い しかくい square; rectangular N/A
四季 しき the four seasons 4202
敷地 しきち site; plot; lot; grounds 4335
至急 しきゅう urgent; pressing; immediate; prompt; express urgently; promptly; at once; right away; without delay; as soon as possible N/A
敷く しく to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out to lay down (e.g. a cushion) to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate 2165
茂る しげる to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious N/A
四捨五入 ししゃごにゅう rounding (off; a number); rounding half away from zero rounding off (views); converging to a common opinion N/A
始終 しじゅう continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last N/A
静まる しずまる to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down to calm down; to die down; to subside; to abate; to be suppressed N/A
姿勢 しせい posture; pose; position; stance; carriage (of the body) attitude; approach; stance 1485
自然科学 しぜんかがく natural science N/A
子孫 しそん descendant; progeny; offspring 4282
死体 したい dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass 3340
下書き したがき draft; rough copy N/A
下町 したまち low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.) Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds) Shitamachi 3436
湿気 しっけ moisture; humidity; dampness Shikke N/A
執筆 しっぴつ writing; authoring N/A
尻尾 しっぽ tail (of an animal) tail end; tip 4064
執拗い しつこい insistent; obstinate; persistent; tenacious too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy; greasy 4964
湿度 しつど level of humidity N/A
失恋 しつれん disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn N/A
指定 してい designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at 1329
私鉄 してつ private railway N/A
縛る しばる to tie; to bind; to fasten to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter 3935
痺れる しびれる to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb) to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock) to be excited; to be titillated; to be mesmerized; to be enthralled N/A
紙幣 しへい paper money; note; bill N/A
萎む しぼむ to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag; to deflate N/A
絞る しぼる to turn down (e.g. radio) to bend (bow); to draw to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize 2154
しま stripe; bar; streak (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors) N/A
沁み沁み しみじみ keenly; deeply; fully; heartily; seriously; earnestly calmly; quietly; softly fixedly (gazing, staring); intently 4990
氏名 しめい (full) name; identity 4121
締め切る しめきる to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors) to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list) N/A
社会科学 しゃかいかがく social science N/A
しゃがむ to squat; to crouch N/A
車庫 しゃこ garage; carport; depot (for trains, buses, etc.); carbarn N/A
車掌 しゃしょう (train) conductor N/A
写生 しゃせい sketching; drawing from nature; portrayal; description N/A
シャッター (camera) shutter shutter (for a door, window, etc.) N/A
しゃぶる to suck; to lick N/A
車輪 しゃりん (vehicle) wheel N/A
洒落 しゃれ joke; pun; jest; witticism; wordplay smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious; refined N/A
集会 しゅうかい meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally N/A
集金 しゅうきん money collection N/A
集合 しゅうごう meeting up; gathering; assembly set N/A
習字 しゅうじ penmanship; calligraphy N/A
修繕 しゅうぜん repair; mending N/A
終点 しゅうてん terminus; last stop (e.g. train) N/A
就任 しゅうにん assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation 4665
周辺 しゅうへん circumference; outskirts; environs; around; in the area of; in the vicinity of (computer) peripheral 2007
終了 しゅうりょう end; close; termination 1798
縮小 しゅくしょう reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction; shrinkage 4145
祝日 しゅくじつ national holiday; public holiday N/A
主語 しゅご subject N/A
出勤 しゅっきん going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work N/A
出張 しゅっちょう business trip; official trip N/A
主役 しゅやく leading part; leading actor; leading actress 3758
消化 しょうか digestion (of food) digestion (of information); assimilation; thorough understanding consumption; absorption; using up; meeting (e.g. a quota); completion N/A
小学生 しょうがくせい elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student 1500
仕様がない しょうがない there's no (other) way cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice; it is what it is it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough 1429
消極的 しょうきょくてき negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated N/A
賞金 しょうきん prize money; monetary award; reward N/A
将棋 しょうぎ shogi; Japanese chess 3452
商業 しょうぎょう commerce; trade; business N/A
商社 しょうしゃ trading company N/A
障子 しょうじ shoji (paper sliding door) N/A
小数 しょうすう fraction (part of); decimal fraction N/A
生ずる しょうずる to produce; to yield; to cause to result from; to arise; to be generated N/A
商店 しょうてん shop; store; firm N/A
焦点 しょうてん focus; focal point focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; central point focus 4295
消毒 しょうどく disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation N/A
勝敗 しょうはい victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.) N/A
賞品 しょうひん prize; trophy N/A
勝負 しょうぶ victory or defeat match; contest; game; bout Shoubu 3115
小便 しょうべん urine; piss; pee; urination breaking a contract N/A
消防署 しょうぼうしょ fire station N/A
正味 しょうみ net (amount); clear; full (e.g. working hours) net weight net price; cost price N/A
正面 しょうめん front; frontage; facade; main 3206
省略 しょうりゃく omission; leaving out abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement; shortening (e.g. of a name) N/A
初級 しょきゅう elementary level; beginner level N/A
食塩 しょくえん table salt N/A
職人 しょくにん craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman Shokunin 4148
初旬 しょじゅん first 10 days of the month N/A
食器 しょっき tableware 4679
ショップ shop 4794
書店 しょてん bookshop; bookstore N/A
白髪 しらが white hair; grey hair; gray hair N/A
知り合い しりあい acquaintance 1791
私立 しりつ private (establishment) 4898
資料 しりょう material; materials; data; information; documents 1026
シリーズ series 3676
素人 しろうと amateur; layman; ordinary person; novice respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha) unlicensed prostitute 3627
しん wick; marrow; staple (for stapler); (pencil) lead; stuffing; pith core; heart; centre; center pistil (of a flower) N/A
新幹線 しんかんせん Shinkansen; bullet train Shinkansen 2587
真空 しんくう vacuum absolute void; complete vacuity N/A
心身 しんしん mind and body 4791
信ずる しんずる to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in N/A
申請 しんせい application; request; petition 2360
寝台 しんだい bed; couch N/A
診断 しんだん diagnosis; medical examination 3227
侵入 しんにゅう invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass; penetration; hacking 4302
深夜 しんや late at night 3478
森林 しんりん forest; woods 3182
親類 しんるい relative; relation; kin N/A
針路 しんろ course; direction N/A
神話 しんわ myth; mythology N/A
シーズン season (period in which regulated games are played) season (division of the year) season (of a TV show, etc.) 4221
シーツ sheet; bed sheet N/A
しーん silently (as the grave); quietly (as in death) N/A
自衛 じえい self-defense; self-defence N/A
時間割 じかんわり timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable); schedule N/A
持参 じさん bringing; taking; carrying 3941
磁石 じしゃく magnet compass N/A
自習 じしゅう self-study; teaching oneself studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent N/A
時速 じそく speed (per hour) N/A
自治 じち self-government; autonomy local (governmental) autonomy N/A
実感 じっかん real feeling; actual feeling to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally 1461
実習 じっしゅう practice (in the field); training (esp. practical and hands-on); practical exercise; drill N/A
実績 じっせき achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record 4109
実物 じつぶつ real thing; original; actual N/A
実用 じつよう practical use; utility N/A
実力 じつりょく (real) ability; true strength; merit; efficiency; competency arms; force 3269
実例 じつれい example; illustration; precedent N/A
児童 じどう children; juvenile 3818
地盤 じばん ground; crust (earth); bed (gravel, river, etc.) foundation (building, etc.); base constituency; power base; support (electoral); footing; foothold N/A
地味 じみ plain; simple; subdued; sober reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quiet; unobtrusive quite; a (little) bit 3909
弱点 じゃくてん weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot; tender spot N/A
蛇口 じゃぐち faucet; tap Jaguchi N/A
じゃん拳 じゃんけん rock-paper-scissors (game); janken N/A
ジャーナリスト journalist N/A
重体 じゅうたい serious condition; critical condition N/A
絨毯 じゅうたん carpet; rug; runner N/A
重点 じゅうてん important point; emphasis; stress; importance; priority iteration mark colon (punctuation) N/A
重役 じゅうやく (company) director; executive; top management important post; role with heavy responsibilities N/A
重量 じゅうりょう weight N/A
重力 じゅうりょく gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull N/A
熟語 じゅくご kanji compound idiom; idiomatic phrase N/A
受験 じゅけん taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university) 1857
述語 じゅつご predicate predicate N/A
寿命 じゅみょう lifespan; life; lifetime life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life 3686
受話器 じゅわき (telephone) receiver N/A
循環 じゅんかん circulation; rotation; cycle; loop N/A
巡査 じゅんさ police officer; policeman; constable N/A
順々 じゅんじゅん in order; in turn N/A
順序 じゅんじょ order; sequence procedure N/A
純情 じゅんじょう pure heart; naivete; innocence N/A
純粋 じゅんすい pure; true; genuine; unmixed 3200
蒸気 じょうき steam; vapour; vapor steamboat; steam locomotive N/A
上級 じょうきゅう upper level; upper grade; high rank; advanced level; senior level; upper class N/A
定規 じょうぎ (measuring) ruler N/A
上下 じょうげ top and bottom; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends; up and down going up and down; rising and falling; fluctuating going and coming back 3729
乗車 じょうしゃ boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi) N/A
蒸発 じょうはつ evaporation disappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace N/A
助教授 じょきょうじゅ assistant professor; associate professor N/A
人造 じんぞう artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic N/A
人文科学 じんぶんかがく humanities; arts N/A
人命 じんめい (human) life N/A
