犬

犬吠

the barking of a dog, or the sound thereof


西

Second grade kyōiku kanji (romanization)

kanji used to transliterate foreign languages


馬

牛馬

a small breed of horse, extinct since 1947


秋

春夏秋冬

春夏秋冬 しゅんかしゅうとう

春夏秋冬

春夏秋冬 はるなつあきふゆ


愛

Fourth grade kyōiku kanji (romanization)


間

Alternative spelling of 閑 (kan, “free time”)


悪

(あく) evil; bad; disagreeable; unpleasant


魔

Kyūjitai Ryakuji Shinjitai Tōkyō phono-semantic


億

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伝

Simplified from 傳 (專 → 云). Compare 転 from 轉.


一

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闘

Japanese Simplified from 鬪 (鬥 → 門), itself a simplified variant of 鬭, ultimately Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声), with semantic 鬥 (“fight”) (unrelated to 門).
Phonetic is originally 斲 but this is graphically simplified to 𭔰; compare 尌, which is similar.


六

六穴

the six hole of the human body, which are the mouth, eye, ear, nose, anus, and genital


九

九牛一毛

nine cows one hair (a drop in the ocean)


造

Japanese_language Kyūjitai Shinjitai Tōkyō Ōsaka


五

五節句

the five seasonal festivals of the Japanese calendar

五経

(Confucianism) Four Books and Five Classics

五人組

Five Households (Edo era civil defence units)

五稜郭

Goryōkaku, a star-shaped fort in Hakodate


三

三猿

see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil; three monkeys

三大都市

three major cities (usu. Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya)


森

杜

less common; specific to the shrine grove sense


円

Japanese simplification of 圓, via a simplified character similar to 𠮚.
Specifically, starting in the beginning of the Meiji period, the 員 in the middle of the character was abbreviated to 丨 in handwriting. As time went on, the bottom stroke of 囗 gradually rose, until by the time of the adoption of the shinjitai characters, it had reached or even surpassed the box's centre.


北

北斗七星

the Big Dipper; northern ladel of seven stars


並

something medium, average, common, ordinary


伸

伸 (canonical)
伸 (canonical)
Noburu (romanization)


仁

ja-pos

仁(ひとし) or 仁(じん) or 仁(まさし) • (Hitoshi or Jin or Masashi)

仁 (canonical)
仁 (canonical)
仁 (canonical)
Hitoshi (romanization)
Jin (romanization)
Masashi (romanization)


会

一期一会

Treasure every encounter, for it will never recur


価

Simplified from 價 (elimination of 貝); shinjitai.


丹

Short for 丹波国 (Tanba-koku, “Tanba Province”)


伴

Japanese_language Kyūjitai Shinjitai Tōkyō

伴性遺伝

伴性遺伝 はんせいいでん


休

休 (canonical)
kyū (romanization)
kiu (romanization)
きう (hiragana historical)


働

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”). Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意): 亻 (“person”) + 動 (“movement”).


係

→ Indonesian: gakari

カメラ係

撮影係


写

dead memorial service where many gather to transcribe a sutra in one day

photograph, copy, replicate, reproduce, transcribe


健

健 (canonical)
Ken (romanization)
健 (canonical)
Takeshi (romanization)


充

充 (canonical)
充 (canonical)
Mitsuru (romanization)
Takashi (romanization)


刈

reap, cut (grass or other plants), prune


偏

周波数偏移

周波数偏移 しゅうはすうへんい


傘

傘形碍子

傘形碍子 かさがたがいし


京

京人形

京人形 きょうにんぎょう

平城京

平城京 へいじょうきょう


他

他 (canonical)
他 (canonical)
hoka (romanization)
ta (romanization)

この他にも行き先がありますか。

この事業は他を利するために開始されました。

Kono jigyō wa ta o risuru tame ni kaishi saremashita.

This project was started in order to benefit others.

他にだれが手伝いに行きますか。

他でもない: →

there isn't anything else; specifically what I want to say is...; used to emphasize what one is about to say

他に累を及ぼす: → involve others in trouble

extend the involvement (entanglement) to others


克

to overcome, to subdue (addiction, disease)


典

華燭の典


匂

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”). Glyph origin unknown.


党

Mostly used in 党(タン)項(グート) (tangūto, “Tangut”)


傍

傍線

(typography) sideline; vertical equivalent of the underline


仙

神仙

immortal mountain wizard, Taoist immortal, supernatural being

登仙

becoming a saint, death of a high-ranking person


単

Simplified from 單 (吅 → 𭕄). Compare 厳 (from 嚴).


像

像 (canonical)
zō (romanization)
zau (romanization)
ざう (hiragana historical)

a form of a thing, including god; a figure; a statue; an idol

社会像


免

Antonyms : 任


倍

田中さんの家は私の家の倍の大きさだ。

Tanaka-san no ie wa watashi no ie no bai no ōkisa da.

Tanaka's house is twice the size of mine.

倍にする


倍

この飛行機はあの飛行機よりも ３倍速い。

Kono hikōki wa ano hikōki yori mo san-bai hayai.

This plane is a whole three times faster than that plane.

