Appendix:JLPT/N1

This appendix is broken into sections corresponding to the ten columns of the gojūon kana ordering system. There a total of 2818 words. The frequency of the word is compiled from here.

あ行

Kanji	Reading	Meaning	Frequency
	ああ	[1] ah!; oh!; alas! [2] yes; indeed; that is correct [3] aah; gah; argh	74
相	あい	together; mutually; fellow	N/A
愛想	あいそ	[1] amiability; friendliness; affability; sociability [2] fondness (of someone); affection; liking [3] compliments; civilities; courtesies; flattery	N/A
愛憎	あいぞう	love and hate	N/A
相対	あいたい	involving only the parties concerned; tete-a-tete	N/A
間柄	あいだがら	relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)	N/A
合間	あいま	interval; break; pause; spare moment	4456
敢えて	あえて	[1] purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); deliberately; intentionally [2] not necessarily; not particularly; not especially [3] definitely not	1936
仰ぐ	あおぐ	[1] to look up (at) [2] to look up to; to respect; to revere [3] to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to turn to (someone) for	N/A
垢	あか	dirt; filth; grime	N/A
亜科	あか	subfamily	N/A
証	あかし	[1] proof; evidence; sign; testimony; testament (to something); vindication [2] witnessing; testifying; testimony	N/A
赤字	あかじ	[1] (being in) the red; deficit [2] red letter; red writing [3] corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red	4430
明かす	あかす	[1] to pass (the night); to spend [2] to reveal; to divulge; to disclose; to expose [3] to prove; to verify	N/A
明白	あからさま	plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward; unabashed; blatant; flagrant	N/A
赤らむ	あからむ	to become red; to redden; to blush	N/A
空き間	あきま	[1] vacancy; room for rent or lease [2] gap (between two objects); opening; space	N/A
諦め	あきらめ	resignation; acceptance; consolation	N/A
悪	あく	[1] evil; wickedness [2] (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy	N/A
	アクセル	accelerator (pedal); gas pedal	N/A
悪どい	あくど	[1] gaudy; showy; garish; loud [2] crooked; vicious; wicked; nasty; unscrupulous; dishonest	N/A
悪日	あくにち	unlucky day	N/A
明くる	あくる	next (day, morning, etc.); following	N/A
憧れ	あこがれ	yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration	2635
顎	あご	[1] jaw; chin [2] barb (of a fishhook)	3297
麻	あさ	[1] cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant) [2] hemp (fiber); linen; flax; jute	N/A
朝寝坊	あさねぼう	[1] sleeping late in the morning; sleeping in; lie-in; oversleeping [2] late riser; person who is bad at getting up in the morning	N/A
浅ましい	あさましい	wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject	N/A
字	あざ	[1] section of village [2] Aza	N/A
欺く	あざむく	[1] to deceive; to delude; to trick; to fool [2] to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")	N/A
鮮やか	あざやか	[1] vivid; bright; brilliant; clear; fresh; vibrant [2] skillful; skilful; adroit; brilliant (performance, goal, etc.); splendid; superb; magnificent; fine	3930
あざ笑う	あざわらう	to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at	N/A
葦	あし	common reed (Phragmites australis)	3252
味わい	あじわい	[1] flavour; flavor; taste [2] charm; appeal; interest; meaning; significance	4924
東	あずま	[1] eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); eastern provinces [2] east [3] wagon; yamatogoto; six-stringed native Japanese zither	N/A
焦る	あせる	[1] to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to fret [2] to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered; to be startled	3150
値する	あたいする	to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit	N/A
私	あたし	I; me	42
悪化	あっか	deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption	3022
呆気ない	あっけな	unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short; over too soon	N/A
	あっさり	[1] easily; readily; quickly; flatly (refuse) [2] lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply	4058
圧迫	あっぱく	[1] pressure [2] oppression; suppression	N/A
	アップ	[1] rise; increase; raising; lifting; going up [2] upload; posting online [3] close-up	2532
扱い	あつかい	[1] treatment; service; dealing (with); handling; management [2] handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; use [3] treating as; treating like	3953
誂える	あつらえる	to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order	N/A
圧力	あつりょく	[1] pressure; stress [2] pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting	4286
当て	あて	[1] aim; object; purpose; end [2] expectations; prospects; hopes [3] something that can be relied upon	N/A
当て字	あてじ	[1] kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character; ateji [2] kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading	N/A
宛てる	あてる	to address	N/A
跡継ぎ	あとつぎ	[1] heir; inheritor [2] successor	N/A
彼の	あの	that; those; the	247
油絵	あぶらえ	oil painting	N/A
	アプローチ	[1] approach (to a problem, issue, etc.) [2] approach (of a long jump, aircraft's flight, etc.); inrun (of a ski jump) [3] approach (to a building, mountain, etc.)	N/A
	あべこべ	contrary; opposite; inverse; reverse; back-to-front	N/A
甘える	あまえる	[1] to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on [2] to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on	N/A
甘口	あまくち	[1] sweet flavour; sweet flavor; mildness [2] flattery [3] stupidity	N/A
雨具	あまぐ	rain gear	N/A
	アマチュア	amateur	N/A
網	あみ	[1] net; netting [2] web	4907
操る	あやつる	[1] to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to manage; to control; to maneuver; to steer [2] to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument) [3] to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet	N/A
	あやふや	uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious; doubtful; non-committal	N/A
危ぶむ	あやぶむ	to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about	N/A
過ち	あやまち	fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas	N/A
誤る	あやまる	[1] to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to do incorrectly; to err [2] to be wrong; to be incorrect; to be false; to be mistaken [3] to mislead; to misguide; to lead astray	4613
歩む	あゆむ	[1] to walk; to go on foot [2] to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to lead (a life); to experience [3] to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.); to embark (on the road to ...)	4256
	あら	oh!; ah!; oh no	3395
予め	あらかじめ	beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously	2231
荒らす	あらす	[1] to lay waste; to devastate; to damage [2] to invade; to break into [3] to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam	N/A
争い	あらそい	[1] fight; dispute; feud; conflict; struggle; strife; discord; argument; quarrel; controversy [2] competition; contest; rivalry	4745
改まる	あらたまる	[1] to be renewed; to change [2] to be improved; to be reformed; to be revised; to be corrected [3] to stand on ceremony; to be formal	N/A
荒っぽい	あらっぽい	[1] wild; violent; rough-mannered; rude [2] rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse; careless	N/A
	アラブ	[1] Arab; Arab countries [2] Arab (horse); Arabian	N/A
霰	あられ	[1] hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel [2] dicing; small cubes [3] roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)	N/A
有りのまま	ありのまま	as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated; honest; true; frank; candid	N/A
亜爾加里	アルカリ	alkali	N/A
	アルミ	aluminum; aluminium	N/A
合わす	あわす	[1] to match (rhythm, speed, etc.) [2] to join together; to unite; to combine; to add up [3] to face; to be opposite (someone)	N/A
合わせ	あわせ	joint together; opposite; facing	N/A
	アワー	hour	N/A
	アンケート	questionnaire; survey; poll	N/A
	アンコール	[1] encore [2] Angkor (Cambodia)	N/A
暗殺	あんさつ	assassination	N/A
暗算	あんざん	mental arithmetic	N/A
暗示	あんじ	[1] hint; suggestion; clue; implication [2] suggestion	N/A
案じる	あんじる	[1] to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to worry (about); to fear [2] to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to devise; to consider; to ponder [3] to investigate	N/A
安静	あんせい	rest; quiet; repose	N/A
案の定	あんのじょう	as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough	N/A
伊	い	Italy	N/A
いい加減	いいかげん	[1] irresponsible; perfunctory; careless [2] lukewarm; half-baked; halfhearted; vague [3] (already) enough	3442
言い訳	いいわけ	[1] excuse [2] explanation	N/A
	イエス	Jesus (Christ)	4570
家出	いえで	[1] running away from home; elopement [2] outing; going out [3] becoming a Buddhist monk; entering the priesthood	N/A
生かす	いかす	[1] to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to capitalise on (experience, etc.) [2] to let live; to keep alive [3] to revive; to resuscitate; to bring back to life	1326
如何に	いかに	[1] how; in what way [2] how (much); to what extent [3] however (much); no matter how	1198
如何にも	いかにも	[1] indeed; really; truly; just (like) [2] very; extremely; totally; terribly [3] absolutely; certainly; for sure	3104
怒り	いかり	anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation	2333
粋	いき	[1] chic; smart; stylish; tasteful; refined; sophisticated [2] understanding; considerate; thoughtful; sensible [3] familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)	N/A
域外	いきがい	outside the area	N/A
意気込む	いきごむ	to be enthusiastic (about); to be eager (to do); to be keen; to be intent (on); to be determined	N/A
行き違い	いきちがい	[1] crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray [2] difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement; disagreement	N/A
異議	いぎ	objection; dissent; protest	N/A
戦	いくさ	[1] war; battle; campaign; fight [2] troops; forces	N/A
育成	いくせい	rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion	3564
幾多	いくた	many; numerous	N/A
生ける	いける	[1] to arrange (flowers); to plant [2] living; live	N/A
異見	いけん	[1] different opinion; different view; dissenting view; objection [2] scolding; reprimand; rebuke; admonition; cautioning; warning	N/A
意向	いこう	intention; idea; inclination; wish	N/A
移行	いこう	[1] transition; changeover; switchover; shift [2] transfer (of powers, weight, etc.); shift (e.g. of centre of gravity)	3198
	いざ	now; come (now); well	2147
碑	いしぶみ	stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations); stele; stela	N/A
衣装	いしょう	clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress	3835
意地	いじ	[1] stubbornness; obstinacy; willpower; pride [2] disposition; nature [3] appetite; desire; greed	N/A
移住	いじゅう	migration; move; emigration; immigration	N/A
弄る	いじる	[1] to finger; to touch; to play with; to fiddle with; to toy with [2] to make changes to; to tinker with; to tamper with [3] to dabble in; to do as a hobby; to play around with	N/A
異性	いせい	[1] the opposite sex [2] isomerism	N/A
遺跡	いせき	(archeological) remains; ruins; relics	3026
依然	いぜん	still; as yet; as it has been	3422
依存	いぞん	dependence; reliance	4024
委託	いたく	entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission	N/A
頂	いただき	[1] crown (of head); summit (of mountain); spire [2] easy win for one [3] something received	N/A
至って	いたって	very much; exceedingly; extremely	N/A
痛む	いたむ	[1] to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain [2] to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged	3871
炒める	いためる	to fry; to saute; to stir-fry	1948
痛める	いためる	[1] to hurt; to injure; to cause pain [2] to harm; to damage; to spoil [3] to worry; to bother; to be grieved over; to afflict	4969
労る	いたわる	[1] to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to treat with sympathy; to console; to be kind to [2] to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse; to soothe [3] to appreciate; to recognize (someone's efforts); to reward for	N/A
一概に	いちがいに	unconditionally; as a rule	N/A
一見	いちげん	first visit to inn, restaurant, etc. without an introduction	2968
著しい	いちじるしい	striking; remarkable; considerable	2468
一同	いちどう	all present; all concerned; all of us	N/A
一部	いちぶ	[1] one part; one portion; one section [2] one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)	635
一部分	いちぶぶん	one part; one portion; one section	N/A
一別	いちべつ	parting	N/A
一面	いちめん	[1] one face; one surface [2] the whole surface [3] one aspect; one side	2886
一様	いちよう	[1] uniform; equal; even; the same; identical [2] common; ordinary; usual	N/A
一律	いちりつ	uniform; even; across-the-board; equal	N/A
一連	いちれん	[1] series; chain; sequence [2] two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper) [3] verse; stanza	3531
一気	いっき	[1] one breath [2] chug!; drink!	1818
一切	いっさい	[1] all; everything; entirety; the whole [2] absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; without exception [3] Issai	1272
一心	いっしん	[1] one mind [2] wholeheartedness; one's whole heart	N/A
	いっそ	[1] rather; sooner; preferably; might as well; just [2] on the contrary; if anything	N/A
一敗	いっぱい	one defeat	N/A
一変	いっぺん	complete change; about-face	2849
意図	いと	intention; aim; design	3178
営む	いとなむ	[1] to run (a business); to operate; to conduct; to practice (law, medicine, etc.) [2] to carry out; to perform; to lead (a life) [3] to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)	3412
異動	いどう	(personnel) change; transfer; relocation; reassignment; reshuffle	N/A
挑む	いどむ	[1] to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to contend for [2] to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to go after (a prize, record, etc.) [3] to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to	N/A
稲光	いなびかり	(flash of) lightning	N/A
古	いにしえ	antiquity; ancient times	N/A
祈り	いのり	prayer; supplication	N/A
鼾	いびき	snoring; snore	N/A
今更	いまさら	[1] now (when it is already much too late); at this stage [2] afresh; anew; again	3078
移民	いみん	[1] immigration; emigration [2] immigrant; emigrant	N/A
嫌々	いやいや	[1] unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly [2] shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)	N/A
卑しい	いやしい	[1] lowborn; humble; lowly [2] vulgar; coarse; crude; mean; base; vile; despicable; dirty; unfair [3] shabby; poor-looking	N/A
嫌に	いやに	awfully; terribly	N/A
嫌らしい	いやらしい	[1] unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty [2] lewd; lascivious; obscene; filthy; dirty	N/A
意欲	いよく	will; desire; eagerness; interest; drive; motivation; urge; ambition	3755
威力	いりょく	power; might; authority; influence	N/A
入る	いる	[1] to enter; to go in; to get in; to come in [2] to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to go down [3] to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.); to achieve; to reach (e.g. a climax)	1675
衣類	いるい	clothes; clothing; garments	N/A
異論	いろん	different opinion; objection	N/A
印	いん	[1] stamp; seal; chop [2] seal impression; seal; sealing; stamp; mark; print [3] mudra (symbolic hand gesture)	N/A
員	いん	member	N/A
印鑑	いんかん	stamp; seal	N/A
陰気	いんき	[1] gloomy; dismal; miserable; melancholy [2] spirit of yin	N/A
隠居	いんきょ	[1] retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement) [2] retired person; retiree [3] surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)	N/A
	インターチェンジ	interchange; service interchange	N/A
	インターナショナル	international	N/A
	インターホン	intercom	N/A
	インテリ	[1] intellectual; educated person [2] intelligentsia	N/A
	インフォメーション	information	N/A
	インフレ	inflation	N/A
卯	う	[1] the Rabbit (fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Hare [2] hour of the Rabbit (around 6am, 5-7am, or 6-8am) [3] east	N/A
	ウイルス	virus	3382
上下	うえした	[1] top and bottom; up and down; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends [2] upside-down	N/A
受かる	うかる	to pass (examination)	2466
受け入れ	うけいれ	receiving; acceptance; reception	N/A
受け入れる	うけいれる	to accept; to receive; to agree	1434
受け継ぐ	うけつぐ	to inherit; to succeed; to take over	3649
受け付ける	うけつける	[1] to accept; to receive (an application); to take up [2] to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to tolerate; to endure [3] to be affected by; to take damage from	4689
受け止める	うけとめる	[1] to catch; to stop the blow [2] to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept; to come to grips with	2712
受身	うけみ	[1] the defensive [2] passive attitude; passivity; passiveness [3] the passive; passive voice	N/A
動き	うごき	[1] movement; move; motion [2] trend; development; change; fluctuation	767
氏	うじ	[1] family name; lineage; birth [2] clan	N/A
渦	うず	whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom	N/A
嘘つき	うそつき	[1] liar; fibber [2] lying	N/A
打ち合わせる	うちあわせる	[1] to knock together; to strike against each other [2] to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance)	N/A
打ち切る	うちきる	to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close	N/A
打ち消し	うちけし	negation; denial; negative	N/A
打ち込む	うちこむ	[1] to drive in (a nail, stake, etc.); to hammer in [2] to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to smash [3] to fire into; to shoot into	3742
内訳	うちわけ	itemization (of expenses); the items; breakdown; classification	N/A
訴え	うったえ	lawsuit; complaint	N/A
鬱陶しい	うっとうしい	[1] gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing [2] irritating; troublesome [3] heavy (weather); cloudy	N/A
写し	うつし	copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript	N/A
虚ろ	うつろ	[1] cavity; hollow; void [2] hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.); empty (words, heart, etc.)	N/A
器	うつわ	[1] bowl; vessel; container [2] ability; capacity; calibre; caliber	3092
雨天	うてん	rainy weather	N/A
腕前	うでまえ	ability; skill; facility	N/A
促す	うながす	[1] to urge; to encourage; to press; to prompt; to draw (attention to) [2] to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken; to accelerate; to promote	2600
埋まる	うまる	[1] to be buried; to be covered; to be surrounded [2] to overflow; to be crowded; to be filled [3] to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished	N/A
生まれつき	うまれつき	by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate	N/A
生む	うむ	[1] to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs) [2] to produce; to yield; to give rise to; to deliver	1110
梅干し	うめぼし	umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum	N/A
末	うら	top end; tip	N/A
裏返し	うらがえし	[1] inside out; upside down [2] flip side; opposite; contrary; reverse	N/A
売り出し	うりだし	(bargain) sale	N/A
売り出す	うりだす	[1] to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to begin selling; to market [2] to become popular	N/A
潤う	うるおう	[1] to become moist; to be moistened; to become damp; to get wet [2] to profit (from); to benefit; to become prosperous; to flourish; to be made rich [3] to be refreshed (of one's mind); to be enriched (of one's heart)	N/A
浮気	うわき	[1] extramarital sex; affair; fooling around [2] infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness; inconstancy; fickleness; caprice	3860
上手	うわて	[1] upper part [2] upper stream; upper course of a river [3] right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV)	N/A
上回る	うわまわる	to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than	2657
植わる	うわる	to be planted	N/A
運営	うんえい	management; administration; operation	2179
	うんざり	tedious; boring; being fed up with	N/A
運送	うんそう	transport; freight; shipping; moving (goods)	N/A
運賃	うんちん	[1] (passenger) fare [2] freight rates; shipping expenses	N/A
云々	うんぬん	[1] and so on; and so forth; et cetera; and such; and the like [2] comment; criticism	N/A
運命	うんめい	fate; destiny; lot	2430
運輸	うんゆ	transportation	N/A
運用	うんよう	[1] making use of; application; practical use; effective management (e.g. of funds) [2] operation (esp. of a boat); steering	3305
会	え	gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)	N/A
重	え	-fold; -ply	N/A
	エアメール	airmail; air mail	N/A
鱝	えい	ray (any fish of superorder Batoidea)	N/A
映写	えいしゃ	projection	N/A
英字	えいじ	English letter; alphabetic character	N/A
衛生	えいせい	hygiene; sanitation; health	N/A
映像	えいぞう	[1] image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV) [2] video; film; footage [3] reflection	2085
英雄	えいゆう	[1] hero; heroine; great person [2] Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804) [3] Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)	N/A
役	えき	[1] war; campaign; battle [2] unpaid work (ritsuryō system); forced labor	N/A
液	えき	liquid; fluid	N/A
閲覧	えつらん	[1] inspection; reading; perusal [2] browsing (the web)	N/A
獲物	えもの	[1] prey; catch; kill; game [2] spoils; trophy; loot; plunder	N/A
襟	えり	[1] collar; lapel; neckband; neck [2] nape of the neck; scruff of the neck	N/A
	エレガント	elegant	N/A
艶	えん	charming; fascinating; voluptuous	N/A
円滑	えんかつ	smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious	4135
縁側	えんがわ	[1] engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses [2] bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin	N/A
沿岸	えんがん	[1] coast; shore [2] coastal waters; inshore waters; coastal area	N/A
婉曲	えんきょく	euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect	N/A
演出	えんしゅつ	[1] direction (of a play, film, etc.); production [2] organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect); orchestration	2817
	エンジニア	engineer	N/A
演じる	えんじる	[1] to act (a part); to play (a role) [2] to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production) [3] to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself; to do something conspicuously; to make a scene	N/A
演ずる	えんずる	[1] to act (a part); to play (a role) [2] to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production) [3] to commit (a blunder); to pretend (e.g. to be a good father); to disgrace oneself	2752
縁談	えんだん	marriage proposal; marriage talks	N/A
遠方	えんぽう	[1] distant place; faraway location; far away [2] Ochikata	N/A
円満	えんまん	[1] harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth; free from trouble [2] Enman	N/A
尾	お	[1] tail (of an animal); cauda [2] tail (of a kite, etc.); tail end [3] tail (of a comet)	N/A
	おい	[1] hey!; say!; I say!; come on!; look!; oi! [2] I; me	2578
於いて	おい	[1] at (a time or place); in; on [2] in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); when it comes to; regarding; with respect to; in (terms of); as to; as for [3] on the part of; under the authority of; in the name of	N/A
甥	おい	nephew	N/A
追い込む	おいこむ	[1] to herd; to drive; to chase; to corral [2] to corner; to force someone into doing [3] to go hard; to push yourself; to make a last charge	4798
老いる	おいる	to age; to grow old	N/A
負う	おう	[1] to carry on one's back; to bear; to shoulder [2] to take (responsibility); to assume; to accept; to bear (the blame, costs, etc.); to have (a duty, obligation, etc.); to become responsible for; to be burdened with (work, debt, etc.) [3] to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound); to receive; to incur (a loss, damage, etc.)	2417
応急	おうきゅう	emergency; first-aid	N/A
黄金	おうごん	[1] gold (Au) [2] golden; prosperous; excellent; superb [3] money (esp. ōban coin); cash	N/A
応募	おうぼ	application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment	3361
大方	おおかた	[1] large part; greater part; majority [2] people in general; general public; public at large [3] mostly; for the most part; almost; nearly	N/A
大柄	おおがら	[1] large build [2] large pattern	N/A
大げさ	おおげさ	exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose	3545
大筋	おおすじ	outline; summary; gist; basic points	N/A
大空	おおぞら	wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament	N/A
大幅	おおはば	[1] big; large; drastic; substantial [2] full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)	2275
大水	おおみず	flood	N/A
公	おおやけ	[1] official; governmental; formal [2] public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common [3] being public knowledge; being out in the open; exposure to public view	N/A
犯す	おかす	[1] to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to make (e.g. mistake) [2] to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to transgress; to contravene [3] to rape; to violate; to ravish; to deflower	2506
侵す	おかす	[1] to invade; to raid; to violate (airspace, etc.); to intrude; to trespass [2] to infringe; to encroach [3] to harm; to afflict; to affect	N/A
臆病	おくびょう	cowardly; timid; easily frightened	N/A
遅らす	おくらす	to delay; to postpone; to slow down; to retard	N/A
遅れ	おくれ	delay; lag; postponement; falling behind	N/A
行い	おこない	[1] deed; act; action [2] conduct; behavior; behaviour [3] asceticism	N/A
厳か	おごそか	solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately; impressive	N/A
奢る	おごる	[1] to treat (someone) to (something); to give (someone) a treat; to buy (someone a meal, drink, etc.) [2] to be extravagant; to live in luxury	N/A
長	おさ	[1] head; chief; leader [2] the greatest (of all the ...)	N/A
収まる	おさまる	[1] to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to fall within (e.g. a budget) [2] to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to be returned (to one's original position) [3] to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to occupy (a role)	2548
治まる	おさまる	[1] to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to cool off; to abate; to be settled; to be brought under control [2] to be at peace; to be governed well [3] to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated; to get better; to ease off	N/A
お産	おさん	(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery	N/A
教え	おしえ	teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine	3485
押し込む	おしこむ	[1] to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to crowd into [2] to break in; to burgle; to burglarize	N/A
押し寄せる	おしよせる	to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.); to rush for (the door); to inundate; to overwhelm; to push aside	N/A
お祖父さん	おじいさん	[1] grandfather [2] male senior-citizen; old man	1406
雄	おす	male (animal, plant)	3303
お世辞	おせじ	flattery; compliment	N/A
襲う	おそう	[1] to attack; to assail; to make an assault; to strike; to hunt down [2] to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.) [3] to make a sudden visit	2103
遅くとも	おそくとも	at the latest	N/A
恐れ	おそれ	fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence	1934
恐れ入る	おそれいる	[1] to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to feel small [2] to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be thankful [3] to be amazed; to be greatly impressed; to admire	N/A
煽てる	おだてる	to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate	N/A
落ち込む	おちこむ	[1] to feel down; to feel sad; to be depressed; to be in low spirits [2] to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition [3] to fall into (e.g. a hole)	2583
落ち葉	おちば	[1] fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves [2] leaf fall; dropping leaves; defoliation [3] deciduous	N/A
	おっかない	[1] frightening; scary [2] extreme; exaggerated; huge	N/A
ＯＫ (ＯＫ)	オッケー	[1] OK; okay [2] fine (without); not needed; unnecessary; all right	1630
乙	おつ	[1] (the) second (party, rank, etc.); B (grade); the latter [2] stylish; chic; smart; witty; tasty [3] strange; quaint; queer	N/A
お使い	おつかい	[1] errand; mission; going on an errand [2] messenger; bearer; errand boy; errand girl [3] familiar spirit	N/A
お手上げ	おてあげ	being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; throwing up (one's) hands	N/A
訪れる	おとずれる	[1] to visit; to call on [2] to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear	1381
お供	おとも	attendant; companion	N/A
衰える	おとろえる	to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither; to waste away	N/A
	オドオド	timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously	N/A
脅す	おどす	to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)	N/A
驚き	おどろき	surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement	2804
同い年	おないどし	the same age	N/A
自ずから	おのずから	naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord	N/A
怯える	おびえる	to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)	N/A
夥しい	おびただしい	large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant	N/A
帯びる	おびる	[1] to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to bear [2] to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to take on [3] to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of; to be tinged with	4381
覚え	おぼえ	memory; sense; experience	3216
お負け	おまけ	[1] something thrown in (with a purchase); something extra; free gift; freebie; giveaway; premium; prize [2] (giving a) discount; price reduction [3] addition; embellishment (e.g. to a story)	2768
お宮	おみや	Shinto shrine	N/A
お襁褓	おむつ	diaper; nappy	N/A
思いつき	おもいつき	idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim; suggestion	N/A
面	おもて	[1] face [2] surface [3] mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)	N/A
主なる	おもなる	main; principal; important	N/A
趣	おもむき	[1] meaning; tenor; gist [2] effect; influence [3] appearance; aspect	N/A
赴く	おもむく	[1] to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to proceed according to; to repair to; to betake oneself to [2] to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.) [3] to abide by; to agree to; to consent to; to obey	N/A
重んじる	おもんじる	to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize	N/A
重んずる	おもんずる	to honor; to honour; to respect; to esteem; to prize	N/A
及び	および	and; as well as	256
及ぶ	およぶ	[1] to reach; to amount to; to befall; to happen to; to extend; to go on (for, until) [2] to be up to the task; to come up to [3] to compare with; to be a match (for)	1597
織り	おり	weave; weaving; woven item	N/A
檻	おり	cage; pen; (jail) cell	N/A
	オリエンテーション	orientation	N/A
織物	おりもの	textile; fabric	N/A
織る	おる	to weave	N/A
俺	おれ	I; me	363
	オレンジ	[1] orange (fruit, colour) [2] Orange	N/A
愚か	おろか	foolish; stupid; silly	N/A
疎か	おろそか	negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss	N/A
	オンライン	[1] online [2] on the line (of a ball; in tennis, volleyball, etc.)	N/A
温和	おんわ	[1] mild (climate); temperate; clement; pleasant; agreeable [2] gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; quiet; pleasant [3] moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild; temperate	N/A
	オートマチック	[1] automatic [2] automatic firearm [3] automatic transmission	N/A
	オープン	[1] opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.) [2] open; frank; approachable; open-hearted [3] open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)	3186

か行

Kanji	Reading	Meaning	Frequency
科	か	[1] department; section; faculty; school; arm [2] course (of study); branch of study; specialization [3] (taxonomical) family	N/A
箇	か	counter used with Sino-Japanese words	N/A
下位	かい	low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)	N/A
階	かい	[1] storey; story; floor [2] stairs [3] stage (in chronostratigraphy)	N/A
改悪	かいあく	changing (something) for the worse; disimprovement; deterioration	N/A
海運	かいうん	[1] maritime transport; shipping [2] Kaiun	N/A
改革	かいかく	reform; reformation; reorganization	2604
貝殻	かいがら	seashell; shell	N/A
階級	かいきゅう	[1] (social) class [2] rank; grade	N/A
海峡	かいきょう	channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait	N/A
会見	かいけん	interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party	N/A
介護	かいご	nursing; care; caregiving; caring	2342
開催	かいさい	holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)	1141
改修	かいしゅう	repair; improvement	N/A
回収	かいしゅう	collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval	3473
解除	かいじょ	[1] termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; rescission [2] lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations); cancellation (of a warning, alert, etc.); calling off (e.g. a strike); releasing (a lock)	4979
回送	かいそう	[1] forwarding; sending on; redirecting (e.g. mail) [2] deadheading (e.g. train); (train) returning to the station	N/A
階層	かいそう	class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy	N/A
開拓	かいたく	[1] reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development [2] pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground; trailblazing [3] Kaitaku	N/A
会談	かいだん	talks (i.e. formal discussions); conference; meeting	N/A
改定	かいてい	revision (of a rule, price, etc.); alteration; change	N/A
改訂	かいてい	revision (of text); alteration; change	N/A
介入	かいにゅう	intervention	N/A
開発	かいはつ	development; exploitation (of resources)	831
海抜	かいばつ	height above sea level	N/A
介抱	かいほう	nursing; looking after	N/A
解剖	かいぼう	[1] dissection; autopsy; postmortem examination [2] analysis; postmortem	N/A
回覧	かいらん	circulation (esp. documents); sending round	N/A
海流	かいりゅう	ocean current	N/A
改良	かいりょう	improvement; reform	4289
回路	かいろ	[1] circuit (electric) [2] cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)	N/A
海路	かいろ	sea route	N/A
顧みる	かえりみる	[1] to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to reminisce about [2] to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to look over one's shoulder [3] to consider; to concern oneself about; to take notice of; to pay attention to; to take into consideration	N/A
顔つき	かおつき	(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression	N/A
掲げる	かかげる	[1] to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to fly (e.g. a flag); to hoist; to raise; to display [2] to hold up high; to raise overhead [3] to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to hold up (an ideal); to parade (e.g. a slogan)	1414
踵	かかと	heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)	N/A
課外	かがい	extracurricular	N/A
書き取る	かきとる	[1] to write down (what someone says); to take down dictation; to take notes (e.g. of a lecture) [2] to copy out (a text)	N/A
かき回す	かきまわす	[1] to stir; to churn; to poke (a fire); to disturb (water) [2] to rummage around [3] to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos; to disturb	N/A
佳句	かく	beautiful passage of literature	1850
角	かく	[1] angle [2] square; cube [3] bishop	N/A
画	かく	stroke (of a kanji)	N/A
欠く	かく	[1] to chip; to nick; to break; to crack [2] to lack	3595
核	かく	[10] nucleus (of a cultured pearl) [1] stone (of a fruit); pit; pip [2] core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; heart	4374
拡散	かくさん	[1] spreading; disseminating; scattering [2] diffusion (of light, gas)	N/A
各種	かくしゅ	every kind; all sorts	3806
隔週	かくしゅう	every other week; every two weeks	N/A
革新	かくしん	reform; innovation	N/A
確信	かくしん	conviction; belief; confidence	3076
確定	かくてい	decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment	4225
	カクテル	cocktail	N/A
獲得	かくとく	acquisition; possession	2698
確保	かくほ	[1] securing; obtaining; ensuring; guarantee; maintaining [2] belay; belaying	996
革命	かくめい	[1] revolution [2] 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)	3528
確立	かくりつ	establishment; settlement	1848
掛け	かけ	[1] credit [2] money owed on an account; bill [3] hanger; holder; rest; rack; peg; hook; stand	N/A
賭け	かけ	bet; wager; stake; gamble	N/A
駆け足	かけあし	[1] running fast; double time [2] cantering [3] doing things in a hurry	N/A
家計	かけい	household economy; family finances	N/A
駆けっこ	かけっこ	(foot) race; sprint	N/A
翔る	かける	[1] to soar; to fly [2] to run; to dash	N/A
賭ける	かける	to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble	N/A
加工	かこう	manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining	3555
化合	かごう	chemical combination	N/A
嵩張る	かさばる	to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous	N/A
嵩む	かさむ	to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase	N/A
華奢	かしゃ	lavish; luxurious; showy; gaudy	N/A
箇所	かしょ	[1] place; point; part; spot; area; passage; portion [2] counter for places, parts, passages, etc.	4631
箇条書き	かじょうがき	itemized form; itemised form; itemization; itemisation	N/A
微か	かすか	[1] faint; dim; weak; slight; vague; indistinct; hazy [2] poor; wretched; meagre; meager; scanty	3561
霞む	かすむ	[1] to become misty; to become hazy [2] to get blurry; to grow dim [3] to be overshadowed; to be upstaged; to be outshone	N/A
化する	かする	[1] to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to become [2] to influence	N/A
掠る	かする	[1] to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly [2] to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze	N/A
火星	かせい	Mars (planet)	N/A
河川	かせん	rivers	N/A
化繊	かせん	synthetic fiber; synthetic fibre; chemical fiber; chemical fibre	N/A
過疎	かそ	underpopulation; low population density; depopulation	N/A
過多	かた	excess; surplus; superabundance	N/A
難い	かたい	difficult; hard	3662
片思い	かたおもい	unrequited love; one-sided love	N/A
敵	かたき	[1] rival; opponent; adversary; competitor; enemy (esp. one with which there is longstanding enmity); foe [2] revenge [3] spouse	N/A
片言	かたこと	prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering	N/A
片付け	かたづけ	tidying up; finishing	N/A
傾ける	かたむける	[1] to incline; to lean; to tip; to tilt; to slant; to bend; to list [2] to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to pour one's energy into [3] to ruin; to squander; to empty	3790
固める	かためる	[1] to harden; to freeze; to strengthen; to solidify; to make (a fist); to tramp down (snow, dirt) [2] to put together; to collect; to gather; to consolidate [3] to make secure; to stabilize; to settle down; to strengthen (belief, resolution, etc.); to establish (evidence)	3507
傍ら	かたわら	[1] side; edge; beside; besides; nearby [2] while (doing); in addition to; at the same time	3830
課題	かだい	[1] subject; theme; issue; matter [2] homework; assignment [3] task; challenge; problem; question	1170
花壇	かだん	[1] flower bed [2] Kadan	N/A
家畜	かちく	domestic animals; livestock; cattle	N/A
	カット	[1] cut; cutting [2] haircut [3] (continuous) shot (in a film or TV show)	2766
活発	かっぱつ	lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk	3480
且つ	かつ	and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time	N/A
嘗て	かつて	[1] once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex- [2] never yet; never before; first time; still not happened	1131
	カテゴリ	category	N/A
哉	かな	how!; what!; alas!	N/A
叶う	かなう	[1] to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled [2] to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to conform to (standards, rules, etc.); to be consistent with [3] to match (implies competition); to rival; to bear (e.g. the heat)	N/A
叶える	かなえる	[1] to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer) [2] to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)	N/A
加入	かにゅう	joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation; signing (e.g. a treaty); taking out (insurance)	3003
金蔵	かねぐら	[1] treasure house; treasury [2] financial supporter; patron; financier; backer	N/A
予て	かねて	previously; already; for some time; for quite a while	N/A
下番	かばん	going off duty	N/A
華美	かび	[1] splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; pomp; magnificence [2] showiness; gaudiness; extravagance; luxury	N/A
花粉	かふん	pollen	4955
株式	かぶしき	share (in a company); stock	3490
気触れる	かぶれる	[1] to develop a rash or inflammation (e.g. in response to a skin irritant); to react to (something) [2] to be strongly influenced (usu. negative or critical nuance)	N/A
貨幣	かへい	money; currency; coin	N/A
構え	かまえ	[1] structure; construction; appearance [2] posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; stance [3] readiness; determination; preparedness	N/A
構える	かまえる	[1] to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to establish; to run; to maintain [2] to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to prepare in advance (e.g. a meal) [3] to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to stand ready; to be poised for	3111
加味	かみ	[1] seasoning; flavoring; flavouring [2] addition; inclusion; taking into account	N/A
噛み切る	かみきる	to bite off; to gnaw through	N/A
過密	かみつ	[1] overcrowding; congestion; overpopulation [2] crammed (schedule); congested; busy; tight	N/A
	カムバック	comeback	N/A
甕	かめ	earthenware pot	N/A
	カメラマン	[1] photographer [2] cameraman; camera operator; cinematographer	N/A
体つき	からだつき	body build; figure	N/A
絡む	からむ	[1] to twine; to get tangled; to get entangled; to get caught (in) [2] to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to be a factor (in); to have an influence [3] to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with); to pester; to hassle	3108
仮	かり	[1] temporary; provisional; interim; tentative [2] fictitious; assumed (name); alias [3] hypothetical; theoretical	2020
下吏	かり	lower official	N/A
借り	かり	borrowing; debt; loan	N/A
	カルテ	[1] patient's chart; clinical records [2] record (e.g. student, equipment maintenance, etc.) [3] Khalte	N/A
涸れる	かれる	to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out	N/A
過労	かろう	overwork; strain	N/A
辛うじて	かろうじて	barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty	N/A
交わす	かわす	[1] to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.) [2] to intersect; to cross; to interlace [3] ... with one another; ... to each other	3405
代わる代わる	かわるがわる	alternately; by turns	N/A
館	かん	(large) building; public building; hall	N/A
観	かん	[1] look; appearance [2] spectacle; sight [3] observation meditation	N/A
感慨	かんがい	deep emotion; strong feelings	N/A
簡潔	かんけつ	concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)	N/A
還元	かんげん	[1] restoration; return [2] reduction; resolution; deoxidization; deoxidation	N/A
刊行	かんこう	publication; issue	N/A
慣行	かんこう	customary practice; habit; traditional event	N/A
勧告	かんこく	advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation	N/A
漢語	かんご	[1] Japanese word of Chinese origin; Sino-Japanese word [2] language of the Han people; Chinese	N/A
看護	かんご	nursing; (army) nurse	N/A
換算	かんさん	conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)	N/A
監視	かんし	monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision; lookout	4056
慣習	かんしゅう	[1] custom; convention; common practice [2] becoming accustomed (to)	N/A
観衆	かんしゅう	spectators; onlookers; members of the audience	N/A
干渉	かんしょう	interference; intervention; meddling	N/A
感触	かんしょく	[1] feel (of something); touch; texture; sensation [2] feeling; impression	4911
肝心	かんじん	essential; important; crucial; vital; main	4043
歓声	かんせい	cheer; shout of joy	N/A
幹線	かんせん	main line; trunk line	N/A
感染	かんせん	[1] infection; contagion; becoming infected [2] being infected (e.g. with harmful ideas); being influenced (by)	3623
関税	かんぜい	customs (duties); duty; tariff	N/A
観点	かんてん	point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle	1783
感度	かんど	[1] sensitivity (e.g. of a measuring instrument); reception (radio, TV, etc.) [2] sensitivity (of film)	N/A
	カンニング	cheating (on an examination); cribbing	N/A
幹部	かんぶ	management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons	3843
勘弁	かんべん	pardon; forgiveness; forbearance	N/A
完璧	かんぺき	perfect; complete; flawless	3294
感無量	かんむりょう	deep emotion; being filled with emotion	N/A
勧誘	かんゆう	invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion; encouragement	N/A
関与	かんよ	participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in	3798
寛容	かんよう	tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity	N/A
観覧	かんらん	viewing	N/A
官僚	かんりょう	bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy	N/A
慣例	かんれい	custom; practice; convention; precedent	N/A
貫禄	かんろく	presence; dignity	N/A
緩和	かんわ	relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening	4707
	カーペット	carpet	N/A
街	がい	street; quarter; district; area	N/A
外貨	がいか	[1] foreign currency; foreign money; foreign exchange [2] foreign goods; imported goods	N/A
外相	がいしょう	Foreign Minister	N/A
害する	がいする	[1] to injure; to damage; to harm; to hurt [2] to kill [3] to hinder; to obstruct	N/A
該当	がいとう	corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements); meeting (conditions); qualifying for	2396
	ガイド	[1] guide; tour guide; conductor; guiding; leading [2] guidebook [3] guide (on a fishing rod); guide ring	4779
	ガイドブック	guidebook	N/A
概念	がいねん	general idea; concept; notion	2486
外来	がいらい	[1] foreign; imported [2] outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic; outpatient ward	N/A
概略	がいりゃく	outline; summary; gist; in brief	N/A
学芸	がくげい	arts and sciences; liberal arts	N/A
学士	がくし	[1] university graduate; bachelor [2] bachelor's degree	N/A
学説	がくせつ	theory	N/A
楽譜	がくふ	score; sheet music	N/A
学歴	がくれき	academic background; academic credentials; academic record	N/A
崖	がけ	[1] cliff; precipice [2] precipice; brink of a dangerous situation	N/A
雅致	がち	artistry; good taste; elegance; grace	N/A
	がっくり	[1] heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed [2] feeling exhausted; feeling drained	N/A
合唱	がっしょう	[1] singing together; singing in union; chorus [2] ensemble singing; choral singing; chorus	N/A
	がっしり	firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly	N/A
合致	がっち	agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance	N/A
	がっちり	[1] solid; robust; well-built [2] tight; taut [3] shrewd; calculating; astute	N/A
月日	がっぴ	month and day (of the year); (the) date	N/A
合併	がっぺい	merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition; fusion; annexation; affiliation; incorporation	3135
	がる	[1] to show signs of being; to feel; to think [2] to behave as if one were; to pretend; to act as if	N/A
	ガレージ	garage	N/A
側	がわ	[1] side (of something, or taking someone's side); part [2] (watch) case	1466
癌	がん	cancer	1586
眼科	がんか	ophthalmology	N/A
眼球	がんきゅう	eyeball	N/A
頑固	がんこ	stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded	N/A
願書	がんしょ	[1] (written) application; written request; petition [2] written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple	N/A
頑丈	がんじょう	solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy	N/A
岩石	がんせき	rock	N/A
元年	がんねん	[1] first year (of an imperial era) [2] year something (important) first happened or began	N/A
生	き	pure; undiluted; raw; crude	N/A
期	き	[1] period; time [2] opportunity; chance; occasion [3] age	N/A
企画	きかく	planning; plan; project; arrangements	2284
規格	きかく	standard; norm	N/A
着飾る	きかざる	to dress up	N/A
季刊	きかん	quarterly publication	N/A
器官	きかん	organ	N/A
危害	きがい	injury; harm; danger	N/A
気兼ね	きがね	constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone	N/A
気軽	きがる	[1] carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; sprightly [2] ease	3283
危機	きき	crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch	3348
聞き取り	ききとり	[1] listening comprehension; aural comprehension [2] hearing what others say; gathering information, opinions, etc.; public hearing	N/A
効き目	ききめ	[1] effect; virtue; efficacy; impression [2] one's dominant eye	N/A
帰京	ききょう	returning (home) to Tokyo; returning to the capital	N/A
基金	ききん	fund; foundation	N/A
喜劇	きげき	comedy	N/A
起源	きげん	origin; beginning; source; rise	4132
機構	きこう	[1] mechanism; machinery [2] system; structure; organization; framework	4855
記載	きさい	mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing	1705
気障	きざ	affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious	N/A
兆し	きざし	sign; indication; omen; symptom	N/A
気質	きしつ	disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character; trait; turn of mind	N/A
軋む	きしむ	to jar; to creak; to grate	N/A
記述	きじゅつ	description; account	2695
奇数	きすう	odd number	N/A
築く	きずく	[1] to build; to construct; to erect [2] to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)	2791
傷つく	きずつく	[1] to be wounded; to get injured [2] to get hurt feelings [3] to get damaged; to get chipped; to get scratched	4241
規制	きせい	regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction	1885
汽船	きせん	steamship; steamboat; steamer	N/A
寄贈	きぞう	donation; presentation; gift	N/A
貴族	きぞく	nobility; aristocracy; peerage	4540
鍛える	きたえる	[1] to forge; to temper [2] to drill; to train; to discipline	2772
来る	きたる	[1] next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming [2] to come; to arrive; to be due to	N/A
気立て	きだて	disposition; nature	N/A
	きちっと	exactly; perfectly	N/A
	きっかり	[1] exactly; just; precisely [2] punctually; exactly on time	N/A
喫茶	きっさ	[1] tea drinking [2] teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffee shop; (rather formal) cafe	N/A
	きっちり	[1] exactly; precisely; punctually; on the dot [2] closely; tightly; (fitting) perfectly [3] properly; without fail	3971
	きっぱり	clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely; resolutely	N/A
規定	きてい	[1] stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule [2] normal (unit of normality) [3] compulsory exercise (in gymnastics); compulsory routine; compulsory dance (figure skating); (a) compulsory	523
軌道	きどう	[1] orbit; trajectory [2] (railroad) track [3] (right) track; proper course	N/A
甲	きのえ	first sign of the Chinese calendar	N/A
規範	きはん	model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example	N/A
気品	きひん	[1] elegance; refinement; grace; dignity [2] aroma	N/A
気風	きふう	character; traits; ethos	N/A
起伏	きふく	[1] undulation [2] ups and downs; highs and lows	N/A
規模	きぼ	scale; scope; plan; structure	2257
気まぐれ	きまぐれ	[1] whim; caprice; fancy [2] capricious; fickle; whimsical; impulsive; changeable; temperamental	N/A
生真面目	きまじめ	overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest	N/A
期末	きまつ	end of term	N/A
きまり悪い	きまりわるい	embarrassed; ashamed	N/A
記名	きめい	signature; signing one's name; writing one's name (on); registration (of a bond)	N/A
脚色	きゃくしょく	[1] dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen) [2] embellishment (of the facts); exaggeration; dramatization; embroidery	N/A
脚本	きゃくほん	script; screenplay; scenario	N/A
客観	きゃっかん	objectivity; objective; object (philosophical)	N/A
	キャッチ	[1] catch; catching; obtaining (e.g. information); receiving (e.g. radio transmission or phone call) [2] catch [3] shop tout; puller-in	N/A
	キャリア	[1] career; occupation [2] personal history; professional experience [3] government employee who has passed the highest national civil service exam	N/A
規約	きやく	agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention; bylaw	N/A
救援	きゅうえん	relief; rescue	N/A
休学	きゅうがく	temporary absence from school	N/A
究極	きゅうきょく	ultimate; final; last; eventual	N/A
窮屈	きゅうくつ	[1] narrow; tight; cramped [2] formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious; rigid [3] constrained; uncomfortable	N/A
球根	きゅうこん	(plant) bulb	N/A
救済	きゅうさい	[1] relief; aid; help; rescue [2] (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace	N/A
給食	きゅうしょく	provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service	N/A
旧事	きゅうじ	past events; bygones	N/A
給仕	きゅうじ	[1] waiting on a table; serving (at dinner) [2] waiter; waitress; waitperson; server; cabin boy; bellboy; page; pageboy [3] office boy; office girl	N/A
休戦	きゅうせん	cease-fire; truce; armistice	N/A
宮殿	きゅうでん	palace	N/A
窮乏	きゅうぼう	poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury	N/A
驚異	きょうい	wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy	N/A
教員	きょういん	teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member	N/A
教科	きょうか	subject; curriculum	N/A
協会	きょうかい	association; society; organization; organisation	N/A
共感	きょうかん	sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)	4701
共学	きょうがく	coeducation	N/A
協議	きょうぎ	conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation	3610
教訓	きょうくん	lesson; precept; teachings; moral	N/A
境遇	きょうぐう	one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)	N/A
凶作	きょうさく	bad harvest; poor crop	N/A
共産	きょうさん	[1] communism [2] Communist Party	N/A
教材	きょうざい	teaching materials	N/A
教習	きょうしゅう	training; instruction	N/A
郷愁	きょうしゅう	nostalgia; homesickness	N/A
教職	きょうしょく	[1] the teaching profession [2] education of laity	N/A
享受	きょうじゅ	enjoyment (of freedom, beauty, etc.); reception (of a right, privilege, rank, etc.); having	N/A
興じる	きょうじる	to amuse oneself; to make merry	N/A
供する	きょうする	[1] to offer; to present; to submit; to supply; to make available [2] to serve (food and drink) [3] to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)	N/A
強制	きょうせい	compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement	N/A
共存	きょうぞん	coexistence	N/A
協調	きょうちょう	cooperation; conciliation; harmony; coordination	N/A
協定	きょうてい	arrangement; pact; agreement	N/A
脅迫	きょうはく	threat; menace; coercion; blackmail	N/A
共鳴	きょうめい	[1] resonance [2] sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)	N/A
郷里	きょうり	hometown; birthplace	N/A
強烈	きょうれつ	strong; intense; severe	3847
共和	きょうわ	[1] republicanism [2] cooperation; working together	N/A
曲	きょく	[1] composition; piece of music; song; track (on a record) [2] tune; melody; air [3] enjoyment; fun; interest; pleasure	739
局限	きょくげん	limit; localize; localise	N/A
極端	きょくたん	extreme; extremity	2839
拒絶	きょぜつ	refusal; rejection	N/A
拒否	きょひ	refusal; rejection; denial; veto	3310
距離	きょり	[1] distance; range; interval [2] difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; distance [3] metric	1345
寄与	きよ	contribution; service	4725
清らか	きよらか	[1] clean; clear [2] pure; honest; clean; innocent; platonic; chaste	N/A
気楽	きらく	[1] carefree; comfortable; at ease [2] easygoing; happy-go-lucky	4994
煌びやか	きらびやか	gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent	N/A
切り	きり	[10] continuously; remaining (in a particular state) [1] end; finish; place to stop [2] bound; limit; end	N/A
桐	きり	paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree	N/A
切り替える	きりかえる	to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace; to switch over	4094
気流	きりゅう	atmospheric current; air current; airflow	N/A
切れ目	きれめ	[1] gap; break; rift [2] pause; interval; interruption [3] cut; incision; notch; score	N/A
際	きわ	[1] edge; brink; verge; side [2] time; moment of	N/A
極めて	きわめて	exceedingly; extremely; decisively	1200
緊急	きんきゅう	urgency; emergency	N/A
近郊	きんこう	outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings	N/A
均衡	きんこう	equilibrium; balance	N/A
近視	きんし	myopia; shortsightedness; nearsightedness	N/A
禁じる	きんじる	[1] to forbid; to ban; to prohibit [2] to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)	N/A
禁ずる	きんずる	[1] to forbid; to ban; to prohibit [2] to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)	N/A
勤勉	きんべん	diligent; hard-working; industrious	N/A
勤務	きんむ	service; duty; work	3050
勤労	きんろう	labor; labour; exertion; diligent service	N/A
議案	ぎあん	[1] legislative bill; measure [2] agenda item	N/A
戯曲	ぎきょく	[1] drama; play [2] Chinese opera	N/A
議決	ぎけつ	resolution; decision; vote	N/A
議事堂	ぎじどう	assembly hall; parliament house; diet building; capitol; houses of parliament; congress hall	N/A
犠牲	ぎせい	[1] sacrifice [2] victim (esp. someone killed); casualty [3] sacrifice (to a deity)	2862
偽造	ぎぞう	forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification	N/A
議題	ぎだい	topic of discussion; agenda	N/A
技能	ぎのう	technical skill; ability; capacity	N/A
逆転	ぎゃくてん	[1] reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; turning the tables; sudden change [2] reversal (of direction of rotation)	N/A
行	ぎょう	[1] line (of text); row; verse [2] carya (austerities) [3] samskara (formations)	N/A
業者	ぎょうしゃ	[1] trader; dealer; businessperson; company; vendor; supplier; manufacturer; maker; contractor [2] fellow trader; people in the same trade	2953
行政	ぎょうせい	[1] executive; government [2] administration; governance; the authorities; authority	2504
業績	ぎょうせき	achievement; performance; results; work; contribution	4804
業務	ぎょうむ	business; work; operations; service; duties	1831
玉	ぎょく	[1] precious stone (esp. jade) [2] egg (esp. as a sushi topping) [3] stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold	N/A
漁船	ぎょせん	fishing boat	N/A
漁村	ぎょそん	fishing village	N/A
義理	ぎり	[1] duty; sense of duty; honor; honour; decency; courtesy; debt of gratitude; social obligation [2] in-law; relation by marriage	N/A
疑惑	ぎわく	doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion	N/A
吟味	ぎんみ	[1] close examination; careful investigation; close inspection; careful selection; inquiry; enquiry; scrutiny; testing [2] investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt [3] winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game)	N/A
区	く	[1] ward; borough; city (in Tokyo) [2] district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)	3057
	クイズ	quiz	N/A
食い違う	くいちがう	[1] to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears) [2] to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts); to run counter (to); to be inconsistent (with); to be contradictory	N/A
空腹	くうふく	empty stomach; hunger	N/A
区画	くかく	division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot; partition; boundary	N/A
区間	くかん	[1] section (of track, etc.); segment; dimension [2] interval	N/A
茎	くき	stalk; stem	N/A
区切り	くぎり	[1] pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation [2] break; end; (place to) stop; pause; milestone (e.g. in a project)	N/A
潜る	くぐる	[1] to go under; to pass under; to go through; to pass through [2] to dive (into or under the water) [3] to evade; to get around; to slip past	N/A
くじ引き	くじびき	lottery; drawn lot	N/A
擽ったい	くすぐったい	[1] ticklish [2] embarrassing	N/A
件	くだん	[1] the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the above-mentioned; the aforesaid [2] the usual	2672
口ずさむ	くちずさむ	to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon	N/A
嘴	くちばし	beak; bill	N/A
朽ちる	くちる	[1] to rot; to decay [2] to die in obscurity [3] to be forgotten with time	N/A
	くっきり	clearly (standing out); distinctly; sharply; boldly; in sharp relief	N/A
屈折	くっせつ	[1] bending; curving; twisting; turning; winding [2] warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; twisting [3] refraction	N/A
覆す	くつがえす	[1] to overturn; to capsize; to upset [2] to overthrow (government etc.) [3] to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.); to overrule	N/A
諄い	くどい	[1] repetitious; long-winded; tedious; wordy; verbose; insistent; importunate [2] heavy (taste); (overly) rich; strong; cloying [3] gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud	N/A
首飾り	くびかざり	necklace; choker	N/A
首輪	くびわ	[1] (animal) collar [2] necklace; choker	N/A
組み合わせる	くみあわせる	[1] to put together; to combine; to join together; to join up [2] to match against (e.g. in a sport)	3321
組み込む	くみこむ	to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed	4875
蔵	くら	warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown; depository; treasury; elevator	N/A
	くらい	[1] approximately; about; around; or so [2] to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least [3] as ... as ...; like	N/A
	クラブ	[1] nightclub [2] sports club; team [3] (golf) club	N/A
倶楽部	クラブ	club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse	2195
苦しめる	くるしめる	[1] to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to hurt [2] to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict; to distress; to bother; to trouble; to stump; to baffle	N/A
	クレーン	crane (machine)	N/A
黒字	くろじ	[1] (being in) the black; surplus [2] black letter	N/A
君主	くんしゅ	monarch; sovereign; ruler; liege (lord)	N/A
愚痴	ぐち	[1] idle complaint; grumble [2] moha (ignorance, folly)	N/A
	ぐっと	[1] suddenly; at once; in one go; with a jerk; with a gulp [2] considerably; very much; a lot [3] firmly; with an effort; tightly; exerting pressure	N/A
	グラフ	graph; chart; diagram	4873
	グレー	[1] grey; gray [2] Gray (France); Gree	N/A
群	ぐん	[1] group; bunch; crowd; throng; swarm; band [2] group	N/A
軍艦	ぐんかん	warship; battleship	N/A
群集	ぐんしゅう	crowd; community; group; herd; gathering; assembly	N/A
軍事	ぐんじ	military affairs	N/A
軍備	ぐんび	armaments; military preparations	N/A
軍服	ぐんぷく	military uniform	N/A
刑	けい	penalty; sentence; punishment	N/A
頃	けい	qing (Chinese unit of land area equal to 100 mu)	N/A
経緯	けいい	[1] details; particulars; sequence of events; circumstances; situation; how things got this way [2] longitude and latitude [3] warp and weft; warp and woof	3209
経過	けいか	[1] passage (of time); elapsing; lapse [2] progress; development; course (of events) [3] transit	2035
警戒	けいかい	vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard	N/A
計器	けいき	meter; gauge	N/A
契機	けいき	[1] opportunity; chance [2] trigger; cause	4891
敬具	けいぐ	yours sincerely; sincerely yours; yours truly	N/A
軽減	けいげん	abatement; reduction	4265
掲載	けいさい	publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)	2459
傾斜	けいしゃ	inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip; tilt; lean	N/A
形成	けいせい	[1] formation; molding; making (up); taking form; giving form to [2] repair (e.g. with plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty	1609
形勢	けいせい	condition; situation; prospects	N/A
軽率	けいそつ	rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent	N/A
携帯	けいたい	[1] carrying (on one's person or in the hand) [2] mobile phone; cell phone	1364
形態	けいたい	[1] form; shape; figure [2] morph	3045
刑罰	けいばつ	(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence	N/A
経費	けいひ	expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs	2976
警部	けいぶ	police inspector	N/A
軽蔑	けいべつ	contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting	N/A
経歴	けいれき	personal history; background; career	N/A
経路	けいろ	[1] course; route; path; channel [2] process; stages	N/A
汚らわしい	けがらわしい	filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty; foul; odious; repulsive	N/A
汚れ	けがれ	[1] uncleanness; impurity; defilement [2] disgrace; shame; stain; blot; corruption; depravity [3] uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.	3730
汚れる	けがれる	to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained	N/A
結核	けっかく	[1] tuberculosis; TB [2] concretion	N/A
血管	けっかん	blood vessel; vein	3599
決行	けっこう	doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)	N/A
決勝	けっしょう	decision of a contest; finals (in sports)	N/A
結晶	けっしょう	[1] crystal; crystallization; crystallisation [2] fruits (of labor, union, etc.)	N/A
結成	けっせい	formation; combination	3770
結束	けっそく	[1] union; unity; solidarity [2] bundling; binding; tying [3] putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)	N/A
決意	けつい	decision; determination; resolution	2980
決議	けつぎ	resolution; vote; decision	N/A
結合	けつごう	[1] combination; union; joining; linking; coupling [2] bond [3] join (in relational algebra)	4207
決断	けつだん	decision; determination	4052
欠乏	けつぼう	deficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth; scarcity	N/A
蹴飛ばす	けとばす	[1] to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard [2] to refuse curtly; to reject outright	N/A
貶す	けなす	to speak ill of; to disparage	N/A
気配	けはい	[1] indication; sign; hint; sensation; feeling [2] tone (of the market)	3099
煙たい	けむたい	[1] smoky [2] awkward; uncomfortable; ill at ease	N/A
煙る	けむる	[1] to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to smolder [2] to be hazy; to look dim	N/A
獣	けもの	[1] beast; brute; animal [2] animal with human characteristics	N/A
家来	けらい	retainer; vassal; follower	N/A
圏	けん	[1] sphere; circle; range; area; zone; bloc [2] category	N/A
権	けん	[1] right (to do something) [2] authority; power	N/A
権威	けんい	[1] authority; power; influence; prestige [2] (an) authority (on); expert	4237
兼業	けんぎょう	[1] perusing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously [2] side business; job on the side	N/A
権限	けんげん	power; authority; jurisdiction	3222
健在	けんざい	in good health; alive and well; going strong	N/A
懸賞	けんしょう	offering a prize; prize competition; prize; reward	N/A
検事	けんじ	public prosecutor	N/A
健全	けんぜん	healthy; sound; wholesome	3944
見地	けんち	point of view; viewpoint; standpoint	N/A
賢明	けんめい	wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent	N/A
倹約	けんやく	thrift; economy; frugality	N/A
兼用	けんよう	multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes	N/A
権力	けんりょく	(political) power; authority; influence	3309
劇団	げきだん	troupe; theatrical company	2883
激励	げきれい	encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)	N/A
	ゲスト	guest	N/A
月謝	げっしゃ	monthly tuition fee	N/A
	げっそり	[1] to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; to be disappointed [2] suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin	N/A
月賦	げっぷ	monthly installment (instalment); monthly payment	N/A
下痢	げり	diarrhea; diarrhoea	N/A
原形	げんけい	original form; base form	N/A
現行	げんこう	present; current; in operation	N/A
原作	げんさく	original work	N/A
原子	げんし	atom	N/A
元首	げんしゅ	sovereign; ruler; head of state	N/A
原書	げんしょ	original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language)	N/A
減少	げんしょう	decrease; reduction; decline	1228
元素	げんそ	[1] element; chemical element [2] (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire) [3] origin; source	N/A
原則	げんそく	[1] principle; general rule [2] as a rule; in principle; in general	1651
現像	げんぞう	development (of film); photographic processing	N/A
現地	げんち	[1] actual place; actual location; the spot; the scene; the field; (on) site [2] place where one is currently living	1419
限定	げんてい	limit; restriction	2882
原典	げんてん	original (text)	N/A
減点	げんてん	[1] subtracting points; deducting points [2] points deducted	N/A
原点	げんてん	[1] starting point; origin; beginning [2] origin (of coordinate axes) [3] datum point	4261
原爆	げんばく	atomic bomb; A-bomb	4275
原文	げんぶん	original text	N/A
戸	こ	counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.	N/A
故	こ	the late; the deceased	N/A
恋する	こいする	to fall in love (with); to love	N/A
校	こう	[1] school [2] proofreading; proof	60
溝	こう	10^32; hundred nonillion	N/A
行為	こうい	act; deed; conduct	1187
好意	こうい	[1] kindness; favor; favour; friendliness [2] goodwill; affection; liking (for someone); love	N/A
行員	こういん	bank clerk	N/A
交易	こうえき	trade; commerce	N/A
公演	こうえん	[1] public performance [2] exhibition in a foreign country	4394
公開	こうかい	opening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting; unveiling; release (of a film, information, etc.); disclosure; publication	2590
航海	こうかい	(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise	N/A
後悔	こうかい	regret; repentance; remorse	2830
工学	こうがく	engineering	N/A
皇居	こうきょ	[1] Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence [2] Koukyo	N/A
抗議	こうぎ	protest; objection	4956
鉱業	こうぎょう	mining industry	N/A
興業	こうぎょう	promotion of industry; inauguration of a new industrial enterprise	N/A
高原	こうげん	tableland; plateau	N/A
煌々	こうこう	brilliant; bright; dazzling	N/A
考古学	こうこがく	archaeology; archeology	N/A
交互	こうご	alternate; alternating	N/A
工作	こうさく	[1] handicraft [2] work; construction; manufacturing [3] maneuvering; manoeuvering	N/A
耕作	こうさく	cultivation; farming	N/A
鉱山	こうざん	[1] mine (ore) [2] Kouzan	N/A
講習	こうしゅう	short course; training	N/A
交渉	こうしょう	[1] negotiations; bargaining; discussions; talks [2] connection; relationship; relations; dealings	2549
高尚	こうしょう	high; noble; refined; advanced	N/A
行進	こうしん	march; parade	N/A
香辛料	こうしんりょう	spice; spices; condiment	N/A
口述	こうじゅつ	dictation; verbal statement	N/A
向上	こうじょう	elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress	1565
降水	こうすい	rainfall; precipitation	N/A
洪水	こうずい	flood; flooding	N/A
公然	こうぜん	open; public; official; overt	N/A
抗争	こうそう	rivalry; feud; conflict; dispute; struggle; strife; contention; resistance	N/A
構想	こうそう	plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme	N/A
拘束	こうそく	restriction; restraint; binding; constraint	N/A
後退	こうたい	[1] retreat; falling back; moving backwards; reversing; backing up (of a vehicle); retrogression; retraction [2] recession; waning [3] backspace (key)	N/A
光沢	こうたく	brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish	N/A
公団	こうだん	[1] public corporation [2] public housing	N/A
好調	こうちょう	favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape	N/A
口頭	こうとう	oral; verbal; spoken; parol	N/A
講読	こうどく	reading; translation	N/A
購入	こうにゅう	purchase; buying	1085
公認	こうにん	official recognition; official approval; certification; authorization; authorisation	N/A
光熱費	こうねつひ	cost of fuel and lighting; cost of heat and electricity; energy bill; utility cost	N/A
荒廃	こうはい	ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay	N/A
好評	こうひょう	favorable reception; good reputation; popularity	N/A
交付	こうふ	delivery; issuance; handing over; granting	3927
降伏	こうふく	[1] surrender; capitulation; submission [2] yield	N/A
興奮	こうふん	excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal	2490
公募	こうぼ	[1] public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public advertisement (of a post); open recruitment [2] public offering (of securities)	N/A
巧妙	こうみょう	ingenious; skillful; clever; deft	N/A
公立	こうりつ	public (institution)	N/A
効率	こうりつ	efficiency	3887
小柄	こがら	[1] small build; small stature; petite [2] small pattern	N/A
小切手	こぎって	cheque; check	N/A
国産	こくさん	domestically produced; domestic; Japanese-made	N/A
国定	こくてい	state-sponsored; national	N/A
告白	こくはく	[1] confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission [2] professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love [3] profession (of faith)	3367
国防	こくぼう	national defence; national defense	N/A
国有	こくゆう	national ownership; state ownership; government ownership	N/A
国連	こくれん	United Nations; UN	3874
漕ぐ	こぐ	[1] to row; to paddle; to scull; to pull (the oars) [2] to pedal (a bicycle, etc.) [3] to swing (on a swing)	N/A
こげ茶	こげちゃ	dark brown; olive brown	N/A
個々	ここ	individual; one by one; separate; each	2787
心得	こころえ	[1] knowledge; understanding [2] rules; regulations; guideline; directions [3] deputy; acting	N/A
心がけ	こころがけ	(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention	N/A
心がける	こころがける	to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour	2701
志	こころざし	[1] will; resolution; intention; ambition; aim; goal [2] kindness; goodwill; kind offer [3] gift (as a token of gratitude)	N/A
志す	こころざす	to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)	N/A
心強い	こころづよい	heartening; reassuring	N/A
心細い	こころぼそい	helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging; disheartening	N/A
試み	こころみ	[1] attempt; trial; experiment [2] endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture; initiative	4255
試みる	こころみる	to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)	3659
凝らす	こごらす	[1] to freeze; to congeal [2] to concentrate one's attention on; to devote oneself to something; to ponder; to meditate	N/A
凝る	こごる	to congeal; to gelatinize; to jellify; to jell; to gell; to freeze	4048
孤児	こじ	[1] orphan [2] person without friends	N/A
拗れる	こじれる	to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour	N/A
故人	こじん	[1] the deceased; the departed [2] old friend; longtime acquaintance	N/A
梢	こずえ	treetop; tip of a branch	N/A
個性	こせい	individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic	2573
戸籍	こせき	[1] family register [2] census	N/A
小銭	こぜに	[1] small change; coins [2] small sum of money	N/A
固体	こたい	solid (body); solid matter; solid-state	N/A
炬燵	こたつ	kotatsu; table over an electric heater, with a hanging quilt to retain heat (orig. over a charcoal brazier in a floor well)	N/A
古代	こだい	ancient times; distant past; antiquity	3674
拘る	こだわる	[1] to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to fuss (over); to worry too much (about); to be picky (about); to be hung up (on); to stick to [2] to be particular (about); to pay special attention (to); to be fastidious (about); to insist (on); to be uncompromising [3] to get stuck; to be obstructed	2765
誇張	こちょう	exaggeration	N/A
滑稽	こっけい	[1] funny; comical; humorous; laughable [2] ridiculous; silly; absurd	N/A
国交	こっこう	diplomatic relations	N/A
骨董品	こっとうひん	curio; antique	N/A
骨	こつ	[1] knack; skill; trick; secret; know-how; the ropes; hang [2] bone; skeleton [3] cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes	3059
固定	こてい	[1] fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); securing; anchoring; fastening down [2] fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same [3] fixation (histology)	3366
事柄	ことがら	matter; thing; affair; circumstance	3778
悉く	ことごとく	altogether; entirely	N/A
言伝	ことづて	(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor	N/A
殊に	ことに	[1] especially; particularly; unusually; above all [2] additionally	N/A
事によると	ことによると	possibly; maybe; perhaps	N/A
孤独	こどく	solitude; loneliness; isolation	3400
粉々	こなごな	in very small pieces	N/A
好ましい	このましい	nice; likeable; desirable	N/A
細やか	こまやか	[1] tender; warm; caring; thoughtful [2] meticulous; detailed; attentive [3] deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)	N/A
	コマーシャル	[1] commercial (TV or radio advertisement) [2] commercial	N/A
	コミュニケーション	communication	1349
込める	こめる	[1] to load (a gun, etc.); to charge [2] to put into (e.g. emotion, effort) [3] to include (e.g. tax in a sales price)	1992
	コメント	comment	2052
籠もる	こも	[1] to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to seclude oneself; to hide away; to stay inside (one's shell) [2] to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to infuse with [3] to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be stuffy; to be dense	3345
固有	こゆう	characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-	N/A
雇用	こよう	employment; hire	3323
暦	こよみ	calendar; almanac	N/A
孤立	こりつ	isolation; being alone; being friendless	N/A
魂	こん	Yang energy; spirit	2748
根気	こんき	patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy	N/A
根拠	こんきょ	[1] basis; grounds; foundation; reason; authority [2] base (of operations)	2715
混血	こんけつ	mixed race; mixed parentage	N/A
根源	こんげん	root; source; origin; cause	N/A
	コンタクト	[1] contact [2] contact lens	N/A
昆虫	こんちゅう	insect; bug	N/A
根底	こんてい	root; basis; foundation	N/A
	コンテスト	contest	N/A
	コントラスト	contrast	N/A
	コントロール	control	3477
混同	こんどう	confusion; mixing; merger	N/A
	コンパス	[1] compass (for drawing circles, etc.); pair of compasses [2] (mariner's) compass [3] length of one's stride; length of one's legs	N/A
	コーナー	[1] corner; bend; turn [2] segment (within a radio or TV program); session; column (newspaper, etc.) [3] area; department; section	3286
語彙	ごい	vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology	N/A
号	ごう	[1] number; edition; make; model; issue; part of that group [2] sobriquet; pen-name [3] size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.)	N/A
業	ごう	[1] karma [2] result of one's karma; fate; destiny [3] uncontrollable temper	N/A
壕	ごう	[1] moat; fosse; trench; ditch [2] underground air-raid shelter; dugout	N/A
合意	ごうい	(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus	3464
合議	ごうぎ	consultation; conference; discussion; counsel	N/A
豪儀	ごうぎ	[1] great; grand [2] obstinate; stubborn	N/A
合成	ごうせい	[1] composition; synthesis; compounding; combining [2] composite photo [3] (function) composition	N/A
護衛	ごえい	guard; convoy; escort	N/A
語句	ごく	words and phrases; words	1866
極楽	ごくらく	[1] Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land) [2] paradise; heaven on earth	N/A
誤差	ごさ	measurement error; calculation error	N/A
御座います	ございます	[1] to be; to exist [2] to be (doing) [3] did; (have) done	182
毎	ごと	each; every	4846
碁盤	ごばん	Go board	N/A
誤魔化す	ごまかす	[1] to deceive; to cheat; to swindle [2] to falsify; to misrepresent; to lie about; to tamper with; to fiddle; to doctor; to cook [3] to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge; to gloss over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to smooth over; to get one's way out of (a difficult situation); to explain away	4563
ご覧なさい	ごらんなさい	[1] (please) look [2] see [3] (please) try to do	N/A

