NihongoDera - Daily Words

N5

明るい

明い

あかるい

bright; colourful; cheerful; familiar (with); knowledgeable (about); fair (e.g. politics); clean

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N4

高校生

こうこうせい

senior high school student

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N3

場面

ばめん

scene; setting (e.g. of novel)

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N2

梯子

階子、梯

はしご、ていし、ハシゴ

ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)

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N1

私物

しぶつ

private property; personal effects

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N5

赤い

紅い、朱い、緋い、丹い、赭い

あかい

red; Red (i.e. communist)

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N4

高校

こうこう

senior high school; high school

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N3

省く

はぶく

to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to eliminate; to curtail; to save; to cut down; to economize; to economise

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N2

箸

はし

chopsticks

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N1

渋い

澁い

しぶい

astringent; bitter; puckery; rough; harsh; tart; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); refined; quiet (and simple); sober; sombre; subdued; tasteful (in a quiet way); understated; sour (look); glum; grim; sullen; sulky; stingy; tight-fisted

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N5

赤

紅、朱、緋

あか

red; crimson; scarlet; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light; red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red; complete; total; perfect; obvious; copper

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N4

工業

こうぎょう

(manufacturing) industry

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N3

母親

ははおや

mother

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N2

挟む

挾む、挿む

はさむ

to interpose; to hold between; to insert; to be on either side (e.g. road); to be across (e.g. street, river); to be beyond

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N1

痺れる

しびれる

to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to be excited; to be titillated; to be mesmerized

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N5

青い

蒼い、碧い

あおい

blue; green; pale; unripe; inexperienced

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N4

講義

こうぎ

lecture

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N3

幅

ふく

scroll; counter for scrolls

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N2

挟まる

はさまる

to get between; to be caught in

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N1

暫く

須臾、暫らく

しばらく、しゅゆ、すゆ

little while; short while; moment; instant; a while; quite a time; it's been a long time

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青

蒼、碧

あお

blue; green; green light; black (horse coat color); immature; unripe; young

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N4

郊外

こうがい

suburb; outskirts

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N3

羽

う

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N2

バケツ

バケツ、バケット

bucket; pail; skip

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N1

屡々

屡屡、屡、数数、数々、数

しばしば

often; again and again; frequently

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N5

会う

逢う、遭う、遇う

あう

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

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N4

稲子

蝗

いなご、こう

rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)

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N3

離れる

はなれる

to be separated; to be apart; to be distant; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit; to give up; to lose connection with; to drift away from

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N2

歯車

はぐるま

gear; cog-wheel

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N1

芝

しば

lawn; sod; turf

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N5

より

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

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N4

子

こう

child; interest

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N3

放す

はなす

to release; to let go; to free; to set free; to let loose; to turn loose; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.

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N2

掃く

はく

to sweep; to brush; to gather up

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N1

始発

しはつ

first departure (of the day: train, bus, etc.); first train; first bus; departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)

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N5

悪い

惡い、惡るい

わるい

bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry

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N4

見物

けんぶつ

sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator

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N3

離す

はなす

to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

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N2

はきはき

briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly

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N1

凌ぐ

しのぐ

to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to stave off (e.g. starvation); to pull through; to get over; to survive; to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to eclipse; to defy; to slight

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N5

渡る

亘る、渉る、亙る

わたる

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range; to span

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N4

研究室

けんきゅうしつ

laboratory; seminar room; professor's office

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N3

話し合う

話合う

はなしあう

to discuss; to talk together

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N2

吐き気

吐気、吐きけ、嘔き気

はきけ

nausea; sickness in the stomach

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N1

し尿

屎尿

しにょう

excreta; raw sewage; human waste; night soil

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N5

渡す

わたす

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to traverse; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in; to pass; to give; to transfer

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研究

けんきゅう

study; research; investigation

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N3

発明

はつめい

invention; intelligent; clever; being enlightened; having the meaning of everything become clear

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N2

計る

測る、量る

はかる

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to time (sound, gauge, estimate); to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

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N1

嫋か

靭やか

しなやか

supple; flexible; elastic

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N5

私

あたし、あたくし、あたい、あて

I; me

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N4

喧嘩

諠譁

けんか

quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument

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N3

発表

はっぴょう

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

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N2

計る

測る、量る

はかる

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to time (sound, gauge, estimate); to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

