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Nov 21, 2024
N5
Definition
left (esp. in vertical Japanese writing), the following
N4
いけん
Definition
opinion, view, comment
N3
とざん
Definition
mountain climbing
N2
とうけい
Definition
statistics
N1
はえる
Definition
to shine, to look attractive, to look pretty

Daily Word History

November 20

N5

低い

ひくい
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key; low (volume)
N4

医学

いがく
medical science; medicine
N3

所か

処か
suf
どころか
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to speak of; much less
N2

同格

どうかく
the same rank; equality; apposition
N1

冴える

冱える
v1
vi
さえる
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be vivid; to be crisp; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to be on the ball; to be wide awake; to look upbeat; to be perky; to be cheerful; to master (a skill); to excel at; to cleanly execute; to be satisfying; to become frigid; to become intensely cold

November 19

N5

弾く

はじく
to flip; to snap; to flick; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar, etc.)
N4

以外

いがい
with the exception of; excepting
N3

何処か

どこか、どっか
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
N2

統一

とういつ
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
N1

囀る

さえずる
to sing; to chirp; to twitter

November 18

N5

引く

曳く、牽く
ひく
to pull; to draw (attention, etc.); to attract (interest, etc.); to draw back; to draw (a card); to draw (plan, line, etc.); to catch (cold); to play (string instr.); to look up (e.g. dictionary); to consult; to haul; to pull (vehicles); to subtract; to ebb; to fade; to descend (from); to inherit (a characteristic); to quote; to raise (as evidence); to lay (a cable); to draw (a cable)
N4

以下

已下
いか、いげ
not exceeding; and downward; ... and below; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following; the rest
N3

解ける

v1
vi
とける
to be solved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (e.g. restrictions); to be cleared (e.g. misunderstandings); to be broken (e.g. spells, curses); to melt
N2

鉄、銀、銅
かね、かな
money; metal
N1

遮る

さえぎる
to interrupt; to obstruct (e.g. a view, someone's way); to block (e.g. light, wind); to intercept

November 17

N5

ひがし、ひむかし、ひんがし
east
N4

あんな

あんな
such (about something or someone distant from both speaker and listener, or about a situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener); so; that; sort of
N3

独立

どくりつ
independence (e.g. Independence Day); self-support
N2

問い合わせ

問合せ
といあわせ
enquiry; inquiry; ENQ; query; interrogation
N1

採用

さいよう
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement; recruitment

November 16

N5

半分

はんぶん
half
N4

安全

あんぜん
safety; security
N3

独特

どくとく
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
N2

電力

でんりょく
electric power
N1

細胞

さいぼう、さいほう
cell

November 15

N5

晩御飯

晩ご飯
ばんごはん
dinner; evening meal
N4

安心

あんじん
obtaining peace of mind through faith or ascetic practice
N3

特徴

とくちょう
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
N2

電流

でんりゅう
electric current
N1

栽培

さいばい
cultivation

November 14

N5

番号

ばんごう
number; series of digits
N4

謝る

v5r
あやまる
to apologize; to apologise
N3

独身

どくしん
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
N2

テンポ

テンポ
tempo
N1

再発

さいはつ
return; relapse; reoccurrence

November 13

N5

ハンカチ

ハンカチ、ハンケチ
handkerchief
N4

集める

v1
vt
あつめる
to collect; to assemble; to gather
N3

読書

どくしょ、とくしょ
reading
N2

電波

でんぱ
electromagnetic wave; radio wave; nonsense
N1

採択

さいたく
adoption; selection; choice

November 12

N5

はん

suf
はん
Mr; Mrs; Ms; -san
N4

集まる

集る
あつまる
to gather; to collect; to assemble
N3

得意

とくい
triumph; prosperity; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; one's specialty; frequent customer (client, etc.)
N2

天皇

てんのう、すめらぎ、すめろぎ
Emperor of Japan
N1

最善

さいぜん
the very best

November 11

N5

ばん
evening; counter for nights
N4

遊び

あそび
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
N3

どく
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite; malice; abusive language
N2

電柱

でんちゅう
telephone pole; telegraph pole; lightpole
N1

再生

さいせい
resuscitation; regeneration; restoration to life; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.); view (of a video clip); reclamation; recovery; rebirth; reincarnation

November 10

N5
はん
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
N4

明日

n-t
あした、あす、みょうにち
tomorrow; near future
N3

解く

とく
to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo; to unbind; to unpack; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to answer; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.); to clear up; to remove (suspicion); to appease; to dissolve (a contract); to cancel; to remove (a prohibition); to lift (a ban); to raise (a siege); to release (from duty); to relieve; to dismiss; to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)
N2

