abikyoukan /two of Buddhism's hells
aburamushi /cockroach/hanger-on/parasite
aikokushin /patriotism
ainokesshou /fruit of love/children
anneichitsujo /law & order
aozoraichiba /free market
araitateru /to examine closely/to check up on/to ferret out
arashigoto /rough work/hard work
atonomatsuri /Too Late!
atsukurushii /sultry/sweltering
azukarimono /something left in charge
azukarisho /cloakroom/parcel room
bachiatari /damned/cursed/accursed (a-no)
baikaibutsu /medium/agency/carrier/vehicle
baishakunin /matchmaker/go-between
baishoukin /indemnities/reparations
bakuhatsuteki /explosive/tremendous
banbutsunoreichou /the lord of creation/man/mankind
bijutsukan /art gallery/art museum
biseibutsu /microbe
bokkoushou /lack of relation (to)/independence (of)
bokuchikugyou /stock-farming/cattle breeding
bokusouchi /pasture/grassland/meadow
bokuyousha /sheep breeder/sheepman/shepherd
bouekigaisha /trading company
bouekishuushi /trade balance
boukenshousetsu /adventure story/novel of adventure
boukyounonen /sense of nostalgia
bouryokudan /gangster organization/band of thugs/gangster
bousekikoujou /spinning mill/cotton mill
bukkatouki /price rise
bungakushi /literary history/history of literature
bungakushou /literary prize
bungeihihyou /literary criticism/book review
bunkatsubarai /payment by installments/hire-purchase
bunpibutsu /secretion
bunsekikagaku /analytical chemistry
chakasshoku /yellowish brown
chakushutsushi /legitimate child
chichikata /father's side of family
chikakuhendou /change in earth's crust
chikamichi /shortcut/short way
chikarazoe /help/assistance/service
chikatetsu /underground train/subway
chikudenchi /storage battery
chikugoyaku /literal translation
chimeishou /fatal wound
chin'omouni /"We, the emperor, .."
chinkonkyoku /requiem
chinseizai /painkiller/sedative/tranquilizer
chinshimokkou /lost in deep thought
chintsuuzai /painkiller/sedative/tranquilizer
chishiryou /lethal dose
chissokushi /death by suffocation
chojutsuka /(a) writer
chokinbako /savings box/bank
chokintsuuchou /bank book
chokujoukeikou /frankness/impulsiveness
chokusetsu /direct/immediate/personal/firsthand
choudanoretsu /long line/long snake
chouhatsuteki /provocative/suggestive/lascivious
chouheisoku /intestinal obstruction
choujuuhogokuiki /wildlife protection area
choukishakkan /long-term loan
chouman'in /overcrowded/congested
chounenten /volvulus/twisted loop in intestine
chouonsoku /supersonic speed
chousensha /challenger
choutaikoku /packed with people
chuugakkou /junior high school/middle school pupil
chuukajinminkyouwakoku /People's Republic of China/Communist China
chuukaryouri /Chinese cooking/Chinese dishes
chuukyorikyousou /middle-distance race
chuuouguchi /central entrance
chuusekiki /alluvial period
chuusekisei /alluvial period
chuushajou /parking lot/parking place
chuushoukigyou /small to medium enterprises/smaller companies
chuushouteki /abstract
chuushutsu /educe (vs)/abstract/sample
chuutonchi /garrison
dabokushou /bruise/contusion
daihyouteki /representative/exemplary/model
daiichigakushou /first movement (mus)
daiichijou /first article
daikokubashira /central pillar/mainstay
daitouryou /president/chief executive
danchounoomoi /heartbroken thoughts
dandanbatake /terraced fields
dansonjohi /male domination of women/subjection of women
dantairyokou /group travel
denjishaku /electromagnet
densenbyou /infectious disease/contagious disease/epidemic
denshachin /train fare
dohatsutenwotsuku /boil with rage/be infuriated
doitsurenpoukyouwakoku /BRD/Bundesrepublik-Deutschland/(former) West Germany
dokuritsusengen /Declaration of Independence
dokushasou /class of readers
dokushinryou /hostel for bachelors
doshakuzure /landslide
doubutsuen /zoo/zoological gardens
doukyuusei /classmate(s)
dounenpainohito /contemporary/person of the same age
doushokubutsu /plants and animals/flora and fauna
enpitsukezuri /pencil sharpener
enshinryoku /centrifugal force
enshoubyousou /inflamed part/site of inflammation
etsuranshitsu /inspection room/reading room
fuannotane /reason for concern
fubunritsu /unwritten law/unwritten rule/common law
fuhenfutou /impartiality/neutrality/independence (a-no)
fukakachizei /value-added tax
fukashinjouyaku /non-aggression pact/non-aggression treaty
fukidemono /pimple/acne/boil
fukidemono /pimple/acne/boil
fukumakuen /peritonitis
fukurettsura /sulky look
fukurokouji /blind alley
fukusanbutsu /byproduct/side line
fukushachou /vice-president
fukushikokka /welfare state
fukusouhin /burial accessories
fukusuibonnikaerazu /what's done is done/It is no use crying over spilt milk
fukyuunomeisaku /immortal work
funkotsusaishin /do one's best (vs)/do everything possible
futsuusenkyo /universal suffrage
fuuchichiku /scenic zone/landscape area
fuukouzekka /scenic beauty
fuzuigenshou /side effect/concomitant
gaihakunachishiki /profound knowledge
gaijinmuke /for foreigners
gaijuunaigou /gentle but firm
gaikakudantai /auxiliary organization
gaikokujin /foreigner
gakujutsuyougo /technical term
gakuseiryou /student accommodation
gakushuujuku /private night-school/tutoring school (math, English, etc.)
