This appendix is broken into sections corresponding to the ten columns of the gojūon kana ordering system. There a total of 1677 words. The frequency of the word is compiled from here.
| Kanji | Reading | Meaning | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 愛 | あい | love; affection; care attachment; craving; desire agape | 1357 |
| 愛情 | あいじょう | love; affection | 2227 |
| アイスクリーム | ice cream; icecream | N/A | |
| 愛する | あいする | to love | 1165 |
| 合図 | あいず | sign; signal; cue | 4589 |
| 相手 | あいて | companion; partner; company other party; addressee; counterparty opponent (sports, etc.) | 315 |
| 生憎 | あいにく | unfortunately; sorry, but ... | N/A |
| アイロン | iron (for pressing clothes) hair iron; hair tong; curling tong | N/A | |
| ＯＵＴ (ＯＵＴ) | アウト | out (of a ball; in tennis, etc.); outside the line out; putout outer; external; outside | N/A |
| 明かり | あかり | light; glow; gleam (a) light; lights; lamp proof (of innocence) | 2295 |
| 空き | あき | space; room; gap; emptiness vacancy; opening; empty seat free time; time to spare | N/A |
| 明らか | あきらか | clear; obvious; evident; plain; definite bright; light | 743 |
| 諦める | あきらめる | to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to) | 1653 |
| 飽きる | あきる | to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to grow weary of; to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become bored with to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill | 2540 |
| 握手 | あくしゅ | handshake reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation | N/A |
| 悪魔 | あくま | devil; demon; fiend Satan; the Devil Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment | 4982 |
| 預ける | あずける | to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to place (in someone's custody); to entrust (someone) with; to deposit to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to let (someone) decide to lean on; to put one's weight on | 2626 |
| 汗 | あせ | sweat; perspiration moisture; condensation gulp; oops | 1382 |
| 値 | あたい | price; cost value; worth; merit value | 2824 |
| 与える | あたえる | to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply to assign | 416 |
| 辺り | あたり | (in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearby; surroundings around; about; or thereabouts for instance; say; such as | 778 |
| 当たる | あたる | to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.); to be afflicted to be called on (e.g. by a teacher) to treat (esp. harshly); to lash out at | 487 |
| 彼方此方 | あちこち | here and there; various places; all around; all over; everywhere; throughout muddled; confused; in the wrong order; back to front | 2310 |
| 扱う | あつかう | to deal with (a person); to treat; to handle; to take care of; to entertain to deal with (a problem); to handle; to manage to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to work | 1028 |
| 集まり | あつまり | gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance | 4767 |
| 当てる | あてる | to hit to expose to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to put against; to hold on; to hold against | 1192 |
| 跡 | あと | trace; tracks; mark; sign site; remains; ruins scar | 2962 |
| 穴 | あな | hiding place; hideout hole; opening; orifice; perforation pit; hollow; cavity; hole (e.g. in the ground) | 1224 |
| 油 | あぶら | oil | 1923 |
| 誤り | あやまり | error; mistake; slip; bug | N/A |
| 粗い | あらい | coarse; rough | N/A |
| 嵐 | あらし | storm; tempest uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest); winds (e.g. of change) pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu | 4039 |
| 新た | あらた | new; fresh; novel | 875 |
| 凡ゆる | あらゆる | all; every | 1331 |
| 表わす | あらわす | to represent; to signify; to stand for to reveal; to show; to display to express | 1003 |
| 表す | あらわす | to represent; to signify; to stand for to reveal; to show; to display to express | N/A |
| 現れ | あらわれ | embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication | N/A |
| 現れる | あらわれる | to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize; to materialise to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects) | 737 |
| 有難う | ありがとう | thank you; thanks | 1084 |
| 或る | ある | a certain ...; some ... | N/A |
| 或いは | あるいは | or; either ... or maybe; perhaps; possibly some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ... | 237 |
| アルバム | album | 2429 | |
| 泡 | あわ | bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer) | 4519 |
| 合わせる | あわせる | to match (rhythm, speed, etc.) to join together; to unite; to combine; to add up to face; to be opposite (someone) | 519 |
| 哀れ | あわれ | pity; sorrow; grief; misery; compassion; pathos pitiable; pitiful; pathetic; miserable alack; alas | N/A |
| 案 | あん | idea; plan; proposal; suggestion; (government) bill draft; rough copy expectation | 4309 |
| 暗記 | あんき | memorization; memorisation; learning by heart | N/A |
| 安定 | あんてい | stability; steadiness; consistency; equilibrium; balance; composure stable | 1538 |
| 案内 | あんない | guidance; leading (the way); showing around information; notice; notification announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival | 2397 |
| あんなに | to that extent; to that degree; so much; so | N/A | |
| 胃 | い | stomach Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) | 2680 |
| 委員 | いいん | committee member | 2503 |
| 意外 | いがい | unexpected; surprising | 1034 |
| 息 | いき | breath; breathing concord; harmony; rapport steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor; vapour | 1322 |
| 行き | いき | the way there; outbound leg; outbound trip; departing leg bound for ... outbound ticket | N/A |
| 勢い | いきおい | force; vigor; vigour; energy; spirit; life influence; authority; power; might impetus; momentum; course (of events) | 1762 |
| 生き物 | いきもの | living thing; living creature; animal; life | 2816 |
| いけない | bad; wrong; naughty must not (do, be); should not; ought not to useless; no good; bad | N/A | |
| 医師 | いし | doctor; physician | 1858 |
| 意志 | いし | will; volition; intention; intent; determination | 2316 |
| 意思 | いし | intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do) | 2888 |
| 意識 | いしき | consciousness becoming aware (of); awareness; sense mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information) | 730 |
| 維持 | いじ | maintenance; preservation; improvement | 1512 |
| 異常 | いじょう | abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon | 1931 |
| 泉 | いずみ | spring; fountain | N/A |
| 何れ | いずれ | which; where; who all; both anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case | 616 |
| 以前 | いぜん | before; prior to; ago the past; before; previously; former times | 620 |
| 板 | いた | board; plank sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); pane; slab cutting board; chopping board | 2705 |
| 悪戯 | いたずら | mischief; prank; trick; practical joke mischievous; naughty pastime; hobby | 4688 |
| 頂きます | いただきます | thank you (for the meal just served); I receive (this meal) | N/A |
| 頂く | いただく | to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy to eat; to drink to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head); to have (on top) | 537 |
| 痛み | いたみ | pain; ache; soreness; grief; distress damage; injury; wear; bruise; break | 1294 |
| 至る | いたる | to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to attain to lead to (a place); to get to in the extreme case of | 878 |
| 偉大 | いだい | great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty | 3920 |
| 抱く | いだく | to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.); to harbor; to bear (a grudge, ill will, etc.); to entertain (hope, illusions, etc.); to cherish (e.g. an ambition) | 1378 |
| 位置 | いち | place; position; location position; standing; status; situation | 913 |
| 市 | いち | market; fair | N/A |
| 一時 | いちじ | one o'clock once; at one time; formerly; before for a time; for a while; for the time being; for the moment; temporarily | 1247 |
| 一度に | いちどに | all at once | N/A |
| 市場 | いちば | (town) market; (street) market; marketplace | 2014 |
| 一家 | いっか | a family; a household; a home; one's family; whole family (one's own) style; school gang; (yakuza) family | 4328 |
| 一種 | いっしゅ | a kind; a sort; a variety; a species of sorts; something of a; a sort of sort of; somewhat | 1951 |
| 一瞬 | いっしゅん | instant; moment; for an instant | 1645 |
| 一生 | いっしょう | whole life; a lifetime; all through life; one existence; a generation; an age; the whole world; the era (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life | 1595 |
| 一層 | いっそう | even more; still more; all the more; more than ever one layer lowest floor (of a building) | 1576 |
| 一体 | いったい | (what) the heck; (why) in the world; (who) on earth one object; one body; unity one form; one style | 705 |
| 一致 | いっち | agreement; accord; correspondence; consistency; coincidence; match union; unity; cooperation Icchi | 2605 |
| 一般 | いっぱん | general; universal ordinary; average; common; non-celebrity the same; no different; (just) as if | 946 |
| 一方 | いっぽう | one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party on the one hand; on the other hand whereas; although; but at the same time; meanwhile; in turn | 558 |
| 何時か | いつか | sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course; in time | 3619 |
| 何時でも | いつでも | always; all the time; at all times (at) any time; whenever (you like) | N/A |
| 何時までも | いつまでも | forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly; for a long time | N/A |
| 従兄弟 | いとこ | cousin (male) | 4129 |
| 移動 | いどう | movement; transfer; migration; removal; travel mobile; moving; traveling; travelling; roving | 1119 |
| 稲 | いね | rice plant (Oryza sativa) | N/A |
| 居眠り | いねむり | nodding off (while sitting); dozing | N/A |
| 命 | いのち | life; life force lifetime; lifespan most important thing; foundation; core | 901 |
| 違反 | いはん | violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement; contravention | 2914 |
| 衣服 | いふく | clothes | N/A |
| 居間 | いま | living room (Western style); sitting room | 4947 |
| 今に | いまに | before long; even now | N/A |
| 今にも | いまにも | at any moment (now); at any minute; on the verge of (doing); just about to | N/A |
| 以来 | いらい | since; henceforth | 2514 |
| 依頼 | いらい | request; commission; entrusting (with a matter) dependence; reliance | 2355 |
| 苛々 | いらいら | to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience | 3986 |
| いらっしゃい | come; go; stay welcome | N/A | |
| 医療 | いりょう | medical treatment; medical care | 2689 |
| 岩 | いわ | rock; boulder crag | 3196 |
| 祝い | いわい | congratulation; congratulations; celebration; festival congratulatory gift; present | 4501 |
| 祝う | いわう | to celebrate; to congratulate; to observe (a festival) to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for | 4936 |
| 言わば | いわば | so to speak; so to call it; as it were | 2025 |
| 所謂 | いわゆる | what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called | 330 |
| インク | ink | N/A | |
| 印刷 | いんさつ | printing | 3330 |
| 印象 | いんしょう | impression | 540 |
| 引退 | いんたい | retirement | 3850 |
| 引用 | いんよう | quotation; citation; reference | 3942 |
| ウイスキー | whisky; whiskey | N/A | |
| 伺う | うかがう | to call on someone; to call at a place; to pay a visit; to wait on someone to ask; to inquire to hear; to be told | 3656 |
| 嗽 | うがい | gargling; rinsing one's mouth | N/A |
| 受け取る | うけとる | to receive; to get; to accept to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand | 1545 |
| 動かす | うごかす | to move; to shift; to stir; to budge; to change position to inspire; to rouse; to move (e.g. feeling); to influence to change; to alter; to deny | 1218 |
| 兎 | うさぎ | rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids) | 3136 |
| 牛 | うし | cattle (Bos taurus); cow; bull; ox; calf beef Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) | 2492 |
| 失う | うしなう | to lose to miss (a chance, opportunity) to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of | 861 |
| 嘘 | うそ | lie; fib; falsehood; untruth mistake; error unwise move; bad decision | 1173 |
| 疑う | うたがう | to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect | 2446 |
| 宇宙 | うちゅう | universe; cosmos; space | 2132 |
| 訴える | うったえる | to raise; to bring to (someone's attention) to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to play on (one's sympathies) to complain | 1768 |
| 撃つ | うつ | to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire | N/A |
| 移す | うつす | to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to swap; to substitute to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.) to divert (one's attention) to | 2119 |
| 唸る | うなる | to groan; to moan to roar; to howl; to growl to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to whiz; to sough; to make a low, dull sound | N/A |
| 奪う | うばう | to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to steal; to rob (someone) of; to dispossess of; to deprive of; to usurp to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate; to charm; to dazzle | 2059 |
| 馬 | うま | horse horse racing promoted bishop | 907 |
| 上手い | うまい | skillful; skilful; skilled; good; expert; clever (expression, trick, etc.); apt; appropriate delicious; tasty; good; nice good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable; promising; lucky; fortunate; successful; satisfactory; splendid | 357 |
| 生まれ | うまれ | birth; birthplace born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.) | 4167 |
| 梅 | うめ | Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; Chinese plum lowest (of a three-tier ranking system) | 4471 |
| 裏切る | うらぎる | to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to go back on; to be unfaithful (to) to disappoint; to let down | 4099 |
| 得る | うる | to be able to ...; can ... to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain | 380 |
| 嬉しい | うれしい | happy; glad; pleased; delighted; overjoyed joyful; delightful; gratifying; pleasant | 394 |
| 売れる | うれる | to sell (well) to be well known; to be popular; to be famous | 1524 |
| 噂 | うわさ | rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk | 1883 |
| 運 | うん | fortune; luck; chance | 2260 |
| 運転 | うんてん | operation (of a machine); running; working driving (a vehicle) use (of capital, funds, etc.); management; investment | 1571 |
| 運動 | うんどう | exercise; physical training; workout; sports; athletics appeal; campaign; drive; crusade; movement; lobbying motion; movement | 895 |
| 柄 | え | handle; grip stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.) | N/A |
| 永遠 | えいえん | eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality | 2846 |
| 永久 | えいきゅう | eternity; permanence; perpetuity Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3) | N/A |
| 影響 | えいきょう | influence; effect; impact | 468 |
| 営業 | えいぎょう | business; trade; operations sales | 2071 |
| 衛星 | えいせい | (natural) satellite; moon (artificial) satellite | N/A |
| 栄養 | えいよう | nutrition; nourishment | 2760 |
| 笑顔 | えがお | smiling face; smile | 1661 |
| 描く | えがく | to draw; to paint; to sketch to depict; to describe to picture in one's mind; to imagine | 707 |
| 餌 | えさ | (animal) feed; fodder; pet food bait; lure; enticement | 1678 |
| エネルギー | energy energy; strength; power; stamina; get-up-and-go energy source; energy resource | 1355 | |
| 得る | える | to get; to earn; to acquire; to procure; to gain; to secure; to attain; to obtain; to win to understand; to comprehend to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill) | 380 |
| 縁 | えん | fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together) relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; link; connection family ties; affinity | 2289 |
| 円 | えん | yen (Japanese monetary unit) circle | 3937 |
| 演技 | えんぎ | acting; performance | 4189 |
| 援助 | えんじょ | assistance; aid; support | 2337 |
| エンジン | engine | 2420 | |
| 演説 | えんぜつ | speech; address | N/A |
| 演奏 | えんそう | musical performance | 1695 |
| 老い | おい | old age; old person; the old; the aged | N/A |
| 追いつく | おいつく | to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to reach to be compensated; to make up for one's losses | N/A |
| 追う | おう | to chase; to run after; to pursue; to follow after to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.) to drive out; to get rid of; to oust; to expel | 1290 |
| 王 | おう | king; ruler; sovereign; monarch tycoon; magnate; champion; master king (of the senior player) | 2623 |
| 王様 | おうさま | king | 3521 |
| 王子 | おうじ | prince subordinate Kumano shrine | N/A |
| 応じる | おうじる | to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for | 1122 |
| 横断 | おうだん | crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); cutting across; intersecting (e.g. a railway track) crossing (east-west); traversing; travelling across; flying across (e.g. the Pacific); sailing across cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally | N/A |
| 終える | おえる | to finish to graduate | 1855 |
| 大いに | おおいに | very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly; a great deal; a lot; to one's heart's content | 2347 |
| 覆う | おおう | to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise | 2306 |
| 大家 | おおや | landlord; landlady | N/A |
| 丘 | おか | hill; height; knoll; rising ground bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game | 3246 |
| 沖 | おき | open sea Okinawa | N/A |
| 奥 | おく | inner part; interior; back (of a drawer, one's throat, etc.); depths (e.g. of a forest); recesses (e.g. of a cave); heart; end (of a road, garden, etc.) living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart); behind (someone's words); mysteries (of an art) | 1242 |
| 贈る | おくる | to give (as a gift); to present to confer; to bestow; to award | 3813 |
| 起こる | おこる | to occur; to happen | 526 |
| 幼い | おさない | very young; little childish; immature | 2522 |
| 収める | おさめる | to put (into); to put away (in); to put back (in); to keep (in); to store (in); to restore (to its place) to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to publish (in); to capture (on film) to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to get; to gain; to win; to make (a profit) | 1875 |
| お喋り | おしゃべり | chattering; talk; idle talk; chat; chitchat; gossip chatty; talkative; chatterbox; blabbermouth | 4312 |
| 汚染 | おせん | pollution; contamination | 3499 |
| 恐らく | おそらく | probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid | 804 |
| 恐れる | おそれる | to fear; to be afraid of | 2467 |
| 恐ろしい | おそろしい | terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening surprising; startling; tremendous; amazing | 1973 |
| お互い | おたがい | each other; one another | N/A |
| 穏やか | おだやか | calm; quiet; gentle; peaceful; mild moderate; reasonable; amicable | 2792 |
| 男の人 | おとこのひと | man | N/A |
| 劣る | おとる | to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind | 4505 |
| 鬼 | おに | ogre; demon; oni spirit of a deceased person ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.) | 4105 |
| お昼 | おひる | lunch noon; midday daytime | N/A |
| 帯 | おび | obi (kimono sash) obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product) band; belt; strip | 4385 |
