NihongoDera - Daily Words

N5

伯父

えおじ

uncle (one's father's older brother)

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N4

世界

せかい

the world; society; the universe; sphere; circle; world; renowned; world-famous; well-known outside of Japan; realm governed by one Buddha; space

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N3

平均

へいきん、へいぎん

average; mean; balance; equilibrium

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N2

平仮名

ひら仮名

ひらがな

hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)

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職務

しょくむ

professional duties

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N5

お皿

おさら

plate; dish

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N4

西洋

せいよう

the west; Western countries

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N3

塀

屏

へい

wall; fence

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N2

植民地

殖民地

しょくみんち

colony; colonial

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N5

お酒

御酒

おさけ、ごしゅ

alcohol; sake

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N4

政治

せいじ

politics; government

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N3

分野

ぶんや

field; sphere; realm; division; branch

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N2

標本

ひょうほん

example; specimen; sample

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N1

職員

しょくいん

staff member; personnel

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N5

奥さん

おくさん

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

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N4

生産

せいさん

production; manufacture

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N3

文明

ぶんめい

civilization; civilisation; culture; Bummei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)

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N2

標準

ひょうじゅん

standard; level; norm

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N1

奨励

しょうれい

encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation

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N5

置く

おく

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ; to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc); to bear (in mind etc); to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool; to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house; to separate spatially or temporally; to do something in advance; to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state

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N4

生活

せいかつ

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

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N3

分析

ぶんせき

analysis

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N2

標識

ひょうしき

sign; mark; flag

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N1

勝利

捷利

しょうり

victory; triumph; conquest; success; win

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N5

起きる

おきる

to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire); to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place

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N4

すると

thereupon; hereupon

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N3

雰囲気

ふんい気、ふん囲気

ふんいき、ふいんき

atmosphere (e.g. musical); mood; ambience; ambiance

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N2

表紙

ひょうし

front cover; binding; (book) cover; appearing on the cover of a magazine

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N1

照明

しょうめい

illumination; lighting

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N5

お金

御金

おかね

money

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N4

ずり

chicken gizzard

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N3

文

ぶん

sentence; composition; text; writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; literature

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N2

美容

びよう

beauty of figure or form

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N1

証人

しょうにん

witness

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N5

お菓子

御菓子

おかし

confections; sweets; candy

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N4

済む

濟む

すむ

to finish; to end; to be completed; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

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N3

分

ふん

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

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N2

百科事典

百科辞典

ひゃっかじてん

encyclopedia; encyclopaedia

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N1

小児科

しょうにか

pediatrics

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N5

お母さん

御母さん

おかあさん

mother

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N4

隅

角

すみ、すま

corner; nook; recess; downstage right (on a noh stage)

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N3

風呂

ふろ

bath; bathtub; bathroom; bathhouse; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)

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N2

冷やす

冷す

ひやす

to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to refrigerate; to calm down; to cool off; to regain one's composure; to relax; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)

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N1

象徴

しょうちょう

symbol

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N5

大勢

たいせい

general trend; current thought

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N4

滑る

ぬめる、なめる

to be slippery; to be slimy; to behave charmingly; to walk merrily

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N3

触れる

ふれる

to touch; to feel; to experience; to come in contact with; to be emotionally moved (by); to perceive; to touch on a subject; to allude to; to be in conflict (with); to violate (law, copyright, etc.); to proclaim

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N2

皮膚

皮フ

ひふ、ひフ

skin

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N1

承諾

しょうだく

consent; acquiescence; agreement

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N5

大きな

おおきな

big; large; great

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N4

砂

沙、砂子、沙子

すな、すなご、いさご

sand; grit; gold dust; silver dust

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N3

震える

顫える

ふるえる

to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

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N2

響く

ひびく

to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to vibrate; to come (home); to remain (with someone); to have an effect; to make an impression

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N1

消息

しょうそく、しょうそこ

news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements

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N5

大きい

おおきい

big; large; great; loud

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N4

捨てる

棄てる

すてる

to throw away; to cast away; to dump; to discard; to abandon; to desert; to leave; to give up; to resign

