JLPT N1 Vocabulary - Kanji to English

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• 嗚呼 ah!;oh!;alas
• 相 together;mutually;fellow
• 相変わらず ever;as usual;the as same
• 愛想 civility;courtesy;compliments;sociability;graces
• 相対 confrontation;facing;between ourselves;no party;tete-a-tete third
• 間柄 relation(ship
• 愛憎 likes dislikes and
• 合間 interval
• 曖昧 vague;ambiguous
• 敢えて dare do);challenge to do
• 仰ぐ to);to respect;to depend on;to for;to seek;to revere;to
• 垢 dirt;filth
• 亜科 suborder;subfamily
• 銅 copper
• 証 proof;evidence
• 赤字 deficit;go red in the
• 明かす pass;spend;to reveal;to divulge to
• 赤ちゃん baby;infant
• 明白 obvious;overt;plainly;frankly
• 赤らむ red;to redden;to blush to
• 明るい bright;cheerful
• 上がり 1.  slope;advance income;crop yield;ascent;rise;advance;death;spinning;completion;stop;finish;after
• Up;to 上がる enter;to rise;to climb advance;to appreciate;to promoted;to
• 商人 trader;shopkeeper;merchant
• 空間 vacancy;room rent lease for
• 諦め resignation;acceptance;consolation
• 呆れる amazed;to shocked be to
• 悪 evil;wickedness
• 灰 puckery juice
• あくどい 1.  gaudy;showy;excessive 2.  vicious
• 悪日 unlucky day
• 明くる next;following
• 憧れ yearning;longing;aspiration
• 顎 chin
• 麻 flax;linen;hemp
• 明後日 day tomorrow after
• 朝寝坊 oversleeping;late riser
• 浅ましい wretched;miserable;shameful;mean;despicable;abject
• 字 section village of
• 欺く deceive to
• 鮮やか vivid;clear;brilliant
• あざ笑う sneer at;to ridicule to
• 味わい flavour;meaning;significance
• 東 east;eastern japan
• 焦る hurry;to impatient be to
• 彼処 1.  (uk there;over there;that place 2.  (x col genitals
• 値 value;price;cost;worth;merit
• 値する worth;to deserve;to merit to
• 私 i fem
• 当たり hit;success;reaching mark;per vicinity;neighborhood the
• 当たり前 usual;common;ordinary;natural;reasonable;obvious
• 他人 person;unrelated person;outsider;stranger another
• 彼方此方 here and there
• 彼方 1.  there;yonder;that
• 悪化 deterioration;growing worse;aggravation;degeneration;corruption
• 呆気ない enough;too quick short  long  etc not
• 悪口 abuse;insult;slander;evil speaking
• あっさり easily;readily;quickly
• 圧迫 pressure;coercion;oppression
• 扱い treatment;service
• 集まる gather;to collect;to assemble to
• 誂える give order;to place order
• 圧力 stress;pressure
• 当て object;aim;end;hopes;expectations
• 宛 addressed to
• 当て字 phonetic-equivalent character;substitute character
• 当てはまる apply rule to a
• 当てはめる apply;to adapt to
• 宛てる address to
• 跡継ぎ heir;successor
• 後回し putting off;postponing
• 貴女 you;lady
• 彼の that over there
• 溢れる flood;to overflow;to brim to
• 油絵 oil painting
• 炙る scorch to
• あべこべ contrary;opposite;inverse
• 甘える behave spoiled child;to fawn
• 甘口 sweet flavour;mildness;flattery;stupidity
• 雨具 rain gear
• 天 heavenly;imperial
• 網 net;network
• 天地 heaven earth;the universe;nature;top bottom;realm;sphere;world
• 操る manipulate;to operate;to pull strings
• あやふや uncertain;vague;ambiguous
• 危ぶむ fear;to misgivings;to doubtful;to mistrust
• 過ち fault;error;indiscretion
• 誤る make mistake to a
• 歩み walking
• 歩む walk;to foot to go
• あら oh;ah;saw-edged perch niphon spinosus
• 予め beforehand;in advance;previously
• 荒らす lay waste;to devastate;to damage;to invade;to break
• 粗筋 outline;summary
• 争い dispute;strife;quarrel;dissension;conflict;rivalry;contest
• 改まる renewed to be
• 荒っぽい rough;rude
• 凡ゆる all;every
• あられ kind cookie;cartoon character of
• 現われ embodiment;materialization
• 現われる appear;to sight;to visible;to out;to embody;to materialize;to express
• 有難う thank you
• 有様 state;condition;circumstances;the things be;truth way
• 有りのまま truth;fact;as is;frankly the it
• 或る certain...;some a
• 或いは or;possibly
• 彼此 thing another;this that;this or
• 戦術 tactics
• 合わす join together;to face;to unite;to opposite;to combine;to connect;to
• 合わせ joint together;opposite;facing
• 慌ただしい busy;hurried;confused;flurried
• 慌てる confused disconcerted  disorganized to become
• 暗殺 assassination
• 暗算 mental arithmetic
• 暗示 hint;suggestion
• 案じる anxious;to ponder to be
• 安静 rest
• 案の定 enough;as usual sure
• 余り form adverb);not much;remainder;rest;remnant;surplus;balance;excess;rema not