vinegar 3306
水産 すいさん aquatic products; fisheries N/A
水蒸気 すいじょうき water vapour; water vapor; steam N/A
水素 すいそ hydrogen (H) N/A
垂直 すいちょく vertical perpendicular N/A
推定 すいてい presumption; assumption estimation 3877
水滴 すいてき drop of water vessel for replenishing inkstone water N/A
水筒 すいとう canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos N/A
水分 すいぶん water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap; juice 2434
水平 すいへい horizontal; level; even N/A
水平線 すいへいせん horizon (related to bodies of water) N/A
水曜 すいよう Wednesday N/A
末っ子 すえっこ youngest child N/A
スカーフ scarf (esp. a lightweight summer scarf worn by women) N/A
好き嫌い すききらい likes and dislikes; tastes; preferences; pickiness (esp. about food); choosiness; fussiness N/A
好き好き すきずき matter of taste N/A
透き通る すきとおる to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear to be clear (of a voice or sound) N/A
隙間 すきま gap; opening; aperture; crevice; crack; chink; space spare moment; interval; break unguarded moment; carelessness; chink in one's armor; weak spot 3378
すぎ Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) 4659
少なくとも すくなくとも at least 1525
スクール school N/A
スケジュール schedule; program; calendar 3717
すず bell (often globular) N/A
スタート start; beginning starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point; starting line 1473
スチュワーデス stewardess; (female) flight attendant N/A
すっきり refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (a weight) off one's shoulder shapely; neatly; refinedly cleanly; without trouble 2915
酸っぱい すっぱい sour; acid N/A
ステージ stage (platform) performance; show stage (phase); part 3065
ストッキング stockings N/A
ストップ stop N/A
素直 すなお obedient; meek; docile; unaffected honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings) straight (e.g. hair) 2210
スピーカー speaker N/A
住まい すまい dwelling; house; residence; address living; life 3116
済まない すまない inexcusable; unjustifiable; unpardonable sorry; remorseful; apologetic; conscience-stricken; contrite excuse me; (I'm) sorry; thank you N/A
スマート smart (clothing, etc.); stylish slim; slender skilful; slick; clever; adroit N/A
すみ sumi; India ink; Chinese ink; ink stick; ink-cake squid ink; octopus ink carpenter's inking string N/A
澄む すむ to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent to resonate clearly (e.g. voice) to become serene; to become tranquil; to be free of worries N/A
相撲 すもう sumo (wrestling) sumo wrestler; rikishi N/A
スライド slide (for projection); transparency (microscope) slide to slide; to slip N/A
刷る する to print to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold N/A
すれ違う すれちがう to pass (by) each other; to brush past to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet to be at odds; to clash; to be in conflict N/A
寸法 すんぽう measurement; size; extent; dimension plan; intention; arrangement; schedule N/A
随筆 ずいひつ essays; miscellaneous writings; literary jottings N/A
図々しい ずうずうしい impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky N/A
図鑑 ずかん pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide N/A
図形 ずけい figure; shape; graphic N/A
頭脳 ずのう head; brains intellect; understanding N/A
図表 ずひょう chart; diagram; graph; figure 3691
ずらす to shift; to move; to slide to move (an appointment, meeting, etc.); to bring forward; to put back; to put off; to delay; to postpone; to stagger (e.g. working hours) N/A
ずらり in a row; in a line N/A
狡い ずるい sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest miserly; mean; stingy N/A
せい surname; family name hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing) N/A
制作 せいさく work (film, book) production; creation; turning (something) out; development 3441
製作 せいさく manufacture; production production (of a film, play, TV show, etc.) 4753
性質 せいしつ nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; character quality; inherent characteristic; property; nature; (chemical) behavior 2392
清書 せいしょ fair copy; clean copy N/A
青少年 せいしょうねん young people; youth; the younger generation 4676
整数 せいすう integer N/A
清掃 せいそう cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging N/A
生存 せいぞん existence; being; life; survival N/A
生長 せいちょう growth (of a plant) N/A
政党 せいとう political party N/A
生年月日 せいねんがっぴ birth date; date of birth; DOB N/A
性能 せいのう ability; performance; efficiency 4368
整備 せいび maintenance; servicing putting in place; development; improvement; preparation; provision; equipping; outfitting 840
成分 せいぶん ingredient; component; composition 4458
性別 せいべつ (distinction of) sex; gender N/A
正方形 せいほうけい square N/A
正門 せいもん main gate; main entrance Seimon N/A
成立 せいりつ formation; establishment; materialization; coming into existence conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); approval; completion; closing; enacting; arrangement being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding; applying 1334
西暦 せいれき Common Era; CE; Christian Era; anno domini; AD Western (Gregorian) calendar N/A
背負う せおう to carry on one's back to be burdened with; to take responsibility for to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something) 3618
赤道 せきどう equator N/A
折角 せっかく with trouble; at great pains rare; valuable; precious; long-awaited kind; generous 1307
接近 せっきん getting closer; drawing nearer; approaching being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.) becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate N/A
接する せっする to touch; to come in contact with; to border on; to adjoin; to be adjacent; to be close to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to serve; to take care of; to look after; to act towards; to deal with; to see to receive (news); to get; to hear 1552
せっせと diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away N/A
接続 せつぞく connection; attachment; union; join; joint; link changing trains conjunction 2639
瀬戸物 せともの earthenware; porcelain; china; pottery; crockery Setomono N/A
迫る せまる to approach; to draw near; to be imminent to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel 1792
攻め手 せめて offense; offence; method of attack 2994
攻める せめる to attack; to assault; to assail 3913
セメント cement N/A
せん stopper; cork; plug; bung tap; faucet; stopcock N/A
洗剤 せんざい detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent; washing material N/A
扇子 せんす folding fan N/A
専制 せんせい despotism; autocracy N/A
先々月 せんせんげつ month before last N/A
先々週 せんせんしゅう week before last N/A
先祖 せんぞ ancestor; forefather; foremother N/A
先端 せんたん pointed end; tip; point; cusp (of a leaf, crescent moon, etc.); apex (of a curve) forefront; vanguard; spearhead; leading edge 4666
センチ centimeter; centimetre centi-; 10^-2 sentimental N/A
宣伝 せんでん publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda 3831
先頭 せんとう head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard 4536
扇風機 せんぷうき electric fan N/A
線路 せんろ railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line 4749
税関 ぜいかん customs; customs house N/A
是非とも ぜひとも by all means; at all costs; absolutely N/A
ゼミ seminar N/A
前後 ぜんご front and rear; front and back; before and behind; back and forth before and after around; about; approximately 2864
全身 ぜんしん whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait) systemic 2724
全般 ぜんぱん (the) whole as a whole; in general; at large N/A
相違 そうい difference; discrepancy; variation 4449
そう言えば そういえば now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which N/A
倉庫 そうこ storehouse; warehouse; godown 4396
相互 そうご mutual; reciprocal Sougo 4784
創作 そうさく creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); original work; (creative) writing fabrication; fiction; invention N/A
葬式 そうしき funeral N/A
騒々しい そうぞうしい noisy; loud; boisterous; clamorous; raucous turbulent; unsettled; restless N/A
送別 そうべつ farewell; send-off N/A
総理大臣 そうりだいじん prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier N/A
速達 そくたつ express; special delivery N/A
測定 そくてい measurement 3546
速力 そくりょく speed N/A
素質 そしつ makings (of); aptitude; talent; qualities nature; character; temperament N/A
祖先 そせん ancestor N/A
そそっかしい careless; thoughtless; hasty; rash N/A
率直 そっちょく frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken N/A
そっと softly; gently; quietly; lightly stealthily; secretly; in secret to leave alone; to leave as it is N/A
その上 そのうえ in addition; furthermore above (which); on top of (which) N/A
その頃 そのころ at that time; in those days; at that moment; then N/A
その為 そのため hence; for that reason N/A
その他 そのほか the rest; the others in addition (to that); besides that; other than that; and other ... and so forth; and the like; and what have you; et cetera N/A
蕎麦 そば buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles Chinese-style wheat noodles N/A
剃る そる to shave 22
それなのに and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that N/A
逸れる それる to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to swerve from; to miss (e.g. a target) to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray; to wander N/A
揃う そろう to be complete; to be all present; to make a full set; to be satisfied (of conditions) to be equal; to be uniform; to be even; to match; to agree to gather; to assemble; to be collected 1579
揃える そろえる to collect; to gather; to get together; to complete (a collection) to arrange; to put in order; to prepare; to get ready to make uniform; to make even; to match 2321
算盤 そろばん abacus; soroban calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning N/A
損得 そんとく loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage N/A
雑巾 ぞうきん house-cloth; dust cloth N/A
増減 ぞうげん increase and decrease; fluctuation N/A
造船 ぞうせん shipbuilding N/A
増大 ぞうだい enlargement; increase 2690
草履 ぞうり zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals N/A
属する ぞくする to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to 2126
続々 ぞくぞく successively; one after another N/A
存じる ぞんじる to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with) to think; to consider; to believe; to feel N/A
存ずる ぞんずる to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with) to think; to consider; to believe; to feel 3696