転々

転転
てんてん
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
N1

採集

さいしゅう
collecting; gathering

November 09

N5

晴れる

霽れる
v1
vi
はれる
to clear up; to clear away; to be sunny; to stop raining; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
N4

あじ
flavor; flavour; taste; charm; style; experience; smart; clever; witty; strange
N3

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
N2

点々

点点
てんてん
here and there; little by little; sporadically; scattered in drops; dot; spot
N1

採算

さいさん
profit

November 08

N5

晴れ

晴、霽れ
はれ
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; public; cleared of suspicion
N4

浅い

あさい
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); pale (colour); inadequate (knowledge); short (time); early; young
N3

都会

とかい
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
N2

電池

でんち
battery
N1

再現

さいげん
reappearance; reproduction; return; revival

November 07

N5

張る

貼る
はる
to stick; to paste; to affix; to link (e.g. in WWW forums); to stretch; to spread; to strain; to tighten; to put up (tent); to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell; to stick out; to put; to slap; to be expensive; to become one tile away from completion
N4

開ける

空ける、明ける
v1
vt
vi
あける
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock; to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn; to grow light; to end (of a period, season); to begin (of the New Year); to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for); to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)
N3

通り過ぎる

v1
vi
とおりすぎる
to pass; to pass through
N2

伝染

でんせん
contagion; infection
N1

再建

さいけん
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction

November 06

N5

はる
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of one's life, etc.); adolescence; puberty; sexuality
N4

開く

空く、明く
あく
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be free; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.); to come to an end; to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.); to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events)
N3

通り

とおり
avenue; street; way; road; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice); fame; reputation; popularity; the same status or way; as (e.g. as expected, as I said); understanding; comprehension; counter for sets of things; counter for methods, ways, types
N2

点数

てんすう
marks; points; score; runs; number of items; credits
N1

採決

さいけつ
vote; roll call

November 05

N5

早い

速い、疾い、捷い
はやい
fast; quick; hasty; brisk; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; easy; simple; quick
N4

赤ん坊

あかんぼう、あかんぼ
baby; infant
N3

通す

徹す、透す
とおす
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass; to allow through; to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.); to show in; to go through (a middleman); to (look, listen) through (a window, wall, etc.); to pass (a law, applicant, etc.); to force to accept; to force agreement; to continue (in a state); to persist in; to do to the entirety of; to cover all of; to span the whole ...; to do from beginning to end without a break; to convey (one's ideas, etc.) to the other party; to do to the end; to carry through; to complete
N2

電球

でんきゅう
light bulb
N1

採掘

さいくつ
mining

November 04

N5

早い

速い、疾い、捷い
はやい
fast; quick; hasty; brisk; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; easy; simple; quick
N4

上がる

揚がる、挙がる、上る
あがる
to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water); to come ashore; to increase; to improve; to make progress; to be promoted; to advance; to be made (of profit, etc.); to occur (esp. of a favourable result); to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); to be finished; to be done; to be over; (of rain) to stop; to lift; to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die; to win (in a card game, etc.); to be arrested; to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to be deep fried; to be spoken loudly; to get stage fright; to be offered (to the gods, etc.); to go; to visit; to eat; to drink; to be listed (as a candidate); to serve (in one's master's home); to go north; indicates completion
N3
N2

伝記

でんき
biography; life story
N1

細工

さいく
work; craftsmanship; tactics; trick

November 03

N5

話す

咄す
はなす
to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss; to speak (a language)
N4

赤ちゃん

あかちゃん
baby; infant
N3

道路

どうろ
road; highway
N2

展開

てんかい
development; evolution; progressing; unfolding; expansion; spreading out; extending; deployment; building up
N1

細菌

さいきん
bacillus; bacterium; germ

November 02

N5

ctr
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
N4

合う

あう、おう
to come together; to merge; to unite; to meet; to fit; to match; to suit; to agree with; to be correct; to be profitable; to be equitable; to do ... to each other; to do ... together
N3

同僚

どうりょう
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
N2

照る

てる
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
N1

災害

さいがい
calamity; disaster; misfortune

November 01

N5

はな
nose
N4
あいだ、あわい
space (between); gap; interval; distance; time (between); pause; break; span (temporal or spatial); stretch; period (while); relationship (between, among); members (within, among); due to; because of
N3

同様

どうよう
identical; equal to; same (kind); like; similarity
N2

照らす

てらす
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
N1

再会

さいかい
another meeting; meeting again; reunion