NihongoDera - Daily Words

N5

鞄

かばん、カバン

bag; satchel; briefcase; basket

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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

心配

しんぱい

worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid; assistance

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N2

随筆

隨筆

ずいひつ

essays; miscellaneous writings; literary jottings

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N1

勤務

きんむ

service; duty; work

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N5

隅

角

すみ、すま

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

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N4

柔道

じゅうどう

judo

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N3

慎重

しんちょう

careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

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N2

水筒

すいとう

canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos

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N1

勤勉

きんべん

diligent; industrious

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N5

家庭

かてい

home; family; household

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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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N3

身長

しんちょう

height (of body); stature

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N2

水滴

すいてき

drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water

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N1

禁ずる

きんずる

to forbid; to suppress

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N5

カップ

cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)

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N4

習慣

しゅうかん

habit; custom; cultural practice

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N3

体

身体、躰、躯

からだ、しんたい、しんだい、しんてい

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; constitution; health; corpse; dead body

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N2

推定

すいてい

presumption; assumption; estimation

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N1

禁じる

きんじる

to prohibit

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N5

学校

學校

がっこう

school

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N4

自由

じゆう

freedom; liberty; as it pleases you

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N3

心臓

しんぞう

heart; guts; nerve; cheek; gall; spine; central part

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N2

垂直

すいちょく

vertical; perpendicular

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N1

近視

きんし

myopia; shortsightedness; nearsightedness

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N5

様

方、状

さま

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation; appearance

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N4

社長

しゃちょう

company president; manager; director

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N3

新鮮

しんせん

fresh

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N2

水素

すいそ

hydrogen (H)

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N1

均衡

きんこう

equilibrium; balance

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N5

家族

かぞく

family; members of a family

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N4

社会

しゃかい

society; public; community; the world; social studies

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N3

親戚

親せき

しんせき

relative; relation; kin

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N2

水蒸気

すいじょうき

water vapour; water vapor; steam

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近郊

きんこう

suburbs; outskirts

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N5

風邪

かぜ、ふうじゃ

common cold; cold; influenza; flu; ague

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N4

事務所

じむしょ

office

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N3

人生

じんせい

(human) life (i.e. conception to death)

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N2

炊事

すいじ

cooking; culinary arts

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N1

近々

近近、近ぢか

ちかぢか、きんきん

soon; nearness; before long

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N5

風

ふう

method; manner; way; style; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing); wind (one of the five elements)

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N4

市民

しみん

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

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N3

信じる

しんじる

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

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N2

水産

すいさん

aquatic products; fisheries

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N1

緊急

きんきゅう

urgent; pressing; emergency

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N5

貸す

藉す

かす

to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out

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N4

島

嶋

しま

island; territory (of a prostitute, organized crime gang, etc.); turf

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N3

人種

じんしゅ

race (of people); type of person

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N2

酢

醋、酸

す

vinegar

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N1

近眼

近目

きんがん、ちかめ

nearsightedness; shortsightedness; myopia

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N5

から傘

唐傘、傘

からかさ

paper umbrella; bamboo-and-paper umbrella parasol

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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

診察

しんさつ

medical examination

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N2

神話

しんわ

myth; legend

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N1

僅々

僅僅

きんきん

merely; no more than

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N5

掛ける

懸ける

かける

to hang (e.g. picture); to hoist (e.g. sail); to raise (e.g. flag); to sit; to take (time, money); to expend (money, time, etc.); to make (a call); to multiply; to secure (e.g. lock); to put on (glasses, etc.); to cover; to burden someone; to apply (insurance); to turn on (an engine, etc.); to set (a dial, an alarm clock, etc.); to put an effect (spell, anaesthetic, etc.) on; to hold an emotion for (pity, hope, etc.); to bind; to pour (or sprinkle, spray, etc.) onto; to argue (in court); to deliberate (in a meeting); to present (e.g. idea to a conference, etc.); to increase further; to catch (in a trap, etc.); to set atop; to erect (a makeshift building); to hold (a play, festival, etc.); to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble; to be partway doing ...; to begin (but not complete) ...; to be about to ...; indicates (verb) is being directed to (someone)

