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List of 1000 Kanji
S.No Kanji Readings Meanings Examples
1 ICHI, ITSU one, the first ichi - one, the number one , ichi ban - #1, the best
hito(tsu) sei kai ichi - the best in the world ( ) hitori - one person, alone
2 NI two, second ni - two dai ni - the second
futa(tsu) ni gatsu - February [the 2nd month] ( )
3 SAN three, third san - three san kaku - trianglemit(tsu) san gatsu - March [the 3rd month] ( )
4 SHI , YON four, fourth yon or shi - four , yon kyuu - 4th grade
yo-, yot(tsu) shi gatsu - April [the 4th month] ( )
5 GO five, the fifth go - five go ka getsu - 5 months
itsu(tsu) ( )
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6 ROKU six, the sixth roku - six mui ka - the 6th of the month mut(tsu) raku gatsu - June [the 6th month] ( )
7 SHICHI, NANA seven, shichi or nana - seven , the seventh nana fushigi - the seven wondersnana, nana(tsu) shichi gatsu - July [the 7th month]
( )
8 HACHI eight, the eighth hachi -eight hachi nen kan - 8 yearsyat(tsu) hachi gatsu - August [the 8th month] ( )
9 KU, KYUU nine, the ninth kyuu or ku - nine , ku ka getsu - 9 monthskokono(tsu) ku gatsu - September [the 9th month] ( )
10 JUU ten juu - ten juu kyuu - 19 [lit. 10 & 9]
too kyuu juu - 90 [lit. 9 & 10] juu ni gatsu - December [the 12th month
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11 HYAKU a hundred, ni hyaku - 200 one hundred san byaku - 300
momo
12 SEN a thousand issen en - 1000 yen san sen ni hyaku - 2,200
chi ni sen nen - the year 2000, 2 millennium
13 MAN , BAN ten thousand hyaku man - a million (1,000,000) [100 &10,000] , ichi man en - 10,000 yen (about $100 US)
yorozu ban zai - hurrah! banzai! hooray!
14 FU , HO , TOU father, dad o tou san - a father , , chichi no hi - Father's Day
chichi chichi oya - father
15 BO, MU , KAA mother, mom okaa san - a mother, mommy , , haha no hi - Mother's Day
haha ho bo - a kindergarten teacher, a nurse
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16 YUU a friend tomo dachi - friends, a friend yuu jou - friendship
tomo yuu kou koku - a friendly nation
17 ZYO, NYO a woman, kano jo - 1) her, 2) girlfriend , women, female onna no ko - a girl
onna jo yuu - an actress
18 DAN, NAN a man, men, male dan jo - men & women , otoko rashi - manly, like a man
otoko yuki otoko - the abominable snowman
19 JIN, NIN person, ni hon jin - a Japanese person , people, man otona - adult, a grown-up [irregular]
hito bi jin - a beautiful woman
20 SHI, SU a child, a kid, ko domo - children, child , children, the young otoko no ko - a boy [man's child = boy]
ko ko neko - kitten [child cat] okashi - candy, sweets
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21 NICHI, JITSU the sun, day aru hi - one day , mai nichi - everyday
hi , ka kyou - today [irregular] , nichi you bi - Sunday
22 GETSU , GATSU month, the moon ichi gatsu - January [lit. 1st month] , kon getsu - this month
tsuki tsuki - the moon getsu you bi - Monday
23 KA fire, light hana bi - fireworks hi bana - sparks
hi ka zan - volcano [lit. fire mountain] ka you bi - Tuesday
24 SUI water oo mizu - flood [lit. big water] mizu gi - swimsuit, bathing suit
mizu sui you bi - Wednesday
25 MOKU, BOKU tree, wood ki nobori - tree climbing , matsu no ki - pine tree
ki , ko moku you bi - Thursday ,
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26 KIN , KON gold , money okane - money , [note: the o is added for 'respect.' ]
kane, kana shou kin - prize money , kin you bi - Friday
27 DO, TO earth, ground, soil nen do - clay , to chi - ground, area, soil
tsuchi do you bi - Saturday
28 HON book, ni hon - Japan counter for long, e hon - a picture book (for children)
moto slender objects hon - a book
29 KYUU rest, vacation natsu yasumi - summer vacation hiru yasumi - lunch break
yasumu oyasuminasai - 'Good night!'
30 GO word, speech, ni hon go - Japanesea language mono gatari - a story, tale, legend
katari , kata(ru) narration, koku go - national language , ( ) to tell, to speak (in Japan, Japanese)
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31 NEN year ichi nen - one year ne nen mae - two years ago
toshi kyo nen - last year
32 GO noon go go - afternoon (PM) go zen - morning (AM)uma go go ni ji - 2 O'clock in the afternoon
33 ZEN before, in front of, na mae - name previous mae gaki - preface [lit. before the writing]
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34 GO , KOU behind , after sai go - the last, the end, conclusion , ushiro - behindnochi,ushiro ata gaki - postscript, afterword ,
35 JI time ji kan - time toki doki - sometimes toki e do ji dai - the Edo period nan ji desu ka? - What time is it?
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36 KAN , KEN interval, space ji kan - time , room, time hiru ma - daytimeaida , ma i ma - living room ,
37 MAI , BAI each , every mai nichi - everyday , mai asa - every morning
gotoni mai shuu - every week ( )
38 SEN previous, ahead sen sei - teacher douzo, osaki ni - Please go first.
saki sen jitsu - the other day
39 KON, KIN now, the present kon getsu - this month , kon ban wa - Good night [lit. as for this night]
ima kon do - next time
40 KA what, how many nan nin - how many people? nani ka - something
nani , nan nani? - What? , nan ji desu ka? - What time is it?
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41 JOU, KAMI top, above, on tsukue no ue - on (the) desk [lit. desk's above] , jou zu - to be good at something [lit upper hand]
ue, uwa toshi ue - older, old (in years) ,
42 KA, GE bottom, under, kutsu shita - socks [lit. shoes under] , down chi ka - underground, basement
shita, shimo, moto toshi shita - junior, younger, young , ,
43 SA left hidari te - left hand hidari ashi - left leghidari tsukue no hidari - to the left of the desk
44 U, YUU right migi me - right eye , migi pe-ji - right page (of a book)
migi migi te - right hand
45 TOU, TSUU east chuu tou - the Middle East , higashi ajia - East Asia
higashi tou kyou - Tokyo
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46 SEI , SAI west nishi guchi - west entrance , kan sai - Osaka and surrounding area, Kansai
nishi nishi doitsu - West Germany tai sei you - the Atlantic
47 NAN south tou nan ajia - Southeast Asia nan kyoku - the South Pole, Antarcticminami nan bei - South America
48 HOKU,BOKU north kita amerika - North America , pekin - Bei jin (In China)
kita nan boku sen sou - the (US) Civil War hokkai dou - Hokkaido
49 GAI, GE outside, foreign gai koku jin - foreigner , gai koku go - foreign languagesato, hoka soto de asobou - Let's play outside! ,
50 MEI name, fame, na mae - name famous yuu mei - famous
na hiragana - Hiragana watashi no namae wa ... desu.
- My name is …
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51 KOU high, costly, tall sai kou - the highest, the best, supreme kou kou sei - a high school student
taka, takai takai biru - a tall building , ( )
52 SHOU small, little shou gakkou - elementary school chiisai ie - a small house
chiisai shou setsu - a novel, a story (fiction) ( )
53 CHUU middle, center, ichi nichi juu - all day long within, inside ie no naka - inside the house
naka ben kyou chuu - while studying, in the midst of studying
54 TAI, DAI big, large, great dai gaku - university, college , ookii kokoro - a big heart
ookii tai kai - big meet, convention, rally ( )
55 CHOU , JOU leader , long kou chou sensei - principal (of school) , sha chou - a company president
nagai nagai michi - a long road
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56 HAN half han ka getsu - half a month han getsu - a half moonnakaba han tou - peninsula [lit. half island] ( )
57 BUN,FUN, a part, share, han bun - half , to divide, separate bu bun - a part
wakeru to understand ki bun - feeling, mood ( ) wakarimashita - I understand
58 GAKU, KAKU learning, science, ka gaku - science , to learn chuu gakkou - middle school, JHS
manabu suu gaku - math, arithmetic ( )
59 KOU school gakkou - school kou kou - senior high school
kou nai - within the school, on school grounds
60 SEI, SHOU birth, life, kaku sei - a student , to give birth, isshou - all life, a lifetimeikiru , umareru to live jin sei - life (human)
( ) , sen sei - teacher, master, doctor... ( )
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61 SAN mountain ka zan - a volcano [lit. fire mountain] fu ji san - Mt. fuji
yama gomi no yama - a mountain of garbage yama - a mountain
62 SEN a river, stream kawa - a river ishi kawa ken - Ishikawa prefecture (on Honshu)
kawa o gawa - a stream [lit. small river]
63 HAKU white shiroi - the color white shiro ari - termite [lit. white ant]
shiroi haku chou - swan [lit. white bird] ( )
64 TEN heaven, the sky ten jou - ceiling ten ki - weather
ama , ame ten goku - heaven, paradise , ten sai - genius
65 U rain ame - rain ama mizu - rain water
ame, ama oo ame - heavy rain ,
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66 DEN , TEN electricity, den sha - (electric) train , electric powered den chi - a battery
inazuma den wa - a telephone den ki - electricity, light (from light bulb...)