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N3

振る

ふる

to wave; to shake; to swing; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody); to reject; to jilt; to dump; to abandon; to give up; to ruin; to add kana indicating a reading of a word; to slightly change headings; to change directions; to extract by broiling; to prepare an infusion of; to decoct; to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine); to bring up the main topic; to replace; to substitute; to set up a joke for somebody else

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N2

響き

響

ひびき

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound; emotion or feeling inspired by something heard or read

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N1

称する

しょうする

to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport

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N5

多い

おおい

many; numerous

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N4

すっと

すっと、スッと、スーッと、すうっと

straight; quickly; directly; all of a sudden; quietly; gently; softly; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied

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N3

不利

ふり

disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable; unfavourable; drawback

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N2

日の出

ひので

sunrise

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少数

しょうすう

minority; few

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N5

美味しい

おいしい、オイシイ

delicious; tasty; sweet

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N4

すっかり

all; completely; thoroughly

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N3

不満

ふまん

dissatisfaction; displeasure; discontent; complaints; unhappiness; disgruntled

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N2

日の入り

ひのいり

sunset

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昇進

陞進

しょうしん

promotion; advancement; rising in rank

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N5

鉛筆

えんぴつ

pencil

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N4

荒む

進む、遊む

すさむ

to grow wild; to run to waste

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N3

不平

ふへい

complaint; discontent; dissatisfaction

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N2

捻る

拈る、撚る

ひねる

to twist; to wrench; to turn (a switch on or off, etc.); to wring (a neck); to puzzle over; to defeat easily

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N1

詳細

しょうさい

detail; particulars

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N5

エレベーター

エレベーター、エレベータ

elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)

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N4

凄い

すごい

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); wonderful; terrific; to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

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N3

部分

ぶぶん

portion; section; part

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N2

日々

日日

ひび、にちにち

every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)

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N1

照合

しょうごう

collation; comparison

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N5

駅

驛

えき

station

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N4

過ぎる

すぎる

to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond; to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to be over; to exceed; to surpass; to be above; to be no more than ...; to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ...

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N3

船

舟、槽

ふね

ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship; tank; tub; vat; trough; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

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N2

皮肉

ひにく

cynicism; sarcasm; irony; satire

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N1

消耗

しょうもう、しょうこう

exhaustion; consumption; waste; dissipation

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N5

ええ

ええ、えー

yes; that is correct; right; um; errr; huh?; grrr; gah; Must I?; good

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N4

数学

すうがく

mathematics; arithmetic

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N3

餢飳

伏兎

ぶと

deep-fried mochi (Heian period)

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N2

ビニール

ビニール、ビニル、バイニル

vinyl

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証拠

證據

しょうこ

evidence; proof

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N5

英語

えいご

English (language)

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N4

水道

すいどう

water service; water supply

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N3

筆

ふで

writing brush

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N2

独りでに

一人でに

ひとりでに

by itself; automatically; naturally

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N1

証言

しょうげん

evidence; testimony

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N5

映画館

えいがかん

movie theatre; movie theater; cinema

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N4

水泳

すいえい

swimming

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N3

物理

ぶつり

physics; law of nature

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N2

独り言

ひとり言、一人言、独りごと

ひとりごと

soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

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N1

衝撃

しょうげき

shock; crash; impact; ballistic

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August 07

伯父

世界

平均

平仮名

ひら仮名

職務

August 06

お皿

西洋

塀

屏

評論

植民地

殖民地

August 05

お酒

御酒

政治

分野

標本

職員

August 04

奥さん

生産

文明

標準

奨励

August 03

置く

生活

分析

標識

勝利

捷利

August 02

起きる

すると

雰囲気

ふんい気、ふん囲気

表紙

照明

August 01

お金

御金

ずり

文

美容

証人

July 31

お菓子

御菓子

済む

濟む

分

百科事典

百科辞典

小児科

July 30

お母さん

御母さん

隅

角

風呂

冷やす

冷す

象徴

July 29

大勢

滑る

触れる

皮膚

皮フ

承諾

July 28

大きな