Kanji List
米
- kun: こめ, よね
- on: ベイ, マイ, メエトル
- meaning: rice, USA, metre
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 日米 にちべい Japan-America 米国 べいこく America, USA 全米 ぜんべい all-America, pan-American 対米 たいべい relating to the USA, toward America, with America 訪米 ほうべい visit to America 中南米 ちゅうなんべい Central and South America 南米 なんべい South America 米価 べいか rice price 反米 はんべい anti-American 米穀 べいこく rice
言
- kun: い.う, こと
- on: ゲン, ゴン
- meaning: say
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 言わば いわば so to speak, so to call it, as it were 言う いう, ゆう to say; to call (i.e. to give a name) 言 げん, こと word, remark, statement 言葉 ことば, けとば language, dialect; word, words, phrase, term, expression, remark; speech, (manner of) speaking 宣言 せんげん declaration, proclamation, announcement 発言 はつげん utterance, speech, proposal 証言 しょうげん evidence, testimony 提言 ていげん proposal, motion 言語 げんご, ごんご language 一言 ひとこと, いちげん, いちごん single word
理
- kun: ことわり
- on: リ
- meaning: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 理 り reason, principle, logic; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos 管理 かんり control, management (e.g. of a business) 理事 りじ director, board of directors 理由 りゆう reason, pretext, motive 処理 しょり processing, dealing with, treatment, disposition, disposal 総理 そうり prime minister, leader, overseer (of national affairs), president 理解 りかい understanding, comprehension 料理 りょうり cooking, cookery, cuisine; dealing with something, handling, administration, management 代理 だいり representation, agency, proxy, deputy, agent, attorney, substitute, alternate, acting (principal, etc.) 理念 りねん idea
体
- kun: からだ, かたち
- on: タイ, テイ
- meaning: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 体 からだ, しんたい body; health 具体的 ぐたいてき concrete, tangible, definite, specific 全体 ぜんたい whole, entirety, whatever (is the matter) 体制 たいせい order, system, structure, set-up, organization, organisation 団体 だんたい organization, organisation, association 共同体 きょうどうたい cooperative body, cooperative system, collective, community 自治体 じちたい self-governing body, municipality, autonomous entity 体験 たいけん personal experience 遺体 いたい corpse, remains 具体 ぐたい concrete, tangible, material
作
- kun: つく.る, つく.り, -づく.り
- on: サク, サ
- meaning: make, production, prepare, build
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 作 さく a work, a harvest 作る つくる to make, to produce, to manufacture, to build, to construct; to prepare (food), to brew (alcohol); to raise, to grow, to cultivate, to train; to till; to draw up (a document), to make out, to prepare, to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.), to compose; to coin (a phrase), to organize, to organise, to establish, to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.) 作り つくり making, producing, manufacturing, building, construction, make, structure; appearance (i.e. attire, make-up); build (i.e. physique); sashimi; forced (smile, etc.) 作業 さぎょう work, operation, manufacturing, fatigue duty 作品 さくひん work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.), opus, performance, production 作家 さっか author, writer, novelist, artist 作戦 さくせん tactics, strategy; military or naval operations 制作 せいさく work (film, book) 工作 こうさく work, construction, handicraft, maneuvering, manoeuvering 作曲 さっきょく composition, setting (of music)
用
- kun: もち.いる
- on: ヨウ
- meaning: utilize, business, service, use, employ
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 雇用 こよう employment (long term), hire 採用 さいよう use, adoption, acceptance; appointment, employment, engagement 使用 しよう use, application, employment, utilization, utilisation 費用 ひよう cost, expense 利用 りよう use, utilization, utilisation, application 運用 うんよう making use of, application, investment, practical use 乗用車 じょうようしゃ passenger vehicle, automobile 信用 しんよう confidence, dependence, credit, faith, reliance, belief, credence 適用 てきよう applying 利用者 りようしゃ user, end-user, consumer
当
- kun: あ.たる, あ.たり, あ.てる, あ.て, まさ.に, まさ.にべし
- on: トウ
- meaning: hit, right, appropriate, himself
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 当局 とうきょく authorities; this office 当時 とうじ at that time, in those days 当初 とうしょ at first 担当 たんとう (in) charge 当たり あたり hit, success, reaching the mark, per ..., vicinity, neighborhood, neighbourhood 当選 とうせん being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.) 当面 とうめん current, urgent, pressing, impending; to confront (an issue), to face (up to something); for the meantime, at present 本当 ほんとう, ほんと truth, reality 相当 そうとう befitting, becoming, worthy of, proportionate, in keeping with, suitable; considerable, substantial; to be worthy of, to be proportionate to; to correspond to (in meaning, function, etc.), to be equivalent; extremely, considerably 担当者 たんとうしゃ person in charge, person responsible, one in charge, responsible party, contact (person)
強
- kun: つよ.い, つよ.まる, つよ.める, し.いる, こわ.い
- on: キョウ, ゴウ
- meaning: strong
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 強さ つよさ strength, power 強化 きょうか strengthen, intensify, reinforce, solidify, enhancement 強制 きょうせい obligation, coercion, compulsion, enforcement 勉強 べんきょう study; diligence; discount, reduction 強める つよめる to strengthen, to emphasize, to emphasise 強硬 きょうこう firm, vigorous, unbending, unyielding, strong, stubborn 強力 きょうりょく powerful, strong 強盗 ごうとう robber, mugger; robbery, burglary 強み つよみ forte 強気 つよき firm, strong
話
- kun: はな.す, はなし
- on: ワ
- meaning: tale, talk
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 話 はなし talk, speech, chat, story, conversation; discussions, negotiation, argument 電話 でんわ telephone 対話 たいわ interactive, interaction, conversation, dialogue 話題 わだい topic, subject 話し合い はなしあい discussion, conference 会話 かいわ conversation 世話 せわ looking after, help, aid, assistance 談話 だんわ a talk, conversation 通話 つうわ telephone call, talking, calling; counter for telephone calls 神話 しんわ myth, legend
公
- kun: おおやけ
- on: コウ, ク
- meaning: public, prince, official, governmental
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 公園 こうえん (public) park 公演 こうえん public performance; sumo exhibition in a foreign country 公開 こうかい open to the public 公共 こうきょう public, community, public service, society, communal 公式 こうしき formality, formal, official; formula 公明党 こうめいとう New Komeito (Japanese political party), New Clean Government Party, Justice Party 公的 こうてき public, official 公判 こうはん public hearing, trial 公民 こうみん citizen, freemen 公明 こうめい fairness, justice
首
- kun: くび
- on: シュ
- meaning: neck, counter for songs and poems
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 首 くび, クビ neck; head; unemployed person 首相 しゅしょう Prime Minister, Chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.), Premier 首脳 しゅのう head, brains, leading spirit 首都 しゅと capital city, metropolis 党首 とうしゅ party leader 首都圏 しゅとけん the capital city (often Tokyo) area (typically within 50 km of city's centre) (center) 首位 しゅい first place, head position, leading position 一首 いっしゅ tanka, poem 元首 げんしゅ ruler, sovereign 首長 しゅちょう head (of organization, organisation), chief
