N3: 1-100

都合

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

合併

合併 がっぺい combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; merger; coalition; fusion; annexation; affiliation; incorporation

合戦

合戦 かっせん battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest

合う

合う あう to come together; to merge; to unite; to meet; to fit; to match; to suit; to agree with; to be correct; to be profitable; to be equitable; to do ... to each other; to do ... together

場合

場合 ばあい case; situation

全部

全部 ぜんぶ all; entire; whole; altogether

彼岸

彼岸 ひがん equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana

彼ら

彼ら かれら they (usually male); them

内容

内容 ないよう subject; contents; matter; substance; detail; import

境内

境内 けいだい grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts

内側

内側 うちがわ inside; interior; inner part

事実

事実 じじつ fact; truth; reality

実際

実際 じっさい practicality; practical; reality; actuality; actual conditions; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

実

実 み fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance

実る

実る みのる to bear fruit; to ripen

本当

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

当たり

当たり あたり hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation; touch; bruise (on fruit); bite (of a fish on a hook); strike; per; each

手当

手当 てあて salary; pay; compensation; allowance (e.g. housing allowance); benefit; bonus; medical care; treatment; advance preparation

戦争

戦争 せんそう war

戦

戦 いくさ war; battle; campaign; fight; troops; forces

戦い

戦い たたかい battle; fight; struggle; conflict

女性

女性 じょせい woman; female; feminine gender

性分

性分 しょうぶん nature; disposition

根性

根性 こんじょう will-power; guts; temper; nature; spirit

反対

反対 はんたい opposition; resistance; antagonism; hostility; objection; dissension; reverse; opposite; vice versa; contrast

一対

一対 いっつい pair; couple

関係

関係 かんけい relation; relationship; connection; participation; involvement; concern; influence; effect; sexual relations; sexual relationship;.

関

関 せき barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life

関わる

関わる かかわる to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

大関

大関 おおぜき ōzeki (second highest rank in sumo)

感情

感情 かんじょう emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment

予定

予定 よてい plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation; estimate

勘定

勘定 かんじょう calculation; computation; counting; reckoning; count; bill; check; account; payment (of a bill); settlement (of an account); consideration; allowance

定める

定める さだめる to decide; to establish; to determine

政治

政治 せいじ politics; government

政

政 まつりごと rule; government

取材

取材 しゅざい news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview

取る

取る とる to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove

取引

取引 とりひき transactions; dealings; business

日取り

日取り ひどり fixed date; appointed day

頭取

頭取 とうどり (bank) president; greenroom manager (in a theater)

近所

近所 きんじょ neighbourhood; neighborhood

所

所 ところ place; spot; scene; site; address; district; area; locality; one's house; point; part; space; room; thing; matter; whereupon;

現在

現在 げんざい now; current; present; present time; as of

現す

現す あらわす to represent; to signify; to stand for; to reveal; to show; to display; to express; to make widely known

最後

最後 さいご last; end; conclusion; latest; most recent; no sooner than; right after (often having negative consequences); one's final moments

最も

最も もっとも most; extremely

最寄り

最寄り もより nearest; neighbouring; neighboring; nearby

化粧

化粧 けしょう make-up; makeup; cosmetics

化ける

化ける ばける to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to turn oneself into; to transform oneself into; to disguise oneself as; to change radically;

市民

市民 しみん citizen; citizenry; public; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class

民

民 たみ nation; people

相談

相談 そうだん consultation; discussion

首相

首相 しゅしょう Prime Minister; Chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); Premier

相手

相手 あいて companion; partner; company; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)

相撲

相撲 すもう sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi

憲法

憲法 けんぽう constitution

全て

全て すべて everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly; all

全く

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

情報

情報 じょうほう information; news; intelligence; advices; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.

