N4: 1-100

言語

言語 げんご language

無言

無言 むごん silence

言葉

言葉 ことば language; dialect; word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark; speech; (manner of) speaking

言う

言う いう to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

独り言

独り言 ひとりごと soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

選手

選手 せんしゅ player (in game); team member

手

手 て hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand;

派手

派手 はで showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy; ostentatious

手綱

手綱 たづな bridle; reins

上手

上手 じょうず skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery

自分

自分 じぶん myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

自然

自然 しぜん nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

自ら

自ら みずから oneself; for one's self; personally

医者

医者 いしゃ (medical) doctor; physician

患者

患者 かんじゃ (a) patient

若者

若者 わかもの young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters

事柄

事柄 ことがら matter; thing; affair; circumstance

仕事

仕事 しごと work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work

思想

思想 しそう thought; idea; ideology

思う

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; \

会社

会社 かいしゃ company; corporation; workplace

子会社

子会社 こがいしゃ subsidiary (company)

会

会 え gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)

会う

会う あう to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

家族

家族 かぞく family; members of a family

分家

分家 ぶんけ branch family

家賃

家賃 やちん rent

家出

家出 いえで running away from home; leaving home

目的

目的 もくてき purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

的

的 まと mark; target

方法

方法 ほうほう method; process; manner; way; means; technique

一方

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;

仕方

仕方 しかた way; method; means; resource; course

夕方

夕方 ゆうがた evening; dusk

地図

地図 ちず map

地震

地震 じしん earthquake

心地

心地 ここち feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing (usu. after -masu stem of verb)

面目

面目 めんぼく face; honour; honor; reputation; prestige; dignity; credit; appearance; look

目立つ

目立つ めだつ to be conspicuous; to stand out

目の当たり

目の当たり まのあたり just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally

真面目

真面目 まじめ diligent; serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

工場

工場 こうじょう factory; plant; mill; workshop

場所

場所 ばしょ place; location; spot; position; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

時代

時代 じだい period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece

交代

交代 こうたい alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.); taking turns

代々

代々 よよ for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

代

代 しろ substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; ~19.83 m.sq.)

代わり

代わり かわり substitute; replacement; substituting; replacing; stand-in; proxy; alternate; deputy; relief; successor; compensation; exchange;

私立

私立 しりつ private (establishment)

私

私 わたし I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

成立

成立 せいりつ coming into existence; arrangements; establishment; conclusion; completion; to come into existence; to be true; to hold (i.e. hold true)

立派

立派 りっぱ splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent; praiseworthy; creditable; worthy; legal; legitimate; lawful; undeniable (e.g. crime); indisputable; solid

建立

建立 こんりゅう (act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection

立つ

立つ たつ to stand; to rise; to stand up; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

立場

立場 たちば standpoint; position; situation

動物

動物 どうぶつ animal

荷物

荷物 にもつ luggage; baggage; package; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)

物質

物質 ぶっしつ material; substance; matter

建物

建物 たてもの building

果物

果物 くだもの fruit

水田

水田 すいでん (water-filled) paddy field

田

田 た rice field

真田

真田 さなだ plait; braid

田舎

田舎 いなか rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

一体

一体 いったい ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?"); one object; one body;

体裁

体裁 ていさい (outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; style; appearances; decency; show; display; lip-service; insincere words; glib talk

体

体 からだ body; torso; trunk; build; physique; constitution; health; corpse; dead body

動き

動き うごき movement; move; motion; trend; development; change; fluctuation

神社

神社 じんじゃ Shinto shrine

社

社 やしろ shrine (usually Shinto)

知識

知識 ちしき knowledge; information

知る

知る しる to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp;

料理

料理 りょうり cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration; management

同時

同時 どうじ simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together

同じ

同じ おなじ same; identical; equal; uniform; equivalent; similar; common (origin); changeless; alike; (usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway; anyhow; in either case

心配

心配 しんぱい worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid; assistance

用心

用心 ようじん care; precaution; guarding; caution

心

心 こころ mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

真心

真心 まごころ sincerity; devotion

発見

発見 はっけん discovery; detection; finding

発音

発音 はつおん pronunciation

出発

出発 しゅっぱつ departure

発足

発足 ほっそく starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up

作品

作品 さくひん work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

作業

作業 さぎょう work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty

作家

作家 さっか author; writer; novelist; artist

作る

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;