野
- kun: の, の-
- on: ヤ, ショ
- meaning: plains, field, rustic, civilian life
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 野 の, や, ぬ plain, field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post 分野 ぶんや field, sphere, realm, division, branch 野球 やきゅう baseball 野党 やとう opposition party, political opposition, opposition 与野党 よやとう (political) parties in and out of power, majority and minority parties 野菜 やさい vegetable 上野 うえの section of Tokyo 視野 しや field of vision, outlook 野生 やせい wild, growing wild; I 大野 おおの large field
思
- kun: おも.う, おもえら.く, おぼ.す
- on: シ
- meaning: think
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 思わず おもわず unintentionally, reflexively, spontaneously, involuntarily, instinctively 思い おもい thought, mind, heart, feelings, emotion, sentiment, love, affection, desire, wish, hope, expectation, imagination, experience 思う おもう to think, to consider, to believe; to think (of doing), to plan (to do); to judge, to assess, to regard; to imagine, to suppose, to dream; to expect, to look forward to; to feel, to desire, to want; to recall, to remember 意思 いし intention, purpose 思想 しそう thought, idea, ideology 思惑 おもわく expectation, prediction, forecast; anticipation, speculation 思い切って おもいきって resolutely, boldly, daringly 思い出 おもいで memories, recollections, reminiscence 思いやり おもいやり consideration, sympathy 思考 しこう thought, consideration, thinking
北
- kun: きた
- on: ホク
- meaning: north
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 北 きた north 北海道 ほっかいどう Hokkaido (northernmost of the four main islands of Japan) 北京 ぺきん Beijing (China), Peking 北朝鮮 きたちょうせん North Korea 東北 とうほく, ひがしきた north-east; Northern most six prefectures of Honshu 南北 なんぼく south and north 北方 ほっぽう northern (district), northward 北部 ほくぶ north, northern part 北東 ほくとう, きたひがし northeast 敗北 はいぼく defeat; to be defeated
家
- kun: いえ, や, うち
- on: カ, ケ
- meaning: house, home
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 家族 かぞく family, members of a family 家庭 かてい home, family, household 国家 こっか state, country, nation 政治家 せいじか politician, statesman 作家 さっか author, writer, novelist, artist 専門家 せんもんか specialist 農家 のうか farmer, farm family 評論家 ひょうろんか critic 一家 いっか, いっけ a house, a home, a family, a household, one's family, one's folks, a style 家電 かでん consumer electronics
午
- kun: うま
- on: ゴ
- meaning: noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM, seventh sign of Chinese zodiac
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 午後 ごご afternoon, p.m. 午前 ごぜん morning, a.m. 正午 しょうご noon, mid-day 午 うま seventh sign of Chinese zodiac (The Horse, 11am-1pm, south, May) 午 ひる noon, midday; daytime; lunch 子午線 しごせん the meridian 端午 たんご Boy's Day celebration (May 5th) 午過ぎ ひるすぎ after noon 午后 ごご afternoon, p.m. 午後中 ごごじゅう throughout the afternoon
多
- kun: おお.い, まさ.に, まさ.る
- on: タ
- meaning: many, frequent, much
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 多数 たすう great number; countless, majority 多様 たよう diverse, varied 多角 たかく many-sided, versatile, polygonal, diversified 最多 さいた the most 多額 たがく large amount of money 多彩 たさい variegated, varicoloured, multi-colored, diverse 多少 たしょう more or less, somewhat, a little, some 数多く かずおおく in great numbers 多様化 たようか diversification 多大 ただい heavy, much
書
- kun: か.く, -が.き, -がき
- on: ショ
- meaning: write
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 書記 しょき clerk, secretary 秘書 ひしょ (private) secretary 報告書 ほうこくしょ (written) report 文書 ぶんしょ, もんじょ document, writing, letter, paperwork, note, records, archives 教科書 きょうかしょ textbook, text book 書店 しょてん bookshop, bookstore 著書 ちょしょ literary work, book 白書 はくしょ white paper 書類 しょるい documents, official papers 図書館 としょかん, ずしょかん library
心
- kun: こころ, -ごころ
- on: シン
- meaning: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 関心 かんしん concern, interest 中心 ちゅうしん center, centre, middle, heart, core, focus, pivot, emphasis, balance 心不全 しんふぜん heart failure 心から しんから, こころから from the bottom of one's heart, heart and soul, by nature 心臓 しんぞう heart 心配 しんぱい worry, concern, anxiety; care, help, aid, assistance 心理 しんり mentality 安心 あんしん relief, peace of mind 都心 としん city centre (center) (esp. capital city), urban centre, heart of city a metropolis 熱心 ねっしん zeal, enthusiasm
教
- kun: おし.える, おそ.わる
- on: キョウ
- meaning: teach, faith, doctrine
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 教育 きょういく training, education 教授 きょうじゅ professor; teaching, instruction 教師 きょうし teacher (classroom) 宗教 しゅうきょう religion 教室 きょうしつ classroom 教徒 きょうと believer, adherent 教科書 きょうかしょ textbook, text book 教諭 きょうゆ teacher 助教授 じょきょうじゅ assistant professor 教会 きょうかい church
夕
- kun: ゆう
- on: セキ
- meaning: evening
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 夕 ゆう, ゆうべ, さくや evening; last night 夕食 ゆうしょく evening meal, dinner 夕方 ゆうがた evening 夕刊 ゆうかん evening paper 夕べ ゆう, ゆうべ, さくや evening; last night 朝夕 あさゆう, ちょうせき morning and evening, from morning until night, constantly 夕暮れ ゆうぐれ evening, (evening) twilight 夕刻 ゆうこく evening, evening hour 七夕 たなばた, しちせき Festival of the Weaver (July 7th), Star Festival 夕日 ゆうひ (in) the evening sun, setting sun
数
- kun: かず, かぞ.える, しばしば, せ.める, わずらわ.しい
- on: スウ, ス, サク, ソク, シュ
- meaning: number, strength, fate, law, figures
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 数 かず number, amount 数字 すうじ numeral, figure, digit, numeric character 多数 たすう great number; countless, majority 定数 ていすう constant; literal 少数 しょうすう minority, few 複数 ふくすう several, plural, plurality, multiple 過半数 かはんすう majority 半数 はんすう half the number; haploid 回数 かいすう number of times, frequency, count 指数 しすう index, index number, exponent (e.g. in floating-point representation), characteristic
記
- kun: しる.す
- on: キ
- meaning: scribe, account, narrative
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 記事 きじ article, news story, report, account 記者 きしゃ reporter 記録 きろく record, minutes, document; a record (e.g. in sports), results, score; to record, to document; to set a record (e.g. in sports), to show a result, to reach a value 書記 しょき clerk, secretary 記念 きねん commemoration, memory 記憶 きおく memory, recollection, remembrance; storage 記す しるす, きす to write down, to note; to remember 記述 きじゅつ description, descriptor 記念日 きねんび holiday, anniversary, memorial day 日記 にっき diary, journal
雨
- kun: あめ, あま-, -さめ
- on: ウ
- meaning: rain
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 雨 あめ rain 大雨 おおあめ heavy rain 梅雨 ばいう, つゆ rainy season; rain during the rainy season 雨水 あまみず, うすい rain water; "rain water" solar term (approx. Feb 19) 雨量 うりょう rainfall 降雨 こうう rainfall, rain 豪雨 ごうう heavy rain, cloudburst, downpour 雨期 うき rainy season 梅雨明け つゆあけ the end of the rainy season 長雨 ながあめ, ながめ long spell of rain
点
- kun: つ.ける, つ.く, た.てる, さ.す, とぼ.す, とも.す, ぼち
- on: テン
- meaning: spot, point, mark, speck, decimal point
