NihongoDera - Daily Words

N5

子供

子ども、小供

こども

child; children

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N4

番組

ばんぐみ

program (e.g. TV); programme

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N3

物音

ものおと

sounds

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N2

撒く

まく

to scatter; to sprinkle; to strew; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off; to shake off; to lose

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N1

蒸留

蒸溜、蒸餾

じょうりゅう

distillation

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N5

言葉

詞、辞

ことば、けとば

language; dialect; word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark; speech; (manner of) speaking

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N4

払う

はらう

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches); to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention); to show (e.g. respect, concern); to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice); to expend; to exert; to move out (of one's own place); to vacate; to sweep (e.g. one's legs); to knock aside; to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy); to reset (an abacus)

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N3

者

しゃ

someone of that nature; someone doing that work

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N2

蒔く

播く

まく

to sow; to plant; to seed; to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)

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N1

上陸

じょうりく

landing; disembarkation; landfall

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N5

今年

ことし、こんねん

this year

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N4

林

はやし

woods; forest; copse; thicket; bunch; line (of something); collection

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N3

求める

もとめる

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job); to purchase; to buy

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N2

巻く

捲く

まく

to wind; to coil; to roll; to wear (e.g. turban, scarf); to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt; to link (verse); to move ahead (three hours, etc.); to move up

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N1

条約

じょうやく

treaty; pact

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N5

コップ

glass (i.e. drinking vessel); tumbler; cop (police officer)

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N4

花見

はなみ

cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing

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N3

基づく

基付く、基く

もとづく

to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from

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N2

マイナス

minus

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N1

譲歩

じょうほ

concession; conciliation; compromise

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N5

此方

こちら、こっち、こち

this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker); this direction; here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is); this one (something physically close to the speaker); I; me; we; us; this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status)

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N4

はっきり

clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain; to be exact; to become clear; to clear up

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N3

戻す

もどす

to put back; to return; to give back; to restore (to a previous state, e.g. defrosting, reconstituting, reconciling); to turn back (e.g. clock hand); to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

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N2

毎度

まいど

each time; thank you for your continued patronage

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N1

丈夫

じょうぶ

healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable

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N5

此方

こちら、こっち、こち

this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker); this direction; here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is); this one (something physically close to the speaker); I; me; we; us; this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status)

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N4

発音

はつおん

pronunciation

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N3

基

き

group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)

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N2

枚数

まいすう

the number of flat things; win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers

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N1

情熱

じょうねつ

passion; enthusiasm; zeal

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N5

答える

こたえる

to answer; to reply

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N4

恥ずかしい

羞ずかしい

はずかしい

shy; ashamed; embarrassed; disgraceful; shameful

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N3

元

げん

unknown (e.g. in an equation); element (of a set); yuan (monetary unit of China); Yuan dynasty (China)

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N2

まあまあ

so-so; now, now (used in calming people down); my, my (expression of wonder, surprise, etc.)

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N1

情勢

状勢

じょうせい

state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances

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N5

午前

ごぜん

morning; a.m.

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N4

ハズ

husband; hubby

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N3

最も

尤も

もっとも、もとも

most; extremely

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N2

本来

ほんらい

originally; primarily; essentially; naturally; by nature; in (and of) itself; proper; legal

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N1

上昇

じょうしょう

rising; ascending; climbing

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N5

九つ

９つ

ここのつ

nine

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N4

場所

ばしょ

place; location; spot; position; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

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N3

最も

尤も

もっとも、もとも

most; extremely

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N2

本部

ほんぶ

headquarters; head office; main office

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N1

情緒

じょうちょ、じょうしょ

emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit

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N5

九日

９日

ここのか、ここぬか

the ninth day of the month; nine days

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N4

始める

創める

はじめる

to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate; to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.); to start ...; to begin to ...

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N3

勿論

もちろん

of course; certainly; naturally

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N2

盆地

ぼんち

basin (e.g. between mountains)

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N1

上司

じょうし

superior authorities; boss

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N5

午後

午后

ごご

afternoon; p.m.