gasshoudan /chorus group/choir
genkinbarai /paying cash
genkinseika /cash price
genkouhande /red-handed/in flagrante delicto
genkouyoushi /Japanese writing paper
genshikaku /nucleus (atomic)
genshiryokuhatsudensho /nuclear power plant
genshiteki /primitive/original
getsumatsu /end of the month
getsuyoubi /Monday
goetsudoushuu /two enemies in same boat (id)
gojuunotou /5-storied pagoda
gojuuonjun /the syllabary order
gorakubangumi /amusement program
gorimuchuu /in a fog/all at sea/up in the air/mystified/bewildered
gorintaikai /Olympic Games
gouseisen'i /synthetic fibre
goyounokata /customer/guest
gunkokushugi /militarism
gushouteki /concrete (an)/material/definite
gyakumodori /retrogression/reversal/relapse
gyakusatsu /atrocity/massive killing
gyakusetsu /paradox
habagakiku /have great influence over
habanohiroi /wide/broad
hadakaikkan /without any means/reduced to naked personal merit
hadazawari /the touch of/feel of
haihanchiken /abolition of clans and establishment of prefectures
haikatsuryou /lung capacity
haikekkaku /pulmonary tuberculosis/consumption
haikibutsu /waste matter/waste/garbage/trash
haisekiundou /agitation for expulsion
hakifurushi /worn-out shoes/worn-out socks
hakubutsukan /museum
hakuraihin /imported article/imported goods
hakurankai /fair/exhibition/exposition
hanagoyomi /flower calendar
hanagumori /hazy weather in spring
hanagusuri /bribe/hush money
hanahadashii /extreme/excessive/terrible/intense/severe/serious/tremendous/heavy (damage)
hanazakari /flowers in full bloom
hanbainedan /selling price
handanryoku /judgment/discernment
hankanhanmin /semi-governmental/semi-official (a-no)
hantaigawa /opposite side
hantaihyou /opposing voice
haraimodosu /to repay/to pay back
hasamiageru /to pick up (with chopsticks)/to take
hasamikomu /to insert
hasamiuchi /pincer attack
hashirigaki /scribbling
hashirimawaru /to run around
hashiritakatobi /running high jump
hashutsujo /local police station
hasshouchi /cradle (of civilisation, etc.)/birthplace
hatarakiguchi /position/situation/employment/opening
hatarakimono /hard worker/hardworking person
hatarakite /worker/breadwinner/supporter/able person
hatsuentou /smoke candle
hattentojoukoku /developing country
hazukashii /shy/ashamed/embarrassed
hazukashimeru /to put to shame
heihoume-toru /square metre
heikoukankaku /sense of equilibrium/sense of balance
heinennami /average year/normal year
henshin'youhagaki /(postal) reply card/international reply coupon
hibinokate /one's daily bread
hidariashi /left foot
hidarigawa /left/left (hand) side
hidarikiki /lefthandedness/sake drinker
hifuishoku /skin graft/skin transplant
higaimousou /persecution complex
higashiajia /East Asia
hijouguchi /emergency exit
hijoujitai /state of emergency
hikaeshitsu /waiting room
hikakubungaku /comparative literature
hikakugengogaku /comparative linguistics
hikakukyuu /comparative degree
hikakuteki /comparatively/relatively
hikarikagayaku /to shine/to glitter
hikashibou /subcutaneous fat
hikinobasu /to delay/to enlarge
hikishimeru /to tighten/to stiffen/to brace/to strain
himanatoki /leisure time
himatsubushi /waste of time
hiningenteki /inhuman/impersonal
hinyoukika /urology
hiretsukan /mean bastard/sneak/heel/despicable person
hiruyasumi /lunch break/noon recess/noon rest period
hisashiburi /after a long time (id)
hisenkyoshikaku /electoral eligibility
hisshuukamoku /compulsory subject
hitogoroshi /murder/murderer
hitokotofutakoto /a word or two
hitonigiri /handful (a-no)/small handful
hitoriatari /per person/per head
hitoribitori /one by one
hitosashiyubi /index finger
hitotsuhitotsu /one-by-one/separately/in detail
hitoyasumi /a rest
hitsujikai /shepherd/shepherdess
hitsujuhin /necessities/necessary article/requisite/essential
hiyokunotori /happily married couple
hokkyokuken /Arctic Circle
hokuhokutou /nor-nor-east
hokuoushokoku /northern countries/Scandinavian countries
hokutoshichisei /the Great Bear/the Great Dipper/Ursa Major
hometateru /to praise/to extol/to applaud
honeoshimi /sparing oneself/laziness
horidashimono /lucky find/bargain/treasure trove
horyoshuuyoujo /prison camp/concentration camp/POW camp
hoshiuranai /astrology/horoscope
hoshuukyouiku /further education/supplementary education
hosoudouro /paved road
hotarugari /firefly catching
houdoukikan /information media/press/news organs
houfukusochi /reprisals/retaliatory measures
houjishinbun /newspaper in Japanese/Japanese language newspaper
houkenseido /feudal system
houmeiroku /visitors' book
houyouryoku /tolerance
hyakkajiten /encyclopedia
hyakunensai /centenary/centennial celebration
hyouhakuzai /bleaching agent/bleach
hyouonmoji /phonetic symbol
hyoushoujou /testimonial/certificate of commendation
ichibuichirin /a bit
ichigoichigo /word for word/one word
ichijirushii /remarkable/considerable
ichijiteki /temporary
ichinichijuu /throughout the day
ichinichioki /every other day
ichiranhyou /list/table/schedule/catalogue
ichiridzuka /milestone (1 ri apart)
igakuyougo /medical term
ikkiichiyuu /mixed blessings/joys & sorrows
imakenshinshitsu /living room & bedroom/bed-sitter
imashimeru /to admonish/to remonstrate
inakamusume /country girl
inochigake /life & death/risking one's life/risky (a-no)/desperate
insatsubutsu /printed matter
intokubusshi /concealed materials
ippunnijuubyou /1 minute, 20 sec.
