NihongoDera - Daily Words

N5

歌

唄、詩

うた

song; classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka); modern poetry

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将来

しょうらい

future (usually near); prospects

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N3

不足

ふそく

insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; lack; dearth

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N2

引っ込む

引っこむ

ひっこむ

to draw back; to sink; to cave in; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere); to stay indoors; to butt out; to stay out of it

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N1

手法

しゅほう

technique; method

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N5

薄い

うすい

thin; pale; light; watery; dilute; sparse; weak (taste, etc.); slim (probability, etc.); small

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N4

小説

しょうせつ

novel; (short) story

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N3

防ぐ

禦ぐ、拒ぐ

ふせぐ

to defend (against); to protect; to prevent

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N2

引っ越し

引越、引越し

ひっこし

moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence

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N1

守備

しゅび

defense; defence

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N5

後ろ

後

うしろ

back; behind; rear

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N4

小学校

しょうがっこう

primary school; elementary school; grade school

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N3

不正

ふせい

injustice; unfairness; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity; dishonesty; illegality; fraud

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N2

引っ繰り返る

引っくり返る、ひっくり返る、引繰り返る

ひっくりかえる

to be overturned; to be upset; to topple over; to be reversed

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N1

首脳

主脳

しゅのう

head; leader; leading spirit; important part

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N5

上

うえ

above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter); top; summit; surface; on; before; previous; superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder); on top of that; besides; what's more; upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after); matters concerning...; as concerns ...; since (i.e. "for that reason"); suffix indicating higher social standing; place of one's superior (i.e. the throne); emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo; noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman)

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N4

紹介

しょうかい

introduction; presentation; referral; listing

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N3

婦人

ふじん

woman; lady; adult female

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N2

ひっくり返す

引っくり返す、引っ繰り返す、引繰り返す

ひっくりかえす、ひっくりがえす

to turn over; to turn upside down; to turn up; to turn inside out; to turn out; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset; to reverse

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N1

主任

しゅにん

person in charge; responsible official; senior staff

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N5

色々

色色

いろいろ

various; various colors (colours)

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N4

趣味

しゅみ

hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

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N3

夫人

ふじん、ぶにん、はしかし

wife; Mrs; madam; wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); consort of the emperor

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N2

筆記

ひっき

(taking) notes; copying

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主導

しゅどう

leadership; initiative; spearhead

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N5

色

いろ

colour; color; complexion; appearance; look; love; lust; sensuality; love affair; lover; kind; type; variety

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N4

１０分

十分

じっぷん、じゅっぷん

10 minutes

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N3

不自由

ふじゆう

discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; destitution; disability; impairment (physical, mental, etc.)

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N2

引っかかる

引っ掛かる、引っ掛る

ひっかかる

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to be delayed; to take time; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to be involved with; to fall for (a trick); to be deceived; to be cheated; to be on one's mind; to worry one; to be bothered by; to feel uneasy; to be obstructed; to be hindered; to splash

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N1

出動

しゅつどう

sailing; marching; going out; dispatch

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N5

入れる

容れる、函れる

いれる

to put in; to let in; to take in; to bring in; to insert; to set (a jewel, etc.); to ink in (e.g. a tattoo); to admit; to accept; to employ; to hire; to accept; to comply; to grant; to adopt (a policy, etc.); to take (advice, etc.); to listen to; to pay attention to; to include; to pay (one's rent, etc.); to cast (a vote); to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to turn on (a switch, etc.); to send (a fax); to call

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N4

柔道

じゅうどう

judo

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N3

不思議

ふしぎ

wonder; miracle; strange; mystery; marvel; curiosity

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N2

ぴったり

ぴったり、ぴたり、ぴったし

tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited); ideally

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出題

しゅつだい

setting a question (for an exam); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)

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N5

要る

いる

to need; to want

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N4

住所

住処

じゅうしょ

address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile

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無事

ぶじ

safety; peace; quietness

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N2

ビタミン

ビタミン、ヴィタミン、バイタミン

vitamin

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出演

しゅつえん

performance; stage appearance; to act (in a play)

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N5

居る

いる

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)

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N4

習慣

しゅうかん

habit; custom; cultural practice

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N3

節

せつ

occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; verse; stanza; passage; principle; integrity; node (of a plant stem); clause; (taxonomical) section

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N2

ピストル

pistol

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N1

出品

しゅっぴん

exhibit; display; putting something up for sale

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N5

入口

入り口

いりぐち、いりくち、はいりぐち、はいりくち

entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth

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N4

自由

じゆう

freedom; liberty; as it pleases you

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N3

不幸

ふこう

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; disaster; accident; death

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N2

肘

肱、臂

ひじ

elbow

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N1

出費

しゅっぴ

expenses; disbursements

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N5

嫌

厭、厭や

いや、や

disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant

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N4

社長

しゃちょう

company president; manager; director

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N3

袋

たい

counter for things inside a bag

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N2

日差し

日射し、陽射、陽射し、日ざし

ひざし

sunlight; rays of the sun

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N1

出世

しゅっせ

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

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N5

妹

いも

darling (only of a woman); dear; honey; my betrothed; one's sister; friend

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N4

社会

しゃかい

society; public; community; the world; social studies

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N3

含む

銜む

ふくむ、くくむ

to contain; to comprise; to have; to hold; to include; to embrace; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to harbor (grudge, etc.); to harbour; to express (emotion, etc.); to imply

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N2

髭

鬚、髯

ひげ、ヒゲ

moustache; beard; whiskers; extremely short pulse appearing on an electrical signal

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N1

出生

しゅっしょう、しゅっせい

birth

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N5

意味

いみ

meaning; significance

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N4

事務所

じむしょ

office

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N3

服装

ふくそう

garments; attire

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N2

引き分け

引分け

ひきわけ

draw (in competition); tie game

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出社

しゅっしゃ

going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work

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N5

今

いま

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more

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市民

しみん

citizen; citizenry; public; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class

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N3

武器

ぶき

weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset

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卑怯

ひきょう

cowardice; meanness; unfairness

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出産

しゅっさん

childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; parturition; confinement; production (of goods)

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N5

犬

狗

いぬ

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); snoop (i.e. a detective, a spy, etc.); loser; asshole; counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful

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N4

島

とう

Island; insula; island; islet

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N3

不可

ふか

wrong; bad; improper; unjustifiable; inadvisable; not allowed; not possible; failing grade

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N2

引き止める

引止める、引き留める

ひきとめる

to detain; to check; to restrain

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N1

出血

しゅっけつ

bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost

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N5

何時も

いつも

always; usually; every time; never

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N4

暫く

須臾、暫らく

しばらく、しゅゆ、すゆ

little while; short while; moment; instant; a while; quite a time; it's been a long time

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N3

笛

ふえ、ちゃく

flute; fife; pipe; recorder; flageolet; shakuhachi; clarinet; whistle

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N2

引き出す

引出す、引きだす

ひきだす

to pull out; to take out; to draw out; to withdraw

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N1

主題

しゅだい

subject; theme; motif

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N5

五つ

５つ、伍つ

いつつ

five

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N4

品物

しなもの

goods; article; thing

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N3

夫婦

ふうふ、めおと、みょうと

married couple; spouses; husband and wife; couple; pair; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

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N2

引き算

引算

ひきざん

subtraction

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N1

主体

しゅたい

main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist

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N5

一緒

一しょ

いっしょ

together; at the same time; same; identical

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N4

辞典

辭典、言葉典、ことば典

じてん、ことばてん

dictionary

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N3

風景

ふうけい

scenery; scene; landscape; view; sight; scene (e.g. of a crime)

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N2

引き返す

引返す、引きかえす

ひきかえす

to repeat; to send back; to bring back; to retrace one's steps

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N1

主人公

しゅじんこう

protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household

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N5

五日

５日

いつか

the fifth day of the month; five days

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N4

失敗

しっぱい

failure; mistake; blunder

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N3

不安

ふあん

anxiety; uneasiness; insecurity; suspense

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N2

引き受ける

引受ける、引受る

ひきうける

to be responsible for; to take over; to take up; to guarantee; to undertake; to contract (a disease)

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N1

主食

しゅしょく

staple food

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N5

何時

いつ

when; how soon

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N4

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

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N3

分

ふん

minute; fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

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N2

ぴかぴか

glitter; sparkle

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N1

趣旨

主旨

しゅし

meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect; goal; intent; object; aim; point

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July 10

歌

唄、詩

将来

不足

引っ込む

引っこむ

手法

July 09

薄い

小説

防ぐ

禦ぐ、拒ぐ

引っ越し

引越、引越し

守備

July 08

後ろ

後

小学校

不正

引っ繰り返る

引っくり返る、ひっくり返る、引繰り返る

首脳

主脳

July 07

上

紹介

婦人

ひっくり返す

引っくり返す、引っ繰り返す、引繰り返す

主任

July 06

色々

色色

趣味

夫人

筆記

主導

July 05

色

１０分

十分

不自由

引っかかる

引っ掛かる、引っ掛る

出動

July 04

入れる

容れる、函れる

柔道

不思議

ぴったり

出題

July 03

要る

住所

住処

無事

ビタミン

出演

July 02

居る

習慣

節

ピストル

出品

July 01

入口

入り口

自由

不幸

肘

肱、臂

出費

June 30