た行

Kanji Reading Meaning Frequency
タイア tire; tyre N/A
体系 たいけい system; organization; organisation; architecture N/A
太鼓 たいこ drum N/A
対策 たいさく measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy; preparation (e.g. for a test) 1929
大して たいして (not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially 3646
対照 たいしょう contrast; antithesis; comparison N/A
体制 たいせい order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation 3537
体積 たいせき capacity; volume N/A
大層 たいそう very; extremely; exceedingly; greatly; terribly extreme; excessive; great many; large number of splendid; impressive; tremendous; immense N/A
体操 たいそう gymnastics; physical exercises artistic gymnastics; gymnastics competition physical education (class); PE N/A
大木 たいぼく large tree N/A
対立 たいりつ confrontation; opposition; antagonism 2865
田植え たうえ rice planting N/A
絶えず たえず constantly; always; continually; steadily N/A
耐える たえる to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with to support; to withstand; to resist; to brave to be fit for; to be equal to 2050
高める たかめる to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance 1781
耕す たがやす to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate N/A
たき waterfall rapids 4332
炊く たく to cook (grains, e.g. rice) to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe to get angry; to snap 2736
焚く たく to burn; to kindle; to light (a fire); to make (a fire) to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to stoke (a boiler) to use (a camera flash) N/A
蓄える たくわえる to store; to save up; to stock up on; to lay in stock; to set aside to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to develop (e.g. one's skills) to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear N/A
たけ bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae) middle (of a three-tier ranking system) 3523
助かる たすかる to be saved; to be rescued; to survive to escape harm; to be spared damage to be helped; to be saved trouble 2472
畳む たたむ to fold (clothes, umbrella) to close (a shop, business) to vacate N/A
但し ただし but; however; provided that 724
立ち止まる たちどまる to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still 4257
忽ち たちまち in an instant; in a moment; immediately; right away; at once suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once 3471
建つ たつ to be erected; to be built N/A
例える たとえる to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor 4974
頼もしい たのもしい reliable; dependable; trustworthy; reassuring hopeful; promising N/A
足袋 たび tabi; traditional split-toe socks N/A
溜まる たまる to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up 2348
ため息 ためいき sigh 3642
躊躇う ためらう to hesitate; to waver N/A
溜める ためる to amass; to accumulate; to store to leave unpaid 2569
足る たる to be sufficient; to be enough to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to deserve to do (the job); to serve; to answer 3680
短期 たんき short-term N/A
炭鉱 たんこう coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery coal-mine shaft N/A
短所 たんしょ defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage N/A
箪笥 たんす chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser Tansu N/A
淡水 たんすい fresh water (i.e. not salt water) N/A
単数 たんすう single; one singular (number) N/A
短編 たんぺん short (e.g. story, film) N/A
田んぼ たんぼ paddy field; farm 2989
ダイアグラム diagram N/A
大工 だいく carpenter N/A
大小 だいしょう size large and small (sizes); various sizes daishō (matched pair of long and short swords) N/A
題名 だいめい title; caption; heading 4800
代名詞 だいめいし pronoun synonym; classic example; pattern; byword; representative N/A
ダイヤモンド diamond diamond; infield diamonds (suit) N/A
ダイヤル dial (e.g. telephone, radio, clock, gauge) N/A
楕円 だえん ellipse; oval N/A
脱線 だっせん derailment digression; deviation N/A
妥当 だとう valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable N/A
ダブル double double bed; hotel room with a double bed double-breasted N/A
騙す だます to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to swindle; to dupe to coax; to wheedle; to soothe; to calm 3319
ダム dam Ad Dam (Saudi Arabia); Damme (Belgium); Damm N/A
だらし無い だらしない slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; undisciplined; careless; loose; slack weak; feeble; weak-willed; cowardly; gutless N/A
段階 だんかい stage; step; phase level; rank; grade; gradation order 1040
断水 だんすい suspension of water supply; water outage N/A
団地 だんち multi-unit apartments; apartment complex 3373
誓う ちかう to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge 4833
地下水 ちかすい underground water N/A
近づける ちかづける to bring near; to bring close; to let go near to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person) 4487
近寄る ちかよる to approach; to draw near N/A
力強い ちからづよい powerful; strong; forceful; vigorous reassuring; encouraging 4837
千切る ちぎる to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to tear up to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to tear off to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily; to do ... vigorously N/A
地質 ちしつ geological features N/A
知人 ちじん friend; acquaintance 3162
地帯 ちたい zone; area; belt; region N/A
縮む ちぢむ to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size) N/A
縮める ちぢめる to shorten; to reduce; to condense; to shrink to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs); to duck (one's head) N/A
縮れる ちぢれる to be wavy; to be curled; to be frizzled N/A
チップ tip; gratuity foul tip tip (of a ballpoint pen) N/A
地点 ちてん spot; point; place; position N/A
地名 ちめい place name; toponym 3463
茶色い ちゃいろい light brown; tawny N/A
着々 ちゃくちゃく steadily N/A
中間 ちゅうかん middle; midway; halfway; centre; center middle position; moderate position; neutral position; middle-of-the-road position interim; intermediary; intermediate; midterm 4868
抽象 ちゅうしょう abstraction N/A
中旬 ちゅうじゅん middle ten days of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month N/A
中性 ちゅうせい neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference sexlessness; androgyny; androgyne; neuter neuter gender N/A
中世 ちゅうせい Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times 4499
中途 ちゅうと halfway; midway; partway; mid-course N/A
中年 ちゅうねん middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years N/A
超過 ちょうか excess; surplus; exceeding (a limit, estimate, etc.); going over N/A
彫刻 ちょうこく carving; engraving; sculpture 4661
長所 ちょうしょ strong point; merit; virtue; advantage Chousho N/A
長女 ちょうじょ eldest daughter; first-born daughter 4300
調整 ちょうせい adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing; tailoring 1994
調節 ちょうせつ regulation; adjustment; control 4880
長短 ちょうたん (relative) length advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points; merits and demerits N/A
頂点 ちょうてん vertex; apex top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; peak top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit N/A
長男 ちょうなん eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son 1863
長方形 ちょうほうけい rectangle; oblong N/A
調味料 ちょうみりょう seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment 4951
直後 ちょくご immediately following 3511
直線 ちょくせん straight line N/A
直前 ちょくぜん just before; just prior to right in front of; just in front of 3054
直流 ちょくりゅう direct current; DC N/A
貯蔵 ちょぞう storage; preservation N/A
直角 ちょっかく right angle N/A
直径 ちょっけい diameter 4398
チョーク chalk N/A
散らかす ちらかす to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess N/A
散らかる ちらかる to be in disorder; to lie scattered around N/A
散らす ちらす to scatter; to cause a shower of to disperse; to distribute; to spread to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve; to get rid of; to cure N/A
ちり紙 ちりがみ tissue paper; toilet paper N/A
散る ちる to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves) to scatter; to be dispersed to disappear; to dissolve; to break up 4541
追加 ついか addition; supplement; appending; appendix 2889
序で ついで opportunity; occasion; chance order; sequence successor 2770
通貨 つうか currency N/A
通勤 つうきん commuting to work 3744
通ずる つうずる to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to communicate (with) to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to get through to to be understood; to be comprehended N/A
通知 つうち notice; notification; report; posting notification (on a smartphone, PC, etc.) 3409
通帳 つうちょう passbook; bankbook N/A
通訳 つうやく interpretation (i.e. oral translation) interpreter 3828
通用 つうよう (common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; circulation; currency; validity (e.g. of a ticket) to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to apply; to be valid; to pass (for); to do well; to get by going in and out; entrance and exit 4009
通路 つうろ passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle N/A
付き合う つきあう to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go steady with; to get on with to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone; to compromise 970
突き当たり つきあたり end (of a street, hallway, etc.) N/A
突き当たる つきあたる to run into; to collide with; to crash into; to bump against to come to the end of (a street) to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against N/A
点く つく to be lit (of a lamp, burner, etc.); to catch fire; to ignite; to start burning to be turned on (of a light, appliance, etc.); to come on N/A
突く つく to prick; to stab to poke; to prod; to push; to thrust; to nudge; to hit; to strike to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with; to press against (the floor, etc.) 2747
次ぐ つぐ to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to) 4313
点ける つける to turn on; to switch on; to light up N/A
伝わる つたわる to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to circulate; to go around; to be passed around; to become known to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to come 1323
突っ込む つっこむ to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to stuff; to shove to plunge into; to charge into; to rush into; to ram into; to crash into to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to get to the heart (of something) 2491
