NihongoDera - Daily Words

N5

ニュース

ニュース、ニューズ

news

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臣

奴、僕

やつこ、つぶね、やつこらま

slave; retainer; servant; captive; varlet; I; me

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苦労

苦勞

くろう

troubles; hardships

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N2

激増

げきぞう

sudden increase

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N1

会見

かいけん

interview; audience

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荷物

にもつ

luggage; baggage; package; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)

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法律

ほうりつ

law

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N3

暮れ

暮

くれ

sunset; sundown; nightfall; dusk; end; close; year-end; end of the year

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毛皮

毛革

けがわ、もうひ

fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical

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海峡

かいきょう

channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait

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N5

日曜日

にちようび

Sunday

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貿易

ぼうえき

trade (foreign)

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N3

苦しむ

くるしむ

to suffer; to groan; to be worried

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N2

外科

げか

surgery; department of surgery (hospital, etc.)

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N1

階級

かいきゅう

(social) class; rank; grade

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N5

西

せい

Spain

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N4

返事

返辞

へんじ

reply; answer; response

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N3

苦しい

くるしい

painful; difficult; agonizing; needy; tight (budget); straitened (circumstances); forced (smile, joke); lame (excuse); strained (interpretation); awkward (situation); painful (position); (after masu stem) hard to do; unpleasant

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N2

形容動詞

けいようどうし

na-adjective (adj-na); quasi-adjective; adjectival noun; nominal adjective

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N1

貝殻

貝殼、貝がら

かいがら

shell

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肉

宍

にく、しし

flesh; meat; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); thickness; ink pad

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N4

変

變

へん

strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance; disaster; accident; flat

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狂う

くるう

to go mad; to get out of order; to go amiss

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N2

形容詞

けいようし

adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)

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改革

かいかく

reform; reformation; innovation

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N5

賑やか

にぎやか

bustling; busy; lively

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N4

別

べつ、べち

distinction; difference; different; another; particular; separate; extra; exception

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N3

繰り返す

くり返す、繰りかえす、繰返す

くりかえす

to repeat; to do something over again

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警備

けいび

defense; defence; guard; policing; security

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N1

海運

かいうん

maritime; marine transportation

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N5

二

２、弐、貳、貮

に、ふた、ふ、ふう

two

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N4

文法

ぶんぽう

grammar; syntax

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N3

暮らす

暮す

くらす

to live; to get along; to spend (time)

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N2

競べ馬

くらべ馬、競馬

くらべうま

traditional horse-racing; originally two horses head-to-head or ten at a time, esp. May 5th event at Kamigamo shrine

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改悪

かいあく

deterioration; changing for the worse

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N5

何

なに、なん

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

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N4

文学

ぶんがく

literature

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N3

暮らし

暮し

くらし

life; living; livelihood; life circumstances

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N2

芸能

げいのう

public entertainment; accomplishments; attainments

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N1

階

かい

storey; story; floor; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building

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N5

なる

that is in; who is called; that is called; that is

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N4

文化

ぶんか

culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

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N3

位

い

rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts

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N2

系統

けいとう

system; lineage; ancestry; family line; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); party; school (of thought); close (evolutionary) relationship; a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics); strain (e.g. bacterial)

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下位

かい

low rank; subordinate; lower order (e.g. byte); low-end

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N5

並べる

双べる

ならべる

to line up; to set up; to arrange in a line; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with); to be as good (as)

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N4

降り出す

降りだす

ふりだす

to begin to rain; to begin to snow

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曇り

曇

くもり

cloudiness; cloudy weather; shadow

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N2

経度

けいど

longitude

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N1

箇

個

つ、ち、ぢ、じ

counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system (forming hitotsu, futatsu, mitsu, and misoji, yasoji, etc.)

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並ぶ

列ぶ、双ぶ

ならぶ

to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

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N4

踏む

履む、践む

ふむ

to step on; to tread on; to experience; to undergo; to estimate; to value; to appraise; to rhyme; to inherit (the throne, etc.); to follow (rules, morals, principles, etc.)