方向

方向 ほうこう direction; orientation; bearing; way; course (e.g. of action)

向こう

向こう むこう opposite side; other side; opposite direction; over there; that way; far away; beyond; the other party; the other person; future (starting now)

日向

日向 ひなた sunny place; in the sun

平均

平均 へいきん average; mean; balance; equilibrium

平等

平等 びょうどう equality; impartiality; evenness

平仮名

平仮名 ひらがな hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)

平ら

平ら たいら flatness; level; smooth; calm; plain; sitting tailor fashion

成長

成長 せいちょう growth; grow to adulthood

成就

成就 じょうじゅ fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion

成り立つ

成り立つ なりたつ to consist of; to be made up of; to be composed of; to be practical (logical, feasible, viable); to be concluded; to hold true

経済

経済 けいざい economics; business; finance; economy

写経

写経 しゃきょう hand-copied sutras; copying of a sutra

経る

経る へる to pass; to elapse; to go by; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through; to undergo

経つ

経つ たつ to pass; to lapse

経緯

経緯 いきさつ details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances; how it started; how things got this way; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof

信頼

信頼 しんらい reliance; trust; faith; confidence

場面

場面 ばめん scene; setting (e.g. of novel); situation

面白い

面白い おもしろい interesting; fascinating; intriguing; enthralling; amusing; funny; comical; pleasant; enjoyable; agreeable; fun

面

面 つら face; mug; surface; surrounding area; cheek; cheeks

面

面 おもて face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)

連絡

連絡 れんらく to contact; to get in touch; contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message; connection; coordination; junction; intercalary; intercalaris; internuncial

連れ

連れ つれ companion; company

連なる

連なる つらなる to extend; to stretch out; to stand in a row; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to join

原因

原因 げんいん cause; origin; source

野原

野原 のはら field

松原

松原 まつばら pine grove

河原

河原 かわら dry river bed; river beach

顔面

顔面 がんめん face (of person)

顔

顔 かお face; visage; look; expression; countenance; honor; honour; face; influence; notoriety

笑顔

笑顔 えがお smiling face; smile

機会

機会 きかい chance; opportunity

機

機 はた loom

次回

次回 じかい next time (occasion)

次第

次第 しだい dependent upon; as soon as; immediately (upon); circumstances; order; precedence; program; programme; agenda

次々

次々 つぎつぎ in succession; one by one

次ぐ

次ぐ つぐ to rank next to; to come after

数字

数字 すうじ numeral; figure; digit; numeric character

人数

人数 にんずう the number of people; many people; a large number of people

数寄

数寄 すき refined taste; elegant pursuits

数

数 かず number; amount

数える

数える かぞえる to count; to enumerate

美人

美人 びじん beautiful woman

美しい

美しい うつくしい beautiful; lovely

今回

今回 こんかい now; this time; lately

回向

回向 えこう Buddhist memorial service; prayers for the repose of the soul

回す

回す 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

代表

代表 だいひょう representative; representation; delegation; type; example; model

発表

発表 はっぴょう announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known; breaking (news story); expressing (one's opinion); releasing; unveiling

表

表 おもて surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior;

表す

表す あらわす to represent; to signify; to stand for; to reveal; to show; to display; to express; to make widely known

音声

音声 おんせい voice; (the concept of) sound

声

声 こえ voice

歌声

歌声 うたごえ singing voice; (sound of) singing

声色

声色 こわいろ tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice

電報

電報 でんぽう telegram

報いる

報いる むくいる to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge; to reciprocate (feelings)

必要

必要 ひつよう necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

要

要 かなめ pivot; vital point; cornerstone; keystone; Japanese photinia

要る

要る いる to need; to want

大変

大変 たいへん very; greatly; immense; enormous; great; serious; grave; dreadful; terrible; difficult; hard; major incident; disaster

一変

一変 いっぺん complete change; about-face

変わる

変わる かわる to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual

精神

精神 せいしん mind; soul; heart; spirit; intention

神様

神様 かみさま God

神主

神主 かんぬし Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon

記す

記す しるす to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

平和

平和 へいわ peace; harmony

和尚

和尚 おしょう preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest

和らぐ

和らぐ やわらぐ to soften; to calm down; to be mitigated

和む

和む なごむ to be softened; to calm down

大和

大和 やまと Yamato; ancient province corresponding to modern-day Nara Prefecture; (ancient) Japan; Japanese

引退

引退 いんたい retire

引っ越す

引っ越す ひっこす to move (house); to change residence

値引き

値引き ねびき price reduction; discount

割引

割引 わりびき discount; reduction; rebate; (after a number) tenths discounted; tenths reduced

治療

治療 ちりょう medical treatment; cure

治る

治る なおる to be cured; to get well; to be healed; to get mended; to be repaired; to be fixed

治まる

治まる おさまる to be at peace; to clamp down; to lessen (storm, terror, anger)

