Daily Words

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Today’s Words

Apr 24, 2025
N5
あお
Definition
blue, green, green light, black (horse coat color), immature, unripe, young
N4
こうがい
Definition
suburb, outskirts
N3
N2
バケツ、バケット
Definition
bucket, pail, skip
N1
しばしば
Definition
often, again and again, frequently

Daily Word History

April 23

N5

より

より
than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more
N4

こう
child; interest
N3

放す

はなす
to release; to let go; to free; to set free; to let loose; to turn loose; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
N2

掃く

はく
to sweep; to brush; to gather up
N1

始発

しはつ
first departure (of the day: train, bus, etc.); first train; first bus; departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)

April 22

N5

悪い

惡い、惡るい
わるい
bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry
N4

見物

けんぶつ
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
N3

離す

はなす
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
N2

はきはき

はきはき
briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly
N1

凌ぐ

しのぐ
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to stave off (e.g. starvation); to pull through; to get over; to survive; to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to eclipse; to defy; to slight

April 21

N5

渡る

亘る、渉る、亙る
わたる
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range; to span
N4

研究室

けんきゅうしつ
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
N3

話し合う

話合う
はなしあう
to discuss; to talk together
N2

吐き気

吐気、吐きけ、嘔き気
はきけ
nausea; sickness in the stomach
N1

し尿

屎尿
しにょう
excreta; raw sewage; human waste; night soil

April 20

N5

渡す

わたす
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to traverse; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in; to pass; to give; to transfer
N4

研究

けんきゅう
study; research; investigation
N3

発明

はつめい
invention; intelligent; clever; being enlightened; having the meaning of everything become clear
N2

計る

測る、量る
はかる
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to time (sound, gauge, estimate); to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
N1

嫋か

靭やか
しなやか
supple; flexible; elastic

April 19

N5

あたし、あたくし、あたい、あて
I; me
N4

喧嘩

諠譁
けんか
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
N3

発表

はっぴょう
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known; breaking (news story); expressing (one's opinion); releasing; unveiling
N2

計る

測る、量る
はかる
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to time (sound, gauge, estimate); to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
N1

萎びる

v1
vi
しなびる
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened

April 18

N5

あたし、あたくし、あたい、あて
I; me
N4

原因

げんいん
cause; origin; source
N3

発展

はってん
development; growth; advancement; unfurling; expansion; extension; enlargement; playing around; having an active sex life
N2

はかり
scales; weighing machine
N1

視点

してん
opinion; point of view; visual point

April 17

N5

忘れる

v1
vt
わすれる
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
N4

けど

けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど
but; however; although
N3

はったり

はったり
bluff
N2

馬鹿らしい

ばからしい
absurd
N1

指摘

してき
pointing out; identification

April 16

N5

分かる

解る、判る、分る
わかる
to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out
N4

決して

adv
けっして、けして
never; by no means; not in the least; in no way
N3

発達

はったつ
development; growth
N2

剥がす

剥す、剝がす
はがす、へがす
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay; to disrobe; to deprive of; to detach; to disconnect
N1

仕付ける

為付ける
v1
vt
しつける
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to be in the habit of doing; to train; to discipline; to teach manners; to tack (in needlework); to baste; to plant (esp. rice seedlings)

April 15

N5

若い

わかい
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
N4

下宿

げしゅく
boarding; lodging; boarding house
N3

罰する

ばっする
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
N2

生える

v1
vi
はえる
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
N1

しつけ
discipline; training; teaching manners

April 14

N5

Yシャツ

ワイシャツ
shirt; business shirt; dress shirt
N4

消しゴム

けしゴム
eraser; India rubber
N3

発車

はっしゃ
departure of a vehicle
N2

這う

匍う、延う、爬う
はう
to creep; to crawl
N1

質疑

しつぎ
question; interpellation

April 13

N5

num
リュー
six
N4

景色

けしき、けいしょく
scenery; scene; landscape
N3

発行

はっこう
issue (publications); publishing; raising an event (software)
N2

売買

ばいばい
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
N1

しつ
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

April 12

N5

廊下

ろうか
corridor; hallway; passageway
N4

警察

けいさつ
police; police officer; police station
N3

発見

はっけん
discovery; detection; finding
N2

はいはい

int
はいはい、へいへい
yeah, yeah (used for casual, half-hearted, or insincere agreement); sure; hey!; hello (on phone, replying to "moshimoshi"); giddy-up (to a horse); gee-up; giddap
N1

尻尾

しっぽ、しりお
tail (animal)

April 11

N5

練習

れんしゅう
practice; practising
N4

経済

けいざい
economics; business; finance; economy
N3

働き

はたらき
work; labor; labour; achievement; performance; ability; talent; salary; income; earnings; action; activity; workings; function; operation; movement; motion; conjugation; inflection
N2

売店

ばいてん
shop; stand
N1

嫉妬

しっと
jealousy; envy

April 10

N5

レストラン

レストラン、レストラント
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
N4

hair; fur; wool; down; plumage; feathers
N3

二十歳

20歳、二十、廿
はたち
20 years old; twenty
N2

拝見

拜見
はいけん
seeing; look at
N1

失調

しっちょう
lack of harmony

April 09

N5

レコード

レコード
record (e.g. LP); record (e.g. athletics)
N4

きんじ
you
N3

はたけ、はた
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; vegetable plot; kitchen garden; plantation; field (of specialization); sphere; area; womb; birth; birthplace
N2

俳句

はいく
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
N1

質素

しっそ
simplicity; modesty; frugality

April 08

N5

冷蔵庫

れいぞうこ
refrigerator
N4

暮れる

眩れる、暗れる
v1
vi
くれる
to get dark; to end; to come to an end; to close; to run out; to be sunk (e.g. in despair); to be lost
N3

はだか
naked; nude; bare
N2

灰色

はいいろ
grey; gray; ashen
N1

確り

聢り
しっかり
tightly (holding on); firmly; securely; strongly (built); solidly; sturdily; steadily; properly; well; sufficiently; hard (working, etc.); fully; completely; reliably; dependably; levelheadedly; shrewdly; wisely; cleverly

April 07

N5

れい、ぜろ、ゼロ
zero; nought
N4

ぐれる

v1
vi
ぐれる、グレる
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
N3

はだ、はだえ
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); texture; disposition; temperament; character; type
N2

暢気

呑気、暖気
のんき、ノンキ
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky; easygoing; thoughtless
N1

失格

しっかく
disqualification; elimination; incapacity (legal)

April 06

N5

旅行

りょこう
travel; trip
N4

比べる

較べる、競べる
v1
vt
くらべる
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
N3

幡、旌
はた
flag; pataka (banner)
N2

のろのろ

のろのろ
slowly; sluggishly
N1

下火

したび
burning low; waning; declining

April 05

N5

料理

りょうり
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration; management
N4

くも
cloud
N3

外す

はずす
to unfasten; to undo; to remove; to take off; to deinstall; to leave; to step out; to slip away; to miss (a target)
N2

遅い

鈍い、晩い、遲い
おそい
slow; late (e.g. "late at night"); too late; dull; stupid
N1

下取り

したどり
trade in; part exchange

April 04

N5

両親

りょうしん、ふたおや
parents; both parents
N4

司、寮、首、長
つかさ
office; official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
N3

始まり

はじまり
origin; beginning
N2

載る

のる
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to be loaded on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded; to be reported; to be given
N1

仕立てる

v1
vt
したてる
to tailor; to make; to prepare; to train; to send (a messenger)