４ の ５倍

2倍

(typography) a multiple of 全角 (zenkaku, “fullwidth/-height”) or 1 em in Western typography

(typography, newspapers) a unit in newspaper typesetting, equal to 88 mils, ⁸⁸⁄₁₀₀₀ in, 8 U (U) and ¹⁄₁₆ 段 (dan)


勃

suddenness, something that happens suddenly


卸

卸売り

oroshiuri, Alternative form of the above.


信

信を置く、信を得る

to put one's trust (in something), to gain someone's trust


具

(cooking) secondary ingredient, such as spices, seasonings, and sauces


個

あの枝に桜ん坊が十二個だけあります。

Ano eda ni sakuranbo ga jūni-ko dake arimasu.

There are only twelve cherries on that branch.


双

Listed in the 1946 tōyō kanji as a shinjitai of 雙. Based on an unorthodox variant of 雙 that can be traced back to the Ming dynasty in China.


呪

呪印: making a vow while closing a seal: a solemn oath


代

憑代

object representative of a divine spirit


吏

(historical) petty official (low-ranking public servant)


事

人事

other people's affairs, other people's business

事無し

having nothing to do; light-hearted; having no faults

事勿れ

a desire for peacefulness and nothing out of the ordinary

事勿れ主義

peace-at-any-price-ism, don't-rock-the-boat-ism, the principle of acceding to anything to avoid trouble

事無く

without accident, without incident, without a hitch

言寄せる

to use something as an excuse or pretext

事寄る

to have facts or events wind up pointing one way

主事

事 (ji, “matters; affairs”) occur in a few compounds that were originally about the matters or affairs themselves, or an action upon those matters or affairs, but evolved into referring to the person doing something to the matters or affairs.

刑事

criminal detective; law enforcement/penal matters

参事

secretary; counsellor; councillor; to attend to matters


卓

卓 (canonical)
Takashi (romanization)
卓 (canonical)
Suguru (romanization)


剛

ja-pos

剛(ごう) • (Gō)

剛 (canonical)
Takeshi (romanization)
剛 (canonical)
Tsuyoshi (romanization)
剛 (canonical)
Gō (romanization)


厳

ja-adj

厳(げん) • (gen) ^†-tari (adnominal 厳(げん)とした (gen to shita) or 厳(げん)たる (gen taru), adverbial 厳(げん)と (gen to) or 厳(げん)として (gen to shite))

厳 (canonical)
gen (romanization)
厳とした (adnominal)
厳たる (adnominal)
厳と (adverbial)
厳として (adverbial)
厳たら (irrealis stem)
げんたら (irrealis stem)
gentara (irrealis)
厳と (continuative stem)
厳たり (continuative stem)
げんと (continuative stem)
げんたり (continuative stem)
gento (continuative)
gentari (continuative)
厳たり (stem terminative)
げんたり (stem terminative)
gentari (terminative)
厳たる (attributive stem)
げんたる (attributive stem)
gentaru (attributive)
厳たれ (realis stem)
げんたれ (realis stem)
gentare (realis)
厳たれ (imperative stem)
げんたれ (imperative stem)
gentare (imperative)
厳たらず (negative)
げんたらず (negative)
gentarazu (negative)
厳たれど (contrastive)
げんたれど (contrastive)
gentaredo (contrastive)
厳たれば (causative)
げんたれば (causative)
gentareba (causative)
厳たらば (conditional)
げんたらば (conditional)
gentaraba (conditional)
厳たりき (past)
げんたりき (past)
gentariki (past)
厳たりけり (past)
げんたりけり (past)
gentarikeri (past)
厳と (adverbial)
げんと (adverbial)
gento (adverbial)
厳なら (irrealis stem)
げんなら (irrealis stem)
gennara (irrealis)
厳に (continuative stem)
厳なり (continuative stem)
げんに (continuative stem)
げんなり (continuative stem)
genni (continuative)
gennari (continuative)
厳なり (stem terminative)
げんなり (stem terminative)
gennari (terminative)
厳なる (attributive stem)
げんなる (attributive stem)
gennaru (attributive)
厳なれ (realis stem)
げんなれ (realis stem)
gennare (realis)
厳なれ (imperative stem)
げんなれ (imperative stem)
gennare (imperative)
厳ならず (negative)
げんならず (negative)
gennarazu (negative)
厳なれど (contrastive)
げんなれど (contrastive)
gennaredo (contrastive)
厳なれば (causative)
げんなれば (causative)
gennareba (causative)
厳ならば (conditional)
げんならば (conditional)
gennaraba (conditional)
厳なりき (past)
げんなりき (past)
gennariki (past)
厳なりけり (past)
げんなりけり (past)
gennarikeri (past)
厳に (adverbial)
げんに (adverbial)
genni (adverbial)


兄

honorific referencing an older brother figure


切

切り捨て

切り捨てる (kirisuteru, “cut down, truncate”)

思い切り

思い切る (omoikiru, “give up all thoughts of”)


吐

哯吐: spitting out milk after taking a drink. See spit-up.


哲

哲 (canonical)
哲 (canonical)
Satoshi (romanization)
Tetsu (romanization)


唄

song (especially when played with a shamisen)


嗣

to inherit; to succeed (take over a position). See the variant form: 継ぐ.