努める つとめる to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to devote oneself; to be committed (to doing) 1784
つな rope; cord; line grand champion's braided belt N/A
繋がり つながり connection; link; relationship 2728
繋がる つながる to be tied together; to be connected to; to be linked to to lead to; to be related to to be related (by blood) 808
繋げる つなげる to connect to tie; to fasten to transfer (phone call) 4523
つぶ grain; bead; drop counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops N/A
潰す つぶす to smash; to crush; to flatten to shut down; to put out of business; to force (a company) to close up shop to wreck; to break; to block; to thwart 2479
潰れる つぶれる to be crushed; to be squashed; to be smashed; to be destroyed; to be broken; to collapse to go bankrupt; to go under; to fail; to collapse to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to collapse (e.g. of a project); to fall through; to blow up 3231
躓く つまずく to trip (over); to stumble to fail; to suffer a setback N/A
詰まる つまる to be packed (with); to be filled; to be full (e.g. of a schedule) to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be stopped up to be become shorter; to shrink; to narrow 1283
積む つむ to pile up; to stack to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack to acquire; to accumulate 2270
つめ nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; talon; hoof plectrum; pick hook; clasp 2945
つや gloss; luster; lustre; shine; sheen; polish mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin) interest; appeal; charm; color; colour; feeling N/A
強気 つよき confident; assured; self-assured; firm; strong; cocksure bullish N/A
釣り合う つりあう to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium to suit; to go well together; to be a good match N/A
吊る つる to hang; to suspend; to sling; to wear (e.g. a sword); to put up (e.g. a shelf) to hang oneself to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth N/A
吊るす つるす to hang; to hang up N/A
手洗い てあらい washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands restroom; lavatory; toilet hand-washing (laundry, etc.) N/A
定員 ていいん fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; numerical limit; complement capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity 2370
低下 ていか fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation 1555
定価 ていか list price; regular price; established price N/A
定期券 ていきけん commuter pass; season ticket N/A
停止 ていし stoppage; coming to a stop; halt; standstill ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); interruption (e.g. of electricity supply); cutting off suspension (of payment, a licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition; ban 3673
停車 ていしゃ stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop N/A
手入れ ていれ care; looking after; repair; maintenance; tending; trimming; grooming (police) raid; crackdown 4379
的確 てきかく accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right 3804
手首 てくび wrist N/A
手ごろ てごろ handy; convenient suitable; reasonable; moderate N/A
手帳 てちょう notebook; memo pad; (pocket) diary certificate identification card N/A
鉄橋 てっきょう railway bridge; iron bridge N/A
鉄砲 てっぽう gun wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice puffer fish N/A
手続き てつづき procedure; process; proceedings; formalities 1819
テニスコート tennis court N/A
手ぬぐい てぬぐい (hand) towel N/A
手前 てまえ before oneself; in front of one; nearby a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location) one's standpoint; one's appearance; face; honour 2521
照らす てらす to shine on; to illuminate to compare (with); to refer to 3786
照る てる to shine to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.) N/A
展開 てんかい development; evolution; progression; unfolding; (plot) twist expansion; spreading out; extending; deployment; building up expansion (of an algebraic expression) 1180
点数 てんすう marks; points; score; grade; runs (baseball) number of items; number of articles N/A
点々 てんてん here and there; little by little; sporadically; scattered in drops dots; spots N/A
転々 てんてん moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly rolling about N/A
天皇 てんのう Emperor of Japan Tennou 2435
テンポ tempo N/A
テーマ theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan 301
出入り でいり going in and out; entering and exiting visiting regularly; frequenting; having regular dealings with income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings N/A
出入り口 でいりぐち exit and entrance N/A
出来上がり できあがり completion; finish workmanship; result; outcome N/A
出来上がる できあがる to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat) to be very drunk; to get plastered 1379
出鱈目 でたらめ nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; hogwash; rubbish random; haphazard; unsystematic N/A
出迎え でむかえ meeting; reception N/A
出迎える でむかえる to meet; to greet N/A
伝記 でんき biography; life story N/A
電球 でんきゅう light bulb N/A
電池 でんち battery; cell N/A
電柱 でんちゅう utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole N/A
電波 でんぱ radio wave; reception; signal saying strange things N/A
電流 でんりゅう electric current N/A
電力 でんりょく electric power N/A
問い合わせ といあわせ inquiry; query; enquiry 1915
統一 とういつ unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible 3685
統計 とうけい statistics N/A
とうげ (mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis; critical point; most difficult part N/A
東西 とうざい east and west Orient and Occident; East and West ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!; roll-up, roll-up N/A
投書 とうしょ letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.) N/A
当日 とうじつ day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.) 1723
登場 とうじょう entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.) appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence; introduction; advent 1238
灯台 とうだい lighthouse old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it N/A
盗難 とうなん theft; robbery N/A
当番 とうばん being on duty; person on duty; one's turn N/A
等分 とうぶん division into equal parts; equal parts N/A
透明 とうめい transparent; clear 4344
灯油 とうゆ kerosene; paraffin; lamp oil N/A
東洋 とうよう the East; the Orient; (East) Asia Japan N/A
通りかかる とおりかかる to happen to pass by N/A
溶かす とかす to dissolve to melt 4123
尖る とがる to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp to be on edge; to be nervous; to be irritable; to be touchy to be sharp (of a voice, words, etc.); to be harsh; to be angry; to look displeased; to look sour N/A
溶く とく to dissolve (paint); to scramble (eggs); to melt (metal, etc.); to mix (water with flour, etc.) N/A
特殊 とくしゅ special; particular; peculiar; unique 2652
特色 とくしょく characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; personal colour spot color 3849
特長 とくちょう strong point; forte; merit; strength N/A
特定 とくてい specific; particular; designated; special specifying; designating; identifying; pinpointing 1780
特売 とくばい special sale; bargain sale N/A
溶け込む とけこむ to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to; to integrate N/A
溶ける とける to melt; to thaw; to fuse to dissolve 3418
床の間 とこのま tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed) N/A
所々 ところどころ here and there; in places N/A
都心 としん city centre (esp. of Tokyo); heart of a city; downtown area 2381
戸棚 とだな cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet N/A
疾っくに とっくに long ago; a long time ago; already N/A
整う ととのう to be ready; to be prepared; to be arranged to be in order; to be put in order; to be well-ordered; to be well-proportioned; to be harmonious to be adjusted; to be regulated; to be refined (e.g. of a face) 3131
止まる とどまる to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place) to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for 2465
留まる とどまる to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place) to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for 2465
飛び込む とびこむ to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to dive to burst in; to barge in 2615
泊める とめる to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate N/A
兎も角 ともかく anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may apart from ...; setting ... aside 1736
捉える とらえる to catch; to capture; to seize; to arrest; to grab; to catch hold of to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to capture (e.g. features) to captivate; to move (one's heart) 1226
取り入れる とりいれる to take in; to gather in to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to introduce (e.g. technology); to borrow (e.g. a word) to harvest; to reap; to gather in 1943
取り消す とりけす to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke N/A
取り出す とりだす to take out; to produce; to pick out to fetch; to retrieve 1714
捕る とる to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.); to capture N/A
トレーニング training (for a skill, job, sport, etc.); practice working out; workout; (strength, weight) training 2527
どう copper (Cu) bronze (medal) N/A
同格 どうかく the same rank; equality apposition N/A
動作 どうさ movement (of the body); action; motion; gesture bearing; carriage; behaviour; behavior; demeanour; demeanor operation (of a machine, software, etc.); running; working; functioning 3040
どうせ anyhow; in any case; at any rate; after all; at all; no matter what at best; at most 2529
どうぞ宜しく どうぞよろしく pleased to meet you; how do you do my regards (to someone); my greetings; best wishes; remember me to N/A
童話 どうわ children's story; fairy tale N/A
ドキドキ thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; pitapat; pitter-patter to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound; to palpitate 4081
退く どく to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way to resign; to retire; to quit; to secede N/A
どっと bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); roaring; whooping in a rush; in a surge; flooding in; pouring in suddenly; all of a sudden N/A
怒鳴る どなる to shout (in anger); to yell 4329
どんぶり porcelain bowl donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice N/A

