This appendix is broken into sections corresponding to the ten columns of the gojūon kana ordering system. There a total of 573 words. The frequency of the word is compiled from here.
| Kanji | Reading | Meaning | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| ああ | like that; so | 1125 | |
| 間 | あいだ | space (between); gap; interval; distance; stretch period of time (during, while); duration; interval between (two parties or things) | 209 |
| 合う | あう | to come together; to merge; to unite; to meet to fit; to match; to suit; to agree with; to be correct to be profitable; to be equitable | 697 |
| 赤ちゃん | あかちゃん | baby; infant | 1371 |
| 赤ん坊 | あかんぼう | baby; infant | 3947 |
| 上がる | あがる | to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.) to be finished; to be done; to be over to stop (of rain); to lift | 557 |
| アクセサリー | accessory (fashion); jewelry accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.) | N/A | |
| 浅い | あさい | shallow; superficial slight (wound); light (sleep); pale (colour); inadequate (knowledge) short (time); early; young | 3974 |
| 味 | あじ | flavor; flavour; taste charm; appeal; uniqueness; attractiveness experience; taste (e.g. of victory) | 668 |
| 亜細亜 | アジア | Asia | 1892 |
| 遊び | あそび | play; playing; game pleasure; amusement; pastime; recreation; diversion play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel) | 1742 |
| あっ | ah; oh hey! | 1916 | |
| 集まる | あつまる | to gather; to collect; to assemble | 672 |
| 集める | あつめる | to collect; to assemble; to gather | 860 |
| アナウンサー | announcer; presenter; broadcaster; reporter in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows | N/A | |
| 阿弗利加 | アフリカ | Africa | 3341 |
| 亜米利加 | アメリカ | (United States of) America; United States; US; USA America (land mass); the Americas America | 312 |
| 謝る | あやまる | to apologize; to apologise to refuse; to decline to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by); to be at a loss | 2696 |
| アルコール | alcohol alcoholic drink; alcohol (alcohol-based) hand sanitizer | 3917 | |
| アルバイト | part-time job; side job part-time worker | 1593 | |
| 安心 | あんしん | peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence | 1091 |
| 安全 | あんぜん | safety; security | 1196 |
| あんな | that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so | 1220 | |
| 以下 | いか | not exceeding ...; not more than ...; ... and under; ... and below; ... or fewer below (a standard, level, etc.); under; beneath; less than the following; the below-mentioned; the rest; followed by ... | 987 |
| 以外 | いがい | excluding; except (for); apart from; other than; besides; in addition to outside (a boundary, scope, etc.) | 1782 |
| 医学 | いがく | medical science; medicine | N/A |
| 生きる | いきる | to live; to exist to make a living; to subsist to be in effect; to be in use; to function | 296 |
| 意見 | いけん | opinion; view; comment scolding; reprimand; rebuke; admonition; cautioning; warning | 624 |
| 石 | いし | stone jewel; precious stone flint (in a lighter) | 1354 |
| 苛める | いじめる | to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to pick on; to tease; to be cruel to; to persecute to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly | 2952 |
| 以上 | いじょう | not less than ...; ... and over; ... and above; ... and upwards; ... or more beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; more than; further than the above; the above-mentioned; the aforementioned; the foregoing | 317 |
| 急ぐ | いそぐ | to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner | 1735 |
| 致す | いたす | to do | 679 |
| 一度 | いちど | once; one time; on one occasion temporarily; for a moment one degree; one tone; one musical interval | 350 |
| 一生懸命 | いっしょうけんめい | very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly; desperately | 847 |
| 一杯 | いっぱい | one cup (of); one glass (of); one bowl (of); cupful; glassful; bowlful; spoonful one drink (of alcohol) full; filled (with); brimming (with); crowded; packed | 419 |
| 糸 | いと | thread; yarn; string | 2546 |
| 以内 | いない | within; inside of; less than | N/A |
| 田舎 | いなか | rural area; countryside; the sticks hometown | 1042 |
| 祈る | いのる | to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace to wish; to hope | 3123 |
| いらっしゃる | to come; to go; to be (somewhere) to be (doing) | 689 | |
| 植える | うえる | to plant; to grow; to raise to insert; to transplant; to implant; to set (type) to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent) | 2403 |
| 受付 | うけつけ | reception (desk); information desk; receptionist; information clerk receipt; acceptance | 3004 |
| 受ける | うける | to be modified by to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee to be well-received; to become popular; to go down well | 187 |
| 動く | うごく | to move; to stir; to shift; to shake; to swing to operate; to run; to go; to work to make a move; to take action; to act; to go into action | 566 |
| 内 | うち | I; me imperial palace grounds emperor | 133 |
| 打つ | うつ | to sprinkle; to throw; to cast to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.) to pay (a deposit, etc.) | 619 |
| 美しい | うつくしい | beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.) | 867 |
| 写す | うつす | to copy; to duplicate; to reproduce; to trace; to transcribe to describe; to depict; to portray; to express to imitate; to model after | 4653 |
| 移る | うつる | to move (house); to transfer (department) to change the target of interest or concern to elapse (passage of time) | 1360 |
| 腕 | うで | arm ability; skill; talent; competence (physical) strength | 1157 |
| 裏 | うら | opposite side; bottom; other side; side hidden from view; undersurface; reverse side rear; back; behind lining; inside | 1397 |
| 売り場 | うりば | selling area; counter; section; department; sales floor favorable time to sell; good time to sell | N/A |
| うん | yes; yeah; uh huh hum; hmmm; well; erm; huh? oof | 265 | |
| 運転手 | うんてんしゅ | driver; chauffeur | 3805 |
| エスカレーター | escalator | N/A | |
| 枝 | えだ | branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray | 2550 |
| 選ぶ | えらぶ | to choose; to select | 382 |
| 遠慮 | えんりょ | reserve; constraint; restraint; modesty; diffidence; hesitation; holding back; discretion; tact; thoughtfulness declining; refraining forethought; foresight | 4462 |
| お出でになる | おいでになる | to be to come to go | N/A |
| お祝い | おいわい | congratulation; congratulations; celebration; festival congratulatory gift; present | N/A |
| お陰 | おかげ | grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); blessing assistance; help; aid effects; influence | 1195 |
| 可笑しい | おかしい | funny; amusing; comical; laughable; ridiculous strange; odd; funny; peculiar; weird; wrong; unusual; eccentric wrong; unsuitable; improper; inappropriate; unbecoming | 915 |
| 億 | おく | hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8 | 1164 |