67 KI , KE spirit, intention, kuu ki - air, atmosphere , mind, power, gen ki - genki, healthy, full of spiritiki energy nin ki - popular
68 SHA car, vehicle ji ten sha - bicycle den sha - trainkuruma kyuu kyuu sha - ambulance
69 KOKU country, a nation kan koku - Korea gai koku - foreign country
kuni chuu goku - China
70 EN a circle, yen sen en - 1000 yen en daka - a high yen ratemarui en o kaku - draw a circle ( )
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71 WA a talk, a topic, ei kai wa - English conversation (class) a story mukashi banashi - an old tale, legend
hanashi , hanasu shu wa - sign language [lit. hand talk]
( )
72 BUN , MON to hear, listen, ask shin bun - newspaper , kiite kudasai - please listenkiku ,kikoeru asa hi shin bun - the Asahi newspaper
( ) , ( )
73 JIKI , SHOKU eating, a meal, tabe mono - food [lit. eating thing] , food tabetai - (I) want to eat
ku ( u ) , ta ( beru ) shoku ji - a meal ( ) , ( )
74 DOKU to read yomi yasui - easy to read doku sho - reading
yo (mu ) yonde kudasai - please read ( )
75 RAI to come mi rai - the future [lit. not yet come] rai getsu - next month
kuru , kitaru de ki ru - able to do something, ready for( ) , ( )
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76 SHO book, document to sho kan - library sei sho - the Bible [lit. holy book]
ka ( ku ) ji sho - dictionary ( )
77 KEN to see, misete - show me! to show hana mi - flower viewing,
miru , mieru watching cherry blossoms in April ( ) , ( ) mieru - be able to see, visible
78 KOU, GYOU to go ikimashou - Let's go! , gin kou - bank
iku , yuku ryo kou - a trip, travel ( ) , ( )
79 SHUTSU to go out, leave de guchi - exit shuppatsu - to go, departuredasu , deru omoi dasu - to remember, to recollect
( ) , ( )
80 NYUU enter, to go in, naka iri - intermission (of a play) to insert iri guchi - an entrance
hairu , iru , ireru te ni iru - to obtain, to get your hands on ... ( )
( ) , ( )
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81 KAI , E meeting, ei kai wa - English conversation , to meet [only kai wa means any conversation]
au kai gi - meeting, conference ( ) kyou kai - church
82 SEI,SHOU blue ao zora - blue sky , (sometimes green) ao mori ken - Aomori Prefecture
aoi ao iro - blue color ( )
83 SEKI, SHAKU red aka chan - a child, infant , seki dou - the equator
akai aka ji - red ink, in the red, a deficit ( )
84 MEI, MYOU light, bright, akarui - bright, cheerful , to dawn hatsu mei - inventionakarui ,akeru setsu mei - explanation ( )
( )
85 SHUU, TOKI fall (the season), shuu bun no hi - autumn equinox holiday , autumn aki kaze - autumn breeze
aki
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86 KUU , KOU sky, air, empty kara te - karate [lit. empty hand] , kuu ki - air, atmosphere
sora , aku kuu kou - airport , sora - sky
87 KAI , KE to open doa o akeru - open a door , zen kai - full throttle, fully open
hiraku , hirakeru ( )
( )
88 A, AKU bad, evil warui mono - a bad fellow, , someone (something) bad
warui sai aku - the worst ( ) aku ma - devil, demon
89 CHOU morning asahi shinbun - Asahi newspaper ke sa - this morning [irregular pronunciation]
asa mai asa - every morning asa go han - breakfast [lit. morning rice]
90 JI letter (from mo ji - letter the alphabet...), aka juu ji - Red Cross [ juu ji is cross]aza character, mark kan ji - kanji, [lit. Chinese character]
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91 SOKU foot, feet, leg, ryou ashi - both legs (both feet) to be enough migi ashi - right foot, legashi sufficient man zoku - satisfaction
92 MI taste, experience aji mi - try the taste, have a taste i mi - meaning
aji shu mi - hobby
93 SHIN new, fresh atarashii kuruma - a new car shin bun - newspaper
arata , atarashii shin nen - new year ( )
( )
94 SHUU to collect, gather hen shuu - editing (newspaper, book...) atsumeru - to collect, to gather something
atsu ( meru ) shuu kai - assembly, group ( )
95 KEI , KYOU older brother o nii san - big brother , kyou dai - brothers
ani
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96 SHI older sister o nee san - big sister nee san - girl, older girlane shi mai - sisters
97 HO , BU to walk, to step ippo ippo - one step at a time, step by step san po - a walk, stroll
ayu ( mu ) , aru ( ku ) dai ippo - the first step ( ) ( )
98 YUU , U to have, to exist, is arigatou - arigatou, thank you , [set expression]a ( ru ) kou yuu chi - public land
( ) yuu mei - famous
99 AN safe, peaceful , an shin - peace of mind cheap, inexpensive yasui mono - something cheap
yasui an zen - safe, safety
100 to heal, to cure i sha - doctor i in - clinic
I
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101 I mind, heart, i mi - meaningattention chuu i - warning, caution, be careful
you i - preparation, prepare i ken - opinion, view
102 I more, with, i ka - below, less than, underthrough, i jou - more than, over, this is all
on account of i shin den shin - telepathy, mind reading
103 GEN , GON speech, statement koto ba - word, language , to say hitori goto - soliloquy, talking to yourselfiu , koto word, expression hou gen - dialect
( ) ,
104 KA , KE house ka zoku - family , sakka - writer, novelist, author
ya , ie ai byou ka - lover of cats ,
105 KYUU to hurry kyuu kyuu sha - ambulance tokkyuu - limited express train
isogu oriento kyuu kou - Orient Express ( )
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106 KEN dog ko inu - puppy ban ken - watch dog
inu ai ken ka - lover of dogs
107 MAI younger sister shi mai - sisters (elder & younger) itoko - cousin (female)
imouto shi mai to shi - sister cities
108 SHIKI , SHOKU color ao iro - blue , ki iro - yellow
iro juu nin to iro - 10 people 10 colors, different strokes for different folks
109 ON , IN sound on gaku - music , hatsu on - pronunciation
ne , oto fuku in - the Gospel, good news ,
110 IN member, official i in - committee member kai in - member, membership
sha in - company employee
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111 IN institution, byou in - hospital academy i in - (doctor's) clinic
dai gaku in - graduate school
112 IN to drink nomi mono - something to drink, a drink nomi mizu - drinking water
nomu nomi hou dai - all you can drink
113 GYO fish nin gyo - mermaid kin gyo - goldfish
uo , sakana tobi uo - flying fish ,
114 DOU to move un dou - exercise, movement dou butsu - animals
ugoku kan dou - deeply impressed, moved, touched ( )
115 GYUU cow, bull gyuu nyuu - milk gyuu niku - beef, cow meatushi ushi - cow
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116 KA a song kokka - national anthemto sing ka shi - lyrics, words to music
uta , utau ka bu ki - Kabuki, Japanese play , tan ka - Tanka, 31 syllable Japanese poem
117 SHA to copy, sha shin - photograph take (a photo) sha shin ka - photographer
utsusu sha sei - sketching, drawing from life
118 EI to be reflected, ei ga - movie to project on a eiga kan - the movies, cinema
utsuru , utsusu screen, reflect hou ei - televising ,
119 KAI sea, ocean nihon kai - Japan Sea hokkaidou - Hokkaido,
umi the most northern big island of Japan kai gan - beach, coast
120 BAI sale hatsu bai - new product for sale, sale to sell uri mono - something for sell
uri , uru bai bai - selling & buying ,
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121 UN luck, un ga - canal to carry un mei - fate, destiny
hakobu an zen un ten - safe driving
122 JUU , CHOU heavy ki chou - precious, valuable kasane gi - wearing clothes over clothes
omoi juu ten - important point, to stress something
123 EI England, English, seki ei - quartz grand ei kai wa - English conversation
hanabusa ei yaku - English translation ei yuu teki - heroic
124 EKI station (train) eki mae - in front of a station eki in - station attendant
eki ben - station bento (lunch)
125 SHUU end, finish sai shuu - the final, last, closing shuu sen - end of war
owari , tsui shuu den - the last train , shuu ryou - end, termination
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126 TA many, much, oosugiru - too muchfrequent ta bun - probably, maybe
ooi ta moku teki - multi purpose
127 KI get up, wake up haya oki - getting up early omoi okosu - to recall a memory
okiru , okosu ichi nen hokki - be resolved to ... ,
128 OKU roof, house, shop hon ya - book store shi bai go ya - playhouse, theater
ya ya shiki - mansion
129 SOU send ei sei hou sou - satellite broadcasting nama hou sou - live broadcast
okuru sou kin - sending money (through mail...)
