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あ ず き 3
noun
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
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ひ と す じ 2
noun
1. one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke)  (see also: 一条・いちじょう)
2. a single bloodline
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え び す 1 え び す 0
noun
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce  (see also: 七福神)
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つ ば き 3
Most common form: ツバキ
noun
1. common camellia; Camellia japonica  (often written with kana only)
2. tea produced in the mountains
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よ ふ か し 2
Most common form: 夜ふかし
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk; night owl
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み は ら し 0
noun
view; prospect; outlook
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し き ぶ と ん 3
Most common form: 敷蒲団
noun
(Japanese) mattress; underquilt; futon laid on the floor; sleeping mat  (opposite: 掛蒲団)
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お っ し ゃ る 3
irregular godan verb 'aru', transitive verb
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk  (often written with kana only; honorific)
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う ち あ げ 0
noun
1. launching; launch
2. end (of a theatrical run, etc.)
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そ が い 0
Most common form: 阻碍
obstruction; inhibition
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お か ず 0
noun
1. side dish; okazu; side dish (meat, fish, pickles, etc.) accompanying the rice in a typical Japanese meal  (often written with kana only)
2. food for thought (esp. in the context of conversation, or material for assisting arousal during masturbation)  (sometimes オガズ; often written with kana only; this meaning is restricted to reading おかず, オカズ)
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こ こ ろ が け 0 こ こ ろ が け 5
noun
intention; attention; dedication; care; prudence; readiness; mental attitude
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み し ら ぬ 0
strange; unfamiliar; unknown
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あ さ ご は ん 3
Most common form: 朝ごはん
noun
breakfast
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の ん き 1
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky; easygoing; thoughtless  (often written with kana only)
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ね ま き 0
Most common form: 寝巻
noun
sleep-wear; nightclothes; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown; nightdress  (see also: 寝衣)
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て す り 3
Most common form: 手摺り
noun
handrail; railing; banister
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に せ も の 0
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
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い い か え る 4
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
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わ り こ む 3
Most common form: 割込む
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
to cut in; to thrust oneself into; to wedge oneself in; to muscle in on; to interrupt; to disturb
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け い し ち ょ う 3
noun
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
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ア イ 1
noun
1. dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)  (often written with kana only)
2. indigo (dye)  (see also: インジゴ)
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う ま れ つ き 0
Most common form: 生れ付き
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), 'no' adjective, noun
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
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く ら 2
Most common form: 倉
noun
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown; depository; treasury; elevator
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お ま も り 0
Most common form: 御守り
noun
charm; amulet
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ね ん し ゅ う 0
Most common form: 年収
noun
annual income
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ツ ッ コ ミ 0
Most common form: 突込み
noun
1. penetration; digging into something
2. (in comedy) straight man; retort; quip  (see also: 惚け; often written with kana only)
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わ た し た ち 3
we; us
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ま る み 0
Most common form: 丸み
noun
1. roundness; rotundity
2. mellowness; maturity
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お き あ が る 0 お き あ が る 4
Most common form: 起きあがる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to rise; to erect; to get up
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り ょ ひ 0
Most common form: 旅費
noun
travel expenses
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お い つ く 3
Most common form: 追いつく
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to overtake; to catch up (with)
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お し ま い 0
noun
1. the end; closing; being done for  (see also: 仕舞い; often written with kana only; polite (teineigo) language)
expression
2. That's it; That's enough; That's all  (often written with kana only)
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げ き ど う 0
Most common form: 激動
terrible shock; agitation; upheaval
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し い れ 0
Most common form: 仕入れ
noun
stocking; buying up
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Most common form: 変わらない
constant; invariant
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ぎ
ぎ 1
Most common form: 儀
noun
1. ceremony
2. matter; affair
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ば い た い 0
noun
media; medium
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す が お 1
Most common form: 素顔
1. face with no make-up; unpainted face
2. honesty; frankness
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ゆ え に 2
conjunction
therefore; consequently  (often written with kana only)
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う り あ げ だ か 4
Most common form: 売り上げ高
noun
sales; amount sold; proceeds
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は と 1
noun
pigeon; dove
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よ ち 1
Most common form: 予知
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
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よ か 1
Most common form: 余暇
leisure; leisure time; spare time
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が っ か い 0
Most common form: 学界
noun
academic world; academia; academic circles; scientific world; learned circles
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す く な か ら ず 4 す く な か ら ず 5
Most common form: 少なからず
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
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い く さ 3 い く さ 0
Most common form: 戦
noun
1. war; battle; campaign; fight
2. troops; forces  (archaic)
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う け と り 0
noun
receiving; receipt
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し せ つ 1 し せ つ 2
