Kanji List
日
- kun: ひ, -び, -か
- on: ニチ, ジツ
- meaning: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 日 ひ day, days; sun, sunshine, sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate), event 同日 どうじつ the same day 日米 にちべい Japan-America 日本人 にほんじん, にっぽんじん Japanese person, Japanese people 毎日 まいにち every day 前日 ぜんじつ, まえび previous day, the day before 全日 ぜんじつ all days 日程 にってい schedule, program, programme, agenda 日本語 にほんご, にっぽんご Japanese (language) 今日 こんにち, きょう, こんち, こんじつ today, this day
一
- kun: ひと-, ひと.つ
- on: イチ, イツ
- meaning: one, one radical (no.1)
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 一つ ひとつ one; for one thing (often used in itemized lists); (after a noun) only; (with a verb in negative form) (not) even; just (i.e. "just try it") 一月 いちがつ January 一般 いっぱん general, liberal, universal, ordinary, average 一番 いちばん best, first, number one; game, round, bout, fall, event (in a meet) 一部 いちぶ one part, one portion, one section, some; one copy (e.g. of a document) 一方 いっぽう 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; on the one hand, on the other hand; whereas, although, but at the same time, meanwhile, in turn; (after noun, adjective-stem or plain verb) just keeps, being inclined to ..., tending to be ..., tending to do ..., ntinuously ..., just keeps on ...ing, only 十一 じゅういち, ジュウイチ 11, eleven; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax) 十一月 じゅういちがつ November 統一 とういつ unity, consolidation, uniformity, unification, compatible 一時 いちじ, いっとき one hour, short time, once, a time, temporarily, at one time, twelfth part of a day
人
- kun: ひと, -り, -と
- on: ジン, ニン
- meaning: person
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 外国人 がいこくじん foreigner 個人 こじん individual, private person, personal, private 三人 さんにん, みたり three people 人間 にんげん human being, man, person; character (of a person) 人気 にんき popular, popular feeling, business conditions 人口 じんこう population; common talk 日本人 にほんじん, にっぽんじん Japanese person, Japanese people 人々 ひとびと, にんにん each person, people, men, human, everybody 二人 ふたり, ににん two persons, two people, pair, couple 証人 しょうにん witness
年
- kun: とし
- on: ネン
- meaning: year, counter for years
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 年 とし year; age 昨年 さくねん last year 前年 ぜんねん the preceding year, the previous year, last year 年間 ねんかん year (period of) 来年 らいねん next year 今年 ことし, こんねん this year 周年 しゅうねん whole year, anniversary 少年 しょうねん boys, juveniles 年金 ねんきん annuity, pension 年生 ねんせい pupil in ... year, student in ... year
大
- kun: おお-, おお.きい, -おお.いに
- on: ダイ, タイ
- meaning: large, big
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 大きな おおきな big, large, great 拡大 かくだい magnification, enlargement, expansion 最大 さいだい greatest, largest, maximum 大いに おおいに very, much, greatly, a lot of 大会 たいかい convention, tournament, mass meeting, rally 大学 だいがく post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; the Great Learning - one of the Four Books 大手 おおて, おおで front castle gate; both arms open, outstretched arms; major companies 大蔵省 おおくらしょう (former) Ministry of Finance (succeeded by zaimushou in 2000) 大統領 だいとうりょう president, chief executive 大幅 おおはば full width, large scale, drastic
十
- kun: とお, と
- on: ジュウ, ジッ, ジュッ
- meaning: ten
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 十 じゅう, と, とお 10, ten 十一 じゅういち, ジュウイチ 11, eleven; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax) 十一月 じゅういちがつ November 十九 じゅうきゅう 19, nineteen 十月 じゅうがつ October 十五 じゅうご 15, fifteen 十三 じゅうさん 13, thirteen 十二 じゅうに 12, twelve 十二月 じゅうにがつ December 十八 じゅうはち 18, eighteen
二
- kun: ふた, ふた.つ, ふたた.び
- on: ニ, ジ
- meaning: two, two radical (no.2)
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 二 に, ふた, ふ, ふう two 二つ ふたつ two 十二 じゅうに 12, twelve 十二月 じゅうにがつ December 二月 にがつ February 二人 ふたり, ににん two persons, two people, pair, couple 二百 にひゃく two hundred, 200 二死 にし two out (e.g. in baseball), two down (and one to go) 二塁 にるい second base 二塁打 にるいだ two-base hit, double
本
- kun: もと
- on: ホン
- meaning: book, present, main, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 基本 きほん foundation, basis, standard 日本人 にほんじん, にっぽんじん Japanese person, Japanese people 本社 ほんしゃ, ほんじゃ head office, main office, headquarters; main shrine; this company, this shrine 本部 ほんぶ headquarters 本の ほんの mere, only, just 日本語 にほんご, にっぽんご Japanese (language) 本会議 ほんかいぎ plenary session, regular session 本人 ほんにん the person himself 本当 ほんとう, ほんと truth, reality 本塁打 ほんるいだ home run (baseball)
中
- kun: なか, うち, あた.る
- on: チュウ
- meaning: in, inside, middle, mean, center
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 中央 ちゅうおう centre, central, center, middle 中国 ちゅうごく China; South-west most region of Honshu, middle of a country, the Hiroshima area 中心 ちゅうしん center, centre, middle, heart, core, focus, pivot, emphasis, balance 中でも なかでも among (other things), inter alia; above all (else) 中間 ちゅうかん middle, midway, interim 中東 ちゅうとう Middle East 途中 とちゅう on the way, en route; in the middle of, midway 集中 しゅうちゅう concentration, convergence, centralization, integration, gathering together 中学 ちゅうがく middle school, junior high school 中学生 ちゅうがくせい junior high school student, middle school pupil
出
- kun: で.る, -で, だ.す, -だ.す, い.でる, い.だす
- on: シュツ, スイ
- meaning: exit, leave
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 出す だす to take out, to get out; to put out, to reveal, to show; to submit (e.g. thesis), to turn in; to publish, to make public; to send (e.g. letter); to produce (a sound), to start (fire); to serve (food); to begin 出身 しゅっしん person's origin (town, city, country, etc.); institution from which one graduated; director in charge of employee relations 輸出 ゆしゅつ, しゅしゅつ export; efferent (medical) 出場 しゅつじょう (stage) appearance, participation, performance 進出 しんしゅつ advance, step forward 出 で coming out, going out, outflow, efflux, rising (of the sun or moon); attending (work), appearing (on stage), one's turn to go on; start, beginning; origins, background, person (or item) originating from ..., graduate of ..., native of ..., member of ... (lineage); architectural member that projects outward; highest point of the stern of a ship; amount (comprising something), amount of time or effort required to do something 演出 えんしゅつ production (e.g. play), direction 出演 しゅつえん performance, stage appearance; to act (in a play) 出席 しゅっせき attendance, presence, appearance; to attend, to be present, to appear 出馬 しゅつば going on horseback; going in person; running for election
三
- kun: み, み.つ, みっ.つ
- on: サン, ゾウ
- meaning: three
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 三 さん, み three 三つ みっつ three 三月 さんがつ March 三人 さんにん, みたり three people 十三 じゅうさん 13, thirteen 三十 さんじゅう, みそ thirty 三千 さんぜん 3000; many 三百 さんびゃく 300, three hundred; 300 mon, trifling amount, two-bit item; shyster 三十日 みそか, つごもり, みそ last day of month 三塁 さんるい third base
見
- kun: み.る, み.える, み.せる
- on: ケン