卒

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向

向 (canonical)
Mukai (romanization)
Mukafi (romanization)
むかひ (hiragana historical)


営

Japanese shinjitai. Simplified from 營 (炏 → 𭕄).


原

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(clipping of 原(げん)子(し)力(りょく) (genshiryoku)) nuclear power


参

Middle Chinese
Three Stars (Chinese constellation)


冠

瓜田に履を納れず、李下に冠を正さず

kaden ni kutsu o irezu, rika ni kanmuri o tadasazu


囲

Japanese shinjitai. Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 囗 + phonetic 井.


塀

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”).


品

a game of drinking varieties of tea and guessing them correctly


増

ja-noun

増(ぞう) • (zō)

Japanese shinjitai simplified from 增 (曾 → 曽).
The current form is a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 曽 ().


堆

a river bank; a marine ridge, a marine bank


奨

Simplified from 獎 (將 → 将 and 犬 → 大) in Japanese shinjitai.
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 大 + phonetic 将 () in current form.


塚

mound, hillock, tumulus (implies a manmade origin)


喝

(Buddhism) an interjection uttered by Zen Buddhist masters to scold their students


壱

Simplified from 壹 (豆 → 匕) in the 1946 Tōyō kanji list.


壮

壮 (canonical)
Sō (romanization)
Sau (romanization)
さう (hiragana historical)


妄

妄誕, 妄誕

groundlessness, additionally, groundless talk


名

名演

great performance (of acting, music, etc)


塩

Japanese shinjitai simplified from 鹽 (臣 → 土 and 鹵 → 口). In the 1946 Tōyō kanji list.


堂

ja-noun

堂(どう) • (dō)


境

難境

difficult situation, difficult circumstances


報

因果応報

因果応報 いんがおうほう


墓

墓誌銘

an extra inscription at the end of a tombstone inscription, such as a short poem


嬢

Japanese shinjitai. Simplified from 孃 (襄 → 㐮).


塔

塔主, 塔司

job title for the caretaker of a Buddhist cemetery

the location of a stupa for a past master

the title of the monk in charge of that stupa


妖

妖人

a person who leads others astray with their words

妖犬

a demon dog, such as the inugami or yamainu

妖精症:

leprechaunism, a manifestation of secondary insulin resistance

妖変

a strange accident, emergency, or calamity


墳

前方後円墳

前方後円墳 ぜんぽうこうえんふん


回

廻

this is the older spelling of at least some senses or homonyms


妃

Japanese_language Kyūjitai Shinjitai Ōsaka


奴

a thing, an object; (derogatory, familiar) a person


和

令和

a new era name, effective on the 1st of May, 2019


峠

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”).
Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意): 山 (“mountain”) + 上 (“up; ascend”) + 下 (“down; descend”).
Compare 裃(かみしも) (kamishimo), 垰(たお) (tao).


広

modern 広い . (canonical)
hiroshi (romanization)
広 (canonical)
Hiroshi (romanization)


寺

Tanjō Temple: any of various Buddhist temple

寺印

the official stamp or seal of a Buddhist temple


屯

屯所: post

屯所 たむろじょ/とんしょ


履

履道応乾

履道応乾 りどうおうけん


夏

夏炉冬扇

summer fires, winter fans; useless things

春夏秋冬

春夏秋冬 しゅんかしゅうとう


当

the aforementioned ...; the ... in question


尺

尺一

in ancient China, the paperboard on which the imperial decree was written, or the imperial decree


幅

counter for paintings and calligraphic works or hanging scrolls


寡

寡 } (canonical)
Jōyō kanji (romanization)


帝

Jinnō Shōtōki
Kitabatake Chikafusa
Kyūjitai
Shinjitai
Tōkyō
Ōsaka

御門

see there for the kun'yomi reading's etymology


妹

Second grade kyōiku kanji (romanization)


従

Simplified from 從 (从 → 䒑). Based on the character found in the Chinese orthographic dictionary Ganlu Zishu (干祿字書) and adopted as a shinjitai form in the 1946 Tōyō kanji list.


忠

忠 (canonical)
忠 (canonical)
Tadashi (romanization)


座

座位

seat; posing of sit; sitting sex position


悠

ja-pos

悠(ゆう) • (Yū)


必

Fourth grade kyōiku kanji (romanization)


式

式を挙げる

Short for 結婚式 (kekkon-shiki, “wedding ceremony”).


尊

indicates respect and reverence, such as to a buddha or nobleman


戯

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 戲 (䖒 → 虚).


屋

部屋

room (of a house or hotel), chamber, apartment, flat


忍

堅忍不抜

堅忍不抜 けんにんふばつ


志

purpose, will, determination, aspiration, ambition


態

(grammar) voice - a particular mode of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.


担

担当医

担当 (tantō, “responsible (for something)”)


幾

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挙

Simplified from 擧 (與 → 兴) in the 1946 Tōyō kanji list.


