NihongoDera - Daily Words

N5

初めて

始めて、甫めて

はじめて

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...

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N4

びる

seeming to be ...; becoming like ...; behaving as ...

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N3

同一

どういつ

identity; sameness; similarity; equality; fairness

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N2

手帳

手帖

てちょう

notebook; memo pad; (pocket) diary; certificate; identification card

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N1

碁盤

ごばん

Go board

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N5

始め

初め

はじめ

beginning; start; outset; opening; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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N4

ピアノ

ピアノ、ピヤノ

piano

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N3

答案

とうあん

examination paper; examination script

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N2

出鱈目

でたらめ、デタラメ

irresponsible utterance; nonsense; bullshit; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic

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N1

毎

ごと

each respectively

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N5

始まる

はじまる

to begin; to start; to commence; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

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N4

ハンドバッグ

handbag; purse

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N3

塔

とう

tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba

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N2

手ごろ

手頃

てごろ

moderate; handy; convenient; reasonable

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N1

ご馳走さま

御馳走様

ごちそうさま

word used after one has been treated (esp. used after a meal); used after hearing something lovey-dovey

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N5

ハッジ

ハッジ、ハジ、ハッジー

hajj; haj; hadj; haji

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N4

パソコン

personal computer

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N3

党

とう

party (political); faction; -ite

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N2

凸凹

でこぼこ、とつおう、だくぼく

unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality

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N1

ご馳走

御馳走

ごちそう

feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)

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N5

橋

きょう

pons (pontes); pons Varolii; pontine; part of the brain stem (links the medulla oblongata and cerebellum with the midbrain)

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N4

ハート

heart

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N3

問い

問

とい

question; query

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N2

手首

手頸、手頚

てくび

wrist

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N1

御座います

ご座います

ございます

to be; to exist

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N5

箱

函、匣、筥、筐、凾

はこ、ハコ

box; case; chest; package; pack; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building; man who carries a geisha's shamisen; receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces); counter for boxes (or boxed objects)

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N4

テニス

tennis

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N3

度

たび、たんび

time (three times, each time, etc.); times

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N2

的確

適確

てきかく、てっかく

precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right

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N1

誤差

ごさ

measurement error; calculation error

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N5

ハグ

hug

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N4

テキスト

テキスト、テクスト

text; textbook

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N3

天然

てんねん

nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

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N2

的確

適確

てきかく、てっかく

precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right

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N1

語源

語原

ごげん

word root; word derivation; etymology

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N5

葉書

端書、端書き

はがき、ハガキ

postcard; memo; note; card

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N4

タイプ

type; kind; sort; style; typewriter; typing

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N3

伝統

でんとう

tradition; convention

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N2

出来上がる

でき上がる、出来あがる、出来上る

できあがる

to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk

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N1

ご苦労さま

御苦労様、ご苦労様

ごくろうさま

thank you very much for your ...; I appreciate your efforts

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N5

入る

いる

to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in

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N4

ソフト

soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball

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N3

電子

でんし

electron; (esp. as a prefix) electronic; electronics

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N2

出来上がり

できあがり

finish; completion; ready; made for; cut out

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N1

極楽

ごくらく

Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise

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N5

灰皿

はいざら

ashtray

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N4

ステレオ

stereo

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N3

天候

てんこう

weather

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N2

出かける

出掛ける

でかける

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to start; to set out; to be about to leave; to be just going out

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語句

ごく

words; phrases

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N5

はい

yes; that is correct; understood; I see; OK; okay; present; here; pardon?; what's that?; come again?; giddy-up; giddap

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N4

ステーキ

steak

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N3

典型

てんけい

type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetypal; representative

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N2

テーマ

theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan

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護衛

ごえい

guard; convoy; escort

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N5

バーディー

birdie

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N4

スクリーン

screen

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N3

ても

even if; even though; wow

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N2

手入れ

ていれ

repairs; maintenance; tending; trimming; grooming; crackdown; (police) raid

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N1

合成

ごうせい

composition; synthesis; composite; compound; synthetic; mixed; combined

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N5

歯

齒

は

tooth

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N4

スーツケース

suitcase

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N3

手間

てま

time; labour; labor

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N2

出入り口

出入口

でいりぐち

exit and entrance

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N1

強気

つよき

confident; assured; self-assured; firm; strong; cocksure; bullish (e.g. market)