- meaning: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 意見 いけん opinion, view 会見 かいけん interview, audience 見直し みなおし review, reconsideration, revision 見方 みかた viewpoint 見通し みとおし perspective, unobstructed view, outlook, forecast, prospect, insight, foresight, visibility 見解 けんかい opinion, point of view 見込み みこみ forecast, prospects, expectation, hope 発見 はっけん discovery, detection, finding 見事 みごと splendid, magnificent, beautiful, admirable; praiseworthy act, feat, commendable deed 見つかる みつかる to be found, to be discovered
月
- kun: つき
- on: ゲツ, ガツ
- meaning: month, moon
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 一月 いちがつ January 九月 くがつ September 五月 ごがつ May 今月 こんげつ this month 三月 さんがつ March 四月 しがつ April 七月 しちがつ July 十一月 じゅういちがつ November 十月 じゅうがつ October 十二月 じゅうにがつ December
生
- kun: い.きる, い.かす, い.ける, う.まれる, う.まれ, うまれ, う.む, お.う, は.える, は.やす, き, なま, なま-, な.る, な.す, む.す, -う
- on: セイ, ショウ
- meaning: life, genuine, birth
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 生きる いきる to live, to exist 学生 がくせい student (esp. a university student) 生活 せいかつ living, life (one's daily existence), livelihood 生産 せいさん production, manufacture 厚生省 こうせいしょう Ministry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) 新生 しんせい rebirth, new birth, nascent 人生 じんせい (human) life (i.e. conception to death) 生徒 せいと pupil 先生 せんせい teacher, master, doctor; with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific 年生 ねんせい pupil in ... year, student in ... year
五
- kun: いつ, いつ.つ
- on: ゴ
- meaning: five
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 五 ご, いつ, い five 五月 ごがつ May 十五 じゅうご 15, fifteen 五輪 ごりん the Olympics 五十 ごじゅう, いそ, い fifty 五つ いつつ five 五分 ごぶ half, 50%, tie, evenness; 5 parts, 5% 五十三次 ごじゅうさんつぎ the 53 Toukaidou stages 五感 ごかん the five senses 五十音 ごじゅうおん the Japanese syllabary
上
- kun: うえ, -うえ, うわ-, かみ, あ.げる, -あ.げる, あ.がる, -あ.がる, あ.がり, -あ.がり, のぼ.る, のぼ.り, のぼ.せる, のぼ.す, よ.す
- on: ジョウ, ショウ, シャン
- meaning: above, up
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 上がったり あがったり doomed, in a bad state, poor (e.g. business) 史上 しじょう historical 事実上 じじつじょう (as a) matter of fact, actually, in reality 上げ あげ rise in price, making a tuck 上昇 じょうしょう rising, ascending, climbing 向上 こうじょう elevation, rise, improvement, advancement, progress 上がり あがり ascent, rise, slope; freshly-drawn green tea (esp. in sushi shops); advance income, crop yield; death, spinning, completion, stop, finish; after (rain), ex (official, etc.); (end) results (e.g. of crafts like painting, pottery, etc.), how something comes out 上位 じょうい superior (rank not class); higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device) 地上 ちじょう above ground 途上国 とじょうこく developing country
四
- kun: よ, よ.つ, よっ.つ, よん
- on: シ
- meaning: four
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 四 よん, し, よ four 四つ よっつ four 四月 しがつ April 十四 じゅうし, じゅうよん 14, fourteen 四十 よんじゅう, しじゅう, よそ forty 四百 よんひゃく four hundred 四球 しきゅう four balls, base on balls (baseball), a walk 四千 よんせん four thousand 四十七士 しじゅうしちし The 47 Ronin 四半期 しはんき quarter (of a year)
金
- kun: かね, かな-, -がね
- on: キン, コン, ゴン
- meaning: gold
- words:
Word Reading Meaning お金 おかね money 金融 きんゆう financing, credit transacting, loaning of money, circulation of money 金利 きんり interest rates 献金 けんきん donation, contribution, offering 資金 しきん funds, capital 基金 ききん fund, foundation 年金 ねんきん annuity, pension 料金 りょうきん fee, charge, fare 金額 きんがく amount of money 金融機関 きんゆうきかん financial institutions, banking facilities
九
- kun: ここの, ここの.つ
- on: キュウ, ク
- meaning: nine
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 九 きゅう, く, ここの, この, ここ nine 九月 くがつ September 十九 じゅうきゅう 19, nineteen 九州 きゅうしゅう Kyushu (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan) 九十 きゅうじゅう, くじゅう ninety 九九 くく multiplication table, times table 九つ ここのつ nine 一一九番 ひゃくじゅうきゅうばん ambulance and fire brigade emergency tel. no. (in Japan) 千九百年代 せんきゅうひゃくねんだい the 1900s 九重 ここのえ ninefold, imperial palace, the Court
入
- kun: い.る, -い.る, -い.り, い.れる, -い.れ, はい.る
- on: ニュウ, ジュ
- meaning: enter, insert
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 入り いり entering; setting (of the sun); containing, content, audience; income; beginning 輸入 ゆにゅう, しゅにゅう importation, import, introduction 購入 こうにゅう purchase, buy 収入 しゅうにゅう income, receipts, revenue 導入 どうにゅう introduction, bringing in, leading in, installation 介入 かいにゅう intervention 受け入れ うけいれ receiving, acceptance 入札 にゅうさつ bid, bidding 加入 かにゅう becoming a member, joining, entry, admission, subscription, affiliation, adherence, signing 参入 さんにゅう coming, visiting, going
学
- kun: まな.ぶ
- on: ガク
- meaning: study, learning, science
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 学校 がっこう school 学生 がくせい student (esp. a university student) 大学 だいがく post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; the Great Learning - one of the Four Books 医学 いがく medical science, medicine 科学 かがく science 学部 がくぶ department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.) 文学 ぶんがく literature 学 がく learning, scholarship, erudition, knowledge 学園 がくえん academy, campus 学者 がくしゃ scholar
円
- kun: まる.い, まる, まど, まど.か, まろ.やか
- on: エン
- meaning: circle, yen, round
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 円 えん, まる Yen, money; circle 円高 えんだか high-valued yen, exchange in favor (favour) of the yen 円安 えんやす cheap yen 円相場 えんそうば yen exchange rate 一円 いちえん whole district, one yen, throughout 円滑 えんかつ, えんこつ smooth, undisturbed, uninterrupted, harmonious 円形 えんけい, まるがた round shape, circle; circular form 円卓 えんたく round table 円満 えんまん perfection, harmony, peace, smoothness, completeness, satisfaction, integrity 円筒 えんとう cylinder
子
- kun: こ, -こ, ね
- on: シ, ス, ツ
- meaning: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 子 こ child; young (animal); young woman, young geisha; offshoot; interest; new shares; bird egg; (after a noun or -masu stem) -er (often of young women) 子供 こども child, children 女子 じょし, おなご woman, girl 男子 だんし youth, young man 原子力 げんしりょく atomic energy 様子 ようす aspect, state, appearance 息子 むすこ, そく son; penis 金子 きんす money, funds 甲子 かっし first of the sexagenary cycle 遺伝子 いでんし gene, genetic
立
- kun: た.つ, -た.つ, た.ち-, た.てる, -た.てる, た.て-, たて-, -た.て, -だ.て, -だ.てる
- on: リツ, リュウ, リットル
- meaning: stand up
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 立場 たちば standpoint, position, situation 連立 れんりつ alliance, coalition 国立 こくりつ national 成立 せいりつ coming into existence, arrangements, establishment, conclusion, completion 対立 たいりつ confrontation, opposition, antagonism 独立 どくりつ independence (e.g. Independence Day), self-support 私立 しりつ, わたくしりつ private (establishment) 設立 せつりつ establishment, foundation, incorporation (of a business) 並立 へいりつ standing abreast 確立 かくりつ establishment
手
- kun: て, て-, -て, た-
- on: シュ, ズ
- meaning: hand
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 手 て hand, arm; forepaw, foreleg; handle; hand, worker, help; trouble, care, effort; means, way, trick, move, technique, workmanship; hand, handwriting; kind, type, sort; one's hands, one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards) 選手 せんしゅ player (in game), team member 選手権 せんしゅけん championship, title (of champion) 相手 あいて companion, partner, company; other party, addressee; opponent (sports, etc.) 大手 おおて, おおで front castle gate; both arms open, outstretched arms; major companies 投手 とうしゅ (baseball) pitcher 若手 わかて young person 手続き てつづき procedure, (legal) process, formalities 取っ手 とって, はしゅ handle, grip, knob 歌手 かしゅ singer
