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Sep 20, 2025
N5
かげる
Definition
to darken, to get dark, to be clouded, to be obscured
Examples
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N4
Definition
blood, consanguinity
N3
マイク
Definition
mike, mic, microphone
N2
ふなびん
Definition
surface mail (ship), sea mail, ferry service, steamer service
N1
しんせい
Definition
holiness, sacredness, dignity

Daily Word History

September 19

N5

書く

かく
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
N4

男性

だんせい
man; male; masculine gender
N3
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
N2

物騒

ぶっそう
dangerous; disturbed; insecure
N1

心情

しんじょう
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart

September 18

N5

牡蠣

牡蛎、蠣、硴
かき、ぼれい、カキ
oyster; oyster shell
N4

足りる

v1
vi
たりる
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy; to be sufficient; to answer; to do
N3

ぼんやり

ぼんやり
dimly; faintly; indistinctly; vaguely; absentmindedly; vacantly; carelessly; idly; aimlessly; absence of mind; fool; blockhead; dunce
N2

打付ける

打っ付ける
v1
vt
ぶつける、ぶっつける、ぶちつける
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to crash into; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
N1

心中

しんじゅう、しんぢゅう
double suicide; lovers suicide

September 17

N5

がかる

がかる
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
N4

to do (literary form of suru)
N3

本物

ほんもの
genuine article; real thing; real deal
N2

打つかる

ぶつかる
to strike against; to collide with; to bump into; to conflict; to encounter; to meet; to clash
N1

真珠

しんじゅ
pearl

September 16

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
N4

偶に

適に
たまに
occasionally; once in a while
N3

本人

ほんにん
the person himself
N2

不通

ふつう
suspension; interruption; stoppage; tie-up; cessation
N1

信者

しんじゃ
believer; adherent; devotee

September 15

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
N4

楽しむ

愉しむ、楽む
v5m
たのしむ
to enjoy (oneself)
N3

本当

本當
ほんとう、ほんと
truth; reality; actuality; fact; proper; right; correct; official; genuine; authentic; natural; veritable
N2

ふた、がい、フタ
cover; lid; cap
N1

進出

しんしゅつ
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging

September 14

N5

買う

かう
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
N4

楽しみ

愉しみ
たのしみ
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby; anticipation; looking forward to
N3

ごう
moat; fosse; trench; ditch; underground air-raid shelter; dugout
N2

付属

附属
ふぞく
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed; associated; subordinate; incidental; dependent; auxiliary
N1

紳士

しんし
gentleman

September 13

N5

買い物

買物
かいもの
shopping; purchased goods
N4

たな
shelf; shelves; ledge; rack; trellis
N3

褒める

誉める、賞める、称める
v1
vt
ほめる
to praise; to admire; to speak well
N2

あお
everyday garment worn by men in ancient Japan
N1

審査

しんさ
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review

September 12

N5

階段

かいだん
stairs; stairway; staircase
N4

例えば

adv
たとえば
for example; e.g.
N3

微笑む

頬笑む、ほほ笑む
ほほえむ
to smile
N2

部首

ぶしゅ
radical (of a kanji character)
N1

新婚

しんこん
newly-wed

September 11

N5

会社

かいしゃ
company; corporation; workplace
N4

建てる

v1
vt
たてる
to build; to construct
N3

ぼぼ

ぼぼ、ボボ
pussy (i.e. female genitals); sexual intercourse
N2

武士

武夫
ぶし、ぶふ、もののふ
warrior; samurai
N1

申告

しんこく
report; statement; filing a return; notification

September 10

N5

外国人

がいこくじん
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
N4

立てる

たてる
to stand up; to put up; to set up; to erect; to raise; to thrust into; to bury into; to dig into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to raise (a cloud of dust, etc.); to cause; to make; to establish; to set up; to develop; to formulate; to put up (a political candidate); to make (one's leader); to treat with respect; to give (someone) their due; to make (someone) look good; to avoid embarrassing (someone); to sharpen; to make clear; to shut; to close; to make tea (macha); to perform the tea ceremony; to divide by; to do ... vigorously
N3