130 KYOU teach, faith, kirisuto kyou - Christianity education shuu kyou - religion
oshieru yudaya kyou - Judaism kyou iku - education
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131 DAI , TEI younger brother itoko - cousin , kyou dai - brothers
otouto de shi - disciple, pupil mana deshi - favorite student, teacher's pet
132 DOU same, agree, dou i - agreement, same thought equal dou on go - homonym
onaji dou ki - same class, same period, contemporaries
133 SHU , SU Lord, master, ji nushi - landlord , principal matter jou shu - lord of a castlenushi sou zou shu - Creator
134 SHI think i shi - intention, purpose kata omoi - one sided love, unrequited love
omou ryou omoi - mutual love omoi dasu - to recall, remember
135 SHIN parent, relative, chichi oya - father parent familiar haha oya - mother parent
oya , shitashii ryou shin - parents , oya yubi - thumb
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136 KA , KE flower ike bana - flower arrangement , hi bana - a spark
hana hana bi - fireworks hana mi - flower viewing (cherry blossoms)
137 KA summer natsu yasumi - summer vacation natsu matsuri - summer festival
natsu ka ki ji kan - daylight savings time
138 GA , KAKU picture ei ga - a movie, film , kei kaku - plan, schedule, program
san sui ga - landscape picture
139 KAI world se kai - the world, society se kai ichi - the best in the world
shi kai - field of vision, sight
140 BAI buy kai mono - something to buy, shopping bai bai - selling & buying, trade
kau kai nush i - the buyer, purchaser
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141 KI return, arrive at, okaerinasai - Welcome home! come home Said when someone comes home
kaeru kaeri michi - the way back home, the road home ki koku - return to home country
142 DAI generation, price, e do ji dai - Edo period (1603-1868) substitute, ko dai - ancient days
kawari , kawaru exchange juu dai - the teens, teenager, from 11-19 , age, generation
143 GAKU , RAKU music, comfort, an raku - ease, comfort , ease on gaku - musictanoshii gakki - a musical instrument
144 FUU , FU wind, air, style kami kaze - divine wind, Kamikaze , tai fuu - typhoonkaze nihon fuu - Japanese style
145 TAI lend kane kashi - money lending kashi ya - a house for rent
kasu chotto kashite kudasai - Let me borrow ___ for a sec
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146 HOU direction, anata - you (usually written in hiragana) person, way of tsukai kata - how to use (something)
kata mi kata - view point, way of looking
147 SHI paper te gami - letter (postal) ori gami - origami, paper folding
kami wa shi - Japanese paper
148 TSUU go through, fu tsuu - common, generally, ordinary avenue, traffic toori (or doori) - street, avenue
tooru , toori tuu yaku - translate, interprete ,
149 TAI body, object ki tai - gas, vapour gu tai teki - concretely, tangible
karada , katachi karada ga yowai - body is weak ,
150 SHAKU borrow, rent kari mono - borrowed thing shakkin - debt, loan
kariru kari ie - house for rent
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151 KAN China kan ji - Kanji, Chinese characters kan bun - Chinese literature
han kan wa - Chinese character - Japanese dictionary
152 KAN building, palace ei ga kan - movie theater to sho kan - library
yakata sui zoku kan - aquarium
153 GEN , GAN beginning, origin moto moto - originally , mi moto - ID, a person's identity
moto ji gen - dimension
154 KOU think, consider , kou ko gaku - archaeology a thought kangae naosu - to rethink, reconsider
kangaeru , kangae ii kangae - a good thought
155 CHAKU , IYAKU to wear ama gi - rain wear , uwa gi - a coat, jacket
kiru tou chaku - to arrive
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156 KYUU , KU research, study ken kyuu - research ken kyuu kai - research society
kiwameru kyuu mei - investigation
157 KYO , KO past, gone, leave sugi saru - to pass , ka ko - the pastsaru sute saru - to abandon (ship)
158 KYOU , KEI capital tou kyou - Tokyo , pekin - Beijing, China
miyako jou kyou - going to the capital (Tokyo)
159 KYOU , GOU strong kyou teki - strong enemy, fierce enemy , ben kyou - study
tsuyoi sai kyou - the strongest
160 GYOU , GOU business, vocation ei gyou - business, trade , karu waza - acrobatics
waza san gyou - industry
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161 SETSU , SAI cut, cut off shin setsu - kindness , tsume kiri - (finger) nail clippers
kiru fumi kiri - railway crossing
162 KIN , KON near, early sai kin - recently , kin ki - the Kinki area (Osaka, Kyoto, Nara...)
chikai chika goro - recently, lately kin jo - neighborhood
163 GIN silver kin gin - gold & silver gin kou - bank
shirogane jun gin - pure silver
164 KOU , KU mouth de guchi - exit , kara kuchi - spicy tastekuchi jin kou - population
165 KOU , KU , GU craft, construction jin kou - manmade, artificial , , dai ku - carpenter
kou jou - factory
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166 KOKU black an koku - darkness shiro kuro - black and white
kuro , kuroi makkuro - pitch black ,
167 KEI plan, measure kei kaku - plan, scheme to kei - watch, clock
hakaru on do ke - thermometer
168 KEN study of, sharpen ken kyuu - research ken kyuu sei - research student
togu ken shuu - training
169 KEN , KON build ken koku - founding of a nation , ni kai date - a 2 story building
tateru sai ken - rebuilding, reconstruction
170 KEN testing, examine, shi ken - exam, test effect jikken - experiment
tamesu tai ken - (personal) experience
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171 KO old tsukai furusu - to wear out something kou ko gaku - archaeology
furui furu hon ya - used bookstore
172 KOU wide, broad hiro ba - an opened space, plaza kou koku - advertisement
hiroi , hiromeru kou hou - public relations, publicity ,
173 SHIN heart, mind ai koku shin - patriotism an shin - relief, peace of mind
kokoro i shin den shin - telepathy shita gokoro - hidden intentions, secret motive
174 SHI test, try, nyuu shi - entrance examinationexperiment ude dameshi - testing one's abilities (arm)
kokoromiru , tamesu sotsu gyou shi ken - graduation test ,
175 TOU solution, answer mon dou - questions and answers ou tou - reply, answer
kotaeru , kotae kai tou - answer, solution ,
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176 JI , ZU matter, thing, shi goto - work , fact, business dai ji - important
koto ka ji - housework ki ji - article (newspaper)
177 TEN revolve, un ten - driving turn around i ten - transfer, moving
kai ten - revolution, rotate
178 SAKU , SA make, produce, sakka - author, writer , prepare te zukuri - handmade
tsukuru tou saku - plagiarism
179 CHA , SA tea o cha - Japanese tea, green tea , u-ron cha - Oolong tea, Chinese tea
mugi cha - barley tea
180 SOU fast, early haya kuchi - talk fast asa hayai - early morning
hayai sassoku - at once, immediately (irreg. sound)
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181 SHI stop kin shi - prohibited, not allowed tachi iri kin shi - keep off! dont come in
tomaru , tomeru , tome chuu shi - suspension, interruption , ,
182 JI , SHI oneself doku ji - original, peculiar , ji ei - self-defense
mizukara ji ga ji san - praising one's own work
183 SHI , JI official, serve, hou shi - service, attendance , attend shi age - finished, end
tsukaeru shi goto - work
184 SHI death, die uchi ji ni - die in battle, die in action chi shi - lethal, fatal
shinu hisshi - desperate, inevitable death, frantic
185 SHI begin kai shi - commencement, begin sue shi jyuu - forever
hajimeru hajimemashite - nice to meet you
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186 SHI use ten shi - angel tai shi - ambassador
tsukau , tsukai tsukai yasui - easy to use ,
187 SHI I, me, private shi sho bako - post office box shi ji - personal affairs
watashi , watakushi ,
188 CHI , JI ground, earth igoko chi - comfort , u chuu ki chi - space station
gen zai chi - you are here on a map, present location
189 JI hold, have ki mochi - feeling, mood okane mochi - rich man
motsu , moteru chikara mochi - strong man ,
190 SHITSU quality, matter, shitsu mon - question substance hin shitsu - quality
jisshitsu - substance, essence
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191 SHITSU room, chamber misshitsu - hidden room kyou shitsu - classroom
muro on shitsu - greenhouse
192 HIN goods, article, kuruma you hin - car parts elegance, dignity ge hin - vulgar, indecent
shina ke shou hin - cosmetics
193 SHA company, firm, sha kai - society office kai sha - office, company
yashiro shuppan sha - publisher
194 SHA someone, person i sha - medical doctor gaku sha - a scholar
mono gei sha - Geisha, woman performer
195 SHU , ZU hand kara te - Karate heta - not good at, poor atte jou zu - good at, excells at
te gami - letter (postal)
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196 SHUU week isshuu kan - one week sen shuu - last week
rai shuu - next week shuu matsu - weekend
197 SHUU , JU learn ren shuu - practice , ji shuu - self study
narau fuku shuu - review, study again
198 JUU , CHUU live, reside, dwell juu sho - (mailing) address , i shoku juu - necessities of life,
sumu clothing, food, and housing i juu - migration
199 SHUN spring (season) haru yasumi - spring break sho shun - early springharu sei shun - youth
200 SEI , SHOU correct, justice, sei kai - correct , right kai sei - revisement, amendmenttadashii shou gatsu - the New Year
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201 SHOU few, little shou shou omachi kudasai Please wait a moment
sukunai , sukoshi shou nen - youth, boy , shou gakkou - elementary school
202 JOU location, place ba sho - a place, area suki- jou - ski area
chou , ba chuu sha jou - parking lot
203 CHI to know, wisdom chi e - wisdom chi ji - governor
shiru koku chi - announcement, notice
204 SHIN true, reality sha shin - photograph makkura - pitch black
ma , makoto makotoni - really, truely ,
205 ZU , TO map, drawing, chi zu - map , plan, unexpected ai zu - sign, signal
e , hakaru i to - intention, aim ,
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206 SEI , SE generation, world, se kai - the world , society sei ki - century