• 依 depending on
• 良い good
• 伊井 one;italy that
• 否 no;nay;yes;well
• いい加減 moderate;right;random;not thorough;vague;irresponsible;halfhearted
• 言い訳 excuse;explanation
• 家出 running home;leaving home away
• 家主 landlord
• 如何 how;in what way
• 生かす revive;to resuscitate;to make to
• 雷 thunder
• 如何に how?;in way?;how much?;however;whatever what
• 如何にも indeed;really;phrase meaning agreement
• 怒り anger;hatred
• 怒る angry;to angry to get
• 歪む warp;to swerve;to deflect;to crooked;to distorted;to bent;to incline;to
• 粋 chic;style;purity;essence
• 域外 area outside the
• 意気込む enthusiastic to be about
• 経緯 1.  details;whole story;sequence events;particulars;how started;how things 2.  c
• 行き違い misunderstanding;estrangement;disagreement;crossing meeting;going astray without
• 行き成り suddenly
• 異議 objection;dissent;protest
• いく come;to orgasm to
• 軍 war;battle;campaign;fight
• 戦 war;battle;campaign;fight
• 育成 rearing;training;nurture;cultivation;promotion
• 幾多 many;numerous
• 活ける arrange flowers to
• 異見 opinion;objection different
• 意向 intention;idea;inclination
• 移行 switching over to
• いざ now;come now);well;crucial moment
• 碑 stone monument bearing inscription
• 衣装 clothing;costume;outfit;garment;dress
• 意地 disposition;spirit;willpower;obstinacy;backbone;appetite
• 苛める tease;to torment;to persecute;to chastise
• 移住 migration;immigration
• 弄る touch;to tamper to with
• 何れ where;which;who;anyway;anyhow;at rate any
• 異性 opposite sex the
• 遺跡 historic ruins remains  relics
• 依然 still;as yet
• 依存 dependence;dependent;reliance
• 委託 consign goods sale firm);entrust person something);commit
• 悪戯 tease;prank;trick;practical joke;mischief
• 頂 top head;summit;spire of
• 戴きます expression gratitude meals of
• 至って much;exceedingly;extremely very
• 痛む hurt;to feel pain;to injured
• 痛める hurt;to injure;to pain;to worry;to bother;to afflict;to grieved
• 炒める stir-fry to
• 労る pity;to sympathize with;to console;to care for;to kind
• 市 market;fair
• 位地 place;situation;position;location
• 一々 one;separately one by
• 一概に unconditionally;as rule a
• 一見 unfamiliar;never met before
• 一言 single word
• 一日 day month 1 one
• 一定 fixed;settled;definite;uniform;regularized;defined;standardized;certain;prescribed
• 著しい remarkable;considerable
• 一同 present;all concerned;all all of
• 一人 person one
• 一部 1.  one copy  e.g document 2.  a part;partly;some
• 一部分 part a
• 一別 parting
• 一面 side;one phase;front page;the hand;the surface
• 一目 glance;a look;a glimpse a
• 一様 uniformity;evenness;similarity;equality;impartiality
• 一律 evenness;uniformity;monotony;equality
• 一連 series;a chain;a ream paper
• 一括 together;batch;one lump;one bundle;summing all
• 一気 drink!(said repeatedly party cheer
• 一挙に stroke;with single swoop a
• 一切 all;everything;without exception;the whole;entirely;absolutely
• 一心 mind;wholeheartedness;the heart one whole
• いっそ rather;sooner;might as well
• 一帯 region;a zone;the place a
• 一敗 defeat one
• 一変 complete change;about-face
• 何時 when;how soon
• Time 何時か sometime;someday;one day;some other;the day;in due course;in
• 何時でも time;always;at times;never neg);whenever at
• 何時の間にか knows;unnoticed;unawares before one
• 何時までも forever;for good;eternally;as long likes;indefinitely
• 何時も always;usually;every time;never neg verb
• 意図 intention;aim;design
• 営む carry e.g ceremony);to run business
• 暇 free time;leisure;leave;spare time;farewell
• 異動 change a
• 挑む challenge;to contend for;to make love
• 稲光 flash lightning of
• 古 antiquity;ancient times
• 祈り prayer;supplication
• 鼾 snoring
• 今更 now;at late hour this
• 未だ yet;hitherto;not neg as yet
• 移民 emigration;immigration;emigrant;immigrant
• 厭々 unwillingly;grudgingly;shaking head refusal children
• 卑しい greedy;vulgar;shabby;humble;base;mean;vile
• いやに awfully;terribly
• 厭やらしい detestable;disagreeable
• 愈々 more;all more;increasingly;at last;beyond doubt
• 意欲 will;desire;ambition
• 苛々 nervous;irritation getting
• 入口 entrance;gate;approach;mouth
• 衣料 clothing
• 威力 power;might;authority;influence
• In;to 入る flow into;to set;to set