| 屋上 | おくじょう | rooftop | N/A |
| 贈り物 | おくりもの | present; gift | N/A |
| 送る | おくる | to send; to dispatch; to forward; to transmit; to ship; to remit to see (someone) off; to escort; to accompany; to take to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to bury | 443 |
| 遅れる | おくれる | to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be behind (the times) to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death | 1563 |
| 起こす | おこす | to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken to cause; to bring about; to lead to; to trigger; to give rise to; to create; to generate (e.g. heat, electricity); to produce | 614 |
| 行う | おこなう | to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out | 146 |
| 怒る | おこる | to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper to scold; to tell (someone) off | 839 |
| 押入れ | おしいれ | closet (built into the wall, usu. with sliding doors); (built-in) wardrobe | N/A |
| お嬢さん | おじょうさん | (another's) daughter young lady | N/A |
| お宅 | おたく | your house; your home; your family your husband your organization | 2919 |
| 落ちる | おちる | to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell) to fall (in love, asleep, etc.) to fall (into someone's hands); to be accepted (of a bid); to be won (of a tender); to be honoured (of a bill) | 611 |
| 仰る | おっしゃる | to say; to speak; to tell to be called | 1174 |
| 夫 | おっと | husband | 621 |
| お釣り | おつり | change (for a purchase) toilet splashback | N/A |
| 音 | おと | sound; noise (musical) note fame | 413 |
| 落とす | おとす | to win over; to seduce; to conquer (unwillingness) to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape | 1064 |
| 踊り | おどり | dance | 3416 |
| 踊る | おどる | to dance (orig. a hopping dance) to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune | 1995 |
| 驚く | おどろく | to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be astonished; to be shocked to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed | 708 |
| お祭り | おまつり | festival; feast; carnival; matsuri | N/A |
| お見舞い | おみまい | calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry | N/A |
| お土産 | おみやげ | 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 | 2694 |
| 思い出す | おもいだす | to recall; to remember; to recollect | 594 |
| 思う | おもう | to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon to think (of doing); to plan (to do) to judge; to assess; to regard | 34 |
| 玩具 | おもちゃ | toy (person or thing treated as a) plaything | 3244 |
| 表 | おもて | Omotesenke school of tea ceremony surface face (i.e. the visible side of an object) | 4557 |
| 親 | おや | parent; parents; mother and father dealer; banker founder; inventor | 336 |
| 泳ぎ方 | およぎかた | way of swimming | N/A |
| 折る | おる | to break; to fracture; to break off; to snap off; to pick (e.g. flowers) to fold; to bend to make (origami) | 3336 |
| お礼 | おれい | thanks; gratitude manners; etiquette bow | N/A |
| 折れる | おれる | to break; to be broken; to snap; to fracture to be folded to give in; to back down; to yield; to submit | 3522 |
| 終わり | おわり | end; ending; close; conclusion end of (one's) life; death | 837 |
| オートバイ | motorcycle; motorbike | N/A |
| Kanji | Reading | Meaning | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 海岸 | かいがん | coast; beach Kaigan | 3232 |
| 会議 | かいぎ | meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention; congress | 2572 |
| 会議室 | かいぎしつ | conference room; council room | N/A |
| 会場 | かいじょう | assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds | 1515 |
| 会話 | かいわ | conversation; talk; chat | 1206 |
| 帰り | かえり | return; coming back | 1493 |
| 変える | かえる | to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary to reform; to revise; to amend | 467 |
| 科学 | かがく | science to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science | 2877 |
| 鏡 | かがみ | mirror; looking-glass barrel head page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc. | 2493 |
| 飾る | かざる | to decorate; to ornament; to adorn to display; to exhibit; to put on show; to arrange to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page); to grace (e.g. the cover) | 1585 |
| 火事 | かじ | fire; conflagration | 4498 |
| 固い | かたい | hard; solid; tough stiff; tight; wooden; unpolished (e.g. writing) strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved) | 1214 |
| 硬い | かたい | hard; solid; tough stiff; tight; wooden; unpolished (e.g. writing) strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved) | N/A |
| 形 | かたち | form; shape; figure visage | 205 |
| 片付ける | かたづける | to put in order; to tidy up; to clean up; to put away; to clear away to settle (a matter); to solve; to deal with; to dispose of to finish; to get through; to complete; to get (something) done | 3320 |
| 課長 | かちょう | section manager; section chief | N/A |
| 勝つ | かつ | to win; to gain victory | 1096 |
| 家内 | かない | (my) wife inside the home; one's family | 3450 |
| 悲しい | かなしい | sad; miserable; unhappy; sorrowful sad; lamentable; deplorable; grievous | 752 |
| 必ず | かならず | always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively; invariably | 391 |
| 彼女 | かのじょ | she; her girlfriend | 244 |
| 壁 | かべ | wall; partition barrier; obstacle; hindrance; difficulty Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) | 1071 |
| 髪 | かみ | hair (on the head) | 1615 |
| 噛む | かむ | to bite to chew; to gnaw; to masticate to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to stutter; to stammer | 2484 |
| 通う | かよう | to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to run between (e.g. bus, train, etc.); to ply between to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to commute; to frequent to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought) | 627 |
| 彼 | かれ | he; him boyfriend | 158 |
| 乾く | かわく | to get dry | 2767 |
| 代わり | かわり | substitute; replacement; substituting; replacing stand-in; proxy; alternate; deputy; relief; successor compensation; exchange; return | 1136 |
| 変わる | かわる | to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary to move to to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual | 235 |
| 考える | かんがえる | to think (about, of); to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to reflect (on); to meditate (on) to consider; to bear in mind; to allow for; to take into consideration to think (that); to believe; to hold (a view); to judge; to conclude; to suspect | 102 |
| 関係 | かんけい | relation; relationship; connection participation; involvement; concern influence; effect | 318 |
| 看護師 | かんごし | (hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN | N/A |
| 簡単 | かんたん | simple; easy; uncomplicated brief; quick; light | 400 |
| カーテン | curtain; curtains | 4156 | |
| 瓦斯 | ガス | gas (as a fuel) gas (state of matter) poison gas | 3381 |