さ行

Kanji	Reading	Meaning	Frequency
再	さい	re-; again	N/A
差異	さい	difference; disparity; gap	N/A
再会	さいかい	meeting again; reunion	4636
災害	さいがい	calamity; disaster; misfortune	2999
細菌	さいきん	bacterium; bacteria; germ	N/A
細工	さいく	[1] work; workmanship; craftsmanship; handiwork [2] artifice; trick; device; tampering; doctoring	N/A
採掘	さいくつ	mining; digging; working (a mine)	N/A
	サイクル	cycle	N/A
採決	さいけつ	vote; ballot; division	N/A
再建	さいけん	[1] rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation [2] protoform reconstruction	N/A
再現	さいげん	[1] reappearance; reemergence; return; revival [2] reproduction; reenactment; recreation	N/A
採算	さいさん	profit	N/A
採集	さいしゅう	collecting; gathering	N/A
	サイズ	size	2109
再生	さいせい	[1] restoration to life; coming to life again; resuscitation; regeneration [2] reformation; rehabilitation [3] recycling; reclamation; recovery	3474
最善	さいぜん	the very best; utmost	N/A
採択	さいたく	adoption; selection; choice	N/A
再発	さいはつ	return; relapse; recurrence	N/A
栽培	さいばい	cultivation	3732
細胞	さいぼう	[1] cell [2] cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)	2861
採用	さいよう	[1] use; adoption; acceptance [2] appointment; employment; engagement; recruitment	1583
囀る	さえずる	to sing; to chirp; to twitter	N/A
冴える	さえる	[1] to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be vivid; to be crisp [2] to be clear-headed; to be alert; to be on the ball; to be wide awake [3] to look upbeat; to be perky; to be cheerful	N/A
竿	さお	[1] rod; pole [2] neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen [3] beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance)	N/A
栄える	さかえる	to prosper; to flourish	4810
杯	さかずき	[1] sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages [2] Sakadzuki	N/A
逆立ち	さかだち	[1] handstand; headstand [2] being upside down; being in reverse	N/A
盛る	さかる	[1] to become vigorous; to gain force; to become more active [2] to prosper; to thrive; to flourish [3] to be in heat; to be in rut; to copulate	N/A
差額	さがく	balance; difference (in price, cost); margin	N/A
先に	さきに	[1] previously; before; earlier; formerly; recently [2] first; before (something or someone else); ahead (of); earlier [3] beforehand; in advance; ahead of time	N/A
詐欺	さぎ	[1] fraud; swindle; graft; cheating; trick; scam [2] saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out	N/A
作	さく	[1] work (e.g. of art); piece; production [2] harvest; crop; yield; cultivation; tillage [3] technique	N/A
柵	さく	[1] fence; paling; railing [2] fortress	N/A
策	さく	[1] plan; policy; means; measure; stratagem; scheme [2] fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick	N/A
削減	さくげん	cut; reduction; curtailment	3652
錯誤	さくご	[1] mistake; error; discrepancy [2] discrepancy between one's actions and intentions	N/A
作戦	さくせん	[1] tactics; strategy [2] military operation; naval operation	N/A
作物	さくぶつ	artistic work; literary work	N/A
叫び	さけび	shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream	N/A
裂ける	さける	to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided	N/A
捧げる	ささげる	[1] to lift up; to hold up; to hold above eye level [2] to give; to offer; to consecrate [3] to devote; to sacrifice; to dedicate	4693
差し掛かる	さしかかる	[1] to come near (to); to approach [2] to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to approach (e.g. a climax) [3] to overhang; to hang over	N/A
指図	さしず	directions; instructions; orders; command	N/A
差し出す	さしだす	[1] to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand) [2] to present; to submit; to tender [3] to sacrifice; to give (up)	3718
差し支える	さしつかえる	to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience	N/A
差し引く	さしひく	[1] to deduct; to take away; to dock; to discount [2] to make allowances (for something); to bear (something) in mind [3] to ebb and flow	N/A
些事	さじ	something small; something petty; trifle	N/A
授ける	さずける	[1] to grant; to give; to confer; to award [2] to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)	N/A
嘸	さぞ	surely; certainly; no doubt; must	N/A
定める	さだめる	[1] to decide; to determine [2] to establish; to lay down; to prescribe; to provide; to stipulate [3] to bring peace (to); to make peaceful	714
錯覚	さっかく	[1] optical illusion; hallucination [2] misapprehension; delusion	4558
察する	さっする	[1] to guess; to sense; to presume; to judge [2] to sympathize with; to sympathise with	N/A
颯と	さっと	[1] quickly (esp. actions) [2] suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)	3820
冊	さつ	[1] counter for books [2] volume	N/A
殺人	さつじん	murder; homicide; manslaughter	4400
悟る	さとる	[1] to perceive; to sense; to become aware; to notice; to detect; to discern [2] to understand; to comprehend; to realize [3] to attain enlightenment	4633
裁く	さばく	to judge; to try; to sit in judgement (on); to decide (on)	N/A
然程	さほど	(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much	3992
	サボる	to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out	N/A
様	さま	[1] Mr; Mrs; Miss; Ms [2] makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions) [3] state; situation; appearance; manner	4025
寒気	さむけ	[1] chill; the shivers; shivering fit [2] cold; coldness; cold air [3] Samuke	N/A
然も	さも	[1] really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently [2] in that way	N/A
作用	さよう	action; operation; process; agency; effect; function	2932
障る	さわる	to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate	N/A
	さん	[1] Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san [2] politeness marker	N/A
	サン	[1] Sun [2] San	N/A
酸	さん	[1] acid [2] sourness; sour taste	N/A
酸化	さんか	oxidation; oxidization	N/A
山岳	さんがく	mountain chain; mountains	N/A
産休	さんきゅう	maternity leave; paternity leave	N/A
	サンキュー	thank you; thanks	N/A
参議院	さんぎいん	House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)	N/A
産後	さんご	after childbirth; postpartum	N/A
産出	さんしゅつ	production; output; turning out	N/A
参照	さんしょう	[1] reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison [2] browsing (to a file or folder)	2497
参上	さんじょう	calling on; visiting	N/A
	サンタクロース	Santa Claus	N/A
桟橋	さんばし	wharf; bridge; jetty; pier	N/A
賛美	さんび	praise; glorification; extolment	N/A
産婦人科	さんふじんか	maternity and gynaecology department (gynecology); department of obstetrics and gynaecology (gynecology)	N/A
産物	さんぶつ	[1] product; produce [2] result; fruit [3] Sanbutsu	N/A
山腹	さんぷく	hillside; mountainside	N/A
山脈	さんみゃく	mountain range; mountain belt	N/A
財	ざい	[1] fortune; riches [2] goods [3] incorporated foundation	N/A
財源	ざいげん	source of funds; resources; finances	N/A
在庫	ざいこ	stock; inventory	N/A
財政	ざいせい	[1] public finance [2] financial affairs; financial situation	N/A
座談会	ざだんかい	symposium; round-table discussion	N/A
雑貨	ざっか	miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries	N/A
雑	ざつ	[1] rough; crude; sloppy; messy [2] miscellaneous	N/A
雑談	ざつだん	chatting; idle talk	N/A
座標	ざひょう	coordinate; coordinates	N/A
残金	ざんきん	remaining money	N/A
残酷	ざんこく	cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman	N/A
残高	ざんだか	(bank) balance; remainder	N/A
死	し	[1] death [2] (an) out [3] death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)	912
秭	し	10^24; septillion	N/A
仕上がり	しあがり	finish; end; completion; result	N/A
仕上げ	しあげ	finish; finishing; finishing touches	N/A
仕上げる	しあげる	to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off	3472
飼育	しいく	breeding; raising; rearing; keeping	N/A
強いて	しいて	by force	N/A
強いる	しいる	to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose	4796
仕入れる	しいれる	[1] to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to stock; to procure [2] to get; to obtain	N/A
潮	しお	[1] tide; current [2] sea water [3] opportunity; chance	N/A
歯科	しか	dentistry	N/A
資格	しかく	qualifications; requirements; capabilities	1703
視覚	しかく	(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision	N/A
仕掛け	しかけ	[1] device; contrivance; mechanism; gadget [2] trick; trap; calculated manipulation; gambit [3] (small) scale; half finished	4657
仕掛ける	しかける	[1] to start; to begin; to commence [2] to challenge; to pick (a fight); to make (war); to draw (a reaction) from [3] to set (traps); to plant (explosives); to lay (mines)	4820
然しながら	しかしながら	however; nevertheless	N/A
市街	しがい	[1] urban areas; the streets; town; city [2] Shigai	N/A
指揮	しき	[1] command; direction; supervision [2] conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)	4494
式場	しきじょう	ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony	N/A
仕来り	しきたり	custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice	N/A
仕切る	しきる	[1] to partition; to divide; to mark off [2] to direct; to manage; to run; to organize; to take responsibility for [3] to settle accounts	N/A
資金	しきん	funds; capital	2134
	しくじる	[1] to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to screw up [2] to be dismissed; to be fired	N/A
仕組み	しくみ	[1] structure; construction; arrangement; contrivance; mechanism; workings [2] plan; plot; contrivance	1919
死刑	しけい	death penalty; capital punishment	N/A
湿気る	しける	to get damp; to get moist; to get soggy; to become humid	N/A
嗜好	しこう	taste; liking; preference	N/A
施行	しこう	[1] putting in force (a law); putting into operation; putting into effect; enforcement [2] carrying out (a plan, policy, etc.); execution	3483
思考	しこう	thought; consideration; thinking	3834
視察	しさつ	inspection; observation	N/A
資産	しさん	property; fortune; means; assets	2983
刺繍	ししゅう	embroidery	N/A
指示	しじ	[1] indication; denotation; designation [2] instructions; directions	1844
支持	しじ	[1] support; backing; endorsement; approval [2] propping up; holding up; support	2959
	システム	system	1319
滴	しずく	drop (e.g. of water); drip	N/A
沈める	しずめる	[1] to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge [2] to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair) [3] to floor (an opponent)	N/A
施設	しせつ	[1] facility; facilities; institution; establishment [2] home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)	1176
子息	しそく	(another's) son	N/A
慕う	したう	[1] to yearn for; to long for; to pine for; to miss; to love dearly; to adore [2] to follow (someone) [3] to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)	N/A
下心	したごころ	[1] secret intention; ulterior motive [2] kanji "heart" radical at bottom	N/A
親しむ	したしむ	to be intimate with; to befriend	N/A
下地	したじ	[1] groundwork; foundation [2] inclination; aptitude; elementary knowledge (of); grounding (in) [3] undercoat; first coat	N/A
認める	したためる	[1] to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes) [2] to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat	N/A
仕立てる	したてる	[1] to tailor; to make (clothing) [2] to train; to bring up [3] to make it seem like; to pass off	N/A
下取り	したどり	trade-in; part exchange	N/A
下火	したび	burning low; waning; declining	N/A
	シック	chic; stylish; smart	N/A
質素	しっそ	[1] simple; plain [2] modest; frugal; reserved	N/A
失調	しっちょう	[1] lack of harmony; lack of balance; lack of coordination; malfunction [2] ataxia	N/A
嫉妬	しっと	jealousy; envy	N/A
室	しつ	[1] room [2] wife (of someone of high rank) [3] scabbard	N/A
質疑	しつぎ	[1] question [2] interpellation	N/A
仕付ける	しつける	[1] to be used to; to get accustomed to; to be in the habit of doing [2] to train; to discipline; to teach manners [3] to tack (in needlework); to baste	N/A
指摘	してき	pointing out; identification	1029
視点	してん	[1] point of view; viewpoint; angle; perspective [2] visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)	2209
萎びる	しなびる	to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened	N/A
	しなやか	[1] supple; flexible; elastic [2] graceful; elegant; refined	N/A
	シナリオ	[1] script; screenplay [2] scenario	N/A
し尿	しにょう	excreta; raw sewage; human waste; night soil	N/A
凌ぐ	しのぐ	[1] to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to stave off (e.g. starvation) [2] to pull through; to get over; to survive [3] to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to eclipse; to defy; to slight	N/A
始発	しはつ	[1] first departure (of the day); first train; first bus [2] departing from the starting station (of a bus, train, etc.)	N/A
芝	しば	lawn; sod; turf	N/A
渋い	しぶい	[1] astringent; bitter; puckery; rough; harsh; tart [2] austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); refined; quiet (and simple); sober; sombre; subdued; tasteful (in a quiet way); understated [3] sour (look); glum; grim; sullen; sulky	N/A
私物	しぶつ	private property; personal belongings; personal effects	N/A
	しぶとい	tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn; obstinate; unyielding	N/A
司法	しほう	administration of justice; judicature	N/A
志望	しぼう	wish; desire; ambition; choice	N/A
脂肪	しぼう	fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet	3921
仕舞い	しまい	[1] end; close; finish; termination [2] noh dance in plain clothes	N/A
始末	しまつ	[1] management; dealing with; settlement; cleaning up; disposal [2] course of events; circumstances; particulars [3] end result (usu. bad); outcome	4455
染みる	しみる	[1] to pierce; to penetrate; to soak in; to permeate [2] to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to twinge [3] to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice); to be influenced	N/A
使命	しめい	[1] mission; errand [2] task; duty; obligation	N/A
締め切り	しめきり	[1] deadline; closing; cut-off [2] closing (a door, window, etc.) [3] cofferdam	N/A
僕	しもべ	servant; manservant; menial	N/A
社交	しゃこう	social life; social intercourse	N/A
謝絶	しゃぜつ	refusal; declining	N/A
社宅	しゃたく	[1] company housing; housing provided by one's company [2] Shataku	4726
吃逆	しゃっくり	hiccup; hiccough	N/A
三味線	しゃみせん	shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute	4651
斜面	しゃめん	slope; slanting surface; bevel	N/A
洒落	しゃらく	free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank	N/A
洒落る	しゃれる	[1] to dress stylishly [2] to joke; to play on words	N/A
視野	しや	[1] field of vision; view [2] one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons	3733
種	しゅ	[1] kind; variety [2] (biological) species [3] (logical) species	1670
周	しゅう	[1] counter for laps or circuits [2] perimeter [3] Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty	N/A
衆	しゅう	[1] great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses [2] people; folk; clique; bunch	N/A
修学	しゅうがく	learning	N/A
周期	しゅうき	cycle; period	N/A
衆議院	しゅうぎいん	House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)	N/A
就業	しゅうぎょう	employment; starting work	N/A
集計	しゅうけい	totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up	N/A
襲撃	しゅうげき	(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge	N/A
収支	しゅうし	income and expenditure	N/A
修士	しゅうし	master's (degree)	N/A
収集	しゅうしゅう	[1] collecting; accumulating; gathering [2] collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.) [3] garbage collection; waste collection	3987
修飾	しゅうしょく	[1] ornamentation; embellishment; decoration; adornment [2] modification; qualification	N/A
執着	しゅうちゃく	attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession; clinging (e.g. to old customs)	N/A
収容	しゅうよう	[1] accommodation; taking in; receiving; housing; seating; admission (of patients, students, etc.) [2] imprisonment; detention; internment [3] containing (e.g. words in a dictionary); adding	N/A
修了	しゅうりょう	completion (of a course)	N/A
守衛	しゅえい	(security) guard; caretaker; janitor; doorkeeper; gatekeeper	N/A
主演	しゅえん	starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part	N/A
主観	しゅかん	[1] subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego [2] one's personal opinion; one's own idea	N/A
修行	しゅぎょう	[1] training; practice; discipline; study [2] ascetic practices	N/A
祝賀	しゅくが	celebration; congratulations	N/A
宿命	しゅくめい	fate; destiny; predestination	N/A
主権	しゅけん	sovereignty; supremacy; dominion	N/A
手芸	しゅげい	handicrafts	N/A
主催	しゅさい	sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging	4553
取材	しゅざい	gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)	2535
趣旨	しゅし	[1] meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect [2] goal; intent; object; aim; point	2826
主食	しゅしょく	staple food	N/A
主人公	しゅじんこう	[1] protagonist; main character; hero; heroine [2] head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)	2221
主体	しゅたい	[1] main constituent; core; nucleus [2] subject	3449
主題	しゅだい	subject; theme; motif	N/A
出血	しゅっけつ	[1] bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage [2] bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost	N/A
出産	しゅっさん	[1] childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; parturition [2] production (of goods)	2358
出社	しゅっしゃ	going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work	N/A
出生	しゅっしょう	birth	N/A
出世	しゅっせ	success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence	N/A
出費	しゅっぴ	expenses; disbursements	N/A
出品	しゅっぴん	exhibiting; showing; putting on display; putting up for sale; entering (a work into a competition); submitting	3122
出演	しゅつえん	appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance	2646
出題	しゅつだい	[1] setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.) [2] setting a theme (for composition of poetry)	N/A
出動	しゅつどう	mobilization; going into action; being dispatched; being sent out; being called in; turning out	N/A
主導	しゅどう	leadership; initiative; spearhead	N/A
主任	しゅにん	person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head	N/A
首脳	しゅのう	[1] head; leader; top [2] important part	N/A
守備	しゅび	defense; defence	N/A
手法	しゅほう	technique; method	3605
私有	しゆう	private ownership	N/A
諸	しょ	various; many; several	N/A
症	しょう	illness; condition; -pathy	N/A
商	しょう	[1] quotient [2] business; merchant; dealer [3] second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)	N/A
象	しょう	form; shape; figure; appearance; phenomenon	N/A
消去	しょうきょ	[1] erasure; deletion; elimination; clearing [2] elimination (of variables) [3] extinction	N/A
衝撃	しょうげき	[1] impact; shock; impulse [2] (psychological) shock	3094
証言	しょうげん	testimony; (verbal) evidence	3928
証拠	しょうこ	evidence; proof	2233
詳細	しょうさい	[1] details; particulars; specifics [2] detailed; specific; minute [3] close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view	2175
昇進	しょうしん	promotion; advancement; rising in rank	N/A
少数	しょうすう	small number; few; minority	N/A
称する	しょうする	[1] to call; to name [2] to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ... [3] to purport (to be); to profess; to claim; to pretend; to feign	2957
消息	しょうそく	[1] news (from someone); letter; contact [2] (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements	N/A
承諾	しょうだく	consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance	N/A
象徴	しょうちょう	symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation	3355
小児科	しょうにか	pediatrics	N/A
証人	しょうにん	witness	N/A
照明	しょうめい	illumination; lighting	4592
消耗	しょうもう	exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste	N/A
勝利	しょうり	victory; triumph; win; conquest; success	2832
奨励	しょうれい	encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation	N/A
職員	しょくいん	staff member; employee; worker; personnel	2051
植民地	しょくみんち	[1] colony [2] (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)	N/A
職務	しょくむ	professional duties	4915
諸君	しょくん	[1] you (people) [2] gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends; everyone	N/A
所在	しょざい	location (of); position; whereabouts; place where one is	N/A
所持	しょじ	possession; having (on one's person); carrying (with one)	N/A
所属	しょぞく	belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)	2566
処置	しょち	[1] measure; step; dealing with [2] medical treatment	N/A
	ショック	[1] shock (emotional) [2] shock (physical); impact; jolt [3] crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets	1486
	しょっちゅう	always; all the time; constantly; frequently; often	2460
所得	しょとく	income; earnings	3661
初版	しょはん	first edition	N/A
処罰	しょばつ	punishment; penalty	N/A
書評	しょひょう	book review	N/A
処分	しょぶん	[1] disposal; throwing away; selling off [2] dealing with (a problem); measure [3] punishment; penalty	2610
庶民	しょみん	common people; ordinary people; masses	4813
庶務	しょむ	general affairs	N/A
	ショー	[1] show; performance [2] show; exhibition; expo; fair; convention [3] TV show	4389
仕様	しよう	[1] way; method; means; resource; remedy [2] (technical) specification	1471
私用	しよう	[1] personal use; private use [2] private business; personal business	N/A
使用人	しようにん	employee; servant	N/A
退く	しりぞく	[1] to step back; to move back; to retreat [2] to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to exit [3] to resign; to retire; to quit	N/A
退ける	しりぞける	[1] to refuse; to reject; to turn down; to dismiss [2] to repel; to repulse; to drive away; to beat off; to defeat [3] to make (someone) leave; to send away; to turn away	N/A
記す	しるす	[1] to write down; to note down; to jot down; to take a note of [2] to mention; to describe; to give an account of [3] to inscribe; to mark; to brand	1882
指令	しれい	order; directive; instructions; command	N/A
代	しろ	[1] substitution [2] material [3] price	N/A
皺	しわ	[1] wrinkle; crease [2] ripple	4177
新	しん	[1] new; neo- [2] newness; novelty [3] Gregorian calendar	N/A
進化	しんか	[1] evolution [2] evolution; becoming more advanced; progress; development; improvement	2584
殿	しんがり	[1] rear; rear unit guard [2] anchor (man)	N/A
審議	しんぎ	deliberation; discussion; consideration	4514
進行	しんこう	[1] moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement [2] progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; making headway [3] progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.)	2477
振興	しんこう	[1] promotion; encouragement [2] Shinkou	N/A
新興	しんこう	[1] rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new [2] Shinkou	N/A
申告	しんこく	report; return (e.g. tax); statement; declaration; notification; filing	N/A
新婚	しんこん	newly-wed; newly married	N/A
審査	しんさ	judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review	3740
紳士	しんし	gentleman	N/A
進出	しんしゅつ	[1] advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into); entering; making inroads (into) [2] advance (to the next round of a competition)	3544
真実	しんじつ	[1] truth; reality [2] truly; really [3] absolute truth	2874
真珠	しんじゅ	pearl	N/A
心中	しんじゅう	[1] double suicide; lovers' suicide [2] group suicide; family suicide	N/A
心情	しんじょう	sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart	N/A
神聖	しんせい	holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity	N/A
親善	しんぜん	friendship; goodwill; friendly relations; amity	N/A
真相	しんそう	truth; real situation	N/A
新築	しんちく	new building; new construction	N/A
進呈	しんてい	presentation (e.g. of a gift)	N/A
進展	しんてん	progress; development	2858
神殿	しんでん	temple; shrine; sanctuary	N/A
進度	しんど	progress	N/A
新入生	しんにゅうせい	new student; freshman; first-year student	N/A
信任	しんにん	trust; confidence; credence	N/A
辛抱	しんぼう	patience; endurance; perseverance	N/A
真理	しんり	truth	N/A
侵略	しんりゃく	invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression	N/A
診療	しんりょう	diagnosis and treatment; medical care	N/A
進路	しんろ	[1] route; course; path [2] one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)	N/A
	シート	seat	4797
次	じ	[1] next [2] hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence) [3] order; sequence; time; times	N/A
自覚	じかく	self-consciousness; self-awareness	2833
地方	じかた	[1] person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance) [2] person singing ballads (in noh) [3] coast (esp. as seen from the water); shore	N/A
自我	じが	[1] ego [2] self [3] ego	N/A
磁気	じき	magnetism	N/A
磁器	じき	porcelain; china; chinaware	N/A
事業	じぎょう	[1] business; enterprise; venture; (commercial) activity; (business) operation; industry [2] (social) project; undertaking; enterprise; work; activity; program; service	1181
軸	じく	[1] axis; shaft; axle [2] center; centre; focal point; key point [3] stalk; stem	4772
自己	じこ	self; oneself	2253
事項	じこう	matter; item; facts	2039
時刻表	じこくひょう	timetable; schedule	N/A
地獄	じごく	[1] hell realm; Naraka [2] Hell [3] hell; misery; nightmare; inferno	4083
時差	じさ	time difference	N/A
自在	じざい	[1] being able to do as one pleases; doing at will [2] pothook	N/A
自主	じしゅ	independence; autonomy; self-reliance	N/A
自首	じしゅ	surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in	N/A
辞職	じしょく	resignation	N/A
自信	じしん	self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)	1213
事前	じぜん	prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante	2476
自尊心	じそんしん	self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride	N/A
持続	じぞく	continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring	N/A
字体	じたい	[1] form of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional) [2] type; typeface; font	N/A
	じっくり	(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously	3427
実質	じっしつ	[1] substance; essence [2] substantive; substantial; essential; real (e.g. interest rate) [3] in essence; in effect; essentially; effectively; practically	N/A
実践	じっせん	[1] practice; putting into practice; implementation [2] praxis	2927
実態	じったい	true state; actual condition; reality	2350
実費	じっぴ	[1] actual expenses; out-of-pocket expenses [2] cost price	N/A
１０分	じっぷん	ten minutes	1624
実	じつ	[1] truth; reality [2] sincerity; honesty; fidelity [3] content; substance	377
実業家	じつぎょうか	businessperson; businessman; businesswoman; entrepreneur; captain of industry	N/A
実情	じつじょう	real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs	3936
自転	じてん	[1] rotation (on an axis) [2] rotation (under its own power)	N/A
自動詞	じどうし	intransitive verb	N/A
地主	じぬし	landowner; landlord; landlady	N/A
耳鼻科	じびか	otolaryngology; ear, nose, and throat department	N/A
地元	じもと	[1] home area; home town [2] local	1046
弱	じゃく	[1] a little less than; a little under; slightly fewer than [2] weakness; the weak; low (setting) [3] -lower (seismic intensity)	N/A
	ジャズ	jazz	4073
若干	じゃっかん	[1] some; few; a number of; a little (bit) [2] somewhat; to a certain extent [3] many; a lot	1980
砂利	じゃり	[1] gravel; ballast; pebbles [2] child; rugrat; ankle-biter	N/A
	ジャンパー	[1] (short) jacket; blouson; windbreaker; jumper [2] ski jumper; jumping event athlete [3] jumper lead; jumper wire	N/A
	ジャンプ	[1] jump [2] jumping event (skiing, track and field) [3] jumping (to another page after clicking a hyperlink)	N/A
	ジャンボ	[1] jumbo; jumbo-sized [2] jumbo jet	N/A
	ジャンル	genre; category; kind	3376
住	じゅう	dwelling; living	N/A
従業員	じゅうぎょういん	employee; worker	2996
従事	じゅうじ	engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in	3903
充実	じゅうじつ	[1] fullness; completeness; perfection; substantiality [2] enhancement; improvement; enrichment; upgrading [3] replenishment; repletion	1347
十字路	じゅうじろ	[1] crossroads; intersection [2] Juujiro	N/A
柔軟	じゅうなん	[1] flexible; lithe; soft; pliable [2] calisthenics	N/A
従来	じゅうらい	[1] up to now; so far [2] traditional; conventional; usual; existing	1361
塾	じゅく	cram school; private tutoring school; juku	2040
樹木	じゅもく	[1] tree; trees and shrubs [2] Jumoku	N/A
樹立	じゅりつ	establishment; founding; setting (a record)	N/A
準急	じゅんきゅう	semi-express train; local express train; sub-express train	N/A
準ずる	じゅんずる	[1] to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be based on; to apply correspondingly [2] to be proportionate to [3] to correspond to; to be equivalent to; to be treated in the same way as	N/A
助	じょ	help; rescue; assistant	N/A
状	じょう	[1] form; shape; appearance [2] state; condition; circumstances [3] letter; correspondence	N/A
情	じょう	[1] feelings; emotion; sentiment [2] compassion; sympathy [3] passion; affection; love	N/A
尉	じょう	[1] inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryō system) [2] old man [3] white ash (of charcoal)	N/A
畳	じょう	tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)	N/A
嬢	じょう	[1] unmarried woman [2] Miss [3] -ess; -ette	N/A
上位	じょうい	[1] superior (in rank); top; ranking [2] higher order (e.g. byte) [3] host computer (of connected device)	4789
城下	じょうか	[1] land near a castle [2] castle town	N/A
上空	じょうくう	sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air	N/A
上司	じょうし	[1] (one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups [2] Joushi	1730
上昇	じょうしょう	rising; ascending; climbing	1777
情勢	じょうせい	state of things; state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances	N/A
情緒	じょうちょ	[1] emotion; feeling [2] atmosphere; mood; spirit	N/A
情熱	じょうねつ	passion; enthusiasm; zeal	4293
譲歩	じょうほ	concession; conciliation; compromise	N/A
条約	じょうやく	treaty; pact; convention; agreement	4507
上陸	じょうりく	[1] landing; going ashore; disembarkation [2] making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land	N/A
蒸留	じょうりゅう	distillation	N/A
除外	じょがい	exception; exclusion	N/A
助言	じょげん	advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint	N/A
徐行	じょこう	going slowly (esp. to enable a vehicle to stop immediately); going at a reduced speed; slowing down; reducing speed	N/A
女子	じょし	woman; girl	2510
女史	じょし	[1] lady (of high social status; e.g. scholar, artist, critic, politician) [2] Ms; Mrs; Miss	N/A
助詞	じょし	particle; postpositional word in Japanese grammar that functions as an auxiliary to a main word	N/A
自立	じりつ	independence; self-reliance	3569
人	じん	[1] -ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite) [2] -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ... [3] man; person; people	N/A
人格	じんかく	personality; character; individuality; personhood	4762
人材	じんざい	[1] capable person; talented person [2] human resources; personnel	3560
迅速	じんそく	quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined; expedited; expeditious	4703
人民	じんみん	the people; citizens; the populace	N/A
水源	すいげん	[1] source of river; fountainhead [2] Suigen	N/A
推進	すいしん	[1] propulsion; drive [2] promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement; pushing forward	965
水洗	すいせん	washing with water; rinsing; flushing	N/A
吹奏	すいそう	playing (a wind instrument); blowing	N/A
推測	すいそく	guess; conjecture	3747
水田	すいでん	(water-filled) paddy field	N/A
推理	すいり	[1] reasoning; inference; deduction [2] mystery genre; detective genre	N/A
数詞	すうし	numeral	N/A
崇拝	すうはい	worship; adoration; admiration; cult	N/A
据え付ける	すえつける	to install; to equip; to mount	N/A
据える	すえる	[1] to place (in position); to fix; to set (e.g. table); to lay (foundation) [2] to install; to seat (someone) [3] to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)	4803
清々しい	すがすがしい	refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed	N/A
過ぎ	すぎ	[1] past; after [2] too (much); over- (e.g. eating)	N/A
救い	すくい	[1] help; rescue; aid; relief [2] salvation; solace; (source of) comfort; saving grace [3] (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace	N/A
掬う	すくう	to scoop; to ladle out	N/A
直ぐ	すぐ	[1] immediately; at once; right away; directly [2] soon; before long; shortly [3] easily; readily; without difficulty	221
健やか	すこやか	vigorous; healthy; sound	N/A
濯ぐ	すすぐ	[1] to rinse; to wash out [2] to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace	N/A
進み	すすみ	progress	N/A
勧め	すすめ	recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement	N/A
裾	すそ	[1] hem; (trouser) cuff; shirttail; bottom (of a kimono); train (of a dress) [2] bottom part; bottom edge [3] foot (of a mountain)	N/A
	スタジオ	studio	4350
廃れる	すたれる	[1] to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion; to go out of style [2] to decline (e.g. of morals); to be lost; to go into decline (of a town, business, etc.)	N/A
	スチーム	steam	N/A
	ストライキ	strike (i.e. industrial action)	N/A
	ストレス	stress	1148
	ストロボ	[1] stroboscope; strobe lamp; stroboscopic lamp [2] (camera) flash	N/A
	ストロー	[1] drinking straw [2] straw	N/A
	すばしっこい	[1] quick; nimble; agile [2] sharp; shrewd; smart; quick-witted	N/A
素早い	すばやい	[1] quick; swift; nimble; agile [2] quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt	3423
	スピード	speed	1975
	スプリング	[1] (coil) spring [2] spring (season) [3] light overcoat (worn in spring and autumn); topcoat	N/A
	スペース	[1] space; room [2] space (between letters, words, etc.) [3] space (piece of type)	2662
	スポーツカー	sports car	N/A
済ます	すます	[1] to finish; to get it over with; to conclude [2] to settle; to pay back [3] to get along (without something); to make do with (without)	N/A
澄ます	すます	[1] to clear; to make clear [2] to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to feign indifference [3] to look demure; to look prim; to put on airs	N/A
	スラックス	slacks	N/A
刷り	すり	printing	N/A
すれ違い	すれちがい	[1] passing each other [2] missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet [3] (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy; disagreement	N/A
擦れる	すれる	[1] to rub; to chafe [2] to wear out; to become worn [3] to lose one's innocence; to become sly	N/A
	すんなり	[1] slim; slender; lithe; supple [2] smoothly; without resistance; without trouble; without difficulty; without dissent; easily; readily	N/A
	ズバリ	[1] decisively; decidedly; boldly; once and for all; unreservedly; frankly [2] precisely; exactly	N/A
ずぶ濡れ	ずぶぬれ	dripping wet; soaked; drenched	N/A
	ずらっと	in a line; in a row	N/A
	ずるずる	[1] (dragging a large or heavy item) slowly [2] (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; (drawing back) slowly; with a slither [3] on and on; while putting off; slovenly; interminably	N/A
	ずれ	[1] gap; lag; slippage [2] difference; discrepancy [3] shear (e.g. shear stress)	N/A
	ずれる	to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate; to shift (position); to be out of sync; to be slightly off; to be off-point	4008
制	せい	system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation; control; government; suppression; restraint; holding back; establishment	703
製	せい	make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...	N/A
成果	せいか	(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment	1964
正解	せいかい	[1] correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation [2] right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement	4632
正規	せいき	regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate	N/A
正義	せいぎ	[1] justice; right; righteousness [2] correct meaning; correct explanation	4776
生計	せいけい	livelihood; living	N/A
政権	せいけん	(political) administration; political power	N/A
精巧	せいこう	elaborate; delicate; exquisite	N/A
政策	せいさく	political measures; policy	2424
清算	せいさん	[1] (financial) settlement; squaring accounts; clearing debts [2] liquidation [3] ending (a relationship); breaking up (with); burying (the past); redeeming (one's faults)	N/A
星座	せいざ	[1] constellation [2] astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign	N/A
青春	せいしゅん	youth; adolescence; springtime of life	N/A
聖書	せいしょ	Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ	3034
誠実	せいじつ	sincere; honest; faithful	N/A
成熟	せいじゅく	maturity; ripeness	N/A
清純	せいじゅん	purity; innocence	N/A
正常	せいじょう	normal; regular	4067
制する	せいする	[1] to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to bridle [2] to get the better of [3] to control; to command	N/A
整然	せいぜん	orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim; tidy; accurate	N/A
盛装	せいそう	dressing up in fine clothes; splendid clothes; one's best clothes	N/A
盛大	せいだい	[1] grand; magnificent; lavish; large scale; prosperous; thriving; lively [2] forceful; powerful; vigorous	N/A
清濁	せいだく	[1] good and evil; purity and impurity [2] voiced and unvoiced consonants	N/A
制定	せいてい	enactment; establishment; creation	3258
静的	せいてき	static	N/A
製鉄	せいてつ	iron manufacture	N/A
晴天	せいてん	fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies	N/A
正当	せいとう	just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable; reasonable; legitimate; legal; lawful	N/A
成年	せいねん	adult age; majority	N/A
征服	せいふく	[1] conquest; subjugation [2] overcoming (a difficulty); conquering (e.g. a mountain); mastery (of a skill)	N/A
制服	せいふく	uniform	4530
製法	せいほう	manufacturing method; recipe; formula	N/A
精密	せいみつ	precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close	N/A
姓名	せいめい	(full) name; family name and given name	N/A
声明	せいめい	declaration; statement; proclamation	N/A
制約	せいやく	limitation; restriction; condition; constraints	4033
生理	せいり	[1] physiology [2] menstruation; one's period	N/A
勢力	せいりょく	influence; power; might; strength; potency; force; energy	4470
整列	せいれつ	standing in a row; forming a line; alignment	N/A
急かす	せかす	to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush	N/A
倅	せがれ	[1] son [2] punk; brat [3] penis	N/A
責務	せきむ	duty; obligation	N/A
	セクション	section	N/A
世辞	せじ	flattery; compliment	N/A
世帯	せたい	household; home; family; housekeeping	4754
世代	せだい	generation	1952
切開	せっかい	incision; operation; section	N/A
	セックス	[1] sex; sexual intercourse [2] (one's) sex; gender	3538
接触	せっしょく	touch; contact; touching	3754
設置	せっち	[1] establishment; institution [2] installation (of a machine or equipment)	1199
折衷	せっちゅう	compromise; cross; blending; eclecticism	N/A
設定	せってい	[1] establishment; creation; posing (a problem); setting (movie, novel, etc.); scene [2] options setting; preference settings; configuration; setup	854
説得	せっとく	persuasion	3344
節	せつ	[1] occasion; time [2] section (of a literary work or piece of music); passage; paragraph; verse; stanza [3] clause	N/A
接続詞	せつぞくし	conjunction	N/A
切ない	せつない	[1] painful; heartrending; trying [2] oppressive; suffocating; miserable	N/A
設立	せつりつ	[1] establishment; founding [2] incorporation (of a business)	2152
攻め	せめ	[1] attack; offence; offense; assault [2] top (dominant partner of a homosexual relationship) [3] barrage (of); flood (of)	N/A
	セレモニー	ceremony	N/A
仙	せん	[1] hermit; wizard [2] wizardry	N/A
繊維	せんい	fibre; fiber	N/A
選挙	せんきょ	election	2708
宣教	せんきょう	religious mission; religious proclamation	N/A
宣言	せんげん	declaration; proclamation; announcement	3510
先行	せんこう	[1] going ahead; going first [2] preceding; coming before; being ahead (e.g. of the times); occurring first; happening prior [3] scoring first; getting off to a lead	N/A
選考	せんこう	selection; choice; screening	N/A
戦災	せんさい	war damage	N/A
専修	せんしゅう	specialization; specialisation	N/A
	センス	taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair	4746
潜水	せんすい	diving; submerging; going underwater	N/A
先代	せんだい	[1] previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; one's (late) father [2] predecessor [3] previous age; previous generation	N/A
先だって	せんだって	the other day; some time ago; recently	N/A
先着	せんちゃく	arriving first	N/A
先天的	せんてんてき	[1] inborn; innate; inherent; congenital; hereditary [2] a priori	N/A
戦闘	せんとう	battle; fight; combat	N/A
潜入	せんにゅう	infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover	N/A
船舶	せんぱく	vessel; ship; shipping; seacraft	N/A
専用	せんよう	[1] (one's) exclusive use; private use; personal use [2] dedicated use; use for a particular purpose [3] exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand); using solely	N/A
占領	せんりょう	[1] occupying; having (an area) all to oneself [2] military occupation; possession; capture; seizure	N/A
戦力	せんりょく	[1] war potential; military strength; fighting power [2] ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset	N/A
	セール	[1] sale [2] Sale (Australia); Sayle; Serre; Serres	N/A
税務署	ぜいむしょ	tax office	N/A
是正	ぜせい	correction; revision; redressing; rectifying	N/A
絶版	ぜっぱん	out of print	N/A
絶望	ぜつぼう	despair; hopelessness	N/A
	ゼリー	[1] jello; jelly; gelatin dessert [2] gel; jelly	N/A
前	ぜん	[1] last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; ex-; former [2] pre- (e.g. premodern) [3] before	N/A
禅	ぜん	[1] dhyana (profound meditation) [2] Zen (Buddhism)	N/A
膳	ぜん	[1] small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs) [2] meal; food; serving [3] counter for bowlfuls of rice	N/A
全快	ぜんかい	complete recovery of health	N/A
全盛	ぜんせい	height of prosperity	N/A
前提	ぜんてい	[1] condition; assumption; prerequisite; hypothesis [2] intention; intent; aim; goal [3] premise	1800
全滅	ぜんめつ	[1] total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; being wiped out [2] total defeat; complete failure	N/A
善良	ぜんりょう	good (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest	N/A
前例	ぜんれい	precedent	N/A
沿う	そう	[1] to run along; to run beside; to stick to (a line) [2] to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to align with [3] to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to comply with; to live up to	2097
添う	そう	[1] to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to comply with; to live up to [2] to accompany; to go with; to stay by one's side [3] to associate with (someone); to mix with	N/A
僧	そう	[1] monk; priest [2] sangha (the Buddhist community)	N/A
総	そう	whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)	N/A
相応	そうおう	[1] suitable; appropriate; befitting; becoming; adequate; reasonable; proper [2] conjoining; association; samprayukta	N/A
総会	そうかい	general meeting	N/A
早急	そうきゅう	immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing	N/A
総合	そうごう	[1] synthesis; combination; integration; putting together [2] general; combined; composite; mixed; integrated; comprehensive [3] synthesis; colligation	N/A
捜査	そうさ	search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry	3775
捜索	そうさく	[1] search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt [2] legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.	N/A
装飾	そうしょく	ornament; decoration	N/A
創造	そうぞう	[1] creation [2] Creation (by God)	4251
壮大	そうだい	magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid	N/A
騒動	そうどう	[1] riot; rebellion; turmoil; strife [2] (media) uproar; brouhaha; (public) outcry; scandal; controversy [3] feud; tussle; quarrel; dispute	N/A
遭難	そうなん	(meeting with) disaster; (having an) accident; mishap; shipwreck; distress	N/A
相場	そうば	[1] market price [2] speculation (e.g. on stocks) [3] reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation; esteem	N/A
装備	そうび	equipment	N/A
創立	そうりつ	establishment; founding; organization; organisation	N/A
添える	そえる	[1] to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift) [2] to add to as support; to prop up [3] to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.)	2780
即座に	そくざに	immediately; right away; on the spot	N/A
促進	そくしん	promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on	1889
即する	そくする	to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on	N/A
側面	そくめん	[1] side; flank; profile; sidelight; lateral [2] aspect; dimension	3083
損なう	そこなう	[1] to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage; to spoil; to mar; to ruin [2] to fail to do; to do amiss; to miss one's opportunity to do [3] to almost do; to come close to doing	N/A
其処ら	そこら	[1] around there; that area [2] that; that matter; that point [3] about that much; approximately that amount; thereabouts; (or) so	N/A
素材	そざい	[1] ingredient; (raw) material; resource [2] unprocessed timber; raw timber [3] subject matter; topic	2151
阻止	そし	obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping	N/A
訴訟	そしょう	lawsuit; suit; (legal) action; litigation	4426
育ち	そだち	[1] growth; breeding [2] growing up (in, as); upbringing	N/A
措置	そち	measure; step; action	1922
	ソックス	socks	N/A
素っ気ない	そっけない	cold; short; curt; blunt	N/A
外方	そっぽ	the other way	N/A
備え付ける	そなえつける	to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install	N/A
備わる	そなわる	[1] to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be equipped with [2] to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be gifted with [3] to be among; to be one of	N/A
園	その	[1] garden; orchard; park [2] place; world; environment	N/A
聳える	そびえる	to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar	N/A
素朴	そぼく	simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated	N/A
染まる	そまる	[1] to be dyed [2] to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained; to be steeped	N/A
背く	そむく	to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe	N/A
染める	そめる	to dye; to colour; to color	4095
逸らす	そらす	[1] to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to divert (e.g. one's attention); to evade (e.g. a question); to change (e.g. the subject) [2] to displease; to annoy; to offend; to upset [3] to miss (the target, ball, etc.)	N/A
反り	そり	[1] warp; curvature; bend; arch [2] curve (of a sword)	N/A
それ故	それゆえ	therefore; for that reason; so; because of that	4263
	ソロ	[1] solo [2] Solo	N/A
揃い	そろい	[1] set; suit; uniform collection; matching items [2] entirely; all; every one; nothing but	N/A
損失	そんしつ	loss (of assets, profit, etc.)	N/A
	ソース	[1] sauce [2] Worcestershire sauce	3062
沿い	ぞい	along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)	N/A
像	ぞう	[1] image; figure; statue; picture; portrait [2] figure; form; shape; appearance [3] image	4508
雑木	ぞうき	various kinds of small trees; assorted trees	N/A
蔵相	ぞうしょう	Minister of Finance	N/A
増進	ぞうしん	promoting; increase; advance	N/A
	ぞんざい	rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite	N/A

