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- abikyoukan /two of Buddhism's hells
- aburamushi /cockroach/hanger-on/parasite
- aikokushin /patriotism
- ainokesshou /fruit of love/children
- anneichitsujo /law & order
- aozoraichiba /free market
- araitateru /to examine closely/to check up on/to ferret out
- arashigoto /rough work/hard work
- atonomatsuri /Too Late!
- atsukurushii /sultry/sweltering
- azukarimono /something left in charge
- azukarisho /cloakroom/parcel room
- bachiatari /damned/cursed/accursed (a-no)
- baikaibutsu /medium/agency/carrier/vehicle
- baishakunin /matchmaker/go-between
- baishoukin /indemnities/reparations
- bakuhatsuteki /explosive/tremendous
- banbutsunoreichou /the lord of creation/man/mankind
- bijutsukan /art gallery/art museum
- biseibutsu /microbe
- bokkoushou /lack of relation (to)/independence (of)
- bokuchikugyou /stock-farming/cattle breeding
- bokusouchi /pasture/grassland/meadow
- bokuyousha /sheep breeder/sheepman/shepherd
- bouekigaisha /trading company
- bouekishuushi /trade balance
- boukenshousetsu /adventure story/novel of adventure
- boukyounonen /sense of nostalgia
- bouryokudan /gangster organization/band of thugs/gangster
- bousekikoujou /spinning mill/cotton mill
- bukkatouki /price rise
- bungakushi /literary history/history of literature
- bungakushou /literary prize
- bungeihihyou /literary criticism/book review
- bunkatsubarai /payment by installments/hire-purchase
- bunpibutsu /secretion
- bunsekikagaku /analytical chemistry
- chakasshoku /yellowish brown
- chakushutsushi /legitimate child
- chichikata /father's side of family
- chikakuhendou /change in earth's crust
- chikamichi /shortcut/short way
- chikarazoe /help/assistance/service
- chikatetsu /underground train/subway
- chikudenchi /storage battery
- chikugoyaku /literal translation
- chimeishou /fatal wound
- chin'omouni /"We, the emperor, .."
- chinkonkyoku /requiem
- chinseizai /painkiller/sedative/tranquilizer
- chinshimokkou /lost in deep thought
- chintsuuzai /painkiller/sedative/tranquilizer
- chishiryou /lethal dose
- chissokushi /death by suffocation
- chojutsuka /(a) writer
- chokinbako /savings box/bank
- chokintsuuchou /bank book
- chokujoukeikou /frankness/impulsiveness
- chokusetsu /direct/immediate/personal/firsthand
- choudanoretsu /long line/long snake
- chouhatsuteki /provocative/suggestive/lascivious
- chouheisoku /intestinal obstruction
- choujuuhogokuiki /wildlife protection area
- choukishakkan /long-term loan
- chouman'in /overcrowded/congested
- chounenten /volvulus/twisted loop in intestine
- chouonsoku /supersonic speed
- chousensha /challenger
- choutaikoku /packed with people
- chuugakkou /junior high school/middle school pupil
- chuukajinminkyouwakoku /People's Republic of China/Communist China
- chuukaryouri /Chinese cooking/Chinese dishes
- chuukyorikyousou /middle-distance race
- chuuouguchi /central entrance
- chuusekiki /alluvial period
- chuusekisei /alluvial period
- chuushajou /parking lot/parking place
- chuushoukigyou /small to medium enterprises/smaller companies
- chuushouteki /abstract
- chuushutsu /educe (vs)/abstract/sample
- chuutonchi /garrison
- dabokushou /bruise/contusion
- daihyouteki /representative/exemplary/model
- daiichigakushou /first movement (mus)
- daiichijou /first article
- daikokubashira /central pillar/mainstay
- daitouryou /president/chief executive
- danchounoomoi /heartbroken thoughts
- dandanbatake /terraced fields
- dansonjohi /male domination of women/subjection of women
- dantairyokou /group travel
- denjishaku /electromagnet
- densenbyou /infectious disease/contagious disease/epidemic
- denshachin /train fare
- dohatsutenwotsuku /boil with rage/be infuriated
- doitsurenpoukyouwakoku /BRD/Bundesrepublik-Deutschland/(former) West Germany
- dokuritsusengen /Declaration of Independence
- dokushasou /class of readers
- dokushinryou /hostel for bachelors
- doshakuzure /landslide
- doubutsuen /zoo/zoological gardens
- doukyuusei /classmate(s)
- dounenpainohito /contemporary/person of the same age
- doushokubutsu /plants and animals/flora and fauna
- enpitsukezuri /pencil sharpener
- enshinryoku /centrifugal force
- enshoubyousou /inflamed part/site of inflammation
- etsuranshitsu /inspection room/reading room
- fuannotane /reason for concern
- fubunritsu /unwritten law/unwritten rule/common law
- fuhenfutou /impartiality/neutrality/independence (a-no)
- fukakachizei /value-added tax
- fukashinjouyaku /non-aggression pact/non-aggression treaty
- fukidemono /pimple/acne/boil
- fukidemono /pimple/acne/boil
- fukumakuen /peritonitis
- fukurettsura /sulky look
- fukurokouji /blind alley
- fukusanbutsu /byproduct/side line
- fukushachou /vice-president
- fukushikokka /welfare state
- fukusouhin /burial accessories
- fukusuibonnikaerazu /what's done is done/It is no use crying over spilt milk
- fukyuunomeisaku /immortal work
- funkotsusaishin /do one's best (vs)/do everything possible
- futsuusenkyo /universal suffrage
- fuuchichiku /scenic zone/landscape area
- fuukouzekka /scenic beauty
- fuzuigenshou /side effect/concomitant
- gaihakunachishiki /profound knowledge
- gaijinmuke /for foreigners
- gaijuunaigou /gentle but firm
- gaikakudantai /auxiliary organization
- gaikokujin /foreigner
- gakujutsuyougo /technical term
- gakuseiryou /student accommodation
- gakushuujuku /private night-school/tutoring school (math, English, etc.)