| ガソリン | gasoline; petrol | 3845 | |
| ガソリンスタンド | gas station; petrol station; filling station | N/A | |
| 硝子 | ガラス | glass; pane | 3240 |
| 気 | き | fragrance; aroma; flavour; taste qi (in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine); chi; ki spirit; mind; heart | 130 |
| 機会 | きかい | chance; opportunity; occasion | 715 |
| 危険 | きけん | danger; peril; hazard risk | 920 |
| 聞こえる | きこえる | to be heard; to be audible; to reach one's ears to sound (like); to come across (as) to be well known; to be famous | 738 |
| 汽車 | きしゃ | train (esp. long distance train) steam train | 4940 |
| 季節 | きせつ | season; time of year | 1335 |
| 屹度 | きっと | surely; undoubtedly; almost certainly; most likely (e.g. 90 percent) sternly; severely having no slack; rigid; stiff; tight | 636 |
| 絹 | きぬ | silk | N/A |
| 厳しい | きびしい | severe; strict; rigid; unsparing; relentless hard (to do); difficult; tricky intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather); inclement | 681 |
| 気分 | きぶん | feeling; mood | 830 |
| 決まる | きまる | to be decided; to be settled; to be fixed; to be arranged to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be fixed; to be set to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be a convention; to be a custom; to be common knowledge | 613 |
| 君 | きみ | you; buddy; pal monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master he; she | 657 |
| 決める | きめる | to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match) to persist in doing; to go through with | 440 |
| 気持ち | きもち | feeling; sensation; mood; state of mind preparedness; readiness; attitude thought; sentiment; consideration; solicitude; gratitude | 231 |
| 着物 | きもの | kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length) clothing; clothes | 2015 |
| 客 | きゃく | guest; visitor customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger counter for containers used to entertain guests | 505 |
| 急 | きゅう | sudden; abrupt; unexpected urgent; pressing steep; sharp; precipitous | 1056 |
| 急行 | きゅうこう | hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening express (train) | N/A |
| 教育 | きょういく | education; schooling; training; instruction; teaching; upbringing culture; cultivation; education | 924 |
| 教会 | きょうかい | church; congregation | 1998 |
| 競争 | きょうそう | competition; contest; rivalry; race competition (between organisms or species) | 2691 |
| 興味 | きょうみ | interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for) | 534 |
| 近所 | きんじょ | neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity Kinjo | 916 |
| 技術 | ぎじゅつ | technology; engineering technique; skill art; craft | 954 |
| 空気 | くうき | air; atmosphere mood; situation someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all | 1077 |
| 空港 | くうこう | airport | 2074 |
| 草 | くさ | grass; weed; herb; thatch ninja marijuana; cannabis | 2400 |
| 首 | くび | neck head dismissal (from a job); firing; sacking | 853 |
| 雲 | くも | cloud | 2453 |
| 比べる | くらべる | to compare; to make a comparison (between) to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's) | 573 |
| 暮れる | くれる | to get dark; to grow dark to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to close to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought); to be overcome with | 1135 |
| 呉れる | くれる | to give; to let (one) have to give to do for one; to take the trouble to do | N/A |
| 君 | くん | Mr; master; boy Ms; miss sir; madam | N/A |
| 具合 | ぐあい | condition; state health; state (of health) way; manner | 1502 |
| 毛 | け | hair fur; wool down; plumage; feathers | 2972 |
| 警察 | けいさつ | police police officer police station | 1133 |
| 経済 | けいざい | economy; economics finance; (one's) finances; financial circumstances being economical; economy; thrift | 1693 |
| 景色 | けしき | scenery; scene; landscape | 1890 |
| 消しゴム | けしゴム | eraser; rubber | N/A |
| 決して | けっして | (not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all | 906 |
| けど | but; however; although | N/A | |
| 喧嘩 | けんか | quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument | 1719 |
| 研究 | けんきゅう | research; study; investigation | 694 |
| 研究室 | けんきゅうしつ | laboratory seminar room professor's office | N/A |
| 見物 | けんぶつ | sightseeing; watching; viewing sightseer; spectator; viewer; onlooker Kenbutsu | N/A |
| ケーキ | cake | 2686 | |
| 下宿 | げしゅく | boarding; lodging; board and lodging; room and board boarding house; lodging house; lodgings | N/A |
| 原因 | げんいん | cause; origin; source | 597 |
| 子 | こ | bird egg -er (often of young women) child; kid; teenager; youngster; young (non-adult) person | 268 |
| 斯う | こう | in this way; like this; so; thus this (much); so uh; er; mm; well | N/A |
| 郊外 | こうがい | suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt | 3869 |
| 講義 | こうぎ | lecture | 4098 |
| 工業 | こうぎょう | (manufacturing) industry | N/A |
| 高校 | こうこう | senior high school; high school Koukou | 574 |
| 高校生 | こうこうせい | senior high school student | 1521 |
| 工場 | こうじょう | factory; plant; mill; workshop | 1618 |
| 校長 | こうちょう | principal; head teacher; headmaster; headmistress | N/A |
| 交通 | こうつう | traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse | 2920 |
| 高等学校 | こうとうがっこう | senior high school; high school | N/A |
| 講堂 | こうどう | auditorium; lecture hall | N/A |
| 公務員 | こうむいん | public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant | 3864 |
| 国際 | こくさい | international diplomatic intercourse | N/A |
| 心 | こころ | mind; heart; spirit the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.) | 246 |
| 故障 | こしょう | fault; trouble; breakdown; failure; being out of order damage (to a part of the body); injury; hurt problem; hitch; obstacle; hindrance | 3230 |
| 答え | こたえ | answer; reply; response answer; solution; result | 1269 |
| 小鳥 | ことり | small bird; little bird | N/A |
| この間 | このあいだ | the other day; lately; recently; during this period meanwhile; in the meantime | 3638 |
| この頃 | このごろ | these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately | 2509 |
| 細かい | こまかい | small fine; minute minor; trivial | 1138 |
| 込む | こむ | to be crowded; to be packed; to be congested; to be thronged (with) to be complex; to be intricate to go into; to go in; to put into | N/A |
| 米 | こめ | (husked grains of) rice staple (product, etc.); necessity (online) comment | 1963 |
| 此れから | これ | from now on; after this; in the future; in future from here; from this point | N/A |
| 怖い | こわい | scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful | 591 |
| 壊す | こわす | to break; to destroy; to demolish to wreck; to ruin; to spoil; to damage to break (a bill, etc.) | 2018 |
| 壊れる | こわれる | to be broken; to break; to fall apart; to collapse; to be destroyed; to be damaged to break (down); to stop working to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse; to break down (of a relationship, negotiations, etc.); to be broken off; to be ruined (of an atmosphere, one's image, etc.) | 2086 |
