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| Kanji | Spelling | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 実感 | じっかん | 1. real feeling; actual feeling 2. to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally |
| 訴訟 | そしょう | litigation; lawsuit |
| 世帯 | せたい | household; home; family; housekeeping |
| 好調 | こうちょう | favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape |
| 全集 | ぜんしゅう | complete works |
| 命じる | めいじる | to order; to command; to appoint |
| 袋 | ふくろ | 1. bag; sack; pouch 2. skin of an orange (and other like fruits) 3. dead end 4. plot of land surrounded by water |
| 何も | なにも | 1. nothing (with neg. verbs); not any 2. and everything else (with noun plus "mo"); all |
| ほぼ | almost; roughly; approximately | |
| 割引券 | わりびきけん | discount coupon or ticket |
| 騒ぎ | さわぎ | uproar; disturbance |
| 書籍 | しょせき | book; publication |
| 寮 | りょう | 1. hostel; dormitory 2. bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system) |
| 水素 | すいそ | hydrogen |
| 正解 | せいかい | correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution) |
| 直通 | ちょくつう | direct communication |
| 原作 | げんさく | original work |
| 真相 | しんそう | truth; real situation |
| 合成 | ごうせい | 1. composition; synthesis 2. composite; compound; synthetic; mixed; combined |
| 手帳 | てちょう | 1. notebook; memo pad; (pocket) diary 2. certificate 3. identification card |
| 理事 | りじ | director; board of directors |
| 対抗 | たいこう | opposition; antagonism |
| 円高 | えんだか | appreciation of the yen; strong yen; strengthening of the yen; high-valued yen; exchange in favor of the yen (favour) |
| 効力 | こうりょく | effect; efficacy; validity; potency |
| 実践 | じっせん | practice; practising; putting into practice; implementation |
| 進める | すすめる | to advance; to promote; to hasten |
| 国産 | こくさん | domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country |
| 持ち上げる | もちあげる | 1. to elevate; to raise; to lift up 2. to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky |
| 同居 | どうきょ | coexistence; living together |
| 研究所 | けんきゅうしょ | research establishment; research institute; laboratory |
| 行使 | こうし | use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.) |
| 注ぐ | そそぐ | 1. to pour (into); to fill 2. to sprinkle on from above; to shed (e.g. tears) 3. to concentrate one's spirit (strength, attention) on |
| 狙い | ねらい | aim |
| 賞金 | しょうきん | prize; monetary award |
| 出力 | しゅつりょく | output (electrical, signal, etc.) |
| 転勤 | てんきん | job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer |
| 保守 | ほしゅ | 1. maintenance 2. conservatism; conservativeness; conservation |
| 雨天 | うてん | rainy weather |
| 見込み | みこみ | 1. hope; promise; possibility; chance; probability; likelihood 2. expectation; anticipation; forecast; estimate 3. side of a structural member |
| 方々 | かたがた | 1. they (of people); gentlemen (of the ...) 2. you (usu. plural) 3. various |
| 衣服 | いふく | clothes |
| 主人 | しゅじん | 1. head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady 2. one's husband 3. (one's) employer; (one's) master 4. host; hostess |
| 先祖 | せんぞ | ancestor |
| 本書 | ほんしょ | text; script; this book |
| 旅客 | りょかく | passenger (transport) |
| 物資 | ぶっし | goods; materials |
| 追放 | ついほう | exile; banishment; eviction; deportation; transportation |
| 本屋 | ほんや | 1. bookstore; bookshop 2. publisher 3. main building |
| 薬局 | やっきょく | pharmacy; chemist (shop); drugstore |
| 原稿 | げんこう | manuscript; copy |
| 航空券 | こうくうけん | airline ticket; plane ticket; air ticket |
| 動力 | どうりょく | power; motive power; dynamic force |
| 生涯 | しょうがい | one's lifetime (i.e. one's existence until death); one's career |
| 動員 | どういん | mobilization; mobilisation |
| 効く | きく | 1. to be effective; to show effect 2. to do its work; to carry out its function well 3. to be possible to use |
| 仕様 | しよう | 1. way; method; means; resource; remedy 2. (technical) specification |
| 経歴 | けいれき | personal history; career |
| 左側 | ひだりがわ | left; left (hand) side |
| 後期 | こうき | latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester |
| 御 | ご | honorific/polite/humble prefix |
| 虎 | とら | 1. tiger (Panthera tigris) 2. drunkard; drunk; sot |
| 看護 | かんご | nursing; (army) nurse |
| 孤独 | こどく | isolation; loneliness; solitude |
| 学歴 | がくれき | academic background |
| 資本主義 | しほんしゅぎ | capitalism |
| 天才 | てんさい | genius; prodigy; natural gift |
| 気圧 | きあつ | atmospheric pressure |
| 親しむ | したしむ | to be intimate with; to befriend |
| 節約 | せつやく | economising; saving |
| 間接 | かんせつ | indirection; indirectness |
| 右側 | みぎがわ | right side; right hand |
| 動機 | どうき | motive; incentive |
| 両者 | りょうしゃ | pair; the two; both persons; both things |
| 中日 | ちゅうにち | 1. China and Japan 2. the middle day 3. the equinoctial day |
| 侵入 | しんにゅう | invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass; penetration |
| 権威 | けんい | authority; power; influence |
| いたずら | 1. mischief; prank; trick; practical joke 2. pastime; hobby 3. playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with; messing around with 4. l... behaviour; s...... misconduct; s..... assault; molestation; r.... | |
| 弱点 | じゃくてん | weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot; tender spot |
| 行い | おこない | deed; act; action; conduct; behavior; behaviour; asceticism |
| 悪口 | わるくち | abuse; insult; slander; evil speaking; bad mouth |
| 噴火 | ふんか | eruption |
| 他方 | たほう | 1. one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party 2. on the other hand |
| 用紙 | ようし | 1. blank form 2. sheets of paper; sheet of paper |
| 通り | どおり | 1. in accordance with; following 2. roughly; about 3. Street; Avenue |
| 役人 | やくにん | government official |
| 泥 | どろ | 1. mud; slush; (wet) dirt; mire 2. thief |
| 調和 | ちょうわ | harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement |
| 株 | かぶ | 1. stock; share 2. stump 3. root; rootstock 4. strain (of bacteria, etc.) |
| 創立 | そうりつ | establishment; founding; organization; organisation |
| 感心 | かんしん | admiration; Well done! |
| 沖 | おき | offshore; open sea |
| 弟子 | でし | pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person; teacher's student-helper |
| 起源 | きげん | origin; beginning; rise |
| 更新 | こうしん | renewal; update; innovation; improvement |
| 気象 | きしょう | 1. weather; climate 2. disposition; temperament |
| 満ちる | みちる | 1. to be full 2. to wax (e.g. moon) 3. to rise (e.g. tide) 4. to mature; to expire |
| 野外 | やがい | 1. outdoors; outside; open air 2. fields; outskirts; suburbs |
| 組長 | くみちょう | boss (esp. yakuza); foreman |
| 刻む | きざむ | 1. to mince; to cut fine; to chop up; to hash; to shred 2. to carve; to engrave; to chisel; to notch 3. to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); 4. to etch (into one's mind); to remember distinctly |
| 素人 | しろうと | 1. amateur; layman; ordinary person; novice 2. respectable woman (not a prostitute, hostess, geisha, etc.) 3. unlicensed prostitute |