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| Kanji | Spelling | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 体 | たい | 1. body; physique; posture 2. shape; form; style 3. substance; identity; reality |
| 銀 | ぎん | silver |
| 一応 | いちおう | 1. more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion; pretty much; roughly; so far as it goes 2. tentatively; for the time being 3. just in case 4. once |
| 街角 | まちかど | street corner |
| 再生 | さいせい | 1. resuscitation; regeneration; restoration to life 2. reformation; rehabilitation |
| 叔父 | おじ | uncle |
| 身分 | みぶん | social position; social status |
| 廃止 | はいし | abolition; repeal |
| 映像 | えいぞう | 1. reflection; image; picture (e.g. on a television); shot 2. video; film; footage; clip; video recording 3. image in one's mind; mental picture |
| にくい | difficult to ...; hard to ... | |
| 素敵 | すてき | lovely; dreamy; beautiful; great; fantastic; superb; cool; capital |
| 境 | さかい | border; boundary |
| 何と | なんと | what; how; whatever |
| 措置 | そち | measure; measures; step |
| 政党 | せいとう | political party |
| 観測 | かんそく | observation; survey; measurement |
| 定める | さだめる | to decide; to establish; to determine |
| 高める | たかめる | to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance |
| 予備 | よび | preparation; preliminaries; reserve; spare |
| 株式 | かぶしき | stock (company) |
| 改造 | かいぞう | remodeling; remodelling; restructuring |
| 天候 | てんこう | weather |
| 演技 | えんぎ | acting; performance |
| 効率 | こうりつ | efficiency; efficacy; performance; utility factor |
| 改める | あらためる | 1. to change; to alter; to revise; to replace 2. to reform; to correct; to mend; to improve |
| 運命 | うんめい | fate; destiny; lot |
| 衛星 | えいせい | satellite |
| 工学 | こうがく | engineering |
| っぱなし | keep ...-ing (negative nuance, with the state being improper, unpleasant, etc.); have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use | |
| 大国 | たいこく | large country; major powers |
| 基地 | きち | base |
| 舌 | した | tongue |
| 削減 | さくげん | cut; reduction; curtailment |
| 処分 | しょぶん | 1. disposal; dealing (with a problem); disposition; measure; procedure 2. punishment |
| 犠牲 | ぎせい | victim; sacrifice; scapegoat |
| 映る | うつる | to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen) |
| 配達 | はいたつ | delivery; distribution |
| 記述 | きじゅつ | description; descriptor |
| 幼児 | ようじ | infant; baby; child |
| 有する | ゆうする | to own; to be endowed with |
| 愛 | あい | love; affection; care |
| 日の出 | ひので | sunrise |
| 用語 | ようご | 1. term; terminology 2. wording; choice of words; phraseology |
| 財政 | ざいせい | financial affairs; public finance |
| 名称 | めいしょう | name; title |
| 角度 | かくど | angle |
| 上司 | じょうし | superior authorities; boss |
| 民主 | みんしゅ | democracy; popular sovereignty |
| 役所 | やくしょ | government office; public office |
| 四季 | しき | four seasons |
| 東北 | とうほく | north-east |
| 謎 | なぞ | riddle; puzzle; enigma; mystery |
| 先行 | せんこう | preceding; going first; leading; going ahead; taking priority |
| 話し合う | はなしあう | to discuss; to talk together |
| 嫌う | きらう | to hate; to dislike; to loathe |
| 人々 | ひとびと | each person; people; men and women; everybody |
| 書道 | しょどう | calligraphy |
| 流通 | りゅうつう | circulation of money or goods; flow of water or air; distribution |
| 雇用 | こよう | employment (long term); hire |
| 心身 | しんしん | mind and body |
| 年金 | ねんきん | annuity; pension |
| 真実 | しんじつ | truth; reality |
| 天井 | てんじょう | ceiling; ceiling price |
| 前進 | ぜんしん | advance; drive; progress |
| 国連 | こくれん | United Nations; UN |
| 辺り | あたり | 1. on the bank of; by the side of (e.g. a river, pond) 2. (in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearby 3. around (Sunday, last year, etc...) 4. for instance |
| 勢力 | せいりょく | influence; power; might; strength; potency; force; energy |
| 公表 | こうひょう | official announcement; proclamation |
| 反発 | はんぱつ | 1. opposition; rebellion; revolt; resistance; backlash; refusal 2. rebounding; recoiling; repulsion |
| 基づく | もとづく | to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from |
| 北西 | ほくせい | northwest |
| 行列 | ぎょうれつ | line; queue; procession; parade |
| 標準 | ひょうじゅん | standard; level; norm |
| 以降 | いこう | on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since |
| 学長 | がくちょう | university president |
| 冒険 | ぼうけん | risk; venture; adventure |
| 残業 | ざんぎょう | overtime (work) |
| 確定 | かくてい | decision; settlement |
| 濃い | こい | 1. deep (colour); dark 2. strong (flavour, smell, etc.) 3. thick (consistency); dense 4. strong (possibility, etc.) 5. thick (i.e. "as thick as thieves"); close; deep (love, etc.) |
| 限定 | げんてい | limit; restriction |
| 穏やか | おだやか | calm; gentle; quiet |
| 例 | れい | 1. custom; practice; habit; usual 2. said; aforementioned 3. instance; example; case; illustration; usage 4. precedent |
| 南東 | なんとう | southeast |
| 意義 | いぎ | meaning; significance |
| 駐車 | ちゅうしゃ | parking (e.g. car) |
| 固定 | こてい | fixation; fixing (e.g. salary, capital) |
| 天下 | てんか | 1. the whole world 2. the whole country 3. society; the public 5. having one's own way; doing as one pleases |
| 上京 | じょうきょう | proceeding to the capital (Tokyo) |
| 加入 | かにゅう | becoming a member; joining; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation; adherence; signing |
| 所有 | しょゆう | one's possessions; ownership |
| 友情 | ゆうじょう | friendship; fellowship; camaraderie |
| 区域 | くいき | limits; boundary; domain; zone; sphere; territory |
| 法則 | ほうそく | law; rule |
| 任務 | にんむ | duty; function; office; mission; task |
| 焦点 | しょうてん | focus (e.g. photographic); focal point |
| 見通し | みとおし | 1. unobstructed view; perspective; visibility; vista 2. forecast; outlook; prospect; prediction 3. insight; foresight |
| 福祉 | ふくし | welfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service |
| 題 | だい | 1. title; subject; theme; topic 2. problem (on a test); question |
| 梅 | うめ | 1. Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Chinese plum 2. lowest (of a three-tier ranking system) |
| 縮小 | しゅくしょう | reduction; curtailment |