ishibekinkichi /man of incorruptible character
ishinosotsuu /agreement of wills
issakujitsu /day before yesterday
issekinichou /killing two birds with one stone (id)
isshimatowanu /stark naked
isshoukenmei /eagerly/with utmost effort/very hard/with all one's might
itarutokoro /everywhere
itarutoukyou /leading to Tokyo
itsukushimu /to love/to be affectionate to/to pity
iyashimeru /to despise/to abase (oneself)
izentoshite /still/as yet/as of old
izumotaisha /Izumo Temple (Shimane)
jibiinkousenmon'i /ear, nose & throat specialist
jigyakuteki /self-torturing
jihatsuteki /spontaneous/voluntary
jijoujibakuniochiiru /to be caught in one's own trap
jikankasegi /holding out/stalling/putting off
jikishousou /before its time
jikochuushin /selfish/egotistic
jikoshoukai /self-introduction (vs)
jikousakuin /subject index
jimudzukue /clerical desk
jinjifusei /unconsciousness
jinkoumitsudo /population density
jinkoushiba /artificial grass (lawn)
jinrikisha /rickshaw/jinrikisha
jiritsushinkei /autonomic nerves
jisatsumisui /attempted suicide
jissenriseihihan /"Critique of Pure Reason" (Kant)
jissenteki /practical
jitsudoujikan /actual work hours
jitsugyouka /industrialist/businessman
jitsuryoku /merit/efficiency/arms/force
jiyuuboueki /free trade
joukamachi /castle town/town around castle
jounin'iin /standing committee
joutoushiki /ridgepole-raising ceremony
jouyakunoteiketsu /conclusion of treaty
jukenjigoku /examination hell
junbungaku /pure literature/belles lettres
junkatsuyu /lubricating oil
junkesshou /semi-final
junkyousha /martyr
junnihonfuu /classical Japanese style
junsuibaiyou /clean (pure) culture
juujihouka /cross fire
juujikazou /crucifix
juuketsushitame /inflamed eyes
juyoukyoukyuu /supply & demand
kabunushisoukai /general meeting of stockholders
kabushikigaisha /public company/corporation
kachihokoru /to triumph/to be elated with success
kachikoshi /more wins than losses (sport)
kachitoosu /to win straight victories
kagayakashii /brilliant/glorious/glittering
kageboushi /shadow figure/silhouette
kaheikachi /currency value
kaibougaku /anatomy
kaichuudentou /electric torch/flashlight
kaihatsutojoukoku /enlightenment/colonization
kaiinmeibo /membership list
kaiketsubyou /scurvy
kaikinshatsu /open-collared shirt
kaisatsuguchi /ticket-checking gate/wicket
kaisokudensha /high-speed train
kaisuiyokujou /seawater baths
kaitakusha /pioneer/settler/colonist
kajinhakumei /beauty & luck seldom go together (id)
kakemawaru /to run around/to bustle about
kakimonodzukue /writing desk
kakuekiteisha /train that stops at every station
kakuhannouro /nuclear reactor
kakunenryou /atomic fuel
kakushigei /hidden talent
kakushihikidashi /secret withdrawal
kamibukuro /paper bag
kamidzutsumi /paper package
kamiichimai /one sheet of paper
kan'ippatsu /hair's breadth
kanashibari /binding hand & foot/a temporary feeling of paralysis (col)
kanbouchou /Chief Cabinet Secretary
kanbouchoukan /Chief Cabinet Secretary
kangaekata /way of thinking
kangaimuryou /deep emotion
kangengaku /orchestral music
kangengakudan /orchestra
kankatsukanchou /controlling office
kanpunakimade /completely/thoroughly
kanrakugai /pleasure quarter
kanryoushugi /bureaucracy
kansanritsu /conversion rate
kanshinwokau /to win favour
kanshitsuzou /lacquered (wooden) Buddha statue
kanshouchitai /buffer zone
kanzenchouaku /rewarding good and punishing evil/political justice/moral purpose/morality play
karakusamoyou /arabesque/scrollwork
karamitsuku /twine oneself around/coil around
kashibo-to /hire boat
katagawari /shouldering another's debt
katagawari /shouldering another's debt
katakusousa /household search
katakusousaku /household search
katamigahiroi /wide shoulders
katamukeru /to incline (vt)/to list/to bend/to lean/to tip/to tilt/to slant/to concentrate on/to ruin (a country)/to squander/to empty
katokusouzoku /inheritance/succession to family headship
katorisenkou /mosquito coil/anti-mosquito incense
kayoukyoku /popular song
kazaritsuke /decoration/arrangement
kazokudzure /taking the family along
kegarawashii /filthy/unfair
kegonnotaki /Kegon waterfall near. Nikko
keijisoshou /criminal action
keikougyou /light industry
keikoutoryou /fluorescent paint
keisatsusho /police station
keisetsunokou /the fruit of diligent study
keishichou /police headquarters
keishouchi /picturesque scenery
keizaikikakuchou /Economic Planning Agency
kekkintodoke /report of an absence
kekkonhirouen /wedding reception banquet
kekkonshiki /marriage ceremony/wedding
ken'ennonaka /loggerheads/like cats & dogs/(lit. dog & monkey)
kenboushou /amnesia/loss of memory
kenchikuka /architect
kenjounobitoku /modest virtue
kenkashokubutsu /flowering plant
keshoubako /vanity case/cosmetics case
keshoushitsu /toilet/lavatory/powder room
kessekitodoke /report of a school absence
ketsubutsu /great man/heroic figure/remarkable character
ketsuekigata /blood type
ketsuekijunkan /blood circulation
ketsumakuen /conjunctivitis
ketsuretsu /breakdown/rupture
kewashiimichi /steep street
kezuribushi /flaked bonito
kichijouten /(Buddhist) goddess
kichinichi /lucky day
kidoairaku /feelings of joy & anger/human passions
kijounokuuron /academic gossip/empty theory
kikaibunmei /technical civilization
kikimorasu /to fail to hear/to miss
kikudzukuri /chrysanthemum growing
kikuningyou /chrysanthemum-shaped puppet
kikunogomon /Imperial chrysanthemum emblem
kikunohana /chrysanthemum
kin'ichiman'en /10,000 Yen
kin'yuukikan /banking facilities
kinenkitte /special issue stamp
kingashinnen /Happy New Year!