拝

Japanese shinjitai. Simplified from 拜 (手 → 扌).

yours truly, yours faithfully (respectful term placed after one's own name at the end of a letter)


抄

unit of volume of about 1.804 mL, defined as one-tenth of 勺(しゃく) (shaku)


律

律令

historical legal code based on Confucianism


技

技 (canonical)
技 (canonical)
技 (canonical)
waza (romanization)
gi (romanization)


捜

Japanese shinjitai character. Simplified from 搜 (𦥔 → 申)


感

感慨無量

感慨無量 かんがいむりょう


摯

gift (present typically carried by the visitor for ceremonious occasions)


形

形声

the phonosemantic formation of a kanji character from elements signifying meaning and elements signifying sound


御

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an honorific prefix, indicates respect, your


折

折居地鼠

折居地鼠 オリイジネズミ


敷

風呂敷

type of Japanese wrapping cloth; furoshiki


女

少女

young girl, style of anime for young women


摘

to pluck; to pick (flowers, fruits, leaves etc.)


拳

ken, a game played with the hands; a game of hands; in Italian, mor(r)a, a game in which two (or more) players each suddenly display a hand showing zero to five fingers and call out what they think will be the sum of all fingers shown.

fist, usually as a suffix in the names of martial art moves


斤

(chiefly Okinawan) catty, a unit of weight equaling approximately 600 grams, or a unit of volume equaling approximately 600 cubic centimeters


彼

彼処

that place over there, that organization over there


昨

yesterday; last, past (day, week, month, year, etc.)


昆

A swarm of or an organism that swarms (e.g. bugs), an organism that forms in large groups (e.g. kombu)


天

Deva (Buddhism)
Four Heavenly Kings
Vaiśravaṇa
Śakra (Buddhism)

lord of the Devas and an important figure in Japanese Buddhism

one of the Four Heavenly Kings and an important figure in Japanese Buddhism


栃

Japanese horse chestnut (Aesculus turbinata)


拉

Used in phonetic transcription of foreign words.


支

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(えだ): branch off; little pieces separated; a branch; hands and legs


早

はや数日


柳

柳 (canonical)
Ryū (romanization)
Riu (romanization)
りう (hiragana historical)


服

an amount equal to one swallow (act of swallowing), a gulp


暗

闇

Non-Tōyō character in place of which this character is written


棟

棟 (canonical)
棟 (canonical)
-tō (romanization)
-mune (romanization)


板

(Internet) board (sub-unit of a larger BBS or imageboard)


束

a pompadour-like traditional Japanese hairstyle for women


槽

body of a traditional Japanese stringed instrument (such as biwa or kugo)


椎

椎 (canonical)
椎 (canonical)
shī (romanization)
sifi (romanization)
しひ (hiragana historical)


家

家守

guarding a house, or a person who does such; real estate agent in the Edo period


殻

卵の殻は壊れやすい


残

残業、残金、残飯、残骸、残念

overtime work; remaining money; leftover food; wreckage; regret

残欠、残品

残酷、残虐、残忍


沢

Japanese shinjitai character. Simplified from 澤 (睪 → 尺).


洪

日洪親善

日洪親善 にっこうしんぜん


気

Simplified from 氣 (米 → 㐅) in the 1946 Tōyō kanji list.


極

pole (eg. North Pole); extremity, zenith


渋

Japanese shinjitai, simplified from 澁 by replacing 𣥖 with four dots.

astringent taste of unripe persimmon (kaki) fruit


注

(replacing 註) to place an order (as in 注文)


池

古池(ふるいけ)や蛙飛(かわずと)び込(こ)む水(みず)の音(おと)


格

格 (canonical)
Itaru (romanization)
格 (canonical)
Kaku (romanization)
格 (canonical)
Tōru (romanization)


方

an instrument similar to the Chinese fangxiang


漫

Aimlessly, at random, unintentional; ridiculous, caricatural.


焼

鋤焼き

sukiyaki - a Japanese dish of thinly-sliced beef, tofu, green onion, shiitake, and some vegetable with dashi, mirin and soy sauce cooked quickly at the table

叉焼

char siu, a style of barbecue pork wherein the meat is truss, marinate, skewer, and then roast

銅鑼焼き

a kind of confection consisting of two small cake baked to resemble gong, sandwiching a filling of sweet azuki bean paste


派

猫派

あなたはいぬ派、それともねこ派？

Are you on the dog-side/group or on the cat-side/group?

group, faction, (political) wing, school


活

(of a machine or device) on; active; in operation


殺

殺到

rush, flood (of people, letters, phone calls etc.)