な行

Kanji Reading Meaning Frequency
内科 ないか internal medicine department of internal medicine N/A
内線 ないせん phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line N/A
ナイロン nylon N/A
仲直り なかなおり reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel N/A
中身 なかみ contents; interior; filling substance; content (sword) blade 1974
中指 なかゆび middle finger; long finger; second finger; tall finger middle toe; third toe N/A
仲良し なかよし close friendship; close friend; good friend; bosom buddy; chum; pal intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex N/A
慰める なぐさめる to comfort; to console; to amuse 4465
殴る なぐる to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch 2863
成す なす to form; to make; to constitute to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to establish to accomplish; to achieve; to win (fame); to gain 859
謎々 なぞなぞ riddle; puzzle; enigma N/A
なだらか gently sloping; gentle; gradual; easy smooth (process); gentle (e.g. tone of voice); slow (e.g. growth) N/A
懐かしい なつかしい dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic 2196
撫でる なでる to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to pat; to rub to comb (hair); to smooth down 4018
斜め ななめ slanting; tilted; sloping; diagonal; oblique distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood); amiss; awry 4287
何しろ なにしろ in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see; particularly because; since; for; after all 2418
何々 なになに what so-and-so; such and such; something (or other) what?; wait; hang on 1292
何分 なにぶん some; any; (a) little; of some kind; of some sort please anyway; anyhow; at any rate; after all N/A
生意気 なまいき impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky; pert; brash N/A
倣う ならう to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate N/A
鳴らす ならす to ring; to sound; to chime; to beat; to snort (nose); to snap (fingers); to crack (joints) to be popular; to be esteemed; to be reputed to state; to insist; to complain 3584
生る なる to bear fruit N/A
南極 なんきょく South Pole the Antarctic; Antarctica Antarctica; South Pole N/A
何となく なんとなく somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why N/A
何とも なんとも really; very; extremely; terribly; awfully (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit N/A
ナンバー number number plate; license plate 4211
南米 なんべい South America Nanbei N/A
南北 なんぼく north and south; north to south South Korea and North Korea N/A
煮える にえる to be boiled; to be cooked N/A
匂う におう to be fragrant; to smell (good) to stink; to smell (bad) to glow; to be bright N/A
逃がす にがす to set free; to let go; to release to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away; to fail to catch N/A
憎い にくい hateful; detestable; abominable; vexing; provoking amazing; fantastic; admirable; lovely; wonderful N/A
憎む にくむ to hate; to detest N/A
憎らしい にくらしい odious; hateful; detestable; horrible (speaking ironically) darling N/A
ニコニコ with a friendly grin; smilingly 4016
にじ rainbow N/A
日時 にちじ date and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.) days and hours 1966
日用品 にちようひん daily necessities N/A
日課 にっか daily routine; daily work; daily lesson N/A
日程 にってい schedule; program; programme; agenda 4359
鈍い にぶい dull (e.g. a knife); blunt thickheaded; obtuse; stupid dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light) N/A
入社 にゅうしゃ joining a company; getting a job with a company; starting work at a company 4434
女房 にょうぼう wife (esp. one's own wife) court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace woman (esp. as a love interest) 3072
睨む にらむ to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at to stare intensely at; to examine carefully to estimate; to guess; to suspect; to judge 4981
煮る にる to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe 2245
にわか sudden; abrupt; unexpected; immediate; hasty; improvised; impromptu; offhand impromptu skit bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan N/A
縫う ぬう to sew; to stitch to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd) 4311
滑る ぬめる to be slippery; to be slimy to behave charmingly; to walk merrily N/A
濡らす ぬらす to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip N/A
螺子 ネジ screw key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring N/A
捩る ねじる to twist; to screw; to wrench to sprain N/A
ネックレス necklace N/A
熱する ねっする to heat; to heat up to get excited; to get worked up; to get fired up 4923
寝巻き ねまき nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown; nightdress N/A
狙い ねらい aim 4051
狙う ねらう to aim at (with a weapon, etc.) to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to plan to make one's own to aim for; to set up as a goal 1790
年度 ねんど fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year academic year; school year product year N/A
農産物 のうさんぶつ agricultural produce N/A
農村 のうそん agricultural community; farm village rural N/A
濃度 のうど concentration; density cardinality N/A
農薬 のうやく agricultural chemical (i.e. pesticide, herbicide, fungicide, etc.); agrochemical; agrichemical N/A
能率 のうりつ efficiency moment N/A
退ける のける to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside to remove; to exclude; to take away to set aside; to keep apart N/A
のこぎり saw musical saw Nokogiri N/A
残らず のこらず all; entirely; completely; without exception N/A
覗く のぞく to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.) to look down into (a ravine, etc.) to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.) N/A
上り のぼり ascent; climbing; ascending (path); climb up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route upbound (esp. toward Tokyo) N/A
乗り換え のりかえ transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; connection switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; conversion switching (stock) N/A
載る のる to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to be loaded on to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded; to be reported; to be given N/A
のろのろ slowly; sluggishly N/A
呑気 のんき easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely; careless; thoughtless N/A