• 衣類 clothes;clothing;garments
• 色々 various
• 異論 opinion;objection different
• 所謂 so-called;so speak the to
• 印 seal;stamp;mark;print
• 員 member
• 印鑑 stamp;seal
• 陰気 gloom;melancholy
• 隠居 retirement;retired person
• 上下 high low;up down;unloading loading;praising blaming
• 浮かぶ float;to rise surface;to mind
• 受かる pass examination to
• 含嗽 gargle;rinse mouth
• 受け入れ receiving;acceptance
• 受け入れる accept;to receive to
• 受け継ぐ inherit;to succeed;to to take
• 受け付ける accepted;to receive application to
• 受け止める catch;to stop blow;to react to;to
• 受け取り receipt
• 受身 passive;passive voice
• 動き movement;activity;trend;development;change
• 潮 tide
• 氏 family name
• 渦 swirl
• 埋まる buried;to surrounded;to overflow;to filled
• 嘘つき liar seriousness);fibber sometimes said
• 打ち合わせ business meeting;previous arrangement;appointment
• 打ち合わせる knock together;to arrange to
• 打ち切る stop;to abort;to discontinue;to close
• 打ち消し negation;denial;negative
• Into;to 打ち込む drive e.g nail  stake);to devote oneself to;to
• 団扇 fan
• 内訳 items;breakdown;classification the
• 訴え lawsuit;complaint
• 鬱陶しい gloomy;depressing
• 写し copy;duplicate;facsimile;transcript
• 空ろ blank;cavity;hollow;empty space
• 器 bowl;vessel;container
• 雨天 rainy weather
• 腕前 ability;skill;facility
• 饂飩 noodles japanese
• 促す urge;to press;to suggest;to demand;to stimulate;to quicken;to incite;to
• 唸る groan;to moan;to roar;to howl;to growl;to hum;to buzz;to
• 自惚れ pretension;conceit;hubris
• 甘い delicious
• 生まれつき nature;by birth;native by
• 海路 sea route
• 産む give birth;to deliver;to produce
• 埋め込む bury to
• 梅干 dried plum
• 末 top end;tip
• 裏返し inside out;upside down
• 売り出し bargain sale
• 売り出す put sale;to market;to popular
• 潤う moist;to damp;to wet;to profit by;to watered;to receive
• 五月蝿い noisy;loud;fussy
• 売れ行き sales
• 浮気 flighty;fickle;wanton;unfaithful
• 上手 1.  upper part;upper stream;left side stage 2.  skillful comparisons);dexterity
• 上回る exceed to
• 植わる planted to be
• 運営 management;administration;operation
• うんざり tedious;boring;being fed up with
• 運送 shipping;marine transportation
• 運賃 freight rates;shipping expenses;fare
• 云々 on;and forth;comment so and
• 運搬 transport;carriage
• 運命 fate
• 運輸 transportation
• 運用 making of;application;investment;practical use
• 会 understanding
• 重 fold;-ply
• えい ray fish
• 映写 projection
• 英字 english letter character
• 衛生 health;hygiene;sanitation;medical
• 映像 reflection;image
• 英雄 hero;great man
• 液 liquid;fluid
• 役 war;campaign;battle
• 閲覧 inspection;reading
• 獲物 game;spoils;trophy
• 襟 neck;collar;lapel;neckband
• 縁 chance;fate;destiny;relation;bonds;connection;karma
• 塩 salt
• 艶 charming;fascinating;voluptuous
• 園 garden esp man-made
• 円滑 harmony;smoothness
• 縁側 veranda;porch;balcony;open corridor
• 沿岸 coast;shore
• 婉曲 euphemistic;circumlocution;roundabout;indirect;insinuating
• 演習 practice;exercises;manoeuvers
• 演出 production e.g play);direction
• Part);to 演じる perform play);to play act commit blunder
• 演ずる perform;to play to
• 沿線 railway line along
• 縁談 marriage proposal;engagement
• 遠方 long way;distant place
• 円満 perfection;harmony;peace;smoothness;completeness;satisfaction;integrity
• 尾 tail;ridge
• 於 at;in;on
• 甥 nephew
• 追い込む herd;to corner;to drive to
• 美味しい delicious;tasty
• 追い出す expel;to drive to out
• 於いて at;in;on
• お出でになる to be
• 老いる age;to grow to old
• 負う bear;to owe to
• 応急 emergency
• 黄金 gold
• 黄色 yellow
• 応募 subscription;application
• おおい hey
• 大方 perhaps;almost all;majority
• 大柄 large build;large pattern
• 大げさ grandiose;exaggerated
• 大事 important;valuable;serious matter
• 大ざっぱ rough precise);broad;sketchy as in
• 大空 heaven;firmament;the sky
• 大筋 outline;summary
• 大幅 full width;large scale;drastic
• 大水 flood
• 公 official;public;formal;open;governmental
• お蔭 backing;assistance your
• お蔭様で god;thanks to thanks you
• 可笑しい strange;funny;amusing;ridiculous
• 犯す commit;to perpetrate;to violate;to rape
• 侵す invade;to raid;to trespass;to violate;to intrude
• お菜 side dish;accompaniment rice dishes
• 臆病 cowardice;timidity
• 遅らす retard;to delay to
• 遅れ delay;lag
• 起こす raise;to cause;to wake to
• 行い deed;conduct;behavior;action;asceticism
• 厳か austere;majestic;dignified;stately;awful;impressive
• 傲る proud to be
• 長 chief;head
• 押さえる stop;to restrain;to seize;to repress;to suppress;to press
• お先に before;ahead;previously
• Into;to 収まる obtained;to end;to settle fit settled;to paid;to
• Into;to 納まる obtained;to end;to settle fit settled;to paid;to
• 治まる peace;to clamp down;to lessen storm  terror  anger
• お産 giving birth
• 教え teachings;precept;lesson;doctrine
• 押し込む push into;to crowd to
• 惜しむ frugal;to value;to regret to
• お喋り chattering;talk;idle talk;chat;chitchat;gossip;chatty;talkative;chatterbox;blabbermouth
• Smartly お洒落 dressed;someone dressed;fashion-conscious
• 押し寄せる push aside;to advance to
• お祖父さん grandfather;male senior-citizen
• お邪魔します excuse disturbing interrupting me
• 雄 male animal
• お世辞 flattery;compliment
• 襲う attack to
• 遅くとも latest at the
• 恐らく perhaps
• 恐れ fear;horror
• 恐れ入る filled awe;to feel small;to amazed;to surprised;to disconcerted;to
• お大事に care take of yourself
• 煽てる stir up;to instigate;to flatter
• 落ち込む fall into;to feel sad
• 落ち着き calm;composure
• 落ち葉 fallen leaves;leaf litter;defoliation;shedding leaves
• 落ちる fail e.g exam);to fall down;to drop
• おっかない frightening;huge
• 仰っしゃる say;to speak;to tell;to talk
• 乙 1.  strange;quaint;stylish;chic;spicy;queer;witty;tasty;romantic 2.  2nd rank;second sign
• お使い errand
• お手上げ over;given in;given hope;bring knees
• 御手洗い toilet;restroom;lavatory;bathroom us
• 弟 younger brother
• 落とす drop;to lose;to fall to
• 訪れる visit to
• 大人しい obedient;docile;quiet
• 少女 daughter;young lady;virgin;maiden;little girl
• お供 attendant;companion
• 衰える weak;to decline;to wear;to abate;to decay;to wither;to waste
• おどおど coweringly;hesitantly
• 脅かす threaten;to coerce to
• 脅す threaten;to menace to
• 驚き surprise;astonishment;wonder
• 同い年 age of the same
• 女子 woman;girl
• お願いします please
• 各 each;every;either;respectively;severally
• 自ずから naturally;as matter a of
• お早う good morning
• お祖母さん grandmother;female senior-citizen
• 怯える frightened;to nightmare to become
• 夥しい abundantly;innumerably
• 帯びる wear;to carry;to entrusted;to have;to on;to trace of;to
• 覚え memory;sense;experience
• 御負け 1.  a discount;a prize 2.  something additional;bonus;an extra 3.  an
• お巡りさん policeman friendly term
• お宮 shinto shrine
• お襁褓 diaper;nappy
• お目出度う ateji int uk congratulations!;an auspicious occasion
• 面 face
• 思い付き plan;idea;suggestion
• 面白い interesting;amusing
• 玩具 toy
• 重なる main;principal;important
• 趣 meaning;tenor;gist;effect;appearance;taste;grace;charm;refinement
• 赴く go;to proceed;to repair to;to
• 重役 heavy responsibilities;director
• 重んじる respect;to honor;to esteem;to prize
• 重んずる honor;to respect;to esteem;to prize
• お休み holiday;absence;rest;good night
• お八 1.  (uk meal snack;afternoon refreshment;afternoon tea 2.  mid-day snack
• 凡そ about;roughly;as rule;approximately a
• 及び and;as well as
• To;to 及ぶ reach;to amount befall;to happen extend;to match;to
• 織 weave;weaving;woven item
• 檻 cage;pen;jail cell
• 折り返す turn up;to fold back
• 織物 textile;fabric
• 織る weave to
• 俺 i ego boastful first-person pronoun
• 愚か foolish;stupid
• 疎か neglect;negligence;carelessness
• 終わる finish;to close to
• 音色 tone color;tone quality;timbre;synthesizer patch
• 温和 gentle;mild;moderate
• 仮 tentative;provisional
• 科 department;section
• 個 article counter
• 下位 low rank;subordinate;lower order e.g byte
• 階 floor counter);stories
• 改悪 deterioration;changing worse for the
• 海運 maritime;marine transportation
• 改革 reform;reformation;innovation
• 貝殻 shell
• 階級 class;rank;grade
• 海峡 channel
• 会見 interview;audience
• 介護 nursing
• 開催 holding meeting;open exhibition a
• 回収 collection;recovery
• 改修 repair;improvement
• 怪獣 monster
• 解除 cancellation;rescinding;release;calling off
• 回送 forwarding
• 階層 class;level;stratum;hierarchy
• 開拓 reclamation wasteland);cultivation;pioneer of
• 会談 conversation;conference;discussion;interview
• 改定 reform
• 改訂 revision
• 街道 highway
• 介入 intervention
• 開発 development;exploitation
• 海抜 height sea level above
• 介抱 nursing;looking after
• 解剖 dissection;autopsy
• 回覧 circulation
• 海流 ocean current
• 改良 improvement;reform
• 回路 circuit electric
• 顧みる back;to turn around;to review
• 省みる reflect to
• 返る return;to back;to back to
• 顔付き outward looks;features;face;countenance;expression
• 掲げる publish;to print;to carry article);to put up;to hang
• 踵 shoe heel
• 係り official;duty;person charge in
• 課外 extracurricular
• 書き取り dictation
• 書き取る write down;to dictation;to notes
• 掻き回す stir up;to churn;to ransack;to disturb
• 欠く lack;to break;to crack;to chip
• 角 1.  angle 2.  bishop shogi
• 核 nucleus;kernel
• 格 status;character;case
• 佳句 beautiful passage literature of
• 画 stroke
• 格差 qualitative difference;disparity
• 拡散 scattering;diffusion
• 各種 kind;all sorts every
• 隔週 week every other
• 確信 conviction;confidence
• 革新 reform;innovation
• 確定 definition math);decision;settlement
• 獲得 acquisition;possession
• 確保 guarantee;ensure;maintain;insure;secure
• 革命 revolution
• 確立 establishment
• 潜水 diving
• 賭け betting;gambling;a gamble
• 掛け credit
• 駆け足 running fast;double time
• 家計 household economy;family finances
• 駆けっこ foot race
• 駆ける run race  esp horse);to gallop;to canter
• 賭ける wager;to bet;to risk;to stake;to gamble
• ヶ月 name
• 加工 manufacturing;processing;treatment
• 化合 chemical combination
• 嵩張る bulky;to unwieldy;to grow voluminous
• 嵩む pile up;to increase to
• 風車 1.  windmill 2.  pinwheel
• 畏まりました certainly
• 華奢 luxury;pomp;delicate;slender;gorgeous
• 箇所 passage;place;point;part
• 火傷 burn;scald
• 箇条書き itemized form;itemization
• 噛る chew;to bite at);to gnaw;to nibble;to munch;to crunch;to
• 微か faint;dim;weak;indistinct;hazy;poor;wretched
• 霞む grow hazy;to misty to
• Into;to 化する change convert transform;to reduced;to influence;to improve
• 擦る touch lightly;to percentage to
• 火星 mars planet
• 化石 fossil;petrifaction;fossilization
• 河川 rivers
• 化繊 synthetic fibres
• 過疎 depopulation
• 過多 excess;superabundance
• 難い difficult;hard
• 片思い unrequited love
• 敵 enemy;rival
• 気質 spirit;character;trait;temperament;disposition
• 片言 smattering;talk baby;speak haltingly a
• 片付け tidying up;finishing
• Toward;to to;to 傾く incline slant;to lurch;to heel over;to
• 傾ける incline;to list;to bend;to lean;to tip;to tilt;to slant;to
• 固める harden;to freeze;to fortify to
• 偏る one-sided;to incline;to partial;to prejudiced;to lean;to biased
• 傍ら beside(s);while;nearby
• 課題 subject;theme;task
• 花壇 flower bed
• 家畜 domestic animals;livestock;cattle
• 画期 epoch-making
• 活発 vigor;active
• 且つ yet;and
• 割 divide;cut;halve;separate;split;rip;break;crack;smash;dilute
• 嘗て once;ever
• 日付 date;dating
• 門 gate
• 叶う true to come wish
• 叶える grant request  wish to
• 金槌 1.  (iron hammer 2.  punishment
• 鉄棒 iron rod;crowbar;horizontal bar gymnastics
• 可成 considerably;fairly;quite
• 加入 member;joining;entry;admission;subscription;affiliation;adherence;signing becoming a
• 金庫 safe;vault;treasury;provider funds of
• 予言 prediction;promise;prognostication
• 兼ねて simultaneously
• 下番 duty going off
• 下品 inferior article
• 華美 pomp;splendor;gaudiness
• 花粉 pollen
• 株式 stock company
• 気触れる react to;to influenced by;to overboard
• 貨幣 money;currency;coinage
• 構え posture;pose;style
• 構える set to up
• 加味 seasoning;flavoring
• 噛み切る bite off;to gnaw to
• 過密 crowded
• 瓶 earthenware pot
• かも知れない may;might;perhaps;may be;possibly
• 粥 rice gruel
• 痒い itchy;itching
• 揶揄う ridicule;to tease;to banter with;to make fun
• 身体 body the
• 体付き body build;figure
• 絡む entangle;to entwine to
• 借り borrowing;debt;loan
• 下吏 lower official
• 加留多 pt n playing cards carta
• 涸れる dry up;to run to
• 過労 overwork;strain
• 辛うじて barely;narrowly;just manage st to
• 側 side;row;surroundings;part;(watch case
• 可愛い pretty;cute;lovely;charming;dear;darling;pet
• 可愛がる love;to affectionate to be
• 可哀想 poor;pitiable;pathetic
• 可愛らしい lovely;sweet
• 交わす exchange messages);to dodge;to parry;to avoid;to turn
• 代わる place of;to relieve;to substituted for;to exchanged;to change
• 代わる代わる alternately
• 乾 heaven;emperor
• 管 pipe;tube
