NihongoDera - Daily Words

N5

風邪

かぜ、ふうじゃ

common cold; cold; influenza; flu; ague

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N4

空気

くうき

air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

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運転

うんてん

operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; running; run; driving; working (capital, etc.)

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N2

応ずる

おうずる

to answer; to respond; to meet; to satisfy; to accept

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N1

苛める

虐める

いじめる

to tease; to torment; to persecute; to chastise

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N5

振り

風

ふり

swing; shake; wave; swinging; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to); going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction; move (dance); postures; lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up; unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment; counter for swords, blades, etc.

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N4

具合

具合い、工合

ぐあい

condition; state; manner; health

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N3

運

うん

fortune; luck

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N2

王女

おうじょ、おうにょ

princess

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N1

意地

いじ

stubborness; obstinacy; willpower; pride; disposition; nature; appetite; desire; greed

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N5

貸す

藉す

かす

to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out

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N4

近所

きんじょ

neighbourhood; neighborhood

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N3

噂

うわさ

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

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N2

応援

おうえん

aid; assistance; help; reinforcement; rooting; barracking; support; cheering

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N1

衣装

衣裳

いしょう

clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress

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N5

から傘

唐傘、傘

からかさ

paper umbrella; bamboo-and-paper umbrella parasol

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N4

興味

きょうみ

interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)

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N3

売れる

うれる

to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

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N2

オイル

oil; engine oil; kerosene

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N1

碑

石文

いしぶみ

stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations); stele; stela

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N5

陰る

翳る

かげる

to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be obscured

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N4

競争

きょうそう

competition; contest; to compete

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N3

嬉しい

うれしい

happy; glad; pleasant

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N2

追い越す

追越す、追いこす

おいこす

to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of; to outdistance

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N1

いざ

now; come (now); well

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N5

学生

がくしょう、がくそう

Heian-period student of government administration; Buddhist scholar; researcher at a Buddhist temple; person studying Buddhism; learning; scholarship

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N4

教会

きょうかい

church

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N3

得る

うる

to be able to ...; can ...; to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain

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N2

追いかける

追い掛ける、追い駆ける、追掛ける

おいかける

to chase; to run after; to pursue

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N1

移行

いこう

switching over to; migration; transition

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N5

書く

かく

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

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N4

教育

きょういく

training; education

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N3

裏切る

うらぎる

to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

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N2

煙突

烟突

えんとつ

chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); stovepipe; carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter

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N1

意向

意嚮

いこう

intention; idea; inclination

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N5

牡蠣

牡蛎、蠣、硴

かき、ぼれい、カキ

oyster; oyster shell

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N4

急行

きゅうこう

moving at high speed; express (e.g. train that bypasses many stations)

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N3

梅

楳

うめ、むめ、ウメ

Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Chinese plum; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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N2

延長

えんちょう

extension; elongation; prolongation; lengthening; Enchou era (923.4.11-931.4.26)

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N1

異見

いけん

different opinion; objection

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N5

がかる

to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

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N4

急

きゅう

urgent; sudden; abrupt; sharp; steep; precipitous; rapid; swift; fast; emergency; crisis; hurrying; haste; (in gagaku or noh) end of a song

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N3

生まれ

生れ

うまれ

birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

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N2

遠足

えんそく

excursion; outing; trip

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N1

生ける

活ける

いける

to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live

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N5

帰る

還る、歸る

かえる

to return; to come home; to go home; to go back; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

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N4

稀人

客人、賓、客

まれびと、マレビト

visitor from afar; joy-bringing spirit from the divine realms

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N3

上手い

美味い、旨い、巧い、甘い、美い

うまい

skillful; skilful; clever; expert; wise; successful; delicious; appetizing; appetising; tasty; fortunate; splendid; promising

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N2

円周

えんしゅう

circumference

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N1

幾多

いくた

many; numerous

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N5

返す

反す

かえす

to return (something); to restore; to put back; to turn over; to turn upside down; to overturn; to pay back; to retaliate; to reciprocate; to repeat ...; to do ... back

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N4

着物

きもの

clothing; clothes; kimono (or other trad. Japanese clothing)