yo jin sei - life
207 SEKI evening yuu gata - evening yuu yake - sunset
yuu yuu shoku - dinner
208 SOU run kyou sou - race dassou - escape, desertion
hashiru nige hashiru - to run away
209 ZOKU tribe, family min zoku - tribe ka zoku - family
kaku ka zoku - nuclear family
210 CHUU pour, flow into, chuu i - caution, warning concentrate on chuu mon - order (restaurant...)
sosogu , sasu chuu sha - injection, a shot ,
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211 DEN rice field yu den - oil field ta ue - rice plantingta inaka - the country (irreg. pron)
212 DAI , TAI stand, stage, bu tai - stage , pedestal tai fuu - taiphoon
dai dokoro - kitchen
213 TAI wait, depend on matte kudasai - please wait a sec ki tai - expectations, hopes
matsu , machi shou tai - invitation ,
214 DAI topic, subject shuku dai - homework wa dai - topic, subject
mon dai - problem
215 DO , TO , TAKU degree, time, ichi do - one time, once , , times occurred on do - temperature
tabi kon do - next time
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216 RITSU , RYUU , to stand ken ritsu - prefectural , doku ritsu - independence
tatsu hi tachi - Hitachi company
217 RYO trip, travel ryo kou - trip tabi bito - a traveller
tabi ryo ken - passport
218 RYOKU, RIKI power, strength, chikara mochi - strong person , exertion nou ryoku - ability
chikara kyou ryoku - cooperation
219 CHUU noon, daytime hiru ne - a nap chuu shoku - lunch, noonmealhiru hiru yasumi - lunch break, noon break
220 CHOU town, village minato machi - port city chou min - townspeople
machi chou kai - town council
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221 CHOU bird yaki tori - grilled chicken isseki ni chou - one stone, two birds - tori to kill 2 birds with one stone ko tori - a small bird
222 TEN store, shop kai ten - the opening of a shop kissaten - coffee shop
mise ten in - attendant, clerk of the store
223 MON question, ask, mon dai - problem problem shitsu mon - question
tou gi mon - question, doubt, problem
224 TOU winter tou min - hibernation, winter sleep fuyu yasumi - winter vacation
fuyu tou ki - winter season
225 DOU , TOU way, road, street, ma gari michi - a winding road , course kaeri michi - the way homemichi kata michi - a one way (trip)
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226 DOU hall nin ten dou - Nintendo video game company shoku dou sha - dining car
shoku dou - lunch room, cafeteria
227 TOKU special toku betsu - special toku ni - especially, particularly
toku gi - special skill
228 NIKU meat hi niku - irony, ironic gyuu niku - beef
kin niku - muscle
229 YA , SHO plains, field ara no - wasteland, wilderness , ya kyuu - baseball
no nagano ken - Nagano prefecture
230 HATSU depart, start from, shuppatsu - depart, leave to happen baku hatsu - explosion
abaku , tatsu hakken - discovery , hatsu mei - invention
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231 HAN meal, cooked rice go han - rice, meal asa go han - breakfast
meshi sui han ki - rice cooker
232 BYOU ill, sick byou ki - sick byou in - hospital
yamai , yamu kyuu byou - sudden illness ,
233 FU , BU non-, negative, fu ka nou - impossible , bad fu an - uneasy, unsure
fu kou hei - unfairness, injustice
234 FUKU clothing, obey you fuku - western style clothes i fuku - clothes
fuku juu - obedience
235 BUTSU , MOTSU thing, matter, shoku butsu - plant life , object mono gatari - story, legend
mono tabe mono - something to eat
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236 BUN , MON sentence, literature bun mei - civilization , bun ka - culturefumi , aya bun gu - stationery , bun shou - a sentence
237 BETSU separate, another, bessou - a second house specially toku betsu - special
wakareru , wakeru betsu ni - it's not that important, not particularly ,
238 BEN exertion ben kyou - study fu ben kyou - idleness
tsutomeru ben kyou chuu - in the midst of studying
239 MOKU , BOKU eye hito me bore - love at first sight , moku tek i - purpose, goal
me hidari me - left eye
240 YOU use, service, shi you - use business you shi - paper, form
mochiiru you i - prepare you jin bou - body gaurd
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241 YA night, evening yo nige - flight in the night, fleeing in the night kon ya - this evening
yo , yoru ya kan - night, night time ,
242 YOU weekday nan you bi - what day of the week? kin you bi - Friday
do you bi - Saturday
243 YOU the West, you fuku - western style clothing western style, you shoku - western (foreign) food
ocean you ga - foreign painting
244 RI logic, reason, truth ri yuu - reason, cause mu ri - impossible, unreasonable ri ka - science
245 RYOU fee, materials ryou kin - a charge, a fee ryou ri - cooking, dish
in ryou - a drink (written word)
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246 SOU , SHOU each other , shu shou - prime minister , mutual , ai ai gasa - 2 people sharing an umbrella
ai appearance , ai ka warazu - same as always; aspect same ole same ole...
minister of state sumou - Sumo (has a special su sound
247 love - I love you! ai sai - beloved wife
ai ai chi ken - Aichi prefecture ai doku - a Book lover
248 GOU , KATSU to be together; ai ai gasa - 2 people sharing an umbrella , to fit ba ai - a case, situation
au gu ai - condition (of various things) tsu gou - circumstances, condition, convenience
249 SHOU to sell; trade shou kou - a trade port shou gyou - commerce, business
akinau
250 SEN shallow, kei ken ga asai - have little experience superficial asa midori - light green, pale green
asai
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251 YO to keep , azuke kin - key money to take charge of yo gen - a prophecy
azukaru , azukeru to deposit ,
252 KAN sweat , ase - sweat perspiration kan sen - sweat gland
ase
253 YUU play; to be idle yuu en chi - an amusement park yuu sei - a planet
asobu yuu boku min - nomad mu yuu byou - sleepwalking
254 CHI value, price ka chi - worth, value
atai , ne ,
255 YO to give , award , ataeru - to give, to presentcause ,
ataeru to assign (a task)
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256 ON warm , ki on - temperature temperature on sen - Onsen, hot spring
atatakai on do - temperature (degree)
257 DAN warm , chi kyuu on dan ka - global warming cordial atatamaru - to warm up; warm oneself
atatakai
258 TOU , ZU head , top ishi atama - hard headed person (stone head) , aka zu kin - Little Red Riding Hood atama (lit. red hood)
259 HEN , BE vicinity , kono hen - this vicinity, around here , neighborhoodatai
260 TOU to hit , to win , ben tou - lunch box, Bento to guess hon tou - truth, really
ataru , ateru tou zen - naturally, of course , teki tou - suitable, good, fit
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261 pressure ki atsu - atmospheric pressure den atsu - voltage
atsu
262 SHO summer heat; hot sho chuu - summer (middle of)
atsui
263 NETSU heat , hot , ne tsu - a fever fever , craze nesshin - fervor, zeal
atsui nettai - the tropical belt
264 KOU thick atsusa - thickness atsu gami - thick paper
atsui
265 SEKI trace , marks, ashi ato - footprints remains i seki - ruins, historical remains
ato ki seki - a miracle
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266 BOU to disclose, open, ran bou - violent, rough exoise ,
abaku violent
267 YOKU to bathe nikkou yoku - sunbathing
abiru
268 KI dangerous , ki ki - a crisis unsafe kiki kanri - crisis management
abunai , ayaui unsteady kikyuu - emergency kiken - danger, peril kiken jinbutsu - a dangerous person
269 YU oil shou yu - Soy sauce tou yu - kerosene
abura abura e - an oil painting
270 SHI fat shibou - fat (body fat)
abura
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271 KAN sweet ama kuchi - mildness, sweet flavor
amai
272 YO to leave over , yochi - room, spacemore than , hei kin yo mei - life expectancy
amasu , amari , amaru the remainder , , to remain,
to be beyond (one's power)
273 HEN to compile , shi hen - the Psalms to knit hen shuu - editing, compiling
amu hen shuu bu - editing department
274 KA a fault, error , tabe sugi - eat too muchto pass , elapse kako - the past
ayamachi , sugiru , sugosu to exceed , kakokei - the past tense (grammar) , to go to excess sugi koshi no matsuri - the Passover
275 GO mistake shikou sakugo - trial and error gokai - a misunderstanding
ayamaru
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276 KOU violent, rude, wild arai - wild, rough become rough are chi - desert, wasteland
arai , areru ,
277 SEN wash o te arai - toliet, bathroom arai guma - racoon (lit. washing bear)
arau sen taku - washing; laundry sen nou - brain washing
278 SOU to struggle, quarrel kyou sou - competition, contest quarrel , dispute sen sou - war
arasou , arasoi nan boku sen sou - the US Civil War
279 KAI to change , kai kaku - reform; reformation; innovation reform , kei zai kai kaku - economic reform
aratameru , aratamaru to be reformed , kai tei - revision reform
280 HYOU to show , za seki hyou - seating chart to indicate , list , ji kan hyou - time table
arawasu , omute table , schedule dai hyou - representative , the outside, surface happyou - announcement
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281 GEN actual , appear hyou gen - expression ai no hyou gen - an expression of love
arawasu gen kin - cash, ready money gen zai - now, present days, current
gen ba - the actual spot, scene of the crime
282 CHO author , cho sha - author to write a book ichijirushii - remarkable
arawasu , ichijirushii remarkable, conspicuous
283 ZAI to exist , son zai - existence country , tai zai - stay, sojourn
aru suburbs
284 AN dark makkura - total darkness kura yami - darkness, the dark
kurai an ki - memorization, to learn by heart
285 I commit , i in - committee memberto entrust with makaseru - to entrust, leave ~ to
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286 I clothes garments yukata - a yukata; summer kimono i fuku - clothes
koromo
287 I enclose ,surround fun i ki - an atmosphere irori - a fireplace, hearth
kakomu , kakou ,
288 I rank , position , ichi i - first placeabout dono kurai - about how much; how far
kurai i chi - place, location, point
289 I stomach i - stomach
290 I , eki easy tsukai yasui - easy to use , wakari yasui - easy to understand
yasashi i , yasui
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291 I to transfer , i min - immigration, immigrantto infect , to move i juu - migrate, migration
utsuru , utsusu to remove , , to infect
292 I depend on yoru - depends on, to depend on jyou kyou ni yoru - depends on the situation
e i gan - a request
293 I great , erai - great, importantremarkable i dai - greatness
erai
294 I differ; wrong ma chigai - a mistake~ ~ni chigai nai - I am sure of ~
chigau , chigaeru i han - violation , infrigement ,
295 DO get angry okoru - get angryto get angry do sei - a roar
ikaru , okaru ikarasu - to anger someone , ikari - anger; hatred
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296 SOKU breath an soku - rest, repose tame iki - a sigh
iki musuko - a son (irregular reading)
