NihongoDera - Daily Words

N5

来月

らいげつ

next month

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N4

競争

きょうそう

competition; contest; to compete

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N3

莫大

ばく大

ばくだい

enormous; vast; malva nut

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N2

覗く

覘く、窺く、臨く

のぞく

to peek (though a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.); to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, etc.); to face

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N1

慕う

したう

to yearn for; to long for; to pine for; to miss; to love dearly; to adore; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

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N5

弱い

よわい

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

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N4

教会

きょうかい

church

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N3

拍手

はくしゅ

clapping hands; applause

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N2

乗せる

載せる

のせる

to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up; to help on board; to load (luggage); to carry; to take on board; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive; to take for a ride; to (sing) along with (musical accompaniment); to let (someone) take part; to excite (someone); to publish (an article); to run (an ad)

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N1

子息

しそく

son

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N5

夜

よる、よ

evening; night

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N4

教育

きょういく

training; education

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N3

吐く

つく

to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up; to spit up

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N2

残らず

のこらず

all; entirely; completely; without exception

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N1

施設

しせつ

institution; establishment; facility; (army) engineer

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N5

読む

よむ

to read; to count; to guess; to predict; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine

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N4

急行

きゅうこう

moving at high speed; express (e.g. train that bypasses many stations)

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N3

履く

佩く、穿く、着く、帯く

はく

to put on (or wear) lower-body clothing (i.e. pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (or wear) footwear; to affix a sword to one's hip; to affix a bowstring to a bow

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N2

鋸

のこぎり

saw; musical saw

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N1

沈める

しずめる

to sink; to submerge; to floor (an opponent)

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N5

呼ぶ

喚ぶ

よぶ

to call out (to); to call; to invoke; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to brand; to garner (support, etc.); to gather; to take as one's wife

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N4

急

きゅう

urgent; sudden; abrupt; sharp; steep; precipitous; rapid; swift; fast; emergency; crisis; hurrying; haste; (in gagaku or noh) end of a song

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N3

計る

測る、量る

はかる

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to time (sound, gauge, estimate); to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

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N2

能率

のうりつ

efficiency; moment (i.e. magnetic moment)

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N1

滴

雫

しずく

drop (of water); drip

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N5

四つ

４つ

よっつ、よつ

four

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N4

稀人

客人、賓、客

まれびと、マレビト

visitor from afar; joy-bringing spirit from the divine realms

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N3

博士

はかせ、はくし

doctorate; PhD; Dr (as a title); expert; learned person

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N2

農薬

のうやく

agricultural chemical (i.e. pesticide, herbicide, fungicide, etc.); agrochemical; agrichemical

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N1

指示

しじ

indication; instruction; designation; directions

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N5

四日

４日

よっか

fourth day of the month; four days

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N4

着物

きもの

clothing; clothes; kimono (or other trad. Japanese clothing)

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N3

馬鹿

莫迦、破家、馬稼

ばか、バカ

fool; idiot; trivial matter; folly; absurdity; foolish; stupid; dull; absurd; ridiculous; Mactra chinensis (species of trough shell)

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N2

濃度

のうど

concentration; thickness; density; cardinality

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N1

支持

しじ

support; holding up; propping; support; backing; endorsing

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N5

横

よこ

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; breadth; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside; next to; unconnected

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N4

気持ち

気持

きもち

feeling; sensation; mood; preparedness; readiness; attitude; thanks; solicitude; sympathy; just a little; somewhat; slightly

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N3

墓

はか

gravesite; tomb

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N2

農村

のうそん

agricultural community; farm village; rural

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N1

刺繍

刺しゅう、刺繡

ししゅう

embroidery

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N5

欲

慾

よく

greed; craving; desire; avarice; wants

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N4

決める

極める

きめる

to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do; to have made a habit of; to take for granted; to assume; to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines; to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing; to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.); to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs

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N3

俳優

はいゆう

actor; actress; player; performer

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N2

農産物

のうさんぶつ

agricultural produce

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N1

資産

しさん

property; fortune; means; assets

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N5

洋服

ようふく

Western-style clothes (cf traditional Japanese clothes)

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N4

君

きんじ

you

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N3

配達

はいたつ

delivery; distribution

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N2

年度

ねんど

fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year

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N1

視察

しさつ

inspection; observation

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N5

八日

８日

ようか

the eighth day of the month; eight days

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N4

決まる

決る、極る

きまる

to be decided; to be settled; to look good in (clothes)

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N3

梅雨

黴雨

つゆ、ばいう

rainy season (in Japan from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season