- gasshoudan /chorus group/choir
- genkinbarai /paying cash
- genkinseika /cash price
- genkouhande /red-handed/in flagrante delicto
- genkouyoushi /Japanese writing paper
- genshikaku /nucleus (atomic)
- genshiryokuhatsudensho /nuclear power plant
- genshiteki /primitive/original
- getsumatsu /end of the month
- getsuyoubi /Monday
- goetsudoushuu /two enemies in same boat (id)
- gojuunotou /5-storied pagoda
- gojuuonjun /the syllabary order
- gorakubangumi /amusement program
- gorimuchuu /in a fog/all at sea/up in the air/mystified/bewildered
- gorintaikai /Olympic Games
- gouseisen'i /synthetic fibre
- goyounokata /customer/guest
- gunkokushugi /militarism
- gushouteki /concrete (an)/material/definite
- gyakumodori /retrogression/reversal/relapse
- gyakusatsu /atrocity/massive killing
- gyakusetsu /paradox
- habagakiku /have great influence over
- habanohiroi /wide/broad
- hadakaikkan /without any means/reduced to naked personal merit
- hadazawari /the touch of/feel of
- haihanchiken /abolition of clans and establishment of prefectures
- haikatsuryou /lung capacity
- haikekkaku /pulmonary tuberculosis/consumption
- haikibutsu /waste matter/waste/garbage/trash
- haisekiundou /agitation for expulsion
- hakifurushi /worn-out shoes/worn-out socks
- hakubutsukan /museum
- hakuraihin /imported article/imported goods
- hakurankai /fair/exhibition/exposition
- hanagoyomi /flower calendar
- hanagumori /hazy weather in spring
- hanagusuri /bribe/hush money
- hanahadashii /extreme/excessive/terrible/intense/severe/serious/tremendous/heavy (damage)
- hanazakari /flowers in full bloom
- hanbainedan /selling price
- handanryoku /judgment/discernment
- hankanhanmin /semi-governmental/semi-official (a-no)
- hantaigawa /opposite side
- hantaihyou /opposing voice
- haraimodosu /to repay/to pay back
- hasamiageru /to pick up (with chopsticks)/to take
- hasamikomu /to insert
- hasamiuchi /pincer attack
- hashirigaki /scribbling
- hashirimawaru /to run around
- hashiritakatobi /running high jump
- hashutsujo /local police station
- hasshouchi /cradle (of civilisation, etc.)/birthplace
- hatarakiguchi /position/situation/employment/opening
- hatarakimono /hard worker/hardworking person
- hatarakite /worker/breadwinner/supporter/able person
- hatsuentou /smoke candle
- hattentojoukoku /developing country
- hazukashii /shy/ashamed/embarrassed
- hazukashimeru /to put to shame
- heihoume-toru /square metre
- heikoukankaku /sense of equilibrium/sense of balance
- heinennami /average year/normal year
- henshin'youhagaki /(postal) reply card/international reply coupon
- hibinokate /one's daily bread
- hidariashi /left foot
- hidarigawa /left/left (hand) side
- hidarikiki /lefthandedness/sake drinker
- hifuishoku /skin graft/skin transplant
- higaimousou /persecution complex
- higashiajia /East Asia
- hijouguchi /emergency exit
- hijoujitai /state of emergency
- hikaeshitsu /waiting room
- hikakubungaku /comparative literature
- hikakugengogaku /comparative linguistics
- hikakukyuu /comparative degree
- hikakuteki /comparatively/relatively
- hikarikagayaku /to shine/to glitter
- hikashibou /subcutaneous fat
- hikinobasu /to delay/to enlarge
- hikishimeru /to tighten/to stiffen/to brace/to strain
- himanatoki /leisure time
- himatsubushi /waste of time
- hiningenteki /inhuman/impersonal
- hinyoukika /urology
- hiretsukan /mean bastard/sneak/heel/despicable person
- hiruyasumi /lunch break/noon recess/noon rest period
- hisashiburi /after a long time (id)
- hisenkyoshikaku /electoral eligibility
- hisshuukamoku /compulsory subject
- hitogoroshi /murder/murderer
- hitokotofutakoto /a word or two
- hitonigiri /handful (a-no)/small handful
- hitoriatari /per person/per head
- hitoribitori /one by one
- hitosashiyubi /index finger
- hitotsuhitotsu /one-by-one/separately/in detail
- hitoyasumi /a rest
- hitsujikai /shepherd/shepherdess
- hitsujuhin /necessities/necessary article/requisite/essential
- hiyokunotori /happily married couple
- hokkyokuken /Arctic Circle
- hokuhokutou /nor-nor-east
- hokuoushokoku /northern countries/Scandinavian countries
- hokutoshichisei /the Great Bear/the Great Dipper/Ursa Major
- hometateru /to praise/to extol/to applaud
- honeoshimi /sparing oneself/laziness
- horidashimono /lucky find/bargain/treasure trove
- horyoshuuyoujo /prison camp/concentration camp/POW camp
- hoshiuranai /astrology/horoscope
- hoshuukyouiku /further education/supplementary education
- hosoudouro /paved road
- hotarugari /firefly catching
- houdoukikan /information media/press/news organs
- houfukusochi /reprisals/retaliatory measures
- houjishinbun /newspaper in Japanese/Japanese language newspaper
- houkenseido /feudal system
- houmeiroku /visitors' book
- houyouryoku /tolerance
- hyakkajiten /encyclopedia
- hyakunensai /centenary/centennial celebration
- hyouhakuzai /bleaching agent/bleach
- hyouonmoji /phonetic symbol
- hyoushoujou /testimonial/certificate of commendation
- ichibuichirin /a bit
- ichigoichigo /word for word/one word
- ichijirushii /remarkable/considerable
- ichijiteki /temporary
- ichinichijuu /throughout the day
- ichinichioki /every other day
- ichiranhyou /list/table/schedule/catalogue
- ichiridzuka /milestone (1 ri apart)
- igakuyougo /medical term
- ikkiichiyuu /mixed blessings/joys & sorrows
- imakenshinshitsu /living room & bedroom/bed-sitter
- imashimeru /to admonish/to remonstrate
- inakamusume /country girl
- inochigake /life & death/risking one's life/risky (a-no)/desperate
- insatsubutsu /printed matter
- intokubusshi /concealed materials
- ippunnijuubyou /1 minute, 20 sec.