力
- kun: ちから
- on: リョク, リキ, リイ
- meaning: power, strong, strain, bear up, exert
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 勢力 せいりょく influence, power, might, strength, potency, force, energy 努力 どりょく great effort, exertion, endeavour, endeavor, effort 協力 きょうりょく cooperation, collaboration 権力 けんりょく (political) power, authority, influence 原子力 げんしりょく atomic energy 実力 じつりょく (real) ability, true strength, merit, efficiency, competency; arms, force 能力 のうりょく ability, faculty 武力 ぶりょく armed might, military power, the sword, force 暴力団 ぼうりょくだん gangster organization (organisation), crime syndicate, yakuza (Japanese mafia), band of thugs, group of hoodlums 有力 ゆうりょく influential, prominent; strong, likely, plausible, potent
八
- kun: や, や.つ, やっ.つ, よう
- on: ハチ
- meaning: eight, eight radical (no. 12)
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 八 はち, や eight 十八 じゅうはち 18, eighteen 八月 はちがつ August 八十 はちじゅう, やそ eighty 三十八度線 さんじゅうはちどせん the Thirty-eighth Parallel 百八十度 ひゃくはちじゅうど 180 degrees, complete change 八幡 はちまん Hachiman (God of War); Hachiman shrine; certainly 十八番 じゅうはちばん, おはこ No. 18, eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays; one's favourite stunt (favorite), one's specialty 八重 やえ multilayered, doubled 八分音符 はちぶおんぷ 8th note
六
- kun: む, む.つ, むっ.つ, むい
- on: ロク, リク
- meaning: six
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 六 ろく, む, むう six 六月 ろくがつ June 六十 ろくじゅう, むそ sixty 六十四分音符 ろくじゅうしぶおんぷ 64th note 十六 じゅうろく 16, sixteen 六角 ろっかく hexagon 四六時中 しろくじちゅう around the clock, day and night (Note: 4 x 6 = 24) 六つ むっつ, むつ six 一六銀行 いちろくぎんこう pawnshop 一六勝負 いちろくしょうぶ gambling, speculation
目
- kun: め, -め, ま-
- on: モク, ボク
- meaning: eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 目的 もくてき purpose, goal, aim, objective, intention 目標 もくひょう mark, objective, target 注目 ちゅうもく notice, attention, observation 項目 こうもく (data) item, entry 名目 めいもく, みょうもく name, title, appellation, (something) nominal; (under the) pretext (of), pretense 種目 しゅもく event, item of business 目玉 めだま eyeball; special feature, centerpiece, showpiece, drawcard; special program, loss leader 目前 もくぜん before one's very eyes, under one's nose, imminence, close at hand 目の前 めのまえ before one's eyes, immediate, imminent 品目 ひんもく list of articles
下
- kun: した, しも, もと, さ.げる, さ.がる, くだ.る, くだ.り, くだ.す, -くだ.す, くだ.さる, お.ろす, お.りる
- on: カ, ゲ
- meaning: below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 下 もと under (esp. influence or guidance) 下げる さげる to hang, to lower, to move back, to wear, to dismiss, to grant 引き下げ ひきさげ reduction, cut 下り くだり down-train (going away from Tokyo); down-slope, downward going 下院 かいん lower house, lower (legislative) body 下車 げしゃ alighting (from train, bus, etc.), getting off 地下 ちか basement, cellar, underground place; underground, below ground; secret, under cover; underground (railway), subway, metro 低下 ていか fall, decline, lowering, deterioration, degradation 以下 いか, いげ not exceeding, and downward, ... and below; below (e.g. standard), under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned, the following, the rest 殿下 でんか, てんが your Highness, his (or her) Highness
田
- kun: た
- on: デン
- meaning: rice field, rice paddy
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 上田 じょうでん high rice field, very fertile rice field 水田 すいでん (water-filled) paddy field 油田 ゆでん oil field 田舎 いなか rural area, countryside, the sticks; hometown 桑田 そうでん mulberry plantation 田園 でんえん, でんおん country, rural districts; cultivated land, fields 田畑 たはた, でんぱた, たはたけ fields (of rice and other crops) 田植え たうえ rice planting 票田 ひょうでん (favorable voting) constituency (favourable) 新田 しんでん a new rice field
気
- kun: いき
- on: キ, ケ
- meaning: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 気 き spirit, mind, heart; nature, disposition; motivation, intention; mood, feelings; atmosphere, essence 景気 けいき condition, state, business (condition) 人気 にんき popular, popular feeling, business conditions 気持ち きもち feeling, sensation, mood 電気 でんき electricity; (electric) light 病気 びょうき illness, disease, sickness 一気 いっき drink! (said repeatedly as a party cheer) 気分 きぶん feeling, mood 空気 くうき air, atmosphere 雰囲気 ふんいき atmosphere (e.g. musical), mood, ambience, ambiance
小
- kun: ちい.さい, こ-, お-, さ-
- on: ショウ
- meaning: little, small
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 小選挙区 しょうせんきょく small electoral district, single-member constituency 小学校 しょうがっこう primary school, elementary school, grade school 小説 しょうせつ novel, (short) story 小学生 しょうがくせい elementary school student, primary school student, grade school student 中小企業 ちゅうしょうきぎょう small to medium enterprises, smaller companies 小学 しょうがく elementary school, primary school, grade school 小型 こがた small size, tiny 縮小 しゅくしょう reduction, curtailment 小川 おがわ streamlet, brook 小島 こじま small island, islet
七
- kun: なな, なな.つ, なの
- on: シチ
- meaning: seven
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 七 しち, なな, な seven 七月 しちがつ July 十七 じゅうしち, じゅうなな 17, seventeen 七十 しちじゅう, ななじゅう, ななそ seventy 四十七士 しじゅうしちし The 47 Ronin 七つ ななつ seven 七七日 しちしちにち, なななぬか, なななのか 49th day after death 二七日 ふたなぬか, ふたなのか second week's memorial services 七夕 たなばた, しちせき Festival of the Weaver (July 7th), Star Festival 七回忌 しちかいき seventh anniversary of a death
山
- kun: やま
- on: サン, セン
- meaning: mountain
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 山 やま mountain; pile, heap; climax, critical point; speculated area covered by an examination 火山 かざん volcano 青山 せいざん blue or green mountain; grave, burial place 山形 やまがた mountain-shaped 登山 とざん mountain climbing 山岳 さんがく mountains 小山 こやま hill, knoll 富士山 ふじさん Mt Fuji 大山 たいざん great mountain 山村 さんそん mountain village
女
- kun: おんな, め
- on: ジョ, ニョ, ニョウ
- meaning: woman, female
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 女 おんな woman 女子 じょし, おなご woman, girl 女性 じょせい woman, female; feminine gender 男女 だんじょ man and woman, men and women 彼女 かのじょ she, her; girl friend, girlfriend, sweetheart 女優 じょゆう actress 長女 ちょうじょ eldest daughter 少女 しょうじょ, おとめ young lady, little girl, virgin, maiden, daughter 女子大 じょしだい women's college, women's university 女の子 おんなのこ, おんなのコ, おんにゃのこ girl
百
- kun: もも
- on: ヒャク, ビャク
- meaning: hundred
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 百 ひゃく, もも 100, hundred 二百 にひゃく two hundred, 200 三百 さんびゃく 300, three hundred; 300 mon, trifling amount, two-bit item; shyster 百貨店 ひゃっかてん (department) store(s) 百万 ひゃくまん 1,000,000, one million; many 四百 よんひゃく four hundred 百億 ひゃくおく 10,000,000,000, ten billion (American), (obs) ten milliard (British) 数百 すうひゃく several hundreds 百八十度 ひゃくはちじゅうど 180 degrees, complete change 百合 ゆり, ユリ lily, Lilium; comics and novels about female homosexuality
正
- kun: ただ.しい, ただ.す, まさ, まさ.に
- on: セイ, ショウ
- meaning: correct, justice, righteous, 10**40
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 正 せい (logical) true, regular; 10^40; original 改正 かいせい revision, amendment, alteration 修正 しゅうせい amendment, correction, revision, modification, alteration, retouching, update, fix 正式 せいしき due form, official, formality 正常 せいじょう normalcy, normality, normal 是正 ぜせい correction, revision 正義 せいぎ justice, right, righteousness, correct meaning 正午 しょうご noon, mid-day 正面 しょうめん front, frontage, facade, main 不正 ふせい injustice, unfairness, iniquity, impropriety, irregularity, dishonesty, illegality, fraud