297 iki boundary chi iki - a region, area chi iki ji koku - local time
298 SEI power sei ryoku - influence, power, might ikioi komu - to go heart and soul into...
ikioi
299 KI how many , ikutsu - how much?, how many?some iku ta - many, a number of
iku
300 iku to bring up , kyou iku - education to educate , shou gai kyou iku - education for life
sodatsu , sodateru to grow tai iku - P.E.; gymnastics , tai iku kan - a gym
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301 SEN war yuki gassen - snow ball fight rei sen - the Cold War
ikusa , tatakau sen jyou - a battlefield , saku sen - tactics, stategy
302 CHI pond den chi - a battery ike - a pond
ike
303 YUU brave yuu ki - bravery yuu sha - a brave man, hero
isamu
304 SHAKU , KOKU stone in seki - a meteorite , ka seki - a fossilichi , seki ji shaku - magnet , hou seki - gem, jewel
sekken - soap isseki ni chou - killing 2 birds with one stone
305 SEN spring on sen - hot spring, sen sui - a fountain
izumi
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306 BOU busy isogashii - busy ta bou - busy
isogashii
307 MAN , BAN board (wood) , kan ban - sign, billboard , plate ita basami - a dilemma,
ita caught between a rock and a hard place
308 TSUU pain kata hara itai - absurd, ridiculous, laughable itami dome - a painkiller
itai , itamu ,
309 HOU hug , hold hou you - hug, embrace shin bou - patience, to put up with...
idaku , daku , kakaeru hou fuku zettou - convulsed with laughter, , split one's sides laughing
310 CHOU summit , receive chou jou - peak, summit (of a mountain) chou dai - please, give me...
itadaki , itadaku itadaku - receive (something) ,
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311 SHI city oosaka shi - Osaka City shimai toshi - sister cities
ichi ichi ba - market, marketplace
312 SHI thread ito - thread, yarn, string tsuri ito - fishing line
ito
313 EI manage , hei ei - barracksbarracks ei gyou - business, management
itonamu ei gyou chuu - in business
314 HI no , denial san pi - pros and cons, approval and disapproval fu tei teki - negative, contradictory
ina
315 MEI , MYOU order isshou ken mei - with utmost effort, , with all one's might
inochi un mei - fate,destiny kaku mei - revolution
shi mei - a mission ju myou - a life span
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316 KI to pray inori - a prayer shu no inori - the Lord's Prayer
inoru
317 YOU require , juu you - important, momentous, major necessary hitsu you - necessaryiru you kyuu - demands, request
318 KYO reside kami shi bai - a picture play, telling a story with pictures
iru nin gyou shi bai - a puppet show i ma - a living room
319 GAN rock; crag you gen - volcanic lava iwate ken - Iwate prefecture
iwa iwa nobori - rock climbing
320 SHUKU , SHUU celebrate iwai - celebration, congratulations , shuku sai jitsu - a festival day
iwai shuku fuku - a blessing
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321 IN draw , pull wari biki - a discount, reduction tsuna hiki - tug-of-war
hiku , hikeru hiki dashi - a drawer (from a desk) , hikkoshi - to move
in you - a quotation, citation
322 IN sign , mark in shou zukeru - to impress someone in shou teki - impressive
shirushi in do jin - a person from India
323 IN cause gen in - cause, source yotte - because of, accordingly
yoru
324 U feather , wing hane - a feather wa - a counter for birds
ha , hane ichi wa - one (bird) ,
325 U universe, u chuu - the universe, spaceeaves, house u chuu jin - an alien
u chuu hi kou shi - an astronaut u chuu ryo kou - Space travel
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326 SHO first sai sho - first, from the beginning, onset beginning hatsu basho - New Year's Sumo tournament
ui , hatsu , hajime ,
327 SHOKU to plant , to set up ta ue - rice planting shoku butsu - plants,vegetation
ueru , uwaru shoku min chi - a colony ,
328 SHI to ask , to visit , ukagau - to visit, to ask, inquire (honorific) to hear
ukagau
329 FU to float , uku - to floatto come to mind , uki yo e - Ukiyoe
ukabu , uku to be left over (pictures of everyday life in the Edo Period) ,
330 JU to receive , ju ju - give and receive popularity , ukeru - to be received, become popular,
ukaru , uke receptacle to catch on , ju ken - taking a test
ukemi - the passive (grammar)
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331 SHOU to hear , shou chi - know, say yes, consent to agree to shou nin - recognition, acknowledgement
uketamawaru
332 SHITSU to lose , slip shitsu gyou - unemployment shippai - failure, mistake
ushinau shitsu bou - disappointment shitsu rei - rude, impolite, excuse me
333 HAKU thin , light , usu usu - dimly, slightly weak , pale hakka - peppermint
usui
334 GI to doubt , suspect , kai gi - doubt, skepticismsuspicion , utagau - to doubt
utagau doubt you gi sha - a suspect (person) gi mon - a question, doubt, problem
gi mon bun - interrogative sentence
335 NAI , DAI inside an nai - information, guidance , ken nai - within a prefecture
uchi nai sho - secret, confidential, privacy
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336 DA strick , hit , to beat shita uchi - click one's tongue, smacking lips nuki uchi - a sudden assault; be surprised by…
utsu uchi ageru - to launch, shoot up (a rocket, space shuttle or fireworks)
337 BI beautiful , san bi - praisebeauty san bi ka - a hymn, praise song
utsukushii bi jin - a beautiful woman bi jutsu - art, fine arts
338 KI vessel , tool ka en hou sha ki - a flame thrower gakki - a musical instument
utsuwa shou ka ki - a fire extinguisher sui han ki - a rice cooker
339 WAN arm , talent ,ability ude - an arm ryou ude - both arms
ude ude zumou - arm wrestling (arm Sumo)
340 SAN childbearing , o mi yage - a souvenir, product , present from a trip for someone
ubu , umu fortune , koku san - a national product , to give birth , ha san - bankrupt
to produce fu dou san - real estate
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341 BA horse uma - horse ka ba - a hippo; hippopotamus
uma , ma shima uma - a zebra , yabu same - archery from horseback
baka - foolish, an idoit, stupid
342 MAI to be buried , umaru - to be buried to be filled up , ana ume - to fill in the blanks (of a form...)
umaru , umeru to bury , , to fill up
343 KEI respect son kei - repect, honor,esteem kei go - honorific language, terms of respect
uyamau
344 RI reverse side , ura waza - an underhanded trick ,back , using secret knowledge
ura opposite ura guchi - back door shu ri ken - a throwing star (ninja!)