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N5

乗る

乘る

のる

to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount; to reach; to go over; to pass; to follow; to stay (on track); to go with (the times, etc.); to take part; to participate; to join; to get into the swing (and sing, dance, etc.); to be deceived; to be taken in; to be carried; to be spread; to be scattered; to stick; to attach; to take; to go on

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N4

スーツ

suit

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N3

ては

ては、ちゃ、ちゃあ

if (an action, etc.); since ...; if you are going to ...; one after another; indicates repeated action; adds emphasis

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N2

出入り

出這入り

でいり、ではいり

in and out; coming and going; free association; income and expenditure; debits and credit

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N1

合議

ごうぎ

consultation; conference

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N5

飲む

呑む、飮む、服む

のむ

to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress; to accept (e.g. demand, condition); to make light of; to conceal

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N4

ジャム

jam

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N3

徹夜

てつや

all night; all-night vigil; sleepless night

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N2

停電

ていでん

power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply

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N1

合意

ごうい

agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord

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N5

飲み物

飲物

のみもの

drink; beverage

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N4

サンドイッチ

サンドイッチ、サンドウィッチ

sandwich

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N3

鉄道

てつどう

railroad; railway; rail transport

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N2

停車

ていしゃ

stopping (e.g. train)

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N1

号

號

ごう

number; edition; make; model; issue; part of that group; sobriquet; pen-name

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N5

上る

登る、昇る、陞る

のぼる

to ascend; to go up; to climb; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to; to advance (in price); to swim up (a river); to sail up; to come up (on the agenda)

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N4

サンダル

sandal

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N3

徹底

てってい

thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

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N2

停止

ていし、ちょうじ

suspension; interruption; stoppage; ban; standstill; halt; hang-up; deadlock; stalemate; abeyance; suspension of music, dance, etc. as a sign of mourning for a prominent person

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N1

業

ぎょう

work; business; company; agency; study

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N5

ノート

notebook; copy-book; exercise book; note; notebook PC

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N4

サラダ

salad

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N3

手伝い

手つだい

てつだい

helper; assistant; help

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N2

定休日

ていきゅうび

regular holiday; fixed day off; regular closing day

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壕

濠

ごう

moat; fosse; trench; ditch; underground air-raid shelter; dugout

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N5

寝る

寐る

ねる

to lie down; to go to bed; to lie in bed; to sleep (lying down); to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie idle

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N4

コンピュータ

コンピュータ、コンピューター

computer

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N3

哲学

てつがく

philosophy

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N2

定期券

ていきけん

commuter pass; season ticket

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N1

語彙

ごい

vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology

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N5

猫

ねこ、ネコ

cat; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

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N4

コンサート

concert

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N3

金

鉄、銀、銅

かね、かな

money; metal

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N2

低下

ていか

fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation

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N1

御

お、おん

honorific/polite/humble prefix

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October 22

初めて

始めて、甫めて

びる

同一

手帳

手帖

碁盤

October 21

始め

初め

ピアノ

答案

出鱈目

毎

October 20

始まる

ハンドバッグ

塔

手ごろ

手頃

ご馳走さま

御馳走様

October 19

ハッジ

パソコン

党

凸凹

ご馳走

御馳走

October 18

橋

ハート

問い

問

手首

手頸、手頚

御座います

ご座います

October 17

箱

函、匣、筥、筐、凾

テニス

度

的確

適確

誤差

October 16

ハグ

テキスト

天然

的確

適確

語源

語原

October 15

葉書

端書、端書き

タイプ

伝統

出来上がる

でき上がる、出来あがる、出来上る

ご苦労さま

御苦労様、ご苦労様

October 14

入る

ソフト

電子

出来上がり

極楽

October 13

灰皿

ステレオ

天候

出かける

出掛ける