NihongoDera - Daily Words

N5

昨日

きのう、さくじつ

yesterday

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N4

遠く

とおく

far away; distant; at a distance; distant place; by far

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見送り

みおくり

seeing one off; farewell; escort

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並行

平行、併行

へいこう

(going) side-by-side; abreast; concurrent; occurring together; at the same time; parallel

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N1

事前

じぜん

prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

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N5

切符

きっぷ

ticket

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N4

動物園

どうぶつえん

zoo; zoological gardens

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N3

実

じつ、じち

truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; fidelity; content; substance; (good) result

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N2

平気

へいき

coolness; calmness; composure; unconcern; all right; OK; okay

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N1

自信

じしん

self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

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N5

切れ手

切手

きれて

man of ability

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N4

どうどう

with a roaring sound (of water or wind); sound of feet stamping on the ground; whoa! (command used to stop or quieten down a horse, etc.)

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N3

躯

骸、身

むくろ

(dead) body; corpse

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N2

閉会

へいかい

closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)

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N1

辞職

じしょく

resignation

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N5

喫茶店

きっさてん、きっちゃてん

coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe

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N4

道具

どうぐ

tool; implement; instrument; utensil; apparatus; device; means

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N3

満足

滿足

まんぞく

satisfaction; contentment; complacency; sufficient; enough; adequate; proper

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N2

分類

ぶんるい

classification; categorization; sorting

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N1

自首

じしゅ

surrender; give oneself up

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N5

汚い

穢い、汚ない

きたない

dirty; filthy; foul; unclean; disordered; messy; untidy; poor (e.g. handwriting); indecent (language, etc.); dirty; vulgar; coarse; dastardly; mean; base; underhanded; stingy; greedy

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N4

都

と

metropolitan; municipal

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N3

万一

まんいち、ばんいち、まんいつ、ばんいつ

emergency; unlikely event; by some chance; by some possibility

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N2

分量

ぶんりょう

amount; quantity

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N1

自主

じしゅ

independence; autonomy

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N5

ギター

guitar

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N4

展覧会

てんらんかい

exhibition

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N3

回り

廻り

まわり

rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via; round; turn; size; 12-year period; 12-year age difference

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N2

文脈

ぶんみゃく

context

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N1

自在

じざい

freely; at will

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N5

北

きた

north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; north wind

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N4

電報

でんぽう

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N3

回す

廻す

まわす

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

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N2

文房具

ぶんぼうぐ

stationery

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N1

時差

じさ

time difference

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N5

聞く

聴く、訊く

きく

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance

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N4

電灯

電燈

でんとう

electric light

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N3

丸で

まるで

quite; entirely; completely; at all; as if; as though; just like

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N2

分布

ぶんぷ

distribution; dissemination; allocation

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N1

地獄

じごく

hell

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N5

消える

きえる

to go out; to vanish; to disappear

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N4

天気予報

てんきよほう

weather forecast; weather report

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N3

丸い

円い

まるい、まろい

round; circular; spherical; harmonious; calm

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N2

文体

ぶんたい

literary style

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N1

時刻表

じこくひょう

table; diagram; chart; timetable; schedule

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N5

黄色い

黄いろい

きいろい

yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill

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N4

店員

てんいん

shop assistant; employee; clerk; salesperson

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N3

丸

がん

fishball; meatball; pill

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N2

分数

ぶんすう

fraction

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N1

事項

じこう

matter; item; facts

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N5

黄色

きいろ、こうしょく、おうしょく

yellow; amber

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N4

点

ちょぼ、チョボ

dot; point; mark; gidayuu musicians (in kabuki)

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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

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N2

噴水

ふんすい

water fountain

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N1

自己

じこ

self; oneself

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N5

木

もく

Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)

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N4

寺

じ

counter for temples

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N3

豆

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

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N2

文献

ぶんけん

literature; books (reference); document

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N1

軸

じく

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

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N5

漢字

かんじ

Chinese characters; kanji

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N4

手袋

手ぶくろ

てぶくろ

glove; mitten; mitt

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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

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N2

文芸

文藝

ぶんげい

literature; art and literature; belles-lettres

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地形

ちけい、じぎょう

terrain; geographical features; topography

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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

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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

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真似

まね

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

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分解

ぶんかい

disassembly; dismantling; disaggregating; analysis; disintegrating; decomposing; degrading; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking

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事業

じぎょう、ことわざ

project; enterprise; business; industry; operations; venture; service; act; deed; conduct

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N5

川

河

かわ、がわ

river; stream; the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)

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適当

てきとう

suitable; proper; appropriate; adequate; fit; noncommittal; vague; equivocal; unserious; irresponsible

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N3

学ぶ

學ぶ

まなぶ

to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

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N2

噴火

ふんか

eruption

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N1

磁器

じき

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

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カレンダー

カレンダー、カレンダ

calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)

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丁寧

叮嚀

ていねい

polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough; conscientious

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祭

祭り

まつり

festival; feast

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N2

ぶわぶわ

spongy

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N1

磁気

じき

magnetism

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N5

ガレー

galley

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N4

釣る

つる

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

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N3

全く

まったく

really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly; indeed; good grief (expression of exasperation)

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N2

風呂敷

ふろしき

wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper

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N1

自我

じが

self; the ego

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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

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積もり

積り

つもり

intention; plan; conviction; belief

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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

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N2

プログラム

program; programme

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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

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借りる

かりる

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

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妻

さい

one's wife

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N3

真っ赤

真赤

まっか

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

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ブローチ

brooch

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N1

自覚

じかく

self-consciousness; self-awareness

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体

たい

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

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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

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N3

松

まつ、マツ

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

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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)

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N1

進路

しんろ

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

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October 27

昨日

遠く

見送り

並行

平行、併行

事前

October 26

切符

動物園

実

平気

自信

October 25

切れ手

切手

どうどう

躯

骸、身

閉会

辞職

October 24

喫茶店

道具

満足

滿足

分類

自首

October 23

汚い

穢い、汚ない

都

万一

分量

自主

October 22

ギター

展覧会

回り

廻り

文脈

自在

October 21

北

電報

回す

廻す

文房具

時差

October 20

聞く

聴く、訊く

電灯

電燈

丸で

分布

地獄

October 19

消える

天気予報

丸い

円い

文体

時刻表

October 18

黄色い

黄いろい

店員

丸

分数

事項

October 17

黄色

点

守る

護る、戍る