• 幹 tree trunk
• 冠 crown;diadem;first;best;peerless;cap;naming;designating;initiating coming age;top character ra
• 観 look;appearance;spectacle
• 館 house;hall;building;hotel;inn;guesthouse
• 簡易 simplicity;easiness;quasi
• 感慨 strong feelings;deep emotion
• 寒気 cold;frost;chill
• 簡潔 brevity;conciseness;simplicity
• 還元 resolution;reduction;return origins to
• 刊行 publication;issue
• 慣行 customary practice;habit;traditional event
• 勧告 advice;counsel;remonstrance;recommendation
• 看護 nursing;(army nurse
• 漢語 chinese word;sino-japanese word
• 換算 conversion;change;exchange
• 監視 observation;guarding;inspection;surveillance
• 慣習 usual historical custom
• 観衆 spectators;onlookers;members audience of the
• 干渉 interference;intervention
• 感触 sense touch;feeling;sensation of
• 肝心 essential;fundamental;crucial;vital;main
• 歓声 cheer;shout joy of
• 感染 infection;contagion
• 幹線 main line;trunk line
• 関税 customs;duty;tariff
• 簡素 simplicity;plain
• 観点 point view of
• 感度 sensitivity;severity quake
• 幹部 management;(executive staff;leaders
• 勘弁 pardon;forgiveness;forbearance
• 完璧 perfection;completeness;flawless
• 感無量 deep feeling;inexpressible feeling;filled emotion
• 勧誘 invitation;solicitation;canvassing;inducement;persuasion;encouragement
• 関与 participation;taking part in;participating in;being concerned
• 慣用 common;customary
• 寛容 forbearance;tolerance;generosity
• 観覧 viewing
• 官僚 bureaucrat;bureaucracy
• 慣例 custom;precedent;of convention
• 還暦 60th birthday
• 貫禄 presence;dignity
• 緩和 relief;mitigation
• 蓋 cover;lid;cap
• 街 ~street;~quarters
• 外貨 imported goods;foreign money
• 外観 appearance;exterior;facade
• 外相 foreign minister
• 害する injure;to damage;to harm;to kill;to hinder
• 概説 general statement;outline
• 該当 corresponding;answering to;coming under
• 街頭 street in the
• 概念 general idea;concept;notion
• 外来 imported;outpatient clinic
• 概略 outline;summary;gist;in brief
• Arts 学芸 sciences;liberal and
• 学士 university graduate
• 学説 theory
• 楽譜 score music
• 学歴 academic background
• 崖 cliff
• 杖 cane
• 雅致 artistry;good taste;elegance;grace
• がっくり heartbroken
• 合唱 chorus;singing chorus in a
• がっしり firmly;solidly;tough
• 合致 agreement;concurrence;conforming to
• がっちり solidly built;tightly;shrewd;calculating
• 月日 date the
• 合併 combination;union;amalgamation;consolidation;merger;coalition;fusion;annexation;affiliation;incorpor
• がる feel
• 癌 cancer
• 眼科 ophthalmology
• 眼球 eyeball
• 眼鏡 spectacles;glasses
• 頑固 stubbornness;obstinacy
• 願書 written application petition or
• 頑丈 solid;firm;stout;burly;strong;sturdy
• 岩石 rock
• 元年 year specific reign first
• 贋物 imitation;counterfeit;forgery;sham
• 元来 originally;primarily;essentially;logically;naturally
• 生 pure;undiluted;raw;crude
• 期 period;time
• 企画 planning;project
• 規格 standard;norm
• 着飾る dress to up
• 器官 organ body);instrument of
• 季刊 quarterly e.g magazine
• 危害 injury;harm;danger
• 気兼ね hesitance;diffidence;feeling constraint;fear troubling someone;having scruples someth
• 気軽 cheerful;buoyant;lighthearted
• 危機 crisis
• 聞き取り listening comprehension
• 効き目 effect;virtue;efficacy;impression
• 帰京 returning tokyo to
• 基金 fund;foundation
• 棄権 abstain voting;renunciation from of
• 喜劇 comedy;funny show
• 起源 origin;beginning;rise
• 機構 mechanism;organization
• 既婚 marriage;married
• 記載 mention;entry
• 気障 affectation;conceit;snobbery
• 兆し signs;omen;symptoms
• 兆 signs;omen;symptoms
• 軋む jar;to creak;to grate to
• 気象 weather;climate
• 期日 fixed date;settlement date
• 記述 describing;descriptor
• 奇数 odd number
• 築く build;to pile up;to amass
• 傷付く hurt;to wounded;to injured be
• 規制 regulation
• 汽船 steamship
• 寄贈 donation;presentation
• 貴族 noble;aristocrat
• 鍛える forge;to drill;to temper;to train;to discipline
• 来る come;to arrive;to due to;to next;to forthcoming
• 気立て disposition;nature
• きちっと exactly;perfectly
• 几帳面 methodical;punctual;steady
• 切っ掛け chance;start;cue;excuse;motive;impetus;occasion
• きっかり exactly;precisely
• 喫茶 tea drinking;tea house
• きっちり precisely;tightly
• 屹度 1.  (uk surely;undoubtedly;certainly;without fail 2.  sternly;severely