業

業縁

(Buddhism) one's actions in life that affect one's karma

業海

a metaphor for the world as a sea of sin

業界紙

an industry magazine, a trade paper, a business journal

業感

(Buddhism) the joys and sorrows experienced as the results of one's karma

業感縁起

(Buddhism) a doctrine in Hinayana Buddhism

業鬼

(Buddhism) a demon invited or created by sin

業苦

(Buddhism) karmic suffering: suffering experienced in this life due to the sins committed in a previous life

業根

the root of sin, the ignorance and worldly desires that give rise to sin

業晒

enduring shame in this life as karma for sins committed in a previous life; a no-good

業師

a master of various techniques in sumo; a schemer; a shrewd person

業識

(Buddhism) a consciousness born out of sin, or moved by ignorance

業者

a trader, a businessman/businesswoman, a dealer

業所

a field to farm and a farmhouse; a second home, a vacation home

業障

(Buddhism) one of the three obstacles, born of sins in a past life

業人

a person suffering in this life for the sins committed in a previous life; a sinner; a no-good

業体

occupation, profession; a deed, an act; appearance

業態

business category, business format; business conditions

業通

(Buddhism) supernatural powers or abilities earned karmically through good deeds in past lives

業病

disease suffered as a result of sins committed in a previous life; an intractable or incurable disease

業風

the powerful wind of sin that blow in hell

業良し

a sword or other blade made by a master craftsman

業平竹

a type of bamboo (Semiarundinaria fastuosa)

業報

retribution for past sins; the results of one's karma

業報人

a person suffering retribution for past sins

業魔

(Buddhism) the metaphorical demon of one's own sins, obstructing the way to nirvana

業務管理

business management, operational control

業務執行

the carrying out of business, business operations

業務執行妨害

interference in the execution of one's duty, obstruction of business

業厄

a disaster or misfortune suffered as retribution for past sins

業力

(Buddhism) the power of karma to bring about reward or retribution

業惑

sin and worldly desires; retribution for sin and worldly desires


狙

waiting for an opening; awaiting one's chance


新

新茗

newly-sprout tea leaves; tea made from such leaves


然

一目瞭然

一目瞭然 いちもくりょうぜん

泰然自若

泰然自若 たいぜんじじゃく


機

A phono-semantic simplification from on'yomi of: 木 + キ – compare for 議 and for 魔

摩. Note that キ is itself a Heian-period simplification of 幾.


爆

原水爆

atomic and hydrogen bomb, nuclear weapon in general


清

双清: painting of daffodil and ume flowers


狭

狭心症

狭心症 きょうしんしょう


産

産児制限

産児制限 さんじせいげん

共産主義: communism

共産主義 きょうさんしゅぎ

共産党宣言

共産党宣言 きょうさんとうせんげん


片

w:ja:日本漢字能力検定協会


畑

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”).
Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意): semantic 火 (“fire”) + semantic 田 (“field”)


現

[ɯ̟t͡sɨ̥t͡sɨ]


畳

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 疊 (畾 → 田). In current form 田 + 冝.


煙

禁煙

no smoking, smoking forbidden, smoking ban


申

the monkey, one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac


症

(medicine) attached to the names of conditions


無

神無月: the tenth month of the lunar calendar

無見

the belief that everything in this world is completely null and void, with no substance

無月

when the moon is not visible due to rain or some other reason


瓶

一種一瓶

一種一瓶 いっしゅいっぺい

籠釣瓶花街酔醒

籠釣瓶花街酔醒 かごつるべさとのえいざめ

茶瓶前髪

茶瓶前髪 ちゃびんまえがみ


留

ateji (当て字) for ruble (unit of currency)


琴

琴瑟

qin and se →; kinshitsu, marital harmony"”


硝

saltpeter, niter, the mineral form of potassium nitrate (KNO₃).


礼

Listed in the 1946 tōyō kanji as a shinjitai of 禮.


玉

euphemistic term related to an Emperor of Japan


癖

収集癖

収集癖 しゅうしゅうへき


盲

盲 (canonical)
mō (romanization)
mau (romanization)
まう (hiragana historical)


瞭

ja-pos

瞭(りょう) • (Ryō)


用

ja-noun

用(よう) • (yō)

今晩用があるから出かける。

I'll be out this evening because I have an errand.


稚

丁稚奉公

丁稚奉公 でっちぼうこう


破

破屋

a dilapidated house, especially an abandoned one

the breaking of a hymen through sexual intercourse


祖

祖忌

death anniversary of a sect founder, or the memorial service thereof


箇

Normally written as ヶ when used as a counter for months


秀

ja-pos

秀(しゅう) • (Shū)

→ English: S rank, S Tier


童

For pronunciation and definitions of 童 – see the following entry: わらし


筋

counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions


穴

六穴

the six hole of the human body, which are the mouth, eye, ear, nose, anus, and genital


簿

Japanese_language
Kyūjitai
Middle Chinese
Shinjitai
Tōkyō


突

CJK compatibility ideographs
Kyūjitai
Shinjitai
kyūjitai

(martial arts) an attacking move in kendo, sumo, et al.; thrust, lunge


紡

to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together


縄

規矩準縄

規矩準縄 きくじゅんじょう

自縄自縛

自縄自縛 じじょうじばく


継

follow in someone's footsteps or position


籍

籍甚

an extremely favorable reputation, high renown, great fame

籍田: a ceremony in ancient China where the emperor would make an offering to his ancestor using grain the emperor had cultivate himself

a similar ceremony conduct in ancient Japan by various lord to encourage agriculture