た行

Kanji	Reading	Meaning	Frequency
他意	たい	other intention; hidden purpose; ulterior motive; ill will; malice	N/A
対応	たいおう	[1] correspondence (to); equivalence [2] suitability; coordination; matching; being appropriate (for) [3] dealing with; coping with; handling; response; reception; reaction	572
体格	たいかく	build; physique; frame; constitution	N/A
大概	たいがい	[1] generally; mainly; usually; normally; mostly; for the most part [2] nearly all; almost all; most [3] gist; summary; outline; main idea	4922
退学	たいがく	[1] dropping out of school; withdrawal from school [2] expulsion from school; dismissal [3] leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course	N/A
大金	たいきん	large amount of money; great cost	N/A
待遇	たいぐう	[1] treatment; reception; service [2] working conditions; salary; pay; remuneration	N/A
体験	たいけん	(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience	889
対抗	たいこう	opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism	4598
対して	たいして	for; in regard to; per	N/A
大衆	たいしゅう	general public; the masses	N/A
対処	たいしょ	dealing with; coping with	2305
退職	たいしょく	retirement; resignation	3159
退治	たいじ	[1] extermination; elimination; eradication; destruction; suppression; subjugation; getting rid of; stamping out; wiping out; rooting out [2] renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings) [3] curing (an illness)	N/A
態勢	たいせい	attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness	N/A
対談	たいだん	talk; dialogue; conversation	N/A
	タイトル	title	335
滞納	たいのう	falling behind (with a payment); being in arrears; non-payment; default; delinquency	N/A
対比	たいひ	contrast; comparison	N/A
	タイピスト	typist	N/A
大部	たいぶ	[1] lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminous [2] most (e.g. most part); greater; fairly; a good deal; much	N/A
対辺	たいへん	opposite side	N/A
待望	たいぼう	[1] waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to [2] long-awaited	N/A
怠慢	たいまん	negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination	N/A
	タイマー	[1] timer; time switch [2] stopwatch [3] time keeper	N/A
	タイミング	timing	3152
	タイム	[1] time (for, to do) [2] time (to finish a race, lap, etc.) [3] time-out	N/A
	タイムリー	[1] timely; well-timed [2] clutch hit; run-scoring hit; RBI hit	N/A
対面	たいめん	[1] meeting face-to-face; seeing in person [2] facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting	N/A
	タイヤ	tire; tyre	4649
体力	たいりょく	[1] physical strength; power; stamina; endurance; vigor; resistance to disease [2] strength (of a business, economy, etc.)	1860
	タイル	tile	N/A
対話	たいわ	dialogue; conversation; talk; discussion; communication	4384
絶える	たえる	[1] to die out; to peter out; to become extinct [2] to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued; to be cut off	2533
高	たか	quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money	N/A
高まる	たかまる	to rise; to swell; to be promoted	1955
焚き火	たきび	[1] open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire [2] open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)	N/A
逞しい	たくましい	[1] burly; strong; sturdy [2] indomitable; indefatigable; strong-willed; resolute; bold [3] robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong	N/A
巧み	たくみ	[1] skillful; adroit; dexterous; masterful; clever; ingenious; cunning [2] craft; craftsmanship; skill; dexterity; design [3] plot; scheme; artifice; trick	N/A
類い	たぐい	[1] kind; sort; type [2] equal; match; peer	4759
丈	たけ	[1] height; stature [2] length (esp. of clothing) [3] all (one has); everything	N/A
多数決	たすうけつ	majority decision; majority vote; majority rule	N/A
助け	たすけ	assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement	3712
携わる	たずさわる	to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in	3167
漂う	ただよう	[1] to drift; to float [2] to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air [3] to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood)	2844
立方	たちかた	[1] way of standing [2] dancer (in a Japanese dance performance)	N/A
立ち寄る	たちよる	to drop in (at); to drop by; to call at; to stop by; to stop off; to stop in	N/A
達者	たっしゃ	[1] in good health; healthy; well; fit; robust; strong [2] skilled; proficient; adept [3] master; expert	N/A
達成	たっせい	achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization	2359
断つ	たつ	[1] to sever; to cut off [2] to suppress; to eradicate; to exterminate [3] to abstain (from); to give up	N/A
建前	たてまえ	[1] face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts) [2] ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house	N/A
奉る	たてまつる	[1] to offer; to present [2] to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance [3] to do respectfully	N/A
仮令	たとえ	even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing; supposing that; -ever	N/A
他動詞	たどうし	transitive verb	N/A
たどり着く	たどりつく	to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to	3133
辿る	たどる	[1] to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace [2] to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to retrace (e.g. one's memory); to search; to go over [3] to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of; to take (a course); to pursue (a path); to meet (a fate)	2852
頼み	たのみ	[1] request; favor; favour [2] reliance; dependence; trust; hope	N/A
他方	たほう	[1] one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party [2] on the other hand	3455
給う	たまう	[1] to give [2] to do ...	N/A
溜まり	たまり	[1] pile; pool; collection [2] gathering spot [3] waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring	N/A
賜る	たまわる	[1] to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to be honoured with [2] to give; to bestow; to confer; to honor; to honour	N/A
例	ためし	precedent; example	N/A
保つ	たもつ	[1] to keep; to preserve; to hold; to retain; to maintain; to sustain [2] to last; to endure; to keep well (food); to wear well; to be durable	1752
容易い	たやすい	easy; simple; light	N/A
多様	たよう	diverse; varied	3014
弛み	たるみ	[1] slack; slackening; sagginess; flabbiness (skin, etc.) [2] dullness; letdown; depression; ennui	N/A
弛む	たるむ	[1] to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to droop (e.g. loose or flabby skin); to sag (ceiling) [2] to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in	N/A
垂れる	たれる	[1] to hang; to droop; to dangle; to sag; to lower; to pull down [2] to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to grant; to bestow [3] to drip; to ooze; to trickle; to drop	N/A
	タレント	[1] (TV or radio) entertainer; television personality; radio personality [2] talent; skill [3] talent (ancient unit of weight and currency)	4844
	タワー	tower	N/A
反	たん	[1] variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; for haori: at least 7.27 m in length; for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length [2] 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres) [3] six ken (10.91 m)	N/A
嘆	たん	[1] sigh [2] grief; lamentation	N/A
単一	たんいつ	single; simple; sole; individual; unitary	N/A
担架	たんか	stretcher; litter; gurney	N/A
短歌	たんか	tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem	N/A
短気	たんき	short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability	N/A
探検	たんけん	exploration; expedition	N/A
短縮	たんしゅく	shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation	N/A
炭素	たんそ	carbon (C)	N/A
短大	たんだい	junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution	N/A
単調	たんちょう	[1] monotony; monotone; dullness [2] monotone; monotonic	N/A
単独	たんどく	[1] sole; single; solo [2] independence; singleness; singularity	N/A
短波	たんぱ	short wave	N/A
タンパク質	たんぱくしつ	protein	3501
第	だい	prefix for forming ordinal numbers	N/A
第一	だいいち	[1] first; foremost; number one [2] most important [3] best; greatest; most	947
大胆	だいたん	bold; daring; audacious	N/A
台無し	だいなし	spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed; (coming to) nothing	N/A
大便	だいべん	feces; faeces; excrement; stool	N/A
台本	だいほん	script; libretto; scenario	N/A
代用	だいよう	substitution	N/A
	ダウン	[1] fall; decrease; drop; going down [2] knocking down; flooring; being knocked down; being floored [3] being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); being knocked out (from alcohol); being out of it; collapsing	N/A
妥協	だきょう	compromise; giving in	N/A
丈	だけ	[1] only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone [2] as much as; to the extent of; enough to	N/A
妥結	だけつ	settlement; an agreement	N/A
打撃	だげき	[1] blow; shock; strike; damage [2] batting	N/A
駄作	ださく	poor piece of work; rubbish; trash	N/A
脱出	だっしゅつ	[1] escape; getting away (from); getting out (of) [2] prolapse; proptosis	3989
脱する	だっする	to escape from; to get out	N/A
脱退	だったい	withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession; leaving; pulling out	N/A
	だぶだぶ	[1] loose (of clothing); baggy [2] flabby; saggy [3] sloshing; slopping; overflowing	N/A
	ダブる	[1] to be duplicated; to be repeated [2] to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to coincide [3] to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.)	N/A
	だらけ	[1] full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with [2] covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)	N/A
怠い	だるい	[1] sluggish; languid; listless; heavy (heart, legs, etc.); dull [2] bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass	N/A
壇	だん	[1] platform; podium; rostrum; pulpit [2] (ceremonial) mound [3] world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles	N/A
団結	だんけつ	unity; union; solidarity; combination; banding together; teaming up	N/A
断言	だんげん	assertion; declaration; affirmation	N/A
断然	だんぜん	[1] firmly; flatly; resolutely; decisively; absolutely; definitely [2] definitely (wrong, different, etc.); absolutely [3] by far; far and away; by a long shot; hands down	N/A
旦那	だんな	[1] master (of a house, shop, etc.) [2] husband [3] sir; boss; master; governor	1577
	ダンプ	[1] dump [2] dump truck	N/A
断面	だんめん	section; cross section; profile	N/A
弾力	だんりょく	elasticity; flexibility	N/A
打	ダース	dozen	N/A
治安	ちあん	public order; public peace; public security; law and order	N/A
	チェンジ	[1] change; changing [2] exchange (e.g. of goods) [3] change of sides (in baseball, American football, etc.)	N/A
近々	ちかぢか	[1] soon; before long; shortly; in the near future [2] close (by); near; nearby	N/A
近づく	ちかづく	[1] to approach; to draw near; to get close [2] to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know	1143
違える	ちがえる	[1] to change; to alter [2] to mistake; to make a mistake [3] to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise)	N/A
契る	ちぎる	[1] to pledge; to vow; to promise; to swear [2] to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife); to share a bed	N/A
畜産	ちくさん	animal husbandry; livestock industry	N/A
畜生	ちくしょう	[1] damn it; damn; son of a bitch; for Christ's sake [2] beast; animal [3] person reborn into the animal realm	N/A
蓄積	ちくせき	accumulation; accumulate; store	3904
地形	ちけい	terrain; geographical features; topography	4977
知性	ちせい	intelligence	N/A
乳	ちち	[1] milk [2] breast [3] loop	N/A
縮まる	ちぢまる	to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink	N/A
秩序	ちつじょ	order; discipline; regularity; system; method	4732
知的	ちてき	intellectual	N/A
	チャイム	chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)	N/A
着	ちゃく	[1] arrival; arriving at ... [2] counter for items or suits of clothing [3] nth place (in a race)	N/A
着色	ちゃくしょく	colouring; coloring; colorant	N/A
着席	ちゃくせき	taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)	N/A
着目	ちゃくもく	attention; giving one's attention; focusing	N/A
着陸	ちゃくりく	landing; alighting; touch down	N/A
	チャネル	channel	N/A
茶の湯	ちゃのゆ	tea ceremony; chanoyu	N/A
	ちやほや	to make a fuss over; to pamper; to spoil; to indulge; to flatter (with attention)	N/A
宙返り	ちゅうがえり	somersault; looping-the-loop	N/A
中継	ちゅうけい	[1] relay; hook-up [2] relay broadcasting	N/A
忠告	ちゅうこく	advice; warning	N/A
中傷	ちゅうしょう	slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear	N/A
忠実	ちゅうじつ	faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true	N/A
抽選	ちゅうせん	lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots)	3604
中断	ちゅうだん	interruption; suspension; break	N/A
中毒	ちゅうどく	[1] poisoning [2] addiction	N/A
中立	ちゅうりつ	neutrality	N/A
中和	ちゅうわ	[1] neutralization; neutralisation [2] neutralization (e.g. of a poison); counteraction	N/A
庁	ちょう	[1] government office; agency; board [2] Chou	N/A
超	ちょう	[1] super-; ultra-; hyper-; extreme [2] extremely; really; totally; absolutely [3] over; more than	N/A
腸	ちょう	intestine; bowel	N/A
蝶	ちょう	butterfly	N/A
聴覚	ちょうかく	(sense of) hearing; auditory perception	N/A
長官	ちょうかん	secretary (government); director; chief	4795
聴講	ちょうこう	lecture attendance; auditing	N/A
徴収	ちょうしゅう	collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy	N/A
聴診器	ちょうしんき	stethoscope	N/A
挑戦	ちょうせん	challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try	2010
長大	ちょうだい	long and large; tall and large; grand; huge	N/A
調停	ちょうてい	arbitration; conciliation; mediation	N/A
重複	ちょうふく	duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration	N/A
長編	ちょうへん	long (e.g. novel, film)	N/A
調理	ちょうり	cooking; food preparation	3664
調和	ちょうわ	harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement	4236
	ちょくちょく	often; frequently; now and then; occasionally	N/A
直面	ちょくめん	[1] confrontation [2] to face; to confront; to encounter	3892
著書	ちょしょ	(written) work; book; writings	N/A
貯蓄	ちょちく	savings	N/A
直感	ちょっかん	intuition; instinct; hunch	N/A
著名	ちょめい	famous; noted; eminent; prominent; distinguished; celebrated	N/A
	ちらっと	at a glance; by accident	N/A
ちり取り	ちりとり	dustpan	N/A
治療	ちりょう	(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy	1304
賃金	ちんぎん	[1] wages; pay [2] rental payment	4357
沈殿	ちんでん	precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment)	N/A
沈没	ちんぼつ	[1] sinking; foundering; going down; submersion [2] getting dead drunk [3] having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties	N/A
沈黙	ちんもく	[1] silence; being silent; quiet; hush [2] reticence; inaction	3808
陳列	ちんれつ	exhibition; display; putting on show	N/A
	チームワーク	teamwork	N/A
追及	ついきゅう	[1] investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; hounding; pinning down [2] catching up; overtaking	3486
追跡	ついせき	[1] chase; pursuit; tracking; stalking [2] following up; tracing	N/A
次いで	ついで	next; secondly; subsequently	4074
追放	ついほう	[1] exile; banishment; eviction; deportation; purge; expulsion; ousting [2] elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal	N/A
費やす	ついやす	[1] to spend; to expend; to consume [2] to waste; to squander; to throw away [3] to devote	N/A
通	つう	[1] authority; expert; connoisseur; well-informed person [2] counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc. [3] understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; insight	N/A
痛感	つうかん	feeling keenly; fully realizing	N/A
通常	つうじょう	usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common	1185
痛切	つうせつ	keen; acute; heartfelt	N/A
杖	つえ	cane; walking stick; staff; wand	N/A
使い	つかい	[1] errand; mission; going on an errand [2] messenger; bearer; errand boy; errand girl [3] familiar spirit	N/A
使い道	つかいみち	[1] purpose; utility; objective [2] way to use something	N/A
仕える	つかえる	to serve; to work for; to attend	N/A
司る	つかさどる	[1] to be in charge of; to manage; to direct; to administer; to preside over [2] to rule; to govern; to control	N/A
つかの間	つかのま	moment; brief space of time	N/A
付き	つき	[1] furnished with; including [2] attached to [3] impression; appearance	N/A
月並み	つきなみ	[1] every month [2] trite; commonplace; conventional; hackneyed	N/A
尽きる	つきる	to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end	3873
継ぎ目	つぎめ	joint; seam; joining point	N/A
吐く	つく	[1] to breathe out; to breathe [2] to tell (a lie); to use (foul language) [3] to vomit; to throw up; to spit up	4155
尽くす	つくす	[1] to use up; to exhaust; to run out of [2] to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to serve; to work (for a cause) [3] to do to exhaustion; to do completely; to do fully	2987
作り	つくり	[1] making; producing; manufacturing; building; construction; make; structure [2] appearance (attire, make-up, etc.) [3] build; physique	3085
繕う	つくろう	[1] to mend; to patch up; to repair; to fix; to darn [2] to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to tidy up; to groom [3] to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake); to gloss over	N/A
継ぐ	つぐ	[1] to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to take over; to follow [2] to patch (clothes); to mend; to repair [3] to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with; to feed with; to follow up with (e.g. remarks); to gather (one's breath)	1401
接ぐ	つぐ	[1] to join; to piece together; to set (bones) [2] to graft (onto a tree)	N/A
付け加える	つけくわえる	to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)	3994
告げる	つげる	[1] to tell; to inform; to announce [2] to indicate; to signal; to mark	2263
辻褄	つじつま	coherence; consistency	N/A
突っ張る	つっぱる	[1] to cramp up; to tighten; to stiffen [2] to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to stick to one's guns [3] to act tough; to bluff; to be defiant; to be unruly	N/A
筒	つつ	[1] pipe; tube; cylinder [2] gun barrel [3] gun; cannon	N/A
突く	つつく	[1] to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge [2] to peck at (one's food); to pick at [3] to peck at (someone's faults, etc.)	N/A
慎む	つつしむ	[1] to be careful; to be discreet [2] to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to abstain [3] to be reverent	N/A
伝言	つてこと	[1] (verbal) message; word (from someone) [2] rumour; rumor	N/A
務まる	つとまる	to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)	N/A
勤め先	つとめさき	place of work	N/A
努めて	つとめて	as much as possible; as far as possible; to the best of one's ability; diligently	N/A
津波	つなみ	[1] tsunami; tidal wave [2] Tsunami	N/A
抓る	つねる	to pinch; to nip	N/A
募る	つのる	[1] to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to become worse [2] to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)	N/A
唾	つば	saliva; spit; spittle	N/A
呟く	つぶやく	[1] to mutter; to murmur; to grumble [2] to tweet; to post on Twitter	2324
瞑る	つぶる	to close (one's eyes); to shut	N/A
壺	つぼ	[1] pot; jar; vase [2] dice cup [3] depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall)	4488
蕾	つぼみ	[1] (flower) bud [2] promising young person; budding beauty	N/A
摘む	つまむ	[1] to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up (with chopsticks, tweezers, etc.) [2] to pick up and eat; to snack on [3] to pick out (the main point); to summarize; to sum up	N/A
露	つゆ	[1] dew [2] tears [3] (not) a bit; (not) at all	N/A
強まる	つよまる	to get strong; to gain strength	N/A
強める	つよめる	to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise	4840
連なる	つらなる	[1] to extend; to stretch out; to stand in a row [2] to attend; to participate in [3] to enrol; to enroll; to join	N/A
貫く	つらぬく	[1] to go through; to pierce; to penetrate [2] to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through [3] to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with; to keep (e.g. faith); to maintain (e.g. independence)	4629
連ねる	つらねる	[1] to line up; to put in a row [2] to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to join (e.g. a list) [3] to link; to put together; to string together (e.g. compliments); to enumerate	N/A
つり革	つりかわ	strap (to hang onto); hanging strap	N/A
手当	てあて	[1] salary; pay; compensation; allowance (e.g. housing allowance); benefit; bonus [2] medical care; treatment [3] advance preparation	N/A
	ティッシュペーパー	tissue paper; tissue; facial tissue	N/A
体	てい	appearance; air; condition; state; form	N/A
提供	ていきょう	[1] offer; tender; providing; supplying; making available; donating (blood, organs, etc.) [2] sponsoring (a TV program)	1076
定義	ていぎ	definition	2404
提携	ていけい	cooperation; tie-up; joint business; partnership; alliance; sponsorship	N/A
体裁	ていさい	[1] (outward) appearance [2] (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; style [3] appearances; decency; show; display	N/A
提示	ていじ	[1] presentation (of a passport, ID, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents) [2] presentation (of a plan, response, etc.); bringing up; citing (an example)	3434
停滞	ていたい	stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation; falling into arrears	N/A
邸宅	ていたく	(large) house; residence; mansion	N/A
定年	ていねん	[1] (compulsory) retirement age; age limit [2] (compulsory) retirement (on reaching retirement age); mandatory retirement [3] minimum years of service at a particular rank before eligibility for promotion (in the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy)	3821
堤防	ていぼう	bank; weir; embankment; levee	N/A
手遅れ	ておくれ	being too late; losing one's final chance	N/A
手がかり	てがかり	[1] clue; lead; key; trail; scent; track [2] handhold; hold	N/A
手がける	てがける	[1] to handle; to manage; to deal with; to work with; to have experience with [2] to rear; to look after	N/A
手軽	てがる	easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap	3875
的	てき	[1] -ical; -ive; -al; -ic; -y [2] -like; -ish; -sort of; -kind of [3] (something) like; along the lines of	N/A
適応	てきおう	adaptation; accommodation; conformity	N/A
適宜	てきぎ	[1] suitable; appropriate; fitting; proper [2] appropriately; accordingly; as required; at one's discretion	N/A
適性	てきせい	aptitude; aptness; suitability	N/A
手際	てぎわ	[1] skill; ability; dexterity [2] performance; workmanship; craftsmanship; execution	N/A
手順	てじゅん	process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction	3457
手錠	てじょう	[1] handcuffs; manacles [2] confinement in chains (Edo-era judicial corporal punishment)	N/A
手数	てすう	[1] trouble; bother [2] number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.) [3] number of punches	N/A
手近	てぢか	[1] near; close by; within reach; handy [2] familiar	N/A
	てっきり	surely; certainly; without doubt	N/A
鉄鋼	てっこう	iron and steel	N/A
徹する	てっする	[1] to penetrate; to sink in [2] to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively [3] to do throughout (e.g. the night)	N/A
鉄片	てっぺん	iron scraps	N/A
手のひら	てのひら	palm (of the hand)	3414
手はず	てはず	arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations	N/A
手本	てほん	[1] model; (good) example; exemplar; paragon [2] model handwriting; model drawing; copybook	N/A
手回し	てまわし	[1] turning by hand; hand-turned; hand-cranked [2] preparations; arrangements	N/A
手元	てもと	[1] at hand; on hand; nearby; close at hand [2] way of moving one's arms; skill [3] money at hand; pocket money	3640
照り返す	てりかえす	to reflect; to throw back light	N/A
	テレックス	telex; teletypewriter exchange	N/A
手分け	てわけ	division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)	N/A
店	てん	store; shop; restaurant	N/A
点火	てんか	ignition; lighting; firing; setting off	N/A
転回	てんかい	[1] revolution; rotation [2] turn; turning [3] inversion	N/A
転換	てんかん	conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover	3500
転居	てんきょ	moving; changing residence; change of address	N/A
転勤	てんきん	job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer	3201
点検	てんけん	detailed inspection; thorough examination; checking	N/A
転校	てんこう	changing schools	N/A
天国	てんごく	paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven	N/A
天才	てんさい	genius; prodigy; natural gift	N/A
天災	てんさい	natural calamity; disaster	N/A
展示	てんじ	exhibition; display	3224
天井	てんじょう	[1] ceiling [2] ceiling price; (price) ceiling	2992
点線	てんせん	dotted line; perforated line	N/A
天体	てんたい	heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object	N/A
天地	てんち	[1] heaven and earth; the universe; the world; nature [2] land; world; realm; sphere [3] top and bottom	N/A
	てんで	[1] (not) at all; completely; utterly; entirely; altogether [2] very; extremely	N/A
転任	てんにん	change of post	N/A
展望	てんぼう	view; outlook; prospect	N/A
転落	てんらく	[1] fall; tumble; spill; plunge; dive [2] fall (in position, standing, etc.); downfall; descent; degradation; comedown; demotion	N/A
	でかい	huge; big; gargantuan	3571
出来物	できもの	tumour; tumor; growth; boil; ulcer; abscess; rash; pimple	N/A
出切る	できる	to be out of; to have no more at hand	N/A
出くわす	でくわす	to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into	N/A
	デコレーション	decoration	N/A
	デザイン	design	1666
	デザート	dessert	4512
	デッサン	rough sketch	N/A
出直し	でなおし	[1] starting from scratch; making a fresh start; redoing [2] calling again; visiting again	N/A
	デモンストレーション	[1] demonstration; protest [2] (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation [3] exhibition game; exhibition match	N/A
田園	でんえん	[1] the country; countryside; rural districts [2] cultivated land; fields [3] Den'en	N/A
電源	でんげん	[1] source of electricity; electrical power [2] power (button on TV, etc.)	4143
伝説	でんせつ	legend; folklore; tradition	4668
電線	でんせん	[1] electric line; electric cable; power cable [2] telephone line; telegraph wire	N/A
伝達	でんたつ	transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay; propagation; conduction	N/A
伝来	でんらい	[1] introduction (from abroad) [2] transmission (through successive generations); being handed down (from generation to generation); being passed down	N/A
	データ	data; datum	1182
問い合わせる	といあわせる	to enquire; to inquire; to seek information	N/A
問う	とう	[1] to ask; to inquire [2] to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to pursue (question of responsibility); to charge with [3] to care about; to regard as important	1400
等	とう	[1] class; order; rank [2] et cetera; etc.; and the like [3] equal; iso-	1694
棟	とう	[1] large building; building with a long roof [2] counter for buildings, apartments, etc.	N/A
陶器	とうき	pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china	N/A
等級	とうきゅう	[1] grade; class; degree; rank; rating; order; points [2] magnitude	N/A
討議	とうぎ	debate; discussion	N/A
登校	とうこう	attendance (at school); going to school	N/A
統合	とうごう	integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis	4402
倒産	とうさん	(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business	4203
投資	とうし	investment	2692
統制	とうせい	regulation; control	N/A
当選	とうせん	[1] being elected [2] winning a prize (in a lottery, raffle, etc.); being selected (for a prize, etc.)	N/A
逃走	とうそう	flight; desertion; escape	N/A
統率	とうそつ	command; lead; generalship; leadership	N/A
到達	とうたつ	reaching; attaining; arrival	4569
統治	とうち	rule; reign; government; governing	N/A
到底	とうてい	(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely	4213
尊い	とうとい	[1] precious; valuable; priceless [2] noble; exalted; sacred	N/A
投入	とうにゅう	[1] throwing in; inserting; depositing (e.g. a ballot) [2] investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); injection; infusion [3] launching (a product into the market); introduction	4744
当人	とうにん	the person concerned; the person in question; the said person	N/A
逃亡	とうぼう	escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing	N/A
冬眠	とうみん	hibernation; winter sleep; torpor	N/A
登録	とうろく	registration; accession; register; entry; record	1701
討論	とうろん	debate; discussion	N/A
遠ざかる	とおざかる	[1] to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to die away [2] to be estranged	N/A
遠回り	とおまわり	detour; roundabout way	N/A
咎める	とがめる	[1] to blame; to reproach; to censure; to rebuke; to reprove; to find fault; to take to task; to criticize; to criticise [2] to question (a suspect); to challenge [3] to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated; to get inflamed	N/A
時折	ときおり	sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time	N/A
途切れる	とぎれる	to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause	N/A
説く	とく	to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade	3356
特技	とくぎ	special skill	N/A
特産	とくさん	being produced in a particular region; local specialty	N/A
特集	とくしゅう	feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report	N/A
得点	とくてん	scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs	N/A
特派	とくは	send specially; special envoy	N/A
研ぐ	とぐ	[1] to sharpen; to hone; to whet; to grind [2] to wash (rice) [3] to scour; to polish; to burnish	N/A
刺	とげ	[1] thorn; spine; prickle [2] splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone) [3] biting words	N/A
遂げる	とげる	[1] to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out [2] to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with	3799
床	とこ	[1] bed; bedding [2] sickbed [3] alcove	N/A
年頃	としごろ	[1] approximate age; apparent age [2] marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age of adulthood [3] age (when ...)	N/A
戸締まり	とじまり	locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors	N/A
途上	とじょう	[1] on the way; en route [2] in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of	N/A
綴じる	とじる	[1] to bind; to file [2] to finish (a dish) by pouring beaten egg into the broth [3] to sew up; to stitch together	N/A
途絶える	とだえる	to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off	N/A
特許	とっきょ	[1] patent [2] special permission; license; licence; concession; charter	3489
取っ手	とって	handle; grip; knob	N/A
整える	ととのえる	[1] to put in order; to arrange; to tidy up; to fix; to straighten [2] to get ready; to prepare; to arrange; to supply; to assemble; to buy [3] to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)	2036
届	とどけ	report; notification; registration	N/A
滞る	とどこおる	[1] to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone [2] to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding	N/A
留める	とどめる	[1] to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to cease; to put an end to [2] to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to limit [3] to record (e.g. a fact); to retain	4931
唱える	となえる	[1] to recite; to chant [2] to cry; to yell; to shout [3] to advocate; to advance; to preach; to insist	3710
殿様	とのさま	[1] nobleman; dignitary; lord [2] feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyo [3] man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world	N/A
帳	とばり	curtain; hanging; bunting	N/A
扉	とびら	[1] door; gate; opening [2] title page	2407
徒歩	とほ	walking; going on foot	3287
乏しい	とぼしい	meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; lacking; scanty; poor	4935
富	とみ	[1] riches; wealth; fortune [2] resources [3] lottery	N/A
富む	とむ	[1] to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be full of [2] to be rich; to be wealthy	4101
共	とも	[1] together with [2] same [3] both; all; neither; none	422
共稼ぎ	ともかせぎ	(husband and wife) earning a living together	N/A
伴う	ともなう	[1] to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon [2] to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with; to be involved in	900
共働き	ともばたらき	(husband and wife) both working; dual income	N/A
	トラブル	[1] trouble; difficulty; problem; quarrel; conflict; dispute; fight [2] failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; malfunction [3] (medical) condition; disorder; problem	2402
	トランジスタ	transistor	N/A
取りあえず	とりあえず	[1] first of all; at once; right away [2] for now; for the time being; tentatively [3] anyway	551
取り扱い	とりあつかい	treatment; service; handling; management	4340
取り扱う	とりあつかう	[1] to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to use [2] to deal with (an issue); to manage [3] to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)	3839
鳥居	とりい	torii (Shinto shrine archway)	N/A
取り替え	とりかえ	swap; exchange	N/A
取り組む	とりくむ	[1] to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to be matched against [2] to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on	1558
取り締まり	とりしまり	control; management; supervision	N/A
取り締まる	とりしまる	[1] to manage; to control; to supervise; to oversee; to command [2] to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce; to regulate	N/A
取り調べる	とりしらべる	to investigate; to examine	N/A
取り立てる	とりたてる	[1] to collect (debts); to dun; to exact; to extort [2] to appoint; to promote; to give patronage [3] to emphasize; to focus on; to call attention to	N/A
取り次ぐ	とりつぐ	[1] to pass on (a message, thoughts, etc.); to convey; to transmit; to relay; to tell [2] to inform (of a visitor, phone call, etc.); to announce (a visitor); to answer (the door or phone on someone's behalf); to usher in (a guest) [3] to act as an agent (between a manufacturer, wholesaler, etc. and retailers); to act as an intermediary; to handle (goods; for a company)	N/A
取り除く	とりのぞく	to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart	3588
取引	とりひき	transactions; dealings; business	2554
取り巻く	とりまく	to surround; to encircle; to enclose	4190
取り混ぜる	とりまぜる	to mix; to put together	N/A
取り戻す	とりもどす	to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup	2848
取り寄せる	とりよせる	[1] to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one [2] to pull (something) closer	N/A
取り分け	とりわけ	[1] especially; particularly; above all [2] portioning out (servings of food)	3097
蕩ける	とろける	[1] to melt (and become soft or liquid) [2] to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched	N/A
飛んだ	とんだ	[1] unexpected; unlikely; strange [2] terrible; awful; horrible; serious; outrageous [3] very; extremely	N/A
	トーン	tone	N/A
胴	どう	[1] trunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist [2] plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo) [3] frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.); hull (of a ship)	95
同	どう	[1] the same; the said [2] likewise	1805
同意	どうい	[1] agreement; consent; approval; assent [2] same opinion; same view [3] same meaning	3241
動員	どういん	mobilization; mobilisation	N/A
同感	どうかん	same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence	N/A
動機	どうき	[1] motive; incentive [2] motif	3566
同級	どうきゅう	the same grade; same class	N/A
同居	どうきょ	living together; coexistence	4026
動向	どうこう	trend; tendency; movement; attitude	2898
同士	どうし	fellow; mutual; companion; comrade	N/A
同志	どうし	[1] like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment [2] comrade; fellow; kindred soul	N/A
同情	どうじょう	sympathy; compassion; pity	N/A
道場	どうじょう	[1] dojo; hall used for martial arts training [2] manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)	N/A
同調	どうちょう	[1] conformity; alignment; agreement; sympathy; following suit [2] tuning [3] same tone; same pitch	N/A
動的	どうてき	dynamic; kinetic	N/A
同等	どうとう	equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence	N/A
堂々	どうどう	[1] magnificent; grand; impressive; dignified; majestic; imposing; stately [2] fair; square; open; unashamed; brazen [3] grandly; boldly; confidently	4140
	どうにか	in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely	N/A
導入	どうにゅう	[1] introduction; bringing in; installation; setting up; importation [2] introduction (to a story, lecture, etc.); introductory part	1336
同封	どうふう	enclosing (e.g. with a letter)	N/A
	どうやら	[1] possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; seemingly [2] somehow or other; with difficulty; barely; after a fashion	N/A
動揺	どうよう	[1] shaking; trembling; pitching; rolling; oscillation [2] disturbance; unrest; agitation; excitement; commotion; turmoil; discomposure; feeling shaken	4999
読者	どくしゃ	reader	2879
独自	どくじ	[1] original; unique; distinctive; characteristic; peculiar [2] independent; one's own; personal	2561
独占	どくせん	[1] monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity [2] hogging; keeping to oneself	N/A
独創	どくそう	originality	N/A
土産	どさん	[1] product of the land [2] present; souvenir	N/A
土台	どだい	[1] foundation; base; basis [2] from the beginning; from the outset; by nature	N/A
土手	どて	[1] embankment; bank [2] beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin	N/A
土俵	どひょう	[1] (wrestling) ring [2] forum (e.g. for discussion) [3] sandbag; gabion	N/A
土木	どぼく	engineering works; civil engineering; public works	N/A
	ドライ	[1] dry [2] dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; matter-of-fact; businesslike; practical [3] dry (of alcohol)	N/A
	ドライクリーニング	dry cleaning	N/A
	ドライバー	[1] driver (of a vehicle) [2] screwdriver [3] driver (club)	4460
	ドライブイン	[1] drive-in (bank, cinema, etc.) [2] roadside restaurant; rest stop	N/A
	ドリル	[1] drill bit; drill [2] drill (practice) [3] drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)	N/A
何れ何れ	どれどれ	[1] which [2] well; now; c'mon	N/A
ど忘れ	どわすれ	lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well	N/A
鈍感	どんかん	thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned	N/A