手作り

手作り てづくり handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade

新しい

新しい あたらしい new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern

新た

新た あらた new; fresh; novel

新妻

新妻 にいづま new wife

世界

世界 せかい the world; society; the universe; sphere; circle; world; renowned; world-famous; well-known outside of Japan; realm governed by one Buddha; space

世紀

世紀 せいき century; era

世の中

世の中 よのなか society; the world; the times

今度

今度 こんど this time; now; next time; another time; shortly; soon; recently; previous; last

支度

支度 したく preparation; arrangements

法度

法度 はっと law; ban; prohibition; ordinance

度々

度々 たびたび often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

説明

説明 せつめい explanation; exposition

明星

明星 みょうじょう morning star; Venus; preeminent person (within their own field); star (of the stage, silver screen, etc.)

夜明け

夜明け よあけ dawn; daybreak

明るい

明るい あかるい bright; colourful; cheerful; familiar (with); knowledgeable (about); fair (e.g. politics); clean

明らか

明らか あきらか obvious; evident; clear; plain

明日

明日 あした tomorrow; near future

努力

努力 どりょく great effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; effort

力学

力学 りきがく mechanics; dynamics

力強い

力強い ちからづよい powerful; strong; forceful; vigorous; reassuring; encouraging

意味

意味 いみ meaning; significance

用意

用意 ようい preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

用いる

用いる もちいる to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

主要

主要 しゅよう chief; main; principal; major

坊主

坊主 ぼうず Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; person with a shorn head; boy; sonny; lad; not catching anything (in fishing)

法主

法主 ほっす high priest

地主

地主 じぬし landlord; landowner

主に

主に おもに mainly; primarily

普通

普通 ふつう general; ordinary; usual; normally; generally; usually; train that stops at every station

通夜

通夜 つや all-night vigil over a body; wake

通る

通る とおる to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of; to run (between);

通り

通り どおり in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue

通う

通う かよう to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to run between (e.g. bus, train, etc.); to ply between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to commute;

融通

融通 ゆうずう lending (money); finance; adaptability; versatility; flexibility; accommodation

文化

文化 ぶんか culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

注文

注文 ちゅうもん order; request

文

文 ふみ letter; writings

文字

文字 もじ letter (of alphabet); character; literal

屋上

屋上 おくじょう rooftop

屋根

屋根 やね roof

部屋

部屋 へや room; chamber; apartment; flat; pad; stable

業

業 ごう karma (i.e. actions committed in a former life)

仕業

仕業 しわざ deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

維持

維持 いじ maintenance; preservation; improvement

持つ

持つ もつ to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of

道路

道路 どうろ road; highway

神道

神道 しんとう Shinto; Shintoism

道

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

中身

中身 なかみ contents; interior; substance; filling; (sword) blade

不安

不安 ふあん anxiety; uneasiness; insecurity; suspense

不気味

不気味 ぶきみ weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

人口

人口 じんこう population; common talk

口調

口調 くちょう tone (e.g. of voice, etc.); (verbal) expression

口

口 くち mouth; opening; hole; gap; orifice; mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece; gate; door; entrance; exit; speaking; speech;

出口

出口 でぐち exit; gateway; way out; outlet; leak; vent

多少

多少 たしょう more or less; somewhat; a little; a few; some; amount; quantity

多い

多い おおい many; numerous

分野

分野 ぶんや field; sphere; realm; division; branch

野

野 の plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

参考

参考 さんこう reference; consultation

考え

考え かんがえ thinking; thought; view; opinion; concept; idea; notion; imagination; intention; plan; design; consideration; judgement; deliberation; reflection; wish; hope; expectation

開始

開始 かいし start; commencement; beginning; initiation

開く

開く ひらく to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack; to bloom; to unfold; to spread out; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen; to hold (meeting, etc.);

開ける

開ける あける to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock; to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room;

教室

教室 きょうしつ classroom; department; laboratory; single-room school; small school

教え

教え おしえ teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

教わる

教わる おそわる to be taught (by); to learn from

最近

最近 さいきん most recent; these days; right now; recently; nowadays

近い

近い ちかい near; close; short (distance)

近衛

近衛 このえ Imperial Guards

身近

身近 みぢか near oneself; close to one; familiar

問題

問題 もんだい question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt);