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N3

組む

くむ

to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to assemble; to produce (e.g. TV program); to braid; to plait; to grapple; to wrestle; to unite; to join; to link up; to form an alliance; to set (e.g. type); to issue (e.g. money order)

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N2

毛糸

けいと

knitting wool

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N1

科

か

department; section; faculty; school; arm; course (of study); branch of study; specialization; (taxonomical) family

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習う

ならう

to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

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不便

ふべん

inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness

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組合

組み合い

くみあい

association; union; guild

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継続

けいぞく

continuation

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N1

仮

け

lacking substance and existing in name only; something without substance

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名前

名まえ

なまえ

name; full name; given name; first name

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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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組

組み

くみ

set (of items); group (of people); class (of students); company (esp. construction); family (i.e. mafia); team; typesetting; composition

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形式

けいしき

form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; style; format; mode; appearance; form (something takes); math expression

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N1

温和

穏和

おんわ

gentle; mild; moderate

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七日

７日

なのか、なぬか

the seventh day of the month; seven days

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布団

蒲団、薄団

ふとん

futon (quilted Japanese-style mattress laid out on the floor); round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

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区別

區別

くべつ

distinction; differentiation; classification

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蛍光灯

蛍光燈、螢光灯、螢光燈

けいこうとう

fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake

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音色

音いろ

ねいろ、おんしょく

tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre; synthesizer patch; synthesiser patch

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七つ

７つ

ななつ

seven

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太る

肥る

ふとる

to grow fat (stout, plump); to become fat; to gain weight

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ぐっすり

sound asleep; fast asleep

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N2

敬語

けいご

honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language

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終わる

終る、了わる、卒わる、畢わる、竟わる

おわる

to finish; to end; to close

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N5

等

抔

など

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth; or something; the likes of

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不党

ふとう

nonparticipation

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苦痛

くつう

pain; agony; bitterness

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稽古

けいこ

practice; practising; training; study

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疎か

おろそか、おろか

neglect; negligence; carelessness; not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; not only ...

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夏休み

なつやすみ

summer vacation; summer holiday

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普通

ふつう

general; ordinary; usual; normally; generally; usually; train that stops at every station

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下り

くだり

down-train (going away from Tokyo); down-slope; downward going

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郡

ぐん、こおり

district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)

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愚か

おろか

foolish; stupid

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夏

か

Xia (dynasty of China; perhaps mythological)

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部長

ぶちょう

head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team

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下さる

くださる

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor

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咥える

銜える、啣える

くわえる

to hold in one's mouth

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N1

俺

己

おれ、おらあ、おり

I; me

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何故

何ゆえ

なぜ、なにゆえ

why; how

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復習

ふくしゅう

review; revision

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具体

ぐたい

concrete; tangible; material

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呉れ呉れも

呉々も、呉呉も

くれぐれも

repeatedly; sincerely; earnestly

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織る

おる

to weave

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無くす

亡くす、失くす

なくす

to lose something; to get rid of; to lose someone (wife, child, etc.)

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複雑

ふくざつ

complex; complicated; mixed (feelings)

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管

かん、くだ

pipe; tube

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包む

裹む

くるむ、つつむ

to wrap up; to tuck in; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in; to conceal; to hide; to be engulfed in; to be enveloped by

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N1

織物

おりもの

textile; fabric

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November 27

ニュース

臣

奴、僕

苦労

苦勞

激増

会見

November 26

荷物

法律

暮れ

暮

毛皮

毛革

海峡

November 25

日曜日

貿易

苦しむ

外科

階級

November 24

西

返事

返辞

苦しい

形容動詞

貝殻

貝殼、貝がら

November 23

肉

宍

変

變

狂う

形容詞

改革

November 22

賑やか

別

繰り返す

くり返す、繰りかえす、繰返す

警備

海運

November 21

二

２、弐、貳、貮

文法

暮らす

暮す

競べ馬

くらべ馬、競馬

改悪

November 20

何

文学

暮らし

暮し

芸能

階

November 19

なる

文化

位

系統

下位

November 18

並べる

双べる

降り出す

降りだす

曇り

曇

経度

箇