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Today’s Words

Nov 4, 2025
N5
きる
Definition
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down), to put on, to bear (guilt, etc.)
N4
とりかえる
Definition
to exchange, to replace
N3
あさって、みょうごにち
Definition
day after tomorrow
N2
ベテラン、ベデラン、ヴェテラン
Definition
person with a lot of experience, old hand, veteran (in a particular field)
N1
じっぷん、じゅっぷん
Definition
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Daily Word History

November 03

N5

嫌い

きらい
dislike; hate; suspicion; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
N4

泊まる

泊る
とまる
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
N3

metropolitan; municipal
N2

別荘

べっそう
holiday house; villa
N1

実態

じったい
true state; actual condition; reality

November 02

N5

去年

きょねん、こぞ
last year
N4

届ける

屆ける
v1
vt
とどける
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities); to give notice; to register
N3

土産

どさん、とさん
product of the land; present; souvenir
N2

隔てる

距てる
v1
vt
へだてる
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to partition; to divide; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
N1

実践

じっせん
practice; practising; putting into practice; implementation

November 01

N5

兄弟

きょうだい、けいてい
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; sisters-in-law; mate; friend
N4

特急

とっきゅう
limited express (train, faster than an express); great hurry
N3

見舞い

見舞
みまい
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern; enquiry; inquiry
N2

べそ

べそ
child's tear-stained face
N1

実質

じっしつ
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial; essential; tangible

October 31

N5

教室

きょうしつ
classroom; department; laboratory; single-room school; small school
N4

途中

とちゅう
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway
N3

認める

v1
vt
したためる
to write up
N2

凹む

v5m
へこむ
to be dented; to be indented; to yield to; to give; to sink; to collapse; to cave in; to be overwhelmed; to feel down; to be forced to yield; to be daunted; to be snubbed
N1

しっくり

しっくり
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting

October 30

N5

今日

n-t
きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
N4

床屋

とこや
barbershop; barber
N3

みつ
density; thickness; secrecy; minute; fine
N2

平野

へいや
plain; open field
N1

辞退

じたい
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. candidacy); pulling out (e.g. race); excusing oneself

October 29

N5

牛乳

ぎゅうにゅう
(cow's) milk
N4
とくべつ
special
N3

満ちる

充ちる、盈ちる
v1
vi
みちる
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
N2

平凡

へいぼん
common; commonplace; ordinary; mediocre
N1

字体

じたい
type; font; lettering

October 28

N5

牛肉

ぎゅうにく
beef
N4

特に

adv
とくに
particularly; especially
N3

見事

美事
みごと
splendid; magnificent; beautiful; admirable; praiseworthy act; feat; commendable deed; utter (esp. defeat); total; complete
N2

兵隊

へいたい
soldier; sailor
N1

持続

じぞく
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring

October 27

N5

num
チュー
nine
N4

通る

徹る、透る
とおる
to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of; to run (between); to operate (between); to connect; to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in; to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through; to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout; to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far; to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed; to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted; to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for; to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense; to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood; to be straight (e.g. wood grain); to be well-informed; to be wise; to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly
N3

味方

身方、御方
みかた
friend; ally; supporter
N2

平日

へいじつ、ひらび
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
N1

自尊心

じそんしん
(spirit of) self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride

October 26

N5

昨日

きのう、さくじつ
yesterday
N4

遠く

とおく
far away; distant; at a distance; distant place; by far
N3

見送り

みおくり
seeing one off; farewell; escort
N2

並行

平行、併行
へいこう
(going) side-by-side; abreast; concurrent; occurring together; at the same time; parallel
N1

事前

じぜん
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

October 25

N5

切符

きっぷ
ticket
N4

動物園

どうぶつえん
zoo; zoological gardens
N3

じつ、じち
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; fidelity; content; substance; (good) result
N2

平気

へいき
coolness; calmness; composure; unconcern; all right; OK; okay
N1

自信

じしん
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

October 24

N5

切れ手

切手
きれて
man of ability
N4

どうどう

どうどう
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

骸、身
むくろ
(dead) body; corpse
N2

閉会

へいかい
closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)
N1

辞職

じしょく
resignation

October 23

N5

喫茶店

きっさてん、きっちゃてん
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
N4

道具

どうぐ
tool; implement; instrument; utensil; apparatus; device; means
N3

満足

滿足
まんぞく
satisfaction; contentment; complacency; sufficient; enough; adequate; proper
N2

分類

ぶんるい
classification; categorization; sorting
N1

自首

じしゅ
surrender; give oneself up

October 22

N5

汚い

穢い、汚ない
きたない
dirty; filthy; foul; unclean; disordered; messy; untidy; poor (e.g. handwriting); indecent (language, etc.); dirty; vulgar; coarse; dastardly; mean; base; underhanded; stingy; greedy
N4

metropolitan; municipal
N3

万一

まんいち、ばんいち、まんいつ、ばんいつ
emergency; unlikely event; by some chance; by some possibility
N2

分量

ぶんりょう
amount; quantity
N1

自主

じしゅ
independence; autonomy

October 21

N5

ギター

ギター
guitar
N4

展覧会

てんらんかい
exhibition
N3

回り

廻り
まわり
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via; round; turn; size; 12-year period; 12-year age difference
N2

文脈

ぶんみゃく
context
N1

自在

じざい
freely; at will

October 20

N5

きた
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; north wind
N4

電報

でんぽう
telegram
N3

回す

廻す
まわす
to turn; to rotate; to gyrate; to circulate; to send around; to surround; to put something to a new use (e.g. leftovers); ... around (e.g. to chase someone around); to dial (e.g. telephone number); to invest; to gang-rape
N2

文房具

ぶんぼうぐ
stationery
N1

時差

じさ
time difference

October 19

N5

聞く

聴く、訊く
きく
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance
N4

電灯

電燈
でんとう
electric light
N3

丸で

adv
まるで
quite; entirely; completely; at all; as if; as though; just like
N2

分布

ぶんぷ
distribution; dissemination; allocation
N1

地獄

じごく
hell

October 18

N5

消える

v1
vi
きえる
to go out; to vanish; to disappear
N4

天気予報

てんきよほう
weather forecast; weather report
N3

丸い

円い
まるい、まろい
round; circular; spherical; harmonious; calm
N2

文体

ぶんたい
literary style
N1

時刻表

じこくひょう
table; diagram; chart; timetable; schedule

October 17

N5

黄色い

黄いろい
きいろい
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
N4

店員

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

がん
fishball; meatball; pill
N2

分数

ぶんすう
fraction
N1

事項

じこう
matter; item; facts

October 16

N5

黄色

きいろ、こうしょく、おうしょく
yellow; amber
N4

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

守る

護る、戍る
まもる
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow
N2

噴水

ふんすい
water fountain
N1

自己

じこ
self; oneself

October 15

N5

もく
Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
N4

counter for temples
N3

荳、菽
まめ
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, such as beans, peas, pulses, etc.); beans; peas; soya bean (soybean); soy (Glycine max); female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; miniature; tiny; child
N2

文献

ぶんけん
literature; books (reference); document
N1

じく
axis; stem; shaft; axle; center; focal point; key point