| コンサート | concert | 3041 | |
| 今度 | こんど | this time; now next time; another time; shortly; soon recently; lately; the other day | 285 |
| コンピュータ | computer | 1422 | |
| 今夜 | こんや | this evening; tonight | 2744 |
| ご主人 | ごしゅじん | your husband; her husband | N/A |
| ご存知 | ごぞんじ | knowing; being aware (of) (an) acquaintance | 1033 |
| ご馳走 | ごちそう | treat (esp. food and drink); entertainment; treating someone (to a meal); taking someone to dinner gorgeous dinner; feast; excellent food; special dish; delicacy | 3803 |
| ご覧になる | ごらんになる | to see; to look; to watch to try to ... | N/A |
| Kanji | Reading | Meaning | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 最近 | さいきん | recently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now nearest; closest | 215 |
| 最後 | さいご | end; conclusion last; final; latest; most recent no sooner than; once; right after (often having negative consequences) | 282 |
| 最初 | さいしょ | beginning; outset; first; onset | 208 |
| 坂 | さか | slope; incline; hill milestone; (age) mark | 2530 |
| 盛ん | さかん | prosperous; flourishing; thriving; successful popular; widespread active; lively; energetic; vigorous; brisk; strong | 1734 |
| 探す | さがす | to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to seek to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer); to fish around | 532 |
| 下がる | さがる | to come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower to hang; to dangle to move back; to step back; to withdraw; to retire | 1460 |
| 下げる | さげる | to hang; to suspend; to wear (e.g. decoration) to lower; to reduce; to bring down to demote; to move back; to pull back | 1580 |
| 差し上げる | さしあげる | to lift up; to hold up; to raise to give; to present; to offer to do (for someone) | N/A |
| 先 | さっき | a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago | 1865 |
| 寂しい | さびしい | lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate | 1049 |
| 再来月 | さらいげつ | month after next | N/A |
| 再来週 | さらいしゅう | week after next | N/A |
| サラダ | salad | 4582 | |
| 騒ぐ | さわぐ | to make noise; to make racket; to be noisy to rustle; to swoosh to make merry | 2567 |
| 触る | さわる | to touch; to feel to get involved (with); to approach to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate | 1699 |
| 産業 | さんぎょう | industry livelihood; occupation Sangyou | 2801 |
| サンダル | sandal | N/A | |
| サンドイッチ | sandwich | N/A | |
| 残念 | ざんねん | regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing | 803 |
| 市 | し | city | 1211 |
| 試合 | しあい | match; game; bout; contest | 1018 |
| 仕方 | しかた | way; method; means; resource; course | 1060 |
| 試験 | しけん | examination; exam; test trial; experiment; test | 1448 |
| 下着 | したぎ | underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie | N/A |
| 確り | しっかり | tightly (holding on); firmly; securely strongly (built); solidly; sturdily; steadily properly; well; sufficiently; hard (working, etc.); fully; completely | 650 |
| 失敗 | しっぱい | failure; mistake; blunder | 1103 |
| 品物 | しなもの | article; item; thing; goods; wares | 3393 |
| 暫く | しばらく | for a moment; for a minute for a while; for some time for the time being; for now | 654 |
| 島 | しま | island one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf | 706 |
| 市民 | しみん | citizen (of a country); citizenry citizen (of a city); resident; inhabitant; townspeople bourgeoisie; middle class | 1907 |
| 社会 | しゃかい | society; public; community; the world social studies | 583 |
| 社長 | しゃちょう | company president; manager; director | 1689 |
| 習慣 | しゅうかん | habit (social) custom; practice; convention | 1991 |
| 趣味 | しゅみ | hobby; pastime tastes; preference; liking | 979 |
| 紹介 | しょうかい | introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product) | 518 |
| 小学校 | しょうがっこう | primary school; elementary school; grade school | 600 |
| 小説 | しょうせつ | novel; story; (work of) fiction | 1380 |
| 将来 | しょうらい | future; (future) prospects bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.) bringing about; giving rise to; causing; incurring | 780 |
| 食料品 | しょくりょうひん | foodstuff; groceries | N/A |
| 知らせる | しらせる | to notify; to advise; to inform | N/A |
| 調べる | しらべる | to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study; to inquire; to search | 606 |
| 親切 | しんせつ | kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice | 2675 |
| 新聞社 | しんぶんしゃ | newspaper company | N/A |
| 字 | じ | character (esp. kanji); letter; written text handwriting; penmanship the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love") | 1328 |
| 事故 | じこ | accident; incident; trouble circumstances; reasons | 1203 |
| 地震 | じしん | earthquake | 1774 |
| 時代 | じだい | period; epoch; era; age the times; those days oldness; ancientness; antiquity | 354 |
| 辞典 | じてん | dictionary; lexicon | N/A |
| 事務所 | じむしょ | office | 2047 |
| ジャム | jam | N/A | |
| 住所 | じゅうしょ | address; residence; domicile | 2027 |
| 柔道 | じゅうどう | judo | N/A |
| 十分 | じゅうぶん | enough; sufficient; plenty; adequate; satisfactory sufficiently; fully; thoroughly; well; perfectly division into ten | 480 |
| 自由 | じゆう | freedom; liberty | 671 |
| 女性 | じょせい | woman; female feminine gender | 294 |
| 人口 | じんこう | population common talk | 1300 |
| 神社 | じんじゃ | Shinto shrine | 2524 |
| 水泳 | すいえい | swimming | 4671 |
| 水道 | すいどう | water supply; water service; waterworks; tap water channel; strait water course; waterway | 4049 |
| 数学 | すうがく | mathematics | 3211 |
| 過ぎる | すぎる | to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond to pass (of time); to elapse to have expired; to have ended; to be over | 651 |
| スクリーン | screen | N/A | |
| 凄い | すごい | terrible; dreadful amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); wonderful; terrific to a great extent; vast (in numbers) | 101 |
| 進む | すすむ | to advance; to go forward to precede; to go ahead (of) to make progress; to improve | 497 |
| すっかり | all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly | 1554 | |
| すっと | straight; quickly; directly; all of a sudden quietly; gently; softly to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied | 4538 | |
| 捨てる | すてる | to throw away; to cast away; to dump; to discard to abandon; to desert; to leave to give up; to resign | 896 |
| ステレオ | stereo (sound) stereo (player, set) stereo; stereophonic; stereoscopic | N/A | |
| ステーキ | steak | N/A | |
| 砂 | すな | sand; grit | 2901 |
| 滑る | すべる | to slide; to glide; to skate; to ski to slip; to skid to be slippery | 2838 |
| 隅 | すみ | corner; nook; recess downstage right (on a noh stage) | 3734 |
| 済む | すむ | to finish; to end; to be completed to merely result in something less severe than expected to feel at ease | 698 |
