NihongoDera - Daily Words

N5

テスト

test

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N4

虫

むし

insect; bug; cricket; moth; worm

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N3

中央

ちゅうおう

centre; center; middle; heart; metropolis; capital city; central government

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彫刻

ちょうこく

carving; engraving; sculpture

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N1

心地

ここち

feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing (usu. after -masu stem of verb)

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N5

出口

でぐち

exit; gateway; way out; outlet; leak; vent

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N4

昔

むかし

olden days; former

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N3

注

註

ちゅう

annotation; explanatory note; comment

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N2

超過

ちょうか

excess; being more than

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N1

個々

個個、箇々、箇箇

ここ

individual; one by one; separate

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N5

出切る

できる

to be out of; to have no more at hand

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N4

迎える

邀える

むかえる

to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail; to reach; to approach; to enter (a phase, era, etc.); to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon; to invite; to approach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.)

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N3

中

じゅう、ぢゅう

through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)

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N2

中年

ちゅうねん

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

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N1

個々

個個、箇々、箇箇

ここ

individual; one by one; separate

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N5

手紙

てがみ

letter

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N4

向かう

向う、対う

むかう

to face; to go towards

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N3

ちゃんと

diligently; seriously; earnestly; reliably; steadily; legitimately; perfectly; properly; exactly; orderly; punctually; regularly; sufficiently; satisfactorily; quickly

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N2

中途

ちゅうと

in the middle; half-way

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N1

こげ茶

焦げ茶

こげちゃ

dark brown; olive brown

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N5

出かける

出掛ける

でかける

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to start; to set out; to be about to leave; to be just going out

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N4

港

こう

harbour

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N3

茶

ちゃ

tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; mockery

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N2

中性

ちゅうせい

neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; sexlessness; androgyny; androgyne; neuter; neuter gender

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N1

漕ぐ

こぐ

to row; to scull; to paddle; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)

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N5

テープレコーダー

テープレコーダー、テープ・レコーダー

tape recorder

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N4

皆

みな、みんな

all; everyone; everybody; everything

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N3

地方

じかた

person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance); person singing ballads (in noh); coast (esp. as seen from the water); shore; the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area

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N2

中世

ちゅうせい

Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods ); medieval times; mediaeval times

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N1

国連

こくれん

UN; United Nations

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N5

テーブル

table

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N4

見つける

見付ける、見附ける、見附る

みつける、みっける

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to come across; to detect; to spot; to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to find fault; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

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N3

地平線

ちへいせん

horizon (related to land)

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N2

抽象

ちゅうしょう

abstract

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N1

国有

こくゆう

national ownership

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N5

テープ

tape

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N4

見つかる

見付かる

みつかる

to be found; to be discovered

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N3

知能

智能

ちのう

intelligence; intellect; brains

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N2

中旬

ちゅうじゅん

middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month

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N1

国防

こくぼう

national defence; national defense

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N5

手

て

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand; handwriting; kind; type; sort; one's hands; one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)

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N4

味噌

みそ

miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling; weak person

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N3

父親

ちちおや

father

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N2

中間

ちゅうかん

middle; midway; interim

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N1

告白

こくはく

confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; profession of love; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

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N5

強い

こわい

tough; stiff; hard; inflexible; obstinate; stubborn

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N4

湖

こ

lake (in place names)

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N3

知識

智識

ちしき

knowledge; information

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N2

茶わん

茶碗

ちゃわん

rice bowl; tea cup; teacup

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N1

国土

こくど、くにつち

country; territory; domain; realm

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N5

冷たい

つめたい、つべたい

cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; freezing; coldhearted; unfeeling

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N4

見える

まみえる

to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)

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N3

知事

ちじ

prefectural governor

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N2

着々

着着

ちゃくちゃく

steadily

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N1

国定

こくてい

state-sponsored; national

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N5

詰らない

詰まらない

つまらない

dull; uninteresting; boring; tedious; insignificant; unimportant; trifling; trivial; worthless; absurd; foolish; silly; stupid; useless; pointless; disappointing

