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Oct 20, 2025
N5
きた
Definition
north, the North, northern territories, North Korea, north wind
N4
でんぽう
Definition
telegram
N3
まわす
Definition
to turn, to rotate, to gyrate, to circulate, to send around, to surround, to put something to a new use (e.g. leftovers), ... around (e.g. to chase someone around), to dial (e.g. telephone number), to invest, to gang-rape
N2
ぶんぼうぐ
Definition
stationery
N1
じさ
Definition
time difference

Daily Word History

October 19

N5

消える

v1
vi
きえる
to go out; to vanish; to disappear
N4

天気予報

てんきよほう
weather forecast; weather report
N3

丸い

円い
まるい、まろい
round; circular; spherical; harmonious; calm
N2

文体

ぶんたい
literary style
N1

時刻表

じこくひょう
table; diagram; chart; timetable; schedule

October 18

N5

黄色い

黄いろい
きいろい
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
N4

店員

てんいん
shop assistant; employee; clerk; salesperson
N3

がん
fishball; meatball; pill
N2

分数

ぶんすう
fraction
N1

事項

じこう
matter; item; facts

October 17

N5

黄色

きいろ、こうしょく、おうしょく
yellow; amber
N4

ちょぼ、チョボ
dot; point; mark; gidayuu musicians (in kabuki)
N3

守る

護る、戍る
まもる
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow
N2

噴水

ふんすい
water fountain
N1

自己

じこ
self; oneself

October 16

N5

もく
Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
N4

counter for temples
N3

荳、菽
まめ
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, such as beans, peas, pulses, etc.); beans; peas; soya bean (soybean); soy (Glycine max); female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; miniature; tiny; child
N2

文献

ぶんけん
literature; books (reference); document
N1

じく
axis; stem; shaft; axle; center; focal point; key point

October 15

N5

漢字

かんじ
Chinese characters; kanji
N4

手袋

手ぶくろ
てぶくろ
glove; mitten; mitt
N3

招く

まねく
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to gesture to; to call in; to send for; to summon; to bring on oneself; to cause; to incur; to lead to; to result in
N2

文芸

文藝
ぶんげい
literature; art and literature; belles-lettres
N1

地形

ちけい、じぎょう
terrain; geographical features; topography

October 14

N5

可愛い

可愛ゆい
かわいい、かわゆい
cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty; dear; precious; darling; pet; cute little; tiny
N4

手伝う

手つだう
てつだう
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
N3

真似

まね
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action; conduct
N2

分解

ぶんかい
disassembly; dismantling; disaggregating; analysis; disintegrating; decomposing; degrading; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
N1

事業

じぎょう、ことわざ
project; enterprise; business; industry; operations; venture; service; act; deed; conduct

October 13

N5

かわ、がわ
river; stream; the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)
N4

適当

てきとう
suitable; proper; appropriate; adequate; fit; noncommittal; vague; equivocal; unserious; irresponsible
N3

学ぶ

學ぶ
v5b
まなぶ
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
N2

噴火

ふんか
eruption
N1

磁器

じき
porcelain (esp. hard-paste porcelain); china; chinaware

October 12

N5

カレンダー

カレンダー、カレンダ
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
N4

丁寧

叮嚀
ていねい
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough; conscientious
N3

祭り
まつり
festival; feast
N2

ぶわぶわ

ぶわぶわ
spongy
N1

磁気

じき
magnetism

October 11

N5

ガレー

ガレー
galley
N4

釣る

つる
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract; to entice; to allure
N3

全く

まったく
really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly; indeed; good grief (expression of exasperation)
N2

風呂敷

ふろしき
wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
N1

自我

じが
self; the ego

October 10

N5

軽い

かるい、かろい
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); nimble; agile; non-serious; minor; unimportant; trivial; slight; small; gentle; soft; easy; simple; indiscriminate
N4