| オフィス | office | 3625 | |
| 溺れる | おぼれる | to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted; to wallow in | N/A |
| お前 | おまえ | you before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of | 598 |
| 御目出度う | おめでとう | congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best! | 4646 |
| 思い出 | おもいで | memories; recollections; reminiscence | 653 |
| 主に | おもに | mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly | 1259 |
| 思わず | おもわず | unconsciously; involuntarily; instinctively; reflexively; spontaneously; unintentionally; in spite of oneself | N/A |
| 泳ぎ | およぎ | swimming | N/A |
| 凡そ | およそ | about; roughly; approximately generally; on the whole; as a rule completely; quite; entirely; altogether; totally; not at all (with neg. verb) | 2777 |
| 及ぼす | およぼす | to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend; to have an effect (on) | 2559 |
| 居る | おる | to be (animate); to be; to exist to be ...-ing to (have the audacity to) do | 684 |
| 下ろす | おろす | to take down; to bring down; to lower (a hand, flag, shutter, etc.); to drop (an anchor, curtain, etc.); to let down (hair); to launch (a boat) to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to unload (goods, a truck, etc.); to offload; to discharge to withdraw (money) | 1607 |
| 恩 | おん | favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude | N/A |
| 温暖 | おんだん | warm; mild; temperate | N/A |
| 温度 | おんど | temperature | 2391 |
| オーバー | overcoat exceeding; going over; going beyond exaggerated; overdone; over the top | N/A |
| Kanji | Reading | Meaning | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 可 | か | acceptable; satisfactory; allowed; permitted approval; being in favour; (a) vote in favour; aye Pass (grade); Fair; C; D | N/A |
| 課 | か | lesson section (in an organization); division; department counter for lessons and chapters (of a book) | N/A |
| 会 | かい | meeting; assembly; party; gathering; conference; athletic meet society; association; club | 1636 |
| 回 | かい | counter for occurrences a time; an instance inning (baseball); round; game | N/A |
| 会員 | かいいん | member; the membership | 3833 |
| 絵画 | かいが | painting; picture | 4369 |
| 海外 | かいがい | foreign; abroad; overseas | 923 |
| 会計 | かいけい | accounting; finance; account; reckoning bill (at a restaurant); check accountant; treasurer; paymaster; cashier | N/A |
| 解決 | かいけつ | settlement; solution; resolution | 1100 |
| 会合 | かいごう | meeting; assembly; gathering association conjunction | N/A |
| 開始 | かいし | start; commencement; beginning; initiation | 1647 |
| 解釈 | かいしゃく | interpretation; explanation; reading; construction | 2058 |
| 改善 | かいぜん | betterment; improvement kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement) | 1384 |
| 快適 | かいてき | pleasant; agreeable; comfortable | 2940 |
| 回復 | かいふく | restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; return; improvement recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence | 1639 |
| 飼う | かう | to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed | 822 |
| 替える | かえる | to replace; to convert; to change to exchange; to interchange; to renew to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.) | N/A |
| 香り | かおり | aroma; fragrance; scent; smell | 1431 |
| 抱える | かかえる | to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to carry under one's arm; to hold (one's head) in one's hands to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to be burdened with (e.g. care of a family member); to have (children, etc.) to provide for to employ; to have (on one's staff); to hire | 1288 |
| 価格 | かかく | price; value; cost | 1584 |
| 係 | かかり | charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk connection; linking | N/A |
| 罹る | かかる | to contract (a disease); to suffer from | N/A |
| 化学 | かがく | chemistry | N/A |
| 輝く | かがやく | to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glitter; to glisten to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam; to glow | 2098 |
| 限る | かぎる | to restrict; to limit; to confine to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be confined to to be best (for); to be the best plan; to be the only way (to) | 750 |
| 覚悟 | かくご | readiness; (mental) preparedness resolution; determination resignation (to one's fate) | 2545 |
| 確実 | かくじつ | certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid; safe; secure | 1692 |
| 隠す | かくす | to hide; to conceal | 1490 |
| 拡大 | かくだい | expansion; extension magnification; enlargement escalation; spread | 1251 |
| 確認 | かくにん | confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation; identification | 622 |
| 隠れる | かくれる | to hide; to conceal oneself; to take cover to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to be covered; to go out of sight to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world) | 2352 |
| 家具 | かぐ | furniture | 3666 |
| 欠ける | かける | to chip; to be chipped; to break (off); to be damaged to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to become lost to be lacking (in); to be short (of); to be deficient; to be wanting (in) | 2729 |
| 影 | かげ | shadow; silhouette; figure; shape reflection; image ominous sign | 2169 |
| 陰 | かげ | shade; shadow behind (something); other side; back the background; behind the scenes; behind someone's back | 2784 |
| 加減 | かげん | degree; extent; amount; balance; state; condition (health) condition; state of health adjustment; moderation; regulation | N/A |
| 過去 | かこ | the past; bygone days one's past (that one would prefer remained secret) past (tense); preterit; preterite | 740 |
| 囲む | かこむ | to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fence; to wall in to besiege; to lay siege to to play (go, shogi, etc.) | 1682 |
| 籠 | かご | basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage | N/A |
| 菓子 | かし | confectionery; sweets; candy; cake | N/A |
| 賢い | かしこい | wise; clever; smart well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good | 4605 |
| 歌手 | かしゅ | singer | 4125 |
| 家事 | かじ | housework; domestic chores family affairs; household matters | 3453 |
| 数 | かず | number; amount | 623 |
| 稼ぐ | かせぐ | to earn (income); to make (money) to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to play (for time) to work hard (at one's job); to labor; to labour; to toil | 2872 |
| 数える | かぞえる | to count; to enumerate | 2589 |
| 肩 | かた | shoulder | 1079 |
| 型 | かた | type; style; model; pattern mold; mould; model; pattern; template; impression kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); form | 3006 |
| 方々 | かたがた | people; (all) persons; everyone; ladies and gentlemen you (usu. plural) | 1207 |
| 刀 | かたな | sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana scalpel chisel; burin; graver | 4370 |
| 語る | かたる | to talk about; to speak of; to tell; to narrate to recite; to chant to indicate; to show | 886 |
| 価値 | かち | value; worth; merit | 1332 |
| 勝ち | かち | win; victory | N/A |
| 活気 | かっき | energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life; animation | 4760 |
| 格好 | かっこう | shape; form; figure; posture; pose appearance state; situation | 1068 |
| 活動 | かつどう | activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation moving picture | 685 |
| 活用 | かつよう | practical use; application; making good use of; putting to good use; capitalizing on conjugation; inflection | 1408 |
| 悲しむ | かなしむ | to be sad; to mourn for; to regret | N/A |
| 必ずしも | かならずしも | (not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all | 1970 |
| 可也 | かなり | considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty | 206 |
| 金 | かね | money metal | 250 |
| 可能 | かのう | possible; potential; practicable; feasible | 690 |
| 株 | かぶ | stock; share stump (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem | 3077 |
| 被る | かぶる | to be deceived to put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself) to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to dash on oneself; to ship water | 2069 |
| 構う | かまう | to mind; to care about; to be concerned about; to have a regard for to be an issue; to matter; to create inconvenience to keep company; to care for; to look after; to entertain; to pay attention to; to spend time with | 1433 |
| 神 | かみ | god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami incredible; fantastic; amazing Emperor (of Japan) | 834 |
| 上 | かみ | upper reaches (of a river); upper stream top; upper part; upper half (of the body) long ago | N/A |
| 雷 | かみなり | lightning; thunder; thunderbolt god of thunder; god of lightning anger; fit of anger | N/A |
| 髪の毛 | かみのけ | hair (on the head); (a) hair | 3001 |
| 科目 | かもく | (school) subject; curriculum; course item; heading; entry | N/A |
| かも知れない | かもしれない | may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly | N/A |
| 火曜 | かよう | Tuesday | N/A |
| 空 | から | emptiness; being empty not carrying anything; unburdened; empty-handed dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false; no-show (reservation); put-on (cheeriness, courage, etc.); empty (compliments); insincere | N/A |
| 刈る | かる | to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear; to reap; to harvest | N/A |
| 彼ら | かれら | they; them | 458 |
| 皮 | かわ | skin; hide; pelt; fur rind; peel; husk; bark shell; sheath; wrapping | 1455 |
| 革 | かわ | leather | 1455 |
| 可哀想 | かわいそう | poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful | 1833 |
| 可愛らしい | かわいらしい | lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable | 4660 |
| 缶 | かん | can; tin canned food | N/A |
| 勘 | かん | perception; intuition; the sixth sense | N/A |
| 管 | かん | pipe; tube | N/A |
| 感覚 | かんかく | sense; sensation; feeling; intuition | 1045 |
| 考え | かんがえ | thinking; thought; view; opinion; concept idea; notion; imagination intention; plan; design | 717 |
| 観客 | かんきゃく | spectator; audience | 4231 |
| 環境 | かんきょう | environment; surroundings; circumstances | 571 |
| 歓迎 | かんげい | welcome; (warm) reception | 4769 |
| 観光 | かんこう | sightseeing; tourism | 2813 |
| 観察 | かんさつ | observation; survey; watching | 1897 |
| 感謝 | かんしゃ | thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness | 1156 |
| 関心 | かんしん | concern; interest | 975 |
| 感心 | かんしん | admiration; being impressed admirable; praiseworthy astonishment; being appalled | 2978 |
| 感じ | かんじ | feeling; sense; impression | 138 |
| 患者 | かんじゃ | patient | 1070 |
| 感情 | かんじょう | emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment | 1392 |
| 勘定 | かんじょう | calculation; computation; counting; reckoning; count bill; check; account; payment (of a bill); settlement (of an account) consideration; allowance | N/A |
| 感じる | かんじる | to feel; to sense; to experience to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to be impressed (by); to respond (to) to become infected with (an illness); to catch | 210 |
| 関する | かんする | to concern; to be related | 2022 |
| 完成 | かんせい | completion; perfection; accomplishment | 1539 |
| 完全 | かんぜん | perfect; complete | 908 |
| 監督 | かんとく | supervision; control; superintendence; direction director; superintendent; supervisor; coach; foreman; manager; overseer; controller; boss | 1621 |
| 感動 | かんどう | being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression | 1043 |
| 管理 | かんり | control; management (e.g. of a business) | 1616 |
| 完了 | かんりょう | completion; conclusion perfect (tense) | 3826 |
| 関連 | かんれん | relation; connection; relevance | 1660 |
| カー | car | N/A | |
| カード | card (information, filing, etc.) card (greetings, congratulations, etc.) (Western) playing cards | 2090 | |
| 害 | がい | injury; harm; evil influence; damage | 4245 |
| 外交 | がいこう | diplomacy selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing | N/A |
| 外出 | がいしゅつ | going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.) Sotode | 4089 |
| 画家 | がか | painter; artist | 4874 |
| 額 | がく | (picture) frame; framed picture amount (esp. of money); sum | 1376 |
| 学 | がく | learning; scholarship; study; erudition; knowledge; education study of ...; -ology; -ics | N/A |
| 学者 | がくしゃ | scholar; academic; scientist learned person; person of learning | 4474 |
| 学習 | がくしゅう | learning; study | 2685 |
| 学問 | がくもん | study; scholarship; learning; education; knowledge discipline; branch of learning; (a) science | 3586 |
| がっかり | to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to be discouraged; to be disheartened; to lose heart; to feel let down to feel exhausted; to feel drained | 3726 | |
| 学期 | がっき | school term; semester | N/A |
| 我慢 | がまん | endurance; patience; perseverance; bearing (with something) self-control; self-restraint | 1393 |
| 柄 | がら | pattern; design body build; figure; physique essential qualities; character; nature | 4028 |
| 記憶 | きおく | memory; recollection; remembrance memory; storage | 652 |
| 気温 | きおん | (air) temperature | 3236 |
| 機械 | きかい | machine; mechanism instrument; appliance; apparatus | 1566 |
| 期間 | きかん | period; term; interval | 1239 |
| 機関 | きかん | engine agency; organisation; organization; institution; organ; body system; facility; facilities | 3432 |
| 企業 | きぎょう | enterprise; business; company; corporation | 588 |
| 利く | きく | to be effective; to take effect; to be good (for) to work; to function well to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to | 1051 |
| 効く | きく | to be effective; to take effect; to be good (for) to work; to function well to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to | N/A |
| 機嫌 | きげん | humour; humor; temper; mood; spirits safety; health; well-being; one's situation in a good mood; in high spirits; happy; cheery; merry; chipper | N/A |
| 気候 | きこう | climate | 3708 |
| 岸 | きし | bank; coast; shore | N/A |
| 記者 | きしゃ | reporter; journalist | 3988 |
| 記事 | きじ | article; news story; report; account | 958 |
| 生地 | きじ | cloth; fabric; material; texture dough; batter inherent quality; one's true character; one's true colours | 1572 |
| 傷 | きず | wound; injury; cut; gash; bruise; scratch; scrape; scar chip; crack; scratch; nick flaw; defect; weakness; weak point | 2062 |
| 期待 | きたい | expectation; anticipation; hope promising; rising; up-and-coming | 701 |
| 帰宅 | きたく | returning home; going home; coming home; getting home | 3496 |
| 貴重 | きちょう | precious; valuable | 2302 |
| きちんと | properly; accurately; exactly; precisely; regularly neatly; tidily; orderly | 892 | |
| きつい | tough; hard; severe; demanding; harsh determined; strong-minded; forceful; formidable; fierce strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe; intense | 1786 | |
| 気づく | きづく | to notice; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of); to perceive; to sense; to suspect to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round | 644 |
| 気に入る | きにいる | to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy | N/A |
| 記入 | きにゅう | entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out | 2821 |
| 記念 | きねん | commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memory; honoring the memory of memento; souvenir; keepsake | 3846 |
| 機能 | きのう | function; facility; faculty; feature | 1021 |
| 気の毒 | きのどく | pitiful; unfortunate; poor; miserable; wretched unpardonable; regrettable | N/A |
| 寄付 | きふ | contribution; donation Kifu | N/A |
| 基本 | きほん | basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation | 1387 |
| 希望 | きぼう | hope; wish; aspiration (bright) prospects; expectation | 1055 |
| 決まり | きまり | rule; regulation settlement; conclusion; end; agreement; arrangement habit; custom; habitual way | 4859 |
| 気味 | きみ | sensation; feeling tendency; propensity | N/A |
| 奇妙 | きみょう | strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious | 3419 |
| キャプテン | captain | N/A | |
| キャンプ | camp; camping | 2428 | |
| 九 | きゅう | nine; 9 | 141 |
| 旧 | きゅう | old; former; ex- the old; old things; old customs old times; bygone days | N/A |
| 級 | きゅう | (school) grade; year; class class; grade; rank; level kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.) | N/A |
| 球 | きゅう | sphere; globe; ball; bulb ball; sphere counter for pitches | N/A |
| 休憩 | きゅうけい | rest; break; recess; intermission | 3897 |
| 急激 | きゅうげき | sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical | 3643 |
| 吸収 | きゅうしゅう | absorption; suction; attraction | 2803 |
| 救助 | きゅうじょ | relief; aid; rescue | N/A |
| 急速 | きゅうそく | rapid (e.g. progress) | 2677 |
| 急に | きゅうに | swiftly; rapidly; quickly; immediately; hastily; hurriedly suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply | N/A |
| 給料 | きゅうりょう | salary; wages; pay | 2576 |
| 教科書 | きょうかしょ | textbook; coursebook; schoolbook | 2552 |
| 供給 | きょうきゅう | supply; provision | 3009 |
| 競技 | きょうぎ | game; match; contest; competition; sport; (sporting) event | N/A |
| 教師 | きょうし | teacher; instructor | 1743 |
| 教授 | きょうじゅ | professor teaching; instruction | 2307 |
| 強調 | きょうちょう | emphasis; stress; highlighting; underlining; underscoring accentuating (a feature or certain part); accenting strong tone (of the market); firm tone | 2346 |
| 共通 | きょうつう | common; shared; mutual to be common (to); to be shared (by) -wide | 1644 |
| 共同 | きょうどう | cooperation; collaboration; association; partnership; (acting in) unison community; communal use; common possession; sharing Kyoudou | 3587 |
| 恐怖 | きょうふ | fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare; panic | 2327 |
| 協力 | きょうりょく | cooperation; collaboration; help; support | 1107 |
| 強力 | きょうりょく | powerful; strong | 3079 |
| 許可 | きょか | permission; approval; authorization; license | 2268 |
| 局 | きょく | bureau; department office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); channel; exchange affair; situation | N/A |
| 極 | きょく | pole climax; extreme; extremity; culmination; height; zenith; nadir | N/A |
| 巨大 | きょだい | huge; gigantic; enormous | 2309 |
| 器用 | きよう | skillful; skilful; adroit; dexterous; dextrous; deft; nimble; handy clever; shrewd; ingenious | N/A |
| 嫌う | きらう | to hate; to dislike; to loathe | 2730 |
| 霧 | きり | fog; mist spray | 4552 |
| 切れ | きれ | piece; slice; strip; scrap cloth sharpness | N/A |
| 切れる | きれる | to be sharp-minded; to be keen; to be shrewd; to be quick-witted; to be able to be short of; to drop under (a certain figure); to beat (e.g. a record time) to dry off | 1511 |
| 記録 | きろく | record; document; minutes; recording; putting on record; keeping a record (of); writing down record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.) | 1191 |
| 金 | きん | Jin dynasty (of China; 1115-1234); Chin dynasty; Jurchen dynasty gold general testicles | 1452 |
| 禁煙 | きんえん | abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking prohibition of smoking No Smoking; Smoking Prohibited | 4841 |
| 金額 | きんがく | amount of money; sum | 1240 |
| 金庫 | きんこ | safe; strongbox; cashbox; vault; strongroom depository; cash office; treasury; provider of funds | N/A |
| 禁止 | きんし | prohibition; inhibition; ban | 2332 |
| 金銭 | きんせん | money; cash | N/A |
| 金属 | きんぞく | metal Kinzoku | 4176 |
| 近代 | きんだい | present day; modern times; recent times early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II) | N/A |