| 掏摸 | すり | pickpocket | N/A |
| すると | (and) then; and; thereupon; whereupon in that case; then; so | 1710 | |
| スーツ | suit (clothing) suit | 3764 | |
| スーツケース | suitcase | N/A | |
| 生活 | せいかつ | life; living livelihood; (one's) living | 223 |
| 生産 | せいさん | production; manufacture | 1873 |
| 政治 | せいじ | politics; government | 1556 |
| 西洋 | せいよう | the West; the Occident; Western countries | 3945 |
| 世界 | せかい | the world; society; the universe sphere; circle; world world-renowned; world-famous | 302 |
| 席 | せき | seat location (of a gathering, etc.); place position; post | 1497 |
| 説明 | せつめい | explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend | 370 |
| 背中 | せなか | back (of the body) | 1679 |
| 線 | せん | line; stripe; stria line (e.g. telephone line); wire ray (e.g. X-ray); beam | 2111 |
| 戦争 | せんそう | war fighting; fierce competition | 673 |
| 先輩 | せんぱい | senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer | 1340 |
| そう | appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of | 145 | |
| 育てる | そだてる | to raise; to rear; to bring up to train; to teach; to educate to promote the growth of; to nurture; to foster; to develop | 880 |
| 卒業 | そつぎょう | graduation; completion (of a course) moving on (from); outgrowing (something) leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting | 1111 |
| 祖父 | そふ | grandfather old man kyogen mask used for the role of an old man | 2406 |
| ソフト | soft software soft hat; felt hat | 1862 | |
| 祖母 | そぼ | grandmother | 1787 |
| 其れで | それで | so; therefore; and; (and) then | 108 |
| 其れに | それに | besides; in addition; also; moreover | N/A |
| それ程 | それほど | to that degree; to that extent; that much | N/A |
| そろそろ | soon; before long; any time now; momentarily slowly; quietly; steadily; gradually; gingerly already; about time | 1747 | |
| そんな | such; that sort of; that kind of; like that no way!; never! | 118 | |
| そんなに | so much; so; like that | N/A |
| Kanji | Reading | Meaning | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 退院 | たいいん | leaving hospital; discharge from hospital | 3215 |
| 大抵 | たいてい | mostly; ordinarily; usually; generally probably most; almost all | 1789 |
| 台風 | たいふう | typhoon; hurricane | 2593 |
| タイプ | type; kind; sort; style type (of person); (ideal) type; one's type typewriter | 1027 | |
| 倒れる | たおれる | to fall (over, down); to collapse; to take a fall; to topple to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to cave in; to crumble; to give away to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to break down (e.g. from overwork) | 1707 |
| 確か | たしか | sure; certain; positive; definite reliable; trustworthy; safe; sound; firm; accurate; correct; exact If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly; If I remember rightly | 366 |
| 足す | たす | to add (numbers) to add (something); to top up (with something) to take care of (e.g. one's business) | 3836 |
| 尋ねる | たずねる | to ask; to enquire; to inquire to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate | 1232 |
| 訪ねる | たずねる | to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to | 2030 |
| 畳 | たたみ | tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings | 3725 |
| 正しい | ただしい | right; correct proper; righteous; just; honest; truthful; lawful | 1001 |
| 立てる | たてる | to divide by to do ... vigorously to stand up; to put up; to set up; to erect; to raise | 529 |
| 建てる | たてる | to build; to construct | N/A |
| 例えば | たとえば | for example; for instance; e.g. | 168 |
| 棚 | たな | shelf; ledge; rack trellis | 4063 |
| 楽しみ | たのしみ | enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; delight; joy; fun; diversion; hobby anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to | 716 |
| 楽しむ | たのしむ | to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to have fun; to amuse oneself to look forward to | 435 |
| 偶に | たまに | occasionally; once in a while; now and then | 961 |
| 為 | ため | good; advantage; benefit; welfare sake; purpose; objective; aim consequence; result; effect | 100 |
| 足りる | たりる | to be sufficient; to be enough to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to deserve to do (the job); to serve; to answer | 1457 |
| 大学生 | だいがくせい | university student; college student | 2773 |
| 大事 | だいじ | important; serious; crucial valuable; precious serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis | 393 |
| 大体 | だいたい | generally; on the whole; mostly; almost; nearly; approximately; roughly; about general; rough outline; main points; gist; substance; essence | 259 |
| 大分 | だいぶ | considerably; greatly; a lot Daibu | 1289 |
| だから | so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why; for that reason like I said; I told you already | 185 | |
| 男性 | だんせい | man; male masculine gender | 675 |
| 暖房 | だんぼう | (indoor) heating | N/A |
| 血 | ち | blood blood; ancestry; lineage; stock (the) blood; feelings; passions | 1121 |
| チェック | check (pattern); plaid check; inspection; examination; looking over; scrutinizing check (mark); tick; marking with a check; checking off; ticking | 1177 | |
| 力 | ちから | force; strength; might; vigour; vigor; energy capability; ability; proficiency; capacity; faculty efficacy; effect | 395 |
| 些とも | ちっとも | (not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest | N/A |
| ちゃん | suffix for familiar person | N/A | |
| 注意 | ちゅうい | attention; notice; heed care; caution; precaution; looking out (for); watching out (for) advice; warning; caution; reminder | 768 |
| 中学校 | ちゅうがっこう | junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school | 1533 |
| 注射 | ちゅうしゃ | injection; jab; shot | 3959 |
| 駐車場 | ちゅうしゃじょう | parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage | 2371 |
| 地理 | ちり | geography | N/A |
| 捕まえる | つかまえる | to catch; to capture; to arrest; to seize; to restrain to grab; to clutch; to grasp; to seize; to hold on to to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); to hail (a taxi, waiter, etc.); to hold (someone) back; to detain | 2947 |
| 付く | つく | to be settled; to be resolved; to be decided to be given (of a name, price, etc.) to be sensed; to be perceived | 176 |
| 漬ける | つける | to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.) | 2785 |
| 都合 | つごう | circumstances; condition; convenience arranging; managing lending money; raising money | 1813 |
| 伝える | つたえる | to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach; to bequeath | 670 |
| 包む | つつむ | to wrap up; to pack; to bundle; to do up to cover; to envelop; to shroud; to engulf to conceal (a feeling); to hide | 1837 |
| 続く | つづく | to continue; to last; to go on to continue (without a break); to be unbroken to occur again and again | 361 |
| 続ける | つづける | to continue; to keep up; to keep on | 484 |