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 点 てん spot, mark; point, dot; mark (e.g. in exam), score, points; counter for goods or items 焦点 しょうてん focus (e.g. photographic), focal point 拠点 きょてん position, location, base, point 時点 じてん point in time, occasion 得点 とくてん score, points made, marks obtained, runs 視点 してん opinion, point of view, visual point 失点 しってん run charged to the pitcher 重点 じゅうてん important point, lay stress on, colon, emphasis 同点 どうてん deadlock, tie, draw 問題点 もんだいてん the point at issue
活
- kun: い.きる, い.かす, い.ける
- on: カツ
- meaning: lively, resuscitation, being helped, living
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 活動 かつどう action, activity 生活 せいかつ living, life (one's daily existence), livelihood 活発 かっぱつ vigor, vigour, active, lively 活性 かっせい activity 活躍 かつやく activity (esp. energetic), great efforts, conspicuous service; to flourish, to participate actively, to play an active role 復活 ふっかつ revival (e.g. musical), come-back; restoration, rebirth, resurrection 活用 かつよう practical use, application; conjugation, declension, inflection 活力 かつりょく vitality, energy 活動家 かつどうか (anti-war) activist 食生活 しょくせいかつ eating habits
元
- kun: もと
- on: ゲン, ガン
- meaning: beginning, former time, origin
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 元 もと origin, source; base, foundation; cause; ingredient; (somebody's) side, (somebody's) location; original cost (or capital, principal, etc.); trunk; first section of a waka; counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry) 地元 じもと home area, home town; local 元首 げんしゅ ruler, sovereign 元気 げんき health(y), robust, vigor, vigour, energy, vitality, vim, stamina, spirit, courage, pep 元日 がんじつ, がんにち New Year's Day 身元 みもと person's identity, ID, past, background 足元 あしもと, そっか at one's feet, underfoot; gait, pace, step; you, thou 還元 かんげん resolution, reduction, return to origins 元年 がんねん first year (of a specific reign) 次元 じげん dimension; perspective, point of reference, level (of something)
原
- kun: はら
- on: ゲン
- meaning: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 原因 げんいん cause, origin, source 原則 げんそく principle, general rule 原子力 げんしりょく atomic energy 原告 げんこく plaintiff, accuser, prosecutor 原発 げんぱつ nuclear power plant, nuclear power supply 原油 げんゆ crude oil 原理 げんり principle, theory, fundamental truth 原点 げんてん origin (coordinates), starting point 原爆 げんばく atomic bomb, A-bomb 原案 げんあん original plan, original bill, motion, draft, draught
近
- kun: ちか.い
- on: キン, コン
- meaning: near, early, akin, tantamount
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 最近 さいきん latest, most recent, nowadays 近代 きんだい present day, modern times 付近 ふきん neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity, environs; approaching 近鉄 きんてつ Kinki Nippon Tetsudou (railway co.) 側近 そっきん close associate, close aide, brains-truster 近所 きんじょ neighbourhood, neighborhood 近年 きんねん recent years 近畿 きんき Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara) 近郊 きんこう suburbs, outskirts 近隣 きんりん neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity
考
- kun: かんが.える, かんが.え
- on: コウ
- meaning: consider, think over
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 考え かんがえ thinking, thought, ideas, intention 考え方 かんがえかた way of thinking 参考 さんこう reference, consultation 選考 せんこう selection, screening 考える かんがえる to consider, to think about 思考 しこう thought, consideration, thinking 考古学 こうこがく archaeology, archeology 考慮 こうりょ consideration, taking into account 再考 さいこう reconsideration 考察 こうさつ consideration, inquiry, enquiry
交
- kun: まじ.わる, まじ.える, ま.じる, まじ.る, ま.ざる, ま.ぜる, -か.う, か.わす, かわ.す, こもごも
- on: コウ
- meaning: mingle, mixing, association, coming & going
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 外交 がいこう diplomacy 交渉 こうしょう negotiations, discussions; connection 交流 こうりゅう intercourse, (cultural) exchange, intermingling; alternating current, AC 交換 こうかん exchange, interchange, switching, reciprocity, barter, substitution, replacement, clearing (of checks, cheques) 交通 こうつう communication, transportation, traffic, intercourse 国交 こっこう diplomatic relations 交代 こうたい alternation, change, relief, relay, shift, substitution (sports, etc.) 交付 こうふ delivering, handing over, furnishing (e.g. with copies), issuance, issuing 外交官 がいこうかん diplomat 交通事故 こうつうじこ traffic accident
画
- kun: えが.く, かく.する, かぎ.る, はかりごと, はか.る
- on: ガ, カク, エ, カイ
- meaning: brush-stroke, picture
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 画 かく stroke (of a kanji, etc.) 映画 えいが movie, film 計画 けいかく plan, project, schedule, scheme, program, programme 企画 きかく planning, project, plan, design 絵画 かいが picture, painting 画面 がめん terminal screen, scene, picture, the field (in TV), photo 画家 がか painter, artist 漫画 まんが comic, cartoon 画像 がぞう image, picture, portrait 経済企画庁 けいざいきかくちょう Economic Planning Agency
海
- kun: うみ
- on: カイ
- meaning: sea, ocean
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 海 うみ, み, わた, わだ sea, beach 海外 かいがい foreign, abroad, overseas 北海道 ほっかいどう Hokkaido (northernmost of the four main islands of Japan) 東海 とうかい region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan, eastern sea 海軍 かいぐん navy 海上 かいじょう (by, at, on) sea, maritime, marine 海岸 かいがん coast, beach 海洋 かいよう ocean 掃海 そうかい sweeping the sea for mines, dragging for mines 日本海 にほんかい, にっぽんかい Sea of Japan
売
- kun: う.る, う.れる
- on: バイ
- meaning: sell
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 販売 はんばい sales, selling, marketing 売り うり sale, selling; selling point, gimmick 売る うる to sell 売買 ばいばい trade, buying and selling 発売 はつばい sale, offering for sale, release (for sale), launch (product) 売り上げ うりあげ amount sold, proceeds 売却 ばいきゃく sale, disposal by sale 売上高 うりあげだか sales, amount sold, proceeds 商売 しょうばい trade, business, commerce, transaction, occupation 売り場 うりば place where things are sold, point of sale, POS, sales floor, counter (in shop)
半
- kun: なか.ば
- on: ハン
- meaning: half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 半 はん half 時半 じはん about an hour, short time; half past (the hour) 後半 こうはん second half, latter half 半ば なかば middle, half, semi, halfway, partly 半分 はんぶん half 前半 ぜんはん, ぜんぱん first half 大半 たいはん majority, mostly, generally 過半数 かはんすう majority 朝鮮半島 ちょうせんはんとう Korean peninsula 半数 はんすう half the number; haploid
知
- kun: し.る, し.らせる
- on: チ
- meaning: know, wisdom
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 知る しる to know, to understand, to be acquainted with, to feel 知事 ちじ prefectural governor 知らん顔 しらんかお unconcerned air, indifference, feigned ignorance, pretending not to recognize (somebody) 県知事 けんちじ prefectural governor 知識 ちしき knowledge, information 知人 ちじん friend, acquaintance 知恵 ちえ wisdom, wit, sagacity, sense, intelligence; prajna (insight leading to enlightenmen) 知的 ちてき intellectual 通知 つうち notice, notification, report, posting 副知事 ふくちじ lieutenant governor
道
- kun: みち
- on: ドウ, トウ