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N4

真ん中

真中、まん中

まんなか、まなか

middle; centre; center; mid-way

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N3

遅刻

ちこく

lateness; late coming

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N2

茶色い

ちゃいろい

light brown; tawny

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N1

国産

こくさん

domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country

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N5

勤める

務める

つとめる

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in); to serve (as); to act (as); to fill (the position of); to play the role (of); to conduct a religious service

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N4

漫画

まんが、マンガ

cartoon; comic; comic strip

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N3

地区

ちく

district; section; sector

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N2

地名

ちめい

place name

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N1

小切手

こぎって

cheque; check

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N5

告げる

つげる

to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

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N4

回る

廻る

まわる

to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time

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N3

地球

ちきゅう

the earth; the globe

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N2

地点

ちてん

site; point on a map; spot

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N1

小柄

こづか

knife attached to the sheath of a sword

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N5

作る

造る、創る

つくる

to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; to till; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)

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N4

周り

まわり

circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

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N3

近頃

近ごろ

ちかごろ

lately; recently; nowadays

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N2

チップ

gratuity; tip; chip

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N1

公立

こうりつ

public (institution)

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N5

机

案

つくえ、つき

desk

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N4

間に合う

間にあう

まにあう

to be in time for; to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

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N3

違いない

違い無い

ちがいない

(phrase) sure; no mistaking it; for certain

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N2

縮れる

ちぢれる

to be wavy; to be curled

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N1

効率

こうりつ

efficiency; efficacy; performance; utility factor

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N5

着く

つく

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

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N4

間違える

まちがえる

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else

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違い

ちがい

difference; discrepancy

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N2

縮める

ちぢめる

to shorten; to reduce; to boil down; to shrink

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N1

小売

小売り

こうり

retail

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N5

次

じ

next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence; time; times

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又は

または

or; otherwise

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N3

地下

ちか

basement; cellar; underground place; underground; below ground; secret; under cover; underground (railway); subway; metro

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N2

縮む

ちぢむ、ちじむ

to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

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N1

公用

こうよう

government business; official business; public; official; governmental

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N5

疲れる

つかれる

to get tired; to tire; to be worn out (e.g. of well used objects); to starve

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N4

負ける

敗ける、敗北る

まける

to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to surrender; to yield; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.); to reduce the price; to lower the price; to give a discount on

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知恵

智恵、智慧

ちえ

wisdom; wit; sagacity; sense; intelligence; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

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地帯

ちたい

area; zone; belt (of land)

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N1

巧妙

こうみょう

ingenious; skillful; clever; deft

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N5

使う

遣う

つかう

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume; to use (language); to speak

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N4

参る

詣る

まいる

to go; to come; to call; to be defeated; to collapse; to die; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed; to be madly in love; to visit (shrine, grave)

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N3

地域

ちいき

area; region

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N2

知人

ちじん

friend; acquaintance

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N1

公募

こうぼ

public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public offering (of securities); public advertisement (of a post); open recruitment

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Daily Words

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Daily Word History

July 26

テスト

虫

中央

彫刻

心地

July 25

出口

昔

注

註

超過

個々

個個、箇々、箇箇

July 24

出切る

迎える

邀える

中

中年

個々

個個、箇々、箇箇

July 23

手紙

向かう

向う、対う

ちゃんと

中途

こげ茶

焦げ茶

July 22

出かける

出掛ける

港

茶

中性

漕ぐ

July 21

テープレコーダー

皆

地方

中世

国連

July 20

テーブル

見つける

見付ける、見附ける、見附る

地平線

抽象

国有

July 19

テープ

見つかる

見付かる

知能

智能

中旬

国防

July 18

手

味噌

父親

中間

告白

July 17

強い

湖

知識

智識

茶わん

茶碗

国土

July 16

冷たい

見える

知事