| 妻 | つま | wife garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings accompaniment; side (remark) | 789 |
| 端 | つま | edge; tip; end gable wall gable | N/A |
| 積もり | つもり | intention; plan; purpose; expectation belief; assumption; thought; conviction estimate; estimation; calculation | 727 |
| 釣る | つる | to fish; to angle; to catch to lure in; to tempt; to attract; to entice; to allure | 1498 |
| 丁寧 | ていねい | polite; courteous; civil careful; close; thorough; conscientious | 2443 |
| テキスト | text textbook | 4319 | |
| 適当 | てきとう | suitable; proper; appropriate; adequate; fit; fair perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy; lazy; careless; noncommittal; unreliable; irresponsible; haphazard | 1632 |
| 手伝う | てつだう | to help; to assist; to aid to contribute to; to be a factor in | 2093 |
| テニス | tennis | 1982 | |
| 手袋 | てぶくろ | glove; mitten; mitt | N/A |
| 寺 | てら | temple (Buddhist) | 1756 |
| 点 | てん | dot; spot; point; speck; mark mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; score; points point (in a game); score; goal; run | 411 |
| 店員 | てんいん | employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson | 4731 |
| 天気予報 | てんきよほう | weather forecast; weather report | N/A |
| 展覧会 | てんらんかい | exhibition | N/A |
| 電灯 | でんとう | electric light | N/A |
| 電報 | でんぽう | telegram | N/A |
| 都 | と | Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; metropolitan prefecture counter for cities and towns capital | N/A |
| 到頭 | とうとう | finally; at last; in the end; ultimately | 2508 |
| 遠く | とおく | far away; distant place; a (great) distance; a long way off; afar long ago; far back; far (into the future) by far | 1316 |
| 通る | とおる | to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood to pass for; to come across as; to seem like | 699 |
| 特に | とくに | particularly; especially; in particular; expressly | 216 |
| 特別 | とくべつ | special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial | 1383 |
| 床屋 | とこや | barbershop; barber shop; barber | N/A |
| 途中 | とちゅう | on the way; en route in the middle of; midway; halfway | 693 |
| 特急 | とっきゅう | limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required) limited express (train making a limited no. of stops) great hurry | N/A |
| 届ける | とどける | to deliver; to forward; to send to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities); to give notice; to register | 2795 |
| 泊まる | とまる | to stay at (e.g. hotel) to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored | 1346 |
| 止める | とめる | to stop; to turn off to park to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to hold back (tears); to hold (one's breath); to relieve (pain) | 814 |
| 取り替える | とりかえる | to exchange; to swap; to barter to replace; to substitute | N/A |
| 道具 | どうぐ | tool; implement; instrument; utensil; apparatus; device means furniture | 1315 |
| 動物園 | どうぶつえん | zoo; zoological gardens Doubutsuen | N/A |
| 泥棒 | どろぼう | thief; burglar; robber theft; burglary; robbery | N/A |
| どんどん | drumming (noise); beating; pounding; banging; booming; stamping rapidly; quickly; steadily continuously; one after the other; in succession | 379 |
| Kanji | Reading | Meaning | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 直す | なおす | to repair; to mend; to fix; to correct (a mistake, bad habit, etc.); to put right; to restore; to straighten (e.g. a tie); to tidy up (one's hair, make-up, etc.); to revive (one's spirits) to change; to alter; to convert; to translate to put back; to put away | 1441 |
| 治る | なおる | to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal | N/A |
| 泣く | なく | to cry; to shed tears; to weep; to sob to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to face hardship to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly; to make sacrifices | 795 |
| 亡くなる | なくなる | to die; to pass away | 813 |
| 無くなる | なくなる | to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to be reduced to zero; to not occur any more to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence) | 445 |
| 投げる | なげる | to throw; to hurl; to fling; to toss; to cast to give up; to abandon; to throw away to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.) | 1949 |
| 為さる | なさる | to do | 2019 |
| 鳴る | なる | to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble | 28 |
| 成るべく | なるべく | as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible | 1264 |
| 成る程 | なるほど | I see; that's right; indeed | 2073 |
| 慣れる | なれる | to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become familiar with to become skilled in; to become experienced at to become tame; to become domesticated | 962 |
| 二階建て | にかいだて | two-storied building | N/A |
| 苦い | にがい | bitter | N/A |
| 逃げる | にげる | to run away; to flee; to get away (e.g. from danger); to escape; to break out; to leave (e.g. one's spouse) to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to dodge; to shirk; to back away to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish); to keep the lead (and win) | 1126 |
| 日記 | にっき | diary; journal | 2666 |
| 入院 | にゅういん | hospitalization; hospitalisation | 1201 |
| 入学 | にゅうがく | admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation | 2597 |
| 似る | にる | to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after | 751 |
| 人形 | にんぎょう | doll; puppet; marionette puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man Ningyou | 4050 |
| 盗む | ぬすむ | to steal to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to watch and learn to do stealthily | 3192 |
| 塗る | ぬる | to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear; to put up (wallpaper) | 1642 |
| 濡れる | ぬれる | to get wet | 3261 |
| 値段 | ねだん | price; cost | 1216 |
| 熱 | ねつ | heat fever; temperature zeal; passion; enthusiasm; mania; craze; rage | 1738 |
| 寝坊 | ねぼう | sleeping in late; oversleeping late riser; sleepyhead | N/A |
| 眠い | ねむい | sleepy; drowsy; somnolent | 3289 |
| 眠る | ねむる | to sleep to die; to rest (in peace); to lie (buried); to sleep (in the grave) to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; to lie untapped; to lie untouched | 1212 |
| 残る | のこる | to remain; to be left | 281 |
| 乗り換える | のりかえる | to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train) to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest) | 4215 |
| 乗り物 | のりもの | vehicle; conveyance; (means of) transport ride (at a fair, amusement park, etc.) | 4559 |
| Kanji | Reading | Meaning | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 葉 | は | leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle | 1669 |
| 拝見 | はいけん | seeing; looking at | N/A |
| 歯医者 | はいしゃ | dentist | N/A |
| 運ぶ | はこぶ | to carry; to transport; to move; to convey to come; to go to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move | 998 |