ura giru - to betray
345 SEN to divine , doku sen - a monopoly divination , sen ryou chi - occupied territory (by an army)
uranau , uranai , shimeru to occupy , , to hold (a seat)
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346 TOKU acquire , kokoro e - information, knowledge gain eru - to get; to gain
uru , eru ,
347 KAI , E picture abura e - oil painting , uki yo e - Ukiyoe, everyday life in Edo period
e hon - a picture book (children)
348 KAI , E a turn , ikkai - once, one time , to turn kon kai - this time, now
mawaru , mawasu mawashi - Sumo's lioncloth , kai fuku - recovering, recovery
349 EI swim en ei - long-distance swimming sui ei - swimming
oyogu kan chuu sui ei - swimming in dead of winter
350 EI flourish , glory ei kou - glory ei you - nutrition
sakaeru , hae , haeru ,
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351 EI eternal ei en - forever, eternity ei zoku - permanence, persistent
nagai
352 EI sharp surudoi - sharp
surudoi
353 EKI , YAKU war , office , aku yaku - the bad guy part, role of the villian , duty , role , doku mi yaku - a taster for posion
service yaku ni tatsu - be useful; be helpful
354 EKI liquid doku eki - venom (from a snake...) ketsu eki gata - blood type
355 SHI a branch kare eda - a dead branch(of a tree) tsuma you ji - toothpick
eda shi dare yanagi - a Weeping Willow
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356 ETSU to go over , hikkoshi - moving, changing residence to exceed , oi koshi - passing
koeru , kosu to cross , , to move to
357 SHOU to laugh , okashii - funny, strange, amusing to smile e gao - a smiling face
emu , warau ,
358 SEN to choose erabu - to choose, select sen kyo - elections (very noisy!)
erabu
359 EN garden kou en - park you chi en - kindergarden
sono
360 EN , ON far ei en - forever, eternity , mimi ga tooi - poor hearing
tooi bou en kyou - telescope en soku - trip; hike; picnic
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361 EN salt shoku en - table salt shio mizu - salt water
shio
362 EN to act , enka - Enka (style of Japanese music) to perform a play kai en - curtain opening (start of a play)
363 EN to be postponed , nobasu - to lengthen; to stretch; to grow a beard to be extended , en ki - to postpone
nobiru , nobasu , nobe to postpone , , to extend , total
364 EN smoke kin en - NO SMOKING! kemui - smokey\
kemuru , kemuri , kemui ,
365 SHO , CHO beginning (lineage) issho - together , cord, string nai sho - secret, private
o (of a musical nai sho banashi - a secret talkinstrument)
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366 O to bring yogosu - to stain, to soildisgrace upon , o sen - pollution
kegasu , yogosu , kitanai to soil , tai ki o sen - air pollution , to get dirty ,
367 O , WA peace, sum, shou wa - emperor & era name of Japan (1926-89) , Japan chou wa - harmony
yawaragu , nagomu hei wa - peace , wa shoku - Japanese style food
368 ROU old e bi - a lobster, shrimp kei rou no hi - Respect for the Aged Day
oiru , fukeru ,
369 FU to bear , shou bu - a match, contest, boutto be indebted to , make - a defeat
ou , makeru , makasu to lose , kon make - to run out of patience; , be defeated , to give up due to being out-done
to beat ,defeat
370 OU chase oi kakeru - to run after; chase tsui hou - banishment; exile
tsui
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371 OU king ou koku - kingdom, monarchy ou ji - a prince
ou te - checkmate, check (shougi/chess) ou sama - a king
372 OU , KOU yellow ou gon ritsu - the Golden Rule , taso gare - twilightki , ko ki iro - yellow
373 OU center shin ou - center of earthquake; epicenter chuu ou - the center; central; middle
374 OU side , width , yoko oyogi - the sidestroke (swimming) beside yoko zuna - the highest ranking in sumo
yoko ou dan - crossing (a road)
375 OU Europe sei ou - Western Europe ou fuu - European style
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376 OU push oshi ire - a closet oshi uri - a high pressure salesman
osu , osaeru ,
377 OU interior , okusan - (your) wife inner part , oku no te - the last resort; secret skills
oku depths , heart
378 HAN to commit , i han - violation; transgression violate , sai han - second offense
okasu offense bou han - crime prevention gen kou han de - caught red handed
han zai - a crime
379 HAI worship , guu zou rei hai - idolatry humbly rei hai - worship
ogamu hai kei - Dear ..., (start of a letter)
380 HO to supply , ho kyuu - supply; replenishto compensate , ho chou ku - hearing aid
oginau to supplement
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381 CHI to place , i chi - place; situationto put oki ba - a place to store something
oku
382 OKU hundred million ichi oku - 100,000,000
383 CHI slow , late chi koku - to be late; lateness chi en - to delay; procrastination
okurasu , okureru , osoi ,
384 GOU , SOU to present a gift zou shuu wai - bribery; corruption , okuri mono - a present; giftokuru
385 YOU childish , you ji - a baby; infant very young you chi en - kindergarten
osanai
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386 CHI , JI to rule over , sei ji - politics; government , govern , min shu sei ji - Democratic government
osamaru , naosu cure naosu - to cure; heal , mei ji ji dai - the Meiji Period (1868-1912)
387 SHUU to obtain , shuu kaku - harvest to pay (taxes) , shuu nyuu - income
osamaru to store shuu you - accommodation
388 KYOU to fear , osoroshii - terriable; dreadful fear , anxiety , kyou fu - terror; fear
osoreru , osore , osoroshii fearful , fierce , kyou ryuu - dinosaur , awful
389 RAKU to fall ochiru - to fail (a test); fall down; to drop osha re - fashion-conscious
ochiru , otosu saru mo ki kara ochiru - , Even monkeys can fall from the trees.
(idiom) anyone can make mistakes
390 FU , FUU husband , ku fuu - a device; scheme , man jyou bu - healthy; strong; sturdyotto dai jyou bu - ok; alright fuu fu - a married couple; husband and wife
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391 HOU to visit , tan bou - an inquiry; searching to call on hou mon - to visit; to call
otozureru , tazuneru
392 YOU dance , odoru - to dance to dance , odori - a dance
odori , odoru to jump ,
393 KAKU each , kakkoku - every country; each country every kaku eki tei sha - local train
onoono (a train that stops at every station)
394 TAI a belt , ki ken chi tai - danger zone a region , kuro obi - a black belt (martial arts)
obi , obiru to wear kei tai den wa - a keitai (portable phone) , nettai - the tropics
395 to remember , kan kaku - sense; sensationto understand me zamashi to kei - alarm clock
obaeru , kaku me o samemasu - to wake up , (eyes wake up)
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396 face , getsu men - the surface of the moonsurface, ji men - ground; earth's surface
omo , men , omote side , phase , seki men - to blush (red face) , mask , face , ryou men - both sides
outside, front men setsu - interview (for job...)
397 to break , ori gami - paper folding, origamito fold u setsu - to turn right
ori , setsu , oru , ,
398 to fall kou u - rainfall, rain(rain, snow) kou san - to surrender, give into...
kou , furu , oriru to get off , to come down
399 honorific prefix go han - rice (rice is important) go ku rou sama - thanks for your hard work
on , gyo , go go chi sou - feast! treating someone to food , ,
400 KOU , KYOU fragrance kou sui - perfume , hon kon - Hong Kong
ka , kaori , kaoru , ,
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401 KA subject of study gakka - subject; course of study ka gaku - science
kyou ka sho - a textbook
402 KA , KE change (into) koku sai ka - internationalization , chi kyuu on dan ka - global warming
bakeru , bakasu bun ka - culture , o bake - ghost
403 KA load ni motsu - luggage, baggage omo ni - a heavy load; burden
ni
404 KA add san ka - participation zou ka - an increase
kuwaeru , kuwawaru ,
405 KA fruit , end kou ka - effect, results hatashi jou - a letter of challenge
hanisu , hateru , hate (from an enemy) , ka juu - fruit juice
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406 KA money, goods kin ka - a gold coin kou ka - a coin
407 KA section, lesson ka chou - section chief ka zei - taxes, taxation
408 KA possible, approve kyo ka - permission, approval kawaii - cute, pretty fu ka nou - impossible ka nou sei - possibility
409 KA river gin ga - The Milky Way hyou ga - a glacier
kawa ka ba - hippopotamus
410 KA candy, okashi - sweets, snackconfectionery kashi ya - confectionery shop
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411 KA shoes kutsu shita - socks kutsu migaki - shoe shine, shining shoes
kutsu
412 shell , kai - a shellshellfish ka zuka - a shell mound
kai (remains of ancient socities' dump)
413 KAI (1st, 2nd) floor on kai - music scale (of a building) bushi kai kyuu - warrior class
rank; kai dan - stairs
414 KAI machine ki kai - a machine ki kai hon yaku - machine translation
415 KAI pleasant yu kai - pleasant, happy kai soku - express (train), high speed
kokoroyoi