問屋

問屋 とんや wholesale store

問う

問う とう to ask; to inquire; to charge (e.g. with a crime); to accuse; without regard to; to not matter; to call into question; to doubt; to question

正式

正式 せいしき due form; official; formality

正午

正午 しょうご noon; mid-day

正しい

正しい ただしい right; correct; proper; righteous; just; honest; truthful; lawful

写真

写真 しゃしん photograph; photo; picture; snapshot; snap; movie

真ん中

真ん中 まんなか middle; centre; center; mid-way

真っ赤

真っ赤 まっか bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter

味

味 あじ flavor; flavour; taste; charm; style; experience; smart; clever; witty; strange

無理

無理 むり unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable; impossible; forcible; forced; compulsory; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate; to work too hard; to try too hard; irrational

無事

無事 ぶじ safety; peace; quietness

台無し

台無し だいなし mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin

少年

少年 しょうねん boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

少ない

少ない すくない few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

少し

少し すこし small quantity; little; few; something; little while; short distance

海外

海外 かいがい foreign; abroad; overseas

海

海 うみ sea; ocean; waters

大切

大切 たいせつ important; necessary; indispensable; beloved; precious; dear; cherished; valuable; careful

一切

一切 いっさい all; everything; the whole; lock, stock, and barrel; absolutely not (with negative); without exception; entirely not

切る

切る きる to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery); to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect;

裏切る

裏切る うらぎる to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

踏切

踏切 ふみきり railway crossing; railroad crossing; train crossing; level crossing; starting line; scratch; determination; stepping over the edge of the ring

小切手

小切手 こぎって cheque; check

切符

切符 きっぷ ticket

重要

重要 じゅうよう important; momentous; essential; principal; major

貴重

貴重 きちょう precious; valuable

重

重 え -fold; -ply

重い

重い おもい heavy; weighty; massive; heavy (feeling); depressed; gloomy; blue; uneasy; slow; sluggish; lumbering; ponderous; clumsy; important; serious; grave;

重ねる

重ねる かさねる to pile up; to put something on top of another; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through something repeatedly

集中

集中 しゅうちゅう concentration; convergence; centralization; integration; gathering together

集める

集める あつめる to collect; to assemble; to gather

集う

集う つどう to meet; to assemble; to congregate

会員

会員 かいいん member; the membership

公園

公園 こうえん (public) park

公

公 おおやけ public; open; formal; official; governmental

映画

映画 えいが movie; film

計画

計画 けいかく plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

画期的

画期的 かっきてき ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making

死ぬ

死ぬ しぬ to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead; to cease; to stop

安全

安全 あんぜん safety; security

安い

安い やすい cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet

両親

両親 りょうしん parents; both parents

親しい

親しい したしい intimate; close (e.g. friend)

親父

親父 おやじ one's father; old man; one's boss

勉強

勉強 べんきょう study; diligence; discount; reduction

強盗

強盗 ごうとう robber; mugger; robbery; burglary

強い

強い つよい strong; powerful; mighty; potent; resistant; resilient; durable

強いる

強いる しいる to force; to compel; to coerce

無理強い

無理強い むりじい compulsion; insistence; pressure; extortion

使用

使用 しよう use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

使う

使う つかう to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage;

朝食

朝食 ちょうしょく breakfast

朝

朝 あさ morning

今朝

今朝 けさ this morning

給仕

給仕 きゅうじ waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; waitperson; server; cabin boy; bellboy; page; pageboy; office boy; office girl

仕える

仕える つかえる to serve; to work for; to attend

上京

上京 じょうきょう proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)

京浜

京浜 けいひん Tokyo and Yokohama

不足

不足 ふそく insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; lack; dearth

満足

満足 まんぞく satisfaction; contentment; complacency; sufficient; enough; adequate; proper

足

足 あし foot; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation; money; coin

足りる

足りる たりる to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy; to be sufficient; to answer; to do

出品

出品 しゅっぴん exhibit; display; putting something up for sale

品物

品物 しなもの goods; article; thing

手品

手品 てじな sleight of hand; conjuring trick; magic; juggling

到着

到着 とうちゃく arrival

着工

着工 ちゃっこう start of (construction) work

執着

執着 しゅうじゃく attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession

着る

着る きる to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

着く

着く つく to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

特別

特別 とくべつ special

別荘

別荘 べっそう holiday house; villa

別れ

別れ わかれ parting; separation; farewell; (lateral) branch; fork; offshoot; division; section