- ishibekinkichi /man of incorruptible character
- ishinosotsuu /agreement of wills
- issakujitsu /day before yesterday
- issekinichou /killing two birds with one stone (id)
- isshimatowanu /stark naked
- isshoukenmei /eagerly/with utmost effort/very hard/with all one's might
- itarutokoro /everywhere
- itarutoukyou /leading to Tokyo
- itsukushimu /to love/to be affectionate to/to pity
- iyashimeru /to despise/to abase (oneself)
- izentoshite /still/as yet/as of old
- izumotaisha /Izumo Temple (Shimane)
- jibiinkousenmon'i /ear, nose & throat specialist
- jigyakuteki /self-torturing
- jihatsuteki /spontaneous/voluntary
- jijoujibakuniochiiru /to be caught in one's own trap
- jikankasegi /holding out/stalling/putting off
- jikishousou /before its time
- jikochuushin /selfish/egotistic
- jikoshoukai /self-introduction (vs)
- jikousakuin /subject index
- jimudzukue /clerical desk
- jinjifusei /unconsciousness
- jinkoumitsudo /population density
- jinkoushiba /artificial grass (lawn)
- jinrikisha /rickshaw/jinrikisha
- jiritsushinkei /autonomic nerves
- jisatsumisui /attempted suicide
- jissenriseihihan /"Critique of Pure Reason" (Kant)
- jissenteki /practical
- jitsudoujikan /actual work hours
- jitsugyouka /industrialist/businessman
- jitsuryoku /merit/efficiency/arms/force
- jiyuuboueki /free trade
- joukamachi /castle town/town around castle
- jounin'iin /standing committee
- joutoushiki /ridgepole-raising ceremony
- jouyakunoteiketsu /conclusion of treaty
- jukenjigoku /examination hell
- junbungaku /pure literature/belles lettres
- junkatsuyu /lubricating oil
- junkesshou /semi-final
- junkyousha /martyr
- junnihonfuu /classical Japanese style
- junsuibaiyou /clean (pure) culture
- juujihouka /cross fire
- juujikazou /crucifix
- juuketsushitame /inflamed eyes
- juyoukyoukyuu /supply & demand
- kabunushisoukai /general meeting of stockholders
- kabushikigaisha /public company/corporation
- kachihokoru /to triumph/to be elated with success
- kachikoshi /more wins than losses (sport)
- kachitoosu /to win straight victories
- kagayakashii /brilliant/glorious/glittering
- kageboushi /shadow figure/silhouette
- kaheikachi /currency value
- kaibougaku /anatomy
- kaichuudentou /electric torch/flashlight
- kaihatsutojoukoku /enlightenment/colonization
- kaiinmeibo /membership list
- kaiketsubyou /scurvy
- kaikinshatsu /open-collared shirt
- kaisatsuguchi /ticket-checking gate/wicket
- kaisokudensha /high-speed train
- kaisuiyokujou /seawater baths
- kaitakusha /pioneer/settler/colonist
- kajinhakumei /beauty & luck seldom go together (id)
- kakemawaru /to run around/to bustle about
- kakimonodzukue /writing desk
- kakuekiteisha /train that stops at every station
- kakuhannouro /nuclear reactor
- kakunenryou /atomic fuel
- kakushigei /hidden talent
- kakushihikidashi /secret withdrawal
- kamibukuro /paper bag
- kamidzutsumi /paper package
- kamiichimai /one sheet of paper
- kan'ippatsu /hair's breadth
- kanashibari /binding hand & foot/a temporary feeling of paralysis (col)
- kanbouchou /Chief Cabinet Secretary
- kanbouchoukan /Chief Cabinet Secretary
- kangaekata /way of thinking
- kangaimuryou /deep emotion
- kangengaku /orchestral music
- kangengakudan /orchestra
- kankatsukanchou /controlling office
- kanpunakimade /completely/thoroughly
- kanrakugai /pleasure quarter
- kanryoushugi /bureaucracy
- kansanritsu /conversion rate
- kanshinwokau /to win favour
- kanshitsuzou /lacquered (wooden) Buddha statue
- kanshouchitai /buffer zone
- kanzenchouaku /rewarding good and punishing evil/political justice/moral purpose/morality play
- karakusamoyou /arabesque/scrollwork
- karamitsuku /twine oneself around/coil around
- kashibo-to /hire boat
- katagawari /shouldering another's debt
- katagawari /shouldering another's debt
- katakusousa /household search
- katakusousaku /household search
- katamigahiroi /wide shoulders
- katamukeru /to incline (vt)/to list/to bend/to lean/to tip/to tilt/to slant/to concentrate on/to ruin (a country)/to squander/to empty
- katokusouzoku /inheritance/succession to family headship
- katorisenkou /mosquito coil/anti-mosquito incense
- kayoukyoku /popular song
- kazaritsuke /decoration/arrangement
- kazokudzure /taking the family along
- kegarawashii /filthy/unfair
- kegonnotaki /Kegon waterfall near. Nikko
- keijisoshou /criminal action
- keikougyou /light industry
- keikoutoryou /fluorescent paint
- keisatsusho /police station
- keisetsunokou /the fruit of diligent study
- keishichou /police headquarters
- keishouchi /picturesque scenery
- keizaikikakuchou /Economic Planning Agency
- kekkintodoke /report of an absence
- kekkonhirouen /wedding reception banquet
- kekkonshiki /marriage ceremony/wedding
- ken'ennonaka /loggerheads/like cats & dogs/(lit. dog & monkey)
- kenboushou /amnesia/loss of memory
- kenchikuka /architect
- kenjounobitoku /modest virtue
- kenkashokubutsu /flowering plant
- keshoubako /vanity case/cosmetics case
- keshoushitsu /toilet/lavatory/powder room
- kessekitodoke /report of a school absence
- ketsubutsu /great man/heroic figure/remarkable character
- ketsuekigata /blood type
- ketsuekijunkan /blood circulation
- ketsumakuen /conjunctivitis
- ketsuretsu /breakdown/rupture
- kewashiimichi /steep street
- kezuribushi /flaked bonito
- kichijouten /(Buddhist) goddess
- kichinichi /lucky day
- kidoairaku /feelings of joy & anger/human passions
- kijounokuuron /academic gossip/empty theory
- kikaibunmei /technical civilization
- kikimorasu /to fail to hear/to miss
- kikudzukuri /chrysanthemum growing
- kikuningyou /chrysanthemum-shaped puppet
- kikunogomon /Imperial chrysanthemum emblem
- kikunohana /chrysanthemum
- kin'ichiman'en /10,000 Yen
- kin'yuukikan /banking facilities
- kinenkitte /special issue stamp
- kingashinnen /Happy New Year!