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N3

馬

うま、いま、おま、ウマ

horse; promoted bishop

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N2

演劇

えんげき

drama; theatre; theater; play

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N1

育成

育生

いくせい

rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion

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N5

買う

かう

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

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N4

気持ち

気持

きもち

feeling; sensation; mood; preparedness; readiness; attitude; thanks; solicitude; sympathy; just a little; somewhat; slightly

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N3

奪う

うばう

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

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N2

園芸

えんげい

horticulture; gardening

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N1

戦

せん

war; battle; match; competition

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N5

買い物

買物

かいもの

shopping; purchased goods

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N4

決める

極める

きめる

to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do; to have made a habit of; to take for granted; to assume; to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines; to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing; to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.); to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs

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N3

唸る

呻る

うなる

to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to growl; to hum (e.g. engine, wires in wind); to buzz; to sough; low, dull sound; to ooh and aah (in admiration); to sing in a strong, low voice (esp. traditional chant or recitation)

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N2

宴会

えんかい

party; banquet

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N1

軍

ぐん

army; force; troops

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N5

階段

かいだん

stairs; stairway; staircase

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N4

君

きんじ

you

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N3

訴える

うったえる

to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to; to call for; to complain; to sue (a person); to take someone to court; to resort to (e.g. arms, violence)

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N2

偉い

豪い

えらい

great; excellent; admirable; remarkable; distinguished; important; celebrated; famous; eminent; awful; terrible

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N1

畏懼

いく

reverence; awe; fear

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N5

会社

かいしゃ

company; corporation; workplace

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N4

決まる

決る、極る

きまる

to be decided; to be settled; to look good in (clothes)

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N3

移す

遷す

うつす

to change; to swap; to substitute; to transfer; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

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N2

エプロン

apron

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N1

異議

いぎ

objection; dissent; protest

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N5

外国人

がいこくじん

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

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N4

気分

きぶん

feeling; mood

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N3

撃つ

討つ、射つ

うつ

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy; to avenge

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N2

絵の具

絵具

えのぐ

paint; coloring materials; colors; colours

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N1

行き成り

行成り、行き成、行成

いきなり、ゆきなり

abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

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N5

外国

がいこく、そとぐに

foreign country

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N4

厳しい

酷しい、厳めしい

きびしい、いかめしい

severe; strict; rigid; unsparing; relentless; stern; austere; grave; solemn; majestic; intense (cold); harsh

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N3

宇宙

うちゅう

universe; cosmos; space

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N2

エチケット

etiquette

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N1

行き違い

行違い

いきちがい、ゆきちがい

crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement; disagreement

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N5

女の子

めのこ

woman; girl

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N4

絹

きぬ

silk

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N3

内

ない

inside; within

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N2

液体

えきたい

liquid; fluid

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N1

経緯

いきさつ、けいい、たてぬき、たてよこ

details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances; how it started; how things got this way; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof

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N5

雌

女、妻、牝

め

female; woman; wife

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N4

キット

kit

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N3

疑う

うたがう

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

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N2

えっと

えっと、えーと、えーっと、ええと、ええっと

let me see; well; errr ...

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N1

意気込む

息込む

いきごむ

to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen

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N5

音楽

おんがく

music; musical movement

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N4

規則

きそく

rules; regulations; conventions

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N3

嘘

噓

うそ

lie; falsehood; incorrect fact; Really!; Unbelievable!; No way!

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N2

英和

えいわ

English-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)

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N1

域外

いきがい

outside the area

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January 22

風邪

空気

運転

応ずる

苛める

虐める

January 21

振り

風

具合

具合い、工合

運

王女

意地

January 20

貸す

藉す

近所

噂

応援

衣装

衣裳

January 19

から傘

唐傘、傘

興味

売れる

オイル

碑

石文

January 18

陰る

翳る

競争

嬉しい

追い越す

追越す、追いこす

いざ

January 17

学生

教会

得る

追いかける

追い掛ける、追い駆ける、追掛ける

移行

January 16

書く

教育

裏切る

煙突

烟突

意向

意嚮

January 15

牡蠣

牡蛎、蠣、硴

急行

梅

楳

延長

異見

January 14

がかる

急

生まれ

生れ

遠足

生ける

活ける

January 13

帰る

還る、歸る

稀人

客人、賓、客

上手い