| 始める | はじめる | to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to establish to start ...; to begin to ... | 388 |
| 筈 | はず | should (be); bound (to be); expected (to be); must (be) nock (of a bow) nock (of an arrow) | 369 |
| 恥ずかしい | はずかしい | embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; humiliated; shy disgraceful; shameful | 1451 |
| はっきり | clearly; plainly; distinctly to be clear; to be definite; to be certain; to be exact; to become clear; to clear up | 590 | |
| 発音 | はつおん | pronunciation production of sound | 3113 |
| 花見 | はなみ | cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing | N/A |
| 林 | はやし | wood; woods; forest; grove; copse; thicket bunch (of something); cluster; line; collection | 3814 |
| 払う | はらう | to reset (an abacus) to pay (e.g. money, bill) to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches) | 807 |
| 反対 | はんたい | opposition; resistance; antagonism; hostility; objection; dissent reverse; opposite; inverse; contrary | 1074 |
| ハンドバッグ | handbag; purse | N/A | |
| 場合 | ばあい | case; occasion; situation; circumstances | 115 |
| 倍 | ばい | double; twice (as much) times (as much); -fold 1-nth; 1 to n; 1 in n | 4937 |
| 場所 | ばしょ | place; location; spot; position; area room; space sumo tournament | 275 |
| 番組 | ばんぐみ | program (e.g. TV); programme Bangumi | 1246 |
| パソコン | personal computer; PC | 683 | |
| パート | part part-timer part-time (work) | 3413 | |
| 日 | ひ | day; days sun; sunshine; sunlight (the) day; daytime; daylight | 177 |
| 陽 | ひ | day; days sun; sunshine; sunlight (the) day; daytime; daylight | 177 |
| 火 | ひ | fire; flame; blaze | 580 |
| 冷える | ひえる | to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down | 4308 |
| 光 | ひかり | light illumination; ray; beam; gleam; glow happiness; hope | 862 |
| 光る | ひかる | to shine; to glitter; to be bright | 2641 |
| 引き出し | ひきだし | drawer withdrawal (of money from an account) variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu | N/A |
| 引き出す | ひきだす | to pull out; to take out; to draw out to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to bring (e.g. someone to the negotiating table); to drag to withdraw (money); to draw | 3328 |
| 髭 | ひげ | moustache; mustache; beard; whiskers; sideburns whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); (chin) tuft shadow (on a candlestick chart) | 4929 |
| 飛行場 | ひこうじょう | airfield; airport Hikoujou | N/A |
| 久しぶり | ひさしぶり | a long time (since the last time); first in a long time it's been a long time; long time no see | 2003 |
| 非常に | ひじょうに | very; extremely; exceedingly | N/A |
| 引っ越す | ひっこす | to move (house); to change residence | 1529 |
| 必要 | ひつよう | necessary; needed; essential; indispensable necessity; need; requirement | 151 |
| 酷い | ひどい | cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme very bad; terrible; awful | 757 |
| 開く | ひらく | to open (a file, etc.) to extract (root); to reduce (equation) to cut open (fish) | 482 |
| 昼間 | ひるま | daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period | 1872 |
| 昼休み | ひるやすみ | lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period | N/A |
| 拾う | ひろう | to walk; to go on foot to pick up; to gather to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped) | 2146 |
| 美術館 | びじゅつかん | art museum; art gallery Bijutsukan | 3750 |
| ビル | multi-floor building; multi-storey building | 2230 | |
| ピアノ | piano (instrument) piano (dynamic) | 1186 | |
| ＦＡＸ (ＦＡＸ) | ファックス | fax; facsimile fax machine | 1592 |
| 増える | ふえる | to increase; to multiply | 493 |
| 深い | ふかい | deep profound dense; thick | 669 |
| 複雑 | ふくざつ | complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings) | 1779 |
| 復習 | ふくしゅう | review (of learned material); revision | N/A |
| 普通 | ふつう | normal; ordinary; regular; usual; common; average normally; ordinarily; usually; generally; commonly local train; train that stops at every station | 280 |
| 太る | ふとる | to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout | 1940 |
| 布団 | ふとん | futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves) | 2130 |
| 船 | ふね | ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; seaplane tank; tub; vat; trough counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi) | 809 |
| 不便 | ふべん | inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness | 2759 |
| 踏む | ふむ | to step on; to tread on; to trample on to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to visit to experience; to undergo | 2186 |
| 降り出す | ふりだす | to begin to rain; to begin to snow | N/A |
| 部長 | ぶちょう | head (chief, director) of a section or department head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team | 4738 |
| 葡萄 | ぶどう | grape; grapevine Budou | N/A |
| 文化 | ぶんか | culture; civilization; civilisation Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22) Bunka | 929 |
| 文学 | ぶんがく | literature | 3910 |
| 文法 | ぶんぽう | grammar | N/A |
| プレゼント | present; gift | 2602 | |
| 変 | へん | strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy unexpected change | 849 |
| 返事 | へんじ | reply; answer; response | 1712 |
| 別 | べつ | distinction; difference; discrimination separate; different; another; extra exception; exclusion | 333 |
| ベル | bell | N/A | |
| 法律 | ほうりつ | law | 788 |
| 星 | ほし | (pyrotechnic) star star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); heavenly body star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk | 1508 |
| 殆ど | ほとんど | almost; nearly; mostly; practically; virtually; basically; just about; all but hardly; barely; scarcely; little large majority; large proportion; greater part; most (of); almost all (of) | 241 |
| 褒める | ほめる | to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of | 2281 |
| 翻訳 | ほんやく | translation deciphering; decoding translation | 3060 |
| 貿易 | ぼうえき | (foreign) trade; (international) commerce; importing and exporting | 4591 |
| 僕 | ぼく | I; me you manservant | 156 |
| Kanji | Reading | Meaning | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 参る | まいる | to go; to come; to call to be defeated; to collapse; to die to be annoyed; to be nonplussed | 1073 |
| 負ける | まける | to lose; to be defeated to succumb; to give in; to surrender; to yield to be inferior to | 953 |
| 又は | または | or; either ... or ... | 346 |
| 間違える | まちがえる | to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to do incorrectly to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse | 2292 |
| 間に合う | まにあう | to be in time (for) to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough; to manage; to make do | 2648 |
| 周り | まわり | circumference; girth surroundings; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances | 389 |
| 回る | まわる | to earn interest to ... around; to ... about to turn; to rotate; to revolve; to spin | 601 |