- meaning: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 道 みち road, street, way, path, course, route, lane; distance, ways (e.g. "a long ways"); the way (of proper conduct, etc.), one's way, morals; teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist), dogma; field (of medicine, etc.), subject; way, method, means 報道 ほうどう information, report, journalism 北海道 ほっかいどう Hokkaido (northernmost of the four main islands of Japan) 道路 どうろ road, highway 鉄道 てつどう railroad 都道府県 とどうふけん administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Hokkai-do, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu and remaining prefectures 軌道 きどう orbit, trajectory; railroad track 柔道 じゅうどう judo 報道陣 ほうどうじん press corps 高速道路 こうそくどうろ highway, freeway, expressway, motorway
組
- kun: く.む, くみ, -ぐみ
- on: ソ
- meaning: association, braid, plait, construct, assemble, unite, cooperate, grapple
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 組 くみ set (of items); group (of people), class (of students), company (esp. construction), family (i.e. mafia), team; typesetting, composition 組織 そしき organization, organisation; structure, construction; tissue; system 番組 ばんぐみ program (e.g. TV), programme 組合 くみあい association, union 労組 ろうそ, ろうくみ labor union, labour union 仕組み しくみ structure, construction, arrangement, contrivance; plan, plot, contrivance 枠組み わくぐみ frame, framework 取り組み とりくみ bout (in sports, etc.), match; effort, initiative, dealing with, grappling with, wrestling with 労働組合 ろうどうくみあい labor union, labour union 組長 くみちょう boss (yakuza)
計
- kun: はか.る, はか.らう
- on: ケイ
- meaning: plot, plan, scheme, measure
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 計 けい plan; meter, measuring device; (in) total, total (of) 計画 けいかく plan, project, schedule, scheme, program, programme 合計 ごうけい sum total, total amount 設計 せっけい plan, design, layout 計算 けいさん calculation, reckoning, count; forecast 統計 とうけい statistics 会計 かいけい account, finance, accountant, treasurer, paymaster, reckoning, bill 時計 とけい, ときはかり watch, clock, timepiece 集計 しゅうけい totalization, totalisation, aggregate 家計 かけい household economy, family finances
草
- kun: くさ, くさ-, -ぐさ
- on: ソウ
- meaning: grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 草 くさ grass 草案 そうあん draft, draught 草の根 くさのね grassroots, rank and file, the roots of grass 草原 そうげん, くさはら grass-covered plain, grasslands, meadows, savannah, prairie, steppe 起草 きそう drafting, draughting, drawing up a bill 草分け くさわけ pioneer, pathfinder, originator, founder, trailblazer 雑草 ざっそう weed 仕草 しぐさ action, acting, gesture, bearing, treatment, behavior, behaviour 干し草を付けた馬 ほしくさをつけたうま horse loaded with hay 除草 じょそう weeding
西
- kun: にし
- on: セイ, サイ, ス
- meaning: west, Spain
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 西 にし west 関西 かんさい, かんせい Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka) 西側 にしがわ west side, west bank 東西 とうざい East and West; whole country; Orient and Occident, Western and Eastern; Your attention, please! 西欧 せいおう Western Europe 大西洋 たいせいよう Atlantic Ocean 西部 せいぶ the west, western part, the West 南西 なんせい, みなみにし southwest 西日本 にしにほん, にしにっぽん western Japan 西洋 せいよう the west, Western countries
引
- kun: ひ.く, ひ.き, ひ.き-, -び.き, ひ.ける
- on: イン
- meaning: pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 取引 とりひき transactions, dealings, business 引き下げ ひきさげ reduction, cut 引き上げ ひきあげ pulling up, drawing up, salvage, re-floatation; raising, increase, upward revision 引退 いんたい retire 隠し引き出し かくしひきだし secret withdrawal 強引 ごういん overbearing, coercive, pushy, forcible, high-handed 駆け引き かけひき bargaining, haggling; tactics, strategy 引き金 ひきがね trigger, gunlock 引き続き ひきつづき continuing for a long time, in succession, without a break 割引 わりびき discount, reduction, rebate, tenths discounted
電
- on: デン
- meaning: electricity
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 電話 でんわ telephone 電気 でんき electricity; (electric) light 電力 でんりょく electric power 電子 でんし electron; (esp. as a prefix) electronic, electronics 電車 でんしゃ (electric) train 家電 かでん consumer electronics 電機 でんき electrical machinery, appliances 電波 でんぱ electro-magnetic wave, radio wave; nonsense 発電 はつでん generation (e.g. power) 発電所 はつでんしょ power plant, power station
朝
- kun: あさ
- on: チョウ
- meaning: morning, dynasty, regime, epoch, period, (North) Korea
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 朝 あさ, あした morning 北朝鮮 きたちょうせん North Korea 朝鮮 ちょうせん Korea 朝鮮民主主義人民共和国 ちょうせんみんしゅしゅぎじんみんきょうわこく Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), DPRK 朝鮮半島 ちょうせんはんとう Korean peninsula 早朝 そうちょう early morning 朝日 あさひ morning sun 朝刊 ちょうかん morning newspaper 朝食 ちょうしょく breakfast 毎朝 まいあさ, まいちょう every morning
台
- kun: うてな, われ, つかさ
- on: ダイ, タイ
- meaning: pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 台 だい stand, rack, table; support; belt; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery) 台湾 たいわん Taiwan 舞台 ぶたい stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.) 台風 たいふう typhoon, hurricane 台所 だいどころ, だいどこ kitchen 大台 おおだい (stock) 100-yen unit, high level (of stock prices) 台頭 たいとう rise of, appearance of, (in the) forefront, prominence 台本 だいほん script, libretto, scenario 土台 どだい foundation, base, basis 屋台 やたい cart, esp. food cart; (festival) float
広
- kun: ひろ.い, ひろ.まる, ひろ.める, ひろ.がる, ひろ.げる
- on: コウ
- meaning: wide, broad, spacious
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 広い ひろい spacious, vast, wide 広がり ひろがり spread, span 広告 こうこく advertisement 広げる ひろげる to spread, to extend, to expand, to enlarge, to widen, to broaden, to unfold, to open, to unroll 広がった枝 ひろがったえだ spreading branches 広さ ひろさ extent 広報 こうほう PR, public relations, publicity, information 広場 ひろば plaza 幅広い はばひろい extensive, wide, broad 広大 こうだい huge, very large, vast, extensive, magnificent, grand
直
- kun: ただ.ちに, なお.す, -なお.す, なお.る, なお.き, す.ぐ
- on: チョク, ジキ, ジカ
- meaning: straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 直 じき soon, in a moment, before long, shortly; nearby, close; direct; spot transaction, cash transaction 直ちに ただちに at once, immediately, directly, in person 見直し みなおし review, reconsideration, revision 直後 ちょくご immediately following 直接 ちょくせつ direct, immediate, personal, firsthand 直前 ちょくぜん just before 直面 ちょくめん confrontation 率直 そっちょく frankness, candour, candor, openheartedness 正直 しょうじき honesty, integrity, frankness; honestly, frankly 素直 すなお obedient, meek, docile, unaffected; honest, frank
語
- kun: かた.る, かた.らう
- on: ゴ
- meaning: word, speech, language
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 英語 えいご English (language) 日本語 にほんご, にっぽんご Japanese (language) 物語 ものがたり tale, story, legend 語らう かたらう to talk, to tell, to recite, to pledge, to conspire with 語る かたる to talk, to tell, to recite 言語 げんご, ごんご language 語り かたり talking 用語 ようご term, terminology 国語 こくご Japanese (language); national language; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords) 外国語 がいこくご foreign language
少
- kun: すく.ない, すこ.し
- on: ショウ
- meaning: few, little