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416 KAI , GE explanation , go kai - a misunderstanding , to solve , untie , sei kai - answers, solution
toku , tokasu , tokeru dissolve ri kai - understanding, comprehension , mon dai kai ketsu - solve a problem,
problem-solving
417 KAI ashes ka zan bai - volcanic ash hai iro - grey (color)
hai
418 KAI mediate , shou kai - introduce come between , ji ko shou kai - self-introduction
to aid
419 KAI all , everything , mina san - everyone everyone kai ki nisshoku - total solar eclipse
mina
420 GAI harm , haku gai - persecution calamity en gai - smoke pollution
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421 KOU to be mixed , gai kou - diplomacy to associate with mi kawasu - to exchange glances,
kau , majiru , majiwaru to look at each other , kou kan - to exchange, trade
422 return kuri kaeshi - to repeat iki o fuki kaesu - to come back to life
kaesu , hen , kaeru hen ji - reply, answer , ,
423 SEI , SHOU to reflect upon , mon bu shou - Ministry of Education , to look , kaku shou - each ministry (of the govenment)
kaerimiru , haburu suffix 'government , department'
to omit , cut down
424 HEN change , ai kawarazu - same as always; abnormal nothing changed
kaeru , kawaru tai hen - dreadful, terrible, very... , hen shin - metamorphosis, transformation
425 TAI replace furi kae - transfer (money at post office) ki gae - a change of clothes
kaeru , kawaru ,
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426 KAN exchange kou kan - trade, exchange kan ki - ventilation (exchange of air)
kaeru , kawaru ,
427 KEI connect, in charge kan kei - relationship (between people and things) kakari in - person in charge of something
kakari , kakaru ,
428 hang, catch, call te gakari - a clue (in a case), scent, trail oi kakeru - to chase,
kakari , kakeru , kakaru follow someone or something ,
429 GEN limit mu gen - infinite sei gen soku do - speed limit
kagiru
430 KETSU lack akubi - yawn, yawning ketten - a weak point, fault
kaku , kakeru ,
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431 KAKU angle, corner, horn san kaku - triangle tai kaku - diagonal
kade , tsuno toni kaku - anyway, anyhow, at any rate , kaku kai - the world of Sumo
432 KAKU , KYAKU guest, customer o kyaku sama - customer (said to customers) , rai kyaku - a visitor, guest, caller
kan kou kyaku - a tourist
433 KAKU , KOU norm, status jin kaku - personality, character , gou kaku - passing (test), success
434 KAKU make certain, tashika - if I'm not mistaken... definite certain kaku nin - affirmation, confirmation
tashika , tashikameru mi kaku nin hi kou buttai - UFO
435 KAKU leather, reform kai kaku - reform, reformation kei zai kai kaku - economic reform
kawa kaku mei - revolution
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436 KAKU amount, forehead kin gaku - an amount of money sa gaku - balance,diference, margin
hitai
437 SEN wise, clever, smart ken mei - wisdom, intelligence ken jin - wise man
kashikoi
438 SUU , SU count, number san suu - arithmetic , fuku suu - plural
kazu , kazoeru ,
439 KEI , GYOU shape, form, type ka ko kei - past tense (grammar) , nin gyou - a doll
kata , katachi ,
440 KEI type ketsu eki gata - blood type gen kei - a prototype, model
kata
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441 HEN fragment, kata kana - Katakana one-sided kata omoi - unrequited love, one-sided love
kata
442 KEN shoulder kata kori - stiff shoulders kata guruma - piggy back on shoulders,
kata riding on one's shoulders
443 solid, firm, hard katai - stubborn, firm gyou ko ten - freezing point
katai , ko , katameru , katamaru
, ,
444 NAN difficult, disaster hi nan - to take refuge, evacuate, run for cover tabe nikui - hard to eat
katai , muzukashii , arigatou - thank younikui
,
445 KOU hard katai - hard, firm, strong kou ka - a coin
katai
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446 KEN firm katai - hard, steadfast kata kurushii - formal, stiff, stuffy
katai
447 KEI incline, lean kei chou - listen carefully mimi o katamukeru
katamuku , katamukeru - to incline one's ears, to listen
448 SHOU win, excel uchi katsu - overcoming, conquer shou bu - a bout, fight, match
katsu , masaru ,
449 KATSU active, live, sei katsu - life, living,lead a life activity fukkatsu - revival, restoration
kakkazan - an active volcano katsu dou - activity, movement
450 KATSU divide ichi wari - 10 percent bun katsu - partition, division
waru , wari , wareru , saku , , ,
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451 TAN bear, undertake fu tan - burden, charge, responsibility tan nin - person in charge of something
katsugu , ninau ,
452 MON gate sen mon - major (university), speciality, subject of study, expert
kado nyuu mon - entering an institute, introduction to...
453 HI sad ji hi - compassion, mercy mu ji hi - ruthless, merciless
kanashii , kanashimu
454 HITSU without fail hisshi ni - frantically, desperately, for one's life hisshou - sure victory, be certain of victory
kanarazu hitsu you - necessary, essential
455 HI he, that kare shi - a boyfriend kanojo - a girlfriend
kano , kare ,
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456 KOU structure, posture , kekkou - splendid, nice, it's enough construct, mind, kamaimasen - I don't mind, it's ok
kamou , kamaeru put oneself in a , posture
457 SHIN , JIN god, God, mind kou be - Kobe (city in Japan) , sei shin - mind, spirit, intention
kami , kan , kou kami sama - God , ,
458 HATSU hair kin patsu - blond hair san patsu - hair cutting
kami tomo shira ga - growing old together (couple)
459 SHIN hard, karai - spicy hot spicy hot (food) tsurai - hard, heart breaking
karai
460 KO to let dry , kare ki - a dead tree, dry woodwither natsu gare - summer slump
karasu , kareru ,
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461 RAKU entwine, ren raku - contact, communication, connection to twine around tan raku - short-circuit (electronics)
karamaru , karamu ,
462 KEI light (weight) kei han zai - a light offence karu kuchi - a talkative person (loose mouth)
karui , karoyaka ,
463 HI skin kawa - skin, hide, leather, fur, pelt, bark hi niku - sarcasm
kawa
464 SOKU side uchi gawa - the in-side, interior mukai gawa - the other side
kawa
465 KAN dry kan sou ki - a dryer (drying machine for clothes...)
kawakasu , kawaku kan pai - cheers! (lit. dry cup) ,
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466 KAN cold, kan chuu sui ei - swimming in the dead of winter
samui bou kan - protection against the cold
467 KAN feeling, sense, ji kan - real feelings feel dai rokkan - the 6th sense, a hunch
onna no chokkan - women's intuition kanjiru - to feel, experience
kan sha - thanks, gratitude kan dou - to be moved (emotionally)impressed
468 KAN complete, perfect kan peki - perfect, completeness kan zen - perfection, completeness
kan zen shu gi sha - a perfectionist (person)
469 KAN government kei satsu kan - a policeman kan chou - government office
470 KAN pipe, control kekkan - a blood vessel kan gakki - a wind (musical) instrument
kuda kan sei tou - a control tower ki ki kan ri - crisis control (management)
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471 KAN concern, barrier kan kei - a relationship gen kan - entrance to house
seki (where you take of shoes) kan shin - concern, interest
472 KAN view kan kou - sightseeing kan kou biza - tourist visa
473 KAN publish gekkan - a monthly publication shuu kan - published weekly
yuu kan - evening paper
474 KAN habit, custom, shuu kan - custom, habit, manners to get used to nareru - to become accustomed to, get used to...
nareru , narasu ,
475 KAN dry ume boshi - umeboshi (dried sour plum) hoshi kusa - hay (dry grass)
hosu , hiru ,
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476 KAN roll up, volume e maki - a scroll with pictures tatsu maki - a tornado
maku , maki hachi maki - a headband , maki mono - a scroll
477 KAN simple kan tan - easy, simple kan ryaku - simplicity
478 KAN a can aki kan - an empty can (drink or food can) kan zume - packed can, canned goods
kan kiri - a can opener
479 KAN sickness, kan ja - a patient affection juu kan - a serious (heavy) sickness
wazurau
480 GAN round hi no maru - the Japanese flag maru mie - completely visable, see everything
maru , marui , marumeru ,
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481 GAN (sea) shore kai gan - seashore, coast kawa gishi - a river bank
kishi
482 GAN wish, nen gan - one's heart's desire ask a favor, negai - a wish, a desire
nekau desire gan bou - desire, wish, aspiration
483 GAN contain, include, gan chiku - significant keep in one's fukumi warai - suppressed laugh,
fukumu , fukumeru mouth giggle, chuckle ,
484 KI write down an ki - memorize, learning by heart nikki - a diary
shirusu sou sei ki - Genesis ki oku - memory
485 GO , KI term expect en ki - to postpone, postponement , gakki - a (school) term, semester
dou ki - same class, entered (work, school) at the same time
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486 KI rare, aspire, ki bou - wish, desire, hopedesire ki bou sha - person wishing to do something
(join something...)