籍没: confiscation by the government of a criminal's asset

移籍: a transfer of one's official residence

a transfer of membership to a different group

such as after a divorce or the death of a spouse

帰籍: to return one's original family register

one's rank and role as a member of the military

such as when a non-Japanese person marries or is adopt into a Japanese family

registration to a family register of a person who previously had no family register

removal from the register of people allowed to enter the imperial residence

仙籍

a register indicating permission to enter the imperial residence

送籍: a copy of a person's family register

a transfer to a different family register

属籍

the register or group to which one belong

脱籍

removal or omission from a family register

枕籍: multiple book pile together and used as a pillow

通籍

a pass indicating permission to enter the imperial residence

転籍: a transfer of one's official residence

入籍: entry into a family register

such as at birth, adoption, or marriage into a family

the territory and the people of such a fiefdom

復籍: to return one's original family register

付籍

an ancillary or additional family register attach to another family register

分籍

a new family register split off from another family register

編籍

the creation or compilation of a family register

名籍

a register of the family name belong to a group

名籍

a register of people by name, age, and rank or status

無国籍

statelessness, the lack of any citizenship

無籍: the lack of membership in any family register

marrying a geisha and pay to remove them from the register of their house

the six pairs of yin and yang prime meridian in Chinese medicine

離籍: the forcible removal of a person from a family register


竜

From an ancient form of 龍 recorded in the Kangxi dictionary that became an official shinjitai character in 1946 listed in tōyō kanji.


笑

笑酒

an alcoholic beverage that puts the drinker into a good mood


第

第２号

第１３話


縮

to shorten, to shrink, to contract, to shrivel


節

verse (part of a song), stanza (part of a poem)


糖

西瓜糖

watermelon sugar, sugar made by concentrating watermelon juice


目

目迎

turning one's gaze towards the direction from which someone is coming

目算

eyeball something, making a visual estimate or calculation of something

目笑

smiling with one's eyes; smiling at one another, catching another's eye and smiling or laughing

目食耳視

eating with one's eyes, looking with one's ears→ choosing foods based on what they look like instead of their taste, and choosing fashions based on what people say instead of how comfortable they are → all style and no substance

目銭: a kind of tax levied in the Kamakura and Muromachi period

a property tax based on the area of agricultural land

目前

right before one's eye, right away, imminent, immediate

目送

follow something or someone with one's eyes

executor of a lord starting from the late Heian period

deputy starting from the Kamakura period

目礼

greet or acknowledging someone with one's eyes

目割れ

plot, conspiracy, or other hidden plan being expose or found out

岡目八目

lookers-on see most of the game; Observers can read eight moves ahead while watching a game of Go from the side

真面目

real appearance or worth of something; serious

面目

one's honor, one's metaphorical face; external appearance

(taxonomy) an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger than a family


純

純米酒

sake made without added alcohol or sugar


缶

缶詰業者

a canner, someone who cans as a business

缶石

scale, lime and other deposits left behind in a boiler, kettle, or similar device

缶焚: minding a boiler fire for a steam engine

缶偏: the Chinese character radical consisting of the 缶 character


緑

緑営

one of the regular army groups in China during the Qing Dynasty

緑児: a young child under the age of three

particularly under the old Taihō Code of ancient Japan

緑綬褒章

a medal of honor with a green ribbon to signify virtuous conduct

緑十字

the Green Cross, a play on the Red Cross and a symbol in Japan of industrial health and safety

緑女: a girl under the age of three under the Taihō Code of ancient Japan

緑小灰蝶

a type of butterfly, Neozephyrus japonicus

緑藻類

green algae types, as a classification in biology

緑啄木鳥

the Japanese green woodpecker, Picus awokera

a genus of unicellular flagellate protist

a class of unicellular flagellate protist

緑泥

a green mud containing significant amounts of chlorite

緑鳩

the Japanese green pigeon, Treron sieboldii

緑肥作物

the plants or crop used to make green manure

緑風: the soft breeze of late spring and early summer: zephyr

緑風会

Japanese a political faction formed in 1947, lasting until 1965

緑便

green stool or feces, such as that produced by children suffering from digestive problems

緑門

an arched gate made of cedar or cypress bough, made at times of celebration

a calcium aluminum iron sorosilicate mineral: Ca2Al2(FeIIIAl)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH)

a mineral form of hydrous iron(II) sulfate: FeSO4·7H2O

緑衫, 緑衫

a dark green coat worn by a sixth-ranked official in ancient Japan


置

(following a て-form verb) to do in advance; to do for some future purpose


線

線を引く


線

ガンマ線


罰

as when one loses a bet and has to do something embarrassing


臓

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 臟 (藏 → 蔵).
In current form Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic ⺼ (“body”) + phonetic 蔵 () – a kind of body part.


石

化石

fossil, fossil remains; petrifaction, fossilisation


腺

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”) coined by Japanese rangaku scholar Udagawa Genshin in the late 1700s–early 1800s as a translation for Dutch klier (“gland”), as an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意): ⺼ (“flesh; body”) + 泉 (“spring; fountain; source; producer of liquid”), together expressing the idea “part of the body that produces liquid secretions”.

