NihongoDera - Daily Words

N5

吹く

噴く

ふく

to blow (e.g. wind); to play a wind instrument; to emit; to spout; to whistle; to laugh; to burst into laughter; to smelt; to mint; to brag; to talk big

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N4

受ける

請ける、承ける、享ける

うける

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence); to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge); to be given (e.g. life, talent); to follow; to succeed; to be descended from; to face (south, etc.); to be modified by; to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee; to be well-received; to become popular; to go down well

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N3

土曜日

どようび

Saturday

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N2

通り掛かる

通りかかる

とおりかかる

to happen to pass by

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N1

作物

さくぶつ

literary work

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N5

フォーク

フォーク、ホーク

fork; folk; folk song; hawk

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N4

受付

受け付け、受付け、受け付

うけつけ

reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance

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N3

共に

倶に、供に

ともに

together; jointly; at the same time; with; as ...; including; along with; both

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N2

童話

どうわ

fairy-tale

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N1

作戦

策戦

さくせん

tactics; strategy; military or naval operations

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N5

フール

fool

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N4

植える

うえる

to plant; to grow; to raise; to insert; to transplant; to implant; to set (type); to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.); to instil; to inculcate

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N3

友

朋

とも

friend; companion; comrade; pal

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N2

東洋

とうよう

Orient

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N1

錯誤

さくご

mistake; error

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N5

封筒

ふうとう

envelope

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N4

いらっしゃる

to come; to go; to be (somewhere); is (doing); are (doing)

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N3

止める

留める、停める

とめる

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to hold back (tears); to hold (one's breath); to relieve (pain); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade; to forbid; to prohibit; to notice; to be aware of; to concentrate on; to pay attention to; to remember; to bear in mind; to fix (in place); to fasten; to tack; to pin; to nail; to button; to staple; to detain; to keep in custody

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N2

灯油

とうゆ

lamp oil; kerosene

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N1

削減

さくげん

cut; reduction; curtailment

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N5

フィルム

フィルム、フイルム

film

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N4

祈る

祷る

いのる

to pray; to wish

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N3

飛び出す

飛出す、跳び出す

とびだす

to jump out; to rush out; to fly out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in

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N2

透明

とうめい

transparency; cleanness

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N1

柵

さく

fence; paling; railing

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N5

広い

弘い、廣い、宏い

ひろい

spacious; vast; wide

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N4

田舎

いなか

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

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N3

飛ばす

とばす

to fly; to fire; to hurl; to launch; to make fly; to skip over; to omit; to drop (e.g. stitch); to run or drive fast; to gallop; to spread a rumour (rumor); to tell a story; to tell a joke; to remove; to get rid of; to transfer; to attack; to jeer at

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N2

等分

とうぶん

division into equal parts

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N1

策

さく

plan; policy

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N5

昼ご飯

昼御飯、昼ごはん

ひるごはん

lunch; midday meal

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N4

以内

いない

within; inside of; less than

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N3

兎に角

とにかく

anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; at least

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N2

当番

とうばん

being on duty

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N1

作

さく

work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; farming; crop; yield; technique

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N5

昼

午、晝

ひる

noon; midday; daytime; lunch

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N4

糸

いと

thread; yarn; string

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N3

届く

とどく

to reach; to arrive; to get through; to get at; to be attentive; to pay attention; to be delivered; to carry (e.g. sound)

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N2

盗難

とうなん

theft; robbery

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詐欺

さぎ

fraud; swindle; graft; cheating; trick; scam

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N5

病気

びょうき

illness; disease; sickness

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N4

一敗

いっぱい

one defeat

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N3

突然

とつぜん

abrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once

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N2

灯台

燈台

とうだい

lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it

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先に

せんに

formerly

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N5

病院

びょういん

hospital

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N4

一生懸命

一生けん命

いっしょうけんめい

very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; for dear life

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N3

土地

とち、どおじ、どじ、どち

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

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N2

どうぞ宜しく

どうぞよろしく

pleased to meet you

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N1

一昨昨日

一昨々日

いっさくさくじつ、さきおとつい、さきおととい

two days before yesterday; three days back (ago)

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N5

百

陌、佰

ひゃく、もも、はく

100; hundred

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N4

一度

ひと度、一たび、一とたび

いちど、ひとたび

once; one time; on one occasion; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone; one musical interval

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N3

途端

とたん

just (now, at the moment, etc.)

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N2

どうせ

anyhow; in any case; at any rate; after all; at all; no matter what; at best; at most

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N1

下がる

下る

さがる

to come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to withdraw; to retire; to deteriorate; to fall off; to be downgraded; to get closer to the present day; to go south

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N5

暇

閑、遑

ひま、いとま、ヒマ

spare time; free time; leisure; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; vacation; holiday; leave; quitting (one's job); firing someone; divorcing (one's spouse); (of one's time) free; (of one's business) slow; leaving; departing

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N4

致す

いたす

to do

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N3

閉じる

とじる

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

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N2

登場

とうじょう

entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)

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差額

さがく

balance; difference; margin

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N5

一人

独り、１人

ひとり、いちにん

one person; alone; unmarried; solitary

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N4

急く

せく

to hurry; to rush

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N3

年寄り

年寄、年より

としより

old people; the aged; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

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N2

投書

とうしょ

letter to the editor; letter from a reader; contribution

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N1

盛る

さかる

to prosper; to flourish; to copulate (animals)

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N5

一月

１月

いちがつ

January

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N4

以上

已上

いじょう

not less than; ... and more; ... and upwards; beyond ... (e.g. one's means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that); above-mentioned; foregoing; since ...; seeing that ...; this is all; that is the end; the end

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N3

図書

としょ

books

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N2

当日

とうじつ

appointed day; very day

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N1

遡る

溯る、逆上る、泝る

さかのぼる

to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to; to make retroactive

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N5

一つ

１つ、一

ひとつ

one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it")

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N4

苛める

虐める

いじめる

to tease; to torment; to persecute; to chastise

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N3

年月

としつき、ねんげつ

months and years

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東西

とうざい、ひがしにし

east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; Ladies and Gentlemen!; Your attention, please!; roll-up, roll-up

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逆立ち

さかだち

handstand; headstand

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N5

人

じん

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

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N4

石

いし

stone; gem; jewel

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都市

とし

town; city; municipal; urban

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動作

どうさ

action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior; execution; actuation; operation; manners

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N1

杯

盃、坏、巵、卮、盞、觚、觴、酒盃

さかずき、さかづき、うき

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages

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左

さ

left (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); the following

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意見

いけん

opinion; view; comment

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N3

登山

とざん

mountain climbing

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N2

統計

とうけい

statistics

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N1

映える

栄える

はえる

to shine; to look attractive; to look pretty

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N5

飛行機

ひこうき

aeroplane; airplane; aircraft

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N4

生きる

活きる

いきる

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use; to function; to come to life; to be enlivened; to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

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N3

所で

ところで

by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

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N2

峠

とうげ

ridge; (mountain) pass; difficult part

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N1

竿

かん

counter for poles, rods, etc.

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N5

低い

ひくい

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key; low (volume)

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N4

医学

いがく

medical science; medicine

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N3

所か

処か

どころか

far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to speak of; much less

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N2

同格

どうかく

the same rank; equality; apposition

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N1

冴える

冱える

さえる

to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be vivid; to be crisp; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to be on the ball; to be wide awake; to look upbeat; to be perky; to be cheerful; to master (a skill); to excel at; to cleanly execute; to be satisfying; to become frigid; to become intensely cold

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N5

弾く

はじく

to flip; to snap; to flick; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar, etc.)

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以外

いがい

with the exception of; excepting

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N3

何処か

どこか、どっか

somewhere; anywhere; in some respects

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N2

統一

とういつ

unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible

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N1

囀る

さえずる

to sing; to chirp; to twitter

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December 08

吹く

噴く

受ける

請ける、承ける、享ける

土曜日

通り掛かる

通りかかる

作物

December 07

フォーク

受付

受け付け、受付け、受け付

共に

倶に、供に

童話

作戦

策戦

December 06

フール

植える

友

朋

東洋

錯誤

December 05

封筒

いらっしゃる

止める

留める、停める

灯油

削減

December 04

フィルム

祈る

祷る

飛び出す

飛出す、跳び出す

透明

柵

December 03

広い

弘い、廣い、宏い

田舎

飛ばす

等分

策

December 02

昼ご飯

昼御飯、昼ごはん

以内

兎に角

当番

作

December 01

昼

午、晝

糸

届く

盗難

詐欺

November 30

病気

一敗

突然

灯台

燈台

先に

November 29

病院

一生懸命

一生けん命

土地

どうぞ宜しく

一昨昨日

一昨々日