積もり

積り
つもり
intention; plan; conviction; belief
N3

真っ直ぐ

真っ直、真っすぐ、真直ぐ、真すぐ
まっすぐ
straight (ahead); direct; upright; erect; straightforward; honest; frank
N2

プログラム

プログラム
program; programme
N1

地方

じかた
person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance); person singing ballads (in noh); coast (esp. as seen from the water); shore; the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area

October 09

N5

借りる

v1
vt
かりる
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
N4

さい
one's wife
N3

真っ赤

真赤
まっか
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
N2

ブローチ

ブローチ
brooch
N1

自覚

じかく
self-consciousness; self-awareness

October 08

N5

たい
body; physique; posture; shape; form; style; substance; identity; reality; field; counter for humanoid forms (e.g. dolls, statues, corpses, etc.); typeface; type
N4

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
N3

まつ、マツ
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
N2

振る舞う

振舞う
ふるまう
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
N1

進路

しんろ
route; course; career, university choices; course (of future life)

October 07

N5

辛い

からい
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); strict; painful; bitter; difficult; tough
N4

続ける

v1
vt
つづける
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
N3

間違い

まちがい
mistake; error; blunder; accident; mishap; trouble; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
N2

フリント

フリント
flint
N1

診療

しんりょう
medical examination and treatment; diagnosis

October 06

N5

火曜日

かようび
Tuesday
N4

継ぐ

続ぐ、嗣ぐ、襲ぐ
つぐ
to succeed (someone in a business or inheritance)
N3

がい
.. street; .. quarter; .. district
N2

振り仮名

振りがな、振仮名
ふりがな
furigana; kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation
N1

侵略

侵掠
しんりゃく
aggression; invasion; raid

October 05

N5

カメラ

カメラ、キャメラ
camera
N4

伝える

v1
vt
つたえる
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach; to bequeath
N3

未だ

まだ、いまだ
as yet; hitherto; only; still; not yet (with negative verb); more; besides; unfinished; incomplete; not yet finished with
N2

フリー

フリー
free; freelance
N1

真理

しんり
truth

October 04

N5

かみ
paper
N4

都合

つごう
circumstances; condition; convenience; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money; in all; in total; all told
N3

亦、復
また
again; and; also; still (doing something)
N2

プラットホーム

プラットホーム、プラットフォーム
platform
N1

辛抱

辛棒
しんぼう
patience; endurance

October 03

N5

花瓶

花びん
かびん、はながめ、かへい
(flower) vase
N4

漬ける

浸ける
v1
vt
つける
to soak; to seep; to dip in; to pickle
N3

益々

増々、益益、増す増す、増増、益
adv
ますます
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
N2

プラスチック

プラスチック、プラスティック
plastic
N1

神秘

しんぴ
mystery; mysteriousness; secret

October 02

N5

下半

かはん
lower half
N4

付く

つく
to be attached; to be connected with; to adhere; to stick; to cling; to remain imprinted; to scar; to stain; to dye; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.); to take root; to accompany; to attend; to follow; to study with; to side with; to belong to; to possess; to haunt; to be lit; to be lighted; to be settled; to be resolved; to be decided; to be given (of a name, price, etc.); to be sensed; to be perceived; to be lucky; to become (a state, condition, etc.)
N3

貧しい

まずしい
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate
N2

ブラシ

ブラシ
brush; brushy
N1

審判

しんぱん、しんばん
refereeing; trial; judgement; judgment; umpire; referee

October 01

N5

かく
angle; square (or cube); bishop; Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
N4

捕まえる

捉まえる、掴まえる
v1
vt
つかまえる
to catch; to arrest; to seize
N3

先ず

adv
まず
first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now; hardly (with neg. verb)
N2

ぶら下げる

v1
vt
ぶらさげる
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
N1

信任

しんにん
trust; confidence; credence

September 30

N5

家庭

かてい
home; family; household
N4

地理

ちり
geography
N3

増す

ます
to increase; to grow
N2

ブラウス

ブラウス
blouse
N1

新入生

しんにゅうせい
new student; freshman; first-year student