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誠実

誠実 せいじつ sincere; honest; faithful

誠

誠 まこと truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; integrity; fidelity; that's right (used when recalling forgotten information, suddenly changing the subject, etc.)

炎上

炎上 えんじょう blazing up; destruction of a large building by fire; flood of comments to a blog, exceeding what the blog's owner can answer

炎

炎 ほのお flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

椅子

椅子 いす chair; stool; post; office; position

寛容

寛容 かんよう tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity

一斉

一斉 いっせい simultaneous; all at once

穂

穂 ほ ear (of plant); head (of plant); point; tip; scion (in grafting); cion

兼ねる

兼ねる かねる to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.);

兼用

兼用 けんよう multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes

気兼ね

気兼ね きがね hesitance; diffidence; feeling constraint; fear of troubling someone; having scruples about doing something

飼育

飼育 しいく breeding; raising; rearing

飼う

飼う かう to keep (a pet or other animal); to raise; to have; to own; to feed

促進

促進 そくしん promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on

促す

促す うながす to urge; to press; to prompt; to suggest; to demand; to stimulate; to quicken; to incite; to invite (attention to)

色彩

色彩 しきさい colour; color; hue; tints

彩る

彩る いろどる to colour; to color; to paint; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish; to adorn; to add flair

温暖

温暖 おんだん warm; mild; temperate; warmth

暖かい

暖かい あたたかい warm; mild; genial

風俗

風俗 ふうぞく manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment

傍聴

傍聴 ぼうちょう hearing; listening; attendance; auditing

肝心

肝心 かんじん essential; fundamental; crucial; vital; main

肝

肝 きも liver; innards; courage; spirit; pluck; guts; crux; essential point

田畑

田畑 たはた fields (of rice and other crops)

畑

畑 はたけ field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; vegetable plot; kitchen garden; plantation; field (of specialization); sphere; area; womb; birth; birthplace

麦畑

麦畑 むぎばたけ wheat field; barley field; cornfield

峰

峰 みね peak; summit; ridge; top; back of a blade

霊峰

霊峰 れいほう sacred mountain

連峰

連峰 れんぽう mountain range

恩

恩 おん favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude

誇り

誇り ほこり pride; boast

誇大

誇大 こだい exaggeration; hyperbole

網

網 あみ net; netting; web

渋滞

渋滞 じゅうたい congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation

渋い

渋い 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)

魂

魂 たましい soul; spirit

魂胆

魂胆 こんたん ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies

負けじ魂

負けじ魂 まけじだましい unyielding spirit; indomitable spirit

牧場

牧場 ぼくじょう farm (livestock); ranch (US); station (Aus, NZ); pasture land; meadow; grazing land

控訴

控訴 こうそ koso appeal (initial appeal to a higher court)

控える

控える ひかえる to be temperate in; to refrain; to abstain; to hold back; to restrain oneself from excessive ...; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for;

紛争

紛争 ふんそう dispute; trouble; strife

紛らわしい

紛らわしい まぎらわしい confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous; easily mixed up (e.g. similar words)

戒め

戒め いましめ caution; admonition; warning; lesson; prohibition; ban; commandment; precept; punishment; caution; guard

警戒

警戒 けいかい vigilance; precaution; watch; lookout; alertness; to be vigilant; to be cautious; to guard (against)

没収

没収 ぼっしゅう forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding

沈没

沈没 ちんぼつ sinking; foundering; going down; submersion; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time

既存

既存 きそん existing

股関節

股関節 こかんせつ hip joint; coxa

股

股 また crotch; crutch; groin; thigh; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)

脅かす

脅かす おびやかす to intimidate; to scare; to jeopardize; to endanger; to imperil

脅し

脅し おどし threat

征服

征服 せいふく conquest; subjugation; overcoming

覆す

覆す くつがえす to overturn; to capsize; to upset; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.); to overrule

覆面

覆面 ふくめん mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito

転覆

転覆 てんぷく capsizing; overturn; turning over; upset; overthrow (e.g. a government)

覆う

覆う おおう to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

郡

郡 ぐん district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)

丘

丘 おか hill; height; knoll; rising ground; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game

砂丘

砂丘 さきゅう sand dune; sand hill

佳作

佳作 かさく good piece of work; honourable mention (honorable)

叔父

叔父 おじ uncle

委託

委託 いたく consign (goods (for sale) to a firm); entrust (person with something); commit

哀愁

哀愁 あいしゅう pathos; sorrow; grief

哀れ

哀れ あわれ pity; sorrow; grief; misery; compassion; pathos; pitiable; pitiful; pathetic; miserable; alack; alas

肥える

肥える こえる to grow fat; to gain weight; to put on weight; to grow fertile; to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear); to become rich; to become successful

肥料

肥料 ひりょう manure; fertilizer; fertiliser

肥

肥 こえ manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer

下肥

下肥 しもごえ manure; night soil

朗読

朗読 ろうどく reading aloud; recitation

朗らか

朗らか ほがらか bright; cheerful; melodious

慎む

慎む つつしむ to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to abstain; to be reverent; to be purified; to be chaste