- kinjuuman'en /100,000 Yen
- kinuorimono /silk goods
- kippuuriba /ticket window/box office/ticket
- kirihanasu /to detach/to decapitate
- kirikuzusu /to level (earth)/to break (strike)/to cut through (a mountain)/to split (the opposition)
- kirisuteru /to truncate/to cut down/to omit/to discard/to slay/to cast away
- kiseijijitsu /established fact
- kiseinojijitsu /established fact
- kisetsufuu /seasonal winds
- kisetsuhazure /end of season
- kishouchou /Meteorological Agency
- kishougaku /meteorology
- kishoukachi /rare/very precious
- kishukusha /boarding house/school dormitory
- kisochishiki /fundamental knowledge
- kisshouten /(Buddhist) goddess
- kitaeageru /to temper thoroughly/to train well
- ko-hi-mame /coffee bean
- kodaimousou /megalomania
- kodaimousoukyou /megalomania
- kodzukaisen /spending money/incidental expenses
- kodzutsumi /parcel/package
- kogaisatsuei /taking pictures outdoors
- koinonayami /pain of love/love troubles
- kokkaigijidou /National Diet (Japanese parliament)/Capitol Hill (US)
- kokkasshoku /blackish brown
- kokkeisetsu /anniversary of founding (of PRC)/national celebration time
- kokorodzukai /solicitude/anxiety/regard for
- kokorogake /dedication/mental attitude
- kokorogamae /preparedness/readiness
- kokoromiru /to try/to test
- kokoronokate /food for thought
- kokoronokinsen /innermost soul
- kokorozashi /will/intention/motive
- kokorozasu /to plan/to intend/to aspire to/to set aims (sights on)
- kokuminshukusha /national youth hostels
- kokuminsouseisan /gross national product/GNP/gross domestic product/GDP
- kokumuchoukan /Secretary of State
- komarihateru /to be greatly perplexed/to be greatly embarrassed
- komarikiru /to be greatly perplexed/to be greatly embarrassed
- komedawara /bag of rice
- konamiruku /milk powder
- konchuugaku /entomology/study of insects
- konchuusaishuu /insect collecting
- kongouseki /diamond
- konketsunohito /mixed race person
- konponteki /fundamental (an)/basic
- konshinkai /friendly reunion/get-together
- konsuijoutai /lethargic state/comatose state
- korashimeru /to chastise/to punish/to discipline
- kotonohoka /exceedingly/unusually
- kouchoukai /public hearing
- koudokuryou /subscription charge
- koudoseichou /advanced maturity
- kouishitsu /locker room/changing room/dressing room
- koujinbutsu /good-natured person/nice person
- koukokutou /billboard/advertising sign
- koukuubokan /aircraft carrier
- koukyougaku /symphony (orchestra)
- koukyoukyoku /symphony
- kounaijiko /mine accident
- kounetsubyou /yellow fever
- kounetsuhi /cost of fuel & light
- kounyuusha /purchaser
- kouotsuhei /ABC/1 2 & 3
- kouseishou /Ministry of Health and Welfare
- kousekisou /diluvial formation (geol.)
- koushokyoufushou /fear of heights/acrophobia
- koushuudenwa /public telephone
- kousokudouro /highway/freeway
- koutaishihi /crown princess
- koutougakkou /senior high school
- koutsuumou /traffic network
- kouwanroudousha /longshoreman/stevedore
- kubikazari /necklace
- kuchibashiru /to speak/to tell/to blurt out
- kuchidashi /interference/meddling
- kuchidomeryou /hush money
- kuchidzuke /kiss
- kuchioshii /regrettable/mortifying/regretful
- kudarizaka /descent/downhill/decline/waning
- kumiawasejou /combination lock
- kumiawaseru /to join together
- kumorigachi /broken cloud/mainly cloudy (a-no)
- kumorigarasu /frosted glass
- kurushimeru /to torment/to harass/to inflict pain
- kusakanmuri /term for "grass" (140) radical/grass crown (lit.)
- kutsugaeru /to topple over/to be overturned/to capsize
- kutsugaesu /to overturn/to upset/to overthrow/to undermine
- kutsuissoku /pair of shoes
- kutsushita /socks
- kuwabarakuwabara /My God!