kinjuuman'en /100,000 Yen
kinuorimono /silk goods
kippuuriba /ticket window/box office/ticket
kirihanasu /to detach/to decapitate
kirikuzusu /to level (earth)/to break (strike)/to cut through (a mountain)/to split (the opposition)
kirisuteru /to truncate/to cut down/to omit/to discard/to slay/to cast away
kiseijijitsu /established fact
kiseinojijitsu /established fact
kisetsufuu /seasonal winds
kisetsuhazure /end of season
kishouchou /Meteorological Agency
kishougaku /meteorology
kishoukachi /rare/very precious
kishukusha /boarding house/school dormitory
kisochishiki /fundamental knowledge
kisshouten /(Buddhist) goddess
kitaeageru /to temper thoroughly/to train well
ko-hi-mame /coffee bean
kodaimousou /megalomania
kodaimousoukyou /megalomania
kodzukaisen /spending money/incidental expenses
kodzutsumi /parcel/package
kogaisatsuei /taking pictures outdoors
koinonayami /pain of love/love troubles
kokkaigijidou /National Diet (Japanese parliament)/Capitol Hill (US)
kokkasshoku /blackish brown
kokkeisetsu /anniversary of founding (of PRC)/national celebration time
kokorodzukai /solicitude/anxiety/regard for
kokorogake /dedication/mental attitude
kokorogamae /preparedness/readiness
kokoromiru /to try/to test
kokoronokate /food for thought
kokoronokinsen /innermost soul
kokorozashi /will/intention/motive
kokorozasu /to plan/to intend/to aspire to/to set aims (sights on)
kokuminshukusha /national youth hostels
kokuminsouseisan /gross national product/GNP/gross domestic product/GDP
kokumuchoukan /Secretary of State
komarihateru /to be greatly perplexed/to be greatly embarrassed
komarikiru /to be greatly perplexed/to be greatly embarrassed
komedawara /bag of rice
konamiruku /milk powder
konchuugaku /entomology/study of insects
konchuusaishuu /insect collecting
kongouseki /diamond
konketsunohito /mixed race person
konponteki /fundamental (an)/basic
konshinkai /friendly reunion/get-together
konsuijoutai /lethargic state/comatose state
korashimeru /to chastise/to punish/to discipline
kotonohoka /exceedingly/unusually
kouchoukai /public hearing
koudokuryou /subscription charge
koudoseichou /advanced maturity
kouishitsu /locker room/changing room/dressing room
koujinbutsu /good-natured person/nice person
koukokutou /billboard/advertising sign
koukuubokan /aircraft carrier
koukyougaku /symphony (orchestra)
koukyoukyoku /symphony
kounaijiko /mine accident
kounetsubyou /yellow fever
kounetsuhi /cost of fuel & light
kounyuusha /purchaser
kouotsuhei /ABC/1 2 & 3
kouseishou /Ministry of Health and Welfare
kousekisou /diluvial formation (geol.)
koushokyoufushou /fear of heights/acrophobia
koushuudenwa /public telephone
kousokudouro /highway/freeway
koutaishihi /crown princess
koutougakkou /senior high school
koutsuumou /traffic network
kouwanroudousha /longshoreman/stevedore
kubikazari /necklace
kuchibashiru /to speak/to tell/to blurt out
kuchidashi /interference/meddling
kuchidomeryou /hush money
kuchidzuke /kiss
kuchioshii /regrettable/mortifying/regretful
kudarizaka /descent/downhill/decline/waning
kumiawasejou /combination lock
kumiawaseru /to join together
kumorigachi /broken cloud/mainly cloudy (a-no)
kumorigarasu /frosted glass
kurushimeru /to torment/to harass/to inflict pain
kusakanmuri /term for "grass" (140) radical/grass crown (lit.)
kutsugaeru /to topple over/to be overturned/to capsize
kutsugaesu /to overturn/to upset/to overthrow/to undermine
kutsuissoku /pair of shoes
kutsushita /socks
kuwabarakuwabara /My God!