ほお、ほほ
cheek (of face)
N2

無沙汰

不沙汰
ぶさた
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.); failing to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
N1

振興

しんこう
promotion; encouragement

September 09

N5

外国

がいこく、そとぐに
foreign country
N4

ctr
じょう
counter for tatami mats; measure of room size (in mat units)
N3

suf
えん
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
N2

塞げる

v1
vt
ふさげる
to close up; to block up; to fill; to cover
N1

新興

しんこう
rising; developing; emergent

September 08

N5

女の子

めのこ
woman; girl
N4

正しい

ただしい
right; correct; proper; righteous; just; honest; truthful; lawful
N3

こつ、コツ
knack; skill; trick; secret; know-how; the ropes; hang
N2

塞く

堰く
せく
to dam (up) (stream)
N1

進行

しんこう
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc); advancement; progress; progress (of a disease); disease progression; progression (harmonic, melodic)

September 07

N5

女、妻、牝
female; woman; wife
N4

尋ねる

訊ねる
v1
vt
たずねる
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate
N3

ふつ
France
N2

塞がる

壅がる
ふさがる、ふたがる
to be closed; to be blocked; to be healed (e.g. wound); to be shut up; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
N1

審議

しんぎ
deliberation

September 06

N5

音楽

おんがく
music; musical movement
N4

訪ねる

v1
vt
たずねる
to visit
N3

歩道

ほどう
footpath; walkway; sidewalk
N2

夫妻

ふさい
man and wife; married couple
N1

殿

しんがり
rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)

September 05

N5

終わる

終る、了わる、卒わる、畢わる、竟わる
おわる
to finish; to end; to close
N4

足す

たす
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
N3

ほど
degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit
N2

符号

ふごう
sign; mark; symbol; code; sign (e.g. positive, negative)
N1

進化

しんか
evolution; progress

September 04

N5

降りる

下りる
v1
vi
おりる
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount; to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit; to be granted; to be issued; to be given; to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.); to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)
N4

確か

確、慥か
たしか
sure; certain; positive; definite; reliable; trustworthy; safe; sound; firm; accurate; correct; exact; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly; If I remember rightly
N3

保存

ほぞん
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk); maintenance
N2

更ける

深ける
v1
vi
ふける
to get late; to advance; to wear on
N1
しん
new; neo-; Gregorian calendar; Xin (dynasty of China)

September 03

N5

泳ぐ

游ぐ
およぐ
to swim
N4

だから

だから
so; therefore
N3

保証

保障
ほしょう
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
N2

不潔

ふけつ
unclean; dirty; filthy; impure
N1

しぼ、さび
bumpy texture of a material (esp. woven fabric); creases in an eboshi hat

September 02

N5

面白い

おもしろい
interesting; amusing
N4

倒れる

斃れる、仆れる、殪れる
v1
vi
たおれる
to fall; to collapse; to drop; to fall senseless; to be forced to bed (by illness, etc.); to die; to go bankrupt; to be ruined; to have a bad debt; to be defeated (in a game); to fall (of governments, dictators, etc.)
N3

ほこり、ホコリ、あい
dust; one ten-billionth
N2

膨らむ

脹らむ
ふくらむ
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
N1

world; society; age; generation

September 01

N5

重い

おもい
heavy; weighty; massive; heavy (feeling); depressed; gloomy; blue; uneasy; slow; sluggish; lumbering; ponderous; clumsy; important; serious; grave; serious; severe; critical; solid; established; dignified; sensible
N4

台風

颱風
たいふう
typhoon; hurricane
N3

誇り

ほこり
pride; boast
N2

膨らます

ふくらます
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
N1

指令

しれい
orders; instructions; directive; command

August 31

N5

お巡りさん

御巡りさん
おまわりさん
police officer
N4

大分

adv
だいぶ、だいぶん
considerably; greatly; a lot
N3
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
N2

含める

v1
vt
ふくめる
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth; to permeate with flavor
N1

記す

誌す、識す
v5s
しるす、きす
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember