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| Term | Definition | |
|---|---|---|
| 迅速果敢/断 | (じんそくかかん/たん) | Quick & decisive/fast & daring |
| 妄りに | (みだりに) | Without authority; w/out reason/unnecessarily; indiscriminately; recklessly/arbitrarily |
| 打ちのめす | Knock down/beat up; overwhelm; injure so badly they can't recover | |
| 安本丹 | (あんぽんたん) | Fool/idiot |
| 陰険 | (いんけん) | Tricky/wily/treacherous |
| うんざり | Boring/tedious; fed up with | |
| 仁王立ち | (におうだち) | Imposing stance/daunting pose |
| 翻弄 | (ほんろう) | Trifling/toying/playing with; making sport/fun of; toss about (ship) |
| 邪心 | (じゃしん) | Wicked heart/evil design |
| 炸裂 | (さくれつ) | Explosion/bursting |
| 八つ裂き | (やつざき) | Tearing apart/limb from limb |
| 晩期 | (ばんき) | Final/last stage |
| 万機 | (ばんき) | State affairs/secrets |
| 傲慢不遜 | (ごうまんふそん) | Haughty/arrogant/overbearing |
| 終盤 | (しゅうばん) | Endgame/final stage |
| 抽象的 | (ちゅうしょうてき) | Abstract |
| 狂気 | (きょうき) | Madness/insanity |
| 抱擁 | (ほうよう) | Embrace/hug/hold in one's arms |
| 傭兵 | (ようへい) | Mercenary |
| 腐敗堕落 | (ふはいだらく) | Debasement/corruption/degradation |
| 弔い | (とむらい) | Funeral/burial/condolence |
| 掻っ払う | (かっぱらう) | To swipe/steal/snatch/pilfer |
| 惨い | (むごい) | Cruel/merciless/brutal/inhuman; tragic/terrible/dreadful/miserable |
| 惨禍 | (さんか) | Calamity |
| 惨殺 | (ざんさつ) | Slaughter/massacre |
| 惨憺 | (さんたん) | Miserable/pitiful/tragic/wretched/horrible |
| 捕虜 | (ほりょ) | Prisoner of war |
| 淘汰作用 | (とうたさよう) | Sifting/weeding out; select/sort |
| 支離滅裂 | (しりめつれつ) | Incoherent/inconsistent/illogical/disorderly/confused/nonsensical |
| 撃沈 | (げきちん) | Sink a ship; (~された) fall completely in love w/a women |
| 軽躁 | (けいそう) | Thoughtless/flighty |
| 撲殺 | (ぼくさつ) | Beat to death |
| やかましい | Noisy/boisterous; strict/fussy | |
| 叡智 | (えいち) | Wisdom/intelligence/intellect |
| 奇想天外 | (きそうてんがい) | Fantastic idea/bizarre |
| 波紋 | (はもん) | Ripple/water ring; repercussions |
| 脊髄 | (せきずい) | Spinal cord |
| 轍 | (わだち/てつ) | Rut/wheel track/furrow |
| 皆無 | (かいむ) | Nonexistent/nil/none/nothing |
| はったり | Bluff | |
| 惨劇 | (さんげき) | Tragedy/tragic event |
| 戦慄 | (せんりつ;わななく) | Shudder/shiver/tremble with fear; horrible/terrible/hair-raising |
| 魂胆 | (こんたん) | Ulterior motive/secret design/plot; Soul |
| 軽薄 | (けいはく) | Frivolous/superficial; (~才子) shallow glib & obsequious person |
| 破廉恥 | (はれんち) | Infamy/shameless |
| 不貞腐れ | (ふてくされ) | Sulkiness |
| 威喝 | (いかつ) | Threatening |
| 葛藤 | (かっとう) | Conflict/troubles/discord |
| 技量 | (ぎりょう) | Ability/competency/skill/capacity |
| 舌鋒 | (ぜっぽう) | Eloquence/sharp tongue |
| 蟠り | (わだかまり) | Cares/ill feeling/reserve |
| 座礁 | (ざしょう) | Running aground/being stranded |
| 閉塞感 | (へいそくかん) | Feeling locked/cooped up; feeling of entrapment/hopelessness |
| 執念 | (しゅうねん) | Tenacity/implacability |
| 脛に傷持つ | (すねにきずもつ) | Have a guilty conscience |
| 醜態 | (しゅうたい) | Disgraceful/shameful behavior |
| やけに | Frightfully/violently/desperately | |
| 小じんまり | Snugly/neatly/compactly/cosily | |
| 慕情 | (ぼじょう) | Longing/yearning |
| 幽体離脱 | (ゆうたいりだつ) | Out-of-body experience |
| 陽性 | (ようせい) | Positivity |
| 悲観的 | (ひかんてき) | Pessimistic |
| 女々しい | (めめしい) | Effeminate |
| 荒む | (すさむ) | Grow wild; run to waste |
| 免疫 | (めんえき) | Immunity; being hardened to |
| 雁字搦め | (がんじがらめ) | Bound hand & foot/hedged in |
| 干渉 | (かんしょう) | Interference/meddling |
| 猪突猛進 | (ちょとつもうしん) | Headlong/foolhardy/reckless |
| 奔放 | (ほんぽう) | Wild/uninhibited/extravagant |
| 恩着せがましい | (おんきせがましい) | Patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; condescending; acting like one is doing s.o. a favor |
| 跋扈 | (ばっこ) | Rampancy/prevalence/predominance |
| 漠然とした | (ばくぜんとした) | Vague/obscure/hazy/nebulous |
| 汎用性 | (はんようせい) | Multiplicity of uses |
| 散漫 | (さんまん) | Vague/loose/desultory/discursive |
| 掌握 | (しょうあく) | Hold/grasp/seize/command |
| 荒唐無稽 | (こうとうむけい) | Absurd/nonsensical/preposterous |
| 出鱈目 | (でたらめ) | Random/haphazard/slapdash/slipshod/irresponsible |
| 未練がましい | (みれんがましい) | Regretful/irresolute; stubborn (not knowing when to give up) |
| 未練未酌 | (みれんみしゃく) | Regret & sympathy; having lingering attachment & sympathy twd. s.o. |
| 奨励 | (しょうれい) | Encouragement/incitement |
| 比喩 | (ひゆ) | Figure of speech/simile/metaphor |
| 沸き立てる | (わきたてる) | Stir/whip up; stroke/arouse/kindle |
| 否応無し | (いやおうなし) | Inevitably/unavoidably/like it or not |
| 包摂 | (ほうせつ) | Connotation/subsumption |
| あらわに | Openly/publicly/bluntly/frankly | |
| 流暢 | (りゅうちょう) | Fluent/flowing/smooth/facile |
| 金甌無欠 | (きんおうむけつ) | Perfect/ideal |
| 優勝劣敗 | (ゆうしょうれっぱい) | Survival of the fittest (also 弱肉強食) |
| 儒教 | (じゅきょう) | Confucian teachings/philosophy/〜ism |
| 羈絆 | (きはん) | Fetters/bonds/yoke/restraints |
| 普遍性 | (ふへんせい) | Universality |
| 苦闘 | (くとう) | Bitter struggle/hard fight |
| 手解き | (てほどき) | Introduction/initiation |
| 髣髴 | (ほうふつ) | Close resemblance/vivid reminder |
| 大胆露骨 | (だいたんろこつ) | Daring/audacious & frank/candid |
| 没理想 | (ぼつりそう) | Realism (lit); objective delineation |
| 至当 | (しとう) | Proper/right/just/fair/reasonable |
| 裏腹 | (うらはら) | Opposite/reverse/contrary; (~ことを言う) say s.t. tongue-in-cheek |
| 克明 | (こくめい) | Scrupulous/faithful/minute |
| 終焉 | (しゅうえん) | (~を告げる) (come to an) end; (~の地) (place of one's) death |
| 変遷 | (へんせん) | Changes/transition/vicissitudes/ups & downs |
| 阿弗利加 | (あふりか) | Africa |
| 欧羅巴 | (ヨーロッパ) | Europe (from Portuguese) |
| 咳払い | (せきばらい) | Clearing one's throat/hawking |
| 黙過 | (もっか) | Tacit approval; (~する) pass w/out remark |
| 黙認 | (もくにん) | Connivance/tacit consent/tolerance |
| 看過 | (ぶんぶりょうどう) | The way of the warrior scholar |
| 陋習 | (ろうしゅう) | Bad custom/habit/vice |
| 打破する | (だは) | Break down/eradicate/abolish |
| 醸成 | (じょうせい) | Brew/ferment; arouse/cause/foment |
| 招聘 | (しょうへい) | Invitation/call |
| 恨みがましい | (うらみがましい) | Reproachful/spiteful/bitter-sounding |
| 述懐 | (じゅっかい) | Recollection/reminiscence |
| 垣間見る | (かいまみる) | Catch/get a glimpse/take a peek |
| 欠陥 | (けっかん) | Defect/fault/flaw/shortcoming |
| 闡明 | (せんめい) | Clarification/elucidation |