Han compound

尿道球腺

尿道球腺 にょうどうきゅうせん

小前庭腺: Skene's gland

小前庭腺 しょうぜんていせん

傍尿道腺: Skene's gland

傍尿道腺 ぼうにょうどうせん

大前庭腺: Bartholin's gland

大前庭腺 だいぜんていせん


股

股引, 股引き, もも引き

close fitting trousers, working trousers


経

traditional Chinese medicine
traditional Chinese medicine#English

meridian (in traditional Chinese medicine)


艦

航空母艦

航空母艦 こうくうぼかん


臆

to repress one's mind; to be hesitant in one's thoughts


舎

チーター舎


義

義眼 (gigan)

義手 (gishu)

義足 (gisoku)

義体 (gitai)

an object which can be used properly instead of a right one


芽

木の芽: leaves of Japanese pepper used as condiment


胸

胸騒ぎ: noisy thoughts: a bad feeling about something


芸

Short for 安芸国 (Aki no kuni, “Aki Province”).


芸

Originally derived from 蕓 into a separate character; not a shinjitai form.

芸亭


苦

pain, anguish, suffering, discomfort, hardship, worry


蔵

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 藏 (戕 → 戊).

storehouse, warehouse, cellar, magazine, granary, etc. (a building or interior space whose primary function is storage)

stock, supply, reserve, store (the amount of something so stored)


虚

For pronunciation and definitions of 虚 – see the following entry: むな


生

生け贄

an animal sacrifice or religious offering


聖

高野聖: an itinerant Buddhist monk sent from Mount Kōya to preach around the country


自

自演

starring in a movie or play one is also directing


茶

a game of drinking varieties of tea and guessing them correctly


老

old age, an elderly person, the aged, the elderly


菜

Brassica napus
Brassica napus#Translingual


虞

虞犯少年

虞犯少年 ぐはんしょうねん


良

純良品

純良品 じゅんりょうびん


薬

爆薬

explosive, explosive compound, blasting powder


蛍

Japanese shinjitai character. Simplified from 螢 (𤇾 → 𰃮).


融

祝融

Zhurong, a Chinese god of fire and the south


衡

拡大均衡

拡大均衡 かくだいきんこう

合従連衡

合従連衡 がっしょうれんこう

均衡価格

均衡価格 きんこうかかく

均衡経済

均衡経済 きんこうけいざい

均衡予算

均衡予算 きんこうよさん

財政均衡計画

財政均衡計画 ざいせいきんこうけいかく

平衡感覚

平衡感覚 へいこうかんかく

利子平衡税

利子平衡税 りしへいこうぜい


裏

裏箔: the application of silk as a screen on metal foil

'underground' pornography showing uncensored genitals. Technically illegal in Japan.

校舎裏

the back of the school; behind the school building


藍

the Japanese indigo or Chinese indigo plant, Persicaria tinctoria

kanji used to transliterate Buddhist terms borrowed from Sanskrit


落

落雪

snow falling (to the ground from a roof or a cliff)


褒

compliment, congratulate, give a pat on the back to

speak well of, speak highly of, recommend

acclaim, extol, applaud [figuratively], sing the praises of [figuratively]

admire, look up to, render homage to, express admiration for


紅

紅一点

single point of crimson → the one different thing in a field of sameness; often refers to a lone woman in a crowd of men

紅葉

autumn colors, the turning of the leaves


褐

coarse, rough fabric, especially of wool


覆

capsize, cover, shade, mantle, be ruined


裸

裸電球

裸電球 はだかでんきゅう

裸百貫

裸百貫 はだかひゃっかん

裸参り

visiting a shrine or temple naked in winter

裸土竜鼠

裸土竜鼠 はだかもぐらねずみ

裸子植物

裸子植物 らししょくぶつ


衝

ja-noun

衝(しょう) • (shō)


誉

誉 (canonical)
Takashi (romanization)
誉 (canonical)
Homare (romanization)


蜜

波羅蜜多

perfection, completeness; haramitta, in Buddhism


能

能(のう) • (nō)

Noh, a form of classical Japanese musical drama.


華

Japanese_language
Kyūjitai
Shinjitai
Tōkyō
Udumbara (Buddhism)
Ōsaka


譲

ja-pos

譲(じょう) • (Jō)


誕

妄誕, 妄誕

groundlessness, additionally, groundless talk


課

第二課


課

w:ja:日本漢字能力検定協会


誤

誤差: error

difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one

弘法にも筆の誤り: even Homer nods: even the experts make mistakes


距

to defend against; to prevent; to avoid (also 拒)


諾

諾否

yes or no; dakuhi, the quality of acceptance or refusal


視

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe

to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge

to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of

(usu. after the -te form of a verb) to try


講

講 (canonical)
-kō (romanization)
-kau (romanization)
かう (hiragana historical)


賢

賢(さとる) or 賢(まさる) or 賢(けん) • (Satoru or Masaru or Ken)

賢 (canonical)
賢 (canonical)
賢 (canonical)
Satoru (romanization)
Masaru (romanization)
Ken (romanization)


豪

〈豪俗〉


豪

豪(ごう) • (Gō)


豚

豚小屋

pigsty (enclosure where pigs are kept); pigsty (dirty or very untidy place)

焼き豚

char siu, a style of barbecue pork wherein the meat is truss, marinate, skewer, and then roast


見

無見

the belief that everything in this world is completely null and void, with no substance.