慎重

慎重 しんちょう careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

悠々

悠々 ゆうゆう quiet; calm; leisurely; easy

眉

眉 まゆ eyebrow; eyebrows

眉間

眉間 みけん brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows

焦眉

焦眉 しょうび emergency; urgency; imminence

拒否

拒否 きょひ denial; veto; rejection; refusal

拒む

拒む こばむ to refuse; to reject; to decline

概念

概念 がいねん general idea; concept; notion

顧みる

顧みる かえりみる to look back (e.g. over shoulder or at the past); to turn around; to reflect on the past; to review; to introspect; to contemplate oneself; to consider (usu. used in negative);

顧客

顧客 こきゃく customer; client; patron

腐る

腐る くさる to rot; to weather; to crumble; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved; to be degenerate; to be morally bankrupt; to be corrupt; to be depressed; to lose a bet; to be drenched; to become sopping wet

陳腐

陳腐 ちんぷ stale; hackneyed; cliched

挨拶

挨拶 あいさつ greeting; greetings; salutation; retaliation; a fine thing to say (used as part of a sarcastic response to a rude remark); dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment)

孤独

孤独 こどく isolation; loneliness; solitude

売却

売却 ばいきゃく selling off; disposal by sale; sale

盗賊

盗賊 とうぞく thief; robber

師匠

師匠 ししょう master; teacher; coach who owns his stable

悔しい

悔しい くやしい vexing; annoying; frustrating; regrettable; mortifying

後悔

後悔 こうかい regret; repentance; remorse

悔い

悔い くい regret; repentance

地獄

地獄 じごく hell

滞る

滞る とどこおる to pile up (work etc); to stagnate; to be delayed

滞在

滞在 たいざい stay; sojourn

待遇

待遇 たいぐう treatment; reception; remuneration; salary; payment; compensation package

淡い

淡い あわい light; faint; pale; fleeting

淡水

淡水 たんすい fresh water (i.e. not salt water)

購入

購入 こうにゅう purchase; buy

併せて

併せて あわせて in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time

併用

併用 へいよう using together (jointly); used at the same time

崇拝

崇拝 すうはい worship; adoration; admiration; cult

唯々諾々

唯々諾々 いいだくだく quite willingly; readily; with acquiescence

唯一

唯一 ゆいいつ only; sole; unique

垂直

垂直 すいちょく vertical; perpendicular

岐阜

岐阜 ぎふ Gifu (city)

岐路

岐路 きろ forked road; crossroads

俳優

俳優 はいゆう actor; actress; player; performer

斜め

斜め ななめ slanting; tilted; sloping; diagonal; oblique; unusual; slanted (view of the world); bad (mood)

傾斜

傾斜 けいしゃ inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip; tilt; lean

お嬢さん

お嬢さん おじょうさん daughter; young lady

欠陥

欠陥 けっかん defect; fault; deficiency; deformity; shortage; gap

陥る

陥る おちいる to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender; to capitulate

償い

償い つぐない recompense; indemnity; atonement

代償

代償 だいしょう compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration

鑑賞

鑑賞 かんしょう appreciation (e.g. of art); aesthetic sense

鑑みる

鑑みる かんがみる to heed; to take into account; to bear in mind; to learn from; to take warning from; in view of; in the light of

勧告

勧告 かんこく advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation

勧め

勧め すすめ recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

葬る

葬る ほうむる to bury; to inter; to entomb; to consign to oblivion; to shelve

葬儀

葬儀 そうぎ funeral service

焦がす

焦がす こがす to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char

焦点

焦点 しょうてん focus (e.g. photographic); focal point

焦り

焦り あせり impatience

膨らむ

膨らむ ふくらむ to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

膨大

膨大 ぼうだい huge; vast; enormous; colossal; extensive; multitudinous; swelling; expansion

法廷

法廷 ほうてい courtroom

紫

紫 むらさき purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce

紫外線

紫外線 しがいせん ultra-violet rays

銘柄

銘柄 めいがら brand; make; description; trading name of stocks and securities

鎌

鎌 かま sickle; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; noisiness; part of a fish around the gills

細菌

細菌 さいきん bacillus; bacterium; germ

稼業

稼業 かぎょう trade; business; commerce; occupation

稼ぐ

稼ぐ かせぐ to earn income; to labor; to labour

譲る

譲る ゆずる to turn over; to assign; to hand over; to transmit; to convey; to sell; to dispose of; to yield; to surrender; to concede

猛烈

猛烈 もうれつ violent; vehement; raging; stout; intense; spirited; stormy

未遂

未遂 みすい attempt (e.g. at crime)

遂げる

遂げる とげる to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with

冒す

冒す おかす to brave; to risk; to face; to venture; to harm; to afflict; to affect; to desecrate; to profane; to assume (someone else's surname); to take

冒険

冒険 ぼうけん risk; venture; adventure

泰

泰 たい Thailand

左翼

左翼 さよく left-wing (politics)

翼

翼 つばさ wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for birds or bird wings

凄惨

凄惨 せいさん ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid

秩序

秩序 ちつじょ order; regularity; system; method

扉

扉 とびら door; gate; opening; title page

門扉

門扉 もんぴ door(s) of a gate

是非

是非 ぜひ certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

寸法

寸法 すんぽう measurement; size; extent; dimension; plan; intention; arrangement; schedule

運賃

運賃 うんちん (passenger) fare; freight rates; shipping expenses

偵察

偵察 ていさつ scout out; reconnaissance

清澄

清澄 せいちょう clear; serene

澄む

澄む すむ to clear (e.g. weather); to become transparent