- kuwabatake /mulberry field
- kuwadateru /to plan/to plot/to propose/to design/to intend/to contemplate/to attempt/to undertake
- kyakkanteki /objectivity
- kyakuatsukai /hospitality
- kyakushitsu /drawing room/guest room
- kyakushoku /dramatization (e.g. film)
- kyokuchiken /polar regions/the pole
- kyokugaisha /outsider
- kyokusetsu /windings/meanderings/complications
- kyomushugi /nihilism
- kyoudoshousetsu /local story
- kyoufuseiji /politics of fear
- kyoufushou /morbid fear
- kyougashinnen /Happy New Year! (id)
- kyouhakujou /threatening or intimidating letter
- kyoukitetsudou /narrow-gauge railway
- kyoumibukai /very interesting/of great interest
- kyoumishinshin /very interesting/of great interest
- kyourakushugi /epicureanism/hedonism
- kyouryokusha /cooperative worker
- kyousanken /communist sphere/"iron curtain"
- kyoushinshou /heart attack/angina pectoris
- kyoushitsu /classroom
- kyoushutsu /delivery
- kyouwakoku /republic/commonwealth
- kyuudaiten /passing mark
- kyuukeijikan /rest time/intermission
- kyuukyokumokuteki /extreme purpose
- kyuumeibo-to /lifeboat
- kyuunasaka /sudden drop/precipitous slope
- kyuuryouchitai /hill country/hilly area
- kyuuseigun /Salvation Army
- kyuusuisen /hydrant/tap/faucet
- kyuuyakuseisho /Old Testament
- machiaishitsu /waiting room
- machiawaseru /to rendezvous
- machikaneru /to wait impatiently for
- madogiwanoseki /window-side seat
- magarimichi /roundabout road/curving road
- magirawashii /confusing/misleading/equivocal/ambiguous
- magirawasu /to divert/to distract
- magomusume /granddaughter
- makanaitsuki /with meals/meals inclusive
- makejidamashii /unyielding spirit/indomitable spirit
- makeoshimi /poor loser (id)/make excuses/be unwilling to admit defeat
- man'youshuu /Manyoushuu (famous 8thC poetry)/Japan's oldest anthology of poems
- manekineko /beckoning cat
- mannenhitsu /fountain pen
- manukareru /to escape from/to be rescued from/to avoid/to evade/to avert/to elude/to be exempted/to be relieved from pain/to get rid of
- marutagoya /log cabin/blockhouse
- matsubayashi /pine forest
- matsurigoto /rule/government
- mawarimichi /detour
- me-ka-kiboukakaku /manuf. recommended price
- meijiishin /Meiji Restoration
- meijijidai /Meiji period (1868-1912)
- meiyokyouju /emeritus professor
- meiyoshimin /honorary citizen
- meiyoshoku /honorary position
- men'orimono /cotton fabrics/cotton textiles
- meshiagaru /to eat (pol)
- mezamashitokei /alarm clock
- mezurashii /unusual/rare
- michinaranukoi /illicit love affair
- migakiageru /polish up/shine up
- migitoiebahidari /widely spoken
- miketsushuu /unconvicted prisoner/prisoner under trial
- mikiwameru /to see through/to probe/to make sure of
- mikotonori /imperial edict/decree
- mikuraberu /to compare with the eye
- minamiarupusu /southern alps (of Japan)
- minamiguchi /south entrance
- minatomachi /port city
- minjisoshou /civil action/civil suit/civil proceedings
- minshushugi /democracy
- minshuteki /democratic
- miryokuteki /charming/fascinating
- mitsugimono /tribute
- mitsumorisho /written estimate
- mitsuryousha /poacher
- mizubitashi /flooded out/submersion
- mizukaranotede /with one's own hands
- mochinushi /owner/proprietor
- mogishiken /trial examination/sham examination
- mokugekisha /eye-witness/witness
- momonosekku /puppet festival (3 March)
- momoyamajidai /Momoyama period (1583-1602 CE)
- monkirigata /fixed formula/stereotyped phrase/hackneyed (a-no)
- monogatari /tale/story/legend
- monoyawaraka /mild/mild-mannered/gentle (an)
- morohanotsurugi /two-edged sword
- moushiawase /arrangement/appointment
- moushikomi /application/entry/request/subscription/offer/proposal/overture/challenge
- muchitsujo /disorder/chaos/confusion
- mugibatake /wheat field/barley field/cornfield
- mukashibanashi /folklore/legend
- mukashimukashi /long ago/"once upon a time"
- mukashinokoto /old things
- mukoyoushi /son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
- mumikansou /dry/dusty/dull/uninteresting (an)
- muneageshiki /framework raising ceremony
- murasakiiro /violet
- murasakisuishou /amethyst
- mushiatsui /humid/sultry
- mushikaesu /to reheat/to steam over/to bring up again
- musumegokoro /girlish mind/girlish innocence
- musumemuko /adopted son-in-law
- musumezakari /bloom of youth/prime of girlhood
- muzukashii /difficult
- myougonichi /day after tomorrow
- nagareboshi /shooting star/meteor
- nagawazurai /long illness
- nagekawashii /sad/wretched/deplorable
- nagurikomi /raid
- nagurikorosu /to strike dead/to beat to death
- naguritsukeru /to beat (someone in battle)
- nagusameru /to comfort/to console
- nainenkikan /internal-combustion engine
- naishukketsu /internal bleeding/internal haemorrhage
- nakayasumi /rest/recess
- namakemono /lazy person
- namidagumashii /touching/moving/painful
- nanchakuriku /soft-landing
- nankyokuken /Antarctic Circle
- nasakebukai /tender-hearted/compassionate
- natsukashii /dear
- natsukashimu /to yearn for (miss) someone (thing)
- natsuyasumi /summer vacation/summer holiday
- nebaridzuyoi /tenacious/persevering/persistent
- negurushii /unable to sleep well
- nekonadegoe /wheedling voice/ingratiating voice
- nekonikoban /(to cast) pearls before swine/really big waste of resources (id)
- nemurigusuri /sleeping powder/sleeping drug/narcotic/anaesthetic
- nenchakuryoku /adhesive power/viscosity
- nenkoukahou /long service allowance/longevity pay
- netsuretsu /ardent (an)/passionate/vehement
- nichibeiboueki /trade between Japan and USA
- nichijouseikatsu /everyday life/daily life
- nichiyoubi /Sunday
- nigirimeshi /rice ball
- nigirishimeru /to grasp
- nihongakusha /Japanologist/Japan scholar
- nihongowa-puro /Japanese word-processing
- niigataken /prefecture in the Hokuriku area
- nikkanshinbun /daily paper
- nikkouyoku /sunbathing
- nikudzukinoyoi /well-fleshed/well-padded/plump/fat
- nikumareguchi /abusive language
- nikumarekko /bad boy
- ningendoushi /works of man
- ninkimanryou /expiration of term of office
- ninshinchuuzetsu /abortion/pregnancy termination
- nishatakuitsu /alternatively
- nishidoitsu /West Germany
- no-berushou /Nobel prize
- nobetsubosuu /total floor space
- nobinayamu /to be sluggish (business)
- noborikudari /rising & falling/going up & down
- noborizaka /ascent/upgrade
- nokorimono /leftovers/remnants
- norikumiin /crew
- noriokureru /to miss (train, bus, etc)
- nougakudou /Noh theatre
- noukasuitai /pituitary gland
- nousanbutsu /agricultural produce
- nousocchuu /stroke/cerebral haemorrhage
- nyuudougumo /gigantic columns of clouds (in summer)/cumulo-nimbus
- nyuugakushiken /entrance examination
- nyuujouken /ticket of admission/platform ticket
- ochitsuita /quiet/calm/composed
- odorikuruu /dance in ecstasy
- odoshimonku /threatening words
- ogamitaosu /persuade someone to consent/entreat repeatedly
- okumanchouja /billionaire
- okurikaesu /to send back
- okurinushi /sender (of a present)
- omeshimono /clothing
- omokurushii /heavy/gloomy/awkward/cumbrous/oppressive/leaden
- onnanohito /woman
- ookurashou /Ministry of Finance
- ooyorokobi /great joy
- oroshishou /wholesaler
- oroshiuribukka /wholesale price
- osanagokoro /child's mind/child's heart/very young mind
- oshitsukeru /to press/to push/to force
- otokonohito /man
- otoshiireru /to tempt/to ensnare
- otsukaresama /Thank you (id)/many thanks
- oukakumaku /diaphragm (body)
- oushuukyoudoutai /European Community (EC)
- raikyakuhoumeiroku /guest book
- raishinshi /telegram form/telegram blank
- rakkanteki /optimistic/hopeful
- rakunoujou /dairy farm
- rakuseihin /dairy product
- reigitadashii /polite (person)
- reisuimasatsu /rubdown with a wet towel/cold-water rubbing
- renkinjutsu /alchemy
- renpoushushou /federal chancellor
- renrakueki /connecting station/station where you change
- renrakusen /connecting line
- rensaishousetsu /serial/serialized novel
- rikkenkunshusei /constitutional monarchy
- rikonsoshou /divorce suit/divorce proceedings
- ronjitsukusu /deal exhaustively with
- roshutsushou /exhibitionism
- roudoujikan /working hours/man hours
- roudoukumiai /labor union
- roudouundou /labour movement
- ruikeiteki /stereotyped (an)/patterned/typical
- ryakudatsu /pillage/plunder/looting/robbery
- ryoushitsu /good quality/superior quality
- ryoushuusho /receipt
- ryoushuushou /receipt
- ryouyousho /sanatorium
- ryuukasuiso /hydrogen sulphide/sulphuretted hydrogen
- sacchuuzai /insecticide/pesticide
- sagashiateru /to find out/to discover/to detect
- sagashimawaru /to hunt around
- saguridasu /to spy out/to smell out
- sainanniau /to meet with misfortune
- sainyuusaishutsu /annual income & expenditure
- sairuigasu /tear gas
- sakimidareru /to bloom in profusion
- sakuraniku /horse meat
- samatageru /to disturb/to prevent
- samuraikatagi /samurai spirit
- sanfujinkai /obstetrics & gynaecology
- sanjiseigen /birth control
- sankakukei /triangle (a-no)
- sankenbunritsu /separation of powers (legislative, executive and judicial)
- sanmenkyou /three-sided mirror
- sanringaku /forestry
- sanshisuimei /scenic beauty
- saradahitosara /plate of salad
- sashiatari /for the time being
- sashikorosu /to stab to death
- sashimodosu /to send back/to refer back
- sashitsukae /hindrance/impediment
- satogokoro /homesickness/nostalgia
- satsubatsu /bloodthirsty/brutal/savage
- satsujinmisui /attempted murder
- sawagitateru /to make a fuss (outcry, uproar)
- seichouritsu /growth rate
- seifukusha /conqueror
- seigenkyokusen /sine curve
- seikankoujou /(tin) can factory
- seikatsuhi /living expenses
- seikeigeka /orthopaedic surgery/plastic surgery
- seikougyou /steel industry
- seimeihoken /life insurance
- seinengappi /birth date
- seirenkeppaku /uprightness
- seiryouinryou /cooling (e.g. drink)
- seisekihyou /report card/result sheet
- seishinseii /sincerity/whole-hearted devotion
- seishounen /youth/young person
- seitaikaibou /vivisection
- seitanhyakunen /100th birthday anniversary
- sekkasshoku /reddish brown
- sekkyokuteki /positive/active
- semakurushii /cramped
- sen'ensatsu /1,000 Yen bill
- sen'ikougyou /textile industry
- sen'youchuushajou /private parking place
- senkyoushi /missionary
- senreininarau /to follow precedent
- sensengetsu /month before last
- senshinkoku /advanced (developed) country/advanced nations
- sentakukamoku /subject of selection
- sentakumono /clothes to be washed
- sesshinijuudo /20 o Celsius
- setonaikai /Inland Sea
- setsuretsu /clumsy (an)/unskillful
- setsuritsu /establishment/foundation/institution
- shajitsuteki /realistic/graphic/true to life
- shakaifukushi /social welfare
- shakkanhou /(obs) Japanese system of weights & measures
- shakuhachi /bamboo flute/oral sex (vulg) (X)
- shibaigoya /playhouse/theatre
- shibakariki /lawnmower
- shibarikubi /(death by) hanging
- shiboritoru /to exploit
- shibudzura /grimace/sullen face
- shichifukujin /Seven Deities of Good Luck
- shichigosan /the lucky numbers 7,5, and 3/shrine visit (festival) by children aged 7, 5, and 3
- shichouson /cities, towns, and villages/municipalities
- shidareyanagi /weeping willow
- shiitageru /to oppress
- shijoubunseki /market analysis
- shikeishuu /criminals condemned to death
- shiketsuzai /stopping of bleeding
- shikibetsu /discrimination/discernment/identification
- shikinseki /touchstone/test case
- shikkouyuuyo /stay of execution/suspended sentence
- shimaitoshi /sister cities
- shimobashira /frost columns/ice needles
- shimobukure /round-faced/large at bottom
- shimonkikan /consultative body/advisory organ