| 勃興 | (ぼっこう) | Sudden rise/increase in power (of) |
| 誤謬 | (ごびゅう) | Mistake/error/fallacy |
| 謦咳に接する | (けいがいにせっする) | Have opportunity for personally meeting s.b. one holds in esteem |
| 埴猪口 | (へなちょこ) | Novice/greenhorn |
| 門戸を張る | (もんこをはる) | Put up a front |
| 自堕落 | (じだらく) | Depravity/self-indulgence |
| 矯正 | (きょうせい) | Reform/correction/rectification/remedy/straightening |
| 剥奪 | (はくだつ) | Deprivation/forfeiture; divestiture |
| 剥脱 | (はくだつ) | Coming/peeling/flaking off; exfoliation/abrasion/excoriation |
| 恣意 | (しい) | Arbitrariness |
| 自省的 | (じせいてき) | Introspective (self reflection) |
| 中堅 | (ちゅうけん) | Core/anchor/mainstay/backbone |
| 抵抗 | (ていこう) | Resistance/opposition; reluctance |
| 抑圧 | (よくあつ) | Check/restraint; (opp/supp)ression |
| 貶める | (おとしめる) | Look down on/ show contempt for; Cause to fail/make decline |
| 孕む | (はらむ) | Conceive/b.c. pregnant/get filled |
| 覆い被らせる | (おおいかぶらせる) | Cover up w/something |
| 覆る | (くつがえる) | Topple/overturn/capsize; be overruled/discredited/reversed |
| 呪縛 | (じゅばく) | Curse/spell |
| 交錯 | (こうさく) | Mixture/blending; complication |
| 摂取 | (せっしゅ) | Intake/absorb/adopt; assimilate |
| 酩酊 | (めいてい) | Drunkenness/intoxication |
| 克服 | (こくふく) | Conquest/overcome/subjugation/bring under control/victory over |
| 損な条件 | (そん・) | Unfavorable conditions |
| 損益分岐点 | (そんえきぶんきてん) | Break-even point |
| 簡易 | (かんい) | Simplicity/convenience/quasi- |
| 忽ち | (たちまち) | At once/in a moment/suddenly |
| 髑髏 | (どくろ) | Skull (esp. weather-beaten) |
| おべんちゃら | Sycophant/placations | |
| 脱水 | (だっすい) | Dehydration |
| 脱臼 | (だっきゅう) | Dislocation of a joint |
| 脱兎 | (だっと) | Dashing/bounding away; (~の如くlike a scared rabbit) |
| 喇叭 | (らっぱ) | Army bugle |
| 懐中 | (かいちゅう) | One's pocket (mirror, watch, etc.) |
| 水爆実験 | (すいばく・) | Thermonuclear test |
| みっともない | Shameful/disgraceful/improper | |
| 庶務 | (しょむ) | General affairs |
| 僧侶 | (そうりょ) | Monk(s) |
| (修道)尼 | ((しゅうどう)に/あま) | Nun(s) |
| 征服欲 | (せいふくよく) | Desire to conquer |
| 闘争的 | (とうそうてき) | Argumentative |
| 四の五の言う | (しのごのいう) | Kick up a fuss/grumble re: trivial |
| 淡白 | (たんぱく) | Indifference |
| 優秀 | (ゆうしゅう) | Superiority/excellence |
| 連想 | (れんそう) | Association (of ideas)/suggestion; (~させる) hint at/remind (of) |
| 十二支 | (じゅうにし) | 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac |
| 運勢 | (うんせい) | Fortune and destiny |
| 右傾化 | (うけいか) | Rightward (conservative) tilt/shift |
| 近隣諸国 | (きんりんしょこく) | Neighboring countries |
| 常駐する | (じょうちゅう) | Permanently station |
| 集団的自衛権 | Right of collective defense | |
| 国防軍 | (こくぼうぐん) | National Defense Force (vs. SDF) |
| 奢/驕/傲る | (おごる) | Give (s.o.) a treat/treat (s.o.) to; be extravagant/live luxuriously; boast/be proud/haughty (latter 2) |
| おごりは破滅に先立つ | (おごりはめつにさきだつ) | Pride comes before a fall |
| 奢る平家久しからず | (おごる・ひさしからず) | The proud Heike lasts not long |
| 圧勝 | (あっしょう) | Landslide (victory) |
| 惨敗 | (ざんぱい) | Crushing defeat |
| 些細 | (ささい) | Trivial/slight |
| 淡々 | (たんたん) | Uninterested/indifferent/dispassionate/detached; plain; flowing gently |
| 錯覚 | (さっかく) | Optical illusion; misapprehension/delusion |
| 唖然 | (あぜん) | Dumbfounded/mute amazement |
| 怠慢 | (たいまん) | Negligence/carelessness |
| 一触即発 | (いっしょくそくはつ) | Critical/explosive situation |
| 野望 | (やぼう) | Ambition/aspiration/treachery |
| 諸刃の剣 | (もろはのつるぎ) | Double-edged sword |
| 葛藤 | (かっとう) | Conflict/complication/discord |
| 喧噪/喧騒 | (けんそう) | Tumult/clatter/hustle & bustle |
| 見劣りがする | (みおとり) | Compare unfavorably with |
| 窮地 | (きゅうち) | Dilemma/predicament |
| 略奪 | (りゃくだつ) | Looting |
| 水ぶくれ | Bloated skin | |
| 湯水の如く使う | (ゆみずのごとく) | Go through s.t. (like water) |
| 用水路 | (ようすいろ) | Irrigation canal |
| 御尤も | (ごもっとも) | You are quite right; plausible |
| 紛争 | (ふんそう) | Dispute/trouble/strife |
| 賛否両論 | (さんぴりょうろん) | Pros and cons |
| 晩節 | (ばんせつ) | One's later years |
| 指の節 | (ゆびのせつ) | Knuckle |
| 抗/争う | (あらがう) | Go/fight against/oppose/resist |
| 質悪い | (たちわるい) | Problematic; in bad taste; in poor character |
| やさぐれる | Sulk/be peevish | |
| 懲り懲り | (こりごり) | Bitter experience; learning from "; sick & tired/fed up/had enough |
| 壷/壺 | (つぼ) | Jar/pot/vase; dice cup; depression (geological); target; bull's-eye; key point (conversation); acupuncture point; fingerboard nodes |
| 早かれ遅かれ | Sooner or later | |
| 好奇心 | (こうきしん) | Curiosity/inquisitiveness |
| 未曾有の〜時代 | (みぞう・) | Unprecedented era (of 〜) |
| 人恋しい | Lonely for company | |
| うねる | Get wavy (hair, etc.) | |
| 威儀 | (いぎ) | Dignity/majesty/dignified manner |
| 恭しい | (うやうやしい) | Respectful/reverent |
| 慎む/謹む | (つつしむ) | (1) be careful/discreet; (2) do in moderation/refrain (from overdoing)/abstain; (3) be reverent; be purified |
| 抑揚 | (よくよう) | Intonation/accent/modulation/inflection; (~のない) monotonous |
| 精緻 | (せいち) | Delicate/minute/subtle |
| 流麗 | (りゅうれい) | Fluent/flowing/elegant |
| 侮る | (あなどる) | Despise/disdain/make light of |
| 灰汁 | (あく) | Lye; astringency; scum (food) |
| 浪速/浪花 | (なにわ) | Former name for Osaka region |
| 恥曝し | (はじさらし) | Disgrace |
| 惰性 | (だせい) | Inertia/momentum |
| 独参湯 | (どくじんとう) | Crowd-puller, box-office certainty |
| 朧昆布 | (おぼろこんぶ) | Shredded kelp |
| 聖域 | (せいいき) | Sanctuary |
| 偉業 | (いぎょう) | (Great) enterprise/exploit/feat |
| 啓蟄 | (けいちつ) | First stirring of life after winter |
| 鷺 | (サギ) | Egret (heron) |
| 五位鷺 | (ゴイサギ) | Night heron |
| 河鵜 | (カワウ) | Great cormorant |
| 鴛鴦 | (おしどり) | Mandarin duck |
| 瘢痕組織 | (はんこんそしき) | Scar tissue |
| 喝破する | (かっぱ) | Scold/rebuke/correct; proclaim |
| 富の分配 | (とみのぶんぱい) | Distribution of wealth |
| 健全性 | (けんぜんせい) | Soundness (of logic, etc.) |
| 労働倫理 | (ろうどうりんり) | Work ethic |
| 尊ぶ | (とうとぶ) | Value/prize/esteem/respect |
| 美徳 | (びとく) | Virtue |
| 貫く | (つらぬく) | Persist/stick to; pierce/penetrate |
| 頑な | (かたくな) | Obstinate |
| 総裁 | (そうさい) | President (of agency, bank, co.) |
| 漸進主義 | (ぜんしん・) | Gradualism |
| 虚無主義 | (きょむ・) | Nihilism |
| 享楽主義 | (きょうらく・) | Hedonism |
| 厭世主義 | (えんせい・) | Pessimism |
| 博愛 | (はくあい) | Philanthropy/charity/benevolence |
| 独善 | (どくぜん) | Self-righteousness |
| 退嬰的 | (たいえいてき) | Conservative/backward-looking |
| 刹那的 | (せつなてき) | Ephemeral/transitory |
| 拙速 | (せっそく) | Hasty/rough & ready/slap-dash |
| 忽焉 | (こつえん) | Sudden/unexpected |
| 疎遠 | (そえん) | Estrangement/neglect/silence |
| 疎む | (うとむ) | Neglect/shun/alienate |
| 疎ら | (まばら) | Sparse/thin/scattered/sporadic |
| 疎忽 | (そこつ) | Careless/thoughtless/rash/rude |
| 凌駕 | (りょうが) | Excelling/surpassing/outdoing |
| 虚仮にする | (こけ) | Make a fool of someone |
| 国際通貨基金 | (・つうかききん) | International Monetary Fund |
| 金融資本 | (きんゆうしほん) | Financial capital |
| 購買力平価 | (こうばいりょくへいか) | Purchasing power parity (PPP) |
| 景気低迷 | (けいきていめい) | Economic slump/stagnation |
| 発揮 | (はっき) | Exhibition/demonstration/display |
| 瀕する | (ひん) | Be on the verge/point of/about to |
| 先進国 | (せんしんこく) | Advanced/developed nation(s) |
| 新興国 | (しんこうこく) | Emerging/developing nation(s) |
| 加盟国 | (かめいこく) | Member nation/signatory |
| 内需 | (ないじゅ) | Domestic demand |
| 重々しい | (おもおもしい) | Serious/grave/solemn/dignified |
| 傀儡政府 | (かいらいせいふ) | Puppet government |
| 単純/平易明快 | (・へいいめいかい) | Simple & clear/plain & lucid |
| 薫陶 | (くんとう) | Education/training/discipline |
| 荘厳 | (そうごん) | Solemnity/gravity/impressiveness |
| 荘厳華麗 | (そうごんかれい) | Majestic and splendid |
| 沈没 | (ちんぼつ) | Sinking/foundering/submersion |
| 余裕綽々 | (よゆうしゃくしゃく) | Calm, composed/enough to spare |
| 迷信 | (めいしん) | Superstition |
| 脱藩 | (だっぱん) | Becoming a lordless samurai |
| 没 | (ぼつ;死没から) | Death; discard; rejection |
| 下野する | (げや) | Retirement from public office; going into opposition/losing power (in case of political party) |
| 皮相 | (ひそう) | Superficial |
| 疎い | (うとい) | Distant/estranged; unfamiliar |
| 両陛下 | (りょうへいか) | Their Majesties (Emp. & Empress) |
| 婚姻 | (こんいん) | Marriage/matrimony |
| 嫁ぐ | (とつぐ) | Marry/marry into (a family) |
| 警戒 | (けいかい) | Vigilance/precaution/alertness |
| 皇位継承 | (こういけいしょう) | Imperial succession |
| 顕著 | (けんちょ) | Remarkable/striking/obvious |
| 傾注 | (けいちゅう) | Devotion/concentration |
| 自ずと | (おのずと) | Naturally |
| 専ら | (もっぱら) | Wholly/entirely/devotedly |
| 措辞法 | (そじほう) | Syntax |
| 露呈 | (ろてい) | Exposure/disclosure |
| 検束 | (けんそく) | Arrest/custody/detention |
| 殖産興業 | (しょくさんこうぎょう) | Promotion/enc. of new industry |
| 閉塞的な政治情勢 | (へいそくてき) | Political impasse |
| 打診する | (だしん) | Sound out |
| 皇族 | (こうぞく) | Imperial family (post-1869) |
| 華族 | (かぞく) | Nobles |
| 士族 | (しぞく) | Former samurai |
| 平民 | (へいみん) | Commoners |
| 五(等)爵 | (ご(とう)しゃく) | 5-rank peerage system (M17-) |
| 公爵 | (こうしゃく) | "Prince" in post-1884 system |
| 侯爵 | (こうしゃく) | "Marquis" in peerage system |
| 伯爵 | (はくしゃく) | "Count" in peerage system |
| 子爵 | (ししゃく) | "Viscount" in peerage system |
| 男爵 | (だんしゃく) | "Baron" in peerage system |
| 徴兵令 | (ちょうへいれい) | Conscription Ordinance (1872) |
| 廃刀令 | (はいとうれい) | Sword prohibition |
| 秩禄 | (ちつろく) | Official salary |
| 生計 | (せいけい) | Livelihood/living |
| 貧民街 | (ひんみんがい) | Slums |
| 授産 | (じゅさん) | Sheltered work programs |
| 武装包皮 | (ぶそうほうき) | Armed uprising |
| 末端 | (まったん) | End/tip/extremities/terminal |
| 中央集権 | (ちゅうおうしゅうけん) | Centralized authoritarian rule |
| 登用 | (とうよう) | Appointment/assignment |
| 鬱積 | (うっせき) | Buildup/accumulation |
| 底流 | (ていりゅう) | Undercurrent |
| 騒動 | (そうどう) | Strife/riot/rebellion/turmoil |
| 蠢動 | (しゅんどう) | Maneuvering; mischief/desperate act |
| 征韓論 | (せいかんろん) | Conquering Korea by military force |
| 決裂 | (けつれつ) | Breakdown/rupture |
| 腹心 | (ふくしん) | Confidant/trusted friend/retainer |
| 首領 | (しゅりょう) | Head/boss/chief/leader |
| 即時断行 | (そくじだんこう) | Prompt & decisive action |
| 邏卒 | (らそつ) | Policeman (early Meiji) |
| 鎮台 | (ちんだい) | Garrison (in Meiji) |
| 呼応する | (こおう) | Hail (each other); act in concert |
| 士族の商法 | (しぞくのしょうほう) | Amateurish & haughty way of doing business/venturing into an unfamiliar line of business (& failing) |
| 身分秩序 | (みぶんちつじょ) | System/method of social position |
| 版籍奉還 | (はんせきほうかん) | Return of land/people lords to Emperor |
| 名字帯刀 | (みょうじたいとう) | Right to bear surname & wear sword |
| 世襲 | (せしゅう) | Heredity/heritage |
| 家督相続 | (かとくそうぞく) | Inheritance/succession to family head |
| 家禄 | (かろく) | Hereditary stipend (historical) |
| 主体性 | (しゅたいせい) | Independence/individuality |
| 諺 | (ことわざ) | Proverb/maxim |
| 諺語 | (げんご) | Colloquialism/slang; proverb |
| 穿鑿 | (せんさく) | Scrutiny/digging into/inquiry " |
| 揶揄 | (やゆ;からかう) | Banter/raillery/ridicule/persiflage |
| 規範的 | (きはんてき) | Normative |
| 風潮 | (ふうちょう) | Tide/current; tendency |
| 訛 | (なまり) | Accent; patois; mispronunciation |
| 吃音 | (きつおん) | Stammering/dysphemia |
| 講話 | (こうわ) | Lecture/discourse |
| 証券取引等監視委員会 | (しょうけんとりひきとうかんしいいんかい) | Securities and Exchange Surveillance Committee |
| 金融庁 | (きんゆうちょう) | Financial Services Agency |
| 大手金融機関 | (おおてきんゆうきかん) | Major financial institutions/corporations |
| 信託銀行 | (しんたくぎんこう) | Trust bank |
| 課徴金を科す | (かちょうきんをかす) | Inflict/impose charges/fee/fine |
| 勧告する | (かんこく) | Advise/counsel/recommend |
| 不可解 | (ふかかい) | Baffling/mystery/inexplicable |
| 増資 | (ぞうし) | Increase of capital |
| 空売り | (からうり) | Short selling |
| 主幹事 | (しゅかんじ) | Lead manager/bookrunner (for underwriting) |
| 現行法 | (げんこうほう) | Existing law(s)/law(s) in force |
| 誠に遺憾 | (まことにいかん) | Truly regrettable/unsatisfactory |
| 氷山の一角 | (ひょうざんのいっかく) | Tip of the iceberg |
| 異に | (けに) | Outstandingly/exceptionally |
| 異(殊)に | (ことに) | Especially/above all; additionally |
| 看破 | (かんぱ;みやぶる) | Penetration/see through/fathom |
| 逸話 | (いつわ) | Anecdote |
| 担い手 | (にないて) | Bearer/carrier/person in charge |
| 洒落 | (しゃらく;しゃれ) | Frank/open-hearted; joke/pun |
| 遊郭 | (ゆうかく) | Red light district |
| 花柳 | (かりゅう) | Red light district |
| 盗賊 | (とうぞく) | Thief/robber |
| 風流人 | (ふうりゅうじん) | Man/person of taste/refinement |
| 些細 | (ささい) | Trivial/slight |
| 濫觴 | (らんしょう) | Source/beginning/origin |
| 広義 | (こうぎ) | Wide sense/broader application |
| 狭義 | (きょうぎ) | Narrow sense (of a word)/strict |
| 輪廻 | (りんね) | Samsara/transmigration of souls |
| 大政奉還 | (たいせいほうかん) | Restoration of imperial rule |
| 入獄 | (にゅうごく) | Imprisonment |
| 佐幕派 | (さばくは) | Supporters of the shogun |
| 伸張 | (しんちょう) | Expansion/extension/stretching |
| 渙発 | (かんぱつ) | Promulgation (of rescript, etc.) |
| 漸次 | (ぜんじ) | Gradually/slowly/incrementally |
| 漸進主義 | (ぜんしんしゅぎ) | Gradualism/slow-&-steady policy |
| 風靡 | (ふうび) | Overwhelm/conquer/dominate |
| 水疱瘡 | (みずぼうそう) | Chicken pox (also 水痘,すいとう) |
| 出納 | (すいとう) | Receipts & expenditures |
| 悪癖 | (あくへき) | Bad habit/vice |
| 痴 | (ち) | Foolish (see 痴漢) |
| 痒い | (かゆい) | Itchy |
| 痔 | (じ) | Hemorrhoid |
| 浮流 | (ふりゅう) | Floating/drifting about |
| 雄弁 | (ゆうべん) | Oratory/eloquence |
| 讒謗 | (ざんぼう) | Libel/slander/defamation |
| 権兵衛 | (ごんべえ) | Country bumpkin; John Doe |
| 厨房 | (ちゅうぼう) | Kitchen |
| 下っ端 | (したっぱ) | Underling/@ bottom of hierarchy |
| 強欲 | (ごうよく) | Greedy |
| 衝動的 | (しょうどうてき) | Impulsive |
| 取り憑かれた | (とりつかれた) | Obsessive |
| 鎮痛薬 | (ちんつうやく) | Analgesic |
| 宍 | (しし) | Flesh/meat |
| 禊 | (みそぎ) | Purification ceremony |
| 大祓 | (おおはらい) | Form of Shinto purification |
| 厳正 | (げんせい) | Strictness/impartiality/exactness |
| 発覚 | (はっかく) | Detection/coming to light |
| 抗議 | (こうぎ) | Protest/objection |
| 略式起訴 | (りゃくしききそ) | Summary indictment |
| 検知器 | (けんちき) | Sensor/detector |
| 追求 | (ついきゅう) | Investigation/questioning/pressing |
| 検挙 | (けんきょ) | Arrest/roundup |
| 家宅捜索 | (かたくそうさく) | Premises/household search |
| 証拠隠滅 | (しょうこいんめつ) | Destruction of evidence |
| 虚偽 | (きょぎ) | Untrue/falsehood/deception |
| 捏造 | (ねつぞう) | Fabrication/forgery/falsehood |
| 水増し | (みずまし) | Dilution; inflation/padding |
| 厳粛 | (げんしゅく) | Gravity/solemnity/rigor/severity |
| 正雅 | (せいが) | Proper/elegant/graceful (lit) |
| 賛否 | (さんぴ) | Yes and no/for and against |
| 鼓吹 | (こすい) | Advocacy/encouragement |
| 思潮 | (しちょう) | Trend of thought |
| 講話/媾和 | (こうわ) | Reconciliation/peace |
| 隔絶 | (かくぜつ) | Isolation/separation |
| 動揺させる | (どうよう) | Perturb/unhinge/disquiet/trouble |
| 筆致 | (ひっち) | Literary style/touch |
| 肩肘張る | (かたひじはる) | Swagger/stiffen |
| 境地 | (きょうち) | State (of mind);situation/lot; place |
| 喪失感 | (そうしつかん) | Feeling/sense of loss |
| 躊躇 | (ちゅうちょ) | Hesitation/indecision/vacillation |
| 焰 | (ほむら) | Flame/blaze |
| 神聖 | (しんせい) | Holiness/sacredness/dignity |
| 低俗 | (ていぞく) | Vulgar |
| 欺瞞 | (ぎまん) | Deception/deceit |
| 虚栄 | (きょえい) | Vanity/vainglory |
| 狐疑逡巡 | (こぎしゅんじゅん) | Hesitation and indecision |
| 世渡り | (よわたり) | Making a living/subsistence |
| 苦悶 | (くもん) | Anguish |
| 苦悩 | (くのう) | Suffering/distress/affliction/agony |
| 懐疑 | (かいぎ) | Doubt/skepticism/disbelief |
| 垣間見る | (かいまみる) | Take a peep at/catch glimpse of |
| 交錯 | (こうさく) | Mixture/blending/complication |
| 肯定・否定 | (こうてい・ひてい) | Pros and Cons |
| 憶測/臆測 | (おくそく) | Guess/speculation/supposition |
| 普遍的 | (ふへんてき) | Universal/ubiquitous/omnipresent |
| 葛藤 | (かっとう) | Conflict/complication/discord |
| 突然変異 | (とつぜんへんい) | Mutation |
| 僅か/纔か | (わずか) | Only/merely; little/small amount |
| 庚申薔薇 | (こうしんばら) | China/monthly rose(bush) |
| 難波薔薇 | (ナニワイバラ) | Cherokee rose |
| 客死 | (かくし/きゃくし) | Dying abroad/" in a foreign land |
| 肺結核 | (はいけっかく) | Pulmonary tuberculosis |
| 満蒙 | (まんもう) | Manchuria & Mongolia |
| 文壇 | (ぶんだん) | Literary world/" circles |
| 知遇 | (ちぐう) | Favor/warm friendship |
| 心酔 | (しんすい) | Adoration |
| 手解き | (てほどき) | Initiation; learning the basics |
| 懺悔 | (さんげ/ざんげ) | Repentance/confession/penitence |
| 含蓄の有る | (がんちく) | Significant/suggestive/pregnant |
| 避暑地 | (ひしょち) | Summer resort |
| けじめをつける | Draw a line/take responsibility for | |
| 鸚鵡 | (オウム) | (Large) parrot (incl. cockatoo) |
| 説き伏せる | (ときふせる) | Confute/persuade/convince |
| 勤王(勤皇)家 | (きんのうか) | Loyalist |
| 偏諱を賜う | (へんきをたまう) | Bestow one name kanji on s.o. |
| 忌諱 | (きき/きい) | Displeasure/offence/disliking |
| 系譜 | (けいふ) | Genealogy/pedigree |
| 負債比率 | (ふさいひりつ) | Debt ratio |
| 債務問題 | (さいむもんだい) | Debt problem |
| 債券発行 | (さいけんはっこう) | Debt/bond issuance |
| 債権放棄 | (さいけんほうき) | Debt forgiveness/" waiver |
| 尻拭い | (しりぬぐい) | Cleaning/covering up for another |
| 累積債務 | (るいせきさいむ) | Cumulative debt/" accumulation |
| 国内総生産 | (こくないそうせいさん) | GDP |
| 倒産 | (とうさん) | Corporate bankruptcy/insolvency |
| 暖衣飽食 | (だんいほうしょく) | Being well-fed and well-dressed |
| 炊き出し | (たきだし) | Outdoor soup kitchens |
| しがい | (from する甲斐がある) | Worthy of; worth doing/having |
| 鼬の最後っ屁 | (いたち・へ) | Final defense/emergency measure |
| 河童の屁 | (かっぱのへ) | A cinch |
| そぐわない | Unsuitable/do(es) not match | |
| 被告 | (ひこく) | Defendant/the accused |
| 覆す | (くつがえす) | Overturn/overthrow/undermine |
| 安易 | (あんい) | Simple/easy; easy-going |
| 捜査当局 | (そうさとうきょく) | Investigating/law enforcing authority |
| 萎縮 | (いしゅく) | Withering/atrophy/contraction |
| 鮮明にする | (せんめい) | Make vivid/clear/distinct |
| 言及 | (げんきゅう) | Reference/allusion |
| 万全を期す | (ばんぜん/きす) | To make absolutely/doubly sure |
| 自負心 | (じふしん) | Pride/self-confidence |
| 破棄する | (はき) | Tear up/revoke/annul/reverse |
| 司法制度 | (しほうせいど) | Justice system |
| 補足 | (ほそく) | Supplement/complement |
| 心証 | (しんしょう) | Impression; belief/conviction |
| 量刑 | (りょうけい) | Judge's sentence/case assessment |
| 事実認定 | (じじつにんてい) | Verdict |
| 刑事事件 | (けいじじけん) | Criminal case |
| 刑事司法 | (けいじしほう) | Criminal justice |
| 控訴審 | (こうそしん) | Appeal trial |
| 刑事裁判 | (けいじさいばん) | Criminal trial |
| 下級審 | (かきゅうしん) | Lower court |
| 小法廷 | (しょうほうてい) | Small claims court |
| 最高裁 | (さいこうさい) | Supreme Court |
| 面変わり | (おもがわり) | Change in one's looks/appearance |
| 自己嫌悪 | (じこけんお) | Self-hatred/abhorrence/loathing |
| 愛欲 | (あいよく) | Passion/lust/sexual desire |
| 教祖 | (きょうそ) | Guru |
| 陰膳 | (かげぜん) | Tray (for meal) for absent person |
| 局地的 | (きょくちてき) | Local |
| 試行錯誤 | (しこうさくご) | Trial and error |
| 勿体振る | (もったいぶる) | Put on airs/assume importance |
| 荒唐無稽 | (こうとうむけい) | Absurd/nonsensical/preposterous |
| 掌握する | (しょうあく) | Hold/seize/grasp/command |
| 散漫 | (さんまん) | Vague/desultory/distracted |
| 比喩 | (ひゆ) | Figure of speech/simile/metaphor |
| 流暢 | (りゅうちょう) | Fluent/flowing/smooth/facile |
| 眸/瞳 | (ひとみ) | Pupil (of the eye), (one's) eyes |
| 志向 | (しこう) | Intention/aim/inclination |
| 欠如 | (けつじょ) | (A) lack/want/deficiency/absence |
| 輪郭 | (りんかく) | Contours/profile; outline/sketch |
| 編成 | (へんせい) | Formation/composition/organization |
| 鞭声 | (べんせい) | (The) crack/sound of a whip |
| 軋轢 | (あつれき) | Friction/discord/dissension/strife |
| 均質 | (きんしつ) | Homogeneity |
| 束博 | (そくばく) | Restraint/shackles/fetters/yoke |
| 意図的 | (いとてき) | Intentional/deliberate |
| 跋扈する | (ばっこ) | (Be) rampant/prevalent/dominant |
| 歌枕 | (うたまくら) | Place famed in classical Japanese poetry |
| 就中 | (なかんずく) | Especially/particularly/among (o) |
| 出鱈目 | (でたらめ) | Nonsense/poppycock |
| 兎角 | (とかく) | Apt/prone/tend; various/all sorts; meanwhile |
| 無頓着 | (むとんじゃく) | Indifference/nonchalance/insouciance |
| 幾何/幾許 | (いくばく) | (To) what/some (extent/degree/amount) |
| 裨益 | (ひえき) | Benefit/profit/good |
| 敗北者 | (はいぼくしゃ) | Loser/defeated person |
| 臓器提供 | (ぞうきていきょう) | Organ donation |
| リア充 | (リアルが充実) | "Having solid exp in real world" |
| 解剖 | (かいぼう) | Dissection/autopsy, analysis |
| 孵化 | (ふか) | Incubation/hatching |
| 蚕食 | (さんしょく) | Encroachment/invasion |
| 偽り/詐り | (いつわり) | Falsehood/fabrication/lie |
| 幾許 | (いくばく) | How many/how much |
| 就中 | (なかんずく) | Especially/above all/particularly |
| 兎角/左右 | (とかく) | (Doing) this/that; prone to; anyway |
| 無頓着 | (むとんじゃく) | Indifferent/not caring about |
| 地盤 | (じばん) | Stronghold/base/(the) ground |
| 卑罵語 | (ひばご) | Pejorative/derogatory/invective; see also: 罵詈語、軽蔑語(ばりご、けいべつご) |
| 愛煙家 | (あいえんか) | Heavy smoker(s) |
| くよくよする | Worry about/mope/broad over | |
| 鬼に金棒 | (おににかなぼう) | Overkill (ogre w/spiked club) |
| 所得制限 | (しょとくせいげん) | Income Cap |
| 未曾有 | (みぞう) | Unprecedented |
| 印刷媒体 | (いんさつばいたい) | Print media |
| 広汎に | (こうはん) | Widely/extensively |
| 名誉毀損 | (めいよきそん) | Libel/defamation/slander |
| 年貢の責め時 | (ねんぐのせめじ) | Time to pay the piper |
| 歪み | (ひずみ) | Strain/distortion/bend |
| 減り張り | (メリハリ) | (voice) modulation/variation/liveliness |
| 謗り | (そしり) | Slander/libel/disparagement |
| 冗長な | (じょうちょう) | Tedious; redundant |
| 補助的な | (ほじょてき) | Ancillary/auxiliary |
| 断絶 | (だんぜつ) | Discontinuation/rupture |
| 簿記 | (ぼき) | Bookkeeping |
| 処方箋 | (しょほうせん) | Medical prescription |
| 扠置き | (さておき) | Setting aside/leaving to one side |
| 乖離 | (かいり) | Alienation/estrangement/detachment |
| 骨格 | (こっかく) | Skeleton/build; framework |
| 忌避 | (きひ) | Evasion/avoidance; challenge |
| 空前絶後 | (くうぜんぜつご) | The first and probably last |
| 激烈な | (げきれつ) | Violent/vehement/furious |
| 離脱 | (りだつ) | Withdrawal/breakaway |
| 終焉 | (しゅうえん) | Demise |
| 挫折 | (ざせつ) | Frustration/setback |
| 狼煙 | (のろし/ろうえん) | Beacon/signal fire |
| 依拠 | (いきょ) | Dependence |
| 指弾 | (しだん) | Attack/criticism/blame/disdain |
| 邁進する | (まいしん) | To push forward/work twd aim |
| 凱旋 | (がいせん) | Triumphal return |
| 憚る | (はばかる) | To hesitate/have scruples |
| 踏襲する | (とうしゅう) | To emulate/follow (-'s footsteps) |
| 構想 | (こうそう) | Idea/conception/plan/plot |
| 俊英 | (しゅんえい) | Excellence/genius |
| 徹底 | (てってい) | Thoroughness/completeness |
| 抹殺 | (まっさつ) | Eradication/obliteration/erasure |
| 訝る | (いぶかる) | To wonder/suspect/puzzle about |
| 大胆無謀な | (だいたんむぼう) | Daring/audacious recklessness |
| 還元できる | (かんげん) | Reducible |
| 暗黙な想定 | (あんもく/そうてい) | Tacit/implicit assumption |
| 詐術 | (さじゅつ) | Swindling |
| 素朴 | (そぼく) | Simplicity/artlessness/naiveté |
| 慇懃無礼 | (いんぎんぶれい) | Appearing insincere due to excessive use of politeness |
| 無知文盲 | (むちもんもう) | Ignorant and unlettered |
| 内向 | (ないこう) | Introvert(ed) |
| 暴論 | (ぼうろん) | Irrational (line of) argument |
| 激烈な | (げきれつ) | Violent/vehement/furious |
| 離脱 | (りだつ) | Withdrawal/breakaway |
| 終焉 | (しゅうえん) | Demise |
| 博言学 | (はくげんがく) | Philology |
| 挫折 | (ざせつ) | Frustration/setback |
| 狼煙 | (のろし/ろうえん) | Beacon/signal fire |
| 気運 | (きうん) | Tendency/opportunity/trend |
| 合致 | (がっち) | Conformance/compliance |
| 一蹴する | (いっしゅう) | To kick/reject |
| 依拠 | (いきょ) | Dependence |
| 指弾 | (しだん) | Attack/criticism/blame/disdain |
| 厳密な | (げんみつ) | Strict/close |
| 邁進する | (まいしん) | To push forward/work toward an aim |
| 進言 | (しんげん) | Proposal/counsel/advice |
| 余勢 | (よせい) | Surplus power/momentum/inertia |
| 凱旋 | (がいせん) | Triumphal return |
| 断じる | (だんじる) | Draw the conclusion (that) |
| 憚る | (はばかる) | To hesitate/have scruples |
| 孤立 | (こりつ) | Isolation/helplessness |
| 踏襲する | (とうしゅう) | To emulate/follow (in someone’s footsteps) |
| 構想 | (こうそう) | Idea/conception/plan/plot |
| 俊英 | (しゅんえい) | Excellence/genius |
| 幻想 | (げんそう) | Illusion/phantom/vision |
| 炙り出す | (あぶりだす) | To bring into the open/uncover |
| ならっきし | Quite/utterly/completely | |
| 呆れる | (あきれる) | To be amazed/shocked |
| 冒頭 | (ぼうとう) | Beginning/start/outset |
| 問題提起 | (もんだいていき) | Raising a question/posing a problem |
| 守旧 | (しゅきゅう) | Conservatism |
| 憂える | (うれえる) | To grieve/lament/be anxious |
| 韓国併合 | (かんこくへいごう) | Annexation of Korea (by Japan) |
| 徹底 | (てってい) | Thoroughness/completeness |
| 抹殺 | (まっさつ) | Eradication/obliteration/erasure |
| 醇化 | (じゅんか) | "Refinement"/"purification"/elimination of non-necessary elements |
| 訝る | (いぶかる) | To wonder/suspect/puzzle about |
| ありとあらゆる | Every single/every possible -- | |
| 既存 | (こそん) | Existing/extant |
| 自負 | (じふ) | Conceit/bragging about one's ability |
| 適度 | (てきど) | Moderate |
| 簡易 | (かんい) | Simplicity/convenience/quasi- |
| 大胆無謀な | (だいたんむぼう) | Daring/audacious recklessness |
| 是正 | (ぜせい) | Correction/revision |
| 還元 | (かんげん)できる | Reducible |
| 暗黙な想定 | (あんもくなそうてい) | Tacit/implicit assumption |
| 等式 | (とうしき) | Equality (math) |
| 統治 | (とうち) | Rule/reign/governing |
| 論評 | (ろんぴょう) | Comment/criticism |
| 人為以前 | (じんいいぜん) | Since/prior to human agency |
| 詐術 | (さじゅつ) | Swindling |
| 擁護 | (ようご) | Protection/advocacy/support |
| 膨張 | (ぼうちょう) | Expansion/swelling/growth |
| 閉域 | (へいいき) | Closed (network/system) |
| 容易い | (たやすい) | Easy/simple/light |
| 考察 | (こうさつ) | Consideration/inquiry/enquiry |
| 遠ざける | (とおざける) | To keep away/at a distance |
| 素朴 | (そぼく) | Simplicity/artlessness/naïveté |
| 探求 | (たんきゅう) | Quest/pursuit |