込

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”). Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意): 辵 (“walk”) + 入 (“in; enter”).


逓

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 遞 (虒 → 乕).


貫

approximately 3.75 kg (8.33 pounds) (weight)


超

超能力

超能力 ちょうのうりょく

超臨界水

超臨界水 ちょうりんかいすい

超低周波音: infrasound

超低周波音 ちょうていしゅうはおん

超音波

extra-; hyper-; mega-; meta-; para-; super-; trans-; ultra-


親

親切

kindness, helpfulness, friendliness; kind, helpful


貴

superior, aristocratic (たかい, とうとい, たっとい, えらい, あてやか)


論

論外

something out of question; something beside the point


遭

To meet with; To encounter by chance; To come across (unfavorably)


退

cause to retreat or withdraw: to drive out


違

to run counter to, to go against, to defy


輪

輪廻

process return to the beginning and then repeat itself in the same sequence

三輪車

pedicab; tricycle, three-wheeler (any three-wheeled vehicle)


被

被害者: someone who has incurred harm: a victim

鱗被: a lodicule: a small scale at the base of the ovary of a flower of a grass


郷

ja-noun

郷(きょう) • (kyō)

郷(ごう) • (gō)

郷 (canonical)
kyō (romanization)
郷 (canonical)
sato (romanization)
郷 (canonical)
gō (romanization)

country home, village, countryside, township


醸

Japanese shinjitai. Simplified from 釀 (襄 → 㐮).

物議を醸す: to create public buzz and discussion


請

(普(ふ)請(しん)) donate to constructing a temple or a shrine


配

配置転換

配置 (haichi, “formation, arrangement, layout”)


選

replacement for the less-common character 籤 in Sino-Japanese compounds such as 抽籤 ("drawing lots")


逸

Alternative spelling of 佚 (itsu): lost, unknown; indulge; disappear


透

passable, (in the sense of objects spaced far enough apart to allow something in-between)


透

透 (canonical)
Tōru (romanization)
透 (canonical)
Sukeru (romanization)


酸

石炭酸

phenol (caustic compound derived from benzene)


連

(used as a suffix) party; company; group; set


鈍

dull, stupid, slow, slow-witted (of senses)


閥

powerful and influential group; a clique


閲

to review manuscripts; to read attentively


適

Alternative spelling of 嫡: direct; legitimate


那

伊邪那岐命

伊邪那岐命 いざなぎのみこと

伊邪那美命

伊邪那美命 いざなみのみこと

少名毘古那神

少名毘古那神 すくなびこなのかみ


随

随筆

essays, jottings, miscellaneous writings

to obey, submit, comply, act as one is told to


附

附則

supplementary provision, additional clause


隆

ja-pos

隆(りゅう) • (Ryū)

隆 (canonical)
隆 (canonical)
Takashi (romanization)
Yutaka (romanization)
隆 (canonical)
Ryū (romanization)


陣

陣 (canonical)
jin (romanization)
ぢん (hiragana historical)


闇

暗

Tōyō character written in place of this character


顕

Japanese shinjitai character. Simplified from 顯 (𢇁 → 业).


集

ja-noun

集(しゅう) • (shū)


須

kanji used to transliterate Buddhist terms borrowed from Sanskrit


霜

white as snow, cold as ice, harsh as snow


電

電子計算機: computer

電子計算機 でんしけいさんき


鏡

鏡花水月

鏡花 (kyōka, “flower in a mirror”, metaphor for something that can be seen but not touched)


頓

dead memorial service where many gather to transcribe a sutra in one day


項

項 (canonical)
kō (romanization)
kau (romanization)
かう (hiragana historical)


類

kind, sort, type, class, genus, order, family


騰

leaping up, jumping up, rising, advancing, going


隻

一隻


髪

Japanese shinjitai. Simplified from 髮 (犮 → 友).

前髪

bangs, fringe, hair in front of the forehead


門

Second grade kyōiku kanji (romanization)


魅

魑魅魍魎

魑魅魍魎 ちみもうりょう


難

難境

difficult situation, difficult circumstances


鳴

鳴門, 鳴戸

a narrows where a noisy whirlpool occurs


黙

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 默 (黑 → 黒); further, 黒 is split into 里 and
灬 (on the bottom). Compare 点 (from 點).


離

幽体離脱

幽体離脱 ゆうたいりだつ

体外離脱

体外離脱 たいがいりだつ


鬼

鬼哭

the wailing of a ghost, or the sound thereof


鶏

黄鶏: a Japanese native species of chicken with dark reddish-brown feathers


骨

骨牌: a certain kind of traditional Japanese playing card

a certain mah-jongg tile depict animal bone


鳥

火の鳥

phoenix; hi no tori, in Western mythology


音

Short for 字音 (jion): Chinese-derived reading of a kanji


長

長銘: an inscription that includes some personal details about the swordsmith


食

Japanese_language
Kyūjitai
Mandarin language
Middle Chinese language
Shinjitai
Tōkyō
Ōsaka


頭

饅頭

manjū, a type of bun typically with bean paste filling