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| Kanji | Spelling | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 日付 | ひづけ | date; dating |
| 役目 | やくめ | duty; business; role |
| 異なる | ことなる | to differ; to vary; to disagree |
| 土木 | どぼく | engineering works; civil engineering; public works |
| 定年 | ていねん | retirement age |
| 出品 | しゅっぴん | exhibit; display; putting something up for sale |
| 品質 | ひんしつ | (material) quality |
| 仲間 | なかま | 1. company; fellow; colleague; associate; comrade; mate; group; circle of friends; partner 2. member of the same category |
| 昭和 | しょうわ | Showa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7) |
| 幹部 | かんぶ | management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons |
| 頂上 | ちょうじょう | top; summit; peak |
| 腰 | こし | 1. back; lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region 2. body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring |
| 王子 | おうじ | prince |
| 旗 | はた | flag |
| 知的 | ちてき | intellectual |
| 指揮 | しき | command; direction |
| 条約 | じょうやく | treaty; pact |
| 生存 | せいぞん | 1. existence; being; survival 2. to exist; to live; to survive |
| 連合 | れんごう | union; alliance; combination |
| 定義 | ていぎ | definition |
| 大正 | たいしょう | Taisho era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25) |
| 得る | える | 1. to get; to earn; to acquire; to procure; to gain; to secure; to attain; to obtain; to win 2. to understand; to comprehend 3. to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill) |
| 高級 | こうきゅう | 1. high class; high grade 2. high rank; seniority |
| 膝 | ひざ | 1. knee 2. lap; knee and thigh (while sitting) |
| 道徳 | どうとく | morals |
| 多数 | たすう | 1. great number 2. countless; majority |
| 大型 | おおがた | large; large scale; big; jumbo |
| 生る | なる | to bear fruit |
| 役者 | やくしゃ | actor; actress |
| 光景 | こうけい | scene; spectacle; sight; view |
| 優先 | ゆうせん | preference; priority; precedence |
| 男女 | だんじょ | men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders |
| 本体 | ほんたい | 1. substance; real form 2. main part; main unit; body (of a machine) |
| 粒 | つぶ | 1. grain; bead; drop 2. counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops |
| 保健 | ほけん | health preservation; hygiene; sanitation |
| 成分 | せいぶん | ingredient; component; composition |
| 手入れ | ていれ | 1. repairs; maintenance; tending; trimming; grooming 2. crackdown; (police) raid |
| 明治 | めいじ | Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30) |
| 大工 | だいく | carpenter |
| 向き | むき | direction; orientation; aspect; situation; exposure; suitability; tendency |
| 睡眠 | すいみん | sleep |
| 及ぶ | およぶ | 1. to reach; to amount to; to befall; to happen to; to extend 2. to be up to the task; to come up to 3. to compare with; to be a match (for) 4. to commit (a crime) |
| 朝日 | あさひ | morning sun |
| 本国 | ほんごく | one's own country |
| 非難 | ひなん | criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach |
| 圧力 | あつりょく | 1. pressure; stress 2. coercion; arm-twisting |
| 手前 | てまえ | 1. before; this side 2. one's standpoint; one's appearance 3. we 4. you |
| 要する | ようする | to need; to demand; to take; to require |
| 蹴る | ける | 1. to kick 2. to refuse; to reject |
| 平野 | へいや | plain; open field |
| 差 | さ | difference; variation |
| 発想 | はっそう | idea; conception; way of thinking |
| 境界 | きょうかい | boundary |
| 決勝 | けっしょう | decision of a contest; finals (in sports) |
| 独自 | どくじ | 1. original; unique; distinctive; characteristic; peculiar 2. independent; one's own; personal |
| 携帯 | けいたい | 1. something carried (in the hand); handheld; portable 2. mobile telephone; cell phone |
| 職場 | しょくば | one's post; place of work; workplace |
| 家屋 | かおく | house; building |
| 配る | くばる | to distribute; to deliver; to deal (cards) |
| 広まる | ひろまる | to spread; to be propagated |
| 組 | くみ | 1. set (of items) 2. group (of people); class (of students); company (esp. construction); family (i.e. mafia); team |
| 名物 | めいぶつ | famous product; special product; speciality; specialty |
| 経る | へる | 1. to pass; to elapse; to go by 2. to pass through; to go through 3. to experience; to go through; to undergo |
| 参照 | さんしょう | reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer) |
| 課程 | かてい | course; curriculum |
| 短期 | たんき | short-term |
| 月末 | げつまつ | end of the month |
| 測る | はかる | 1. to measure; to weigh; to survey; to time (sound, gauge, estimate) 2. to conjecture; to infer; to surmise |
| 全然 | ぜんぜん | 1. not at all (with neg. verb) 2. wholly; entirely; completely |
| 主題 | しゅだい | subject; theme; motif |
| 嵐 | あらし | 1. storm; tempest 2. difficulty; trouble |
| 見直す | みなおす | 1. to look again 2. to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review 3. to get a better opinion of; to see something in a more positive light 4. to improve; to recover (market, illness, etc.) |
| 論理 | ろんり | logic |
| 改良 | かいりょう | improvement; reform |
| 批評 | ひひょう | criticism; review; commentary |
| 週末 | しゅうまつ | weekend |
| 本文 | ほんぶん | text (of document); body (of letter) |
| 祝日 | しゅくじつ | national holiday; public holiday |
| 当選 | とうせん | 1. being elected 2. being selected (to win a prize, etc.) 3. winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.) |
| 引っ張る | ひっぱる | 1. to pull; to draw; to pull tight 2. to string (lines); to run (cable); to stretch 3. to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve) 4. to drag; to haul; to tow 5. to lead (e.g. one's followers) |
| 工作 | こうさく | 1. handicraft 2. work; construction; manufacturing 3. maneuvering; manoeuvering |
| 特集 | とくしゅう | feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report |
| 東京 | とうきょう | Tokyo |
| 奇妙 | きみょう | strange; queer; curious |
| 比率 | ひりつ | ratio; proportion; percentage |
| 機関 | きかん | 1. engine 2. agency; organisation; organization; institution; organ; body 3. system; facility; facilities |
| 応募 | おうぼ | application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment |
| かもしれない | may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly | |
| 実態 | じったい | true state; actual condition; reality |
| 会見 | かいけん | interview; audience |
| 根拠 | こんきょ | basis; foundation |
| 制服 | せいふく | uniform |
| 苦痛 | くつう | pain; agony; bitterness |
| 裸 | はだか | naked; nude; bare |
| 目標 | もくひょう | mark; objective; target |
| 表紙 | ひょうし | 1. front cover; binding; (book) cover 2. appearing on the cover of a magazine |
| 典型 | てんけい | type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetypal; representative |
| 支援 | しえん | support; backing; aid; assistance |
| 業績 | ぎょうせき | achievement; performance; results; work; contribution |
| 部門 | ぶもん | division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category; department |