先
- kun: さき, ま.ず
- on: セン
- meaning: before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 先に さきに before, earlier than, ahead, beyond, away, previously, recently 先月 せんげつ last month 先進国 せんしんこく advanced (developed) country, advanced nations 先生 せんせい teacher, master, doctor; with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific 先発 せんぱつ forerunner, advance party, going on ahead; being in a (team sports) match or game from the start, starting 優先 ゆうせん preference, priority, precedence 先進 せんしん seniority, advance, leadership 先頭 せんとう head, lead, vanguard, first 先行 せんこう preceding, going first, leading, going ahead, taking priority 先週 せんしゅう last week, the week before
名
- kun: な, -な
- on: メイ, ミョウ
- meaning: name, noted, distinguished, reputation
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 名 な name, reputation 名前 なまえ name, full name; given name, first name 名誉 めいよ honor, honour, credit, prestige 指名 しめい name, nominate, designate 氏名 しめい full name, identity 有名 ゆうめい famous; fame 署名 しょめい signature 本名 ほんみょう, ほんめい real name 名人 めいじん master, expert 名簿 めいぼ register of names
川
- kun: かわ
- on: セン
- meaning: stream, river, river or 3-stroke river radical (no. 47)
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 川 かわ, がわ river, stream; the .... river, (suffix used with the names of rivers) 小川 おがわ streamlet, brook 河川 かせん rivers 谷川 たにがわ mountain stream 江戸川 えどがわ Edo River 川口 かわぐち, かこう mouth of river, estuary 川上 かわかみ upper reaches of a river 川柳 せんりゅう comic haiku 川端 かわばた riverbank 河川敷 かせんしき, かせんじき (dry) riverbed
千
- kun: ち
- on: セン
- meaning: thousand
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 千 せん, ち 1,000, thousand 三千 さんぜん 3000; many 四千 よんせん four thousand 千代 せんだい, ちよ thousand years; very long period, forever 千里 せんり 1000 ri, (a) long distance 千秋楽 せんしゅうらく concluding festivities, final day of a sumo tournament, concluding program, concluding programme 千島 ちしま Kurile Islands 千歳 ちとせ, せんねん millennium, one thousand years 千九百年代 せんきゅうひゃくねんだい the 1900s 何千 なんぜん many thousands
文
- kun: ふみ, あや
- on: ブン, モン
- meaning: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 文 ふみ letter, writings 文化 ぶんか culture, civilization, civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22) 文学 ぶんがく literature 文書 ぶんしょ, もんじょ document, writing, letter, paperwork, note, records, archives 文字 もじ, もんじ letter (of alphabet), character; literal 文部省 もんぶしょう Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 注文 ちゅうもん order, request 論文 ろんぶん thesis, essay, treatise, paper, article 文庫 ぶんこ library, book collection; paperback book 文章 ぶんしょう sentence, article, composition; (writing) style
水
- kun: みず, みず-
- on: スイ
- meaning: water
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 水 みず water (cold, fresh) 水準 すいじゅん level, standard; water level 水道 すいどう water service, water supply 水面 すいめん, みなも, みのも water's surface 水泳 すいえい swimming 水田 すいでん (water-filled) paddy field 水俣病 みなまたびょう Minamata disease 水産 すいさん marine products, fisheries 水質 すいしつ water quality 下水道 げすいどう drain, sewer, drainage system
男
- kun: おとこ, お
- on: ダン, ナン
- meaning: male
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 男 おとこ man 男子 だんし youth, young man 男性 だんせい man, male; masculine gender 長男 ちょうなん eldest son 男女 だんじょ man and woman, men and women 男の子 おとこのこ, おとこのコ boy, male child, baby boy 三男 さんなん three men, third son 男児 だんじ boy, son, man 一男 いちなん boy, eldest son 男優 だんゆう actor
校
- on: コウ, キョウ
- meaning: exam, school, printing, proof, correction
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 学校 がっこう school 高校 こうこう senior high school 校長 こうちょう principal, headmaster 高校生 こうこうせい senior high school student 小学校 しょうがっこう primary school, elementary school, grade school 中学校 ちゅうがっこう junior high school, middle school, lower secondary school 登校 とうこう attendance (at school), going to school 校舎 こうしゃ school building 同校 どうこう same school 専門学校 せんもんがっこう, せんもんガッコウ, せんもんガッコ vocational school, technical school
村
- kun: むら
- on: ソン
- meaning: village, town
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 村 むら village 市町村 しちょうそん cities, towns and villages, municipalities 農村 のうそん agricultural community, farm village, rural 山村 さんそん mountain village 村長 そんちょう village headman 町村 ちょうそん towns and villages 村人 むらびと villager 選手村 せんしゅむら athlete's village (during Olympics) 村民 そんみん villager 村議会 そんぎかい village assembly
口
- kun: くち
- on: コウ, ク
- meaning: mouth
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 口 くち mouth; opening, hole, gap, orifice; mouth (of a bottle), spout, nozzle, mouthpiece; gate, door, entrance, exit; speaking, speech, talk (i.e. gossip); taste, palate; mouth (to feed); opening (i.e. vacancy), available position; invitation, summons; kind, sort, type; opening (i.e. beginning); counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), and swords 人口 じんこう population; common talk 窓口 まどぐち ticket window, teller window, counter; contact person, point of contact 口座 こうざ account (e.g. bank) 入り口 いりぐち, いりくち, はいりぐち, はいりくち entrance, entry, gate, approach, mouth 大口 おおぐち large amount, big mouth, tall talk 口調 くちょう tone (e.g. of voice, etc.), (verbal) expression 出口 でぐち exit, gateway, way out, outlet, leak, vent 川口 かわぐち, かこう mouth of river, estuary 手口 てぐち modus operandi, criminal technique, trick
土
- kun: つち
- on: ド, ト
- meaning: soil, earth, ground, Turkey
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 土 つち, つし earth, soil, dirt; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens), the ground, the land; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in On'youdou) 土地 とち plot of land, lot, soil 領土 りょうど dominion, territory, possession 土曜 どよう Saturday 国土 こくど country, territory, domain, realm 土俵 どひょう arena, esp. in sumo; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag, gabion 土木 どぼく public works 全土 ぜんど the whole nation (land, country) 土壌 どじょう soil 風土 ふうど natural features, topography, climate, spiritual features
町
- kun: まち
- on: チョウ
- meaning: town, village, block, street
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 町 まち, ちょう town, block, neighbourhood, neighborhood; street, road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares 市町村 しちょうそん cities, towns and villages, municipalities 同町 どうちょう the same town, that town 町長 ちょうちょう town headman, town mayor 町内 ちょうない neighborhood, neighbourhood, street, block, town 下町 したまち Shitamachi, lower parts of town 町村 ちょうそん towns and villages 町民 ちょうみん townspeople 町並み まちなみ street (of stores and houses), townscape, (look of) stores and houses on street 室町 むろまち Muromachi (era 1392-1573, or 1333-1573, or 1336-1573)
木
- kun: き, こ-
- on: ボク, モク
- meaning: tree, wood
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 木 き tree, wood, timber 青木 あおき, アオキ Japanese laurel, spotted laurel, Aucuba japonica; live tree 木造 もくぞう wooden, made of wood 土木 どぼく public works 木材 もくざい lumber, timber, wood 荒木 あらき logs in bark, rough wood 樹木 じゅもく trees and shrubs, arbour, arbor 木曜 もくよう Thursday 木星 もくせい Jupiter (planet) 木製 もくせい wooden, made of wood