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 少し すこし small quantity, little, few, something; little while; short distance 少なくとも すくなくとも at least 少年 しょうねん boys, juveniles 減少 げんしょう decrease, reduction, decline 少数 しょうすう minority, few 少女 しょうじょ, おとめ young lady, little girl, virgin, maiden, daughter 青少年 せいしょうねん youth, young person 多少 たしょう more or less, somewhat, a little, some 少ない すくない few, a little, scarce, insufficient, seldom 少なからず すくなからず considerably, not a little, in no small numbers
聞
- kun: き.く, き.こえる
- on: ブン, モン
- meaning: hear, ask, listen
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 聞かす きかす to inform about, to read to, to sing for 新聞 しんぶん newspaper 新聞社 しんぶんしゃ newspaper company 聞き手 ききて hearer, listener, audience; interviewer, questioner 新聞紙 しんぶんし newsprint, newspaper 前代未聞 ぜんだいみもん unheard-of, unprecedented, unparalleled in history (unparallelled), record-breaking 新聞記事 しんぶんきじ newspaper story (article, account) 聞き書き ききがき account of what one hears 聞こえる きこえる to be heard, to be audible; to be said to be, to be reputed 聞き取り ききとり listening comprehension
工
- on: コウ, ク, グ
- meaning: craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 工場 こうじょう, こうば factory, plant, mill, workshop 工業 こうぎょう (manufacturing) industry 工事 こうじ construction work 工作 こうさく work, construction, handicraft, maneuvering, manoeuvering 加工 かこう manufacturing, processing, treatment, machining 工夫 くふう scheme, device, scheming, devising, figuring out, coming up with, solving ingeniously; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation) 人工 じんこう artificial, manmade, human work, human skill, artificiality 工学 こうがく engineering 商工 しょうこう commerce and industry 大工 だいく carpenter
食
- kun: く.う, く.らう, た.べる, は.む
- on: ショク, ジキ
- meaning: eat, food
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 食 しょく meal, (one's) diet, food, foodstuff(s); eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.) 食事 しょくじ meal; to eat 食品 しょくひん commodity, foodstuff 食料 しょくりょう food 食糧 しょくりょう provisions, rations, food supply 昼食 ちゅうしょく, ちゅうじき, ひるげ lunch, midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony) 飲食 いんしょく food and drink, eating and drinking 給食 きゅうしょく school lunch, providing a meal 夕食 ゆうしょく evening meal, dinner 食べ物 たべもの food
止
- kun: と.まる, -ど.まり, と.める, -と.める, -ど.め, とど.める, とど.め, とど.まる, や.める, や.む, -や.む, よ.す, -さ.す, -さ.し
- on: シ
- meaning: stop, halt
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 禁止 きんし prohibition, inhibition, ban 停止 ていし suspension, interruption, stoppage, ban, standstill, halt, hang-up, deadlock, stalemate, abeyance 防止 ぼうし prevention, check 中止 ちゅうし suspension, stoppage, discontinuance, interruption 廃止 はいし abolition, repeal 歯止め はどめ brake, skid, pawl; restraint, curtailment, self-imposed limit, check 受け止める うけとめる to catch, to stop the blow, to react to, to take 阻止 そし obstruction, check, hindrance, prevention, interdiction 止まる とまる, とどまる to stop, to halt; to remain, to abide, to stay (in the one place); to come to a halt; to be limited to 差し止め さしとめ prohibition, ban, suspension
何
- kun: なに, なん, なに-, なん-
- on: カ
- meaning: what
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 何 なに, なん what; how many (some counter); euph. for genitals or sex 何か なにか, なんか something 何も なにも nothing (with neg. verbs), not any; and everything else (with noun plus "mo"), all 何とか なんとか something, something or other, so-and-so; somehow, anyhow, one way or another 何の どの which, what (way) 何より なにより most, best, above all 何でも なんでも any, whatever one likes, by all means, anything, everything 何度 なんど how many times?, how often? 何と なんと what, how, whatever 何とも なんとも nothing (with neg. verb), quite, not a bit
南
- kun: みなみ
- on: ナン, ナ
- meaning: south
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 南 みなみ south 南アフリカ みなみアフリカ South Africa 南北 なんぼく south and north 東南 とうなん, ひがしみなみ south-east 南部 なんぶ southern part 南西 なんせい, みなみにし southwest 中南米 ちゅうなんべい Central and South America 南米 なんべい South America 南極 なんきょく South Pole; the Antarctic, Antarctica 南東 なんとう, みなみひがし southeast
切
- kun: き.る, -き.る, き.り, -き.り, -ぎ.り, き.れる, -き.れる, き.れ, -き.れ, -ぎ.れ
- on: セツ, サイ
- meaning: cut, cutoff, be sharp
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 大切 たいせつ important, valuable, worthy of care 切っ掛け きっかけ chance, start, cue, excuse, motive, impetus, occasion 一切 いっさい all, everything, without exception, the whole, entirely, absolutely 適切 てきせつ pertinent, appropriate, adequate, relevance 切り きり limits, end, bounds, period, place to leave off, closing sentence, all there is, only, since 思い切って おもいきって resolutely, boldly, daringly 切らす きらす to be out of, to run out of, to be short of, to be out of stock 切る きる to cut (usu. to cut through); to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (i.e. the light); to terminate (i.e. a conversation), to hang up (the phone), to disconnect; to punch (a ticket), to tear off (a stub); to open (something sealed); to start; to set (a limit); to reduce, to decrease, to discount; to shake off (water, etc.), to let drip-dry (or drain); to cross; to do (something noticeable); to turn (a vehicle); to cut (the ball); to shuffle (cards); to trump; (in Go) to isolate (an opponent's stone); (after the -masu stem of a verb) to finish, to complete 締め切り しめきり closing, cut-off, end, deadline, Closed, No Entrance 切手 きって stamp (postage), merchandise certificate
万
- kun: よろず
- on: マン, バン
- meaning: ten thousand, 10,000
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 十万 じゅうまん 100,000, hundred thousand 百万 ひゃくまん 1,000,000, one million; many 万全 ばんぜん perfection, flawlessness 数万 すうまん tens of thousands 万里 ばんり thousands of miles 万能 ばんのう, まんのう all-purpose, utility; almighty, omnipotent 万一 まんいち, まんいつ by some chance, by some possibility, if by any chance, 10,000 to 1 odds 万国 ばんこく all countries, the whole world, universal, all nations 万人 ばんにん, ばんじん, まんにん all people, everybody; ten thousand people 万歳 ばんざい, ばんぜい crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture); something worthy of celebration; giving up; long time; eternal life (and prosperity); banzai (a celebratory cheer), hurrah (hooray, hurray)
番
- kun: つが.い
- on: バン
- meaning: turn, number in a series
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 一番 いちばん best, first, number one; game, round, bout, fall, event (in a meet) 番組 ばんぐみ program (e.g. TV), programme 番号 ばんごう number, series of digits 本番 ほんばん performance, take, going before an audience or on-air; game, season, crucial moment; actual sexual intercourse (i.e. not simulated) 番手 ばんて (yarn) count; n-th place (e.g. in a race), n-th in position (e.g. a starting lineup) 出番 でばん one's turn 二番 にばん second, number two, runner-up 順番 じゅんばん turn (in line), order of things, sequential order 番付 ばんづけ ranking of entertainers, sumo wrestlers, etc. 背番号 せばんごう number on player's back
楽
- kun: たの.しい, たの.しむ, この.む
- on: ガク, ラク, ゴウ
- meaning: music, comfort, ease