| 堂々巡り | (どうどうめぐり) | Going around in circles |
| 証 | (あかし) | Proof/evidence/testament |
| 慇懃無礼 | (いんぎんぶれい) | Appearing insincere due to excessive use of politeness |
| 文武両道 | (ぶんぶりょうどう) | The way of the warrior scholar |
| 怪文書 | (かいぶんしょ) | "Strange" (subversive) document |
| ~に釘付けになる | (きぎつけ) | (To be) glued to [something] |
| 無知文盲 | (むちもんもう) | Ignorant and unlettered |
| 親孝行 | (おやこうこう) | Showing consideration to one’s parents |
| 味噌もクソも一緒 | “Everything eventually blends into one, so distinguishing miso from excrement is often meaningless” | |
| 暫く | (しばらく) | A (little/short) while/moment |
| 揮毫 | (きごう) | Writing/drawing/painting |
| 衰微 | (すいび) | Decline/decadence/ebb tide |
| 標榜 | (ひょうぼう) | Advocate/champion (of) cause |
| 嚆矢 | (こうし) | The start of things (from...) |
| 鏑矢 | (かぶらや) | Whistling arrow at the start of a battle |
| 潮流 | (ちょうりゅう) | Tide/tidal current/trend |
| 模倣 | (もほう) | Imitation/copying |
| 紋章/家紋 | (もんしょう/かもん) | Japanese family crest/emblem |
| 衣服 | (いふく) | Clothes/clothing |
| 調度 | (ちょうど) | Supplies/furniture/fixtures |
| 優美 | (ゆうび) | Grace/refinement/elegance |
| 装飾的 | (そうしょく) | Decorative |
| 台頭する | (たいとう) | Rise/appear/come to power |
| 団結 | (だんけつ) | Unity/union/combination |
| 識別する | (しきべつ) | Discern/identify |
| 幾何学的 | (きかがく) | Geometrical |
| 墓石 | (はかいし/ぼせき) | Tombstone/gravestone |
| 菱 | (ひし) | Water chestnut |
| 亀甲 | (きっこう) | Tortoise shell |
| 鱗 | (うろこ/こけら) | (Fish) scale |
| 雁 | (かり/かりがね) | Wild goose |
| 桔梗 | (ききょう) | Chinese bellflower |
| 鍬形 | (くわがた) | Hoe-shaped helmet crest |
| 分銅 | (ふんどう) | Weight/counterweight |
| 独楽 | (こま) | Spinning top |
| 沿岸部 | (えんがんぶ) | Coast |
| 瓦礫 | (がれき) | Rubble |
| 石油依存 | (せきゆいぞん) | Oil dependency |
| 謙虚に | (けんきょ) | Humbly |
| 過信 | (かしん) | Overconfidence |
| 傲慢 | (ごうまん) | Arrogance |
| 紙幣 | (しへい) | Paper money |
| 硬貨 | (こうか) | Coinage |
| 報酬 | (ほうしゅう) | Remuneration |
| 給与 | (きゅうよ) | Salary |
| 月給・年俸 | (げっきゅう・ねんぽう) | Monthly vs. Annual (salary) |
| お香典 | (おこうでん) | Buddhist funeral ("incense") offering |
| ご霊前 | (ごれいぜん) | Nondenominational term for "offering" |
| 片手/両手 | Euphemisms for ¥5000/10000 | |
| スリ | Pickpocket | |
| 板の間稼ぎ | (いたのまかせぎ) | Bathhouse thief |
| 詐欺師 | (さぎし) | Swindler/con man |
| 泥棒 | (どろぼう) | Thief/burglar |
| 筋金入り | (すじがねいり) | Staunch/hardcore/dyed-in-wool |
| 万能 | (ばんのう) | All-purpose/utility, almighty |
| 隠蔽 | (いんぺい) | Concealment/suppression/hiding |
| 金銭は他人 | (きんせんはたにん) | In matters of money, everyone is a stranger |
| 熨を付けて返す | (のしをつけてかえす) | Pay (someone) back in spades |
| 一文惜しみの百失い | (いちもんおしみのひゃくうしない) | "Penny wise, pound foolish" |
| 濡れ手に粟 | (ぬれてにあわ) | "Easy money" (lit. "millet that sticks to wet hands") |
| 借りる時の地蔵顔、返す時の閻魔顔 | (じぞうがお、えんまがお) | A cheerful face when borrowing money, a stern/foreboding one when returning it |
| 億万長者 | (おくまんちょうじゃ) | Extremely/filthy rich person |
| 大富豪 | (だいふごう) | Magnate |
| 金物屋 | (かなものや) | Hardware shop |
| 阪神淡路大震災 | (あわじだいしんさい) | Great Kobe Earthquake (1995) |
| 被災地 | (ひさいち) | Location of/area hit by disaster |
| 打撃 | (だげき) | Blow/shock/damage |
| 余震 | (よしん) | Aftershock |
| 需要 | (じゅよう) | Demand/request |
| 供給過剰 | (きょうきゅうかじょう) | Oversupply/excessive supply |
| 復興需要 | (ふっこうじゅよう) | Revived demand |
| 原子炉 | (げんしろ) | Atomic/nuclear reactor |
| 核分裂 | (かくぶんれつ) | Nuclear fission |
| 連鎖反応 | (れんさはんのう) | Chain reaction |
| 炉心溶融 | (ろしんようゆう) | Core meltdown |
| 臨海に達する | (りんかいにたっする) | Reach critical (pressure/temp.) |
| 原子炉格納容器 | (かっくのうようき) | Reactor container/containment vessel |
| 冷却機能喪失 | (れいきゃくきのうそうしつ) | Loss of cooling ability/function |
| 覆い | (おおい) | Mantle/cover/shroud/hood |
| 燃料棒 | (ねんりょうぼう) | Fuel rod |
| 露出 | (ろしゅつ) | Exposure/disclosure |
| 損傷 | (そんしょう) | Damage/injury |
| 放射能 | (ほうしゃのう) | Radioactivity |
| 除染 | (じょせん) | Decontamination |
| 輪番停電 | (りんばんていでん) | Rolling blackouts |
| 復興費用 | (ふっこうひよう) | Reconstruction cost/expense(s) |
| 懸念 | (けねん) | Worry/fear/anxiety/concern |
| 勘案する | (かんあん) | To take into/give consideration |
| 検出する | (けんしゅつ) | To detect/sense (by sensor, etc.) |
| 計測 | (けいそく) | Measurement/measure |
| 搬送する | (はんそう) | To transport/convey/deliver |
| 空輸 | (くうゆ) | Air transport |
| 排出 | (はいしゅつ) | Evacuation/emission/ejection |
| 統合する | (とうごう) | To integrate/unify/synthesize |
| 二酸化炭素排出削減 | Reduction of CO2 emissions | |
| 措置 | (そち) | Measure(s)/step(s) |
| 迅速な | (じんそく) | Fast/streamlined/expedited |
| 時期尚早 | (じきしょうそう) | Premature |
| 試算 | (しさん) | Preliminary/trial calculation |
| 定量化する | (ていりょうか) | To quantify |
| 暫定的 | (ざんてい) | Temporary/provisional |
| 沿岸 | (えんがん) | Coast/shore/littoral |
| 潮位 | (ちょうい) | Tide level |
| 遺体 | (いたい) | Corpse(s)/remains |
| 鉱山 | (こうざん) | Mine |
| 鉱業 | (こうぎょう) | Mining industry |
| 化石燃料 | (かせきねんりょう) | Fossil fuel(s) |
| 財政面 | (ざいせいめん) | Financial aspects |
| 補正予算 | (ほせいよさん) | Revised/supplementary budget |
| 証券/證券 | (しょうけん) | Securities/bonds/certificates |
| 経済損失 | (そんしつ) | Financial loss/fiscal damage |
| 金融 | (きんゆう) | Financing/loaning of $/credit |
| 金融緩和 | (かんわ) | Monetary easing |
| 物流障害 | (ぶつりゅうしょうがい) | Impediment/obstacle/hindrance re: distribution of goods/logistics |
| 設備投資 | (せつびとうし) | Capital investment/expenditure |
| 投資資金 | (とうししきん) | Investment capital |
| 充当 | (じゅうとう) | Allocation/appropriation |
| 国債発行 | (こくさいはっこう) | Government bond issuance |
| 担保 | (たんぽ) | Security/collateral |
| 多様化 | (たようか) | Diversification |
| 地震地帯 | (じしんちたい) | Seismic zone |
| 官僚主義 | (かんりょうしゅぎ) | Bureaucracy |
| 終息 | (しゅうそく) | Having ended/been resolved |
| 薄れる | (うすれる) | To fade/become dim |
| 外需 | (がいじゅ) | Foreign consumption |
| 牽引 | (けんいん) | Hauling/tow/pull/drag |
| 腰折れする | (こしおれ) | To stall/have a relapse |
| 踏み切る | (ふみきる) | To make a bold start/take off |
| 自粛 | (じしゅく) | Self-discipline/control/restraint |
| 慎/虔/謹み深い | (つつしみぶかい) | Discreet/modest/cautious |
| 漂う | (ただよう) | To float/hang/drift about |
| 朽廃 | (きゅうはい) | Decay/dilapidation/ruin |
| 朽壊 | (きゅうかい) | Rotting and crumbling |
| 胡錦濤国家主席 | (こきんとう) | PRC President Hu Jintao |
| 貧楽 | (ひんらく) | Joy in poverty |