487 KI season shi ki - the 4 seasons(of the year) ki setsu - the seasons, season
ki setsu teki - seasonal
488 KI joy, happy oo yorokobi - great joy yorokobi utau - joyfully singing
yorokobu
489 KI machine, ki kai - a machineoccasion kan sou ki - a dryer, drying machine
hata ki ki - crisis ji dou han bai ki - a vending machine
(drinks...) sen puu ki - an electric fan
490 KI rule, ki kaku - norm, standardregulation, ki soku - rule, regulationscompass
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491 KI to approach, toshi yori - the aged, old peopleto drop in, ii yoru - to court, to make a pass
yoru , yoseru to gather , , contribute,
to draw up a chair
492 KI desk tsukue - desk ki jou no kuu ron - amchair theory;
tsukue academic gossip, empty theory
493 GI discuss, kai gi - a meeting, conferencedebate fu shi gi - strange, mysterious
gi kai - Diet, congress, parliament
494 GI skill ura waza - underhanded trick, secret trick toku gi - a special skill
waza gi jutsu - technology, technique, art
495 SHOU extinguish, kai shou - to cancel, cancellation put out, spend kieru - to vanish
kieru , kesu keshi gomu - an eraser ,
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496 RI advantage, ken ri - right, privilege profit shou ri - victory, win,triumph
kiku ben ri - convenient, handy, useful
497 KOU effect, kou ka - effectiveness, result efficiency kou ka teki - effective, successful
kiku
498 CHOU trillion (US) kizashi - a sign, omen billion (Eng) zen chou - omen, premonition
kizashi , kizasu sign, symptom ,
499 KOKU engrave, carve, shin koku - serious to cut fine chi koku - lateness, to be late
kizamu
500 CHIKU to build , kai chiku - reconstruction construction ken chiku - construction
kizuku shuu chiku - renovation, resoration, repair
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501 KYOU , KEI compete kyou ei - swimming race , (in a race...) kyou gi - a match, game
kisou , seru kyou sou - competition ,
502 KITSU inhale, drink ju dou kitsu en - passive smoke kissaten - coffee house, coffee shop
503 KITSU to call to account , kan zume - canned food, canning to cram, sushi zume - packed in like sushi (sardines)
tsumeru , tsumaru , tsumu to put close to, , to shorten
504 KETSU to be decided , kai ketsu - solution, settlement decide ketsu gi - vote, decide
kimaru , kimeru u ten kekkou - even in case of rain, will proceed , (not cancelled)
505 KUN you (familiar) , sho kun - Ladies & Gentlemen! ruler, kimi - you
kimi added to (to girls - be careful can be consided a little rude) names of boys
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506 GYAKU reverse, opposite saka sama - up-side down gyaku kou ka - back fire,
sakarau , saka opposite of what was hoped for , gyaku setsu - paradox
507 KYUU grade ikkyuu - 1st class, 1st grade kou kyuu - high class (expensive)
jou kyuu - advanced level, upper class bu shi kai kyuu - the warrior class
508 KYOU ball takkyuu - ping pong, table tennis chi kyuu - the Earth
tama
509 KYOU seek tan kyuu - a quest, pursuit you kyuu - to demand, request
motomeru kyuu ai - courting kyuu shoku - searching for a job, job-hunting
510 KYOU cry kan kyuu - to be moved to tears naki warai - a tearful smile,
naku smile through one's tears
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511 KYOU save, rescue kyuu kyuu sha - an ambulance kyuu sei shu - Messiah, Savior
sukuu kyuu mei - life saving
512 KYUU supply, pay kyuu shoku - school lunch kyuu ryou bi - pay day
513 KYUU , KU long time hisashiburi - it's been a long time , ei kyuu shi - permanant toothhisashii
514 KYUU old, former fukkyuu - restoration, rehabilitation kyuu sei - maiden name (former name)
kyuu yaku sei sho - the Old Testament
515 KYUU suck, shin ko kyuu - deep breath breathe in jin kou ko kyuu - artificial respiration, suu mouth to mouth
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516 KYO permit, un ten men kyo - drivers licence pardon, yurushi - pardon, forgiveness, permission
yurusu forgive kyo ka - permission, approval
517 GYO fish kin gyo - goldfish tobi uo - flying fish
sakana , uo nin gyo - mermaid, merman ,
518 SEI , SHOU clean, clear, pure shi mizu - spring water , sei mei - pure & clean
kiyoi , kiyomaru , kiyomeru , ,
519 KYOU bridge ishi bashi - stone bridge ho dou kyou - pedestrian bridge
hashi
520 KYOU together kou kyou - public, community to tomo ni - together with
tomo kyou san - communist
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521 KYOU cooperate kyou kai - association,society, organization nippon hou sou kyou kai -
NHK (public television in Japan)
522 KYOU , KEI manage, kei ei - management , passage kei ken - experience
heru circles of longitude kei zai - economics, business
523 KYOU , KEI boundary, kan kyou - environment , border line, kyou kai - boundary
sakai situation
524 KYOU , KU attendant , kodomo - child, children , offer kyou kyuu - supply, provision
tomo , sonaeru sonae mono - an offering ,
525 KYOU chest (body part) muna ge - chest hairs kyou bu - chest area
mune , muna ,
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526 KYOU shout sakebi - a shout, scream otakebi - a war cry,roar
sakebu
527 KYOU conditions, jyou kyou - circumstances, situation state of things, jun bi jyou kyou - preliminary conditions,
still more initial conditions
528 KYOU narrow sema kurushii - cramped, to small of a place kata mi ga semai - feeling ashamed
semai , sebameru ,sebamaru
, ,
529 KYOU hold between, sentaku basami - clothes pin clasp ko mimi ni hasamu - to happen to overhear
hasamu , hasamaru ,
530 KYOKU music, song, ikkyoku - a tune, one song curve, turn kaba- kyoku - a cover, remake of a song
magaru , mageru magari michi - a winding road ,
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531 KYOKU bureau, kekkyoku - after all, in the end segment bei kou kuu u chuu kyoku - NASA (USA)
hou sou kyoku - broadcasting office
532 KYOKU , GOKU extreme, pole sekkyoku - positive (north and south) nan kyoku - the South Pole, Antarctic
kiwameru , kiwamaru , hokkyoku - the North Polekiwami
, ,
533 GYOKU gem, jewel, go hyaku en dama - 500 yen coin round object mizu tama - a drop of water
tama o te dama - juggling
534 SAI verge, occasion kou sai - company, association koku sai - international
kiwa jissai - actual condition, practical
535 KIN even, level hei kin - equilibrium, balance,average heikin jyu myou - life expectancy
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536 KIN prohibit, kin en - no smoking! not allowed kin en sha - non-smoking car
kin shi - prohibited, not allowed
537 KIN , GON service kin mu - duty, service , kin mu sha - workers, men on duty
tsutomeru , tsutomaru kin rou - labor, exertion ,
538 KU district, ward gyou sei ku - administrative district ku betsu - distinction, to make a distinction
539 KU suffering , rou ku - labor, toil, hardshipbitter , atsu kurushii - sweltering hot
kurushii , kurushimu , painful ne gurushii - unable to sleep wellkurushimeru , nigai , go ku rou sama - good work!
nigaru Thanks for your labors , , , ,
540 KU , KO storehouse sou kou - a warehouse , rei zou ko - refrigerator
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541 KU , KOU crimson kuchi beni - lipstick , kou kai - the Red Sea
beni , kurenai ,
542 GU tool , ama gu - rain gear (umbrella, raincoat...)utensil , ka gu - furniture (lit. house equipment)
ingredients dou gu - tool, equipment, implement gu ai - condition
gu tai teki - concrete, definite, tangible
543 GUU by chance , hai guu sha - spouse couple , hai guu sha biza - spousal visa
even numbers guu zen - by chance, unexpectantly guu zou - idol, statue
544 GUU nook, corner kata sumi - corner, nook sumi zumi - every nook & corner
sumi
545 SOU grass kai sou - seawead michi kusa o kuu - to loiter on the way,
kusa to stop and eat the grass (take your time coming home stopping where ever)
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546 YAKU medicine , doku yaku - poison a drug ge doku yaku - antidote
kusuri tou yaku - dosage hana gusuri - bribe, hush money
547 KUTSU to dig hori dashi mono - a good find, a bargain, good buy
horu horu - to dig, excavate
548 HAI distribute, shi hai - to rule, control, direct deliver shi mei te hai - search for a suspect, wanted...
kubaru shin pai - worry, concern betsu hai tatsu - special delivery
549 SHU head , neck ashi kubi - ankle ji shu - surrender, give oneself up
kubi shu shou - Prime Minister
550 SO organize, ban gumi - program (TV)assemble kumi awaseru - to put together,
kumi , kumu to assemble ,
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551 DON cloudy kumori - cloudy (weather) ama gumori - overcast weather
kumori
552 ZOU store , rei zou ko - refrigerator warehouse , ai zou - treasured, cherished
kura to own , to have
553 BO dusk, kure - year end, sunset, nightfallto grow dark , ii kurasu - spend the time talking,
kurasu , kureru live, pass time by chatting , to make a living
554 HI compare hi kaku - comparison hi kaku teki shou - comparatively small,
kuraberu relatively small
555 KUN instruct i kun - dying instructions on kun - kanki readings
kun ren - practice, drill
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556 GUN army, military kyuu sei gun - the Salvation Army shou gun - Shogun, general
gun ka - war song
557 GUN group , gun shuu - a multitude, crowd, mob crowd gun ma ken - Gunma Prefecture
mureru , mure ,
558 MOU hair aka ge - red head, red hair kami no ke - hair (on head)
ke hana ge - nose hair ke mushi - caterpillar
559 KEI scene kei shiki - scenery, landscape zen kei sha shin - panoramic phot
560 KEI gaurd against, kei satsu - police warn kei ei - guard, patrol, escort
kei kan - a policeman kei koku - a warning
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561 GEI art, skill kakushi gei - hidden talent gei sha - geisha
gei jutsu - art, the arts gei jutsu teki - artistic
562 GEI meet, kan gei - welcome,reception welcome mukae utsu - meet the enemy, ambush, attack
mukaeru gei geki - ambush attack
563 GEKI drama en geki - theatrical play geki teki - dramatic
564 KETSU blood shukketsu - bleeding hana ji - nose bleed
chi
565 KETSU tie, conclude kekka - result, consequence kekkon - marriage
musubu , yuu , yuwaeru ketsu ron - conclusion , ,
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566 KEN danger, ki ken - danger, peril steep ken kou ho ken - health insurance
kewashii tan ken - exploration bou ken - adventure, risk, venture
567 prefecture kaku ken - all prefectures fukui ken - Fukui prefecture
ken ken chou - prefectural head office ken ritsu - prefectural ~, (built by the prefecture)
568 KEN matter jyou ken - conditions, terms rou dou jou ken - working conditions
569 KEN ticket, shou ken - securities, bonds certificate, shou hin ken - gift certificate
coupon ryo ken - passport
570 examine sha ken - car inspection ($$$) tan ken - explore, expedition
ken ken sa - inspection, examinati