kuwabatake /mulberry field
kuwadateru /to plan/to plot/to propose/to design/to intend/to contemplate/to attempt/to undertake
kyakkanteki /objectivity
kyakuatsukai /hospitality
kyakushitsu /drawing room/guest room
kyakushoku /dramatization (e.g. film)
kyokuchiken /polar regions/the pole
kyokugaisha /outsider
kyokusetsu /windings/meanderings/complications
kyomushugi /nihilism
kyoudoshousetsu /local story
kyoufuseiji /politics of fear
kyoufushou /morbid fear
kyougashinnen /Happy New Year! (id)
kyouhakujou /threatening or intimidating letter
kyoukitetsudou /narrow-gauge railway
kyoumibukai /very interesting/of great interest
kyoumishinshin /very interesting/of great interest
kyourakushugi /epicureanism/hedonism
kyouryokusha /cooperative worker
kyousanken /communist sphere/"iron curtain"
kyoushinshou /heart attack/angina pectoris
kyoushitsu /classroom
kyoushutsu /delivery
kyouwakoku /republic/commonwealth
kyuudaiten /passing mark
kyuukeijikan /rest time/intermission
kyuukyokumokuteki /extreme purpose
kyuumeibo-to /lifeboat
kyuunasaka /sudden drop/precipitous slope
kyuuryouchitai /hill country/hilly area
kyuuseigun /Salvation Army
kyuusuisen /hydrant/tap/faucet
kyuuyakuseisho /Old Testament
machiaishitsu /waiting room
machiawaseru /to rendezvous
machikaneru /to wait impatiently for
madogiwanoseki /window-side seat
magarimichi /roundabout road/curving road
magirawashii /confusing/misleading/equivocal/ambiguous
magirawasu /to divert/to distract
magomusume /granddaughter
makanaitsuki /with meals/meals inclusive
makejidamashii /unyielding spirit/indomitable spirit
makeoshimi /poor loser (id)/make excuses/be unwilling to admit defeat
man'youshuu /Manyoushuu (famous 8thC poetry)/Japan's oldest anthology of poems
manekineko /beckoning cat
mannenhitsu /fountain pen
manukareru /to escape from/to be rescued from/to avoid/to evade/to avert/to elude/to be exempted/to be relieved from pain/to get rid of
marutagoya /log cabin/blockhouse
matsubayashi /pine forest
matsurigoto /rule/government
mawarimichi /detour
me-ka-kiboukakaku /manuf. recommended price
meijiishin /Meiji Restoration
meijijidai /Meiji period (1868-1912)
meiyokyouju /emeritus professor
meiyoshimin /honorary citizen
meiyoshoku /honorary position
men'orimono /cotton fabrics/cotton textiles
meshiagaru /to eat (pol)
mezamashitokei /alarm clock
mezurashii /unusual/rare
michinaranukoi /illicit love affair
migakiageru /polish up/shine up
migitoiebahidari /widely spoken
miketsushuu /unconvicted prisoner/prisoner under trial
mikiwameru /to see through/to probe/to make sure of
mikotonori /imperial edict/decree
mikuraberu /to compare with the eye
minamiarupusu /southern alps (of Japan)
minamiguchi /south entrance
minatomachi /port city
minjisoshou /civil action/civil suit/civil proceedings
minshushugi /democracy
minshuteki /democratic
miryokuteki /charming/fascinating
mitsugimono /tribute
mitsumorisho /written estimate
mitsuryousha /poacher
mizubitashi /flooded out/submersion
mizukaranotede /with one's own hands
mochinushi /owner/proprietor
mogishiken /trial examination/sham examination
mokugekisha /eye-witness/witness
momonosekku /puppet festival (3 March)
momoyamajidai /Momoyama period (1583-1602 CE)
monkirigata /fixed formula/stereotyped phrase/hackneyed (a-no)
monogatari /tale/story/legend
monoyawaraka /mild/mild-mannered/gentle (an)
morohanotsurugi /two-edged sword
moushiawase /arrangement/appointment
moushikomi /application/entry/request/subscription/offer/proposal/overture/challenge
muchitsujo /disorder/chaos/confusion
mugibatake /wheat field/barley field/cornfield
mukashibanashi /folklore/legend
mukashimukashi /long ago/"once upon a time"
mukashinokoto /old things
mukoyoushi /son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
mumikansou /dry/dusty/dull/uninteresting (an)
muneageshiki /framework raising ceremony
murasakiiro /violet
murasakisuishou /amethyst
mushiatsui /humid/sultry
mushikaesu /to reheat/to steam over/to bring up again
musumegokoro /girlish mind/girlish innocence
musumemuko /adopted son-in-law
musumezakari /bloom of youth/prime of girlhood
muzukashii /difficult
myougonichi /day after tomorrow
nagareboshi /shooting star/meteor
nagawazurai /long illness
nagekawashii /sad/wretched/deplorable
nagurikomi /raid
nagurikorosu /to strike dead/to beat to death
naguritsukeru /to beat (someone in battle)
nagusameru /to comfort/to console
nainenkikan /internal-combustion engine
naishukketsu /internal bleeding/internal haemorrhage
nakayasumi /rest/recess
namakemono /lazy person
namidagumashii /touching/moving/painful
nanchakuriku /soft-landing
nankyokuken /Antarctic Circle
nasakebukai /tender-hearted/compassionate
natsukashii /dear
natsukashimu /to yearn for (miss) someone (thing)
natsuyasumi /summer vacation/summer holiday
nebaridzuyoi /tenacious/persevering/persistent
negurushii /unable to sleep well
nekonadegoe /wheedling voice/ingratiating voice
nekonikoban /(to cast) pearls before swine/really big waste of resources (id)
nemurigusuri /sleeping powder/sleeping drug/narcotic/anaesthetic
nenchakuryoku /adhesive power/viscosity
nenkoukahou /long service allowance/longevity pay
netsuretsu /ardent (an)/passionate/vehement
nichibeiboueki /trade between Japan and USA
nichijouseikatsu /everyday life/daily life
nichiyoubi /Sunday
nigirimeshi /rice ball
nigirishimeru /to grasp
nihongakusha /Japanologist/Japan scholar
nihongowa-puro /Japanese word-processing
niigataken /prefecture in the Hokuriku area