決定

決定 けってい decision; determination

解決

解決 かいけつ settlement; solution; resolution

決める

決める きめる to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match);

太陽

太陽 たいよう sun; solar

丸太

丸太 まるた log

太い

太い ふとい fat; thick; deep (of a voice); daring; shameless; brazen; lucky (billiards)

見込み

見込み みこみ hope; promise; possibility; chance; probability; likelihood; expectation; anticipation; forecast; estimate; side of a structural member

人込み

人込み ひとごみ crowd of people

受験

受験 じゅけん taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)

受ける

受ける うける to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence); to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge);

受付

受付 うけつけ reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance

解く

解く とく to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo; to unbind; to unpack; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to answer; to dispel

市場

市場 いちば (town) market; (the) marketplace

期間

期間 きかん period; term; interval

最期

最期 さいご one's last moment; one's time of death

同様

同様 どうよう identical; equal to; same (kind); like; similarity

生活

生活 せいかつ living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

活発

活発 かっぱつ vigor; vigour; active; lively

先頭

先頭 せんとう head; lead; vanguard; first

頭痛

頭痛 ずつう headache

音頭

音頭 おんど leading a group of people; someone who leads others into a song by singing the leading notes; workmen's songs; marching songs

頭

頭 あたま head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; intellect; leader; chief; boss; captain; top; tip; beginning; start; head; person; top structural component of a kanji

頭文字

頭文字 かしらもじ initials; initialism; first letter of a word; acronym; capital letter

筆頭

筆頭 ふでがしら brush tip; first on a list; head; chief

組織

組織 そしき organization; organisation; structure; construction; tissue; system

組合

組合 くみあい association; union; guild

組む

組む くむ to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to assemble; to produce (e.g. TV program); to braid; to plait; to grapple; to wrestle;

番組

番組 ばんぐみ program (e.g. TV); programme

枠組み

枠組み わくぐみ frame; framework

指導

指導 しどう leadership; guidance; coaching; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)

指

指 ゆび finger; toe; digit

目指す

目指す めざす to aim at; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

指す

指す さす to point; to nominate; to select someone; to specify some person; to identify; to indicate; to point out; to play; to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance)

説得

説得 せっとく persuasion

演説

演説 えんぜつ speech; address

遊説

遊説 ゆうぜい election tour; election campaign; stumping

説く

説く とく to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade

紅葉

紅葉 こうよう autumn colours; fall colors; leaves changing color (colour); leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves;

葉

葉 は leaf

交流

交流 こうりゅう (cultural) exchange; interchange; interaction; (inter-) mingling; (social, etc.) networking; intercourse; alternating current; AC

流布

流布 るふ circulation; dissemination

流れ

流れ ながれ stream; current; flow; course of events

天然

天然 てんねん nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

最初

最初 さいしょ beginning; outset; first; onset

初

初 はつ first; new

初陣

初陣 ういじん first campaign; one's first battle

初めて

初めて はじめて for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you...

在りし日

在りし日 ありしひ days of yore; the olden days; during one's lifetime

調査

調査 ちょうさ investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

調べ

調べ しらべ investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody

調う

調う ととのう to be ready; to be prepared; to be arranged; to be in order; to be put in order; to be well-ordered; to be well-proportioned; to be harmonious;

微笑

微笑 びしょう smile

笑う

笑う わらう to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

微笑む

微笑む ほほえむ to smile

会議

会議 かいぎ meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention; congress

直接

直接 ちょくせつ direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

直径

直径 ちょっけい diameter

正直

正直 しょうじき honesty; integrity; frankness; honestly; frankly

直す

直す なおす to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to repair; to do over again (after -masu base of verb); to replace; to put back as it was; to convert (into a different state); to transform

直ちに

直ちに ただちに at once; immediately; directly; in person; automatically

夫婦

夫婦 ふうふ married couple; spouses; husband and wife; couple; pair; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

大丈夫

大丈夫 だいじょうぶ safe; all right; alright; OK; okay; sure; certainly; surely; undoubtedly; great man; fine figure of a man

夫人

夫人 ふじん wife; Mrs; madam; wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); consort of the emperor