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N4

品物

しなもの

goods; article; thing

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N3

深刻

しんこく

serious; severe; grave; acute

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N2

針路

しんろ

course; direction; compass bearing

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N1

極めて

きわめて

exceedingly; extremely; decisively

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N5

学生

がくせい

student (esp. a university student)

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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

人工

じんこう

artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality

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N2

親類

しんるい

relation; kin

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N1

木綿

木棉

もめん、きわた

cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)

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N5

書く

かく

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

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失敗

しっぱい

failure; mistake; blunder

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N3

信号

しんごう

signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal

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N2

森林

しんりん

forest; woods

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N1

際

さい

on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

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N5

鍵

鑰

かぎ、カギ

key; lock

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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

信仰

しんこう

(religious) faith; belief; creed

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N2

深夜

しんや

late at night

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N1

切れ目

切目

きれめ

break; pause; gap; end; rift; interruption; cut; section; notch; incision; end (of a task)

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N5

掛かる

懸かる、掛る、懸る

かかる

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend; to deal with; to handle; to have started to; to be on the verge of; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover; to (come) at; to be fastened; to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.); to be caught in; to get a call; to depend on

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N4

下着

したぎ

underwear

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N3

真剣

真険

しんけん

seriousness; earnestness; real sword (as opposed to unsharpened or wooden practice weapon)

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N2

人命

じんめい

(human) life

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N1

綺麗

奇麗、暉麗

きれい

pretty; lovely; beautiful; fair; clean; clear; pure; tidy; neat; completely; entirely

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N5

帰る

還る、歸る

かえる

to return; to come home; to go home; to go back; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

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N4

時代

じだい

period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece

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N3

神経

しんけい

nerve; nerves; sensitivity

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N2

人文科学

じんぶんかがく

humanities; social sciences; liberal arts

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N1

気流

きりゅう

atmospheric current; air current; airflow

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N5

返す

反す

かえす

to return (something); to restore; to put back; to turn over; to turn upside down; to overturn; to pay back; to retaliate; to reciprocate; to repeat ...; to do ... back

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N4

地震

じしん、ない、なえ、じぶるい

earthquake

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N3

進学

しんがく

entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university

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N2

侵入

しんにゅう

invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass; penetration

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N1

切り替える

切替える、切り換える、切換える、切り変える

きりかえる

to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace; to switch over

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N5

買う

かう

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

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N4

事故

じこ、ことゆえ

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

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N3

城

しろ

castle

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N2

診断

しんだん

diagnosis; medical examination

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N1

桐

きり

paulownia tree; Paulownia tomentosa

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N5

買い物

買物

かいもの

shopping; purchased goods

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N4

試験

しけん

examination; test; study; trial; experiment

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N3

印

いん

seal; stamp; mark; print; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); India

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N2

寝台

しんだい、ねだい

bed; couch

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N1

切り

限り、限

きり

end; finish; stop; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in joruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville); counter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (e.g. fish, meat); only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)

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November 15

鞄

１０分

十分

心配

随筆

隨筆

勤務

November 14

隅

角

柔道

慎重

水筒

勤勉

November 13

家庭

住所

住処

身長

水滴

禁ずる

November 12

カップ

習慣

体

身体、躰、躯

推定

禁じる

November 11

学校

學校

自由

心臓

垂直

近視

November 10

様

方、状

社長

新鮮

水素

均衡

November 09

家族

社会

親戚

親せき

水蒸気

近郊

November 08

風邪

事務所

人生

炊事

近々

近近、近ぢか

November 07

風

市民

信じる

水産

緊急

November 06

貸す

藉す

島

嶋

人種

酢

醋、酸

近眼

近目

November 05

から傘

唐傘、傘