な行

Kanji	Reading	Meaning	Frequency
内閣	ないかく	cabinet (of a government); ministry	N/A
乃至	ないし	[1] from ... to; between ... and [2] or	2494
内臓	ないぞう	internal organs; viscera	N/A
	ナイター	game under lights (e.g. baseball); night game	N/A
内部	ないぶ	interior; inside; internal	2660
内乱	ないらん	civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict	N/A
内陸	ないりく	inland	N/A
苗	なえ	[1] seedling; young plant [2] rice seedling	N/A
尚	なお	[1] still; yet [2] more; still more; greater; further [3] as ...; like ...	N/A
尚更	なおさら	[1] still more; even more; all the more [2] still less; even less	N/A
中ほど	なかほど	(about) middle; midway	N/A
流し	ながし	[1] sink (e.g. in a kitchen) [2] cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.) [3] washing area (in a Japanese-style bath)	N/A
長々	ながなが	[1] for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; long-windedly; tediously [2] (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length	N/A
嘆く	なげく	[1] to lament; to grieve; to regret [2] to deplore	N/A
投げ出す	なげだす	[1] to throw down; to throw out; to stretch out (one's legs) [2] to abandon; to resign [3] to give freely; to give generously; to sacrifice (e.g. one's life)	N/A
仲人	なこうど	[1] matchmaker [2] go-between; intermediary; middleman; mediator; intercessor	N/A
和やか	なごやか	mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable; amiable; friendly; genial; harmonious; peaceful	N/A
名残	なごり	[1] remains; traces; vestiges; relics [2] (the sorrow of) parting [3] end	N/A
情け	なさけ	[1] pity; sympathy; compassion; mercy [2] affection; love	N/A
情け深い	なさけぶかい	tender-hearted; compassionate; charitable; good-hearted	N/A
詰る	なじる	[1] to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to find fault; to harp on; to reprove [2] to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with someone)	N/A
名高い	なだかい	famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known	N/A
雪崩	なだれ	avalanche; snowslide	N/A
懐く	なつく	to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)	N/A
名付ける	なづける	to name; to call; to christen; to term	3772
何気ない	なにげない	[1] casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; indifferent; offhand [2] ordinary; normal; regular; everyday; unremarkable	N/A
何卒	なにとぞ	[1] please; kindly; I beg of you; if it pleases you [2] by all means; without fail	N/A
何より	なにより	[1] above anything else; above all; more than anything [2] best; greatest; excellent; wonderful; most important	2551
名札	なふだ	name plate; name tag; label	N/A
	ナプキン	[1] (table) napkin; serviette [2] sanitary napkin; sanitary pad	N/A
生臭い	なまぐさい	[1] smelling of fish; fishy; smelling of blood; bloody [2] degenerate (of a monk); depraved; corrupt; fallen [3] worldly; mundane; secular; common; ordinary	N/A
生ぬるい	なまぬるい	[1] lukewarm; tepid [2] half-hearted; vague; weak [3] lenient; mild; soft	N/A
生身	なまみ	[1] living flesh; flesh and blood [2] physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva	N/A
鉛	なまり	lead (Pb)	N/A
並	なみ	[1] average; medium; common; ordinary [2] mid-grade (item); regular grade [3] same level as; equal to; equivalent to; on par with	N/A
滑らか	なめらか	[1] smooth (of a surface); glassy; velvety; soft [2] smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); fluid; trouble-free [3] continuously differentiable	N/A
舐める	なめる	[1] to lick; to lap; to suck [2] to taste [3] to experience (esp. a hardship)	3715
悩ましい	なやましい	[1] seductive; carnal; enchanting [2] troubling; difficult; thorny; hard [3] anxious; uneasy	N/A
悩ます	なやます	to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest	N/A
悩み	なやみ	trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish; agony; problem	2258
慣らす	ならす	[1] to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear) [2] to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)	N/A
並びに	ならびに	and (also); both ... and; as well as	3461
成り立つ	なりたつ	[1] to consist of; to be made up of; to be composed of [2] to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be valid [3] to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on; to keep going	2388
成る丈	なるたけ	as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible	N/A
馴れ馴れしい	なれなれしい	overly familiar; overfamiliar; too friendly; too free; cheeky	N/A
難	なん	[1] difficulty; trouble; hardship; shortage [2] accident; disaster; danger [3] fault; defect; flaw	N/A
	なんか	something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...	N/A
	ナンセンス	nonsense	N/A
何だか	なんだか	(a) little; somewhat; somehow	1917
何だかんだ	なんだかんだ	something or other; one thing or another; this or that	N/A
何て	なんて	[1] how ...!; what ...! [2] what?; what's that?	N/A
何と	なんと	[1] what; how [2] what (a) ...!; how ...! [3] surprisingly; to my amazement; believe it or not; why, ...!	2419
何なり	なんなり	anything; whatever	N/A
荷	に	[1] load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods [2] burden; responsibility	N/A
似通う	にかよう	to resemble closely	N/A
面皰	にきび	pimple; acne	N/A
賑わう	にぎわう	[1] to be crowded with people; to be bustling with [2] to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business	4082
憎しみ	にくしみ	hatred	N/A
肉親	にくしん	blood relationship; blood relative	N/A
肉体	にくたい	the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique	3606
逃げ出す	にげだす	[1] to run away; to flee; to make off; to take to one's heels; to escape [2] to start to run away	4544
西日	にしび	westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun	N/A
滲む	にじむ	[1] to run (of liquid); to spread; to bleed; to blot [2] to blur; to blot; to be blurred [3] to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)	N/A
日夜	にちや	day and night; around the clock; always; constantly	N/A
日当	にっとう	daily allowance; daily wages	N/A
荷造り	にづくり	packing; baling; crating	N/A
担う	になう	[1] to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear [2] to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself	2667
鈍る	にぶる	[1] to become blunt; to grow dull [2] to become less capable; to weaken; to falter	N/A
にも関わらず	にもかかわらず	[1] in spite of; despite; although [2] nonetheless; nevertheless; but; (and) yet	N/A
	ニュアンス	nuance	N/A
入手	にゅうしゅ	acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)	3398
入賞	にゅうしょう	winning a prize; placing (high; in a contest)	N/A
入浴	にゅうよく	bathing; going in the bath	N/A
	ニュー	new	N/A
尿	にょう	urine	N/A
認識	にんしき	recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition; cognizance; cognisance	1090
妊娠	にんしん	pregnancy; conception; gestation	2079
人情	にんじょう	[1] humanity; empathy; kindness; sympathy [2] human nature; common sense; customs and manners	N/A
任務	にんむ	duty; function; office; mission; task; role	4566
任命	にんめい	appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation	N/A
抜け出す	ぬけだす	[1] to slip out; to sneak away; to break free; to get through (a difficult situation) [2] to break into the lead; to get ahead [3] to begin to fall out (e.g. hair)	N/A
盗み	ぬすみ	stealing; theft	N/A
沼	ぬま	[1] marsh; swamp; wetland; bog; pond [2] obsession; addiction; being hooked on; getting sucked into [3] ugly man	N/A
音色	ねいろ	tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre	N/A
値打ち	ねうち	[1] value; worth; merit [2] estimation; evaluation; appraisal	N/A
寝かせる	ねかせる	[1] to put to bed; to let sleep [2] to lay (something) down; to put on its side [3] to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused; to let (stock) lie unsold	N/A
	ネガ	[1] negative [2] negative (e.g. thinking)	N/A
ねじ回し	ねじまわし	screwdriver	N/A
捩れる	ねじれる	[1] to get twisted; to get crooked; to get warped [2] to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become perverse; to become contrary [3] to become troubled; to become complicated; to become strained	N/A
妬む	ねたむ	to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge	N/A
強請る	ねだる	to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune	N/A
熱湯	ねっとう	boiling water	N/A
熱意	ねつい	zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour	N/A
熱量	ねつりょう	[1] quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value [2] (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion	N/A
粘り	ねばり	[1] stickiness; viscosity [2] tenacity; persistence	N/A
粘る	ねばる	[1] to be sticky; to be adhesive [2] to persevere; to persist; to stick to; to hold out; to linger	N/A
値引き	ねびき	price reduction; discount	N/A
根回し	ねまわし	[1] laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process [2] digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)	N/A
眠たい	ねむたい	sleepy; drowsy	N/A
練る	ねる	[1] to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame) [2] to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to elaborate; to work out [3] to train; to drill; to exercise	4146
念	ねん	[1] sense; idea; thought; feeling [2] desire; concern [3] attention; care	2841
年鑑	ねんかん	yearbook; almanac; annual	N/A
年号	ねんごう	name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name	N/A
燃焼	ねんしょう	[1] burning; combustion [2] exerting all strength; making an effort	N/A
燃料	ねんりょう	fuel	4793
年輪	ねんりん	[1] annual tree ring; growth ring [2] experience in life	N/A
	ノイローゼ	neurosis; nervous breakdown; mental problem; identity crisis; obsession	N/A
脳	のう	[1] brain [2] brains; mind	1745
農耕	のうこう	farming; agriculture; cultivation	N/A
農場	のうじょう	[1] farm (agriculture) [2] Noujou	N/A
農地	のうち	agricultural land; farmland	N/A
納入	のうにゅう	[1] payment (of taxes, fees, etc.) [2] supply (of goods); delivery	N/A
逃す	のがす	[1] to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away [2] to set free; to let go [3] to fail to ...	N/A
逃れる	のがれる	to escape	3692
軒並み	のきなみ	[1] row of houses [2] every house; each house; every door [3] all; totally; altogether; across the board	N/A
望ましい	のぞましい	desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable	3583
臨む	のぞむ	[1] to look out on; to overlook; to front onto [2] to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to be confronted by [3] to deal with (an issue)	3960
乗っ取る	のっとる	[1] to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to seize; to occupy; to usurp [2] to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)	N/A
長閑	のどか	[1] tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful; serene [2] mild (weather); balmy	N/A
罵る	ののしる	to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of	N/A
延べ	のべ	[1] futures [2] credit (buying) [3] stretching	N/A
飲み込む	のみこむ	[1] to swallow; to gulp down [2] to understand; to grasp; to take in; to catch on; to learn [3] to engulf; to swallow up	4147
乗り込む	のりこむ	[1] to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to go on board; to get aboard [2] to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)	3594