• きっぱり clearly;plainly;distinctly
• 規定 regulation;provisions
• 起点 starting point
• 軌道 orbit;railroad track
• 甲 1st rank;first sign chinese calendar;shell;instep;grade
• 気配 indication;market trend;worry
• 規範 model;standard;pattern;norm;criterion;example
• 気品 aroma
• 気風 character;traits;ethos
• 起伏 undulation
• 規模 scale;scope;plan;structure
• 気まぐれ whim;caprice;whimsy;fickle;moody;uneven temper
• 生真面目 serious;person serious;honesty;sincerity too who
• 期末 end term of
• 決まり悪い feeling awkward;being ashamed
• 決まる decided;to settled;to good clothes
• 記名 signature;register
• 脚色 dramatization e.g film
• 脚本 scenario
• 客観 objective
• 規約 agreement;rules;code
• 救援 relief;rescue;reinforcement
• 休学 temporary absence school;suspension from
• 究極 ultimate;final;eventual
• 窮屈 narrow;tight;stiff;rigid;uneasy;formal;constrained
• 球根 plant bulb
• 救済 relief;aid;rescue;salvation;help
• 給食 school lunch;providing meal a
• 給仕 office boy girl);page;waiter
• 休戦 truce;armistice
• 旧知 friend;old friendship old
• 宮殿 palace
• 窮乏 poverty
• 丘陵 hill
• 共 both;neither neg);all;and;as as;including;with;together with;plural ending
• 供 offer;present;submit;serve meal);supply a
• 驚異 wonder;miracle
• 教員 teaching staff
• 教科 subject;curriculum
• 協会 association;society;organization
• 共感 sympathy;response
• 共学 coeducation
• 協議 conference;consultation;discussion;negotiation
• 教訓 lesson;precept;moral instruction
• 境遇 environment;circumstances
• 強行 forcing;enforcement
• 強硬 firm;vigorous;unbending;unyielding;strong;stubborn
• 凶作 bad harvest;poor crop
• 共産 communism
• 教材 teaching materials
• 教習 training;instruction
• 郷愁 nostalgia;homesickness
• Teaching 教職 certificate;the profession
• 享受 reception;acceptance;enjoyment;being given
• 興じる amuse oneself;to make merry
• 強制 obligation;coercion;compulsion;enforcement
• 共存 coexistence
• 姉妹 sisters
• 協調 co-operation;conciliation;harmony;firm market tone
• 協定 arrangement;pact;agreement
• 脅迫 threat;menace;coercion;terrorism
• 共鳴 resonance;sympathy
• 郷里 birth-place;home town
• 強烈 strong;intense;severe
• 共和 republicanism;cooperation
• 曲 tune;piece music of
• 局限 limit;localize
• 極端 extreme;extremity
• 居住 residence
• 拒絶 refusal;rejection
• 拒否 denial;veto;rejection;refusal
• 許容 permission;pardon
• 距離 distance;range
• 寄与 contribution;service
• 清らか clean;pure;chaste
• 気楽 ease;comfortable at
• 煌びやか gorgeous;gaudy;dazzling;gay
• 切り limits;end;bounds;period;place leave off;closing sentence;all is;only;since
• 桐 paulownia tree
• 切り替える change;to exchange;to convert;to renew;to throw switch;to replace;to
• 気流 atmospheric current
• 奇麗 pretty;clean;nice;tidy;beautiful;fair
• 切れ目 break;pause;gap;end;rift;interruption;cut;section;notch;incision;end task of a
• 際 edge;brink;verge;side
• 木綿 cotton
• 極めて exceedingly;extremely
• 僅 little;small quantity a
• 近眼 nearsightedness;shortsightedness;myopia
• 緊急 urgent;pressing;emergency
• 近々 nearness;before long
• 近郊 suburbs;outskirts
• 均衡 equilibrium;balance
• 近視 shortsightedness
• 禁じる prohibit to
• 禁ずる forbid;to suppress to
• 勤勉 industry;diligence
• 勤務 service;duty;work
• 禁物 taboo;forbidden thing
• 勤労 labor;exertion;diligent service
• 議案 legislative bill
• 戯曲 play;drama
• 議決 resolution;decision;vote
• 議事堂 diet building
• 犠牲 sacrifice
• 偽造 forgery;falsification;fabrication;counterfeiting
• 議題 topic discussion;agenda of
• 技能 technical skill;ability;capacity
• 逆転 sudden change;reversal;turn-around;coming baseball from
• 行 line;row;verse
• 業者 trader;merchant
• 行政 administration
• 業績 achievement;performance;results;work;contribution
• 業務 business;affairs;duties;work
• 玉 king shogi
• 漁船 fishing boat
• 漁村 fishing village
• 義理 duty;sense duty;honor;decency;courtesy;debt gratitude;social obligation
• 疑惑 doubt;misgivings;distrust;suspicion
• 吟味 testing;scrutiny;careful investigation
• 区 ward;district;section
• 食い違う cross other;to run counter to;to differ;to clash;to
• 空腹 hunger
• 区画 division;section;compartment;boundary;area;block
• 区間 section track  etc of
• 茎 stalk
• 区切り end;a stop;punctuation an
• 潜る 1.  to drive;to pass 2.  to evade;to hide 3.  to