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N1

萎びる

しなびる

to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened

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N5

私

あたし、あたくし、あたい、あて

I; me

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N4

原因

げんいん

cause; origin; source

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N3

発展

はってん

development; growth; advancement; unfurling; expansion; extension; enlargement; playing around; having an active sex life

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N2

秤

はかり

scales; weighing machine

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N1

視点

してん

opinion; point of view; visual point

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N5

忘れる

わすれる

to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

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N4

けど

けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど

but; however; although

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N3

はったり

bluff

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N2

馬鹿らしい

ばからしい

absurd

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N1

指摘

してき

pointing out; identification

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N5

分かる

解る、判る、分る

わかる

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out

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N4

決して

けっして、けして

never; by no means; not in the least; in no way

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N3

発達

はったつ

development; growth

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N2

剥がす

剥す、剝がす

はがす、へがす

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay; to disrobe; to deprive of; to detach; to disconnect

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N1

仕付ける

為付ける

しつける

to be used to; to get accustomed to; to be in the habit of doing; to train; to discipline; to teach manners; to tack (in needlework); to baste; to plant (esp. rice seedlings)

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N5

若い

わかい

young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

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N4

下宿

げしゅく

boarding; lodging; boarding house

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N3

罰する

ばっする

to punish; to penalize; to penalise

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N2

生える

はえる

to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

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N1

躾

しつけ

discipline; training; teaching manners

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N5

Ｙシャツ

ワイシャツ

shirt; business shirt; dress shirt

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N4

消しゴム

けしゴム

eraser; India rubber

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N3

発車

はっしゃ

departure of a vehicle

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N2

這う

匍う、延う、爬う

はう

to creep; to crawl

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N1

質疑

しつぎ

question; interpellation

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N5

六

リュー

six

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N4

景色

けしき、けいしょく

scenery; scene; landscape

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発行

はっこう

issue (publications); publishing; raising an event (software)

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N2

売買

ばいばい

trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing

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N1

室

しつ

room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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廊下

ろうか

corridor; hallway; passageway

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N4

警察

けいさつ

police; police officer; police station

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発見

はっけん

discovery; detection; finding

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N2

はいはい

はいはい、へいへい

yeah, yeah (used for casual, half-hearted, or insincere agreement); sure; hey!; hello (on phone, replying to "moshimoshi"); giddy-up (to a horse); gee-up; giddap

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N1

尻尾

しっぽ、しりお

tail (animal)

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N5

練習

れんしゅう

practice; practising

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N4

経済

けいざい

economics; business; finance; economy

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N3

働き

はたらき

work; labor; labour; achievement; performance; ability; talent; salary; income; earnings; action; activity; workings; function; operation; movement; motion; conjugation; inflection

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N2

売店

ばいてん

shop; stand

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N1

嫉妬

しっと

jealousy; envy

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N5

レストラン

レストラン、レストラント

restaurant (esp. Western-style)

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N4

毛

け

hair; fur; wool; down; plumage; feathers

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N3

二十歳

２０歳、二十、廿

はたち

20 years old; twenty

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N2

拝見

拜見

はいけん

seeing; look at

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N1

失調

しっちょう

lack of harmony

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April 29

明るい

明い

高校生

場面

梯子

階子、梯

私物

April 28

赤い

紅い、朱い、緋い、丹い、赭い

高校

省く

箸

渋い

澁い

April 27

赤

紅、朱、緋

工業

母親

挟む

挾む、挿む

痺れる

April 26

青い

蒼い、碧い

講義

幅

挟まる

暫く

須臾、暫らく

April 25

青

蒼、碧

郊外

羽

バケツ

屡々

屡屡、屡、数数、数々、数

April 24

会う

逢う、遭う、遇う

稲子

蝗

離れる

歯車

芝

April 23

より

子

放す

掃く

始発

April 22

悪い

惡い、惡るい

見物

離す

はきはき

凌ぐ

April 21

渡る

亘る、渉る、亙る

研究室

話し合う

話合う

吐き気

吐気、吐きけ、嘔き気

し尿

屎尿

April 20

渡す

研究

発明

計る