は行

Kanji Reading Meaning Frequency
灰色 はいいろ grey; gray; ashen N/A
俳句 はいく haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae 3848
這う はう to crawl; to creep; to go on all fours to slither; to wriggle to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread; to creep 4691
生える はえる to grow; to spring up; to sprout to cut (teeth) 2076
はかり scales; weighing machine N/A
剥がす はがす to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay; to disrobe; to deprive of; to detach; to disconnect N/A
はきはき briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly N/A
掃く はく to sweep; to brush; to clean to gather silkworms N/A
歯車 はぐるま gear; cogwheel cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine N/A
挟まる はさまる to get between; to be caught in N/A
挟む はさむ to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides) to put between; to sandwich between; to insert; to interpose to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to pinch 1634
梯子 はしご ladder stairs going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping) N/A
初めに はじめに first; firstly; first of all; to begin with; in the beginning; at the beginning Introduction; Preface N/A
初めまして はじめまして nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do? N/A
はす diagonal N/A
外れる はずれる to be disconnected; to get out of place; to be off; to be out (e.g. of gear) to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to draw a blank (e.g. lottery) to be removed; to be excluded 2199
果たして はたして as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough really; actually; ever 1912
肌着 はだぎ underwear; underclothes; lingerie; chemise; singlet N/A
はち bowl; pot; basin flowerpot crown; brainpan N/A
発揮 はっき show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation 2054
発射 はっしゃ firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; discharge; catapult ejaculation N/A
発想 はっそう idea; conception way of thinking; approach expression 2272
発電 はつでん generation of electricity; power generation sending a telegram; telegraphing N/A
発売 はつばい sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product) 2387
派手 はで showy; loud; flashy; gaudy 3702
話し合い はなしあい discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference 2823
話しかける はなしかける to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone) to begin to talk; to start a conversation 2320
話し中 はなしちゅう busy (phone) in talks; discussion underway N/A
花火 はなび fireworks 2896
花嫁 はなよめ bride N/A
放れる はなれる to get free (from); to be freed; to be released N/A
破片 はへん fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard N/A
歯磨き はみがき dental brushing; brushing one's teeth dentifrice; toothpaste; tooth powder N/A
嵌める はめる to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to insert (e.g. a cork); to fasten (a button) to put on (something that envelops; e.g. a ring, gloves); to place (a hoop) around; to attach (e.g. a hose to a tap) to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to force (into a mold); to place (restrictions) on N/A
流行る はやる to be popular; to come into fashion to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to be endemic to flourish; to thrive 1972
払い込む はらいこむ to deposit; to pay in N/A
払い戻す はらいもどす to repay; to pay back; to refund; to reimburse N/A
針金 はりがね wire N/A
張り切る はりきる to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point N/A
反映 はんえい reflection (of light) reflection (of society, attitudes, etc.) application (of an update, changes, etc.); taking effect 2159
半径 はんけい radius N/A
判子 はんこ seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp; chop N/A
判事 はんじ judge; judiciary N/A
反省 はんせい reflection; reconsideration; introspection; meditation; contemplation regret; repentance; remorse; being sorry 2247
ハンドル handle steering wheel handlebar; handlebars N/A
バイバイ bye-bye; goodbye saying goodbye; parting N/A
売買 ばいばい trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing N/A
馬鹿らしい ばからしい absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous; preposterous; laughable; ridiculous N/A
馬穴 バケツ bucket; pail N/A
バック doggy style (sexual position) back; rear background; backdrop N/A
発条 ばね spring (device) spring (in one's legs); bounce springboard; impetus N/A
バランス balance Valence (France); Vallance 1536
万歳 ばんざい banzai; hurray; hurrah; hooray something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration giving up; throwing one's hands up N/A
番地 ばんち house number; address N/A
バンド band (group of musicians) band (material); strap; (watch) bracelet belt (clothing) 1859
パターン pattern behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability; force of habit Patan (Nepal) 2241
パンツ underpants; pants; briefs; panties; shorts; knickers trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches; pants; trunks (e.g. swimming) 4209
日当たり ひあたり exposure to the sun; sunny place per day N/A
比較的 ひかくてき comparatively; relatively 1309
日陰 ひかげ shade; shadow sunshine; sunlight N/A
引き受ける ひきうける to take on; to undertake; to accept; to take charge of; to assume responsibility for to take over; to inherit to guarantee; to vouch for 3147
引き返す ひきかえす to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps N/A
引き算 ひきざん subtraction N/A
引き止める ひきとめる to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop N/A
引き分け ひきわけ draw (in competition); tie game N/A
日差し ひざし sunlight; rays of the Sun 4761
ひじ elbow 4677
引っかかる ひっかかる to be caught in; to be stuck in to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to be delayed; to take time to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to be involved with 2907
ひっくり返す ひっくりかえす to turn over; to turn upside down; to turn up; to turn inside out; to turn out to knock over; to tip over to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset; to reverse 4711
ひっくり返る ひっくりかえる to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to capsize to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over; to lie on one's back N/A
引っ越し ひっこし moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence Hikkoshi 1938
引っ込む ひっこむ to draw back; to sink; to cave in to be set back (e.g. from a road) to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere); to stay indoors; to butt out; to stay out of it N/A
筆者 ひっしゃ writer; author 4031
必需品 ひつじゅひん necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials N/A
人差し指 ひとさしゆび index finger; forefinger second toe N/A
一通り ひととおり generally; in the main; briefly (look over, explain, etc.); roughly; more or less (more or less) everything; all parts; bit of everything; whole process ordinary; usual; average; common N/A
人通り ひとどおり pedestrian traffic N/A
一先ず ひとまず for now; for the time being; for the present though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion N/A
ひとみ pupil (of the eye) one's eyes 3220
一休み ひとやすみ (short) rest; breather; break N/A
独り言 ひとりごと soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself N/A
独りでに ひとりでに by itself; automatically; naturally N/A
皮肉 ひにく irony; sarcasm; cynicism; satire unexpected; different from what one expected; not as one had planned (only) surface; something superficial N/A
日にち ひにち date (of a planned event, act, etc.); day (number of) days N/A
捻る ひねる to twist; to wrench; to turn (a tap, switch, etc.) to twist (a body part); to bend; to sprain to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck) 4333
日の入り ひのいり sunset N/A
日の出 ひので sunrise N/A
響き ひびき echo; reverberation sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound; emotion or feeling inspired by something heard or read 4419
響く ひびく to resound; to be heard far away to reverberate; to shake; to vibrate to come (home); to remain (with someone) 2475
皮膚 ひふ skin 3128
百科事典 ひゃっかじてん encyclopedia; encyclopaedia N/A
冷やす ひやす to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to refrigerate to calm down; to cool off; to regain one's composure; to relax to be frightened (at); to be scared (of) 3752
表紙 ひょうし cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding to appear on the cover of a magazine N/A
標識 ひょうしき sign; mark; marker; beacon marker N/A
標準 ひょうじゅん standard; criterion; norm; model; mark average; the norm; the ordinary N/A
標本 ひょうほん specimen; sample (classic) example; type sample N/A
評論 ひょうろん criticism; critique N/A
平仮名 ひらがな hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.) N/A
昼寝 ひるね (afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta Hirune N/A
広げる ひろげる to spread; to extend; to expand; to enlarge; to widen; to broaden to unfold; to open; to unroll; to unwrap to scatter about; to spread around 1542
広さ ひろさ area; extent; dimensions; size width; breadth 3794
広場 ひろば public square; square; plaza; piazza; forum open space; clearing 4133
広々 ひろびろ extensive; spacious N/A
広める ひろめる to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to disseminate to broaden; to extend; to widen; to enlarge N/A
ビタミン vitamin 4645
ビニール vinyl; plastic vinyl record N/A
美容 びよう beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; (beautiful) features beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture; cosmetics N/A
ビルディング multi-floor building; multi-storey building; tall building N/A
便箋 びんせん writing paper; stationery; notepaper N/A
瓶詰め びんづめ bottling bottled N/A
ピカピカ with a glitter; with a sparkle brand new; shiny and new cleaned (of a plate, etc.); finished N/A
ピストル pistol N/A
ピンク pink erotic; blue; pornographic 3766
ファスナー zip fastener; zipper; zip N/A
不運 ふうん misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune N/A
深まる ふかまる to deepen; to heighten; to intensify N/A
不規則 ふきそく irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly N/A
普及 ふきゅう diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization 1709
付近 ふきん neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district N/A
拭く ふく to wipe; to dry 2892
副詞 ふくし adverb N/A
複写 ふくしゃ copying; duplication; reproduction; copy N/A
複数 ふくすう plural; multiple plural (number) 2488
含める ふくめる to include (in a group or scope) to instruct; to make one understand to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication) 678
膨らます ふくらます to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge N/A
膨らむ ふくらむ to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated 2507
更ける ふける to get late; to advance; to wear on N/A
符号 ふごう sign; mark; symbol; code sign (e.g. positive, negative) N/A
夫妻 ふさい husband and wife; married couple N/A
塞がる ふさがる to be closed; to be blocked; to be healed (e.g. wound); to be shut up to be clogged; to be plugged up to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation) N/A
塞ぐ ふさぐ to stop up; to close up; to block (up); to plug up; to shut up; to cover (ears, eyes, etc.); to close (eyes, mouth) to stand in the way; to obstruct to occupy; to fill up; to take up 4845
巫山戯る ふざける to joke; to jest; to kid; to josh to make fun of; to laugh at; to play a prank to romp; to gambol; to frolic; to frisk; to mess around; to fool around; to screw around N/A
ふすま fusuma; Japanese sliding screen N/A
付属 ふぞく being attached (to); being affiliated (to); belonging (to); going with attached school; affiliated school N/A
ふた cover; lid; cap 2375
不通 ふつう suspension; interruption; stoppage; tie-up; cessation N/A
船便 ふなびん surface mail (by ship); sea mail ferry service; steamer service N/A
吹雪 ふぶき snow storm; blizzard N/A
父母 ふぼ father and mother; parents N/A
踏切 ふみきり railway crossing; railroad crossing; train crossing; level crossing starting line; scratch determination N/A
ふもと foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base Fumoto N/A
増やす ふやす to increase; to add to; to augment 1696
フライパン fry pan; frying pan 3203
振り仮名 ふりがな furigana; kana printed above or next to kanji to indicate pronunciation N/A
フリー free (of restraint, controls, etc.) free (of charge) freelance; independent N/A
振舞う ふるまう to behave; to conduct oneself; to act to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch) N/A
風呂敷 ふろしき wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper N/A
ふわふわ lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly soft; fluffy; spongy unsteadily; flightily; fickly; frivolously N/A
噴火 ふんか eruption; volcanic eruption N/A
噴水 ふんすい water fountain N/A
無沙汰 ぶさた not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.); failing to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence N/A
武士 ぶし samurai; warrior Mononofu 4596
部首 ぶしゅ radical (of a kanji character) N/A
物騒 ぶっそう dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure N/A
ぶつかる to bump into; to run into; to collide with; to hit; to strike to encounter; to meet with; to come upon; to face; to run up against; to be confronted with to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict; to be at odds (with) 2536
打付ける ぶつける to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to knock; to run (into); to crash (into) to throw (at); to fling (at); to hurl (at) to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings); to throw (a question at someone) 4506
ぶつぶつ grunt; grumble; complaint; mutter pimples; spots; eruption; rash cutting into small pieces N/A
部品 ぶひん parts; accessories; components 4118
ブラウス blouse N/A
ぶら下げる ぶらさげる to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry N/A
ブラシ brush N/A
ブローチ brooch Broach N/A
分解 ぶんかい disassembly; dismantling; disaggregating; taking apart; breaking up; analysis; parsing decomposition; resolution; disintegration; degradation factorization 4525
文献 ぶんけん literature; books (reference); document 4697
文芸 ぶんげい literature the arts; art and literature; liberal arts N/A
分数 ぶんすう fraction N/A
文体 ぶんたい literary style form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern) N/A
分布 ぶんぷ distribution 4230
文房具 ぶんぼうぐ stationery N/A
文脈 ぶんみゃく context (of a passage); line of thought context (of a matter, event, etc.); circumstances; background N/A
分量 ぶんりょう amount; quantity measuring; weighing 4921
分類 ぶんるい classification; categorization; sorting 2542
プラスチック plastic 4963
プラットホーム platform N/A
プリント print; printing; (printed) copy handout; flyer N/A
プログラム program (of events, music, etc.); programme program (booklet); brochure; pamphlet (computer) program; programming 2413
閉会 へいかい closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.) N/A
平気 へいき cool; calm; composed; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmoved; indifferent all right; fine; OK; okay 2028
並行 へいこう going side-by-side; going abreast running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with N/A
平日 へいじつ weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday) kanji radical 73 3126
兵隊 へいたい soldier; sailor N/A
平凡 へいぼん ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished; uneventful N/A
平野 へいや plain; open field N/A
凹む へこむ to be dented; to be indented; to yield; to give; to sink; to collapse; to cave in to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to yield; to give in; to give up to be disheartened; to feel down; to feel depressed N/A
へそ navel; belly button protrusion or depression in the middle of an object center; centre; most important part; main point N/A
隔てる へだてる to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to partition; to divide to interpose; to have between to alienate; to estrange N/A
ヘリコプター helicopter N/A
編集 へんしゅう editing; compilation 3351
別荘 べっそう holiday house; vacation home; villa prison; jail N/A
別々 べつべつ separate; respective; different 4115
ベテラン veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand N/A
便所 べんじょ toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom N/A
ペンチ cutting pliers; lineman's pliers; combination pliers N/A
方角 ほうがく direction; way point of the compass; cardinal direction; bearing method; means; approach N/A
ほうき broom N/A
方言 ほうげん dialect; provincialism 3600
方針 ほうしん policy; course; plan (of action); principle magnetic needle 2393
包装 ほうそう packing; wrapping N/A
法則 ほうそく law; rule 2981
包帯 ほうたい bandage; dressing N/A
包丁 ほうちょう kitchen knife cooking; food 4079
方程式 ほうていしき equation; formula method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result N/A
方面 ほうめん direction; district; area field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter; aspect; angle N/A
放る ほうる to throw; to fling; to hurl; to toss to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone; to give up on; to leave undone; to leave unfinished 3912
朗らか ほがらか cheerful; merry; sunny; melodious bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear N/A
保健 ほけん preservation of health; hygiene; sanitation health education (school subject) N/A
干す ほす to air; to dry; to desiccate to drain (off) to drink up 3706
北極 ほっきょく North Pole the Arctic Hokkyoku N/A
解く ほどく to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen; to unpack N/A
彫る ほる to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to chisel to tattoo N/A
掘る ほる to dig; to excavate; to hollow to delve into to dig up (e.g. vegetables) 3106
本来 ほんらい originally; primarily essentially; intrinsically; naturally; by nature; in (and of) itself proper; rightful; legal; normal 1153
望遠鏡 ぼうえんきょう telescope N/A
坊さん ぼうさん Buddhist priest; monk boy N/A
防止 ぼうし prevention; check 2738
膨大 ぼうだい huge; vast; enormous; colossal; extensive; large swelling; expansion 3684
防犯 ぼうはん prevention of crime security (device, camera, etc.) N/A
坊や ぼうや boy; son; child mere boy; stripling; greenhorn N/A
牧場 ぼくじょう farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; station pasture; meadow; grazing land N/A
牧畜 ぼくちく stock-farming; livestock farming; cattle breeding N/A
募集 ぼしゅう recruitment; invitation; selection; advertisement; taking applications raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; subscription; solicitation flotation (of shares, loans, etc.) 2120
襤褸 ぼろ rag; old cloth tattered clothes; ragged clothes; rags fault (one is trying to hide); defect; weakness N/A
盆地 ぼんち basin (e.g. between mountains) N/A
ボーナス bonus N/A
ポスター poster 4658