| 漫画 | まんが | cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga | 1610 |
| 真ん中 | まんなか | middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart | 1662 |
| 見える | みえる | to be seen; to be visible; to be in sight to look; to seem; to appear to come | 234 |
| 湖 | みずうみ | lake | 2871 |
| 味噌 | みそ | miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso key point; main point; good part (of something) | 4954 |
| 見つかる | みつかる | to be found; to be discovered | 1172 |
| 見つける | みつける | to find; to discover; to come across; to spot; to catch (someone doing) to be used to seeing; to be familiar with | 664 |
| 港 | みなと | harbour; harbor; port | 3272 |
| 向かう | むかう | to face to go towards; to head towards | 465 |
| 迎える | むかえる | to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail to call for; to summon; to invite to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife) | 764 |
| 昔 | むかし | the old days; the past; former times; a long time ago the past ten years; the past decade | 264 |
| 虫 | むし | insect; bug; cricket; moth worm; roundworm thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious | 1846 |
| 息子 | むすこ | son penis | 749 |
| 娘 | むすめ | daughter girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman) | 512 |
| 無理 | むり | unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable impossible forcible; forced; compulsory | 666 |
| 召し上がる | めしあがる | to eat; to drink | N/A |
| 珍しい | めずらしい | rare; uncommon; unusual; curious new; novel fine; nice; splendid; precious | 1231 |
| 申し上げる | もうしあげる | to say; to tell; to state; to express; to offer; to extend (greetings, congratulations, etc.) to do | 628 |
| 申す | もうす | to say; to be called to do | 949 |
| もう直ぐ | もうすぐ | soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost | N/A |
| 若し | もし | if; in case; supposing | 305 |
| 戻る | もどる | to turn back (e.g. half-way) to return; to go back to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned | 384 |
| 木綿 | もめん | cotton (material) red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba) | N/A |
| 森 | もり | forest shrine grove | 1151 |
| Kanji | Reading | Meaning | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 焼く | やく | to burn to roast; to broil; to grill; to bake; to toast; to barbecue to heat; to heat up | 960 |
| 約束 | やくそく | promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact appointment; engagement; date convention; rule | 1519 |
| 役に立つ | やくにたつ | to be helpful; to be useful | N/A |
| 焼ける | やける | to burn; to burn down; to go down in flames to be roasted; to be thoroughly cooked to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun) | 3134 |
| 優しい | やさしい | tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable | 869 |
| 痩せる | やせる | to become thin; to lose weight; to slim to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile; to become barren | 1851 |
| 漸と | やっと | at last; finally barely; narrowly; just; by the skin of one's teeth | 741 |
| 止む | やむ | to cease; to stop; to be over | 2198 |
| 止める | やめる | to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to end; to quit to cancel; to abandon; to give up; to abolish; to abstain; to refrain | 386 |
| 柔らかい | やわらかい | soft; tender; supple; flexible; limber; limp gentle; mild; soft; mellow light (topic, book, etc.); informal | 2627 |
| 湯 | ゆ | hot water hot bath; hot spring molten iron | 1517 |
| 指 | ゆび | finger; toe; digit | 1265 |
| 指輪 | ゆびわ | (finger) ring | N/A |
| 夢 | ゆめ | dream | 521 |
| 揺れる | ゆれる | to shake; to sway; to rock; to swing; to tremble; to jolt; to pitch; to roll; to flicker to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken; to waver | 2668 |
| 用 | よう | business; task; errand; engagement use; purpose for the use of ...; used for ...; made for ... | 3023 |
| 用意 | ようい | preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal) | 848 |
| 用事 | ようじ | business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs | 3886 |
| 汚れる | よごれる | to get dirty; to become dirty to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity | 2800 |
| 予習 | よしゅう | preparation for a lesson | N/A |
| 予定 | よてい | plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation; estimate | 905 |
| 予約 | よやく | reservation; appointment; booking; advance order contract; subscription; pledge programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer) | 2474 |
| 寄る | よる | to approach; to draw near; to come near; to be close to to gather (in one place); to come together; to meet to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to make a short visit | 545 |
| 喜ぶ | よろこぶ | to be delighted; to be glad; to be pleased; to rejoice to congratulate to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to | 762 |
| Kanji | Reading | Meaning | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 理由 | りゆう | reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive | 398 |
| 両方 | りょうほう | both; both sides; both parties | 1680 |
| 旅館 | りょかん | ryokan; traditional Japanese inn | 4296 |
| 利用 | りよう | use; utilization; utilisation; application | 417 |
| 留守 | るす | absence; being away from home house-sitting; house-sitter being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting | N/A |
| 冷房 | れいぼう | air conditioning; air cooling | N/A |
| 歴史 | れきし | history | 492 |
| レジ | (cash) register checkout (counter); cashier Rezh (Russia); Reg | N/A | |
| レポート | report; paper reportage | N/A | |
| 連絡 | れんらく | contacting; (making) contact; getting in touch; communication; correspondence; call; message connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); meeting connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation; link | 845 |
| Kanji | Reading | Meaning | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 沸かす | わかす | to boil; to heat (a liquid); to prepare (a bath, hot drink) to excite; to rouse; to stir | N/A |
| 別れる | わかれる | to part (usu. of people); to part from; to part with; to be apart from to separate (of a couple); to break up; to divorce to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved | 1871 |
| 沸く | わく | to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to be in a ferment; to take place energetically to ferment | 1957 |
| 訳 | わけ | reason; cause; grounds meaning; sense (good) sense; reason | 93 |
| 忘れ物 | わすれもの | lost article; thing left behind leaving something behind; forgetting something | N/A |
| 笑う | わらう | to laugh to smile to sneer; to ridicule | 658 |
| 割合 | わりあい | rate; ratio; percentage; proportion comparatively contrary to expectations | 1118 |
| 割れる | われる | to break; to be smashed to split; to crack; to fissure; to be torn to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party) | 3603 |
| ワープロ | word processor | 4699 |
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