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 楽しみ たのしみ enjoyment, pleasure, diversion, amusement, hobby; anticipation, looking forward to 音楽 おんがく music, musical movement 楽 らく comfort, ease 楽器 がっき musical instrument 倶楽部 くらぶ, クラブ club, fraternity, sorority, clubhouse 娯楽 ごらく pleasure, amusement 能楽 のうがく Noh play 楽観 らっかん optimism 楽しい たのしい enjoyable, fun 楽しむ たのしむ to enjoy oneself
店
- kun: みせ, たな
- on: テン
- meaning: store, shop
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 支店 してん branch store (office) 百貨店 ひゃっかてん (department) store(s) 書店 しょてん bookshop, bookstore 店舗 てんぽ shop, store 商店 しょうてん shop, small store, business, firm 店頭 てんとう shop front, counter, shop, over-the-counter (financial) 本店 ほんてん head office 支店長 してんちょう branch manager, manager of a branch office 代理店 だいりてん agent, agency 店員 てんいん shop assistant, employee, clerk, salesperson
算
- kun: そろ
- on: サン
- meaning: calculate, divining, number, abacus, probability
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 予算 よさん estimate, budget 決算 けっさん balance sheet, settlement of accounts 通算 つうさん total 計算 けいさん calculation, reckoning, count; forecast 補正予算 ほせいよさん revised or supplementary budget 公算 こうさん probability, likelihood 概算 がいさん approximation, rough estimate 試算 しさん trial calculation, preliminary calculation 採算 さいさん profit 清算 せいさん liquidation, settlement
線
- kun: すじ
- on: セン
- meaning: line, track
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 線 せん line (also telephone, railway), wire, beam 路線 ろせん route, line, alignment 新幹線 しんかんせん bullet train (very high speed), Shinkansen 打線 だせん baseball lineup 戦線 せんせん (war) front 三十八度線 さんじゅうはちどせん the Thirty-eighth Parallel 無線 むせん wireless, radio 一線 いっせん line 回線 かいせん circuit, line 視線 しせん one's eyes, glance, look
親
- kun: おや, おや-, した.しい, した.しむ
- on: シン
- meaning: parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards)
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 親 おや parent, parents; dealer (in cards); founder; (pet) owner 父親 ちちおや father 母親 ははおや mother 両親 りょうしん, ふたおや parents, both parents 親子 おやこ, しんし parent and child 親方 おやかた master; coach in professional sumo 親しむ したしむ to be intimate with, to befriend 親類 しんるい relation, kin 親善 しんぜん friendship 肉親 にくしん blood relationship, blood relative
声
- kun: こえ, こわ-
- on: セイ, ショウ
- meaning: voice
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 声 こえ voice 声明 せいめい declaration, statement, proclamation 音声 おんせい, おんじょう voice, (the concept of) sound 歓声 かんせい cheer, shout of joy 声援 せいえん encouragement, cheering, support 声楽 せいがく vocal music 第一声 だいいっせい first tone, first speech 掛け声 かけごえ yell used to time or encourage activity (e.g. "Heave ho!", "On three ... One, two, three!" in English), enthusiastic shout from the audience (e.g. in kabuki), shouting (in concerts) 歌声 うたごえ singing voice 声高 こわだか with a loud voice
毎
- kun: ごと, -ごと.に
- on: マイ
- meaning: every
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 毎日 まいにち every day 毎年 まいとし, まいねん every year, yearly, annually 毎週 まいしゅう every week 毎月 まいげつ, まいつき every month, each month, monthly 毎回 まいかい every time, each round 毎朝 まいあさ, まいちょう every morning 毎晩 まいばん every night 毎秒 まいびょう every second 毎分 まいふん every minute, per minute 毎度 まいど each time; thank you for your continued patronage
形
- kun: かた, -がた, かたち, なり
- on: ケイ, ギョウ
- meaning: shape, form, style
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 形 かたち, よう form, shape, figure; visage 形式 けいしき form (as opposed to substance), formality; method, system, style; format, mode, appearance, form (something takes); math expression 形成 けいせい formation, molding, taking form 形態 けいたい form, shape, figure 人形 にんぎょう doll, puppet, figure 山形 やまがた mountain-shaped 手形 てがた draft, draught, promissory note; signed hand-print (sumo) 造形 ぞうけい molding, moulding, modelling (i.e. plastic arts), modeling 自由形 じゆうがた freestyle (e.g. swimming event) 円形 えんけい, まるがた round shape, circle; circular form
頭
- kun: あたま, かしら, -がしら, かぶり
- on: トウ, ズ, ト
- meaning: head, counter for large animals
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 冒頭 ぼうとう beginning, start, outset 先頭 せんとう head, lead, vanguard, first 店頭 てんとう shop front, counter, shop, over-the-counter (financial) 頭取 とうどり (bank) president 街頭 がいとう in the street 念頭 ねんとう mind 筆頭 ひっとう brush tip, first on a list 会頭 かいとう society president 台頭 たいとう rise of, appearance of, (in the) forefront, prominence 頭痛 ずつう headache
門
- kun: かど, と
- on: モン
- meaning: gate, counter for cannons
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 門 かど, もん gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; (biological) division; counter for cannons 部門 ぶもん class, group, category, department, field, branch 専門 せんもん speciality, specialty, subject of study, expert 専門家 せんもんか specialist 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 名門 めいもん noted family, noble family 入門 にゅうもん primer, manual, entering an institute, introduction to 専門店 せんもんてん specialist shops 板門店 はんもんてん Panmunjon 専門的 せんもんてき technical (e.g. discussion), exclusive, professional
答
- kun: こた.える, こた.え
- on: トウ
- meaning: solution, answer
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 答え こたえ, いらえ response, reply, answer, solution 回答 かいとう reply, answer 答申 とうしん report, reply, findings 答弁 とうべん response, reply, answer, defence, defense 応答 おうとう reply, answer, response 解答 かいとう answer, solution 答案 とうあん examination paper, examination script 返答 へんとう reply 問答 もんどう questions and answers, dialogue 贈答 ぞうとう exchange of presents
夜
- kun: よ, よる
- on: ヤ
- meaning: night, evening
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 夜 よる, よ evening, night 深夜 しんや late at night 日夜 にちや day and night, always 夜間 やかん at night, nighttime 前夜 ぜんや last night, the previous night 同夜 どうや the same night, that night 一夜 いちや, ひとや, ひとよ one night, all night, overnight, one evening 徹夜 てつや all night, all-night vigil, sleepless night 夜中 よなか midnight, dead of night 夜明け よあけ dawn, daybreak
帰
- kun: かえ.る, かえ.す, おく.る, とつ.ぐ
- on: キ
- meaning: homecoming, arrive at, lead to, result in
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 帰り かえり return, coming back 帰国 きこく return to one's country 復帰 ふっき return, comeback, reinstatement; carriage return, CR 帰還 きかん repatriation, return; (electrical) feedback 帰宅 きたく returning home 帰属 きぞく belonging to 回帰 かいき return (to), revolution, recurrence, recursion, comeback, revival 里帰り さとがえり returning home, visiting one's parents, new bride's first visit to parents 帰省 きせい homecoming, returning home 帰途 きと on the way back, returning
古
- kun: ふる.い, ふる-, -ふる.す
- on: コ
- meaning: old
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 古 いにしえ antiquity, ancient times 古代 こだい ancient times 古典 こてん old book, classics, classic 古墳 こふん ancient (mound) tomb 考古学 こうこがく archaeology, archeology 古い ふるい old (not person), aged, ancient, antiquated, stale, threadbare, outmoded, obsolete article 中古 ちゅうこ, ちゅうぶる used, second-hand, old; Middle Ages 古書 こしょ old book, rare book 最古 さいこ the oldest 中古車 ちゅうこしゃ used car, secondhand car
歌
- kun: うた, うた.う
- on: カ