nikkanshinbun /daily paper
nikkouyoku /sunbathing
nikudzukinoyoi /well-fleshed/well-padded/plump/fat
nikumareguchi /abusive language
nikumarekko /bad boy
ningendoushi /works of man
ninkimanryou /expiration of term of office
ninshinchuuzetsu /abortion/pregnancy termination
nishatakuitsu /alternatively
nishidoitsu /West Germany
no-berushou /Nobel prize
nobetsubosuu /total floor space
nobinayamu /to be sluggish (business)
noborikudari /rising & falling/going up & down
noborizaka /ascent/upgrade
nokorimono /leftovers/remnants
norikumiin /crew
noriokureru /to miss (train, bus, etc)
nougakudou /Noh theatre
noukasuitai /pituitary gland
nousanbutsu /agricultural produce
nousocchuu /stroke/cerebral haemorrhage
nyuudougumo /gigantic columns of clouds (in summer)/cumulo-nimbus
nyuugakushiken /entrance examination
nyuujouken /ticket of admission/platform ticket
ochitsuita /quiet/calm/composed
odorikuruu /dance in ecstasy
odoshimonku /threatening words
ogamitaosu /persuade someone to consent/entreat repeatedly
okumanchouja /billionaire
okurikaesu /to send back
okurinushi /sender (of a present)
omeshimono /clothing
omokurushii /heavy/gloomy/awkward/cumbrous/oppressive/leaden
onnanohito /woman
ookurashou /Ministry of Finance
ooyorokobi /great joy
oroshishou /wholesaler
oroshiuribukka /wholesale price
osanagokoro /child's mind/child's heart/very young mind
oshitsukeru /to press/to push/to force
otokonohito /man
otoshiireru /to tempt/to ensnare
otsukaresama /Thank you (id)/many thanks
oukakumaku /diaphragm (body)
oushuukyoudoutai /European Community (EC)
raikyakuhoumeiroku /guest book
raishinshi /telegram form/telegram blank
rakkanteki /optimistic/hopeful
rakunoujou /dairy farm
rakuseihin /dairy product
reigitadashii /polite (person)
reisuimasatsu /rubdown with a wet towel/cold-water rubbing
renkinjutsu /alchemy
renpoushushou /federal chancellor
renrakueki /connecting station/station where you change
renrakusen /connecting line
rensaishousetsu /serial/serialized novel
rikkenkunshusei /constitutional monarchy
rikonsoshou /divorce suit/divorce proceedings
ronjitsukusu /deal exhaustively with
roshutsushou /exhibitionism
roudoujikan /working hours/man hours
roudoukumiai /labor union
roudouundou /labour movement
ruikeiteki /stereotyped (an)/patterned/typical
ryakudatsu /pillage/plunder/looting/robbery
ryoushitsu /good quality/superior quality
ryoushuusho /receipt
ryoushuushou /receipt
ryouyousho /sanatorium
ryuukasuiso /hydrogen sulphide/sulphuretted hydrogen
sacchuuzai /insecticide/pesticide
sagashiateru /to find out/to discover/to detect
sagashimawaru /to hunt around
saguridasu /to spy out/to smell out
sainanniau /to meet with misfortune
sainyuusaishutsu /annual income & expenditure
sairuigasu /tear gas
sakimidareru /to bloom in profusion
sakuraniku /horse meat
samatageru /to disturb/to prevent
samuraikatagi /samurai spirit
sanfujinkai /obstetrics & gynaecology
sanjiseigen /birth control
sankakukei /triangle (a-no)
sankenbunritsu /separation of powers (legislative, executive and judicial)
sanmenkyou /three-sided mirror
sanringaku /forestry
sanshisuimei /scenic beauty
saradahitosara /plate of salad
sashiatari /for the time being
sashikorosu /to stab to death
sashimodosu /to send back/to refer back
sashitsukae /hindrance/impediment
satogokoro /homesickness/nostalgia
satsubatsu /bloodthirsty/brutal/savage
satsujinmisui /attempted murder
sawagitateru /to make a fuss (outcry, uproar)
seichouritsu /growth rate
seifukusha /conqueror
seigenkyokusen /sine curve
seikankoujou /(tin) can factory
seikatsuhi /living expenses
seikeigeka /orthopaedic surgery/plastic surgery
seikougyou /steel industry
seimeihoken /life insurance
seinengappi /birth date
seirenkeppaku /uprightness
seiryouinryou /cooling (e.g. drink)
seisekihyou /report card/result sheet
seishinseii /sincerity/whole-hearted devotion
seishounen /youth/young person
seitaikaibou /vivisection
seitanhyakunen /100th birthday anniversary
sekkasshoku /reddish brown
sekkyokuteki /positive/active
semakurushii /cramped
sen'ensatsu /1,000 Yen bill
sen'ikougyou /textile industry
sen'youchuushajou /private parking place
senkyoushi /missionary
senreininarau /to follow precedent
sensengetsu /month before last
senshinkoku /advanced (developed) country/advanced nations
sentakukamoku /subject of selection
sentakumono /clothes to be washed
sesshinijuudo /20 o Celsius
setonaikai /Inland Sea
setsuretsu /clumsy (an)/unskillful
setsuritsu /establishment/foundation/institution
shajitsuteki /realistic/graphic/true to life
shakaifukushi /social welfare
shakkanhou /(obs) Japanese system of weights & measures
shakuhachi /bamboo flute/oral sex (vulg) (X)
shibaigoya /playhouse/theatre
shibakariki /lawnmower
shibarikubi /(death by) hanging
shiboritoru /to exploit
shibudzura /grimace/sullen face
shichifukujin /Seven Deities of Good Luck
shichigosan /the lucky numbers 7,5, and 3/shrine visit (festival) by children aged 7, 5, and 3
shichouson /cities, towns, and villages/municipalities
shidareyanagi /weeping willow
shiitageru /to oppress
shijoubunseki /market analysis
shikeishuu /criminals condemned to death
shiketsuzai /stopping of bleeding
shikibetsu /discrimination/discernment/identification
shikinseki /touchstone/test case
shikkouyuuyo /stay of execution/suspended sentence
shimaitoshi /sister cities
shimobashira /frost columns/ice needles
shimobukure /round-faced/large at bottom
shimonkikan /consultative body/advisory organ
