NihongoDera - Daily Words

N5

お酒

御酒

おさけ、ごしゅ

alcohol; sake

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故障

こしょう

breakdown; failure; fault; accident; out of order; damage; hurt; objection; protest

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状態

情態

じょうたい

current status; condition; situation; circumstances; state

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商店

しょうてん

shop; small store; business; firm

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協会

きょうかい

association; society; organization; organisation

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N5

奥さん

おくさん

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

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ご主人

御主人

ごしゅじん

your husband; her husband

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生じる

しょうじる

to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

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N2

小数

しょうすう

fraction (part of); decimal fraction

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N1

教科

きょうか

subject; curriculum

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N5

置く

おく

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ; to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc); to bear (in mind etc); to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool; to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house; to separate spatially or temporally; to do something in advance; to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state

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N4

心

こころ

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

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N3

症状

しょうじょう

symptoms; condition

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N2

生ずる

しょうずる

to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

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N1

教員

きょういん

teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member

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N5

起きる

おきる

to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire); to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place

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N4

国際

こくさい

international

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N3

少々

少少、小々、小小

しょうしょう

just a minute; small quantity

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上旬

じょうじゅん

first 10 days of month

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驚異

きょうい

wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy

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N5

お金

御金

おかね

money

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N4

公務員

こうむいん

government worker; public servant; civil servant

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N3

少女

乙女、小女

しょうじょ、おとめ

little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old

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N2

乗車

じょうしゃ

taking a train, bus, etc.; entraining

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供

伴、侶

とも

companion; follower; attendant; retinue

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N5

お菓子

御菓子

おかし

confections; sweets; candy

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N4

高等学校

こうとうがっこう

senior high school; high school

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常識

じょうしき

common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice; social etiquette

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N2

商社

しょうしゃ

trading company; firm

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N1

共

とも

together with; same; both; all; neither; none; including ...

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N5

お母さん

御母さん

おかあさん

mother

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N4

講堂

こうどう

auditorium; lecture hall

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N3

正直

しょうじき

honesty; integrity; frankness; honestly; frankly

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N2

障子

しょうじ

shoji (paper sliding door)

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N1

丘陵

きゅうりょう

hill

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N5

大勢

大ぜい

おおぜい、たいぜい

many; crowd; great number of people

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交通

こうつう

traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse

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正午

しょうご

noon; mid-day

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N2

裃

上下

かみしも

samurai costume; old ceremonial costume; top and bottom; up and down; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends

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窮乏

きゅうぼう

poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury

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N5

大きな

おおきな

big; large; great

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N4

校長

こうちょう

principal; headmaster

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条件

じょうけん

condition; conditions; term; terms; requirement; requirements

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N2

賞金

しょうきん

prize; monetary award

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N1

宮殿

きゅうでん

palace

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N5

大きい

おおきい

big; large; great; loud

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N4

工場

こうじょう、こうば

factory; plant; mill; workshop

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N3

状況

情況

じょうきょう

state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances

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N2

消極的

しょうきょくてき

negative; half-hearted; passive; unmotivated; pessimistic

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N1

旧知

きゅうち

old friend; old friendship

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N5

多い

おおい

many; numerous

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高校生

こうこうせい

senior high school student

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上京

じょうきょう

proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)

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商業

しょうぎょう

commerce; trade; business

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休戦

きゅうせん

cease-fire; truce; armistice

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N5

美味しい

おいしい、オイシイ

delicious; tasty; sweet

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N4

高校

こうこう

senior high school; high school

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N3

乗客

じょうきゃく、じょうかく

passenger

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上級

じょうきゅう

advanced level; high grade; senior

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N1

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

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N5

鉛筆

えんぴつ

pencil

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工業

こうぎょう

(manufacturing) industry

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奨学金

しょうがくきん

scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan

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N2

定規

定木

じょうぎ

(measuring) ruler

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N1

給食

きゅうしょく

provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service

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N5

エレベーター

エレベーター、エレベータ

elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)

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N4

講義

こうぎ

lecture

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N3

障害

障がい、障碍、障礙

しょうがい、しょうげ

obstacle; impediment; hindrance; difficulty; barrier; handicap; impairment; disability; disorder; malfunction

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N2

蒸気

蒸汽

じょうき

steam; vapour; vapor; steamship; steamboat; steamer

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救済

きゅうさい

relief; aid; rescue; salvation; help

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N5

駅

驛

えき

station

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郊外

こうがい

suburb; outskirts

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N3

上

じょう

from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); in the field of; being of the type of; aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; on; above; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best; top; high class; going up; governmental; imperial; presenting; showing; ana- (medical, biol.)

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N2

将棋

象棋、象戯

しょうぎ

shogi; Japanese chess; xianqi

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N1

球根

きゅうこん

(plant) bulb

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N5

ええ

ええ、えー

yes; that is correct; right; um; errr; huh?; grrr; gah; Must I?; good

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N4

校

こう

school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs

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N3

使用

しよう

use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

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N2

仕様が無い

仕様がない、しょうが無い

しようがない、しょうがない

it can't be helped; it is inevitable; nothing can be done; there's no point (in doing something); there's no reason (to do something)

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窮屈

きゅうくつ

narrow; tight; cramped; formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious; rigid; constrained; uncomfortable; tight (e.g. finances)

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英語

えいご

English (language)

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N4

子

ね

first sign of Chinese zodiac (The Rat, 11pm-1am, north, November)

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N3

賞

しょう

prize; award

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小学生

しょうがくせい

elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student

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究極

窮極

きゅうきょく

ultimate; extreme; final; eventual

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N5

映画館

えいがかん

movie theatre; movie theater; cinema

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見物

けんぶつ

sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator

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章

しょう

chapter; section; medal

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消化

しょうか

digestion; thorough understanding; selling accumulated (excess) products; dealing with a large amount of work; losing one's form and turning into something else

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休学

きゅうがく

temporary absence from school; suspension

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映画

えいが

movie; film

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研究室

けんきゅうしつ

laboratory; seminar room; professor's office

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細

小

ささ、さざ

small; little

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純粋

じゅんすい

pure; true; genuine; unmixed

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救援

きゅうえん

relief; rescue; reinforcement

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絵

え

picture; drawing; painting; sketch

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研究

けんきゅう

study; research; investigation

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準備

じゅんび

preparation; setup; arrangements; provision; reserve

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純情

じゅんじょう

pure heart; naivete; self-sacrificing devotion

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N1

規約

きやく

agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention; bylaw

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Daily Word History

September 19

お酒

御酒

故障

状態

情態

商店

協会

September 18

奥さん

ご主人

御主人

生じる

小数

教科

September 17

置く

心

症状

生ずる

教員

September 16

起きる

国際

少々

少少、小々、小小

上旬

驚異

September 15

お金

御金

公務員

少女

乙女、小女

乗車

供

伴、侶

September 14

お菓子

御菓子

高等学校

常識

商社

共

September 13

お母さん

御母さん

講堂

正直

障子

丘陵

September 12

大勢

大ぜい

交通

正午

裃

上下

窮乏

September 11

大きな

校長

条件

賞金

宮殿

September 10

大きい

工場

状況

情況

消極的

旧知

September 09

多い

高校生

上京