は行

Kanji	Reading	Meaning	Frequency
刃	は	[1] edge (of a knife or sword); blade [2] prong (of an electrical plug)	N/A
派	は	[1] group; faction; clique; coterie [2] (political) faction; wing; camp [3] school (of thought, painting, etc.)	N/A
把握	はあく	grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip	1770
肺	はい	lung	N/A
廃棄	はいき	[1] disposal; abandonment; scrapping; discarding; abolition [2] annulment; cancellation; abrogation; repeal	N/A
配給	はいきゅう	[1] distribution (e.g. films, rice) [2] rationing (e.g. food, gasoline) [3] food ration	N/A
配偶者	はいぐうしゃ	spouse; wife; husband; partner	N/A
背景	はいけい	[1] background; scenery; backdrop; setting [2] background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; context [3] backing; support (from behind the scenes)	1275
拝啓	はいけい	Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern	N/A
背後	はいご	[1] back; rear [2] background; behind the scenes	3074
廃止	はいし	abolition; discontinuance; discontinuation; repeal; annulment	2753
拝借	はいしゃく	borrowing	N/A
排除	はいじょ	exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of	3563
敗戦	はいせん	defeat; lost battle; losing a war	N/A
配置	はいち	arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration; layout	2782
配布	はいふ	distribution	4068
配分	はいぶん	distribution; allotment	N/A
配慮	はいりょ	consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care; trouble	2067
配列	はいれつ	[1] arrangement; disposition [2] array	N/A
映える	はえる	[1] to shine; to glow [2] to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)	N/A
破壊	はかい	[1] destruction; disruption [2] (application) crash	2087
捗る	はかどる	to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance	N/A
図る	はかる	[1] to plan; to attempt; to devise [2] to plot; to conspire; to scheme [3] to aim for; to strive for; to work towards; to seek	587
破棄	はき	[1] tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction [2] annulment; cancellation; abrogation; voiding; breaking (e.g. a treaty) [3] reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing	N/A
泊	はく	[1] counter for nights of a stay [2] overnight stay; lodging	N/A
迫害	はくがい	persecution; oppression	N/A
薄弱	はくじゃく	feebleness; weakness; weak	N/A
白状	はくじょう	confession	N/A
剥ぐ	はぐ	[1] to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay; to bark [2] to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of	N/A
派遣	はけん	[1] dispatch; despatch; deployment [2] temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp	2089
励ます	はげます	[1] to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up [2] to raise (one's voice)	3695
励む	はげむ	to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to; to make an effort; to be zealous	4273
剥げる	はげる	[1] to peel off; to come off; to flake off; to be worn off [2] to fade; to discolor; to discolour	N/A
柱	はしら	[1] pillar; post [2] support; prop; mainstay [3] counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.	2647
橋渡し	はしわたし	[1] mediation; good offices; go-between; intermediary; mediator; bridge (between) [2] building a bridge	N/A
恥	はじ	shame; embarrassment; disgrace	N/A
弾く	はじく	[1] to flip; to snap; to flick [2] to repel [3] to use (an abacus); to calculate	N/A
恥じらう	はじらう	to feel shy; to be bashful; to blush	N/A
恥じる	はじる	to feel ashamed	N/A
蓮	はす	[1] sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus [2] rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)	N/A
弾む	はずむ	[1] to spring; to bound; to bounce [2] to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to get lively [3] to pay handsomely; to splurge; to part eagerly with (money, etc.)	N/A
機	はた	loom	N/A
果たす	はたす	[1] to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to fulfill; to fulfil; to realize; to execute; to perform; to do [2] to do ... completely; to do ... entirely	1286
裸足	はだし	[1] barefoot [2] superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining	N/A
蜂蜜	はちみつ	honey	3824
発生	はっせい	[1] occurrence; incidence; outbreak; birth (e.g. of civilization) [2] generation (of power, heat, etc.); production [3] ontogeny; development; growth; breeding	793
初	はつ	first; new	4459
発育	はついく	(physical) growth; development	N/A
発芽	はつが	germination; sprouting; budding	N/A
発言	はつげん	statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal	1947
発病	はつびょう	onset of an illness; falling ill	N/A
初耳	はつみみ	something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time	N/A
果て	はて	[1] end; extremity; limit [2] result; outcome; upshot; consequence	4551
果てる	はてる	[1] to end; to be finished; to be exhausted [2] to die; to perish [3] to do utterly; to do completely	N/A
華々しい	はなばなしい	brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular	N/A
花びら	はなびら	petal	N/A
華やか	はなやか	[1] bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; brilliant; splendid; gay; colorful; flowery [2] prosperous; flourishing; thriving	3855
阻む	はばむ	to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct; to oppose; to thwart	N/A
浜	はま	[1] beach; seashore [2] captured pieces; captured stones [3] Yokohama	N/A
浜辺	はまべ	beach; foreshore	N/A
嵌まる	はまる	[1] to fit; to get into; to go into; to be fitted with (e.g. door with a window) [2] to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to satisfy (conditions) [3] to fall into; to plunge into; to get stuck; to get caught	1904
早める	はやめる	[1] to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to expedite; to precipitate [2] to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate	N/A
腹立ち	はらだち	anger	N/A
原っぱ	はらっぱ	open field; empty lot; plain	N/A
張り紙	はりがみ	[1] paper patch attached to something; paper backing; sticker; label [2] notice; poster	N/A
遥か	はるか	[1] far away; far off; far; distant; in the distance [2] long ago; long before	1856
腫れる	はれる	to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen	N/A
判	はん	[1] seal; stamp; monogram signature [2] judgment; judgement [3] size (of paper or books)	N/A
班	はん	[1] group; party; team [2] squad; section	N/A
繁栄	はんえい	prosperity; thriving; flourishing	4545
反感	はんかん	antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling	N/A
版画	はんが	woodcut; woodblock print; art print	N/A
	ハンガー	(coat) hanger	N/A
反響	はんきょう	[1] echo; reverberation [2] response; reaction; repercussions; sensation; influence	N/A
判決	はんけつ	judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree	3792
反撃	はんげき	counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow	N/A
反射	はんしゃ	[1] reflection; reverberation [2] reflex; reflexes	N/A
繁盛	はんじょう	prosperity; flourishing; thriving	N/A
反する	はんする	[1] to be contrary (to); to go against; to run counter (to); to contradict; to be opposite (to) [2] to infringe; to violate; to transgress [3] to disobey (an order, teachings, etc.); to defy; to rebel; to revolt	3508
判定	はんてい	judgement; judgment; decision; ruling; finding; adjudication; verdict; call	4380
反応	はんのう	reaction; response	1404
半端	はんぱ	[1] remnant; fragment; incomplete set; incompleteness [2] fraction; odd sum [3] halfway; half-hearted; perfunctory	N/A
反発	はんぱつ	[1] opposition; rebellion; revolt; resistance; backlash; refusal [2] rebounding; recoiling; repulsion [3] rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery	4169
反乱	はんらん	insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising	N/A
氾濫	はんらん	[1] overflowing; flood; inundation; deluge [2] oversupply; plethora; abundance (esp. of something undesirable)	N/A
ばい菌	ばいきん	[1] germ; germs; bacteria; bug [2] something dirty or harmful; vermin	N/A
賠償	ばいしょう	compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages	N/A
倍率	ばいりつ	[1] magnification; leverage; amplification; scaling factor; scale factor [2] competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio	N/A
馬鹿馬鹿しい	ばかばかしい	absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine; foolish	N/A
漠然	ばくぜん	vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous	3919
爆弾	ばくだん	[1] bomb [2] alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)	N/A
爆破	ばくは	destructive blast; blowing up; explosion	N/A
化ける	ばける	[1] to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to turn oneself into; to transform oneself into [2] to disguise oneself as [3] to change radically; to metamorphose	N/A
罰	ばち	(divine) punishment; curse; retribution	N/A
	バッジ	badge	N/A
	バット	bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)	N/A
	バテる	to be exhausted; to be worn out	N/A
ばら撒く	ばらまく	[1] to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to broadcast [2] to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly	N/A
万	ばん	completely; absolutely; totally	N/A
万人	ばんにん	all people; everybody	N/A
万能	ばんのう	[1] all-purpose; utility; universal [2] all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent; all-round (e.g. athlete) [3] Mannou	N/A
番目	ばんめ	[1] the nth ... [2] divisions of a kabuki performance	N/A
	バー	[1] bar; tavern; barroom; pub [2] bar (establishment, counter, etc. where food and drinks are sold) [3] bar (in the high jump or pole vault); crossbar (in soccer, rugby, etc.); (ballet) barre	4424
	パジャマ	pajamas; pyjamas	N/A
	パチンコ	[1] pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball [2] slingshot; catapult [3] pistol	3332
	パトカー	patrol car; police car; squad car; cruiser	N/A
Ｇパン	パン	jeans; dungarees	N/A
	パンク	[1] puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout [2] bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines); reaching breaking point; collapse; breakdown; going bankrupt	N/A
非	ひ	[1] fault; error; mistake [2] going poorly; being disadvantageous; being unfavorable [3] un-; non-; an-	N/A
費	ひ	cost; expense	N/A
延いては	ひいては	by extension; in turn; by the same token; in addition; as well; consequently	N/A
控え室	ひかえしつ	waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room	N/A
控える	ひかえる	[1] to be temperate in; to refrain; to abstain; to hold back; to restrain oneself from excessive ... [2] to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number) [3] to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for	2599
悲観	ひかん	pessimism; (taking a) gloomy view; discouragement; despondency; despair; disappointment	N/A
匹	ひき	[1] counter for small animals [2] counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size) [3] counter for horses	N/A
引き上げる	ひきあげる	[1] to pull up; to drag up; to lift up [2] to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes) [3] to withdraw; to leave; to pull out; to retire	2653
率いる	ひきいる	to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)	4248
引き起こす	ひきおこす	[1] to cause; to induce; to bring about; to provoke [2] to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)	3238
引き下げる	ひきさげる	to pull down; to lower; to reduce; to withdraw	N/A
引きずる	ひきずる	[1] to drag; to trail; to pull along the ground; to lug [2] to force (someone) along; to drag (along) [3] to prolong; to drag out	4022
引き取る	ひきとる	[1] to take into one's possession; to receive; to accept; to collect; to claim [2] to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to adopt [3] to leave; to go away; to withdraw; to get out	3371
否決	ひけつ	rejection; negation; voting down	N/A
非行	ひこう	delinquency; misconduct	N/A
日頃	ひごろ	[1] usually; habitually; always [2] for a long time	2900
悲惨	ひさん	disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful; outrageous	4608
秘書	ひしょ	[1] (private) secretary [2] treasured book; secret book	N/A
比重	ひじゅう	[1] specific gravity; relative density [2] relative importance; weight	N/A
密か	ひそか	secret; private; surreptitious	3785
浸す	ひたす	[1] to soak; to dip; to steep; to immerse [2] to moisten; to wet	N/A
只管	ひたすら	intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart	2394
引っかく	ひっかく	to scratch; to claw	N/A
引っ掛ける	ひっかける	[1] to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes) [2] to hook; to catch; to trap; to ensnare [3] to cheat; to evade payment; to jump a bill	N/A
必修	ひっしゅう	required (subject)	N/A
匹敵	ひってき	to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to	N/A
未	ひつじ	[1] the Sheep (eighth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Ram; the Goat [2] hour of the Sheep (around 2pm, 1-3pm, or 2-4pm) [3] south-southwest	N/A
必然	ひつぜん	[1] inevitable; necessary; certain; sure [2] inevitability; necessity	N/A
一息	ひといき	[1] one breath [2] time of one breath [3] pause; break; rest; breather	N/A
一重	ひとえ	[1] one layer; single layer [2] monopetalous [3] unlined kimono	N/A
人柄	ひとがら	personality; character; personal appearance; gentility	4913
一頃	ひところ	once; some time ago	N/A
一筋	ひとすじ	[1] one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); one strand (e.g. of hair); one beam (e.g. of light); one ray; one length (e.g. of rope) [2] earnest; resolute; intent; devoted; single-minded [3] one bloodline; one clan	N/A
一目	ひとめ	[1] glance; look; glimpse [2] complete view; bird's-eye view	4777
日取り	ひどり	fixed date; appointed day	N/A
日向	ひなた	sunny place; in the sun	N/A
非難	ひなん	criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach	3709
避難	ひなん	taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven	4763
火花	ひばな	spark	N/A
日々	ひび	[1] daily; everyday [2] days (e.g. of one's youth) [3] every day; day after day; day by day; from day to day	1250
悲鳴	ひめい	shriek; scream	4267
冷やかす	ひやかす	[1] to banter; to make fun of; to jeer at [2] to cool; to refrigerate [3] to window-shop; to look at without buying	N/A
日焼け	ひやけ	[1] sunburn; suntan; tan [2] becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. of paper); yellowing [3] drying up (of a river, field, etc.)	N/A
標語	ひょうご	motto; slogan; catchword	N/A
	ひょっと	[1] possibly; perhaps; perchance [2] unintentionally; accidentally	N/A
雛	ひよこ	[1] young bird; chick; fledgling [2] greenhorn; fledgeling; novice; rookie	N/A
平たい	ひらたい	[1] flat; even; level [2] plain (language, words, etc.); simple	N/A
比率	ひりつ	ratio; proportion; percentage	2867
肥料	ひりょう	manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost	N/A
昼飯	ひるめし	lunch; midday meal	N/A
疲労	ひろう	[1] fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness [2] fatigue (of metal, etc.)	N/A
広まる	ひろまる	to spread; to be propagated	4088
貧困	ひんこん	[1] poverty; penury; need; destitution [2] shortage; lack; want	N/A
品質	ひんしつ	quality (of a product or a service)	N/A
品種	ひんしゅ	[1] type (of goods); sort [2] (taxonomical) form [3] breed; variety; kind; type; cultivar	N/A
貧弱	ひんじゃく	poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby; insubstantial	N/A
	ヒント	hint; clue	4097
頻繁	ひんぱん	frequent; incessant	2935
美	び	beauty	N/A
	ビジネス	business	3312
美術	びじゅつ	art; fine arts	N/A
	びっしょり	wet through; drenched	N/A
描写	びょうしゃ	depiction; description; portrayal	N/A
	ビリ	last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender	N/A
微量	びりょう	minuscule amount; extremely small quantity	N/A
敏感	びんかん	sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible	3929
貧乏	びんぼう	poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious	N/A
歩	ふ	pawn	N/A
	ファイト	[1] fight [2] fighting spirit [3] fight!; do your best; go for it; keep at it	N/A
	ファイル	[1] file (for holding papers) [2] file (collection of documents); filing; keeping on file [3] file	2187
	ファン	[1] fan; enthusiast; lover (of) [2] (electric) fan	1596
	フィルター	filter	N/A
不意	ふい	sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen	4279
封	ふう	seal	N/A
封鎖	ふうさ	[1] blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area) [2] freezing (funds)	N/A
風車	ふうしゃ	[1] windmill; wind turbine [2] pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy) [3] Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)	N/A
風習	ふうしゅう	custom	N/A
風俗	ふうぞく	[1] manners; customs [2] public morals [3] sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment	N/A
風土	ふうど	natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features	N/A
	フェリー	ferry	4590
	フォーム	form	N/A
不可欠	ふかけつ	indispensable; essential	3589
深める	ふかめる	to deepen; to heighten; to intensify	3029
不吉	ふきつ	ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious	N/A
不況	ふきょう	(economic) depression; recession; slump	3671
布巾	ふきん	dish towel; tea towel; dishcloth	N/A
福	ふく	good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck	N/A
複合	ふくごう	composite; combined; complex	N/A
福祉	ふくし	welfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service	3728
覆面	ふくめん	[1] mask; veil; disguise [2] anonymous; unmarked; incognito	N/A
膨れる	ふくれる	[1] to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to distend; to bulge [2] to get cross; to get sulky; to pout	N/A
老ける	ふける	to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age	N/A
布告	ふこく	edict; ordinance; proclamation	N/A
富豪	ふごう	wealthy person; millionaire	N/A
負債	ふさい	debt; liabilities	N/A
相応しい	ふさわしい	appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy	2719
不在	ふざい	[1] absence [2] disregard; indifference	N/A
負傷	ふしょう	injury; wound	N/A
不振	ふしん	dullness; slump; stagnation; inactivity; depression	N/A
不審	ふしん	doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness	N/A
不順	ふじゅん	irregular; unseasonable; changeable; unsettled; abnormal	N/A
負担	ふたん	[1] burden; load; responsibility [2] bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering	1276
不調	ふちょう	[1] bad condition; poor condition; disorder; slump; being out of form [2] failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)	N/A
復活	ふっかつ	[1] revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; comeback [2] resurrection; rebirth	2754
復旧	ふっきゅう	restoration; restitution; rehabilitation	N/A
復興	ふっこう	revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance	N/A
沸騰	ふっとう	[1] boiling; seething [2] becoming heated (e.g. of a debate); excitement; agitation; fermentation [3] soaring (of prices); shooting up	4819
仏	ふつ	[1] France [2] Futsu	N/A
不当	ふとう	[1] unfair; unjust; wrongful; improper; unreasonable; unwarranted; unjustified; undeserved; undue [2] Futou	N/A
不動産	ふどうさん	real estate	4087
赴任	ふにん	moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment	N/A
不評	ふひょう	bad reputation; poor reception; unpopularity; disrepute	N/A
不憫	ふびん	poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable	N/A
不服	ふふく	dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest; disagreement	N/A
普遍	ふへん	universal; general; ubiquitous; omnipresent	N/A
踏まえる	ふまえる	[1] to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have origin in [2] to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on	1979
文	ふみ	[1] letter; note; mail [2] book; writings [3] literary arts; learning; scholarship	N/A
不明	ふめい	[1] unclear; obscure; indistinct; uncertain; ambiguous [2] unknown; unidentified [3] ignorance; lack of wisdom; lack of insight	3716
扶養	ふよう	support (e.g. of one's dependents); maintenance	N/A
振り	ふり	[1] swing; shake; sweep; wave; wag [2] appearance; behaviour; behavior [3] pretence; pretense; (false) show; pretending	3010
振り出し	ふりだし	[1] shaking (something) out [2] starting point; beginning; outset [3] drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; draft	N/A
不良	ふりょう	[1] bad; poor; inferior; defective [2] delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan	N/A
浮力	ふりょく	buoyancy; floating power	N/A
震わせる	ふるわせる	to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate	N/A
付録	ふろく	appendix; supplement; annex; extra (of a newspaper or magazine)	N/A
	フロント	[1] front (aspect, weather, war-front, etc.) [2] reception (e.g. in a hotel); front desk [3] front office; team management	N/A
分	ふん	[1] minute (unit of time) [2] fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)	N/A
憤慨	ふんがい	indignation; resentment	N/A
紛失	ふんしつ	loss; going missing	N/A
紛争	ふんそう	dispute; conflict; trouble; unrest; strife	4893
	ふんだん	plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish	N/A
奮闘	ふんとう	[1] strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard [2] hard fighting; fierce fighting	N/A
粉末	ふんまつ	fine powder	N/A
部	ぶ	[1] department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; bureau; faculty [2] club (at a school, university, etc.); team [3] part; portion; region; area	3853
部下	ぶか	subordinate person	3047
	ぶかぶか	[1] too large (clothing); baggy; loose-fitting [2] bulging; warping [3] parp; toot; blast	N/A
	ブザー	buzzer; personal alarm (loud buzzer to attract attention in case of attack)	N/A
侮辱	ぶじょく	insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)	N/A
武装	ぶそう	arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself	N/A
斑	ぶち	spots; speckles; mottles	N/A
物体	ぶったい	object; body; solid	N/A
物議	ぶつぎ	public discussion; public criticism; controversy	N/A
仏像	ぶつぞう	[1] statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image [2] Butsuzou	N/A
無難	ぶなん	[1] safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; inoffensive [2] acceptable; passable; satisfactory; adequate; faultless; without flaw	N/A
部門	ぶもん	division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category; department	N/A
	ぶらぶら	[1] dangling; swaying; swinging [2] (walking) leisurely; aimlessly; strolling; wandering; rambling [3] idly; lazily; leisurely; aimlessly	N/A
武力	ぶりょく	armed might; military power; the sword; force	N/A
	ブルー	[1] blue [2] sad; down (in the dumps)	4337
無礼	ぶれい	rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence	N/A
文化財	ぶんかざい	cultural assets; cultural property	N/A
分業	ぶんぎょう	division of labor; division of labour; specialization; specialisation; assembly-line production	N/A
文語	ぶんご	[1] written language; literary language [2] classical (or formal) written style based on Heian-period Japanese	N/A
分散	ぶんさん	[1] dispersion; breakup; scattering; decentralization; decentralisation; distribution [2] variance [3] dispersion	N/A
分子	ぶんし	[1] molecule [2] numerator [3] element (of a group); member	N/A
文書	ぶんしょ	[1] document; writing; letter; papers; notes; records; archives [2] document addressed to someone	3259
分担	ぶんたん	taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment	N/A
分配	ぶんぱい	division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation	N/A
分母	ぶんぼ	denominator	N/A
分離	ぶんり	separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation	4620
分裂	ぶんれつ	split; division; break up	N/A
	ブーツ	boots	N/A
	ブーム	[1] boom; craze; fad [2] (economic) boom [3] boom (of a boat)	4103
兵器	へいき	arms; weapon; ordnance	N/A
閉口	へいこう	[1] to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be nonplussed [2] to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear; to be annoyed	N/A
閉鎖	へいさ	[1] closing; closure [2] shutdown; lockout	N/A
兵士	へいし	soldier	4444
平常	へいじょう	normal; usual; ordinary; everyday	N/A
平方	へいほう	square (e.g. metre)	N/A
並列	へいれつ	[1] arranging in a line; standing in a row [2] parallel (electronics, computing, etc.)	N/A
辟易	へきえき	[1] to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be bored (with); to be unable to bear [2] to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to be disconcerted [3] to wince; to shrink back; to cringe	N/A
隔たる	へだたる	to be distant	N/A
経る	へる	[1] to pass; to elapse; to go by [2] to pass through; to go through [3] to experience; to go through; to undergo	1578
偏	へん	left-hand radical of a character	N/A
編	へん	[1] compilation (of a text); editing [2] volume (of a text) [3] completed literary work	N/A
返還	へんかん	return; restoration	N/A
偏見	へんけん	prejudice; bias; distorted view	4889
返済	へんさい	repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption	4973
変遷	へんせん	change; transition; vicissitudes	N/A
返答	へんとう	reply; answer	N/A
変動	へんどう	change; fluctuation	4320
	ベスト	best	3616
	ベストセラー	bestseller	N/A
弁解	べんかい	explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence	N/A
便宜	べんぎ	convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency	N/A
弁論	べんろん	discussion; debate; argument	N/A
	ベース	[1] base; basis; theme; basic ingredient [2] base (e.g. military); depot [3] base; base bag	2266
	ペア	[1] pair; set of two [2] pair-oared boat [3] pair; two of a kind	N/A
	ペコペコ	[1] very hungry; starving; famished [2] bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; bowing and scraping; being obsequious; being servile [3] denting; buckling; giving (in)	N/A
穂	ほ	[1] ear (of a cereal plant); head; spike [2] point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; (pointed) head [3] crest (of a wave)	N/A
保育	ほいく	nurturing; rearing; childcare; day care	N/A
法案	ほうあん	bill (law); measure	4160
崩壊	ほうかい	[1] collapse; crumbling; breaking down; caving in [2] (radioactive) decay; disintegration	3087
法学	ほうがく	law; jurisprudence	N/A
宝器	ほうき	[1] treasured article or vessel; outstanding individual [2] Houki	N/A
放棄	ほうき	abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender; relinquishing; waiving; giving up	4757
封建	ほうけん	feudalistic	N/A
方策	ほうさく	plan; policy	N/A
豊作	ほうさく	abundant harvest; bumper crop	N/A
奉仕	ほうし	[1] service; ministry; attendance; church work [2] offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free	N/A
方式	ほうしき	form; method; system; formula	3932
放射能	ほうしゃのう	radioactivity	N/A
報酬	ほうしゅう	remuneration; recompense; reward; toll	N/A
放出	ほうしゅつ	release; emission; ejection	4980
報じる	ほうじる	[1] to report; to inform [2] to repay; to return; to requite	N/A
報ずる	ほうずる	[1] to report; to inform [2] to repay; to return; to requite	N/A
放置	ほうち	leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning	3347
法廷	ほうてい	court (of law); courtroom	N/A
報道	ほうどう	report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage	1894
褒美	ほうび	reward; prize	N/A
葬る	ほうむる	[1] to bury; to inter; to entomb [2] to cover up; to hush up; to shelve	N/A
放り込む	ほうりこむ	to throw into; to toss into	N/A
放り出す	ほうりだす	[1] to throw out [2] to drop; to toss; to dump [3] to abandon; to neglect; to leave behind; to give up	N/A
飽和	ほうわ	saturation; satiation	N/A
保温	ほおん	retaining warmth; keeping heat in; heat insulation	N/A
捕獲	ほかく	capture; seizure	N/A
保管	ほかん	charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage	4495
補給	ほきゅう	supply; supplying; replenishment	N/A
補強	ほきょう	reinforcement; strengthening	N/A
保険	ほけん	[1] insurance [2] guarantee; warranty	1884
捕鯨	ほげい	whaling; whale hunting; whale fishing	N/A
誇る	ほこる	to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in	3858
綻びる	ほころびる	[1] to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to be torn [2] to begin to open; to begin to bloom [3] to smile broadly; to break into a smile	N/A
保護	ほご	[1] protection; safeguard; guardianship; custody; patronage [2] preservation; conservation	1691
干し	ほし	drying; dried	N/A
干し物	ほしもの	things dried in the sun (esp. clothes, dyed cloth, etc.)	N/A
保守	ほしゅ	[1] maintenance [2] conservatism; conservativeness; conservation	N/A
補償	ほしょう	compensation; reparation	N/A
補充	ほじゅう	replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling	N/A
補助	ほじょ	[1] assistance; support; help; aid [2] subsidy; supplement; subvention; grant-in-aid [3] spotting (in weight training)	4288
舗装	ほそう	paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement	N/A
補足	ほそく	supplement; complement	N/A
発作	ほっさ	fit; attack; spasm; ictus; paroxysm; seizure; stroke	N/A
発足	ほっそく	starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up	4497
	ホット	[1] hot [2] (hot) coffee	N/A
	ほっと	[1] with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief [2] deeply (sigh)	2693
頬っぺた	ほっぺた	cheek	N/A
施す	ほどこす	[1] to give (time, money, goods); to donate [2] to do; to perform; to conduct [3] to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)	3559
保母	ほぼ	(female) childcare worker; nursery school teacher	N/A
保養	ほよう	health preservation; recuperation; recreation	N/A
捕吏	ほり	constable; policeman	N/A
捕虜	ほりょ	prisoner (of war); POW; captive	N/A
滅びる	ほろびる	to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct; to perish	N/A
滅ぼす	ほろぼす	to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin	N/A
本格	ほんかく	original method; original procedure; genuine way (of doing something)	N/A
本館	ほんかん	[1] main building (as opposed to an annex, outbuilding, etc.) [2] this library; this museum; this theatre; this hall; this building	N/A
本気	ほんき	seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity	2819
本質	ほんしつ	essence; true nature; substance; reality	3954
本体	ほんたい	[1] substance; true form; true character [2] main part; main unit; body (of a machine) [3] object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)	N/A
本音	ほんね	real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks	3756
本の	ほんの	mere; only; just; slight	1754
本能	ほんのう	instinct	4978
本場	ほんば	[1] home (of something); place famous for its ...; center (e.g. of manufacture); best place (for) [2] place of origin; birthplace; cradle [3] morning session; last session in the morning	N/A
本名	ほんみょう	real name	N/A
	ホース	hose	N/A
	ホール	[1] hall (dance, concert, etc.) [2] dining area of a restaurant	4106
	ボイコット	boycott	N/A
防衛	ぼうえい	defense; defence; protection	N/A
妨害	ぼうがい	obstruction; hindrance; blocking; disturbance; interference; interruption; sabotage; jamming (a signal)	N/A
呆然	ぼうぜん	dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze	N/A
冒頭	ぼうとう	beginning; opening; start; outset	4392
暴動	ぼうどう	insurrection; riot; uprising; rebellion; revolt	N/A
暴力	ぼうりょく	violence; mayhem	3524
牧師	ぼくし	pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend	N/A
母校	ぼこう	alma mater	N/A
墓地	ぼち	cemetery; graveyard	N/A
坊ちゃん	ぼっちゃん	[1] (another's) son; boy; young master [2] green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world	N/A
	ぼつぼつ	[1] gradually; little by little; in a breezy manner [2] soon; before long [3] here and there; scattered	N/A
	ぼやく	to grumble; to complain	N/A
	ぼやける	to become dim; to become blurred	N/A
	ボルト	[1] volt [2] Bohrt	N/A
	ポイント	[10] place where many fish gather [11] ace [12] (projectile) point	1093
	ポジション	position	N/A
	ポット	[1] pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot) [2] vacuum bottle; thermos flask	N/A
	ポンプ	pump	N/A
	ポーズ	[1] pose [2] pose; posturing; pretence; (an) act	N/A