shinbunshi /newsprint/newspaper
shinchintaisha /renewal/replacement/metabolism
shinkansen /bullet train (very high speed)/shinkansen
shinkonryokou /honeymoon
shinobaseru /to conceal/to hide
shinobiashi /stealthy steps/soft steps
shinribyousha /psychological description
shinrigaku /psychology
shinroushinpu /bride & groom
shinshifuku /suits for gentlemen
shinshikyoutei /gentlemen's agreement
shinshinmoujaku /mental retardation
shinshinmoujakusha /mentally retarded person
shinshitsu /bedroom
shinshiyou /for men/male-
shinshutsu /infiltration/permeation
shintaiukagai /informal (unofficial) resignation
shiohigari /(io) shell gathering (at low tide)/clamming
shionokanman /ebb & flood
shirizokeru /to repel/to drive away
shishousha /casualties/killed & wounded
shitagaeru /to be accompanied by/to subdue
shitakuchibiru /lower lip
shitamachi /Shitamachi/lower parts of town
shitashimu /to be intimate with/to befriend
shitasoudan /preliminary consultation/arrangements
shiteiseki /reserved seat
shitsuboku /simplicity
shitsuchou /room monitor
shitsugioutou /question and answer session
shitsugyou /unemployment (vs)
shitsumon'youshi /questionnaire
shiyouzumi /second-hand/no longer used
shizenbyousha /description of nature
shochuuukagai /mid-summer menu
shokubaisayou /catalytic action
shokubutsu /plant/vegetation
shokubutsuen /botanical garden
shokubutsuseishibou /vegetable fat
shokuminchi /colony
shokumotsu /food/foodstuff
shokuryouhin /foodstuff/groceries
shominteki /normal/natural/common
shoshigaku /bibliography
shotokuzei /income tax
shoubousha /fire engine
shoubousho /fire station
shouchuunotama /apple of one's eye
shoudoukoui /shock action
shougaikyouiku /education for life
shougakkou /primary school/elementary school
shougakukin /scholarship
shougakusei /scholarship student
shougidaoshi /falling one after another
shoukyokuteki /passive
shoumenshoutotsu /head-on collision
shounenhou /juvenile law
shounetsujigoku /burning hell
shounimahi /infantile paralysis
shouninkanmon /summoning witness
shounyuudou /limestone cave
shoutaijou /written invitation
shouwanenkan /Showa era
shucchoujo /branch office
shuhitsuwokuwaeru /to make corrections
shujutsushitsu /surgery/operating room
shukanteki /subjectivity/subject/ego
shukujitsu /national holiday
shukushaku /reduced scale (vs)
shunbunnohi /Vernal Equinox Holiday (Mar 20 or 21)
shunkashuutou /spring, summer, autumn & winter/the four seasons
shunoinori /the Lord's Prayer
shunoukaidan /leadership conference
shuppansha /publisher
shuppatsuten /starting point/point of departure
shushoukengaishou /Prime Minister & Foreign Minister
shusseikajou /excessive birth (rate)
shutsubotsu /appearing frequently (vs)/infesting/appearance and disappearance
shutsugoku /release (from prison) (vs)
shuubansen /end of campaign
shuubunnohi /autumn equinox holiday (Sep 23 or 24)
shuudanshinri /mass psychology
shuugyoujikan /work hours
shuukakudaka /crop/income
shuukakuki /harvest time
shuukanshi /weekly publication
shuushinkoyousei /(Japanese) system of lifetime employment
shuutokubutsu /found article
shuuyuuken /excursion ticket
sodatenooya /foster parents
sokuryokudo /speed/velocity
songaibaishou /restitution/compensation for damages
soranamida /crocodile tears
soraosoroshii /having vague fears
soratobuenban /flying saucer
sosensuuhai /ancestor worship
soshakuchi /leasehold land
soshouhiyou /(lawsuit) costs
sosonokasu /to instigate/to tempt
sotsugyoushiken /graduation test
sotsugyoushousho /graduation certificate/diploma/testamur
soubetsukai /farewell party
soudatsusen /contest/competition/struggle/argument
sougankyou /binoculars/field glasses
sougishiki /funeral ceremony/wake
sougyoutanshuku /curtailment of operations
soukagakkai /Sokagakkai (Buddhist sect)
soukoujikan /run time
sounanshingou /distress signal/SOS
souridaijin /Prime Minister
sousahonbu /(criminal) investigation headquarter
suetsukeru /to install/to equip/to mount
suginamiki /avenue of cedars (cryptomeria)
suiginchuu /column of mercury
suiminbusoku /lack of sleep
suitorigami /blotting paper
suizokukan /aquarium
sujichigai /cramp/sprain/illogical/intersection
sukoshizutsu /little by little
sumashigao /composed expression/clear face
sumidawara /sack for charcoal
sumigokochi /comfort (in living place)
sumiwataru /to be perfectly clear
surechigau /to pass closely/to disagree/to miss each other
suusekinofune /several boats
tabesugiru /overeat
tachiagaru /to stand up
tachibanashi /standing around talking
tachioujou /standstill/stalling/stranding
tadashigaki /proviso
taeshinobu /to put up with/to endure/to bear patiently
tagaichigaini /alternate
taibouseikatsu /hard life/life of austerity
tairikudana /continental shelf
tairyouseisan /mass production
taiseimeiga /Western painting
taishuubungaku /popular literature
taiyoureki /solar (Julian) calendar
taizenjijaku /presence of mind/imperturbability
takaramono /treasure/treasured item
takedzutsu /bamboo pipe
takinobori /(fish) climbing (swimming) up waterfall
tamagogata /oval/egg-shaped
tamagonokara /eggshell
tanaoroshi /stocktaking/inventory
tanjouiwai /birthday celebration
tankidaigaku /(two year) junior college
tanomoshii /reliable/trustworthy/hopeful/promising
tanpenshousetsu /short story/novella
tanteishousetsu /detective story
tashikameru /to ascertain
tatamiomote /mat facing
tatematsuru /to offer/to present/to revere/to do respectfully
tawamureru /to be amused (with something)/to play/to sport/to frolic/to joke/to flirt with