| 緊張 | きんちょう | tension; strain; nervousness; stress tensions (between countries, groups, etc.) tonus; muscle tone | 1491 |
| 筋肉 | きんにく | muscle | 1927 |
| 金融 | きんゆう | finance; financing; credit transacting; loaning of money; circulation of money monetary; financial; credit | N/A |
| 金曜 | きんよう | Friday | N/A |
| 議員 | ぎいん | member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress | 4513 |
| 議会 | ぎかい | congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly | 4301 |
| 技師 | ぎし | engineer; technician | N/A |
| 義務 | ぎむ | duty; obligation; responsibility | 2607 |
| 疑問 | ぎもん | doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness | 1254 |
| 逆 | ぎゃく | reverse; opposite converse (of a hypothesis, etc.) inverse (function) | 447 |
| 行儀 | ぎょうぎ | manners; behavior; behaviour | N/A |
| 議論 | ぎろん | argument; discussion; dispute; controversy | 1190 |
| 銀 | ぎん | silver (Ag) silver (color) silver (medal, prize, etc.) | 4126 |
| 句 | く | section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph phrase verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry) | N/A |
| 食う | くう | to eat to live; to make a living; to survive to bite; to sting (as insects do) | 1273 |
| 臭い | くさい | stinking; smelly suspicious; fishy clumsy; unskilled | 3639 |
| 鎖 | くさり | chain; chains Kusari | N/A |
| 腐る | くさる | to rot; to go bad; to decay; to spoil; to fester; to decompose; to turn sour (e.g. milk) to corrode; to weather; to crumble to become useless; to blunt; to weaken (from lack of practice) | 4606 |
| 癖 | くせ | habit (usu. a bad one); tendency peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; mannerism; quirk crease; wrinkle; curl; kink | 1899 |
| 下さる | くださる | to give; to confer; to bestow to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor | 1721 |
| 下り | くだり | down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route down-slope; downward going downbound (esp. away from Tokyo) | N/A |
| 苦痛 | くつう | pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment | 3265 |
| 区別 | くべつ | distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference | 2236 |
| 組 | くみ | class (of students) group (of people); party; team; crew lot; bunch; set | N/A |
| 組合 | くみあい | association; union; guild | N/A |
| 組む | くむ | to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms) to put together; to construct; to assemble; to produce (e.g. TV program) to braid; to plait | 1603 |
| 位 | くらい | throne; crown; (nobleman's) seat government position; court rank social standing; rank; class; echelon; rung | N/A |
| 暮らし | くらし | (way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances | 2622 |
| クラシック | classical music classic; classical classic (work); the classics | N/A | |
| 暮らす | くらす | to live; to get along to spend (time) | 835 |
| 繰り返す | くりかえす | to repeat; to do over again | 794 |
| クリスマス | Christmas | 2580 | |
| クリーム | cream ice cream | N/A | |
| 狂う | くるう | to go mad; to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to go insane to get out of order; to go amiss; to malfunction; to become imprecise to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through; to get mixed up | 3608 |
| 苦しい | くるしい | painful; difficult; tough; hard distressing; (psychologically) difficult; stressful; awkward (e.g. position) straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation); needy; struggling | 1450 |
| 苦しむ | くるしむ | to suffer; to groan; to be worried | 2340 |
| 暮れ | くれ | sunset; sundown; nightfall; dusk end; close year-end; end of the year | N/A |
| 苦労 | くろう | trouble; hardship; difficulty; labour; labor; toil; pains anxiety; worry; concern; cares | 1168 |
| 加える | くわえる | to add; to add up; to sum up; to append; to annex to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to pick up to include; to count in; to let join | 4730 |
| 詳しい | くわしい | detailed; full; minute knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with); well-informed (about); familiar (with) | 755 |
| 加わる | くわわる | to be added to; to be appended to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence); to grow; to gather (speed) | 2256 |
| 訓 | くん | native Japanese reading of a Chinese character precept; lesson; one's teachings | N/A |
| 訓練 | くんれん | training; drill; practice; discipline | 2235 |
| 偶然 | ぐうぜん | coincidence; chance; accident; fortuity by chance; unexpectedly; accidentally contingency | 2192 |
| 具体 | ぐたい | concreteness; embodiment | N/A |
| ぐっすり | soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep) | N/A | |
| グラス | glass (drinking vessel) glass (material) glasses (eyewear) | 4090 | |
| グランド | grand; large | N/A | |
| グループ | group (usu. of people) | 1351 | |
| 軍 | ぐん | army; armed forces; troops military authorities team; group; troupe | 3950 |
| 軍隊 | ぐんたい | armed forces; military; troops | 3657 |
| 敬意 | けいい | respect; honour; honor | N/A |
| 経営 | けいえい | management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting | 1330 |
| 計画 | けいかく | plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme | 1039 |
| 景気 | けいき | business conditions; the market; economic activity; economic climate good (economic) times; prosperity; boom liveliness; energy; vigour; vigor; spirit | 2713 |
| 経験 | けいけん | experience | 409 |
| 傾向 | けいこう | tendency; trend; inclination | 1249 |
| 警告 | けいこく | warning; caution; admonition keikoku (penalty in judo) | N/A |
| 計算 | けいさん | calculation; computation; reckoning; counting; adding up; working out; figures consideration; calculation; estimation; expectation | 1293 |
| 掲示 | けいじ | notice; bulletin; post; posting; placard | N/A |
| 刑事 | けいじ | (police) detective criminal matter | 4909 |
| 契約 | けいやく | contract; compact; agreement | 1602 |
| 経由 | けいゆ | going through; going via; going by way of | N/A |
| 怪我 | けが | injury; wound mistake; accident; loss | 1749 |
| 化粧 | けしょう | make-up; makeup; cosmetics decoration; dressing; veneer | 3938 |
| ケチ | stinginess; miserliness; penny-pinching; miser; pinchpenny; skinflint; cheapskate; tightwad; niggard shabby; cheap; mangy; poor; paltry petty; narrow-minded; mean-spirited; small-minded | N/A | |
| 結果 | けっか | result; consequence; outcome; effect as a result of ...; as a consequence of ...; after ...; following ... bearing fruit; fruiting | 351 |
| 結局 | けっきょく | after all; in the end; ultimately; eventually conclusion; end end of a game of go, shogi, etc. | 291 |
| 決心 | けっしん | determination; resolution | 3660 |
| 決定 | けってい | decision; determination | 1117 |
| 欠点 | けってん | fault; defect; flaw; weak point; weakness; shortcoming; drawback failure (in an examination); failing grade | 3580 |
| 結論 | けつろん | conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.) conclusion | 1731 |
| 煙 | けむり | smoke; fumes | 2496 |
| 県 | けん | prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.) | 2045 |
| 券 | けん | ticket; coupon; bond; certificate | N/A |
| 軒 | けん | counter for buildings (esp. houses) suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc. | N/A |
| 見解 | けんかい | opinion; point of view | 3102 |
| 健康 | けんこう | health healthy; sound; fit; wholesome | 667 |
| 検査 | けんさ | inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit | 1454 |
| 建設 | けんせつ | construction; establishment | 2110 |
| 建築 | けんちく | construction; architecture (of buildings) | 3012 |
| 検討 | けんとう | consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion; analysis; review | 983 |
| 見当 | けんとう | estimate; guess; conjecture; aim direction; bearings registration mark (printing) | N/A |
| 憲法 | けんぽう | constitution rules; regulation | 2671 |
| 権利 | けんり | right; privilege | 1291 |
| ケース | case (container) case (instance, situation) case | 1248 | |
| 下 | げ | lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority second volume (of two); third volume (of three) | N/A |
| 芸術 | げいじゅつ | art; the arts | 3481 |
| 劇 | げき | drama; play powerful drug | N/A |
| 劇場 | げきじょう | theatre; theater; playhouse | N/A |
| 月 | げつ | Monday | 2095 |
| 月曜 | げつよう | Monday | N/A |
| 限界 | げんかい | limit; bound | 2415 |
| 現金 | げんきん | cash; ready money; money on hand; currency mercenary; self-interested; calculating | 3722 |
| 言語 | げんご | language | 2512 |
| 現在 | げんざい | the present; present time; now as of present tense | 227 |
| 現象 | げんしょう | phenomenon | 2265 |
| 現実 | げんじつ | reality; actuality; hard fact | 820 |
| 現状 | げんじょう | present condition; existing state; status quo; current state | 1256 |
| 現代 | げんだい | present age; present day; today modern era; modern times | 1638 |
| 現場 | げんば | actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.) (on) site; (on) the ground; (in) the field; job site filming location; (movie) set | 1314 |
| ゲーム | game | 1444 | |
| 恋 | こい | (romantic) love | 2264 |
| 濃い | こい | deep (colour); dark strong (flavour, smell, etc.) thick (consistency); dense | 1930 |
| 恋人 | こいびと | lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend | 2621 |
| 幸運 | こううん | good luck; fortune | 4706 |
| 講演 | こうえん | lecture; address; speech | 4612 |
| 効果 | こうか | effect; effectiveness; efficacy; result effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects) | 819 |
| 硬貨 | こうか | coin hard currency | N/A |
| 高価 | こうか | highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly | 3856 |
| 交換 | こうかん | exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution; replacement; clearing (of checks, cheques) | 2075 |
| 航空 | こうくう | aviation; flying | N/A |
| 光景 | こうけい | scene; spectacle; sight; view | 2240 |
| 貢献 | こうけん | contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause) paying tribute; tribute | 2592 |
| 攻撃 | こうげき | attack; assault; raid; onslaught; offensive criticism; censure; denunciation; condemnation | 1999 |
| 広告 | こうこく | advertisement; advertising announcement; notice | 2344 |
| 後者 | こうしゃ | the latter; the second successor; descendant | 3443 |
| 構成 | こうせい | composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization; organisation | 1403 |
| 高速 | こうそく | high-speed; rapid; express highway; freeway; expressway; motorway | N/A |
| 行動 | こうどう | action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation | 732 |
| 幸福 | こうふく | happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness | 3343 |
| 公平 | こうへい | fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity | N/A |
| 候補 | こうほ | candidate; contender; prospect; pick; choice; list candidacy; candidature; nomination | N/A |
| 考慮 | こうりょ | consideration; taking into account | 2184 |
| 越える | こえる | to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to pass over (out of); to go beyond; to go past to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than) | 586 |
| 氷 | こおり | ice shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup) | 2949 |
| 凍る | こおる | to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over | N/A |
| 呼吸 | こきゅう | breathing; respiration knack; trick; secret (of doing something) harmony; balance; synchronization; accord | 3285 |
| 国語 | こくご | national language Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan) one's native language; mother tongue | 4442 |
| 黒板 | こくばん | blackboard | N/A |
| 克服 | こくふく | conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control | 4346 |
| 国民 | こくみん | people (of a country); nation; citizen; national Democratic Party for the People | 824 |
| 穀物 | こくもつ | grain; cereal; corn | N/A |
| 腰 | こし | lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring | 1140 |
| 個人 | こじん | individual; private person; personal; private natural person | 1012 |
| 越す | こす | to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across to get over (e.g. hardship) to pass time (e.g. a winter) | 3067 |
| 国家 | こっか | state; country; nation | 1861 |
| 国会 | こっかい | National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-) Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947) legislative assembly; parliament; congress | 3174 |
| 国境 | こっきょう | border (between countries); national border Kunizakai | 4078 |
| 骨折 | こっせつ | bone fracture | N/A |
| 小包 | こづつみ | parcel; package | N/A |
| 事 | こと | you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ... thing; matter incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis | 17 |
| 異なる | ことなる | to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge | 873 |
| 諺 | ことわざ | proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim | N/A |
| 断る | ことわる | to refuse; to reject; to dismiss; to turn down; to decline to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from) | 2046 |
| 粉 | こな | flour; meal; powder; dust | 3042 |
| 好み | このみ | liking; taste; fancy; fondness wish; desire; choice; preference | 1903 |
| 好む | このむ | to like; to prefer | 2339 |
| 小麦 | こむぎ | wheat | N/A |
| 小屋 | こや | hut; cabin; shed; (animal) pen small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; circus tent; booth one's own house | 2571 |
| これ等 | これら | these | 491 |
| 頃 | ころ | (approximate) time; around; about; toward suitable time (or condition) time of year; season | 170 |
| 殺す | ころす | to kill; to slay; to murder; to slaughter to suppress; to block; to hamper; to destroy (e.g. talent); to eliminate (e.g. an odour); to spoil (e.g. a flavour); to kill (e.g. one's speed) to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back; to stifle (a yawn, laugh, etc.); to hold (one's breath) | 832 |
| 転ぶ | ころぶ | to fall down; to fall over to turn out; to play out to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize | 4578 |
| 今回 | こんかい | this time; now | 403 |
| 今後 | こんご | from now on; hereafter | 582 |
| 混雑 | こんざつ | congestion; crush; crowding; jam confusion; disorder | N/A |
| こんなに | so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent | N/A | |
| 困難 | こんなん | difficulty; hardship; trouble; distress infeasibility; inability (to carry out) | 1481 |
| 今日は | こんにちは | hello; good day; good afternoon | 4446 |
| 婚約 | こんやく | engagement; betrothal | N/A |
| 混乱 | こんらん | disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem | 3036 |
| コーチ | coach | N/A | |
| コード | code; program code; regulation; rules code; symbol set | N/A | |
| 後 | ご | after | 565 |
| 御 | ご | honorific/polite/humble prefix honorific suffix | 2301 |
| 語 | ご | word; term language speech | 4326 |
| 豪華 | ごうか | extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid; fancy; gorgeous | 4084 |
| 合格 | ごうかく | passing (an exam); pass; success; passing grade meeting (specifications, standards, etc.); passing (inspection); qualification; being found eligible | 2166 |
| 合計 | ごうけい | sum total; total amount | 2298 |
| 強盗 | ごうとう | robber; mugger robbery; burglary | N/A |
| 誤解 | ごかい | misunderstanding | 3053 |
| 語学 | ごがく | study of foreign languages linguistics | N/A |
| ゴミ | rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter | 1132 | |
| 御免なさい | ごめんなさい | I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me | 1961 |
| ゴール | goal (in soccer, hockey, etc.); basket (in basketball) finish line; finishing line; winning post reaching the finish line; finishing (a race) | 4061 |
| Kanji | Reading | Meaning | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 差 | さ | difference; variation difference | 1271 |
| 際 | さい | occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when | 692 |
| 最高 | さいこう | best; supreme; wonderful; finest highest; maximum; most; uppermost; supreme | 1367 |
| 最終 | さいしゅう | last; final; closing last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day) | N/A |
| 最中 | さいちゅう | (in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of | 3420 |
| 最低 | さいてい | least; lowest; minimum worst awful; horrible; nasty; disgusting | 2808 |
| 才能 | さいのう | talent; ability | 3073 |
| 裁判 | さいばん | trial; judgement; judgment | 2655 |
| 幸い | さいわい | happiness; blessedness; luck; fortune; felicity luckily; fortunately | 1832 |
| サイン | autograph; signature sign; signal; indication | 3280 | |
| 境 | さかい | border; boundary turning point; watershed area; region; spot; space; environment | 4441 |
| 逆らう | さからう | to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy | N/A |
| 盛り | さかり | height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); (in) season; full bloom; full swing (of a party, etc.) prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; bloom (being in) heat; rut | N/A |
| 作業 | さぎょう | work; operation; task | 967 |
| 作品 | さくひん | work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus | 541 |
| 作物 | さくもつ | crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products | N/A |
| 桜 | さくら | cherry tree; cherry blossom fake buyer; paid audience; shill; seat filler hired applauder | 1442 |
| 酒 | さけ | alcohol; sake | 596 |
| 叫ぶ | さけぶ | to shout; to cry; to scream; to shriek; to yell; to exclaim to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against) | 1604 |
| 避ける | さける | to avoid (physical contact with) to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to shirk (one's responsibilities) to ward off; to avert | 1221 |
| 支える | ささえる | to support; to prop; to sustain; to underlay; to hold up; to defend to hold at bay; to stem; to check | 1287 |
| 指す | さす | to point to nominate; to select someone; to specify some person to identify; to indicate; to point out | N/A |
| 誘う | さそう | to invite; to ask (someone to do); to call (for); to take (someone) along to tempt; to lure; to entice; to seduce to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy); to provoke | 1581 |
| 作家 | さっか | author; writer; novelist; artist | 2161 |
| 作曲 | さっきょく | composition (of music); setting; writing music | 4945 |
| さっぱり | feeling refreshed; feeling relieved neat; tidy; clean frank; open-hearted; plain; simple; light | 3205 | |
| 札 | さつ | banknote; bill; note; paper money | N/A |
| 偖 | さて | well; now; then | 1062 |
| 砂漠 | さばく | desert | 3972 |
| 差別 | さべつ | distinction; differentiation; discrimination discrimination (against people) | 2936 |
| 作法 | さほう | manners; etiquette; propriety manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making | N/A |
| 様々 | さまざま | various; varied; diverse; all sorts of | 554 |
| 覚ます | さます | to awaken; to arouse from sleep to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of) to sober up | 4817 |
| 覚める | さめる | to wake; to wake up to become sober; to sober up; to regain consciousness (e.g. after anaesthesia) to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned | 3615 |
| 左右 | さゆう | left and right; right and left (asserting) control; influence; domination one's attendants; people accompanying one | 1888 |
| 皿 | さら | plate; dish; platter; disc serving; helping; course kanji radical 108 (at the bottom) | 2207 |
| 更に | さらに | furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more | 254 |
| 去る | さる | to leave; to go away to pass; to elapse to be distant | 2041 |
| 猿 | さる | monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate sly person idiot; hick | 3902 |
| 騒ぎ | さわぎ | uproar; disturbance | N/A |
| 参加 | さんか | participation; joining; entry | 543 |
| 参考 | さんこう | reference; consultation | 1543 |
| 賛成 | さんせい | approval; agreement; support; favour; favor | 3044 |