ま行

Kanji	Reading	Meaning	Frequency
枚	まい	[1] counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins) [2] counter for portions of gyōza or soba [3] counter for ranks	N/A
埋蔵	まいぞう	[1] burying in the ground [2] having underground deposits	N/A
真上	まうえ	right above; just above; directly above; directly overhead	N/A
前売り	まえうり	advance sale; booking	N/A
前置き	まえおき	preface; introduction; preamble	N/A
前もって	まえもって	in advance; beforehand; previously; ahead of time	N/A
負かす	まかす	to defeat	N/A
賄う	まかなう	[1] to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to finance; to maintain (e.g. a family) [2] to give board; to provide meals	N/A
曲がる	まがる	[1] to bend; to curve; to warp; to wind; to twist [2] to turn [3] to be awry; to be askew; to be crooked	2537
巻	まき	[1] roll (e.g. of cloth) [2] winding (e.g. watch) [3] volume (of book)	N/A
紛らわしい	まぎらわしい	easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous	N/A
紛れる	まぎれる	[1] to disappear into; to be lost in; to slip into; to get mixed in among [2] to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.) [3] to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar	N/A
膜	まく	membrane; film	N/A
捲る	まくる	[1] to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves) [2] to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to do with reckless abandon; to do continuously [3] to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind	N/A
誠	まこと	[1] truth; reality; fact [2] sincerity; honesty; faithfulness; good faith [3] indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very; quite	2965
真心	まごころ	sincerity; true heart; devotion	N/A
	まごつく	to be confused; to be flustered; to be at a loss	N/A
正しく	まさしく	[1] certainly; surely; undoubtedly; evidently; really; truly [2] just; precisely; exactly	3884
勝る	まさる	[1] to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to have an edge; to be superior; to outrival [2] to outweigh; to preponderate	N/A
況して	まし	[1] still more; to say nothing of; not to mention [2] still less	2905
増し	まし	[1] better; preferable; less objectionable; least-worst [2] more; increase; extra [3] increase; growth	4579
真下	ました	right under; directly below; right beneath	N/A
交わる	まじわる	[1] to cross; to intersect; to join; to meet [2] to associate with; to mingle with; to consort with [3] to have a sexual relationship; to copulate	N/A
麻酔	ますい	anaesthesia; anesthesia	N/A
	マスコミ	mass communication; mass media	2577
益荒男	ますらお	hero; manly person; warrior	N/A
股	また	[1] groin; thigh; crotch; crutch [2] fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)	N/A
跨る	またがる	[1] to straddle; to sit astride; to mount [2] to extend over; to spread over; to span; to extend into	N/A
待ち合わせ	まちあわせ	appointment	N/A
間違う	まちがう	[1] to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to be wrong [2] to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to get wrong [3] to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse	1484
待ち遠しい	まちどおしい	longed-for; anxiously awaited	N/A
待ち望む	まちのぞむ	to wait eagerly for; to look forward to	N/A
区々	まちまち	various; diverse; different; divergent; divided; conflicting	N/A
末期	まっき	last years; closing years; last days; closing days; end; last stage; final stages; terminal stage (of a disease)	N/A
	マッサージ	massage	4834
真っ二つ	まっぷたつ	in two equal parts	N/A
的	まと	[1] mark; target [2] object; subject; focus [3] point (e.g. of argument)	N/A
纏まり	まとまり	[1] unity; coherence; consistency; coordination; order [2] settlement; conclusion; closure; completion	N/A
纏め	まとめ	summary; recapitulation; aggregation	N/A
免れる	まぬがれる	[1] to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from [2] to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert; to elude; to be exempted from	4996
招き	まねき	invitation	N/A
瞬き	まばたき	[1] blink (of eyes); wink [2] twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)	N/A
麻痺	まひ	[1] paralysis; palsy; stupor [2] numbness; loss of sensation [3] standstill; state of paralysis; inability to take action	N/A
間々	まま	[1] occasionally; now and then; sometimes [2] Mama	191
眉	まゆ	eyebrow; eyebrows	4362
鞠	まり	[1] ball (for sport, games, etc.) [2] kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan	N/A
丸ごと	まるごと	in its entirety; whole; wholly	N/A
丸っきり	まるっきり	completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all	N/A
丸々	まるまる	[1] plump; rotund; chubby [2] entirely; completely; wholly	N/A
丸める	まるめる	[1] to make round; to roll up; to curl up [2] to seduce; to cajole; to explain away [3] to round off (a fraction)	4601
満月	まんげつ	full moon	N/A
満場	まんじょう	whole house; whole audience	N/A
真ん前	まんまえ	right in front; just opposite; under the nose	N/A
真ん丸い	まんまるい	perfectly round; perfectly circular	N/A
	マーク	[1] mark; sign; symbol; emblem; logo; label; brand [2] to mark; to put a mark on [3] trademark	3916
見合い	みあい	[1] (formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse [2] correspondence; balance [3] two different options such that if one player takes one, the other player can take the other	N/A
見合わせる	みあわせる	[1] to exchange glances; to look at each other [2] to postpone; to put off; to withhold; to abandon [3] to contrast; to compare	N/A
見落とす	みおとす	to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)	N/A
味覚	みかく	(sense of) taste; palate	N/A
見かける	みかける	to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of	1541
見方	みかた	[1] viewpoint; point of view; way of looking (at something); view; angle [2] way of appreciating (e.g. opera); way of understanding; how to read (a map, train timetable, etc.)	2341
三日月	みかづき	crescent moon; young moon	N/A
幹	みき	(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base	N/A
見込み	みこみ	[1] hope; promise; possibility; chance; probability; likelihood [2] expectation; anticipation; forecast; estimate [3] side of a structural member	4663
未婚	みこん	unmarried; not yet married	N/A
未熟	みじゅく	[1] unripe; green; immature [2] immature; inexperienced; unskilled; green	N/A
微塵	みじん	[1] particle; atom; little piece [2] not at all; not the slightest	N/A
	ミスプリント	misprint	N/A
見すぼらしい	みすぼらしい	shabby; unsightly; unkempt	N/A
水気	みずけ	[1] water content; moisture; juiciness; dampness [2] water vapor (vapour); steam [3] dropsy; edema; oedema	4403
	ミセス	Mrs	N/A
見せびらかす	みせびらかす	to show off; to flaunt	N/A
見世物	みせもの	[1] misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds [2] show; exhibition; spectacle; freakshow; side show	N/A
満たす	みたす	[1] to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to gratify [2] to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply	2024
乱す	みだす	to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)	N/A
乱れる	みだれる	[1] to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be disarrayed; to be disheveled; to be dishevelled [2] to be discomposed; to be upset; to get confused; to be disturbed [3] to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)	N/A
未知	みち	not yet known; unknown; strange	N/A
導く	みちびく	[1] to guide; to lead; to show the way; to conduct [2] to derive; to deduce	3333
身近	みぢか	near oneself; close to one; familiar	1449
密接	みっせつ	[1] close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near [2] being in close proximity; being adjacent	4555
見っともない	みっともない	shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper	N/A
蜜	みつ	[1] nectar [2] honey [3] honeydew	N/A
密度	みつど	density	N/A
見積もり	みつもり	estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation	N/A
未定	みてい	not yet fixed; undecided; pending; TBD	N/A
見通し	みとおし	[1] unobstructed view; perspective; visibility; vista [2] forecast; outlook; prospect; prediction [3] insight; foresight	3969
源	みなもと	[1] source (of a river); fountainhead [2] source; origin; root	N/A
身なり	みなり	dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance	N/A
峰	みね	[1] peak; summit; ridge; top [2] back of a blade	N/A
見逃す	みのがす	[1] to miss; to overlook; to fail to notice [2] to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to turn a blind eye to [3] to pass up (e.g. an opportunity)	4748
見晴らし	みはらし	[1] view; prospect; outlook [2] viewing platform; overlook	N/A
身振り	みぶり	gesture; gesticulation; motion	N/A
脈	みゃく	[1] pulse [2] vein [3] chain (of mountains, etc.)	N/A
	ミュージック	music	N/A
見渡す	みわたす	to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of	4832
民主	みんしゅ	[1] democracy; popular sovereignty [2] Democratic Party of Japan (1998-2016)	N/A
民宿	みんしゅく	guest house; private home providing lodging for travelers; bed and breakfast; pension	N/A
民俗	みんぞく	folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs	N/A
民族	みんぞく	people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos	2894
無意味	むいみ	nonsense; no meaning; meaningless	N/A
向き	むき	[1] direction; orientation; aspect; exposure [2] suited to; suitable for; designed for [3] tendency; inclination	4075
無口	むくち	taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative	N/A
向け	むけ	intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...	N/A
婿	むこ	[1] husband; groom [2] (one's) son-in-law	N/A
無効	むこう	invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable	N/A
無言	むごん	silence (not speaking); muteness	4950
無邪気	むじゃき	innocent; simple-minded	N/A
結び	むすび	[1] ending; conclusion [2] join; union; connecting [3] knot; knotting	N/A
結びつき	むすびつき	connection; relation	N/A
結びつく	むすびつく	[1] to be related; to be connected; to be joined together [2] to result in; to lead to; to bring about	2793
結びつける	むすびつける	[1] to tie (to); to fasten; to attach; to join; to bind [2] to connect (one thing with another); to link; to bring together; to combine; to associate	3880
無線	むせん	[1] radio (communication) [2] wireless; not using wires [3] Musen	N/A
無駄遣い	むだづかい	waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away	N/A
無断	むだん	[1] absence of permission; lack of permission [2] absence of (advance) notice; lack of notice	N/A
無知	むち	ignorance; innocence; stupidity	N/A
無茶苦茶	むちゃくちゃ	[1] nonsensical; unreasonable; absurd; unrealistic [2] awfully; extremely; to excess; senseless; reckless [3] disorder; confusion; being jumbled; being mixed up	N/A
虚しい	むなしい	[1] empty; void; vacant [2] vain; fruitless; futile; ineffective [3] lifeless	N/A
無念	むねん	[1] regret; chagrin; mortification [2] freedom from obstructive thoughts	N/A
無闇に	むやみに	[1] thoughtlessly; recklessly; rashly; indiscriminately; indiscreetly; at random [2] excessively; unreasonably; immoderately; absurdly	N/A
群がる	むらがる	to swarm; to gather	N/A
無論	むろん	of course; certainly; naturally	3322
	ムード	[1] mood; atmosphere [2] mood	N/A
名産	めいさん	noted product; local specialty	N/A
名称	めいしょう	name; title	2771
命中	めいちゅう	(direct) hit; hitting the mark	N/A
名誉	めいよ	[1] honor; honour; credit; glory; fame; distinction [2] prestige; dignity; reputation; honor; good name [3] honorary (e.g. president, doctorate)	N/A
明瞭	めいりょう	clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate	N/A
明朗	めいろう	[1] cheerful; bright [2] clear; clean; honest; fair	N/A
目方	めかた	weight	N/A
恵み	めぐみ	blessing; grace	N/A
恵む	めぐむ	[1] to bless; to show mercy to [2] to give (money, etc.)	N/A
目覚ましい	めざましい	remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful; conspicuous; outstanding; amazing	N/A
目覚める	めざめる	[1] to wake up; to awake [2] to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to become conscious of; to realize [3] to come to one's senses	3895
召す	めす	[10] to do [11] to commit seppuku [12] indicates respect	N/A
雌	めす	female (animal, plant)	2961
	メッセージ	message	2455
目つき	めつき	look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes	N/A
	メディア	media	3248
目盛り	めもり	gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); division; scale	N/A
	メロディー	[1] melody [2] chime	4626
面会	めんかい	meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview	N/A
免除	めんじょ	exemption; exoneration; discharge	N/A
面する	めんする	to face on; to look out on to	3270
面目	めんぼく	[1] face; honour; honor; reputation; prestige; dignity; credit [2] appearance; look	N/A
	メーカー	[1] manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker [2] maker (person or device that makes something)	1880
設ける	もうける	[1] to prepare; to provide [2] to set up; to establish; to organize; to lay down (rules); to make (an excuse)	1476
申し入れる	もうしいれる	to propose; to suggest	N/A
申し込み	もうしこみ	application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal; overture; challenge	1954
申し出	もうしで	proposal; offer; request; application	N/A
申し出る	もうしでる	to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for); to apply (for); to report (to); to notify	N/A
申し分	もうしぶん	[1] complaint; protest; objection; fault [2] one's say; what one has to say; claim	N/A
盲点	もうてん	[1] blind spot (on the retina) [2] blind spot; weak point; loophole	N/A
猛烈	もうれつ	fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement; terrific; terrible	N/A
藻掻く	もがく	[1] to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to squirm [2] to act frantically; to make desperate efforts	N/A
目論見	もくろみ	plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention; aim	N/A
模索	もさく	groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find	N/A
若しかして	もしかして	[1] perhaps; possibly; maybe; by any chance; if I'm not mistaken [2] if; in case; in the event that	N/A
若しくは	もしくは	or; otherwise	963
齎す	もたらす	[1] to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce [2] to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)	1398
持ち	もち	[1] having; holding; possessing; owning; using; holder; owner; user [2] wear; durability; life [3] charge; expense	N/A
以て	もって	[1] with; by; by means of [2] because of; on account of; for; due to [3] on (a day, date); at (a time); as of (e.g. today)	N/A
専ら	もっぱら	[1] wholly; solely; entirely; exclusively; devotedly; fixedly [2] principally; mostly; chiefly; mainly	3982
持て成す	もてなす	to treat (a guest); to receive; to entertain; to be hospitable to; to make welcome	N/A
持てる	もてる	[1] to be able to possess (hold, get, etc.) [2] to be well liked; to be popular; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed [3] to endure (the tests of time, the elements, etc.); to last	N/A
基	もとい	basis; foundation; origin; source	N/A
物好き	ものずき	(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes	N/A
物足りない	ものたりない	unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient in some way; lacking something	N/A
最早	もはや	[1] already; now [2] no longer; not any more	2356
模範	もはん	exemplar; model; example; pattern	N/A
模倣	もほう	imitation; copying	N/A
揉める	もめる	to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)	N/A
腿	もも	thigh	N/A
催す	もよおす	[1] to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.) [2] to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of	N/A
漏らす	もらす	[1] to let leak; to let out (e.g. light) [2] to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to divulge; to disclose; to let slip [3] to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to express; to reveal (e.g. one's true intentions); to let out (a sigh, etc.)	4000
盛り上がる	もりあがる	[1] to swell; to rise; to bulge; to be piled up [2] to rouse; to get excited	2405
漏る	もる	to leak; to run out	N/A
漏れる	もれる	[1] to leak out; to escape; to come through; to shine through; to filter out [2] to find expression; to give vent [3] to leak out; to be divulged; to be disclosed	3392
脆い	もろい	[1] brittle; fragile; weak; frail [2] tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved	N/A
諸に	もろに	completely; all the way; altogether; bodily	N/A
問	もん	counter for questions	2104
	モーテル	[1] motel [2] drive-in love hotel	N/A

や行

Kanji	Reading	Meaning	Frequency
矢	や	[1] arrow [2] wedge; chock [3] Ya	N/A
館	やかた	[1] mansion; palace; manor house; castle [2] nobleman; noblewoman; dignitary [3] cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)	N/A
野外	やがい	[1] outdoors; outside; open air [2] fields; outskirts; suburbs	N/A
役職	やくしょく	[1] post; official position [2] managerial position; executive position	N/A
役立つ	やくだつ	to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose	2383
役場	やくば	town hall	N/A
夜具	やぐ	bedding; bedclothes	N/A
優	やさ	gentle; affectionate	N/A
屋敷	やしき	residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion	4092
養う	やしなう	[1] to support; to maintain; to provide for [2] to bring up; to raise; to rear; to feed [3] to adopt (a child)	4114
社	やしろ	(Shinto) shrine	N/A
野心	やしん	[1] ambition; aspiration [2] sinister designs; treachery	N/A
易い	やすい	[1] easy [2] likely to ...; have a tendency to ... [3] easy to ...	N/A
安っぽい	やすっぽい	cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant	N/A
休める	やすめる	to rest; to suspend; to give relief	N/A
野生	やせい	[1] wild [2] growing wild; living in the wild [3] I; me	N/A
矢鱈	やたら	[1] indiscriminately; blindly; at random; recklessly; thoughtlessly; excessively; profusely [2] indiscriminate; random; excessive	3573
夜中	やちゅう	during the night; at night	N/A
奴	やっこ	[1] servant (esp. a samurai's attendant) [2] chivalrous man (Edo period) [3] cubed tofu (often served cold)	589
野党	やとう	opposition party; the opposition	N/A
病	やまい	[1] illness; disease [2] bad habit; weakness; fault	4161
闇	やみ	[1] darkness; the dark [2] bewilderment; despair; hopelessness [3] hidden place; secrecy; oblivion	2757
病む	やむ	[1] to fall ill [2] to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)	N/A
	ややこしい	complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome	N/A
遣り通す	やりとおす	to carry through; to achieve; to complete	N/A
やり遂げる	やりとげる	to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through	N/A
遣る	やる	[10] to harm; to injure; to kill [11] to have sex; to fuck; to bang [12] to live; to get by; to get along	77
和らげる	やわらげる	to soften; to moderate; to relieve	N/A
	ヤング	[1] young [2] youth; young person [3] Young (Australia); Yang; Yong; Yonge	N/A
優位	ゆうい	predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy	N/A
憂鬱	ゆううつ	depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency	N/A
有益	ゆうえき	beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive	N/A
優越	ゆうえつ	supremacy; predominance; being superior to	N/A
勇敢	ゆうかん	brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic	N/A
有機	ゆうき	organic	N/A
夕暮れ	ゆうぐれ	evening; dusk; twilight	N/A
融資	ゆうし	financing; loan	4269
有する	ゆうする	to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with	1462
融通	ゆうずう	[1] lending (money, commodities, etc.); finance; loan [2] adaptability; versatility; flexibility; accommodation	N/A
優勢	ゆうせい	superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance	N/A
優先	ゆうせん	preference; priority; precedence	3438
誘導	ゆうどう	guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement	N/A
優美	ゆうび	grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness	N/A
有望	ゆうぼう	promising; hopeful; full of promise	N/A
遊牧	ゆうぼく	nomadism	N/A
夕焼け	ゆうやけ	evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)	N/A
有力	ゆうりょく	[1] influential; prominent; leading [2] strong; powerful; likely; plausible; promising; convincing; substantial	4656
幽霊	ゆうれい	ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom	N/A
誘惑	ゆうわく	temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction	N/A
歪む	ゆがむ	[1] to warp; to bend; to contort [2] to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted; to be cross-grained	N/A
揺さぶる	ゆさぶる	[1] to shake; to jolt; to rock; to swing; to sway [2] to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to shock; to upset [3] to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)	N/A
	ゆとり	elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance; latitude; time (to spare)	3741
	ユニフォーム	uniform	N/A
	ユニーク	unique; individual; original; unusual	N/A
指差す	ゆびさす	to point at	4503
弓	ゆみ	[1] bow (weapon) [2] archery [3] bow (for a violin, etc.)	N/A
揺らぐ	ゆらぐ	[1] to swing; to sway; to shake; to tremble [2] to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable	N/A
緩む	ゆるむ	[1] to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope) [2] to become less tense; to relax; to let one's guard down [3] to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax	N/A
緩やか	ゆるやか	[1] loose; slack [2] gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed) [3] lenient; liberal; lax	4783
世	よ	[1] world; society; public [2] life; lifetime [3] age; era; period; epoch; generation	2101
要因	よういん	main cause; primary factor	2189
溶液	ようえき	solution (liquid)	N/A
用件	ようけん	business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed	N/A
養護	ようご	nursing; (protective) care	N/A
用紙	ようし	[1] blank form [2] sheets of paper; sheet of paper	N/A
様式	ようしき	style; form; pattern	N/A
要する	ようする	to need; to demand; to take; to require	2005
養成	ようせい	training; education; development; cultivation	N/A
要請	ようせい	[1] appeal; call for something; request; claim; demand [2] axiom	2411
洋灯	ようとう	lamp	N/A
洋風	ようふう	Western style	N/A
用法	ようほう	way of using (something); usage; use; directions (for use)	N/A
要望	ようぼう	demand for; request	3410
余暇	よか	leisure; leisure time; spare time	N/A
予感	よかん	[1] presentiment; premonition; hunch [2] to have a premonition; to have a hunch	4473
余興	よきょう	performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment	N/A
預金	よきん	deposit; bank account	N/A
抑圧	よくあつ	check; restraint; oppression; suppression	N/A
浴室	よくしつ	bathroom	N/A
抑制	よくせい	control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition; check; curb	3862
欲深い	よくぶかい	greedy	N/A
欲望	よくぼう	desire; appetite; lust	3949
予言	よげん	[1] prediction; prophecy; prognostication; foretelling; forecast [2] (religious) prophecy	N/A
横綱	よこづな	[1] yokozuna (highest rank in sumo); grand champion [2] best in its field; crème de la crème; cream of the crop	N/A
予想	よそう	expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture	1575
よそ見	よそみ	looking away; looking aside	N/A
余地	よち	place; room; margin; scope	4100
因って	よって	therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason	N/A
与党	よとう	ruling party; government party; party in power; government	N/A
夜更かし	よふかし	staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk	N/A
余程	よほど	[1] very; greatly; much; to a large extent; quite [2] just about to; almost; very nearly	2528
寄りかかる	よりかかる	[1] to lean against; to recline on; to lean on [2] to rely on; to depend on	N/A
世論	よろん	public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus	N/A
弱まる	よわまる	to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed	N/A
弱める	よわめる	to weaken	N/A
弱る	よわる	[1] to weaken; to grow weak; to wane; to decline (of one's health) [2] to be downcast; to be dejected; to be dispirited [3] to be troubled; to be at a loss; to be perplexed; to be annoyed	N/A

ら行

Kanji	Reading	Meaning	Frequency
来場	らいじょう	attendance	N/A
	ライス	rice (esp. when served on a plate)	N/A
酪農	らくのう	[1] dairy farming [2] Rakunou	N/A
楽観	らっかん	optimism; taking an optimistic view	N/A
	ラベル	[1] label [2] (record) label	N/A
	ランプ	lamp; light	N/A
乱用	らんよう	abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess	N/A
理屈	りくつ	[1] theory; reason; logic [2] (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse; pretext	4890
利根	りこん	intelligence; cleverness; innate aptitude	N/A
利子	りし	interest (on a deposit, loan, etc.)	N/A
利潤	りじゅん	profit; returns	N/A
理性	りせい	reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense	N/A
利息	りそく	interest (on a loan, deposit etc.)	N/A
立体	りったい	[1] solid body; three-dimensional object [2] multi-storey car park	N/A
立法	りっぽう	legislation; lawmaking	N/A
利点	りてん	advantage; point in favor; point in favour	3375
略語	りゃくご	abbreviation; acronym	N/A
流	りゅう	[1] way; manner; style; fashion; mode [2] school (e.g. of flower arrangement) [3] class; rate; rank	N/A
流通	りゅうつう	[1] circulation (of money, goods, etc.); distribution [2] circulation (of air, water, etc.); ventilation; flow [3] Ryuutsuu	4427
了	りょう	finish; completion; the end	N/A
料	りょう	[1] fee; charge; rate [2] material	N/A
領域	りょういき	[1] territory; domain [2] field; area; domain; sphere; realm [3] domain; region	3233
了解	りょうかい	[1] comprehension; consent; understanding; agreement [2] OK; roger	N/A
領海	りょうかい	territorial waters	N/A
両極	りょうきょく	[1] both extremities [2] North and South Poles [3] positive and negative poles	N/A
良識	りょうしき	good sense	N/A
良質	りょうしつ	good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality	N/A
良心	りょうしん	conscience	N/A
領地	りょうち	territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)	N/A
領土	りょうど	territory; domain; dominion; possession	N/A
両立	りょうりつ	compatibility; coexistence; standing together	N/A
旅客	りょかく	[1] passenger [2] traveller; traveler; tourist	N/A
旅券	りょけん	passport	N/A
履歴	りれき	[1] personal history; background; career [2] log; record; history [3] hysteresis	N/A
理論	りろん	theory	3100
輪	りん	counter for wheels and flowers	N/A
林業	りんぎょう	forestry	N/A
類似	るいじ	resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy	N/A
類推	るいすい	[1] analogy [2] analogical reasoning; analogical inference [3] analogy	N/A
	ルーズ	[1] loose (e.g. belt) [2] slovenly; careless; slack	N/A
	ルール	rule	2261
冷酷	れいこく	cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless	N/A
冷蔵	れいぞう	cold storage; refrigeration	N/A
冷淡	れいたん	[1] cool; indifferent; apathetic; half-hearted [2] cold; cold-hearted; heartless; unkind	N/A
	レギュラー	[1] regular; standard [2] regular player (on a team); regular guest (on a TV show); (a) regular [3] regular (gasoline)	N/A
	レッスン	lesson	3346
	レディー	lady	N/A
	レバー	liver	N/A
恋愛	れんあい	love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections	3051
	レンジ	[1] range; stove; cooker [2] microwave oven	N/A
連帯	れんたい	[1] solidarity [2] joint; collective	N/A
	レンタカー	[1] rental car; rent-a-car; hire car; hired car [2] car rental agency; car hire agency; hire car agency	N/A
連中	れんちゅう	[1] company; lot; people; bunch; gang; pack; guys; group; folks [2] troupe; company (of musicians)	1796
	レントゲン	[1] X-ray [2] roentgen (unit of ionizing radiation)	N/A
連邦	れんぽう	federation (of states); confederation; commonwealth; union	N/A
	レース	[1] race [2] Rees; Race	2893
朗読	ろうどく	reading aloud; recitation	N/A
浪費	ろうひ	waste; extravagance	N/A
碌な	ろくな	satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable	N/A
碌に	ろくに	(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently	N/A
露骨	ろこつ	[1] open; unconcealed; undisguised; blatant; plain; frank [2] broad; lewd; indecent; crude	N/A
	ロマンチック	romantic	N/A
論議	ろんぎ	discussion; argument; debate	N/A
論理	ろんり	logic	4478
	ロープ	rope	4568

わ行

Kanji	Reading	Meaning	Frequency
和	わ	[1] sum [2] harmony; peace [3] Japan; Japanese-style	N/A
枠	わく	[1] frame; framework [2] border; box [3] limit; restriction; quota	3817
惑星	わくせい	[1] planet [2] dark horse; surprise contender [3] Wakusei	N/A
技	わざ	technique; art; skill; move	3470
態々	わざわざ	[1] expressly; especially; specially; taking the trouble (to do); going to the trouble of (doing); going out of one's way (to do) [2] intentionally; deliberately; on purpose	1667
煩わしい	わずらわしい	troublesome; annoying; complicated	N/A
渡り鳥	わたりどり	migratory bird; bird of passage	N/A
	ワット	watt	N/A
詫び	わび	apology	N/A
和文	わぶん	Japanese text; sentence in Japanese	N/A
藁	わら	straw	N/A
割り当て	わりあて	[1] allotment; assignment; allocation; quota; rationing [2] allocation	N/A
割り込む	わりこむ	[1] to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to squeeze oneself into; to intrude on; to interrupt [2] to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below	N/A

ん行

Kanji	Reading	Meaning	Frequency
ヶ月	ヶかげつ	counter for months	N/A