空
- kun: そら, あ.く, あ.き, あ.ける, から, す.く, す.かす, むな.しい
- on: クウ
- meaning: empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 空 から emptiness, vacuum, blank 空港 くうこう airport 航空 こうくう aviation, flying 空気 くうき air, atmosphere 航空機 こうくうき aircraft, aeroplane, airplane 空間 くうかん space, room, airspace 空爆 くうばく aerial bombing 空軍 くうぐん Air Force 上空 じょうくう sky, the skies, high-altitude sky, upper air 架空 かくう aerial, overhead, fiction, fanciful
車
- kun: くるま
- on: シャ
- meaning: car
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 車 くるま car, automobile, vehicle; wheel 自動車 じどうしゃ automobile 下車 げしゃ alighting (from train, bus, etc.), getting off 乗用車 じょうようしゃ passenger vehicle, automobile 自転車 じてんしゃ, じでんしゃ bicycle 車両 しゃりょう rolling stock, railroad cars, vehicles 電車 でんしゃ (electric) train 列車 れっしゃ train (ordinary) 駐車場 ちゅうしゃじょう parking lot, parking place 戦車 せんしゃ tank (military vehicle)
足
- kun: あし, た.りる, た.る, た.す
- on: ソク
- meaning: leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 足 あし foot; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation 不足 ふそく insufficiency, shortage, deficiency, lack, dearth 発足 ほっそく, はっそく starting, inauguration, launch, founding, establishment, start-up 満足 まんぞく satisfaction; sufficiency 足並み あしなみ pace, step 足元 あしもと, そっか at one's feet, underfoot; gait, pace, step; you, thou 手足 てあし one's hands and feet, limbs 足跡 あしあと, そくせき footprints 出足 であし start, turnout; constant forward movement (sumo) 足場 あしば scaffold, footing, foothold
石
- kun: いし
- on: セキ, シャク, コク
- meaning: stone
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 石 こく measure of volume (approx. 180.39 liters, 6.37 cub. ft.); measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters) 石油 せきゆ oil, petroleum, kerosene 化石 かせき fossil, petrifaction, fossilization, fossilisation 石炭 せきたん coal 石橋 いしばし, せっきょう stone bridge 宝石 ほうせき gem, jewel 石垣 いしがき stone wall 土石 どせき earth and stones 布石 ふせき strategic arrangement of go stones, preparation 石神 しゃくじん, いしがみ stone which is worshipped, image of a god in stone
早
- kun: はや.い, はや, はや-, はや.まる, はや.める, さ-
- on: ソウ, サッ
- meaning: early, fast
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 早期 そうき early stage 早 はや already, now, by this time 早急 さっきゅう, そうきゅう urgent 早朝 そうちょう early morning 早める はやめる to hasten, to quicken, to expedite, to precipitate, to accelerate 早々 そうそう, はやばや early, all in good time; quickly, promptly; just- (opened, started, etc.) 早い はやい fast, quick, hasty, brisk; early (in the day, etc.), premature; (too) soon, not yet, (too) early; easy, simple, quick 時期尚早 じきしょうそう premature 素早く すばやく quickly, nimbly, agilely 早乙女 さおとめ young female rice planter, young girl
白
- kun: しろ, しら-, しろ.い
- on: ハク, ビャク
- meaning: white
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 白 しろ white; good guy, 'white hat' 白書 はくしょ white paper 白人 はくじん white person, Caucasian 空白 くうはく blank space, vacuum, space, null (NUL) 白紙 はくし blank paper, white paper 明白 めいはく obvious, clear, plain, evident, apparent, explicit, overt 白血病 はっけつびょう leukemia 自白 じはく confession, acknowledgement, acknowledgment 白い しろい white 面白 おもしろ amusing, interesting
字
- kun: あざ, あざな, -な
- on: ジ
- meaning: character, letter, word, section of village
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 字 あざ section of village 黒字 くろじ balance (figure) in the black 数字 すうじ numeral, figure, digit, numeric character 赤字 あかじ deficit, (being in or going into) the red; red text, red letters 文字 もじ, もんじ letter (of alphabet), character; literal 漢字 かんじ Chinese characters, kanji 十字 じゅうじ cross, crossed, cruciform 文字通り もじどおり literal; literally 活字 かつじ printing type 点字 てんじ Braille
音
- kun: おと, ね
- on: オン, イン, -ノン
- meaning: sound, noise
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 音 おと, ね, おん sound, noise, report; note (music); fame; Chinese-derived character reading 音楽 おんがく music, musical movement 本音 ほんね real intention, motive 騒音 そうおん noise 音声 おんせい, おんじょう voice, (the concept of) sound 六十四分音符 ろくじゅうしぶおんぷ 64th note 録音 ろくおん (audio) recording 音響 おんきょう sound, noise, echo, acoustic(s) 音頭 おんど workmen's songs, marching songs 音色 ねいろ, おんいろ, おんしょく tone color, tone colour, tone quality, timbre; synthesizer patch, synthesiser patch
天
- kun: あまつ, あめ, あま-
- on: テン
- meaning: heavens, sky, imperial
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 天 てん, あめ, あま sky; heaven; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism) 天皇 てんのう, すめらぎ, すめろぎ Emperor of Japan 天気 てんき weather, the elements; fair weather, fine weather 天皇陛下 てんのうへいか His Majesty the Emperor 天井 てんじょう ceiling, ceiling price 天然 てんねん nature, spontaneity; natural airhead 天候 てんこう weather 天然ガス てんねんガス natural gas 天下り あまくだり retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation 天国 てんごく paradise, heaven, Kingdom of Heaven
火
- kun: ひ, -び, ほ-
- on: カ
- meaning: fire
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 火 ひ fire, flame, blaze 火山 かざん volcano 火災 かさい conflagration, fire 噴火 ふんか eruption 火砕流 かさいりゅう pyroclastic flow (type of volcanic eruption), stone wind 放火 ほうか arson, set fire to 火事 かじ fire, conflagration 花火 はなび fireworks 戦火 せんか war 火器 かき firearms, guns
花
- kun: はな
- on: カ, ケ
- meaning: flower
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 花 はな flower, blossom, bloom, petal; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms), cherry blossom; ikebana; Japanese playing cards; beauty; (the) best 花火 はなび fireworks 花びら はなびら, かべん (flower) petal 花見 はなみ cherry blossom viewing, flower viewing 花園 はなぞの, かえん flower garden 花束 はなたば bunch of flowers, bouquet 花粉 かふん pollen 花嫁 はなよめ bride 開花 かいか blooming 火花 ひばな spark
右
- kun: みぎ
- on: ウ, ユウ
- meaning: right
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 右 みぎ right, right hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing), foregoing, forgoing, above 右翼 うよく right-wing 左右 さゆう left and right; influence, control, domination 右派 うは right wing 右手 みぎて right hand 極右 きょくう extreme right 右中間 うちゅうかん between right and center fielders (baseball) (centre) 右腕 みぎうで, うわん right arm 右側 みぎがわ, うそく right side, right hand 右岸 うがん right bank (shore)
赤
- kun: あか, あか-, あか.い, あか.らむ, あか.らめる
- on: セキ, シャク
- meaning: red
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 赤ちゃん あかちゃん baby, infant 赤字 あかじ deficit, (being in or going into) the red; red text, red letters 赤松 あかまつ Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora), Japanese umbrella pine, tanyosho pine 赤い あかい red; Red (i.e. communist) 真っ赤 まっか bright red, deep red, flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie), complete, utter 赤ん坊 あかんぼう baby 赤軍 せきぐん Red Army 赤外線 せきがいせん infra-red rays 赤道 せきどう equator 赤旗 あかはた red flag; Red Flag (Communist Party newspaper)
青
- kun: あお, あお-, あお.い
- on: セイ, ショウ
- meaning: blue, green
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 青 あお blue; green; green light; black (horse coat color); immature, unripe, young 青年 せいねん youth, young man 青山 せいざん blue or green mountain; grave, burial place 青木 あおき, アオキ Japanese laurel, spotted laurel, Aucuba japonica; live tree 青春 せいしゅん youth, springtime of life, adolescent 青少年 せいしょうねん youth, young person 青空 あおぞら blue sky 青葉 あおば fresh leaves 青写真 あおじゃしん blueprint, plan 青果 せいか fruit(s) and vegetables
左
- kun: ひだり
- on: サ, シャ
- meaning: left
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 左 ひだり left, left hand side 向かって左 むかってひだり on the left as one faces (it) 左翼 さよく left-wing 左右 さゆう left and right; influence, control, domination 左派 さは left wing 左腕 さわん, ひだりうで left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher) 左前 ひだりまえ downward course, being badly off, wearing a kimono with the right side tucked under the left 左手 ひだりて left hand 左側 ひだりがわ, さそく left, left (hand) side 左記 さき undermentioned (statement), following
竹
- kun: たけ
- on: チク
- meaning: bamboo
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 竹 たけ bamboo; middle (of a three-tier ranking system) 爆竹 ばくちく firecracker 竹林 ちくりん, たけばやし bamboo thicket 竹刀 しない (bamboo) fencing stick 青竹 あおだけ green bamboo 竹馬 たけうま, ちくば (walk on) stilts, bamboo horse 竹細工 たけざいく bamboo work さお竹 さおだけ bamboo pole 竹とんぼ たけとんぼ small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands 竹のつえ たけのつえ bamboo rod (stick, pole)
休
- kun: やす.む, やす.まる, やす.める
- on: キュウ
- meaning: rest, day off, retire, sleep
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 休み やすみ rest, recess, respite; vacation, holiday, absence, suspension; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting) 夏休み なつやすみ summer vacation, summer holiday 休暇 きゅうか holiday, day off, furlough 休日 きゅうじつ holiday, day off 休業 きゅうぎょう closed (e.g. store), business suspended, shutdown, holiday 連休 れんきゅう consecutive holidays 休する きゅうする to come to an end; to rest 休憩 きゅうけい rest, break, recess, intermission 週休 しゅうきゅう weekly holiday 休戦 きゅうせん truce, armistice
森
- kun: もり
- on: シン
- meaning: forest, woods
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 森 もり forest; shrine grove 森林 しんりん forest, woods 森閑 しんかん silence 森厳 しんげん solemn 森羅万象 しんらばんしょう all things in nature, the whole creation 青森県 あおもりけん Aomori prefecture (Touhoku area) 鎮守の森 ちんじゅのもり grove of the village shrine 森林公園 しんりんこうえん forest park 森林学 しんりんがく forestry 森林法 しんりんほう the Forest Act
林
- kun: はやし
- on: リン
- meaning: grove, forest
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 林 はやし woods, forest, copse, thicket 森林 しんりん forest, woods 農林 のうりん agriculture and forestry 山林 さんりん mountain forest, mountains and forest 林業 りんぎょう forestry 植林 しょくりん afforestation 雑木林 ぞうきばやし, ぞうぼくりん grove of mixed trees, copse 林野庁 りんやちょう Forestry Agency 林道 りんどう path through forest, woodland path 林立 りんりつ stand close together
王
- on: オウ, -ノウ
- meaning: king, rule, magnate
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 王 おう king, ruler, sovereign, monarch; king (for senior player) (shogi) 国王 こくおう king 女王 じょおう queen 王国 おうこく kingdom, monarchy 王座 おうざ throne 王子 おうじ prince 王将 おうしょう king; king (for senior player) (shogi) 王者 おうじゃ king, monarch, ruler 王室 おうしつ royal family 王朝 おうちょう dynasty
国
- kun: くに
- on: コク
- meaning: country
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 国 くに country, (the) state; region; province (of Japan); home (i.e. hometown, home country); land, earth 外国 がいこく foreign country 外国人 がいこくじん foreigner 韓国 かんこく (South) Korea 国家 こっか state, country, nation 国会 こっかい National Diet, parliament, congress 国際 こくさい international 国内 こくない internal, domestic 国民 こくみん nation, nationality, people, citizen 国連 こくれん UN, United Nations
長
- kun: なが.い, おさ
- on: チョウ
- meaning: long, leader
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 長 ちょう, おさ chief, head 委員長 いいんちょう committee chairman 会長 かいちょう president (of a society), chairman 議長 ぎちょう chairman, speaker (e.g. of assembly), president (e.g. of council, senate, etc.), moderator (e.g. of a newsgroup) 社長 しゃちょう company president, manager, director 成長 せいちょう growth, grow to adulthood 長官 ちょうかん secretary (government), director, chief 長男 ちょうなん eldest son 部長 ぶちょう head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club, head of a (school) team 延長 えんちょう extension, elongation, prolongation, lengthening; Enchou era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
時
- kun: とき, -どき
- on: ジ
- meaning: time, hour
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 時 とき time, hour; occasion, moment 時間 じかん time; hours 時期 じき time, season, period; soon, shortly 時代 じだい period, epoch, era, age; the times, those days; oldness, ancientness, antiquity; antique, period piece 当時 とうじ at that time, in those days 同時 どうじ simultaneous(ly), concurrent, same time, synchronous, together 一時 いちじ, いっとき one hour, short time, once, a time, temporarily, at one time, twelfth part of a day 時事 じじ events of the day, current affairs 時半 じはん about an hour, short time; half past (the hour) 臨時 りんじ temporary, special, extraordinary
行
- kun: い.く, ゆ.く, -ゆ.き, -ゆき, -い.き, -いき, おこな.う, おこ.なう
- on: コウ, ギョウ, アン
- meaning: going, journey
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 行う おこなう to perform, to do, to conduct oneself, to carry out 行 ぎょう line (i.e. of text), row, verse; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); running script (a semi-cursive style of kanji) 銀行 ぎんこう bank 行政 ぎょうせい administration 行動 こうどう action, conduct, behaviour, behavior, mobilization, mobilisation 現行 げんこう present, current, in operation 行為 こうい act, deed, conduct 行方 ゆくえ (one's) whereabouts; course, direction 発行 はっこう issue (publications), publishing; raising an event (software) 旅行 りょこう travel, trip
玉
- kun: たま, たま-, -だま
- on: ギョク
- meaning: jewel, ball
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 玉 たま ball, sphere; coin; jewel, pearl; testicles; staple (for a stapler); person (when commenting on their nature), character 目玉 めだま eyeball; special feature, centerpiece, showpiece, drawcard; special program, loss leader 替え玉 かえだま substitute, double; second serving (ball) of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen) 玉虫色 たまむしいろ iridescent; equivocal, ambivalent; variable meaning, weasel-word, chameleonic interpretation お年玉 おとしだま New Year's gift 悪玉 あくたま, あくだま bad character, bad person, villain, baddie 目玉商品 めだましょうひん bargain goods, eye-catching goods, featured product, loss leader 善玉 ぜんだま good person 火の玉 ひのたま falling star, fireball 手玉 てだま beanbags, jackstones
分
- kun: わ.ける, わ.け, わ.かれる, わ.かる, わ.かつ
- on: ブン, フン, ブ
- meaning: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 分け わけ sharing, division; draw, tie 分ける わける to divide, to separate, to make distinctions, to differentiate (between) 自分 じぶん myself, yourself, oneself, himself, herself; I, me 部分 ぶぶん portion, section, part 分野 ぶんや field, sphere, realm, division, branch 十分 じゅうぶん plenty, enough, sufficient, satisfactory, adequate; division into ten; perfectly, thoroughly, fully, in full 処分 しょぶん disposal, dealing, punishment 半分 はんぶん half 残った分 のこったぶん amount left over 気分 きぶん feeling, mood
会
- kun: あ.う, あ.わせる, あつ.まる
- on: カイ, エ
- meaning: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 委員会 いいんかい committee, commission, board, panel, committee meeting 会員 かいいん member, the membership 会議 かいぎ meeting, conference, session, assembly, council, convention, congress 会見 かいけん interview, audience 会社 かいしゃ company, corporation; workplace 会談 かいだん conversation, conference, discussion, interview 会長 かいちょう president (of a society), chairman 議会 ぎかい Diet, congress, parliament 協会 きょうかい association, society, organization, organisation 国会 こっかい National Diet, parliament, congress
後
- kun: のち, うし.ろ, うしろ, あと, おく.れる
- on: ゴ, コウ
- meaning: behind, back, later
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 後 あと behind, rear; after, later; after one's death; remainder, the rest; descendant, successor, heir; past/previous; more (i.e. five more minutes) 午後 ごご afternoon, p.m. 後ろ うしろ back, behind, rear 今後 こんご from now on, hereafter 最後 さいご last, end, conclusion; (after -tara form or -ta form followed by "ga") no sooner than, right after (often having negative consequences); one's final moments 戦後 せんご postwar period, period after Second World War 後半 こうはん second half, latter half 直後 ちょくご immediately following 後援 こうえん support, backing 後継 こうけい successor
前
- kun: まえ, -まえ
- on: ゼン
- meaning: in front, before
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 午前 ごぜん morning, a.m. 前年 ぜんねん the preceding year, the previous year, last year 前回 ぜんかい last time, last installment, last instalment, last session 前提 ぜんてい preamble, premise, reason, prerequisite, condition, assumption, hypothesis 前日 ぜんじつ, まえび previous day, the day before 直前 ちょくぜん just before 名前 なまえ name, full name; given name, first name 前半 ぜんはん, ぜんぱん first half 以前 いぜん ago, since, before, previous 事前 じぜん prior, beforehand, in advance
間
- kun: あいだ, ま, あい
- on: カン, ケン
- meaning: interval, space
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 間 あいだ space (between), gap, interval, distance; time (between), pause, break; span (temporal or spatial), stretch, period (while); relationship (between, among); members (within, among); due to, because of 間もなく まもなく soon, before long, in a short time; (after verb) lacking time to ..., without time to ... 期間 きかん period, term, interval 時間 じかん time; hours 人間 にんげん human being, man, person; character (of a person) 年間 ねんかん year (period of) 民間 みんかん private, civilian, civil, popular, folk, unofficial 中間 ちゅうかん middle, midway, interim 仲間 なかま company, fellow, colleague, associate, comrade, mate, group, circle of friends, partner 空間 くうかん space, room, airspace
同
- kun: おな.じ
- on: ドウ
- meaning: same, agree, equal
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 同時 どうじ simultaneous(ly), concurrent, same time, synchronous, together 同社 どうしゃ the same firm 同日 どうじつ the same day 共同 きょうどう doing together (as equals), sharing, common (land, etc.), joint (statement, etc.), cooperation, co-operation, collaboration, association 同市 どうし same city 共同体 きょうどうたい cooperative body, cooperative system, collective, community 同県 どうけん the same prefecture 同国 どうこく the same country, the same province, the said country 同省 どうしょう the said ministry, the same ministry 同党 どうとう the same political party
東
- kun: ひがし
- on: トウ
- meaning: east
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 東 ひがし, ひむかし, ひんがし east 東京 とうきょう Tokyo (current capital of Japan) 中東 ちゅうとう Middle East 東海 とうかい region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan, eastern sea 東北 とうほく, ひがしきた north-east; Northern most six prefectures of Honshu 東欧 とうおう Eastern Europe 東西 とうざい East and West; whole country; Orient and Occident, Western and Eastern; Your attention, please! 東南 とうなん, ひがしみなみ south-east 東芝 とうしば Toshiba (company) 東洋 とうよう Orient
自
- kun: みずか.ら, おの.ずから, おの.ずと
- on: ジ, シ
- meaning: oneself
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 自ら みずから for one's self, personally 自衛隊 じえいたい self-defence force, self-defense force; Japan Self-Defence Force, JSDF 自身 じしん by oneself, personally 自然 しぜん nature, spontaneity; naturally, spontaneously 自宅 じたく one's home 自動車 じどうしゃ automobile 自分 じぶん myself, yourself, oneself, himself, herself; I, me 自由 じゆう freedom, liberty, as it pleases you 自民党 じみんとう Liberal Democratic Party, LDP 自民 じみん Liberal Democratic Party, LDP
社
- kun: やしろ
- on: シャ
- meaning: company, firm, office, association, shrine
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 会社 かいしゃ company, corporation; workplace 社会 しゃかい society, public 社会党 しゃかいとう Socialist Party 社長 しゃちょう company president, manager, director 同社 どうしゃ the same firm 本社 ほんしゃ, ほんじゃ head office, main office, headquarters; main shrine; this company, this shrine 社員 しゃいん company employee; company stockholders (esp. in legal contexts), members of a corporation 副社長 ふくしゃちょう executive vice-president 民社党 みんしゃとう Democratic Socialist Party 自社 じしゃ one's company, company one works for; in-house, belonging to the company
今
- kun: いま
- on: コン, キン
- meaning: now
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 今 いま now, the present time, just now, soon, immediately, (one) more 今や いまや now 今回 こんかい now, this time, lately 今月 こんげつ this month 今後 こんご from now on, hereafter 今年 ことし, こんねん this year 今度 こんど now, this time, next time, another time 今日 こんにち, きょう, こんち, こんじつ today, this day 今季 こんき this season 今春 こんしゅん this spring, spring this year
地
- on: チ, ジ
- meaning: ground, earth
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 地 ち earth, ground, land, soil; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.) 現地 げんち actual place, local 地域 ちいき area, region 地球 ちきゅう the earth 地区 ちく district, section, sector 地元 じもと home area, home town; local 地方 ちほう, じかた area, locality, district, region, province; countryside, rural area; coast (esp. as seen from the water); person singing ballads in Noh, person in charge of music in a Japanese dance performance 土地 とち plot of land, lot, soil 基地 きち base 地検 ちけん District Public Prosecutor's Office
高
- kun: たか.い, たか, -だか, たか.まる, たか.める
- on: コウ
- meaning: tall, high, expensive
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 高さ たかさ height 高校 こうこう senior high school 最高 さいこう highest, supreme, the most 円高 えんだか high-valued yen, exchange in favor (favour) of the yen 高 たか, だか quantity, amount, volume, number, amount of money 高い たかい high, tall; expensive 高まる たかまる to rise, to swell, to be promoted 高官 こうかん high official 高校生 こうこうせい senior high school student 高齢 こうれい advanced (old) age
方
- kun: かた, -かた, -がた
- on: ホウ
- meaning: direction, person, alternative
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 一方 いっぽう 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; on the one hand, on the other hand; whereas, although, but at the same time, meanwhile, in turn; (after noun, adjective-stem or plain verb) just keeps, being inclined to ..., tending to be ..., tending to do ..., ntinuously ..., just keeps on ...ing, only 見方 みかた viewpoint 地方 ちほう, じかた area, locality, district, region, province; countryside, rural area; coast (esp. as seen from the water); person singing ballads in Noh, person in charge of music in a Japanese dance performance 方向 ほうこう direction, orientation, bearing, way; course (e.g. of action) 方針 ほうしん objective, plan, policy 方法 ほうほう method, process, manner, way, means, technique 考え方 かんがえかた way of thinking 行方 ゆくえ (one's) whereabouts; course, direction 双方 そうほう two way, both parties, mutual, both 方 ほう side, direction, way
新
- kun: あたら.しい, あら.た, あら-, にい-
- on: シン
- meaning: new
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 新た あらた new, fresh, novel; newly, freshly, re- 新党 しんとう new (political) party 新聞 しんぶん newspaper 新人 しんじん new face, newcomer; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards) 新生 しんせい rebirth, new birth, nascent 新しい あたらしい new 新幹線 しんかんせん bullet train (very high speed), Shinkansen 革新 かくしん reform, innovation 最新 さいしん latest, newest, late-breaking (news) 新規 しんき new, fresh; new customer; new rules or regulations
場
- kun: ば
- on: ジョウ, チョウ
- meaning: location, place
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 現場 げんば, げんじょう actual spot, scene, scene of the crime 市場 いちば (town) market; (the) marketplace 場所 ばしょ place, location 立場 たちば standpoint, position, situation 工場 こうじょう, こうば factory, plant, mill, workshop 会場 かいじょう assembly hall, meeting place, the grounds 劇場 げきじょう theatre, theater, playhouse 出場 しゅつじょう (stage) appearance, participation, performance 場面 ばめん scene, setting (e.g. of novel) 職場 しょくば one's post, place of work, workplace
外
- kun: そと, ほか, はず.す, はず.れる, と-
- on: ガイ, ゲ
- meaning: outside
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 外 ほか other (esp. places and things), the rest 海外 かいがい foreign, abroad, overseas 外交 がいこう diplomacy 外国 がいこく foreign country 外国人 がいこくじん foreigner 外相 がいしょう Foreign Minister 外務省 がいむしょう Ministry of Foreign Affairs 外務 がいむ foreign affairs 内外 ないがい, うちそと inside and outside, domestic and foreign, approximately, interior and exterior 意外 いがい unexpected, surprising
合
- kun: あ.う, -あ.う, あ.い, あい-, -あ.い, -あい, あ.わす, あ.わせる, -あ.わせる
- on: ゴウ, ガッ, カッ
- meaning: fit, suit, join, 0.1
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 合 ごう 0.18039 litres (liters); 0.3306 metres square (meters); one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; (astronomical) conjunction; counter for covered containers; counter for matches, battles, etc. 合意 ごうい agreement, consent, mutual understanding 試合 しあい match, game, bout, contest 連合 れんごう union, alliance, combination 総合 そうごう synthesis, coordination, putting together, integration, composite; comprehensive 問い合わせ といあわせ enquiry, inquiry, ENQ, query, interrogation 会合 かいごう meeting, assembly; association; (astronomical) conjunction 組合 くみあい association, union 統合 とうごう integration, unification, synthesis; integrated, built-in 合う あう, おう to come together, to merge, to unite, to meet; to fit, to match, to suit, to agree with, to be correct; to be profitable, to be equitable; (after the -masu stem of a verb) to do ... to each other, to do ... together
市
- kun: いち
- on: シ
- meaning: market, city, town
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 市場 いちば (town) market; (the) marketplace 市内 しない (within a) city, local 市民 しみん citizen, townspeople 都市 とし town, city, municipal, urban 同市 どうし same city 市長 しちょう mayor 市町村 しちょうそん cities, towns and villages, municipalities 市立 しりつ, いちりつ municipal, city 市議 しぎ city councillor, city councilor, city assemblyman 市中 しちゅう in the city
内
- kun: うち
- on: ナイ, ダイ
- meaning: inside, within, between, among, house, home
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 内 うち inside, within; while; among, amongst, between; we (referring to one's in-group, i.e. company, etc.); my spouse; imperial palace grounds; emperor; I (primarily used by women and children), me 国内 こくない internal, domestic 市内 しない (within a) city, local 都内 とない metropolitan area 内閣 ないかく cabinet, (government) ministry 内容 ないよう subject, contents, matter, substance, detail, import 以内 いない within, inside of, less than 党内 とうない party-internal 内部 ないぶ interior, inside, internal 県内 けんない within the prefecture
明
- kun: あ.かり, あか.るい, あか.るむ, あか.らむ, あき.らか, あ.ける, -あ.け, あ.く, あ.くる, あ.かす
- on: メイ, ミョウ, ミン
- meaning: bright, light
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 明らか あきらか obvious, evident, clear, plain 声明 せいめい declaration, statement, proclamation 説明 せつめい explanation, exposition 不明 ふめい unknown, obscure, indistinct, uncertain, ambiguous, ignorant, lack of wisdom, anonymous, unidentified 明確 めいかく clear up, clarify, define 公明党 こうめいとう New Komeito (Japanese political party), New Clean Government Party, Justice Party 解明 かいめい clarification, elucidation, explication 公明 こうめい fairness, justice 表明 ひょうめい declaration, indication, representation, manifestation, demonstration, expression, announcement, assertion 未明 みめい early dawn, grey of morning, gray of morning
回
- kun: まわ.る, -まわ.る, -まわ.り, まわ.す, -まわ.す, まわ.し-, -まわ.し, もとお.る, か.える
- on: カイ, エ
- meaning: -times, round, game, revolve, counter for occurrences
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 回 かい counter for occurrences; counter for innings (baseball) 回復 かいふく recovery (from illness), improvement, rehabilitation, restoration, convalescence 今回 こんかい now, this time, lately 回答 かいとう reply, answer 前回 ぜんかい last time, last installment, last instalment, last session 回戦 かいせん match, game 一回 いっかい once, one time, one round, one game, one bout, one heat, one inning 回収 かいしゅう collection, recovery 回数 かいすう number of times, frequency, count 次回 じかい next time (occasion)
京
- kun: みやこ
- on: キョウ, ケイ, キン
- meaning: capital, 10**16
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 京 きょう, けい imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha-uta; 10^16, 10,000,000,000,000,000, ten quadrillion (American), (obs) ten thousand billion (British) 東京 とうきょう Tokyo (current capital of Japan) 北京 ぺきん Beijing (China), Peking 京都 きょうと Kyoto 東京証券取引所 とうきょうしょうけんとりひきじょ Tokyo Stock Exchange, TSE 帝京 ていきょう the capital 中京 ちゅうきょう Nagoya and environs 在京 ざいきょう being in Tokyo 上京 じょうきょう proceeding to the capital (Tokyo) 京成 けいせい train line Tokyo - Narita
通
- kun: とお.る, とお.り, -とお.り, -どお.り, とお.す, とお.し, -どお.し, かよ.う
- on: ツウ, ツ
- meaning: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 通り どおり in accordance with ..., following ...; .. Street, .. Avenue 通信 つうしん correspondence, communication, transmission, news, signal 見通し みとおし perspective, unobstructed view, outlook, forecast, prospect, insight, foresight, visibility 共通 きょうつう commonness, community 交通 こうつう communication, transportation, traffic, intercourse 通貨 つうか currency 通常 つうじょう common, general, normal, usual 普通 ふつう general, ordinary, usual; normally, generally, usually; train that stops at every station 通産省 つうさんしょう (former) Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), MITI 通算 つうさん total
来
- kun: く.る, きた.る, きた.す, き.たす, き.たる, き, こ
- on: ライ, タイ
- meaning: come, due, next, cause, become
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 来 らい next (year, etc.); since (last month, etc.) 以来 いらい since, henceforth 従来 じゅうらい up to now, so far, traditional, existing (e.g. equipment) 将来 しょうらい future (usually near), prospects 来年 らいねん next year 本来 ほんらい essentially, naturally, by nature, in (and of) itself, originally 来月 らいげつ next month 来日 らいにち arrival in Japan, coming to Japan, visit to Japan 未来 みらい the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come 来春 らいしゅん, らいはる next spring