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天 | てん | heaven |
天気 | てんき | weather |
天井 | てんじょう | ceiling |
天文 | てんもん | astronomy |
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百 | ひゃく | hundred |
百万 | ひゃくまん | million |
百方手を尽くす | ひゃっぽうてをつくす | try all possible means, in every way |
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夏 | か
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summer
(NOTE: not used alone) |
夏 | なつ | summer |
夏期 | かき | summer time, summer season |
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出 | しゅつ
すい |
come/go out, appear
(NOTE: not used alone) |
出す | だす | to put out, take out, hold out, send |
出る | でる | to come out, appear, emerge |
出口 | でぐち | exit |
出掛ける | でかける | to depart, go out for a walk, go shopping |
出来る | できる | can, be able to do |
出発 | しゅっぱつ | departure |
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半 | はん | half |
半分 | はんぶん | half |
前半 | ぜんはん | first half |
後半 | こうはん | second half |
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千 | ち | thousand, many
(NOTE: not used alone) |
千 | せん | thousand |
千代紙 | ちよがみ | gaily colored paper, paper with colored figures |
千載一遇 | せんざいいちぐう | the best day in one's life, experienced once in a thousand times |
千載一遇の好機 | せんざいいちぐうのこうき | a golden opportunity |
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少 | しょう | small, few, a little bit
(NOTE: not used alone) |
少し | すこし | a small quantity |
少ない | すくない
すけない |
a few, little, scarce |
少なくとも | すくなくとも | at least |
少年 | しょうねん | a boy, juvenile |
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年 | ねん | year
(NOTE: not used alone) |
年 | とし | year |
年齢 | ねんれい | age |
毎年 | まいとし | every year |
年をとる | としをとる | grow, become old |
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来 | らい | coming
(NOTE: not used alone) |
来る | くる | to come |
来週 | らいしゅう | next week |
再来週 | さらいしゅう | week after next |
来月 | らいげつ | next month |
再来月 | さらいげつ | month after next |
来年 | らいねん | next year |
再来年 | さらいねん | year after next |
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東 | とう | east
(NOTE: not used alone) |
東 | ひがし | east |
東洋 | とうよう | orient |
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元 | げん
がん |
origin, beginning, foundation
(NOTE: not used alone) |
元 | もと | beginning, origin, foundation, basis, source, cause |
元気 | げんき | healthy, peppy |
元金 | がんきん | principal (instead of interest) |
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京 | けい
きょう |
capital
(NOTE: not used alone) |
京 | みやこ | capital |
東京 | とうきょう | Tokyo |
京都 | きょうと | Kyoto |
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夜 | や
よ |
evening, night
(NOTE: not used alone) |
夜 | よる | night, evening |
夜中 | よなか | the middle of the night |
真夜中 | まよなか | midnight |
深夜 | しんや | the dead of night |
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今 | こん
きん |
now, the present
(NOTE: not used alone) |
今 | いま | now |
今では | いまでは | nowadays |
今日 | きょう
こんにち |
today, this day |
今朝 | けさ | this morning |
今晩 | こんばん | tonight, this evening |
今週 | こんしゅう | this week |
今月 | こんげつ | this month |
今年 | ことし | this year |
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休 | きゅう | rest
(NOTE: not used alone) |
休む | やすむ | to rest |
お休みなさい | おやすみなさい | goodnight |
休憩 | きゅうけい | a break, rest, recess, intermission |
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会 | え
かい |
meeting, assembly, association
(NOTE: not used alone) |
会う | あう | to meet |
大会 | たいかい | a big/mass meeting, convention |
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合 | ごう | fit, suit, agree
(NOTE: not used alone) |
合う | あう | to fit, suit, agree with, match |
合わせる | あわせる | to join together (cause conjugation), unite, combine |
合意 | ごうい | mutual consent, agreement |
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作 | さく
さ |
work, create, produce
(NOTE: not used alone) |
作る | つくる | to make, create, manufacture |
作家 | さっか | writer |
作品 | さくひん | a (literary) work |
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何 | か | what
(NOTE: not used alone) |
何 | なに | what |
何時 | いつ
なんじ |
when |
何処 | どこ | where |
何故 | なぜ | why, for what reason |
何歳 | なんさい | how old? |
何回も | なんかいも | time and time again |
何と無く | なんとなく | somehow or other, for some reason, One doesn't know why, but... |
何気無く | なにげなく | casually, calmly, accidentally, unintentionally |
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入 | にゅう
じゅ |
go/come in
(NOTE: not used alone) |
入る | はいる | to enter |
入れる | いれる | put (a thing) into, let in, admit, insert |
入口 | いりぐち | entrance |
入学試験 | にゅうがくしけん | college entrance exams |
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分 | ぶん | part, segment, minute
(NOTE: not used alone) |
分かる | わかる | to understand |
分ける | わける | to divide, split, distinquish, separate |
一分 | いっぷん | a minute |
十分 | じゅうぶん | enough, sufficient |
大分 | だいぶん | quite a bit, a lot, pretty much |
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前 | せん
ぜん |
before
(NOTE: not used alone) |
前 | まえ | before, in front of |
前半 | ぜんはん | the first half |
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百円 | ひゃくえん | 100 yen |
円価 | えんか | value of the yen |
円 | えん | circle |
円形の | えんけいの | round, circular |
円盤 | えんばん | disk, discuss, spaceship |
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切 | せつ
さい |
cut, sever connection
(NOTE: not used alone) |
切る | きる | to cut |
切れる | きれる | to cut well, be sharp
to expire |
大切 | たいせつ | important |
切手 | きって | postage stamp |
切符 | きっぷ | a ticket |
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力 | りき
りょく |
strength, energy, force, might, power
(NOTE: not used alone) |
力 | ちから | strength, energy, force, might, power |
無力の | むりょくの | powerless, helpless |
体力 | たいりょく | physical strength |
全力を尽す | ぜんりょくをつくす | do one's best, do everything in one's power, with all one's might |
精力 | せいりょく | energy, vigor, vitality |
勢力 | せいりょく | influence, power, force |
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北 | ほく | north
(NOTE: not used alone) |
北 | きた | north |
北東 | ほくとう | northeast |
古 |
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古 | こ | old, outmoded, antiquated
(NOTE: not used alone) |
古い | ふるい | old |
古代 | こだい | ancient times |
古本 | ふるほん | used book |
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南 | なん | south
(NOTE: not used alone) |
南 | みなみ | south |
南西 | なんせい | southwest |
南北戦争 | なんぼくせんそう | U.S. Civil (north/south) war |
友 |
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友 | ゆう | friend, companion, pal
(NOTE: not used alone) |
友 | とも | friend, companion |
友達 | ともだち | friend, companion |
友人 | ゆうじん | friend |
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国 | こく | country
(NOT used alone) |
国 | くに | country |
国際 | こくさい | international |
国連 | こくれん | United Nations |
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地 | ち | earth, ground, land |
地球 | ちきゅう | the earth, globe |
地震 | じしん | earthquake |
目的地 | もくてきち | destination |
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声 | しょう
せい |
voice
(NOTE: not used alone) |
声 | こえ | voice |
声帯 | せいたい | vocal chords |
冬 |
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冬 | とう | winter
(NOTE: not used alone) |
冬 | ふゆ | winter |
冬めく | ふゆめく | become wintry |
立冬 | りっとう | first day of winter |
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夕 | せき | evening
(NOTE: not used alone) |
夕 | ゆう
ゆうべ |
evening |
一夕 | いっせき | one evening |
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外 | がい
げ |
outside, beyond (the range/scope of)
(NOTE: not used alone) |
外 | そと | outside |
外人 | がいじん | foreigner, alien |
他の | ほかの | another, other |
外れる | はずれる | miss (the mark), get out of place/joint, slip off |
以外に | いがいに | besides, except for |
外交 | がいこう | diplomacy, foreign relations |
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多 | た | many, much, numerous
(NOTE: not used alone) |
多い | おおい | many, much, numerous |
多少 | たしょう | more or less, somewhat |
大多数 | だいたすう | majority |
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名 | めい
みょう |
name, reputation
(NOTE: not used alone) |
名
名前 |
な
なまえ |
name |
有名 | ゆうめい | famous |
大名 | だいみょう | daimyo, feudal lord |
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学 | がく | learning, study, science
(NOTE: not used alone) |
学ぶ | まなぶ | to learn |
学生 | がくせい | student |
小学 | しょうがく | elementary, grade school |
中学 | ちゅうがく | junior high, middle school |
大学 | だいがく | college |
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字 | じ | character, letter, word |
漢字 | かんじ | kanji, Chinese character |
ローマ字 | ローマじ | Roman, Latin letters |
字幕 | じまく | caption, subtitles (that you see at the bottom of a movie, tv screen) |
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家 | か
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house, home, residence, family
(NOTE: not used alone) |
家 | いえ | house |
家族 | かぞく | family |
大家 | おおや | owner (of a rental unit), landlord |
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光 | こう | light
(NOTE: not used alone) |
光 | ひかり | light |
光 | ひかる | to shine |
電光 | でんこう | lightning |
光線 | こうせん | ray, beam of light |
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工 | こう
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artisan, mechanic, manufacture, work
(NOTE: not used alone) |
工事 | こうじ | construction |
工学 | こうがく | engineering |
人工 | じんこう | man-made, artificial |
大工 | だいく | carpenter |
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心 | しん | heart, mind, spirit, core
(NOTE: not used alone) |
心 | こころ | heart |
熱心に | ねっしんに | eagerly, earnestly, intently |
中心 | ちゅうしん | center, midpoint |
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戸 | こ | door
(NOTE: not used alone) |
戸 | と | door |
戸外で | こがいで | outdoors, in the open air, out of doors |
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文 | もん | literature, text, sentence
(NOTE: not used alone) |
文 | ぶん | literature, text, sentence |
文字 | もじ
もんじ |
letter, character |
文化 | ぶんか | culture |
文明 | ぶんめい | civilization |
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方 | かた | manner, method, way of doing
(NOTE: not used alone) |
方 | ほう | direction, way |
読み方 | よみかた | way of reading (a character, etc.) |
一方通行 | いっぽうつうこう | one-way traffic |
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早 | さ
そう さつ |
quick, fast, early
(NOTE: not used alone) |
早い | はやい | quick, fast, early |
早急の | さっきゅうの | urgent, pressing |
早々 | そうそう | early, immediately, without delay, in haste |
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明 | めい
みょう |
light, clearness, next
(NOTE: not used alone) |
明かり | あかり | light, clearness, vindication |
明るい | あかるい | bright, cheerful, sunny, clear |
明るくなる | あかるくなる | to lighten, brighten |
明らかな | あきらかな | clear, plain, evident, obvious, unquestionable |
明ける | あける | to throw open, undo (parcel), unlock (door), empty (bottle), quit, vacate, expire, end, be over |
明けましておめでとう | あけましておめでとう | Happy New Year |
明く | あく | be opened, open |
明かす | あかす | to spend/pass (the time), reveal, divulge, tell the truth |
意中を明かす | いちゅうをあかす | to open one's heart |
明日 | あした | tomorrow |
明後日 | あさって | day after tommorrow |
明治 | めいじ | Meiji (period, 1868-1912) |
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春 | しゅん | spring
(NOTE: not used alone) |
春 | はる | spring |
春めく | はるけく | become springlike |
立春 | りっしゅん | 1st day of spring |
売春 | ばいしゅん | prostitution |
春秋 | しゅんじゅう | years, age, spring and autumn |
春秋に富む | しゅんじゅうにとむ | to still be young, have a long future ahead of you |
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時 | じ | time, hour
(NOTE: not used alone) |
時 | とき | time |
何時 | いつ
なんじ |
when, what time |
時代 | じだい | a time, period, era |
一時的な | いちじてきな | temporary |
時計 | とけい | watch, clock, timepiece |