- shinbunshi /newsprint/newspaper
- shinchintaisha /renewal/replacement/metabolism
- shinkansen /bullet train (very high speed)/shinkansen
- shinkonryokou /honeymoon
- shinobaseru /to conceal/to hide
- shinobiashi /stealthy steps/soft steps
- shinribyousha /psychological description
- shinrigaku /psychology
- shinroushinpu /bride & groom
- shinshifuku /suits for gentlemen
- shinshikyoutei /gentlemen's agreement
- shinshinmoujaku /mental retardation
- shinshinmoujakusha /mentally retarded person
- shinshitsu /bedroom
- shinshiyou /for men/male-
- shinshutsu /infiltration/permeation
- shintaiukagai /informal (unofficial) resignation
- shiohigari /(io) shell gathering (at low tide)/clamming
- shionokanman /ebb & flood
- shirizokeru /to repel/to drive away
- shishousha /casualties/killed & wounded
- shitagaeru /to be accompanied by/to subdue
- shitakuchibiru /lower lip
- shitamachi /Shitamachi/lower parts of town
- shitashimu /to be intimate with/to befriend
- shitasoudan /preliminary consultation/arrangements
- shiteiseki /reserved seat
- shitsuboku /simplicity
- shitsuchou /room monitor
- shitsugioutou /question and answer session
- shitsugyou /unemployment (vs)
- shitsumon'youshi /questionnaire
- shiyouzumi /second-hand/no longer used
- shizenbyousha /description of nature
- shochuuukagai /mid-summer menu
- shokubaisayou /catalytic action
- shokubutsu /plant/vegetation
- shokubutsuen /botanical garden
- shokubutsuseishibou /vegetable fat
- shokuminchi /colony
- shokumotsu /food/foodstuff
- shokuryouhin /foodstuff/groceries
- shominteki /normal/natural/common
- shoshigaku /bibliography
- shotokuzei /income tax
- shoubousha /fire engine
- shoubousho /fire station
- shouchuunotama /apple of one's eye
- shoudoukoui /shock action
- shougaikyouiku /education for life
- shougakkou /primary school/elementary school
- shougakukin /scholarship
- shougakusei /scholarship student
- shougidaoshi /falling one after another
- shoukyokuteki /passive
- shoumenshoutotsu /head-on collision
- shounenhou /juvenile law
- shounetsujigoku /burning hell
- shounimahi /infantile paralysis
- shouninkanmon /summoning witness
- shounyuudou /limestone cave
- shoutaijou /written invitation
- shouwanenkan /Showa era
- shucchoujo /branch office
- shuhitsuwokuwaeru /to make corrections
- shujutsushitsu /surgery/operating room
- shukanteki /subjectivity/subject/ego
- shukujitsu /national holiday
- shukushaku /reduced scale (vs)
- shunbunnohi /Vernal Equinox Holiday (Mar 20 or 21)
- shunkashuutou /spring, summer, autumn & winter/the four seasons
- shunoinori /the Lord's Prayer
- shunoukaidan /leadership conference
- shuppansha /publisher
- shuppatsuten /starting point/point of departure
- shushoukengaishou /Prime Minister & Foreign Minister
- shusseikajou /excessive birth (rate)
- shutsubotsu /appearing frequently (vs)/infesting/appearance and disappearance
- shutsugoku /release (from prison) (vs)
- shuubansen /end of campaign
- shuubunnohi /autumn equinox holiday (Sep 23 or 24)
- shuudanshinri /mass psychology
- shuugyoujikan /work hours
- shuukakudaka /crop/income
- shuukakuki /harvest time
- shuukanshi /weekly publication
- shuushinkoyousei /(Japanese) system of lifetime employment
- shuutokubutsu /found article
- shuuyuuken /excursion ticket
- sodatenooya /foster parents
- sokuryokudo /speed/velocity
- songaibaishou /restitution/compensation for damages
- soranamida /crocodile tears
- soraosoroshii /having vague fears
- soratobuenban /flying saucer
- sosensuuhai /ancestor worship
- soshakuchi /leasehold land
- soshouhiyou /(lawsuit) costs
- sosonokasu /to instigate/to tempt
- sotsugyoushiken /graduation test
- sotsugyoushousho /graduation certificate/diploma/testamur
- soubetsukai /farewell party
- soudatsusen /contest/competition/struggle/argument
- sougankyou /binoculars/field glasses
- sougishiki /funeral ceremony/wake
- sougyoutanshuku /curtailment of operations
- soukagakkai /Sokagakkai (Buddhist sect)
- soukoujikan /run time
- sounanshingou /distress signal/SOS
- souridaijin /Prime Minister
- sousahonbu /(criminal) investigation headquarter
- suetsukeru /to install/to equip/to mount
- suginamiki /avenue of cedars (cryptomeria)
- suiginchuu /column of mercury
- suiminbusoku /lack of sleep
- suitorigami /blotting paper
- suizokukan /aquarium
- sujichigai /cramp/sprain/illogical/intersection
- sukoshizutsu /little by little
- sumashigao /composed expression/clear face
- sumidawara /sack for charcoal
- sumigokochi /comfort (in living place)
- sumiwataru /to be perfectly clear
- surechigau /to pass closely/to disagree/to miss each other
- suusekinofune /several boats
- tabesugiru /overeat
- tachiagaru /to stand up
- tachibanashi /standing around talking
- tachioujou /standstill/stalling/stranding
- tadashigaki /proviso
- taeshinobu /to put up with/to endure/to bear patiently
- tagaichigaini /alternate
- taibouseikatsu /hard life/life of austerity
- tairikudana /continental shelf
- tairyouseisan /mass production
- taiseimeiga /Western painting
- taishuubungaku /popular literature
- taiyoureki /solar (Julian) calendar
- taizenjijaku /presence of mind/imperturbability
- takaramono /treasure/treasured item
- takedzutsu /bamboo pipe
- takinobori /(fish) climbing (swimming) up waterfall
- tamagogata /oval/egg-shaped
- tamagonokara /eggshell
- tanaoroshi /stocktaking/inventory
- tanjouiwai /birthday celebration
- tankidaigaku /(two year) junior college
- tanomoshii /reliable/trustworthy/hopeful/promising
- tanpenshousetsu /short story/novella
- tanteishousetsu /detective story
- tashikameru /to ascertain
- tatamiomote /mat facing
- tatematsuru /to offer/to present/to revere/to do respectfully
- tawamureru /to be amused (with something)/to play/to sport/to frolic/to joke/to flirt with
