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Mar 19, 2024
N5
しごと
Definition
work, job, business, occupation, employment, vocation, task, work
N4
どうどう
Definition
with a roaring sound (of water or wind), sound of feet stamping on the ground, whoa! (command used to stop or quieten down a horse, etc.)
N3
そしき、そしょく
Definition
organization, organisation, structure, construction, tissue, system
N2
そうして
Definition
and, like that
N1
けつぎ
Definition
resolution, vote, decision

Daily Word History

March 18

N5

私窩子

しかし
prostitute; harlot
N4

metropolitan; municipal
N3

そこ
bottom; sole
N2

創作

そうさく
production; literary creation; work
N1

結束

けっそく
union; unity; solidarity; bundling; binding; tying; putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)

March 17

N5

しお、えん
salt (i.e. sodium chloride); common salt; table salt; salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.); hardship; toil; trouble; saltiness
N4

展覧会

てんらんかい
exhibition
N3

速度

そくど
speed; velocity; rate
N2

相互

双互
そうご
mutual; reciprocal
N1

結成

けっせい
formation; combination

March 16

N5

num
スー
four
N4

電報

でんぽう
telegram
N3

相当

そうとう
befitting; becoming; worthy of; proportionate; in keeping with; suitable; considerable; substantial; to be worthy of; to be proportionate to; to correspond to (in meaning, function, etc.); to be equivalent; extremely; considerably
N2

倉庫

そうこ
storehouse; warehouse; godown
N1

結晶

けっしょう
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)

March 15

N5

散歩

さんぽ
walk; stroll
N4

電灯

電燈
でんとう
electric light
N3

装置

そうち
equipment; installation; apparatus; device
N2

増減

ぞうげん
increase and decrease; fluctuation
N1

決勝

けっしょう
decision of a contest; finals (in sports)

March 14

N5

num
サン
three
N4

天気予報

てんきよほう
weather forecast; weather report
N3

相談

そうだん
consultation; discussion
N2

雑巾

雑布
ぞうきん
house-cloth; dust cloth
N1

決算

けっさん
balance sheet; settlement of accounts; reporting (of accounts)

March 13

N5

再来年

さ来年
さらいねん
year after next
N4

店員

てんいん
shop assistant; employee; clerk; salesperson
N3

相続

そうぞく
succession; inheritance
N2

そう言えば

exp
そういえば
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
N1

決行

けっこう
doing (with resolve); carrying out (i.e. a plan)

March 12

N5

寒い

さむい、さぶい
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull; weak; corny
N4

ちょぼ、チョボ
dot; point; mark; gidayuu musicians (in kabuki)
N3

想像

そうぞう
imagination; guess
N2

相違

相異
そうい
difference; discrepancy; variation
N1

血管

けっかん
blood vessel; vein

March 11

N5

砂糖

さとう
sugar
N4

counter for temples
N3

掃除

そうじ
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
N2

線路

せんろ
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
N1

結核

けっかく
tuberculosis; tubercule

March 10

N5

雑誌

ざっし
journal; magazine; periodical
N4

手袋

手ぶくろ
てぶくろ
glove; mitten; mitt
N3

操作

そうさ
operation; management; processing; manipulating to one's benefit; to operate; to manipulate; to fiddle (e.g. the books)
N2

扇風機

扇風器
せんぷうき
electric fan
N1

吝嗇

悋嗇
りんしょく
stinginess; miser; miserliness; selfishness

March 09

N5

差す

さす
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one; to hold up (an umbrella, etc.); to put up; to raise; to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance); to insert; to put in; to wear (a sword) in one's belt; to wear at one's side; to carry under one's arm; to insert one's arm under an opponent's arm; to pole (a boat); to pour; to add (liquid); to serve (drinks); to put on (lipstick, etc.); to apply; to colour; to dye; to light (a fire); to burn; to shut; to close; to lock; to fasten; to stop in the midst of; to leave undone
N4

手伝う

手つだう
てつだう
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
N3

増加

ぞうか
increase; increment; addition
N2

全般

ぜんぱん
(the) whole; universal; wholly; general; as a whole
N1

けもの、けだもの、じゅう、ケダモノ
beast; brute; animal

March 08

N5

作文

さくぶん
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
N4

適当

てきとう
suitable; proper; appropriate; adequate; fit; noncommittal; vague; equivocal; unserious; irresponsible
N3

騒音

そうおん
noise
N2

先頭

先登
せんとう
head; lead; vanguard; first
N1

汚れる

v1
vi
よごれる
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity

March 07

N5

咲く

さく
to bloom
N4

丁寧

叮嚀
ていねい
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough; conscientious
N3

しょう
phenomenon
N2

宣伝

せんでん
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
N1

汚れ

よごれ
dirt; filth

March 06

N5

せん
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
N4

釣る

つる
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract; to entice; to allure
N3

そう

そう
so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
N2

センチ

センチ
centimeter; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
N1

汚らわしい

穢らわしい
けがらわしい
filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty; foul; odious; repulsive

March 05

N5

さかな、うお
fish
N4

積もり

積り
つもり
intention; plan; conviction; belief
N3

選択

せんたく
selection; choice; option
N2

先端

尖端
せんたん
pointed end; tip; fine point; spearhead; cusp; vanguard; advanced; leading edge; apex (of a curve)
N1

汚す

穢す
よごす、けがす
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to make dirty; to stain; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor; to defile

March 04

N5

財布

さいふ
purse; handbag; wallet
N4

さい
one's wife
N3

全体

ぜんたい
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
N2

先祖

せんぞ
ancestor
N1

経路

径路、逕路
けいろ
course; route; path; channel; process; means

March 03

N5

さあ

さあ
come; come now; come along; go on; hurry up; well; who knows; I don't know...; uh; hmm; well now; let's see; there we go; all right; about that; you see
N4

包む

裹む
くるむ、つつむ
to wrap up; to tuck in; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in; to conceal; to hide; to be engulfed in; to be enveloped by
N3

全然

adv
ぜんぜん
not at all (with neg. verb); wholly; entirely; completely
N2

先先週

先々週
n-t
せんせんしゅう
week before last
N1

経歴

けいれき
personal history; career

March 02

N5

今晩

こんばん
tonight; this evening
N4

続ける

v1
vt
つづける
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
N3

前進

ぜんしん
advance; drive; progress
N2

先々月

先先月
n-t
せんせんげつ
month before last
N1

軽蔑

軽べつ
けいべつ
scorn; disdain; contempt

March 01

N5

こんな

こんな
such (about something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or about ideas expressed by the speaker); like this
N4

継ぐ

続ぐ、嗣ぐ、襲ぐ
つぐ
to succeed (someone in a business or inheritance)
N3

選手

せんしゅ
player (in game); team member
N2

専制

擅制
せんせい
despotism; autocracy
N1

警部

けいぶ
police inspector

February 29

N5

今週

こんしゅう
this week
N4

伝える

v1
vt
つたえる
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach; to bequeath
N3

前者

ぜんしゃ
the former
N2

扇子

せんす
folding fan
N1

経費

けいひ
expenses; cost; outlay

February 28

N5

今月

こんげつ
this month
N4

都合

つごう
circumstances; condition; convenience; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money; in all; in total; all told
N3

先日

せんじつ
the other day; a few days ago
N2

全身

ぜんしん
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
N1

刑罰

けいばつ
judgement; judgment; penalty; punishment