ま行

Kanji Reading Meaning Frequency
まあまあ so-so; passable; not (so) bad; reasonable now, now; there, there; there now my, my; oh my!; dear me! 5000
枚数 まいすう the number of flat things win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers N/A
毎度 まいど each time; always; often thank you for your continued patronage N/A
マイナス minus; subtraction; taking away negative (number) deficit; loss 3183
巻く まく to wind; to coil; to roll; to wear (e.g. turban, scarf) to envelope; to shroud to outflank; to skirt 1968
撒く まく to scatter; to sprinkle; to strew to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to hand out to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off; to lose; to get rid of 4549
まくら pillow; bolster introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in N/A
曲げる まげる to bend; to crook; to bow; to curve; to curl to lean; to tilt; to incline; to slant to bend (the truth); to distort; to twist; to pervert 4091
まごまご confused; flustered; at a loss N/A
摩擦 まさつ friction rubbing; chafing discord; friction; strife; conflict N/A
混ざる まざる to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join N/A
混じる まじる to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined to associate with; to mingle with; to interest; to join N/A
マスク (face) mask (facial) features; looks mask (e.g. for circuit etching) N/A
交ぜる まぜる to mix; to stir; to blend 1377
混ぜる まぜる to mix; to stir; to blend N/A
跨ぐ またぐ to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stride across; to cross to stretch over; to span; to bridge; to saddle; to straddle N/A
待合室 まちあいしつ waiting room N/A
待ち合わせる まちあわせる to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet N/A
街角 まちかど street corner N/A
真っ暗 まっくら pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark very bleak (future); utterly hopeless 4361
真っ黒 まっくろ pitch black 4537
真っ青 まっさお deep blue; bright blue ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet N/A
真っ先 まっさき the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front N/A
真っ白 まっしろ pure white blank (e.g. mind, paper) 3819
祭る まつる to deify; to enshrine to pray; to worship 4305
纏まる まとまる to find resolution; to be settled; to be agreed on; to be completed to be collected; to be assembled; to be brought together to be well arranged; to be in order; to be unified; to take shape; to be coherent 3068
纏める まとめる to collect; to put (it all) together; to integrate; to consolidate; to unify to summarize; to aggregate to bring to a conclusion; to finalize; to settle; to put in order 1067
窓口 まどぐち counter; window; teller window; ticket window contact person; point of contact 3596
真似る まねる to mimic; to imitate N/A
マフラー (thick) scarf; muffler muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer N/A
眩しい まぶしい dazzling; radiant N/A
まぶた eyelid N/A
間もなく まもなく soon; shortly; before long; in a short time; in a little while having no time to ...; with no time to ... N/A
マラソン marathon; long-distance race 3793
まれ rare; seldom 3782
回り道 まわりみち detour; circuitous route; diversion N/A
満員 まんいん full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded N/A
マンション condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat 1106
満点 まんてん perfect score; full marks perfect; entirely satisfactory; excellent N/A
見送る みおくる to see (someone) off; to escort to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to gaze after to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity) 4070
見下ろす みおろす to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on to despise; to look down on 4695
見かけ みかけ outward appearance apparent N/A
ミシン sewing machine N/A
惨め みじめ miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable N/A
店屋 みせや store; shop N/A
見出し みだし heading; headline; title; caption index headword N/A
道順 みちじゅん route; way; course; directions N/A
見直す みなおす to look at again to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light 2699
見慣れる みなれる to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with N/A
醜い みにくい ugly; unattractive; bad-looking unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful; shameful; dishonorable N/A
実る みのる to bear fruit; to ripen to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit N/A
身分 みぶん (social) standing; status; position; rank identity; birth; origin one's circumstances; one's means 4334
見本 みほん sample; specimen; pattern model; example N/A
見舞う みまう to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to inquire after to attack; to hit; to strike; to deal (a punch) N/A
未満 みまん less than; under; below N/A
苗字 みょうじ surname; family name; last name Myouji N/A
ミリ milli-; 10^-3 millimetre; millimeter N/A
診る みる to examine (medically); to have a look at; to check (a patient's pulse) N/A
民間 みんかん private; non-governmental; non-official; civilian; civil folk; popular 2717
民謡 みんよう folk song; popular song N/A
剥く むく to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to strip to bare (teeth, fangs); to open wide (eyes) N/A
無限 むげん infinity; infinitude; eternity infinite; limitless N/A
蒸し暑い むしあつい humid; sultry N/A
無地 むじ plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color) N/A
矛盾 むじゅん contradiction; inconsistency 3370
蒸す むす to steam (food, towel, etc.) to be hot and humid; to be sultry N/A
群れ むれ group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school; swarm; cluster (e.g. of stars); clump; pack (e.g. of dogs) 4406
めい niece N/A
名作 めいさく masterpiece; masterwork N/A
名刺 めいし business card N/A
名詞 めいし noun N/A
名所 めいしょ famous place; noted place; place of (scenic or historical) interest; sights (to see) N/A
迷信 めいしん superstition; superstitious belief N/A
命ずる めいずる to order; to command to appoint 2252
名物 めいぶつ famous product; special product; speciality; specialty N/A
銘々 めいめい each; individual N/A
目上 めうえ superior; superiors; senior N/A
恵まれる めぐまれる to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in 2244
巡る めぐる to go around; to make a circle around to surround; to circle; to enclose to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return; to repeat; to circulate (of blood, money, etc.) 2473
目指す めざす to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on to go toward; to head for 856
目覚まし めざまし alarm clock waking up; keeping oneself awake early-morning treat (traditionally given to children in some parts of Japan); wake-up sweet N/A
目下 めした subordinate; subordinates; inferior; inferiors; junior N/A
目印 めじるし mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign landmark; guide trademark N/A
目立つ めだつ to be conspicuous; to stand out 1690
滅茶苦茶 めちゃくちゃ absurd; unreasonable; nonsensical; preposterous; incoherent extreme; senseless; reckless; wanton disorderly; chaotic; confused; messy N/A
めっきり remarkably; noticeably; considerably; appreciably N/A
目出度い めでたい happy; auspicious; propitious; joyous naive N/A
メニュー menu schedule; program; programme; course; services menu 2016
眩暈 めまい dizziness; giddiness; vertigo N/A
目安 めやす criterion; standard; yardstick; reference; aim rough estimate; approximation Meyasu 3894
面積 めんせき area (measurement); square measure; size (of land); floor space 3505
面接 めんせつ interview (e.g. for a job) 1984
面倒くさい めんどくさい bothersome; tiresome; bother to do N/A
メーター meter; gauge metre (unit of length); meter N/A
儲かる もうかる to be profitable; to yield a profit 4712
儲ける もうける to profit; to get; to earn; to gain to have (bear, beget) a child to have a stroke of luck 4502
申し訳ない もうしわけない I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; I feel guilty thank you very much (for help, etc.) N/A
木材 もくざい lumber; timber; wood Mokuzai N/A
目次 もくじ table of contents; contents N/A
潜る もぐる to dive (into or under water) to get under; to get into; to get in; to creep into; to crawl under; to bury oneself; to burrow into; to dig oneself into; to snuggle under to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself; to go underground 3386
若しかしたら もしかしたら perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance N/A
若しかすると もしかすると perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance N/A
凭れる もたれる to lean against; to lean on; to recline on to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested N/A
モダン modern lug arm tips (on glasses); temple tips N/A
もち mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice 4616
勿体ない もったいない wasteful; a waste too good; more than one deserves; unworthy of impious; profane; sacrilegious 3271
モデル model; dummy; mock-up model (profession); fashion model model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version 2116
元々 もともと originally; from the start; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before) 711
物置 ものおき storage room; storeroom; lumber room N/A
物語る ものがたる to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to recount to tell of; to show; to indicate; to prove; to attest to N/A
物差し ものさし ruler; measure N/A
物凄い ものすごい terrific; staggering; tremendous; incredible; extreme frightful; ghastly; horrific; terrible; awful; gruesome; eerie 696
モノレール monorail N/A
揉む もむ to rub; to crumple to massage to argue; to have a heated discussion N/A
燃やす もやす to burn to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up 3816
催し もよおし event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening; holding (a meeting) N/A
盛る もる to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to dish up; to fill (a bowl) with to pile up; to heap up; to fill up; to stack up to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to prescribe 4303
問答 もんどう questions and answers; dialogue N/A
モーター motor N/A