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N4

運ぶ

はこぶ

to carry; to transport; to move; to convey; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use; to go (well, etc.); to proceed; to progress

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N3

用いる

もちいる

to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

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N2

盆

ぼん

O-Bon; Bon Festival; Lantern Festival; Festival of the Dead; tray; family; household

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N1

上空

じょうくう

sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air

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N5

九

９、玖

きゅう、く、ここの、この、ここ

nine

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N4

歯医者

はいしゃ

dentist

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N3

持ち上げる

持上げる

もちあげる

to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky

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N2

ポロ

polo

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N1

乗客

じょうきゃく、じょうかく

passenger

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N5

珈琲

コーヒー、こーひー

coffee

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N4

拝見

拜見

はいけん

seeing; look at

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N3

若しも

もしも

if

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N2

彫る

雕る、鐫る

ほる、える

to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to chisel; to tattoo

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N1

城下

じょうか

land near the castle

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N5

コート

coat; court (i.e. tennis, basketball, etc.)

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N4

倍

ばい

twice; double; times; -fold

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N3

文字

もじ、もんじ

letter (of alphabet); character; literal

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N2

掘る

ほる

to dig; to excavate; to hollow; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex

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N1

上演

じょうえん

performance (e.g. music, theatre, opera); staging

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N5

声

聲

こえ

voice

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N4

場合

ばあい

case; situation

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N3

木曜日

もくようび

Thursday

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N2

堀

濠、壕

ほり

moat; fosse; canal; ditch

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N1

上位

じょうい

superior (in rank); top; ranking; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)

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N5

交番

こうばん

police box; small neighborhood police station; alternation; alternating (e.g. current)

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N4

葉

は

leaf

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N3

目印

目標、目じるし

めじるし

mark; sign; landmark; benchmark

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N2

解く

ほどく

to unfasten; to untie; to unwrap (e.g. parcel)

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N1

状

じょう

shape; state; letter; correspondence

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N5

紅茶

こうちゃ

black tea

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N4

乗り物

乗物

のりもの

vehicle

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N3

目的

もくてき

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

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N2

坊ちゃん

坊っちゃん

ぼっちゃん

son (of others); young master; green young man from a well-to-do family

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N1

嬢

娘

じょう

unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette

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N5

交差点

交叉点

こうさてん

crossing; intersection

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N4

乗り換える

乗り替える、乗りかえる

のりかえる

to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change one's mind; to move on to (e.g. a new love interest); to change methods; to change one's way of thinking

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N3

燃える

もえる

to burn; to get fired up

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N2

北極

ほっきょく

North Pole; the Arctic

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N1

尉

じょう

inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo period); (noh) old man; white ash (of charcoal)

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N5

公園

こうえん

(public) park

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N4

残る

遺る

のこる

to remain; to be left

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N3

毛布

もうふ

blanket

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N2

ポスター

ポスター、ポスタ

poster

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N1

畳

じょう

counter for tatami mats; measure of room size (in mat units)

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N5

五

ウー

five

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N4

眠る

睡る

ねむる、ねぶる

to sleep (not necessarily lying down); to die; to close one's eyes

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N3

申し訳

申しわけ、申訳、申し分け、申分け、申し訳け、申分

もうしわけ

apology; excuse

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N2

干す

乾す

ほす

to air; to dry; to desiccate; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc. (usu. in the passive)

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N1

情

じょう

feelings; emotion; sentiment; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection; love; the way things really are; the actual situation

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December 24

子供

子ども、小供

番組

物音

撒く

蒸留

蒸溜、蒸餾

December 23

言葉

詞、辞

払う

者

蒔く

播く

上陸

December 22

今年

林

求める

巻く

捲く

条約

December 21

コップ

花見

基づく

基付く、基く

マイナス

譲歩

December 20

此方

はっきり

戻す

毎度

丈夫

December 19

此方

発音

基

枚数

情熱

December 18

答える

恥ずかしい

羞ずかしい

元

まあまあ

情勢

状勢

December 17

午前

ハズ

最も

尤も

本来

上昇

December 16

九つ

９つ

場所

最も

尤も

本部

情緒

December 15

九日

９日

始める

創める

勿論

盆地

上司

December 14

午後

午后