| 無精髭 | (ぶしょうひげ) | Stubble/beard(from laziness) |
| 微粒子 | (びりゅうし) | Minute particle/corpuscle |
| 小惑星 | (しょうわくせい) | Asteroid |
| 隕石 | (いんせき) | Meteor |
| 突き止める | (つきとめる) | To ascertain/find out |
| 探査機 | (たんさき) | (Space) probe |
| 快挙 | (かいきょ) | Brilliant achievement |
| 組成 | (そせい) | Composition/constitution |
| 電子顕微鏡 | (でんしけんびきょう) | Electron microscope |
| 醍醐味 | (だいごみ) | The real pleasure/thrill (of something) |
| 四半世紀 | (しはんせいき) | Quarter of a century |
| 野心的 | (やしん) | Ambitious/treacherous |
| 場当たり | (ばあたり) | Playing to the crowd/haphazard |
| 双葉 | (ふたば) | Sprout/bud |
| 葉緑素 | (ようりょくそ) | Chlorophyll |
| 若葉 | (わかば) | Beginner/rookie |
| 枯葉 | (かれは) | "Dead Leaf" (v. beginner mark) |
| 松葉杖 | (まつばづえ) | Crutches |
| 葉物 | (はもの) | Foliage plant |
| 葉柄 | (ようへい) | Leaf stalk/petiole |
| 京葉 | (けいよう) | Tokyo – Chiba |
| 枝葉末節 | (しようまっせつ) | Unimportant details/inessential |
| 針葉樹 | (しんようじゅ) | Conifer/needle-leaved tree |
| 落葉樹 | (らくようじゅ) | Deciduous tree |
| 死人に口なし | ”The dead can't speak” | |
| 永眠の地 | (えいみんのち) | (One's) final resting place |
| 墓地 | (ぼち) | Graveyard |
| 圧制 | (あっせい) | Oppression |
| 畏敬 | (いけい) | Awe |
| 衝動的 | (しょうどう) | Impulsive |
| 縮尺 | (しゅくしゃく) | Reduced scale, scaling |
| 感得 | (かんとく) | Deep/profound realization |
| 機密費/報償費 | (きみつ/ほうしょう) | Secret (discretionary) funds |
| 河川改修 | (かせんかいしゅう) | River improvement |
| 着手する | (ちゃくしゅ) | To undertake/start work on |
| 蛇行 | (だこう) | Meandering/crawling |
| 護岸 | (ごがん) | River dike |
| 河床 | (かしょう/かわどこ) | Riverbed |
| 掘削 | (くっさく) | Excavation/digging out |
| 堤防補強 | (ていぼうほきょう) | Embankment reinforcement |
| 情勢 | (じょうせい) | State of affairs/condition |
| 陳謝 | (ちんしゃ) | Apology |
| 幹部 | (かんぶ) | Management/leaders/top brass |
| 抗議 | (こうぎ) | Protest/objection |
| 流域 | (りゅういき) | (River) basin |
| 治水対策 | (ちすいたいさく) | Flood control measures |
| 用地買収 | (ようちばいしゅう) | Land acquisition |
| 抑止力 | (よくしりょく) | Deterrence |
| 方便 | (ほうべん) | Expedient/means/instrument |
| 無節操 | (むせっそう) | Unprincipled/inconstant |
| 撤回 | (てっかい) | Withdrawal/repeal/revocation |
| 真っ向から | (まっこう) | Head-on/downright |
| 合理化 | (ごうりか) | Rationalization |
| 増幅 | (ぞうふく) | Amplification |
| 辞任 | (じにん) | Resignation |
| 反古にする | (ほご) | To make null & void/revoke |
| 端末 | (たんまつ) | Computer terminal |
| 末端価格 | (まったんかかく) | Street/retail price |
| 遮二無二 | (しゃにむに) | Desperately/recklessly/headlong |
| 克服 | (こくふく) | Subjugation/conquest/victory |
| 抜本的 | (ばっぽん) | Drastic/radical |
| 端緒 | (たんしょ) | Clue/start/beginning |
| 元来 | (がんらい) | Primarily/logically/naturally |
| 模索 | (もさく) | Groping/exploring for a solution |
| 試行錯誤 | (しこうさくご) | Trial and error |
| 先覚者 | (せんかくしゃ) | Seer/pioneer/leading spirit |
| 不可避 | (ふかひ) | Inevitable/inescapable |
| 不可侵の | (ふかしん) | Inviolable/sacred/nonaggression |
| 不可逆 | (ふかぎゃく) | Irreversible |
| 修辞法 | (しゅうじほう) | Rhetoric |
| 旧弊打破 | (きゅうへいだは) | Breaking down antiquated notions/abandoning old-time ways/correcting long-standing abuses |
| 埋没 | (まいぼつ) | Burying/embedding/immersing |
| 便宜 | (べんぎ) | Accommodation/expedience |
| 建白書 | (けんぱくしょ) | Petition/memorial |
| 提唱者 | (ていしょうしゃ) | Advocate/proponent |
| 与党 | (よとう) | Governing party |
| 野党 | (やとう) | Opposition party |
| 鎮圧 | (ちんあつ) | Repression |
| 無能 | (むのう) | Incompetence |
| 原理主義 | (げんりしゅぎ) | Fundamentalism |
| 矛盾 | (むじゅん) | Contradiction |
| 独裁者 | (どくさいしゃ) | Dictator |
| 腐敗した政権 | (ふはい・せいけん) | Corrupt(ed) regime |
| 無秩序 | (むちつじょ) | Anarchy |
| 晴天の霹靂 | (せいてんのへきれき) | A bolt out of the blue |
| 武士は二言が無い | Lit. "a samurai doesn't have a second word" (that which he speaks he will not rescind/modify) | |
| 八百長 | (やおちょう) | Fixed/rigged game |
| 疑惑 | (ぎわく) | Doubt/misgivings/suspicion |
| 押収する | (おうしゅう) | To confiscate/seize |
| 内訳 | (うちわけ) | Breakdown/classification/items |
| 判明する | (はんめい) | To establish/prove/identify/confirm |
| 報道陣 | (ほうどうじん) | Press corps |
| 捜査 | (そうさ) | Investigation/search/inquiry |
| 摘発する | (てきはつ) | To expose/unmask/lay bare |
| 賭博 | (とばく) | Gambling |
| 入念 | (にゅうねん) | Careful/elaborate/scrupulous |
| 故意に | (こい) | Intentionally/knowingly |
| 懲罰 | (ちょうばつ) | Discipline/punishment |
| 一貫して | (いっかん) | Consistently |
| 関与する | (かんよ) | To participate/take part in |
| 立件する | (りっけん) | To build a case against someone |
| 公算 | (こうさん) | Probability/likelihood |
| 娑婆 | (しゃば) | The world outside of prison |
| 足を洗う | To go straight | |
| 堅気 | (かたぎ) | Straight |
| 股旅物 | (またたびもの) | Wandering gambler |
| 仁義 | (じんぎ) | The (gang) code |
| 出入り | (でいり) | (Gang) battle |
| ドス | Short sword | |
| 殴り込む | (なぐりこむ) | Invade (rival gang HQ) |
| 「所詮、俺達の行く先は赤い着物か、白い着物か」 | (しょせん) | "After all, we're bound for either a red kimono (worn by prisoners) or a white kimono (worn by the dead)" |
| 産婆 | (さんば) | Midwife |
| 分娩室/台 | (ぶんべんだい/しつ) | Delivery room/table |
| 帝王切開 | (ていおうせっかい) | Caesarean section |
| 陣痛 | (じんつう) | Contractions |
| 子の刻 | (ね) | Hour of the Rat: 11pm-1am |
| 丑の刻 | (うし) | Hour of the Ox: 1am-3am |
| 寅の刻 | (とら) | Hour of the Tiger: 3am-5am |
| 卯の刻 | (う) | Hour of the Rabbit: 5am-7am |
| 辰の刻 | (たつ) | Hour of the Dragon: 7am-9am |
| 巳の刻 | (み) | Hour of the Snake: 9am-11am |
| 午の刻 | (うま) | Hour of the Horse: 11am-1pm |
| 未の刻 | (ひつじ) | Hour of the Sheep: 1pm-3pm |
| 申の刻 | (さる) | Hour of the Monkey: 3pm-5pm |
| 酉の刻 | (とり) | Hour of the Rooster: 5pm-7pm |
| 戌の刻 | (いぬ) | Hour of the Dog: 7pm-9pm |
| 亥の刻 | (い) | Hour of the Boar: 9pm-11pm |
| 希薄/稀薄 | (きはく) | Rarified, diluted, sparse, weak |
| 婉曲迂遠 | (えんきょくうえん) | Euphemistic & circumlocutory |
| 鋸屑 | (のこくず) | Sawdust |
| 粗野で残酷 | (そやでざんこく) | Crude/rustic/vulgar and cruel |
| 豪放粗野 | (ごうほうそや) | Bold(frank/unaffected) & boorish |
| 豪放磊落 | (ごうほうらいらく) | Broadminded |
| 貶される | (けなされる) | (To be) maligned/spoken ill of |
| 香具師/弥四/野師 | (やし) | Showman/charlatan/faker |
| 崇高 | (すうこう) | Loftiness/sublimity/nobility |
| 滑稽 | (こっけい) | Funny/humorous/comical |
| 異形 | (いぎょう) | Fantastic/grotesque/atypical |
| 慷概 | (こうがい) | Righteous/patriotic indignation |
| 憤慨 | (ふんがい) | Indignation/resentment |
| 博徒 | (ばくと) | Gamblers |
| 的屋 | (てきや) | Stall-keepers/racketeers |
| 任侠/仁侠団体 | (にんきょうだんたい) | "Chivalrous organization" (=Yakuza) |
| 愚連隊 | (ぐれんたい) | (Gang of) ruffians/hoodlums |
| 玄洋社 | (げんようしゃ) | Dark Ocean Society |
| 黒龍会 | (こくりゅうかい) | Black Dragon/Amur River Society |
| 百姓 | (ひゃくしょう) | Farmer |
| 御裾分け | (おすそわけ) | Sharing w/others your blessing |
| 膳 | (ぜん) | Table/tray, bowl/hashi counter |
| 幼稚 | (ようち) | Childishness |
| 降参する | (こうさん) | To give up/into, surrender |
| 規律 | (きりつ) | Discipline |
| 打ち明ける | To confide (in) | |
| 醜い | (みにく) | Ugly |
| 雲霞の如く | (うんかのごとく) | In swarms |
| 鰥寡孤独 | (かんかこどく) | The lonely & helpless/those with no one upon whom to depend/people who have no kith or kin |
| 衆寡 | (しゅうか) | The many and the few |
| 投棄 | (とうき) | Abandonment, disposal |
| 無事平穏 | (ぶじへいおん) | Peace & quiet, safe & peaceful |
| 乱高下 | (らんこうげ) | Violent fluctuation |
| 消極的 | (しょうきょく) | Passive |
| 尖閣諸島 | (せんかくしょとう) | Senkaku Islands |
| 衝突 | (しょうとつ) | Collision |
| 釈放する | (しょくほう) | Release/set free |
| 本能的に | Instinctively | |
| 清貧 | (せいひん) | "Clean poverty" |
| 困窮 | (こんきゅう) | Squeezed for cash |
| 神秘的 | (しんぴてき) | Mysterious |
| 不器用 | (ぶきよう) | Awkwardness |
| 自尊心 | (じそんしん) | Pride |
| 軽蔑する | (けいべつ) | Spit in someone's face/disdain them |
| ふさぎこむ | Mope around | |
| 空威張り | (からいばり) | Brave words |
| 巡礼者 | (じゅんれいしゃ) | Pilgrims |
| 生涯のともだち | (しょうがいのともだち) | Lifelong friend |
| 当惑 | (とうわく) | Embarrassment |
| 上の空 | (うわのそら) | Absentmindedness |
| カッとなる | Lose one's temper | |
| はにかんだ | Bashful | |
| はねつける | Spurn | |
| 尻が青い | Wet behind the ears | |
| ネズミ取り | Speed trap | |
| うわべだけのお世辞 | Left-handed compliment | |
| 手前味噌 | (てまえみそ) | Self-flattery |
| 尊大に構える | (そんだいにかまえる) | Act self-importantly |
| 能ある鷹は爪を隠す | “The skilled hawk does not bare its talons” | |
| 蔑む | (さげす) | Scorn/despise |
| 地道 | (じみち) | Steady/honest/straightforward |
| 暗転 | (あんてん) | Turn for the worse |
| 牛蒡抜き | (ごぼうぬき) | Come from behind (race) |
| どんでん返し | Complete/sudden reversal | |
| 食指が動く | (しょくしがうごく) | Desire/yearn to secure |
| 尻馬に乗る | (しりうまにのる) | Ride someone's coattails |
| 胡座 | (あぐら) | Sitting cross-legged |
| 筆頭 | (ひっとう) | Tip of a brush/top of a list |
| 斡旋する | (あっせん) | Arrange |
| 書斎 | (しょさい) | (One's) study |
| 警醒 | (けいせい) | Warning/wake-up call |
| 真珠湾 | (しんじゅわん) | Pearl Harbor |
| 襲撃 | (しゅうげき) | Surprise attack/sudden assault |
| 篝火 | (かがりび) | Bonfire |
| 跳梁 | (ちょうりょう) | Rampancy/domination |
| 大言壮語 | (たいげんそうご) | Boasting/bragging/big talk |
| 大往生 | (だいおうじょう) | Peaceful (natural) death |
| 暢気/呑気 | (のんき) | Carefree/happy-go-lucky |
| 御鬚の塵を払う | (おひげのちりをはらう) | Flatter/adulate |
| 汲取 | (くみとり) | Collection/pumping (night soil) |
| 公判 | (こうはん) | Trial |
| 法廷 | (ほうてい) | Courtroom |
| 起訴状 | (きそじょう) | Indictment |
| 検察官 | (けんさつかん) | Prosecutor |
| 被告人 | (ひこくにん) | Defendant |
| 証人 | (しょうにん) | Witness |
| 黙秘権 | (もくひけん) | Right to remain silent |
| 朗らか | (ほがらか) | Cheerful |
| 肥満 | (ひまん) | Obese |
| 絶讃 | (ぜっさん) | High praise/rave review |
| 哀話 | (あいわ) | Sad story |
| 億劫 | (おっくう/おくこう) | Troublesome/annoying |
| 歯軋り | (はぎしり) | Grinding teeth (in anger) |
| 冒頭陳述 | (ぼうとうちんじゅつ) | Opening statement |
| 双書・叢書・総書 | (そうしょ) | Series (pub)/library (lit) |
| 零落 | (れいらくする/こぼれおちる) | Fall on bad times/ruin/be reduced to poverty |
| 抵抗を試みる | (ていこうをこころみる) | Put up/offer resistance |
| 強情 | (ごうじょう) | Obstinacy/stubbornness |
| 手際よく | (てぎわよく) | Deftly/with lots of skill |
| 座右の銘 | (ざゆうのめい) | Desk/favorite motto |
| 描写 | (びょうしゃ) | Depiction/portrayal |
| 変遷 | (へんせん) | △/transition/vicissitude |
| 詞章 | (ししょう) | Poetry and prose |
| 楊貴妃 | (ようきひ) | Yang Guifei (Consort Yang Yuhuan, great beauty of Tang dynasty) |
| 症候群 | (しょうこうぐん) | Syndrome |
| 内気 | (うちき) | Shy/withdrawn |
| 褥瘡=床擦れ | (じょくそう=とこずれ) | Bedsore |
| お節介を焼く | (おせっかいをやく) | To meddle |
| 緊迫した空気 | (きんぱくしたくうき) | Tension(s) |
| 無作法な | (ぶさほう) | Crude |
| 率直な意見 | (そっちょくないけん) | Frank opinion |
| 如才ない | (じょさいない) | Tactful/shrewd/clever |
| 視野を広げる | (しやをひろげる) | Broaden one's horizons |
| 成語 | (せいご) | Set phrases |
| 故事 | (こじ) | Fables |
| 名言 | (めいげん) | Famous quotations |
| 慣用句 | (かんようく) | Idioms |
| 論語 | (ろんご) | Confucian Analects |
| 自己憐憫 | (じこれんびん) | Self pity |
| 太陰暦 | (たいいんれき) | Lunar calendar |
| 試行錯誤 | (しこうさくご) | Trial and error |
| 支離滅裂 | (しりめつれつ) | "things all messed up" |
| 危機一髪 | (ききいっぱつ) | "a close call" |
| 吊り広告 | (つりこうこく) | Hanging ad (train, etc.) |
| ズバリ | No punches pulled | |
| 暴露する | (ばくろ) | To disclose/lay bare |
| 凶悪犯罪 | (きょうあくはんざい) | Serious crimes |
| 殺人未遂 | (さつじんみすい) | Attempted murder |
| 強盗 | (ごうとう) | Armed robbery |
| 放火 | (ほうか) | Arson |
| 強姦 | (ごうかん) | Rape |
| 巡査 | (じゅんさ) | Patrolman |
| 機動隊 | (きどうたい) | Mechanized riot police |
| 公安警察 | Public-security police | |
| 憲兵/警務隊 | (けんぺい/けいむたい) | Military police |
| 逃亡者 | (とうぼうしゃ) | Fugitive |
| 前科者 | (ぜんかもの) | Someone with a previous criminal record |
| 濡れ衣を着せる | (ぬれぎぬをきせる) | To frame |
| 冤罪裁判 | (えんざいさいばん) | Miscarriage of justice |
| 疑わしきは罰せず | (うたがわしきはばっせず) | Suspicion ≠ guilt |
| 聞き込み | Door-to-door canvassing | |
| 全国指名手配 | Nationwide dragnet | |
| 一に簡単、二に明瞭、三に痛快 | (かんたん、めいりょう、つうかい) | 1) Simple, 2) Clear, 3) Enjoyable [from the 萬諜報(よろずちょうほう)] |
| 亭主関白 | (ていしゅかんぱく) | "A husband who wears the pants in the family" |
| 油断大敵 | (ゆだんたいてき) | "A small slip can cause great trouble" |
| 八方美人 | (はっぽうびじん) | "A flunky who tries to please everyone" |
| 画蛇添足=>蛇足 | (がだてんそく) | ''Legs on a snake” (something redundant/superfluous) |
| 石の上にも三年 | Persistence pays ("Even if you must spend 3 years on top of a rock") | |
| 呉越同舟 | (ごえつどうしゅう) | "Go & Etsu on the same boat" (alliance btw. bitter enemies to fight off greater threat) {Go=Wu, Etsu=Yue, China's Spring & Autumn period] |
| 百聞不如一見=百聞は一見に如かず | (ひゃくぶんはひとみにしかず) | "One hundred hearings are not equal to seeing once" |
| 泥縄式だ=泥棒を捕らえて縄をなう | (どろなわしき) | "To start braiding the rope after capturing the thief" |
| やぶ蛇だ=薮をつついて蛇を出す | (やぶへび) | "To poke at a bush and drive out the snake" |
| 弁論 | (べんろん) | Debate/discussion/argument |
| 外向 | (がいこう) | Extroverted/outgoing |