夫

夫 おっと husband

選ぶ

選ぶ えらぶ to choose; to select

権利

権利 けんり right; privilege

権化

権化 ごんげ incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification

利用

利用 りよう use; utilization; utilisation; application

利く

利く きく to be effective; to show effect; to do its work; to carry out its function well; to be possible to use

制度

制度 せいど system; institution; organization; organisation

連続

連続 れんぞく serial; consecutive; continuity; occurring in succession; continuing

続行

続行 ぞっこう continuation; continuance; going on; resuming

手続き

手続き てつづき procedure; (legal) process; formalities

石油

石油 せきゆ oil; petroleum; kerosene

石鹸

石鹸 せっけん soap

磁石

磁石 じしゃく magnet; compass

石

石 いし stone; gem; jewel

進学

進学 しんがく entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university

精進

精進 しょうじん concentration; diligence; devotion; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet

進む

進む すすむ to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen; to heighten; to be fast (of a clock); to be ahead; to do of one's own free will

伝統

伝統 でんとう tradition; convention

手伝い

手伝い てつだい helper; assistant; help

伝わる

伝わる つたわる to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

参加

参加 さんか participation

加える

加える くわえる to add; to add up; to sum up; to append; to annex; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to pick up; to include; to count in; to let join; to inflict (damage); to deal; to give

援助

援助 えんじょ assistance; aid; support

助太刀

助太刀 すけだち assistance (in a fight); seconds (in a fight)

助ける

助ける たすける to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute (financially); to facilitate; to stimulate

大助かり

大助かり おおだすかり great help

点

点 てん spot; mark; point; dot; mark (e.g. in exam); score; points; comma; aspect; matter; respect; counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.

産業

産業 さんぎょう industry; livelihood; occupation

産む

産む うむ to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to; to deliver

事務

事務 じむ business; office work; administration

務める

務める つとめる to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in); to serve (as); to act (as); to fill (the position of); to play the role (of); to conduct a religious service

事件

事件 じけん event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal

生命

生命 せいめい life; existence

寿命

寿命 じゅみょう life span

命

命 いのち life; life force; lifetime; paired tattoos of the "life" kanji on the upper arms of a man and woman (indicating unwavering love); fate; destiny; karma

墜落

墜落 ついらく falling; crashing

落下

落下 らっか fall; drop; come down

落とす

落とす おとす to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove

付近

付近 ふきん neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching

添付

添付 てんぷ attachment (e.g. email); appendix (e.g. of a report, document, etc); annex; appendage; annexure

気付く

気付く きづく to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize; to realise

付き合い

付き合い つきあい association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

日付

日付 ひづけ date; dating

得意

得意 とくい triumph; prosperity; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; one's specialty; frequent customer (client, etc.)

得る

得る える to get; to earn; to acquire; to procure; to gain; to secure; to attain; to obtain; to win; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable

格好

格好 かっこう shape; form; figure; posture; pose; appearance; state; situation; suitable; fit; reasonable; about

好む

好む このむ to like; to prefer

大好き

大好き だいすき loveable; very likeable; like very much

違反

違反 いはん violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement; contravention

違い

違い ちがい difference; discrepancy

自殺

自殺 じさつ suicide

相殺

相殺 そうさい offsetting each other; plus and minus equal zero; counterbalancing; set-off; setoff

殺生

殺生 せっしょう killing; destruction of life; barbarous; callous; brutal; cruel

殺す

殺す ころす to kill

位置

位置 いち place; situation; position; location

置く

置く おく to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position);

物置

物置 ものおき storage room; storeroom; lumber room

返事

返事 へんじ reply; answer; response

返す

返す 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

宙返り

宙返り ちゅうがえり somersault; looping-the-loop

議論

議論 ぎろん argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

際立つ

際立つ きわだつ to be prominent; to be conspicuous

窓際

窓際 まどぎわ (at the) window

歳暮

歳暮 せいぼ year-end gift; end of the year; year end

万歳

万歳 ばんざい crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture); something worthy of celebration; giving up; long time; eternal life (and prosperity);

歳月

歳月 さいげつ time; years

反る

反る そる to warp; to be warped; to curve; to be curved; to be arched; to bend; to be bent; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)

形式

形式 けいしき form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; style; format; mode; appearance; form (something takes); math expression

人形

人形 にんぎょう doll; puppet; figure

形

形 かたち form; shape; figure; visage

山形

山形 やまがた mountain-shape; chevron; cone