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N2

狙う

ねらう

to aim at

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N1

嗜好

しこう

taste; liking; preference

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N5

ゆっくり

slowly; at ease; restful

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N4

気分

きぶん

feeling; mood

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N3

灰

はい

ash; ashes

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N2

狙い

ねらい

aim

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N1

志向

しこう

intention; aim; preference (for)

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N5

行く

往く、逝く

いく、ゆく

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach; to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk; to die; to pass away; to do (in a specific way); to stream; to flow; to continue; to have an orgasm; to come; to cum; to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination

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N4

厳しい

酷しい、厳めしい

きびしい、いかめしい

severe; strict; rigid; unsparing; relentless; stern; austere; grave; solemn; majestic; intense (cold); harsh

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N3

はあ

はあ、は

yes; indeed; well; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

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N2

寝巻き

寝巻、寝間着、寝衣

ねまき

sleep-wear; nightclothes; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown; nightdress

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N1

思考

しこう

thought; consideration; thinking

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N5

雪

ゆき

snow

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N4

絹

きぬ

silk

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N3

場

じょう

place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range; course

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寝巻き

寝巻、寝間着、寝衣

ねまき

sleep-wear; nightclothes; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown; nightdress

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N1

湿気る

しける、しっける

to be damp; to be moist

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N5

有名

ゆうめい

famous; fame

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N4

キット

kit

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N3

のんびり

carefree; at leisure

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N2

熱する

ねっする

to heat; to heat up

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N1

死刑

しけい

death penalty; capital punishment

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N5

夕べ

夕、昨夜

ゆうべ、ゆう、さくや

evening; last night

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N4

規則

きそく

rules; regulations; conventions

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N3

上る

登る、昇る、陞る

のぼる

to ascend; to go up; to climb; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to; to advance (in price); to swim up (a river); to sail up; to come up (on the agenda)

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N2

ネックレス

ネックレス、ネックレース

necklace

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N1

仕組み

仕組

しくみ

structure; construction; arrangement; contrivance; plan; plot; contrivance

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N5

郵便局

ゆうびんきょく

post office

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N4

季節

きせつ

season

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N3

述べる

宣べる、陳べる

のべる

to state; to express; to mention

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N2

捩る

捻る、拗る、捩じる、捻じる、拗じる

ねじる、よじる、もじる

to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to make a pun; to torture; to wrest

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N1

しくじる

to fail; to fall through; to blunder

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N5

夕飯

ゆうはん、ゆうめし

evening meal

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N4

技術

ぎじゅつ

art; craft; technique; technology; engineering; skill

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N3

伸びる

延びる

のびる

to stretch; to extend; to lengthen; to spread; to make progress; to grow (beard, body height); to grow stale (soba); to be straightened; to be flattened; to be smoothed; to be exhausted; to be postponed; to be prolonged

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N2

螺子

捻子、捩子、螺旋

ねじ、らし

screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)

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N1

施行

しこう、せぎょう、せこう、しぎょう

execution; enforcing; carrying out; giving alms; giving food to the poor or monks

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N5

夕方

夕がた

ゆうがた

evening; dusk

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汽車

きしゃ

train (sometimes specifically a steam train)

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伸ばす

延ばす

のばす

to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to stretch; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out; to spread evenly (dough, cream, etc.); to dilute; to thin out; to postpone; to prolong; to strengthen; to develop; to expand

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N2

濡らす

濡す

ぬらす

to wet; to soak; to dip

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N1

資金

しきん

funds; capital

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N5

演る

やる

to perform; to play; to act

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N4

聞こえる

聞える、聴こえる、聴える

きこえる

to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed

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N3

喉

こん、こう

fish; counter for fish

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N2

縫う

ぬう

to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

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N1

仕切る

しきる

to partition; to divide; to mark off; to itemize; to direct; to take control; to manage; to take responsibility; to settle accounts; to toe the mark

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March 28

来月

競争

莫大

ばく大

覗く

覘く、窺く、臨く

慕う

March 27

弱い

教会

拍手

乗せる

載せる

子息

March 26

夜

教育

吐く

残らず

施設

March 25

読む

急行

履く

佩く、穿く、着く、帯く

鋸

沈める

March 24

呼ぶ

喚ぶ

急

計る

測る、量る

能率

滴

雫

March 23

四つ

４つ

稀人

客人、賓、客

博士

農薬

指示

March 22

四日

４日

着物

馬鹿

莫迦、破家、馬稼

濃度

支持

March 21

横

気持ち

気持

墓

農村

刺繍

刺しゅう、刺繡

March 20

欲

慾

決める

極める

俳優

農産物

資産

March 19

洋服

君

配達

年度

視察

March 18