や行

Kanji Reading Meaning Frequency
喧しい やかましい noisy; loud; clamorous; boisterous much talked of; much-discussed; vexed strict; severe; stern N/A
夜間 やかん night; nighttime N/A
役者 やくしゃ actor; actress man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow 2640
役所 やくしょ government office; public office 4435
訳す やくす to translate; to interpret 4110
役人 やくにん government official Yakunin N/A
薬品 やくひん medicine; chemicals N/A
役目 やくめ duty; role; function 3408
火傷 やけど burn; scald N/A
夜行 やこう walking around at night; night travel night train N/A
矢印 やじるし arrow (symbol) (romantic) interest (for a certain person); direction (of one's attention, etc.) N/A
薬局 やっきょく pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop) hospital pharmacy; dispensary N/A
遣っ付ける やっつける to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off N/A
矢っ張り やっぱり as expected; sure enough; just as one thought after all (is said and done); in the end; as one would expect; in any case too; also; as well; likewise; (not) either 75
家主 やぬし landlord; landlady house owner; home owner; head of the household N/A
破く やぶく to tear; to rip N/A
破れる やぶれる to get torn; to tear; to rip; to break; to wear out to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse; to fall into ruin N/A
やむを得ない やむをえない cannot be helped; unavoidable N/A
遊園地 ゆうえんち amusement park Yuuenchi 4886
夕刊 ゆうかん evening paper N/A
友好 ゆうこう friendship N/A
郵送 ゆうそう mailing; posting 4428
夕立 ゆうだち (sudden, heavy) shower (on a summer afternoon or evening); evening shower N/A
夕日 ゆうひ evening sun; setting sun 4214
悠々 ゆうゆう quiet; calm; leisurely; composed easily; comfortably; without difficulty distant; far-off; boundless; endless; eternal N/A
有料 ゆうりょう fee-charging; paid; not free toll road N/A
浴衣 ゆかた yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe) 4397
輸血 ゆけつ blood transfusion N/A
湯気 ゆげ steam; vapour; vapor N/A
輸送 ゆそう transport; transportation; transit; conveyance N/A
油断 ゆだん negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness N/A
茹でる ゆでる to boil (something in hot water) to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.) 2617
湯のみ ゆのみ teacup N/A
緩い ゆるい loose lenient; lax gentle (curve, slope, etc.) N/A
溶岩 ようがん lava Yougan N/A
容器 ようき container; receptacle; vessel; packaging 4576
用語 ようご term; terminology wording; choice of words; phraseology N/A
要旨 ようし (main) point; gist; key points; essentials; substance; summary; outline; abstract N/A
幼児 ようじ young child; toddler child over 1 but not yet of school age 4159
容積 ようせき capacity; volume N/A
幼稚 ようち infancy childish; infantile; immature; primitive N/A
幼稚園 ようちえん kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool 1478
用途 ようと use; service; purpose 4647
洋品店 ようひんてん shop that handles Western-style apparel and accessories N/A
養分 ようぶん nutrient; nourishment N/A
羊毛 ようもう wool N/A
漸く ようやく finally; at last barely; narrowly; hardly; only just gradually; little by little; by degrees 1279
要領 ようりょう point; gist; essentials; tenets; outline knack; trick; the ropes N/A
欲張り よくばり greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person N/A
余計 よけい extra; more; too much; too many; excessive; superfluous; spare; surplus unnecessary; needless; uncalled-for; unwanted; uninvited all the more; even more 2117
寄越す よこす to send; to forward to hand over (e.g. money) N/A
汚す よごす to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to make dirty; to stain to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor; to defile N/A
寄せる よせる to press; to push; to force to include; to welcome (in a group); to let in to come near; to let someone approach 2369
余所 よそ another place; somewhere else; strange parts outside (one's family or group); someone else; other people not caring for; being indifferent to; taking little notice of; ignoring; neglecting 4054
酔っ払い よっぱらい drunkard N/A
四つ角 よつかど four corners crossroads; intersecting street; street corner N/A
予備 よび reserve; spare preparation; preliminaries N/A
呼びかける よびかける to call out to; to hail; to address to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort; to advise 4046
呼び出す よびだす to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to summon; to page; to invoke (e.g. a spirit) to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file) 3990
蘇る よみがえる to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be revived; to be refreshed; to be restored to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back 3905
依る よる to be due to; to be caused by to depend on; to turn on to be based on; to come from N/A

ら行

Kanji Reading Meaning Frequency
来日 らいにち coming to Japan; visit to Japan; arrival in Japan N/A
落第 らくだい failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year) falling short of the standard; not making the grade N/A
ラッシュアワー rush hour N/A
ランチ lunch (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; lunch set N/A
ランニング running tank top (worn as an undergarment or sportswear); vest; singlet N/A
乱暴 らんぼう violence; assault; rowdiness; wildness; running riot rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; careless; coarse; rude; unreasonable (e.g. demand); wild (e.g. argument) rape; sexual assault N/A
理科 りか science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science science department (university); science course science (as a school subject) N/A
利害 りがい advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties) N/A
リズム rhythm 2746
リットル litre; liter N/A
リボン ribbon N/A
略す りゃくす to abbreviate; to abridge; to shorten to omit; to leave out to take; to capture; to steal N/A
流域 りゅういき drainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley N/A
りょう hostel; dormitory bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system) tea-ceremony room N/A
両側 りょうがわ both sides 4615
漁師 りょうし fisherman N/A
領収 りょうしゅう receipt (of money); receiving N/A
領事 りょうじ consul N/A
留守番 るすばん care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; staying at home caretaker; house-sitter N/A
例外 れいがい exception 3881
零点 れいてん zero (points, marks); no marks zero (of a function); root zero degrees (Celsius); freezing point N/A
レインコート raincoat; mackintosh; macintosh; trench coat N/A
レクリエーション recreation re-creation N/A
レジャー leisure N/A
列島 れっとう archipelago; chain of islands N/A
レベル level; standard; grade; class; rank level (amount or quantity) level (plane) 1252
煉瓦 れんが brick N/A
レンズ lens 4363
蝋燭 ろうそく candle N/A
録音 ろくおん (audio) recording 3807
ロッカー locker rocker N/A
ロビー lobby; lounge N/A
論ずる ろんずる to discuss; to talk about; to deal with (a topic) to argue; to dispute to take into consideration; to make an issue of 3548
ローマ字 ローマじ Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet N/A
ローンチ launch (of a product, service, etc.) N/A

わ行

Kanji Reading Meaning Frequency
和英 わえい Japanese-English Japanese-English dictionary N/A
分かれる わかれる to branch; to fork; to diverge to separate; to split; to divide to disperse; to scatter 1467
若々しい わかわかしい youthful; young; young-looking N/A
湧く わく to well (up); to gush out (of water); to spring out; to surge to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to sweat; to cry to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.); to spring up (e.g. an idea, emotions, clouds); to well up; to arise N/A
詫びる わびる to apologize; to apologise; to make an apology N/A
和服 わふく Japanese clothes N/A
割合に わりあいに comparatively N/A
割り算 わりざん division N/A
割と わりと comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly 625
割引 わりびき discount; reduction; rebate tenths discounted; tenths reduced N/A
わん bowl (wooden) counter for bowls of food or drink N/A
わん bowl (ceramic, porcelain) counter for bowls of food or drink N/A

ん行

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