- tazunebito /missing person/wanted person
- tazusawaru /to participate/to take part
- teikokushugi /imperialism
- teiseichou /small (low) growth
- teishotoku /low income
- teisoshiki /cornerstone (foundation stone) ceremony
- tekishutsu /picking out (vs)/exposing/taking out
- tekkotsukouji /steel frame-work
- ten'imuhou /perfect beauty/flawless
- tenimotsuichijiazukarisho /short-term hand-luggage storage
- tenkiyohou /weather forecast
- tenmongaku /astronomy
- tennenkajuu /natural fruit juice
- tennouheika /His Majesty the Emperor
- tetsudzuki /procedure/(legal) process/formalities
- tetsugakusha /philosopher
- tetteiteki /thoroughness (an)
- tobihaneru /jump up and down
- todokesaki /destination/receiver's address/consignee
- todoufuken /administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Hokkai-do, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu and remaining prefectures
- toiawaseru /to enquire
- tokushukou /special steel
- tokushusei /special characteristics/peculiarity/distinctiveness
- tomarichin /hotel charges/tariff
- tomarikyaku /overnight guest/house guest
- toomawashi /indirect (roundabout) expression
- toppan'insatsu /letterpress/relief printing
- toriatsukaichuui /handling warning
- toriatsukaichuui /handling warning
- toriatsukaikata /way of handling
- toriatsukau /to treat/to handle/to deal in
- torikakomu /to surround/to crowd around
- torimodosu /to take back/to regain
- torinozoku /to remove/to take away/to set apart
- torishimari /control/management/supervision
- torishimari /control/management/supervision
- torishirabe /investigation/examination/inquiry
- tougaijinbutsu /the appropriate person/competent person
- tougaikanchou /proper authorities/authorities concerned
- tougemichi /road over a mountain pass
- tougenkyou /Arcady/Eden
- tougewokosu /to cross over a pass/to finish the most difficult part (id)
- toukyouwan /Tokyo Bay/Bay of Tokyo
- tounan'ajia /Southeast Asia
- tounanhoken /insurance against theft
- tounyoubyou /diabetes
- tsuboatari /per tsubo (area)
- tsudzukeru /to continue (vt)/to keep up/to keep on
- tsuitoukai /memorial services
- tsuitoushiki /memorial services
- tsukaikata /way to use something/treatment/management (of help)
- tsukamaeru /to catch/to seize/to arrest
- tsukarehateru /to get tired out/to be exhausted
- tsukemonoishi /weight stone (placed on pickles)
- tsukiataru /to run into/to collide with
- tsukiroketto /moon rocket
- tsukuribanashi /fiction/made-up story/fable/fabrication/myth
- tsumikasaneru /to be piled up/to accumulate
- tsunawatari /tightrope walking
- tsuranukitoosu /to enforce (one's) will
- tsuribashi /suspension bridge
- tsuridougu /fishing tackle
- tsutomesaki /place of work
- tsutsumigami /wrapping paper
- tsutsushimibukai /discreet/modest/cautious
- tsutsushimu /to be careful/to abstain
- tsutsushimu /to be chaste or discreet/to abstain or refrain
- tsutsushinde /respectfully/humbly/reverently
- tsutsuuraura /all over the country/throughout the land/in every nook & cranny
- tsuukoudome /No Thoroughfare!/Road Blocked!
- tsuushinkouza /correspondence course
- tsuuzokubungaku /school of popular writing
- uchuuhikoushi /astronaut
- uchuuryokou /space travel
- uketamawaru /to hear/to be told/to know (humble)
- undoubusoku /insufficient exercise
- urushinuri /lacquering/lacquer ware
- usetsukinshi /No Right Turn!
- ushirodate /supporter
- ushirosugata /retreating figure/appearance from behind
- utsukushii /beautiful/lovely
- uwakuchibiru /upper lip
- uyauyashii /respectful/reverent
- warugashikoi /cunning/crafty/wily/sly
- wasuremono /lost article/something forgotten
- watakushijishin /myself
- wataridori /migratory bird/bird of passage
- watashibune /ferry/ferryboat
- wayousecchuu /blending of Japanese and Western styles
- wazurawashii /troublesome/complicated
- wazurawasu /to trouble/to bother/to annoy/to give trouble
- yagaisatsuei /outdoor photography
- yakansatsuei /night photography
- yakkaimono /dependent/parasite/hanger-on/burden
- yakuhanbun /approximately half
- yakuzaishi /chemist/pharmacist
- yamagatana /woodman's hatchet
- yamaguchiken /prefecture in the Chuugoku area
- yamakuzure /landslide
- yamanekosougi /wildcat strike
- yamatodamashii /the Japanese spirit
- yanagigoshi /slim waist
- yanyoushou /bed-wetting/enuresis
- yasumichuu /closed/on break/"private party"
- yatoinushi /employer
- yatoinushi /employer
- yawarageru /to soften/to moderate/to relieve
- yobimodosu /to call back/to call home
- yoinokuchi /nightfall/early evening
- yokushitsu /bathroom/bath
- yokuyokujitsu /two days later/next day but one
- yomiayamaru /to misread/to mispronounce
- yomisokonau /to misread/to mispronounce
- youryokuso /chlorophyl
- yuibishugi /estheticism
- yuibutsuron /materialism
- yuishinron /spiritualism/idealism
- yukigassen /snowball fight
- yukuefumei /missing/unaccounted for
- yurikaeshi /aftershock/afterquake
- yusuriokosu /shake someone awake
- yuubinhaitatsu /postman/mailman
- yuubinkyoku /post office
- yuubinryoukin /postage/postal charges
- yuujuufudan /indecisiveness
- yuukashouken /marketable securities/stocks and bonds
- yuusouryou /freight costs/transport costs
- yuwakashiki /water-heater/water-boiler
- yuzuriwatasu /to hand over/to turn over/to cede
- zaibeihoujin /Japanese living in America
- zendaimimon /record-breaking/unheard of/unparalleled
- zenpanteki /universal/general
- zenpoukouenfun /ancient Imperial graves
- zokushutsu /appearance one after another (vs)
- zougenotou /ivory tower
- zouheikyoku /(coin) mint
- zoukibayashi /grove of mixed trees
- zoushokuro /fast breeder reactor
- zoushuuwai /bribery/corruption
- zouyoshousho /testimonial/presentation certificate
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