Most common form: 使節
envoy; embassy; mission; delegate
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て が か り 2
Most common form: 手がかり
noun
1. clue; key; trail; scent; track; contact
2. handhold; on hand
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の う り つ 0
Most common form: 能率
noun
1. efficiency
2. moment (i.e. magnetic moment)  (see also: モーメント)
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ぐ た い て き 0
Most common form: 具体的
concrete; tangible; definite; specific
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ひ び き 3
noun
1. echo; reverberation
2. sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise
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こ ん だ て 0 こ ん だ て 4 こ ん だ て 3
Most common form: 献立
noun
1. menu; bill of fare
2. program; programme; schedule
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た う え 3
Most common form: 田植え
noun
rice planting
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ひ こ う 0
Most common form: 非行
delinquency; misconduct
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や き に く 0
Most common form: 焼肉
noun
1. yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue  (food term)
2. roasted meat; grill  (food term)
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み え 0 み え 1
Most common form: 見栄
noun
1. airs; pretensions; show; ostentation; display; appearance; vanity; charm  (see also: 見栄を張る:みえをはる; only applies to 見栄 and 見え)
2. pose (in kabuki); posture  (usually 見得)
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い っ て 1
Most common form: 一手
noun
move (in game); method; single-handed; monopoly
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Most common form: 変わった
noun or verb acting prenominally
another; different; various; particular; unusual; novel; peculiar  (see also: 変わる)
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み う ち 0
Most common form: 身内
noun
1. relatives; one's family
2. friends; members of the same organization
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び て き 0
esthetic; aesthetic
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だ い た い 0
Most common form: 大隊
noun
battalion
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し も ん 0
Most common form: 諮問
consultation; question; enquiry; inquiry
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つ う さ ん し ょ う 3
Most common form: 通産省
noun
(former) Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry); MITI
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ね っ き 0
Most common form: 熱気
noun
heat; hot air; enthusiasm
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わ が く に 1
Most common form: 我が国
expression, noun
our country; our land; one's own country
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う は 1
Most common form: 右派
right wing  (opposite: 左派)
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だ つ ぜ い 0
Most common form: 脱税
tax evasion
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つ う は ん 0 つ う は ん 1
Most common form: 通販
mail order; online shopping; e-commerce  (see also: 通信販売; abbreviation)
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ま も り 3
Most common form: 守り
noun
1. protection; defense; defence
2. providence
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う さ ぎ 0
noun
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)  (often written with kana only)
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で か た 0
Most common form: 出方
noun
1. attitude; move
2. theater usher; theatre usher
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ふ へ ん 0
Most common form: 不変
eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; immutable; immovable; constant; permanent; indestructible  (opposite: 可変)
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ふ び 1
Most common form: 不備
1. defect; deficiency; imperfection; inadequacy  (opposite: 完備)
noun
2. Yours in haste  (valediction of a letter)
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て い せ ん 0
Most common form: 停戦
armistice; ceasefire
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け ん お 1
Most common form: 嫌悪
disgust; hate; repugnance
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お と し だ ま 0
Most common form: お年玉
noun
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)  (see also: 年玉)
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の う が く 0
Most common form: 能楽
noun
noh play
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き き ょ う 0
Most common form: 帰京
1. returning to Tokyo
2. returning to the capital  (orig. meaning)
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さ し ず 1
Most common form: 指図
instruction; mandate; directions
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に か よ う 3
Most common form: 似通う
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
to resemble closely
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て っ す る 0 て っ す る 3
Most common form: 徹する
suru verb - special class
1. to penetrate; to sink in
2. to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively
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よ こ が お 0
Most common form: 横顔
noun
face in profile; profile; face seen from the side
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け ん き ゅ う し ょ 5 け ん き ゅ う し ょ 0
Most common form: 研究所
noun
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
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は き け 3
Most common form: 吐きけ
noun
nausea; sickness in the stomach
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し ゅ う 1
noun
1. great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses  (opposite: 寡)
noun, noun (suffix)
2. people; folk; clique; bunch  (honorific; familiar language)
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き り つ 0
Most common form: 起立
standing up
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ひ ゃ っ か じ て ん 4
Most common form: 百科辞典
noun
encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
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な つ ば 0
Most common form: 夏場
noun
summertime
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き れ つ 0
Most common form: 亀裂
noun
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
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よ び か け る 4
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to call out to; to accost; to address (crowd); to appeal
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し ゅ う が く り ょ こ う 5
Most common form: 修学旅行
noun
excursion; field trip; school trip
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だ い き ぼ 3
Most common form: 大規模
large-scale
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と う げ い 0
Most common form: 陶芸
noun
ceramic art; ceramics
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し い る 2
Most common form: 強いる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to force; to compel; to coerce
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け ん し ょ う 0
Most common form: 憲章
noun
charter
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こ ん だ ん 0
Most common form: 懇談
informal talk
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か し つ け 0
Most common form: 貸付
loan
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