- meaning: song, sing
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 歌 うた song; classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka); modern poetry 歌手 かしゅ singer 歌舞伎 かぶき kabuki, Japanese classical drama 短歌 たんか tanka, 31-syllable Japanese poem 歌劇 かげき opera 歌人 かじん (Japanese) poet 歌詞 かし song lyrics, words of a song, libretto 歌集 かしゅう anthology, book of poetry 歌う うたう to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.) 演歌 えんか enka, traditional-style Japanese popular ballad
買
- kun: か.う
- on: バイ
- meaning: buy
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 買い かい buying, buyer, purchase 売買 ばいばい trade, buying and selling 買う かう to buy; to value, to have a high opinion; to stir, to provoke 買収 ばいしゅう buying, purchase; corruption, bribery 買い物 かいもの shopping, purchased goods 買い取り かいとり purchase, sale (transaction) 買い占め かいしめ buying up of goods, cornering (market) 買い付け かいつけ buying, purchasing 買い手 かいて buyer 買い上げ かいあげ buying, purchasing
谷
- kun: たに, きわ.まる
- on: コク
- meaning: valley
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 谷 たに valley 谷川 たにがわ mountain stream 谷間 たにま, たにあい valley, ravine, chasm, dell; cleavage 渓谷 けいこく valley, ravine, canyon 峡谷 きょうこく glen, ravine, gorge, canyon 谷底 たにそこ, たにぞこ bottom of valley or ravine 谷地 やち marsh land, swamp 谷あい たにま, たにあい valley, ravine, chasm, dell; cleavage 谿谷 けいこく valley, ravine, canyon 千仭の谷 せんじんのたに bottomless ravine
図
- kun: え, はか.る
- on: ズ, ト
- meaning: map, drawing, plan, unexpected, accidentally
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 図 ず figure (e.g. Fig 1), drawing, picture, illustration 意図 いと intention, aim, design 構図 こうず composition 図書館 としょかん, ずしょかん library 地図 ちず map 図る はかる to plot, to attempt, to plan, to devise, to design; to take in, to deceive; to aim for, to have something in mind; to refer A to B 図書 としょ books 図式 ずしき diagram, graph, schema 意図的 いとてき intentional, on purpose 合図 あいず sign, signal
週
- on: シュウ
- meaning: week
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 週 しゅう week 週刊 しゅうかん published weekly 一週間 いっしゅうかん one week 今週 こんしゅう this week 先週 せんしゅう last week, the week before 毎週 まいしゅう every week 週末 しゅうまつ weekend 来週 らいしゅう next week 週明け しゅうあけ beginning of the week, new week opening, Monday 週休 しゅうきゅう weekly holiday
光
- kun: ひか.る, ひかり
- on: コウ
- meaning: ray, light
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 光 ひかり light 観光 かんこう sightseeing 光景 こうけい scene, spectacle 日光 にっこう sunlight 脚光 きゃっこう footlight, limelight 栄光 えいこう glory 光栄 こうえい honour, honor, glory, privilege 光線 こうせん beam, light ray 光学 こうがく optics 光沢 こうたく brilliance, polish, lustre, luster, glossy finish (of photographs)
母
- kun: はは, も
- on: ボ
- meaning: mama, mother
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 母 はは mother お母さん おかあさん mother 母親 ははおや mother 父母 ふぼ, ちちはは father and mother, parents 母体 ぼたい mother's body, esp. when pregnant or after giving birth; parent body, parent organization, heartland 母子 ぼし mother and child 祖母 そぼ, ばば, おおば, おば, うば grandmother 母国 ぼこく one's homeland 空母 くうぼ aircraft carrier 母校 ぼこう alma mater
室
- kun: むろ
- on: シツ
- meaning: room, apartment, chamber, greenhouse, cellar
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 教室 きょうしつ classroom 室長 しつちょう room monitor 室内 しつない indoor, inside the room 皇室 こうしつ Imperial household 会議室 かいぎしつ conference room, council room 研究室 けんきゅうしつ laboratory; seminar room; professor's office 一室 いっしつ one room 密室 みっしつ room that cannot be entered (i.e. because it's locked from the inside); secret room 王室 おうしつ royal family 温室 おんしつ greenhouse, hothouse, conservatory, glasshouse
科
- on: カ
- meaning: department, course, section
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 科 か department, section; (taxonomical) family 科学 かがく science 教科書 きょうかしょ textbook, text book 学科 がっか study subject, course of study 外科 げか surgical department 医科 いか medical science, medical department 科学技術庁 かがくぎじゅつちょう Science and Technology Agency 科学者 かがくしゃ scientist 分科会 ぶんかかい subcommittee meeting, subworking group 理科 りか science
歩
- kun: ある.く, あゆ.む
- on: ホ, ブ, フ
- meaning: walk, counter for steps
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 歩 ほ step, stride; counter for steps 公定歩合 こうていぶあい official discount (bank) rate 一歩 いっぽ (a) step; level, stage; small degree, small amount 譲歩 じょうほ concession, conciliation, compromise 歩み あゆみ walking; progress, advance 進歩 しんぽ progress, development 第一歩 だいいっぽ first step 徒歩 とほ walking, going on foot 歩調 ほちょう pace, step, cadence 散歩 さんぽ walk, stroll
細
- kun: ほそ.い, ほそ.る, こま.か, こま.かい
- on: サイ
- meaning: dainty, get thin, taper, slender, narrow
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 細かい こまかい small; fine, minute; minor, trivial; sensitive, attentive 細胞 さいぼう, さいほう cell (biology) 細かく こまかく minutely, finely 細か こまか small, fine, detailed, stingy 詳細 しょうさい detail, particulars 細い ほそい thin, slender, fine 細菌 さいきん bacillus, bacterium, germ 細部 さいぶ details 細工 さいく work, craftsmanship, tactics, trick 繊細 せんさい delicate, dainty, fine, slim, sensitive, subtle
風
- kun: かぜ, かざ-, -かぜ
- on: フウ, フ
- meaning: wind, air, style, manner
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 風景 ふうけい scenery 台風 たいふう typhoon, hurricane 風土 ふうど natural features, topography, climate, spiritual features 風速 ふうそく wind speed 風潮 ふうちょう tide, current; tendency 風邪 かぜ, ふうじゃ cold (illness), common cold 追い風 おいかぜ, おいて tailwind, fair or favorable wind (favourable) 強風 きょうふう strong wind 風俗 ふうぞく manners, customs; sex service, sex industry 逆風 ぎゃくふう head wind, adverse wind
紙
- kun: かみ
- on: シ
- meaning: paper
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 紙 かみ paper 手紙 てがみ letter 用紙 ようし blank form 紙面 しめん space (page) 白紙 はくし blank paper, white paper 機関紙 きかんし bulletin, (party) organ 本紙 ほんし this newspaper 紙幣 しへい paper money, notes, bills 表紙 ひょうし front cover, binding 原稿用紙 げんこうようし Japanese writing paper
丸
- kun: まる, まる.める, まる.い
- on: ガン
- meaning: round, full, month, perfection, -ship, pills, make round, roll up, curl up, seduce, explain away
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 日の丸 ひのまる outline of the sun (esp. represented as a red circle); the Japanese flag 丸刈り まるがり close clipping 丸い まるい, まろい round, circular, spherical; harmonious, calm 丸ごと まるごと in its entirety, whole, wholly 丸太 まるた log 一丸 いちがん lump, (into) one 丸み まるみ roundness, rotundity 弾丸 だんがん bullet, shot, shell 本丸 ほんまる inner citadel 丸抱え まるがかえ completely financed, sponsored, under patronage
犬
- kun: いぬ, いぬ-
- on: ケン
- meaning: dog
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 犬 いぬ dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); snoop (i.e. a detective, a spy, etc.); counterfeit, inferior, useless, wasteful 盲導犬 もうどうけん guide dog for the blind, seeing eye dog 愛犬 あいけん pet dog 飼い犬 かいいぬ pet dog 野犬 やけん stray dog, ownerless dog 野良犬 のらいぬ stray dog 犬猿の仲 けんえんのなか loggerheads (lit: dog and monkey), like cats and dogs 番犬 ばんけん watchdog 猟犬 りょうけん, かりいぬ hound, hunting dog, gun dog 狂犬 きょうけん mad dog
太
- kun: ふと.い, ふと.る
- on: タイ, タ
- meaning: plump, thick, big around
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 太平洋 たいへいよう Pacific Ocean 皇太子 こうたいし crown prince 太陽 たいよう sun, solar 太平洋戦争 たいへいようせんそう the Pacific War 太鼓 たいこ drum 太い ふとい fat, thick; deep (of a voice); daring, shameless, brazen 太陽電池 たいようでんち solar battery 丸太 まるた log 太っ腹 ふとっぱら generous, magnanimous, big-hearted, broad-minded 義太夫 ぎだゆう gidayuu (form of ballad drama)
黒
- kun: くろ, くろ.ずむ, くろ.い
- on: コク
- meaning: black
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 黒 くろ black; dark; bad guy, 'black hat' 黒字 くろじ balance (figure) in the black 黒人 こくじん black person 黒海 こっかい Black Sea 黒い くろい black; dark; illicit, wicked, underground 黒っぽい くろっぽい dark, blackish 黒星 くろぼし black spot, black dot, bull's-eye; failure mark (sumo) 黒木 くろき unbarked lumber 白黒 しろくろ black and white, monochrome; good and evil, right and wrong, guilt and innocence 黒鉛 こくえん graphite
春
- kun: はる
- on: シュン
- meaning: springtime, spring (season)
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 春 はる spring, springtime; new year; prime (of one's life, etc.); adolescence, puberty; sexuality 今春 こんしゅん this spring, spring this year 春闘 しゅんとう spring offensive (Japanese unions) 来春 らいしゅん, らいはる next spring 青春 せいしゅん youth, springtime of life, adolescent 昨春 さくしゅん last spring, the spring of last year 売春 ばいしゅん prostitution 春秋 しゅんじゅう, はるあき spring and autumn, spring and fall, months and years; the Chronicles of Lu or the Spring and Autumn Annals - one of the Five Classics 春場所 はるばしょ spring (March) sumo tournament, held in Osaka 新春 しんしゅん New Year (Spring)
耳
- kun: みみ
- on: ジ
- meaning: ear
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 耳 みみ ear; hearing; edge, crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics), selvage 耳目 じもく eye and ear; one's attention, one's interest 中耳炎 ちゅうじえん tympanitis (inflammation of middle ear) 耳打ち みみうち whisper into a person's ear 耳鼻咽喉科 じびいんこうか otorhinolaryngology, ear, nose and throat 耳元 みみもと close to the ear 耳慣れる みみなれる to be something familiar 初耳 はつみみ something heard for the first time (lit: first ear) 耳鼻科 じびか otolaryngology, concerning the ear, nose, and throat 内耳 ないじ inner ear
戸
- kun: と
- on: コ
- meaning: door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 戸 と door (esp. Japanese-style); entrance (to a home); narrows 江戸 えど old name of Tokyo 江戸川 えどがわ Edo River 井戸 いど water well 戸惑い とまどい being at sea, losing one's bearings, confusion, wonderment 戸籍 こせき census, family register 戸数 こすう number of households (houses) 一戸建て いっこだて (separate) house 門戸 もんこ door 瀬戸 せと strait, channel
読
- kun: よ.む, -よ.み
- on: ドク, トク, トウ
- meaning: read
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 読み よみ reading 読者 どくしゃ reader 読書 どくしょ, とくしょ reading 読む よむ to read 積ん読 つんどく buying books and not reading them 読売 よみうり Yomiuri (newspaper) 朗読 ろうどく reading aloud, recitation 購読 こうどく subscription (e.g. magazine) 読み方 よみかた way of reading, how to read 秒読み びょうよみ countdown
友
- kun: とも
- on: ユウ
- meaning: friend
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 友 とも friend, companion, pal 友人 ゆうじん friend 友好 ゆうこう friendship 友達 ともだち friend, companion 住友 すみとも Sumitomo (company) 住友銀行 すみともぎんこう Sumitomo Bank 友情 ゆうじょう friendship, fellowship 血友病 けつゆうびょう haemophilia 友愛 ゆうあい fraternity, friendship 親友 しんゆう close friend, bosom (old, intimate) friend, buddy, crony, chum
虫
- kun: むし
- on: チュウ, キ
- meaning: insect, bug, temper
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 虫 むし insect 昆虫 こんちゅう insect, bug 殺虫剤 さっちゅうざい insecticide, pesticide 虫歯 むしば, うし cavity, tooth decay, decayed tooth, caries 玉虫色 たまむしいろ iridescent; equivocal, ambivalent; variable meaning, weasel-word, chameleonic interpretation 害虫 がいちゅう harmful insect, noxious insect 寄生虫 きせいちゅう parasite 幼虫 ようちゅう larva, chrysalis 水虫 みずむし athlete's foot; water boatman (esp. species Hesperocorixa distanti); Asellus hilgendorfi (species of aquatic sowbug) 成虫 せいちゅう imago, adult (insect)
色
- kun: いろ
- on: ショク, シキ
- meaning: color
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 色 いろ colour, color; complexion; appearance, look; love, lust, sensuality, love affair, lover; kind, type, variety 色彩 しきさい colour, color, hue, tints 特色 とくしょく characteristic, feature, idiosyncrasy, personal colour 難色 なんしょく disapproval 黄色 きいろ, こうしょく, おうしょく yellow, amber 異色 いしょく unique, different color, different colour, novelty 一色 いっしょく, いっしき, ひといろ one color, one colour, one article 灰色 はいいろ grey, gray, ashen 景色 けしき scenery, scene, landscape 緑色 みどりいろ, りょくしょく, すいしょく green, emerald green, green color of new foliage, verdure
父
- kun: ちち
- on: フ
- meaning: father
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 父 ちち father お父さん おとうさん father 父親 ちちおや father 父母 ふぼ, ちちはは father and mother, parents 祖父 そふ, じじ, じい, おおじ, おじ, そぶ grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man 義父 ぎふ father-in-law, foster father, stepfather 神父 しんぷ Catholic priest, abbe 祖父母 そふぼ grandparents 叔父 おじ, しゅくふ uncle (younger than one's parent) 父子 ふし father and child (son)
走
- kun: はし.る
- on: ソウ
- meaning: run
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 走り はしり the first (harvest, catch) of the season or year 走る はしる to run; to travel (movement of vehicles); to hurry to; to retreat (from battle), to take flight; to run away from home; to elope; to tend heavily toward 走者 そうしゃ runner 走行 そうこう running a wheeled vehicle (e.g. car), running to program, job, etc., traveling, travelling 滑走 かっそう glide, volplane 暴走 ぼうそう running wildly, reckless driving, runaway, rampage 競走 きょうそう race 独走 どくそう running alone, doing things alone that should be done with others 逃走 とうそう flight, desertion, escape 走塁 そうるい base running
秋
- kun: あき, とき
- on: シュウ
- meaning: autumn
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 秋 あき autumn, fall 今秋 こんしゅう this (next, last) autumn (fall) 昨秋 さくしゅう autumn of last year, fall of last year 春秋 しゅんじゅう, はるあき spring and autumn, spring and fall, months and years; the Chronicles of Lu or the Spring and Autumn Annals - one of the Five Classics 千秋楽 せんしゅうらく concluding festivities, final day of a sumo tournament, concluding program, concluding programme 秋季 しゅうき fall, autumn 秋口 あきぐち beginning of autumn, beginning of fall 晩秋 ばんしゅう late autumn (fall); ninth month of the lunar calendar 秋風 あきかぜ, しゅうふう autumn breeze, fall breeze 千秋 せんしゅう thousand years, many years
園
- kun: その
- on: エン
- meaning: park, garden, yard, farm
- words:
Word Reading Meaning 園 その, えん garden (esp. man-made), orchard, park, plantation; place, location 公園 こうえん (public) park 学園 がくえん academy, campus 動物園 どうぶつえん zoo, zoological gardens 幼稚園 ようちえん kindergarten 田園 でんえん, でんおん country, rural districts; cultivated land, fields 庭園 ていえん garden, park 花園 はなぞの, かえん flower garden 園芸 えんげい horticulture, gardening 園長 えんちょう head of a place designated with the suffix -en (e.g. kindergarten principal, director of a zoo, etc.)