• 種々 variety
• 嚏 sneeze
• 旧事 past events;bygones
• 籤引 lottery;drawn lot
• 擽ぐったい ticklish
• 草臥れる tired;to wear to get
• 下らない good-for-nothing;stupid;trivial;worthless
• 件 example;precedent;the usual;the said;the above-mentioned;(man question
• 口ずさむ hum something;to sing oneself
• 嘴 beak;bill
• 朽ちる rot to
• くっきり distinctly;clearly;boldly
• 屈折 bending;indentation;refraction
• くっ付く adhere to;to close to
• くっ付ける attach to
• 覆す overturn;to upset;to overthrow;to undermine
• 諄い verbose;importunate;heavy taste
• 国境 national state border or
• 首飾り necklace
• 首輪 necklace;choker
• 組み合わせ combination
• Join 組み合わせる together;to combine;to to
• 組み込む insert;to include;to cut printing
• 蔵 warehouse;cellar;magazine;granary;godown;depository;treasury;elevator
• 苦しめる torment;to harass;to inflict pain
• In;to up;to 包む engulfed enveloped by;to wrap tuck
• 呉れ呉れも repeatedly;sincerely;earnestly
• 呉れる give;to have;to one;to to
• 玄人 expert;professional;geisha;prostitute
• 黒字 balance figure black in
• 君主 ruler;monarch
• 愚痴 idle complaint;grumble
• ぐっと firmly;fast;much;more
• ぐらい approximately
• 群 group math
• 軍艦 warship;battleship
• 群集 social group;crowd;throng;mob;multitude
• 軍事 military affairs
• 軍備 armaments;military preparations
• 軍服 military naval uniform or
• 刑 penalty;sentence;punishment
• 頃 time;about;toward;approximately time
• 傾 lean;incline
• 系 system;lineage;group
• 経過 passage;expiration;progress
• E.g 軽快 rhythmical melody);casual dress);light;nimble
• 警戒 warning;admonition;vigilance
• 計器 meter;gauge
• 契機 opportunity;chance
• 敬具 sincerely yours
• 軽減 abatement
• 掲載 appearance e.g article paper
• 傾斜 inclination;slant;slope;bevel;list;dip
• 形成 formation
• 形勢 condition;situation;prospects
• 軽率 rash;thoughtless;careless;hasty
• 携帯 carrying something
• 形態 form;shape;figure
• 刑罰 judgement;penalty;punishment
• 経費 expenses;cost;outlay
• 警部 police inspector
• 軽蔑 scorn;disdain
• 経歴 personal history;career
• 経路 course;route;channel
• 汚す disgrace;to dishonour to
• 汚らわしい filthy;unfair
• 汚れ uncleanness;impurity;disgrace
• 汚れる dirty;to dirty to get
• 獣 beast;brute
• 蓮 lotus
• 吝嗇 stinginess;miser;miserliness;skinflint;tightwad;niggard;pinching pennies
• 結核 tuberculosis;tubercule
• 血管 blood vessel
• 決行 resolve);carrying i.e plan doing
• 決算 balance sheet;settlement accounts of
• 決勝 decision contest;finals sports of
• 結晶 crystal;crystallization
• 結成 formation
• 結束 union;unity
• 傑 excellence
• 決意 decision;determination
• 決議 resolution;vote;decision
• 結合 combination;union
• 決断 decision;determination
• 欠乏 want;shortage;famine
• Kick 蹴飛ばす away;to off;to someone);to refuse;to reject
• 貶す speak ill to of
• 煙たい smoky;feeling awkward
• 煙る smoke e.g fire to
• 家来 retainer;retinue;servant
• けれど but;however
• 圏 sphere;circle;range
• 権 authority;the right to do
• 権威 authority;power;influence
• 兼業 side line;second business
• 権限 power;authority;jurisdiction
• 健在 good health;well in
• 懸賞 offering prizes;winning;reward
• 検事 public prosecutor
• 健全 health;soundness;wholesome
• 見地 point view of
• 賢明 wisdom;intelligence;prudence
• 倹約 thrift;economy;frugality
• 兼用 multi-use;combined use;combination;serving purposes two
• 権力 power;authority;influence
• 劇団 troupe;theatrical company
• 激励 encouragement
• 月謝 monthly tuition fee
• げっそり disheartened;losing weight being
• 月賦 monthly installment
• 下痢 diarrhoea
• 原 original;primitive;primary;fundamental;raw
• 原形 original form;base form
• 現行 present;current;in operation
• 原作 original work
• 原子 atom
• 元首 ruler;sovereign
• 原書 original document
• 減少 decrease;reduction;decline
• 現場 actual spot;scene;scene crime of
• 元素 chemical element
• 原則 principle;general rule
• 現像 developing film
• 現地 actual place;local
• 限定 limit;restriction
• 原点 origin coordinates);starting point
• 原典 original text
• 減点 subtract;give demerit a
• 原爆 atomic bomb
• 原文 text;original the
• 厳密 strict;close
• 原油 crude oil
• 言論 discussion
• 故 late deceased the
• 戸 counter houses for
• 児 child;the young animals of

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