音楽

音楽 おんがく music; musical movement

福音

福音 ふくいん good news; gospel (teachings or revelations of Jesus Christ)

音

音 おと sound; noise; report; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

本音

本音 ほんね real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks

観音

観音 かんのん Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion

元気

元気 げんき lively; full of spirit; energetic; vigorous; vital; spirited; healthy; well; fit; in good health

元年

元年 がんねん first year (of a specific reign)

地元

地元 じもと home area; home town; local

特に

特に とくに particularly; especially

特急

特急 とっきゅう limited express (train, faster than an express); great hurry

台風

台風 たいふう typhoon; hurricane

扇風機

扇風機 せんぷうき electric fan

風呂

風呂 ふろ bath; bathtub; bathroom; bathhouse; room for drying lacquerware; base

風

風 かぜ wind; breeze; draught; draft; manner; behaviour; behavior; cold; influenza

風車

風車 かざぐるま pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy); windmill; Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)

風邪

風邪 かぜ common cold; cold; influenza; flu; ague

今夜

今夜 こんや this evening; tonight

夜中

夜中 よなか midnight; dead of night

夜

夜 よる evening; night

空気

空気 くうき air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

空

空 から emptiness; vacuum; blank

空

空 そら sky; the air; the heavens; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling; (from) memory; (by) heart; falsehood;

空き

空き あき space; room; emptiness; gap; opening; vacancy; empty seat; free time; time to spare; disuse; unused thing

青空

青空 あおぞら blue sky

空く

空く すく to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry

空間

空間 あきま vacancy; room for rent or lease

有無

有無 うむ existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no; flag indicator; presence or absence marker

有様

有様 ありさま state; condition; circumstances; the way things are or should be; truth

起源

起源 きげん origin; beginning; rise

縁起

縁起 えんぎ omen; sign of luck; origin; causation

起こる

起こる おこる to occur; to happen

運動

運動 うんどう exercise; physical training; work-out; appeal; campaign; drive; crusade; movement; lobbying; motion; movement

運ぶ

運ぶ はこぶ to carry; to transport; to move; to convey; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use; to go (well, etc.); to proceed; to progress

楽

楽 らく comfort; ease; raku pottery

楽器

楽器 がっき musical instrument

楽観

楽観 らっかん optimism

楽しい

楽しい たのしい enjoyable; fun

神楽

神楽 かぐら ancient Shinto music and dancing

特色

特色 とくしょく characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; personal colour; spot color (in printing)

景色

景色 けしき scenery; scene; landscape

色

色 いろ colour; color; complexion; appearance; look; love; lust; sensuality; love affair; lover; kind; type; variety

帰国

帰国 きこく return to one's country

帰り

帰り かえり return; coming back

日帰り

日帰り ひがえり day trip

歩道

歩道 ほどう footpath; walkway; sidewalk

散歩

散歩 さんぽ walk; stroll

歩合

歩合 ぶあい rate; ratio; commission; percentage; poundage

歩

歩 ふ pawn

歩く

歩く あるく to walk

歩む

歩む あゆむ to walk; to go on foot

悪魔

悪魔 あくま devil; demon; fiend; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment

悪化

悪化 あっか (suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption

憎悪

憎悪 ぞうお hatred

悪い

悪い わるい bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry

広告

広告 こうこく advertisement

広い

広い ひろい spacious; vast; wide

背広

背広 せびろ business suit

店員

店員 てんいん shop assistant; employee; clerk; salesperson

店

店 みせ store; shop; establishment; restaurant

市町村

市町村 しちょうそん cities, towns and villages; municipalities

町

町 まち town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares; downtown; main street

住所

住所 じゅうしょ address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile

住む

住む すむ to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

住居

住居 すまい dwelling; house; residence; address

発売

発売 はつばい sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)

売る

売る うる to sell

小売

小売 こうり retail

期待

期待 きたい expectation; anticipation; hope

待つ

待つ まつ to wait; to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; to depend on; to need

古代

古代 こだい ancient times

名古屋

名古屋 なごや Nagoya (city)

古い

古い ふるい old (not person); aged; ancient; antiquated; stale; threadbare; outmoded; obsolete article