| 酸素 | さんそ | oxygen (O) | 3251 |
| サービス | service; help; assistance; care; concern discount; discounted item free service; freebie; gift | 1310 | |
| 財産 | ざいさん | property; fortune; assets | 2232 |
| 材料 | ざいりょう | materials; ingredients material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis; evidence; data | 890 |
| 座席 | ざせき | seat | N/A |
| ざっと | roughly; approximately; round about; more or less cursorily; briefly; quickly; lightly; roughly | N/A | |
| 氏 | し | Mr; Mrs; Ms; Miss clan he; him | N/A |
| 詩 | し | poem; poetry; verse Chinese poem | 2034 |
| 幸せ | しあわせ | happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing | 897 |
| 然も | しかも | moreover; furthermore nevertheless; and yet | 456 |
| 叱る | しかる | to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand | 2620 |
| 式 | しき | way; style; fashion; method; system; form; type ceremony; rite; ritual; celebration wedding (ceremony) | 2373 |
| 支給 | しきゅう | provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant | 2975 |
| 頻りに | しきりに | frequently; repeatedly; often; incessantly; constantly eagerly; keenly; strongly; intently hard; terribly; extremely; severely | N/A |
| 刺激 | しげき | stimulus; stimulation; irritation (esp. of the body, e.g. skin, eyes) impetus; impulse; stimulus; spur; incentive; encouragement; stimulation; motivation; provocation excitement; thrill | 1761 |
| 資源 | しげん | resources | 3977 |
| 支出 | ししゅつ | expenditure; disbursement; expenses | 4771 |
| 詩人 | しじん | poet | 4989 |
| 沈む | しずむ | to sink; to go under; to submerge to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to descend to feel depressed; to become subdued; to become somber | 2943 |
| 自然 | しぜん | nature natural; spontaneous; automatic naturally; spontaneously; automatically | 412 |
| 思想 | しそう | thought; idea; ideology | 2442 |
| 舌 | した | tongue tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock); reed (of a musical instrument) | 2828 |
| 従う | したがう | to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow; to observe; to conform to; to yield to to follow (a person); to accompany; to go with to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign) | 982 |
| 従って | したがって | therefore; consequently; accordingly | 857 |
| 支度 | したく | preparation; arrangements | 4930 |
| 親しい | したしい | close (e.g. friend); familiar; friendly; intimate familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one) close (relatives); closely related | 2330 |
| 次第 | しだい | depending on as soon as; immediately after; upon as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand") | 1127 |
| 質 | しつ | quality; value nature; inherent quality; character logical quality | 2422 |
| 失業 | しつぎょう | unemployment losing one's job; becoming unemployed | N/A |
| 失望 | しつぼう | disappointment; despair | N/A |
| 支店 | してん | branch office; branch store | N/A |
| 指導 | しどう | guidance; leadership; instruction; direction; coaching shido (minor penalty in judo) | 1325 |
| 品 | しな | article; item; thing; goods; stock quality flirtatiousness; coquetry | 4222 |
| 支配 | しはい | rule; domination; control direction; management; guidance control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing; influence; sway | 2328 |
| 支払い | しはらい | payment | 3127 |
| 支払う | しはらう | to pay | 1906 |
| 芝居 | しばい | play; drama | 2056 |
| 屡々 | しばしば | often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly | 2318 |
| 芝生 | しばふ | lawn; grass | N/A |
| 資本 | しほん | funds; capital | 3967 |
| 死亡 | しぼう | death; dying; mortality | 2860 |
| 姉妹 | しまい | sisters | N/A |
| 仕舞う | しまう | to finish; to stop; to end; to put an end to; to bring to a close to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to shut down; to shut up to put away; to put back; to keep; to store | 1649 |
| 仕舞った | しまった | darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no! | N/A |
| 示す | しめす | to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to tell; to exemplify; to make apparent to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.) to indicate; to show; to represent; to signify; to display | 449 |
| 占める | しめる | to occupy; to hold to account for; to make up; to take up | 984 |
| 下 | しも | lower reaches (of a river) bottom; lower part lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); urine; menses | N/A |
| 霜 | しも | frost white hair; grey hair; gray hair | N/A |
| 借金 | しゃっきん | debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money number of games under the .500 mark | 2755 |
| 喋る | しゃべる | to talk; to chat; to chatter | 823 |
| 週 | しゅう | week | 1588 |
| 州 | しゅう | state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); county (e.g. of the UK); region (e.g. of Italy); canton; oblast continent province (of Japan) | 4619 |
| 周囲 | しゅうい | surroundings; environs circumference | 1527 |
| 収穫 | しゅうかく | harvest; crop; ingathering fruits (of one's labors); gain; result; returns catch (fishing); bag (hunting); haul | 3597 |
| 週間 | しゅうかん | week | N/A |
| 宗教 | しゅうきょう | religion; religious affiliation; belief; faith; creed religious activity | 1549 |
| 就職 | しゅうしょく | finding employment; getting a job | 1416 |
| 修正 | しゅうせい | amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching; update; fix | 3645 |
| 集団 | しゅうだん | group; mass Shuudan | 2518 |
| 集中 | しゅうちゅう | concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; convergence; focus (of a debate, questions, etc.) within a collection of works | 1842 |
| 収入 | しゅうにゅう | income; earnings; revenue; proceeds; takings; receipts | 2012 |
| 修理 | しゅうり | repair; mending; fixing; servicing | 3553 |
| 主義 | しゅぎ | doctrine; rule; principle; -ism | N/A |
| 宿泊 | しゅくはく | accommodation; lodging | N/A |
| 首相 | しゅしょう | prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier | 3428 |
| 手術 | しゅじゅつ | surgery; operation; procedure skill with one's hands; sleight of hand | 1158 |
| 手段 | しゅだん | means; way; measure | 1606 |
| 主張 | しゅちょう | claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet | 1175 |
| 出身 | しゅっしん | one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school) | 3056 |
| 出席 | しゅっせき | attendance; presence; appearance | 2608 |
| 出発 | しゅっぱつ | departure; leaving; setting off | 1741 |
| 出版 | しゅっぱん | publication | 3234 |
| 首都 | しゅと | capital (city); metropolis | 4234 |
| 主婦 | しゅふ | housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker | 1878 |
| 主要 | しゅよう | chief; main; principal; major | 3634 |
| 種類 | しゅるい | variety; kind; type; category counter for kinds, species, etc. | 881 |
| 瞬間 | しゅんかん | moment; second; instant | 1142 |
| 小 | しょう | smallness; small item short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days) elementary school | N/A |
| 章 | しょう | chapter; section medal; badge; insignia | N/A |
| 賞 | しょう | prize; award | 4533 |
| 障害 | しょうがい | obstacle; impediment; hindrance; barrier; difficulty disorder; defect; disability; handicap; impairment; dysfunction steeplechase | 1655 |
| 奨学金 | しょうがくきん | scholarship; stipend; bursary; grant-in-aid student loan | N/A |
| 正午 | しょうご | noon; midday | 4233 |
| 少々 | しょうしょう | just a minute; small quantity | 1928 |
| 正直 | しょうじき | honest; frank; candid; straightforward honestly; frankly Shoujiki | 1409 |
| 少女 | しょうじょ | girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period) | 2251 |
| 症状 | しょうじょう | symptoms; condition (of a patient) | 1708 |
| 生じる | しょうじる | to produce; to yield; to cause to result from; to arise; to be generated | 883 |
| 招待 | しょうたい | invitation | 4593 |
| 承知 | しょうち | knowledge; awareness acceptance; consent; assent; agreement; compliance; acknowledgment; acknowledgement forgiving; pardoning; excusing | 2177 |
| 衝突 | しょうとつ | collision; crash; impact; running into clash; skirmish; conflict; discord; quarrel; brush | 4315 |
| 商人 | しょうにん | merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper Akindo | N/A |
| 承認 | しょうにん | recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement | 3103 |
| 少年 | しょうねん | boy juvenile; child | 1023 |
| 商売 | しょうばい | trade; business; commerce occupation; calling; profession; job | 2269 |
| 消費 | しょうひ | consumption; expenditure; spending | 3027 |
| 商品 | しょうひん | commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise | 882 |
| 消防 | しょうぼう | fire fighting fire department; fire brigade; firefighter | N/A |
| 証明 | しょうめい | proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification | 1956 |
| 職 | しょく | job; work; employment; occupation; position duties trade; skill | 3961 |
| 職業 | しょくぎょう | occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling; business | 2414 |
| 食事 | しょくじ | meal; dinner diet | 575 |
| 食卓 | しょくたく | dining table | 4297 |
| 食品 | しょくひん | food; food products; foodstuffs | 2401 |
| 植物 | しょくぶつ | plant; vegetation | 1601 |
| 食物 | しょくもつ | food; foodstuff | 4773 |
| 食欲 | しょくよく | appetite (for food) | 4325 |
| 食料 | しょくりょう | food | 2123 |
| 食糧 | しょくりょう | food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply | N/A |
| 書斎 | しょさい | study; library; den; home office; reading room | N/A |
| 署名 | しょめい | signature | 4988 |
| 書物 | しょもつ | book; volume | 4883 |
| 処理 | しょり | processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal | 1480 |
| 書類 | しょるい | document; papers | 2445 |
| 使用 | しよう | use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation | 585 |
| 知らせ | しらせ | news; word; tidings; notice; notification; information omen; foreboding; premonition | N/A |
| 尻 | しり | buttocks; behind; rump; bottom; hips undersurface; bottom last place; end | 2799 |
| 印 | しるし | mark; sign symbol; emblem badge; crest; flag | 4463 |
| 城 | しろ | castle | 2304 |
| 進学 | しんがく | advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.) | 4648 |
| 神経 | しんけい | nerve nerves; sensitivity | 3035 |
| 真剣 | しんけん | serious; earnest real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon) | 1959 |
| 信仰 | しんこう | (religious) faith; belief; creed | 3300 |
| 深刻 | しんこく | serious; severe; grave; acute | 2928 |
| 信号 | しんごう | signal; signalling; signaling traffic light; traffic signal | 3773 |
| 診察 | しんさつ | medical examination; checkup; consultation | 4984 |
| 信じる | しんじる | to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in | 718 |
| 親戚 | しんせき | relative; relation; kin | 2274 |
| 新鮮 | しんせん | fresh | 2243 |
| 心臓 | しんぞう | heart guts; nerve; cheek; gall; spine heart (of something); central part | 2564 |
| 身長 | しんちょう | height (of a person); stature | 3043 |
| 慎重 | しんちょう | careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate | 2984 |
| 心配 | しんぱい | worry; concern; anxiety; uneasiness; fear care; help; aid; assistance | 560 |
| 審判 | しんぱん | judgement; judgment; decision; verdict; sentence refereeing; umpiring; judging judgement (of God) | N/A |
| 進歩 | しんぽ | progress; advance; improvement; development | 2797 |
| 親友 | しんゆう | close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum | 3541 |
| 信用 | しんよう | confidence; trust; faith; reputation credit | 2439 |
| 信頼 | しんらい | trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance | 2096 |
| 心理 | しんり | state of mind; mentality; psychology | 4310 |
| ジェット機 | ジェットき | jet aeroplane; jet airplane | N/A |
| 直に | じかに | directly; in person; firsthand | N/A |
| 時期 | じき | time; season; period; phase; stage | 446 |
| 事件 | じけん | event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal | 547 |
| 時刻 | じこく | time; (the) hour favourable time; opportunity; chance | N/A |
| 自殺 | じさつ | suicide | 2501 |
| 自身 | じしん | (one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself | 3551 |
| 事実 | じじつ | fact; truth; reality | 702 |
| 事情 | じじょう | circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs | 1277 |
| 事態 | じたい | situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances | 1839 |
| 実験 | じっけん | experiment; experimentation | 2217 |
| 実行 | じっこう | execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; action; implementation; fulfillment; realization execution (of a program); run | 1726 |
| 実際 | じっさい | reality; actuality; truth; fact; actual conditions practice (as opposed to theory) truly; really; indeed; actually | 242 |
| 実施 | じっし | enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters); enactment | 581 |
| 凝乎と | じっと | motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think) patiently (endure); stoically | 1676 |
| 実現 | じつげん | implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization; actualisation | 1083 |
| 実は | じつは | as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly | 926 |
| 自動 | じどう | automatic intransitive verb | N/A |
| 自慢 | じまん | pride; boast | 2706 |
| 事務 | じむ | office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs | 3993 |
| 邪魔 | じゃま | hindrance; obstacle; nuisance; disturbance; interruption; interference to visit (someone's home) demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour | 2616 |
| 銃 | じゅう | gun; rifle; small arms | 4546 |
| 重視 | じゅうし | regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on | 2487 |
| 渋滞 | じゅうたい | (traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock delay; stagnation | 4461 |
| 住宅 | じゅうたく | residence; housing; residential building | 2183 |
| 重大 | じゅうだい | serious; important; significant; grave; weighty | 3118 |
| 住民 | じゅうみん | inhabitant; resident; citizen; population | 1985 |
| 重要 | じゅうよう | important; essential; significant; major; key; principal | 485 |
| 需要 | じゅよう | demand; request | 2923 |
| 順 | じゅん | order; turn; sorting obedient; docile; submissive; meek | 2878 |
| 順調 | じゅんちょう | favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right | 3007 |
| 順番 | じゅんばん | order; turn | 2811 |
| 準備 | じゅんび | preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving | 934 |
| ジュース | juice soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink | 4264 | |
| 上 | じょう | from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; with respect to; in terms of; as a matter of; in view of; so far as ... is concerned on; above; on top of; aboard (a ship or vehicle) the best; top; first class; first grade | N/A |
| 乗客 | じょうきゃく | passenger | N/A |
| 状況 | じょうきょう | state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances | 353 |
| 上京 | じょうきょう | going (up) to the capital; going to Tokyo | 4673 |
| 条件 | じょうけん | condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite | 972 |
| 常識 | じょうしき | common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice; social etiquette | 2756 |
| 状態 | じょうたい | state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances | 303 |
| 上達 | じょうたつ | improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank | 4001 |
| 冗談 | じょうだん | joke; jest; funny story | 2856 |
| 上等 | じょうとう | superior; first-class; excellent; top quality (that's) just fine!; bring it on! | N/A |
| 情報 | じょうほう | information; news; report; intelligence information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.) | 473 |
| 女王 | じょおう | queen female champion | N/A |
| 助手 | じょしゅ | assistant; helper assistant (to a professor); research assistant | N/A |
| 徐々 | じょじょ | slow; gradual; steady calm; composed; relaxed | 1879 |
| 女優 | じょゆう | actress; female actor | N/A |
| 人工 | じんこう | artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality | N/A |
| 人種 | じんしゅ | race (of people) type of person | 4124 |
| 人生 | じんせい | (one's) life | 405 |
| 人物 | じんぶつ | person; character; figure; personage; man; woman one's character; one's personality able person; talented person | 1344 |
| 人類 | じんるい | mankind; humanity | 1776 |
| ジーンズ | jeans denim; jean | N/A | |
| 州 | す | sandbank; sandbar | N/A |
| 巣 | す | nest; rookery; breeding place; hive den haunt | 2857 |
| 水準 | すいじゅん | level; standard water level | 3426 |
| 推薦 | すいせん | recommendation; referral; endorsement | N/A |
| スイッチ | switch switch; points switch (from one thing to another); change | 4254 | |
| 睡眠 | すいみん | sleep | 4782 |
| 数 | すう | several; a few; a number of number; quantity; amount counting; calculation; figures; numbers | N/A |
| 数字 | すうじ | numeral; digit; numeric character figure; number a few characters | 1420 |
| 末 | すえ | end; tip; top end (of the year, month, etc.); close youngest child | 2679 |
| 姿 | すがた | figure; form; shape appearance; dress; guise state; condition; picture; image | 444 |
| スキー | skiing ski; skis | 1432 | |
| 空く | すく | to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty to be hungry | 3311 |
| 救う | すくう | to rescue from; to help out of; to save | 2471 |
| 優れる | すぐれる | to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent | 1711 |
| スケート | skating (esp. ice); skate; skates | N/A | |
| 少しも | すこしも | (not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest | N/A |
| 過ごす | すごす | to spend (time); to pass; to lead (a life); to live to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to carry too far; to carry to excess to take care of; to support | 556 |
| 筋 | すじ | source (of information, etc.); circle; channel well-informed person (in a transaction) logical move (in go, shogi, etc.) | 3239 |
| 進める | すすめる | to advance; to move forward; to put (a clock, watch) forward to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to make progress in; to further; to advance; to hasten; to speed up to raise; to elevate; to promote; to develop; to stimulate (e.g. one's appetite) | 677 |
| 勧める | すすめる | to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to encourage; to urge to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.) | 1057 |
| スタイル | (one's) figure; build; physique; shape style | 2312 | |
| スタンド | stands; bleachers stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter) stand (e.g. inkstand) | N/A | |
| スター | star (actor, athlete, etc.); celebrity star (symbol); asterisk (celestial) star | N/A | |
| 素敵 | すてき | lovely; wonderful; nice; great; splendid; marvellous; fantastic; superb | 1516 |
| 既に | すでに | already previously; before undeniably; unmistakably; in the first place | 463 |
| 即ち | すなわち | that is (to say); namely; i.e. precisely; exactly; just; nothing but; neither more nor less (and) then | 922 |
| 素晴らしい | すばらしい | wonderful; splendid; magnificent | 712 |
| スピーチ | speech | 2967 | |
| 全て | すべて | everything; all; the whole entirely; completely; wholly; all | 266 |
| 済ませる | すませる | to finish; to make an end of; to get through with; to let end to make do (with); to manage (with) to resolve; to settle; to bring to a conclusion | N/A |
| 済みません | すみません | excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; I beg your pardon thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much | 1640 |
| 鋭い | するどい | sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; stabbing; cutting (remark, criticism, etc.); stinging; biting; fierce (attack); pointed (question, look, etc.); piercing (gaze); shrill (sound) keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute; sharp (eye, mind, etc.); astute; shrewd; discerning; penetrating (insight, question, etc.); perceptive | 2951 |
| スープ | (Western) soup | 2500 | |
| 図 | ず | drawing; picture; diagram; figure; illustration; chart; graph; map sight; scene | 517 |
| 随分 | ずいぶん | very; extremely; surprisingly; fairly; quite; considerably; awfully; terribly terrible; horrid; contemptible; reprehensible remarkable; extraordinary | 827 |
| ずっと | continuously; the whole time; all the way; throughout much (more); (by) far; far and away; a lot; a great deal far (away); long (ago, before, after) | 253 | |
| 頭痛 | ずつう | headache | N/A |
| 正 | せい | (logical) true; regular 10^40; ten duodecillion original | N/A |
| 背 | せい | height; stature | N/A |
| 所為 | せい | consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault | N/A |
| 性 | せい | nature (of a person) sex; gender sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.) | 4516 |
| 性格 | せいかく | character (of a person); personality; disposition; nature characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.) | 911 |
| 正確 | せいかく | accurate; correct; precise; exact | 1619 |
| 世紀 | せいき | century era of the century (e.g. fight of the century) | N/A |
| 請求 | せいきゅう | claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service) | 2283 |
| 清潔 | せいけつ | clean; hygienic; sanitary pure; virtuous; immaculate | N/A |
| 制限 | せいげん | restriction; restraint; limitation; limit | 2216 |
| 成功 | せいこう | success; achievement succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity | 1105 |
| 正式 | せいしき | formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities) | 3157 |
| 精神 | せいしん | mind; spirit; soul; heart; ethos attitude; mentality; will; intention spirit (of a matter); essence; fundamental significance | 1769 |
| 成人 | せいじん | adult; grownup becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman) | 4438 |
| 成績 | せいせき | results; record; grades; marks | 2343 |
| 精々 | せいぜい | at the most; at best to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can | 3513 |
| 製造 | せいぞう | manufacture; production | 3096 |
| 成長 | せいちょう | growth; development; growing up; becoming an adult growth (of a company, the economy, etc.) | 1019 |
| 制度 | せいど | system; institution; organization; organisation | 1235 |
| 青年 | せいねん | youth; young man | 2946 |
| 製品 | せいひん | manufactured goods; finished goods; product | 1911 |
| 政府 | せいふ | government; administration; ministry | 1037 |
| 生物 | せいぶつ | living thing; organism; creature; life biology | 2437 |
| 生命 | せいめい | life; existence (one's) working life; career life force; lifeblood; soul; essence | 2278 |
| 整理 | せいり | sorting; arrangement; organization; putting in order; adjustment; regulation liquidation; settlement; consolidation; clearance (e.g. debt); paying off retrenchment; curtailment; cutting down; disposal | 2049 |
| 咳 | せき | cough; coughing; tussis | N/A |
| 石炭 | せきたん | coal | N/A |
| 責任 | せきにん | duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff) liability; onus | 951 |
| 石油 | せきゆ | oil; petroleum kerosene; paraffin | 4354 |
| 世間 | せけん | world; society; people; the public | 2092 |
| 積極的 | せっきょくてき | positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive | 1202 |
| 設計 | せっけい | plan; design; layout | 2614 |
| セット | set (of things); combo setting up; preparing; arranging; placing; positioning; configuring; setting (e.g. an alarm) setting (hair) | 2293 | |
| 説 | せつ | theory; doctrine opinion; view rumour; rumor; gossip; hearsay | 2523 |
| 設備 | せつび | equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements | 3021 |
| 節約 | せつやく | economising; saving | 4108 |
| 責める | せめる | to condemn; to blame; to criticize; to criticise; to reproach; to accuse to urge; to press; to pester to torture; to torment; to persecute | 4720 |
| 世話 | せわ | care; looking after; help; assistance; aid trouble; bother good offices; recommendation; introduction | 1270 |
| 専攻 | せんこう | major subject; special study | N/A |
| 選手 | せんしゅ | player (of a sport); athlete; team member | 986 |
| 先日 | せんじつ | the other day; a few days ago | 1396 |
| 選択 | せんたく | choice; selection; option | 952 |
| センター | centre; center center fielder Senta | 4205 | |
| 税 | ぜい | tax | N/A |
| 税金 | ぜいきん | tax; duty | 2625 |
| 贅沢 | ぜいたく | luxury; extravagance to live in luxury; to indulge oneself lavish (use of something); abundant; copious; wasteful | 3254 |
| 絶対 | ぜったい | absolutely; definitely; unconditionally absolute; unconditional; unmistakable absoluteness | 424 |
| 是非 | ぜひ | certainly; without fail right and wrong; pros and cons | 631 |
| 善 | ぜん | good; goodness; right; virtue | N/A |
| 全員 | ぜんいん | all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew | 1341 |
| 全国 | ぜんこく | the whole country | 1268 |
| 前者 | ぜんしゃ | the former; the first | 4249 |
| 前進 | ぜんしん | advance; moving forward; progress | N/A |
| 全然 | ぜんぜん | (not) at all; (not) in the slightest wholly; entirely; completely; totally extremely; very | 306 |
| 全体 | ぜんたい | whole; entirety to begin with; in the first place ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?") | 1088 |
| 騒音 | そうおん | noise; din | N/A |
| 操作 | そうさ | operation; management; handling manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing | 2462 |
| 想像 | そうぞう | imagination; supposition; guess | 925 |
| 相続 | そうぞく | succession inheritance | N/A |
| 相談 | そうだん | consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice | 844 |
| 装置 | そうち | equipment; device; installation; apparatus stage setting | 4667 |
| 相当 | そうとう | corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to appropriate; suitable; befitting; proportionate to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with; to be deserving of; to be worthy of | 981 |
| 速度 | そくど | speed; velocity; pace; rate velocity | 3780 |
| 底 | そこ | bottom; sole | 1760 |
| 其処で | そこで | so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore | 1629 |
| 組織 | そしき | organization; organisation; formation structure; construction; setup; constitution system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.) | 1298 |
| 注ぐ | そそぐ | to pour (into) to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to pour onto; to spray to shed (tears) | 2286 |
| 育つ | そだつ | to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up) | 903 |
| そっくり | all; altogether; entirely; completely exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical; strikingly similar | 3934 | |
| 率土 | そっと | ends of the earth; outer reaches; borderland | 2568 |
| 袖 | そで | sleeve wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.) flap (of a dust jacket) | N/A |
| 備える | そなえる | to furnish with; to equip with; to provide; to install to prepare for; to make preparations for; to make provision for to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with; to be equipped with | 2181 |
| その内 | そのうち | before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them; among others | N/A |
| 其のまま | そのまま | without change; as is just like; extremely similar immediately; just after; without a pause | N/A |
| ソファ | sofa; couch | 3866 | |
| 粗末 | そまつ | crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby; poor-quality; low-quality | N/A |
| 其れ其れ | それぞれ | each; respectively | 367 |
| 其れでも | それでも | but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding | 561 |
| 其れとも | それとも | or; or else | 1492 |
| 損 | そん | loss; damage; harm; unprofitable disadvantage; handicap; drawback; unfavorable | 4042 |
| 損害 | そんがい | damage; injury; loss | 4774 |
| 尊敬 | そんけい | respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor | 2986 |
| 存在 | そんざい | existence; being; presence | 423 |
| 尊重 | そんちょう | respect; esteem; regard | 3624 |
| 象 | ぞう | elephant (Elephantidae spp.) | 4700 |
| 増加 | ぞうか | increase; rise; growth; addition; increment | 800 |
| Kanji | Reading | Meaning | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 田 | た | rice field | N/A |
| 他 | た | other (esp. people and abstract matters) | N/A |
| 体育 | たいいく | physical education; PE; gym (class) | 4005 |
| 体温 | たいおん | body temperature | N/A |
| 大会 | たいかい | mass meeting; convention; rally; conference; assembly; gathering tournament; competition; contest; meet grand event | 2145 |
| 退屈 | たいくつ | tedious; boring; dull; uninteresting; tiresome; monotonous to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of) | N/A |
| 滞在 | たいざい | stay; sojourn | 2749 |
| 大使 | たいし | ambassador | N/A |
| 大した | たいした | considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal | 1900 |
| 対象 | たいしょう | target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage | 618 |
| 対する | たいする | to face (each other); to be facing to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to be related to to receive (a client, etc.) | 1771 |
| 大戦 | たいせん | great war; great battle world war | N/A |
| 態度 | たいど | attitude; manner; behaviour; demeanour; bearing attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance; stand | 1266 |
| 大半 | たいはん | majority; more than half; most (of) mostly; largely; mainly; predominately; nearly | 2954 |
| タイプライター | typewriter | N/A | |
| 逮捕 | たいほ | arrest; apprehension; capture | 2547 |
| 太陽 | たいよう | Sun | 1514 |
| 平ら | たいら | flat; level; even; smooth calm; tranquil; placid; composed; stable relaxed (sitting posture); comfortable | 4429 |
| 大陸 | たいりく | continent continental Asia (esp. mainland China) continental Europe | N/A |
| 倒す | たおす | to throw down; to bring down; to blow down; to fell; to knock down; to set (something) down on its side; to turn (something) on its side; to recline (e.g. a seat) to kill; to defeat; to beat to overthrow; to trip up; to ruin | 3998 |
| タオル | towel | 3801 | |
| 宝 | たから | treasure | N/A |
| 互い | たがい | each other; one another | 647 |
| 宅 | たく | house; home one's house; one's home one's husband | N/A |
| 確かめる | たしかめる | to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify | 2219 |
| 多少 | たしょう | a little; some; somewhat; slightly; to some degree; to some extent amount; quantity; number | 1098 |
| 助ける | たすける | to save; to rescue; to spare to help; to assist to support (financially); to contribute (to); to provide aid | 1282 |
| 戦い | たたかい | battle; war; fight; conflict fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); war (e.g. on drugs); battle (e.g. against nature) contest; competition; match; game | 1633 |
| 戦う | たたかう | to make war (on); to wage war (against); to go to war (with); to fight (with); to do battle (against) to compete (against) to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight; to contend; to resist | 1495 |
| 叩く | たたく | to strike; to hit; to beat; to knock; to pound; to bang; to slap; to spank; to tap; to pat; to clap (one's hands); to play (the drums) to attack; to bash; to criticize; to censure; to flame (on the Internet) to sound out (someone's views) | 1204 |
| 只 | ただ | ordinary; common; usual free of charge unaffected; as is; safe | 1453 |
| 直ちに | ただちに | at once; immediately; right away; without delay directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.) | 3089 |
| 立ち上がる | たちあがる | to stand up; to get up; to rise (to one's feet) to recover; to regain one's energy; to rise to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to start (doing) | 1804 |
| 立場 | たちば | position; situation viewpoint; standpoint; point of view | 772 |
| 達する | たっする | to reach; to get to; to arrive at | 1499 |
| たった | only; merely; but; no more than | 2776 | |
| たっぷり | plentifully; amply; abundantly; copiously; generously; fully; a lot loosely; with room to spare; with enough space; (large) enough a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full; at least; no less than | 1971 | |
| 経つ | たつ | to pass (of time); to elapse | 477 |
| 例え | たとえ | example simile; metaphor; allegory; fable; parable | 1544 |
| 谷 | たに | valley | 4197 |
| 他人 | たにん | another person; other people; others unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood) outsider; stranger | 1075 |
| 種 | たね | seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kernel; stone (e.g. of a peach) progeny; offspring; issue; breed paternal blood; lineage | 2444 |
| 束 | たば | bundle; bunch; sheaf | N/A |
| 度 | たび | time (three times, each time, etc.); times | 969 |
| 旅 | たび | travel; trip; journey | 941 |
| 度々 | たびたび | often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently | 3825 |
| 玉 | たま | gem; jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively); pearl female entertainer (e.g. a geisha) person (when commenting on their nature); character | 3005 |
| 偶々 | たまたま | by chance; by accident; accidentally; happen to (be, do); unexpectedly; casually occasionally; once in a while; now and then | 719 |
| 堪らない | たまらない | intolerable; unbearable; unendurable irresistible; tremendous; out of this world cannot help (doing); cannot but do; anxious to do; cannot get enough of | N/A |
| 試し | ためし | trial; test | N/A |
| 試す | ためす | to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test | 1854 |
| 便り | たより | news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter | N/A |
| 頼る | たよる | to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help) | 2633 |
| 単位 | たんい | unit; denomination credit (in school) in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of | 3105 |
| 単語 | たんご | word; vocabulary | 3338 |
| 単純 | たんじゅん | simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive | 1591 |
| 誕生 | たんじょう | birth; creation; formation | 1825 |
| 担当 | たんとう | being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.) | 1564 |
| 単なる | たんなる | mere; simple; sheer | 2399 |
| 単に | たんに | simply; merely; only; solely | 1496 |
| 題 | だい | title; subject; theme; topic problem (on a test); question counter for questions (on a test) | N/A |
| 台 | だい | stand; rest; base; pedestal; platform; table; holder; support; rack setting (of a gem); mounting stock (in grafting) | 4165 |
| 代金 | だいきん | price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee | N/A |
| 大臣 | だいじん | cabinet minister | 2595 |
| 大統領 | だいとうりょう | president (of a country) big man; boss; buddy; mate | 3578 |
| 代表 | だいひょう | representation; representative; delegate; delegation exemplification; typification; being representative of; being typical of; representative example; exemplar; model leader | 1458 |
| 大部分 | だいぶぶん | most part; greater part; majority | 3439 |
| ダイヤ | diamond | N/A | |
| 代理 | だいり | representation; agency; proxy proxy; agent; representative; deputy; substitute; surrogate; stand-in | N/A |
| だが | but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that | 612 | |
| だけど | but; however; although | 3889 | |
| だって | after all; because but even | 2193 | |
| 黙る | だまる | to be silent; to say nothing | 1684 |
| 駄目 | だめ | no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless cannot; must not; not allowed | 476 |
| 段 | だん | matter; occasion degree; extent counter for breaks in written language or speech | N/A |
| 男子 | だんし | boy man; male | 2944 |
| ダンス | dance; dancing | 4122 | |
| 団体 | だんたい | group; party; team organization; organisation; association; group; body; society Dantai | 2174 |
| 地 | ち | earth; ground; land; soil place territory | 1267 |
| 地位 | ちい | (social) position; status; standing position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank | 2416 |
| 地域 | ちいき | area; region; district; locality | 508 |
| 知恵 | ちえ | wisdom; wit; sagacity; sense; intelligence prajna (insight leading to enlightenment) | 2463 |
| 地下 | ちか | underground; below the ground world of the dead; the grave underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret; illegal; in hiding | 3143 |
| 近頃 | ちかごろ | lately; recently; nowadays terribly; awfully; extremely | 4283 |
| 違い | ちがい | difference; distinction; discrepancy mistake; error | 649 |
| 違いない | ちがいない | sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt | N/A |
| 地球 | ちきゅう | Earth; the globe | 1010 |
| 地区 | ちく | district; area; zone; quarter; section; region | 3665 |
| 遅刻 | ちこく | lateness; tardiness; arriving late | N/A |
| 知識 | ちしき | knowledge; information | 1097 |
| 知事 | ちじ | prefectural governor | N/A |
| 父親 | ちちおや | father | 662 |
| 知能 | ちのう | intelligence; intellect; brains | N/A |
| 地平線 | ちへいせん | horizon (related to land) | N/A |
| 地方 | ちほう | district; region; area; locality the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area civilian society | 1280 |
| 茶 | ちゃ | tea tea plant (Camellia sinensis) tea preparation; making tea | 816 |
| チャンス | chance; opportunity | 1870 | |
| ちゃんと | diligently; seriously; earnestly; reliably; steadily; legitimately perfectly; properly; exactly; orderly; punctually; regularly; safely; in good condition sufficiently; satisfactorily | 533 | |
| 注 | ちゅう | annotation; explanatory note; comment | 1302 |
| 中 | ちゅう | medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); middle in; within; out of (e.g. ten people); among during; while; in (the course of); within (a period); throughout | N/A |
| 中央 | ちゅうおう | centre; center; middle; heart capital; seat of government Chuuou | 2279 |
| 中学 | ちゅうがく | junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school | 1317 |
| 中古 | ちゅうこ | used; second-hand; old Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period) | N/A |
| 中止 | ちゅうし | interruption; discontinuance; suspension; stoppage cancellation (of a planned event); calling off | 3334 |
| 駐車 | ちゅうしゃ | parking (a vehicle) | N/A |
| 昼食 | ちゅうしょく | lunch; midday meal | 3958 |
| 中心 | ちゅうしん | center; centre; middle; heart; core; focus; pivot; emphasis; balance -centered; -centred; -focused; -oriented; centered on; focused on | 525 |
| 注目 | ちゅうもく | notice; attention; observation | 1363 |
| 注文 | ちゅうもん | order (for an item) request; demand; condition | 2061 |
| 長期 | ちょうき | long-term | 4351 |
| 調査 | ちょうさ | investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey | 989 |
| 調子 | ちょうし | tune; tone; key; pitch; time; rhythm vein; mood; way; manner; style; knack condition; state of health; shape | 1599 |
| 頂上 | ちょうじょう | top; summit; peak | 4781 |
| 頂戴 | ちょうだい | receiving; getting; accepting; being given eating; drinking; having please (give me; do for me) | N/A |
| 貯金 | ちょきん | putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank) accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank | 4181 |
| 直接 | ちょくせつ | direct; immediate; personal; firsthand | 817 |
| 著者 | ちょしゃ | author (usu. of a particular book); writer | 4036 |
| チーズ | cheese tee (piping); T-joint cheese (said when taking a photograph) | 3484 | |
| チーム | team | 1237 | |
| 対 | つい | pair; couple; set antithesis counter for items that come in pairs | 1488 |
| 遂に | ついに | finally; in the end; at last in the end; after all; never (happened) | 1501 |
| 通過 | つうか | passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); transit passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing; getting through (a preliminary round); qualification | 3075 |
| 通行 | つうこう | passage (of people or vehicles); passing (through); traffic common usage; widespread use | N/A |
| 通信 | つうしん | correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications | 4327 |
| 通じる | つうじる | 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 | 1217 |
| 捕まる | つかまる | to be caught; to be arrested to hold on to; to grasp to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi) | 3454 |
| 掴む | つかむ | to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to clutch; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on to obtain; to acquire; to get; to win; to capture to understand; to grasp; to comprehend | 1672 |
| 疲れ | つかれ | tiredness; fatigue | 3208 |
| 月 | つき | Moon month moonlight | 937 |
| 付き合い | つきあい | association; socializing; socialising; fellowship | 1437 |
| 次々 | つぎつぎ | in succession; one by one | 1809 |
| 就く | つく | to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to be hired; to be employed to ascend (the throne); to accede to start (on a journey); to commence; to depart | N/A |
| 注ぐ | つぐ | to pour (into a vessel); to fill (a cup, bowl, etc.) with; to dish out (food or drink) | N/A |
| 土 | つち | earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud) | 1489 |
| 包み | つつみ | bundle; package; parcel counter for wrapped objects | N/A |
| 続き | つづき | continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); next installment; sequel flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story) succession (of); sequence; series; spell; stretch; streak; run | N/A |
| 勤め | つとめ | service; duty; business; responsibility; task Buddhist religious services | N/A |
| 繋ぐ | つなぐ | to connect; to link together to tie; to fasten; to restrain to maintain; to preserve; to keep | 1836 |
| 常に | つねに | always; constantly | N/A |
| 角 | つの | horn; antler antenna; feeler; tentacle (e.g. of a snail) horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream) | N/A |
| 翼 | つばさ | wing Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) counter for birds or bird wings | N/A |
| 詰まり | つまり | that is to say; that is; in other words; I mean; that (this, it) means in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it; basically clogging; obstruction; stuffing; (degree of) blockage | 421 |
| 罪 | つみ | crime; sin; wrongdoing; indiscretion penalty; sentence; punishment fault; responsibility; culpability | 2172 |
| 詰める | つめる | to do completely; to do thoroughly to force someone into a difficult situation by ... to stuff into; to jam; to cram; to pack; to fill; to plug; to stop up | 2831 |
| 梅雨 | つゆ | (East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July) rain during the rainy season | N/A |
| 辛い | つらい | painful; bitter; heart-breaking; difficult (emotionally) tough; difficult; hard (usu. of situations) cruel; harsh; cold | 522 |
| 釣り | つり | fishing; angling change (for a purchase) clickbaiting | 2140 |
| 連れ | つれ | companion; company tritagonist; second supporting character | N/A |
| 提案 | ていあん | proposal; proposition; suggestion | 1830 |
| 定期 | ていき | fixed period; fixed term regular; periodic; periodical fixed-term commuter pass | N/A |
| 抵抗 | ていこう | resistance; opposition; standing up to reluctance; repulsion; repugnance resistance; drag; friction | 2325 |
| 提出 | ていしゅつ | presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in | 1421 |
| 程度 | ていど | degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about; approximately | 460 |
| 停留所 | ていりゅうじょ | stop (bus, tram, etc.); station; stopping place | N/A |
| 敵 | てき | opponent; rival; adversary menace; danger; threat; enemy | 1465 |
| 適する | てきする | to fit; to suit | 3146 |
| 適切 | てきせつ | appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right; pertinent; relevant | 1758 |
| 適度 | てきど | moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable | 4943 |
| 適用 | てきよう | application (of a rule, law, method, etc.) | 1548 |
| 手品 | てじな | magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand | N/A |
| 徹底 | てってい | thoroughness; completeness; consistency thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception | 3137 |
| 鉄 | てつ | iron (Fe) steel iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.) | 2650 |
| 哲学 | てつがく | philosophy | 4218 |
| 手伝い | てつだい | helper; assistant help; assistance | 2859 |
| 鉄道 | てつどう | railroad; railway; rail transport | 3017 |
| 徹夜 | てつや | staying up all night | N/A |
| 手間 | てま | time; labour; labor | 3180 |
| 典型 | てんけい | type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype; perfect example | N/A |
| 天候 | てんこう | weather | 4412 |
| テント | tent | 2313 | |
| 天然 | てんねん | nature; spontaneity natural airhead | N/A |
| 出会い | であい | meeting; rendezvous; encounter meeting for the first time; coming across confluence | 1728 |
| 出会う | であう | to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.) to emerge and engage (an enemy) | 964 |
| 出来事 | できごと | occurrence; happening; incident; event | 1193 |
| 出来るだけ | できるだけ | as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible | N/A |
| ですから | so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why; for that reason | 376 | |
| デモ | demonstration; protest (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation | N/A | |
| 電子 | でんし | electron electronic | N/A |
| 伝統 | でんとう | tradition; convention | 2464 |
| デート | date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night date (day) | 3861 | |
| と | if; when and with | N/A | |
| ト | 7th (in a sequence denoted by the iroha system) G (note) | N/A | |
| 問い | とい | question; query | 3701 |
| 党 | とう | party (political) person who is fond of; fan of | N/A |
| 塔 | とう | tower; steeple; spire stupa; pagoda; dagoba | 4965 |
| 答案 | とうあん | examination paper; examination script; answer sheet answer (to an exam question) | N/A |
| 当時 | とうじ | at that time; in those days Touji | 274 |
| 到着 | とうちゃく | arrival | 1849 |
| 投票 | とうひょう | voting; ballot; poll; vote | N/A |
| 通す | とおす | to force to accept; to force agreement to continue (in a state); to persist in to do to the entirety of; to cover all of; to span the whole ... | 898 |
| 通り | とおり | Toori street; road; avenue; thoroughfare traffic; coming and going | 406 |
| 通り過ぎる | とおりすぎる | to go past; to pass; to pass by | 3763 |
| 都会 | とかい | city Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly | 1945 |
| 時 | とき | time; hour; moment occasion; case chance; opportunity; season | 54 |
| 解く | とく | to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo; to unbind; to unpack to unsew; to unstitch to solve; to work out; to answer | 3070 |
| 得意 | とくい | satisfaction; pride; triumph; elation one's strong point; one's forte; one's specialty regular customer; regular client; patron | 1913 |
| 特徴 | とくちょう | feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction | 833 |
| 解ける | とける | to be solved; to be resolved to loosen; to come untied; to come undone to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban); to be broken (spells, curses, etc.) | N/A |
| 所が | ところが | even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless; on the contrary; as a matter of fact; despite | 552 |
| 所で | ところで | by the way; incidentally; well; now even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.) | 2155 |
| 登山 | とざん | mountain climbing; mountaineering; ascent of a mountain | N/A |
| 都市 | とし | town; city; municipal; urban | 1569 |
| 年月 | としつき | months and years | N/A |
| 図書 | としょ | books | N/A |
| 年寄り | としより | old person; elderly person; senior citizen trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate) | 3282 |
| 閉じる | とじる | to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut | 2055 |
| 途端 | とたん | just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that | 2004 |
| 土地 | とち | plot of land; lot; soil locality; region; place | 745 |
| トップ | top top position senior management; senior bureaucrat | 2354 | |
| 突然 | とつぜん | abrupt; sudden; unexpected | 852 |
| 届く | とどく | to reach; to touch; to get to; to carry (of sound) to be delivered; to arrive to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to be thorough | 1146 |
| 兎に角 | とにかく | anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case; at least; just setting aside ...; regardless of ... really; truly; certainly; definitely; undeniably | 381 |
| 飛ばす | とばす | to attack (e.g. with a leg manoeuvre) to do vigorously; to do roughly; to do energetically to let fly; to make fly; to send flying; to blow off (e.g. in the wind); to launch; to fire; to hurl; to shoot | 2732 |
| 飛び出す | とびだす | to jump out; to leap out; to fly out; to run out; to rush out; to bolt out to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to come out to protrude; to project; to jut out; to stick out | 2367 |
| 友 | とも | friend; companion; comrade; pal accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement; accessory | 3789 |
| 共に | ともに | together; jointly at the same time; with; as ...; including; along with both | N/A |
| トラック | truck; lorry | 2502 | |
| トランプ | (Western) playing cards | N/A | |
| 取り上げる | とりあげる | to pick up to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to accept; to listen to to take issue with; to make a problem of; to bring up (as a point of criticism) | 1258 |
| 取れる | とれる | to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.) to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to come out (of a stain); to come off (e.g. of dust); to be removed (e.g. of wrinkles) to be harvested; to be picked; to be produced; to be caught (of fish); to be obtained; to be extracted | 570 |
| 屯 | トン | ton (esp. a metric ton, i.e. 1000 kg); tonne | N/A |
| とんでもない | unthinkable; unexpected; absurd; outrageous; preposterous; terrible absolutely not!; far from it!; impossible!; preposterous!; what a thing to say!; no way! (it was) no bother at all; not at all; don't mention it | N/A | |
| トンネル | tunnel to tunnel (through a potential barrier) letting a grounder go through one's legs | 4642 | |
| 度 | ど | degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.) counter for occurrences strength (of glasses); glasses prescription | N/A |
| 度 | ど | precisely; exactly; plumb; totally; very much damn; stupid; cursed | N/A |
| 同一 | どういつ | identical; same; one and the same; equal fair; equal treatment; without discrimination | 4901 |
| 銅貨 | どうか | copper coin | N/A |
| 動詞 | どうし | verb | N/A |
| 如何しても | どうしても | by all means; at any cost; no matter what; at any rate; surely whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; willy-nilly on no account; by no means | 510 |
| 同時 | どうじ | same time simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous | 605 |
| 道徳 | どうとく | morals; morality | N/A |
| 同様 | どうよう | same; similar; (just) like; equal | 945 |
| 同僚 | どうりょう | coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate | 3467 |
| 道路 | どうろ | road; highway | 1072 |
| 毒 | どく | poison; toxicant harm; evil influence ill will; spite; malice | N/A |
| 読書 | どくしょ | reading (books) | 4006 |
| 独身 | どくしん | single; unmarried | 4860 |
| 独特 | どくとく | peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic understood only by oneself | 2743 |
| 独立 | どくりつ | independence; self-reliance; supporting oneself; being on one's own independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom separation; isolation | 2011 |
| 何処か | どこか | somewhere in some respects; in some way | N/A |
| ドライブ | drive; trip by car; driving to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car to drive (e.g. a car) | 4318 | |
| ドラマ | (non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; play drama; dramatic incident; spectacle; tragedy Dhrama (Greece) | 1611 | |
| 努力 | どりょく | effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving | 799 |
| ドレス | dress | N/A | |
| 泥 | どろ | mud; (wet) dirt thief Android (mobile operating system) | N/A |
| どんな | what kind of; what sort of; what no matter what (kind of); whatever; any; all | 322 | |
| どんなに | how; how much; to what extent no matter how (much); however | N/A |
| Kanji | Reading | Meaning | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 名 | な | name; given name title fame; renown; reputation | 995 |
| 内容 | ないよう | contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import | 407 |
| 直 | なお | straight ordinary; common doing nothing | 639 |
| 仲 | なか | relation; relationship | 1821 |
| 中々 | なかなか | very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather by no means; not readily middle; half-way point | 297 |
| 半ば | なかば | middle; halfway; midway half (of); one half half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly; in part; partially | 3307 |
| 仲間 | なかま | companion; fellow; friend; mate; comrade; partner; colleague; coworker; associate group; company; circle; set; gang member of the same category (family, class) | 1095 |
| 流す | ながす | to exile; to banish to hit (the ball) to the opposite field to do inattentively; to do without concentrating; to put little effort into doing | 1054 |
| 眺め | ながめ | scene; view; prospect; outlook | N/A |
| 眺める | ながめる | to look at; to gaze at; to watch; to stare at to look out over; to get a view of; to admire (e.g. the scenery) to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch; to observe | 1197 |
| 流れ | ながれ | flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; current flow (of people, things); passage (of time); tide; passing; (changing) trends; tendency course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; process | 902 |
| 流れる | ながれる | to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to run (ink) to be washed away; to be carried to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to wander; to stray | 674 |
| 無し | なし | without unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory nonexistent | 1061 |
| 何故なら | なぜなら | because; the reason is; if you want to know why | N/A |
| 謎 | なぞ | riddle; puzzle; enigma; mystery enigmatic; mysterious | 2988 |
| 納得 | なっとく | consent; agreement; acceptance understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced | 1297 |
| 何か | なにか | something; some; any somehow; for some reason (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)? | N/A |
| 何も | なにも | (not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any; nothing and everything else; and all (not) at all; (not) in the least; (not) especially; (not) to that extent | N/A |
| 鍋 | なべ | pan; pot; saucepan stew; hot pot | 1622 |
| 生 | なま | insufficient; incomplete; half-baked; half-hearted; perfunctory cash tipsiness | 1767 |
| 怠ける | なまける | to be lazy; to be idle; to slack to neglect (e.g. one's work); to be neglectful of; to skip (e.g. school) | N/A |
| 波 | なみ | wave ups and downs | 1820 |
| 涙 | なみだ | tear; tears; lachrymal secretion sympathy | 1123 |
| 悩む | なやむ | to be worried; to be troubled | 1188 |
| 何で | なんで | why?; what for? how?; by what means? | N/A |
| 何でも | なんでも | any; anything; whatever; whatever one likes; everything; all I am told; I hear; I understand; they say | 1626 |
| 何とか | なんとか | something; something or other; so-and-so somehow; anyhow; one way or another | 1210 |
| 似合う | にあう | to suit; to match; to become; to be like | 4107 |
| 匂い | におい | smell; scent; odour; odor; stench aura; whiff; smack; flavour; flavor; mood faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword | 1081 |
| 苦手 | にがて | poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at) not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite | 2311 |
| 握る | にぎる | to clasp; to grasp; to grip; to clutch to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to be the key; to be the reason to seize (power); to hold (the reins); to dominate; to control | 1727 |
| 日 | にち | Sunday nth day (of the month) counter for days | N/A |
| 日常 | にちじょう | everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular | 2167 |
| 日曜 | にちよう | Sunday | 4382 |
| 日光 | にっこう | sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams Nikkō (city in Tochigi) | N/A |
| にっこり | sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning) | N/A | |
| 日中 | にっちゅう | daytime; during the day Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese Nicchuu | 4944 |
| 日本 | にほん | Japan | 120 |
| 入場 | にゅうじょう | entrance; entering; admission; admittance | N/A |
| 人気 | にんき | popularity; public favor condition (e.g. market); tone; character; nature | 1065 |
| 人間 | にんげん | human being; human; person; man; mankind; humankind character (of a person) | 180 |
| 抜く | ぬく | to cut out (a shape); to create (a pattern) by dying the surrounding area to seize; to capture; to reduce to scoop (a story) | 1463 |
| 抜ける | ぬける | to come out; to fall out; to be omitted; to be missing; to escape; to come loose to fade; to discolour to wear a hole (e.g. clothes) | 1470 |
| 布 | ぬの | cloth; fabric; material; textile bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China) | 2436 |
| 根 | ね | root (of a plant) root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.) root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis | 2438 |
| 願い | ねがい | desire; wish; hope request; entreaty; plea; appeal prayer | 2113 |
| 願う | ねがう | to desire; to wish; to hope to beg; to request; to implore; to pray to have something done for oneself | 462 |
| 鼠 | ねずみ | mouse; rat dark gray; slate gray | 3720 |
| 熱心 | ねっしん | zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager | 3190 |
| 熱帯 | ねったい | tropics | N/A |
| 熱中 | ねっちゅう | being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to | N/A |
| 年間 | ねんかん | (period of) a year during the era (of) | 2611 |
| 年中 | ねんじゅう | whole year; all year round; throughout the year always; all the time; perpetually during an era | N/A |
| 年代 | ねんだい | age; era; period; date | 2649 |
| 年齢 | ねんれい | age; years | 1058 |
| 野 | の | plain; field hidden (structural) member wild | N/A |
| 能 | のう | talent; gift; function noh (theatre) | N/A |
| 農家 | のうか | farmer; farming family farmhouse School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists | 2449 |
| 農業 | のうぎょう | agriculture; farming | 2441 |
| 農民 | のうみん | farmer; peasant | 4375 |
| 能力 | のうりょく | ability; faculty | 1299 |
| 軒 | のき | eaves narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building | N/A |
| 残す | のこす | to leave (behind) to leave (undone); to not finish to save; to set aside; to reserve | 392 |
| 残り | のこり | remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers | 1724 |
| 乗せる | のせる | to place on (something) to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up; to help on board to load (luggage); to carry; to take on board | 781 |
| 除く | のぞく | to remove; to get rid of; to take away; to eliminate to exclude; to except; to leave out; to omit to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.) | 1824 |
| 望み | のぞみ | wish; desire; hope prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes | N/A |
| 望む | のぞむ | to desire; to want; to wish for; to hope for to expect (of someone); to hope for; to look forward to to see; to command (a view of); to overlook | 1547 |
| 後 | のち | later; afterwards future after one's death | 1598 |
| ノック | knock; knocking fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil) | N/A | |
| 喉 | のど | throat singing voice gutter (inner margins of a book) | 2129 |
| 伸ばす | のばす | to grow long (e.g. hair, nails) to lengthen; to extend; to stretch to reach out; to hold out | 1149 |
| 伸びる | のびる | to stretch; to extend; to lengthen; to grow (of hair, height, grass, etc.) to straighten out; to be flattened; to become smooth to spread (of paint, cream, etc.) | 1184 |
| 述べる | のべる | to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention | 630 |
| のんびり | at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully | 2319 | |
| ノー | no no; without; not needed; not allowed | N/A |
| Kanji | Reading | Meaning | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| はあ | yes; indeed; well ha! what?; huh? | 2656 | |
| 灰 | はい | ash; ashes | 502 |
| ハイキング | hiking | N/A | |
| 配達 | はいたつ | delivery | N/A |
| 俳優 | はいゆう | actor; actress; player; performer | 4290 |
| 墓 | はか | grave; gravesite; tomb | 2378 |
| 博士 | はかせ | expert; learned person doctor; PhD; Dr. instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period) | N/A |
| 計る | はかる | to measure; to weigh; to survey; to time (sound, gauge, estimate) to conjecture; to infer; to surmise | N/A |
| 測る | はかる | to measure; to weigh; to survey; to time (sound, gauge, estimate) to conjecture; to infer; to surmise | 2845 |
| 吐く | はく | to vomit; to throw up; to spit up to emit; to send forth; to breathe out to give (an opinion); to make (a comment); to express; to tell | 2290 |
| 履く | はく | to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear to affix (a sword to one's hip) to affix (a bowstring to a bow) | 1828 |
| 拍手 | はくしゅ | clapping hands; applause clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine) | N/A |
| 博物館 | はくぶつかん | museum Hakubutsukan | N/A |
| 激しい | はげしい | violent; furious; tempestuous extreme; intense; fierce; strong fervent; vehement | 1015 |
| 鋏 | はさみ | scissors; shears; clippers hole punch | N/A |
| 破産 | はさん | bankruptcy; insolvency | N/A |
| 端 | はし | end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge; margin beginning; start; first odds and ends; scrap; odd bit; least | 2255 |
| 始まり | はじまり | origin; beginning; start | 3069 |
| 外す | はずす | to remove; to take off; to detach; to unfasten; to undo to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to exclude; to expel to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to step out; to slip away | 1625 |
| 旗 | はた | flag pataka (banner) banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia) | N/A |
| 畑 | はたけ | field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; vegetable plot; kitchen garden; plantation field (of specialization); sphere; area; line womb; birth; birthplace | 1827 |
| 働き | はたらき | work; labor; labour achievement; performance; ability; talent salary; income; earnings | 2185 |
| 肌 | はだ | skin body (in the context of intimate bodily contact) surface; grain (e.g. of wood); texture | 1706 |
| 裸 | はだか | nakedness; nudity bareness; nakedness; baldness; being uncovered being penniless | 3984 |
| 発見 | はっけん | discovery; detection; finding | 843 |
| 発行 | はっこう | publication (of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); issue issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.) raising (an event) | 2280 |
| 発車 | はっしゃ | departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving | N/A |
| 発達 | はったつ | development; growth | 1631 |
| 発展 | はってん | development; growth; expansion; extension; flourishing development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; progression; unfolding playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life | 914 |
| 発表 | はっぴょう | announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known; breaking (news story); expressing (one's opinion); releasing; unveiling | 992 |
| 発明 | はつめい | invention intelligent; clever; smart | 3704 |
| 話し合う | はなしあう | to discuss; to talk together | 2285 |
| 放す | はなす | to release; to let go; to free; to set free; to let loose; to turn loose to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc. | N/A |
| 離す | はなす | to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart | 3188 |
| 離れる | はなれる | to be separated; to be apart; to be distant to leave; to go away to leave (a job, etc.); to quit; to give up | 579 |
| 羽 | はね | feather; plume; down wing blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.) | N/A |
| 母親 | ははおや | mother | 550 |
| 幅 | はば | width; breadth freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude gap; difference (e.g. in price); range (e.g. of voice) | 2006 |
| 省く | はぶく | to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to eliminate to curtail; to save; to cut down; to economize; to economise | N/A |
| 腹 | はら | counter for hard roe counter for containers with bulging middles (pots, vases, etc.) abdomen; belly; stomach | 1427 |
| 原 | はら | field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness | N/A |
| 針 | はり | needle; pin hook stinger; thorn | 2517 |
| 範囲 | はんい | extent; scope; sphere; range; span | 1551 |
| 反抗 | はんこう | opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion | N/A |
| ハンサム | handsome | N/A | |
| 犯罪 | はんざい | crime; offence; offense | 1739 |
| 判断 | はんだん | judgment; judgement; decision; conclusion; adjudication divination judgement | 801 |
| 犯人 | はんにん | offender; criminal; culprit | 1737 |
| 販売 | はんばい | sale; sales; selling; marketing | 1652 |
| 場 | ば | place; spot; space field; discipline; sphere; realm occasion; situation | 615 |
| バイオリン | violin | N/A | |
| 馬鹿 | ばか | idiot; moron; fool stupid; foolish; dull; absurd; ridiculous trivial; insignificant; disappointing | 1162 |
| 麦酒 | ばくしゅ | beer | N/A |
| 莫大 | ばくだい | vast; huge; immense; enormous; colossal malva nut (Scaphium affine) | N/A |
| 爆発 | ばくはつ | explosion; detonation; blast; blowing up; eruption outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent) | 3654 |
| バッグ | bag | 3737 | |
| 罰する | ばっする | to punish; to penalize; to penalise | N/A |
| ばったり | with a clash; with a thud; with a bang; with a flop; plump unexpectedly (meeting someone) suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt) | N/A | |
| 場面 | ばめん | scene; setting; place (where something happens); scenario; case scene (in a movie, play); shot state of the market | 1654 |
| バン | bun (hairstyle) Van (Turkey); Bang; Wend | N/A | |
| 番 | ばん | number (in a series) (one's) turn watch; guard; lookout | N/A |
| パイプ | pipe; tube (tobacco) pipe cigarette holder | N/A | |
| パイロット | pilot | N/A | |
| パス | passing (an examination, inspection, etc.) pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket pass (of a ball) | 3951 | |
| パスポート | passport | 4683 | |
| パーセント | percent; per cent; percentage | N/A | |
| 灯 | ひ | light; lamp | N/A |
| 比較 | ひかく | comparison | 1358 |
| 被害 | ひがい | (suffering) damage; injury; harm | 1439 |
| 轢く | ひく | to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down | N/A |
| 悲劇 | ひげき | tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play tragedy; calamity; disaster | 4299 |
| 飛行 | ひこう | flight; flying; aviation | N/A |
| 膝 | ひざ | knee lap; knee and thigh (while sitting) | 1829 |
| 非常 | ひじょう | emergency extreme; great; extraordinary; remarkable; unusual; terrible; severe | 129 |
| 額 | ひたい | forehead; brow | N/A |
| 必死 | ひっし | frantic; frenetic; desperate inevitable death brinkmate (inevitable checkmate) | 1958 |
| 引っ張る | ひっぱる | to quote; to cite; to reference to pull the ball to wear; to put on | 2303 |
| 日付 | ひづけ | date; dating | 4448 |
| 否定 | ひてい | denial; negation; repudiation; disavowal negation NOT operation | 1978 |
| 一言 | ひとこと | single word; a few words; brief comment | 1233 |
| 人ごみ | ひとごみ | crowd of people | N/A |
| 等しい | ひとしい | equal; identical; the same no different (from); just like; equivalent | 3896 |
| 一人一人 | ひとりひとり | each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn | 2108 |
| 批判 | ひはん | criticism; judgement; judgment; comment | 1740 |
| 批評 | ひひょう | criticism; critique; review; commentary | N/A |
| 秘密 | ひみつ | secret; secrecy; confidentiality; privacy mystery secret (e.g. to success) | 2395 |
| 紐 | ひも | string; cord leash man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; pimp | 3195 |
| 表 | ひょう | table; chart; list memorial to an emperor | 928 |
| 評価 | ひょうか | valuation; appraisal; evaluation; assessment; estimation; rating; judging appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement; rating highly; praising | 748 |
| 表現 | ひょうげん | expression; representation; description representation (of a group) | 766 |
| 表情 | ひょうじょう | facial expression; countenance look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.) | 1124 |
| 評判 | ひょうばん | reputation; (public) estimation; popularity rumour; rumor; talk (e.g. of the town) fame; notoriety | 2990 |
| 表面 | ひょうめん | surface; face outside; exterior appearances; superficiality | 2211 |
| 費用 | ひよう | cost; expense | 1570 |
| 広がる | ひろがる | to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space) | 891 |
| 品 | ひん | elegance; grace; refinement; class; dignity article; item counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant) | N/A |
| 美人 | びじん | beautiful woman; (a) beauty | 4352 |
| 吃驚 | びっくり | to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be astonished; to get startled; to jump surprise (e.g. surprise party) | 734 |
| ビデオ | video (esp. a televised image) videotape; VHS tape; videocassette videocassette recorder; VCR | 1757 | |
| 微妙 | びみょう | subtle; delicate; fine difficult; complex; tricky; delicate (situation, position, etc.); close (e.g. decision) doubtful; questionable; dicey | 2228 |
| 秒 | びょう | second (unit of time) arc second | N/A |
| 平等 | びょうどう | equality; impartiality; evenness Byoudou | 3401 |
| 便 | びん | flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); service mail; post; letter opportunity; chance | N/A |
| 瓶 | びん | bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial | 3933 |
| ビール | beer Biel (Switzerland); Bir (India); Beal; Beale; Bier | 1663 | |
| ピクニック | picnic outing; hike | N/A | |
| ぴったり | tightly; closely exactly; precisely suddenly (stopping) | 2779 | |
| ピン | pin (e.g. hairpin, safety pin) (bowling) pin pin; flagstick | N/A | |
| 不 | ふ | un-; non- | N/A |
| 不安 | ふあん | anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity; suspense | 686 |
| 風景 | ふうけい | scenery; scene; landscape; view; sight scene (e.g. of a crime) | 1686 |
| 夫婦 | ふうふ | married couple; husband and wife; man and wife | 1620 |
| 笛 | ふえ | flute; fife; pipe; recorder; flageolet; shakuhachi; clarinet whistle | N/A |
| 不可 | ふか | wrong; bad; improper; unjustifiable; inadvisable not allowed; not possible failing grade | N/A |
| 服装 | ふくそう | attire; dress; clothes; clothing; costume; garb | 3357 |
| 含む | ふくむ | to contain; to comprise; to have; to hold; to include; to embrace to hold in the mouth to bear in mind; to understand; to harbor (grudge, etc.); to harbour | 507 |
| 袋 | ふくろ | bag; sack; pouch skin of an orange (and other like fruits) dead end | 2688 |
| 不幸 | ふこう | unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; disaster; accident death (usu. of a relative); bereavement | 2764 |
| 節 | ふし | joint; knuckle tune; melody node (of a plant stem); joint; knot (in wood); knob | N/A |
| 不思議 | ふしぎ | wonderful; marvelous; strange; incredible; amazing; curious; miraculous; mysterious strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason; curiously | 815 |
| 不自由 | ふじゆう | discomfort; inconvenience poverty; want; destitution; lack inability; disability; impairment (physical, mental, etc.); nonfluency (in a language) | 4266 |
| 夫人 | ふじん | wife; Mrs; madam wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.) consort of the emperor | N/A |
| 婦人 | ふじん | woman; lady; adult female | N/A |
| 不正 | ふせい | injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity; dishonesty; illegality; fraud | N/A |
| 防ぐ | ふせぐ | to defend against; to protect against to prevent; to avert; to avoid | 2077 |
| 不足 | ふそく | insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; lack; scarcity; deficit dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint | 2880 |
| 双子 | ふたご | twins; twin Futago | N/A |
| 再び | ふたたび | again; once more; a second time | 1050 |
| 普段 | ふだん | usual; normal; everyday; habitual; ordinary usually; normally; generally; habitually; always | 787 |
| 縁 | ふち | rim; brim; edge; brink | N/A |
| 筆 | ふで | writing brush; paintbrush; pen writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; penmanship; something drawn with a brush writing (composing text); the written word | 4032 |
| 不図 | ふと | suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally | 1815 |
| 不平 | ふへい | discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance | N/A |
| 不満 | ふまん | dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness | 2194 |
| 不利 | ふり | disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position | N/A |
| 振る | ふる | to bring up a topic; to lead to a topic to replace; to substitute to set up a joke for someone else | 974 |
| 震える | ふるえる | to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver | 2563 |
| 故郷 | ふるさと | hometown; birthplace; native place; one's old home ruins; historic remains | 4002 |
| 触れる | ふれる | to touch; to feel to touch (with) to experience; to come in contact with; to perceive | 821 |
| 雰囲気 | ふんいき | atmosphere; mood; ambience; ambiance; aura; feel a certain air; presence; special aura; something (about someone) (Earth's) atmosphere | 771 |
| 分 | ぶ | one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun); 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale) one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency) thickness | N/A |
| 無 | ぶ | un-; non- bad ...; poor ... | N/A |
| 武器 | ぶき | weapon; arms; ordnance weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset | 2912 |
| 無事 | ぶじ | safety; security; peace; quiet safely; without incident; successfully good health | 1505 |
| 舞台 | ぶたい | stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); (stage) performance setting (of a story); scene sphere (of activity); stage (e.g. political stage); scene; arena; world | 1418 |
| 物価 | ぶっか | prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living | 4117 |
| 物質 | ぶっしつ | material; substance matter | 2390 |
| 打つ | ぶつ | to hit (someone); to strike; to beat to make (a speech); to give (an address) to gamble | N/A |
| 部分 | ぶぶん | portion; section; part | 349 |
| ブレーキ | brake (a) stop (to a development, behavior, etc.); (the) brakes | N/A | |
| 分 | ぶん | part; portion; share amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); enough (for) one's means; one's place; one's lot; one's social position | 990 |
| 文 | ぶん | sentence composition; text; writings the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; literature | 3031 |
| 分析 | ぶんせき | analysis | 2057 |
| 文明 | ぶんめい | civilization; civilisation; culture Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20) | 3109 |
| 分野 | ぶんや | field; sphere; realm; division; branch | 1483 |
| プラス | plus; addition positive (number) plus sign; positive symbol | 1788 | |
| プラン | plan; scheme (payment) plan; package; deal; offer | 4421 | |
| プロ | professional; pro program production | 1412 | |
| 塀 | へい | wall fence | N/A |
| 平均 | へいきん | average; mean balance; equilibrium | 3055 |
| 平和 | へいわ | peace; harmony | 1716 |
| 減らす | へらす | to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten | 2162 |
| 減る | へる | to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate | 957 |
| 変化 | へんか | change; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; transformation; transfiguration; metamorphosis variety; diversity inflection; declension; conjugation | 539 |
| 変更 | へんこう | change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment | 1155 |
| 別に | べつに | (not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially separately; apart; additionally; extra | 2917 |
| ベルト | belt (worn around the waist) (machine) belt belt; zone; area | N/A | |
| ベンチ | bench | 4742 | |
| 弁当 | べんとう | bento; Japanese box lunch | 2001 |
| ペンキ | paint | N/A | |
| 方 | ほう | direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction) side (of an argument, etc.); one's part type; category | 91 |
| 法 | ほう | law; act; principle method mood | 2171 |
| 方向 | ほうこう | direction; orientation; bearing; way course (e.g. of action) | 1024 |
| 報告 | ほうこく | report; information | 1115 |
| 宝石 | ほうせき | gem; jewel; precious stone | N/A |
| 放送 | ほうそう | broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement | 2248 |
| 豊富 | ほうふ | abundant; plentiful; rich; ample | 2127 |
| 方法 | ほうほう | method; way; manner; process; procedure; means; measure | 368 |
| 方々 | ほうぼう | here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over | N/A |
| 訪問 | ほうもん | call; visit | 2966 |
| 吠える | ほえる | to bark; to howl; to bay; to roar; to yelp; to yap to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea) to yell; to shout; to cry; to moan | N/A |
| 頬 | ほお | cheek (of the face) | 3504 |
| 誇り | ほこり | pride; boast; credit (to) | 3084 |
| 埃 | ほこり | dust Hokori | 4905 |
| 保証 | ほしょう | guarantee; security; assurance; pledge warranty | 3372 |
| 保障 | ほしょう | guarantee; security; assurance; pledge warranty | 3735 |
| 保存 | ほぞん | preservation; conservation; storage; maintenance saving (e.g. to disk) | 1688 |
| 仏 | ほとけ | Buddha; Shakyamuni Buddhist image; figure of Buddha the dead; dead person; departed soul | N/A |
| 程 | ほど | extent; degree; measure limit; bounds (span of) time | N/A |
| 歩道 | ほどう | footpath; walkway; sidewalk; pavement | 4481 |
| 骨 | ほね | bone frame outline; core | 1715 |
| 炎 | ほのお | flame; blaze flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion | 3926 |
| 微笑む | ほほえむ | to smile | 4059 |
| 略 | ほぼ | almost; roughly; approximately; about; around | 1002 |
| 堀 | ほり | moat; fosse canal; ditch | N/A |
| 本人 | ほんにん | the person in question; the person themselves; said person | 959 |
| 本物 | ほんもの | genuine article; real thing; real deal | 2425 |
| ホーム | platform | 2632 | |
| 棒 | ぼう | pole; rod; stick; baton line; dash spoken monotonously | 3364 |
| 冒険 | ぼうけん | adventure; venture venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger; hazard; risk | N/A |
| ぼんやり | dimly; faintly; indistinctly; vaguely absentmindedly; vacantly; carelessly idly; aimlessly | 4200 | |
| ボーイ | boy bellboy; porter; waiter | N/A | |
| ボート | boat; rowing boat | N/A | |
| ボール | ball ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone) | 1022 |
| Kanji | Reading | Meaning | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 間 | ま | time; pause space room | 774 |
| まあ | just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably; fairly; rather; somewhat well...; I think...; it would seem...; you might say...; Hmmm, I guess so... | 23 | |
| マイク | mike; mic; microphone | 4876 | |
| 迷子 | まいご | lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child | N/A |
| 任せる | まかせる | to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to entrust (someone) with to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to let (happen); to give (oneself to something) to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely; to use without reserve | 2066 |
| 幕 | まく | curtain act (in a play) falling of the curtain; end (of a scene) | N/A |
| 負け | まけ | defeat; loss; losing (a game) failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.) discount; loss (on a sale) | N/A |
| 誠に | まことに | indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very; quite | N/A |
| 孫 | まご | grandchild | 1835 |
| 真逆 | まさか | by no means; never!; well, I never!; you don't say!; certainly (not) something unexpected; emergency currently; for the time being; presently; for now | 1960 |
| 正に | まさに | exactly; just; precisely; really; truly; surely; certainly; without doubt right (when); just (as) just (about to); on the point of; on the verge of; on the brink of | 985 |
| 真面目 | まじめ | serious; earnest; sober; grave honest; sincere | 2205 |
| 増す | ます | to increase; to grow | 2287 |
| マスター | to master (a skill) proprietor; manager; owner; barkeeper leader; chief; head | 4518 | |
| 益々 | ますます | increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less | 1390 |
| 先ず | まず | first (of all); firstly; to begin with; before anything else probably; most likely; almost certainly; virtually more or less (satisfactory); on the whole; reasonably | 150 |
| 貧しい | まずしい | poor; needy lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate | 3516 |
| 間違い | まちがい | mistake; error; blunder accident; mishap; trouble improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion | 1717 |
| 真っ赤 | まっか | bright red; deep red; flushed (of face) downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter | 3177 |
| 全く | まったく | really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly indeed good grief | 289 |
| 松 | まつ | pine tree (Pinus spp.) highest (of a three-tier ranking system) | 3672 |
| 祭り | まつり | festival; feast; matsuri harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; flaming galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy; mania | 1469 |
| 学ぶ | まなぶ | to learn; to study; to take lessons in | 851 |
| 真似 | まね | imitating; copying; mimicry behavior; behaviour; action; conduct | 2624 |
| 招く | まねく | to invite; to ask to beckon; to wave someone in; to gesture to to call in; to send for; to summon | 2364 |
| ママ | mom; mommy; mum; mummy; mother; mama; mamma female proprietress (of a bar, etc.) | 2081 | |
| 豆 | まめ | legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; pea soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy female genitalia (esp. the clitoris) | 4041 |
| 守る | まもる | to protect; to guard; to defend to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow | 599 |
| 丸 | まる | circle entirety; whole; full; complete money; dough; moola | 3622 |
| 丸で | まるで | quite; entirely; completely; at all as if; as though; just like | 997 |
| 回す | まわす | to invest (money); to lend to dial (a telephone number) to gang-rape | 1464 |
| 回り | まわり | rotation making the rounds spreading | N/A |
| 万一 | まんいち | (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); 10000 to 1 (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that | N/A |
| 満足 | まんぞく | satisfaction; contentment; gratification sufficient; satisfactory; enough; adequate; proper; decent satisfying (an equation) | 2226 |
| マーケット | market Marquette; Marquat | N/A | |
| 身 | み | one's body; one's person oneself; one's appearance one's place (in society, etc.); one's position | 504 |
| 実 | み | fruit; nut seed (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc. | 2376 |
| 見送り | みおくり | seeing (someone) off; send-off deferment; postponement; shelving letting a pitch go by | N/A |
| 味方 | みかた | friend; ally; supporter taking sides (with); supporting; standing by; backing up | 3199 |
| 見事 | みごと | splendid; magnificent; excellent; fine; superb; beautiful; admirable utter (esp. defeat); total; complete something worth seeing; sight; spectacle | 1759 |
| ミス | mistake; error; blunder | 3197 | |
| 満ちる | みちる | to fill; to become full (of); to be filled (with); to brim (with) to wax (of the moon) to rise (of the tide); to flow; to come in | 3160 |
| 密 | みつ | dense; thick; crowded close (relationship); intimate minute; fine; careful | N/A |
| 認める | みとめる | to recognize; to recognise; to observe; to notice to deem; to judge; to assess to approve; to deem acceptable; to allow | 490 |
| 見舞い | みまい | visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; inquiry (about someone's health); expression of sympathy letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; get-well letter; gift (in token of one's sympathy) | N/A |
| 土産 | みやげ | local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling present brought by a visitor something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift; disservice | N/A |
| 都 | みやこ | capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light) location of the Imperial Palace | 4007 |
| 妙 | みょう | strange; weird; odd; curious wonder; mystery; miracle; excellence cleverness; adroitness; knack; skill | 2262 |
| 未来 | みらい | (distant) future future existence; world beyond the grave; the world to come future (tense) | 1802 |
| 魅力 | みりょく | charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal | 1313 |
| ミルク | milk infant formula; formula; baby milk condensed milk | 4281 | |
| 無 | む | nothing; naught; nought; nil; zero un-; non- | N/A |
| 向い | むかい | facing; opposite; across the street; other side | N/A |
| 迎え | むかえ | meeting; greeting; welcome person sent to meet a visitor | N/A |
| 向く | むく | to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.) to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to front (on) to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.) | 2674 |
| 向ける | むける | to turn (towards); to face; to point; to aim; to direct to to head to; to go towards to allot; to allocate | 610 |
| 無視 | むし | disregarding; ignoring | 1817 |
| 虫歯 | むしば | tooth decay; cavity; decayed tooth; dental caries | N/A |
| 寧ろ | むしろ | rather; better; instead; if anything | 993 |
| 結ぶ | むすぶ | to tie; to bind; to link to bear (fruit) to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to conclude | 1359 |
| 無駄 | むだ | futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness | 1614 |
| 夢中 | むちゅう | absorbed in; immersed in; crazy about; obsessed with; devoted to forgetting oneself; daze; trance; ecstasy; delirium within a dream; while dreaming | 2526 |
| 胸 | むね | chest; breast breasts; bosom; bust heart | 887 |
| 無料 | むりょう | free (of charge); gratuitous | 1436 |
| 芽 | め | sprout; shoot; bud germinal disk (in an egg) | 4037 |
| 明確 | めいかく | clear; precise; definite; distinct | 1704 |
| 命じる | めいじる | to order; to command to appoint | N/A |
| 名人 | めいじん | master; expert Meijin (professional title) | N/A |
| 命令 | めいれい | order; command; decree; directive (software) instruction; statement | 2335 |
| 迷惑 | めいわく | trouble; bother; annoyance; nuisance; inconvenience to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by) | 1671 |
| 飯 | めし | cooked rice meal; food one's living; livelihood | 4158 |
| 滅多に | めったに | rarely; seldom | N/A |
| メモ | note; memo; memorandum | 3125 | |
| 面 | めん | face mask; face guard striking the head (in kendo) | 722 |
| 綿 | めん | cotton | N/A |
| 免許 | めんきょ | license; licence; permission; permit; certificate | 2555 |
| 面倒 | めんどう | trouble; bother trouble; difficulty care; attention | 1646 |
| メンバー | member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport) Memba | 1278 | |
| 申し込む | もうしこむ | to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge; to lodge (objections); to request (an interview); to subscribe for; to book; to reserve | 3678 |
| 申し訳 | もうしわけ | apology; excuse | 2814 |
| 毛布 | もうふ | blanket | N/A |
| 燃える | もえる | to burn; to get fired up | 2678 |
| 目的 | もくてき | purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention | 553 |
| 目標 | もくひょう | goal; target; aim; objective mark; sign; landmark | 1152 |
| 木曜 | もくよう | Thursday | N/A |
| 若しも | もしも | if; in case; supposing | N/A |
| 文字 | もじ | letter (of an alphabet); character writing | 1005 |
| 持ち上げる | もちあげる | to elevate; to raise; to lift up to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky | 4069 |
| 用いる | もちいる | to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise | 785 |
| 勿論 | もちろん | of course; certainly; naturally | 260 |
| 尤も | もっとも | but then; although; though reasonable; natural; just | N/A |
| 最も | もっとも | most; extremely | 2222 |
| 元 | もと | counter for plants or trees counter for falcons (in falconry) origin; source; beginning | N/A |
| 元 | もと | former; ex-; past; one-time earlier times; the past; previous state formerly; previously; originally; before | N/A |
| 基づく | もとづく | to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be in accordance (with) to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from); to originate (in) | 773 |
| 求める | もとめる | to want; to wish for to request; to demand; to require; to ask for to seek; to search for; to look for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job); to find (a solution) | 472 |
| 戻す | もどす | to put back; to return; to give back; to restore (to a previous state, e.g. defrosting, reconstituting, reconciling); to turn back (e.g. clock hand) to vomit; to throw up to recover (of a market price) | 1553 |
| 者 | もの | person | 334 |
| 物音 | ものおと | noise; sound | N/A |
| 物語 | ものがたり | story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend | 1965 |
| 物事 | ものごと | things; everything | 2628 |
| 模様 | もよう | pattern; figure; design state; condition conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems | 3028 |
| 貰う | もらう | to receive; to take; to accept to get someone to do something to have in one's pocket (a fight, match) | 474 |
| 文句 | もんく | complaint; grumbling; objection phrase; words; expression | 2271 |
| Kanji | Reading | Meaning | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 軈て | やがて | before long; soon; shortly almost; nearly finally; in the end; eventually | 1129 |
| 役 | やく | role; assignment; responsibility; duty; function; job; service position (of responsibility); post; office part (in a play, film, etc.); role; character | 1183 |
| 約 | やく | approximately; about promise; appointment; engagement shortening; reduction; simplification | N/A |
| 訳 | やく | translation; version (e.g. "English version") | N/A |
| 役割 | やくわり | part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties | 1009 |
| 家賃 | やちん | rent | 3549 |
| 厄介 | やっかい | trouble; burden; nuisance; bother; worry care; dependence; support; kindness; obligation; staying (with a person) | N/A |
| 雇う | やとう | to employ; to hire; to take on to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire | 3302 |
| 宿 | やど | lodging; inn; hotel house; home; dwelling home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.) | 2380 |
| 屋根 | やね | roof | 2579 |
| 矢張り | やはり | 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 | N/A |
| 破る | やぶる | to tear; to rip; to break; to destroy to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach to defeat; to beat | 3176 |
| 辞める | やめる | to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.) | N/A |
| 稍 | やや | a little; partially; somewhat; slightly; semi-; -ish; on the ... side; a short time; a while | 1656 |
| 唯一 | ゆいいつ | only; sole; unique | 1795 |
| 勇気 | ゆうき | courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness | 2206 |
| 有効 | ゆうこう | valid; effective yuko (judo) | 1808 |
| 優秀 | ゆうしゅう | superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding | 3217 |
| 優勝 | ゆうしょう | overall victory; championship; winning the title (being in) heaven; bliss; perfect contentment | 2124 |
| 友情 | ゆうじょう | friendship; fellowship; camaraderie | N/A |
| 友人 | ゆうじん | friend | 475 |
| 有能 | ゆうのう | able; capable; competent; talented; efficient | N/A |
| 郵便 | ゆうびん | mail service; postal service; mail; post mail; postal matter; postal items | N/A |
| 有利 | ゆうり | advantageous; favourable; better; stronger profitable; lucrative; gainful; paying | 3425 |
| 床 | ゆか | floor stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player) dining platform built across a river | 1681 |
| 愉快 | ゆかい | pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing; happy | N/A |
| 輸出 | ゆしゅつ | export; exportation efferent | 2783 |
| 譲る | ゆずる | to hand over; to transfer; to turn over; to assign; to convey; to bequeath to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way to yield; to concede; to give ground; to surrender | 3552 |
| 豊か | ゆたか | abundant; plentiful; rich; ample rich; wealthy; affluent; well-off open (mind); relaxed; easy | 1281 |
| 輸入 | ゆにゅう | import; importation; introduction afferent | 2023 |
| 許す | ゆるす | to permit; to allow; to approve; to consent to to forgive; to pardon; to excuse; to tolerate to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to release; to let off | 927 |
| ユーモア | humor; humour; joke | N/A | |
| 夜明け | よあけ | dawn; daybreak | N/A |
| 様 | よう | appearing ...; looking ... way to ...; method of ...ing form; style; design | N/A |
| 酔う | よう | to get drunk; to become intoxicated to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated to be elated; to be exalted; to be spellbound; to be in raptures | 4239 |
| 容易 | ようい | easy; simple; plain | 2317 |
| 陽気 | ようき | cheerful; jovial; merry; lively weather; season spirit of yang | N/A |
| 要求 | ようきゅう | demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire | 1373 |
| 用心 | ようじん | care; precaution; guarding; caution | N/A |
| 様子 | ようす | state (of affairs); situation; circumstances appearance; look(s); air; manner; behaviour; demeanor sign; indication | 695 |
| 要するに | ようするに | in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all | 578 |
| 要素 | ようそ | component; factor; item (e.g. in list) element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure) | 1988 |
| 要点 | ようてん | gist; main point | N/A |
| 曜日 | ようび | day of the week | N/A |
| 予期 | よき | expectation; anticipation; forecast | N/A |
| 横切る | よこぎる | to cross (e.g. road); to traverse | N/A |
| 予算 | よさん | estimate (of costs); budget | 2204 |
| 止す | よす | to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up; to quit | N/A |
| 予測 | よそく | prediction; estimation | 2726 |
| ヨット | yacht (esp. a sailing boat with one mast); sailing boat; sailboat | N/A | |
| 夜中 | よなか | middle of the night; dead of night Yonaka | 1840 |
| 世の中 | よのなか | society; the world; the times | 938 |
| 余分 | よぶん | extra; excess; surplus | N/A |
| 予報 | よほう | forecast; prediction | N/A |
| 予防 | よぼう | prevention; protection (against); precaution | 3503 |
| 読み | よみ | reading reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading) reading (e.g. of a situation); insight; judgment; interpretation; prediction; calculation | N/A |
| 嫁 | よめ | bride (one's) daughter-in-law wife | 2997 |
| 余裕 | よゆう | surplus; margin; leeway; room; space; time; allowance; flexibility; scope composure; placidity; complacency; calm | 1559 |
| 喜び | よろこび | joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing; congratulations; felicitations | 1428 |
| 宜しい | よろしい | good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do; may; can | 2114 |
| 宜しく | よろしく | well; properly; suitably best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of; please do just like ...; as though one were ... | 1253 |
| 欧羅巴 | ヨーロッパ | Europe Europe | 1030 |
| Kanji | Reading | Meaning | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| ライター | lighter | 4378 | |
| 楽 | らく | comfort; ease; relief; (at) peace; relaxation easy; simple; without trouble; without hardships (economically) comfortable | 1128 |
| ラケット | racket; paddle (in table-tennis) | N/A | |
| 利益 | りえき | profit; gains benefit; advantage; good; interests (e.g. of society) grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing; miracle | 1395 |
| 理解 | りかい | understanding; comprehension; appreciation sympathy | 546 |
| 陸 | りく | land; shore | N/A |
| 利口 | りこう | clever; intelligent; bright; smart; wise; sensible; shrewd well-behaved (esp. of children and pets); obedient; good | N/A |
| 離婚 | りこん | divorce | 2457 |
| 理想 | りそう | ideal; ideals | 2575 |
| 率 | りつ | rate; ratio; proportion; percentage | N/A |
| 留学 | りゅうがく | studying abroad (temporarily) studying at another school (to learn a specific skill) | 2840 |
| 流行 | りゅうこう | fashion; trend; vogue; craze; fad; popularity prevalence (of a disease); epidemic | 3101 |
| 量 | りょう | quantity; amount; volume; capacity; portion (of food) generosity; magnanimity; tolerance pramana (means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge; in Indian philosophy) | 1041 |
| 両替 | りょうがえ | change; money exchange | N/A |
| 料金 | りょうきん | fee; charge; fare | 2136 |
| 例 | れい | example; instance; illustration; case precedent custom; habit; practice; usage | 592 |
| 礼 | れい | thanks; gratitude manners; etiquette bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing | 2323 |
| 冷静 | れいせい | calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind | 3169 |
| 列車 | れっしゃ | train; railway train | 2525 |
| 列 | れつ | row; line; file; column; queue; rank; procession company (of someone); group; ranks sequence | 3865 |
| 連想 | れんそう | association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion | N/A |
| 連続 | れんぞく | continuation; succession; series | 3335 |
| 老人 | ろうじん | old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly | 1643 |
| 労働 | ろうどう | labor; labour; work Labour Party | 3491 |
| ロケット | rocket | N/A | |
| 論じる | ろんじる | to discuss; to talk about; to deal with (a topic) to argue; to dispute to take into consideration; to make an issue of | N/A |
| 論争 | ろんそう | dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue | N/A |
| 論文 | ろんぶん | thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article | 3151 |
| Kanji | Reading | Meaning | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 輪 | わ | ring; circle; loop hoop wheel | 3460 |
| ワイン | wine | 1520 | |
| 別れ | わかれ | parting; separation; farewell | 3071 |
| 我儘 | わがまま | selfish; egoist self-indulgent; wilful; willful | 3475 |
| 脇 | わき | armpit; under one's arm; side; flank beside; close to; near; by aside; to the side; away; out of the way | 2722 |
| 分ける | わける | to divide (into); to split (into); to part; to separate; to divide up; to classify; to sort out; to divide out to share; to distribute; to deal out; to dish out to distinguish; to discriminate; to differentiate (between) | 1038 |
| 態と | わざと | on purpose; deliberately; intentionally | 3840 |
| 僅か | わずか | a little; a few; small; slight; trifling; meagre; meager; narrow (margin) only; just; merely; no more than | 1144 |
| 綿 | わた | cotton plant (Gossypium spp.) batting; wadding; padding | N/A |
| 話題 | わだい | topic; subject much talked about; topical; in the news; hot | 1089 |
| 笑い | わらい | laugh; laughter smile sneer | 563 |
| 割る | わる | to divide to cut; to halve; to separate; to split; to rip to break; to crack; to smash | 2661 |
| 悪口 | わるぐち | (verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing; name-calling; slander; abusive language; insulting remarks | N/A |
| 我々 | われわれ | we | 527 |
| 湾 | わん | bay; gulf; inlet | N/A |
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