tazunebito /missing person/wanted person
tazusawaru /to participate/to take part
teikokushugi /imperialism
teiseichou /small (low) growth
teishotoku /low income
teisoshiki /cornerstone (foundation stone) ceremony
tekishutsu /picking out (vs)/exposing/taking out
tekkotsukouji /steel frame-work
ten'imuhou /perfect beauty/flawless
tenimotsuichijiazukarisho /short-term hand-luggage storage
tenkiyohou /weather forecast
tenmongaku /astronomy
tennenkajuu /natural fruit juice
tennouheika /His Majesty the Emperor
tetsudzuki /procedure/(legal) process/formalities
tetsugakusha /philosopher
tetteiteki /thoroughness (an)
tobihaneru /jump up and down
todokesaki /destination/receiver's address/consignee
todoufuken /administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Hokkai-do, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu and remaining prefectures
toiawaseru /to enquire
tokushukou /special steel
tokushusei /special characteristics/peculiarity/distinctiveness
tomarichin /hotel charges/tariff
tomarikyaku /overnight guest/house guest
toomawashi /indirect (roundabout) expression
toppan'insatsu /letterpress/relief printing
toriatsukaichuui /handling warning
toriatsukaichuui /handling warning
toriatsukaikata /way of handling
toriatsukau /to treat/to handle/to deal in
torikakomu /to surround/to crowd around
torimodosu /to take back/to regain
torinozoku /to remove/to take away/to set apart
torishimari /control/management/supervision
torishimari /control/management/supervision
torishirabe /investigation/examination/inquiry
tougaijinbutsu /the appropriate person/competent person
tougaikanchou /proper authorities/authorities concerned
tougemichi /road over a mountain pass
tougenkyou /Arcady/Eden
tougewokosu /to cross over a pass/to finish the most difficult part (id)
toukyouwan /Tokyo Bay/Bay of Tokyo
tounan'ajia /Southeast Asia
tounanhoken /insurance against theft
tounyoubyou /diabetes
tsuboatari /per tsubo (area)
tsudzukeru /to continue (vt)/to keep up/to keep on
tsuitoukai /memorial services
tsuitoushiki /memorial services
tsukaikata /way to use something/treatment/management (of help)
tsukamaeru /to catch/to seize/to arrest
tsukarehateru /to get tired out/to be exhausted
tsukemonoishi /weight stone (placed on pickles)
tsukiataru /to run into/to collide with
tsukiroketto /moon rocket
tsukuribanashi /fiction/made-up story/fable/fabrication/myth
tsumikasaneru /to be piled up/to accumulate
tsunawatari /tightrope walking
tsuranukitoosu /to enforce (one's) will
tsuribashi /suspension bridge
tsuridougu /fishing tackle
tsutomesaki /place of work
tsutsumigami /wrapping paper
tsutsushimibukai /discreet/modest/cautious
tsutsushimu /to be careful/to abstain
tsutsushimu /to be chaste or discreet/to abstain or refrain
tsutsushinde /respectfully/humbly/reverently
tsutsuuraura /all over the country/throughout the land/in every nook & cranny
tsuukoudome /No Thoroughfare!/Road Blocked!
tsuushinkouza /correspondence course
tsuuzokubungaku /school of popular writing
uchuuhikoushi /astronaut
uchuuryokou /space travel
uketamawaru /to hear/to be told/to know (humble)
undoubusoku /insufficient exercise
urushinuri /lacquering/lacquer ware
usetsukinshi /No Right Turn!
ushirodate /supporter
ushirosugata /retreating figure/appearance from behind
utsukushii /beautiful/lovely
uwakuchibiru /upper lip
uyauyashii /respectful/reverent
warugashikoi /cunning/crafty/wily/sly
wasuremono /lost article/something forgotten
watakushijishin /myself
wataridori /migratory bird/bird of passage
watashibune /ferry/ferryboat
wayousecchuu /blending of Japanese and Western styles
wazurawashii /troublesome/complicated
wazurawasu /to trouble/to bother/to annoy/to give trouble
yagaisatsuei /outdoor photography
yakansatsuei /night photography
yakkaimono /dependent/parasite/hanger-on/burden
yakuhanbun /approximately half
yakuzaishi /chemist/pharmacist
yamagatana /woodman's hatchet
yamaguchiken /prefecture in the Chuugoku area
yamakuzure /landslide
yamanekosougi /wildcat strike
yamatodamashii /the Japanese spirit
yanagigoshi /slim waist
yanyoushou /bed-wetting/enuresis
yasumichuu /closed/on break/"private party"
yatoinushi /employer
yatoinushi /employer
yawarageru /to soften/to moderate/to relieve
yobimodosu /to call back/to call home
yoinokuchi /nightfall/early evening
yokushitsu /bathroom/bath
yokuyokujitsu /two days later/next day but one
yomiayamaru /to misread/to mispronounce
yomisokonau /to misread/to mispronounce
youryokuso /chlorophyl
yuibishugi /estheticism
yuibutsuron /materialism
yuishinron /spiritualism/idealism
yukigassen /snowball fight
yukuefumei /missing/unaccounted for
yurikaeshi /aftershock/afterquake
yusuriokosu /shake someone awake
yuubinhaitatsu /postman/mailman
yuubinkyoku /post office
yuubinryoukin /postage/postal charges
yuujuufudan /indecisiveness
yuukashouken /marketable securities/stocks and bonds
yuusouryou /freight costs/transport costs
yuwakashiki /water-heater/water-boiler
yuzuriwatasu /to hand over/to turn over/to cede
zaibeihoujin /Japanese living in America
zendaimimon /record-breaking/unheard of/unparalleled
zenpanteki /universal/general
zenpoukouenfun /ancient Imperial graves
zokushutsu /appearance one after another (vs)
zougenotou /ivory tower
zouheikyoku /(coin) mint
zoukibayashi /grove of mixed trees
zoushokuro /fast breeder reactor
zoushuuwai /bribery/corruption
zouyoshousho /testimonial/presentation certificate